Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Julie Baker

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E.L. librarian has passion for young adult readers

Mary Hennessey loves her job. As teen services librarian for the East Lansing Public Library, Hennessey works with and puts on programs for about 20 local teenagers who are active in the program and almost 80 others who are signed up for the Listserv. Hennessey told The State News about her work as teen services librarian.

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Meeting special needs

Sometimes, they just need a break. And that’s just what the LAP Respite Center aims to do for local families looking for temporary relief — a weekend or two-hour-long break from seeing to the needs of their high-needs children or dependents.

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Sow far, sow good

They’re not much to look at now — maybe just a few clusters of daffodils, nondescript greenery and an unassuming pavilion. But give the MSU Horticulture Gardens a couple months. That’s when they’ll come alive and that’s when they’ll be full of the perennial plants and the estimated 40,000 flowers and plants that are planted each year.

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Preserving the past

As MSU has grown from being the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan in 1855, so has the city of East Lansing. When Michigan Gov. Fred Warner signed a bill authorizing the city’s charter in 1907, East Lansing consisted of a mere 700 residents and stretched more than two square miles of land.

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