| It’s officially Volunteer Week!
Volunteers of all ages are needed for an evacuation exercise April 26 at the Parkville Senior Center, 8601 Harford Rd. The drill will be a hurricane recovery exercise, and will include activating a shelter for emergency evacuees. A briefing will be held at 10:30 a.m., and the drill will be from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Juice, water, a snack, and a boxed lunch will be provided for all volunteers. Please contact Baltimore County Volunteers at (410) 887-2715 to register for the drill. You can also register online at volunteers@baltimorecountymd.gov. Work with veterans The Veterans Affairs (VA) Maryland Health Care System is looking for volunteers to work at medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics throughout the state. Among the needed services: information desk and office/clerical help; drivers to take patients to appointments; assist with patient activities and hospice services; and, help with the oral history project.
Spring Weekend 2007 - Student Programming Board - Residence Hall ...
Come and celebrate the conclusion of another wonderful school year at St. John's with its annual Spring Fling. Enjoy riding a ferris wheel, flying swings and mechanical bull available to all students, professors and staff on the Great Lawn, Queens Campus. Spring Fling is St. John's traditional celebration marking the end of the spring semester. For students, the festival offers a brief respite from writing theses and studying for final exams. Date Friday, April 20, 2007 Time12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. LocationGreat Lawn, Queens Campus Others Everything is FREE, please bring your StormCard! Contact Campus Activities (718) 990-5400 Campus Concierge (718) 990-6631 or concierge@stjohns.edu .
City Council unanimously passes all motions Tuesday
Garbage fees will go up by 1.8 percent, said City Manager Jim Witt, which means the cost of trash pickup and recycling is now $14.14.A contract awarding Municipal Emergency Services greater than $240,000 was approved. Of the total, approximately $146,000 is from the Assistance to Firefighter Grant. The money goes toward the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus equipment. Coppell Fire Chief said the money would replace equipment for every position of the fleet.The council also approved the Duke Lesley Addition which will allow for a 182,700 square-foot office building to be built off the corner of Dividend Drive and S. Beltline Road.During discussion about the landscaping requirements of the construction site, Council member Tim Brancheau said he was most concerned about the landscaping of the entryway off of Beltline Road as that would be the part most citizens would see.
Bangor Landscape Design Company Highlighted In National Magazine
The work of a Bangor landscape design company is featured in a publication of Better Homes and Gardens. You can find a feature on a garden designed by Windswept Gardens in the spring edition of Better Homes and Gardens, Gardens and Landscape issue. .
The Mayor Wants Volunteers? We've Got One
So just how much is soon-to-be-mayor Mark Funkhouser a man of the people? Enough that he's letting any schlep with Internet access apply to be on one of the city's reams of public boards. That's right, just by filling out this online form, you could be on your way to impressing your bar buddies as a member of Liquor Control. Or you could help screw up a historic area as part of the Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation. The form is so easy to fill out, we couldn't let it go without signing up some unsuspecting citizen. .
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