A five-year-old girl is in the hospital after nearly drowning in her family’s pool in Bradenton over the weekend, and those awful incidents happen all too often in Florida, spurring a new push to try and stop them in the state legislature.
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The USA Patriots are not your every-day softball team. Formerly called the Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Team, the Patriots are a squad of amputees. They will play at least four games in an Anchorage tournament Saturday and Sunday.
Jun. 11—One of the teams entered in this weekend's Pot of Gold softball tournament at Cartee Fields comes to town with a rider list, sort of like a rock band. The game-day requests include: —At least 48 bottles of water/Gatorade/Powerade or jugs of water with cups in the dugout. —Light snacks such as protein bars, granola bars, fruit, and crackers. —Sharpies/pens for autographs. And then .