| City council increases fees for Wakanda Waterpark
In unfinished business Monday night, Menomonie Parks and Recreation director Gary Barnett returned to the council to present three fee increase proposals for daily passes aimed at increasing revenues at the Wakanda Waterpark for the 2008 season.Owing to a decline in revenues, from a high of $143,169 in 2003 to $124,941 in 2007, the council suggested increasing the daily fee structure and expanding the season to offset the waterpark's operational expenses.No change was proposed for the seasonal passes. Barnett noted that daily admission fees had not been raised since 2001, while season passes were raised in 2004.Three choices .
Fifth Third Bancorp Reports 2007 Earnings of $2.03 Per Diluted Share
Fifth Third Bancorp Reports 2007 Earnings of $2.03 Per Diluted Share Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) today reported 2007 earnings of $1.1 billion, or $2.03 per diluted share, compared with $1.2 billion, or $2.13 per diluted share in 2006. Reported fourth quarter 2007 earnings were $38 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared with $325 million, or $0.61 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2007 and $66 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the same period in 2006. Reported results included a non-cash estimated charge of $155 million, both pre-tax and after-tax, or $0.29 per share, to lower the current cash surrender value of one of our Bank-Owned Life Insurance ("BOLI") policies. Additionally, quarterly results included a non- cash charge of $94 million pre-tax, or $0.12 per share after-tax, related to Visa members' indemnification of estimated future litigation settlements, as well as $8 million pre-tax, or $0.01 per share after-tax, in acquisition- related costs primarily associated with the acquisition of R-G Crown, which closed in early November.
The bag lady: Rebecca Hosking
Modbury is a little gentrified Devon town with cutesy shops, gourmet delis and lovely architecture. In the past three months, house prices appear to have shot up by 20 per cent over the normal rise, a spike, it seems, directly linked to Rebecca Hosking, a local farmer's daughter who works for the BBC. It was Hosking's return to the town after a 15-year absence that brought it to international attention when, at the end of last year, she embarked on a one-woman mission to rid Modbury's shops and pavements of plastic carrier bags. .
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