| Guide Dogs Raiser injured, canine killed in I-5 collision
A puppy raiser for San Rafael-based Guide Dogs for the Blind was in serious condition Monday after the agency's truck he was driving collided with a car on Interstate 5, killing a guide dog. The incident occurred about 2:30 p.m. Friday on the rain-slick freeway near Williams in Colusa County. Denny Epperson, 59, of Santa Barbara suffered a broken pelvis, a broken leg, three broken ribs and an injured spleen, said officials for Guide Dogs for the Blind. He was airlifted to the University of California at Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where he remained Monday. There were no other injuries in the wreck, said Sarah Netoff, the agency's administrative manager of canine programs. Netoff said Epperson was returning to San Rafael after he and fellow employee Lee Shenk had been turned around at the Oregon border because of bad weather.
Weak consumer spending hurts Nordstrom
Designer products across all categories, accessories and women's shoes posted better-than-average sales in the latest quarter, Nordstrom said. It's too early to tell if Nordstrom is being overly optimistic projecting sales will strengthen later this year, said Dan Geiman, an analyst with McAdams Wright Ragen. Nordstrom plans to open eight full-line department stores in 2008, including its first in Hawaii next month, and said it has been picky about choosing regions where it expects solid growth. A 144,000-square-foot Nordstrom store to replace a smaller facility is scheduled to open at the Tacoma Mall this fall. The News Tribune contributed to this report. .
What Is the ‘Change We Can Believe In’?
Obama, too, learned life-changing political lesson on the same mean streets of Chicago where Alinksy plied his trade decades earlier. He spoke of himself as a community organizer in his magnetic and impassioned ML King-style speech/sermon on Super Tuesday. Many moons ago, the New Republic wrote of his days as a community organizer when he was in his 20's: "With his old classmates from Columbia, he had talked frequently about political change. Now, he was moving to Chicago to put that talk into action. His 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father, recounts his idealistic effusions: "Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots. That's what I'll do. I'll organize black folks. At the grass roots. For change." I could relate to that sentiment because in the mid-sixties I went from civil rights organizing in Harlem (in the days when "The Movement" was proudly interracial) to enlist in a community organizing school directed by Fred Ross with Saul Alinksy himself as our visiting guru.
Fliers about motocross site precede township meeting tonight
Fliers have been placed in the mailboxes of St. Clair Township residents attempting to shift debate about a proposed $4 million motocross complex at Range and Davis roads. Initial reaction to the complex, which is being proposed by Dan Griffin of East China Township, has been mixed, with neighbors worried about the noise and supporters excited about the facility. The township planning commission will review the proposal at 7 p.m. today. .
Davies primed to face Wigan in first league start for Aston Villa
Curtis Davies could make his first Premier League start for Aston Villa against Wigan today as a replacement for the suspended Zat Knight. Knight is banned for one game after being sent off during Villa's 4-4 draw at Chelsea on Boxing Day. An appeal against the dismissal was rejected by the Football Association yesterday. Davies has been restricted to three substitute appearances in the Premier League since his arrival on loan from West Bromwich in August. Villa could also be without the left-back Wilfred Bouma as the Dutchman is struggling with an ankle injury. .
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