September 2011
September
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Skyler Carpenter in the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympics
July 31, Witchita, Kasansas — At the USA Track
& Field National Junior Olympics, Skyler Carpenter
placed eighth in the 100m hurdles finals with a time of
14.60 and third in the 400m hurdle finals with a time
of 59.97, earning her a medal and All-American status
for each event. The top eight finishers in each event
receive medals and All-American status. Skyler was the
only girl in her age group to receive All-American in
both hurdle events.
The Junior Olympic preliminaries started on July
28th. Skyler won her preliminary heat in the 400m
hurdles with a time of 101.89. On July 31st she ran the
100m first round with a time of 14.33 and then with a
time of 14.43 in the prelims.
To compete at the National level Skyler had
to qualify at the
state meet and
then the regional
meet. Skyler won
the 100m hurdles
and the 400m hurdles at the state
qualifier held in
Noblesville, Ind.,
on June 17 & 18.
The Regional
meet was in Plainfield, Ill., on July
7-10, where she
won both events.
Local Couple Represents Indiana in American Wedding Project
About a month ago I, Kala, happened upon
something called The AmerIcan Wedding Project. It is
a project started by a photographer in Wisconsin, Lisa
Ann Krutzik - Owner of Photographic Memories by
Lisa Ann LLC. She developed the AmerIcan Wedding
Project as a way for real weddings to be represented on
a national basis. The AmerIcan Wedding Project’s goal
is to photograph a wedding in every state plus ten major
cities in less than a year and a half. Along with that,
the project goal is also to collect stories, data, images,
and general information from each wedding to give
solid representation of what the American
Wedding is all about.
As each wedding is completed the
information will be compiled into a blog
format and then broken down into themed
stories that will be part of the chapters
of a wedding planning book that will be
published. Reading more about the project
we became interested. After discussing it
with my fiancé Cody we decided to go ahead
and apply to represent the state of Indiana
in the project. Not thinking that we had a
chance of winning, a day later I received a
surprising email saying that we had been
chosen to represent Indiana in the project!
By winning we receive one of 60 FREE wedding
photography packages being given nationwide, along
with having Lisa Ann herself come photograph our
wedding on September 17th , 2011. We are very excited
and blessed to have the privilege of representing the
state with our wedding and we are excited to share this
information with you! If you would like to find out more
information about The AmerIcan Wedding Project you
can go online to www.theamericanweddingproject.
com , check them out on Facebook, or contact them
at [email protected].