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By LOIS CLERMONT and KIM SMITH DEDAM
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PLATTSBURGH — High winds and mild temperatures combined Thursday to cause havoc around the North Country.
Roofs were blown off houses, several communities reported flooding, and tree limbs were down across the region, some taking power lines with them. Numerous roads were closed, included the northbound lane of the Northway, south of Exit 35, where a tractor-trailer truck overturned.
But no major injuries were reported.
Fire department and highway crews were busy all day, answering non-stop calls for help. Wind damage and downed tree limbs were reported in Saranac, Lyon Mountain, Dannemora, Morrisonville, Altona, Champlain and Black Brook.
Heavy winds tore down trees along Route 9 between the towns of Lewis and Chesterfield, closing that road just past 9 a.m. Thursday.
Lewis Highway Superintendent Eldred Hutchins said some 15 trees were blown over, some across highways, others on top of power lines.
"We got all crews out right now cutting," he said as the sun broke through a morning cloud cover.
In Black Brook, the supervisor's secretary, Karen Nelson, said problems were reported all over the place.
"Trees are down in Fern Lake, on the Golf Course Road and on the old turnpike in Silver Lake. All I know is the fire department is in two or three different places where trees are over the lines. ... The Fire Department is directing cars around the trees on the Golf Course Road."
At 11:15 a.m., trees brought down power lines on Route 9 in North Hudson, which were removed by North Hudson Fire Department and National Grid.
In the City of Plattsburgh, Cornelia Street was closed between Draper Avenue and Beekman Street before 8:30 a.m. because of concerns about construction materials blowing off the new School of Business being built at SUNY Plattsburgh.
City Police closed off that section of street, and a large crane hoisted workers up to secure the rattling plastic sheet that covers the structure.
The street had been reopened by 9:15 a.m. The same situation occurred last week during a day of high winds.
Matt St. Clair lost power in his Rand Hill Road home at about 9:30 a.m. Some of St. Clair's neighbors were also without power Thursday morning, he said.
Shortly before 10 a.m., he was driving near 1500 Rand Hill Road when he saw a tree — held up by power lines — that was completely blocking the road.
"I was the first one that came upon it," he said. "I directed about eight cars underneath it."
He was hesitant to to direct cars, but drivers "were very persistent that they had to get where they needed to go."
"The power lines were carved into the tree," embedded in it, St. Clair said, and if they broke the danger would significantly increase.
He notified 911 and tried to help oncoming drivers. The first car to approach St. Clair was driven by an elderly woman who was taking her husband to the hospital. She told St. Clair her husband couldn't breathe.
Their car could fit underneath the tree, so St. Clair directed them under it.
Once a man arrived who said he was a former town employee, St. Clair decided to leave.
"I was very scared about driving under this tree," he said. "My antenna hit the tree, and I had goosebumps."
At about 10:30 a.m., four employees were working in the front offices of Bailey Property Enterprise in Keeseville.
"We heard a huge gust of wind coming," said Trudell Ingbretson. "I thought the roof just collapsed."
Luckily, no one was injured, as the roof that blew off the building and into the back yard of the property was over a back office, Ingbretson said.
A beam broke a window, but that and the door leading to the back office have been enclosed with boards, she said.
"After that happened, I was kind of nervous because we kept getting huge wind gusts," Ingbretson said. "I thought for sure our roof was going to cave in on us."
An ice jam closed Route 9N early Thursday morning, some 10 miles west of AuSable Forks in the hamlet of Upper Jay.
There, the Ausable River jumped its banks near the Navajo Lodge in a section that was heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Irene nearly 18 months ago.
"There was an ice jam which caused 9N to flood, but it's gone," Essex County Emergency Services Director Donald Jaquish said later in the morning.
"Fire Chief Mike Lincoln enacted an evacuation warning of some homes in AuSable Forks, but there was no flooding."
Lincoln had notified residents in low-lying areas that an ice jam was moving toward the hamlet. But the ice broke up and moved on.
"Everything's gone," Lincoln said. "We are all out in the clear here. Our river is wide open now and below flood stage."
Jay Town Supervisor Randy Douglas said they were lucky.
"Everything moved through. Ice on both branches (of Ausable River) went out. We had no flooding, just a temporary road closure," Douglas said.
State Route 9N between Upper Jay and Keene was temporarily closed due to water over the road, but it later reopened.
Douglas thanked everyone who helped out with response, cleanup and monitoring rivers.
The wind problem wasn't as severe Thursday in Franklin County.
Just three wind-related calls had been made to Franklin County Emergency Services dispatchers by midday, said Director Ricky Provost. Two calls about downed trees were in the Paul Smiths area and the other on Route 374 in Chateaugay, but neither was significant.
Flooding continued for an eighth day on Lower Park Street in Malone, and the ice jam forcing the Salmon River over its banks has gotten smaller.
However, the rushing water collapsed a garage door at 353 Lower Park and ripped the structure from its foundation, and the building is expected to wash away.
The water level went down about 6 inches overnight, "but it's not anywhere near getting it off the street," Provost said.
The jam, which at one time measured about 4,000 feet long, is now about half that size, Provost said.
"It's caving in, but it's nowhere near where we need to get the water to return to the channel of the river. We're going to be dealing with his for a few more days.
"It's going to go back down to freezing tonight. And I've looked at the 10-day forecast, and it's not going to be above freezing, so we're going to have this a little longer."
