| Erma: Librarian Conant 'inspiring'
In a Letter to the Editor in December 2006, Earl Shumaker, who had been awarded the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award, credited his Willits High School librarian and teacher, Erma Conant, with much of his success. "Mrs. Conant was truly one of the most inspiring and positive influences during my Willits High School days," he wrote. "Thanks to Mrs. Conant's encouragement and proactive assistance, a poor boy with little chance of academic or even life success was given his first responsibilities as a student library assistant. That student was told his life was worthwhile, that he mattered, and that he could amount to something if he worked hard and set realistic goals for himself." Erma Conant, who feels honored by Shumaker's comments, chuckles today, looking back over her life.
Where Old West meets time shares
CODY - The romantic allure of the Old West is key to sales and marketing plans at three historic Bighorn Basin properties geared toward affluent customers who want to own a maintenance-free piece of Wyoming.The Hideout dude ranch near Shell, the Chamberlin Inn in downtown Cody and Yellowstone Club World near Oregon Basin, south of Cody, are properties with century-old legacies.Owners of each property are employing real estate sales and business models common in resort and urban settings, but seldom seen in rural Wyoming.Property owners say their efforts are aimed at preserving and sharing an authentic slice of local history, and they point out that the ventures require significant capital investment, making them a costly roll of the dice. .
AFC East: News and Notes
As free agency continues, more teams are making deals. The Buffalo Bills look to JP Losman to be "the guy". The Dolphins are dealing with QB issues... again. The Patriots have more secondary concerns and the Jets believe Kenyon Coleman can be a big help. .
Interview: Philip Ruddock
LAURIE OAKES: Mr. Ruddock, firstly there's a report in today's Fairfax newspaper saying, and I quote, 'a secret plan to soften controversial workplace relations laws has been developed by the Federal Government, and will be unveiled if public support for the changes continues to crumble'. Does the Government have a cut-and-run plan to get out of WorkChoices?
PHILIP RUDDOCK: Well, let me just say, if it's a secret plan, I haven't heard of it. I read about it in the paper, so it must be very secret.
LAURIE OAKES: How concerned though is the Government that this could work against it in the election?
PHILIP RUDDOCK: Well, I mean, our view has been that you need to argue the case and that's what we've been doing. There was a lot of speculation over the recent state election that this was a major issue, well if it was, electorates in which people campaigned very hard on it, it didn't seem to work.
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