| Beadz Boutique a jewelry-making mecca
When Westonite Suzanne England sold off her pet-, plant-, and house-sitting service, she had planned to spend the next three years relaxing and planning a career that would lead into retirement. However, boredom set in after two years, and she started looking for something to do. She found the answer from her teenage stepdaughter, Amanda, who had become adept at jewelry design. Now, not only is Ms. England proficient at the craft, but she owns Beadz Boutique, a new store at 37 Tokeneke Road in Darien that sells beads and other items needed to make one's own jewelry as well as custom-made pieces. "So far, it's been everything I expected it to be," said Ms. England, formerly a graphic designer. Making the store a success, she believes, will require offering the most desired items at fair prices and getting a few more local designers into the store, which opened on June 15 — later than she originally anticipated due to the two-month renovation project to convert the space that was once a pet grooming business.
Holyrood needs no new powers, insists Scottish Secretary
DES Browne, the Scottish Secretary, does not believe there is any need to change the devolution settlement - putting himself on a potential collision course with Wendy Alexander, who is set to be Labour's next leader in Scotland. Mr Browne told The Scotsman that the current devolution settlement is "flexible and practical enough" to meet the needs of the Scottish people, making it clear that he does not see the need for a wholesale review of the Scotland Act or the transfer of more powers to Holyrood. .
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Anand Jon Alexander appeared to be a fashion designer on the brink of big things.He was photographed with celebrities, surrounded himself with gorgeous models and was ready to release his own line of designer jeans. The glitzy image he worked so hard to cultivate was shattered when Alexander was charged last spring with raping and assaulting 18 girls and women he lured with promises of modelling his clothing designs."We believe he contacted young women who wanted to be models, used his access in the fashion industry and brought them to Los Angeles, where he allegedly sexually assaulted them," said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.Alexander, known as Anand Jon in the industry, has pleaded not guilty to more than 40 felony and misdemeanour counts, including rape, sexual battery and committing a lewd act on a child.Authorities said the alleged victims were 14 to 27 years old, and the incidents took place during a 4 1/2-year period between November 2002 and March 2007.Alexander was in court Tuesday.
Intermission: Top ten things to do before summer is over
1. Read — Many of us embark on summer with a long list of books we want to read and return in September with a sad sigh that we barely got through the first few. Do yourself a favor and make time around your other summer activities to put a dent in that list — or start a whole new one. Wander around bookstores and try on a best seller for size. Visit your public library and comfortably browse without having to map out jumbles of ridiculously long call numbers from the Socrates card catalog. Revisit an old favorite. Indulge in a novel you would feel too guilty spending time on during the school year. Moral of the story: Read. Extra points if you're outside. .
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Starting today, News-Leader.com is rolling out four sports on its revamped Web site, High School HQ. The four other fall sports are still in production. Football, volleyball, softball and boys' soccer are ready for coaches to input their game and tournament results, which will be published in the News-Leader if they are submitted before our 10:30 p.m. deadline (10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays). Coaches also should start updating cumulative season statistics that will be pulled out into area leaderboards to run weekly in the News-Leader. .
Out on Top
Rows of desks lined classroom P4, names carved on the tops and gum stuck to the bottoms. Walls were postered with pictures of Hart High baseball players, past and present. The stitching of names from old uniforms hung from above the chalkboard. At the front of the classroom was Bud Murray's customary seat. His Hart High baseball museum was closing. He decided to shut it down one late April morning in 1999. The 63-year-old man got out of his chair, opened the heavy steel door to his right and took a walk on the bumpy asphalt pathway to the principal's office, housed in a bungalow since damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake badly damaged the old office. Murray decided right then and there, he says, that after two stints spanning 21 seasons which had included 15 Foothill League titles, he would retire at season's end.
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