Hoping to cash in at coin and stamp fair – Irish Times

Irish Times Hoping to cash in at coin and stamp fairIrish Times“Probably only drug dealers have them now,” says Mike Kelly, coin collector and an organiser of the Spring Stamp and Coin Fair at the RDS over the weekend. Normally about 100 people attend the fair, one of three held …

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Whitten steps down from post

In 1975, while attending classes at Delta State University, Mandy Heslep Whitten made a decision that would ultimately change the course of her life. “While I was attending classes that year, a position opened up at the Boyle Post Office,” said Whitten. More: continued here

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Cost-cutting Ill. lawmakers target food stamps

ZACHARY COLMAN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Cost-cutting legislators want Illinois to join a national push to fight fraud by adding identification photos to Illinois food-stamp cards, an idea that opponents say amplifies a negative stigma about food stamps and targets the poor instead of addressing the real problem. Legislation to …

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