r------r-· I IN BRIEF t·Robin's Nest engulfed by fire, authorities say For many years, Nathan Harlacher ...... :'.._0 has cooked up omelettes from behind (l.J the counter at the Robin's Nest ~ restaurant just south of Eaton Rapids. Thursday night, the 26-year-old ~ Lansing man watched his mother's · tS restaurant go up in smoke. ""'\) Authorities say a fire swept through the one-story restaurant at 6048 S. Clinton Trail about 7 p.m., many hours after the business closed. Hamlin Township Fire Chief Charles Hendrickson said the building is a total loss. He said when firefighters arrived, flames were visible in the kitchen and attic. More than 60 firefighters from as many as nine departments responded, he said. He said it took about two hours to bring the blaze under control. No one was injured, Hendrickson said. Harlacher said owning and operating the restaurant was a dream come true for his mother, Robin Wood, for about the last 14 years. He said the restaurant primarily served breakfast. Harlacher said he drove from Lansing to the site of the fire after family members notified him. Fire crews were sifting through the ·rubble late Thursday. No cause had been determined, but the investigation will continue today, Hendrickson said. Harlacher said he had not been able to get close enough to the restaurant to see the damage first-hand. But he said it's likely the family will r1>h11ilrl th1> h11cin1>cc I IN BRIEF 2 men in Lake Erie rescue released from hospital ,EATON RAPIDS - At least two of the fishermen who were rescued after their boat capsized on Lake Erie ·have been released from the hospital.. Roy Letson, 52, of Charlotte, and his father-in-law Douglas Whittaker, 76, of Eaton Rapids, were released from Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe on SJturday. Larry Vert, 64, of Lansing, and Ronnie Miller, 63, of Eaton Rapids, were still in the hospital as of Sunday morning, said Miller's wife, Dorothy Miller. "My husband is in high spirits; she . said. "It's a miracle." · Vert and Miller were no longer listed as patients on Sunday afternoon, but the hospital would not confirm thilt they had been released. The four men were rescued Friday after spendin!J. roughly 24 hours on the overturned fishing boat about 20 miles from Sterling State Park in Monroe. The men were treated for hypo thermia and dehydration, Whittaker said. '!Normally when they have something that goes this long, it's a recovery, not a rescue," he said from his home on Sunday. "The big news is God answers prayer." LO.CAL & STATE 0- 8 Restaurant fire ·~ blamed on stove :::::1- A stove left on in the kitchen of the Robin's Nest restaurant near ·~ · Eaton Rapids caused the Thursday night fire. Family members of ) owner Robin Wood said it likely (/] will be rebuilt. = Pagt 28 -.J ·e::, TODAY'S FORECAST .• Scattered showers, windy and cold Restaurant fire blamed on stove that was left on ScorrDAVIS ing breakfast, for the pas~ 14 years. sedavis®lsj.com Hamlin Township Fire EATON RAPIDS A Department Capt. Peter stove left on in a kitchen Grivins said investigators sparked a fire that destroyed concluded Friday that the the Robin's Nest restaurant blaze was due to the stove. just south of Eaton Rapids More than 60 firefighters on Thursday night, firefight from nine departments re ers said Friday. sponded Thursday to tp.e Authorities said that fire fire, which took about two swept through the one-story hours to bring under restaurant at 6048 S. Clinton control. Trail about 7 p.m. Thursday, Family members said they many hours after the busi likely will rebuild the res ness closed. Robin Wood had taurant. A monetary esti ROD SANFORD/Lansing State JDurDal owned and operated the eat mate of the damage was not ll>estra.red': .The Robin's Nest is in ruins Friday after a Thursday night ft re in Eaton Rapids. ery, which focuses on serv- available. ii L :· - •• ". • I ;J ~ Connecticut man kililed · ~n·Eaton ~ounty crash . BROOKFIELD TWP. -A 57·JJear~ old Connecticut man was killed Sunday in 'a two-vehicle crash in Eaton , County, acco.rding to officials. - The Eaton County Sheriff's Office said ' the crash occurred at about 1:25 p.m. •• Spicervi!le Highway and Narrow lake Road in Brookfield Township. · The Sheriff's Office said a car traveling east failed to stop at the posted 'stop sign and was struck by a southbound pickup. · The driver of the car was killed at . • the scene, the Sheriff's Office said, and · a passenger ofthe car and the driver of the truck were transported to Sparrow Hospital. . Their injuries are not believed to be c life,threatening. . . The deceased was identified as · Michael Magliochetti, 57, of Meriden, Conn. Names of the injured we.-e not· released. - ~,.l"lm ~+.,ff "l!J"-::,.+~ Desperate fishermen kept faith 4 area men on capsized boat planned for I to swim for help
. TAMMY STABLES BATTAGUA bed at Monroe Mercy Hos pital on Saturday morning. Special to the State Journal -"I was hoping I could make After nearly 24 hours it, I guess. We had to do bobbing atop their capsized something because one of fishing boat, the four fish the guys Wa!> thinking if we ermen hatched a plan to had to spend another night, save themselves. he wasn't going to make it." Roy Letson was going to Letson, oo his first ven swim for Middle Sister Is ture onto Lake Erie for wall land, a little sliver ofland in eye, had left Sterlin~ State the distance, growing slow Park in Monroe at .8 a.m. ly closer with winds from Thursday with his father-in- ·the west. Their Lake Erie oa law, Douglas Whittaker, 76,· ~· sis sat nearly 18 miles from of Eaton Rapids, and Whit- ~ where they had launched at taker's friends, Larry Vert, 1 r-..' Sterling State Park. 64, a retired Lansilng ac- '-\ J "We were thinking if we~ countant, 211d Roru».e Mill- -.... got close enough, I could er, 63, also of Eaton Rapids. ,...._ slip off the boat and swim On Saturday, all four toward the island and radio were in :Mercy Hospital in ·; for help," Letson, 52, of Monroe instable condition, C/') Charlotte, the youngest of the four men, said from his SEE REsCUED rPage 12A -.J 12A • Sunday, July 5, 2009 • Lansing State Journal www.lsj.com Rescued: Big catch may have contributed to capsizing
CONTINUED FROM IA get knocked off." west, and we started drift girls and step-father to her Three times, the waves ing away,'' Letson said. "But three children. hooked to IVs to replei:iish swept Letson off. I think it was about a half "I'm thinking that whole fluids lost during their Lake "The first time I was able hour later when the Monroe time, 'Maybe that's the last Erie odyssey. to turn around and grab the County helicopter flew over time I'm going to say any They'd hauled in their limit boat," he said. "The second and spotted us. thing to him,'" she said. "So of fish, 20 fat walleye stored in time, one of the guys grabbed after all that time, seeing that coolers as they headed back my life jacket and pulled me 'We tnade it' person again, it's very emo to port. And that's what they back. The third time, my fa- "Oh man, that was just... ,'' tional - a lot of hugs, a lot think was their downfall. ther-in-law grabbed my foot." Letson said, unable to find the of tears. All that tension is all "Maybe we had too much Letson said the men did a words. "Well, leading up to building up: 1 want to see my weight on the front ofthe boat. lot of thinking - and praying that point, there was a lot of family, I want to s·ee my girls We had our fish up ther~,'' ~t- - sitting in the darkness. · other aircraft, .some flew di. again.' He did say that he re son said "We. were all done, "This was my first time rectly over us and kept going. ally wanted to see me and he coming in. It was real fun; we being out on the lake fish- KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press So when we heard that and all really wanted to see the girls. werc having a good time," ing with tbe$e guys; I didn't Getting care: Ron Miller (from left), 63, Douglas Whittaker, 76, Larry of sudden he started circling I think you think about that say very much,'' he said. "I Vert, 64, and Roy Letson, 52, get medical help Soturday at Monroe us, we breathed a sigl) ofrelief: the whole tim.e." Hi t by waves was just watching for waves, Mercy Hospital after their boat capsized, stranding them in Lake Erie. 'Oh, we made it; we did it."' Dorothy Miliet said she The first wave hit, drench- trying to stay awake, try not Dorothy Miller, Ronnie doesn't think this accident ing the front of the boat. Then to think about being hun they got word. As daylight broke, the men Miller's wife, said she feels will keep her. husband from the second. And the third gry. But there was a lot "The thought kept cross waved their arms when they "overjoyed with love" now fishing the Great Lakes The boat capsized - and of stuff going through my ing my mind, 'This is so un saw searchers flying overhead that'the men are safe. again. took their radios and safety mind, praying, just thinking real, this is so ridiculous, in the distance, disappointed "We cannot thanlC the po "Once you're a fisherman, equipment . underwater. Let- . about little random things. this is not what I should be each time one turned away. lice, the sheriff's department, you're a devoted fisherman son, pulled out his cell phone ''We were·examining our doing at this time - wait By Friday evening, one of the Coast Guard ... enough. In .:..._ but not just immediately,'' and held it in the air as the selves, doing our own soul ing for news,'" Sharon Let the men's heart condition our hearts, we thank every she said with-a laugh. waves hit, trying to keep it searching and getting our son said. "The more time and lack· of medication be body," she said. "And 'above Tammy Stables Battaglia is dry. But it was either save the selves· right with God," he that pas!ied during the day gan to affect him. "It was get all, we thank our Lord for · a reporter for the Detroit Free phone or save himself. said. ''We're all Christians, (Friday), it's like, 'Why can ting down to 'You've gotta sustaining us through this Press. Lansing State Journal re He pulled himself onto but there are things in our they not find them?'" do something to help,"' Let terrible ordeal." porter Heather Lockwood and the hull, what became the life we have to get right, too. But the men's families son said. "It got to the point Emotions were high Friday Free Press reporters Robin Erb men's floating island through 'God's m· con+--ol' kept hoping for ~e best. where he couldn't move his when Sharon Letson saw her and Zlati Meyer contributed to Thursday night's darkness. U' "These guys grew up on legs. We'd grab onto his pants husband, the father of three this report. "Wewerejustmainlycon- "I wasn't .scared. I was farms; they're very resource and kind of shook them." centrating on staying afloat," just OK. God's in control." · ful," Sharon said. "If some With Middle Sister Island said Letson, who perched· Letson's wife, Sharon, and thing happens, 'OK, now in the distance, Letson. pre . on the· stem near the motor. her stepmother, Whittaker's what do we need to do to pared to slip into the water ''We weren't worried about wife, stayed in the Lansing fix it?' They don't just give when they got close enough. sinking, but just hanging on. area, · knowing there was up and let the circumstanc "All of a sudden, the wind If you weren't ready, you'd nothing they could do until es dic:tate what they do." shifted toward to the north- Men found alive after 24 hours in Lake Erie
