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A social media effort has been launched to garner support for a Webster City business facing a major building repair.
A Facebook page popped up Wednesday night, urging people to support an effort to "Save Fuhs Bakery," and stated that the city of Webster City had directed the the owners to repair an outside wall on the business. The wall, which was once shared with another building, is deteriorating and poses a safety hazard, according city officials.
"The City is trying to force Fuhs to fix the 'eyesore' wall that does not belong to them. If they can't fix this wall, they will be forced to close," the Facebook page stated to followers. The Daily Freeman-Journal contacted the Facebook page administrator who declined to comment, other than to say they were a family friend who wanted to help.
The page had received more than 1,250 "likes" by early evening Thursday.
"This is not about an eyesore. It's structural. The wall is falling," said City Manager Ed Sadler.
In May 2012, an engineering analysis by Tometich Engineering Inc. of Urbandale, found the wall was leaning outward to the east by 1.5 inches in six feet.
"This is a dangerous lean. The wall also has deterioration at the base and bricks are falling from it at the top," the report stated.
The turn-of-the-century building had shared a common wall with what was the former Dyvig's Pet Shop. That building was demolished, leaving a facade that was never meant to be an exterior wall.
"The adjacent building has been demolished and the common wall between them has been exposed to the elements," the analysis stated. "The wall was not intended to be an exterior wall and thus the masonry has accelerated deterioration."
The report concluded that the wall is in "imminent danger of collapse and should be treated as a dangerous situation and that the area should be fenced off and the floors and roof should be re-shored."
Sadler said that while he viewed the wall as a dangerous situation, no one could predict when the wall might collapse.
"I certainly don't want anyone standing beside it or inside the building when it happens," he said.
A second report completed by Tometich Engineering on Fuhs Bakery said that a proposal to cover the exposed wall could be adequate, but recommended the structure be monitored yearly.
At the heart of the matter may be who actually owns the wall and bear the cost of the repairs – the Fuhs, former owners of the demolished building or the current owner of the vacant lot.
"I'm not sure who gets to determine whose responsibility it is but it seems like it's more of a civil matter between two owners of property," Sadler said.
He said that state law does allow for the deeding of a wall to the adjacent building owners.
The comments on the Facebook page also questioned who should be responsible for the repairs.
"We are fortunate to have Fuh's Bakery. Who owns the outside wall? I wonder how the law reads?" asked one person.
Several commenters offered to help start a fundraising campaign to help pay for repairs.
"Can't Fuh's fans rally together to raise the money to fix the wall?" asked another.
Still other comments slammed the City Council for "picking on a local business."
Fuhs Pastry Shop opened in 1970 and offers a variety of rolls, doughnuts and other pastries. The owners, Tom and Shirley Fuhs, closed the business last summer due to health issues, but reopened in February 2013.
"People are happy we're coming back. We are happy to be opening back up. We have great customers and have missed them, too," Shirley Fuhs said at the time of the reopening.
The Daily Freeman-Journal reached out to the Fuhs about the wall issue, but they declined to comment.
Not on the agenda
The Facebook page also urges area residents to attend the City Council meeting on Monday to show support for the business. However, the matter of the wall is not on the agenda, according to Sadler, so no action will be taken by the City Council. Local citizens can address the council during the public comments time at the beginning of the meeting.


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"It would be a huge relief to us if we knew for a certainty that a plan was in place and fully funded to take care of our very dear son when we can no longer assume responsibility.
"I feel like if we got waiver services today it would be like being let out of prison.
"My basic hope and prayer is that I outlive my son."
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Despite 10 terms in Congress, Bill McCollum isn't gaining traction against a state senator in the attorney general race.
By AARON SHAROCKMAN
Published September 23, 2006
In a little-watched statewide race, attorney general candidate Bill McCollum is in many ways running against himself.
So far, voters are split.
With 44 days until Election Day , McCollum is in a virtual tie against a relatively obscure Democrat, state Sen. Walter "Skip" Campbell, according to early polls.
Perhaps it's a sign of a larger trend of Democrats gaining momentum nationally. Perhaps it's a reflection on McCollum, a 10-term congressman and two-time candidate for U.S. Senate. Perhaps it's because no one's yet paying attention.
Or perhaps, as politics continues to devolve, being less known is becoming a good thing.
Bill McCollum: 'Tailor-made' for the job
Besides Charlie Crist, McCollum, 62, may be perhaps the best-known candidate running for a state Constitutional office.
