health calendar
Free Lance-Star - American Red Cross blood drive Monday, Marshall Baptist Church, 2-7 p.m.; Tuesday, Home Depot in Stafford, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and YMCA in Spotsylvania, 2-7 p.m.; Wednesday, Stafford Rescue Squad, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Thursday, Washington Fire & Rescue

Voice of the reader
Billings Gazette - Apparently, it's in fashion inside the Beltway to think torture is a beneficial tool. On Dec. 20, Morton Kondracke in his column, "McCain amendment goes too far in barring torture," argued that accepting the McCain amendment on detainee treatment

IKEA Holding Four-Day Job Fair to Attract Applicants For Store Ope
HispanicBusiness.com - Recruitment opportunities available on December 28 31 for applicants to learn about IKEA and to participate in interviews West Sacramento, CA--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--December 22, 2005--IKEA, the world s leading home furnishings retailer, today

Job Fair draws workers, employers to Community Building yesterday
Lamar Daily News - Many of the unemployed residents of Lamar and the surrounding communities turned out for the Job Fair which was held yesterday at the Lamar Community Building. The fair ran from 9:00 a.m. through 2:30 p.m. It is estimated that at least 300 of the

Valero named one of America's best employers
San Antonio Business Journal - Fortune ranked Valero Energy Corp. as the third best corporation to work for in America on the business magazine's list "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2006. Valero (NYSE: VLO) is the only San Antonio company and only one of nine Texas-based

Council OKs three-year contract with city police
Daily Item - SUNBURY The city and its police department have a new three-year contract, following approval of the document by the City Council at Monday night's meeting. The contract contains 4 percent pay raises for all officers in 2006 and 2007 and 3

Search on for a few good recruits
Riverside Press Enterprise - Average starting salary for an entry-level police officer or sheriff's deputy in the Inland Empire: about $3,500-$4,300 month, depending on qualifications. Sign-on bonuses of up to $5,000 available at certain departments in the state. Benefits

Don't be fooled: Debt has no quick fix
Riverside Press Enterprise - A foul piece of junk stunk up my mailbox recently. It was propaganda from a lender who promised to save me $1,000 a month regardless of whether I'd declared bankruptcy, faced collections, couldn't cough up a penny for a down payment or had no

Ashley Furniture HomeStore to build new store in Great Falls
Great Falls Tribune - Ashley Furniture HomeStore and Sleep City U.S.A. will build a new store on the east end of 10th Avenue South this year. The 40,000-square-foot store will be located between the former Kmart building at 4400 10th Ave. S. and Conlin's Furniture at 4600

health calendar
Free Lance-Star - American Red Cross blood drive Monday, Marshall Baptist Church, 2-7 p.m.; Tuesday, Home Depot in Stafford, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and YMCA in Spotsylvania, 2-7 p.m.; Wednesday, Stafford Rescue Squad, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Thursday, Washington Fire & Rescue

Voice of the reader
Billings Gazette - Apparently, it's in fashion inside the Beltway to think torture is a beneficial tool. On Dec. 20, Morton Kondracke in his column, "McCain amendment goes too far in barring torture," argued that accepting the McCain amendment on detainee treatment

IKEA Holding Four-Day Job Fair to Attract Applicants For Store Ope
HispanicBusiness.com - Recruitment opportunities available on December 28 31 for applicants to learn about IKEA and to participate in interviews West Sacramento, CA--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--December 22, 2005--IKEA, the world s leading home furnishings retailer, today

Job Fair draws workers, employers to Community Building yesterday
Lamar Daily News - Many of the unemployed residents of Lamar and the surrounding communities turned out for the Job Fair which was held yesterday at the Lamar Community Building. The fair ran from 9:00 a.m. through 2:30 p.m. It is estimated that at least 300 of the

Valero named one of America's best employers
San Antonio Business Journal - Fortune ranked Valero Energy Corp. as the third best corporation to work for in America on the business magazine's list "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2006. Valero (NYSE: VLO) is the only San Antonio company and only one of nine Texas-based

Council OKs three-year contract with city police
Daily Item - SUNBURY The city and its police department have a new three-year contract, following approval of the document by the City Council at Monday night's meeting. The contract contains 4 percent pay raises for all officers in 2006 and 2007 and 3

Search on for a few good recruits
Riverside Press Enterprise - Average starting salary for an entry-level police officer or sheriff's deputy in the Inland Empire: about $3,500-$4,300 month, depending on qualifications. Sign-on bonuses of up to $5,000 available at certain departments in the state. Benefits

Don't be fooled: Debt has no quick fix
Riverside Press Enterprise - A foul piece of junk stunk up my mailbox recently. It was propaganda from a lender who promised to save me $1,000 a month regardless of whether I'd declared bankruptcy, faced collections, couldn't cough up a penny for a down payment or had no

Ashley Furniture HomeStore to build new store in Great Falls
Great Falls Tribune - Ashley Furniture HomeStore and Sleep City U.S.A. will build a new store on the east end of 10th Avenue South this year. The 40,000-square-foot store will be located between the former Kmart building at 4400 10th Ave. S. and Conlin's Furniture at 4600