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Monday,
June 14, 2004
Headlines---
Classified
Ads---Info Sys./Marketing/Ops.
Archives-June
14,2000—Bulletin Board Idea
Land
Line’s René Tankersley dies in accident
Bank
of West Equipment Leasing New Program
CalFirst
Bancorp Announces 3rd Q Dividend
American
Bank Leasing Acquires Northwest Capital Solutions
Westover
Financial Announces Expansion to East Coast
June
issue of Business Leasing News Now available
Special
Leasing Sports Report:
Baja
500 with Izzy Sanchez and Crew
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Classified
Ads---Info Sys./Marketing/Ops.
Information System:
Portland, OR.
Product/Project Manager. 13+ years of diversified leasing/banking experience. Front- end product mgr (UniCapital) / project mgr (PFSC). Detail oriented with strong work ethics.
Email: robin_walker@comcast.net
Marketing:
Orange County, CA.Seeking management opportunity to create/improve outbound
call center new business marketing in leasing industry. Very experienced
in all aspects of telemarketing, management, prospecting and closing.
E-mail: princedm@pacbell.net
Operations:
New York, NY.
10+ years in equipment
leasing/secured lending. Skilled in management & training, documentation,
policy and procedure development & implementation, portfolio reporting.
Strong work ethic.
Email: dln1031@nyc.rr.com
Operations:
Experienced Credit, Collections,
lease and Finance operations. Manager w/ expertise in improving bottom line performance, excellent trainer, manager, motivator. Get result/keep the customer coming back.
Email: rgmorrill@comcast.net
Operations:
Wayne, NJ
20+ heavily experienced collection/recovery VP looking to improve someone's bottom line. Proven, verifiable track record. Knowledge of all types of portfolio. Will relocate
Email: cmate@nac.net
Operations:
West Palm Beach, FL.
Sales, credit, presentation
and placement. Seasoned lease professional, currently independent, looking
for a manufacturer,
distributor or captive requiring expertise in sales assistance in product financing.
Email: southernleasing@bellsouth.net
Full Classified “Job Wanted” ads at:
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Economic
Events This Week
June
14
Monday
Balance of Trade:
April
Retail Sales: May
June
15
Tuesday
Consumer Price Index:
May
Inventory-Sales Ratio:
April
June
16
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Housing Construction:
May
Industrial Production:
May
Capacity Utilization:
May
Beige Book
June
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Leading Indicators:
May
Weekly Jobless Claims
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Archives
from the Past -June 14,2000—Bulletin Board Idea
“I agree with the
comments about the sale of leasing companies, as opposed to those ‘in
trouble.’
“I do think that
you should include brokers having problems, as the impact of the nature
of such problems could potentially lead our industry to government regulation,
\ instead of self-regulation.
“One additional comment:
is that my experience has been that as the market tightens & margins
decrease that fraud tends to increase. Those out there who have enjoyed
high margins and expected them to continue forever will be stretched
in the future to make ends meet. "Desperate people do desperate
things," even the most honest of people when backed deep enough
into a corner will be prone to do what it takes to get a deal done.
“On the other side,
we must be very careful about reporting, derogatory behavior due to
potential liability we could bring upon ourselves. I have been an advocate
for years that the industry needs a place where fraudulent, deals, lessee,
vendors & brokers could be posted. Of course this would need to
be monitored & verified, because competitors could post negative
comments just to cast a negative image on companies they don't like.
“
R
Rob Yohe
MLOST@aol.com
second e-mail from
Rob:
“Feel free to quote
me as long as you don't think it would misconstrued that I'm out to
get anyone, unless they are dragging the leasing industry through the
mud, such as not returning security deposits, selling fraud deals or
getting reported to the BBB. As so feel free to edit my comments as
you deem necessary.
“I honestly believe
fraud will be on the increase over the next few months, based upon past
cycles the industry has gone through. Plus with credit scoring combined
all the companies willing to "fix" your personal credit, fraud
will be easier to accomplish.
“While I do not claim
to be an "expert" on fraud, I think you know my assessments
are not without validity. “
RY
Land
Line’s René Tankersley dies in accident
(To Leasing News
readers, her stories were the first, and most thorough, regarding Commercial
Money Market, and The Funding Tree, keeping advance rentals, not fundling
truck leasing transactions. Leasing News often worked with her on the
stories, but she had the tenacity to talk to all the “victims,” explore
all the avenues of the story, and was on top of what was happening,
trying to warn trucks and others about what was happening.
She also found others
We printed all her
stories, too.
(As the Associated
Editor sums it up at the end of this story,
”The truckers out
on the road always knew that if they needed a friend or help, they could
call Rene and she would be there for them. She is one of a kind, and
irreplaceable.” )
--by the
Land Line staff
René Tankersley,
42, feature editor at Land Line and a tireless advocate for American
truckers, died Wednesday, June 9, after her car was involved in a traffic
accident.
Tankersley was the
winner of several national awards for her work at Land Line, including
the magazine’s first national gold medal in the International Automotive
Media Awards, where her work bested the likes of Motor Trend Magazine
and Car and Driver.
Her winning story
about trucker John Kendrix helped expose a sloppy investigation of a
heavily publicized wreck involving the OOIDA member, who was falsely
accused of using drugs and alcohol by investigators.
She won a second
gold medal from the Association of Automotive Publication Editors for
her March 2003 story on trucker Daryl McCartor and his wife, Margo Freshwater.
