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How is it possible?
July 12, 2013
How is it possible to accumulate over 400 days of unused sick leave when you've only been employed by the government entity for seven years? Apparently that's what Dr....
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If you are interested, Dr. Kelley's contract is posted on the internet by the Altoona Mirror. Just google her full name as it appears in the letter along with /Williamsport and you will see it. The contract is 16 pages long.
I had a supervisor who had accumulated 3 months worth of vacation time and sick leave. He just never took time off. The company never forced him to take it. It wasn't until the company was closing that they told him to use it or he would lose it.
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Administration is not unionized.
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Teachers are unionized, not Superintendents. What Dr. Kelley received was contractual, and had nothing to do with a union.
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>28 days a year? Seems something is in error - I hope.
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this needs a complete investigation and I'm glad it surfaced. 16 page contact for employment? Imagine making such a request of your employer?
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I've been active in the work force since I was 16 and I am now 35 and I've never had a sick day or a paid holiday or have I ever taken a day off for such so I think it's great she gets all this at least I know someone is using my unused days
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What a bunch of cry babies. These comments sound like a bunch of jealous, uneducated children. Don't like your situation compared to her's? Then become a doctor, negotiate with your employer, and reap the benefits. Also, instead being completely ignorant about the subject and yelling "UNION", as some commenters below feel is appropriate, do some research. This is what is part of what is wrong with this country - people see others are more successful or chose a different (read: better) career path and instead of fixing their own problems, try to bring others down.
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Where I work I have unlimited sick days. I have used maybe 5 days in the last 27 years. Good for you doctor, enjoy your retirement and pay no attention to those on here. (PS, I am not union and it is not a public institution, just a place that cares about their workers.)
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She was district supervisor for the district, not unusual for a high salary position to have a contract. Did you really think that all a person in a top position fills out an application form. It is negotiated followed by an agreed upon contract in writing.
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I've been active in the work force since I was 16 and I am now 35 and "I've never had a sick day or a paid holiday or have I ever taken a day off for such so I think it's great she gets all this at least I know someone is using my unused days"
Dr. Kelley is getting her unused days not yours. The ones negotiated in her contract and past contracts. They are her unused days. Most places I worked if you did not use vacation days before a a certain date in the new year you either lost them or was paid them. Not many employers let you accumulate days to take off. But then that is the low level employees that is if they even get vacation days.
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What you are reading is some people's frustration of the school district and the high cost of school taxes. Right or wrong some people are fed up.
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Reads to me like garder54 has a problem with others frustrations? (Reality: local school tax hikes are due to high wages in state ran public schools) I could be wrong, but isn't "cry babies" pushing a better description of concerned citizens? GysgtUSMC is right in his assessment, some people are fed up.
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School Taxes, that's why everyone's ticked off. Every year they shut a school down, every year our school taxes go up at least once, sometimes twice.
Our education budgets continue to get cut even though it's costing US more money. That's the only reason this is such an issue.
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Just so my last comment doesn't come off ringing of jealousy or that from an uneducated child, I collect from PSERS. The only difference is that my pension started years ago and it is not comparable to todays retirees. We need to live within our means and make adjustments to what everyone can afford locally. If the tax base is declining and the enrollment numbers are declining, then consolidate. Why doesn't this help? State mandates required by locally funded tax dollars to see carried through. Rely on local funding and you will see more taxpayers paying close attention to salaries of all public school employees.
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School taxes go up, education doesn't. The NEA is the steward with your annual property tax raise. How is it doing?
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Administrators are not unionized, correct, but high union salaries drive higher administration salaries. After all, nearly all administrators were once teachers. That leads us to another problem which is the conflict of interest in having a union teacher who becomes an administrator because of union recommendations, negotiating the union contracts. It should be illegal and probably is on some level. That said, it is stupid to pay someone for sick time they didn't use.
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When I was going to school people were complaining about schools and taxes they had to pay for a public education. I started back in the mid 50s. They complained about it before that, it has not changed, the complaining that is.
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radioactive, I'd gladly give the classroom back to the teachers. I didn't take it away. It was legislation backed by the teachers' union. That's right, the teachers tied their own hands and then complain about it. You would think that people who consider themselves to be education professionals would be smarter than that.
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More blame the teachers,
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Radioactive, if you do your research accurately, you will find that both are the problem currently. Tug of war, power struggle, the state wants rid of controlling unions due to pension issues, some teachers want NO PART of the union, etc. Yes, what a fine mess education has become in my last 70+ years. Get back to the basics and move on.
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Taxpayers cannot support the expectations set by PUBLI SECTOR unions. That failure is now completely obvious and must be reversed before it bankrupts our entire government. Government unions did not always exist. It was FDR that warned us about them in 1937.
"Meticulous attention," Roosevelt insisted, "should be paid to the special relations and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the Government….The process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service."
So, how did we get government unions?
At the federal level, government unions came to being as a result of President Kennedy's 1962 Executive Order 10988. Unions in the federal government were created not by law but by Executive Order.
We have arrived at a place where the cost of those unions followed by a recession where funds are short in the private sector, have finally come to a point nobody can afford!
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You mean conservatives can not support it.
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" Give me back my classroom, time to teach, students that are held accountable, parents that support me, and I'll send you scholars. "
Fair enough, give us back your union dues supplemented by higher taxes), get rid of your back (union) and strike it out on your own merits, (you know..something called job performance) and give back your paid federal holidays, compensation for sick days, all federal holidays, summers off and sabbaticals. If we can recoup what our losses are, and hold you accountable for "scholars produced due to your job done the right way).....we'll talk.
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We can engage in a civil conversation, or you can espouse your "intellectual" discourse in attempts to impress the "uneducated" section of the population.
190 days? Ask the Wal-Mart, factory line, every day schmoe who works the remainder of the year if they empathize with you.
Public education has deteriorated since govt. intervention, period. Oh... that you could have "your classroom back."
My son? Since you brought him into the picture, please submit the factual events about why he was TAKEN OUT OF SCHOOL, and not "couldn't make it." Clearly, you know the truth, so why present a false premise?
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Skip to comments.Pakistan: More Rumors of Al-Zawahiri's Death [Zawahiri Killed in US airstrike?]
