Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
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Your input has been sent and you = will hear from Bell within 24 hours… they will say there is no schedule at = this point for our area, and because of that response I am taking it to the = city council as well/…but the more people we have the better it will be = to be heard
Enid Lyttle
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Message-----
From: Ralph Robinson
[mailto:ralph@ronrobcon.com]
Sent: July 4, 2006 3:26 =
PM
To: Lyttle,
Enid P (N297850)
Subject: FW: High Speed =
Internet
Could you add me to the list for High speed = in Enniskillen.
Thanks
Referral Information:
Customer Type Residence/Business or both: Residence
Customer phone = number: 905-263-8118
First and Last name of = contact person: Ralph Robinson =
Your consent for me to do this Yes/No: Yes
Address & City = (Optional); 15 Salter Court Enniskillen
Day time contact = number: 905-697-0400
Email (optional) ralph@ronrobcon.com =
***Reason as to why you would like High = Speed:
Researching over dial up is way = ;to slow,to the point we do not use.
From: Todd
Shrigley [mailto:tashrigley@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Thursday, June 29, =
2006 6:17
PM
To: =
Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Subject: Fw: High Speed =
Internet
Hello = All:
I have received this email = form Enid Lyttle and she works for Bell as is trying to help us get high speed = internet in the area.
If you want to have your = name added simply fill out the information below and email it to = her.
Take care
Todd = Shrigley
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From: enid.lyttle@bell.ca
To:<= /font> tashrigley@sympatico.ca
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:35 AM
Subject: RE: High Speed Internet
Hi = Todd,
This is what I need and I will submit on your behalf…..just to let you = know they will call you and inform you that there is no timeline for our area but = I am working on having this escalated to the city council, so will keep you = updated as I progress….the more requests we have the = better..
Referral Information:
Customer Type Residence/Business or both: =
Customer phone number:
First and Last name of = contact person:
Your consent for me to do this Yes/No: =
Address & City (Optional); =
Day time contact number:
Email (optional)
***Reason as to why you would like High Speed: =
= ;
Enid Lyttle
-----Original
Message-----
From: Todd Shrigley
[mailto:tashrigley@sympatico.ca]
Sent: June
26, 2006 5:25
PM
To: Lyttle, Enid P =
(N297850)
Subject: High Speed =
Internet
Hi Enid:
I was given your name by = Crystal Mowbray.
I would be interested in = getting on the list for High Speed Internet..
Please email me back with = the information you require.
Thanks
Todd = Shrigley
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July 11, 2006
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• Questex Media Group and Pit & Quarry magazine have signed an agreement with Mining Media Inc., publisher of Engineering & Mining Journal and Coal Age, to produce an aggregates conference for stone producers in the western United States. The Western U.S. Aggregates Conference will take place in Denver, Nov. 8-9, along with Mining Media Inc.'s MineWest 2006 trade show and conference. Pit & Quarry will also hold StoneSummit 2006, the magazine's 10th industry roundtable event in conjunction with the show. “We are pleased to announce the debut of The Western U.S. Aggregates Conference, and excited about our partnership with Mining Media Inc.,” says Sean Carr, publisher of Pit & Quarry. “We believe this will be a great opportunity for producers in the western part of the United States to take advantage of some very good equipment- and technology-specific educational seminars.”
• The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association will hold its first Fall Conference & Expo October 14-17 in Orlando. It combines two longstanding NRMCA events: the Operations, Environmental and Safety Forum & Expo; and the Business Administration Conference. The decision to merge these two events will create a larger gathering that features a wider range of informative seminars, a larger product exposition and the networking of OES and BAC attendees. Last year's OES Forum & Expo brought in ready mixed concrete fleet, plant, safety and environmental professionals from throughout the United States while the BAC Exposition delivered the latest offerings from business support service providers, back office technologies and insurance and financial services firms. The Fall Conference & Expo will also be the site of NRMCA's first Mixer Driver Championship, an event that recognizes the industry's most valuable employees.
