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Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:59 PM PST

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Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:37 PM PST

A Louisville contractor and wine connoisseur plans to convert two adjacent buildings that long housed a vehicle dealership at Campbell and Market streets into a wine shop, restaurant, gallery and offices, along with a green roof.

The flat roof will offer terrace seating and open-air dining and have fire pits and a wine garden where herbs and spices will be grown and used by the chef.

Mike Schnell, owner of Schnell Contractors, which specializes in masonry restoration, concrete repair and waterproofing of large commercial buildings, including several pro football stadiums, recently bought the former Hausman Jeep Eagle dealership on the southeast corner of Market and Campbell for $650,000 from the Hausman family. The Hausmans are no longer in the auto-sales business.

Schnell said he expects to invest about $1.5 million in the project, plus the purchase cost of the roughly one-acre tract. The site includes the corner 2 l/2-story building, an adjoining one-story structure and a small empty lot, where about a dozen parking spaces will be developed. Schnell said he is discussing financing with two banks and doesn't expect it to be a problem.

Schnell plans to call the wine shop Cask 55 and the restaurant Crush on Market. The second level of the corner building, which dates to around 1900 and for many years was Dave's Tavern, will have several small offices and a gallery for rotating exhibits of work by local artists. The gallery will be run by architect Bruce Rogers.

Schnell also plans to construct about 2,500 square feet of new space on the empty lot, creating a total of about 7,800 square feet under roof on two levels. The upper half-floor of the corner structure will be used for mechanical systems.

The project, which will feature a restored brick and glass front on the complex, will be under construction by early spring, with the opening planned by the end of 2010. Schnell said he is pleased to be located in the heart of the East Market corridor, an area newly being called the NuLu district. The district includes restaurants, galleries and other businesses. Schnell noted that tens of thousands of vehicles a day drive past the property he is developing.

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Archive for October 2009 - The Spokesman-Review

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:19 PM PST

Spokane County commissioners fired the company they hired less than a year ago to operate the county's Raceway Park , their controversial purchase near Airway Heights that drew good crowds this summer but racked up some $1.2 million in unpaid construction debt.

The county's insurance may be needed to pay contractors that performed the work ordered by Austin Motor Sports Management but never approved by the county, they said.

Commissioners voted unanimously during a special afternoon meeting Thursday to terminate the contract with the company and its owner Bucky Austin, a racing enthusiast who owns a chain of auto repair shops in the Puget Sound region. Despite promises in August and September that he would make good on all outstanding debts for improvements in the park, Austin still owes several local contractors, who have filed liens worth about $1.2 million against him and the county.

They're looking for a new operator to run the track in 2010, although next time, they expect to keep "a closer, watchful eye" on Austin 's replacement, County Board Chairman Todd Mielke said.

The county became aware of financial problems at the track last summer, when contractors began serving notice that they would file liens for unpaid bills. Austin called the liens standard procedure, said he had to review billing to make sure the work was actually done and promised to pay everybody by November.

But commissioners discovered Austin had ordered more construction than they expected, essentially compressing renovations the county thought would take two years into the first year the track operated. He did it without securing performance bonds, as required by state law, or putting the projects out to competitive bids, commissioners said.

Because of those problems, commissioners said Austin 's contract was in default and terminated on Thursday afternoon.

Austin was put on notice in September that he'd lose the contract in 60 days if he didn't "cure" those problems. He said he would find financing or partners to make payments. But this week, his attorney confirmed that "Austin Motor Sports Management is unable to find additional financing to continue to operate the raceway," Jim Emacio, the county's chief civil deputy, told commissioners.

The notice of default had a 60-day time limit, which would have been up on Sunday. When asked why they were terminating it just three days early, they said the weather was turning cold and they wanted to have county staff "winterize" the facility as soon as possible.

Asked if the decision was at all prompted by fears Austin 's management company, a limited liability corporation apart from his repair shops, could declare bankruptcy, Mielke would only say: "Rumors abound."

The county will draft a new request for proposal and allow potential operators to submit bids.

"We hope to find an operator that can continue to operate the track… and maintain it's credibility with the community," Mielke said. "We're going to do our due diligence with any construction projects that take place."

They want to county will also review all the outstanding claims to make sure the work was done, is up to standards and has been double-billed, Commissioner Mark Richard said. Legitimate claims will be submitted to the county's insurance carrier for payment.

That process could take up to 60 days. John Black, an attorney who represents seven of the contractors holding some $1.19 million in unpaid bills, said his clients could eventually file suit against the county if they aren't paid. But it might take about two months to prepare a lawsuit, so the contractors might hold off.

"If in fact there is a commitment to pay, it would make sense to wait," said Black, who added he heard about the commissioners' decision from the reporter calling to ask for comment.

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Update: Power outages now are main worry - Des Moines Register

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:40 PM PST

The race between the wind gauge and the thermometer begins Friday in Iowa. More freezing rain is expected in northern Iowa starting Friday afternoon. Though accumulations are expected to be less than a tenth of an inch, the fresh ice will only frustrate ongoing efforts to restore power to thousands of Iowans lost after Tuesday's ice storm encrusted the state, especially to the north and west.

Further complicating matters: Wind speeds are predicted to gust between 15 to 30 mph, which could snap already overburdened powerlines and tree limbs.

There is hope. Saturday, temperatures are expected to climb into high 30s and middle 40s across much of the state. It's a sprint to the finish line.

"We just have to hope that the temperature goes up before the wind picks up," said Miles Schumacher, National Weather Service meteorologist. "The ice from the previous storm is sticking with us and branches are still breaking and lights are still flickering."

