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Columns…The gator had pushed through a back porch screen door and came inside, probably looking for a snack…Sandra Frosti, 69, called the cops…Hope she asked them to bring heavy duty floor wax on their way over… …And out in San Francisco, biologists and a diving-gear outfitter developed a wet suit—just like surfers wear—for an aging penguin who’s losing his feathers…The African penguin is about 25 , five years beyond penguin life-expectancy… …He’d lost so many feathers he was getting cold in the water, so people at Oceanic Worldwide pitched in and fitted a special suit for him… …Now he’s back in the penguin tank having a good time rather than shivering on the side of the pool… …P.R. gal Paki Rico said the $200 million of expansion of 1-10 between the 29th Street and Prince Road exits is half done…Completion is due for early 2010…There are seven bridges carrying side-street traffic beneath the interstate… …Half of those bridges have been demolished and replaced…Now comes demolition and replacement work on the other half of the bridges… …So far workers have used 4.7 million pounds of re-bar, steel reinforcement bars…And they’ve poured 84,000 cubic yards of concrete…There are at least two tow trucks positioned along the seven-mile stretch at all times and they’re called out an average of almost three times a day… …If you want to keep up with progress try www.transview.org… …The U.S. Mint reports that it takes more than a penny of copper and zinc to make a penny, about 1.26 cents…And a nickel costs about 7.7 cents of copper and nickel… …U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrats, assigned to oversee the Mint and other things says “If we continue under the status quo, with each new penny and nickel we issue, we will also be contributing to our national debt by almost as the much as the coin is worth”… …The mint reports it costs a little more than four cents to mint a dime, 10 cents to mint a quarter and about 16 cents to make the dollar coin… —Saturday, May 10, is International Migratory Bird Day, and the folks at Tumac‡cori will hold a special event that morning…No charge… …The announcement says it will run 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Tumac‡cori National Historical Park… “Families, kids, beginning birdwatchers welcome…No experience needed…Binoculars provided if needed… “Best of all,” says the park “it’s free” including a continental breakfast about 10 a.m… …For more information call the park, 398-2341 ext. 72… —Also Saturday is the Smithsonian’s Star Party where astronomers set up telescopes at the visitor center, giving visitors a magnified, magnificient peek at the night skies… …The visitor center at the base of Mount Hopkins opens about 6 p.m., and observing begins about 7:45 p.m“…No charge… Jim Lamb’s a reporter for the Green Valley News who says to avoid I-10 traffic delays just stay home…All you’ll do in Tucson, anyway, is spend money. Reach him at jlamb@gvnews.com or 547-9749. Comment on this column online at www.gvnews.com.
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