David Darnell, a Republican House candidate, says on elections documents that he owns a business, but records indicate he does not have an active business registered with the state.

Darnell in his Voters Pamphlet statement lists his occupation as General Supervising Electrician/Business owner. His company, Electrical and Lighting Services, failed to renew its license Dec. 7, 2013, according to the Oregon Secretary of States business registry.

Actually, its my wifes (business) that we still own, Darnell said. Its pretty much defunct. It was a little thing we started after the economy went to heck, and it petered out, and we havent done much with it.

Darnell said he didnt know when he stopped running the business and did not recall the last time it worked on a project.

Darnell and his wife previously owned at least two other businesses. One businesss license lapsed in 2006 and then again in 2008, and another business dissolved in 2007.

Darnell is a Hubbard electrician and chairman of the Marion County Republican Party. Hes challenging Rep. Vic Gilliam, R-Silverton, in the May 20 primary and has received $75,000 from Loren Parks, a reclusive Nevada millionaire and owner of an Aloha-based medical equipment supply company, and $25,000 from Stimson Lumber.

Tony Green, a spokesman for the Oregon Secretary of States Office, said the agency would investigate any Voters Pamphlet statement if it receives a complaint. It has not received a complaint on Darnell, he said.

Knowingly making a false statement in an official elections document is a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $125,000 fine.

We have to look at if there was an actual falsehood, and then we have to look at intent because itd be a criminal case, Green said. If we did receive a complaint, wed have to look at the facts and come up with our record because thatd be the basis of the decision on what to do.

In 2010, former West Linn Mayor Patti Galle was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and complete 120 hours of community service for lying on her Voters Pamphlet statement. Galle had bought an associates degree online and backdated the diploma to support campaign claims that she was degreed in English.

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Eric M. Smith wanted the parole commissioners to know he respects life.

I understand that your job is to make a decision based on whether or not Im safe for society, Smith said during his recent bid for parole after serving 20 years for killing a 4-year-old boy.

Im not a threat, he said, and the reason why I know Im not a threat is because I value life.

Not just mine, not just yours, not just these two ladies sitting in the room, but every single person I come in contact with, he said, according to a transcript obtained Wednesday by The Buffalo News.

It was not Smiths first crack at parole. Nor will it be his last. The three commissioners presiding over his hearing, who included former State Sen. Marc Coppola, chose to keep him in the Collins Correctional Facility because his crime was so brutal.

Smith, who is now 34 and serving a sentence of nine years to life behind bars, can try again in two years.

Smith was a child himself a bullied 13-year-old when he lured 4-year-old Derrick Robie into some woods in Steuben County. He choked him, bashed his head with a rock, sodomized him with a stick and hid the body.

I completely understand that my actions in 1993 can never be changed and they were horrendous. They were violent, and they were very uncalled for and they were wrong, Smith told the parole board April 9. I cant change that.

But the person he was at age 13 no longer exists, he said. That child that I was that committed that crime, hes gone, he said. Hes never coming back.

Further, he wanted to assure the parole commissioners that 20 years of confinement did not harden him into someone unfit for society: My institutionalization is not going to cause me to commit crime or rebel against the system. Its helped me to look at laws and regulations that society has and say, I can live up to these rules.

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The Shareholders' General Meeting approved the parent company and consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013 and decided to pay a dividend of 1.77 per share in respect of that year. Since an interim dividend of 0.55 was paid in November 2013, the final dividend remaining to be paid will be 1.22 per share.

The ex-date for the final dividend payment is 25 April 2014. Payment of the final dividend in cash will take place on 30 April 2014.

The Shareholders' General Meeting also approved the renewal of the appointments of Mr Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Mr Xavier Huillard, Mr Henri Saint Olive and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company as Directors and the nomination of Ms Marie-Christine Lombard As Director1 for a period of four years. Lastly, the appointment of Mr Miloud Hakimi and Mr Uwe Chlebos as Directors representing employees for a period of four years took effect following approval of an amendment to the Articles of Association.

Meeting after the Shareholders' General Meeting, the Board of Directors decided to renew the appointment of Mr Xavier Huillard as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, reappointed Yves-Thibault de Silguy as Vice-Chairman and Senior Director.

Moreover, the Board of Directors decided to appoint Mr Pierre Coppey as Chief Operating Officer of VINCI. He will concentrate on the Group's Concessions business.

