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By ALLEN THOMAS Chinook salmon retention in the popular Buoy 10 season at the Columbia River mouth will be closed beginning Monday - a week earlier than scheduled - after anglers caught too many fish too quickly. "To not make it to Labor Day at Buoy 10 is just incredible,'' said Trey Carskadon of the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association. "It is absolutely killing the sport-fishing industry.'' State biologists project that at the end of fishing on Sunday the chinook catch will be more...
To: TRAVEL EDITORS Contact: Michael Chapaloney of the Pennsylvania Tourism Office, +1-717-720-1301 HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 33rd Annual La Festa Italiana, northeastern Pennsylvania's largest celebration of Italian culture and cuisine, kicks off Aug. 30 and runs through Labor Day in Scranton's Courthouse Square. "La Festa Italiana is the perfect place to experience the culture, artistry and cuisine of the Italian heritage," said Mickey Rowley, deputy...
By JACOB GEIGER By Jacob Geiger The Virginian-Pilot NEWPORT NEWS Contract negotiations between Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and United Steelworkers of America Local 8888 don't begin until after Labor Day, but the first rhetorical volleys were fired Friday at an afternoon rally outside the shipyard. The rally, which followed a march by a few hundred union members and supporters from other AFL-CIO unions, drew high-ranking union officials and several politicians, including Democratic...
Evansville parochial high schools Mater Dei 1300 Harmony Way, Evansville. Principal: Timothy Dickel. Phone: 426-2258. Calendar Aug. 4-8: teacher meetings Aug. 11: First day of school Sept. 1: Labor Day, no school Oct. 9: end of first quarter Oct. 10: no school Nov. 26-28: Thanksgiving break Dec. 19: end of first semester: Dec. 22-Jan. 5: Christmas recess Jan. 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school Mar. 6: end of third quarter Mar. 23-27: spring recess Apr. 10: Good...
By Melissa M. Scallan, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Jul. 28--GULFPORT -- For years, tourism officials and some educators wanted school to start after Labor Day to help businesses keep their workers longer and let students have an extended summer. Now, with fuel and utility costs rising practically every month, there may be another reason to do it. Some school superintendents believe that if school started in September, it would save money on utility bills because August is one of the...
By Scott Sandsberry YAKIMA --Anglers will have the 31 days of August plus Labor Day - - compared to just 12 days last year -- in the popular "Buoy 10" fall chinook fishery near the mouth of the Columbia River, but won't be as fortunate upriver. They'll have to release any chinook they catch upriver to the Bonneville Dam until Sept. 1, and retention of adult chinook will be limited in many of the mid-Columbia tributaries popular with Central Washington fishermen. For the first time,...
By Linda Loyd, The Philadelphia Inquirer Jul. 3--Passengers traveling from Philadelphia International Airport after Labor Day will be spared the deep cuts in flight schedules that some other cities will see as airlines grapple with soaring fuel costs. Published airline schedules for October show domestic flights and seat capacity here will be reduced less than 2 percent, compared with October 2007. "Philadelphia will lose 1.8 percent seat capacity in October compared to a year ago," said...
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Labor Day, (Monday, September 3,) all SEPTA services -- City Transit, Suburban Transit and Regional Rail -- will operate on Sunday schedules. Regular SEPTA weekend fares will be in effect through Labor Day. In addition, Labor Day block parties scheduled to take place throughout the region over the holiday weekend will cause temporary road closures and minor detours to a number of SEPTA bus routes. For information about SEPTA bus detours...
By Katherine Imbrie; Journal Staff Writer When you think of beaches in the Ocean State - well, of course, you think of the great ones: Scarborough, Misquamicut, Sachuest and Narragansett. But with summer winding to a close, it might be time to try another kind of beach - one on a lake or pond. There are 10 freshwater public beaches in Rhode Island that you might want to visit if you're among those who prefer to swim in water that doesn't have seaweed, surf or any potential for shark attack....
By Chris Reiter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tighter security restrictions and the aftermath of Hurricane Ernesto will not stop millions of Americans from traveling this holiday weekend, a good sign that demand will stay strong heading into the traditionally weak autumn season. "So far, so good. Demand is still strong," said Amy Ziff, editor-at-large for travel Web site Travelocity, a unit of Saber Holdings Corp.. "We see a lot of people having their last summer hurrah." Labor Day ranks as...
