After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

Contains executive summary and summaries of the regional meetings which were held around the state.

The Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers the April 1997 consumer alert entitled "Public Safety Fund-raising Appeals: Make Your Donations Count." The text is available in PDF format. The FTC offers advice for those interesting in making contributions to fund raisers for fire and police service organizations. The FTC suggests such precautions as asking how one's contribution will be used, asking the organizers...