Monthly Archives: March 2011

AAG Names A Hit List Of Foreign Controlled Firms

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Harare, March 03, 2011 - The Affirmative Action Group (AAG), has targeted five firms including commercial banks which are foreign owned and are operating in Zimbabwe, showing their solidarity with 87-year-old President Robert Mugabe. President Mugabe on Wednesday launched an anti-sanctions campaign at a rally in Harare on Wednesday. He has in the past threatened to take over any business enterprise that do not adhere to the country's Read more [...]

Votes plan to stop 300 new homes

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Menston campaigners use referendum to protect green fields from bid 4:39pm Thursday 3rd March 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) Campaigners are planning to call a parish referendum to help block the development of former greenfield sites. Members of Menston Action Group hope to use powers listed in the 1972 Local Government Act to ask villagers whether they want 300 new homes. Read more [...]

Events listed for March 5

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Sat, March 5, 2011 Boy Scout Troop No. 425 of Minot will hold its 14th Annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast fundraiser: 8 a.m. to noon, Congregational United Church of Christ, 430 N. Broadway, east doors. Advance tickets are $4 per person. Tickets at the door will be $5. Children ages 5 and younger may eat for free. Proceeds will be used for summer camp and troop campouts. Call 852-2683 for advance tickets.The Minot Association of Builders will present its 36th Annual Home Garden Read more [...]

Frankel heads Derby entry list

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Frankel heads Derby entry list 12:31pm Thursday 3rd March 2011 Print Email Share Last season’s joint European champion two-year-old Frankel heads 125 hopefuls going forward for the 2011 Investec Derby following this week’s scratching stage. There are just over three months until Flat racing’s most famous prize is be contested at Epsom Downs on Saturday, June 4, and many classy three-year-olds are Read more [...]

Old Wellwynd Church reborn as enterprise centre

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Mar 2 2011 by Michael Pringle, Airdrie Coatbridge One Wellwynd THE front doors to Old Wellwynd Church in Airdrie were officially opened on Monday. The former church had lain disused for 15 years but this week the doors were open once more to welcome the local community. No longer a place of worship, it now provides a central location within the town for the provision of services and support. The C-listed building has been given a new lease of life as a modern new enterprise Read more [...]

Launay to keep Flemington record intact

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The Peter Snowden-trained Launay will be out to maintain his unbeaten record at Flemington and land his first black-type win in Saturday's Listed TAB 50th Birthday Stakes.The Lonhro four-year-old won successive races four days apart over 1400m and 1600m in Melbourne Cup week at Flemington last spring before being spelled and has returned in fine fettle.The gelding resumed with a 1-1/4-length second to Zedi Knight who led all the way on a track favouring leaders in the Listed Hareeba Stakes Read more [...]

Building’s budget slated to increase for 2011-12

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New Frontier Central Schools Superintendent James Bodziak’s first school board meeting in the district included reviewing preliminary budget amounts for district buildings, numbers which point to a potential 2.5-percent increase in spending for facilities. The Frontier Central School Board meeting, which took place Tuesday (March 1), featured Richard Binner, assistant superintendent of district business, presenting a School Building Budget Summary, a preliminary display that shows $35,926,476 Read more [...]

RI still uncertain on number of events

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RI still uncertain on number of events The Indonesian Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Inasoc) says that the number of events at November’s games — currently 545 in 42 sports — will be reduced.“The number is not final and it will definitely be reduced automatically because of the four-country quota. An event with less than four participants will be dropped,” Inasoc secretary Abdul Rauf said on Wednesday.The final number of events would be determined during the Games, Read more [...]