Lakes area could be top growth area in Minnesota Oct 29, 2009
Holman said the Brainerd lakes area is functioning as a regional center. He said 80 percent of the sales tax spent in Baxter comes from those who live outside the city. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Hong Kong, Beijing May Beat Out Sydney as Asia-Pacific Carbon Trading Hubs Oct 28, 2009
Singapore and Hong Kong are working aggressively to become the regional center, he said. China already has several carbon trading exchanges which have started up, said Mina Guli, Beijing-based vice chairman of Peony Capital. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Smaller JDC may not be that much cheaper Oct 28, 2009
The county has saved about $3 million so far, commissioned studies including one funded by a federal grant, and hired Amundsen Associates to design a regional center. Gov. Dave Freudenthal has expressed support for the county's plans. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
2009 H1N1 Vaccine Clinics Oct 27, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 2 pm to 5 pm at the Southwest Regional Center in Taft. Saturday, October 31, 2009 from 9 am to 12 pm at South High School. (KERO 23, CA)
County assessor: Fry's corporate parent purchases Foothills property Oct 25, 2009
The store, located at Yuma Palms Regional Center, is closing its doors by Wednesday ... In addition, the Alltel store at Yuma Palms Regional Center was closed this summer. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Qcue lands $1M from Texas ETF Oct 23, 2009
The investment was announced this week at the Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization. The seven-person Austin-based company was founded in 2007. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
2 sickened after meal with wild mushrooms Oct 21, 2009
The Regional Center for Poison Control, based at Children s Hospital Boston, said that of the 195,000 calls it has handled since 2006 from Massachusetts, only 630 have been about potentially dangerous mushrooms. Of those calls, 136 cases were referred to a health care provider for further treatment, said the center s spokeswoman Colleen Longfellow. (Boston Globe)
Grocer Lewis Golub, 78, dies Oct 19, 2009
His family quickly championed to fight the battle against the degenerative disease, pledging $250,000 to the St. Peter's ALS Regional Center, which was renamed the Lewis Golub MDA ALS Clinic in the man's honor. "ALS is one of those diseases that they don't have a handle on yet," Neil Golub said. (Albany Times Union)
Teens becoming independent (2) Oct 18, 2009
The free program is funded by North Bay Regional Center, which provides services for developmentally disabled people. The Regional Center determines what kids are eligible to be placed in the program ... Eligibility depends on age, if one-on-one assistance is required, and on Regional Center affiliation, according to Padilla. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Visa center seeks foreign investors Oct 17, 2009
The city now has a regional center to channel funds from foreign investors wishing to immigrate in exchange for investing $500,000 or more in projects that create U.S. jobs ... The regional centers began 15 years ago as a pilot program, one that Congress has since reauthorized for short-term periods ... A second regional center in Syracuse serves Upstate New York, and a third center is located in New York City. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Proposed regional dispatch center in Middleton awarded $2 million Oct 17, 2009
The regional center will replace the emergency dispatch centers in communities that choose to join ... Cousins said the proposed regional center has already received preliminary approval from two cities and five towns including Beverly, Methuen, Essex, Topsfield, Middleton, Wenham, and Swampscott ... Cousins and McGowan assured Topsfield Selectman Chairman Martha Morrison that the operation will not go online until backup dispatch services to the regional center have been worked out. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
Success story Oct 15, 2009
Rosales, a Payette High School graduate, is the director of Eastern Oregon Universitys Malheur County Regional Center and very much a product of the program she now leads. She began her college career at Treasure Valley Community College and then transferred to EOU to finish her degrees. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
US News rates 27 Colo. nursing homes best Oct 14, 2009
Grand Junction Regional Center. Harmony Pointe Nursing Center, Lakewood. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Tech funds future may hinge on politics Oct 12, 2009
Jim Poage, the administrator of the the South Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (which oversees the nomination process for companies seeking ETF funding), says there is a strong case that can be made on behalf of the ETF to any future Texas governor ... Applications for funding are screened and reviewed by committees composed of professionals from each of the seven regional Centers of Innovation and Commercialization. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
