Portrait, Personality Slideshow

###Ocala Star-Banner – Rabbi Samuel Dov Berman(cq) of Temple Beth Shalom, Ocala, FL.### Islam project: Rabbi Samuel Dov Berman(cq) of Temple Beth Shalom, talks about the importance of learning about other faiths, Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 2, 2006, Ocala FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Ocala Star-Banner – Dr. Steven Masood(cq), Summerfield apostate, Ocala, FL.### Islam project: Dr. Steven Masood(cq), of Summerfield, born into a Muslim family in Pakistan, is now apostate, a person that has abandoned his faith. He is holding his pamphlet entitled, “Waging War on Islam – through the Message of Jesus,” in his office. He converted from Islam and now is a Christian minister, living and working in Summerfield. His ministry called, Into the Light, is a Christian ministry and outreach to Muslims by the way of prayer and dialogue. On his desk is the Bible and some of his books he as written, Wednesday, June 27, 2006, Summerfield, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Ocala Star-Banner – Rev. Jim Bullock(cq) pastor of Fort King Presbyterian Church, Ocala, FL.### Islam project: Rev. Jim Bullock(cq) pastor of Fort King Presbyterian Church, discusses the importance of Christians learning about the Islamic faith, Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 1, 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Ocala Star-Banner – Ramadan 2005, evening breaking of fast party Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005, Ocala, FL.### Islam project: Katya Bonthron(cq) of Ocala, was age 7 at the time of Ramadan 2005, gets ready for prayer. The breaking of fasting party, during the holy month of Ramadan in 2005, that involves the fasting of food during the day. The Islamic Center of Ocala, located on Northeast 14th Street, celebrated the evening of Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005 with a party hosted by Dr Humeraa Qamar(cq) and her husband Dr. Asad Qamar(cq) of Ocala, that included food, prayer, fellowship. In the prayer rooms, men and women are separated by a white curtain, the faithful gather for one of the times of daily prayer, Saturday evening, October 22, 2005, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###NEWS Arnold Irchai (cq), is a University of Florida Assistant Professor at the School of Music, is a world-class bassoonist, originally from Moscow, at his home, Gainesville, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Arnold Irchai (cq), is a University of Florida Assistant Professor at the School of Music, is a world-class bassoonist, originally from Moscow, at his home, Gainesville, Wednesday evening, September 21, 2005, Gainesville, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS Arnold Irchai (cq), is a University of Florida Assistant Professor at the School of Music, is a world-class bassoonist, originally from Moscow, at his home, Gainesville, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Arnold Irchai (cq), is a University of Florida Assistant Professor at the School of Music, is a world-class bassoonist, originally from Moscow. Here is a the double reed woodwind. Gainesville, Wednesday evening, September 21, 2005, Gainesville, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###Ocala Star-Banner – Healing Conference, Ocala, FL.### Father Salomon Bravo(cq) of Bogota, Colombia, carries a monstrance, a vessel that is used for the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the species of bread and also known as the host or Eucharist. This was part of opening procession of an event hosted by the Hispanic Ministry of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, for the First Grand Charismatic Healing Conference on Sept. 16 and 17 , in Ocala. The theme of “Christ Heals in Spirit and Truth” for the many that gathered seeking healing. Speakers included Father Alfonso Cely(cq) of Blessed Trinity and Father Salomon Bravo(cq) of Bogota, Colombia. The “Redes” from Kissimmee and others provided music, Saturday morning, Sept. 16, 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Ocala Star-Banner – Advent: Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Center, known in Spanish as La Guadalupna, Advent celebrations, Ocala, FL #### Father Alfonso Cely (cq), with the Hispanic Ministry of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, waits in the cold for a special Advent program, the four weeks prior to Christmas, to start shortly after midnight on Monday, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Center, and also know in Spanish as La Guadalupna, located at 11153 W. State Road 40, in the “Little Mexico” area of rural horse farms, awaited the arrival of the Los Caporales Mariachi, of Tampa. The celebration or feast day of the patroness of the center Our Lady of Guadalupe is traditionally celebrated in Mexico with a serenade starting just after midnight on December 12, according to Father Cely (cq), with the Hispanic Ministry of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. Father Cely ministers to a many Mexican parish at Our Lady of Guadalupe(cq) with special celebrations and customs from Mexico. Nine days of special prayers, Masses, recitation of the Rosary, started the special Advent program that is of Mexican origin for Our Lady of Guadalupe. An estimated 700 peoople attended the event, Monday morning, December 12, 2005, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###Ocala Star-Banner – Megan Massaro(cq) age 17 of Belleview, at Don Stewart Stables, Reddick, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 ### Megan Massaro(cq) age 17 of Belleview, at Don Stewart Stables, with Apollo, Tuesday afternoon, December 13, 2005, Reddick, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