He served 20 years in the U.S. House and came close to beating Sen. Bill Nelson in 2000. He helped lead a zealous prosecution of President Bill Clinton during his impeachment, and he was a terrorism policy wonk "before terrorism was cool," as Gov. Jeb Bush put it last week. McCollum has spent $17-million in the last six years telling voters about Bill McCollum.
His pedigree for the office is unmatched, Bush said. McCollum was the chairman of House subcommittee on crime, and founded the House task force on terrorism in 1989.
"He's tailor-made for this job," said Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty. "So many people have said, 'Bill ought to be attorney general, he'd be perfect.'"
"He's not a charmer," said John Evans, a longtime supporter who first met McCollum in Washington in 1991. "He's not one of those feel-good kind of guys. He's not exciting. But I can't imagine a better candidate for attorney general."
McCollum surprised many Republicans when he entered the race, and quickly dispatched four potential primary challengers.
He comes with an extensive political history — some of which may look more like baggage. He took campaign money from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and at least $12,000 from Enron executives before that company went bust.
McCollum now works as a lobbyist, something the Campbell campaign has worked into many of its campaign correspondences.
Bush, who helped McCollum raise $125,000 last week in Orlando, brushed off the notion McCollum was unethical.
"I know he has the integrity to do the right thing," Bush said.
Walter Campbell: 'I should win this thing'
Most Floridians are about as likely to know Walter Campbell the watercolor artist as they are Walter "Skip"
Campbell, the Broward County state senator.Campbell's internal polls say 26 percent of Floridians know who he is.
And campaign manager Jeff Garcia admits probably half might be lying so they don't come off as political lightweights. "We ask people in Tampa for money. We don't know them," Garcia said. "We're meeting them for the first time."
Still, Campbell, a prominent trial lawyer and wealthiest member of the state Senate, is flying around on one of his airplanes, pounding podiums across Florida. In an August poll, he trailed McCollum by 1 point.
The governor has accused Campbell of grandstanding on insurance issues, and the Senate president's office has also chided Campbell for using his state Senate office to promote his attorney general campaign. Campbell keeps attacking.
"The polls I'm doing, show he's twice as well known as I am," said Campbell, 57. "But we're still even.
"If I communicate the message I'm trying to communicate, as to what my background is and who I am, my numbers propel like you can't believe. If I get my message out, I should win this thing," Campbell said.
McCollum may be better known, but Campbell has lined up some key institutional support. The state's two main police groups, the Florida Home Builders Association and a statewide firefighters group are all backing Campbell.
Those same groups have all endorsed Charlie Crist for governor.
Republican and former Senate President John McKay also is supporting Campbell, whom he calls a friend.
"He wasn't always on my side in the Senate," McKay said. "But I have lots of respect for him."
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Geeze. Is that the team mantra this year? Already we've seen some horrible base-running by guys like Michaels and Peralta, etc.....then tonight, we go from 1st and 3rd with none out to a runner on 1st with 2 outs and no runs scored because the guy at 3rd got caught in a rundown, and the guy who was on 1st got caught in a rundown between 2nd and 3rd.
Then, in the 9th, with 1 out and runners on 1st and 3rd, Holly hits a line drive right at 2B, yet Grady is running halfway down to second....
What gives?
I'm growing sick and tired of this team being fundamentally challenged.....they can't bunt, they get picked off bases, all of a sudden we can't throw strikes, etc. WTF were we doing all Spring when they supposedly worked on this shit?
And, you know what? This fundamental BS starts with the manager? He is the epitome of bad fundamentals when it comes to managing. If the guy lacks any ability to manage a game because he is clueless....how the fuck can the same guy coach guys to be more fundamentally sound? It's like having Manny Ramirez teaching players how to run bases, or Mickey Tettleton how to work a count.
Sorry for the rant. As somewhat of a Wedge supporter before this season began, I've about had it with him and his entire coaching staff.


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Colorado Springs Plays Host to first Pentathlon Regional Series Event
Youth and Junior Pentathletes gathered on April 30 for the first of four Regional Series events to be held for Juniors and Youth in cities around the nation. USA Pentathlon, in a move to bring the sport to more cities around the nation, held the first competition at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Brendan Anderson (Colorado Springs, Colo.) bested Ben Wiggins (Laurel, Miss.) and Cory Cranford (Morrison, Colo.) in the boys youth division, and also took home the junior boys division title. In the Junior Women's division, Samantha Achterberg (Littleton, Colo.) took first place followed by McKenzie West (Sedalia, Colo.) and Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Ark.). Katie Penrose won the Youth Girls division followed by Nicole Bloom and Emily Oliver.
