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ERIE -- Erie Middle School is a growing place.

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St. Vrain Valley School District officials, from left, Todd Piccone, Dori Van Lone, Brian Lamer and John Creighton tour the construction site at Erie Middle School on Wednesday. The construction is scheduled to be completed in fall of 2013. ( Greg Lindstrom )

Construction is under way while school is in session; some seventh-grade classes have been moved to portable classrooms on the northeast side of the school.

"It seems to be going just fine. ... I think the kids kind of like it," principal Todd Bissell said.

School board members, who toured the building during their study session meeting at the school, seemed excited, especially Dori Van Lone, who lives in Erie.

"Awesome, unbelievable," Van Lone said as she looked around the art room that is going in where the wrestling room used to be.

A music room and new classrooms are being built on the south side of the school, while an auditorium will be added on the west side.

On the east side, south of the main entrance, new eighth-grade classrooms are under construction.

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March 22, 2012 - Major League Soccer (MLS) Portland Timbers Join the official viewing party Saturday at Dublin Pub Timbers announce $40,000 in community grants for local nonprofits Timbers to face Valencia CF, one of Spain's top clubs, in friendly on May 23 "Timbers In 30' airs Friday on KPTV Fox 12 Gleeson, New Zealand U-23 National Team seek Olympic berth Reserve League kicks off on Tuesday, March 27, for Timbers Timbers coach John Spencer calls Darlington Nagbe's goal against FC Dallas Jewsbury, Chara send message to youth at Csar E. Chvez Leadership Conference Tune in to "Talk Timbers" on 750 AM The Game

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Timbers hit the road for the second straight week, traveling to face the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., at 1 p.m. (Pacific).

Saturday's match at the Revolution will be televised live on ROOT SPORTS, with radio broadcasts on 750 AM The Game and in Spanish on La Pantera 940 AM.

The Timbers (1-0-1, 4pts) earned a point with another come-from-behind performance last Saturday against FC Dallas. Second-year midfielder/forward Darlington Nagbe entered the match as a halftime substitute and quickly provided the equalizing goal in the 51st minute. Following a failed clearance by FC Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman, the ball deflected off an FC Dallas defender, creating a 50-50 ball at the edge of the penalty area. Nagbe beat a defender to the ball and slotted a shot past Hartman, who was closing in on him. In addition, Timbers defender Hanyer Mosquera, who made his debut against FC Dallas, earned a place on the MLS Team of the Week honorable mention list.

The Timbers and New England (0-2-0, 0pts) face each other for the one, and only, time during the regular season on Saturday in the home opener for the Revolution. Preceding Saturday's match, the Women's national teams of Brazil and Canada are set to play an international friendly at Gillette Stadium as part of a home-opening doubleheader.

Last season, the Timbers took four out of a possible six points from the Revolution. Portland earned its first road point as an MLS club with a 1-1 draw on April 2, 2011 at Gillette Stadium. Midfielder Jack Jewsbury provided the game-tying goal for the Timbers in the 38th minute. In front of a sold-out crowd at JELD-WEN Field on Sept. 16, 2011, the Timbers defeated New England, 3-0, with Diego Chara and Darlington Nagbe among the goal scorers.

New England, playing with 10 men for 76 minutes, lost 3-0 on the road at Sporting Kansas City last weekend. The Revolution, behind new head coach Jay Heaps and a large cast of new additions are still searching for their first win of the 2012 season.

Join the Timbers official viewing party Saturday at Dublin Pub

Fans are invited to attend the Timbers official viewing parties for road matches at local Timbers pub partners throughout the season. On Saturday, Dublin Pub will host the second viewing party of the 2012 season at 1 p.m. (PT), presented by ROOT SPORTS.

Offering happy hour specials throughout the match, Dublin Pub is also giving those in attendance the chance to win Timbers-related prizes, including a team-signed, retro-inspired third jersey.

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UFC on FX 4's dance card is quickly filling.

The promotion announced a quartet of new welterweight bouts for the event, which takes place June 22 at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Additions for the card include Dan Miller (13-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) vs. Ricardo Funch (8-3 MMA, 0-3 UFC), Rick Story (13-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. Rich Attonito (10-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC), Matt Riddle (6-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. Luis Ramos (19-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC), and Brian Ebersole (49-14-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. T.J. Waldburger (15-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC).

The event's main card airs live on FX while preliminary-card fights air on FUEL TV. It's not clear where the above fights will be placed on the lineup.

UFC on FX 4 is the promotion's first trip to Atlantic City in seven years after UFC 53 took place at Boardwalk Hall.

