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2A TIMES HERALD, PORT HURON, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2004 BLUE WATER FORECAST Weather updates every 15 minutes at www.thetimesherald.com Bipartisan bill paves the way for U.S. to import lower-cost Canadian drugs 20 industrialized countries, mainly Europe. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, one of its sponsors, said the bill "is a recognition of reality" that also assures safety by limiting Administration and manufactured at FDA-inspected plants. It also would increase the FDA's budget to do inspections.

Several cities and states facing budget crises have turned to Canada to buy prescription drugs for workers or made it easier for people to hook up with Canadian Internet pharmacies. A Senate Republican leadership aide put the chances of a bill passing the Senate at 50-50. TODAY RAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY The Associated Press WASHINGTON Support for legalizing lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada is growing in Congress amid an election-year clamor from states, lawmakers and the elderly. The White House and Republican congressional leaders remain opposed, saying there is no way to ensure safety. The latest legislation to allow Americans to fill their prescriptions in Canada was introduced Wednesday by a diverse group of Republican and Democratic senators.

It eventually would allow drugs to be imported from High 54 High 57 High 56 Low 38 Low 37 Low 42 High 60 High 55 I ran AA I 3A Sen. Olympia Snowe Partly sunny, Partly sunny and cool Continued partly sunny and cool Cloudy with a Partly sunny; cool and breezy chance of rain and storms continued cool temperatures imports to drugs approved by the Food and Drug AMTRAK: Final International run is Friday High Low Preclp Water plant Temp. Clarity pH Alk. Hantn. Port Huron 59 39 .15 Harbor Beach: 50 3.25 7.8 82 102 Normal 60 38 Lakeport: 39 0.95 8.1 79 99 Port Huron: 44 1.73 8.03 81 99 Marysville: 42 2.2 8.06 82 99 St.

Clair: 43 3.8 8.2 78 106 Marine City: 46 5.3 8.2 73 99 Algonac: 44 4.0 Recorded at 8 a.m. Wednesday. KEY: Clarity: Open-ended scale. Lower numbers are clearer. Average 1-2.

Tap water 0. 05: pH: range 0-14. 7 is neutral: Alkalinity: Open-ended scale. Tap water in 70s: Hardness: Open-ended scale. Tap water can be up to General: All figures can reflect temperature precipitation and pollution.

Coach END NEAR: Richard Bieniasz, a senior service attendant on the Amtrak-VIA International route, waves Tuesday as the train departs Port Huron toward Sarnia. The line's last run will be Friday. Trains still will run between Port Huron and Chicago. By TONY PITTS, Times Herald Solunar: Today: Friday: Air quality index: 60.4, fine particulate. UV Risk index: 3 (low) Maor p.m.

2:25 3:15 4:10 Maoil m. 2:00 2:50 3:45 Minor p.m. 8:40 9:30 10:25 Minor a.m. 8:10 9:00 9:55 Saturday: Best times tor hunting and fishing, based on moon and sun. TOMORROW 3 I Raiitl Rto Maris I I I 5 LAKES Lake Huron: Winds will be northeast 10 to 20 knots tonight and Friday, then veering north late.

Waves 1 to 3 feet. Lake St. Clair: Winds will be northeast 10 to 15 knots tonight and Friday, when they'll turn north. Waves about 1 foot. EXTENDED Lower Peninsula: Saturday will be partly sunny south, sunny north; highs 52 to 60.

Cloudy with a chance of rain and storms; highs 51 to 62. Partly sunny Monday; highs 54 to 62. Upper Peninsula: Mostly clear Saturday; highs 45 to 56. A chance of rain Sunday; highs 47 to 56. Partly sunny Monday; highs 50 to 57.

Continued from PagelA national route. Margaret Cordray, 85, of Algonac, takes the train west to visit relatives. She attended the earlier rally. "If they take this train away, I'm stuck," she said. VIA Rail Canada trains still will run between Sarnia and Toronto, but people will have to find their own way to the Sarnia The past The Blue Water line first pulled into Port Huron on Sept.

