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- The Natchez Democrat Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 6:57AMWestern Auto bike shop manager Tommy Graves talks bike parts with Michael Wright Friday. Trippe’s Western Auto celebrated their sixtieth anniversary the last week in May.
- Patient tower elevates care Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 6:35AMEvery time nurse Donmeka Currie drives into the parking lot of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, she smiles. Currie is one of many hospital employees who will start working in the new patient tower next month.
- Fight for iwi continues Friday, August 29, 2008 @ 7:33AMCommission votes against sending letter to landowner
- Pelletier purchases Angelica school Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 2:45PMInstead of reading writing and arithmetic, the old school in Angelica will be teaching lessons in recycling, restoration and reuse when it is turned into an eco-friendly, green hospitality and cultural center.
- Recycling services, memorial among projects Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 1:21PMThe first serious look into possible ratepayer-funded recycling services was presented to a Clutha District Council group yesterday. Biobiz was contracted to prepare an Issues and Options report on recycling options for the district.
- A well-rounded University Square -- almost Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6:35AMGreg Rice is scurrying about like the owner of a brand-new home, checking all the details and looking for any signs of shoddy workmanship. "I wonder what happened here?" asked Rice, noting a small chip in the corner of a concrete planter on the massive, fourth-floor rain garden that captures stormwater from the new University Square. Upstairs on the top floor of the Lucky Apartments portion of ...
- Collinsville council OKs downtown redevelopment plan Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 5:16AMCity Council members have approved a conceptual redevelopment plan for the downtown area that proposes new residential, business and mixed-use development.
- L-Way students, staff kick off new year Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 5:07AMNearly 1,000 Lincoln-Way Community High School District teachers and staff members gathered Aug. 18 at Lincoln-Way North High School to regroup and prepare for the 2008-09 school year.
- Arkansas News Bureau Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 4:04AMLawmaker says late book switches cost students, may skirt law By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - College instructors making last-minute switches in required textbooks are costing students money and may be skirting a state law requiring them to post book lists months in advance of classes, a Northwest Arkansas lawmaker said Tuesday.
- Waikiki woman takes down sea of men in pro stand-up paddle event Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 2:15AMHONOLULU — In another first for the sport of stand-up paddle surfing, the major honors for the C4 Waterman/Honolua Surf Co competition, went to a woman, Saturday.
- NIAGARA FALLS: Small crowd, big topics at City Council session Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 8:12PMThe crowd inside the Doris Jones Family Resource Center was small Monday, but those who were there had no problem filling up an hour-long question-and-answer session with a trio of city officials.Topics ranging from minority hiring and acts of discrimination to street repaving and demolishing of homes were among the concerns aired to Council Chairman Samuel Fruscione, City Council Attorney Mort ...
- News and Features for Lake Isabella, California Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 11:28AMThe notion that high speed Internet access could soon be coming to more areas in the valley was the hot topic at the Aug. 6 meeting of Kern River Valley Revitalization (KRVR) in Kernville.
- Reunions Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 2:24AME.C. Washington | Class of 1958 East Chicago Washington High School class of 1958 is celebrating its 50th reunion Sept. 19 and 20. If you have not been contacted or know of a class member who has not been contacted, call Marina Klepsch at (219) 662-9633 or e-mail Anne Marie Kuczora at amkjfk@sbcglobal.net.
- State delegates set to open convention Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 12:56AMWestport Democrat Martha Aasen has packed her poncho and headed for Denver, eager to be a part of history this week as her party nominates Barack Obama as its candidate for president and Joe Biden
- Walking for God Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 12:43AM Nick Della Valle believes people should figure out what their gifts are, then give them to God. There was only one problem — all he could do was walk and talk. “So God told me that I should dress funny and walk across the United States,” said Della Valle, who spoke Sunday at the College Heights United Methodist Church.
- 30-acre park planned near river Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 12:18AMASHEVILLE – Volunteers picking away at a former automotive shop near the French Broad River are helping turn an area known best for post-industrial blight into a centerpiece park.
