About the time Buster got past me he sucker punched me. I tried to get to him also, but couldn't. I'm sure many people trying to hold us apart got hit.

We are proud to have him as our leader for the past 17 years and are honored to continue to have his participation and experience in our department.

So far in 2006 we've had 17 calls, most in the past three to four weeks.

In past years late in the season in September we've been out here freezing with our socks on because the sand is so cold.

It looks political to me. It runs counter to his whole past behavior. He's got to appeal to the [conservative] base of the party, because I don't think there is a Republican in the land who can get the nomination [voting] against the tax cuts.

It seems to be about as crowded as in the past, but there haven't been any problems at all,