April 9, 1924
This past winter was extremely tough on North Boulevard's concrete pavement, with the roadway cracking down the center in several places, causing the shore side to sag several inches and leaving an angular crown on the roadway. Affected locations are where the pavement is close to the lake shore, where wave action is constantly extending the shoreline, and where there was a sufficient safety factor when the road was built, it is now several feet above the water. It is within Water seeps into the soft banks and erodes the foundation, causing the enormous weight of the concrete to sink to the soft side, causing cracks to appear in the center road. Perhaps within a few years, the boulevard will have to be rerouted, bypassing part of the shoreline, and re-paved to avoid concrete being dumped into the lake. Snow and ice have been disappearing from North Side Boulevard for the past few days. Currently, cars can pass at almost all points on the way to the canal, but once you cross the canal, there are only one rut and it is not very smooth.
April 9, 1974
The Wexford County Landfill, located south of Menton on Route 131, was closed Monday due to conditions on the entrance road, but improvements have been made and the landfill is open today, a site spokeswoman said. said the person. Spring's unique thaw and refreeze adversely affected operations, resulting in a schedule in which access roads became impassable and then impassable again as temperatures fluctuated.
April 9, 1999
Former Messick High School principal Tom DePuit has left his position to become linebackers coach for a new semi-pro football team in Shreveport, Louisiana. “It was a great opportunity to coach pro football,” he said. “My friend called me and said, 'Can you do it?'” And it hurt to go back to football. ” The Shreveport Southern Knights are led by former Purdue and University of Texas head coach Fred Akers. The league is part of the Regional Football League and currently includes six teams: the Houston Outlaws, Mississippi Pride, Mobile Admirals, New Orleans Thunder, and Ohio Cannons. The Knights played their first exhibition game against Toledo last weekend, DePuit said. The Knights won 16-6. They play New Orleans this weekend. “It's pretty cool,” DePuit said. “I got to work with guys who played in the NFL,” said DePuit, who had never experienced the heat and humidity of a tropical summer. He's also working on catching the Southern drawl. “As I said to you the other day, 'Guys,' I'm making progress,” he said. “I also ate crawfish for the first time the other day.''
