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Zingermans brings home the bacon

Bacon lovers can pig out in Ann Arbor next week. Over the course of four days May 30 to June 2 the city is the site of Camp Bacon, a gathering of bacon makers, chefs and fans from across the country. Orchestrated by Zingermans, a popular business group in town, the event is now in its fourth year and opens with the Bacon Ball at Zingermans Roadhouse on Thursday, May 30. Award-winning chef Alex Young is preparing a menu to celebrate the artisan offerings of todays best bacon curers. Roadhouse bar manager, Carly Bower has concocted a grown-ups bacon milkshake with Maple syrup whiskey, vanilla gelato, and a strip of Nueskes Applewood-smoked bacon as a garnish.
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City celebrates bridge project

By Kody Klein
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U.S. Representative John Dingell made a confession about the East Stadium Boulevard Bridges when he stood in front of them last week. I will tell you that in the 10 years Ive represented this district, it is only now that Ill drive over it, he said. Dingell, along with U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, spoke at a May 14 dedication ceremony that celebrated the success of the East Stadium Bridges Reconstruction Project, which used local, state and federal funding to replace the old bridges that were built in 1928. Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje said the old bridges were in dire need for replacement. It was inspected constantly to make sure it was still safe, Hieftje said. All you had to do was look at it to know something was wrong. The new bridges were opened last November after 12 months of construction that required sections of South State Street and East Stadium Boulevard to be closed. The ongoing road closures were unfortunate for the surrounding neighborhoods, but Graydon Krapohl, member of the neighborhood association for Lower Burns Park, which borders both streets, said it was worth it. Take a look at the old bridge and the new bridge and its quite

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, Ann Arbor City Council Member Margie Teall and Mayor John Hieftje at the May 14 dedication ceremony for the East Stadium Bridges Reconstruction Project. a difference, he said. Its a vast improvement. It really is beautiful. The new bridges feature improvements including on-street bike lanes, new sidewalks, staircases connecting East Stadium Boulevard to South State Street, an accessible path for pedestrians with disabilities, landscaping and new water mains.
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Woman pleads guilty but mentally ill in fathers slaying

By Ben Baird
A2 Journal

Susan Wade has entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill to a charge of seconddegree murder and admitted to repeatedly stabbing her adoptive father with a knife. Ronald Mason, 86, was found dead on June 9, 2012, according to the Ann Arbor Police Department. He was stabbed between 20 to 30 times, according to court testimony. Wade, 49, has been held without bond in the Washtenaw County Jail since her subsequent arrest. Washtenaw County

Susan Wade Assistant Prosecutor Blaine Longsworth said Wade has accepted a plea deal, in which the count of open murder she was charged with will be dis-

missed for pleading guilty to the alternate murder charge. As part of this, Longsworth said Wade has agreed to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison. Because she is pleading guilty but mentally ill, she will receive psychiatric care in prison. Wade appeared May 14 in Washtenaw County circuit court for a final pretrial hearing. Second-degree murder is punishable by any number of years up to life in prison. Wade is scheduled to be sentenced on June 11. Longsworth said three things were submitted to

the court during proceedings, including a transcript from Wades preliminary examination hearing, a report from the county Forensic Center on Wades ability to stand trial, and a report by Dr. Phillip Margolis, professor emeritus of the University of Michigans Department of Psychiatry. According to reports published by AnnArbor. com, Wade suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and is on medication, but she told the court she was not taking her medication while she was staying temporarily with at her fathers and the time leading up to his murder.

Police were notified after a call requesting an ambulance was made at about 1:50 p.m. June 9, 2012. Officers were sent to Masons residence in the 1700 block of Covington Drive and found him deceased, according to police. Wade underwent a psychiatric competency examination at the Forensic Center following a preliminary hearing in court, and was considered fit to stand trial for murder. Staff Writer Ben Baird can be reached at 734429-7380, bbaird@heritage.com or via Twitter @BenBaird1.

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