The Staunton School Board will decide whether to eliminate this 65-year-
old WRE program. International BioAlliance and the Biotechnology
Industry Organization (BIO) today announced a marketing partnership to
promote two major biotechnology conferences to be held in Atlanta this
spring.,
president of the Endowment. Duke Hall to accommodate Davidson 's acclaimed Dean Rusk
International Program; $2 million to Furman University to endow a freshman
seminar program; $1. Mabry, director
of the Endowment's Child Care Division.

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Major Biotechnology Conferences Highlight Eastern United States as Center for Research Innovation in Biosciences

BioFusion is expected to draw the most significant players in the
biotechnology industry, including Gilead Sciences, Solvay
Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Serologicals, Third Security Venture Fund the
CDC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Duke University, Emory University
and the Georgia Institute of Technology . It is sponsored by BIO in partnership with 12 state
biotechnology associations (Alabama, Connecticut , Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina and Virginia) and BIOTECanada.3 million for not-for-
profit children's homes and other programs that support adoption or the
prevention of child abuse and neglect, and $3.1 million for building and
operating rural United Methodist churches.

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FAIRFAX, Va."
Presented in conjunction with the second annual CDC Technology
Symposium, BioFusion 2005 is the first-ever biosciences partnering
conference held in the southern United States.
International Bio Alliance and to register for BioFusion 2005, go to
www. CHARLOTTE, N. Cochrane Jr.

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"Our marketing partnership with BioFusion is a natural fit," said
Morrie Ruffin, BIO's vice president for business development and
emerging companies.C. The action came at the
trustees' June meeting in the foundation's Charlotte office . Piepenbring, director of the Endowment's
Health Care Division.1 million
The trustees awarded eight grants totaling $11,150,000 to the four
educational institutions eligible for Endowment support . Joseph Mann, director
of the Endowment's Rural Church Division. These included grants of
$537 ,030 to Duke University Divinity School for its Caring Communities
Program, intended to help health care institutions, rural churches and allied
organizations understand and explore the relationship between spirituality and
good health; $54,300 to Rockingham District Cooperative Ministry support a
parish nurse program in Robeson County, NC; and $16,000 to help the Duke
Divinity School Office of Field Education place a summer intern in the
Methodist Home for Children in Raleigh.

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International BioAlliance, host organization for
BioFusion 2005. "These grants, which we
make only to licensed and accredited facilities, give them flexible funds that
can be used to support any of their programs ," said Rhett N.

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4 million
The trustees awarded 165 grants totaling $2,879,261 as part of the
Endowment 's Free Days of Care program.
Two grants totaling $121,430 were awarded to support training and
education of child welfare workers and residents of children's homes, and one
grant of $17,200 went to Foothills Alliance in Anderson, SC, to support a
network of church-based parent support groups in Anderson County.

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"With a similar mission focusing on the southeastern
United States, the Southern BioAlliance is proud to participate in
this joint effort to encourage involvement in and advancement of the
biotechnology industry in the East.
For more information about BioFusion 2005 and the Southern U.
Another 50 grants totaling $9,566,951 were awarded for programs to
strengthen and improve hospitals in the Carolinas.
Another 18 grants totaling $1,259,761 were awarded for programs improving
organizational effectiveness, including $105,000 to Carolina Youth Development
Center in North Charleston, SC, to enhance assessment capabilities at two
emergency shelters and $250,000 to Nazareth Children's Home in Rockwell, NC,
to establish short-term assessment and stabilization services for children
needing therapeutic intervention.

Churches -- $3.

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An additional 42 grants totaling $5,606,920 were awarded for programs
intended to prevent disease and improve access to health care.
"We were especially pleased by the creativity of the projects proposed for
funding in this cycle," said J.

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In addition, there will be formal and informal networking
opportunities with industry CEOs and venture capital leaders. "This unrestricted operating support
is intended to help hospitals in the Carolinas make up shortfalls caused by
people who cannot pay for their care -- mainly indigent and uninsured patients
-- and each hospital can use its grant in whatever way will best serve the
institution's needs," said Mary L.

Higher Education -- $11. "Grant funds are supposed to give institutions the
flexibility to try new ideas and to test new approaches to familiar issues,
and we are convinced that these grants include some innovative projects that
will attract significant attention if they develop as expected.

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The public school system allows early-release from school so
that children first through the third grade may receive off-site, Bible based
interdenominational religious education sponsored by a large consortium of
Staunton area churches.

Duke Endowment Awards Nearly $40 Million in Grants

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A priest had been
prosecuted as a criminal for violating the ordinance . "What happens in
Staunton will have far-reaching impact," Davis concluded.1 million for private institutions of
higher education. "But what is more important and more impressive
is the large number of high-quality projects that involve community outreach.
Eleven additional grants totaling $982,191 were awarded for programs
designed to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect , including
grants to extend and expand home-visiting services for families with young
children in Surry and Burke counties, NC, and Greenwood, Richland, Aiken and
Beaufort counties, SC.

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5 million for
organizations in North Carolina and South Carolina.

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"Abolition of this program seems another attempt by
government to impinge on religious freedom guaranteed in the first amendment
to the United States Constitution," Davis said."
WRE is an active program throughout much of Virginia .

Business Editors/Health Editors
BioFusion 2005
BIO VentureForum East

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BioFusion 2005 and BIO VentureForum East 2005
Invite Leading Companies, Research Institutions, Universities to
Atlanta

The Southern U."
Included among the grants are $4 million to Davidson College to renovate
the James B.

"We are pleased that child care programs continue to be a significant
ministry for rural United Methodist churches," said W.

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Gil Davis Fights for Religious Freedom

Finally, it appears that it actually helps fulfill the
need for character education, which is a Virginia Standard of Learning , by
teaching such universal values as honesty, charity, and kindness.