Diocese of Orlando Bishop Thomas Wenski at Our Lady of the Springs Catholic Church, in Ocala, FL, for a funeral. ( Jannet Walsh)2006

###First Visit of Bishop Wenski, Ocala, Fla. ###First Visit of Bishop Wenski to Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Anthony Convent Sergio Flores, left, orginally from Mexico, now of Ocala, poses with Bishop Thomas Wenski after Mass. Flores is wearing a hat very typical of Mexican wear. He started to take his hat off, but the bishop told him to wear his hat also. Diocese of Orlando Bishop Thomas Wenski made his first ever visit to Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Joseph Convent on Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2008. The convent is home to the Missionary Sisters Catechist, or in Spanish, Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas, that arrived in Ocala on Jan. 30, 2007, from Medell’n, Colombia. This is the religious orderÕs only convent in the United States and officially had their convent blessed and opened April 22, 2007. Bishop Wenski celebrated the Mass with Father Alfonso Cely and Father Patrick Sheedy and Deacon Eddie Berrios, all of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, Ocala. Father Cely estimated that more than 400 people attended the Mass, packed from wall to wall, with folding chairs. The Tuna La Trinidad de Blessed Trinity, of Ocala, a Spanish style musical band, typical of the European minstrels musicians, performed complete with black capes, serenading the Bishop by the altar and also outside during a luncheon. The to Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe officially opened in 2002. The Catholic Center and convent are both located at 1153 W. State Road 40, Ocala. Prior to 2002, the growing Hispanic communities of mainly Mexicans working in the rural Marion County horse farms were celebrating Mass and services in backyards and at a local horse farm barn prior to the opening of Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2008, Ocala, Fla. (Jannet Walsh/Freelance to The Florida Catholic)2008

