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***UPDATE: FRIDAY, FEB 18TH, 9:40 AM**

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is happy to report that Mr. Gilbert Ketler has been located and is safe.

At about 9:27 AM on Friday, February 18, 2022, PCSO Missing Persons detectives were notified that Mr. Ketler was located in Warminster Pennsylvania.

He will be removed from the missing persons database, and the Silver Alert which was issues yesterday has been cancelled.

ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS:

***SILVER ALERT***

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is issuing a SILVER ALERT this afternoon for 72-year-old Gilbert Ketler, who was last seen leaving his home on High Vista Drive in Davenport around 9:15 a.m. this morning, Thursday, February 17, 2022.

Mr. Ketler was driving his white 2005 Toyota Sienna minivan with FL tag IFX9. He was wearing tan shorts, a blue shirt, a tan jacket, and his glasses. He is 5'10" tall, with blue eyes and gray hair.

Mr. Ketler has Type-2 diabetes and Parkinson's disease. He is possibly headed to Pennsylvania.

If you see Gilbert Ketler please dial 911 or contact the Polk County Sheriff's Office at 863-298-6200.

Attention Sakura Martial Arts Friends and Family! Due to a delay in my travel schedule, there will be no class on Wednesday, October 27.
Thank you for your understanding.

"Looking back, I realize that for me, judo was not an extra-curricular activity. It was part of my education, like going to school.

And what I learned over the next 27 years through my judo practice would be so much more valuable and profound than the lessons any textbook could ever teach me.

Judo became a part of who I am; it taught me perseverance, dedication, sacrifice, hard work, respect, and humility. Most of all, it taught me the true meaning of grit."

Read more from Senior Instructor and Olympian Sayaka Torra https://www.ebji.org/2015/03/judo-and-grit/

Elderly should be taught judo so they can fall safely, researcher says Sport and exercise scientist Katrina McDonald, who coaches judo at Anglia Ruskin University, said the technique of falling safely, known as 'ukemi', could help older people.

Attention Sakura Martial Arts Friends and Family: due to the rapidly changing Covid situation, please check with Rachel 724-263-9948 before coming to class. Thank you and stay safe!

Thank you Sensei Doug Clark for this wonderful tribute!

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Welcome to Sakura Martial Arts! We offer Instruction in Judo, Kenpo and blended Self-defense instruction.
Please call or text 724-263-9948 for more information.
Rachel Kane : head coach

Offering Judo, Kenpo and blended Self-defense training.