Community Calendar governmenthenderson county board of public education will meet at 5 p.m. monday in the interpretive center of historic johnson farm.fletcher town council will meet at 6 p.m. monday at fletcher town hall.brevard city county will meet at 7 p.m. monday in the city council chambers. www.blueridgenow.com
Minnesota Smoking Rate Reaches New Low - Post-bulletin st. paul -- more minnesota smokers are kicking the habit, crumpling their cigarette packs at a faster rate than their peers around the country. a statewide telephone survey released on wednesday put the state's adult smoking rate at a new low of 17 ... www.postbulletin.com
Outdoors Notes: Pheasant Hunters Have Long Road Ahead - Post-bulletin normally, hunters eagerly await the results of the department of natural resources august road count for pheasants and other wildlife. this year, however, hunters worried as they waited -- and with good reason. bird numbers are down, way down, mostly ... www.postbulletin.com
More To Be Known About Cwd mt. pleasant -- one of the nation's leading authorities on chronic wasting disease says that while mucous from a deer's nose can spread the disease, it isn't the most dangerous source of infection. www.freep.com
Coach's Prison Term Tossed a sonoma county judge has overturned an unusually severe prison sentence for a former sonoma valley wrestling coach convicted in 2003 of sex acts with underage girls, ruling the coach received inadequate advice from his attorney about the potential punishment. www.pressdemocrat.com
Adult/high School - School Library Journal block, stefan merrill . the story of forgetting: a novel . 313p. notes. random . 2008. tr $24.95. isbn 978-1-4000-6679-7 . lc 2007012062. adult/high school— this riveting novel features well-drawn characters engaged in the epic struggle of finding ... www.schoollibraryjournal.com
Teens And Literacy - School Library Journal if you’re staggering under the weight of all that unread professional literature accumulating in your book bag, consider replacing some of those volumes with this title. prominent educators kylene beers, robert e. probst, and linda rief invited ... www.schoollibraryjournal.com
Unclear Results Of Privatizing Mental Health - Atlanta Journal Constitution georgia is preparing to let for-profit companies take over much of its troubled mental health system, even though little evidence suggests privatization would save much money or improve care. the state plans to privatize one of its seven psychiatric ... www.ajc.com
The Short List - Portland Tribune tour 10 early 20th-century craftsman- and old portland-style homes in ladd’s addition, oregon’s oldest planned community (1891), while helping to save the neighborhood’s stately trees from the ravages of dutch elm disease. volunteers from the ... www.portlandtribune.com
The Ipod Study Buddy Page 1 Of 2 - Mac Central walk down the street in most cities—or through any college campus—and you’re likely to see more ipods than you can count. but those ipods can do more than just pump up gym-goers as they work out, or enable students to rock out as they walk to ... www.macworld.com
More Kids Will Drink If Law Changes - Portland Tribune i disagree totally with the idea of lowering the legal drinking age to 18 ( is 18 too young to drink? , sept. 4). seniors in high school almost always turn 18 before or during their senior year in high school. lowering the drinking age would simply ... www.portlandtribune.com
College Accountability Movement Moves Online - Inside Higher Ed one by one, coalitions of colleges of different sorts and stripes have wrestled with the best way to respond to the intensifying public pressure to prove their value and their effectiveness in educating students. proposals have come from state ... www.insidehighered.com
Final Program [pdf] Conference-at-a-glance [pdf] - Information Today a host of new internet technologies are changing the way we find, manage, and distribute information. from web logs to wikis to rss to online bookmarking services, the possibilities for collaboration and sharing are almost limitless, as are the ways ... www.infotoday.com