Challenges In The News 08/28/08

People's National Party (PNP) vice-president Dr Peter Phillips is today expected to inch closer to a firm position on whether he will mount a challenge for the party's presidency, influential party insiders told the Sunday Observer.

Sue Martin says the first challenge of her new job isn't so much money or fixing buildings, it's people.

It's a challenge that Columbus Mayor Jim Wetherington and Police Chief Ricky Boren hope they get an opportunity to tackle.

A calm and chilly winter has exposed the challenge faced by local councils battling to reduce chimney smoke pollution before 2013. Environment Ministry air quality guidelines say there should be a maximum of 50 pm10 (fine particle emissions) per cubic metre over a 24 hour period.

A CLOSE friend cornered the Tired Eye at the start of the week to express extreme displeasure at the way the cycling event of a nature challenge was organized.

Imagine running a five story tower with carrying 45 pounds or dragging a 175 victim 100 feet. Well that was the challenge that many competitors took on Saturday at the Goodfellow Rookie Firefighter Challenge.
Participants in the weight loss challenge organized by Jim and Christine Williams met Tuesday night at the Four Rivers Cultural Center to celebrate their success. The challenge began April 7 and concluded June 30.

DIAMOND, Mo. — Maurice Tate, of Springfield, urged people to challenge their children to learn early and adopt the practices of George Washington Carver.

SAN FIDEL — “It’s fun to challenge your brain during summer,” 11-year-old Holly Peterson said. Holly is a cast member in a special play next week, “Vacation on Mars,” which will be presented by the 31 pupils of the “Save the Children” program at St. Joseph’s Elementary School in San Fidel.

Rough terrain and dry conditions continue to challenge firefighters battling the Basin Complex Fire in the Los Padres National Forest.

Are you up to the Challenge? The Idaho Statesman's Outdoors team is asking its readers every week to "Name the Place." We pick the photos; you send in your guesses on the location of the photo. To make your guess official - and enter to win an Idaho Outdoors hat - e-mail, phone, fax or mail your guess and your name, mailing address and phone number by the end of the day Wednesday.