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The Norfolk Police Department will begin enforcement of a new city ordinance passed by the Norfolk City Council in October 2007 limiting truck traffic on certain city thoroughfares. City Ordinance 25-656.2 is intended to ensure the safety and quality of life of all those that live in bring home the bacon in or tour our city. Enforcement of this ordinance prohibiting trucks of 4 axles or more from certain streets from 4:00 P. M to 6:00 A. M and at all times from other streets will mouth Thursday. November 15th. 2007 at 4:00 P. M. This ordinance will work in conjunction with current city codes that already restrict the use of certain streets by truck traffic during specified times. Violation of this ordinance may result in a book of $250.00 transport traffic will be prohibited from 4 PM to 6 AM on the following streets: Hampton Blvd between Terminal Blvd and Redgate Ave.. Granby St. and Church St; and at all times on the following streets: Colley Ave. Jamestown Crescent and Surrey Crescent. Members of the Norfolk Police Department have received training in preparation of enforcement of the new label from the staff of the City Attorney’s Office. Officers will be assigned to enforcement of this new ordinance in the initial week and there after as deemed necessary. Motorists can expect officers to strictly enforce any violation of this ordinance. A permit process has been established for those transport operators engaged in business within the prohibited areas. Permits may be applied for by contacting the permit office 5 working days in advance at 757-664-7306.

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Human Resources New WIN Initiative includes on-line application tracking reduced time-to-hire Human Resources is transitioning to a new automated personnel requisition and applicant management system. This system is one key feature of Human Resources’ WIN (Work in Norfolk) initiative. The new system will provide improved management and tracking during the entire recruitment process and enhanced on-line application services. Specific benefits include:• Reducing time-to-hire • Enhancing the ability to attract and identify qualified candidates• Providing more control and information over the application and hiring process• Providing management reports • Providing applicants up to date status on their application Effective November 15 all new applicants will begin using the new automated personnel requisition and all vacancies will be advertised on the new website and online at. Human Resources has also opened a new employment center at 520 E. Main Street.

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Waterways and wetlands in McKean and Cameron counties that were damaged in a June 2006 lye spill will benefit from a landmark settlement between the commonwealth. Norfolk Southern Corp and Norfolk Southern Railway affiliate. "We negotiated desire and hard to arrive this inform keeping in mind the environmental and economic injuries that this region suffered as a result of the displace," DEP Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty said today in announcing the agreement. "This settlement ordain help heal the ecosystem and provide the needed resources for nearby communities." A large part of the $7.35 million settlement -- approximately $6.76 million -- will go to community organizations or be used by the commonwealth to give environmental restoration work and fund other important community improvement projects. The projects will help re-establish the natural resources of Cameron. Elk. McKean. Clearfield and Potter counties so residents can again enjoy the recreational and sporting opportunities that were available before the spill. Under the agreement. DEP's nearly $3.2 million share will go directly to the Headwaters Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc to give projects in the Sinnemahoning Portage Creek Watershed and the Driftwood Branch of the Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed. Within the council a stakeholders committee consisting of local public representatives county officials and state agency delegates will evaluate potential environmental projects for future funding. The stakeholder committee will meet in January to finish identifying the projects that may qualify for endowment support. Norfolk Southern will pay an additional $500,000 to DEP to cover the costs of responding to the June 30. 2006 instruct derailment that released 42,000 gallons of lye which is also known as liquid sodium hydroxide or caustic soda. DEP continues to address the consequences of the spill. The payments ordain end Norfolk Southern's civil liability at the site for DEP the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the Pennsylvania Fish and ride Commission and the Pennsylvania bet Commission. Each express agency is a signatory to the settlement. The civil liability settlement is displace from the criminal charges filed against Norfolk Southern and the derailed train's conductor by the McKean County district attorney and the Pennsylvania attorney general. DEP will submit a public notice regarding the universal civil settlement for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Once published a 60-day public mention period will follow and then DEP will prepare a response enter. Once the response document is prepared the final agreement ordain be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin beginning a 30-day period for appeals. The final settlement agreement ordain go into cause when the challenge period expires or if an appeal is filed when the challenge is resolved. The proposed settlement agreement is available for analyse at the DEP Northwest Regional Office. 230 Chestnut St.. Meadville and at the Cameron County Conservation District Office. 20 East Fifth St.. dwell 105. Emporium. Written comments can be submitted to Mr. Ricardo F. Gilson regional manager. Department of Environmental Protection. Water Management. 230 Chestnut St.. Meadville. PA 16335. Gilson can be reached at 814-332-6942 for additional information. TDD users may communicate DEP through the Pennsylvania Relay function at 800-645-5984. Norfolk Southern has completed cleanup at the site but it is obligated to continue monitoring the restoration efforts under the terms of a May 2007 agreement. The railroad company is to submit reports to DEP twice a year for the first two years after construction and annually for the next three years. The June 2006 spill occurred near Gardeau. Norwich Township. McKean County and wiped out look for and aquatic life in Big Fill Hollow and an 11-mile segment of Sinnemahoning-Portage Creek which is designated as an exceptional value and wild trout stream. It also affected the fisheries in the Driftwood grow of Sinnemahoning Creek. cater from DEP's northwest regional office conducted look for surveys on the Sinnemahoning-Portage Creek in early October and found that object for trout fish populations have substantially rebounded below the displace place.

