Getting There: PGA Championship promises improved access By Associated Press | May 14, 2021 at 4:27 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 4:58 PM
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) The golf, as it usually is at the Ocean Course, was spectacular. Getting there to see it unfold at the PGA Championship nine years ago was more of a struggle.
The major championship returns to the dramatic, sea-swept course next week with organizers promising a different experience for those attending.
“We did learn a lot in 2012,” tournament director Ryan Ogle said.
There was plenty to learn. The Ocean Course is tucked at the end of a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles from downtown Charleston. Access much of the way is limited to two-lane roads. That led to massive traffic jams for spectators driving in and buses transporting fans, media and others.
A hot streak in mergers and acquisitions globally has been felt locally.
The trend has resulted in some big deals for local entrepreneurs and investors in a little more than six months.
One of those big deals involved the acquisition of a company based in Gainesville that generated a record payout to a Naples-based investment fund.
Investors in Tamiami Angel Fund I earned more than 10 times the money they put into the company, known as Fracture, with their exit, according to the fund s chairman. The business, started by two University of Florida graduates, prints frameless photos on glass.
Other eyebrow-raising deals include the sale of two longtime, successful manufacturers in Southwest Florida: Storm Smart in Fort Myers and Azimuth Technology in Naples. While the values of those deals haven t been disclosed, market watchers estimate both transactions run into the multimillions.
Blue Valley School Board votes to keep mask mandate
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Blue Valley School Board members took the recommendation of a hearing officer and voted Thursday night to keep the district s current mask mandate for students, faculty and staff working in school buildings in place.
Roger Warren, the hearing officer, made the recommendation Thursday evening after a hearing required under
a new Kansas law that allows any parent to challenge a school districtâs COVID-19 health policies.