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13_14ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 13_14ecb.xml | 0 | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night . | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | Wasilla Bible Church | HUM28321461982534522 | Wasilla | ['wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'home', 'church', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'family', 'receive', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'fire', 'deliberately', 'set', 'friday', 'night'] | <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night . | <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night .
No one was injured , but several people , including two children , were inside the church when the blaze started .
Palin spokesman Bill McAllister said that Palin told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was related to the `` undeserved negative attention '' the church had received since she became the Republican vice presidential candidate earlier this year .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good , '' McAllister added . |
13_14ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 13_14ecb.xml | 0 | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night . | 26 | 26 | 134 | 138 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'home', 'church', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'family', 'receive', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'fire', 'deliberately', 'set', 'friday', 'night'] | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a <m> fire </m> that was deliberately set Friday night . | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a <m> fire </m> that was deliberately set Friday night .
No one was injured , but several people , including two children , were inside the church when the blaze started .
Palin spokesman Bill McAllister said that Palin told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was related to the `` undeserved negative attention '' the church had received since she became the Republican vice presidential candidate earlier this year .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good , '' McAllister added . |
13_14ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 13_14ecb.xml | 0 | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night . | 30 | 30 | 161 | 164 | set | ACT17476188805643910 | set | ['wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'home', 'church', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'family', 'receive', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'fire', 'deliberately', 'set', 'friday', 'night'] | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately <m> set </m> Friday night . | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately <m> set </m> Friday night .
No one was injured , but several people , including two children , were inside the church when the blaze started .
Palin spokesman Bill McAllister said that Palin told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was related to the `` undeserved negative attention '' the church had received since she became the Republican vice presidential candidate earlier this year .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good , '' McAllister added . |
13_14ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 13_14ecb.xml | 0 | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in damage from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night . | 23 | 23 | 120 | 126 | damage | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'home', 'church', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'family', 'receive', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'fire', 'deliberately', 'set', 'friday', 'night'] | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night . | Wasilla Bible Church , the home church of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family , received an estimated $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> from a fire that was deliberately set Friday night .
No one was injured , but several people , including two children , were inside the church when the blaze started .
Palin spokesman Bill McAllister said that Palin told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was related to the `` undeserved negative attention '' the church had received since she became the Republican vice presidential candidate earlier this year .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good , '' McAllister added . |
13_7ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 29 | 29 | 160 | 166 | people | 10000001029 | people | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while <m> people </m> , including children , were inside . | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while <m> people </m> , including children , were inside .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_7ecb.xml_12 | train | ent | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 20 | 21 | 118 | 130 | Friday night | TIM17476578442583570 | Friday | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church <m> Friday night </m> , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church <m> Friday night </m> , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_7ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 17 | 19 | 97 | 117 | Wasilla Bible Church | NON28318767695137921 | Wasilla | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_7ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 35 | 35 | 195 | 201 | inside | LOC17474060319216953 | inside | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were <m> inside </m> . | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were <m> inside </m> .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_7ecb.xml_14 | train | evt | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 27 | 27 | 148 | 153 | began | 10000001030 | begin | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that <m> began </m> while people , including children , were inside . | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that <m> began </m> while people , including children , were inside .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_7ecb.xml_9 | train | evt | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 4 | 4 | 28 | 35 | injured | 10000001031 | injure | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was <m> injured </m> , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | Providentially , nobody was <m> injured </m> , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_7ecb.xml_13 | train | evt | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 25 | 25 | 138 | 142 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a <m> fire </m> that began while people , including children , were inside . | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a <m> fire </m> that began while people , including children , were inside .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_7ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 13_7ecb.xml | 0 | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | 13 | 13 | 78 | 84 | damage | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['providentially', 'injure', 'estimate', 'million', 'dollar', 'damage', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'friday', 'night', 'fire', 'begin', 'people', 'include', 'child', 'inside'] | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in <m> damage </m> was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside . | Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in <m> damage </m> was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
Providentially , nobody was injured , but an estimated one million dollars in damage was done to Wasilla Bible Church Friday night , in a fire that began while people , including children , were inside .
The fire is being investigated as a possible case of arson .
This would not fit Bill Ayers ' definition of terrorism , since no one was killed .
More like protest that just went a little too far in a matter of mere youthful excess .
The Governor of Alaska has apologized if `` undeserved attention '' focused on Wasilla Bible Church caused haters to set a fire there .
The American people were treated to far more media attention on Sarah Palin 's church than on Barack Obama 's involvement in corrupt Illinois politics .
The congregants of Wasilla Bible Church have our deep sympathy .
If this is arson , it is a monstrous crime .
Can you imagine the media outcry if arson were suspected to have caused a million dollars worth of arson damage to Trinity United Church of Christ ? |
13_22ecb.xml_12 | train | ent | 13_22ecb.xml | 0 | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | 13 | 14 | 83 | 94 | Sarah Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Sarah | ['arson', 'suspect', 'burning', 'church', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'attend'] | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate <m> Sarah Palin </m> attends . | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate <m> Sarah Palin </m> attends .
She visited the church after the fire to apologize for any tie in with her recent national political exposure .
A ladies ' crafts group was meeting in the church at the time of the fire .
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday , adding that investigators were considering arson and other possible causes .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was presumably set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to Fire Chief James Steele . |
13_22ecb.xml_13 | train | ent | 13_22ecb.xml | 0 | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | 7 | 8 | 37 | 47 | the church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['arson', 'suspect', 'burning', 'church', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'attend'] | Arson is suspected in the burning of <m> the church </m> former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | Arson is suspected in the burning of <m> the church </m> former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends .
She visited the church after the fire to apologize for any tie in with her recent national political exposure .
A ladies ' crafts group was meeting in the church at the time of the fire .
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday , adding that investigators were considering arson and other possible causes .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was presumably set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to Fire Chief James Steele . |
13_22ecb.xml_7 | train | evt | 13_22ecb.xml | 0 | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Arson | ACT17476188805643910 | Arson | ['arson', 'suspect', 'burning', 'church', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'attend'] | <m> Arson </m> is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | <m> Arson </m> is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends .
She visited the church after the fire to apologize for any tie in with her recent national political exposure .
A ladies ' crafts group was meeting in the church at the time of the fire .
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday , adding that investigators were considering arson and other possible causes .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was presumably set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to Fire Chief James Steele . |
13_22ecb.xml_8 | train | evt | 13_22ecb.xml | 0 | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | suspected | ACT17476211249523094 | suspect | ['arson', 'suspect', 'burning', 'church', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'attend'] | Arson is <m> suspected </m> in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | Arson is <m> suspected </m> in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends .
She visited the church after the fire to apologize for any tie in with her recent national political exposure .
A ladies ' crafts group was meeting in the church at the time of the fire .
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday , adding that investigators were considering arson and other possible causes .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was presumably set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to Fire Chief James Steele . |
13_22ecb.xml_9 | train | evt | 13_22ecb.xml | 0 | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | 5 | 5 | 26 | 33 | burning | ACT17474554307413590 | burning | ['arson', 'suspect', 'burning', 'church', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'attend'] | Arson is suspected in the <m> burning </m> of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | Arson is suspected in the <m> burning </m> of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends .
She visited the church after the fire to apologize for any tie in with her recent national political exposure .
A ladies ' crafts group was meeting in the church at the time of the fire .
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday , adding that investigators were considering arson and other possible causes .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was presumably set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to Fire Chief James Steele . |
13_22ecb.xml_10 | train | evt | 13_22ecb.xml | 0 | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attends . | 15 | 15 | 95 | 102 | attends | ACT17476220205227381 | attend | ['arson', 'suspect', 'burning', 'church', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'attend'] | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin <m> attends </m> . | Arson is suspected in the burning of the church former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin <m> attends </m> .
She visited the church after the fire to apologize for any tie in with her recent national political exposure .
A ladies ' crafts group was meeting in the church at the time of the fire .
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday , adding that investigators were considering arson and other possible causes .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was presumably set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to Fire Chief James Steele . |
13_10ecb.xml_6 | train | ent | 13_10ecb.xml | 0 | The Wasilla Bible Church , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has caught fire . | 22 | 23 | 133 | 144 | Sarah Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Sarah | ['wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'alaskan', 'church', 'famous', 'religious', 'outpost', 'fail', 'vp', 'candidate', 'alaska', 'governor', 'sarah', 'palin', 'catch', 'fire'] | The Wasilla Bible Church , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor <m> Sarah Palin </m> has caught fire . | The Wasilla Bible Church , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor <m> Sarah Palin </m> has caught fire .
The `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church Friday night , and officials are considering arson among possibilities .
A ladies craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , although no one was hurt .
Palin released a statement after the fire and offered an apology to the assistant pastor `` if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice presidential candidate . ''
Burn baby , burn ?
Estimated damage is in the vicinity of $ 1 million . |
13_10ecb.xml_8 | train | ent | 13_10ecb.xml | 0 | The Wasilla Bible Church , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has caught fire . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | Wasilla Bible Church | NON28318767695137921 | Wasilla | ['wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'alaskan', 'church', 'famous', 'religious', 'outpost', 'fail', 'vp', 'candidate', 'alaska', 'governor', 'sarah', 'palin', 'catch', 'fire'] | The <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has caught fire . | The <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has caught fire .
The `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church Friday night , and officials are considering arson among possibilities .
A ladies craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , although no one was hurt .
Palin released a statement after the fire and offered an apology to the assistant pastor `` if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice presidential candidate . ''
Burn baby , burn ?
Estimated damage is in the vicinity of $ 1 million . |
13_10ecb.xml_7 | train | evt | 13_10ecb.xml | 0 | The Wasilla Bible Church , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has caught fire . | 25 | 26 | 149 | 160 | caught fire | ACT17474554307413590 | catch | ['wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'alaskan', 'church', 'famous', 'religious', 'outpost', 'fail', 'vp', 'candidate', 'alaska', 'governor', 'sarah', 'palin', 'catch', 'fire'] | The Wasilla Bible Church , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has <m> caught fire </m> . | The Wasilla Bible Church , the Alaskan church made famous as being the religious outpost for failed VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has <m> caught fire </m> .
The `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church Friday night , and officials are considering arson among possibilities .
A ladies craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , although no one was hurt .
Palin released a statement after the fire and offered an apology to the assistant pastor `` if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice presidential candidate . ''
Burn baby , burn ?