way or another," said Mill They had left Sterling capsized. 4 local anglers er's son, Mark Miller. "It was State ·park in Monroe ~t "\Ve're just ecstatic," said absolt1te torture.'' about 8 a.m. Thursday in a Sharon Leston, Roy Leston's rescued after But shortly after 6 p.m., 19-foot Sylvan fishing boat, wife. the family got good news U.S. Coast Guard Command She said she spoke to her boat capsizes from· the Coast Guard: The er Dave Beck said. husband briefly by phone four men had been found Blackwell said the group soon after he was plucked ' STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS alive off Middle Sister Island made two critical decisions: from the water. · near Moru:oe, after clinging They let others know where "He said he was OK. It Family members had gath to their capsized boat for they were going and when was the biggest relief.... All ered at Ronnie Miller's Eaton more than 24 hours. they'd return, and they stayed the worst-case scenarios run Rapids home Friday await U.S .. Coast Guard Petty with their capsized vessel. through your mind." ing news from the Coast Officer Brandon Blackwell "It gives us something Sharon Leston said she Guard. said Monroe County Sher larger to look for," he said, had called a. friend to drive Miller, 63, and three oth iff's deputies (ound the men referring to search crews. her to her husband's side in er mid-Michigan fishermen - Miller; Douglas Whittak Blackwell said the men Monroe. were missing in Lake Erie. er, 76, of Eaton Rapids; Roy showed signs of hypother "I haven't slept all night," "We were just pretty Letson, 52, of Charlotte; and mia, but no other serious she said. KATHLEEN GALLIGAN/Detroit Free Pr.ess much in shock, just trying Larry Vert, 64, of Lansing - injuries. It was still unclear, Saved: David Zachman, 42, of Madison Heights, holds a photo of his to wait for some news, one at about 5:45 p.m. Blackwell said, why the boat SEE RESCUED IPage 2A stepfather Larry Vert, 64, of Lansing, one of the four rescued men. l3J I Dq , ,,, ... w nuu111·1urup lUr.+0 reupl~ ,_, IL.//lf,l L~J -- . , Weekend Sj)l!Cials - lnd~r Pool '!' Spa,. cateriri9 and Cakes Avai)pble for All Occasions · ,~·tall Today to $peak with our·Experi~,SalesiStaff.//,'.· ) ' Rescued: Men left 'float plan' with ' " - 271~ ~ke Lansing Rd. .• . _ ..- 1 . •• • Larisin!J, Ml 48912 · / ' --- - __511:-482:0500_ .. _:'_ __ -· :_:_, _.:. - .... --~- familymembers, making search easier
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6-MO T·BILtS • S&P 500 •....·· DOW •.. +51.08 + 01 30-YR T-SONDS •..... +.03 CRUDE OIL •.. • 1.95 GOLD • ·22.41J 1,095.95 +4.01 10,337.05 .... .14% •• 4.41% $70.67 . $~~~~. +.0029 $1,120.40 ,- . Report: Foreclosures slowing. in region RealtyTrac measures fore In Eaton County, foreclo closure activity by counting sure activity dipped 2.6 per Tri-County foreclosures RealtyTrac data promising,· the number of foreclosure cent in November from Oc Total combined foreclosures for Ingham, Eaton and Clinton coun_ties: related filings on properties tober and was down 56.5 but some experts less upbeat in each county. Filings in percent from a year earlier. · 1000 -,~rrfft1r-- -- __ A __ _ clude such items as notices Clinton County foreclo BARBARA WIELAND calm before a storm, and of defaults or sheriff's sales, . sure activity was flat from 8QO --- - ~11 __ predict foreclosure rates will and it's possible for a single October to November but r bf [email protected] begin to rise rapidly again at property to 1eceive more down 65.6 percent from No The latest numbers from the start of 2010. than one notice in a month. vember 2008. a national foreclosure track Irving, Calif.-based Re RealtyTrac .said foreclo Foreclosures are falling 400 er shows the pace of foreclo altyTrac Inc. reported sure activity in Ingham becau~e banks are more will sure activity in mid-Michi Thursday foreclosure activi County dropped 10.3 per ing to work with homeown 200 gan is slowing. ty in mid-Michigan dropped cent last month from Octo ers who have fallen behind But don't celebrate yet. 8.9 percent in November ber. But foreclosures were on payments, said Natan Es- u Other experts believe ·the from October and 3.33 per up 35.4 percent from Novem O Jlan 2006 Jan 2007 Jan 2008 Jan 2009 current trend is merely the cent from a year earlier. ber 2008. SEE FoRECWSURES IPage 6A Source: Re;iltyTrac Lansing State Jounnal
I NATION Gannett predicts E. Rapids solid fourth quarter McLEAN, Va. - Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. Inc. said Wednesday it is comfortable with company the high end of its fourth-quarter earnings guidance range of 48 cents a share to 62 cents a share. Speaking at the UBS Media awarded and Communications Conference in New York, Craig Dubow, Gannett's chairman, CEO and president, said many of the ·$7Mgrant changes made during the year - including job cuts - were . neeaed because of the economy,. Total of $15.SM in funding but they also were permanent. Gannett's properties include the distributed to 5 Mich. firms Lansing State Journal and Lansing Comm'unity Newspapers. MEL1ssA DoMS1c Bank of America [email protected] repays TARP money EATON RAPIDS - A local wind energy • CHARLOm, N.C. - Bank of manufacturer has snagged $7 million in fed America Corp. has repaid the eral stimulus funding to help jump-start its $45 billion it owes U.S. taxpayers MIKE FUENTES/Associated Press business. . as part of the Troubled Asset · Air travelers: An airline employee helps travelers last month with their cher.k-in at Dallas-Fort Worth International Astraeus Wind Energy Inc. won the largest Relief Program. Bank of America .Airport in Dallas. The nation's three largest airlines say demand for business and premium tickets is increasing. grant among five Michigan companies that funded the repayment through a received a total of $15.5 million Wednesday. combination of cash on hand and The grants are expected to allow the five the sale of $19.29 billion of companies to retain or create securities that would convert 713 jobs over the next two into common stock. Sharehold years, Gov. Jennifer Granholm ers must OK the stock increase. 3 largest U.S. airlines said in a statement. AT&T considering Companies with 500 or few iPhone data limits er full-time employees were eligible to apply for the grants AT&T Inc. data users who more to get into the business of man- jam the airwaves by watching see business travel Metts ufacturing renewable energy video on their devices will be put AssoCIATED PRESS continuing to improve. technologies such as wind, so on tighter leashes, an executive Business travelers fly But not everyone in the in lar, geothermal and biomass. said Wednesday. The Dallas DALLAS:._ The nation's three dustry sees the glass half-full. Nearly 80 companies requested almost based telecommunications giant regularly and often pay largest airlines say they're see "Business travel still lags," $198 million. has had trouble keeping up with ing an uptick in demand for higher, last-minute fares. said Gary Kelly, the chairman Astraeus was formed this summer as an wireless data usage, leading to business and premium tickets. dropped connections and long and CEO of Southwest Airlines affiliate of Eaton Rapids-based Dowding Ma At Delta Air Lines Inc., chief waits for users trying to run November was 10 percent lower Co., which carries more U.S. pas chining LLC. Dowding is contracting with programs. AT&T is upgrading its financial officer .Hank Halter than a year ago, Halter said. sengers than any other airline. Sterling Heights-based MAG. Industrial Auto network to cope, but its head of said Wednesday the. company The treasurer of American "I'm not expecting ... a rebound mation Systems LLC to build machines for consumer services, Ralph de la sold more corporate tickets in Airlines' parent, AMR Corp., in business travel in 2010." the wind turbine component production. Veiia, told investors at a UBS November than it did in the said both leisure and premium The executives made their Dowding Machining is an affiliate of Dowd conference in New York it will same month last year - the first · travel were beginning to pick up. comments at a Next Generation ing Industries Inc., which has switched its fo also give high-bandwidth users such increase all year. Premium travel includes leisure Equity Research conference in cus from auto parts to wind turbines. incentives to "reduce or modify But Delta, the world's largest travelers flying first- or busi New York. The two Dowding companies and Astrae their usage." He didn't elaborate. airline company, had to cut pric ness-clas:;. Business travelers fly regu us are based in Eaton Rapids. es to, get those sales. Revenue The CJFO of United Airlines larly and often pay higher, last I WORLD from corporate . tickets in mid- also said corporate travel was minute fares. SEE GRANTS IPage 6A Reports: VW eyeing stake in Suzuki Germany carmaker Volkswagen AG is mulling taking up to a 20 percent stake General Motors' head of Chevy division retires in.Japanese rival Suzuki Motor Brent Drwar, who had served as Jim Campbell, who will take the Corp., Japanese media reported GREG GARDNER I FORD SEEKS TAX CREDITS Wednesday. Broadcaster NHK AND BRENT SNAVELY vice president of the global Chev title of Chevrolet brand manag rolet brand since July and has er. Campbell, who joined GM DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. officials are asking said VW was in final negotia· Detroit Free Press been wil:h GM for 31 years, has Michigan legislators to give the company about tions to invest about $2.8 billion in 1988, has been responsible DETROIT - The shakeups "elected to retire rf- for GM's fleet and commercial · $120 million in tax credits to develop batteries fo~ for a 20 percent stake ilJ Suzuki, hybrid and electric vehicles. without naming its sources. continue at General Motors Co. business. Kyodo News agency said VW under the new leadership of chair ~~ct~::r~~1·!