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While that?s surmises Peter Frampton not a peter framton draws BCS school, the Mountain West Conference is still a step up the ladder.And that?s what coaches do; they climb the ladder. Especially in the MAC, a conference that also counts Urban Meyer, Wake Forest boss Jim Grobe, Michigan legend Bo Schembechler and a fella by the name of Heisman among their coaching alumni.Golden has proven that he can turn a bad team into a winner, and he gets double kudos for doing it in Philadelphia, a city that cares little about college football and sees most of the area?s top recruits end up at Penn State or Rutgers.It?s only a matter of time before the Vanderbilts, Marylands or Washington States of the world come calling?or at the very least, someone in the MWC or WAC looking to turn it around.And when they do, Golden might be hard pressed not to go. After all, his entire pre-Temple coaching career was spent at Virginia, Boston College and Penn State.But until they do, or at least through the rest of this magical season, just enjoy the ride.I know that as a Temple alum who suffered through 11 wins in four years, I sure will.Go Owls!. NORFOLK, NE, Jan 12 (MARKET WIRE) -- Supertel Hospitality, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPR), a self-administered realestate investment trust, announced that it has reported the estimatedcharacterization of dividends paid in 2008 for income tax reportingpurposes to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts(NAREIT). Dividend information for NAREIT members can be obtained fromthe NAREIT website, under Industry Data and Performance.Common Stock-share dividend characterization: Capital Type of RecordPayment DividendOrdinaryGain Return of DividendDate Date Per ShareIncome Distribution Capital ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ------------ --------- Regular 12/31/2007 2/1/2008 $0.1275 $0.0507 $ 0.0232 $0.0536 Regular3/31/20084/30/20080.12750.0507 0.02320.0536 Regular6/30/20087/31/20080.12750.0507 0.02320.0536 Regular9/30/2008 10/31/20080.12750.0507 0.02320.0536 --------- --------- ------------ --------- $0.5100 $0.2028 $ 0.0930 $0.2142 ========= ========= ============ =========Series A Convertible Preferred Stock-share dividend characterization: DividendCapital Type of Record PaymentPerOrdinary Gain Return of Dividend Date Date ShareIncomeDistributionCapital ---------- ---------- -------- -------- ------------ --------- Regular 1/1/20081/31/2008 $ 0.0667 $ 0.0457 $ 0.0210 $ - Regular 2/1/20082/29/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular 3/1/20083/31/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular 4/1/20084/30/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular 5/1/2008 6/2/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular 6/1/20086/30/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular 7/1/20087/31/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular 8/1/2008 9/2/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular 9/1/20089/30/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular10/1/2008 10/31/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular11/1/200812/1/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - Regular12/1/2008 12/31/2008 0.0667 0.0457 0.0210 - -------- -------- ------------ --------- $ 0.8000 $ 0.5485 $ 0.2515 $ - ======== ======== ============ =========Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock-share dividend characterization: DividendCapital Type of Record PaymentPerOrdinary Gain Return of Dividend Date Date ShareIncomeDistributionCapital ---------- ---------- -------- -------- ------------ --------- Partial6/15/20086/30/2008 $ 0.1944 $ 0.1333 $ 0.0611 $ - Regular9/15/20089/30/2008 0.6250 0.4285 0.1965 - Regular 12/15/2008 12/31/2008 0.6250 0.4285 0.1965 - -------- -------- ------------ --------- $ 1.4444 $ 0.9903 $ 0.4541 $ - ======== ======== ============ =========Table totals may not add due to rounding.No portion of the dividends paid in 2008 represented foreign taxes. Noneof the dividends paid by the company were qualified dividends.Registered holders of Supertel's common and preferred shares who receivedany of the dividends specified in the tables above will receive anInternal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1099-DIV from American Stock Transferand Trust Company, the company's dividend paying agent; shareholderswhose shares are held in "street name" will receive an IRS Form 1099-DIVfrom the bank, brokerage firm, or other nominee holding their shares.The regular common share dividend for shareholders of record as ofDecember 31, 2008, and payable on February 2, 2009 will be reported onshareholders' 2009 Form 1099-DIV.Preliminary estimated characterization of dividends is provided to giveshareholders guidance for Federal income tax planning purposes.

Finalcharacterization will be reported upon completion of the company's audit.The laws governing state taxation of REIT distributions may vary, and maynot be the same as those governing federal income taxes peter frampton breaking all the rules . The companycannot advise shareholders on how distributions should be reported ontheir individual tax returns because federal and state tax laws affectindividuals differently.Donavon A frampton . Heimes, chief financial officer, said, "The 2008 dividend willhave a capital gains component, which is the result of the company sellinga Hampton Inn in Florida and a Comfort Inn in Pennsylvania in separatetransactions in December 2008 perter frampton . The combined selling price approximated $12million and resulted in a parent company-level taxable capital gain of$2.3 million and a taxable gain of $1.5 million at the company's taxableREIT subsidiary level peter franpton . Net proceeds from the sale of these two hotelsadded liquidity to the company by reducing debt on our balance sheet and,at the same time, added overall shareholder value to our equityclassification by recognizing gains on sale of assets.

The company hasacquired 49 hotels over the past three years, but now we are being verypatient with any expansion plans baby i love your way peter frampton . We will continue to examineopportunities that will allow us to improve our liquidity and provideways to prudently reallocate capital."Paul J peter framptom . Schulte, chairman, president and chief executive officer, added,"While these are challenging times for the hospitality industry, thecompany has been through these cycles before frampton album . Our management companies areexperienced operators who understand the need to find new sources ofbusiness while maintaining relationships with existing customers peter frampton rapidshare .

They areexperienced in managing costs in a period of reduced occupancy while atthe same time continuing to provide a high level of friendly service . Thecompany is working to reduce corporate costs, such as travel and meetingexpenses as well as foregoing raises or bonuses for its executive officergroup, making modest compensation adjustments for the non-executive staffand realigning some staff responsibilities peter frampton megaupload . All of these efforts, whentaken together, will enable the company to weather this downturn and be inposition to be a stronger company at the end of this trough in the cycle."Supertel Hospitality, Inc specializes in limited-service lodging peter frampton comes alive ii . Thecompany owns 123 hotels in 24 states.Certain matters within this press release are discussed usingforward-looking language as specified in the Private Securities LitigationReform Act of 1995, and, as such, may involve known and unknown risks,uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results orperformance to differ from those projected in the forward-lookingstatement .