13, 1974. It was named the Blue Water Limited and started its regular runs on Sept. 15, 1974. More than 1,000 people turned out as the train pulled into what became the depot on 16th Street, near Beard Street, the same spot as the current location. The depot wasn't built until 1976.

The Port Huron High School band greeted the train, which included 19 Port Huron residents and officials who had been bused to Lapeer and then rode the train back into Port Huron. A special poster was distributed to mark the occasion. In its first month of operations, 5,538 passengers used the service. While discussion of expanding the service to Toronto surfaced in newspaper accounts almost immediately after the line opened, the International wasn't unveiled until 1982. "This improved service will improve coordination between Michigan and Ontario by providing a direct link between our capital cities," then-Michigan Gov.

William Milliken said when he announced the forma- Traverse City 57 I ONLINE Sagi naw 571 AMTRAK Grand RapidsTS8 www.amtrak.com Detroit BOrr fi Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. two nights in Chicago." The new train will leave Port Huron at 5:15 a.m. for Chicago and arrive back at 10:50 p.m. Now, a Chicago-bound train from Canada stops in Port Huron at 12:20 p.m. and another arrives at 4:50 p.m.

from Chicago. Amtrak has launched a campaign to market the retooled line. The rail company also has returned the ticket agent to the Port Huron station. The agent will be on duty when the train arrives and departs. The agent will also clean the train during the overnight hours.

Because the trains will be at the station in the early morning and late evening, Amtrak will add more lighting, Magliari said. OContact David Jesse at (810) 989-6258 or djessegannett.com. Customs delays also made the train run late. The Port Huron-to-Chicago line and an Amtrak line between Grand Rapids and Chicago are state subsidized. The rail company and state Legislature have bickered for years about the amount of the subsidy.

The two lines will cost taxpayers $7.1 million in the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. A third line, between Detroit and Chicago, receives no state money. Amtrak officials believe the reduced route and new times for the Blue Water route will attract more riders as it focuses on day trips to Chicago. A round-trip ticket to Chicago costs $46.

"People now can ride the train into Chicago and ride back that night, or only stay one night," Magliari said. "The current schedule forces people to spend 50s HUS M- v-r-5-. 60s 70s tion of the line on Oct. 11, 1982. The first International line made its way through the St.

Clair River Tunnel between Port Huron and Sarnia on Oct. 30, 1982. About 75 people gathered at the Amtrak station in Port Huron for a ceremony as the train from Toronto and one coming from Chicago met. The future Slumping ridership is one reason for the change to the new Blue Water line, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said. The line went from a high of 121,000 riders in 1997 to a low of about 81,000 riders in fiscal 2003.

70s 70s, 3 80sf M0 70s 80.5 70 2004 AccuWeather, Inc. Pressure: (H) E3 E3 EH ES3 EH EH FAIR: Event for job seekers aims to inform High Low Showert Rain T-atonms Flurries Snow tea Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy GLOBAL imioim ROUNDUP Albany.N.Y. Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boise Boston Chicago Columbia.S.C. Continued from PagelA career fair.

More than 30 employers from throughout Michigan gathered at the Port Huron campus to discuss job opportunities for people with varying levels of experience and education. Employers represented a variety of fields including health care, business and food service. The career fair attracted more than 360 people including SC4 students, alumni and community members. St. John Health, answered questions and passed out information and free scrubs to about a dozen nursing students huidled in front of her table.

"I think all hospitals are looking for nurses right now," Rizza said. "And this is a really easy way for us to get the word out about our hospitals and find some good nurses." Contact Erin Kosnac at (810) 989-6276 or ekosnacgannett.com. ment rate is 9.7 in St. Clair County and 12.6 in Port Huron. The state's unemployment rate is 7.4.

Perry Melton, 24, of Port Huron made his way from table to table, clad in a dark suit and tie. Melton is in his first year at SC4, studying business administration. "I just wanted to get out here, see what kind of jobs are available," Melton said. "It gives me a good idea of what the job market is like now." Maryanne Rizza, a recruiter for "I'm hoping that some of the people here will be able to land a job or at least get some job leads," said Patricia Leonard, associate dean of student success services at the college. "It's a great networking opportunity for people to get out there and see what kind of jobs are available." Leonard said this is one of the toughest job markets in several years.

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