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September 11-17, 2013 G O L I A T H courts David Wal-Mart attempts to redefine sustainability see page 8 Old Town dedicates statue to Robert Busby on Sunday see page 11 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 11, 2013 Ingham County Animal Shelter To adopt one of these pets from the ICAS call (517) 676-8370. 600 Curtis St., Mason, MI 48854. ac.ingham.org NEW CONVENIENT LOCATION on w. lake lansing and coolidge rd. Baby Cakes Travis Baby Cakes is a big, loving girl. She adores A very happy young man who has great attention and does well with other cats. manners and knows lots of tricks. In Memory of Whitey Sponsored by: Linn & Owen Jewelers 517-482-0054 marusushi & grill okemos east lansing grand rapids Free Appetizer Must present coupon. Dine in ONLY. Lefty $30 minimum purchase required. Gary Not valid with any other offers. *Expires 09/30/13, A two year old Chihuahua with a slight tilt of Gary is a happy boy. 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City Pulse • September 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 MSU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE MSU Music WHARTONCENTER.COM OR 1-800-WHARTON MSU FeDerAL CreDiT UNiON Showcase SerieS Collage VII An exhilarating variety of music 9/20 FriDAY, 8:00 p.M. COBB GreAT HALL, WHArTON CeNTer WIDOWS BY ARIEL DORFMAN SEPTEMBER 17-22, 2013 ARENA THEATRE The popular annual Collage Concert returns for its seventh year! In a village where every man has disappeared enjoy fabulous non-stop music — 20 acts in 90 minutes! during the reign of the former dictator the women band together to defy the nation’s military. Featuring the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, jazz and choral groups, soloists and quartets. DIRECTED BY TICKETS: $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $10 for students Wharton Center Ticket Office:1-800-WHARTON, ANN FOLINO WHITE whartoncenter.com, or at the door. For more on MSU Music: music.msu.edu, 517-353-5340 College of Music CollageVII CPulse_1|2 pg.indd 1 9/9/13 11:29 AM 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 11, 2013 VOL. 13 Feedback ISSUE 4 Rain garden solutions keep design simple and still comply with the I have only recently discovered the City matrix of applicable codes. (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com Pulse newspaper and I thoroughly enjoy Oh, by the way, as long as we are financ- ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 reading it. It has so much information we ing, curbing, and paving our way along the PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 don’t see anywhere else. regional grand plan, how about allocat- or email [email protected] Might I suggest some possible solutions ing some money for a freeway overpass at 5-7 to the downtown rain gardens problem Coleman Road and 127 with mall access? EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 (“Reining in the rain gardens,” 7/31/13)? If Lake Lansing Road at 127 is currently like the MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz the businesses/individuals that adopted the Bermuda Triangle, you may enter but good Supporters for military action in Syria are few [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 gardens are not maintaining them as they luck getting out. Because of new develop- and far between in greater Lansing ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross promised to do, they should be fined and ment on both sides of 127, you can anticipate [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 the money used to pay someone to maintain an additional tens-of-thousands of vehicles in PAGE PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper them. The city fines residents for not main- the near future — won’t that be peachy? [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith taining their yards in summer and their 12 [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 sidewalks in winter, so why not fine those — T.J. Swick STAFF WRITERS responsible for maintain the gardens when East Lansing Lawrence Cosentino they don’t do as they promised? Third annual fest honors Lansing’s Spanish language population [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 Putting trash receptacles at either end Organic is right direction MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ of the gardens may help cut down on the Every week I try to pick up a copy of SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 amount of trash that ends up in them. Also, the City Pulse. I enjoy reading about sus- ADVERTISING MANAGER • Shelly Olson making the gardens more accessible by put- tainable and organic farming. As a former 25 [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 ting gates at one end of the fences would farmer with some practical experience, I ADVERTISING make them easier to maintain. No one think it has a lot of benefits environmentally Denis Prisk [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 should have to jump over the fences to get to and economically. Right now I am reading Percussionist Lisa Pegher wants to whack the gardens to maintain them. “Foodopoly.” It is writ- Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Bill Castanier, lyrical at Lansing Symphony opener Mary C. Cusack, Amanda Harrell-Seyburn, Tom If all else fails, since Drain Commissioner ten by the lady who Have something to say Helma, Sam Inglot, Terry Link, Kyle Melinn, Shawn Pat Lindemann was so gung ho on establish- is head of Food and COVER Parker, Dennis Preston, Dylan Sowle, Paul ing rain gardens, perhaps he should be respon- Water Watch, and about a local issue Wozniak, Ute Von Der Heyden, Judy Winter sible for maintaining them. I’m just sayin’ … advocacy group in or an item that appeared ART Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Washington, D.C. in our pages? Fisher, Karen Navarra, Noelle Navarra, Brent — Shelley Centeno Good food and water Robison, Steve Stevens Write a letter to the editor. Interns: Jordan Bradley, Hannah Scott, Jordyn Lansing is great to have every AMERICAN GOLIATH BY GREG HOUSTON • E-mail: letters@ Timpson, Darby Vermeulen, Zach Zweifler day. The book was lansingcitypulse.com • Snail mail: City Pulse, 2001 Keep East Lansing roads simple printed in 2012. Editor & Publisher E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Yes, the modifications and repairs to Over the years MI 48912 Berl the East Lansing boulevards are beautiful from what I’ve read CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Schwartz (Please include your name, Timothy Muffitt, Lansing Symphony Orchestra conductor and much appreciated, although I’m a little and heard, it is an address and telephone number 7 p.m. Wednesdays so we can reach you. Keep Lisa Pegher, Lansing Symphony Orchestra soloist puzzled by the complexity of some of the accurate assessment letters to 250 words or fewer. Gretchen Cochran, chairwoman of Preservation Lansing crosswalks. It reminds me somewhat of a of American agricul- City Pulse reserves the right to Architect Dan Bollman miniature golf course — every run is a little ture. Besides farm- edit letters and columns.) THIS WEEK Developer Tim Hunnicutt different. In a perfect world, people would ing, I’m interested in pay attention to where they are walking by education. I think Dr. DeLind, Dr. Berd, and avoiding stationary and moving objects. Dr. Breibaun of MSU are doing a tremendous With all these new concrete curb “squiggle job of supporting sustainable agriculture. The and wiggle” and “hump and bumps”, life may automobile industry and agriculture really get interesting when a mass of people cross are the leaders for Michigan’s economy. the road together. I hope I’m wrong. In your September issue I especially This I know for sure: In winter, snow and enjoyed the letter by David Albert (“Organic ice gravitate to and around these types of farming is not sustainable without an organ- curb cuts.