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1. How ready are you? Ronald Campbell [email_address]

3. Anonymous caller: Layoffs at Montgomery Enterprises. They’re big, privately held, and they never return media calls. WEDNESDAY 4:45 P.M.

5. You discover a $250,000 federal tax lien filed a year ago and a $500,000 unemployment tax lien filed last month. THURSDAY, 10:30 A.M.

7. You find an old story about Montgomery founder pledging $3 million for theater at Springfield College. It was never built. THURSDAY, NOON

9. Montgomery could lose one of its biggest offices at an eviction hearing in a neighboring county tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. THURSDAY, 4:30 P.M.

11. No one’s at the eviction hearing. You call the landlord’s attorney. He tells you Montgomery just filed Chapter 11. FRIDAY, 8:30 A.M.

13. You learn Springfield College trustees are meeting secretly. A source tells you the theatre project has collapsed and donors are panicking. FRIDAY, 1:30 P.M.