| Diners turn out in droves for DVI’s ‘Eat Up Downtown’
If there�s one thing just about everyone loves to do, it�s eat, especially when it means going out to a restaurant instead of cooking and cleaning up at home. Last week, thousands of diners decided to do it Downtown. The results are in for Downtown Vision, Inc.�s inaugural �Eat Up Downtown� and by all accounts it was a hit with patrons and restaurateurs alike. �It exceeded our expectations, especially since this was the first year for the event and it�s a new idea for Jacksonville,� said Pamela Elms, DVI�s director of marketing. Historically, late August is usually not the busiest time of the year for the food service and hospitality industries thanks to the hot weather, the end of the summer vacation season and the beginning of the school year. Despite all that, giving people their choice of 15 special menus at a fixed price of $25 per person gave them a reason to come Downtown for dinner.
Kim Jong Il Gives On-Site Guidance to Hungnam Fertilizer Complex
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-the-spot guidance to the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex.
He was accompanied by Chief Secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK Hong Song Nam and Secretary Kim Ki Nam and Department Director Pak Nam Gi of the WPK Central Committee.
He first went round the revolutionary museum.
Noting that the complex turned into the nation's dependable big fertilizer producer under the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung, he said that the undying revolutionary feats of the President would always remain shining in the history of the country.
Then he looked round the newly reconstructed fertilizer production processes to learn about the construction and production there.
Looking back: First jobs of Jolietans
Monday is the unofficial last day of the summer season, and for most Americans, it's a day off work. Labor Day, the annual holiday devoted to the recognition of working people's contribution to society, was first celebrated in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882. .
Going into new year, schools get spruced up
Everyone gears up for the first day of school a little differently. For teachers, there is preparation. For students, there is anticipation. And for maintenance crews, there is rehabilitation. "Even in the summer, this building gets an awful lot of use, between community groups and sports camps," said Robert Vaughn, principal of Morris Elementary School in Lenox. "So in August, we just kick everybody out and clean it up." With summer winding down and school doors scheduled to swing open beginning this week the Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School in Adams starts tomorrow August is spruce-up time for many of the public educational facilities up and down Berkshire County. The pre-school routine runs the gamut from basic maintenance to heavy-duty overhauls.
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