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In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

  
  Marsha Johnson Evans
Evans brings an impressive array of experience to her position at the Red Cross – not the least of which is a 29-year career with the U.S. Navy.
With her rich background, Evans is no stranger to issues facing the Red Cross and scores of other nonprofit organizations, among them: the need to recruit volunteers and employees from diverse backgrounds.
Evans, who counts skiing and kayaking among her hobbies, has traveled the world, residing in cities such as Tokyo and London.
www.pmc.edu /news/2003/bioevans.html   (612 words)

  
 Evans Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evans Island is an island in the Prince William Sound of southern Alaska.
Elrington Island lies to its south, Latouche Island to its southeast, and Knight Island to its northeast.
Evans Island and the ocean around it was polluted by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evans_Island   (202 words)

  
 Lane Evans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evans was re-elected in 2002 and 2004 by margins similar to those he scored in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Evans' was investigated by the Federal Elections Commission for a conspiracy to violate federal campaign finance laws in both his 1998 and 2000 campaigns that illegally funneled a half million dollars to his campaigns.
Evans is one of the most liberal members of the House, as well as the state's most liberal congressman outside the Chicago area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lane_Evans   (1150 words)

  
 WaterFire Providence: About WaterFire: Barnaby Evans
Evans created Rikyu's Second Dream for the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art for the summer of 1999, a related work, 613 Lengths of Bamboo at the Brattleboro Museum of Art and Heart of Glass for the Museum of Glass and Contemporary Art in Tacoma, Washington, both in 2001.
Evans received the 2003 Kevin Lynch Award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and WaterFire was honored with the 2003 Rudy S. Bruner Silver Award for Urban Excellence from the Bruner Foundation given to Providence for the renaissance of its downtown.
Evans is a 2003/2004 Artist in Residence at MIT and is co-teaching a course at the Urban Studies Department at MIT on the impact of ephemera on the urban environment.
www.waterfire.org /artist/index.html   (500 words)

  
 The Quincy Herald-Whig - Election 2004
Evans said his work on behalf of the 17th District helped secure $10 million for a bridge in the Quad Cities, $1 million for tourism at Grafton and other grants for water and sewer projects.
Evans said Congress should move forward with all due speed to approve funding, part of which can be tapped from fees and taxes already collected from barge operators.
Evans hopes action on the transportation bill can occur as early as a lame duck session of Congress that is expected to convene after the general election.
www.whig.com /election/17th_evans.php   (936 words)

  
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Evans was an out-of-work millionaire in England, so he took a position as the curator of the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford University in Oxford, England.
Evans was also a numismatist, and he heard about some very interesting signet rings which had supposedly been left on the island of Crete by some ancient Egyptians.
Island people have a tendency to be independent, and this trait was augmented by their heredity.
www.realtime.net /~wdoud/documents/TOPICS_DOC/Crete.doc   (2757 words)

  
 Christmas Evans - The Baptist Page - Portraits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Unfortunately, Evan's uncle was a drunkard and a cruel man. Due to the circumstances of his life Christmas found himself illiterate and irreligious at the age of eighteen.
During his ministry on the island that Evans began to read John Owen and to translate John Gill's, Body of Divinity into Welsh.
Evans left Anglesey in 1826 and moved alone to the little village of Caerphilly.
www.baptistpage.org /Portraits/evans.htm   (1432 words)

  
 Rep. Lane Evans to retire at end of term | Crain's Chicago Business
Evans, 54, had been able to keep the support of voters in his district, which covers a wide swatch of west and central Illinois.
Evans won passage of a law that gives health benefits to children of veterans exposed to Agent Orange, a poison used during the Vietnam war.
Evans’ district is considered fairly Democrat, but his absence from the ticket could set off a scramble, with his replacement likely to come from the Quad Cities area.
www.chicagobusiness.com /cgi-bin/news.pl?id=19997   (393 words)

  
 Lane Evans: Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Evans is recognized as a leading advocate of veterans in Congress.
Evans is credited with bringing new services to local veterans including outpatient clinics in the Quad Cities and Quincy and the Quad-Cities Vet Center.
Evans was born in Rock Island, Illinois on August 4, 1951.
www.house.gov /evans/evans/about_evans.htm   (511 words)

  
 Islands for Sale in Nova Scotia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The island is close to shore and undeveloped.
Development plans are in place for this 442 acre island with 3 lakes and easy access to the mainland.
Abbois Island sits in the famous Bras d'Or Lake in southern Cape Breton.
www.privateislandsonline.com /novascotia.htm   (335 words)

