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ichigan’s gray wolf was removed from the federal endangered species list on Jan. 27 after four decades as a protected animal.

Its long journey back from near extinction is hailed as one of the greatest wildlife survival stories in U.S. history — flourishing from just six animals in 1973 to nearly 700 today in Michigan alone.

But the story of the gray wolf is far from over. The policies that led to its recovery and now the state’s sensitive balancing act between wolves and humans will have a ripple effect far outside the boundaries of Michigan.

Though wolves in Michigan can be found today almost exclusively in the Upper Peninsula, their story resonates throughout the entire state. And in some ways, advocates say, the story of the wolf strikes at the heart of the very identity of the Great Lakes State.

“The wolf is symbolic,” says Michigan State University researcher Michelle Lute. “It forces us to ask, ‘What does it really mean to be a Michigander?’ ”

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Michigan gray wolves are a success story

The front page is a little different today. And why not?

In a special report, reporter Louise Knott Ahern looks at the comeback of the once nearly extinct gray wolf. It’s the kind of reporting that speaks to us as Michiganders.

On one level, this is story about saving an endangered species. But it is also symbolic, addressing the balance between past and present, and the tension between our environment and lives and livelihood.

The story is framed by the narrative with lots of support from photos and videos. You will be seeing more of this type of work in the future.

In Business Weekly, Matt Miller commemorates the Reo Motor Car Co.’s monthlong sit-down strike of 1937 that established the United Auto Workers union as the champion of local labor. The dispute lacked the vitriol that colored strikes in Detroit and Flint. But it nonetheless empowered the Lansing workers and ensured they received fair pay and reasonable benefits.

This year, the Girl Scouts of the USA is 100 years old. It’s an organization with deep roots in America providing leadership skills, opportunities, friendships and more for the more than 50 million women who have been scouts.

Hundreds of Scouts were in Lansing yesterday (story, Page 1B) and in Life we look at the history of this grand organization. On a more practical Scouting note, cookies are set for delivery at the LSJ this week.

In Sports, Joe Rexrode reports on the Spartans’ quest for the Big Ten Tournament title. MSU knocked off Wisconsin in the semifinals on Saturday and will play Ohio State today for the championship. A victory could nudge the Spartans up high enough for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament when the pairings are announced tonight.

Coming in Monday’s Lansing State Journal is a special NCAA Tournament Sports section. It will feature capsules of the teams, brackets and articles about the Spartans and other top teams. Throughout the tournament we will provide complete game coverage and other special features.

As always, thanks for reading the Lansing State Journal.

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Newborn: 13 lbs.-plus The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — A woman

says doctors predicted she would give birth to a big baby boy, but nobody was prepared for just how big.

Jayden Sigler weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces, when the healthy boy was delivered Thursday by cesarean section.

His mother, Cynthia Sigler of Vista, Calif., said that her immediate reaction was: “How’d he fit?”

Doctors initially estimated that Jayden would weigh about 9 pounds, but

that jumped to 11 by early March.

Dr. Jerald White, who delivered the baby at TriCity Medical Center, said Jayden was the biggest of the 20,000 newborns he has handled since he started in 1961.

The doctor said delivering a very large baby via cesarean section is more challenging but “wasn’t so difficult that it created a problem for anybody.”

Sigler said she’ll have to exchange all the baby clothes she bought for larger sizes.

Syria hits its opposition Diplomacy falters as Assad moves Ben Hubbard The Associated Press

BEIRUT — Syria launched a long-anticipated assault to crush the opposition in the rebellious north Saturday, bombarding its main city with tank shells from all sides and clashing with rebel fighters struggling to hold back an invasion.

President Bashar Assad rejected any immediate negotiations with the opposition, striking a further blow to already staggering international efforts for talks to end to the conflict. Assad told U.N. envoy Kofi Annan that a political solution is impossible as long as “terrorist groups” threaten Syria.

The opposition’s political leadership also rejected dialogue, saying talk is impossible after a yearlong crackdown that the U.N. estimates has killed more than 7,500 people.

That makes it likely that the conflict will continue to edge toward civil war.

Massing for attack Syrian forces have been building up for days around Idlib, the capital of a hilly, agricultural province along the SyriaTurkey border that has been a hotbed of protests against Assad’s regime.

Free Syrian Army fighters take cover during a fierce battle Saturday against regime troops in Idlib, Syria. Amid diplomatic efforts, regime forces struck Idlib. RODRIGO ABD/AP

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Early Saturday, troops blasted Idlib for hours with dozens of tank shells as forces moved to encircle the town. Families fled with blankets and a few other meager belongings. Others huddled in homes.

Rebel fighters rushed through Idlib’s streets, taking cover behind walls to fire on the attackers with automatic weapons. Trucks sped injured fighters to clinics; men on one street destroyed speed bumps with shovels so ambulances could drive faster.

Many low-level soldiers in the area have joined the opposition and

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WASHINGTON — Even dinosaurs can look sharp in basic black, and downright iridescent. An unusual crowlike dinosaur — which really doesn’t look like a dinosaur at all — had glossy black feathers that probably were used to call attention to itself and find a mate, scientists say in Thursday’s journal Science.

Think nightlife at New York clubs, but 130 million years ago and in rural China, said study coauthor Mark Norell of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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He calls the look an “Anna Wintour special” after the Vogue editor.

Secondary wings It’s the oldest example of the shimmering look on animals, said study coauthor Julia Clarke at the University of Texas. And in other animals, especially birds, that shine is often how males attract females to mate.

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“By that definition microraptor is definitely a bird.”

Not so, say the three study authors. First, microraptor couldn’t fly based on its skeleton and muscle formation, Norell said.

At best it would glide or parachute from trees.

Looking at the way the animal’s skeleton is laid out, it is far more related to velociraptor than modern birds, Norell said.

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“It’s like shimmery clothes and garments you would wear out to big social gatherings,” said Matthew Shawkey, another co-author from the University of Akron. He said they figure it was glossy from the shape of sacs that contain pigment in a fossil found in rural China.

It’s definitely not drab T-rex duds. Nothing about these dinosaurs, called microraptors because they didn’t get much more than 30 inches long, evokes the fearsome look that has made dinosaurs the stuff of nightmares and scary movies.

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Many fear the offensive in Idlib could end up like the regime’s campaign against a rebelheld neighborhood in the central city of Homs.

Troops besieged and shelled Baba Amr for weeks before capturing it March 1.

Activists say hundreds were killed, and a U.N. official who visited the area said she was “horrified” by the destruction,in the district, now virtually deserted.

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Al-Yassin estimated that the city has as many as 1,000 fighters, but that they have mostly light arms and are short on ammunition. Most supply lines have been cut.

“The Free Army will able to keep them out for a while, but if they cannot get more weapons and if the army keeps shelling from outside, they won’t be able to hold out,” he said.

“Right now their morale is very high,” he said. But, he added, “We worry that what happened in Baba Amr will happen here.”

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WASHINGTON — Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over his rejection of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.

Trade unions representing workers who stand to benefit from thousands of new construction jobs from the Keystone XL pipeline are furious at other

unions that joined environmentalists in opposing the project.

AFL-CIO leaders hope to smooth tensions at their executive council’s annual winter meeting that starts Monday in Orlando.

After the White House blocked the pipeline in January, Laborers union president Terry O’Sullivan said he was “repulsed by some of our supposed brothers and sisters lining up with job killers like the

Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council to destroy the lives of working men and women.”

His harsh words were directed at groups such as the Transport Workers Union and the Amalgamated Transit Union, which said possible oil spills and environmental contamination outweighed the benefit of new jobs.

Several larger unions, including the Communications Workers

and Auto Workers, also jumped in with praise for Obama, agreeing with his administration’s arguments that a quick deadline forced by Republicans didn’t provide enough time for a fair review.

The split led the AFL-CIO to take no public position on the pipeline.

Leaders are likely to discuss the need for solidarity and how to tone down tensions.

Putin protest effort weakens

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 Around the world

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 15 Israel pounded Gaza for the second day in a row Saturday, trading airstrikes and rocket fire with Palestinian militants and killing 15 of them as the deadliest Gaza violence in more than a year showed no signs of abating.

Despite Egyptian efforts to mediate a ceasefire, Palestinians fired more than 100 rockets, some striking major cities in southern Israel and seriously wounding an Israeli civilian.

“This round in Gaza is far from being over,” Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a visit to southern Israel.

Top militant commander Zuhair al-Qaissi was among those killed. Barak said al-Qaissi was preparing a similar attack. He said he couldn’t say yet whether the plan had been completely thwarted.

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Hacker admits attacking U.K. site A man claiming allegiance to the Internet activist group Anonymous said Saturday he hacked into the website of a major British abortion provider. A judge denied him bail.

James Jeffery, 27, was arrested Friday and accused of breaking into the website of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which has about 40 clinics and other centers across the country. The service said Jeffery wasn’t able to access medical information about women who had sought treatment from the nonprofit, but he stole about 9,000 records of people who had made inquiries.

Jeffery appeared at a London court Saturday to admit two offenses under the Computer Misuse Act.

4 killed at Nairobi bus terminal A grenade attack at one of the main bus stations in Kenya’s capital killed at least four people and wounded 40 others Saturday, officials said, in the latest bloodshed blamed on sympathizers of Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked insurgency.

Witnesses reported that people in a moving car hurled three grenades at the outdoor terminal in Nairobi, police spokesman Charles Owino said. The blasts are the latest in a string of small arms, bomb and grenade attacks that have killed scores of people since Kenya sent troops across the border into neighboring Somalia in October.

Thousands rally for Chávez Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez demonstrated on Saturday to show support for their leader while he recovers from cancer surgery in Cuba.

Demonstrators danced, beat drums and waved flags as they marched through the Venezuelan capital. Crowds of Chávez supporters also held simultaneous rallies in other cities across the country.

The president has said a Feb. 26 surgery in Cuba removed a tumor from the same location in the pelvic region where another tumor was removed in June.

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Fistfight breaks out in Chicago Symphony box The Associated Press

CHICAGO — It was an unusual backdrop for a fistfight: Maestro Riccardo Muti was nearly through the second movement of Brahms Symphony No. 2 at the normally staid Chicago Symphony Orchestra when two patrons got into a fistfight.

Concert-goers at Orchestra Hall were all the more stunned Thursday because the two men were fighting in one of the boxes where the well-to-do normally sit in decorous self-restraint.

The ruckus began when a man in his 30s started punching a 67-year-old man in one of the boxes.

Police said the fight was the result of an argument over seats. The older man had a cut on his forehead; the other left before officers arrived.

The concert went on, though patrons said Muti gave the men a sharp, irritated look — one person called it “dagger eyes” — before continuing.

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Letting it roll: Gary Heinz bowls last month at St. Boniface Bowling Alley, which is underneath St. Ann Catholic Church in Peoria, Ill. He says he has been bowling at these lanes since he was in grade school.

Church bowling alleys heading down the lane Facilities are being closed since they don’t attract the crowds or money that they once did

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Moscow rally: Protester with newspaper showing Putin.

By Judy Keen USA TODAY PEORIA, Ill. — When Max Carson watched his bride, Nancy, walk down the aisle at St. Ann Catholic Church at their 1974 wedding, organ music was accompanied by the unmistakable sound of balls crashing into bowling pins.

“I said, ‘I do,’ and bowling balls were flying,” says Carson, 62, who didn’t know then that the St. Boniface Bowling Alley, built in 1945, was in the church basement. Now he plays in the Has-Beens League every Wednesday morning in the four-lane alley.

“I always joke that if I preach too long, people go downstairs and start bowling,” Pastor Terry Cassidy says.

St. Ann’s little bowling alley is almost as popular now as it was after parishioners created the hideaway, which has a bar and dining room. It was rebuilt after a fire in the 1960s.

Two leagues, one for men and another for women, play on Wednesdays, and parties are booked for almost every Friday and Saturday night, manager Jim Seppelt says.

Closed in ’80s, ’90s Church bowling alleys are disappearing fast. There are probably fewer than 200 left, says Neil Stremmel of the U.S. Bowling Congress.

Doug Schmidt, author of the 2007 book They Came to Bowl: How Milwaukee Became America’s Tenpin Capital, says that city once had at least 13 church bowling alleys.

“They came with German immigrants in the 1860s,” Schmidt says.

“Most closed in the 1980s or ’90s.”

Milwaukee’s St. Martini Lutheran Church built its eight-lane alley in 1954, says church secretary Trudi Groth. In 2004, four lanes were dismantled to make space for a lunchroom. Two years ago the final four lanes were replaced by classrooms.

MOSCOW — A protest rally against Vladimir Putin drew more than 20,000 people on Saturday, far fewer than those in past months as the opposition movement appears to be losing momentum following Putin’s presidential election victory.

Speeches by young activists like Maxim Kats, 27, however, showed that some of the new political energy that has emerged in Russia in recent months is being channeled into local politics and civic activism. Kats and two others in their 20s, who just won seats on municipal

Pointing to closure: A sign shows the way to St. Boniface Bowling Alley, built in 1945. The facility was rebuilt after a fire in the 1960s.

The last time Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Haven, Conn., organized a bowling night at the four lanes in its basement, nobody showed up.

“I don’t know if it’s the times (or) the location,” parish administrator Pat Sundermann says.

It’s particularly sad, she says, because the bowling alley was refurbished a few years ago in memory of Eddie Vanacore, who grew up in the church and died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

‘Nobody wants to bowl’ The space is used mostly for meetings now, Sundermann says.

“Everybody wants to go down and look and smile and joke, but nobody wants to bowl,” Sundermann says.

It’s a different story at the Church of St. Francis de Sales in St. Paul, Minn. Its six-lane bowling alley, built in 1939, is in the basement of a school building it rents out and is used for gym classes, league play and parties.

Since another church bowling alley in St. Paul closed recently, church administrative assistant Pam Gripman says, “I think we’re the only one left in the area. It’s kind of a legend.”

The six-lane bowling alley operated by St. John’s Catholic Club at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Kansas City, Kan., also is prospering, president Kenny Yarnevich says.

The lanes, built below a church gym in 1923, are used by four leagues and for parties and fundraising events. “We have cheap

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sandwiches and beer . . . and we’re family-oriented,” he says.

Many of the 20 or so retired men who gather for Wednesday-morning league play at St. Boniface Bowling Alley don’t belong to St. Ann Catholic Church. They come for the good company and the relaxed atmosphere.

“Everybody roots for everybody,” says Gary Heinz, 63, a former Caterpillar Inc. worker. “Despite age, aches and pains, everybody comes,” he says. “That’s how important it is.” One bowler uses an oxygen tank that he disconnects when it’s his turn. The two oldest participants, Billy Whaley and Oscar Means, are 85.

Billy Purcell, 69, and George Rothan, 70, bowled here together in high school, then lost touch for a half-century.

Now they bowl together again in the Has-Beens League. “It’s the camaraderie that keeps people coming back,” says Purcell, a retired railroad engineer.

Purcell calls the alley a “proving grounds.” That’s because no one has ever bowled a perfect 300 game here.

Sharon Bailey, 68, who helps run the women’s league, long called the St. Boniface Mother’s Club, has been bowling here for 43 years.

“It’s all women, talking about kids and now grandkids,” she says.

“We have some younger ones in the league,” Bailey says. “I hope they’ll continue the tradition.”

councils, were among a number of speakers who called on Muscovites to get involved in how their city is run, starting with their own neighborhoods.

Putin, who was Russia’s president from 2000 to 2008 and then moved into the prime minister’s office to avoid a constitutional ban on more than two consecutive terms, won a third term in the March 4 election with 64% of the vote.

The protesters said they did not recognize the results.

“These weren’t elections. This isn’t a president,” read a banner over a stage set up on Novy Arbat, a wide avenue in central Moscow.

Opposition leader Garry Kasparov echoed that sentiment. “This was not an election,” Kasparov, a former world champion chess player, said from the stage. “This was a special operation run by a thug who wanted to return to the Kremlin.”

"We know the truth, but what are we supposed to do with it?” said Russian actor Maksim Vitorgan, who voiced widespread concern that the opposition movement is losing its voice.

The volunteer vote monitors were one new burst of civic activism. Another was the hundreds of people who ran for seats on Moscow’s 125 municipal councils on March 4 as part of a new movement called Our City.

Kats, a former professional poker player, was among 71 who won seats despite what some candidates said was heavy official pressure to keep them off the ballot or steal their votes. The majority of those who won were in their 20s, 30s and 40s.

“If I did it, it means anyone can,” Kats told the crowd.

Yemen: Airstrikes kill 18 al-Qaida militants The Associated Press

SANAA, Yemen — Airstrikes killed 18 al-Qaida-linked militants Saturday in central Yemen while separate strikes targeted militants in the south, officials said, as the military struck back at the group after it killed nearly 200 of its soldiers.

The military offensive comes in response to an attack last week in which alQaida’s militants sneaked across the desert at dawn to

the back lines of Yemeni forces. Many of the troops were asleep in their tents when militants sprayed them with bullets. Their bodies, many of which were missing heads or mutilated, were later dumped in the desert. The bloody assault on the military in Abyan province revealed the magnitude of the Yemeni army’s defeat after nearly a year of political turmoil nationwide has left an emboldened al-Qaida in its wake.

Yemen’s new president,

Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, faces the heavy burden of trying to dislodge the militants.

He was sworn in as president Feb. 25 after taking over from Ali Abdullah Saleh, who ruled the country for more than three decades.

Al-Qaida has long had a presence in Yemen, the poorest nation in the Arab world.

But in the chaos of last spring they gained a much stronger foothold in southern Yemen and since then have tried to push north into the

central province of Bayda.

From there, the group could extend its reach into the capital.

Saturday’s attacks on the outskirts of Bayda city, some 100 miles southeast of the capital Sanaa, began late Friday and continued into early Saturday, according to witnesses. They said at least two houses were demolished.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the media.

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A year after tsunami, Japanese still afraid Citizens’ trust in government has been shaken John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times

TOKYO — Veteran fish seller Yoshito Shimada is under siege. At a grocery store in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, mothers pushing strollers demand proof that the daily catch isn’t from the waters off the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

“I tell them the government checks the fish for radiation, but they don’t trust elected officials, or anyone,” said Shimada, his blue shirt stained with fish blood. “A year after the disaster, Japan is still afraid of its own food.”

Even in Tokyo, more than 200 miles from the northeastern region devastated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that caused radiation to spew from the nuclear plant, residents fear that local schoolyards are laced with dangerous isotopes.

Citizen collectives wander streets with dosimeters to make sure their neighborhoods remain radiation-free, conducting spot checks on fish and produce.

A year after the worst natural disaster in their country’s history, residents of Japan are still struggling to cope with the staggering toll of a catastrophe that left nearly 20,000 dead or missing.

But a more insidious legacy may be a shaken trust — in their government, in their source of energy, and even in the food that sustains them.

Public loss of trust “Many Japanese feel they’ve been lied to by their government,” said Mitsuhiro Fukao, an economics professor at Keio University in Tokyo who

A family offers prayers Saturday at a makeshift shrine in a neighborhood devastated a year ago by a tsunami in northern Japan. SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP

has written about the public loss of trust. “In a time of disaster, people wanted the government to help them, not lie to them. And many wonder whether it could happen again.”

Even though the tsunami had knocked out the cooling system at Fukushima, leading to meltdowns in three reactors, officials insisted that all was well at the seaside plant.

Recently released reports show that was far from the case.

Seeking to avoid a public panic, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his advisors buried a worstcase assessment by the Japan Atomic Energy Commission that included the possible evacuation of Tokyo. Officials delayed disclosing key data and safety standards, leaving many Japanese not knowing whether their food chain had been contaminated.

A new report on Fukushima for the American Nuclear Society says the long-term health risks of the radioactive fallout will probably be minimal.

But some Japanese aren’t convinced.

lergy to radiation is stronger than anywhere else.”

For decades, Japan was a seeming paradox: a country that had witnessed the horror of a nuclear attack yet was wholeheartedly committed to nuclear power. In the wake of Fukushima, that could change.

Anti-nuclear protests have attracted tens of thousands of angry citizens, many of whom are pressuring politicians to abandon their support for nuclear power.

Former Prime Minister Kan, a onetime supporter, now says Japan needs to reduce its reliance on atomic energy.

“We should have taken more adequate safety steps, and we failed to do so,” he recently said of the Fukushima meltdowns.

“It was a big mistake.”

The government now has scrapped plans to build 20 more reactors by 2030.

Only two of the nation’s 54 nuclear plants are currently operating.

Though the government once pledged to increase the supply of energy from nuclear power from 30 percent to 50 percent, many in Japan are pushing to reduce that figure to as close to zero as possible, said Daniel Aldrich, a Purdue University political science professor who specializes in Japan’s nuclear policy.

“Because of popular pressure and the refusal of local government officials,” he said, “nuclear power plants that are currently offline are not likely to come back online any time soon.”

At the busy Shibuya supermarket, restaurant owner Takayuki Minagawa surveyed the vegetables — spinach, mushrooms and eggplant. And he sighed.

“They look safe, but maybe they aren’t,” he said.

fears are well researched, others less so. Sociologists report a “social stigmatization” of evacuees from the area around the Fukushima plant.

Evacuees in Tokyo and elsewhere have been looked on with suspicion as potentially exposing their new neighbors to radiation.

Experts say such responses to radiation aren’t new in Japan, the only country that has suffered a nuclear attack.

“After the bombing of Hiroshima, female survivors were seen as damaged and had a hard time finding husbands,” said Akira Tokuhiro, a Tokyo native and professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Idaho.

“With Japan’s nuclear history, the stigma switch is easy to turn on.”

Even the trash left in the tsunami’s wake is a source of fear.

Tons of debris

Japanese light candles at Jifukuji Temple in memory of the nearly 20,000 earthquake and tsunami victims.

Suspicious of data provided by the government and news media, many people now conduct their own radiation research.

They surf the Internet and seek out podcasts that offer alternative perspectives on the dangers and what to do about them.

They flock to the Twitter accounts of nuclear scientists.

Radiation concerns In what’s being called the “measurement movement,” people rushed to buy their own Geiger counters and dosimeters to check for radiation exposure. At a Tokyo elec-

tronics store, one salesman said he was amazed at how knowledgeable customers had become about the sophisticated equipment, with many asking numerous technical questions as if they were shopping for highend stereo systems.

Yuko Kamine says she views her life differently than she did a year ago. “I worry about food safety,” the 29-year-old office worker said. “I want to live each day to the fullest. You never know when something like this could happen again, when you’re going to die.”

Some of the public’s

The landscape of northeastern Japan remains littered with 25 million tons of clothing, computers, stoves and car parts, shoved aside into massive unsightly mountains.

In many areas, the debris, known as gareki, equals what residents would normally create in 20 years.

Only 5 percent of what the tsunami created has been removed. Fearing high levels of radioactive cesium, residents across Japan don’t want the debris disposed of near their homes.

The government is offering to pay communities to accept the rubble, but there are few takers.

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2.5 feet tall Broad snout Round ears Long, low howl Gray Wolf

Coyote

Adult gray wolves range in size from 58 pounds to 112 pounds and can stretch 6 feet from nose to tail

daily life » STAMINA

Wolves spend as many as 10 hours per day traveling They can run up to 35 mph in short bursts

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

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Wolves live in groups, called packs, that have a defined social structure and hierarchy. In Michigan, wolf packs range from 2 wolves to as many as 8 or 10.

The average wolf lives 10 years OFFSPRING

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Like their domestic dog cousins, wolves usually have litters of four to six puppies.

BY LOUISE KNOTT AHERN

F

Somewhere over the Upper Peninsula —

rom 5,000 feet, the brown-and-white winter landscape of the Upper Peninsula is a reminder there are still untouched lands left to explore, places

where there’s so little civilization to see that it’s hard to believe this is a state of 10 million people.

A few times a month, Department of Natural Resources pilot Neil Harri flies over these vast miles of aspen and snow to

food

Wolves are carnivores that prey on a variety of other animals, from rabbits to moose, but white-tailed deer are their primary source of food in the U.P. It’s not known how many deer each wolf can kill in a year.

Estimates range from 15 to 90 per year.

»

Wolves can survive on as little as 2.5 pounds of food per day but usually need at least 7 pounds per day.

did you know? ... » Wolves mate for life with one partner.

» Only the alpha male and alpha female in a pack breed. » It is illegal in Michigan to own or create a wolf-dog hybrid. » The ninth law ever passed in Michigan was the creation of a bounty for killing wolves. » Wolves use body language to communicate with each other.

Alpha males hold their tails high to show dominance. » A wolf's jaw is twice as strong as that of a German Shepard and has a biting pressure of 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per square inch?

tracks GRAY WOLF 5 INCHES

LARGE DOG 4 INCHES

RED FOX

2.5 INCHES

COYOTE 3 INCHES

Source: The International nal Wolf Center in Minnesota

conduct one of the most important but simple pieces of the state’s plan for managing the wolf population. He finds out where they are and counts them.

Harri has a reputation not only for welcoming guests on his monitoring flights but also for carting them back home, green and queasy. Tracking wolves from the air does not make for a smooth flight. He warns people ahead of time that if they need to throw up they should grab the trash bag in the back, and in case of emergency, he’ll try for a tree landing. They’re rarely fatal, he explains.

But he promises you’ll forget everything — the tug of gravity on your stomach, the bumps and jiggles of flying in a small plane, the image of crashing into a tree — the minute the plane’s radar system comes to life with a single, insistent PING. And when it happens, when that sound breaks through the roar of the propeller to announce that a radio-collared wolf is near, Harri transforms from laid-back to alert. He begins turning dials on the instrument panel, trying to pinpoint more closely where the signal is coming from. His eyes scan the ground below, experience training him to watch for movement, not necessarily an animal.

In the distance, he spots a frozen riverbed. Wolves can often be found near those, he explains. They like to travel that way, using the icy creeks as roads through the winter woods.

Harri flies lower and lower, turning the plane practically on its side so he can see better.

The PING grows louder. And then, yes, over there, in the trees. There’s something over there.

One by one, they emerge from the woods. One, two, three, four — seven in all run from their hiding spot to scamper along the ice. And for the few brief minutes they show themselves, they tell a story which some feared would be forever relegated to history.

In Michigan, the gray wolf runs again.

WHERE WOLVES RUN WILD That these animals exist at all, much less in such a large, vibrant pack, officially makes Michigan one of the only places in the United States where wolves are no longer the stuff of whispered myth but instead a living, breathing part of the ecosystem.

Alaska, of course, has always had them.

So have Wyoming and Montana. There’s also Yellowstone National Park, home to one of the most famous wolf packs in the country.

That Michigan can once again count itself among those places lends some swagger to a state that has stumbled through the past decade. And the wolves’ resurgence is something the majority of Michiganders say they support, at least according to a recent MSU study. More than 80 percent of Michigan residents surveyed last year said they enjoy knowing wolves exist here.

“Wolves are just iconic,” says Brian Roell, a biologist with the DNR and the state’s sort of chief wolf man. “They represent the wild.”

Roell knows everything about the animal — what it eats, where it sleeps, why it will stare or pace when scared, what its howl really means, why it likes to travel paths made by others to save its own energy. Mostly he knows that wolves, no matter how a person may feel about them, make Michigan special.

“That should be a selling point to Michigan,” he says. “It should be viewed as a resource. There aren’t a lot of places where you can go see wild wolves or moose without traveling to Alaska or Canada.”

But with that unmistakable coolness factor comes a complicated set of challenges. So few endangered species — and certainly no other major predators — have ever recovered enough to no longer need federal protection.

That means Michigan and its Great Lakes gray wolf cousins, Minnesota and Wisconsin, find themselves in unchartered waters, balancing the needs and opinions of the almost-too-many-to-count stakeholders who want a say in the wolf’s future here. » Conservationists and wildlife defenders are watching how the DNR manages the wolf population — always standing ready to sue if they feel the state goes too far and once again threatens the animal’s existence. » Sportsmen wonder when they’ll get a chance to snag one and worry the wolves will trim the deer population if left unchecked. » Biologists fear ignorance will lead to a rash of bad, kneejerk legislation. » Farmers wonder what their rights are now when it comes to protecting their livestock from wolf attacks.

The DNR says it has attempted to balance the viewpoints of all the various wolf stakeholders in its Wolf Management Plan — an aptly named 100-page document that spells out how the state will handle everything from live-

A pack of Great Lakes gray wolves emerge from their den along a frozen riverbed in the Upper Peninsula during a DNR monitoring flight on Feb. 14. LOUISE KNOTT AHERN/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

stock kills to poaching. Roughly 50 people representing all possible interested organizations — from hunters to American Indian tribal leaders — were invited to help craft the plan in 2006.

Now, with the federal government’s decision to remove the wolf from the endangered species list, it’s up to people like Roell to put that plan into action.

“We’re moving into a new phase,” he says. “We’re learning how to live with wolves.

And living with wolves requires a different mindset.”

MICHIGAN’S POPULATION Michigan’s gray wolf population has bounced back. DNR officials say the wolves were aided not only by protection from the Endangered Species Act, but also a perfect storm of climate conditions that allowed for ample food and adequate habitat.

WOLF POPULATION IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA* 700 600

LIVING WITH WOLVES Go outside of Marquette — away from the university and the tourists, out to the places where roads are so remote they don’t even appear on maps and where the bars have two entrances, one for cars, the other for snowmobiles — get way out here among the heart of the national forests, and nearly everyone you find has a wolf story. Sometimes it’s their own, but sometimes it’s one they heard from someone else.

They talk about wolf sightings along the side of the road, about near hits while driving at night. They talk about terrified kids running into their parents’ bedrooms at night at the sound of howling in the distance.

They talk about deer hunters who haven’t seen a buck in ages from their favorite tree blinds. They talk about letting their dogs out in the morning only to haul them back inside when they spot a lone wolf on a hill, “stalking” their house.

Yet they also talk about the awe of seeing one for the first time, about grabbing their cellphones to snap a picture before it can run back into the woods, about calling a neighbor to ask did-you-hear-that at the sound of a pup’s springtime yipping.

And then there are people up here won’t talk about the wolf at all. At least not publicly. Emotions are so strong that coming down on the wrong side of the issue can mean confrontations in the grocery aisle or over a beer at the corner tavern, sparking disputes stronger than a football Sunday when bartenders have to decide whether to put the Packers or the Lions on the big TV. “We have wolves walking down the main street of our little town,” said 63-year-old Don McLaughlin, a U.P. native from Trout Creek.

“They’ve been killing livestock and dogs. There’s a point where this endangered species thing has to come face to face with reality.”

Reality, however, at least when it comes to wolves, is

500 400

2011 687

The population count was 6 in 1973. The gray wolf was put on the endangered species list the following year.

2007 509

200 100 ‘89

‘93

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Minimum number of wolves needed to maintain non-endangered status

‘05

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* Estimated numbers. Excludes Isle Royale Source: Department of Natural Resources

SPREADING OUT

Isle Royale is home to a separate and isolated wolf population, ranging from 20 to 50 animals during any given year, depending on weather and food conditions. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

often a relative term, says Nancy Warren, a wolf education specialist with an organization called Defenders of Wildlife. She’s a Brooklyn transplant who retired to the U.P. with her husband. Now she goes to schools, civic organizations and anywhere else people will welcome her to teach about what she calls the truth about wolves.

There are only one — perhaps two — documented cases of a wolf attacking a human being in the lower 48 states, despite the belief that they are a danger to human safety.

“People feel either good or bad,” Warren says. “It’s so polarized. On the one extreme, people see them as the villain ... and feel the only good wolf is a dead wolf. On the other extreme are people who want to put them on a pedestal. That view is just as harmful to the wolf as the other extreme.”

Why does one animal generate so much emotion? History may have an answer.

WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF? The Objibwe Indians of Michigan have a story about wolves. It’s a story of a halfman, half-spirit who was placed on Earth by the Creator and tasked with giving names to all the living creatures. He

soon grew lonely in his journey, noticing that all other living things had a friend or a mate to walk with. He asked for a companion, and the Creator responded.

“I will bring you someone to walk, talk and play with,” the Creator said.

He sent Maahiingun, the wolf. Forever after, human and wolf were to be linked, brothers in spirit even as they were forced to live apart.

Yet that story and its image of the wolf as a friend to humankind had no place in the attitudes of early European settlers, who saw the wolf as a vicious, bloodthirsty beast. So just as 19th century Western expansion led to the disappearance of the buffalo on the Great Plains, the influx of nonnative people to Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota brought a systematic elimination of the Great Lakes gray wolf.

So intent were early Michigan residents on wiping out wolves that the ninth law passed by the first Michigan Legislature was the creation of a bounty for killing them.

“In the early turn of the century, they used practices that would just seem so socially unacceptable today,” Roell says. “They would gas dens of pups. They would use barbed wire like snakes to extract pups from dens. They would lace carcasses with cyanide so

the animal would take a bite and die.”

The effort worked. By 1935, the wolf had been eliminated from the Lower Peninsula and by 1956, it had all but disappeared from the U.P., as well.

Then came the 1960s, when the voices of wildlife advocates found a willing ear in the earth-loving activist generation called the baby boomers, who spearheaded a new conservation movement. In 1965, Michigan ended its bounty program and named the wolf a protected species. Then in 1973, the federal government under President Richard Nixon adopted the Endangered Species Act, adding the wolf a year after that.

In the span of a decade, Michigan went from paying people to kill or trap wolves to making it a crime to do so.

Attitudes have not entirely caught up with that speed of change, Roell says.

“Hundreds of years of hating every single wolf,” he says, “now has to change.”

NEXT STEP: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE? Take Terry Perttula, a dairy farmer with U.P. roots going back 100 years.

Ten years ago, just after 9/11, Terry and his wife discovered one of their heifers down

in the pasture, chewing on cud like she didn’t even know her whole back end was ripped open. Perttula called the DNR. He was almost certain a wolf had attacked her, but even that determination was a point of contention. There was money at stake. Farmers were and still are entitled to compensation by the state if a wolf kills their livestock.

The DNR had to send out a conservation officer to investigate, and his ruling had to be confirmed by another. But finally the DNR ruled yes, a wolf was to blame. Perttula wasn’t the only farmer who’d suffered what they call wolf depredation — the killing of livestock — but he couldn’t find it in himself to polish his shotgun as other U.P. farmers have threatened to do.

Instead, he signed up for a pilot program through Central Michigan University that gave him a pair of Great Pyrenees dogs to live with his cows.

Researchers wanted to see if putting large dogs with livestock would scare off predators. Perttula named them Gracie and George, and he raised them alongside his cows to the point where he figures they thought they were one.

He hasn’t had a wolf problem since, he says, even after George died a year ago.

The way he sees it, the wolves were here first, long before dairy farmers like him-

The Great Lakes gray wolf can be found in the Upper Peninsula and the northern tiers of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Minnesota’s wolf population is highest with nearly 3,000 animals. Wisconsin and Michigan have just under 1,000 wolves each, according to the latest counts.

Distinct gray wolf population

Minn.

Mich.

Iowa Ill.

Ind.

6 200

Number of gray wolves in Michigan in 1973

300

0

687

Number of gray wolves in Michigan today, according to the last official count by the Department of Natural Resources*

Ohio

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

self moved in.

And he sees no good reason to get all riled up when there are ways to keep the wolves at bay. You can stick a donkey in a field with sheep and never see another wolf or, for that matter, a coyote, he says.

Heck, Gracie won’t even let a Canada goose fly over.

If people are resentful, it’s not necessarily for the wolf itself, he says. Instead, they resent the heavy hand of government, telling them what they can and can’t do. And maybe now that the federal government isn’t in charge anymore, he wonders if people will start to feel differently.

He remembers hearing his grandpa tell of a pack of three wolves that used to trot through the field by the old house. The wolves, he says, have always been here, and they’re doing what they’ve always done.

What’s different, he figures, is the human.

“They’re here,” he says.

“We have to live with it.”

65 457

square miles: Average range of a U.P. wolf pack territory

miles: Longest documented distance covered by a Michigan wolf, who traveled from the U.P. to Trenton, Missouri in 2001

70

percent: Number of wolf pups who die within their first year

60

percent: Number of wolf deaths in Michigan that can be directly traced to humans, including car hits and poaching

*Not including Isle Royale, which maintains a separate and isolated wolf population ranging from 20 to 50 animals during any given year, depending on weather and food conditions.

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Gray wolf’s return is state’s triumph Humans have learned M to treasure wildlife ichigan should celebrate the return of the gray wolf population to healthy levels.

The gray wolf, which once roamed all 83 of the state’s counties, dwindled to a handful of animals 50 years ago, in no small part due to laws encouraging citizens to kill the animals.

But the 1960s and 1970s brought changing attitudes and growing awareness that natural resources and wildlife must be protected to preserve species and habitat for future generations.

The gray wolf is a major success story, going from just six animals in 1973 when they became a federal endangered species to some 687 in a recent count.

As of late January, the animals are no longer endangered under federal guidelines. They remain a protected, nongame species.

As reporter Louise Knott Ahern notes in today’s special report, that doesn’t mean the wolves have free run of the state. Michigan has a detailed wolf management plan in effect, one that in-

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cludes input from numerous interests including farmers and Upper Peninsula residents as well as biologists and others.

Under that plan, livestock owners and dog owners can use lethal force on a wolf that is attacking. However, the law includes detailed requirements for reporting the taking of a wolf and preserving the carcass and scene for a thorough investigation.

Killing the animals when they are not preying on livestock or dogs remains a crime. The DNR plans to investigate

and prosecute illegal killing of wolves.

The punishment includes up to 90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine or both, as well as additional fines covering the cost of prosecution. Poaching can be reported 24 hours a day at the DNR’s hotline, 1-800-292-7800.

The Department of Natural Resources also offers assistance with nonlethal methods of avoiding wolf problems.

The return of the gray wolf is a triumph of science, careful management and culture change.

It is a formula that should be replicated when possible. The modernization of Michigan’s once-wild terrain has pressured many species of wildlife.

Careful management plans balance the competing needs of humans and the state’s animal inhabitants.

Michiganders can help this effort by learning about the wildlife found where they live or vacation. Doing so helps protect the state’s natural treasure.

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County should merge clerk and register of deeds positions Merge Ingham County clerk and register of deeds positions now.

Recently, there have been side discussions to merge the two positions, but it’s never brought up as an agenda item. It’s time we do before the election cycle, Thirty counties have combined the offices. There will be immediate and permanent savings of a portion of one position starting Jan. 1. If Ingham County Commissioners truly see the need to cut next year’s budget, now is the time. Both offices have deputies handling day-to-day operations. This was attempted when Paula Johnson retired. Clinton County is currently discussing combining of the offices, and Washtenaw County already has merged them.

It’s hypocritical negotiating contracts downward with our “working people” while increasing management step increases and keeping these offices. The Board of Commissioners isn’t a job placement office. We all feel technological effects. These two positions fall into this. It’s time to tighten this deficit budget massively. People are being lulled into feeling this will only last a short time. Our own projections show county long-term tax collection declining.

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GOP shows its bias against the U.S. auto industry, workers Appears the Republican Party tried to get even. After the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration leveled $32 million in fines on Toyota for not promptly informing regulators of defects, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee grilling GM CEO Daniel Akerson is telling. Especially Akerson’s statement, “We did not design the Volt to become a political punching bag.” He also said that no customer was in imminent danger.

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Republican President George W. Bush said he’d do it again! Helping GM and Chrysler was the only option!

One million jobs, $150 billion in lost tax revenue, loss of hundreds in gross domestic product. The Republican response to the Super Bowl ad featuring lifetime Republican Clint Eastwood showed the current Republican attitude. Anti-U.S. automaker/worker because of their dislike for unions.

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Corrigan is not protecting Michigan’s needy residents I am outraged at the hostility and disdain that Department of Human Services Director Maura Corrigan shows towards people in need. Her assertion that families who could not be contacted or have not contacted DHS since being kicked off cash assistance payments are part of an “underground economy” is outrageous.

Does she really expect us to believe that the children in these families are part of an underground economy?

Moreover, her assertion that the department’s decision to end cash assistance payments has not led to the burden being shifted from the state to nonprofits shows her complete lack of understanding of poverty. When families are pushed off of the social safety net, they turn to their immediate social circles for support. Consequently, any impact will be seen down the line from when benefits ended. Given that Michigan’s poverty rate hovers around 15 percent and more than 300,000 children are living in high poverty areas, the state needs a director who will look out for those in need; not one who attacks them. Corrigan should resign!

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merous times that they were hearing from the community and acting accordingly. Maybe it’s time to finally really listen. Listen to the community.

Listen to the parents, teachers, and residents. Listen to the students.

We all have been speaking in a loud and clear voice. We’ve been speaking through letters, public comments, meeting after meeting, and of course by voting “no” on the bond proposal.

Board members didn’t seem to listen.

Dear Board of Education, it is time — time to start listening. This is the only way there is to come up with a truly better plan for the future of East Lansing students. Isn’t that what it’s all about? So stop the threats and the bullying. Put politics aside and get back to addressing the real issue, a better plan for all East Lansing students.

Ella Sackett East Lansing

U.S. must not rush to war to defend Israeli interests Israel's leadership is threatening an attack on Iran. The European Union, Russia, China and President Barack Obama have all cautioned against such an attack and the violence it would spread outside the Middle East.

It is time for diplomacy.

Israel, along with the United States’ neo-conservatives, had been strong proponents of the 2003 Iraq invasion.

United Nations findings were ignored and weapons of mass destruction were never found in Iraq. It was irrational zealotry that led the U.S. into loosing 4,486 American lives, experiencing 33,184 wounded and long-term costs of $2.4 trillion.

History repeats itself. Israel threatens attack. Zealots are ready to drag the U.S. into a costly conflict ... political neo-conservatives, some Christian conservatives believing a second coming of Christ may occur and a component of U.S. Jews who believe the U.S. must always stand by Israel.

Leaders need to demonstrate courage and not rush to war.

Any nation acting unilaterally does not deserve to be protected with the lives and currencies of those nations exercising due diligence.

Walter Niewiadomski Grand Ledge

Two policies of the Obama administration illustrate an axiom: As government expands, its lawfulness contracts. Consider the administration’s desire to continue funding UNESCO and to develop a national curriculum for primary and secondary education.

In 1994, Congress stipulated that no U.S. funds shall go to “any affiliated organization” of the U.N. “which grants full membership as a state GEORGE to any organization or WILL group that does not have the internationally recognized attributes of statehood.” Last October, UNESCO voted to confer membership on Palestine. The United States immediately cut off funding, which is 22 percent of UNESCO’s budget.

But President Obama’s 2013 budget seeks $78,968,000 for UNESCO, and says the administration plans to “seek legislation that would provide authority to waive restrictions on paying the U.S. assessed contributions to UNESCO.” The administration regards the 18-year-old statute as inconvenient — that Congress will obediently grant a waiver.

Meanwhile, the Department of Education is pretending that three laws do not mean what they say.

This is documented in the Pioneer Institute’s report “The Road to a National Curriculum.”

The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which intruded the federal government into this traditionally state and local responsibility, said “nothing in this act” shall authorize any federal official to “mandate, direct, or control” a state’s, local educational agency’s or school’s curriculum.

The General Education Provisions Act of 1970 stipulates that “no provision of any applicable program shall be construed to authorize” any federal agency or official “to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction” or selection of “instructional materials” by “any educational institution or school system.”

The 1979 law establishing the Education Department forbids it from exercising “any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum” or “program of instruction” of any school or school system.

However …

The Obama administration is granting conditional No Child Left Behind waivers contingent on each state adopting certain standards “common to a significant number of states,” or the state may adopt standards endorsed by its institutions of higher education — if those standards are consistent with Education Department guidelines.

As government becomes bigger, it becomes more lawless. Inconvenient laws are construed as porous and permissive, enabling the executive branch to render them nullities.

What do you think? Write George Will at Washington Post Writers Group, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071.

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Changing personal property tax is risky After cutting Michigan business taxes by $2 billion last year, the state Legislature is considering another business tax cut of up to $1.2 billion by eliminating something called the personal property tax.

Under current law, the PPT — which is paid by businesses and not by individual taxpayers or homeowners — goes directly to local governments.

Cities, counties, public schools, libraries, and townships use the revenues for police and fire protection, teachers, clean drinking water, library services, road and bridge repairs, and other essential services.

Because the revenues go directly to local governments and not to the state, the PPT also helps local governments qualify for better credit rat-

KATHY HAYES is executive director of the Michigan Association of School Boards and a member of Replace Don’t Erase, a coalition concerned about loss of personal property tax revenue.

DEENA BOSWORTH is legislative coordinator of the Michigan Association of Counties and a member of Replace Don’t Erase.

ings on bonds for infrastructure projects. School districts use PPT revenues to issue and repay bonds for necessary capital projects.

So why don’t the revenues go to the state? Because when taxes paid in local communities go to the state, one of two things happens: either the Legislature keeps all the mon-

ey, or some of the money, for the state budget. History has demonstrated that even if the Legislature has promised to return the money to local communities for local services, these promises are broken because the current Legislature can’t control which promises future Legislatures keep.

Want proof? Consider “local revenue sharing.” Some decades ago, local governments levied all types of taxes. The result was a confusing patchwork of taxes from community to community. So state government made a compromise and a promise to local communities: if communities would forego local taxing options, the state would levy a sales tax and return the funds as “revenue sharing” to local governments for public safety,

To reduce incarceration, invest more in education We are all familiar with the argument that you can spend a little upfront to change your car’s oil or you can wind up with a big bill later to rebuild your engine. We should be ANIKA mindful of that advice when it FASSIA comes to our state is a policy analyst budget. A full quarwith the Michigan ter of Michigan’s League for Human general fund is Services. spent on corrections.

That impacts us all by shifting resources away from the public structures that provide education, and health and employment opportunities that lead to greater economic security and mobility for all.

While Michigan has been noted nationally for lowering recidivism rates, the decreases in the prison population and staff have not offset the increasing costs of health care and mental health services for prisoners, and insurance and retirement benefits for staff.

The number of inmates has declined by 8,513 since 2007, and staffing has been reduced by more than 3,900 employees in the last 10 years, yet costs continue to rise.

We’ve heard suggestions as to how to decrease rising costs in the Department of Corrections budget — everything from increasing correction officers’ shifts from eight to 12 hour days, to closing down prisons, to privatizing health care.

