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I think this is the strongest district because I think we have the most athletes in this area. I feel like it's harder in this district (to succeed) than in others.

It had never occurred to me that the District Attorney would default when it came time to hear the man he'd held captive for two years reply to him.

It goes back to the district court, where he has to decide whether to grant an injunction. Is there a single reason that he wouldn't? It's extremely rare that you don't.

It goes beyond disappointing. I'm disillusioned. I really feel like the district has patronized us by saying this is just an emotional issue. This is an issue of safety and logic.

It goes without saying, ... But they have goals and winning district is the first one.

It gets worse every time we call. We've called the District Attorney and the police a couple of times. It just seems to get worse and worse and worse.

It gave me and the players a chance to see some of the other teams in the district and a lot of good teams in the area. We got to see how we compete with them. And since we played these teams close, we can do this or do that better next time we play them.

I think that our district is just as tough as it was last year. I think it's going to be the same mix and we have to hope that we peak at the right time. Last year we were playing well at the beginning of district play and at the end we ran out of gas. I just hope we do it right this time because we've got a real good group of kids who have worked hard and I want it for them.

I think that our girl's proved that they deserve their state ranking (seventh). They now know what they need to do...I am sure they will get it done come District time.

I think we have a good chance of coming back and winning district against Covington.

I think we've got a good chance to get a lot more guys through to district this year and that will help our team score. It's just a matter of how we wrestle on that day. If we wrestle to our full potential, I think we can do very well as a team.

I think we were uptight for this game. I think we were nervous playing for a district title here in front of all these people.

I thought our kids were well represented on all district teams. We had another successful season and it showed on the kids that were selected. Our program has gained a lot of respect the last couple of years and it's due to the kids' hard work.

I think you could say at least in some cases this is just good business judgment. At some point the district may conclude the effort required is not worth the potential of the return.

I think you really created a separate district there. You need to draw lines around it. You have a rural district that's not farmland, an agriculture district with agriculture in there, and then open fields.

I thought about (being the only Bubbler with a chance to win a district title) a little beforehand. Then I got back to my usual frame of mind.

I think that people can see the results of everything that's going on and the progress in District 8 during my time in office, ... We've provided everyone a seat at the table.

It causes no adverse impact to existing city of Palm Bay and Melbourne-Tillman Water Canal District drainage.

It all starts with defense. The way this team turned it around from going 4-8 in district last year, I am as proud as any team I have coached.

I thought we played well as a team. Will pitched a great game, and we were able to get Zach some pitches. He hadn't pitched since district started. Now we've got a week off to get ready for our showdown with Atlanta.

It basically covers the supplies to keep our program going. (Fourth District Juvenile Court provides) all of the transportation, we provide all of the equipment and we provide the supervision.

I think it'll be one of the most exciting district track meets we've had in a while. It's going to be a battle. I've got it where there's four teams that are going to score over 100 points and three teams scoring over 130. It's going to be fun.

I think it (playing the District over two days) is a good idea, especially since we were lucky enough to get a bye.

I think it's a great opportunity for this part of the state and specifically for our area. Congressman Blunt has always paid a lot of attention to us in this corner of the district and I think it's fantastic we have the No. 2 man in Congress representing us.

I think it's fair to say that high schools all over the district are over capacity, but the north end is especially bad. We desperately need a new high school.

I think it's going to be a good district tourney. If a team gets hot, anything can happen.

I think it's important that you go out and win every game. This game is just as important as the rest. It's not a district game, but psychologically you want to go out and play good football. This game could really help the winner.

It is a big step up from sectional to district competition. Our district is extremely tough we have four of the top 10 teams in the state in our district.

It is absolutely the largest budget adjustment the Roosevelt School District has ever had to address. We looked at programs farthest away from direct instruction and students.

I tip my hat to them. They were relentless. But I'm proud of my girls for how they kept coming back against El Paso. I'm excited (about district play). We've won two tournaments and finished second in another. Hopefully this (predistrict competition) will push us to a good district finish.

I thought we were told when the students move into the new building there would not be a need for as many principals. I hope district residents will not see this as an issue when you're asking for money in May.

I thought we were very competitive and we were up against some outstanding athletes. This district is tough for anybody, boys or girls. You have to be on your game to get out of this district.

