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A City of Longmont snowplow is seen on Airport Road near the entrance to Vance Brand Municipal Airport Wednesday. (Matthew Jonas / Longmont Times-Call)

This winter's persistent snow storms and below freezing temperatures has presented a problem for companies leasing hangar space at the Vance Brand Municipal Airport.

Assistant City Manager Shawn Lewis, who is overseeing airport operations while a replacement is chosen for former airport manager Tim Barth, said that the storms prompted several complaints from companies that fly out of the airport about snow on the runways and taxiways.

Although the airport is next door to the city's public works operations building where the city deploys its snowplows, the double and single-bladed plows are generally not used inside the airport, Lewis said.

"The city equipment we have is dedicated to the streets and the airport is an enterprise fund," Lewis said. Enterprise funds must support themselves through earned revenue and other monies, and is not fully subsidized by city coffers.

"The other reasons is because, well obviously the public works equipment is fully deployed on city streets in the event of a storm because that's its primary function," Lewis said.

The solution is that some of the private companies stationed at the airport contract with separate snow removal companies. For the rest of the shared space some of the runways and taxiways in 2010 the city contracted with Mile-Hi Airport Services, a company that is also owned by the owners of Mile-Hi Skydiving.

Under that contract, the city pays Mile-Hi Airport Services $60 an hour to remove snow when it's preventing the airport from functioning. Mile-Hi Airport Services is also contracted at $60 an hour to mow some parts of the airport and public works facility lawn and sweep debris from the taxiways and runways. Since the contract was first signed in 2010, it has been renewed the maximum number of four times annually, and the service will be bid out to prospective snow removal companies at the end of April this year.

One problem was that snow storms in November and December resulted in constant snowfall that hardened and iced over before it could be plowed by both Mile-Hi and the other contracted companies, making it difficult to plow away. The other problem is an unintentional consequence of a new airport improvement.

In 2013, the airport received a $400,000 grant from the state that it matched with $44,000 to buy and install better perimeter fencing to improve security. Most of that new fencing went up just before Barth resigned Dec. 19

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ZOE ADAMS riding SATONAMILLION in The Amlin Plus Eventing Grand Prix

Eventers will be back at Hickstead this summer after the loss of the eventing grand prix in 2014.

The popular class in which eventers and showjumpers went head-to-head over a range of coloured poles and fixed cross-country fences was traditionally held on the Thursday of the Royal International Horse Show. But in 2014 it was withdrawn from the programme as Sky Sports dropped Thursdays coverage, meaning that action from the cross-country fences in the grounds would not have been filmed and relayed back to the arena screens.

However, to solve this problem the class has been reformatted into the eventers challenge.

The class will now be kept within the arena and only event riders will be eligible to compete, which will allow the cross-country fences to become more technical and demanding.

Lots of equestrian fans were upset by the loss of the former eventing grand prix class, so were very pleased to be launching the eventers challenge in its place, said Hicksteads Lizzie Bunn.

This year the course will be designed by Richard Taylor. Mr Taylor has been part of the course-building team at two European eventing championships, the Asian Games and the Beijing Olympics.

All the fences will be rustic cross-country obstacles, with some fixed fences and others that can be knocked down.

A number of top riders have won the title during the class sixteen-year history, including eventers Pippa Funnell, Andrew Nicholson and Lucinda Fredericks, plus showjumpers Michael Whitaker and Shane Breen.

There have been some very illustrious eventing champions competing at Hickstead over the years, and were pleased to be inviting the countrys top names once again, added Lizzie.

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Manama: Saudi Arabia border security forces both in the north and south of the kingdom are ready to deal with any situation, including shooting any infiltrators trying to cross into the country illegally, a security official has said.

They are well prepared in light of the events unfolding in some of Saudi Arabias neighbouring countries and they have the authority to reciprocate and shoot any illegal infiltrators, Mohammad Al Ghamdi, the spokesperson for the border security forces, said.

