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By GREG KENNELTY

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Demolition of the storm-damaged McLoones Rum Runner restaurant was completed July 21, and construction is expected to begin on a new building in August, with a projected spring reopening. SEA BRIGHT Vestiges of the Rum Runner remain on the Ocean Avenue site where Tim McLoone hopes a new restaurant will be ready to open its doors to customers by spring.

We demolished the old building on [July 21] and it will probably take about a month to get the property in shape to actually start building, McLoone said.

We have to yank out the old foundation and then do remediating and inspection and bulkheading, too, since when the old dock came apart, it damaged them.

We anticipate sometime in August is when we will be building the new place and we hope to be ready by next spring.

The Sea Bright Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approved he application for the demolition and reconstruction of the restaurant on April 8.

The new, three-story restaurant, which will retain the Rum Runner name, will seat 298 patrons in indoor and outdoor dining areas including a second-floor mezzanine.

The architecture and ambience will reflect McLoones penchant for classic design as interpreted by architectural firm Anderson Campanella.

I know how to design a restaurant on the inside, but we hired them to do the building because I love that Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket look, and they can do that. I just want it to look like it has always been there, he said.

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RACINE COUNTY The Racine County Sheriffs Office is warning drivers to obey closed construction areas or receive fines.

Construction of the roundabout at highways 20 and 75 began Thursday, closing down the intersection to traffic, but a number of drivers have been ignoring the closed signs and even moving barricades, said Sgt. David Coughlin of the Sheriffs Office.

The Sheriffs Office is putting extra attention out there and violators will be ticketed, he said. The fine for failing to obey a construction zone sign is $213, he said.

The bottom line is that construction workers need to be protected.

Im not going to have a construction worker run over because their GPS is telling them to go that way, Coughlin said of drivers.

Drivers, even local residents, should follow detour signs, he said. The construction is set to go into October.

But staff at the Dover Inn, the landmark restaurant located at the southeast corner of the intersection, are worried about how to get customers to and from the eatery. Proprietor Joe Gruber said he didnt want customers to avoid heading to the inn out of fear of being ticketed.

This is going to scare off a lot of people in my eyes, said Gruber, who was planning on meeting with sheriffs personnel today for clarifications.

He was also worried about golfers who are coming to the restaurant this Saturday from throughout southeast Wisconsin for the Dover Inns annual golf outing and how motorcyclists will get there for several poker runs that have been scheduled.

Gruber was off on Thursday and had not checked on all routes available to get to the inn. But he understands that state Department of Transportations posted detour is the best way: By taking Highway A (Plank Road) to Highway 75 and then heading north to the restaurant. Gruber was unsure as of Thursday if there was a way to get to the restaurant on Highway 75 from the north.

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TWIN FALLS Grand Slam fans soon will have an opportunity to step up to the plate in Twin Falls.

A Dennys restaurant is under construction and its opening is about two months away.

We own the one in Burley, so were opening one in Twin, said co-owner Justin Silcock.

Silcocks partners are brothers Todd and Thomas Peterson. They opened the Burley location in April 2013. The new location, at 291 Pole Line Road in Twin Falls, will be completed this fall.

The partners have a history with nationwide restaurant chain, which was founded in 1953. Silcock owns A-1 Booth Manufacturing, a Burley-based company started by his father Richard that has been building and remodeling Dennys interiors throughout the U.S. for about 30 years. Petersons brother Todd works for Silcock.

We did most of the construction on the building in Burley, said Thomas Peterson, who oversees restaurant operations at the Burley location.

When construction in Twin Falls is complete, the restaurant will be staffed and new employees will be trained. Management already has been hired and trained, Peterson said.

The partners hired about 100 people when they opened the Burley location.

The restaurant will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including all holidays.

Weve been open 15 months in Burley and havent closed a day, Peterson said.

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A city Sanitation Department plumber swiped 240 gallons of gas from the citys supplies and hoarded it at his Staten Island home, authorities said.

Plumber John DiBerardino was slapped with a $4,000 fine Wednesday by the Conflicts of Interest Board and agreed to give up his job.

He took the gas - worth $681.60 - from a Sanitation garage over the course of six months this year and used his city-issued car to drive it home, according to the ruling.

Also busted but allowed to keep her job was an Office of Emergency Management worker who used agency letterhead to lie about her salary and pocket thousands in fraudulent welfare benefits.

Tanya Jenkins sent in bogus letters for four years and claimed to make $13.75 when she really made $17.75, taking $23,722 in food stamps and $403.17 in Medicaid benefits, COIB said.

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(Consumer Reports) - Lots of products promise to clear your pipes without having to call a plumber. But even though they contain harsh chemicals, Consumer Reports tests have shown most arent that effective.