The forecast shows temperatures dropping to below freezing throughout the region, which will stall the snow and ice melt.
But the National Weather Service in Burlington issued a flood watch Friday for much of northern New York, warning that ice jams from heavy rain and melting ice cover could cause localized flooding.
— Staff Writers Denise Raymo, Lohr McKinstry and Felicia Krieg contributed to this report.


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TO THE EDITOR: We are getting work done on upgrading our local airport terminal. But, who is actually going to benefit from this improvement?
Mostly, I hate to say, non-local transients. People, granted, friends of our community, mostly from Canada, come here to get the flights down to the southern states on the charter flights. The only money spent here is whatever the county gets for the flights and the parking fees.
Most airports around the country have both commercial and general aviation that help with funding for the airports. Our local officials seem to think this airport is strictly a commercial operation, whereas, in reality, it is a combination "public use" airport.
How come these officials are trying to get rid of the "general aviation" aspect of this airport? They are limiting access for the general, and flying, public. They are limiting aircraft maintenance on the airport.
Many of these other airports have "community days," where they actually create attractions for the general public to come out and see their local facilities, such as airshows, tours of the entire facility and even have plane rides for the local kids.
The general public is not even considered by our local officials in their rush to be the "big fish in the little pond." Even their "airport committee" is strictly local politicians, instead of local fliers and public citizens of the community. Mention of airport issues is a small note in the Press-Republican, instead of a serious discussion of the issues regarding the airport.
When is the county going to get serious and address all the issues an airport in this category has? Too many local pilots have sold their planes or moved them away from here or given up flying all together, just because of this committee and the county officials.
Support from many
TO THE EDITOR: The last 3 1/2 months have been a most challenging time in my adult life. I would like to take a moment to publicly thank some very special people.
I would like to thank Amanda Bulris and her office staff and volunteers at NAMI. With their help and support, she was able to take on the task of fulfilling my children's Christmas wishes. An extra special thanks to the sole responsible party in that group who made my oldest son's wish come true.
A huge thank you to Peru School. Bebette Tenbuuren, along with many others, arranged to help with Christmas gifts that my kids both needed and could use. I was brought to tears at the generosity of such kind strangers to provide us with things to keep warm this winter, along with drawing and art supplies and Legos.
I would also like to thank Mrs. LaFranca and Mrs. Berry for being such great teachers and friends to my kids and myself and for going above and beyond.
A special thank you to the bus drivers who picked my kids up and continued to bring them to school while we were homeless.
A huge thank you to all my friends and family, especially my Aunt Sherry, who made it possible for us to get in the North Pole, who played a part whether big or small in helping us through the last 3 1/2 months.
And a special thank you to the kind people at Evergreen Townhouse Community, where we stayed for three months before finding our place to call home.
Our experience of being homeless will not soon be forgotten and all those who were able to assist us in such a time of need will always have a special place in our hearts.
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Assessments questioned
TO THE EDITOR: Having just recently paid my town and county property tax, I am again reminded of our lack of leadership in Ticonderoga.
Knowing that Ticonderoga had rising property values during the ongoing recession while the national outcry was over decreasing property values, I have to question the competency of our assessor.
Knowing that the reason given for substantial increases in assessments was a townwide reval to get us back at 100 percent of value in 2010, why did many assessments jump again in 2011 when property values in the rest of the county were falling? Were the original 2010 assessments wrong or were the 2011 wrong?
Not a concern for the unfortunate ones that also received yet another increase in 2012. Is this incompetence?
Knowing that there are locations in Ticonderoga where one can stand and view several vacant residential lots in the same immediate neighborhood, that are, for some unknown reason, assessed at different valuations per acre, I have to question the competency of our assessor.
Knowing that one can review the Essex County list of comparable properties for Ticonderoga and find significant valuation differences (shouldn't "comparables" be somewhat close), I have to question our assessor's competency.
Since our assessor is appointed, where is our elected leader in, at the least, investigating this problem? I have heard the tales of assessors being protected by state regulations, but are they protected for incompetency? Not according to the state.
Sometimes leaders have to stand up and do what is right for the people that elected them. If that means making hard choices, so be it. Our town deserves a better assessment process and better leadership to see that we get it.
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TO THE EDITOR: I was born and raised in rural Michigan 60 years ago and have lived all my live in rural America.
I grew up with guns in the house — hunting rifles and shotguns — and learned to shoot them before I was a teenager. Though I keep no guns now, I continue to value as friends many who do.
But for the first 50 years of my life I never heard any gun owner claim the things I hear the NRA claiming now. That is distressing, for the NRA is not just wrong about gun ownership and the Second Amendment, it is dangerously wrong.
The Second Amendment was not intended to arm Americans against their own government. It plainly declares the right to keep and bear arms in the context of a "well-regulated militia." Who, if not the government, does the NRA think the founders thought would regulate such a militia? And if it was to be regulated by the government — there can be no other serious interpretation — how was it supposed to oppose the government?
No, the founders' actual intention was a well-regulated citizen militia instead of a standing army. But that idea went out the window in the War of 1812, never to return.
Does the NRA want a well-regulated citizen militia? Far from it. Regulation is the last thing they want. They fantasize citizen resistance to tanks in the streets emblazoned with lightning-bolt insignia. But this is just that: fantasy.