The plan to secure the southern borders is moving forward. The first stage of the fence is over and the second stage of including modern technology in monitoring and tracking infiltrators is being implemented, Al Ghamdi told Saudi daily Al Sharq Al Awsat.

The official added that the northern borders were secure and that the rate of infiltration into Saudi Arabia was nil, stressing that the modern technology used by the border patrols succeeded in tracking anyone trying to enter the kingdom illegally.

We deal with infiltrators in the 20-kilometre no-man zone, he said.

The tracking of infiltrators trying to enter the kingdom by using aeroplanes is coordinated with the interior ministry security aviation, he said.

On September 5, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud inaugurated the first phase of a border security barrier along the kingdoms northern borders, stretching from Hafar Al Batin, near the Iraq-Kuwait border, to the northeast town of Turaif close to Jordan.

The Saudi Press Agency reported that the multilayered barrier runs along 900km of the northern border and consists of 50 radars, 78 monitoring towers, eight command centres, ten mobile surveillance vehicles, 38 night vision camera-equipped gates, 32 rapid-response centres, and three rapid intervention squads, all linked by a fibre-optic communications network.

The official news agency said that 3,397 people were being trained by 60 trainers to man the barrier.

The ten kilometre-deep barrier consists of a sand berm, two fences, and a patrol road that connects the various watchtowers and supporting facilities.

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CBI had named Maran and BSNL officials, including the then Chief General Manager K Bramhanathan and MP Veluswami in the FIR filed in October 2013.

A day after CBI arrested his close aide and two others in illegal telephone exchange case, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday charged the agency with trying "to fix" him to please an RSS leader from Tamil Nadu.

"CBI should be a fact-finding machine and not a fixing one. I am being singled out. CBI is fixing me to please an RSS ideologue from Tamil Nadu," a combative Maran told reporters here after briefing DMK chief M Karunanidhi on the developments. He, however, did not name anyone.

Maran, who is facing CBI heat, alleged that the investigating agency was compelling the three arrested persons to complain against him and that they were even tortured to give "false statement".

CBI had yesteday arrested V Gowthaman, then Additional Private Secretary of Dayanidhi Maran, and two others in connection with alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines to the the former Telecom Minister's residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother's TV channel.

CBI had named Maran and BSNL officials, including the then Chief General Manager K Bramhanathan and MP Veluswami in the FIR filed in October 2013.

"...after eight years, they are just fixing this case. They have arrested three people. Irony is they have been ill-treated and were forced to give false statement. When they refused, they were arrested. They were compelled to complain against me. Third degree treatment was meted out to them,"Maran alleged.

Asserting that he would fight out the case, Maran hit out at CBI, saying "Is CBI trying to impress the RSS ideologue from Tamil Nadu? The telephone line still functions in my residence....CBI wants to pass the buck, I have no choice but to fight it out."

"CBI has filed FIR against me alleging when I was the telecom minister and there was excess use of telephone connection. I have explained. This investigation has been going on for eight years", he said.

He said for the last 18 months the arrested people have been called by CBI and they cooperated in all the investigation procedures.

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New Delhi, Jan 22: CBI on Jan 21 arrested three people, including V Gowthaman, the then Additional Private Secretary of Dayanidhi Maran, in connection with alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines to the then Telecom Minister's residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother's TV channel.

Besides Gowthaman, CBI arrested Chief Technical Officer S Kannan and electrician L S Ravi of Sun TV network, the agency said. The three have been arrested to "collect some crucial evidence" which may come up during their questioning, CBI said.

The investigating agency also informed that all arrested people would be produced before a designated court in Chennai on Thursday, Jan 22.

CBI has named Maran and BSNL officials, including the then Chief General Manager K Bramhanathan and MP Veluswami in the FIR filed in October 2013 following a preliminary enquiry in which the agency claimed to have found enough material to proceed with a regular case against the former minister.

CBI alleged nearly 323 residential lines were allegedly in the name of the BSNL General Manager connecting the Boat House residence of Maran with the office of Sun TV through a dedicated underground cable during his tenure as Telecom Minister.

