BY JILL COLEY
Children with special needs are more often the subject of bullying and exclusion, an area study found.
This was also the lead story in DUH! Magazine last week. Also, in that issue: fruit is good for you, cars have ability to go fast and a story about breathing oxygen.
This also reminds me of my favorite The Onion headline of all time: "Gay Retard Teased."
Monday, May 11, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
City strives to get stolen funds back
BY DAVID SLADE
Danny Molony, who was sent to prison in 2004 for his role in the largest public corruption scandal Charleston had seen in decades, is living a quiet life these days selling eyeglasses at a King Street shop, while the city continues its effort to recoup all the money he stole.
For those burned by Mr. Molony and think you could do a better job extracting money from him or just want to exact revenge, his work address is...
Way to go, P&C.
Danny Molony, who was sent to prison in 2004 for his role in the largest public corruption scandal Charleston had seen in decades, is living a quiet life these days selling eyeglasses at a King Street shop, while the city continues its effort to recoup all the money he stole.
For those burned by Mr. Molony and think you could do a better job extracting money from him or just want to exact revenge, his work address is...
Way to go, P&C.
'You can't believe they can't read.'
BY DIETTE COURRÉGÉ One out of every five Alice Birney Middle School students reads so poorly that he needs daily intensive reading classes, sometimes at the second-grade level.
From the makers of I Can't Believe Its Not Butter and the parents that bred too young comes "You Can't Believe They Can't Read."
I am assuming that each day, the P&C will be doing an expose on illiteracy in the Lowcountry. My blog thanks you now for the material.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Ford seeks black supporters
BY DAVID SLADE
State senator and gubernatorial hopeful Robert Ford sought to gain more support from the black community for his controversial school choice legislation on Saturday evening at the annual meeting of the Charleston County Chapter of the South Carolina Coalition for Black Voter Participation.
I am so glad I finally get an explanation for the acronym C.C.C.o.t.S.C.C.f.B.V.P..
State senator and gubernatorial hopeful Robert Ford sought to gain more support from the black community for his controversial school choice legislation on Saturday evening at the annual meeting of the Charleston County Chapter of the South Carolina Coalition for Black Voter Participation.
I am so glad I finally get an explanation for the acronym C.C.C.o.t.S.C.C.f.B.V.P..
Performers, artists show off talents at fete
Today through Saturday, be sure to check out the North Charleston Arts Festival featuring some of the best local artists and performers showcasing their skills throughout the city.
Oh man, I'm going to get it for this one...but here I go:
North Charleston has an arts festival? You mean other then the pictures of seagulls at the beach hanging at motels and the area's favorite restaurant, Olive Garden.
Let this sink in: North Charleston Arts Festival. Yep that's right. That's an oxymoron.
This is North Charleston. If you want to urge them to come out, please do not use French to describe party. Party, festival or fiesta will suffice.
Also, if you want to urge North Charlestonians to come out and support this, do not use the word art.
Is this like the Special Ed art students who didn't make it into Spoleto or even Piccolo Spoleto?
Further into the story, we are given this gem: "More than 40 stage performances, including magicians, dance groups, bands, theater troupes, vocalists and storytellers." Yep that's right. Magic is art now.
Oh man, I'm going to get it for this one...but here I go:
North Charleston has an arts festival? You mean other then the pictures of seagulls at the beach hanging at motels and the area's favorite restaurant, Olive Garden.
Let this sink in: North Charleston Arts Festival. Yep that's right. That's an oxymoron.
This is North Charleston. If you want to urge them to come out, please do not use French to describe party. Party, festival or fiesta will suffice.
Also, if you want to urge North Charlestonians to come out and support this, do not use the word art.
Is this like the Special Ed art students who didn't make it into Spoleto or even Piccolo Spoleto?
Further into the story, we are given this gem: "More than 40 stage performances, including magicians, dance groups, bands, theater troupes, vocalists and storytellers." Yep that's right. Magic is art now.
Some unhappy despite changes
BY GLENN SMITH
The Charleston fire chief's office once resembled a shrine of sorts, each nook and cranny packed with artwork, plaques, photos and memorabilia celebrating the rich history of the "bravest profession." That's all gone now. These days, the space looks more like a war room.
It might be my warped mind but when I see "bravest profession" I think of prostitution. Thank you Glenn for making me think of whores as I eat my cereal. Odd quotes (that aren't properly sourced) can take one out of the story at times. Obviously it did for me.
Now let me point out which words Glenn had in his Scrabble-like lede game with his friends. For those who don't know this game, instead of letters, they pick words out and have to use them in their ledes. For example Glenn was kind of stuck with shrine, nook and cranny and war room (those are like the Q, X, and Z's of the Scrabble world) until he decided to write about the "bravest profession." Problem solved.
Is that the best headline we can use? Did we use all our magic in the lede that we couldn't spare some prose? Shame.
The Charleston fire chief's office once resembled a shrine of sorts, each nook and cranny packed with artwork, plaques, photos and memorabilia celebrating the rich history of the "bravest profession." That's all gone now. These days, the space looks more like a war room.
It might be my warped mind but when I see "bravest profession" I think of prostitution. Thank you Glenn for making me think of whores as I eat my cereal. Odd quotes (that aren't properly sourced) can take one out of the story at times. Obviously it did for me.
Now let me point out which words Glenn had in his Scrabble-like lede game with his friends. For those who don't know this game, instead of letters, they pick words out and have to use them in their ledes. For example Glenn was kind of stuck with shrine, nook and cranny and war room (those are like the Q, X, and Z's of the Scrabble world) until he decided to write about the "bravest profession." Problem solved.
Is that the best headline we can use? Did we use all our magic in the lede that we couldn't spare some prose? Shame.
Failing our students
BY DIETTE COURRÉGÉ Ridge Smith hunches over a newspaper article, harnesses his concentration and focuses on the words.
He wants to prove how well he can read.
His wide, luminous smile disappears. His mouth slowly forms the words he knows. He stops again and again, tripped up on words such as "awkward," "August" and "local."
Come on. I mean, please don't give him the Post and Courier to read. I can hardly read this dribble but to make a kid who can't read and force him to read it aloud is just plain water-boarding-like torture. Which story features the words 'awkward', 'August' and 'local' in it anyway? It seems they are doing my job now for me in their own ledes. Sad thing is they don't know it.
Also, kudos to Ridge Smith for having the guts to tell the Lowcountry he can't read on a Sunday front-page story. I don't think Diette Courrege (I really hope they don't make him try to read this name) told him it would be a front-page piece, but its not like he's going to be able to read it anyway. What? Don't give me that look. Somebody had to say it.
Sorry for the delay...
Its been a busy week here at Bury the Ledes. Sorry for the delay but my son was born and took a little time off. Regular posts will begin as soon as I get feed the boys, change the diapers and and shoot the in-laws. Enjoy
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