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Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Sergeant Bluff hires first full-time fire chief
SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (KCAU) — The City of Sergeant Bluff has hired its first full-time fire chief. On Tuesday, the City of Sergeant Bluff announced that Anthony Gaul has been hired as the city's first full-time fire chief. His appointment begins July 1. According to the release, Gaul will be managing the city's volunteer fire rescue department. The decision to hire a full-time chief to manage the department comes from growth that the department has seen over the past two decades. The city hopes that this position will help the department better meet volunteer numbers training requirements, equipment, and call volumes. Story continues below Top Story: OSHA has set fines for workplace death in January Lights & Sirens: Nebraska officials find 25 lbs of drugs during I-80 stop Sports: Bishop Heelan girls soccer blanks Center Point-Urbana 3-0 in IGHSAU 1A Quarterfinals Weather: Get the latest weather forecast here Gaul has been with the fire rescue department since 1991 and brings plenty of experience and a relationship with his community to the position. 'Chief Gaul comes with a wealth of knowledge and numerous working relationships with regional and statewide municipal departments, the State of Iowa Fire Marshall office, National Volunteer Fire Council, and National Fire Academy. Chief Gaul also serves with the Woodbury County Sheriff Reserves and has many years of experience with other volunteer organizations. Under his current leadership the Sergeant Bluff Fire Rescue has attained an ISO 2 insurance rating which is rare among volunteer departments both in the State of Iowa and in the nation. Chief Gaul holds numerous certifications and licenses in Firefighting, EMS, Hazmat, and Incident Management,' the release said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
TASI® Bank Deepens Commitment to Community Through Nonprofit Partnerships and Financial Literacy Initiatives
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TASI® Bank, a San Francisco-based Minority Depository Institution (MDI), today reaffirmed its dedication to supporting local nonprofits and empowering communities. "We are proud of our long-standing affiliations and excited by our new relationship with Junior Achievement," said Alan Gaul, TASI Bank Vice President of Marketing. "We recognize our responsibility to the community and are committed to fulfilling it at the highest level." TASI Bank's 2025 Initiatives: Bhartiya Mandal Foundation (BMF) TASI Bank is a major corporate sponsor of BMF's annual charity golf tournament, taking place August 4 at Navato's Stonetree Golf Course. Since 1973, BMF has promoted cultural awareness and community service, raising over $400,000 annually for organizations such as the San Francisco/Marin Food Bank. "TASI Bank has been a primary supporter for a decade," said BMF Board Chair Satish Patel. Curry Senior Center For the 16th consecutive year, TASI Bank will sponsor the Curry Senior Center's annual fundraising gala. For over 50 years, the Center has provided holistic care to low-income and homeless seniors in San Francisco. "Our biggest fundraiser, the annual Black and White gala, raised over $130,000 in 2024," said Shirley Quitugua, TASI Bank Vice President and Branch Manager, who also serves as Board President. Good Shepherd Gracenter Marking its 10th year of support, TASI Bank continues to sponsor the annual fundraising luncheon for Good Shepherd Gracenter, a residential addiction recovery facility for women in San Francisco. Since 1987, the Gracenter has offered transitional housing and a supportive community for women committed to sobriety. Junior Achievement Job Shadow® For the first time, TASI Bank partnered with Junior Achievement of Northern California (JA), which serves 163 schools and over 51,000 students, to provide financial literacy and banking skills. TASI Bank recently hosted Galileo High School students for a Job Shadow Day at its San Francisco branch. "Early exposure to financial literacy and banking is key to a young person's growth," said Gaul. "We are grateful TASI provided the opportunity for students to learn about banking," says Ruby Damian, executive director. Peninsula Gujarati Association (PGA) TASI Bank is an annual sponsor of the PGA's golf tournament, the organization's main fundraiser. With over 2,000 members, the PGA supports disaster relief, COVID-19 crisis response, and scholarship funding for underprivileged students. "TASI has been a wonderful partner," said PGA Board Member Vinay Patel. "We're dedicated to the well-being and advancement of the diverse communities," said Gaul. For more information, visit View source version on Contacts For TASI ® BankGary Tobingptobin2003@ 415-450-0810 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
