| August 2003 Volume 02, Issue 04 People OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS "Opportunity" wasn't the word Laurette Koellner would have used at the time. Her father, a newly retired New York City firefighter, had decided to uproot his family and move south while Koellner was in the middle of her senior year at high school and dating her husband-to-be. The move also would mean leaving her hometown of Brooklyn, filled with family and long-time friends. Where was this place in Florida anyway, called ... ... Merritt Island: Home of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center; hard by Patrick Air Force Base and the launch operations of major aerospace contractors Boeing, Lockheed, and McDonnell Douglas. After finishing high school in Florida, Koellner worked at secretarial jobs, steadily moving up to a Legal Secretary position. Always interested in business and management, she attended college at night to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Power to the pitcher After playing organized baseball since he was 5 years old, Frank Ruscin will get a second chance to fulfill a childhood dream when he takes the field as a pitcher for the first Greek Olympic baseball team in the 2004 Summer Games. | |
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