  
 TORUS Country Lands: Evans Island
Evans Island is located on the largest inland sea in North America, Bras D'Or (Arms of Gold) Lake.
Evans Island is your key to making a dream become a reality.
As the island is linked to the mainland by a new private bridge and with all vital transportation and commercial links close by, your development plans will be supplied and serviced to a standard second to none.
www.toruscountrylands.com /evansisland.html   (320 words)

  
 Round 1: Murray Evans vs. Steven Wolfman
Evans boarded out his useless creature control for more disruption and Nantuko Shades, while Wolfman tweaked a Moment's Peace into an Exalted Angel.
Evans had no fourth land, and when he went to try the Shade again, Wolfman had drawn the Counterspell.
With Evans unable to operate on just three swamps, Wolfman was able to throw down the Compulsion he'd drawn.
www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=sideboard/natcan03/fm1   (384 words)

  
 Special prosecutors hired for gravel pit project - posted 05/08/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Island Rec is represented by Samuel W. Plauche of the Buck and Gordon law firm in Seattle.
Island Rec is taking the lead in the planning of the upland portion of the LaFarge gravel pit.
Island Rec is not a party to the plans for the waterfront portion of the gravel pit property.
www.sanjuanislander.com /county/gravel_pit/process.shtml   (1533 words)

  
 Lane Evans - Congresspedia
In Congress, Evans is known for his strong support of veterans, and in 1990 was awarded "In recognition of his legislative leadership,...
In 1982, Evans ran for and won the Democratic nomination for Illinois' 17th District and won the Congressional seat in a tight race.
Redistricting after the 2000 census made Evans much safer by adding Decatur and part of Springfield, and Evans was reelected in 2002 and 2004 by margins simliar to the ones he scored in the 80s and early 90s.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Lane_Evans   (814 words)

  
 Arthur John Evans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Although Arthur John Evans may not have been a household name, he was certainly responsible for finding some incredible artifacts during his lifetime.
Born in 1851 in Nash Mills, England, Evans was later educated at Harrow School, Brasenose College, the University of Oxford, and the University of Göttingen.
When the island was declared an independent state in 1900, he began his excavations of the palace ruins.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/abcde/evans_arthur.html   (325 words)

  
 Person of the Week: Alona Evans
Evans served on a variety of Wellesley College committees, including the one which orchestrated a major review and reshaping of Academic Council committees in 1969.
Professor Evans taught the major introduction to law and politics that most pre-law students took for 30 years or more." She was an advisor to the Wellesley Law Club.
Evans was elected President of the American Society of International Law in 1980, the first woman to hold that post.
www.wellesley.edu /Anniversary/evans.html   (438 words)

  
 .: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives
Fred Evans, 84, sits in his living room describing some of his experiences in World War II as he looks through a book that captured many pictures from the war.
In this regard and others, Evans feels the film fulfilled its purpose, as far as it went, and even brought back good memories of the joyful clamor that rose from the island when men on land and sea saw the flag raised on the mountain.
Evans recounted how, as a divinity student in 1943, he enlisted because his younger brother Patrick, already a Marine, was headed for combat.
www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2006/10/30/news/community/7loc02.txt   (1119 words)

  
 Halcyon Headline 2
For the first time in over half a century, residents of Smith Island and hundreds of visitors were treated to the spectacle of a speedboat race.
The event was organized by Stevie Evans, a native of Smith Island who is now a successful contractor in Somerset County.
Evans was inspired to build his own skiff after seeing the last known boat built by Lawson Tyler at the Calvert Museum in Solomons, Maryland.
members.tripod.com /cparkseditor/headline2.htm   (481 words)

  
 Moran bridge sustains $30K damage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Evans recommended the public be involved in finding the solution to the problem.
Evans said if that is necessary, it is important to take castings of the structure and have a firm commitment to replace it.
Commissioner Evans asked why the county would be responsible for the repairs rather than the State Park or the excavating company.
www.sanjuanislander.com /county/public_works/moran.shtml   (708 words)

  
 Louis A. Evans : Long Island Attorney : Energy & Environment: Nixon Peabody LLP
Hofstra University School of Law, J.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A. Louis A. Evans is a member of the firm’s Energy and Environment practice group.
Evans focuses his practice on environmental legal issues pertaining to development and redevelopment projects, real estate management, remediation of contaminated properties (including brownfields), and corporate and real estate transactions.
Evans represents clients before federal, state, and local regulatory agencies on brownfield projects, remediation, Superfund, permitting, and defense of violations.
www.nixonpeabody.com /attorneys_detail1.asp?ID=1020   (92 words)

  
 AskPhil -- Stamp Collecting starts here.
Island in the Rio Grande that was going to declare independence.
Mexico, overprinted with a diagonal "Clipperton" and issued in 1885 for island in the Pacific 800 miles from San Francisco.
Island off the coast of Scotland with local issue bearing its name.
www.askphil.org /ap_salm04a.htm   (1545 words)