What often is left out of these discussions is the overarching goal of the Corrections budget — to provide for safe communities. Spending so much on corrections, however, represents a short-sighted and costly approach to accomplishing this goal.

Better choices are possible that would not risk public safety and would free up resources for higher priorities. For example, what does it say about the state’s priorities when for every $1 Michigan spends on higher education, the state spends $1.19 on corrections? Only one other state, Vermont, spends more on corrections than higher education.

It costs the state an average of

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$28,308 annually to house a prisoner in Michigan, on top of nearly $7,000 a year for health care and mental health care, for an average total of $35,308.

In Michigan, tuition costs an individual an average of $9,732 per year to attend a four-year university, or a total of $38,928. Therefore, it costs roughly the same amount to send an individual to college for four years as to incarcerate someone for one year.

Access to a quality education has been cited as the No. 1 preventive measure against crime and incarceration. An Ypsilanti study found that quality education saves $16 for every dollar invested. Shifting resources toward investing in education oppor-

homeowners and others who pay local property taxes. It would drive credit ratings lower and, thus, borrowing costs higher for local capital projects. In addition, eliminating the funds would trigger automatic millage increases on homeowners in school districts still legally obligated to repay the banks that financed their capital bonds, but suddenly without the PPT revenues that secured the loan.

If the Legislature repeals the PPT, the revenue must be fully replaced by a stable source of funding. Stable means constitutionally guaranteed for essential local government services and protected from raids by future Legislatures. For more information, please visit www.replacedont erase.com.

schools, roads, libraries, parks, etc.

Wrong. Legislature after Legislature has broken the promise. In the past decade, the state has slashed revenue sharing to local governments by nearly $5 billion and kept the money.

Now some want the Legislature to eliminate the PPT. Frankly, the PPT is a confusing tax that is difficult for all parties to administer, including the local governments responsible for levying and collecting it. But if the PPT is to be scrapped, it must be replaced in full with a revenue stream that is guaranteed for local services.

Another important point: failing to fully replace PTT revenues would have dire financial consequences for

tunities for youth could significantly decrease their chances of ever being incarcerated.

It is clear that investing in education reduces crime. However, budget cuts to programs that invest in communities and families continue in Michigan. The state needs to do more than reduce recidivism. The state budget needs to support children and families on the front end.

It is time the state realizes the long-term benefits of investing in communities from the start, valuing security and economic mobility for children and families by providing pathways to success — not prison.

So as the saying for changing your oil goes — pay me now or pay me (much more) later.

It would be easy to call the gridlock in Congress laughable, except for the real impact it has on our everyday lives — such as the gridlock on highways.

Case in point is the massive transportation spending bill, a confusion of practical and political priorities that lawmakers seem incapable of turning into clear federal policy that state and local planners can bank on. Since a five-year transportation funding plan expired in 2009, Congress has managed only a series of nine stopgap measures to keep federal gasoline taxes flowing back to the states.

Lawmakers are now in the throes of their latest attempt at a replacement plan, but the House and the Senate have strayed off in uncertain directions, oblivious to the date this month when the temporary highway bill expires.

The Senate is closer to having its act together. It has forged a bipartisan approach to a two-year bill that would continue many programs, including the use of gas taxes to support public transportation. That’s important federal policy of 30 years’ standing that must be retained.

Solving traffic congestion in urban areas takes more than widening highways that will simply fill back up with motorists. With talk of $5-a-gallon gasoline, commuting options need to be preserved.

Still, the Senate bill has been hit with a blizzard of distracting amendments, including — of all things — one to strip mandated contraceptive coverage from the federal health care law. Please!

It was as if House leaders were going out of their way to pick partisan fights, never mind the prospects of getting something to the president’s desk.

The House bill — now under revision — did have a few things leaders could be proud of: It was earmark-free, would speed approval for federal projects and would serve as the transportation blueprint for five years.

All of this paints a picture of a Congress getting the nation nowhere fast on transportation, despite the reality of an aged system of highways, bridges, rails and ports.

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TALK ABOUT IT Are you worried about the increasing cost of gasoline? What do you think should be done about it?

We need a gas tax holiday As the government collects so many taxes on gasoline the government isn’t likely to give any of that up. However how about a tax holiday from May 15 until post Labor Day? This isn’t the long-term answer but relief is needed and that wouldn’t hurt.

Frederick Puffenberger, Portland

We must change our habits I will be more worried if we do not change our petroleum-consumption habits. Actually, a permanent $1-pergallon “Patriot Tax” imposed nationally 10 years ago would have reduced our imports and deprived OPEC of billions of dollars. At the same time, knowing that the price at the pump would not suddenly drop would have encouraged entrepreneurs to invest in alternative transportation/energy technologies. (Of course, the price would have soared to around $3 per gallon back then.)

John Hayden, Mason

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miles a day, our attitude would change substantially, or if we lived in Europe.

As to what should be done about it — if fuel cost mattered, my own first approach would be to get a motorcycle.

Many decades ago, I owned one, and a pleasanter way to travel I know not, except in rain snow or ice.

James Dyal, Meridian Township

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plan to decrease the value of the dollar again with another round of quantitative easing will cause the price to go even higher yet. He claims there is no quick fix to these prices, but that’s the same thing he was saying four years ago. I'm surprised he isn’t still blaming George W. Bush.

Seth Schmidtmann, Lansing

We allow price to increase

Need to reduce dependence

There is no gas shortage that would cause the nation’s gas prices to soar, yet we continue to allow oil companies — many owned and/or supported by federal, state and local politicians — to increase the cost each week as they know of their constituents’ dependency on this product. It is six of one, half a dozen of the other as the Energizer Bunny is probably doing a happy dance as we move toward a dependency on batterypowered cars.

Yes, it’s always a bit worrisome for gas to go so high, but we are such a car dependent society that most of us just bite the bullet and cut back on other items to keep the car running. I do think twice now and try to consolidate trips and be more efficient, but my work does require that I drove to metro Detroit several days a week and that is costly. I also worry that President Obama will be “blamed” for the price hikes, and in an election year this can be detrimental for his re-election bid. Our dependence on big oil needs to be addressed; more public transit, and less dependence on foreign oil — we talk about it, but not much is done.

Denise Acevedo, Lansing

Would consider a motorcycle

President’s attitude is a worry

For us retired folk, the cost of gasoline is a relatively small part of the total cost of owning cars. How high would the cost have to be, to change our behavior? I’d guess about $150/month more than now. Of course, if we still worked and commuted more than 20

I am most concerned about the president and his administration’s attitude and policies. The president has said that he is in favor of high prices, just not the rate of increase. Obviously then, he isn’t going to do anything to help bring the prices down. In fact, his

Nancy Davis, East Lansing

Worried for lower income folks I’m concerned that the higher cost of gasoline could derail the fragile eco-

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nomic recovery in progress. I particularly worry about how the increase impacts lower-income people. For them, it will take food off the table. I’m concerned that politicians will jump on this as an excuse to compromise the environment, rather than attack the root cause. There is an adequate supply of petroleum — it is the oil speculators who are driving up the cost.

Dale Dailey, DeWitt

Reverse Obama’s policies Yes. President Obama promised to increase energy prices and kill coal production, and got elected anyway. He called our nation “great” and said he would “fundamentally” change it. He promised that energy prices would “necessarily skyrocket.” His Energy Secretary wants gas prices at $10 per gallon, like Europe. What to do? Elect people who will take steps to increase supply by reversing Obama’s steps, i.e. increase drilling on federal land, promote shale and open oil reserves.

James Jackson, Lansing “Talk about it” features comments from the LSJ Community Panel. Their views appear weekly.

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Economic spying case targets China DuPont contends its whitening process was stolen via contract Paul Elias The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — The Chinese call it “Titanium white.� And it does make many things white, from the inside of Oreo cookies to the paint on cars. Paper, toothpaste, plastics, cosmetics and just about any other commonplace item colored white includes titanium dioxide.

It’s a $17 billion-a-year industry, and no one makes the whitener better than DuPont, which has been in the titanium dioxide business for 70 years and controls 20 percent of the world market.

China can’t get enough of the stuff and buys more from the West than it makes domestically. U.S. prosecutors say Chinese Communist leaders decreed that duplicating — or obtaining — DuPont’s manufacturing method was a national economic and scientific imperative.

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ing to sell its method to China, the Chinese government stole it through a company it controlled called Pangang Group Co. Ltd., according to the diplomatically dicey economic espionage case being laid out in San Francisco federal court.

Trade secrets “Pangang Group employees, in asking me to provide DuPont trade secrets to them, overtly appealed to my Chinese ethnicity and asked me to work for the good of the PRC,� longtime DuPont engineer Tze Chao said in a plea agreement signed this month, referring to the People’s Republic of China. Chao, 77, is the first of five people charged in the deepening case to plead guilty. He worked at DuPont from 1966 to 2002.

Chao is cooperating with investigators, who say a California couple Chao worked for are at the center of the case. Anoth-

er former DuPont scientist, the Pangang company and one of its executives are also charged in an indictment unsealed recently in San Francisco.

All are accused of economic espionage, and a conviction for the company or the executive could spell hefty fines that the U.S. government can use to freeze or seize assets in the U.S. The executive could also lose the ability to travel to the U.S. and countries that have extradition agreements with the U.S. Lawyers for the Chinese company say they will seek a dismissal.

Prosecutors allege China used purloined technology to build the only factory inside China known to be producing titanium oxide the DuPont way, which uses chlorination rather than the sulfate method. DuPont’s patented manufacturing method, while still dangerous, dirty and complicated, is nonetheless

Retired engineer Robert Maegerle (left) allegedly worked with Walter Liew to illegally sell DuPont technology.

nia company in the 1990s aimed at exploiting China’s desire to build a DuPont-like factory. The couple recruited former DuPont scientists..

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Christina Liew is accused of helping her husband, Walter Liew, steal trade secrets from DuPont and selling them to a company owned by the Chinese government. JEFF CHIU/AP

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“Some years ago, China let me know that she urgently needed titanium white by chlorination technology,� said a letter written by Walter Liew to Pangang officials in 2004 that boasted about a conversation years earlier with a high-ranking government official. “After many years of follow-up research and application, my company has possession and mastery of the complete DuPont way,� said the letter, which was seized by the FBI and appears in a court filing.

In 2009, the Chinese government-controlled Pangang Group Co. Ltd. awarded Liew’s company a $17 million contract to build a factory that could produce 100,000 metric tons of “Titanium white� a year. The same company had earlier awarded the Liews’ company millions more in similar contracts for smaller projects.

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Kravetz’s mother called police to turn her son in after authorities released a flier with her photo and her son’s photo.

Kravetz was the only one in the house at the time of the arrest and gave himself up voluntarily around 1:30 p.m., said

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Among the new regulations: Well operators must submit more comprehensive geological data when requesting a drill site, and the chemical makeup of all drilling wastewater must be tracked electronically.

Both could mean extra costs for gas drillers looking for new wells and ways to get rid of wastewater â&#x20AC;&#x201D; much of which is trucked into Ohio from Pennsylvania.

The state Department of Natural Resources announced the tough new brine injection regulations because of the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s findings on the well in Youngstown, which it said were based on â&#x20AC;&#x153;a number of coincidental

chemical-laced water into the earth at high pressure, but the water that comes back up needs to be disposed of.

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For one, investigators said, the well began operations just three months ahead of the first quake.

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Evidence reviewed Investigators also noted that the seismic activity, which began in March 2011 and ended at the end of the year, was clustered around the well bore, and reported that a fault has since been identified in the rock layer where water was being injected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our evidence strongly suggests that the injection fluid lubricated a previously unmapped fault and contributed to seismic activity,â&#x20AC;? said Natural Resources spokesman Carlo LoParo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an unfortunate situation, and the operator drilled the well to specifications and operated within all permitted levels.â&#x20AC;?

The report said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Geologists believe it is very difficult for all conditions to be met to induce seismic events. In fact, all the evidence indicates that properly located â&#x20AC;Ś injection wells will not cause

A brine injection well owned by Northstar Disposal Services LLC sits in Youngstown, Ohio.

A dozen earthquakes in the state were almost certainly caused by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the ground, state regulators said Friday. AP

earthquakes.â&#x20AC;?

D&L said there is â&#x20AC;&#x153;no reason to rush and accept bad or incomplete scienceâ&#x20AC;? until the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own studies, commissioned from two separate consultants, can be reviewed. The company also noted the well is no longer taking wastewater because a self-imposed moratorium that Gov. John Kasich extended to 5 miles around it.

Action challenged The Youngstown wellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operator, D&L Energy Inc., noted as much in a statement reacting to the state report and the new regulations. D&L pointed out that the state did not actually test the well during its investigation, relying instead of geologic and seismic data.

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Deep injection is considered one of the safest disposal methods, although earthquakes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; most very small but some large enough to be felt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have been linked to such methods.

Pennsylvania and other drilling states could see nearly immediate impacts from the Ohio rules.

Pennsylvania has limited the deep injection of wastewater because its geology precludes it. Six of its deep injection wells accept fracking fluid.

Ohio has 177 such wells.

Drillers in Pennsylvania sent almost 1.5 million barrels of waste to injection wells in Ohio during the second half of 2011, said Kevin Sunday, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

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Nick Pitaluga and his wife, Annie, work on their sheep farm in the Falkland Islands. The farm was started by his great-greatgrandfather. If not for Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 74-day occupation, islanders say, the Falklands might still be stuck in reverse. MICHAEL WARREN/AP

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Oil exploration already is generating more in revenue than the islandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; government has ever seen.

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If not for Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 74-day occupation, islanders say, the Falklands might still be stuck in reverse â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a lonely and declining outpost with few job opportunities or creature comforts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a totally different situation here than there

was 30 years ago,â&#x20AC;? said Nick Pitaluga, a fifth-generation islander.

In London, many still believe islanders are subsidized by British taxpayers, when in fact the Falkland Islands Government runs a surplus and counts on Britain for only defense and foreign affairs.

The official view from Buenos Aires is that British forces usurped control of the islands from their country 179 years ago and hold them today as a colonial enclave. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is an anachronism in the 21st century to continue maintaining colonies,â&#x20AC;?

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said recently.

In the islands, though, it is hard to find anyone who would like to see the Argentine flag flying above Stanley, and while Argentines are welcome for a visit, signs of allegiance to their homeland are not.

Jan Cheek, a legislative assembly member whose great-great-greatgrandfather arrived here from England in 1842, favors maintaining the islandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tight immigration controls that require a seven-year residency to apply for islander status, which if accepted brings eligibility to vote. No more than 40 people may qualify each year â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theoretically, 4,000 Argentines could come in and vote to become part of Argentina,â&#x20AC;? Cheek said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our whole way of life could be swamped and changed by a massive influx over a short period.â&#x20AC;?

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The April 2, 1982, invasion led by Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dictators and the subsequent war with Britain launched a process that transformed the archipelago from a sleepy backwater of sheep farms into a prosperous outpost whose residents enjoy one of the highest per capita incomes in the Western Hemisphere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a war to make it better,â&#x20AC;? said Sybie Summers, who runs a gift shop in Stanley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life really changed. When we were kids we played with sheep bones.

Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new iPad they have to have.â&#x20AC;?

The key to jump-starting their economy, islanders say, was the British military muscle left in place after the invasion. The presence of 8,000 troops and a military fleet gave the Falklands the power to establish a fisheries licensing program, and collect fees off of the hundreds of rogue trawlers from Asia and Spain that had been overfishing the South Atlantic.

That fisheriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; revenue then paid for free educations in Britain for every Falklands teenager. About 80 percent of those kids have returned debt-free with university degrees and advanced skills.

Most islanders still have to work multiple jobs to provide all the necessary services among a population of just 3,000. But last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government surplus was nearly $29.9 million, and the rainy day fund now provides a nearly three-year cushion against economic crisis.

STANLEY, Falkland Islands â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The William-and-Kate refrigerator magnets in the gift shops are about as close as most people in the Falklands have come to spotting the future king of England, who has only strolled through town once so far during his six-week tour of duty in the islands.

Even so, residents are trying to follow his every move, proud to have royalty around as the anniversary of the April 2, 1982, Argentine invasion nears. Sharing gossip by cellphone and Facebook, they update one another on the latest sightings.

Word of his giftshop penguin pur- William chase spread quickly, and when helicopters approach town, heads pop outside to see if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the Royal Air Forceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yellow search-and-rescue birds, the sort that William might pilot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ladies of Stanley have suddenly become experts on helicopters,â&#x20AC;? said Gavin Short, the local cable guy who doubles as a legislative assembly member for the Falkland Islands government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can spot a yellow helicopter now at five miles.â&#x20AC;?

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez recently said William should have come in a diplomatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suit and not the â&#x20AC;&#x153;uniform of a conquistadorâ&#x20AC;? to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Islas Malvinas,â&#x20AC;? which is the name Argentines apply to islands they consider to be part of their nation and held illegally by Britain since 1833. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolute rubbish,â&#x20AC;? Short said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What kind of threat is he in a search-and-rescue helicopter? ... Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the least warlike things youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find out here.â&#x20AC;?

Williamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bunkhouse can be seen from a distance as tourists land by air in this remote corner of the British Empire, 8,000 miles south of London and 300 miles off the South American coast. The Mount Pleasant airport is inside a military garrison about 35 miles from town that was built by Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense ministry after Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s failed attempt to take over the Falklands.

But nobody outside the military is allowed on the road to the dorms where he has been staying. Flight Lt. Wales, as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known in the RAF, is one of the pilots on call for searchand-rescue missions in the sprawling archipelago of 704 islands.

Still, even knowing William is here thrills the islanders, who have embraced the British military ever since soldiers rescued them from occupation.

Now, with the 30-year war anniversary approaching, Union Jack flags have gone up all around town, and the normally pro-British culture of the islandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 3,000 residents is more fervent than ever.

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South tests GOP rivals

Alabama, Mississippi seen as pivotal for Gingrich, Santorum SANTORUM WINS KANSAS CAUCUSES

Michael Finnegan Los Angeles Times

MOBILE, Ala. — Newt Gingrich sees victory in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday as a chance — perhaps his last — to show he remains a viable contender for president.

For Rick Santorum, wins in the Deep South hold the potential to drive the former House speaker out of the race, strengthening him for the battle to topple GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.

As for Romney, Alabama and Mississippi are an opportunity to diminish, if not crush, the insurgent candidacy of Santorum with an aggressive ad campaign.

The three colliding goals are in play as Tuesday’s vote nears. But if the stakes are high in the two states, so is the peril.

The Republican presidential candidates have been crisscrossing the South for days, calibrating their messages for an audience far more conservative than the swing voters who will decide in November whether to replace President Barack Obama with one of them.

At times, Alabama and Mississippi have proved irresistible settings for the candidates to play up appeals to the religious right, a tactic that could backfire for the Republican nominee in the fall.

Gingrich has taken the biggest gamble in terms of strategy and rhetoric. He abandoned a six-stop swing across Kansas to focus this week solely on the South.

Even though he has captured Georgia and South Carolina, his disappointing third-place finishes in Tennessee and Oklahoma cast doubt on his prospects.

Hard to the right In Mississippi, he went hard to the right. At a rally on Thursday in Jackson, he ripped into Obama’s patriotism and religious bearings in an effort to draw support from the evangelical Christians who dominate Southern primaries.

He accused Obama of “declaring war on the Catholic Church and every rightto-life institution” with a rule requiring religious organizations, such as Catholic hospitals, to include contraception in their employees’ health plans. That line of attack — which Romney and Santorum have also used — has left many Republicans fretting that the party is alienating women, whose support they will need in the fall.

Gingrich told the crowd that “the

GOP front-runner Mitt Romney poses for photographs during a campaign stop Friday in Birmingham, Ala. EVAN VUCCI/AP

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday in a prelude to suddenly pivotal Southern showdowns this week.

Returns from 94 percent of the state’s precincts showed Santorum with 51 percent support, far outpacing Mitt Romney, who had 21 percent. Newt Gingrich had 14 percent and Ron Paul trailed with 13 percent.

Santorum picked up at least 30 of the state’s 40 delegates at stake.

In the Wyoming caucuses, Romney won six delegates. Santorum gained three and Ron Paul one. Another remains uncommitted, and one more is still to be decided.

Romney also won the GOP caucus in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, picking up nine delegates from the U.S. territory.

— From wire reports

right to bear arms came from God,” through the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He described the 2010 laws that overhauled health care and imposed rules on banks and investment companies as a “repudiation of the Declaration of Independence.”

A supporter watches as Rick Santorum talks during a rally Saturday in Springfield, Mo. Santorum has made religion a prime focus of his campaign. CHARLES RIEDEL/AP

‘Bowing to Saudi kings’ In Montgomery, Ala., the day before, Gingrich used still stronger rhetoric to cast Obama as an un-American “foodstamp president.” In a state where many question whether the Christian president is a Muslim, Gingrich used a cultural and religious framework to promote his vow to cut gas prices by expanding domestic energy supplies.

“If you want $9-a-gallon gasoline and bowing to Saudi kings, vote for Obama,” he said. The president, he added, apologizes “to radical Islamist fanatics while attacking the Catholic Church,” so “if you want somebody who believes in religious freedom in America and is willing to say to the Saudis they ought to have religious freedom in Saudi Arabia, too, vote for Newt Gingrich.”

Santorum, too, has made religion a prime focus. At a banquet Thursday in Mobile, he renewed his criticism of John F. Kennedy for saying during his 1960 presidential campaign that he believed “in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.”

“That’s not America,” Santorum said.

Campaign buttons are for sale by a vendor outside Mama Lou’s restaurant in Robertsdale, Ala., during a campaign stop Saturday by Newt Gingrich. JOHN DAVID MERCER/AP

“That’s France. That’s a naked public square where people of faith are out of bounds.”

Several signs point to Santorum strength, or at least its appearance, in his

tussle with Gingrich — foremost, the political map. As Gingrich retreated south, Santorum left Alabama on Friday for Kansas and Missouri before returning to Mississippi today.

Women’s drift from GOP may help Obama Contraception fight damages Republicans Thomas Fitzgerald The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — Hard-won Republican gains among female voters have all but evaporated amid a noisy national debate over reproductive health.

That opinion shift — if it lasts — could hand a big advantage to President Barack Obama and the Democrats in the fall, political analysts say.

In the 2010 midterm elections, the GOP regained control of the House in large part because its candidates ran evenly with Democrats among women, an exception to the “gender

gap” pattern that has been a standard feature of U.S. politics for more than three decades.

Yet recent polls have found damage to the Republican brand and its candidates from a detour into classic cultural-war fights about contraception — who should have it and who should pay for it — and proper sexual behavior for women.

Most prominently, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh attacked as a “slut” a Georgetown University law student who testified before a House committee in favor of a federal requirement that employers, even religious-affiliated ones, cover birth control in their health insurance plans.

“Unless Republicans start turning the debate from cultural issues and back to the breadand-butter issues, they’re doing real damage to themselves

among moderate and independent women,” said Donna Gentile O’Donnell, a Democratic strategist from Philadelphia. “ … It’s overreach, from the party of individual freedom.”

Several recent polls have shown that Obama’s approval rating has jumped among Obama women since December, from 43 percent to 53 percent, while remaining flat among men, and that the president would enjoy substantial leads among women over either Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum in hypothetical matchups.

In a national Pew Research Center poll last month, for instance, Obama led Romney by 8 percentage points and Santorum by 10 percentage points

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It’s unclear how lasting the gap will be or how much of it is attributable to the contraception fight, but Democrats from the Limbaugh White House on down are trying to stoke outrage and raise money over the issue. Republican presidential candidates have turned their focus back to the economy.

“It’s an issue of substance but not a decisive one for most swing voters,” said Bruce Haynes, a Washington-based GOP consultant who is a partner in Purple Strategies.

“It’s a flash point, but it

doesn’t hold a candle to questions over jobs or whether we’re going to go to war with Iran or affording college for your kids.”

A gender gap has been present in every presidential election since 1980, with a greater proportion of women than men preferring the Democrat; the difference has averaged about 7 percentage points.

Experts say that probably relates to ingrained differences of opinion between the sexes about the role of government, with women over time more consistently supportive of safety-net programs.

Women are a crucial voting bloc for Obama.

Analysts say Obama would not be in the White House today if he had not beaten Republican Sen. John McCain by 13 points among women four years ago.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Big Eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; making final deployment

Three USS Enterprise crew members welcome a sailor arriving aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier at the Norfolk, Va., Naval Station. STEVE HELBER/AP

Oldest carrier soon to retire

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of history â&#x20AC;&#x153;To serve on this ship, certainly in this capacity, you certainly have to be a student of the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history,â&#x20AC;? said Rear Adm. Walter Carter, commander of the Enterprise strike group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fifty years of service in our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never had a warship in service that long.â&#x20AC;?

The Enterprise is heading to the Middle East on its seven-month deployment, where it will be on

Challenges of age The ship largely looks like any other carrier on the inside and has modern amenities like gyms, a coffee shop and a television station with dozens of channels. It even produces its own daily newspaper while at sea.

But even the best-

maintained ship faces challenges as it ages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like when you get older and you know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harder to get out of the bed in the morning.

It takes you a couple hours to kind of really get up and then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fine.

Well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same sort of thing here with Enterprise,â&#x20AC;? Capt. William Hamilton, the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commanding officer, said days before the ship was set to deploy from Naval Station Norfolk.

Hamilton acknowledged all aircraft carriers have problems theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to anticipate, but he said the Enterprise is more likely to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;unknown unknownsâ&#x20AC;? than newer ships.

Machinists in charge of fixing unexpected problems say the things that can break down range from critical airconditioner units to elevators that lift fighter jets from the hangar bay to the flight deck not working.

Moreover, the Enterprise has eight nuclear reactors to maintain â&#x20AC;&#x201D; six more than other U.S. carriers.

The problems are so notorious that sailors reporting to work aboard the Enterprise are often given joking condolences by their colleagues on

Airmen Adrian Trujullo (left) and Joshua Magloire check catapult controls on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. The carrier has a storied 50-year history.

The USS Enterprise sits at its Norfolk Naval Station pier as sailors move supplies and equipment in preparation for the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final deployment starting today.

shore and on other ships.

The ship regularly has to make its own parts from scratch when something breaks down. Spare parts for much of the ship, which is the only one of its class, simply donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life is hard on Enterprise,â&#x20AC;? Hamilton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But when they leave here, they leave knowing if they can do this, they can do anything.â&#x20AC;?

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the added

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Adm. Samuel Locklear moved Friday into the job leading the Pacific Command as the United States places greater emphasis

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the position required not just a great warrior but also â&#x20AC;&#x153;a great diplomat.â&#x20AC;?

Locklear last month told the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing that Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military buildup is a source of strategic uncertainty. He described the current military relationship as â&#x20AC;&#x153;cooperative but competitive.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be my plan to,

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In the past, Beijing has stymied bilateral military exchanges in response to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province.

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For Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dennis, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also pride in his ship having the same name as the ship featured in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Trekâ&#x20AC;? series.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from Cairo, Ga., the same hometown as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Trekâ&#x20AC;? creator Gene Roddenberry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a way I wanted to be part of this ship, to be on the last deployment, to be a part of that. Being from Cairo, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real huge,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always wanted to be a part of history, so being on this last deployment itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be something I can definitely tell my children and grandchildren.â&#x20AC;?

The deployment will be the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22nd. Following its return to Virginia, Enterprise will be towed to the shipyard where it was built so its nuclear fuel can be removed. What remains of the ship will then be taken to Washington state so it can be scrapped.

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NORFOLK, Va. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When the makers of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gunâ&#x20AC;? were filming on board the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, they donated a set of black fuzzy dice to liven up the warshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s otherwise drab interior.

A quarter-century later, the dice will still be dangling inside the tower of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Big Eâ&#x20AC;? as the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first nuclear-powered carrier sets sail on its final voyage today.

The trinket is a reminder of the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storied 50-year history that includes action in several wars, a prominent role in the Cuban missile crisis and serving as a spotter ship for John Glennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic orbit of the earth.

standby in case of conflict with Iran or piracy threats off Somalia, among other things. The ship has experience with both scenarios, participating in a retaliatory strike against Iran for mining the Arabian Gulf in 1988 and responding last year to the hijacking of a sailing vessel by Somali pirates, during which all four Americans on board were shot and killed.

The Enterprise is the longest aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet. It is also the oldest, a distinction that brings pride as well as plenty of headaches for the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 4,000 crew members. The ship is effectively a small city that frequently needs repairs because of its age. It was originally designed to last 25 years, but a major overhaul in 1979 and other improvements have extended its life.

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Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear sites

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Natanz: Lower-grade enrichment site with about 9,000 centrifuges

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U.N. watchdog But there is no evidence that the Islamic Republic has taken steps in that direction.

Finally, this much is suspected: The U.N. nuclear watchdog says there are credible indications Iran is researching the intricate technology needed to turn a core into an actual bomb. Tehran denies it, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not conclusive proof or any sign it has actually succeeded â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the research alone if confirmed would be seen as clear proof of Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intentions.

Reports by the U.N. nuclear agency, the only international organization given firsthand views of Iranian nuclear sites, contain a mix of confirmed data and a variety of theories built on outside intelligence. An analysis of

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VIENNA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nine years ago, the United States invaded Iraq after telling the world that Saddam Hussein had covert weapons programs that could build nuclear arms. In the end, nothing was found.

Today, acting on similar fears, Israel is threatening to attack Iran.

While much is known about Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear activities from U.N. inspection visits, significant questions remain, fueling fears of worst-case scenarios and calls for new Mideast military action.

This much shapes the anxieties: In just one decade, Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modest nuclear program has expanded into a mature operation that some experts say has the capability to produce a warhead in less than a year.

And this much is verified: Iran has the equipment and raw materials to produce the fissile core of a nuclear weapon, as does any country that can produce its own reactor fuel.

converted to weaponsgrade much faster than the lower level uranium.

But getting enough weapons-grade material is only part of the equation. Albright, who regularly briefs U.S. government decision makers and congressional panels on Iran, said any nuclear bomb made in that timeframe would be a crude device with no means of delivery. Mounting it on a missile would take â&#x20AC;&#x153;another six months to a year,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Moreover, with IAEA inspectors on site at the two known enrichment facilities, the world would very likely know when Iran began hiking up the enrichment level to weapons-grade, giving it time to react â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unless Iran has managed to hide a covert site from the view of U.S., Israeli and other spy satellites looking for precisely such a facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four months is a long time and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long enough for the international community to respond in a pretty draconian way,â&#x20AC;? said Albright.

Iran is suspected of having a secret military nuclear program. Some of Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known nuclear sites:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) visited the Natanz uranium facility south of Tehran in 2008. AP

the published data by the International Atomic Energy Agency and interviews with officials probes the critical questions on Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear ambitions: What can it do and what canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it do now?

Enrichment levels Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to turn uranium into nuclear fuel is at the heart of the confrontation with the West and its allies, which worry that Tehran could push ahead with higher uranium enrichment levels needed for an atomic

weapon. Iran says its only aim is to fuel reactors for peaceful energy production and medical research.

Iran currently is running nearly 9,000 centrifuges enriching uranium to produce nuclear fuel, a jump from 8,000 a year ago, according to reports and interviews with officials at the U.N.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Atomic Energy Agency. From its main enrichment site, Iran has stockpiled at least 5.5 tons of uranium enriched to 3.5 percent levels, the IAEA

said. That is a sufficient level to power reactors, while uranium enriched to at least 90 percent is needed to produce the material for a bomb.

Iran also has churned out 110 kilograms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nearly 250 pounds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of 20 percent enriched uranium, which it says is needed to fuel a medical research reactor in Tehran.

In the past three months, Iran has nearly tripled the number of devices producing 20 percent uranium â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nearly 700 centrifuges strung together in four separate series.

They can churn it out a rate of about 14 kilograms, or nearly 30 pounds, a month, the IAEA said.

Finally, Iran is building a â&#x20AC;&#x153;heavy waterâ&#x20AC;? research reactor, which issues high-pressure fluid as a coolant and can be used with natural uranium as a fuel instead of enriched states of the mineral.

The IAEA estimated it could be complete in two to three years and, once in operation, will produce plutonium, another possi-

ble pathway to nuclear arms.

Does Iran have enough enriched uranium to move toward the higherenriched, weapons-grade material?

Judging by the amounts noted in the IAEA reports, the answer is yes. But those reports also say there is no indication that Iran has moved beyond the 20 percent threshold.

The current known amount of 3.5 percent enriched uranium is enough to be turned into cores for four warheads if further enriched.

Enriching enough of it for a single warhead would take about four months with the available centrifuge equipment, says nuclear proliferation expert David Albright.

The confirmed stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium is about half the amount needed for potential warhead. At the current enrichment pace, it would reach the required amount by the end of the year, according to IAEA figures. The 20percent material can be

Bomb design Highly enriched uranium or plutonium is only part of the workings of a nuclear warhead. Tests need to be conducted on elements such as containment casings and triggers to start the bombâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s atombusting chain reaction.

The IAEA has no confirmation of such weapons-related work under way in Iran. But the agency has pressed for access to the Parchin military compound southeast of Tehran, where the IAEA suspects high-explosive tests occurred in possible simulations of the blasts needed to set off a nuclear chain reaction.

On Monday, Iran said it would allow an IAEA inspection of the Parchin military base. But on Thursday IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said his agency has not been officially advised it could do so, and there is no time frame for a visit.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia —

Barack Obama’s former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel.

Estranged relatives finally want to meet. She even has a promising job offer.

Evie, who was born male but considers herself a woman, decided after enduring years of abuse and ridicule she’d be better off trying to just fit in. She stopped crossdressing and has since eked out a living handwashing clothes.

But since being the subject of a recent article on the struggles of transgender people in this predominantly Muslim nation, the 66-year-old has been showered with attention. It’s mostly because of her long-ago connection to the now-U.S. president — though she

country two years earlier after marrying her second husband, Indonesian Lolo Soetoro.

Evie played with the Obama and picked him up from school. She worked in the home as a man and says she never let young Barry see her in women’s clothes, though neighbors remember seeing her leave the home in the evening dressed in drag.

In the following years, she and her friends faced regular beatings from security guards and soldiers. They were often rounded them up, loaded into trucks, and taken to a field where they were kicked, hit and otherwise abused. When one day, nearly 20 years ago, she saw the body of one of her friends in a sewage canal, her beautiful face bashed in, she decided enough was enough. She gave away all her dresses, colorful pants and bras: She was ready to live as a man.

She kept to a quiet existence on the margins of the Indonesian capital, where neighbors have been flabbergasted by all of this week’s fuss.

hopes it may generate more openness on gender issues.

“After living without hope for so long, like I was locked in a dark room, I now feel like the door is open,” said Evie, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. “It’s like the winds of heaven are blowing hope for me. Even my relatives who never cared about me are now coming to see me.”

Harsh reaction Though many newcomers to Indonesia are surprised by the quasiacceptance and pervasiveness of transgenders — seen on TV, working in salons — they are usually the object of scorn.

“I realize this won’t last long,” she said. “But I think my story might help open people’s eyes so they will respect us more.”

An American teacher at Saint Peter’s Catholic School in Jakarta, Philip Myers, was so touched by Evie’s story when he saw

Evie, 66, is Barack Obama’s former nanny. Since a recent article about the struggles of transgender people in predominantly Muslim Indonesia, she’s been overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender Jakarta slum-dweller to local celebrity. DITA ALANGKARA/AP

it earlier this week that he offered her a job as a cook and a maid. “I really don’t care if she wants to come in wearing a dress, or pants,” he said. “The outward appearance is not the issue. Her heart is what’s important.”

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As in Bosnia, havens may fail Syrians Aida Cerkez

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — “Safe havens”

for civilians in Syria?

Think twice, Bosnians would warn.

With the U.N. unable to agree on how to protect civilians against Bashar Assad’s forces, Western officials are discussing creating safe corridors to get aid to Syrians trapped by the crackdown.

Similar efforts failed during the war in Bosnia two decades ago that killed more than 100,000 people and left millions homeless. The lesson of Bosnia is that without all sides honoring the agreement — and without a robust military response in case they don’t — such measures may have little effect and could actually prolong the misery.

In 1993, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution that declared six cities in Bosnia as “safe havens” for civilians and deployed military observers to monitor the situation. The U.N.-protected zones in places like the capital of Sarajevo or the eastern enclave of Srebrenica in effect became prisons, subject to relentless shelling by Bosnian Serb forces that often denied they were responsible. The U.N. never managed to get enough aid through and smugglers made fortunes.

pessimistic” on what the international community can do in Syria. He voiced skepticism over the U.N.’s concept of “safe zones” or “safe areas,” calling it a very vague notion and difficult to enforce.

“My insight of the Srebrenica case is international institutions are inclined to do the wrong thing at the wrong moment,” said Blom, who led the Netherlands Institute of War Documentation.

Outside force

In 1994, French U.N. soldiers survey an area from which four anti-tank missiles were fired in Sarajevo, Bosnia. With the U.N. unable to agree on how to protect civilians against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces, Western officials are discussing creation of safe corridors to deliver aid. But similar efforts failed during the war in Bosnia. AP U.N. peacekeepers and Sarajevo civilians take cover from gunfire in the infamous “Sniper Alley” in 1993 during the Bosnian War. The “safe haven” lesson of Bosnia is that without all sides honoring the pact, such measures have little effect and could actually prolong misery.

Under attack The U.N. often found its troops under attack.

But the mandate on striking back was limited and unclear. The Security Council responded with futile resolutions “strongly condemning” attacks, urging safe passage for aid convoys. The U.N. was operating under a peacekeeping mandate that let international forces defend themselves but not to initiate action. It’s precisely that type of operation that’s being aired for Syria, although no draft has been submitted to the

Security Council.

Without the mandate, the numbers or the will to engage Serb forces, U.N. peacekeepers in Bosnia found themselves powerless to prevent bloodshed — and were exposed to the possibility of being taken hostage and used as human shields. Faced with hostile fire, Western peacekeepers more often preferred to retreat rather than fight back. Essen-

tially, the effectiveness of the safe havens boiled down to the restraint of the warring parties that had agreed to them.

The Serbs exploited that weakness at will — overrunning safe zones as U.N. troops stood idly by.

A road linking the Sarajevo airport to the city was officially under U.N. protection and off limits to Sarajevo residents, but the Serbs kept a check-

point and controlled the traffic throughout the 1992-95 war. Eventually, the road became so dangerous that foreign journalists and aid workers dubbed it the “Road to Hell” and the main street in Sarajevo “Sniper Ally.”

Reduced bloodshed Those safe havens actually lengthened the 1992-95 war. Instead of stopping bloodshed, they

simply reduced it to a politically acceptable level.

Without a quick political settlement, neither side could achieve victory and both staved off decisive defeat. It wasn’t until Serb forces overran Srebrenica in July 1995 that the West could no longer sit and watch and deployed troops to stop the carnage. The enclave fell after senior U.N. commanders rejected a request by a few hundred Dutch peacekeepers deployed in Srebrenica for air strikes and its Muslim Bosnian residents swept into a U.N. military base, still believing the Dutch would protect them.

But outnumbered and outgunned, peacekeepers allowed the Serbs to separate women and children from men and execute some 8,000 males in what later became known as the worst European massacre since World War II. Hans Blom, who oversaw a Dutch governmentcommisioned investigation into the Srebrenica massacre, said he is “very

Another major problem remains in Syria. The “safe havens” would require an outside force to ensure security for aid convoys that would transport the stockpiles of medical and humanitarian supplies that Washington says are being prepared at Syria’s borders.

Any international mission would need the approval of Russia and China, which hold veto power on the Security Council — and both are adamantly against such intervention unless Syria agrees.

The top U.S. commander in the Middle East recently said the advanced air defense weapons Russia has provided to Syria would make it difficult to establish a no-fly zone there.

Marine Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee it would take a significant military commitment to create safe havens in Syria where aid could be delivered, as U.S. Republican Sen. John McCain has suggested.

Another Bosnia lesson : Nothing worked until the U.S. stepped in with its military power. A 60,000strong U.S.-led NATO ground force was sent to Bosnia in1995 to enforce a U.S.-brokered peace deal.

Faced with Western determination to use force, warring factions never tried to confront them.

Suppression by China blamed for Tibetan woes The Associated Press

DHARMSALA, India —

The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile blamed China on Saturday for a recent wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, saying that they have been denied the right to hold conventional protests.

Lobsang Sangay said Tibetans were left with no choice but to take extreme action by setting themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. There have been 14 cases of selfimmolations reported in the past 2½ months to protest what Sangay called China’s suppression of Tibetans’ religion and culture.

Sangay’s statement came as Tibetans observ-

ed two significant anniversaries Saturday: the unsuccessful 1959 revolt that caused their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to flee Tibet to India, and deadly anti-government riots that rocked Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, in 2008.

Nearly 3,000 Tibet- Sangay ans attended a rally addressed by Sangay in the courtyard of a Buddhist monastery in Dharmsala, the seat of the government-in-exile in the northern Indian town. The Dalai Lama attended the meeting, but did not speak on the occasion.

“Long Live the Dalai Lama,” the Tibetans chanted as they later marched through the town. Some had “Free Tibet” painted on their cheeks and carried the Tibetan flag.

Hundreds of Tibetans also marched through parts of New Delhi, starting from the memorial of India’s independence leader Mohandas Gandhi.

They carried banners and chanted slogans, such as “People of the world, support us.”

In January, Tibetan areas in western Sichuan province saw large demonstrations. Police fired on crowds, leaving several Tibetans dead and injuring dozens, according to support groups.

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Prince Harry began his second day in Brazil running a one-mile race and playing rugby in Rio de Janeiroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flamengo beach.

The prince held the Brazilian flag as he led Prince Harry more than 1,000 youths, local authorities and artists during Saturday morningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race.

After the race he and a group from Rioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Morro de Cantagalo slum played rugby for about 30 minutes.

He planned to travel to Sao Paulo state today for a charity polo match.

Catholicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; numbers dipping in Europe VATICAN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Vaticanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest worldwide statistics find that the percentage of Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholics has dipped while rising in Africa and southeast Asia.

The Vatican on Saturday presented some of the findings in its annual statistic report.

It said that Catholics in 2010 numbered just under 1.196 billion, compared to 1.181 billion in 2009.

CAIRO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Egypt offi-

cially started on Saturday the process of holding its first-ever free presidential elections with candidates able to submit their applications.

Politicians from the era of deposed president Hosni Mubarak, ex-military officers, and moderate and hardline Islamists are expected to be the frontrunners in a vote slated for May 23 and May 24.

Deb Riechmann The Associated Press

RAWANAK, Afghanistan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The only warning was

the strong wind that howled through the village of Daspai.

One minute Nazar Khudaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister was at her sewing machine. The next minute she was dead.

She was one of at least 50 people killed when an avalanche of snow, ice and mud thundered off a nearby mountain and buried the village in a disaster-prone area of northeastern Afghanistan where Mother Nature is a bigger enemy than the Taliban. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We dug down to find the house, and we found the body of my sister over the sewing machine,â&#x20AC;? said Khuda, who lost a total of eight relatives in the avalanche that struck at 9 a.m. last Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I saw her body, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop crying. After that, I helped the others dig bodies out of the snow.â&#x20AC;?

Walls, ceiling fall Dr. Mohammad Daim Kakar (right) head of Afghanistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Disaster Management Authority, talks to a man who lost eight family members in the Daspai avalanche. AP

villages continued to work on Saturday to see if any more people were still buried in up to 10 feet of snow in the remote village that is still cut off from most outsiders.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unclear if more will be found. Government officials said 200 people lived in Daspai, but area residents said that estimate was high.

They said up to 13 people were injured.

Accounts by Khuda and others who walked through deep snow to get to Daspai are the first detailed narratives of the tragedy in Shakay district of Badakhshan province near the Tajikistan

Inside mosque Twenty children and teenagers and two teachers were found inside a mosque where they had been studying the Quran.

People from nearby

border. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spent all day looking for our family members,â&#x20AC;? Khuda said Thursday, standing atop a steep mountain in Rawanak, about a five-hour trek over snow-covered mountains from the avalanche site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From morning until evening, we dug in the snow and mud. The wooden beams of the houses had collapsed. It was difficult to find the bodies.â&#x20AC;?

Family's losses His sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4-year-old son, 6-year-old daughter, who was at the mosque, her husband and four relatives from his family

also died in the avalanche.

Another one of his sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, 13-year-old Abdul Wasi, was staying with Khuda in Rawanak.

The storm turned him into an orphan.

Khuda said he spoke with a young girl who was in the mosque when it collapsed from the weight of the snow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had been trying to warm her hands near a stove in the mosque and when the avalanche hit, her hands were pressed onto the stove,â&#x20AC;? Khuda said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had burns on her hands, feet and forehead.â&#x20AC;?

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Blago wants last word before leaving Chicago Former governor headed to prison The Associated Press

CHICAGO — For constituents familiar with the brash way he governed Illinois, it comes as no surprise that Rod Blagojevich wants to make one last statement to the public before he reports this week to serve 14 years in prison.

The former governor’s lawyers say he wants to go out with dignity.

In limelight But that may be difficult in front of the TVcamera limelight he adored as a politician and that no doubt will be illuminating every step from

his Chicago bungalow to the the Colorado prison he requested.

Who will stand with him when he speaks to the media as promised on Wednesday?

Will he offer contrition, as he did before his sentencing judge?

Or will he again profess his innocence, as he did through his two trials?

Will he make one last stop Thursday at a favorite haunt, just as predecessor George Ryan stopped at a pancake house for coffee on his way to prison in 2007?

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Not ‘sneaking out’ Spokesman Glenn Selig offered few hints about what Blagojevich could say, explaining only that, “He has truly enjoyed being out in public.

He never considered ‘sneaking’ out of Chicago and miss an opportunity to say goodbye.”

Charles Wheeler, a public affairs expert at The University of Illinois Springfield, said, “Even under terrible circumstances — he still wants the spotlight.”

It’s unlikely Blagojevich, 55, will be flanked by old pals or former staff.

“He was willing to throw anyone under the bus to get where he wanted to go,” said Wheeler.”

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But Abdel-Rahim el Keib â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an electrical engineering professor at the University of Alabama until the fall of Moammar Gadhafi â&#x20AC;&#x201D; appeared to offer few specifics in meetings with President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and lawmakers.

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Justice Department officials have filed court papers challenging Florida’s voting law changes.

