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13_2ecb.xml_24 | 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 . | 20 | 21 | 110 | 122 | this morning | 10000001050 | morning | ['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 a local school <m> this morning </m> 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 a local school <m> this morning </m> 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_22 | 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 . | 32 | 33 | 192 | 206 | early Saturday | TIM17476349659391839 | Saturday | ['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 a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the Wasilla Bible Church <m> early Saturday </m> . | 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 <m> early Saturday </m> .
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_25 | 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 . | 29 | 31 | 171 | 191 | Wasilla Bible Church | NON28318767695137921 | Wasilla | ['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 a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually destroyed the <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> early Saturday . | 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 <m> Wasilla Bible Church </m> 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_18 | train | evt | 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 . | 15 | 15 | 84 | 91 | worship | 10000001051 | worship | ['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 <m> worship </m> 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 parishioners will <m> worship </m> 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_19 | train | evt | 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 . | 25 | 25 | 142 | 146 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['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 a local school this morning after a suspicious <m> fire </m> 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 a local school this morning after a suspicious <m> fire </m> 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_20 | train | evt | 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 . | 27 | 27 | 157 | 166 | destroyed | ACT17476241401707929 | destroy | ['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 a local school this morning after a suspicious fire virtually <m> destroyed </m> the Wasilla Bible Church early Saturday . | 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 <m> destroyed </m> 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_20ecb.xml_21 | train | ent | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 29 | 31 | 152 | 172 | Anchorage Daily News | 10000001052 | Anchorage | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's <m> Anchorage Daily News </m> . | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's <m> Anchorage Daily News </m> .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_12 | train | ent | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Authorities | 10000001053 | authority | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | <m> Authorities </m> suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | <m> Authorities </m> suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 26 | 27 | 136 | 148 | this morning | 10000001054 | morning | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports <m> this morning </m> 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports <m> this morning </m> 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_23 | train | ent | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 23 | 23 | 119 | 125 | church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's <m> church </m> , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's <m> church </m> , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 5 | 5 | 33 | 38 | cause | 10000001055 | cause | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect arson is the <m> cause </m> of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities suspect arson is the <m> cause </m> of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_13 | train | evt | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 1 | 1 | 12 | 19 | suspect | ACT17476808283153309 | suspect | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities <m> suspect </m> arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities <m> suspect </m> arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_14 | train | evt | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 2 | 2 | 20 | 25 | arson | ACT17476188805643910 | arson | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect <m> arson </m> is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities suspect <m> arson </m> is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 8 | 8 | 44 | 48 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a <m> fire </m> that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a <m> fire </m> that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 25 | 25 | 128 | 135 | reports | 10000001056 | report | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , <m> reports </m> this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , <m> reports </m> this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_20ecb.xml_22 | train | evt | 13_20ecb.xml | 0 | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in damage to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | 17 | 17 | 89 | 95 | damage | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['authority', 'suspect', 'arson', 'cause', 'fire', 'cause', 'estimate', '$', '1', 'million', 'damage', 'gov.', 'sarah', 'palin', 'church', 'report', 'morning', 'anchorage', 'daily', 'news'] | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News . | Authorities suspect arson is the cause of a fire that caused an estimated $ 1 million in <m> damage </m> to Gov. Sarah Palin 's church , reports this morning 's Anchorage Daily News .
Firefighters were called to Wasilla Bible Church about 9:40 p.m. 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 .
Five women , and possibly a couple of children , were inside the church working on crafts , but everyone got out safely after a fire alarm alerted them to trouble , Steele said .
It was the biggest fire the department has seen this year , and Steele said as many as 35 to 40 volunteer firefighters came from across the region to battle the blaze . |
13_1ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | arsonist | HUM17476439289974733 | arsonist | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An <m> arsonist </m> has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An <m> arsonist </m> has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 14 | 15 | 78 | 89 | Sarah Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Sarah | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , <m> Sarah Palin </m> , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , <m> Sarah Palin </m> , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 18 | 18 | 96 | 99 | she | HUM17474479699693914 | she | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and <m> she </m> has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and <m> she </m> has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_25 | train | ent | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 6 | 6 | 34 | 40 | church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the <m> church </m> attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the <m> church </m> attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_27 | train | ent | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 33 | 33 | 185 | 188 | her | HUM17474479699693914 | her | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from <m> her </m> failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from <m> her </m> failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_22 | train | evt | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 25 | 25 | 131 | 140 | connected | 10000001057 | connect | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was <m> connected </m> to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was <m> connected </m> to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_23 | train | evt | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 30 | 30 | 167 | 176 | attention | 10000001058 | attention | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative <m> attention </m> '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative <m> attention </m> '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 4 | 4 | 22 | 29 | damaged | ACT17476241401707929 | damage | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly <m> damaged </m> the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly <m> damaged </m> the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 7 | 7 | 41 | 49 | attended | ACT17476220205227381 | attend | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church <m> attended </m> by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church <m> attended </m> by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_20 | train | evt | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 20 | 20 | 104 | 114 | apologised | ACT17476677068001771 | apologise | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has <m> apologised </m> if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has <m> apologised </m> if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 23 | 23 | 122 | 126 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the <m> fire </m> was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the <m> fire </m> was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_1ecb.xml_26 | train | evt | 13_1ecb.xml | 0 | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed campaign as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | 35 | 35 | 196 | 204 | campaign | ACT27321188720934368 | campaign | ['arsonist', 'badly', 'damage', 'church', 'attend', 'governor', 'alaska', 'sarah', 'palin', 'she', 'apologise', 'fire', 'connect', '``', 'undeserved', 'negative', 'attention', 'her', 'fail', 'campaign', 'republican', 'vice-presidential', 'nominee'] | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed <m> campaign </m> as the Republican vice-presidential nominee . | An arsonist has badly damaged the church attended by the Governor of Alaska , Sarah Palin , and she has apologised if the fire was connected to `` undeserved negative attention '' from her failed <m> campaign </m> as the Republican vice-presidential nominee .
No one was hurt in the fire on Friday night although a handful of people , including two children , were inside the Wasilla Bible Church , said the Central Mat-Su fire chief , James Steele .
Ms Palin visited the church on Saturday .
Her spokesman , Bill McAllister , said , `` 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 . ''
Mr Steele said the blaze was being treated as arson , but he did not know of any threats to the church .
Authorities also did not know whether Mrs Palin 's connection to the church was relevant to the fire .
`` It 's hard to say at this point .
Everything is just speculation , '' he said .
`` We have no information on intent or motive . ''
Damage to the church was estimated at $ US1 million ( $ 1.52 million ) , authorities said .
Mr Steele said the fire was lit at the entrance and moved inward as a small group of women were working on crafts .
A fire alarm alerted them to the fire .
Firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures of minus 17 degrees .
The pastor , Larry Kroon , declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats .
`` There are so many variables , '' he said .
`` I do n't want to comment in that direction . ''
The 1000-member evangelical church was the subject of scrutiny after Mrs Palin was named John McCain 's Republican Party running mate .
Early in her campaign , the church was criticised for promoting a Focus on the Family `` Love Won Out Conference '' in Anchorage .
It promised to `` help men and women dissatisfied with living homosexually understand that same-sex attractions can be overcome '' .
Wasilla , Mrs Palin 's home town , is 64 kilometres north of Anchorage . |
13_8ecbplus.xml_15 | train | ent | 13_8ecbplus.xml | 4 | The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning . | 11 | 12 | 64 | 73 | in Palmer | LOC17475085268494506 | Palmer | ['matanuska', 'maid', 'block', 'building', 'old', 'building', 'palmer', 'burn', 'ground', 'spectacular', 'fire', 'tuesday', 'morning'] | The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings <m> in Palmer </m> , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning . | http : / / www . adn . com / 2012 / 08 / 07 / 2576122 / unoccupied - palmer - dairy - warehouse . html
Fire destroys historic Mat Maid dairy building in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings <m> in Palmer </m> , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Fire destroys historic Mat Maid dairy building in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
<m> The Matanuska Maid Block Building </m> , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Fire destroys historic Mat Maid dairy building <m> in Palmer </m>
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Fire destroys historic Mat Maid dairy building in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire <m> Tuesday morning </m> .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Fire destroys historic <m> Mat Maid dairy building </m> in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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<m> Fire </m> destroys historic Mat Maid dairy building in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Fire <m> destroys </m> historic Mat Maid dairy building in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Fire destroys historic Mat Maid dairy building in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , <m> burned </m> to the ground in a spectacular fire Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
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Fire destroys historic Mat Maid dairy building in Palmer
Published : August 7 , 2012
Warehouse was one of the last original buildings remaining from the Matanuska Colony
The Matanuska Maid Block Building , one of the oldest buildings in Palmer , burned to the ground in a spectacular <m> fire </m> Tuesday morning .
The wooden structure at 325 E . Dahlia Ave . was known as the "Old Mat Maid Warehouse . "
It was built in 1935 , the same year that the first farm families arrived as part of the federal government's Matanuska Colony project .