Miller, a longtime middleweight, makes the drop to welterweight out of nothing less than career necessity. The well-liked New Jersey native is 2-5 since a three-fight win streak that began his UFC career, which most recently includes losses to Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares. Although personal and short-notice circumstances have certainly put a harder road in front of him than most, he needs nothing less than an impressive showing to secure his job in the octagon.

Funch is on the rails, as well, having dropped all three of his UFC appearances. Losses to Johny Hendricks, Claude Patrick and, most recently, Mike Pyle have made his octagon career an affair to forget. However, they are the only setbacks in his professional career, and the native Brazilian holds a notable win over Waldburger four years ago.

Story is still trying to regain momentum and may be close to a pink slip. After a six-fight streak saw him earn key wins over Hendricks and Thiago Alves, he's fallen short in his past two outings against Charlie Brenneman and Martin Kampmann.

Attonito, a veteran of "The Ultimate Fighter 11," seems more hot and cold. After emerging from the reality show with a win over the season's bad boy, Jamie Yager, he's hopscotched between wins and losses in his past four outings. While he's outpointed Rafael Natal and Daniel Roberts, he's fallen short to Dave Branch and Jake Hecht. Consistency is what's needed.

Riddle, a "TUF" vet who's fought his entire professional career in the octagon, recently righted his ship with a split-decision win over Henry Martinez, which reversed a two-fight slide in bouts against Sean Pierson and Lance Benoist.

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QUEBEC, March 22, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ -To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Cit Joie, the holiday and respite centre for people with disabilities, is receiving a sizable gift: annual savings of $10,000 on its heating costs thanks to the donation of two geothermal systems by Bryant Canada and its partners.

Greater comfort for vacationers Vacationers will enjoy exceptional comfort levels due to the air conditioning available in the summer with geothermal energy. Savings on heating costs will also allow Cit Joie to keep its services affordable for families that use them.

In all, 20 skilled volunteers will soon be busy installing the geothermal systems that will heat and cool Cit Joie's main building. "With these systems, Cit Joie will be able to reduce its hot water and heating costs by $10,000 a year. We are very proud to support Cit Joie in its mission, allowing as many parents as possible to enjoy a comforting break and more children with disabilities to enjoy a true holiday camp experience," said Lucie Medeiros, Regional Manager at Bryant Canada.

Holiday camp leader in sustainable development After drilling is completed by Samson et frres, Bryant Canada will provide the geothermal systems and Miville will be responsible for their installation. This donation, worth a total of $80,000, will also allow Cit Joie to continue along the path of sustainable development by adding to the wastewater treatment system already in place. "Being able to count on an entirely free energy source is invaluable for us. The money we save can be reinvested in the families of disabled children. What's more, by relying on energy that is entirely renewable and that will allow us to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by more than 35 tons a year, we are maintaining our position as one of the very few green camps in Quebec. We will truly become a model for other camps in the province," said Denis Savard, General Manager of Cit Joie.

Geothermal energy Geothermal energy draws on natural heat found in the earth for heating or cooling. Heat stored in the ground is a free and renewable source of energy. A geothermal heat pump works much like any other heat pump by transferring heat from one place to another. To move this heat, a coolant is circulated in a loop. This liquid absorbs heat from the ground and transfers it to the heat pump. The fluid passes through a heat exchanger several times to extract as much heat from the earth as possible. In the summer, the circuit is simply reversed to extract heat from the building and send it into the cooler ground.

This donation was made possible through Bryant Canada's Extreme Comfort Renos Program, which aims to install heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in selected charitable organizations across Canada.

About Bryant Canada Bryant Canada has been providing heating and cooling solutions to keep Canadians comfortable since 1904. Furnaces, heat pumps, air conditioners and ventilation systems all share a common characteristic: they all deliver dependable, worry-free comfort. Bryant Canada is a division of UTC Canada Corporation, an affiliate of Carrier Corporation, a leader in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) systems. Carrier Corporation is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "UTX"). UTC is a diversified company that includes Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Otis and Chubb.

About Miville Miville is a Quebec company whose mission is to provide its impressive array of customers with the highest level of indoor comfort possible by maintaining the ambient air in their homes. The company's expertise includes heating, ventilation, air conditioning and geothermal systems. Also an electrical contractor, Miville has extensive know-how in home automation, electrical entry and wiring, and communications.

About Samson et frres Samson & frres Inc. has been specializing in drilling since 1945. Active throughout Quebec, the company sets itself apart through its unique expertise and the quality of its work for residential, municipal and commercial customers in all areas of drilling.