- Area CSA farms grow in popularity Sunday, August 24, 2008 @ 5:06AMInside an old red barn surrounded by 20 acres of rocky soil just south of Plymouth, the summer harvest is in full swing as workers from Springdale Farm wash and package scores of yellow beans.
- Memorable outing Sunday, August 24, 2008 @ 4:29AMSeremban may be just an hour’s drive from the Federal Capital, but it can be a great getaway outing for city folks during the weekends, just to escape the hustle and bustle of city life.
- Ellen and Portia wed in L.A. Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 4:28AMTalk show hostess Ellen DeGeneres married her longtime lover in California Saturday night, exchanging handwritten vows, according to magazine reports.
- With college growth, lines are crossed Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 3:11AM Larry Chason and his wife, Tina, bought their modest ranch house on Guyer Street in High Point 38 years ago. The couple liked the quiet neighborhood. They raised their daughter there and planned to spend their retirement days gardening and working on Larry’s 1968 Pontiac. A mile from High Point University, they never considered that the school would end up in their backyard. Not until last ...
- Fighting off the invaders Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:04AMA Harvard botanist was just trying to brighten up his garden in Cambridge when he imported some water chestnut from his European homeland in 1877. By the turn of the century, this ornamental plant was choking Cambridge ponds, leaving native plants struggling for survival.
- Mom gets green from top to bottom Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 12:42AM[ So once you get used to cutting back a bit and being more envinronmentally conscious, it seems to have a trickle-down effect. Making one or two small adjustments, in other words, leads to other benefits you may not even have considered at the outset.
- Sluggish Economy Saps Liberty’s 2Q But DirecTV, Starz Shine Through Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 7:14AMLiberty Media reported mixed second-quarter results last week, with an increasingly weak economy impacting growth at its cable shopping juggernaut QVC, somewhat offset by strong performance by its Starz Entertainment and electronic commerce units.
- Small Arab villages serve as models for waste recycling in Israel Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 3:47AMMuch of the trash produced by the small Galilee village of Ras al-Ayn has been making its way to the home of Naif Sweid in recent months. Thanks to his initiative, partnered with the environmental non-profit grass-roots group Eretz Carmel, the villagers have begun separating their trash.
- FAIR plans to construct no-kill pet shelter Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 3:08AMAnimals that might otherwise be euthanized will soon have a new place to call home.
- Healing Iraq Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 3:25AMJim and Jessica Malone celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary separated by a 10-hour time difference and nearly 7,900 miles of ocean and sand. Jim sent flowers and a life-sized photo of himself to the San Luis Obispo office where his wife works as a cardiologist nurse practitioner. She mailed a collage of wedding pictures to her husband, stationed in Iraq. “Deployments are tough. They’re ...
- Iron Horse attracts developer interest Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 3:04AM The city’s plans to redevelop the Iron Horse Inn to modernize and potentially double the amount of work force housing it offers have drawn preliminary interest from a diverse group of potential developers.
- In a troubled neighborhood, a garden grows Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 11:00PMNeighbors in a troubled Central Area neighborhood have begun work on a community garden. Plots in the P-patch are available.
- Renovations to close nature center for one year Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 1:45AMMetro Parks, Serving Summit County will close its Seiberling Nature Realm this fall for 12 months of renovations.
- Six Mandeville Girl Scouts achieve highest honor Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 3:06AMMandeville Girl Scout Troop 1210 has achieved the impossible.
- Steve Cahalan: Theater may be built in Spring Grove Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 1:17AMSpring Grove Communications hopes to build a movie theater in downtown Spring Grove, Minn. But they won’t know for a few weeks whether it’s economically feasible, said Craig Otterness, the cooperative’s general manager and CEO. The theater would be built at the former Main Street site of Yesteryear Antiques store.
- The bonsai man of Sibu Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 10:09PMPETER Siong is a true bonsai man. He literally breathes and lives bonsai, spending countless hours everyday watching his bonsai “family” grow … bit by bit and inch by inch.
