Posted on 06/22/2006 9:58:17 AM PDT by Renfield
The Continuing Campaign to Make Everything Perfect
(1) The principal of Liberty Elementary School in Colleyville, Texas, authorized an enlarged photo of a nickel on this year's yearbook cover, but with "In God We Trust" deleted so as not to cause offense -- but then handed out stickers with those four words so that students could place them on the cover photo if they wished.
(2) A British government agency recently decided to spend the equivalent of $33 million over 10 years to encourage women and minorities to become fishermen (or fisherwomen) because too many anglers are white, male and middle-aged; a Welsh pilot project, for example, teaches Muslim women and children to fish for trout. [Fort Worth Star Telegram, 5-20-06] [UPI, 4-2-06]
There was a race to be a commissioner on the Board of Soil & Water. Unfortunately, the ballots were printed without any of the candidates names appearing. Consequently, voters were instructed to write-in the name of whomever they wished to cast a vote.
Water beat Soil by more than two to one.
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