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Building plans were unfair to Beechcrest residents [Letter]
How would you feel if you were told without warning that you had one year to move out of your home without any sort of compensation money? Would you still be as angry if you were then told that your property was being taken in order to build a...Tags: Substance Abuse, House Building
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Imperial teachers' hall of fame debuts
My child is a student at Ballington Academy, and he recently informed me that a student in a third-grade class took a knife to school, and was only suspended for a week. The students in that class are no longer allowed to take a backpack to school. I&...Tags: Teachers, Students, Punishment, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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El Centro's Ballington Academy teachers seek additional compensation
Staff Writer, Copy EditorTeachers at Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences are requesting additional compensation on account of an extended academic school year that they contend has added 14 work days not specified in their employee handbook. The charter school...Tags: Teachers, Work Relations, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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Howard steps up for homeless with land buy for housing [Commentary]
Howard County took an important step in the fight against homelessness last week by purchasing an 8-acre lot that will be the future home to a 30-unit housing facility. Using $3.25 million in land acquisition dollars, the county bought the land at the...Tags: Ken Ulman, Social Issues, Homelessness
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Korean drum group performing at Empty Bowls dinner Saturday
A Korean drum group from Northern State University will perform Saturday April 20 at the Empty Bowls Fundraiser Dinner at the Yelduz Shrine Center, 802 S. Main Street The dinner runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nanta, the drum group, performs at 11:30 a.m....Tags: The Salvation Army, Foods and Beverages, Auction Service, Soups, Canterbury
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New director named for Webster Area Development Corp.
Melissa Fose has been named the executive director for the Webster Area Development Corp. and Day County Champion Community. Fose has been the interim director since mid-December. Nick Fosheim was the previous executive director. Fose earned her...Tags: South Dakota State University
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New director named for Webster Area Development Corp.
Melissa Fose has been named the executive director for the Webster Area Development Corp. and Day County Champion Community. Fose has been the interim director since mid-December. Nick Fosheim was the previous executive director. Fose earned her...Tags: South Dakota State University
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Nonprofit Spotlight: Plethora of opportunities for volunteers
Cindy Goehring is Northeast Regional Coordinator for Volunteers of America, Dakotas. The phone rings. “Volunteers of America, how may I help you?” “My fence needs painting," the caller says. "Send someone over to paint it as... -
Volunteers help rebuild playground for formerly homeless children
A team of 90 volunteers painted and cleaned the playground at the Pratt House this week to prepare the site for an overhaul next month. College students, part of Students Today Leaders Forever, joined Volunteers of America Chesapeake to enhance the...Tags: Students, Education, Gardens and Parks, Teaching and Learning, Travel
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Local children honored for "doing something right"
Lehigh Valley ParentingThe winners of the Allentown President’s Council’s “Catch a Young Person Doing Something Right” campaign were recognized Thursday during a reception at LifeChurch in Allentown. The goal of the program launched last fall, was to... -
Dozens of youth take part in service day projects in Aberdeen
They had the day off from school, but nearly 50 Aberdeen Central High School students went to work Friday, volunteering as part of a "Make a Difference" event. The four Aberdeen-area churches affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...
Tags: The Salvation Army, Religion and Belief, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Today in History: County truckers provide organized protest
>> 30 Years Ago — Imperial County truckers today provided what may have been California’s only organized protest of new federal highway tax levies as they teamed to form a convoy through Valley cities. Members of the Imperial Valley...
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May 31, 2013
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