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South/East Business News
Standard Aero was selected as the winner of the 2006 Great Ideas Competition award at the SAE Department of Defense Maintenance Symposium and Exposition. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Transport Partnership awarded H-E-B an Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes H-E-B's leadership in reducing emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from its freight transport activities. Atlas Van Lines recognized Imlach Movers of San Antonio for achieving specific customer service ratings and maintaining operational excellence. A new Emergency Pet Center has opened at City-Base Landing on Southeast Military Drive. The facility is the first of its kind on the South Side. The San Antonio Public Library is among six organizations to receive the nation's highest honor for extraordinary community service presented by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Contests offer a world of challenges
One more day and it's officially winter break for Pasco County students. For many, the winter vacation will be jam-packed with plenty of things to do. But those having some spare time might want to venture into their innovative side to fill some of those idle hours. So go ahead and check out some of the upcoming opportunities listed below. - Jan. 12 is the deadline to enter the Thursday Musicale Scholarship, open to Pasco County high school seniors who plan to enter an accredited college or university to study music. Entrants must fill out an application and be able to perform at the Thursday Musicale Concert on March 7. For information, call Catherine Frank at (727) 847-3564 or Catherine Phillips at (727) 943-7012. - The Florida Association for Home and Community Education is looking for some creative new recipes for the 2007 Kumquat Festival Recipe Contest.
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Frankfort Franklin Park Gages Lake Gary, Ind. Geneva Glen Ellyn Glencoe Glenview Glenwood Golf Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Harwood Heights Harvey Hawthorn Woods Hazel Crest Highland Park Highwood Hillside Hinsdale Hobart, Ind. Hoffman Estates Homer Glen Homer Twp. Homewood Indian Head Park Inverness Island Lake Joliet Kenliworth Kildeer La Grange LaGrange Highlands LaGrange Park Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Forest Lake in the Hills Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lansing Lemont Libertyville Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Lindenhurst Lisle Lockport Long Grove Lowell, Ind. Manhattan Markham Matteson Maywood Melrose Park Merrillville, Ind. Midlothian Mokena Morton Grove Mount Prospect Mundelein Naperville New Lenox Niles Norridge North Barrington Northbrook Northfield Northlake Northwest Ind.
Former Bears QB to coach Stanford
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Stanford hired former Bears quarterback Jim Harbaugh on Monday to take over its struggling football program. Harbaugh had spent the last three years as head coach at the University of San Diego, a non-scholarship Division I-AA program. He led the Toreros to a 29-6 record, winning 27 of his final 29 games at San Diego. The school planned to formally introduce Harbaugh at a news conference today. Harbaugh has the tough task of turning around the Cardinals, who set a school record for losses in a 1-11 season this year that led to the firing of coach Walt Harris. Stanford has won just 16 games in the past five seasons under Harris and Buddy Teevens. Harbaugh played in college at Michigan but has ties to Stanford. His father, Jack, was an assistant on The Farm.
McKelvey Foundation Bronze Scholarship announced
Alfred State College has been selected as one of two New York State colleges approved for McKelvey Foundation Scholarship recipients. The McKelvey Foundation has expanded its scholarship programs to include funding for students who have graduated from high school within the past three years to reconsider attending college or to re-enroll in college. The McKelvey Bronze Scholarship is designed to help students who are capable of succeeding in college, but lack the funds necessary to attend a state college. A McKelvey Bronze Scholarship gives qualified students up to $4,000 for freshman year study, $5,000 for sophomore year, $6,000 for junior year, and $7,000 for senior year. To be considered as a candidate for the McKelvey Bronze Scholarship, applicants must be accepted to Alfred State College or SUNY (State University of New York) Geneseo; have graduated from high school in 2003, 2004, or 2005 in one of the counties designated by the McKelvey Foundation as ruralAllegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Schuyler, Steuben, Wyoming, and Yates; live on campus with a roommate; complete 25 hours of community service each year; stay in contact with their assigned McKelvey Foundation field administrator; complete a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) each year; and seek additional scholarships at www.fastweb.com.
Athletes of the Week
Williston High School senior Mindy Hughes has certainly been a very busy student during her days at Williston High School.
Mindy has been a four year member of the Lady Red Devils Volleyball Team and Soccer Team. She has also been a two year member of the Red Devil Cross Country Team, running the 3.2 mile course for two years in competition. Mindy also competes on the Lady Red Devils Weight Lifting Team.Mindy has shown her athletic skills at a number of positions in all of the team sports she has participated in for the Lady Red Devils.Mindy has also been a very active member of the ROTC while at Williston High School. Mindy has shown additional athletic skills and her versatility, as a member of the ROTC Drill Team, Lady Color Guard, Push-Up Team, as well as the Pellet Rifle Shooting Team.Mindy was a member of the ROTC Lady Color Guard Team that placed 9th in State competition during her junior year.
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