Much emphasis has been placed on the delays imposed on industry as it works to comply with seasonal stipulations, ... Certainly, an element of delay cannot be denied, but they are rarely overly burdensome.

I would request that the discussion of removing seasonal wildlife stipulations be replaced with a focus on increasing federal dollars for staff and technical expertise related to pipelines, permitting and environmental analysis, ... By shifting the dialogue to address these needs, our state's wildlife will be protected and development can be achieved at an increased pace.

Our present approach of imposing winter stipulations and having industry request a variance from these stipulations has served to protect both game and non-game species while still allowing industry to conduct necessary operations when appropriate and carefully crafted,

There certainly has been the emphasis -- and has to be the emphasis -- on getting back on track. However, there's no doubt that, in this job, you're evaluated by wins and losses.

We tapered a little bit going into the meet. To me there's too much emphasis placed on this meet. It goes back to when (the CCL) wasn't in the IHSA and this was all we had. I told the kids this is No. 2 for us. The big meet for us is the sectional (Oct. 29).

There's a lot more emphasis placed on torsion and coil and leverage. Basically, the women are being taught very much along the same lines as the men. You don't have to consider strength as a factor so much. These girls are working out like fiends. It's a trend that's going to continue.