Sweet tradition: Lansing family keeps up legacy by making candy canes by hand

LANSING - Making candy canes by hand is a dying art.Only a handful of people in the United States still do it.Machines have picked up the process, churning out tons of perfectly striped, equally sized, identical canes.But the personal touch is important to a Lansing family that has been making candy canes since 1924.“There’s so much tradition if we do it by hand, it would be silly if we didn’t,” says Dan Blair, a candymaker at Fabiano’s Candy Kitchen, 214 S.

Mens volleyball in effect

In a spiking frenzy, the MSU men’s volleyball club kicked off its preseason with an impressive showing last weekend. The team hosted the Asics-Spartan Back to the Hardwood Classic, one of the largest tournaments in the nation with 42 competitors, including the varsity team from the University of Findlay. This competition helps determine the regular season rankings, and with a 4-1 record in the tournament, MSU is off to a good start. Sante Perrelli, 12-year volunteer head coach, said the team is young, but has handled that and other obstacles well. “We had to overcome a lot of adversities by running a tournament this size and playing well for two days, but the team handled it well.” MSU began its run by defeating Michigan, Louisville, Purdue and, in a close game, Findlay.

Annual Winter Festival and Chili Cook-Off hits E.L.

As the weather starts to get colder, an East Lansing event looks to help warm students and residents up.The city of East Lansing will host its 10th Annual Winter Festival and Chili Cook-Off from 2 p.m.

Sketchy People makes its campus improv debut at Common Grounds

East Lansing’s comedy improvisational group, Sketchy People, makes its MSU debut tonight in the Common Grounds Coffeehouse in the Akers Hall basement. The performance is part of open mic night.

Group fights poverty by feeding those in need

A community organization called Food Not Bombs is dishing up food with a message. By providing free home-cooked meals to those in need, members hope to show that the level of hunger in the United States is as large as the surplus of food that is being wasted.Michael Krueger, a history senior, said Food Not Bombs is an international grassroots political group that protests militarism and poverty by serving free vegetarian food to people in need and in support of ongoing political organizing efforts.

Police search for suspect in fourth area bank robbery

Lansing Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a Lansing bank Thursday morning. A teller at National City Bank, 2101 E.

Weekend Guide

Friday Blues musician Dave Moore performs at the Ten Pound Fiddle Coffeehouse in the Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove St.

Spartans topple Titans, 76-63

After the MSU women’s basketball team saw its 14-0 first-half lead dwindle to a 33-point tie against the University of Detroit Mercy at halftime, the Spartans managed to muster up shooting and defense to win in the final minutes Thursday night, 76-63.Senior forward Becky Cummings led MSU in a history-making performance with a career-high 25 points and 12 rebounds, en route to her 19th double-double.

Please read: Dont include subjects with e-mails

E-mail savvy computer nerds, Webmasters and people who have read “E-mail for Dummies” can relate to one another when faced with one problem-filled component of e-mail - the subject line. Usually, a short phrase or word to describe the overall mood of a message gave Web surfers an opportunity to say, well, the subject of the e-mail.

Lansing man charged with driving under the influence following fatal hit and run

A Lansing man was arraigned in Clinton County on Thursday following charges related to a fatal traffic accident Wednesday night.James Alan Shearer, 33, could face up to 20 years in prison on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol causing death, and failure to stop at the scene of a serious personal injury accident, police said.The liquor charge carries a 15-year penalty and the failure to stop charge could send Shearer to jail for an additional five years.He is being held in the Clinton County Jail.

Area business owners extend customer base with Web sites

Online shopping continues to grow at a steady pace and Internet services and local businesses are increasingly taking their services to the World Wide Web. Camron Gnass, owner of Vision Creative, 619 E.

Right here waiting for U: Marx sings today at Meridian Mall

Richard Marx is making a comeback.The Meridian Mall, 1982 W. Grand River Ave. in Okemos, will host a free concert featuring Marx at 7 tonight as part of the grand opening of its new food court.The event was put together by Tim Kiesling, program director for Lansing’s WFMK (99.1-FM).“Richard has a new album out, a new song release and he’s got two other songs on the radio he wrote that Natalie Cole and ’N Sync sing,” Kiesling said.

Dischords host annual holiday concert

The sounds of the holidays have arrived at MSU - Dischord style. The Spartan Dischords, MSU’s oldest a cappella group, will perform the “Dischord Holiday Spectacular” at 8 p.m.

Freshmen reflect on stress of college experience

For Brian Murphy, attending a university has meant making a big adjustment.The general business management freshman said his first year has been full of hard decisions.“It’s a lot different from high school,” he said.

SN should review unfamiliar music

I am writing in response to the letter concerning CD reviewing choices by The State News (“Paper reviews unpopular music,” SN 1128). I would like to thank The State News for not wasting an album review on a boy band whose CD could very easily be predicted as being the same crap it has previously released.

New online masters program set for 2001

For Susan Melnick, the Internet is an ideal tool for education and enjoyment that she uses several times a day.

Article brought needed attention

I am writing in response to Vincent Estes’ article (“Tenured faculty members dwindle,” SN 11/29). Estes’ report rightly identifies a very serious problem besetting higher education: the increased use of part-time, temporary and graduate student instructors. It should be made clear that this university cost-cutting measure not only serves students and part-time and temporary faculty poorly, it also has a long-term function of degrading the increasingly limited and besieged position of tenure-stream faculty.

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Student Food Bank hopes U wont have to go without a meal

It is sometimes perceived that college students are financially fortunate. But in reality, many college students are struggling to manage the costs of loans, books, car payments and often families.

Hate should not be part of college life

It came to my attention recently that hate seems to be a popular issue at the moment. Let me explain: In one week, I saw literature around my dorm for two unrelated anti-hate programs.Last week, an anti-hate campaign, “Not In Our Hall,” began in Holmes Hall.