Opponents of the new laws have been waging a multi-front battle either to get the measures killed or to prepare those potentially affected by the laws for what they will need to do to register and vote.

The Congressional Black Caucus, for example, is scheduled to hold a symposium in May in Washington for a nationwide gathering of ministers to explain how the new laws could impact their efforts to mobilize parishioners to vote.

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WASHINGTON — Taking a page from its past, the NAACP will go before a United Nations panel in Switzerland this week to argue that new voting laws approved by some U.S. states violate civil and human rights by suppressing the votes of minorities and others.

A delegation from the civil rights organization will present its case in Geneva on Wednesday before the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body that normally addresses troubles in places such as Libya, Syria and the Ivory Coast.

The Geneva appearance is part of an NAACP strategy rooted in the 1940s and 1950s, when the group looked to the United Nations and the international community for support in its domestic battle for civil rights for blacks and against lynching.

“It was in 1947 that W.E.B. Dubois delivered his speech and appealed to the world at the U.N.,” NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous said Thursday. “Now, like then, the principal concern is voting rights. The past year more states in this country have passed more laws pushing more voters out of the ballot box than any point since Jim Crow.”

Lasting results not likely Supporters of the new laws say the action by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a curious move, but one that isn’t likely to produce tangible results.

“The NAACP can appeal to whatever body it chooses to — the U.N. doesn’t run our elections,” said Catherine Engelbrecht, president of True the Vote, a tea party-founded antivoter fraud group that’s seeking to mobilize thousands of volunteers to work as poll watchers and to validate existing voterregistration lists. “It has been talked to death whether or not (requiring) ID disenfranchises anyone.”

Jealous acknowledged that

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the Human Rights Council has no direct authority over American states, but he hopes that it can exert influence through public pressure.

“The power of the U.N. on state governments historically is to shame them and to put pressure on the U.S. government to bring them into line with global standards for democracy, best practices for democracy, that’s where we are,” he said. “There are plenty of examples — segregation of the U.S. to apartheid in South Africa to the death penalty here in the U.S. — of global outrage having an impact.”

Jealous said the U.N. panel will hear Wednesday from two Americans impacted by the new laws: a convicted felon who served her time and a University of Texas student who might not be able to vote this year because of a law approved by the state legislature requiring voters to show governmentapproved photo identification.

Since last year,15 states have passed new voting laws; currently 38 states, including some of those 15, are weighing legislation to require people to show government-approved photo identification or provide proof

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Other changes adopted or under consideration by states include restricting voter registration drives by third-party groups such as the League of Women Voters and the NAACP; curtailing or eliminating early voting; doing away with sameday voter registration; and rescinding the right to vote of convicted felons who have served their time.

Proponents of the laws say they are needed to protect the integrity of the vote, to prevent illegal immigrants from casting ballots, and to clamp down on voter fraud, although several studies indicate that systemic voter fraud is negligible.

Laws diminish liberties The NAACP, civil liberties groups, voting experts and some lawmakers say the new laws smack of poll taxes and literacy tests — devices that in previous generations blocked blacks from voting.

A study last year by New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice said the new laws “may sharply tilt the political terrain for the 2012 election” by restricting voting access to

5 million people — most of them minority, elderly, young or lowincome earners.

States that have adopted new laws account for 171 electoral votes in 2012 — or 63 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, the Brennan Center report said.

The study also found that more than 21 million Americans don’t possess governmentissued photo identification.

The NAACP estimates that about 25 percent of AfricanAmericans nationwide don’t possess the proper documentation to meet ID requirements.

The Justice Department is scrutinizing some of the laws under Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which requires approval of voting law changes in 16 mostly Southern states because they have histories of racial discrimination.

The department’s Civil Rights Division rejected as discriminatory a South Carolina law requiring voters to show government-issued photo ID. The state filed a lawsuit last month against the Justice Department over its decision.

The department is expected to make a determination on Texas’ voting law on Monday.

In 2008, several black churches organized “Souls to the Polls” drives in which worshippers took advantage of early voting periods and went en masse straight from Sunday services to their local polling stations to vote.

CBC members also plan to conduct a multi-city voter education tour in May, and some caucus members will launch voter education bus tours from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. But the NAACP’s Geneva journey takes the voting law battle in a different — but familiar — direction.

After World War II revealed the atrocities of the white supremacist Nazi regime, the NAACP saw an opportunity to tell the international community about the unequal treatment of African-Americans in the U.S. In October 1947, the NAACP filed “An Appeal to the World” at the United Nations, penned mostly by Dubois.

The U.N.’s Commission on Human Rights rejected the appeal in December 1947, but the NAACP’s New York office was flooded with requests from around the world for copies of the petition, according to a Stanford University timeline on the African-American civil rights struggle.

“When African-Americans went to the U.N. laying out a whole host of human rights violations, countries like India went, ‘Whoa, what’s going on here,’ ” said Carol Anderson, an Emory University professor.

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Preacher concedes mistake on apocalypse Prophecy error humbling, he says Garance Burke The Associated Press

Tourists (left) watch as the choir files in at the Mother AME Zion Church in New York on a Sunday in February. Harlem churches have become popular tourist attractions. SETH WENING/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays Meghan Barr The Associated Press

NEW YORK — The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists — most of whom had arrived late — a sea of white faces with guidebooks in hand.

They outnumbered the congregation itself: a handful of elderly black men and women wearing suits and dresses and old-fashioned pillbox hats.

“We’re hoping that you will remain in place during the preaching of the Gospel,” a church member said over the microphone at this Harlem church on a recent Sunday morning. “But if you have to go, go now. Go before the preacher stands to preach.”

No one left then. But halfway through the sermon, a group of French girls made their way toward the velvet ropes that blocked the exit. An usher shook his head firmly, but they ignored him and walked out.

Precious dollars The clash between tourists and congregants plays out every Sunday at Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the oldest black church in New York state.

It’s one of many Harlem churches that have become tourist attractions for visitors from all over the world who want to listen to soulful gospel music at a black church service. With a record number of tourists descending upon New York City last year, the crowds of foreigners are becoming a source of irritation among faithful churchgoers.

To preserve the sanctity of the service, pastors struggle to enforce strict rules of conduct. But the reality is that these visitors are often filling church pews that would otherwise remain empty — and filling the collection basket with precious dollar bills.

“Our building is in need of repair,” church member Paul Henderson said after the service. “We need assistance. They’re helping to sustain us.”

The rules are simple enough: No photography, no flip-flops, no exiting during the sermon. They are printed on pamphlets and multilingual signs and announced at the start of every service. But they are often ignored. Ushers roam the pews like security guards, stopping more than one person from filming on digital cameras.

“I understand that you’re visit-

ing and you want to have a memory of it,” said Carlos Smith-Ramsay, who joined the church several years ago. “But when we ask you to stop and you continue to do so after the fact, that’s disrespectful.”

$55 per bus ticket Some pastors quietly manage the crowds by requiring a written confirmation of guests from tour operators and refusing walk-in visitors. Some churches provide assigned seating for tourists, while others demand a list specifying which countries the tourists are from and whether they speak English.

And still more forbid the tour companies from advertising which churches are on the tour in hopes of curbing the number of unwanted visitors.

“They want to see what they’ve seen on television,” said Larcelia Kebe, president of Harlem Your Way! Tours Unlimited. “They want to see what they’ve seen in the movies.”

On a busy summer Sunday, Harlem Spirituals, one of the oldest and largest tour operators, might run 15 full buses, said Erika Elisabeth, a company vice president, and tickets can cost up to $55.

SAN FRANCISCO — A preacher who spent millions of dollars to publicize his message of impending global doom has for the first time acknowledged his apocalyptic prophecy was wrong.

In a letter posted on his independent ministry’s site on Thursday, 90-yearold Harold Camping told his followers he has no evidence the world will end anytime soon, and he isn’t interested in considering future dates.

“We realize that many people are hoping they will know the date of Christ’s return,” Camping wrote.

“We humbly acknowledge we were wrong about the timing.”

Camping’s Family Radio International broadcasts his messages from the nonprofit’s headquarters near the Oakland airport.

In recent years, the organization spent millions — some of it from donations made by followers — putting up thousands of billboards plastered with his Judgment Day prediction.

Many listeners were crestfallen May 21 when the Rapture did not occur, particularly those who had quit their jobs or donated some of their retirement savings or college funds to get out the word.

That evening, Camping revised his prophecy, saying he had been off by five months.

Several weeks later, he was hospitalized after suffering a mild stroke but continued spreading the word through his website and radio show that natural disasters would destroy the globe.

Thursday, Camping alerted his flock that he had stopped looking for new dates, and would concentrate on deepening his faith through rereading the Scriptures.

“God has humbled us through the events of May 21,” he wrote.

Harold Camping, the California preacher whose radio ministry spent millions of dollars last year predicting an apocalypse that failed to materialize, has apologized. AP

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Dems name court, ed board favorites Party seeks edge on election fundraising Kathy Barks Hoffman The Associated Press

DETROIT — Democrats chose their favorites for this fall’s Michigan Supreme Court and education board races on Saturday, hoping once again to give their candidates a five-month jump in fundraising and campaigning over their Republican rivals.

Votes at the state convention at Cobo Center in Detroit were nonbinding, since Democrats can’t formally nominate candidates until the party’s September convention. Republicans nominate candidates in August.

The convention was a chance for Democratic activists to gear up for this year’s elections. Both President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow will be on the November ballot, and Democrats have set their sights on ensuring the pair’s re-election and possibly regaining a

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majority in the Michigan House and on the state’s high court.

Democrats will choose a presidential favorite in May 5 party caucuses. Obama was on Michigan’s Feb. 28 presidential primary ballot, but votes cast for him didn’t count.

Voters in November will get to fill three positions on the Supreme Court.

Democrats on Saturday endorsed three women for the Supreme Court races: Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Connie Kelley, Oakland County

District Court Judge Shelia Johnson and Bridget McCormack of the University of Michigan Law School’s Innocence Project. Although nominated by parties, Supreme Court races are on a nonpartisan ballot.

Democratic candidates for three university boards and the State Board of Education also received endorsements.

State Board of Education candidates are Lupe RamosMontigny of Grand Rapids and Michelle Fecteau, executive director of the American Associa-

tion of University ProfessorsAmerican Federation of Teachers at Wayne State University.

Candidates for the Michigan State University Board of Trustees are incumbent Joel Ferguson and Brian Mosallam, a financial adviser; for the University of Michigan Board of Regents, attorney Mark Bernstein and Grosse Pointe dermatologist Shauna Ryder Diggs; and for the Wayne State University Board of Governors, attorney Sandra Hughes O’Brien and Detroiter Kim Trent.

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Residence hall chief dies in dorm EAST LANSING — The Ingham County Health Department is working to determine what caused the death of a 34-year-old residence hall director on Michigan State’s campus this week.

Corey Malloch was found Thursday by MSU police who were doing a welfare check at his room in Snyder Phillips Hall, where he was the director, said MSU spokesman Kent Cassella in a statement. Malloch had been a residence hall director at MSU for five years, according to his obituary.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Corey’s family and friends at this time of loss,” Cassella said.

There are no signs of foul play and officials don’t believe there are any risks of an infectious disease spreading to others.

A 19-year-old MSU student living in the same residence hall died last month from meningococcemia, a disease caused by meningococcal bacteria that infects the bloodstream and causes organ failure.

A Wednesday memorial service for Malloch is scheduled planned in Manistique.

“Right now, more than ever, we need the power of Girl Scouts to make the world a better place every single day.”

JAN BAKER, CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan

Man gets 76 months in fatal crash HOWELL — A 27-year-old Fowlerville man was sentenced Thursday to at least 76 months in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a Howell man.

A Livingston County Circuit Court judge ordered Stephen Allen Lacosse II to spend a maximum of 20 years in prison for two counts of failing to stop after a personalinjury accident that caused death or serious injury.

Police said Lacosse was driving a 1999 Ford F-250 pickup that struck Jeffrey Westphal, 47, and Lisa Vail, 33, both of Howell, as the pair walked eastbound on Center Road near Mack Road in Deerfield Township at about 3:30 a.m. Oct. 30 after leaving a Halloween party at a residence.

Westphal died of his injuries while Vail was taken to the hospital and held for observation, police said.

The two sentences run concurrent to each other, but consecutive to a sentence Lacosse is serving for violating parole.

1,000-plus celebrate group’s 100th birthday

Ice melting from Great Lakes

Laura Misjak

DULUTH — A published report says the

amount of ice covering the Great Lakes has declined about 71 percent over the past 40 years.

The report published last month by the American Meteorological Society says only about 5 percent of the Great Lakes surface froze over this year.

A Duluth News Tribune report says researchers determined ice coverage by scanning U.S. Coast Guard reports and satellite images taken from 1973 to 2010.

They found ice coverage declined 79 percent on Lake Superior and 88 percent on Lake Ontario.

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Kaliyah Watson, 9, from Westland, marches with a sign Saturday in front of the Capitol celebrating the 100th birthday of the Girl Scouts. The Scouts, leaders and supporters attended the parade and daylong activities. ROBERT KILLIPS/LSJ

Capitol backdrop for giant Michigan Scouts singalong Girl Scouts have fun as they sing and dance on the steps of the Capitol on Saturday as part of a 100th birthday celebration of the Girl Scouts. About 1,000 Girl Scouts sang at the Lansing event.

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A sea of green washed over the Capitol lawn Saturday in downtown Lansing as roughly 1,000 Girl Scouts joined together in a singalong of campfire songs to celebrate sisterhood.

The Lansing Sing-Along was one of the highlights of Saturday’s acONLINE tivities for the EXTRA centennial anni» More photos at versary of the www.lsj.com Girl Scouts. and on Page 3B “Right now, more than ever, we need the power of Girl Scouts to make the world a better place every single day,” Jan Barker, CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan, said to the assembled Brownies, Cadettes, Daisies and Girl Scouts.

“Whether we’re 16, 60 or 6, we have the same goal. ... We indeed

try to make the world a better place.”

Saturday’s festivities included a parade, trips to Potter Park Zoo and the Michigan Historical Museum for a Girl Scouts exhibit, and evening fireworks at Cooley Law School Stadium.

Tawas City 11-year-olds Hannah Russo and Emily London, and 12year-old Cerynise Mickell rode more than two hours with troop leader Jody London for Saturday’s festivities in Lansing.

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The group said that they are proud to be Girl Scouts because they help the community by working at animal shelters and sponsoring a family during the Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday season.

“And we can be sisters to every Girl Scout,” Hannah Russo said.

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Is it too soon to ditch my snowblower?

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surely could use my tractor-trailer combo this weekend to reconfigure my various firewood piles. The readyto-burn; the fully seasoned, but not yet split; the freshly cut stash for next winter. ... Believe me, the person who said the stuff warms you twice was grossly underestimating its potential. By my count, you get six warm-ups between woods and hearth; seven when the tree your cutting happens to take an unexpected detour on its way to earth.

But my real problem is that my tractor — the one I need to pull my trailer — is still rigged for winter: snowblower attachment, tire chains, weights, cab, etc. It’s a couple of hours worth of knuckle-busting to take it all apart, and at least that much time effort to put it back together, if climatic events should make that necessary.

JOHN SCHNEIDER jschneider@lsj.com 377-1175

So, the question is, “Do I feel lucky?”

Well, do I? I check the 10-day forecast, which carries us all the way into spring. Spring, that is, in the technical sense. The spring that, when it comes to these parts. comes with no guarantees. The spring that, at least in its infancy, bears a much stronger resemblance to the blustery Old Man than the to that version of Mother Nature with the flowers in her hair.

Sun gains upper hand The 10-day forecast shows no sign of snow. It shows tem-

perature well above freezing.

So one could argue that even if an unforeseen flurry materializes from the mercurial clouds of late March, it won’t pile up, and it’s not likely to last long under a sun that gains a little more gumption every day.

On the other hand, you haven’t lived in Michigan very long if you haven’t seen a lateMarch/early-April snowstorm.

And I don’t mean a dusting, either; I mean major accumulation. One early April morning in the 1980s when I walked downtown from my home in Colonial Village because my car was stuck in my driveway and my street was impassable.

And then there was the time my wife and I, along with our four kids, were nearly stranded in a blizzard near Charlevoix. On Mother’s Day. It’s a classic story lede for newspaper reporters too new to avoid cli-

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Flirting with disaster Flukes, right? I mean, given the kind of winter we’ve had, what are the odds of a snowblower-worthy storm blowing in once winter is officially over?

I see that smile on your face.

I know what you’re thinking — that the Michigan dweller who bets against snow before a single hot dog has been eaten at Comerica Park is not only whistling past the graveyard, but poking the snow gods with a stick, just as they’re trying to doze off.

But I’m not betting against

anything, really. Yes, I had my mower blades sharpened, but I didn’t mean anything by it. I accept the fact that the mowing season is a long way off. My driveway reflectors are still in place; my rock salt, ready for action.

I’m not taking anything for granted; I’m just trying to get my firewood piles adjusted, weighing my options against the law of probability. There’s no snow predicted between now and the first day of spring, which doesn’t prove anything, but suggests a thing or two.

Sure, I have wheelbarrow, and can use the exercise.

On the other hand, as my father used to say while raising a bet in a poker game, “God hates a coward.”

Call John Schneider at 377-1175, send a fax to 377-1298 or email jschneider@lsj.com.

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‘GET City’ and Boys & Girls Club get community outreach award

Kiwanis Club of Holt inducts new member: Patsy Lovely

Angela Calabrese Barton, professor at Michigan State University’s College of Education, and the Boys & Girls Club of Lansing received the Outreach Scholarship Community Partnership Award during the annual MSU Awards Convocation on Feb. 14.

Calabrese Barton and Carmen Turner, president of the Boys and Girls Club VICKKI of Lansing, were recogDOZIER nized for the project “GET vdozier@lsj.com City” (Green Energy Tech- 377-1112 nologies in the City).

The collaboration engages at-risk youth in science, technology, engineering and math, and encourages them to become community science experts who can bring about change by linking green energy technology with local environmental health, responsibility and practice.

“We designed the model to link outof-school science investigations with in-school activities,” said Calabrese Barton.

“We have discovered new insights into how and why youth engage meaningfully in community-based science and how they develop science and engineering identities.”

The Boys & Girls Club of Lansing, with Turner’s leadership, has been the primary partner with Calabrese Barton since 2007.

“The GET City program gives our children the opportunity to strategical-

Angela Calabrese Barton, 2011 Outreach Scholarship Community Partnership Award winner and Carmen Turner, President/CPO, Boys & Girls Club of Lansing. COURTESY PHOTO

ly think beyond what they thought was possible,” said Turner.

“Dr. Calabrese Barton and her staff set high expectations for the kids, which they meet and most often surpass. They understand how to apply what they learn in GET City into making better decisions about life. That’s what learning is really about.”

Calabrese Barton and her husband, Scott Calabrese Barton, a professor in the College of Engineering, and Turner oversee year-round programming in advanced science and engineering to provide opportunities for disadvan-

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families requiring pharmacy services at the new Haslett Health Mart. Pharmacist owner Fadi remodeled the building in the Haslett Square where closed L&L served local needs. Fadi took a step seldom recognized by retailers by including original art in the store to soften the stress of patrons requiring pharmacy services. I am honored that my paintings were selected for Haslett Health Mart.

Thanks to Nancy Dixon for arranging the art and retail program.

Joel Ellis, artist Haslett

FAMILY APPRECIATES KINDNESS AT REHAB CENTER The family of Robert H. Chrisman would like to thank Dr. Ensberg, nurses, and techs at the Ingham County Medical Care and Rehabilitation Center for their kindness, support and care during our father's stay and at the time of his death.

We would highly recommend this facility to anyone looking for a placement. They made our time visiting comfortable and meaningful.

The family of Robert H. Chrisman

Inkster avoids E.M. — for the moment The Associated Press

The city of Inkster is in “severe financial stress,” Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday, but a consent agreement to improve its budget avoids the need for a state-appointed emergency manager for now.

The recent approval of a consent agreement by a state review team and the city keeps local officials in control of the city as long as certain conditions are met.

City officials must provide the state with detailed plans for reduced spending or increased revenue to improve its budget situation. The city must pursue alternatives for delivering certain ser-

vices to Inkster residents, including possible consolidation of some services with other local governments. If the city doesn’t adhere to the consent agreement, the state could appoint an emergency manager.

Snyder said the agreement in Inkster shows how a Michigan law approved last year can help cities and schools avoid financial emergencies “by addressing difficulties before they reach crisis stage.”

“The City of Inkster is a terrific example of how this process can work,” Snyder said in a statement.

Detroit also is being analyzed by a state review team.

taged and underrepresented middle school and high school youth with an interest in science, engineering and IT career and college preparation.

Experienced GET City students can become “Green Ambassadors,” charged with working with school leaders and teachers to help their schools meet the new challenge of going green.

One notable effort led to changing incandescent light bulbs in Pleasant View Magnet School in Lansing to more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights.

Students conducted research, made movies that illustrated the research

The Kiwanis Club of Holt recently inducted Patsy Lovely as a new member.

Lovely and fellow Kiwanian Karla Janing met while teaching at Head Start.

Lovely has lived in the Holt area most of her life and raised her four children in Holt.

She recently retired from teaching at Head Start in the Holt and Lansing areas.

Lovely Since her retirement, Lovely has enjoyed traveling around the United States visiting family members. Lovely also has served on the Relay For Life of Holt planning committee as well as having a Relay team.

Also at the Feb.13 meeting, members and their significant others celebrated Valentine's Day. President Eric Grasse entertained the club with Valentine-related games and dancers from Karyn's Dance Place demonstrated various dance routines.

The Holt Kiwanis Club meetings are at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at Charlar Place.

Interested community members are invited to attend a meeting to learn more about the club.

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How lawmakers representing mid-Michigan voted on recent bills and amendments: House Bill 4929, Ban using public school resources to deduct union dues.

Passed 20-18 in the Senate. To prohibit school districts from using public resources (including their payroll processing systems) to deduct union dues or fees from employees’ pay, and then sending the money to a union. This practice is the current norm, so the bill would require unions to make alternative arrangements to collect dues from school employees. The Senate added a small appropriation, which makes the bill "referendum-proof" under a 2001 state Supreme Court decision. Republicans Casperson, Caswell, Colbeck, Green, Nofs and Proos joined all Democrats in voting "no."

YES: Hune, Jones, Emmons NO: Whitmer House Bill 4246, Limit unionization of student research assistants. Passed 26-12 in the Senate. To establish that state university graduate students who work as research assistants are not considered government employees for purposes of enrolling them into a union, if their work terms do not meet an IRS "20 factor test" for employee status. Originally introduced with a different purpose, the Senate amended this bill in a parliamentary maneuver to get the provision into law before U of M student researchers are unionized in an upcoming Michigan Employment Relations Commission meeting.

YES: Hune, Jones, Emmons NO: Whitmer Senate Bill 877, Authorize prison privatization. Passed 20 to 18 in the Senate. To allow, but not require, the Department of Corrections to privatize a prison, but only if it would save at least 10 percent. This could include a contract with a private prison in Baldwin whose previous state contract was revoked by Gov. Jennifer Granholm in 2005. Republicans Casperson, Caswell, Emmons, Hildenbrand, Jones, and Nofs joined all Democrats in voting “no.”

YES: Hune NO: Emmons, Jones, Whitmer House Bill 4859, Give LP gas companies immunity from customer improper use. Passed 90-20 in the House. To extend immunity from liability to LP gas companies and employees for injuries or death to a customer who modifies, repairs or uses equipment improperly.

YES: Bauer, Byrum, Callton, Glardon, Meadows, Opsommer, Shaughnessy House Bill 4246, Limit unionization of student research assistants. Passed 63-47 in the House. The House vote on the bill to establish that state university graduate students may not be unionized, described more in the Senate vote above.

YES: Callton, Glardon, Opsommer, Shaughnessy NO: Bauer, Byrum, Meadows House Bill 4929, Ban using public school resources to deduct union dues.

Passed 56-54 in the House. The House vote on the bill described above to prohibit school districts from using their payroll processing systems to deduct union dues

from employee paychecks. Republicans Glardon, Graves, Horn, Muxlow, Poleski, Shaughnessy and Tyler joined all Democrats in voting “no.”

YES: Callton, Opsommer NO: Bauer, Byrum, Glardon, Meadows, Shaughnessy

CONTACT YOUR LAWMAKERS MICHIGAN SENATE Judy Emmons, R-33, Sheridan • Capital: (517) 373-3760; email: senjemmons@senate.michigan.gov Joe Hune, R-22, Hamburg • Capital: (517) 373-2420; Email: senjhune@senate.michigan.gov Rick Jones, R-24, Grand Ledge • Capital: (517) 373-3447; email: senrjones@senate.michigan.gov Gretchen Whitmer, D-23 East Lansing • Capital: (517) 373-1734; email: sengwhitmer@senate.michigan.gov

MICHIGAN HOUSE Joan Bauer, D-68 Lansing • Office: (517) 372-9810; Capital: (517) 373-0826; email: joanbauer@house.mi.gov Barb Byrum, D-67 Onondaga • Office: (517) 628-2045; Capital: (517) 373-0587; email: barbbyrum@house.mi.gov Mike Callton, R-87 Nashville • Capital: (517) 373-0842; email: mikecallton@house.mi.gov Ben Glardon, R-85, Owosso • Office: (877) 558-5426; Capital: (517) 373-0841; email: benglardon@house.mi.gov Mark Meadows, D-69, East Lansing • Capital: (517) 373-1786; email: markmeadows@house.mi.gov Paul Opsommer, R-93 DeWitt • Office: (877) 859-8086; Capital: (517) 373-1778; email: paulopsommer@house.mi.gov Deb Shaughnessy, R-71, Charlotte • Office: (517) 373-0853; email: debshaughnessy@house.mi.gov

U.S. SENATE Carl Levin, D-Detroit • Office: (517) 337-1508; Washington: (202) 224-6221; Website: www.levin.senate.gov Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing • Office: (517) 203-1760; Washington: (202) 224-4822; Website: www.stabenow.senate.gov

U.S. HOUSE Justin Amash, R-3, Cascade Twp. • Office: (616) 451-8383; Washington: (202) 225-3831; Website: www.amash.house.gov Dave Camp, R-4, Midland • Office: (800) 342-2445; Washington: (202) 225-3561; Website: www.camp.house.gov Mike Rogers, R-8, Howell • Office: (877) 333-6453; Washington: (202) 225-4872; Website: www.mikerogers.house.gov Tim Walberg, R-7, Tipton • Office: (517) 780-9075; Washington: (202) 225-6276; Website: www.walberg.house.gov Source: clerk.house.gov, www.senate.gov, MichiganVotes.org, a free website that provides concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan Legislature, searchable and sortable by legislator, category, keyword and more.

Dispute strands jet at Michigan airport for years The Associated Press

MARQUETTE — A Ukrainian jet that has been sitting at Sawyer International Airport for nearly three years is one step closer to moving on.

The Marquette County Board approved a tempor-

ary lease this week designed to help a Spanish company inspect and remove the Ilyushin IL-78 tanker jet that has been parked at Sawyer since it landed there on July 17, 2009.

The jet was making a fueling stop at the former

U.S. Air Force base during a trip from Texas to Pakistan when it was ordered held at the airport because of a legal dispute over nonpayment of $63,910 for goods and services.

Marquette County Circuit Court Judge Thomas

Solka eventually awarded possession of the jet to Headlands Limited, a Spanish company that said it had a $1 million lien on the aircraft.

Sawyer Operations Manager Scott Erbisch said representatives of Headlands Limited re-

cently requested use of an aircraft hangar at Sawyer to perform a detailed inspection of the jet.

The plane won’t be moved until the Spanish company pays $35,000 in fees for the use of the hangar, and other services.

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Girl Scouts march Saturday in front of the Capitol to celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouts.

A Girl Scout Color Guard marches in a parade marking the Girl Scouts’ centennial.

Girl Scouts, dressed as the famous cookies, march in the parade.

GIRL SCOUT CENTENNIAL

Vests with patches were on display all over Lansing as the Girl Scouts celebrated with a 100th birthday party. Events included a parade, sing-along at the Capitol, lots of activities in Old Town as well as other festivities in the area.

Valerie Ketchum, her daughter Ann, 9, (center) and Claire Moloney, 7, cheer and wave to Girl Scouts during the parade in downtown Lansing.

People rally Saturday at the Capitol to celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouting. ROBERT KILLIPS/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

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Ash waste may ground historic lake ferry fired steamship, is under orders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop dumping waste ash into the lake.

Coal ash contains low concentrations of arsenic, mercury and other heavy metals, although it’s not classified as hazardous.

The ferry discharges more than 500 tons during a typical season from May to October, and operators say there’s no quick fix.

EPA has given S.S. Badger owner until Dec. to make fix John Flesher The Associated Press

LUDINGTON — On many a summer evening, Jim Fay joins dozens of onlookers on this tourist town’s waterfront, exchanging friendly waves with passengers and crew

members as the S.S. Badger chugs into the harbor after a 60-mile voyage across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, Wis. It’s a cherished ritual in Ludington, and its days may be numbered.

The Badger, the nation’s last working coal-

If the standoff isn’t resolved, the Badger could be grounded — a disheartening prospect in its home port of Ludington, which takes pride in its maritime history as do many Great Lakes coastal towns. The ship also is important to the economy, employing about 200 during sailing season.

“It’s rooted deep in this community,” said Fay, 64.

“The Badger is the last of

its kind.”

Up and down the shorelines, relics of history like the Badger draw tourists.

Many townspeople have fond memories of riding the ferries with parents or grandparents.

“The Badger has always been part of their lives and their experience of being here in Ludington,” Mayor John Henderson said.

Regulators four years

ago gave Lake Michigan Carferry, which runs the Badger, until this December to change its ash disposal method or fuel type.

The company says it’s working on a switch to natural gas but needs more time.

Tinka Hyde, water division chief with EPA’s Chicago regional office, said the agency will review the Badger’s application for an extension.

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PEOPLE JOURNAL DEATHS&FUNERALS Esther Hagen (Rogers) Yeates Chicago, IL Esther Carolyn Yeates, 84, of Chicago, passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday, March 2, at Warren-Barr Pavillion, of issues related to advancing Alzheimer’s disease.

Born March 3, 1927 in Northport, Michigan, Esther was the daughter of John and Laura (Garthe) Hagen. She was married in 1949 to Augustus (Gus) James Rogers III and divorced in 1975. She was married to Charles H. Yeates in 1976.

She was preceded in death by both husbands, her parents, her sisters, Joann and Lita, and her brothers, Jim, Franklin and Ike. She is survived by her son, A.J. (Maria Doyle) Rogers IV of Portland, OR; daughters, Sally (Howard Bursen) Rogers of Pomfret, CT and Lisa Rogers (Jeffrey) Lee of Chicago, IL; and brother, Grant of Arlington, VA. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Katherine and Jonathan Lee of Chicago, IL, Malana Rogers-Bursen of Hartford, CT and Maya Rogers-Bursen of Pomfret, CT; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Esther was a professional musician and began playing piano and organ for church and other functions from the age of 13. She received a bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Michigan in 1949, and continued a career in music throughout her life. She was an extraordinary accompanist and also mentored many piano students. She also played the organ for the church and other events. She taught music and Spanish to high school students in Michigan and worked as a teacher for migrant workers. She was a founding member of St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Beulah, Michigan, and an active member of the Episcopal Church through her life. She was a member of the Lansing Matinee Musicale, the Capital Area Music Teacher’s Association and a docent for the Lansing Symphony. She was a lifelong learner and said that everything she knew about life and the world, she learned through music.

In support of Gus’s career, Esther led her family through many moves, including a year in Brazil, two locations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and East Lansing, Michigan.

A Eucharist celebration of Esther’s life by immediate family was held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Chicago on Sunday, March 4. Her funeral and burial will be held at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Beulah, Michigan, on August 4 at 11:00 a.m.

Her family suggests that memorial contributions be directed to the St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Beulah, Michigan, the Alzheimer’s Association of Northwest Michigan, or the charity of your choice.

Oland "Pete" Walker Williams Battle Creek Born March 19, 1921 in Mt. Clemens, MI, the son of Clyde E. and Cecilia B. (Walker) Williams, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Charlotte at age 90.

Pete lived in Battle Creek, MI most of his life and was a cabinet maker for Michigan Woodwork and Specialties Co. Pete served in the US Army during WWII. After returning from WWII he graduated from MSU. Pete enjoyed spending time with family and being in the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing.

He is preceded in death by his loving wife Lillian of 66 years. Surviving are his 2 children: Sharon (Grant) Replogle and Michael "Jim" (Teresa) Williams, 5 grandchildren: Kimberly (David) Coy, Michael (Angela) Williams, Jon Williams, Melissa (Justin) Connors and Nathaniel (Jacinda) Dumeney, 9 great grandchildren: Taylor (Justin) Wheeler, Dylan Coy, Savannah, Sydney and Walker Williams, Joshua andJenna Connors, Kolton Elliston and Jayla Dumeney and a great great grandson, Cameron Wheeler.

Memorial Services will be held Monday, March 19, 2012 at 11:00a.m. at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, Battle Creek with Pastor Robert Mayo officiating.

Memorials can be made to Eaton Community Palliative Care, 2675 S. Cochran, Charlotte, MI, 48813, or Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, 157 Chapel Hill Drive, Battle Creek, MI, 49015. Condolences can be made at www.palmerbush.com.

Donna Mae Patrick

At age 53, our loving wife, daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, Donna Mae passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012, surrounded by all the people who meant the most to her. Donna was a truly special woman who loved her family and helping others. She was a member of Lakeside Chapel of Bath where she was also the Director of Reach Out, touching many people and enriching many lives; she was also a member of the Eagles #1039.

Donna is preceded in death by her father, Kenneth Bills, Sr.; and brother, Kenneth Bills, Jr. She is survived by her loving husband of 28 years, Douglas Patrick; children Jason (Jennette) Weaver, Jamie Nelson (Jason), Jeremy (Ashley) Patrick, Jennifer Patrick (Ryan); grandchildren Elizabeth Nelson, Brady Weaver, Brynn Weaver; mother Nancy (David) Austen; sisters Mary Bills, Wanda (Virgil) Stiles; stepbrother David Austen, Jr.; step-sister Christine Austen; inlaws Donna J. and Harold Patrick; and dearest friend Shirley Fuller.

A Memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 12, 2012 at Lakeside Chapel, 5800 Park Lake Rd., Bath, MI 48808 with the family accepting visitors and friends one hour prior to the service. Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.tiffanyfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Donna’s name to Department of Neurology University of Michigan, 1914 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5316, or Lakeside Chapel. Arrangements by Tiffany Funeral Home.

Robert C. Taylor Charlotte Age 89, passed away March 10, 2012, a self-described "bon vivant" and "raconteur" (someone who tells great stories and enjoys life).

He was born in Michigan City, Indiana.

Bob was a WWII Air Force Veteran, graduate of the University of Dayton and a Federal (DSA) Employee. Mr. Taylor previously resided in Grand Ledge, MI, Sun City, FL, Alexandria, VA, Battle Creek, MI and Dayton, OH. He was predeceased by his wife of 66 years, Jane. He is survived by son Tom (Connie) Taylor; grandchildren, Mary and Sarah Taylor, Abigail and Andrew (Emily) Jenkins, Susan, Matt (Celina) and Steve (Brandi) Bruch, as well as three great grandchildren.

The family would like to thank his wonderful caregivers at Independence Village, Grand Ledge, Sensations Memory Care, Charlotte and Eaton County Healing and Recovery Center.

Services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Pray Funeral Home with Rev. Sue Trowbridge officiating. Visitation will be 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. prior to the service.

Interment will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Arrangements by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI.

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SUNDAY MARCH 11, 2012

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Louis A. Leitz, Sr. Lansing Age 94, passed away March 7, 2012. He was born December 17, 1917, in Brighton, MI, the son of Karl and Hellen Leitz. He was the oldest of seven children.

Louis had been a resident of Lansing since 1922. He married Leah Fischer on September 24, 1939, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansing, MI. He worked at Wohlert Corp. for 35 years, including 28 years as Sales Manager. He joined the Lansing Kiwanis Club in 1953, was President in 1963, Lt. Governor Division 16 in 1998-99, was Past President of the Lansing Sales and AD Club, and was a former member of the Automotive Advertising Council. He was a member of Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church since 1922. He served as President, Chairman of the Board of Elders, Church Council, Stewardship Board, Chairman of the Centennial Finance Committee, Chairman of the Endowment Fund, Member of the WELS Mission Board for 28 years which established 52 Mission Churches, Charter member of the OWLS and helped establish the Board of Kingdom Workers, The Builders for Christ. He and his son Tom were Manufacturers representatives with Leitz Associates. He and his son Louie were owners of Heights Auto Parts since 1964.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Leah; son, Louie; daughter, Alice; and sisters, Mary and Jenny. He is survived by son, Thomas (Kathy); daughters, Carol (Roger Walker) and Joy Leitz; daughter-in-law, Jill Leitz; grandsons, Jay (Nickie) Leitz, Raymond (Denise) Kenger, Chad Kenger, Justin Kusterer, Craig (Heather) Morehouse, Scott (Amanda) Morehouse, Jason (Karla) Leitz; granddaughters, Katrina Kenger, Piper Leitz, Lisa (David DuFault) Leitz, Sherrie (Shawn) Johnson, Raymee (Scott) Johnson, Andrea (Seth) Dorn, Sarah (Mike Compagnoni) Leitz; 26 greatgrandchildren; 3 brothers, Karl, David, Donald; and one sister, Joyce Guernsey.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 12, 2012, at Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1001 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, with the Rev. Paul J. Lindloff officiating. Interment will follow in Deepdale Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel and 1 hour prior to the service time on Monday at the church. Memorial donations, in Louis’ memory, may be made to the Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church Endowment Fund or their Debt Retirement Fund. www.estesleadley.com

Lawrence R. "Larry" Kellogg Holt Age 68, formerly of Haslett, passed away, March 6, 2012 in Lansing.

He was born April 30, 1943 in Owosso, Michigan to Deward and Marion (Sabisch) Kellogg, and they preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Barbara Kellogg; their three sons, Scott (Lisa) Kellogg, Matt (Julia) Kellogg and Brett (Melissa) Kellogg; two grandsons, Gavin and Aidan; a brother, Dan Kellogg; and two sisters, Marilyn Zdunic and Lorna Kellogg.

Larry attended both Central Michigan and Michigan State University where he studied music and business. He enjoyed years of antiquing, auctioneering and spending time with his family. Larry was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather who will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

There will be no services. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in memory of Larry Kellogg to United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan, or to the American Diabetes Association. Arrangements are by the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel.

Bruce D. Smalley Lansing Age 81, passed away peacefully at home with his family at his side on March 9, 2012.

He was born May 4, 1930 in Lansing, MI. Bruce was the youngest of three boys born to Winslow and Gertrude Smalley.

Bruce graduated from Eastern High School in 1949 and retired in 2003 from the United States Postal Service after 30 years of service. He was a loyal Detroit Tigers and Lions fan and enjoyed watching his favorite Westerns and taking frequent car rides with his loving wife Evelyn at his side. Bruce was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose - Chapter 2291, the Fraternal Order of the Eagles #1039 and the VFW #671. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Jacque and Dick.

Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Evelyn and children Jerry (Debi), Dee (Kathy), Steve, Dawn (Dan), Lynn (Steve), Dena (Bob); 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3100 West Road Bldg. B, Suite 101, East Lansing, MI 48823, American Heart Association, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL 60674 or to Hospice of Lansing, 4052 Legacy Parkway, Suite 200, Lansing, MI 48911. The family is being served by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing.

Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.grlansing.com

Ruby L. Hunsucker Swarthmore, Pa Ruby L. Hunsucker, 96, of Swarthmore, Pa, died on February23.

She was predeceased by husband Robert and son James Sr. Survivors: daughter Bobbie Freeman (Ray), son R.Laval (Lucy), daughter-in-law Pat; grandsons Ronald, James Jr., Anton, and Raphael; great-grandchildren Justin and Ruby; many nieces and nephews.

Ruby lived and worked most of her life in Lansing, where services will be held for her in the spring or early summer.

Irma "Jean" (Campbell) DeBrabander Lansing January 4, 1924 - March 9, 2012 Died on Friday, March 9, 2012 at the age of 88. Jean was a loving and devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Greatgrandmother. She was a graduate of Lansing Eastern High School where among other activities she played drums in the all girls marching band. Jean worked for the Auditor General and Dept. of Conservation after high school and then became a homemaker after her first child was born. Jean loved spending time with her family. She loved to cook, sew, knit, crochet, solve word games, loved all crafts, was a published author of two genealogical books, and loved going to the family cottage in Pentwater.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Richard DeBrabander in 2010, her father and mother Dale and Alice (Hopkins) Campbell, and 3 sisters, Ruth Austin, Dorothy Cline and June Wilkinson.

Surviving are; 2 daughters, Betty (Roger) Clark, and Patty (Bo) Jones; son, Steven DeBrabander; 7 grandchildren, Heather Courtade, Chad (Anouk) Courtade, Richard Courtade, Jennifer (Chad) Sims, Bryan (Karyn) Braman, Tricia Jones, and Tyler DeBrabander; and 10 greatgrandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation is from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday with services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, in the Tiffany Funeral Home, 3232 W. Saginaw, Lansing with Pastor James E. Robinson officiating. Interment will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.

Above all Jean was committed to and loved her family.

Her strength of character, commitment and her selfless love for family was a great example to all and will be carried forward by future generations. The family would like to thank Sparrow Hospice House and Fresenius Kidney Dialysis Center for their care and compassion.

Friends may visit the guest book at www.tiffanyfuneralhome.com.

William O. Opland Lac La Belle and Perry On March 4, 2012, William O. (Humpy) Opland, 94, went to be with his heavenly Father after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota on April 15, 1917, the oldest son of William and Ingeborg Opland.

In 1930 Bill’s family moved to Calumet, MI where he was confirmed in the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He loved sports and played football, hockey, baseball and track in Calumet and was a 2-time captain of the Calumet High football team. After graduation in 1936, he moved to Detroit where he was employed with Ford Motor Company for 37 years. He met a registered nurse, Elma Harri (the love of his life), and they were married on July 4, 1942. During World War II, he served as a medic with the Army in the Aleutian Islands for 27 months. He later became a 2nd Lieutenant.

Following the war, Bill and Elma raised their family in Livonia before retiring to their cabin at Lac La Belle in the U.P. They loved hosting their grandkids at the lake by taking them fishing, berry picking and sightseeing. Bill was loved and will be greatly missed.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wife Elma of 61 years; and two brothers, Robert and Kenneth.

Surviving are his two sons William (Mary) of Haslett and Donald of Perry; two daughters, Ann (Cal) Fox of Holland and Carol (Ralph) Sesso of Barrington Hills, IL; 9 grandchildren, Jeff (Heather) Fox, Doug (Christen) Fox, Kristyn (Jon) Brown, Katie (Dan) Dahlke, Jon (Brie) Sesso, Jill and David Sesso and Martha and Marie Opland; 6 great-grandchildren, Lydia, Tabitha, Miriah, Raegan, Cade and Ella; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions in Bill’s memory may be made to Hospice House of Mid-Michigan, PO Box 30480, Lansing, MI 48909.

A memorial service will be held later this summer in Bill’s hometown of Calumet, Michigan. Anyone interested in sharing a thought or remembrance, or in learning the date of the memorial service, may contact Bill’s oldest son, Bill, at pikemanwill@aol.com.

Constance Kocylowski East Lansing Constance "Connie" Kocylowski died on Sunday, March 4, at her home in East Lansing at the age of 95. She was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, to the late Frank and Mary (Olejarczyk) Kabalka.

Connie was the matriarch of her family throughout her life. The events of the 1929 Depression and World War II instilled her with a strong determination for her family’s happiness, education, and continued well being. To that end she provided three generations with sound advice and guidance and found joy in their personal successes and professional accomplishments.

Connie and Stanley, her husband of 63 years, moved from Wilkes-Barre to Detroit, MI, in 1950 and to East Lansing in 1995, to be near their only child, Dr. Mary Brown.

Connie was preceded in death by her husband and her brothers, Leo, Anthony, and Stanley. She is survived and will be greatly missed by her daughter; sister, Frances (Michael) Paulukewicz of Saline, MI; and nieces and nephews and their families in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

As she desired, there will be no services. The family is being served by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, East Lansing. On line condolences may be made at www.greastlansing.com

Diane Lynn Woodruff

October 19 1947- January 27 2012.

A memorial serve will be held Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 3:00 Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Lansing, Michigan.

Martha Stephens Vance

Martha Stephens Vance, 75 years of age went to be with her Lord on Friday, March 9th 2012 at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany. She was born September 8th 1936 in Dale, Indiana to the late Harold and Reva Medcalf.

Martha was a retired Supervisor of the General Motors Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan and was a member of Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Sellersburg, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her son, Gale "Bubby" Stephens; brother, Gerald Medcalf; sisters, Corrine Cain and Fayetta Warthan; and grandson, Kyle Stucky.

Survivors include: daughters: Jacinta Stucky (Mike) Borden, Indiana, Reva Brading (Steve) New Albany, Indiana, Amanda Stephens Charlestown, Indiana, former husband: Gale Stephens, New Albany, Indiana, brother: Daniel Medcalf New Albany, Indiana, 17 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Monday at Kraft Funeral Service, 2776 Charlestown Road, New Albany, Indiana. Her funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Kraft Charlestown Road Chapel with burial to follow at Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park in New Albany, Indiana.

The family requests expressions of sympathy be made to Kosair Children’s Hospital.

Online condolences may be made to www.kraftfs.com

Robert L. Zimmerman Caledonia Formerly of Lansing Born on June 26, 1920 in Dundee, MI, to Lewis and Goldie Zimmerman; died on March 9, 2012 in Byron Center, MI, at the age of 91. Robert was a member of the Colonial Village Baptist Church. He retired from Oldsmobile in 1980 and was a member of the Oldsmobile Car Club of America. After he retired he went back to high school earning his diploma.

Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Arleen; 3 sisters and 4 brothers. He is survived by his 4 children, Beverly (David) Brown of Vermontville, Glenn (Dorien) Zimmerman of Mount Vernon, WA, Sue (Duane) Bailey of Byron Center, Brian (Bonnie) Zimmerman of Lowell; 6 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; a brother; 2 sisters; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Monday, March 12, 2012, 11:00 a.m. at Colonial Village Baptist Church, 2010 Boston Blvd., Lansing, MI. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Lansing, MI. The family will receive friends at the church 1 hour prior to the service.

Those desiring may make contributions to Faith Hospice, 2100 Raybrook St. SE, #300, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 in memory of Robert. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.grlansing.com. The family is being served by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes.

PEOPLE JOURNAL

Lansing » Carlson, David James, 60, of Lansing, retired Meijer (Lansing) cashier, died Wednesday.

Memorial services will be held at a later date. » Hansens, Alta L. (Corson), 92, of Lansing, retired state employee, died Feb. 26. Services 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church. Arrangements

by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing Chapel. » Smalley, Bruce D., 81, of Lansing, retired U.S. Postal Service employee, died Friday. Arrangements by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing Chapel. » VanCleve, Ora Joan, 78, of Lansing, retired Dean Transportation bus driver, died Thursday. There will be no services. Arrangements by Chapel in the Pines Funeral Home.

Charlotte » Myers, Robert, 70, of Charlotte, died Saturday. Arrangements

by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte.

DeWitt » Farhood, Philip, 76, of DeWitt, retired Prudential Life Insurance agent, died Feb. 27.

Memorial services 11 a.m. Saturday at Tiffany Funeral Home, Lansing. » Moore, Edward A. Jr., 86, of DeWitt Township, formerly of Lansing, died Friday. Arrangements by Riley Funeral Home. » Spanburg, Donald Hollis, 87, of DeWitt, Capital Wholesale Distributor salesman, died

East Lansing » Corbett, Jean L., 83, of East Lansing, retired bank teller, died March 4. There will be no services. Arrangements by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, East Chapel, East Lansing.

Holt » Davis, Richard Austin, 77, of Holt, retired automobile mechanic, died Thursday. There will be no services.

Arrangements by Riley Funeral Home. » Roe, Edward W. Jr., 75, of Holt, retired Oldsmobile employee, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Estes-Leadley Funeral Homes, Holt-Delhi Chapel.

Laingsburg » Hill, Orvil D. "Okie," 84, of Laingsburg, retired General Motors assembly line employee, died Thursday. Memorial services 11 a.m.

Monday at Watkins Brothers Funeral Home, Perry.

Leslie » Hanson, Mary Kathryn, 95, of Leslie, died March 8. Memorial services 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Cornelius and Cyprian Catholic Church, Leslie. Arrangements by J.C. Adams Funeral Home, Leslie.

Okemos » Smith, Marion E., 85, of Okemos, retired public school teacher, died Feb. 25. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Ferndale. Arrangements by Palmer, Bush and Jensen Family Funeral

Homes, Lansing Chapel.

Owosso » Stewart, Leona Theresa, 87, of Owosso, died Friday. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Smith Family Funeral Homes, Jennings-Lyons Chapel, Owosso.

Pewamo » Wood, Donald R., 96, of Pewamo, farmer, died Thursday. Memorial services 11 a.m.

Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Pewamo. Arrangements by Osgood Funeral Homes, Goerge Chapel, Fowler.

St. Johns » Beebee, Joyce M., 69, of St. Johns, caregiver, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Monday at Osgood Funeral Home, St. Johns.

Elsewhere » Dunston, Shirley Jo (Butler), 75, of Austin, Texas, formerly of Lansing, former Realtor, died Feb. 17. Memorial services noon Saturday at Perry Church of the Nazarene. » Schmidt, George L., 87, of Springport, farmer, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Skinner Funeral Home, Eaton Rapids. » Shelden, Marjorie E., 86, of Fennville, retired insurance manager, died Feb. 19. Memorial services 10 a.m. Saturday at Ganges United Methodist Church.

Arrangements by Chappell Funeral Home, Fennville. » Weiers, Dorothy, 93, of Sheridan, retired nurse’s aide died Saturday. Arrangements

by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Lan-

sing Chapel. » Zimmerman, Robert L., 91, of Caledonia, formerly of Lansing, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Colonial Village Baptist Church, Lansing. Arrangements

by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing Chapel.

Bettye Lou "Lucy" Watson Lansing Age 73, was born Thursday, March 17, 1938 in Memphis, TN to Solomon and Minnie Bonds, Sr. and passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Bettye worked as a key punch operator for the State of Michigan and was a member of Union Missionary Baptist Church.

Bettye was preceded in death by: her beloved husband, Roosevelt Watson, Jr.; parents; brothers, Solomon Bonds, Jr. and Jessie Lee Bonds, Sr. She leaves to cherish her memory: daughters, Debra "Peaches" Davis and Patricia Myles; sons, Jessie "Skip" (Cynthia) Myles and Chad Watson; 10 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; siblings, Peggie (Rochelle) Price, Jr. and William Earl Bonds; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Friends may visit Mrs. Watson Monday, March 12, 1-8 p.m. with family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. at the Riley Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 13, 11 a.m. at Union Missionary Baptist Church, 500 S. MLK, Lansing. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the funeral.

Judy Hocking

Family and friends remember Judy Hocking (Virginia Marilynn Yinger) who died on March 4, 2012. This outgoing and wickedly funny woman reached out to all, drawing us into the warmth of her kitchen where she fed us extraordinary meals and supplied us with her initimitable Irish soda bread and "Judy Jelly."

Judy and her late husband, Gib Hocking, opened their home to MSU’s international community, hosting students from many countries over the decades. Their curiosity and joie de vivre led them to travel and teach all over the world.

One of her finest legacies is her basket making. Her association with the Michigan Historical Museums allowed her to reach many students with her expertise. With her clever fingers and open heart, she wove not only wonderful baskets, but also a life of creativity and generosity that charmed all who knew her. She will be missed.

A memorial wake will be held in early summer when her family - Megan Hocking, Sara Greene, Wendell Hocking, Nancy Hocking, Jeri Burbank, Karen Hocking, five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, Yingers all - and friends will celebrate her life.

Cards may be sent to the Hocking family at 2608 Cranbrook Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.

Donations may be made in Judy’s name to the Friends of Historic Meridian, P.O. Box 155, Okemos, MI 48805-0155.

Ora "Joan" Van Cleve

Age 78, Died March 8th, 2012 from complication of Diabetes and Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis.

Joan was born in Ashford, WV February 15, 1934. She graduated from Dewitt high school in 1951. She married John Van Cleve in 1951, and celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last summer. She lived in Williamston for 30 years before moving to Lansing. She worked for Dean Transportation for 17 years, retiring in 1983. After retirement, she enjoyed going to garage sales and flea markets and collecting Fenton glass. She also was a avid bowler, loved camping and quilting, and a wonderful cook.

She is preceded in death by her son, Mark Van Cleve, sister Gloria Kirk. She is survived by her husband John Van Cleve of Lansing, daughter Diana (Louis) DiPietro of Daytona Beach, Florida, grandaughter Samantha Miller of Daytona Beach, Florida, brother-in-law, Vaughn Kirk of Houghton Lake, Mi and nephew Rodney Kirk, Melbourne, Fl., and a Special Friend Rosalind Bowser of Lansing.

A memorial service will be held this summer; the date will be posted at a later time. To leave online condolences visit www.ChapelInThePinesFuneralHome.com.

SUNDAY, MARCH 11 EXHIBITS

"Art of Autism 2012", through March. Absolute Gallery, 307 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. Featuring the artwork of Ben Davis, Scott Yukio Fergus, Joey Metzger and Charlie Worthington. Info: 482-8845, www.absolutegallery.net. Cost: Free.

"Treasures" exhibit, noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. first Sundays through April 28, except April 8. Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, 213 W. Malcolm X St., Lansing. Featuring the work of the Birmingham Society of Women Painters. Info: 484-1880, www.michiganwomenshalloffame.org. Cost: $2.50, $2 seniors, $1 ages 6-18, free for children 5 and younger.

Student Art Exhibition, through March 30. Arts Council of Greater Lansing, 1208 Turner St., Lansing. Featuring artwork from Lansing School District elementary students in celebration of Youth Arts Month.

Cost: Free.

FOOD AND DRINK

Pancake Breakfast, 9 a.m.noon Sundays through April 1.

American Legion Post 269, 1485 Haslett Road, Haslett. Pancakes, eggs, potatoes, American fries, bacon or sausage and a beverage. Info: 339-9018. Cost: $5, $3.50 for seniors 65 and older and children 6 and younger .

Vegan Potluck, 6-7:30 p.m.

March 11. Clerical Technical Union-MSU, Conference Room, 2990 E. Lake Lansing Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing. Bring a plantbased dish to pass (no meat, eggs or dairy) and the recipe.

Public invited. No. Info: 3551903. Cost: Free.

FUNDRAISERS

Benefit chicken dinner, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11. Eagle Park, Reception Hall, 14000 Grange Road, Eagle. Info: www.eagleparkmichigan.org.

NATURE

Welcoming Back the Blackbirds, 2-3:30 p.m. March 11.

Nature Discovery, 5900 N. Williamston Road, Williamston.

Learn about the 10 species of blackbirds that can be found in Michigan, along with their unique life histories and behaviors. Red-winged blackbirds, grackles and a few others are some of the first spring migrants to arrive in Michigan, and they’re arriving now.

A short field trip to a local, roadside wetland to observe blackbirds and other species will follow. No Info: 655-5349, www.naturediscovery.net. Cost: $5/person.

Some counties sync with Wis.

Births

Zlati Meyer

Laingsburg

Detroit Free Press

» Reneaud: To Burke and Stephanie Reneaud, a son, Eli Joseph Reneaud, at Sparrow Hospital, March 2.

MENOMINEE — Two clocks, set an hour apart, hang in the Michigan Welcome Center just off U.S.-41 in Menominee.

Manager Vivian Haight does that to remind people that Menominee County — along with Gogebic, Iron and Dickinson in the western Upper Peninsula — set their clocks to match their Wisconsin cousins in the Central time zone instead of their Michigan brethren in the 79 counties in the Eastern zone.

"I have to explain (to visitors) that if they're going beyond the Menominee County line to Escanaba, they're going to be in the Eastern time zone," Haight said.

"Some are surprised.

They're like, 'We didn't know, we didn't plan.'

Others will say, 'We thought we changed at the border,' and others say, 'Oh, OK, now we know.' " Michigan is one of 13 states that have more than one time zone, which for the U.P. counties manifests itself mostly in tourism and commerce, high school sports schedules and on election nights. When clocks sprang forward at 2 a.m. today, the lines between time zones will stay the same.

Westphalia » Smith: To Thomas and Erin Smith, a daughter, Willow Grace Smith, at McLaren Greater Lansing, Feb. 21.

Mason » Kolberg: To Cristopher and Megan Kolberg, a daughter, Marah Ashley Kolberg, at Sparrow Hospital, Oct. 27. » Witt: To Michael and Margaret Witt, a daughter, Colleen Elizabeth Witt, at Sparrow Hospital, March 4.

Webberville » Waggoner: To Derik and Audrey Waggoner, a son, Samuel Reuben Waggoner, at McLaren Greater Lansing, Feb. 14. » Kubiak: To Jason and Cherie Kubiak, a son, Tyler Robert Kubiak, at Sparrow Hospital, March 4.

Williamston » VanSickler: To Bradley and Leighanne VanSickler, a son, Nolan Bradley VanSickler, at McLaren Greater Lansing, March 2.

DEATHS&FUNERALS EVENTS CALENDAR For paid obituary notices, call 377-1104

Time change confusing in the U.P.

SHOWS AND SALES

Delta Gun Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

March 11. Capital Area Sportsmen’s League, 7535 Old River Trail, Lansing. Buy, sell, or trade guns, knives, fishing, archery and all other related equipment.

Open to the public. Info: 3215843, www.micasl.org. Cost: $3 at the door, free for children 11 and younger.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Cosmic Connection Convention, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 11.

Hampton Inn West, 525 N. Canal Road, Lansing. Something for everyone including the best way to navigate your life and decisions this year and in 2013.

Hosted by astrologer Maria Shaw Lawson. Info: (810) 6316887, www.mariashaw.com.

Cost: $5 admission, readings are $10 each.

SPECIAL SERVICES

Blue Mass & Breakfast, 9 a.m.

March 11. St. Gerard Catholic Church, 4437 W. Willow Highway, Lansing. Hosted by Knights of Columbus, Richard Council 788, in honor of living and deceased members of law enforcement, fire service and emergency medical service. All department members and their families of all faiths are invited to the service and free pancake, sausage, egg and hash brown breakfast following Mass. Uniformed attendance is requested.

Attendees will assemble inside the main entrance of the church at 8:45 a.m. Call Brian Peacock for more information. Info: 543-5014.

Lenten Worship series , 10:30 a.m. March 11. University United Methodist Church, 1120 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing. "A Season of Prayer: "Does It Do Any Good?" Info: 351-7030, www.uumc-msu.org.

THEATER

St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School presents "Fame! Jr.", 3 p.m. March 11. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. Purchase tickets at the door. Info: 333-2580. Cost: $7, $4 for children.

Waverly High School presents "Once Upon a Mattress", 2 p.m. March 11. Waverly High School, 160 Snow Rd, Lansing. Info: 319-3016, www.waverlyhighschooltheatre.com. Cost: $10, $5 for students and seniors 55 and older.

VOLUNTEERS

Call for Volunteer Facilitators, deadline to submit volunteer application is March 23.

Ele’s Place, 1145 W. Oakland Ave., Lansing. Caring adults are needed to volunteer as facilitators with children’s support groups at Ele’s Place, a healing center for grieving children.

People of diverse ethnicities,

males and bilingual individuals are encouraged to apply, although any interested adult may submit a volunteer application.

Volunteers are required to complete a 23-hour training program and make a one-year commitment to work with their assigned group. Applications should be submitted by March 23 to be considered for participation in the upcoming spring training. Call or go online to request a volunteer information packet. Info: 482-1315, www.elesplace.org.

MONDAY, MARCH 12 CLUBS AND MEETINGS

Adoption and Foster Care Orientation Meeting, 6-8 p.m.

March 12. Bethany Christian Service, 612 W. Lake Lansing Road, Ste. 600, East Lansing.

Orientation meeting for individuals or couples interested in learning more about the foster care or older child adoption process in Michigan. Info: 3360191, www.bethany.org/eastlansing. Cost: Free.

FILM

Monday Movie Matinees, 1 p.m. March 12. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. Free popcorn will be served while supplies last.

Intended for adult audiences only. Registration not required.

Call or stop by to find out what’s playing. Info: 351-2420 . Cost: free.

LIBRARIES

Family Fun Night, 7-8:30 p.m.

March 12. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. Join MSU College of Education students for a craft

At the Island Resort & Casino in Harris, which sits in the Central time zone but runs on Eastern time, employees say they can tell who lives in the Central because they show up an hour late for the comedy shows and concerts. For schools in the Great Northern Conference, game schedules have to be carefully printed so officials know when athletes need to be dismissed early. And political bigwigs downstate are disappointed when they call Iron County Clerk Joan Luhtanen shortly after 8 p.m. on an election night only to find out her polls aren't closing for another hour.

"It creates kind of a hardship," the clerk said of the two time zones.

"Just because of the bigness of the U.P., it makes it kind of hard, and when you throw in time change, too ... I have to think in my head, 'What time is our time?' " Some in the area refer to the hour difference as "fast time" and "slow time," said John Anderton, a professor of earth, environmental and geographic sciences at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.

"You'd think the time zones would follow the border," Anderton said, but the four counties in the western U.P. that are exceptions are "a reflection of the stronger ties of western Michigan to the Wisconsin markets, Wisconsin cities."

and activity. Info: 351-2420 , www.elpl.org. Cost: free.

SCHOOL MEETINGS

Lansing Community College Strategic Forum, 8-9:30 a.m.

March 12. LCC Downtown Campus Administration Building Boardroom, 610 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Lansing Community College Community Strategic Forums are being held throughout the month of March.Please RSVP to Adrienne Jenkins at 483-1415 or jenkina6@email.lcc.edu. Info: 4831415, lcc.edu. Cost: free.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Delta Township Parks & Recreation Mother/Son Dance, 7-9 p.m. March 12.

Lexington Lansing Hotel, 925 S. Creyts Road, Lansing. Open to all young men ages 2 and older and the adult female escort of his choice. Optional buffet dinner available at an additional cost.

Registration required. Info: 323-8555, www.deltami.gov/ parks. Cost: $10 per person for Delta Township residents, $12 for nonresidents.

TUESDAY, MARCH 13 SCHOOL MEETINGS

Lansing Community College Strategic Forum, 5:30-7 p.m.

March 13. LCC Downtown Campus Administration Building Boardroom, 610 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Lansing Community College Community Strategic Forums are being held throughout the month of March. Public is welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Adrienne Jenkins at (517) 483-1415 or jenkina6@email.lcc.edu. Info: 4831415, lcc.edu. Cost: Free.

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BOOKS

6C Lamott goes back to babies Without Anne Lamott, the entire sub-category of contemporary parent writing — which includes Brett Paesel, Christie Mellor, Ayun Halliday as well as all those mommy bloggers — probably wouldn’t exist. Her 1993 bestseller “Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year” set the standard, acknowledging the doubts and the difficulties.

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At a wooded campsite in Santa Paula, north of Los Angeles, vacationers, stray deer and even peacocks must share the tree-shaded property with tractors, backhoes and stacks of lumber. Work is in full swing to transform the 76-acre Ventura Ranch site into one of a fast-growing breed of affordable outdoor destinations or resort campgrounds.

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Camp Merrie Woode near Plainwell is the oldest continuously operating Girl Scout camp in Michigan. This photograph is from 1927. GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN COUNCIL

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While under anesthesia during

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Roberta Hass of Kalamazoo created a scrapbook of her Girl Scout experiences, including her induction into the Brownie Scouts in 1921. GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN COUNCIL

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» In honor of the Girl Scouts first 100 years, the Michigan Historical Museum and the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan will present “Follow the Girls!” an exhibit filled with everything Girl Scouts. » The exhibit runs from Saturday through Aug. 26 at the museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo Street, in Lansing.

“They sent me a thank-you note!” Harold says with a chuckle.

Not to be outdone, her colleague Katherine Keena, the program manager at Low’s birthplace, delivered her baby sister, Margaret, when she was 15 years old. Yes, Keena was a Girl Scout, already trained in first aid and emergency preparedness.

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The two are among thousands of women of all ages who this month are celebrating the 100th anniversary of what is now officially called Girl Scouts of the USA. The rest of us know them simply as Girl Scouts.

The ones with the cookies.

Their founder, born in See SCOUTS, Page 4C

Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Ga., founded the U.S. Girl Scout movement in 1912. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUMMER TRAVEL PLANNING IN WINTER? NOT SO CRAZY Samantha Bomkamp The Associated Press

Hoping to get a good deal on summer travel? Start planning now.

The official start to spring is still two weeks away, but airfares for summer are rising fast. Many fare-watchers think summer prices will be

ONLINE GALLERY For photos from a Girl Scout rally at the Capitol, go to www.lsj.com

significantly higher than last year.

In past years, some savvy travelers who held out on buying tickets reaped the reward when prices fell. But fleet and route cutbacks have given airlines more of an upper hand than at any time since before the recession.

Hotels and rental car companies are also raising prices.

Large U.S. airlines have collectively tried to raise prices four times this year and succeeded twice. Those price hikes, as little as $5 apiece, are expected to accelerate in April and May as many vacationers lock in their plans.

How much ticket prices go

» 1912: Juliette Gordon Low holds the first Girl Scout meeting with 18 girls in Savannah, Ga., on March 12. She sells her collection of rare pearls to fund the organization. » 1920: Girl Scouts reaches 70,000 members and offers more than 25 badges, including Child Nurse. » 1930s: During the Depression, the Girl Scouts gather food for the poor. The first box of Girl Scout shortbread cookies sells for 50 cents. » 1941: Girl Scouts collects and ships 1.5 million articles of clothing overseas to war victims. By 1948, a total of 29 bakers in the nation are licensed to bake Girl Scout Cookies. » 1952: Including adult volunteers, Girl Scouts are 1.5 million strong with a special effort made to include the daughters of migrant agricultural workers, Native Americans and the physically challenged. Troops of African-American girls in the South make the cover of “Ebony” magazine. » 1963: Girl Scout Speakout conferences are held nationwide to overcome prejudice.

The “Senior Girl Scout Handbook” is translated into Spanish. By 1966, multiple cookie varieties are available. Bestsellers are Chocolate Mint and Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies. » 1975: Girl Scout members elect the first African-American National Girl Scout President, Gloria D. Scott.

“Eco-Action,” a national environmental program, is launched. » 1980s: A new Daisy Girl Scout age-level for kindergartners is introduced. New badges include Computer Fun, Aerospace, and Business-Wise.

Management guru Peter Drucker cites the Girl Scouts as his choice for the bestmanaged organization. » 1990: Girl Scouts receive federal funding for P.A.V.E. The Way (Project Anti-Violence Education). Four million Girl Scouts and adult leaders tackle illiteracy alongside first lady Barbara Bush in the Right to Read service project. Low fat and sugar-free cookies are available. » 2000: Grants from Fortune 500 companies such as Intel support science and technology exploration programs for girl scouts. New badges include Global Awareness, Adventure Sports, Stress Less, and Environmental Health.

—Girlscouts.org

up will depend largely on the price of fuel, often an airline’s biggest expense. The average fare was 9 percent higher in January than a year earlier, according to the trade group Airlines for America.

What’s a would-be traveler to do?

» STUDY EARLY: Start looking for a summer airfare about three months ahead of time. If the fares seem too rich for your blood, don’t panic. Just because fares are higher than last year doesn’t mean they won’t fall between now and your summer vacation.

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CALL FOR Call for Foster Parents, Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, 801 S. Waverly Road, Lansing. Lutheran Social Services of Michigan is always looking for loving people to become foster parents for the children in the Lansing area. Info: 321-7663, www.lssm.org.

Call For Nominations for 2011 Volunteer of the Year, Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties. Capital Area United Way is seeking nominations for both adults and youth deserving of recognition for volunteer service provided in the tri-county area during 2011. Nomination forms are available online and must be submitted by 5 p.m. March 16 at the United Way office, 330 Marshall St., Ste. 203, Lansing, MI 48912, or to Amanda Masters at a.masters@ capitalareaunitedway.org. Info: 2035020, www.capitalareaunitedway.org.

Capitol Area Mothers of Multiples Club, Sparrow Professional Building, Room G, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, 7 p.m. second Wednesdays. Support group for mothers or guardians of multiples. Info: www.micamomc.org.

Dedicate Your Heart, Become a Foster Parent, Clinton County Department of Human Services, 201 W. Railroad St., St. Johns. The Clinton County Department of Human Services needs safe and caring homes for children of all ages, in all areas of Clinton County.

Info: (989) 224-5548 or sisungc@ michigan.gov.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Chipmunk Story Time, Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos, 10 a.m. March 15. Children are invited to join puppet Chicory Chipmunk for “I Am Water.” Story will be followed by a game, craft or a walk. Open to preschool and elementary children. Info: 349-3866, www.meridian.mi.us. Cost: $3 per child.

Raising Readers Workshop, Gier Park Elementary School, 401 E Gier St, Lansing, 5:30-7 p.m. March 15. The workshop is targeted to families and children ages 4-6, although siblings. Free but registration required at 755-1360.

CLASSES Computer Classes for Adults, Foster Community Center, Rooms 110-111, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

March 13. Info: 708-4392, www. everydaydigital.org.

English as a Second Language, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays. All-ages program. Info: 351-2420, www.elpl.org.

Hunters’ Safety Course, Ingham Conservation District, 1031 W. Dexter Trail, Mason, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11.

Breakfast, snack and lunch provided.

Classroom time, practical field exercises and firearms handling. Call or see website for more information. Info: 676-2290, www.pf467.com. Cost: free.

Kayaking: Paddle Safe, Paddle Right, East Lansing High School, Pool, 509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, March 14-28. Threesession class will introduce you to kayaking in a safe, warm environment and help you develop basic skills and safety awareness. Learn about boats and gear, and how to maneuver a kayak with basic strokes. For paddlers with some experience but no formal instruction who want to improve their skills. Taught by American Canoe Association certified instructors. All equipment provided. Registration required.

Email lainstkayaking@gmail.com to register. Info: 333-9716. Cost: $75.

Safe Boating course, American Legion Post 238, 1785 S. Cedar St., Holt, 8

A male pileated woodpecker gets ready to feed a hungry chick. Learn all about woodpeckers today at Harris Nature Center. AP Clippers monthly meeting, UAW Local 652 Hall, 426 Clare St., Lansing, 6:30-9 p.m. March 12. Ideas for indoor and outdoor home decorating presented by Bev Day and Joyce Savage. Info: 699-8062, lansingclippers.com.

Garden Club of Greater Lansing meeting, Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing, 9:30 a.m. March 13. Patrick Lindemann, Ingham County drain commissioner, will present “An Update on Local Projects to Improve the Environment” at 10:30 a.m. Sandwich luncheon, followed by workshop at 1 p.m. led by Reba Torongo on using pressed flowers.

Info: 333-3313. Cost: Free.

Greater Lansing Weavers Guild meeting, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, enter at Door 5, 2418 Aurelius Road, Holt, 6:30 p.m. March 13. Mingle at 6:30 p.m. Program at 7 p.m. with Ginger Watson, of Ann Arbor, speaking on hand-spun, hand-woven fabric and garments. Open to all interested persons. Info: 694-0978, www.lansing weavers.blogspot.com. Cost: Free.

Ingham County MSU Extension: Growing Raspberries and Blackberries, MSU Extension Service, Room 10, Agriculture Hall, East Lansing, 6:30-9 p.m. March 15. Space is limited. Call to RSVP. Info: 676-7207. Cost: $10.

MSU Community Club meeting, Radiology Building, MSU Campus, Auditorium, Service Road, East Lansing, 12:30 p.m. March 16. Dr. Erik Goodman will speak on understanding evolution and how those advances help solve problems in engineering and medicine.

Info: 349-3579.

Therapeutic foster care foster parent recruitment meeting, Ingham Counseling Center, 5303 S. Cedar St. Building 2, Lansing, 1:30 p.m. the third Friday of each month. Hear about the program and licensing process. Info: 346-8034.

Walk Bike Task Force, Information Technology Empowerment Center, Room 210, Foster Community Center, Lansing, noon-1:30 p.m. second Tuesday of every month. Those interested in making the Lansing region more walkable and bike-friendly are welcome.

Bring your lunch. Info: 292-3078.

FOOD AND DRINK All You Can Eat Buffet Style Chicken Dinner, Okemos Masonic Center, 2175

For complete calendar listings, go to www.lsj.com/events a.m.-5 p.m. March 17. Course includes eight hours of study, exam and Michigan’s safe boating certificate for those who qualify. Bring pens, snacks, your own lunch and beverages. Call Douglas Colwell to register. Info: 574-4154. Cost: $35 per person.

STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) parenting class, Mint City Free Methodist Church, 409 S. Whittemore St., St. Johns, 6-8 p.m.

Tuesdays, April 10-May 22. Class explores effective and enjoyable ways parents can meet the challenges of raising children today. Child care provided. Call (989) 224-5305 for more information and to register. Info: (989) 224-3349. Cost: free.

CLUBS AND MEETINGS Adoption and Foster Care Orientation Meeting, Bethany Christian Service, 612 W. Lake Lansing Road, Ste. 600, East Lansing, 6-8 p.m. March 12.

Orientation meeting for individuals or couples interested in learning more about the foster care or older child adoption process in Michigan. Info: 336-0191, www.bethany.org/ eastlansing. Cost: Free.

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Hamilton Road, Okemos, 3-6 p.m.

March 17. Takeout are available. Info: 999-3089. Cost: $9 for adults; $4.50 for children 5 to 11 and kids under 4 eat free.

Pancake Breakfast, American Legion Post 269, 1485 Haslett Road, Haslett, 9 a.m.-noon Sundays through April 1.

Info: 339-9018. Cost: $5, $3.50 for seniors 65 and older and children 6 and younger.

Vegan Potluck, Clerical Technical Union-MSU, Conference Room, 2990 E. Lake Lansing Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, 6-7:30 p.m. March 11. Bring a plant-based dish to pass (no meat, eggs or dairy) and the recipe. Public invited.

Info: 355-1903. Cost: Free.

FUNDRAISERS “Flapjacks for Fenner” fundraiser, Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mt. Hope Ave., Lansing, 4-7 p.m. March 17. St. Patrick’s Day event featuring pancake supper, food and drink, including beer and wine, live entertainment and locally made maple syrup for sale. Call or go online to purchase tickets. Info: 483-4224, www.mynaturecenter.org.

Cost: $20 in advance, $30 with pure maple syrup to go, $25/$35 at the door,

$5 for ages 5-12, free for kids 4 and younger.

Benefit chicken dinner, Eagle Park, Reception Hall, 14000 Grange Road, Eagle, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11. Info: www.eagleparkmichigan.org.

Relay for Life of East Lansing Team Captain/Committee Meeting, East Lansing High School, HUB Room, 509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing, 6-8 p.m.

March 14. If you haven’t formed or joined a team yet and want to learn more about Relay, please join us! Info: 664-1404, www.relayforlife.org/ eastlansingmi. Cost: free.

HEALTH Michigan Abstinence Program, South Side Community Coalition, 2101 W. Holmes Road, Lansing, 6-8 p.m.

March 13. The Michigan Abstinence Program invites youth ages 10-15 to learn about the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from early sexual activity.

This program is funded by the Department of Community Health and is free for all Ingham County residents. No Info: 882-3772, www.southside communitycoalition.org.

LIBRARIES “Crafternoons,” Capital Area District Library Haslett Branch, 1590 Franklin St., Haslett, 1 p.m. Tuesdays. New weekly informal gathering for those who wish to share craft projects and learn from others. Bring a craft you are working on. Coffee provided. Info: 339-2324.

After School Movie, Capital Area District Library Haslett Branch, 1590 Franklin St., Haslett, 3 p.m. March 14.

For ages 8 and older. Info: 339-2324, www.cadl.org. Cost: free.

BabyTime, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 10:30-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Beginning story time for babies younger than 2. Each baby must be accompanied by an adult; no siblings, please. Info: 351-2420, www.elpl.org. Cost: free.

Baby Time, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, 10:30-11:15 a.m. March 14. For children under 2 years with a parent/caregiver.Enjoy books, songs, music, and play time with other babies and parents.

Info: 321-4014 ext. 3, www.dtdl.org.

Cost: free.

Evening Storytime, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, 6:30-7:30 p.m. March 15. All ages welcome. Bring the whole family to enjoy stories, songs, and crafts that are all about shapes! Info: 321-4014 ext.

3, www.dtdl.org. Cost: free.

Family Fun Night, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 7-8:30 p.m. March 12. Join MSU College of Education students for a craft and activity. Info: 351-2420, www.elpl.org.

Cost: free.

Game On!, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, 3-5 p.m. March 13. All ages. Visit the library after school for game time! A variety of board games and video games will be available. Info: 321-4014 ext. 3, www.dtdl.org. Cost: free.

Homework Help, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 5-7 p.m. Mondays. Free drop-in tutoring for grades K-8. No registration required.

Info: 351-2420, www.elpl.org. Cost: free.

Madden NFL 12 Tournament, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, 1-3:30 p.m. March 17. Ages 13-18. Sign up at the library’s Youth Desk by March 16. Info: 321-4014 ext. 3, www.dtdl.org. Cost: free.

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 17. Ages 8-12.

Sign up at the library’s Youth Desk by March 16. Info: 321-4014 ext. 3, www.dtdl.org. Cost: free.

One-on-one job help, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, March 11. Offered for those seeking a new job. Help with updating a resume, preparing for an interview and more. Call to set up an appointment. Info: 351-2420 ext. 100, elpl.org.

Cost: Free.

One-on-one technology help, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, March 11. For those who need a little help using their new ereader, tablet or other electronic device. Call to set up an appointment.

Info: 351-2420 ext. 104, elpl.org. Cost: Free.

PJ Storytime, Capital Area District Library Holt-Delhi Branch, 2078 Aurelius Road, Holt, 7 p.m. March 14. Come in your PJs for family storytime. Info: 694-9351, www.cadl.org. Cost: free.

Practice Your English, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Community members can join conversations and practice speaking and listening to English. Children welcome. Info: 3512420, www.elpl.org.

StoryTime, East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 10:3011:15 a.m. Tuesdays and 10:30-11:15 a.m.

Fridays. Stories, rhymes and crafts for ages 2-5. Two-year-olds must be accompanied by an adult. Info: 351-2420, www.elpl.org. Cost: free.

Teen after-school program, All Saints Episcopal Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 3-6 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays except on half-days or during holiday break. Middle school and high school students are invited for after school gaming, outdoor activities, computer access and more. No programs on half-days or during holiday break. Info: 351-2420, www.elpl.org.

Cost: free.

LITERARY Writers Roundtable, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, 6-7:45 p.m. March 15. Get feedback about your writing and connect with other writers. Info: 3214014 ext. 4, www.dtdl.org. Cost: free.

NATURE All About Soil, Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, Hunter Park GardenHouse, Hunter Park, Lansing, 12:30-2 p.m. March 17. Join Matthew McDermott from Slow Lane Farm and learn the basics of soil preparation and maintenance. Bring a sample of your garden soil to examine and explore.

RSVP to 999-3910 or ritao@allen neighborhoodcenter.org. Cost: $5 suggested donation.

Eaton County Parks St. Patrick’s Day program, Lincoln Brick Park, 13991 Tallman Road, Grand Ledge, 11 a.m.noon March 17. Energy conservation program led by parks naturalist Jackie Blanc. Learn what your environmental footprint is and what steps you can make to decrease your impact, make a difference and save money. Call or go online to register. Info: 622-8855, www.eatoncountyparks.org. Cost: $3, $2 per child 12 and younger, $8 per family.

Family Special: “All About Woodpeckers,” Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos, 3 p.m. March 11. Families will learn fun facts about Michigan’s eight different woodpecker species. Program includes inside and outside time regardless of weather.

Info: 349-3866. Cost: $7 per family.

“Looking for Leprechauns,” Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos, 7 p.m. March 17. Families can connect with nature, enjoy a campfire and look for signs of leprechauns. Info: 349-3866. Cost: $7 per family.

Snowshoe Owl Prowl, Lincoln Brick Park, 13991 Tallman Road, Grand Ledge, 7-8:30 p.m. March 14. Join naturalist Jackie Blanc on a hike through the winter wonderland in search of screech owls and animal tracks. Call to reserve a set of snowshoes or bring your own. If there is not sufficient snow cover, a night walk will be held instead. Info: 627-7351, www.eatoncountyparks.org.

Cost: $2 with own equipment, $5 with snowshoe rental, reduced youth group rate available.

Welcoming Back the Blackbirds, Nature Discovery, 5900 N. Williamston Road, Williamston, 2-3:30 p.m. March 11. Learn about the 10 species of blackbirds that can be found in Michigan, along with their unique life histories and behaviors. Short field trip to a local, roadside wetland to observe blackbirds and other species will follow. Info: 655-5349, www.naturediscovery.net.

Cost: $5 per person.

REUNIONS Everett High School Class of 1977, Lansing Quality Suites Hotel, 901 Delta Commerce Drive, Lansing, 6-11 p.m. July 28. Hors d’oeuvres and munchies, cash bar, casual or retro dress. Mixer for

To have your meeting, class, fundraiser, etc., listed in the calendar, mail or bring it to: Community Calendar, Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee St., Lansing, MI 48919, by 5 p.m. Friday for the March 25 calendar. You also can submit information online at www.lsj.com or email it to events@lsj.com. For ongoing events, please send separate notices for each week.

Everett Classes of 1976, 1977 and 1978 is 7 p.m. July 27 at Frank’s Press Box, 7216 W. Saginaw Highway. Contact: Brenda (Sanders) Perry at blperry@kw.com or 242-0774, or Bonnie (Linn) Wood at wdbnn@yahoo.com or 881-5814. Cost: $30.

SCHOOLS/EDUCATION UM-Flint in Lansing Advising Day, Lansing Community College University Center, 210 Shiawassee St., Lansing, 2-6 p.m. March 13. Talk to advisors about the RN/BSN completion program or bachelor’s degree in health care administration. Info: 483-9727, www.umflint. edu. Cost: Free.

SHOWS AND SALES Across the Square Quilters Quilt Show, Charlotte Community Library, Spartan Room, 226 S. Bostwick, Charlotte, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 17. Info: 543-1782. Cost: free.

Delta Gun Show, Capital Area Sportsmen’s League, 7535 Old River Trail, Lansing, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11. Buy, sell, or trade guns, knives, fishing, archery and all other related equipment. Open to the public. Info: 3215843, www.micasl.org. Cost: $3 at the door, free for children 11 and younger.

Friends of the Grand Ledge Area Library Used Book Sale, Grand Ledge Area District Library, Meeting Room, 131 E. Jefferson St., Grand Ledge, 6-8 p.m. March 16, 10 a.m.-noon March 17.

Info: 627-2174.

Home and Garden Show, MSU Pavilion, Michigan State University campus, East Lansing, 3-9 p.m. March 15, noon-9 p.m. March 16, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. March 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 18. Seminar stages, a flower show, exhibits and more. Info: www.showspan.com/LHG. Cost: $8, $4 for kids 6-14, free for children 5 and younger.

Thrifty Sparrow Re-Sale Shop “March Gladness” fundraiser, Sparrow Hospital, St. Lawrence campus, Outpatient Building, lower level, 1210 W. Saginaw St., Lansing, 8 a.m.-noon Mondays and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. first and third Wednesdays and 2-5 p.m. Fridays through March 19. Info: 364-7185.

SPECIAL EVENTS “Celebrating Women As Community Builders” panel discussion, East Lansing Hannah Community Center, Executive Conference Room, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing, 6-8 p.m. March 14.

Perspectives from three women leaders in commemoration of Women’s History Month. Info: www.niagarafoundation. org/michigan. Cost: Free.

Back in Time: Michigan Pioneers, Woldumar Nature Center, 5739 Old Lansing Road, Lansing, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

March 17. Learn about life in the 1860s, live demonstrations and tours of the Moon Family Cabin. Info: 322-0030, www.woldumar.org. Cost: $4, free for Woldumar members and children 10 and younger.

Delta Township Parks & Recreation Mother/Son Dance, Lexington Lansing Hotel, 925 S. Creyts Road, Lansing, 7-9 p.m. March 12. Open to all young men ages 2 and older and the adult female escort of his choice. Optional buffet dinner available at an additional cost.

Registration required. Info: 323-8555, www.deltami.gov/parks. Cost: $10 per person for Delta Township residents, $12 for nonresidents.

VOLUNTEERS Call for Sparrow Volunteers, Sparrow Health System, 1215 E. Michigan Ave, Lansing, ongoing. Sparrow’s Volunteer Service Department is looking for volunteers to work in the gift shop at the main Sparrow campus. Call or see website for more information. Info: 364-3606, www.sparrow.org.

Volunteers needed for Road to Recovery, Greater Lansing. The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteers to provide free transportation to cancer patients in Lansing and the surrounding area who do not have access to their own transportation. Call Julie Renner to register for volunteer training. Info: 664-1361, www.cancer. org.

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Horoscopes SUNDAY, MARCH 11: The Scorpio moon stirs our deeper passions and focuses our attention on the serious matters of life, death and the transformations that occur between and beyond those two points.

The moon’s journey angles Venus, Jupiter, Pluto and Mars, and many feelings, tones and areas of life will be visited through the course of the day.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) You’ll be able to focus on your strengths. When you play to your talents, something magical occurs.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) You’ll successfully complete

what you set out to do. The most important element of your day will be the planning of it, however informal.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 21) You’ll connect with both people you like immensely and those you like a little less.

Your social genius comes out when they don’t know which category they fall into.

CANCER (JUNE 22-JULY 22) You have a way of lifting the energy around you, especially when you talk about your beliefs and dreams. You’ll be elegant and persuasive speaking from the heart.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) You are enterprising and courageous today, and you’ll delight people whether or not it’s your intention. You have a grand sense of showmanship and presentation.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) Go for long shots. Be an optimist and maybe a bit of a gambler. You’ll enjoy surprisingly effective results from a scattershot strategy.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 23) The details have a way of weighing you down. You refuse to get mired in minutiae. You’ll dim your critical thinking skills in order to get a sense of the big picture.

SCORPIO (OCT. 24-NOV. 21) When someone asks how you are doing, it’s an opportunity

for you to network, further a cause or share news that puts you in a nice light. Think of what you want to say.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) Things don’t have to be sorted out all in one day.

Consistent efforts over a long period of time will be most meaningful.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) Without being bossy or overbearing, you’ll naturally run things. Everyone will step out of your way. Express yourself with easy confidence and

enjoy heightened appeal.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) You make every effort to ensure you show up strong for your loved ones. You care about how you’re perceived by outsiders; this will affect your available opportunities.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) You connect well with fellow water signs Cancer and Scorpio. Consider going into business, making family introductions or taking relationships to the next level.

— Holiday Mathis

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Help your dog to drop those winter love handles We’re all guilty of packing on pounds during the winter season, and our dogs are no exception. While a little extra weight on a human may not look like much, just a couple of additional pounds on your dog can really affect his health. Exercise not only keeps your dog physically fit, but mentally fit, as well. With spring rapidly approaching, the Amer-

ican Kennel Club offers the following tips for safely helping your dog drop his winter weight. » Check with your dog’s veterinarian before starting any new exercise routine. Have your dog “weigh in” at the vet to determine how much weight he needs to lose.

You need to consider your dog’s age, health, and activity level, and a vet checkup will start

your dog on the right track. » Simply letting your dog out in the backyard doesn’t qualify as exercise. » Start your new exercise regimen slowly to build up your dog’s endurance. Just like humans, exercising too much too quickly can result in injury. » When you are out exercising with your dog,

try to stay on grass or an earthy surface. Sharp gravel surfaces can be hard on your dog’s paws. » Always take clean water and a portable bowl with you to offer your dog a drink when he needs it. » Dogs can suffer from heat stroke, so if your dog begins to pant rapidly, stop exercising immediately.

— American Kennel Club

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1-9, with no repeats. Occasionally, there may be more than one solution.

Alder on Bridge Yogi Berra, the famous New York Yankees catcher and wit, said, “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”

In this deal, how would you play in three no-trump after West leads the spade king?

Your response of three no-trump showed a balanced hand with 13 to 15 points. (Two no-trump would have been game-invitational with only 10 to 12 points.) It was a debatable choice with no spade stopper, but nothing else looked better.

You have seven top tricks: one spade, two hearts, one diamond and three clubs. And it looks easy because as long as clubs are not 4-0, you can get two more tricks there. However, look closely at the club spot-cards. If the clubs are 3-1 (which is more likely than 2-2), after cashing dummy’s three winners, you will have to take the fourth round in your hand, and there will be no dummy entry left, given that West will continue spades to get that ace off the board.

You can make the contract by running four club tricks, guessing that West has the diamond king and working out his distribution.

But it is much better to duck the first trick and to duck again when West continues spades. You take the third spade with dummy’s ace, then cash the club ace and king, confirming the 3-1 split. Now play dummy’s last spade and discard a club from your hand to unblock the suit. After that, it is plain sailing.

Do you lose a spade trick? Yes, yes, no, yes, yes — but you make your contract.

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1860, was a quirky and strong-willed society woman affectionately known as “Crazy Daisy.”

As a child after the Civil War, she asked the victorious and vilified Gen. Sherman where his “horns” were; as an adult, she drove on the wrong side of the road depending where she was — on the left in America, on the right in Britain.

So it wasn’t at all surprising when Low, then 51 years old, called her cousin on March 12, 1912, and told her to “come right over! I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah and all America and all the world, and we’re going to start it tonight.”

Low, who had no children and had suffered an unhappy marriage, was on to something she could call her own. Her single troop of 18 girls grew into an organization that now boasts 50 million-plus alumnae.

Harold sums up Girl Scouting succinctly: “We are a journey.”

What a journey it has been. Everyone has a story, including historian Stacy Cordery, a thirdgeneration Girl Scout whose mother still keeps her Girl Scout uniform in the box with her wedding dress.

’Magical’ experience Cordery decided to take a closer look. The result is her new biography, “Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts” (Viking, $27.95).

A professor at Monmouth College in Illinois, Cordery says she was impressed with the Girl Scouts’ founder “right from the beginning,” when she learned Low was not only a gifted artist but suffered partial hearing loss after a piece of rice thrown at her wedding became lodged in her ear.

“She founded the most important organization for women ever, but she’s only a footnote,” Cordery says, calling Low a “national treasure. … She’s the most famous person you’ve never heard of.”

Being a Girl Scout has opened doors for millions of women, says Cordery, “offering them leadership skills, opportunities, friendships and teaching them the importance of tradition and ceremonies that bind. … The experience is magical to girls who don’t get that message elsewhere, and it’s a powerful message.”

Carolyn Wood Hill of Washington, D.C., couldn’t agree more. She loved the scouts for another reason, too.

MANY FAMOUS WOMEN WERE GIRLS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE They include Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, poet Rita Dove, journalist Barbara Walters, athlete Rebecca Lobo, and actresses Mary Tyler Moore and Lucille Ball, to name a few.

“Your mother wasn’t around telling you what to do!” says the National Archives retiree, who attended Cordery’s talk at Washington’s Politics & Prose bookstore last month. She brought her tattered 1947 green Girl Scout Handbook. Hill was 11 when she joined the scouts.

She and dozens of other women of a certain age laughed and nodded when the conversation turned to moss on trees, toothbrush maintenance and such camping delicacies as “angels on horseback” (oysters wrapped in bacon) and “pioneer drumsticks” (meatloaf on a stick). Hill even admitted she used to sing her children to sleep with camp songs.

Like the Marines, the women said, once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout.

And like the Marines, Anna Maria Chavez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, who spent much of her career working on Capitol Hill, is intent on her mission.

“Our focus is on helping girls to make leadership choices,” she says.

“We’re poised to do several things. We’re using this as a unique moment to launch ‘Year of the Girl.’ It’s a major opportunity for us to make (people) more aware of leadership issues.” (The Girl Scouts have a goal of raising $1 billion for girls to have opportunities to become leaders.)

