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Empty NestMature
Chapter 2 –Empty Nest
Laura Snow enjoyed driving. It gave her some much needed time to think. Today she was using the opportunity to her full advantage. The roughly thirty minute drive home to Scottdale from the hospital in the neighboring county where Laura worked was pleasant enough; the foliage on the side of the road was beginning to turn color with the beginnings of fall offering smatterings of burnt orange and vivid yellows along with the waning greens of summer. Fall really was her favorite season and she looked forward to spending some much needed time hiking in the Appalachian National and less time in the emergency room. Lana had held her degree in nursing since 2002 and though tending patients and providing exceptional care was her life's forte, she made a point to get out of town regularly and out in the wide wilderness.
After making a mental note to purchase a new set of hikers after her night shift tomorrow, Laura's mind wandered back to the ER. She recapped her hefty list of patients, many of whom were hypochondriac regulars, some of whom were sincerely ill and the three trauma patients she had assisted in attending after a brutal mva at 2:48 that morning. In crisis situations, it was easy for Laura to remove herself from the moment and get down to business; her skill set was well practiced and the physicians she worked alongside had confidence in her to act quickly and precisely. It was only after she had removed her scrubs and ergonomic white nursing shoes that her mind was able to apply emotion. Laura didn't expect the teenage girl to live to her next shift, she'd suffered a massive hemorrhage and extensive trauma after the oncoming GMC smashed directly into the passenger side panel of her boyfriend's Toyota Camry, sending it hurtling into the ditch at approximately 60 mph. Her boyfriend had sustained six fractured ribs, a shattered patella, multiple superficial lacerations and was missing his front four teeth after bouncing his face off of the steering wheel, but at the end of her shift he was alert and stable while his girlfriend was unconscious and on life support in intensive care. The driver of the GMC was a regular in the ER, being brought in at least once a week to dry out after binge drinking at the local tavern. Often he would be brought in after being assaulted for making lewd comments to someone's girlfriend or, rarely, to belligerently demand help dealing with alcohol withdrawal symptoms, after which he would leave, only to return to his bottle of bourbon and shoddy, run-down acreage on the edge of town.
Laura wondered what would happen to it, now that James "Whisky Jim" MacGregor was toe tagged and on ice in the morgue after swan diving through his windshield, but the truth was she didn't really care. After working in healthcare for almost ten years, she was intensely aware that the system propagated drug users and addicts, that the truly ill were likely to be found quiet on the hard plastic seats in the waiting room alongside those who were unable to deal with their latest cast of the sniffles, and that the innocent were incidentally being picked off at an alarming rate by society's dredges who refused to die. Laura briefly wondered when she had become such a cynic, but the large Elms which lined the Carpenter's driveway were coming into view as she made her way up the street and she pulled over at the curb, gathered her purse and cell phone and stepped out of her car to walk up the driveway to visit her old friend.
Laura had met Anna when she was still Anna Sharpe and attending English Lit classes at the University of Baltimore. The two had found each other in an open study group in the campus library and quickly struck up a friendship. Anna was studying to obtain a degree in Postmodern Literature, Laura was beginning her nursing program and the young women got along famously despite their differing career aspirations. For the duration of their programs at the university, they worked at the same Thai restaurant while also living together in residence. Oftentimes they would marvel at the solidity of their friendship and there was no questioning that they had been placed in each other's lives as a sounding board, a patient ear to listen to life's troubles at length and an unconditional support system. But the main reason Anna and Laura were inseparable was that the two provided each other with ample comic relief in their daily lives, so much so that when the two were twenty years old, they made the decision to pay tribute to one another with a tattoo gun. They'd left the shop, grinning and pleased with themselves, each flashing their new body decoration with pride. Laura's tattoo read "Laugh" and Anna's read "Til it Hurts", a testament to the countless times the two had found themselves doubled over, weeping and sore after a fit of belly laughter. When Anna moved to Pennsylvania to follow the love of her life, Laura had remained in Baltimore for next eighteen months finishing up her degree when it proved unsatisfactory to maintain their friendship from the two ends of a telephone line. Laura moved to Scottdale and was quickly employed in Everson as a registered nurse much to Anna's delight. She could use all the help she could get with two teething infants and Jon working full time.
Laura made her way up the gravel driveway, passing by the tire swing she had spent many hours pushing Jon and Anna's giggling twins on, and walked the steps of the wraparound deck to knock on the heavy wood of the front door. She'd been coming by to visit increasingly often, and with every unanswered rap on the door, began to worry that the depression Anna had been slipping into over the last four weeks had finally reached a boiling point. It was unlike Anna not to open up about what was bothering her, but this time it seemed she was unready to share, so Laura would patiently spend an hour or two drinking tea with Anna, making her laugh, aware that something wasn't right, but unwilling to force the issue. Now she peered into the window, looking for signs of movement in the house, before trying to doorknob. It turned easily and the door swung open with a small sighing creak.
