| High School Musical: bland, cheesy, queasy
To describe this show as cheesy would be an insult to any half-decent cheddar, stilton or brie. But this is American cheese, produced in Disney's own huge factory, where ingredients that might once have been organic are reduced to perfect blandness. And it has to be said that there is a very big market for this product. The Churchill Theatre in Bromley, south of London, was full of children, especially girls, some as young as five or six, with the median age perhaps 11 or 12. .
Police investigate death of Multnomah County jail inmate
Nguyen, who has a Web site advertising her private family and youth counseling business called Jasmine Healing and Counseling, also worked most recently for Options Counseling Services of Oregon Inc., a private nonprofit health care agency. The 15-year-old boy was not an Options client, the agency's executive director said. According to court records, prosecutors were preparing a criminal case against Jasmine Nguyen and had met with the 15-year-old to inform him about testifying before a grand jury. "He expressed reluctance to participate by testifying against Hanh Nguyen because he loved her and wanted to spend his life with her," wrote prosecutor Greg Moawad in a court document. The teenager was scheduled to testify on Dec. 7. By then, police say, he had run off with the older woman and the woman's husband and her teenage daughter.
Robbing the Rich to Give to the Richest
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, fresh from an investigation of the student loan industry, is out with a plan he says will "help reverse the crisis in college affordability." Kennedy's Robin Hood approach takes $18 billion from lenders and applies it to reducing loan repayment costs for students, among other purposes. .
A different Desserts of Amelia
Volunteers needed The Boys and Girls Miller Club on Nassauville Road is looking for volunteers for its Hand in Hand after-school program, held from 3 p.m. onwards. Volunteers can help in a variety of ways and can choose their own schedule. One of the areas emphasized is homework completion at the club so it doesn't fall completely on the parents at home. Volunteers also assist in the computer lab and with arts and crafts, music and sports activities.For more information call the foundation office at 261-8666.Scholarships for girls Each year the Woman's Club of Fernandina Beach offers $1,000 scholarships to three Fernandina Beach or Yulee High School senior girls. Applications are available in the schools' guidance offices and should be turned in to them by March 24.The Woman's Club is asking for $10 donations and your name will be placed in a drawing for golf for four at the Golf Club of Amelia including cart fees, golf for four at one of the courses of Amelia Island Plantation or a $100 gift certificate at Amelia Island Plantation for dining in their public restaurants.
Calendar: This week in Davidson, Jan. 30-Feb.5
Christmas Tree Drop-Off Program: Davidson County residents can have their holiday trees recycled into mulch. All trees must be free of lights, ornaments, icicles, tinsel and garland. No flocked trees will be accepted. Trees will be accepted through Feb. 16. Cane Ridge Park, 419 Battle Road. Call 862-8400. Cedar Hill Park, 860 West Old Hickory Blvd., Madison. Call 862-8400. East Park Community Center, 700 Woodland St. Call 862-8400. Elmington Park, 3531 West End Ave. Call 862-8400. Hadley Park, 1037 28th Ave. N. Hartman Community Center, 2801 Tucker Road. Call 254-6531. Joelton Community Park, 21 Joelton Community Center Road; Joelton. Madison Park, 510 N. DuPont Ave.; Madison. Reservoir Park, Eighth Ave. S. at Argyle Ave. Richland Park, 4601 Charlotte Pike. Call 862-8400. Two Rivers Park, 3150 McGavock Pike.
Corzine approval rating dips down to 40 percent
Gov. Jon S. Corzine is receiving poor marks from New Jersey residents who don't particularly like the governor's policies or his style of governing, according to a new Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll. Midway through his four-year term, 40 percent of the poll respondents said they approved of Corzine's job performance, while 44 percent disapproved, the highest negative rating found by the poll since Corzine took office in January 2006. State residents gave Corzine an overall C-minus grade on issues ranging from cost-cutting, property taxes, government ethics, cost of living, schools and Corzine's level of effort. Corzine's highest approval rating of 51 percent came in April 2007, shortly after he was critically injured in an auto accident. On the most substantial Corzine policy initiative adopted to date -- a revamping of the way public schools receive state aid -- 45 percent of residents thought it was a bad idea, while 37 percent approved of the measure.
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