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U.S. NEWS Saturday 24 November 2018

Salt stress: Road salt prices higher as winter looms

By MICHAEL HILL That town’s road superin-
Associated Press tendent, Daniel Kamerer,
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bud- says he also employs a
get-busting road salt prices technique to make the salt
are leaving municipal offi- go further — moistening the
cials in the Snow Belt hop- salt with brine or other liq-
ing for a mild winter. uids to make it stick to the
Salt supplies are tight on road rather than bouncing
the heels of a harsh winter off.
last year that depleted re- Orders can cover thou-
serves, leaving many locali- sands of tons, and the pric-
ties in the Northeast and es localities paying now
Great Lakes to pay prices per ton vary widely based
that range from about 5 on the supplier, volume,
percent higher to almost shipping costs and other
double. factors. Officials in snowy
“Everybody’s got their Syracuse, New York, for
fingers crossed for good instance, report flat costs
weather,” said Rebecca after extending a contract
Matsco, an official in west- from last year.
ern Pennsylvania’s Beaver Production issues at two
County, where one con- major North American salt
tract price came in at $109 mines have contributed to
a ton, 95 percent higher In this March 12, 2018 file photo, road salt is mixed by a front-end loader prior to loading onto tight supplies.
than last year. public works trucks in Freeport, Maine. Cargill is addressing a leak
The increases are frustrat- Associated Press in a salt mine 1,800 feet un-
ing to local officials who it could force them to de- get these materials,” said crease from last year. der Lake Erie off Cleveland,
are locked into tight bud- fer other road projects. But Jack Cunningham, public Ohio’s Lake Township, one of three U.S. mines the
gets. Some highway su- they can’t stop salting slick works commissioner in the which is paying about $90 company operates. Com-
perintendents say they roads. Albany, New York, suburb a ton, says the good news pany spokesman Justin Bar-
could choose to make “It doesn’t mean that of Colonie, which is getting is that it started the snow ber said it is working to fix
their salt supplies last by we’re going to stop salting, a relative bargain through season with about 85 per- leakage, but “it’s lowering
mixing in more sand, which it just means that it’s going a state contract of $62 a cent of what it needed in our salt production capac-
is cheaper. And others say to be more expensive to ton, a mere 5 percent in- storage. ity for this winter season.”q

Immigration agents arrest man who left church after a year

By JONATHAN DREW taken so he could apply side the country, accord-
Associated Press to stay in North Carolina ing to court documents.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An with his wife and son. He Several dozen protesters
immigrant who sought ref- has been living in CityWell came to the federal immi-
uge from deportation in a United Methodist Church in gration office in Morrisville
North Carolina church for Durham since late 2017 to in hopes of dissuading au-
11 months was detained avoid the reach of immi- thorities from arresting Oli-
Friday at a scheduled ap- gration officers, who gener- ver-Bruno. Alerta Migratoria
pointment with immigration ally avoid making arrests at said Oliver-Bruno was de-
officials, prompting more churches and other sensi- tained and put into a van
than a dozen supporters to tive locations . after entering the office,
block a law enforcement ICE said Oliver-Bruno, who and that supporters were
van and wind up under ar- has lived in North Caro- arrested trying to block the
rest themselves. lina for two decades, had van.
Mexican national Samuel no legal basis to be in the Online booking records
Oliver-Bruno, 47, was de- In this Dec. 13, 2017, photo Samuel Oliver-Bruno glances back U.S. and had exhausted show at least 20 demon-
tained at a Raleigh-area before preparing for interviews after the press conference held his “extensive” appeals. strators were arrested at
immigration office, accord- at CityWell United Methodist Church in Durham, N.C. Oliver-Bruno pleaded guilty the immigration office on
ing to a U.S. Immigration Associated Press in 2014 to using false docu- charges including failure
and Customs enforcement The advocacy group Aler- statement that Oliver-Bruno ments to try to re-enter the to disperse and resisting
news release. ta Migratoria NC said in a went to have fingerprints U.S. in Texas after a trip out- officers.q