The farmers of Dallas County and Central Iowa should benefit by having a new market available for their commodities.

There are a lot of things that have been happening in Central Ohio and in our market, and even within our industry. With the Columbus Blue Jackets, the NHL went on strike but they came back strong. We've got a new Arena Football team here. The Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees has got a new stadium coming up here in Columbus. There are a lot of factors that I think contribute to why we're taking this sort of approach and this mentality. Mostly it's that we think it's the right thing to do. It's the type of brand that we want to be and I don't know that that has actually been the case in the past.

You're going from Dallas to Sioux City (Iowa) or Dallas to Casper (Wyoming) or Dallas to Albuquerque (New Mexico), where capacity is not an issue. There are more airplanes in the system, but they are not going hub to hub, where the real congestion exists.

African farmers need guaranteed markets for their farm produce

Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.

We all know that Centre County has been the employment engine of central Pennsylvania.