| Welcome back, drive-in experience
WHEN I REPORTED ITS DEATH, so many of you wrote to me of all the fond memories you had of it from years past. We drove by the skeleton that was left by the side of Highway 4 and wished it well in its demise but secretly hoped that someone could save it. It would seem we were not alone in our feelings of great loss. The people of the East Bay protested so much that the owners decided to revive our last dinosaur, and the Solano Drive-In lives again. They have fixed the potholes, revamped the snack shack and pumped much-needed blood into the veins of the camera room, and our dinosaur is alive and well once again. Opening night offered movies to full lots of cars for both screens as loyal fans showed their appreciation for the revival. Once again the movie section of the Contra Costa Times has a listing for drive-ins.
UPPER HOUSE ELECTION 2007 / Leaders stump in busy areas
With campaign vans circling, leaders of political parties took over the streets of Ginza, Tokyo, on the final Sunday before the House of Councillors election. In the Tokyo constituency, 20 candidates are fighting a fierce battle for five seats. The Liberal Democratic Party is fielding two candidates in the constituency for the first time in nine years. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed up in front of a department store at about 2:30 p.m. Dressed Cool Biz style with a white shirt and no tie, Abe delivered a speech from the top of a campaign vehicle on the main street, Chuo-dori avenue, which is a pedestrian zone on weekends. "This is an election in which you choose between reform and setback, and between economic growth and slowdown. We mustn't lose this election," he shouted, raising a fist.
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Manuel Uribe's Obesity In Record Books Again, Likely Going For ...
When you've been tagged with the distinction of being "The World's Heaviest Man," it's not something you go around wearing as a badge of honor. Identified in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most morbidly obese man walking the face of this planet last year was a gentleman from Monterrey, Mexico named Manuel Uribe.But he's been doing something about his weight over the past year that may win him another Guinness record--for the largest-recorded WEIGHT LOSS in history!For those who don't know about Uribe's story, he sent out a desperate cry for help in early 2006 for someone, ANYONE to help him get his weight under control. Weighing in at a "how-can-he-possibly-be-alive" weight of 1,235 pounds--yes, that would be OVER a HALF TON!!!--Uribe was ready to begin his ambitious quest to lose 1,000 pounds to get his life back.
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Local West Point grad: American, soldier and Muslim
On Saturday afternoon, in the 209th commencement at a historic campus dotted with monuments to famous generals, Faraz Bala will graduate from West Point. The Snohomish man is a rare Muslim in his class of 900 cadets, whose four years at the U.S. Military Academy overlapped with the war in Iraq. .
On The Up-And-Up
The transition from track shorts to a business suit "has been pretty smooth," Buciarski said, "but it was hard to let go (as a competitor)." No doubt. Born in Warsaw, Poland, and the son of Wojciech Buciarski, the fifth-place finisher in the pole vault at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Piotrek Buciarski began taking the event seriously at age 15. By the time he was 20 years old, he had cleared 18 feet. Just five vaulters in the storied history of Oregon track and field have reached or surpassed that height. A visit to Eugene in 1996 for a session with then-UO vault coach Andrezi Krzesinski led to a Duck scholarship offer. The rest is history. He remains a Eugene resident, though his work visa expires in August 2008. "During my years with the Ducks, I improved my PR by just two inches," Buciarski said.
More bench time ahead for Sexson
Bullpen coach Jim Slaton was back with the team Wednesday, one day after being taken to the hospital with a stomach ailment. "They think it's a kidney stone," Slaton said, adding that he's feeling better. - Raul Ibanez was inserted in the cleanup spot Wednesday, one day after notching a ninth-inning single that was only his third hit in his last 21 at-bats. Ibanez responded with a single and a double in his first two trips to the plate, driving in a run and scoring twice. He finished 2 for 6. - Boston has announced that Curt Schilling will make his first start in nearly six weeks in the series finale Sunday at Safeco Field instead of Josh Beckett. Schilling has a 6-4 record and 4.20 earned-run average. For the record .
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