Wanted — a few good engineers. Because of a national shortage of people in the field, Mahtomedi school leaders are pushing for an engineering and technology magnet program. Their hope is to improve the curriculum and attract students to these areas.
Timo Sarpaneva was a Finnish glassmaker whose sleek and adventuresome creations found their way into art museums, stylish dining rooms and textbooks on design.
SAN DIEGO - Oscar Sandoval wanted to learn how to fix cars, but his high school's auto shop long ago became a student health clinic. He couldn't transfer schools so he eventually resigned himself to tinkering at home.
THE next time you're sitting out on the veranda of The Cardozo, in the heart of Miami's historic Art Deco District, you can impress your friends with your knowledge of this distinctive architecture: It was influenced by Cubism, French Art Deco, German Bauhaus and Expressionism, Dutch de Stijl and Amsterdam School, you might say.
Head of the class If nobody else did, you can be assured that Dwain Tovey stayed on his best behavior at his high school class reunion this past weekend.
McCONNELSVILLE - Morgan County officials are working with a Cincinnati-based design firm to explore the possibility of a new bridge crossing the Muskingum River near Morgan High School on Ohio 376.
Members of the Rhode Island School of Design faculty say they want a fair contract. That's why they're picketing the opening of the Fleet Library, a 12-story, 55-thousand square-foot building on the edge of downtown.