| Candidates debate whether election rides on power plant
The potential split vote among candidates that are skeptical of the power plant is a concern to Highwood Generating Station opponents. Kahn said some coal-fired plant foes asked her to drop out of the race, a move that would have given McKnight a better chance against Stebbins. Kahn declined to do so. Kahn said that the coal-fired facility wasn't the only issue that made her run. Kahn said that as she campaigned door to door in her neighborhood, the power plant issue was tops. But, she said, a number of people complained about how the city treated the Humane Society of Cascade County when the city took over the local animal shelter in July. Meanwhile, coal plant opponents may hold a bit of an edge in the commissioners' race, according to at least one candidate. "It's the math," McKnight said.
Parents often fumble on financial aid forms
High school seniors have been scrambling for months to complete their applications for college. Now it's their parents' turn to sweat.
The start of the year marks the launch of financial aid season, when parents fill out exhaustively detailed forms in an effort to get their share of the billions of dollars of assistance available. Unfortunately, aid forms can be every bit as unnerving as college applications. Missteps can cost thousands.
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Nine bookstores worth traveling for
Tourists also like to stop in at the bar next door, Vesuvio, to have a drink where Kerouac once bellied up.
ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO.: 101 S. Main St., Seattle; http://www.elliottbaybook.com/ or 800-962-5311. Elliott Bay Book Co. is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square district, once the city's Skid Row but now known for nightclubs, galleries, sports arenas and architecture - including the 1867 red-brick building that houses Elliott Bay. Cedar shelves offer 150,000 new and used titles in rooms with exposed brick walls, and one or two readings are held every night. "It can be anyone from a first-time poet to Dave Sedaris returning for his 10th time," said Elliott Bay spokeswoman Tracy Taylor. "We had him here when nobody knew who he was and there were 15 people in the audience.
Penn Treaty more likely to enter joint venture or sell assets than to ...
In December 2007, it received an extension from the NYSE until 16 February to file its annual report. The company has said that it expects to make a decision regarding any financial restatements by later this month, according to regulatory filings. Also according to regulatory documents, Penn Treaty's right to sell policies in Florida was suspended for at least one year for failure to file its 2006 financial results by 1 June. Penn Treaty said at the time that the suspension would not be material to its financial performance, as its right to sell policies represented 6% of its new business applications for the first five months of 2007. Florida sales, however, accounted for approximately 15% of the company's direct premium revenue last year, according to company figures.
Unconventional wisdom
The flight of jobs that began immediately after World War II was key to the fate of cities like Detroit, as were the racial barriers in employment and housing faced by their black citizens. Sugrue spoke recently to Metro Times by phone on the occasion of a new edition of Origins from Princeton University Press. Metro Times: Your new preface begins with a visit to your fathers childhood home around Chalfonte and Santa Rosa, south of Fenkell on the West Side. .
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