The James Logan Courier

By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Sports Writer

The Colts Varsity Boys Tennis team defeated the Newark Memorial Cougars by a score of 7 matches to 0. All of the Colts tennis players won their matches.

They especially got great play from freshman Ron Arradaza and Vinh Thai.

Both tennis players dominated their matches. Ron Arradaza and Vinh Thai, both defeated their opponent by scores of 6-1 and 6-0.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

Here are the best sellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 29, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2008 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Compulsion. Jonathan Kellerman. Ballantine, $27
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2. The Appeal. John Grisham. Doubleday, $27.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 9
3. Change of Heart. Jodi Picoult. Atria, $26.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 4
4. Remember Me? Sophie Kinsella. Dial, $25
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 5
5. Lost Souls. Lisa Jackson. Kensington, $22
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1

MENU:
Spicy Chicken Salad with Cheddar, Tomatoes, and Ranch Dressing,
Milk, Fresh Fruit, and “Fun” Chips
All-Veggie Pizza

ACTIVITIES:
Come see the spring musical, “Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, this Friday & Saturday at 7:30 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm. Tickets can be purchased at lunch or after school in the Theater.

Powderpuff players, please return your jerseys to Room 305 during lunch. If you would like to keep your jersey, you may purchase it for $20.

Unity Faire applications are due this Friday in Room 305!

By Carlin Romano
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)

WASHINGTON — Over a simple dinner of chicken breast, potatoes and ginger ale in his Hotel Palomar room, the great Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe explains that he's not sure when his appearance on "The News Hour With Jim Lehrer," from which he has just returned, will make it on the air.

"There's so much happening in the world at this time," says the 78-year-old writer, a longtime Bard College professor touring to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his classic novel, "Things Fall Apart." He smiles — a modest smile seen often by those who know him best.

By Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor

“Slowly, unwillingly, Emelina lifted her eyes to the dark, dangerous man who stood beside the dog. It struck Emelina in that moment that Julian Colter was as quietly lethal looking as his Doberman. It was the first time she had seen either of them at this range however, and up close the flashlight’s beam revealed that the man radiated a more subtle element of menace than the beast.”

Of course, the whole situation is made worse by the fact that Emelina was attempting to break and enter a house clearly not her own when she is caught by Julian. This delightful little novel is full of awkward scenes such as this. Stephanie James is yet another pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, the one she used for many of earlier books. Although it is quite obvious that this novel is one of her earlier books, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

From wikipedia:
Theobald Boehm (April 9, 1794- November 25, 1881) was a Bavarian inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and its improved fingering system. In addition, he was a virtuoso flautist and was a Bavarian Court Musician as well as a celebrated composer for the flute.

Born in Munich in Bavaria, Boehm learned his father's trade of goldsmithing. After making his own flute, he quickly became proficient enough to play in an orchestra at the age of eighteen and at twenty-one he was first flautist in the Royal Bavarian Orchestra.

Read a 1886 letter from Theobald Boehm to Letter to Walter Broadwood, free from www.mcgee-flutes.com.