reality sound bites. Pay It Forward.
The 9th Annual Cruising for Critters charity motorcycle ride and poker run, held on June 3rd, had a little extra surprise element for the Humane Society of the Nature Coast. The featured prize was $1000 worth of Ashley Furniture, presented by Great Rooms of Spring Hill and New Port Richey. Everett Pearsall of the Warthogs Motorcycle Club of Hernando was the big winner with a Full House. When presented with his winnings, Mr. Pearsall said, “I have been doing these runs since I was 18 and now I’m 72. This is the first time I have ever won anything!”
Jade, a retired Florida racer.
said Magic City sought to put an end to the dog races in Miami because, “nobody watches them,” she said. The Havenicks are among the track owners who have pushed lawmakers to “decouple” pari-mutuels, which would allow operators to do away with live horse or dog races while keeping the more lucrative gambling activities. Florida Senator Dana Young from
You Bet. They Die.
In July, Florida gambling regulators gave a Miami dog track permission to stop running Greyhound races. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation granted a request from West Flagler Associates, which operates Magic City Casino in Miami, to replace dog races with jai-alai matches. It’s the first time a Florida pari-mutuel facility has been allowed to drop dog or horse races and continue operating slots. Isadore Havenick, vice president of the
Frank and Everett Pearsall. The event raised more than
$5800 for the shelter and took rid- ers on an 85 mile tour of Hernando County, capped off by an after party at High Octane Saloon in Homosassa. The event wasn't quite over when the Society was contacted by the Grand Prize win- ner. Barbara Sprague, Executive Director, said, “You can imagine my surprise when Mr. Pearsall contact- ed us to tell us he and his wife had decided the animals could benefit from the gift much more. Mr. Pearsall’s generosity just brought tears to my eyes.” Mr. Pearsall donated the entire
$1000 gift card back to the society to help raise more funds at their next event, the Fur Ball Gala on October 21st at the Silverthorn Country Club. The $1000 furniture gift card will be included in the auction items. The Shelter is located at 7200
Mobley Road, Brooksville. 352.796.2711.
HumaneRescue.org
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family-owned West Flagler Associates, which also operates a Greyhound track in Southwest Florida and owns a 25 percent share of a jai-alai fronton in Dania Beach,
BigDog Heroes.
Through a partnership between BigDog Mower Co. and The New Barker, a brand new riding lawn mower was donated to Marine Corps veteran and K9s For Warriors graduate Chris Langston. He received his service dog from K9s For Warriors in 2014 to help him manage the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The mower presentation took place on Wednesday,
May 31st at Lazenby’s Equipment in Starke, a BigDog Mower Co. distributor. The mower donated was the Alpha 42”, which was later delivered to Chris’s home and set up for him. The gift is part of the mower company’s BigDog
Heroes campaign that gives a ten percent product dis- count to active duty and veteran members of the mili- tary, active and retired firefighters, law enforcement, paramedics, and EMTs. BigDog Mower Co. is a brand of ZTR (zero turn
lawn mowers) manufactured in the United States for both residential and commercial use. They offer an industry-leading seven-year limited warranty.
BigDogMowerCo.com K9s For Warriors is dedicated to providing service
Chris Langston and his K9s For Warriors service dog Kup.
K9sForWarriors.org
canines to warriors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of injuries incurred during military service, post- 9/11. The organization is located in Ponte Vedra.
www.TheNewBarker.com
Tampa, who has been proposing and work- ing on decoupling bills since 2011 said, “Greyhound racing is an artificial market. You know why they have that market? Because the state gave it to them.” She is referring to a law that states any establish- ment that has a card room license and a dog track must race at least 90 percent of the races it held the year before in order to keep its card room license. The card rooms rake in money; in Florida the profit of card rooms has gone up from $1 million to $8 million since 2006. Greyhound racing brings in only 50 percent of the profit it did in 2006 according to the most recently published report by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. To follow the progress on Florida Greyhound racing and decoupling, visit
Grey2kUsa.org
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