Youth baseball, softball leagues reach Roscoe deal

ROSCOE ? Boys and girls will be back in action on Roscoe?s baseball diamonds this spring under Stateline Youth Athletics. The Roscoe Village Board and SYA representatives have reached a tentative four-year deal that will allow the youth baseball and softball league to use the village?s Porter, Leland and Thunder parks.

The village had threatened to sever ties completely with SYA if the league didn?t sign a proposed contract by Thursday. Representatives from both sides met early last week to clarify some of the provisions in the contract, such as when the concession stands would close each night and the procedure for selling advertising and signage space in the parks.
The SYA board of directors approved the proposed contract with a few minor language changes. The Village Board will be asked to approve the contract Thursday.

?Basically, we just needed to clarify some little things,? Village President Dave Krienke said.
Roscoe and SYA have been at odds since the Village Board began requiring organizations to sign written agreements before they use village property.

SYA officials refused to sign the agreement this spring to use Porter and Leland parks, saying it imposed unreasonable demands.

As a result, the youth league was not allowed to play ball in those parks this summer.

After months of back and forth and a series of give-and-take negotiations between Krienke and Trustee Chad DuBree and SYA President Jeff Schreck and representative Brad Lindmark, both sides thought they had a deal in the fall.

The Village Board sent the negotiated contract to SYA to ratify Nov. 14, but it instead received a counterproposal several weeks later.

On Dec. 15, the Village Board unanimously approved a proposed contract and said it would cut ties with SYA if the league didn?t approve it within one week.

The newest proposal will strictly limit the league to hosting youth baseball and softball games, which includes high school and college teams.

The league will not be allowed to host adult tournaments or other events, such as kickball tournaments.

If the Village Board approves the contract Thursday, boys and girls will start practice and games the first week of May, Schreck said.

Staff writer Greg Stanley can be reached at gstanley@rrstar.com or 815-987-1369.

Source: http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1569724900/Youth-baseball-softball-leagues-to-keep-playing-in-Roscoe

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Magnificent seven for De Lange but South Africa are skittled

It's been a year like no other for Test-match debutants. Yesterday in Durban, Marchant de Lange became the eighth bowler to return five wickets in his first taste of the game's highest form to join an eclectic collection ? three Australians, two South Africans, an Indian, a New Zealander and a Bangladeshi called Sunny ? in making 2011 the year of the rookie.

It is comfortably the most in the sport's history, bettering the five first-timers in 2003 and 1962, and De Lange's addition to the list will be of particular interest to Andy Flower with South Africa due in England next summer (their erratic batting ? yesterday they were dismissed for 168, and a first-innings deficit of 170, by Sri Lanka ? will also not have gone unnoticed). The 6ft 2in, 21-year-old's spectacular start ? he finished with 7 for 81 ? gives South Africa a potent seam attack when added to Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, the other South African among the 2011 debutants. Fast bowling has been a traditional strength of South African cricket but just months ago Allan Donald was voicing concerns. He isn't any more.

Like Steyn, De Lange comes from Limpopo province where cricketing facilities are scarce. They both played club games as teenagers in the small town of Tzaneen, where De Lange went to school. An all-round sportsman he was a promising javelin thrower ? his short run-up and speed have been in part put down to his athletic background.

In Melbourne, Sachin Tendulkar threatened to bring up his long-awaited 100th international century but was dismissed late on day two after helping put India in command of the first Test against Australia. Tendulkar was bowled by Peter Siddle for 73 from just 98 deliveries, three balls before stumps at the MCG. He and Rahul Dravid (68 not out) helped the tourists reach 214 for 3, in response to Australia's 333.

2011: Year of the rookie

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Elias Sunny (Bang) 6-94 v Zimbabwe

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Ravi Ashwin (Ind) 6-47 v West Indies

Vernon Philander (SA) 5-15 v Australia

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Evraz North America opens $650M credit line to refinance debt

Evraz in August announced plans to expand capacity at Evraz Oregon Steel in Portland, shown in this 2007 photo, to make pipe used in energy exploration.

Russian steel-maker Evraz on Wednesday said its North American subsidiary, formerly based in Portland, may borrow as much as $610 million to refinance its debt.

Evraz North America Inc., which relocated earlier this year from Portland to Chicago, has agreed to a new five-year revolving credit facility that will replace existing credit agreements of $225 million in U.S. currency and $300 million in Canadian currency.