Now Consumer Reports has just tested a mechanical device that attaches to your faucet and uses pressurized water to clean your pipes. Its called Drain FX. It claims its effective at clearing all kinds of clogs with no tools, no chemicals, no mess and no need to call the plumber. Besides the $20 version for sinks, Drain-FX has a Plus version for bathtubs and showers. It comes with a 15-foot hose extension and a special valve.

To test how well Drain FX works, Consumer Reports clogged pipes with things like fat, sand and human hair. Drain-FX worked pretty well. It cleared everything completely, except it only partially removed the clump of hair.

You do need to have a faucet that has to have a removable aerator, which most do. But if your drain has small openings, you may have to take it apart to get the tube down the drain.

As a comparison, Consumer Reports also tried a $3 traditional plunger. It worked too, but took longer and required more effort.

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Bill Howe Plumbing began in 1980 with one service truck belonging to San Diego plumber, Bill Howe. He started the company with his father and the mission to provide high quality plumbing services in San Diego at affordable rates. Over the past 34 years, he and his wife Tina Howe, have successfully expanded the Family of Companies to offer more than just plumbing in San Diego, adding heating & air conditioning, and Restoration & flood services to offer customers a one-stop-shop in home services.

Edwin Ruud developed the first automatic water heater over a 100 years ago. Since then, RUUD products have grown into one of North Americas largest manufacturers of quality heating, cooling and water heating products. Bill Howe Plumbing has been installing RUUD water heaters for over 20 years because of their high quality and affordability. Bill Howe Plumbing knows that all RUUD products meet and exceed rigorous industry standards and are the best choice for customers homes and businesses.

Beginning in July 2014, Bill Howe Plumbing, Inc. is happy to offer their customers a special offer for all new installations of specific RUUD water heaters. For the low cost of $100, they will add a 4-year warranty extension on all of the 30, 40 and 50 gallon gas water heaters with current standard warranties of 6 or 8 years. This will allow customers to have a brand new professional grade RUUD water heater installed by a professional licensed San Diego plumber and take advantage of having the life of the water heater extended by four years. As an additional bonus, customers can also claim a $100 rebate through San Diego Gas & Electric for the Pro models with a an E.F. rating of .62 or greater (this includes 30 gallon, PRO model 40 gallon and PRO model 50 gallon water heater).

We have always installed RUUD products with the confidence and knowledge that they will offer our customers the value and quality they have come to expect from our company, said Bill Howe, San Diego Plumber and President of Bill Howe Plumbing, Inc. We are especially excited to offer customers an extended warranty on new installations of professional grade RUUD water heaters.

For more information about the services offered in plumbing in San Diego by the Bill Howe Family of Companies, visit http://www.billhowe.com, or to speak with Bill or Tina Howe regarding this announcement, contact Bill Howe Marketing Director, Julie Riddle at Julie@billhowe.com.

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The detection of an adult Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) in an insect trap in a residential neighborhood in northeast San Luis Obispo has prompted a high density trapping delimitation survey of the surrounding area. A quarantine restricting the movement of citrus nursery stock and citrus fruit will be established by the California Department of Food and Agriculture to prevent the spread of this serious plant pest. Control efforts will take place in the near future in the area immediately surrounding the detection.

This is the second detection of ACP in San Luis Obispo County. The first detection occurred this past March in Arroyo Grande; only a single ACP was detected. Intensive trapping and visual surveys are ongoing, but no additional insects have been detected. However, a quarantine restricting the movement of citrus nursery stock and citrus fruit remains in effect in a five-mile radius surrounding the Arroyo Grande detection site.

The first detection of ACP in California occurred in San Diego County in 2008. Since then, it has been found throughout Southern California. This insect pest is of serious concern to Californias commercial citrus because it is responsible for spreading Huanglongbing, also called citrus greening disease, a plant disease that is fatal to all types of citrus trees. This includes citrus trees in countless landscapes across the county as well as local commercial citrus orchards valued at over $13 million in 2013, according to Martin Settevendemie, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer for San Luis Obispo County. Over the past ten years nearly 50% of the commercial citrus groves in Florida have been killed by this disease. The University of Florida estimates the disease has tallied more than 6,600 lost jobs, $1.3 billion in lost revenue to growers and $3.6 billion in lost economic activity for the state. The disease does not affect human health.

A single citrus tree infected with Huanglongbing was found in a Los Angeles County backyard in 2012. To date no additional detections of the disease in California have occurred.

Staff from the San Luis Obispo County Agricultural Commissioners office and officials from the California Department of Food and Agriculture continue to search for this pest by monitoring hundreds of insect traps placed in urban neighborhoods and commercial orchards throughout the county.

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