| Call 4 Action: Veteran says power outage ruined appliances
Miguel Guillen is a disabled Vietnam Veteran who recently returned from San Antonio after undergoing a Triple Bypass Surgery. But his arrival home, wasn't very comforting, because a power surge ruined many of his electronics and appliances. "It could've burned my house, it could've done more damage with my family here," he said. The power surge not only cost him a lot of headaches it cost him and his family to lose a lot of their belongings. "We lost three air conditioning units, two DVD players, a microwave, several televisions, the refrigerator and a freezer" said Guillen's son Inocencio. "Ceiling fans went out, and light bulbs broke." The bigger problem, however, is getting the power company to help him pay about $3,000 worth of losses and repair costs.
Giving orang asli youth skills training
TANGKAK: The Johor Education Foundation (YPJ) has launched an aggressive move to attract as many orang asli youth to take up skills training courses next month. A team, led by Muar and Batu Pahat community college chairman Abdullah Omar, has started making visits and giving talks to a community of Temuan orang asli near Gunung Ledang. Abdullah said the programme was aimed at providing work skills to orang asli youth who did not have proper education to help them improve themselves. "The community colleges in Johor have been providing work skills such as electrical wiring, air-conditioning repair, sewing and even tailoring to youth for several years. "However, we now want to push the programme to the orang asli youth," he said in Kampung Tanah Gembur on Thursday. Abdullah said the settlement, headed by Tuk Batin Jengking Jani, had about 66 families living in 52 homes located at the foothill of Gunung Ledang near Bekok. He said initial checks with the community showed many of the youth either worked as contract labourers with daily wages or were self-employed. He said the community of about 300 residents who owned cars or motorcycles and mostly lived in homes powered by generators could benefit if there was a certified electrical wireman or mechanic among them. He said besides installing or repairing electrical wires, those with motor mechanical knowledge could repair vehicles while the girls could become tailors and sew dresses.
Avril's hometown beckons
It's the little town where singer Avril Lavigne cut her teeth, but Napanee has other things to recommend it. It's close to Highway 401 and the main Montreal-Toronto rail line, so the necessary transportation links are there. Kingston and Belleville are within easy reach, so the benefits of a major urban centre are available. Perhaps best of all, the town has a well-preserved, Victorian-era downtown, as well as established residential neighbourhoods full of mature trees and large, affordable homes with wide verandas and lots of curb appeal. 7387 COUNTY RD. 9 ASKING PRICE: $419,000 AGENT: Jim Stafford, Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate Ltd., Napanee THE PROPERTY: A detached home with four bedrooms and 1-1/2 bathrooms on a 206- by 219-foot lot. .
Beautiful Miss Idaho in LCHS Parade
Gay prostitutes in England seem to have taken marketing tips from Matthew Lesko -- Whippersnapper. 3. (tie) Two North Idaho Realtors and a Contractor wash ashore after a three week search for fertile ground to develop near Harrison, Idaho -- Whatever. And: Legal fees have reduced Sanders Beach homeowners to poverty. Here, Jack Simpson, Jerry Frank and Robert Cliff sell their last asset -- Family Phil.
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ComEd plans to push efforts that cut bills
ComEd customers may pay more for new conservation programs but could save in the long run, consumer advocates and the utility said Thursday. The Illinois Commerce Commission, which regulates ComEd, has approved energy efficiency programs proposed by ComEd, downstate utilities and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Different programs will roll out at different times. They include discounts on energy efficient light bulbs; the pick up and recycling of older, inefficient refrigerators; air conditioning "tune ups" and other measures designed to reduce energy consumption. ComEd said consumers overall could save roughly $155 million during the lifetime of the programs, possibly up to 10 years. That could save 1.2 megawatts of power, or enough to power 140,000 homes for one year, ComEd spokesman John Dewey said.
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