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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FLORIDA COURT REPORTERS ASSOCIATION APRIL/MAY/JUNE/JULY 2017 ASSOCIATION IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETIN BOARD FROM FCRA Advertising Special Needful People WANTED! Need a job? Need a reporter, Contract to advertise in 8 issues (2 Your stories to share with other agency, owners? Contact years) of this magazine and get a Placement Chairman Sandi reporters. Submit an article and special 15% discount on top of our Nargiz at 850-878-2221 or receive .15 CEU points if $$$low rates! Call FCRA Headquarters fax: 850-878-2254 or snargiz@ published in FCR Online. Email your today at 407-774-7880. comcast.net. story to [email protected] Address Changes MARK YOUR CALENDAR! ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK? ADDRESS CHANGED? FCRA 2017 Annual Convention PHONE NUMBER CHANGED? Fax your changes to If so, join the FCRA Group by Hilton West Palm Beach Headquarters at 407-774-6440 looking up Florida Court Reporters West Palm Beach Florida as soon as possible! 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BULLETIN BOARD FCRA OFFICERS & DIRECTORS DEPARTMENTS Bulletin Board ................................................................................................................... 2 President Christy Aulls Bradshaw, RPR, FPR 201 N Magnolia Ave • Ocala, FL 34475 President’s Message: You’ve Come a Long Way Baby ............................................ 4 [email protected] • W: 352-401-0080 • FAX: 352-620-8819 Editor’s Message ............................................................................................................. 5 President Elect Lori L. Bundy, RMR, FPR, CRR Musings from Vana Lou ................................................................................................ 13 561 31st St, SW • Naples FL 34117 [email protected] • W: 239-825-2086 Vice President Sharon Velazco, RPR, CLR, FPR ASSOCIATION BUSINESS 6470 Main Street • Miami Lakes, FL 33014 [email protected] • W: 786-371-7438 Important Announcements ........................................................................................... 5 Treasurer Cathy M. Morrow, FPR Save the Date: Let’s Party - Crime & Punishment ...................................................... 6 550 Robles Ln • Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 [email protected] • W: 904-358-2090 In Memoriam: Rus Weathers .......................................................................................... 7 Secretary Court Reporting & Captioning Week and Passion for the Profession ..................8-9 Michelle Smith, RMR, RPR, FPR, LCR, CCR 2101 Northside Dr, Ste 203 • Panama City, FL 32405 [email protected] Who Knew Court Reporters Could Lobby ................................................................. 10 W: 850-769-7178 • FAX: 850-763-5010 Twinspiration: “Twin Powers Activate” ........................................................................ 11 Northern Director Tracy Finan, RPR, FPR Member Spotlight: Gayl Hardeman ........................................................................... 12 PO Box 37265 • Tallahassee, FL 32315 [email protected] Sleuting the Net .......................................................................................................14-15 Central Director Richard Scire, RPR Machine Shorthand: A to Z - An Introduction to Stenographic Theory ................ 16 2002 Ringling Blvd, #404 • Sarasota, FL 34236 [email protected] • W: 941-861-7858 • FAX: 941-861-7924 Your Abundant Life ....................................................................................................... 17 Southern Director Cathy Carpenter, FPR Student Corner .............................................................................................................. 18 8521 75th Ave • Seminole, FL 33777 [email protected] • C: 239-292-0896 In a Flash .................................................................................................................19 - 28 Directors at Large Peggy Casper, RPR, FPR 10455 Creston Glen Cr E • Jacksonville, FL 32256 [email protected] FCRA WELCOMES Amy Marie Yarbrough, FPR Membership Application ............................................................................................. 29 1015 Atlantic Blvd • Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 [email protected] Membership Pre-Authorized Payment Plan Form .................................................... 30 Immediate Past President Rosa Naccarato, FPR 44 West Flagler St • Miami, FL 33130 [email protected] • W: 305-545-8434 • FAX: 305-325-8991 Editor Richard Scire, RPR 2002 Ringling Blvd, #404 • Sarasota, FL 34236 FCR Online Deadline Dates [email protected] • W: 941-861-7858 • FAX: 941-861-7924 Executive Director Lynn Hupp (SUMMER) APR/MAY/JUNE/JULY 222 S. 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April/May/June/July 2017 • FCR Online 3 By Christy Bradshaw, FPR, MESSAGE FROM 2016-2017 President THE PRESIDENT You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby! s I sat down to write this article, it occurred to me was so much more to this career besides just the reporting. that this would be my last article written as your I loved the interaction with the students and they loved see- FCRA President. It is hard to believe that our con- ing the machine. Even though we did not have paper in our ference is less than three months away and I will machines any longer, I always took my machine with paper Abe passing the tiara on to Lori Bundy! While trying to come so I could write their names and they could take it with them. up with a topic, the first thing that came to mind is that I still That seemed to be the highlight for them. can’t believe how far I have come since I began this career. When I decided to serve on the FCRA board, I never, Like most of us, I had the absolute love for the machine ever dreamed that I would one day be president. It just from day one in school. I could not keep my hands off of it. wasn’t even in my thoughts. I was going to serve on a few When I hit 160 words a minute, however, things changed. I committees and the board and bow out quietly. Well…. I developed a stutter on the machine. My teachers had never learned quickly that that is not what usually happens. The seen it before. I would get so nervous testing that my fingers next thing I knew, I was president elect and then I was giving would just freeze. I would write the same stroke over and a speech as the incoming president. How did this happen? over and just couldn’t get past it. It was devastating. I finally And I gave my speech with no hives at all. I was completely had a friend hypnotize me and between that and the doctor shocked and amazed at myself. prescribing me medicine (the good stuff) to test, I FINALLY When I look back at the experience I have gained through made it to 225. this career, it is absolutely amazing. Not only have I en- My first six months reporting, I had to wear scarves be- joyed being a freelance reporter, I have owned my own court cause I would break out in hives every time I swore in a wit- reporting agency and mentored students. I have attended ness or had to read back. Those of you who know me well NCRA Legislative Boot Camp in Washington D.C. and had have seen those hives once or twice at least. the opportunity to lobby on Capitol Hill on the Courthouse When I moved to Jacksonville in 1998, three years out Security Act and the Interstate Notary Act, both of which are of school, I began taking harder jobs and started to get some still in the works today. I have spoken to my local county bar confidence under my belt. In 2000, when I started my busi- association. This past February I went to Tallahassee for ness, I felt the urge to take the RPR and prove to myself, our very first “Hill Day” and lobbied for certification for court