A 911 caller reported the fire at 3 : 33 a . m .
Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief John McNutt arrived and saw fire under the eaves of the building .
"Within one minute or two , the whole roof was ablaze , " said Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen .
After a quick survey of the scene , Owen said , McNutt's main concern was keeping the fire from spreading to the heating oil stored next door at the Crowley fuel distribution center .
The Mat - Su Central Fire Department joined Palmer firefighters with men and equipment .
Photos show the entire two - story building seeming to go up in flames at once , with a ball of fire boiling into the air 20 feet above the roof .
Owen said a total of 31 fire trucks , emergency vehicles and other equipment were eventually on scene .
Three "aerials , " ladders with hoses , fought the fire from above , two of which were positioned between the fire and Crowley .
At its height , 5 , 000 gallons of water were being poured onto the blaze every minute .
"It was a testament to the Palmer water system , " Owen said .
"We could have had a ( larger ) conflagration . "
A Crowley employee was at the office within minutes , said terminal manager Jasper Hall , ready to move the fuel delivery trucks out of harm's way .
The terminal mainly holds heating oil , he said .
By 6 : 40 a . m . the fire was under control , Owen said .
By noon , small clouds of smoke still rose from the pile of ash and a few charred upright timbers teetered over the ruin .
The building , which the city of Palmer had valued at about $380 , 600 , was a total loss .
Anchorage lawyer William Ingaldson , the building's owner , was there to inspect the damage .
He said he had owned the property for six or seven years .
He estimated the size of the structure at 12 , 000 square feet .
"None of it was insured , " he said .
"I'm assuming it's arson or vandalism . "
There were no reports of injuries .
The building was vacant and not in use at the time of the fire .
The structure made the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation's list of 10 most endangered properties in the state for the past four years .
It was also known as the Colony Project Warehouse because it was built as part of the federal Matanuska Colony Project during the New Deal era .
Families were brought to Palmer and given land .
They formed the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association .
The warehouse stored feed and other supplies for the farmers .
The Matanuska Colony had a mixed record .
Within five years , half of the settlers gave up and left .
But dairy operations proved successful .
At a time when shipment of food from the states could take a month , Valley producers supplied fresh milk to customers along the rail belt .
The co - op became the Matanuska Maid corporation .
In the 1950s , dairy operators fought a losing battle against the importation of reconstituted milk , which allowed powdered milk to be mixed with fresh milk and sold at a lower price .
As transportation improved , it became cheaper to ship milk from the Lower 48 .
The state's Point MacKenzie project , designed to rescue Alaska's dairy industry , turned out to be a colossal failure .
Mat Maid filed for bankruptcy in November 1983 .
The state took over and ran the business until economic pressures forced it to close in December 2007 .
Even before then , Mat Maid assets were being put on the auction block or abandoned .
The trading post , also built in 1935 , is beautifully restored and still open for business as Dahlia Street Market , on the other side of the street .
But the Matanuska Maid creamery building , which stood between the street and the warehouse in the old days , was burned down by teenagers in 2003 .
Grass and cottonwoods now cover the site .
The long warehouse boasted a full - length porch and distinctive chevron pattern at the gable ends of the roof .
It had its own railroad siding .
Three cupolas drew light into the building .
A recessed entry let workers unload wagons or trucks out of the wind .
A historical marker reads , "These buildings were the heart and economic center of Palmer and the colony . "
The old warehouse was weathered and battered on the outside , Ingaldson said .
"But inside , there was all this beautiful timber .
Clear , old - growth fir .
Not a knot in it .
Cedar tongue - and - groove floors . "
The building still stored relics from its glory days , he said , canvas potato bags and containers for cheese products .
Ingaldson said he had explored different options for developing the building , which was not being used at the time of the fire .
Ideas included turning it into apartments , shops and offices for nonprofit groups or as part of a convention area .
"There were lots of really good plans we had , " he said .
"It was a historic building with lots of possibilities .
You can't replace that .
"It's devastating . "
The State Fire Marshall's office is helping investigate the fire .
Palmer police ask anyone with information about how the fire started to call Sgt . Shayne La Croix at 745 - 4811 . |
13_3ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 17 | 18 | 109 | 120 | Sarah Palin | HUM17474479699693914 | Sarah | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate <m> Sarah Palin </m> on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate <m> Sarah Palin </m> on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_22 | train | ent | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 31 | 31 | 180 | 188 | minister | 10000001059 | minister | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's <m> minister </m> said . | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's <m> minister </m> said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_21 | train | ent | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 26 | 26 | 156 | 163 | Wasilla | LOC17477038829597174 | Wasilla | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of <m> Wasilla </m> , the church 's minister said . | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of <m> Wasilla </m> , the church 's minister said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 20 | 21 | 124 | 136 | Friday night | TIM17476578442583570 | Friday | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on <m> Friday night </m> in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on <m> Friday night </m> in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_24 | train | ent | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 6 | 7 | 35 | 45 | the church | NON28318767695137921 | church | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated <m> the church </m> attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated <m> the church </m> attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_14 | train | evt | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 4 | 4 | 19 | 23 | fire | ACT17474554307413590 | fire | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' <m> fire </m> devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | A `` suspicious '' <m> fire </m> devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 5 | 5 | 24 | 34 | devastated | ACT17476241401707929 | devastate | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire <m> devastated </m> the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | A `` suspicious '' fire <m> devastated </m> the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 8 | 8 | 46 | 54 | attended | ACT17476220205227381 | attend | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church <m> attended </m> by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church <m> attended </m> by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_3ecb.xml_23 | train | evt | 13_3ecb.xml | 0 | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister said . | 32 | 32 | 189 | 193 | said | 10000001060 | say | ['``', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'devastate', 'church', 'attend', 'alaska', 'gov.', 'vice', 'presidential', 'candidate', 'sarah', 'palin', 'friday', 'night', 'her', 'hometown', 'wasilla', 'church', 'minister', 'say'] | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister <m> said </m> . | A `` suspicious '' fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla , the church 's minister <m> said </m> .
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for the possibility the fire was related to her nomination .
`` 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 .
A ladies ' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out , but they got out safely , Kroon said .
`` No one was hurt , '' he said .
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was `` treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point '' but did not elaborate , The Anchorage Daily News reported .
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning 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 . ''
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze , which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday ( 1:40 a.m. ET Saturday ) .
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday , the Anchorage Daily News reported .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke , Kroon said .
`` The fire investigators and insurance people are there now .
There 's definitely a lot of damage .
I 've heard the figure of $ 1 million , but I do n't know for sure , '' he said .
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him .
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
`` They were all adults , and they all got out .
We 're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened . ''
Kroon said the nondenominational church , which he described as `` just a local community church , '' is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2 years old .
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_14ecbplus.xml_2 | train | ent | 13_14ecbplus.xml | 26 | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | many of you | 10000001061 | many | ['undoubtedly', 'know', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'burn', 'old', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery', 'ground'] | As <m> many of you </m> undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | http : / / theimmoralminority . blogspot . nl / 2013 / 08 / palin - appointee - under - federal . html
Saturday , August 24 , 2013
Palin appointee under federal indictment .
Methinks somebody's milk just went sour .
Courtesy of ADN :
A 57 - year - old Wasilla woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges she defrauded the state of Alaska and lied to the U . S . Department of Agriculture during the operation of the now - defunct Matanuska Creamery .
The indictment also charges Valley Dairy CEO and investor Karen B . Olson with concealing the alleged criminal conduct of the former dairy manager , Kyle Beus .
A grand jury in December indicted Beus on charges he misused federal grant money , and he awaits trial .
The charges against Olson allege she fraudulently obtained a $430 , 000 state agriculture department loan to keep the Valley Dairy afloat by concealing its finances .
The indictment also said she submitted false documents to convince the USDA in 2008 to waive its prohibition on using dairy and ice cream - making equipment at Valley Dairy as collateral on state loans .
The equipment was purchased in 2007 using federal grants that didn ’ t allow the equipment to be sold or encumbered without special authorization from the USDA .
Alaska Dispatch has more here :
By the mid - 1980s , Mat Maid was faltering , and a state - run corporation took over management .
It struggled until Sarah Palin became Alaska's governor .
She arrived on the scene shortly before the state Board of Agriculture and Conservation , which had watched the dairy bleed cash for years , voted to deny it further loans .
With that move threatening to kill the dairy , Palin fired the board and appointed another , which voted to give the dairy more money .
That went on until the new board realized , as did the old board , the dairy just couldn't compete in the real world of modern - day Alaska with cheaper milk shipped in from the Lower 48 .
Enter Beus , then a Valley dairy farmer , and Bob Havemeister , another dairy farmer .
They formed a joint venture to take over the equipment and operations of Mat Maid in an effort to keep it alive .
Beus was the one who eventually ended up with most of the equipment and set up a company called Klondike Creamery and Candy , which briefly marketed ice cream in Alaska .
It was not long , however , before it was rolled into Valley Dairy - - a joint effort of Beus , Robert Wells and Olson .
