HIT: To Auburn native Joe Ellis, who is making a big splash at the Olympics in Beijing, China.
Ellis was commissioned to create artwork for an Olympic sponsor and has since created three statues that have gotten him a lot of attention. Ellis' figures - a diver, gymnast and runner that have adorned stages and dining areas during the games - all bear a resemblance to their maker, too.
Since the works were meant to look like American athletes and Ellis was doing the work in China, he used himself as a model.
HIT: To local members of Angels Keep, a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism, for entertaining and inspiring local children at the Booker T. Washington Center field day.
Dressed in costumes and demonstrating medieval arts like fencing, weaving and calligraphy, the re-enactors brought a unique flair to the gathering. And although many of the children used the word “cool” to describe what they had seen, they may just have learned something, as well.
MISS: To the predictions being made that the Syracuse University football team will place dead last in the Big East conference this year.
With less than two weeks before SU's first game, Aug. 30 at Northwestern, the Orange are expected to fall far behind West Virginia, South Florida and Pittsburgh (all picked to be top-25 teams nationally).
The team's 7-28 record over the past three seasons doesn't give many analysts reason to believe in the Orange, but local fans are surely hoping the team can prove the skeptics wrong.
HIT: To the Sterling Renaissance Festival on a successful first season under its new ownership.
An infusion of new energy and capital investments is being credited with not only keeping the festival alive but helping it grow.
An overabundance of rainy days this summer didn't seem to keep visitors away, as the festival reports strong crowds.
The first new venture on the property - a spooky Halloween experience - is set to begin Oct. 3.
Since the works were meant to look like American athletes and Ellis was doing the work in China, he used himself as a model.
HIT: To local members of Angels Keep, a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism, for entertaining and inspiring local children at the Booker T. Washington Center field day.
Dressed in costumes and demonstrating medieval arts like fencing, weaving and calligraphy, the re-enactors brought a unique flair to the gathering. And although many of the children used the word “cool” to describe what they had seen, they may just have learned something, as well.
MISS: To the predictions being made that the Syracuse University football team will place dead last in the Big East conference this year.
With less than two weeks before SU's first game, Aug. 30 at Northwestern, the Orange are expected to fall far behind West Virginia, South Florida and Pittsburgh (all picked to be top-25 teams nationally).
The team's 7-28 record over the past three seasons doesn't give many analysts reason to believe in the Orange, but local fans are surely hoping the team can prove the skeptics wrong.
HIT: To the Sterling Renaissance Festival on a successful first season under its new ownership.
An infusion of new energy and capital investments is being credited with not only keeping the festival alive but helping it grow.
An overabundance of rainy days this summer didn't seem to keep visitors away, as the festival reports strong crowds.
The first new venture on the property - a spooky Halloween experience - is set to begin Oct. 3.
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