Mexicans Go Home Jan 7, 2009
Cajunator wrote on Dec 19, 2008 7:51 PM:" Rapp On...I believe the weight limit for trucks is 80,000 pounds, right? Well there is a state law that makes sugar mills keep anything over that limit. Which means farmers don't get paid for anything over 80,000lbs per truck. So why would they overload their trucks, when it's not to their advantage to do so? You need to stop listening to barber shop gossip. ". js wrote on Dec 19, 2008 7:24 PM:" Cane farmers are not subsidized. And they don't get it all... (New Iberia, LA)
Gift giving on a budget Dec 11, 2008
A variety of golf balls with stamped or painted logos including Heinz, Iowa Hawkeyes, McDonald s restaurant, Keeblers, General Mills, BMW and John Deere are available downtown. Tub Tunes. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Valley events Oct 16, 2008
This workshop will be presented by James Mills, a business and financial adviser, and is sponsored by BICOS (Business Information Center Outreach Service). Participants will receive information about accepting payments, establishing payment and credit terms and managing finances. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Citizens score strip club Oct 3, 2008
When it opens in November, dancers at a new gentleman's -- aka strip -- club west of Mills will take their clothes off. Tuesday night, opponents of the business took their gloves off. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Speaking your mind can be trouble Sep 7, 2008
In 1893, they arrived at what is now known as Valdese, N.C., and formed the Valdese Corp. After failing to make a living in agriculture, they turned to industry and thrived operating a succession of hosiery mills and the Waldensian Bakeries. On July 9, 1895, the local church united with the Presbyterian Church in the United States. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Best Bets for Sept. 4-10 Sep 4, 2008
The Owing Mills Mall will be hosting Christmas Carol-oke Summer Jam, a free competition in which contestants will be invited to sing their favorite Christmas carols for a chance to win a trip for two to Atlanta ... The event is being held from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Owings Mills Mall at 10300 Mill Run Circle. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Turkeys fly, elk graze and fog scares us Aug 2, 2008
We found our way to the rural village of Rochester Mills and the Ryen house without calling for directions ... The Ryens have lived in the Rochester Mills area about 10 generations ... Driving back to Rochester Mills was scary. (Juneau Empire)
Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham area community calendar Aug 1, 2008
Dinner and entertainment will be at "The Millworks Caf?" inside the Cocheco Mills at 383 Central Ave., Dover. Tickets are available at The Millworks Caf. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Trips through America's fight for freedom on less than a tank of gas Jul 16, 2008
Company founder E. I. du Pont, who lived in Eleutherian Mills, had experience in France with gunpowder and supervised the delicate production process ... Eleutherian Mills can also be toured. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Crabtree Corner featured in "Southern Living" magazine Jul 13, 2008
Because we re a country store, we do a little bit of everything, owner Debbie Ridings told Southern Living writer Suzanne Powell Mills. And she s not kidding; a large assortment of decorative items, antiques, handmade purses, and costume jewelry entices shoppers to what the magazine refers to as a fairy-tale place. (Camden Chronicle, TN)
'On assignment to teach' Jul 5, 2008
"The smell of General Mills," Elder Hatch said. "It was awesome. I was thinking, 'What is this heavenly place?'". (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
A Look Back in Time: Things endure Jun 16, 2008
This did not include additional fee revenue brought in from licenses issued by the incorporated towns of Mills, Evansville and Edgerton. 50 years ago. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Ideas on improving high schools? Apr 2, 2008
One other contributing factor: factories (carpet mills) and businesses (chicken processing plants) that are thrilled to have our dropouts to work their $9 an hour jobs. And the prospect of going away to get a job after graduation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
On display (49) Feb 15, 2008
The Millstream Knitting Guild meets from 10 a.m. to noon every second Saturday at the mill; call Donna, 503-930-4733, for more information ... Thompson s Mills State Heritage Site, 32655 Boston Mill Road, just off Highway 99E. Oregon s oldest water-powered mill. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Classifieds 11/27/07 Nov 28, 2007
HELP WANTED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Olan Mills, celebrating 75 years as the #1 producer of church pictorial directories, seeks an aggressive sales/marketing rep. to travel the area marketing our color church directory service. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Ask Babe: More questions for the Babe Nov 24, 2007
I wrote General Mills, but they had no info on a Williams figure. Another sports buff thought it might be Mickey Mantle. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Jersey man wins royal wills appeal Oct 18, 2007
Love child' claimant wins fight to unseal royal wills - Times Online. The Times BFI London Film Festival: full details. (Times Online)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Aug 30, 2007
Paul Star Tribune) -- After years of getting pummeled by Kellogg's Eggos, General Mills abandons the frozen-waffle business. 400. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Nickelodeon Expands Portfolio of Licensed Healthy Foods with Green Giant and Pandol Bros., Inc. May 30, 2007
New national deals with General Mills' Green Giant brand and Pandol Bros. Inc. will bring Nickelodeon's leading characters to frozen and canned vegetables, and fresh grapes which will be sold at major grocery outlets nationwide beginning late summer. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Business in Brief (Th) May 4, 2007
Dr. Amit Bhargava, of Pikesville, opened a medical practice at 9199 Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills. The Hearing Assessment Center, in Lutherville, is offering a screening program for people to self-test for hearing loss. (Towson Jeffersonian, MD)
Men of Steel Apr 20, 2007
After completing the work in clay, Mr. Docktor brought it to Jim Mills, a mold maker in Roosevelt. Once the rubber mold was in Mr. Stewart's hands, a plaster mother mold was made by applying wax by brush to the rubber mold. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Community calendar Apr 13, 2007
Nature writing -- 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, the Boston Store off Boston Mills Road east of the Cuyahoga River in the hamlet of Boston. The Cuyahoga Valley Nature Writers will meet. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
10 hours, 50 bucks Apr 8, 2007
I leave my house near Mills Avenue and walk down the driveway, past my car and continue walking down the street ... Also, I had to start and finish the adventure from my house near General Mills. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Gullah traditions move with the wind, but don't let go Feb 21, 2007
They operated sugarcane mills and gristmills. They grazed their livestock and hunted on the open, common land. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
VINTAGE VILLAGE Feb 14, 2007
Sheep farmers moved west , and the mills shut down. By the end of the Depression, the population was under 100. (Boston Globe)
Weekend Guide Jan 25, 2007
Duquesne University Red Masquers, Peter Mills Auditorium, Rockwell Hall ... George Gershwin," Heinz Hall, Downtown. Thurs. 7:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m; Sun. 2:30 p.m. $12-$71.50. 412-392-4900. ALCINA BY HANDEL Carnegie Music School of Music, Robert Page, conductor; Gregory Lehane, director. Carnegie Mellon University, Purnell Center for the Arts, Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 2:30 p.m. $10-$15. 412-268-2407. FRIDAY AFTERNOON MUSICALES "All Mozart," Pauline Rovkah, piano; Stephanie Tretick, viola.... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
