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Bethany Clough is a business reporter who covers retail and general assignment. Bethany previously worked in The Bee's South Valley bureau starting in May 2002, covering Tulare County. She has worked as a reporter covering the community of Seneca Falls in upstate New York for the Finger Lakes Times and as Habitat for Humanity Fresno's communications coordinator. Before coming to The Bee, she was an education reporter for Neighbors weekly newspaper.

Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs

Ken Hatfield has been director of community relations since 2000 and is responsible for all aspects of public relations, including marketing and promotion. A 33-year veteran of The Bee, he began his career in circulation. He has held a number of positions in advertising, including marketing services manager. In 1992, he became circulation manager and was responsible for home delivery, single copy, Newspapers in Education and circulation marketing. Hatfield serves on the executive boards of the Fresno Zoological Society and the Sequoia Council Boy Scouts of America. Hatfield grew up in Fresno and received a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Fresno.

Won't do any good

In my Advanced Placement government class, we frequently research articles out of the newspaper and write our own personal responses as to how we feel regarding the situation. Our most recent one was concerning making physical education required for all four years of high school.

I fully understand that the rate of obesity is at an all-time high in America. However, I do not think that having four years of P.E. will make a difference. Those individuals who are out of shape are not going to run the mile, but instead walk, and what good does that do them?

Coming from a graduating senior's perspective, it was hard enough as it was to fit all of the required classes to graduate into my schedule with just two years of P.E., let alone four.

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Insurance comm. says his post should be appointed

State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Wednesday that his position has become too politicized and should return to being one that's appointed by the governor.

Poizner, who is seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, made the comments during a meeting of the California Newspaper Publishers Association in Sacramento.

California's insurance commissioner became an elected position when voters approved Proposition 103 in 1991.