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Nine Mile Road filling station keeps tradition alive and customers satisfied Left: Ivey’s service station owner Wayne Ivey, 65, replaces the battery in a customer’s car. “It’s hard competing with the name-brand places,” Ivey said. “But you see all those cars out there. We must be doing something right.” The Pensacola News Journal. Sep. 2008. |
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A barnacle buster, standing alone Others reject a paint called toxic. A Clearwater company sells it by the gallon. Left: Barnacles cling to the hull of a boat at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. One square meter of hull can accommodate 300 pounds of growth in six months if the barnacles are left to grow out of control. New Nautical Coatings Inc., is the last remaining American vendor of a toxic anti-barnacle coating that has been banned by international organizations. And the owners are OK with that. Poynter Online Jun. 2008 |
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 photo Travis Griggs |
An artistic life takes flight Markus Lehtovirta and his parrot "Captain" found salvation from the daily grind in a garage workshop. A one-time corporate suit left it all behind to pursue his passion, making custom Adirondack chairs from a small workshop on the beach in Florida. Following his dream wasn't all fairy tales. He now runs his own business, Island Time Design, and wears many hats. Lehtovirta is an entrepreneur, an artist, a designer, an accountant, a husband and a father. He's just making it work. Poynter Online Jul. 2008 |
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Real estate broker's bait shop pays the bills When the real estate market crashed, Joey Foronda found success selling minnows. He’s always been a fisherman, but he never intended to work full-time at his own family store. Two years ago, Joey Foronda was selling real estate, mainly Condotels. “It’s basically your own condo, but it’s run like a hotel,” said Foronda, 44, breaking into a natural sales pitch. “I used to sell tons of those.” Today he sells bait. Poynter Online Jun. 2008 |
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U of M professors' benefits fall short Dropped from their health insurance policy, two disabled professors search for health through their final days. Despite being confined to wheelchairs, Bill and Charlene DeLoach dedicated more than 50 years of service to the University of Memphis. But after they retired, the State of Tennessee terminated their health insurance policy, forcing the DeLoaches to abandon their home and search the country for a nursing home that will keep them together. The Daily Helmsman Sep. 2007 |
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