"Anna? Hey, Anna!"
Laura could smell the coffee that had been put on to brew for Jon's breakfast and in the kitchen the dishes from a hearty breakfast were stacked by the sink neatly. The element on the stove was cold and there was no music playing in the house which was quite irregular.
"She must have taken the Steph and Trey to school," she thought to herself as she glanced out the window and decided to run some hot water in the sink basin to take care of the dishes. She was humming to herself, elbow deep in fluffy Dawn suds when she heard a thump from somewhere in the house. A cold shiver ran down her spine and her skin was covered in gooseflesh at once. She dried her hands on the floral printed dishtowel before making her way into the foyer.
She tried to make her voice sound light and untroubled as she walked the hall and called up the staircase, "You all right up there? Come on down, Ann, I thought you'd gone off to drop the kiddos at school!" Laura took two steps up the staircase and cocked her head to listen for any other sounds of movement. She heard nothing and turned slowly to head back to the kitchen for her cell phone to see if Anna's would ring from somewhere in the house. As she turned, her eyes met a piercing blue stare from the silent figure behind her.
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"Ho-ly-shit, Ann! You nearly scared me half to death! What the heck are you doing sneaking up behind me like that?!" Laura tried to hide the fact that she really wasn't kidding, she'd nearly jumped out of her skin just then. Her voice faltered a little before she broke out into a slightly delirious laugh of relief.
"Sorry girl, I didn't mean to scare you. I was just downstairs in the basement grabbing some dinner meat from the freezer," Anna said grinning mischievously. It was apparent that she had deliberately not acknowledged her friend's entrance and resolved to give her a good spook from the basement where she had indeed returned with a frozen package of burger. It was miraculous how the two turned into teenage girls all over again when Jon and the twins were out of the house.
"Yeah, sure." Laura drew out the last word, flashing her best friend a grin before heading back into the kitchen to wash up the last of the dishes. "Some things never change."
"For goodness sake, don't do my dishes!" Anna protested lazily, as Laura submerged her hands once more, and with a sigh grabbed the towel to help dry.
"The quicker we finish this, the quicker we can get to our gossip on the patio. Let these air dry and pour us some coffee instead, I've had a doozie of a night shift and I'm ready to relax with a hot cup. Deal?"
Anna threw down the towel and grabbed a couple mugs from the cupboard behind her. She diligently poured the coffee and as Laura was draining the sink of water, Anna was putting cookies on a plate to take out to the patio out back. It was specifically situated to catch the best rays on the whole of the wraparound deck and the weather was still beautiful for being mid-September.
Laura met Anna on the comfortable seats of the patio, removed her flip flops and, yawning, brought her knees up to her chest, revealing her freshly painted toenails. She sipped her coffee carefully at first to test the temperature and, when she deemed it satisfactory, took a long gulp.
"I'm sorry, Laur, you must be so tired. When I called you last night I didn't mean to scare you so badly, I was just having a really down and out day. You didn't need to rush here right after shift."
"You seem to forget who your best friend is here, my dear. It's never too much for me to come by, you know that." Laura reached out and placed her hand on her friend's knee, noticing the tears well up in her eyes. "What's going on?"
Swiping at her eyes with the heel of her palm like an angry child, Anna replied, "Oh it's just so stupid. I knew after Stephanie and Trey were born that it was the end of my childbearing road and I was ok with it. I had double everything to deal with. Double feeding, double diapers, double late night wakeups. It never really had time to register."
Laura nodded with an affirming murmur; she'd come by the house on more than one occasion to find Anna still in her pyjamas at eleven o'clock in the morning, hair dishevelled and looking like she hadn't slept in days.
"Now that they're eleven and so much more independent, I've got a bad case of Empty Nest syndrome," Anna said with a frown. "I didn't expect it to hit me this late and this hard."
"Oh honey, it's understandable. Sometimes things bug us even though we know we can't do anyth-," Laura's words of comfort were cut short as a series of harsh knocking at the door caused her to turn her head towards its source. The pair looked at each other quizzically as if to both say, "Now who could that possibly be?"
Anna rose and walked back into the house through the French doors toward the front entrance as the knocking continued with increasing vigor.