The probe had started in 2011, nearly four years after getting complaints that a 'virtual' telephone exchange was allegedly set-up at the then Telecom Minister's house for facilitating data transfer from Sun TV.

The agency had recommended action to the then Telecom Secretary in 2007 but the department allegedly did not give its nod in the case, sources in CBI said. CBI filed a preliminary inquiry in the case in 2011, they said.

The sources said these lines were not ordinary telephone lines but costly ISDN, capable of carrying huge data thus facilitating faster transmission of TV news and programmes across the globe.

CBI had in its report to the Telecom Secretary alleged these lines were for use of large commercial enterprises to meet special needs such as video conferencing or transmission of huge volume of digital data for which heavy fee is charged but Sun TV got it for free.

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Chennai, Jan 22 (PTI):A day after CBI arrested his close aide and two others in illegal telephone exchange case, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran today charged the agency with trying "to fix" him to please an RSS leader from Tamil Nadu.

"CBI should be a fact-finding machine and not a fixing one.... I am being singled out. CBI is fixing me to please an RSS ideologue from Tamil Nadu," a combative Maran told reporters here after briefing DMK chief M Karunanidhi on the developments. He, however, did not name anyone.

Maran, who is facing CBI heat, alleged that the investigating agency was compelling the three arrested persons to complain against him and that they were even tortured to give "false statement".

CBI had yesteday arrested V Gowthaman, then Additional Private Secretary of Dayanidhi Maran, and two others in connection with alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines to the the former Telecom Minister's residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother's TV channel.

CBI had named Maran and BSNL officials, including the then Chief General Manager K Bramhanathan and MP Veluswami in the FIR filed in October 2013.

"...after eight years, they are just fixing this case. They have arrested three people. Irony is they have been ill-treated and were forced to give false statement. When they refused, they were arrested. They were compelled to complain against me. Third degree treatment was meted out to them," " Maran alleged.

Asserting that he would fight out the case, Maran hit out at CBI, saying "Is CBI trying to impress the RSS ideologue from Tamil Nadu? The telephone line still functions in my residence....CBI wants to pass the buck, I have no choice but to fight it out."

"CBI has filed FIR against me alleging when I was the telecom minister and there was excess use of telephone connection. I have explained. This investigation has been going on for eight years", he said.

He said for the last 18 months the arrested people have been called by CBI and they cooperated in all the investigation procedures.

The arrested persons included Chief Technical Officer S Kannan and electrician L S Ravi of Sun TV network.

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DENVER, CO -- Building products manufacturer Johns Manville announced the launch of JM Spider Plus blow-in insulation, a re-engineered blow-in system and the latest addition to the industry's most complete line of insulation products. JM Spider Plus replaces JM Spider spray-in fiber glass insulation and is ideal for residential, commercial and manufactured buildings.

JM Spider Plus is designed for installation by professionals using a blowing wool machine and features "Interlocking Fiber Technology," JM's latest building science innovation. Interlocking Fiber Technology allows the insulation fibers to spring and lock into cavities with no adhesive or netting. JM Spider Plus achieves an R-value of 15 in a 2x4 cavity and an R-23 in 2x6 walls.

Additional performance advantages include:

Flexible installation: Installs and dries quickly for same-day drywall installation - saving time and money

Clean: Minimal dust and easy clean up on jobsites compared to other spray-in systems

"We re-engineered JM Spider -- one of our signature products -- to meet the evolving needs of our customers," said Todd Bridgeford, product manager for Johns Manville. "Professional insulation installers want products that offer cost- and time-effective solutions, and our new Interlocking Fiber Technology delivers the performance enhancements and ease of installation needed for today's increasingly demanding project requirements."

"We've been installing JM Spider blow-in insulation since 2005, and it's become a favorite product of ours," said Ron Novak, owner of Advanced Insulation Systems, Inc., in Traverse City, Mich. "JM Spider Plus held together in wall cavities and in overhead applications, and we're excited to incorporate it into our product portfolio moving forward."

