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Source: Seattle Times (Original Article)

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Source: Philadelphia Daily News (Original Article)

RE THE deterioration of the city’s rec centers:
There’s a little-known connection between construction of Veterans Stadium and the demise of the city’s terrific recreation system.
The stadium sucked up key custodial staff and other personnel from the rec centers and put them into the Vet. Priorities said the kids weren’t worth it - instead, they would throw them a few free tickets each year to see what they were being deprived of - a chance to develop the athletic skills the pros got from their own neighborhoods back in their home towns.
So what you have today is what you didn’t pay for or care about for 37 years. And it isn’t going to change, either. It’s a shame - the Recreation Department was a valued and treasured resource for so many years in Philadelphia.
I hope 5th and Allegheny isn’t named after Mr. Mann any more - it’s that much of an insult.
Sigmund Morawski, Abington
Minimum wage, big drag
Unfortunately for young people, one of the prime causes of the declining summer job market for teenagers is mandated wage hikes ("Summer jobs scarce this year," June 18).
According to economist David Neumark of UC Irvine, for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, employment for high school dropouts and young black adults and teenagers falls by 8.5 percent.
In just the past few years, Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has jumped more than twice that amount.
You don’t need a business degree to understand why the wage hikes affect teen employment. The classic summer jobs - cashier, restaurant waiter and grocery clerk - can help an employer who has increased business or a need to cover for full-time employees taking vacations or sick leave.
But when government mandates add to labor costs by artificially boosting wages, employers are more likely to hold off on hiring people to fill such flexible slots.
Kristen Lopez Eastlick
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Washington, D.C.
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June 22, 2008

The Board of Selectmen is asking residents to volunteer for openings on more than a dozen town boards and committees, including the Town Hall Display Committee, Cultural Council, Historical Commission, Technology Advisory Board and Water and Sewer Rate Structure Committee. Registered voters who want to serve on a town board should supply a resume, along with a letter indicating their area of interest, by July 1. Applications should be sent to the Board of Selectmen, attention Sandy Cincotta, 1471 Highland Ave., Needham 02492, or e-mailed to scincotta@town.needham.ma.us. - Laura ColarussoWATERTOWN APPOINTMENT IN WORKS - Provided David W. Downes withdraws from a lawsuit against Watertown, the Town Council has agreed to confirm the local lawyer to the Board of Election Commissioners. Nominated by Town Manager Michael Driscoll to replace Demos Zevitas, who stepped down from the board earlier this year, Downes came under criticism last month from council president Clyde L. Younger. He said Downes was an inappropriate choice, considering his involvement in the lawsuit against the election board and the town clerk. Downes had joined former councilor John Donohue in the Middlesex Superior Court civil suit that accused town election officials of mishandling last November’s town election and subsequent recount. The final tally had Donohue losing the final at-large council seat to fellow incumbent Marilyn Petitto Devaney. Approval of the appointment is contingent on Downes providing proof to town officials that he’s no longer a party in the lawsuit, said Younger. Downes could not be reached for comment, but has previously said he would withdraw from the lawsuit in order to serve on the elections board. - Christina PazzaneseSETTLEMENT ENDS COOLIDGE LAWSUIT - A Mt. Auburn Street property owner has dropped Frequent Flyer Cards his lawsuit against the town over …continue reading

Source: Florida Times-Union (Original Article)

The following is a compilation of reports from Beaches-area police department:

A 33-year-old man drowned as he was wading in the Fort George Inlet at Huguenot Memorial Park June 14.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Sylvester Schley of Douglas, Ga., was wading in the water about 7 p.m. at the inlet near the northern end of the park off Heckscher Drive north of the Beaches. He apparently hit a deep spot and disappeared, police said.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office helicopter personnel found Schley’s body floating near the inlet. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue personnel used a boat to retrieve the body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Fort George Inlet is known for treacherous currents; tides flow quickly in and out of the Atlantic Ocean.

ATLANTIC BEACH

- A 17-year-old boy was arrested and charged with robbery of a residence with a firearm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and possession of crack cocaine following a home invasion about 11:30 p.m. June 11 in the 1000 block of Cornell Lane.

