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Storm kills 3, injures 71 at Belgian festival HASSELT, Belgium (AP) — A storm swept through a popular open-air music festival in this eastern Belgium town on Thursday killing at least three people and injuring more than 70 others, an official said. Ambulances and police cars raced to and from the site of the Pukkelpop festival, near the town of Hasselt, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Brussels, late Thursday, their sirens blaring. Concertgoers described scenes of panic as the sky darkened, the winds whipped, rain poured, hailstones nearly half an inch (larger than 1 centimeter) across pelted the crowds, and concert structures buckled. “It was frightening. It looked terrible. All the structures collapsed,” said Brinnie Gardner, 20, of Aukland, New Zealand, who is on a tour of Europe with a friend. “There was panic. It was crazy.” Hugo Simons, Hasselt’s head of emergency medical planning, told VRT radio that three people had died, 11 had been severely injured and 60 had sustained light injuries as a result of the storm. Organizers estimated that 60,000 people were at the threeday festival, which started Thursday, when the stor m broke. Many were streaming out of the grounds after the storm, which turned the festival site into a scene of mud and destruction within about 10 minutes. Video from the site showed stage equipment dangling in high winds as rain-soaked concertgoers at the music festival ran for cover. Trees and branches all around the area were downed, evidence of the sudden ferocity of the winds. Ambulances ferried the seriously injured to nearby hospitals. Some of those lightly injured were being treated at a
Friday, August 19, 2011
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Music fans look at a collapsed festival tent after a storm swept through an open-air music festival near Hasselt, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Brussels, Belgium, Thursday. The storm killed at least three people and injured more than 70 others, an official said.
local sports complex. More than 20 ambulances were dispatched to the festival ground. Images of the disaster showed fallen lighting scaffolds. Dutch NOS television reporter Rick Hoogkamp, who was attending the concert Thursday, said several tents collapsed. An AP reporter saw concession stands blown down and a large food tent spread across the ground. One of those who watched a tent collapse was Laura
Elegeert, 17, of Saint-Nicolas, Belgium. “It was utter confusion, mass panic,” Elegeert said. “People were trying to get out of this tent that collapsed by using their pocket knives and cutting holes in the fabric.” Two cranes were brought in to try to lift the large tent late Thursday, but the ground appeared too swamped for them to reach the area. Chokri Mahassine, the organ-
izer of the festival, said, “We have for now put the festival on hold until we understand the situation completely.” The three-day festival’s lineup features internationally known acts, including Foo Fighters, Eminem and The Offspring. This was the second deadly incident at an outdoor festival in a week. On Saturday, parts of a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, killing five people and injuring dozens
when winds of up to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) to 70 miles per hour (112 kilometers per hour) hit the site. Last month, a German woman died in a 30-meter (100-foot) fall from a tower at the Roskilde music festival in Denmark, but police said she likely committed suicide. In 2000, nine people were crushed to death and 43 injured at the same festival during a Pearl Jam concert.
O’Donnell: No hard feelings for CNN’s Morgan
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell said Thursday she has no hard feelings toward CNN’s Piers Morgan after walking of f his show, but has declined an invitation to return. The Delaware Republican, invited to appear on Morgan’s prime-time show Wednesday to promote her new book, became angry after Morgan asked whether or not she supported gay marriage. She said he was “borderline being a bit rude” and said she wanted to talk about topics in the book, “Troublemaker: Let’s Do What it T akes to Make America Great Again.” Morgan pressed on, asking her what she felt about the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gays and lesbians in the U.S. military, and O’Donnell didn’t want to talk about it.
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In this Nov. 2, 2010, photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell waves before giving her concession speech to supporters in Dover, Del.
