| Kate: Matthew will be an incredible dad
According to his friend and co-star Kate Hudson, he has what it takes to be a great dad. "I think he will be an incredible dad," she said to People.com "Matthew happens to be one of the most loving and loyal people I know and his family is important to him. He's great with kids and I think he'll be a very responsible and absolute blast of a dad." And the 28-year-old mother-of-one, who starred with Matthew in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and upcoming Fool's Gold, said people shouldn't be fooled by Matthew's public image, which often includes photos of the actor letting his hair down. "I think because people see Matthew always out doing something whether it's out dancing in a bar or being on the beach or taking a hike with some crazy bandana on, I think that, like anything, they take their image and what they want somebody else to be and then they just run with that," she added.
Civic center ‘beginning to jeopardize park'
The Benton Community Park District has its back to the wall in its efforts to manage the Benton Civic Center.The group has been managing the aging facility for nearly two years. The civic center is in need of a new heat/air-conditioning system and new carpeting. Also, the gravel parking lot is in poor repair and needs to be asphalted.The problem is money - or a lack thereof. .
Phillies' closer Lidge says his knee is healthy
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Somewhere in Haddonfield, N.J., sits a suburban house with a ballplayer's wife and a 3-year-old daughter. It's a nice place, Brad Lidge says. Safe, quiet and comfortable, yet not so big that his wife gets lost when he is on the road. Lidge is happy with it. But know this: He's renting. "Maybe we'll buy it next year,'' the 31-year-old closer said, a wry grin creeping across his face. "We'll see what happens.'' Yes, the stakes surrounding Lidge's performance this season are as high as the elevations in his native Colorado, and he acknowledged it by arriving 3 full days before the first official workout of this Phillies spring training. He is in a contract year, with a surgically repaired right knee, coming off a disappointing end to his 6-year career in Houston.
WSB cancels July Fourth Parade
After nearly 50 years, WSB-TV is discontinuing its annual "Salute 2 America" July 4 parade. The family-friendly festival of floats, marching bands, balloons, TV stars and military personnel annually wound its way through the streets of downtown for 47 years. Instead, the Atlanta ABC network affiliate plans to expand its metro area coverage on the patriotic holiday this year to include more geographically diverse July 4 celebrations. "When the parade began, Atlanta was a very small town and now our coverage goals are very different," explained WSB-TV general manager Bill Hoffman in an interview with the AJC on Thursday. "We're trying to broaden our coverage over the July Fourth holiday." Added Channel 2 program director Art Rogers via a statement: "As a native Atlantan, I've personally witnessed the incredible growth of the metro area.
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