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DERRIKE COPE RACING-78-NNS - Rotoworld.com

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 02:51 PM PDT

 




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Denali rolls out tundra carpet for autumn - Fort Mill Times

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 11:02 AM PDT

Denali rolled out her fabled tundra carpet for visitors in mid-August, sprawling acres of fiery red, orange, green and gold, lush with wild berries and wildlife preparing for winter.

Tiny pink blossoms at the peak of otherwise bare fireweed, and the sudden presence of Jack Frost all over this six million acre national park and preserve signaled the abrupt end of summer in this sub arctic wilderness within Alaska's Interior.

Beavers were busy remodeling their dams for the long, freezing winter ahead, while grizzly bears bounded across the tundra of many colors, gathering some of the millions of berries in preparation for hibernation. Cow moose wandered with calves in tow and bull moose, already losing the velvet on their antlers, braced for the rut the mating season. Caribou, wolves, foxes, arctic hares and other mammals scurried too, to hunt for food, and overhead, a flock of trumpeter swans prepared to migrate south.

For those relying on vegetation alone, there are more than 650 species of flowering plants to choose from, as well as species of mosses, lichens, fungi, algae and others. Only plants adaptable to long, cold winters and short growing season can survive here.

The park was originally established in 1917 as Mt. McKinley National Park, to protect its large mammals, rather than its majestic mountain. Then, in 1980, under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the park was enlarged by 4 million acres and redesignated as Denali National Park and Preserve.

Today this jewel of a national park attracts visitors from around the world, from independent travelers to thousands of cruise ship passengers, and hundreds of wildlife photographers from all over the United States, Europe and Asia.

"Denali is very important in the land packages for cruise passengers," said John Binkley, of Fairbanks, president of the Alaska Cruise Association.

"It's the most recognizable of the national parks in Alaska. It is really considered one of the crown jewels of the entire park system," he said. "There is very high name recognition and demand from visitors to travel to Denali. They go on the wildlife tours or the natural history tours to get into the park and there are a multitude of activities outside of the park, rafting, flight seeing, RV trips into the back country."

"For our company, being able to offer time in Denali is a tremendous option," said Bruce Bustamonte, vice president of community and public affairs for Princess Tours. "Denali has the strongest name recognition of all the parks in the U.S.

"When people come to Alaska, they want to experience mountains and wildlife. It's a very important anchor for our land tours. People can spend two to three days experiencing the park," he said.

So important is Denali to the visitor industry that the Alaska Cruise Association was a major sponsor of a recent trip to Alaska by award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, to promote his new documentary series on America's national parks. "The exposure we are going to get will be tremendous for Alaska," said Binkley. "I think it will certainly make a difference, get Alaska's name out there." The 12-hour, six part series will begin airing in late September on public broadcasting television stations nationwide.

If Binkley is right, that will be good news for Denali National Park, where the number of visitors has declined so far in 2009 by 18-20 percent from a year ago.

Kris Fister, a spokeswoman for Denali National Park, said most of the shuttle buses in the park were pretty full in late August, but for most of the summer the demand for seats on them was down 18-20 percent. A total of 102,894 people visited the park in July, compared with 129,762 visitors in July 2008, she said. In June, the visitor tally totaled 90,606, down from 114,888 in June 2008, she said.

Fewer visitors would have an impact on the ability of park staff to do future projects, as 80 percent of the money from entrance fees goes to improve trails and campgrounds. It would also have an affect on small communities in the area, who rely on summer tourism visitors as customers at hotels, and other sleeping accommodations, restaurant diners and souvenir hunters.

The Interior Department allocated Denali National Park a base budget of $12.6 million for the current year to pay permanent salaries and for base operations. This year some $16 million in federal economic stimulus monies, allocated under the National Park Service Recovery Act, also was in place for needed improvements. Park officials will use about $6.4 million of that money to construct consolidated emergency services, and another $6.3 million will finance replacement of the entrance area wastewater treatment facility, which is out of compliance, Fister said.

Also on the list are closing a mine shaft near Kantishna, a historic mining area some 90 miles inside the park, rehabilitation of comfort stations and campgrounds, repair of trail surfaces, replacement of aging unit heaters in the park's auto shop and fixing sewer lines at the Wonder Lake ranger station.

"We are trying to do a lot for visitors, and also to make sure we aren't doing environmental damage," Fister said. "We have done surveys for the last couple of summers. We get rated on facilities, and we have gotten 98 percent ratings, so we know they appreciate it."

