Clogged sewer schedule eyed for plant expansion plan
DEM may authorize construction within a month after proposal review. County plans to bid for a contractor, then six to eight months to complete the waste treatment plant expansion at the former Ramada Inn site to ease moratorium impacts. DEM and county officials discuss land applications and prioritizing 25 troubled households for relief.
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Harris
DEM
Don Reuter
Ramada Inn
Croatan National Forest
Bleau
Neuse River Water and Sewer Advisory Board
Sewer Board
Joseph Piner
Piner
Student Heroic EMT Aids in icy crash rescue near Grantsboro
A student-EMT helped stabilize a crash victim outside Grantsboro as rescue teams arrived after a bus and car collision. Neighbors searched for the boy’s name while he fought to breathe, later losing consciousness before help could reach him. Officials cited icy roads and a need for earlier delays.
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Grantsboro
Wall
Scouts Help Sledd Woman as Icy NC Roads Freeze
North Carolina faces icy roads with four wheel drive vehicles and a flood of patrol calls. In Durham, three Boy Scouts rescued a woman and her baby after a car slid on ice near a creek while sledding on a day off from school. Snow ranges from 10 inches in the north mountains to about an inch elsewhere as Chapel Hill Carrboro schools keep open and 40 bus drivers refuse to run.
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Hazel Alcock
Pamlico
Alcock
Brad Sneeden
Craven County
New Bern High School
Sneeden
Asbury Road
State
North Carolina
Durham
Michael Boyce
Daniel
William McDougall
Durham County
Chapel Hill
Carrboro
Officials outline SBA loan aid as NC rejects disaster funds
Hegele notes few cases like this but urges full coverage. State agencies and county social services representatives will answer questions and take SBA loan applications. Red Cross and Salvation Army have met most unmet needs. Relief remains via SBA despite NC’s request for federal disaster funds being denied.
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Hegele
Red Cross
Salvation Army
State Department of Insurance, of Revenue
County Division of Social Services
SBA
Rush Limbaugh humor and the Christian audience
A debate over whether Rush Limbaugh’s humor crosses lines for Christian listeners. Critics argue some quips offend moral standards, while supporters say his satire targets politics and culture. The piece weighs audience reactions and contextual factors influencing acceptability.
SBA disaster loans aid homeowners renters and businesses
Eligible homeowners can obtain loans up to 100000 for structures and 20000 for personal belongings. Renters can receive up to 20000 for belongings. Businesses and non profits may get up to 500000 to repair real estate machinery equipment and inventory. Economic injury disaster loans are available with an application deadline of November 8. Call SBA at 800 359 2227 for details and to apply.
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SBA
Quayle Abandons 1996 Presidential Bid
Former Vice President Dan Quayle will not pursue the 1996 race due to fundraising challenges. A senior adviser, Mark Goodin, said Quayle decided late Wednesday night and planned a public statement. He previously indicated a definite run and a February candidacy filing.
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Washington
Dan Quayle
Quayle
Mark Goodin
Christian TV station drops Limbaugh over off color humor
WTLW Lima Ohio will pull Rush Limbaugh from its schedule on February 24 replacing the show with a conservative news commentary program. General manager Robert Placie cited audience complaints about the entertainer aspect and said the station, a Christian outlet, aims to avoid offense while presenting family programming.
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Lima
Ohio
Rush Limbaugh
WTLW
Robert Placie
Rush
Limbaugh
Jesus
Placie
No hard feelings winner rents Rosty apartment in DC
Michael Patrick Flanagan, who defeated Dan Rostenkowski to win Chicago’s first Republican seat in 35 years, rents Rosty Rostenkowski’s Washington DC apartment. Rostenkowski allegedly offered the place first to Flanagan to avoid a long search.
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Rosty
Michael Patrick Flanagan
Dan Rostenkowshki
Flanagan
Rostenkowski
Chicago
Washington, D.C
New Bern Resident Enjoys Beach and Sports
People Brown of New Bern says she enjoys the beach and sports in her spare time. She answers a question about cold weather with a remark about living up north and notes the scene is lovely.
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Brown
New Bern
Flanagan comments on rent and Rostenkowski as landlord
Flanagan says he pays between 500 and 1000 dollars for a sparingly furnished two bedroom near Capitol Hill. He praises Rostenkowski as a good, pleasant landlord and notes the campaign was not a blood feud. He adds he never called him a terrible person.
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Flanagan
Capitol Hill
Rostenkowski
Man picks engines over dates in boating poll with Ireland
A Waukegan Illinois survey shows 64 percent of male boat owners would pick a free Johnson or Evinrude outboard over dinner with Kathy Ireland. Ireland endorses the ads while noting boating’s long term appeal. Other results favor a motor over meals with Rachel Hunter and Roseanne.
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Kathy Ireland
Outboard Marine Corp
Ireland
Waukegan, Ill
Rachel Hunter
Roseanne
Dudley tops Vernon Elementary assists in school gift
Portland Trail Blazers center Chris Dudley donated 300000 to Vernon Elementary School for an I Have a Dream Foundation program serving 76 fourth graders. It is the largest athlete contribution since the program began 14 years ago. Dudley urged students to value education and have goals beyond sports.
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Chris Dudley
Portland Trail Blazers
Vernon Elementary
Dudley
Public Broadcasting contract canceled over lobbying concerns
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting canceled a $250000 consulting contract linked to former congressman Vin Weber after about half the board balked. President Richard W. Carlson said the hires were for strategic advice, not lobbying, to help craft a business plan amid possible federal funding cuts.
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Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Newt Gingrich
Washington Times
Richard W. Carlson
Minnesota
Vin Weber
Congress
Clark & Weinstock
Weber
Carlson
How a court decision doomed a boy’s future in Toulon
A 1989 Toulon Illinois case shows Circuit Judge Cashen ruling against adoptive parents with prior felon history, leading to the boy Joe being sent back to them by appellate court. The article argues a remand to a trial court could have saved him, highlighting missed hearings and reliance on outdated statements from a caseworker. Fehrenbacher, the child's attorney, says he was never asked for his opinion and would not place a child with Ronnie Smith again.
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Robert J. Cashen
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Joe
Cashen
Ronnie and
Teresa Smith
Ronnie Smith
Teresa
Toulon
Judge Cashen
Smiths
Lutheran Social Services
Craig
Karyl Findley
Jacksonville
James D. Heiple
Illinois Supreme Court
Smith
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Bruce Fehrenbacher
Ronnie
Fehrenbacher
Bob Greene
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