Galveston may close churches due to Hurricane Ike damage
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- Galveston may close churches due to Hurricane Ike damage
- White collar offenders face ‘prosecutorial hurricane’
- Putnam to replace four portable classrooms in Hurricane
- American Red Cross to hold hurricane presentation Dec. 17
- Hurricane Ridge Braces for Snow Opening Weekend
- Hurricane Protection System in New Orleans ‘A System in Name Only’
Galveston may close churches due to Hurricane Ike damage
Catholic News Agency CO
catholicnewsagency. – Due to serious hurricane damage to Catholic churches in Galveston Texas Catholic leaders in the archdiocese are considering consolidating the island’s parishes into one. Texas Cable News reports that in the weekly Sunday bulletin the pastor of Sacred Heart Church explained to his parishioners that after meeting with the archdiocesan officials and other priests one parish in Galveston was “ideal. “It seems like a logical conclusion to draw after all that’s happened on the island and I think that as long as we all work together we’ll be better off in the future” parishioner Mary Beth Bassett said. Parishes in the area have struggled to get back on their feet due to a great amount of Hurricane Ike damage large costs for repairs and a decrease in donations. According to Texas Cable News no official decisions have been made but they are considering closing two churches and consolidating the remaining four into a single parish St.
White collar offenders face ‘prosecutorial hurricane’
Financial Post Canada
Culprits who managed to mask their misdeeds during the recent housing and stockmarket booms are now being exposed as the economy crumbles. Public outrage over the questionable corporate behaviour that led to the current financial and economic crisis will help fuel a surge in investigations and arrests lawyers say. “There is a prosecutorial hurricane headed into the United States” says Seth Taube a former prosecutor with the U. Securities and Exchange Commission who is now a white-collar crime attorney with Baker Botts in New York. “The public is crying out for blood. There is a great desire to see people pay.
Putnam to replace four portable classrooms in Hurricane
Charleston Gazette USA
- Students at Hurricane Town Elementary School are getting new classrooms. The state School Building Authority has approved a $900000 facilities project to replace four portable classrooms at Hurricane Town Elementary School with a permanent addition Superintendent Chuck Hatfield announced Tuesday evening. The state has awarded the county $600000 and the Putnam County Board of Education will match that with $300000 Hatfield said. With the addition of Hurricane Town Elementary the county will have eliminated 36 portable classrooms at area schools Hatfield said. There are still about 50 portable classrooms left to replace in the county he said. Over the last five years the BOE has been whittling down the number of portable classrooms as money become available he said.
American Red Cross to hold hurricane presentation Dec. 17
Quad-Cities Online IL
The public is invited to come and hear how donated dollars from our communities were used throughout the country to provide food clothing shelter and more for the victims of the 2008 hurricane season. Guests will hear from local Red Cross volunteers and staff who assisted with relief efforts see pictures from hurricane-ravaged areas and participate in a question and answer session. WHEN: Wednesday December 17 200810:00 – 11:00 a.
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Hurricane Ridge Braces for Snow Opening Weekend
Kitsap Sun United States
More of the white stuff could pile up by next weekend and Olympic National Park has moved into its winter operations schedule for Hurricane. As always the best way to find out what’s going on at the closest auto-access wintersports areas in our neck of the woods is by telephone. Call (360) 565-3131 for the recorded road and weather report.
Hurricane Protection System in New Orleans ‘A System in Name Only’
Newswise (press release)
Army Corps of Engineers had complete authority for the design and construction of flood protection in the area around New Orleans following the Flood Control Act of 1965. Today it has until 2011 to provide New Orleans with an improved hurricane protection system.