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B4 The Bellingham Herald Sunday, March 29, 2009 TheBellinghamHerald.com TO FIND THE STORE NEAREST YOU, VISIT MACYS.COM. SCAN ALL MERCHANDISE. SCAN BARCODE LAST. TENDER AS NORMAL. LINE THROUGH BARCODE; TURN IN AT CLOSING.

$5 OFF A REGULAR, SALE OR CLEARANCE PURCHASE OF $25 OR MORE RED HOT DOLLARS EXCLUDES SPECIALS. Also excludes: cosmetics and and fashion watches, Lacoste, The North Face, BurtonSnowboarding, International American Rag, Impulse, bridge sportswear, designer and bridge handbags and shoes for her, designer comfort shoes for her, Coach, Dooney Bourke handbags, selected designers, Tasso Elba sportswear, Kate Spade, Vera Wang, Baccarat, Lalique, Waterford, William Yeoward, sterling silver flatware, designer bed, bath and table linens, Tumi, All-Clad, Henckels, furniture, mattresses and area rugs. ALSO EXCLUDES REGULAR-PRICED: Tahari, selected designers, designer lingerie and sleepwear, designer sunglasses for her, china, crystal and silver. Not valid on Everyday Values, fine jewelry Super Buys, Gift Cards and Gift Certificates, special orders, previous purchases, restaurants, or nonmerchandise-related services; on purchases from FAO Schwarz, macys.com, macysweddingchannel.com, Gift Registry kiosks, maternity, fine jewelry trunk shows, eSpot, gift wrap or licensed departments; or as payment on credit accounts. Discount will be deducted from the current price (regular, sale or clearance, as applicable).

Savings allocated among eligible items as shown on receipt. Returns forfeit allocated savings for returned item(s). Coupon must be surrendered at time of purchase. No cash value. Cannot be combined with other Savings Passes.

Original copies only; photocopies will not be accepted. Valid on transactions made Sunday, March April 5, 2009. Look for our insert today in most home-delivered newspapers. SHOP WITH RED HOT DOLLARS! USE THEM WITH ANY FORM OF PAYMENT YOU CHOOSE TO SAVE ON REGULAR, SALE AND CLEARANCE PRICES, NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 5. RED HOT DOLLARS CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER DISCOUNT OFFER.

SCAN ALL MERCHANDISE. SCAN BARCODE LAST. TENDER AS NORMAL. LINE THROUGH BARCODE; TURN IN AT CLOSING. $15 OFF A REGULAR, SALE OR CLEARANCE PURCHASE OF $50 OR MORE RED HOT DOLLARS EXCLUDES SPECIALS.

Also excludes: cosmetics and and fashion watches, Lacoste, The North Face, BurtonSnowboarding, International American Rag, Impulse, bridge sportswear, designer and bridge handbags and shoes for her, designer comfort shoes for her, Coach, Dooney Bourke handbags, selected designers, Tasso Elba sportswear, Kate Spade, Vera Wang, Baccarat, Lalique, Waterford, William Yeoward, sterling silver flatware, designer bed, bath and table linens, Tumi, All-Clad, Henckels, furniture, mattresses and area rugs. ALSO EXCLUDES REGULAR-PRICED: Tahari, selected designers, designer lingerie and sleepwear, designer sunglasses for her, china, crystal and silver. Not valid on Everyday Values, fine jewelry Super Buys, Gift Cards and Gift Certificates, special orders, previous purchases, restaurants, or nonmerchandise-related services; on purchases from FAO Schwarz, macys.com, macysweddingchannel.com, Gift Registry kiosks, maternity, fine jewelry trunk shows, eSpot, gift wrap or licensed departments; or as payment on credit accounts. Discount will be deducted from the current price (regular, sale or clearance, as applicable). Savings allocated among eligible items as shown on receipt.

Returns forfeit allocated savings for returned item(s). Coupon must be surrendered at time of purchase. No cash value. Cannot be combined with other Savings Passes. Original copies only; photocopies will not be accepted.

Valid on transactions made Sunday, March April 5, 2009. GREAT VALUES FOR OVER YEARS SCAN ALL MERCHANDISE. SCAN BARCODE LAST. TENDER AS NORMAL. LINE THROUGH BARCODE; TURN IN AT CLOSING.

$25 OFF A REGULAR, SALE OR CLEARANCE PURCHASE OF $100 OR MORE RED HOT DOLLARS EXCLUDES SPECIALS. Also excludes: cosmetics and and fashion watches, Lacoste, The North Face, Burton Snowboarding, International American Rag, Impulse, bridge sportswear, designer and bridge handbags and shoes for her, designer comfort shoes for her, Coach, Dooney Bourke handbags, selected designers, Tasso Elba sportswear, Kate Spade, Vera Wang, Baccarat, Lalique, Waterford, William Yeoward, sterling silver flatware, designer bed, bath and table linens, Tumi, All-Clad, Henckels, furniture, mattresses and area rugs. ALSO EXCLUDES REGULAR-PRICED: Tahari, selected designers, designer lingerie and sleepwear, designer sunglasses for her, china, crystal and silver. Not valid on Everyday Values, fine jewelry Super Buys, Gift Cards and Gift Certificates, special orders, previous purchases, restaurants, or nonmerchandise-related services; on purchases from FAO Schwarz, macys.com, macysweddingchannel.com, Gift Registry kiosks, maternity, fine jewelry trunk shows, eSpot, gift wrap or licensed departments; or as payment on credit accounts. Discount will be deducted from the current price (regular, sale or clearance, as applicable).

