| Woman killed when minivan hits school bus
There were no students on the West Clark Community school district bus. Police say the bus driver, 66-year-old Anna Marie Klein of Floyds Knobs, had minor injuries. A coroner pronounced Anderson dead at the scene. Police say the Pekin woman was driving west in her 2008 Dodge Caravan shorty before 4 p.m. today when she crossed the center line and hit the eastbound bus. Anderson was alone in the van. Police don't know if she or Klein were wearing seat belts. .
Aquinas finally mends broken hearts
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FBI arrests child porn defendant at court
A Novato school bus driver fighting child pornography charges in Marin was arrested at the county courthouse Wednesday on a federal warrant in a related case, authorities said. Remsen McGinnis Benedict, 52, was arrested by the FBI outside the courtroom where he was scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing. Benedict was booked into Marin County Jail pending a federal court hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Authorities said any federal indictments in the case would not be unsealed until Benedict appears in court on Thursday. Downloading or distributing child pornography over the Internet is a federal crime. Benedict's defense attorney, George Boisseau of Santa Rosa, could not be reached for comment. Benedict, a bus driver for the Novato Unified School District and a former den leader for Cub Scout Pack 186 in Novato, was arrested last summer after police received a tip through a vigilante Web site called corporatesexoffenders.com.
B-schools with entrepreneurial flair
Why we chose it: The Deming Center of Entrepreneurship is nationally known for its excellence in teaching students to create businesses in clean technology and renewable energy. The center helps MBAs commercialize innovations that they develop on campus and at the US Government's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. There is also a school-run business plan competition for clean-tech startups. Colorado also offers Ph.D.s to those with a scholarly bent.
Also appears in: Social entrepreneurship | Undergrads
Notable entrepreneurial alumni:
• Lyndon "Duke" Hanson, Co-founder, Crocs, Graduated 1985 .
Crash could revive debate about seat belts on tour, transit, school ...
When a tour bus crashed in Utah on Sunday, nearly everyone on board was thrown from the wreckage. No one was wearing a seat belt. Motorcoaches, like the Arrow Stage Lines bus that rolled, are not required to have seat belts for bus riders. But neither are school buses or mass-transit buses like those used by School District 51 and Grand Valley Transit. The debate regarding seat belts in buses has risen and fallen through the years. "In my opinion seat belts certainly are much better than without," Mesa County Chief Deputy Coroner Rob Kurtzman said Monday. "The vast majority of motor vehicle deaths that I do an examination on, if they were wearing their seat belt, they would have survived." But bus industry advocates say there is no evidence that seat belts on buses save lives.
Biggest backers of Unit 5 referendums are district employees
In all 22 individuals, six businesses, four parent-teachers organizations, and the Unit 5 Education Association have given to the cause, said committee co-chairman Carl Teichman.Expenses to date total almost $20,000 and include radio and newspaper advertisements, yards signs, mailings and campaign buttons, he said, adding he expects final donations to total more than $30,000.On Feb. 5, district voters will be asked to approve a $96.7 million building project to build two new elementary schools, add onto another, construct a new middle school, renovate eight existing schools and upgrade security and technology at all schools. A second question asks for an increase in the education fund for operating expenses for the new buildings. If approved, the homeowner of a $200,000 home would pay an additional $170; the current Unit 5 tax bill is about $2,742.“We're still gaining momentum and people are contributing to the committee," said Teichman, adding, “No taxpayer dollars, no Unit 5 money" is being spent on promoting the referendum.
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