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Metropolitan areas fail to make the grade for clean air

Shaun Byron
November 19, 2001

The state of Michigan won’t want to bring this report card home. A study released Tuesday by the Sierra Club gave Michigan and Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint and Grand Rapids areas failing grades for efforts to clear up the air with transit spending. Lansing was not surveyed. The study, which had been put together over eight years, had pooled information from across the country. Anne Woiwode, director of the Mackinac Chapter of the Sierra Club, said the organization looked at the largest metropolitan areas.

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Fog conceals Leonid meteor shower for many Sunday

Jamie Gumbrecht
November 19, 2001

Eyes stuck to the sky in East Lansing on Sunday morning might have been looking for the meteors predicted to pierce through the night - but all they saw was fog. The Leonid shower occurs every November when the Earth passes through the debris of the Comet Tempel-Tuttle.

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Homeless hidden by affluent community

Jamie Gumbrecht
November 16, 2001

Since she began volunteering one year ago, Erica Benson’s eyes were opened to a world she had never known - a world without welcome mats, milk and cookies after school and steady paychecks. The linguistics graduate student volunteers at Haven House, 121 Whitehills Drive in Lansing, a shelter for homeless families. Gov.

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Festival launches holiday season

Alison Barker
November 16, 2001

Fireworks will light up the sky behind the Capitol dome tonight to kick off the holidays with Silver Bells in the City. An electric light parade and the lighting of Michigan’s official holiday tree in front of the Capitol are a few of the attractions at the 17th annual celebration in downtown Lansing. “Thousands of people gather in a huge crowd and share the spirit of the season,” said Joanne Eason, a spokeswoman for the event.

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Community plans crisis response

Steve Eder
November 16, 2001

Lansing-area media, governmental, emergency, and business organizations made steps Thursday to prepare for crisis management.Community leaders met for a Crisis Communication Summit to plan for a joint response in the event of a terrorist attack at the Radisson Hotel, 111 N.

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Membership rises in white supremacist groups

Camille Spencer
November 15, 2001

Although unity has become a common thread among Americans since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, white supremacist groups in Michigan and other Midwestern states are using the incident to recruit new members, a recent study found.The Center for New Community, a faith-based organization in Chicago, released a report, “State of Hate: White Nationalism in the Midwest 2000-2001.”In the study, the group found 338 white nationalist groups in 10 Midwestern states, including Michigan.

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Legislators dont want Toronto trash

Steve Eder
November 15, 2001

Michigan lawmakers sent a message to Toronto saying “Michigan doesn’t want your trash.”The letter addressed to the Canadian neighbors asked Toronto city officials to reconsider solving the city’s trash problem at the expense of Michigan’s environment, economy, public health and safety.About 180 Canadian trucks carry trash across Michigan-Canada border crossings each day, said Matt Resch, a spokesman for Lt.

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Area storytellers gather for annual event

Sara Luneburg
November 15, 2001

Each night before she went to bed, Cheryl Bradley was fascinated by her mom’s stories of growing up on the farm. When the East Lansing resident had her own children years later, she continued the tradition, sharing the stories of their grandmother’s youth, adding in her own youth and making up others. But eventually, she said, they became too big to sit in her lap and listen. Then, about 14 years ago, Bradley heard about a Mason storyteller giving a presentation on the art. “It was an evening around Christmas and I went to it,” she said.

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Restaurants back campaign

Alison Barker
November 15, 2001

Buttons with big white letters that read, “I quit for the Great American Smokeout” will be at some local restaurants to support a day of smoke-free dining.Today, the American Cancer Society is asking smokers to give up their cigarettes for its 25th anniversary of the Great American Smokeout.“We would like to see smokers to go smoke-free to protect their community against the harmful effects of secondhand smoke,” said Kim Hoffman, community development director for the American Cancer Society’s Great Lakes Division, 1755 Abbey Road.More than 3,000 people will die from secondhand smoke this year, she said.

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ASMSU to pose tenant law to E.L.

Sara Luneburg
November 14, 2001

During the campaign for East Lansing City Council, candidates spoke frequently about the need to strengthen relations between city residents and university residents.Many of the topics brought up, including getting a student to serve on city council and changing the primary date for city elections, are also concerns facing ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government.

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City swears in members for council seats today

Sara Luneburg
November 13, 2001

Vic Loomis and Bill Sharp jumped a major hurdle last Tuesday when they were each elected to a four-year term on the East Lansing City Council.But today marks the home stretch with the official swearing-in ceremonies at the new council’s first meeting at 5:30 p.m.