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With painful clarity, Liz Thomas remembers when she first knew her only child was mentally ill. It was September 1979. Frederick, her son, was a seventeen-year-old senior at Houston's Kashmere High. He had always been a good kid, a B student, and interested in the usual things: music and movies and girls. He got into the occasional scrape, but not often, for it was not in Fred Thomas' nature to cause trouble.
The previous spring, Fred had begun to undergo a dramatic personality change. He started skipping school. He spent days in his bedroom, where he sat on his bed and stared at the walls, his door closed, his radio blaring. At night he wandered around his Fifth Ward neighborhood, smoking pot and drinking beer, and sometimes harassing the neighbors. He made lewd comments to women who walked by his house and became brusque and cold toward his mother. Whenever Liz tried to get Fred to come out of his room, her once-polite son would lash out at her with curses and threats, and push her out the door.
Liz Thomas has a younger sister who has schizophrenia, the most commonly diagnosed form of serious mental illness in this country. But Liz could not bring herself to contemplate the awful thought that her son was showing symptoms of the same disease. At first she ascribed Fred's behavior to "a teenage thing." Then in July, after a frightening outburst in which Fred ripped his bedroom door off the wall, Liz took him to Harris County Psychiatric Hospital, a forty-bed hospital—at the time, the county's only short-term facility for the mentally ill—located on the third floor of one wing of Jefferson Davis Hospital. He was released after a few days of observation; the doctor told Liz that Fred simply wasn't sick enough to be hospitalized. Although the doctor prescribed Navane, one of the array of so-called psychotropic drugs that are used to treat schizophrenia, his words greatly comforted Liz Thomas because they allowed her to cling to her most fervent hope for her son—that he was not mentally ill. "I guess you don't want to accept stuff about your own child," she says now. But then came that September day when Fred's teacher at Kashmere High called Liz to say that her son was doing something scary and strange in class. He was barking like a dog, and the teacher had not been able to get him to stop. And that's when Liz Thomas knew.
Liz also knew what she had to do. She had seen her own mother do it for her sister many times. She took Fred back to Jeff Davis and told the Harris County mental health authorities that her son needed to be committed. If a probate judge agreed with her assessment, Fred would be sent nearly two hundred miles away, to the Austin State Hospital, since the most populous county in Texas had no long-term facility of its own. Liz Thomas also knew she would have to sign legal documents alleging that her son, who until six months before had been her greatest source of hope and pride and joy, was "a danger to himself and others." She read over the papers, occasionally wiping a tear from her eye. Then she signed them and went home, and let the tears pour out.
If Liz Thomas thought the Austin State Hospital was going to solve her son's problem, she was wrong. In the time between Fred's first commitment and when I met him six years later, he had been in the hospital five times. He had also been a client of out-patient clinics near his home; spent three months as a resident at a halfway house in Houston; been prescribed half a dozen drugs; and been seen by about forty doctors. Young schizophrenics are difficult to help under the best of circumstances, their conditions exacerbated by years of using dope and alcohol. But it's fair to say that Fred's experience with the Texas mental health system between 1979 and 1985, rather than making things better, had only made them worse. Fred continued to get sicker, more haunted by his private demons with every passing year.
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Retailers says Christmas sales were off
Though slashed prices didn't help many retailers bring in shoppers, some Union County small businesses were happy with this year's sales results.
Sales of electronics, clothing, jewelry and home goods in the two months before Christmas increased 0.7 percent compared with last year, according to the MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse report.
According to ShopperTrak, that was below the healthy three to four percent growth that analysts had expected and was the worst year-over-year performance since 2008. In 2011, retail sales climbed four to five percent during November and December.
Around Union County, sales were pretty good for Avon, which sells a variety of beauty products, Jackie McGuirt, a local senior executive unit leader for the company, said.
"This season, they have been really good," she said in reference to product sales around Christmas.
Despite this, the amount of business around Christmas time this year was about the same as what the company saw last year. Avon offers a Christmas line that has been very popular with customers, she said.
Marie Hadden, who owns Free Spirit Gift Shop in Monroe, also describes this year's holiday sales as consistent with sales from last year.
Her business sells incense, crystals, books and various spiritual items but doesn't offer any specific Christmas or other holiday merchandise. For this reason, the number of sales she sees usually remains about the same as it has been during other times of the year, she said.
"I did very well, there were some products I was close to selling out on," Georgia Coyle, who owns Georgia Lynne's in Wingate, said.
This was her first year of running the business on her own and though she didn't have a previous year to compare the holiday sales results to, she felt she did better than she expected. Jewelry and scarves were some of the most popular items with customers, she said.
Maribeth Huggins who owns Main Street Monograms in Wingate, also felt her business did better than she expected.
"Just the volume of business, I wasn't expecting it," Huggins said.
She opened the business earlier this year and this was the first time she had gone through the holiday season with it. Main Street Monograms offers custom-monogramming services on items purchased at the business as well as on items customers can bring in. She described this holiday season as very busy and was happy to have so many sales, she said.
According to Michael McNamara, vice president of research and analysis at MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, retailers have time to make up lost ground since the final week of December accounts for about 15 percent of the month's sales. Weak sales for retailers could have repercussions for 2013 with retailers making fewer orders to restock shelves and wholesalers buying fewer goods and orders to factories.
Holiday sales are a crucial indicator of the economy's strength. November and December account for up to 40 percent of annual sales for many retailers. If those sales don't materialize, stores are forced to offer steeper discounts, which is a boon for shoppers but cuts into stores' profits. Bad weather from Superstorm Sandy for example, the possibility of the country falling off a "fiscal cliff" and other factors have been cited for reasons for drops in customer spending nationwide during this holiday season.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Thursday, June 26, 2014
The Summerville Little League Minors National All-stars claimed their district championship Wednesday.
Summerville National defeated Crowfield 10-5 Tuesday in the semi-finals for the District 2 tournament and defeated Summerville American 14-4 in the finals to claim the District 2 title and a berth to the South Carolina Little League Minors Tournament that begins in Greenville July 10. Summerville National will open against the winner of District 1, which includes Easley, Wren, Greenwood, Abbeville and Laurens.
Summerville National Manager Matt Lowe said rain delays took some momentum away from his team but his players battled through it.
"We were supposed to start on Sunday but because of the rain we didn't get out here until Tuesday," Lowe said. "Crowfield played us a great game last night. We started out a little sluggish which is understandable but we were patient and our bats came around. When we were sluggish at the plate our defense was huge. They stepped up and made some great plays to help bridge the gap until we could get the bats going."
The win was all the team needed to get back into its groove.
"You could see we were more focused tonight," Lowe said. "We came out, attacked and played well. I'm real proud of the kids. They are a great group of kids who have a good attitude and good hustle and they never quit."
Summerville National took an 8-0 lead during the top of the first inning of the championship game. Key hits included a double by Dakota Creech that drove in two runs and a single by Connor Lowe that plated two runs.
Summerville American loaded the bases in the bottom of the frame and scored a pair of runs before Summerville American got out of the inning with a couple of nice tags.
With the help of hits by Hayden Blasingame and Brayden Pope, Summerville National pushed three more runs across in the third.
The team went up 14-2 in the top of the fourth after stringing hits by Shane Daly, Blasingame and Jaden Allen together and capitalizing on some errors.
In the bottom of the frame, Govin Lockoff and Cameron Williams both walked and scored off Summerville National mistakes but Summerville American couldn't pull any closer.
