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Downtown Subway relocates to Okemos

The downtown Subway restaurant, 330 Albert Ave., has closed and relocated to an Okemos Wal-Mart store, its franchise owner said. A saturation of East Lansing Subway locations and the opportunity to move into the Wal-Mart, which attracts high-traffic volumes and has "favorable rent factors," enticed owner Ken Adams to make the decision to move in late August. Store ovens, refrigerators, logos and other supplies were moved from the Albert Avenue location to Wal-Mart, leaving the inside cluttered with some mixed Subway restaurant materials, Adams said. "This was purely a business decision," he said. Other Subways near downtown East Lansing created a somewhat saturated market, Adams said.

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Costume shops report slow sales

This Halloween season simple, low-cost costumes will be seen on East Lansing's streets, costume shoppers and Halloween store workers predict. Costume sales have sagged behind last year's numbers, leaving Spider-Man suits on the shelves of Halloween Warehouse, 213 E.

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'Bird flu' not direct threat to area

Jennifer Toland
October 26, 2005

Although there are no reports of the "bird flu" in the Western Hemisphere, local health officials are working to prepare for the potential of a pandemic in Ingham County. On Tuesday, Ingham County residents who are not identified as being at "high-risk" of serious health effects from influenza were allowed to begin receiving vaccinations.

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Officials: change old batteries in fire alarms

Margaret Harding
October 25, 2005

East Lansing Fire Department officials are encouraging residents to change the batteries in their smoke detectors on Sunday, along with setting clocks back an hour for daylight-saving time. The vast majority of fire deaths occur in homes without a working smoke detector, and people might not smell smoke, a press release from the city of East Lansing states. Working smoke alarms can double the chance of survival in a house fire, the release states.

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Word on the street

Do you think the recommendations made by the independent committee investigating the April 2-3 disturbances will have any effect on how decisions are made in the city? "I don't necessarily think that it will have a bearing on the city.

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Bike ride to advocate for bicyclists' rights

Margaret Harding
October 25, 2005

A bike ride through the East Lansing and Lansing areas is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at the Ranney Skate Park, located west of the Brody Complex. The ride is part of a worldwide event called Critical Mass, which is geared to promoting the rights of bicyclists and cyclists to use the road.

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Lansing-area monastery holds 'rain' retreat

Melanie Thomas
October 24, 2005

Pairs of shoes sat outside the doorway at a meditation building of the Lansing-area Dhammasala Forest Monastery on Saturday as about 50 monks and visitors gathered to chant. Inside, a row of barefooted monks, who bowed in reverence toward a golden shrine, had begun their morning of meditation and chanting.

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AIDS walk focuses on Hispanic patients

By Gabrielle Russon Special to The State News AIDS has become a pressing issue in the Hispanic community as the Center for Disease Control reported that members of the ethnic group comprised 19 percent of all AIDS cases in the United States in 2003, while making up only 14 percent of the population. On Saturday, a small group of Lansing-area residents marched a mile down Michigan Avenue toward the Capitol as part of the third annual Hope March to raise awareness about the seriousness of AIDS in the Hispanic community. The walk, which was organized by the Lansing Area AIDS Network, or LAAN, was intended to focus on the issues and prevention of AIDS among the Hispanic community, said Patrick Lombardi, director of development for LAAN. Thirty-one percent of all Hispanics said the AIDS virus was the second most urgent health issue in the country and reported the disease was a more pressing issue than obesity, according to a 2003 survey by Kaiser Family Foundation. The effects of the virus are visible on a local level in the Lansing community, Lombardi said. LAAN works with about 700 people inflicted with AIDS in 14 counties across the Mid-Michigan area.

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E.L. weekend fire injures four

Lauren Phillips
October 24, 2005

Officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire in an Oakhill Avenue home Friday evening that injured four firefighters and caused more than $300,000 in damages to the house and its contents. Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said the fire started at about 6:45 p.m.