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Blair, Schwarzenegger discuss climate

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:51:50 +0000

LONDON (AP) ? California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised Tony Blair for tackling climate change and said his own state could show the U.S. government that it can address environmental issues without damaging the economy.

Schwarzenegger, who traveled to London on the outgoing prime minister's last full day in office Tuesday, said that during a decade in power Blair has "proven to the world that you can do both ... protect the Earth and protect the economy."

Last July, Blair traveled to California so that Britain and California could form a partnership to address global warming, bypassing the Bush administration to explore ways to curb greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean-burning fuels.

Hip travelers to have a cool place to land

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:51:50 +0000

There's a new hotel coming to town, designed for the kind of hipsters like those who frequent the Jupiter Hotel on East Burnside, the Inn at Northrup Station in Northwest and the Lucia on Southwest Broadway.

This one will be near the Portland International Airport, in the complex where an Ikea is scheduled to open next month. Not an area where you'd expect people with subtle tattoos and designer eyeglasses.

"It will be new, sassy and smart," said Harold Pollin, developer of the aloft Portland, a $12 million, 136-room hotel scheduled to open in July 2008. "It's a departure from the usual airport hotel, built for Gen Y, Gen X, new high-tech management types."

MLSD board hears construction update

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:51:50 +0000

MANCHESTER - On June 13, the Manchester Local School District board of education heard an update on the district's construction project, created a new administrative position and accepted the district's 2005-06 fiscal year audit report from Ohio Auditor of State Mary Taylor's office.

The school district is in the process of constructing a new elementary building attached to the present high school, along with completing renovations to the high school. Site work started in May, 2006, and the expected completion of the new elementary is fall, 2008.

The construction project manager, Scott Kirk, discussed the current activity at the construction site. According to Kirk, Sidewinder Electric Co., Inc. was installing cable trays in the high school. At the new elementary site, the block layers were starting the west gym wall, and the roof line was close to completion in the two-story academic wing. Beginning the week of June 18, workers are scheduled to start setting the roof on the elementary.

TVS expecting high marks

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:51:50 +0000

Rick Brownlee, outgoing superintendent of the Twin Valley Local Community School District, presented members of the Board of Education with impending good news at the Monday, June 18, regular meeting.

In his comments to the board, Brownlee reported the school district "may" receive a 24 out of a possible 30 and an "effective" rating when the Ohio Achievement Test scores are released later this year.

"We have been bogged down the last couple of months with criticism about Nobel Prize-winning literature and other issues. Tonight I am very pleased to announce to the board that the Ohio Achievement Test results came in on Friday (June 15) and our elementary school and middle school have done better than ever before!" said Brownlee, who is retiring at the end of July.

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