Chavez cited a recent Roper report that found 61 percent of girls polled are ambivalent about leadership or success; 39 percent say it’s important, but only 21percent think they have the personal characteristics to lead. “One in five,” she says. “We have our work cut out for us.”

But Girl Scout success stories are as ubiquitous as boxes of Thin Mints this time of year.

Elizabeth “Eli” Scullin, 21, of Oswego, N.Y., is a junior at Princeton and credits the Girl Scouts and her scout leaders for where she is today. “I think Girl Scouts is what taught me how to take the initiative in achieving my goals,” she says.

Savannah celebrates Back in Savannah, 65,000 people a year visit the Low house, a Victorian mansion that re-

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Natasha Milbourne, Adriana Martinez, Ashiya Brown and Nikki Reynolds use Girl Scout cookies to make a sweet dessert. The girls were part of troop 272 of Wainwright Elementary in 1994.

mains very much as it was when Low lived there. Visitors can stroll from room to room, taking in both Low’s artwork and the life of a wealthy Victorian family.

Centenary celebrations are planned all over town this weekend, including a wreath-laying at Low’s grave and a mass walk by thousands of scouts across Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge to “bridge” to the Girl Scouts’ second century.

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Planned exhibits Girl Scout exhibits are also planned at the city’s 24 museums, and a special exhibit is at the local synagogue because several of the girls in Low’s first troop were Jewish.

(Girl Scouts were multicultural by 1921.

Archival photos show African-American, Native American and Chinese-American troops around the country. Total desegregation of troops came in 1956, bringing praise from Martin Luther King Jr.) The National Portrait Gallery in Washington also has programs celebrating the centenary this spring, and “Rock the Mall” is planned for June 9, when more than 200,000 scouts will converge in the capital for a mass sing-along.

Would Low, who saw her organization grow to 168,000 members by the time of her death in 1927, be surprised by any of this?

Harold thinks not.

“She knew she could make a difference,” she says. “She wanted young women to have more options. I think she succeeded quite nicely.”

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Looking for work they moved to Lansing, Michigan, where a large portion of Vince’s relatives had settled. Vince was hired

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Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hodges of Grand Ledge announce the engagement of their daughter, Jill Lindsay to Brian Platte, son of Liz Platte of Pewamo and Brian Platte of Swanton, OH. Jill graduated from Grandville High School, Chic University of Cosmetology, and Lansing Community College and works as a Medical Biller at Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital in Charlotte. Brian graduated from Portand High School and is the owner of Platinum Benefit Advisors. A June wedding is planned.

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John served in the U S Army and Korean War. John is a retired dental technican, he worked for Dr. Art Nolen, Dr John Nolen, and Dr. Larry Stone in Lansing.

Katrine is retired from Michigan National Bank, in Lansing also.

The couple have been very active members for many years, at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, in Lansing. They also enjoy donating their time to the

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Always willing to give a helping hand to help their community, friends and family.

They have five children: John Oatley Jr. (Sonja) David Oatley (Linda) Dean Oatley (Carleen) Brenda Cuatt (Tom) and Brian Oatley (Karen). They also have eight grandchildren, five great grand children, and one great great grand child.

The couple will be celebrating this milestone with a dinner hosted by their family. Happy 60th! We love you your family.

James and Phyllis Selleck are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Tamara Joelle, to Eric David Kas, son of Dale and Sandy Kas of Byron Center. The bride-to-be is a 2007 graduate of Lansing Catholic High School, 2011 graduate of the University of Michigan, and is a Personal Trainer at the YMCA. She has been accepted into the Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program at Grand Valley State University and will begin in the Fall of 2012.

The prospective groom is a 2008 graduate of Byron Center High School and will graduate from Kuyper College in May 2012. He is employed at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services as an Adolescent Care Provider and is also the Youth Director at West Leonard Church in Grand Rapids. He has been accepted into Calvin Seminary and will pursue a Master of Divinity Degree beginning Fall of 2012.

A May 19, 2012 wedding is planned at Fallasburg Park in Lowell, Michigan.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DOME CITYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

A priest, a rabbi and a minister walked into a bar ... after Father Tony kicked in the door. The place had been ransacked. ... Rabbi Feinstein and Pastor Hampton walked gingerly to the bar, feet crunching on the broken glass. They picked up a couple of stools and sat there while Father Tony rummaged through the broken glass behind the bar. He came up grinning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bingo.â&#x20AC;? He held up a new bottle of Kentucky bourbon.

Selenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband revisits her life E.J. Tamara The Associated Press

The new book â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Selena, With Loveâ&#x20AC;? reveals intimate details about the late Tejano starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, but the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s author â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her widower, Chris Perez â&#x20AC;&#x201D; doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider it a â&#x20AC;&#x153;tell-allâ&#x20AC;? kind of book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it should be honest, with dignity. I knew there would be things that would make me feel uncomfortable, but I think I wrote the book with respect,â&#x20AC;?

Perez, 42, said in a recent interview.

Perez says the book, released Tuesday, allows him to share his memories of Selena Quintanilla, who was shot and killed on March 31, 1995, two weeks shy of her 24th birthday.

The Mexican-American singer was a sensation in the Tejano world with hits such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Como la flor,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bidi Bidi Bom Bomâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;El chico del apartamento 512.â&#x20AC;?

She was on the verge of becoming a crossover sensation when she was killed by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan club. â&#x20AC;?When Selena died, I suppressed the memories, I boxed them away in order to cope. When I decided to write the book, I opened the box and put it all out. It was a beautiful process. It was a good thing to revisit and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say I fell in love again because I never stopped loving her,â&#x20AC;&#x153; he said.

Perez met Selena when he became the lead guitarist for Selena y Los Dinos.

It was a band formed

by Selenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., and also featured her siblings Suzette and A.B. Quintanilla.

Perez confesses that he feels remorse for not protecting his wife. He wonders if things would have been different had he told someone that Selena told Saldivar had shown her a gun.

Perez also addresses rumors, including one that Selena was pregnant at the time of her death (she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t).

The first part of the book talks about their secret love. Their romance started behind her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back. Selenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father only accepted Perez after the couple eloped in 1992. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had our differences but I love him and respect him like my own father,â&#x20AC;? Perez says.

Meet the Author

By Edmund John Messina Jr. (CreateSpace, $14.99)

ABOUT â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DOME CITYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

hunts for Jack and his discovery.â&#x20AC;?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Âť Messina was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is a full-time neurologist. He lives in mid-Michigan with his wife, Jayne, and their pets. He is currently working on the next two volumes in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dome Cityâ&#x20AC;? trilogy.

LOCAL APPEARANCE

Âť Messina will give a talk and signing at 7 p.m. Thursday at Schuler Books and Music in the Meridian Mall in Okemos.

Info: 349-8840 or www.schulerbooks.com.

Lamott sequel: 1st year of sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son Grandparenting easier, she says David L. Ulin Los Angeles Times

Without Anne Lamott, the entire sub-category of contemporary parent writing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which includes Brett Paesel, Christie Mellor, Ayun Halliday as well as all those mommy bloggers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist. Her 1993 bestseller â&#x20AC;&#x153;Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Yearâ&#x20AC;? set the standard, acknowledging the doubts and the difficulties, the sense that many first-time parents have of being cast into an alternate universe where simply taking a shower and getting dressed in clean clothes is a moral victory over the chaos and entropy that every infant leaves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am much too self-centered, cynical, eccentric, and edgy to raise a baby,â&#x20AC;?

Lamott writes in those pages, an admission that anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever been there canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but recognize. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t written about what a mixed grill parenthood can be,â&#x20AC;? she recalls now, speaking by phone from her home in Marin County, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfathomable how exhausted I was during those first months. I was beyond running on empty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; overwhelmed, out of my depth, madly, crazily in love with this baby, and yet so worried that I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t function.â&#x20AC;?

Lamott finds herself looking back to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oper-

Anne Lamottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1993 bestseller â&#x20AC;&#x153;Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Yearâ&#x20AC;? set the standard for parent writing. Now sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s followed it up with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some Assembly Required,â&#x20AC;? about her grandson. AP

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some Assembly Requiredâ&#x20AC;?

by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott.

ating Instructionsâ&#x20AC;? because she has, 19 years later, published a sequel: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Sonâ&#x20AC;? (Riverhead: $26.95). Written â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to some extent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with her son Sam, it tells the story of her grandson Jax from delivery to first

birthday, echoing the form and some of the concerns of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Operating Instructionsâ&#x20AC;? while opening up new territory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier being a grandparent because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at a distance,â&#x20AC;?

Lamott explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also older, and you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t given birth, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re less exhausted.â&#x20AC;?

Then she laughs and adds: â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they leave.â&#x20AC;?

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right, yet that distance comes with its own issues, which Lamott explores. When Jax gets sick and ends up in the emergency room, she has no choice but to balance her anxiety with the need to let Sam and his girlfriend, Amy, take care of the situation on their own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear from them for a few hours,â&#x20AC;? she writes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I naturally assumed Jax was in the ICU, after

thoracic surgery, or hooked up to a heart-lung machine.â&#x20AC;? Eventually, Sam calls to reassure her, grateful for her calm and her restraint.

That we know differently is part of the trick of the narrative, the way Lamott reveals the outer and the inner life.

This question of revelation, of what to share and what to withhold, has long been a challenge of Lamottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nonfiction, which, collected in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bird

by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Lifeâ&#x20AC;? and three volumes of essays on faith and family, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traveling Mercies,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plan Bâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grace (Eventually),â&#x20AC;? revolves around the small dramas of domesticity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sam,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;grew up in libraries and bookstores, so he never knew anything different.

I began running stuff by him when he was 10, but even before that, I never revealed anything really private. I always had ferocious boundaries about his private life.â&#x20AC;?

Indeed, when she began to consider a follow-up to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Operating Instructionsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at the suggestion of her editor, Jake Morrissey â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lamottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immediate concern was how her son would feel.

In a preface to the book, he describes his reaction: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When my mother first approached me about this book ... she spoke to me over the phone in an unsure voice, her Worried Mommy voice, and her tone made me brace myself for what seemed to be a tough question. But when I realized she was asking me about whether I was OK with her writing a sequel to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Operating Instructions,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; my shoulders dropped with relaxation and I shouted, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yeah! Of course. ... Why didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I think of that myself?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

For Sam, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Operating Instructionsâ&#x20AC;? is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the greatest gift anyone has ever given me,â&#x20AC;? an expression of love and belonging that he wants for his own son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He says he could hear my heart talking to him,â&#x20AC;? Lamott enthuses, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a dream for a parent, to have a grown child feel that way.â&#x20AC;?

Lamott says â&#x20AC;&#x153; all of us â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jax, Sam, Amy, me â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (are) part of a community, a tapestry. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what sustains us, our funny little galaxy.â&#x20AC;?

Belated payoff in Anne Riceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wolf Giftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nick Owchar

Los Angeles Times

Howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your back feeling? Sore?

If you want a deeptissue massage, forget the spa. What you need is a good bite from a werewolf.

As one discovers in Anne Riceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wolf Gift,â&#x20AC;? the shift from human to wolf and back again is like a really sexy shiatsu session: â&#x20AC;&#x153;He felt it ... in the millions of hair follicles covering his body. And there was the sharp contraction in his stomach, not painful. ... He staggered into the bedroom and fell across the bed.

Deep orgasmic spasms ran through the muscles of his thighs and calves, through his back, his arms.â&#x20AC;?

After a long day at work, that sounds pretty good.

The werewolf change â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in most movies and books â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is usually presented as torture. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as

if the person is strapped to an invisible, medieval rack and is slowly being pulled apart. But Anne Riceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wolf Giftâ&#x20AC;? offers a sensually charged vision of this supernatural creature that, despite the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frequent silliness, still manages to tap into a key interest of Riceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: The lives of outsiders.

Vampires fit this category â&#x20AC;&#x201D; their blood lust and immortality push them beyond the human race that obsesses them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not the only ones.

Many of Riceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other works have examined the lives of people on the periphery of their societies: the castrati (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cry to Heavenâ&#x20AC;?), the quadroons and other mixed-race peoples of 19th-century Louisiana (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Feast of All Saintsâ&#x20AC;?), even Jesus struggling with the prophecy about him (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christ the Lordâ&#x20AC;? series), to name a few.

Now enters â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wolf Giftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? Reuben Golding,

and he easily falls into this company. In fact, Golding fits in well before his lupine transformation ever takes place.

Why? Because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 23-year-old college grad.

Like many kids fresh out of school, he has no sense of purpose, no direction.

He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite click with his girlfriend, a successful young attorney. He hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t locked into the marriage-familycareer track that most of us take. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outside of it all, observing.

Then he meets Marchent. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the beautiful niece of an archaeologist who vanished years before, leaving a secluded gothic mansion cluttered

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wolf Giftâ&#x20AC;? by Anne Rice

with treasures on the Mendocino coast. Marchent wants it sold, and Reuben interviews her there for an article for

the San Francisco Observer.

In this long opening set piece, the two dine and we learn about Marchentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family.

Reuben is enchanted by this older woman.

Before the nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll exchange more than stories over the dinner table â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and there will be a tragedy, in which Reuben narrowly escapes with his life.

This incident brings about the gift of the title.

Rice does finally hit her unique, imaginative stride very late, but it will be a long wait for readers. For some, in fact, it will be much too long to wait.

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Relive Michigan golf glory at Fallen Oak in Biloxi D die, Greg “Tex” Gallup, who caddied on Tour for Mount Pleasant’s Kelly Robbins. They enjoyed the camaraderie and competition that traveling on Tour brought them.

“But I got too old to walk six miles lugging a bag,” says Jones.

So like two war horses taken from the grind of the track to the glory of a stud farm, Jones and Gallup now enjoy caddying, saddled on the power carts of resort guests, at the luxurious Fallen Oak Golf Club in Biloxi, Miss.

They still banter like Abbott and Costello, delighting vacationers with their humorous, self-deprecating Tour tales.

Jones makes the average Joes he caddies for feel like pros.

But the Tom Fazio-designed Fallen Oak resort course is truly the star of the show. “I just love this layout,” Jones insists.

Biloxi is near Gulfport, on the Gulf between New Orleans and Mobile — an area ravaged

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by Hurricane Katrina — which pushed the course’s debut back to 2006. “Even having a major storm in the middle of constructing this golf course turned out to be a positive — for instance, the name ‘Fallen

Oak,’” said Fazio, an acclaimed architect. “You look out and see that fallen oak on the ground and we built the 18th hole around the tree. It’s in such a natural and logical position it just had to be. I think

Campsites add amenities to attract families Extras a change from roughing it Hugo Martin Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — At a wooded campsite in Santa Paula, north of Los Angeles, vacationers, stray deer and even peacocks must share the tree-shaded property with tractors, backhoes and stacks of lumber.

Work is in full swing to transform the 76-acre Ventura Ranch Kampgrounds of America site into one of a fast-growing breed of affordable outdoor destinations or resort campgrounds.

Workers have already added new lodges and upscale tepees and installed two 800-foot-long zip lines. Construction has begun on a pool and water slides to open by this summer. A backhoe is moving dirt for a new playground area, and the park owner has plans for four treehouses near the banks of the Santa Paula Creek.

“It’s kind of a new version of camping,” Kampgrounds of America campsite guest Desiree Dennis said as her four children took turns strapping on harnesses, hooking themselves to pulleys and flying downhill along zip-line cables stretched between two elevated platforms. “It brings families together.”

Zip lines, swimming pools and other campground extras typify changes underway across the nation at

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Instead of offering rest stops on the way to vacation destinations, KOA wants to add enough activities to convert its modest overnight campgrounds into final destinations for traveling families.

“Campgrounds are indeed a resort destination,” said KOA’s chief executive, James Rogers.

KOA’s 488 independently owned campgrounds in the U.S. and Canada are increasingly offering such amenities as wireless Internet access, cable television hookups and prefabricated cabins, most equipped with refrigerators, microwave ovens and flatscreen televisions. Many

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“The world wants to get outdoors,” Rogers said. “At the end of the day, they also want a hot shower and a clean bed and a cold beer.”

These upgrades are most prominent in California, a state with 36 KOA campgrounds, the most in the nation.

It makes good business sense. Although KOA’s overall guest bookings dropped 2 percent to 14.4 million in 2011 compared with the previous year, KOA officials say reservations for the campgrounds’ furnished cabins jumped nearly 20 percent in the same period.

KOA is a private company and would not disclose its annual revenue, but a Dunn & Bradstreet

report estimated that the company, based in Billings, Mont., generated nearly $40 million in sales in 2011.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Saturday was the day Michigan State finally overcame its Big Ten Tournament history, and the team most responsible for it.

It was the day the Spartans ended a three-game losing streak to Wisconsin in this event, and completed a threegame sweep of the Badgers this season. It was the day they earned a rematch with Ohio State, one week after the Buckeyes ruined their senior

day and their outright Big Ten title hopes.

It was the day they got to the Big Ten Tournament title game for the first time since the year 2000.

“That’s weird,” freshman guard Travis Trice, who was in first grade at the time, said afSee MSU, Page 6D

No. 1 seed may also be at stake in Big Ten championship game Joe Rexrode jrexrode@lsj.com

INDIANAPOLIS — Somewhere in the same Westin Hotel where Michigan State was toiling Saturday night in preparation for today’s Big Ten Tournament final against Ohio State, the NCAA Tournament selection committee was trying to figure out where to put the Spartans and the Buckeyes — along with 66 other teams in a field that will be an-

MSU's Brandon Wood shoots and scores over Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky during the first half Saturday.

Wood finished with nine points in 35 minutes in the Spartans’ victory. ROD SANFORD/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

nounced at 6 p.m. tonight.

It’s possible that committee could be holding a No. 1 seed for the winner. The game is scheduled to finish about a half-hour before the bracket is revealed, but the committee could have two open slots — a No. 1 seed for the winner and a No. 2 seed for the loser — ready to be filled as soon as the result is in.

That’s how close MSU and See SEED, Page 6D

A happy Draymond Green heads off the floor after MSU's 65-52 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday. The Spartans may get an NCAA No. 1 seed with a win today. ROD SANFORD/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

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Austin Thornton hit three straight 3-pointers to cut an 11-point deficit to two, and the Spartans seemed to build off that and play with more energy. MSU’s defense took over, feeding transition opportunities and holding the Badgers without a basket for a stretch of 11 minutes and 58 seconds. That was part of a run of 37-7 to turn that deficit into a 19-point lead.

MSU junior center Derrick Nix wasn’t much of a factor in the second half, but he came up big in the first half to help the Spartans stay in the game. Nix scored nine points in the first 20 minutes, going aggressively to the basket when MSU’s offense had very little going. Nix didn’t score in the second half but finished with five rebounds and a steal in 21 minutes off the bench.

“I can’t remember being able to do that to my son Steven in an Xbox game, to be honest with you. Thirtyseven to seven? That’s amazing, I never thought you could do that against Wisconsin.”

No. 1 seed MSU and No. 3 seed Ohio State will meet today for the Big Ten Tournament title (3:30 p.m., CBS).

The Buckeyes will be going for their third straight Big Ten tourney championship. MSU will be looking for its third overall – after winning it in 1999 and 2000. After that, both teams will learn of their NCAA Tournament assignments during the selection show (6 p.m., CBS).

– MSU coach Tom Izzo, on MSU’s 37-7 run Saturday

“We’ve got to break the tie.”

MSU's Derrick Nix scores and is fouled by Wisconsin center Jared Berggren. ROD SANFORD/LSJ

– MSU senior guard Austin Thornton, on Big Ten co-champions playing for the tournament title

— Joe Rexrode

Miami sweeps Spartans out of CCHA playoffs, 4-1 MSU manages just one goal in series Tom Lang For the Lansing State Journal

OXFORD, Ohio — A goalie on a hot streak is an ideal asset for any team come hockey playoff time.

Facing one, on the other hand, can be a nightmare.

Michigan State found itself in the latter position in the Cen-

tral Collegiate Hockey Association quarterfinals this weekend at Miami.

Red Hawks senior goalie Conner Knapp had Hayes shut out the Spartans for more than 163 consecutive minutes this season coming into Saturday night’s game at Goggin Ice Center. He had also given up just two goals — both five-on-three power plays

WHAT’S NEXT » The CCHA semifinals and finals will be next weekend at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. » MSU will have to wait until the NCAA Tournament Selection Show at noon next Sunday to find out if it will make the NCAA field.

— in his previous five games overall.

Finally, MSU lit the red light behind Knapp at 12:04 of the first period on a power play, but

by the end bowed out of the CCHA playoffs, 4-1, in the bestof-three series.

“Nobody’s doubting his skills,” said MSU’s Anthony Hayes of the 6-foot-6 Knapp.

“His numbers speak for themselves. We knew it was going to be hard to get pucks by him. We didn’t do what we needed to do.”

The loss puts MSU in a tight spot for consideration of selection for the NCAA tournament.

“We came in here after talking about being all in; it was all

about tonight, trying to get a win,” MSU coach Tom Anastos said. “We didn’t do that, so we didn’t achieve our mission this weekend and that’s a big disappointment.”

Miami (23-13-2), the defending CCHA playoff champ, got on the scoreboard first, at the 5:58 mark of the first period when CCHA leading goal-scorer Reilly Smith rushed the net on a power play and slipped the puck See HOCKEY, Page 11D

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GRAND RAPIDS — It was close, but Grand Ledge’s Christine Wilson cap-

tured the Division 1 state all-around gymnastics title Saturday at Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills High.

Fittingly, the senior captain completed a two-day victory parade for the Comets.

Wilson, the Division 2 champ a year ago, scored 38.40 to edge Troy AthensAvondale’s Ashley Moskal by just .025 of a point.

Her title came after Grand Ledge swept the top three all-around spots in Division 2. Sara Peltier won the title with a 37.275, followed by fellow junior Lauren Clark (37.225) in second and sophomore Presley Allison (36.900) taking third.

Grand Ledge won the Division 1 team championship on Friday.

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Grand Ledge’s Sara Peltier won the Division 2 all-around on Saturday. COURTESY OF GREGORY LONG

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Andrei Kostitsyn was assisted by his brother, Sergei, on a pair of power-play goals to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.

Patric Hornqvist also scored for Nashville. Former Spartans Drew Mller and Justin Abdelkader had goals for Detroit. Both teams scored within a 13-second span of the first period.

Pekka Rinne made 35 saves for his 38th win of the season. Joey MacDonald stopped 17 shots for Detroit.

David Legwand skated on the left side, and Hornqvist on the right on a 2-on-1break. Legwand passed to Hornqvist, who scored on a wrist shot on a backdoor play that caught MacDonald too far out of the net at 7:30. Hornqvist leads the Predators with 21 goals.

Miller answered at 7:43 when he won a battle behind the net for the puck and then bounced a shot from the right side in off of Rinne.

— Associated Press

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FISH REPORT While the northern sections of the state are digging out from the snow storm, the Lower Peninsula is dealing with high water levels in some rivers and streams,the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.

Water conditions were not only muddy but also had floating debris makings its way downstream, the DNR said. It said river fishing will depend on rain later this week and runoff from snow melt as temperatures push into the 50s SOUTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA Lake Erie: Boats launching from Bolles Harbor are fishing the "Hot Hole" off Plum Creek. Shore anglers are targeting bluegill and perch at the Metro Park.

Huron River: Is producing walleye and pike. Try Hot-n-Tots, jig and minnow or a worm under a bobber.

Detroit River: A couple walleye were caught up near the Edison Plant.

Shore anglers are still catching the occasional perch in the canals around Gibraltar.

Lake St. Clair: A few boats were launching at the ramps but no word on catch rates.

Clinton River: Has shore fishing along the river and on the Spillway however catch rates were unpredictable.

Harbor Beach: Ice in the harbors is either unsafe or just plain gone.

Brown trout were caught in the Edison discharge channel when the plant is running however nothing was caught when it was off.

Saginaw Bay: Has open water fishing. The Pine River mouth is open with high water levels and muddy water. Fishing was slow at Palmer Road due to muddy water. There was no ice from Pinconning south.

Those wading in the Hot Ponds caught a few pike but catch rates were slow. On the east side of the bay, fishing is limited to marina basins, and those connected to rivers are very muddy. Rivers and creeks at Sebewaing, Caseville, and Port Austin were high, muddy, and full of debris.

Saginaw River: Had high water levels. Those out fishing were not able to control their drift because of the strong currents. Conditions might improve toward the end of this week if the area does not get heavy rain. Best bet for the weekend boat anglers would be to head out into the bay and look for clean water.

Tittabawassee River: Has high water levels so the current is fast.

Anglers need to watch for floating debris. The boat ramps were partially flooded.

Flint River: Walleye were starting to move in. Anglers had limited success at M-15, Atwood Stadium and the Holloway Reservoir Dam. With the projected warm weather this week the walleye should be moving in prior to the closure on March 15th.

Quanicassee River: Boat anglers took a few small perch.

SOUTHWEST LOWER PENINSULA Dowagiac River: Is producing steelhead. Water levels were fine.

St. Joseph River: Steelhead fishing at the Berrien Springs Dam was good. A few walleye were also caught.

Paw Paw River: Is producing steelhead and walleye.

Kalamazoo River: Steelhead are running even though water levels were a bit high. Walleye anglers are doing well. Try rapalas or bucktail jigs.

Grand River at Grand Rapids: Water levels are up with flood advisories in some areas. Steelhead are there however catch rates may slow due to muddy water.

Grand River at Lansing: A couple steelhead were caught at or near the Moore's Park Dam. A few limit catches were taken in Sycamore Creek.

Maple River: Has higher water levels.

Muskegon River: Is producing steelhead and walleye downstream from Croton Dam. Some were perch fishing upstream of Hardy Pond but the ice was not safe.

NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA Inland lakes should still have ice however deep snow and slush will not only make travel difficult, but will also cover areas that may be dangerous. Fishing continues to be fair at best, with a few perch, walleye, pike and trout caught. With the heavy snow and warm weather, anglers might want to consider removing their ice shanties prior to the March 15th deadline.

Alpena: Strong winds should blow the ice out of Thunder Bay by the weekend.

Thunder Bay River: The City of Alpena has removed all the snow piled up at the access site so the ramp should be open now. The river is ice-free and there are some steelhead and a few brown trout for those open water fishing.

Hubbard Lake: Had fair to good perch fishing.

Au Sable River: Had very good steelhead fishing. The access sites and ramps are now open.

Higgins Lake: Has foot travel only because of the deep snow and slush. Those taking machines out were getting stuck. Anglers are basically heading out for smelt and perch only. For smelt, try off the west launch in 20 to 30 feet of water. For perch and smelt, try near the Birch Lodge. Smelt were caught during the day however the better catches came at night.

Houghton Lake: Travel on the ice is difficult due to deep snow and slush. Some have already pulled their shanties off the ice. Few anglers have been out.

Tawas Bay: Ice conditions will deteriorate quickly this week so anglers will need to use extreme caution. Off Jerry's Marina, a few walleye were caught and a couple pike were speared.

Au Gres River: Steelhead are running in Whitney Drain which is on the East Branch of the river. Most of the fish are upstream of the Singing Bridge, where good numbers were caught when drifting spawn. Fish were also caught at the Singing Bridge access site and in the surf when the ice packs move out of the way. Rain and subsequent high muddy water may affect the bite by the end of the week.

NORTHWEST LOWER PENINSULA Deep snow and slush in this region will make travel on ice more difficult.

Traverse City: Both the East Bay and the West Bay have open water.

Lake Cadillac: Still had plenty of ice but travel through the deep snow and slush was difficult.

Manistee River: Should still have some steelhead for those looking for fly fishing opportunities. Warm temperatures and rain this week should bring in some fresh fish.

Pere Marquette River: Continues to produce steelhead and catch rates will only improve as the temperatures rise.

UPPER PENINSULA Keweenaw Bay: A couple coho were caught off Sand Point. A stretch of ice flowing past Sand Point toward the head of the Bay made it impossible to fish this popular site. Rainbow and brown trout were caught near the mouth of the Falls River.

Little Bay De Noc: Heavy snowfall limited angler access to most of the Bay. Poor ice conditions along the shore access areas and pressure cracks are creating some problems so those heading out need to use extreme caution at all times.Many have pulled their shanties or moved them to shore. Walleye were caught between Gladstone and the Escanaba River when jigging rapalas in 25 to 33 feet of water or along the Center Reef when jigging or using tip-ups in 18 to 30 feet of water.

Perch fishing remained about the same although few anglers were out.

Most were jigging wigglers or minnows in 5 to 23 feet of water near Kipling. Much warmer temperatures could present more problems with the ice so those that still have ice shanties out should take notice and be ready to move them if necessary.

Munising: Heavy snowfall and the resulting slush has made travel on the ice difficult.

— Associated Press

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election Sunday has become a special day for Michigan State basketball fans. This marks the 15th straight year MSU has been a part of the NCAA Tournament and usually the Spartan expectations for March and into early April are high. Tom Izzo has often stated his overwhelming goal is to win a second national title to match the achievement in 2000 because so few coaches have won two in their careers.

Events of the last week likely will keep the various national analysts from forecasting the Spartans advancing to the Final Four in New Orleans, but they've been a surprise in the tournament previously when not much was expected.

Branden Dawson’s injury has cooled a bit of the projected hype, but on neutral floors this tournament is always TIM full of surprises.

The Big Ten TournaSTAUDT ment champion has to Staudt play like crazy to win on Sunday each year in Indianapolis but the fun only lasts about 10 minutes until CBS switches to its pairings show which dominates the news coverage through the end of the season. I’ve long felt the Big Ten would be better off playing its tournament championship game on Saturday, so as to let the winning team at least enjoy a day to relish its accomplishment. Not many pay attention once the pairings are posted on air.

Ohio State is my guess to have the best chance to advance the farthest in the tournament from the Big Ten, but only because of the individual talents of its players. Someone will have to beat the Spartans, never an easy task and my wild card team is Michigan. It is hard for me to tell if the Wolverines make a run or bow out early. Bracket sheets are hard to fill out because of the neutral sites, unfamiliar teams and officials’ familiarity. Enjoy.

U-M better with Morris? How much better would Michigan be with guard Darius Morris in the lineup? He opted for the NBA draft last year and was chosen in the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers. That team is struggling and now Morris has been shunted off to the NBA D-League. I bet he’d have become a better pro staying in school in Ann Arbor. And Manny Harris left a year early — he has been up and down with the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers. Harris too is currently toiling in the NBDL. Sad finales: Senior night wasn’t kind to eight Big Ten teams this season as many lost their last home game, including Michigan and Michigan State. The Wolverines spoiled the home finales for Illinois and Penn State. It’s a tough call for every coach on whether to celebrate before or after the game? It couldn’t have been easy for any of the Spartans following the Ohio State game last Sunday. When

Despite the loss of Branden Dawson, Tom Izzo could have the Spartans poised to make another deep NCAA Tournament run. ROD SANFORD/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

schedules come out, if the matchup looks tough, maybe it's better to celebrate in pre-game. That’s what Michigan did, but it didn’t help in the 75-61 loss to Purdue.

Henderson aided last U-M title: A key member of Michigan’s last Big Ten title team in 1986 was former Lansing Eastern star Rob Henderson. He was named Mr. Basketball following the 1982 season and his Eastern teammate, Sam Vincent, who went on to star at Michigan State, was the inaugural Mr. Basketball winner in 1981. The Wolverines did not win the Big Ten title in 1989 when interim coach Steve Fisher replaced Bill Frieder after the regular season and the Wolverines won the NCAA title in Seattle over Seton Hall. Glen Rice, Butch Wade and Loy Vaught starred for that group.

MSU Pro Day: And it’s an anxious week ahead for MSU's departing football seniors. Many will try out in front of numerous pro scouts Wednesday at the Duffy Daugherty Building where security is always tight on Pro Day. Testing begins at noon and runs through the afternoon. MSU’s fourth annual women’s clinic will be held for 220 participants from 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Cost is $70 and preregistration is required by calling the MSU football office at 355-1647.

Ticket rise expected: It’s no surprise Michigan State is selling football tickets hand over fist for next season.

The expected price increase was more modest than I expected and the seven home games have only one clinker — Eastern Michigan on Sept. 22. Back-toback 11 win seasons doesn't hurt and it wouldn't surprise me if the entire home schedule ended up selling out.

Mason grad in wrestling tourney: Former Mason High star L.J. Helbig will compete in the NCAA wrestling championships this coming week for Wyoming. Helbig is a junior heavyweight, 285 pounds and he finished runner-up in the recent Western Wres-

tling Conference Championships. Helbig is one of six Wyoming wrestlers to qualify. Helbig lost in the championship match last weekend to Blayne Beal of Northern Iowa, 7-4.

MSU baseball impressive: MSU’s baseball team may be better than its national ranking — and the Spartans don’t have one. They were 5-6 in their first 11 games, but it’s noteworthy they gave fifth-ranked Texas A&M three tough battles — though all losses — last week at College Station before shutting out Baylor 4-0 this week. Let some of those southern schools play a team like MSU in East Lansing in May and I’ll bet the results aren't so onesided.

New Hoop Fest activities: Plenty of new activities have been added to the fourth annual Hoop Fest, which will be at Jenison Fieldhouse March 22-24, during the boys state high school basketball semifinals and finals. Cost is $2 per person or free with a game ticket.

Hours are 2-7 p.m. March 22-23 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on finals day. Organizers reduced Hoop Fest after one year with the girls tournament but it seems to have caught on during the boys event.

Information can be found at marchmagichoopfest.com.

Hall of Fame ceremony: Attendance will be limited to 700 for the induction dinner Aug. 2 at the Lansing Center for the Greater Lansing Sports Hall of Fame. Guests expected include Magic Johnson and Muhsin Muhammad.

Tickets are $35 each and must be purchased in advance until there is a sellout. Information at lansingsportshalloffame.org.

Leadership course: Michigan is offering a six-day academic course from June 24-29 — Leaders and Best: Winning the Leadership Game. Speakers include David Brandon, Brady Hoke, John Beilein, Carol Hutchins, Lloyd Carr, Desmond Howard and other U-M academics. Information is available at mgoblue.com.

OUTDOORS

Joining the smelt party on ice RAVERSE CITY — The plan had been to go out on Green Lake at dark and fish for smelt, which has been very productive this winter, I’m told. But my buddy David Rose changed the plan at the last minute.

Seems three friends of his — with a six-person portable shanty — had invited him (and me) to join them on nearby Cedar Lake. And Rose decided we couldn’t pass it.

“Smelt fishing on the ice is the modern-day equivalent to smelt dipping,” Rose said.

He had a point.

For those lacking a little gray in their hair, smelt dipping was a rite of spring, back in the BOB day, when huge schools GWIZDZ of the little varmints ran up into the rivers to Outdoors spawn. Armies of anbobgwizdz@ glers with lanterns and sbcglobal.net dipnets would gather near river mouths and harvest the tasty morsels of fish flesh by the bucketful.

Not so much these days. The smelt runs have virtually disappeared over the last couple of decades (though this past spring there was some good smelt dipping on Lake Huron tributaries).

Smelt dipping is something your grandfather talks about.

But the two pastimes share a couple of common traits: both are accomplished under the cover of darkness and both are something of a party.

Indeed, smelt fishing through the ice is more of a community event than a solitary pursuit. Virtual cities of shanties appear on the ice on prime locations and, for the most part, when the smelt are biting, the more anglers the merrier.

When Rose and I arrived shortly after dark to join the party, the mood was jovial but the prognosis was poor.

The threesome had landed just a couple of the little silvery pisces despite depth finders that showed a wide band of fish in the bottom half of the 40-foot depth.

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said Rose, who fishes for smelt once a week (or more) during hard-water season. “Yes, you can catch fish deeper, but that 40 to 50 feet seems to be the smelt’s comfort zone.”

Rose says bottom structure is not an issue.

“They’re buried on the bottom in the daytime because they’re fearing for their lives,” he said. “But at night, that’s when their food comes out — that zooplankton — they rise to the occasion, so to speak.”

Indeed, smelt anglers typically start fishing near bottom and gradually work their way up as the night progresses. Over the course of our evening that pattern seemed to hold true — the marks on the depth finder appeared increasingly close to the surface until, finally, we could look down the hole and see the fish swimming below us less than 10 feet down.

Limited success But it didn’t help. For whatever reason, they just weren’t biting.

Which is not all that unusual with smelt. I’ve had nights when we whacked them and returned the following night — with no apparent change in atmospheric conditions — only to struggle. Rose agreed.

“You can go out there and catch 400 and then the next day and catch 40,” he said. “Smelt probably fluster me more than anything. Maybe it’s because they’re feeding on the lowest link in the food chain, but there must be something different than that highpressure or low-pressure thing they’re dealing with.”

The five of us fished for three hours with everyone catching one now or then but none of us ever getting them really dialed in. I caught a couple, but missed more. Rose said he saw a defect in my technique.

“Tiny lures are important, tiny hooks are important, but to me tiny baits are even more important. A wax worm (which I was using) is the biggest bait you ever want to use. Smelt have got these tiny little teeth, like a barracuda, and a lot of times you don’t even hook them — they’ve just got their teeth enmeshed in the bait.

“That’s why you never want to stop reeling,” he continued. “Guys will set the hook and if they stop reeling it in right away, they’ll lose their fish.”

When that happens, check your bait and get it back down there ASAP. “For some reason, they’re not much into bait-less hooks,” Rose said.

Agreed. You can catch walleye on spoons without minnows or crappie on jigs without larva, but smelt want meat. Rose theorizes that the wee beasties the smelt feed upon are so small, they must zone in on them by smell instead of sight.

All the bait freshening and tackle adjusting we did didn’t matter much.

They just weren’t biting. I think we would up with 37, which is enough for a nice mess of smelt for one family, but not enough for five guys to divvy.

But that didn’t matter much. We ate sandwiches, downed a few adult beverages and lied about the things guys lie about when they get together for this sort of thing, and generally had a good time. We might just as well as had gone bowling, I guess, which made me realize what Rose said was right when he made the call to go to Cedar Lake instead of Green.

Smelt fishing on the ice is the modern-day equivalent to smelt dipping.

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Cespedes homers in first exhibition Oakland rookie also singles in his debut The Associated Press

Oakland’s Manny Ramirez (left) is cherishing his at-bats. The slugger, who has a suspension to sit out, will be a bargain if he returns to the form that made him one of baseball’s top hitters. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP

Ramirez realizes what he lost, tries to find new life Slugger wants to end career with dignity Arnie Stapleton The Associated Press

PHOENIX — A bat in his hands and a smile on his face, Manny Ramirez bounded through the Oakland Athletics’ clubhouse Saturday hollering, “I’m back in the lineup! I’m back in the lineup!”

Yes, Manny is back.

The sullied slugger with the long dreadlocks and red do-rag is getting a do-over.

He’s trying to make it back to the major leagues a year after retiring from the Tampa Bay Rays rather than serve a 100game suspension for a second positive drug test.

He’s soaking it all in this time around, too.

“I’m just blessed to be here and playing the game that I love,” he said.

It shows in his work ethic and the way he interacts with his new teammates, especially Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes.

The 39-year-old clubhouse cutup was excited to return to the Athletics’ lineup this weekend after spending a few days hitting in the team’s minor league camp with Cespedes, who made his spring training debut Saturday against the Cincinnati Reds.

Ramirez is eager to go back about proving he still has some pop at the plate.

“I’m back, I feel great,” Ramirez said before his first game since getting scratched from the A’s lineup Wednesday with lower back stiffness.

Ramirez is still chipping off the rust after nearly a year away from the game.

The 12-time All-Star signed a minor-league deal with the A’s last month that’s worth $500,000

By all reports, Ramirez (right) has been a good teammate to Michael Taylor (left) and others such as Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes, which Oakland hopes will help in its clubhouse. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP

if he’s added to the big league roster — that’s about 100 times less than he made in his two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He’s allowed to participate in spring training games and exhibition games scheduled in Japan, but must serve a 50-game suspension before he can play in the regular season for Oakland should he make the club.

The A’s will have a bargain on their hands if Ramirez can return to the level that made him one of the most feared hitters in baseball.

Ramirez just wants to show he can still play so he can do right by the game that gave him fame and fortune and to honor his wife and kids who stuck by him through difficult times, he said.

“I’m just so happy to be here.

I never thought I was going to get another chance,” he said.

There’s a skip in his step as he tries to right his wrongs.

“Absolutely. He tells me every day how lucky he feels to be able to be here and to have another opportunity, how blessed he is,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “And it’s good to see. He’s very energetic. He’s one of the

first in the cages every day and one of the last ones to leave. His work ethic for a younger group of guys goes a long way.

“Not only is he a big help for Cespedes but for our young group to see how he works and how he works at his craft and, really, he’ll say a few things to some of the hitters, too,” Melvin added. “I think maybe in the past he’s been a bit more reserved to what he does, but I think he’s probably a little bit more open now to talking about what he does. And he’s done it pretty well.”

When Ramirez arrived in camp, he was accompanied by his wife, Juliana, and two sons.

Juliana occasionally put her hand on Ramirez as he spoke about the difficulties — he did not address specifics — he’s endured since telling Major League Baseball he was retiring a week into the 2011 season. He was arrested last September for allegedly hitting his wife during a domestic altercation.

On Saturday, Ramirez said he wanted to leave the game the right way, whenever that is, so that he can leave a legacy his children can be proud of.

Tigers surrender early lead, end in 5-5 tie with Nationals Verlander to pitch opener with Boston The Associated Press

LAKELAND, Fla. — Jim Leyland got his easiest decision of spring training out of the way: He named AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander Detroit’s openingday starter.

“I just assumed everybody figured that,” Leyland said after Verlander pitched four shutout innings Saturday in the Tigers’ 5-5, 10-inning tie with a Washington Nationals Verlander split squad.

“If you want me to make (the announcement) formal, I’ll make it formal,” Leyland said.

“That was pretty much a nobrainer.”

The Tigers open the regular season at home April 5 against the Boston Red Sox. Coming off a season in which he went 24-5 and led the AL in ERA (2.40) and strikeouts (250), Verlander appeared to be in midseason form Saturday, al-

though he didn’t think so.

He called his first inning and bullpen session “horrible” and said he was “way out of rhythm.”

Those comments came after striking out four of the 13 batters he faced and scattering three singles. Two of the baserunners were caught stealing by catcher Alex Avila.

The Nationals never got anyone to second base against Verlander, who left the game with a 4-0 lead.

“He’s probably a little hard on himself at times,” Leyland said.

Verlander was able to work past the early trouble, though.

“It’s a good sign in the second start of the spring that I was able to figure it out pretty quickly,” he said. “To be that far off and be able to bring it back and start to get a rhythmic feel in the second inning, that is a very good positive for me.”

Asked for his definition of horrible, Verlander said he couldn’t throw strikes in the bullpen.

Brandon Inge homered off Washington starter John Lannan, and Brennan Boesch’s homer in the fourth inning gave the Tigers a 4-0 lead.

Lannan gave up two runs on four hits. A bloop single by Delmon Young helped make it a lengthy first inning, and Lannan left after only two innings.

“They’ve got a pretty good lineup and I thought he handled it pretty good,” said bench coach Randy Knorr, acting as manager of the Nationals split squad. “The ball that fell made him throw more pitches.”

But after two Tiger errors led to a three-run inning for the Nationals, Corey Brown homered off Tigers closer Jose Valverde and Andres Blanco connected against setup man Joaquin Benoit to lift the Nationals into a 5-4 lead.

Rookies Avisail Garcia and Argenis Diaz had consecutive doubles to tie it for the Tigers in the eighth inning.

NOTES: The opening day start will be Verlander’s fifth straight. … Garcia ended the Nationals’ big sixth inning with a perfect throw to third base to complete a double play after a running catch. … A throw from center fielder Matt Young cut down another Washington run at the plate in the ninth. … Tiger starters have not given up a home run this spring.

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes homered, walked and singled in his first major league spring game, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 6-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.

Manny Ramirez went 0 for 3 in his return to the lineup after missing a few days because of lower back stiffness.

Bartolo Colon pitched four innings, allowing one run on four hits in his second spring start. He struck out four.

Cueto, the Reds opening day starter, allowed three runs and five hits — two earned — in two innings. » MARLINS 3, CARDINALS 1: Josh Johnson got another good look at St. Louis, pitching 2 1⁄3 scoreless innings for Miami.

Still working his way back from shoulder issues that limited him to just nine starts last year, Johnson allowed one hit, struck out three and threw 52 pitches. » BLUE JAYS 5, ASTROS 2: Jose Bautista hit his first two homers of spring training and Travis Snider hit his third, leading Toronto to a win over Houston.

Astros starter Zach Duke gave up two homers. » ORIOLES 1, PHILLIES 0: Brian Matusz bounced back from a shaky spring debut, pitching four sharp innings as Baltimore beat Philadelphia.

Joe Blanton pitched three scoreless innings for the Phillies. The 31-year-old righty was limited to eight starts last year because of an elbow injury. » TWINS 4, PIRATES 2: Danny Valencia hit a three-run homer among his two hits as Minnesota broke out of a hitting funk and beat Pittsburgh. » NATIONALS (SS) 8, METS 2: Ryan Zimmerman hit two doubles and drove in two runs

as a Washington split squad beat R.A. Dickey and New York. » YANKEES 8, BRAVES 3: Starters Jair Jurrjens and Michael Pineda both had trouble finding the plate and were pulled in the third inning as New York beat Atlanta.

Jurrjens walked six in 2 1-3 innings for the Braves. » ROYALS 5, ROCKIES 2: Billy Butler hit a two-run homer and Luis Mendoza worked four scoreless innings as Kansas City beat Colorado.

Butler, who is 7 for 15 in six spring training games, homered in the fifth with Eric Hosmer aboard. » GIANTS (SS) 13, BREWERS (SS) 3: Pablo Sandoval homered and doubled during San Francisco’s eight-run third inning, and the Giants beat Milwaukee in a game between split squads. » CUBS 6, BREWERS (SS) 1: Starlin Castro homered, Ryan Dempster pitched three scoreless innings and Chicago beat a Milwaukee split squad. » MARINERS (SS), 5, DODGERS (SS) 5 (9): Hisashi Iwakuma pitched four innings in his second spring start for Seattle, and the Mariners and Los Angeles tied in a splitsquad game stopped after the ninth. » ANGELS 9, GIANTS (SS) 5: C.J. Wilson pitched three scoreless innings in his second spring outing and Los Angeles beat a San Francisco split squad.

