Lansing - Greg Shepard never served America in Vietnam, but he paid tribute Sunday to friends he lost overseas. Shepard, a Lansing resident, was among hundreds who gathered to christen the Michigan Vietnam Monument on Veteran’s Day.
Lansing - Protesters stood in front of the Capitol on Sunday to voice their concerns over the anthrax vaccine being produced by Bioport Corp. The protest was held to inform the public about the concerns of people receiving side effects from the vaccine. Robin Hawes said she decided to get involved after she became sick from the vaccine. A member of National Organization of Americans Battling Unnecessary Service-member Endangerment, Hawes said she has testified to Congress on the dangers of the vaccine. Hawes was a supply systems analyst for the Michigan National Guard and retired last year because of her illness. She said she has migraine headaches, chronic fatigue and recurring rashes. “I take 8 to 15 pills a day, it just depends on what sickness is acting up,” she said. Hawes said she began receiving the anthrax vaccine in September 1998 and began getting sick a year later. “I had No.
It became a little easier to be Green on Thursday. The Green Party - which branded Ralph Nader its poster boy during the 2000 presidential election - gained equivalent status with the Republican and Democratic parities, regulators ruled. The Federal Election Commission voted 6-0 to recognize the Green Party of the United States as a national committee. “I think it is wonderful,” said Tim McCarty, a political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore, who worked for Nader during the 2000 election. The party’s new status means it can accept $20,000 a year per donor, and use the money toward state and local party committees.
Slowly and steadily, the City Center project is nearing completion.But another is just getting underway.The city of East Lansing purchased the former Old Kent Bank building at 303 Abbott Road on Nov.
In the near future straight shooters might not be able to make a straight vote in Michigan. A bill was passed along party lines in the state Senate on Thursday eliminating the straight party voting ballot option.
Mothers may want their children to eat at Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop and with a new location, mom may get what she wants.The sandwich shop is adding its third location, 143 N.
Current car rebates and incentives are being offered to help the economy rebound, and that may be a good reason for students to buy a new car.
The petition to annex the Four Winds Golf Course into East Lansing was on the city’s ballot for Tuesday’s election - it was too late to have it removed after the city and Meridian Township decided the issue last month. But when all the ballots from the city of East Lansing’s election had been counted, the agreement was bolstered by a 78-percent voter approval rating. “I’m not surprised,” East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said.
Kwame Kilpatrick began talking about his plans for his new job as the mayor of Detroit on Wednesday. “I think young people across the country can look at Detroit as a beacon of light,” said Kilpatrick, the Detroit Democrat who defeated City Council President Gil Hill in Tuesday’s election. With 91 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday, Kilpatrick had 104,287 votes, or 54 percent, to Hill’s 88,992 votes, or 46 percent. After serving as House minority leader for the past 10 months, Kilpatrick earned a narrow victory over Hill early Wednesday.
Ten students who say they were the victims of racial profiling when they were asked to leave Meridian Mall last month are trying to solve the problem - without lawsuits.With the help of campus administrators, student groups and the American Civil Liberties Union, some of the students plan to meet with mall and store officials next week.The students were asked to leave the Deb Shop in the Okemos mall Oct.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson said the university avoided severe losses in the state’s budget reductions process.On Tuesday, Gov.
The rainy day people are saving for could come much sooner than expected, said an Ann Arbor based group.Public Interest Research Group In Michigan recently released a report saying consumers can save $75 each year by banking at small banks and credit unions instead of a larger bank.The report surveyed brochures collected from 521 banks and 144 credit unions in several states.
Lansing has a disaster hotline available for volunteers to call in case of a city emergency. The Lansing Emergency Management Office, 815 Marshall St.
As voters cast ballots Tuesday, state lawmakers turned their focus to tourism.Donald Holecek, director of MSU’s Travel, Tourism and Recreation Resource Center, told the state House Commerce Committee that state tourism continues to grow, although it is slower than in recent years.“Activity levels are barely up this year over last,” Holecek said.
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drill under.The Law Review of MSU-Detroit College of Law will host a forum Tuesday on the issue of directional drilling in Michigan.The forum, “Directional Drilling in Michigan: Beneficial or Misdirected Policy,” will be moderated by DCL professor Christine Klein and will begin at 7 p.m.
The 2002 gubernatorial race is still one year away, but the Democratic candidates are already throwing punches.All five candidates who are vying for the party’s nomination met for a debate Monday.
A student, some experienced politicians and local challengers have set their sights on the Lansing City Council. Today the polls for the Lansing City Council elections open, and at stake are two seats on the city council at-large and a seat on both the second and fourth wards. Louis Adado, a 42-year-old incumbent, will be completing his first term on the council. He has lived in Lansing his entire life and is the son of a previous city council member. He is running along with incumbent Larry Meyer, Western Michigan University student Vince Villegas and chiropractor Jerry Heathcote for the two open seats on the Lansing City Council at-large. Adado said he will be examining ways to save money and wants to continue improvements to roads and the green areas of Lansing. “(We should) take a good hard look at our parks and (recreation) money and see if we are taking good care of our parks before we add new land,” he said. Adado also serves as the chief executive officer of the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association. He said the experience has prepared him for a new term. “There won’t be that learning curve there if Larry (Meyer) and I get re-elected,” Adado said.
Lansing - Despite recent anthrax scares, most postal workers are alert, cautious and eager to deliver and process mail, a U.S.
Christopher Bell loves learning and playing with children his own age, but there aren’t always many around. Luckily, about a month ago, his mom, East Lansing resident Adrienne Bell, heard about the All Children Connected To Succeed program that allows the 11-month-old to make friends and learn at the same time. “I wanted to get him around other kids because he loves to play with them,” she said.
For several months, Loretta Focht made the drive periodically from her home in Gibraltar, Mich., to Lansing, hoping it would be worth her while.Legislation passed by the Senate last week with her help proved to her that it was - and that the drive will be safer in the future.Focht’s son, 21-year-old Brian Slebodnick, was killed in a hit-and-run accident April 13, 2000.