Posted on 08/01/2008 11:23:17 AM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri is rumored to have been killed in a July 28 U.S. airstrike in Pakistan
(Excerpt) Read more at stratfor.com ...
I'd love for this to be true.
That fat idiot Adam Gadahn is in hell, and I'm pretty sure bin Laden is, too. Here's hoping Zawahiri is having anal sex with them right now.
Now let's get #1
We've heard this before. Fingers-crossed, but the 24 hour rule is in effect.
And Obama, the democrats, and the MSM mourn.
So - No more videos from that fool. Good stuff.
or with any of the 78 virgins that weigh 400 lbs. and use aftershave every day for razorburn
I think Obama wil mourn Americas treatment of world citizens like Zawahiri.
The bad news for him is the Judge.
This would be the best possible news in the war on Islamic radicalism. He is the philosophical guiding force behind AQ.
Yup. This would be a big catch, if true. More important to take this guy out than even OBL, perhaps. It's his poisonous mind.
I'm calling for reparations. Did anyone even read him his rights?
Great,the confirmed death of him and bin laden will have
the greatest worldwide impact. HOPING!
Agree completely. OBL is the big name and provides the cash but Ayman al-Zawahiri is more important IMHO.
Please allow me.
You have the right to splatter into numerous, unidentifiable globby parts.
If you give up this right, you have the right to have a grinning US Marine standing over you, saying "hey, he's over here" as you breathe your last breath.
You have the right to have your DNA tested to determine that we got your sorry a$$.
You have the right to have to your picture taken and be on TV one more time, provided there's enough left of you to display.
Smackdown for a pig!....
Meant to ping you, too.
You betcha.
You have the right to be targeted with a laser-guided bomb. Should you give up this right you will be targeted with a GPS-guided bomb.
You have the right to have your attorney die with you.
You have the right to a funeral.
You have the right to be exploded. If you cannot afford your own explosives the U.S. Military will provide the explosives for you.
Do you understand these rights as I've explained them to you? Speak loundly, the whistle of the incoming ordnance is making it hard to understand you.
Bush's fault.
The Paki secret police are greatly saddened at the lose of their future protection money.
Thanks, RR.
Gee, Justice Kennedy: should his wife get to cash in a lawsuit for violation of his civil rights???
I'll do it!
Mr. al-Zawahiri,
You have the right to remain silent. Forever.
Anything you say...ain't gonna be much.
Thanks to five idiots on the SCOTUS, you would've had the right to have an attorney present. If you couldn't have afforded an attorney...never mind, you're dead.
Just out of curiosity, who are you referring to as a "blind pig" ?
And please pass along my thanks to your son for serving!
Loved it. Especially "You have the right to be exploded. If you cannot afford your own explosives the U.S. Military will provide the explosives for you." Good job!
So, whats next, an October suprise, Osama joins him? Now that would be very welcome if it occurs before W leaves office.
Hasn't he been dead before? I'll believe it when the dead body is objectively identified.
Victory is ours a job well done.
As far as the son goes, we're going to North Carolina to see him next week. We try and see him prior to overseas trips. He likes what he's doing.
Interesting. Was this the same day as Bush's meeting with Gilani?
The rumor is *not* on Stratfor's webpage at this time.
Just a thought: Dubya will be in Fairbanks tomorrow addressing the US Army and the US Air Force. Perhaps he will have some special news for them.
Re your criteria for death is "when the dead body is objectively identified" has several caveats.
1. There is enough of the body left to identify. JDAMs are notorious for atomizing the bastards.
2.Our stealth predators are getting better at observing the enemy and then blowing them to hell. Films at 11:00PM
3. We haven't heard from Adnan the traitor for a long time. Seems a missile got him and a bunch of other Al Qaeda leaders early this year. There must have been some of that fat bastard that could be identified by DNA.
[the other DNA for terrorists is - Duck Now Asshole]
4. Trust but verify the reports, and then bomb the site again just to make sure that nobody survives. Then bomb the funeral. Might as well make this an affair for all - one grave at discount prices. Everyone pitch in, or pitch everyone in!
5. Thank our military for dealing death from above to our enemies. So forever may they rain!
Re CBS and Lara Logan.
Watch for Obamanation to claim credit for this!
NO joke?
"More rubble, less trouble" - Sir Winston Churchill
Here's hoping...
Mr. Zawahiri - You have the right to a lingering, horribly agonizing death. You have the right to burn in hell. Anything you say should be limited to screams of brutally searing spasms of long, drawn out misery.
Instead of Mirandizing Zawahiri (and I don't mean Carmen Miranda), we should do a "Pulp Fiction" on him, as in "going medieval on his ass" all the while yelling "yehaw, yehaw", our answer to "jihad, jihad".
CBS is reporting that reports about Al-Zawahiri being hit are likely correct from their contacts. We could use some good news.
Exclusive: Al Qaeda No. 2 Injured?
Unverified Letter Obtained By CBS News Urgently Requests Doctor To Treat Ayman al-Zawahiri
It is. Look at the left hand column, click terrorism, it is there, just not easy to find.
Watchin' Close...;0)
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North Idaho College posted a 3.2 percent drop in enrollment for the fall of 2005, despite areas of major growth, such as in new students and in dual enrollment.
Fall enrollment of 4,373 students, a decrease of 146 students, can largely be attributed to a strong economy and flourishing job market, according to NIC President Michael Burke.
"The labor market in North Idaho is strong right now, which usually means more people have jobs and fewer people are seeking degrees and certificates," Burke said. "However, the flexibility of being a community college allows us to continue to adapt to the needs of the community, which we've done by changing the way we deliver our courses and programs."
NIC's high school dual credit program is an example of that, according to Burke. Dual credit, which allows eligible high school juniors and seniors to enroll in NIC courses for both high school and college credit, has expanded in the last year to include more courses than ever before. Dual credit experienced a 17.98 percent increase over last fall, growing from 228 to 269 students.
Despite an overall decrease in enrollment, NIC experienced a 12.6 percent increase in new students, from 1,449 in 2004 to 1,631 this fall.
"We know we're attracting more students each year, so this year's decrease really just shows a decrease in retention," NIC Vice President of Student Services Bruce Gifford said. "This is also a reflection of the market because students are getting jobs before they finish programs and graduate. Still, we're working with a private recruitment and retention firm to take a look at what we could be doing better."