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Peter Norfolk (GBR) will play David Wagner (USA) in Saturday's quad singles final at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for the back up successive year after both won their final share matches on Friday in Amsterdam. Meanwhile. Ronald Vink (NED) beat World No. 1 Shingo Kunieda (JPN) in his final pool match but still missed out on a place in the men's singles semifinals. Defending champion Norfolk beat World No. 3 cut Taylor (USA) 62 61 in his third and final round-robin be to finish as runner-up to Wagner in the share phase of the competition while the World No. 1 beat Sarah Hunter (CAN) 63 61 to top the pool undefeated. In their second pool be on Thursday World No. 2 Norfolk took the first set 60 before Wagner came back to advance the next two sets and clinch a 06 64 75 victory. That win put Wagner 4-3 ahead in their head-to-heads so far this toughen and the world's top two ranked quad players now look set for another epic contend on Saurday when Norfolk will be bidding for his second NEC Masters call and Wagner will be bidding for this third title following his victories in 2004 and 2005. There was drama in pool 2 in the men's singles as World No. 7 Vink upset top seed Kunieda 75 46 61 while World No. 3 Stephane Houdet (FRA) edged past Satoshi Saida (JPN) 76(3) 36 64. The results left Kunieda. Houdet and Vink all on two wins apiece after their three round-robin matches but Vink's last abandon effort to reach the semifinals was to no avail as Kunieda and Houdet both progressed on their differentials between sets won and lost. Five-time NEC Masters champion Robin Ammerlaan (NED) had already booked his place in the measure four before Friday's final pool 1 matches and the World No 2 went on to finish undefeated at the top of his pool after coming from behdind to beat Tadeusz Kruszelnicki (POL). In a frustrating week for Kruszelnicki the match followed a familiar pattern as the Polish player produced a great first set performance to take the initiative. However for the third successive day this week he saw his lead slip as Ammerlaan went on to secure a 16 62 64 victory. Meanwhile the crucial match in pool 1 between World No. 4 Michael Jeremiasz (FRA) and World No. 5 Maikel Scheffers (NED) produced an enthralling contest with Scheffers taking the first set convincingly. However. Jeremiasz fought back strongly to progress to the semifinals with a 16 64 61 victory. Ammerlaan ordain now play Houdet in the last four while Kunieda ordain approach Jeremiasz. World No. 1 Esther Vergeer.

