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David In Indy:
You all are welcome to comment in this thread if you wish. Maybe nobody is even reading it. :laugh:
Well in any event I will continue to post news items in here. ;D
David In Indy:
The State Fair is currently underway right now. Tonight they had a late night balloon race. And the balloons were lit up! The sky was filled with big glowing hot air balloons. Very pretty! They didn't come over our way but I saw them on the news. I wish I could find some pictures of them to post. They looked beautiful!
David In Indy:
I wonder how the hell he managed to keep his balance if he was unconscious? I don't understand that. And he wasn't wearing a helmet! >:( Time and time again I see people rocketing up and down the highway with no helmets, no protective clothing, or anything on! Talk about tempting fate!
Witnesses: Motorcyclist was unconscious before deadly crash
Witnesses said an Illinois man killed Thursday night in a traffic accident appeared to be unconscious on his motorcycle before he crashed into a barrier on I-65, according to police.
Jonathan L. Dreymann, 47, Algonquin, Ill., died at Methodist Hospital about an hour after the 8:30 p.m. accident near the I-465 interchange on the Southside, the Indiana State Police said.
Police said today that eyewitnesses reported Dreymann looked to be unconscious atop the southbound 2003 Honda motorcycle when he traveled across all lanes of traffic and struck the right barrier wall.
The cause of the crash, and why Dreymann may have been unconscious, are under investigation, State Police Sergeant Michael Burns said.
Dreymann was not wearing a helmet. The impact of the crash ejected him from his motorcycle and he landed near the bank of a creek at the bottom of the embankment. He died at Methodist Hospital.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090814/LOCAL/90814060/1195/LOCAL18
David In Indy:
Republic Airways To Stay In Indy
1,300 Jobs Will Stay, Could Grow
INDIANAPOLIS -- The newly expanded Republic Airways and its 1,300 jobs are staying in Indianapolis, the company's chief executive officer said Friday.
Republic won the bid to take over bankrupt Frontier Airlines on Thursday, raising some concerns that the combined company would move to Frontier's Denver headquarters, 6News' Norman Cox reported.
The company issued a statement Friday morning saying, "We don't have any preconceived notion. The job functions will be performed where they make the most sense and where they can be done the most efficiently. We're still evaluating all the moving parts."
But when Republic CEO Bryan Bedford returned from closing the deal in New York, he told 6News that the company will stay in Indianapolis.
"We're getting a lot of courtship going on right now … (but) we're not looking for a corporate or a government handout to retain our headquarters here in Indianapolis," he said. "That's probably not the smartest thing to say, but we like living here. The city's been good to us. We'd like to figure out a way to be a larger part of the Indianapolis community."
Bedford said a few office jobs might move around, but the 1,300 pilots, flight attendants and mechanics in Indianapolis will not leave.
He said the number of jobs will also likely grow as Republic seeks to add more locally based flights.
http://www.theindychannel.com/money/20403581/detail.html
David In Indy:
A slideshow....
http://www.theindychannel.com/slideshow/entertainment/20399685/detail.html
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