Monthly Archives: July 2012

LOCOG warn spectators after archery mix-up

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The organisers of London 2012 have warned spectators to check their tickets carefully before attending events, after a mix-up at the archery on Friday. Hundreds of fans turned up at Lord's Cricket Ground on Friday morning to watch the preliminary round of the event, after seeing the session listed as "unticketed" in some Olympic Games brochures. However, the listing appears to have been the result of a misunderstanding as to the precise meaning of 'unticketed' Read more [...]

Junior Seau’s Calif. home listed for $2.3 million

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OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - The beachfront home where former NFL linebacker Junior Seau killed himself is on the market for nearly $2.3 million. U-T San Diego reports (http://bit.ly/MJd6w8 ) the two-story, three-bedroom home in Oceanside, Calif., was listed Monday. The price is significantly less than the $3.2 million Seau paid for the home in 2005. Real estate agent John Beran, who listed the house, tells the North County Times Read more [...]

Listing Cape’s school superintendents

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On occasion, I'll put together lists. Lists of the names of Cape Girardeau fire chiefs, police chiefs, mayors, university presidents, etc. The hard part is making sure you have all the names and their corresponding years of service. Someone suggested I do the same for Cape Girardeau public school superintendents. What I found surprised me. According to a 1924 article, no records existed for school superintendents prior to 1898. (This isn't entirely accurate, as a list published in the Bicentennial Read more [...]

Veraz Petroleum Announces Closing of Sale of Wholly-Owned Subsidary to …

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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 24, 2012) - Veraz Petroleum Ltd. ("Veraz") (TSX VENTURE:VRZ) announces that it has completed the previously announced sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Veraz Petroleum Peru S.A.C. ("Veraz Peru"), to Petrominerales Ltd. ("Petrominerales") pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (the "Sale Transaction"). The Sale Transaction was approved by 98% of the votes cast by shareholders at the annual general and special Read more [...]

Roz rockets to Star-dom

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(UKPA) – 6 hours ago  Harry Dunlop's small team of juveniles now contains at least two gems as Roz became a Listed winner in the Weatherbys VAT Services Star Stakes at Sandown.There are just 14 two-year-olds at Dunlop's Windsor House Stables in Lambourn, and among them is Sir Patrick Moore, who landed a valuable prize at Compiegne in June.Roz went off at 28-1 despite a wide-margin victory on her previous start at Kempton and rarely looked in much danger from the front due to the prowess of Read more [...]

Welshman Joe Allen listed as English in Olympic programme

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Olympic organisers have been forced to apologise for another gaffe after Welsh footballer Joe Allen was listed as English in the programme for Team GB's first match against Senegal at Old Trafford. The mistake comes less than 24 hours after the North Korean women's footballers walked off the pitch after the South Korea flag was mistakenly displayed before their opening match with Colombia, delaying the kick-off by over an hour. Allen is one of five Welsh players in Stuart Pearce's 18-man squad for Read more [...]

Seminole schools announce open house schedule

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Special to the HeraldIn anticipation of the new school year Seminole County Public Schools will hold open houses at each of its schools to help prepare students. School will begin Aug. 13 in Seminole County. Listed below are dates and times for open houses in the Sanford/Lake Mary area. For details on the following information contact the individual school. Elementary Schools• Bentley Elementary – Aug. 1, kindergarten, 5 to 6 p.m.; August 9, 1st through 5th grade, 4 to 6 p.m. • Read more [...]

Olympic events to keep an eye on

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Here’s a look at Olympic events to watch. List highlights gold medal events only, unless specified. Start times are listed as CDT, but TV broadcast time might be different. Friday, July 27 OPENING CEREMONIES Farm animals and James Bond expected to make appearances Saturday, July 28 ROWING Women’s pair heats, 3:30 a.m. Itasca’s Zelenka makes Olympic debut SWIMMING Women’s 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay, 2:50 p.m. First swimming relay medal Sunday, July 29 DIVING Women’s synchronized Read more [...]