1 These nominations lift the percentage of women on VINCI's Board of Directors to 38.46%, it being understood that, in compliance with the provisions of the Afep-Medef Code, directors representing employees are not taken into account in the calculation of this percentage.

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Ms Marie-Christine Lombard is Chairman of the Executive Board of Geodis SA. A graduate of the Essec business school, Marie-Christine Lombard held various positions in the banking sector early in her career, notably with Chemical Bank and Paribas, based successively in New York, Paris and Lyon. Ms Lombard subsequently moved to the express services sector, joining the French company Jet Services as Chief Financial Officer in 1993, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1997, a position she held until TNT Express acquired the company in 1999. Ms Lombard then became Chairman and Managing Director of TNT Express France, which she soon made one of TNTs most successful business units. In 2004, she was named Group Managing Director of TNT Express. When TNT Express became an independent listed company in May 2011, Ms Lombard was named Chief Executive Officer. In October 2012, she joined Geodis, first as Chief Executive Officer, before being named Chairman of the Executive Board on 17 December 2013.

Mr Miloud Hakimi is a technician at Degreane (VINCI Energies) appointed by the CGT trade union. Mr Hakimi is a trade union representative; member and secretary of the VINCI France Group Works Council; member of the VINCI European Works Council and member of VINCI's Committee on Health, Safety and Working Conditions. After training as an electrician, Mr Hakimi joined Degreane (VINCI Energies) in 1976 as a fitter. In 1989, after completing a BTS, he became a sales technician in 1989 and then served as an electrical safety trainer (NF C18-510 standard) beginning in 2002.

Mr Uwe Chlebos is an insulation installer at G+H Isolierung GmbH (VINCI Energies) in Germany, appointed by the European Works Council. He is a member of the Industrial Union of Construction, Agriculture and Environment (Germany) and a member of the Board of the Federal Section of Insulation (Germany). Mr Chlebos joined G+H Isolierung GmbH (VINCI Energies, Germany) in 1972 as an insulation installer. In 1994, he was elected Chairman of the G+H Isolierung GmbH works council. Mr Chlebos was named to G+H Isolierungs economic committee in 1996 and became a member of the Executive Committee of the groups Works Council in 1998 before being appointed the latters Chairman in 2006. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of VINCI Deutschland. From 2001 to 2006, he was initially Chairman of the Works Council of VINCI Construction Deutschland before being named Chairman of the equivalent body for VINCI Energies Deutschland. From 2010 to 2013 he served as Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VINCI Energies Deutschland and he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of VINCI Deutschland since 2010.

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Lloyd Walsh was driving with a friend when he felt sharp pain in his head Moments later father, 20, from Balderston, Rochdale, became unresponsive When paramedics arrived 10 minutes later, no pulse could be found Lloyd was taken to Fairfield General Hospital and pronounced dead Inquest told rugby player died from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome Coroner concluded verdict of death by natural causes

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Published: 08:34 EST, 12 April 2014 | Updated: 12:48 EST, 12 April 2014

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Lloyd Walsh, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, died suddenly after complaining of a headache

A rugby player died suddenly after complaining of a headache - just weeks after the birth of his first child.

Lloyd Walsh, 20, from Balderstone, Rochdale, was in a car with a friend when he complained of a sharp pain in his head. He then began to look 'a bit funny', an inquest heard.

The electrician, whose baby boy Mason was only four weeks old at the time, became unresponsive and an ambulance was called.

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Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 1st Class Cesar Rivera gives Sailors self-contained breathing apparatus training during a general quarters drill aboard the Bush.

Sailors receive self-contained breathing apparatus training during a general quarters drill aboard the Bush.

Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Phill Jones, right, instructs Sailors on pipe patching techniques during a general quarters drill.

Sailors assigned to security division participate in an M16 live fire exercise.

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Jeremy Cleveland, from Habersham, Ga., inspects FMU139 fuses on BBU-54 bombs.

Sailors prepare for general quarter drills on the flight deck.

Sailors assigned to security division participate in an M16 training exercise.

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Jason McManus, second from the left, conducts MK122 switch training on BBU-54 bombs.

Sailors aboard the Bush enjoy a concert by The Mulligan Brothers, a bluegrass band.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Robert Howell, left from Spotsylvania, Va., Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Benjamin Newman, center, from Arlington, Texas, and Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Neely, from Spartanburg, S.C., mount an F404 turbo fan engine from an F/A-18C Hornet on an engine rack in preparation for maintenance.

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As the old saying goes, its best not to watch laws and sausages being made.