The new credit agreement will also finance the company?s working capital needs.

GE Capital Markets, Inc., GE Capital Markets (Canada) Ltd., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. and UBS Loan Finance LLC served as joint lead arranges and bookrunners in the transaction.

Bloomberg on Wednesday reported that Evraz, which had $7.2 billion in debt at the end of September, is refinancing in an attempt to expand while protecting its credit ratings.

The company earlier this month said it will increase rail production at its plant in Pueblo, Colo., Bloomberg reported.

And in August it announced plans to expand capacity at its steel tube manufacturing plant in Portland to make pipe used in energy exploration.

Formerly Oregon Steel Mills Inc.? ? Oregon Steel Mills Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Fallout from an NYSE-Deutsche B?rse merger Kitzhaber: Boost economic developmentEvraz nets M in incentives for move Follow this company , the North American subsidiary of Russian steel giant Evraz Group S.A. relocated its headquarters earlier this year from Portland to Chicago, though it still employs around 400 workers at its North Portland manufacturing op

Russian steel-maker Evraz on Wednesday said its North American subsidiary, formerly based in Portland, may borrow as much as $610 million to refinance its debt.

Evraz North America Inc., which relocated earlier this year from Portland to Chicago, has agreed to a new five-year revolving credit facility that will replace existing credit agreements of $225 million in U.S. currency and $300 million in Canadian currency.

The new credit agreement will also finance the company?s working capital needs.

GE Capital Markets, Inc., GE Capital Markets (Canada) Ltd., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. and UBS Loan Finance LLC served as joint lead arranges and bookrunners in the transaction.

Bloomberg on Wednesday reported that Evraz, which had $7.2 billion in debt at the end of September, is refinancing in an attempt to expand while protecting its credit ratings.

The company earlier this month said it will increase rail production at its plant in Pueblo, Colo., Bloomberg reported.

And in August it announced plans to expand capacity at its steel tube manufacturing plant in Portland to make pipe used in energy exploration.

Formerly Oregon Steel Mills Inc.? ? Oregon Steel Mills Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Fallout from an NYSE-Deutsche B?rse merger Kitzhaber: Boost economic developmentEvraz nets M in incentives for move Follow this company , the North American subsidiary of Russian steel giant Evraz Group S.A. relocated its headquarters earlier this year from Portland to Chicago, though it still employs around 400 workers at its North Portland manufacturing operation.

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California ranch transforms for 'Zoo'

An hour from the heart of Hollywood in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Greenfield Ranch has drawn dozens of film, TV and commercial productions over the years. Now the bucolic ranch is playing a starring role in the 20th Century Fox movie "We Bought a Zoo."

The 450-acre property, where Roy Rogers and Gary Cooper once shot westerns, was transformed over several months into a makeshift zoo that is the centerpiece of the Cameron Crowe-directed film.

The $50 million production, adapted from a memoir of the same name by former British journalist Benjamin Mee, stars Matt Damon as a widowed father who moves his family from Los Angeles to the countryside to renovate and reopen a dilapidated zoo.

The book was set at Dartmoor Zoological Park in England, but the movie takes place in the fictional Rosemoor Wildlife Park, a rundown animal sanctuary in an unnamed rural Southern California town.

Filmmakers had considered shooting in Georgia but settled on Ventura County, citing the mild weather, a state tax break and the unique properties of Greenfield Ranch.

Location scout Lori Balton discovered the property north of the Santa Monica Mountains while searching for locations for Universal Pictures' 2003 movie "Seabiscuit." With its low-lying buildings and 1920s horse stable, the ranch fit the architectural needs of the Depression-era horse-racing film.

When Balton began to seek locations for "We Bought a Zoo," the ranch instantly came to mind.

Production designer Clay Griffith, whose work with Crowe dates to the director's 1989 movie "Say Anything," was immediately sold on the ranch, with its barley fields and scenic rolling foothills dotted with oak trees.

"I knew it as soon as I saw it," Griffith said. "We were looking for a spot where we could build a zoo and a house for the family to live in."

In September 2010, construction began on a two-story farmhouse and the zoo. An existing structure once used as a bunkhouse for cowhands on the ranch was converted into a restaurant, a centerpiece in the movie as the gathering place for zoo workers at the end of the workday.

