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- Mobile drives emphasize importance of blood donations - Chillico Gazette
- There is some hope for a drag strip in Mansfield - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
- United Way to announce drawing winners - Salina Journal
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| Mobile drives emphasize importance of blood donations - Chillico Gazette Posted: 27 Feb 2010 04:04 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Local American Red Cross specialist John Williams knows just how important every pint of blood collected by the organization is. Williams' life was saved after a motorcycle accident several years ago by blood provided by the agency, and that was when he decided to become involved with the Red Cross. In his work as a Specialist II, Williams travels daily for the Red Cross collecting blood donations. "It is very important to give, because you could be saving a life," he said. Rodney Wilson, communications manager of the American Red Cross' Central Ohio arm, said a constant, critical need for blood exists in the southern Ohio area. The First Capital District chapter of the organization was trying to help remedy some of the problem by collecting blood donations Friday in its mobile unit at Adena Regional Medical Center. This month, the organization had to cancel 41 blood drives in the region because of bad weather, which resulted in 1,600 blood donations that couldn't be collected. Each donation has the potential to help as many as three people. The greatest need right now, Wilson said, is for types O and B-negative blood. The winter and summer months tend to be the most challenging seasons for blood donations. In the winter, people might have a hard time getting out to donate because of weather concerns or blood drive cancellations, and in the summer, school is out, eliminating school-based blood drives during a season when the number of auto accidents requiring blood assistance increases. Donating blood is a painless procedure, beyond a brief feeling of being pinched, Wilson said, addressing what he thinks is a common misconception that keeps people away. "One of the main reasons I have heard people say they don't donate is because they are afraid of needles," he said. The process takes about 10 minutes to complete. Ashley Tainer-Harp, a medical professional herself, and her husband, Keith, donate regularly because they understand how important it is to give. "Honestly, more people really need to do this. My husband and I always donate through the Red Cross because we enjoy their staff and they make you feel comfortable while you are here," she said. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| There is some hope for a drag strip in Mansfield - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum Posted: 27 Feb 2010 04:18 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. If this makes any sense, I'm hopeful, but not really optimistic a drag strip is coming to Mansfield with its promises of jobs, tourism dollars and high entertainment. I guess I've become jaded. How many rumors have I heard since expanding Mansfield Motorsports Park was first announced in the fall of 2006? I've lost count. Every time anyone sees movement on the property, it's assumed the project is back on and folks are wondering why the News Journal isn't publishing anything about it. Dirt being moved from an expanding plant across the road on Ohio 13 to where the proposed drag strip would sit sent fans into a tizzy. Turns out it was just dirt being moved around. A couple years ago, I got hooked like a fish when track owner Mike Dzurilla told me the story about why there were little survey flags outlining where the track would be. He joked that he was marking gopher holes so fans wouldn't step in them and get hurt. When someone asked him how the holes happened to be in a straight line for almost a mile, Dzurilla winked and said, "Smart gophers." I speculated in print that something could be afoot, but since I'm writing this column, obviously nothing happened. A couple of years ago, I ran into Dzurilla in the infield during a race weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After the disappointment of seeing the drag strip get stalled by EPA issues then stopped by financing snafus -- on top of all the other issues swirling about the place at the time -- Dzurilla was still optimistic it would be built someday, but was far more cautious than usual. He jokingly offered me some advice that afternoon. "When the concrete trucks show up, you'll be the first one I call and you can sign your name," he said. I got the gist of what he was saying: Don't call us, we'll call you. Last week my phone didn't ring. Instead, I saw a fax sitting on my desk from Carl Neutzling. He's a union guy who is helping spearhead a petition drive started by building trades, electrical workers and others who want to see the drag strip become a reality at MMP. The unions need the jobs that come with shovel-ready projects like this one. The signatures will be given to Gov. Ted Strickland during a meeting in March with the hopes of Dzurilla getting a state grant to help with his financing for the $6- to $7-million expansion which is expected to bring at least 80 construction jobs, more than 20 permanent and 200 seasonal jobs and maybe 300,000 fans to town over the course of a racing season. Dzurilla thinks the strip will enable him to open up the facility 200 or more days a year through rentals, car shows, motorcycle rallies, test-and-tunes, points racing and big events. The extra dates and the many ways to use the facility would give him a margin of error he doesn't have right now. It's a business model TrueSports has used to keep Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course profitable through all the ups and downs of the motor sports world. With 200 dates in the books, every event no longer has to be an all-in gamble on whether a crowd will show up or the weather will hold up. He could conceivably bring back weekly racing to the oval and if things went well maybe even another NASCAR event. "What we have to do is expand the product line," Dzurilla told me last week, "and that's what the drag strip does." It sounds swell, and I'm hopeful. It's good that outsiders have taken the lead on reviving this project instead of Dzurilla doing it by himself, something he's been unable to do for almost four years. And despite it all, I'm just not overly optimistic. I guess it's that jaded side which has been honed to a sharp edge from chasing rumors for too many years. rmccurdy@nncogannett.com. 419-521-7241 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| United Way to announce drawing winners - Salina Journal Posted: 27 Feb 2010 02:38 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. 2/27/2010
By the Salina Journal The names of finalists for a motorcycle and scooter being awarded as part of the 2009 Salina Area United Way campaign have been announced. Winners will be announced at the United Way's annual meeting, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Salina Country Club. Tickets to the meeting cost $15 a person, or 10 for $120, and may be purchased by contacting Brenda Gutierrez at 827-1312 or by e-mail, brenda@unitedway salina.org. Both the motorcycle and scooter were donated by Outlaw Cycles. To be eligible for the drawing for the 2008 Yamaha TT-R 125L motorcycle, donors had to pledge $52 or more to the United Way. From a field of 425 new donors, the names of eight finalists were drawn: Rick Couse, of Schwan's Global Supply Chain; Ron Legleiter, of UPS; Cherie Brigman, of the Salina School District; Allen Sims, of Exide Technologies; Mark Fuller, of Great Plains Manufacturing; Jason VanAtta, of Bergkamp; Darrin Wright, of the city of Salina; and Rebecca Pauley, of Salina Regional Health Center. To be eligible for the drawing for the 2009 Yamaha VINO Classic 49cc scooter, participants had to donate 1 percent of their annual salary. The six finalists are Patricia Owens, of Salina Regional Health Center; Patti Gendron, Dennis Saenger, Curtis Norris and Lynn Cooper, all of Advance Auto Parts Distribution Center; and James Waters, of Waters True Value, operations.