That was the case Monday night when the Board of Selectmen, joined by the Finance Committee, approved the $160 million town budget that is being prepped and readied for Town Meeting voters next month.

They went through the budget, department by department cutting, trimming, nipping and tucking, sometimes quickly, other times with great consternation.

Some votes put entire departments in flux.

When a vote on the $7.5 million general government budget failed because selectmen couldnt agree on how to pay for a $37,500 technology worker, Chairman Alex Vispoli said: We have nothing now.

Town Manager Buzz Stapczynski added, We are trying to put together a budget. How do we put together a budget with a hole in it?

Eventually, selectmen voted to hire someone in the IT department and pay the individual out of the salary account, which is what Stapczynski originally proposed.

A discussion on hiring an electrician for the $10 million Municipal Services Department led to another lengthy debate, with Vispoli arguing that the person should be brought on temporarily or as a contract worker.

The position was pushed by Information Technology Director Paul Puzzanghera, who said it wasnt really an electrician he wanted, but a low-voltage expert with a working knowledge of digital platforms.

Vispoli countered that such a position didnt need to be permanent.

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Denver is one of the few metro areas in the country that added construction jobs last year, thanks in part to the redo of Denver Union Station and the 122-mile FasTracks mass-transit project, transportation and construction officials said Tuesday.

Video: Union Station construction boom taking off

The lag in construction work, along with the lack of qualified construction workers, does not bode well for the American economy, said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America.

Journeyman electrician Shawna Smith and apprentice electrician Ryan Bell work on punch-list items as part of the redevelopment of Denver Union Station downtown. Denver is one of the few metropolitan areas in the country that added construction jobs last year, thanks in part to the redevelopment of the station and the 122-mile FasTracks mass transit project, said transportation and construction officials on Tuesday. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)

"A nationwide survey of construction firms found that two-thirds of contractors are already having a hard time finding qualified workers," Simonson said while standing in the middle of the Union Station Transit Center. "Seventy-nine percent of contractors expect the shortages to remain bad, or get even worse, over the coming year."

Construction worker shortages, Simonson added, can hamper broader economic growth "by needlessly delaying and inflating the cost of construction and development projects."

The Denver metro area is the exception as it placed among the top 10 out of 339 metro areas in the country for construction jobs added in the past year, Simonson said. According to the contractor group, the Denver metro area added 3,600 construction jobs between February 2013 and February 2014.

He noted that construction employment in the metro area has gone from a February low point of 64,300 in February 2011 to 77,500 in February 2014. That 21 percent increase is more than double the 9 percent increase in construction employment nationwide in the past three years.

"I think what is going on around the Denver Union Station contributes greatly to that increase," Simonson said.

Workers take part in a fire- safety drill Tuesday as work continues on the massive face-lift at Denver Union Station that has been a boon for construction jobs. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)

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DENVER (AP) The construction industry says it's in danger of running short on workers to keep up with the demand for building projects, as employees age and more teens are pushed to go to college. To counter the effect, a top construction trade group kicked off an effort Tuesday to help bolster the employment ranks.

The plan by the Associated General Contractors of America, which represents 30,000 companies, aims to draw more people into building trades by establishing charter schools focused on technical training, starting non-union apprenticeship programs and pushing for immigration reform.

The employment concern comes despite the fact that more than 2 million construction workers were laid off during the recession. The group believes many of the laid-off workers have since found work in other fields or have retired.

Meanwhile, about 44 percent of the construction workforce is age 45 or older and nearly one of every five construction workers is 55 or older, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics.

On immigration reform, the group wants protections for immigrants already in the country and higher caps on the number foreign workers temporarily allowed into the country to work on construction projects.

"Unless there is action soon on these fronts, the construction industry in Colorado and across the country will face worker shortages with increasing frequency," Ken Simonson, the association's chief economist, said over hammering and the whirring of a drill at Denver's Union Station.

"These shortages have the potential to undermine broader economic growth by needlessly delaying and inflating the cost of construction and development," he said.

The station in the city's trendy lower downtown neighborhood is being renovated and a hotel and shops are being added along with commuter rail and bus service.

The group picked Denver for the announcement because it has been one of the top 10 metro areas for construction hiring in the past year. Simonson said Colorado's oil and gas industry is one of the main customers for new construction, but added that the industry is also competing for the same workers as builders.

Two union electricians working on a train platform said they saw the need for more training for future workers, noting that people been brought in from Nebraska and Oregon to finish the construction project. However, they said training programs offered by their union, the United Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, worked well and paid workers as they trained.

