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MICHIGAN

'It's a guy thing'

Donivan Wells decided to become a nurse for job security — something he has never had to worry about in the ten years of his career. With nurses in high demand, Wells, a certified nurse who works at Sparrow Hospital, 1215 E.

MICHIGAN

Suspect to undergo testing, trial delayed

Court proceedings for Michael Lee Castillo — charged with drunken driving and kidnapping MSU student Amanda Lynn Brandel — will be postponed to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. Castillo, a 32-year-old Lansing Community College East student, will undergo psychiatric testing June 15 to determine his competency and his state of mind when an East Lansing police stopped him on Jan.

MSU

Teddy bear fix-up

A green cast covered Barry's right leg Saturday afternoon. The teddy bear also wore protective plastic sunglasses for her lazy eye and a colorful Band-Aid covered one of her wounds. Sarai Garcia's stuffed animal went through a lot at the MSU/Mid-Michigan Children's Initiative, or MSU/MMCI's, Second Annual Teddy Bear Picnic, which took place off of Service Road, across from the Clinical Center. "She had a broken leg," the 8-year-old Lansing resident said.

MICHIGAN

Cook-off heats up city

Lansing — The riverfront buzzed with energy Friday night as the Lansing Board of Water and Light held its annual Chili Cook-Off. The cook-off, now in its 11th year, hosted 39 booths, with 1,500 gallons of chili served, said John Strickler, spokesman for the Lansing Board of Water and Light. Greeted by a warm and sunny day, visitors tasted chili, salsa and other foods at booths that wound along the downtown River Trail between Michigan Avenue and Shiawassee Street.

MSU

Organic farming

Ten acres of MSU's vast agricultural fields are reserved solely for growing organic food. The MSU Student Organic Farm, 3291 College Road, in Holt serves as a place not only to grow certified organic food, but research organic farming techniques as well, according to its Web site. The farm focuses on Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, in which the produce from the year-round farming is divided into shares and sold before the food is harvested. A share feeds up to about four adults and is not limited to one family, said farm manager and instructor Jeremy Moghtader. Shares are sold in spring, summer and fall and cost $460 per share, said Holly Markham, an environmental policy and anthropology senior, who works at the farm.

MSU

Strutting their stuff

Vinnie stomped the ground. The chestnut-colored horse was having his hooves shoed and shaped by farrier Kirk Lucas on Thursday afternoon at the west end of the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. Sparks flew as Lucas shaped Vinnie's new horseshoe.