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Pu your sweeti’ Valentin Limited number! Don’t miss your chance! on the COVER of City Pulse! T bu loc, call (517) 999-5069 On Feb. 12, City Pulse transforms its cover into a personalized “love lock” fence! or email [email protected] FREE HOT FOR COLD CASES a newspaper for the rest of us www.lansingcitypulse.com January 15-21, 2014 A veteran detective wades into 70 unsolved Lansing homicides | page 5 JAZZ TRIBUTE First came the music, then a marriage | page 13 NEW FESTIVAL Planned summer ‘Fish Rodeo’ to highlight Lansing’s Grand River | page 14 NETworks presents FEBRUARY 18-23 NETworks presents at MSU’s Wharton Center NETworks presents ON SALE NOW! Great ROMANTIC Gift Idea WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON ©Disney ©Disney East Lansing engagement welcomed by ©Disney Auto-Owners Insurance Company; Dewpoint; Farm Bureau Insurance; Mayberry Homes; and MSU Department of Radiology. 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 5, 2014 iloveoldtown.org WINTER PARTY OF THE SEASONiloveoldtown.org 1/26 Friends of Robert Busby, Old Town’s late beloved mayor, are throwing a winter WINTERparty in and PARTY around Creole OF THE Gallery! SEASON Dance to Steppin’ 1/26 In It on the Creole Friends of Robert Busby, Old Town’s late beloved mayor, are throwing a winter party in and around Creole Gallery! Dance to Steppin’ In It on the Creole Chocolate is so much Food. Drink. Good people. , better than sweet nothings Proceeds go to the Robert Busby Memorial Gardenthat’s onwhy Lansing’s we’re whispering River Trail. about the Food. Drink. Good people. Old Town Chocolate Walk. Proceeds go to the Robert Busby Memorial Garden on Lansing’s River Trail. Date: Jan. 26 Join in the festivities this February and Time: 3-7pm celebrate that special someone or Date: Jan. 26 Location: Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner Street just for the love of chocolate! Time:Tickets: 3-7pm $30 in advance, available online at robertpbusby.org or at the Old Location: Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner Street Town Commercial Association (1232 Turner Street, Lansing, MI 48906) Monday- Tickets: $30 in advance, available online at robertpbusby.orgCome to Old orTown at theon Old Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Town Commercial Association (1232 Turner Street, Lansing, MI 48906) Monday-Wednesday, from 5-8 p.m. for Postcard.indd 1 12/6/13 10:30 AMFriday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. February 12th Tickets include one beverage redeemable atthe the first bar.annual Additional Old Town Chocolatebeverages Walk. Postcard.indd 1 12/6/13 10:30 AM Ticketsare available include one for purchase.beverage redeemableLight appetizers at the will bar. be Additional served throughout beverages the areevent available and are for purchase.included inLight ticket appetizers price. Online will beBring salesserved your will throughout friends, end at family 11:59 the or p.m. lovers on to the eventJanuary and 25,are 2014. included Tickets in ticket will be price. sold Online at the sales doorshops will for of end $35. Old at Town 11:59 to p.m.explore on what’s new January 25, 2014. Tickets will be sold at the door forand $35. what you’ve always loved and pick up chocolates along the way, each different from the next! First check in at the Old Town Commercial Association OLD TOWN CHOCOLATE WALK 2/12 office to get your 1 pound box and OLD TOWN CHOCOLATE WALK 2/12 chocolate punch card with a list of Town Chocolate Walk! Take a stroll through historic Old Town with friends, familyparticipating businesses and map. Town Chocolate Walk! Take a stroll through historic Old Town with friends, family or your sweetheart while receiving a plethora of delectable delights! By the end of the night you will have a or your sweetheart while receiving a plethora of delectable delights! 1 pound variety box of delicious treats Date: Feb. 12 and a gift forc thatho specialc ol day a coming t e up. Date: Feb. 12 c ho c ol a t e Time: 5-8pm k Time: 5-8pm waw l ak l TicketsTickets are $10$10 inin advance, advance, $15 $15 day day of. of. Advance Advance tickets tickets are are available available on on Purchase Tickets in Advance $10 at the OTCA office or online Sponsoredwithwith by:chocolates fromfrom Old Old Town Town retailer’s. retailer’s. Boxes Boxes will will be beavailable available atfor iloveoldtown.org pickfor pick up the up the or $15 day of event. For aFor complete a complete list of listevents of events and getting and getting involvedinvolved go to go iloveoldtown.org to iloveoldtown.org and and followfollow us @ILoveOldTown us @ILoveOldTown City Pulse • February 5, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 AND DON’T