| Baseball, softball start throwing Monday
A three-week throwing and conditioning period for prep baseball and softball teams across the state begins Monday. Teams are allowed to throw and pitch during the next three weeks but can�t do any hitting or situational work.Johnson said his team will work five days a week during the throwing period.�I think everybody is excited,� he said. �After the way the summer ended, we go into the spring with a lot of confidence about what could happen.�Fort Payne appears to be riding some momentum as the new season approaches.The Cats fared well in their last two summer tournaments, taking second place at South Pittsburg (Tenn.) and first at Scottsboro. Fort Payne won eight of its last nine games, including its final six.Johnson was also pleased with what he saw from the Cats during the team�s five-day fall evaluation period last month.�The state opening up the fall evaluation period to all varsity players and not just newcomers was big for us because it got players thinking about baseball at the end of the semester,� he said.
Fight temptation or give in
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LSU's Hester has burning love for football, Elvis
Back at legendary Evangel Christian High in Shreveport, Hester did just that. "In high school we really needed some defensive linemen," he says. "And we passed the ball so much, having [USC's] John David Booty as our quarterback, that running backs never got the ball. So I played nose guard. "But one day a couple of guys got hurt. And my offensive coordinator, who is now my father-in-law, put me in the game at running back. I had 200 yards, and they told the defensive coordinator, 'I think our best player on offense is playing nose guard.' " .
Money Makeovers: Plans help two couples regain their financial footing
For two Kansas City area families, that includes finding some unexpected solutions to what experts say are two of the most profound financial terrors faced by consumers now. One is losing a job. Rob and Andrea Thomas of Blue Springs faced a gut-wrenching decision when they met financial planner George Syata during a mid-2006 Money Makeover. Syata believed there was no way the Thomases, with nearly $81,000 in credit card and auto loan debt, could afford a job buyout offer that Ford Motor Co. extended to Andrea Thomas, a six-year employee. "George was right," Rob Thomas said recently. "But there was no way we could afford not to take the offer, either." So they bailed. And by adopting a take-no-prisoners debt-reduction strategy espoused by author and radio show host Dave Ramsey, the Thomases have whacked away nearly 80 percent of their consumer debt and are closing in fast on the rest.
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