<>;! The changes were announced Ford has been assembling batteries from • was considering a deal for a man and CEO Ed Whitacre. time to his famiily by Susan Docherty, GM's new Troy-based auto supplier Delphi Corp. in Mexico. It 10 percent to 20 percent stake, GM said Wednesday its flag and to pursue per vice president of sales, service plans to start producing.its own battery systems citing an unnamed Suzuki ship Chevrolet brand - which is 11 sonal interests." and marketing. beginning next year. Nancy Gioia, Ford's director of executive. But Suzuki officials critical to helping the post-bank Until April, Dewar will be on Dewar was initially named global electric strategy, told a House committee said in a statement no final ruptcy GM compete with Ford, an unspecified special assign Chevrolet global vice president Wednesday that Ford likely would hire 1,000 Michigan decision on any tie-ups has Toyota and Honda ~ would be ment for GM's new North Amer in July by former GM CEO Fritz workers and invest up to $500 million by 2012 if it been reached. getting new leadership. ican President Mark Reuss. Henderson. Henderson resigned consolidates battery assembly in the state. - - From wire reports GM said in a statement that Dewar will be replaced lby under pressure Dec. 1. - Detroit Free Press
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'( );f .,. ), 1 ~ www.lsj.com * Lansing State Journal • Thursday, December :JO, 2009 • 6A Foreclosures: Upswing MACY'S HEREBY PROCLAIMS iri local real estate market DECEMBER 11, 2009 AS
CONTINUED FROM SA foreclosure activity may be 'I HELP FOR masked by the banks' un pinosa, president-elect of willingness to initiate fore the Greater Lansing Associ HOMEOWNERS closure activity in the holi ation of Realtors. Several organizations are ready to day season, said Bob Hub "Banks are being held help people facing foreclosures: bell, CEO of Delta Town . accountable (for. emergen • Greenpath Debt Solutions: ship-ba~ed Coldwell Bank cy funds given to them by The nonprofit consumer credit er Hubbell Briarwood Real the federal · government)," counseling agency has certified Estate Co. he said. "They are now un hausing counselors and can der pressure to negotiate be reached toll-free at 15,988 filings with the borrowers." (866) 648-8122. "The· Grinch is staying At the same time, the ro home until after Christmas," cal real estate market shows • Capital Area United Way: Hubbell said. signs of a rebound. .For the The charity's social service "There are over 7 million past three months, the num hotline can refer homeowners to homes in default in the U.S. ber ofproperties sold and the resources. Dial 2-1-1. right now and there will be average home sale price has ' Ingham County and the City of a large increase (in foreclo risen. However, he said, sale Lansing: AWeb site located at sures) on the way for 2010." · prices still remain lower than HoldOnToYourHome.org lists Statewide, RealtyTrac they were a year earlier. information and resources for · said, foreclosure activity fell homeowners facing foreclosure. 2.9 percent between Oc (_) Troubling.signs tober and November, with To be sure, there are still 15,988 filings last month. troubling signs. the year compared with the Compared with November Join us as 'Ne· celebrate the Greenpath Debt Solu same 'time period in 2008. 2008, when there were tions, a nonprofit consumer Last month, Greenpath 14,594 filin~. foreclosure ac spirit of the season W'ith exciting credit counseling organiza worked with 1,378 clients tivity rose. 9.6 percent in tion with an office in Lan in Michigan who were past November. sing, has noticed more peo due on their mortgage. Nationally, there were events fron1 coast to coast. ple are unable to pay their "Unemployment is part 306,627 foreclosure filings mortgage. Earlier this week, of the issue," said Amanda last month. The foreclo the organization said the Walker, group ·manager for sure rate fell 7.7 percent Show that you Beleve and you number of its clients in Greenpath Debt Solutions. last month compared to might receive a rilo_nus! Michigan who. hav~ fallen "Companies are cutting October, and rose 18.4 per behind increased 32 percent back overtime hours." cent compared to Novem This ha,liday, demonstrrate1hat you !beieve in what in the first 11 months of And the true state of ber 2008. the season's all c:bout by lending a he4ping haind! If one of our Street Teams sees you, you could receive a $25 Grants: Total of $15.SM·awarded Mscy's Gift Car~; as your ireward for doing .a good deed W'rite a letter t:o Santa and CONTINUED FROM SA (STIMULUS GRANT RECIPIENTS The $7 million grant will Five Michigan manufacturers received $15.5 milli(lll in federal stimulus help make wishes come true. allow Astraeus to build a grants to diversify into renewable energy. Bring '{Our·stamped lett2r to Macy's, add1essed to machine that produces wind • Astraeus Wind Energy Inc. in Eaton Rapids: $7 million to manu· turbine hubs. The new ma facture large scale, advanced-composite wind turbine blades and sa~nta At The No;rth Pole, and dmp it into cu:r special - chine will reduce produc hub-related components · tion time to 4V2 hours from • Energetx Composites LLC in Holland: $3.S mill:on to manufacture Santa letterbox"' We'I C•:>unt them ~. and for each 24 hours, said Jeff Metts, large scale, advanced-composite wind turbine !:lades president of Astraeus and letter received, -we'M do;iate $1 to ti"1e Make-A-Wish Dowding Industries. • Loe Performance Products ·inc. in Plymouth: $15 million to manu· It'll likely take eight to 12 facture planetary gears and gearboxes for utility-scale wind turbines Foundation® up to $]. ,000,000. \!Ve'll delhve1 them months to complete the ma • LUMA Resources LLC in Rochester Hills: $500))00 to manufacture bJ· the Post Office for mailing to Santa and, k•gether, chine, Metts said. products for the residential photovoltaic solar market • Merrill Technologies Group in Saginaw: $3 m~lion to manufacture we'll collect a mllion reasons to be~eve. 25 or more workers large scale, advanced-composite wind turbine blades and system Astraeus will start work components
ing on wind turbine hubs Source: State of Michigan before moving on to car Calling all 'u'irgijnias! bon fiber blades and even us will have 90 to 100 em But from 2005 to 2008, a In hooor of Virginia G'Hanlon, the 8-year old girl wflose tually expanding into ma ployees. Most will be new sampl~ of firms in the re terials technology for the hires, he said. Wages start newable energy production quest.ion inspiRd ~hB famous "Yes, Virginia'" editorial automotive and defense in at about $10 an hour for ba sector added 1,900 jobs in dustries and municipal in sic labor positions and go Michigan, a growth rate of [:.ublished in 189? by rne New York Sun, M.acy's invEtes frastructure, Metts said. up to roughly $28 per hour more than 30 percent, ac "We've got some real for higher-level machinists cording to the 2009 Michi EVeryone namecl Viigirria to vi~t Macy's or: game-changing stuff here," and engineers, Metts said. gan Green Jobs Report. he said, adding that the com Chris Dowding, CEO of IDecember 11, fo r~eive a $10 Mc.cy's Gift C~ud*. pany wouldn't have been 'On the cusp' Dowding Industries, said 1 able to build the new ma The number of automo she's grnteful the company (:ome early, wfnile supµ lies las1! chine without the grant. tive manufacturing jobs in has a chance to help keep About 10 Dowding em Michigan tumbled 30 per jobs in Michigan and boost ployees will be working for cent to 158,900, with 67,400 the state's clean energy Plus, be ~ure to-watch 'fes, Vir,gimia, ; , Astraeus. Metts predicted jobs lost from 2005 to 2008, industry. ·that will quickly grow to 25 according to the Depart "To be on the cusp of the new animated hotiday classic. and more. ment of Energy, Labor & that, that's pretty exciting," Within two years, Astrae- Economic Growth. she said. Premiering Friday, Docember 11 at 8 pm ET/PT. Only on CBS. WE TELL. ' ·.4Zaz::~ I YOU s:Ell. ---·- ....,,..,DM.WTooJ"' I · C111sT•1s Sibill I • Reactor Watches - 25% off • Aqualull!I Legend Glacla Regulator I • Lycra - 25% off - Only $3!5 • In-Stock AIJparel - 25% off • S200 lnslant Rebate off speclflc 1 • Dive Travel DVD's - 25% off Suunto C..mputers! • Travel Essentials - 20% off • Compu!ers Starting As Low As $295 Place an ad, ------Upcoming Dive il'rips... call .377-1111. • Floriday Keys: February 11th thru 28th -this trip has many options for one or multiple days! Call for more informalioll. • Belize: March 13th lhru 20th •Cozumel, Mexico: April 3rd thru 10th. · Call or stop by tor more lnfl>rmationl SourceAds'="' ~ --- ~ ~ ---~ 515 East Grand River Avenue • Lansing, Ml 48906 .com ,,,,,,.,., ph: 517.853.9500 web: www.CapitalCityScuba.com IMAGINE b°Jj~Best¥ To le more a1bout Macy's Bel11~e campaign, Special publication provides baby 1 boomers essential information please visit macys.i:om/betie\ e regarding options to co~sider, such as: .-:t·
