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Stanford hires Harbaugh
UNDATED Stanford is handing off to a quarterback, hiring Jim Harbaugh to take over its struggling football program. The former N-F-L signal-caller has spent the last three years as head coach at the University of San Diego, a non-scholarship Division One-Double-A program. He led the Toreros to a 29-and-6 mark that included wins in 27 of his final 29 games. Harbaugh takes over a team that set a school record for losses this season, going 1-and-11 under Walt Harris. The Cardinal have won just 16 games in the past five seasons under Harris and Buddy Teevens. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. .
TESDA, PIA finalize tech-voc scholarship to empower Region 8 media
Tacloban City (December 8) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Regional Office 8 and the Philippine Information Agency met yesterday to make final arrangements for the free training of the Region 8 Media. Director Juan Sabulao, Jr. through Mr. Eliseo Padagdag met with Director Olive Tiu to determine the training needs of the Region 8 media practitioners. Through these trainings, it is hoped that the media practitioners will be able to develop or enhance the skills needed in the practice of their profession. It would be recalled that TESDA Director General, Secretary Augusto Syjuco during his visit to Tacloban to advocate the Ladderized Education Program of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, instructed Director Sabulao to facilitate the fulfillment of his promise to Director Tiu and the media of Region 8 to give free trainings.
Townsend to receive scholarship
BUTLER COUNTY — Sheila Townsend, a Miami University senior and native of Hamilton, is this year's Bill Moeller Scholarship Award winner and will be recognized tonight at the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at the Manchester Inn in Middletown. This year's 25th class of inductees consists of Dr. Jan Adams (Middletown High School), Steve Channell (Edgewood), Jack Garretson (Taft), Jean Marks (Talawanda), Dick Martin (Fenwick), Mark Maus (Badin), Bob Nuxhall (Hamilton), Angie Fischer O'Farrell (Ross), Elise Spears (Hamilton), Joe Urso (Hamilton Catholic) and Willie Wineberg (Fairfield). .
IN BRIEF
Farmersville police arrested 12 adults and two juveniles Tuesday after a citywide sweep. The combined parole-probation warrant sweep lasted from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and yielded six felony warrant arrests, three misdemeanor warrant arrests, one parole violation, three probation violations, five arrests for narcotics violations and three felony weapons charges. .
Perdue seeks to shield HOPE scholarship
ATHENS - Gov. Sonny Perdue urged lawmakers Tuesday to try again to pass a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate the possibility that lottery funds could be used for political pork. Perdue's HOPE Chest amendment failed during the 2006 election-year session, in part because Democrats didn't want the Republican governor to get credit for passing legislation to protect the HOPE college scholarships. They said Perdue opposed legislation to create the highly popular scholarship in the 1990s when he was a state senator. But Tuesday, during one of his first public speeches since winning re-election Nov. 7, the governor called on legislators to reconsider the measure during the 2007 session. Under HOPE Chest, lottery funds could only go to pay for HOPE scholarships, prekindergarten classes and reserves to pay for those programs in the future.
Harbaugh to Become Stanford Coach
Stanford hired former NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh to take over its struggling football program on Monday. Harbaugh had spent the last three years as head coach at the University of San Diego, a non-scholarship Division I-AA program. He led the Toreros to a 29-6 record, winning 27 of his final 29 games at San Diego. Now he has the tough task of turning around the Cardinal, who set a school record for losses in a 1-11 season this year that led to the firing of coach Walt Harris. Stanford has won just 16 games in the past five seasons under Harris and Buddy Teevens. .
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