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Chances for happiness Beth Anthony hears Mike before she sees him. In 1997 she is a new teacher at Berry Elementary in North Charleston. She's spent more than a dozen years working in some of the county's toughest schools. But she can't ignore the piercing screams and tears of this little boy curled under the cafeteria table, even as everyone sitting around seems to be doing just that. The other teachers tell Beth that Mike often throws such fits and that she shouldn't concern herself. Beth peers under the table. Her gaze locks on a pair of watery brown eyes. The boy's clothes are filthy and he has no socks. "Hey, Mike," Beth coaxes. "I'm new here, and I need your help. Could you show me the way to the parking lot?" Silence. Then, Mike's sobbing subsides and he reaches for Beth's outstretched hand.
Stunned by Lack of Outrage, Not Outrageous Acts
I continue to be stunned. Not by Bush any longer. There was a time when I was stunned by nearly everything he did. Or said. Who wouldn't be stunned by a president who could say, "They misunderestimated me," and sincerely believe he's on top of things? Nor by Cheney. His pure evil no longer surprises me, although there was a time when he routinely stunned me. Torture? Torture?? Not by Congress, either. There was a time when I was stunned by that crowd's sheeplike mentality. I'd hear them decry the war, decry torture, decry Bush's growing deficit, then I'd drop my jaw as they voted time and again to give the president carte blanche. No longer. I fully expect Congress to disappoint, to fail to do its job in balancing the White House power grab.
ABC Names Todd S. Mann Chief Operating Officer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced that Todd S. Mann has joined the association as its chief operating officer. Mann, a certified association executive, will have full oversight responsibility for ABC's financial, administrative and program activities. In addition, he will oversee its operational divisions and serve as the chief internal advocate for ABC national and chapter staff. "Mann offers proven leadership skills along with an impressive track record in association and private industry management," said Kirk Pickerel, ABC president and CEO. "We are very excited to have Todd in this key position as ABC continues to lead the merit shop construction industry." Before joining ABC, Mann served as senior vice president of business development for the National Restaurant Association in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for increasing revenue, directing membership, business partnerships and sponsorship fundraising.
Beautiful Miss Idaho in LCHS Parade
Gay prostitutes in England seem to have taken marketing tips from Matthew Lesko -- Whippersnapper. 3. (tie) Two North Idaho Realtors and a Contractor wash ashore after a three week search for fertile ground to develop near Harrison, Idaho -- Whatever. And: Legal fees have reduced Sanders Beach homeowners to poverty. Here, Jack Simpson, Jerry Frank and Robert Cliff sell their last asset -- Family Phil.
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In Harford County, trash has a bright future
The air inside the Harford County Resource Recovery Facility in Joppa is filled with an ever-present stench of trash. "That's the smell of money," said Frank Henderson, Harford's deputy director of environmental affairs, as he took a deep breath at the plant that residents call simply "the waste-to-energy." .
Monday's Lifestyles Briefs
ESCANABA — A benefit dinner is being planned for Mason Gingras (Hurkman), infant son of Kristina Hurkman and Tom Gingras of Escanaba. The dinner will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Wells Township Hall in Arnold. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for children ages 12 and under. Mason was born premature with his intestines on the outside and had to have emergency surgery. He is currently recovering at St. Vincent's Hospital in Green Bay. All proceeds will go the help the family with medical and travel expenses. For more information call Crystal Vanelsacker at (906) 280-3269. --- Extended hours at Family History Center ESCANABA — The Escanaba Family History Center has extended its hours. The center will now be open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Richard Reiffers, a consultant in German research, will be at the FHC to guide family tree researchers.
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