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First up, tickets are pricey. Our seats beind home plate for $28 each and we were actually in one of the mid-priced sections. Secondly, the rows are not elevated enough to allow you to see over the head of the person in front of you - you either have to lean to see around or move seats, which is what we did. For the first time ever we actually moved across the aisle to seats that had no one in front of them so that we could see. And lastly, it seems like a silly thing, but there are no cup holders. How do you build a brand new multi-million dollar state of the art stadium and not put in cup holders??
We watched a great game along with 4125 other 'die hard' fans. The rain held off and the wind actually died down about half way through the game. We even managed to get an occasional glimpse of the sun. The best part of the day was watching the Rockies soundly beat the Dodgers 12-0. If the play we witnessed today is any indication it's going to be a long season for the Dodger faithful.


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Supergirl was making her way back across town to the law offices of Levitt and Lee. Spiderman was being sued.
He was waiting inside her office and told his story. He had been working at an advertising agency for several years and had recently become an overnight success, landing several nation-wide campaigns. His latest artwork, however, was being analyzed for copyright infringement.
Nodding, Supergirl said she would look over the case and get back to him the next day. Spiderman thanked her and left. Looking over her desk, Supergirl found a new file. It hadn't been there when she had left that morning. Flipping it open, she found it was a malpractice suit against a doctor at United Hospital.
When the very same file landed on his desk the following morning, Flash almost halted. The lawyers of Green Lantern were pressing malpractice charges against him for the injuries Lantern sustained during surgery. Carrying the file, Flash made his way quickly across the hall to a friend's office. He stopped at the door. Supergirl was inside. She was upset.


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Irish StereotypesMature
So things have been said over the years like "So you're Irish, is it true that you all live on farms here?" to which I reply with something stupid like "So you're from Texas, is it true they shoot Atheists there?" or something equally horrible.
Why do people (mainly Americans - so sorry Americans. 99.9 percent of you are brilliant) stereotype the Irish as "Red-haired, green-eyed, top-'o-the-morning' leprechaun-hunters, farmers living in cottages built out of turf." Why? And yes. believe it or not, we do have electricity here (saracasm)
Just for the record, I don't want to offend anyone here, I'm just annoyed about this, and it actually takes quite a lot to annoy me. I know, reading these entries you'll think I have a bad temper, but I'm generally a calm, placid creature. I don't want to hate on America, I think it's a cool country, I'm just saying what I want to say.
One of my ex-friends once said that I am almost a stereotype. Red-brown hair and apparently green-blue eyes. They are more blue-grey, but back to the point.
- We do not all live on farms, in thatched cottages.
- Nobody says "Top of the morning"
- We do not all have red hair and green eyes.
- We do not all listen to 'traditional' irish music.
- I can hardly speak two lines of Irish. I speak more French and German than Irish.
- We don't hang out at 'Ceili's (can't spell that - went to one at school once - not an experience that I wish to repeat)
- Our cows aren't magic. We don't have any leprechauns.
If you think about it, saying that all the Irish are farmers is like saying that all Americans carry shotguns, or that all the French are artists sitting on street corners, or that all the English have really fancy accents. None of it is completely true.
Thank you very much for your time. Sorry I wasted it.


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Part 2
The early risers sup now
from their cups of coffee,
an energy boost into their veins.
The tired faces flashing
In the running window panes,
Splashing a summer rain
Onto the pavement. I'm sodden,
I'm angry, complain to no ear;
Remember the week's end is coming.
The sky is stunning blue like lapis
And the wife's hot stew is bubbling,
burning, searing, churning
in her pot. Not a bad lot.
So take a breath,
and get on with the day.
It's 8am and there's a forty minute wait
For the train.


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Alphonsus Liguori Quotes About SufferingQuotes about: Suffering
It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God's will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how love is made, by putting lover and loved one on the same level. . . A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised and humiliated.
Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are saved, will become for us eternal joys. When infirmities, pains, or any adversities afflict us, let us lift up our eyes to heaven and say, "One day all these pains will have an end, and after them I hope to enjoy God forever."
