The James Logan Courier

Courier Staff Report

Fresh off a narrow defeat at the hands of Castro Valley Monday, the Logan Varsity Girls golf team roared back with a "personal record" match against San Leandro Tuesday.

For the first time ever, according to Coach Neal Fromson, the varsity girls combined for a team score of 200 strokes, and three players had sub-40 rounds, the first time three were under 40 in the same match.

By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Unified School District Public Information Officer

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received information on how the District is redirecting resources to improve teaching and learning by offering additional training for all classroom teachers, hiring teacher specialists to assist classroom teachers in targeted subject areas and reintroducing curriculum leaders, among other initiatives.

ACTIVITIES:
Dance guest passes are in your House Office. Forms must be returned to your House Principal by October 12.

Interested in Track & Field? Sign up in the Weight Room Tues. & Thurs. after school.

By Drew Brown
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq has become such a drain on the Army and the Marines that it's seriously damaged the U.S. military's ability to respond if other crises arise, two Democratic congressmen said Thursday.


Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.

By Alison Malmon (MCT)

WASHINGTON — As another academic year shifts into full gear, millions of college students once again are settling in with new roommates, adjusting to new course schedules, and adapting to life away from families and friends.

The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton (fiction, 303 pages)

Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer

“Perhaps at the end of the day, despite the fact that his studies and writings flow from an event that is singularly reprehensible, of which only I and a few others have knowledge, he does possess some attributes of greatness.”

These are the fictional words of Elizabeth Darwin describing her father, Charles Darwin, the man made famous by his theory of natural selection, in John Darton's novel, The Darwin Conspiracy.

Lucky, by Alice Sebold, 272 pages
Reviewed by Victoria McDonald, Courier Staff Writer

It is amazing that a book written about a brutal rape can leave the reader feeling inspired and, in some ways, almost comforted. But that is exactly how Alice Sebold’s memoir, Lucky, leaves its readers. Sebold writes her account of her story as if she is pouring out her heart to a dear friend. Her sassy, brash tone through out the story shocks and entices her readers until the very last page.



Sebold uses the word "mother" 302 times in Lucky

McClatchy-Tribune News Service(MCT)

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 23, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2006 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Thirteenth Tale. Diane Setterfield. Atria, $26
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
2. The Mission Song. John le Carre. Little, Brown, $26.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
3. The Book of Fate. Brad Meltzer. Warner, $25.99
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3
4. Rise and Shine. Anna Quindlen. Random House, $24.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4
5. The Guy Not Taken. Jennifer Weiner. Atria, $24.95
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 3

Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 – December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer.
He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era.

He spun tales of gamblers, petty thieves, actors and gangsters; few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead to be known as "Nathan Detroit", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charlie", "Dave the Dude", and so on. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde; this type is also commonly referred to today as "Runyonesque", though not limited to just people. These stories were written in a very distinctive vernacular style: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions.

Read Runyon's short story, "Death Pays a Social Call," free from informalmusic.com.


Damon Runyon