13 horses lost in barn fire
Providence Journal - They died in their stalls Saturday night in a fire that was already tearing through the hay and exposed wood when neighbors saw the flames and a passing motorist stopped and banged on the owners' front door. By the time firefighters arrived, it was

Do you participate in Relay for Life?
Daily Citizen - Yes, I am on a Relay team through my workplace. Yes, I am on Relay team to remember a loved one. Yes, I am on a Relay team because I am a cancer survivor. Yes, although I am not on a Relay team, I participate by supporting Relay events. Yes (other

Stine speaks at Rotary
Southwest Daily News - Dennis Stine explained the impact of Hurricane Rita on Stine Lumber Company to the Sulphur Sunrise Rotary Club at last Friday's meeting. Recovery is more than just building a house back, it's building an economy back, declared Stine. Before

Obituary listings for March 26, 2006
Bedford Times-Mail - NASHVILLE - Lois Maxine Altop, 77, of Nashville, formerly of Indianapolis, died Thursday at her residence. She retired as a bookkeeper for Rose Tire Company and Progressive Tool and Die, both in Indianapolis. Survivors include two brothers, Jack E

Fire stole inn's 'soul'
Montreal Gazette - Sommelier Philippe Morisset stood holding his chin as a backhoe sifted through the remains of the Auberge Hatley yesterday afternoon. "Ouch, that hurts," Morisset said as the distinctive crunch of breaking bottles could be heard over the roar of the

NOTES FROM NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Guide Local Speak The Katrina
EURweb - New Orleans-speak sounds like a Bronx native with a bad southern problem. If you get the cadence down and liberally sprinkle your dialogue with baaybie and darhlin , you can pass as a local. But still, you ll need to know some of the

Zoning hearing on strip club just a teaser
Philadelphia Daily News - Scores' promoters said they want to erect a "gentlemen's club" and "gourmet restaurant" in Old City, but a skeptical zoning board stopped just short of asking them yesterday if house specials include strip steak, G-stringbeans, Freud clams, rump

Motel heist may have global link
Detroit News - NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP -- Police are investigating possible international connections to Tuesday's diamond heist outside a Haggerty Road/I-275 corridor motel. Two men, described as possible Albanians, robbed an Israeli diamond courier/salesman at

Book Report: Old story, new twist
Herald Tribune - Danielle Steel's books have sold 550 million copies. Tom Perkins, Steel's former husband, has sold just a handful of his first romance novel, "Sex and the Single Zillionaire," but he's not giving up. Perkins is a lion of the venture capital world

Lake Jackson family escapes fire with pets
Brazoria Facts - LAKE JACKSON A scared Chelsea Toomer s quick thinking saved her family and several pets from a house fire early Wednesday. I woke up this morning because my face was hot and my nightstand was on fire, said the 16-year-old Brazoswood High

Medication may have affected hit-run, lawyer says
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Mar 28, 2006 The defendant, an insurance adjuster, said little. The judge agreed to the defense lawyer's request to set $50,000 total bail on all charges.

Tax Rules Allow Full Deduction of Hurricane-Related Casualty
Accountingweb.com, IN - Apr 2, 2006 While the insurance claims may not have been received as yet or in many cases an insurance adjuster may have not even visited yet, residents should still

Gas appliance ruled out in West Lorne blaze
St. Thomas Times-Journal, Canada - Mar 18, 2006 West Lorne Complex. The call was made by West Elgin's insurance adjuster Bob Gauthier, of SCM Adjusters. While the Feb. 8 fire s

Bear River clinic will be rebuilt
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Mar 29, 2006 An insurance adjuster and a building contractor combed through the charred remains of the Bear River and Area Community Health Clinic on Tuesday and volunteers

Governor reacts to damage in Lawrence
49abcnews.com, KS - Mar 13, 2006 "While the tendency of wanting everything back to normal quickly, getting an insurance adjuster there first and taking photographs of damage for insurance

Rita's three R's: Repairs, repairs, repairs
Beaumont Enterprise, TX - Mar 20, 2006 extent of the damage. Then expenses have to be finalized with the insurance adjuster. Bids will be taken after that. If repairs went

Marian edges Bishop Foley in hard-fought contest
Daily Tribune - Daily Tribune photo by Rosh Sillars . Laura Buscher of Bishop Foley fights for control of the ball in a Catholic League soccer game against Marian Tuesday. Marian took a 4-2 victory. You can purchase this photo. It will appear later this week in our