Morgan said he didn’t think he was being rude. “I think I’m being charming and respectful,”
he said. Someone said off-camera to O’Donnell that it was “time to go,” and she took
MDA telethon making major changes without Jerry Lewis
PHOENIX (AP) — Comedian Jerry Lewis’ conspicuous absence will not be the only change at the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s telethon this Labor Day weekend. The Arizona-based organization is making major changes to the telethon, slashing it down from a nearly 22-hour show to six hours of prime-time television in an effort to boost audience numbers, raise more money, and make sponsors and celebrities happy. The association announced many of the changes Thursday as it moves on from a 45year partnership with Lewis. The 85-year-old Lewis and the association still haven’t said why they’ve parted ways, but the move doesn’t appear to be hindering the group’s plans for the Sunday, Sept. 4, telethon. “While we deeply appreciate everything that Jerry Lewis has done and his enduring legacy for MDA, our show will go on,” MDA spokesman Jim Brown told The Associated Press from Tucson. “It’s really not in the best interest of MDA ... to discuss publicly details about what Jerry appears to agree with or didn’t disagree with.” MDA announced earlier this month that Lewis was no longer its national chairman and wouldn’t be on this year’s telethon. When pressed by a reporter at the time about his role with the telethon, Lewis said:
“It’s none of your business.” Lewis later said he would hold a press conference the day after the telethon to clarify his plans. “I will have plenty to say about what I think is important. And that’s the future, not the past,” he said. Candi Cazau, a Las Vegas-based publicist for Lewis, said Thursday that the comedian can’t comment about the telethon or his departure from MDA, though it’s not clear why. She declined to comment further. Since 1966, the telethon has lasted 21 1/2 hours, with Lewis at the helm, and has raised more than $1.6 billion. Now the telethon will begin at 6 p.m. and end at midnight in all time zones. The show, being taped in Las Vegas, will air live only on the East Coast. Everyone else in the country will watch the telethon delayed, with two eight-minute segments airing live every hour, Brown said. He said the association has been discussing the much shorter telethon for at least a year but declined to say whether that was a factor in Lewis’ departure from the show. The shorter air time is in response to television affiliates that complained of the telethon’s length, and will ensure a primetime audience for celebrities and sponsors, Brown said.
of f her microphone and left. Morgan later said it was his first walk-out in 25
years of conducting interviews. Before the question about gay marriage, Morgan had asked O’Donnell “Do you still think masturbation is wrong?” “Are you still a supporter of total abstinence?” and “Have you committed lust in your heart?” “If you watch the full interview, you’ll see I was more than a good sport with his prior inappropriate and double-standard line of questions,” O’Donnell said in a statement Thursday. “We had already gone over our time limit and were late for a Women’s National Republican Club speech being shown on CSPAN. No hard feelings and I wish Piers all the best in his future endeavors.” CNN invited O’Donnell back on Morgan’s show Thursday, but she
declined. Joseph Rinaldi, a spokesman for her publisher, said she was already booked with other events. Morgan tweeted after the show that “Do you think Christine O’Donnell is going to put a witch’s curse on me now?” That’s a reference to O’Donnell saying several years ago that she had dabbled in witchcraft as a teenager. There was a certain symbiosis to the walk-of f: O’Donnell is seeking attention for her book, while Morgan is seeking ratings traction for his show while trying to deflect attention from accusations in London that he was aware of phone hacking by journalists at the now-defunct News of the World, which he used to edit. Morgan has denied any involvement in phone hacking.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------Publish August 19, 2011 SOUTHEAST NM COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION HEAD START PROGRAM Request for Proposals
Southeast NM Community Action Corporation Head Start Program is soliciting proposals to replace existing air conditioning system located at 503 E. McGaffey, Roswell, NM with a 2 ton 13 SEER, 401a heat pump and matching air handler with auxiliary back-up heat strip. Installation must include new refrigerant lines, hanging system for indoor unit with drain pan, new thermostat and removal of existing equipment. A site tour is required. An appointment to view site may be scheduled by contacting Buddy Simmons 575-703-0782, or 575-748-1141.
Deadline Sealed Proposals must be submitted to SNMCAC Head Start Program, PO Box 37 Artesia, NM 88211-0037, by August 29, 2011 MST@ 10:00 a.m. Proposals must include wage rate requirements as stipulated in the New Mexico Procurement Code and by the Davis-Bacon wage determination, if applicable in responding to this request. Total price must include installation, materials, labor, and New Mexico Gross Receipt Taxes. Warranty must be included in the proposal. The SNMCAC Head Start Program reserves the right to reject any or all quotes or to waive any technicality.
ROSWELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, Plaintiff,
vs.
No. D-504-CV-2011-286
MARY H. BACHICHA, Defendant.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF SUIT
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF CHAVES
TO: The following named defendant against whom substituted service is hereby sought to be obtained: MARY H. BACHICHA. Pursuant to SCRA 1986, 1-004(H), you and each of you, are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has commenced suit against you in the above-entitled court and action, the general object of which is collect money for debt owed to Plaintiff by said Defendant. You are further notified that unless you enter your appearance in said action on or before September 17, 2011, judgment and decree will be rendered against you by default and the relief requested by Plaintiff will be granted and decreed. The name of Plaintiffs’ attorneys are: Garber and Hallmark, P.C., P.O. Box 850, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0850. DONE this 2nd day of August, 2011. KENNON CROWHURST CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By: Janet Bloomer Deputy Clerk