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Understanding Amtrak the older HOME ‘It’s safer on the rail’ generation Featured pages s Association 1B 3A Michigan Pres interiors5-11B tctimes.com $ 16 OZ. PIPE SUNDAY EDITION 2 TOBACCO AT SMOKERS ONLINE OFF HUB COMMENTS coupons.tctimes.com Weekend SCHOOL CLOSINGS VOL. 20 NO. VII SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013 $1.00 Quit whining about‘‘ the schools closing. I’m a Creative Foam Latest MEAP teacher scores reveal and a day buys Fenton or two is Genesee County not going to make a Cinema schools below difference. One child u being injured is not Property to be used state averages worth keeping the schools open.” for possible future uFenton, Lake Fenton expansion Is anybody out Summary at top of local districts there‘‘ watching the Creative Foam uCreative Red Wings? Hockey, Corp. announced Foam Corp. By Olivia Dimmer what hockey?” Wednesday that of Fenton has [email protected] purchased The Michigan Educa- it has purchased the old Fenton STORY: the abandoned tion Assessment Program LEGALITY OF Cinema (MEAP) released the results DISPENSARIES theater on Alloy property and What a crock Drive in Fenton. has plans to of this year’s MEAP testing of‘‘ nonsense. An- The purpose of expand its on Feb. 11, revealing that other law needs to be this purchase is manufacturing all of Genesee County fell passed as it was in business once to provide an area short of state averages. Out Colo- the building is of Lake Fenton, Fenton, Lin- rado and for possible fu- removed. Washing- ture expansion. den and Holly schools, Lake ton disal- “The support of the community Fenton and Fenton schools TRI-COUNTY TIMES | TIM JAGIELO Linden Middle School teacher Rick Kimball leads his sixth-grade, lowing has been very helpful in making topped most any state, of the scores second-hour class through a lesson in mathematics with the interactive county, local law this decision,” said Creative Foam Summary while Holly uLake white board on Friday. Principal Julie Brown said the technology helps enforcement entity or President and CEO David T. Swal- to target problem areas revealed in the MEAP scores. court any regulatory low, in a press release. had mostly Fenton’s MEAP scores power over this sub- See CREATIVE FOAM on 21A the lowest. stance whatsoever “We fo- are closely MEAP RESULTS for any purpose.” matched by cus nearly Fenton and GRADE 3 GRADE 5 GRADE 7 GRADE 9 100 minutes MATH READING MATH READING MATH READING SOC. ST. First they take Linden, while Lake Fenton Fall ’12 67.5 86.8 50.3 83.1 43.4 79.6 38.5 $100‘‘ each from a day on lit- Holly schools Lake Fenton Fall ’11 60.9 82.8 39.4 85.8 53.7 78.4 36.2 1,230,000 people, eracy and lag behind. and then tell them Fenton Fall ’12 51.1 79.9 61.6 84.6 36.1 73.4 43.6 our student Fenton Fall ’11 49.8 75.8 44.2 79.8 44 75.5 44 they can’t use their performances on reading and cards! Sounds like Linden Fall ’12 48.5 79.6 42.3 82.9 41.3 76.2 36.6 grand larceny.” writing have always been our Linden Fall ’11 34.2 71.5 32.1 79.5 48.9 63.4 30.8 strength. This year we also Holly Fall ’12 41 68.6 50.8 75.9 29.1 65.3 31.2 STORY: FENTON performed very well in all Holly Fall ’11 48.9 72.8 39.6 76.3 37.8 60.1 31.8 CINEMA SOLD disciplines including math, Well this really Genesee County Fall ’12 36.2 65 40.9 68.3 30.4 58.7 25.9 | FILE PHOTO science and social studies,” stinks.‘‘ Goodbye to TRI-COUNTY TIMES Genesee County Fall ’11 33 59.5 34.8 66.1 31.2 56.2 25 hopes of a local Creative Foam, based in Fenton, said Dan Ferguson, princi- Oakland County Fall ’12 41.3 75.9 33.3 73.5 35.1 73.7 38 theatre.” is in the process of purchasing pal of Lake Fenton Middle Oakland County Fall ’11 51 73 57 76 52 66 44 the old Fenton Cinema, which is School. “One area many State Fall ’12 40.9 66.5 45.7 70.4 38.4 62 28.6 bank-owned. The manufactur- See MEAP on 11A State Fall ’11 36.3 62.4 39.6 68.8 37.2 59.7 28.7 HOT LINE ing company expects to remove of the week the building and expand its op- erations. ANOTHER ‘It’s been a great ride’ “WEEK WITH Fenton schools in uFr. David Harvey of session for less than Win cash, movie tickets St. John Church to three days. We need by predicting winners to get a handle on retire after 34 years who is cavalierly in the Times’ Academy By Tim Jagielo cancelling school Awards contest [email protected]; 810-433-6795 due to ‘severe’ By Sharon Stone Fenton — Gesturing at weather. It’s no [email protected]; 810-433-6786 the cemetery next to the wonder our MEAP cobblestone parish center, scores are so low. The deadline to enter the ’’ Times’ online Oscar contest Fr. David Harvey said, “Predict the Winners” will be “That’s where I’ll be sent,” here before you know it. The but not anytime soon. The contest coincides with the annual 34-year pastor of St. John the Academy Awards, aired on ABC Evangelist Catholic Church beginning at 7 p.m. on Sunday, in Fenton is retiring this year. Feb. 24. On June 26, an era spanning See OSCAR on 22A three decades will end when Harvey retires, handing the Summary job to Fr. Dwight Ezop. In TRI-COUNTY TIMES | TIM JAGIELO uEnter the Times’ online his wake is a parish that Fr. David Harvey spent 32 years at this desk at the Parish Center of Academy Awards contest. Go to tctimes.com and cast has grown from 1,700 St. John Church. By June 26, he’ll have moved out, making way for your vote on numerous See FR. HARVEY the new pastor, Fr. Dwight Ezop. “I don’t know where to begin,” he categories. on 9A said of the clean-up. 2A Sunday, February 17, 2013 WEEKEND TIMES tctimes.com HIT THE ROAD TIRE WITH CONFIDENCE! SNOW/ 195/65R15 195/65R15 P235/75R15 WINTER TIRES 4 PLY $68 $76 $112 IN STOCK! 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Chief Scott Sutter said a 46-year-old female resident re- on the rail’ ported that while she was in the — Michigan Department of Transportation laundry room, a male subject (MDOT) Spokesperson Janet Foran approached her from behind, pushed her and grabbled about By Tim Jagielo $3 in quarters from her pocket.