BIG SING

Six choruses from around the country will be in
Lockport Saturday night as the Lock City Glee
Club presents their "BIG SING" in the High School
Auditorium. They're coming from Niagara Falls,
Amherst, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. They'' combine for
six or eight songs and then each chorus will perform
individually. About 200 performers are expected.
Tickets are $10 at the door and $9 pre-sale. Call
439-0340. The show starts at 7. The last BIG SING
two years ago attracted about 800 people to the
auditorium.

THRUWAY AUDIT

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli saying Thursday
"everything is muddled" and he still doesn't know
if the Thruway Authority's recent toll hikes were necessary.
His remarks coming as his office released an audit of
the Authority's capitol plan for 2005 thru 2011. It says
the plan does not identify priority projects or specify
whether they're on time or on budget. It also says it will
cost a lot more than the projected $2.7-billion and will
take much longer to complete. DiNapoli said there's a
lack of transparency that makes it hard for New Yorkers
to understand why they're paying more to ride on the
superhighway. DiNapoli's office began a series of audits
on the Thruway Authority's operations in January. He says
he told them at the time to hold off because they had not
looked at their own spending or prioritized projects. He said
they were pushing back the very projects they used to
justify the increase in the first place. He said it begs the
question whether they were necessary. His office says
the Thruway Authority generally accepts the findings in
the audit and has implemented or will implement many of
the reccomendations it contains.

PENDLETON BIKE TRAIL DAMAGED

Pendleton Town Clerk Terry Pienta told Sheriff's deputies
yesterday someone did between $2,000 and $5,000 damage
to the Town bike path just South of Fiegl Road. She said
sometime over the past few days an unknown vehicle drove
onto the path and caused the blacktop to collapse.

STANDOFF RESULT

A Lockport man who held police at bay for more than
two hours outside an Olcott Street home back in
January was sentenced to five years probation yesterday
in County Court. Forty-two year old Michael Huntington
will also have to do ten weekends of duty in the County
work program. He plead guilty April 2 to third degree
criminal mischief. Huntington held a gun to his head during
a standoff and threatened to kill himself but a negotiator
talked him out of it. He apologized to law enforcement
officials yesterday.

WILSON HAZING CASE

The cases against two Wilson High School baseball
coaches in the hazing case have now been put off till
November 18. Bill Atlas and Thomas Baia were slated
to be in Town Court last night. Their attorneys say they
need more time to look at the responses they received
from the prosecution on motions they previously filed.
Atlas and Baia were suspended from teaching and coaching
following the April hazing incident on a team bus. They
each face three charges of child endangerment. The three
former players are also slated to be in court the same
night. They're charged with hazing.

NIAGARA FALLS SCHOOL BOARD

The Falls School Board spending time last night reviewing
the recent report by State Comptroller Ton DiNapoli. They
must decide in the coming weeks whether to take disciplinary
action against Superintendent Carmen Granto, Operations and
Maintence Supervisor Butch Beyer, and former Business
Manager James Ingrasci. DiNapoli's audit found that Granto
falsely reported his leave time and used his district credit card
for personal expenses. Beyer circumvented a requirement to
process requisitions through a purchasing agent and also
mis-used a credit card, and Ingrasci overpaid employees by
more than $500,000. The School Board has till January 7 to
address all 33 issues raised in the audit.. It said disciplinary
action would be left to the board.

CULINARY TRAIL

The Governor has o-k'd the creation of a Niagara Culinary
Trail that will link eight Lockport restaurants through roadside
signs. Town of Lockport Supervisor Marc Smith says the
signs will probably be put up next Spring. The trail will start
on South Transit at the Erie County line and lead to Thaxton's
Dinner House, Cammarata's, and Manhattans in the Town.
It'll also include the Metropolitan Bar & Grill in the city plus
The Shamus, Danny Sheehan's, Garlocks, and DeFlippo's.
Smith said there will be four culinary trails in the State but
the next nearest will be in the Finger Lakes region. Smith
said Marjim Manor owner Margo Sue Bittner suggested the
idea. A meeting will be held November 11 in Town Hall to
plan promotions for next year.

