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Great Lakes Daily News: 21 September 2005 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium. For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Ohio OKs coke plant, increased Envirosafe waste ---------------------------------------- U.S. Coking Group got authorization yesterday to build the latest version of its proposed FDS Coke Plant along Lake Erie's Maumee Bay. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/21) Thunder Bay Harbour blob-free ---------------------------------------- After an extensive clean-up effort that took eight years of work and more than $20 million to complete, the infamous blob is officially gone from Thunder Bay Harbour -- a site identified as an Area of Concern in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1985. Source: The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (9/21) Mayor: 'Gloves are off' ---------------------------------------- In 2001, Illinois-American built a $52 million, 18-mile pipeline to bring Lake Michigan water to the village of Homer Glen, Illinois. Today, the town is feuding with the private water utility. Source: Daily Southtown (9/21) Dry weather may help water quality ---------------------------------------- State officials are pointing to dry weather as the likely reason why Great Lakes beach closures were down in Wisconsin this year. This summer, there was a 34 percent drop from the 296 closures at its beaches last year. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/21) Restoration of Erie Canal terminus underway ---------------------------------------- Scheduled for completion in late 2007, the plans include a navigable Commercial Slip and replica of a canal-era bridge in its original location, a reconstructed Central Wharf with a festival plaza, two museums and retail shops and eateries that blend with the Erie Canal theme. Source: Newsday (9/20) Kodak falcon 'Skye' found dead in Canada ---------------------------------------- Skye, a peregrine falcon born atop the Eastman Kodak Co. tower this spring, has been found dead in Canada. The young bird's travels were being monitored after it was fitted with a solar-powered transmitter before taking flight. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/20) Turn to the Web to follow fall colors ---------------------------------------- It's time to start planning a trip to see this year's colorful fall foliage, and the web has lots of guides to help you pick a time and a place, from the Rockies to the Great Lakes to New England and farther south. Source: The Buffalo News (9/18) COMMENTARY: Waukesha shouldn't use Lake Michigan water ---------------------------------------- The city of Waukesha, Wis., having drawn down its underground water supply through decades of unchecked development, is up to bolder mischief as it seeks to divert 20 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan. Source: The Capital Times (9/17) Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Great Lakes Daily News is a collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network (www.glin.net) and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium (www.glrc.org), both based in Ann Arbor, Mich. TO SUBSCRIBE and receive this Great Lakes news compendium daily, see www.glin.net/forms/dailynews_form.html TO SUBMIT A NEWS STORY: www.glin.net/forms/news_form.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =