Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, FL) articles from October 2001

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Tallahassee, Fla., Choir Gets National Award, Plus Cash.
October 2, 2001... Oct. 2--The Boys' Choir of Tallahassee has been awarded the 2001 Coming Up Taller Award, a presidential award that celebrates community organizations that work to reach at-risk youth through the arts and humanities. The choir has also been...

IRS Says to Keep Some Records Forever; Toss Others after Three Years.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 2--Jenna Eckland has canceled checks dating back seven years or more. Jacqueline Watson still has hers from her college days, including a check stub from her very first job she started 28 years ago. Both women...

Tallahassee, Fla., Residents Dig Deep to Help Attack Victims.
October 2, 2001... Byline: John Sevigny Oct. 2--Tallahassee residents have been generous when it comes to giving money to help those affected by terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. The local American Red Cross reports collecting an...

Florida Plans Enhanced Security.
October 2, 2001... Byline: David Twiddy Oct. 2--Vowing to lead the nation in "a return to normalcy," Gov. Jeb Bush and other state officials on Monday unveiled their plan for making Florida better able to respond to or even prevent future acts of terrorism....

Sprint Settles Lawsuit with Tallahassee, Fla., Internet Service Provider.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 2--ElectroNet and Sprint quietly settled a lengthy legal battle over high-speed Internet access last week. Tallahassee Internet service provider ElectroNet sued Sprint in federal court last year, saying Sprint...

Reverend's Company Buys Tallahassee, Fla., Radio Station.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 3--The license has been approved. The deal has been sealed. WTAL is once again under local ownership. It will hit the airwaves as such on Monday. The Federal Communications Commission approved the Rev....

TV Stations in Tallahassee, Fla., Area to Combine Sales, Operations Staffs.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 3--WTWC (NBC 40, cable channel 12) and WTXL (ABC NewsChannel 27, cable channel 7) agreed Monday to combine their sales and operations staffs. The move comes less than a year after WTWC eliminated its news...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Have You Heard Column.
October 3, 2001... Oct. 3--TAKE IN TRADE FAIR DURING MINORITY ENTERPRISE WEEK: The Big Bend Minority Enterprise Development Week Committee, in conjunction with state and local agencies, is celebrating the ninth annual Big Bend MED week to showcase the effect of...

Florida Supreme Court Wants to Raise Standard to Pass Bar Exam.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Nancy Cook Lauer Oct. 4-- The Florida Supreme Court appears to favor raising the bar for new lawyers in the state, despite the objections of three groups that say it would disproportionately hurt minorities. The court heard...

Florida May Overhaul State Employee's Health Insurance System.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Bill Cotterell Oct. 4--State employees may soon see a major overhaul of their health insurance system, which is facing a $225 million shortfall over the next two years. That's the bottom line of an analysis released this week...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Business Bazaar Column.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Alice Coale Oct. 4--Opening Thought: "My husband brought people home all the time. They'd ask if they could pay, and I said 'no,' but then I got to thinking about it." -- Pam Barnett. Shop Talk: It was The Wild Oat Gang who...

New Tallahassee, Fla., Program Offers Place to Seek Venture Capital.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 4-- Venture capital hasn't been easy to find for businesses in Tallahassee and Leon County -- let alone the whole Big Bend area. In fact, until June, there wasn't such a local group willing to risk investing...

Exclusive Steinway Piano Showroom Opens in Tallahassee, Fla.
October 5, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 5--Kathryn Kendal-Reed felt like Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz" when she stepped through the glass doors of Steinway Piano Gallery on Tuesday. "This is amazing," said the director of development for the...

Tallahassee, Fla., Researcher Leads Team Studying Tuberculosis Treatment.
October 5, 2001... Byline: Melanie Yeager Oct. 5--A Florida State University professor is leading a team of national scientists doing research that could lead to better drugs to fight tuberculosis. Chemist Timothy Cross and his collaborators have...

Learn to cope with tragedy and live with heart.
October 5, 2001... Byline: Jeff Herring If you are still trying to absorb the enormity of what happened Sept. 11, then you are just like the rest of us. Pastor Bob Evans has said, "If you were sitting in Battery Park in Manhattan at 8:30 on the morning of...

Shedding light on face of Islam in America.
October 5, 2001... Byline: Leo Sandon Sharon, Mass., was the town down the road where, in the late 1950s, I used to take my Congregationalist youth group to the local synagogue. The rabbi at Temple Israel would introduce Protestant teen-agers to Jewish faith...

US Airways Closes Tallahassee, Fla., Ticket Office, to Cut Three Area Flights.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 6--US Airways has closed its Tallahassee ticket office and will eliminate three daily flights at Tallahassee Regional Airport. Tallahassee will lose a 7:40 p.m. flight to US Airways' Charlotte, N.C., hub; a...

Florida Charities Concerned about Drop in Donations from Businesses.
October 7, 2001... Byline: Gerald Ensley Oct. 7--Some of the signs are good: In the five individual, local United Way campaigns completed since the Sept. 11 attacks on America, charitable donations are above last year's level. Employees at Publix...

Florida A&M defeats South Carolina State.
October 7, 2001... Byline: Michael Wallace JACKSONVILLE _ For the first time in three meetings, the Florida A&M Rattlers were forced to work for the sweat that soaked through their jerseys on a unseasonably humid night at Alltel Stadium. South Carolina...

Thomasville, Ga., Dairy Opens Retail Shop.
October 8, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 8--THOMASVILLE, Ga.--As she tests a sample of fresh goat cheese for the perfect acidity, her words flow freely and her hands stop their work briefly to gesture. She's talking about all the nuances in the process of...

U.S. Restaurants to Donate Some Proceeds to Terrorist Attack Relief Efforts.
October 9, 2001... Byline: Sarah Gomilla Oct. 9--Haven't had the time to volunteer or the money to donate, but like to eat out? Well, this is your chance to help. On Thursday, one month after millions of Americans came face to face with terrorism in New...

More Americans Pay Attention to Financial Planning as Economy Falters.
October 9, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 9-- Erica Bradley doesn't want to end up like her parents. When she retires, the 22-year-old said, she wants as few complications financially as possible. "When I'm ready to retire, I would like to be able to...

Tallahassee, Fla., Officials Ask Employees to Travel on AirTran.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 10--The city of Tallahassee hopes it won't have to pay the $1.5 million in guaranteed revenue it has promised to AirTran Airways. And it has enlisted city employees in the effort to make AirTran profitable in...

Florida Governor Sets Priorities amid Budget Cuts.
October 10, 2001... Byline: David Twiddy Oct. 10--Some university and public school administrators would get the ax, new state programs would go on hiatus and senior state employees would not receive pay raises under a set of goals Gov. Jeb Bush issued...

Tallahassee, Fla.-Area Official Accused of Thwarting Campaign-Finance Laws.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Bill Cotterell Oct. 10--In a bizarre civil hearing, an attorney for the Florida Elections Commission said Tuesday that Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor has shown "a gross defiance" of campaign finance laws. The morning...

St. Joe Co. Plans Florida Gulf Coast Vacation Community.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 10--Arvida announced Tuesday that it plans to build a beachfront vacation community, SummerCamp, in southeastern Franklin County. "We're looking at a rustic kind of weekend and summer retreat," said Douglas...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Have You Heard Column.
October 10, 2001... Oct. 10--Advanced Pet Care Inc. is now open for business in the Tallahassee area. The company offers in-home pet sitting, house sitting and pet taxi service that provides transportation for veterinarian and groomer appointments. For details,...

Florida A&M needs balanced offense.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Michael Wallace TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Florida A&M quarterback Quinn Gray says a balanced offense will be key in the Rattlers' effort to snap its two-game losing streak to North Carolina A&T on Saturday. Gray would like to see the...

Florida A&M meets North Carolina A&T.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Michael Wallace TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Florida A&M feels dissed. North Carolina A&T has redemption on its mind. When the past two champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference meet in Greensboro, N.C. on Saturday, something has to...

Question and answer with Chris Rix.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Steve Ellis TALLHASSEE, Fla. _ Former Florida State offensive coordinator Mark Richt referred to it as the "christening game" for quarterbacks. It's been more like hell for Seminole quarterbacks making their first start against...

Michael Boulware plays role of little brother on the rise.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Steve Ellis TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Michael Boulware doesn't worry about being known as Peter Boulware's little brother. The chance to make his own name will happen soon enough. Like Saturday. The Florida State strongside...

Jennings will get another chance at Miami, this time on the field.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Jack Corcoran TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Florida State linebacker Bradley Jennings got a good look at Miami's winning drive last season. Too good. Jennings was on the sidelines for all but one play as the Hurricanes covered 68 yards...

Florida State's defense pays the price for Miami game.
October 11, 2001... Byline: Randy Beard TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Watching tape of Miami's offense stockpiling yards and ringing up touchdowns will spackle a few more patches of gray hairs on even the best of defensive coordinators. Mickey Andrews will gladly...

Florida Legislators Cautioned on Slashing Budget.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Nancy Cook Lauer Oct. 12--After weeks of hearing about the down side of Florida's economy, lawmakers were warned Thursday against getting carried away and cutting too deeply. Legislators are indeed getting ready to do the tough...

Gas Masks Tough to Find at Tallahassee, Fla., Stores.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Jeff Burlew Oct. 12--Looking for gas masks in Tallahassee? Get in line. The Army Navy Store on North Monroe Street and the Army Surplus Store on West Tennessee Street sold out of gas masks in the days after the Sept. 11...

For Tallahassee, Fla., Woman, Business Begins at Home.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Sarah Gomilla Oct. 12-- Felina Martin sees herself as a millionaire. She's taking notes from billionaire Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. Gates started out in 1975 as the only employee of his company; now, Microsoft has 48,000...

Accountants Audit Orlando, Fla.-Based Economic-Development Firm.
October 13, 2001... Byline: Bill Cotterell Oct. 13--Comptroller Bob Milligan wants Enterprise Florida to prove to him that none of the state's economic-development money gets spent on lobbying, lavish travel expenses or big executive bonuses. In a...

Florida Schools May Be Forced to Lay Off Workers to Cut Costs.
October 13, 2001... Byline: David Twiddy Oct. 13--Already facing the task of cutting $1.5 billion out of the state budget, lawmakers this week got more bad news. State analysts increased their estimates for the number of new students attending public...

Mistake-plagued Florida State routed by Miami.
October 13, 2001... Byline: Steve Ellis TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Wide Right became Seldom Right. Penalties, breakdowns in the secondary, a blocked punt and six turnovers were too much for No. 14 Florida State to overcome on Saturday. Miami stomped on...

Leaders of Florida Arts Community Anticipate Some Budget Cuts.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Mark Hinson Oct. 14--Just how hard will the arts be hit when the state budget crunch comes down later this month? Several members of Tallahassee's arts community are trying to remain optimistic before the ax gets passed around....

Battle Erupts over Ownership of Beachfront Property on St. George Island, Fla.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Gerald Ensley Oct. 14--ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Fla.--Imagine you suddenly owned four miles of beachfront property on St. George Island. Why, you'd be rich. That may be the glorious fate of a Jacksonville investor -- a Baptist...

Florida State Government Prepares for Budget Cutbacks.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Nancy Cook Lauer Oct. 14--It's too early to tell how much it will hurt, but Tallahassee is expected to feel the brunt of the budget cuts that lawmakers will start making this week. State officials won't get their first hint of...

