I love you JJ! *SD

FW: Local Weather

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Subject: Local Weather
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:53:50
From: Sd Roads <roadssd@yahoo.com>
To: roadsrd.thenewscenter@blogger.com <roadsrd.thenewscenter@blogger.com>

It is not only cold here at this time, but it is also a bit windy. But there will be a warm front soon. More than likely, from mid Thursday on. *SDRoads

Money Matters

You should buy stock in McDonalds and Hooters Restaurants. They are doing extreemly well, in these tough economic times. This, because, McDonalds offers a value menu and meals, and Hooters offers, well, Hooters offers something different. They offer something a bit more on the devaluing side. Love the dancing, though. And that is my commentary. *SDRoads

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Image of Hooters Logo from: www.insidesocal.com
photo of Hooters' Anniversary from: www.prnewswire.com
photo of McDonalds Restaurant from: www.daylife.com
photo of kids playing at the Ronald McDonald House for sick kids and their families from: www.rmhca.org

We, here at the newscenter, give our condolences to those who suffered and suffer from the Wilmington Tragedy, Massacre, and loss discovered today, through a fax. *SDRoads and Family

A family of 7, dead, at the hand of the father. No survivors. An entire immediate family take out, including the dad. Shots fired around 7.30 this morning. The father was dispondent to to economic troubles. Now, we are beyond dispondent about their loss. *SD

The BoyGirlTestingCott

You see, schools spend in excess of 150,000 dollars a year on those tests. The position of the teachers is, don*t administer the unnecessary tests to help save money, to help the bite of the budget crises to lessen, and save their jobs. *SDRoads

The Fox

Jillian Barberie was doing a stint on makeup must haves with her young daughter at her home, when she sweetly told her daughter, &#39;You*re never to young for makeup.&#39;, as her daughter kept saying &quot;More&quot;, adorably. What a run on sentence. LoL And, today, on The Mike and Juliette Show, there will be a segment on beauty pageants and the level of competition for 2 year olds. Today, on Fox 11, at 11. And for more on Jill, log on to myfoxla.com. *SDRoads

School Budget Crises Continued

It was Emerson Elemetary in Los Angeles, California, that has sparked up the boycott. They, the teachers, face disciplinary action and possibly being fired. But, they don*t care that much. They are already facing massive job insecurity, which is a shame, because it*s their careers that are on the line. But again, nothing will stop them from participating in the boycott. According to them, it*s on. Now, recently, I got the impression that the teaching profession is secure and a bit prosperous in Georgia. I wonder if they are feeling the affects of financial crises now. Back to the boycott. Children are given 15 tests a year that are deemed unnecessary. They refuse to administer the next batch. *SDRoads

Oh yeah!

I think I aced my test last night. Yee haw!!! -SD

And from our friends at Simon & Schuster

Children's Bookseller News



2009 ALA Award Winners Announced!

The 2009 ALA Award winners were announced earlier this morning during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, CO. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing is thrilled to have published several of these spectacular titles and authors, including Newbery Honor winner The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, and authors Ashley Bryan (Author and illustrator of Words to My Life's Song and Let it Shine), winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder medal, and Laurie Halse Anderson (Author of Chains and Fever 1793), winner of The Margaret A. Edwards Award.

For a complete list of winners or to learn more about the awards, please visit www.ala.org.

Updates Updates Updates

A Collective Update: ... Yeah, uh, lets see... The government at the State level is going to postpone __________________(It completely escapes my mind right now.) in order to be able to pay teachers. I mean, this really hit close to home. And I may not have known , or have known as quickly, if I did not work on the school committee. There was that chance that the elementary school could have been closed down. Thank God for the good news in this update. I am also thankful for the digital reprieve. Many people are still in need of the government issued coupons for the converter box. The government realizes that, in these hard economic times, many can not afford the box, or even cable or satellite, for that matter. Jillian Barberie Reynolds, of Fox's Good Day L.A. stated that she can't handle the televisions that have just a few channels and have snow on the screen most of the time. She says she could never go back to that. It makes her cookoo for Cocoa Puffs. LoL LoL I can't do that one justice in my writing. You had to be there. Haha In other news, I believe that the President is going to be speaking TODAY, vs yesterday. Having trouble getting that story. And there is something else I was wanting to write. but, it escapes my mind at this moment, and I am out of time, literally, for this computer. And that is my lame attempt at the news. LoL LoL LoL -SDRoads

CALIFORNIA IN BIG TROUBLE

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Cold Front

We are experiencing a VERY cold snap, locally, due to the ridge of high pressure. But it wont last long. *SD

The Delay

The transference to digital for television HAS BEEN POSTPONED until July from February. So has the testing for ratings. Sweeps is not here yet? *SD

Blago*s Fight For Justice

And Oprah*s refusal. ... More to come. Huge story. *SD

Teachers Union Fight Hard

They are protesting against administrating certain tests, among protesting other things. They will be boycotting the tests. My son*s elementary sent out notices asking us to join the fight. GOOD NEWS! HUGE LAYOFF PLAN HAS BEEN POSTPONED. *SDRoads