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Ontario Convention Center has lofty dining goals
You don't have to register for a meeting to enjoy the very non-banquet like food at the Ontario Convention Center. If convention dining conjures up images of rubbery chicken and instant mashed potatoes, those days are blessedly long gone. DINING REVIEW: ONTARIO CONVENTION CENTER
Where: 2000 Convention Center Way (Holt Avenue exit off Interstate 10), Ontario
Price range: Menus range from $11.95-$75.95 per person, averaging $28.33. Wine prices begin at $22 per bottle; corkage is $10 per bottle.
The check: All major credit cards accepted
Notes: To book parties, contact Sean Saafan, the catering sales manager, at (909) 937-3062 or e-mail ssaafan@ontariocc.com.
General Manager Bob Brown and Director of Food & Beverage Charles D. Brettner have big plans for making the convention center not only a sleek, state of the art place to have business meetings and weddings, but also to establish it as a culinary destination resort.
Suspect dies after robbery attempt
A suspect, who was shot while carrying out a daring daytime robbery attempt yesterday morning, died just hours after the crime.According to Reginald Ferguson, assistant commissioner of police with responsibility for crime, the fatal shooting took place after the male suspect along with two others attempted to hold-up CLT Communications on East Street. "There would have appeared to have been an attempted robbery shortly after 10:30 am," said Asst. Commissioner Ferguson. "Gunshots were fired in the vicinity of the store [and] one of the alleged robbers was shot in the process."
The suspect, whose identity had not been released up to press time, succumbed to his injuries around 3 pm on Friday. Police are continuing their investigations into the matter.
In other crime news a group of United States visitors was robbed at knifepoint early yesterday morning four days after two tourists were held up just four miles away.
Monday July 10, 2006 - 14:19 EST
GIBRALTAR – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Offering the largest guaranteed prize pool in the history of backgammon, PartyGammon.com today announced that it will stage the PartyGammon.com Million at the famous Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, on January 21st-25th , 2007. Half of the field of 128 players will be filled by online qualifiers and the other half from players who directly buy-in to the tournament.The location will be familiar to long-time backgammon enthusiasts because it was the venue where the World Championships of Backgammon was at its pinnacle of popularity between 1975 and 1978, when the legendary Paul Magriel reigned as the leading champion. That event has now moved to Monte Carlo, but the US$500,000 guaranteed first prize of the PartyGammon.com Million is estimated to exceed this year's World Championship top prize five times over!
Anticipated to become the game's most glamorous event, many of the globe's top champions and international celebrities will attend the PartyGammon.com Million, designed to complement the flourishing new era of popularity in the game.