Florida's Public Universities Prepare for Possible Budget Cuts.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Melanie Yeager Oct. 14--Hallway discussions and formal meetings were frequent at Florida State University, Florida A&M University and Tallahassee Community College last week as all three braced for cuts in their operating budgets....

Florida State Employees Hope to Keep Jobs Despite Possible Budget Cuts.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Bill Cotterell Oct. 14--Whenever state government starts tightening its belt, many Tallahasseeans start worrying that their jobs will be a tempting target for House and Senate budget cutters. Except for the Leon County...

Florida State left asking questions.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Randy Beard They spoke of the only championship that can still be claimed. They expressed a desire to reach a New Year's Day bowl game. They talked about being determined to climb back into the Top 10 before the season...

Florida A&M kick themselves in the foot.
October 14, 2001... Byline: St. Clair Murraine GREENSBORO, N.C. _ Not a single player was pointing a finger after Florida A&M suffered its second loss of the season by falling to North Carolina A&T. Not Kelsie Lordeus, Charlie Allen or kicker Juan Vasquez....

Florida A&M's next step is Norfolk State.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Michael Wallace GREENSBORO, N.C _ Florida A&M coach Billy Joe is looking forward to playing FAMU's first game at home in five weeks when the Rattlers face Norfolk State on Saturday at Bragg Stadium. Joe did blame the loss to North...

Florida State plagued by errors.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Jack Corcoran As far as Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was concerned, the scoreboard statistics told the story of the game. "I looked up and we're behind 21-0, but we had better stats," Bowden said. "I wonder why _ turning...

Television replay backs up Chris Rix.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Jack Corcoran, Dan Johnson and Steve Ellis It was just one of the breaks of the game to Florida State quarterback Chris Rix. And, just like almost everything else during Saturday's 49-27 loss to No. 2 Miami, it didn't go his way....

Florida A&M falls on hard times in North Carolina.
October 14, 2001... Byline: St. Clair Murraine GREENSBORO, N.C. _ The little girl sitting at the table with microphones and tape recorders in front of her didn't say a word. She didn't have to. Her proud grandfather was fielding all of the questions. ...

Leon County, Fla., Anticipates Possible Budget Cuts.
October 15, 2001... Byline: John Fleming Oct. 15--As the state Legislature heads into a special session to deal with a $1.5 billion shortfall, Leon County officials are adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward possible cuts. "We just have to be cautious...

Tallahassee, Fla., Can Stay Afloat despite Budget Cuts, Official Says.
October 15, 2001... Byline: John Sevigny Oct. 15--City officials say they don't expect the budget cuts to have a noticeable impact on the government's ability to do business. That's because about 70 percent of the city's $460 million budget comes from...

Tallahassee, Fla., Economic Development Group Forges Ahead in Spite of Slump.
October 15, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 15--Talk of a possible $1.5 billion in cuts from the state budget isn't rattling local Economic Development Council members -- even though it could put the brakes on a $150,000 technology grant to study...

Many Tallahassee, Fla., Retailers Get Ready for Possible Economic Slowdown.
October 15, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 15--Local retailers hope the combination of the conflict with Afghanistan and looming state budget cuts won't send Tallahassee's economy into a tailspin, but many retailers are taking steps to prepare for a...

Plunging investments make some ripe for financial scams.
October 15, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Beware! Investment scam artists could be lurking _ especially since the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again three weeks ago, pushing yields on fixed investments such as certificates of deposit and bonds to their...

Tallahassee, Fla.'s Anthrax Anxiety Keeps Officials, Companies on Guard.
October 16, 2001... Oct. 16--Fears of anthrax-laced mail have led several Leon County employers to address the way they receive their packages and, in some cases, change the way their mailrooms operate. Firefighters, meanwhile, say panicked phone calls have them...

