The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville renovates its backstage.
 
Terri Trotter, President and CEO of the Walton Arts Center, says after the 17th season the theater needed the upgrades.
 
“The equipment was state of the art 15 years ago and it’s not so much anymore. So we kind of hit that natural time when we need to start doing these things,” says Trotter.

A new stage, spotlights, and light board, were just some of the renovations. They also added monitors to the lobby and to the balcony so people can see what’s happening on the stage. The new concession also lets people use credit or debit cards.
 
A new telephone system, air conditioning units, and electrical outlet renovations have been ongoing for the last year and are expected to be finished in the next month.

Equipment and repairs totaled over $300, 000 and was primarily paid for by dedicating the Center’s capital budgets for the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 to these renovations and upgrades.

You can check out the Walton Arts Center website at http://www.waltonartscenter.org .

Nationwide construction leader chooses Cornerstone’s integrated learning, compliance and performance offerings to align talent across five regional divisions

Walton is committed to recognizing and rewarding our company’s most treasured asset - its talent

Santa Monica, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 5, 2008 — Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in on-demand, integrated talent management software and services, today announced that national general contracting firm Walton Construction Company, LLC, has chosen Cornerstone’s integrated talent management and development solution to unify its employee learning, compliance and performance management program, as well as help in streamlining its operations across its five regional divisions.

By blending its talent management and development initiatives, Walton Construction will be able to provide a more efficient, comprehensive and effective program for managing and cultivating its 580 employees. This includes establishing and communicating performance expectations at all levels, as well as collecting and tracking employee skills, competencies and certification levels in individual employee talent profiles. With this intelligence, managers can more easily identify and assign learning and compliance activities as part of Walton’s “internal university.”

“Walton is committed to recognizing and rewarding our company’s most treasured asset - its talent,” remarked Heather Hubert, director of talent development for Walton Construction Company. “By working with Cornerstone to create a world-class talent development program, we hope to empower our employees to successfully meet or exceed performance expectations, as well as continue to grow their careers within the company.”

Cornerstone’s multi-tenant, multi-user software as a service (SaaS) is a true on-demand solution, making it a faster and more efficient way for Walton to deploy, manage and maintain its new talent management program. Employing an on-demand solution also means Walton won’t have to deal with the hassles of version upgrades, maintenance and hardware/IT costs.

“Talent management is essential in helping businesses to successfully engage employees, manage projects and optimize for long-term growth,” said Adam Miller, president and CEO of Cornerstone on Demand Inc. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Walton Construction to offer a best in class solution for enhancing the development and performance of its talent base.”

About Walton Construction
Walton Construction Company, LLC, which maintains full-service offices in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Mo., Dallas, and New Orleans is ranked among the top contractors in the United States by Engineering News Record. Established in 1985, Walton Construction has grown steadily to become a leader in pre-construction, general contracting, design-build and construction management services. For more information, please visit www.waltonbuilt.com

Plymouth Argyle could break their record transfer fee as they try to sign QPR midfielder Simon Walton.

Argyle boss Paul Sturrock hopes to tie up the 20-year-old in a £500,000 deal later this week.

The club’s record is £500,000, set in January when Scottish striker Steve MacLean joined from Cardiff City.

But Sturrock has revealed that the transfer fee for the former Leeds midfielder could rise up to £750,000 with add-ons.

“We’re still in the middle of negotiations with Simon Walton, as I have been with a lot of other players throughout the summer,” Sturrock said.

He added that he hopes to finalise the deal later this week.

Walton began his career at his hometown club Leeds, making 34 appearances for the club between 2004 and 2006. He then moved to Charlton Athletic for £500,000, but failed to make a first-team appearance.

“I envisaged it to be hard to bring in players, but not this hard”
Plymouth Argyle manager Paul Sturrock

While at the Valley, he was loaned out to Ipswich Town and Cardiff City before moving to QPR in a £200,000 deal last summer.

He made five appearances for QPR last season before being loaned to Hull City in January where he played 10 games.

Argyle have seen a host of players leave the club since the end of last season, including star Hungarian winger Peter Halmosi, who left for Hull City in a deal believed to be worth £2m.

Argyle’s captain Paul Wotton was released at the end of last season, as was veteran midfielder Lilian Nalis. The club also cancelled the contract of goalkeeper Luke McCormick after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

But Sturrock has found it hard to bring in replacements, only paying a fee for one player - Barnet winger Jason Puncheon - who cost £250,000.

Come Visit Us!
Old Main at the University of Arkansas
If you are considering the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the University of Arkansas, we invite you to join us for a tour. We encourage you to connect with our students, meet professors, or sit in on a class. While you’re here, we can show you our high-tech facilities and give you first-hand experience of the wonderful Razorback traditions like Senior Walk. You’ll experience the personalized attention we give to every Walton College student.

