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Ontario High School students leave the high school building on their lunch break Thursday. The Ontario School District received a little more than $100,000 in various grant funding to provide support for four different programs. The Ontario School Board appropriated that funding at Thursday’s regular school board meeting.
An infusion of funds
ONTARIO — A little more than $100,000 in grant funding will boost certain programs in the Ontario School District this school year following resolutions passed by the Ontario School Board Thursday night to appropriate the funds.
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River of Life bowls for cash, receives match
River of Life Christian School, Payette, held its annual ‘Bowl-a-thon’ fundraiser Thursday at Sunset Lanes in Ontario. Students garnered $7,686 in sponsorships to bowl, and Intermountain Community Bank’s Fruitland branch matched $5,000, bringing in more than $12,500 for the school.
The Natural Way — A Thanksgiving proclamation
With my fumbling computer skills, I searched for something meaningful about our upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving.
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Chemicals in schools: Is safety part of the equation?
(ARA) - When it comes to school safety and student health, our kids deserve the best protection possible. These days, schools have programs related to everything from gun violence to obesity prevention; but how safe are our nation's schools when it comes to protecting kids from dangerous chemicals?
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Locals sound off on terrorist trial
ONTARIO — A small group of area residents proved to be divided over the wisdom of sending terrorists linked to the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center to be tried in federal court.
Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced a decision to bring several key suspects in the terror attack case — including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 2001 terror assault — to New York where they will be tried in a federal court and not under a military-based tribunal system.
Residents, officials deliver feedback on nuclear plant
PAYETTE — The Eagle, Idaho man pushing for a nuclear facility in Payette County urged the planning and zoning officials and residents Thursday night to do their research regarding the atomic power concept.
“Tonight is just about the next step,” Don Gillispie said. “Let’s do our research and move from there.”
Area economic development coalition holds critical meeting
ONTARIO — A little more than a year after an idea was generated to form a group to market the tri-county area of southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon for economic development purposes, the Snake River Economic Development Alliance has taken steps toward making its corporation official and is eyeing early 2010 to begin operations.
In a general membership meeting of SREDA Wednesday night at the Four Rivers Cultural Center, the group voted unanimously to ratify its bylaws and articles of incorporation as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.
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How to make your New Year's resolution last
(ARA) - Failed New Year's resolutions are a dime a dozen. That promise to go to the gym every day dwindles to three days a week, then two days a week, before falling into "whenever I can make it" territory. Diet and weight loss resolutions are among the most common, year after year, which says a lot about what kind of results people are getting from the promises they make to themselves.
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Protect your children's holiday clothing gifts
(ARA) - When searching for holiday gifts for your children, don't forget to include clothing on the gift list. Because your kids grow so quickly, and the fashionable styles change even faster than they grow, new clothing is constantly needed.
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