Budget Shortfall Less Than Feared in Florida.
October 16, 2001... Byline: Nancy Cook Lauer Oct. 16--Florida's budget shortfall has grown to $1.3 billion, slightly less than the $1.5 billion feared but plenty big enough to cause some pain when lawmakers start slashing spending this week. The consensus...

New Homeless Center Plans in Tallahassee, Fla., to Be Released Today.
October 16, 2001... Byline: John Sevigny Oct. 16--City officials will unveil a well-guarded blueprint today of a planned homeless center that would offer housing, psychiatric help, drug treatment and other services to more than 220 people. But some key...

Cut in Interest Rates Encourages Some Investment Scam Artists.
October 16, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 16--Beware! Investment scam artists could be lurking -- especially since the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again two weeks ago, pushing yields on fixed investments such as certificates of deposit and bonds to...

Florida Universities Ask for Fund Control.
October 16, 2001... Byline: David Twiddy Oct. 16--State universities may use the upcoming special session to grab more power over how they raise and spend money. Citing the impending round of budget cuts, the leaders of the 11 university boards of...

Tallahassee, Fla., Officials Could Pay AirTran $1.5 Million Revenue Guarantee.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 17--Officials with AirTran Airways acknowledge that it's likely the city of Tallahassee will have to pay the airline at least part of a $1.5 million revenue guarantee. But city and airport officials said they...

Ticket Sales Slow for Florida A&M University Homecoming in Tallahassee, Fla.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Tia Mitchell Oct. 17--Some Florida A&M University Rattler fans have decided to steer clear of Bragg Stadium this homecoming, resulting in lackluster ticket sales. And though the recent terrorist attacks have heightened concern...

Software Company Founded in Tallahassee, Fla., Building New Facility.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 17--A time and billing software company that got its start 23 years ago in a Tallahassee garage apartment with three Florida State University students is digging deeper roots in its hometown. On Tuesday, the...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Have You Heard Column.
October 17, 2001... Oct. 17--LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT Warehouse will celebrate the opening of its new location at 10 a.m. today. The store is located at 5500 Commonwealth Blvd., near I-10 exit 28. Lowe's is the 14th largest retailer in the United States and the...

Tallahassee, Fla.-Area Costume Retailers See Trend Away from Scary, to Sexy.
October 18, 2001... Byline: Sarah Gomilla Oct. 18--Halloween is 13 days away, and the mood of many local costume hunters is business as usual -- with fewer scary costumes for adults and more cartoon and fictional characters for children. Phil Sass, owner...

Low-Occupancy Pains Unite Florida Hoteliers, Resort Managers.
October 18, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 18--The Hilton Naples Tower is hurting. Occupancy at the newly built 199-room hotel has been running about 12 to 20 percent in the past month. The 960-room Boca Raton Resort & Club properties reports the...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Business Bazaar Column.
October 18, 2001... Byline: Alice Coale Oct. 18--OPENING THOUGHT: "It started with trying to be a super mom by taking a cake-decorating class so I could make my kids' birthday cakes." -- Freddy Williams. Shop Talk: Freddy Williams got so good at birthday...

America's religious freedom can be a model for others nations.
October 18, 2001... Byline: Leon Sandon The new religious America was reflected in the Sept. 23 service at Yankee Stadium in which representatives of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities participated. There might well have been representative...

Gulfstream International Airlines to Leave Tallahassee, Fla.
October 19, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 19--Gulfstream International Airlines is pulling out of the Tallahassee market, saying it won't be able to compete with AirTran Airways' low-fare service to Tampa. "We struggled with this," said Roy Canter,...

Bowden gets a money boost.
October 19, 2001... Byline: Steve Ellis CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. _ Bobby Bowden has become a member of college football's $2 million club. Bowden, who with a win Saturday night against Virginia could tie Pop Warner as the third-winningest Division I coach...

Parents, teens can talk.
October 19, 2001... Byline: Jeff Herring Here are six things that parents of teens should stop doing right now: 1. STOP focusing on what you are going to make your teen-ager do. It doesn't work. When our kids are infants, we are in total charge. Between...

