plus 4, Cramped multi-town food pantry may expand at current location - Post-Star

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• Cramped multi-town food pantry may expand at current location - Post-Star
• Deal brings Tesla car plant to Downey - Los Angeles Wave Newspapers
• Software Helps Auto Parts Warehouse Beat Recession - PR Newswire
• Scan tool can solve mystery of the MIL - Columbia Daily Tribune
• Local enthusiasts uncover hidden, almost lost, automotive treasures - Bluefield Daily Telegraph

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Deal brings Tesla car plant to Downey - Los Angeles Wave Newspapers Posted: 27 Nov 2009 01:17 PM PST DOWNEY — The city will invest about $9 million in hopes of getting back $11 million in taxes and 1,200 new jobs from a planned Tesla Motors plant which would manufacture electric cars on the 80-acre site currently occupied by Downey Movie Studios, 12224 Lakewood Blvd. City Council members, at a special meeting Wednesday, approved by a 4-0 vote an agreement with Industrial Realty Group, owner of Downey Studios, which paves the way for Tesla Motors to occupy the entire site, of which 20 acres are owned by the city and 60 by IRG. Mayor Pro Tem Anne Bayer was absent. City Manager Gerald Caton said IRG and Tesla have signed tentative agreements pending approval by their respective financial institutions. Details of that agreement should be made known in 10 days, he said. Mayor Mario Guerra said a timetable for remodeling the studio building and setting up the manufacturing facility will also be announced later. Some officials said Tesla's planned Model S sedan, a seven-seat vehicle which can go 300 miles on a charge and sells for under $50,000 will be out in 2011. Caton said the agreement with IRG calls for: • The city to wave future rental of the 20 acres for 15 years, at a loss of about $9 million. • Removal of the clause in the city's 2003 agreement with IRG to build a 40,000-square-foot learning center on the site. The city last month opened the 18,500-square-foot Columbia Memorial Science and Learning Center on adjoining property, 12400 Columbia Way. • The city will build an outdoor shelter, at a cost of $225,000, outside the Columbia Center, to house a mock up of one of NASA's space shuttles, being stored on the Downey Studios property. IRG will handle the cost of moving the life-size steel structure, to be in place by October 2010. • The city to reimburse IRG some $1.8 million in federal HUD funds to repair existing buildings and roofs of the structures Tesla will use. • The right of the city to have a say in future development of about 23 acres of land surrounding the Tesla plant, which will use only about 57 of the acres. That development would be based on a smaller version of the mixed-use Tierra Luna Specific plan put forth by IRG some years ago for the entire 80 acres. IRG will continue to reimburse the city for processing that plan. Caton said the city investment will total about $10 million in return for $11.7 million in various taxes generated by the plant. However, in 15 years the taxes would total about $21.8 million, he noted. In addition to the taxes to the city, Tesla and its employees will generate about $10 million in indirect revenue to area restaurants, shops and other businesses plus an additional 4,400 jobs for those businesses, Caton said. "I am very excited," City Councilman Roger Brossmer said. "Even in the worst-case scenario, if we only break even we will still add more jobs. Tesla will continue the legacy (of technological manufacturing) on the site." "This is a no-brainer, although there is always a risk," City Councilman Dave Gafin said. "This is a big issue for the entire region as it will provide high tech, green jobs," Councilman Luis Marquez said. "The last auto plant we had was in the San Fernando Valley and closed in 1992." Our city has had a vision for many years. I am proud of what staff has done," Mayor Mario Guerra said. He noted that the city has redeveloped the entire 160-acre former NASA site, with the 34-acre Downey Landing Shopping Center to the north, where businesses have provided about 1,000 new jobs; and the 30-acre Kaiser Hospital and medical complex to the southeast, which has brought in 3,800 jobs. The Columbia Center sits on two acres of the 13-acre Challenger Sports Complex, a new park. Tom Messner, head of IRG, thanked Downey officials for their cooperation with the movie studio the past 16 years and said "Tesla will have a great experience here. We look forward to having Tesla here for many years to come." This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Software Helps Auto Parts Warehouse Beat Recession - PR Newswire Posted: 27 Nov 2009 12:41 PM PST Despite the economic downturn, Performance Automotive Inc. increases sales and profit thanks to MAM Software's Autopart business management solution ALLENTOWN, Pa., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- MAM Software Inc. - a subsidiary of Aftersoft Group Inc. and a leading provider of business management software solutions - today announced that its Autopart management software is being hailed as the saviour of the recession by Michigan-based parts chain, Performance Automotive Inc. Performance Automotive Inc. is a five-store automotive parts and accessories chain serving Adrian, Albion, Jackson, and Tecumseh. The company, a Parts Plus distributor, has been using MAM Software's Autopart business management solution since 2006 to control its sales, inventory and accounting. According to Tim Stone, owner of Performance Automotive, the software has played a significant role in helping the business beat the recession. "By utilizing Autopart's powerful reporting tools, we are able to rapidly extract the data we need, and perform solid analysis to tweak our order points and determine current market trends for our customers," Tim Stone explained. "This has allowed us to capitalize on the opportunities in the market. While the economy has soured, we've been able to make solid, calculated decisions that have increased our market share while increasing our profit margin and posting consistent month over month gains." "Due to the ability to rapidly