It was a great start to a new program designed to grow the sport of Modern Pentathlon. Young rookies mixed with established veterans at the Olympic Training Center. The riding event, held at M&M stables in Fountain, Colo., provided an exciting finish to a day of new experiences for many of the athletes. We'll see most of these athletes again at the OTC as all participating athletes qualified for the U.S. Youth and Junior Nationals to be held this summer at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.


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i am new to rails. i want to install rails in a PC in LAN.
First I installed Ruby by rubyinstaller-1.9.3-p392.exe, and installed RubyGems in rubygems-1.8.25.zip.
The last step, according to the tips from "http://rubyonrails.org/download" is - gem install rails.
I think that rails will be installed automatically by gem which fetch files from the remote "rubygems.org". It seems not.
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I've been thinking about this for a while that I don't think people tend to post about there experiences with aged pu-erh mainly posting about their experiences with immature sheng. When it comes to the aged or semi aged pu-erh available to us pitiable westerners with no tea markets to call our own there are very few comments or reviews out there. For one for one person to review all of the aged pu-erh available it would involve a substantial investment as aged pu-erh prices continue to soar. Afterall the reason we are all filling are closets, cupbords with bings building pumidors or securing storage space in Hong Kong is that we eventually hope to have aged tea one day right. I hope that this can be come a thread to review aged pu-erh around ten years or older available online and to post any experience we have with aged tea (available online or not).
I will start it off hopefully this won't fade into the back pages of tea chat.
Today I am drinking a 92-94 250 gram tuocha from Henry Trading Co in Hong Kong courtesy of Ge-Off-ree. This seems to have the same wrapper as The 80's bamboo wrapped tuocha from EOT and Houde. The flavor is also very similar with alittle more astringency.
For this session I used a 4.5 grams of loose tea including some dust from the bottom of my sample in a 75ml. aged zini 80's yixing.
I gave it a 7 second rinse then started with a ten second brew. The first infusion a nice swirling of eun moo (clouds and Fog) apear on the surface of the cup always a good sign. The tea shows more green wood in it than the older version of the tea.
The second infusion brought out the more mellow aged taste with just a touch of astringency in the front of the mouth to let you know this tea is not done aging.
The third infusion (time still at around ten seconds) The tea keeps getting thicker and more rich. The flavor of this tea resides in the back of the throat. This tea did tend to fade allot faster than its older relatives but that could definitly be on account of the broken leaf used for the session.
All around this is a great inexpensive aged sheng pu-erh the storage has been good leaving the tea aged with no offensive taste. It is not all that complex but it would be a decent aged tea that is complex enough to make it interesting and cheap enough to not worry about drinking it . Even the older versions available online are still about the cost of a latte from Starbucks per pot.


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For the third consecutive year, Delaware State University has broken its enrollment record with a fall semester 2012 total enrollment of 4,425 students – which marks the first time the institution has gone over the 4,400 threshold.
The record 4,425 enrollment surpasses the previous record of 4,178 set in in the fall of 2011. The 2012 enrollment figures include a record 3,955 undergraduates and a record 470 graduate students (master and doctoral students).
The University enrolled 1,041 new freshmen this fall, fall short of last year's record of 1,085.
"While the number of students is going up, the quality of the students entering DSU as indicated by their high school grade point average and their SAT reading and mathematics scores, are also higher than ever before," said DSU President Harry L. Williams.
Last month it was announced that DSU has moved up from 15th to 13th in the U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking of Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country.


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Kelley receives plaque at courthouse
Frank Kelley is highly respected, not only in Alpena, but in Michigan and the entire United States. As the longest serving Attorney General in United States history his list of accomplishments are long and storied and on Friday he was recognized in Alpena for the work he has done representing the people, but more importantly for the person he is outside of the courtroom.
Surrounded by current and retired judges, dozens of local law professional and friends and family, Kelley and 26th Circuit Court Judge Michael Mack unvieled a plaque that honors Kelley, as well as cements his legacy in Northeast Michigan.
After short salutes from several of his comrades, Mack shared how his father and Kelley worked as criminal lawyers and tried cases in the very courtroom Friday's dedication took place. He said Kelley was more than a friend. He said he was like family and a mentor growing up.
