BULLETIN BOARD (Crestline Courier)
The Mountain News and Crestline Courier-News invite their readers to post general comments in this section about story ideas, suggestions for improving the papers and/or other comments not related to a specific story. Thank you....more...A New Play From a Producer Who?s an Old Hand (New York Times)
For a time 43 years ago, George W. George was the king of West 45th Street. Now he is making a much smaller splash but setting a heartening example while doing it....more... Fire safety rap is smokin' (Wandsworth Guardian)
A firefighter who is down with the kids has penned a rap about the importance of smoke alarms. Stephen-remell Coleman, 28, of Wimbledon Fire Station, has produced a song called Got Mine Got Yours? which fire bosses hope will appeal to a young urban audience....more... Reading, writing and... (Chicago Sun-Times)
Two new books adroitly address this problem. Nancy Carlson's picture books of school stories, favorites with young children, often smooth troubled waters and boost self-esteem....more... 2007 Quill Award Winners Announced (NBC 4 Los Angeles)
Just as Hollywood has the Oscars, TV the Emmys and Broadway the Tonys, the publishing world has The Quill Awards. Check out this year's winners, then vote for your favorites!...more... Offers pour in as mom makes light of life on blog (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
? Through high school and a series of waitress and clerical jobs, Dawn Meehan was unable to find what she wanted to be when she grew up. She married, had six children in 12 years and found her calling....more... Hewlett Challenge (UC Berkeley News Center)
BERKELEY ?The term "endowed chair" is well-established in the academic lexicon, but even those at institutions of higher learning might be hard-pressed to explain the many ways faculty and students benefit from the funds generated by these endowments....more... Super mom's super blog (Daily Herald)
The list of producers reads like a who's who in network television. Good Morning America, CNN, FOX News, CBS and WMAQ-TV are just the latest to try to book an interview with Dawn Meehan, who just happens to be a mother of six....more... L'Engle's last wrinkle (Salon.com)
Madeleine L'Engle wrote children's books that were too complicated for grown-ups. I'll miss her....more... |