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John Farrow, president and chief executive officer ofFarrow Commercial Construction, received the Registered Resort Professional designation from the American Resort Development Association. The associations International Foundation includes professional development as one of its main tenets.

Christopher Hart of Santa Rosa-based Summit Technology Group earned the California general electrician journeyman certification. Mr. Hart previously worked in the Washington, D.C., area as a journeyman electrician. He became the newest service electrician for Summit Electrical Service, the commercial and residential service division.

Greg Wessel and Scott Baldwin, journeyman electricians at Summit Electric, a division of Summit Technology Group. completed a five-day intensive Lutron training in Pennsylvania, making them Homeworks QSqulaified byLutron Electronics. This course is the capstone for Lutrons residential system provider program, which has hands-on training on design, installation and programming of Lutrons residential lighting-control system, utilizing Homeworks QS, Serena and Sivoia QS insulating honeycomb shades.

Pedro Toledo

Pedro Toledo is now chief administrative officer of Petaluma Health Center, which serves southern Sonoma County. Previously, Mr. Toledo was director of community and government relations for the Redwood Community Health Coalition, a network of 17 community health centers and clinics for the counties of Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Yolo. He also administered county of Sonomas children health initiative, Healthy Kids Sonoma County, which works to ensure that every child has affordable health insurance and access to health care. He serves on the Covered Californias Outreach, Enrollment and Marketing Advisory Committee and is board president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Sonoma County.

Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, part of the Sutter Health network, in February added Briant Smith, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in Santa Rosa. He received his medical degree from University of California, San Francisco and completed an internship in surgery and a residency in orthopedic surgery at UCSF Medical Center. He also holds a masters degree in pharmacology from University of California, Santa Barbara. Before coming to the foundation, Dr. Smith was a staff orthopedic surgeon with Redwood Regional Medical Group and at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Rosa.

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Upgrading Millennium Park trails is on this years BOMB (Bloody Old Mens Brigade) Squad plan, but the group is in need of liability insurance coverage.

Representatives were at the City of Powell River committee of the whole meeting March 20, with a proposal to upgrade the trails. Once a year the team meets to choose up to 20 projects for the coming years labour.

The proposed work would concentrate on Willingdon Beach trail, UNAMIT trail, McFall Creek trail, the cut connector, kingfisher trail, triple by-pass trail and McGuffie Creek trail extension. The squad also plans to re-establish a lost trail along McGuffie Creek that previously existed until about 2000. The new trail construction will provide a link to Powell River General Hospital complex and the existing trails beyond.

Its generally recognized that the trails are lacking a bit of attention for ease of use and for safety reasons, Mayor Dave Formosa said. The timeline is a bit of a concern. I guess what we can commit to is to make it a priority because we know that the seasonal influx is just around the corner.

Tony Matthews was the BOMB Squad founder and a long-time member of the community. In 1986 Matthews decided to build a trail from Haywire Bay to Mowat Bay, touching a few of his favourite fishing spots along the way. When the route was finished, it ran from Mowat Bay past Lost Lake and Inland Lake before winding back to Mowat Bay. When it came time to build bridges over creeks and waterways, Matthews enlisted the help of friends Roy Hurt, Roger Taylor and Jim Koleszar. Taylor and Koleszar were carpenters in the mill for 40 years. Hurt was an electrician.

In 1988 we finished the bridge and we met up with another four people who were also building trails, Taylor said. We discovered our goals were similar and joined forces.

Originally working under the auspices of what was the ministry of forests, the squad was covered under the ministrys liability insurance. When the forestry service branched out and developed a recreation department it didnt have the funds or the bodies to do what it needed to do. The BOMB Squad was a team of 22 men, Taylor explained. We needed a liability clause but were unable to obtain one. Our need to associate with an organization to get liability coverage matched the ministrys need for bodies. Forestry took us under wing and supplied us with what we needed and supported us with a liability clause.

Taylor said the squad was able to cut down the odd tree if absolutely needed in order to construct the trails. Everything we built in the forest came from the forest itself.

He pointed out that at one time there was a rumour that the trails built by the squad were unauthorized. The fact is, whenever we built a new trail we turned it over to forestry under section 54 of the Forestry Practices Act. We maintained the trails by virtue of the agreement we had with them.

Formosa said the trails and bridges the bomb squad has built over the years are noted worldwide. Weve never had this opportunity to extend our sincere appreciation to the crew.

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