MISS... Sunday, March 16 It’s not easy being a bug! Tony Kushner is best-known for his Pulitzer Prize But luckily for Worrying Worm, and Tony®-winning play, Angels in America: Fearless Fly and Sassy Spider, A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, as well as every creature finds its being the Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the Spielberg film,Lincoln . He’ll take part in an special talent in this funny informal interview/discussion led by – and sometimes icky! - local actor and director John Lepard. musical based on the best-selling books. FREE for MSU Students, Faculty and Staff (Limit 2 tickets per MSU ID.) $20 general admission Presented in partnership with TONY KUSHNER A Musical Presented by the Omaha Theatre Company TICKETS JUST PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT Sunday, February 9 at 1:30pm & 4pm $ Monday, February 10 at 7:30PM Generously sponsored by Brogan, Reed, Van Gorder & Associates/ The World View Lecture Series is made possible in part by the MSU Office of the President. Media Sponsor Ohio National Financial Services; Granger; Jackson National Life Insurance This presentation is generously supported by College of Human Medicine; Company; Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National College of Natural Science; Honors College; and University Outreach and Engagement. Endowment for the Arts; and Mid-Michigan MRI. Led by the legendary Yuri Temirkanov, one of the greatest A new musical revue with lots of fun tales! orchestras in the world performs Rachmaninoff’s The Teacher from the Black Lagoon follows Symphony No. 2 and Prokofiev’s Violin Hubie’s imagination as he faces his comically Concerto No. 2 with Vilde Frang. horrific fears. The residents of Mousopolis $15 Student & Youth Tickets! must run for their lives from Dogzilla, plus Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse & more. “This isn’t just a figure Ideal for kids ages 4 and up. of speech, just a fact: Titles subject to change. my jaw dropped.” –S.F. Classical Voice ST. PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TICKETS JUST Monday, February 24 at 7:30PM Sunday, March 9 at 1:30pm & 4pm 12 $8 Classics Series Sponsor Media Sponsor Generously sponsored by Brogan, Reed, Van Gorder & Associates/ Ohio National Financial Services; Granger; Jackson National Life Insurance Generously sponsored by Delta Dental of Michigan. Company; Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts; and Mid-Michigan MRI. WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 5, 2014 But the BWL remains far behind the pace VOL. 13 Op-ed: BWL too of change needed to avoid a major disrup- tion to both our climate and our economy. ISSUE 24 In its planning process, the BWL has left technical, not out one of its most important assets as (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com a municipal utility — the community it customer friendly ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 serves. The changes in the electric utility PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 As it plans for changes in electric- industry have far more options in generat- or email [email protected] ity production, the Board of Water ing electricity and maintaining reliable 5 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz and Light should seek more com- service than ever before, but the utilities [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 munity input planning alone means they will not pro- ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten duce the most reliable systems that work Hirten: Why an attempt by university football players [email protected] • (517) 999-5067 The crisis with the Lansing Board of Water for the communities they serve. to seek union representation should be accepted MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz and Light in part stems from a culture of an Residents need to be part of a planning [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 organization too focused on the technical process moving forward that reflects the PAGE ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross aspects of producing and distributing power values and vision of the community. If the [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 and not on providing service to its customers. BWL had done this earlier, then issues of 14 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper Some have suggested that the BWL protecting the most vulnerable people they [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 should be regulated by the Michigan Public serve, such as those with medical devices, CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 Service Commission. 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