That piece won best single news article in the national contest.
But perhaps most
important was her dogged work on behalf of truck drivers. Tankersley
was known for her investigative pieces on consumer issues, going to
bat for truckers who had been the victims of scams or unscrupulous businesses.
She would often spend hours on the phone tracking down details or on
the Internet researching an issue. In some cases, her stories led to
official investigations.
Tankersley kept as
busy in her off time as she did at work. She had been a member of the
board of directors of the Truck Writers of North America. With her husband,
Ed, she was also active in the Oak Grove Seventh-day Adventist Church,
where he was an elder and she held numerous positions, including serving
on the church board. A mother of two and grandmother, she single-handedly
ran a prison ministry, counseling more than 100 inmates in various facilities
and helping them with Bible studies through the mail.
A native Californian,
Tankersley spent most of her life in Arkansas. She formerly worked for
The Trucker, a trucking newspaper based in Little Rock, and had also
worked for the Belle Vista, AR, Weekly Vista, and The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
She held a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas.
The accident occurred
about 9 a.m. as Tankersley was on her way from her home in Buckner,
MO, to work in Grain Valley. The accident site was about five miles
south of her home. A state trooper on the scene said he could not release
details of the accident pending an investigation.
Obituary
Born Betty René Stivers on Sept. 2, 1961, in Santa Ana, Calif., she was the daughter
of LaVerne and Jody Stivers of Prescott, Ark. She married Ed Tankersley
April 13, 1984. Known to friends and family by her middle name, René, she spent most of her life in Arkansas.
She is survived by
her husband, Ed, of the home; her parents, of Prescott; a son, Christopher
Lee Tankersley, of Gulfport, Miss.; a daughter, Melissa Shelley, and
son-in-law, John Shelley, of Farmington, Ark.; two grandchildren, Alexis
and Austin Shelley, of Farmington; a brother, Richard Stivers, and sister-in-law,
Becky Stivers, and their four children, of Murfreesboro, Ark.; another
brother, Eldon Stivers, and a nephew, of Nash, Texas; and a sister,
Darla Stivers, of Camden, Ark.
Services will be
held at Royer Funeral Home in Grain Valley. Visitation is 2 p.m. Sunday,
June 13; memorial services will follow at 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral
home. The family suggests flowers or memorials to
her grandchildren’s education fund, in care of the family. For
information, call Royer Chapel at (816) 847-4441
or (816) 690-4441.
from Land Line Magazine Associate Editor Mark Reddig
“We all appreciate
your kind words about Rene - she certainly spoke highly of you, and
I know you were an enormous help to her on many of her stories.
”The truckers out on the road always knew that if they needed a friend
or help, they could call Rene and she would be there for them. She is
one of a kind, and irreplaceable. For those of us who are her friends,
our focus is on taking care of her husband, Ed, and the rest of the
family; that is certainly what Rene would have done.”
Thanks again,
Mark H. Reddig
Associate Editor
Land Line Magazine
Office: (816) 229-5791 x-159
Toll-Free: (800) 444-5791 X-159
Mobile: (816) 674-8086
mark_reddig@landlinemag.com
PO Box 1000 - 1 NW OOIDA Drive
Grain Valley, MO 64029
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Bank
of West Equipment Leasing New Program
Jerry Newell, CLP,
Executive Vice President of Bank of the West
Equipment Leasing
announced the formation of a new equipment leasing business, National
Middle Market Leasing.
He has been with
the bank for seventeen years, including 9 ½ years
in charge of the
leasing division, growing it from $30 million in
assets to $800 million
in assets today, booking $409 million in business last year which is
expected to exceed over $500 million this year.
"The Bank has
been expanding and is about to close two
acquisitions that will bring total assets to $40 billion", he says.
"We want to expand our leasing business also."
Bank of the West
was one of the last to get into the “application
only” business, with
guidelines and different rate structure than
with full financial
statements and tax returns.
" It also last
year began offering a medical " application only" product
that is expanding, plus “municipal” leasing, especially since Bank of
the West has started a unit taking government deposits.
“We like leasing,
it’s that simple,” Newell explains. “This middle
market is relatively
new to us, and at the same time, we want
to continue to expand
our present market place.
“This unit will directly
market mid-ticket leases ($1 million to $10 million) to middle market
companies through a network of direct lease officers located in major
metropolitan areas nationwide, “he said.
“ Peter Lofquist,
formerly President of Mellon U.S. Leasing and most recently President
of Banknorth Leasing Group, will join Bank of the West to direct this
new business initiative.
“Doug Hatch, VP has
been promoted to Manager of Indirect Leasing. Doug has been with Bank
of the West for 21 years and has been the Credit Manager of Indirect
Leasing for the last nine years. In his new capacity, Doug has overall
responsibility for our national broker funding business, “ Newell said,
adding, “This promotion is well deserved and I am sure you will all
join me in congratulating Doug.”
Reporting to Peter
Lofquist also, Mike Przekop, VP and Manager will be expanding Bank of
the West Equipment Secondary Markets business.
“This unit now purchases
small ticket lease portfolios and will begin purchasing syndicated middle
market lease transactions nationwide also.” he explained.
