Paula McDonald

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Name: Paula McDonald
Title: Principal Advisor, Pay and Workforce Reform - Office of Public Services Reform (United Kingdom)
First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Finalists to battle it out for Thistle Awards

THE Borders is well represented in the regional section of the Scottish Thistle Awards this year, after the shortlists were announced on Monday.The awards, organised by VisitScotland, celebrate excellence across the tourism industry, with the emphasis ... [Published Southern Reporter - May 24 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Borders businesses fight it out for top awards

Borders businesses are to compete against each other for a Scottish Thistle Award in June.Best Guest House or Bed & Breakfast Award is being fought out between three business, two from the Borders Kingsmuir House B&B in Peebles and Glenacre B&B in Je ... [Published Border Telegraph - May 21 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

McNeish backs Galloway promotion

One of Scotland?s most famous hikers, Cameron McNeish, is helping endorse Dumfries and Galloway?s credentials as part of the Year of Natural Scotland 2013.VisitScotland, in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Council, has launched its latest initiative ... [Published Galloway Gazette - May 13 2013]
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Charles Mc Donald

Charles Ray McDonald’s Earthly adventure came to an end on May 3, 2013 at the age of 62. He was welcomed into his Eternal home by his Father - Charlie, his son - Charles, and his grandson- Tyler who had preceded him.Charles was born on October 7, 1950 ... [Published Pleasanton Express - May 08 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Railway tourism boost

The return of rail travel in the Borders has been described as a ?game-changer? for tourism by VisitScotland?s regional director.Paula McDonald told TheSouthern this week that a large percentage of incoming train passengers to Galashiels and Tweedbank ... [Published Southern Reporter - May 03 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Queena: Rape Victim, Survivor, Inspiration

TAMPA | For years, she was known to the public as the Bloomingdale Library rape victim.Then, in 2011, her family asked she be called the Bloomingdale Library rape survivor.Now, she wants people to just call her Queena.On the night of April 24, 2008, when ... [Published Lakeland Ledger - Apr 18 2013]
First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Uni funding cuts put Gladstone campus growth in jeopardy

FEDERAL Government plans to slash university funding have put new CQUniversity Gladstone courses in jeopardy.But university management has assured students no existing courses will be cut.The Federal Government has announced plans to cut $2.8 billion ... [Published Gladstone Observer - Apr 15 2013]
First reported Mar 04 2013 - Updated Mar 04 2013 - 1 reports

Selkirk’s Amanda lends her voice to new tourism effort

ROYAL Burgh resident, Amanda Domin, will soon be heard across English radio station airwaves as part of a campaign to attract more visitors to the Borders.Amanda volunteered to lend her voice to the new promotional effort by national tourism agency VisitScotland, ... [Published Selkirk Today - Mar 04 2013]
First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 1 reports

Plant an award-winning garden this year

_ This spring, we will be planting American Award Selection winning varieties in the Food Garden in the Demonstration Gardens at the Licking County Extension.American Award Selections began in 1932, when W. Ray Hastings, president of the Southern Seedsmans ... [Published Newark Advocate - Feb 01 2013]
First reported Jan 23 2013 - Updated Jan 23 2013 - 1 reports

George Bolshakov

BOLSHAKOV, George, 68, of Wheeling, WV, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2013, in the Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling.He was born September 1, 1944, in Berlin, Germany, the son of the late Alexander and Ida Kerema Bolshakov.Mr. Bolshakov was a ... [Published Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register - Jan 23 2013]
First reported Jan 17 2013 - Updated Jan 17 2013 - 1 reports

Grow your own transplants for your garden

_ Starting your own plants from seed not only saves money but also can be a cure for the winter blues. There are many more varieties of flowers and vegetables available from seed catalogs than you are likely to find at your local nursery. This is important ... [Published Newark Advocate - Jan 17 2013]

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Paula McDonald, regional director for VisitScotland, said: "we are delighted that so many scottish borders tourism businesses have reached the regional final of the scottish thistle awards. the scottish borders offers a great visitor experience in terms of the quality of things to see and do and places to stay here and these businesses have an excellent chance of securing a place at the national scottish thistle awards which will take place this november."
"They really stepped up to the plate," McDonald said. "they were really interested in queena's story and helping with the website."

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Finalists to battle it out for Thistle Awards [Published Southern Reporter - May 24 2013]
Borders businesses fight it out for top awards [Published Border Telegraph - May 21 2013]
McNeish backs Galloway promotion [Published Galloway Gazette - May 13 2013]
Charles Mc Donald [Published Pleasanton Express - May 08 2013]
Railway tourism boost [Published Southern Reporter - May 03 2013]
Queena: Rape Victim, Survivor, Inspiration [Published Lakeland Ledger - Apr 18 2013]
Uni funding cuts put Gladstone campus growth in... [Published Gladstone Observer - Apr 15 2013]
Selkirk’s Amanda lends her voice to new tourism... [Published Selkirk Today - Mar 04 2013]
Plant an award-winning garden this year [Published Newark Advocate - Feb 01 2013]
George Bolshakov [Published Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register - Jan 23 2013]
Grow your own transplants for your garden [Published Newark Advocate - Jan 17 2013]
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