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Nigeria: US-Based Nigerian Launches Scholarship Scheme
A US-based Nigerian scientist, Dr Charles Olaiya has established a scholarship fund for students from Nigeria. Known as "Alice Fayemi Olaiya Scholarship Foundation Award", it will be administered by his alumnus, the Central University of Missouri (CUM), in the US. Beneficiaries include, African Americans from 'the inner cities', who are unable to access higher education due to lack of funds. Olaiya, who works with the US Department of Energy, named the scholarship after his mother, Mrs Alice Olaiya. He lost his father at the tender age of six and was raised by his mother and family members, who he said gave him the encouragement and funds to pursue his education in the US. .
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A parent asked the question if any homeowner in Hartselle pays at least $800 in property taxes because that is what that parent was paying to send their children out-of-district to school in response to that question: My family purchased a 1,700 square foot home four years ago in Hartselle for $143,000. The home was brand new and we now pay nearly $970 in property taxes as of now. So to answer his question, if anyone owns a home over $140,000, we are all paying well over what he pays to send his children to these schools.
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COLLEGE NOTES: Nutt gets one-year extension
Arkansas added a year to coach Houston Nutt's contract Monday and intends to give him a raise as reward for leading the Razorbacks to the SEC Championship Game. The extension keeps Nutt under contract until 2012. Athletic director Frank Broyles said he would seek a pay raise for Nutt early next year. Nutt, who is 67-43 in nine seasons at Arkansas, earns a base salary of $329,644 and has a total compensation package of $1.05 million annually -- not including $412,000 per year in tax-deferred annuities that will be paid at a later date. Jagodzinski to BC? Boston College is set to hire Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski as head coach, a school official told The Associated Press. Jagodzinski, BC's offensive coordinator and line coach in 1997-98, has been offered the job and is expected to be introduced at a news conference Wednesday, according to the official.
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A free Christmas dinner and time of fellowship is offered to the citizens of Georgiana at 1 p.m., Sat., December 16 at the Georgiana Community House. The event is sponsored by the friends of the Georgiana Community. For more info, contact Betty Pugh at 376-9115 or Sherry Paige at 453-1537. n Yuletide ConcertThe Christian Education Department of the Greenville District is presenting the Saint Paul Baptist Church Choir in a Yuletide Musical Concert at the Butler Chapel AME Zion Church at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16. The public is invited.n First Annual Christmas BazaarThe Georgiana Children's Depot Youth Center is sponsoring a Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 230 Washington Avenue on Saturday, Dec. 16.Come, look and buy - it's a joyous time! Come join us and support this worthy cause. Contact Mary Bellamy, GCDY Center at 376-2505 for more info.n Red and Black Holiday ExtravaganzaWarrior Ministries hosts a Red and Black Holiday Extravaganza at 7 p.m.
Thanks a Million! OC's Scholarship Foundation Gets an Early ...
By Steven Gardner, sgardner@kitsapsun.com
December 15, 2006 Bremerton A man who spent a lot of nights on the dance floor and could charm strangers into thinking about long-term finance is leaving some of his own wealth for Olympic College students. .
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