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Wild winds in Cook County ~ www.cookcountynews-herald.com ~ Cook County News Herald <br />outages. Crews from Grand Marais Public <br />Utilities and Arrowhead Electric <br />Cooperative Inc. (AECI) worked through <br />e day and night. <br />j <br />~.~. <br />Staff Photos/Jane Howard Above: The <br />.winds were so strong on Monday, <br />September 28 that they tore down a <br />light pole on Highway 61 in Grand <br />Marais. Traffic backed up as the pole <br />:was pushed off the road. Upper right: <br />Mountain ash and pines in Grand <br />Marais were victims to the wind. Right: <br />Jelson's Traveler's Rest suffered the <br />loss of eight large trees and a picnic <br />table. <br />AECI Manager Don Stead said of the <br />countywide outages being reported, °The <br />linemen are doing their best, as they <br />always do." <br />However, recognizing the extent of the <br />storm damage, the cooperative called for <br />assistance from other cooperatives- <br />Lake Country Power and East Central <br />Electric-and from a contractor, Lake <br />States. At press time on Wednesday, <br />September 30, AECI spokesman Joe <br />Buttweiler said there were still 200 <br />members without power. All the main <br />feeder power lines had been repaired, <br />but numerous smaller distribution lines <br />to single services still don't have <br />electricity. "Work is progressing slowly <br />due to a number of broken poles that <br />eed replacement," said Buttweiler. <br />.~_....-._._._._r__..._.._..._._._-..-.._. <br />M <br />? E <br />c _ ±, <br />e , *' <br />~ # <br />~ ''~ ,Y <br />e ~ '~~, '. <br />~ l; <br />' -~~ ~ . <br />~ f ' ;~ <br />i t ^$:~.. <br />i ~~ ~ ~ <br />~: ~' <br />i SH~RPENI~TG SERVICE ' <br />~ STEEL & CARBIDE <br />~ CIRCULAR SAWS <br />~ s CISS oRS + gNIVES <br />~;- <br />y HAADS~A 5, C815F.L5,J~LKER BLbDE5 <br />~ Cif L w7~r. yaur ttt.3~,er slRarpen;ng nreds. <br />X18-35?-~34T <br />~. ~ . ,, ..._ =_Y~~-. ~..,-.~tir,_~,~. ~, .-.. _ ti r _-.~ <br />:, !r~z~~- ~-~,~ rtutt~C~r ~r~-F.ab 5aun.~; <br />~~ =~r.~`I ~.'e~~t cn ~uf Fi~-l ~l-~ s~+l~ra "~~at~r5. <br />'' ~Vi~~ .J`~_II-~.. ill u~~~ k~~Ui i~3 G~IJ fir~lr'+':5. <br />_1~1 E?,~.~~ 5tr~et irp Thur`l~ier Ea~;. <br />Toll-F,•ee~ 1-~1:'~~-~1<.-5~~~1 <br />Fred Koerieke <br />~~~~upcriorS~d~eE f fects.corn <br />~ 1 S-3ri; -~c5^.s • k~eneke ~ n~~rthl~~.Lar;7 <br />http://www.cookcountynews-herald.com/news/2009-i0-03/Front_Page/Wild_winds_in_Cook_County.html (3 of 7)t 1/5/2009 8:36:21 AM <br />