• Aggregate Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holcim Ltd., has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Meyer Material Co. for $231 million from Wasserstein & Co. and Park Avenue Equity Partners. Meyer, based near Chicago, is a supplier of aggregates, ready-mix concrete and concrete paving products. The company's primary markets are located in the northwestern part of Metropolitan Chicago and southeastern Wisconsin. Meyer operates six sand and gravel pits as well as 25 ready-mix concrete plants and a modern concrete-paving-products manufacturing facility. Meyer has 125 million tons of reserves as well as considerable underground reserves, which may be considered for future development. The company employs about 750 people. Last year, Meyer sold approximately 5 million tons of aggregates, 1.5 million cubic meters of ready-mix concrete and 0.5 million square meters of concrete paving and retaining wall systems. In 2005, net sales reached about $190 million. The acquisition strengthens Aggregate Industries’ aggregates and related business positions in the United States.
• Duane Wilder, president of Liebherr Construction Equipment Co., announced the promotion of Tim Doucette, formerly marketing manager, to the new position of marketing and public relations manager. Wilder says, “Due to the continued growth of both our construction and mining divisions, Merilee Hunt, who had previously handled the public relations for both divisions, will now devote herself solely to Liebherr Mining Equipment Company.” Wilder also announced the appointment of Georg Seyrlehner as general manager, earthmoving product management. In this role, Seyrlehner will have overall responsibility for earthmoving product management; training dealer sales people on Liebherr products, competitive comparisons, and interface with the various Liebherr factories on new product features for the U.S. market.
• National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association President and CEO Joy Wilson hailed the 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision that federal regulators may have misinterpreted the Clean Water Act when they denied two Michigan property owners the right to build a shopping mall and condos on wetlands they own. NSSGA was part of a "friend of the court" brief supporting the plaintiffs. "While NSSGA firmly supports protection of the nation's significant wetlands and navigable waters, this decision will bring much needed clarity to the fact that isolated, manmade waters or wetlands incidentally created as part of the mining process should not be considered waters of the United States subject to federal regulation," Wilson says. "Further, NSSGA applauds the court for also clarifying that regulation of isolated, navigable ditches, culverts and ephemeral streams was not the intent of Congress when it passed the Clean Water Act." The court tossed out rulings against John Rapanos and June Carabell, who wanted to fill wetlands they owned near Lake St. Clair in Macomb County, Mich. Rapanos wanted to put a shopping mall on his property, which is about 20 miles from the lake and Carabell wanted to build condos on wetlands she owns about a mile from the lake. The court ruled that lower courts must reconsider whether ditches and drains near wetlands actually are waterways.
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ASSOCIATION NEWS
• According to the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers, sand and gravel companies in Illinois are taking a proactive approach to educating elected officials about the aggregates industry. On September 5, McHenry County Board members and township officials will board a motorcoach for an educational tour of three sites including a sand and gravel plant, an asphalt plant and a clean construction and demolition debris fill site. Members of the McHenry County Gravel Advisory Council are organizing the tour. In addition to the processing of sand and gravel, participants will view the removal of overburden; ready-mix concrete production; concrete, asphalt and wash water recycling; emissions and odor reduction facilities; and land reclamation. The tour will begin with a geological history lesson of the county’s land formations presented by a faculty professor of geology from the McHenry County College.
