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Teens flying high following graduation
LIVERMORE The future is up in the air for Livermore High School seniors Michael Hollis and Samantha Ringhand. It's not that the two don't have plans for after graduation. But in addition to working and preparing for college, the 17-year-olds, through a new all-expenses-paid scholarship, will spend the summer learning a skill most only dream of. They will learn to fly. "It's something so different," Ringhand said Wednesday after taking the controls during takeoff and landing for the first time on a short flight around Livermore Municipal Airport. She had planned on working somewhere this summer while looking for scholarships. Last summer, the Livermore native took a demonstration flight at the school and was able to touch the controls a bit. No one else in her family flies, and her dad says he feels safer on the ground.
Steep prices await fans heading to national championship game
She kept tabs on the prices as she waited for the Buckeyes' opponent to be selected, and, finally, she purchased three club-level tickets Sunday. The price tag: $9,252, counting the broker's fee and shipping. Jackson, a Phoenix resident, who won't have to pay for airfare or a hotel stay, isn't the only one shelling out big bucks for the big game experience. The game in Glendale, Ariz., between Ohio State (12-0) and No. 2 Florida (12-1) is still three weeks away, but travelers who have yet to make plans likely will have to pay at least $400 just for airfare, more than double that for a ticket and they'll be lucky to find a hotel room in a nearby city - forget about Glendale, it's pretty much booked. Travel agents in Columbus sold most of their deals including ticket, airfare and hotel costs by last week.
Playing Possum Works Out For Paul
FAYETTEVILLE -- I'm not sure why I became mesmerized by the sport of curling during the most recent Winter Olympics.Generally I look askance at any sport that doesn't involve a ball, but curling at least has that thick disk of stone or iron that serves as a focal point.Maybe it was the remarkably intense expressions on the faces of those who play the sport that kept me watching the early-morning curling battles.Or maybe it was the similarity to shuffleboard.There used to be a shuffleboard area on the second floor of the First Baptist Church educational building, and as a kid I'd slip up there and play sometimes while waiting for my dad to finish work on weekdays.That was when I wasn't banging a ping-pong ball off the wall for hours outside the office of the long-suffering church secretary, Margaret Roberts.
Starbucks collecting school supplies for children
The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools, Inc. and Take Stock in Children, Floridas premier mentoring and scholarship program, will be the beneficiary of Starbucks Coffee Companys annual holiday community program.
From now until Jan. 3, Starbucks store across Florida will collect new school supplies for distribution to the most deserving children throughout the state. Customers are invited to drop off new, unwrapped school supplies at local Starbucks stores. Recommended gifts include paper, pencils, scientific calculators, notebooks, backpacks, binders, folders, glue sticks, etc. Each Starbucks location will serve as a collection site benefiting their local community schools.
- From staff reports
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OSAC scholarship application ready
OREGON: Oregon students can search 340 scholarship programs and apply with one application through the Oregon Student Assistance Commission. Booklets are available at local high schools, and students can apply online at www.GetCollegeFunds.org.
Awards range from $500 to $20,000, and there is no charge to use the unified application. Most scholarships are for Oregon residents entering or returning to various types of Oregon colleges in the fall of 2007. Some are open to out of state students and many may be used at eligible colleges throughout the United states.
Students are encouraged to apply online, where they can use search and filter features and apply for more scholarships. Other financial aid information is also available online.
Applications must be submitted by March 1.
Group Offers Caucasian Achievement Scholarship
NewsCenter 5's Janet Wu reported that they said the goal is to point out what they call the absurdity of race-based scholarships. Applicants must be at least one-quarter Caucasian. It's a direct response to a Boston University Hispanic scholarship, which requires applicants to be one-quarter Hispanic. .
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