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2022 - 12 - 17

Metropolis sets flat fine for several ordinance violations (Paducah Sun)

Kruger said the MMPD has been approached by the Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation in Paducah to bring the PFT-26 “Liberty,” a historic Vietnam War gunboat, ...

In addition to the sergeant duties, Holland will continue to be the city’s K9 officer. Under department heads, Fire Chief Micah Tolbert asked the council to keep the Sims family in its thoughts and prayers. The department responded to a house fire on Bayne Street last week. Masse said the sale will be of bicycles. The council accepted the promotion of officer Nick Holland to sergeant, effective Jan. Kruger noted the permits for transporting and locating the PFT-26 to Metropolis would need to be a joint effort between the MMPD and the city. The council voiced its support of the project. Kruger noted the ship is a designated maritime incident command and communication post and could be used as a rescue and response vessel in emergencies. The proposed location was previously designated under an intergovernmental agreement with the MMPD and the city. After the war, the boat served stateside — from 1971-85 by the Navy for patrol duty, training and equipment testing and from 1987-93 in the fleet. After 1998, it was used by the Sea Scouts of Sacramento, California, as a training ship. The boat saw action from 1968-71 during the war on the rivers and coast of Vietnam.

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$1000 Bottle Of Champagne Demonstrates Bollinger As A Pinot Noir ... (Forbes)

Roasted hazelnuts, dried lilacs and honeysuckle soared through the air as the aromatics emanated from the glass to thrill and excite the intended drinker.

Bollinger PN TX17: 100% Pinot Noir where the majority comes from the Grand Cru village of Tauxières and the 2017 vintage; 25% of reserve wines from the same Grand Cru village are in this blend. Bollinger PN VZ16: 100% Pinot Noir where the majority comes from the Grand Cru village of Verzenay and the 2016 vintage; 25% of reserve wines from the same Grand Cru village are in this blend. The final blend consists of 50% reserve wines of which 5-10% consists of reserve wines from magnums that average ten years in age. 50% of the wine was vinified in barrels and the other 50% in stainless steel tanks. For example, the current release, PN TX17 has a majority of Pinot Noir grapes from the Tauxières village in the Champagne wine region and a majority from the 2017 vintage. 2016 Bollinger 'La Côte aux Enfants' Côteaux Champenois Rouge: A red still wine made from 100% single vineyard Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru village of Aÿ; south side of this vineyard. The Bollinger PN represents a 100% Pinot Noir Champagne with a majority of the fruit from the same village and vintage. 2012 Bollinger 'La Côte aux Enfants' Champagne: 100% single vineyard Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru village of Aÿ ; north side of this vineyard. Many Champagne drinkers who have always gravitated to Bollinger might have yet to learn the extreme practices that the family continues to implement with every bottle, as consumers weren't that curious to delve into the details of Champagne in the past. It is the 2012 [Bollinger](https://www.champagne-bollinger.com/en/) 'La Côte aux Enfants', which is a 100% Pinot Noir Champagne from the Grand Cru village of Aÿ, and it is an exceptional monopole vineyard that the Bollinger family has owned for centuries. For many Bollinger fans, it has been the Champagne that drank like a fine wine as even its non-vintage has a multi-layer complexity, deep concentration and that classic creamy texture that could hold up to a serious multi-course meal. This village is famous for having some of the best Pinot Noir grapes in the Champagne wine region.

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In this Montana city, defendants can pay off their court fines with food ... (CNN)

For the third year in a row, a Montana city is embracing the holiday spirit by allowing defendants to pay off some of their court fines with donations to ...

It’s “just a win-win situation,” he said. Butte, Montana, launched the initiative in 2019, according to City Court Judge Jerome McCarthy. [Montana’s criminal procedure statue](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0180/part_0020/section_0010/0460-0180-0020-0010.html), which states that “a court may permit a part or all of a fine to be satisfied by a donation of food to a food bank program.”

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