DALLAS----What do a pro golfer, a former astronaut, two high-profile academicians and the CEO of the world's largest oil and gas company have in common? Each is playing a significant role in solving America's math and science education crisis.
With the fall chill threading the air and leaves tumbling to the ground in Town Square, the Pioneers of Alaska headed to the basement of the Egan Center for their annual Grand Ball. But on the way to the escalators, they had to walk through the hoards waiting to see the Alaska debut of Killswitch Engage, the self-proclaimed “standard bearers for GENERATION HEAVY.”
Baylor Farm: 28511 Ben Howard Road, Monroe; 360-793-0822. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Wagon rides, u-pick pumpkins. Biringer Farms: 4625 40th Place NE, between Everett and Marysville off Highway 529; 425-259-0255.
The Lubeznik Center for the Arts is featuring "Woodturned Sculptures Too," an exhibit of lathe-shaped art from Oct. 7 to 29 at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. 2nd St. The works of exhibitors from Canada, England, France, Germany and New Zealand will be shown.
The military has identified a Stryker Brigade soldier from Fort Wainwright who was killed this week in Iraq. The Army says Staff Sergeant Jonathan Rojas of Hammond, Indiana, was killed Tuesday by small arms fire in Baghdad.
_Welcome to Anacortes American Online! Romance was in the air this weekend when an Anacortes High School student sent a girl on a scavenger hunt that ended at Cap Sante Park where large letters spelled out “Homecoming.”
October 19, 2005 As Polar Ice Turns to Water, Dreams of Treasure Abound - by Clifford Krauss, Steven Lee Myers, Andrew C. Revkin And Simon Romero With comments by Jamey Hecht (read this story) Satellite destroyed after Russian rocket launch - by CNN.com With comment by Michael C. Ruppert (read this story) White House Watch: Cheney
August 23, 2005 Lawsuit filed against Rumsfeld: Cruel Confinement of 'Enemy Combatant' in the United States - by Human Rights Watch (read this story) Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld Threatens US-German Relations With comment by Jamey Hecht (read this story) World Turning Its Back on Brand America by Kevin Allison (read this story)
From the sounds of it, about the only time Kathy Kelly can get some rest is when she's in prison. When she's not, there are minds to open, wars to stop, a world to save.