The federal dollars aside, the park is always looking for public support from aficionados of this abundant wilderness. Donations are welcome in the form of monetary gifts, volunteering and purchases from the Alaska Geographic, a non-profit bookstore, publisher, educator and supporter of Alaska's magnificent parks, forests and refuges. To date, Alaska Geographic has given $20 million in financial support and services to Alaska's public lands, including Denali.

Each year the park benefits from the efforts of over 300 volunteers who assist in a variety of projects, including trail work, vegetation management, building maintenance and construction, staffing visitor centers and providing information to park visitors.

Denali also gets much support from the National Parks Conservation Association, which is organizing a week of house parties nationwide in late September, in conjunction with the premier of Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, to raise awareness of and educate people about America's national parks.



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Korean auto firm gives Inland area a jolt - Riverside Press Enterprise

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:54 PM PDT

A South Korean manufacturer will build battery-powered vehicles at a factory along Interstate 215 near Moreno Valley and create several hundred new jobs, a Riverside County spokesman said Friday.

The company, CT&T United, the American subsidiary of CT&T Korea Ltd., will sign a deal Thursday to take over a vacant recreational vehicle plant, said Tom Freeman, a spokesman for the Riverside County Economic Development Agency.

The company is making its first push into the American market and eventually plans to employ as many as 2,600 people in this country, operating several factories along with research and management teams to market several models of battery-operated vehicles.

The factory must be retrofitted to accommodate the production of electric vehicles. The identity of the RV firm that is selling the plant to CT&T was withheld at the request of both parties, Freeman said.

But the news that a manufacturer wants to set up shop in this area was welcomed in a county where unemployment hit 14.7 percent in July.

"They've been looking at sites all over the country," Freeman said. "This will put a lot of people back to work. It's an important victory for residents here."

Freeman said elected officials have been working to facilitate a deal for several months. CT&T also was interested in locations in South Carolina, Georgia and elsewhere.

Eventually, it was California's interest in alternative vehicles that convinced them, he said.

The electric vehicles, which will be priced between $7,000 and $17,000, will be legal to drive on the street but can not be used on freeways because they travel at about 30 miles an hour, Freeman said. Small electric vehicles can be useful for people whose driving is restricted to in-town activities, and the cars also will be marketed to cities and police departments.

"They fit nicely in our green strategy we've been working on since March," Freeman said.

Freeman did not know how long it would take before the factory was updated and producing.

Young Gi Lee, president and chief executive officer of CT&T Korea, said in a statement released in July that the company would like to start producing some of its models by the end of the year.

Lee, a former ranking executive with Hyundai Motor Co., said then that CT&T plans a major American push in the next few years.

"We have an aggressive market development plan, and our ... system will enable us to reach our employment predictions of more than 10,000 people in the U.S. by 2014," Lee said in the statement.

Reach Jack Katzanek at 951 368-9553 or at jkatzanek@PE.com



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Electric Motors Corp. will unveil prototype electric-hybrid truck ... - Elkhart Truth

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 08:18 AM PDT

Workers in Elkhart County have the knowledge from building recreational vehicles that can be transferred to assembling solar panels, generator systems and wind turbines, Cashen said. Instead of retraining the unemployed for jobs in different fields and losing their production experience, he advocates cultivating green jobs that needs those skills.

No firm date has been set of when EMC and its partner Gulf Stream Coach will begin building the trucks in Elkhart County. However in the next couple of weeks, the U.S. Department of Energy is expected to render a decision on EMC's applications for federal dollars, according to U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-2nd.

One former RV worker who supports Cashen's view is Ed Neufeldt, laid off from the former Monaco Coach Corp. in September 2008 and now a spokesman for EMC. The friendly Wakarusa resident will be traveling around the country, speaking before groups and spreading Cashen's message.

He not only agrees with Cashen that green jobs will lead the United States out of this economic recession but he also knows the meaning of having a job.

Tossing his head back to keep the tears from running out of his eyes, Neufeldt said, "I get kind of emotional but the self-esteem it gives a man in Elkhart County when they land a job, it's unbelievable. I want to see the United States back to work again."