NFTA PROPOSES FARE INCREASE

The NFTA is proposing to raise bus and rail fares twice in the
coming year. The first would take effect Janaury 1 when fares
would increase from $1.50 to $1.75. The second would come in
July when they'd go up to $2. The cost of all day, monthly and
30 day transit passes would also increase. The Authority's
Surface Transportation Committee voted yesterday to hold a
series of public hearings on the plan in early December. The
vote on putting the increases into effect would have to come by
the end of December as part of their budgetting process for
2009-2010. State law says it must be balanced. Erie County
lawmakers voted 14-0 yesterday to ask the Authority to exhaust
all budget cutting avenues before even considering the increase
but Executive Director Larry Meckler said they had already done
so. The last fare increase was in 2005.

LOCKPORT SCHOOL BOARD

The Lockport School Board will decide next Wednesday
on whether to present a $29.5-million capitol project
to voters December 16. The plan would pay for
a massive upgrade at the High School and pay for
a new varsity stadium. The Board will decide next
week whether to present the two projects together
as one proposition...or to seperate them into two.
They were told last night it would not increase
taxes because the work would be paid for with
money in a reserve account and with building
aid from the State, which would pay for 89.1
per cent of the project.

THRUWAY AUDIT

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli saying today "everything
is muddled " and he still doesn't know if the Thruway Authority's
recent toll hikes were necessary. His remarks coming as his
office released an audit of the Authority's capitol plan for
2005 thru 2011. The audit says the plan doesn't identify
priority projects or specifiy whether they're on time or on
budget. He also said the plan would cost a lot more than the
projected $2.7-billion and will take much longer to complete.
He said there's a lack of transparency making it hard for New
Yorkers to understand why they're paying more to travel on
the superhighway. DiNapoli's office began a series of audits
on the Thruway Authority's operations and finances after the
toll hikes were proposed in January. He says he told them at the
time they should hold off on the increase because they had not
looked at their own spending or prioritized projects. He said
now they're pushing back the very projects used to justify
the increase in the first place. He said it begs the question
even more if the toll hikes were necessary. His office says
the Thruway Authority generally accepts the findings in the
audit and has implemented or will implement many of the
reccomendations it contains.

LOCKPORT CITY COUNCIL

The Lockport Common Council voted Wednesday night
to allow Police Chief Larry Eggert to begin the search for
a new communications console. Council President John
Lombardi said it would be made by the same company
that produced the one used by the Sheriff's Department
so dispatchers could be movwed around if one or the
other were to fail. It will be paid for with Homeland Security
money. Lawmakers also agreed to spend $7,500 for a
promotional video on the Flight of Five project. The
Mayor says they need it to show to local foundations
as they try to raise the cash needed for the $10-million
project. It'll be produced by Kevin Crosby. The Council
also voted to ask for bids for two new dump trucks
for the Water Department. One would be equipped
with a snowplow and salt spreader. They're expected
to cost about $90,000. Lawmakers also set the
official trick or treating hours for Lockport as being
from 4 till 7pm next Friday.

WALL STREET BAILOUT/FALLS CONCERNS

The "freeze" is on for hundreds of millions of dollars
in golden parachutes and other such compenstation
for insurance giant A-I-G. State Attorney General Andy
Cuomo said Wednesday New Yorkers are contributing
more than $62-billion to bail out Wall Street and they
have a major stake in how companies like AIG spend the
money. He said AIG agreed to freeze $600-milion
altogether including a $19-million "golden parachute"
for ex-CEO Marty Sullivan. Cuomo says no such
payments should be made until taxpayers recover the
$120-billion they poured into AIG plus interest. He said
AIG should be an example to others and if they're
extravagant he'll go after them and attempt to
recapture misspent tax dollars. Cuomo's work on
AIG prevented him from attending a community forum
yesterday in the Falls. His staff carried on without him
and listened to complaints and concerns from about
600 people who attended the noontime session at the
Conference Center. The topics ranged from health care
to the environment to civil rights. His staff said
afterward they would review what was said and decide
what might need to be investigated.

BINGO

The former chairman of bingo games for the Hartland
Volunteer Fire Company plead guilty in County Court
Tuesday to stealing more than $8,500 from the
operation. Forty-six year old Lee Ann Smith of Ridge
Road took the money between January 1 and April 22.
She'll be sentenced December 16 by Judge Matt Murphy.
She could get as much as four years in prison and
will also have to repay the money.

