News Archive for August 19, 2012
Kendrick pitches Phils past Brewers on rainy day
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Kyle Kendrick pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0 Sunday after waiting out a rare rain delay at Miller Park.
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Free monthly tours to showcase JPAC
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville Performing Arts Center soon will be 10 years old. Still, many local residents don't know it exists or understand what it's even really about.
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Survey gauges residents' attitudes on Janesville School Board
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville School District officials have spent time and energy in recent years surveying staff, parents and students.
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BTC ramping up classes for welding students
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Blackhawk Technical College is responding to demand from students and industry by increasing by 50 percent the number of welders it trains this year.
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River Street project in Janesville delayed but still moving forward
By RYAN BROEGE - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Stalled environmental and historical reviews have forced postponement of planned renovations to River Street until summer 2013.
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Public record for Aug. 19, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
Computer tutor: Log On and Learn program builds success stories
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Unemployed and looking for change, Melisa Gasser decided to return to school in hopes of starting a new career.
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Medical care for baby boomers is high at jail
By ANN MARIE AMES - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
When Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden was a criminal justice student in the mid-1980's, he was told the baby boomer peak would come and go earlier in jails and prisons than in other facilities.
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Mayberry, Kratz homer to lift Phils over Brewers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
John Mayberry Jr. and Erik Kratz hit back-to-back home runs and Hamels tied a season high with 10 strikeouts to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Saturday night.
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All roads lead to Rome
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
WASHINGTON --
As we approach the political conventions, and are already worn down by ceaseless partisan bickering, the mind easily finds its way to Rome's Coliseum, where powerful political families sought to entertain, pacify and distract the multitudes.
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Broadband Internet access could boost growth of rural Wisconsin
By STAN GRUSZYNSKI - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
Many rural communities rely on an aging telecommunications infrastructure and have inadequate utility services.
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The bite of a pet project
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012
CHICAGO --
In case you hadn’t heard, even as the economy has gone to the dogs, there’s a big, fat chunk of it going toward them. Cats, birds and guinea pigs, too.
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