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Home prices rise faster than wages
Homeownership is climbing further out of reach for the average Louisville-area worker, whose earnings are failing to keep pace with home prices, a new study and federal wage data show.
Louisville still has cheaper housing than most major cities. But police officers, firefighters and social workers earning the median salary for their jobs are among the people that can't afford a fixed-rate, 30-year mortgage on a house costing $142,500 -- the region's median home price in 2006.
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The Six Best Jobs for Working At Home
Every day I get email asking me how to find legitimate work-at-home jobs. I have to say this always baffles me because every week I wade through thousands of jobs to find a select few to post in my weekly newsletter. The problem I believe is that people look for the wrong jobs in the wrong places. They often limit themselves to jobs like "typing" or "data entry" that are so rare they might as well give up on the idea of working at home.
My suggestion to them is to find work in areas that are hiring. There are many companies looking for home-based employees to do work that doesn't necessarily require a great deal of experience or education. So why not go after these jobs?
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Greenburgh police captain retires after 35 years
GREENBURGH - Joseph Delio was a Navy radio operator in Vietnam when Stars and Stripes newspaper announced that enlistees choosing to become police officers could get released from service early.
"I remember reading that and thinking, 'Who wants to be a cop?'" he said this week.
On Friday, Delio stepped down after 35 years in the Greenburgh Police Department, the last eight as a captain commanding the detective division.
"I was wrong. I can truly say I probably enjoyed every day on this job," said Delio, who turned 60 this fall. "It's been a very rewarding career."
Delio said he was proudest that detectives were able to solve all the major crimes committed in the town on his watch - and even some cold-case homicides from years ago.
He began choking up a bit Friday as more than 40 colleagues, past and present, gathered in the detective division to wish him well.
First Presbyterian continues efforts to clean up the Gulf
Even before they returned home from a mission trip to the Gulf Coast in fall, a group from Neenah's First Presbyterian Church knew it wouldn't be the last time they'd see that region.
"On the way back, we all said, 'We've got to go back.' People feel a call to go back," associate pastor the Rev. Paul Huxtable said. "Progress is being made, albeit very slowly. The important thing is that we don't forget there's going to be continued need on the Gulf. It's important to continue to focus on the people. It's the people we're working for."
Huxtable is the leader of the Presbyterian mission group, which has made five trips to the storm-ravaged area. Their first visit was just a month after Katrina hit in August 2005. The group departs again on Feb. 24 for yet another trip to work alongside residents helping rebuild homes in Mississippi as part of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, an outreach of Presbyterian Church USA.
Gadgets freed of binding cables
Mobile phones, laptops and other battery-powered devices for today's mobile workforce all have at least one shortcoming: They need to be recharged.
And that's a big nuisance for road warriors who have to lug power bricks on trips or even for everyday users who leave devices plugged into wall sockets at the home or office.
Well, 2007 may be the year when recharging begins to go cordless.
A technology called `eCoupled' that powers gadgets ranging from electric razors to iPods just by placing them on a countertop or into a slot on a car's dashboard will be introduced Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The innovation is just one of many wireless products and other gizmos that will be displayed at the show, which last year drew more than 150,000 people.
Don Winslow's 'Winter' of success
Julian makes an interesting background for crime author Don Winslow to create his latest, "The Winter of Frankie Machine" (Knopf, $24)."It's a great place to write," Winslow said. Written in his mountain home there, the book has recently been purchased by Robert De Niro's Tribeca Films for release next year.
For years, De Niro has refused to revisit his past Mafia characters. But the emotional depth of Winslow#,s Frankie "Machine" Machianno was all De Niro needed to recant his own "no gangsters" mantra.
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