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Pistons' success sells locally

Sarah Al-ramadhan
June 7, 2004

The Detroit Pistons' recently earned Eastern Conference Champion title has had East Lansing businesses scrambling to catch up with the fan-based hype. Stores are expanding their selection of Pistons merchandise, while restaurants are adding TVs to handle the influx of fans expected for the NBA Finals, which started Sunday. "We have already sold most of what we have," said Jerry Collins, manager of MC Sports, 5002 W.

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Student housing might be limited

Jaclyn Roeschke
June 7, 2004

Student housing in some East Lansing areas could be restricted or prohibited due to a new East Lansing rental housing ordinance. With signatures from two-thirds of property owners, community members can petition the City Council to turn their neighborhoods into rental overlay districts - which would limit or restrict new rental housing licenses from being issued in their areas. "With this ordinance people can keep the integrity of their single family homes, and the neighborhoods that are rental can keep their integrity," Councilmember Vic Loomis said. The ordinance will keep areas designated for university rental housing more separated from those designated for East Lansing families.

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WEB ONLY: Rare tiger cub dies at Potter Park Zoo

Evan Rondeau
June 3, 2004

The rare Amur tiger cub born May 24 at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing died Monday. The seven-day-old female cub, born amidst heavy rain that flooded the park entrance and parking lot, might have had an infection or brain damage, according to a zoo veterinarian, adding infant mortality in Amur tiger cubs is highest during the first week of life. Last year two Amur tigers, Kendra and Charley, were given to the zoo for breeding purposes through the national Tigers Species Survival Program.

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WEB ONLY: Event to showcase area's gardens

Evan Rondeau
June 3, 2004

Flower lovers can visit the Gardens Galore Tour 2004 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The event is sponsored by National City Bank, Great Lakes Capital Fund, and Local Initiatives Support Corporation to benefit the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition (GLHC). Ten area gardens are featured, including some in East Lansing, Okemos, Williamston and Lansing. Tickets for the event are $15, and are available at all area Beaner's Gourmet Coffee and Wild Birds Unlimited locations, Mole Hole, 234 S.

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Amateur-built aircrafts receive low safety stats

Carl Lindquist
June 3, 2004

Three days after three people were killed in a home-built airplane crash, advocates of amateur-built aircraft are defending the genre's safety - claiming federal statistics portraying it as comparatively unsafe are invalid. Allen Ward, 52, from Ypsilanti, piloted the kit plane that crashed in Vermontville Township on Monday afternoon.

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Bureau urges residents to be local tourists

Rebecca Mcnulty
June 3, 2004

Lansing - In an attempt to get people who live in the Lansing area to see it as a vacation destination, local officials are offering visitors to mid-Michigan on Saturday the chance to visit Potter Park Zoo, the Michigan Historical Center and about 30 other local attractions all for a $1 ticket. "Be a Tourist In Your Own Town," an event sponsored by more than 20 area businesses and the Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau, will give residents the opportunity to buy a passport for $1 access to attractions, such as; the Fenner Nature Center, Impression 5 Science Center, both in Lansing, and the Nokomis Learning Center in Okemos. The passport is good from 10 a.m.

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3 killed in plane crash

Carl Lindquist
June 1, 2004

Vermontville - Three people died Monday after a home-built, single-engine airplane crashed in a rural town, about 30 miles west of Lansing. Though a positive identification could not be made, the victims appear to be a father and his two sons traveling from Ypsilanti to Billings, Mont., Eaton County Sheriff Rick Jones said.

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Home for the holiday

Jaclyn Roeschke
June 1, 2004

Although gas prices are at an all-time high, and the weather wasn't too inspiring, many local residents opted to stay home instead of traveling north or south, to experience what mid-Michigan had to offer this Memorial Day weekend. In Lansing, there was music, cheering and clapping on Saturday at the city's annual parade.

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Opinion of loan rates vary among students

Evan Rondeau
May 27, 2004

MSU students are showing mixed responses to news of student loan interest rates reaching an all-time low, which would begin in July. Student loan lenders on Monday announced the interest rates will reach the lowest in the program's 39-year history.