26-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
TASI® Bank Deepens Commitment to Community Through Nonprofit Partnerships and Financial Literacy Initiatives
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TASI® Bank, a San Francisco-based Minority Depository Institution (MDI), today reaffirmed its dedication to supporting local nonprofits and empowering communities. TASI (r) Bank highlights support for nonprofit organizations. Share 'We are proud of our long-standing affiliations and excited by our new relationship with Junior Achievement,' said Alan Gaul, TASI Bank Vice President of Marketing. 'We recognize our responsibility to the community and are committed to fulfilling it at the highest level.' TASI Bank's 2025 Initiatives: Bhartiya Mandal Foundation (BMF) TASI Bank is a major corporate sponsor of BMF's annual charity golf tournament, taking place August 4 at Navato's Stonetree Golf Course. Since 1973, BMF has promoted cultural awareness and community service, raising over $400,000 annually for organizations such as the San Francisco/Marin Food Bank. 'TASI Bank has been a primary supporter for a decade,' said BMF Board Chair Satish Patel. Curry Senior Center For the 16th consecutive year, TASI Bank will sponsor the Curry Senior Center's annual fundraising gala. For over 50 years, the Center has provided holistic care to low-income and homeless seniors in San Francisco. 'Our biggest fundraiser, the annual Black and White gala, raised over $130,000 in 2024,' said Shirley Quitugua, TASI Bank Vice President and Branch Manager, who also serves as Board President. Good Shepherd Gracenter Marking its 10th year of support, TASI Bank continues to sponsor the annual fundraising luncheon for Good Shepherd Gracenter, a residential addiction recovery facility for women in San Francisco. Since 1987, the Gracenter has offered transitional housing and a supportive community for women committed to sobriety. Junior Achievement Job Shadow® For the first time, TASI Bank partnered with Junior Achievement of Northern California (JA), which serves 163 schools and over 51,000 students, to provide financial literacy and banking skills. TASI Bank recently hosted Galileo High School students for a Job Shadow Day at its San Francisco branch. 'Early exposure to financial literacy and banking is key to a young person's growth,' said Gaul. 'We are grateful TASI provided the opportunity for students to learn about banking,' says Ruby Damian, executive director. Peninsula Gujarati Association (PGA) TASI Bank is an annual sponsor of the PGA's golf tournament, the organization's main fundraiser. With over 2,000 members, the PGA supports disaster relief, COVID-19 crisis response, and scholarship funding for underprivileged students. 'TASI has been a wonderful partner,' said PGA Board Member Vinay Patel. 'We're dedicated to the well-being and advancement of the diverse communities,' said Gaul. For more information, visit
Sydney Morning Herald
25-04-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Jay Zee or Jay Zed? I can tell your age by your answer