Honors Program
The Walton College honors program consists of two components, the four-year Walton Scholars Program and the Departmental Scholars Program. Students participating in the honors program will be eligible to graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude.

Scholarship Information
A limited number of scholarships will be available to incoming and transfer students who enroll in the Walton College for the academic year.

Advising Center
What courses will you need to graduate? Our advisors will listen to your questions and concerns and keep a record of your educational progress. They will guide you in selecting classes and suggest options. They will collaborate with you in making plans to meet your goals. Your advisor’s goal is to help you achieve your goals.

Career Development Center
We can help you…
develop a professional resume, prepare for an upcoming interview, develop a job search plan, gain tips for networking with employers, understand how salary negotiation works, complete graduate school admission requirements, begin to explore careers, and become self-aware of your personality and work preferences.

Real-World Experience
$5 Million Arvest Bank Fund Class - Students make decisions with fixed income securities owned by Arvest Bank.

Technology FAQ
Get answers to your questions regarding our computer labs, buying a computer, connecting to our network, etc.

The first stores

In 1945, after leaving the military, Walton decided he wanted to own a department store but would settle for a variety store. With some help from his father-in-law with a loan of $20,000, plus $5000 he had saved from his time in the Army, Walton purchased a Ben Franklin variety store in Newport, Arkansas. The store was a franchise of the Butler Brothers chain.

It was here that Walton pioneered many concepts that would prove to be crucial to his success. Walton made sure the shelves were consistently stocked with a wide range of goods at low prices. His store also stayed open later than most other stores, especially during the Christmas season. He also pioneered the practice of discount merchandising by buying wholesale goods from the lowest priced supplier. This allowed him to pass on savings to his customers, which drove up his sales volume. Higher volumes allowed him to negotiate even lower purchase prices with the wholesaler on subsequent purchases. Walton’s store led in sales and profits in the Butler Brothers’ six-state region. One factor that made this store successful was its central location, making it accessible to a wide range of customers. In an attempt to limit the expansion of his main competitor, the Sterling Store, Walton leased a nearby Kroger store and opened it in 1950 as the “Eagle” department store, but it didn’t fare as well.

Due to the variety store’s enormous success, the landlord, P. K. Holmes, refused to renew the lease when it expired, desiring to pass the store onto his son. The lack of a renewal option, together with the outrageous rent of 5% of sales, were early business lessons to Walton. Despite forcing Walton out, Holmes bought the store’s inventory and fixtures for $50,000, which Walton called “a fair price.”

Walton’s Five and Dime (a.k.a. Walton’s 5 & 10)
Sam Walton’s original Walton’s Five and Dime, now the Wal-Mart Visitor’s Center, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Sam Walton’s original Walton’s Five and Dime, now the Wal-Mart Visitor’s Center, Bentonville, Arkansas.

Before long, Walton arranged for another location for a new store. Unable to find a new location in Newport, Walton located a variety store in Bentonville, Arkansas which he would open as another called “Walton’s Five and Dime.” In Bentonville, the Waltons became involved in numerous civic activities. Sam Walton served as president of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce.

William Theodore Walton, III (Bill) was born on November 5th, 1952, in San Diego, California.

He was introduced to the game of basketball while in the fourth grade at Blessed Sacrament Elementary School by coach Frank “Rocky” Graciano. Walton then attended Helix High School, where the basketball coach was Gordon Nash. At Helix, his team won the California Interscholastic Federation High School title two years in a row, while winning their final 49 consecutive games.

Walton enrolled at UCLA in 1970. He played center for John Wooden’s Varsity team for three seasons (1972-1974), after a year with the freshman team in 1971. He was a member of two NCAA championship teams compiling an NCAA record 88 consecutive game winning streak.

Bill Walton is a three-time recipient of the NCAA Player of the Year Award, 1972, ‘73 and ‘74. Walton is a 3 time All-American College Player and winner of the Sullivan Award for the United States Best Amateur Athlete of 1973. He was named to the Pacific 8 All-Conference first team 3 times and was conference player of the year for three consecutive years. At UCLA Walton was a scholar-athlete who also earned Academic All-American honors three years in a row. He graduated with honors with a B.A. in history.

Walton’s professional career began when he was the number one over all pick in the 1974 NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers. He was a member of their championship team in 1977. Nine years later he earned another championship title, this time with the Boston Celtics in 1986. He played with the Trailblazers 1974-1979, the San Diego Clippers 1979-1984, the relocated Los Angeles Clippers in 1985, and The Boston Celtics 1985-1988.

Bill Walton was the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, 1978; all-NBA First Team, 1978; NBA All-Star Team, 1977 and 1978; NBA Playoff’s MVP, 1977; all-NBA second team, 1977; winner of the NBA Sixth Man Award, 1986. Walton is also the second of only four players in the history of the NBA to lead the league in both blocked shots and rebounding in the same season.