Rather, if the NRA gets its way, disgruntled individuals who have had enough of their elected government will take up their assault weapons against law-enforcement officers, judges and other duly elected or appointed government officials.
The NRA is now irresponsibly sowing the wind; if they are not told no, America will reap the whirlwind.


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I'm on my second lease. My first was a 2005 Acura TSX from US Bank. It was a 3yr 45K mile lease. At 32 months in I traded it in (with just 33K miles) to lease a 2008 Mazda5 from Mazda American Credit. There were no issues as I was $800 positive in the Acura at trade in.
I'm 33 months into the Mazda5 lease. Last week I bought a Toyota Prius (couldn't pass up the deal at $2500 off MSRP + 0% interest!). Traded in my Mazda 5 I thought all was fine.
Rewind just a tad. I got an offer for the Mazda from Carmax for even money. Carmax backed out when they heard it was a lease from Mazda American Credit. Carmax stated they got burned when they had a car for a YEAR because Mazda would not accept payment.
My dealer said they could handle it so I traded my Mazda5 in with them. Today I get a call from the Toyota dealer. Mazda won't let them payoff my car! My dealer stated that I will have to meet them at my Mazda dealer and they will supply CASH (Mazda won't take a check from the dealer) for me to buy my old Mazda5. I will then retrade in my Mazda5 for my Prius.
Has anyone heard of this before ? There were zero issues trading in my TSX lease. I (nor my Toyota dealer) have ever heard of these loopholes.
The deal is done. Bizarre by far.
I had to return to my Toyota Dealer and resign paperwork reflecting the sales tax added on to the Mazda5 trade in.
I was then driven 20 miles to the Mazda dealer. A Toyota dealer rep drove me.
He had a cashiers check FROM ME to the Mazda dealer for the deal.
I then "bought" my Mazda from the dealer. The Mazda dealer said there are several customers and dealers who are surprised by the loopholes. I am glad this is done. If I lease another Mazda it will NOT be through Mazda American Credit.
cev Posts: 1Hi, I am currently coming to the end of the lease on a M5 and would like to purchase it for the purchase option price. I am ok with paying all official fees and taxes, but the dealer is tagging on a $695 dealer fee which is not in the contract. Has anyone had to pay the fee...I understand the dealer has to make something on it, but it my contract does not state that it has to come out of my pocket....thanks is advance for your comments!
Hi eyk. Mazda's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2011 Mazda5 Grand Touring with 12,000 miles per year are .00211 and 52%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
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dusnambri Posts: 1I was at dealership today and i was totally shocked because of the lease price of Mazda5 which the rap told me. it was $399 with 10,000 miles sign and drive.Is it reasonable for that car???? Hay car man , do u know any deal on Mazda5, Cx9. Or any 6 or more seater in NY area?????
Hi dusnambri. I can tell you what Mazda is advertising on this vehicle right now. I've seen it touting a 2012 Mazda5 Sport for $267 per month for 36 months with $2,000 down. This is a 12,000 mile per year lease on a vehicle that has an MSRP of $20,990.
I can work up a sample payment on the exact model that you are interested in if you provide me with its full MSRP and dealer invoice price. You can find this data over in the New Vehicle Pricing section of Edmunds.com.
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Hi luvtolaf. Mazda's November buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2012 MX Grand Touring with 15,000 miles per year are .00151 and 52%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
The numbers for an otherwise identical lease of a '12 MX5 Sport are .00151 and 53%.
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diydriver Posts: 1Car_man, would you happen to know what the residual value of a 2010 Mazda5 Sport on a 2yr lease would be? I'm looking at purchasing a Certified Pre-owned 2010 Mazda5 and the dealership prices them all at $13,999. All the vehicles are fleet rentals and all have approximately 35k-40k miles.
I'm assuming that if I knew the residual value I could calculate what a fair resale value would be. Of course, being a fleet rental, many of these cars see above average abuse which lowers the value in my estimate.
I'd like to find out the residuals and money factors for 36k miles, 3-year automatic Mazda5 Sport, Touring and GT. Please, let me know if there's a special offer on any of these models that is applicable to leases - I believe that there's currently $1,000 dealer cash but not sure if it can be applied to leases. I'm also eligible for Mazda's S Plan and it states the following: "Top-level dealer engagement or stair-step programs should be deducted from the base S-Plan price" - do you know what would these be for the vehicles in question. I'll be making the purchase in Northern Virginia/Washington DC metro area. Thanks in advance for your help.
Here's the information that you're looking for danny14. Mazda's March buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2012 Mazda5 Sport with 12,000 miles per year are .00054 and 44%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
The money factors for the Touring and GT are the same, but their residual values are both 43%.
I am aware of the $1,000 dealer cash, however I do not believe that it can be used on leases.
I don't think that Mazda is currently running a stair-step program on this model.
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Hello danny14. Mazda's April buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2012 Mazda5 GT with 12,000 miles per year are .00054 and 43%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
I don't believe that Mazda is currently providing any cash incentives on leases of this car.
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You could give Mike Leach $61 million and he'd still rock the flops, still rollerblade through town, still put his feet up in Key West and still churn out a little non-fiction at his earliest convenience – and still coach football, I'd wager.
But give Mike Leach a $61 million football facility and things start to get really interesting: Washington State has joined the Pac-12 arms race, catching up with the rest of the herd – Oregon, Arizona, rival Washington – with sparkling new facilities that serve as the backdrop to the program's rejuvenation.
