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The Putnam County Farmers Market premiered last week at a new location for 2011: Hurricane City Park. During the afternoon of May 19, the farmers market debuted officially, offering a collection of high-quality, locally grown foods; plants; pottery and more. Items available now include: * meats * artisan breads * asparagus * herbs * honey * jams and jellies * salad greens * bedding plants * handmade pottery. Vendors listed onto the Putnam County Farmers Market website include: * Ittle Bitty Farm, Larry and Melissa Lewis, Red House * Penny Produce, Claude Nelon, Hurricane * Margos Garden, Margo White, Buffalo * Foster Farm, Larry Foster, Fraziers Bottom * Harper Farms, Tim Harper, Gallipolis Ferry * Little Loving Care Farm, Larry Call, Hurricane * Shady Oaks Farm, Chris and Leslie Burdet...
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Employment prospects for laidoff workers sound shaky with news of massive recent layoffs and high unemployment figures. Denise Knutson, a senior consultant with The H.S. Group, with offices in Green Bay and Appleton, agrees there are many job openings in specialized areas such as engineering, welding, information technology and managerial positions. Chris Cornell, operations manager of the Appleton and Milwaukee offices of Westaff, also is seeing openings in skilled professional, technical and upper-level positions, and a slowdown in manufacturing, general labor and semi-skilled positions.
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APPLETON, Wis. - At a rather ordinary 6-foot-5, Lawrence University senior basketball player Chris Braier isnt particularly imposing.
And his fellow Vikings starters follow suit. Theres a 6-4 senior, a 6-2 senior, a 6-7 sophomore and a 6-0 sophomore.
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By CHRIS SCHUCK
Arrowhead's varsity boys ice hockey team is off to a 4-0 start after a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at Appleton on Friday.
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WCIC winners
The four finalists of WCIC's Opening Act competition are Appleton, from El Paso and Elmhurst; Courtland, from Bloomington; Chris Tarpley, Pekin; and Gillian Greer, Metamora.
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APPLETON - The St. George River Race marks the start of a new canoe and kayaking season in Maine each year.
The 32nd annual edition of the six-mile journey from Searsmont Village to the Route 105 bridge in Appleton also marked evidence that a new generation of paddlers is finding its way to the sport.
...Jr/Sr 13-16: 1. Christopher Deane, John Goulet 48:00, 2. Yuval Boss, Bob Hessl...
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REDLANDS - What do math and bulldogs have in common? Beth Doolittle and the University of Redlands.
The students at the University of Redlands on Wednesday honored Beth Doolittle, senior mathematics lecturer and caretaker of the school's mascot, Thurber the bulldog, with the Professor of the Year award.
... got started, U of R President James Appleton sat with Doolittle and her family, and congratulatted her husband, Chris, on his wife's achievement. "We just think she's g...
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APPLETON, Wis. -- Adam Jones had three hits and an RBI and Chris Collins hit a two-run double to send the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 7-2 Midwest League baseball win over the Peoria Chiefs Friday night.
John-Paul Davis hit a solo homer and Cody Haerther drove in the other run for the Chiefs, who fell to 1-1 in the second half. The Timber Rattlers improved to 1-1.
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Mixing the old and the, well, not so old, the Niagara County Fair will open Wednesday.
Organizers hope to bounce back from a rainy 2009 that saw attendance slip some 20 percent from the year before, and will offer a few new twists and lots of old standbys during the five-day affair.
...Auction chairman Chris Czelusta, an Appleton beef farmer, said there wil...
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After what seemed like an endless decline, Chris Scheuer says we may be finally seeing a trough in the economy.
The combination of a less dour economic outlook and research into company fundamentals has him and his colleagues moving money into new types of stocks, said Scheuer, a senior equity analyst in the Appleton office of Thrivent Asset Management.