It comes down to community involvement and paying back to a district that gave so much to me as a student.

It comes down to those kids. Our five seniors are great leaders. We have great kids who are on one page. That's what it takes and that's what we got (in the district championship game).

I think we'll have to be prudent about not asking for too much but enough for the district to continue improving.

I thought things were really looking good in a lot of different areas in the field events because we have at least one person who's strong in everything. But everyone else in the district now has come along, so it's a matter of getting out and doing our best. I think we're ready, and now we've just got to step out there and get serious and get after it.

I thought to myself that I couldn't go out like that. I've placed freshman and sophomore year. My goal this year is to get to a district final.

We need a good game before district and have set goals all along to have a winning season and to make the playoffs. This is the end of our first stage, and although it would be nice to be 3-1, it won't matter what our records are after tonight.

We need a little payback for Storm Lake last year. They kind of ruined our season and we haven't forgotten that. We want to show people we can play well against them. They're a very good team, a very physical team. They like to throw a lot, so it's going to give us a different set of problems. We want to rise to the occasion and come back with a victory in week two (of district play).

We noticed the school district was getting hammered with children, so we devised a plan that is age-restrictive.

We now have a ballpark agreement that is better for the District and is better in every way. What it will do is bring in revenue.

We've told (the players) since day one that our schedule gets harder each week. Our kids know that the district is a lot better than what we've seen in non-district.

(Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle) is trying to keep this case hanging around long enough to affect the November elections.

To win it. My goal right now is to try to get the seniors a district championship and maybe something beyond that. I think anybody's capable of winning it. Hopefully, it will be us.

Tyler is one of those kids who deserves this more than anyone. He's a hard worker and he wanted it. Now he's a district champ and no one can take that away from him.

We'll really have to work to beat them. District rivals always make for a good game.

We hadn't seen any rats or evidence of rats until the school district started the eradication program, and then we started to see evidence of the rats moving across the fence line.

We had our chances. But, we made some mistakes and South took advantage of them. This is a competitive district and South is a good team.

We came out slow tonight. But we're 3-0 in district and we gotta a lot of good things to look forward to.

We were going through the first round of district and I was sitting there thinking I can't wait until the second round so I can see if we have some improvement. It's been 100 percent improvement against everyone and we got a couple of wins in the process. This team played three games in three nights. I was proud that we competed in all three of these games.

We have three judges who serve Comal and Hays counties, and we're coming up on the necessity in our view for another district court for Comal County,

We have three teams in this district that are very, very close. I think we have picked up our intensity and focus. We're starting to peak at the right time.

The pressure's off us now. We played most of the district as underdogs. Today we felt like the favorite, so I think we came in a little more nervous and tight than we would have liked. But we'll be pretty loose Monday. We weren't supposed to be here anyway.

to become one of the best, if not the best urban school district by 2010.

We were just flat from the go. That's the team we see in practice and it was eventually going to catch up with us. They looked like the team playing to win the district championship, not us.

Unfortunately, the district doesn't share that interpretation. They're pushing ahead with a decision right now.

We don't have any problem with it inthe school district could start on it as soon as possible. If they do come here, we will move the opening of our business to make it safer for traffic because we have 18-wheelers coming through there and we wouldn't want it to affect bus traffic.

Those games were used to challenge us. But this is our district to lose. We know we should be the team to beat.

We'll do every school district in the state within the next five years.

We'll get there. Right now with district starting, it's like we're 0-0. We just need a good solid 32 minutes.

We anticipate the Alpha TIF district can be established on or before June 30, 2006, depending on the availability of data and the completion of any required annexations.

We all need to work equally so we can make the district as good as it can be.

We know it's a tough district - nobody has to tell us that. But Ken Lucas has won it before, and he can win it again.

We are delivering the information to each local school district and their local school boards, who are representatives of the general public.

We didn't rebound like we should have tonight. Our fundamentals are not where they need to be with district play starting Tuesday.

We didn't show up and they came out to perform like the No. 1 team in the district that they are. I guess that's a bad combination, coming out and not playing and having the best team in district come into town.

We didn't come out very intense but we still were able to win the ball game. We want to finish district on a strong note and our kids came through when they didn't play their very best.