IF YOU GO

What: Green Jobs for America Entertainment & Education Expo

When: Saturday

Where: EMC office at 905 Nelson's Parkway, Wakarusa

Times:

* 3:30 p.m.: Gates open and education expo begins

* 5:30 p.m.: Glenn Nowak Band

* 7:30 p.m.: Blue Fusion

* 8:30 p.m: Comments and Introductions

* 8:40 p.m.: Sneak Peek at EMC "Flash" Truck

* 9:10 to 10 p.m.: The Byrds Celebration



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KEARNEY-AREA UPCOMING EVENTS: Sept. 3 - 10 - Kearney Hub

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:34 PM PDT

SPECIAL EVENTS

- Callaway Kite Flight featuring kite flying opportunities for professional and amateurs, 10 a.m. to dusk Saturday through Monday at Foster Smith Field, four miles south of Callaway on Highway 40. $2 gate fee per person each day. The event includes stunt flying, single line kites, rokkaku, demonstrations, candy drops and a night kite fly. For more information call 308-836-4416 or visit www.callawaykiteflight.com.

- Poet Anne Waldman will read from her 40 books of poetry as part of the Reynolds Readers Series, 7 p.m. Wednesday at Studio Theatre in the Fine Arts Building on University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. Free admission. Waldman and poet Allen Ginsberg founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodies Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colo.

- "Life is a Cabaret!" featuring wine, hors d'oeuvers, live auction and music, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Museum of Nebraska Art, 2401 Central Ave., Kearney. 865-8559; www.monet.unk.edu/mona. Admission is $45 per person. Please call the museum for a reservation. The event benefits the MONA.

CONCERTS

- Starship, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Viaero Event Center, 609 Platte Road. 338-8011; www.kearneyevents.com. Tickets are $28 to $44. Starship features Micky Thomas with special guest Bobby Kimball from Toto.

- Marilyn Musick, organ, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at Fine Arts Recital Hall, University of Nebraska at Kearney Fine Arts Building. 865-8618; www.unk.edu. Free admission. Concerts-on-the-Platte is presented by the University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Music & Performing Arts.

- "Doofus Doolittle" with Randy Newman, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at Minden Opera House, 322 E. 5th St., Minden. 308-832-0588; www.mindenoperahouse.com. Tickets are $15.

EXHIBITS

- elements, 2100 Central Ave., Kearney. 236-9422; www.elementsofbalancedliving.com. Open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

- Frank House, west campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney; 865-8284; e-mail to sullivankw@unk.edu. Open noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Tours of 12 or more arranged by appointment.

- Great Platte River Road Archway, 3060 E. First St., I-80 exit 272; 237-1000; www.archway.org. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

- Harlan County Museum, 424 Harlan Ave., Orleans. Donation. Open 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday through September.

- KidZone Kearney Area Children's Museum, 2005 First Ave., Kearney. 698-2228; www.kearneykidzone.com. Admission is $3 per person, free for children under age 2. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

- Museum of Nebraska Art, 2401 Central Ave., Kearney. 865-8559; www.monet.unk.edu/mona. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. "Nebraska Now: Francisco Souto, Printmaking" featuring mezzotints including representational and non-representational work through Oct. 4.

- Trails and Rails Museum, 710 W. 11th St., Kearney. 234-3041. Open 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Archives are open 1-4 p.m. Monday. Admission is $5 adults, $2 children ages 5-12.

- ReFind Back Room Gallery, 2219 Central Ave., Kearney. 237-4363. Musician Megan Theesen performs live 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 12

- Walker Gallery, University of Nebraska at Kearney Fine Arts Building. 865-8353. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Free admission. "All We Know Is Not the End" featuring mono prints by Koichi Yamamoto through Sept. 25.

- Walkway Gallery at Good Samaritan Hospital, 31 E. 31st St., Kearney. 865-2920. Art work by David Wiebe through Nov. 30.

- 100th Meridian Museum, 206 E. Eighth St., Cozad; 308-784-1100. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

- Chevyland USA Auto and Cycle Museum, Elm Creek; 308-856-4208. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

- Custer County Historical Society Museum, E Street and Ninth Ave., Broken Bow. 308-872-2203. Open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

- Dawson County Museum, 805 N. Taft St., Lexington. 308-324-5340. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

- Franklin County Museum, north Highway 10 in Franklin. 308-425-3030. Open noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and weekends by appointment. Donation.

- Gibbon Heritage Museum, Second and Court St., Gibbon. 308-468-6109 or 308-468-5330. Open 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. first Sunday of the month, March through October, or by appointment.

