| Suspect excess boost at root of under-hood sounds | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:46:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | QUESTION -- I have a problem that the Ford Motor Co. is either unable or unwilling to solve. The vehicle is a 2003 Ford F350 Super Duty extended cab, dually with a 6.0-litre Power Stroke diesel engine and five-speed automatic transmission. The truck is like new (only 32,000 original kilometres). I have hauled a 4,500 kilogram. fifth-wheel to southern Texas and back on two occasions without a problem. This fall we loaded a 3.2-metre slide-in camper (gross weight under 1,350 kilograms.) and set out for B.C. The fuel economy was considerably better than when pulling a 10-metre fifth-wheel and the truck handled the load beautifully. West of Swift Current, Sask., we noticed (for the first time) a "chook, chook, chook" noise -- like an old steam engine -- but it quickly cleared up and did not reoccur until we started to hit the high elevation passes in B.C.... | |
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| | | US sailors do humanitarian work in Zamboanga | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:50:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Over 20 sailors from the US transport ship USS Harpers Ferry on Thursday trooped to a small village in the outskirts of Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines to donate books and food and help locals paint a school. "We are really so happy to see the sailors here. They gave us books and food, and were helping us paint the rooms. We want to thank President George Bush, the US military, the US Embassy and the American people for the humanitarian assistance and we will never forget this day," Imelda Mabalot, principal of Pasobolong Elementary School, said. .... | |
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| | | Woman fined $632 in Topaz Ranch fatal | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:45:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | A Wellington woman pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a fatal May collision in Topaz Ranch Estates. Windie Lee Atchison, 33, paid a $632 fine after a charge of driving without due care was dropped in a plea agreement. Atchison was driving a Ford F350 that rammed into the rear of a Ford Taurus driven by 90-year-old Darrell David Daugherty as he was turning onto Albite Road from Highway 208. The rear of Daugherty's Taurus was obliterated in the collision. Daugherty's daughter, Sharon Bushnell and her husband were in court for the hearing but were not called on to give a victim impact statement before sentencing. Bushnell said they were told by the district attorney's office they would be called on to speak at the hearing.... | |
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| | | Palm Beach County metro report | | Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 6:45:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | POLICE BLOTTER Detectives want to talk to Leo Bazan, who is suspected of being the second man who stole a $70,000 Ford F350 pickup truck in Delray Beach on Sept. 15 and stripped it of its parts in a suburban Lake Worth wooded area. Police nabbed his alleged accomplice, Christian Santiago, on Wednesday morning. Detectives said Bazan, 28, and Santiago, 27, were seen on a Wal-Mart surveillance video buying tools that were used to strip the truck. Anyone with information about Bazan is urged to call Delray Beach Detective Paul Weber at (561) 243-7877 or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at (800) 458-TIPS. .... | |
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| | | Crush Creative Continues To Provide Quality Graphics For The ... | | Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:46:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | BURBANK, Calif./EWORLDWIRE/Aug. 22, 2006 --- Crush Creative, a southern California-based visual communications agency produces and installs the complete graphic wrap of Air Force Reserve Mini C-17 transporter. The Air Force Reserve miniature C-17 replica, the “Spirit of Hope, Liberty & Freedom" based in Charleston, S.C. travels the United States and the globe to take part in community outreach programs and events. The wings and tail of the aircraft are detachable so that it can fit into the 44 foot third wheel trailer used to transport the aircraft. The trailer is pulled by a Ford F350 Super Duty Crew Cab truck. Both the truck and trailer can then be loaded into an actual C-17 aircraft for transporting around the world. Using artwork designed by Milo Duffin of Blaine Warren Advertising, Crush Creative printed over 1,000 square feet of 3M 8620 adhesive back vinyl with a 3M overlaminate for both the truck and the trailer.... | |
