| Supplies drive aids Clarendon School
Re/Max Desert Showcase in Peoria recently held its fourth annual School Supplies Drive to support Clarendon School in Phoenix.
Held last month at Rock Bottom Restaurant in Glendale, the benefit generated more than $600 in needed supplies for disadvantaged students at the school, which serves about 500 students in grades 4-6.
Supplies included 12,195 sheets of notebook paper, 2,831 pencils, 3,334 crayons, 435 notebooks, and 256 pocket folders, which were delivered this month.
"These students need basic tools like spiral notebooks, pencils, and crayons in order to get a better education," said Michae Cavallucci, part owner of the Re/Max franchise. "Our goal next year is to raise over $1,000 worth of school supplies for Clarendon."
To participate in next year's drive, call (623) 979-8888.
Council approves cable TV franchise renewal
DENMARK -- First-reading approval was given to renewal of a franchise for Atlantic Broadband cable television services during Denmark City Council's September meeting. The new franchise renewal rate of 5 percent is up from the present fee of 3 percent.Also during the meeting, the city's monthly financial report indicated all accounts payable and notes payable are current. All payroll taxes were paid in a timely manner, it was reported. The water and sewer fund had an increase of $193.64, while the general fund showed expenses in excess of revenues of $100,781.23.In other business, Denmark Fire Chief Marc Waltz said an open house will be held at the new fire station from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. Waltz encouraged everyone to attend to tour their new facilities.Denmark Police Chief Leroy Grimes reported that for the period of Aug.
Telecom Manufacturer Coalition Files Appeal Brief to FCC
The Ad Hoc Manufacturers, a group of telecom manufacturers, today filed a brief in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals to support the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) order restricting local franchising regulation of video services for new entrants into the video market. The manufacturers' coalition believes that the recent reforms made by the FCC would help promote network deployment and increase competition in the video service market and that the court's decision should be overturned because there was record evidence to support the FCC's ruling. Today's brief was filed to the Court of Appeals to demonstrate that record evidence. The brief states, "record evidence provided by many parties, including telecom manufacturers, showed that local franchise regulation of new entrants into the video service market was slowing the deployment of new broadband networks and that the franchising reforms adopted in the order under review would unleash facilities investment and promote competition to the benefit of consumers." The Ad Hoc Telecom Manufacturer Coalition is an informal coalition of 17 companies -- both large and small -- which are engaged in the development of a wide range of hardware and software products used in connection with communication services, including video services.
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