Olson was the former Alaska state executive director of the U . S . Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency , a job she held from 1993 to 2001 .
Olson has insisted in a number of interviews with Alaska Dispatch that the only interest she ever had was trying to keep the dairy business alive in Alaska .
After she joined Beus at Valley Dairy , the company began efforts to tap a $5 - million pool of USDA money set aside for rural development .
Beus was indicted last year on charges he took at least $120 , 000 of that money for his own "personal and discretionary use . "
Where and when Olson learned of his alleged activities is not explained in the indictment against her , but it says she devised a scheme "to conceal the true nature of the Valley Dairy finances and the fraudulent activity of Beus , and to obtain a loan from the ARLF ( Alaska Revolving Loan Fund ) to keep the Valley Dairy , of which Olson was an investor and employee , operating . "
As <m> many of you </m> undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground .
( I know , right ? )
If you are new to this particular Palin scandal there is no better place to catch up then over at Andrew Halcro's now defunct blog .
Now some are suggesting that THIS might finally be the straw that snaps the back of Palin's uncanny ability to avoid incarceration .
However I would not count my eggs TOO quickly , because while it seems that Olsen has every reason to reduce her sentence by ratting out her old boss , Palin has somehow slipped through the grasping fingers of the Feds a few times before .
So let's stay tuned and see how this plays itself out . |
13_14ecbplus.xml_17 | train | ent | 13_14ecbplus.xml | 26 | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | 16 | 18 | 87 | 110 | Matanuska Maid Creamery | NON28318790724994183 | Matanuska | ['undoubtedly', 'know', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'burn', 'old', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery', 'ground'] | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old <m> Matanuska Maid Creamery </m> to the ground . | http : / / theimmoralminority . blogspot . nl / 2013 / 08 / palin - appointee - under - federal . html
Saturday , August 24 , 2013
Palin appointee under federal indictment .
Methinks somebody's milk just went sour .
Courtesy of ADN :
A 57 - year - old Wasilla woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges she defrauded the state of Alaska and lied to the U . S . Department of Agriculture during the operation of the now - defunct Matanuska Creamery .
The indictment also charges Valley Dairy CEO and investor Karen B . Olson with concealing the alleged criminal conduct of the former dairy manager , Kyle Beus .
A grand jury in December indicted Beus on charges he misused federal grant money , and he awaits trial .
The charges against Olson allege she fraudulently obtained a $430 , 000 state agriculture department loan to keep the Valley Dairy afloat by concealing its finances .
The indictment also said she submitted false documents to convince the USDA in 2008 to waive its prohibition on using dairy and ice cream - making equipment at Valley Dairy as collateral on state loans .
The equipment was purchased in 2007 using federal grants that didn ’ t allow the equipment to be sold or encumbered without special authorization from the USDA .
Alaska Dispatch has more here :
By the mid - 1980s , Mat Maid was faltering , and a state - run corporation took over management .
It struggled until Sarah Palin became Alaska's governor .
She arrived on the scene shortly before the state Board of Agriculture and Conservation , which had watched the dairy bleed cash for years , voted to deny it further loans .
With that move threatening to kill the dairy , Palin fired the board and appointed another , which voted to give the dairy more money .
That went on until the new board realized , as did the old board , the dairy just couldn't compete in the real world of modern - day Alaska with cheaper milk shipped in from the Lower 48 .
Enter Beus , then a Valley dairy farmer , and Bob Havemeister , another dairy farmer .
They formed a joint venture to take over the equipment and operations of Mat Maid in an effort to keep it alive .
Beus was the one who eventually ended up with most of the equipment and set up a company called Klondike Creamery and Candy , which briefly marketed ice cream in Alaska .
It was not long , however , before it was rolled into Valley Dairy - - a joint effort of Beus , Robert Wells and Olson .
Olson was the former Alaska state executive director of the U . S . Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency , a job she held from 1993 to 2001 .
Olson has insisted in a number of interviews with Alaska Dispatch that the only interest she ever had was trying to keep the dairy business alive in Alaska .
After she joined Beus at Valley Dairy , the company began efforts to tap a $5 - million pool of USDA money set aside for rural development .
Beus was indicted last year on charges he took at least $120 , 000 of that money for his own "personal and discretionary use . "
Where and when Olson learned of his alleged activities is not explained in the indictment against her , but it says she devised a scheme "to conceal the true nature of the Valley Dairy finances and the fraudulent activity of Beus , and to obtain a loan from the ARLF ( Alaska Revolving Loan Fund ) to keep the Valley Dairy , of which Olson was an investor and employee , operating . "
As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old <m> Matanuska Maid Creamery </m> to the ground .
( I know , right ? )
If you are new to this particular Palin scandal there is no better place to catch up then over at Andrew Halcro's now defunct blog .
Now some are suggesting that THIS might finally be the straw that snaps the back of Palin's uncanny ability to avoid incarceration .
However I would not count my eggs TOO quickly , because while it seems that Olsen has every reason to reduce her sentence by ratting out her old boss , Palin has somehow slipped through the grasping fingers of the Feds a few times before .
So let's stay tuned and see how this plays itself out . |
13_14ecbplus.xml_4 | train | evt | 13_14ecbplus.xml | 26 | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | 11 | 11 | 62 | 66 | fire | ACT17473889933267520 | fire | ['undoubtedly', 'know', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'burn', 'old', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery', 'ground'] | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious <m> fire </m> that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | http : / / theimmoralminority . blogspot . nl / 2013 / 08 / palin - appointee - under - federal . html
Saturday , August 24 , 2013
Palin appointee under federal indictment .
Methinks somebody's milk just went sour .
Courtesy of ADN :
A 57 - year - old Wasilla woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges she defrauded the state of Alaska and lied to the U . S . Department of Agriculture during the operation of the now - defunct Matanuska Creamery .
The indictment also charges Valley Dairy CEO and investor Karen B . Olson with concealing the alleged criminal conduct of the former dairy manager , Kyle Beus .
A grand jury in December indicted Beus on charges he misused federal grant money , and he awaits trial .
The charges against Olson allege she fraudulently obtained a $430 , 000 state agriculture department loan to keep the Valley Dairy afloat by concealing its finances .
The indictment also said she submitted false documents to convince the USDA in 2008 to waive its prohibition on using dairy and ice cream - making equipment at Valley Dairy as collateral on state loans .
The equipment was purchased in 2007 using federal grants that didn ’ t allow the equipment to be sold or encumbered without special authorization from the USDA .
Alaska Dispatch has more here :
By the mid - 1980s , Mat Maid was faltering , and a state - run corporation took over management .
It struggled until Sarah Palin became Alaska's governor .
She arrived on the scene shortly before the state Board of Agriculture and Conservation , which had watched the dairy bleed cash for years , voted to deny it further loans .
With that move threatening to kill the dairy , Palin fired the board and appointed another , which voted to give the dairy more money .
That went on until the new board realized , as did the old board , the dairy just couldn't compete in the real world of modern - day Alaska with cheaper milk shipped in from the Lower 48 .
Enter Beus , then a Valley dairy farmer , and Bob Havemeister , another dairy farmer .
They formed a joint venture to take over the equipment and operations of Mat Maid in an effort to keep it alive .
Beus was the one who eventually ended up with most of the equipment and set up a company called Klondike Creamery and Candy , which briefly marketed ice cream in Alaska .
It was not long , however , before it was rolled into Valley Dairy - - a joint effort of Beus , Robert Wells and Olson .
Olson was the former Alaska state executive director of the U . S . Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency , a job she held from 1993 to 2001 .
Olson has insisted in a number of interviews with Alaska Dispatch that the only interest she ever had was trying to keep the dairy business alive in Alaska .
After she joined Beus at Valley Dairy , the company began efforts to tap a $5 - million pool of USDA money set aside for rural development .
Beus was indicted last year on charges he took at least $120 , 000 of that money for his own "personal and discretionary use . "
Where and when Olson learned of his alleged activities is not explained in the indictment against her , but it says she devised a scheme "to conceal the true nature of the Valley Dairy finances and the fraudulent activity of Beus , and to obtain a loan from the ARLF ( Alaska Revolving Loan Fund ) to keep the Valley Dairy , of which Olson was an investor and employee , operating . "
As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious <m> fire </m> that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground .
( I know , right ? )
If you are new to this particular Palin scandal there is no better place to catch up then over at Andrew Halcro's now defunct blog .
Now some are suggesting that THIS might finally be the straw that snaps the back of Palin's uncanny ability to avoid incarceration .
However I would not count my eggs TOO quickly , because while it seems that Olsen has every reason to reduce her sentence by ratting out her old boss , Palin has somehow slipped through the grasping fingers of the Feds a few times before .
So let's stay tuned and see how this plays itself out . |
13_14ecbplus.xml_6 | train | evt | 13_14ecbplus.xml | 26 | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | 13 | 13 | 72 | 78 | burned | ACT17473908395875575 | burn | ['undoubtedly', 'know', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'burn', 'old', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery', 'ground'] | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that <m> burned </m> the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | http : / / theimmoralminority . blogspot . nl / 2013 / 08 / palin - appointee - under - federal . html
Saturday , August 24 , 2013
Palin appointee under federal indictment .
