The rate to us increased fairly significantly. It's still a competitive rate.

It's probably the worst street in the city. Right now, we're working on some grant money to help fund this project.

I don't think there's a single county agency that doesn't have something aimed at people who speak a language other than English. Each department has its own multilingual staff.

We got donations from citizens all over who would send a letter expressing their desire to help and a check or a couple dollars in an envelope.

We've had donations from a local law firm, a crime solvers' group in Wisconsin, a couple from Virginia and a businessman in California, giving from $100 to $50,000.

It would have cost us about $630 just for gas for a pickup truck and trailer,