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Gyms and fitness centers hit hard by Honolulu’s reopening strategy in Hawaii

By Jaime E. Love 19 hours ago

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Under Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s new reopening strategy gyms and fitness centers will be allowed to open, but only for outdoor exercise and at limited numbers.

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The caution for indoor training comes after two Oahu gyms were linked to clusters of COVID-19 cases back in July.

Before the second stay-at-home order went into effect, Parado Power Personal Training owner Blake Parado upgraded his facility to make it compliant with the guidelines.

“We invested money and tried to follow all the protocols, we actually tried to exceed the protocols,” Parado said.

He says he now has to take things week by week to see if his business can survive until tier two, where they can go back indoors with just 25% capacity. That’s followed by tier three at 50% capacity.

Group fitness classes are allowed

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Athens Rec Center unites people of all ages through sport | Community

By Jaime E. Love 19 hours ago

The Athens Recreational Center has become a beacon of friendship and sport, uniting people of all ages in a common interest.

This could be through tennis, basketball, pickleball, general exercise or much more that the Rec Center offers.

It’s a place where our city’s elders become friends with our city’s youth. People who may not have crossed paths before end up becoming partners on the court. This is what sport and the Athens Rec Center can provide to the city and county.

It is not exclusive to any particular person, either, as local growth in popularity of sports such as pickleball has led to even Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks attending activities at the Rec Center.

There are multiple ways for people to get involved at “the rec,” allowing, for example, Marks and local Rec Center enthusiast Chase Spitzer the opportunity to connect on the court.

Spitzer has befriended Marks and

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European Super League threatens to shake up football’s ‘beautiful game’

By Jaime E. Love 2 days ago

There haven’t been many advocates for the European Super League, but Anglo-Italian agent Michael Di Stefano, who has worked in football for more than 20 years, advising players and clubs, told CNN Sport that the proposal was worthy of more consideration.

Di Stefano said that “maybe now is the time for those clubs to try a different format,” criticizing UEFA for being “unwilling to embrace” changes to the Champions League or to offer a larger share of revenue to big teams.

“The European tournament models have become, or maybe have always been, quite predictable,” he said. “The last time a football team from outside of that ‘Big 12’ won (the Champions League) was Porto in 2003/2004, or going back further, Borussia Dortmund in 1996 or Ajax in 1994.”

He argued clubs should be allowed to find new revenue streams.

“Football clubs don’t really make money and many of them, if

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Knights of Columbus restoring gymnasium from 1921

By Jaime E. Love 3 days ago

The Knights of Columbus are hoping to raise $80,000 to restore a 100-year-old building on E. Main St. into something for the community.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — A 100-year-old building in New Albany is getting a new life, thanks to the Knights of Columbus.

What used the be the Catholic Community Center on East Main Street has housed the Knights of Columbus for years. While it has fallen into disrepair, the Knights have been raising money to restore the building to its former glory.

“For us to leave it here and turn it into condos – that’s not the way it should be done,” Grand Knight of Council Michael Carter said.

Carter hopes that renovating parts of the building for public use will bring in enough revenue to restore the rest of it.

Ray Day, a New Albany author and historian, said the building served as a banquet hall, meeting

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