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Re: 1st Annual Car Show/Silent Auction 100% for Charity [tvague]

by tvague on Wed Jul 15 07:52:23 PDT 2009

Family fun and community spirit come together in support of a worthy charitable cause, Saturday, July 25th, 10:00am to 4:00pm at Earl Warren Showgrounds, 101 fwy and Las Positas offramp in Santa Barbara. Hundreds of painstakingly and lovingly built show vehicles are gathering from throughout California and neighboring states in support of Seafaring Opportunities For Those In Need (SOFTIN), Inc., a genuine (501c3) nonprofit providing at-sea education and skill-building experiences for disabled, impaired, victims of abuse, frail elderly and youths-at-risk. All proceeds fund SOFTIN programs. Visitors to the show will ogle and admire “cherry” cars, (classics, hot rods, lowriders), trucks and bicycles, listen and dance to Redfish classic rock band, listen to popular DJs mixing music and announcements, visit vendor booths filled with goodies and services, peruse and bid on fun and valuable donated items, try for raffle prizes, and find fun things for kids to do…. All to support SOFTIN’s programs benefitting special-needs people. Using the healing powers of the sea and emotional excitement of interaction with critters of the sea, SOFTIN’s educational curriculum teaches special-needs people and youths-at-risk about the waterfront, types of vessels, jobs on the water, principles of ethical angling, ocean conservation, marine debris prevention, water quality management. Come support a worthy charity and have a great time. Tickets are $10. Sponsored by Toyota of Santa Barbara, Steve Nuttall Trucking Redfish Classic Rock Band, Cathy’s Daycare. For more information, contact Capt. Tiffany Vague: tvague@softininc.org or (805)574-9388. ;)

Re: Someone pays for it. [kdhspyder]

by gagrice on Thu Jul 09 17:48:45 PDT 2009

Nice try at covering for Barry. Won't work. Most of the posters here know his modus operandi. Why not more stimulus. The first $800 billion has not stopped the loss of jobs. How many people do you know that have gotten a job as a result of that massive waste of money? I know one teacher that got a 6 month job as a result. It is to help the uneducated to write a resume. It was pushed through a brain dead Congress as creating jobs fixing roads and bridges. Well in fact only $3.3 billion is allocated for infrastructure. Personally I will keep a large tough SUV, as I am sure our third World roads will not be improved by Barry's huge waste of money we do not have. Warren is getting senile as noted by his tumbling stock. My Fidelity has done better over the last year than Berkshire Hathaway. Of course he wants more stimulus. He got Billions on the Morgan deal.

Re: Someone pays for it. [gagrice]

by kdhspyder on Thu Jul 09 17:14:34 PDT 2009

Actually the way I read this article was this. BILLIONS GO TO AREAS THAT DIDN'T SUPPORT OBAMA Can you imagine that?? It's shocking. Here let me set your hair on fire. Not only has Paul Krugman called for more stimulus but so also has the Saint of American Business.... http://www.cnbc.com/id/31828467 Legendary investor Warren Buffett said in an interview aired on Thursday unemployment could hit 11 percent and a second stimulus package might be needed as the economy struggles to recover from recession.

Re: 1st Annual Car Show/Silent Auction 100% for Charity [tvague]

by tvague on Wed Jul 08 07:40:28 PDT 2009

I'm trying to post our flyer on SOFTIN's July 25th car show at the Earl Warren Show Grounds in Santa Barbara. 100% for Charity to help fund programs for the physically impaired, mentally impaired, victims of abuse, elderly and youth at risk. Can someone please explain how to do that here? Each time I try, it just comes up blank. :( link title

1986 Chevrolet truck, 350 engine - Acceleration Dead Spot

by warren73078 on Tue Jun 09 09:02:27 PDT 2009

1986 Chevrolet truck, 350 engine, ¾ ton, 4 speed manual – bought the truck recently, after replacing carburetor, distributor, cap, rotor, wires, vacuum hoses, radiator, thermostat, also pulled emission controls off. I hauled a 27’ 5th wheel to the lake (80 miles), no problems and ran and pulled good, on the way back it developed a dead spot in acceleration between acceleration and de-acceleration. The exhaust smells gaseous. Checked all the vacuum hoses, connections, etc., adjusted timing. What now? Warren

Re: Factory tax credits, auto bailout, calling GM Bums [imidazol97]

by lemko on Sun May 24 06:54:57 PDT 2009

One Ohio town's struggle to survive in hard times By HELEN O'NEILL (AP) - The auto plants and steel mills, once the lifeblood of Warren, are ghosts of their former selves. Plants lie idle, shifts have been cut, and the huge parking lot outside the Lordstown General Motors factory is nearly empty. The Golden Gate restaurant and Mary M's, fixtures for years, are shuttered. Houses are boarded up. Businesses have given up on downtown. There is a saying among old-timers in this gritty river town: What recession? We've been stuck in one for 30 years. Yet even stubborn Warren, a town with a dwindling population of about 43,000 in northeast Ohio, is being tested like never before. And folks talk of a hopelessness, a weariness of spirit that is pervading every aspect of life. "It's like lives are being stripped away whole," says Pam Bennett, 55, a retired high school secretary who volunteers at the Warren Family Mission, where hundreds of people flock every week for food and clothes and shelter. Many are families with small children. Many have lost their jobs. And many are coming in for the first time. There was a time when jobs - good-paying jobs - were plentiful. People like Bennett's husband, David, marched straight out of high school and into Delphi Packard Electric Systems, once one of the area's largest and best-paying employers. Now the auto parts plant operates with a skeletal crew. After 37 years, Bennett has been told his health benefits will end when he retires, his pension is frozen and he will lose his job if the plant folds this summer. And so the Bennetts have abandoned their dream of retiring to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and building a small prefabricated house where they hoped to spend sun-filled days after a life of frugality and hard work. These days Warren is littered with abandoned dreams. "It's awful, just awful," says Nick Angelo, 73, who raised six children and two grandchildren in what he says was once a vibrant, prosperous community. Now he feels nothing but sadness when he walks past the closed store fronts near the courthouse square. "I feel sorry for the young people," Angelo says. Angelo, a retired high school athletic director, vividly recalls a time when things were different, when the town sparkled with vitality and hope. It was in the early 1970s and for four consecutive years the two high school football teams - the Warren Harding Panthers and the Warren Western Reserve Raiders - won state championships. There were parades and lavish pre-game dinners at the Golden Gate and 15,000 cheering fans turned out in support. There was a glimmer of that former glory this spring when the high school basketball team made it to the state semifinals and several thousand fans drove three hours to Columbus to watch the game. For a week, it was as if the team held the heart of the town. Bands played at pep rallies, restaurants donated food, and "Go Raiders!" signs bedecked the town. "People just desperately need some hope to cling to," coach Steve Arnold says. "And for a short time, we were that hope." Over at the Hoyt Street Church, Pastor Gerald Morgan sees the same thirst for hope. Worshippers are flocking to services in greater numbers, though donations are down. It's always that way in a time of austerity, he says. People turn to the church for solace and for answers they can't find anywhere else. The 59-year-old minister, who spent 30 years on a General Motors assembly line before becoming a full-time pastor, doesn't have answers. Just a deep, ingrained knowledge of how his people are suffering. And an abiding faith that, no matter how bad things get, they will pull through. And so he quotes from Genesis, the passage about how the earth returned to life after the devastation of the great flood. And he tells his congregation that Warren too will emerge from this latest chapter of darkness, and someday thrive again.