- Woolworths hits new low after profit warning Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 5:52AMTue 29 Jul, 2008 09:36
- Woolworths hits new low after profit warning Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 5:41AMLONDON (Reuters) - Sweets-to-DVDs retailer Woolworths issued a profit warning, blaming a marked downturn in trading conditions, and scrapped plans to sell out of DVD publisher 2 entertain, sending its shares to a new low.
- Foodies’ delight Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 7:48PMASIAN Food Channel (AFC), Asia’s first and only regional food television channel, is into its third year and has grown to be a much-talked about channel.
- A sense of Chinatown Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 8:21AMIt is midmorning on a rainy Wednesday, dank and clammy along Essex Street, and handwritten script on a sidewalk sign promises comfort from the concrete city: "Dim Sum."
- Tips on saving from the Greatest Generation Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 8:14AMNo one denies that the economy today is putting the squeeze on consumers who find themselves trapped by rising fuel prices and the ailing housing market. While many grapple with the reality of having to cut back and find ways to make their dollars stretch further, there are some out there who remember even worse times. Senior citizens who lived through the desperation of the Depression and the ...
- Old Colonial Gardens faces possible demolition Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 11:29AMFour South End businessmen have applied to demolish the old Colonial Gardens beer garden complex at 818 W. Kenwood Drive near Iroquois Park for a new commercial development.
- Building Committee Tries To Upgrade School’s Pared Down Design Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 9:34AMBOURNE - Making sure the scaled-down school is not missing any critical components.
- Other News Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 8:42AMRESIDENTS of West Wicklow this week breathed a huge sigh of relief and claimed a massive victory after South Dublin County Council reversed its decision to dispose of highly poisonous hydrogen cyanide at Kilbride Army camp in the Wicklow Mountains.
- Biz Buzz: Botanical Garden’s pavilion now open Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 3:04AMThe San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden off Highway 1 between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo has opened its new Oak Glen Pavilion to the public. Designed for events such as weddings and culinary classes, the 3,000-square-foot pavilion features floor-to-ceiling windows, tile floors and a well-equipped staging kitchen for catering, and can accommodate 90 to 150 people, depending on seating ...
- NY Rangers Team Report Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 1:41AMRangers
- Obama Brings In $30M From Small Donations Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 5:48AMThe campaign of Sen. Barack Obama is breaking records by amassing a huge amount of money from donations of $200 or less.
- 10 Questions with a mayor of a small town Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 5:16AMDebbie Washburn is the mayor of Virgil, a town of about 310 people as of 2006, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. She was previously the village clerk for 10 years. Washburn says not much has changed about Virgil in her 30 years of residence.
- Fragile dam to be reinforced Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 4:06AMA beaver dam on a stream that feeds Otsego Lake is slated to be replaced this summer before it breaks again.
- Trust bosses issue a rallying call for cash Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 3:53AMNATIONAL Trust bosses yesterday issued a fresh rallying call to the North East public after a slow start to a fundraising effort to save a Northumberland stately home.
- Crackerjack impresario gives free rein to whimsy Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 12:16PMDonna Celico is a wife, mother, grandmother, neighbor, friend, radio personality, and local impresario.
- Learn to raise poultry, eat for a lifetime Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 8:53AMEveryone should be allowed to own a hen to lay fresh eggs, said Joyce Banzhaf, a Grass Valley resident who raises heritage turkeys on a half-acre near downtown.
- Sears looking for dealer-store growth in small towns Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 7:48AM CHAMPAIGN – In an age when many retail chains are downsizing, Sears is looking to expand its network of dealer-owned stores in small towns – including several in East Central Illinois. Specifically, Sears is looking for people interested in opening Sears Dealer Stores in Clinton, Monticello, Paris, Rantoul and Watseka, said Jon Phillips, director of new store development for Sears Dealer ...
- Mandela Museum Plagued With Problems Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 3:30PMThe former prison on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years is an international tourist icon. But the site is plagued by a host of troubles that sometimes keeps ferries and thousands of would-be visitors away.
