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On Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced that Jeff Fleischer is the next director, effective Aug. 1.

CONCORD — A leading advocate who built a nationally renowned network of services for troubled youth will be the new director of the Division of Children, Youth and Families in

After first fielding the request earlier this year, Rocky View County (RVC) council approved $65,000 in funding to help with electrical upgrades at the Kathyrn, Irricana, Beiseker, Acme (KIBA) Seed Cleaning Plant at its June 20 meeting.

Also, the Birthright Israel Foundation’s new CEO will start in September, and the nonprofit law expert Peter Swords has died at age 88.

When COVID shutdowns put a halt on Rocky View County’s annual Agricultural Tour, staff and management at the County knew they had to find a way to keep the spirit of the tour alive.

Booklist Online Book Review: Top 10 Environment & Sustainability Books for Youth: 2022. <ParaStyle:By

And gains Greystone Kids Inside in: X-Rays of Nature’s Hidden World by Jan Paul Schutten, illus. by Arie Van ‘t Riet, trans. by Laura Watkinson (Oct. 12, $19.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-679-6), provides a look at creatures and their natural habitats using x-ray techniques and photographs. Ages 2–7. How Beautiful by Antonella Capetti, illus. by Melissa Castrillon (Nov. 2, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-77164-853-0). A curious caterpillar searches for the true meaning of the word beautiful. Ages 4–8. Lit...

Cities Barack Obama has exploited his youthful stint as a Chicago community organizer at every stage of his political career. As someone who had worked for grassroots “change,” he said, he was a different kind of politician, one who could translate people’s hopes into reality. The media lapped up this conceit, presenting Obama’s organizing experience as a meaningful qualification for the Oval Office. This past September, a cell-phone video of Chicago students beating a fellow teen to de...

New president of Harrisburg-based Youth Advocate Programs ‘honored, humbled’ to step into role Updated Jan 24, 2021; Posted Jan 24, 2021 Gary Ivory is the new president of Youth Advocate Programs. He has spent more than 30 years with the organization. Facebook Share Gary Ivory starts his new job this month as president of Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) Inc., a national nonprofit based in Harrisburg that gives communities alternatives to incarcerating and placing young people in residential...

More Fleischer said he thinks more eagles have arrived in the Willamette Valley because the dining is so good. “During the winter, a lot of sheep…will die for various reasons and the carcasses are left in the fields," he explained. "That’s what eagles key on without question.” Fleischer said the winter sheep population has grown because farmers have changed the types of grass they grow for Oregon’s grass seed market. New grasses tolerate winter grazing and allow farmers to make more m...