As for the zoo, which was constructed half a mile from the farmhouse, 20 animal enclosures had to be built for the zebras, camels, flamingos and dozens of other animals featured in the film. In all, the picture used 40 species, mainly obtained from California trainers.

Moats were constructed for more dangerous animals such as tigers, lions and bears. Roads leading to the zoo's entrance were paved. Griffith recalls that more than 400 laborers were building the sets at one point. Work on the ranch began in January, with 13 of the 15 weeks of production taking place at Greenfield.

Established in 1875, Greenfield is one of the oldest stables in Hidden Valley, an affluent ranch community. Robert Ash, who with his family has owned Greenfield since 1988, uses the property to grow oats and barley. He farms the land with the help of ranch manager Gary Robertson. These days Greenfield is used equally for filming and farming, with the cost to film on the ranch running $3,000 to $5,000 per day, Ash said.

Greenfield Ranch has a long Hollywood history. Rogers and Cooper, among others, filmed several westerns there in the 1930s and '40s, Ash said. The 1940s movie "Down Argentine Way," starring Betty Grable, also was filmed there.

Other productions shot on the property include the 1993 films "Heart and Souls" starring Robert Downey Jr. and "Bitter Harvest" starring Stephen Baldwin.

More recently, Greenfield has been home to many commercials and TV shows, among them "True Blood," "Monk," "Bones" and "Criminal Minds."

"We film on the ranch quite a lot, but having a production here for so long was special. From the time of the first scout to completion, it was over a year's time," Robertson said. "It was absolutely amazing. I watched my back yard transform into a zoo."

Source: http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/136147653.html

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Video: Romney expects to win in New Hampshire

>>> there is the candidate who as former governor of massachusetts is the frontrunner in the next contest. in his part-time home state of new hampshire . nbc's chuck todd talked to mitt romney today one on one and is with us tonight from ashland, new hampshire. part of the news is you got to talk to mitt romney who had been pursuing a strategy of not talking to the media largely.

>> reporter: yeah. we were able to sit down with him a couple of times today. he's been the off and on frontrunner all year long but there is no state that's more make or break than new hampshire. this three-day bus trip is part of a strategy to make romney more available to voters and the press including two interviews with nbc news today. he's no less cautious and wouldn't take sides on the payroll tax cut. he was dismissive of its effect on the economy.

>> this is not going to turn the economy around. it's a very helpful feature for families.

>> reporter: romney struggled to persuade republican primary voters that he's conservative enough.

>> coming from massachusetts people begin with an assumption that perhaps you are not as conservative as they are. as they get to know me and look at my record they will recognize, no, i'm conservative.

>> reporter: there is a health care mandate in massachusetts is a conservative situation.

>> there were oh two options in my state. one was to continue to allow people without insurance to go to the homt and get free care. the alternative to that was to say people who can afford to buy insurance themselves should do so at personal responsibility. it's more conservative in my view than something given out for free by government.

>> reporter: he says his opponents are wrong when they accuse him of being a persistent flip-flopper.

>> obviously the change was most significant with regard to abortion. have i become more conservative in 20 years? absolutely.

>> reporter: he said republicans need to be clear about wall street reform.

>> we talk about deregulation. people assume we mean getting rid of all regulation. that's not the case.

>> reporter: when walking into romney 's part of the bus first you notice a campaign banner for his dad george.

>> my dad was a man of unquestioned integrity. he said exactly what he believed regardless of the consequences. i want that to with be my model.

>> reporter: he acknowledges the mormon faith he learned from his father could be a liability.

>> i don't know the reasons i lost iowa. for some my faith is an issue.

>> reporter: of course, brian, i did ask him about the gingrich complaints about all these negative ads and the super pacs. he said the heat from obama's kitchen will be hotter. gingrich responded harshly saying, quote, i'll tell you what, if he wants to test the heat i'll meet him in iowa next week, one on one, 90 minutes , no moderator. and so it goes.

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Sprint ?Disabling Use? Of Carrier IQ On Affected Devices

Just a day after Minnesota Senator Al Franken published reports on how carriers and device vendors use Carrier IQ, Sprint seems to be taking steps to distance themselves the mobile monitoring company. According to MobileBurn, Sprint has confirmed that they will be disabling their use of Carrier IQ software on affected devices.

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