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Early Childhood Landscape • Early childhood education (below 7 years old) is not part of the formal education in Singapore • Quality of teaching and learning in preschools is uneven • A strong call from public to revamp the early childhood sector • The government stepped in to revamp and regulate the whole sector officially in 2013 Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) 1 April 2013 • Enhance the quality of teaching and learning • Develop a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for early childhood educators (in-service) PAP Community Foundation (PCF) • Set up in the early 1960s to help prepare children for entry into primary schools • Provide affordable preschool education • In 1986, the People's Action Party set up its charitable arm, the PAP Community Foundation (PCF) • We have more than 300 kindergartens & childcare centres in heartlands of Singapore PAP Community Foundation Tanjong Pagar – Tiong Bahru Education Centre @ Pinnacle • 1 of the 5 centres who pioneered the project on Lesson Study in 2009 • The only centre who sustains the practice since 2009 • Lesson study was even showcased to our Ex-Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at our opening ceremony (2010) Profile of Teachers (2013) • 6 teachers in the learning team • 1 principal, 1 vice-principal, 4 teachers (mostly beginning teachers) Chan Su Xuan Valerie Tan Selene Tung •Novice teacher •1 year •Novice teacher • 1 year Lynn Yeo •Research teacher 2013 •2 yrs Joey Yuen • Mentoring teacher • Research teacher 2012 • 2 yrs • Vice-Principal cum mentoring teacher • Research teacher 2011 & 2010) • 4 years Research Theme • How can we help all children learn by differentiating our teaching practices? Lesson Study Cycle Identify Research Theme Plan Lesson Lesson Plan Revision Research Lesson Post-Lesson Discussion Theme: Rain and Floods Lesson • Lesson 1 • Lesson 2 • Lesson 3 Topic How rain is formed? (environment aware focusing on water cycle) How do we measure rainfall? (numeracy lesson focusing on measurement) How do we prepare for floods? (literacy lesson using written words and drawings) Identify Research Theme Plan Lesson Lesson Plan Revision Research Lesson Post-Lesson Discussion Lesson on Measuring Rainfall for a K2 Class Lesson Segment Integrated Lesson (with focus on Numeracy) Tuning in activity • Recap on water cycle • What could be used to measure rain water? Development (Learning Tasks) • Use non-standard measuring unit (cubes) • Engage in hands-on activity to measure rainfall • Organise data in a pictograph Consolidation / Conclusion • Differentiate through the use of effective questioning based on the pictograph Identify Research Theme Plan Lesson Lesson Plan Revision Research Lesson Post-Lesson Discussion Tuning-in Activity Recap water cycle Brainstorm different non-standard measurements which could be used to measure the level of rainfall Measuring Rainfall using Non-Standard Unit Watch a video clip (Creating a pictograph) Professional Learning • Use of mathematical language • Use of questions to extend thinking Use of Mathematical Language Research Lesson • The water level is 5 cubes Comments and Recommendations • The water level is as high as 5 cubes Use of Questions to Extend Thinking Comments and Research Lesson Recommendations • Which day has the most rainfall? • Do you think we can • Which day has the least find the total amount rainfall? of rainfall over the 4 days? • How many cubes are • How can you find the there altogether? total amount of rainfall? 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- 4 medium carrots, halved crosswise and sliced into 1/4-inch sticks
- 3 medium fennel bulbs—halved lengthwise, cored and sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick
- 1 large bunch of radishes, halved or quartered if large
- 1 1/2 cups green olives, rinsed
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
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"Wait," I whimpered as his lips traced my shoulder blade.
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Kill her.
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Kill her. The girl too.
He was looking around everywhere. "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?"
Kill them. They don't care about you.
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Kill them. Take a knife and do it.
Whoever was talking to him made a lot of sense. Those bitches deserved it. He sat forward on the couch.
That's it. You know you want too.
He stood up.
Now get the knife.
He went to the kitchen and pulled out a long, sharp knife.
Now go upstairs.
He started up the stairs, taking slow, dramatic steps. He went to his daughters bedroom. They were both there, cuddled up together, lying asleep on the bed. His wife; the bane of his life, and his daughter; his 7 year old daughter.
He moved to the bedside.
He raised the knife high.
He brought the knife crashing repeatedly down, stabbing, slashing, killing. When he finished, he dropped the knife and gasped in shock. Their mutilated bodies broke him. He burst into tears.
"What have I done?" he wailed.
Join them.
Yes, they should be together. He went to his room and removed his gun from his bedside locker. He returned to his daughters room and lay with them on the bed. He raised the gun to his temple, smiled and pulled the trigger. The last thing he heard before he died was the muffled laughter of the voices.


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The appearance of yet another Brandenburg Concertos recording is a reminder that these masterpieces might not have come down to us.
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How to compose poems
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As Netflix (NFLX) aims to shift more of its customer base to online-streaming plans, the video rental service is trying to make sure bandwidth caps set by Internet service providers don't derail its growth.
The Los Gatos, Calif., company has quietly released a new software tool for U.S. subscribers that lets them lower the quality of streaming videos, thereby reducing how much bandwidth they gobble up. Users can adjust settings by accessing their account data on Netflix's website. Netflix began offering the tool in late June, just before announcing a price hike that analysts say is designed to shift more viewers online.
