Nov 30 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.
Archive for November, 2009
Nov 30 2009
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.
Nov 30 2009
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.
Nov 30 2009
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.
Nov 30 2009
For ‘Top’ dollars, state must embrace schooling reforms
This editorial is reprinted from the Detroit Free Press where it first appeared.
Nov 29 2009
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.
Nov 29 2009
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.
Nov 29 2009
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.
Nov 29 2009
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.
Nov 29 2009
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: