[dailynews] October 30, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: October 30, 2012
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University of Michigan program aims to improve scientific credibility of Great Lakes cleanup
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The University of Michigan is establishing a research program designed to bring more scientific credibility to the federal government's billion-dollar battle to clean up the Great Lakes. Source: The Associated Press (10/30)


Michigan feels Superstorm Sandy pain with power outages, high winds, waves
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It may be centered over Pennsylvania, but the wet, icy power of Hurricane Sandy has created havoc in Michigan, resulting in high winds, power outages, canceled flights and tremendous waves on the Great Lakes. Source: The Detroit News (10/30)


Superstorm Sandy leaves downed lines, high water, outages across Northeast Ohio
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Hundreds of thousands of homes across Northeast Ohio were still without power this morning as high winds and rain from tropical rainstorm Sandy lashed a wide swath of the country. Source: The Plain Dealer (10/30)


Mandatory evacuations along Lake Ontario affect thousands
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Monroe County issued a mandatory evacuation for people living in homes located along the Lake Ontario shoreline Monday night. The Red Cross says the evacuation affected several thousand people. Source: YNN - Rochester, N.Y. (10/30)


COMMENTARY: The Great Lakes need a presidential patron: Rick Unger
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Before we give our votes away on Nov. 6th, President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney must acknowledge the importance of the Great Lakes basin and commit to maintaining funding for restoration and creation of an effective defense against the Asian carp. Source: The Plain Dealer (10/30)


Canadian Auto Workers, Algoma Shipping reach deal
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The Canadian Auto Workers union has ratified its first collective agreement with St. Catharines, ON, based Algoma Great Lakes Shipping after voting 85% in favour of the contract. Source: CKTB News - St. Catharines, ON (10/30)


A Dive into the harbour's history
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Approximately 50 shipwrecks in the Kingston, ON, area are diving sites. When the schooner barge Aloha had its winch stolen, the group 'Preserve Our Wrecks' was created to protect and promote awareness regarding Kingston's marine history. Source: The Queen's Journal (10/30)


Hurricane Sandy's might worries Great Lakes captains, excites freshwater surfers
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While Great Lakes freighter captains braced for high winds spun off the East coast hurricane Monday, Midwest surfers anxiously anticipated the high waves it created hundreds of miles from the storm's center. Great Lakes freighter captains began taking precautions Monday morning and many will anchor their boats and ride out the storm. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/29)


International board keeping St. Lawrence water level up at Montreal with water from Lake Ontario
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The International St. Lawrence River Board of Control will continue to exceed recommended flows from Lake Ontario when necessary, to maintain adequate minimum water levels in the Montreal Port area. Source: North Country This Week (10/29)


Museum ship is tugged to new spot on Maumee
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Dozens gather along the riverbanks of Maumee, Ohio, to watch the Schoonmaker's two-hour journey to a slip next to the Toledo Maritime Center, where it will become a centerpiece of the new National Museum of the Great Lakes under development by the Great Lakes Historical Society. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/28)


COMMENTARY: Living in the 'Lake Belt'
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For years, people of the Great Lakes region have been told that they live in a place of decay as we refer to the area as full of "rust." So why not change the associated name to a positive connotation and call this region the "Lake Belt". Source: Better! Cities & Towns (10/24)


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