Netflix last week hiked the price of a plan that includes streaming and DVD rentals by 60%. Starting Sept. 1, Netflix subscribers will have to pay $15.98 a month, instead of $9.99, to stream an unlimited number of movies over the Internet and to rent one DVD at a time. Netflix didn't change the $7.99 price of its unlimited streaming-only plan.
The question is how many Netflix customers will cancel because of the price hike. Of those that stay, Goldman Sachs analyst Ingrid Chung expects two-thirds of those who now have the one DVD-plus-streaming plan will move to online-only plans. About half of Netflix's new customers take the streaming-only plan, she said in a report.
Biggest Video Driver
In any case, more Netflix customers are shifting to online-only plans. The movie rental service is already the biggest driver of video consumption on the Web — and Internet service providers are getting nervous about their ability to handle the ever-growing volume.
Phone carrier AT&T (T) in April imposed data limits and overage fees on its broadband customers, joining cable TV firms Comcast (CMCSA), Cox Communications, Charter Communications (CHTR) and CableOne.
So far, data caps haven't impeded Netflix's growth. But as more movies are distributed in supersharp high-definition, Netflix is striving to avoid problems. In Canada, which has tougher bandwidth caps than the U.S., Netflix presets download speeds to standard-definition video, not HD.
It makes sense for Netflix to offer tools in the U.S. that help subscribers avoid hitting bandwidth caps, says Bruce Leichtman, head of LRG Research.
"Netflix is being proactive. They're trying to get out in front of the trend and prepare customers," Leichtman said. "Caps haven't whacked customers in the face yet, but they don't really know exactly what the impact will be."
On its website, Netflix states: "We know that some of you have Internet data caps, and we want to make it easier for you to manage how much data you use." Netflix provides three settings that adjust video quality.
Each hour of standard video consumes about 1 gigabyte of data, while an HD stream consumes twice as much, analysts say.
AT&T limits its DSL customers to 150 GB of data and its U-verse subscribers to 250 GB. Customers that go over the limit pay $10 for every extra 50 GB.
AT&T has said only 2% of its customers hit the caps. AT&T says its average broadband customer downloads 18 GB of data, including video, monthly.
Comcast, the nation's No. 1 broadband provider, has a 250 GB cap in place. Phoenix-based CableOne, the 10th-largest cable firm, has a 100 GB cap and charges customers 50 cents per GB above the limit.
Some analysts say usage-based billing, not caps per se, will actually be the long-range issue for Netflix. Caps are one step toward "metered broadband," says Craig Moffett, an analyst at Bernstein Research.
He says ISPs will shift slowly to usage-based billing by first offering lower-priced service tiers with caps. "All-you-can-eat" unlimited tiers, he says, will eventually be sold only as a premium service.
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Time Warner Cable (TWC) tested usage-based billing in Beaumont, Texas, in 2009, but scrapped the idea. It offered a plan with just a 5-GB limit for $29.95 a month. It charged $1 for each extra GB.
Leichtman says usage-based billing with various tiers of data consumption would be too confusing for most customers. But service providers see online video consumption growing steadily.
UBS analyst John Hodulik estimates that Netflix's "streaming-only" customers typically download 10 GB to 15 GB monthly. He estimates consumers that replace traditional pay-TV service with online video would consume more than 225 GB monthly.
While Netflix is still "complementary" to pay-TV, Hodulik says the broadband caps aim to deter consumers from cutting the pay-TV cord.
For Netflix, though, the streaming-only subscribers are more profitable than those that also get DVDs by mail, analysts say.
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"Netflix really has two different businesses with different dynamics and economics," said Cowen analyst Jim Friedland. "Netflix is looking to be as aggressive as possible in gaining streaming customers because there's more competition there."
Other streaming-video providers include such big names as Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN).
"The debate over bandwidth is really a nonevent," Friedland said. "If something brings Netflix down, it'll be competition, not bandwidth caps."
Netflix's new plan should push some customers to online-only plans, but it's running a risk, Jefferies & Co. analyst Youssef Squali wrote in a research note. That is, it needs more streaming content to satisfy customers. Only about 20% of Netflix movies are available now via the Internet.
"The bigger Netflix gets, the more content deals they can do," Cowen's Friedland said. "But they'll never be online what they are in DVDs, because of rights and distribution windows. They just don't have the cash flow to acquire 100% of the content out there."