Estimated damage is in the vicinity of $ 1 million . |
13_19ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 31 | 31 | 160 | 168 | arsonist | HUM17476439289974733 | arsonist | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an <m> arsonist </m> . | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an <m> arsonist </m> .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 22 | 22 | 115 | 128 | investigators | 10000001032 | investigator | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and <m> investigators </m> say it could be the work of an arsonist . | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and <m> investigators </m> say it could be the work of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 11 | 11 | 60 | 66 | church | LOC17474060319216953 | church | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home <m> church </m> caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home <m> church </m> caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_22 | train | ent | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 3 | 3 | 18 | 24 | Friday | TIM17476578442583570 | Friday | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire <m> Friday </m> at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | An overnight fire <m> Friday </m> at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_13 | train | evt | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight <m> fire </m> Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | An overnight <m> fire </m> Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_14 | train | evt | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 24 | 24 | 133 | 135 | it | ACT17474554307413590 | it | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say <m> it </m> could be the work of an arsonist . | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say <m> it </m> could be the work of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 28 | 28 | 149 | 153 | work | 10000001033 | work | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the <m> work </m> of an arsonist . | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the <m> work </m> of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 23 | 23 | 129 | 132 | say | 10000001034 | say | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators <m> say </m> it could be the work of an arsonist . | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators <m> say </m> it could be the work of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_19ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 13_19ecb.xml | 0 | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | 19 | 19 | 102 | 108 | damage | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['overnight', 'fire', 'friday', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'investigator', 'work', 'arsonist'] | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist . | An overnight fire Friday at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church caused an estimated $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> , and investigators say it could be the work of an arsonist .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla , Alaska , about 9:40 p.m. Friday and found flames and smoke coming out windows at the back of the three-story structure , said James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department . |
13_9ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 3 | 4 | 18 | 33 | Gov.Sarah Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Gov.Sarah | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska <m> Gov.Sarah Palin </m> attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | The church Alaska <m> Gov.Sarah Palin </m> attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 15 | 15 | 87 | 100 | investigators | 10000001035 | investigator | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and <m> investigators </m> suspect arson . | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and <m> investigators </m> suspect arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 11 | 12 | 68 | 80 | Friday night | TIM17476578442583570 | Friday | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire <m> Friday night </m> , and investigators suspect arson . | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire <m> Friday night </m> , and investigators suspect arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_22 | train | ent | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | The church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | <m> The church </m> Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | <m> The church </m> Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 16 | 16 | 101 | 108 | suspect | ACT17476808283153309 | suspect | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators <m> suspect </m> arson . | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators <m> suspect </m> arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 8 | 8 | 52 | 59 | damaged | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly <m> damaged </m> by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly <m> damaged </m> by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 10 | 10 | 63 | 67 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by <m> fire </m> Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by <m> fire </m> Friday night , and investigators suspect arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 5 | 5 | 34 | 41 | attends | ACT17476220205227381 | attend | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin <m> attends </m> was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin <m> attends </m> was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_9ecb.xml_20 | train | evt | 13_9ecb.xml | 0 | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect arson . | 17 | 17 | 109 | 114 | arson | ACT17476188805643910 | arson | ['church', 'alaska', 'gov.sarah', 'palin', 'attend', 'badly', 'damage', 'fire', 'friday', 'night', 'investigator', 'suspect', 'arson'] | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect <m> arson </m> . | The church Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin attends was badly damaged by fire Friday night , and investigators suspect <m> arson </m> .
Palin , who was also the Republican vice presidential candidate , apologized if the fire was in any way connected to the attention the church received during the campaign .
The fire caused more than $ 1 million in damages , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
Firefighters were called to the blaze at around 9:40 p.m .
Friday night .
The arrived to find smoke and flames coming out of the windows at the back of the three-story building .
Five adult women and possibly two children were inside the church , but escaped unharmed , Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele told reporters .
It took about 40 volunteer firefighters to knock down the blaze , Steele said . |
13_6ecb.xml_7 | train | ent | 13_6ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Sarah Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Sarah | ['sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'go', 'flame', 'weekend'] | <m> Sarah Palin </m> 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend . | <m> Sarah Palin </m> 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend .
The fire started Friday night while a handful of people , including a women 's craft group and two children , were inside Wasilla Bible Church .
No one was hurt .
The blaze is being investigated as an arson .
On Saturday , the Alaska Governor said she apologizes if the incident was in any way connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' brought on by her failed bid for the vice presidency of the United States .
Authorities believe the fire was set at the entrance of the building and moved inward before setting off a fire alarm .
Damage to the church is estimated at one-million dollars . |
13_6ecb.xml_11 | train | ent | 13_6ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend . | 4 | 7 | 22 | 41 | in Wasilla , Alaska | LOC17477038829597174 | Wasilla | ['sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'go', 'flame', 'weekend'] | Sarah Palin 's church <m> in Wasilla , Alaska </m> went up in flames this weekend . | Sarah Palin 's church <m> in Wasilla , Alaska </m> went up in flames this weekend .
The fire started Friday night while a handful of people , including a women 's craft group and two children , were inside Wasilla Bible Church .
No one was hurt .
The blaze is being investigated as an arson .
On Saturday , the Alaska Governor said she apologizes if the incident was in any way connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' brought on by her failed bid for the vice presidency of the United States .
Authorities believe the fire was set at the entrance of the building and moved inward before setting off a fire alarm .
Damage to the church is estimated at one-million dollars . |
13_6ecb.xml_12 | train | ent | 13_6ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend . | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'go', 'flame', 'weekend'] | Sarah Palin 's <m> church </m> in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend . | Sarah Palin 's <m> church </m> in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend .
The fire started Friday night while a handful of people , including a women 's craft group and two children , were inside Wasilla Bible Church .
No one was hurt .
The blaze is being investigated as an arson .
On Saturday , the Alaska Governor said she apologizes if the incident was in any way connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' brought on by her failed bid for the vice presidency of the United States .
Authorities believe the fire was set at the entrance of the building and moved inward before setting off a fire alarm .
Damage to the church is estimated at one-million dollars . |
13_6ecb.xml_13 | train | ent | 13_6ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend . | 12 | 13 | 60 | 72 | this weekend | TIM17476349659391839 | weekend | ['sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'go', 'flame', 'weekend'] | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames <m> this weekend </m> . | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames <m> this weekend </m> .
The fire started Friday night while a handful of people , including a women 's craft group and two children , were inside Wasilla Bible Church .
No one was hurt .
The blaze is being investigated as an arson .
On Saturday , the Alaska Governor said she apologizes if the incident was in any way connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' brought on by her failed bid for the vice presidency of the United States .
Authorities believe the fire was set at the entrance of the building and moved inward before setting off a fire alarm .
Damage to the church is estimated at one-million dollars . |
13_6ecb.xml_9 | train | evt | 13_6ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska went up in flames this weekend . | 8 | 11 | 42 | 59 | went up in flames | ACT17476241401707929 | flame | ['sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'go', 'flame', 'weekend'] | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska <m> went up in flames </m> this weekend . | Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska <m> went up in flames </m> this weekend .
The fire started Friday night while a handful of people , including a women 's craft group and two children , were inside Wasilla Bible Church .
No one was hurt .
The blaze is being investigated as an arson .
On Saturday , the Alaska Governor said she apologizes if the incident was in any way connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' brought on by her failed bid for the vice presidency of the United States .
Authorities believe the fire was set at the entrance of the building and moved inward before setting off a fire alarm .
Damage to the church is estimated at one-million dollars . |
13_5ecbplus.xml_30 | train | ent | 13_5ecbplus.xml | 1 | Arson suspected in fire that destroyed Alaska's Mat - Maid dairy | 6 | 6 | 39 | 47 | Alaska's | LOC17475571775274501 | Alaska's | ['arson', 'suspect', 'fire', 'destroy', "alaska's", 'mat', 'maid', 'dairy'] | Arson suspected in fire that destroyed <m> Alaska's </m> Mat - Maid dairy | http : / / www . alaskadispatch . com / article / arson - suspected - fire - destroyed - alaskas - mat - maid - dairy
Arson suspected in fire that destroyed <m> Alaska's </m> Mat - Maid dairy
August 7 , 2012
Only about a week after Alaska officials formally moved to dissolve the last entity to run the historic Matanuska Maid Creamery , the historic structure which once housed part of that historic business burned to the ground in Palmer .
Arson is suspected .
"You can't call it arson yet , " Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said , but the fact that the 86 - year - old structure was without electrical or gas connections makes the 3 : 30 a . m . fire highly suspicious .
"There was no lightning strike , " Owen said .
It was a pretty morning in Palmer when a visitor to the Valley Hotel walked out at 3 : 33 a . m . and spied the deserted building nearby in flames .
By the time local police arrived to investigate , Owen said , there was no hope of saving the structure , and the firemen who arrived soon thereafter focused their efforts on keeping flames from spreading to a nearby fuel storage facility .
A good portion of the fire - fighting equipment in the Matanuska Valley was called to help , more than two dozen units .
At one time , Owen said , firefighters were pouring 5 , 000 gallons of water per minute onto the blaze as history burned .
Designated as national historic landmarks , the Mat Maid buildings dated back to the mid 1930's during President Franklin D . Roosevelt's "New Deal" efforts to wrench the country out of The Great Depression .
They were built shortly after the Matanuska Colony was established by the Roosevelt administration to relocate struggling Americans and give them a new start in the Last Frontier .
A farmer's cooperative at first , Mat Maid became a state - run business that eventually died despite the best efforts of former Gov . Sarah Palin to keep it alive .
Now a conservative icon , Palin was anything but in 2007 when "The Creamery Corporation , " an arm of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation , voted to close down a financially struggling Mat Maid .
Palin responded by firing the board .
She then replaced board members with her cronies .
They pumped another $600 , 000 in state money into Mat Maid , but it didn't help .
"In July alone , they lost $300 , 000 , " said Anchorage businessman and blogger Andrew Halcro , a sometimes critic of Palin .
By the end of 2007 , it was obvious even to the Palin administration that Mat Maid couldn't survive , and the state was forced to shut it down although "The Creamery Corporation" survived .
It is only now going out of business .
"Dissolution of the corporation has taken four years , " Robert McFarlane , an assistant state attorney general said Tuesday .
In the interim , a new creamery grew up in the Matanuska - Susitna Valley to take the place of Mat Maid .
However , Valley Dairy Inc . , seems to have many of the same problems that beset its predecessor .
Creamery lacks the cheddar
At the start of the month , Valley Dairy Inc . , which does business as the Matanuska Creamery , told the Agriculture Board it was going to stop making payments on its hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to the state's Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund ( ARLF ) .
"We will be making no further payment on our ARLF notes until we have been able to move to a suitable location and secure a minimum raw milk supply , " Karen Olson , president and CEO of Valley Dairy , notified the panel on Aug . 1 .
"All our attempts to deal with our ARLF loans have only resulted in a moment's reprieve following by further threats . "
A copy of the letter has been obtained by Dispatch .
In it , Olson blames the state for Alaska's dairy problems .
"There are some who would say that Matanuska Creamery has been a victim of its own idealism and commitment to keeping the dairy industry alive , " she wrote , "and they would be correct .
But had we ignored our commitment back in 2007 and since , there would be no dairy industry . "
The problems specific to the Matanuska Creamery date to the two - year reign of Sarah Palin , but the problems for the dairy industry in Alaska go back way before her administration .
They are rooted in state - sponsored efforts to create an industry instead of letting markets work .
Going heavy on milk futures
Mat Maid did fine "for 23 years without one single dime from the state , " Halcro said .
That changed at the start of the 1980s when the state tried to supercharge farming across Cook Inlet from Anchorage by creating the Point MacKenzie dairy project .
Mat Maid , a farmer's cooperative begun in 1936 , tried to help .
It borrowed $2 million dollars from the Agriculture Fund to expand its facilities to handle all the milk that was supposed to come from the farms .
When the farmers faltered , Mat Maid was left short of milk .
Without enough milk to sell - - either as milk or cream or yogurt or cheese - - Mat Maid couldn't generate enough profit to service its debt .
In 1983 , it was forced to file for bankruptcy .
The state stepped in to run the company to protect its debt .
Two years later , the cooperative signed over to the Loan Fund its property and assets to settle a $5 . 3 million debt .
Three years after that , the state established The Creamery Corporation as an arm of the Loan Fund to run Mat Maid .
It struggled along for almost a decade .
"The Creamery Corporation has operated without financial assistance from the ARLF since 1988 and continue to provide a return on investment thorough increased equity value , " argued a "White Paper" produced for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in 2006 .
Mat Maid was then valued at $5 million , down from a peak value of $5 . 3 million but above the 2002 value of $4 . 9 million .
The white paper noted efforts to privatize the operation in 1986 and again in 1990 had failed .
There were no bids .
The state was more successful in getting rid of the historic creamery buildings in Palmer although that , too , was a struggle .
They were leased with an option to buy in 1996 , but that deal fell through .
A restoration company called Heritage Properties picked the buildings up in 1997 , and in 2001 announced plans to convert them into offices and stores , or apartments , while maintaining their historic façades .
That idea , too , fell through , and the property was finally sold at bid .
It was purchased by Anchorage attorney Bill Ingaldson .
He was not returning calls on Tuesday .
