Harrisonburg Officials Seek County Land for New High School
Harrisonburg school leaders appealed to the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors for permission to build a 40 million dollar high school on county land. They proposed a site on Garbers Church Road near the city, with about 26 acres in Rockingham County and a need for 6 to 8 more acres to fit athletic fields and the entrance. The decision was delayed pending a public meeting at Mountain View Elementary and staff review of potential county impacts.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham County Board of Supervisors
Port Republic Road
Garbers Church Road
Rockingham County
Mountain View Elementary
Israelis Cut Off Arafat and Gaza Strike Escalates
Israel cut all contact with Yasser Arafat after Palestinian militants killed 10 Israelis in a bus ambush. The Security Cabinet blamed Arafat for the attacks and ordered closure of Hamas and Islamic Jihad offices. Israeli helicopters hit Arafat’s Ramallah HQ as forces moved to deploy around Palestinian towns.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Yasser Arafat
U.S
Arafat
Hamas
Islamic Jihad
Meir Sheetrit
Sheetrit
West Bank
Ramallah
Dan Harel
Big Fish May Slip Away From Taliban Pursuit
Washington reports that while American forces hunt senior Taliban and al Qaida leaders, Pentagon officials fear some on its Most Wanted List have already escaped. General Pace says he does not know who is fleeing and who remains, with the Tora Bora caves cited as a possible last stronghold.
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Tora Bora
Afghanistan
U.S
al-Qaida
White Mountains
al- Qaida
Ghafar
Tribal Eastern Alliance
United States
bin Laden
Eastern Alliance
Peter Pace
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Pentagon
Pace
Qaida
Ayman al-Zawahri
Lawmaker Proposes Tax Break and Policy Bills for 2002 Session
A Virginia legislator carries a wish list for the 2002 General Assembly proposing a sales tax exemption for Kids Coop, an Augusta County nonprofit educational agency. The package also seeks higher speeding fines and authorizing light pollution ordinances in counties with administrator-style governments.
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Laxman
Kids Coop
Augusta County
Saxman Pushes Higher Speeding Fines in Virginia
Del. Chris Saxman seeks to raise speeding fines from 3 to 10 dollars per mile over the limit, aiming for tougher highway safety. His bills include exempting an Augusta County educational nonprofit from sales tax and giving counties like Augusta power to regulate outdoor rights. He plans additional measures before the mid January deadline.
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Del
Chris Saxman
R-Staunton
General Assembly
Virginia
House of Delegates
Saxman
Augusta County
Augusta
Laxman
State Plans To Burn 28 Million To Stop Teen Smoking
Virginia plans to spend 28 million over three years to deter teen smoking by focusing on how smoking makes youths look unattractive. A 2500-teen study found warnings about appearance and decision power work better than long term cancer risks. Donald R. Just of Work, a Richmond ad firm, led the 750000 research. Funding comes from the 1998 tobacco settlement.
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Richmond
Virginia
Donald R. Just
Work
The
General Assembly
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