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(07-30) 09:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Jerry Garcia may be most closely linked in many people's minds with the Haight-Ashbury, but the Grateful Dead front man and San Francisco native actually grew up in another neighborhood - and the supervisor who represents that area wants to make sure he's remembered there.

Supervisor John Avalos introduced a resolution Tuesday that would let the city install commemorative street plaques in front of 121 Amazon Ave., where Garcia lived with his parents until he was 5, and 87 Harrington St., where he and his brother lived with their grandparents after his father's accidental death. Both homes are in the Excelsior district - which is also home to the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park, site of the annual Jerry Day.

The resolution is chock full of amazing historical facts about Garcia - whom it calls "a reluctant cultural icon of psychedelic music and the hippie movement that helped define San Francisco in the 1960s" - including quotes from Hunter S. Thompson and Bob Dylan and references to the Acid Tests, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, the Wall of Sound speaker system and the UC Santa Cruz Grateful Dead Archive.

"Garcia's childhood was surrounded by music: His father, Jose, was a swing-band leader, his mother played piano, and Garcia said he learned to love bluegrass and country music through his grandmother, Tillie's, habit of listening to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights," it states. "Commemorating the childhood homes of Jerry Garcia will celebrate Garcia's unique contributions to the social and cultural life of the city and help promote the significant role the Excelsior District played in the formative years of this unique San Franciscan."

The resolution, which will be considered by the Board of Supervisors in September, directs the Department of Public Works to complete the process for reviewing and permitting the installation of plaques outside Garcia's homes and place those addresses on the city's official list of commemorative sites.

- Marisa Lagos

More time to talk: Those free cell phones for the homeless and other people hurting for money just got a little freer.

Assurance Wireless, which began issuing no-cost cell phones to low-income Californians last year as part of the federally funded Lifeline effort, this month expanded its program to include unlimited voice minutes and texts. The change is crucial.

Until now, the program capped service at 250 talk minutes and 250 texts a month - but for anyone looking for a job or trying to connect with family or friends in desperation, as often happens in the street, those minutes and texts run out fast.

"This is a big change, and a very good one," said Bevan Dufty, who as San Francisco's head of homeless initiatives pushed hard for the free phone program last year. "It's going to make a big, positive difference in people's lives."

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LOWELL -- Following is a list of road construction in Lowell. All work is subject to weather conditions.

Acre

Broadway Street bridge conversion to one-way: Due to reduced weight limits, Boott Hydropower, Inc. has installed a one-way detour, diverting traffic coming into downtown around the bridge via Walker Street to Pevey Street to School Street. Due to the need for more extensive work than originally anticipated, repair is not expected to be done until 2015, and the one-way pattern will remain in effect.

Downtown

Two-way traffic conversion: Final conversion to two-way traffic is expected to take place in mid-August, but work is ongoing with signpost foundation, curb, sidewalk and ramp work. Excavation, utility work and paving at the following intersections: Dutton-Arcand, Merrimack-Shattuck, Merrimack-Palmer, Merrimack-Central, Merrimack-Prescott, Prescott-Central-Market, Market-Palmer, Shattuck-Market. New signal installation is expected to take place the latter part of July; switch to two-way pattern scheduled for Aug. 16.

Highlands/Sacred Heart/Back Central

Connector lights: MassDOT is replacing 89 streetlights throughout the Route 3/Route 495/Lowell Connector area. Completion is expected this summer.

Highlands

Chapter 90 road reconstruction projects: Wood Street from Westford to Middlesex Street; casting adjustments, days; paving, nights, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., beginning Thursday.

School Street from Liberty Street to Spring Avenue; paving nights, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., beginning Wednesday.

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The following road projects are planned for this week by the Midland County Road Commission and City of Midland Engineering Department:

Midland County

Stark Road Closed between Beamish and Bombay roads for bridge construction over the Sturgeon Creek.

Olson Road Cross tube replacement between 8 Mile and 9 Mile roads in Lee Township.

Magruder Road Cross tube replacement south of Neilson Road in Geneva Township.

Burrell Street Drainage work between Saginaw and Wackerly roads in Lincoln Township.

LaPorte Road Road grading between 7 Mile and 8 Mile roads in Porter Township.

8-Mile Road Road grading between M-20 and Prairie Road in Lee Township.

Olson Road Road grading between 8 Mile and 9 Mile roads in Lee Township.

Miller Road Road grading west of Woodcock Road in Homer Township.