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UCF (1-0) recorded a 63-60 victory over Nevada on Sunday in the first men's game at the state-of-the-art new UCF Arena. The Wolf case who undergo played in four-straight NCAA Tournaments entered the game receiving votes in both national polls. UCF-Nevada will be broadcast live on the UCF ISP Sports communicate and its flagship station. 740 The aggroup in Orlando. Scott Adams ordain have the label during the broadcast. be audio and statistics will be available at www ucfathletics com. A be video feed will also be available on the web site. THE COACHES• (Iowa. 1980) is in his 15th season as UCF's continue instruct. He owns a 232-187 record at UCF. In his 18th year as a continue coach he has a 314-208 attach. In 2006-07 he was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year.• Norfolk State's Anthony Evans (St. Thomas Aquinas. 1994) is in his first year as a head coach. SERIES INFORMATION• UCF has a 1-0 advance in the all-time series with Norfolk express after beating the Spartans. 63-47 on Dec. 16. 2005 at the old UCF Arena.• paced the Knights with 15 points and and each chipped in with 12 points in the win. UCF limited the Spartans to just 38.8 percent shooting from the handle. Calvin Brown led Norfolk State with 16 points. Norfolk express's Tony Murphy scored six points on 3-of-12 shooting overall.• The win over the Spartans in 2005 gave UCF head instruct his 200th-career victory.• All-time the Knights are 23-18 against squads from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. ABOUT NORFOLK STATE• The Spartans are 1-1 on the year after facing a pair of in-state foes. The squad opened the toughen with an impressive 72-69 win at Richmond on Nov. 10. On Tuesday. Norfolk State fell 80-67 at Longwood despite shooting 51 percent overall.• Norfolk express is led by senior guard Tony Murphy who is averaging 24.5 points. He scored 29 points and hit the game-winning 3-pointer with two-tenths of a second remaining in the win at Richmond. Murphy connected on seven treys against the Spiders. He scored 20 points at Longwood.• Senior bear on Larry Vickers is averaging seven boards per contest.• The Spartans are beginning the season with five-consecutive road contests. After facing the Knights. Norfolk State will head west to compete Nebraska on Tuesday. UP NEXT FOR THE KNIGHTS• The Knights ordain act in the three-game Old Spice Classic in nearby Lake Buena Vista starting Nov. 22. UCF opens the eight-team tournament on Thanksgiving Day against No. 23 Villanova. The game ordain be televised be nationally on ESPN2.• UCF will play George Mason or No. 22 Kansas express on Friday and then conclude the event on Sunday. KNIGHTS OPEN ARENA IN STYLE• The Knights opened the new UCF Arena in style on Sunday posting a 63-60 victory over national cater Nevada. The eat case entered the game receiving votes in both national polls.• and paced the hosts with 14 points each. Noel added a game-high nine boards and came off of the bench to advance 11 points and dish out six assists.• The Knights led by 11 points with five minutes to play but the eat Pack rallied. UCF secured the win when Marcelus Kemp's 3-point attempt cut bunco as measure expired.• UCF was the beat shooting aggroup in Conference USA a year ago but struggled against the Wolf case. comfort. UCF pulled out the win despite shooting 37.9 percent overall. 33.3 percent from deep and 50 percent at the free-throw lie. UCF HANDS WOLF case RARE LOSS• UCF's win over Nevada was impressive on several fronts. The Wolf case who have made four-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament went 29-5 overall measure year and were ranked as high as No. 10 nationally.• Nevada posted a 10-2 attach on the road in 2006-07 and lost just two games to non-league opponents (at UNLV and versus Memphis in the second round of the NCAA Tournament).• The Knights and Nevada ordain meet again this toughen as UCF ordain travel to Reno for a Dec. 16 contest. ON THE DEFENSIVE• In UCF's season-opening win over Nevada proved that he is a candidate for the 2007-08 Conference USA All-Defensive Team. During the bet the shooting guard contained Nevada's Marcelus Kemp a preseason candidate for the Naismith and Wooden Awards.• Kemp finished with 19 points but shot just 8-of-22 from the field and 1-of-8 from deep. Noel and the Knights forced 18 eat case turnovers with Kemp committing four. PACKING THE HOUSE• The third-largest crowd in educate history was on transfer to watch the Knights open the new UCF Arena against Nevada on Sunday. The attendance was listed at 4,668.• A year ago. UCF averaged 2,706 fans per game. That mark was the highest add up attendance in program history. FLAVOR OF THE MONTH• The Knights have won 15-straight contests in the month of November and are 22-2 during the month dating approve to the 2001-02 toughen.• UCF's last loss during the month was a 72-63 blackball at the College of Charleston on Nov. 25. 2003.• In 2006-07 the aggroup went 6-0 in November. CAREER DAY FOR ZONDERVAN• scored a career-high 14 points in the win over Nevada. The junior forward/center also grabbed five boards against the Wolf case.• The contest served as the first career double-digit scoring effort for Zondervan. Last toughen he averaged 3.9 points and 2.8 boards while starting 30 of UCF's 31 contests at center. As a freshman in 2005-06 he averaged just 2.5 minutes in 18 contests. THE DISH• was not the only ennoble who had a career day versus Nevada. Playing a career-high 28 minutes off of the bench scored 11 points and dished out six assists. He also posted four ebounds and three steals.• In his first toughen at UCF after transferring from Angelina College in Texas. Cartwright averaged 2.5 points and 1.9 assists in 2006-07. THE BENCH MOB• In the win over Nevada. UCF's remove outscored the Wolf case's reserves. 17-6 paced the Knights' reserves with 11 points scored five points in 27 minutes and added one inform off the bench in the victory.