Some MidAmerican Energy customers in the Des Moines area could be without power until Saturday afternoon, a company spokesman said this afternoon.

Ice that has accumulated after this week's winter storm has caused power outages for more than 10,000 MidAmerican Energy customers in the Des Moines area at times today, according to the company's Web site. MidAmerican hopes to bring back power to customers in the Council Bluffs and Fort Dodge areas by Friday afternoon or evening.

About 57 percent of Carroll County is without power, after winds and ice from Wednesday's winter storm downed miles upon miles of power lines, knocking out electricity to some 5,500 households.

Warming centers were set up in Arcadia, Breda, Carroll, Dedham, Lidderdale and Manning. About 20 people stayed overnight at one of two warming centers in Carroll, county officials said.

"We've got poles and wires down, it's the worst I've every seen in terms of power outages," said Eugene Meiners, chairman of the Carroll County Board of Supervisors. "Some of these small communities look like a war zone. And you'd swear there was a tornado that went through here the way the town looks."

Meiners said utility crews were predicting it could take anywhere from 36 to 72 hours until power is restored to some households. Friday's forecast, though, could prolong efforts.

"We've got some areas where we are talking total restoration. There are some areas where there are miles of poles and lines down that will have to be rebuilt," he said. "We're advising people to seek other means of shelter with neighbors or relatives, or as a last resort seek a warming shelter. We may have to open more."

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More than 10,000 MidAmerican Energy customers in the Des Moines metro area continued to be without power at 1:30 p.m.

Statewide, more than 24,000 MidAmerican customers were without power early this afternoon.

Des Moines Public Works crews, meanwhile, are applying sand and salt mixture on city streets to help improve traction and reduce slick spots.

Public Works Director Bill Stowe said efforts throughout Wednesday to unblock storm sewer intakes helped reduce pockets of standing water on city streets that turned to ice overnight.

"The real issues are places we can't deal with like sidewalks and parking lots – things that don't receive a lot of traffic and are still slippery," he said.

Crews are also responding to individual service requests around the city. To report snow and ice related problems, call 283-4950.

Public Works personnel over the past day have dealt with about 45 incidents where ice-damaged trees have fallen into city streets.

Des Moines schools are closed again today, due to power outages and weather troubles at some school locations.

On Wednesday, slippery roads and ice-coated sidewalks, trees, driveways and staircases led to broken limbs — both on humans and trees — and snapped power lines as an ice storm squatted over much of the state.

Twice buried by blizzards and ice in December, some Iowans were near their wits' end after the latest storm.

"I just want it over! I want this winter over with. I'm sick of the snow and I'm sick of the cold," said Angie Camden, 36, who was without power in her rural Calhoun County home in northwest Iowa. "I can't wait to see the sun."

Tens of thousands of Iowans were without power Wednesday, with western and northwestern regions of the state hit hardest, power company officials said.

About 24,000 MidAmerican Energy customers were without power Wednesday night, spokeswoman Ann Thelen said.

About 11,000 of the outages were in the Des Moines area; the rest were spread across western Iowa.

Slips and falls sent people to emergency rooms around the capital. Mercy Medical Center reported 11 people with broken legs, wrists, arms or ankles arriving at the hospital Wednesday morning.

Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Methodist West and Iowa Lutheran Hospital reported an additional 18 patients seeking treatment for broken bones from spills on the ice.

At Methodist West, an emergency room nurse left the hospital on a break and returned with a broken arm from a spill on the ice.

Tim Hoover, 33, accidentally launched himself on the ice outside his New Virginia home early Wednesday morning.

Hoover landed hard. He looked down at his right foot, which was flopped over in an unnatural position. His leg was broken. He yelled for his wife.

Sarah Hoover, who is a fraction of her husband's size, said, "I dragged him back to the door and into the mud room."

Her husband tried to help by pushing a little bit with his left leg. They called the New Virginia rescue unit, most of whom are friends.

"I want them to know how much I appreciate what they did," Tim Hoover said. "Just like me, they were trying to get to work this morning, too, so they took time out of their day to get me to the hospital in Des Moines."

Atlantic, a Cass County city about 80 miles west of Des Moines, took a mighty punch from the ice storm. Crews there hustled to repair hundreds of power lines damaged by ice and fallen branches.

Most of the 6,800 people in Atlantic lost power early Wednesday morning, said Steve Tjepkes, comptroller for Atlantic Municipal Utilities.

"Branches keep falling, and that's been a problem," Tjepkes said. "We'll turn on a section, it'll hold on for a while, but then it'll get knocked out again."

He said more than 300 power lines to individual businesses and houses had been damaged by tree limbs. Most will be repaired today, he said.

Outages were reported as early as 3 a.m., but most came about an hour later.

"Just after 4 a.m. you could see (power) transformers blowing in every direction," said Dana Cooper, who operates Brown Auto Body in Atlantic.

Resident Mary Paasch saw and heard the transformers blowing out that morning as she lay in bed. "It was just pop, pop, pop, popping, and there was yellow light all around," she said.

The storm brought at least one business boom to Iowa: Carroll's Kitchen in Odebolt did a brisk business in carry-out lunches Wednesday.

The small northwest Iowa town had been without power since 7 a.m., but the restaurant's gas grill and steam trays were busily cooking up meals for folks without working microwaves and electric ovens.

Vickie Neville took phone orders for lunch, and then waited for folks to come pick them up.

Each order came with Neville's warning: "You gotta watch where you're driving or a tree branch will fall on you."

Register staff writers Tom Alex, Daniel Finney, Tom Barton, L. Lars Hulsebus, Jared Strong, Jason Pulliam and Tyler O'Neil contributed to this article.

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