Ingaldson , as well as the state Division of Agriculture and other property owners , have been in negotiations with the city of Palmer on the sale of what is called the old "Matanuska Maid block . "
It is an area of about 8 . 7 acres near downtown Palmer that included , until Tuesday , the old creamery , an historic hatchery , a cinderblock power house , a residency , a building housing the offices of the Palmer Arts Council , and Crowley Petroleum Distributors , which maintains the fuel storage facility .
Palmer voters in 2010 approved a $3 million bond to pay for purchase of the property .
There were hopes of restoring the buildings as a tourist attraction .
It could have detailed the successes and failures of those sorts of collective efforts sometimes attacked by Palin .
Mat Maid the co - op was a profitable business that once produced and sold about half the milk in Alaska .
Mat Maid the state - owned corporation was a company that struggled from the start and sold a lot of milk produced in the Lower 48 .
"In 2004 , 39 percent of the milk produced at Mat Maid was from Alaska producers , " the white paper said .
The other 61 percent was shipped in from Outside to be packaged and sold as Alaska milk in an effort by Mat Maid to maintain market share in hopes the cows on the state - sponsored farms at Point MacKenzie would one day start producing .
They never really did .
Over time the MacKenzie properties began to shift into the hands of land speculators anticipating some far - future wealth if a bridge were ever built across Knik Arm to allow for creation of a new Anchorage bedroom community .
'Kind of a good question'
"It's all kind of a long and complicated story going way back , " said Ed Fogels , the deputy commissioner of Natural Resources in charge of the Agriculture Division .
He couldn't hazard a guess on how much money the state has lost on Mat Maid and associated agriculture projects over the years .
"That's kind of a good question , " he said .
Darcy Davies , an agriculture student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , in 2007 authored a senior thesis calculating money spent on agriculture projects in the state .
Davies wrote that "over $76 million ( in 2006 dollars ) was spent on the projects .
Even more millions of dollars were spent on the ARLF loans to farmers . "
"It is debatable , " she wrote , "whether those funds expended were worth the benefits created . "
Davies examined not only Point MacKenzie and Mat Maid , but the Delta barley project and an effort to produce red meat in the Nenana area of the Interior .
Her report notes that the Point Mac agriculture project got almost $10 million in direct appropriations .
It is unclear how many millions more exactly were spent propping up Mat Maid .
After the fire , and the pending dissolution of The Creamery Corporation , about all that will remain is the Mat Maid trademark , an ice - skating princess in a fur hat .
"The state owns that , " said Fogels .
As the most durable legacy of Mat Maid , the trademark could prove valuable , though Fogels wasn't sure how the state could use it .
Maybe it could festoon the 100 , 000 pounds of Matanuska Creamery cheese the Valley Dairy put up to back one of its state loans . |
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August 7 , 2012
Only about a week after Alaska officials formally moved to dissolve the last entity to run the historic Matanuska Maid Creamery , the historic structure which once housed part of that historic business burned to the ground in Palmer .
Arson is suspected .
"You can't call it arson yet , " Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said , but the fact that the 86 - year - old structure was without electrical or gas connections makes the 3 : 30 a . m . fire highly suspicious .
"There was no lightning strike , " Owen said .
It was a pretty morning in Palmer when a visitor to the Valley Hotel walked out at 3 : 33 a . m . and spied the deserted building nearby in flames .
By the time local police arrived to investigate , Owen said , there was no hope of saving the structure , and the firemen who arrived soon thereafter focused their efforts on keeping flames from spreading to a nearby fuel storage facility .
A good portion of the fire - fighting equipment in the Matanuska Valley was called to help , more than two dozen units .
At one time , Owen said , firefighters were pouring 5 , 000 gallons of water per minute onto the blaze as history burned .
Designated as national historic landmarks , the Mat Maid buildings dated back to the mid 1930's during President Franklin D . Roosevelt's "New Deal" efforts to wrench the country out of The Great Depression .
They were built shortly after the Matanuska Colony was established by the Roosevelt administration to relocate struggling Americans and give them a new start in the Last Frontier .
A farmer's cooperative at first , Mat Maid became a state - run business that eventually died despite the best efforts of former Gov . Sarah Palin to keep it alive .
Now a conservative icon , Palin was anything but in 2007 when "The Creamery Corporation , " an arm of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation , voted to close down a financially struggling Mat Maid .
Palin responded by firing the board .
She then replaced board members with her cronies .
They pumped another $600 , 000 in state money into Mat Maid , but it didn't help .
"In July alone , they lost $300 , 000 , " said Anchorage businessman and blogger Andrew Halcro , a sometimes critic of Palin .
By the end of 2007 , it was obvious even to the Palin administration that Mat Maid couldn't survive , and the state was forced to shut it down although "The Creamery Corporation" survived .
It is only now going out of business .
"Dissolution of the corporation has taken four years , " Robert McFarlane , an assistant state attorney general said Tuesday .
In the interim , a new creamery grew up in the Matanuska - Susitna Valley to take the place of Mat Maid .
However , Valley Dairy Inc . , seems to have many of the same problems that beset its predecessor .
Creamery lacks the cheddar
At the start of the month , Valley Dairy Inc . , which does business as the Matanuska Creamery , told the Agriculture Board it was going to stop making payments on its hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to the state's Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund ( ARLF ) .
"We will be making no further payment on our ARLF notes until we have been able to move to a suitable location and secure a minimum raw milk supply , " Karen Olson , president and CEO of Valley Dairy , notified the panel on Aug . 1 .
"All our attempts to deal with our ARLF loans have only resulted in a moment's reprieve following by further threats . "
A copy of the letter has been obtained by Dispatch .
In it , Olson blames the state for Alaska's dairy problems .
"There are some who would say that Matanuska Creamery has been a victim of its own idealism and commitment to keeping the dairy industry alive , " she wrote , "and they would be correct .
But had we ignored our commitment back in 2007 and since , there would be no dairy industry . "
The problems specific to the Matanuska Creamery date to the two - year reign of Sarah Palin , but the problems for the dairy industry in Alaska go back way before her administration .
They are rooted in state - sponsored efforts to create an industry instead of letting markets work .
Going heavy on milk futures
Mat Maid did fine "for 23 years without one single dime from the state , " Halcro said .
That changed at the start of the 1980s when the state tried to supercharge farming across Cook Inlet from Anchorage by creating the Point MacKenzie dairy project .
Mat Maid , a farmer's cooperative begun in 1936 , tried to help .
It borrowed $2 million dollars from the Agriculture Fund to expand its facilities to handle all the milk that was supposed to come from the farms .
When the farmers faltered , Mat Maid was left short of milk .
Without enough milk to sell - - either as milk or cream or yogurt or cheese - - Mat Maid couldn't generate enough profit to service its debt .
In 1983 , it was forced to file for bankruptcy .
The state stepped in to run the company to protect its debt .
Two years later , the cooperative signed over to the Loan Fund its property and assets to settle a $5 . 3 million debt .
Three years after that , the state established The Creamery Corporation as an arm of the Loan Fund to run Mat Maid .
It struggled along for almost a decade .
"The Creamery Corporation has operated without financial assistance from the ARLF since 1988 and continue to provide a return on investment thorough increased equity value , " argued a "White Paper" produced for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in 2006 .
Mat Maid was then valued at $5 million , down from a peak value of $5 . 3 million but above the 2002 value of $4 . 9 million .
The white paper noted efforts to privatize the operation in 1986 and again in 1990 had failed .
There were no bids .
The state was more successful in getting rid of the historic creamery buildings in Palmer although that , too , was a struggle .
They were leased with an option to buy in 1996 , but that deal fell through .
A restoration company called Heritage Properties picked the buildings up in 1997 , and in 2001 announced plans to convert them into offices and stores , or apartments , while maintaining their historic façades .
That idea , too , fell through , and the property was finally sold at bid .
It was purchased by Anchorage attorney Bill Ingaldson .
He was not returning calls on Tuesday .
Ingaldson , as well as the state Division of Agriculture and other property owners , have been in negotiations with the city of Palmer on the sale of what is called the old "Matanuska Maid block . "
It is an area of about 8 . 7 acres near downtown Palmer that included , until Tuesday , the old creamery , an historic hatchery , a cinderblock power house , a residency , a building housing the offices of the Palmer Arts Council , and Crowley Petroleum Distributors , which maintains the fuel storage facility .
Palmer voters in 2010 approved a $3 million bond to pay for purchase of the property .
There were hopes of restoring the buildings as a tourist attraction .
It could have detailed the successes and failures of those sorts of collective efforts sometimes attacked by Palin .
Mat Maid the co - op was a profitable business that once produced and sold about half the milk in Alaska .
Mat Maid the state - owned corporation was a company that struggled from the start and sold a lot of milk produced in the Lower 48 .
"In 2004 , 39 percent of the milk produced at Mat Maid was from Alaska producers , " the white paper said .
The other 61 percent was shipped in from Outside to be packaged and sold as Alaska milk in an effort by Mat Maid to maintain market share in hopes the cows on the state - sponsored farms at Point MacKenzie would one day start producing .
They never really did .
Over time the MacKenzie properties began to shift into the hands of land speculators anticipating some far - future wealth if a bridge were ever built across Knik Arm to allow for creation of a new Anchorage bedroom community .
'Kind of a good question'
"It's all kind of a long and complicated story going way back , " said Ed Fogels , the deputy commissioner of Natural Resources in charge of the Agriculture Division .
He couldn't hazard a guess on how much money the state has lost on Mat Maid and associated agriculture projects over the years .
"That's kind of a good question , " he said .
Darcy Davies , an agriculture student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , in 2007 authored a senior thesis calculating money spent on agriculture projects in the state .
Davies wrote that "over $76 million ( in 2006 dollars ) was spent on the projects .
Even more millions of dollars were spent on the ARLF loans to farmers . "
"It is debatable , " she wrote , "whether those funds expended were worth the benefits created . "
Davies examined not only Point MacKenzie and Mat Maid , but the Delta barley project and an effort to produce red meat in the Nenana area of the Interior .
Her report notes that the Point Mac agriculture project got almost $10 million in direct appropriations .
It is unclear how many millions more exactly were spent propping up Mat Maid .
After the fire , and the pending dissolution of The Creamery Corporation , about all that will remain is the Mat Maid trademark , an ice - skating princess in a fur hat .
"The state owns that , " said Fogels .
As the most durable legacy of Mat Maid , the trademark could prove valuable , though Fogels wasn't sure how the state could use it .
Maybe it could festoon the 100 , 000 pounds of Matanuska Creamery cheese the Valley Dairy put up to back one of its state loans . |
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<m> Arson </m> suspected in fire that destroyed Alaska's Mat - Maid dairy
August 7 , 2012
Only about a week after Alaska officials formally moved to dissolve the last entity to run the historic Matanuska Maid Creamery , the historic structure which once housed part of that historic business burned to the ground in Palmer .
Arson is suspected .
"You can't call it arson yet , " Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said , but the fact that the 86 - year - old structure was without electrical or gas connections makes the 3 : 30 a . m . fire highly suspicious .
"There was no lightning strike , " Owen said .
It was a pretty morning in Palmer when a visitor to the Valley Hotel walked out at 3 : 33 a . m . and spied the deserted building nearby in flames .
By the time local police arrived to investigate , Owen said , there was no hope of saving the structure , and the firemen who arrived soon thereafter focused their efforts on keeping flames from spreading to a nearby fuel storage facility .
A good portion of the fire - fighting equipment in the Matanuska Valley was called to help , more than two dozen units .
At one time , Owen said , firefighters were pouring 5 , 000 gallons of water per minute onto the blaze as history burned .
Designated as national historic landmarks , the Mat Maid buildings dated back to the mid 1930's during President Franklin D . Roosevelt's "New Deal" efforts to wrench the country out of The Great Depression .
They were built shortly after the Matanuska Colony was established by the Roosevelt administration to relocate struggling Americans and give them a new start in the Last Frontier .
A farmer's cooperative at first , Mat Maid became a state - run business that eventually died despite the best efforts of former Gov . Sarah Palin to keep it alive .