Savings allocated among eligible items as shown on receipt. Returns forfeit allocated savings for returned item(s). Coupon must be surrendered at time of purchase. No cash value. Cannot be combined with other Savings Passes.

Original copies only; photocopies will not be accepted. Valid on transactions made Sunday, March April 5, 2009. JESSIE L. BONNER ASSOCIATED PRESS POCATELLO, Idaho Good morning, class, and welcome to U.S. history, brought to you by Molto Caldo Pizzeria.

In a cash-strapped Idaho high school where signs taped near every light switch remind the staff to save elec- tricity, an enterprising teacher has struck a sponsor- ship deal with a local pizza shop: Every test, handout and worksheet he passes out to his students reads PIZZA 1 TOPPING JUST $5 in bright red, inch-high let- ters printed along the bottom of every page. just wanted to find a way to save said Jeb Harrison, who teaches history and economics. have to sell ads for our year- book, for our school news- paper. I think this small amount of advertising will change my School officials were not wild about the idea, but Pocatello High School Prin- cipal Don Cotant relented after Harrison explained the advertisements could help illuminate such topics as the Great Depression. had concerns.

I know what this would open up for Cotant said. let this happen because it makes a point about what economic hard times can force people to As school districts across the country face the worst economic outlook in decades, educators who have long reached into their own pockets to buy classroom supplies are finding creative ways to cover expenses. But selling ads on schoolwork is practically unheard of. The school district in and around Pocatello an old railroad town of about 55,000, where Idaho State University and a semicon- ductor plant are among the biggest employers is looking at a shortfall of up to $10 million next year because of expected cuts in state aid. A tax increase was voted down last month, and school officials have frozen spending on field trips, teacher training and basic supplies such as paper.

Molto Caldo Pizzeria, about a mile from the high school, agreed to supply paper for five classes 10,000 sheets, valued at $315, and imprint- ed with a pizza ad. That should be enough paper for the rest of this school year and all of the next one. On a recent day, Harrison handed out photocopies of Dust Bowl images, embla- zoned with the pizza ad. The ad also appeared on an eco- nomics test he gave last week on the Depression. thought it was a great idea.

I mean, the levy pass. We get enough money from the state. got to find some way to get said one of students, 17-year-old Ben- jamin Simms. Marianne Donnelly, chair- woman of the school board, said the ad apparently vio- lates a district policy barring schools from directly pro- moting businesses. But she said the board considers the ad harmless and is not mak- ing an issue out of it.

the teacher credit for Donnelly said. no question in desperate financial Elsewhere, nonprofit organizations are helping teachers obtain free or dis- counted classroom sup- plies, and Web sites match educators with benefactors willing to buy materials. But approach has at least one critic worried the idea will spread. crosses a said Susan Linn, a Harvard psy- chologist and director of the Campaign for a Commer- cial-Free Childhood. teachers start becoming pitchmen for products, chil- dren suffer and their educa- tion suffers as Earlier this school year in San Diego, Rancho Bernar- do High School math instructor Tom Farber allowed parents and local businesses to pay $10 to print messages on quizzes, $20 for space on tests and $30 for final exams.

Most parents print- ed inspirational messages, some started plugging their businesses. He raised $625 in one semester. District administrators expressed concern that the practice could lead to legal problems if an ad were ever rejected, but Farber ended the practice before they could intervene. He sold his last ad in January, after making enough to get through the rest of the year. Cash-strapped high school forced to find creative ways to save money Idaho teacher sells advertising space on tests The paper for class handouts in Jeb economics class at Pocatello High School has been donated by Molto Caldo Pizzeria.

At the bottom of each handout is an advertisement for the pizzeria. Bill Schaefer Associated Press ON THE NET Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: http://www.commercialexploitation.org industries pay for the rest. The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries requires busi- nesses that have employees enter confined space to have an agency available to rescue them if they get trapped, Boyd said. For example, Western Washington University has employees enter confined spaces more than 100 times a year, Boyd said. The Port of Bellingham and public works departments throughout the county are also potential partners, Boyd said.

At a association meeting Thursday, the fire chiefs agreed to look for businesses in their districts that have employees enter confined spaces. Another proposal is to have other fire districts train members to staff the team, as it does with its haz- ardous materials team. Gary Russell, the chief of Whatcom County Fire Dis- trict No. 7, said he supports that model. is really pretty much Russell said.

would donate some of our people and share in this Reach Peter Jensen at 715- 2264 or at peter.jensen@ bellinghamherald.com. RESCUE from B1 Rescue service funds cut Pennsylvania. Speaking for myself, I think Tuxedo is a good fit for Everson and Nook- sack. Too formal. Another early locale was Roeder, named for Victor Roeder, son of Bellingham pioneer Henry Roeder.

Victor Roeder spent many years in the Nooksack Valley area, but I think Roeder works for Everson and Nook- sack, either. Too Bellingham. Everson used to be called The Crossing, because early ferries crossed the Nooksack River there. Made sense then, but not now. The Crossing sounds too much like a shopping mall.

One tentative name float- ing about is Nooksack Val- ley. Not bad. Of course, always hyphenation, but which would it be Everson- Nooksack or Nooksack- Everson? Contact Dean Kahn at dean.kahn@bellinghamherald.co or 715-2291. Read his Now and Then blog at TheBellingham Herald.com/blogs. NAMES from B1 Towns may face name dilemma.