“Adolph Chang, SVP
has joined us as Equipment Leasing Credit Manager with credit responsibility
for all Bank of the West equipment leasing units. Adolph comes to us
from our sister company, First Hawaiian Bank, where he held positions
of increasing responsibility during his 25 year career. “
“These developments
underline Bank of the West's commitment to the Equipment Leasing industry.
Building on 30 successful years as a broker funding source, “ Newell
concluded. “ Bank of the West has developed a full service leasing business
that also includes Direct Leasing for Bank of the West customers and
through our wholly owned subsidiary, Trinity Capital, Vendor Leasing
and Lease Management Services.”
“We appreciate our
relationship with our Broker and Discounter partners in equipment leasing
and we thank them for their continued business.”
Leasing News could
not find photograph in our files on Mr. Newell, but we do have one of
Doug Hatch, taken in 1993:
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CalFirst
Bancorp Announces Third Quarter Dividend
IRVINE, Calif.---The
Board of Directors of California First National Bancorp (Nasdaq:CFNB)
today declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of 10 cents ($.10)
per share. The dividend will be payable on July 9, 2004 to all stockholders
of record at the close of business on June 25, 2004.
California First National Bancorp is a diversified financial services
company with two primary businesses -- leasing of high technology capital
assets to businesses and organizations nationwide, and banking through
an FDIC-insured national bank.
CONTACT: California
First National Bancorp, Irvine S. Leslie Jewett, 800-496-4640 ljewett@CalFirstBancorp.com
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American
Bank Leasing Acquires Northwest Capital Solutions
American Bank Leasing
Corp., an independent commercial equipment financing company located
in Atlanta, GA., specializing in small ticket leasing, announced the
completion of its acquisition of Northwest Capital Solutions, based
in Portland, OR.
Jim Doster, President
and CEO of American Bank Leasing states, “We are extremely excited about
the added capabilities this acquisition will give our clients. A west
coast presence will allow us to provide an even higher level of service
to our customers and vendors.”
American Bank Leasing
originates hard-asset transactions from select brokers, vendors and
dealers throughout the country. Northwest
Capital Solutions is a highly respected provider of financing solutions
to the small and mid-sized business community.
Doster added, “We look forward to continuing to provide a very
competitive “application only” financing program up to $100,000 through
our bank syndicate. Our business
continues to grow as we help to fuel the growth of our small business
customers.”
Craig Ulrich, President
of Northwest Capital Solutions, will serve as the major account manager
for the newly expanded company and Jim Doster will continue as President
and CEO of the merged companies. The consolidation of the two organizations
is scheduled to be finalized by the end of June.
For more information
about American Bank Leasing please visit the company’s website at www.abanklease.com.
Jeff Schubert
EVP
American Bank Leasing
555 Sun Valley Drive,
Suite E5
Roswell, GA 30076
tel: 770-649-8086
fax: 770-649-8185
mobile: 770-714-9000
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Westover
Financial Announces Expansion to East Coast
SANTA ANA, CA ---
Westover Financial, Inc. (www.westoverfinancial.com),
a Santa Ana, California based equipment leasing company, has opened
a sales office in St Petersburg, FL. Although Westover does business on a national
basis, this expansion will provide the company with its first presence
east of the Mississippi.
Westover's existing
sales offices are located in: Santa
Ana, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Fort Collins,
CO; and Salt Lake City, UT.
In addition to the
expansion, Westover has selected Dave Kolle to manage the new location. Dave has over 12 years of leasing industry
experience and has been with Westover since 1995. He is a graduate of the University of Montana where he earned
a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance
and Marketing. Dave will assume
the title of Director of East Coast Sales & Marketing and will be
responsible for developing new customer relationships, continuing to
service his existing clientele and hiring qualified sales people.
Dave can be reached at 800-806-5388 starting June 21st.
This expansion coincides
with the 20th anniversary of Westover Financial. Established in 1984, Westover has positioned itself as an industry
leader providing customized business solutions to small and medium sized
businesses throughout the United States and Canada.
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***** Announcement
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The
June issue of Business Leasing News is available at:
http://two.leasingnews.org/loose_files/BLN_6-2004.htm
This issue focuses
on the significance of the Basel II capital accord, software leasing
and, in view of potentially increasing interest rates, the topic, "What
is 'usury'"? in Leasing 101.
David
David G. Mayer
Patton Boggs LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3000
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel: (214) 758-1545
Fax: (214) 758-1550
Author of Business Leasing For Dummies
Founder & Publisher of Business Leasing News
http://www.pattonboggs.com/newsletters/bln
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News
Briefs---
U.S. Gas Prices See First
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39540-2004Jun14.html
to Drop of Year
Opposition Softens
on Corporate Tax Bill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39184-2004Jun13.html
Productivity gains
roll at their fastest clip in 31 years
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/productivity/2004-06-13-productivity_x.htm
Life Magazine to
Be Reborn (Again), as a Newspaper Supplement
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/business/media/14life.html
MGM Mirage and Mandalay
Reopen Talks, Executives Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/business/14mgm.html
Ex-President Bush Makes Birthday Skydive
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040613/D836D6U00.html
RealNetworks Launching
Net Movie Service
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39475-2004Jun14.html
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Sports
Briefs---
Pistons can clinch
title at home Tuesday—Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/2004/pistons/0406/14/a01-182824.htm
http://www.detnews.com/2004/pistons/0406/14/pistons-182766.htm
Pistons Show Fangs;
Lakers Show Age
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/sports/basketball/14nba.html?hp
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/sports/basketball/14araton.html
Shaquille O'Neal:
His own Hollywood ending?
