Final Curtain Call For Beloved Nh Theater
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 19, 2008
Exeter, New Hampshire is home to one of New England’s oldest movie houses. The Ioka Theater has been a downtown fixture for nine decades, but is set to close on Christmas Eve the victim of updated building codes and increased costs.
“There were people dressed up as Klansmen, riding through the streets to help promote the [...]
Spencer taking aim the Derby with Curtain Call
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on May 30, 2008
Normally on these occasions ‘gallop’ is a misnomer for something more sedate. Though he may have negotiated Epsom’s camber at a pace that wouldn’t have thrown a three-legged giraffe off balance, Curtain Call and his lead horse did a serious enough bit of work over the last three furlongs for pulling up before they ran [...]
The Specialists Kitchen Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 17, 2008
Old AWA wrestling television shows have been re-running on ESPN Classic for over 2 months now. The original programming aired from 1986-1989 on ESPN, and with ESPN retaining the rights to the original programming; they have been able to offer AWA wrestling each weekday night.Kitchen Curtain I thought it would be fun to look at [...]
Happier mediums
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 7, 2008
Mid-sized sedans are finding favour among fuel-conscious buyers
who don’t want to scrimp on space. Motoring Editor Joshua Dowling
compares the new Mazda6 with its rivals.
As Australians continue to fall out of love with large cars,
about one in 10 new vehicles sold is a medium-sized sedan. The
original Mazda6, released six years ago, helped rejuvenate what was
once a [...]
Happier mediums
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 6, 2008
Mid-sized sedans are finding favour among fuel-conscious buyers
who don’t want to scrimp on space. Motoring Editor Joshua Dowling
compares the new Mazda6 with its rivals.
As Australians continue to fall out of love with large cars,
about one in 10 new vehicles sold is a medium-sized sedan. The
original Mazda6, released six years ago, helped rejuvenate what was
once a [...]
Sports Terrible is the new good for Leafs
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 15, 2008
The Maple Leafs, in recent years, have taken being absolutely thrashed to new heights.Or lows.Including Tuesday’s laughable effort in an 8-0 home ice loss to mediocre Florida, the Leafs have lost by six, seven or eight goals on seven separate occasions over the past three seasons.So don’t believe being dismantled by the Panthers was rock [...]
GTA Questionnaires pull back curtain at two schools
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 18, 2008
Students and staff at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate and Westview Centennial Secondary School filled out questionnaires on the prevalence of guns and weapons in their schools, sexual assault and crimes they have witnessed. At Jefferys, 423 students (50.5 per cent) and 51 staff (63 per cent) sent in questionnaires. At Westview, 870 students (72 per cent) [...]
GTA Why schools aren’t safe
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 18, 2008
Jordan Manners died of pure neglect a result of the cutbacks to the kinds of supports at-risk students need, says the head of a panel that has delivered a stinging indictment of safety in the city’s high schools.The Toronto District School Board is nowhere near sufficiently funded to manage the diverse students it serves, and, [...]
Drunk peer who started fire in hotel is jailed for 16 months
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
A drunken Labour peer, who endangered lives by deliberately starting a fire in a luxury hotel, was jailed for 16 months yesterday.
Lord Watson of Invergowrie, 56, the politician who pioneered the foxhunting ban in Scotland, set fire to a curtain after staff refused to give him more drink. He had admitted a charge of wilful [...]