###Ocala Star-Banner – The Villages Oktoberfest parade, The Villages, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 -###The Villages Oktoberfest parade was complete with an Oktoberfest princess, Mary Conrad (cq) of The Villages, originally from Austria, and the prince is Fritz Schmitt (cq) from The Villages, originally from Bavaria, in Germany, Monday afternoon, November 14, 2005, The Villages, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS – Dinner and dance at the General K. Pulaski (cq) Citizens Club, in Belleview – CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Joe Peltz (cq) left, of Summerfield, is the band leader of the Melotones. Peltz has been playing the accordian for 70 years. Dave Wroblicky (cq), left, of Casselberry, plays a saxophone and clarinet. The General K. Pulaski Citizens Club, located on Southeast 113th Street, Belleview, originally is a social club, and was celebrating Father’s Day, Sunday afternoon, June 12, 2005, in Belleview, FL. (Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS – Ocala Breeders’ Sales Two-year-olds & horses of racing age – Ocala – CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Edward Farmer (cq) a ringman, does his best to hold on to hip number 122, a bay colt consigned by M & H Training and Sales. The colt sold for $10,000 as it was making a fuss with a shrieking noise almost the entire time in the sale ring at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales during the sale of the two-year-olds & horses of racing age, June 21, to June 22, Tuesday afternoon, June 21, 2005, in Ocala, FL. (Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS – Buckaroo Roundup for 2005 Ocala Shrine Rodeo, Ocala – CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Saxsen Norton (cq) left, the Rodeo Princess, and Kyle Fortner (cq), right, the Rodeo Buckaroo, tries a bit of roping, both of Ocala. They are at Western Connection, at U.S. 441, trying on cowboy wear that is donated from the store. The buckaroos will participate in the upcoming 2005 Ocala Shrine Rodeo, Tuesday afternoon, July 5, 2005, in Ocala, FL. (Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS Kingdom of the Sun Concert Band practices at Osceola Middle School, Ocala FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Vernon Feiler(cq) age 85, of Ocala, started playing a tuba in high school in 1934. Here he plays his Double B Flat tuba with other members of the Kingdom of the Sun Concert Band, Thursday evening, August 4, 2005, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS Local artist Bill Lodzinski(cq) specilizies in Gytaku, a Japanese art form of fish rubbing pronounced “Ghee-yo-tah-koo”. Ocala, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Ocala artist Bill Lodzinski (cq) specilizies in Gytaku, a Japanese art form of fish rubbing pronounced “Ghee-yo-tah-koo”. Here he stamps and signs his art, Thursday afternoon, September 15, 2005, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS Local artist Bill Lodzinski(cq) specilizies in Gytaku, a Japanese art form of fish rubbing pronounced “Ghee-yo-tah-koo”. Ocala, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Ocala artist Bill Lodzinski (cq) specilizies in Gytaku, a Japanese art form of fish rubbing pronounced “Ghee-yo-tah-koo” , prepares a fish, Thursday afternoon, September 15, 2005, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###NEWS Local artist Bill Lodzinski(cq) specilizies in Gytaku, a Japanese art form of fish rubbing pronounced “Ghee-yo-tah-koo”. Ocala, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 – cell### Ocala artist Bill Lodzinski (cq) specilizies in Gytaku, a Japanese art form of fish rubbing pronounced “Ghee-yo-tah-koo” , prepares a fish, Thursday afternoon, September 15, 2005, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###Ocala Star-Banner – Ocala Regional Wellness Seminar hypnotherapy program, Summerfield, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 -### Robbie Tuttle (cq) stands with her bike. She has lost weight attending the Ocala Regional Wellness Seminar hypnotherapy program, Friday afternoon, November 4, 2005, Summerfield, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###Habitat House for family###Kateria Bostick, 7, front with a green stuffed animal, Tianna Bostick, 6, front center and Edward Johnson Jr., age 1 year. On bed left to right are Toni Sands, 11, left, Edmanni Johnson, 4, center and Tekeiyah Sands, 9. The six children all sleep on the bed together. Not pictured is a stepsister Madonna Lee, age 16. The children and their parents Kateius and Edward Johnson will all be moving into a Habitat for Humanity house on Mother’s Day. The new house is located at 1323 Southwest Fort King Street, Friday afternoon, May 6, 2005, Ocala, FL, USA. (Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###Ocala Star-Banner – Dunnellon High School graduation at Dunnellon High School Football Stadium, Dunnellon FL – Contact photographer at 352-598-7976. Photo Editor Alan Youngblood, 352-598-7967### Brian Callahan(cq) age 18, center, waits to lineup with his class at the graduation at Dunnellon High School at Dunnellon High School Football Stadium, Friday evening, May 19, 2006, Dunellon, FL. ( Photo by Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Ocala Star-Banner – New convent of Missionary Sisters of Catechist or in Spanish, “Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas”, Ocala, FL – contact photographer at 352-598-7976### Sister Soledad (cq), is an advisor in the religious order of the Missionary Sisters Catechist(cq), from Colombia, She stands at the lectern or ambo, the location where holy scriptures from the Bible are read by the laity and the priest on the small altar at Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe or also known in Spanish simply as “La Guadalupana”, located at 11153 SR 40, Ocala. The Hispanic Minsitry of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church is planning to start a new convent of Missionary Sisters Catechist or in Spanish, “Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas” from Colombia. The religious order of Catholic sisters will be teaching catechism, the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church in Spanish, Sunday evening, May 28, 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006 ###Editor’s Note: There is no word “mission” used in the name of the location of Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe, as stated on the sign at entrance or contained in the Spanish translation of the name. The Spanish translation is “La Guadalupana” , no word “Mision” is used.###

