Nebraska Football Ticket

Fairview Elementary School already has QBT(Quiet Book Time) every day. They also have monthly themes. For October, they used the theme EFFORT and decided to concentrate their effort on QBT reading. They chose football for a theme to tie it all together. They held an assembly and invited high school cheerleaders and football players to talk to the kids about effort and to share their favorite books. Throughout the month each class is setting QBT goals of how much time they will spend reading. Classes that reach their weekly goals will make a first down, second down, third down, and at the end of the month a touchdown. On the last day of October, they will celebrate with a victory party. They are hoping to have Indiana University football mascots come celebrate with them. ... [Read More]

Enforcing the ADA, Status Report from the Department of Justice, July - September 2002
** Magical Palace , Branson, Missouri --The Department entered into an agreement with the Magical Palace in Branson, Missouri, to remedy violations of the ADA’s new construction and alterations standards. The theater agreed to add designated accessible parking spaces and install ADA-compliant signage in the parking lot and provide accessible ticket, concession, and gift shop counters and accessible drinking fountains in the theater lobby. It will also install accessibility features in the men’s and women’s public toilet rooms, add four additional designated wheelchair accessible seating areas and fixed companion seating in the theater auditorium and six designated accessible aisle seats with removable or folding armrests in the auditorium, provide a permanent assistive listening system in the auditorium, and install accessibility features in the dressing rooms. The theater will also implement new ticketing policies so that designated accessible seating is held for custo ... [Read More]

State & Regional Diversity Outreach - Highlight Report September 2001 - DOT HS 809-339
Networking with minority organizations was a key to the success of the South Carolina minority outreach effort. In November, a meeting was held with 200 representatives of the Coalition of Black Church Leaders on the Click It or Ticket Campaign. In May 2001, the state conducted a minority forum on seat belts. Thirty-five representatives from the NAACP, Coalition of Black Church Leaders, Black Legislative Caucus, Nation of Islam, Baptist Convention, Masons and Eastern Stars, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the National Council of Negro Women attended the program on "Click It or Ticket and the Minority Community - What does It Mean to You?" A black public relations firm, C & S Consulting, coordinated this program. A speaker's bureau of law enforcement officers conducted presentations in high schools throughout a targeted 16-county area (with high minority population). More than 20 predominately black schools were visited by uniformed officers carrying the safety belt message; the officers ... [Read More]

Student Athlete Protection Act
TOP OF DOC     Next we have Coach Lou Holtz, head men's football coach at the University of South Carolina. Coach Holtz is only 1 of 15 collegiate men's football coaches to surpass the 200 victory plateau. In 1988, Coach Holtz led the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a national championship and was named National Coach of the Year. The Notre Dame men's football team that year posted a 100 percent graduation rate, the highest in the Nation. Also in 1998, Coach Holtz was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation ''Man of the Year'' for his exemplary service to the game of football and to his fellow man. ... [Read More]

Reaching Critical Populations, Buckle Up America Report, Nov. 2001, DOT HS 809 349
The Division of State and Provincial Police of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) distributed a draft resolution to its members that supports a policy of zero tolerance for unbuckled children in each State. This policy reiterates the firm message that, in order to protect children from death or injury in crashes, drivers who allow children to ride unrestrained should be stopped and ticketed. ...

As part of NHTSA’s diversity outreach program to African Americans, NHTSA partnered with BET to produce public service announcements that aired on BET during the fall of 1999. The first PSA featured former Secretary Slater and Curtis Symonds, BET’s Vice President for Affiliate Markets , shaking hands and urging African Americans to join the partnership, with the message "Safety is a promise we make and keep together." The message premiered on BET’s evening news program in late October. The other three PSAs featured the former Secretary urging African Americans to use seat belts, to abstain from impaired driving, and to always place children in a child safety seat in the rear seat of a vehicle. BET aired these latter three PSAs during the halftime shows of Historically Black College & University football games with an estimated 56 million cable viewers watching. ... [Read More]

State of the Agriculture Economy
    The Agriculture Committee responded in the last Congress to rapidly falling market prices and natural disasters by providing $6 billion to producers. It was a much needed infusion into the agricultural sector, but if export markets remain weak, it will be increasingly difficult for Congress to pass additional large ticket aid packages. In my view, we need to find other ways in which we can help our producers. I believe strongly that we need to overhaul in a major way, Federal crop insurance and risk management programs that currently I think in today's agricultural economy are dramatically lacking. ... [Read More]

Challenges Facing Amateur Athletics
<DOC>[107th Congress House Hearings][From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access][DOCID: f:77989.wais] CHALLENGES FACING AMATEUR ATHLETICS======================================================================= HEARING before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TRADE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION of the COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION __________ FEBRUARY 13, 2002 __________ Serial No. 107-85 __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/ house __________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 2002_____________________________________________________________________________For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing OfficeInternet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMME ... [Read More]