ALCOA Demolishing South Plant Operations Building- July 8, 2008 Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times - Demolition of 66-year-old ALCOA office begins: The end is near for the old South Plant administrative office building of Tennessee Operations of ALCOA Inc. on Hall Road. Complete demolition of the building is several days away, but workers have started salvaging significant elements from the interior and exterior of the 66-year-old building, Christy Newman, ALCOA community relations manager for Tennessee Operations, said Wednesday. There's a hole where the...http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005434.shtml Local Rail Revisited in Light of High Gas Prices- July 8, 2008 Knoxville News-Sentinel - Funding, culture could derail dream of rail service: Pete Claussen, chairman of Knoxville-based Gulf & Ohio Railways Inc., said he likes the concept of passenger rail and doesn't want to pour cold water on the idea, but there are some tough realities that have to be addressed. One is that somebody is going to have to pay for passenger rail, because it generally won't pay for itself. "Nobody in the world makes money hauling passengers," he said. "There are no...http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005429.shtml XRLQ- July 8, 2008 "Conservatives can either vote for McCain, and fear he may be lying, or they can vote for Obama and hope to God he is." -- XRLQhttp://www.lesjones.com/posts/005428.shtml |