Basic Skills

You might say Larry McCullough stumbled onto the job as Asbury's softball coach. While searching the Internet for local college softball scores, McCullough came upon Asbury. He decided to see how they had played the night before and discovered that the Eagles hadn't played the night before. In fact, Asbury had not played a softball game in a few years. McCullough called Asbury athletic director Gary Kempf to find out why. Kempf and company had already gone through resurrecting the baseball program and knew that softball was on the horizon.

Driving around Danville this summer, Clifford Berry noticed something. There was a whole lot of nothing going on. Nothing going on for kids in the area to do on a day-to-day basis, particularly on the basketball courts. "I saw a lot of sitting around with nothing to do. The kids had no AAU or individual camps they could do," said Berry, a 1998 Danville graduate. "And that made me mad because there's a lot of potential around here, a lot of it needs to be tapped into. " So instead of being one of the ones complaining about a lack of activities for kids, Berry is doing something about it. He has organized a youth basketball league which began yesterday to give area players something organized and fun they can take part in. "We had a bunch of kids sitting around, and a lot of them knew me from playing at Bate-Wood (Homes)

STANFORD - Lincoln County elementary students are showing huge improvements in quick and basic math skills, which could be good news down the road when they're preparing to take the ACT. That was the takeaway last week when District Curriculum Coordinator Jim Ward showed Board of Education members how well students had performed on recent "automaticity" tests, which gauge students' ability to immediately perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and...

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to express my concern regarding a decision made by the Boyle County Middle School Site Based Council to meet staff reduction brought on by the decrease of student enrollment. The council has decided to eliminate the computer/technology class. It is common knowledge that proficiency in basic computer skills is essential for all students preparing to enter college or in today's work force. Entry-level jobs require computer skills, and advanced computer skills are critical to qualify for any upper level positions.

Army National Guard Pfc. Shane P. Moss has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map...

Army National Guard Pfc. Daniel S. Gross has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field...

Army Pvt. Robert P. Dean has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and un-armed combat, map reading, field tactics, military...