The left-hander allowed one hit, struck out two and walked one. » PADRES 5, INDIANS 2: Dustin Moseley worked three scoreless innings and Will Venable had three hits to help San Diego beat Cleveland.

Shin-Soo Choo hit his second home run and doubled for Cleveland. Russ Canzler added an RBI double. » WHITE SOX (SS) 3, RANGERS 2: Colby Lewis pitched four perfect innings for Texas in a loss to a Chicago White Sox split squad.

Oakland’s Yoenis Cespedes homered in his spring training debut with the major league team against Cincinnati. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP

Players feel joy, pain of playing at home Extra pressure can be difficult at times Jon Krawczynski The Associated Press

FORT MYERS, Fla. — David Freese lived every kid’s dream last October, carrying his hometown St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series title with clutch hit after clutch hit.

The third baseman, who went to high school just outside St. Louis, was named the MVP of the NLCS and the World Series.

Across the country in Fort Myers, Fla., Joe Mauer was watching it all unfold and couldn’t help but be a little jealous. The St. Paul golden boy was drafted No. 1 overall

by Minnesota back in 2001, and has been thinking about nothing else but leading the team he grew up cheering for to the top of the baseball world.

“I think it’s everybody’s ultimate goal to win a World Series,” Mauer said, “but that’s got to be really cool for him to do that.”

There’s no place like home when your team is winning, as Freese discovered. And no place to hide when things start falling apart, like they did for Mauer and the Twins last season.

Freese spent the winter be-

ing honored for his incredible fall, making appearances on David Letterman, getting standing ovations at college football games and seeing the stars in the eyes of kids on a visit to his old high school.

But the 28-year-old Freese is about to find out about the other side of being the hometown boy who makes good — the pressure, scrutiny and demands on your time can be suffocating.

This season, left-hander C.J. Wilson is returning to his Southern California roots with the Los Angeles Angels, Prince Fielder will be playing in the city where his father slugged homers for the Tigers.

“I know I grew up around Tiger Stadium and some of the fans saw me or whatever,” Fielder said, “but I didn’t think they remembered me that much. Seeing that they do, it’s pretty awesome.”

That can be a good and a bad thing. It seems like everyone in Minnesota knows someone who knows someone who went to high school with Mauer or played against him in a prep tournament.

“I think you get pulled in more directions with your family and friends there,” Mauer said. “But it’s definitely a lot more reward than not. It’s all I’ve ever known.”

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Ohio St. slams U-M 77-55 in Big Ten semi Sullinger scores 24 as Buckeyes advance Cliff Brunt The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — In less than five minutes, Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger had Michigan on the ropes.

The bruising 265-pound forward scored eight of Ohio State’s first 10 points to set the tone. Once Michigan started double teaming to compensate, other Buckeyes took advantage.

Sullinger scored 24 points, Deshaun Thomas scored 22 points and William Buford added 10 to help No. 7 Ohio State defeat No. 10 Michigan 77-55 on Saturday in the Big Ten tournament semifinals.

Sullinger sensed he was breaking Michigan’s spirit with his early success.

“When I feel that, I understand that my teammates are going to come down to me,” he said.

“I started passing it out and (Michigan) didn’t know what to do. I think it’s awesome when you can keep a defense on its toes.”

Ohio State’s performance

left an impression on Michigan coach John Beilein.

“I’ve seen some really good teams that have played some really good games,” he said.

“That’s as good of a game as I’ve ever seen a college team play.”

The third-seeded Buckeyes (27-6), advanced to play No. 8 Michigan State in the final today.

Michigan State defeated No. 14 Wisconsin 65-52 in the other semifinal on Saturday to set up what in boxing lingo is a title unification bout.

Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan tied for the conference regular-season title.

Michigan has been knocked out of the tournament, and now just two remain, each with the chance to claim both the regular-season and tournament titles and become an undisputed champion.

There’s more. With No. 3 Kansas and No. 6 Duke already having lost in conference tournaments, the door to a No. 1 seed might be open for the winner of today’s final.

“I really don’t care,” Sullinger said. “The NCAA — if we’re No.1, No. 2 or No. 3, we just want to get there. We just want to play.”

The Buckeyes shot 49 per-

cent from the field to earn a shot at their third straight Big Ten tournament title.

Tim Hardaway Jr. led No. 2 seed Michigan with 13 points, but he made just 3 of 10 shots.

Trey Burke, Michigan’s other star player, scored five points on 1-for-11 shooting and had eight turnovers while being guarded primarily by Aaron Craft, the conference’s defensive player of the year.

“It was definitely a team effort tonight,” Craft said. “I tried to not make it about me against him. Everyone did a good job of zoning out, but not giving up easy baskets. He is a great player and fortunately enough today, he didn’t make too many shots.”

The Wolverines (24-9) shot 31 percent from the field, made just 4 of 25 3-pointers and committed 18 turnovers in one of their worst offensive performances of the season.

Ohio State coach Thad Matta said Sullinger’s play on defense had a lot to do with Michigan’s struggles.

“I know everybody’s looking at his 24 points, but I think his defense was as good as it’s been all season,” Matta said.

“We could not stop them, really,” Beilein said.

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ter MSU’s 65-52 win over the Badgers.

But in the MSU locker room, Saturday will be remembered as the day Austin Thornton took over the team. Three straight Thornton 3-pointers turned the game around, and his refusal to let fellow senior captain Draymond Green wallow in his own struggles kept it from getting away.

Thornton stayed in Green’s ear “all game long,” Green said, and he thanked Thornton in front of the team after MSU broke a six-game losing streak in the semifinals of this tournament.

“I don’t want any credit, nor can I take any credit for carrying this team today,” Green said, “because Austin really did it.”

No. 1 seed MSU (26-7) will play No. 3 seed Ohio State (27-6) at 3:30 p.m. today at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in the championship game, a few minutes before both teams learn of their NCAA Tournament pairings — and one week after the Buckeyes came back to beat MSU at Breslin Center and create a three-way tie for the Big Ten regular season title between MSU, Ohio State and Michigan.

The Buckeyes blasted No. 2 seed Michigan 77-55 in the other semifinal Saturday.

“We’ve got to break the tie,” Thornton said after hitting all four of his shots, all from 3point range, for 12 points.

Green ended up with 12 of his team-high 14 points and 11 of his game-high 16 rebounds in the second half, on a day that saw him become MSU’s No. 2 alltime rebounder (he has 1,046) and tie Scott Skiles for No. 2 on the career steals list (175).

But Green also had seven turnovers and missed some shots he normally makes, along with four free throws. After one of those, Thornton grabbed him and told him to remember that he’s the Big Ten Player of the Year.

“Draymond’s extremely competitive, and he expects perfection. Out of himself and out of everyone,” Thornton said. “He gets down on himself sometimes, so we need someone to get in there and tell him, ‘Keep your head up, keep work-

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Ohio State are in terms of NCAA Tournament resume, and how close both are to snagging a coveted top seed.

“It definitely could end up being something like that,” said Jerry Palm, a bracket analyst for CBS Sports. “That has happened before and that could very well be the situation here.

Both teams have a legitimate claim to it.”

Kentucky and Syracuse are considered locks to get No. 1 seeds today. North Carolina appears to have a strong case to be the third. Kansas was the leader for the fourth, but the Jayhawks fell Friday to Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals — perhaps opening the door to others.

Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas scored 22 points for the Buckeyes, who will face Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game today. MICHAEL CONROY/AP

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MSU's Brandan Kearney knocks the ball away from Wisconsin's Rob Wilson in Saturday’s Big Ten semifinal. ROD SANFORD/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

came a day after he was vomiting with migraine headaches.

He is taking medication for the headaches, which started showing up after he took a hard shot to the head in a Nov. 30 game against Florida State.

They come and go randomly, and Thornton has been sick in several games this season because of them.

“The cure all for it is some serious time off,” Thornton said.

“But it’s my senior season. I can deal with some headaches until it’s over.”

ing.’ ” Green was on the bench with MSU trailing 20-9 and looking like it was headed for a seventh straight semifinals loss — and a fourth straight loss in this tournament to the Badgers, who beat the Spartans in 2004, 2007 and 2008.

Thornton sized up a 3-pointer and hit it. MSU got a stop.

Thornton had to reach for a pass from Keith Appling (13 points, five assists) and hit another one.

Then MSU got another stop and Green, back in the game, flipped the ball back to Thornton in transition.

Swish.

“I don’t think I’ve made bigger shots than that in my life,” Thornton said.

That stretch fueled a run that reached 13-0, then 18-2 — and eventually, 37-7.

“I can’t remember being able to do that to my son Steven in an Xbox game to be honest with you,” Izzo said. “Thirty-seven to seven? That’s amazing, I never thought you could do that against Wisconsin.”

The Badgers fought back with 13 straight points of their own in the second half to cut the lead to 46-40, but the Spartans scored the next 11 to end the threat.

Green started that run with a post-up basket, plus the foul and free throw. He relied on others to get the game to that point.

“I think somewhere there’s gonna be a great thing that says ‘We can come back without Draymond,’ ” Izzo said.

Thornton’s performance

3-Point Goals: MSU 6-9 (Appling 1-2, Thornton 4-4, Green 0-2, Wood 1-1); Wisc. 7-20 (Evans 2-6, Taylor 2-5, Gasser 0-1, Bruesewitz 0-2, Berggren 1-2, Wilson 1-3, Kaminsky 1-1) Steals: MSU 7, Wisc. 7. Blocked Shots: MSU 5, Wisc. 1. Turnovers: MSU 12, Wisc.

12. Halftime: MSU 35, Wisc. 25. Technical Fouls: Wisc. Bench. Attendance: 18,451. Officials: Ted Valentine, Lamont Simpson, Terry Oglesby.

ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said Saturday that MSU has the “inside track” to that top seed, but Palm has Ohio State as the fourth No. 1 seed in his latest mock bracket. Missouri and Kansas are candidates, while Duke may have lost its chance with Saturday’s loss to Florida State.

MSU has not had a No. 1 seed since it earned three straight from 1999 to 2001, going to the Final Four each time and winning the 2000 national title.

Whether the Spartans get a No.1 or a No. 2, they are hoping to start the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Columbus, Ohio.

Palm said the fourth No. 1 seed is likely to be placed in the West Region, which has its semifinals and finals in Phoenix.

The main reason to want a No. 1 seed is to ensure not having to play talent-stocked Ken-

tucky to get to the Final Four in New Orleans.

“I think they’re better than the Lakers,” MSU coach Tom Izzo said of Kentucky. “That (avoiding Kentucky) is one thing I really didn’t think about, because that means you’ve got to win four games (to get to the Final Four), and that’s a long time from now.” » ON GUARD: A day after Rob Wilson exploded for 30 points to lead Wisconsin past Indiana, MSU held Wilson to six points on 2-of-5 shooting, while the Badgers shot 34.7 percent with nine assists and 12 turnovers.

Wisconsin went scoreless for a stretch of 11:58 at one point.

“They’re a good defensive team, they do that to a lot of teams,” said Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor, who had a game-high 19 points.

“I think you’ve got to give a

MICHIGAN STATE 65, WISCONSIN 52

WISCONSIN (24-9)

Player Evans Taylor Gasser Bruesewitz Berggren Brust Wilson Kaminsky TEAM Totals

Min 34 39 39 17 28 3 32 8

FG 7-15 6-14 0-3 0-3 1-7 0-1 2-5 1-1

FT 2-2 5-6 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 1-2 0-0

Rb 5 3 5 5 2 1 0 0 8 200 17-46 11-14 29

A 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 9

F PTS 2 18 4 19 2 0 4 0 0 6 1 0 1 6 0 3 1 15 52

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Player Payne Appling Thornton Green Wood Byrd Kearney Trice Nix TEAM Totals

Min 14 38 28 36 35 4 15 9 21

FG 2-7 3-5 4-4 3-9 4-8 0-0 0-1 1-1 4-7

FT 2-2 6-6 0-0 8-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-1

Rb 3 1 3 16 1 0 0 0 5 0 200 21-42 17-23 29

A 0 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 0

F PTS 0 6 1 13 3 12 3 14 3 9 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 9

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INDIANAPOLIS — It was going to be a biggie either way. A nostril-flaring, wild-eyed, chest-bumping kind of game for Michigan State in today’s Big Ten Tournament final.

As the Spartans dressed and prepared to leave Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday after their 65-52 semifinals win over Wisconsin, Ohio State and Michigan were just getting started in the other semifinal.

“You know, I really don’t care, and I probably wouldn’t say if I did, just because I’ve got our arch-rival, one, and I’ve got a game that cost us the Big Ten championship outright in the other,” MSU coach Tom Izzo said when asked about his team’s potential opponent. “So I can’t say I’m in love with either group as far as I’ve got motivation for both — but I’m sure they feel the same way.”

Two hours later, No. 3 seed OSU wrapped up a 77-55 rout of No. 2 seed Michigan — meaning MSU and U-M still haven’t met in 15 years of the conference tournament.

So it’ll be the Buckeyes against No. 1 seed MSU for the championship, one week after OSU came back for a 72-70 win at Breslin Center to force the Spartans to share the regular season title with OSU and U-M. “They’re a great team,” Ohio State’s Deshaun Thomas said of the Spartans after he scored 22 against the Wolverines. “We know it’s going to be a battle, and we just want to come in and try to hit them first, like we’ve been doing for these last two games.”

Ohio State blasted Purdue, 88-71, in Friday’s quarterfinals. The Buckeyes appear to be playing their best basketball again, after a late-season swoon that began with MSU’s 58-48 win in Columbus on Feb.

lot of kudos to our defense,” Izzo said. “Our guards did a great job, our bigs stepped up, and my assistants were unbelievable in the last 20 hours. They were phenomenal.”

Izzo is now 9-13 against Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan after an 0-6 start. This marks MSU’s first three-game winning streak against Wisconsin since a stretch of eight straight between 1999 and 2001. » INJURY REPORT: Travis Trice played just nine minutes on his injured right ankle, though he did sprint free for a breakaway layup and seemed to run OK. Trice said his lateral movement is more limited than his straight-ahead speed.

Trice got a shot of painkiller in the ankle before the Friday and Saturday games and will get another one today.

“It was all right,” he said. “I was feeling it last night, though,

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Sophomore center Jared Sullinger scored 30 points on Purdue and had 24 against Michigan. Aaron Craft hounded U-M freshman guard Trey Burke into an awful evening — 1of11shooting with eight turnovers.

Now Craft and MSU’s Keith Appling — who has 25 points, 11 assists and three turnovers in this tournament — will go at it again. MSU will see if it can do a decent job on William Buford without Branden Dawson, who was injured and lost for the season midway through the first half of Sunday’s loss, with MSU up 24-9.

“It’d be a great opportunity,” MSU senior forward Draymond Green said of the possibility of playing Ohio State again. “You know, they came into our senior day and ruined it.”

Green will see if he can outplay Sullinger, a week after the crushing loss on his senior day. The Matta next day, Green won Big Ten Player of the Year over Sullinger, who was the preseason favorite.

“Draymond Green, I’ve spent eight years in the Big Ten, he is one of my favorite players,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. “I think he’s just — he’s got multiple talents in terms of what he can do to help them. You’re looking at two, I think, future NBA great players, going head to head.”

Ohio State is going for its third straight Big Ten Tournament title. Ohio State leads the way with four of them, though the Buckeyes had to vacate the 2002 title because of NCAA sanctions.

MSU has two of them, but they were won way back in 1999 and 2000. This is the Spartans’ first trip to the title game since then.

“I can’t tell you how excited I am to be in the championship game, no matter who we play,” Izzo said. “We’ll play the Pacers. I don’t care. Anybody.”

at the hotel. But I’ve just got to go through the same system again and I’ve only got one more day left.” » TIDBITS: A day after angrily lamenting the firing of Illinois coach Bruce Weber, Izzo invited Weber and his wife to attend the game as his guest. Weber sat in the MSU section, behind the MSU bench and near Izzo’s wife, Lupe. Izzo said in a radio interview that Weber would attend MSU’s Saturday night film sessions in preparation for OSU. … There are about 2,000 tickets still available for today’s championship game, and they can be purchased through Ticketmaster. … Green moved past Johnny Green into second place on MSU’s career rebounds list. He now has 1,046 and is closing in on leader Greg Kelser (1,092). Green also tied Scott Skiles for No. 2 on the steals list with 175.

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Laettner never tires of ‘The Shot’ 20-year-old buzzer beater still a thrill Charles Odum The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Twenty years later, The Shot has followed Christian Laettner to Fort Wayne, Ind., and the NBA DLeague.

That’s just fine with Laettner, who says he still enjoys his role in one of the most celebrated plays in college basketball history.

Laettner’s buzzer-beating turnaround jumper lifted Duke to a thrilling 104-103 win over Kentucky in the East Regional final on March 28, 1992. It was the signature play in Duke’s two straight national titles documented in the movie “Duke 91 & 92, Back to Back,” which debuts tonight on truTV. The 42-year-old Laettner said he gained new insights on the play and the game by working on the film.

“Definitely from the perspective of learning the Kentucky side and perspective of it and learning some of the stories from teammates I had and the thoughts in their mind when the play was getting drawn up,” he said. “It was very interesting to me in that regard.

“That's why I absolutely loved making the movie.”

The Blue Devils could have used some Laettner heroics on Saturday. Sixth-ranked Duke was upset by No. 17 Florida State 62-59 in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Atlanta.

Grant Hill threw the fullcourt pass to Laettner, who took one dribble to his right with his back to the basket and then turned to his left for the game-winning jumper as time expired.

Laettner and Hill are executive producers on the movie.

Duke’s Christian Laettner runs down the court after making the last second, game-winning shot to defeat Kentucky 104-103 in overtime in the East Regional Final NCAA college basketball game in 1992. AP FILE PHOTO

“That shot, that game, that season, that time in college was a fun time,” said Hill, who at 39 is in his 17th NBA season. “I think the film that we worked on certainly captures that.”

Laettner is about seven weeks into his new job as an assistant coach with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. He laughed Friday when he said his players have mentioned The Shot “under their breath real quick” when practicing free throws.

He said he has never grown weary of questions and comments about The Shot.

“It has a life of its own and it

seems like it keeps getting more special even as the years go by,” said Laettner, who played 13 years in the NBA. “I think in another 20 years if people still love it and there’s no other shot or game that is better than my shot and the entire Kentucky game, it will continue to stand out.”

It’s difficult to be a part of Duke basketball without having a vivid memory of The Shot. ESPN broadcaster Mike Gminski, in Atlanta for the ACC tournament, played for the Blue Devils from 1976-80.

In1992, Gminski was a back-

Tar Heels charge into ACC title game The Associated Press

up for the Charlotte Hornets, and he said from his seat on the end of the bench he was able to follow the Duke-Kentucky game by leaning over and watching the broadcast from a fan’s pocket TV. Then, Gminski entered the game against the Washington Bullets. He said he soon realized he wasn’t the only fan at the Capital Centre following the Duke game.

“There’s a big scream up in the arena where they’re keeping a running score and then the final score went up and the crowd went crazy,” he said.

Kentucky’s Anthony Davis (right) blocks the shot of Florida’s Erik Murphy as Terrence Jones (left) helps defend. GERALD HERBERT/AP

started going after an official, only to be pulled away by a couple of teammates. » NO. 6 DUKE 62, NO. 17 FLORIDA STATE 59: Duke overcame a 10-point second-half deficit before falling to Florida State in the semifinals of the ACC tournament. The Seminoles ended a run of three

straight ACC tournament championships for Duke (27-6), which had won 10 of the last 13 titles. » NO. 5 MISSOURI 90, NO. 12 BAYLOR 75: Missouri is leaving the Big 12 on top.Kim English capped a phenomenal tournament with 19 points, Phil Pressey added 15 points and

eight assists, and the Tigers (30-4) beat Baylor (27-7) to win their second championship in the past four years. » NEW MEXICO 68, NO. 18 SAN DIEGO ST. 59: Tony Snell made four 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 14 points, and Drew Gordon had 12 points and 12 rebounds as New Mexico overpowered topseeded San Diego State to win the Mountain West Conference championship. » XAVIER 71, SAINT LOUIS 64: Tu Holloway scored 21 points and Kenny Frease grabbed a big rebound and made two late free throws as Xavier advanced to the Atlantic 10 title game with a victory over Saint Louis. » OHIO 64, AKRON 63: D.J. Cooper scored 23 points and Ohio beat Akron in the championship of the Mid-American Conference tournament. Ohio (27-7), which set a school record for wins, crowned its season by getting the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years. » ST. BONAVENTURE 84, MASSACHUSETTS 80: St. Bonaventure is a step away from being back on the basketball map. Demitrius Conger had 22 points and 10 rebounds and St. Bonaventure moved within a win of getting back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2000. » VANDERBILT 65, MISSISSIPPI 53: John Jenkins scored 23 points — including 13 in the second half — to push Vanderbilt past feisty Ole Miss.

Despite Griner’s off day, Lady Bears prevail Sims paces Baylor to Big 12 crown The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Topranked Baylor proved Saturday it has more than just Brittney Griner.

Odyssey Sims had a seasonhigh 26 points to help make up for an off afternoon by her AllAmerican teammate, and the Lady Bears rolled to a 73-50 victory over No. 23 Texas A&M in the Big 12 tournament championship game.

The Lady Bears (34-0) wrapped up their second straight title and fourth overall by beating the Aggies for the third time this year.

Sydney Carter had 12 points

Men Belmont, Atlantic Sun Conference Colorado, Pacific-12 Conference Creighton, Missouri Valley Conference Davidson, Southern Conference Detroit, Horizon League Harvard, Ivy League Lamar, Southland Conference Lehigh, Patriot League Long Island University, Northeast Conference Loyola (Md.), Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Memphis, Conference USA Missouri, Big 12 Conference Montana, Big Sky Conference Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference Norfolk State, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Saint Mary's (Cal), West Coast Conference South Dakota State, Summit League UNC Asheville, Big South Conference VCU, Colonial Athletic Association W. Kentucky, Sun Belt Conference Women Baylor, Big 12 Conference BYU, West Coast Conference Connecticut, Big East Conference Dayton, Atlantic 10 Conference Eastern Michigan, Mid-American Conference Florida Gulf Coast, Atlantic Sun Conference Fresno State, Western Athletic Conference Hampton, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Marist, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Maryland, Atlantic Coast Conference McNeese State, Southland Conference Navy, Patriot League Prairie View, Southwestern Athletic Conference Princeton, Ivy League Purdue, Big Ten Conference Samford, Southern Conference San Diego State, Mountain West Conference South Dakota State, Summit League Stanford, Pac-12 Conference Tennessee, Southeastern Conference UALR, Sun Belt Conference UC Santa Barbara, Big West Conference UT-Martin, Ohio Valley Conference

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Kentucky survives Florida’s challenge NEW ORLEANS — If John Calipari's top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats encounter late-game adversity in the NCAA tournament, they'll know how to handle it.

Anthony Davis had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Kentucky held off Florida 74-71 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

“I've got this team that has that will to win. They want to win. They have great pride,” said Calipari, whose team has trailed in the second half of each of its first two SEC tournament games and never led either by more than single digits.

Terrence Jones added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats (32-1), who've won 24 straight and play next in today’s tournament final against Vanderbilt, a 65-53 winner over Mississippi in the other semifinal. » NO. 4 NORTH CAROLINA 69, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 67: Kendall Marshall banked in a shot with 10.2 seconds remaining and the fourth-ranked Tar Heels came up with a pair of defensive stops to edge their state rival, escaping a wild finish with a victory over N.C. State in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. N.C. State's Richard Howell thought he was fouled on the final play and

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for Texas A&M (22-10), which played its third straight game without top scorer Tyra White.

Griner finished with a season-low 11 points and three rebounds. » NO. 2 STANFORD 77, CALIFORNIA 62: Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 29 points, Chiney Ogwumike added 17 and Stanford rolled to the Pac-12 tournament title, extending its winning streak to a school-record 28 games.

The Cardinal (31-1) won their ninth tourney title while improving to 30-2 in the event.

It was their 78th consecutive victory against a Pac-12 opponent. » NO. 7 DELAWARE 66, UNC WILMINGTON 39: Elena Delle Donne scored11of her15 points in the decisive first half and

Delaware advanced to the Colonial Athletic Association title game.

Delaware (29-1) limited the Seahawks to four baskets on 14 percent shooting in taking a 4213 halftime lead. It was the school-record 19th straight victory for the Blue Hens, a streak that includes three wins over UNCW (20-12). » EASTERN MICHIGAN 72, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 71: Paige Redditt caught the ball, spun and her world stopped. Suddenly, an entire season, her fouryear career, Eastern Michigan’s hopes — everything — were in the senior forward’s left hand.

Completing a move she worked on perfecting every day in practice, Redditt dropped a soft layup with 1.5

seconds remaining to give the Eagles (23-8) a win over Central Michigan (20-15) in the Mid-American Conference tournament championship on Saturday.

“It think I jumped before it went in,” Redditt said. » SAN DIEGO ST. 57, NEW MEXICO 43: Courtney Clements, the MWC Player of the Year, scored 16 points and topseeded San Diego State warmed up after a slow start to beat the seventh-seeded Lobos. » HAMPTON 54, HOWARD 53: Keiara Avant had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and the Pirates claimed their third straight NCAA tournament berth when they held on to beat the Bison in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship game.

TOURNAMENT America East Conference Championship Vermont 51, Stony Brook 43 Atlantic 10 Conference Semifinals St. Bonaventure 84, UMass 80 Xavier 71, Saint Louis 64 Atlantic Coast Conference Semifinals Florida St. 62, Duke 59 North Carolina 69, NC State 67 Big 12 Conference Championship Missouri 90, Baylor 75 Big Ten Conference Semifinals Michigan St. 65, Wisconsin 52 Ohio St. 77, Michigan 55 Conference USA Championship Memphis 83, Marshall 57 Great West Conference Championship North Dakota 75, NJIT 60 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship Norfolk St. 73, Bethune-Cookman 70 Pacific-12 Conference Championship Colorado 53, Arizona 51 Southeastern Conference Semifinals Kentucky 74, Florida 71 Vanderbilt 65, Mississippi 53 Southland Conference Championship Lamar 70, McNeese St. 49

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TOURNAMENT Big 12 Conference Championship Baylor 73, Texas A&M 50 Big West Conference Championship UC Santa Barbara 63, Long Beach St. 54 Colonial Athletic Association Semifinals Delaware 66, UNC Wilmington 39 Drexel 67, James Madison 50 Mid-American Conference Championship E. Michigan 72, Cent. Michigan 71 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship Hampton 54, Howard 53 Mountain West Conference Championship San Diego St. 57, New Mexico 43 Patriot League Championship Navy 57, Holy Cross 48 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Prairie View 63, Alcorn St. 50

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No. 7 OHIO ST. 77, No. 10 MICHIGAN 55 OHIO ST. Sullinger 9-14 6-6 24, Thomas 10-15 0-0 22, Sibert 1-1 0-2 2, Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Craft 2-6 1-2 6, Ross 1-2 0-0 2, Thompson 0-2 0-0 0, Weatherspoon 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Ravenel 3-6 0-0 6, Smith, Jr. 0-2 3-4 3, Buford 4-12 0-0 10, McDonald 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-63 10-14 77.

MICHIGAN Novak 4-6 0-0 10, Douglass 2-5 2-2 7, Brundidge 0-4 0-0 0, Burke1-113-4 5, Hardaway Jr. 3-10 7-913, Vogrich 2-5 0-0 4, Bartelstein 1-1 0-0 3, McLimans 0-2 0-0 0, Smotrycz 0-3 2-2 2, Person 3-3 1-1 7, Christian 0-0 1-2 1, Morgan 1-5 1-2 3. Totals 17-55 17-22 55.

Halftime—Ohio St. 34-21. 3-Point Goals_Ohio St. 5-14 (Thomas 2-4, Buford 2-5, Craft 1-2, Sullinger 0-1, Thompson 0-1, Smith, Jr. 0-1), Michigan 4-25 (Novak 2-4, Bartelstein 1-1, Douglass 1-3, McLimans 0-2, Vogrich 0-2, Hardaway Jr. 0-3, Smotrycz 0-3, Burke 0-7).

Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Ohio St. 37 (Smith, Jr., Sullinger, Thomas 6), Michigan 37 (Burke 7). Assists—Ohio St.14 (Craft, Smith, Jr. 4), Michigan 7 (Burke 4).

Total Fouls_Ohio St. 17, Michigan 14.

No. 5 MISSOURI 90, No. 12 BAYLOR 75 BAYLOR Jones III 6-12 4-5 16, Acy 1-4 5-6 7, Miller 3-8 0-0 6, Heslip 5-11 0-0 14, Jackson 3-10 3-4 10, Franklin 0-1 0-0 0, Bello 4-6 5-8 13, Walton 3-11 2-2 8, Jones 0-0 1-2 1.

Totals 25-63 20-27 75.

MISSOURI Ratliffe 7-111-115, P. Pressey 4-8 6-8 15, M. Pressey 2-3 0-0 5, Denmon 4-10 6-6 15, English 6-10 2-2 19, Dixon 3-8 10-11 17, Moore 2-2 0-3 4. Totals 28-52 25-31 90.

Halftime—Missouri 43-37. 3-Point Goals_Baylor 5-19 (Heslip 4-8, Jackson 1-6, Bello 0-1, Miller 0-1, Jones III 0-1, Walton 0-2), Missouri 9-21 (English 5-8, M. Pressey 1-1, P. Pressey 1-3, Denmon 1-4, Dixon 1-5). Fouled Out—Bello, Jackson, Ratliffe. Rebounds—Baylor 40 (Jones III 11), Missouri 28 (English 6). Assists—Baylor 13 (Jackson 6), Missouri 14 (P. Pressey 8). Total Fouls—Baylor 25, Missouri 17.

No. 17 FLORIDA ST. 62, No. 6 DUKE 59 FLORIDA ST. Gibson 2-11 0-0 4, James 5-8 3-4 13, Loucks 3-6 2-2 9, Dulkys 1-6 0-0 2, Snaer 7-12 1-2 16, White 3-6 3-4 9, Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Miller 2-6 2-2 7, Kreft 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 24-57 11-14 62.

DUKE Mas. Plumlee 2-4 4-4 8, Mi. Plumlee 3-6 3-4 9, Rivers 5-14 6-7 17, Thornton 1-4 0-0 3, Curry 4-13 2-2 13, Cook 2-3 1-1 5, Hairston 2-5 0-0 4, Dawkins 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-51 16-18 59.

Halftime—Florida St. 33-31. 3-Point Goals_Florida St. 3-11 (Loucks 1-1, Snaer 1-2, Miller 1-3, Gibson 0-1, White 0-1, Dulkys 0-3), Duke 5-20 (Curry 3-8, Thornton 1-4, Rivers 1-5, Cook 0-1, Dawkins 0-2). Fouled Out_Miller, Mas. Plumlee. Rebounds—Florida St. 34 (James, White 7), Duke 30 (Mi. Plumlee 11). Assists—Florida St. 13 (Snaer 6), Duke 7 (Curry 2). Total Fouls—Florida St. 17, Duke 17.

No. 4 NORTH CAROLINA 69, NC STATE 67 NC STATE Howell 4-10 3-4 11, Leslie 9-14 4-6 22, Wood 1-6 0-0 2, Brown 6-10 3-3 16, Williams 1-5 1-2 3, Painter 2-7 1-2 5, A. Johnson 3-6 0-1 8, de Thaey 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 12-18 67.

NORTH CAROLINA Barnes 3-12 8-12 16, McAdoo 4-6 1-2 9, Zeller 8-11 7-8 23, Marshall 5-8 0-0 12, Bullock 2-7 0-0 5, White 0-1 0-0 0, Hubert 0-0 0-0 0, Hairston 1-5 0-0 2, Watts 1-4 0-0 2.

Totals 24-54 16-22 69.

Halftime—NC State 34-31. 3-Point Goals_NC State 3-11 (A. Johnson 2-3, Brown 1-2, Williams 0-2, Wood 0-4), North Carolina 5-20 (Marshall 2-4, Barnes 2-7, Bullock 1-5, Watts 0-1, White 0-1, Hairston 0-2). Fouled Out—Leslie, Zeller. Rebounds—NC State 33 (Howell 12), North Carolina 34 (Zeller 9). Assists—NC State 10 (Brown 6), North Carolina 19 (Marshall 10). Total Fouls—NC State 23, North Carolina 19. A—19,520.

No. 1 KENTUCKY 74, No. 22 FLORIDA 71 FLORIDA Boynton 1-9 0-0 2, Young 5-9 0-0 10, Walker 3-10 0-0 8, Beal 8-15 0-0 20, Murphy 9-12 2-2 24, Rosario 0-0 0-0 0, Wilbekin 2-3 0-0 5, Prather 1-2 0-0 2, Larson 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 29-60 2-2 71.

KENTUCKY Jones 5-13 4-4 15, Kidd-Gilchrist 3-5 4-6 10, Lamb 6-14 2-2 16, Davis 6-13 2-4 15, Teague 6-9 3-4 15, Miller 0-3 0-0 0, Wiltjer 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 27-60 15-20 74.

Halftime—Kentucky 40-39. 3-Point Goals_Florida 1122 (Murphy 4-4, Beal 4-7, Walker 2-5, Wilbekin 1-2, Boynton 0-4), Kentucky 5-17 (Lamb 2-5, Davis1-2, Jones 1-3, Wiltjer 1-3, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-1, Teague 0-1, Miller 0-2). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds—Florida 25 (Beal 8), Kentucky 39 (Davis 12). Assists—Florida 18 (Beal 5), Kentucky 14 (Teague 5). Total Fouls—Florida 15, Kentucky 8.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Nebraska searching for proven program builder Eric Olson The Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska associate athletic director who oversees basketball says the search for a new coach to replace the fired Doc Sadler will focus on proven program builders.

Marc Boehm said Saturday that he and athletic director Tom Osborne met Friday night. Boehm said many of the potential candidates will be coaching in the NCAA Tournament, so it might take anywhere from a week to a month to bring someone on board.

“Every hire is important,” Boehm said, “but for where we’re at in the program, this is a very big hire.”

The next coach will be

taking over a program that finished 12-18 overall this season and finished in last place in its first season in the Big Ten. Attendance has slipped simultaneously as construction begins on a 16,000-seat arena in downtown Lincoln that will open for the 2013-14 season.

Potential candidates mentioned in media reports have been Oregon’s Dana Altman, whose previous job was at Creighton in Omaha, Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall, Virginia Commonwealth’s Shaka Smart, UCLA’s Ben Howland, Ohio’s John Groce and Colorado State’s Tim Miles.

Maryland assistant Scott Spinelli, a Nebraska assistant for three years under Sadler’s predeces-

sor, Barry Collier, also has been mentioned.

“You can’t rule out anything,” Boehm said, “but the one thing you’ve got to look at is someone who has built up a program.”

Nebraska has little, if any, basketball tradition but has upgraded its facilities. The school opened a $10 million practice facility in October that rivals any in the nation, and the new arena is coming.

Boehm said he and Osborne know they’ll have to increase the pay to land a suitable coach. Sadler earned $900,000 a year.

“We haven’t set a salary range,” he said. “It depends on the candidate.

But we will be very competitive.”

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NFL ROUNDUP

Cards hope to be next Redskins to get team on Manning tour shot at Griffin WR Fitzgerald part of Arizona’s allure

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The Associated Press

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Peyton

Manning stakeout moved to Arizona on Saturday, even though there was no sign of the superstar in the desert.

Manning spent nearly six hours at the Denver Broncos’ facility on Friday, and speculation was high that the Cardinals would be his next stop.

The Cardinals’ facility was a bee hive of activity as the setting for Kurt Warner’s annual “Ultimate Football Experience,” a fundraiser for his First Things First foundation that features current and past football stars. Among them was Cardinals star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who said he knew nothing of any contact the team may have made with Manning.

“I haven’t heard anything,” he said. “I’d like to feel like if he was going to be here I would probably hear something from somebody.”

The presence of Fitzgerald, one of the best receivers in the game, is considered a major reason Manning would consider the Cardinals, who finished last season 7-2 after a 1-6 start to wind up 8-8.

The team has already invested millions in quarterback Kevin Kolb and is scheduled to pay him $7 million if he is on the roster Thursday.

The Cardinals, though, had more success with second-year quarterback John Skelton starting than with Kolb, who missed much of the season with turf toe and a concussion.

Fitzgerald, the Cardinals’ career leading receiver, said he understood why Arizona would be interested in Manning.

“He’s a four-time MVP. He’s a Super Bowl champion,” he said.

“He’s arguably the best quarterback to ever play football. He’s a free agent. If he’s healthy, I know he’s somebody that can help any team that he goes to. I understand the interest. It makes sense.”

A billboard in Denver urges fans to vote for whether they want Peyton Manning or Tim Tebow to be the Broncos’ QB next season. AP

Fitzgerald said he wasn’t surprised Arizona is in the mix.

“After last year, Michael (team President Michael Bidwill) said he was going to continue staying aggressive,” Fitzgerald said, “and he’s going to do everything he can to make sure we’re going to be able to compete for an NFC West championship every single year. He hasn’t done anything to this point to make us believe anything different.”

Besides Fitzgerald, the Cardinals can offer a state-of-theart stadium with a retractable roof and natural grass field that slides out into the sunshine when not being used. Then there is the weather — sunshine with the temperature in the high 70s on Saturday.

The Cardinals have a strong young defense but Manning might be concerned with an inconsistent offensive line that could lose left tackle Levi Brown, unless he restructures his contract. Other than Fitzgerald, the receivers are young.

Warner, who led St. Louis and Arizona to the Super Bowl, said he’s a bit surprised the Cardinals are in the running, mainly because of the investment they have made in Kolb, who was acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles for cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and a

second-round draft pick.

“But I think that speaks volumes about where the organization is at right now,” Warner said, “how far they’ve come, in saying ‘Hey, we want to win.’ No offense to the guys that we have, but if we feel like we can upgrade a position and we can be better, we’re going to make a play at that. You have to commend an organization for doing that.”

Warner, now an analyst for the NFL Network, does not see the Cardinals as favorites in the Manning sweepstakes.

“I think Miami still has the upper hand,” he said. “I don’t necessarily know why I think that. I just think since day one they’ve made it known ‘We want him to be our guy and we’ll do whatever we have to do to get him.’ I think if you’re a guy in that situation, at that stage of your career, that’s what you want to hear.”

Manning became one of the most sought after free agents ever when he was released by the Indianapolis Colts, the first move in a massive roster makeover for the team that had the worst record in the NFL last season, when their star quarterback was injured. The Colts dumped Manning and prepared to take Andrew Luck with the first pick in the draft.

WASHINGTON — Washington Redskins receiver Anthony Armstrong, who hopes to be catching passes soon from Robert Griffin III, tweeted that “Stock in Superman socks just sky rocketed.”

More pertinent was the reaction from someone who figures to be blocking for the Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor: “The search is over, I guess,” guard Kory Lichtensteiger said.

If it is, it took long enough.

And it certainly cost a lot.

The Redskins and St. Louis Rams have a deal in place for Washington to move into the No. 2 overall Griffin spot in next month’s NFL draft. The Redskins will give up a breathtaking three first-round selections — this year’s No. 6 overall, plus first-rounders in 2013 and 2014 — plus a secondround pick this year in the swap, which must be approved by the NFL and can’t be completed until the free agency period begins Tuesday.

“We understand it was a heavy price but when you bought your home you probably wanted to pay a little less too,” Washington general manager Bruce Allen said Saturday. “But you like your home once you live in it.”

It allows the Redskins to leapfrog all other teams that had an interest in Griffin, especially the quarterbackneedy Cleveland Browns. The Indianapolis Colts are expected to take Andrew Luck with the No. 1 choice.

It’s a bold — some would say desperate — move by a team that has been repeatedly frustrated in its search for a franchise quarterback. The Redskins have started 21quarterbacks over the last 19 sea-

sons, with only three playoff appearances to show for it.

They have finished in last place in the NFC East for four years running. Owner Dan Snyder downsized the stadium last year, removing some 10,000 seats, but Griffin has the personality and the talent to re-energize the fan base.

In Washington, he would work under Mike Shanahan, who has won only one playoff game since John Elway retired after capturing the second of back-to-back Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos in 1998, and he hasn’t been to the playoffs in his last five seasons as a coach.

Shanahan has already misfired on three quarterbacks in his two seasons in Washington, with Donovan McNabb, Rex Grossman and John Beck.

“Everybody’s looking for a franchise quarterback,” offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, the coach’s son, said in December. “You want one of those guys that there’s no question about. There’s probably only about five or six of them in the league.” » VIKINGS: Minnesota shed more than $13 million by releasing left guard Steve Hutchinson, right guard Anthony Herrera and cornerback Cedric Griffin on Saturday, three players who’ve been in their starting lineup for the better part of the past five seasons. » JETS: Quarterback Mark Sanchez’s got a three-year contract extension as New York dropped out of pursuing free agent Peyton Manning.

Sanchez led the Jets to the AFC championship game as a wild card in his first two seasons, but struggled as the Jets lost their last three games in 2011 to finish 8-8 and out of the playoffs. » FALCONS: Atlanta agreed to terms with former Pro Bowl linebacker Lofa Tatupu. The 29-year-old, second-round pick by Seattle in 2005 spent six seasons with the Seahawks. He was named to the NFC Pro Bowl team three straight years from 2005-07.

NFL free agency period could be wildest in years Top players available for the right price Barry Wilner The Associated Press

Peyton Manning is a free man. Drew Brees is not.

A week after a record 21 players were given franchise tags — only Saints star quarterback Brees got an exclusive tag and can’t talk to other teams — the NFL’s free agency free-forall begins. And it will be crazy.

For teams willing to part with two first-round draft picks, such game-changers as Ray Rice, Wes Welker and Matt Forte are available.

For those looking just to spend money to acquire new talent, Saints starters Marques Colston and All-Pro guard Carl Nicks are on the market. So is highly touted quarterback Matt

Flynn, who doesn’t seem to have much future in Green Bay behind Aaron Rodgers.

And for teams ready to gamble, there is Manning.

“I have no idea who wants me, what team wants me, how this process works,” Manning said after being released by the Indianapolis Colts, who are rebuilding, uncertain about his health after four neck surgeries, and have a $28 million roster bonus remaining in their bank account by cutting Manning.

“I Manningham mean, this is all so new to me.”

Manning can even sign before free agency opens Tuesday because he was released. Already, cornerback Stanford Routt took that route, joining the Chiefs for a three-year, $19.6

TOP TARGETS Here are some of the big names hitting the upcoming NFL free-agent market this week:

» » » » » » » »

QUARTERBACK: Peyton Manning, Matt Flynn, Alex Smith, Jason Campbell, Kyle Orton RUNNING BACK: Michael Bush, Cedric Benson, Peyton Hillis WIDE RECEIVER: Vincent Jackson, Reggie Wayne, Marques Colston, Brandon Lloyd, Mario Manningham TIGHT END: Visanthe Shiancoe, Martellus Bennett, Joel Dreessen, Jeremy Shockey OFFENSIVE LINE: Carl Nicks, Chris Myers, Jared Gaither, Scott Wells, Ben Grubbs DEFENSIVE LINE: Mario Williams, Paul Soliai, Red Bryant, John Abraham, Jason Jones: LINEBACKER: Curtis Lofton, Stephen Tulloch, London Fletcher, David Hawthorne DEFENSIVE BACK: Cortland Finnegan, Brandon Carr, LaRon Landry, Carlos Rogers, Aaron Ross

— Courtesy of NFL.com

million deal soon after he was cut by Oakland.

This could be the wildest free agency period in years. Coming off the 2010 season that had no salary cap and different free agent rules, then the lockout and a condensed bidding war, the marketplace is crowded.

Many of those available figure to be backups: quarterbacks Chad Henne and Rex Grossman, running back Ronnie Brown, defensive back Pacman Jones, for example.

But there are quality players with starting potential — such as Giants receiver Mario Manningham and Colts wideout Reggie Wayne — who could go up wherever Manning goes.

“I want to be here,” Manningham said of staying with the Giants after his star turn in the Super Bowl. But he would be the No. 3 receiver in the Meadowlands behind Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz. “I feel like we can do a lot of damage in these next four, five years.That’s just

how I feel, because we’re all young. … It’s not up to me, I want to stay.”

One player expected to be franchise-tagged who wasn’t and could draw interest is Chargers wideout Vincent Jackson.

Another is Steelers receiver Mike Wallace, who will cost one first-rounder because he is a restricted free agent.

If your secondary is leaky, cornerbacks Brandon Carr of the Chiefs and Carlos Rogers of the Lions can help patch it.

Perhaps the most intriguing free agents, aside from Manning, also are coming off injuries. Mario Williams, the outstanding defensive end in Houston, missed the final 11 games with a torn chest muscle. New England center Dan Koppen was out for all but the opening game, but is better than more than half the incumbents around the league.

GOLF ROUNDUP

Watson scrambles, opens up 3-shot lead at Doral Shoots 67 after runs from McIlroy, Woods The Associated Press

DORAL, Fla. — Rory McIlroy thought he might have a chance at 59. Tiger Woods opened with three straight birdies and made a charge of his own.

None of this bothered Bubba Watson, who figured he could go just as low Saturday at the Cadillac Championship. All the noise about McIlroy and Woods soon disappeared when Watson started eagle-birdie.

And even when Justin Rose ran off four straight birdies to catch him, Watson responded with a style of golf only he plays.

He plunked a man in the gallery on one hole and regained the lead with a birdie. His target on another hole was a man in an orange shirt, and he hit that one to tap-in range for another birdie.

When his wild day ended with what Watson called his best shot of the day — “I chipped a low bullet 7-iron” —

on the 18th for a routine par on a hole that makes him nervous, he had a 5-under 67 and a threeshot lead.

If the last two days were not enough evidence, Watson likes to play golf his way.

He has never had a swing coach since his late father showed him the fundamentals at age 10. He once jokingly said he shouldn’t take advice from anyone who couldn’t beat him.

