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Saturday, September 04 2010 07:31 |
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Lexi Theis came through against St. Charles West in two previous at-bats during Thursday’s Holt Varsity Softball Tournament finale between two Gateway Athletic Conference North opponents.
So after the Fort Zumwalt North sophomore collected her third hit of the game and gave the Panthers the lead for good in the top of the seventh inning, Warriors coach Ellen Parker was left second-guessing herself.
Story in STLHighSchoolSports |
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Saturday, September 04 2010 07:30 |
Whether you’re an avid paddler looking to get in on a competitive river race, or simply in search of a fun-filled, laid-back “float,” Race for the Rivers 2010 is the event you’ve been searching for! With water education, restoration and recreation as the focus, The Greenway Network, a non-profit citizens action group, is set to re-stage their fourth annual Missouri River paddling event on the weekend of September 4 & 5, 2010.
Race One: The Race for the Rivers, is a staged-event covering 65 miles of the scenic Missouri River from Washington Missouri all the way to the Confluence. It is a race for the serious paddler with strong endurance and a desire to compete.
Race Two: The Clean Water Challenge, is designed for the less experienced racer and/or recreational paddlers – a NON-STOP friendly competition race at a discretionary pace. This event begins in Weldon Spring and concludes in historic Saint Charles at the Race for the Rivers Festival in Frontier Park.
The Festival is open to any and all who are interested in good food, great music and more information about how to encourage and enjoy healthy rivers. All tax deductible pledges will go to support Greenway Network's various clean water initiatives.
See the Race for the Rivers event webpage for more information.
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Friday, September 03 2010 12:08 |
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Growers in Southwestern Illinois are finding good growth in their orchards, and this year's apple crop was not harmed by the overly wet weather in June or brutally hot weather in August.
The first apples are now being picked. Growers are picking a variety of different kinds of apples that grow to be different sizes and shades of red, yellow and green.
Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2010/09/03/1386517/perfect-timing.html#ixzz0yUWMYWNU |
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Friday, September 03 2010 11:56 |
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According to the 19th annual Highway Report from the Reason Foundation, Missouri ranks 8th in the nation for best roads, moving up 16 spots from last year’s report.
Missouri ranks 10th in total highway disbursements, 33rd in fatalities, 40th in deficient or functionally obsolete bridges and 26th in urban Interstate congestion. Missouri’s best rankings come in rural Interstate condition (1st), administrative disbursements (4th) and state-controlled highway miles (7th). Missouri’s lowest rankings are in deficient or functionally obsolete bridges (40th) and narrow rural lanes (38th).
The study measures the condition and cost-effectiveness of state-owned roads in 11 categories, including deficient bridges, urban traffic congestion, fatality rates, pavement condition on urban and rural Interstates and on major rural roads, and the number of unsafe narrow rural lanes. National performance in all of those key areas improved in 2008, the most recent year with complete data available.
The complete Highway Report is available here
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Friday, September 03 2010 10:39 |
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Philip Langdon, of the New Urban Network, argues that if the U.S. is going to shift toward compact, less resource-consuming patterns of development, Americans will have to rely increasingly on mass transit. and at a cost that doesn't drain the coffers dry.
Langdon talks with Ken Archer, who writes for "Greater Greater Washington" blog and is an outspoken critic of Washington, D.C.'s deteriorating transit system. Archer says the way MetroRail decides when to replace a part is to wait until the end of its "useful life."
"Is 'useful life'-based replacement really the solution?" Archer asks. Maintenance based on the "useful life" of infrastructure typically relies on scheduled maintenance, which seems at first glance to be a good thing but which has, in Archer's view, "one fundamental weakness." It boils down to this: "because maintenance is based on a calendar and not the objective condition of an asset, it is almost always either too late and a breakdown has already occurred, or it is way too early and thus wasteful."
Read the entire article on New Urban Network |
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