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About 40 residents of the Pecan Hill subdivision gathered today in protest of four modular homes being built on a 2-acre former horse pasture. On Monday, the fence was torn down, residents said, and on Tuesday the lots were divided. The trailers showed up Wednesday, carrying portions of the 1,800-square-foot homes that will be priced around $185,000. .
Megan Derr and her husband, Michael Derr, had been on a discouraging, year-long house hunt before they found someone who could help them. The Derrs, 21 and 19, respectively, have two small children. Their combined income is between $23,000 and $24,000 a year. Like most people in the coastal Carolinas whose annual wages are in that range, the best they could envision was rent-subsidized housing. But with the help of a federal home-ownership program and a willing builder, the Derrs now find themselves living a dream. They should be in their new house by next summer. "We thought we'd never get a break," Megan Derr said. Home ownership in Brunswick, Horry and Georgetown counties is an elusive goal for most people whose income is less than $40,000 a year.
Moscow-based broadband provider Corvette Telecom is launching a new IPTV service that is built on open technology and content services from SeaChange International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC) and its subsidiary On Demand Group, Ltd. Corvettes rollout demonstrates how operators can easily develop and deliver a complete television package with the modular software, hardware and services of the SeaChange TV Platform, while enjoying the performance of a single, full-service partner with extensive IPTV experience. Corvettes IPTV service, branded City TV, will initially provide customers on its 300,000 homes-passed Moscow network with on-demand access to top-rated content, including Hollywood feature films and independent titles as well as music, childrens and lifestyle programming. Working with one organization to build our IPTV and video-on-demand platform allows us to rapidly and effectively deploy these services with the minimum execution risk, said Dominic Reed, CEO, Corvette Telecom.
ASHLAND -- Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center Superintendent Mike McDaniel said the school is "truly into something that is really, really big" with a new bioscience program that will start in the 2007-08 school year. McDaniel outlined the program for the board at its meeting Thursday. He said the scope of the program will prepare students for jobs in the areas of bioresearch, biomedicine and bio-agriculture, which include a growing list of at least 18 career activities. Possible career paths for bioscience students include geneticist, biologist, molecular chemist, research technician, health and safety specialist, biotech lab technician and product development engineer. Calling the program "tech prep on steroids," McDaniel said first year students will be involved with a tech prep type curriculum with core coursework and practical experience that will include work at Samaritan Regional Health Systems, WIL Research or Ashland University.
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