Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Wednesday's updates

STUNNER: Streak ends, big upset, dancing child -- and mooning?

-Berry sizzles in second half, beats Shorter, 70-54.

-Lady Hawks take 69-61 win over the Vikings.

Here's how wild it got at Berry College's Cage Center Tuesday night:

-The 8-13 Vikings were hitting three-point shots almost by the minute.

-ESPN should have had a clip of one Viking's two-point shot -- as he fell.

-The best dancing toddler since Ally McBeal stole the half-time show.

-And mooning mascots? ( no skin--errr, feathers--were exposed). Details> Sports

Smartypants growing again: Smartypants children's consignment shop at 405 Broad St. is adding kids' furniture to the business after relocating to a larger space last month. "We have a lot more space and more light, so we're more shopable" says Julie Roberts, owner. "We have 4,000 square feet of space, double what we had before, so we have room for furniture. Plus a lot of people are asking for it."  

While Smartypants already accepts baby furniture, they are now taking furniture for kids and teens. Items include kids table/chair sets, dressers, nightstands, headboards, bookshelves and lamps. Roberts said she would even consider buying unfinished furniture to complete herself for resale.  "The consignment business is really growing. We now have about 1,500 consignors both local folks and some from Atlanta," she says. "We'll take anything from newborn to juniors, which has really grown in our new space."  Details: 706-234-8528/By Natalie Simms   

Smith's proposal would provide extra funding, 'effeciency' for courts: Sen. Preston Smith, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduces legislation to enhance funding and efficiency for Georgia's overburdened courts> Details

-State Rep. Barry Loudermilk will be live on the nationally syndicated Janet Mefferd show today at 2:35 p.m. Listen here / More on Mefferd> Radio

Ash Wednesday services:

-St. Mary's Catholic Church: 9:30 a.m. (at St. Mary's School); noon, 5, 7 (bilingual) and 8:30 p.m. (Spanish)

-Rome First United Methodist Church, 7 p.m.

-St. Peter's Episcopal Church:  noon and 5:30 p.m. in the church; 5 p.m. at Berry College's Barnwell Chapel.

-Trinity United Methodist Church, 6:30 p.m.

-Send service information: E-mail

Wednesday's Buzz (subscribe here):

-Mike Riddle joins Profile Extrusion as a regional sales manager> Click

-Feb. 18/Rome City Commission called meeting, 8:30 a.m., WinShape Center, Berry College. Agenda

-Darlington collecting items to help with Haiti earthquake relief> Haiti

-Feb. 19/The Floyd County Schools' Spelling Bee, 9:30 a.m.

-Armuchee Middle School is the 2010 Academic Quiz Bowl middle school champions for Floyd County Schools> Floyd schools

-Oak Hill and The Martha Berry Museum will continue its Home School Days program this spring> Oak Hill

-Pregnancy Center fund-raiser Feb. 25; features Robert Reccord> Click

Your latest forecast:

-Wednesday: Chance of flurries, mostly sunny. High of 49.

-Wednesday night: Partly cloudy. Low of 26.

-Thursday: Sunny, high of 51.

-Thursday night: Partly cloudy, low of 24.

-Extended forecast> Click  / Regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey?

-Cyclist is now a hacker? Holtz vs. Notre Dame. Who's tattoo-less in the NBA?

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