Traverse City Record-Eagle Region 2012-02-13T12:48:28-05:00 urn:uuid:19319ef8-fff5-4b73-acb4-0233145e4ff0 Wanted: Foster Parents By Carol South urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120212:Local_22_59_19_2:s1 2012-02-13T07:06:03-05:00 <p>Children in crisis need a stable home with mature, flexible and dependable caregivers. The Grand Traverse-Leelanau Department of Human Services is holding an orientation to find such families.</p> Loraine Anderson: Listening to the quiet By LORAINE ANDERSON urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120212:Local_22_59_19_2:s2 2012-02-13T07:06:00-05:00 <p>Recently, while looking for something else, I find poet Mary Oliver's Instructions for a Good Life: "Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." </p> Schools ponder social media boundaries BY JAMES RUSSELL urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120211:Local_22_42_21_2:s1 2012-02-12T07:14:59-05:00 <p> Area school districts grapple with a rapidly changing social media environment. School officials ponder how to set boundaries on appropriate contact between students and teachers while trying to embrace new classroom technologies.</p> Restaurant Week returns to Traverse City BY LISA PERKINS urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120211:Local_22_42_21_2:s2 2012-02-12T07:14:57-05:00 <p>Traverse City Restaurant Week begins Feb. 26 and runs through March 3.</p> Two Benzie schools honored BY BRIAN McGILLIVARY urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120211:Local_22_42_21_2:s3 2012-02-12T07:14:55-05:00 <p>The Michigan Department of Education recently included two of Benzie County Central Schools' elementaries, Lake Ann and Crystal Lake, among seven honored statewide as a Distinguished School for Exceptional Student Performance.</p> Asian carp not only invasive species lurking BY JON GASKELL urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120211:Local_22_42_21_2:s4 2012-02-12T07:14:53-05:00 <p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says there are 36 other "high-risk invasive species" besides Asian carp that might migrate through Chicago waterways and have the potential to wreak ruin on native ecosystems.</p> Last week's most-clicked headlines FROM STAFF REPORTS urn:uuid:4ecafffd-053f-42f7-b048-955c831fbd83 2012-02-12T07:13:30-05:00 <p> The most-clicked headlines at Record-Eagle.com.</p> Disabled man killed in blaze BY BRIAN McGILLIVARY urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120211:Local_00_02_42_2:s1 2012-02-11T07:14:59-05:00 <p>Heavy smoke and flames rebuffed attempts by family, neighbors, police and fire officials to rescue a disabled man stranded in his Kalkaska Township home.</p> Woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty By BRIAN McGILLIVARY and JAMES RUSSELL urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120211:Local_00_02_42_2:s2 2012-02-11T07:14:57-05:00 <p>The frozen carcasses of two horses lay in Danelle Marie Round's pasture on the day she pleaded guilty to a single animal cruelty misdemeanor.</p> Charged teacher waives exam, denied bond By Bill O'Brien urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20120211:Local_00_02_42_2:s3 2012-02-11T07:14:55-05:00 <p>A former Traverse City schoolteacher waived a preliminary examination and remains in jail on a charge of having sex with a student.</p>