He is accused of breaking into the apartment, pointing a gun at a 37-year-old woman and hitting her in the head with the gun while demanding money. He took off with $30 and was found shortly afterward after he threatened a couple with the gun and was seen running on Donner Road. Police found crack cocaine on the boy when he was arrested.

- A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday and charged with burglary and petite theft following a break-in about 2:30 p.m. Sunday at My Personal Training Studio, 533 Atlantic Blvd.

The owner used a surveillance video to identify the man, a former employee, as he stole money from the cash register.

- The driver’s side door of a Honda Element was ripped off its hinges after it was smashed by a passing pickup truck about 8 p.m. June 14 in the 500 block of Atlantic Boulevard.

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Source: Portsmouth Herald News (Original Article)

STRATHAM — The filing period for citizens interested in running for seats in the state Legislature closed on Friday, June 13. Stratham residents that signed up to run for state representative District 13 are Douglas Scamman Jr., Republican; Stella Scamman, Republican; Joanne A Ward, Republican; Joseph A. Russell, Democrat; and Kathleen “Trinka” Russell, Democrat. Mark Sykas signed up as delegate to the Republican State Convention.

For a list of other local filings visit http://www.sos.nh.gov/filingperiod—2008.htm.

Selectmen met with Stratham Historical Society member Pat Sapienza on Monday, June 16 to discuss a request for financial assistance with costs associated with the maintenance and repair of the former Wiggin Memorial Library building.

The Wiggin Memorial Library Building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1911 and houses the Stratham Historical Society.

Current repairs include removal and full replacement of downspouts and gutters on the building and repair to the fascia of the building. The cost is estimated at approximately $6,522. Other maintenance is having trim prepped and painted, work to the gardens, and an evaluation of water damage and possible mold growth in the lower level of the building.

According to Sapienza, the operating budget for this year was consumed by heating costs over the winter. “We would appreciate some help because we see things coming down the road,” she said.

Town Administrator Paul Deschaine explained that there is “duality of responsibility” in maintaining the building. As it is a town-owned building, thus a town asset, overall management of the building falls under the Board of Selectmen. Deschaine added that because it was the original library building in Stratham, the library trustees have traditionally given the Stratham Historical Society 25 percent of the interest received from the Trustees ANZ Frequent Flyer Card of the Trust Fund for library-related …continue reading

Source: News & Observer (Original Article)

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RALEIGH — Doing illegal drugs took on a different meaning Tuesday when a Nigerian man told police he smuggled nearly 600 grams of packaged heroin in this country by swallowing the substance, according to a search warrant filed today at the Wake County Clerk of Courts Office.Law officers have charged the man, Ochunkwo Ezikpe Ogbuanu, 43, of 1929 Indianwood Court in Raleigh with one felony count each of trafficking in heroin by possession and trafficking in heroin by transportation, Jim Sughrue, a police spokesman said today.Police learned about the incident after Wake County emergency workers responded to a report of Ogbuanu suffering a seizure at his residence, according to the search warrant. When emergency medical service workers arrived at his home, Ogbuanu told them he had arrived from Nigeria on Saturday with 42 bags of heroin inside his stomach. Ogbuanu also told the emergency workers that each bag of heroin he swallowed contained 14 grams of heroin, court records show.The emergency workers transported Ogbuanu to WakeMed’s Raleigh Campus and police were summoned about 7 p.m. after the Nigerian man told a nurse he had swallowed about 600 grams of heroin in order to smuggle the drug inside the United States, according to the search warrant.Medical personnel at the hospital told police that surgery would have to be performed on Ogbuanu to remove the bags of heroin, court records show.”Mr. Ogbuanu has requested medical treatment on his own freewill,” the search warrant stated.Police seized 574 grams of heroin that were retrieved from Ogbuanu during the surgery, according to the search warrant.

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Wish granted for Guadalupe teenCity Council unanimously OKs 2008-10 budgetLocal agencies test response to outbreakGrand jury: Access limited for animal services probeSupervisors set aside $12M airlines for Willow projectGB digs up Costa Bella dog park

Source: San Diego Union Tribune (Original Article)

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Mayor Jerry Sanders used his line-item budget veto yesterday to cut 62 positions that the City Council had restored to San Diego's $3.2 billion budget for next year.

It's the second time in two years Sanders has flexed his veto powers on the city budget.