The number of students enrolled in NIC's academic transfer programs is down 2.98 percent, from 3,652 to 3,534 and the college's professional-technical programs saw a 10.8 percent drop from 639 to 570 students.
"More people are opting to take short-term, noncredit courses through the NIC Workforce Training Center rather than enroll in technical or academic programs," Gifford said. "When the job market is hot, it's people choose to get the training quickly through NIC's noncredit side and then go to work. The fact remains, one way or another, NIC is helping more students than ever before."
North Idaho College's Workforce Training Center posted a 37 percent increase in noncredit duplicated enrollments for fiscal year 2005, up from 9,305 in 2004 to a record 12,795 in 2005.
NIC's for-credit enrollment has grown 5.8 percent over the past five years and this year's enrollment of 4,373 is still the third largest in NIC's history.
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Roustabout Oil Employment On The Oil Rigs
Oil employment is big these days due to the increasing demand for oil worldwide. Many people get oil jobs with little or no experience and still make a good salary. Most of these entry level oil jobs start at $50K/year. That's why lots of unemployed people eagerly apply for roustabout work on the oil rigs.
How To Be Chosen for One of these Roustabout Oil and Gas Jobs
When it comes to getting chosen to fill oil and gas job vacancies, it's not that different from other types of jobs. Despite this, you can't just walk in and demand a job or expect to get hired if you don't go about it in the right way. The one of the first things you have to do is get to know about the oil and gas industry.
While you may think those who get hired are just lucky, that's not necessarily so. Some roustabout jobs are filled from within, as current workers move up the ladder, but there are usually some entry level onshore jobs as well as some where you work offshore.
While the roustabout competition may be pretty stiff, if you are serious about getting one of these jobs, you will find out what the oil companies are looking for and make your resume so good that it stands out from all the rest.
Don't get discouraged about the challenges, instead make it your 'job' to find out what they need, get the training and provide the potential employer with the solution for their problems.
How to Apply for An Offshore Roustabout Job
When it comes to applying for roustabout employment offshore be careful about potentially wasting time and/or cash on fancy resume writing services. Unless the resume writing service is geared to the information the oil and gas industry requires, you may just waste your money. Many of the oil companies require applicants to complete an online application and you can also send a hard copy of your resume with copies of certificates, etc. Whatever you do, make sure you get someone you trust to proofread your resume – it will go in the rubbish bin if the reader finds misspelled words.
You could, of course, create a website for yourself that presents your skills, abilities and your reasons for wanting offshore or onshore oil rig work. Some of the recruitment sites will help you i this regard by providing a page on their site that presents your resume and other information.
There are also resume distribution services that specialize in helping people get oil jobs, with or without experience. For a fee, these companies send your resume to hundreds of potential employers.
This service saves you lots of time since you don't have to track down contact details or mail off hundreds of envelopes, keep track of what you sent where and then follow them up.
Follow-up is hugely important and is often used by oil companies to weed out people who aren't very serious about getting or doing the job.
Receiving The Job Offer
Once you are chosen for one of the oil jobs with little experience, you will be entering into a very different world from what you are used to. The shifts are 12 hours long, seven days a week, often for three weeks straight, then you get three weeks off. However, in exchange, you get a good salary, all your work clothes paid for, four square meals a day, a place to live and sleep, medical care, recreational facilities and more.
What Are the Oil Jobs With Little Experience?
The following is a list of some of the jobs you can get in the oil industry with little or no experience:
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|Entry level – deals with the movements and work of the cranes, general maintenance and cleaning, and similar tasks.
|Roustabout Maintenance Man
|This job handles maintenance, as well as cleaning and painting the exterior areas and decks.
|This person works with a computer, ordering and receiving all the supplies for the rig.
|They often travel from rig to rig, doing scaffolding work as and where required.
|Painters on oil rigs are always busy since an oil rig is exposed to lots of salt water and wind, both of which severely impact the paint.
|Welders repair and deal with whatever is required for the metalwork on the rig. Some welders work on just one rig while others travel from rig to rig, wherever the work is.
|Radio operator
|This is an IT job and one of the few on the rig that doesn't involve physical labor and working outdoors.
|Even without experience in the oil industry, you will need some training in the electrical trade.
|Rig Safety &Training Coordinator
|Leadership or communication skills as well as having computer knowledge are really helpful for this job.
Compared with similar positions outside the oil or gas industry, these oil jobs with little experience pay much more. The conditions this positions work in can be very challenging and are different from other industries but I'm sure you'll agree that it's worth it for the money you could be earning.
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Each month's Tekiah (below) contains verses of Torah. These verses are your first opportunity to participate in the Torah writing project. The plan is for each of us to read, learn and write these verses. Just like showing up for 15 minutes on Shabbat, we believe this practice of five minutes a day will be an easy way to bring Torah to your center, to your home, to read, learn and write. If you find the full verse too intimidating to start, there is another track. We want you to tackle what you can handle and what you can actually learn. So, there are a few words in each verse that are bolded. These bold words are the ikar of the verse, the most essential part. If the full verse is too much, devote your five minutes to the ikar in bold letters.
Each verse is broken up into three sections titled, "Read." "Learn." and "Write." Spend five minutes a day working on reading, learning, or writing the verse. Consider these your Torah minutes each day.
In the "Read" section, the verse is presented in Hebrew and transliteration. In this section, you can spend your initial five minutes just reading the verse. At the beginning of the week, devote your five minutes to reading the verse out loud. Read it slowly. Read it with your children. Read it with your parents. Read it with a friend or read it to a friend. Call me at the Beth Torah office and read it to me. If I can't answer, leave it on my voice mail. Just five minutes: Read the verse.
When five minutes of reading the verse starts to feel silly, because you know it so well, turn your attention to "Learn." You are learning the verse already as you read. But what does this verse mean? This section includes the meaning of your verse. There, you will find a translation of the whole verse and the meaning of individual words. Start to divide your five minutes of reading the verse aloud in Hebrew with looking at the meaning of words and the meaning of the total verse.