And when asked if his caddie helps him out, Watson replied, “He’s not very good. That’s why he’s a caddie.” Now he’s one round away from his first World Golf Championship.

Watson was at 17-under 199, three shots clear of PGA champion Keegan Bradley (66) and Justin Rose, who lost out on playing with Watson for the fourth straight day when he three-putted the 18th from long range and had to settle for a 69.

As for McIlroy, Woods?

They were eight shots behind on a Blue Monster course that is yielding plenty of birdies in moderate wind, but where it’s

Bubba Watson shows his ball after making par on the 17th hole during the third round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament. AP

tough to catch a guy with a pink driver who belts it where few others can.

The only other player within five shots of the lead was Peter Hanson of Sweden, who nearly holed a bunker shot from a downhill lie on the 18th and shot 69.

Matt Kuchar (66) and Zach Johnson (67) were another shot behind. Adam Scott looked as though he might give Watson a run until the Australian started missing short putts, the pulled his tee shot into the water on the 18th and made double bogey.

Scott dropped four shots over

the last three holes.

McIlroy played the last six holes in 2 over and still shot 65, while Woods failed to do much after his birdie-birdie-birdie start. He twice made bogey on the par 5s and shot 68. They were eight shots behind. » PGA: George McNeill shot a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead over Henrik Stenson and Kevin Stadler into the final round of the Puerto Rico Open.

McNeill, at 13-under 203, is attempting to win for the first time since the Frys.com Open in 2007 when he was a PGA Tour rookie.

McNeill eagled the par-5 fifth, dropped strokes with three-putt bogeys on No. 7 and 8, then birdied five of the last 10 holes on the Trump International layout.

Stenson had a 65, and Stadler shot a 66.

Second-round leader Matt Jones was two strokes back at11 under after a 72.

Ryo Ishikawa shot a 69 and will go into the final round just three shots out of the lead.

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PISTONS 105, RAPTORS 86

NHL ROUNDUP

Caps edge Bruins, move into 8th spot Avalanche get past Oilers in shootout The Associated Press

Rodney Stuckey (3) finished with 20 points and eight assists as the Pistons defeated Toronto 105-86 on Saturday in Auburn Hills. TIM FULLER/US PRESSWIRE

Stuckey, Knight ignite hot-shooting Detroit Pistons make more than half their shots The Associated Press

AUBURN HILLS — Rodney Stuckey had 20 points and eight assists and Brandon Knight scored 19 first-half points as the Detroit Pistons routed the Toronto Raptors 105-86 Saturday night.

The Pistons, who are now11-6 since a 4-20 start, had six players in double figures and shot better than 50 percent for the second straight night.

Toronto, which beat Detroit by 20 in their first meeting this season, was led by DeMar De-

Rozan’s 15 points, but only two others reached double figures.

The Pistons got out to a fast start, taking a 37-14 lead after the first quarter. Knight had 15 points — outscoring the Raptors — and four assists in the period, while Detroit outshot Toronto 71 percent to 25 percent.

Things got worse for the Raptors in the second quarter, when Jose Calderon stepped on Knight’s ankle at top speed and badly sprained his right ankle.

He did not return to the game.

Toronto trailed 61-37 at halftime and both teams remembered their matchup on Dec. 11, 2010, when the Raptors trailed by 25 in the third quarter before rallying to beat the Pistons 120-

116 here. However, Toronto couldn’t get the defensive stops this time it would have needed to pull off a repeat performance and Detroit led 89-58 going into the final period. » NOTES: X-rays on Calderon’s ankle were negative, but his status for today’s game against Milwaukee is uncertain. … The Pistons play their next 10 games in 10 different cities.

Their only home game in the stretch is March 23 against Miami. … Forward Tayshaun Prince became the sixth player to play 700 games for the Pistons. … Pistons forward Charlie Villauneva (ankle) played the last 3 minutes — his first action since Jan. 4.

Wings goalie Joey MacDonald blocks a shot in the second period at Nashville on Saturday night. MARK HUMPHREY/AP

NBA ROUNDUP

Without Rubio, Timberwolves get buzzed by New Orleans Star rookie done for year with torn ACL The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Kaman scored 20 points and the New Orleans Hornets snapped a four-game losing streak with a 95-89 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, who played their first game Saturday night since losing star point guard Ricky Rubio for the season to a knee injury.

Jarrett Jack had 17 points and seven assists for the Hornets, who won for the 10th time all season thanks to 28 assists on 39 buckets.

Kevin Love had 31 points and 16 rebounds after missing the previous game with back spasms, but the Timberwolves couldn’t shake the disappointment of losing Rubio in time to beat the Hornets.

The Hornets used an 11-0 run early in the fourth quarter to hold on and pick up their fifth road win of the season.

Missing their primary ballhandler and offensive sparkplug, the Wolves turned the ball over 17 times, which led to 25 Hornets points.

BOSTON — Alexander Semin had a goal and set up Jay Beagle’s go-ahead score to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

It was the second straight win for the Capitals after a three-game losing streak (02-1).

Washington moved two points ahead of Winnipeg into sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

Washington also trails Florida by one point in the Southeast Division.

Brooks Laich and Matt Hendricks also scored, and Tomas Vokoun stopped 30 shots for the Capitals.

Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic and Johnny Boychuk scored for Boston, which failed to post its first three-game winning streak since late December. Tim Thomas, playing in his eighth consecutive game, made 26 saves. » AVALANCHE 3, OILERS 2, SO: Milan Hejduk and Peter Mueller scored in the shootout, and Semyon Varlamov stopped both shots he faced in the tiebreaker to lead Colorado over Edmonton.

Cody McLeod and Mueller added goals in regulation for the surging Avalanche, who kept within striking distance of eighth place in the Western Conference.

Ryan Smyth and Taylor Hall scored for the Oilers. » DEVILS 2, ISLANDERS 1: Marek Zidlicky and David Clarkson scored 14 seconds apart in the final two minutes of the third period to rally New Jersey past the New York.

New Jersey (39-24-5), which won two of three from the Islanders this week, has three consecutive victories and wins in four of five. » FLYERS 1, MAPLE LEAFS 0, SO: Ilya Bryzgalov made 29 saves for his third shutout in four games, Claude Giroux scored the only goal in the shootout, and Philadelphia edged Toronto.

Bryzgalov made his 11th straight start, and his biggest save came on Phil Kessel’s breakaway in overtime. He also denied Kessel in the

shootout. » HURRICANES 4, LIGHTNING 2: Jeff Skinner scored two goals, Cam Ward made 36 saves in his 199th NHL win, and Carolina beat Tampa Bay. Skinner gave Carolina a 3-2 lead when he skated around the net and scored from a tough angle at 6:36 of the third period. Chad LaRose added an empty-net goal. » SABRES 4, SENATORS 3, SO: Tyler Ennis scored in regulation and then added the winning goal in the shootout to give Buffalo a victory over Ottawa.

Nathan Gerbe and Marcus Foligno also scored for the Sabres (32-29-8), and Ryan Miller stopped 33 shots. » STARS 2, DUCKS 0: Brenden Morrow scored a powerplay goal in his return from an 18-game injury absence, Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves for his 20th NHL shutout, and Dallas stretched its winning streak to five games with a victory over Anaheim.

Morrow, the Stars’ captain, had been out with neck and shoulder stiffness. He scored his ninth goal of the season at 2:37 of the second period. Morrow registered his 514th career point, tying him with Jere Lehtinen for ninth in franchise history. » BLUES 4, BLUE JACKETS 1: Brian Elliott made 21 saves and St. Louis beat Columbus to tie a franchise record with its 29th home victory of the season.

St. Louis is an NHL-best 294-4 at home with four games left. The Blues went 29-7-4 at home in 1980-81. » COYOTES 3, SHARKS 0: Mike Smith stopped 42 shots, Mikkel Boedker and Michael Stone scored second-period goals in Phoenix’s win against San Jose.

Raffi Torres added his 12th goal of the season early in the third period for Phoenix, which ended a five-game losing streak. The Coyotes have 78 points and are in seventh place in the Western Conference. » PENGUINS: Sidney Crosby’s comeback from concussion-like symptoms remains on hold, with the star saying he’s still not quite ready to return to the ice after missing more than three months when the symptoms resurfaced in early December.

Greivis Vasquez scored 12 points for New Orleans, which had dropped eight of its last 10 games. He scored five points and assisted on another bucket in the late surge that gave the Hornets an 85-74 lead with 4:55 to play.

Love scored eight points during a 13-4 surge that cut it the deficit to two points with 18 seconds to play. But Jack and Marco Belinelli hit some clutch free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

The Timberwolves just didn’t have the sizzle that has made them one of the most entertaining watches in the league this season. That energy and buzz was taken away when Rubio hit the deck late in the game against the Lakers on Friday night. Rubio tore the ACL in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season.

In their first game without their floor leader and tone setter, everyone seemed to be searching, for the right combinations on the floor, the right rotations on defense and the easy shots on offense that Rubio so often set up for them. » BULLS 111, JAZZ 97: Derrick Rose had 24 points and 13 assists, Carlos Boozer scored 27

and host Chicago pounded Utah.

Kyle Korver scored a seasonhigh 26 points, and the Bulls got back to winning after their season-high eight-game streak ended with a loss to Orlando on Thursday. » TRAIL BLAZERS 110, WIZARDS 99: LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 points and 10 rebounds to lead visiting Portland past Washington. Aldridge was 12 for 15 from the floor and 6 for 6 from the free-throw line. He has scored more than 20 points in three straight games. » HEAT 93, PACERS 91 (OT): Dwyane Wade’s jumper with 0.1 seconds left in overtime gave host Miami an overtime victory over Indiana, extending the Heat’s home-court winning streak to 12 games. » THUNDER 122, BOBCATS 95: James Harden scored 22 of his career-high 33 points in the first half, Kevin Durant had 26 points and Russell Westbrook added 23 for host Oklahoma City. » ROCKETS 112, NETS 106: Goran Dragic had 23 points and eight assists, and Luis Scola scored a go-ahead tip-in with 62 seconds remaining for visiting Houston to snap a five-game losing streak.

Hockey Continued from Page 1D

past MSU senior Drew Palmisano.

MSU (19-15-4) tied the game six minutes later when captain Torey Krug took a shot from just inside the blue line that hit a defender and then bounced back to Krug before he fired a second time for the goal.

However, Miami took command in the second period.

Chris Wideman scored a power-play goal at 9:49 with a long shot from just inside the blue line.

Miami got two more goals at 12:30 and 13:11. The first came from Matt Tomassoni who had just bolted out of the penalty box behind the MSU defense. He controlled a flip pass from Smith and scored on a breakaway on Palmisano. Alden Hirschfeld got in on the action with a goal on an assist from Bryon Paulazzo.

“We came out a lot stronger today,” said MSU’s Kevin Walrod. “I think last night they caught us sleeping (first goal allowed just 12 seconds in). Tonight we woke up a bit. We did a lot of good things, competed hard tonight. They caught a few more bounces than we did.”

Palmisano allowed the four goals but faced 43 shots com-

pared to the Spartans testing Knapp just 23 times. MSU is 810-3 this season when allowing 30 shots or more.

“I can’t say enough about Drew,” Anthony said.

“Through the ups and the downs (all season) he’s been great. He’s been a steadfast guy in the locker room. We know Drew’s going to give us 100 percent every night and it was a great performance by him.

“Unfortunately, just like last night we didn’t stand up in front of (Will) Yanakeff, and tonight we didn’t give Drew much help. All 10 of those goals (six Friday night) are on us, none of them are on our goalies.”

Anastos said effort wasn’t a problem this weekend.

“I feel good about the effort in terms of how hard the guys played, and how hard they competed,” he said. “That was a tough game out there. I will say we’ve played a lot of good teams this year, so far that’s the best team we’ve played.

Maybe it’s just because it’s a good match up for them against us with their skill set.

But I think they’re a good team.

“They have size, strength, they have speed, they have defense, a dynamic offense.

They are well positioned to make a good run in the CCHA tournament.”

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AUTO RACING

Stenhouse wins one for Nationwide drivers Holds off Martin on late restarts at Vegas John Marshall The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Nationwide races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been dominated

by Sprint Cup drivers, big names like Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth crossing the checkers first since the inaugural race in 1997.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ended the run in emphatic fashion.

Stenhouse, the defending series champion, led the final 54 laps at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday to become the first non-Sprint Cup driver to win a Nationwide race on the

1.5-mile oval.

“This is really cool,” Stenhouse said. “Looking at all the fans in the stands before the race was really cool and to win the race was fun.”

Stenhouse was the top Nationwide rookie in 2010 and earned the season championship last year after winning two races and posting 26 top-10 finishes. He opened this season by finishing 19th at Daytona after being caught up in a late wreck and entered Saturday’s race fifth in points after taking third at Phoenix last week.

Stenhouse started sixth at Las Vegas and stayed near the front, taking the lead with 54 laps left. He pulled away from Mark Martin out of two cautions down the stretch of the 200-mile

Nationwide Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. celebrates in victory lane after winning the Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas. US PRESSWIRE

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Jimmie Johnson’s backup car is pushed out to the garage during practice. He’ll start from the back of the lineup.

Johnson’s woes continue with crash in practice

By Chad Leistikow USA TODAY LAS VEGAS — Jimmie Johnson’s turbulent start to the season continued when he crashed during the final Sprint Cup practice before Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

As a result, Johnson — scheduled to start sixth Sunday — had to change into a backup car and will start at the rear of the field.

Kyle Busch also brushed the wall in Saturday’s practice and was moved into a backup car. The Las Vegas native was scheduled to start on the front row Sunday, alongside pole-sitter Kasey Kahne.

“The backup car is good,” said Jimmy Makar, vice president of race operations for Busch’s team, Joe Gibbs Racing. “I don’t think there will be issues with that.”

Johnson, who failed an inspection before the season started that cost him 25 driver points and then finished 42nd in the Daytona 500, is 37th in points through two races. The five-time champion’s team was set for an appeal hearing Tuesday in Charlotte to see whether the penalty and a six-race suspension to crew chief Chad Knaus could be reduced or wiped

out.

Johnson returned to the track Saturday and was 24thfastest in practice.

On Friday, Johnson spoke of getting a fresh start to the season and building off last week’s fourth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway.

“My outlook’s good,” said Johnson, who has four career Cup wins at Vegas. “Very competitive at Phoenix last week, and I think the stuff we learned over the offseason that we had a chance to run at Phoenix will cross over here to Las Vegas.”

Logano’s strong start: While points leader and Phoenix winner Denny Hamlin has been the early-season star at JGR, Joey Logano has been a pleasant surprise.

Considered on the hot seat after a 24th-place points finish a year ago and in the final year of his contract, Logano stands eighth in points after consecutive top-10 finishes to start the season.

He qualified eighth for Sunday’s race and posted the top speed in Saturday’s Cup practice at 182.970 mph.

Mark Martin, Kevin Harvick, Marcos Ambrose and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top five in practice speeds.

Gibbs Racing. Polesitter Elliott Sadler finished third after a lengthy mid-race pit stop to fix a vibration.

Danica Patrick was 12th in the first race at LVMS since IndyCar star Dan Wheldon was killed in a fiery crash last fall.

“We kind of knew where we started that if the track did what we thought it would toward the middle of the race, our car would start to find its way to the front,” said Mike Kelley, Stenhouse’s crew chief. “And it did.”

Martin was in the No. 18 Toyota that Kyle Busch drove in 38 of his series-record 51 wins before starting his own team.

The 53-year-old was solid in the middle of the race, leading 44 laps. He just didn’t have enough to keep up on the restarts.

Source: NASCAR

uWhere: Las Vegas uRace distance: 1.5-mile oval, 267 laps uRace: Today, 3 p.m. ET (Fox) uNotable: Carl Edwards raced to his lone victory of 2011 in last year’s race. . . . Five drivers have finished in the top 10 of both races this season — Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano and Mark Martin. . . . Jimmie Johnson has a record four victories at Las Vegas. . . . Two-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon was killed in a crash at the track Oct. 16.

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Lineup Position (Number) Driver 1. (5) Kasey Kahne 2. (29) Kevin Harvick

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HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS

Primary sponsor Age Hometown Farmers Insurance 31 Enumclaw, Wash.

Budweiser 36 Bakersfield, Calif.

Diet Mountain Dew/ Hendrick Motorsports 37 Kannapolis, N.C. National Guard Michael Waltrip Racing 5-Hour Energy 32 Emporia, Kan. Stewart-Haas Racing Office Depot/Mobil 1 40 Columbus, Ind. Joe Gibbs Racing Dollar General 21 Middletown, Conn.

Roush Fenway Racing 3M/Meguiars 42 Vancouver, Wash.

Michael Waltrip Racing Napa Auto Parts 31 Mayetta, N.J. Roush Fenway Racing Zest 40 Cambridge, Wis. Phoenix Racing Tag Heuer Eyewear 33 Las Vegas Michael Waltrip Racing Aaron's 53 Batesville, Ark. Penske Racing Pennzoil 30 Los Gatos, Calif.

Richard Petty Motorsports Dewalt 35 Launceston, Australia Hendrick Motorsports DuPont 20 Years 40 Pittsboro, Ind. Joe Gibbs Racing FedEd Freight 31 Chesterfield, Va. Stewart-Haas Racing Quicken Loans 34 South Bend, Ind. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing McDonald's 35 Joplin, Mo. Penske Racing Miller Lite 28 Rochester Hills, Mich.

Roush Fenway Racing Aflac 32 Columbia, Mo. Richard Childress Racing Caterpillar 44 South Boston, Va. Richard Childress Racing South Point Hotel & Casino 36 Los Angeles JTG Daugherty Racing Kingsford/Bush's Beans 47 Corpus Christi, Texas Motorcraft/ Wood Brothers Racing 21 Knoxville, Tenn.

Quick Lane Tire & Auto Richard Childress Racing Schrock/Menard's 31 Eau Claire, Wis. Richard Petty Motorsports Richard Petty Fantasy Camp 27 Tampa Furniture Row Racing Furniture Row/Farm American 28 Cato, N.Y. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Clorox 36 Bogota, Columbia BK Racing Burger King 22 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Tommy Baldwin Racing Accell Construction 42 Zephyrhills, Fla. Germain Racing Geico 33 Bakersfield, Calif.

Front Row Motorsports Morristown Driver's Service 29 Riverside, Calif.

Front Row Motorsports Front Row Motorsports 35 Riverside, Calif.

Front Row Motorsports Front Row Motorsports 26 Unadilla, Ga. Robinson-Blakeney Racing America Israel Racing 35 Phoenix BK Racing Burger King 36 Janesville, Wisc.

Tommy Baldwin Racing Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 49 Hartford, Ohio Phil Parsons Racing Curb Records 27 Glendale, Ariz.

AMFMEnergy.com/ NEMCO Motorsports 48 Lakeland, Fla. Pellet & Wood Stoves FAS Lane Racing Federated Auto Parts 56 Fenton, Mo. Rick Ware Racing Poynt.com 19 Port Tobacco, Md. Inception Motorsports Inception Motorsports 34 South Bend, Ind. R3 Motorsports North Texas Pipe/Riviera Hotel 41 Bahama, N.C. Robby Gordon Motorsports Speed Energy 43 Cerritos, Calif.

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING

Grand Ledge’s Wilson vaults to Marsh’s title helps lift Div. 1 all-around championship Okemos to 6th in D-2 Peltier wins Div. 2 as Comets finish 1-2-3

Lansing’s Howe 1st in Div. 1 backstroke

Arv Pettit

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For the Lansing State Journal

GRAND RAPIDS — It

was close, but Grand Ledge’s Christine Wilson captured the Division 1 state all-around gymnastics title Saturday at Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills High.

Fittingly, the senior captain completed a two-day victory parade for the Comets.

Wilson, the Division 2 champ a year ago, scored 38.40 to edge Troy Athens-Avondale’s Ashley Moskal by just .025 of a point.

Her title came after Grand Ledge swept the top three allaround spots in Division 2. Sara Peltier won the title with a 37.275, followed by fellow junior Lauren Clark (37.225) in second and sophomore Presley Allison (36.900) taking third.

“To go one, two, three in Division 2 is just unbelievable,” Comets coach Duane Haring said. “I knew that any one of them had the potential to win it all, but it’s so tough to do that.

But for all three of them to be so close shows just how tough and competitive they are.”

Wilson scored 9.475 on vault,

Grand Ledge’s Christine Wilson won the state Division 1 gymnastics all-around title Saturday. GREGORY LONG/FOR THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL

9.7 on bars, 9.525 on beam and 9.7 on floor.

“I knew going into the final (floor) event that I needed a big score ... I just tried to do my best,” Wilson said, “because I knew it was the last shot of my high school career.”

Peltier matched a career best for first on the bars at 9.7, which she’d set Friday in the Comets’ fifth straight team title victory. She added a 9.375 vault, a 9.150 beam and a 9.075 floor. “(Friday) was so full of pressure for the team, but today I

just had fun,” Peltier said. “I’m just really happy with my day.

It’s so exciting.”

Clark won beam with a 9.475 and carded a 9.075 on bars, 9.5 on vault and 9.550 on floor. Allison had a 9.5 vault, a 9.0 bars, a 9.375 beam and a 9.025 floor.

In Division 1, East Lansing’s Jennica Lurie finished 14th in all-around (35.650) and Mason’s Becca O’Keefe tied for fourth on the vault (9.450). In Division 2, Haslett/Williamston/Bath’s Jacey Jackard finished tied for third on vault with a 9.500.

HOLLAND — The Okemos boys swimming and diving team took sixth place at the Division 2 state meet Saturday at the Holland Aquatic Center.

Okemos finished with 116 points. St. Johns placed 15th (40 points), Waverly 16th (26) and Grand Ledge 24th (15.5).

Dexter (320) won the team title.

Okemos’ Adam Marsh won the 100-yard backstroke in 50.83 seconds and third in the 100 butterfly (51.92). He also was part of the Chiefs’ 200 medley relay team that finished fifth (1:37.00) and the seventh-place 400 freestyle relay (3:14.89). Other relay members were Ian Poland, Wyatt Kuhlman and Jerry Lee. Kuhlman also took fourth in the 50 freestyle (21.60) and 12th in the 100 freestyle (48.07). Poland took 11th in the 100 butterfly (53.35), and Lee finished 15th in the 100 breaststroke (103.02).

St. Johns’ Ben Grider took 10th in the 50 freestyle (21.87) and ninth in the 100 freestyle

(47.62). Reigning champ Brennan Labar finished second in diving (443.55), and Redwings teammate Jared Gregory finished in 10th (322.40).

Waverly’s team of Tommy Quinn, Kevin Rubino, Brad Garmyn and Ben Rentz finished 11th (1:31.39) in the 200 freestyle relay and 16th in the 400 relay (3:23.18). Rentz also placed 11th in the 500 freestyle (4:49.78) and 13th in 200 freestyle (146.53). Quinn took 12th 100 butterfly (53.87).

Grand Ledge’s Xinghao Wang was 12th in the 100 butterfly (53.39) and eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.74).

DIVISION 1 AT YPSILANTI Lansing’s Blake Howe won the state title in the 100 backstroke with a time of 50.83, edging out reigning champion Victor Zhang of Canton by .03 seconds.

Howe also had a third-place finish in the100 butterfly (50.27) at Eastern Michigan’s Jones Pool.

Holt’s Dan Kachik took 14th in the 100 backstroke (54.93).

DIVISION 3 AT ROCHESTER HILLS Mason had 45 points to finish 14th at Oakland University’s Aquatic Center. Alma was 19th (29 points), Ionia 22nd (25) and Haslett 24th (16).

Mason’s D.J. Hearit finished 12th in both the 50 free (22.60) and the 100 butterfly (54.79). Teammate Corbin Shuler took 16th in the 200 individual medley (2:06.50). The Bulldogs finished sixth in the 200 free relay (1:31.76) and 13th in the 200 medley relay (1:44.07).

Ionia’s Skyler Fish took 10th in both the 200 free (1:47.82) and the 500 free (4:54.95), while teammate Jorden Welton took 15th in the 100 free (50.02) and 16th in the 50 free (22.78). Ionia’s 400 free relay took 13th (3:23.35).

Haslett’s Henk Plaggemars finished third in diving (382.05). Ovid-Elsie’s Kaitlyn Stevens took 16th (317.10).

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CLASS A at Lansing Everett DeWitt 59, St. Johns 58 Eastern 90, East Lansing 84 Okemos 78, Everett 67 Eastern 58, DeWitt 39 Okemos 61, Waverly 47 final–Okemos 71, Eastern 62 (OT) CLASS A at Holt Grand Ledge 57, Battle Creek Lakeview 46 Jackson 84, Battle Creek Central 71 Mason 62, Grand Ledge 45 Jackson 65, Holt 60 final–Jackson 79, Mason 67 CLASS A at Flushing Flint Carman-Ainsworth 56, Owosso 40 Saginaw 71, Flint Northern 47 Saginaw Arthur Hill 69, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 63 Saginaw 83, Flushing 56 final–Saginaw 66, Saginaw Arthur Hill 62 CLASS B at Eaton Rapids Lansing Catholic 71, Charlotte 40 Sexton 71, Eaton Rapids 26 Lansing Catholic 60, Williamston 42 Sexton 72, Haslett 38 final–Sexton 66, Lansing Catholic 56 CLASS B at Lake Odessa Lakewood Hastings 63, Ionia 44 Hastings 34, Portland 32 Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 50, Lake Odessa Lakewood 45 final– Hastings 43, Middleville ThornappleKellogg 30 CLASS B at Alma Hemlock 81, Midland Bullock Creek 49 Alma 71, Saginaw Swan Valley 45 Alma 56, Freeland 51 Hemlock 56, Shepherd 53 final–Hemlock 55, Alma 49 CLASS B at Durand Corunna 54, Ovid-Elsie 45 Corunna 57, Chesaning 39 Perry 55, Durand 25 final–Corunna 62, Perry 54 CLASS B at Parma Olivet 68, Jackson Lumen Christi 59 Marshall 71, Brooklyn Columbia Central 41 Olivet 64, Parma Jackson County Western 52 Marshall 42, Jackson Northwest 39 final– Marshall 71, Olivet 58 CLASS B at Fowlerville Fowlerville 63, South Lyon East 41 Stockbridge 49, Linden 42 Fowlerville 75, Lake Fenton 50 final–Stockbridge 58, Fowlerville 52 CLASS C at Homer Leslie 58, Dansville 39 Albion 53, Leslie 30 Homer 71, Springport 32 final–Albion 44, Homer 30 CLASS C at Laingsburg Pewamo-Westphalia 59, Bath 39 Vermontville Maple Valley 71, Saranac 48 Pewamo-Westphalia 61, Potterville 18 Laingsburg 68, Maple Valley 43 final–Pewamo-Westphalia 40, Laingsburg 33 CLASS C at Blanchard Montabella Montabella 53, Carson City-Crystal 34 St. Louis 49, Vestaburg 46 Beal City 63, Blanchard Montabella 50 Ithaca 63, St. Louis 37 final–Ithaca 61, Beal City 59 CLASS D at Middleton Fulton Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 68, Ashley 26 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 70, Portland St. Patrick 45 Middleton Fulton 59, Fowler 42 final–Middleton Fulton 50, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 36 CLASS D at Lansing Christian Webberville 67, Holt Lutheran 32 Lansing Christian 45, Webberville 42 Morrice 75, Lansing New Covenant Christian 20 final–Lansing Christian 73, Morrice 53

FRIDAY’S STATE SCORES

Class A District Final District 1 Niles 67, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 40 District 2 Jackson 79, Mason 67 District 3 Okemos 71, Lansing Eastern 62, OT District 4 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 47, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 36 District 5 Hudsonville 54, Jenison 52 District 6 Grand Haven 47, Muskegon 45 District 7 Rockford 59, Grand Rapids Northview 37 District 8 Fenton 68, Clarkston 66, 2OT District 9 Flint Northwestern 65, Davison 57 District 10 Saginaw 66, Saginaw Arthur Hill 62 District 11 Bay City Western 65, Midland Dow 48 District 12 Petoskey 70, Alpena 31 District 13 Temperance Bedford 64, Ypsilanti 53 District 14 Gibraltar Carlson 49, Trenton 48 District 15 Romulus 66, Inkster 24 District 16 Lincoln Park 68, Allen Park 54 District 17 Ann Arbor Huron 61, Ann Arbor Pioneer 48 District 18 Detroit Catholic Central 68, Canton Salem 53 District 19 Redford Thurston 53, Garden City 51 District 20 Detroit King 59, Detroit Cass Tech 49 District 21 Detroit Pershing 86, Detroit U-D Jesuit 78 District 22 Detroit Denby 53, Grosse Pointe North 44 District 23 Warren De La Salle 73, Warren Mott 55 District 24 Southfield 76, Oak Park 56 District 25 Orchard Lake St. Mary 42, Farmington 40 District 26 Walled Lake Central 36, Milford 32, OT District 27 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 60, Birmingham Groves 43 District 28 Fraser 59, Roseville 46 District 29 Waterford Mott 58, Troy 53 District 30 Lake Orion 48, Rochester 44 District 31 Romeo 65, Sterling Heights Stevenson 56 District 32 Macomb L'Anse Creuse North 65, Port Huron 55 Class B District Final District 33 Stevensville Lakeshore 51, Benton Harbor 45 District 34 South Haven 65, Coloma 34 District 35 Sturgis 50, Three Rivers 29 District 36 Marshall 71, Olivet 58 District 37 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 75, Onsted 51 District 38 Riverview 46, Grosse Ile 27 District 39 Dearborn Heights Robichaud 78, Dearborn Heights Annapolis 46 District 40 Detroit Douglass def. Detroit Community, forfeit District 41 Ferndale 66, Ferndale University 52 District 42 Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy 68, Detroit Crockett 63 District 43 Detroit Country Day 66, Clawson 37 District 44 Clinton Township Clintondale 55, Algonac 42 District 45 Imlay City 57, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 41 District 46 Stockbridge 58, Fowlerville 52 District 47 Lansing Sexton 66, Lansing Catholic 56 District 48 Hastings 43, Middleville Thornapple Kellogg 30 District 49 Otsego 61, Holland Christian 60 District 50 Wyoming Godwin Heights 56, Wyoming Kelloggsville 52 District 51 Grand Rapids Christian 60, East Grand Rapids 56 District 52 Hudsonville Unity Christian 43, Grand Rapids West Catholic 22 District 53 Muskegon Heights 51, Spring Lake 39 District 54 Sparta 52, Howard City Tri-County 33 District 55 Corunna 62, Perry 54 District 56 Goodrich 60, Flint Powers 56 District 57 Caro 50, North Branch 47 District 58 Carrollton 63, Bridgeport 44 District 59 Hemlock 55, Alma 49 District 60 Big Rapids 59, Reed City 57 District 61 Cadillac 48, Mason County Central 33 District 62 Standish-Sterling 58, Gladwin 51 District 63 Grayling 71, Houghton Lake 40 District 64 Sault Ste Marie 65, Menominee 54 Class C District Final District 65 Bridgman 39, Niles Brandywine 37 District 66 Constantine 55, Cassopolis 48 District 67

Lansing State Journal • Sunday, March 11, 2012 • 15D Reading 57, Jonesville 54 District 68 Hudson 59, Adrian Madison 55 District 69 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 73, Petersburg Summerfield 50 District 70 Ypsilanti Willow Run 68, Napoleon 57 District 71 River Rouge 72, Ecorse 55 District 72 Detroit Consortium 68, Detroit Loyola 46 District 73 Madison Heights Madison 69, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 61 District 74 Madison Heights Bishop Foley 79, Southfield Bradford Academy 58 District 75 Hanover-Horton 58, Jackson East Jackson 42 District 76 Albion 44, Homer 30 District 77 Schoolcraft 56, Kalamazoo Christian 44 District 78 Bloomingdale 56, Fennville 48 District 79 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian 80, Grandville Calvin Christian 70 District 80 Pewamo-Westphalia 40, Laingsburg 33 District 81 New Haven 58, Vassar 31 District 82 Flint Beecher 88, Flint Hamady 59 District 83 Ithaca 61, Beal City 59 District 84 Montague 53, North Muskegon 48 District 85 Shelby 53, Evart 25 District 86 Clare 70, McBain 47 District 87 Traverse City St. Francis 71, Kalkaska 22 District 88 Saginaw Nouvel 56, Sanford-Meridian 53 District 89 Reese 67, Saginaw Buena Vista 64 District 90 Harbor Beach 48, Ubly 44 District 91 Lincoln-Alcona 61, Johannesburg-Lewiston 43 District 92 Boyne City 60, Elk Rapids 51 District 93 Rudyard 75, St. Ignace LaSalle 47 District 94 Negaunee 54, Ishpeming 38 District 96 Calumet 40, Hancock 26 Class D District Final District 97 Covert 89, St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran 86, OT District 98 Climax-Scotts 63, Battle Creek St. Philip 52 District 99 Marcellus Howardsville Christian 55, Lawrence 50 District 100 Litchfield 65, Hillsdale Academy 48 District 101 North Adams-Jerome 57, Adrian Lenawee Christian 47 District 102 Ann Arbor Multi Cultural 65, Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner 60 District 103 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 66, Taylor Baptist Park 32 District 104 Detroit Westside Christian 66, Lutheran Westland 35 District 105 Southfield Christian 85, Bloomfield Hills Roeper 52 District 106 Eastpointe Eaton Academy 54, Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 53 District 107 Clarkston Everest Catholic 43, Waterford Our Lady 41, OT District 108 Lansing Christian 73, Morrice 53 District 109 Wyoming Tri-unity Christian 72, Holland Calvary 30 District 110 Muskegon Catholic Central 68, Fruitport Calvary Christian 46 District 111 Fulton-Middleton 50, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 36 District 112 Pentwater 46, Big Rapids Crossroads Charter Academy 39 District 113 Burton St. Thomas More 40, Burton Genesee Christian 37 District 114 Carsonville-Port Sanilac 52, Deckerville 26 District 115 Akron-Fairgrove 69, Kinde-North Huron 20 District 116 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 62, Twining Arenac Eastern 16 District 117 Frankfort-Elberta 52, Bear Lake 45 District 118 McBain Northern Michigan Christian 77, Buckley 38 District 119 Leland 59, Lake Leelanau St. Mary 50 District 120 Bellaire 54, Boyne Falls 41 District 121 Rogers City 62, Gaylord St. Mary 47 District 122 Posen 53, Hale 43 District 123 Pellston 73, Harbor Light Christian 21 District 124 Cedarville 64, Brimley 48 District 125 Munising 60, Eben Junction Superior Central 47 District 126 Carney-Nadeau 58, Bark River-Harris 56, OT District 127 Ewen-Trout Creek 85, Ontonagon 54 District 128 Painesdale Jeffers 55, Chassell 45

MONDAY’S AREA BOYS REGIONAL SEMIFINALS NOTE: All regional finals will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, except Portage Northern at 6:30 p.m. Quarterfinals will take place on Tuesday, March 20, at various locations and then semifinals and finals from Thursday-Saturday, March 22-24 at Michigan State’s Breslin Center.

CLASS A at Portage Northern Okemos (15-8) vs. Niles (19-4), 6 Jackson (13-10) vs. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (18-4), 8 p.m.

(7 p.m. quarterfinal: vs. Grandville regional winner at champion at Lansing Everett) CLASS B at Jackson Lumen Christi Marshall (13-9) vs. Stockbridge (7-15), 6 p.m.

Sexton (22-1) vs. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard (15-8), 8 p.m.

(6 p.m. quarterfinal: vs. Livonia Clarenceville regional winner at Chelsea) CLASS B at Mount Morris Corunna (9-14) vs. Caro (9-13), 5:30 p.m.

Carrollton (16-7) vs. Goodrich (17-6), 8 p.m.

(7:30 p.m. quarterfinal vs. Pontiac Notre Dame regional winner at Imlay City) CLASS B at Sparta Hemlock (19-4) vs. Muskegon Heights (17-6), 6 p.m.

Big Rapids (17-5) vs. Sparta (17-6), 7:30 p.m.

(7 p.m. quarterfinal: vs. Sault Ste. Marie regional winner at Alma College) CLASS C at Bronson Albion (16-6) vs. Reading (18-4), 6 p.m.

Pewamo-Westphalia (23-0) vs. Hanover-Horton (19-4), 7:30 p.m.

(7 p.m. quarterfinal vs. Bangor regional winner at Western Michigan U. in Kalamazoo) CLASS C at Shelby Montague (18-5) vs. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (15-7), 6 p.m.

Ithaca (16-6) vs. Shelby (21-2), 7:30 p.m.

(7 p.m. quarterfinal vs. Vassar regional winner at Delta College in Saginaw) CLASS D at Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart Middleton Fulton (19-3) vs. Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian (21-2), 6 Muskegon Catholic Central (14-9) vs. Pentwater (8-14), 7:30 (7 p.m. quarterfinal vs. Bellaire regional winner at Hope College in Holland) CLASS D at Morenci North Adams-Jerome (19-2) vs. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist (15-8), 5:30 p.m.

Lansing Christian (10-12) vs. Arbor Rudolf Steiner (11-9), 7 p.m.

(7 p.m. quarterfinal vs. Litchfield regional winner at Jackson)

BASKETBALL: AREA GIRLS REGIONAL RESULTS

CLASS A at DeWitt East Lansing 39, Richland Gull Lake 34 East Kentwood 53, Holt 41 East Lansing 36, East Kentwood 22 CLASS B at Portland Grd Rapids Catholic Central 48, Portland 33 Grand Rapids South Christian 45, Hudsonville Unity Christian 36 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 46, Grand Rapids South Christian 31 CLASS B at Eaton Rapids Marshall 41, Linden 32 AA Gabriel Richard 36, Eaton Rapids 34 Marshall 34, Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 31 CLASS B at Carrollton Corunna 53, Croswell-Lexington 35 Goodrich 66, Frankenmuth 25 Goodrich 63, Corunna 32 CLASS C at Vermontville Maple Valley Springport 43, Hillsdale 24 Concord 37, Pewamo-Westphalia 27 Concord 42, Springport 26 CLASS C at Kent City Kent City 63, Grandville Calvin Christian 30 Morley-Stanwood 67, Carson City-Crystal 38 Morley-Stanwood 44, Kent City 42 CLASS D at Lansing Christian Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 44, Adrian Lenawee Christian 37 Lansing Christian 59, Saline Washtenaw

Christian 32 Lansing Christian 56, Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 41 CLASS D at Beal City Portland St. Patrick 65, Wyoming West Michigan Lutheran 61 Fruitport Calvary Christian 49, Custer Mason County Eastern 47 Portland St. Patrick 57, Fruitport Calvary Christian 39

TUESDAY’S AREA GIRLS QUARTERFINALS NOTE: All quarterfinals will begin at 7 p.m.

Semifinals and finals are Thursday-Saturday at Michigan State’s Breslin Center.

CLASS A at Lansing Eastern #HM (honorable mention) East Lansing (21-4) vs. #1 Grand Haven (24-1) --winner advances to 1 p.m. Friday semifinal CLASS D at Jackson #8 Lansing Christian (22-2) vs. #HM Athens (19-5) --winner advances to 7:30 p.m. Thursday semifinal CLASS D at Muskegon Reeths-Puffer Portland St. Patrick (18-6) vs. Leland (13-11) --winner advances to 6 p.m. Thursday semifinal

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: BIG TEN MEN

League Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Michigan St. 13 5 .722 24 7 .774 Michigan 13 5 .722 23 8 .742 Ohio State 13 5 .722 25 6 .806 Wisconsin 12 6 .667 23 8 .742 Indiana 11 7 .588 25 7 .781 Purdue 10 8 .556 21 11 .656 Northwestern 810 .471 18 13 .581 Iowa 810 .412 17 15 .531 Illinois 612 .333 17 15 .531 Minnesota 612 .333 19 13 .594 Nebraska 414 .222 12 18 .400 Penn State 414 .222 12 20 .375 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT at Indianapolis Thursday’s results Iowa 64, Illinois 61 Indiana 75, Penn State 58 Minnesota 75, Northwestern 68 (OT) Purdue 79, Nebraska 61 Friday’s results Michigan State 92, Iowa 75 Wisconsin 79, Indiana 71 Michigan 73, Minnesota 69 (OT) Ohio State 88, Purdue 68 Saturday’s games Michigan State 65, Wisconsin 52 Ohio State, 77 Michigan 55 Today’s game Michigan State vs. Ohio State, 3:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL: NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Phila.

24 17 .585 — Boston 21 18 .538 2 New York 18 22 .450 51⁄2 New Jersey 14 28 .333 101⁄2 Toronto 13 27 .325 101⁄2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 31 9 .775 — Orlando 26 15 .634 51⁄2 Atlanta 23 17 .575 8 Washington 9 30 .231 211⁄2 1 Charlotte 5 34 .128 25 ⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 34 9 .791 — Indiana 23 15 .605 81⁄2 Milwaukee 16 24 .400 161⁄2 Cleveland 15 23 .395 161⁄2 Detroit 15 26 .366 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 26 13 .667 — Memphis 23 15 .605 21⁄2 Dallas 23 19 .548 41⁄2 Houston 22 19 .537 5 New Orleans 10 31 .244 17 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 32 9 .780 — Denver 23 18 .561 9 Minnesota 21 21 .500 111⁄2 Portland 20 21 .488 12 Utah 19 21 .475 121⁄2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 23 15 .605 — L.A. Lakers 24 16 .600 — Phoenix 18 21 .462 51⁄2 Golden State 15 21 .417 7 Sacramento 14 26 .350 10 Friday’s Games New Jersey 83, Charlotte 74 Phila. 104, Utah 91 Boston 104, Portland 86 Detroit 86, Atlanta 85 Cleveland 96, Oklahoma City 90 L.A. Lakers 105, Minnesota 102 L.A. Clippers 120, San Antonio 108 Milwaukee 119, New York 114 Denver 110, New Orleans 97 Sacramento 110, Dallas 97 Saturday’s Games Portland 110, Washington 99 Detroit 105, Toronto 86 Miami 93, Indiana 91, OT Chicago 111, Utah 97 Oklahoma City 122, Charlotte 95 New Orleans 95, Minnesota 89 Houston 112, New Jersey 106 Memphis at Phoenix, late Dallas at Golden State, late Today’s Games Phila. at New York, 12 p.m.

Boston at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Denver, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Milwaukee at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Washington at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Utah, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Boston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

PISTONS 105, RAPTORS 86:

TORONTO (86) J.Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Bargnani 2-8 4-4 8, Gray 4-7 2-2 10, Calderon 1-7 0-0 2, DeRozan 3-10 9-1015, A.Johnson1-2 4-4 6, Barbosa 4-110-0 9, Bayless 4-9 2-2 12, Kleiza 0-4 0-0 0, Davis 4-6 0-0 8, Magloire 0-0 0-0 0, Forbes 4-6 2-3 12. Totals 29-73 23-25 86.

DETROIT (105) Prince 4-8 0-010, Maxiell 6-10 0-212, Monroe 3-4 5-5 11, Knight 7-13 2-4 19, Stuckey 8-12 3-4 20, Gordon 4-7 0-0 8, Jerebko 4-10 4-4 13, Wilkins 3-5 2-2 8, Wallace 0-1 2-2 2, Bynum 0-2 2-2 2, Villanueva 0-2 0-0 0, Russell Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Daye 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-74 20-25 105.

Toronto Detroit

14 37

23 24

21 28

28 16

— 86 — 105

3-Point Goals—Toronto 5-21 (Forbes 2-3, Bayless 2-7, Barbosa 1-4, DeRozan 0-1, Bargnani 0-1, Kleiza 0-2, Calderon 0-3), Detroit 721 (Knight 3-7, Prince 2-2, Stuckey 1-3, Jerebko 1-4, Bynum 0-1, Villanueva 0-1, Gordon 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Toronto 37 (A.Johnson, DeRozan, Davis 5), Detroit 49 (Wallace 8). Assists—Toronto 16 (Bayless 4), Detroit 22 (Stuckey 8). Total Fouls—Toronto 19, Detroit 23. A—16,090 (22,076).

BLAZERS 110, WIZARDS 99

PORTLAND (110) Wallace 5-12 5-5 15, Aldridge 12-15 6-6 30, Camby 3-6 0-0 6, Felton 6-14 9-10 21, Batum 5-10 0-0 11, Ja.Crawford 7-13 6-6 23, Matthews 1-5 0-0 2, Przybilla 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 40-78 26-27 110.

WASHINGTON (99) Singleton 5-8 0-0 12, Booker 3-5 3-5 9, McGee 7-10 1-1 15, Wall 9-19 7-10 25, Jo.Crawford 3-10 2-4 8, Young 4-16 1-3 10, Blatche 1-2 0-0 2, Mason 3-5 0-0 8, Seraphin 2-3 2-2 6, Mack 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 39-82 16-25 99.

Portland Washington

27 27

28 25

27 24

28 23

— 110 — 99

3-Point Goals—Portland 4-17 (Ja.Crawford 3-6, Batum 1-4, Wallace 0-2, Felton 0-2, Matthews 0-3), Washington 5-16 (Mason 2-4, Singleton 2-4, Young 1-6, Jo.Crawford 0-2).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 43 (Aldridge 10), Washington 48 (Booker 10).

Assists—Portland 19 (Felton, Ja.Crawford 5), Washington 17 (Wall 8). Total Fouls—Portland 20, Washington 22. Technicals—Jo.Crawford, Seraphin, Washington defensive three second 3. Flagrant Fouls—Camby.

A—18,071 (20,278).

HEAT 93, PACERS 91

INDIANA (91) Granger 7-17 4-6 19, West 4-18 7-8 15, Hibbert 2-11 1-2 5, Collison 6-11 0-1 14, George 5-9 0-0 12, Hansbrough 3-7 3-3 9, Amundson 2-3 0-1 4, Stephenson 0-1 0-0 0, Price 1-4 0-0 2, D.Jones 3-6 3-4 11. Totals 33-87 18-25 91.

MIAMI (93) James 8-19 9-15 27, Bosh 6-13 1-2 13, Anthony 2-5 1-2 5, Chalmers 2-6 0-1 5, Wade 10-16 8-9 28, Haslem 2-4 0-0 4, Battier 1-5 0-0 2, Pittman 1-3 1-2 3, Cole 3-4 0-0 6, Miller 0-0

0-0 0. Totals 35-75 20-31 93.