Methinks somebody's milk just went sour .
Courtesy of ADN :
A 57 - year - old Wasilla woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges she defrauded the state of Alaska and lied to the U . S . Department of Agriculture during the operation of the now - defunct Matanuska Creamery .
The indictment also charges Valley Dairy CEO and investor Karen B . Olson with concealing the alleged criminal conduct of the former dairy manager , Kyle Beus .
A grand jury in December indicted Beus on charges he misused federal grant money , and he awaits trial .
The charges against Olson allege she fraudulently obtained a $430 , 000 state agriculture department loan to keep the Valley Dairy afloat by concealing its finances .
The indictment also said she submitted false documents to convince the USDA in 2008 to waive its prohibition on using dairy and ice cream - making equipment at Valley Dairy as collateral on state loans .
The equipment was purchased in 2007 using federal grants that didn ’ t allow the equipment to be sold or encumbered without special authorization from the USDA .
Alaska Dispatch has more here :
By the mid - 1980s , Mat Maid was faltering , and a state - run corporation took over management .
It struggled until Sarah Palin became Alaska's governor .
She arrived on the scene shortly before the state Board of Agriculture and Conservation , which had watched the dairy bleed cash for years , voted to deny it further loans .
With that move threatening to kill the dairy , Palin fired the board and appointed another , which voted to give the dairy more money .
That went on until the new board realized , as did the old board , the dairy just couldn't compete in the real world of modern - day Alaska with cheaper milk shipped in from the Lower 48 .
Enter Beus , then a Valley dairy farmer , and Bob Havemeister , another dairy farmer .
They formed a joint venture to take over the equipment and operations of Mat Maid in an effort to keep it alive .
Beus was the one who eventually ended up with most of the equipment and set up a company called Klondike Creamery and Candy , which briefly marketed ice cream in Alaska .
It was not long , however , before it was rolled into Valley Dairy - - a joint effort of Beus , Robert Wells and Olson .
Olson was the former Alaska state executive director of the U . S . Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency , a job she held from 1993 to 2001 .
Olson has insisted in a number of interviews with Alaska Dispatch that the only interest she ever had was trying to keep the dairy business alive in Alaska .
After she joined Beus at Valley Dairy , the company began efforts to tap a $5 - million pool of USDA money set aside for rural development .
Beus was indicted last year on charges he took at least $120 , 000 of that money for his own "personal and discretionary use . "
Where and when Olson learned of his alleged activities is not explained in the indictment against her , but it says she devised a scheme "to conceal the true nature of the Valley Dairy finances and the fraudulent activity of Beus , and to obtain a loan from the ARLF ( Alaska Revolving Loan Fund ) to keep the Valley Dairy , of which Olson was an investor and employee , operating . "
As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that <m> burned </m> the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground .
( I know , right ? )
If you are new to this particular Palin scandal there is no better place to catch up then over at Andrew Halcro's now defunct blog .
Now some are suggesting that THIS might finally be the straw that snaps the back of Palin's uncanny ability to avoid incarceration .
However I would not count my eggs TOO quickly , because while it seems that Olsen has every reason to reduce her sentence by ratting out her old boss , Palin has somehow slipped through the grasping fingers of the Feds a few times before .
So let's stay tuned and see how this plays itself out . |
13_14ecbplus.xml_3 | train | evt | 13_14ecbplus.xml | 26 | As many of you undoubtedly know there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | 5 | 5 | 27 | 31 | know | 10000001062 | know | ['undoubtedly', 'know', 'suspicious', 'fire', 'burn', 'old', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'creamery', 'ground'] | As many of you undoubtedly <m> know </m> there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground . | http : / / theimmoralminority . blogspot . nl / 2013 / 08 / palin - appointee - under - federal . html
Saturday , August 24 , 2013
Palin appointee under federal indictment .
Methinks somebody's milk just went sour .
Courtesy of ADN :
A 57 - year - old Wasilla woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges she defrauded the state of Alaska and lied to the U . S . Department of Agriculture during the operation of the now - defunct Matanuska Creamery .
The indictment also charges Valley Dairy CEO and investor Karen B . Olson with concealing the alleged criminal conduct of the former dairy manager , Kyle Beus .
A grand jury in December indicted Beus on charges he misused federal grant money , and he awaits trial .
The charges against Olson allege she fraudulently obtained a $430 , 000 state agriculture department loan to keep the Valley Dairy afloat by concealing its finances .
The indictment also said she submitted false documents to convince the USDA in 2008 to waive its prohibition on using dairy and ice cream - making equipment at Valley Dairy as collateral on state loans .
The equipment was purchased in 2007 using federal grants that didn ’ t allow the equipment to be sold or encumbered without special authorization from the USDA .
Alaska Dispatch has more here :
By the mid - 1980s , Mat Maid was faltering , and a state - run corporation took over management .
It struggled until Sarah Palin became Alaska's governor .
She arrived on the scene shortly before the state Board of Agriculture and Conservation , which had watched the dairy bleed cash for years , voted to deny it further loans .
With that move threatening to kill the dairy , Palin fired the board and appointed another , which voted to give the dairy more money .
That went on until the new board realized , as did the old board , the dairy just couldn't compete in the real world of modern - day Alaska with cheaper milk shipped in from the Lower 48 .
Enter Beus , then a Valley dairy farmer , and Bob Havemeister , another dairy farmer .
They formed a joint venture to take over the equipment and operations of Mat Maid in an effort to keep it alive .
Beus was the one who eventually ended up with most of the equipment and set up a company called Klondike Creamery and Candy , which briefly marketed ice cream in Alaska .
It was not long , however , before it was rolled into Valley Dairy - - a joint effort of Beus , Robert Wells and Olson .
Olson was the former Alaska state executive director of the U . S . Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency , a job she held from 1993 to 2001 .
Olson has insisted in a number of interviews with Alaska Dispatch that the only interest she ever had was trying to keep the dairy business alive in Alaska .
After she joined Beus at Valley Dairy , the company began efforts to tap a $5 - million pool of USDA money set aside for rural development .
Beus was indicted last year on charges he took at least $120 , 000 of that money for his own "personal and discretionary use . "
Where and when Olson learned of his alleged activities is not explained in the indictment against her , but it says she devised a scheme "to conceal the true nature of the Valley Dairy finances and the fraudulent activity of Beus , and to obtain a loan from the ARLF ( Alaska Revolving Loan Fund ) to keep the Valley Dairy , of which Olson was an investor and employee , operating . "
As many of you undoubtedly <m> know </m> there was a rather suspicious fire that burned the old Matanuska Maid Creamery to the ground .
( I know , right ? )
If you are new to this particular Palin scandal there is no better place to catch up then over at Andrew Halcro's now defunct blog .
Now some are suggesting that THIS might finally be the straw that snaps the back of Palin's uncanny ability to avoid incarceration .
However I would not count my eggs TOO quickly , because while it seems that Olsen has every reason to reduce her sentence by ratting out her old boss , Palin has somehow slipped through the grasping fingers of the Feds a few times before .
So let's stay tuned and see how this plays itself out . |
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According to the church 's minister , `` We have no idea what caused it '' .
Still , it was not specified that how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke .
The church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
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According to the church 's minister , `` We have no idea what caused it '' .
Still , it was not specified that how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke .
The church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
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According to the church 's minister , `` We have no idea what caused it '' .
Still , it was not specified that how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke .
The church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
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According to the church 's minister , `` We have no idea what caused it '' .
Still , it was not specified that how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke .
The church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
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According to the church 's minister , `` We have no idea what caused it '' .
Still , it was not specified that how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke .
The church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
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According to the church 's minister , `` We have no idea what caused it '' .
Still , it was not specified that how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke .
The church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
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According to the church 's minister , `` We have no idea what caused it '' .
Still , it was not specified that how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze .
The metal church building , which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people , was heavily damaged by flames and smoke .