SBA loan designed to help struggling firms Oct 11, 2009
But with the Brainerd-Baxter area as a regional center with major government and health care operations, Bergman said there is a lot of optimism even with the unemployment numbers here. "I think the worse is behind us," he said. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Survivors, bodies found in Philippines disaster Oct 11, 2009
The regional center has been isolated since Thursday's landslides. The Public Works Department was clearing debris on another highway to the city, but an 82-foot of that mountain road had been washed away, cutting off all traffic, she said. (MSNBC -- International)
Rescuers rush to save Philippine landslide victims Oct 10, 2009
The regional center has been isolated since Thursday's landslides. The Public Works Department was clearing debris on another highway to the city, but an 82-foot (25-meter section) of that mountain road had been washed away, cutting off all traffic, she said. (USA Today)
Myanmar builds good surroundings of education for youth Oct 6, 2009
The workshop, jointly organized by Thailand-based Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Center for Archaeology and Fine Arts, and ASEAN Foundation, was attended by dozens of youth delegates from the Myanmar Ministry of Culture, National Culture and Fine Arts Universities and some social organizations. Meanwhile, ASEAN's culture- and arts-related ministers agreed to enhance the regional cooperation in the areas of culture and arts at a meeting of ASEAN Ministers... (Xinhuanet, China)
2 ex-workers plead guilty in abuse case Oct 6, 2009
Two former nursing home employees pleaded guilty to reduced charges yesterday for harassing and abusing a 94-year-old Alzheimer's patient at the John J. Kane Regional Center in Glen Hazel last year. The prosecution dropped all charges against a third former employee for lack of evidence. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
2 plead guilty in Pa. nursing home abuse Oct 6, 2009
The former employees of the Kane Regional Center in Glen Hazel both got probation after Mondays guilty pleas. As a condition of their probation, 46-year-old Karen Perry of Homestead and 36-year-old Shelly Keene of West Mifflin must not seek jobs working with the elderly. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Vaccines to reach both sides of border Oct 5, 2009
The Regional Center for Border Health, Inc., the Binational Health and Environmental Council, with representatives from San Luis Rio Colorado, Son ... For more information on the immunization campaign, call the Regional Center for Border Health at (928) 627-9222. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Bamberg, Barnwell counties seek input on health care Oct 4, 2009
But once stabilization has been achieved, then it s very likely that the efficiency of the system would be met by transferring those patients to a much larger and more well-equipped regional center which, of course, would still be very convenient to all of the citizens, Guess said. Guess said no plans have been made as far as location and ownership of the center, neither are there any candidates awaiting to enter into an agreement with either county. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Trees of life: Patience, appreciation at root of bonsai philosophy Oct 2, 2009
Escude, a physician at Mississippi State Hospital and Hudspeth Regional Center at Whitfield, first became interested in bonsai trees while attending LSU Medical School in New Orleans from1988 through 1992. He attended meetings of the Greater New Orleans Bonsai Society and heard a speech by the late John Naka, long considered the foremost bonsai tree expert in the U.S.. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Legislation supplies additional $10 billion for biomed research Sep 30, 2009
The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research are examples of institutions at the University that recently received federal grants. According to Lodge, the medical school has tallied about $40 million in grant money from the ARRA funding as of last week. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Police log, Sept. 14-20 Sep 24, 2009
Hogan Regional Center, 450 Maple St.: Police served a 209A restraining order, 12:47 a.m.. Fossa Building, 1 Elm St.: Police received a report of suspicious activity, 1:40 a.m.. (Danvers Herald, MA)
White bear takes center stage in climate drama Sep 21, 2009
"We're struggling with this in the polar bear research world because we can't be out there constantly doing polar bear estimates," Marsha Branigan, a wildlife specialist with the Northwest Territories government, said in an interview in the Inuvialuit regional center of Inuvik. This July, however, a global authority reached some conclusions about the species, believed to number 20,000 to 25,000 around the north, through Alaska, the Eurasian Arctic, Greenland and, mostly, northernmost Canada. (Sioux City Journal)
Metro exec says plenty of land on hand for future growth Sep 18, 2009
Thursday, Oct. 15, at Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand Ave. in Portland (open house starting at 4 p.m., Metro. Council public hearing starting at 5:15 p.m.). (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
