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Group seeks peace
Lansing - Mary Thomas didn’t spend the holidays visiting family - instead she hopped on a plane to work for peace in Israel. From Dec.
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Cell phone users in Meridian to get clearer, improved service
A multi-provider cellular tower is being built to improve cellular phone service in Meridian Township. The 180-foot tower will be constructed within the next month between Meridian Township Hall, 5151 Marsh Road, and its adjacent public safety building. The tower was designed to resemble a three-sided clock tower with panels hiding its antennae and a clock face on each side, township officials said.
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Kmarts future uncertain as stock price sinks
Despite reports of higher than expected sales for the last week of December, financial analysts predicted a grim future for Kmart stock. Wayne Hood, an analyst for Prudential Securities Inc., downgraded Kmart’s stock from “hold” to “sell” Wednesday after the announcement that the company, based in Troy, Mich., had a third-quarter loss of more than $200 million. “The analysts considered weak financial results for the fourth quarter as well as weak sales and earning expectations,” said Lawrence Meyers, first vice-president of Prudential Securities in Bloomfield Hills. The downgrade preceded a 72-cent drop in price on Wednesday and a 65-cent drop on Thursday.
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Centers kickoff includes millennium time capsule
In 2021, East Lansing residents will be able to look back at the progress the city has made in nearly 20 years and hopefully they’ll see improvement. As part of its Big Picture kickoff event Jan.
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Santa Claus to spread good cheer with drive thru service
Santa Claus will be making a couple stops around the Lansing area before he packs up his sleigh on Christmas Eve. Santa will make last-minute rounds Saturday and Dec.
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Grant helps farmers donate surplus food to homeless
The Food Bank Council of Michigan is being provided with funding to help with the overflow of homeless in shelters.On Tuesday, the State Administrative Board approved the Michigan Department of Agriculture’s proposed grant contract.The grant will supply the council with more than $980,000 for state emergency food assistance.Jane Marshall, executive director for the Food Bank Council, said the grant will help fund the Michigan Agriculture Surplus System (MASS).MASS is a partnership between Michigan food banks and the state’s agriculture industry.
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Unanimous vote by LCC trustees makes bylaws a reality for board
Brian Jeffries said the forum that was created to work on the bylaws for the Lansing Community College Board of Trustees worked diligently on them. “This subcommittee worked for six months and with the board and administration to protect the First Amendment Rights,” the board chairman said.
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Old Newsboys continue charitable work in Lansing
Lansing - Mayor David Hollister came down from his 10th floor office Wednesday to buy a paper from an Old Newsboy. Since 1924, the Old Newsboys Newspaper has been raising money to buy footwear for needy schoolchildren by selling newspapers with spoof news stories about people in the public eye. The paper is printed and written by the Lansing State Journal. On Friday, more than 400 Old Newsboys sales people will be stationed throughout the city selling the papers. Tom Shiels has been with the organization since 1968 and was a past president. He said the tradition began in 1910, when truancy officer George Palmer, noticed many children were not attending school in winter because they had no shoes to wear.
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New business breaks into Old Town Lansing
Lynne Patterson thought her new business could do some good work for the community. “I think there was a need for it in the Lansing area,” she said.
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Alternative couples gain benefits but not vows
A vote by the Detroit City Council will benefit gay and lesbian couples who are city employees - they are now able to register someone as their domestic partner.By a 7-2 vote, the city council approved a measure Friday which grants partner rights to alternative couples who are city employees.
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Stabenow works in Washington to secure borders
Michigan leaders in Lansing and Washington, D.C., worked Wednesday to improve security at the state’s international borders.U.S.
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Warm weather not going to last for U
Javier Ramos hopes to see his last 10 days in East Lansing stay as warm as they have been this week, but unfortunately for him the weather will drop significantly. “It is my last winter in East Lansing and it is treating me really good,” said the turf grass management sophomore, who returns to Spain on Dec.
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Forum calls out to citizens to discuss plans for city
Citizens and workers of the Lansing area are invited to attend a town forum tonight to discuss regional growth. The Tri-County Regional Planning Commission will conduct its second basic growth forum in a series of three.
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U Extension helps community celebrate Christmas together
A group of Upper Peninsula residents gathered for the first time as a community to celebrate Christmas on Saturday.The party included their first Christmas tree lighting and Danielle Bammert, community coordinator for the Sawyer Community Association, hopes it isn’t the last.The community association is located at the former site of K.I.
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Center to provide variety of features
The rooms and hallways of the East Lansing Hannah Community Center are still filled with workmen and tools of the trade, but a feeling of excitement is mounting among city staff.The center, 819 Abbott Road, now scheduled to open in mid-January after originally being scheduled to open Saturday.
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Complex to open first apartments for residents in January
Heather Locklear probably won’t be interfering in the love lives of residents in these Melrose apartments.The first apartment of Melrose Communities will be available in January.The apartments, located at 16789 Chandler Road, will be allowing students to move into the partially finished complex on Jan.
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Group seeks volunteers for senior citizen program
Using a helping hand to spread some cheer may be appreciated by some local senior citizens and individuals with disabilities this holiday season. Volunteers of America Michigan, 430 N.
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WMU, Cooley partner to offer joint degree
Officials of Western Michigan University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced a partnership that will combine the two schools’ resources.Western Michigan President Elson S.
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$6.3M to improve city transportation
Congress passed legislation Friday that would hand over about $6.3 million to improve Lansing transportation.The bill gives the city $3.33 million for reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, $750,000 for the Intelligent Transportation System and $2.25 million for Capital Area Transportation Authority.If the bill passes the Senate and is signed into law by President Bush, CATA’s portion of the money will be used to buy new buses, update equipment and fix fare boxes onboard.“We are very pleased,” said Brad Funkhouser, director of service development for CATA.
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LCC trustees work to turn practices into bylaws
The Lansing Community College Board of Trustees will meet at noon today to ink out some familiar ground rules.The group has been operating without bylaws for several years after changing to more of a forum type of governing body.