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THE IIMBv' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2005 ILLIANA EDITION 10 PAGES OF LOCAL NLu MORE LOCAL ADVERTISERS MORE LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS The old the beautiful They just don't build 'em like they used to. si it Sill LOW 2004 004 fz -JJHfc I 2007 2008 t(i--w- GEORGIA STREET 1-65 BORMAN TO CLAY STREET INTERCHANGE 2009 PROJECT COMPLETED BORMAN SCORECARD BRIDGES IN GARY OVER BORMAN CALUMET AVENUE TO CLINE AVENUE re road woes ahead Mo GUflNJBfiL MUMS SMfiBE Off STARTING MARCH 1 Work on Broadway phase of Borman project begins Crime, political endorsements fuel final debate before election CONSTRUC THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES INCUMBENT Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush CHALLENGERS Cheryl Cornelius Pam Cap Election day is Tuesday in Calumet City. BY MEMA AY I mayinwitimes.com 219.933.3241 CALUMET CITY Political endorsements, crime and economic development were hot topics for the three mayoral candidates at Thursday's debate at TF North High School. Both Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush and challenger Cheryl Cornelius last week questioned the impartiality of the Calumet City Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the event to inform voters participating in Tuesday's Democratic primary See DEBATE, A6 1 JON i HENDRICKS THE TIMES A sign on the Burr Street entrance ramp to the Borman Expressway warns motorists Thursday of construction. Work at the Broadway interchange begins March 1.

Eastbound onramps and offramps will be closed at that location during March and April. Officials vow to keep three lanes open during day Legislators brainstorm state budget options Borman Expressway reconstruction The Broadway phase March through April AK Eastbound onramps, offramps closed BY ELIZABETH EAKEN eeakennwitimes.com 219.933.4183 HIGHLAND Another construction season on the Borman Expressway is here. Work on the second leg of the six-year reconstruction project begins March 1 at the Broadway interchange. The six-year project involves the first complete reconstruction of the Borman since it was built 50. years ago.

It runs from Calumet Avenue to just east of Interstate 65 and will widen the roadway to four lanes in each direction. The reconstruction was designed to handle traffic for the next 20 years and is scheduled for completion in December 2009. Beginning March 1, the eastbound entrance and exit ramps at Broadway and Interstate 8094 will See ROAD, A5 i 005 ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY RYAN KEITH Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD Unhappy with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's proposal to raise cigarette taxes, state lawmakers from both parties are searching for other ways of coming up with new money. Some suggest charging sales taxes on items that are now exempt, such as toothpaste, bottled iced tea and medicated shampoo, saying it could raise anywhere from $60 million to more than $100 million a year.

Senate President Emil Jones also likes the idea of letting See LEGISLATORS, A6 Open travel lanes Closed travel lanes III SOURCES: Indiana Department of Transportation THE TIMES FIND BORMAN UPDATES Visit the INDOT Web site at www.borman.in.gov, call the toll-free hot line at (877) HWY-WORK or see FastTimes, A10 'Activist' pleads not guilty in extortion case Ku Klux Klan message tells of recruiting effort DERRICK MOSLEY is accused of trying to extort money from New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield. a longtime romance with a famous musician that ended more than a decade ago and that the images arose from that relationship. The musician is reportedly Chicago-based star R. Kelly. Sheffield said he already knew about the relationship.

Williams said he notified the FBI immediately after Mosley contacted him, which prompted the federal charges that brought Mosley to court Thursday. Mosley was charged with bank fraud in 1999 and after pleading guilty was sentenced to one year in prison and placed on probation for five years. BY GABRIEL S. OBERFIELD Medill News Service CHICAGO In another twist to an already turbulent off-season for baseball, the man accused of trying to extort New York Yankee Gary Sheffield with sexually explicit tapes of the ballplayer's wife pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court. Sheffield's agent, Rufus Williams, said last November that Derrick Mosley a self-styled community activist told him he would publicize tapes of Sheffield's wife having sex with a former boyfriend.

Mosley, of Chicago's South Side, information about its mission. According to the e-mail, the group also will pull addresses from the phone book and public records to mail out its literature and recruit members. It also is looking for Little League teams to sponsor. "We are targeting this area because we do not want to see the surrounding area of Gary turn into the same kind of area," the e-mail reads. "Most of us have had family our parents and grandparents who See KLAN, A5 BY ALLISON FASHEK afasheknwitimes.com 219.662.5333 CROWN POINT A white supremacy group may be setting its sights on Northwest Indiana.

A man claiming to be a member of the Mystic Knights of the Ku Klux Klan e-mailed several media outlets Thursday, writing that the group plans to target Porter, LaPorte and Lake counties by sending residents its newspaper, The Flame, and posting fliers with told U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on Thursday that he did not try to pressure the Yankees outfielder. When the alleged threats to Sheffield surfaced in November, the Yankees slugger acknowledged that his wife, DeLeon, had SPRING IS HERE Cubs and Sox pitchers and catchers gear up for spring training. CI 50 cents CSG WORKERS MAY GO UNION Employees claim same work for less pay, benefits. G1 Bridge E2 Classifieds Comics D13 Crossword E2, F2 Horoscopes E2 Movies D3 Obituaries B6-9.