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| Peris Planning To Race Iron Horse BMW/ESP S1000 RR In AMA American ... - RoadracingWorld.com Posted: 26 Feb 2010 11:53 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Feb 27, 2010, ©Copyright 2010, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. (Tucson, AZ) — Evan Steel Performance and Iron Horse BMW recently tested the BMW S1000RR Superbike in Arizona. The purpose of the test was to determine the competitiveness of the new BMW Superbike in the AMA American Superbike class. Like many teams going into the 2010 racing season, ESP was forced to suspend their racing efforts due to a lack of budget. Not wanting to watch the entire AMA series from home, the team started looking at other partnerships and opportunities that could see them participate in a few AMA Superbike rounds. That search brought them together with John and Jennifer Cartwright of Iron Horse Motorcycles, a Tucson, Arizona BMW dealer. Iron Horse BMW was looking to race one of their BMW S1000RR motorcycles to prove it's track worthiness to the local racer and track day crowd, a group of enthusiasts who might have overlooked the BMW in their search for a new ride. According to Cartwright, "we have this great new product in the BMW S1000RR and we were looking for a way to introduce the bike to the sportbike crowd who may have never set foot inside a BMW dealer before." Cartwright rode an S1000RR across town to the ESP shop to inquire about taking one of his demo bikes to a track day. That conversation led to Evan Steel calling up former ESP rider Chris Peris to come down to a 'Take it to the Track' event at the brand new Inde Motorsports Park in Wilcox, Arizona. Peris was familiar with the track, having set the motorcycle lap record there in recent months with a time of 1:55.60 on his AMA Superstock spec.--VIR podium finishing-- GSXR1000. The day of the test, Peris rode a bone stock BMW S1000RR, complete with headlights and all street equipment- minus the mirrors and passenger footpegs. The only performance enhancing equipment fitted to the bike was a set of racing slicks. In the first 15 lap session, Peris was getting a feel for the motorcycle and how it reacted when he turned up the pace. By the fifth lap of his second session, he bested the lap record by over a second, turning a 1:54.07. Evan stated, "the bike was hugely impressive for a stock machine, the fact that Chris was able to lap faster on it than on his race bike is incredible!" Chris added, "Wow. I've never ridden one of these new BMW's before, I can't believe I went faster on a stock bike with headlights, then I did on my own personal racebike. I can't wait to ride it after the ESP boys turn it into more of a racebike." Based on the strength of their first outing with the BMW S1000RR, Iron Horse Motorcycles and ESP have decided to join forces, creating Team Iron Horse BMW/ ESP for the upcoming AMA Superbike race in Fontana with Chris Peris riding. Although the team would like to contest the remaining AMA Superbike rounds, the budget is not currently in place. Team Iron Horse BMW/ ESP is actively seeking sponsorship to campaign as many additional AMA rounds as possible in 2010.
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Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. Team Iron Horse BMW/ ESP was created to maximize the strengths of both organizations. Iron Horse BMW is focused on their customers' ownership experience. ESP is an independent sport bike shop that focuses on the racer and track day rider. This is the reason Iron Horse BMW teamed up with ESP. ESP understands the sportbike market, and they have the skills and experience Iron Horse BMW needs to be able to sell the S1000RR to new customers with the knowledge only racing provides. Iron Horse BMW/ESP will use their racing experience to further develop the S1000RR. Team Iron Horse BMW/ ESP will use AMA Superbike competition to develop chassis, suspension and motor parts and accessories that will be made available to S1000RR owners, allowing them to enjoy the BMW S1000RR for years to come.
Evan Steel Performance is a small, personal, specialized shop located in Tucson, Arizona that deals with all aspects of motorcycle road racing. ESP bikes have had some of the highest trap speeds in their classes at AMA Nationals, as well as the highest top speed at start/finish at the 50th annual Macau Grand Prix. In 2009, ESP clinched the Supersport East title with numerous victories. In 2008, ESP scored a very rare privateer podium at the VIR AMA National in the Superstock class with Chris Peris. ESP is open to any level of racing, from basic race prep to planning a season at the Nationals. ESP can be reached at (520) 294 3050 or www.evansteelperformance.com
Iron Horse BMW is Arizona's premier BMW dealer, located in Tucson, Arizona. Iron Horse is dedicated to providing their customers with the best possible ownership experience. The staff are passionate and avid motorcyclists from motocross to roadracing and everything in between. They have the experience and ability to help riders get the most out of their motorcycles. To make your dream of S1000RR ownership a reality, contact Iron Horse at (520)327-0773 or www.ironhorsemotorcycles.com More Breaking Headlines | Next Article | Home
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