Author of the article: Trevor Terfloth
Publishing date: Feb 09, 2021 • February 10, 2021 • 2 minute read • In this view from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, the Lake Erie bluffs are shown south of Merlin on Tuesday. Crews airlifted a man found at the bottom in need of medical assistance. (Photo courtesy LTJG Chris Combellick/U.S. Coast Guard)
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Thanks to a multi-pronged effort, emergency personnel were able to rescue a man from the Lake Erie bluffs south of Merlin on Tuesday afternoon.
Crews responded to Talbot Trail, near Merlin Road, to a report of an individual in crisis, Chatham-Kent police said. Officers followed his footprints in the snow, which led to the edge overlooking the lake.
By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: November 9, 2020 An Air Force A-10 pilot has been awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for landing his jet without serious injury after the cockpit canopy blew off and the landing gear failed during a training flight. Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett presented Maj. Brett DeVries with country’s oldest decoration for military aviation. “Maj. DeVries, you certainly demonstrated heroism and extraordinary achievement in your flight,” Barrett said during a ceremony Friday at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., northeast of Detroit. During the training flight in 2017, DeVries flew for 25 minutes after a misfire in the aircraft’s 30 mm cannon caused the canopy and several panels to blow off, Barrett said on Twitter. His “deft expertise” allowed him to save the aircraft and walk away with only minor injuries, she said.
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The precursors for several prominent decisions in Fort Smith were set in 2020. The city will see them play out in 2021.
City officials in 2020 made decisions related to the extension or implementation of taxes and the federal Consent Decree. Outside of the city government, state and federal officials vouched for Fort Smith as the location of a fleet of fighter jets for a security initiative in Pacific Indochina.
The Times Record has compiled a list of five significant decisions to be made or further considered in 2021 for Fort Smith.
Fighter jet fleet
Ebbing Air Force Base at Fort Smith Regional Airport is in the running with four other locations throughout the country for the location of F-16 fighter jets for the Republic of Singapore and F-35 fighter jets a decision officials expect to be made early in 2021.
by Chad Selweski It’s happening again. Michigan Republican Party bigwigs are latching onto Candice Miller as their best hope in the next race for governor. Though the 2022 election is 21 months away, the Macomb County public works commissioner is mentioned often these days in GOP circles as the best hope for the party to oust Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. A Harrison Township Republican, Miller’s political allure has made her a quadrennial favorite among GOP insiders for nearly two decades, every time the Republicans have an opportunity to retain or regain the governor’s mansion in this era of term limits.
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A construction contractor works approximately 35 feet below the surface while continuing to dig a shaft in order to reach the Macomb Interceptor sewer at a depth of 65 feet, along 15 Mile Road, west of Schoenherr Road, in Sterling Heights. The crew will eventually line the massive pipe for more than 8,000 feet to protect it for several decades from the possibility of collapse. (Macomb County Public Works Office photo)
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