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Contact:  Paul Vornholt --Mayor’s Office, 286-2200 Andrea Rowe Richards – Housing Authority,  286-8580   For Release:  December 14, 2005         Housing Authority hailed for transforming neighborhoods   Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced today the City of Milwaukee is one of nine cities worldwide to receive a ‘World Leadership’ Award for its model of affordable housing that transforms neighborhoods. The World Leadership Forum issued the award to...

Brett Hulsey, President Better Environmental Solutions Brett@BetterEnvironmentalSolutions.com 608.334.4994 Michael Vickerman, Executive Director RENEW Wisconsin mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org 608.255.4044 Madison — Better Environmental Solutions and RENEW Wisconsin today released a new study showing ethanol from prairie grasses and corn residues or stover can reduce our reliance on risky foreign oil and cut dangerous greenhouse air pollution. “Biofuels like ethanol can save lives,...

Contact: Pam Moen (608) 828-2487AB 618 Scheduled for Assembly Vote December 15 In the interest of protecting Wisconsin’s children, AAA Wisconsin urges passage of Assembly Bill 618. The bill would strengthen the state’s child passenger safety laws by placing children in booster seats when they have graduated from car seats but are not big enough to be safely transported...

Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association (WBMA) Manchester Place-Capitol Square 2 E. Mifflin St., Suite 600 Madison, WI 53703 www.wisbiomed.org wisbiomed@dewittross.com Contact: Jim Leonhart, WBMA Executive Vice President, 608-252-9338 In September 2007, the Midwest’s largest life science venture conference will be held in Milwaukee. The BIO Mid-America VentureForum is co-sponsored by the national Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and ten...

Contact: David Carlson, President, (352) 846-0171 or carlson@spj.org INDIANAPOLIS - The Society of Professional Journalists urges Clear Channel radio group to stop allowing its stations to sell naming rights to their newsrooms. WIBA, a Clear Channel radio station in Madison, Wis., sold the naming rights for its newsroom to a local bank. "The only thing a news organization has is its...

For More Information Contact Sarah Artz Trachte Building Systems, Inc. 608-327-3132 sartz@trachte.com SUN PRAIRIE, WI, December 13, 2005 — Pam Klute of Trachte Building Systems was recently appointed president of the Wisconsin ESOP chapter. In this role, Pam’s primary responsibility is to provide leadership to the chapter members and to guide the chapter in fulfilling the goals of the strategic plan. Goals include educational...

Contact: Bernie Eckert 412-259-1740 beckert@piagatf.org Sewickley, Pennsylvania, December 2005 — The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation elected new officers, as well as additional members, to its board of directors at its annual meeting on November 11, 2005 in San Francisco, California. Elected to two-year...