| Voters pass school expansion referendums in Unit 5
UPDATED 11:15 p.m. NORMAL -- Voters gave Normal-based Unit 5 school district a solid go-ahead to build new schools and renovate existing schools, but only barely approved a tax increase to cover extra operating expenses.The mood of about 30 supporters of Unit 5's referendum stayed optimistic Tuesday night as they watched results come in at Sugar Creek Elementary School. In a gym decorated with balloons in the district's colors of orange and black, the activists watched results on a big projection screen or huddled around a computer.The referendum to issue $96.7 million in building bonds passed 11,796 to 8,351, and the proposal to raise property taxes by 10 cents per $100 equalized assessed valuation passed 10,402 to 9,888.“We're very glad and happy with the outcome. It reflects the community's value of a strong education system," said Carl Tiechman, co-chairman of the Citizens for Unit 5, from the poll-watching party.
Tribune News Service
The Chief Minister said there was a great demand for skilled and semi-skilled workers in multi-national companies setting up units in Punjab. To meet this demand, the government had formulated a programme to impart training to the jobless youth in various technical and professional trades. Arrangements were being made to provide training to the youth in security sector on an experimental basis at Jahan Khelan, 8 km from Hoshiarpur. Later, more training centres would be opened in other parts of the state. Badal emphasised on imparting job-oriented education to help the youth earn their livelihood in a respectful way. Despite a debt of Rs 25,000 crore, which was left by the previous Congress regime, the SAD-BJP government had made a comprehensive plan for providing quality education to the youth.
The Leonard Lopate Show
Belittling allergies and asthma (and the parents who deal with them) seems to be one of the last prejudices that is allowable in our society. The image of the delicate, nerdy child and overprotective mother still saturates the popular culture. Thanks for making my life just that much harder with this irresponsible piece. .
Tornadoes tear across South, killing at least 26
ATKINS, Ark. - Authorities went door-to-door trying to find additional victims of tornadoes that killed at least 26 people, ripped the roof off a shopping mall and blew apart warehouses as they tore across four states. The dead included 12 people in Tennessee, 11 in Arkansas, and a mother and father who died in Kentucky with their adult daughter. Those killed in Arkansas included another set of parents, who died with their 11-year-old in Atkins, about 60 miles northwest of Little Rock. The family died from trauma when the storm their home "took a direct hit" from the storm, Pope County Coroner Leonard Krout said. .
Busy DynaBil adds plant, hires workers, expects big bump in sales
A new 33,000-square-foot plant, the latest expansion at DynaBil Industries Inc. in Coxsackie, will help double annual revenue within three years, said company president Paul Burton. The aerospace manufacturer will hire 70 workers, pushing its total work force to 300 by the end of this year. That's almost twice the staff DynaBil had two years ago. The company had already hired 50 employees ahead of an announcement about the new building Feb. 4. DynaBil has been boosted by its role as a parts supplier to Boeing Co.'s 787 "Dreamliner" airplane. The new manufacturing plant gives DynaBil needed space, Burton said. .
No, we’re not related
But instead of one of my usual, meandering deals about life on the road in the NBA, I'm going to yap basketball for the umpteenth day in a row (sooner or later we're going to stray off topic, for real). So, I had a funny phone exchange after practice yesterday. "You and Dale Davis must be cousins after what you wrote [Monday]," the cat on the other end of the phone said to me, he was joking, of course. I had to laugh myself. No, we're not related. But Dale is one of my favorite dudes out there, active or not. And more importantly, he represents the type of player this Hawks team so desperately needs to complete what started over the weekend with the Mike Bibby trade. After watching these guys practice for the first time it became painfully obvious to me that Josh Smith, Al Horford, Zaza Pachulia and Solomon Jones comprise the entire frontcourt rotation the Hawks will use for the final 33 games of this season - starting with tonight's game against the Lakers - and possibly beyond.
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