| City Council Sticks w/ Rural/Metro
Rochester City Council decided Rural/Metro Ambulance will continue serving Rochester. But Mayor Bob Duffy is questioning how the decision-making process played out. He had recommended Monroe Ambulance for the job. A panel charged with fielding proposals for the city's next ambulance contract chose Monroe over Rural/Metro, based on a better fleet, technology, service record and the fact it was a local, woman-owned company. Rural/Metro reportedly threatened to pull out of Rochester if it lost the contract. That would have cost 200 union jobs. City Council gave Rural/Metro a six-month extension and it revised its proposal. City council called it nearly equal to Monroe's. The mayor says this process compromises the city's system of awarding contracts. "I think we can sometimes send the wrong message," Duffy said.
From the chalkface
DR JOHN Halliday, the headmaster of Albyn School in Aberdeen, has been chosen as the next rector of the High School of Dundee. Halliday will succeed Mike Duncan, who retires in August. He has also taught at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, Rannoch School and Dollar Academy. .
Information sought in BB shooting incident
Crime Stoppers of El Paso is asking for the public's help in finding the people who last month shot a woman in the face with a BB gun. The victim was driving in the 800 block of North Carolina shortly after 7 p.m. on Oct. 11 when her car was pelted with objects. When the victim rolled down her car window to try to talk the people in the other vehicle, she was shot in the face with a BB. After the shooting, the other car left. The assailants are described as Hispanic women, 25 to 30 years old. They were in a 1990s model Ford Explorer, bright or shocking green in color, with a partial license plate number 645. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 566-TIPS (8477). Tammy Fonce-Olivas .
DARE exits Mason City schools
MASON CITY — After more than 20 years as part of the fifth-grade curriculum, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program is gone from Mason City public schools.The program was suspended five weeks ago when the officer teaching the course was placed on medical leave.The absence left the district with a choice: Use one of its two school resource officers to teach the program or discontinue the program. All of the officers are employees of the Mason City Police Department.Ultimately, said Superintendent of Schools Keith Sersland, choosing to keep the resource officers’ schedules intact was more important.Officer Larry Carroll is located at Mason City High School and John Adams Middle School while Officer Steve Shrader is at Roosevelt Middle School and is also available at the elementary level.Sersland said administrators wanted to use resources as wisely as possible.
MPs throw spotlight on the West Lothian Question
WESTMINSTER will examine a proposed ban on Scots MPs voting on England-only matters at a committee hearing next week. On Tuesday, the justice committee begins hearings on the aftermath of the devolution settlement, amid calls for Scots MPs to be barred from voting on measures which only affect England, such as in education and health. .
A playoff schedule all season
Caesar Rodney High's football team underwent one of the more low-impact coaching changes in recent memory this season, and the result has been another state championship contender. When Mike Schonewolf took over the program from John Coveleski, he moved up from being a Riders assistant the past 10 years. So, it's no surprise that Caesar Rodney has continued as one of the state's top Division I programs. Since starting the season with a 2-2 record -- facing an intentionally difficult schedule -- the Riders had improved to 6-3 entering the final regular-season game Nov. 9 against Dover and appeared certain to qualify for the Division I state tournament, which starts Friday. Schonewolf lined up games against William Penn, Middletown, Salesianum and Concord to start his team's season with what he called a "playoff kind of schedule." "It was a great opportunity for some of our guys who were returning starters from as far back as their sophomore year to test themselves against teams that were well-thought-of across the state," Schonewolf said.
Zimbabwe: Harare Students Protest Outside Mugabe's Offices
More than 500 students from Harare's institutions of higher learning on Tuesday held a demonstration outside Robert Mugabe's offices in protest at the decay of education standards in the country. Students from state-run colleges took to the streets of Harare with a petition addressed to the Minister of Higher & Tertiary Education, Stan Mudenge, expressing displeasure over the deterioration of the education delivery system. Most of the students came from the University of Zimbabwe and Chitungwiza's Seke College. .
Around the Valley
COVINA - The Covina Police Department will hold a driver's license/sobriety checkpoint Saturday within the city, officials said. "The purpose of this checkpoint is to increase drunken- driving enforcement and to increase enforcement on unlicensed drivers and subjects driving on suspended/revoked licenses," said police in a release. The location of the operation will not be disclosed in order to increase the checkpoint's effectiveness. For more information, call the Traffic Office of the Covina Police Department at (626) 858-4424. Azusa city services meeting set Monday AZUSA - The city has called a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Azusa Light and Water Conference room, at 729 N. Azusa Ave. City officials will present the Foothill-Dalton Development Project, discuss street sweeping services and request certificates of recognition for community members and Rep.
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