The States was almost like college for me - I got away from home and learned how to do things for myself. I had a base at Sea Island in Georgia and I decided to have a crack at the US Tour school.

Lower Columbia College is a good fit for me and it's close to home. I like the coaches and they seem to be knowledgeable about the game.

If he'd been away at college, I probably wouldn't have let him bring them home. But since he's been to Iraq . . . and he always wanted to be a herpetologist when he was growing up.

We want an older clientele to feel comfortable here. We want college students to feel at home here. We don't want this place to become just another teen hangout like other coffeehouses have become in the past around here.

I have the opportunity not to have this gigantic shock of being not at home and having to start college at the same time.

Clarkson unreservedly apologizes for the distress and embarrassment she has caused the claimant and (Cameron) Diaz.