###MAG – John Sikorski(cq) Antiques and Collectibles Advisor, Ocala, FL CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHER 352-598-7976 ### – John Sikorski(cq) Antiques and Collectibles, Wednesday morning, July 12 , 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Ocala Star-Banner – Healing Conference, Ocala, FL.### Lissette Berrios(cq) of Ocala, receives the holy oil for the sick as she receives a blessing and the laying on of hands by one of the priests. The event was hosted by the Hispanic Ministry of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, for the First Grand Charismatic Healing Conference on Sept. 16 and 17, 2006. The theme of “Christ Heals in Spirit and Truth” for the many that gathered seeking healing. Speakers included Father Alfonso Cely(cq) of Blessed Trinity and Father Salomon Bravo(cq) of Bogota, Colombia. The “Redes” from Kissimmee and others provided music, Saturday morning, Sept. 16, 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Freelance for The Florida Catholic Ð Father George , Ocala, Fla. ### The Rev. George Maniangattu, pronounced money-in-got, of Our Lady of the Springs, in Ocala, originally from India, will travel to Rome in Oct. 2008. Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican will declare his Great Aunt, the late Sister Alphonsa, 1910-1946, of Bharananganam, Kerala, India, an official saint on Oct. 12, 2008. Father Maniangattu will be traveling to the canonization ceremony in Rome, considered to be the highest recognition of a life by the Roman Catholic Church, Friday morning, Oct. 3, 2008, Ocala, Fla. (Jannet Walsh/Freelance for The Florida Catholic )2008

###Ocala Star-Banner – Healing Conference, Ocala, FL.### Maria Diaz(cq) of Clermont, lays on the floor as she rests in the Holy Spirit after she received a healing. She doing a healing by proxy for a family member that is very ill. Becoming overwhelmed is called resting in the Holy Spirit, according to Father Alfonso Cely(cq). Aguirre(cq) before the healing she was feeling depressed and was at peace and very calm. The event was hosted by the Hispanic Ministry of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, for the First Grand Charismatic Healing Conference on Sept. 16 and 17, 2006. The theme of “Christ Heals in Spirit and Truth” for the many that gathered seeking healing. Speakers included Father Alfonso Cely(cq) of Blessed Trinity and Father Salomon Bravo(cq) of Bogota, Colombia. The “Redes” from Kissimmee and others provided music, Saturday morning, Sept. 16, 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

###Ocala Star-Banner – First baby of 2006 in Marion County, born at MRMC, Ocala FL – contact photographer at 352-598-7976### Danielle Stevens(cq) right, her and is center, with husband Shaun Stevens (cq) holds the new baby boy Asher Stevens(cq), with brother Noah Stevens (cq) age 2 years, left, all in a hospital room at MRMC. Asher (cq) was the first baby born in Ocala for 2006, arriving at 2:45 am, weighing 8 pounds and 11 ounces and 20 inches in length. The new baby’s brother Noah Stevens (cq) age 2 years, the mother’s husband Shaun Stevens (cq) including the Mary Leidecker (cq), the baby’s great-grandmother, all of Hernando, were on hand to visit the new arrival. The baby was delivered by Linda Reilly (cq) a certified nurse midwife, according to the Danielle Stevens(cq). The mother’s labor lasted about 9 hours and went “beautifully” compared to her first that baby’s birth, Noah, that lasted 36 hours. “We hope he has an opportunity to be blessed as we are. We both want him to be healthy, learn and the grow, ” stated Danielle Stevens, Sunday afternoon, January 1, 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2005

###Ocala Star-Banner – “Cats” practice at Ocala Civic Theatre, Ocala, FL – Contact photographer at 352-598-7976. Photo Editor Alan Youngblood, 352-598-7967### Actors prepare for practice of “Cats” at the Ocala Civic Theatre, Monday evening, May 8, 2006, Ocala, FL. ( Photo by Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)2006

Rock the Chimp – Rocky the chimp at home with his family and owners Yvonne and Justin Finser, Umatilla, Florida, 1998. Photo by Jannet Walsh, STAR-BANNER, Ocala, Florida.