Running more than one browser-triggered script on a web page

I have added a browser-triggered script to our home page that displays current news (thanks Garry) but want to add a second portal that displays upcoming courses on the same page. Do I add the PHP code for this under the first script before the HTML starts or do I interlace the code of the two scripts and just have them referring to the separate portal tables?

And if the second script goers under the first do I need to start with

<?

include_once('FX/FX.php');

include_once('FX/server_data.php');

in both cases?

Cheers,

Steven