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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010

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Low 58
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Water temperatures

Lakeport: 45
Port Huron: 48
Marysville: 48
St. Clair: 48
Algonac: 48

Weather & You

Air quality: Moderate

Pollen: 11.5 (High)
UV: 8 (High)
16 minutes to burn

Source:
Obama
talks to
judge
By BEN FELLER
The Associated Press

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From Paul Costanzos blog:

Port Huron Icehawks

Coach Stan Drulia said
Thursday morning that
goaltender Larry Sterling
is feeling much better, but
his status for Friday nights
Game 5 against Fort Wayne
is still uncertain.
Hes day-to-day, Drulia
said. Well know more (Friday) morning.
The Icehawks are bringing in an emergency goaltender, just in case Sterling is not able to go. He was
shaken up in the middle of
the second period Wednesday night after teammate
Paul Cianfrini ran into him
behind the net. The extent,
or type of injury is not
known, as Drulia said he
didnt know if it was Sterling hitting his head on the
ice or Cianfrini and Komets
forward Colin Chaulk falling on him that led to the
injury.
If Sterling cannot start,
rookie Raffaelle Dorso will
get the nod. DOrso stopped
26 of 28 shots in relief of
Sterling in Wednesdays
Game 4 victory. ...
Read more of Costanzos
blogs online.
From Geenses blog:

Last summer Iron Man

surprised me. I didnt want
to see it. I wasnt very
impressed with the trailer and I was too excited
for The Dark Knight to
have any room left for other superhero movies. But,
when the credits rolled, I,
along with a ton of other
people, were taken by surprise in the fact that Iron
Man was an amazing movie-going experience. The
film this sites filter forces me to call Kick-@$$ is
nothing like Iron Man; its a
completely different movie, but what they both had in
common was that they surprised the heck out of me.
Read more of Geenses blogs
online.

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ONLINE EXTRA

Your comments Thursday in

the forums and on stories at
thetimesherald.com:
IN RESPONSE TO:

Tree falls, kills inmate

(Thursday)

Every1HatesMe: I personally knew James, he was

a very talented guy, no matter what life threw his way.
James always had a smile
on his face. When I was
employed with the county
back in the late 90s James
came into a program for a
misdemeanor charge. James
was NOT a bad seed he
was not a threat to society. James after having the
opportunity to get to know
you, you will be missed. My
heart goes out to his family and friends, especially his
children. On another note,
as a former supervisor for
Community Service, that
program does NOT train
nor provide safety equipment, never has. I hope a
wrongful death suit arises
out of this ...
Buffy3: Tree cutting is
very dangerous work! A pro
will study the tree and he
will know where to cut it to
make it fall in a certain spot.
You dont let a tree fall into
another tree if you know
what you are doing. This
job was not for amateur
or unskilled workers. The
county made a big mistake
on this one. ...

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CANADIAN TRASH
TRUCK CRASHES
Feb. 11, 2009: Crash on
Interstate 94; driver cited for
careless driving.
March 2, 2009: Trash truck
jackknifed and stopped in a
ditch on Interstate 69 near
Goodells Road; driver cited for
careless driving.
April 3, 2009: Trash truck
crashed into a St. Clair County
Road Commission truck near
the Water Street overpass on
I-94; a county worker was
taken to the hospital with minor
injuries.
Nov. 19, 2009: Trash truck
lost control and destroyed
about 100 feet of guard rail
near the Water Street overpass
on I-94.
Jan. 20: Two Ontario trucks
one a trash hauler
crashed after losing control on
icy I-94, just west of the Black
River; both drivers were cited.
March 17: Trash truck
rear-ended a tractor trailer,
shutting down part of I-94 for
6 hours; driver ticketed for
tailgating.
Source: Times Herald
archives

THEFT: Homes vacated for bridge plaza

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family homes and 10 multifamily homes to make way for

the $583 million plaza expansion. Just one house remains
to be bought and both sides
are negotiating, Evans said.
She would not identify the
home.
More than 55 homes have
been razed and another 15
are scheduled to be razed
this spring.
Offers have been made to
all but four of the 30 businesses that will be displaced
by the project. Twelve of the
deals are closed, Evans said.
We have many offers out
there, and we are still negotiating, she said.

VENDOR: Rally

Midday Daily 3: 7-2-8

Midday Daily 4: 3-6-4-5
Daily 3: 5-3-1
Daily 4: 2-5-4-6
Fantasy 5: 8-14-26-31-36
Keno: 3-4-8-9-15-25-29-31-

