tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48994039556567934432024-03-13T19:35:36.193-04:00A Central Floridian living in the Carolina WorldThe occasional thoughts and creations of Scott Girouard, a Central Florida native who has moved to Spartanburg, SCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-75949113706562538292017-06-12T14:11:00.001-04:002019-09-24T10:38:31.109-04:00<br />
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Marketing Summit" width="600" constrain="false" imagepreview="false" /></a></h1><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;
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none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important;">for a digital marketing seminar </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;
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width: 250px;"> <br />
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<center style="max-width: 20px; min-width: 20px; width: 20px;"><p style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><a href="#" alt="" style="margin: 0; color: #00afef; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding: 0; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <img src="http://go.gatehousemedia.com/rs/128-HXG-819/images/ds-master-2018-register-cal-icon.png" align="center" class="float-center" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; margin: 0 auto; border: none; clear: both; display: block; float: none; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: auto;" /> </a></p></center></td> <td width="15" style="-moz-hyphens: auto; -webkit-hyphens: auto; margin: 0; border-collapse: collapse !important; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 15px !important; word-wrap: break-word;"> </td> <td width="215" style="-moz-hyphens: auto; -webkit-hyphens: auto; margin: 0; border-collapse: collapse !important; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 215px !important; word-wrap: break-word;"> <p style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: 1.750em;">WHEN</strong> <br />
Thursday, October 17, 2019<span> <br />
</span><span style="color: #4d505b; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">8:30 AM EST</span><br />
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<center style="max-width: 20px; min-width: 20px; width: 20px;"><p style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><a href="#" alt="" style="margin: 0; color: #00afef; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding: 0; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <img src="http://go.gatehousemedia.com/rs/128-HXG-819/images/ds-master-2018-register-location-icon.png" align="center" class="float-center" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; margin: 0 auto; border: none; clear: both; display: block; float: none; max-width: 100%; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: auto;" /> </a></p></center></td> <td width="15" style="-moz-hyphens: auto; -webkit-hyphens: auto; margin: 0; border-collapse: collapse !important; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 15px !important; word-wrap: break-word;"> </td> <td width="215" style="-moz-hyphens: auto; -webkit-hyphens: auto; margin: 0; border-collapse: collapse !important; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 215px !important; word-wrap: break-word;"> <p style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: 1.750em;">WHERE</strong> <br />
Spartanburg Marriott<br />
299 North Church Street <br />
Spartanburg, SC 29306<br />
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<div class="mktoText" id="col-2-article-wrapper-copy-26dcd0607-c140-47e5-9037-3eef8f655d43"><p style="margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #4d505b; font-family: 'Roboto', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.7; padding: 0; text-align: left;">As a small business owner, Google will show you how you can:<span style="color: #4d505b; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;"> </span><br />
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</li>
<li><strong>Impact</strong> purchase decisions<br />
</li>
<li><strong>Drive</strong> sales<br />
</li>
<li><strong>Grow</strong> your business</li>
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I am just finishing up my
second week at my new job. In a new city. In a new state. I have a lot
of advantages over many other people who start a new job, as it's at a
different property and division of the same company so even though many
things are different, I at least know what questions to ask.<br />
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But that's not what I'm writing about today. I moved to a different
area of the country (The Western Carolina's) and am slowly learning my
way around. So today when I was walking back to my office in Spartanburg
from having lunch, a couple of gentleman stopped me on the street and
asked me "Hey, are you from around here?" Well, I had to say "Yes, I'm
new, but I'm from around here." They were looking for a place in
Downtown to eat and I was happy to recommend a little restaurant that I
had eaten at a couple of days before. <br />
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You see, it's not about how long you live somewhere or about how many
people you know, it's just about how willing you are to share the
knowledge you have. And today I thought "I may not know much, but I can
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3. If you ride a motorcycle and value your life, NEVER ride said motorcycle on a crowded interstate highway. On an 11 hour drive, I saw no less than 2 accidents with bikers on the tarmac and many many more close calls with cars merging over and nearly taking the bikers out. With vehicles running at 80 MPH plus and 20' apart, drivers barely see the cars much less the bikes in their blind spots. Having the right of way is no benefit if you are smeared across the road. (fortunately no photo).<br />
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So my purpose here is to record what life is like for a transplanted Floridian who has landed in the Carolina's. I was born in Florida and have lived almost my entire life there. Now I am one of those people who has transplanted themselves to another part of the country. I will no doubt pronounce city names wrong, I will wander around looking for things like a tourist, and I will make the occasional superior judgemental opinionated statement. What I hope to do is record my adventures here for your entertainment. If it is, in fact, entertaining, well I'll let you be the judge of that.<br />
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Until next time...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-64656421683813551992010-05-04T13:09:00.000-04:002010-05-04T13:09:46.358-04:00Join Rotary in Ending Polio Now<b>A</b>fter 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.<br />
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Not so bad it seems, but we did see fields covered with snow that had not been covered that deep in many years. It warmed above freezing, it rained, but still the snow stayed, with more on the way.<br />
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But since a picture is worth a thousand words, here are a few so you can see what it was like.<br />
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After much heated discussion the City Manager was removed with a expensive severance package, and a capable interim manager was installed while the search for a new leader ensued. What we found was that the best candidates stayed away from the City as the impression was out there that the political situation on the City Commission was unstable at best. It took a year before things settled down and we were able to find a candidate who met our requirements and was willing to take us where we wanted to go. That candidate? David Greene.<br />
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If I could offer advice from a reformed politician who views things now in a more historical perspective, it would be for our current commissioners to remember that words MEAN things. If you say it to the press, chances are it will be printed or posted, and it gets awfully hard to take back. Save your comments for the meetings, think three times before you say anything, and remember that when the evening is over, we're all on the same side.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-58337176361213254422010-01-11T23:56:00.004-05:002010-01-12T00:18:03.899-05:00It's a matter of PrioritiesMonday night is Scout Night in the Girouard household, with my younger son now a Boy Scout. My wife was the Cub Scout leader while the boys went through that phase, and I was involved in Boy Scouts during the time our older son became an Eagle Scout. What struck me tonight as we drove to the Scout House was everyone gathered at Winter Haven City Hall for tonight's City Commission meeting.<br /><br />I missed many of our boy's functions during the time that I served on the City Commission. It is part of the job and I knew that going in, but I don't think that people give politicians enough credit for the sacrifices they make in their personal lives. It is easy to criticize someone from afar, but until you have been there, you really can't appreciate what it's like. I'm sure all of the new local elected officials are going through that experience now, having spent a few months in office.<br /><br />Whenever I get in a discussion about local elected officials with some of my more cynical friends and they wonder why I tend to give the politicians a break (most of the time), I just tell them it comes from knowing what they are going through. So give your elected officials a break...and run for public office. Everybody should do it at least once.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-85912671665335279562010-01-10T22:10:00.003-05:002010-01-10T22:20:14.346-05:00Rotary Park takes a new Step<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3M28gvVOxuBoSdKy-0U0u3eDAydHhwg_Uk9zfaTBPOiqJaP4nkOS6ENqkOsQZz1fZCf_aJhKdh4R7E24V6TizRUSXfiIC0BgPglUjewhlyfMCT42XWZj6Z7KcnbPSrbAAkHqGGUaKrWH/s1600-h/IMG_7487_edited-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3M28gvVOxuBoSdKy-0U0u3eDAydHhwg_Uk9zfaTBPOiqJaP4nkOS6ENqkOsQZz1fZCf_aJhKdh4R7E24V6TizRUSXfiIC0BgPglUjewhlyfMCT42XWZj6Z7KcnbPSrbAAkHqGGUaKrWH/s400/IMG_7487_edited-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425316669333569170" border="0" /></a><br />For those of you in the Polk County area, especially in Winter Haven, you are familiar with Rotary Park. If you have not visited recently, check it out, as it has recently undergone a remodeling due to the efforts of the Winter Haven Rotary Club and the City of Winter Haven. Thanks to photographer Steve Elias we have a record of the ribbon cutting and the dedication last Thursday, January 7. It was the culmination of a lot of work by many dedicated people, and I salute them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-7966501422476156802010-01-06T21:31:00.005-05:002010-01-06T21:46:35.326-05:00A Picture is worth a Thousand Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDi9LAcSgdvlhrIpa4QFV4K6G_NrsLnKTxBXFpwpxfguO5cKfpxEd0bEGIZzPYZhHHZElUQGPiPPI1IhFWfgRnvOjC7jb1gDqHsBoZ-mcsTG6-d2LP6I962hMt5rm8pnSi1RzJma3OuCD1/s1600-h/PICTCLNFLD+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDi9LAcSgdvlhrIpa4QFV4K6G_NrsLnKTxBXFpwpxfguO5cKfpxEd0bEGIZzPYZhHHZElUQGPiPPI1IhFWfgRnvOjC7jb1gDqHsBoZ-mcsTG6-d2LP6I962hMt5rm8pnSi1RzJma3OuCD1/s400/PICTCLNFLD+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423823787031471970" border="0" /></a><br />As I say in my profile I have been a part time professional photographer for many years, although lately the time spent creating images has been much more part time. One of the things I would like to do in this blog is share some of my favorite images with you. Many of these have been published and printed before, some of them are just now seeing the light of day. Feel free to comment on them or ask where and when they were taken. The first one was made on a afternoon drive "Somewhere in Western North Carolina"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-8723196150461961082010-01-06T15:21:00.001-05:002010-01-10T22:26:03.137-05:00Florida PoliticsRead a great article on the Florida Governor's race today that was in the New York Times Magazine. If you would like to read it you can link to the story here. The story is called <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10florida-t.html">The First Senator from the Tea Party?</a> Enjoy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-85184562550472415282010-01-04T21:25:00.000-05:002010-01-04T21:45:33.038-05:00Buddy Fletcher: Made to be MayorA good friend of mine, a great public servant left office on his own terms today. Mayor Buddy Fletcher of Lakeland is one of the good guys, having served the citizens of Lakeland and central Florida for 21 Years, 17 of those as Mayor. As my experience in local politics only lasted six years, I can truly say that Buddy was able to keep his constituents a lot happier that I was, and kept all of the political balls in the air. It was a great run and Lakeland will not see a man of his skills again soon. To read a great article about the man and his career, go to <a href="http://www.theledger.com/buddyfletcherstory">http://www.theledger.com/buddyfletcherstory</a> .Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899403955656793443.post-28579241006074993182010-01-03T21:01:00.001-05:002010-01-10T22:27:22.518-05:00Another ProjectAllow me to introduce myself. My name is Scott Girouard and this is the first blog I have written that does not have anything to do with my job responsibilities. During my daytime life I am the Digital Advertising Manager for The Ledger, a Newspaper in Polk County, Florida. (website <a href="http://www.theledger.com">www.theledger.com</a>) I also write for one of our magazines, <span style="font-style: italic;">Inside Polk, </span>and have been a semi professional photographer for many years. I hope to share some of my photographs through this blog as well. I am also a reformed politician, having served the citizens of the City of Winter Haven. Florida as their City Commissioner and Mayor from 1996-2002. If I get inspired, I might even comment on local politics. What excites me about this is I have know idea where it might take me, but I hope to enjoy the ride. Hop on if you like.<br /><br />Until we meet again,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1