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Jonesboro Sun
In spring 2009, all of ARCF’s Giving Tree grants from the central office were focused on hunger relief. Agencies will apply for this money through the same method, Weinstock said. The Craighead County Community Foundation serves the communi...
Why Ugandans want to work in Iraq
Uruk Net
... the shelter of a tree. Watertight Security Services has been sending Ugandan security guards to Iraq since 2007. So far, more than 10,000 Ugandans have gone to work in the country. When I came back, I bought land and cows. All that mone...
5 Easy Ways to Save Some Green This Holiday Season
The Daily Green
If you buy a real Christmas tree, buy the largest one you can find for the price and cut off unneeded lower branches to use in wreaths and garland. Or consider buying a truly "live" tree -- one with the root ball still intact -- and plant i...
Chicago going with single Christmas tree to save money on holiday ...
WGNtv.com
CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago is trying to trim its budget when it comes to trimming its Christmas tree. Last year, the city put up a 90-foot-high tree that was actually made up of 113 smaller trees. This year, the Office of Special Ev...
Community members spar over Dow Chemical dioxin settlement
MLive.com
... deFur on Lone Tree's behalf as part of a government program that provides technical assistance to communities to evaluate proposals like the one involving Dow. Several people at the meeting complained that the availability of the grant ...
Spooky halloween houses
The Guardian
Wingmore, Kent: From the outside the four-bed Palm Tree Inn looks like an idyllic family home. But watch out for the little girl ghost who plays with dolls and the heard but not seen “heavy-footed gentleman” which the owner claims share the...
Festival of Trees raises money for children’s home
Dothan Eagle
Olivia McDaniel has been creating Alabama and Auburn Christmas trees for six years. This year, she talked someone else into decorating the Auburn tree so she could focus on the team of her personal choice — Alabama. “They all turn out diffe...
Don't count on stimulus job tally
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For instance, $117,000 in federal Housing and Urban Development money went to 3700 Green Tree Corp., a subsidized housing project on Milwaukee's northwest side, which reported saving 16 jobs. Carmen Porco, housing director at Green Tree, sa...
Lorain looking at charging for street lights and leaf pickup
Morning Journal
The administration and City Council's Finance and Claims Committee talked last night about creative ways to bring in money and balance the budget ... leaf pick up would bring in about $80,000 and charging for tree trimming could bring in ab...
Former Louisiana Gov. Dave Treen dies at 81
New Orleans Times-Picayune
In 1995, he announced his candidacy for governor but dropped out because of "a family situation" before he had assembled a campaign staff or raised much money. He sought to return to Congress in 1999 when Rep. Bob Livingston, R-Metairie, re...
Has Japan designed the world's best bike shed?
The Guardian
The downside is that it costs a lot of money and the infrastructure involves serious resources. The tree's inventors at JFE are very proud of their invention and naturally curious as to whether it would catch on Europe. Perhaps it's time Bo...
If you want to bet on Breeders' Cup, here's some advice
Baltimore Sun
Through the Oak Tree meeting, The Times has been tracking six public handicappers and one who sells his selections in the hopes of finding where the edge lies. What was discovered is whichever way you look at it, making money at the track i...
Tree planting process in Todd Park continues
Austin Daily Herald
Many trees in the park were destroyed, and many others were damaged, leaving a once heavily wooded park looking much different ... Ten years from now it will be really nice again," Bell said. Many other area groups have donated trees or mon...
Madonna's Raising Malawi school construction blocked by villagers
Daily Telegraph
A group of around 140 villagers in Chinkhota village, about 10 miles outside the capital Lilongwe are demanding more money for land the government ... week to start the building project by planting a Moringa tree, a hardy tree with edible l...
Salvation Army Angel Tree Exceeds 8,200 Angels
WAPT
JACKSON, Miss. -- The Salvation Army of Jackson is gearing up for its 2009 Angel tree effort and has registered more than 8,200 children, officials said. It’s a record breaking number from not only last year, when there were 5,000 angels, b...
