| Kings re-sign Eric Belanger
The Los Angeles Kings have re-signed restricted free agent centre Eric Belanger to a one-year contact. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 28-year-old Belanger set career highs of 17 goals, 37 points and 62 penalty minutes in 65 games with the Kings last season. Belanger has played in 323 NHL games - all with the Kings - and has compiled 63 goals and 87 assists. .
Profile: Jordan Lanclos
I had the pleasure of listening to Jordan Lanclos play the guitar at the annual L'il Angels Daycamp where he is a junior counselor. Jordan is quiet, talented and has been enjoying music for as long as he can remember. He started taking guitar lessons recently and is already quite proficient on the instrument. .
Software of note for beginning guitarists
I've always been a huge fan of computer-based learning. I love software designed to teach typing, foreign languages, playing guitar and so on. I've been very impressed with guitar lessons from iPlayMusic. More specifically, I'm impressed with the just-released Beginner Guitar Lessons DVD. .
Negro League stars discuss their playing days
ONTARIO - Baseball might have been the main topic Friday at the annual luncheon hosted by the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to honor those who played in the historic Negro Baseball League, but it was their personal stories that were most riveting. For the third year, Quakes general manager North Johnson put together the opportunity that allowed Southern California baseball fans to meet and chat with men in their 70s about an era most only know through history books. "We need to take advantage of real history lessons,'' said Johnson, who started a similar event in Kinston, N.C., more than 10 years ago. "There are less than 100 players from the Negro League who are still living. "We want to make sure that we don't forget an important part of our history. These men changed society, not just baseball, as a whole.'' Johnny Washington, Sam Allen, Herb Wooten, Hank Mason, Harold Hair and Carl Long were once household names as they played for teams such as Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs, Indianapolis Clowns and Birmingham Black Barons.
Student creativity center stage
In the morning during choir, Carlee Reese belts tunes from the Disney canon, lending her soprano voice to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from "The Lion King." In her afternoon art class, she travels to the wilds of China via papier-mâché, transforming glue and the remnants of the sports pages into what she describes as "A panda. Hopefully." For aspiring artists like Carlee, who will begin seventh-grade at El Dorado Middle School in fall, the only way to beat the heat this summer is with a paint brush, a ballet slipper or a script. The Mt. Diablo school district recently opened its Summer Arts Academy, a succession of visual, music and drama classes at Clayton Valley High School in Concord. The free, four-week arts camp runs the gamut from guitar lessons to drama, and will culminate in a music and dance review, a gallery opening and a thespian showcase.
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