The new football complex features an 11,620-square-foot locker room, more than double the size of the previous space. The locker room is only slightly bigger than the Cougars' strength and conditioning area – 11,153 feet, and just about the sweetest setup you'll see across the country.
It's all about the personal touch: WSU's new auditorium, for example, has seats that are – how should I put this – wide enough to handle certain players' – again, how should I phrase this – ample frames. Yes, the main area has extra-wide seats built to accept and harness even the broadest caboose.
And things are going to get interesting. Since the day of his arrival, Mike Leach has been selling to outsiders two things: Mike Leach and promise. As of today, Leach can pitch not just himself, which is huge, but also the draw of facilities, upgrades and a rock-solid commitment to reclaiming a seat at the table. For WSU, the return on this investment could make Wall Street drool in envy.
If the Cougars can continue to bring pressure into the backfield, perhaps WSU's defense has the weapons along the back seven to make a nice step forward during Pac-12 play. But as elsewhere, WSU's defense is a year away. The Cougars are not ready to challenge for a postseason berth or a spot in the top half of the North Division.
In a nutshell: Let's all do ourselves a favor – and by all I mean me, of course – and not doubt whether or not Leach is going to work his magic at WSU. He's going to do just that: Leach and the Cougars greatly exceeded my preseason expectations, scrapping and clawing for six wins in the deepest, most competitive conference in college football and creating a new standard for annual success – postseason or bust. That the Cougars did so with a frenzied offensive attack was to be expected, given Leach's history, but the season's two best wins, against USC and Arizona, featured the sort of defensive stinginess missing at this program for the greater part of a decade. When working in concert, WSU was an absolute bear to handle. But there were down points, as in the lopsided losses to other teams in the top half of the Pac-12 and an ugly close to the season against Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl. WSU isn't quite there yet; the Cougars are merely ahead of schedule.
High point: Beating USC in September, setting a good tone, and then topping Arizona in November, essentially securing a bowl berth.
Low point: Losing the Apple Cup.
Tidbit: The Cougars' 42-0 win against Idaho on Sept. 21 was the program's first shutout since blanking the Vandals on Aug. 30, 2003. It was also WSU's first shutout at home since a 44-0 victory against Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 9, 1999.
Tidbit (youth edition): Last year's team continued to rank among the youngest in college football. In 2012, Leach's first season, the Cougars played nine true freshmen and 17 freshmen overall. Another 10 freshmen – five true freshmen – played last season, while eight sophomores started every game.
Tidbit (Apple Cup edition): Last November's loss to Washington prevented WSU from notching its third two-game winning streak in the series since 2004. But multiple-game winning streaks as a whole have been rare. WSU has won two in a row just eight times: 1929-30, 1953-54, 1957-58, 1967-78, 1972-73, 1982-83, 2004-5 and 2007-8. The Cougars have never topped the Huskies more than twice in a row, which is borderline incredible.
Mike Leach quarterbacks
1. Graham Harrell
2. Kliff Kingsbury
3. B.J. Symons
4. Cody Hodges
5. Connor Halliday
Offense: Connor Halliday could make 1,000 attempts this season, should WSU's defense get enough stops. Let's call 1,000 silly and just settle on, oh, 750 – give or take a dozen or so passes here and there. He made 714 a year ago, after all, including a Football Bowl Subdivision-record 89 attempts in October's loss to Oregon; 750 attempts would merely entail about 58 attempts per game during a 13-game season, and when you put it that way … it sounds totally doable, doesn't it? Let's insert our favorite Mike Leach quote, said after Texas Tech's mauling of Nebraska in 2004: "The interesting thing about football is that football is the only sport where you quit playing when you get a lead. … I don't subscribe to that. I don't do it like that."
Yeah, the gonzo mentality of pass-all-the-live-long-day has reached Pullman, and Pullman likes what it sees. Halliday is simply the extension of the coach, and this much we know for sure: If Leach was playing quarterback he'd call his own number every play and twice on Sundays. Projected numbers: Halliday's going to hit on about 65% of his passes, average about 6.8 yards per attempt – which would be a huge step, by the way – and throw for just shy of 5,000 yards and 40 touchdowns. He's not the best quarterback in the Pac-12; he's just the luckiest. Redshirt freshman Tyler Bruggman seems next in line, should he gain a stronger mental edge in 2014, and it's perfectly fine to be falling out of your seat in excitement.
The receiver corps is positively loaded. Meet the best unit in the Pac-12: WSU's depth is a joke, I'd say, and the joke might be on conference and non-conference foes without the secondary depth needed to handle wave after wave of capable targets. While a ton of receivers are going to play, you can pinpoint a top group in Gabe Marks (74 receptions for 807 yards), Vince Mayle (42 for 539), River Cracraft (46 for 614) and Dom Williams (40 for 647). But then you add Rickey Galvin, Isiah Myers, Kristoff Williams, Brett Bartolone and true freshman Calvin Green – the latter a major story during spring drills – and things just start to get silly. Only Mike Leach could find a way to get nine-plus receivers ample touches. He'll do just that, with perhaps no one receiver cracking the 1,000-yard mark but at least five notching 500 yards. It's ridiculous.
