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Sports Lansing State Journal Tuesday, Oct. 10,1989 NFL Long says QB sfowffle my si stop Bucs making noise 6 6 All I know is we have to settle on a quarterback. It's tearing the team apart. No question about it. Chuck Long By MIKE O'HARA Gannett News Service PONTIAC Chuck Long ready, willing and wondering when he'll et another chance to play quarterback for the Detroit Lions says instability at the position is hurting the team.

Formerly a starter, he has spent the first five weeks of the season on the injured reserve list He isn't sure what his future with the Lions holds, but said he is certain the team needs to settle on one quarterback. Rookie Rodney Peete is scheduled to start next Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. That will make a different starter at quarterback for four straight games. I know is we have to settle on a quarterback," Long said Monday. "It's tearing the team apart No question about it "That's the No.

1 position on the team. That's the No. 1 position as far as making the offense go. "If that's the case, they'd better settle on one. When quarterback is an unsettling situation, it makes everybody else unsettled.

It's tearing this team apart" While Long waits in frustration on the injured reserve list the not-so-merry-go-round at quarterback continues. It began when Peete suffered strained ligaments in his left knee in the final exhibition game. Bob Gagliano started the first three games. Peete returned to make his first National Football son, was signed for -the developmental squad. -I The Lions are negotiating with a more established CFL passer Gilbert Renfroe, a four-year veteran who was waived recently by Toronto.

He has 44 touchdown passes and 44 interceptions in three seasons with Toronto and one with Ottawa. I In 1 1 games this year he had 13 interceptions and only one touchdown pass. Toronto then waived him. He was claimed by Winnipeg and waived again when he refused to report to the Blue Bombers. "He has a tremendous arm," Fontes said.

"He's not in our plaiis at this time." Speculation arose that Hippie might be let go after he threw three interceptions against the Vikings. Two were returned for touchdowns. "We're not doing anything with Eric," Fontes said. "He'll be here'." Hippie's situation has been made worse by a personality conflict with Mouse Davis, who operates as the Lions' offensive coordinator, although he does not Jiave that title. Long has wondered since training camp how he fits into the offensive scheme.

"I'm getting kind of restless," he said. "It's getting to the point where I'd like to do something about it It's a long season. We're 0-5. That's the bottom line. "We've got to do some things to turn it around some things that have to happen now." League start two weeks ago against Pittsburgh.

Eric Hippie started Sunday's loss to Minnesota. (And Peete will return Sunday at Tampa. Meanwhile, the Lions have signed a rookie quarterback for the developmental squad and are considering signing a more established veteran from the Canadian Football League. Regardless of future developments, Coach Wane Fontes wants the shuttle to stop, too. "We've got to settle on one quarterback," he said.

"We've got to keep Rodney It's tough to go into four or five ballgames and have four quarterbacks start at different times. It's hard with one quarterback." Through all of that Long is getting more anxious by the day. "You can't just go out and get quarterbacks," he said. "They're not out there. Physically, I feel fine.

I feel great. I want to get in there. "I want to start practicing. Whatever plans they have for me, I don't know. I get the impression that some people here have plans for me and some don't "I'm healthy.

Why not activate me?" Long has been recuperating from off-season surgery on his right (passing) elbow. He played sparingly in two exhibition games. League rules have prevented him from practicing with the team while on injured reserve. Fontes said Long will start practicing with the team next week. "One more week to go; we'll bring Chuck Long back and see how he goes," he said.

One quarterback was added last week. Eric Jones, a rookie from Vanderbilt who was with the Canadian Football League's British Co-lumbiaJJons at the start of the sea- The defense, ranked among the worst in the NFL when Perkins replaced Leeman Bennett as coach in 1987, has improved steadily. The unit was 11th in total defense before the Bears' game and played better Sunday than the final score indicated. "They're good," Bears running-back Neal Anderson said. "We faced some good defenses this year Philadelphia, Minnesota, Cincinnati and the Bucs are just as good." Vikings want Walker: Calling Herschel Walker unique, Minnesota Vikings general manager Mike Lynn said Monday that he will pursue a trade for the Cowboys' star runner this week when he is in Dallas for NFL meetings.

Lynn, who on Tuesday will begin meeting with other owners in an effort to select a successor to retiring commissioner Pete Rozelle, hopes to do a little dealing on the side with Dallas owner Jerry Jones and Coach Jimmy Johnson. He also said he'll be talking to other organizations in an effort to improve the Vikings before the Oct. 17 trading deadline. The Vikings and Cowboys had reportedly worked out a trade last week, but the runner said he didn't want to come to Minnesota. NFL commissioner: Three months after the NFL owners split bitterly on the choice of a successor to Pete Rozelle as commissioner, they try again today with little indication they'll be able to do any better this time.

While Rozelle is openly optimistic "I think we can get something done," he said recently the split entering the meeting seems as real as it did July 6, when a coalition of newer owners and league "outs" kept New Orleans Saints president Jim Finks three votes short of election. Finks remains a contender and appears to have enough supporters to block the election of anyone else. But whether his backers can muster the three more votes necessary for election is questionable, and the owners may have to try again in a week. "I think we're going to have a very difficult time finding a commissioner," said Denver's Patrick Bowlen, one of the 11 owners who blocked Finks' tion in July. "That's the mood I sense.