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - June 19, 1980, New Braunfels, Texas N.B. tourism nearing saturation point—Bock State Rep. Bennie Bock said he isn't against tourism, but felt tourists could do as much environmental damage as a limestone quarry. New Braunfels has been promoted as a tourist town to the point where its rivers, parks and other facilities "are being loved to death," he said. As a result, "some people feel like strangers in their own community on River Road," Bf ck said In promoting tourism, "there conies a time when you approach a point of diminishing returns," he said. Are we at that point now, he was asked. "It's close," Bock replied. Last month, tile Chamber of Conunerce's board of directors adopted a policy to oppose construction of and new rock crushing facilities along the Balcones Escarpment in Comal County. Regarding that policy, Bock said. "It's somewhat inconsistent to tell a manufacturing plant, 'You can't come here,' and then promote people to come here who are capable of doing as much damage." However, chamber Executive Vice President Tom Purdum said Monday for the past four years the chamber has aimed most of its advertising at potential winter visitors rather than summer tourists. That program has been very successful, he added. In addition, last year's economic development policy passed by the chamber and New Braunfels Industrial Foundation calls for programs to be developed to attract more desirable visitors, especially families. «. .. Bock felt nothing could be done to stop companies wanting to locate here if they satisfy all the necessary requirements. "With tourism or with industry, you can change with them or refuse and have them run over you," he said. Terming the existing operations "good neighbors," Bock felt additional controls would be justified only if the companies show a disinclination to honor their "moral and social obligation" to the community. Meanwhile, Purdum said Monday three local law firms were working with the chamber executive committee concerning the position taken by its board of directors. "We're trying to determine what we can and cannot do," he said. The three firms include Bartram, Reagan, Burrus and Dierksen; Chunn and Chunn; and Cornelius, Powell, Perkins and Smithers, Purdum said. Contacted at the chamber office Tuesday, Purdum said the committee had learned a great deal, but had not found any single, sure-fire tool to keep crushed stuue operations from locating in Comal County. "The more we've learned, the more we're frightened about the economic growth situation in this community," he said. If the county reached a saturation point on particulate (dust) emissions, other industries could be prevented from locating here because of an inability to comply with air quality standards, he said. Tins could affect almost any industry, not just quarries. Purdum said. "Almost any type of operation creates some dust," he said. However, Bock felt since the dust factor in most industries (especially those unrelated to limestone) was small, they would not come under Texas Air Control Board scrutiny on this item. More rock plants possible When he first received the report, State Rep. Bennie Bock thought it might make the debate over whether or not to permit more crushed stone operations in Comal County moot. However, after a conference with Texas Air Control Board officials, Bock said he found out that wasn't the case. The report in question is an interim report on the impact of limestone-related industries on air quality in Comal County. That report includes the following statement, which is at the heart of the matter. "You will note that the report indicates predicted emissions from existing and proposed sources in the area will exceed National Ambient Air Quality Standards for total suspended particulate matter (dust) and state ground level emissions standards for particulate matter," it states. Because of this condition, emissions from any new facility planned for the area must be offset by See MOKE KlK.K, Page ZA Comments due Sunday Comments on the McDonough Brothers, Inc., application for a Texas Air Control Board permit should be postmarked by Sunday, James Menke, supervisor of TACB's Region 9 office in San Antonio, said Wednesday. The San Antonio firm is requesting a construction permit to build a rock crushing facility off Hunter Road adjacent to the Texas Industries Inc. cement plant north of New Braunfels. Originally, the deadline for the public to inspect materials submitted by McDonough, comment on those materials or request notification of proposed agency action had been set at June 12. Comments should be mailed to the Region 9 office, 4538 Centerview Drive, Suite 130, San Antonio, 78228, or to the state headquarters, 6330 Hwy 290 East, Austin, 78723 McDonough is seeking a permit to euut particulates (dust) from its proposed new facility. Staff photoElectric jungle Ernest Gonzales, employee for Loyd Electric Co., rides his bucket through a maze of electrical hardware at the old LORA power plant. He is working on a new switching pole 75 feet in the air. Steep roads Commissioners learn to eye plans closely By Wanda l^asater Paying attention to details is a lesson Comal County commissioners learned the hard way this week. Commissioners had given preliminary approval to a 535-acre subdivision near Canyon l.ake quite some time ago. Final approval was eventually okayed by commissioners but not before they agreed a mistake was made in not checking the road inclines closer. The problems started when Raymond Dietert, surveyor