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/columnists/skip_bayless/8913092.htm
SaberCats secure ArenaBowl berth http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/other_sports/8913098.htm?ERIGHTS=-4504073989070310100mercurynews::kitmenkin@leasingnews.org
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“Gimme
that Wine”
Vineyard peril looms
in Vacaville, threatening Sonoma/Napa
http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/9612456p-10535887c.html
Mendocino's chorus
wants the world to know the score
Often-ignored vintners
create wines that will sing to critics and consumers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/10/WIGT671BKU1.DTL
Ontario fleshes out
bring-your-own-wine plan
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040610.wliquor0610/BNStory/National/
Bordeaux First-Growths
Release Prices for 2003 Futures
http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,2502,00.html
Wine Puzzles as Gifts
for Dad
http://wine.about.com/cs/giftsofwine/tp/winepuzzle.htm
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This
Day in American History
National
Flag Day
According to the encyclopedia of American
Facts and Dates, the somewhat obscure and uncertain history of the American
Fag began during 1775-1777. In
October, 1775, when Congress created the first naval force, it also
set down rules for creation of a flag. The result, variously called
Congress Colors, the Grand Union Flag, or the First Navy Ensign, was
a flag of 13 alternating red and white stripes, with a field of blue
bearing the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew. This flag is believed
to be the one raised by Lt. John Paul Jones aboard Commodore Esek Hopkin’s
flagship Alfred on the Delaware River at Philadelphia on December 3,
1775. The first land raising
of the Grand Union Flag occurred at Prospect Hill in Sommerville, Mass.
on December 3, 1776, during the American siege of Boston. By the way,
“ the first flag commissioned for the navy was simply the basic British
Union flag divided by white stripes. Our second flag, the Stars and
Strips, substituted stars for the cross in the corner square. The red,
white, and blue colors were derivative. They did not, as some allege,
come out of Washington’s family crest. And they do not mean anything.
Contrary to the ‘Boy Scout Handbook,’ the blue in the flag does not
represent justice, the white is not for purity, and the red is not for
braver.” ( Shenkman, “ Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American
History(1988)
Another
myth is that she sewed the flag personally, which is basically not correct.
She was a contractor who hired seamstresses to sew sails and
flags for ships and had the lowest bid to Congress for the flag ( and
her firm also made the flag that Francis Scott Key wrote about---it
was quite large and the commander of the fort had some controversy over
the cost and the size of the flag---but that is another story ).
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun14.html
June 14-16—Minnesota Inventors Congress
To
promote creativity and development of ideas into marketable products,
to educate inventors and to bring the inventor to experts in the appropriate
field---highlights include more than 170 inventions from around the
world on display, 100 student inventors, the Minnesota Inventors Hall
of Fame and the Marketplace with inventions for sale.
1775-
the Continental Congress established the army as the first US Military
service.
1777-
John Adams introduced the following resolution before the Continental
Congress, meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: “ Resolved, That the
flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white, that the union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field,
representing a new constellation.” (by the way, this is a legal holiday
in Pennsylvania). The blue field
was to bear 13 stars, one for each state. The tradition that Betsy Ross designed the flag has been almost
completely discredited. The
flag was originally suggested by Francis Hopkinson, a member of the
Continental Navy Board from 1776 to 1778, who is considered by historians
to be the father of the Stars and Stripes.
1811-
birthday of American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, daughter of the Reverend
Lyman Beecher and sister of Henry Ward Beecher. Author of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin, an antislavery novel that provoked a storm of protest and resulted
in fame for its author. Two characters in the novel attained such importance
that their names became part of the English language—the Negro slave,
Uncle Tom, and the villainous slave owner, Simon Legree. The reaction
to Uncle Tom’s Cabin and its profound political impact are without parallel
in American literature. It is said that during the Civil War, when Harriet
Beecher Stowe was introduced to President Abraham Lincoln, his words
to her were, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made
this great war.’ Stowe was born at Litchfield, CT and died at Hartford,
CT, July 1,1896. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html
http://www.bragi.com/classics/s/hbs1811/utomc01.shtml
1820- birthday of John Bartlett, American editor and compiler ( Bartlett’s “Famous Quotations”(1855) was born at Plymouth, MA. Though he had little formal education, he created one of the most-used reference works of the English language. No quotation of his own is among the more than 22,000 listed today, but in the preface to the first edition, he wrote that the object of his work “ originally made without any view of publication” was to show “ the obligation our language owes to various authors for numerous phrases and familiar quotations which have become household words.” Bartlett died at Cambridge, MA, Dec. 3, 1905.
1834-my don Dash in
the US Navy, who attended diving school could tell you more, but the
first practical diving suit was patented by Leonard Norcross of Disfield,
ME, for a “water-dress.” It
consisted of an airtight rubber garment to which was attached a brass
cap or helmet that rested on the shoulders.
The cap was connected to an air pump on the boat by means of
a rubber hose. The feet were weighted with heavy lead shot.
http://www.divingheritage.com/waybackkern.htm
1834-Isaac
Fisher, Jr. of Springfield, VT, was granted four patents on his invention
he called “ sandpaper.”
1864-US
Congress ruled that Black soldiers must receive equal pay.
