| Bridgend suicides: 'It just seems normal, fashionable almost... '
Several of those who have died had pages on Bebo, the social networking website, and had posted messages on each other's ''memorial walls" - virtual books of condolence. The truth, say residents of Bridgend, is less sinister, yet no less bleak. As one girl I spoke to outside Bridgend College told me yesterday: "Suicide is just what people do here because there is nothing else to do." It is a depressing statement, but one born out by statistics - Bridgend has the highest rate for young male suicide in Britain - and by anecdotal evidence gathered on the streets of the town. Almost everybody I spoke to knew of someone who had attempted suicide. The girl outside the college - where Natasha took Care and Childhood Studies until a week ago - knew Liam and also told me about her friend Jonathan Reynolds, 15, who had thrown himself in front of a train in January 2006 after being bullied.
SOONERS (6-1)
Instead, the Sooners were able to get their ground game going first after Brown finally got in the mix. And who knows how high they'll climb after losses by top-ranked LSU and No. 2 California? ''We know we've got to win every week. We can't worry about what someone else is doing. We've got to worry about winning,'' Brown said. Bradford completed 24-of-34 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns for Oklahoma, which won its 15th straight home game. A series of turnovers turned momentum back and forth through the second half. Missouri was driving for a potential tying score when Maclin lined up at quarterback instead of Daniel and rolled to his right before throwing an interception to Reggie Smith . Oklahoma responded with a 56-yard drive and extended its lead to 23-10 on Brown's first TD run from 4 yards.
Visiting up high in Howard
Chris and Connie Price purchased it and began to renovate it for their home. A few years later, Robert and Deb Kirk purchased the mill and completed the renovation of the living quarters on the top floor. In 2004, it was purchased by Lisa Moster, DDS, and Christoph Meyer, who still live there with their son, Herbie, who is 6 and in first grade at Wiggin Street Elementary. Mabel Divan still lives in Howard; Emory is deceased. Mabel recalls being surprised when she learned someone was renovating the old mill. "It was really, really run down," she said. "I just marvel at how well it turned out. It’s just beautiful." The Divans’ daughter, Marilyn Smith, who lives in Fredericktown, said there was once a small structure that served as an office on the west side of the top floor, but it’s gone now.
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