and member of the developing corporation, presented Emerald Valley plans for final approval. One portion of the eight miles of road in the subdivision, Mountain View Drive, could be dangerous because it is so steep and has three sharp curves. It will be almost impossible for a school bus, fire truck or other emergency equipment to get up the incline, Precinct 3 Comm. Charles Mund said. Dietert did agree that it would be impossible to get a school bus up the steep incline and turn around on the cul-de-sac that has two building sites. But the surveyor felt comnusmoners should approve the plans since preliminary approval had been given. The surveyor said the contour lines were included in the preliminary plans okayed by commissioners. That, he said, would have been the time to object to the inclines. Precinct 4 Comm. Orville Heitkamp acknowledged that the contour lines were on the preliminary plans. ''But until you get on the ground to see, ifs hard to visualize." "When we were out there before we couldn't get to it (the Mountain View Drive section) because it was so rough (before the roads were cut)," Precinct 2 Comm. Monroe Wetz said. Heitkamp added, "My job is to be sure we get a good road system in here that's as safe as it can be. I want to make everyone aware of what we're into here because I don't want the responsibility (of approving the road) and someone getting hurt." Before they would agree to final approval, commissioners loaded into pickup trucks and drove the roads. The roads are still under construction and have a rock base. So, as the pickup trucks wound their way up the hill, it was slippery going. In fact the group could not get up one slope because of the steep grade and loose rock. "This is not the only subdivision like this we are going to see," said Wetz. "The easy country is already subdivided so now we're down to the mountains." The corporation of Canadian investors will spend anywhere from $800,000 to $1 million installing the road system in the subdivision. If eonunissioners did not grant the variance on road angles for the subdivision, "They (the developers) couldn't do a thing with the land," said Heitkamp. So, Heitkamp said, it is the See STEEP ROADS, Page 8A 3 die in 2 crashes Teen-agers killed in one-car accident in park Three people were killed in two traffic accidents in New Braunfels last weekend, including two local teenagers who died after their car plowed out of control through Hinman Island Park Friday night. Carl Wayne Donop, 710 Moonglow, and Steven Carl Gras, 581 S. Guenther, were pronounced dead at the scene at 11:50 p.m. Friday by Justice of the Peace Harold Krueger. Another 16-year-old, Lonnie Kraft of Rt. 2, Box 55-B, was released from McKenna Memorial Hospital Sunday after suffering facial lacerations in the one-car accident. A head-on collision Sunday took the life of 34-year-old Raymond Walter Reiland of 240 N. West End Ave. Two others were injured in that crash, which occurred at the intersection of FM 725 at County Line Road at 8:19 p.m. Driven by Donop, the 1973 Pontiac Bonneville was eastbound on Hinman Island Drive near a playground area in the park when it struck a legally parked car belonging to Kenneth Tuch, 782 W. Perryman. The vehicle continued down the road, jumped the curb and collided with trash cans, picnic tables, barbecue pits and a light pole before coming to rest after striking a tree, according to police reports. Both Donop and Gras (who had been riding in the back seat) apparently were killed instantly. Kraft, who was sitting in the front seat on the passenger's side, miraculously survived the crash. Police said they did not know what caused the Pontiac to strike the parked car. Memorial services for Donop were held Monday at First United Methodist Church. Services for Gras were held Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Reiland, who was employed by Heitkamp's Grocery in Solms, was dead on arrival at McKenna minutes after Sunday's accident, reports indicated. His car was northbound on FM 725 in the southbound lane when it collided head-on with a vehicle driven by John Harold Mackey Jr., Rt. 2, Box 656. Mackey, 28, and his 26-year-old passenger, Lewellyn Davis, were injured in the collision. Mackey, who sustained severe cuts and bruises, was released from McKenna Monday. Davis, who suffered multiple fractures, was listed in fair condition at McKenna Wednesday. Services for Reiland were held Wednesday at Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home. CARL WAYNE DONOP .. .killedin wreck STEVEN CARL GRAS .. .riding in back seat A herd of Spanish goats head home for a quick meal of tin cans. 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California Primary Testing Candidates' Fall Strategies
By R. W. APPLE Jr., Special to the New York Times
Published: June 5, 1988
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4— It was supposed to provide a rousing grand finale to the nominating season, as it has so often done in the past. But with the Presidential candidates in both parties all but chosen, Tuesday's California primary has turned out to be a trial heat for the fall election.
Vice President Bush, who will spend Sunday and Monday campaigning in the Los Angeles area, intends to ''teach California voters that Dukakis is a lot more liberal than most people here think,'' says a spokesman for his campaign. The spring contest may have been dull, says an aide to Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts, ''but we'll have a fight this fall the likes of which we haven't seen in years.''
