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I usually get some kind of response from the Senator (Jon) Kyl, but it is obviously a form statement. I may not agree with everything the congresswoman has done but I am glad she is working as hard as she is for us. But if you have to hold up a mirror to see your left hand, you won’t agree with anything a so-called "liberal" does. I am outraged to find out that a new building of the big box store size (almost 30,000 square feet, multi-story) is to be built right across the street from my home. I live just off El Camino Real on Calle Gardenia in the Village Meadows area. This is an established residential area with many residents having lived here 30 plus years. We have lived here for 17 years and this is the first we have heard of this plan. The building is for the new Boys & Girls Club.
Bra Boy Jai Abberton driven by 'drugs and fear'
SYDNEY surfing gang member Jai Abberton says fears for his own life and substance abuse contributed to him driving while disqualified on at least six occasions, a Sydney court has been told. Three years ago, Abberton, now 34, was acquitted of murdering Tony Hines and dumping his body in the eastern Sydney beachside suburb of Maroubra. At the time Abberton, a member of the Bra Boys gang, admitted to shooting Hines in the head but said it was an act of self defence. Abberton faced Downing Centre Local Court today for what Magistrate Julie Huber noted was his sixth charge of driving while disqualified. He also is charged with resisting arrest after police had to commandeer a bicycle from a passer-by in order to catch him when he abandoned his car.
Win for Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a seven-day cultural event honoring black and African heritage. Evans said that based on the evidence presented, "it has not been shown to be a religious celebration." The Chancery court room was standing room only Wednesday morning, filled with members of the media, curious spectators and a handful of Kwanzaa supporters dressed in colorful African garb. Reaction was mixed. State Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, called it a case of the "Grinch stealing Kwanzaa." Memphis resident Ron Crook, who was in Chancery Court for other business, said the verdict could open doors for other spiritual organizations to come knocking for the right to host events. "It just becomes a big mess." he said. Representing Thomas, attorney Anthony Pietrangelo argued that allowing the celebration would be discriminatory, and in violation of the First Amendment, because the county attorney had denied Thomas the right to host a Christian party yet allowed the Kwanzaa event to take place.
Here from beginning to the end
It was 1935 and Birmingham and the country were in the thralls of the Great Depression. During that economically challenging time then-Birmingham Post Editor Jimmy Mills knew the newspaper had to do more than deliver printed words and bold headlines to the public. Many families, after all, couldn't afford to put food on the table, much less buy a newspaper. So Mills started the Goodfellows program which bought candy and fruit for needy youths. It evolved into a program that delivered fruit and toys to needy Birmingham-area around Christmas each year. It would be the Post's, later to become the Post-Herald's, first foray into community service, but not its last. Since then, the Post-Herald has sponsored various community service projects from the State Spelling Bee to the All-State Academic Team to the Kudzu Run and Car Show to the Distinguished Teachers Awards to the Scholar-Athlete Awards.
'It's good here, innit'
My phone's blowin' up, innit! All my boys are watchin' it, congratulate me on the goal, hoping we go on to the next stage. It's good, it's all good. 'I picked up the accent in London, but I speak my native tongue, too, so I speak Ga [the language spoken around Accra] in front of the boys here, so that's all good. Funny how things have turned out, innit!' Yes, it is, and not just in the bubbly world of Junior Agogo, the Nottingham Forest striker who was born and raised in Accra before moving to Kilburn in north-west London at the age of 15. Yesterday was an historic day in African football. The first match in the Cup of Nations, in February 1957, was Sudan v Egypt in Khartoum. Last night, in Ghana's football-mad second city, Kumasi, they met again, for the first time in decades in a tournament that bears little, if any, resemblance to the original version.
Newy can be reached at his Web site, www.newdawg.com .
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