CAMBRIA MARIJUANA ARREST

Ten small bags of marijuana, a small wooden grinder, a pipe,
and a white pill were found by the Sheriff's Department around
10:15 Wednesday morning when they stopped a 23 year old
Sanborn man on Burch Road in Cambria. Robert Prange of
3568 Saunders Settlement was pulled over after a data base
check showed his license was suspended for parking violations.
The grinder and the pill were allegedly found in Prange's
pockets, the pipe under the seat, and the rest was in a backpack
in the trunk. Prange's bail was set at $500. He's due in Town
Court October 29.

ANELLO

Greater Niagara Newspapers reporting today a federal grand
jury in Buffalo is expected to hand up indictments soon against
former Falls Mayor Vince Anello and developer Joe Anderson.
One source told the paper it could happen early next month.
The Gazette said they've learned a new federal prosecutor has
taken over the case and testimony before a white collar corruption
grand jury is expected to resume later this week. Sources told the
paper several current and former City Council members got a
subpoena to testify.

LOCKPORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Three police agencies showed up at LMH around 1pm
Wednesday after State Police got a call an elderly man
with a gun was going there to kill his wife. The man was
there when the Sheriff's Department, Lockport Police, and
State Police arrived but he had no weapon and wasn't charged
with anything. Washington Hunt Elementary School was
briefly locked down as a precaution.

HOME INVASION

Three men kicked in the door of an apartment at 6594
Dysinger Road just after 11 Wednesday night. One of
them was dressed in black, had a bandana over his face,
and was carrying a handgun. A victim described him as
being light skinned but said he was unsure of his race.
The other two were said to be African Americans and they
were wearing black hooded sweatshirts. One of the
victims hid in the bathroom while the other three escaped
through a bedroom window. One of them later chased after
the two black men when they went out the rear door. He
then called deputies from a nearby apartment complex.
Nothing was taken during the break-in.

STOLEN CAR

A 2003 black Buick stolen from an Elmwood Avenue home in
Lockport Sunday night turned up early Tuesday when police
found it being driven by a drunk driver. Twenty-nine year old
Thomas Yarger of 6479 Hope Lane led police and Sheriff's
deputies on a chase through the city and town after refusing
to stop when police tried to pull him over for crossing the
center lines on Lincoln Avenue. It ended in the back parking
lot of Bitterman's Collision where he crashed into a pile of
dirt. Yarger jumped out and ran but was caught by deputies
and officers. An unloaded shotgun was found on the front
seat. He refused to perform field sobriety tests and to take'
a chemical test and was uncoopertaive during booking,
He later complained of pain in his side and was taken to
L-M-H. He's charged with felony DWI and six other counts
including resisting arrest and possession of stolen property.

PERCY CONTRACT EXTENSION

The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation
announcing Tuesday they've approved a 27 month
contract extension for current President & C-E-O
John Percy. Board Chair Tricia Mezhir said the
contract is just about the same as the one he
had previously. He was promoted to the top
spot in 2006 after serving as Vice President of
Sales and Marketing. Mezhir said his success
can be measured in the increasing number of visitors
coming to the County and in the bed tax revenues
collected by it's three cities.

BUFFALO CREEK CASINO

The group trying to shut down the Seneca's Buffalo casino
filed a motion yesterday in U.S. District Court to force the
federal National Indian Gaming Commission to shut the
facility downwithin five days. They also want the Court to
hold the Commission in contempt for not closing it sooner.
The Commission has until Monday to file an appeal on Judge
William Skretney's original rulings. He revoked the Gaming
Commission's aproval oif the facility in July and in August,
he ordered the Commission to carry out it's obligations
and decide whether the casino should be closed.

CANDY STORE RAPE AND ROBBERY

The Falls teen accused of robbing and raping a clerk at the
Watsons Chocolate store August 9 was indicted yesterday.
17 year old Anthony Markel of South 86th Street allegedly
grabbed a knife the woman was using to cut fudge and forced
her into a backroom. Police said $1,000 was taken from the
register and another $75 from the victim. Markel could get
life in prison if convicted. He's charged with three counts of
predatory sexual assault, another of first degree rape, and two
counts each of committing a first degree criminal sex act
and first degree burglary. He plead not guilty and continues
to be held on $250,000 bail.