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By Roger Elmore and Lori Abendroth, Department of Agronomy
A hard freeze last weekend resulted in leaf loss in emerged corn seedlings across central and northern Iowa. Several recent articles in ICM news provide insight on the situation. Photos 1 and 2 here show damage in one field in Story County; corn was at about V2 when the frost occurred.
The need to assess plant stands by splitting stems was mentioned in Hard Freezes and Emerged Corn, a recent ICM news article. Additional photos posted on our website provide an illustration of how to do this. There are also photos on this site of plants from this field that show the healthy growing point of a seedling frosted off at the ground level. If plants look like the one posted on our web page (or better), they will likely recover.
Photo 1. Frost on May 8-9 affected plants differently in side-by-side rows. Story County IA photo by R. Elmore.
Photo2. Frost on May 8-9 affected plants differently within a row. Two plants on left were seemingly unaffected; the three on the right were were frozen to the ground. Story County IA photo by R. Elmore.
Roger Elmore is a professor of agronomy with research and extension responsibilities in corn production. Lori Abendroth is an agronomy specialist with research and extension responsibilities in corn production. Elmore can be contacted by email at email@example.com or (515) 294-6655; Abendroth can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or (515) 294-5692.
by Bob Hartzler, Department of Agronomy
Several articles have appeared in the ICM News describing the effects of recent weather on corn, including temperature effects on corn emergence, hard freeze effects on emerged corn, and corn tolerance to herbicides.
Another issue involves determining the correct growth stage of corn that was damaged by the May 9 frost event. Herbicide labels typically restrict application either by corn height or leaf number. Leaf number is considered more accurate than height since it better represents the physiological stage of corn development (although this is muddied since people count leaves differently and it isn't always clear on herbicide labels which counting method is used). See pages 4 to 9 in the Corn Field Guide for information on the leaf-collar corn staging system.
The problem with staging frost-damaged corn is that leaf loss will make it easy to underestimate the actual growth stage of corn. For example, assume that a field is staged on May 29 and has four visible leaf collars. Normally, you'd call this a V4 plant. However, if this field was planted in mid-April and on May 9 had two emerged leaves that were killed by frost, the actual developmental stage would be V6 rather than V4. With careful examination it might be possible to find remnants of the frosted leaves, but in many cases they will not be present. If staging the corn by height, the same problem of underestimating the stage of development exists.
So can underestimating the crop stage cause an actual problem with herbicide application, or is it merely an academic issue? The significance will vary with the herbicide used since application restrictions are placed on labels for different reasons. The main concern will be with herbicides for which application restrictions are based on crop tolerance concerns. For example, many sulfonylurea herbicides (Accent Q, NIC-IT, Resolve, Steadfast, etc.) prohibit broadcast applications beyond the V6 (6 collar) stage. This restriction is present because applications made later than this may damage the ear since it is initiated at this time. The growth regulator herbicides (dicamba, 2,4-D) and Ignite also have application timing restrictions based on crop injury risk.
For many herbicides, application restrictions on the product label are based on factors other than corn developmental stages and injury potential (e.g. atrazine). Thus, misjudging the corn's stage of development should not increase the potential for injury in those cases.
To avoid problems, document which fields have been damaged by frost and determine the number of leaves lost to freezing. Consider this information when determining the appropriate time for application. Herbicide representatives should be able to provide specific information concerning their products.
Bob Hartzler is a professor of agronomy with extension, teaching and research responsibilities.
By Stephen K. Barnhart, Department of Agronomy Producers must answer a couple of basic questions when deciding the time of the first spring cutting of alfalfa and mixed alfalfa and grass fields. What's your hay harvesting schedule? What are your objectives for the harvested hay crop or forage stand? Harvest schedule decisions tend to be guided by what's most important. Producer objectives may include harvested yield, nutritive quality of the forage, or vigor and persistence of the perennial stand.
Reaching a high level of all three objectives is unlikely with a single chosen harvest schedule. Producers can generally meet two of the three with a chosen harvest schedule, but not all three. So, there are usually some compromises when harvesting.
In general, more frequent harvests produce forage of higher nutritive quality at an acceptable yield level, but at a sacrifice in stand vigor or longevity. Conversely, less frequent harvest will produce acceptable yields and a greater degree of stand persistence and plant vigor, but forage of a lower nutritive value.
Maximum dry-matter yield of alfalfa and most forages is often obtained by harvesting the first cutting of the season at nearly full bloom and harvesting subsequent cuttings at 40 to 45 day intervals until late August or early September, referred to as a "3 summer-cut system." This system produces forage relatively lower in nutritive quality.
Such forage is suitable for livestock on maintenance rations, or slower weight gain livestock enterprises and can be used in low-performance feeding programs. To add additional harvested yield, growers who use a 3 summer-cut system will often harvest a fourth cutting in mid to late October.
For higher value forageIn contrast, high-performance livestock feeding programs require higher nutritive value forage. The optimal compromise for higher forage quality and dry matter yield of alfalfa is to harvest the first cutting at the late-bud to first-flower stage and to make subsequent cuttings at 32-to-35 day intervals until late August or early-September, often referred to as a "4 summer-cut system."
Growers using a 4 summer-cut system will sometimes harvest a fifth cutting in late fall, also typically high nutritive quality forage. This latter 4 summer-cut system has led to a greater stand reduction and shortened stand longevity than those managed under a 3 summer-cut system. The negative impact on stand vigor and longevity are usually made worse when a late autumn cut is added to either the 4 summer-cut system as a fifth cutting, or to a 3 summer-cut system as a fourth cut.
Alfalfa and alfalfa-dominant mixed legume/grass stands mature more quickly and lose nutritive quality faster during the first growth cycle of the spring, than during summer growth cycles. Growers desiring high-quality alfalfa hay at first cutting must manage the first seasonal cutting more closely to meet their forage quality goals.
To complicate this management even more, each spring growing season is a little different and may be a week or more different from one year to the next in the rate of crop development. Growers managing for high quality are encouraged to use one of the "heads up" methods for predicting the quality of the standing crop in the field.
Predicting crop qualityThere are several ways to decide when to cut, if you know what relative feed value (RFV) you need. You could go by the calendar and plan to cut at the same time you cut last year – but with the year-to-year variations in seasons, that's really not a good system.
Another way is to look at the stage of development of the alfalfa. To do that, you need to understand how alfalfa grows. The first developmental stage is the vegetative stage when no buds have appeared. Forage quality at this stage is often too high for most livestock. Next is the early- through late-bud stage. In early-bud, you can't see the bud yet, but you can feel it in the stem tips. In late-bud, there's a large, visible bud, just before open bloom. Then comes bloom stage, followed by the seed pod stage when the nutritional value of the plant is decreasing rapidly with each day of harvest delay.
For high-performance animals, the first cutting should be made from early to mid-bud. For beef cows, late-bud through mid-bloom is fine, and for dry, open ewes, the full bloom stage is acceptable.
In Iowa, alfalfa bud stages generally occur around mid-May when producers would typically make a first cutting for dairy cattle. But keep in mind that spring this year may be a few days ahead of normal, so relying on last year's first cutting date may not be appropriate this year.
Once a first cutting is made, bud stages on the regrowth generally occurs again about every 30 days after cutting, allowing four bud-stage, dairy quality cuttings per season. Your most critical decision then, is when to make that first cutting.
Predicting forage quality in the standing crop There are a couple 'predictive methods' that may be helpful. These are referred to as the Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) or the 'scissors clipping' method. Both methods provide an in-field estimate of preharvest quality of standing alfalfa. They are indicators of quality, but they're not intended to be used as the basis for ration balancing and do not account for harvest or storage losses.