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| | | City in brief | | Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 2:45:57 AM by Blog57 Team | | Five men facing charges in connection with a home invasion and beating in early March in Grande Prairie reserved plea again in court Wednesday. Brian Hurley, one of two agents who appeared Wednesday on behalf of the five different defence lawyers handling the case, said more time is needed to wait for the results of the pre-trial. The pre-trial is used to discuss which issues will be tried, what evidence will be heard and other issues that will come up. It often is done between the Crown and defence, but sometimes the judge present as well. Crown prosecutor Morris Golden said one pre-trial took place Monday and the second will go ahead on Sept. 15. The incident took place March 12 when police say a group of men forced their way into a home on 107 Avenue.... | |
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| | | Crime and Public Safety 7-31-06 | | Posted Sunday, August 06, 2006 4:45:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | A 19-year old Hesperia man was killed by a pickup in a hit-and-run incident on Bloomington Avenue near Larch Avenue on Saturday night. According to a coroner's report, Charles Leriget was struck by a westbound white Dodge pickup as he was crossing Bloomington Avenue on foot. The driver of the pickup fled the scene. Paramedics pronounced Leriget dead at the scene. The California Highway Patrol was investigating. NEWBERRY SPRINGS Bullhead City, Ariz., woman dies in crash A 47-year old woman from Bullhead City, Ariz., died Saturday when she lost control of her Toyota Highlander on Interstate 40. The vehicle left the roadway, ejecting her. The woman, whose identity was being withheld until her family could be notified, was headed west on I-40 when she drifted into the median at 1:49 p.m.... | |
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| | | City police investigate vehicle thefts | | Posted Saturday, August 05, 2006 2:45:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | As vehicle thefts go in Forest Lake, they dont get much bigger than this one. Forest Lake Ford, 231 SW 19th St., has reported the theft of a 2006 Ford F350 four by four one-ton Harley-Davidson Edition pickup. Police estimates put the loss at in excess of $50,000. Chief of Police Clark Quiring said dealership security video shows a vehicle carrying four subjects entering the lot late in the evening on July 27. One of the subjects left the vehicle and stole the limited edition pickup. As of Tuesday of this week, the black in color truck with white ghost lines was still missing, police said. In another vehicle theft, an air-conditioning service van was stolen overnight from a residence in the 900 block of SW 2nd Ave. The van, a 2002 white Chevrolet was reported stolen on July 28.... | |
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| | | Woman wins best in show for groomers | | Posted Friday, July 14, 2006 4:46:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | GLOUCESTER -- Oskar stands still as a statue while the sharp scissors clip perilously close to areas no dog wants snipped. The 72-pound standard poodle issues not a bark, not a whimper. His sculpted helmet of black fur makes him look like those Buckingham Palace guards trained to remain stoic no matter how they are provoked. ``Good boy, Oskar," Julie Wilkins coos to him as she works. ``Good boy." Maybe Oskar knows that he is in good hands up there on the grooming table. Wilkins, 27 and a Gloucester native, is the International Groomer of the Year, named from a field of about 50 at the Intergroom 2006 trade show in New Jersey in April. Her apartment is dotted with trophies, ribbons, and snapshots marking her grooming-circuit wins, many in tandem with Emmy, her own ice-white poodle.... | |
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| | | Man killed, two hurt in 2-vehicle crash | | Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:45:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | A man from Blue Anchor died and both drivers were injured after two vehicles collided at 10:43 a.m. Saturday at Route 30 and Waterford Road. Joseph A. Naumann, 27, was pronounced dead at Virtua-West Jersey Hospital, Berlin. Naumann was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Krystal K. Carter, 19, of Stratford. Carter suffered severe injuries and was taken by helicopter to Cooper University Hospital's trauma center. She is in critical condition. The other driver, Steven Nuneville, 36, of Hammonton, suffered minor injuries and was taken to Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton. Winslow Police say Carter was driving a 1999 Saturn westbound on Route 30 and Nuneville was driving a 1997 Ford F350 eastbound on the same road approaching Route 722 when Carter made a left turn and was struck by Nuneville's vehicle.... | |
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