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nUDAY ARREST Police have U-D high school assault suspect. 4S OUR SPIRIT Scattered relatives can reconnect anywhere. 3B WQDII-AM Detroit station hosts its last party today. 4B Sept. 24, 2004 Roadwork Local Express Obituaries ON THE WEB www.freep.com phonc 313-222-6600 Section der gets 1 year in sisters' deatHiS: Joyn Judge gives leniency for reckless drive at mom's request 4 BySUZETTE hackney FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER later.

On Thursday, Hughes apologized in court for the deaths of his sisters. Wayne County Circuit Judge John O'Hair told Hughes that his mother did not feel incarceration was an appropriate punishment for him, because it would cause her additional pain and grief. Teila was an honor student at Red-ford High School. Sharnita was an eighth-grader at Murphy Middle School and studied Chinese writing. Contact SUZETTE HACKNEY at 313-223-4536 or hackneyfafreepress.com.

into the air as it crested on the slight rise in the road before landing. It then swerved right, then left, before skidding into a tree at more than 60 m.p.h., police said. The speed limit at the location is 25 m.p.h. Hughes' girlfriend, who was riding in the front seat, told investigators that she and the others begged Hughes to slow down, police said. Hughes and two friends survived the accident.

He attended his sisters' funeral and was charged in their deaths about a month prison but was given leniency. In addition to the jail time, he was sentenced to five years probation and will have to speak at a minimum of 50 schools to warn teens of the dangers of reckless driving. On March 7, Hughes and his passengers were returning from St. Cecilia Church when he made at least three high-speed passes on Burgess Hill in northwest Detroit, police and witnesses said. Running a stop sign to gain speed, Hughes' white Mercury flew four feet "A Detroit man accused of taking a joyride that turned deadly for two of his sisters was sentenced to a year in jail Thursday.

Larry Hughes 20, was charged with two counts of manslaughter by motor vehicle in connection with the March crash that killed his sisters, Tei-fcLHolder, 16, and Sharnita Holder, 13. He could have faced nearly 20 years in Larry Hughes 20, was charged with two counts of manslaughter by motor vehicle for the March 7 crash that killed his sisters, Teila Holder, 16, center, and Sharnita Holder, 13, on a drive after church. He was driving more than 60 m.p.h. in a 25 m.p.h. zone.

LOOKING BACK TO THE FUTURE The Lodge will be shut in both directions today to replace bridges that cross 1-94 in Detroit. Immigrants are a net boom for region, state BRIAN DICKERSON FREEWAY MARVEL OF 1955 kx J. KYLE KEENERDetrat Free Press 7 Gov. Jennifer Granholm got some good news Thursday about Michigan's efforts to attract and retain college-educated workers. Speaking at a closed-door retreat where Granholm and The Ford-Lodge interchange was a new puzzle for Detroit's drivers By BEN SCHMITT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER her cabinet are framing their agenda for the year ahead, Wayne State University demographer Kurt Metzger said the state's much-ballyhooed brain drain is a myth at least after adjusting population figures for the thousands of degreed immigrants who've moved in since 1995.

Even as native 20-somethings flee the state for cooler pastures, Metzger 's analysis of census data shows their college-educated peers from Asia and Latin America are migrating to Michigan in record numbers. The bottom line, he told the governor's brain trust, is that "we're more than replacing the educated native-born with the educated foreign-born." Metzger, who oversees Wayne State's Center for Urban Studies, doesn't discount the significance of young Michiganders bailing for other states even if another recent analysis of census figures, this one by state demographer Ken Darga, suggests that about half of those natives eventually find their way home. But Metzger says the census data he's studied suggest that policy makers underestimate ft 'A-fo '7 i i If- fe i 7'7i 1 FSLu: From the vantage point of the 21st Century, the intersection of 1-94 and the Lodge Freeway is kind of ho-hum. It's little more than interconnected slabs of steel and concrete. And the thing is falling apart.