Now a conservative icon , Palin was anything but in 2007 when "The Creamery Corporation , " an arm of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation , voted to close down a financially struggling Mat Maid .
Palin responded by firing the board .
She then replaced board members with her cronies .
They pumped another $600 , 000 in state money into Mat Maid , but it didn't help .
"In July alone , they lost $300 , 000 , " said Anchorage businessman and blogger Andrew Halcro , a sometimes critic of Palin .
By the end of 2007 , it was obvious even to the Palin administration that Mat Maid couldn't survive , and the state was forced to shut it down although "The Creamery Corporation" survived .
It is only now going out of business .
"Dissolution of the corporation has taken four years , " Robert McFarlane , an assistant state attorney general said Tuesday .
In the interim , a new creamery grew up in the Matanuska - Susitna Valley to take the place of Mat Maid .
However , Valley Dairy Inc . , seems to have many of the same problems that beset its predecessor .
Creamery lacks the cheddar
At the start of the month , Valley Dairy Inc . , which does business as the Matanuska Creamery , told the Agriculture Board it was going to stop making payments on its hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to the state's Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund ( ARLF ) .
"We will be making no further payment on our ARLF notes until we have been able to move to a suitable location and secure a minimum raw milk supply , " Karen Olson , president and CEO of Valley Dairy , notified the panel on Aug . 1 .
"All our attempts to deal with our ARLF loans have only resulted in a moment's reprieve following by further threats . "
A copy of the letter has been obtained by Dispatch .
In it , Olson blames the state for Alaska's dairy problems .
"There are some who would say that Matanuska Creamery has been a victim of its own idealism and commitment to keeping the dairy industry alive , " she wrote , "and they would be correct .
But had we ignored our commitment back in 2007 and since , there would be no dairy industry . "
The problems specific to the Matanuska Creamery date to the two - year reign of Sarah Palin , but the problems for the dairy industry in Alaska go back way before her administration .
They are rooted in state - sponsored efforts to create an industry instead of letting markets work .
Going heavy on milk futures
Mat Maid did fine "for 23 years without one single dime from the state , " Halcro said .
That changed at the start of the 1980s when the state tried to supercharge farming across Cook Inlet from Anchorage by creating the Point MacKenzie dairy project .
Mat Maid , a farmer's cooperative begun in 1936 , tried to help .
It borrowed $2 million dollars from the Agriculture Fund to expand its facilities to handle all the milk that was supposed to come from the farms .
When the farmers faltered , Mat Maid was left short of milk .
Without enough milk to sell - - either as milk or cream or yogurt or cheese - - Mat Maid couldn't generate enough profit to service its debt .
In 1983 , it was forced to file for bankruptcy .
The state stepped in to run the company to protect its debt .
Two years later , the cooperative signed over to the Loan Fund its property and assets to settle a $5 . 3 million debt .
Three years after that , the state established The Creamery Corporation as an arm of the Loan Fund to run Mat Maid .
It struggled along for almost a decade .
"The Creamery Corporation has operated without financial assistance from the ARLF since 1988 and continue to provide a return on investment thorough increased equity value , " argued a "White Paper" produced for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in 2006 .
Mat Maid was then valued at $5 million , down from a peak value of $5 . 3 million but above the 2002 value of $4 . 9 million .
The white paper noted efforts to privatize the operation in 1986 and again in 1990 had failed .
There were no bids .
The state was more successful in getting rid of the historic creamery buildings in Palmer although that , too , was a struggle .
They were leased with an option to buy in 1996 , but that deal fell through .
A restoration company called Heritage Properties picked the buildings up in 1997 , and in 2001 announced plans to convert them into offices and stores , or apartments , while maintaining their historic façades .
That idea , too , fell through , and the property was finally sold at bid .
It was purchased by Anchorage attorney Bill Ingaldson .
He was not returning calls on Tuesday .
Ingaldson , as well as the state Division of Agriculture and other property owners , have been in negotiations with the city of Palmer on the sale of what is called the old "Matanuska Maid block . "
It is an area of about 8 . 7 acres near downtown Palmer that included , until Tuesday , the old creamery , an historic hatchery , a cinderblock power house , a residency , a building housing the offices of the Palmer Arts Council , and Crowley Petroleum Distributors , which maintains the fuel storage facility .
Palmer voters in 2010 approved a $3 million bond to pay for purchase of the property .
There were hopes of restoring the buildings as a tourist attraction .
It could have detailed the successes and failures of those sorts of collective efforts sometimes attacked by Palin .
Mat Maid the co - op was a profitable business that once produced and sold about half the milk in Alaska .
Mat Maid the state - owned corporation was a company that struggled from the start and sold a lot of milk produced in the Lower 48 .
"In 2004 , 39 percent of the milk produced at Mat Maid was from Alaska producers , " the white paper said .
The other 61 percent was shipped in from Outside to be packaged and sold as Alaska milk in an effort by Mat Maid to maintain market share in hopes the cows on the state - sponsored farms at Point MacKenzie would one day start producing .
They never really did .
Over time the MacKenzie properties began to shift into the hands of land speculators anticipating some far - future wealth if a bridge were ever built across Knik Arm to allow for creation of a new Anchorage bedroom community .
'Kind of a good question'
"It's all kind of a long and complicated story going way back , " said Ed Fogels , the deputy commissioner of Natural Resources in charge of the Agriculture Division .
He couldn't hazard a guess on how much money the state has lost on Mat Maid and associated agriculture projects over the years .
"That's kind of a good question , " he said .
Darcy Davies , an agriculture student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , in 2007 authored a senior thesis calculating money spent on agriculture projects in the state .
Davies wrote that "over $76 million ( in 2006 dollars ) was spent on the projects .
Even more millions of dollars were spent on the ARLF loans to farmers . "
"It is debatable , " she wrote , "whether those funds expended were worth the benefits created . "
Davies examined not only Point MacKenzie and Mat Maid , but the Delta barley project and an effort to produce red meat in the Nenana area of the Interior .
Her report notes that the Point Mac agriculture project got almost $10 million in direct appropriations .
It is unclear how many millions more exactly were spent propping up Mat Maid .
After the fire , and the pending dissolution of The Creamery Corporation , about all that will remain is the Mat Maid trademark , an ice - skating princess in a fur hat .
"The state owns that , " said Fogels .
As the most durable legacy of Mat Maid , the trademark could prove valuable , though Fogels wasn't sure how the state could use it .
Maybe it could festoon the 100 , 000 pounds of Matanuska Creamery cheese the Valley Dairy put up to back one of its state loans . |
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Arson suspected in <m> fire </m> that destroyed Alaska's Mat - Maid dairy
August 7 , 2012
Only about a week after Alaska officials formally moved to dissolve the last entity to run the historic Matanuska Maid Creamery , the historic structure which once housed part of that historic business burned to the ground in Palmer .
Arson is suspected .
"You can't call it arson yet , " Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said , but the fact that the 86 - year - old structure was without electrical or gas connections makes the 3 : 30 a . m . fire highly suspicious .
"There was no lightning strike , " Owen said .
It was a pretty morning in Palmer when a visitor to the Valley Hotel walked out at 3 : 33 a . m . and spied the deserted building nearby in flames .
By the time local police arrived to investigate , Owen said , there was no hope of saving the structure , and the firemen who arrived soon thereafter focused their efforts on keeping flames from spreading to a nearby fuel storage facility .
A good portion of the fire - fighting equipment in the Matanuska Valley was called to help , more than two dozen units .
At one time , Owen said , firefighters were pouring 5 , 000 gallons of water per minute onto the blaze as history burned .
Designated as national historic landmarks , the Mat Maid buildings dated back to the mid 1930's during President Franklin D . Roosevelt's "New Deal" efforts to wrench the country out of The Great Depression .
They were built shortly after the Matanuska Colony was established by the Roosevelt administration to relocate struggling Americans and give them a new start in the Last Frontier .
A farmer's cooperative at first , Mat Maid became a state - run business that eventually died despite the best efforts of former Gov . Sarah Palin to keep it alive .
Now a conservative icon , Palin was anything but in 2007 when "The Creamery Corporation , " an arm of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation , voted to close down a financially struggling Mat Maid .
Palin responded by firing the board .
She then replaced board members with her cronies .
They pumped another $600 , 000 in state money into Mat Maid , but it didn't help .
"In July alone , they lost $300 , 000 , " said Anchorage businessman and blogger Andrew Halcro , a sometimes critic of Palin .
By the end of 2007 , it was obvious even to the Palin administration that Mat Maid couldn't survive , and the state was forced to shut it down although "The Creamery Corporation" survived .
It is only now going out of business .
"Dissolution of the corporation has taken four years , " Robert McFarlane , an assistant state attorney general said Tuesday .
In the interim , a new creamery grew up in the Matanuska - Susitna Valley to take the place of Mat Maid .
However , Valley Dairy Inc . , seems to have many of the same problems that beset its predecessor .
Creamery lacks the cheddar
At the start of the month , Valley Dairy Inc . , which does business as the Matanuska Creamery , told the Agriculture Board it was going to stop making payments on its hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to the state's Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund ( ARLF ) .
"We will be making no further payment on our ARLF notes until we have been able to move to a suitable location and secure a minimum raw milk supply , " Karen Olson , president and CEO of Valley Dairy , notified the panel on Aug . 1 .
"All our attempts to deal with our ARLF loans have only resulted in a moment's reprieve following by further threats . "
A copy of the letter has been obtained by Dispatch .
In it , Olson blames the state for Alaska's dairy problems .
"There are some who would say that Matanuska Creamery has been a victim of its own idealism and commitment to keeping the dairy industry alive , " she wrote , "and they would be correct .
But had we ignored our commitment back in 2007 and since , there would be no dairy industry . "
The problems specific to the Matanuska Creamery date to the two - year reign of Sarah Palin , but the problems for the dairy industry in Alaska go back way before her administration .
They are rooted in state - sponsored efforts to create an industry instead of letting markets work .
Going heavy on milk futures
Mat Maid did fine "for 23 years without one single dime from the state , " Halcro said .
That changed at the start of the 1980s when the state tried to supercharge farming across Cook Inlet from Anchorage by creating the Point MacKenzie dairy project .
Mat Maid , a farmer's cooperative begun in 1936 , tried to help .
It borrowed $2 million dollars from the Agriculture Fund to expand its facilities to handle all the milk that was supposed to come from the farms .
When the farmers faltered , Mat Maid was left short of milk .
Without enough milk to sell - - either as milk or cream or yogurt or cheese - - Mat Maid couldn't generate enough profit to service its debt .
In 1983 , it was forced to file for bankruptcy .
The state stepped in to run the company to protect its debt .
Two years later , the cooperative signed over to the Loan Fund its property and assets to settle a $5 . 3 million debt .
Three years after that , the state established The Creamery Corporation as an arm of the Loan Fund to run Mat Maid .
It struggled along for almost a decade .
"The Creamery Corporation has operated without financial assistance from the ARLF since 1988 and continue to provide a return on investment thorough increased equity value , " argued a "White Paper" produced for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in 2006 .
Mat Maid was then valued at $5 million , down from a peak value of $5 . 3 million but above the 2002 value of $4 . 9 million .
The white paper noted efforts to privatize the operation in 1986 and again in 1990 had failed .
There were no bids .
The state was more successful in getting rid of the historic creamery buildings in Palmer although that , too , was a struggle .
They were leased with an option to buy in 1996 , but that deal fell through .
A restoration company called Heritage Properties picked the buildings up in 1997 , and in 2001 announced plans to convert them into offices and stores , or apartments , while maintaining their historic façades .
That idea , too , fell through , and the property was finally sold at bid .
It was purchased by Anchorage attorney Bill Ingaldson .
He was not returning calls on Tuesday .
