STANLEY--A group of guys in beanie caps wait Saturday morning at The Bakery as frost melts off their mountain bikes. Meanwhile, I have the ice steamed out of my coffee mug and wait for Mayor Hannah Stauts to arrive.
Blame it on the salt gremlins. Or simply bad luck. Or unseen forces determined to keep a 48-year-old race record from being broken. Whatever the cause, world speed record attempts by Terry and Mike Nish and Tom Burkland were plagued with mechanical difficulties.
Thank you, Steve Kelley, for saying what so many of us are thinking ("Stop making excuses, start making progress," Seattle Times, Sept. 29). Here's what I would do: Give me back Mike Cameron's .270 batting average, world-class defense and clubhouse leadership.
It's amazing how life can put you down and then rocket you back up. No, this is not about Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens. But thank goodness he's OK.
There's a time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to reap -- and, of course, a time to anthologise. For The Byrds, that time has come again.
Lord Corp., Erie, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 15, 2006, a delivery order amount of $11,389,500 as part of an $11,389,500 firm-fixed-price contract for rod end bearing for the UH-60 Black Hawk. Work will be performed in Dayton, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.