PERMITTING AND COMMUNITY
• With most, if not all, of their legal options exhausted, people in the community of Sunol, Calif., have had to welcome in a new neighbor as 2006 approaches but not everyone is thrilled with the addition. Grassroots group Save Our Sunol (SOS) helped organize a protest against a planned quarry expansion west of Interstate 680 on land owned by the San Francisco Water Department. The protest drew around 50 people, according to organizers, and is just the latest attempt by SOS to show its displeasure with the quarry. In 2003, Save Our Sunol's lawsuit challenging an Alameda County permit allowing the expansion was denied, and earlier this year the state Supreme Court declined to review the case. The quarry was recently bought by Hanson Aggregates, which says mining should begin by late 2006. Recently, Hanson moved in four large earthmovers and two small bulldozers for some pre-mining activities. Hanson is preparing to build a groundwater cutoff wall and currently is removing the topsoil and other earthen material from the area where mining will start. They are also taking several steps, such as placing a gravel-like road base on dirt to keep dust down, to minimize the impact on Sunol. Hanson also is sending out community updates every couple of weeks to keep residents informed of happenings at the site. Nevertheless, SOS will continue to hold protests near the site and the group's attorney is still reviewing possible legal options. SOS said the community is disappointed in the expansion plan for a variety of reasons, such as the site's location near the Sunol Glen School and what they consider the operator's checkered past, which includes a $200 million lawsuit Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed in 2003 accusing the San Ramon-based Hanson company and two firms it bought in 1999 of stealing sand from San Francisco and Suisun bays and defrauding the state of royalties for a decade. Hanson said that lawsuit is still in litigation, but plays no role in the company's operations in Sunol, reports the Contra Costa Times.
ECONOMICS
• At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $691.9 billion, new construction starts in May advanced 3 percent from April, it was reported by McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Nonresidential building maintained the upward trend witnessed so far in 2006, and it was accompanied by growth for nonbuilding construction (public works and electric utilities). At the same time, residential building continued to gradually settle back from its record pace of the past year. During the first five months of 2006, total construction on an unadjusted basis was $276.9 billion, a 9 percent gain compared to the same period a year ago. May’s data produced a reading of 146 for the Dodge Index (2000=100), up from a revised 142 for April. So far in 2006, the Dodge Index has averaged 144 – above the 139 for full year 2005, although slightly behind the 146 mean registered during last year’s second half. “On balance, construction activity has held up quite well this year, making the transition from a housing-led expansion to one where growth is coming from other sectors,” says Robert A. Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction. “The plus for nonresidential building has been healthier market fundamentals such as higher occupancies and rents. The rising costs of materials has led to the deferral and redesign of some projects, but at this point in 2006 not enough to derail what is still a strengthening trend for nonresidential building.” Nonbuilding construction, at $120.6 billion (annual rate), rose 5 percent in May. Electric utility construction, climbing 40 percent, was responsible for most of the nonbuilding gain. Murray says, “After falling sharply from 2002 through 2005, new power plant starts have shown greater activity so far in 2006, providing mounting evidence that the lengthy decline for this project type is now over.” The public works sector in May revealed a mixed pattern. Highway construction held steady at April’s heightened pace – a level 23 percent above the average monthly amount reported during 2005, as enhanced federal funding from the new transportation bill continues to benefit construction. Increased contracting in May was reported for water supply systems, up 17 percent; river/harbor development, up 12 percent; and site development work, also up 12 percent. Reduced contracting in May was reported for sewers, down 6 percent; and bridges, down 28 percent. Nonresidential building in May jumped 11 percent to $207.0 billion (annual rate), helped by a healthy performance from the commercial structure types. Hotel construction soared 44 percent, boosted by the start of two large hotel projects in Atlantic City, N.J. valued respectively at $350 million and $200 million, plus the start of a $190 million convention center hotel in Baltimore. Residential building in May slipped 2 percent to $364.4 billion (annual rate). Single family housing dropped 5 percent in dollar volume, the fifth monthly decline in a row, with May’s level coming in 9 percent below the average pace during 2005. While single family housing is now retreating, multifamily housing in May continued to move at a healthy clip, rising 9 percent. The 9 percent increase for total construction starts during the first five months of 2006, relative to 2005, was the result of this pattern by major sector – nonresidential building, up 20 percent; nonbuilding construction, up 8 percent; and residential building, up 5 percent. By geography, total construction in 2006’s January-May period reflected the following behavior – the West, up 17 percent; the South Central, up 12 percent; the Midwest, up 7 percent; the Northeast, up 5 percent; and the South Atlantic, up 4 percent.
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