Yet it might not be that pair leading the charge, if any post-spring remarks are to be taken seriously: Leach has seemingly anointed senior Theron West and redshirt freshman Jamal Morrow as the team's top two backs, which would make sense if not for the fact that Mason and Caldwell are the Cougars' best options. Either way, Leach could conceivably rotate four backs in and out of the lineup. Besides, Mason's ability to contribute in the passing game makes him a must-have cog in this system.
In my mind, Cooper can have an even bigger impact going against linemen who might be unprepared for a player with his quick first step. Last year's tackle, Kalafitoni Pole, will move inside to nose tackle, spelled by sophomore Robert Barber and junior Moritz Christ, while junior Destiny Vaeao takes over at end. It's not a good group outside of Cooper, but it's potentially a good group because of Cooper. Does that make sense? If he can find the quarterback and open up lanes for teammates, WSU could be in steady shape along the front seven.
Now, this secondary is absolute mess. Is it a disaster? Well, it could be. Three starters are gone, including all-everything safety Deone Bucannon, and it's going to very difficult for WSU to put forth an equally talented backfield when leaning so heavily on youngsters in the rotation. This is particularly true at cornerback, where the likely top group features sophomore Daquawn Brown, redshirt freshman Charleston White and true freshman Marcellus Pippins; while Brown was solid during the spring, this is an obvious concern. As is the hole at strong safety, even if WSU seems confident in sophomore Isaac Dotson's potential as Bucannon's replacement. At least the Cougars can team Dotson with junior Taylor Taliulu (54 tackles), the secondary's lone returning starter and most experienced hand. At best, this group can be viewed as questionable. But let's touch on one major positive: WSU's secondary will spend every practice working against an elite receiver corps. That'll bring out the best in this group, though the learning curve come late August will be severe.
Special teams: Redshirt freshman Erik Powell nailed a field goal or two during the spring, so perhaps the loss of Andrew Furney won't be as terrible as once advertised. The Cougars also return a somewhat experienced punting option in junior Wes Concepcion, even if he's failed to impress in spot duty. While the return game is unsettled, the odds are on two or three members of this loaded receiver corps taking the reins.
Offensive line: This won't be the best line in the Pac-12 or the most experienced – the latter with a bullet – but I don't necessarily buy into the idea that this front's 33 career starts serves as the offense's Achilles heel. Yeah, maybe in comparison: WSU is pretty stacked elsewhere, after all. But I think the added experience and knowledge of Leach's unorthodox system – and it's even more unorthodox in its approach to splits and protection – helps this group survive despite returning only two starters. Two pieces of good news lost in the shuffle: one, both starters come on the blind side in juniors Gunnar Eklund and Joe Dahl, and two, the aforementioned uptick in scheme familiarity will yield dividends. Seeing that every other position on the offense is secure in its general rotation, the competition across the board should be defining storyline of fall camp.
Even Eklund and Dahl could be on the move, with Dahl shifting outside to tackle and Eklund moving inside to guard. I'm not sure why WSU would do this – seeing that Eklund has the frame to develop into a solid producer on the edge – but it does pay to at least acknowledge the potential that Leach and the staff don't think Eklund is the long-term answer as Halliday's blind-side protector. The most interesting two-man competition is underway at center, where one of two sophomores, Riley Sorensen and Sam Flor, will replace Elliot Bosch; my early money was on Sorensen, who got his feet at right guard a season ago, but Flor seems to be in control heading into fall camp. I also see the right side of the line going according to the early plan: Jacob Seydel, a former JUCO transfer, should start at right guard, and converted tight end Cole Madison should get the first crack at right tackle. By the way, one more note: WSU's line is noticeably bigger from tackle to tackle. If you think back, Leach's lines at Tech were defined in three ways: one, overall production; two, those wide splits; and three, massive beef.
Washington: It's the Apple Cup, for one, and it would be great for the Cougars to send new UW coach Chris Petersen into the postseason – or the offseason! – with a rivalry defeat. But the schedule is again a beast, because this is the Pac-12, so there's always the chance that the finale will also determine whether or not the Cougars make a return to bowl play. There are certain games WSU simply cannot afford to lose: Rutgers, Nevada, Portland State, Utah and California.
In a nutshell: This is going to be very, very interesting. As we enter year three of the Mike Leach era, it's obvious that Washington State is at the point where this offense is set to enter high gear. Part of this is due to mere familiarity with the system: WSU's offensive personnel now grasps the offense from top to bottom, thanks to the experience of the past 20 months, and with this increased experience comes the potential for improved production. This thought is doubled by the returning personnel, with Halliday now a seasoned starter, the backfield perhaps four deep and the receiver corps loaded with more bodies and options than any other unit in the Pac-12. Even the offensive line, a projected concern in some circles, should benefit from a more concrete knowledge of the system. The offense is dynamite.
Yet the defense isn't up to par. There's nothing WSU does particularly well, to be blunt. Rush the passer? Maybe, but only if Cooper fulfills his gargantuan potential. Stop the run? Not against good teams, as we saw last fall. Play in space? I don't see enough athleticism to go toe-to-toe with Oregon, for example, and not enough toughness to handle Stanford, USC or Arizona State. Defend the pass? For now, the less said of the secondary the better. Leach has had an enormously profound impact on the offense; now he needs to fix the defense. That won't happen in 2014.
