| The Story | In a story about high school drop
outs, former Bridgeport High Vice Principal Don Majka pointed out a new
reason for the problem: materialism. "He said they want to purchase
expensive items, such as cars, so they get full-time jobs to pay for
them." |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | ** |
| The Spin | Anyone think those kids
might have had a little trouble getting by the TAKS test? |
| The Spin | The Messenger has a pretty interesting
story
on Decatur sophomore Kris Micinski who won first place in the Regional
Science Fair for creating his own computer language and the compiler
(another computer program that tells a computer how to understand the
computer language) to go along with it. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | In shocking news, he
announced he would drop out of school so he could buy a car. (Just
kidding). |
| The Story | Rodney Middleton of Bridgeport
writes a Letter to the Editor proclaiming that President Bush is
nothing more than a pimp "for corporations and special interest." |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | The administration, stung by
32% approval ratings, responded by issuing a statement of, "Sheesh, it really is hard out here for a
pimp." |
| The Spin | After Paradise resident Robert
Gayan was killed
in a well explosion last weekend in Forest Hill, his employer, XTO,
said in a press release that Gayan was to blame for the accident. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin |
Nice compassion. |
| The Spin | Timothy Owens of Grand Prairie was
arrested for aggravated assault after allegedly shooting a 40 year old
Boyd man who "escaped unharmed" but also suffered "superficial wounds." |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | Many folks chuckled about
the photo of Mr. Owens which we have now manipulated here. |
