| Butterworth can't hold Blues back
LUKE BUTTERWORTH's defiant hundred failed to stop NSW from claiming victory by an innings and 35 runs on the final day of their Pura Cup match at SCG today. The win sees the Blues leapfrog Victoria back to the top of the four-day ladder. Nathan Bracken (4-53) wrapped up the match today, the left-armer taking the last four wickets after Doug Bollinger (6-63) had continued to torment the Tasmanians side this morning. Butterworth at least held up the home side by scoring a career-high 116 in his second hundred in consecutive Pura Cup matches against NSW at the SCG today. Needing 298 runs to make the Blues bat again, the Tigers were dismissed for 263 in their second innings as NSW's first innings total of 7(dec)-512 proved too much for Tasmania. Bollinger threatened to single-handedly roll through the reigning champions before Butterworth and Brett Geeves (20) put on 64 runs in 75 minutes in the windy conditions.
MYP: Money for nothing?
Editor's note: As part of the Park Record's continuing coverage of the International Baccalaureate, this article is the second installment of a two-part series about the Middle Years Programme at Ecker Hill and Treasure Mountain middle schools. Wednesday's article, "The Middle Years Programme identity," discussed the introduction of MYP at Treasure Mountain International Middle School as a school-within-a-school program, the difficult transition from school-within-a-school to a whole-school approach, and how MYP philosophies are being integrated into curriculum by teachers. Part-two continues with more of the MYP story, including anti-IB sentiments from teachers, funding issues, how students earn their MYP certificate. Sixth-grade science teacher at Ecker Hill International Middle School, Elizabeth Hoburg, has spent her entire teaching career working with IBO programs.
Wild hogs win Texas boar war
EDOM, Texas -- It was a cool Saturday night in East Texas, and many men were surely someplace warm, swilling beer and watching football. That was not Joe Paddock's idea of good times.Covered in camouflage and carrying an AR-10 assault rifle, night-vision goggles and enough ammo to outfit a small battalion, Paddock was wading through weedy bottomlands, eager to "get up on some hogs," as he excitedly put it.Two packs of wild boars on a retired fire marshal's ranch had eluded his scope for weeks. This time, he promised, the clever pigs would pay."It's become like a vendetta to me," Paddock whispered. "These hogs have got my number. It's like they're tracking me."Paddock is a pig-killing hit man who calls himself "The Dehoganator" and advertises his services.If a band of feral swine is laying waste to your land -- an increasingly pervasive problem in the Lone Star State -- The Dehoganator and his riflemen will happily shoot 'em up to hog heaven, as long as you help cover the cost of the bullets.
Celtic Bank receives SBA honor for 4th year
Celtic Bank, based in Salt Lake City, has received the U.S. Small Business Administration Lender of the Year award for the fourth consecutive year. Celtic Bank originally was recognized as the top 7(a) and 504 lender for Utah's SBA in the small-size category. This year, Celtic Bank received the distinction in the medium-size lender category. The bank has been providing SBA loans since it first opened in 2001. .
Group Protests Consumerism
A small group of folks met at the Liberty Pole in Rochester to protest shopping and consumerism. They rode bicycles to the major retailers in Henrietta on what they dubbed "Buy Nothing Day." They hoped to encourage Black Friday shoppers to think outside the box when it comes to gift giving. "You can make things. You don't have to spend a million bucks. You don't have to violate your budget. You can get out there and do things that are meaningful to people. You don't buy affection with high price tags," said Jack Spula, anti-consumer. Riders throughout the country pedaled home the same message in other cities. jme/ay
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Angels are alive in Clark County
We all know it takes money to make money. But if you’re a cashless entrepreneur with a great idea, where do you turn? A number of start-up companies are getting their funding from angel investors. According to the New Hampshire-based Center for Venture Research, angels invested $11.9 billion into U.S. startups during the first half of 2007. Part of those dollars was invested right here in Clark County – local high-tech firm Lightfleet Inc., in business since 2003, is 100 percent angel-funded, according to CEO John Peers. Angel funding helps span the "equity gap," said Dr. John Becker Blease, a finance professor at Washington State University Vancouver. Entrepreneurs usually need from $100,000 to $5 million to fund their endeavor. Financial institutions are usually loath to lend that much, while venture capital firms aren’t interested in such "small potatoes." Clint Page, CEO of Dotster Inc., a successful, young high-tech firm headquartered in Vancouver, said that angel investing in the Vancouver-Portland metro area "is coming of age.
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