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Highway paving set to start next week

ITD still projecting September finish date for road work

By TERRY SMITH Express Staff Writer

Paving is expected to start the week of July 28 on the northbound lanes of the state Highway 75 construction project south of Ketchum. The two southbound lanes were finished earlier this summer and are now being used to move traffic, northbound and southbound, through the 3.25-mile construction zone. In a construction update issued Wednesday, the Idaho Transportation Department explained that roadway preparation is nearly complete for paving, but that actual paving wont start until an asphalt test strip is applied and deemed acceptable by ITD. ITD is still projecting that the project will be completed by the end of September. Construction activities impacting traffic are anticipated to be finished by mid-September. The project, started in 2013, involves widening Highway 75 from Timber Way just north of East Fork Road to the bridge over the Big Wood River near St. Lukes Wood River hospital. When finished, the section of highway will have two lanes in each direction and center turning lanes and deceleration lanes at major intersections. ITD further reported in the construction update that:

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The city of Washington has been deeded more than 67 acres of land west of Grand Avenue to be maintained forever as a nature reserve.

The donation likely is the largest gift of land ever made to the city of Washington.

Officials have said they arent aware of any city the size of Washington that has such a large nature reserve.

City council members voted Monday night to accept a special warranty deed for the property from Miller-Post Property LLC.

The property will be called the Miller-Post Nature Reserve and be used for the purpose of retaining and maintaining land and water areas in their natural vegetative, scenic, open or woodland condition and to retain such areas as suitable habitat for fish, plants or wildlife, according to the deed restrictions.

Jacqueline D. Miller, manager of Miller-Post Property LLC, told the council that the seed for this decision was planted over 50 years ago.

Basically, we are the stewards of this gift of nature from God. It is up to us to take care of it and to nurture it, she remarked in addressing the council.

Miller said she, her late husband Dr. Frank Miller, and her late father, Dr. John Post, always wanted to keep the land in the natural state as a refuge for wildlife. Basically, that is what it is today.

She said other ideas for using the property were suggested but she rejected the idea of developing the land.

Miller said an article in The Missourian regarding tree restoration in the parks department started the thought process toward the idea of a nature reserve set aside to educate, acquaint our young people with nature and its marvelous attributes, learn about plants and animals.

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The following road projects are planned for this week by the Midland County Road Commission and City of Midland Engineering Department:

City of Midland

East Ashman Street Westbound Ashman closed from Cambridge to Swede. One-way traffic only for eastbound Ashman. Detour posted.

Washington Street Southbound Washington closed from Eastlawn to Ashman. One-way traffic only for northbound Washington. Detour posted.

Currie Parkway Bridge Closed for deck repairs and repainting of the bridge.

Partridge Lane Street reconstruction from Wackerly Street to Woodbridge Street. Closed to through traffic.

Wallen Street Street reconstruction and water main replacement from Lancaster Street to Kentwood Street. Closed to through traffic.

Rockwell Drive Southbound Rockwell closed with detour for the installation of a storm sewer to enclose roadside ditch from Kiesel to Patrick.

Elgin and Noeske streets Closed to traffic for replacement of water main on Elgin from Adelaide Street to Noeske and on Noeske from Elgin to Baker Street, as well as curb and gutter replacement, drainage structure repairs and street paving.

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LOWELL -- The city has announced upcoming road closings and construction work, according to Henri Marchand, assistant to the city manager. All work is subject to weather conditions. Information provided by project managers:

ACRE: Broadway Street bridge -- conversion to one way. Due to reduced weight limits, Boott Hydropower Inc. has installed a one-way detour, diverting traffic coming into downtown around the bridge via Walker Street to Pevey Street to School Street.

Due to the need for more extensive work than originally anticipated, repair is not expected to be done until 2015 and the one-way pattern will remain in effect until then. For questions/comments, contact Lowell@Enel.com

South Campus -- Broadway/Pawtucket Street intersection. Starting July 21, installation of construction signage, contractor mobilization, pavement sawcutting and removal of existing trees on Pawtucket Street.

DOWNTOWN: Middlesex Street sidewalk reconstruction work from Central Street to the Lord Overpass. Paving to be done at-night, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., beginning July 20;

* Sewer main work on Middlesex Street, Canal to Central Streets. Completion is expected Monday. Two-way traffic conversion is expected to take place in mid-August, however, work is ongoing with signal-post foundation, curb, sidewalk and ramp work.

* Excavation, utility work and paving at the following intersections: Dutton-Arcand; Merrimack-Shattuck; Merrimack-Palmer; Merrimack-Central; Merrimack-Prescott; Prescott-Central-Market; Market-Palmer; Shattuck-Market.

HIGHLANDS/SACRED HEART/BACK CENTRAL: Connector lights -- MassDOT is replacing 89 streetlights throughout the Route 3/Interstate 495/Lowell Connector area. Completion is expected this summer.

HIGHLANDS: Westford Street from Chelmsford to School Street.

* Paving nights, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning July 20, Wood Street from Westford to Middlesex Street.

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