It's just a community service project.

We're more a service organization to the community. I don't know the percentage, but for us here, it's just like any other donation you'd give: You know if you give it locally, it'll help the people you want it to.

I spent the last Friday of summer vacation spreading hot, sticky tar across the roof of George Washington High. My companions were Dopey, Toothless, and Joe, the brain surgeons in charge of building maintenance. At least they were getting paid. I was working forty feet above the ground, breathing in sulfur fumes from Satan's vomitorium, for free.

Character building, my father said.

Mandatory community service, the judge said. Court-ordered restitution for the Foul Deed. He nailed me with the bill for the damage I had done, which meant I had to sell my car and bust my hump at a landscaping company all summer. Oh, and he gave me six months of meetings with a probation officer who thought I was a waste of human flesh.

Still, it was better than jail.

I pushed the mop back and forth, trying to coat the seams evenly. We didn't want any rain getting into the building and destroying the classrooms. Didn't want to hurt the school. No, sir, we sure didn't.

For anyone who knows Framingham, they're a big service provider.

The Community Service Project Fund is unique because it is the first gift to establish a grant that any student or student group may apply for.

KPNX has removed their station from our channel lineup even though we are providing a service to the community by delivering their programming. We have always enhanced their product by providing a better picture. Now they want Cable ONE customers to pay for something that Phoenix residents can receive free over-the-air. That's simply not right.