Ingaldson , as well as the state Division of Agriculture and other property owners , have been in negotiations with the city of Palmer on the sale of what is called the old "Matanuska Maid block . "
It is an area of about 8 . 7 acres near downtown Palmer that included , until Tuesday , the old creamery , an historic hatchery , a cinderblock power house , a residency , a building housing the offices of the Palmer Arts Council , and Crowley Petroleum Distributors , which maintains the fuel storage facility .
Palmer voters in 2010 approved a $3 million bond to pay for purchase of the property .
There were hopes of restoring the buildings as a tourist attraction .
It could have detailed the successes and failures of those sorts of collective efforts sometimes attacked by Palin .
Mat Maid the co - op was a profitable business that once produced and sold about half the milk in Alaska .
Mat Maid the state - owned corporation was a company that struggled from the start and sold a lot of milk produced in the Lower 48 .
"In 2004 , 39 percent of the milk produced at Mat Maid was from Alaska producers , " the white paper said .
The other 61 percent was shipped in from Outside to be packaged and sold as Alaska milk in an effort by Mat Maid to maintain market share in hopes the cows on the state - sponsored farms at Point MacKenzie would one day start producing .
They never really did .
Over time the MacKenzie properties began to shift into the hands of land speculators anticipating some far - future wealth if a bridge were ever built across Knik Arm to allow for creation of a new Anchorage bedroom community .
'Kind of a good question'
"It's all kind of a long and complicated story going way back , " said Ed Fogels , the deputy commissioner of Natural Resources in charge of the Agriculture Division .
He couldn't hazard a guess on how much money the state has lost on Mat Maid and associated agriculture projects over the years .
"That's kind of a good question , " he said .
Darcy Davies , an agriculture student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , in 2007 authored a senior thesis calculating money spent on agriculture projects in the state .
Davies wrote that "over $76 million ( in 2006 dollars ) was spent on the projects .
Even more millions of dollars were spent on the ARLF loans to farmers . "
"It is debatable , " she wrote , "whether those funds expended were worth the benefits created . "
Davies examined not only Point MacKenzie and Mat Maid , but the Delta barley project and an effort to produce red meat in the Nenana area of the Interior .
Her report notes that the Point Mac agriculture project got almost $10 million in direct appropriations .
It is unclear how many millions more exactly were spent propping up Mat Maid .
After the fire , and the pending dissolution of The Creamery Corporation , about all that will remain is the Mat Maid trademark , an ice - skating princess in a fur hat .
"The state owns that , " said Fogels .
As the most durable legacy of Mat Maid , the trademark could prove valuable , though Fogels wasn't sure how the state could use it .
Maybe it could festoon the 100 , 000 pounds of Matanuska Creamery cheese the Valley Dairy put up to back one of its state loans . |
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Arson suspected in fire that <m> destroyed </m> Alaska's Mat - Maid dairy
August 7 , 2012
Only about a week after Alaska officials formally moved to dissolve the last entity to run the historic Matanuska Maid Creamery , the historic structure which once housed part of that historic business burned to the ground in Palmer .
Arson is suspected .
"You can't call it arson yet , " Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said , but the fact that the 86 - year - old structure was without electrical or gas connections makes the 3 : 30 a . m . fire highly suspicious .
"There was no lightning strike , " Owen said .
It was a pretty morning in Palmer when a visitor to the Valley Hotel walked out at 3 : 33 a . m . and spied the deserted building nearby in flames .
By the time local police arrived to investigate , Owen said , there was no hope of saving the structure , and the firemen who arrived soon thereafter focused their efforts on keeping flames from spreading to a nearby fuel storage facility .
A good portion of the fire - fighting equipment in the Matanuska Valley was called to help , more than two dozen units .
At one time , Owen said , firefighters were pouring 5 , 000 gallons of water per minute onto the blaze as history burned .
Designated as national historic landmarks , the Mat Maid buildings dated back to the mid 1930's during President Franklin D . Roosevelt's "New Deal" efforts to wrench the country out of The Great Depression .
They were built shortly after the Matanuska Colony was established by the Roosevelt administration to relocate struggling Americans and give them a new start in the Last Frontier .
A farmer's cooperative at first , Mat Maid became a state - run business that eventually died despite the best efforts of former Gov . Sarah Palin to keep it alive .
Now a conservative icon , Palin was anything but in 2007 when "The Creamery Corporation , " an arm of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation , voted to close down a financially struggling Mat Maid .
Palin responded by firing the board .
She then replaced board members with her cronies .
They pumped another $600 , 000 in state money into Mat Maid , but it didn't help .
"In July alone , they lost $300 , 000 , " said Anchorage businessman and blogger Andrew Halcro , a sometimes critic of Palin .
By the end of 2007 , it was obvious even to the Palin administration that Mat Maid couldn't survive , and the state was forced to shut it down although "The Creamery Corporation" survived .
It is only now going out of business .
"Dissolution of the corporation has taken four years , " Robert McFarlane , an assistant state attorney general said Tuesday .
In the interim , a new creamery grew up in the Matanuska - Susitna Valley to take the place of Mat Maid .
However , Valley Dairy Inc . , seems to have many of the same problems that beset its predecessor .
Creamery lacks the cheddar
At the start of the month , Valley Dairy Inc . , which does business as the Matanuska Creamery , told the Agriculture Board it was going to stop making payments on its hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to the state's Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund ( ARLF ) .
"We will be making no further payment on our ARLF notes until we have been able to move to a suitable location and secure a minimum raw milk supply , " Karen Olson , president and CEO of Valley Dairy , notified the panel on Aug . 1 .
"All our attempts to deal with our ARLF loans have only resulted in a moment's reprieve following by further threats . "
A copy of the letter has been obtained by Dispatch .
In it , Olson blames the state for Alaska's dairy problems .
"There are some who would say that Matanuska Creamery has been a victim of its own idealism and commitment to keeping the dairy industry alive , " she wrote , "and they would be correct .
But had we ignored our commitment back in 2007 and since , there would be no dairy industry . "
The problems specific to the Matanuska Creamery date to the two - year reign of Sarah Palin , but the problems for the dairy industry in Alaska go back way before her administration .
They are rooted in state - sponsored efforts to create an industry instead of letting markets work .
Going heavy on milk futures
Mat Maid did fine "for 23 years without one single dime from the state , " Halcro said .
That changed at the start of the 1980s when the state tried to supercharge farming across Cook Inlet from Anchorage by creating the Point MacKenzie dairy project .
Mat Maid , a farmer's cooperative begun in 1936 , tried to help .
It borrowed $2 million dollars from the Agriculture Fund to expand its facilities to handle all the milk that was supposed to come from the farms .
When the farmers faltered , Mat Maid was left short of milk .
Without enough milk to sell - - either as milk or cream or yogurt or cheese - - Mat Maid couldn't generate enough profit to service its debt .
In 1983 , it was forced to file for bankruptcy .
The state stepped in to run the company to protect its debt .
Two years later , the cooperative signed over to the Loan Fund its property and assets to settle a $5 . 3 million debt .
Three years after that , the state established The Creamery Corporation as an arm of the Loan Fund to run Mat Maid .
It struggled along for almost a decade .
"The Creamery Corporation has operated without financial assistance from the ARLF since 1988 and continue to provide a return on investment thorough increased equity value , " argued a "White Paper" produced for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in 2006 .
Mat Maid was then valued at $5 million , down from a peak value of $5 . 3 million but above the 2002 value of $4 . 9 million .
The white paper noted efforts to privatize the operation in 1986 and again in 1990 had failed .
There were no bids .
The state was more successful in getting rid of the historic creamery buildings in Palmer although that , too , was a struggle .
They were leased with an option to buy in 1996 , but that deal fell through .
A restoration company called Heritage Properties picked the buildings up in 1997 , and in 2001 announced plans to convert them into offices and stores , or apartments , while maintaining their historic façades .
That idea , too , fell through , and the property was finally sold at bid .
It was purchased by Anchorage attorney Bill Ingaldson .
He was not returning calls on Tuesday .
Ingaldson , as well as the state Division of Agriculture and other property owners , have been in negotiations with the city of Palmer on the sale of what is called the old "Matanuska Maid block . "
It is an area of about 8 . 7 acres near downtown Palmer that included , until Tuesday , the old creamery , an historic hatchery , a cinderblock power house , a residency , a building housing the offices of the Palmer Arts Council , and Crowley Petroleum Distributors , which maintains the fuel storage facility .
Palmer voters in 2010 approved a $3 million bond to pay for purchase of the property .
There were hopes of restoring the buildings as a tourist attraction .
It could have detailed the successes and failures of those sorts of collective efforts sometimes attacked by Palin .
Mat Maid the co - op was a profitable business that once produced and sold about half the milk in Alaska .
Mat Maid the state - owned corporation was a company that struggled from the start and sold a lot of milk produced in the Lower 48 .
"In 2004 , 39 percent of the milk produced at Mat Maid was from Alaska producers , " the white paper said .
The other 61 percent was shipped in from Outside to be packaged and sold as Alaska milk in an effort by Mat Maid to maintain market share in hopes the cows on the state - sponsored farms at Point MacKenzie would one day start producing .
They never really did .
Over time the MacKenzie properties began to shift into the hands of land speculators anticipating some far - future wealth if a bridge were ever built across Knik Arm to allow for creation of a new Anchorage bedroom community .
'Kind of a good question'
"It's all kind of a long and complicated story going way back , " said Ed Fogels , the deputy commissioner of Natural Resources in charge of the Agriculture Division .
He couldn't hazard a guess on how much money the state has lost on Mat Maid and associated agriculture projects over the years .
"That's kind of a good question , " he said .
Darcy Davies , an agriculture student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , in 2007 authored a senior thesis calculating money spent on agriculture projects in the state .
Davies wrote that "over $76 million ( in 2006 dollars ) was spent on the projects .
Even more millions of dollars were spent on the ARLF loans to farmers . "
"It is debatable , " she wrote , "whether those funds expended were worth the benefits created . "
Davies examined not only Point MacKenzie and Mat Maid , but the Delta barley project and an effort to produce red meat in the Nenana area of the Interior .
Her report notes that the Point Mac agriculture project got almost $10 million in direct appropriations .
It is unclear how many millions more exactly were spent propping up Mat Maid .
After the fire , and the pending dissolution of The Creamery Corporation , about all that will remain is the Mat Maid trademark , an ice - skating princess in a fur hat .
"The state owns that , " said Fogels .
As the most durable legacy of Mat Maid , the trademark could prove valuable , though Fogels wasn't sure how the state could use it .
Maybe it could festoon the 100 , 000 pounds of Matanuska Creamery cheese the Valley Dairy put up to back one of its state loans . |
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Arson <m> suspected </m> in fire that destroyed Alaska's Mat - Maid dairy
August 7 , 2012
Only about a week after Alaska officials formally moved to dissolve the last entity to run the historic Matanuska Maid Creamery , the historic structure which once housed part of that historic business burned to the ground in Palmer .
Arson is suspected .
"You can't call it arson yet , " Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said , but the fact that the 86 - year - old structure was without electrical or gas connections makes the 3 : 30 a . m . fire highly suspicious .
"There was no lightning strike , " Owen said .
It was a pretty morning in Palmer when a visitor to the Valley Hotel walked out at 3 : 33 a . m . and spied the deserted building nearby in flames .
By the time local police arrived to investigate , Owen said , there was no hope of saving the structure , and the firemen who arrived soon thereafter focused their efforts on keeping flames from spreading to a nearby fuel storage facility .
A good portion of the fire - fighting equipment in the Matanuska Valley was called to help , more than two dozen units .
At one time , Owen said , firefighters were pouring 5 , 000 gallons of water per minute onto the blaze as history burned .
Designated as national historic landmarks , the Mat Maid buildings dated back to the mid 1930's during President Franklin D . Roosevelt's "New Deal" efforts to wrench the country out of The Great Depression .
They were built shortly after the Matanuska Colony was established by the Roosevelt administration to relocate struggling Americans and give them a new start in the Last Frontier .