"When I was growing up I would call him Mr. Kelley in public and he would pull me aside and tell me to call him Frank," Mack said. "Your friends call you Frank and you have been very loyal to your friends and you have been very loyal to this community. For a person that has served and advised presidents from Kennedy to Clinton, I feel especially privileged to know you."
When Kelley spoke he shared several stories about how he was accepted in Alpena after moving from Detroit. He said as a young Democrat in a town that was made up of mostly Republicans he realized quickly that if you treated people with dignity and respect, they looked past the political label and accepted you as a part of the community. Kelley said Alpena has always been special to him and that he was humbled to be recognized with the plaque bearing his name and likeness hanging outside the Circuit Court.
"I'm very pleased to be in my adoptive home of Alpena and to hear all of the kind words," Kelley said. "The days I had in Alpena were very happy and we had a lot of fun. Being in this room brings back many memories. My law carreer in Alpena was like a Victorian success story you read in the 19th Century. Everything you hoped would happen, did happen and I met many wonderful people. It is a nice place to live and everyone is nice. I learned living in Alpena that if you're nice to somebody, just plain nice, regardless of religion or politics, 99 times out of 100 they will be nice back to you."
Kelley wound up his speech by quoting a famous saying from an old Star Trek character and thanked everyone who showed up to salute him.
"Mr. Spock would always tell everyone to 'live long and prosper' and I think that sums up my life. He must have touched me, because I've been able to live long and prosper and I'm very grateful," Kelley said. "I have had a great life and much of it I owe to the hospitality and support of the people in Alpena. Please note that this is one of the happiest days of my life and it is a happy day for my family and we will always remember our days in Alpena. It was one of the best times of my life."
After Kelley spoke the courtroom convened into the hallway where Kelley's plaque was covered with a green drape. Mack assisted Kelley in removing it and then he took the time to pose for photos.
After the event Mack said although Kelley doesn't reside in Alpena any longer, it is still special to him and he is still special to the town.
"He is a dear, dear friend to Alpena and he talks about Alpena constantly," Mack said. "Alpena has always been very important to him and it is still very important to him today. It was important for us to honor him, as we have done today."
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HANCOCK – A Michigan progressive bluegrass band is making its Copper Country debut Jan. 18, as Fauxgrass will play the Orpheum Theater at 8 p.m.
Formed in 2011, Fauxgrass plays a more modern form of bluegrass that crosses multiple genres.
"We're a lower Michigan-based acoustic quartet, and we focus on original compositions," said Jason Wheeler, mandolin player and vocalist, in a phone interview. "We're not a traditional bluegrass band that plays in a specific, disciplined way. We're exploring tunes a little bit as younger guys in the bluegrass world."
Comprised of Wheeler, Adam Balcer (guitar, vocals), Tim McKay (bass, vocals) and Joey Schultz (banjo, vocals), Fauxgrass has toured throughout the Midwest and made their mark on the Michigan music community with their energetic shows.
"It's a very high-energy show, a pretty interactive show," Wheeler said. "People will see us improvising and taking risks with our instruments that may be considered rare in the acoustic world. It's a very unique acoustic performance."
Although a younger band, Fauxgrass' members have been in multiple bands and studied with some of the bluegrass masters, including jazz/swing mandolinist Don Stiernberg, "keith-banjo style" creator Bill Keith and composer/mandolinist Don Julin.
"We basically all have roots in traditional American music," Wheeler said.
Fauxgrass currently has a self-titled album out and is in the studio working on its second album. With two members from Traverse City and two from Grand Rapids, they appreciate the sense of community found in Michigan.
"We're active in our communities and still part of that traditional music world," Wheeler said.
For more information about Fauxgrass, visit fauxgrassmusic.com. Fauxgrass is part of a bluegrass series the Orpheum Theater is in the midst of, and dates for more bluegrass artists will be released soon.


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Skip to comments.Shooting range no longer welcomes Burlington Police
Posted on 01/21/2013 11:55:31 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
BURLINGTON, Vt. The Burlington Police Department is getting caught in the crossfire between Burlington City Council and Second Amendment advocates.
A shooting range in Morrisville, Vt. is no longer letting Burlington Police officers train there.
(Excerpt) Read more at wptz.com ...
In this age of politicization, neutral is not a color. Time to $hit or get off the pot.