The church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school . |
13_7ecbplus.xml_11 | train | ent | 13_7ecbplus.xml | 4 | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | 11 | 11 | 61 | 64 | 911 | 10000001063 | 911 | ['alaska', 'shortly', '3', '30', 'tuesday', 'morning', 'call', '911', 'report', 'fire', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'building', 'downtown', 'palmer'] | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called <m> 911 </m> to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | http : / / www . ktva . com / home / outbound - xml - feeds / Overnight - Fire - Destroys - Historic - Mat - Maid - Building - 165301256 . html
Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called <m> 911 </m> to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning <m> someone </m> called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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<m> Overnight </m> Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - <m> Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning </m> someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the <m> Matanuska Maid building </m> in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building <m> in downtown Palmer </m> .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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Overnight Fire Destroys <m> Historic Matanuska Maid Building </m>
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
13_7ecbplus.xml_9 | train | evt | 13_7ecbplus.xml | 4 | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | 16 | 16 | 83 | 87 | fire | ACT17473889933267520 | fire | ['alaska', 'shortly', '3', '30', 'tuesday', 'morning', 'call', '911', 'report', 'fire', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'building', 'downtown', 'palmer'] | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a <m> fire </m> at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | http : / / www . ktva . com / home / outbound - xml - feeds / Overnight - Fire - Destroys - Historic - Mat - Maid - Building - 165301256 . html
Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a <m> fire </m> at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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Overnight <m> Fire </m> Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
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Overnight Fire <m> Destroys </m> Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
13_7ecbplus.xml_3 | train | evt | 13_7ecbplus.xml | 4 | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | 10 | 10 | 54 | 60 | called | ACT17474184759919110 | call | ['alaska', 'shortly', '3', '30', 'tuesday', 'morning', 'call', '911', 'report', 'fire', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'building', 'downtown', 'palmer'] | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone <m> called </m> 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | http : / / www . ktva . com / home / outbound - xml - feeds / Overnight - Fire - Destroys - Historic - Mat - Maid - Building - 165301256 . html
Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone <m> called </m> 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
13_7ecbplus.xml_5 | train | evt | 13_7ecbplus.xml | 4 | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and reported a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | 14 | 14 | 72 | 80 | reported | ACT28320401701486991 | report | ['alaska', 'shortly', '3', '30', 'tuesday', 'morning', 'call', '911', 'report', 'fire', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'building', 'downtown', 'palmer'] | ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and <m> reported </m> a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer . | http : / / www . ktva . com / home / outbound - xml - feeds / Overnight - Fire - Destroys - Historic - Mat - Maid - Building - 165301256 . html
Overnight Fire Destroys Historic Matanuska Maid Building
No injuries reported
Story Created : Aug 7 , 2012 at 9 : 56 AM AKDT
ALASKA - Shortly after 3 : 30 Tuesday morning someone called 911 to and <m> reported </m> a fire at the Matanuska Maid building in downtown Palmer .
Palmer Fire & Rescue , along with the Mat - Su Central Fire Department , responded .
Palmer Fire & Rescue Chief John McNutt saw flames emerging from under the building's eaves when he arrived , and soon the entire roof was engulfed in flames .
A total of 31 fire apparatus arrived to fight the fire , and it was extinguished by 6 : 40 a . m . The building is a total loss according to the City of Palmer .
The state's Fire Marshal's office is assisting in the investigation of the cause of the fire , and anyone with knowledge of the fire is asked to call Palmer Police Sergeant Shayne La Croix at 907 - 745 - 4811 . |
13_10ecbplus.xml_5 | train | ent | 13_10ecbplus.xml | 3 | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | 12 | 13 | 78 | 88 | on Tuesday | TIM17474345247586703 | Tuesday | ['fire', 'destroy', 'original', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'dairy', 'warehouse', 'palmer', 'tuesday', 'take', 'piece', 'alaska', 's', 'history'] | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer <m> on Tuesday </m> took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | http : / / www . alaskapublic . org / 2012 / 08 / 08 / matanuska - maid - dairy - building - was - uninsured /
Matanuska Maid Dairy Building Was Uninsured
August 8 , 2012 - 4 : 43 pm
The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer <m> on Tuesday </m> took a piece of Alaska ’ s history .
The building dates to 1935 , when the original Matanuska Valley colonists settled in Alaska , and has been on the Alaska Association For Historic Preservation ’ s list of endangered historic properties for several years .
Judi Bittner , the state ’ s historic preservation official , says the destruction of the building represents a big loss to the state ’ s history and to the people of Palmer .
The property was in private ownership by Anchorage attorney William Ingaldson .
Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen said Tuesday that the city had not purchased the property , although there were plans to do so .
“ The building was uninsured , ” Owen said .
The Anchorage Daily News reports the value of the building at $380 , 600 .
The cause of the fire has not been determined . |
13_10ecbplus.xml_14 | train | ent | 13_10ecbplus.xml | 3 | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | 10 | 11 | 68 | 77 | in Palmer | LOC17475085268494506 | Palmer | ['fire', 'destroy', 'original', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'dairy', 'warehouse', 'palmer', 'tuesday', 'take', 'piece', 'alaska', 's', 'history'] | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse <m> in Palmer </m> on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | http : / / www . alaskapublic . org / 2012 / 08 / 08 / matanuska - maid - dairy - building - was - uninsured /
Matanuska Maid Dairy Building Was Uninsured
August 8 , 2012 - 4 : 43 pm
The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse <m> in Palmer </m> on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history .
The building dates to 1935 , when the original Matanuska Valley colonists settled in Alaska , and has been on the Alaska Association For Historic Preservation ’ s list of endangered historic properties for several years .
Judi Bittner , the state ’ s historic preservation official , says the destruction of the building represents a big loss to the state ’ s history and to the people of Palmer .
The property was in private ownership by Anchorage attorney William Ingaldson .
Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen said Tuesday that the city had not purchased the property , although there were plans to do so .
“ The building was uninsured , ” Owen said .
The Anchorage Daily News reports the value of the building at $380 , 600 .
The cause of the fire has not been determined . |
13_10ecbplus.xml_15 | train | ent | 13_10ecbplus.xml | 3 | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | 6 | 9 | 37 | 67 | Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse | NON28318790724994183 | Matanuska | ['fire', 'destroy', 'original', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'dairy', 'warehouse', 'palmer', 'tuesday', 'take', 'piece', 'alaska', 's', 'history'] | The fire that destroyed the original <m> Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse </m> in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | http : / / www . alaskapublic . org / 2012 / 08 / 08 / matanuska - maid - dairy - building - was - uninsured /
Matanuska Maid Dairy Building Was Uninsured
August 8 , 2012 - 4 : 43 pm
The fire that destroyed the original <m> Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse </m> in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history .
The building dates to 1935 , when the original Matanuska Valley colonists settled in Alaska , and has been on the Alaska Association For Historic Preservation ’ s list of endangered historic properties for several years .
Judi Bittner , the state ’ s historic preservation official , says the destruction of the building represents a big loss to the state ’ s history and to the people of Palmer .
The property was in private ownership by Anchorage attorney William Ingaldson .
Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen said Tuesday that the city had not purchased the property , although there were plans to do so .
“ The building was uninsured , ” Owen said .
The Anchorage Daily News reports the value of the building at $380 , 600 .
The cause of the fire has not been determined . |
13_10ecbplus.xml_3 | train | evt | 13_10ecbplus.xml | 3 | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | fire | ACT17473889933267520 | fire | ['fire', 'destroy', 'original', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'dairy', 'warehouse', 'palmer', 'tuesday', 'take', 'piece', 'alaska', 's', 'history'] | The <m> fire </m> that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | http : / / www . alaskapublic . org / 2012 / 08 / 08 / matanuska - maid - dairy - building - was - uninsured /
Matanuska Maid Dairy Building Was Uninsured
August 8 , 2012 - 4 : 43 pm
The <m> fire </m> that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history .
The building dates to 1935 , when the original Matanuska Valley colonists settled in Alaska , and has been on the Alaska Association For Historic Preservation ’ s list of endangered historic properties for several years .
Judi Bittner , the state ’ s historic preservation official , says the destruction of the building represents a big loss to the state ’ s history and to the people of Palmer .
The property was in private ownership by Anchorage attorney William Ingaldson .
Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen said Tuesday that the city had not purchased the property , although there were plans to do so .
“ The building was uninsured , ” Owen said .
The Anchorage Daily News reports the value of the building at $380 , 600 .
The cause of the fire has not been determined . |
13_10ecbplus.xml_4 | train | evt | 13_10ecbplus.xml | 3 | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 | destroyed | ACT17473989188667483 | destroy | ['fire', 'destroy', 'original', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'dairy', 'warehouse', 'palmer', 'tuesday', 'take', 'piece', 'alaska', 's', 'history'] | The fire that <m> destroyed </m> the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | http : / / www . alaskapublic . org / 2012 / 08 / 08 / matanuska - maid - dairy - building - was - uninsured /
Matanuska Maid Dairy Building Was Uninsured
August 8 , 2012 - 4 : 43 pm
The fire that <m> destroyed </m> the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history .
The building dates to 1935 , when the original Matanuska Valley colonists settled in Alaska , and has been on the Alaska Association For Historic Preservation ’ s list of endangered historic properties for several years .
Judi Bittner , the state ’ s historic preservation official , says the destruction of the building represents a big loss to the state ’ s history and to the people of Palmer .
The property was in private ownership by Anchorage attorney William Ingaldson .
Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen said Tuesday that the city had not purchased the property , although there were plans to do so .
“ The building was uninsured , ” Owen said .
The Anchorage Daily News reports the value of the building at $380 , 600 .
The cause of the fire has not been determined . |
13_10ecbplus.xml_6 | train | evt | 13_10ecbplus.xml | 3 | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | 14 | 14 | 89 | 93 | took | 10000001065 | take | ['fire', 'destroy', 'original', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'dairy', 'warehouse', 'palmer', 'tuesday', 'take', 'piece', 'alaska', 's', 'history'] | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday <m> took </m> a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | http : / / www . alaskapublic . org / 2012 / 08 / 08 / matanuska - maid - dairy - building - was - uninsured /
Matanuska Maid Dairy Building Was Uninsured
August 8 , 2012 - 4 : 43 pm
The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday <m> took </m> a piece of Alaska ’ s history .
