The proposals make up a record 12 percent of the $29 billion in bonds on tomorrow's ballots, the most since California won approval for $3 billion in stem-cell programs in 2004. The Cato Institute, a Washington-based research group that advocates limited government and free markets, says public funding isn't appropriate for biotechnology ventures. States have supported science through investments in universities, paying for land and buildings or providing financial incentives such as bonds...

But it would come at the expense of the state's heavily subsidized cotton and rice farmers and the cluster of seven states in the Midwest and South that get most of the $7. They estimate that California would by far be the biggest beneficiary of the changes, gaining an additional $7 billion in federal aid over five years, mainly for environmental, research, and pest and nutrition programs. That $286 billion bill, which would authorize farm programs for the next five years, maintains...

Dunmore Michele Korgeski, who just completed her final season with the volleyball team, made school history when she was elected the first female student body president. Elk Lake The varsity boys cross country team lost just twice this season, and the girls team went undefeated, which turns out to be just the tip of the iceberg for Elk Lake runners. We went to basic and we were treated like recruits, said Corse, a state gold medalist in the pole vault during his high school days at Susquehanna.

For four consecutive Tuesday evenings, women interested in singing a cappella, four-part harmony are invited to participate in singing with the chorus. Other scheduled programs will be realigned to fit the schedule. Members are asked to provide side dishes and desserts and are asked to call the post or adjutant at 366-6846 to tell what they are bringing. New people to Norman and the surrounding areas are welcome as well as anyone wishing to be more active and make new friends. The...

At any given location on the plains, one is standing on 70 feet of sand with the main supply of drinking water for several towns flowing in the aquifer below. Bubbling out of springs, which start near the airport in Sanford and follow the borders of Wells and Kennebunk, the waters join at the surface to form the short but important drinking water source Branch Brook. Turkeys were common before the Europeans first arrived to the new world, but were soon eradicated because there was lack of...