JM Spider Plus is available to customers in North America immediately. To learn more, visit JM.com or talk to a product manager.

About Johns Manville Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, and roof insulation, as well as fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. JM serves markets that include aerospace, automotive and transportation, air handling, appliance, HVAC, pipe and equipment, filtration, waterproofing, building, flooring, interiors and wind energy. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company has annual sales of approximately $2.5 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. JM employs approximately 7,000 people and operates 45 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China. Additional information can be found at JM.com.

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When the late Toby Pennels became president of the Windham Veterans Association, the Casco-based financial adviser set out to resurrect the groups flagging finances. Key to the effort was Pennels plan to pave the Windham Veterans Centers bumpy dirt access road and parking lot behind the Windham Mall.

Once the road and parking lot were paved, Pennels figured, the center would see a spike in income from hall rentals. Upon assuming the association presidency in summer 2012, Pennels established a paving account.

The account had accrued about $4,000 by September 2014, when Pennels died as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash in Rangeley.

On Monday, the association kicked off Tobys Dream, a fundraiser at the center in Pennels honor. The goal is to grow the paving account to $50,000 by Memorial Day, and pave the access road and parking lot. The association has also obtained town approval to rename the access road the Toby Pennels Veterans Memorial Drive.

About 40 people attended the event, which was pioneered by Don Swander, the associations president from 2005-2012. According to Swander, nine donors contributed $6,620 in total at the fundraiser, swelling the associations paving account to $10,788.

Two weeks before Pennels motorcycle accident, Swander and Pennels stood at the entrance to the access road at the rear of the Windham Mall parking lot and debated whether to pave the access road and the parking lot, or take one at a time, Swander recalled Monday.

Toby was adamant that we must do them at the same time, Swander said. He assured me that his business plan would make the veterans center self-sufficient. He said, We need to pave right to here and there was no question in my mind that thats what was going to happen. He looked at me with that great Toby smirky smile that he got sometimes and said firmly, Don, if we pave it, they will come.

And I tell you, Kevin Costner could not have said it any better, Swander added.

According to Swander, the paving project will allow the association to make significant improvements and upgrades to the centers building and grounds. These improvements, along with the paving, will significantly increase rental income, Swander said, thereby making the center financially self-sustaining.

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Judge John Nethaway's cottage at Log House Landing on the St. Croix River is pictured circa 1903. At right on the river's edge are a canvas shelter and flag pole. The site was a steamboat landing in the 1850s and is now a public boat landing owned by the city of Scandia. Plans to widen the roadway leading to the landing have upset some residents, who hope to work with the city to help preserve the area's rural character. (Courtesy of Washington County Historical Society)

A narrow, tree-lined gravel road that leads to the Log House Landing boat launch on the St. Croix River is going to stay narrow and tree-lined, but the road and an adjacent parking lane on the north side will be paved.

The Scandia City Council on Tuesday night approved the Log House Landing committee's recommendation that the road be paved and be 13 feet wide but went against the committee's recommendation that the parking lane remain gravel.

City staff had recommended a 20-foot-wide paved road.

"I am certainly pleased that the council approved a narrower driveway that will allow for the preservation of the original contour of the road," said Pam Plowman Smith, a committee member and a spokeswoman for Friends of Log House Landing. "But our committee does not feel that paving the additional parking lane is wise. We hope to continue discussions."

The advisory committee, which was appointed by the council in October, consisted of representatives from the city council, planning commission, Carnelian-Marine-St. Croix Watershed District, St. Croix River Association and the public.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Carnelian-Marine Watershed District still must sign off on the plans, said City Administrator Kristina Handt. If both of those agencies approve and help fund the plan, construction could start in late July or early August, she said.

"The city looks forward to implementing this compromise proposal to protect the St.

City officials said the work was needed to improve traffic flow and halt erosion; opponents said the changes would be too severe and disturb the environment.

Mary Divine can be reached at 651-228-5443. Follow her at twitter.com/MaryEDivine.

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