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Backyard nuptials require proper planning
Frugal couples might think a backyard wedding will spare them some of the stress and expense of tying the knot. But experts warn that poorly planned home nuptials can be just as nerve-racking as a fairy-tale wedding at a chichi chateau. "I would never recommend doing (a wedding) at home just to save money," says Michelle Gillette, owner of a Denver party-planning company. "People who choose to have their ceremonies at home would have to have a romantic attachment to that space because it's more difficult to do than people think." The upside to home weddings is they provide the opportunity to really personalize the event. Karen and Jim Gruber's wedding guests arrived at the couple's Denver home in late 2005 thinking they were attending a Christmas party.
Eight die in Jerusalem gun attack
The whole building looked like a slaughterhouse. The floor was covered in blood." Witnesses described a terrifying scene during the shooting, with students jumping out the windows of the building to escape. One of the students, Yitzhak Dadon, said he shot the attacker twice in the head. "I laid on the roof of the study hall, cocked my gun and waited for him. He came out of the library spraying automatic fire," he said. Police said an Israeli soldier in the area then shot the man dead. After the shooting, hundreds of seminary students demonstrated outside the building, screaming for revenge and chanting "Death to Arabs". Israeli media said the shooter may have been a Palestinian from east Jerusalem, saying an ID card had been found on the attacker's body.
Experience thrills, chills aplenty this weekend
COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN PARTY: 2 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 28, North Aurora Mothers Club, Fearn Elementary School, 1600 Hawksley Lane, North Aurora. Come in costume for games and prizes. Donation of anon-perishable food or household item requested. Free. Information: www.northauroramothersclub.org or 630-907-6008.GREAT PUMPKIN CONTEST, ninth annual, noon Oct. 27, Dundee Township Visitor’s Center, 319 N. River St., East Dundee. Largest pumpkin by weight, best decorated or carved pumpkin. Prizes. No entry fee. Entry deadline is noon Oct. 27. Information: 847-426-2255.HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE: 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 31, Alden Courts, 1991 Randi Drive, Aurora. Games, cookie and pumpkin decorating, magician, taffy apples, apple cider, costume contest and trick-or-treating offered. Free. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Bonner buyer: Scott Cooney says he wants to be part of community's ...
Scott Cooney stands on a bluff above West Riverside, Bonner and the Blackfoot River last week. The Missoula businessman will soon own much of Bonner, having bought the houses near the Stimson Lumber Co. mill and the old log yard near West Riverside from Stimson.
Photo by TOM BAUER/Missoulian .
Aircraft noise tipped to rise in Sydney's north
AIR traffic noise over Sydney's northern suburbs is set to increase, with some fearing the Rudd government heralds a return to the unbearable days of the "Bennelong funnel". Sydney Airport will close the east-west runway in October, and Liberal Party politicians and local mayors believe the federal goverment will use it as an opportunity to increase aircraft noise over Liberal-held seats. State member for Lane Cove, Anthony Roberts, told The Daily Telegraph property values fell "by almost half" in his electorate when, under the Keating government, aircraft noise was concentrated over the northern suburbs. "Under Laurie Brereton (Labor minister for transport), there was an overall plan put in place to basically funnel aircraft from the north across suburbs like Ryde, Hunters Hill, Lane Cove and Stanmore," he said.
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