HI EVERYONE...JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS LAURIE AND I AM STAFF AT THE FLORIDA SKYDIVING CENTER, YES THIS WAS A VERY HUGH LOSS FOR EVERYONE AND WE ARE ALL VERY SAD TO SEE THIS HAPPEN, HOWEVER WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM EVERYONE WE WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND AS A MATTER OF FACT WE ALREADY HAVE BEGUN TO SEE SOME LIGHT. TODAY WE FLEW TANDEMS AND SOME AFF.WE ARE OPEN AND JUMPING WHILE WE REBUILD. AS I HAVE PERSONALLY HEARD FROM BETTY THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIGGER AND BETTER AIRPORT THAN BEFORE, SO PLEASE COME OUT ,WE CAN STILL HAVE JUST AS MUCH FUN AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST,JUST DOING IT A HOP SKIP AND A JUMP STILL DOWN ON AIRPORT ROAD. WE HAVE MANIFEST NOW IN THE OLD CAMPGROUND, BATHROOMS AND EVEN A RIGGING STORE,I HAVE ALSO HEARD WE WILL BE GETTING A TRAILER TO MAKE INTO OUR BAR THAT WE AT LAKEWALES LIKE TO CALL THE NEW HURRICANE HOLE, SO COME OUT SOON AND HELP BREAK IT IN.HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE REAL SOON. AND ALSO, FRANKENOTTER WILL BE OK, IT WAS FLOWN OUT TODAY TO HAVE SOME REPAIRS DONE AND WILL BE BACK SOON AS FOR NOW WE DO HAVE AN OTTER AND WE WILL BE FLYING IN THE MORNING. BLUE SKIES PS I WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR US , YOU HAVE BEEN MUCH NEEDED AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THANK YOU FROM MY HEART..WE STILL PLAN ON A VERY BIG WINTER SO PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND COME HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE STAFF AT LAKEWALES