Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Health Program, released the following statement today on the passage of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5501) by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs:
The Williams Companies Foundation provided the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation with a nearly $10,000 grant to support the Oklahoma Aqua Times program, said Jim Rutledge, Oklahoma 4-H Foundation director.
Space Florida, the organization charged by the Florida Legislature with promoting and developing Florida's aerospace industry, today announced that it will be a new preferred partner and Florida will become the first preferred launch site for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. Each preferred partner offers additional prizes or strategic services at a discounted rate to all
Fall River Mills resident Mary Rickert, 55, was chosen as a 2008 recipient of the Common Threads Award for her leadership and position as a role model in Shasta County, according to the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, a co-sponsor of the award.
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that its distributable income increased by 18% in the fourth quarter 2007 compared to the fourth quarter 2006 and that DI per unit rose 6% in the fourth quarter and 5% in the year when compared with corresponding periods in 2006.
PUBLIC EDUCATION FORUM , hosted by the D-FW chapters of the Muslim American Society and the MAS Freedom Foundation, will feature representatives of various Republican and Democratic presidential candidates and parties at 1 p.m. today at the MAS Youth Center, 740 F Avenue, Suite 303. E-mail office@mycdfw.org or visit www.mycdfw.org.
The Polk County Cattlemen's Association Trade Show and Ranch Rodeo will be Saturday at the Polk County Extension Service, W.H. Stuart Center and Horse Arena, 1702 S. U.S. Highway 17 in Bartow. The trade show begins at 9 a.m., and the rodeo begins at 1 p.m. Admission to the trade show is free. Admission to the rodeo is $10, and children 8 or younger get in free.
The Community College of Allegheny County Educational Foundation will honor five individuals at the 2008 "An Illumination of Legends in Leadership" awards on April 18.
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