Evelyn Ashford ( born April 15, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana ) is a retired American athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100 m. She has run under the 11 second barrier over 30 times and was the first to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games.

Since 1994 Hopewell has been twinned with Ashford, Kent, U. K.

Ashford has 1 elementary school K-6 and 1 high school 7-12.

It also has 1 private school called Ashford Academy which is from grades K-12 and also has a daycare, the Headmaster of the school is Rebecca D. Baggett.

Lanesborough Elementary has a tuition agreement to educate students from neighboring New Ashford.

On the national level, New Ashford is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, and has been represented by John Olver of Amherst since June 1991.

New Ashford has no schools of its own.

* Jane LeCompte-Novelist who has written over 20 Romance novels under the name Jane Ashford

The town is served by the coastal railway line between Ashford and Brighton and has three railway stations, including Cooden Beach, Collington, and Bexhill.

Because Britain did not abolish wager by battle until Parliament's 1819 response to Ashford v Thornton ( 1818 ), and because no court in post-independence United States has addressed the issue, the question of whether trial by combat remains a valid American alternative to civil action remains open, at least in theory.

The Highways Agency has proposed a new M20 junction 10a and link road to the A2070 at Ashford in Kent, east of junction 10 to support the development of South Ashford which has been identified as a growth area in the South East.

As a market town, Ashford has for centuries been a local communications hub for surrounding

villages and has stood at the centre of five railway lines, ( Ashford to Ramsgate ( via Canterbury West ) line, Swanley to Ashford ( via Maidstone East ) Line, South Eastern Main Line, Kent Coast Line and the Marshlink Line ) since the 19th century.

Ashford has a quite interesting industrial heritage, from being the world headquarters of Letraset, the way to create posters prior to desktop publishing.

The original town of Ashford, in common with most such towns, has outgrown its original size and has combined with smaller villages in a conurbation.

These include Waterbrook, a 740, 000-m² ( 183-acre ) site for production, storage and distribution with a freight clearance facility ; Eureka Science and Business Park, including manufacturing sites and prestige office complexes ; the 570, 000-m² ( 141-acres ) Orbital Park ; the Ashford Designer Outlet shopping centre, which has won a design award ; and fourteen other business parks and industrial estates.

The airport at Lydd, designated London Ashford Airport and approximately 17 miles ( 27 km ) from Ashford, has regular flights to Le Touquet, France by Lydd Air.

Ashford has continued to develop, with new homes planned for urban areas such as Repton Park, Park Farm, Singleton and Chilmington, and planning permission granted for a new £ 25m college campus, a John Lewis At Home store and commercial quarter.

Other towns, such as Ashford in Kent, Basingstoke in Hampshire and Swindon in Wiltshire, were designated " Expanded Towns " and share many characteristics with the new towns.

Matthew Arnold takes in many pupils from a variety of schools, including Buckland Primary School, Laleham Church of England School, Kingscroft School, Town Farm Primary School, Our Lady of Rosary, Stanwell Fields, Clarendon, Ashford Park, Echelford Primary School and many more.

Other towns, such as Ashford, Kent, Basingstoke and Swindon, were designated " Expanded Towns " and share many characteristics with the new towns.

The Nelson Mandela Concert was the largest such event since 1985's Live Aid and the line-up also featured: Dire Straits, George Michael, Eurythmics, Joe Cocker, Ashford & Simpson, Natalie Cole, Tracy Chapman, Wet Wet Wet, Bee Gees, UB40, Chrissie Hynde, Hugh Masekela, Jerry Dammers, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf, Salt-N-Pepa, Stevie Wonder and many more.

After belonging to the Midwest Collegiate Conference for many years, Ashford will become a member of Association of Independent Institutions ( A. I. I.

After his military service, Ashford settled in Thringstone, Leicestershire and served as a postman for many years.

Besides his worldwide climbing experience, he became the most experienced guide for climbing Mount Rainier with over 250 summits and established Rainier Mountaineering, Inc., developed a group of successful climbing-related businesses at the Rainier Base Camp in Ashford, Washington, adjacent to Mount Rainier National Park, and led the training of several generations of Rainier guides, many of whom continue to guide and climb elsewhere.