The scissors clip method involves taking hand clippings at harvest height in several places within a field, twice per week leading up to first harvest. Samples should be no more than one pound fresh weight, and delivered to a forage testing lab for analysis using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy or NIRS for fresh tissue.
The PEAQ method predicts RFV and fiber content by identifying the maturity of the most mature stem in a 2-square foot area, and the height of the tallest stem in the area. These two characteristics are applied to a chart, or to a more user-friendly PEAQ stick, to estimate the Relative Feed Value (RFV) or Relative Forage Quality (RFQ) of the standing crop. A full explination of the PEAQ method and procedure is available online. Below is the chart to use with the PEAQ predictive method.
Using either scissors clipping or PEAQ, another calculation must be made for anticipated harvest and storage losses that will occur. Generally, 10 percent to 15 percent harvest and storage losses are anticipated. So for each bi-weekly sample, about 10 to 20 RFV or RFQ units should be deducted from that of the standing crop.
Forage grasses develop similarlyAs forage grasses mature, yield at cutting increases and plant vigor and persistence improves, but feeding value declines. For most of our forage grasses, the first growth of the spring also has a seed stem that both adds yield and reduces feeding value faster with advancing maturity.
The cutting decision for 'all grass' and grass-dominant mixed hay should be based on the feed quality needs. Grass is considered higher in fiber than alfalfa, so, alfalfa and alfalfa-dominant hay mixtures of less than 20 percent of the stand or hay composition is generally recommended for lactating dairy cattle. For other classes of livestock, harvesting at seed head emergence or soon after is the most common harvest 'target'. Waiting to harvest forage grasses that have matured into the seed formation stages generally does not add significantly to the yield, and produces lower and lower feeding value hay.
Stephen K. Barnhart is a professor of Agronomy and the Iowa State University Extension forage agronomist. He can be reached at 515-294-7835 or by emailing email@example.com.
X.B. Yang, Department of Plant Pathology
Producers in Iowa have had a good planting season. As of Monday, ISU agronomists reported near completion of corn and 50 percent of soybean planted in Iowa. So far this has been one of the most trouble free planting seasons I remember, with some similarities to last season.
Before planting, climatologists had predicted that the spring would be cooler than normal. As predicted, May has been cooler and somewhat wet, with frost in the first week, which is a rare experience for me. The cool spring has disadvantages for some producers. Early planted soybean fields in southern Iowa reported frost damage which required replanting. Stress from frost could add root rot problems for soybean plants that were not killed by frost, especially in fields which are wet.
Seedling damping off will be a disease to watch for as it likes a cool and wet planting season. The most common diseases in a cool planting season are Pythium damping off and Fusarium root rot. If replanting has to be done because of frost damage or diseases, fungicide treated seeds should be used because the risk of seedling diseases will be higher, especially in fields that had diseases.
More and more growers are using seed treatment, which has benefits in a cool, wet spring like this year. Producers who use seed treatment are likely to have few seedling disease worries, as seedling diseases have an increased presence in these conditions over a normal season. Years of university data suggest that replanting can be avoided and yields increased with the use of seed treatments in a season when risk of seedling diseases is high. Because of record amount snowfall this winter, many Iowa growers had anticipated a wet spring and made plans to use treated seeds.
Many rules previously used to manage soybean diseases will not work in current growing conditions. One example is the use of planting date to reduce the risk of sudden death syndrome (SDS). In a normal season, the earlier the planting the higher the risk of having SDS in the summer, with later plantings having less SDS. However, this rule did not work in the cool, long spring of 2009, a planting season similar to this year. Soil temperatures were cool after mid-May. In the fall, SDS was found in many fields planted after mid-May. With 50 percent of soybean yet to be planted this spring, late planted soybean may be at risk to be infected by SDS fungus because of the cool soil temperatures. Some growers are likely to see SDS again this fall, but there is not much we can do about it now.
The good news that comes with a cool and wet spring is that this type weather will reduce the risk of insect borne diseases, such as bean pod mottle virus. Cool temperatures will hammer the development of insects, such as bean leaf beetles and therefore reduce the movement of bean leaf beetle virus. Spread of the virus from plant to plant depends on the number of bean leaf beetles. A cooler spring slows beetle population development and, therefore, reduces the risk of the virus it carries.
XB Yang is a professor of plant pathology with research and extension responsibilities in soybean diseases. Yang can be reached at (515) 294-8826 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Bob Hartzler, Department of Agronomy
Whether or not corn was damaged by frost, it will be under stress following the recent period of cool, wet weather. Whenever possible, it is best to avoid applying herbicides to stressed corn since the crop is less efficient at metabolizing the herbicide to non-toxic compounds.
It is important to note that all herbicides place stress on the crop, regardless of whether a hybrid is resistant to the particular active ingredient (e.g. glyphosate, Ignite) or the herbicide contains a safener (e.g. Corvus, Status). Corn that lost significant leaf area to frost will be particularly prone to injury since it will deplete much of its energy reserves replacing the lost foliage.
There are no clear cut criteria to determine how long one should wait before resuming herbicide applications. At minimum it probably takes three to four days of favorable growing conditions for the crop to approach normal levels of tolerance to herbicides. Factors to consider when deciding how soon to spray a struggling corn field include the severity of the weed infestation and the margin of crop safety to the specific herbicide.
A light weed infestation probably poses less risk to yield potential due to early-season competition than herbicide injury, thus the application could be delayed until the crop regains much of its vigor. This assumes that delaying application will not allow weeds to reach a size that diminishes the likelihood of effective control (i.e. giant ragweed, horseweed/marestail). On the other hand, if a field has a heavy weed infestation, the weeds may pose a bigger threat to the yield potential than herbicide injury, so applications made before the crop has fully recovered from the weather-induced stress may be warranted.
Another reason to delay applications when possible is that weeds under stress are often less likely to be killed by herbicides than healthy plants. Applicators are frequently forced to make compromises due to limited application windows, but be sure to weigh the benefits and risks of herbicide applications to crops that are struggling due to weather or other factors.
By Adam Sisson, Corn and Soybean Initiative; Laura Jesse, Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic; and Erin Hodgson, Department of Entomology
Small black cutworm larvae have been reported feeding on leaf tissue in a handful of isolated fields in eastern Iowa. Damage at the field level has been well below economic thresholds and is consistent with the low levels of moths captured before peak flights occurred. However, with trap captures occurring over an extended period of time before peak flights and recent fluctuating temperatures, it is advisable to be scouting high risk areas, especially in the central, east central and southeast districts of the state. In Benton County, located in the east central district of the state, there was a peak flight recorded much earlier than the surrounding regions on April 6, so it is advisable to be checking fields around this area at the present time.
The map (Figure 1) shows predicted cutting dates, based on trap catches and degree day data, should begin about May 19 in the southwest and south central districts and on May 25 in the southeast. Thresholds should occur about May 23 in the west central district and May 27 in the central and east central portions of the state. Cutting dates are about May 24 in the northwest and north central districts and May 25 in the northeast. Keep in mind that preventative black cutworm insecticide treatments applied as a tank-mix with herbicides are of questionable value as the insect is a sporadic pest and fields should be scouted to determine the presence of the insect prior to spraying.
Figure 1. Projected black cutworm 2010 cutting dates for Iowa's crop reporting districts. *Benton County experienced an early peak flight on April 6, so it is advised that growers in this area be scouting at the present time.