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/AfrAmer.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/rthg/chap7.htm
1864-The
James River Bridge, the longest (2100ft) pontoon bridge ever used in
war, was constructed in eight hours by 450 Union engineers. Extending
from Windmill Point to Fort Powhatan in Virginia, the structure enabled
Grant’s forces to cross the James River and to move on Petersburg, a
vital communications center south of Richmond. The next three days,
at the Battle of Petersburg, VA, Union forces were unable to take the
strategic city in the face of what historians call the brilliant strategy
by General Robert E. Lee. The actual siege actually continued until April of the following
year, 1865 (Battle of Five Forks April 1, evacuation of Richmond and
Petersburg, April 2, April 3,Union forces occupy Petersburg, VA, April
9, Gen. Lee surrenders to Gen. Grant at Appomattox, April 14, President
Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth.)
http://www.civilwar.com/va81.htm
http://www.flowerdew.org/Prince.html
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~ela/letters/dcgdiary2.html
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va063.htm
1877-the
First West Point graduate who was African-American was Henry Ossian
Flipper, born a slave on March 29, 1856 to Thomasville, GA. He was a cadet from May 20, 1873, to June 14, 1877. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the
10th Cavalry on June 15, 1877, and remained in service until
June 30, 1882,when he was dismissed for conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman. In December,1976, the Army reviewed his court-martial
charge and changed his discharge record from dishonorable to honorable.
http://lala.essortment.com/henryossianfli_ricp.htm
http://www.rose.net/flipper.htm
http://docsouth.unc.edu/flipper/menu.html
http://www.allenscreations.com/dghof.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803268904/inktomi-
1881-ushering
in a new era, John McTammany, Jr. of Cambridge, MA, received a patent
on a “mechanical musical instrument,” he called a “player piano.” He constructed a mechanism for automatic playing
of organs using narrow sheets of perforated flexible paper that governed
the notes to be played.” Further
patents were applied for all types of piano players, and the first completely
automatic
was the Angelus, made by the Wilcox and White company, Meriden, CT.
in 1897.
1903
- The "Heppner Disaster" occurred in Oregon. A cloudburst
in the hills sent a flood down Willow Creek, and a twenty foot wall
of water swept away a third of the town in minutes, killing 236 residents
and causing 100 million dollars damage
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ormorrow/HeppnerFlood.htm
1906-Margaret
Bourke-White was born at New York City. One of the original photojournalists,
she developed her personal style while photographing the Krupp Iron
Works in Germany and the Soviet Union during the first Vive-year Plan.
Bourke-White was one of the four original staff photographers
for Life magazine in 1936. The
first woman attached to the US armed forces during World War II, she
covered the Italian campaign, the siege of Moscow and the American soldiers
crossing of the Rhine into Germany, and she shocked the world with her
photographs of the concentration camps. Bourke-White photographed Mahatma
Gandhi and covered the migration of the millions of people after the
Indian subcontinent was divided into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan.
She served as a war correspondent during the Korean War. Among her several books the most famous was
her collaboration with her second husband, novelist Erskine Caldwell,
a study of rural poverty in the American South, called’ You Have Seen
Their Faces.” She died august 27, 1971 at Stamford, CT.
http://www.dailycelebrations.com/031401.htm
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bourke-white_margaret.html
June
14, 1910---Guitarist/Singer/Bandleader Nappy Lamare Birthday
http://wwwp.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=848631&TMPL=LONG#bio
http://www.themomi.org/museum/roaring20s/1929L-5Nappy.html
http://www.317x.com/albums/b/raybauduc/card.html
http://www.nfo.net/usa/n2.html
1909-birthday
of Burl Ives, American singer and actor.
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was born at Hunt, IL. He helped to reintroduce Anglo-American folk music in the 40s and
50s. Ives won an Academy Award for his supporting role in “The Big Country”(1958)
and he is well known for his role as Big Daddy in both the film and
Broadway productions of Cat On a Hat Tin Roof. He died April14, 1995, at Anacortes, WA.
1916-A
Presidential Proclamation has made this “Flag Day.” In 1996, it was amended to have “National Flag Week.” and the president added, “ It is a time to
honor America.” We have the
flag flying high here at American Leasing with the San Francisco 49er
flag beneath.
1926
- Don (Donald) ‘Newk’ Newcombe (baseball: pitcher: Brooklyn Dodgers
[Rookie of the Year: 1949/Cy Young Award: 1956/Baseball Writer’s Award:
1956/World Series: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955/all-star: 1949, 1950, 1951,
1955], Cincinnati Redlegs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland
Indians), born Madison, NJ
1929-pianist/composer Cy Coleman born, New York City.
http://www.ascap.com/about/coleman-bio.html
http://www.virtualcity.de/englishtheater/ccoleman.htm
1931-birthday
of saxophonist Junior Walker, Blytheville, AR, died Nov 25, 1995, Battle
creek, MI
http://www.history-of-rock.com/junior_walker_and_the_all_stars.htm
1934-Max
Baer knocked out Primo Carnera in the 11th round of a fight
at Long Island City, NY, to win the heavyweight title. Carnero had won
the crown from Jack Sharkey. Baer lost it in his next fight to James Braddock.
1937
- Pennsylvania became the first state in the United States to observe
Flag Day as a legal holiday. As noted in the beginning, the only state
to legally observe this day as a holiday.
1946-Nat
“King” Cole Trio records “ The Christmas Song,” NYC.
