Lee is a friend I met 3 years ago at a road race in the area. He always seems to be in the winners circle, as you can see by the trophy. Mike(165) and Jenna were people who I met for the first time at the Owl race.because of the common bond of running. […]
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Here are some more of the wonderful people that came to support a local charity and a day of running. Christine (with mouse ears) and Samantha (who won here age division). Superman made a fast appearence Brian said this was his fastest race ever wearing a skirt. And, Lisa, who said she is enjoying a […]
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Here are a final group of photos from the Toasted Owl Gives A Hoot 5k & Almost 3k. The group shot has Pam, Heather, Wendy, Zak, Erica, Chris and Will. Sue and Brenda are with me in the orange shirts. And JP is the crab along with Brianne. As you have been able to see, even though the […]
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Now that you’ve read about the great Toasted Owl Gives A Hoot race, the next group of entries are about the 7 houses that Extreme Home Makeovers build.  They were for the tornado victims of May 22, 2011. These are a view from my journey there and working with them as a traveling volunteer. Always feel free […]
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House #2, or more eloquently, The Beach House. The next few entries will tell a small part of the story of a family that lost it all on May 22, 2011 and the rebuilding of their house by Extreme Home Makeovers and one of their teams of great people. Blake Mullins was one of the lead […]
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I watched a team of people work endless hours to put the Beach House together and make it into what it was meant to be to welcome the Walters family into their new start on life. The Walters lost their home in the tornado and then had to sell the lot their home was built […]
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The Beach House, as with all the other houses, was the combined effort of many, many people. Dave is pictured with me on front porch with the surf boards. He was the lead builder on the project. Pete, with me on the back porch, and his company donated tens of thousands of dollars of materials to help […]
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Tommy and Diana are  a husband and wife team. Tommy’s talent with an air brush went WAY beyond the tee shirts you and I associate with air brushing. The wood bench you see ,with the 5 gallon lid on it, is actually a concrete bench. The beach ball Tommy painted is actually a 300 pound ball […]
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I met two great guys at breakfast in the Holiday Inn one morning. They were headed back to the build area to create art work on a 6’x50′ canvas. Brian and Daniel create tremendous works af art using cans of spray paint.  The canvas was used as the backdrop for the half-pipe in the back yard of […]
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Landon and I hang in the back yard. We spent a lot of hours working on different parts of the beach house. And sometimes it was a joint effort to finish a project that needed to be completed. The photos show some of the great things to help the Walters Family enjoy their new start. […]
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