Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Fundraising students inspired by tiger's plight Published Date: 10 October 2008 By Robert Collins Learning about the plight of endangered tigers has inspired children at a Warwick school to raise more than £1,200 to help save the Sumatran rainforest. One student managed to get the baker who made Prince Charles’ and Countess Camilla’s wedding cake to donate a cake as a raffle prize. Another...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
A 33-year-old man is being held without bail today, accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in Tampa, police say. Damion Robert Collins of Richmond, Va., arrived at the Orient Road Jail on Monday after being extradited from Grimes County, Texas, jail records show. He was arrested in Texas on five warrants charging him with felony sexual battery on a victim younger than 12.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... for a year of training and other services, a district spokeswoman said. Grossmont Superintendent Robert Collins, who was hired last year, said he wanted an ethics program that addressed multiple issues. Collins used Character Counts when he was an area superintendent in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Collins and Josephson presented the program to more than...
PR Squared (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
... issues come up for our own clients, for example, our senior staffers (including Doug Haslam , Robert Collins , and a number of other behind-the-scenes smarties) are frequently called on for advice. For Inconsistent Agencies, the trouble occurs when the workaday account team cannot answer BASIC questions about Social Media. For example, what if the client offhandedly asks their junior...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
The Grossmont Union High School District's aggressive push to boost sagging enrollment and generate additional state income appears to be paying off. Enrollment in the district, which has about 20,000 students, is up by nearly 200, officials said last week. The district had originally projected enrollment would be down by 361. Superintendent Robert Collins attributed the increase to a...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... novelties, Easter egg dyes and novelties, and craft and educational products. Mr. Quick succeeds Robert Collins, who has left the organization to pursue other opportunities. For the past twenty-five years, Mr. Quick was employed by Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, which is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. During his tenure with Hallmark, Mr. Quick held progressively significant...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Montgomery and Harris County were awarded a $1.5 million grant for project along the Spring Creek Greenway, a linear park that will straddle both counties between FM 2978 in Spring and U.S. 59 in Humble. While Harris County will use the funds for park development, the Montgomery County portion will be used for acquiring more land along the Spring Creek, said Robert Collins, special counsel...
