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March 12, 2021 By Jim Myers
Washington, D.C. A House subcommittee hearing on innovation and investment in water resources infrastructure turned into a course on the importance of annual dredging at the nation’s ports and what to do with the mountains of material produced by that activity.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, did not hold back in venting her frustration over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ explanation on why dredged material cannot be turned into a useful byproduct.
“I have worked for four decades to try to get the Corps to find alternate uses for the enormous amount of dredging material that is picked up from the ports across this country,” she said.
Marcell Thomas Winston, 20, of St. Cloud, was sentenced Feb. 22 to one year in jail, with 363 days stayed, for one gross misdemeanor count of criminal vehicular operation for leaving the scene of collision. One felony count of fleeing a peace officer in a vehicle was dismissed. Winston was given credit for two days served, and he will be on supervised probation for two years. If he violates terms of probation, he could go to jail. Judge Mary Mahler presided.
Nicholas Allen Vinar, 30, of Buffalo, was sentenced Feb. 23 to a stay of imposition for one felony count of threats of violence. He was given credit for 106 days served. He will be on supervised probation for five years. If he successfully completes probation, the conviction will be deemed a misdemeanor. One misdemeanor count of domestic assault was dismissed. Judge Kris Davick-Halfen presided.