Steve H. my sympathys to you on the loss of your father. On the subject of the expansion to Union Crk. you might want to check with Ron D., my understanding is that we have received a generous extension of the enviromental assesment. I've also been told that when our member surveyor gets done working on the loop he will work on Union Crk. In fact he told me he had put in a flag line for a loop at Union Crk CG already. As far as your sentiments on finishing what we have started first, I certainly agree with you. We need to complete the Sumpter loop soon as well as the new shop. We need the shop badly to enable us to do much needed maintenance in the off season when there is three feet of snow outside. Perhaps it does make sense though to do preliminary work on Union Crk. such as surveying and general fact finding as long as it doesn't tie up critical assets needed to finish the other projects.