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Crews are working to restore the 1,220 acres in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest that were damaged by the San Juan Fire earlier this summer.

The San Juan Fire Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) said their efforts are nearly finished.

Last week, crews performed aerial seeding of 60,000 pounds of sterile barley and native seed mix over the 1,220 acres burned south of Vernon, AZ.

BAER spokesman Paul Brown said the grass seed mix can sprout quickly and develop roots to reduce soil erosion.

BAER crews have also removed hazardous trees, stabilized roads, set up warning signs and installed gates.

The nearly 7,000-acre fire straddling theFort Apache Indian Reservation and the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in the White Mountains was reported just before 12 p.m. June 26.

The fire grew from an initial 100 acres to 2,000 acres by 5 p.m. that day, according to officials with Apache Sitgreaves National Forest and mandatory evacuations were ordered. More than 600 personnel were assigned to fight the fire that is believed to be human-caused.

According to the White Mountain Independent, between 200 to 300 Boy Scoutsfrom Gilbert were in the White Mountains when the fire started.

Matthew Wright was withthe group and an additional 100 adults and chaperones who were camping in the area. A group of them split off and headed for a ridge at about 9,000 feet and noticed the smoke. They then went back to base camp and told the others it was time to go.

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Published on August 14, 2014 By Kelly Snider

COMMUNITY. Cumberland Councillor Stephen Blais is pleased to announce that the Pirate theme was the choice of the residents, during recent consultations on splash pad designs for Millenium Park.

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The pirate theme was chosen as the winner for Millenium Park.

"Ottawa's hot and humid summer days will soon give way to treasured times and memorable moments with family," said Blais."The invasion of swashbucklers at Millenium Park is something to behold."

Three designs were brought up by park architects and an open competition was held by Councillor Blais, in order to choose the winning theme. The pirate theme ended up being the treasured.

"I'm thrilled to take our community into battle against the crews of Captain Jack Captain Jack Sparrow, Anne Bonney, Francois l`Olonnais, Edward Teach "Blackbeard" or Captain Hook, joked Blais, or in this case known as 'Councillor Redbeard Blais'.

The destination splash pad will be build beside the existing play structure, as part of the innovative $8 million Millenium Park expansion.

Along with the splash pad, this Millenium Park expansion will include many more features. That includes artificial turf for soccer and football fields, stadium seating and lighting, 400m running track, swing sets, junior and senior play structures, two shade structures with gazebos, and much more.

Millenium is known as a family-oriented destination sports and recreational park, located in Cumberland Ward's emerging community in the east-end.

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MANASSAS, VirginiaRebecca Apple's Latino students at Osbourn High School call her "Miss Manzana," the Spanish word for "apple." A floating teacher last year, Apple would pile her nine English-Spanish dictionaries and other supplies into a cart and travel down halls thronged with students.

She's one of hundreds of public school teachers in Manassas, in Prince William County outside Washington, D.C., who've struggled to adjust to the arrival of scores of new Hispanic students; a fresh onslaught is expected when school opens in a few weeks' time. Last year, Apple's class size for her beginner English for Speakers of Other Languages course grew so quickly that she was receiving one or two new immigrant students every day for a month.

Matilde Rosa Jimenez taught as many as 37 kids in her eighth-grade English class at Metz Middle School, from gifted students to kids struggling with basic reading comprehension to immigrants who spoke little or no English. Some of her students had trouble reading in their native language. And in one county public elementary school, 60 different languages are spoken.

Educating immigrant children has tested the capacity of the county's schools in other ways as well. Hundreds of trailers have been turned into makeshift classrooms to handle the overflow.

With 50,000 unaccompanied children flooding into the United States this summer, many towns and cities are expecting apprehended minors to be moved to their communities, at least temporarily. The national reaction has run the gamut from cautious willingness to open hostility. In the middle-class suburbs of Washington, D.C., where waves of immigrants have long been a source of cultural tension, the potential for a new influx has sparked angry debate and calls for immediate deportations.

Manassas has a main street that is traditional Americana, with red brick buildings and hanging flower baskets. But Hispanic influence in the city is growing, and many services and businesses cater to Spanish speakers. According to predictions from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, a think tank at the University of Virginia, the county's Hispanic population will rise nearly 50 percent, from 81,460 in 2010 to 118,748 in 2020. (At the start of 2013, its total population was estimated at 431,000.)

In Manassas, the Hispanic community has doubled within the last decade and now makes up a third of the population. The small city, with a population of around 28,000, has become a battleground just as surely as it was during the Civil War.

Celia Maria Llanes gives bottles of milk to her daughters and the children she babysits in her Manassas home.

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Freda DGuerra thought she found the right paving contractor for the job. The Mississauga woman and her husband were searching for someone to install interlocking stones at their home. After some research, the couple settled on Villas Paving, run by John Villano.

The way he spoke, I thought he knew what he was saying what he was going to do, said DGuerra, who called Global News in frustration six weeks after retaining Villanos company. She added that Villano dressed well and seemed to act in a professional manner.

DGuerra signed a contract for $8,500. She agreed to pay $3,500 in cash to Villas Paving, with the balance due on completion. DGuerra says she was assured the job would be done in two to three weeks.

But six weeks later, all thats been done is the removal of the old driveway and walkway. DGuerra says she and her family members have called Villano umpteen times trying to find out when the work would be completed. She says her calls have not been answered or returned.

I called you because I wanted some action, DGuerra told Global News, saying she didnt want another consumer to experience the same situation she did.