Word on the Street: Business finds perfect fit for women Sep 14, 2009
The company is funded by and the families are reimbursed through state money that flows through the Central Valley Regional Center, she said. It joins at least two other similar programs in Fresno. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows Sep 12, 2009
It is appalling to me that the Central Valley Regional Center has had to ask their hardworking and underpaid staff to return some bonus money. The directors made a decision and used surplus funds to give a small bonus. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Big grant for dispatch center Sep 12, 2009
Town Manager Bill Griffin confirmed the towns of Cohasset, Hingham, Norwell and Hull have received the hefty state 911 Department to move forward with a regional center ... Since the funds are being awarded based on this being a regional center, Hingham, as the lead community, needs to execute an inter-municipal agreement with at least one of the other towns to begin accessing the grant funds, Griffin said. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Communities get state grants to regionalize 911 dispatch systems Sep 10, 2009
But the regional center will have more dispatchers to spread out the work ... The regional center will be built in the Hingham Town Hall complex ... As for the second regional center, Jim Muscato, director of field services for the Plymouth County Sheriff s Department, said it would be located in the sheriff s facility in Plymouth. (Boston Globe)
* Drought closes in on Africas nomads Sep 9, 2009
The huge public reservoir in this regional center has been empty for months and, says Molu Duka Sora, local director of the governments Arid Lands program, all the major boreholes in the vast semi-desert area are failing one by one. Earlier this year, more than 50 people died of cholera in Moyale. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Recent syringe attacks that triggered public scare in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi were no simple violations but "violent, terrorist" crimes, said a police officer and a law expert Tuesday. Sep 9, 2009
No death nor any case which needs anti-virus drugs has been reported, said an official with the regional center of disease control and prevention. RETURNING TO NORMAL. (Xinhuanet, China)
ROSIE VARNELL (117) Aug 31, 2009
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials take the form of contributions to Alzheimer s Association Central AR Regional Center, 411 S. Victory, Suite 202, Little Rock, Ark. 72201. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
County jobless rate among lowest Aug 30, 2009
The diversity we have here by being a regional center for higher education and healthcare makes a huge difference in our success. Perhaps just as importantly, the quality of our manufacturing sector has meant that we have suffered less than many less fortunate areas. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
Appeal filed over plan to move NOAA's fleet Aug 30, 2009
Seattle is also home to NOAA's Western Regional Center and two major NOAA science labs, whose researchers use the ships to survey fish populations, map the sea floor and study climate change. Newport was aided in its bid by a 19. (Longview Daily News, WA)
ASU outlines plans, procedures in case of H1N1 outbreak Aug 28, 2009
Persell is an associate professor of nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, coordinator of the Regional Center for Disaster Preparedness Education and an expert in Emergency Management and Homeland Security. In addition to the guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control lists these preventive measures which are on the school s Web site and should be observed. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Service agencies face city squeeze Aug 27, 2009
"Downtown Daytona Beach has in effect become a regional center for social service uses, and the Planning Board has made the case that this has had a negative effect on the city's attempts to revitalize this area.". Local agencies say the city couldn't have picked a worse time to clamp down on social services with the protracted economic crisis. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
$2M expansion planned for Homeland Security center Aug 24, 2009
Regional center of excellence ... Griffo s vision: A premier, state-of-the-art facility able to deal with issues relative to New York state and to become a regional center of excellence, he said. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Comings and Goings: Yuma Palms offering gift card promotion Aug 23, 2009
There are a thousand reasons to shop at Yuma Palms Regional Center, says Lorene Becker, property manager ... "I have a great time surprising shoppers and giving them a gift card, the shoppers are given the ability to purchase more than they had anticipated and the stores have the opportunity to increase their sales through the redemption of the gift card. The Random Gift Card Giving promotion is expected to reach, and perhaps surpass, $1,000 in gift card giving.More gift card giving includes the... (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
