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Refugees filling in labor gaps
Gay Htoo, a Karen refugee from Myanmar, settled in Spokane, Wash., three years ago, but the prospect of a full-time job attracted him to Aberdeen. "Before, I could usually only get part-time work, but a friend told me there were jobs here," he said....
Tags: Burma, Unemployment Rate, Politics, Refugee, Employment Opportunities
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United Way of Anchorage Celebrates 211 Program on 2/11/2013
Channel 2 NewsMany Alaskans need a little help paying bills, things like rent, electricity or food assistance. The United Way of Anchorage says through their 211 statewide phone referral system, one-third of their calls were for those basic needs. It's active...Tags: Family
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Brother Francis Shelter's Former Director Charged with Theft
Channel 2 NewsThe former director of an Anchorage shelter accused of stealing thousands of dollars has been charged with theft. The Anchorage Daily News reports that an arrest warrant has been issued for 60-year-old Steven Sparks. Catholic Social Services hired...Tags: Prosecution, Theft
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Sandra 'Sandy' Van Orman Erb
Christiana, Texas: Sandra "Sandy" Van Orman Erb, 62, of Christiana, Tenn., and formerly of Aberdeen, passed away on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at Alive Hospice Center in Nashville, Tenn., after a five month battle with PRES Syndrome (Posterior Reversible...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Coca-Cola, High School Sports, John Elway
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We can do more to protect children
In middle school, my daughter had a friend who'd spent most of her life in foster care. During the next few years, the girl would pass through almost a dozen foster families, group homes and probation camps. She had a habit of running away when she felt...
Tags: Trials, Teachers, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Abusive Behavior, Robert Pimentel
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Illinois Catholic institutions' lawsuit against U.S. government dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by six Roman Catholic institutions in Illinois over the issue of birth control and the government's health insurance mandate. U.S. District Judge John Darrah ruled Friday that because lawsuit was filed before...Tags: Trials, Social Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Separation of Church and State
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FBI: Ex-CEO of Naperville social agency flees U.S.
Special to the TribuneAn executive who formerly ran a Naperville-based social service agency devoted to finding homes for children with special needs fled the country days before he was charged with diverting more than $200,000 from the agency, according to authorities. In a...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Trials, Social Issues, Police Investigations, FBI
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Naperville to increase social service funding
Naperville plans to earmark more money for social service groups in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut and the recent slayings of two local children. The money likely will come from the city's food and beverage tax, most of which...Tags: Suicide, Elzbieta Plackowska, Substance Abuse, Olivia Dworakowski
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Judge dismisses Illinois lawsuit against contraception mandate
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by six Roman Catholic institutions in Illinois against the Obama administration over the issue of birth control and the government’s health insurance mandate U.S. Judge John Darrah ruled on Friday...
Tags: Trials, Social Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Separation of Church and State
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Imperial County supervisors appoint new director of Social Services
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterMargarita “Peggy” Price is the new director of the county Social Services Department, the County Executive Office announced Wednesday. Price, a county Social Services employee for some 19 years, was picked by the Board of Supervisors and her... -
Local professionals among those sanctioned by licensing boards
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThese disciplinary and licensing actions were announced recently by Pennsylvania's licensing boards against professionals who live and work in the Lehigh Valley area. The information is taken verbatim from the PA Department of State's website, where you... -
Imperial County Supervisors appoint new director of Social Services
Staff WriterMargarita “Peggy” Price is the new director of the county Social Services Department, a County Executive Office press release announced today. Price, a county Social Services employee for some 19 years, replaces James Semmes. Semmes, who...
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