There are a group of people still behind Jim Finks, but I think a different candidate will have to emerge." Brister feels lucky: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bubby Brister expects to miss two to four games with a sprained ligament in his left knee, but will undergo further tests today to determine if he has a more serious injury. Brister, injured with 35 seconds left in the Steelers' 26-16 loss Sunday to Cincinnati when Bengals' defensive end Jason Buck rolled onto his leg, said it was a "freak accident" that could have been much worse. Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are making noise and hope the rest of the NFL can hear the sound of a club on the rise. "I don't think a team could play us now and not respect us," tackle Rob Taylor said after the Bucs surprised the Chicago Bears 42-35 Sunday.

The Bucs play the Detroit Lions Sunday in Tampa Bay. "They can't look at us as a laughing stock anymore. If they do, we'll take advantage, and we'll do the laughing." The victory improved Tampa Bay's record to 3-2 and snapped a 12-game losing streak against the Bears, who hadn't lost to their NFC Central Division rival since the last game of the strike-shortened 1982 season. Coach Ray Perkins called the triumph perhaps the best in franchise history, a weighty statement considering John McKay led the team to within one victory of a Super Bowl appearance in 1979. "Forget about '79 and '81 and all that," said Perkins, referring to two of the three playoff seasons in the Bucs' 14-year existence.

"This is one of those big-time wins that could lead to great things for us." Chicago beat the Bucs the first week of the 1984 season and has been atop the NFC Central standings ever since. Sunday's victory moved Tampa Bay to within one game of the first-place Bears (4-1) and showed the club is closing the gap under Perkins. "We can't sit here and say, 'Oh, we beat Chicago so we're the greatest team in the but we'll definitely turn some heads with this one," safety Mark Robinson said. "We want respect by our peers, and I think we've got it now. We're not there yet, but we're on our way." Robinson, a fifth-year pro acquired in a 1988 trade with Kansas City, is a leader on defense and a stabilizing force on a roster featuring 31 players with three years of experience or less.

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power apr ml-I I ACTIO3O0 SN I Dolby noise reduction miun nuuro I I A ii2 47il I II I I I NOW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Notice of Application Filed with the Commission (September 22, 1989) Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Minor License b. Project 10683-000 c. Date Filed: November 1, 1988 d.

Applicant: Lansing Board of Water and Light e. Name of Project: North Lansing Oam f. Location: On the Grand River in the City of Lansing. County of Ingham, Michigan g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C.

SS791 (a) 825 (rj h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Joe Pandy. P.O. Box 13007.

Lansing. Ml 48901. (517) 371-6710 i. FERC Contact: Charles T. Raabe (202) 376-9778 j.

Comment Date: December 1. 1989 k. Description of Project: The existing project consists of: (1 a 233-foot-long. 11.5-foot-high reinforced-concrete dam having 4 drum-type gates: (2) a reservoir having a 100-acre surface area and a 500 acre-foot storage capacity at normal water surface elevation 817.5 feet: (3) an integral powerhouse at the right (east) abutment containing an existing 205-kW generating unit operated under an 8-foot head and at a flow of 380 cfs: (4) a 300-foot-long, 480-volt underground transmission line and a 4804, 160-volt transformer; (5) a fish ladder, and (6) appurtenant facilities. The existing hydroelectric facilities were constructed in 1 936.

No change to the current run-of-river operation is proposed. The average annual electrical generation has approximated 279.000 kWh. The primary function of the facility is to provide cooling water for the nearby Ottawa Station a coal-fired power plant. 1 This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: A3, A9. B.

C. D1 A3. Development ApplicationAny qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified comment date for the particular application, the competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submitting a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing development application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. Applications for a preliminary permit will not be accepted in response to this notice.

A9. Notice of Intent A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to submit, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. B. Comments.

Protests, or Motions to Intervene Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Rules of Practice and Procedure. 18 C.F.R. sections 385.210, .211. .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding.

Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application. C. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents Any filing must bear in all capital letters the title "COMMENTS." "RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS." "NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION." "COMPETING APPLICATIONS." "PROTEST" or "MOTION TO INTERVENE," as applicable, and the project number of the particular application to which the filing is in response. Any of these documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies required by the Commission's regulations to: the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 825 North Capitol Street.

N.E., Washington. D.C- 20426. An additional copy must be sent to: the Director. Division of Project Review. Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Room 204-RB. at the above address. A copy of any notice of intent, competing application, or motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular application. D1 Agency Comments-Agencies established pursuant to federal law that have the authority to prepare a comprehensive plan for improving, developing, and conserving a waterway affected by the project, federal and state agencies exercising administration over fish and wildlife, flood control, navigation, irrigation, recreation, cultural and other relevant resources of the state in which the project is located, affected Indian tribes, and states are requested to provide comments and recommendations for terms and conditions pursuant to the Federal Power Act (Act), as amended by the Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1986. The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.

the Endangered Species Act. the National Historic Preservation Act. the Historical and ArcheoJogical Preservation Act, the National Enviommental Policy Act, Public Law No. 88-29. and other applicable statutes.

Recommended terms and conditions must be based on supporting technical data filed with the Commission, along with the recommendations, to comply with the requirements in Section 31 3(b) of the Federal Power Act. 1 6 U.S.C. 8251 (b), that the Commission findings as to facts must be supported by substantial evidence. All other federal, state, and local agencies that receive this notice through direct mailing from the Commission are requested to provide comments pursuant to the statutes listed above. No other formal requests will be made.

Responses should be confined to substantive issues relevant to the issuance of a license. A copy of the application may be obtained directly from the applicant. If an agency does not respond to the Commission within the time set for filing, the Commission will presume that the agency has rton. One copy of an agency's response rrius also be sent to the applicant's representatives. Lois D.

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