This is the girl next door. Her hair color is high-maintenance, but she's totally comfortable pulling it back, putting on read more

This is the girl next door. Her hair color is high-maintenance, but she's totally comfortable pulling it back, putting on a ball cap or beret as the all-American girl-on-the-go. She's totally sweet, fun loving ... she probably bakes cookies. Guaranteed, her cell phone rings off the hook.

We started with a treatment that we worked up and developed a story that we liked.

We started with a treatment that we worked up and developed a story that we liked.

[She: Combines an entrepreneurial spirit with skills as a former computer specialist and corporate trainer to design real-world projects incorporating read more

[She: Combines an entrepreneurial spirit with skills as a former computer specialist and corporate trainer to design real-world projects incorporating task management, teamwork, responsibility, etiquette, success and failure; Has entrepreneurship students form companies to make and market products, complete tasks in an Apprentice-like game and manage a community golf tournament that raises up to $3,000 a year for charity; Advises student council and school online magazine, www.dawgmag.org; Turns simple keyboarding drills into PowerPoint-driven games with raffle tickets for small prizes; Videoconferencing with All-USA Teacher Teammate Pam Vaughan and her rural Arkansas chemistry class for a year-long project in which her students will market soap made by Vaughan's students; Collaborates with local businesses and corporations to form districtwide partnerships;] She has a passion for teaching and for children, a creative mind and limitless energy, ... When you put that together, you have something special.

None but a mule denies his family.

None but a mule denies his family.

This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil read more

This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil prices played a pivotal role in the market's magnificent run, as they did in stock markets in neighboring oil-rich Gulf States.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

If there is any result over 90 percent it is better to investigate those again. We are reviewing all the read more

If there is any result over 90 percent it is better to investigate those again. We are reviewing all the numbers, yes and no.

Steve told us about the LCCC gig and wondered if we'd be interested, and we jumped at it.

Steve told us about the LCCC gig and wondered if we'd be interested, and we jumped at it.

I went from a barber to cattleman, out of cattle into horses. The rest is history.

I went from a barber to cattleman, out of cattle into horses. The rest is history.