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Here's the view from my balcony overlooking the 4.5-acre atrium. We'll see you tomorrow.

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FPRA State President Suzanne Sparling, APR (pictured above with microphone) hosted a welcome reception tonight for conference participants. The dessert reception was held in the Emerald Bay Plaza.

Click here to view the photoset from the reception.

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The annual FPRA Golf Outing took place Sunday afternoon at Falcon's Fire Golf Club, located adjacent to Gaylord Palms Resort. The tournament was sponsored in part by Publix and was coordinated by Steve Shepherd of the Gainesville Chapter and at-large member Jennifer LaTorre.

We had five foursomes this year:

Team #1 - score 67
Dr. Jay Rayburn, APR, CPRC, Fellow PRSA
David Hart
Rick Oppenheim, APR, CPRC
Bill Warren, APR, CPRC

Team #2 - score 64
Reese Riggle
Sarah Templeton
Jan Loomis
Jeff Cooper

Team #3 - score 69
Brad Zachow
Sheila Zachow, APR
Mike Smith
Patrick Smith

Team #4 - Score 67
Lisa Zupko
Lisa Eck
Jennifer Palombo
Mark Mitchell

Team #5 - score 60
Steve Shepherd
Tim Orwig
Daryl Morris
Tim Flors

The winning team was Team #5 (pictured above), followed by Team #2 and Team #1. The putting contest was won by Patrick Smith. Closest to the pin was won by Jeff Cooper. Longest drive was won by Mark Mitchell. Longest putt was won by Brad Zachow.

Click here to view the complete photoset from the golf outing.

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who participated! And a special thanks goes out to Alexander and Desiré Shepherd (pictured below), children of Steve Shepherd, who served as our golf outing photographers.

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These alligators and turtles are hanging out in the atrium of the Gaylord Palms Resort. The specially designed habitat, called Gator Springs, is home to 15 juvenile alligators and 30 native species of turtles. They also have several live species of Florida snakes (securely displayed, of course).

The live alligator display is managed by nearby Gatorland.

Children, please keep your hands and arms inside the boat.

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FPRA Vice President of Chapter Services Wendy Crites Wacker, APR (pictured above) is offering a Chapter Leadership Forum today from 2-5 p.m. for incoming chapter leaders. The forum is designed to provide leadership tips and resources to make the coming year successful.

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Let me be the first to welcome you to the 2008 annual conference of the Florida Public Relations Association. This year, we celebrate our association's 70th anniversary! Seven decades of leadership. Seven decades of building relationships. Seven decades of enhancing the profession.

This annual conference is FPRA's premier professional development event. Members of FPRA, as well as other PR professionals from around the region, will gather in Kissimmee today for three days of professional development, networking and fun. By offering experts on a variety of industry-related topics, it is our goal to present concepts and tactics that participants can immediately apply to their own jobs.

It's going to be a great conference, and we hope you will take full advantage of this conference blog.

On behalf of the conference blog team, welcome to Kissimmee!

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