When you feel comfortable stating the meaning of the verse in your own words, devote the majority of your five minutes a day to the "Write" section. You can trace the letters from the Tekiah page or you can try writing them free hand. To help you, if you have not written Hebrew letters in a long time (or ever), you can go to the Akhlah Jewish education website and print out the following PDF: http://www.akhlah.com/aleph_bet/block_letters.pdf. This PDF is a chart of how to write each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet (alef-bet in Hebrew). You can keep the chart with your Tekiah and use it to help you practice forming the letters of the verse or the ikar.
Give each verse a week of five minutes a day, or more if you like. Use this month to become really comfortable with these first three verses or the ikar of the first three verses. Own these verses. Read them. Learn them. Write them. Talk about them to the people in your life. What do they mean? What does learning them mean to you? Send me an email and let me know about your experiences or post on our Beth Torah facebook page.
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Admission is free. The festival will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (except on July 4 when the fireworks display will extend the hours). Onsite parking is $5 per vehicle. Marymoor Park is located at 6046 West Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast.
The Precise Pet Products International Dog Parade will open the festival on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and features a variety of dog breeds competing for prizes: Prettiest Dog, Biggest Dog, Littlest Dog, Dog and Owner Look-a-Like, and Most Unique Ethnic Heritage. Dogs on leash are welcome at festival, and dogs can also run free in the 40-acre Marymoor off-leash area. All participants are asked to bring a non-perishable pet food donation or clumping cat litter to benefit a local pet food bank.
Sunday's festival activities will begin at 11:00 a.m. with the Eagle Hardware and Garden Livestock Parade with cows, pigs, horses, ponies, work mules, and horsedrawn wagons.
Top musical acts include: Mark Erelli (July 4, 8:30-10:00 p.m.); Pete Krebs and Gossamer Wings (July 4, 7:00-7:50 p.m.); Sonando (July 4, 5:00-5:45 p.m.); Carrie Akre and Garth Reeves (July 3, 7:00-7:50 p.m.); Lydia McCauley (July 3, 2:30-3:15 p.m.); Guarneri Underground (July 4, 6:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m.); Edmonia Jarrett with Floyd Standifer (July 4, 3:45-4:30 p.m.); Napiers Bones (July 3, 5:00-5:50 p.m.); and American Roots Fusion with members of the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (July 4, 5:00-5:50 p.m.).
Other Heritage Festival performances include: Justin Curtis and His Rockabilly Co-op, Wicked Celts, Nueva Era, The Groove, Brian Butler, Adefua, Kosher Red Hots, Relish, The Casey Neill Trio, Katya Chorover, and Del Ray.
The Interlake Mountain Men will erect an authentic teepee encampment with ongoing demonstrations of daily living skills, incorporating artifacts such as muzzle-loading firearms into the show. The Oregon Trail Travelers encampment will feature demonstrations of essential trail skills, including woodworking, gunsmithing, and Dutch oven cooking.
The Washington Overseas Chinese Artist's Association (WOCAA) will present authentic displays of Chinese gardening, calligraphy, painting, seal engraving, knotting, and portraiture, and will include demonstrations of Chinese martial arts, sword and fan dances, and a tea ceremony.
The Mervyn's California Family Stage will present Native American legends, nature tales and family stories enhanced with special effects, life-sized puppetry, and audience participation. The GTE Directories Children's Area will feature arts and crafts, pony and horsedrawn wagon rides, and swimming. The VoiceStream Wireless Dance Stage includes belly dancers, ballroom dancers, Italian dancers, Egyptian cabaret dancers, Mexican folk dancers, Hawaiian dancers, tap dancers, square dancers, and hip-hop dancers.
Renowned wood carver Ralph Bennett will carve totem poles, with other arts and crafts demonstrations on needle work, weaving, and matmaking. There will be a variety of hand-crafted wares, from wood toys to pottery.
Food will include Mexican, Greek, Russian, Vietnamese, Cajun, salmon, pizza, turkey legs, hamburgers, and ice cream. Hale's Ales and food by the Claim Jumper restaurant will be served in the Clise Mansion.
Volunteers are needed to help for at least one four-hour shift. Youths under 18 must have the permission of a parent or guardian. Call Tor Bell at 206-296-2990.
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Bestgore, a website that posts rape, murder, abuse, ect. A website that should be stopped and shut down for good. I know I am not the only one when I say that this website should not be legal. I am starting an online petition to try to stop the website because,
1. If murder, rape, abuse, sexual assult and torture are illegal than why isn't it illegal to post it.
2. Even though it has a warning that the videos shouldn't be veiwed by people who are under 18 it doesn't stop a child or a teenager from accessing them.
3. Even though it is not illegal to be a bystander in some places you can get in trouble for not helping someone when they need help (like filming a rape, murder or sexual abuse) here are a few examples:
- Quebec operates a civil law system, based in part on the Napoleonic Code, and the principle of duty to rescue does apply.[34] Similarly, in France anyone who fails to render assistance to a person in danger will be found liable before French Courts (civil and criminal liability). The penalty for this offence in criminal courts is imprisonment and a fine (under article 223–6 of the Criminal Code)
- California has a law that makes it a misdemeanor for anyone not to report a witnessed crime against a child under 14
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eg: a lot of the most famous murders or criminals become violent because of their childhood or past that is a fact. They have either been the victim of physical, emotional abuse or have witnessed it. 15 million people view this website, i'm not saying that 15 million people are going to become murders or criminals but they do have a much higher chance of becoming violent if they watch this and if they do enjoy watching this they proably already are violent.
5. Last but not least, people who watch the videos on this site are doing it for entertainment, we are teaching our new society that rape, murder and abuse are a joking matter and that it's okay for it to happen and be filmed like it is.
Do we really want our children growing up in a world thinking it's okay to to watch and commit violent crimes like these?
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Lib Dem campaigner Julie Pörksen's effort to change the Government's policy on the bedroom tax is getting results.
Following a recent review of the Bedroom Tax, Danny Alexander has announced he is to try and convince the Conservatives to implement Liberal Democrat housing benefit policy in Government.
Julie Pörksen's new policy, which responds to the needs of people and the local affordable housing market, gained a landslide vote amongst Lib Dem members at their Federal Conference in Glasgow last year.
Julie said: "This change in view on the bedroom tax by our Ministers in Government has been a long time coming - it is really important that they work hard to convince the Conservatives to adopt our much more human approach to housing benefit.