analyze a product offering and determine with great accuracy the appropriate order points and margins possible from the lines, we have been able to make solid decisions to switch suppliers in key lines, keep the lines that make sense, and build solid inventories. We've created a situation that benefits us, our suppliers, and our customers," he added. "The net result has been an increased inventory in line with sales expansion, increased inventory turns, increased profit margins, and increased sales volumes. According to our sales data, the recession never happened," Tim Stone concluded. About MAM Software Inc. MAM Software Inc. - a wholly owned subsidiary of Aftersoft Group, Inc. - provides software and service solutions to warehouse distributors, jobbers and retailers in the US automotive aftermarket. MAM Software solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance operational performance. Products in the MAM Software range include business management applications, electronic catalogs and e-commerce solutions. For further information, please visit www.mamsoftware.com About Aftersoft Group, Inc. Aftersoft Group, Inc. is a supplier of business and ERP supply chain management solutions to automotive parts manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Aftersoft Group provides the automotive aftermarket with a combination of business management systems, information products, and online services that together deliver benefits for all parties involved in the timely repair of a vehicle. For further information, please visit www.aftersoftgroup.com SOURCE MAM Software Inc. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Scan tool can solve mystery of the MIL - Columbia Daily Tribune Posted: 27 Nov 2009 01:02 PM PST Advertisement Q: Today the malfunction light came on in my 2001 VW Passat. I have made an appointment to have it checked and repaired. I checked the cap on the gas tank, and the light didn't go out. I haven't driven the car since the light came on. Now I'm wondering whether I didn't act too soon in seeking help and should drive the car for a while to see whether the light will go out because it could have been a "once-in-blue-moon" problem. What do you think? A: When the dreaded check engine light (also called the malfunction indicator lamp or MIL) comes on, there could be many possible causes, some simple and relatively harmless, and others not. This yellow/orange light, if on steady, indicates the need for service soon. If it's flashing, make that ASAP. If any change in engine performance is noted, or exhaust odors occur, it's best to make a beeline for diagnosis and repair. Such a fault will likely cause exhaust emissions to soar, reduce fuel economy, and possibly hasten engine wear, or in rare cases lead to engine or catalyst damage. The unfortunate thing is one can't know the reason for the light without a scan-tool test. Should you wish to explore a bit on your own, an inexpensive generic scan tool can be purchased for about $75 at most local auto stores. Retrieving a stored diagnostic trouble code is easy. Once it's obtained (for example: P0440) one can simply Google the code and come up with a mountain of discussion regarding its cause. The code can then be cleared (erasing the light) so a continuing or rectified fault can be verified. It's important to remember that a trouble code typically indicates a circuit or system is misbehaving in a certain way, and further hands-on diagnosis is needed to pin down the exact cause. Don't jump to replace the component(s) mentioned in the code description. Because a generic OBD-II scan tool works on all post-1996 cars, the cost and usefulness of a family or neighborhood scan tool could be spread around. Also, many auto parts stores offer a free/quick code scan, but only in certain cases will a code be specific enough to walk inside without further testing and buy the right part. No scan tool? With a loose gas cap often being the cause of a steady check engine light, it's worth a try to check for this before making a service appointment. Based on your recollection of the effort typically required to remove the cap, does it seem to remove a bit too easily? If so, and the engine is performing perfectly, I'd securely tighten the cap and give the vehicle a chance to retest the system two times. This, with luck, would be two cold starts followed by a typical drive cycle — mixed driving situations with the fuel tank between one-quarter and three-quarters full — to play it safe. If the cap were loose, the light should go out on the third startup. If the light persists, I'd then make the service appointment. Brad Bergholdt is an automotive technology instructor at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, Calif. Readers may send him e-mail at under-the-hood@earthlink.net; he cannot make personal replies. Comment Blog about this E-mail to a friend facebook ColumbiaTribune.com: Scan tool can solve mystery of the MIL tweet digg reddit This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Local enthusiasts uncover hidden, almost lost, automotive treasures - Bluefield Daily Telegraph Posted: 27 Nov 2009 10:46 AM PST Published: November 27, 2009 01:33 pm Local enthusiasts uncover hidden, almost lost, automotive treasures By CHARLY MARKWART Princeton Times PRINCETON — It's every car collector's dream: the barn find, the classic gem hidden way back in some old barn or garage, not driven in years but still in great condition underneath the thick layer of dust and cobwebs that's covered it for decades. The only problem is that most collectors never see that dream come true. But, Terry Rose and Dave Ruble are exceptions to that rule. For the two Princeton friends, the dream of the barn find came true this month, and it came true in a major way. "When you're into collecting, you hear about stuff like that all the time, but you never think it could really happen," said Ruble, who owns and operates a local garage. "Well, it happened to me. You just never think you'll walk up and find it, but I did. I had a friend tell me there was a lady who owned all these cars and she had made a decision to sell them. I went to check it out, and there they all were." As simple