Only the backers of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mr. Dukakis's last active rival for the Democratic nomination, seem to be focusing on the primary here as such; ''we intend to carry California on Tuesday,'' says Rick Roberts, a press spokesman in the candidate's Los Angeles headquarters, and Mr. Jackson is going flat-out in the final hours, whether the polls and the pundits give him a chance or not.
Most don't. Three surveys taken in the last two weeks all show Mr. Dukakis with a lead of at least 20 points. The consensus of political analysts in the state is that Mr. Jackson, who won 21 percent of the vote in California four years ago, should pull in between 30 percent and 35 percent this year - a respectable showing, but certainly not enough to make Mr. Dukakis blink. Low Turnout Is Forecast
The only tiny shadow on the primary-day horizon for the Massachusetts Governor is turnout. With interest lagging in the Presidential race, no real contest for Senate nominations and no fiercely fought ballot propositions, state officials are predicting the lowest turnout on record for a Presidential primary - about 48 percent of registered voters, or about a third of the 18.9 million California adults who are eligible to vote.
In the view of most political experts, low turnouts tend to help Mr. Jackson, whose backers are strongly committed and thus more likely to vote.
Mr. Jackson had hoped to spend $3 million on advertising in California, but has been forced to cut that figure to $500,000, with the hope that last-minute fund raising may make further commercials possible. He has scheduled a 30-minute live television special for a statewide network on Monday night, which would cap a furious final 48 hours of campaigning here.
The Chicago clergyman has dominated local news coverage, using many of the techniques he perfected early in the campaign. Among the attention-grabbers here: spending nights with a Latino family in the San Joaquin Valley and with a black family in a Los Angeles housing project, as well as meeting with members of the Bounty Hunters, a notorious California street gang. Dukakis Interrupts Campaign
Mr. Dukakis has been much less in evidence, although he has spent about 30 days in the state since May 1987. He had only one public appearance this week, a meeting with San Francisco schoolchildren on a beach to discuss the environment, before he canceled a debate with Mr. Jackson in Torrance on Thursday night to return to Boston for his wife's spinal surgery. The Massachusetts Governor is to return Sunday night for a series of three rallies on Monday in San Diego, Los Angeles and in San Jose, just south of San Francisco.
Less than $2 million under the $27.6 million primary spending limit, the Dukakis campaign has scheduled only limited television advertising in the state. It did not begin until this Wednesday, only six days before the balloting.
For Mr. Dukakis, however, the real goal is to bolster his standing in a state that he needs to win perhaps even more than the Vice President does. California's 47 electoral votes, the most of any state, would of course prove invaluable to either, but Mr. Bush is likely to have a more-or-less solid South as a foundation, and Mr. Dukakis starts off with nothing similar. Democrats Last Won in 1964
Democrats have not done well in the Golden State since World War II, carrying it only in 1948, when Harry S. Truman did so despite the presence of Earl Warren, then the Governor, on the Republican ticket, and in 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson swamped Barry Goldwater here and almost everywhere else.
But Mr. Dukakis begins the campaign for the general election in a strong position. The California Poll, in a survey of 926 voters between May 16 and 23, with a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points, gave the Democrat a healthy lead over Mr. Bush, 53 percent to 40 percent, with 7 percent undecided.
''Dukakis has a real chance of carrying California,'' said Mervin Field, the independent poll's director. ''Bush has terrific problems in this state: he's carrying a lot of negative baggage from the Reagan Administration, and he, personally, is somehow not at all well liked here.
''With a solid economy, inflation in check and no major international hostilities, George Bush as an incumbent Republican vice president ought to be well ahead of an unknown rival in this state. But it's leaning Democratic, although I still think a disliked and unloved Bush could pull it out in November if he managed to convince the Reagan Democrats to stay with him.''
So far, those swing voters seem to be headed back to the Democratic column. A Los Angeles Times survey conducted between May 11 and 16 showed the following preferences among registered Democrats who said they had supported President Reagan in 1984: Mr. Dukakis 61 percent, Mr. Bush 26 percent, undecided 13 percent. Mr. Field's most recent poll showed roughly similar results.
Mr. Bush's advisers here concede that he has done poorly, and they hope he can start a recovery when he campaigns in Los Angeles on Sunday and Monday. He will try to capitalize on the popularity and the political organization of Gov. George Deukmejian - an approach that will be greatly facilitated by Mr. Deukmejian's decision Friday to abandon a tax ''adjustment'' program that had been universally described as a tax increase program.
Mr. Deukmejian's tax troubles could hardly have helped a candidate whose own strategy is based on an oft-repeated pledge not to raise taxes.