Ashford and Simpson wrote many other hit songs including Chaka Khan's " I'm Every Woman " ( 1978 ) and Teddy Pendergrass's " Is It Still Good to You?

The parish is also the home of many districts such as Ashford and Kendal.

In its time the castle has played host to many notable guests, including: King George V of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India, and his consort Queen Mary ; John Lennon ; George Harrison ; Oscar Wilde ( whose father, Sir William Wilde, had an estate adjacent to Ashford, where the writer spent much of his childhood ); LPGA Golfer Mindy Miller ; U. S. President Ronald Reagan ; H. R. H.

Among the studio musicians responsible for the " Motown Sound " were keyboardists Earl Van Dyke, Johnny Griffith, and Joe Hunter ; guitarists Joe Messina, Robert White, and Eddie Willis ; percussionists Eddie " Bongo " Brown and Jack Ashford ; drummers Benny Benjamin, Uriel Jones, and Richard " Pistol " Allen ; and bassists James Jamerson and Bob Babbitt.

In addition to bassist James Jamerson, The Funk Brothers consisted of the following musicians: Jack Ashford ( percussion ); Bob Babbitt ( bass ); Joe Hunter ( keyboards ); Uriel Jones ( drums ); Joe Messina ( guitar ); Eddie Willis ( guitar ); " Pistol " Allen ( drums ); " Papa Zita " Benjamin ( drums ); " Bongo " Brown ( percussion ); Johnny Griffith ( keyboards ); Earl Van Dyke ( keyboards ); and Robert White ( guitar ).

The race saw Ashford make up half a metre or so over Göhr and lower her own World Record to 10. 76 secs.

Founded in 1960 by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williams, the band eventually included Martha Reeves, who moved up in ranks as lead vocalist of the group after Williams ' departure in 1962.

Teaming up with songwriting husband / wife duo Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, Knight & The Pips released the album About Love in 1980, which featured " Landlord " and " Taste Of Bitter Love ".

At first they made lightning raids out of Appledore, in one of these they razed to the ground a large settlement, Seleberhtes Cert ( present-day Great Chart near Ashford ); later, the whole army moved further inland and engaged in numerous battles with the English, but after four years they gave up.

Thornton threw down the other for William Ashford to pick up and thus accept the challenge, which Ashford did not do.

When he was seven, his family moved to the UK, initially to Herne Bay, Kent where his grandfather Nathaniel was brought up, then later to Ashford, Kent.

This event typically attracts over 10, 000 visitors to the town, and results in the town's roads, and the main roads to London, Hastings and Ashford, being clogged up and closed to traffic from the early evening onwards.

Previously headmaster of Ashford Grammar School, Evans took up his new position at the conclusion of the autumn term.

Boyd was born in Feltham and grew up in Ashford in Middlesex attending Tudor Grammar School.

On May 19, 2012, up to 20 people wearing masks and black clothes entered the Ashford House Restaurant in Tinley Park ( a suburb of Chicago ) and used bats and hammers to beat patrons who were attending the fifth annual White Nationalist Economic Summit and Illinois White Nationalist Meet-and-Greet.

Whilst this project echoed the actions of Ashford United who re-located too far from its core supporters and ultimately collapsed in 1907, it was hoped that the greater mobility of people in the late twentieth century the better facilities to be built up at the new stadium would not cause a repeat occurrence.

West Malling station, situated on the outskirts of the town, provides a regular service, operated by Southeastern Trains up to Victoria, and down to Maidstone and Ashford.

He teamed up with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow Boomtown writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries The Pacific.

* A coned contraflow system has been discussed and trialled on the motorway section between Ashford and Maidstone, to relieve the pressure on the A20, however it proved costly and slow to arrange, taking two days to set up and two days to remove afterwards.

From here, you can pick up services towards Tonbridge and Ashford International.

Firstly, Göhr broke her own world record at the Olympic Day meet in East Berlin winning in a time of 10. 81 s. This record lasted less than a month, however, since Ashford broke it with a 10. 79 s. Both athletes were in top form leading up to the inaugural World Championships, held in Helsinki.

Ashford, anchoring the USA team, made up a three metre deficit and won by a clear metre over Göhr.

Ashy Larry dreams of how his life would be if he were classy, and dreams up a character who he calls Ashford Lawrence, a supposed reporter for heavy. com.