as that, there they all were — classic Plymouths, Cadillacs, Buicks, Studebakers and more, hidden under hay and debris in barns, tucked between bicycles and old tools in garages and displayed in driveways and yards in several different locations. More than 30 classic cars in all, collected and maintained for several years by a retiree who was finally ready to sell them off. "They were in probably four or five different locations, but all owned by the same person, and they had been in those barns and garages for years," said Ruble, a member of both the Yesterday's Rides and A & R Productions car clubs. "She and a member of her family had collected for years, and she had just decided that the cars weren't used enough anymore to keep, so she wanted to sell them. I went to look at them first, then I took Terry, and, to our surprise, all of the rumors about finding old barn cars and collectible cars sitting for years and years really did come true. Some of them, we had to tear the side of the barns off to get at, and one car, the front of the garage had fallen in on it. But, even the ones we couldn't get at at first, I knew they were there, because I strained to see them through the cracks in the barn walls." Car collectors and friends for years, Rose and Ruble were immediately interested in the exceptionally rare find. Still, even though the cars were right there in front of their eyes, years of collecting had taught them both to be leery of anything that seemed too good to be true. And clearly, this find fit directly into that category. "It was just disbelief, seeing these cars just lined up in this big circle driveway, and then the ones we had to get out of the barns," said Rose. "In 25 years of collecting, I'd never seen anything like that. Of course I was interested right away, but I really didn't see how we could put a deal together that big, because that's a lot of cars, and a lot of money." As unbelievable as it seemed to both Rose and Ruble, though, the cars were real, and they were truly for sale. For these passionate classic car enthusiasts, that fact alone was almost enough to make the sale. "We decided to buy them, after a couple of long discussions, and we made the deal," said Ruble. "We'd been good friends forever, but this was the first deal we'd ever done together. I needed his brains to get it done. We brought home between 25 and 30 of those cars." For collectors with such classics as a 1914 Model-T, a 1975 Corvette, a 1948 Hudson and a 1957 Thunderbird already in their own respective collections, such a significant and quality addition would have been difficult to pass up, under any circumstances. It was one special car, though, that Ruble says became the deciding factor in the pair's decision to ink the large deal. "There was a 1925 REO, and there are only three like it known in existence," he said. "That one was just a mystery to Terry and I; still, we can't find any kind of book value as to what it's actually worth. We're waiting for that information back from the REO Car Club of America. The more we looked at that one though, and what it could be worth, I think that became the weighing factor that made us go ahead and get the cars." Now, with all of those cars in their possession, the men are up to the next step: the task of figuring out what to do with them. "At this point, we're undecided about what cars we're going to sell and what ones we're going to keep," said Ruble. "Of course, we'd like to just keep all of them." That would be the ideal end to the fairy tale-like reality that brought a special collection highlighted by a 1929 Plymouth, a 1931 Cadillac, a 1933 Buick, two 1929 Ford Roadsters, and a 1916 Oakland into Ruble and Rose's garages recently. After all, it is the joy of collecting, not the buying and reselling that has kept the local business owners involved with classic cars for so long. "It's like they say about Harleys; 'if you haven't ridden one, you wouldn't understand,'" said Rose. "You either have it or you don't. For me, it's like that old Lincoln; you just don't see cars like that anymore, with real metal and chrome. Today, it's just so much plastic and they're all cookie-cutter like, but these old cars, they have personalities. And, I think it has a lot to do with our age; it's the nostalgia of thinking back to the '50s and '60s." "Both of us ride our cars, too," added Ruble. "We've got a little saying that says, 'If you see it on a trailer, call the police, because somebody stole it.' We take them to shows, and on vacations. It's just that enjoyment of looking at it, and getting in and riding. It's a good clean hobby that we can enjoy with our families, and you make a lot of great friends along the way, too." As much enjoyment as they get out of collecting, though, the friends know they probably won't be holding onto all of the cars in their most recent acquirement. Currently, they are in the process of cleaning the vehicles, making minor mechanical repairs, and restoring them in an effort to get the uncommon pieces in condition for the public to see. "If we can ever get them all home and cleaned up, we are going to put them all on display for people to see," said Ruble. For those classic car lovers too anxious to wait, though, some of the cars are already on display in the parking lot of Rose's business, Hometown Rentals, located at 1004 Stafford Drive. And, while they might not be sure of what is going to happen to all of the cars in their cherished new collection, both Rose and Ruble are certain of one thing: they will never forget that day when they finally came upon that elusive barn find. "I've been collecting a lot of years, and I've never come close to being this lucky," said Rose. Neither has Ruble, but that won't stop him from continuing to search for another pot of gold at the end of the classic car rainbow. "I haven't seen anything like this in my lifetime," he said. "But, we're looking." For more information on Rose and Ruble's classic cars, call Hometown Rentals at (304) 425-5808, or visit www.ryronline.com. — Contact CharLy Markwart at cmarkwart@ptonline.net. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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