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Ferry Allowed to Dump Tons of Coal Ash in Lake Product: CTBroadsheet PubDate: 10-02-2011 Zone: ALL Edition: SHD Page: MAINCOV-1 User: croyer Time: 10-01-2011 23:46 Color: CMYK SPECIAL THE BEST CHICAGO HIRING & WORST REPORT NEW TV Find out where the jobs are Left: Zooey Deschanel of ‘New Girl’; above: Rachael Taylor, Business, Pages 8-9 SHOWS A+E Minka Kelly and Annie Ilonzeh of ‘Charlie’s Angels’ D Final Q ? C 1-800-T Sunday B . O 2, 2011 Family shattered after raid, Ferry allowed to dump eviction A n emergency order to vacate was issued. tons of coal ash in lake And just like that, out of the blue of a summer morning, the Harrises had lost their Officials seeking reprieve for steamship cite jobs, tourism dollars home and what they had thought was their good standing among their neighbors. “I never seen so much hate build up in one minute,” R.J. Harris says. “For what?” Mary Schmich, Page 4 CIA strike on U.S. citizens in Yemen stirs legal debate Did the United States have the right to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, the cleric who was among two American citizens slain in a CIA-led drone attack Friday in Yemen? Human rights advocates and legal schol- ars are divided, with the answer hinging on whether the war against al-Qaida is defined as an armed con- flict or an international police action. Page 29 DENISE STOCKER/PHOTO FOR THE TRIBUNE The coal-powered SS Badger pulls out of Ludington, Mich., as it heads on its four-hour trip across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wis. Groupon’s IPO By Michael Hawthorne TRIBUNE WATCHDOG Decades into efforts to clean up Tribune reporter the world’s largest source of fresh push a tricky ton, Mich., the Badger dumps surface water, the Badger’s routine balancing act MANITOWOC, Wis. — Built in nearly 4 tons of coal ash into Lake dumping is so unusual that, in 2008, 509 the 1950s for the brawny task of Michigan — waste concentrated the U.S. Environmental Protection It’s not easy going public. ferrying railroad cars, the last coal- with arsenic, lead, mercury and Agency gave its owners four years to The number of Since Groupon Inc. stated burning steamship on the Great other toxic metals. During its find a solution. At the time, they tons of coal ash its intentions, it has had to Lakes is billed today as a nostalgic spring-to-fall season, federal re- vowed to either overhaul the aging the SS Badger explain, and then down- vacation shortcut between Wiscon- cords show, the amount far exceeds coal burner or store the ash for safe releases into play, part of its accounting sin and Michigan. the coal, iron and limestone waste disposal onshore. methodology. It had to ask But every day it sails between this jettisoned by all 125 other big ships Lake Michigan potential investors to dis- old shipbuilding port and Luding- on the Great Lakes combined. Please turn to Page 17 each year count some boastful projec- tions. A top executive left after five months. Rookie mistakes or indicative of bigger issues with its man- agement team? 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When she started ap- awkward homecoming The publication — and its pearing in the front row of BEARS-PANTHERS: Ron Tavi Gevinson wasted no dance and other adolescent immediate popularity — Fashion Week and rubbing Rivera’s homecoming puts STEVE GRANITZ/WIREIMAGE time on the massive slice of pressures. marks a major turning point shoulders with Gwen Stef- pressure on Lovie Smith, Tavi Gevinson, 15, has chocolate cake with marsh- A small girl with big for the Oak Park teen who ani and other stars, naysay- David Haugh writes. won the attention of big mallow and ice cream mak- ambition, she also had sur- burst onto the international Chicago Sports shots and ordinary girls. ing its way from her fork to vived the launch of Rookie, fashion scene in 2009 with a Please turn to Page 12 Chicago Weather Center: Complete $1.99 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere Tom Skilling’s forecast High 67 Low 42 forecast in Nation & World, Page 39 165th year No. 275 © Chicago Tribune GROCERIES FRESH FROM Find delicious savings at Target.com/coupons. ©2011 Target Brands, Inc. 