COLUMN: A moral argument against limits on local spending
Heres a new argument against state limits on local taxes: They are immoral. Thats the approach to the issue that Wisconsin Alliance of Cities spokesman Rich Eggleston has taken in a column on the organizations Web site.
PUPIL,15, PULLS A GUN ON HIS HEAD TEACHER
A BOY of 15 laughed as he aimed a gun at his head teacher and pulled the trigger after telling her: “I’m going to shoot you.” His victim did not know the weapon was not loaded. Police have charged the boy with firearms offences.
A STRAND OF HATRED
This essay addresses the theme, not of electoral politics, but of a poisonous cancer in our social body, which the black magicians of the parivar used cynically to facilitate their capture of power.
The community will truly miss a great teacher
Mrs. Carole Forte, a dedicated teacher at Coxs Creek Elementary School, passed away very recently. She taught hundreds of students in her career of more than 25 years. I happen to be one of those lucky students.
Tuesday is 6-6-06: A once-a-century date or a sign?
Jaime and Kevin Hansen had a devil of a time scheduling a Caesarean section, but the St. Paul couple finally settled on Tuesday as the best day to deliver their daughter. “Then the nurse called back,” Jaime Hansen said, “asking if we were sure we wanted to deliver on 6-6-6.” The couple changed the delivery to Wednesday, June 7, joining a number of people who consider the sixth day of the sixth
SVEN HAS A GO AT HIS HERO
PETER CROUCH bagged a hat-trick in England’s final World Cup warm-up match - then copped an EARFUL from Sven-Goran Eriksson for a penalty cock-up. The Liverpool striker hit a treble in the 6-0 romp of Jamaica but was forced to apologise to his manager afterwards.
A daunting, yet attainable task: Pyramid State Park attempting to stabilize prarire chicken
Forget the Man of La Mancha stuff, Jeff Walk’s dream is entirely possible. Walk, a research scientist with the Illinois Natural History Survey, says it’s possible for Pyramid State Park to have a viable self-sustaining prairie chicken population within 10 years.
Ownership change a family affair at drapery shop
MARION - When Raymond’s Custom Draperies changes hands, it won’t be so much a change as minuscule adjustment.
