Patience may be a virtue, but to Steve Brown, it’s a necessity.
Brown, a participant in the Kibbie Dome Annual, has built competition
indoor model airplanes for the last 25 years. This is at least his 20th
visit to Moscow for the five-day indoor model airplane competition.
The contest began Sunday and will continue until Thursday.
The University of Idaho parties harder than you, me or any other college student in town.
But it can’t match Riverside.
UI recently spent $14,000 to throw a goodbye party for former President
Tim White, who left UI June 30 to become chancellor at the University
of California, Riverside.
Written by Corrine Schmidt - Special to the Summer Arg
Tuesday, 08 July 2008
The lifeguards at the University of Idaho Swim Center are keeping cool
this summer by offering swim lessons and keeping people safe.
Dan Lawson, the center’s aquatic director, said working at the center is a good job opportunity for students.
My mom visited me once and I forgot to tidy up before she arrived. She
looked at me and said “Alexis, I can’t see the floor of your room.”
I hadn’t done laundry for a few weeks. So what, right? Then she saw
the kitchen and it turned out that I hadn’t done the dishes for a few
weeks either.
They were not impressed by my “adult” behavior.
But now I can finally remove the quotes — or at least one — and say I finally feel like I am becoming a grown-up.
Although living cheap definitely has its low points, I have made
some progress, saved some money and used my free time in more mature
ways.
If you’ve never played around with polymer clay, you’re seriously
missing out. Almost like Play-Doh for big kids, polymer clay is great
for making just about anything. I prefer to make charms with my clay.
Where else would you find bacon and egg charms? From necklaces and pins
to one-of-a-kind earrings and charm bracelets, anything can be made out
of this wonder clay. For an easy starter, learn how to make a yummy
little cupcake charm.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game actually matters.
“This one counts” is the slogan MLB uses. What’s at stake in this game is homefield advantage during the World Series.
Homefield advantage is crucial. So why is it we let the outcome of what
should be an “exhibition” game decide such an important factor?
Shouldn’t a game with this much at stake include the most deserving players?
Credit for dominant performances in NASCAR is usually given to
drivers. Jeff Gordon’s 13 wins in 1998 are always “Jeff Gordon’s 13
wins” not the “No. 24 car’s 13 wins with Ray Evernham as crew chief.”
Drivers win the series, not the crew.
Get ready for a paradigm shift.
One
car with one crew has won nine NASCAR Nationwide Series races of the 19
raced in the 2008 season. The Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 is on pace to win
17 races.
“What kind of cookie would you like?” a mother asks her 3-year-old
son. “They have triple chocolate chunk, white chocolate macadamia nut
toffee,” she continues, squeezing the sides of his face between her
thumb and index finger to get his attention, “snickerdoodle and oatmeal
cranberry raisin.”
The pompous parent takes her son’s head and
very lovingly turns it toward the plate of sweets behind a glass
partition. I stood behind the register forcing a close-lipped smirk,
waiting patiently for little junior to make, obviously, the most
important decision of his life.
Will Smith is this decade’s Harrison Ford.
The box office gold that Ford guaranteed during the ‘80s — and Tom
Cruise in the ‘90s — has become the property of Smith. Not just anyone
gets to open a film over the Independence Day week and not every film
given that slot succeeds.
Then there are movies that are “guaranteed gold” that look like they might fizzle like a fiver-year-old’s sparkler.
Enter “Hancock.” On the surface, it’s a superhero movie and stays true
to many of the roots of its predecessors. Hancock, the lone man with
his unique abilities must find his way in a troubled world while being
troubled himself.
Food bank seeks canned donations
Hog Heaven Band plays Thursday
PCEI hosts volunteer day in Washington
State parks celebrate 100 years
LHSOM offers summer concert