The building dates to 1935 , when the original Matanuska Valley colonists settled in Alaska , and has been on the Alaska Association For Historic Preservation ’ s list of endangered historic properties for several years .
Judi Bittner , the state ’ s historic preservation official , says the destruction of the building represents a big loss to the state ’ s history and to the people of Palmer .
The property was in private ownership by Anchorage attorney William Ingaldson .
Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen said Tuesday that the city had not purchased the property , although there were plans to do so .
“ The building was uninsured , ” Owen said .
The Anchorage Daily News reports the value of the building at $380 , 600 .
The cause of the fire has not been determined . |
13_10ecbplus.xml_7 | train | evt | 13_10ecbplus.xml | 3 | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s history . | 21 | 21 | 116 | 123 | history | ACT17474262383670079 | history | ['fire', 'destroy', 'original', 'matanuska', 'maid', 'dairy', 'warehouse', 'palmer', 'tuesday', 'take', 'piece', 'alaska', 's', 'history'] | The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s <m> history </m> . | http : / / www . alaskapublic . org / 2012 / 08 / 08 / matanuska - maid - dairy - building - was - uninsured /
Matanuska Maid Dairy Building Was Uninsured
August 8 , 2012 - 4 : 43 pm
The fire that destroyed the original Matanuska Maid Dairy warehouse in Palmer on Tuesday took a piece of Alaska ’ s <m> history </m> .
The building dates to 1935 , when the original Matanuska Valley colonists settled in Alaska , and has been on the Alaska Association For Historic Preservation ’ s list of endangered historic properties for several years .
Judi Bittner , the state ’ s historic preservation official , says the destruction of the building represents a big loss to the state ’ s history and to the people of Palmer .
The property was in private ownership by Anchorage attorney William Ingaldson .
Palmer Public Safety Director Jon Owen said Tuesday that the city had not purchased the property , although there were plans to do so .
“ The building was uninsured , ” Owen said .
The Anchorage Daily News reports the value of the building at $380 , 600 .
The cause of the fire has not been determined . |
11_8ecb.xml_13 | train | ent | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 14 | 14 | 90 | 100 | government | HUM17397850755887228 | government | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the <m> government </m> as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the <m> government </m> as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_8ecb.xml_10 | train | ent | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | voters | HUM17396999615005239 | voter | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's <m> voters </m> are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | Turkmenistan 's <m> voters </m> are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_8ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 25 | 25 | 159 | 165 | nation | LOC17395351611820997 | nation | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian <m> nation </m> . | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian <m> nation </m> .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_8ecb.xml_11 | train | evt | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 10 | 10 | 63 | 72 | elections | ACT17397425257310884 | election | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary <m> elections </m> portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary <m> elections </m> portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_8ecb.xml_12 | train | evt | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 11 | 11 | 73 | 82 | portrayed | 10000001066 | portray | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections <m> portrayed </m> by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections <m> portrayed </m> by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_8ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 17 | 17 | 106 | 110 | step | 10000001067 | step | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a <m> step </m> towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a <m> step </m> towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_8ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 19 | 19 | 119 | 128 | democracy | ACT17398037772380067 | democracy | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards <m> democracy </m> in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards <m> democracy </m> in the gas-rich Central Asian nation .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_8ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 11_8ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan 's voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | 3 | 7 | 23 | 45 | are going to the polls | ACT17397941774474471 | go | ['turkmenistan', 'voter', 'go', 'poll', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'portray', 'government', 'step', 'democracy', 'gas-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation'] | Turkmenistan 's voters <m> are going to the polls </m> in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation . | Turkmenistan 's voters <m> are going to the polls </m> in parliamentary elections portrayed by the government as a step towards democracy in the gas-rich Central Asian nation .
But critics say that Sunday 's vote is a sham with all the candidates either representing the ruling Democratic Party , the only registered party , or a handful of state-approved independents .
`` Beyond all the pompous declarations , there will be no real change , '' Tadzhigul Begmedova , director of the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , said from Bulgaria .
`` The hopes many people had that a new president would open up Turkmen society have been shattered . ''
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov became president in 2006 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov , who forged a personality cult that saw months of the year renamed after himself and his mother , and a spiritual guide he authored become mandatory for students and government workers .
'Pluralism and openess '
Berdymukhamedov rolled back some of the decrees which had celebrated the previous leader and vowed to increase democracy and foreign investment .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say ``
`` This campaign stands out for its pluralism , openness and the activeness of the citizens , '' an election official told the AFP news agency , requesting anonymity .
In September , the People 's Council , a 2,507-member assembly of presidential appointees , town elders and others , voted to abolish itself and cede most of its powers to an expanded parliament .
But more than half of the 288 candidates running for the parliament 's 125 seats on Sunday are from the Democratic Party , while the others have been drawn from state-controlled women 's and veterans ' organisations , trade unions and a youth group .
All of them receive state funding for the campaign as no other form of political funding is allowed under Turkmenistan 's laws .
`` It does not matter who gets elected .
The president has the final say , '' Osman-aga , who herds camels in a remote desert area , told the Reuters news agency .
Contest 'impossible '
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has not sent only three observers to monitor the vote , saying a genuine contest was impossible .
Human Rights Watch said in a report last month:
`` The conditions are not in place to hold a free and fair election that would be a meaningful reflection of the will of the people . ''
The presence of foreign media also is limited as many journalists were unable to get permission to report there .
The run-up to the election in the former Soviet state has seen little campaigning and garnered little coverage on state-run television .
`` There are very few billboards around the city ...
I still do n't know who I 'm supposed to vote for , '' Maral , a resident of Ashgabat who declined to give her surname for fear of official intimidation , told the Associated Press news agency . |
11_9ecb.xml_13 | train | ent | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | government | HUM17397850755887228 | government | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The <m> government </m> of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | The <m> government </m> of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 22 | 22 | 153 | 159 | groups | 10000001068 | group | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition <m> groups </m> . | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition <m> groups </m> .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 10 | 10 | 60 | 66 | voters | HUM17396999615005239 | voter | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible <m> voters </m> had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible <m> voters </m> had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 3 | 3 | 18 | 30 | Turkmenistan | LOC17395351611820997 | Turkmenistan | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of <m> Turkmenistan </m> said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | The government of <m> Turkmenistan </m> said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 16 | 16 | 111 | 117 | Sunday | TIM27314213111481103 | Sunday | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections <m> Sunday </m> , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections <m> Sunday </m> , despite boycotts from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 15 | 15 | 101 | 110 | elections | ACT17397425257310884 | election | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary <m> elections </m> Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary <m> elections </m> Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_12 | train | evt | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 12 | 12 | 71 | 83 | participated | ACT17397941774474471 | participate | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had <m> participated </m> in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had <m> participated </m> in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 19 | 19 | 128 | 136 | boycotts | 10000001069 | boycott | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite <m> boycotts </m> from opposition groups . | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite <m> boycotts </m> from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_9ecb.xml_11 | train | evt | 11_9ecb.xml | 0 | The government of Turkmenistan said 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | 4 | 4 | 31 | 35 | said | 10000001070 | say | ['government', 'turkmenistan', 'say', '90', 'cent', 'eligible', 'voter', 'participate', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'sunday', 'despite', 'boycott', 'opposition', 'group'] | The government of Turkmenistan <m> said </m> 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups . | The government of Turkmenistan <m> said </m> 90 per cent of eligible voters had participated in parliamentary elections Sunday , despite boycotts from opposition groups .
The elections , the first since the country adopted a new constitution earlier this year , had 2.5 million eligible voters picking between 288 candidates for 125 seats in the revived parliament .
In another first , the government allowed international observers to oversee the elections .
According to media reports , President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov saw the step as necessary to prove that the oil- and gas-rich nation can meet Western standards of democracy .
But opposition groups boycotted the election .
Groups representing Uzbeks , the nation 's largest minority , complained that there was not a single Uzbek name on the ballots .
Additionally , human rights group argued that recent reforms implemented by Berdymukhamedov 's government were mere window dressing .
A victory by groups with close ties to the administration was expected .
The government claims that seating a new parliament is a major step forward .
Under Berdymukhamedov 's predecessor , laws were rubber-stamped by a group known as the People 's Council , which was loyal to former president Saparmurat Niyazov , also known as Turkmenbaschi , or Leader of all Turkmens .
Niyazov died in 2006 . |
11_2ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 11_2ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Turkmenistan | HUM28314574028416742 | Turkmenistan | ['turkmenistan', 'vote', 'sunday', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'mean', 'energy-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation', 'shed', 'autocratic', 'past', 'western', 'observer', 'say', 'change'] | <m> Turkmenistan </m> voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | <m> Turkmenistan </m> voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed .
Authorities said turnout reached 93.87 percent in the election for 288 candidates , all of whom support the policies of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the ex-Soviet republic .
Voting stations were festooned with Turkmen flags and pictures of Berdymukhamedov , the successor of eccentric dictator Saparmurat Niyazov , who ruled Turkmenistan for two decades until his death in 2006 .
Over 2.5 million people were eligible to vote in the election , held under the framework of a new constitution approved in September and intended to increase parliament 's powers and raise the number of seats from 65 to 125 .
`` I attach hopes for the better to these elections , especially for our children , '' Valentina Redzhepova , an official at one of Ashgabat 's voting precincts , told AFP .
`` We are waiting for borders to open even further so more guests can come to us and so we can visit them . ''
Voters , however , appeared reluctant to criticise the government .
In Gyami , a village outside the Turkmen capital , 25-year-old Guzel said she had come to the local polling station to vote and watch her daughter perform in a children 's folk-dance troupe .
`` I voted for our fellow village resident .
He is an experienced person and knows village life well , '' she said .
Pensioner Bayram-aga , a voter in Ashgabat , said:
`` I remember the elections from the Soviet days. ...
People were very active then , it was like a festival .
Now it 's much quieter . ''
Western observers say Niyazov still casts a shadow , despite promises of openness by Berdymukhamedov and some moves to dismantle the late dictator 's bizarre personality cult .
Niyazov 's gold statue still towers over the desert nation 's capital , rotating to face the sun .
`` The facade has changed but the foundations remain the same , '' said a Western diplomat , who requested anonymity .
`` Power rests entirely with the president .
His photo appears every day on the front of the papers .
He strictly controls the economy and the whole of the media , '' the diplomat added .
New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an assessment last month that Turkmenistan had made `` some progress '' but `` remains ... one of the most repressive and authoritarian states in the world . ''
The elections are unlikely to get a clean bill of health from the West , not least as all candidates have stressed support for the president while campaigning .
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sent eight experts to monitor the poll and draw up an `` internal report . ''
The group 's spokesman , Jens Hagen Eschenbecher , told AFP that the experts would not be making any public statements on their conclusions .
Ninety percent of the 288 candidates come from the Democratic Party set up by Niyazov in place of the Communist Party , with the other 10 percent coming from so-called `` initiative groups '' that have little clout .
All candidates are funded by the state , with a ban on other funding .
Western journalists have been refused permission to cover the vote .
Foreign election observers will mainly come from the Commonwealth of Independent States , a post-Soviet group with little credibility .
With its enormous natural gas reserves , Turkmenistan is central to European efforts to diversify gas supplies away from Russia .
Berdymukhamedov has voiced support for giving the West more access to Turkmen gas . |
11_2ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 11_2ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | 15 | 15 | 103 | 109 | nation | HUM28314574028416742 | nation | ['turkmenistan', 'vote', 'sunday', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'mean', 'energy-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation', 'shed', 'autocratic', 'past', 'western', 'observer', 'say', 'change'] | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian <m> nation </m> was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian <m> nation </m> was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed .
Authorities said turnout reached 93.87 percent in the election for 288 candidates , all of whom support the policies of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the ex-Soviet republic .
Voting stations were festooned with Turkmen flags and pictures of Berdymukhamedov , the successor of eccentric dictator Saparmurat Niyazov , who ruled Turkmenistan for two decades until his death in 2006 .
Over 2.5 million people were eligible to vote in the election , held under the framework of a new constitution approved in September and intended to increase parliament 's powers and raise the number of seats from 65 to 125 .
`` I attach hopes for the better to these elections , especially for our children , '' Valentina Redzhepova , an official at one of Ashgabat 's voting precincts , told AFP .
`` We are waiting for borders to open even further so more guests can come to us and so we can visit them . ''
Voters , however , appeared reluctant to criticise the government .
In Gyami , a village outside the Turkmen capital , 25-year-old Guzel said she had come to the local polling station to vote and watch her daughter perform in a children 's folk-dance troupe .
`` I voted for our fellow village resident .
He is an experienced person and knows village life well , '' she said .
Pensioner Bayram-aga , a voter in Ashgabat , said:
`` I remember the elections from the Soviet days. ...
People were very active then , it was like a festival .
Now it 's much quieter . ''
Western observers say Niyazov still casts a shadow , despite promises of openness by Berdymukhamedov and some moves to dismantle the late dictator 's bizarre personality cult .
Niyazov 's gold statue still towers over the desert nation 's capital , rotating to face the sun .
`` The facade has changed but the foundations remain the same , '' said a Western diplomat , who requested anonymity .
`` Power rests entirely with the president .
His photo appears every day on the front of the papers .
He strictly controls the economy and the whole of the media , '' the diplomat added .
New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an assessment last month that Turkmenistan had made `` some progress '' but `` remains ... one of the most repressive and authoritarian states in the world . ''
The elections are unlikely to get a clean bill of health from the West , not least as all candidates have stressed support for the president while campaigning .
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sent eight experts to monitor the poll and draw up an `` internal report . ''
The group 's spokesman , Jens Hagen Eschenbecher , told AFP that the experts would not be making any public statements on their conclusions .
Ninety percent of the 288 candidates come from the Democratic Party set up by Niyazov in place of the Communist Party , with the other 10 percent coming from so-called `` initiative groups '' that have little clout .
All candidates are funded by the state , with a ban on other funding .
Western journalists have been refused permission to cover the vote .
Foreign election observers will mainly come from the Commonwealth of Independent States , a post-Soviet group with little credibility .
With its enormous natural gas reserves , Turkmenistan is central to European efforts to diversify gas supplies away from Russia .
Berdymukhamedov has voiced support for giving the West more access to Turkmen gas . |
11_2ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 11_2ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | 24 | 24 | 157 | 166 | observers | 10000001071 | observer | ['turkmenistan', 'vote', 'sunday', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'mean', 'energy-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation', 'shed', 'autocratic', 'past', 'western', 'observer', 'say', 'change'] | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western <m> observers </m> said nothing had changed . | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western <m> observers </m> said nothing had changed .
Authorities said turnout reached 93.87 percent in the election for 288 candidates , all of whom support the policies of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the ex-Soviet republic .
Voting stations were festooned with Turkmen flags and pictures of Berdymukhamedov , the successor of eccentric dictator Saparmurat Niyazov , who ruled Turkmenistan for two decades until his death in 2006 .
Over 2.5 million people were eligible to vote in the election , held under the framework of a new constitution approved in September and intended to increase parliament 's powers and raise the number of seats from 65 to 125 .
`` I attach hopes for the better to these elections , especially for our children , '' Valentina Redzhepova , an official at one of Ashgabat 's voting precincts , told AFP .
`` We are waiting for borders to open even further so more guests can come to us and so we can visit them . ''
Voters , however , appeared reluctant to criticise the government .
In Gyami , a village outside the Turkmen capital , 25-year-old Guzel said she had come to the local polling station to vote and watch her daughter perform in a children 's folk-dance troupe .
`` I voted for our fellow village resident .
He is an experienced person and knows village life well , '' she said .
Pensioner Bayram-aga , a voter in Ashgabat , said:
`` I remember the elections from the Soviet days. ...
People were very active then , it was like a festival .
Now it 's much quieter . ''
Western observers say Niyazov still casts a shadow , despite promises of openness by Berdymukhamedov and some moves to dismantle the late dictator 's bizarre personality cult .
Niyazov 's gold statue still towers over the desert nation 's capital , rotating to face the sun .
`` The facade has changed but the foundations remain the same , '' said a Western diplomat , who requested anonymity .
`` Power rests entirely with the president .
His photo appears every day on the front of the papers .
He strictly controls the economy and the whole of the media , '' the diplomat added .
New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an assessment last month that Turkmenistan had made `` some progress '' but `` remains ... one of the most repressive and authoritarian states in the world . ''
The elections are unlikely to get a clean bill of health from the West , not least as all candidates have stressed support for the president while campaigning .
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sent eight experts to monitor the poll and draw up an `` internal report . ''
The group 's spokesman , Jens Hagen Eschenbecher , told AFP that the experts would not be making any public statements on their conclusions .
Ninety percent of the 288 candidates come from the Democratic Party set up by Niyazov in place of the Communist Party , with the other 10 percent coming from so-called `` initiative groups '' that have little clout .
All candidates are funded by the state , with a ban on other funding .
Western journalists have been refused permission to cover the vote .
Foreign election observers will mainly come from the Commonwealth of Independent States , a post-Soviet group with little credibility .
With its enormous natural gas reserves , Turkmenistan is central to European efforts to diversify gas supplies away from Russia .
Berdymukhamedov has voiced support for giving the West more access to Turkmen gas . |
11_2ecb.xml_25 | train | ent | 11_2ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | 26 | 26 | 172 | 179 | nothing | 10000001072 | nothing | ['turkmenistan', 'vote', 'sunday', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'mean', 'energy-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation', 'shed', 'autocratic', 'past', 'western', 'observer', 'say', 'change'] | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said <m> nothing </m> had changed . | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said <m> nothing </m> had changed .