Record promoters like it so much, on August 19th,
he records it with strings and it became a commercial hit.”
1949---Top
Hits
Riders
in the Sky - Vaughn Monroe
Again
- Doris Day
Bali
Ha’i - Perry Como
One
Kiss Too Many - Eddy Arnold
1950-American
Oil Company announced plans to sponsor the telecast of every Washington
Redskins football game during the upcoming season. The Redskins thus became the first pro football team to televise
a complete slate of regular-season games.
1951-
Univac, the world’s first commercial computer was unveiled, demonstrated,
and dedicated in Philadelphia, PA, primarily to help out with
the
census. The first computer was developed in 1946, ENIAC ( Electronic
Numeric Integrator and Computer ).
The name we use today comes from
the
fact ENIAC was difficult to pronounce and scientists among themselves
referred
to the machine as a “computer.”
1953
- Elvis Presley graduated from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis, TN.
Within three years, the truck driver-turned-singer had his first number-one
record with "Heartbreak Hotel".
1954-the
first Civil defense test was held nationwide, including the continental
United States, 10 provinces of Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,
and the Virgin Islands from 10 to 10:10am, when the all-clear signal
was given. There were held periodically
and both radio and television were to test the civil defense system
periodically during the month for one minute duration.
1957---Top
Hits
Love
Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
A
Teenager’s Romance/I’m Walkin’ - Ricky Nelson
Bye
Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
Four
Walls - Jim Reeves
1961
- The temperature in Downtown San Francisco, CA, soared to 106 degrees
to establish an all-time record for that location
1963
- Duke Snider, one of the Dodger’s most famous player (I have
his
autograph from when I was a kid---free, stayed after the game to
sign
autographs for all the kids ) got his 400th home run in a game against
the Cincinnati Reds. Snider became the ninth player in major-league
history to reach this career milestone
http://www.dukesnider.com/
1965---Top
Hits
Back
in My Arms Again - The Supremes
Crying
in the Chapel - Elvis Presley
I
Can’t Help Myself - The Four Tops
What’s
He Doing in My World - Eddy Arnold
1965---Paul
McCartney records "Yesterday."
1973---Top
Hits
My
Love - Paul McCartney & Wings
Frankenstein
- The Edgar Winter Group
Pillow
Talk - Sylvia
You
Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) - Johnny Rodriguez
1975
– The singing group “America” reached the top spot on the "Billboard"
pop music chart with "Sister Golden Hair". The group had previously
(March, 1972) taken "A Horse With No Name" to the number one
spot. The trio of Dan Peek, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell had received
the Best New Artist Grammy in 1972. “America” recorded a dozen hits
that made it to the popular music charts in the 1970s and 1980s. Though
number one, "Sister Golden Hair" did not qualify for gold
record (million-seller) status.
http://www.biscuitfan.com/america/index.htm
http://www.harvestcomm.net/america/
http://www.danpeek.com/frameset.htm
http://www.rockandrollusa.com/America.htm
http://www.rockandrollusa.com/horsewithnonameamericadewey.htm
http://axisid.com/catsmeow/horse.htm
http://www.biscuitfan.com/america/song/song056.htm
1979-
Giant first baseman Willie McCovey hits his 513th round tripper establishing
him as the NL all-time left-handed HR leader.
1981---Top
Hits
Bette
Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Stars
on 45 medley - Stars on 45
Sukiyaki
- A Taste of Honey
What
are We Doin’ in Love - Dottie West with Kenny Rogers
1987
- Thirty-two cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures
for the date. The high of 97 degrees at Flint, MI, tied their record
for June, and the high of 101 at Milwaukee WI marked their first 100
degree reading in 32 years. Thunderstorms brought much needed rains
to South Texas, drenching McAllen with 3.2 inches in one hour. A thunderstorm
soaked the town of Uncertain with 2.3 inches of rain in one hour.
1988
- Thirty cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures
for the date
1989---Top
Hits
Wind
Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
I’ll
Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids on the Block
Every
Little Step - Bobby Brown
Better
Man - Clint Black
1991
- "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opened, collecting $25.63
million from audiences at 2,369 U.S. theaters. Kevin Costner is Robin
of Locksley, Morgan Freeman plays Azeem, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
is Marian, Christian Slater
stars as Will Scarlett, and Alan Rickman (Lethal Weapon) played the
Sheriff of Nottingham.
1993-The
first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court was Ruth Bader Ginsburg
of the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia, nominated by
President William Jefferson Clinton. She filled the seat vacated by
Justice Byron White. She was the second woman to serve on the Supreme
Court and the first Jewish justice since the resignation of Abe Fortas
in 1969.
1994-The
New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks, 3-2, in Game 7 to win
the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1940.
The Rangers, led by Mark Messier, Brian Leetch and Mike Richerter,
ended a long drought that included defeats in the finals in 1950, 1972,
and 1979.
1995
- Michael Jackson and wife, Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson, were interviewed
by Diane Sawyer on ABC-TV’s "PrimeTime Live". Sawyer questioned
the couple about how they got to know each other, how Michael proposed,
etc. The hour-long interview, at the old MGM set at Sony Pictures, Hollywood,
was seen by 60 million U.S. viewers and millions more around the world.
Selected snippets from the interview: Do they have sex? “Yes, yes, yes.”
Prenuptial agreement? “Yes.” Regarding accusations of child molestation?
