The Bridge That Made Zilwaukee Famous
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SEE PAGE 5B SEE PAGE 1B SEE PAGE 3A Dental check up Boating season every 6 months... running full Fun day at Really? speed ahead the mud bogs $1.00 Featured Section SUNDAY EDITION INSIDE LIFESTYLES: HEALTHY TEETH, HEALTHY BODY Weekend VOL. 21 NO. XXVIII SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 2012 & 2013 NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR tctimes.com ONLINE COMMENTS The bridge that made Zilwaukee famous Pride is a matter of hon- ‘‘esty, integrity and honor. It has nothing to do with per- sonal sexual choices.” Mark my words, the downtown ‘‘ crosswalks are a lawyer’s dream. Some- one, hopefully not a child, is going to get injured or killed soon.” Was stuck for over 10 minutes at Ellen and ‘‘ LeRoy. Do something. The restaurant is making tons of money and the citizens are paying the price. Where is the logic here?” Landmark bridge gets first major makeover this year By Tim Jagielo TRI-COUNTY TIMES | TIM JAGIELO If you don’t like a cer- [email protected]; 810-433-6795 With its safety called into ques- tain float, close your eyes Zilwaukee — Towering over North Westervelt tion, the Zilwaukee Bridge was ‘‘when it goes by. It was a finished in 1987, after a three- wonderful parade.” Road is the bridge that made Zilwaukee famous. From underneath it looks like a typical Michigan overpass, year delay. Since then, millions I am so excited by the albeit enormous, transporting thousands of vehicles of travelers have trusted the bridge as they crossed over construction of the Cor- daily over the Saginaw River. ‘‘nerstone building. Can’t the Saginaw River. (Right) Zane wait to see the new ‘cor- The structure hums with traffic passing overhead, Austin, 9, fishes with grandfa- nerstone’ of a revitalized and water draining from gutters underneath and ther Michael Vaughn, both of and thriving downtown See ZILWAUKEE on 14A Zilwaukee. Fenton – Woo hoo.” What would be awe- some would be a movie Fenton Township man struck, ‘‘theater downtown. Every- one would patronize it.” killed while getting mail uSheriff’s Dept: son and Ray roads in Fenton Driver of vehicle had Township Wednesday evening. HOT LINE OF Undersheriff Chris Swan- THE WEEK no time to brake son of the Genesee County Having spent much By Sharon Stone Sheriff’s Department said time overseas, I have [email protected]; 810-433-6786 Nicolai Bodnariuc, a native of learned‘‘ that a simple A 59-year-old Fenton Town- Romania, was walking with a toot-toot on your car ship man was killed when he friend near the Fenton Market horn is a far more civil was struck by a vehicle on party store just after 7 p.m. way to prompt an inat- Fenton Road, between Thomp- See KILLED on 5A tentive driver than a confrontational semi- TRI-COUNTY TIMES | FILE PHOTO truck blast. Help keep The party at “the point” brings hundreds of boats each year, and is moni- Fenton friendly. tored closely by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department. State standardized testing for ’’ schools to stay — for now 810-771-TEXT ‘We can’t keep ‘em off the sandbar’ (8398) uGov. Snyder opts for state testing rather than national uSheriff’s Department to last weekend. TEXT duty-bound to monitor point As the law enforcement agency By William Axford [email protected]; 810-433-6792 YOUR for Fenton Township, Genesee HOT LINE By Sharon Stone Gov. Rick Snyder approved Michigan’s $15 billion educa- [email protected]; 810-433-6786 County Undersheriff Chris Swanson tion budget last month. Part of the budget mandates that the Activity on Lake Fenton will be said that the sheriff’s department Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) will be calmer this weekend, as compared See SANDBAR on 20A administered during the fall, leaving educators confused as See TESTING on 15A 2A Sunday, July 13, 2014 WEEKEND TIMES tctimes.com “In today’s real estate market, you need to work with a company you can trust. 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ESCAPE PLAN BACKFIRES Minutes after midnight on July 4, Fenton police responded to an apartment off Torrey Road to pick up a 23-year-old Fenton man on an outstanding arrest warrant out of Flint. As a police officer attempted to make contact at the door of his apartment, the man decided to attempt an escape by exiting out the balcony. When he got to the ground, another police officer took him into custody. He was transport- ed to Flint for an arraignment. ‘Cheap, fun day’ TRI-COUNTY TIMES The Tri-County Times is published semi- at the mud bogs weekly by Rockman Communications, 256 N. Fenway Drive, Fenton, Michigan 48430. 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