Gambling At A New Job
9 June 2008, 18:06 No comments
When a chance encounter leads to a good job, it sounds a lot like a Hollywood script.
But that is exactly what happened when 31-year-old Dan Sullivan started a conversation with the creative director of Cashman & Katz Integrated Communications while shopping at a Sears department store.
A short time after the improbable meeting, Sullivan sent in [...]
Search Continues For Missing Woman
31 May 2008, 03:03 No comments
A search is ongoing for a woman who has been missing from the Dublin area since Tuesday afternoon.
The family of Lillian June Moore, 67, said she has not been seen since leaving her place of employment at noon Tuesday.
Moore left the residence of a patient she sits with stating she was going to the post [...]
Making It Home After The Honeymoon
17 May 2008, 22:10 No comments
If you’re all caught up in planning your wedding and dreaming of a wonderful life together, you should know that at some point — probably within your first two years as a married couple — you’ll feel like quitting.
But if you go into marriage knowing it can be tough, you might be better equipped for [...]
Tavares High’s Clayton Butts is Teacher of the Week
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
Reason for becoming a teacher: My dad taught for 12 years, so I wanted to become a teacher too. Greatest moment as a teacher: Receiving my first paycheck and knowing this was my career. Most embarrassing moment as a teacher: I gave a speech to adults, and I [...]
Teacher of the Week | Marjanii C. Wilburn
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
Reason for becoming a teacher: I have two reasons. The first is helping my mother grade her eighth-grade English exam papers (multiple choice, of course) when I was in third grade until sixth grade and then ninth through 12th grade. I thought that it was fun! The second was when I was [...]
Cuban bassist Cachao dies; mambo pioneer
22 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
MIAMI %26mdash; Cuban bassist and composer Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, died Saturday. He was 89.Known simply as Cachao, the Grammy-winning musician had fallen ill in the past week and died surrounded by family members at Coral Gables Hospital, spokesman Nelson Albareda said.Cachao left communist Cuba and [...]
Belgian Author Hugo Claus Dies at 78
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Writer Hugo Claus , an artist, poet, playwright and novelist whose books painted a scathing picture of repression and hypocrisy in bourgeois Flanders , died Wednesday by euthanasia, his wife said. He was 78.Claus, who had Alzheimer’s disease, died at Middelheim Hospital in Antwerp. “He himself picked the moment of his death [...]
Cuban Bassist Cachao Dies; Mambo Pioneer
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
MIAMI - Cuban bassist and composer Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, died Saturday. He was 89.Known simply as Cachao, the Grammy-winning musician had fallen ill in the past week and died surrounded by family members at Coral Gables Hospital, spokesman Nelson Albareda said.Cachao left communist Cuba and [...]
Teacher of the WeekTerri Stevens
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
Age: 56. Reason for becoming a teacher: “Teaching for me is as natural as breathing. I come from several generations of educators, I love children, and I’m passionate about learning.” Greatest moment as a teacher: “There have been so many magical moments, but the one that stands out [...]
Teacher of the Week | Kay Jolicoeur
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
Age: 39. Reason for becoming a teacher: I always enjoyed school while growing up, and I had so many wonderful teachers that I connected with. I love the energy and creativity that comes with being an early-childhood teacher. Greatest moment as a teacher: Becoming a Sallie Mae Beginning [...]
