Vacation News Archive

'School Board knew about vacation payouts (The Houma Courier)
HOUMA -- Several Terrebonne Parish School Board members say they knew about a benefit that has left taxpayers footing the bill for hundreds of school employees' unused Vacation days.Most say they assumed workers were taking days off. Others say they never expected the expense to grow as large as it has.

'More Families Stay Close To Home For Summer Vacation (WLWT-TV Cincinnati)
The high price of gas has forced many families to cancel their Vacations, or at least Vacation closer to home.

'Vacation Bible School changes its emphasis (Akron Beacon Journal)
Vacation Bible School certainly has come a long way since back in the day when I was a child.

'Maui Seeks Heavy Fines For Alleged Vacation Home (KITV Honolulu)
Maui County is seeking up to $214,000 in fines from a California woman who has allegedly refused to stop using her Kihei home as a vacation rental.

'Time Share: A Great Vacation Opportunity for the Family (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - With a busy family, hectic work schedule and decisions to be made daily on a variety of topics and issues, one thing the average person does not want to struggle over is where to vacation to get some rest.

'School Committee on summer vacation (Fall River Herald News)
Even the School Committee isn?t immune from the summer vacation bug.

'Author Richard Kidd drowns on vacation (Moldova.org)
Richard Kidd, the British author of the children's book, Almost Famous Daisy, drowned while on vacation in the Philippines, friends said. He was 56.The Times of London said Kidd was sucked under a mountain waterfall Saturday afternoon while he was on vacation with his 25-year-old girlfriend, Ailsa Lamble, and her father, Richard.The Daily Telegraph said Kidd had been in Bataan to paint a luxury ...

'Find a water trail for a fun vacation trip (AP via Yahoo! News)
Looking for a place you haven't visited before where you can spend your vacation time camping and putting some miles under your canoe or kayak ? but without going too far off the beaten path? Fire up your computer and search the Web for routes that have been designated as water trails.

'School workers' unused vacation costs taxpayers (The Houma Courier)
HOUMA -- Terrebonne Parish school employees have been accumulating unused vacation days for more than a decade without limit, a benefit that will cost taxpayers $1.2 million as those workers retire.

'Author Richard Kidd drowns on vacation (UPI)
MANILA, Philippines, July 21 (UPI) -- Richard Kidd, the British author of the children's book, "Almost Famous Daisy," drowned while on Vacation in the Philippines, friends said. He was 56.

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