Authorized and paid for by the Friends of Gil Davis for Lieutenant Governor

At BIO VentureForum East 2005 , 120 companies will be selected to
present to leading life sciences-focused North American venture
capital firms."

Health Care -- $20. Among them was $195,363 to
the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia for a project
to increase the number of BSN graduates.3 million
Forty-three grants totaling $1,875,000 were awarded as unrestricted
operating support for residential children's homes.1 million
Eighty-five grants totaling $1,999,000 were awarded for programs to
maintain and operate rural churches.

Other -- $607,330
Another $607 ,330 in grants was awarded as collaborative efforts of two or
more of the Endowment's grantmaking divisions.

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There are many high-profile
sources of venture capital, bioscience research and innovation in the
eastern United States, and these events will further establish this
area as a burgeoning hotbed of biotech activity. Among them are $658,000 for child-care
programs at United Methodist churches, $445,000 for leadership programs,
$351,000 for ethnic minority ministries, $289,000 for community services,
$125,500 for spirituality and health programs and $15,000 to help Page
Memorial United Methodist Church in Biscoe, NC, expand a food pantry ministry
for the hungry.

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(WRE). Several regional economic
development associations, foreign consulates, chambers of commerce and
international trade councils also are participating.
"As the leading nationwide biotechnology organization, BIO is
dedicated to advancing the bioscience industry, supporting new and
emerging research efforts , venture capital avenues and other
significant bioscience innovations," said Frank McDaniel, chair of the
Southern U.org
For more information about BIO VentureForum East 2005 or to
register online, please visit
http://bvf-east. Porter Durham Jr.

Operate in 4 districts: Alabama, Mountain , Texas and Waycross.

methodist churches

During this seminar, company
representatives will receive intensive coaching and the tools
necessary to refine their investor presentations for maximum impact.

episcopal congregational

, Gil Davis, former federal prosecutor
and attorney for Paula Jones, has agreed to represent the Staunton - Beverley
Manor Weekday Religion Education Association, Inc. In the seventies
he successfully attacked a Fairfax County ordinance that required a special
use permit to hold church meetings in private homes. It appears to have no adverse impact on academic performance in
the public schools.S.org /opencms/bvf-east2005/index.

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BioFusion will provide
participants the opportunity to forge essential partnering
relationships and strategic alliances.
BIO VentureForum East 2005 is a three-day event bringing venture
capitalists together with promising seed, early- and late-stage
private biotechnology product and platform companies from across the
East Coast.S. Smith University to fund a new
program of academic, financial, and social support and structure for freshmen;
and $300,000 to Duke University to support teacher mentoring in the Durham
Public Schools.

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, The trustees of The Duke
Endowment have approved 427 grants totaling more than $39.
Another 23 grants totaling $2,347,566 were awarded for programs to fight
chronic and long-term illness, including $144,000 to Newberry County Memorial
Hospital in Newberry, SC, for a program to address the growing number of
psychiatric patients seeking treatment in emergency rooms.

Child Care -- $4.

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Included was
$67,000 to Rutherford Hospital in Rutherfordton, NC, to help establish a free
clinic in Rutherford County. Included are $40,000 to Faith Harbor United Methodist Church in
Surf City, NC, to build a new church and $40,000 to Zoar United Methodist
Church near Charlotte to build a family life center.

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The conference brings
together a large range of companies and institutions, from start-ups
to large, multi-national medical device, biotech, pharmaceutical, drug
discovery, drug delivery, biomanufacturing, CRO and other bioscience
companies; cutting edge research institutions; and leading venture
capital firms from around the world. Workshops and plenary sessions will be offered on
trends in the biotech industry , with special focus on key success
factors for early stage companies, R+D, market trends and financing .biofusionsouth.4 million for not-for-profit hospitals and other
health care organizations, and $11 .

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Davis' law office,
703-352-3850. The Southern BioAlliance will host its inaugural bio
partnering event, BioFusion 2005, at the Georgia World Congress Center
April 10-12, and BIO will sponsor its venture capital conference, BIO
VentureForum East 2005, on May 9-11 at the Intercontinental
Hotel-Buckhead. Highlighting the eastern United States as a center for
research, innovation and capital in the bioscience industry,
organizers of the events will cross-promote the conferences' benefits
and encourage attendance."
Companies involved in both events are encouraged to participate in
the BIO VentureForum Boot Camp scheduled for April 13 at the Metro
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce . The grants also provide almost $4.5 million to Johnson C."
Thirty grants totaling $1,111,326 were awarded to churches and other
organizations of the United Methodist Church for building construction or
renovation.

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Davis has a long
history championing causes involving Bill of Rights issues.
Davis, who plans to attend the February 14, 2005 public meeting of the
School Board where the members of the Board will decide the issue, said: "The
program involves no public money and is purely voluntary. One would
think all religious faiths, the secular realm and those who call themselves
atheists believe these are good character traits.S.bio.jsp

The grants include $20.
To us, that is a powerful indicator of the willingness of our schools,
hospitals, children 's homes and churches to play significant roles in the life
of their home communities across the Carolinas .

Withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church in May of 1852 because laymen didn't have an adequate voice in it's conferences.

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It has over 80%
participation of children through the third grade and is not under government
sponsorship.
A copy of Davis' letter to the School Board and a copy of the School
System's policy is available upon request by calling Mr. "By collaborating on these events , our
organizations can offer the bioscience community unprecedented access
to capital and partnering opportunities.
"We are pleased that this year we are able to provide more funds than we
typically award in our June grant cycle," said Eugene W., director of the Endowment's
Education Division. "But it is also encouraging that so
many churches are paying increased attention to the issue of leadership
development, within individual churches as well as in the larger communities
of which they are part.

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