Books received.
Aageson, James W., Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church. Library of Pauline Studies. Peabody, Mass.: Henderson Publishing, 2007. Akenson, Donald Harman, Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself. London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. Anderson, Emma, The Betrayal of Faith:...

Madame Alexander 2008 Price Guide.
Madame Alexander 2008 Price Guide Linda Crowsey Collector Books Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009 9781574325874, $14.95 www.collectorbooks.com The 2008 price guide to Madame Alexander dolls updates information with the latest values, offering the information along with small color photos...

Coach swims to safety after boat tips.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Former University of Oregon football coach Rich Brooks and two other men swam to safety Monday after their drift boat capsized on the McKenzie River, Lane County sheriff's officials said. Brooks, 66, a Springfield resident who now coaches...

"I Tremble for My Country": Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Gentry.
"I Tremble for My Country": Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Gentry. By Ronald L. Hatzenbuehler. Foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller. Southern Dissent. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2006. Pp. xii, 206. $55.00, ISBN 0-8130-3007-2.) The country that Jefferson trembled for...

Stories of government giants and political canines.
Byline: Nicholas A. Basbanes February is a busy time of the year, with Presidents Day, Black History Month and the anticipation of spring on everyone's mind. As always, there are books to observe the unfolding events. "Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln" by Judith St. George, illustrations...

OBITUARIES.
Byline: The Register-Guard Opal Bean SPRINGFIELD - Opal Ophie "Pearl" Bean of Springfield died Jan. 27 of age-related causes at age 85. A service will be held later. She was born Aug. 20, 1922, in Black Rock, Ark., to Willis and LaVada Gibron...

Power brokers: construction.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alejandra Evans Senior Vice President Wachovia Insurance Services Washington, D.C. Over the past two years, Alejandra Evans has helped to develop the Washington D.C. office of Wachovia Insurance Services into a center of excellence for wrap ups....

Biker gangs and organized crime.
9781593454067 Biker gangs and organized crime. Barker, Thomas. Anderson Publishing Co. 2007 189 pages $31.95 Paperback HV6439 Entangled in the mush of Hollywood movies and popular music, it would seem the...

Kentucky Constitution bars tax aid to Baptist University, state court rules.
A state court in Kentucky has ruled that an $11 million appropriation to a Baptist university violates the state constitution. In striking down the tax aid, Franklin County Circuit Judge Roger Crittenden ruled "there is no question that the appropriation ... is a direct payment to a...

Tower Hill looks East for Flora.
Byline: Nancy Sheehan In Chinese culture, plants are valued not only for their usefulness but also as symbols of ideas, moral qualities and emotional states. They are ideas that transcend generations and many of those evergreen notions will be reflected at Tower Hill Botanic Garden during this...