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New chief: Incoming CEO Tim Johnson of Dimondale, a Michigan State University graduate, said he wants to foster growth at the Eaton Rapids Medical Center. MARY JO WHITE Lansing Community Newspapers Incoming Medical ·Center CEO has big shoes to fill $6.3 million emergency de "We've really done a Tim Johnson to partment With private rooms instead of ifliose flimsy cur lot te bring health replace longtime tains aroUlld the beds. All of these in a facility care to a high quality leader on Oct. I that has dust 20 hospital beds and 'Nhose business is in EatOn Rapids." MARv Jo WHITE 92 percent outpatient, ac - Jack Denton Lansing Community Newspapr.rs cording to Denton. outgoing CEO "We've really done a lot at Eaton Rapids Medical Center · EATON RAPIDS - Tim to bring health care to a Johnson, who will become high quality in Eaton Rap- CEO of the Eaton Rapids ids," Denton said. · · well ·prepared for whatever Medical Center on Oct. l, Johnson said he's eager the economy throws .at him. has some big shoes to fiH. for future d:iallenge:;. . Johnson also will help to Those shoes belong to Having worked at the oversee the development of Jack Denton, the center's hospital tor the last eight the 40-bed Island City As CEO for 13 years and the years; the last two as chief sistecl\ Living Center. Sched man who oversaw several operating :officer, Johnson uled to Ctpen next spring,_the big projects during his said he's ready to hit the facility, a joint venture that tenure. ground running. include!> the medical center, First came the $8 million With an accounting de- will have a separate area for renovation and expansion gree from Michigan State . deme:iitia residents as well project in the late 1990s that University and years spent as occupational and physi enclosed the upper level and as a Blue Cross Blue Shield cal therapy and rooms for put on the new facade. That auditor, ]cihnson said he's hospilce and re~pite care. was followed by another ' $1 million project establish~ ing a rehabilitation area and r--- the state-of-the-art exercise center called HealthWorkS. complete with locker rooms and an aerobics studio. The new $3 million sur gical unit opened in 2006., followed last March by the 1'1'"!:Jt )} E_aton Rapids
MR!Y'JIO lil'HITEfl.a11Sin:g Com•mmily Newspapers Passing on ~Gllil!I :secrets: Master chef Dene.ne Vlincent works in Iler stam·oHhe-art Ritchen ilt Le Chi.rt Gourmeteulirery Arts in Eaton Rapids. Vinc:ent teac:liles coo! Sm OFFICER IPage 2B l-S}d.. tJ1/t11 E.· Rapt .s man,.104, created Lansing chess club Vandenburg known for his efforts in promoting game BARBARA WIELAND [email protected] The man lmown as the "Mi:. King of Michigan Chess" died on Mond"1y at the age of 104. Virgil E. Vandenburg, known to his frie:nds as Van, died in his sleep· at Ingham Regional Med ical Center, friend B. Michael Williams said. Vandenburg, of Eaton Rapids, formed the Lan .sing C1'ess Club 1 in1944 anc. served as a leader. of the Michigan Chess Association for Vandenburg many years. He also founded in 1945 the Lansing Laibor News, a monthly newspape1 serving mid-Michi gan union members, and was the editor of the Public Em ployee Press for unionized state employees . . He also fuunded his own busi ness, All-Star Printing, which was sold in 1975. WilliamE. said Vandenburg will be remembered as a SEE DEATH IPage 2B I MEMORIAL SERVICE t AMemorial 1:>f Life ceremony will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home at Greater Lansing Chapel, 325 W. Washtenaw. · t In lieu of flowers, friends may donate to the Vandenburg Memorial Fund at the Michigan Chess Association. ~ Motorist, 19, dies ~ of crash injuries is not believed that alcohol Eaton Rapids or excessive speed contrib uted to the accident, Hoff man involved in man said. Investigators are awaiting results of toxicolo Friday collision gy tests before making a fi nal determination. · KEVIN GRASHA The accident happened kgrasha®lsj:com shortly before 2 a.m. at the intersection of East Saginaw A 19-year-old who was se Street and North Howard riously injured friday in a Street in Lansing Township. traffic accident :in Lansing Sttefling and an unidentified Town5hip has died from in passenger had to be extricat juries he suffered. · ed from the car by emergen Paul Timothy Strefling of cy crews. Eaton Rapids died Sunday at The passenger was treated a local hospital, police said. at the hospital and released. Strefling was driving a The driver of the SUV, a Ford Dodge Intrepid early Friday Expedition, was treated at when the car collided with a ·the scene, police said. sport utility vehlcle, accord A m~morial service for ing to police. Strefling .is scheduled for The cause of the crash re April 28 at the Veterans mains under i.Rvestigation, of Foreign Wars National Lansing Town:;hip Police Home for Children auditori Chief Kay Hoffman said. It um in Eaton Rapids. E. Rapids Medical Center upgrades· site lyjoking. patients' families. New urgent care But the department - The project, which The entry area has a desk which features 11 treatment for a "greeter," but when department 'ready rooms, two trauma bays, a began in May, cost patients arrive, a nurse will command/communications be called in and they will to open Monday center and a large entrance approximately be taken to their own room. ·. for ambulances - is deco Registration will take place CARLA BUMSTEAD rated in shades of sage, pur $6.2 mill!on. at the patient's bedside. ple and natural wood. Beginning at approxi I Lansing Community Newspapers . The lighting is extensive mately 7 a.111. Monday, all bi EATON RAPlPS-"Peo- and includes several sky community's effort£ in rais- emergency and urgent care ---=.I ple are 'going to want to · lights. ing such a large amount. traffic will go through the get sick just to be able to The project, which began "We owe the community new departmen~ and the -rn, . come in here," said Jennifer in May, cost· approximately a huge 'thank you' for that," old emergency area. will be Painter, in reference·to the $6.2 million. Ebare said. closed. Eaton Rapids Medical Cen-. Of that, the community Painter said all patient · Carla Bumstead is a re- ter's new Emergency and raised :over $520,000 .. treatment rooms are private porter for Lansing Commu ·if3 Urgent Care Department. Conrue Ebare, wI:io will and-feature flat' screen TVs. nity Newspapers.· She can _J Painter, the hospital's serve as the department's Th~re also is' a "nour- be reached at cbumstead director of marketing/ manager, said they are ishment" area as well @gannett.com or (517) development, was obvious- greatly appreciative of the as a separate lounge for 541-2507. YMCA to move into ex-Eaton Rapids school Planned: Classes IPROGRANIS AT YMCA . The Westside Cormnunity YMCA has signed a three-year lease . for adults, youth; agreement with th'e Eaton Rapids Public School District for space in a former school. Prog,rams planned include: preschooler care t 6-week adult fitness classes starting April 13 t Preschool progr<1ms starting April 13 CARLA BUMSTEAD t 13-week summer camps - including theme and sports camps Lansing Community Newspapers t Before- and after-school care for grades 2-6 beginning in the fall EATON RAPIDS - The t For more inform~tion, call (517) 316-YMCA (9622) . Westside Community YMCA signed a three-year lease agreement with the poth before- and after Eaton Rapids Public School Things will move school care for children in District earlier this month grades 2-6. for space inside the former · into full gear this Kirkpatrick said the dis Union Street Elementary; trict will provide busing school. fall, when the for the programing - tak Union Street was closed ing kids from Union Street for use as a school building Eaton Rapids to their schools in in fall 2008, but the school the morning and district has been working YMCA branch will returning them to Union hard to market the site as a Street when the school day community center. begin offering is over. 'Thrilled' both before- and Key discussion point Brenda Stohr, who serves Stohr said the before as the district's community after-school care and after-school care as education director, said she pect of the YMCA offerings is "thrilled'; with the YMCA for children in was a key discussion agreement. point in talks with the "It is going to be a great grades 2-6. district. opportunity for our commu The district will contin nity," Stohr said. ue to offer child care for (The YMCA) has such a sition process, with things kindergartners and great attitude ... their motto starting out modestly at first. first-graders at Lockwood is that they want as many But the first offerings will be Elementary and for pre people as possible to be able available next month, after schoolers at Greyhound to enjoy their activities and spring break. Central. programs." But once fall arrives, the Marcus Kirkpatrick, ex Oasses begin April 13 district will no longer offer ecutive director of the Six-week adult exercise before- and after-school care Westside YMCA, said and preschool classes will for children in grades 2-6. Eatpn Rapids' location begin April 13, and this The building's name has was ail. important factor in summer, a variety of youth been changed to the Union the decision to come to camps are planned, includ Street Center. town. ing a drama camp and sports In December, the Open "It's a wonderful oppor camps. Arms Lutheran Church tunity for the YMCA ofLari Stohr said the YMCA will began renting space, sing to expand programs in be using seven rooms at and the Children's Creations · an area that is pretty much Union Street, including of theater company moved in underserved when it comes fice space. during January. · to YMCA programing;" Kirk They will be located in Carla • Bumstead is an patrick said. "We are e:xcited the building's.east wing. editor for Lansing Commu about the opportunity." Things will move into nity Newspapers. She can Kirkpatrick said getting full gear thiis fall, when be reached at programs up and running in the Eaton Rapids YMCA [email protected] or Eaton Rapids will be a tran- branch will begin offering 541-2507. I · . · · . , l~) ~!;:2\\oq Couple hopes to find beloved pet - to say goodbye ·EATON RAPIDS - On Feb.I, ' of what she called ~ "horrifying .