The Wabash County Retail Merchants Committee (RMC) outlined plans for its upcoming fundraiser basketball games during Tuesday morning's regular monthly meeting at Hogg Heaven in Mt. Carmel.The event will consist of two games - one between the "Guns" (law enforcement) and the "Hoses" (firefighters), and one between the "Books" (District 348 educators) and the "Band-Aids" (medical personnel).There will also be a third game this year, according to Event Coordinator Rod Rodriguez."We're going to call it a tournament this year because we're going to have a third game," said Rodriguez. "We're going to bracket Guns and Hoses - Books and Band-Aids, and whoever wins those ball games will play for City Champion and have bragging rights for a year."

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Court orders ex-owner of Tougher Industries to pay business partners

ALBANY — The former owner of Tougher Industries has lost the first of several federal court cases related to the near demise of the heating and air conditioning company.

Shaw and the trio of investors acquired the downtown Albany HVAC company — once one of the largest in the Northeast, with more than 200 employees — from PSEG Energy Technologies in 2003.

February 2006 Archives

The name of the place is 'Help' and the girls there are supposed to be the cheapest prostitutes in the city," a source tells the Scoop. "According to the local press he was annoyed when he saw the photographers and arranged to get in through the garage."

2/7 TNA Impact Hitlist: Roode's Promo, Misty on a Pole, Lame Gimmicks ...

I really hope TNA isn't stupid enough to do another Feast or Fired ever. 4 Corner Capture Misty Match: If I ever get a chance to argue in front of a judge that TNA should do fewer gimmick matches, I will use this match as evidence. The concept of this match was ridiculous. The fact that this match came from Kaz added to its stupidity. He should want major revenge on Black Reign. If that is the case, then why come up with this lame match instead of a match where he could really get revenge. Why does he even want the stupid rat? Shouldn't he want to hurt Black Reign, not just try to win the rat that he already had possession of? What was in it for Kaz? And in the end, the match didn't even matter as Black Reign simply beat Kaz up and stole the rat that Kaz had rightly won. The concept of this match was terribly silly, which is a shame, because the actual wrestling in the match was decent.

Tesoro, Seawater AC, Hoku Scientific and Wall Street

Tesoro, owner of the larger of Hawaii's two refineries, says gasoline price margins have shrunk so it will make less gasoline. Tesoro says its Kapolei refinery will be dialed back to as little as 74% capacity. Here's an alternative to oil for downtown office buildings. Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning has lined up more than 10 million dollars in equity financing. U.S. and Swedish investors are chipping in for a zero emissions seawater air conditioning plant. Downtown building owners could save a fifth of their air conditioning costs by using seawater instead of a system-based on freon. Hoku Scientific has installed two solar power systems on neighbor islands. Its newest turnkey photovoltaic systems are at the Lihue and Kona operations of Paradise Beverages. The company uses a lot of power to refrigerate its warehouses, since it's the Hawaii distributor of Coors, Corona, Miller and Heineken.

Why Is Bush Ignoring the History of Slavery? What You Said About His ...

It is never too late to tell the truth. We all know that the Bush family is not the only family that were slave owners … slaves made them very rich men and that has been passed on to future generations. I feel that it is about time that the truth be told. I think when that truth is told and made a part of our history books, Black and white people can begin to discuss the sad part of our history in an open and honest way that might bring us together as American people.