| Culpeper School Board focuses on bad news
Culpeper School Board Date published: 8/28/2007 p { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; text-align: justify; background-color: transparent } BY DONNIE JOHNSTON Shrugging off the good news they received last night, the Culpeper County School Board decided to concentrate on the bad. Construction Projects Manager Hunter Spencer and Finance Clerk Jeff Shomo informed the board that through luck and good project management, the $3 million deficit at Eastern View High School had been whittled down to about $500,000. Further, they said that there was a good chance that even that amount might be made up with project savings yet to come. Still more encouraging was the news that a plan had been devised to lower the original $1.3 million deficit at Yowell Elementary School to a mere $3,000.
Krieger Schechter Day School holds golf and tennis classic fundraiser
Krieger Schechter Day School Golf & Tennis Classic: After a year hiatus of not holding this fun(d) raising tournament last year, Krieger Schechter Day School celebrated its special anniversary with a gala event and the tennis and golf tournament returned to Chestnut Ridge Country Club. It was a mega success with 125 golfers and 25 tennis players participating!
Golf winners:
First-place team: Geoffrey Becker, Bill Becker, Mike Campbell and Mark Banta.
Second-place team: Greg Lawson, Tim Hackerman, John Blanar and Mike Bertling.
Third-place team: Steve Mackler, George Mackler, Richard Routner and Robert Gluck.
Additional winners:
Long drive, Hole 9: Kimberly Min.
Fairway 18: John Abell.
Closest to the flag 3: Howard Richmond.
Liberalisation or suppression?
Public protests against soaring inflation have rocked the Burmese regime over the past two weeks in the wake of the government's sudden increase in fuel prices. Small peaceful protest marches have continued in many parts of Burma's main commercial city, Rangoon. In the past week these demonstrations demanding lower fuel and food prices have spread to several other parts of the country. These protests are very rare in Burma as the military regime keeps a tight grip on the population. But the numbers joining these marches have grown since more than a hundred people joined the first demonstration demanding that the government immediately lower fuel and food prices. "The government has raised fuel prices without giving any prior notice, and due to this hike, all the people are suffering.
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