Hampton Inn In Henderson

Hampton Inn Bama Bash

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama women's volleyball team opens the 2011 season with the Hampton Inn Bama Bash on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26-27. Alabama opens the season with the first of three tournament matches on Friday against the Alabama State Hornets at noon from Foster Auditorium. Texas State and Austin Peay will play game two on Friday at 4 p.m., and the Crimson Tide and Austin Peay wrap-up day one with a 7 p.m. match. Day two begins at 10 a.m. with Alabama State and Austin Peay, game five of the tournament features the Lady Govs and Texas State at 3 p.m. and the Tide and the Bobcats close the event with a 7 p.m. contest on Saturday.

Hampton Inn Bama Bash For the 10th consecutive season WVUA-FM will broadcast Alabama volleyball matches on the radio and over the internet. The WVUA sports staff will broadcast all 14 Crimson Tide home matches. Friday's match against Alabama State will be available line on WVUA 90.7 FM, while the evening match will be available on the internet only at WVUA-FM.ua.edu. Saturday's match will air live on 90.7 FM.

UA AND THE BAMA BASH Corneille finished last season with 528 digs and ranked 58th in the nation. Corneille was named the SWAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year as well as named to the first team All-SWAC honoree. Pego, who had 1,034 assists last season, also received first team All-SWAC preseason recognition at the setter position. Asia Manning received second team preseason honors at the outsider hitter spot. Alabama State was predicted to finish fourth in the SWAC Eastern Division. Austin Peay was picked to finish second in the preseason Ohio Valley Conference coaches poll. Junior outside hitter Nikki Doyle was named to the OVC preseason team and Bill Egbert enters his first season as the head coach. In 2010, The Lady Govs posted a 26-8 overall record, a 14-4 conference mark and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Doyle returns following a sophomore campaign that saw her named the league tournament's Most Valuable Player, received All-OVC honors and OVC All-Newcomer team recognition in 2010. She will be the OVC's top returning hitter after averaging 3.47 kills per set in 2010 and ranking third among league hitters in the category. Doyle's 427 total kills led the league last season. The Alabama volleyball team posted an 11-19 overall record in the final season under head coach Judy Green , closing out a 15-year tenure at the Capstone. The Crimson Tide posted a 3-17 mark in Southeastern Conference play to finish tied for fifth in the SEC Western Division. Kayla Fitterer was as second team All-SEC selection after leading the Tide with 403 kills. UA closed the season on a winning note, posting a 3-1 win over Mississippi State. UA hit .283 in the match with a season-high 9.0 blocks versus the Bulldogs. Fitterer tallied her 12th career double-double with 18 kills and 13 digs and Mary Catherine Aune led the Tide with 23 digs.

Innkeeper Spotlight: The Henderson Castle Inn and B&B in Kalamazoo, MI

Everything about it is enjoyable. The fact than you welcome people as if they were a friend and family. They share stories and experiences. I have been a restaurateur for the last 25 year and it is somewhat similar but also very different. We are building a much better relationship with stronger bonds.

2.  How long have you been an innkeeper? The historical aspect of the castle interested me. As a French master chef and naturopath/art lover, it was a no-brainer to embrace this wonderful opportunity to own my own place where I can develop an upscale French fine dining restaurant combined with a world class naturopathic spa. My goal is to grow my aromatic herbs for my cuisine and medicinal herbs for my naturopathic practice as soon as possible so that next year we can start to use our own products.   Going to a B&B allows you to be directly connected with the locals and get a true flavor of the area. If you go to a Hilton in New York and then to Seattle, you will have a great experience in terms of hospitality and service, but they really look all the same and don't have any personality and spirit like we do with B&Bs.

7. Does your B&B have any special history? Henderson Castle, built in 1895, has been recently renovated. The history of the home began with Frank Henderson. Mr. Henderson was one of early Kalamazoo’s most successful businessmen. He was the owner and president of Henderson-Ames Company. Henderson-Ames made uniform regalia for secret societies, fraternal organizations, and the military. Mr. Henderson’s wife, Mary, had inherited a plot of undeveloped land on the western edge of Kalamazoo before the company's large success and Mr. Henderson dreamt of a grand suburb on this land. Allowing that dream to come to fruition, in 1888, he enlisted the help of surveyors, engineers, and landscape architects to plot the land and create Kalamazoo’s first "natural site plan." In 1890, Mr. Henderson was ready to build his home in his new residential district.

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