A farmer's cooperative at first , Mat Maid became a state - run business that eventually died despite the best efforts of former Gov . Sarah Palin to keep it alive .
Now a conservative icon , Palin was anything but in 2007 when "The Creamery Corporation , " an arm of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation , voted to close down a financially struggling Mat Maid .
Palin responded by firing the board .
She then replaced board members with her cronies .
They pumped another $600 , 000 in state money into Mat Maid , but it didn't help .
"In July alone , they lost $300 , 000 , " said Anchorage businessman and blogger Andrew Halcro , a sometimes critic of Palin .
By the end of 2007 , it was obvious even to the Palin administration that Mat Maid couldn't survive , and the state was forced to shut it down although "The Creamery Corporation" survived .
It is only now going out of business .
"Dissolution of the corporation has taken four years , " Robert McFarlane , an assistant state attorney general said Tuesday .
In the interim , a new creamery grew up in the Matanuska - Susitna Valley to take the place of Mat Maid .
However , Valley Dairy Inc . , seems to have many of the same problems that beset its predecessor .
Creamery lacks the cheddar
At the start of the month , Valley Dairy Inc . , which does business as the Matanuska Creamery , told the Agriculture Board it was going to stop making payments on its hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to the state's Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund ( ARLF ) .
"We will be making no further payment on our ARLF notes until we have been able to move to a suitable location and secure a minimum raw milk supply , " Karen Olson , president and CEO of Valley Dairy , notified the panel on Aug . 1 .
"All our attempts to deal with our ARLF loans have only resulted in a moment's reprieve following by further threats . "
A copy of the letter has been obtained by Dispatch .
In it , Olson blames the state for Alaska's dairy problems .
"There are some who would say that Matanuska Creamery has been a victim of its own idealism and commitment to keeping the dairy industry alive , " she wrote , "and they would be correct .
But had we ignored our commitment back in 2007 and since , there would be no dairy industry . "
The problems specific to the Matanuska Creamery date to the two - year reign of Sarah Palin , but the problems for the dairy industry in Alaska go back way before her administration .
They are rooted in state - sponsored efforts to create an industry instead of letting markets work .
Going heavy on milk futures
Mat Maid did fine "for 23 years without one single dime from the state , " Halcro said .
That changed at the start of the 1980s when the state tried to supercharge farming across Cook Inlet from Anchorage by creating the Point MacKenzie dairy project .
Mat Maid , a farmer's cooperative begun in 1936 , tried to help .
It borrowed $2 million dollars from the Agriculture Fund to expand its facilities to handle all the milk that was supposed to come from the farms .
When the farmers faltered , Mat Maid was left short of milk .
Without enough milk to sell - - either as milk or cream or yogurt or cheese - - Mat Maid couldn't generate enough profit to service its debt .
In 1983 , it was forced to file for bankruptcy .
The state stepped in to run the company to protect its debt .
Two years later , the cooperative signed over to the Loan Fund its property and assets to settle a $5 . 3 million debt .
Three years after that , the state established The Creamery Corporation as an arm of the Loan Fund to run Mat Maid .
It struggled along for almost a decade .
"The Creamery Corporation has operated without financial assistance from the ARLF since 1988 and continue to provide a return on investment thorough increased equity value , " argued a "White Paper" produced for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in 2006 .
Mat Maid was then valued at $5 million , down from a peak value of $5 . 3 million but above the 2002 value of $4 . 9 million .
The white paper noted efforts to privatize the operation in 1986 and again in 1990 had failed .
There were no bids .
The state was more successful in getting rid of the historic creamery buildings in Palmer although that , too , was a struggle .
They were leased with an option to buy in 1996 , but that deal fell through .
A restoration company called Heritage Properties picked the buildings up in 1997 , and in 2001 announced plans to convert them into offices and stores , or apartments , while maintaining their historic façades .
That idea , too , fell through , and the property was finally sold at bid .
It was purchased by Anchorage attorney Bill Ingaldson .
He was not returning calls on Tuesday .
Ingaldson , as well as the state Division of Agriculture and other property owners , have been in negotiations with the city of Palmer on the sale of what is called the old "Matanuska Maid block . "
It is an area of about 8 . 7 acres near downtown Palmer that included , until Tuesday , the old creamery , an historic hatchery , a cinderblock power house , a residency , a building housing the offices of the Palmer Arts Council , and Crowley Petroleum Distributors , which maintains the fuel storage facility .
Palmer voters in 2010 approved a $3 million bond to pay for purchase of the property .
There were hopes of restoring the buildings as a tourist attraction .
It could have detailed the successes and failures of those sorts of collective efforts sometimes attacked by Palin .
Mat Maid the co - op was a profitable business that once produced and sold about half the milk in Alaska .
Mat Maid the state - owned corporation was a company that struggled from the start and sold a lot of milk produced in the Lower 48 .
"In 2004 , 39 percent of the milk produced at Mat Maid was from Alaska producers , " the white paper said .
The other 61 percent was shipped in from Outside to be packaged and sold as Alaska milk in an effort by Mat Maid to maintain market share in hopes the cows on the state - sponsored farms at Point MacKenzie would one day start producing .
They never really did .
Over time the MacKenzie properties began to shift into the hands of land speculators anticipating some far - future wealth if a bridge were ever built across Knik Arm to allow for creation of a new Anchorage bedroom community .
'Kind of a good question'
"It's all kind of a long and complicated story going way back , " said Ed Fogels , the deputy commissioner of Natural Resources in charge of the Agriculture Division .
He couldn't hazard a guess on how much money the state has lost on Mat Maid and associated agriculture projects over the years .
"That's kind of a good question , " he said .
Darcy Davies , an agriculture student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , in 2007 authored a senior thesis calculating money spent on agriculture projects in the state .
Davies wrote that "over $76 million ( in 2006 dollars ) was spent on the projects .
Even more millions of dollars were spent on the ARLF loans to farmers . "
"It is debatable , " she wrote , "whether those funds expended were worth the benefits created . "
Davies examined not only Point MacKenzie and Mat Maid , but the Delta barley project and an effort to produce red meat in the Nenana area of the Interior .
Her report notes that the Point Mac agriculture project got almost $10 million in direct appropriations .
It is unclear how many millions more exactly were spent propping up Mat Maid .
After the fire , and the pending dissolution of The Creamery Corporation , about all that will remain is the Mat Maid trademark , an ice - skating princess in a fur hat .
"The state owns that , " said Fogels .
As the most durable legacy of Mat Maid , the trademark could prove valuable , though Fogels wasn't sure how the state could use it .
Maybe it could festoon the 100 , 000 pounds of Matanuska Creamery cheese the Valley Dairy put up to back one of its state loans . |
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Tuesday , August 7 , 2012
Farewell to another piece of Mat Maid
fast - moving fire destroyed the historic <m> Matanuska Maid warehouse </m> early this morning .
The building was long vacant .
No injuries were reported .
Firefighters arriving on scene could see the building was likely a total loss , so they focused on a bigger problem : making sure the blaze didn't reach the nearby , petroleum - loaded Crowley Maritime tank farm .
The first 9 - 1 - 1 call came at 3 : 33 a . m . from someone at Valley Hotel , Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said this morning .
A total of 31 separate pieces of firefighting apparatus responded to the blaze , including three ladder trucks .
Engines came from Palmer Fire Department and Mat - Su Central Fire Department , where responders mustered to an "all - call" from emergency dispatchers .
Palmer Fire Chief John McNutt was the first person to get to the fire .
McNutt drove around the 9 - acre Mat Maid complex and spotted flames shooting out from below the eaves .
Within minutes , the roof was engulfed , Owen said .
Crews operating under a "surround and drown" strategy suppressed the fire .
But their goal wasn't saving the old warehouse building , built in the 1930s , Owen said .
Their focus instead was preventing "the conflagration" sure to follow if the fire reached the adjacent Crowley Maritime Corp . fuel sales office next door , where all the petroleum products on site would pose a tremendous problem should they ignite , he said .
The Palmer tank farm holds 100 , 000 gallons of petroleum products and serves as a distribution center for Anchorage , Palmer , Wasilla , and all the Matanuska Valley , according to Crowley's Web site .
The fire was knocked down by 6 : 40 a . m .
The warehouse used to be used for produce sold out of one end .
Rindi remembers walking through it with owner Bill Ingaldson a few years back ; during the visit , she picked up an old potato sack decorated with the Matanuska Maid in her skating costume .
Palmerites may remember that former city manager Bill Allen hoped to put a convention center on the property .
This is the second destructive fire at the Mat Maid complex .
A wind - whipped arson fire set by three teenagers destroyed the hardware store in February , 2003 .
Investigators were at the scene by 10 a . m . or so trying to determine the cause of the fire ; finding the ignition source is key when there's no obvious heat source like a boiler , Owen said .
Anything suspicious will be followed up .
The investigation is being conducted by John Bond , an inspector with the Alaska State Fire Marshal's Office , and Palmer police Sgt . Shayne La Croix .
Anyone with information about this morning's fire is asked to call Sgt . La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Tuesday , August 7 , 2012
Farewell to another piece of Mat Maid
fast - moving fire destroyed the historic Matanuska Maid warehouse <m> early this morning </m> .
The building was long vacant .
No injuries were reported .
Firefighters arriving on scene could see the building was likely a total loss , so they focused on a bigger problem : making sure the blaze didn't reach the nearby , petroleum - loaded Crowley Maritime tank farm .
The first 9 - 1 - 1 call came at 3 : 33 a . m . from someone at Valley Hotel , Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said this morning .
A total of 31 separate pieces of firefighting apparatus responded to the blaze , including three ladder trucks .
Engines came from Palmer Fire Department and Mat - Su Central Fire Department , where responders mustered to an "all - call" from emergency dispatchers .
Palmer Fire Chief John McNutt was the first person to get to the fire .
McNutt drove around the 9 - acre Mat Maid complex and spotted flames shooting out from below the eaves .
Within minutes , the roof was engulfed , Owen said .
Crews operating under a "surround and drown" strategy suppressed the fire .
But their goal wasn't saving the old warehouse building , built in the 1930s , Owen said .
Their focus instead was preventing "the conflagration" sure to follow if the fire reached the adjacent Crowley Maritime Corp . fuel sales office next door , where all the petroleum products on site would pose a tremendous problem should they ignite , he said .
The Palmer tank farm holds 100 , 000 gallons of petroleum products and serves as a distribution center for Anchorage , Palmer , Wasilla , and all the Matanuska Valley , according to Crowley's Web site .
The fire was knocked down by 6 : 40 a . m .
The warehouse used to be used for produce sold out of one end .
Rindi remembers walking through it with owner Bill Ingaldson a few years back ; during the visit , she picked up an old potato sack decorated with the Matanuska Maid in her skating costume .
Palmerites may remember that former city manager Bill Allen hoped to put a convention center on the property .
This is the second destructive fire at the Mat Maid complex .
A wind - whipped arson fire set by three teenagers destroyed the hardware store in February , 2003 .
Investigators were at the scene by 10 a . m . or so trying to determine the cause of the fire ; finding the ignition source is key when there's no obvious heat source like a boiler , Owen said .
Anything suspicious will be followed up .
The investigation is being conducted by John Bond , an inspector with the Alaska State Fire Marshal's Office , and Palmer police Sgt . Shayne La Croix .
Anyone with information about this morning's fire is asked to call Sgt . La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Tuesday , August 7 , 2012
Farewell to another piece of Mat Maid
fast - moving <m> fire </m> destroyed the historic Matanuska Maid warehouse early this morning .
The building was long vacant .
No injuries were reported .
Firefighters arriving on scene could see the building was likely a total loss , so they focused on a bigger problem : making sure the blaze didn't reach the nearby , petroleum - loaded Crowley Maritime tank farm .
The first 9 - 1 - 1 call came at 3 : 33 a . m . from someone at Valley Hotel , Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said this morning .
A total of 31 separate pieces of firefighting apparatus responded to the blaze , including three ladder trucks .