"I listened to so many Northumbrians unfairly treated by the bedroom tax, so I decided to take action to develop a new policy and try to change the law.
"My policy puts people at the very heart of the housing benefit system and makes sure we in Northumberland are not being penalised for rules developed to fix London's social housing crisis."
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron, president of the Liberal Democrats, said: "Julie led the way in the Liberal Democrats with objecting to the unfairness of the Bedroom Tax, her motion to conference showed she really listened to people and is on their side in developing a fair and sensible policy.
"I agree with Julie, here in Cumbria, it's like Northumberland, there's very limited availability of social housing and trying to make people move across the county disrupts our communities and many care and childcare arrangements.
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Mint Records is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based independent record label founded in January 1991, by friends and campus radio enthusiasts Randy Iwata and Bill Baker.
Randy Iwata and Bill Baker started working together at CITR-FM, the University of British Columbia radio station. Three years after graduation, they decided it was time to move on from the station.[1] However, they wanted to stay connected to new music, so they founded a record label to release the best up-and-coming music of the city.[2]
Since its conception in 1991, Mint has put out over 150 releases. Most of their catalogue is available for sale through their website as well as MapleMusic Recordings' e-commerce site.[3][4] One of their earliest successes was a band called cub who, alongside Bunnygrunt and labelmates Maow, helped pioneer the vein of indie pop known as cuddlecore.[5][6]
In the late 1990s, the label was heavily affected by the financial crisis at and eventual bankruptcy of distribution company Cargo Records,[7] when Cargo's failure to pay the label for Gob's album Too Late... No Friends led to the band, then Mint's most lucrative act, defecting to rival label Nettwerk.[8]
Mint achieved Billboard chart success in the early 2000s with Neko Case[9] and The New Pornographers.[10][11]
In the year 1998, Mint Records album Get Outta Dodge by Huevos Rancheros was nominated for a Juno Award in the Best Alternative Album category,[12] and in 2001, Mint album Mass Romantic by The New Pornographers won the Juno Award for Best Alternative Album.[13] Mass Romantic was listed at #17 in the 2001 Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll,[14] and later ranked at #24 in Blender's 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums Ever list.[15]
Electric Version by The New Pornographers was listed at #7 in the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll of 2003.[16] In 2009, the album was ranked at #79 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the Decade list.[17] New Pornographers album Twin Cinema was voted the #9 album of 2005 in the Pazz & Jop poll of 2005,[18] and PopMatters ranked the album at #1 on their Best Music of 2005 list.[19] It was later shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize in 2006,[20] while Pitchfork Media placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.[21]
In October 2006, in conjunction with Exclaim! magazine and CBC Radio 3, Mint Records mounted a cross-Canada tour called the "Exclaim! Mint Road Show!" with headliners The New Pornographers along with Immaculate Machine and Novillero (except the final show in Vancouver, which featured Young and Sexy and Bella).[22]
In 2010, Mint Records album Let's Just Stay Here by Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle was nominated for a Juno Award in the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year category.[23]
In 2011, a book about Mint Records by Kaitlin Fontana was published by ECW Press. It is titled Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records.[24]
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- ^ http://www.exclaim.ca/musicschool/labellife.aspx?csid1=86
- ^ http://www.spin.com/articles/greetings-vancouver
- ^ http://mintrecords.com/store
- ^ http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/mnt/default.asp
- ^ Hogan, Marc (2007-05-10), Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Cub: Betti-Cola / Come Out Come Out, Pitchfork Media, retrieved 2010-05-17
- ^ http://music.lovetoknow.com/Cub
- ^ "Still in Mint condition: A small Vancouver record label has quietly carved out an enviable 'killer brand' reputation in the indie market". The Globe and Mail, August 30, 2001.
- ^ Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/312105/neko+case/chart
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/418708/new-pornographers/chart
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/418708/new-pornographers/chart
- ^ http://junoawards.ca/database/yearly-summary/?group_id=1420&category_id=0&from_year=&to_year=
- ^ http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=new+pornographers
- ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres01.php
- ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/68967/100-greatest-indie-rock-albums-ever-151-30-to-21.html
- ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres03.php
- ^ http://stereogum.com/105081/rolling_stones_100_best_albums_songs_of_the_00s/list/
- ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres05.php
- ^ http://www.popmatters.com/music/best2005/cds5.shtml
- ^ 2006 Polaris Music Prize
- ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ http://www.punknews.org/article/19923
- ^ http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=carolyn+mark
- ^ http://www.kaitlinfontana.com/projects/project-MINT/
- ^ http://www.straight.com/article-73007/get-the-lowdown-on-vancouvers-music-scene
- ^ CBC News http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/01/The-Buttless-Chaps-Calling-it-Quits. Missing or empty
- ^ http://www.straight.com/article-151177/neko-case-leaves-mint
- ^ http://www.straight.com/article/the-organ-calls-it-quits


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As the parent of a teen with learning or attention issues, you may wonder what options your child will have after high school. School may have been a challenge. But there are many paths that can lead to a happy and independent life. Here are the most common options for life after high school.
A traditional four-year college or university prepares your child for a wide range of professional careers. College can be a challenge for any student. It requires hard work without much supervision. Your child won't have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) to help her stay on track in college, either.
Talk with your child's IEP team about what type of college is the right choice. Smaller schools may offer more attention. Larger ones may have more resources. When looking at colleges, meet with each school's disability services office to make sure their team can support your child. Some colleges have LD programs that offer additional services and supports.
A two-year college may be a great option for your child if she's unsure about her career path or isn't ready for a four-year college. These programs give her the option to move on to a four-year school. Or they can strengthen her skills and prepare her for a career with a two-year degree.
Two-year colleges may offer tutoring and training to help students move into adult life. They can help your child build her time management and study skills and get used to college life while still living at home.
Trade or vocational programs offer a direct path toward specific jobs. Students who struggle in school may prefer this type of hands-on learning. There are programs in a wide range of areas, including things like web design, electronics and medical assistance. Many colleges also offer certificate programs.
Programs tend to provide more supervision, to help students keep up with their work. Many also offer internships or apprenticeships that help students move into the work force.
This can be a good option for students who thrive on structure and physical activity. The training involves a lot of practice and repetition. Service in the armed forces can lead to a job or college-level education.
