The Argus will be doing a story on local cartoonist legend Ken Alvine (see video below) in this Sunday’s paper. It will also touch on other Sioux Falls’ cartoonists. You may just see a Detroit Lewis original published after a very long hiatus.
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This is what the Chilean Miners had to look at everyday for two months (Photo Credit:Â Jonathan Garcia)
I was very disappointed that I missed this gem on Stormland TV;
It took us about eight minutes to go 1,000 feet in this elevator, and it takes the Chilean miners about 15 to 20 minutes to go up their elevator shaft from the mine. So, the elevator in the KELO tower travels at about the same speed as that one in Chile because it would take about 16 minutes to go all the way to the top of the 2,000 foot tower.
What’s that saying about Apples and Oranges? Nevermind.
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I think WarrenPhear’s comment on the Argus Endorser’s forum sez it best;
…While the city was aware it was a big contributor of bacteria to the Big Sioux River, Kappel said officials weren’t aware how significant a problem it is.
“The city is out there, progressively working on task. We are aware of our impacts, and we take them seriously,” Kappel said. “We will continue working toward those things. WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURSES. I think we will prudently use the funds that are available to us to improve the water quality.”…
Gee, I wonder why? The city earmarked a million dollars of “limited resources” to indoctrinate us on the need for an EC, yet opened the sh1tgates when the clouds opened up every two weeks for those once a century downpours.
And this study was done BEFORE they opened the shitgates. Can you imagine what the bacteria levels are now?
There is probably a reason why this firm wins a lot of bids, when you don’t have to follow the rules you can do things on the cheap (think bouncing Mezzanine at the Pavilion);
42 U.S.C. 12181 under title III of the American with Disabilities Act states, “requires places of public accommodation and commercial facilities to be designed, constructed, and altered in compliance with the accessibility standards.”
So that brings us back to Ellerbe Becket.
According to the Department of Justice, they began investigating Ellerbe Becket 16 years ago in August 1994, after the department received complaints involving these arenas: the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon; the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio; the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts; the Corestates Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the MCI Center in Washington D.C. and the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.
According to court paperwork filed in 1997, when Ellerbe Becket wanted to have several claims against them dismissed, the plaintiff who was the United States government said, “wheelchair seating locations did not provide lines of sight over standing spectators.”
I remember taking an ADA course when I worked at the Pavilion. This is serious business – there is no room for skimping.
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