Archive for August, 2009

TOI LEE CONTINUES TO MAKE HER MARK IN KANSAS CITY interview by Wayne Hodges
KANSAS CITY, MO – Are you in the mood for gospel? If so, get out your seat and make some noise because Gospel recording artist Toi Lee is in the house. The talented vocalist, CEO of Jenae Platinum Publishing in Kansas City, [...]

Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY LOSES BOUT WITH BRAIN TUMOR, the Associated Press

HYANNIS PORT, Massachusetts – Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy’s family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday. For nearly a [...]

Jenne Reed Laytham, Books & Publications
BASEHOR, KS – Hey, there’s still time to start a Summer Reading List! That’s right. It’s not too late. Summer’s “unofficial” end is Labor Day weekend. But, we all know the first day of autumn is not until September 22. So you have plenty of time to get started. [...]

USAIN BOLT SMASHES 200 METER WORLD RECORD IN 19.19 SECONDS, the Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) – Usain Bolt startled the world again. The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds Thursday, yet another world record. His time in the 200 slashed 0.11 seconds off the mark he set last year at the [...]

TONY HANSBERRY DEVELOPED NEW MEDICAL TECHNIQUE, by Jeremy Cox (Jacksonville.com)
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Jacksonville researcher has developed a way of sewing up patients after hysterectomies that stands to reduce the risk of complications and simplify the tricky procedure for less-seasoned surgeons. Oh, and he’s 14 years old. Feel free to read that again. Tony Hansberry II [...]

EA SPORTS “MADDEN NFL 10″ HAS SOME NICE FEATURES, BUT COMES UP SHORT IN SOME AREAS
Reviewed by Wayne “Mad Critic” Hodges – To quote Hank Williams Jr: “Are you ready for some football?” If so, get out to a video game retailer today and pickup a copy of EA Sports’ “Madden NFL 10″ (X360, PS3, [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
PROTESTER WRONG FOR BRINGING GUN TO TOWN HALL MEETING, by Wayne Hodges 08/11/09
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Given the violent history of our nation as it pertains to a lengthy list of U.S. presidential assassinations, protester William Kostric inexplicably chose to attend President Barack Obama’s Town Hall health care meeting with a loaded firearm. “I [...]

Derrick Thomas, pass rusher for the Kansas City Chiefs was a legendary football player known for accomplishing amazing things on as well as off the field. Thomas was much mourned when he died after a car accident in 2000, at age 33, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, [...]

EVANGELIST GOLDEN LEWIS IS BUSY UPON THE GOSPEL SCENE, by Wayne Hodges
ROCHESTER, New York -As the founder of “Together As One Ministries,” traveling Evangelist and radio/television personality Golden Lewis has popped upon the scene nationally as one of God’s most coveted mouthpieces. Lewis, radio hostess of “The Golden Gospel Train,” has been in the broadcasting [...]

MARIO CHALMERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF CLASSIC A HUGE SUCCESS! by Wayne Hodges
LAWRENCE, Kan – Anybody up for a few holes of golf? Man, the golf clubs were out in unison during the inaugural ‘National Championship Golf Classic’ at Alvamar Country Club in Lawrence, Kan. The spectacular event, held on July 31, was presented by the ‘Mario [...]