This is the most significant drop we've seen since we began keeping quarterly reports two years ago. I hope it's an indication that drug use in Hawaii is on a decline.

Some companies have terminated drug testing.

We talk to personnel managers and they express frustration.

You always ask for the maximum and hope to get a portion of it.

Her hope is that the more liberal, academic environmentalists on the coast would flock to her banner, which they seem to do. But she seems to hit about a 38-to-42-percent ceiling. There are just not enough people living on that coast.

Our best hope is to try and win against Rockwall. We know Mesquite's going to go all out to win (the district championship) and Longview's going to pull out all stops to try and beat them down there. But if we (just) win, we're in.