Got a key position to fill? Hiring good employees is the foundation of any successful business. Do Your Homework Beforehand Goal: Minimize the back-story and maximize the time you spend with the candidate. Going into an interview, each interviewer should...
Births St. Francis Richard and Sonia Tolbert, Topeka, boy, March 20. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hayes, Topeka, boy, March 20. Jason Divis and Stephanie Woodman, Topeka, boy, March 20. Scott and Brooke Halverson, Topeka, girl,...
James William Tolbert will be returning to the place where he met Ann Poulson years ago when she offered him kindness as part of her church ministry -- and he repaid it by strangling her to death. Tolbert pleaded guilty to aggravated murder Friday and was immediately...
In the spring of 2005, the Bush administration announced that guidelines for following the mandates of No Child Left Behind NCLB had been made less restrictive. More of this "loosening" will follow, albeit quietly, lest the public discover the delusional qualities that went into the original version of the bill....
The NBA TV analysts at the top of the national heap include some who were All-Stars or even MVPs as players -- ABC/ESPN's Bill Walton and TNT's Charles Barkley, Doug Collins and Magic Johnson. But the TV elite also includes plenty of former role players, such as ABC's...
Opal Redwine Edward M. Snook Mary Dinkel Carl K. Nall Anniversaries Arthur and Esther Tolbert, Topeka, 68th anniversary, May 21. George and Carol Ensminger, Emporia, 58th anniversary, May 24. ...
THERE IS ONLY one reason to watch the NBA playoffs this spring, and it's not to see whether Tom Tolbert or Craig Sager dons the gaudiest suit. When the Heat is out, I'm out. After Shaquille O'Neal's ouster from Los...
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Michigan Chronicle12-27-2004Confronted with a possible layoff, a huge amount of bills and an outrageoushome rental fee, Donneva Tolbert found that several doors leading tohomeownership were continuously being slammed in her face.Although it was depressing, the single mother of three didn't allowrejection to crush her dream of one day owning a...
* The buzz: Brad Nessler remains ESPN's lead NBA voice, but analysts Sean Elliott, Dan, Majerle, George Karl, Bill Walton and Tom Tolbert are equals, competing in a seasonlong announce-off with winners advancing to the conference finals. * The buzz (cont.): If rookie Bill Laimbeer performs in ESPN's...
By Peter Lewis, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 4--Exercising new regulatory muscle for the first time, the state Department of Licensing has issued a cease-and-desist order against a Texas-based company that collects water and sewer bills from ...
* The buzz: ABC's to-do list for Year 2 of NBA coverage includes replacing Bill Walton-Tom Tolbert with Doug Collins, increasing weekend exposures and reviving 9 p.m. ET playoff tipoffs. Because...
KNBR announced it has signed Ralph Barbieri and Tom Tolbert to four-year contracts, and beginning June 30, it will simulcast "The Razor & Mr. T" on KNBR 680 and KNBR 1050. By moving "The Razor & Mr. T" over to 1050, Rod Brooks was moved up to the noon-3 p.m....
AFTER a 30-year hiatus, the NBA Finals return to ABC on Wednesday when the New Jersey Nets play at the San Antonio Spurs. And ABC is accounting for every morsel of coverage. There will be 31 cameras, the most for an NBA Finals, and ABC will have an HDTV broadcast...
As a concerned citizen who actually lives in Draper, I strongly oppose the plan to develop a water treatment plant as proposed. I feel that this bill undermines the elected officials and citizens of Draper and their ability to develop master-planned space for our city. I think...
The buzz: Bringing in NBC refugee Ed Feibischoff at midseason to produce Disney's NBA definitively suggests ESPN and ABC telecasts need fixing--however, reeling in the definitely opinionated Bill Walton by adding definitely opinionated Tom Tolbert to ABC's A-team wasn't necessarily Feibischoff's first order--or even his idea...
Remotely interesting: ABC is adding Tom Tolbert to its lead NBA announcing team, alongside Brad Nessler and Bill Walton. That waters down Walton, but at the cost of giving him another person to argue with. The change takes effect Feb. 16. ...TNT is making the most of...
Confidential: Setting an inspirational record, 17-year-old James A. Tolbert II, a straight-A high school student, has received scholarship offers totaling more than $1.1 million. Attending the Grace Brethren Christian school in Clinton, MD, since he was 2, the Black teen virtually created the miracle his mother, a retired D.C. teacher,...
Mar. 20--Promoters of a monorail system that could link the Vail area to Denver International Airport are confident that a measure to generate initial funding will make it to the November ballot. The Senate Transportation Committee has OK'd the bill and sent it...