ScoutingGrowers should be looking for small larvae and keeping track of fields that may be good candidates for cutting. Certain fields may be at a higher risk for black cutworm damage than others. According to Jon Tollefson, Iowa State University Department of Entomology, fields that are low lying and poorly drained, next to areas of natural vegetation, weedy, and other characteristics should be scouted first.
Fields should be scouted for larvae (Figure 2) weekly until V5 by examining 50 corn plants in five areas in each field. Look for plants with wilting, leaf discoloration and damage, and those that are missing. Note areas with suspected damage and return later to assess further damage. Larvae can be found by carefully excavating the soil around a damaged plant.
ThresholdsIf larvae found in the field are smaller than three-fourths inch, 2 to 3 percent wilted or cut plants may warrant an insecticide application. If larvae are longer than three-fourths inch, the threshold increases to 5 percent wilted or cut plants.
Remember to take into consideration the plant population in a particular field and adjust threshold numbers accordingly. However, with corn price and input fluctuations, a dynamic threshold may be more useful. An Excel spreadsheet with the calculations built in can be downloaded here and can be used to aid management decisions regarding black cutworm.
Figure 2. Fourth-instars (shown here) are capable of cutting corn.
Adam Sisson is a program assistant with responsibilities with the Corn and Soybean Initiative. Sisson can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling (515) 294-5899. Laura Jesse is an entomologist with the Iowa State University Extension Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic. She can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone (515) 294-5374. Erin Hodgson is an assistant professor of entomology with extension and research responsibilities. She can be contacted by email at email@example.com or phone (515) 294-2847.
Roger Elmore, ISU Extension corn agronomist, tells how the May 9 frost may be a threat to the growing point of corn, which is currently below ground. Listen to this week's Crop Minute from the ISU Extension crops team to learn more.
Listen to an mp3 file of the May 10 Crop Minute.
By Roger Elmore, Department of Agronomy
Nearly half of the corn is emerged across Iowa as of May 9 with up to 60 percent emerged in the north central cropping district according to USDA-NASS. As mentioned in a May 6 Integrated Crop Management News article, 2010 has been one of the best planting seasons in history. Unfortunately, recent cold temperatures and a hard freeze across central and northern areas of Iowa resulted in some foliar damage to emerged corn seedlings.
On the positive side, most of Iowa's emerged corn has less than two fully developed leaves. Corn growing points remain below ground until the sixth leaf stage. So unless the ground freezes, little if any yield loss will occur if plants survive – and they most likely will survive. This all assumes normal conditions following a frost.
On the negative side however, with cool wet weather forecast for the remainder of this week, some plants may not live. Below normal temperatures will slow plant growth. Cool wet conditions and associated sluggish plant growth predisposes tender seedlings, already weakened by freezing temperatures, to infection by various destructive pathogens. Many plants may not survive.
With this in mind, assess stands once plants have a chance to recover from the frost damage, normally three to five days after a frost event. Dig plants and split stems to make an assessment. Healthy plant stems will have cream- to yellow-colored tissue above the growing point. Brown discoloration in the tissue above the growing point signifies pathogen invasion and impending plant death. Consider all factors carefully before replanting.
Recently emerged corn in north central Iowa and other parts of the state received frost early May 9. The early morning photo (top) shows the frosted plant; the bottom photo shows the change in plant appearance by late afternoon. Photos by John Holmes, ISU Extension field agronomist.
Roger Elmore is a professor of agronomy with research and extension responsibilities in corn production. Elmore can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or (515) 294-6655.
Elwynn Taylor, Department of Agronomy
We expect a few new weather records to be set each year. This is only normal for weather. After all if a weather station is brand new, every day is a new record. If the station is a year old we would expect that almost no days would have the same temperature as last year so it would be, again, almost a new record every day. As the years go by the chance of setting a new record diminishes but does not disappear. All this describes a climate that is not significantly changing. With most of our records for stations more than 50 years old and many more than 100 years old, the likelihood of setting a new record is diminished but still very real.
During the "Dust Bowl" years so many new records were set, that folks were suspecting a major climate change was well under way. Time has shown that those years were a part of the climate cycles that can be expected every 90 years or so. I remember the discussions about identifying climate change that were under way in the 1950s, "Because climate has many minor cycles we need 30-year records to establish the normal and a 60-year trend to establish a shift in climate." It is possible that good physical analysis could establish change in a shorter time and actually forecast a change before any measurable effect is observed. Still the problem remains that it takes a trend over more than 30-years to verify by observation that a theory is correct when it comes to climate.
Frosty MorningAfter an almost 50-year trend toward earlier springs in Iowa would a "hard freeze" on May 9 be unexpected? That 50-year trend would say there is a 10 prcent to 15 percent chance. This is still a chance and the freeze did come. Putting ideas of "change" or "not a change" aside, it is still interesting to see what happened and if it set a record. The over-night low temperatures observed the morning of May 9 in Iowa can be displayed by inquiring of the Iowa Mesonet , Figure 1. The freeze event may have set a new low temperature record for the date in some locations. The recorded low temperatures over Iowa's climate history for the May 9 are shown in Figure 2. As there are no clusters of new low temperature records the event is not considered to be extraordinary.
Figure 1. Low temperature observed the morning of 9 May 2010 at Iowa climate stations. Graphic by Daryl Herzmann, ISU Mesonet.
Figure 2. Historical low temperatures for May 9th. A cold night setting a few scattered new low marks would not be considered as extraordinary.
We have noted over the years that corn in early stages of development usually recovers from freezing events of this nature. However, when several cool moist days follow the freeze event the chance of full recovery from freezing and the complications from freezing is somewhat reduced.
Elwynn Taylor is Iowa State University Extension climatologist and agricultural meteorologist. He can be reached at email@example.com or by calling (515) 294-1923.
Erin Hodgson and Aaron Gassmann, Department of Entomology
Last week, the USDA announced the deregulation of a new corn trait from Syngenta Seeds, Inc. This new technology is called Agrisure Viptera and is the industry's first non-crystalline (non-Cry) protein for insect control. Viptera will compliment the corn traits in Agrisure 3000GT and should be commercially available for the 2011 field season. This new trait has already been approved in Mexico and Canada this year.
How Cry and Vip proteins work Both Cry and Vip toxins are insecticidal proteins that were originally found in the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), although they are produced during different stages of the Bt life cycle. Genes encoding these proteins have been inserted into corn plants through genetic engineering. Vip and Cry toxins have many similarities, including a narrow range of target pests and virtually no harmful effects on non-target organisms. When a susceptible pest ingests Vip or Cry toxin, either through genetically modified plant material or a foliar application, the food moves into the midgut where the toxins bind to midgut receptors. Both toxins cause the death of cells that line the insect's midgut, which in turn causes the lining of the gut to rupture. Rupturing of the midgut leads to the death of the insect.
Target pests for Viptera The Vip3A protein in Viptera has demonstrated control for a multi-pest complex, including corn earworm, black cutworm, western bean cutworm, dingy cutworm and stalk borers. The Vip3a toxin will be stacked with other Bt traits to protect against addition pests, including corn rootworm (which is targeted by Cry3Aa), European corn borer (which is targeted by Cry1Ab). Additionally, insect control traits will be stacked with glyphosate and glufosinate tolerance to allow for weed control.
Agrisure Viptera benefitsGrowers can expect better control of secondary pests including corn earworm, black cutworm, dingy cutworm and western bean cutworm. However, corn borer is not affected by Vip3a and will continue to be controlled by Cry1Ab. In addition, Syngenta claims Viptera will reduce insect damage that enables growth of fungal pathogens that produce mycotoxins.