State To Audit Finances Of Disabled Centers Aug 22, 2009
The groups came under scrutiny earlier this summer after it was revealed that the Fresno-based Central Valley Regional Center had spent $500,000 in taxpayer funds on staff bonuses amid California's fiscal crisis ... The Joint Legislative Audit Committee on Wednesday approved Democratic Assemblyman Hector De La Torre's request to audit the state's 21 regional centers. (KSBW 8, CA)
Smooth-Stone lands TETF grant Aug 22, 2009
Smooth-Stone s innovative architecture has the potential to change the server market and keep Texas on the cutting edge of technology, said Jack McDonald, chairman and CEO of Perficient Inc. and chairman of the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization ... We are proud to partner with the Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization, the state of Texas and the Austin Technology Incubator to lead the push for truly green... (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Funding to end for Modesto therapeutic riding classes Aug 18, 2009
Of the 40 young riders at Care-ousel, 38 last week received letters from the state's Department of Developmental Services stating the funds for the program, administered locally through the Valley Mountain Regional Center, are being eli 00004000 minated. It's frustrating for parents who see their children thriving in the program, said Suze Black. (Modesto Bee, CA)
3 accused of abuse against vulnerable adults Aug 16, 2009
Courtney Dixon, 23, last known address A County Road 119, Abbeville, is charged with one count of misdemeanor abuse of a vulnerable adult for allegedly slapping in the face a resident of North Mississippi Regional Center. If convicted, Dixon faces up to one year in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Mayor asks if FM is better off under his leadership (2) Aug 14, 2009
As a regional center, the project was to cooperate with the Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa. The center had to apply for competitive grant dollars and show cooperation among the three groups. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
The bane of a berry Aug 9, 2009
The berries contain the toxin glycoside and essential oils that cause rapid vomiting, according to the Oregon Poison Center, a regional center that provides service to Alaska. "The berries are pretty bitter, so they're not something anyone would tend to eat a lot of," said Rob Hendrickson, associate medical director for the poison center. (Juneau Empire)
Health care meetings trouble? Aug 8, 2009
Aug. 20, 10 a.m. at Kirbo Regional Center in Bainbridge. Aug. 20, 4 p.m. at Albany State University, Albany. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Budget cuts threaten girl's life-sustaining care Aug 8, 2009
They found Bill Feeman of Westside Regional Center ... Westside Regional Center is one of 21 state regional centers providing services literally from birth to death ... Mike Danneker is executive director of Westside Regional Center. (CNN -- Health)
Minor injuries reported in Marsh Drive crash Monday Aug 5, 2009
Three people were taken to Carlisle Regional Center with minor injuries after a South Middleton Township crash Monday, according to state police at Carlisle. Police said Jonathan D. Coleman, 19, of Enola, was driving a 1994 Toyota Celica west on Marsh Drive at 8:56 a.m. and attempted to turn left at Greenfield Drive into the parking lot of St. Patricks school before the intersection was clear. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Conductive Education For Kids With Cerebral Palsy Aug 5, 2009
But at the C. Elizabeth Rieg Regional Center, something called "conductive education" is getting students with cerebral palsy out of wheelchairs and walkers. "Conductor" Robert Demeter incorporates exercises that encourage movement and relax rigid muscles. (W-USA News, DC)
College for autistics Aug 4, 2009
A Senate report estimates that by the year 2012 at least 70,000 autistics will be registered with the state's Regional Center system, and the number of Californians with a condition on the autistic spectrum will number more than 350,000. The emerging Center for College Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders is an attempt to open wider higher education for autistics. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
* FEATURE : High potential for medical tourism Aug 3, 2009
6 percent of GDP. Thailand, meanwhile, has established itself as a regional center for spa treatments. Lee said Taiwan was particularly well-positioned to vie for medical tourists from China, given the cultural proximity, common language and popularity of its tourist attractions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* AmCham pushes Taiwan to act as technology hub Aug 3, 2009
Taipei Times - archives. Enter your search terms. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Local health group extends community outreach Aug 3, 2009
The Regional Center for Border Health (RCBH) Inc. conducted a six-week door-to-door community census campaign called Nuestros Ninos to identify uninsured children needing immunizations, pregnant women with no prenatal care and other community health issues. Nuestros Ninos is Spanish for "Our Children.". (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Kenya: The Country and the U.S. - Meeting the Growing Challenge in East Africa [document] Aug 1, 2009
It is an important transportation hub for all of its neighboring states, including most of the Eastern Congo, and it is a regional center for banking, industry, agriculture and telecommunications. Nairobi is also the headquarters of the largest UN regional headquarters in the southern hemisphere and also the home of the largest U.S. embassy south of the Sahara. (allAfrica.com)
Detroit man says stress led him to rob banks Jul 29, 2009
Directors of the Central Valley Regional Center on June 20 decided to distribute a budget surplus to workers. The bonuses, based on salary and seniority, averaged $1,400. (Fresno Bee)
San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees race: Al Lennox counting on his business experience (2) Jul 26, 2009
So as Lennox's one-year American Legion Commander term is about to expire, and as he is ending a 12-year stint on the board for Valley Mountain Regional Center in Stockton, Lennox realized he was going to have some extra time on his hands ... Has spent 35 years on various boards, such as the Valley Mountain Regional Center in Stockton and Half Way Ranch, a center for displaced teenagers, in Sutter Creek. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
50 years later Jul 26, 2009
" Later, Hagmeier earned a Master of Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling and Doctorate of Educational Psychology from the University of Washington as well as worked as a prevocational specialist for the Northwest Regional Center for Deaf Blind Children and as a ___ at the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in Anchorage (1978-84). He also trained for four weeks at Seeing Eye Inc., a training facility for seeing eye dogs in Morristown, N.J. Hagmeier and his wife, Christy - a deaf student he... (Juneau Empire)
Maine counties experience pitfalls of state-run regional dispatch centers Jul 25, 2009
The regional center being planned in Essex County clearly has different dynamics from the regional emergency communications in Maine. Essex County is comprised of a system of all single municipal dispatches centers that answer and dispatch calls and officials are not proposing a state-run facility. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
What if we could do better? Jul 23, 2009
This is the place designated by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a regional center for the care of threatened and endangered species in New England. But would they care about a Snapping turtle, a fairly common reptile often seen on our area roads, making a trip from wetlands to uplands and back again, in the annual reproductive cycle of all wetland turtles. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Teens becoming independent (4) Jul 18, 2009
The free program is funded by North Bay Regional Center, which provides services for developmentally disabled people. The Regional Center determines what kids are eligible to be placed in the program ... Eligibility depends on age, if one-on-one assistance is required, and on Regional Center affiliation, according to Padilla. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Lawsuit not the solution8:16 pm | (No comments posted.) Jul 18, 2009
Yankton is a regional center that ultimately depends on the area communities for a large chunk of its livelihood. Conversely, area communities depend on Yankton not only for shopping and service options, but also to create jobs to which people in area towns may commute - thus, allowing them to stay in this area they wish to call home. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Cape mail would be sorted in Brockton if Wareham center closes Jul 18, 2009
Cape Cod mail used to be sorted at a regional center on Meeting House Lane, North Sagamore. When that facility closed, sorting was moved to a center in Wareham. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Texas Emerging Technology Fund awards millions to local tech firms Jul 16, 2009
The five companies are: , , , and , according to the (SATAI) and the South Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization ... The organization staffs the South Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization which is responsible for reviewing applications for funds under the $200 million Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Bonuses were deserved Jul 16, 2009
Directors of the Central Valley Regional Center on June 20 decided to distribute a budget surplus to workers ... As the Regional Center liaison for the Department of Children and Family Services in Fresno, and as the parent of a Regional Center client, I was sad to hear of Central Valley Regional Centers board of directors decision to rescind their one-time salary increase to staff ... Hiring of staff, payment of vendors, and eligibility requirements to become a Regional Center client have all... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
