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Since June 27, some 4,000 separate blazes have destroyed about 1.5 million acres in 14 states, including North and South Dakota, Colorado and Nebraska, as well as Canada. So far this year, 2.1 million acres in the West have been scorched. That adds up to 900,000 more acres than were affected in all of 1984. In California, the hardest-hit state, officials estimate damage at $50 million, including the destruction of 184 homes. California Governor George Deukmejian has declared a state of emergency in seven counties. So far, three people have died in California, and hundreds of fires...
...recounted the story of a Korsmeyer family trip to the Corn Palace in South Dakota, where Korsmeyer, the son of a livestock farmer, spied a one-ton concrete pig. Korsmeyer, by then the father of two boys, shipped the pig home—“by ground, because pigs don’t fly”—and set it up in his yard as a “symbol of pride in his humble roots...
...Frozen Four will feature the same four programs that competed for the WCHA’s postseason conference crown—Denver, Colorado College, North Dakota, and Minnesota—marking the first time in NCAA tournament history that one league has held a monopoly on the final quartet...
Minnesota—bested by both Colorado College and North Dakota in its final two conference playoff games—and the Fighting Sioux, bested by Denver in the penultimate round of the WCHA tournament, will square off in the other semifinal...
...cash coming in, they also know there will be less going out. Some Hollywood stars make $20 million a picture. First-time kid stars typically get union scale: about $20,000. Some child actors might inch into the six-figure range. It's only the very rare tot, like Dakota Fanning (see box), who makes more than $1 million...