Syngenta is planning many large scale field trials of Agrisure Viptera 3111 throughout the U.S. this year. These stacked traits will be commercially available in elite corn hybrids through NK, Garst and Golden Harvest. Throughout the winter, we were able to see non-ISU entomologists report research using Viptera. Many of the small plot results looked very promising if the target pests were at high densities.
Erin Hodgson is an assistant professor of entomology with extension and research responsibilities. She can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone (515) 294-2847. Aaron Gassmann is an assistant professor of entomology. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (515) 294-7623.
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The Undead (アンデッド Andeddo?) are a race of monsters in the 2004 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Blade. The story of the Undead is the focus of the series as they were created 10,000 years ago by God in the form of a stone slab called the Stone of Sealing, to "kill" each other in a free-for-all battle royale known as the Battle Fight, with the winner granted a wish to alter the world.
The 52 Undead represented 52 different species and battled so they can wish for the species they represent to rule the Earth, while the Joker represented death. The losers would be sealed by the Stone itself. The winner of that battle was the Human Undead and the world has been populated by humans ever since. In the present, human archaeologists discover the sealed Undead and a maddened Hirose set them free by mistake. However, the new Battle Fight was a front for a sinister plot by BOARD's chairman. Among the Undeads, there are several specialized groups: the Category Aces, the Royal Club, and the Joker. True to their name, Undead cannot be killed as they are manifestations of different species and thus must be preserved for the next battle, so God had given them true immortality. Though Undeads are supposedly to be immortal, for some unexplained reasons, they can be destroyed by other Riders that aren't from Blade's world, as shown in sequels and movies. This could be because this so called "God" isn`t actually God itself but rather an entity that can only influence Blade`s world.
The Undead were designed by Yasushi Nirasawa, who later went on to create the 29 Horrors in GARO, the Worms in Kamen Rider Kabuto, and the Imagins in Kamen Rider Den-O. The Undead designs were later published in a book titled UNDEAD GREEN BLOOD. Several of the Undead have been made into collectable figurines, including the Caucasus and Tarantula Undeads, the Giraffa Undead and most recently the Peacock Undead.
There are 53 types of Undead, the same amount as a standard deck of playing cards with a single Joker.
A.R. World versions
The Undead also exist in the A.R. World of Blade. Similar to the originals, they are a race of monsters that are accidentally released from their seals and go on a rampage. Welcome to the Blade Restaurant Blade Blade Several Undead also appear in the first episode when Natsumi is trapped within the changing dimensions. They include the Lizard, Pecker, Squid, and Caucasus Undead. In the World of Diend, instead of Jashin-14 to be controlled by Undead, it appears as a sentient villain while having Darkroaches and the whole brainwashed villagers under his control. Another Undead also made it's debut who is Bossroach (modeled after the Beetle Undead) controls several Darkroaches.
- The Paradoxa Undead (パラドキサアンデッド Paradokisa Andeddo?) is the King of Hearts Undead. He is able to create a blade-like wind from his forearm to kill his target. Normally, he is disguised as a man named Kamata (鎌田?). After being exposed in the World of Ryuki (having been taken there by Narutaki), Kamata returns to the World of Blade where he works with Hajime in a plot to take over the world as the chairman of the BOARD Corporation. After helping Hajime steal the three other Rider Systems, Kamata helps him create the Joker Rouze Card. He is later defeated alongside the Joker by Decade and Blade. Masato Irie continues to portray Kamata and provides the voice the Paradoxa Undead in the World of Blade arc. In the music video for "Journey through the Decade", Gackt summons the Paradoxa Undead to fight Tsukasa.
- Buffalo Undead (バッファローアンデッド Baffarō Andeddo?, 8): The Eight of Spades Undead, he terrorizes humans until Kendate and Hishigata confront him before receiving clearance to transform into Blade and Garren. In the end, the Buffalo Undead is defeated by Blade's Lightning Blast before being sealed into the Magnet Buffalo card.
- Elephant Undead (エレファントアンデッド Erefanto Andeddo?, 8): The Jack of Clubs Undead, he is destroyed by Decade using Ryuki's Strike Vent.
- Capricorn Undead (カプリコーンアンデッド Kapurikōn Andeddo?, 8): The Queen of Spades Undead, he aids the Paradoxa Undead until he is destroyed by Decade's Dimensional Kick.
- Artificial Joker: After combining all four Rider Buckles, thus the Artificial Joker Card was created allowing Shijo to transforms into Artificial Joker Undead and dominate the Earth with the aid of Paradoxa Undead. However, Decade and Blade was able to turn the tables by using the Blade Blade to terminate the artificial Undead once and for all.
- Bossroach: Bossroach is one of the Roach enforcers who watch over the human race, whom he sees to be inferior. He controls a small portion of Darkroaches as his personal soldiers. Bossroach is then destroyed by Decade Complete Form using the Kiva Emperor Final KamenRide.
- Jashin-14: The leader of the Roaches and ruler of World of Diend, assuming the human-like form of Fourteen (フォーティーン, Fōtīn) for his "ideal peace", turning humans into mindless slaves. He commanded an army of Darkroaches as foot soldiers to enforce his will along with brain washed humans. Eventually, facing Decade and his allies, Fourteen assumes his true form before being destroyed by Decade in Complete Form with aid from Armed Hibiki, cutting him in half. After his demise, the Roaches vanish and everyone he'd brainwashed were set free.
As one of the races of the Nine Worlds, the Undead are part of the Dai-Shocker alliance, a coalition of all villain organizations fought by the Kamen Riders, who have ambitions to conquer the multiverse.
The Elephant and Giraffa Undead, as well as Darkroach, were part of the Dai-Shocker army that was fought and wiped out by a gathering of 25 Kamen Riders in the World of Decade after Dai-Shocker started their invasion of the worlds. Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
The Undead Titan was a member of the Dai-Shocker remnant, Super Shocker, that appeared in the World of the Rider War. It was later defeated by Faiz's surprise attack. Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
Shocker Greeed
The Undead, represented by Kerberos, were among the various evil organizations and monster races which were allied with Shocker in an alternate timeline where they conquered the world thanks to the Shocker Greeed. The Eagle, Serpent, Tiger, and Giraffa Undead were among Shocker's army of monsters. When all the Kamen Riders came back in 2011, Blade returned and defeated most of the Undead (with the Tiger Undead seemingly defeated by Amazon) allied with Shocker. OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
Space Shocker
An unsealed Tortoise Undead was a member of Space Shocker, an evil amalgamation organization similar to Dai-Shocker, which aimed to conquer the universe. It was actually a front for the revival of the Space Crime Syndicate Madou. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z
World within the Magic Stone
The souls of defeated Undead, among the other monster races fought by the Kamen Riders, surfaced in the world within the Magic Stone which was ruled by the evil wizard Amadum. Amadum's army of monsters were fought and destroyed by the 15 Heisei Riders when they were summoned to this world. The Kamen Rider Rings Neverending Story
Category Ace
The Category Ace Undead are the best fighters out of the Undead, with Chalice as the strongest followed by the Spider Undead. Their cards are an important part in the Rider system, with the Riders donning armor modeled after the animals the Aces represent. All Aces appear in the series except the Stag Undead.
Categories 2-10
These Undead are of Categories 2 to 10, and thus are either the most easier and most annoying of the Undead to fight against, with most of these unable to speak like humans. Only 22 of the 36 Undead made physical appearances in the series. While considered to be weaker in comparison to most other Undeads, it should be noted that the winner of the previous battle was the Human Undead.
