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Controversial Fencing Projects There is a story today about a privacy fence going up at a Planned Parenthood clinic in California. The fence company putting up the fence is now the subject of a boycott. The politics aside, the question is; Do you, as a fence company worry about such repercussions on fencing jobs? Have you ever had to endure a backlash from a job you did? Question of the Week Blog |
| Westlake Chemical to Expand Vinyls Business CNNMoney.com - Westlake Chemical Corporation announced today it is enhancing the level of integration in its vinyls segment by expanding its chlor-alkali and PVC resin units and building a large diameter PVC pipe plant, all at the company's Calvert City, KY manufacturing complex ... |
| Expand Existing Physical Access Control Features at Low Cost PR Web (press release), WA - Common Credential Systems, a San Antonio technology company, offers a unique, patent-pending approach to Physical Access Control retrofit or upgrade called Common Pass™. ... |
| FENCETECH'08 and DECKTECH'08 Will Innovate, Educate, Motivate AFA press release, IL - Beating the competition will be easier than ever for those who attend the upcoming side-by-side FENCETECH'08 and DECKTECH'08 trade shows at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center in Las Vegas February 5 - 7. ... |
| AERT Receives National Remodeling Show Award PR-Inside.com - AERT converts reclaimed plastic and wood fiber waste into quality outdoor decking systems, fence systems, and door and window components... |
| Trex Company Introduces Trex Trim™ Cellular PVC Trim Business Wire (press release), CA - Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE: TWP) is introducing Trex Trim™, the Company's latest innovation in low maintenance, wood replacement products designed for easy living... |
| Franklin exits get new fencing Bowling Green Daily News, KY - Simpson County Judge-Executive Jim Henderson is thrilled that his county will have aesthetically pleasing entrances off Interstate 65... |
| Fence around park to remain for year Brockville Recorder and Times, Canada - Among the 28 projects listed in the capital status report is the installation of fences and guardrails along the sidewalks approaching level railway ... |
| Fence for 'secret garden' too tall Globe and Mail, Canada - VICTORIA -- Winona Waldron is allowed to keep her egg-laying chickens in her inner city backyard (no roosters though, because of a noise bylaw), but the 1.83-metre-high fence that was put up in front of her house to stop drug users from throwing waste... |
| Ouyen saleyards fence plans angers neighbours ABC Online, Australia - The saleyards committee is erecting the two-metre high fence to improve security and comply with health and safety requirements... |
| City should require fencing of hazardous areas Salem Statesman Journal, OR - There is no fence to keep out the children who live in the apartment complex a few yards away. I see them playing in the mounds of debris and on the ... |
| Fences are blamed for lads deaths The Sun, UK - Last night it was revealed fences around the motorway may have been removed or vandalised. A Cheshire police spokesman said: "Fencing will be one of the lines of inquiry." Kieran's dad Colin Lambert, 31, has blamed a lack of fencing and signs... |
| METAL THIEVES TAKE SAFETY FENCE Leicester Mercury, UK - Scrap metal thieves have been accused of putting lives in danger after they stole a 150ft length of safety fencing from beside a river... |
| US official says idea of security fence at Canadian border isn't dead The Canadian Press, Canada - Border Patrol officials said this style of fencing has been used in other locations, including Douglas and Sasabe, Ariz., and Calexico, Calif ... |
| Hearing Reveals Possible Oversale of Border Fence Port Security News (subscription), DC - Gregory Giddens, executive director of the SBInet program, which is intended to use technology, personnel, fencing and other physical barriers to control ... |
| Border fence gets array of critics Boston Globe, MA - FRONTON, Texas - Betty Perez and John Odgers typically don't share the same canoe - or much else. She's an earth mother-type who used to buy health food for an Austin cooperative and now cultivates native plants. ... |
| Task force seeks alternative to border fence Brownsville Herald, TX - State Rep. Rene Oliveira was born and raised in Brownsville, and never in his life did he think there would be a need to build a wall between the United States and Mexico... |
| At New Mexico's Border with Old Mexico, Low-Tech Still Trumps High ... Government Technology, CA - Taking the low-tech approach, the Border Patrol this year erected three miles of fencing around Columbus, where a 1916 raid by Pancho Villa killed 18 ... |
| El Paso sector may see a sturdier fence built on border Las Cruces Sun-News, NM - Border Patrol officials said this style of fencing has been used in other locations, including Douglas and Sasabe, Ariz., and Calexico, Calif ... |
