Month: February 2003

One of the fun things I do at the News-Times is to sort through the submissions for the annual Student Express. I wish you could see even half of what we receive for this annual contest. This morning I sorted through the weather pictures. Will Barker drew a picture of the earth with the blue…

Any child would rebel at the thought of reading a series of books described as: character building, historically insightful and worst of all “autobiography.” Can the seal of doom be stamped any more firmly on any book, let alone an entire series? Personally, I probably would not have read the books if I had read…

Feb. 10, 2003 In the midst of community protests against school consolidation, proposals and counter-proposals about how to meet the court’s mandate for equitable distribution of educational funds, one certainty remains: Every child will have a school desk … somewhere. It may not be exactly where they or their parents want the desk to be,…

“You killed my baby! ” the woman’s voice on the phone cried in the ear of the man who had sprayed her home for creepy, crawly critters. The pest control guy froze in disbelief as visions of the end of his career and business flashed before him, “No. This stuff does not harm mammals. It…