·ILSJ BLOGS. trieve him. Max, a golden retriever day." Hamelink wrote: "He was our owned by Tammy Hamelink J,>hysically Hamelink was OK, Oh~ yeah - those wars boy, our pal - the good son who and Jim Siegrist wandered from JOHN but her heartsickness kept her . In case all this.fuss about the economy came back to check on me when the backyard of the couple's home SCHNEIDER home from work for two weeks. has made you forget, Larry Nakfoor of I walked in the woods.... We both on the Grand River out onto "I still can't.sleep," she said. "I Grand Ledge reminds us that our sons and want Max back with us - to give [email protected] still cann. ot get the terrible vision the ice. •"377-1175 daughters still are marching off to war. him the proper goodbye that he Hamelink and Siegrist watched ------· out of my head." so deserves for the years of joy in horror as the 7-year-old retriev When she closes her eyes, she Check out my blog at www.lsj.com/ and love he has given us. er broke through the ice, into the struggle to break the ice, while said, she hears Max's yelps and schneiderblog "So, if somebody has found him swollen river. · Max fought for his life. sees him going under. already and didn't know who he "I still cannot get his cries of · "I felt so total!y and utte;dy Soth.Hamelink and Siegrist be of him floating in the river like belongs to, or if they'd like to help panic out of my head," Hamelink helpless," she said. lieve that giving Max a proper trash." · ·us find him, we'd be indebted." said. send-off would ease their grief - Max was lost one mile south As the dog struggled against 'Two seconds away' which leads us to one of the more No luck. of where Waverly and Columbia the frigid current, Siegrist and Unable to restrain herself, unusual requests I've relayed in Hamelink tried to cruise the roads cross. Hamelink rushed to launch their Hamelink ran out onto the ice~ this column. river in his kayak, looking for The couple may be reached at canoe. But what Siegrist thought "I was two seconds, away from They're looking for help in re Max, but came up empty. (517) 376-0624, or (517) 204-4715. was open water near the spot grabbing him," she said. "He trieving Max's remains. Hamelink and Siegristare hop · Max didn't have his tags on that where Max. went in turned out to . drowned right in front of me.'' "We have nothing to bury ing somebody who lives along the day - only a choker chain. . be clear ice. Hamelink ended up in the wa - nothing to say goodbye to," river, or uses it, will find Max Call John Schneider at 377-1175, Meanwhile, Hamelink stood on ter, too, but ~he said Friday that Hamelink wrote in an e-mail to washed up on the bank and let send a fax to 377-1298 or e-niail the bank, watching her fiance she barely remembered that part me. "I just can't bear the thought the·m know where they might re- [email protected]. ! ..;. Lansing ournal MONDAY,DECEMBER28,2009 THE POWIER OF KNOWING SINCE 185.i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,---t l ·- ... '.. ·;;;;;.~,;;,~ i ; t 'New era' for Lansing airport takes ofil 1 with international flight \ t8frif ic Flights on chartered Airbus A320 toasts MELISSh DOMSIC AND KATHLEEN LAVEY aircraft, fl.own by USA 3000 Airlines For occasional · and bo~ked through Newton Square, mdomsic®lsj.com, klavey®lsj.com Pa.-based Apple Va- drinkers, here are Standing amiq a pile ofluggage Sun cations Inc., will oper~. r~ i Onlin day, Katie Parilener, 18, and Kelsey ate on·Sundays through · , 'l~f' Extra e the essentials for Maccombs, 19, were ready to go. April 4. Prices start as · The two MSU students and about low as $549 per person, For more toasting 2010 160 others made history as they board including air and hotel. photos, go to Hot destinition: Capital Region · ed the first international flight to leave The Sunday depar- www.lsj.cCllTI. International Airport's first nonstop flight Lansing's Capital Region International ture was the airport's to Cancun took off Sunday. Airport. . first direct international flight since the Their destination: Cancun, Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection · director ofthe Capital Region Airport "We're going because it's an option," station opened at the airport in May. Authority. "We've worked for the last Maccombs said. "And this is a conve "It's really the start of a new era three years to invest over $20 million Stanton, L nient time to travel because we're not for mid-Michigan and the internation in school." al airport," said Bob Selig, executive s~ CANCUN IPage 7A fall to 49e Ex-MSU star com of six Detroit turn INCUBATORS HELP FIRMS FULFILL POTEN,JIAL first start. SPORTS Statewide poll: 81% don't know Berne to Getting name recognition key for Lansing mayor if he runs for gov. SUSAN VELA I Polling voters svela®lsj.com . EPIC-MRA recently took a poll ROC SANFORD/Lansing State lournal The name Vrrg Bemero ·asking registered, active voters if In Eaton Rapids: One of the most recent incubators to crop up is The Eaton Rapids Incubation and Education Center Inc. Jeannie l>ancer didn't ring any bells with they recognized certain (left) and Marta Budd are co-owners of the company Onymyrrhe, which is based at t.he center. HoughlonMayor Bob Back- politicians' names. Following are . . on, who was waiting for the percentage of respondents - , a "big storm" to land on who didn't recognize certain Business incubators Christmas Eve. . names: East Lansing Technology Then he vaguely recalled Lansing Mayor Virg Bemero: 81% Innovation Celiter the Lansing mayor's pas- Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith: 80% Houses 14 businesses.in 7,000 square feet at NURTURING· sionate, occasionally down- House Speaker Andy Dillan: 56% 325 E. Grand River Ave. Opened Oct. 2008. right angry pleas on CNN to save Michigan's auto Lt. Gov: John Cherry: 39% The Hatch manufacturing jobs. Attorney General Mike Cox: 16% 1,500-square-foot area for up to 15 college ·"Now, it's coming to source; EPIC·MRA students to work on business ideas at Scene· me," Backon, a Democrat, Metrospace, 110 Charles St. in East Lansing. Open SUCCESS said. of the mayor's name. While he also has repre- datP in 2010 to be determined. with economic strategies, we've still "How ·does sented Lansing in the state Restaurant incubator Lansing, DeWitt plan been somewhat locked into big so-. this tie into Capitol as both a House lutions," he s:aid. "I thirik the so Houghton?" and Senat«; member, Ber- East Lansing officials are considering a lutions are a million small business Bernero, netohasmorethanhisper- 7,000-square·foot fadlity with room for five to to join efforts to assist es buih incrementally over the next wa~ eight restaurants to test their cuisine concepts. he told, sonality and local re.cord to generaiion." may run for ·consider. Location to be determined. area small businesses Thafs why Trezise and commu governor in An EPIC-MIµ statewide Lansing ~usiness incubator MELISSA DOMSIC nity leaders around the region are 2010. The survey of registered, active City officials are looking for locations to house a mdomsic®lsj.com talking about business incubatr,irs. 45-year-old Bemero 2010 voters recently re- 10,000-square·foot clffice with high-tech East Lansing and Eaton Rapids p o lit i c i an vealed that 81 percent didn't companies, retail, aml possibly manufacturing and Michigan residents have long re already have centers set up, while has officially formed an ex- recognize Bernero's name. arts space. lied on so-called secure job~' at Lansing and DeWitt are looking to ploratory committee that Cherry had a better rating, DeWitt Arts aml Technology Center large employers like the Detroit develop their own. permits him to build sup- with 39 percent not recog- Three automakers. The Lansing EDC is exploring lo port and raise money. nizing his name. Students and teachei:s at DeWitt High School want But if the state wants to drag it catiom• for a, downtown incubator "Is he going to be mak- "Virgil Bernero's biggest to raise $50,000 for a three-year lease of self out of the recession, it's going to that would combine high-tech com ing a tour of the state?" problem will be nobody 3,200 square feet at the Riverview Office Center in have to broaden its approach, said panies. retail, and possibly manufac Backon asked. "I've met (Lt. knows who he is," said Bill downtown DeWitt. The facility would include Bob Trezise, president and CEO of turing and arts space, Trezise ~aid. Gov.) John Cherry. He was Ballenger, editor of Inside performance space, a cyber cafe and room for high the Lansing Economic Deve~opment He s:aid he's looking for about up here." Michigan Politics, and, like school students and recent graduates to start their Corp. • 10,000 .squa;e feet to house com Bemero, who is a Demo- Bernero, a former state rep businesses. "I think as we try to come up panies that 'nave grown to multiple crat but holds the nonpar- resentative and senator. The Eaton Rapids Incubation employees and need more of an tisanofficeofmayorinLan- He estimated the mayor and Education Center Inc. office,"rather than the one-person sing, gets sworn in for his will need at least $2 mil Aroughly 1,600-square-foot office and warehouse . work SJ'ace:: currently offered at seconrl four-year term in lion to finance a spirited space at 104. S. Main St. in downtown Eaton East Lansing's Technology Innova the new year. He has prom- campaign. Rapids that houses two start-up companies. The tion Center: ised to let constituents Yet few mayors have be center eventually wilJ host educational seminars The Lansing incubator wouid know soon after whether co~e Michigan go.vernors .. for businesses. he'll pursue the state's high- Sf,E INCUBATORS IPage 2A est office. 