| Officials say the Salton Sea headed for disaster without a plan ...
The Salton Sea is headed for disaster unless the state can come up with a solid plan and money to save it, officials say. The Salton Sea needs help or the Coachella and Imperial valleys' quality of life will diminish in the short- and long-run. Later this month, California Secretary of Resources Mike Chrisman will announce a formal plan to restore the state's largest lake. The $6 billion plan's expected to include a much smaller lake - there will be less water for it in the future - wildlife habitat and a lot of dry land. The land is expected to worsen air quality problems in the Coachella and Imperial valleys unless the state and other agencies are able to come up with realistic solutions. In advance of a 3-day series on the Salton Sea's future and what happens if nothing is done to help it, The Desert Sun asked the Coachella Valley's four legislators their opinion on several sea-related issues.
‘W' mess now on the table for former Supreme Court justice
JACKSON - The court-appointed mediator brought in to help resolve the turmoil gripping MUW is a man experienced in the battles of politics but is widely seen as a potential catalyst for peace between university President Claudia Limbert and alumni who've sued her.Former state Supreme Court Justice Jim Roberts will sit down Wednesday with Mississippi University for Women's warring factions to try to help them overcome their differences.“I hope that leads to some resolution, and he is of the temperament to find some common ground in that dispute," said former MUW President Lenore Prather, who served with Roberts on the Supreme Court for seven years. “We're looking for fairness and impartiality."A group of MUW graduates sued Limbert two weeks ago in Lowndes County Chancery Court in a dispute over how independent the school's alumni association should be from the university.
School reduces racial tensions
HILLSBOROUGH - A mediation session between Hispanic students and the white students who were bullying them at Cedar Ridge High School has helped ease tension between the groups, the mother of one of the bullied children says."I think this worked," said Suyapa Santos.Earlier this month, some white students threatened some Hispanic students in the cafeteria, in the hallway, on the bus and at one student's house, Santos told The News & Observer for an earlier article.The threats started with the white students telling the Hispanic students that they would force them out of the school, Santos said.The white students later threatened to hit one student and kill another, she said.Principal Gary Thornburg has referred questions to district spokeswoman Anne D'Annunzio.Both she and a representative of the Dispute Settlement Center in Carrboro said the mid-March mediation session went well.The school followed up by organizing a meeting with Hispanic parents to hear their concerns.School officials will hold a breakfast meeting next week to continue building a relationship, Santos said.D'Annunzio said that the school is considering creating a student human relations committee next school year but that Thornburg had that idea before the incidents occurred.A rally that Hispanic students had scheduled for Tuesday was called off after school officials reached out to Hispanic parents and students.
rEvolution Establishes New Benchmark in Corporate Hospitality
(openPR) - CHICAGO (APRIL 2007) — rEvolution, a Chicago-based sports marketing and media agency, is launching a new concept in corporate hospitality for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The idea, tentatively named The Pinnacle Club, will offer a one-of-a-kind Olympic hospitality experience at a prime location conveniently located near the Beijing National Stadium, home to the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the Olympic Green, where the majority of Olympic venues will be located. The Chinese inspired club design will capture the excitement of the Olympics in Beijing, while giving corporate guests and their clients an opportunity to strengthen their business relationships in an upscale, private setting. rEvolution's interest in China's hospitality offerings for the Olympics increased last fall when rEvolution's Larry Mann, rEvolution executive vice president, and George Pollington, rEvolution vice president, business development, were invited to speak at C-Zone Beijing about the advancement of hospitality programs.
2 papers postpone arbitration hearing for week
The owners of Seattle's two daily newspapers Friday announced a one-week delay in the start of their climactic binding arbitration hearing, fueling speculation that settlement talks may be under way. The closed-door hearing, which had been scheduled to start Monday, was pushed back to April 16. The only explanation came from Seattle Times President Carolyn Kelly, who said in an e-mail to employees that the delay was "a result of some scheduling issues and complexity around our upcoming arbitration." Neither The Times nor The Hearst Corp., owner of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, would say anything more. A source slated to testify at the hearing said an attorney for one of the companies indicated earlier this week that the private trial still was on schedule to convene April 9.
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