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The district would be one of the first public entities in the country to launch a WiMax system, using television channels that the Federal Communications Commission allocated for educational purposes. A pilot system covering roughly 5 square miles is scheduled to be operating by August 2007.

The benefits to the district include saving money on cafeteria costs, heating bills and transportation expenses, he said.

"I think it’s a big blow for the district to lose that much corporate knowledge in one fell swoop," "The kicker is going to be whether we’re able to attract the high-quality people at the salary we’re able to offer," Nicholson said.

Increasingly states are making it easier for high school students to participate in college courses while still attending high school.

Out-of-state businesses are sniffing around Kalamazoo as a relocation site.

"While an international internship offers great opportunities, it can be an expensive, challenging endeavor," Minnick said. "Few international internships pay, and the cost of travel and living can be daunting. In addition, language proficiency is often required prior to the internship."

The program, which is free to Butte students, serves 20 to 25 children daily Monday through Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

"We’re only as successful as our innovation is and we have to have future talent that will bring that kind of innovative thinking and help us as future employees," said Rick Falknor, a community relations manager at IBM. The company believes it is the first to help workers make the switch into a teaching career.

His prize-winning photos documented the final days of David Barton, who died of lung cancer in hospice care.

The most important difference is people are more welcoming here. I’ve been running with Ben Horn in the morning, and people wave at you. And at church everyone in the church gets to know you. It’s a community where everybody knows each other.”