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We are in a recession exacerbated by · (N -..J From "Justjabbering:" Even after all these ruinous wars, unregulated trading and ' Tl years some people are still taken in by those investment practices, exploitation of the ' ' Nigeria scams where they claim to be related to American consumer for the purpose of highly ::~=~~~86% some government official and need your help speculative profits. Reliance upon unregulated Stay in getting money out of the country and'promise investment practices designed to generate to split the proceeds with you. At least one profits based purely upon phantom.collateral is person was murdered who went to Nigeria.to :·?Today's question TAWIM'I' AU.EN/For the Lansing State Journal a house of cards destined to tumble. Debbie Ba~lard cif Mason af.d Sharo11 Henriksen of DimC111dale What's your favorite _MSU sport? ;ire seen at Voices for Micliga1's C~ildren "Much Ado About GET PUBLISHED Something Wonderful." See m•re at www.lsj.com/phntns. Submit news, photos and events for our community pages at www.lsj.com/getpublished Give us YOUR TAKE at www.lsj.com/news. Bemero: Lack of name recognition in .ADAY state could be uphill battle in gov. race 1 lrt, IN H:IST~RY CONTINUED FROM IA his biggest strength." However, "he has to work Dec. 2B,.2009 B.inenger knows of only and get known in a lot of two: Hazen Stuart Pingree, areas that are not his. ,It's who was governor from 1897 an uphill battle for him, but to 1901, and Frank Murphy, he is obviously a talented Blue Cross acquires Accident fund who was governor from 1937 candidate. to 1939. And they were may· "He is ambitious. That n the Jarge:;t privatization • We would like ta thank ors of Detroit. ')..-:+ is obviously something that in the country, the Sbte uf Lansing Board QfWater & any good politician needs to ''<:·/· :.' __ "( : .' :.. J Michigan !iQld the Accident Light for their yeJrlong Capitol connections j·-·~ :, have." I . ~ ,. Fund to health insurer BJ.ue support of LansirJ11150. Bernero does have his In West Michigan, Erika Cross Blue Shield of Miclllgan connections, though. He ,~·' King said she has never ·nn Dec. 28, 1994. spent several years repre ·~ .;t,. heard of Virg Bernero. SJ.nee A•:ci.dent Fund could now sell worker!; com senting constituents at the However, "my specialty pensation packages nationally, the company gcew Capitol. • is not Michigan politics. It's from 30t) employees in 1994 to 680 employees in "My initial, informal que ROBERT KILLIPS/Lansing State Journal file photo national politics," said the 2008. ries have been answered with Stu111ping: Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero (right) will need name. Grand Valley State Uni· very positive encourage recognition if he runs for governor. A recent statewide poll showed .versity political science Source: Accident fond archive:;. Compiled by Kristen Tuinstra. ment;' Bernero said recently. 81 % 1)f registered, active voters didn't recognize Bernero's name. professor. A little prompt Also, one of his advisers ing about Bernero's CNN WWW.LANSING 15:0 .C 0 M is Jamaine Dickens, spokes-. kno'!!Vn in political circles. itics try to make assump appearances jogged her A Day i:1 Hi,;tOJy is spamored by: . man for former Detroit "The Democratic prima tions about past races, about memory. Mayor KlYame Kilpatrick ry is best served with a a future race. I don't think "I remember the name," until 2006, before the may· C0111Jetitive race," said state they apply. she said. or pleaded guilty to felony Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-De "People are. looking for · Whereas, John Cherry ... charges resulting from a troit. who said Bernero is alternatives." "He's got statewide rec text-messaging scandal. very electable. ognition," King remarked. Dickens also has been St.ate Sen. Hansen Clarke, 'Good campaigner' "He has contacts·across the campaign adviser and con· D-Detroit, said he suspects Bernie Porn, president state. He has built up a con sultant for Gov. Jennifer Gra· not many people in bis city of EPIC-MRA, emphasized stituency that is much more Co.nfident lnspHred, nholm and then-presidential know Bernero. Bernero's abilities. broadly based. He also, I'm Suaessful Stude·nts candidate Barack Obama.· ':That doesn't matter," he "He's a very good cam sure, has many more fund· Math, 5tudySkills, ACT and SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2009 L EDITOR: AL WILSON I [email protected] I 377-1154 I WWW.LSJ.COM JJohn ·Conyers mum about wife's legal woes A few thousand dollars the 80-year-old Conyers as he walked to the House Representative in Washington in bribes - including one spends most of his time, floor for a vote. accepted outside a Detroit apart from the wife who was "I have no comment what fast-food restaurant named born in 1964 - the same ever," he said. as councilwoman pleads guilty Mr. Fish - have all but end- · year he was first elected to "This has been a trying ed the short politicfil career the House. He's rarely seen time for the Conyers family ASSOCIATED PRESS his wife could soon wind up of Monica Conyers. They with Monica Conyers and and, with hope and prayer, spending five years in prison. haven't made so mnch as a the couple's two sons, and they will make it through this DETROIT - On the day Rather than take the easy dent in the decades-long po has said little about the scan as a family," the Congress City Councilwoman Monica shot, the top Republican on litical career of John Cony hers," Wayne State Universi dal that had swirled for more man's office said in a state Conyers stepped into a feder the House ethics committee ers, a reserved yet adamant ty political science professor than year around his politi ment minutes after Monica al courtroom at home in De declined to comment. Rep. advocate for Detroit and Lyke Thompson said. ''He cally ambitious bride. Conyers entered her plea. troit to plead guilty to brib Jerrold Nadler, a New York ·Michigan who appears al has worked. long and hard On Fri<;l.ay, as his wife "Public officials must expect ery, her husband was at home Democrat and a senior mem most indifferent to the cor to build up his own elector was in a courtroom pleading to be held to the highest in Washington. ber of the Judiciary Commit ruption scandal at home. al base .... He is well-known guilty to a single count of ethical and legal standards. · Several of Rep. John Cony tee, said "it shouldn't have "My inclination is that for his accomplishments in conspiracy to commit brib With this in mind, Mr. Cony- ers' colleagues in the .U.S. any impact. at all" on John John Conyers; co0$ituency Washington." erjr, Conyers declined to an House said they weren't aware Conyers' work in the House. is extremely independent of It's in W:1shington where swer a reporter's questions Srn CONYERS IPage 28 ~ OL\1 IBJ~O[E~ floode~ veh~cles on t.111ay Small crowd out of faiirgrounds lot IONIA - Tow truck crews have begun removing the first batch of rallies in hundreds of vehicles that were Timeless stranded at the Ionia County fair· technique: grounds after last weekend's storms Blacksmitli Lansing for caused flooding. apprentice The Grand Rapids Press reported Dace that crews on Saturday removed Koenigsknecht, wrongfully dozens of vehicles, some of which had of Black Iron .. mud caked to their sides and moisture Jewels, works inside. They were taken to a staging area near the fairgrounds. on a decorative convicted The recovery operation about wall hook Saturday at the 30 miles east of Grand Rapids was CHRISTINE ROOK expected to take days. Dam Festhral Officials had planned to bring at the Historic [email protected] vehicles out starting Monday, but the Old Miller 13am Lansing joined the nation Satur Grand River receded earlier than that. in Eaton d~y in a rally meant to focus atten Floodwaters overran the riverbanks Rapids. Tre tion on the wrongfully convicted. June 20 while tens of thousands were· festival "It can happen to anybody," Wal attending a country music concert. continues ter Swift told a crowd of about The sudden rise trapped cars in the today. For 25 people gathered in front of the lot, and some people had to be state Capitol. evacuated by boat. · more information, go The 48-year-old Detroit native 3 ~illed, 1 hurt in crash to www.eaton was wrongly convicted of rape in in .Livingston County rapiddamfest. 1982 and sentenced to 55 years in com. prison, according to his Web site. GENOA TWP. - Authorities say He was exonerated in 2008 and re three people are dead after a car KEVIN W. FQlWLER leased with the help of the Inno crashed into a tree in Livingston F CONTINUED FROM and Recreation Department worked with the festival for ffi A~\ Online For more photos, and local businesses. Ul Extra check out the last two years. slide on my belly,'' he said. Aimed at children were www.lsj.com. Kelly Carter, 20, who While most people were such activities as face paint-. works for Delta Township still entering Sharp Park, Car- ing, arts and ·crafts using them," said 1eeAnn Hull, as a lifeguard, volunteered men Karkau, 40, of Wacous- · slime, ud a trackless train president and executive di at the event. She said the ta, was leaving with her two ride. Th<: miniature horses rector of SierraRose Farms turnout was good and she children. ''It WaS a lot of fun, were among the more pop in DeWitt, a program that expected more people as well-organized, and the kids ular attractions. provides horseback riding the day went on. had a blast," she said. "The kids just love the lessons and therapy for peo "I just wish they had KEVIN W. FOWLER/For the Lansing State Journal The eyent was sponsored miniature horses; they're ple with special needs. something like this when I Then, now: Scouting memorabilia is on display at the Scout Museum by the Delta Township Parks like big stuffed animals to Her organization has was growing up," she said. during the Dam Festival at the Historic Old Miller Barn in Eaton Rapids. Festival: Events trimmed DONATE because of Mich. economy YOUR CAR CONTINUED FROM lB ety, said it did not indude Help the traditions like a 5K Run, 30, a Grand Rapids resident beer tent and well-known Homel1ess and Janecke's granddaugh musical acts because of.fi ter. "There's a lot of history nancial costs. t•at you would never But Bud McGeachy, 88, know if you didn't come tour guide of the one-room here." Plains Road church, said he The event is a fundraiser expected a good turnout re by the Eaton Rapids Histor gardless of budget cuts. ical Society to preserve.the "There have been a lot Miller House and Barn. of people coming out from However, Michigan's what)'ve seen,'_' he said. Volunteers · economic strife was felt at "Just seeing all the families this year's festival. · together and the kids hav of America® MICHIGAN Nancy Smith of the Ea ing fun, just makes me feel • See our new store layout and lower prices! ton Rapids Historical Soci- good." Please con·:act us: • Cle3nest thrift store in town! reasures (800) 552-1515 •Upscale feel at very affordable prices!