Green workplace practices making an impact on health.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Second in a series of stories on climate change and health in conjunction with APHA's 2008 National Public Health Week observance, which takes place April 7-13 and has a theme of "Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance." LIKE MANY--if not most--of her...

The Boston safe shops project--preliminary findings of a case study in applying the 10 essential services of public health to Building Environmental Health Capacity.
Introduction The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is charged with protecting, promoting, and preserving the health of the residents of Boston, particularly the most vulnerable. In carrying out this mission, BPHC is guided by the framework of the 10 essential public health services and an organizational focus...

Man seeks damages in culvert collapse.
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - An auto body shop owner is suing the city of Florence, blaming the city for a collapsed culvert that he said has caused parts of his building to collapse and split. Rick Ruede, the owner of West Coast...

Cecil B. Wentzell, 103.
WORCESTER Cecil Boman Wentzell, 103, passed away surrounded by family and friends in his home on Governors Street on Saturday, January 20, 2007. His wife of 62 years, Lila May (Gillin) passed away in 1990. He leaves a daughter with whom he lived, Joyce; two sons, Gordon and Gerald;...

EPA Honors BMW Manufacturing, Durr Systems for Methane-Powered Auto Paint Shop Project.
ENERGY RESOURCE-25 January 2007-EPA Honors BMW Manufacturing, Durr Systems for Methane-Powered Auto Paint Shop Project(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected BMW Manufacturing Co. LLC and partner Durr Systems Inc. as joint recipients of the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) "Energy Partner...

Asthma patients' caregivers crave info.
WASHINGTON -- Caregivers of inner-city children with asthma want better information about managing the side effects of asthma medications and practical ways to reduce asthma triggers, Beverley Russell, Ph.D., said at a meeting sponsored by the Office of Minority Health and the Department of Health and Human Services. ...

Wear and care: Ann Temkin charts the complicated terrain surrounding the preservation of Donald Judd's work.
THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO DONALD JUDD'S WORK HAVE LONG BEEN AWARE that its apparent sturdiness belies a great vulnerability. In fact, the issue of care and repair constituted an ongoing source of vexation for Judd. In his "Complaints: Part II," published in 1973, the artist was already fulminating ("in...

Bayview blues: San Francisco community activists fight the Navy's toxic legacy. (Currents).
In the southern part of San Francisco Bay, a sunny, breezy peninsula known as Bayview Hunters Point provides breathtaking coastal views. The community has the highest percentage of home ownership in San Francisco, according to Cory Calandra, executive director of the Bayview-based San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners. But...

Keyboardist of contemplated spontaneity.
Life in the jazz world's fast lane can take one to the spotlight of a Grammy Awards nomination and the prestige of a Lincoln Center debut. Along the way, if that traveler is Cuba's keyboard wunderkind Gonzalo Rubalcaba, it can also mean an increasingly busy performance schedule and quick dashes...

Springfield: a model of tennis excellence.
Don Creek owns Creek Collision Repair, an auto body shop in Springfield, Missouri. He is a civic leader and currently serves as chairman of the Springfield Park Board. But beneath the demeanor of successful business owner and good citizen, Don Creek is a nut... a tennis nut "Tennis nut"...