Holiday Weekend Shopping Wrap-Up: How Did Local Businesses Do? bi13280290 By Stacia Kalinoski EUGENE, Ore. -- The official kick-off to the holiday shopping season over. In the midst of a busy weekend, most local businesses made time to keep an eye on books to see how much holiday cash people were willing to spend. At the 5th Street Market -- Mindy's Needlepoint, Melange, and Hartwick's staff said Wednesday and Friday business was strong, but they all said ..

Christmas count turns birdwatchers scientists bi13280290 Darlene Eschete, president of the Terrebonne Bird Club, looks for birds Monday afternoon her yard Bourg. Birdwatchers across Louisiana are participating the annual Christmas Bird Count

Once was easy to cheer for Butch and Sundance bi13280290 On March 2, 1979, my apartment was burglarized. The robbers kicked my back door I was at work, and cleaned out every valuable thing they could carry: my TV, stereo, binoculars, camera equipme..

Fishing Report: Spotted bass record set at Nacimiento bi13280290 En route to a bass tournament win Saturday at Nacimiento Lake, Bryan Grier, who honed fishing sk..

Once was easy to cheer for Butch and Sundance bi13280290 On March 2, 1979, my apartment was burglarized. The robbers kicked my back door I was at work, and cleaned out every valuable thing they could carry: my TV, stereo, binoculars, camera equipme..

Christmas count turns birdwatchers scientists bi13280290 Darlene Eschete, president of the Terrebonne Bird Club, looks for birds Monday afternoon her yard Bourg. Birdwatchers across Louisiana are participating the annual Christmas Bird Count

Even home-sales data bogus, Realtors say bi13280290 The real estate industry lives by the motto: ?location, location, location.? Next week it?ll be known for ?deception, deception, deception.? The National Association of Realtors admitted week that has been reporting bad figures on sales of previously occupied houses for the past five years. It correct..

The importance of proper procurement bi13280290 P Gunasegaram stresses on the need to manage procurement earnest and being accountable when mismanagement does occur

Talk of the County bi13280290 Classroom costs Congratulations to Waukegan for being able to add 116 classrooms to multiple schools throughout school district. However, I have to ask one question. Isn?t close to $320,000 per classroom a little exorbitant? I don?t understand how could happen a city on the verge of bankruptcy. Someone needs to be looking the Department of Education and see where ..

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Chautauqua?s long-running bird program grabs a national spotlight bi13280290 Every now and then, retired school teacher Carol Ferch hear from one of her former students that he or she birding, a decade or two after learning about Vashon?s native birds as a student her fourth-grade classroom

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