In one room, a group of elementary-age children spend their mornings conjugating Latin verbs and learning advanced English grammatical concepts. Down the hall, the middle school-age children learn how to form logical arguments and enhance their public speaking skills. And across the hall from them, the high school-age students engage in debates and other oratory activities meant to perfect their skills with rhetoric, critical thinking and speech.....more>>
For Hans Steiniger, the toughest part of completing his “Quest for 31” wasn’t finding tickets to NFL games in 31 cities or paying his way to and from each city. Rather, the most difficult task was actually wearing a Miami Dolphins jersey.
Even as Jay Rankin’s life spins out of control in “Under the Neon Sky,” the reader can’t help but remain somewhat upbeat. The book, Rankin’s memoir about his days as a doorman at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, details how his marriage, health and friendships all evaporated. But, even with all of this tragedy unfolding, there’s the alluring call of bright lights, prize fights and endless nights that define Sin City. Vegas, baby, Vegas.
Color me tickled pink that our daughter has apparently opted to follow in her father’s journalistic footsteps. What with the copious quantity of questions Penny’s asked of late, I’m not sure that any other career path would seem so fitting.
Typically, I’m a pretty even keel type human. An optimist by nature. When the great big roller coaster of life is going high and low, I can hang on pretty well and stay close to my peaceful center. It’s one of my favorite things about me. But, the relentlessness of the challenges are starting to wear on me. And I find that surprising.
For about a year now, you’ve tightened your belt, hard. You’ve stretched your pennies until Abe screams. But careful personal tracking has shown that there’s room for financial improvement.
We have enough restless, little-boy energy bottled up in our little home that if you could manage to hook it up to a power plant, you could probably run the city on it.
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1986 Ford Mustang FORD 1986 Mustang convertible, 5.0 body kit, 3.8L V6, 40k on new motor, runs but needs work. $700 or BO. 417-1611...>MORE
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1993 Chevy Silverado CHEVY Silverado 4x4 1993 new alt, starter, exhaust, rebuilt trans., etc. Reliable. Call 282-0465....>MORE
Dodge 2001 Neon DODGE 2001Neon, 4 dr, 4 cyl, auto, 58k mi. am/fm CD player, n o rust, like new, $3950. 525-7796...>MORE
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