But even a slight improvement will lead to a winning season. That's my take: WSU will six games regardless of any defensive incompetence, but an eight-win season is a possibility if the defense steps forward. I even think this team takes seven games during the regular season by outscoring the weak teams, surprising a stronger team and finding enough defense against those opponents in the same general stratosphere – a Utah, for instance. Things are looking up, up, up for WSU and these Cougars. Is the breakthrough coming in 2014? No, unless we look at this way: WSU should have its most successful season since 2003.
Dream season: Washington State leaps to 8-4, notching a 48-0 win against Washington in the finale to secure third place in the North Division.
Nightmare season: The Cougars slide back to 4-8.


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From a capsule suspended in space on Oct. 14, some 24 miles above Roswell, N.M., Felix Baumgartner climbed out in a spacesuit, teetered on a specially built platform for a few seconds, then jumped.
Within 40 seconds, Baumgartner broke the sound barrier reaching speeds up to 830 mph, then minutes later landed safely on earth where — falling to his knees — he lifted his arms in jubilation. Later, he would humbly say to this experience, "Sometimes you have to go really high to see how small you are."
This then is a fitting conclusion to seven years of hard tedious work with record-breaking results.
What seemed pale by comparison to Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon, Alan Shepard's or Yuri Gagarin's first venture into space, Chuck Yaeger breaking the sound barrier (ironically the same date this record was set), to NASA landing Curiosity on Mars, still Baumgartner's jump enthralled, captivated millions and was inspiring. In fact, for me personally, it caused a few tears to well up. Why?
First and foremost, there is something to be said of Americanism. We are a nation built around that entrepreneurial spirit, a can-do attitude that nothing or no one will limit our dreams, an adventurous spirit where dreams are realized and experienced, where American individual exceptionalism propels us to greater heights and glory. My tears come from seeing this inspiration becoming a lost art in the present Obama administration's climate of socialism and liberal ideology.
NASA chief Charlie Bolden, holding true to Obama's philosophical thinking, said, "I have no desire to do a Mars landing on our own. The U.S. cannot always be the leader, but we can be the inspirational leader through international cooperation."
Where does this kind of kooky thinking leave us? What is inspiration without leading? You know the answer, but let me answer with this: We recently witnessed the final Shuttle retirement in California, and now we (America) have to rely on the Russians or, worse, eventually China to get us to the International Space Station. This is inexcusable, and such a mindset is robbing our coming generations of real American inspiration. NASA needs a mission, and so does our country.
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WFP Assistance To Poorest Palestinians In West Bank
A barefoot Palestinian girl walks through the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank between Jerusalem and Jericho. She and her family are among 1.6 million "food-insecure" Palestinians who struggle to buy or procude enough food on a daily basis to live a healthy life.
Khan al-Ahmar is in Area C, an Israeli-controlled zone where restrictions on movement make it difficult for the Bedouins to maintain their traditional, nomadic lifestyle. WFP provides emergency food assistance or vouchers for 460,000 of the poorest Palestinians, including 30,000 Bedouins and herders.
Families receive their food rations at a WFP food distribution carried out with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The rations include daily staples like wheat flour, cooking oil, lentils, salt and sugar.
"There's no one to support me so I'm very happy to receive this assistance," says Basmah is a single mother of five. "The first time I got my food allowance I was in tears when I showed my children the food I bought. Without this food we'd be miserable."
In 2012, Canada was WFP's largest donor in the West Bank and Gaza. WFP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
Sarah Jalaheen bakes bread using WFP wheat flour. A study found that in 2012 almost 34 percent of households in Palestine were food insecure, up from 27 percent in 2011.
In the West Bank town of Jericho, Basmah is using her Sahtein electronic voucher. WFP is increasingly using vouchers as a way of delivering assistance, especially in towns where there are shops and markets but people do not have enough money to buy food. Food vouchers enable families to buy fresh produce like eggs and dairy products that are not included in conventional food baskets. This type of assistance also boosts the local economy.
Locally produced olive oil is a new addition to the list of foods voucher beneficiaries can get at groceries participating in the programme. Over the past three years, WFP has injected more than US$100 million into the Palestinian economy through food vouchers. The majority of food is purchased locally and the vouchers are redeemed in local shops, which supports local businesses and generates employment.
Children play outside an atypical school in Khan al-Ahmar. The school is built entirely usinig old tyres and mud to overcome Israeli-imposed restrictions on building in this area. The community leader says he learnt about this building technique through the internet.
WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin visited the community and chatted to Bedouin women. "High food prices and low wages mean that 1.6 million Palestinians don't know from where their next meal is coming," she said. "Yet food security IS security. Food security is a vital component for sustained peace across the region."
A barefoot Palestinian girl walks through the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, on the West Bank between Jerusalem and Jericho. She and her family are among 1.6 million "food-insecure" Palestinians who struggle to buy or obtain enough food on a daily basis to live a healthy life.


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Bonnie L. Emerson, 67, of Marshalltown died Friday, December 28, 2012, at the Iowa Veterans Home. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 2, 2012, at the Iowa Veterans Home Chapel with Chaplain Angela Doty officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the services. Inurnment will be at the Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery. The Main Street Chapel of the Anderson Funeral Homes have been entrusted with arrangements for Bonnie. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.com.
