Family-owned UF apparel store Gator Mania goes out of business
Owner Jenice Bushnell and her daughter Lisa Blum, manager, remember the last 27 years of their business as they auction off their remaining merchandise February 25, 2021 | 6:30am EST
Lisa Blum and Jenice Bushnell stand in front of Gator Mania with their 12-foot fiberglass alligator. [Photo courtesy of Lisa Blum]
After 27 years of selling UF merchandise to fans, students, families and tourists, Gator Mania closed its doors at Butler Plaza for the final time last week.
Gator Mania was one of the last local family-owned UF merchandise stores in Gainesville. In the last year, the city has seen the closing of many other staple businesses near the university, such as The Swamp restaurant and Daybreak Pleasant Street.
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SENATE PANEL OKs GRANTING OF CITIZENSHIP TO MARAÑON, KOUAME
The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, chaired by Senator Richard J. Gordon, approved on Wednesday the bills that seek to grant Philippine citizenship to athletes Bienvenido Morejon Marañon and Kakou Ange Franck Williams Kouame. The process of naturalization, which is a national interest, values the opportunity to become more closely knit to the fabric of Philippine society. We are excited for them to be naturalized because they have proven that they really want to be Filipinos, but they also have to be exemplary, to be an inspiration to the Filipinos, said Gordon.
The clean, white building looks almost clinical upon first approach. Wires and piping line the ceiling. Whirring air-conditioning drowns out your footsteps. And a series of green and light gray doors that resemble your grandma s 1960s refrigerator fill the facility floor.
But behind those doors, life will soon flourish as the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences new growth chamber research facility opens on the main Gainesville campus.
Fifteen chambers, varying in size from reach-in to walk in, are now fully functional test sites designed to create and observe how various environmental factors like light, temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide levels, affect species.
Published January 29, 2021, 10:27 AM
Nominations for the fourth enshrinement of the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame (PSHOF) closes on Sunday, January 31 and the committees buckle down to work on the final selection.
“We have already received additional nominations since the extension of submissions, and we are expecting for more as we near the deadline,” said PSHOF 2020 Selection Committee chairperson and Philippine Sports Commission chairman William Ramirez.
The sports agency chief is set to meet the Selection Committee members Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Abraham Mitra, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Secretary-General Atty. Edwin Gastanes, Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines Secretary-General Atty. Avelino Sumagui, University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Executive Director Atty. Rene Saguisag Jr., and Philippine Olympians Association President Akiko Thomson Guevara on February 11, for the presentation of nominees.
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AMONG THE PLAYERS who beat the deadline for PBA draft application was La Salle point guard Aljun Melecio. (UAAP)
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PHILIPPINE Basketball Association (PBA) teams looking to shore up their rosters by way of the rookie draft will have many to choose from as a record number of aspirants submitted their applications.
As the application deadline set by the league lapsed on Wednesday, a record of 97 players made themselves available for the 2021 Draft proceedings set for March 14.
The number broke the previous record of 91 set in the 2014 rookie draft.
The rookie talent pool includes top collegiate and pro-am standouts and 31 Fil-foreigners who are hoping to barge into Asia’s first play-for-pay league and take their basketball journeys to another level.