We want to continue playing well and making our presence felt. We work hard and hopefully we'll come out, play well and win another championship.

Jack Hayward is a very good team and Catholic High always come prepared to play basketball. There will be a lot of competition but the C.I. Gibson holiday classic is all about getting these kids off the street. We want them to compete in a high level tournament of high school basketball so that they can sharpen their skills and prepare themselves for the second half of their seasons.

I was sick Monday and I came to work. If I was going to quit, I would have done it then.

Every year we meet students who work hard to combat littering on the local level, and it is especially heartening that this year's scholarship is funded by a family of litter prevention advocates. We are always encouraged when students strive to improve their communities, and we look forward to awarding our scholarship to three dedicated high school seniors who are equally passionate about the environment as their education.

The kids wouldn't have let us live it down. They're psyched.

Nobody deserves to be shot and killed like that for no reason. This was a tragedy all around. Both men have family. But Evans' (family) can go and visit him in jail. But no longer can the Vicks visit Jerry. He's been taken out of their life.