Bonnie was born October 20, 1945 in Marshalltown the daughter of James and Hazel (Denner) Borton. She received her education in the Marshalltown schools and in 1960 was married to Robert Timmons and they later divorced. In 1977 Bonnie was united in marriage to Donald Emerson and he preceded her in death in 2009. The things Bonnie loved most were spending time with her children and grandchildren, singing, dancing, listening to music, especially country music, and doing crafts of various kinds.
Bonnie is survived by her three children, Tonja (Brad) Helms of Broomfield, CO, Trent (Tina) Timmons of McDonough, GA, and Melanie ( John) Armstrong of Greenwood, IN. Also surviving are six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, three brothers and a sister, Wayne (Karen) Borton, James (Linda) Borton and Doris Strohman all of Marshalltown and Thomas Borton of Virginia Beach, VA.
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Hemingway Look-Alikes Give FKCC Scholarships
The "Papas" of the Hemingway Look-Alike Society (HLAS) kicked-off the festivities of the famed three-day Hemingway Look-Alike Contest by presenting $10,000 in scholarships to worthy Florida Keys Community College students. "Papa" Fred Johnson, HLAS Scholarship Chair, presented five awards to literary-focused students and five awards to nursing students on the stage of Sloppy Joe's on July 17. Also, a 2014 FKCC-bound Key West High School graduate received the Kermit "Shine" Forbes Scholarship, named for the boxer and sparring partner of the celebrated writer.
The Hemingway Look-Alike Society established the FKCC scholarship 15 years ago with the purpose of encouraging education and literary talent in the community where the legendary writer called home in the 1930s and produced some of his most enduring literary works. The scholarship was later opened up to nursing students.
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FKCC Graduates Make All-Academic Team
Three recent graduates of Florida Keys Community College, Katelyn Forgham, Alexandria Hoyes and Amber Saunders, were named to the 2014 Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) All-Academic Team in July. The group is comprised of students in the Florida College System's 28 institutions who are both academically high-achieving and active in student clubs or sports.
The FKCC students were recognized specifically for their active participation in FKCC's Student Government Association. Saunders was vice president, Forgham was a senator and Hoyes served as an alternate officer. All three graduated with Associate in Arts degrees in May.
FKCC Launches e-Course Schedule; Encourages Early Registration
FKCC is going "green" with the introduction of a completely online eCourse Schedule for academic year 2014-2015, which begins August 21. The new platform, which replaces the formerly printed publication, is easy to navigate and updated often.
The eCourse Schedule provides: academic program descriptions; course schedules for upcoming fall, spring and summer terms; financial aid and payment plan options; and other information to support students from registration through graduation.
College data indicates that students who register sooner are more successful. Therefore, new and current students are encouraged to peruse the eCourse Schedule, select their courses and register for the entire year as soon as possible.
"It's in our students' best interest to secure their seats in the classes they need now," said Laura Estevez, FKCC Recruiter. "They need time to get their books and supplies, arrange their work and personal schedules, and become mentally prepared for their classes well before the start of the term."
Click here to view the eCourse Schedule.
American Legion Presents Nursing Scholarships
At their annual Fourth of July Barbeque, officers of the Key West chapter of the American Legion, Arthur Sawyer Post 28, presented $1,000 scholarships to three Florida Keys Community College nursing students: Stephanie Clark, Ariana Boroquez and Naomi Andrews.
The American Legion Post 28 has raised funds for and contributed to the scholarship fund in the FKCC Foundation for the past four years.
FKCC establishes "Seize the Clay" Arts Endowment, dedicates Fountain to honor Artist-in-Residence Jay Gogin
Two major announcements highlighted the "Celebration of Life" held June 30 to honor Florida Keys Community College's late artist-in-residence Jay Gogin: the establishment of the "Jay Gogin 'Seize the Clay' Arts Endowment" and the dedication of the College's marquee fountain to the ceramics instructor of nearly a quarter century.
College President Dr. Jonathan Gueverra proclaimed the dedication of the "Essence of Life" fountain to Gogin by unveiling a depiction of a bronze plaque that will be mounted in front of the landmark that resides in the heart of the Key West Campus. The announcement came moments after a video which featured clips of Gogin discussing his vision of working with clay and water and the experience of constructing the fountain alongside his students.
Long-time FKCC supporter Mike Dively, who was an avid student and friend of Gogin's, spoke to the crowd via Face Time from his home in California. He hailed Gogin as a visionary with a "why not?" attitude that led him to pursue many of the activities for which he will be remembered—such as bringing world-class artists to the College, organizing educational trips for students to Japan and Europe, and introducing generations of young students to the art of pottery and kiln-fired pizza. In that spirit, Dively announced his contribution of $5,000 to establish the "Jay Gogin 'Seize the Clay' Arts Endowment" in the FKCC Foundation and encouraged all friends and supporters to also "seize the clay in honor of Jay" with a donation to build the new initiative.
Funds generated through the endowment will enable the College to strengthen the arts courses and activities, which Gogin cultivated and valued so dearly. It will also allow the College to continue traditions started by Gogin such as presenting guest artists to educate, entertain and delight FKCC's students and community at large.
For more information about or to contribute to the "Jay Gogin 'Seize the Clay' Arts Endowment," contact the FKCC Foundation at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 305-809-3531. Read more. Donate. View tribute.
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Prince Harry Returning to America, But Not Vegas
Fun-loving prince was photographed naked during last trip.
