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FREE PAINTING THE a newspaper for the rest of us www.lansingcitypulse.com August 27-Sept. 2, 2014 OLDSMOBILE Lansing Art Gallery’s ‘backbone,’ Cathy Babcock, retires after 17 years | p. 11 HEADLINE 2 THE DAILY SHOW Jack Ebling expands Lansing sports coverage with weekday talk show | p. 12 BACk to school PRESIDENT KNIGHT TAKES LCC FROM GRIT TO GLAM - page 8 VIRG BERNERO Why was he passing out negative campaign literature in Okemos on Election Day? | p. 7 Back to school 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 27, 2014 City Pulse • August 27, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 27, 2014 VOL. 14 Pulse Live ISSUE 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com From director to doctor, Old Town says And now she’s headed for a lot more (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com goodbye to Louise Gradwohl learning as she pursues a career in medicine ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 Gradwohl resigned as director of OTCA PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 The key is to keep learning. in order to go to Michigan State University or email [email protected] That’s what Louise Gradwohl says is the this fall for pre-med courses and then she’d 5 predominant mindset that has led her in life EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz like to go to medical school. [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 so far from ballet dancer to communications She is approaching this change much like ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten intern to director of Lansing’s most vibrant when she started in Old Town, which she Lansing’s bike share pilot program a test of will and patience [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 and growing neighborhoods, the Old Town described as a “big leap of faith.” EDITOR • Belinda Thurston Commercial Association. “Sometimes you just need to follow that [email protected] • (517) 999-5065 crazy,” the 26-year-old said. PAGE ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 Have something to say about a local issue Gradwohl joined OTCA as a communica- 13 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Angus McNair or an item that appeared in our pages? tions intern in May 2011. [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 “By the end of October I was the commu- Now you have two ways to sound off: CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith nication coordinator,” she said. “I was hired South Lansing event gives kids back-to-school bragging rights [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 1.) Write a letter to the editor. as director in December. I was 23.” STAFF WRITER • Lawrence Cosentino • E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 Gradwohl, an East Lansing native, has • Fax: (517) 371-5800 learned to go with the flow in whatever PAGE MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR • Rich Tupica 2.) Write a guest column: direction it’s moving. [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 Contact Berl Schwartz for more information: When she was 19, she was diagnosed ADVERTISING • Jeralyn Garvey [email protected] 15 [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 or (517) 999-5061 with a dance career changing disorder, May- ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson (Please include your name, address and telephone number so we can Thurner syndrome. The condition com- [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the right to edit letters and columns.) presses of arteries in the lower extremities, Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ captures humanity in real time Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, causing pain and swelling. Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill “I’ve got an 80 percent blockage still Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Correction Johnson, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, today,” she said. “It's unfortunate to have a COVER Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Because of a reporting error, a story blood clot at 19 and be on blood thinners for Preston, Ute Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak in the Aug. 20 issue misnamed the Mt. the rest of your life.” ART Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, Hope United Methodist Church and its She said her doctors told her, “You're Ron Lupu, Brent Robison, Robert Wiche pastor, Rob Cook. going to know so much by the end of this you Interns: Simone Carter, Eric Finkler, Alexandra Harakas, Keegan Kane, Devante Kennedy, Alexa McCarthy should be doctor.” “PRESIDENT KNIGHT” by JESSICA D. COWLES Editor & Publisher PUBLIC NOTICES CITY PULSE THIS WEEK Berl Schwartz on the B/15/019 FIRE HOSE. as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. The City of Lansing Art advocate Ilona Steinberg 7 p.m. Wednesdays will accept sealed bids at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING OFFICE, 8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 until 3:00 PM local time in effect AIR City Pulse editor/Yoga expert Belinda Thurston on SEPT. 9, 2014 at which time the bids will be opened and read aloud. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by calling Stephanie Robinson, CPPB at (517) 483-4128, Beer guide author Kevin Rolvolinski or email: [email protected], or for content and purpose of this bid contact William Oberst, at (517) 882-6418, or go to www.mitn.info. The City of Lansing encourages bids from all Medical marijuana advocate Robin Schneider vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. CP#14_218 CITY OF LANSING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY PULSE Sale of Waverly Golf Course, A/K/A/ Waverly Park, and adjacent Michigan Avenue Park The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 8, 2014, at 7:00 p.m, in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan, to consider a resolution selling the parcel commonly known as Waverly Golf Course, A/K/A/ Waverly Park, and adjacent Michigan Avenue Park ), specifically described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest fractional 1/4 of Section 18, T4N, R2W, City of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Section 18; thence S89°29'42"E along the North line of said Section 18 a distance of 2010.33 feet to the West line of Bonair Farms Subdivision, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 48, Ingham County Records as extended; thence S00°35'43"W along said West line and its extension 2631.77 feet to the East-West 1/4 line of said Section 18; thence N89°44'11"W along said East-West 1/4 line 2004.00 feet to the West 1/4 corner of said Section 18; thence N00°27'26"E along the West line of said Section 18 a distance of 2640.21 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel containing 121.46 acres, more or less, including 6.12 acres more or less, for right of way along Saginaw Highway, Waverly Road and Michigan Avenue; said parcel subject to all easements and restrictions if any. Details of the sale are on file with the City Clerk’s Office and are available at Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave. or www.lansingmi.gov/clerk. For more information about this sale, phone City Council Offices on City business days, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, September 8, 2014, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1695. Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk CP#14_217 City Pulse • August 27, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION for testing by walk-ups now. You can take a test Rocky rollout ride by using a credit card.” Soft relaunch of bike share program So I took her up on it C and decided to test the OF THE WEEK still presents problems, challenges bikes. The computers on the By BELINDA THURSTON first two bikes never con- The neon lime green bikes locked to nected to the server. racks beneath the Capital Community The third bike had a Bike Share sign at the baseball stadium functioning screen, dis- last week were anything but shareable. playing a cost of $2 for The brand commuters had solar pan- every 30 minutes of ride els affixed to the handlebars, but dark- time. I swiped my card Belinda Thurston / City Pulse ened display screens. and plugged in my email. There were no instructions or label- Then I was prompted Bicycles have been reappearing in bike share stalls around ing. to unlock the bike. Lansing. This is a second launch of the Capital Community How do you get to share these bikes? That took five tries of Bike Share program which, suffered technical failures Whom do you call? yanking, tugging and re- after the launch last year. setting the screen. “Everyone is frustrated, most of all Lansing may have been too small a those who had planned to use the bike I was about to give up when, without really knowing what I did fish in a big pond, Martinez said. share eventually,” said Julie Powers, who She said “production people focus on Property: Michigan 4H purchased a pilot membership in fall right, the bike unlocked and I got to ride it.