Vermont is a crazy state with a lot of explicit socialism — but they are also a Constitutional Carry state, and there are not that many of those. The City Council made a bad vote, and the gun owners don't like it.
If they are not for me they are against me!
>Deputy Chief Andy Higbee said officers will train more at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in the mean time.
A shame the Ethan Allen folks don't put a stop to that too.
What a mess!
As much as I am all for sending of messages, I hate to see rank and file cops suffer. My experience with the police has been that most of the madness resides at the top. The guys on the beat have to put up with a lot of crap, and I don't like seeing them penalized because the voters have elected idiots.
What a sad thing, considering the name of the range.
The PD Deputy cheif said:
"It is unfortunate that this important and much-needed community dialogue regarding gun control currently under way in the city of Burlington and across the nation has resulted in this action,"
I wouldn't let the sonsabitches on my range either, if that is their attitude.
Elections should have consequences. For far too long, the DoNut Munchers Union has been more motivated to care for its members than to the public and the Constitution.
Once, oaths had meaning, fixed meanings, too.
Was my thought also.
The whole lot of Neo Europa should be purged from America. There is simply no need for those states any longer.
IMO, Unions in general don't really care that much about their members at all. They are just the pawns.
The union leadership cares only for the well being of the union leadership.
People don't want to believe the police would lie at Sandy Hook, but they don't realize cops in New England are just another leftist bloc.
Who are the people still privileged to use that shooting range?
Let them train elsewhere.
I agree, I agree, but I also know how it is.
Down here in Texas we are 'backwards' as far as the progressives are concerned. But even here, several cops I know have to watch what they say very carefully. All the police department higher ups, and sometimes even the union higher ups, all sing from the same book. And the poor guys on the bottom better soon learn they better not cross the higher ups, as they have many 'negative' ways to reward such candor.
There's smaller sheriff's departments where people are still able to stand up strong. But most of the big city police departments have become cabals that do not tolerate much dissent from 'the plan.' By the way - the money hasn't been printed that would get me to be a cop in a big city police department!
Ethan Allen was one of my first heroes. My Mom bought me biographies of him and Paul Revere for my birthday once.
The dogs in Burlington will sleep better at night.
Burlington, I think, is a college town. That explains a lot.
I think that the Lamoille Valley Fish and Game Club could make this even more amusing by sponsoring a fun event for "LEOs who support the 2nd Amendment".
That is, throw a party for all the other police who show up, and not invite the Burlington PD.
The Burlington Police Department is staying out of the debate, but did release a statement.Dialogue??? The time for any dialogue is before a vote is taken, not after. The vote is a monologue - politicians vote for a ban; their subjects submit to it.
"It is unfortunate that this important and much-needed community dialogue regarding gun control currently under way in the city of Burlington and across the nation has resulted in this action," writes Deputy Chief Andy Higbee.
This follows a Burlington City Council vote earlier this month to ban semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines.What did the cops have to say when the ban was under consideration? Did they support it?
The Police Chief's job depends on this same group who passed this ordinance, he has to play politics in every facet of his life. But I would like to know how the rank and file police officers feel about this.
I'm sure glad Florida decided state law preempts all the local jurisdictions on firearms.
Good for the firing range; sticking to their principles over profit.
"The Police Chief's job depends on this same group who passed this ordinance, he has to play politics in every facet of his life."
Wahhhh, he works for the public. Either he supports the ban or he doesn't. Time to choose which side you are on.
I have been a police chief. The Chief needs to stand with the community and with the constitution. If he is afraid for his job, then he shouldn't be in the job in the first place.
Chiefs are generally at will employees. Granted that after a time there becomes a property interest right but that is for another discussion.
The single advice I give to Chiefs is to always do the right thing. To always be preparted that today is your last day on the job but leave having made the right decision.
I read this the other day, and I never get tired of reading it. Thanks for posting!
Well no, the problem is your bosses on the council decided to strangle "dialogue" by passing the stupid ordinance. Piss be upon you. May Ethan Allen Firing Range see the light and let your dog-shooters practice at the gravel pit like the rest of us.
Did you know that today is his 275th birthday?
Well so it is! Knock me over with a feather, FRiend!
Happy Birthday, Colonel. We're doing our best to be like you.
Unfortunately my best is closer to an Ethan Allen couch potato than the actual Ethan Allen. :/
What does Burlington need police for, anyway? Them weenies has banned all the guns!