But whereas a year ago he was able to persuade Councilwoman Toni Atkins to uphold his veto by resisting dipping into city reserves, Sanders needs two council members to change their minds and votes this time around.

He said that if the council restores the positions, which are largely in the park and recreation and library departments, “it just means that next year I've got to cut them over again.”

The eight-member council will consider a veto override next week. The council needs the same number of votes – five – that were required to adopt the budget in the first place. The fiscal 2009 budget takes effect July 1.

Sanders proposed cutting a net 127 jobs from the city budget in April. He revised the number to 121 in May, but the council voted last week to restore 62 positions.

As part of those 62 positions, the council added nearly 12 new positions to the budget, the equivalent of 9.8 positions to staff a second firefighting helicopter and one position each in the City Clerk's Office and the Office of the Independent Budget Analyst, which advises the council.

“I think we are doing a service to the community and to constituents,” Atkins, the budget committee chairwoman, said at the time.

Atkins and other council members emphasized that they were mostly just trying to maintain park and library services at current levels with their 6-2 vote. The council's budget restorations totaled $4.3 million.

Councilmen Kevin Faulconer and Jim Madaffer voted against them.

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Source: Sacramento Bee (Original Article)

Two very different Butte County communities have endured very similar tragedies over the past week.

A pair of wildfires struck the county beginning Tuesday, leaving nearly 100 families homeless and scorching about 25,000 acres of ranchland and rugged canyon walls. The destruction led county officials to combine the blazes and dub the event the Butte County Firestorm of June 2008.

“It reminds you of the power of nature and how little control we have over it,” said Scott Gruendl, planning and intelligence chief for the Butte County Emergency Operations Center and a city councilman in Chico. “What is going to happen to these families?”

The larger and more destructive blaze raced through the canyons that lead into Paradise, a quaint foothill town near Chico that is full of antique shops, retirees and pine trees. An estimated 74 homes just outside the southwestern border of town burned last week in a firestorm that charred 36 square miles.

About 25 miles south is Palermo, a tiny ranching town like so many others in the Central Valley. A fire raced through the western edge of town on Tuesday, burning 21 homes but sparing the main intersection where a post office, a feed store and two markets make up downtown.

The Humboldt fire, which struck the area around Paradise, was expected to be contained today after a six-day fight. It took nearly 4,000 fire personnel from as far away as Orange County to counter the blaze.

And it could have been worse.

At the peak of the inferno, about 9,000 residents were forced from their homes. Fire crews stood in front of homes as the fire skipped through the heavily wooded neighborhood and stopped the advance before it reached the most congested parts of town.

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Source: Boston Globe (Original Article)

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AVON After meeting with members of the Massachusetts Office of Business Development and the Old Colony Planning Board, the Board of Selectmen and Planning Board want Avon to adopt the state’s Chapter 43D expedited-permitting law. The law, which would require Town Meeting approval, allows towns to establish faster timelines for various stages of building permitting to attract development. Once adopted, 43D towns gain consideration for additional grants and allowed to designate certain properties as priority development areas.- Joan WilderBRIDGEWATER NEW USE FOR OLD BUILDINGS - Consultants studying municipal buildings downtown suggested the town offices be merged into two buildings, the old Academy Building and nearby Town Hall. The Memorial Building, the current home of the selectmen’s and municipal administrator’s offices, could be used for archives, and the old McElwain School could be leased or sold. At a public meeting last week, a consultant from Newport Collaborative Architects outlined options and provided cost estimates. Eventually, selectmen will make a recommendation to Town Meeting, which must approve the buildings’ final disposition. - Christine LegereBROCKTON YOUTH CENTER OPENS - Local social service agencies are celebrating the opening of the Brockton Youth Center, the first designed specifically for local youths ages 12 to 24. A grand opening is planned at the center, 156 Main St., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 23. The center is a collaboration of MyTurn, Brockton Area Multi-Services Inc., and other local agencies partnering under the state-funded anti-gang Shannon Program. The center will provide recreation opportunities for area youth and will also offer educational and work skills programs to keep kids off the street. For information, call 508-894-4205.- Milton ValenciaCANTON FAST FINISH Aussie Credit Cards - The passage of the $3.5 …continue reading