| The Story | Five coaches from various school
districts in the county will attempt to ride real steers for eight
seconds at a charity event on May 22nd. "Only Alvord High School has
not sent a representative to the competition." |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | * |
| The Spin | Alvord ISD's academic
ranking was immediately raised to "Excellent" because its coaches are
really, really smart.. |
| The Story | Messenger headline:
"Stripper" draws attention with introduction |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | That would be a story about
a wood stripper, and we admit that we were suckered in. |
| The Story | Commissioners reject the proposed
purchase by Justice of the Peace C.D. Archer of an Olympus
digital camera for $1,000 to be used on "inquests". |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | (1) Just how many "inquests" are done? (2) We noticed that
Best Buy has a 3.2
megapixel Olympus digital camera for $149.99. |
| The Story | Randall Watson writes a Letter to
the Editor on Thursday which prompted a response from a councilman and
the mayor in Sunday's edition of the Messenger.` |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | The two letters ran a
whopping 40 column inches. We are way too lazy to read all that. |
| The Story | It's Mother's Day again. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | And nothing says "I love
you" like a visit to . . . |
