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History (Many thanks to Tom
Ford of the Tampa Tribune for this story. It pretty much covers most
of it.)
Monday October 21, 2002
Spinning A Web of Community
Woman
puts local sports on Internet
LAND O' LAKES ... She is as much a sideline regular at Gator
Stadium as
the chain-gang working Land O' Lakes High football games on Friday nights.
Faith
Jordan-Masella is there, camera in hand, snapping pictures. She does not focus solely on the Land O' Lakes High players in
action,
however. Coaches are part of the story, too, as are cheerleaders, parents
and fans.
""I have people come up to me all the time, especially
the kids,''
Jordan-Masella said. ""They say, "Oh, we're going to be on the
Internet.' They get
such a kick out of it.''
Capturing the essence of the community is the goal of
Jordan-Masella,
whose Web sites ... landolakesfla.com and wesleychapelfla.com ... receive
""hits'' from as far away as Europe and Asia.
"We get as many as 17,000 hits a day,'' she said.
""A lot of the people
who visit the sites e-mail us and say thanks. A grandmother in Ohio was all
excited because she was able to go on and see pictures of her grandkids.''
Sports is Jordan-Masella's specialty. ""Sports,
after all, does
make the
world go 'round, right?'' she said.
Football is her favorite. She was a high school
cheerleader in Ashtabula, Ohio. When Land O' Lakes running back Chris
Perez sustained a serious knee injury a few weeks ago, Jordan-Masella
could relate. Cheerleading took a toll on her left knee; she had six
major surgeries before finally having a knee replacement. ""I haven't had a
problem since,'' Jordan-Masella said. ""It's one of the best things
I've ever done.''
She met her husband,
Tony, in Ashtabula when they were in ninth grade.
She relocated to Arizona after high school. He lived in Kent, Ohio. When both
attended their 10-year reunion in 1982, they fell in love and later married
and moved to Florida. ""We
were just friends when we were young,'' Faith said, ""but one kiss
at the reunion was all it took.''
Tony and Donna
Price, a ""soccer mom,'' originated the Land O' Lakes Web
site, which mainly featured Little League reports. Faith took it over a year-and-a-half ago. She is
responsible for editorial content and the majority of the photographs. Tony
offers technical
assistance. Although sports is the
dominant topic, there are other items of community
interest, such as a catalog of Florida venomous spiders.
And the Ashtabula 25-year high school reunion. ""I don't think there are a lot of
hits on that,'' Jordan-Masella said
with a smile.
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Thanks, Faith and
Tony |
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