Obviously, this has come as a big shock to me and my family but I am in very capable hands and diagnosing the condition this early is very encouraging.

I would like to thank everybody for their messages of support and I plan to be back at work as soon as I possibly can.

...Families are Forever, and wondered if the slogan was meant as a promise or a threat.

I think single family building will continue to grow, probably not as quickly as we have seen. If builders don't get priced out by the cost of land by end of 2006 we will probably do about 6,500 units next year (in the Victor Valley), which is well above the peak of 1989, but less than this year.

My goal is to introduce good quality people to a good quality area.

Catron County is pretty developer-friendly right now.