Nigeria: Fifa, NFF Train Premier League Clubs On Players' Transfers
Abuja ? World soccer governing body, FIFA, in conjunction with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday in Abuja assembled all premier league clubs for a two-day seminar aimed at ensuring smooth transfer of players in the league.

Clubs & Organizations - 2008
AARP lobbies for senior citizen benefits at the national, statewide and local level and is a social group with service to others in mind. It meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the second Monday at the Community Room at the Fernandina Beach Police Department, 1525 Lime St. Call John Megna at 277-2143.

Clubs & Organizations
Weekly Monday Parents Anonymous Support Group: Meets every Monday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church, 590 S. Huachuca in Benson.

Dice-K lure for Tazawa
BOSTON - Daisuke Matsuzaka helped the Red Sox win the World Series in his first year and he won 18 games in his second.

Missoula groups join group that wants wolves delisted
MISSOULA - Two Missoula-based national hunter and wildlife conservation groups have joined 17 other organizations from across the country in support of removing gray wolves from the endangered-species list.

Volunteering
Tomorrow?s Leaders Today volunteer calendar appears monthly and is designed to match nonprofit organizations with volunteers. Agencies needing volunteers in December include:

Reduced federal funds and public donations jeopardize services
In the midst of what an economic research group recently labeled a recession, local non-profit organizations are taking budget hits that could result in fewer specialized services.

Share The Spirit
As the spirit of the season settles into Northwest Arkansas, area nonprofit organizations are working away, busily striving to make the season bright for everyone. But, they need a holiday hand!

Vendors sought for Village Fair Days
New Milford Village Fair Days Committee has announced it is seeking vendors for the 2009 Village Fair Days.Arts, crafts and antiques vendors, as well as businesses, organizations, churches, clubs and food vendors are invited to participate in the July 24-25 event.

Athol could be called 'Garden Town'
ATHOL - Where they will be and what form they will take is still being worked out, but the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, in collaboration with several community organizations, hopes to build gardens in town.

Club of the Year application deadline extended to Dec. 12
The Club of the Year application deadline has been extended to December 12, 2008. Applications must be postmarked no later than December 12, 2008. USA Cycling's andquot;Club of the Yearandquot; Awards are designed to recognize USA Cycling clubs that have made exceptional efforts to develop programs and promote all aspects of competitive cycling. Overall Club of the Year awards will be given in ...

Calling all Jewish bikers
If you're Jewish, love to ride motorcycles and live in Connecticut, the Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance (JMA) wants you. Formed nearly five years ago, the non-profit JMA has already grown to include 1500 members spread out among the 24 clubs worldwide that fall under its umbrella.

Peek at the Week
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Howard County?s Rotary clubs begin initiative to encourage community service
Howard County?s Rotary clubs have 12 good reasons for residents to get involved.

After 20 years, Jazz's Sloan still going
Twenty agonizing years this chase has lasted. Twenty years of trying to stay ahead of his inevitable dismissal as coach of the Utah Jazz, because everybody in the business gets fired and surely his time was coming soon. Jerry Sloan has thought that all along, sweating out all but the last four or five years, with the sleepless nights to prove it. He finally grew more secure, for whatever ...

Thailand's PAD protesters leave airports
Opposition leader Sondhi Limthongkul warns that he's ready to call demonstrators out again despite Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's resignation. Before thousands of anti-government demonstrators could finish packing up their giant woks, folding cots, golf clubs and other articles of airport occupation today, their leader was warning of the possibility of more crippling protests.

Updated 12/3: News Briefs: Chamber holiday luncheon Thursday
The Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with local service clubs will present a holiday luncheon Thursday sponsored by American Chartered Bank.

Yale's secret social fabric
?It has its faults. But it?s the best system there is ?? ?? And it makes Yale what it is today.? This is how savvy sophomore Hugh Le Baron explains the world of Yale to freshman Dink Stover his first night on campus in 1900 in Owen Johnson?s 1911-12 serial novel ?Stover at Yale.? For the Stovers of the time, the society system was the reason to attend Yale ? the reason, even, to exist in ?a ...

Red Sox finalize deal with Tazawa
BOSTON and#8212; Daisuke Matsuzaka helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in his first year and he won 18 games in his second.

Hockey. Auction for Bourdon Fund
The National Hockey League Players' Association announced yesterday the launch of an online auction of hockey memorabilia donated by NHL players and clubs and other hockey organizations. The proceeds of the auction will support scholarships and other youth-related initiatives sponsored by the Luc Bourdon Memorial Fund, named in memory of the former Vancouver Canucks defenceman who died in a ...