| Other Winning Korean Bids Could Impact PyeongChang 2014 Bid
Some International Olympic Committee (IOC) members see winning bids by Daegu and Incheon for the athletic championships and the 2014 Asian Games, respectively, having an impact on PyeongChang's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.AFP reports two International Olympic Committee (IOC) members said that while PyeongChang had lobbied very well, it's almost unthinkable that PyeongChang could go one better than when they bid for the 2010 Games finishing a close second to Vancouver, and win the Winter Games.According to AFP, an Asian IOC member said under condition of anonymity, "Incheon winning the right to host the Asian Games has killed PyeongChang's bid. Because there is no way Asian IOC members will tolerate South Korea having both the Asian Games – the biggest multi sports event in the world in terms of number of sports and athletes - and having the most prestigious sports event of that year (2014) the Winter Olympics."Another IOC member from Europe, also speaking anonymously, said it was highly unlikely that Koreans would record a hat-trick of victories in winning the right to host major competitions this year.
$10m TestaRossa headlines upcoming auction of rare Ferraris
For those who like their meat rare and red, news has come of the most scrumptious slab of automotive prime rib. At its upcoming event in Maranello, RM Auctions will be putting up on the block one of the rarest and most valuable Ferraris in existence: the one-of-a-kind 1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa. The car that Phill Hill and Olivier Gendebien drove to victory at Le Mans in '62 has an estimated value between $8-10 million. Not only was it the last Testa Rossa ever built, but it was the only one to feature a 4-liter engine. As if the pedigree were not enough, Hill and Gendebien chalked up their third Le Mans win with this car . Canada-based RM Auctions is collaborating with Sothebys and Ferrari to hold the "Leggenda e Passione" auction at the Ferrari headquarters in Maranello outside Modena, Italy, on May 20.
Bidding farewell to a great place to
Wow, this is really hard to write. I knew how invested I was in this community and in this paper, but I didn't know it would be this hard to say goodbye.
It seems like only yesterday that Peter Starren called me into his office to offer me this job.
It was the start of the most exhilarating chapter in my long career. I was equally scared and excited about coming to the The Record-Courier, but things really didn't gel until I got my "Dream Team" all in place.
Being able to work with the likes of Kurt Hildebrand, Joanna Reeves, Alice Price and Tony King, along with the wonderful people that make up the rest of The Record-Courier staff has been my greatest joy and I will miss them all more than they know.
It's very rare in this business to work with a whole group of people that has the same love of their community and their paper as you do.
York Bids Sailor Farewell
Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph McSween and two soldiers were killed in combat near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Details of how the three were killed were not disclosed. They were specialists in identifying explosive materials and disarming them. McSween graduated from York College in 2003. He met his wife there and the pair came to call York home, according to friends. .
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