Basically you take the turret off and put on a launching arm, he said. The vehicle also comes with a high-tech computer system that uses a global positioning satellite location system. That system tells the vehicle commander the exact location of the vehicle on the battlefield, Keating said. If the country s in a recession, it s tough to find evidence in area real-estate statistics. Home sales jumped nearly 20 percent in April over the previous April in the Lima area, and average sale prices are up almost 17 percent for 2001, statistics from the Ohio Association of Realtors show.
Home building has at the very least held steady.
And while most years have a lot of seller or a lot of buyers, the supply and demand has been about even this year, said Jane Bushong, president of the West Central Association of Realtors. Sales are up about 3.5 percent over 2000 through the first third of the year. The April increase in the Lima area is the second largest in Ohio, behind Marion s 32.7 percent increase. The year s 16.7 percent increase in average price is the second largest behind Marion s 24.3 percent increase. St Rita s Medical Center laid out a multi-faceted plan Wednesday for expanding its facilities and building a couple new ones.