Americans hoping to get an eyeful of Prince Harry will get another chance this May when the third-in-line to the British throne returns to the U.S. for a trip to promote various charities.
Harry's last trip to the U.S. infamously ended when photos leaked of the prince nakedly partying at a Las Vegas hotel. TMZ first published the photos, which showed Harry enjoying himself with no clothes on.
During that night in Vegas, the prince reportedly invited a dozen attractive young women to his hotel suite. "Everyone was drunk and they began playing a game of strip pool," a source told The Sun. "Before long the Prince was naked. ... There was lots of fooling around and bear-hugging."
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Immediately after the scandal broke, Radar Online reported that a video of the escapades was quietly being shopped around, with the owner aware of its possible top-dollar value. The video—if it exists—has not been made public.
After the wild visit to Las Vegas, Harry embarked on a four-month tour with the British military to Afghanistan, where he said in January he had killed Taliban fighters in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot.
The forthcoming trip, announced Monday, will feature appearances in Washington, Denver, Colorado Springs, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, The Daily Mail reports.
Sky News reports that Harry will visit Arlington National Ceremony and "attend an exhibition on Capitol Hill about landmine clearing." In Colorado Springs, he will reportedly attend the Warrior Games for injured veterans. He will also compete in a polo match during his time in Connecticut.
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As Triangle Hindus gathered in temples for New Year's ceremonies Saturday, they offered prayers as well as aid for the victims of last week's tsunami.
A clothing drive begun by three college students had brought in 50 cardboard boxes of jeans, saris and other items at Sri Venkateswara Temple in Cary. The students used Internet chat rooms, e-mail messages, temple newsletters and word-of-mouth to solicit donations and hoped to fill 50 more boxes today.
Meanwhile, members of Hindu Bhavan temple in Morrisville dropped checks and coins into a wooden box marked for tsunami relief. Someone left a plastic piggy bank full of change, and G. Nagi Reddy, part-owner of the new Galaxy Cinema in Cary, brought a check for $2,542, all the money taken in during Thursday's opening night showing of "Swadesh," an Indian movie.
Triangle residents of all faiths and backgrounds have responded to the horrific images and accounts of the tsunami spawned by an earthquake Sunday in the Indian Ocean. But for Indian-Americans in the Triangle, geographic and cultural ties, combined with a Hindu faith that stresses charity, have strengthened the impulse to give.
"We are so fortunate to be under a roof, to have a home," said Bhupender Gupta, a textiles professor at N.C. State University. "We need to share with those who don't."
Gupta wrote a $200 check to the Hindu Society of North Carolina's relief effort after leading a New Year's ceremony at the society's Hindu Bhavan temple. Hindus use the ceremony to look back on the past year, to remember those who have died and to resolve to do greater things in the new year.
About 50 people, from toddlers to senior citizens, sat or kneeled around a small wood fire in a steel vessel while Gupta recited in English and Sanskrit. He used a long spoon to drop butter oil onto the flames, while others tossed in powder made from leaves and bark from holy trees in India. He repeatedly urged worshippers to remember the dead, the injured and the grieving in Southeast Asia.
"There's a special reason to pray at this moment," he said.
At least 8,900 people along the southeast coast of India were killed by the tsunami, and thousands more are missing. Lack of food, medicine and clean water could result in additional deaths from starvation and disease. The total death toll from the disaster exceeds 123,000 in 11 countries in southern Asia and East Africa.
The 29-year-old Hindu Society of North Carolina, with nearly 1,000 members, expects to raise tens of thousands of dollars, president Saroj Sharma said. The society will send the money to local agencies in India to avoid the bureaucracy of the country's central government, she said.
The Sri Venkateswara Temple, with close to 250 members, expects to raise $25,000 in addition to the boxes of clothes. Remya Srinivas, a freshman at NCSU, said she and two old friends from Wake Tech Community College thought the clothing drive was a good way to spend their break from classes.
"We felt guilty sitting in our rooms on our break not doing anything," she said.
The students and other Sri Venkateswara Temple members will collect clothes today at the temple off Chapel Hill Road from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For information, call 468-0040.
Staff writer Richard Stradling can be reached at 829-4739 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Evergreen Helicopters sold to Erickson Air-Crane
Mar 19, 2013 | 3 Comments
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Evergreen Aviation has agreed to sell off its subsidary Evergreen Helicopters Inc. to Portland-based Erickson Air-Crane Inc. in a deal that could top out at $276 million, it was announced Tuesday.
The Evergreen family of companies has seen a spate of lawsuits in recent months, alleging failure to pay bills, and has had its credit sharply downgraded by Standard & Poor's, and Moody's, and in 2012, paid employees late on multiple occasions.
Erickson went public last year and operates a fleet of 14 heavy-lift helicopters. With its purchase of Evergreen helicopters, the company will add 64 aircrafts to its fleet, consisting of both helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes. The fleet serves customers around the world, with a current presence in North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
Under terms of the deal, which is expected to close during the second quarter of this year, Evergreen helicopters will be acquired for $185 million in cash, $17.5 million in unsecured promissory notes issued by Erickson Air-Crane and about four million preferred shares of Erickson Air-Crane, valued at $47.5 million. An additional $26.3 million may be paid to Evergreen, contingent on certain revenue targets for the calendar years 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The sale marks the departure of Evergreen Aviation's founding business. Owner Delford Smith founded Evergreen Helicopters in 1960.
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