-- To the Downtown Traverse City Association for kicking off its 19th summer season of Friday Night Live on Front Street last week. The popular street party brings musicians, food vendors and crowds downtown and will continue on Friday nights through Aug. 27.
-- To Pat Rode, 81, who is retiring as principal of Traverse City Christian Schools, where he started working in 2003 as a substitute teacher for a month. He became a full-time teacher, then principal of the 210-student Christian school, and finally superintendent. He says his proudest accomplishments at the school are the two all-school mission trips to the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2006 and 2008. The students witnessed the residents' resiliency.
-- To groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes region for baking a $2 million study of how to slam the door on exotic species such as Asian carp by cutting links between the lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. The 18-month project will develop options for physically separating the two drainage basins, joined artificially a century ago with the creation of a Chicago-area waterway system that has helped destructive invaders such as zebra and quagga mussels spread as far west as California.
-- To area health care providers like Dr. Marvin Anderson, Chris O'Connell, and Jackie and Paul Kaschel who use farm animals to help patients and others heal from autism, traumatic brain injury and other ailments. Anderson also has a solo practice called "Abba's Place" near Cedar where he lives with his wife Jill. O'Connell offers therapeutic horseback riding at Charity Hill Ranch. The Kaschels use horse therapy in family, marriage, addiction and other counseling services at PEACE Ranch on Hoosier Valley Road.
-- To the six local celebrities chosen to kick up their heels in SwingShift dance competitions in September. They are: Denise Busley, Grand Traverse Pie Co. owner; local radio producer Heather Daniels; Dr. Pat Friedli, a family physician; Kristin Marinoff of Grand Traverse Woman Magazine; local TV reporter Brody O'Connell; and Kelvin Shaw, Cartridge World owner. They will be teamed up with local dance instructors and raise funds for six local charities.
-- To Traverse City's own stand-up comic Marti Johnson, who opened for Leanne Morgan Saturday at Corson Auditorium at Interlochan. Morgan was a finalist on Nick at Nite's Funniest Mom. Johnson, an account executive at ABC TV 29&8, is launching a standup career.
-- To Danielle Beaudoin and Sean Seekins, who share the head lifeguard responsibilities at Clinch Park Beach in Traverse City. The downtown-adjacent stretch of sand on West Grand Traverse Bay is a popular summer spot for tourists and locals, boaters and bathers.
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Cheers: 07/26/2010
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Other View: Not the time for 'right-to-work' fight
Michigan's Legislature should follow the lead of Gov. Rick Snyder and avoid staging an ugly confrontation over right-to-work legislation.
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Letters to the Editor: 02/08/2012
Tax unearned income; Center calls a nuisance
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Op-Ed: Komen decision set precedent
When organizations like Susan G. Komen began pulling money from Planned Parenthood, they set a precedent. When other funding resources follow suit, the people affected are the very people Susan G. Komen set out to empower: vulnerable women.
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Op-Ed: Reform falls on deaf ears
Surprise! Would you believe that political systems are stacked in favor of those with money? That's probably been true since the days of the Pharaohs. But these days, two things make the normal much worse in our country.
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Numbers show economic gains; more is yet to be done
By the numbers, there is some reason to hope Michigan is slowly nosing its way out of the recession that has gripped the state for a decade now. But they also show that children and low-income families remain at risk.
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Forum: HopeLine gives phones to needy
If you received a new phone for the holidays, you can easily turn your old device into a lifeline by recycling it or putting it in the hands of someone who needs it.
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Letters to the Editor: 02/08/2012
Honor basic concepts; You don't have to yell
Continued ... - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Bertha Vos switch will work if Montessori gets home
The issue: Bertha Vos to house only International Baccalaureate program; Our view: District must still expand Montessori
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Forum: Moving can't be only autism option
Michigan is currently ranked in the top 10 worst places to live for children with autism. Today, the best option for families to get help is to move out of state, where autism is covered by insurance.
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Letters to the Editor: 02/07/2012
Calling us to account; A healthier alternative
Continued ... - Monday, February 6, 2012
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Cheers: 02/06/2012
To Elnora Milliken; the late Cliff Merrick; city commissioners; the Traverse City Planning Commission; photographer Mark Lindsay; the Herbert and Grace Dow Foundation; and Marty Dagneau Bates and her terrier Tully.
Continued ... - Letters to the Editor: 02/06/2012
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Our view: Battle of Acme may be over
The Battle of Acme is apparently nearing an end, and after six years or so of wrangling over Meijer Inc.'s plans for a big-box store along M-72, both sides appear ready to move on with getting a store built, local residents hired and the doors open.
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Jack Segal: Ending the war in Afghanistan
In November 2010, the President and our allies agreed to continue fighting in Afghanistan through the end of 2014. In a surprise announcement Feb. 1, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters that the United States has now decided to end our combat role by "mid-to-late 2013." Thereafter, NATO troops will remain in a "training and advisory role" as Afghans take full responsibility for security.
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Letters to the editor: 02/05/2012
Don't want to pay more; Burgers still dominate
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Jack Lessenberry: Overcoming the Morouns
Americans are justifiably outraged whenever a lawmaker is caught taking bribes or misusing public funds. But what do you suppose the voters' reaction would be if it were discovered that one very rich family was trying to buy off the Legislature solely for their own financial gain? What if that family spent millions on what amounted to legalized bribes to successfully block a project that virtually every corporation in the state agreed was essential to Michigan's economic future? We are talking about the family of Manuel J. "Matty" Moroun, the 84-year-old billionaire who owns the aging Ambassador Bridge.
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George Weeks: Granholm has new gig
Over the last half-century, most Michigan governors upon leaving office have gone into or sought another form of public service. The last one, Democrat Jeniffer Granholm, is blazing into the public light with a sprightly talk show gig on California-based national cable TV.
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Another view: U.S. budget needs work
The Congressional Budget Office recently released its 10-year budget projection and economic outlook for the U.S. and guess what: We still need to work on the whole spending versus revenue thing.
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Another view: Words of a weasel
In his Missourinet blog this week, Bob Priddy (news director for the Missourinet, a statewide radio network) took state legislators to task for rhetoric and tossing about phrases such as revenue enhancement. Priddy relates that it was Theodore Roosevelt, recalling a friend in 1879, who would have called phrases such as "revenue enhancement" weasel words.
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Letters to the editor: 02/04/2012
Bridge perfect remedy; Hope for nonviolence; Dream it and do it
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Traverse City should embrace affordable housing plan
The issue: City may lose a bit more on depot property sale; Our view: It's still a great deal
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Letters to the Editor: 02/03/2012
Some control necessary; Demand other options; Make change good
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Other View: Lansing casino worth pursuing
Yes, backers of a plan to put a tribal casino in downtown Lansing face tough odds. Still, the city should pursue the possibility.
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Onekama's small step a plan for the future
The issue: Onekama village, township may merge; Our view: Michigan needs to end the confusion.
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Letters to the Editor: 02/02/2012
A great loss to TC.
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