The James Logan Courier

LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!

MISCELLANEOUS
Spirit skits have been postponed due to the fire alarm on Monday. Please listen to Logan Live for when they will be rescheduled.

Show your class spirit and dress up! The themes for tomorrow are: Freshman, Back to the Future; Sophomores, I Wanna Be……; Juniors, fun in the sun; Seniors, class color black. Staff wear pink if you are Certificated or blue if you are Classified. For our safety, please follow the rules. Do not wear masks or bring weapons, even toy ones, and follow the dress code. Make sure you sign up in Colt Court during lunch so your class gets points for dressing up.

By Andrew Alcazar, Courier Sports Writer

James Logan Wrestling’s season has come to an end, after Logan’s five qualifiers to state were bounced out after the first day of the tournament.

Logan Wrestling will extend its drought of not having a state placer to four years. Logan has had top wrestlers the past years; which were all capable of placing at state, but none would leave with a medal. This has been the most wrestlers qualified in recent years to state, with five. The qualifying wrestlers were Kristian Blanco (103), Lawrence Blanco (112), Eric Perez (119), Danny Mai (125) and Toni Pole (215).

By Jessica Stewart, Courier Editor-in-Chief

"Nobody could sleep. When morning came, assault craft would be lowered and a first wave of troops would ride through the surf and charge ashore on the beach at Anapopei. All over the ship, all through the convoy, there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead."

So begins The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer, the best war novel I have ever read. Its length was a bit daunting at first, but I got so involved with the characters that I was done before I knew it and wishing for more. It is bloody, depressing, fascinating and utterly human. It has a great mix of action, thought-provoking questions, and character development, and is perfect in its imperfection. I honestly cannot ask more of a war novel, and would not if I could.

By Jason Garcia
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Walt Disney Co. wants to cut companywide greenhouse-gas emissions in half during the next four years and reduce electricity consumption by 10 percent over the next five, as part of a series of environmental initiatives outlined this week.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

Continuing to deal with the local impact of the state financial crisis, the Board of Education on Tuesday night approved the second interim report on the 2008-09 budget and projections for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

The second interim report reflects the District’s response to the state’s decision − midway through the school year − to withhold nearly $4 million in funds that already had been budgeted. It includes the elimination of four management positions, as approved by the Board in February, and three temporary teaching positions. It also includes freezes on hiring and overtime, except in emergency situations, and a reduction in Strategic Plan funding and budgets for materials and supplies.

Ralph David Abernathy (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights leader.

Abernathy was born the son of a farmer in Linden, Alabama. After serving in the army during World War II, he enrolled at Alabama State University, in Montgomery, Alabama, graduating with a degree in mathematics in 1950. His involvement in political activism began in college while he was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, when he led demonstrations protesting the lack of heat and hot water in his dormitory and the dreadful food served in the cafeteria. In 1951 he earned a M.A. in sociology from Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University) and then became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. While living in Montgomery he formed a close and enduring partnership with Dr. Martin Luther King.

Read a 1968 speech by Ralph Abernathy memorializing Dr. Martin Luther King, free from the Northeastern University library.