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Yep that's me! I got a call for a gig less than 5 min after show aired! Also first email I go after the 5:30 am on CBS thos was from my real job boss !who had. NO idea what I was doing this OOPS so the cats out of the bag ? He did pay me a nice compliment so let's see what the rest of the gang thinks? It on my time own time right ?John
Thanks Barry !Yes the boss mentioned doing the trucker BBQ. Not sure if he was serious and I have had 3 calls already from CT! trying to get a link for my 5 minutes of fame JOhn


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De Niro says he wishes 'Sopranos' star had been more proactive about his health.
Robert De Niro is one of the titans of the film industry, yet in DuJour magazine's profile of the Oscar-winning actor, any sense of ego seems to be non-existent and, in fact, he willingly lavishes praise on his fellow actors.
One of the thespians on the receiving end of De Niro's compliments is James Gandolfini, whose iconic role as Mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos made him a star.
When the subject of Gandolfini's death on June 19 at the age of 51 comes up during the interview, De Niro calls the actor's sudden death a shame.
"It's terrible. He was too young," De Niro says. "I wish that he had been more maybe proactive about his health. I don't know what he did about that, but I wish he had been. It shouldn't have happened."
Before Gandolfini's death, he and De Niro had reportedly been in talks to work together on the HBO Films project Eating with the Enemy.


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Power Quotient International (PQI) has unveiled its first devices with USB 3.0 interface. The innovative interconnection technology will accelerate performance of two external hard drives as well as new USB 3.0 flash memory sticks.
PQI's Cool Drive U366 is one of the few USB 3.0 flash storage devices on the market, and it features read speed up to 97MB/s, which is four to five times higher compared to conventional high-performance USB 2.0 flash drives. The PQI Cool Drive U366 will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities.
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Remembering the Kennedy accidentWednesday, July 15th, 2009
Clueless as usual, I turned on the television to find that apparently everyone but I knew that young Kennedy was missing; his Piper Saratoga last heard from near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, the night before. Thus began what turned out to be a very busy day full of media speculation.
To assist Piper, I tracked down AOPA's media relations contacts at the time, Warren Morningstar and Drew Steketee. They both were already in the loop (they had pagers–you remember those). I put the two in touch with Piper. The media was starting to question the safety record of the venerable PA-32 and was looking for an independent source of safety information, such as the AOPA Air Safety Foundation. The PA-32 then and now has a fine safety record and the notion that the airplane was at fault quickly went away.
The July 1999 issue of AOPA Pilot happened to have a new Saratoga on the cover, which wasn't lost on some resourceful reporters for major magazines and newspapers who quickly found my home number and started calling for insights into the airplane. Although I didn't write that particular article, I did have several hundred hours in the trusty Saratoga. Before I was willing to share any comments I made sure I had a long enough conversation with the reporter to make sure that I felt he was truly looking for insights as opposed to seeking someone to support his own agenda. Most were quite reasonable and could be convinced not to speculate about the cause–especially since at that point they hadn't even found the bodies of Kennedy, his wife, and sister-in-law.
The next day, a Sunday, I found myself in a Kennedy-esque sort of situation. I was flying northeast from Frederick, Maryland, to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to look at an F33 Bonanza that I was considering buying. It was a typical Mid-Atlantic sort of summer morning–hazy, hot, and humid. There were a few scattered cumulus clouds around, but they were mostly masked by the haze. Knowing the region well, I launched VFR but soon regretted the decision. It was technically VFR, but the haze was incredibly thick–even by our usual standards. Even in daylight, I was relying mostly on the instruments, happy to have a solid autopilot in the A36 Bonanza I was flying. By my late-morning return to Frederick, the conditions were even worse, but I had wised up enough to file IFR. I couldn't imagine flying in such conditions at night and over water with no horizon–especially without an instrument rating. What was Junior thinking?
As AOPA Air Safety Foundation President Bruce Landsberg pointed out a year later in our Landmark Accident report, the NTSB determined the accident was the result of spatial disorientation caused by the haze at night and the young pilot's relative inexperience in flying in such conditions.
In his blog this week, Landsberg reminds us that having a Plan B is the best strategy when you think you might be headed into a situation that is more than you can handle. Equally as important is a willingness to execute Plan B, which can sometimes mean telling naive passengers that you're driving this evening or staying home, as disappointing as that may be. Better to be stuck at home than the subject of an NTSB report and on the receiving end of a lot of media speculation.