A LOOK BACK

and from the the Blue Water

Bridge, are one of the reaAfter the accident, the
sons he started a commertruck was pushed off the
cial motor carrier division
right shoulder and was
this year.
mangled and twisted. The
We take a very stern
garbage truck careened into approach on this, Donnelthe median and caught fire, lon said.
leaving the cab barely recThe speed limit in conognizable.
struction zones is 45 mph if
Smoke poured out of the
workers are present and
truck for hours after the
60 mph if they are not.
crash as firefighters from
Trudo, the Riley TownEmmett and Riley Township turkey hunter, sat in
ship worked at the scene.
his car on an overpass and
Truck parts were scattered
watched Thursday as fireacross the interstate and
fighters doused flames from
into the median. Crews also the garbage truck.
cleaned up spilled vehicle
The cab of the truck was
fluid.
yellow when Trudo first
The crash is the third this saw it but was charred black
year and the seventh since
in minutes.
January 2009 involving a
It literally just melted,
Canadian garbage truck on
he said.
St. Clair County interstates,
He wasnt surprised a
according to the Times Her- Canadian garbage truck was
alds archives. In the last
involved.
accident, part of Interstate
Its not a good idea (to
94 was closed for 6 hours allow Canadian trash to be
after the driver of a garbage hauled into Michigan), but
truck rear-ended a tractor
were the ones letting them
trailer.
come over, he said.
St. Clair County Sheriff
Contact Liz Shepard at
Tim Donnellon said Cana(810) 989-6273 or lshepard@
dian garbage trucks, which
use I-69 and I-94 to travel to gannett.com.

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LOTTERY
THURSDAYS NUMBERS

Canadian truck driver

arrested (Thursday)

Executive Editor

ACCIDENT

reduu: Considering the

no jail sentence recently
given to the Canadian writer who assaulted a U.S. Customs officer I doubt this
Canadian truck driver will
get nothing more than a fine
and his Canadian company will pay for it. Regardless of all the past problems
that these trash trucks has
caused, the rules for even
allowing these trucks into
the USA is a federal issue,
so the county can do little if
nothing.

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By MARK R. RUMMEL, Times Herald

WORK ZONE: A St. Clair County Road Commission signal truck sits on the side of Interstate 69 on Thursday morning after a Canadian trash hauler failed to merge into the center
lane and struck the county truck near the Riley Center exit in Riley Township.

of the home. The womens

pickup was full of other material, including a white door
and other household items.
The women refused comment or to give their names.
One woman said they didnt
break into the house and that
they were invited in.
Port Huron police Lt. Jeff
Baker said officers try to step
up patrols in the area where
MDOT has bought homes.
Certainly any time there is
a house that is vacant, there
are going to be things going
on, he said. Those houses
arent watched closely
because there are not neigh Contact Stephen Tait at
bors around anymore.
The transportation depart- (810) 989-6275 or at stait@
ment has bought 113 single- gannett.com.

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WASHINGTON President
Barack Obama on Thursday
interviewed federal appeals
court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana for an opening on the Supreme Court, a
person familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press.
The roughly hourlong session at the White House was
the first known formal interview Obama has conducted
for the coming vacancy on
the high court. It is not clear
whether Obama has interviewed other candidates in
person.
Vice President Joe Biden
also interviewed Thomas at
the White House in a separate meeting Thursday, said
the person familiar with the
conversations, who spoke
on condition of anonymity
in order to discuss Obamas
private deliberations.
The White House had no
comment.
A message left with Thomas chambers in Billings was
not immediately returned.
The personal time Obama
devoted to Thomas suggests the federal judge, well
respected within legal circles
but hardly a familiar name in
Washington, is under a higher level of consideration by
the president.
The San Francisco-based
appeals court on which he
serves has a liberal reputation, but lawyers who know
Thomas describe him as
independent and a straightshooter.
Obama is choosing a nominee to replace Justice John
Paul Stevens, who is retiring
this summer.

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rally. He also wants to hear

from his opponents.
If anybody has any criticism for the trailer, Id like
to hear about it, McCauley
said.
McCauley plans to present the signatures to the Port
Huron City Council during
its May 10 meeting.
If that doesnt work, well
move on to the next step, he
said.
McCauley doesnt know
what the next step will be but
said all options are open,
including filing a lawsuit
against the city.

city officials have said.

McCauley said the move
would violate a three-year
contract he signed with
the city and would hurt his
business, largely because he
would not have water and
electrical hookups. City
officials have said the contract only gives McCauley
permission to sell food on
the parkway. It doesnt indicate where on the boardwalk McCauley can set up
shop.
McCauley said the 50 or so
people who complained to
the city are in the minority.
Contact Stephen Tait at
He isnt just looking for (810) 989-6275 or at stait@
supporters to come to the gannett.com.

Detroit police: 3 charged

with scamming seniors
The Associated Press
DETROIT Three people
whom Detroit police say are
members of a ring known as
the Golden Years Crew that
preyed on and scammed older people have been charged
with operating a criminal
enterprise.
Devon Page, Natalie Foster
and Viola West were held on
bonds of $2 million or more
after arraignments Thursday.
They also are charged with

conspiracy to commit identity theft, credit card fraud and

larceny in connection.
A prosecutors spokeswoman was not aware if the
women had lawyers.
Authorities say the charges
involve crimes against 15 people and as many as 80 senior
citizens may have been bilked
out of hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Police say the ring
impersonated social workers, nurses and medical
workers.

By MELISSA WAWZYSKO, Times Herald

WAITING TO WORK: An excavator shovel rests Tuesday in

the driveway of a house at 1610 Mansfield St., as demolition continues for the new Blue Water Bridge Plaza and
buffer zone.

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