ASH REMOVAL

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster says he's considering a
request by the Housing Authority for the city to contribute
as much as $3-million to help pay for the removal of the
incinerator ash that's getting in the way of the Hope Six
Housing Prpject. The ash was found on former City
parkland. It's discovery stopped construction on the
$72-million project in August. Dyster says he's asked the
Housing Authority and the project's developer....Norstar
Development...for exact estimates on the amount of the
waste and how much it'll cost to take it to a landfill.
He said they're committed to try to find a way forward.

FIBER CORPORATION FIRE UPDATE

Officials finally coming up with an estimate of damage from
Sunday's massive fire at North Tonawanda's International
Fiber Corporation. Lumber City Fire Chief Joseph Krantz
putting the figure at $2.5-million. He also said the federal
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is helping with
the investigation into the cause. He said they suspect
asbestos is inlcuded in the debris and all the rubble is
being treated as if it's "dirty." It's being hosed down and
hauled away on tractor trailers to landfills. Krantz told the
North Tonawanda Common Council last night the company
plans to stay here and wants to resume production as soon
as possible. Fire crews were still there Tuesday putting out
hot spots. There were several flare-ups caused by the high
winds.

MIDDLEPORT

A 2005 Pontiac Vibe was stolen around 5:30 yesterday morning
from a home on Johnson Road in Middleport. The 42 year old
victim telling Sheriff's Deputies he was awakened by the sound
of stones moving in his driveway. He looked out the window and
saw his vehicle being backed out. It went West on Johnson Road
towards Lewiston Road. The man said a workbook for his wife's
job was inside.

HIDDEN CAMERAS

Hidden cameras have been installed in nursing homes in
Western New York to expose and prosecute mistreatment
of residents. State Attorney General Andy Cuomo saying
Tuesday he's used them in four cases elsewhere resulting
in 26 convictons of nurses, nurses aides, and an owner.
He said they get permission to install them from the families
or legal representatives without informing anyone at the
facility. The cameras can be monitored in real time so
they can stop abuse as it's taking place. He would not say
how many patients are being monitored locally.

RAKEEM GOLSON

Eighteen year old Rakeem Golson of Lockport was sentenced to
13 years in prison yesterday after being found guilty of 19 felonies.
All but one taking place during a home invasion in a Locust Street
apartment in April 2007. Golson also admitted to mugging a teenage
boy and girl in August 2007 on North Transit. Judge Sara Sheldon
Sperezza gave Golson concurrent sentences on the 18 counts from
the home invasion where he pistol whipped a man and a woman.
He'll serve 8 years for that and she tacked on five more for the
mugging. Golson punched the male victim in the jaw after taking
his necklace and cell phone. A co-defendent, 30 year old Amy Bower
of North Adam Street, was sentenced to a year in jail. She plead
guilty to two felonies and could have received seven years.

COUNTY LEGISLATURE MEETING

Lee Simonson, Malcolm Needler, and Art Kroening among the
faces at the Courthouse last night as the County Legislature
held a bi-centennial reunion. Simonson represented Lewiston for
32 years and saluted Porter Republican Philo Brooks. He said
Brooks treated taxpayer money as tight as bark on a tree. Needler
said he never watched the meetings on cable TV while he was in
office and doesn't now. Twenty one former members were at the
session. In the night's business, lawmakers o-k'd a resolution
equalizing the pay of all four County coroners at $17,500. They
passed a resolution urging the state to give the Falls Medical Center
an increase in aid and another urging the state not to solve it's
budget deficit by passing the costs of mandated programs onto
the counties. A resolution to issue $6.7-million in bonds to pay for
ten major purchases and construction projects was pulled from
the agenda. Chairman Bill Ross said the ten projects would
probably be seperated into individual resolutions and voted on
at their meeting November 5.

RALPH "BUCKY" PHILLIPS

Lawyers for Ralph "Bucky" Phillips were in State
Supreme Court today in Rochester where they're
moving forward with an appeal of his conviction for
killing a State Trooper. Phillips claims he plead guilty
because he got bad advice from a court appointed
lawyer. His current legal team wants his convictions
overturned so he can stand trial once again. He was
sentenced to life in prison in December 2006. Prosecutors
say it'll be about a month before a decision is made.

