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The well-coached Greenville Lady Bears found themselves heading to the locker room for the last time this season after a 43-34 loss to Metro (St Louis) team at Farmington’s Civic Center.

The quarter-finals basketball game didn’t start out typical for the Lady Bears…the defense of Metro (St Louis) Panthers had the two Greenville insiders (Tara Porter and Sara Woodgeard) completely covered. But that left Kaylin Becker unguarded and she made the Panthers pay. Becker’s hot hand scored the first five field goals for Greenville and pushed her team into the lead against a cold-shooting Metro squad with the first quarter ending 5-12.

As Metro adjusted to keep Becker guarded, no other player was able to step up and lead the scoring and the once 8-point -lead diminished as Dekeisha Matthis got hot. #21 scored 9 Panther points to change the lead in her favor and closed out the first half with a 3-point-shot from well outside the NBA circle. Halftime score was 28-21.

The third quarter was punctuated by a very physical game and became a battle of defense and forced turnovers. Sara Woodgeard and Tara Porter began chiseling away at the lead and got their Greenville team within 2 by the first minute of the fourth quarter.

With the Greenville-biased crowd chanting and Metro Panthers in foul-trouble, the game looked like it could tilt back to the Lady Bears. But Metro’s full-court pressure caused too many Lady Bears’ mistakes including forced-passes and poor shot selections and the Lady Bears never got the lead back.

The well-coached and talented Greenville Lady Bears found themselves heading to the locker room for the last time this season after a 43-34 loss to Metro (St Louis) team at Farmington’s Civic Center.

Even after last Wednesday night’s 67-60 triumph over Portageville, Greenville girls’ basketball coach Diane Rainwater Meyer still has a pretty impressive “to do” list pending. Let’s see now…March 8: Coach the Lady Bears in the quarter-finals against the Metro (St. Louis) Lady Panthers at Farmington (today!). April 19: Celebrate 4th wedding anniversary. April 19, Part II: Bring Baby Ian into the world. May 3—

Wait a minute. Say what?

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“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace; two are a law firm; and three or more become a congress.”

—John Adams, “1776″

Don’t be fooled by the subject matter; this play, under Stage Company perennial Ron Gilliland’s deft direction, offers laugh-out-loud moments throughout—and even a generous dollop of romance, to boot!

But for now, picture the genteel, the be-wigged, the be-stockinged, the deeply annoyed and the highly nervous coming together from all over the land to chart a course for a new kind of political entity. Of course you’ve worked out the play’s title year and its significance; well, physically, the action in 1776 is set almost entirely inside chambers of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where delegates representing the 13 original U.S. colonies are battling it out—figuratively and musically, for the most part—to advance their positions on the advantages and disadvantages of independent rule.

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From TVWeek:

President Bush is reopening the fight over government support of public television, unveiling a 2007 government fiscal year budget that would cut federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by nearly 25 percent.

A spokeswoman for PBS said that the cuts would be “disastrous” for public TV stations.

“For PBS, it could mean the end of our ability to support some of the most treasured educational children’s series and primetime icons to which CPB funding contributes,” said Lea Sloan, VP-communications.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced yesterday that iTunes Music Store will now be carrying movies from Disney, Pixar, Miramax and Touchstone Pictures. The movies will be viewable from iTunes, as well as video capable iPods.

From Apple News:

Apple today announced iTunes 7, delivering stunning new features such as the new album and Cover Flow views of music, TV shows and movies. In addition, the iTunes Store is now offering over 75 movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films, which customers can purchase and download to watch on their computers and iPods, and soon on their flat screen televisions with Apple’s upcoming iTV player. [Sep 12, 2006]

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Here are some things of interest in entertainment news.

Peter Jackson’s King Kong premiered in New York this week.

For those X-men fans out there, check out the new trailer for X3.

The first Narnia film has also premiered this week in the UK.

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The Poplar Bluff Mules capped off a tremendous season this weekend with a win over Vashon for their second straight state championship. Semo.net would like to extend our congratulations to the Mules and Coach Patillo. Great Job Guys!

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