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All rights reserved.101101 Product: CTBroadsheet PubDate: 10-02-2011 Zone: ALL Edition: SHD Page: MAIN1-17 User: grejohnson Time: 10-01-2011 21:11 Color: CMYK B Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Sunday, October 2, 2011 17 Ferry allowed to dump tons of coal ash in lake Now the only Continued from Page 1 thing that could The SS Badger Ferry route Ludington As the last season before Built: 1952 Manitowoc the EPA’s deadline comes to Length: 410 feet, 6 inches MICH. hold you back an end, the owners instead WI SS are seeking an exemption Height: 106 feet, 9 inches Badger from the federal Clean Wa- Weight: 6,650 tons ter Act that would delay a Milwaukee is cold feet. fix until at least 2017. displacement By then, the Badger’s Propellers: Two cast Lake owners and backers say, the steel, 4-blade propellers, Michigan 410-foot ferry might be fu- 13 feet 10 inches in IL eled by cleaner-burning diameter natural gas, a first for a U.S. Chicago ship that big. They say such Engines: Two Skinner IN Miles 40 Unaflow four-cylinder an upgrade would eliminate SOURCE: Lake Michigan Carferry steam engines rated at the ship’s noxious coal TRIBUNE smoke and murky dis- 3,500 horsepower each charges, making it the (7,000 horsepower total) study that estimated the “greenest” commercial ves- Boilers: Four coal-burning ship draws about $35 mil- sel on the Great Lakes. lion a year to both commu- If the EPA allows the ash Average speed: 18 miles nities. dumping to continue, it will per hour (15.6 knots) Local businesses have be the Badger’s latest pass Crew: About 60 chipped in to raise aware- from environmental laws ness about the debate. In that other ships, including a Capacity: 600 passen- Ludington, the Jamesport gers and 180 vehicles competing car ferry that Brewing Co. started serving SM runs between Milwaukee Crossings: About 450 Badger Brown ale during FirstMerit Reality Gold Savings and Muskegon, Mich., have between late May and the summer at its down- complied with for years. early October town pub, with a dollar * To buy more time for the from every pint sold do- % Badger’s two massive steam Crossing time: Four nated to the S.O.S. Badger APY engines, supporters have hours over 60 miles campaign. organized a public relations “I tell people it’s like one 090 campaign that casts the ship of our factories: The Badger Bank with as a small-town operation SHARE means jobs and economic wherever, whenever struggling to preserve a THIS STORY development,” said Mani- mobile banking, online banking, ATMs and more. maritime icon. They por- chicagotribune.com/ towoc Mayor Justin Nick- tray the EPA as overzealous coalferry els. “The owners are trying bureaucrats threatening to convert to something 250 full-time and seasonal cleaner, but it’s not some- jobs and millions of tourism snacks, show movies and thing that can happen over- For more information, call 1-888-554-4362 dollars in two Midwest cit- organize bingo games. night.” or visit firstmerit.com/savings ies hit hard by manufactur- Many passengers read However, questions re- ing plant closings and cut- books on the ferry’s glass- main about the proposed backs. enclosed aft deck amid the new fuel source, as natural Local officials in Mani- dull rumble of its 7,000- gas traditionally hasn’t been towoc and Ludington also horsepower engines. used to power ships. And are tapping into Republican “I would hate to lose the critics say the Badger’s efforts in Congress to scut- convenience of travel and owners already have had tle environmental regula- the thrill of days gone by,” plenty of time to fix its tions as they lobby lawmak- said Barbara Bennett, a re- pollution problems. ers to secure another re- tired autoworker who lives “All of the other ferries prieve for the Badger. part time in Ludington. “It’s and ships that ply the Great “The EPA should pick on a piece of history, but they Lakes have found ways to bigger fish than this,” said should make it a cleaner comply with our modern PERSONAL BUSiNESS COMMERCiAL WEALTH Ludington Mayor John ship.” environmental laws,” said Henderson. “There are a lot The Badger’s pollution is Lyman Welch, water quality of other environmental is- a byproduct of technology program manager for the *The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) for Reality Gold Savings is accurate as of September 1, 2011.
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