NIAGARA FALLS HOUSE FIRE

A fire that started in the kitchen and spread to the hall
did an estimated $20,000 damage this morning to a
1 1/2 story wood frame home at 2747 Grand Avenue in
the Falls. The blaze was reported just after 10:30 and
heavy smoke could be seen when crews arrived. The
fire was quickly brought under control and firefighters
cleared the scene in about an hour. The Red Cross is
assisting 2 adults and 2 children.

EXTRA MONEY

Organizers of Lockport's "Mothers Day Breast Cancer
Canal Walk" recently handed over a check for $5,000
to Niagara Hospice. Walk Chairperson Rebecca Kelly
says they still use the majority of the proceeds to
support a wig room for survivors, but they had an
excellent year and had some extra cash to give to
one of their favorite charities. The Walk raised over
$43,000 this year.

WHEATFIELD

Wheatfield Supervisor Tim Demler not a happy camper
last night after being told the town needs to spend another
$18,000 to get the C-S-X railroad bridge crossing the
Boulevard ready for painting. The town's engineer said
the money's needed to prepare specificiations for the
containment of lead paint, traffic control during the actual
painting, and to see if there's any asbestos on the structure.
Demler was unhappy even though the railroad's going to
reimburse the town for the job. He said they didn't need to
spend $18,000 to find out how to paint a bridge and called it
another example of government bureaucracy. The Board
decided to wait till next month to decide on what steps to
take. They also withdrew a plan to create a drainage and
storm water budget line for next year. They'll pay for any
work with surplus money.

INTERNATIONAL FIBER CORPORATION FIRE

Officials still can't say what caused Sunday's massive
fire at the International Fiber Corporation in North Tonawanda.
They're still trying to determine where the blaze started. The
plant manager thinks some of the facility can be salvaged
and the company's vice president of human resources
said their 65 hourly workers are on standby and are still being paid.
She said the plant could be shut down for two or three weeks.
The fire started around 6:30 Sunday morning. It was fought
throughout the day by firefighters from North Tonawanda,
Tonawanda, and Wheatfield.

ROYALTON TOWN BOARD MEETING

Lawmakers in Royalton voting 3-2 Monday night to o-k
a new four year contract with town employees. It provides
for a wage increase of 2 per cent in the first two years,
a 3 per cent hike in 2011, and a 2 per cent increase in 2012.
The town will also pay for 100% of their health insurance.
Supervisor Richard Lang and Board members Jennifer
Beiber and James Budde voted yes. The two no's came
from Brad Criswell and Brad Rehwaldt. All five voted in
favor of a law on drainage regulations. It prevents landowners
from plugging ditches that could flood their neighbors
property. The board also held an informational meeting on a
proposed law to regulate the use of outdoor furnances. Lang
said it would help people who are getting smoked out when
neighbors use them for heating pools and for other things.
Some residents said the law could be used for other purposes
and brought up situations where someone might complain
simply because they did not get along with their neighbor. Planning
Board member Mary Sedona said they'll probably settle on
a compromise setback regulation. Lang said aftewards he would
discuss the issue further with the Board.

BORDER DELAYS

It'll take a bit longer to cross the border into Canada
starting today. Workers are installing technology at
the Rainbow, Lewiston-Queenston, and Peace Bridges
to scan vehicles entering the U.S. They're not expected
to finish till around November 23. A spokesman said two
lanes would be shut down at a time and only on weekdays.

FACING THE MUSIC

A 27 year old Rochester man turned himself into Lockport
police Monday in connection with an incident that happened
August 16 at 28 Park Place. Shaun Allen allegedly threw a knife
at his girlfriend while she was holding their infant child. She told
police Allen was mad because she would not go out to a bar with
him. She said he started choking her and pushing his fingers into
her eyes while she was still holding the baby. All of this was done
in front of her juvenile neice. Allen left the scene before police
arrived. He's charged with menacing, coercin, harrassment,
endangering the welfare of a child and criminal contempt. The
latter charge stems from Allen's violation of a limited order of
protection issued by Family Court.

COCAINE

41 year old Mark Simkin of 36 Baker was arrested by Lockport
Police around 6:30 Monday night. He allegedly was found to
be in possession of a large quantity of cocaine at 25 Marshall
Place. He's charged with two counts of third degree possession
of a controlled substance.

