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Target store to close in January By Kathy Steele
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A Target store in Odessa is one of 13 stores that the national discount chain plans to close in January, according to an announcement from Target’s corporate headquarters. The store, at 16400 State Road 54, opened nearly a decade ago. But within two years of its opening, the economy took a steep dive. Now, despite a renewed boom in develB.C. MANION/STAFF PHOTO opment and an improving economy, Target This Target store in Odessa is one of 13 across the country that the national chain plans to close. considers the Odessa store and 12 others in the nation to be poor performers. “The decision to close a Target store is consideration of the long-term financial perThe 146 employees at the Odessa store not made lightly,” said Kristy Welker, a Target formance of a particular location. Typically, will be offered transfers to other Target spokeswoman who responded to an email the decision to close a store is a result of stores, Welker said. inquiry from The Laker/Lutz News. “We typi- seeing several years of decreasing profitabilSee TARGET, page11A cally decide to close a store after careful ity.”
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Laura Sanderson is putting her golf career on hold for another passion – antiques. She opened Shabby Shack in October.
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Golf can wait – at least for now. Antiques are so much more fun. So, Laura Sanderson has put her golf career on hold, and has set up shop at Shabby Shack Antiques & Vintage. The shop’s name is a twist on the Bill Murray movie, “Caddyshack,” a classic comedy about what else - golf. But, let’s forget golf for the moment. Inside Shabby Shack, antiques and collectibles fill the floors, nooks and crannies of seven rooms. The wares are from personal family treasures, garage sales and thrift stores. “This has been a passion of my whole family, collecting antiques and unusual things,” said Sanderson. “I’m at a point in my career when it was good to put it on pause, and go for it,” Sanderson said.
She is the new owner of the former Family Treasures’ property. That long-time business on Land O’ Lakes Boulevard bought and sold coins, metal detectors and collectibles. The location also once operated as an antique shop, known as Calamity Jane. Shabby Shack, at 4312 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., is stepping out with its own sense of style. Sanderson asked her family members to “thin out” their antiques at home, and bring them to Shabby Shack. On weekends, she also combs through garage sales and thrift shops on the lookout for the one-of-a-kind item. “It’s not straight antiques. I have modern too, if it’s unusual,” she said. “I like things that have form and function.” Her favorites are art deco and mid-century Modern. In her spare time, she goes creative and
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repurposes what seems to have lost its function. An old camera with a flash attachment, for instance, becomes a lamp. Map pages from an atlas become the foundation for wreaths. A large, wooden biplane hangs from a See SHABBY, page11A
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More than two decades ago, Charlotte Embody watched a televised speech by a basketball coach, who had been diagnosed with cancer and was accepting an award. The March 3, 1993 speech was uplifting, but Embody didn’t expect it to have a personal impact on her family. “Of course, it was emotional, but it didn’t become a big thing in my life,” Embody said. Over time, that would change. The coach making the speech was Jim Valvano, former head coach of North Carolina State and an analyst for ESPN. He was accepting the first Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award at the inaugural ESPY Awards, ESPN’s awards show. And, the speech would become an iconic 10 minutes of inspirational television. Valvano succumbed to cancer the following month, but his legacy continued far beyond his coaching accolades or the frequent replays of his famous speech. Valvano founded the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which has donated more
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George Bodenheimer, longtime president of ESPN and now its executive chairman, will speak and sign books on Nov. 18 at Carrollwood Day School.
than $150 million in research grants over the years. Now, Embody has organized a speaking and book-signing event on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m., at Carrollwood Day School, 1515 W. Bearss Ave. in Tampa. The public is welcome to attend, and there is no admission charge. The school and the V Foundation will host former ESPN President George Bodenheimer, who will be talking about his book, “Every Town is a Sports Town: Business Leadership at ESPN, from the Mailroom to the Boardroom.” Bodenheimer donates all of the royalties from his book to the cancer foundation. Embody and her husband, Derek, also have donated to the V Foundation over the years, but the famous speech became a part of her family’s activities as well. Her sons attended Carrollwood Day School, and her oldest son, Billy, was given the speech to read in fifth grade. “He performed it for competitions at the bay area Forensics League,” Embody explained. Eventually, he won first place with See SPEAKER, page11A