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Carlsbad High School Key Club will be having a fundraising tailgate party before the first Caveman home football game from 5:30-6:45 p.m. today. The meal includes a burger or hot dog, chips, dessert and a drink for $5. All proceeds will go to charities. Train club to meet CARLSBAD— Those who enjoy trains or have any interest in model trains of any size, will be welcome to come to the meeting of the Eddy County Model Railroad Club at 7 p.m. today at the Pecos River Village. Refreshments will be available. There will be a brief meeting, no clinic. However, there will be a work session. There is no charge to attend the meeting, everyone is welcome to participate, ask questions, and learn more about how it is done and also about what is going on in the hobby. Participants need no experience with model trains, club members will teach how to build and/or fix layouts and trains.
Canadian auto sales boom defies US decline, but outlook may be ...
TORONTO (CP) - Canadians bought more cars and light trucks last month than in any August in history, but slow U.S. sales were the bigger story for North American automakers and the Canadian pace may be set to slacken, analysts suggested Wednesday. Canada's August sales of 153,638 vehicles - up 7.8 per cent from a year earlier and handily topping the previous August record of 148,100 set in 2002 - confounded expectations that sales would be weak compared with last year's summer sales bonanza fuelled by employee-discounts-for-all promotions. While sales in Canada boomed, U.S. sales weakened about five per cent from a year earlier, led by a 12 per cent decline for Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) - contrasting with a 28.6 per cent rise for Ford in Canada. American sales so far in 2006 are down by four per cent, while the Canadian year-to-date total is up marginally by 0.4 per cent.
High costs push some adults to creative living
CHICAGO - Some are buying homes with friends or siblings. Others barter for rent - or live in buildings where residents share occasional meals, child care and sometimes a car. In particularly pricey areas, such as Manhattan, others are living in "dorms for adults." Housing costs that can dwarf a starting salary are prodding young adults in many parts of the country to get increasingly creative about their living arrangements - well beyond the moving-back-with-the-folks scenario. They do it to save money, share resources and, when possible, to build equity. Along the way, many also see it as a chance to build community in the impersonal, big city. "We live in a world, nowadays, where you're encouraged to isolate yourself," says Brian Gleichauf, a 30-year-old high school teacher who grew up in suburban Chicago.
1 family, 2 homes
Chris Wegren is having his best year as a Century 21 Realtor in Libertyville, but after buying a new home and moving his family in, his former home hasnt sold in six months. Now, his family of four has doubled its homes, mortgages and anxiety level. I now know the pain of clients living with two homes, Wegren said. I wish I could yell at the Realtor, but Im the Realtor. Nobody keeps statistics on the number of people caught in between two home transactions but as home sales slow this summer, anecdotal stories abound. More than 50 percent of my clients are in that situation, said Cyndy Hass, a Realtor for ReMax Suburban in Arlington Heights. .
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