NOTES FROM NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Guide Local Speak The Katrina
EURweb - New Orleans-speak sounds like a Bronx native with a bad southern problem. If you get the cadence down and liberally sprinkle your dialogue with baaybie and darhlin , you can pass as a local. But still, you ll need to know some of the

Sawmill at Boyd destroyed in storm
Register-News - BOYD Worshippers at Boyd Christian Church emerged from services Sunday night and saw a parking lot and yard full of metal siding, wooden beams and trusses, and damaged cars. Terry Jones, who oversees the building and grounds, said they knew the

The mobile homes weathered Hurricane Wilma with minor damage. Yet
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Except for a blown-in window and a damaged carport from Wilma's winds, Jeanne Farthing's 33-year-old mobile home escaped the storm relatively unscathed. So did Joyce Smith's home in the same Hollywood Estates park, situated on Seminole Indian land

Benjamin Enyart
Daily Standard - Benjamin I. Enyart, 26, 610 West Water St., Portland, died March 17, 2006, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind. from an apparent suicide. He was born Feb. 1, 1980, in Bluffton, Ind, to Donald and Anita Menchhofer Enyart, who survive in Portland

In Marmaduke, residents survived, but little else did
Northwest Arkansas News - MARMADUKE Rescue crews picked through what remained of Marmaduke on Monday, searching for anyone trapped inside wreckage caused by Sunday evening s tornado. More than 40 people were injured, three critically, in a storm that obliterated nearly

Police chief wraps 31-year career in Holliston
MetroWest Daily News - H OLLISTON -- More than three decades of police work has wrapped up for the town s top cop -- and for him, the years passed quickly. "When you go through it, it seems like you ll never get to that point," said Police Chief James Peterson, who

Carnegie Center decision a long way off
Modesto Bee - TURLOCK Work continues behind the scenes to determine the future of the burned-out Carnegie Arts Center. A Nov. 23 fire gutted the 1916 building, one of more than 2,000 libraries industrialist Andrew Carnegie built nationwide. The city has not

Residents begin cleanup following storm
Washington Times-Herald - When roaring winds blew the roof off Main Street Wesleyan Church Sunday, the congregation led by Rev. Phil Kessen huddled a few blocks down the street in their fellowship hall, their typical Sunday night meeting place. Once everyone was safely herded

Branded for Life
CTV - It's a bit late to be starting over again, but at 53 that's exactly what John Hudak is trying to do. There's a new town, Trail, B.C., and, he hopes, a new career. He's studying to be an insurance adjuster. That's not exactly how he'd planned it

NOTES FROM NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Guide Local Speak The Katrina
EURweb - New Orleans-speak sounds like a Bronx native with a bad southern problem. If you get the cadence down and liberally sprinkle your dialogue with baaybie and darhlin , you can pass as a local. But still, you ll need to know some of the

Read Entire Story
Rapid City Journal - RAPID CITY -- When Mary Jackson and her husband, Tim Johnson, were startled awake shortly after midnight early Sunday morning, it took them a while to realize what had happened. "We thought the house blew up or that there was a fire," Jackson said

Benjamin Enyart
Daily Standard - Benjamin I. Enyart, 26, 610 West Water St., Portland, died March 17, 2006, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind. from an apparent suicide. He was born Feb. 1, 1980, in Bluffton, Ind, to Donald and Anita Menchhofer Enyart, who survive in Portland

The mobile homes weathered Hurricane Wilma with minor damage. Yet
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Except for a blown-in window and a damaged carport from Wilma's winds, Jeanne Farthing's 33-year-old mobile home escaped the storm relatively unscathed. So did Joyce Smith's home in the same Hollywood Estates park, situated on Seminole Indian land

Driver says he didn't see train
Glenwood Post Online - NEW CASTLE - When firefighter Austin Coryell saw the train bearing down on his firetruck with his three passengers inside, he didn't think they were going to make it. The 20-year-old volunteer fireman for the Burning Mountains Fire Protection

Bill looks to change rules for condos
News-Press - On March 7, the Florida Legislature convened for its regular, annual 60-day session. In what has become an annual tradition, a dozen or so bills, amendments and proposals affecting the operation of community associations are floating around the

Police chief wraps 31-year career in Holliston
MetroWest Daily News - H OLLISTON -- More than three decades of police work has wrapped up for the town s top cop -- and for him, the years passed quickly. "When you go through it, it seems like you ll never get to that point," said Police Chief James Peterson, who

Ole carved a name for himself
In-Forum - Valley R&R columnist Bob Lind has been with The Forum since 1969. He retired from full-time reporting in 1998 and writes the "Neighbors" column on a part-time basis. He is married, with four children and eight grandchildren. He was a quiet