FAMOUS FORECLOSURES

The woman running against Francine del Monte next month
is slated to have her home sold at a foreclosure auction
November 13th. Paula Banks Dahlke told the Buffalo News
she expects to take steps to cancel the sale and save her home.
Niagara Falls attorney Paul Grenga has the same problem. His
home in Lewiston is scheduled to be auctioned off November
12. He's also hoping to refinance and stop the sale. Banks
Dahlke and her husband owe more than $106,000 on their
home in Hartland while the Grenga's owe more than
$206,000 on their home in Lewiston. Banks Dahlke said
her problems started when she was hospitalized for 11
days in 2006. That led to the loss of her second job and then
her husband lost his additional income at Barden Homes.
Grenga said he simply made some bad investments.

COUNTY LEGISLATURE

Many former members of the County legislature will
be honored tomorrow night at the Courthouse. They've
been invited back for a special bi-centennial tribute that'll
precede the regular 7pm meeting. Chairman Bill Ross says
he, and many of his colleagues in both the majority and
minority caucuses look forward to speaking with the people
who held their seats before them.

TIME WARNER-LIN BROADCASTING

The Governor getting involved in the dispute between
Time Warner and Lin Broadcasting. Patterson wrote an
open letter to the officers of both companies Friday and
offered the services of a mediator to resolve the dispute.
That's his deputy secretary for labor and financial
regulation, Charlotte Hitchcock. She was recently at the
bargaining table with AIG and the federal reserve and helped
reach a workable solution to their liquidity crisis. Paterson
said the discussions won't be easy but Western New Yorkers
deserve a speedy resolution.

NEWFANE BUDGET

Lawmakers in Newfane expected to pass next year's
$7.7-million budget following a public hearing Wednesday
night. The spending plan includes a small tax increase that
would amount to $3.50 on a home assessed at $100,000.
Supervisor Tim Horanburg says it's mainly due to an increase
in the refuse special district. The entire budget is about
$500,000 more than this year. The public hearing starts at
7:30 Wednesday in Town Hall.

NEW CHURCH

Buffalo Bishop Edward Kmiec was in Swormville
Sunday breaking ground for a new $8-million building
for Saint Mary's church. They expect to begin construction
next March. Saint Mary's is one of the growing parishes
in the diocese and the new building will seat a thousand
people. The current church can only accomodate 500 and
there are 2400 familes in the parish. It'll be the first new
church to be built in the Diocese since the bishop began
announcing parish mergers and closures in March of last
year under the process known as a "Journey In Faith & Grace."

POST GAME SATURATION PATROL

A 22 year old Medina man was among three people arrested for
DWI Sunday in a saturation patrol in Erie County conducted by
11 police agencies following the Bills game. Zachary Baldwin
was originally stopped on Armor Duells Road in Orchard Park
for not wearing a seat belt. He was subsequently charged with
felony aggravated DWI....as was 41 year old Mark Bishop of
Lancaster. Police say Bishop has six previous alchol related
arrests. He was also charged with endangering the welfare of a
child as his 7 year old son was in the car at the time. The third
DWI arrest involved a 42 year old Hamburg woman. State Police
say they issued 98 vehicle and traffic tickets...including 52 for
speeding and 8 for not wearing a seat belt. They promise
the patrols will continue following all home games.

MARIJUANA BUST

A 54 year old Falls man was charged with having a large
amount of freshly cut marijuana in the trunk of his car
Sunday after Sheriff's deputies pulled him over for having
a loud muffler. Winston Lewis of Ferry Avenue was stopped
about 9am on Hartland-Sommerset Townline Road. He told
deputies he cut it in a field in a farm on McClew Road but
deputies could not find anymore when they went to check
out the location. The pot was found in a basket after deputies
detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Lewis was charged with a muffler violation and 4th degree
criminal possession of marijuana.

INTERNATIONAL FIBER CORPORATION FIRE

Firefighters worked well into the evening Sunday putting out
a blaze that destroyed most of the International Fiber Corporation
complex on Tonawanda Island in North Tonawanda. The fire started
around 6:30 yesterday morning in a rear building on the west side
of the sprawling manufacturing and storage warehouse. The smoke
could be seen for miles and officials called it one of the worst fires
in the city in recent memory. Investigators are back today trying to
figure out the cause. The plant manager said some of the complex
can be salvaged. The damage is expected to be in the milions of
dollars. The company has 65 hourly workers.