Employment opportunity - Thursday, March 01, 2007
Three of the Herald staffers spent this past weekend at the Colorado Press Association annual convention at the Brown Palace Hotel. We appreciated the opportunity to have lunch with our State Rep. Dan Gibbs Friday and catch up on how his freshman term in the legislature is going.
DEMOPOLIS - The community will have an opportunity to shake hands with a celebrity Friday. The Demopolis Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Meet-N-Greet in honor of Demopolis native Boyd Duckett for winning the 2007 Bassmaster Classic.
When Ricky Newton, a teacher at Totem Middle School, asked a cafeteria full of students how many of them had seen a peer use testing time as an opportunity to practice tic-tac-toe, more than half raised their hands.
Saudi Arabia's king personally welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival Saturday, a rapprochement many hope will help calm sectarian tensions threatening the Middle East.
Bolstered by a birdie-birdie finish, Charlie Wi shot a 5-under 65 in windy conditions at PGA National, giving him a one-shot lead over Bernhard Langer after one round of the Honda Classic. He missed only two fairways, connected on 17 of 20 putts inside 25 feet, and made a 40-footer for birdie at the par-4 13th.
One good afternoon of basketball could equal a day off for Tulsa's basketball team at the Conference USA Tournament. The Golden Hurricane heads into the game at 2:05 p.m. Saturday at Rice with an opportunity to earn a first-day bye in next week's 12-school event in Memphis.
DEMOPOLIS - The community will have an opportunity to shake hands with a celebrity Friday. The Demopolis Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Meet-N-Greet in honor of Demopolis native Boyd Duckett for winning the 2007 Bassmaster Classic.
When Ricky Newton, a teacher at Totem Middle School, asked a cafeteria full of students how many of them had seen a peer use testing time as an opportunity to practice tic-tac-toe, more than half raised their hands.
Saudi Arabia's king personally welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival Saturday, a rapprochement many hope will help calm sectarian tensions threatening the Middle East.
Bolstered by a birdie-birdie finish, Charlie Wi shot a 5-under 65 in windy conditions at PGA National, giving him a one-shot lead over Bernhard Langer after one round of the Honda Classic. He missed only two fairways, connected on 17 of 20 putts inside 25 feet, and made a 40-footer for birdie at the par-4 13th.
One good afternoon of basketball could equal a day off for Tulsa's basketball team at the Conference USA Tournament. The Golden Hurricane heads into the game at 2:05 p.m. Saturday at Rice with an opportunity to earn a first-day bye in next week's 12-school event in Memphis.
