Heads and tales: Friday night lights

There is no tomorrow: At least Legion Field is good for one last thing … it’s Day 2 of the state high school football championships. Little surprise that Homewood is playing tonight for the 5A crown, and the much-televised Hoover is playing Saturday afternoon for yet another 6A title. The team has been on ESPN, MTV and now UPN 68. But is the world ready for “Laguna Bucs”? Maybe that’s why more students are leaving Birmingham for suburban schools. [live audio game feed]
• Super 6 [Alabama High School Athletic Association]

Really Rosa: A roundup of Thursday’s 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ bus protest:

An Auburn PR students blog spotted the main item highlighting the Montgomery Advertiser’s in-depth presentation on the anniversary.
A Smithsonian exhibit opens today in the state Capitol, running through Jan. 14 before moving to Huntsville and then around the country.
While honoring Parks, President Bush asked Congress to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Several Atlanta leaders are pushing for the Rosa Parks Memorial Bridge.
Even the Big Apple paid tribute by leaving a seat empty in the front of each public bus.

• Alabama Paper Commemorates Bus Boycott’s 50th Anniversary [Editor and Publisher]

Pay now, pay later: Remember layaways? They never went away — and still prove useful to folks on a budget, or just in need of a hiding place for a large gift, say, a bike.
• Layaway for holidays fills shelves [Birmingham News]

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