Varlico, FL
The marital prowess of our first president, detailed in the Brandon Times:
The Christians in Government class at Bell Shoals Baptist Church includes viewings of videotaped history lectures by David Barton, the vice chairmen of the Texas Republican Party. Barton discusses the religous beliefs of the Founding Fathers, noting that, through prayer, George Washington made himself bulletproof during the French and Indian War.
Freehold, NJ
An eye on school safety, from a dispatch in USA Today:
At Park Avenue Elementary, visitors and serviceman once had to ring a doorbell and wait for a secretary to buzz them in. But now they can skip the bell, thanks to the iris-scanning device purchased for the school with a $370,000 US Justice Department grant. Secretary Sari Valenti concedes that the system is "maybe a little overkill for a small town," But she likes that people can "come and go now without feeling like, "Oh I've got to bother the laides in the office,"
Carter Lake, Iowa
Protecting our nation from the threat of Buddhist monks, written up in the Tibet Post:
Immigration officials dressed in riot gear and flanked by a SWAT team descended on a group of 6 Buddhist monks whose visas had expired without their knowledge. The monks' leader Kharnag Vangtul Rinpoche, said the monks came to the United States on a church sponsored mission, hoping to share the plight of the Tibetan people.
Newfane, VT
Yankee knowhow, gleaned by the Burlington Herald:
At their annual town meeting, Newfane residents voted 121-29 in favor of impeaching President Bush. Now that the motion passed, the town will ask Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to file articles of impeachment.
The town, however, remains evenly divided on whether or not the cracks in the 100-year old sidewalk should be repaired
Stockholm, Sweden
The struggle to stay on the bike, from Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter:
The Stockholm chapter of the biker gang Hell's Angels is being investigated for fraud after police found 70% of members were certified as depressed and were getting state sickness benefits.
The government has esimated that as much as a fifth of the workforce in Sweden is on long-term sick leave or early retirement due to sickeness, often put down to "burn out"
North Hills, NY
The good of the many outweighs the good of the few, from the New York Sun:
Members of the Deepdale Country Club are rallying to save their 175-acre facility from being taken by village officials, filing lawsuits to fend off eminent domain proceedings.
Mayor Marvin Natiss has said tha the village takeover would "increase property values" because of the cache of having a municipal golf course open to all 1,800 residents. "I only do what's in the best interest of village residents," the mayor said, adding a poll conducted several years ago found residents would favor a village golf course "as an amenity."
Concord,NH
Admirable resistance to statistics, reported in the Boston Globe:
Cosmetics executive Nadine Thompson is suing Southwest Airlines for discrimination, claiming they humiliated her and made her buy, a second seat because she is black.
Under Southwest policy, a "customer fo size" is required to buy an extra seat when he/she "can't sit in a seat without having the armrest raised and is sitting on a part of the adjacent seat." Thompson, who is 5'8" and weighed between 300-330 pounds at the time, does not consider herself a customer of size.
The marital prowess of our first president, detailed in the Brandon Times:
The Christians in Government class at Bell Shoals Baptist Church includes viewings of videotaped history lectures by David Barton, the vice chairmen of the Texas Republican Party. Barton discusses the religous beliefs of the Founding Fathers, noting that, through prayer, George Washington made himself bulletproof during the French and Indian War.
Freehold, NJ
An eye on school safety, from a dispatch in USA Today:
At Park Avenue Elementary, visitors and serviceman once had to ring a doorbell and wait for a secretary to buzz them in. But now they can skip the bell, thanks to the iris-scanning device purchased for the school with a $370,000 US Justice Department grant. Secretary Sari Valenti concedes that the system is "maybe a little overkill for a small town," But she likes that people can "come and go now without feeling like, "Oh I've got to bother the laides in the office,"
Carter Lake, Iowa
Protecting our nation from the threat of Buddhist monks, written up in the Tibet Post:
Immigration officials dressed in riot gear and flanked by a SWAT team descended on a group of 6 Buddhist monks whose visas had expired without their knowledge. The monks' leader Kharnag Vangtul Rinpoche, said the monks came to the United States on a church sponsored mission, hoping to share the plight of the Tibetan people.
Newfane, VT
Yankee knowhow, gleaned by the Burlington Herald:
At their annual town meeting, Newfane residents voted 121-29 in favor of impeaching President Bush. Now that the motion passed, the town will ask Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to file articles of impeachment.
The town, however, remains evenly divided on whether or not the cracks in the 100-year old sidewalk should be repaired
Stockholm, Sweden
The struggle to stay on the bike, from Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter:
The Stockholm chapter of the biker gang Hell's Angels is being investigated for fraud after police found 70% of members were certified as depressed and were getting state sickness benefits.
The government has esimated that as much as a fifth of the workforce in Sweden is on long-term sick leave or early retirement due to sickeness, often put down to "burn out"
North Hills, NY
The good of the many outweighs the good of the few, from the New York Sun:
Members of the Deepdale Country Club are rallying to save their 175-acre facility from being taken by village officials, filing lawsuits to fend off eminent domain proceedings.
Mayor Marvin Natiss has said tha the village takeover would "increase property values" because of the cache of having a municipal golf course open to all 1,800 residents. "I only do what's in the best interest of village residents," the mayor said, adding a poll conducted several years ago found residents would favor a village golf course "as an amenity."
Concord,NH
Admirable resistance to statistics, reported in the Boston Globe:
Cosmetics executive Nadine Thompson is suing Southwest Airlines for discrimination, claiming they humiliated her and made her buy, a second seat because she is black.
Under Southwest policy, a "customer fo size" is required to buy an extra seat when he/she "can't sit in a seat without having the armrest raised and is sitting on a part of the adjacent seat." Thompson, who is 5'8" and weighed between 300-330 pounds at the time, does not consider herself a customer of size.