- Harold Warp Pioneer Village, 138 E. Highway 6, Minden. 800-445-4447; www.pioneervillage.org. General admission is $9.50, $5 for children 6 to 12 and free to children 5 years and younger. Open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.

- Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles, 606 Heartland Road, Lexington. 308-324-6329 or 308-324-2101. Open weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.

- Robert Henri Museum, 218 E. Eighth St., Cozad. 308-784-4154. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

- Kearney County Historical Museum, Sixth Street and Nebraska Ave., Minden. Free admission. Open 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. daily through August.

- Minden Opera House Gallery, 322 E. Fifth St., Minden. 308-832-0588; www.mindenoperahouse.com. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Photography and paintings of Jack and Norma Stevens through Oct. 15.

- Naponee Museum, U.S. Highway 136, Naponee. 308-269-2045. Donation. Open by appointment.

- Nebraska Prairie Museum, one mile north of Holdrege on U.S. Highway 183; 308-995-5015. Donation. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Group reservations available.

- Rowe Sanctuary, 44450 Elm Island Road, Gibbon. 308-468-5282; www.rowesanctuary.org. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Hastings

- "The Wizard of Oz" presented by the Hastings Community Theatre, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. at Hasting Masonic Center Theatre, 411 N. Hastings Ave., Hastings. Tickets are $15 adults, $12 children. For ticket or more information about the show call 402-463-1500.

- Celeste & Sally in concert as part of the Listening Room series, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Prairie Loft Center, three miles west of downtown Hastings on DLD road. Tickets are $15. Table seating is an additional $10/table. Tables seat four people. Children under 16 are admitted at no charge. For more information call 402-463-6248 or visit www.thelisteningroom.org.

- "Miles of Memories Country Music Fest & RV Rally" featuring Les Gilliam and KG and the Ranger, Sept. 10-12 at Adams County Fairgrounds, 947 S. Baltimore, Hastings. Admission is $15 per day, $35 for a three-day pass or $10 for each evening after 5 p.m. The 6th annual festival features dozens of performances, camping and workshops on camping and music. For a complete schedule visit www.texandmary.com. Also performing is Johansen Sisters, Jim Barnes, Lorraine Worth, Jake Simpson and Tex and Mary Schutz.

- Shel in concert as part of the Listening Room series, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at Knights of Pythias Hall, 106 N. Denver, Hastings. 402-462-5727. Tickets are $15. Table seating is an additional $10/table. Tables seat four people. Children under 16 are admitted at no charge. For more information call 402-463-6248 or visit www.thelisteningroom.org.

- Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 1330 N. Burlington, Hastings. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 402-461-4629; 800-508-4629; www.hastingsmuseum.org. "Mount It! The Art of Taxidermy" through Oct. 25. "Hastings: Then & Now" featuring photographs of Hastings current and historical through Oct. 25.

- Lied Super Screen Theatre, 1330 N. Burlington, Hastings. 402-461-4629 or 800-508-4629; www.hastingsmuseum.org. Admission is $7 for adults, $6.50 for seniors and $5.50 for children ages 3 to 12. Admission to the 35mm films is $4.50. "Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs" through Feb. 2. "Wild Ocean" through Oct. 6. "Two Small Pieces of Glass" at the J.M. McDonald Planetarium through Nov. 20. "Solar Max" through Oct. 6. "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" Friday through Sunday.

Grand island

- Prairie Winds Art Center, 112 W. 3rd St.; 308-381-4001; www.prairiewindsart.com. Open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. "Visions Unrestricted" featuring abstract paintings and furniture designs by Amy Petrick, Libby Henry and Donna Ryan through Sept. 30. Opening reception for artists of "Visions Unrestricted" 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday.

- Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, 3133 W. Hwy 34, Grand Island. 308-385-5316; www.stuhrmuseum.org. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8 adults, $6 for children ages 6 - 12. "Back to School in Railroad Town" 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Lincoln

- International Quilt Study Center and Museum, 1523 N. 33rd St., Lincoln. 402-472-6549; www.quiltstudy.org. Open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday and 1 - 4:30 p.m. "American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940" featuring handmade quilts through Nov. 15. "A Fairyland of Fabrics: The Victorian Crazy Quilt" through Oct. 25.

- Nebraska's Governor's Residence, 1425 H St., Lincoln. 402-471-3466. Open 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. Inna Kulagina, painting, through Oct. 2.



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