| Flags Announce "Salute to Season Two" with Jersey Auction
(PORT HURON, MICH.) - With last night's conclusion of the Port Huron Flags' second season, the organization has planned a post-season event for Saturday, April 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the downstairs lounge of McMorran Arena. Salute to Season Two offers fans a chance to mingle with the team one last time, as well as enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. The feature event of the evening will be the conclusion of the black jersey auction, which began online at the beginning of the week. A live auction will pick up with the high bids on each jersey and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. The front office staff is asking for RSVPs from those who plan to attend, by telephone at (810) 982-3524 or through email to rebekahp@porthuronflags.net The Port Huron Flags are a community owned, non-profit member club of the United Hockey League.
Ronaldo bids to dethrone Gerrard
Manchester United trio Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are in the running for the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award. Last year's winner Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas complete the six-strong line-up which does not feature England captain John Terry. PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor can see why Ronaldo is being viewed as favourite to socop the prestigious award after putting the Red Devils on course to repeat their Premiership, Champions League and FA Cup Treble of 1999. The players' union boss said of the 21-goal Portuguese winger: "Cristiano is the most exciting player in the country at the moment - the quickness of his feet and the skills he possesses make you think, at times, that he is from another planet.
Modest Mouse, Shins, Decemberists Swag in Art Auction
Buckman Elementary School, an arts magnet school in Portland's public system, is rife with the cool, artsy kids. And these cool, artsy kids-- along with some high-profile, indie rock favorites-- have donated some items to be auctioned in benefit of the school; they're no mere pinch-pot ashtray castoffs, either. In addition to a fly-fishing trip and jaunts to the Sonoma wine country, a series of hand-decorated mini-guitars and other swag from the likes of the Decemberists and Carson Ellis, Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, the Shins, Stephen Malkmus and newest Jick Janet Weiss, Sam Coombs of Quasi, and the Dandy Warhols will go up for the good cause. The Art Rocks auction takes place in two parts: the first-- organized by Sleater-Kinney pillar and Buckman parent Corin Tucker-- goes down web-ways April 22, when online bidders can stake their claim on those hand-decorated mini-guitars via eBay (keyword: Buckman).
More questions surface on bonds for Berbice bridge roads
The performance bonds issued by Dipcon Engineering Services Ltd, to the unregistered Caricom General Insurance Inc, were placed by two insurance brokers and enquiries so far reveal that none of the brokers registered by the insurance commissioner participated. Dipcon is the contractor for the Berbice River bridge approach roads. The Berbice River Bridge is a US$40 million project that is expected to be completed in the first half of next year. Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said on Thursday that the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporat-ed (BBCI) should also write to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, in relation to concerns over the issuance of the performance bonds by Dipcon. BBCI Chairperson Geeta Singh-Knight, in a letter to Public Works & Communica-tion Minister Robeson Benn last week had said: "As chairperson of the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated I am writing on behalf of the Board, and thereby on behalf of the investors in the bridge, to express our concern about the issue of mobilization advance and performance bonds to Caricom Insurance by the contractor (Dipcon Engineering Services Ltd)…" Singh-Knight had pointed out that Caricom Insurance is not registered by the Insurance Commissioner, "Therefore we have no means of assuring ourselves as a Board responsible for the execution of the bridge project that the insurance company is adequately capitalized to support the financial commitment implicit in the roads contract, and the Commissioner has no oversight authority to ensure capital adequacy is present and maintained." .
Christie's holds mammoth auction to sell mammoths
PARIS (AP) - Here's your chance to buy something really old. Today, Christie's auction house in Paris is selling a 15-thousand-year-old Siberian mammoth skeleton. You'll need plenty of room and plenty of cash if you want it. Bidding starts at nearly 200-thousand dollars. Tusks and all, it's more than 12 feet high and 16 feet long. The other items up for auction today include an unhatched dinosaur egg and a 330-pound meteorite. (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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