| Ellington keen to seize his chance
NOT many people connected with Watford were pleased when the club accepted Fulham's bid for Marlon King last week. In fact, many supporters were outraged. However, Nathan Ellington could have been forgiven for raising a brief smile. The striker has hardly had a sniff since he arrived from West Bromwich Albion in August amid a huge fanfare and he was starting to look like an expensive back-up striker to Darius Henderson and King. .
Wild Card/Vacation Day 11 of 12
Only two more shopping days until I return to the final days of the City Council campaigns. Then, we'll have fun taking apart the campaigns. Any dirt yet? Any mudslinging. You know, the good stuff. Or is everyone behaving? My wife is now looking over my shoulder -- literally -- so I have to pretend that I'm just checking ball scores. See ya in two days. Here's Wild Card ... .
From ho-ho-ho to just so-so
In the first weekend of this month "whoever came spent more than they normally would," Wiegand said. There is mixed sentiment among consumers about spending this holiday season in the Roanoke Valley. While the national picture for spending so far this Christmas is bleak, some Roanoke area retailers are reporting a mixed bag. For some, holiday sales are higher compared with last year. For others, sales could use a pick-me-up. Nationally, spending for the holidays is slower than in years past. Based on results from ShopperTrak, which monitors traffic at the nation's malls and retail locations, traffic was about 4.7 percent less during the last week of November compared with the same week last year. And a report Tuesday by the International Council of Shopping Centers said sales at chain stores rose only 0.2 percent during the week ended Dec.
Gift card business fueling post-Christmas sales
Jennifer Strain was perusing the stores at Market Street Shops of Dalton on Friday, despite a steady downpour of rain, looking for post-Christmas deals. Strain said she had already spent most of the money she set aside for gifts."I'm not really looking for anything in particular," said Strain, who was in town from Kentucky visiting family over the holidays. "I might pick up a few things here and there if it catches my eye."Another out-of-towner at the outlet center, Chad Holloway, said he was looking for deals on clothes and electronics but was a bit hesitant to splurge on gifts for himself."There's just a lot of things on everybody's mind," Holloway said. "Seems like so many things we buy everyday — gas, milk, food — is getting more and more expensive. So I think people have less money to spend."Experts predicted retailers would struggle this shopping season because of concerns over the war in Iraq, the seemingly ever-increasing gas prices, a slowing housing market and a nationwide credit crunch.
Just Say “No” — Again — to Goleta General Plan Amendments
In 2006, a new Goleta City Council majority was elected, in part based on their claims that Goleta's General Plan did not reflect the true wishes of Goleta residents and that it had to be changed. Early in 2007, the city's planning staff was authorized to conduct a process to “open up" the General Plan to consider amendments originated mostly by land owners, developers, and special interest groups. The council allocated more than $350,000 for staff support and workshops for public input, plus environmental analysis. Since then, the public's input has shattered the notion that there is discontent with the current plan, as the information below illustrates. It is time to move on. Over the course of five public workshops during this past summer and fall, staff presented 77 potential amendments to the General Plan, including 33 proposed by the Bacara Resort.
Budget looks bleak for Collier public schools
The service, which cost the district $738,000 for the 2007-08 school year, provides a bus for those students who live within two miles of their school and are not eligible for hazardous reimbursement funds by the state. The district provided the service for students who, for example, live in Saturnia Lakes and attend Laurel Oak Elementary School. The students live less than two miles from the school and the state does not consider the sidewalk along Immokalee Road hazardous. The district would bus those children because it deemed it necessary. Carroll said she would like the district to revisit those proposed routes to see if they are necessary. Bob Spencer, executive director of financial services, told the School Board on Tuesday that the district would be in the red by between $190,202 and $10.9 million if the Board made the proposed cuts.
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THEY like it spicy down here in South Carolina. Locals pour hot sauce on their catfish, on their grits, even on their greens. Their politics is spicy too. Charleston, a city with some of the richest and poorest people in the state within spitting distance, has a political scene "as gothic as New York City," a local journalist says. Some folks who live in the historic mansions in Old Charleston actually commute to New York regularly. Meanwhile North Charleston has pockets of desperate poverty, and there are people living in run-down trailers not far outside town. The polls are open today in a state that has once again reminded America of its reputation for hard-ball politics. After all the antics of the past week, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards are in the hands of Democratic primary voters.
Art and history merge in Breck
Herbertz poured a true foundation before piecing it back together, using a 65-ton crane to move the roof and sides.
Everybody was kind of nervous, Herbertz said. But it came back together within an inch.
Since its a historic structure, all the remaining work is being done on the interior leaving the historic exterior visible.
Inside, Herbertz and others working on the project moved out horse troughs and stables. They also found some other artifacts, like unique horseshoes with cleats (presumably for the horses to get traction on the High Countrys snow and ice) along with turn-of-the-century nails and an embossed jar.
The work is being financed partly by a grant written by Breckenridge town historian Rebecca Waugh through the state historical society.
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