It's important to consider how your child's learning and attention issues could impact her training. Can she work without accommodations? Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act guarantees access for people with disabilities. But it doesn't cover all parts of the military.
Some teens don't feel ready for college directly after high school. One option for them is a "gap year." A gap year is becoming more common among American students. And many colleges will now allow students to defer enrollment for a year. Many students spend their gap year exploring interests through internships, volunteer experiences, a job or travel.
If more schooling isn't right for your teen, going straight to work can be a rewarding path. But in a tough job market she may have trouble getting a job, especially if she has no experience. If that's the case, she might consider volunteering for a while to build skills. School guidance counselors and community centers can help find internships and volunteer work that interest her.
Family members and friends may know of jobs that would suit your child, too. As your child learns solid work skills, she'll become more independent. And she may discover a career path that leads her to further training.
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If you're looking to start a company in Michigan, now is a good time. Business taxes have been eliminated for new companies. Huntington Bank just announced that it would offer as much as $2 billion in loans to qualifying new businesses.
Last week, Grand Rapids-based law firm Varnum LLP revealed it will provide $1 million in free legal services over five years to early-stage companies. The Varnum announcement, the most recent in a string of public-private partnerships to help entrepreneurs, will remove one more barrier to starting a business — navigating the government rules and regulations that must be followed.
The Varnum program, called MiSpringboard, provides a minimum $2,500 in legal service to new businesses that have been screened by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and other organizations. The law firm is offering help with business formation, contracts, financing agreements, tax questions and other issues that confront new companies.
As with the effort from Huntington Bank — which has a growing presence in Grand Rapids — this latest news comes with a distinctly West Michigan flavor. No wonder. The Grand Rapids area is famous for the kind of public-private efforts championed and promoted by Gov. Rick Snyder as part of his "economic gardening" strategy. The Varnum pledge is similar, and another positive step toward a revived Michigan.
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The world holds its breath as the Tribulation Force ventures to Jerusalem for the great Meeting of the Witnesses, where tens of thousands defy the Antichrist to sit under the ministry of their pastor-teacher, Tsion Ben-Judah. Meanwhile, Rayford Steele finally discovers the shocking truth about his wife, Amanda, but becomes an international fugitive. The fifth Trumpet Judgment-a plague of scorpion-like locusts led by Apollyon, chief demon of the abyss -is so horrifying that men try to kill themselves but are not allowed to die. This book has reached the New York Times best-seller list and is the most shocking and explicit portrayal yet in the continuing drama of those left behind.
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Many new surprises in this, the eleventh installment in the Left Behind series. Everyone, Buck, Cloe, Rayford and the rest of the cast, will be effected in profound ways. And the Tribulation force, will have to handle a double funeral. On the beginning of Armageddon or Battle of the Ages.
As Good as She Imagined: The Redeeming Story of the Angel of Tucson, Christina-Taylor Greenby Jerry B. Jenkins Roxanna Green
By the time the shooting ended on that cloudless January day in front of a Tucson grocery store, 19 innocent people lay wounded, dead, or dying. Among the gravely wounded was U. S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
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In the most explosive episode yet in the continuing drama of those left behind, the Tribulation Force hurtles toward the four murders foretold in prophecy. Antichrist himself is prophesied to suffer a lethal head wound. As a supernatural horde of 200 million demonic horsemen slays a third of the remaining population, the Tribulation Force prepares for a future as fugitives. Yet another Force member dies, and others join as crises draw them around the globe.
Attack of Apollyon (Left Behind: The Kids #19)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
As freezing temperatures envelop the earth, Judd tries to figure out his next move. Lionel struggles to help a friend. Back at the schoolhouse. Vicki pulls the kids together in the midst of the worst judgment yet. Mark prepares to meet a mysterious friend of his late cousin but can he be trusted? As a strange star falls to earth, the Young Trib Force knows the next judgment is near one so terrible it will be announced from heaven first. Will the kids make it through? Follow Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and the rest of the growing Young Trib Force as they face the most horrifying judgment yet.
Attack on Petra (Left Behind: The Kids #33)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Judd and Lionel must find a way to help their friend Westin Jakes before its too late. Will they escape in time? In Wisconsin, Vicki reaches out to a new friend and endangers herself and the rest of the Young Tribulation Force. Sam Goldberg, living in Petra, watches deadly bombs hurtle toward a million people. Will the work in Petra come to an end? Follow the kids as they make life threatening decisions in a world filled with Nicolae Carpathia's evil.
Battling the Commander (Left Behind: The Kids #15)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Book 15. the kids pray for their friends who remain in the clutches of the Global Community.
The Beast Arises (Left Behind: The Kids #26)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
A Deadly earthquake fulfills yet another prophecy in Jerusalem, and Judd and Lionel make a startling discovery. From a new hiding place, Vicki and the others watch the frightening events unfold in Israel and try to warn kids around the world about what's ahead. Judd and Lionel finally set out for home, but a detour will take them into a horrifying world of evil. Join the kids as they experience one of the most dangerous weekends in history.
Bounty Hunters (Left Behind: The Kids #34)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
As the world spins out of control, the Global Community goes on the attack. Bounty hunters looking for easy money capture Judd and Lionel in South Carolina. Will they escape or face the blade? In Petra, Sam Goldberg and Mr. Stein come up with a daring rescue plan. Their travels will allow them to witness a gruesome display of evil and a miracle of God. Vicki Byrne prays for Judd and Lionel and tries to help her pregnant friend Cheryl Tifanne. When the girl becomes ill, Vicki wonders if her baby will survive. Join the Young Tribulation Force as they battle the most evil forces the planet has ever seen.
Breakout! (Left Behind: The Kids #29)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Book 29. Follow the kids as they try to help others see the truth and struggle to survive the deadly consequences of refusing to obey the world's most evil ruler.
Busted! (Left Behind. The Kids, 7)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins
from Nicolae High, Vicki and Judd attempt escape. A friend's betrayal puts Vicki on trial. With Old Testament prophecies coming true before their eyes, the Young Trib Force struggles to spread the truth no matter what the cost. But the noose is tightening. Will the group stick together? Who is the insider at the school helping them? Follow Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan and the growing Young Trib Force as they continue their perilous journey through the earth's last days.