But when the first parts of it opened Jan. 18, 1955, Detroiters heralded the interchange as an engineering marvel right out of the 21st Century. One writer even compared it to a woman, describing the junction as "a gracious queen" with "graceful curves." As impressed as they were, though, Detroiters quickly became confused when they tried to drive on what was one of the first multilevel highway interchanges in the state. Result: Major traffic jams, fender benders and instructions and maps in the newspa-: pers on how to TONY SPINAFrw Press tile ptwto navigate it. Fast forward to The Lodge-Ford interchange became one of Detroit's busiest, with heavy traffic crowding the lanes in this 1966 aerial photo.

Designers had hoped that the expanse of concrete would solve problems, but traffic jams became common. Please see DICKERSON, Page 3B Flint mayor has carrier arrested in paper chase GETTING TO FORD FIELD Here are ways to avoid the l-94Lodge Freeway shutdown this weekend on your way to the Lions game againsi cayies. "For the first time in half a century, the sky is open on all sides to people on their way to work." LOUII COOK the 21st Century: The media are filled with stories about how to live without the interchange as it closes today for at least two months while workers rebuild the bridges that take the John C. Lodge over 1-94, a.k.a. the Edsel Sports fans' road will be tough this weekend By SHAWN WINDSOR FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER The mayor of Flint had a newspaper carrier for the Flint Journal arrested earlier this week after the carrier refused to reveal the names of his subscribers who got the paper in City Hall.

Mayor Don Williamson allegedly spotted the carrier with newspapers under his arms, stopped him, demanded the names, and called the police the carrier was held and MATT HELMS Tonight at 9, we lose two freeways: The Lodge over 1-94 shuts down through Thanksgiving, and 1-94 closes at the Lodge through 5 a.m. Monday. Detours questioned for about 15 minutes before he was released. In July, Williamson issued an executive order forbidding niv amninvwie frnm rpflrlincr 1 i I any newspapers or magazine Ford Freeway. "Back when the freeways were first being constructed, the novelty of the uninterrupted mobility was something that was embraced," said MDOT spokesman Rob Morosi.

"Today, they're not as appreciated. We grew up with them. For previous generations, they were new. Today, the non-mobility of a freeway tends to raise the irfc of our citizens and leads to numerous complaints of commuters." In 1955, the Ford-Lodge inter-cEange was the linchpin of Detroit's ever-growing freeway system, which Wks the pride of city and state officials, planners and auto industry executives. The interchange, which cost $15 million (about $103 million in today's dollars), actually opened in phases over a several-week period.

Covering the opening, Free Press reporter Louis Cook wrote: "For the first time in half a century, the sky is open on all sides to people on their way to work." He marveled over the view of downtown from the rise of the southbound anicie or oiner material mai wasn't exclusively devoted to city business. The American Civil Liberties Union said the ban violates the First Donald J. Williamson will be posted, but plan extra time for delays. For the duration of the Lodge work, detours will follow 1-75 and the Davison Freeway. For this weekend, 1-94 traffic will follow 1-96 and 1-75 to get around the shutdown between the Lodge and 1-96.

There are two big sporting events this weekend affected by these closures. If you're going to the Lions game Sunday, take 1-75, Woodward or 1-375 to Ford Field for the 1 p.m. kickoff against the Philadelphia Eagles. If you're headed to the University of U1TOH Free Press bound 1-75 will see periodic closures for bridge beam setting at Dixie Highway from 10 tonight to 10 a.m. Saturday.

Stress and the commute Here's something else to think about as you ponder the next two months without the Lodge Freeway, closed at 1-94 in Detroit through Thanksgiving. "We are investigating a complaint filed on behalf of city employees," said Greg Gibbs, chair of the greater Flint chapter of the ACLU. "We will ask the city to discontinue this order." "We obviously think he made a mistake and we are trying to resolve it," said Paul Keep, the editor of the Flint Journal. Flint Police Chief Gary Hagler told the Jour- 1-275, which connects with 1-94 or M-14 heading toward Ann Arbor. Elsewhere: In Macomb County, the ramp from the northbound M-53 to eastbound 23 Mile will close for widening of the exit ramp from 5 a.m.

Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday. In western Wayne County, the ramp from westbound 1-94 to both directions of 1-275 will be closed from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

In northern Oakland County, south- Michigan game against Iowa at Please see FLINT Page 2B Please see HELMS, Page 2B Please see FREEWAYS, Page 2B p.m., try taking 1-696 or 8 Mile to.