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After 8 years as governor, Guinn ready for quiet life
Kenny Guinn is packing it up after eight years as Nevada governor, leaving behind a legacy that includes an overhaul of government operations, the biggest tax increase in state history and a major student scholarship program. At age 70, the moderate Republican has had several careers -- educator, utility and banking executive and, finally, politician. Now, he says he's really ready to retire. Guinn and his wife, Dema, will divide their time between a new home in Reno and their old home in Las Vegas. "I'm definitely not going to take another job. This is my third or fourth retirement," Guinn said during an interview in his nearly bare office, being cleared out to make way for another Republican, U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons of Reno, who won the Nov.
Students of Inner-City Schools Receive Stipends Under Security ...
Junior Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Dr. Donald Rhodd, has said that the Government would continue its preventative action against all levels of crimes perpetrated against and by youths in inner-city communities. Dr. Rhodd, who was addressing an awards luncheon for participants in the Ministry's Safety and Security Scholarship Programme at the Knutsford Court Hotel today (Nov. 30), said the government was aware of the eminent threats from "the narcotrade, gun runnings and money laundering, which seek to exploit communities which are economically as well as socially vulnerable".
Seven beneficiaries from inner-city communities each received $15,000 stipends at today's awards luncheon. The State Minister said the initiative was timely and appropriate, especially in the context where research data had estimated that there were some 160,000 unattached youth, "meaning that they are not in school, they are not in any training institution, employed or seeking employment".
Hannah looks for payback
Missouri guard Stefhon Hannah still feels a little resentment when he talks about Illinois basketball.
Illinois was one of Hannah's choice destinations coming out of junior college because it would take him back near his home in the south suburbs of Chicago. Illinois also was the team he grew up watching and emulating. So when Illinois came calling in the first semester of Hannah's sophomore season at Chipola College, Hannah thought his hard work had paid off. But a scholarship offer never came, and now Hannah wants to prove the Illini made a mistake.
"I just want to show them what they looked over, what they missed out on," Hannah said. Illinois coach Bruce Weber "was recruiting me at the beginning of my sophomore year. He came to a couple games, called me on the phone, then second semester came and I didn't hear anything from them.
Tamil scholar from France
THE "Navarathiri" or Durga Puja holidays were around the corner. This is a time when women in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry arrange exhibitions of dolls called "golu" and invite their friends home. We were in Dr. Francois Gros' elegant flat, close to the beachfront in Puducherry. "This is my `golu'," he said, smiling and pointing to a short wooden cupboard with glass doors that had rows of painted dolls arranged neatly on the shelves. They were made by artisans in Andhra Pradesh. "I bought them 18 years ago. They belonged to the family of a Chettiar," said Gros. The Chettiar's family was relocating and wanted to sell off the dolls piece by piece. "I bought all of them. But there is no Saraswathi [goddess of learning] here. They kept the Saraswathi doll with them. You cannot sell Saraswathi, can you?" said Gros.
Nell Goff Scholarship Available
BAR HARBOR — The Nell Goff Scholarship will be awarded to a student entering his or her junior or senior year or graduate school in the fall of 2007. Applicants should be students majoring in, planning to major in, or planning to take a graduate degree in horticulture, floriculture, landscape or urban design, conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental control or other related fields. Applicants must be Maine residents. Their applications will be judged on the basis of academic record, vocational potential, vocational interests, character, and financial need. Applications: Lucy E. Creevey, 46 Birch Bay Drive, Bar Harbor, ME 04609; e-mail creevey@adelphia. net. Deadline: March 1. .
Award: Emory Senior Manfredi Wins Rhodes Scholarship
College senior Zachary Manfredi won the Rhodes Scholarship on Saturday to pursue a master's in philosophy at Oxford University in England next year.
Manfredi, a vocal activist against the genocide in Sudan and a triple major in philosophy, international relations and comparative literature with a 3.99 grade point average, is the 18th Rhodes Scholar in Emory history and the first in four years.
He founded and served as president of both Paperclips for Peace, a humanitarian group that promotes awareness of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, and the Student Activist Coalition, an umbrella organization for political action groups on campus. He also serves as president of Emory's Amnesty International chapter and interned at The Carter Center.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Joanne Brzinski, who advised Manfredi during the application process, praised him for his excellence in scholarship and activism.
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