HIGH RIDGE: Wentzel Electric participates in Habitat for Humanity effort in St. Louis
Electricians working for an area company benefited over the last year through a program that supports the Habitat for Humanity St. Louis charitable organization.

SRP blast causes $2.5 mil in damage
Coal plant's opening could be set back.

Elections are still won, but inaugural balls are lost
WASHINGTON -- At the 1893 inaugural ball of Stephen Grover Cleveland, heralded as "a triumph of the electricians' skill" at the time, a canopy constructed of 10,000 square yards of gold bunting hung over a jubilant display of silk, flowers and incandescent light bulbs, which spelled out the names of all previous presidents in gargantuan twinkly letters. A 120-piece orchestra led by John Philip ...

Oilsands workers sought
Although the spectre of job losses has started to haunt several Alberta companies, this province's labour shortage continues unabated in some sectors.

New Clooney Movie Could Brng Millions To St. Louis
Feverish fans will have to wait another month to see one of Hollywood?s hottest stars, but the producers of George Clooney?s new movie are in St. Louis now. They?re scouting for locations to shoot the big-budget film "Up InThe Air". It?s a story of seeing a clouds silver lining as a liability at Lambert has become a blockbuster's benefit.

ODD JOBS: In the chimney business
Not long ago, the art of chimney sweeping was a dying trade.

Briefly in Tompkins
Ithaca High School students Jacob Evelyn (senior) and Mary Eloundou (sophomore) were awarded first prize and third prize in an essay competition to celebrate the French Presidency of the European Union, which ran from July-December 2008. Janet Bowman, French language teacher at Ithaca High School, learned of the competition through the Cornell Institute for European Studies' outreach program. ...

Audit finds fire office progress
CHEYENNE -- When Lanny Applegate took over the job of state fire marshal and director of the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety more than two years ago, he inherited an agency "in shambles," as one former employee described it.

Sound Tigers Weekly
WEEK AHEAD Wednesday Houston, 7 p.m. Jan. 25, 2003: That's the last time the Houston Aeros showed up at the Arena at Harbor Yard. This is The Aeros' fifth game in a six-game tour of the Northeast.

Villanueva strike puts Spartans to the sword
They decided not to parade their FA Cup heroes of 1978 on the pitch at the home of Blyth Spartans last night. Thirty-one years having past since the Spartans of yore came within a disputed last minute corner kick of a quarter-final place, the feeling at the Northumberland club was that the stage should be clear for their new millennium giantkillers to make a little history of their own. The ...

What Could Save The Yellow Pages? 10 Ideas
It?s something of a ?perfect storm? for the embattled yellow pages companies right now.

Premier keying in on Infrastructure for 2009
Wants Highway 104 twinning to happen this year

Technical and Trade-Savy Workforce on the Rise in Virginia
Workforce specialists at the University of Virginia say maintaining Virginia's economic strength will require additional attention to skilled professions.

Arizona hoping green initiatives will blossom into new jobs
The outlook for green jobs in Arizona is looking brighter than it has in years, though the prospects would be better if it weren't for that other pesky green situation: the economy and a shortage of money.

Recruit bonanza for ADF
THE ADF is poised for a recruitment bonanza in the coming months as rising unemployment and economic uncertainty scare school leavers.

Less frequent than police details, fire watches add up
While police details often draw criticism from the public, the extra pay available to firefighters generates nary a word of protest. The silence can be explained, in part, by crunching the numbers in Danvers. During the calendar year that just ended, 120 fire details, called fire watches, paid out a total of $33,085. Meanwhile, police officer Robert Santo, the town's highest paid employee, took ...

Group begins coordinating efforts to lure movie industry to Bay City
There's a downtown Bay City antique dealer who says he wouldn't mind renting a few props to furnish movie sets. There's a local woman employed in the film industry as a traveling technician who might enjoy bringing her work home.

Sentinels go 2-2; Legion ties
MARQUETTE - A sweep of the visiting Marinette-Menominee Thunder Sunday at Lakeview Arena gave the Marquette Sentinels Bantam A hockey squad a 2-2 record over the weekend.

WorkTiger LLC Launches Free Service
WorkTiger LLC today has launched a new website that connects service providers with potential customers. There is currently no charge for service providers or customers. The site is a blend between the phone directory and the classifieds. Service Providers/Contractors list a profile on the site with their information and experience, licenses etc. Customers can search for providers in their area ...

Inaugural ball has lost much of its luster
WASHINGTON -- At the 1893 inaugural ball of Stephen Grover Cleveland, heralded as "a triumph of the electricians' skill" at the time, a canopy constructed of 10,000 square yards of gold bunting hung over a jubilant display of silk, flowers and incandescent light bulbs, which spelled out the names of all previous presidents in gargantuan letters.