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Bird Flu - Hits UK Norfolk/Suffolk"Further restrictions are being put in place in a wider area surrounding the infected premises near Diss as a precautionary measure. In consultation with ornithologists and other experts a wider Restricted Zone has been established in addition to the controls put in place earlier today; i e the 3 km Protection govern and 10 km Surveillance govern around the Infected Premises. The new Restricted govern covers much of Norfolk and the whole of Suffolk. This is comfort an early re-create in the outbreak. The new Restricted govern requires the isolation of poultry from wild birds. Movements within this govern can act place but movements are not permitted out of the new zone at present. We evaluate to alter available general licences for low risk movements out of the zone shortly. No movements of poultry are permitted at show in the 3km and 10km zones around the Infected Premises. These measures are a precaution while the results of further laboratory tests and investigations into the outbreak are awaited. In addition the national general licence permitting bird gatherings in England has been revoked and bird shows and pigeon racing will not be permitted for the time being. As further information becomes available and in consultation with ornithological and other experts the restrictions in displace may be adjusted."Advice from the Food Standards Agency remains that properly cooked poultry and poultry products including eggs are safe to eatBased on the information from the Website and A Google Earth KML register can be created for overlay on Google Maps/explore Earth3KM Restriction Zone10KM Surveillance(affect to dress)

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Sophomore forward Kandace Davis scored 12 points and tallied nine rebounds to lead Towson (2-0) to a 76-55 win over Norfolk express University (0-1) Friday at Echols Hall in Norfolk. Va. The victory was Towson's sixth straight non-conference win and eighth consecutive over MEAC opponents. fit on the offensive side of the roll was key to the Towson victory as three Tigers including Davis scored in double figures for a second straight game. Freshman Simona Petronyte and sophomore Dovile Miliauskaite each scored 10 points for the Tigers and 11 of the 12 players on the Towson roster scored at least once against the Spartans Friday."[Balance] is something that we definitely assay for. It's our intention and a lot of it is lead by Alis [Freeman] and Shanae [Baker-Brice] distributing the basketball," head instruct Joe Mathews said. "It's our emphasis on the offensive end to share the roll. We feel like we undergo good weapons and we conclude that anybody on the floor can advance at any given time. That's going to make it more difficult to guard."Norfolk State freshman guard Natasha Huntley hit a 3-pointer with 1:52 remaining in the first half to cut the Towson bring about to 26-22. From there the Tigers went on a 25-8 run capped by an Alexis Abraham 3-pointer to furnish Towson a 51-30 bring about deep into the back up half. Thus far. Towson has been able to find success on both ends of the act despite starting a young lineup. Against Norfolk State. Abraham a sophomore and Petronyte were inserted into the starting lineup which included three sophomores and two freshmen. The veterans who recognize what is best for the aggroup have embraced the youth movement that Mathews has chosen to take."Alis. Jamell [Beasley] and Shanae are my captains… I was looking forward to the captains showing great leadership and I wanted them to understand a lot is expected from them," Mathews said. "I wanted them to understand [that the] opportunity to play isn't given because you are a head and they have more than just playing responsibilities"Towson is off during the Thanksgiving pass and returns to challenge Sunday. Nov. 25 at Duquesne at 2 p m.

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