Authorities said turnout reached 93.87 percent in the election for 288 candidates , all of whom support the policies of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the ex-Soviet republic .
Voting stations were festooned with Turkmen flags and pictures of Berdymukhamedov , the successor of eccentric dictator Saparmurat Niyazov , who ruled Turkmenistan for two decades until his death in 2006 .
Over 2.5 million people were eligible to vote in the election , held under the framework of a new constitution approved in September and intended to increase parliament 's powers and raise the number of seats from 65 to 125 .
`` I attach hopes for the better to these elections , especially for our children , '' Valentina Redzhepova , an official at one of Ashgabat 's voting precincts , told AFP .
`` We are waiting for borders to open even further so more guests can come to us and so we can visit them . ''
Voters , however , appeared reluctant to criticise the government .
In Gyami , a village outside the Turkmen capital , 25-year-old Guzel said she had come to the local polling station to vote and watch her daughter perform in a children 's folk-dance troupe .
`` I voted for our fellow village resident .
He is an experienced person and knows village life well , '' she said .
Pensioner Bayram-aga , a voter in Ashgabat , said:
`` I remember the elections from the Soviet days. ...
People were very active then , it was like a festival .
Now it 's much quieter . ''
Western observers say Niyazov still casts a shadow , despite promises of openness by Berdymukhamedov and some moves to dismantle the late dictator 's bizarre personality cult .
Niyazov 's gold statue still towers over the desert nation 's capital , rotating to face the sun .
`` The facade has changed but the foundations remain the same , '' said a Western diplomat , who requested anonymity .
`` Power rests entirely with the president .
His photo appears every day on the front of the papers .
He strictly controls the economy and the whole of the media , '' the diplomat added .
New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an assessment last month that Turkmenistan had made `` some progress '' but `` remains ... one of the most repressive and authoritarian states in the world . ''
The elections are unlikely to get a clean bill of health from the West , not least as all candidates have stressed support for the president while campaigning .
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sent eight experts to monitor the poll and draw up an `` internal report . ''
The group 's spokesman , Jens Hagen Eschenbecher , told AFP that the experts would not be making any public statements on their conclusions .
Ninety percent of the 288 candidates come from the Democratic Party set up by Niyazov in place of the Communist Party , with the other 10 percent coming from so-called `` initiative groups '' that have little clout .
All candidates are funded by the state , with a ban on other funding .
Western journalists have been refused permission to cover the vote .
Foreign election observers will mainly come from the Commonwealth of Independent States , a post-Soviet group with little credibility .
With its enormous natural gas reserves , Turkmenistan is central to European efforts to diversify gas supplies away from Russia .
Berdymukhamedov has voiced support for giving the West more access to Turkmen gas . |
11_2ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 11_2ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | 2 | 2 | 19 | 25 | Sunday | TIM27314213111481103 | Sunday | ['turkmenistan', 'vote', 'sunday', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'mean', 'energy-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation', 'shed', 'autocratic', 'past', 'western', 'observer', 'say', 'change'] | Turkmenistan voted <m> Sunday </m> in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | Turkmenistan voted <m> Sunday </m> in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed .
Authorities said turnout reached 93.87 percent in the election for 288 candidates , all of whom support the policies of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the ex-Soviet republic .
Voting stations were festooned with Turkmen flags and pictures of Berdymukhamedov , the successor of eccentric dictator Saparmurat Niyazov , who ruled Turkmenistan for two decades until his death in 2006 .
Over 2.5 million people were eligible to vote in the election , held under the framework of a new constitution approved in September and intended to increase parliament 's powers and raise the number of seats from 65 to 125 .
`` I attach hopes for the better to these elections , especially for our children , '' Valentina Redzhepova , an official at one of Ashgabat 's voting precincts , told AFP .
`` We are waiting for borders to open even further so more guests can come to us and so we can visit them . ''
Voters , however , appeared reluctant to criticise the government .
In Gyami , a village outside the Turkmen capital , 25-year-old Guzel said she had come to the local polling station to vote and watch her daughter perform in a children 's folk-dance troupe .
`` I voted for our fellow village resident .
He is an experienced person and knows village life well , '' she said .
Pensioner Bayram-aga , a voter in Ashgabat , said:
`` I remember the elections from the Soviet days. ...
People were very active then , it was like a festival .
Now it 's much quieter . ''
Western observers say Niyazov still casts a shadow , despite promises of openness by Berdymukhamedov and some moves to dismantle the late dictator 's bizarre personality cult .
Niyazov 's gold statue still towers over the desert nation 's capital , rotating to face the sun .
`` The facade has changed but the foundations remain the same , '' said a Western diplomat , who requested anonymity .
`` Power rests entirely with the president .
His photo appears every day on the front of the papers .
He strictly controls the economy and the whole of the media , '' the diplomat added .
New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an assessment last month that Turkmenistan had made `` some progress '' but `` remains ... one of the most repressive and authoritarian states in the world . ''
The elections are unlikely to get a clean bill of health from the West , not least as all candidates have stressed support for the president while campaigning .
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sent eight experts to monitor the poll and draw up an `` internal report . ''
The group 's spokesman , Jens Hagen Eschenbecher , told AFP that the experts would not be making any public statements on their conclusions .
Ninety percent of the 288 candidates come from the Democratic Party set up by Niyazov in place of the Communist Party , with the other 10 percent coming from so-called `` initiative groups '' that have little clout .
All candidates are funded by the state , with a ban on other funding .
Western journalists have been refused permission to cover the vote .
Foreign election observers will mainly come from the Commonwealth of Independent States , a post-Soviet group with little credibility .
With its enormous natural gas reserves , Turkmenistan is central to European efforts to diversify gas supplies away from Russia .
Berdymukhamedov has voiced support for giving the West more access to Turkmen gas . |
11_2ecb.xml_22 | train | evt | 11_2ecb.xml | 0 | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to show that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | 9 | 9 | 63 | 67 | show | 10000001073 | show | ['turkmenistan', 'vote', 'sunday', 'parliamentary', 'election', 'mean', 'energy-rich', 'central', 'asian', 'nation', 'shed', 'autocratic', 'past', 'western', 'observer', 'say', 'change'] | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to <m> show </m> that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed . | Turkmenistan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election meant to <m> show </m> that the energy-rich central Asian nation was shedding its autocratic past , but Western observers said nothing had changed .
Authorities said turnout reached 93.87 percent in the election for 288 candidates , all of whom support the policies of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the ex-Soviet republic .
Voting stations were festooned with Turkmen flags and pictures of Berdymukhamedov , the successor of eccentric dictator Saparmurat Niyazov , who ruled Turkmenistan for two decades until his death in 2006 .
Over 2.5 million people were eligible to vote in the election , held under the framework of a new constitution approved in September and intended to increase parliament 's powers and raise the number of seats from 65 to 125 .
`` I attach hopes for the better to these elections , especially for our children , '' Valentina Redzhepova , an official at one of Ashgabat 's voting precincts , told AFP .
`` We are waiting for borders to open even further so more guests can come to us and so we can visit them . ''
Voters , however , appeared reluctant to criticise the government .
In Gyami , a village outside the Turkmen capital , 25-year-old Guzel said she had come to the local polling station to vote and watch her daughter perform in a children 's folk-dance troupe .
`` I voted for our fellow village resident .
He is an experienced person and knows village life well , '' she said .
Pensioner Bayram-aga , a voter in Ashgabat , said:
`` I remember the elections from the Soviet days. ...
People were very active then , it was like a festival .
Now it 's much quieter . ''
Western observers say Niyazov still casts a shadow , despite promises of openness by Berdymukhamedov and some moves to dismantle the late dictator 's bizarre personality cult .
Niyazov 's gold statue still towers over the desert nation 's capital , rotating to face the sun .
`` The facade has changed but the foundations remain the same , '' said a Western diplomat , who requested anonymity .
`` Power rests entirely with the president .
His photo appears every day on the front of the papers .
He strictly controls the economy and the whole of the media , '' the diplomat added .
New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an assessment last month that Turkmenistan had made `` some progress '' but `` remains ... one of the most repressive and authoritarian states in the world . ''
The elections are unlikely to get a clean bill of health from the West , not least as all candidates have stressed support for the president while campaigning .
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sent eight experts to monitor the poll and draw up an `` internal report . ''
The group 's spokesman , Jens Hagen Eschenbecher , told AFP that the experts would not be making any public statements on their conclusions .
Ninety percent of the 288 candidates come from the Democratic Party set up by Niyazov in place of the Communist Party , with the other 10 percent coming from so-called `` initiative groups '' that have little clout .
All candidates are funded by the state , with a ban on other funding .
Western journalists have been refused permission to cover the vote .
Foreign election observers will mainly come from the Commonwealth of Independent States , a post-Soviet group with little credibility .
With its enormous natural gas reserves , Turkmenistan is central to European efforts to diversify gas supplies away from Russia .
Berdymukhamedov has voiced support for giving the West more access to Turkmen gas . |
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