  
 Richard Evans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Prior to discovering life on the island, Evans appeared as an actor in over 300 film and television productions, including Islands in the Stream, The Nickel Ride, and Dirty Little Billy, and created the continuing role of Paul Hanley in the ABC TV series, Peyton Place.
Evans also wrote, produced, photographed, and directed one of the first anti-war films of the 60's, Toys on a Field of Blue.
Evans studied violin as a child and has never recovered.
www.electricedge.com /crimex2/revans.htm   (313 words)

  
 Buck Island NWR | Southeast Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Location: the island is located 2 miles from the south coast of St. Thomas.
Yes, this island refuge is open during daylight hours, seven days a week (boat access only).
Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge is about 2 miles from the south coast of St. Thomas, USVI.
www.fws.gov /southeast/BuckIsland   (237 words)

  
 ARI News - Islanders question panel on Lafarge Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Evans reminded the group of the ferry accident on Orcas four years ago that destroyed the landing.
Evans added that the landings at Shipyard Cove and Roche Harbor are privately held and wouldn't be suitable.
Evans added, “Forty to 50 percent of all land in the county is not taxed at full-market value.
www.aggregateresearch.com /article.asp?id=3252   (732 words)

  
 The History of Chenega Bay, Alaska - ExploreNorth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Chenega Bay is located on Evans Island in Crab Bay, 42 miles southeast of Whittier in the Prince William Sound.
The village was destroyed and over half of all residents perished by tsunamis in the Sound after the 1964 earthquake.
The village was reestablished in the mid-1980s on Evans Island, although it is still named Chenega.
www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/bl-ChenegaBay.htm   (153 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Rural ways lost, word by word
The arster, of course, was a bivalve — called an "oyster" by some people — often found at the remote south end of St. Mary's County, Md. "The kitchen" was a spot in the Chesapeake Bay where arsters were caught.
These words were part of the island's local dialect, one of many distinctive ways of speaking that grew up over the centuries in isolated areas across the bay.
The researchers and islanders said they believe the change was a conscious attempt to assert the island's culture in the face of declining catches and rising water levels.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002185296_dialect20.html   (1014 words)

  
 Smith Island, Maryland, Chesapeake Sunrise Bed and Breakfast
The Smith Island Center is a good place for newcomers to visit to become more familiar with the island.
Directly across the Harbor from Ewell is the Martin National Wildlife Refuge, comprising the northern half of Smith Island.
Waverly Evans of Tylerton will be glad to accommodate you on a private tour.
smithisland.us /ewell.htm   (302 words)

  
 .: Albany Democrat-Herald :. Archives
When he returned home, Evans said, “I was pretty upset about the whole thing, and I was confused about the flag because there was nobody left that had been there when I was there.”
Each time Evans has attended a military reunion, he has tried to find another witness to what he saw.
Pat survived the battle of Saipan but was killed on Guam, which Evans learned from his brother’s buddies when they were returned to Hawaii for medical treatment.
www.dhonline.com /articles/2006/10/29/news/local/0loc02.txt   (1089 words)

  
 Cape Breton Development Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Although mainly undeveloped, the island at that time could be explored, on foot, using a very deteriorated bridge from the mainland and an overgrown roadway leading to a deserted shelter near the island’s centre.
Immediately after purchase of the island, Torus bought all rights to the old bridge and island roadway from the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Communications.
This does not mean that the island must be broken up in this fashion nor does it mean Torus or any new owner of the island is committed in any way.
www.privateislandsonline.com /evans-island.htm   (662 words)

  
 Antarctica - The Ross Sea Region Grand Expedition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Macquarie Island, Australia's prized Sub Antarctic possession, is a small but impressive sliver of land supporting one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in the southern hemisphere.
This rugged island, deep in the Ross Sea, is gouged by numerous glaciers and is home to a large Adelie Penguin population and other nesting seabirds.
The Island is renowned for its unique flora which has been described by the botanist Joseph Hooker as having a flora display “second to none outside the tropics”.
www.escortedantarcticatours.com /twentysix_seven/antarcticarosssea.html   (3306 words)

  
 Museum: Crisfield & Smith Island Cultural Alliance, Inc.Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
She immediately became a favorite of the Island and waspronounced "pretty as a piece of candy" by Terry Laird and others.
The Board of Directors chose Smith Island as the homeport and decided to have a contest toname the boat with a prize of $100 to the winner and one year free Alliance membership forhonorable mentions.
Contest forms were placed in stores and post offices on the Island and, inJanuary, Dana Evans presented the Board of Directors with 64 entries.
www.smithisland.org /jewel.html   (220 words)

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