Royal Club Undead
The Royal Club Undeads are those of Category Jack, Category Queen and Category King, special classes that can disguise themselves as humans and speak human languages. They are feared by the other Undeads and either work in teams or work alone. If sealed, the Jacks and Kings serve as "upgrade cards" for the Riders to assume Jack and King Forms, with the Queens functioning to evoke the transformation.
All Royal Club Undead appeared in the show except the King of Hearts, the Paradoxa Undead, though he appears in the Kamen Rider Decade series, his identity being that of a man named Kamata who transforms into Kamen Rider Abyss. In Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace, the Royal Club Undead have not used their human forms, worked in teams, or even figure out what was going on, which has happened a lot in the series.
Joker Undead
Although called the 53rd existence, there are actually multiple Jokers much like in a card deck. If any of them were to win the Battle Fight, it would mark the end of all life on Earth, and the Battle Fight would be reset to begin anew. Jokers are armed with different weapons each; Hajime/Joker and Shijo/Joker with a green dagger, Kenzaki/Joker armed with a sword that identical to Beetle Undead's and Shimura/Joker with a staff/halberd/sycthe.
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Trial Series
The Trial Series are artificial monsters created by BOARD, combining human and Undead DNA with machinery. They cannot be sealed with Proper Blanks; in fact, Blanks are absorbed, allowing them to recover quickly. The Trials were developed to interfere with the Undead Battle Fight. In early production sketches, they were referred as "Undeadloids."
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Much stuff has changed for next year, and we're still waiting on confirmation that Michael Schumacher will be returning to the grid – all being well with his neck – with nearly every team featuring driver changes, and some new teams readying themselves to start the season in Bahrain.
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Jun 16, 2011, 1:54 PM EDT
I'm a few days late linking to Bill Connelly's season preview of the Fighting Irish, but I can always blame the research needed to simply understand what Connelly is actually talking about for the delay.
Connelly is part of the wonderful team at FootballOutsiders.com, taking "innovative statistics and intelligent analysis," two things that always trump the standard blow-harding that comes along with this time of year when people try and project who's going to be good and who isn't in the upcoming season.
I've done my best to ignore the fact that Notre Dame is a "consensus" preseason No. 12, if only because Notre Dame's inclusion in preseason magazines and rankings rarely ever comes true. But when somebody actually takes the time to show WHY the Irish have the potential to be a very special football team, well — that deserves a second look.
Do yourself a favor and read Connelly's entire preview. But here are a few tidbits I found incredibly interesting:
* Dayne Crist vs. Tommy Rees: It's easy to look at the team's record under Crist and the Irish's record after Rees took over and to come to the conclusion that Rees played better. Even if you compare their stats, which are pretty similar, you'd think a spotless W/L record would give Rees the lead heading into fall camp.
But Connelly breaks down the numbers and shows that the Irish offense was actually better with Crist at the helm — with the Irish offense averaging 30.3 Adj. PPG with Crist and 26.7 Adj. PPG with Rees.
Both hovered around the national average of 27.1, but taking opponent into account, the offense performed slightly better with Crist at the wheel. (This despite the fact that running back Cierre Wood began to thrive late in the season as well, further aiding Rees.) The Irish very much won games with defense over their final third of the season, and while Rees didn't get in the way, Crist was the slightly more well-rounded option in terms of yards per pass, touchdowns-to-interceptions, and run threat (he's not exactly Tony Rice, but he had 165 pre-sack rushing yards). I assume the starting job will be Crist's when all is said and done, though Rees and evidently Everett Golson and Andrew Hendrix all still have a chance to sway the coaches.
While you wouldn't have known it by watching the Blue-Gold game, I heard nothing but good things about Crist's work during spring practice. Brian Kelly is going to stay mum about it for obvious reasons, but I suspect it'll be Crist leading the Irish come September 3 against USF.
* Look out for the Irish defense. While some people still want to think differently, Bob Diaco did an outstanding job with the Irish defense. Even more impressive though, was Chuck Martin's work with the secondary. Guiding a secondary that needed to forget a really ugly statistical season, Martin and Diaco helped the unit perform a 180, even more incredible when you consider they lost a starter in the season opener and played with only two healthy scholarship safeties for most of the season. Still, Diaco probably won't be fully embraced until he shows he can stop the Navy option, but after that dreadful day, the defense was transformed.
The only time they gave up more than 14.3 Adj. Points in the last five games was against Miami in the Sun Bowl, and in that game they took a 30-3 lead before the Hurricanes got rolling. Theirs was potentially the best defense in the country after their humbling loss to Navy on October 23, and it is the primary basis for what will be some pretty strong College Football Almanac 2011 projections. Which is odd considering defense hasn't been the strongest feature for Kelly's teams in the past. So consider this a huge nod in the direction of defensive coordinator Bob Diaco, whose 3-4 alignment evidently fits the personnel very well.
Rarely do you see a position coach do such a good job with his unit and lose responsibility, but that's what happened to Martin, who gave the cornerback coaching duties to Kerry Cooks. But don't worry about Martin, he'll have his hands full as recruiting coordinator and will likely have even more say in the weekly packages installed this season.
* Irish will improve at blitzing. One final note that caught my eye — Connelly makes mention of the defense saying, "Bob Diaco's 3-4 defense almost had the statisticaly profile of a 4-2-5 — not great in attacking situations, but reacting, swarming, and preventing big plays…"
What's interesting is that the Irish actually did slide into a 4-2-5 when they went to four down linemen, something I imagine they'll do much more this season, with guys like Aaron Lynch, Steve Filer, and Ishaq Williams capable of bringing heat on the pass rush.
For as well as the defense played last season, I'm guessing the Irish want to be more effective when blitzing the passer. With the move of Prince Shembo to an outside linebacker spot opposite Darius Fleming, the Irish have two guys with elite pass rush ability standing on the edges of the defense, giving Diaco the ability to confuse a defense far better than he could last year, when Kerry Neal and Brian Smith weren't great pass rush options.
- oldestguard - Jun 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Keith, check your "entire preview" link, goes back to the consensus #12 article.
These kind of articles wake up some echoes…
- Keith Arnold - Jun 16, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Fixed. Thanks OldGuard!
- 1notredamefan - Jun 17, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Great read Keith, We are exactly 77 days away from the beginning of a great year!! So I figured I'd take the lucky # 7 doubled and wish our Irish some luck!!!
- 1notredamefan - Jun 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Very tasteful, Happy we could invoke the inner hope you wish for from your team!!
- papadec - Jun 17, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Thank you for taking the time to put together something that misted my eyes, choked me up, and put goose bumps on the back of my neck.
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I know that song is the BEST!!! I can't take credit for it tho I just copy and pasted but I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets all choked up to it!!!
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Hennessy XO: Cognac Review & Price
This XO Cognac by Hennessy is a blend of more than a hundred different eaux-de-vie (!). Those eaux-de-vie of the Hennessy XO are between 10 to 70 years old. Hennessy XO is of course a safe choice – Hennessy Cognac is the biggest Cognac trading house in the world and they know what they are doing.
This XO used to be a Reserve de Famille, exclusively available to the Hennessy family, later on found its international markets.
