| CBS announces Laila Ali joining 'The Early Show' as correspondent
"I'll be doing pieces that are inspiring. I hope people walk away from what they see feeling good," Ali told People in a Wednesday report. "It's going to be a lot of fun." In addition to still serving as the undefeated Super Middleweight Boxing Champion, the 30-year-old also finished third during Dancing with the Stars Spring 2007 fourth-season with professional partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy; is the current co-host of NBC's American Gladiators revival; and will host Nickelodeon's upcoming The N's Student Body, which will follow a group of teens as they attempt to change their lives through diet, exercise, volunteer work and academics. .
WRI Media Advisory: The Business of Nutrition and Healthier Eating
WHAT: For the broad array of industries involved directly in the food supply chain, supporting the development of markets in countries with high malnourishment rates is a critical contribution to global economic growth and opportunity. There are also business incentives to provide more nutritious and healthy foods to the fast growing populations of consumers concerned with health and well-being. As part of WRI's Seventh Sustainable Enterprise Summit, representatives from the global food supply chain will address the business case for meeting the needs of the malnourished populations of the developing world and for providing healthy, nutritious foods to all markets. WHEN: Thursday, March 18, 2004 from 9:45-11:00 am WHERE: Watergate Hotel 2650 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 (800) 289-1555 WHO: Mario Rodenstein, senior coordinator of Nutritional Programs, Unilever Bestfoods Chuck Slotkin, president, Nature's Equity Moderated by: Elizabeth Cook, director, Sustainable Enterprise Program, WRI WHY: There is a growing divergence surrounding the issue of nourishment.
City manager salary presents challenge for council
The council will have to seriously weigh whether the city should hire a more experienced candidate for more money or a less qualified person for less money, Cummings said."More than likely, the way the people have felt in the past, it’s going to be pretty difficult to convince our citizens we probably have to pay even more for the same caliber of city manager," he said.Unlike Tuttle, Cummings said he thinks the city will have to hire somebody with less experience who needs a bit of training to meet the wage range acceptable to city coffers and residents. As a business owner, Cummings said, he understands that and has to do the same thing frequently. It is a challenge, however, and those candidates will have to be considered carefully, Cummings said, because the city has to hire a candidate who can pick things up quickly, otherwise that person will just be a drain on the city’s time and money."I’m more than willing to give a less experienced person the time and the training, but only if they’ve got the caliber to learn it and get up to speed fast enough," he said.
Big Step Ahead: Several hundred pounds lighter, participants celebrate progress
Pat Horner is the Biggest Loser. Horner, who dropped 64 pounds in four months, won the title Saturday night in the Biggest Loser competition sponsored by the Central Family YMCA. Horner lost 19.1 percent of his body weight. Although he was delighted with the win, he felt a little disappointed, he said, that he had fallen 3½ pounds short of his goal of 67½ pounds. Mechelle Ivory lost 29.8 pounds, 12.2 percent of her body weight, which put her in fifth place among the 15 losers who weighed in for the finale. The Winston-Salem Journal has followed Horner and Ivory through the program. On Saturday night, participants in the program gathered in the Y's aerobics studio, where many of them had sweated through classes, for a potluck dinner and celebration.
Rathdrum boy escapes injury in shed collapse
A 10-year-old boy escaped serious injury after the shed he was playing in collapsed under the weight of snow Tuesday evening in Rathdrum. A neighbor pulled the boy from the 10-foot-by-10-foot metal shed before emergency crews reached the scene, located in a mobile home park at 5725 W. Highway 53 near Meyer Road. The boy had a minor foot injury but didn't seek medical treatment, said Lt. Pat Riley of the Northern Lakes Fire District. "He's just fine," Riley sad. Riley estimated the shed had more than two feet of snow on its roof before it collapsed. The incident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. The neighbor said the boy was trapped for no more than 10 minutes, Riley said. back to top .
|
