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CONTACT: Richard “Bubba” McDonald Lower Gas Prices – Now! (920) 374-0983 Rise of ethanol blend sales one more reason to...

MILWAUKEE – A new collaborative effort among free health clinics in the Milwaukee area will be kicked off at a reception Thursday, May 4, from 5-7 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Continuing Education, Plankinton Building, seventh floor, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. This new effort will take a comprehensive approach to addressing barriers to health care, leveraging community...

CONTACT: Samantha Thompson, (608) 445-9780, slthompson@wisc.edu MADISON - Twelve schools, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will see if their canoes, made entirely of concrete, sink or swim at the Great Lakes Regional Concrete Canoe Conference on Friday, April 28. The concrete canoe competition challenges participating schools to create a canoe entirely out of concrete that is able...

Dave Cary, Communication Specialist Orion Energy Systems Plymouth WI (920) 892-2935 dcary@oriones.com Karen Fiedler, Solid Waste Supervisor Waukesha County, Waukesha WI kfiedler@waukeshacounty.gov What does changing the lighting at a recycling facility have to do with the environment? If the lighting uses less power than what preceded it, the power saved does not have to be generated at all. And the pollutants that would have been...

CONTACT: Carol S. Weber, APR, Director of Public Relations PHONE: 414-755-4108 (direct); 414-315-9321 (cell) E-MAIL: cweber@wda.org Three-Day Event Sets Guest Room Revenue Record for Association WEST ALLIS, WIS. – More than 1,500 dental professionals, staff and students from seven states will converge on the Kalahari Waterpark Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells on May 3 – 5, 2006 for the Wisconsin Dental Association’s (WDA) 136th...

Contact: Bill G. Smith (608) 255-6083 Mandy Minick (614) 221-4107 MADISON, April 27, 2006 – The National Federation of Independent Business/Wisconsin, the state’s largest small-business association, is calling on Governor Doyle to promptly sign into law AB-4, legislation to adopt...

Contact: Nan DiSalvo Executive Vice President R S + K (608) 827-0701 ndisalvo@rsandk.com Reed Sendecke Krebsbach, Inc. (R S + K), a marketing communications agency at 701 Deming Way, announces the addition of two new talented associates. Gregory Parker has joined R S + K as a graphic designer. He will provide strategic creative for many of the agency’s clients....

For more information, contact Cheryl McCollum, 608/441-1216 Legislation would grant an HSA state tax exemption that 45 other states already offer MADISON – Asking that Wisconsin be the 46th state in the nation to provide a state tax exemption for those who use health savings accounts, the Wisconsin Bankers Association is urging Gov. Jim Doyle to sign Assembly Bill 4...

CONTACT: Frederick R. Blattner, (608) 279-8742, fred@genome.wisc.edu; Guy Plunkett, (608) 890-0189, guy@genome.wisc.edu MADISON - By stripping the E. coli genome of vast tracts of its genetic material - hundreds of apparently inconsequential genes - a team of Wisconsin researchers has created a leaner and meaner version of the bacterium that is a workhorse of modern biology and industry. The feat, reported...

T. Wall Properties Terrence Wall, President Phone: (608) 241-2100 Greenway Properties Tim Carey, President 608-664-0777 Madison, WI -- On Thursday, April 27, T. Wall Properties held its Annual Meeting of Limited Partners and announced to its 200 shareholders that the company had just purchased Greenway Center, a portfolio of eight office buildings located on Greenway Boulevard, just off...

By Jill Ries WisBusiness.com MENOMONEE FALLS -- Thanks to good timing, the right investors and a desire to stay in Wisconsin, Bruce Bathurst has created an analytical measurement system that helps manufacturers and others with automated processes involving water become more effective, efficient and environmentally friendly. Four years ago, Bathurst decided “it was just the right time in my life” to pursue...