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Dr. Henry “Nick” Nicholas pounded nails and helped raise the wall framing today on a Habitat for Humanity house as construction began on the future home of a deserving Orange County family.

Dr. Henry “Nick” Nicholas presented a check yesterday for $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County and the Right Rev. J. Jon Bruno, bishop diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, to help the fund-raising effort to build Gordon’s House in memory of Reverend Canon Gordon G. Yeaton of Irvine.

Zila, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZILA) today announced that its Board of Directors has carefully reviewed a non-binding contingent proposal submitted by Intelident Solutions Inc. (Intelident) to Zila on July 7, 2009 to acquire all of Zila’s common stock for $0.42 per share. The Board concluded that the Intelident proposal is not superior to Zila’s existing agreement to be acquired by Tolmar Holding, Inc. (Tolmar).

Today students from the Nicholas Academic Centers in Santa Ana spent the day at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, where they were introduced to local marine life during a boat cruise along the Pacific coast. The session is part of an alternative educational program to keep promising students active and engaged over the summer.

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD) announced today that its results for the second quarter of 2009 would likely fall within the range of $.24 to $.26 per share¹ as compared with $.32 per share¹ for the same quarter of 2008. This is short of the current consensus expectation of $.30 per share¹.

Citi announced today that it will extend acceptance of registered warrants issued by the state of California from its business and consumer deposit customers through Friday, July 17, 2009.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr. Nicole Lurie as the next Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS. Dr. Lurie, an internationally recognized leader in public health, most recently served as co-director of the RAND Corporation Center for Domestic and International Health Security, senior natural scientist and professor of policy analysis at the RAND Corporation.

Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMKR), will issue its financial results for the second quarter of 2009 after the close of trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. At 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Amkor management will host a conference call to discuss the company’s financial results.

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA-' to approximately $31.1 million Western Riverside Water and Wastewater Financing Authority (the Authority) revenue bonds, series 2009 (Eastern Municipal Water District Improvement District's general obligation bond financing). The bonds are scheduled to sell via negotiation on July 29, 2009. In addition, Fitch upgrades the $16.3 million of the Authority's outstanding revenue bonds, series 2005A (Eastern Municipal Water District Improvement District's general obligation bond financing) to 'AA-' from 'A+' and affirms the 'AA' rating on Eastern Municipal Water District's (the district) water and sewer revenue certificates of participation (COPs). The Rating Outlook is Stable.

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (“ACS,” “our” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:ALSK), Alaska's leading integrated communications provider, announced the results of its annual meeting of stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) held earlier today. The Company’s stockholders approved all of Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as set forth in the ACS proxy statement dated April 30, 2009 (the “Proxy Statement”). The approved proposals were: