| Exxaro to boost coal supply to Eskom
This will form part of the 45-million extra tons that the utility is ordering to ensure that it will have adequate stockpiles at its power stations. Exxaro COO Mike Kilbride said on Thursday that the company had fairly rapid access to the necessary reserves – some would effectively be brownfields expansions of existing operations, while others were satellite reserves near operational mines. Although Exxaro believed that Eskom's power constraints were unlikely to affect its coal operations – the utility was, after all, dependent on the solid fossil fuel as its main energy source, and most of the mining group's coal mines supply some or all their production to Eskom power stations – the same assurance does not apply to non-coal operations in this country. The agreements between Eskom and Exxaro's KZN Sands and Zincor operations could see these divisions lose 10% of their production.
Ransom: From ‘mistake’ to great, Felix says
When Larry Felix came from Ponca City, Okla., to Ottawa to be the new administrator at Ransom Memorial Hospital in 2000, he knew the hospital's finances were shaky. The hospital had no cash reserves. The hospital had a significant debt. It depended on the county sales tax levy to keep the doors open. When he started, Felix said he originally thought the hospital had two years of survival left before it went bankrupt. Then he began closely examining the books. “It was a lot worse," Felix said. “I told my wife that I felt I had made a mistake (coming to Ottawa)," Felix said. The hospital staff was spooked by the hospital's finances, he told the Franklin County Commission Wednesday during his annual report to the county. “They were in fear of losing their jobs," Felix said. By a careful program of reducing costs and improving care, the staff righted the hospital's finances and now the hospital is debt-free and planning for a major renovation project .
December 2007
A man allegedly stole this cab and narrowly escaped death when a fence impaled it.HYANNIS - A man is facing stolen vehicle charges but should consider himself lucky to be alive. Just minutes after 2008 was rung in, the suspect allegedly stole a Town Taxi at the Cape Cod Inn on Main Street in Hyannis. Moments later police discovered the taxi crashed off West Main Street at Jack Ellis Foreign Auto Repair. The cab had sheared a fence and the support pole for the fence impaled the entire cab missing the driver by inches. The suspect 48-year old David Letsch was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with minor injuries. He's expected to be arraigned on Wednesday on charges of larceny of a motor vehicle, operating under the influence of alcohol, and operating to endanger. (Photos by Frank Paparo/CWN) Domestic suspect found crashed A man wanted for a domestic dispute was found by police after his car struck a tree.BARNSTABLE - Barnstable Police didn't have to look far for a suspect wanted in connection with a domestic disturbance.
Bulls banish memories of Saltergate horror show
We have to look at what we do at home with the way that teams come to us. "Now we feel that, with the pace we have up front, we can afford to sit a little deeper and keep a better shape and play on the counter-attack a little more. "It seems to suit us away from home so we just tried to tinker with it a little bit for the home games. Fortunately, we have had a great result today, scored two, kept a clean sheet which always pleases me, and it is a great result for us." Hereford, with their regular central midfield pairing of Ben Smith and Toumani Diagouraga both sidelined due to injury and replaced by Kris Taylor and Sam Gwynne, took the lead from their first real attack. Taylor's cross was flicked on by Clint Easton and Sherjill MacDonald worked the ball past goalkeeper Michael Jordan from close range.
Storm disrupts businesses in some areas
Monday's storm caused business disruptions in some of the region's hardest-hit spots, including a flooded business park in Bothell and the wind-battered coast. At Bothell's North Creek Business Park, which was under a mandatory city evacuation order, the Spring Hill Suites hotel was accessible by only one out-of-the-way access road, said general manager Heather Stowe. "We're actually advising people not to come in, because they may not be able to get out," she said. Business at the Bothell Home Depot was about half that of a normal Monday, manager Pat Berg said, but customers coming in were on a mission. "We're selling a lot of emergency generators and pumps and bag of sands," he said. "It's definitely not a normal day." The storm struck during what is supposed to be one of the busiest weeks of the year for retailers.
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