Donors Give More for Orphan Lion Cub Than Children
The article notes donors pledged over 21 thousand dollars to fund a new home at Folsom Zoo for an orphan mountain lion cub, while only about 9 thousand went to U.S. Bank Placerville for the two Schoener children. Barbara Schoener, 40, was killed April 23 by a female lion. her husband and two children survive. The lion cub’s care and future home are being pursued by state biologists and the zoo. the largest pledge is 15 thousand dollars from the zoo foundation, with another 5 thousand from an anonymous donor.
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Sacramento
Calif
Schoener
Peter
Andrew
Anna
Placerville
U.S. Bank
Terry Jenkins
Jenkins
Folsom Zoo
Made in America favored but price check dulls zeal
A joint Gallup and International Mass Retail Organization poll shows 32 percent strongly favor and 52 percent moderately favor American made products for a total of 84 percent, yet price and quality concerns weaken loyalty. Many miss origin details for foods and household goods while autos, clothing, and electronics draw interest by country of manufacture. Public stance on human rights tied to trade wavers when higher costs or job losses loom.
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Washington
U.S
Gallup Organization
International Mass Retail Organization
United States
Peruvian official highlights Caraz growth and diaspora ties
Osorio notes his family home in Caraz is a public museum with regional artifacts. He cites flowers as a rising industry, oil in the rain forest, and fishing as the coastal mainstay. He recalls leaving Peru in 1961 to practice medicine, with Theresa running the office. The conference aims to connect Peruvians in the U S with homeland news amid a new constitution and 1995 elections.
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Osorio
Caraz
Mesa
Peru
United States
Europe
Theresa
Theresa Osorio
Greenpeace Ocean Whale Formation Demands Antarctic Sanctuary
Hundreds of Greenpeace demonstrators formed a whale shape at Playa de los Muertos in Puerto Vallarta to press for an Antarctic whale sanctuary. The IWC opens its annual conference there with sanctuary on the agenda. Conservationists say the haven could protect most of about 3.5 million great whales remaining. WWF cites at least 21 nations backing the ban.
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Greenpeace
Playa de Los Muertos
Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
International Whaling Commission
Ence
World Wide Fund For Nature
Citadel Seats Fight Over Equal Rights In Court
In Charleston, South Carolina, Citadel supporters fill courtrooms as Shannon Faulkner fights for equal admission. The suit, backed by DOJ and ACLU, seeks full cadet corps admission and access to mess halls and other facilities, amid broader urban clashes of tradition versus liberal views.
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Charleston
S.C
Citadel
South Carolina
Shannon
the Citadel
Faulkner
Sallie Baldwin
The
Corps of Cadets
U.S. Department of Justice
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Shearman & Sterling
Maj
Rick Mill
Ronald Reagan
Rush Lim
Thames Helps Grow United States Soccer Talent Across Regions
Thames, a retired Air Force pilot and current coach of the U S Olympic development team, recalls starting soccer at 13 after his family moved to England. He played at the Air Force Academy, later coached there, and notes rapid youth soccer growth, especially with girls teams in Valley high schools.
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Thames
England
States
U.S. Air Force Academy
Virginia
Utah
Valley High
Zero-Tolerance rule targets juveniles in Arizona alcohol cases
Mitch Rand, Maricopa County deputy attorney, explains the Zero-Tolerance law: any detectable alcohol in a juvenile triggers penalties including license suspension for up to two years or until age 18, a $100 to $250 fine, eight hours of community service, alcohol abuse education, and potential up to six months detention. The offense becomes part of the permanent motor vehicle record.
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Mitch Rand
Maricopa County
Motor Vehicle Department
Court day program eyed for youth in Tempe
An experimental youth counseling and court reading program may receive a $300 grant from the Arizona Supreme Court via the East Valley Bar Association. If successful, further funding could come from the Supreme Court or other sources and be extended through Tempe City Court or ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and the Arizona Bar Association.
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Arizona Eee
Flagstaff
East Valley
Tempe
Carmen
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication
Arizona State University
Arizona Bar Association
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Scripps Howard News Service
Barbara Schoener
el Dorado County
Rebecca Mangeno
Barbara
Mangeno
Department of Fish and Game
America
Associated Press
New York Times
Carlos Salcedo
Tribune
Jim Thames
Hoopes Park
Chandler
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