About Cit Joie Cit Joie is a support centre for families living with disabled people. Its mission is to offer a range of services that provide a safe, healthy environment for the recreation and entertainment of people with disabilities. In addition, it ensures that parents and caregivers in the family receive adequate support from a temporary care facility that is well integrated with family life.

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RADNOR, Pa., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN - News) announced today that it has completed the sale of a 268,240 square foot office building located in Herndon, Virginia for $91.1 million or $340 per square foot. Brandywine completed the development of this property known as South Lake at Dulles Corner in November 2008 and subsequently leased the entire building to Time Warner Cable Inc.The net sale proceeds after customary pro-rations and closing costs will be used by Brandywine for general corporate purposes.

"The sale of this property achieves our objective of maximizing value from our existing portfolio," stated Gerard H. Sweeney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brandywine Realty Trust. "It strengthens our balance sheet by providing additional liquidity, provides additional capital for our investment activities and demonstrates our commitment to execute key components of our 2012 business plan."

Cassidy Turley marketed the property for sale on behalf of Brandywine. The buyer is Wells Core Office Income REIT.

About Brandywine Realty Trust

Brandywine Realty Trust is one of the largest, publicly traded, full-service, integrated real estate companies in the United States. Organized as a real estate investment trust and operating in select markets, Brandywine owns, develops, manages and has ownership interests in a primarily Class A, suburban and urban office portfolio comprising 305 properties and 34.6 million square feet, including 231 properties and 25.1 million square feet owned on a consolidated basis and 52 properties and 6.5 million square feet in 18 unconsolidated real estate ventures. For more information, please visit http://www.brandywinerealty.com.

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Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others, the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability and terms of debt and equity financing, competition with other real estate companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including cost overruns and construction delays, unanticipated operating costs and the effects of general and local economic and real estate conditions. Additional information or factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

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Published: Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:15 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:15 p.m.

A sleek, modern design office building is going up in downtown Hendersonville that will be home to several green and computer software businesses, the structure's architect said Thursday.

Biz 611 will be on the site of the old Landmark Annex building on Church Street, said Ken Gaylord, with Blackhawk Construction Co. and Ken Gaylord Architects, a Hendersonville design and construction firm.

There will be 16 individual spaces, ranging in size from a single-person office to an office that can accommodate six to eight people, he said. The 9,000-square-foot, two-story building will contain a shared kitchen and bathrooms, Gaylord added, with enough conference room space for the businesses to hold seminars and workshops. Biz 611 also will feature porches, a rooftop terrace and "living wall" with a vertical garden on the side that faces Church Street.

The structure promises something different architecturally for Hendersonville's downtown, Gaylord explained.

"I think not so much the building, but what it represents, will be a game changer for Hendersonville and contribute significantly to a thriving green economy," he added.

Biz 611 will be environmentally friendly. Design elements include PV solar panels, which will generate electricity, Gaylord said. Materials, including brick and wood recycled from the tear-down of the annex two weeks ago, will be used in the building's construction.

It will take 12 months to complete the project, with construction expected to begin April 2, Gaylord said.

Reach Kelley at 828-694-7871 or leigh.kelley@blueridgenow.com.

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SALT LAKE CITY -- The LDS Church is attempting to remake downtown Salt Lake City by opening the shopping mall portion of a $2 billion mixed-use space that spans two city blocks and features a meandering creek and retractable glass roofs.

Church partner and retail operator Taubman Centers Inc. expects 50,000 visitors on Thursday, when City Creek Center's nearly 90 stores open.

City Creek Center has outdoor walkways, plazas, fireplaces and metal sculpture. Waterfalls, fountains and a trout pond are part of the village-like development, which includes condominiums and is joined by a pedestrian bridge over Main Street.

The residential towers were built by City Creek Reserve Inc., a for-profit firm owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church is a multibillion-dollar organization with business and real estate holdings.

The church paid for City Creek Center with cash and says no member tithing was used. For the most part, it will be like other shopping malls, except that the stores close on Sundays -- the church wanted the Sabbath for its nearby Temple Square.

It will be operated like Taubman Centers' other upscale malls in Los Angeles and Denver, said Robert Taubman, chairman, president and CEO of the Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based company. Two of the restaurants at the Salt Lake City mall will serve liquor, but there are no bars. Its anchors are Macy's and Nordstrom, with other stores such as Tiffany & Co. and the Swedish fashion chain H&M.