Engines came from Palmer Fire Department and Mat - Su Central Fire Department , where responders mustered to an "all - call" from emergency dispatchers .
Palmer Fire Chief John McNutt was the first person to get to the fire .
McNutt drove around the 9 - acre Mat Maid complex and spotted flames shooting out from below the eaves .
Within minutes , the roof was engulfed , Owen said .
Crews operating under a "surround and drown" strategy suppressed the fire .
But their goal wasn't saving the old warehouse building , built in the 1930s , Owen said .
Their focus instead was preventing "the conflagration" sure to follow if the fire reached the adjacent Crowley Maritime Corp . fuel sales office next door , where all the petroleum products on site would pose a tremendous problem should they ignite , he said .
The Palmer tank farm holds 100 , 000 gallons of petroleum products and serves as a distribution center for Anchorage , Palmer , Wasilla , and all the Matanuska Valley , according to Crowley's Web site .
The fire was knocked down by 6 : 40 a . m .
The warehouse used to be used for produce sold out of one end .
Rindi remembers walking through it with owner Bill Ingaldson a few years back ; during the visit , she picked up an old potato sack decorated with the Matanuska Maid in her skating costume .
Palmerites may remember that former city manager Bill Allen hoped to put a convention center on the property .
This is the second destructive fire at the Mat Maid complex .
A wind - whipped arson fire set by three teenagers destroyed the hardware store in February , 2003 .
Investigators were at the scene by 10 a . m . or so trying to determine the cause of the fire ; finding the ignition source is key when there's no obvious heat source like a boiler , Owen said .
Anything suspicious will be followed up .
The investigation is being conducted by John Bond , an inspector with the Alaska State Fire Marshal's Office , and Palmer police Sgt . Shayne La Croix .
Anyone with information about this morning's fire is asked to call Sgt . La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Tuesday , August 7 , 2012
Farewell to another piece of Mat Maid
fast - moving fire <m> destroyed </m> the historic Matanuska Maid warehouse early this morning .
The building was long vacant .
No injuries were reported .
Firefighters arriving on scene could see the building was likely a total loss , so they focused on a bigger problem : making sure the blaze didn't reach the nearby , petroleum - loaded Crowley Maritime tank farm .
The first 9 - 1 - 1 call came at 3 : 33 a . m . from someone at Valley Hotel , Palmer public safety director Jon Owen said this morning .
A total of 31 separate pieces of firefighting apparatus responded to the blaze , including three ladder trucks .
Engines came from Palmer Fire Department and Mat - Su Central Fire Department , where responders mustered to an "all - call" from emergency dispatchers .
Palmer Fire Chief John McNutt was the first person to get to the fire .
McNutt drove around the 9 - acre Mat Maid complex and spotted flames shooting out from below the eaves .
Within minutes , the roof was engulfed , Owen said .
Crews operating under a "surround and drown" strategy suppressed the fire .
But their goal wasn't saving the old warehouse building , built in the 1930s , Owen said .
Their focus instead was preventing "the conflagration" sure to follow if the fire reached the adjacent Crowley Maritime Corp . fuel sales office next door , where all the petroleum products on site would pose a tremendous problem should they ignite , he said .
The Palmer tank farm holds 100 , 000 gallons of petroleum products and serves as a distribution center for Anchorage , Palmer , Wasilla , and all the Matanuska Valley , according to Crowley's Web site .
The fire was knocked down by 6 : 40 a . m .
The warehouse used to be used for produce sold out of one end .
Rindi remembers walking through it with owner Bill Ingaldson a few years back ; during the visit , she picked up an old potato sack decorated with the Matanuska Maid in her skating costume .
Palmerites may remember that former city manager Bill Allen hoped to put a convention center on the property .
This is the second destructive fire at the Mat Maid complex .
A wind - whipped arson fire set by three teenagers destroyed the hardware store in February , 2003 .
Investigators were at the scene by 10 a . m . or so trying to determine the cause of the fire ; finding the ignition source is key when there's no obvious heat source like a boiler , Owen said .
Anything suspicious will be followed up .
The investigation is being conducted by John Bond , an inspector with the Alaska State Fire Marshal's Office , and Palmer police Sgt . Shayne La Croix .
Anyone with information about this morning's fire is asked to call Sgt . La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
13_4ecb.xml_22 | train | ent | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 13 | 14 | 69 | 78 | Ms. Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Palin | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading <m> Ms. Palin </m> to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading <m> Ms. Palin </m> to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_26 | train | ent | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 5 | 5 | 25 | 31 | church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home <m> church </m> was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home <m> church </m> was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_27 | train | ent | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 31 | 31 | 181 | 184 | her | HUM17474479699693914 | her | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during <m> her </m> campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during <m> her </m> campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_28 | train | ent | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 28 | 28 | 158 | 164 | church | HUM28321461982534522 | church | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the <m> church </m> received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the <m> church </m> received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_23 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 25 | 25 | 142 | 151 | attention | 10000001037 | attention | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative <m> attention </m> ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative <m> attention </m> ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_25 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 32 | 32 | 185 | 193 | campaign | ACT27321188720934368 | campaign | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her <m> campaign </m> as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her <m> campaign </m> as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 8 | 8 | 42 | 49 | damaged | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly <m> damaged </m> by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly <m> damaged </m> by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 10 | 10 | 53 | 58 | arson | ACT17476188805643910 | arson | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by <m> arson </m> , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by <m> arson </m> , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 12 | 12 | 61 | 68 | leading | 10000001038 | lead | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , <m> leading </m> Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , <m> leading </m> Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 16 | 16 | 82 | 91 | apologize | ACT17476677068001771 | apologize | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to <m> apologize </m> if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to <m> apologize </m> if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_20 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 19 | 19 | 99 | 103 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the <m> fire </m> was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the <m> fire </m> was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_4ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 13_4ecb.xml | 0 | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was connected to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 21 | 21 | 108 | 117 | connected | 10000001039 | connect | ['gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'lead', 'ms.', 'palin', 'apologize', 'fire', 'connect', '`undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'church', 'receive', 'her', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was <m> connected </m> to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | Gov. Sarah Palin 's home church was badly damaged by arson , leading Ms. Palin to apologize if the fire was <m> connected </m> to `undeserved negative attention ' the church received during her campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $ 1 million , authorities said Saturday .
No one was injured in the fire , which was set Friday night while a handful of people , including two children , were inside , according to the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Chief Steele said that the blaze was being investigated as an arson but that he did not know of any recent threats to the church .
The authorities also did not know whether Ms. Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire , he said .
Chief Steele would not comment on the means used to set the fire .
The church 's pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
Ms. Palin , who was not at the church at the time of the fire , stopped by Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said in a statement that the Alaska governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to her candidacy .
`` Whatever the motives of the arsonist , '' Mr. McAllister said , `` the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
The 1,000-member evangelical church was the subject of intense scrutiny after Ms. Palin was named Senator John McCain 's running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticized for promoting in a Sunday bulletin a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
The conference promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome . ''
The fire was set at the entrance of the church and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts , Chief Steele said .
The group was alerted to the fire by an alarm .
Outside temperatures were minus 20 as firefighters battled the blaze . |
13_21ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 29 | 29 | 134 | 142 | arsonist | HUM17476439289974733 | arsonist | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an <m> arsonist </m> , investigators say . | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an <m> arsonist </m> , investigators say .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_21ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 31 | 31 | 145 | 158 | investigators | 10000001040 | investigator | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , <m> investigators </m> say . | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , <m> investigators </m> say .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_21ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 17 | 17 | 81 | 87 | church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's <m> church </m> in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's <m> church </m> in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_21ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 18 | 21 | 88 | 107 | in Wasilla , Alaska | LOC17477038829597174 | Wasilla | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church <m> in Wasilla , Alaska </m> , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church <m> in Wasilla , Alaska </m> , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_21ecb.xml_12 | train | evt | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A <m> fire </m> that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | A <m> fire </m> that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_21ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 26 | 26 | 124 | 127 | set | 10000001041 | set | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been <m> set </m> by an arsonist , investigators say . | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been <m> set </m> by an arsonist , investigators say .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_21ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 32 | 32 | 159 | 162 | say | 10000001042 | say | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators <m> say </m> . | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators <m> say </m> .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_21ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 13_21ecb.xml | 0 | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in damage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | 10 | 10 | 44 | 50 | damage | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['fire', 'cause', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'wasilla', 'alaska', 'set', 'arsonist', 'investigator'] | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say . | A fire that caused more than $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 's church in Wasilla , Alaska , may have been set by an arsonist , investigators say .
Flames and smoke were coming from the Wasilla Bible Church Friday evening when as many as 30 to 40 volunteer firefighters arrived at the three-story structure , and officials said Saturday they were treating the fire as a possible arson , the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday .
`` We are definitely treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point , '' James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department , told the newspaper , adding nothing so far suggests any political motivation for the fire .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there , '' he said .
`` We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this . ''
`` We have no idea what caused it , '' the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church told CNN .
Palin apologized to church 's assistant pastor Saturday if the fire was connected to her Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidacy , a statement from her office said . |
13_18ecb.xml_12 | train | ent | 13_18ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | family | HUM17476795258982705 | family | ['sarah', 'palin', 'family', 'attend', 'church', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'fire', 'rip', 'her', 'church', 'friday', 'evening'] | Sarah Palin 's <m> family </m> will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | Sarah Palin 's <m> family </m> will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening .
The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
13_18ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 13_18ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | 10 | 12 | 52 | 66 | a local school | LOC17476993006820833 | school | ['sarah', 'palin', 'family', 'attend', 'church', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'fire', 'rip', 'her', 'church', 'friday', 'evening'] | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in <m> a local school </m> this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in <m> a local school </m> this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening .
The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
13_18ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 13_18ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | 13 | 14 | 67 | 79 | this morning | 10000001043 | morning | ['sarah', 'palin', 'family', 'attend', 'church', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'fire', 'rip', 'her', 'church', 'friday', 'evening'] | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school <m> this morning </m> after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school <m> this morning </m> after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening .
The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
13_18ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 13_18ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | 23 | 24 | 122 | 136 | Friday evening | TIM17476578442583570 | evening | ['sarah', 'palin', 'family', 'attend', 'church', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'fire', 'rip', 'her', 'church', 'friday', 'evening'] | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on <m> Friday evening </m> . | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on <m> Friday evening </m> .
The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
13_18ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 13_18ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | 21 | 21 | 112 | 118 | church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['sarah', 'palin', 'family', 'attend', 'church', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'fire', 'rip', 'her', 'church', 'friday', 'evening'] | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her <m> church </m> on Friday evening . | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her <m> church </m> on Friday evening .
The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
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The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
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The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
13_18ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 13_18ecb.xml | 0 | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire ripped through her church on Friday evening . | 18 | 18 | 93 | 99 | ripped | ACT17476241401707929 | rip | ['sarah', 'palin', 'family', 'attend', 'church', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'fire', 'rip', 'her', 'church', 'friday', 'evening'] | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire <m> ripped </m> through her church on Friday evening . | Sarah Palin 's family will have to attend church in a local school this morning after a fire <m> ripped </m> through her church on Friday evening .
The fire , estimated to have caused $ 1 million in damages to the Wasilla Bible Church , has been labeled `` suspicious '' by James Steele , chief of the Central Mat-Su Fire Department .
Steele told the Anchorage Daily News that investigators are looking at the cause of the blaze as `` potential arson '' and said it was too early to link the fire to the exposure the church received as a result of Palin 's vice-presidential run .
`` Right now there 's no indication that we have that there 's any connection there .
We just do n't have any leads at all as far as the intent or motive in this , '' Steele said .
The fire , the largest of the year for the department , `` was was set at the entrance of the church '' according to the Associated Press and was battled by firefighters for nearly eight hours before it was fully extinguished .
Reports are that five women were inside the building at the time of the fire .
No one was injured .
Governor Palin visited the church on Saturday and her office later released a statement .
