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People, Places & Events
Monitor Photo/Robyn Wheeler
Dynamite Tumbling students (from left) Trinity Langford, 10, and Payton Wilbanks,
12, practice stretches and poses during the Junior tumbling seesion.
Special to The Monitor
MABANK-Dynamite
Tumbling is moving from
its Third Street facility by
Mabank Intermediate
School to a bigger and
better facility at 15373
Hwy 198, Suite 200, in
Mabank, sometime in
September.
“The new facility is
2,000 square feet larger
than the old one and has
a foam pit, full size spring
floor and 22 foot ceil-
ings,” Dynamite Tumbling
owner Blake Dunn said.
It’s now a building con-
structed next to the old
Circle M location on the
left, about a mile north of
their previous location.
Dun and his wife, Am-
ber, opened Dynamite
Tumbling in Mabank in
2011 offering safe and fun
tumbling classes for kids
3 to 18 years of age.
Their staff includes five
coaches with cheer
backgrounds and two
junior coaches who are
high school cheerleaders.
“We separate classes
by age and skill level,”
Amber said. “Our staff is
trained to teach and spot
correctly and we do not
let any child do anything
before they are mentally
and physically ready,”
she added.
Dynamite Tumbling of-
fers 30 minute private
lessons for $30 as well as
weekly group classes for
$60 a month.
Free trial classes are
available for those who
wish to give tumbling a
test run prior to purchas-
ing a monthly commit-
ment. A $25 enrollment
fee applies.
Hours of operation are
3 to 8 p.m. Monday-Fri-
day and some programs
are offered Saturday
mornings.
“At Dynamite Tumbling
we want to see your child
grow in motor and social
skills and confidence,”
Blake said.
“Kids build strength,
coordination, trust and
confidence. They make
new friends and learn to
tumble at the same time,”
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Monitor Photo/Robyn Wheeler
This Dynamite Tumbling student performs a backflip
without assistance while instructor Blake Dunn serves
as her spotter for safety purposes during the Junior
tumbling session.
he added.
“Our staff is dedicated
to giving your child 100
percent in any of our
non-competitive pro-
grams. We will encour-
age and challenge your
child, and make sure they
have fun! ” Amber said.
Dynamite Tumbling of-
fers a are Mommy and
Me program and classes
for pre-school, beginner,
intermediate and ad-
vanced tumbling.
The Dynamite Tum-
bling teams will be par-
ticipating in their first
competition of the year
Sunday, Oct. 20, at the
State Fair in Dallas.
For more information,
call (903) 880-6849
mail dynamite-
tumble @gmail.com or like
facebook.com/page/
dynamitetumbling.
Monitor Photo/Robyn Wheeler
Dynamite Tumbling student Kylie Robinson is hoisted
in the air by her classmates during the Junior
tumbling session.
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Monitor Photo/Robyn Wheeler
Dynamite Tumbling student Payton Wilbanks stretches out her back and
hamstrings priorto tumbling during class.
Rootseekers learn of
grave finding website
Courtesy Photo
Rootseekers president Margaret Ann Trail (right)
welcomes guest speaker Jim Gamblin at the recent
meeting at the Tri-County Library.
Special to The Monitor
MABANK-Gene-
alogist Jim Gamblin
spoke to the
Rootseekers at their re-
cent meeting at the Tri-
County Library.
Gamblin talked about
an amazing and helpful
web site for genealogists
at www.Findagrave.com.
He explained how to
use the search to find the
graves of families who
have died.
Thousands of volun-
teers take the time to enu-
merate cemeteries and
add pictures of the tomb-
stone. Searches can be
done by surname, cem-
etery, state, county and
date of birth or date of
death.
More than 104 million
grave records can be
found on the site and
more are added every
day. Search can also be
performed for famous
people from all around
the world.
Gamblin has added
hundreds of graves him-
self, many being his own
family.
Gamblin was bom and
reared about 30 miles
east of Kansas City at
Odessa, Mo. He was the
fifth of seven children. As
a child of 11, he helped
his father mow cemeteries
and dig graves. He says he
retired from that “ASAP.”
After high school, he
went to work for the tele-
phone company that later
became Sprint.
He started as a grounds
man and worked his way
up to lineman, installer/re-
pairman. After 10 years,
he became an instructor in
Sprint’s training center,
then first line supervisor
and finished his 39 A years
as a forecaster of long
range growth.
He and his wife,
Delores, have been mar-
ried for 50 years and they
have three sons, 12
grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter. Ten
of his 12 grandchildren
are girls.
He retired in 2000 and
began his genealogy re-
search. He is researching
the name of Gamblin,
Rigdon and Barker.
Sidney Rigdon, who
helped start the Mormon
Church, is his first cousin,
five times removed.
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