I would look at all the student's records, discuss the record with administration at the school, and then I make a decision on what I think is best for the student and the district, ... You don't have a cookie cutter that you can use when you're on a case-by-case basis. You have to trust that my professional judgment would be what's for the best for the district and the kid.

I was appointed by Governor Gray Davis to the Los Angeles Superior Court and by President Obama to the district court and then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In securing the state court appointment, I think it really helped that I had some trial experience.

The appeals process consists of reviewing what went on in the cases to see if any mistakes were made. The 3rd District is compromised of 17 counties, the largest of the 12 districts in the state.

We have had a pretty successful season as far as before district got here. We've improved from last year.

We're very saddened, something like this has not happened in the district for a long time.

We're well on our way to making this a successful district and a good place to live.

We have to look at the strategic plan for the district and we try to bring that together in a package that will meet those standards, with a minimum burden to the tax payers as possible.

We played pretty consistently during the regular season. All the games in district were very close and competitive. It's going to be interesting to see who makes it out.

We have to win a game so we're the home seed all the way through the district tournament.

We know that some students don't have these optionseither their district does not provide these things (preparatory classes) or they just don't have access to these kinds of things because of the money.

We can't have a high school at 5,000 on one side of the district and a school drop down to 2,000 on the other side.

We can't ignore initial Democrat polling, which shows Ken Lucas already ahead of Geoff Davis. And the GOP brand is getting killed right now in the Cincinnati media market, which might offset the automatic GOP advantage this district gives to Davis.

We have a mega-school powerhouse district. We're used to being in a 4A league that was rough like that. I thought we might be in a five-team district but it didn't work out that way.

I was pleasantly surprised. The four district championships we won before were by an average margin of 11 points. To win this one by 55 was something special.

I was pleased that the other district coaches gave her this honor considering how strong our district is. She knew she needed to score more and increased her low block move and her perimeter skills.

I was really disappointed we went up some time from the district. We were definitely tapered for district so some times it's hard getting that extra week of the taper in. You know your time is not going to be going down as much. You still try to get focused and bring it down as much as you can.

The 7th Congressional District will be one of the most competitive in the country.

The ABC group and our school district it's very pleasurable to see different segments of the town get together and push one way. It's been a fun deal to watch grow.

The action is really only happening in SoMa, ... It's not the financial district, it's not in the Marina, and it's not in the Mission District really. If you're starting a company, SoMa is where you go.

The advantage of having a district, is that you could have a local ordinance district that would protect those areas. Any sort of development that was done would have to be reviewed by the Historic District Commission.

The ability to come out of the district as the runner-up and upset the No. 1 seed in the region was a great thing for us.

Where we're going with the (school) district depends on the outcome of this meeting (with the mediator).

Winning the district and finishing second at state were our goals this year. Never did we think we would dethrone St. Xavier, but we knew we could be state runner-up. To achieve all of our goals is an incredible feeling.

Winning the district championship outright is up to us. It's always good to control your own destiny, and it'll be good to be at home for two games over spring break.

Winning the district is the first step toward the states. I'm wrestling as hard as I can. When I do that, I'm letting everything fly.

Will the new population demand that the cultural feel of the French Quarter, the Garden District and the rest stay the same? ... Or will they be OK with a lot of new shopping malls taking over? Who knows?

Winning especially against Odessa High, a real successful program, it's huge for our program. It's a pretty good statement for the district that we're here.

Microsoft is appealing the District Court's preliminary ruling because Microsoft does not believe any preliminary injunction should have been ordered. We are confident that Microsoft has developed the best Java implementation within the terms of our contract with Sun and in the best interests of Java developers and consumers.

You kind of have to do what's in the best interest of your district and your students, and I understand that. We're going to do what we've done in the past. We're pushing forward like normal.

You knew she was going to. She made up her mind she was going to get to the basket. She's a coach's dream. She saved the best for last. I'm just glad she got to play in a district tournament.

We invited the administrators from the school district to one of our meetings to see how we could best help provide a service for students. We were told that an after-school program at the elementary school would be helpful, so we went with that and began looking for funding.

We in Washington, D.C., are experiencing the best of times but yet the worst of times. The number of jobs is rising, but so is unemployment. Go to these construction sites. You'll find that a majority of construction workers are not District residents.

I was really pleased. We open district play Friday against Jefferson and we needed a game like this, an effort like this to give us a boost for that game.