Monthly Archives: November 2009

Fowlerville’s Limonoff plays key role as Gladiators rebuild on the fly

FOWLERVILLE — Lindsey Limonoff admits she didn’t know what to expect when the 2009 volleyball season began in August. Link to originating site

Success no surprise for setter — Fowlerville’s Limonoff plays key role as Gladiators rebuild on the fly

FOWLERVILLE — Lindsey Limonoff admits she didn’t know what to expect when the 2009 volleyball season began in August. Link to originating site

Customer help was on Target

On Saturday, my husband and I shopped for gifts for kids in foster care through Operation Good Cheer, sponsored by Child and Family Services of Michigan. We work at the Environmental Protection Agency in Ann Arbor, and our facility chooses many children to purchase gifts for to help make Christmas happier for these kids. Link [...]

Derek Melot: Defeat of health bill would still leave crisis

Back in July, I predicted that some form of national health care was on the way. Link to originating site

For ‘Top’ dollars, state must embrace schooling reforms

This editorial is reprinted from the Detroit Free Press where it first appeared. Link to originating site

Jeff Gerritt: What the streets don’t teach

One in three of the 225 teens at the Boys to Men Education Forum in downtown Detroit said they had to sell drugs to survive. Link to originating site

Let’s find ways not to waste money

Tucked away in the briefs of the Daily Press & Argus on Oct. 19 was a small item about the state planning to spend $3.3 million for the Farwell Building in Detroit. This building is eight stories high and has been vacant for more than 20 years. Link to originating site

A health plan that everyone will support

This is the plan everyone wants for government insurance. Give all American citizens the same plan our senators and congressmen get. Give it to us for as long as we live and there won’t be any arguments from Democrats or Republicans. We paid them plenty for eons; now, they owe us. Link to originating site

Little encouragement may go long way

A few folks got to talking the other day about what it means to encourage one another. The subject came up during the education hour at the church. Link to originating site

Brighton deficit blame game hits wrong target

The primary funding for Michigan schools is a state foundation grant that distributes revenue on a per-pupil basis around the state. When the school year started this year, the funding for Livingston County’s five public school districts was as follows: Link to originating site