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  • LOVE AND THE ART OF GIVE AND TAKE

    Mort Fertel|Feb 7, 2019

    One day my 9-year-old was playing violin outside a small shopping plaza. She’s done this before and it’s common for people to watch for a while and then throw some money in her violin case. But this time, using her words “Daddy, a man who smelled like alcohol and didn’t look right gave me money.” On her way home my daughter learned a little more about her new patron. She looked out the car window and there he was holding a sign "Homeless. Please Help." Why would a homeless man give money to a little girl whose parents can afford violin le...

  • Hy-Vee Announces Expanded Discount Medications List at All Hy-Vee Pharmacy Locations

    Feb 7, 2019

    WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (Feb. 6, 2019) — Today, Hy-Vee, Inc. announces the expansion of its discount medications list to assist customers with lowering their health care costs, making their lives easier, healthier and happier. The new medication list went into effect Feb. 1, and is available to all patients with no enrollment fees. The new list includes an increased number of cholesterol, diabetes, gastrointestinal, mental health, women’s health and men’s health medications offered at the discounted price. It also includes commonly prescribed ant...

  • Five things we've learned from a decade of research on school closures

    Feb 7, 2019

    The Oakland school board has a problem: too many schools and too few students. To stay afloat, the district plans to close as many as two dozen schools over the next five years. That decision has not gone over well with the teachers and students affected. https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/02/05/school-closure-research-review/...

  • Parents, teachers, administrators urge Baltimore County school board to fight for more budget funds

    Feb 7, 2019

    In a rare show of unity at the Baltimore County school board meeting Tuesday night, dozens of parents, teachers and administrators encouraged the school board to ask for what students need rather than accept the slimmed-down budget that meets the county executive’s fiscal limits. A revision to the budget proposal two weeks ago has been criticized for its failure to provide pay raises for school employees and for not providing the schools with enough teachers at a time when enrollment is increasing. https://www.baltimoresun.c...

  • 3-AMERICORPS MEMBERS-RED LAKE AREA - Red Lake AmeriCorps (Service to New Scholars)

    Feb 7, 2019

    JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Revised 2/4/2019 3-AMERICORPS MEMBERS-RED LAKE AREA Red Lake AmeriCorps (Service to New Scholars) OPEN: January 28, 2019 CLOSING: February 21, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m. JOB SUMMARY: Provide school readiness to preschoolers at the Red Lake Head Start Program at various sites; Red Lake, Ponemah, St. Mary's, Immersion Pre-school. The goal of the program is also to provide a meaningful experience of services for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Report to Director, part-time positions,...

  • Marijuana or hemp? Manufacturers snagged by Farm Bill confusion

    Feb 7, 2019

    Cannabis entrepreneurs say they’re facing jail time and hefty legal fees because of the plant’s complicated biology, with the vaunted 2018 Farm Bill only muddling the picture for interstate commerce. A pair of cases in Idaho and Oklahoma raised questions about how state and local law enforcement are supposed to tell the difference between hemp and marijuana. https://mjbizdaily.com/marijuana-or-hemp-manufacturers-snagged-by-farm-bill-confusion/...

  • Seven Clans-Thief River Falls Job Fair - Tuesday, February 12, 2019

    Seven Clans-Thief River Falls Job Fair - Tuesday, February 12, 2019 10 AM - 2 PM - Hotel Lobby...