`` Gov. Palin stopped by the church this morning , and she told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice-presidential candidate on Aug. 29 .
Whatever the motives of the arsonist , the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good . ''
Palin is in Juneau today , but the Anchorage Daily News said her children were planning on attending services at the makeshift church . |
13_4ecbplus.xml_4 | train | ent | 13_4ecbplus.xml | 23 | This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery . | 7 | 9 | 35 | 58 | Matanuska Maid Creamery | LOC17473794221821858 | Matanuska | ['time', 'fire', 'occur', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery'] | This time the fire occurred at the <m> Matanuska Maid Creamery </m> . | http : / / malialitman . wordpress . com / 2012 / 11 / 20 / arson - in - alaska - a - palin - pattern /
Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the <m> Matanuska Maid Creamery </m> .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
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Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
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Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was <m> burned </m> , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
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Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and <m> arson </m> was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
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Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was <m> suspected </m> .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
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Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ <m> chance </m> ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
13_4ecbplus.xml_29 | train | evt | 13_4ecbplus.xml | 6 | No arrests were made in that fire . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | arrests | ACT17473962982436139 | arrest | ['arrest', 'fire'] | No <m> arrests </m> were made in that fire . | http : / / malialitman . wordpress . com / 2012 / 11 / 20 / arson - in - alaska - a - palin - pattern /
Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No <m> arrests </m> were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
13_4ecbplus.xml_30 | train | evt | 13_4ecbplus.xml | 6 | No arrests were made in that fire . | 6 | 6 | 29 | 33 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['arrest', 'fire'] | No arrests were made in that <m> fire </m> . | http : / / malialitman . wordpress . com / 2012 / 11 / 20 / arson - in - alaska - a - palin - pattern /
Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that <m> fire </m> .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
13_4ecbplus.xml_31 | train | evt | 13_4ecbplus.xml | 6 | No arrests were made in that fire . | 3 | 3 | 16 | 20 | made | 10000001046 | make | ['arrest', 'fire'] | No arrests were <m> made </m> in that fire . | http : / / malialitman . wordpress . com / 2012 / 11 / 20 / arson - in - alaska - a - palin - pattern /
Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were <m> made </m> in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
13_4ecbplus.xml_2 | train | evt | 13_4ecbplus.xml | 23 | This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery . | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | fire | ACT17473889933267520 | fire | ['time', 'fire', 'occur', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery'] | This time the <m> fire </m> occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery . | http : / / malialitman . wordpress . com / 2012 / 11 / 20 / arson - in - alaska - a - palin - pattern /
Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the <m> fire </m> occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
13_4ecbplus.xml_3 | train | evt | 13_4ecbplus.xml | 23 | This time the fire occurred at the Matanuska Maid Creamery . | 4 | 4 | 19 | 27 | occurred | 10000001047 | occur | ['time', 'fire', 'occur', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery'] | This time the fire <m> occurred </m> at the Matanuska Maid Creamery . | http : / / malialitman . wordpress . com / 2012 / 11 / 20 / arson - in - alaska - a - palin - pattern /
Arson in Alaska–A Palin “ Pattern ” ?
November 20 , 2012
There is an old saying that “ Once is chance ; Twice is Coincidence ; the Third Time is a Pattern .
It was probably “ chance ” when the Wasilla Bible Church was burned , and arson was suspected .
It was determined that an acelerant was placed around the perimeter of the church .
No arrests were made in that fire .
The interesting part of that blaze reported that it didn ’ t harm the larger areas of the church where worship services were held .
Instead it was , according to Sarah Palin , the offices where church records were stored , that was destroyed .
If there were church records that would reveal something Sarah Palin didn ’ t want uncovered , the destruction of those records by fire would solve that problem .
When arson was suspected in the burning of the house of Dar Miller it was probably just coincidence .
It was probably just coincidence that Sarah Palin is not supportive of people who are homosexual , and it appears Dar was lesbian , and lived with her “ partner . ”
Of course it was not coincidence that Dar Miller was in her home when the fire broke out and was burned so badly she died the next day .
It was not coincidence that her dogs died in the fire as they lived with her .
It was unusual that the dogs died at the foot of her bed , instead of by the door , trying to get out of the house .
It was probably just coincidence that Dar Miller had previously worked at the Mat - Su Regional Hospital as a neo - natal nurse , which is the same hospital where Trig was purportedly born .
The curious thing is that there was never an arrest made in that fire either .
The suggesting was that Dar Miller had probably been smoking in bed and caught herself and the bed on fire .
Who made that suggestion ?
Did they know that Dar didn ’ t smoke ?
( according to ottoline commenting in this blog ) .
The fire that burned so hot that it “ charred beams and melted pictures on the wall ” doesn ’ t sound like a fire caused by a cigarette in bed .
The troubling “ pattern ” emerges as there is report of yet another fire in the small community of Palmer Alaska .
This time the fire <m> occurred </m> at the Matanuska Maid Creamery .
You remember .
that dairy was the subject of a thorough investigation by Andrew Halcro .
Andrew ’ s suggestion was that Sarah Palin had fraudulently diverted large sums of money to friends and high school buddies .
Within a week of the dissolution of the last entity to run the Matanuska Maid Creamery , its building burned to the ground .
Arson is likely , given the fact that the building was without electrical or gas connections and the fire broke out at 3 : 30 AM .
All three fires appear to be the result of arson .
All three fires occurred in or around the small town of Alaska where Sarah Palin lives .
All three fires may have conferred some benefit on Sarah Palin .
When the church fire destroyed church records , I suspected foul play , but knew that it was probably just chance .
When Dar Miller ’ s home was burned and she was killed by the blaze , I suspected foul play , but knew that it could be merely coincidence .
Now that the Dairy has burned , and foul play seems clear , there is an unmistakable pattern .
Given the fact that none of these crimes has been “ solved , ” a pattern is emerging .
I wonder how long it will be before the Anchorage Police Department will issue a press release stating that there is not one scintilla of evidence connecting any of the members of the Palin family with these cases of arson ? |
13_17ecb.xml_9 | train | ent | 13_17ecb.xml | 0 | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home church has been badly damaged in an arson fire . | 6 | 6 | 32 | 38 | church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'fire'] | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home <m> church </m> has been badly damaged in an arson fire . | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home <m> church </m> has been badly damaged in an arson fire .
Damages to the Wasilla Bible Church are estimated at $ 1 million .
The fire chief says the fire `` is definitely suspicious . ''
No one was hurt . |
13_17ecb.xml_7 | train | evt | 13_17ecb.xml | 0 | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home church has been badly damaged in an arson fire . | 10 | 10 | 54 | 61 | damaged | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'fire'] | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home church has been badly <m> damaged </m> in an arson fire . | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home church has been badly <m> damaged </m> in an arson fire .
Damages to the Wasilla Bible Church are estimated at $ 1 million .
The fire chief says the fire `` is definitely suspicious . ''
No one was hurt . |
13_17ecb.xml_8 | train | evt | 13_17ecb.xml | 0 | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home church has been badly damaged in an arson fire . | 14 | 14 | 74 | 78 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'home', 'church', 'badly', 'damage', 'arson', 'fire'] | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home church has been badly damaged in an arson <m> fire </m> . | Alaska Gov. sarah palin 's home church has been badly damaged in an arson <m> fire </m> .
Damages to the Wasilla Bible Church are estimated at $ 1 million .
The fire chief says the fire `` is definitely suspicious . ''
No one was hurt . |
13_2ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 13_2ecb.xml | 0 | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | 2 | 3 | 12 | 23 | Sarah Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Sarah | ['alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'husband', 'todd', '1,000', 'fellow', 'parishioner', 'worship', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'virtually', 'destroy', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'early', 'saturday'] | Alaska Gov. <m> Sarah Palin </m> , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | Alaska Gov. <m> Sarah Palin </m> , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday .
The Rev. Larry Kroon said some parishioners were in the church on Nicola Avenue at the time the fire was noticed but no one was injured .
Firefighters baAlaska Republican governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin whose church was burned Saturday by suspected arsonttled for about eight hours in minus-20 degree temperatures to completely extinguish the blaze that began at the front door .
The former Republican vice presidential candidate went to the church Saturday to apologize to pastors in case the estimated $ 1 million fire damages , suspected as arson , were `` in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received '' since the governor 's involvement with John McCain 's presidential campaign .
The 30-year-old congregation in Wasilla , about 40 miles north of Anchorage , had moved into its new church just 30 months ago .
Church officials said they expect to hold services at the Wasilla Middle School for the foreseeable future during repairs . |
13_2ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 13_2ecb.xml | 0 | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | 7 | 7 | 38 | 42 | Todd | 10000001048 | Todd | ['alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'husband', 'todd', '1,000', 'fellow', 'parishioner', 'worship', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'virtually', 'destroy', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'early', 'saturday'] | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband <m> Todd </m> and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband <m> Todd </m> and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday .
The Rev. Larry Kroon said some parishioners were in the church on Nicola Avenue at the time the fire was noticed but no one was injured .
Firefighters baAlaska Republican governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin whose church was burned Saturday by suspected arsonttled for about eight hours in minus-20 degree temperatures to completely extinguish the blaze that began at the front door .
The former Republican vice presidential candidate went to the church Saturday to apologize to pastors in case the estimated $ 1 million fire damages , suspected as arson , were `` in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received '' since the governor 's involvement with John McCain 's presidential campaign .
The 30-year-old congregation in Wasilla , about 40 miles north of Anchorage , had moved into its new church just 30 months ago .
Church officials said they expect to hold services at the Wasilla Middle School for the foreseeable future during repairs . |
13_2ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 13_2ecb.xml | 0 | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | 13 | 13 | 66 | 78 | parishioners | 10000001049 | parishioner | ['alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'husband', 'todd', '1,000', 'fellow', 'parishioner', 'worship', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'virtually', 'destroy', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'early', 'saturday'] | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow <m> parishioners </m> will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow <m> parishioners </m> will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday .
The Rev. Larry Kroon said some parishioners were in the church on Nicola Avenue at the time the fire was noticed but no one was injured .
Firefighters baAlaska Republican governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin whose church was burned Saturday by suspected arsonttled for about eight hours in minus-20 degree temperatures to completely extinguish the blaze that began at the front door .
The former Republican vice presidential candidate went to the church Saturday to apologize to pastors in case the estimated $ 1 million fire damages , suspected as arson , were `` in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received '' since the governor 's involvement with John McCain 's presidential campaign .
The 30-year-old congregation in Wasilla , about 40 miles north of Anchorage , had moved into its new church just 30 months ago .
Church officials said they expect to hold services at the Wasilla Middle School for the foreseeable future during repairs . |
13_2ecb.xml_23 | train | ent | 13_2ecb.xml | 0 | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | 17 | 19 | 95 | 109 | a local school | LOC17476993006820833 | school | ['alaska', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'her', 'husband', 'todd', '1,000', 'fellow', 'parishioner', 'worship', 'local', 'school', 'morning', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'virtually', 'destroy', 'wasilla', 'bible', 'church', 'early', 'saturday'] | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in <m> a local school </m> this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , her husband Todd and up to 1,000 fellow parishioners will worship in <m> a local school </m> this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday .
The Rev. Larry Kroon said some parishioners were in the church on Nicola Avenue at the time the fire was noticed but no one was injured .
Firefighters baAlaska Republican governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin whose church was burned Saturday by suspected arsonttled for about eight hours in minus-20 degree temperatures to completely extinguish the blaze that began at the front door .
The former Republican vice presidential candidate went to the church Saturday to apologize to pastors in case the estimated $ 1 million fire damages , suspected as arson , were `` in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received '' since the governor 's involvement with John McCain 's presidential campaign .
The 30-year-old congregation in Wasilla , about 40 miles north of Anchorage , had moved into its new church just 30 months ago .
Church officials said they expect to hold services at the Wasilla Middle School for the foreseeable future during repairs . |
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