





Weekly stories, facts, trends and other information from around the globe	April 5, 2005

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This weekly email searches main media outlets finding stories that may be of interest to contractors in the fencing and access control industry. It is published by de facto, inc., which also publishes fencebids.

Industry News

US Fence announces $18.6 million expansion
Rogersville Review, TN - Apr 1, 2005
BULLS GAP—US Fence has announced an $18.6 million expansion project that could result in up to 300 new, full-time positions, with county officials agreeing ...

MAKING FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE
Press Release, Houston TX - Mar 28, 2005
Houston-Based Merchants Metals’ Exclusive U.S. Distributorship Closes Product, Pricing Gap with New Consumer, Contractor-Friendly Line...

Merchants Metals Opens Gateway to Alaskan Service Center
Press Release, Houston TX - Mar 28, 2005
Houston – Merchants Metals, one of the fence industry’s oldest and most trusted names, is opening a new service center in Alaska...

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Homeland Security

City tries to shore up security Concord to protect water supply
Concord Monitor, NH - April 2, 2005
To protect the Hutchins Street water treatment plant from the possibility of a terrorist attack, the city will reinforce the low stone wall in front of the plant with a barbed wire-topped fence and replace the open gate at the plant entrance with an automated one...

Airport renovations planned
Del Rio News Herald, TX - Apr 1, 2005
... Richardson’s security plans also include five miles of three-strand barbed wire fencing, three miles of which are already in place. ...

Del Monte improves food security
Wisconsin Daily Rapids Tribune, WI - Apr 5, 2005
... A 6-foot-tall chain link fence with barbed wire on top will enclose the Plover facility with access regulated by a 30-foot-wide electric gate and guardhouse ...

San Diego-Tijuana Fence

No fence tall enough to stop the desperate
North County Times, CA - Apr 2, 2005
The rusty, steel fence that seems so comforting to some along the San Diego-Tijuana divide disappears into the mountains and canyons that lie just beyond the ...

Finish the fence, congressmen say
San Diego Union Tribune - Mar 30, 2005
... San Diego and Tijuana yesterday to promote legislation intended to tighten immigration policy and expedite completion of a $58 million border security fence. ...

Fences and Neighbors

LEGAL FIGHT OVER FENCE A COSTLY ONE
San Jose Mercury News - Apr 2, 2005
By Dan Reed. Monte Sereno finally got a victory in its long legal battle with Joe and Darla Padgett over their fence, which the city said was 2 feet too tall. ...

Community Issues

Community briefing
Boston Globe - Apr 3, 2005
... Robert Knox. SEA WALL FENCE PLANS -- Good fences not only make for good neighbors, but for good debates as well. Town officials ...

Rationale for fence viewers examined in 1955 article
Laconia Citizen, NH - Apr 2, 2005
... "In 12 years as an official fence viewer of the city of Laconia, Arnold O’Mara reports he has had just one fence to view and on that occasion when he and his ...

Cemetery Chaos
WREG, TN - Apr 1, 2005
... "There's barbed wire preventing me to get to her grave to change flowers or to do anything for her," says Crystal. On Wednesday, Crystal ...

Consumer Articles

Fence building, milkweed control to be discussed ...
North Texas e-News, Texas - Mar 29, 2005
Fence contractors and manufacturers from across North Texas will demonstrate their fencing wares from both electric and conventional viewpoints. ...

Ask SAM: Select appropriate materials for horse fences
North Forty News, CO - 19 hours ago
What type of fence is best for managing my horses? Choose your fencing materials based on the function, cost, maintenance and appearance of the fence. ...

Enclose a refuge with fences, plants
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Apr 1, 2005
... The deck at the back of my house is enclosed on one side by a 6-foot-tall fence of wooden lattice, neatly finished with wood frames and fitted with a shelf for ...

New fence options keep out rot
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Mar 29, 2005
When we first began writing this column 20 years ago, a fence consisted of rows of vertical wood posts placed in holes filled with concrete. ...

International

Swimming Pool Fencing: Legal Impossibility
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - Mar 30, 2005
In a Press Release on 8 December 2004, I alluded to a looming logistics problem with the large number of cases Waitakere City Council has brought against its ...

Builders' fence 'has made me a prisoner'
ic Huddersfield.co.uk, UK - Apr 1, 2005
By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. A HUDDERSFIELD woman says a fence put up by developers has made her feel like a prisoner in her own home. ...

Thai cooperation sought to fix border fence
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Apr 1, 2005
Ubon Ratchathani _ Lao authorities are seeking Thai cooperation to mend a 600-metre stretch of damaged barb-wired fence along the border near Chong Mek ...

Interesting Historical Tidbit

Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip."

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