| Fence tailored to border needs Tucson Citizen, AZ - The hilly land outside Nogales once was sliced only by three strands of barbed wire that marked the northern border of Mexico and the southern border of the United States.... |
| Using Chinese steel in fence not smart GoErie.com, PA - "It was certainly our intention to build the Mexican border fence with American products, not to build a new Great Wall of China."... |
| Fences are political insurance policy Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - You think you know about this already. The government wants to put up miles of fencing to prevent people from making a dangerous crossing. The fencing is an expensive undertaking, one that at least some people believe will make little difference. And opponents say would send the wrong message... |
| Fence for Dubbo bridge to stop rock attacks ABC Regional Online, Australia - Rail maintenance crews will start erecting a security fence on a Dubbo railway bridge in an effort to prevent rock attacks on motorists... |
| Riviera Beach erects fence where train killed girl Palm Beach Post, FL - RIVIERA BEACH - Valencia Nelson died on the shortcut to her cousin's house. But the trek over train tracks is now blocked by a fence with a sign: Do not cross the tracks... |
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| School Puts Up Protective Fence WESH.com, FL - A local school district is putting up fences to protect students from wandering away from a playground. Fences started going up at Wilson Elementary School ... |
| Wandering boy shows gaps in Seminole schools' fences Orlando Sentinel, FL - SANFORD - Gaps in playground fencing at Seminole County elementary schools may quickly get patched after an autistic child wandered away from Wilson ... |
| Orange Fence Returns to WC In Time for Halloween Washington College Elm, MD - An Orange Fence party is returning to WC after a year hiatus in hopes of bringing liveliness to campus and allowing students to come together ... |
| Planned Parenthood clinic's fence a flashpoint Sacramento Bee, CA - Along the edge of the parking lot at Planned Parenthood's B Street clinic, a red cedar fence is taking shape... |
| Demonstrators Picket Sacramento Abortion Clinic CBS 13, CA - But according to the Sacramento Bee, the organization isn't going after the clinic, but the company which is building the fence, River City Fence Company... |
| Armor Fence Inc. opens in Sarasota Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Armor Fence Inc. Bill Clark, David Walker and David Clark have opened Armor Fence Inc. at 6244 Clark Center Ave., in Sarasota... |
| Snow fence may help appease airport neighbors MLive.com, MI - Muskegon County Airport officials have agreed to install a 3000-foot snow fence to ease neighbors' concerns about the facility's expansion... |
| MP's airfield fence fears Croydon Guardian, UK - The planning committee turned down the MoD's application in June for a perimeter fence to stop walkers straying on to the airfield, which is used daily by ... |
| Keokuk airport fence project begins Keokuk Gate City Daily, IA - The fencing will have two-foot skirting below ground and three strands of barbed wire on top to help keep wildlife away from the runways and planes. D&N Fence Co. of Cedar Rapids is the general contractor for the project partially financed by the Federal Aviation Administration... |
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| Hoekstra campaigns against turtle fence MLive.com, MI - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) began work last week to install the $318000 fence, which will extend just less than two miles from the ... |
| Governor responds to turtle fence criticisms WZZM, MI - Lansing - Governor Jennifer Granholm responded quickly and strongly to U.S. Representative Peter Hoekstra's letter criticizing the state for spending $318,000 to build a fence along ... |
| How lowly turtles became Lansing's latest red herring Detroit Free Press, MI - But the real reason the faux fence controversy is so irresistible is that making fun of turtles is an excellent way to avoid talking about tough choices ... |
| Planning a pool? Think again TV3 News, New Zealand - As the weather gets warmer New Zealanders might be tempted to get a swimming pool. But if you were thinking a cheap inflatable pool could be the answer, you might want to think again.... |
| Defense Focus: Israel's fence -- Part 4 WESH.com, FL - JERUSALEM, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The Israeli government succinctly defines its controversial barrier, or security fence, on its official Web site as "an intrusion-detection fence, in the center, with sensors to warn of any intrusion." ... |
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| Dog shoots hunter Ananova, UK - A man out hunting in Iowa was shot in the leg - by a dog. The accident happened after James Harris, 37, put his gun on the ground to retrieve a fallen pheasant, reports the BBC. ... |
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