“Never ever! I could never harm a child, or anyone. It’s not in my heart.
It’s not how I am. I am not even interested in that!” Would Michael
like to be as black as he once was? “I love black.”
1998-The
Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz to win their third consecutive
NBA championship. This was their second “three-peat.” They had accomplished
this feat the first time with wins in 1991, 1992 and 1993.
NBA Finals Champions This Date
1987---Los
Angeles Lakers
1990---Detroit
Pistons
1992--Chicago
Bulls
1995---Houston
Rockets
1998--Chicago
Bulls
Stanley
Cup Champions This Date
1994
New York Rangers
Baseball
Poem
WHEN
THE YANKEES WIN
WHEN
THE YANKEES WIN IT'S PURE DELIGHT,
I
CAN SUFFER FOOLS I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT
I
CAN SIT IN TRAFFIC ULCER-FREE
EVEN
LETTING CARS IN FRONT OF ME.
I'VE
A QUICKER STEP I'VE A BROADER GRIN
WHEN
THE LAST OUT'S MADE AND THE YANKEES WIN.
ELOQUENT
I WAX, CLEVERLY I PUN
WHEN
WE'VE GOT TORONTO ON THE RUN
AND
WHEN THE RED AND WHITE SOX SLIP,
MY
HEART FILLS UP WITH FELLOWSHIP
AND
PRIDE AS I REFLECT THEIR GLORY,
WATCHING
SCOTT PUNCH FISTS WITH TORRE.
JOYFULLY
I'M GIVING THANKS
AS
EMPTY BASES FILL WITH YANKS
AND
WHEN AND IF THEY'RE CLEARED BY JETER
STARS
ARE BRIGHTER AIR IS SWEETER,
RICH
THE COFFEE CRISP THE BAGEL
WINNING
GAMES WITH CONE AND NEAGLE.
HOW
MY FORTUNES RISE AND FALL
WITH
BERNIE, TINO, CHUCK AND PAUL
GOODEN,
JUSTICE, JORGE, ROCKET,
PUTTING
PENNANTS IN THEIR POCKETS,
EL
DUQUE, MARIANO, HILL,
PETTITTE,
OH MY HEART BE STILL !
HOW
LIGHT THAT HEART, HOW FREE OF CARES
WHEN
OUR SHOES TOUCH HOME MORE THAN THEIRS !!
NO
NEED FOR THEM TO WIN EACH DAY,
JUST
LET THEM WIN ON DAYS THEY PLAY !
Carol
P, Yankee Poet Laureate (self-proclaimed)
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Special
Leasing Sports Report:
Baja
500 with Izzy Sanchez and Crew
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Mark Handley / Solar
Racing take 1st place in legendary BAJA 500!
(This took place the weekend of June 4-6,2004)
Thursday the Solar
Racing BAJA 500 team headed south for the seaside town of Ensenada,
Mexico. The team was set to take on the famed (or infamous)
Baja Peninsula for the 36th annual BAJA 500. Mark Handley and Marc Stein (former owner of
the race truck) would share in the driving duties, Ignacio "Nacho
/ Iggy" Sanchez and Kevin Galloway would split the co-piloting
duties. The race truck was painstakingly prepped by
Mike McComas of ACE Motorsports. Our
goal was to have a problem free race and to win!
Friday was contingency
and technical inspection. Friday
night was the driver's meeting. It
was held in the outdoor amphitheater on the grounds of the Convention
Center. Always a spectacle. For example, at last years BAJA 1000, Mario
Andretti was the master of ceremonies. As usual, the Mexican Navy was there to do the presentation of the
flag and their national anthem. There
was a brief award for Sal Fish from the Colonel at DARPA for his help
with the Robot race in March.
Afterwards, the racers
were briefed as to any last minute race details and to be reminded of
certain rules, ie. don't run over slower traffic and no speeding on
the highway (instant DQ if caught. the race goes on and off the pavement,
where most of it is NOT a closed course).
The racers were limited to 60mph on the freeway, down for some
vehicles who can do in excess of 140mph.
One actually got DQ'd for 125!
Our race truck was
set to depart towards the back of the some 300 plus entries from around
the world. The first four-wheel
vehicle left at 9:00am, leaving our truck to start at approximately
10:45. The race is based on elapsed time, so the racers
start at 30 second intervals. Marc
and Kevin started the race and set a blistering pace from the beginning.
We knew we had to contend with the 4wheel drive Hummer of the
last couple year's class champion and Baja 500 winner as well as a new
Dodge 4wheel drive. In addition, a last minute entry into the class was a 1969 F-100
and previous Baja Winner.
Despite a couple
flat tires, Marc maneuvered the truck thru the coastal mountains out
to the coast for some 90+ miles south, and then off into the mountains
that would lead to the demise of many a race vehicle.
This was a 50+ mile loop thru rocky river beds, freshly cut mountain
trails, rocky silty uphill climbs, and spectacular scenery.
The best part is coming out of a section like that back to the
civilization that is the "pits".
Marc and Kevin jumped out at race mile 223 and handed it over
to Mark and Iggy at about 5pm.
With the truck so
well prepared for the race, there were no issues at the driver change
to deal with, only getting us strapped in and the "pig being fed"
some liquid fuel, gas, lots of gas!
As we take off out of the pits, our focus is on the mountains
ahead. Our next scheduled pit
stop was to be at race mile 317. Nascar and Indy have their pits every 1-2miles,
ours are 50-100miles.
