GABRIEL DRIVE

Lockport police arrested a 42 year old resident of
Gabriel Drive just after 6 last night after they went
to investigate a 9-1-1 hang-up. They found a
disturbance in the parking lot where several
people were arguing. Carmen Ubiles of 47
Waterman allegedly was screaming and yelling
and eventually directed her anger at police. They
said residents came out to watch the commotion
and Ubiles was informed she was under arrest for
disorderly conduct. It took several officers to
bring her under control and she refused to be
fingerprinted or photographed at headquarters.
She was charged with resisting arrest, two counts
of obstructing governmental administration, and
disorderly conduct.

BILLS

The Bills Monday filled out the remainder of their
pre-season slate. They'll play the Bears in Buffalo
sometime between August 13-17, then play at Green
Bay between August 20-24, and at Pittsburgh between
August 27-31. They'll close out the pre-season
in Detroit on either September 3rd or 4th. It was
already known they would open the pre-season
against Tennessee in the Hall of Fame Game on
Sunday, August 9. It will be carried by NBC, all
the others will be on channel 7. The home games
will all be played in Buffalo, there is no preseason
game in Toronto this year.

FALLS REPUBLICANS

Republicans in the Falls last night endorsed
Candra Thomason, Ted Janese, and Vincent
Sandonato for the City Council race this Fall.
The decision coming after they interviewed
five potential candidates at the LaSalle branch
of the library. Thomason served one term on
the Council and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor
in 2007. Janese is an attorney with an office
on Pine Avenue. He's 31 and said he decided
to run because he's fed up with the all
Democratic council. Sandonato is 23 and a
graduate of Saint John Fisher College. He
works as a legal assistant for a law firm in
Amherst.

STATE BUDGET

The new state budget just about decided on over
the weekend. It's full of more than $7-billion in
new taxes, fees, assessments and surcharges.
Single taxpayers making more than $200,000 a
year will see an increase and it'll cost more for
a drivers, hunting, and fishing licenses. They're
also planning to add a nickel deposit for
bottled water. The STAR rebate checks have
been done away with. The total spending plan
comes to $131.8-billion, $10.7-billion more than
the Governor proposed just three months ago.
About two thirds of the increase will be paid for
with federal stimulus dollars.

HARTLAND BURGLARY

More than $4300 worth of guns and electronics
were taken during a Sunday afternoon break in at
a home on Ridge Road in Hartland. The loot
included a 42 inch Westinghouse flat panel TV,
a Sony laptop, a Remington rifle with scope,
and a G-2 muzzleloader. Deputies said a
neighbor saw a male in his mid 20's in front of the
home and talking with some other occupants in
a dark blue van. There was no sign of forced
entry. The 38 year old victim told them his father
may have accidentally given a woman a set of
keys to his home when he gave her some others
to watch over his property while he was out of town.

TRACTOR TRAILERS COLLIDE

About 150 gallons of fuel spilled this morning at
Transit and Robinson after two tractor trailers
collided just after 4am. The Sheriff's department
says both vehicles were going North when one
attempted to make a right hand turn in front of the
other . It continued northbound clipping the fuel
tank of the other. The County Haz Mat team contained
the spill. There were no injuries and no estimate
of damage. The mishap closed the North lanes for
about 4 1/2 hours.

LOU SABAN

Former Bills Coach Lou Saban is dead at the age of 87.
He died just afterv 4am yesterday morning at his home
in North Mrytle Beach, South Carolina. The Bills saying
this morning owner Ralph Wilson and the entire organization
pass along their deepest sympathies to his wife Joyce
and the entire family. They said his knowledge of the game
and his unique personality were the perfect fit for the early
years of the American Football League. Saban served two
stints as coach, leading the team to back to back AFL
championships in 1964 & '65. He turned the team around
when he came back from '72 through '76. They made the
playoffs in 1974. Saban had been having heart troubles
in recent years. He recently suffered a fall that sent him to
the hospital. The Bill said they are sad he will not be around
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the league and their
franchise.

HOCKEY GAME

The Niagara Falls Fire Department bested the
Police 13-1 yesterday in a charity hockey game
at the Hyde Park Ice Pavillion. Thge fundraiser
was held to raise money for Officers Walt Nichols
and Mike Bird. They were shot and wounded while
on the job in February.

PALADINO

The 29 year old son of real estate developer Carl
Paladino is still in critical condition today at
ECMC. Patrick Paladino was hurt around 1:30
Saturday morning in a one vehicle accident just
outside the entrance to Beaver Island State Park
on Grand Island. Erie County Sheriff's deputies
say he failed to negotiate a turn and lost control.
His SUV went airborne across the trafiic circle
and overturned several times shearing off a tree
in the process. Paladino was ejected and thrown
about a hundred feet. He is one of three children
of Ellicott Development owner Carl Paladino.

LOCKPORT OFFICER HURT

Lockport police officer Matthew Hurtgam was treated at
Eastern Niagara Hospital-Lockport last night for an injury
to his right knee following an incident at the Wilson Farms
store on Park Avenue. Police were called there around 11:30
for a report of a suspicious male. Twenty-one year old
Aaron Coughenour of 47 Waterman was found on the side
of the store with two seperate packs of beer. Police determined
he had stolen it from the store and Coughenour tried to run up
North Transit. Officer Hurtgam was injured in a brief struggle.
Coughenour is charged with resisting arrest, petit larceny,
assault, and obstructing governmental adminustration. The
beer was worth $27.37.