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Beer tax sought for Blue Jackets arena buyout

Posted by admin | News | Posted on May 30th, 2009

The News Review:

- Beer tax sought for Blue Jackets arena buyout
- Girl with beer photo appears in yearbook
- Cobra Beer bought by Molson Coors
- Best bets for beer travel
- My uncle’s quest for a beer-fetching robot

Beer tax sought for Blue Jackets arena buyout
The Associated Press
The prospect of significant tax hikes to benefit Nationwide Arena has touched off a battle between financial backers of the Blue Jackets’ arena complex and Anheuser-Busch which operates one of its 12 U. breweries in the city. President David Peacock flew to Columbus on Thursday for meetings with Gov.

Girl with beer photo appears in yearbook
United Press International
May 29 (UPI) — Pranksters slipped a photo of a girl clutching a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer into the yearbook of New Trier High School in Winnetka Ill. The faculty had no idea the picture was included until yearbooks were handed out to students this week the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. “It’s clearly defiant and subversive and intentional” says spokeswoman Laura Blair. Principal Linda Yonke did not consider the prank harmless.

Cobra Beer bought by Molson Coors
BBC News
Administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers said the company had run into financial difficulties in the economic downturn. A pre-pack is when a sale is agreed before the administrator is appointed and is carried out without the business being offered on the open market. Reports suggest Cobra Beer racked up losses of about £16m last year. PwC said they had explored different options and this was the "best outcome" for Cobra Beer.

Best bets for beer travel
San Jose Mercury News
Maybe the best time to visit is the last weekend in July for the regon Brewers Festival (this year it’s July 23-26). Thousands gather at Portland’s waterfront park to sample some of the best beer from regon and beyond in maybe the premier beer festival on the West Coast. Use the weekend to explore Portland’s beer scene.

My uncle’s quest for a beer-fetching robot
CNET News
My Uncle Bill has simpler dreams for his robot: he just wants to build one that will bring him a beer every now and then. That might sound like a relatively simple project but it’s proved to be a decades-long undertaking that’s required him to learn several programming languages and has demanded a lot more heady study time than the average casual hobby.
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