| The year in review: Top Little Elm sports stories of '06 | | Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:57:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | Accomplishing great things never happens by accident. Achievements, then, are the result of hard work and dedication to one's craft. Here is a look at the top moments Little Elm High School athletic teams, coaches, and players produced over the past year:Honorable mentionGolfer qualifies for regional - Rita Berumen shot a career-best 87 during her second round of play to advance to her second straight Class 3A Region I golf tournament in April. The senior shot 10 strokes better than she did in the first round to qualify. Berumen, who began playing golf as a freshman, shot an opening round 101 at Odessa's Nueva Vista Golf Club, and followed that up with a 109 in her final round. Her final score of 210 was good enough for 63rd out of 87 golfers at regionals.Tennis team serves up regional berths - Twelve different Lobos advanced to the Region I tennis tournament in April by virtue of their District 7-3A finishes.... | |
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| | | Giving thanks for this horseracing menu | | Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:56:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | Contradicting an old adage, racing fans can look forward to a feast and more feasts this Thanksgiving weekend. From Thursday through Sunday, 15 graded events will be run, plus some key un-graded stakes as well, so fans can prepare to loosen their belts and wallets a few notches for the four-day bash. Every type of race ? sprints, one-turn miles, turf races, and stakes for juveniles ? are on tap, including a much-anticipated appearance by another potential Hall of Famer. .... | |
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| | | Going the distance: The Nat Ross diary 2006 | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:00:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | As a six-year professional mountain biker who's competed in twenty-eight solo 24-hour races, you'd think that ultra-endurance racing has consumed every waking hour of 35 year-old Nat Ross' adult life. But this lean, long-haired and laid-back Coloradoan has a more complete resume than even the most upwardly-mobile corporate go-getter - although that won't stop him going the distance when it matters. Index to all entries November 5, 2006 The short version of the 2006 24 Hours of Moab Nat Ross Photo : Xavier Fane .... | |
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| | | Attack ads by 527 enter the equation in District 52 race | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:56:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | High-profile races for Congress and the governor's office aren't the only campaigns marked by attack ads funded by outside political organizations. The state House of Representatives race in District 52 between Republican incumbent Bob McCluskey and Democrat John Kefalas has featured direct-mail, radio and television ads paid for by so-called 527 groups knocking the candidates and their past political activities. .... | |
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| | | The Take in South Jersey | Dogs out of the race and up on a pedestal | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:57:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | Kay Klotzbach always wanted to own a dog. She never had one as a kid, and it wasn't until after her own sons were grown and she took a job five minutes from her Lindenwold home that she felt the time was right. Now, the Camden County College art professor has mixed her passion for painting with her love of dogs in an exhibit on display in Vineland. It stars her three dogs, which include two greyhounds she rescued from almost certain death. It will benefit local greyhound-rescue efforts. "I've learned a lot from my dogs," she says. "Dogs have a way of making you slow down and enjoy your surroundings." The first dog taken in by Klotzbach and her husband was a mixed-breed Lab named Jewel that was rescued from a local animal shelter six years ago.... | |
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| | | Kludt, Drake share views on races | | Posted Saturday, October 07, 2006 2:58:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | If elected Beadle Countys next sheriff, Gayle Kludt would run a proactive office emphasizing citizen involvement, illegal drug detection with a drug dog and a resource officer in county schools. She would make no staffing changes and, in fact, would draw more often on the talents of the deputies, she said Monday at the first in a series of campaign luncheons hosted by the Beadle County Republican Party. Kludt, a former police officer and deputy sheriff in Huron, is challenging Sheriff Tom Beerman in the November election. Joining her at the podium was Denis Drake, a retired Northwestern Public Service Company employee who is running for the District 1 seat on the Beadle County Commission. Drakes challenger for the seat being vacated by Commissioner Randy Ziegeldorf of Yale is Bruce Micheel of rural Cavour.... | |
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| | | Race day over the moon | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:01:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | The appropriately named One Giant Leap (out of Walk to the Moon) took out the "Loaded Dog" Handicap to the cheers of favourite backers at the annual combined Grenfell Jockey Club and Picnic Race Club day last Saturday. Mother Nature finally smiled on the Club when she produced a lovely sunny day that was eagerly accepted by club officials and patrons alike after the miserable days encountered over the past couple of years. Exciting racing was the order of the day with the photo finish camera being required to separate the horses in four of the six races contested. The final event the Grenfell Cup provided a head and head struggle over the final 200 metres of the 2000 metre journey with second favourite Ox Chaser prevailing by a nose over Grand Archie. .... | |
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| | | Public invited to sled dog race meeting | | Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:56:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Siskiyou Snow Dog Sporting Association has scheduled a public meeting for September 28 to discuss planning for the upcoming Siskiyou 135 Sled Dog Race.All persons interested in either volunteering, becoming a member or sponsor or just acquiring information about the race are invited to attend the meeting, beginning at 6 p.m. at Silva's Restaurant in Weed.The races are scheduled for January 12 to 14, 2007, at Deer Mountain/Chuck Best Snowmobile Park, northeast of Weed, off Hwy 97. .... | |
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| | | Dog track boss hopes slots will help business | | Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:59:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | If slot machines don't bring renewed interest to the dying sport of greyhound racing, the head of Broward County's only dog track says he would consider ending live racing. These comments confirm the fears of greyhound owners, some of whom have recently accused Dan Adkins -- who oversees Mardi Gras Race Track & Gaming Center, formerly known as the Hollywood Dog Track -- of trying to squeeze them out of business now that he can make money with slot machines. Adkins contends he is trying to make everyone profitable. .... | |
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| | | Dutch news in brief, 1 September 2006 | | Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 9:00:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Netherlands continues to have the lowest unemployment of all 25 members of the European Union. According to the latest figures from Eurostat, 3.9 percent of the Dutch labour force is without work. Youth employment is also lowest in the Netherlands: 6.6 percent compared with 17.2 percent across the EU. Poland has the highest jobless rate - 15 percent. Unemployment is failing fastest in the Baltic states Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, which joined the EU in 2004. But unemployment is rising in the UK. Castle interior reclaimed at auction After 125 years a major portion of the contents of Cannenburch Castle in Gelderland .... | |
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