Give the Gift That Helps Your Family and Friends Save Money in This Tough Economy: Hands-on Education & High Quality ...
This holiday season, give the gift that will make a difference all year long ? the gift of Empowerment! Hands-on education, high-quality pink tools and a donation to Susan G. Komen for the Cure are three great reasons to give any woman a gift from Tomboy Tools.

Family Needs Prompt Board of Ed Chair?s Resignation
Citing the need to do what is best for her family, Democrat Marjorie Cion announced her resignation tonight as chair of the Westport Board of Education. She said she would take a position as executive assistant to Superintendent Elliott Landon.

Marjorie Cion Resigns as Board of Education Chair
Board of Education Chair Marjorie Cion (c) announced her resignation tonight to take a position as executive assistant to Superintendent Elliott Landon (r). Cion, a Democrat who was elected to the board in 2005 and took over as chair a year ago, said her decision was ?one of the most difficult decisions I have ever made, but I am doing it for my family and I have no doubt it is the right thing ...

Council resignations and suspensions over Baby P case
TWO Haringey councillors have resigned, the director of children's services has been removed from her post, along with two members of her team and three social workers have been told they cannot work with children, over the Baby P case.

OCA and Joe the Plumber
MEDIA ADVISORY, Dec. 2 / Christian Newswire / -- The Ohio Christian Alliance (OCA) today is calling upon the Ohio Legislature and Governor Strickland to address and truly hold accountable those responsible for the improper investigation of Mr. Joseph Wurzelbacher, known as Joe the Plumber, the highly publicized case in which he asked Presidential Candidate Barack Obama a question concerning ...

Cookbook honors Jeni Bishop, benefits children's education
SOUTH BEND ? It looks like any other cookbook, with its binding and its black leaf pattern on the cover. But "Nursing Measures," a collection of recipes from staff in the intensive care unit at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, is more a measure of love for Jeni Bishop and the family she left behind.

Board members sworn in
Henderson County School Board members turned a formal swearing-in ceremony into a "family" event during a luncheon at Historic Johnson Farm in Hendersonville Monday afternoon. Re-elected board members Ervin Bazzle and Mary Louise Corn again pledged their service, standing alongside new members Shannon Baldwin and Rick Wood.

Garza valued education, became a teacher and nurse
San Juanita ?Jane? Garza always told her children that education was the ticket to success in life ? and she lived it. Garza died Thursday after a long illness. She was 87.

Decision to adopt children spans generations
Lauren Kjerstad is surrounded by loved ones who understand that ?family? is more than just those who are born to us or married to us. If she ever has questions about the meaning and importance of family ties, she will have kin to turn to who will understand. For Lauren, adoption is a part of her life that she shares with her mother, her uncle and her brother: All four were adopted into a family ...

COMING TO AMERICA: Families thankful to find a new home in Foxboro
They have come to America and, more specifically to Foxboro and its school system, from other countries for many reasons. Some came for education, others for the economic opportunities that exist and others to escape the political regimes of their homeland.

Fire Displaces Family in Penfield
A family of five is homeless Monday night after a fire in Penfield. Firefighters responded to the call of a house fire on Penfield Road near Harris Road.

Sagging economy hits local families hard Lopez Family Resource Center serving more people than ever
The Lopez Island Family Resource Center (LIFRC), which provides support services for students and their families in the islands, has seen a recent influx of requests for food, help with heating bills, and more.

Vacant preschool in Heritage Hill sold for use as home
GRAND RAPIDS -- A vacant preschool is to be converted into a single-family home now that Board of Education members have signed off on selling the building, a move praised by the Heritage Hill Neighborhood Association. The board Monday approved...

Family's large gift provides Christmas Fund boost
Bolstered by a generous $10,000 donation from the Klaue family, the Christmas Fund has grown to $67,810 ? well ahead of the total at this time last year. The Klaue gift was among more than a dozen donations that arrived too late to be included in 2007?s tally.

Don't backslide on higher education
All of us will hurt if we backslide in our commitment to higher education. Balancing the state budget on colleges or universities, or on our students, won't lessen the burden.

An Obama family journey between white houses
Michelle Obama's family tree has roots in a Carolina slave plantation A historical line can be drawn from cabins where more than 200 slaves lived to Michelle Obama, charting an American family's improbable journey through slavery, segregation, the civil rights movement and a historic presidential election. The Tribune's Dahleen Glanton and Stacy St. Clair report.

The burden on the expatriate worker's family
When an overseas posting fails, the problem is often not the worker, but the spouse and children.

News Articles
Although many students face the difficulty of paying back loans, acquiring loans in the first place is now becoming a pressing issue. As a result, the US Department of Education is getting involved to make loans easier to secure by purchasing Federal Family Education Loan Program Loans (FFELP).

Dallas Recognizes World Aids Days
Monday, Dallas marked the 20th World AIDS Day. Thousands die every year in the United States despite continual outreach and education. Joyce Tapley who heads the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Clinic says a large part of the problem is denial.

Hudsonville Family putting life here on hold to help in Zambia
Press Photo/Dave RaczkowskiThe Moore family, from left, Zach, 8, Carolyn and Jim, Eli, 5, and Ben, 10, plan to spend a year in Africa.HUDSONVILLE-- Jim and Carolyn Moore plan to embark on the journey of a lifetime, moving to southern...