A TV anchor has as much job security as a basketball coach. |
It absolutely has had a major impact on what?s coming in, |
Jeff had a lot of good friends and taught a lot of people to bowl and be consistent, |
Something like this hits everybody hard. |
The population growth in Manatee County the past two years has been outstanding. Another center would attract new bowlers. Right now, you have bowlers in Bradenton who always go to (AMF Bradenton Lanes), but you have bowlers who live in Lakewood Ranch who normally don't come to Bradenton. |
We knew that to have the whole package, we had to be clicking on all cylinders, |
We launched it anyway, ... The needs of the University were too great not to try to tackle this thing. |
We raised more in four years than we thought we would in seven, ... We will bust through the billion -- yes we will. |
We try to get the message out there that the ongoing support of our organization is essential, |
We will keep raising money because our needs are not going away, ... Excellence is expensive. |
We're talking Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Willie Nelson all of those big acts, big artists from that era. |