| Middle-class autoworkers cling to way of life amid benefit cuts
Just two weeks after his 18th birthday, Randy Horter started his first factory job, helping make clutches and air conditioning systems at an auto parts plant. Since then, the 49-year-old Chrysler line worker has cobbled together a career working at various manufacturing plants and made a nice, middle-class life with his wife, Candace, who works at the same Chrysler plant in Belvidere, Ill. The couple earns about $75,000 a year, unless one or the other is laid off. They own two used cars and their home. Between them, they raised five children, now grown, and were hoping to start preparing for retirement. .
Parents want decision closing Kingsbury to be reconsidered
Kingsbury Middle School parents are stumping to get Douglas County School Board trustees to reconsider their decision to close the school in June 2008.
A forum to discuss the issue is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at George Whittell High School. Three school board members and Superintendent Carol Lark are expected to attend.
Parent Greg Felton is spearheading the re-evaluation of the Douglas County School District trustees' decision to close Kingsbury Middle School and keep Zephyr Cove Elementary open. He said the Parents' Club and Booster Club surveyed parents and found 95 percent of the people wanted the consolidation to take place at the middle school instead.
The consolidation discussion started in 2005, but in June 2006, the board voted 7-0 to close the middle school instead of the elementary school.
Israel looks to cut Gaza links
Hamas and the Gazans need to take responsibility for their own actions, all Islamic Groups have no respect for other nations or groups and believe hey can kill to get what they want. Fortunately Israel have leadership that says we will protect our people. Egyptwill wake up and say the same. .
Author Q&A: Michael Franzini
These days, a life without a mobile phone, Sidekick, wireless internet and an iPod would be unbearable for youngsters. Whether you're working, balling or even flying, access to divergent online or mobile information is only one hand click away. Instant messaging with multiple friends while requesting that information has become out .
MotoSport signs for Southaven
A company specializing in motorcycles and ATVs is opening a new distribution and retail center in Southaven, the second major new distribution center to land there in less than a month. Portland, Ore.-based MotoSport Inc., an online retailer of motorcycle and ATV parts, apparel and accessories, has signed a lease for 291,672 square feet at Building B at Industrial Development International's Stateline Business Park on Stateline Road near Swinnea. .
Samuel David Schoolfield put his family first
SAMUEL DAVID Schoolfield didn't hesitate to give his last dollar to any one of his children who needed it to pay for some activity or buy necessities. "He believed that his family was always first in his life," said his daughter, Janie L. Schoolfield. Sam held numerous jobs during his lifetime, sometimes working two at a time to support his family. He was a hard worker and his employers recognized his abilities with frequent promotions. He died Feb. 6 at the age of 80. He lived in Wynnefield. The seventh of 12 children, Sam was born in Pocomoke City, Md., to William Schoolfield and the former Estella Cropper. The family came to Philadelphia when he was a child and he attended Overbrook High School. He enlisted in the Navy as World War II was ending, and wound up serving in the South Pacific and California.
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