| Snow, Cold, Wind Head Into Northeast
Power was out in 40,000 homes and businesses, roads were slick and most schools in the Buffalo area were closed.
Jean Ewing stood with her back to the wind while waiting for the Buffalo pharmacy where she works to open Wednesday morning. She said a double-whammy of ice and blowing snow made for a difficult commute into the city.
"It took me 10 minutes to open my car" because it was covered in ice, she said.
In northern Illinois, high winds downed power lines and knocked trees onto utility lines, causing nearly 14,000 customers to lose power overnight, mostly in Chicago's south suburbs, said ComEd spokeswoman Judy Rader. Service to all but 1,300 had been restored by Wednesday morning.
Thousands also lost power in West Virginia, Ohio and Illinois.
OSU fans take sides on ticket issue
The school's decision not to sell single-game Bedlam football tickets generates fan debates.
OSU's season-ticket plan for the 2008 football season was met with mixed reviews by fans Tuesday.
OSU has decided not to sell single-game Bedlam tickets for the Nov. 29 game at Boone Pickens Stadium. Instead, to witness the game, fans must be season-ticket holders.
A basic season ticket, which includes seven home games, is priced at $419.
Zack Livingston, a 1996 OSU graduate, plans to move to the Tulsa area this summer from Kansas City. He is excited about purchasing Cowboys season tickets and is looking at buying a Family Fun Zone package in the stadium's newly expanded west end zone. Livingston's excitement, though, is not universal with the Cowboys' fan base.
Commuters struggle to stay connected
Sean as he heads south on U.S. 85, rolling past farm towns, mom-and-pop scrapyards, gravel pits and, finally, into downtown Denver. Chris as she travels north on U.S. 85, her wheels swallowing pavement along the endless prairie, past deer and antelope and, finally, across the state line into Cheyenne.
The teachers, both previously married, met through an Internet dating service in 2002 and married in 2004. She moved from Cheyenne, her hometown and longtime place of work, to Greeley in 2003, the year he got hired at Park Hill K-8 School a few blocks east of Denver City Park.
Chris, 45, and Sean, 43, say the chatting gets them through.
"It's sort of like she's sitting right next to me except she's somewhere between one and 100 miles away," Sean said of the daily drive.
Novice in running for post of sheriff
He also wants to increase deputies' interaction with Pasco children at schools and community events to rebuild their trust in law enforcement. Doing so, he said, would improve the drug and gang problems in the county. For now, his campaign headquarters is a small table with a lamp and a couple of notepads inside his spacious workshop. He lives with his wife, Mary, on about 4 acres in a house he built in 1975, when the nearest neighbor was 2 miles away. Kinzy, who wears all denim and speaks with a Florida native's twang, is an outdoorsman at heart. He loves hunting and fishing and escaping to the mountains in his motor home. He also holds a fourth-degree black belt in karate. He has a high school diploma and a few credit hours from Pasco-Hernando Community College.
On the Whiteside building, athletic coaches’ pay scales, civil ...
Since moving to Corvallis five years ago, I continue to be amazed at the no-growth, anti-business attitude of local government and activists.The Whiteside Theatre is just one more example of the lunacy that has impacted or delayed Corvallis High School, Home Depot, Ninth Street retail development and multiple other projects in the city.It is highly unlikely Susan Morre and her "Friends of the Whiteside" group will ever present any economically viable plan for the theater. (In case they haven't noticed, theaters aren't all that profitable these days.)So instead of a more vibrant downtown with revenue-generating, tax-paying businesses, the city will be left with a dilapidated piece of history that eventually will have to be destroyed.Greg CampbellCorvallisInvest in education rather than athleticsI read on Jan.
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