Z has always been trouble. The letter began as an axe some 3000 years ago. Picture an upper-case I, with serifs at either end, a symbolic hatchet the Phoenicians called zayin. Centuries later, the Greeks tilted its central shaft and tweaked the strokes. They called it zeta, a clone of our Z on paper. Julius Caesar and co, however, turned up their aquiline noses. Who needed Z if S could serve? Begrudgingly, the zigzag heirloom lingered in Greek loanwords – like zona or zoologica. A cameo compared to the subsequent Gaul rendezvous. Soon zeta was reborn as zède, the French seed of the English zed. Come the early 1400s, a Middle English document placed zed above the alternatives of izzard, zad, shard, ezod and zee. Despite that, Z remained a phonic puzzle. Proof arrived two centuries on, a Somerset priest named Thomas Lye (also known as Leigh or Lee) crowning zee as czar in his New Spelling Book, the label an offshoot of the bee-cee-dee pattern. By then, America was finding its colonial feet. New England wasn't England after all. Breakaway pilgrims delighted in maverick ways of speaking and spelling. Noah Webster led the way, the Connecticut lexicographer usurping -ISE with -IZE in multiple forms, as well as declaring zee the logical pronunciation, as if to ostracize (sic) the motherland. Add The ABC Song, haunting Boston in the early 1800s, and the Yankee zee was enshrined. Zed meanwhile sizzled in Britain, and her obedient outposts. That's despite Shakespeare's burn in King Lear, where the Earl of Kent reminds Oswald, his uppity servant, how he's nothing short of 'thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!' Officially, the Oxford Dictionary concedes both pronunciations, with Canada, Australia and NZ ('En-Zed') leaning towards the Anglophilic. Until now, it seems. Loading There's been a shift. Have you noticed? Maybe Sesame Street moved the needle, or ZZ Top. Perhaps Dragonball-Z or Video-Ezy played a role. Or Jay-Z and Z-Boy skaters of Santa Monica. Was it World War Z: Brad Pitt versus the zombies? Whichever the culprit, the zee-drift is accelerating in Australia, just as Gen-Z is seizing society's joystick. Ideal really, since Gen-Z is its own shibboleth, a language test to betray your true colours, if not your age. Since those in the club, be they Gen-Z members or timeline neighbours, will opt for 'Gen-Zee' in pronunciation, as if daring you to correct them.
The Age
25-04-2025
- General
- The Age
Jay Zee or Jay Zed? I can tell your age by your answer
Z has always been trouble. The letter began as an axe some 3000 years ago. Picture an upper-case I, with serifs at either end, a symbolic hatchet the Phoenicians called zayin. Centuries later, the Greeks tilted its central shaft and tweaked the strokes. They called it zeta, a clone of our Z on paper. Julius Caesar and co, however, turned up their aquiline noses. Who needed Z if S could serve? Begrudgingly, the zigzag heirloom lingered in Greek loanwords – like zona or zoologica. A cameo compared to the subsequent Gaul rendezvous. Soon zeta was reborn as zède, the French seed of the English zed. Come the early 1400s, a Middle English document placed zed above the alternatives of izzard, zad, shard, ezod and zee. Despite that, Z remained a phonic puzzle. Proof arrived two centuries on, a Somerset priest named Thomas Lye (also known as Leigh or Lee) crowning zee as czar in his New Spelling Book, the label an offshoot of the bee-cee-dee pattern. By then, America was finding its colonial feet. New England wasn't England after all. Breakaway pilgrims delighted in maverick ways of speaking and spelling. Noah Webster led the way, the Connecticut lexicographer usurping -ISE with -IZE in multiple forms, as well as declaring zee the logical pronunciation, as if to ostracize (sic) the motherland. Add The ABC Song, haunting Boston in the early 1800s, and the Yankee zee was enshrined. Zed meanwhile sizzled in Britain, and her obedient outposts. That's despite Shakespeare's burn in King Lear, where the Earl of Kent reminds Oswald, his uppity servant, how he's nothing short of 'thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!' Officially, the Oxford Dictionary concedes both pronunciations, with Canada, Australia and NZ ('En-Zed') leaning towards the Anglophilic. Until now, it seems. Loading There's been a shift. Have you noticed? Maybe Sesame Street moved the needle, or ZZ Top. Perhaps Dragonball-Z or Video-Ezy played a role. Or Jay-Z and Z-Boy skaters of Santa Monica. Was it World War Z: Brad Pitt versus the zombies? Whichever the culprit, the zee-drift is accelerating in Australia, just as Gen-Z is seizing society's joystick. Ideal really, since Gen-Z is its own shibboleth, a language test to betray your true colours, if not your age. Since those in the club, be they Gen-Z members or timeline neighbours, will opt for 'Gen-Zee' in pronunciation, as if daring you to correct them.
