“Going from a one-seater to a two-seater allows you to share the experience and gives you more redundancy,” Hamel said. “If you ever had a failure, if something ever happened to your aircraft engine, you could drive back. If something happened to your drive system, you just fly back.

WK recently completed a major expansion of its Heart & Vascular Institute. Adjacent to the hospital’s North Campus on Greenwood Road, the Institute has expanded by 80,000 square feet and three floors. The space is now home to five new surgical suites, 20 additional critical care beds, and state-of-the art equipment.

Want to see the players up close and personal, competing in a game other than football? Check. Wish there was a Mardi Grasthemed parade without having to wait for Mardi Gras season? Check. Feel like singing and swaying to the music at an outdoor concert? Check.

The early response 'has been absolutely incredible,' said Jake Wood, the aquarium's director of marketing and public relations. 'We opened on a Wednesday in the middle of the day, and we were packed. We moved into the weekend, and we had lines that were wrapped around the building.'

They met at the crossroads. “It looked like it was falling on my shoulders for a reason,” Bubba said. “It was like a divine intervention. She needed help. She couldn’t run it. The merchandise was scattered about. There was very little money left. She asked me to come in with the little expertise I had in the car business.

“I just have to keep thinking that I have my priorities in line, and I’m doing what I love to do,” Baker said.

Selected seasonal lettuces tossed to order with guest's choice of roasted, marinated red and gold beets, heirloom tomatoes, English cucumbers, Bunoise carrots, soft goat cheese, candied pecans and marinated strawberries. Dressings: Cane syrup vinaigrette, extra virgin olive oil, sherry vinegar and balsamic glaze.

“To be in the same market in the same role for that long is highly unusual,” said George Sirven, station manager at KTBS- TV. “It’s truly incredible to have a gentleman with that much knowledge serving this community. It’s not work for Bob, it’s a passion.