· THRIFT STORE~ • Store Hours 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Sat.. 5445 S. Pennsylvania (South of Jolly) i www.carshelpi119people.org Lansing, Ml 48911 • (517) 708-3300 a Sale Last Monday of EVERY month! www.shophiddentreasures.com Conyers: Detroit ""'"""' bribery case is on heels of text scandal CONTINUED FROM lB brook. school in suburban Detroit. ers wants to work towards She was a political rookie helping his family and city who largely campaigned on recover from this serious her .husband's name in 2005 matter." when she won election to .ding ViOte the nine-member council, . Deel and her four years in office Prosecutors said Friday have been defined by petty that Monica Conyers accept- squabbling and name-call ed two payments in late 2007 ing. During a public hearing to support a city contract last year, she drew headlines that would pay $47 million to for calling Council President Texas-based. Synagro Tech- Ken Cockrel Jr. "Shrek'' - a nologies to recycle wastewa- reference to the green mov ter sludge and build a mod- ie ogre. em incinerator in Detroit. Turnm· g pom· t?. The council voted 5-4 to ap- prove the deal, with Conyers "Is the city going to get supplying the decisive vote. competent elected officials "She's going to have to re- orpeoplewithaname?"Hen sign immediately, or (as) soon ning said: as she is sentenced," Wayne · "The name Conyers has State University law profes- been very powerful. Will this J sor Peter Henning said. "She be a turning point for the will be out of office within city? It's going to be up for 1. two months. This is just bla- the voters to decide." tant bribery, the perception The nearly yearlong per that someone on the Detroit juty investigation followed a City Council can be bought." text-messaging sex scandal Prosecutors have taken i...J.volving ex-Mayor Kwame care to say John Conyers Kilpatrick and his former knew nothing about the brib- chief of staff, a draining col ery, and there are no signs lection of City Hall wrongdo it will affect his standing ing in a city struggling with among voters who have sent high unemployment, ram him back to Congress every pant home foreclosures and two years with· at least an unforgiving economy. 82 percent ofthe ballot since "It is unfortunate that our he was first elected. city must, again, endure another set of unethical .Marries boss circumstances surrounding A former aide in Conyers' elected officials," Mayor 1 House office, Monica Esters Dave Bing said in a state INTRODUCING RELATI0NSHIP SAVINGS married her boss in 1990. ment. "This is further evi It's about time you got rewarded fo.r being you with a The couple has two sons: dence of the need for and re Relationship Savings account. Simply use your checking the eldest carries his father's spect of strong ethical stan name and is a student at the ft Kathleen Lavey 377-1251 Reporter. General assignment ~sing-~~ [email protected] Heather Lockwood 377-µ01 Intern www.lsj.com [email protected] Ryan Loew 377-UOG _____...... {~}1i---...... __ Newsroom 377-1112 Reporter: Mobile journalist Fax 377-U98 [email protected] :::~''"''{-:.''"'" LENDING TODAY Toll free 1-877-599-6685 Matthew Miller 377·1046 FIFTH THIRD BANK Reporter. Higher education -:;_-=:-,,,"/~ FOR TOMORROW local news desk [email protected] 1'1" ',, The things we do for dreams~ Al Wilson 377-1154 Kathryn Prater 377·1063 News & Information Editor Reporter: East Lansing/Business [email protected] [email protected] Deposit balances are insured up to the maximum amount permitted by law. 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Director Andrew Shapter brings "Happiness Is" to East Lansing on Saturday, Pg lC }} ~b~[YuOJJw~ru:~ CARSON CITY INMATES FLEE W'ORK DETAIL ners' escape ends KEVIN W. FOWLER/For the Lansing State Journal n Co. manhunt Tough spot: Donlunto Jackson (bottom) of Holt gets under Eron Jackson (top) of Waverly as he takes the ball to the basket Tuesday. Mother Nature may seem flustered today. With up to 2 inches of snow expected to have fallen overnight, rain showers are likely much of this morning in the Lansing area, according to the National Weather Service. That will be followed by alternating rain and snow beginning at 10 a.m. After 1p.m., wind gusts up to 48 mph and steady snowfall should lead to blowing snow throughout the evening. Forecasters are predicting only 1inch of accumulation today. This afternoon, temperatures are expected to hover at just below freezing. More blowing snow and accumulation of up to 2 inches of snow are predicted overnight into Thursday. - scOtt Davis ROD SANFORll/Lansing State Journal HlNl shots On the hunt: Law enforcement vehicles from various departments are seen during a man'.1tmt on Petrieville Highway in Eaton County after the escape of five Carson City Correctional Facility prisoners Tuesday. An Eaton Rapids Township man was among the escapees, who were captured just north of Eaton Rapids. available to Officer, from St. Johns, in critical condition ·f TIMELINE - On Tuesday, five Carson City Correctional Facility prisoners all in Mich. KEVIN GRASHA escaped from their work detail. [email protected] Z:G~ <'1.•'.':':. l'risoners escape An Eaton Rapids Township and flee in a Department of on Monday man was one of five prisoners who Corrections 11an escaped from their work crew Tuesday, leaving behind a severe ::&:!J v.:..-:. Van spotted near State· health department ly beaten corrections officer. Eaton Rapids by Officer Lisa the corrections officer,55-year Kirby encourages vaccinations old Sam Olivo of St. Johns, was in sponsible for the assault. A. Henry of Eaton Rapids Tov.n '.'~:~.;; ::~~- Xirby pursued the critical condition Tuesday night The five prisoners, from the Car ship, was captured after a man , CHRISTINE RooK van in a high speed chase that at Sparrow Hospital, officials said. son City Correctional Facility in hunt th~ police said lasted abcut clrook®lsj.com Olivo, a 22-year veteran, suffered Montcahn County, were eventu 45minu:es. lasted 10 to 15 minutes. severe head injuries, Michigan ally captured just north of Eaton A state police K-9 officer and .'".:;::::-:::J :l 7 ~.Four prisoners Vaccines for the HlNl virus will be Department of Corrections Rapids, more than 70 miles from tactical i:esponse officer as well as secured by law enforcement. available to any Michigan resident start spokesman Russ Marlan said. the prison. Four of the prisoners an Eator.. Rapids police officer a:::id Search begin5 for fifth prisoner. ing Monday, state health officials said. "We're all saying our prayers were captured together, after an Eatoa County deputy found Previously, the vaccine was available and holding out hope," Marian they were left inside a locked Henry biding in a farm field, &:!J ::'•='·Fifth prisoner only to certain target. groups, such as said, adding that he did not yet Department of Corrections van. captured after he was free on young children. know if all the prisoners were re- The fifth, 36-year-old Daniel SEE ESCAPE IPage 2A foot for· about an hour and a "By the 14th, all local health departments half. will be offering vaccine to everyone in the state," said James Mc- curtis, spokesman for the I state Department of Com- ONLINE On the trail: Page2A munity Health, on Tues Law Eaton Rapids Twp. man among escapees day. "We strongly encour • For a look at enforcement area clinics, Daniel A. Henry, who officials say was.most recentjy' age people to get the HlNl officials from vaccine because it is the see this story living in Eaton ~apids Township, was anong five/ at www.lsj.com various 'prisoners who escaped from the CarsCll City facility. The best way to prevent get departments other four are not believed to be from mid-Michigan. ting the HlNl virus." and a tracking They are: Luca~ Schuster, 28; DennisJ. Hall, 45; Ancjrew P. That virus is blamed for the swine flu, dog search Lang, 50; and P:anar Cook, 28 . an illness that has claimed the lives of 66 Tuesday in .'~ people statewide since April 1. .. 'j_ Eaton County The vaccine, developed this year, is provided free by the federal government. after five Online Extra prisoners Health departments are not allowed to . escaped work :.~.. :·.; .... , ; ,0. ,1 For more p~otos plus Video, charge for immunization and private li':':'"l) l~~J see ww.lsi.com. detail. SEE VACCINE IPage ZA TOP HATIOI & WORLD SPEEDREADS HAPPERIRG JODAY Obama pushing for major Adaily feed of top headlines t MSU Varsity Athletes' Food Drive, fliers will be '.