Tasting notes of the Hennessy XO Cognac:
The color: deep ocher
On the nose: ripe fruit, a hint of spices, mellow wood tones and a nice alcoholic 'green' note
The taste: soft fruit, toasted wood, balanced, elegant and robust, some cinnamon
The finish: intense taste, remains pretty long
The origin: Hennessy is known for buying eaux-de-vie from all the Cognac region. So it will probably be a blend of the Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Fins Bois, Borderies…
The age: The average age of the eaux-de-vie is 45 years
The Price of this XO Cognac is about $100 – $140 (it's true it is a good Cognac, but still: some people consider the XO as over-priced, but it really all depends on your taste)
If one wanted to compare it to Rémy Martin XO, the Hennessy remains a bit more agressive and slightly less smooth than the Remy. But still, this XO is mellow as a XO can be – having it slightly more sharp is a choice: The Hennessy XO Cognac is more masculine than other XOs. Maurice Hennessy developed the XO blend in 1870 for the Cognac house.
Hennessy XO could be called be a "beginner" XO. It's not a value judgement but more a way of saying that it's fruity style, blended to retain considerable grappa-like aromas. I personally prefer Martell XO or Martell Cordon Bleu which is also a high-end Cognac (and $40 – $50 less expensive).
Buy for $ 222.07
Pic: Copyright Cognac-Expert.com
Comments (10)
XO is probably the best cognac ive have ever tasted.
I have an XO bottle that is about 15 years old I want to sell it any offers?
Are they still making Paradis ?
Where is this 100$
whats the diff between green base and white base hennessy xo?
Meli, I want to buy, but I need to see the pics.
Great taste.


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Two house and a car were torched in separate fires in Provo overnight. Investigators say they suspect all three fires are cases of arson.
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County merges Transit and EMS into one department
Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services and Transit have been combined into one new department.
The change eliminates the position of EMS Director Richard Pettus. He was told of the change Thursday.
Rutherford County Manager Carl Classen said that the new department — known as Transportation Services — will begin immediately and Transit Director Kerry Giles has been named the new Transportation Services Director.
Classen said that Terry Baynard will serve as operations manager for EMS while Jeff Hill will be operations manager for Transit.
"We are facing, as everyone knows, very tough economic times," Classen said. "It was clear that as we were going through the budget, that we needed to make some changes."
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This is an extract from a full
report on the Cellnet F3 Superprix which appeared in the
15 October 1987 issue of Autosport. Many thanks to the
magazine and the writer, Tony Dodgins.
We had torrential rain, a cancelled day, dry, wet, and
damp all in the course of the second Cellnet Superprix.
We had minor incidents, major incidents, re-started races
and red flags. Through it all, three drivers stood out:
Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot and Martin Donnelly.
Martin was ultimately unable to stay with Johnny and
Bertrand in the final, the latter turning in a brilliant
performance after finding himself ninth on his semi-final
grid. His efforts in that twice halted three-lap semi
were nothing short of sensational and he looked fair set
in the Final until tapped at Druids by Danielsson. Johnny
then seized the initiative and thereafter countered every
move to score a faultless win, emphatically ending that
barren spell that has afflicted him since June.
First semi-final
Totally dry conditions greeted drivers for the first
time during the weekend as the field assembled for the
first semi-final. With the British championship decided,
that confident edge seems to have returned to Johnny
Herbert's driving and he made no mistake off the line to
head the field through Paddock. If he had managed starts
like that all year, he may have bagged even more
successes, but clearly nobody could hold a candle to him
in this race. With the programme running behind schedule,
the race had been reduced to 15 laps and Johnny romped
away unchallenged, 12secs to the good by the chequer.
Many had anticipated a battle with Danielsson, but the
Swede, although comfortable in second spot, could offer
no threat. Herbert was 1 sec clear by Westfield second
time round and 3secs up after three tours.
We then looked to Damon Hill. Could he oust Danielsson
for second? The answer to that was a very firm 'no' as
the RT31 made very firm contact with the tyres at
Westfield. Exit Hill, or so we thought... Damon was later
found sitting in the front of the Intersport
transporter/hospitality suite. He was in the front - you
know, the bit reserved for debriefs, chats, coffees and
the like.
"You see that metal plate over there," he
said, pointing to a piece of aluminium not in keeping
with the general decor, "well that's covering a hole
where Monti put his fist earlier in the year. It's been
well used today..." Meanwhile Glenn Waters' crew
readied the car just in case there were not enough left
to fill the final grid.
Back on the circuit, the race had settled into a
pattern, with not a great deal happening. Herbert ran out
a comfortable winner with Danielsson an equally secure
runner-up and Dave Coyne untroubled in third. Frank Biela
drove a steady race to claim fourth, clear of a delighted
Beto Jimenez, still oozing the delights of his new
Behind the Mexican, Osvaldo Negri was doing a fine job
with his TechSpeed Reynard. This lad, with a budget and
some testing is going to need watching most carefully.
The problematic practice brigade was flying, too,
headed by Peter Kox. At two- thirds distance I put a
watch on the gap between Herbert and Kox. It went out by
just half a second between laps 9 and 10, Peter in
traffic. Bancroft, too, was making good progress until
halted by a recurrence of his battery problem.
The race's main interest was now Negri, Rosso, Rydell
and the flying Kox in combat over sixth spot. With the
semis deciding the final's grid slots, nobody was about
to pussy foot. Rydell, in particular, was impressive,
diving inside Rosso at Paddock after the classic feint to
the outside. It was a move you expect from a Brands Hatch
veteran not a 20 year old Swede having his first
experience of the circuit.
More heroics were coming from young Raphael del Sarte,
storming along in a clear B class lead and taking a new
lap record to boot. Terrific.
Of the rest, we had lost Robert Amren with a drive
shaft failure, Gerrit van Kouwen who was off at
Stirlings, while Peter Hardman was just outside the top
10, lacking a rhythm that comes with racing miles.
Semi-Final 1: 15 laps - 39.20 miles
1 Johnny Herbert (Reynard-VW 873), 21m 36.31s,
2 Thomas Danielsson (Reynard-Alfa Romeo 873), 21m 48.29s
3 Dave Coyne (Reynard-VW 873), 21m57.85s
4 Frank Biela (Reynard-VW 873), 22m 01.01s
5 Gilberto Jimenez (Reynard-VW 873), 22m 08.34s
6 Osvaldo Negri (Reynard-VW873), 22m l1.80s
7 Peter Kox (Reynard-Toyota 873), 22m 12.29s
8 Rickard Rydell (Reynard-VW 873), 22m 12.33s
9 Victor Rosso (Ralt-VW RT31), 22m 12.79s
10 Tim Davies (Swallow-VW 387), 22m 1 3.66s
11 Peter Hardman (Reynard-VW 873), 22m 23.42s
12 Raphael Real del Sarte (Ralt-VW RT30), 22m 35.88s
13 Phil Andrews (Reynard-Alfa Romeo 8733), 22m37.34s
14 Jo Zeller, (Ralt-VW RT30), 22m 42.92s
15 Peter Boutwood (Ralt-VW RT30), 22m 43.16s
16, Hers Hillebrink (Reynard-VW 23m 00.08s
17 James Shead (Ralt-VW RT30), 23m 05.25s
18 Paul Sebburn (Ralt-VW RT30), 14 laps
Fastest lap: Herbert, 1m24.94s, 110.77mph.
The previously scheduled 30 laps were reduced to 20
amid very real fears that should anything hold up the
final, then the impending gloom would close in.
A look at the front two rows of the grid had everyone
rubbing their hands in expectation; Herbert, Donnelly,
Danielsson, and Gachot. They lined up in their current
Lucas British F3 championship positions, hard,
uncompromising men all.
