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• Lentsch said dairy regulators will continue to work with producers to help them get in compliance.
• Habeck said she has no plans to comply with rules, and will instead switch to a herd share model in which a customer buys an undivided share in a cow. The model, which would fall outside of what is considered a commercial operation, works well in Colorado, she said.
• "They do not purchase the milk," Habeck said. "They purchase a share of the cow and basically I am their hired person to take care of the animal for them and get the milk ready for them."
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Wall of storms threatens to upend holiday travel
JASON KEYSER, Associated Press
• CHICAGO (AP) -- A wall of storms packing ice, sleet and rain could upend holiday travel plans as millions of Americans take to the roads, skies and rails Wednesday for Thanksgiving.
• So far, the deadly storms barreling into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast have not resulted in many flight delays or cancellations, but forecasters were expecting the weather to worsen throughout the day.
• "The timing of the storm couldn't be worse," said Chris Vaccaro, spokesman for the National Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. "We are seeing numerous threats as the storm is beginning to develop and intensify."
• Heavy rain and breezy conditions were to strike the East Coast from the Carolinas to the Northeast on Wednesday, with ice and snow a possibility in the Appalachians, western Pennsylvania and western New York. Snow totals from the Ohio Valley to the interior of the Northeast were expected to be less than 10 inches, the weather service said.
• The storm system, which developed in the West, has been blamed for at least 11 deaths, half of them in Texas. It limped across Arkansas with a smattering of snow, sleet and freezing rain that didn't meet expectations.
• "It's just really cold. We had drizzle but no snow," said Courtney O'Neal-Walden, an owner of the Dairyette diner on U.S. 270 in Mount Ida, Ark. "You can see (ice) on the power lines, but the roads are fine."
• But even a weaker than expected storm system is potentially bad news the day before Thanksgiving -- the anticipated busiest travel day of the year.
• More than 43 million people are to travel over the long holiday weekend, according to AAA. The overwhelming majority -- about 39 million people -- will be on the (Continued on page 28)
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