Bank, Offices Planned for Tallahassee, Fla., Site of Burt Reynolds Myth.
October 20, 2001... Byline: Bruce Ritchie Oct. 20-- The Burt Reynolds house won't be anyone's home if it's torn down. Patricia Wier wants to remove the house on Thomasville Road just south of Interstate 10 where the actor in 1980 was rumored to have lived...

Florida A&M wallops Norfolk State.
October 20, 2001... Byline: Michael Wallace Tallahassee, Fla._Maybe Florida A&M coach Billy Joe should consider sending Norfolk State coach Mo Forte a thank-you note to go with the gift package visiting coaches receive before conference road games. ...

Interest-Free Financing Draws Tallahassee, Fla.-Area Auto Purchasers.
October 23, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 23--Ruby Strickland usually follows her husband's lead when purchasing a new vehicle. She pays cash. But not this time. Interest-free financing has changed Strickland's mind. She can save some of the cash she...

Retailers Find Big Demand for Patriotic, Anti-bin Laden Items.
October 23, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 23--Some people wear their patriotism on their sleeve. Others wear it on their rear end. In one recent weekend, Sports Beat in Westwood Shopping Center sold 50 pairs of athletic shorts with "USA" printed on the...

Florida Legislature Sweats over State Budget Cuts.
October 23, 2001... Oct. 23--After calling a special session to order Monday, House Speaker Tom Feeney summed up the predicament the governor and lawmakers find themselves in as they slash $1.3 billion from the budget. "We're broke, and we're at war," said...

New Golf Course Offers Additional Attraction to Tallahassee, Fla., Area.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Gerald Ensley Oct. 24--Here's how you hit a perfect golf shot: You show up in high heels and a skirt, borrow somebody's driver and take a smooth swing. Oh, and it might help to be married to one of Tallahassee's top...

Work Begins on $7.4 Million Radiology Complex in Tallahassee, Fla.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Janie Nelson Oct. 24--In early 2003, the waiting list for mammograms and other radiology services in Tallahassee should be cut considerably. Radiology Associates today is breaking ground on a $7.4 million, state-of-the art...

Tallahassee, Fla., Red Cross Director Aids World Trade Center Relief Effort.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Melanie Yeager Oct. 24--NEW YORK -- The line starts forming at 7 a.m. each day and stretches across the street as hundreds of New Yorkers wait their turn for disaster relief at the American Red Cross center nearest Ground Zero. ...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Have You Heard Column.
October 24, 2001... Oct. 24--DELOITTE CONSULTING, one of the world's largest e-business consulting and integration firms, is expanding its presence in Tallahassee. The new location at 150 South Monroe St. will be the site of Deloitte Consulting's public-sector...

Humble Crawfordville, Fla., Banker Named State Banker of the Year.
October 25, 2001... Byline: Juana Jordan Oct. 25--Walter Dodson Jr. is no ordinary banker. He can't be, especially if he earned the title of Florida's Banker of the Year. The award, which dates to 1986 and is decided by a panel of banking association...

Despite Slowdown, Florida's Jobless Trust Fund in Good Shape for Now.
October 25, 2001... Byline: Rachel Sams Oct. 25--Despite the sagging economy, the state's unemployment compensation trust fund is currently able to handle incoming claims for jobless benefits without the need to raise payroll taxes on employers, the Agency...

Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Business Bazaar Column.
October 25, 2001... Byline: Alice Coale Oct. 25--Opening Thought: "If we were both artists, we'd have been out of business long ago." -- Carolyn Pippenger. Shop Talk: In 1983, when Alan Pippenger started SignPrinters, overhead was low. All he needed was...

Start building now for your best new year.
October 26, 2001... Byline: Jeff Herring Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." _Ambrose Redmoon ___ We have seen this played out many times over the last few weeks. As our nation...