Built during the recession, which lowered construction costs, City Creek Center is the only large shopping center of its size -- around 700,000 square feet -- scheduled to open in the country this year, officials said.

"It's about the rebirth of this city and the fabric of downtown," said Taubman, who said the design of City Creek Center was unique.

"We opened the mall to the sky and sunny weather that's here with these amazing retractable roofs," he said.

No other U.S. shopping center has retractable roofs, says Linda Wardell, City Creek Center's general manager.

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TUMACACORI, Ariz.- They live by the golden rule, "do unto others as you would have others do unto you". It's a message one religious organization in Santa Cruz County is trying to spread to its neighbors, as a battle brews over their desire to expand in their small rural community.

A sense of peace surrounds a 165 acre property in Tumacacori, which belongs to a church group called the Global Community Communications Alliance. About 150 members live, learn and worship there together. "We are looking to do something in the way of community building that is not maybe status quo," GCCA Member Centria Lilly says.

For the past year they have wanted to build a 17,000 square foot church because the outdoor pavilion and indoor community room where they currently hold services, is no longer big enough. "We need the facility for our Sunday worship services, but also for adult and childrens' classrooms, for a library, and administrative offices," Lilly says.

But the GCCA is facing opposition from many of its neighbors, who say building the church will disrupt the peacefulness of their small community. "It just doesn't fit in with the area at all," Neighbor Dan Kirkham says.

Kirkham has lived in the area for more than a decade. He fears building the church will attract more people to the area, creating noise, destroying roads and disrupting water quality. "I'd like to see it not built, period, to stop, stop right now," Kirkham says.

He's not the only one. Last fall Santa Cruz County denied the GCCA's request for a building permit. Board members tell News 4 Tucson it was because the majority of neighbors oppose it and because the alliance never informed the Union Pacific railroad company that runs through the property of its plans. The county requires any property owner within 300 feet of construction must be notified.

"There are federal laws that support churches in providing them means to build and construct churches," Lilly says.

Which is why the GCCA filed an appeal this month. It hopes to settle the matter out of court. "We're hoping to build a bridge with all of the neighbors who have concerns," Lilly says.

But until then, the peacefulness of this small community might just be an illusion.

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Controversy in Santa Cruz Co. over church construction

ROCK HILL With demolition just weeks away, two plans have been offered to keep the historic Rock Hill Presbyterian Church.

Both plans would need several hundred thousand dollars to carry out, and neither is close raising that kind of money.

But if neither plan succeeds, the church may find new life at a winery in Warren County, city administrator George Liyeos said.

In an interview after an aldermanic meeting Tuesday night, Liyeos said that the construction company that will build a gas station on the site of the church, at McKnight and Manchester roads, would disassemble the church and reconstruct it at the winery.

Robert Brinkmann, chief executive officer of the builder, Brinkmann Constructors, could not be reached for comment, nor could the owners of the winery, Cedar Lake Cellars in Wright City.

A group called Save The Rock Hill Church has been raising money for its plan to save the church by moving it and the adjacent city-owned Fairfax House to Rock Hill Park, just south of Manchester.

The group says the venue would be attractive for brides wanting to have a church wedding and reception at the same site.

The group estimated it would need $700,000 to carry out the plan. Chris Musial, a spokesman for the group, said Tuesday his group had so far raised $4,710 with about $2,000 more in pledges.

Rock Hill Alderman Edward Johnson told fellow aldermen Tuesday night that he had a Plan B if the first effort failed. He suggested moving the church to 215-217 Almentor Avenue, an empty lot the Temple Hall Club owns. The site is south of Manchester and east of Rock Hill road.

Johnson suggested the move late last year, but aldermen supported the first group, which had presented a business plan.

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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:08 pm | Updated: 5:50 pm, Wed Mar 21, 2012.

MONACA -- A former elementary school building may be granted new life.

A Center Township developer has applied to Monaca Council for a conditional use permit to convert the former Fourth Ward school into an apartment building.

Phil Laird, representing Laird Construction and Kelar Properties, has been granted a public hearing at 6 p.m. March 27 in the borough building.

Kelar properties bought the building for $68,101 in November from the Central Valley School District. Laird's application says he intends to construct 11 apartments in the building, which is located at the corner of Allen Avenue and Walnut Street.

In 2010, borough council approved conditional use criteria that includes garden apartments as a conditional use for school buildings.

The Fourth Ward building was built in 1952 and closed in 1992, according to Times files.

After closing, the building was used as a classroom center for a Beaver County Head Start program, and as the Monaca Senior Center, which eventually moved to the Beaver Valley Mall.

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