· Online new stimulus, jobs spending aistributed today in East Lansing neighborhoods. l '~<':/J Extra ·Collections of donations of non-perishable food WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama LOCAl Find hundreds called for more federal'spending Tuesday to jolt items for the Greater Lansing Food Bank will take of events place 5 p.m. tt1 7 p.m.'Dec.14-15. Participants are the economy into a stronger recovery and reduce Syste .. helps find in our online double-digit unemployment. Obama said the U.S. asked to place items in a bag, with the flier calendar . attached, and set the bag on their front porches. must continue to "spend our way out of this child care providers database at recession" as long as so many people are out of Michigan's Great Start early Info: 355-2205. - More events, Page 38 www.lsj.com. work. - Page 3A childhood program has launched Great Start Connect, an online General OK with Afghanistan plan database that gives parents Grandersoo·to·Yankees deal nears completion information about child care Gen. Stanley McChrystal said INDIANAPOLIS - The Yankees, Tigers and Diamondbacks neared providers across the state. he expects to know by this agreement Tue~;day on a three-team trade that would send All-Star center At left, teacher Heidi Jordan works time next year whether the fielder Curtis Gr.anderson from Detroit to New York, a person familiar with with Maggie Kromer, (far left) troop buildup in Afghanistan is 3, the negotiation-; said. The Yankees would send right-hander Ian Kennedy and Natalie Pazdan, at the reversing Taliban momentum, 3, to Arizona, and lefty reliever Phil Coke and outfield prospect Austin Educational Child Care Center in and he said he backs the plan. Jackson to Detroit. Detroit would also ship All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson Lansing. - Page 18 -Page7A ROD SANFORD/Lansin~ State Journal to the Diamondbacks, and Arizona would send highly touted young pitchers Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth to the Tigers. - Page 88 ~. •. ... _------'--=------'------__:_:. TODAY'S FORECAST • Rain/snow,highinthemid-30s,lowinthemid-teens. Full forecast• SC Kroger reports $_875 million loss in third quarter >< Lottery ...... 2A Local & State ... 18 Life ...... 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Hail, and entering, larceny and 2008 of a gun charge in 45; Andrew P. Lang, 50; and possession of Quaalude0s. Wayne County. 1,033 responses kgrasha®lsj.com Ranar Cook, 28. The drug charge was out of Cook was scheduled to Five state prisoners Henry has an extensive re Florida, officials said. be released in March, re- :·? TOdilY'S who escaped Tuesday and cord dating back to the early According to Michigan cords show. He previously quest10n drove a work Clew van from 1990s. He pleaded guilty in Department of Corrections served time in prison for Carson City to Eaton Coun January 2008 in Eaton Coun records: possession of cocaine. Where do you shop ty - were serving sen ty Circuit Court to home in •Schuster was serving The five men, from the for groceries the tences for crimes including vasion charges. He was sen time for possession of meth- Carson City Correctional Fa most? home invasion, drug pos tenced in April 2008 to three amphetamine. The corivic- cility, were doing work north 74% session, failure to pay child to ·20 years in prison, offi tion was in Allegan County. · of the Montcalm County No support and possession of a cials said. •Hall was sentenced in prison, MDOC spokesman gun by a felon. He has nine felony con November 2008 in Van Bu- Russ Marian said. One cor Give us YOUR TAKE at www.lsj.com/news. One of the men, 36-year victions, two misdemeanor ren County forreceiving and rections officer was guard- old Daniel A. Henry, was convictions and an exten concealing stolen property. ing them, he said. most recently living in Ea sive juvenile record, offi •Lang was sentenced this At about ll:45 a.m., they ton Rapids Township, offi cials said.· Most of his felo year in· Muskegon County apparently knocked out the cials said. The· others are ny convictions were out of for failing to pay child officer, Marlan said, and not believed to be from mid Kalamazoo County. support. · then drove away in the work Michigan. They are: Lucas They included breaking •Cook was convicted in crew van. Escape: Prisoners taken to Eaton Co. Jail ADAY CONTINUED fROM IA finally cornered the van on IN HISTORY Van spotted on routine patrol a dead-end road, J.P. Sulli ~ ~ said Michigan State Police EATOl'I RAPIDS - Eaton Rapids police Officer Lisa Kirby was on a van Drive, and waited for routine p~trol when she spotted and pursued a stolen van. oec.9,2009 Lt. Chris Kelenske. backup. [email protected] "Part of i:he reason why he The van fit the description of one reported stolen by five prisoners Henry ran away, but the was detained sa quickly was from the Michigan Department of Corrections. other four could not flee be because of the large number That pursuit erupted into a 10· to 15-minute chase down M-99 cause t1ie van was locked 'Sparty' statue dedicated in 1945 · of personnel on scene," said reaching ~eeds up to 80 mph before she finally cornered the van on a from the inside, police said. he statue of the Greek Spartan warrior known Kelenske, who estimated that dead-end road, J.P. Sullivan Drive, where she waited for backup. as "Sparty" graces an intersection near Michigan between 25 and 30 officers "You'll hear 20 BOL's (be on the lookout) a day, but the likelihood K-9 units brought in TState University's Spartan Stadium in East Lan from half a doun agencies that five escapees from Montcalm County would end up here is pretty Law ~nforcement pursed sing. It was dedicated on June 9, were involved. slim" said Eaton Rapids Police Chief Paul Malewski. • on foot and brought in K-9 · 1945. units that picked up Henry's • We would like to thank "Most police officers will never deal with this type of incident in Designed in 1943 by art pro Farm Bureau Insurance Criminal record scent in a field. He was found fessor Leonard D. Jungwirth, it Police said Henry sus their entire career. She kept her wits about her. She didn't panic. She hiding in thick brush. A state of Michigan for their did exactfv what she was trained to do." was intended to be made of donation to Lansing 150. tained i.n;uries during the police helicopter was also bronze. However, because of a capture, but did not give de -Cory Smith brought in for the search. metal shortage during World tails. He has an extensive "You wouldn't normally War II, Sparty was fabricated in terra cotta. criminal record that includes After the prisoners fled kets around him to keep him see that type· of vehicle In 2005, as part ofMSU's sesquicentennial, a new nine felony convictions for in the van, Olivo eventually comfortable and warm." around here," said Eaton bronze version of the sporting teams' mascot was cast. crimes like home invasion was able: to walk to a nearby At about 2 p.m., Eaton Rapids Police Chief Paul The original ceramic Sparty was moved indoors in the and breaking and entering. home, where a resident called Rapids police· Officer Lisa Malewski of the van. "It lobby of Spartan Way. All five prisoners were tak 9ll. The house is about two Kirby was on a routine was a lucky break. She was en to the Eaton County Jail. miles north of Carson City. patrol when she spotted on the ball and she nailed Source: Michigan State University. Contributed by Mark Nixon The other four are: Den "He came t() the door the van near the city's them." . nis J. Hall, 45; Andrew P. needingihelp, and we let him downtown, approximately Eaton Rapids Public WWW. LANSING 15 0 .COM Lang, 50; Ranar Cook, 28; come ir: and warmed him l.5 miles from Henry's last ·schools put its buildings A Day in History is sponsored by: and Lucas Schuster, 28. and wai'.ted for the emer known address. It is not on lockdown about 2 p.m., It is not yet known what gency people to come," said known.where the prisoners according to Superinten charges the prisllners face in Beth Palmer, who was home were headed. dent William Defrance. The connection with the escape. with her grown son. "We lockdown lasted about LET'S GO I TRAVEL,,...·,, -c The escape began at about comforted him as much as Cornered 40 minutes until police told lNCORPORAT·EDI ~ 11:45 am. The five-prisoner we could." Kirby ttuned on-her over him the final prisoner had Put A Sunny Orlando Or Savannah Trip Under 11re Tree This Year! crew was working about a When. asked to describe head lights, and the van been caught. Orlando Savannah mile north of the prison and his injuries, Palmer said: "He sped off. The pursuit erupt Staffwriters Christir?e Rook Feb. 20-28, 2010 March 20-28, 2010 assaulted Olivo, officials said, had been out in the cold for ed into a 10- to 15-minute and Sco·tt Davis and intern Arabian Nights ~inner Show, (":. , Tour Parris Island. Savannah, possibly knocking him un a while.We knew he needed chase down M-99, reaching Cory Smith contributed to this . Holy Land Expenence, . ·,,",' Jekyll & St. Simon's lslana. conscious. help. We just Wrapped blan- speeds up to 80 mph. Kirby report. Free day for yourse~. 13 meals. Dinner at Paula Deen's $695 p.p. $789 p.p • • We'll take $80 off your balance when you make your deposit of $75 by Dec. 181111 ! 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Accord Governments, meanwhile, stage a ing to the U.S. space agency jockeyed for position leading in Copenhagen· protest NASA, the other warmest up to the finale late next week, Tuesday with years since 1850 have. been when more than 100 national CHARLES HANLEY ' J. a banner 2005, 1998, 2007 and 2006. leaders, including President NASA says the differences in Barack Obama, will converge Associated Press reading "Take readings among these years on Copenhagen for the final me to your · COPENHAGEN - "This are so small as to be statisti days of bargaining. decade is on track to become 2015 peak cally insignificant. Preliminary drafts cir the warmest since records year" at the The U.N. agency report culated at the conference began in 1850, · and 2009 U.N. 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(57.2 F), with a margin of er as an attempt by riCh coun conditions than average, the The agency also· noted an The decade 2000-2009 "is In 2007-2009, the sum ror of plus or minus 0.11 C. tries to exclude them from World Meteorological Orga extreme h~at wave in India very likely to be the warmest mer melt reduced the Arctic Final data will be released the bargaining. nization said;although Alas in May and a heat wave in on record, warmer than the Ocean ice cap to its smallest early in 2010. ''.As the talks ramp up and ka had the second-warmest northern China in June. It 1990s, than the 1980s and so extent ever recorded. 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