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For more than 25 years, The Christian Writer's Market Guide has been the most comprehensive and highly recommended resource available for Christian writers, agents, editors, publishers, publicists, and writing teachers. Wherever an author is at on the spectrum of writing--from beginner to seasoned professional--this book will help them find what they are looking for. This is the must-have tool for getting noticed and published and the ultimate reference tool for the aspiring Christian writer. Detailed listings for more than 180 book publishers, subsidy publishers, and self-publishers Detailed listings for more than 170 periodicals by category with rates of pay Detailed listings for literary agencies, writing contests, conferences, workshops, editorial services, and writers' groups Extensive information on electronic and print-on-demand publishing 100 bonus pages filled with a wealth of how-to information, ideas, and tips
A Dangerous Plan (Left Behind: The Kids #20)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Vicki and the stateside Young Tribulation Force must decide if they will risk their lives to help believers held by the Global Community. Vicki is thrilled at the return of an old friend. In New Babylon, Lionel watches a celebrity receive Nicolae Carpathia's mark, while Judd discovers some startling information from a new friend. Follow the kids as they try to help others see the truth and struggle to survive the deadly consequences of refusing to obey the world's most evil ruler.
Darkening Skies (Left Behind: The Kids #18)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Judd and Lionel must trust the son of a Global Community officer to lead them to safety. Fearful that Melinda will turn them in, Vicki and the rest of the Young Trib Force begin a frantic search for her. As another judgment rocks the planet, the kids wonder whether Judd and Lionel will ever make it home. Follow the kids as they struggle to survive the next judgment.
Death at the Gala (Left Behind: The Kids #25)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
A Global Community raid forces the kids in Illinois to abandon the schoolhouse, but not before Vicki has a final word for her satellite audience. In Israel, Judd and Lionel attempt to stop an assassination plot and prepare for a deadly prophecy. Will this be the end of two of their beloved friends? Join the Young Tribulation Force as they search for safety and witness good triumph over evil.
Death Strike (Left Behind. The Kids, 8)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins
A horrifying future awaits the Young Trib Force. As Vicki fights for her life in a detention center, Judd sets a new goal that could put the group in the greatest danger yet. With conflict arising, Judd faces a decision that will affect the rest of his life. The rise of a rebel group, a global catastrophe, a disappearance, and the death of a friend give the kids a heartbreaking challenge.
Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne (Left Behind, No. 9)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins
Nicolae Carpathia has been bold in asserting his authority, but now he declares himself God. At the same time, a new series of judgments is unleashed upon the earth, with a fury never before known. Will the Tribulation Force be able to awaken people to the identity of the one true God? I Painful sores on worshipers of the Beast (Rev. 16:2) II Sea turns to blood (Rev. 16:3)
Earthquake! (Left Behind: The Kids #12)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
The worst disaster the world has ever seen scatters the Young Trib Force. When the great wrath of the Lamb earthquake strikes the globe, Judd has been captured by the Global Community. Vicki is planning to distribute the UNDERGROUND newspaper. Lionel tries to make it back to his friends while Ryan stays in hiding. The events foretold in the book of Revelation come to life as the kids struggle to survive. Will the earthquake claim their lives? Will they be able to find each other again? Follow Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan and the growing Young Trib Force as they face the deadly earthquake.
Escape from New Babylon (Left Behind: The Kids #22)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Suspicion mounts as Vicki and the others head for the schoolhouse with newcomer Chris Traickin. Though he says he is one of them, the kids wonder if they can trust him. In New Babylon, Judd and Nada must help a stranger leave the city undetected. Back at the schoolhouse, Mark and the others make a decision that could help many hurting people but could also endanger the Young Trib Force. Follow the kids as they search for new ways to help others know the truth.
Escape to Masada (Left Behind: The Kids #31)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Israelis and Christ followers rush from Jerusalem. Will Global Community troops attack? Judd and Lionel scamper for safety with the hopes of heading home soon. Vicki and her friends try to rescue a Morale Monitor from the GC. A harrowing chase leads them into dangerous territory. In Wisconsin, the kids monitor changing world events and notice an outbreak of a strange sickness among those who have taken Nicolae Carpathia's mark. Join the Young Tribulation Force as they continue their search for more people who need to hear the truth.
Facing The Future (Left Behind: The Kids #4)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins
Since the Rapture.Book 4 in the Left Behind The Kids Series. The four kids left behind after the rapture of the church begin to tell others about their faith in Jesus Christ, and to realize the reality of the coming tribulation period.
Fire from Heaven (Left Behind: The Kids #16)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
Threatened by a huge meteor, John must make a life threatening decision aboard the Global Community ship Peacekeeper One. With the danger increasing, the kids near Chicago must assume new identities. Judd and Vicki are at odds over the group's next move. Will the kids stay together? Follow the Young Tribulation Force through the next two prophetic judgments as they face their most ambitious adventure yet one that could divide them or give countless others new hope.
Glorious Appearing: The End Of Days (Left Behind #12)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins
Thousands of years of human history stained by strife, death, and sin come to an end when the King of Glory returns to earth. <P> The satisfying conclusion of the seven years of Tribulation covered by the Left Behind series portrays the return of Jesus Christ to earth in both glory and judgment. At the height of the battle between the forces of evil gathered at Armageddon and the remaining Christian believers at Petra and Jerusalem, nothing seems to be able to stop the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia. But God has another plan.
Heat Wave (Left Behind: The Kids #37)by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins Chris Fabry
The planet is enduring the newest judgement from God... a true scorcher. Will they survive? Will Judd and Lional finally make it to Wesconsin? Join Judd, Vicki, Lional and the others cfor a new adventure.
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The village will resurface Saltwell Road for the second time in as many years.
Village Council voted to do so at this week's meeting after street foreman Jim Oliver reported the county engineer's office offered to include Saltwell Road in its summer chip-and-seal resurfacing program.
Under the program, the county does the resurfacing work, with participating villages and townships paying for the material. The cost to Lisbon will be $2,690.
Last year's resurfacing job did not hold up very well, which officials attributed to a different type of slag being used due to the unavailability of the stone that is normally used. This year there is enough of the proper slag available.
Officials said Saltwell Road is seeing considerably more traffic since the new county government services building opened in the spring.
