If the Volunteer state doesn't accept the offer, Georgia will take its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, the arbiter of all state border disputes, says Mr. Carver.

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Reuters reported that in 2004, more than 40 state, local and volunteer organizations practiced a scenario in which a massive hurricane struck and levees were breached, allowing water to flood New Orleans.

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Because they're volunteer-based, and because each state uses different methods to measure reading level, doing a nationwide study would be difficult.

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"Any civic-minded organization, business, individual, family, city, county, state, or federal agency is welcome to volunteer in the Georgia Adopt-A-Highway program, " the DOT website says.

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Roxbury's deputy fire chief said his team of about 10 volunteer firefighters was in the second floor of their station house at 42 State Road about 7:30 p.m. when someone noticed a glow out the window from the fires.

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Two years ago I relocated to the great State of Maine and joined the Portland Chapter of SCORE as a volunteer.

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