The public is invited to attend a hearing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on pedestrian- and biker-safety recommendations to East Grand River Avenue. The open forum will be during the East Lansing City Council meeting in Courtroom 2 at 54-B District Court, 101 Linden Street.
The first of three phases of construction on Albert Avenue began Saturday. Albert Avenue from M.A.C.
The State News Board of Directors will meet at 1 p.m. on Friday in 150 Student Services. The board will discuss and vote on the proposed budget for the 2002-2003 semester.
Margarita Lara won a free month of rent Tuesday night for planting free flowers and grass seed. The fisheries and wildlife graduate student entered a raffle for the University Apartments Council of Residents’ beautification project. “It was a really good opportunity because I like flowers,” she said. The council, made up of residents from all three on-campus apartment communities, offered the free rent as an incentive to increase participation in the activity.
Only $33 million would remain in the “rainy day” fund under a bill passed by the state Senate to patch up budget holes. The legislation passed 37-0 and was sent to the House last June 5.
The East Lansing School Board failed to bring back 33 faculty and staff members at their meeting Monday night. Reinstating 75 employees was just part of passing the $39.4 million budget for the 2002-03 school year. “The whole situation was complicated,” school board President Susan Schmidt said.
The Council of Graduate Students will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 328 Student Services to discuss a proposed budget for the 2002-2003 year.
Joy Whitten believes it’s time for the state to do away with the antiquated laws regarding sex education.“When teens are given honest information, they make more responsible choices,” said Whitten, community specialist for the Planned Parenthood Mid-Michigan Alliance.
The Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame, 213 West Main St., Lansing, will hold the 18th annual Picnic on the Lawn on June 13.The theme is “Rosie the Riveter” which coincides with its new exhibit “A Few Good Women: The Role of Women in the Military during the Second World War.”The picnic will pay homage to Michigan’s “Rosies,” women who worked in the war industry plants of World War II.
Lansing - Some of it’s red, some it’s beige, and some is green. Some of it’s chunky, some of it’s thin, and some is right in the middle.
Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital’s Golf Clinic will tee off June 11 to July 25.Anyone with a physical disability and an interest in learning to play golf or improve their game is welcome.The event will be from 10:15 a.m.
The fourth annual Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing breaks ground June 10 at the Lansing Center, 333 E.
Lansing - Pipeline companies will have to pay more to transport gas through Michigan if legislation proposed by lawmakers passes. The two bills, introduced by state Reps.
The Habitat for Humanity/Lansing will be breaking ground on its 15th anniversary project, “The House that Lansing Built,” at 6 p.m.
Former MSU President Jonathan Snyder is the reason Donald Straney came to MSU.“He cast a long shadow on the family,” said Straney, a zoology professor and assistant to the provost for faculty development.
Celebrate Father’s Day, June 16, in downtown East Lansing at the East Lansing Flea Market.More than 30 vendors will be selling a variety of goods at the market.
Thirty states have no laws regarding motorcycle helmets, and some Michigan riders think the state should become 31.“We’re the minority,” said Chip Ashton, treasurer of American Bikers Aimed Toward Education of Michigan.
After a difficult budget year and the threatened closure of a school, four East Lansing school-board hopefuls look to fill the board’s two vacant seats.William Donohue, Daphne O’Regan, Randy Bell and Brett Gillespie all look forward to possibly joining the board when the district needs them most.All of the candidates have children who attend schools in the district, except for Gillespie, who has brothers in the district.“I want to ask questions and increase communication,” said Gillespie, a recent East Lansing High School graduate.