Within minutes of
being in the truck, we encounter our first problem.
There are two race cars blocking the course in a very technical
section. Due to the fact we
are climbing up through the mountains, there is no way to get around
them. There were approximately 5 cars/trucks between
us and the blockage and probably 15 racers behind us. Unless you were confident your race car could
make it over 4-6 foot boulders, you weren't getting around. Finally, about 8 co-riders walked up the hill
to help lift the cars apart and try to get them thru the rest of the
section. It was deep silt strewn
with boulders along the side of the mountain while making a 90 degree
turn as you climb the mountain. Finally
after about a half hour of waiting, seemed like longer since we were
feeling our lead evaporate. We
at least knew our competitors were behind us.
Thinking of how the
lighter buggies got stuck, we knew it would be a trick for our 6000lb
2wheel drive stock F-150. With
a little recon of the boulder configuration and turn requirements, Nacho
got us on the right route. Mix
with a few extra ponies at the right moment and we were on our way.
Next destination Mike's Sky Ranch and Valle Trinidad. It was the Mike's Sky Ranch loop that handed
us our DNF at last years 500. Time
for us to exact our revenge on the course that beat us last year. It was now getting dark as we approach the
locale of last years demise. With
much relief, we pass last years "spot" and continue to go
down the hillside into Mike's Sky Ranch, where we are greeted by all
the race fans partying at this mountain rancho.
The campfires and music were a welcome sight after coming across
some 90 miles of mountain terrain.
It was now a sprint
down the graded road and into the river wash then on to our pits at
Valle T for our final gas stop and to put up the roof lights, bringing
the total number of high-power lights to 9, not including the HID factory
headlights. It can be very easy to outdrive your headlights
(not a good thing) while going so fast along some of the roads. The mountain and desert skies just absorb so
much light.
Now we were set and
we only had another 115 miles to go!
The truck ran flawlessly all the way from the "Goat Trail"
up thru the mountain areas of Independencia, where we encountered the
flash floods at the BajaMex last year.
We were going back and forth with a couple of other cars from
other classes, while taking in the nighttime scenery with the rising
moon in the background.
Then it was of to
Tres Hermanos, and out to the farming community of Ojos Negros. A quick stop to check everything before the
last 20 miles back into Ensenada. We
go thru the ranchos of Ojos, jump on the highway for about 9kilometers
but get behind a line up of cars. With
a DQ not being an option, we did not want to pass the truck going about
2mph down the hill which was causing the line up.
Fortunately, we had a race course to jump back on to and did
not have to wait all the way into town.
We were feeling home free, only a few miles to go.
Only thing is, of all the prerunning I've done in Mexico, I had
never been thru this section. This
is where the Mexico experience kicks in.
This would involve my lack of experience in that area, and, the
experience of having the locals remove all of the course markings to
try to get us lost on the way in. Are
you still lost if you know exactly where you are but not where you are
going? Between a few missed turns and a few back-ups, we were able to navigate
our way around the booby-traps the locals had out (another Mexican experience)
and eventually made it to the pavement in Ensenada. There is something liberating about running stop sign after stop
sign while the police just sit and watch!
As always with Baja,
it's not over until it's over. We
had to go back off the pavement into the riverbed that led racers out
of town at the start. After
maneuvering around some exuberant fans, both 2 and 4 legged, and a broken
race truck less than a mile from the finish, we were led up the side
of the river bed into a back alley which led to the FINISH LINE at the
downtown Baseball Stadium. Just finishing is always gratifying, but finishing
first is what we came to do! Our
well prepped race truck was First On Race Day! We got in just after 1:30am, with a total elapsed
time of 14hrs and 44 minutes. Only
58% of the entries made it to the finish line.
Special Alert: Based on our calculations, I am now leading
in points for SCORE Stock-Full Class!
Two more races in the SCORE series:
Primm 300 & BAJA 1000!
Special thanks to
the team: Marc Stein for delivering a flawless truck
to me after taking it through some of the roughest terrain imaginable,
(and for helping get rid of some of those spare tires that were stacking
up). Kevin and Iggy for keeping us drivers on the
right track. To the chase crew
for the great pit stops: Mike McComas, Pat Sharp, Julie Galloway, Bob
and Mary Childers, John Castillo, Rob Eldridge, Leo and Carla, Medardo
Borquez. To Lance Walser and Wendy Rosenthal for having
to chase the truck through some of the roughest terrain imaginable and,
not destroying the prerunner. Gnarly
Racing for the help in Valle Trinidad.
Special thanks to
our sponsors: TheBestMortgageLoans.com,
Tri-Star Capital Equipment Leasing,
Goodyear Tires, Bilstein Shocks, F&L Race Fuels, K&N
Filters, Kartek, PCI Race Radios, MSD Ignitions, Mastercraft Seats,
Sign Pros Lettering, National Spring, DesertRacing.com
Next race: "Vegas to Reno - The Longest Off-Road
Race in the United States!"
June 24-26, Race
is on FRIDAY!!!
Ignacio Sanchez
Article on Mark Handley
published in the San Diego North County Times June 5th 2004
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/06/05/sports/professional/23_27_236_4_04.txt
A pretty good video
(8 minute) of the race (not Izzy’s video)
http://www.race-dezert.com/users/fish/baja500piece.wmv
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