No pay for teacher

The Columbia School Board officially suspended Band Director Robert Richards without pay at its meeting last night.

Richards was charged by police in Columbia and West Hempfield Township on Feb. 7 for having contact with a minor student.

The board also said they can have no comment on the issue or receive comment until the legal process plays out.

Remembering Whitey

Thought about Richie Ashburn when I heard the Padres and Colorado played 22 innings last night.
And Whitey would have said, "I do my best work at 2 in the morning."
Or, I remember that line from a doubleheader they had with San Diego in 1993. Or he would have had a special delivery from Celebrese twins, Plain and Pepperoni.

Colorado and San Diego did just that Thursday night and into Friday morning, slogging through a 22-inning game that was the longest in the majors in nearly 15 years.
The Rockies finally won 2-1, with Troy Tulowitzki 's two-out RBI double bringing in Willy Taveras with an unearned run in nearly empty Petco Park. A game that lasted 6 hours, 16 minutes was decided by an unearned run.
Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy threw the game's first pitch at 7:05 p.m. The game didn't end until 1:21 a.m., when Padres pitcher Glendon Rusch took a called third strike. Colorado's Yorvit Torrealba, who caught all 22 innings, wearily pumped a fist in celebration.
It was the longest game since Aug. 31, 1993, when Minnesota beat Cleveland 5-4 in 22 innings. It was also the longest game in Rockies history and in the 5-year history of Petco Park. It was the longest by innings for the Padres, and one minute short of matching the longest by time for San Diego.