1. Housing for MBA Closed Championships
Indiana State University is allowing us to stay on their campus at the Lincoln
Quad Complex. The quad complex is 4 rooms with a shared bath. Three of the
rooms are singles and the other room will hold 2 people. The cost is $25.49 per
person per night (includes taxes). Total cost for one person for 2 nights will
be $50.98.

Please call Anita Moon to make the reservations before May 14th.
Anita Moon
Lincoln Quad Complex
Indiana State University
Office (812)237-4257
Fax (812)237-4258
Hours 8:00am-4:30pm.

Only checks (made out to ISU) or cash will be accepted.

There are no TVs but they do have a cable hook-up if you want to bring your own.

[Thanks to Imran Dharma and Bharat Patel for the info!]


2. 6/18-6/19:
2005 Florida's Sunshine State Games - Fort Lauderdale (Broward County)
Tamarac Community Center, Tamarac, FL
June 18-19, 2005
http://www.flasports.com/page_sunshine_linkinfo.shtml

[Source: http://www.sbabadminton.org/tournaments.html ]


3. Reality sets in for District 87
With referendum's failure, students face program cuts

Senior Jessica Stanke just wants the same
opportunities for her sisters that she had at
Glenbard South High School. She was a gymnast;
her sophomore sister, Kimberly, is a gymnast;
and her eighth-grade sister, Lindsay, will enter
South next year.

But with the program cuts District 87 is making,
there won't be a gymnastics team at Glenbard
South next year or a golf team, or a tennis
team.

"I feel bad for her," Stanke said of Kimberly.
"She's not going to have the same education that
I had, and Lindsay's not going to have the same
as Kimberly. High school should be the same for
everyone."

The Stanke family's disappointment is part of the
fallout from the failed April 5 school-tax
referendum that saw voters reject a proposed
35-cent increase in the amount of property taxes
going to District 87. The district promised after
the failed 45-cent referendum in November 2004 to
slash programs and class offerings to curb
deficits and pay off its $27.2 million debt. At
its regular board meeting April 11, it delivered
the specifics, reflecting a 50 percent reduction
in extracurricular activities, 38 fewer teaching
positions and 92 fewer class offerings.

The list of reductions at Glenbard South
similar to the cuts at the other three district
schools cuts into the heart of the
extracurricular program. The district also
reduced its class offerings from seven classes a
day to six.

South will lose tennis, golf, gymnastics and
badminton entirely.....

[Source:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/SunPub/GlenEllyn/Top/gs0415dist87.htm ]

[Sorry to hear of the cuts. Hopefully, badminton
will be back in the district's program soon. ]


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