Global News caught up with Villano outside a residence in Mississauga; but the contractor saw the news camera and drove away, leaving his girlfriend on the sidewalk. The woman, who called herself Melinda, ran from the camera and refused to answer questions, later saying she had nothing to do with the business.

For about seven minutes, the news crew ran alongside the woman while Villano passed by several times, occasionally at high speed. Finally, he screeched to a stop to allow the woman in before backing up with tires squealing.

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Later, in a text message to DGuerra, the contractor said: I had no intentions (sic) of not finishing the job at the house. He then threatened not to complete the work if Global News aired a story. If there is a story on TV tonight I will definitely not be finishing the job. And you can post this text message.

DGuera says she has no interest at this point in having Villanos company do any additional work given the track record.

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The breeze carries the tinny jingle of the approaching ice cream truck, so Mike Puma leaves the railing he's painting on his two-family, electric-blue home to buy a milkshake.

He pays more for the shake than he did his entire home.

Of course, when he bought this home for $1 this year, it had a demolition notice on the door, walls the consistency of a Three Musketeers bar and mold coating the ceilings. But Puma, 24, feels that he got a bargain. Plus, he takes pleasure in knowing that this century-old house will not be torn down.

"We're reintroducing new life into these properties," he said. "Not only are you taking a stand against demolition, but you're taking a stand on what happens in this city."

Across the Rust Belt, cities are beginning to tear down tens of thousands of vacant homes. But Puma and a small group of other activists in Buffalo are battling the demolition process, trying to find residents to buy the fixer-uppers.

Puma alone has saved two houses on his block by persuading friends to buy them though Buffalo's Urban Homestead program, which allows residents to buy homes for a dollar if they show they have the resources to make necessary repairs and promise to live in them for at least three years.

Gary, Ind., launched its own version of the Dollar Home program last year with an initial six houses sold for $1 each. Other cities, including Philadelphia and Detroit, allow homeowners to acquire vacant lots next door for a small sum.

Puma said Americans were too quick to destroy old homes, and he is fighting "the never-ending rumble of demolition equipment."

Cities demolish salvageable buildings because there's political incentive to clear up blight, said David Torke, a neighborhood activist and blogger who works with Puma to save old homes.

The money spent on demolition $15,000 a home could be spent to repair the houses and make them habitable, Torke said.

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MUSKEGON, MI -- The lack of an environmental agreement on the demolition of the former Sappi plantsmokestacks has not impeded progress to take down the former paper plant.

Ken Callow, manager of the demolition project for property owner Melching Inc., said work to remove buildings and foundations on the property is more than halfway completed.

The latest use for recyclable materials from the massive plant is crushed concrete, piles of which are visible on the Muskegon Lake-front site. A contractor recently requested 60,000 tons of the crushed concrete, much of it for the U.S. 31 bypass in northern Ottawa County, Callow said.

"That drove us long hours -- weekends and holidays," he said.

That's how the work goes on the huge, 120-acre site. When there's demand for the recyclable material being sorted and piled on site, the work takes off. It slows when other projects Melching is working have deadlines taking priority, Callow said.

"Since we own the site, we can work on it when we want," Callow said.

At this point, removal of buildings on site is about 75 percent complete, and removal of foundations is about 50 percent complete, Callow said.

While work on the former industrial site continues at a steady pace, negotiations over the demolition of two 275-foot smokestacks are frustratingly slow, Callow said. Melching officials are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to find a solution to concerns over a glaze containing asbestos that covers the length of the smokestacks.

In most cases, the EPA requires removal of asbestos prior to demolition by explosives. Exceptions include floor tiles and roofing materials with asbestos, Callow said. Melching officials are working to convince EPA officials that the glaze, which has asbestos fibers in it, should be placed in the same category as the allowed tiles and roofing material.

Without such an exception, it would be "unbelievably expensive" to remove the glaze, Callow said. It also would be extremely expensive to dismantle the towers from the top down, he said. Other methods of knocking down the massive towers would be too dangerous, he said.

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Architects design buildings and other structures. In addition to considering the way these buildings and structures look, they also make sure they are functional, safe, economical and suit the needs of the people who use them.

Employment Facts:

There were approximately 113,700 architects employed in 2010, mostly in the architectural, engineering and related services industry. About a quarter were self employed. Most jobs were full-time positions, but if you're thinking 9 to 5, you're wrong. Many architects work over 50 hours a week and those hours include weekends and evenings. While they work in offices most of the time, they also have to visit construction sites to check up on the progress of the projects they have designed.

Educational Requirements:

To become an architect one must earn a professional degree in architecture after completing one of the following programs offered at many colleges and universities:

Generally, the professional degree in architecture must be from a school of architecture accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). A few states don't have this requirement.

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Other Requirements:

In the United States those who want to provide architectural services must be licensed. To become a licensed architect one must earn a professional degree in architecture, complete a period of practical training or internship, and pass all divisions of the ARE (Architect Registration Examination). In most states, continuing education is required to maintain licensure. To find out what the requirements are in the state in which you want to work use the Licensed Occupations Tool from CareerOneStop

One needs certain qualities to succeed in this occupation. If you want to be an architect you should be creative and have good visualization skills. Not only do you need to be able to create designs for buildings and other structures, you need to be able to see, in your mind's eye, what they will look like once they are built. Since architects have to describe their ideas to other people including clients and colleagues, you must have strong communication skills. The ability to think critically will help you solve problems that inevitably arise during most projects.

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