Saturday, May 19th, 2012
With a simple statement on Tuesday, State Farm Insurance became the latest company to withdraw its support from the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based think-tank which claims a "realist" position questioning that humans are responsible for climate change."State Farm is ending its association with the Heartland Institute. This is because of ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012
State Farm Insurance hopes a new series of videos help it cut down dog-bite claims it says cost it more than $100 million last year. And the company says the problem is particularly expensive in Illinois.The company premiered the two new videos this week on its YouTube channel. The videos ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012
May 5Goetz Bros. Sporting Goods 20Redwood City 4 0Tommy Nuo, Brandon Guio and Tom Gilmour combined to toss a three-hitter.Guio paced the offense with three hits, including a double, and scored twice. Andy Goldbach and Pablo Gutierrez combined to get six hits and scored six runs.Goetz Bros. Sporting Goods 12Redwood ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
KINGMAN - The annual Kingman Regional Medical Center Kid’s Day Health Safety Fair, sponsored by Deana Nelson State Farm Insurance, will be held Saturday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. KRMC’s Medical Professional Center of Kingman. Kids, along with their parents, will be able to visit 40-plus ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
With 10 days left for voting, an Independence Parks and Recreation project aiming for $25,000 in grant funding is in 56th place.It needs to reach at least the top 40 to receive the funding provided by the State Farm insurance company. The proposed project, "Play With No Boundaries" at McCoy ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Independence may have a strong inventory of playgrounds, but Parks and Recreation officials need the public's help to add at least one more.The department is one of 100 projects nationwide competing for grant funding from the State Farm insurance company. The proposed project, "Play With No Boundaries" at McCoy Park, ...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
UPDATE: At 6:30 CT on May 7, State Farm announced on their Facebook page that they were severing all ties with the Heartland Institute. "State Farm is ending its association with the Heartland Institute," the insurance company stated. "This is because of a recent billboard campaign launched by the ...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
GRANITE CITY, Illinois (KMOV) -- A young Granite City couple is upset after their State Farm insurance was not renewed due to several claims the company covered in the past few years.Kip and Ashley Polley’s house was hit hard by recent hail. It suffered broken windows, damaged siding and shattered ...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Reitz was presented a state Senate citation by Erik Houser, an aid to state Sen. E. Eugene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, and Tonya Anderson, representing state Rep. Rick Mirabito, D-Williamsport, also was on hand to offer words of congratulations.Surprising Reitz required an effort that almost fell short.The idea was to keep ...
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Friday, May 4th, 2012
It was 31 years to the day since Polly Piland opened her State Farm insurance office that she won the 2011 Small Business Leader award at a Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce awards breakfast on Tuesday.Piland said she got her start by calling former co-workers to see if she could ...
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