| Sharapova rolls into third round
NEW YORK: Maria Sharapova produced another display of fearsome big hitting to roll into the US Open third round on Thursday, while top American hopes Andy Roddick and James Blake struggled to stay on course. The 20-year-old Russian glamour girl opened her shoulders to blast past overmatched Australian Casey Dellaqua 6-1, 6-0 in just 51 minutes. .
Bangor High School bans peanuts
BANGOR (AP) - Bangor High School is going all out to keep peanuts off school property to protect a freshman student with a severe food allergy.
The cafeteria staff is ridding the kitchen and lunchroom of any traces of peanuts, peanut butter or other foods that might trigger a potentially fatal reaction in the unnamed student. School vending machines have been emptied of snacks with nuts, including granola bars and bags of peanuts.
The school last week sent a letter home to parents asking that they refrain from packing peanuts or other nuts or nut products in their children's lunches. The letter also asked parents to make sure their children wash their faces and hands thoroughly before coming to school if they've had contact with nuts in the morning.
"We're taking every precaution we can," Principal Norris Nickerson said.
Portsmouth Herald community calendar
Today Portsmouth PRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL KIDS Fest will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 (rain date: Aug. 19), featuring Touring Actors Company and Wayne from Maine. 436-2848. PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1977, will hold its 30th reunion at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Sports Page in Portsmouth. Tickets will be available at the door. E-mail: phs77reunion@yahoo.com, www.classmates.com. LAUREN CROSBY AND FRIENDS will hold a bake sale to end childhood hunger from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18 at The Seacoast Grower's Portsmouth Farmers' Market at City Hall complex, Junkins Avenue, Portsmouth. To donate online, visit http://join.strength.org/site/TR?px=1195481&pg=personal&fr_id=1000. WINGS OF HOPE AIR SHOW will be held from 9 a.m.
What's On
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sept.
4 at 11 a.m. Call the Centre for the Arts box office at 905-688-5550, ext. 3257, or order online at www.arts.brocuku.ca (http://www.arts.brocuku.ca); all performances start at 7:30 p.m. in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre unless otherwise stated.
SEPTEMBER 2007: Classic Albums Live: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run, Sept. 27.
OCTOBER 2007: Zucchero, Oct. 3; Colin James and Craig Northey- Up Close, Personal & Slightly Unplugged, two evening shows Oct. 4 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; High Steel - Directed and Co-Written by Mary Walsh, Oct. 10 (CANCELLED); James Devine's Tapiere - Driven by Rhythm, with dancer James Devine and fiddler Ashley MacIsaac, Oct. 17; Manteca Reunion!, Oct 19; Dave & Ian Thomas - Brothers Forever!, Oct.
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