In other action, council accepted the resignation of parking meter reader Tracie Lindsay and then hired Shannon Owens and Lindsey Ward to replace her. Owens and Ward are part-time police department dispatchers, with Owens just hired as a dispatcher at the same meeting.
This sparked some discussion among council members over whether it was better to hire two part-time meter readers or just one. Police Chief John Higgins, who recommended going with two part-time readers, suggested they go with the arrangement on a trial basis to see how it works out, which council agreed to do for three months.
It was noted that Lindsay worked 35 hours per week, with parking meter revenue covering her salary, and council member Mary Ann Gray suggested her replacements should not exceed that in the combined hours they work.
Owens will be paid $8.75 an hour as a dispatcher, while the pay for meter readers is $8.20.
Higgins was also questioned by council member Willis Coleman why he recommended hiring Owens without seeking applications. "Why don't we advertise," he said, adding that is how it was done in the past.
"We take applications as they come in," Higgins said, adding that in this case he knew Owens because she worked for him before taking a full-time job at the highway patrol. She recently had another child and wanted to cut back on her work hours.
Coleman also reported the village needs a new location to dispose of grass clippings, leaves and brush because the current dump site at the end of Maple Street is nearly full. The dump site is located along the Middle Fork of the Little Beaver Creek, and dumping must cease a certain distance away from the stream and they are that point.
Coleman asked anyone with land where these materials can be dumped to contact village officials.


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NEW YORK — Unable to resist cheap stocks, investors rallied Wednesday and took retail stocks along for the ride.
Bullish outlooks from Coach Inc. and Carrefour had a soothing effect. Volatility in the market is also expected to delay an initial public offering of Tommy Hilfiger, sources said, confirming a report in the Financial Times.
Coach's second-quarter profits, which gained 11 percent, came in ahead of analysts' estimates by one cent. Richemont's 8 percent sales gain for its third quarter was in line with estimates. Carrefour delivered a 7 percent sales gain for 2007, and said it expects a sales increase for 2008 of between 6 and 8 percent.
At the bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 298.98 points, closing up 2.5 percent to 12,270.17 while the S&P 500 rose 1.1 percent to 1,338.60. Earlier in the day, the Dow was down over 320 points.
The S&P Retail Index soared 4.2 percent, closing at 410.80 with bargain hunters lifting key retail stocks between 3 and 10 percent. Big gainers included: Aeropostale, up 12.1 percent to $25.96; Bon-Ton Stores, up 15.6 percent to $6.97; and Sears Holdings Corp., up 7.6 percent to $107.39. In the department store channel, Saks Inc. gained 4.9 percent to $17.40 while Macy's rose 4.6 percent to $25.41.
Earlier in the day, Lew Frankfort, chairman and CEO of Coach, said the economy is in the midst of a consumer-led recession. And although the company said it is facing higher costs in China, the brand's market position is solid and management expects to navigate the downturn well. Shares of Coach finished the day up 6.2 percent to $29.19.
In a telephone interview, Frankfort said the recession "is unlikely to evaporate anytime soon. A tax stimulus package will help, but this recession needs to run its course. Things should start improving in the second half of calendar 2008."
For the three months ended Dec. 29, Coach's net income climbed to $252.3 million, or 69 cents a diluted share, from $227.5 million, or 61 cents, in the same year-ago quarter. Sales grew by 21.4 percent to $978 million from $805.6 million. Same-store sales in North America rose 7 percent, with retail stores down by 1.1 percent and factory store sales up 17.7 percent. In comparison, a year ago comps were up 25.7 percent, with retail stores up 20.8 percent and factory store sales up 33.4 percent.
For the year-end period, the company still expects earnings per share of $2.06 on sales of $3.15 billion, up 20 percent from a year ago. To meet that estimate, second half EPS is expected at 97 cents on sales of $1.5 billion, an increase of 17 percent in the year-ago period.
Frankfort said Coach expects to be able to deliver on its forecasts, in spite of the economic slowdown, because of its "diversified" business model. "We offer innovative and relevant product to enable consumers to update her wardrobe. Accessories have a leading role in updating a woman's wardrobe. Even when she has reduced her apparel spending, she has at the same time increased her accessories spending," he said.
While some consumers over the holiday season traded down and bought small leather accessories, there were still consumers trading up and buying $400 handbags, the CEO said. During a conference call to Wall Street, Frankfort emphasized that the one thing consumers are not doing is trading down from full-price to factory store offerings. Michael Tucci, president of the North American retail division, said that he $400 and up category represented 22 percent of handbag sales in 2007, versus 13 percent in 2006.
Coach will continue to introduce new product assortments, but will also include a broader range of smaller-sized bags at "compelling entry price points," Frankfort said.
Begining Friday, the company will introduce its new Heritage Stripe collection, featuring a coated cotton canvas fabric totes and bags trimmed in leather. The collection is Coach's first foray into the lightweight PVC fabric arena, a fabrication that Frankfort described as "indestructible."
Regarding a proposed IPO of Tommy Hilfiger, sources confirmed a story in the Financial Times that said Apax Partners, owner of the company, "could postpone" a planned $2 billion IPO. The report said an investor roadshow was to kick off on Friday. But worries over a consumer spending slowdown and a volatile stock market is causing Apax to reconsider its plans.
Carrefour, meanwhile, cited acquisitions and store openings for its 7 percent 2007 sales gain to 92.3 billion euros, or $126.8 billion. For the quarter, sales gained 10 percent to 25.6 billion euros, or $37 billion.
The firm said it expects a sales gain of 6 to 8 percent this year, describing 2008 as "a breakthrough year." The company added in a statement that it expects "operating profits to grow faster than sales."


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Here are newish flowers at the bottom of the photo, older ones at the top and newly formed seed pods in between.
Thanks to Beverley Davidson for sharing this photo!
Every month, we'll display a new feature photo on the front page of the website. If we choose yours, we'll send you a gift voucher worth $60!
To submit a photo, simply search for the relevant plant, then click the "Share a photo" link. You can see previous winners here.
Oratia Native Plant Nursery stocks a wide range of native plants, from ground covers and wetland species to large specimen trees. It is also known for producing some more interesting and unusual New Zealand native plants, encompassing many rare and difficult-to-grow species that are not available elsewhere.
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