At the green Danielsson shot left and contact with
Gachot looked inevitable. The Belgian braved it out
around the outside of Paddock and momentarily we had them
three abreast. Gachot was forced out on to the old
circuit but chopped across behind Donnelly to claim
second on the run up to Druids with Danielsson third and
Herbert contemplating the wonders of the Brands Hatch
pole. Phew!
McCarthy, meanwhile, shot his bolt with an attempt to
at Herbert going into Surtees. The pair made contact and
Pel spun across the kerbing. There he sat till everyone
had gone by.
The quartet was still as one as it streamed across the
line, already well clear of Galvin and Coyne. At Druids,
however, it was all change. Gachot was clipped up the
rear by Danielsson and did an impromptu 360 degree
rotation as the Swede tried to miss him and ended up in
the tyres and out of the Super Prix. Thomas explains:
"Martin and Bertrand went in together and Bert ran a
little wide. I figured if I got the power on I might be
able to pass on the inside but I slid into out his side
pod. It's a real shame because Dave (Morgan) and the boys
had done a great job with the wet settings - my car was
terrific." Herbert gratefully went by into second
and Gachot resumed third.
It soon became apparent that Martin Donnelly was not
entirely happy: "We softened the settings after the
semi, but the extra roll in the corners aggravated the
slides and meant I could not get the power down so
Johnny quickly closed in for the kill and shot up the
inside of the Ralt at Dingle Dell. It was not to be a
Cellnet win. Herbert was driving quite beautifully,
balancing the car on the throttle as it tried to get away
from him on the treacherously slippery exit to Graham
Hill Bend.
The recovering Gachot was now right with Donnelly and
needed to get by as soon as possible. The problem
Donnelly described was never so apparent as now, Gachot
with the power down so much earlier out of Graham Hill
Bend. Martin moved left to block, Gachot flicked back
right to give himself the optimum line through Surtees,
gained better traction and was through.
At this point, Herbert was almost three seconds to the
good and there were 16 to go. A Benetton test was at
Watches on the gap revealed a constant margin of 2.5s
for the next couple of laps, but suddenly the Marlboro
car was reeling in the Stelrad one and the gap was down
to 1.3s. Next time round, however, it was back to 2s and
there it stayed for a while until the pair began to get
in among traffic. It then extended to 3s for the first
time and the most worrying time for Johnny passed without
incident as he dealt magnificently with the traffic.
Bertrand, meanwhile, encountered a car at paddock on
successive laps and could not close the gap own. So
evenly matched were the pair that they recorded fastest
race laps identical to the hundredth. Gachot adding:
"I could have won if it were not for the clout from
Danielsson at Druids. We were very even and whoever was
ahead was going to win."
Herbert, though, never put a foot wrong and like his
semi-final performance, this was faultless. Leading in
such tricky conditions is always difficult and he took
the chequer having turned in super drives in both wet and
dry conditions. Clearly the team had solved any trouble
they had with wet settings, and Saturday morning seemed
long way away...
Behind Gachot, there was an epic tussle between
Galvin, Coyne and Biela, with Mark finding his car very
difficult to drive but nonetheless doing a sterling job:
"I really was having to do some very nasty things to
people to keep them behind..."
At half distance Coyne eventually made it by and
Mark's valiant defence then seemed to wane, Biela through
as well next time round.
Behind the German, Brabham, Simmiss and Schonstrom
were locked in combat over seventh, Victor Rosso having
also been in their before spinning out at Stirlings. This
spoiled a fine effort from the Argentinian, up from 18th
to 8th in five laps.
Rosso's progress, however, had been assisted by a
number of spins and excursions. Harrington and Favre were
first lap casualties at Druids, Rydell's hopes ended at
Surtees on that first lap, and Jiminez locked up and went
off at the headline way while remaining a finer 74 on lap
four, to be joined their two laps later by Peter Kox.
John Pratt, meanwhile, fell foul of a clout up the
rear from Damon Hill, Brands Hatch's favourite son
charging through the field after indeed being permitted
to start from the back.
Galvin was now falling into the clutches of a frantic
Brabham, Simmiss and Schonstrom, Craig going like never
before. With five to go Niclas went inside Simmiss
beautifully at Paddock and next time tried the same move
on Galvin. The pair touched, Galvin spun and rejoined
behind Brabham, and Simmiss gratefully seized sixth and
headed off up the road after Biela. To give you some idea
of how quickly the Kiwi was going, he finished just 0.3s
behind the German having recorded fastest lap of the
race, 0.03s quicker than Herbert and Gachot!
Further down Raphael real del Sarte did it again,
claiming a place on the rostrum with 16th overall, the
Class B winner by a clear 8 seconds from Swede Hans
Hillebrink and then Peter Boutwood. this trio were the
only one as remotely in it.
With the chequer only just pre-empting darkness,
summer fireworks managed to be dry enough to crackle
spectacularly into action. There had been so much water
last weekend that they somehow seemed rather incongruous.
Final Results - 20 laps, 52.20 miles
1 Johnny Herbert (GB), EJR/Stelrad + Gemini + RfB
(Reynard-VW873) - 34m 41.27s
2 Bertrand Gachot (B), West Surrey/Marlboro (Ralt-Alfa
3 Martin Donnelly (GB), Intersport/Cellnet + Ricoh
(Ralt-Toyota RT31 - 34:48.11
4 Dave Coyne(GB), Bross/Konig (Reynard-VW873) - 35:11.53
5 Frank Biela (D), ACE/Rifle Jeans (Reynard-VW 873) -
6 Craig Simmiss (NZ) , Wheeltorque (Reynard-VW873) -
7 Niclas Schonstrom (S), Swallow/Mobira (Reynard-VW873) -
8 Gary Brabham (AUS), Jack Brabham/Panasonic (Ralt-VW
9 Mark Galvin (IRL), Docking/Shorehill Investments
(Reynard-Alfa 873) - 35:23.73
10 Damon Hill (GB), Intersport/Cellnet + Ricoh
(Ralt-Toyota RT31) - 35:37.01
11 Osvaldo Negri (BR), TechSpeed/Amigos do Brazil
(Reynard-VW873) - 35:51.80
12 Perry McCarthy (GB), Madgwick/Hawtal Whiting
(Reynard-Alfa 873) - 35:56.05
13 Tim Davies (GB), Bob Salisbury/Autowindscreens
(Swallow-VW387) - 36:04.89
14 Peter Zakowski (D), Schafer/Amdahl (Ralt-VW RT31), 19
15 Peter Hardman (GB), EJR/Whitehouse (Reynard-VW873), 19
Many thanks to Autosport and
the writer for the above report. All rights reserved.
The series of historic reports comes to you from the archives of
fan Harry Lythgoe
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Regional soccer change
The Creston girls soccer Class 1A regional match against Centerville scheduled for Tuesday evening was postponed to 6 p.m. today in Indianola.
MS basketball
Creston head boys basketball coach Brett Watson announced that the Creston Middle School gym will be open from 9-10:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for boys entering grades 6-8.
The Nodaway Valley home baseball and softball games scheduled for Tuesday evening have been postponed. Those games will be made up as part of a varsity doubleheader at Bedford on June 24.
The Mount Ayr vs. Southwest Valley baseball and softball games scheduled for Tuesday evening were also postponed.
Walk-in clinic
There will be a walk-in clinic for school sports physicals from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, June 20, at Greater Regional Medical Clinc.
Cost is $25, cash or check only, and a parent or guardian must be present. Students need to bring the schol sports phyiscal forms to the clinic.