Fort Walton Beach History

The City of Fort Walton Beach, home to approximately 22,000 people, was first created and chartered as a municipality in 1937. Though Fort Walton Beach is a relatively young city, its history actually goes back thousands of years.

There is evidence from radioactive dating of artifacts back to 10,000 B.C., and archeological evidence of five distinct Indian periods between 600 - 1650 A.D. There were pirates, the most notorious being Billy Bowlegs between 1500 - 1800, and there was a Civil War encampment. In the early days Fort Walton was known both as Brooks Landing when John Thomas Brooks and his family settled here in 1868 and Camp Walton for the Civil War encampment by the Walton Guards. It was renamed Fort Walton when a Civil War cannon was discovered in 1932 and excavated from an Indian mound in the present downtown area on Santa Rosa Sound.

Tourists, resort hotels, and the waterfront have been a part of Fort Walton Beach since its earliest days. Tourists came from the North, Midwest, and Southeast to spend months at a time at several of these full-service, American plan hotels on the shores of the Santa Rosa Sound. Dancing nightly in an over-the-water pavilion (where Fort Walton Landing is today), taking a water taxi from the hotel docks back and forth across the Sound to the beach, chartering fishing trips in the gulf and bay, receiving ice and mail by boat from Pensacola, and shopping in stores built over the water, visitors and locals alike enjoyed the relaxed lifestyle for which Fort Walton was famous.

Okaloosa County was formed from two counties, Santa Rosa and Walton, in 1915, and Eglin Field was created in 1937. In 1930, the population of the area was approximately 90 people; between 1940-1950, the population quadrupled. Between 1950-1970, Fort Walton Beach grew 700% and was recognized nationally as one of the fastest growing cities in the country. The existing Brooks Bridge was built in 1964, replacing the two-lane swing bridge, Eglin Parkway was widened to six lanes, and seven new traffic lights were installed. The tax base expanded, the Fort Walton Beach Civic Center complex and auditorium were built, as well as neighborhood parks and tennis courts, the Library, the Senior Center, the Tennis Center, the Municipal Golf Course (now the Fort Walton Beach Golf Club), and three neighborhood recreation centers–Docie Bass, Chester Pruitt, and Fred Hedrick.

In the last two decades, growth in Fort Walton Beach has slowed, and today the City looks towards innovative and exciting ways to bring the spirit of yesterday into the plans of today and tomorrow. Activities continue on the banks of the Santa Rosa Sound, and every June, the notorious Billy Bowlegs returns for a fortnight of merriment and fun. The City sponsors quarterly Sunday in the Park events at the spot where there was once an over-the-water pavilion. In 1997, Fort Walton Beach was honored to be named by Money magazine as #10 Best Place to Live among the 300 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S.A. Come for a visit–we think you’ll understand why!

Welcome to the Izaak Walton League of America

Founded in 1922, the Izaak Walton League is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected conservation organizations. With a powerful grassroots network of nearly 300 local chapters nationwide, the League takes a common-sense approach toward protecting our country’s natural heritage and improving outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans. We invite you to learn about our work and to join us in supporting important conservation initiatives in your community.

Plot summary for “The Waltons” (1972)

In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its saw mill on Walton’s Mountain. The story is told through the eyes of John Boy, who wants to be a novelist, goes to college, and eventually fulfills his dream. The saga follows the family through depression and war, and through growing up, school, courtship, marriage, employment, birth, aging, illness and death.

About the Village of Walton Hills, Ohio
The Village of Walton Hills is completing its 54th year of incorporation. It was originally part of Bedford Township, which was formed in 1823. In 1915, residents of the northwest corner formed a separate municipality called the Village of Maple Heights. In 1951, Bedford Township as a government ceased to exist when the villages of Walton Hills, Bedford Heights and Oakwood were formed from the remaining areas. The Village encompasses a total of 7 square miles, 25 miles of roads and is bordered by several communities.

* West: Village of Valley View
* East: Village of Oakwood
* South: Village of Northfield and Township of Sagamore Hills. Sagamore Road to the South of the Village is the county line between Cuyahoga and Summit Counties.
* North: Cities of Bedford and Maple Heights and the Metroparks system.

Metroparks reservation is located within the boundary lines of the Village of Walton Hills and has been designated as part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Approximately three square miles of park property are within the boundaries of the Village. The Village Officials consist of a Mayor, six Councilpersons-at-large, a Chief of Police, a Fiscal Officer, a Building Inspector, a Business Manager and a Street Commissioner. A working contractual agreement with the Maple Heights and Oakwood Fire Departments serves the fire-fighting requirements of the Village and provides emergency medical service to the residents. The Village of Walton Hills is a semi-rural planned community. It is a community that provides its residents with the necessary services and affords them the opportunity of participating in planned recreational, social, business and civic organizations. The Village of Walton Hills is a friendly and progressive community where residents live in harmony as good neighbors and concerned citizens.