SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD ORGANIZATION SESSION D'ANDREA BACKERS TO HOLD RECEPTION CAMBRIDGE CITIZENS FOR BOBBY D'ANDREA WILL HOLD A RECEPTION FRIDAY AT THE CAMBRIDGE HOTEL.(CAPITAL REGION)

GLENVILLE The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Board of Education will hold its annual organizational meeting when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Glenhaven building on Cypress Drive.

In addition to electing officers for the 1994-95 school year, the school board is expected to authorize $1,390,759 in bond anticipation notes to fund the renovation projects and purchases of new school buses.

The board also is scheduled to consider borrowing $1 million in tax anticipation notes.

Other matters set to come before the …

Yield test rheometer designed for QC. (Rheometry).(new YR-1 Yield Test Rheometer)(Brief Article)

Brookfield Viscometers has introduced what it describes as 'a revolutionary new rheometer' for QC applications. Its YR-1 Yield Test Rheometer has been devised as a low-cost and user-friendly alternative to fully-featured laboratory instruments, without compromising on quality.

Tests are pre-programmed into the instrument's EZ-Yield software, so making a …

Lucas leads No. 17 Penn State over Iowa State

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Maggie Lucas scored 18 points, including six in the final minutes, to help No. 17 Penn State beat Iowa State 66-59 in the opening round of the John Ascuaga's Nugget Classic on Friday.

The Nittany Lions (4-1) will play Nevada (2-2) on Saturday for the tournament championship.

The Cyclones (3-1) were within two points with 4:30 left in the game after a Jessica Schroll jumper, but the Nittany Lions …

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United faces $1.5 million fine

UAL Corp.'s United Airlines faces a $1.5 million fine for failingto replace nuts on three engines as ordered, the Federal AviationAdministration said. The FAA in 1997 required carriers to putstronger nuts on Pratt & Whitney JT8D-series turbofan engines to helpcontain parts in case a blade or shaft fails. UAL failed to complywith the requirement on three engines it installed for 974 flights in1999, FAA spokesman Paul Turk said. United used the engines for 124more flights after discovering the failure Oct. 26, 1999, he said.There were no related accidents, injuries or engine failures, hesaid. UAL has 30 days to contest the fine. United's Joe …

Finding the forgotten one.

Byline: Omaima Al-Fardan |

JEDDAH: The car was speeding with us toward the Beautiful Creatures Zoo in north Jeddah before we came to realize that the zoo, which the residents of the Red Sea coastal city know quite well, is not the only zoo in town. So we began to look for any information that might prove to us the existence of another zoo. We obtained information that there was a zoo under the supervision of the Jeddah municipality. This meant that there were efforts being exerted by the municipality to provide more recreational spots for the residents. We were finally able to locate at Um Al-Salam area, Jeddah's forgotten zoo.

Our journey toward Um Al-Salam, …

ROAD PLAN DOESN'T PLEASE RESIDENTS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MIKE FRICANO Staff writer

Bethlehem With children riding their bikes and neighbors walking their dogs, Elm Avenue used to be a quiet street that cut right through the heart of residential Delmar.

But throughout the last dozen years or so, the cracked and unevenly paved road has become the preferred route for large trucks headed from the east side of town to points west.

``When we back out of the driveway in the morning, sometimes we have to wait three or four or five minutes,'' said Elm Avenue resident David Barnard.

Unfortunately, say Barnard and his neighbors, a plan by the Albany County Department of Public Works to improve …

Thailand Establishes Budget Targets.

Oct. 18--The Comptroller General's Department and the Budget Bureau have established a 92 percent disbursement target for the state expenditure budget and a 72 percent target for investment budget for the 2003 fiscal year.

To improve the pace of disbursements, a new committee will encourage state agencies to make expenditure commitments in line with their established schedules, particularly in relation to scheduled purchases and hiring targets that must be met by the end of the second quarter in …