Indiana Miami

26 17

17 22

18 21

24 25

6 8

— —

91 93

3-Point Goals—Indiana 7-17 (George 2-2, Collison 2-3, D.Jones 2-4, Granger 1-5, Stephenson 0-1, Price 0-2), Miami 3-13 (James 2-3, Chalmers 1-4, Wade 0-1, Bosh 0-1, Battier 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Indiana 49 (West10),Miami 63 (Haslem11).Assists—Indiana 17 (Collison 6), Miami 17 (Wade 7). Total Fouls—Indiana 28, Miami 24. Technicals—Indiana Coach Vogel.

A—20,154 (19,600).

BULLS 111, JAZZ 97

UTAH (97) Howard 7-10 1-3 15, Millsap 11-17 4-5 26, Jefferson 8-19 0-0 16, E.Watson 1-2 1-2 3, Hayward 3-6 4-4 10, Miles 1-7 2-2 4, Favors 0-1 2-2 2, Kanter 2-4 0-0 4, Burks 4-8 3-4 11, Tinsley 3-11 0-0 6, Evans 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-85 17-22 97.

CHICAGO (111) Korver 10-16 0-0 26, Boozer 13-17 1-3 27, Asik 2-5 0-0 4, Rose 7-13 10-11 24, Brewer 4-11 3-4 11, Butler 2-4 4-6 8, Gibson 2-4 0-0 4, Lucas 3-6 0-0 7, Scalabrine 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-77 18-24 111.

Utah Chicago

22 22

19 26

22 31

34 32

— 97 — 111

3-Point Goals—Utah 0-3 (Tinsley 0-1, Miles 0-1, Millsap 0-1), Chicago 7-18 (Korver 6-11, Lucas 1-3, Brewer 0-1, Scalabrine 0-1, Rose 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Utah 41 (Jefferson 8), Chicago 49 (Boozer 8). Assists—Utah 24 (Tinsley 10), Chicago 31 (Rose 13). Total Fouls—Utah14, Chicago18. Technicals—Chicago defensive three second.

A—22,158 (20,917).

HORNETS 95, TIMBERWOLVES 89

NEW ORLEANS (95) Ariza 2-7 4-4 8, Ayon 4-8 0-0 8, Kaman 10-21 0-0 20, Jack 5-7 7-8 17, Belinelli 4-11 2-2 11, Henry 2-8 0-0 4, Vasquez 5-9 0-0 12, Thomas 3-8 1-2 7, Foote 0-1 0-0 0, Aminu 4-5 0-0 8.

Totals 39-85 14-16 95.

MINNESOTA (89) Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Love 10-23 9-10 31, Pekovic 9-13 3-4 21, Ridnour 5-13 3-4 14, Webster 1-5 0-0 2, Williams 2-6 3-5 7, Beasley 1-7 0-2 2, Ellington 5-8 0-0 12, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-80 18-25 89.

New Orleans Minnesota

24 24

25 20

21 21

25 24

— —

95 89

3-Point Goals—New Orleans 3-7 (Vasquez 2-3, Belinelli 1-2, Jack 0-1, Ariza 0-1), Minnesota 5-23 (Ellington 2-4, Love 2-8, Ridnour 1-4, Johnson 0-1, Williams 0-1, Webster 0-2, Beasley 0-3).Fouled Out—Ayon.Rebounds—New Orleans 47 (Kaman, Aminu 6), Minnesota 55 (Love 16). Assists—New Orleans 28 (Jack 7), Minnesota 19 (Ridnour 10). Total Fouls—New Orleans 22, Minnesota 19.

A—20,123 (19,356).

ROCKETS 112, NETS 106

HOUSTON (112) Parsons 8-11 0-0 16, Scola 6-10 0-2 12, Dalembert 5-11 5-5 15, Dragic 8-14 3-3 23, Martin 2-5 0-0 5, Patterson 2-3 1-2 5, Lee 7-14 2-2 17, Budinger 6-8 0-0 15, Hill 1-1 0-0 2, Flynn 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 46-82 11-14 112.

NEW JERSEY (106) Stevenson 1-3 0-0 3, Humphries 5-11 0-0 10, She.Williams 4-5 2-2 10, Farmar 7-11 1-1 18, Brooks 11-16 0-0 23, Petro 1-6 1-2 3, Gaines 0-4 1-2 1, Morrow 4-10 4-4 12, Green 10-15 2-3 26, J.Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-81 1114 106.

Houston New Jersey

29 21

30 28

25 34

28 23

— 112 — 106

3-Point Goals—Houston 9-16 (Dragic 4-7, Budinger 3-3, Martin1-3, Lee1-3), New Jersey 9-24 (Green 4-8, Farmar 3-5, Brooks 1-3, Stevenson 1-3, Gaines 0-1, Morrow 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 42 (Scola 8), New Jersey 38 (Petro 9). Assists—Houston 28 (Dragic 8), New Jersey 21 (Brooks 7).

Total Fouls—Houston 14, New Jersey 17.

Technicals—Houston defensive three second. A—14,834 (18,711).

HOCKEY: CCHA TOURNAMENT

FIRST ROUND RESULTS Lake Superior State 4, Alaska 3 Lake Superior 2, Alaska 0 Notre Dame 2, Ohio State 0 Notre Dame 4, Ohio State 2 Northern Michigan 4, Bowling Green 2 Bowling Green 5, Northern Michigan 3 Bowling Green 4, Northern Michigan 1 BEST-OF-3 QUARTERFINALS Friday’s results Bowling Green 3, Ferris State 2 Western Michigan 4, Lake Superior 2 Miami-Ohio 6, Michigan State 0, late Michigan 2, Notre Dame 1 Today’s games Ferris State 7, Bowling Green 4 Western Michigan 5, Lake Superior 2 Miami-Ohio 4, Michigan State 1 Michigan 3, Notre Dame 1 Today’s game Bowling Green at Ferris State, 7:05 p.m.

Scores TOURNAMENT Atlantic Hockey Tournament Niagara 2, Robert Morris 1 Holy Cross 3, Mercyhurst 1 ECAC Tournament Union (NY) 4, Rensselaer 2 Quinnipiac 4, Colgate 2 Hockey East Tournament Boston U. 4, New Hampshire 2 Boston College 3, Massachusetts 2

HOCKEY: NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L N.Y. Rangers 67 42 18 Pittsburgh 67 41 21 Phila.

67 39 21 New Jersey 68 39 24 N.Y. 68 28 31 Islanders

OT 7 5 7 5 9

Pts 91 87 85 83 65

GF GA 184 145 214 171 219 193 191 178 157 202

Northeast Division <extra_leading> GP W Boston 67 40 Ottawa 70 36 Buffalo 69 32 Toronto 68 30 Montreal 68 26

L 24 25 29 30 32

OT 3 9 8 8 10

Pts 83 81 72 68 62

GF GA 220 159 216 206 171 194 200 210 179 192

Southeast Division GP W Florida 67 31 Washington 68 34 Winnipeg 69 32 Tampa Bay 68 31 Carolina 68 26

L 23 28 29 30 27

OT 13 6 8 7 15

Pts 75 74 72 69 67

GF GA 164 191 182 193 181 195 191 233 181 205

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L St. Louis 69 44 18 Detroit 69 44 22 Nashville 68 40 21 Chicago 69 37 25 Columbus 68 22 39

OT 7 3 7 7 7

Pts 95 91 87 81 51

GF GA 181 134 217 162 195 175 207 203 160 221

Northwest Division GP W Vancouver 68 42 Colorado 70 36 Calgary 68 31 Minnesota 68 29 Edmonton 68 26

L 18 30 25 29 35

OT 8 4 12 10 7

Pts 92 76 74 68 59

GF GA 214 168 183 187 169 188 147 189 180 206

Pacific Division GP Dallas 69 Phoenix 69 San Jose 67 Los Angeles 68 Anaheim 69

L 26 25 25 25 30

OT 5 10 9 12 10

Pts 81 78 75 74 68

GF GA 185 183 178 173 184 173 151 150 171 193

W 38 34 33 31 29

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 2, Florida 1, SO Detroit 4, Los Angeles 3 Chicago 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Calgary 5, Winnipeg 3 Saturday’s Games Colorado 3, Edmonton 2, SO Phila. 1, Toronto 0, SO Buffalo 4, Ottawa 3, SO Washington 4, Boston 3 New Jersey 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 2 St. Louis 4, Columbus 1 Nashville 3, Detroit 2 Dallas 2, Anaheim 0 Phoenix 3, San Jose 0 Montreal at Vancouver, late Today’s Games Boston at Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Florida, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Phila. at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Nashville at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

PREDATORS 3, RED WINGS 2 Detroit Nashville

1 2

0 0

1 1

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2 3

First Period—1, Nashville, Hornqvist 21

(Legwand), 7:30. 2, Detroit, Miller 13 (Cleary, Stuart), 7:43. 3, Nashville, A.Kostitsyn 14 (S.Kostitsyn, Legwand), 11:59 (pp). Penalties—Holmstrom, Det (hooking), 2:40; Janik, Det (high-sticking), 10:22.

Second Period—None. Penalties—Weber, Nas (interference), 14:48; Bouillon, Nas (hooking), 16:38.

Third Period—4, Nashville, A.Kostitsyn 15 (S.Kostitsyn, Legwand), 4:34 (pp). 5, Detroit, Abdelkader 8 (Nyquist, Helm), 14:35. Penalties—Quincey, Det (interference), 1:06; Stuart, Det (interference), 2:54; Bouillon, Nas (holding), 12:01; Weber, Nas (roughing), 19:50.

Shots on Goal—Detroit 9-10-18—37. Nashville 8-6-6—20.

Power-play opportunities—Detroit 0 of 4; Nashville 2 of 4.

Goalies—Detroit, MacDonald 8-4-1 (20 shots-17 saves). Nashville, Rinne 38-14-7 (3735).

A—17,113 (17,113). T—2:30.

Referees—Eric Furlatt, Brad Watson. Linesmen—Matt MacPherson, Bryan Pancich.

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Seattle Toronto Baltimore Los Angeles Oakland Kansas City Boston New York Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Tampa Bay Texas NATIONAL LEAGUE

W 6 6 6 4 4 6 5 3 4 4 2 2 2 2

L 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 5

Pct .857 .750 .750 .667 .667 .667 .625 .600 .500 .444 .333 .286 .286 .286

W L Pct Los Angeles 3 1 .750 Miami 4 2 .667 San Francisco 6 3 .667 Chicago 4 3 .571 Washington 4 3 .571 Cincinnati 4 4 .500 Houston 4 4 .500 Phila.

4 4 .500 Milwaukee 3 4 .429 New York 3 4 .429 St. Louis 2 3 .400 Pittsburgh 3 5 .375 San Diego 3 5 .375 Arizona 2 4 .333 Colorado 1 5 .167 Atlanta 1 8 .111 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta (ss) 3 Phila. 7, Detroit 5 Toronto 11, Houston 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Atlanta (ss) 0 Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 3, tie, 10 innings St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Milwaukee 12, Cleveland 2 Chicago Cubs 5, Chicago White Sox 1 San Diego 6, L.A. Angels 3 L.A. Dodgers 9, Texas 0 Arizona 8, Seattle 5 Cincinnati (ss) 5, Kansas City 1 San Francisco 6, Cincinnati (ss) 3 Oakland 6, Colorado 4 Pittsburgh 7, Boston 4 Miami 3, Washington 0 Saturday’s Games Washington (ss) 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Baltimore 1, Phila. 0 N.Y. Yankees 8, Atlanta 3 Detroit 5, Washington (ss) 5, tie, 10 innings Miami 3, St. Louis 1 Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 5, Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 3, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 9, San Francisco (ss) 5 Oakland 6, Cincinnati 3 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee (ss) 1 San Francisco (ss) 13, Milwaukee (ss) 3 Kansas City 5, Colorado 2 Seattle (ss) 5, L.A. Dodgers 5, tie San Diego 5, Cleveland 2 Tampa Bay vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., late L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., late Seattle (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., late Today’s Games N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Phila. (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit (ss) vs. Phila. (ss) at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla.,1:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland (ss) vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland (ss) vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Baltimore vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis (ss) vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Phila. vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. St. Louis (ss) at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Houston vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nationwide Sam’s Town 300 results 1. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 200 laps,141.7 rating, 48 points, $107,863.

2. (7) Mark Martin, Toyota, 200, 123.9, 0, $55,650.

3. (1) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200, 113.3, 42, $53,668.

4. (14) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 200, 105.8, 40, $37,293.

5. (9) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 200, 100.9, 0, $32,993.

6. (22) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 200, 96.6, 38, $31,143.

7. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200,106.5, 37, $22,625.

8. (8) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200, 98.9, 36, $28,018.

9. (13) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 200, 92.8, 35, $26,928.

10. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200, 109.4, 0, $21,075.

11. (18) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 200, 88.4, 33, $28,418.

12. (12) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 200, 87.5, 32, $25,268.

13. (21) Michael Annett, Ford, 200, 83.7, 31, $24,718.

14. (11) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 200, 81.8, 0, $24,208.

15. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 200, 81.9, 29, $18,455.

16. (17) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 200, 76.5, 28, $23,738.

17. (24) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 198, 73.5, 28, $23,753.

18. (32) Blake Koch, Ford, 198, 67.9, 26, $23,418.

19. (15) Johanna Long, Chevrolet, 198, 68.9, 25, $23,308.

20. (31) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 198, 63.5, 24, $23,873.

21. (25) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 197, 66.7, 23, $23,088.

22. (43) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 197, 54.1, 22, $16,485.

23. (5) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 196, 109.1, 0,

$16,350.

24. (40) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, 196, 49.9, 20, $22,708.

25. (27) Eric McClure, Toyota, 196, 46.9, 19, $23,033.

26. (42) Daryl Harr, Chevrolet, 194, 39.2, 18, $22,438.

27. (10) Jason Bowles, Toyota, 188, 57.6, 17, $22,303.

28. (16) Kyle Fowler, Ford, oil cooler, 165, 54.3, 16, $15,690.

29. (35) Tim Schendel, Chevrolet, 164, 39.5, 15, $15,540.

30. (29) Benny Gordon, Chevrolet, 146, 35.6, 14, $15,705.

31. (38) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, engine, 140, 43.2, 13, $21,763.

32. (36) Derrike Cope, Dodge, electrical, 137, 39.9, 12, $21,653.

33. (20) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 127, 58.2, 0, $15,075.

34. (4) Brian Scott, Toyota, accident, 94, 92.5, 11, $21,433.

35. (34) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet, fly wheel, 91, 55, 9, $14,855.

36. (37) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Dodge, steering, 72, 36.5, 0, $14,820.

37. (30) Joey Gase, Ford, accident, 41, 41.6, 7, $21,243.

38. (23) J.J. Yeley, Ford, oil pump, 39, 57.9, 0, $14,740.

39. (33) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, electrical, 6, 36.6, 5, $14,490.

40. (28) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 4, 32.9, 4, $14,455.

41. (39) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, electrical, 4, 31, 0, $14,400.

42. (26) Scott Speed, Chevrolet, vibration, 3, 30.9, 0, $14,355.

43. (41) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, vibration, 3, 29.8, 0, $14,311.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner:129.969 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 21minutes, 46 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 5.904 seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 32 laps.

Lead Changes: 8 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: E.Sadler 1-26; J.Yeley 27-28; K.Kahne 29-47; B.Scott 48-52; K.Kahne 5373; B.Keselowski 74-100; M.Wallace 101; M.Martin 102-145; R.Stenhouse Jr. 146-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): R.Stenhouse Jr., 1 time for 55 laps; M.Martin,1 time for 44 laps; K.Kahne, 2 times for 40 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 27 laps; E.Sadler, 1 time for 26 laps; B.Scott, 1 time for 5 laps; J.Yeley, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Wallace, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 131; 2. A.Dillon, 116; 3. R.Stenhouse Jr., 114; 4. T.Bayne, 112; 5.

C.Whitt,109; 6. S.Hornish Jr., 98; 7. T.Malsam, 90; 8. M.Annett, 82; 9. J.Allgaier, 76; 10.

B.Koch, 66.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

NASCAR Sprint Cup lineup 1. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 190.456 mph.

2. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.04.

3. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 190.014.

4. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 189.873.

5. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 189.807.

6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 189.773.

7. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 189.667.

8. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 189.62.

9. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 189.5.

10. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 189.421.

11. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 189.208.

12. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 189.148.

13. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 188.97.

14. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 188.937.

15. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 188.91.

16. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 188.758.

17. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 188.712.

18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 188.436.

19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 188.16.

20. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 188.134.

21. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 188.088.

22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 187.754.

23. (33) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 187.669.

24. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 187.663.

25. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 187.363.

26. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 187.305.

27. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 186.987.

28. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 186.987.

29. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 186.78.

30. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 185.65.

31. (10) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 185.644.

32. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 185.274.

33. (26) Josh Wise, Ford, 184.837.

34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 184.685.

35. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 184.388.

36. (49) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 184.37.

37. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 184.175.

38. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 183.949.

39. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 183.861.

40. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 183.542.

41. (32) Ken Schrader, Ford, 183.306.

42. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, 182.877.

43. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 182.704.

Failed to Qualify 44. (23) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 182.426.

45. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 182.285.

GOLF

Cadillac Championship Scores At TPC Blue Monster at Doral Third Round Bubba Watson 70-62-67-199 Keegan Bradley 69-67-66-202 Justin Rose 69-64-69-202 Peter Hanson 70-65-69-204 Matt Kuchar 72-67-66-205 Zach Johnson 70-68-67-205 Johnson Wagner 70-69-67-206 Rory McIlroy 73-69-65-207 Webb Simpson 75-66-66-207 Tiger Woods 72-67-68-207 Luke Donald 70-68-69-207 Charl Schwartzel 68-69-70-207 Martin Kaymer 73-64-70-207 Steve Stricker 69-70-69-208 Bo Van Pelt 73-65-70-208 Charles Howell III 70-67-71-208 Adam Scott 66-68-74-208 Hunter Mahan 71-72-66-209 Graeme McDowell 75-67-67-209 Greg Chalmers 71-70-68-209 Jason Day 73-67-70-210 Hennie Otto 73-66-71-210 Martin Laird 72-73-66-211 Lee Westwood 76-67-68-211 Aaron Baddeley 69-74-68-211 John Senden 76-67-68-211 Anders Hansen 70-72-69-211 K.J. Choi 74-67-70-211 Gary Woodland 71-70-70-211 Jason Dufner 66-72-73-211 Thomas Bjorn 68-68-75-211 Jonathan Byrd 72-70-70-212 Juvic Pagunsan 69-71-72-212 Chez Reavie 78-68-67-213 Robert Rock 75-70-68-213 Garth Mulroy 73-71-69-213 Nick Watney 71-73-69-213 Marcus Fraser 76-68-69-213 Nicolas Colsaerts 73-70-70-213 Robert Karlsson 75-68-70-213 Miguel A. Jimenez 69-71-73-213 Branden Grace 78-72-64-214 Brandt Snedeker 75-69-70-214 Bill Haas 74-70-70-214 Phil Mickelson 72-71-71-214 Alvaro Quiros 69-74-71-214 Francesco Molinari 75-68-71-214 Mark Wilson 72-70-72-214 Kyle Stanley 69-69-76-214 Paul Casey 76-71-68-215 Y.E. Yang 72-67-76-215 Darren Clarke 74-74-68-216 Geoff Ogilvy 73-73-70-216 K.T. Kim 74-72-70-216 Retief Goosen 74-71-71-216 Rickie Fowler 74-70-72-216 Paul Lawrie 70-74-72-216 Dustin Johnson 75-68-73-216 Jbe’ Kruger 72-71-73-216 Sergio Garcia 75-74-68-217 Ben Crane 73-71-73-217 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 74-70-73-217 Fredrik Jacobson 72-76-71-219 Simon Dyson 74-72-73-219 Pablo Larrazabal 76-73-71-220 Vijay Singh 75-73-72-220 Rafael Cabrera Bello 75-70-75-220 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 78-73-70-221 Alexander Noren 74-75-72-221 Louis Oosthuizen 77-70-74-221 Tadahiro Takayama 74-73-75-222 Ian Poulter 76-77-71-224 Sang-Moon Bae 79-76-73-228 David Toms 72-70-WD

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL CHICAGO CUBS—Assigned RHP Dae-Eun Rhee and C Micah Gibbs to their minor league camp.

DIGEST

STARS FALL TO JCC IN REGIONAL, 89-67 DONALDSON, Ind. —The LCC men’s basketball team to fell to Jackson Community College 89-67 i’n Friday's regional semifinal.

Alex Archambeau led the Stars with 18 points, while Montel Smith had 17 points and Eron Jackson added 16. The Stars finish the season 19-12.

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Old credit card debt can haunt your taxes There still are ways to protect yourself Sandra Block Gannett

The REO Ramblers play for strikers inside the Reo Motor Car Co. plant in Lansing. Workers staged a sit-down strike in 1937 that resulted in the recognition of the United Automobile Workers by plant management. ARCHIVES OF MICHIGAN

A QUIET REVOLUTION

Calm sit-down strike 75 years ago brought UAW to Lansing Matthew Miller mrmiller@lsj.com

T

he call to strike went out at about 10 minutes before closing time on a Wednesday afternoon in

1937.

More than 1,500 men, workers at the Reo Motor Car Co. in Lansing, shut off their machines and sat down. A month later, they would have union representation.

The United Auto Workers would arrive in Lansing, establishing a foothold for organized labor that has grown deep roots over the past 75 years.

“You could just hear the noise of the factory just slow down until it stopped,” Lester Washburn, then president of the United Auto Workers Local 182, when he was interviewed decades later about the strike against the carmaker.

When he heard the news, Reo Motor President Donald Bates is quoted as saying: “The boys can have the plant for all I care. We haven’t made anything out of it in the past eight years anyway.”

They would have it for the next 28 days.

Calm, orderly The strike that ran from March 10 to April 7, 1937 was one of the many aftershocks of the Flint Sit-Down Strike that had ended earlier that year.

The strike at the Lansing company founded in 1904 by auto pioneer Ransom E. Olds didn’t have the same drama as the UAW’s 44-day struggle with General Motors that had ended in February - no pitched battles with police, Pinkerton agents and company thugs, no court orders to be defied, no international media attention.

Lansing’s version was calm and orderly, but the results were the same.

The men who held their ground for a month in the Reo plant brought the UAW to the city’s auto shops, and when the strike ended, thousands of the city’s residents paraded with them down Washington Avenue.

LANSING AUTO TOWN GALLERY The Lansing Auto Town Gallery, created by Michigan State University's G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, includes audio recordings of interviews with former Reo workers and their families, among them several who recall the sit-down strike of 1937. To listen ot the interviews, go to www.lib.msu.edu/branches/ vvl/autotown/.

Now, 75 years later, current union members can identify with those involved in the historic movement, said Mike Green, president of UAW Local 652, which split from Local 182 in 1939.

Local 652 now represents about 835 workers at GM’s Lansing Grand River assembly plant, 246 workers at its Lansing Regional Stamping facility in Delta Township and other hourly employees at several local suppliers.

“The union is representing a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay,” Green said. “Back then it was a little different, and as things evolved it’s definitely been better for the workers because of what the unions did back then.”

The immediate cause of the strike, the reason cited by union leaders, was the firing of 15 men and a reduction in wages. But there was something else going on that spring.

Falling wage, workforce In 1927, Reo had more than 5,600 workers who earned an average annual wage of $1,530. By 1932, amid the ravages of the Great Depression, the workforce and the average wage had fallen by half.

But as the country began to emerge from the Depression and auto company profits grew, workers who had been squeezed for years began to demand wages that could support families and sought greater job security. At Reo, they

largely abandoned an ineffectual company-sponsored union and threw their lot in with the UAW. “When the Depression came, they were left out in the cold,” Washburn told an interviewer from Allied Industrial Workers of America in the mid-1980s, “and when employment returned, they were asked to accept wage cuts while others received raises. No wonder they rebelled.”

The workers issued a short list of demands when the strike began. Among them: » Recognition of the union » Straight seniority » A 40-hour work week » Time-and-a-half for overtime » A 70-cents-per-hour minimum wage and a 10-cents-perhour raise for those who made more.

‘Reo Joe’ Michigan State University historian Lisa Fine argues in her book, “The Story of Reo Joe,” that the union members here were not radicals, not communists, socialists or enemies of the capitalist system.

Rather, their union activities were rooted in an idea of themselves are respectable members of the community, family men, homeowners, taxpayers.

“If the company could no longer deliver on the promise of a family wage and masculine autonomy,” she writes, “the union would.”

And this sense of “respectable labor unionism,” as she described it in an interview last month, comes through in the way the strike played out.

“We are taking every precaution to protect property,” J.I. Freed, a spokesman for the workers occupying Building No. 48, told The State Journal on the second day of the strike. “Our guards make an inspection of the building every 20 minutes and we have guards posted at all doors which are kept locked. No smoking is allowed except in the smoking rooms and liquor is absolutely barred.”

Billions of dollars in credit card debt that was charged off during the Great Recession — some of it decades old — is coming back to haunt borrowers in the form of unexpected tax bills.

Debt that is canceled or forgiven is considered taxable income, something many borrowers don’t realize until they receive1099-C tax forms from their lenders.

The Internal Revenue Service projects creditors will send taxpayers 6.4 million 1099-Cs in 2012, up from 3.9 million in 2010.

The appearance of an unexpected tax bill “creates a financial nightmare for people who have already been through financial hell,” said Gerri Detweiler, personal finance expert for Credit.com Inc., a consumer finance website based in San Francisco.

Fortunately, if unemployment or other financial calamities forced you to default on your debts, there’s a good chance you won’t have to pay the tax bill. You qualify for an exemption from taxes on forgiven debt if: » You filed for bankruptcy. Debts discharged in bankruptcy aren’t taxable, said Jennifer MacMillan, an enrolled agent in Santa Barbara, Calif.

If you receive a 1099-C for a debt that was discharged in bankruptcy, fill out IRS Form 982 and file it with your tax return, Detweiler said.

Check box 1a, “Discharge of indebtedness in a title 11 case.” (Don’t be confused by the term “title 11” — that’s a reference to the section of the U.S. Code covering bankruptcy, not the type of bankruptcy you filed).

On Line 2, list the amount of debt that was discharged. » You were insolvent. If your debts exceeded your assets when the debt was forgiven, some or all of the debt reported on 1099-C is exempt from taxes. This exclusion is also reported on IRS Form 982.

You can use a worksheet in IRS Publication 4681.

Even if you’re accustomed to doing your own taxes, it may be worthwhile to consult with a professional tax preparer, Detweiler said.

Erroneous tax forms Complicating matters, a significant number of 1099-Cs issued to taxpayers contain errors, said IRS Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson.

To comply with Treasury regulations, some lenders issue 1099-Cs for debts they haven’t tried to collect in 36 months, even if they haven’t forgiven them, she said.

In other cases, taxpayers have received duplicate 1099-Cs for the same debt, she said.

Fixing the problem The worst thing you can do when you receive a 1099-C is ignore it.

When your lender sends you the form, it also sends a copy to the IRS, which will match the document with information on your tax return.

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“If the company could no longer deliver on the promise of a family wage and masculine autonomy, the union would.”

LISA FINE, MSU historian

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Business outlook grows a little more cheerful C

ould the economy actually be looking a little better?

And is it possible, really, that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to dawn on small-business owners, executives and others that the worst is over? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels like a light switch is going on in corporate boardrooms,â&#x20AC;? said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Analytics in New York.

Not all that long ago, after all, many economic experts warned of the possibility of a double-dip recession.

Business owners were reluctant to expand or hire because they worried about another economic downturn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The missing ingredient in this recovery has been a lack of confidence,â&#x20AC;? Zandi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I think businesses are finally getting their groove back.â&#x20AC;?

SUSAN TOMPOR Personal finance stompor@freep.com

Robert Dye, chief economist for Comerica Bank, part of Dallas-based Comerica Inc., said he often talks with small-business owners who say business is picking up.

Small-business owners tend to be more dour, but they see sales improving in their own businesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure I would call it robust optimism at this point, but there is less pessimism,â&#x20AC;? Dye said.

Zandi and others note the recovery clearly is gaining trac-

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REO MOTOR CAR CO.

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Âť 1904: Ransom E. Olds founds Reo Motor Car Co. after parting ways with his business partners at Oldsmobile, which he founded in 1897. Âť 1910: Truck manufacturing begins at Reo. Âť 1936: Car production ends. Âť 1954: Reo is sold to Bohn Aluminum and Brass Co. of Detroit. Âť 1957: Reo becomes a subsidiary of White Motor Co. Âť 1967: White merges with Diamond T Trucks to form Diamond Reo Trucks Inc. Âť 1975: The firm files for bankruptcy and production ceases. Four engineers form Spartan Motors Inc. in Charlotte.

The workers inside passed the time by playing volleyball and cards and checkers. They did callisthenics and organized boxing matches.

They threw together a band, the Reo Ramblers, to provide entertainment.

They talked with family members and neighbors through the open windows of the plant.

And much the community was on their side.

The State Journal reported that much of their food was donated by local merchants. The paper described not opposition, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;disquiet,â&#x20AC;? fears that the strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;might cost Lansing, for an indefinite period, one of its major employing institutions.â&#x20AC;?

One of the first actions

by Reo management was to send all the workers their pay for time worked and notification that they had been fired. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The slips in your pay envelopes are being used in such a manner as to convey the idea that you will never be needed again by Reo,â&#x20AC;? Washburn told his fellow workers, according to the Journal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But rest assured that when your plant resumes operations, we will all go back as one or we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go back at all.â&#x20AC;?

And they did. In the first week of April, Gov. Frank Murphy called the union and management committees together. A deal was struck. The strikers left the plant.

The Journal described the celebration that followed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the greatest labor demonstration this city has ever seen.â&#x20AC;?

It was, in a sense, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a pyrrhic victory,â&#x20AC;? Fine said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because then the plant went into a bit of a decline. It needed to be reorganized.â&#x20AC;?

The workforce at Reo actually fell from 2,200 in 1937 to about 1,500 in 1938. The company, stated by auto pioneer Ransom E. Olds as a carmaker, switched to truck production and eventually was sold and merged with Diamond T Trucks to form Diamon-Reo Trucks Inc. That company folded in 1975 but four engineers broke out on their own, forming what is now Spartan Motors Inc. in Charlotte.

But the strike had

tion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday sales were solid, vehicle sales are steadily improving, the stock market is up strongly, and even housing has taken on a brighter hue,â&#x20AC;? Zandi said.

Many consumers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to make a big move â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as buying a car or remodeling the house â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for some time because of job insecurity.

Some of those worries could be starting to go away.

Overall, the economy is moderately improving if you look at signs in employment gains, stronger growth for the gross domestic product, stronger consumer confidence and an improved Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index.

If consumer confidence continues to build, more businesses

could have more optimistic outlooks, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consumers have been concerned about the availability of jobs for the past three years,â&#x20AC;? said Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

But late last year, consumers began reporting they had noticed more solid job growth.

By February, Curtin said more consumers spontaneously mentioned hearing of increases in jobs than ever before in the history of the surveys, even more than following the 1980s recession.

The improved jobs picture so far has even muted concerns about rising gas prices. Yet Curtin noted that judgment hinges very much on continued job growth and seeing relatively

small additional gains in gas prices.

In general, a business manager can look at improved consumer confidence as a reason to hire more employees or expand operations. And that could be true now but only to a degree.

After the financial crisis, consumers could be more likely to need to rebuild their savings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so they may resume spending in a more methodical manner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The recovery has been very slow, and I think that has made consumers more cautious,â&#x20AC;?

Curtin said.

The threat of a double-dip recession, though, has dropped significantly since summer, economists say.

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Âť Founded: 1935 in Detroit Âť Members: 376,612 in 2010, according to the unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual report Âť Local 182: Amalgamated UAW Local 182 at one time represented nearly 15,000 workers at Reo, Oldsmobile, Fisher Body and a number of smaller shops Âť Local 652: UAW Local 652 was formed in 1939 after a split with Local 182. The local now represents hourly workers at General Motors Co.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lansing Grand River assembly plant, Lansing Regional Stamping facility in Delta Township and local supplier operations of Android Industry, Ryder Logistics and JCIM

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is partly a shopping mall with a cadre of local retailers and restaurants that have expanded to airport locations. MCT NEWS SERVICE FILE PHOTO

Airport retailers cater to captive shoppers More terminals take an upscale approach Shan Li Los Angeles Times

brought in the union.

Amalgamated UAW Local 182 represented nearly 15,000 workers at Reo, Oldsmobile, Fisher Body and a number of smaller shops. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t solve all the problems. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it heaven on Earth in the shops, but it gave you recourse,â&#x20AC;? Fine said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gave you somebody to fight for you if you were being taken advantage of if you were being exploited. It gave you a community among your working-class fellows. It gave you some counterweight to the power of the owners and the capitalists. It was a big deal.â&#x20AC;?

Or, as a statement from the victorious strikers had it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The victory we have achieved is not ours alone. It belongs to all Lansing workers and to workers everywhere.â&#x20AC;?

Lansing State Journal staff writer Laura Misjak contributed to this report.

Cafeteria. Camping ground.

Transportation hub.

Travelers know that airports can take on many identities.

Now, around the country, they are taking on a new role â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as classy shopping complexes, not just endless strips of newsstands, souvenir shops and fastfood outlets tucked between departure gates.

Los Angeles International Airport plans to open a slew of new shops this year, including one by upscale L.A. boutique chain Kitson. McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is building a mini-mall anchored

by Juicy Couture, Guess and Hugo Boss. On the East Coast, New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John F. Kennedy International Airport has welcomed lingerie maker Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Secret.

And Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is home to a shopping mecca of its own.

The emergence of airports as full-on shopping centers got its initial boost after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which drastically increased the time most people

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Airports are trying to match up the demographics of their passengersâ&#x20AC;? with the stores they open.â&#x20AC;?

BRUCE BOUDREAU airport consultant

spend at airports.

And since then, retailers have increasingly seen airport terminals as captive markets for far more than souvenirs, sandwiches, paperback novels and â&#x20AC;&#x153;I (heart) LAâ&#x20AC;? T-shirts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Airports are trying to match up the demographics of their passengersâ&#x20AC;? with the stores they open, said Bruce Boudreau, director of airport consulting firm LeighFisher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a place with more business travelers, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more likely to see electronics shops. In a place with more tourists, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more likely to see toy stores. (In) places with an affluent clientele, more international travelers, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have more duty-free shops.â&#x20AC;?

In the past five years, as longheld leases expire on airport stores, many retail spaces are

being retooled to cater more specifically to women, children, tech lovers and other shoppers once overlooked.

Airports also are looking to offer a local feel to what used to seem like a walk down Anytown, USA, by inviting local brands to bring a little of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soul inside to passing travelers.

Stores targeting business travelers, such as high-end clothier Brooks Bros., are expanding their airport shops, while womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothes and beauty chains, such as Kiehlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Mango, have opened more terminal locations.

The ultimate goal for retailers: to pry more dollars from harried travelers.

At LAX, a multiyear expansion has begun to add a fresh crop of retailers that reflect L.A.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;taste-making city,â&#x20AC;? said Laura Samuels, a spokeswoman for Hudson Group, which operates retail at many airports.

But not every retailer is a fan of airports. Ed Hardy, a Los Angeles street-wear brand, decided not to pursue an LAX store. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of political vying on a lot of things in the airport world,â&#x20AC;? said Caleb Westbay, Ed Hardyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president of sales. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of red tape.â&#x20AC;?

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arning: Be on the lookout for crooks sinking their digital paws into your brokerage account.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a recent alert urging investors customer funds.

FINRA, the self-regulatory organization of the brokerage industry, said the thefts occurred “as a result of instructions emailed to firms from customer email accounts that have been compromised.” The incidents “highlight some of the risks … of accepting instructions to transmit or withdraw funds via email,” the organization said.

Brokerage firms are obligated to safeguard your personal financial information, “but even the best procedures cannot prevent all instances of identity theft, especially if the vulnerability lies with you,” FINRA said.

To protect yourself: » Guard your passwords and PINs and don’t store them on your computer. Change your passwords and PINs regularly and use different ones for each of your accounts. And always use passwords and PINs that have numbers and letters or symbols.

» Make sure your computer has up-to-date security software, including security patches, that the software is configured for automatic updates and that the software is always turned on.

With laptops, be sure to use encryption software. Computer hardware and software providers also have security pages on their Web sites with tips for checking and improving your system’s security. » Don’t use public computers to access your brokerage account.

“Public computers may contain software that captures passwords and PINs, providing that information to others at your expense,” FINRA said. “If you do use another computer, be sure to delete your ‘temporary Internet files’ or ‘cache’ and clear all of your ‘history’ after you log off.”

Check your computer occasionally to make sure no one has attached any device or added programs without your knowledge. » Always log out of your brokerage account completely when you finish. » Don’t respond to emails requesting personal information.

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Apr 12 87.35 87.97 87.02 87.82 May 12 95.25 95.75 95.20 95.70 Jun 12 95.37 95.60 94.82 95.32 Jul 12 96.12 96.32 95.37 95.40 Aug 12 97.10 97.10 96.30 96.47 Oct 12 87.40 87.40 86.57 87.10 Dec 12 83.77 83.95 83.30 83.92 Yesterday sales: 68,991 Yesterday open int: 259,812 CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Apr 12 126.55 126.77 125.70 126.02 Jun 12 124.47 124.62 123.55 123.60 Aug 12 126.67 126.87 125.92 126.15 Oct 12 131.55 131.70 130.82 131.20 Dec 12 132.95 132.95 132.25 132.60 Feb 13 132.77 133.20 132.62 133.05 Apr 13 133.70 133.70 133.00 133.30 Yesterday sales: 72,643 Yesterday open int: 354,678

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Deductions for homeowners can shrink an income tax bill Scott J. Wilson Los Angeles Times

If you own a home, it pays to know the tax breaks that could be available to you.

Here are five deductions spotlighted by personal finance writer David Bakke for the Zillow real estate blog. For more specific information, see your tax preparer or call the Internal Revenue Service help line at (800) 829-1040. » Mortgage interest.

You’re generally entitled to reduce your taxable in-

come by the amount of mortgage interest you pay, as long as you itemize deductions.

Your lender should have sent you a 1098 form in January showing y how much interest you paid. » Private mortgage insurance. If you’re paying for the insurance, the amount is likely to be fully deductible if your adjusted gross income is $100,000 or less ($50,000 for married taxpayers filing separately). Borrowers with incomes above $100,000 may qual-

ify for a partial deduction. » Energy-efficient home improvements. If you installed windows, doors or skylights that met the requirements of the federal Energy Star program in 2011, you could get a tax credit equal to 10 percent of the product’s costs. Hold on to receipts and documentation in case the IRS asks. » Points. The charges you paid in points to get a mortgage are generally deductible if it was a first mortgage on the proper-

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ty. In the case of a refinance of a loan, all or some of the point charges might be deductible, but it gets complicated — check with your tax preparer or the IRS. » Property taxes. The amount you pay in property taxes is deductible as long as it is based on the assessed value of your property (which is usually the case). If your mortgage company collects money from you for the taxes, the amount actually paid should be on the 1098 form you receive.

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4E • Sunday, March 11, 2012 • Lansing State Journal

BUSINESS PEOPLE ARRIVALS » Josh Pettijohn and Andy Richter have joined Lansing-based Clark Construction Co. as project superintendent and project engineer, respectively. » Tina Manshum, of Grand Ledge, has joined East Lansing-based Summit Community Bank as an underwriter at the Home Loan Center in Lansing. » The following have joined Lansing-based law firm Sinas, Dramis, Brake, Boughton & McIntyre PC as associate attorneys: Joel Finnell, Daniel Moraniec and Richard Merpi II. » Mollie Ballmer has joined Lansing-based Granger Construction Co. as graphic artist and electronic media specialist. » Michelle Smith, of Okemos; and Elizabeth Young, of Mason, have joined Andrews Hooper Pavlik PLC’s office in Okemos as staff accountants. » Mike Pacheco has joined the Capital Area

United Way as fund development associate. » Jenn Wilson has joined Ruhala Performing Arts Center in East Lansing as office manager.

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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS » William Hallan has been named Michigan Retailers Association vice president government affairs and general counsel. » The following have been named to the McLaren-Greater Lansing Healthcare Foundation board of trustees: April Clobes, Michigan State University Federal Credit Union; Grace Gibbs, McLaren-Greater Lansing; Darrell Lindman, Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Dunlap; Rachel Michaud, Gillespie Group; Charles “Rusti” Owens, C2AE; Charles Taunt, Michigan Orthopedic Center; Christine Tenaglia, dentist; and Lyn Zynda.

HONORS » James Graves, a

partner with the Sinas Dramis Law Firm in Lansing, has been named 2012 Lansing Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year

by Best Lawyers of America, an Aiken, S.C.based Woodward/White Inc. peer review publication. » Lansing-based accounting firm Maner Costerisan has been selected asnamed a “2011 Technology Pacesetter”

by Accounting Today,

part of New York City-based SourceMedia's Professional Services group.

Smith » Crippen Volvo in Delta Township has received the 2011 Volvo President’s Merpi Club Award from Rockleigh, N.J.based Volvo Cars of North America Pacheco LLC, the U.S. unit of Sweden’s Volvo Car Corp. » Lansing-based MessageMakers has received three Mid-Michigan ADDY awards from Washington, D.C.-based American Advertising Federation. The awards were for videos produced for Harley-Davidson Motor Co., FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey; and a public service announcement for the 2011 East Lansing Film Festival.

» David Harns, of Dansville, government account manager for Verizon Wireless in Michigan, has been named to the company’s National President’s Cabinet for placing in the top one percent nationally in sales during 2011. » Okemos-based Lezotte Miller Public Relations Inc. has received a 2011 Diamond Award from the Public Relations Society of America for a public affairs campaign titled “Campaign to End Project Labor Agreements in Michigan.”

» Lansing-based Edge Partnerships has been named a DiversityBusiness.com 2012 Top Business by the Southport, Conn.-based business exchange platform.

Business People items must be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday a week before publication. Send to Business Calendar, Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee St., Lansing, MI 48919; fax 3771298; email business@lsj.com

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New mortgage relief offered Derek Kravitz The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is offering some relief to homeowners who have government-backed mortgages.

Under a program President Barack Obama unveiled last week, the government would cut the fees it charges to insure those borrowers.

Here’s a look at the program: » What has the administration proposed? » Borrowers with mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration could refinance at half the current fee. A lower fee would follow years of rising mortgage insurance premiums.

FHA also is reducing an up-front premium when it

initiates a loan. The FHA charges the fees on top of standard interest rates because it backs riskier borrowers. » Who’s eligible? » The administration estimates 2 million to 3 million homeowners.

Most are first-time or lowincome homebuyers. The FHA requires only a 3.5 percent down payment.

And borrowers don’t have to prove that they’re employed. FHA borrowers can also refinance even if they’re “underwater,” or owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth. » How much will those who get the reduced fees actually benefit? » The fee is now 1.15 percent of the mortgage balance each year. Those fees are unappealing to

many borrowers who want to refinance. The plan would cut the fee to 0.55 percent. The current up-front premium would also be lowered, from 1 percent of the loan balance to .01 percent. As a result, a borrower who owed $175,000 on their mortgage could save about $1,750 in one-time fees and more than $1,000 per year in annual fees by refinancing. The borrower could save nearly $150 a month more if the interest rate declined from 5 percent to 4 percent. » Can those who are eligible be excluded from other government housing programs? » Most of the other federal housing programs target other types of homeowners. So there’s little overlap with the FHA’s refinancing plan.

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’13 Ram to get Pentastar V-6 engine Also planned: 8-speed transmission Brent Snavely Detroit Free Press

AUBURN HILLS — Chrysler Group LLC plans to introduce its Pentastar V-6 engine and an eight-speed transmission on its 2013 Ram pickup later this year, according to the company’s annual report.

The engine and the transmission are expected to improve the fuel efficiency of the Ram pickup.

The Pentastar engine is a flexible engine platform for Chrysler that offers more power and better fuel efficiency

than the range of six-cylinder engines it has replaced. The V6 Pentastar engine is already available in 11 vehicles across the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep lineups.

The 8-speed transmission is already offered on the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger. In general, the transmission reduces fuel consumption by up to 12 percent compared with Chrysler’s current 5-speed transmissions.

By the end of 2013, Chrysler plans to introduce the transmission in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Dodge Durango and

Ram 1500 pick-up truck, the company said in its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week.

The Ram pickup hasn’t been redesigned since its 2009 model year.

According to the automaker's five-year plan, Ram is scheduled for a major upgrade this year. That means the 2013 Ram will likely be shown at the New York auto show in April since it is the last major auto show in the U.S. until late November.

Chrysler also revealed a more definitive plan for the introduction of start-stop technology in its annual report. The

FORD ROLLS OUT BIG LUXURY TRUCK DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co. has introduced the biggest and most luxuri-

ous vehicle in its lineup with the unveiling of a Platinum trim level of the 2013 F-Series Super Duty pickup.

Pricing won’t be announced for another month and the luxury pickup won’t go on sale until the fourth quarter. But it is designed to be a higher-end vehicle than the King Ranch, which, fully loaded, can exceed $70,000 for an F-450 with a diesel engine and automatic transmission. It can be ordered as an F-250, F-350 or F-450 with a choice of gasoline and diesel engines.

The newest truck comes with a lot of chrome accent and introduces amenities such as a heated leather-wrapped wood steering wheel and heated rear seats, said Brian Rathsburg, F-Series marketing manager.

The new Platinum Super Duty, as well as the Lariat and King Ranch high-end trim levels will also get MyFord Touch for the 2013 model year.

— Detroit Free Press

technology improves the fuel efficiency because it turns off the engine and fuel flow when

the vehicle comes to a full stops, and re-starts the engine automatically upon acceleration.

Ford is pushing for 20% better mileage

TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE

Auto-stop, lighter cars to add efficiency

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This 2011 Ford Edge Limited has the standard MyFordTouch technology showing map-based navigation with 3-D landmarks. Ford plans to improve the system by simplifying the graphics and refining the responses to touch and voice commands. COURTESY OF FORD MOTOR CO.

Help on the way for MyFord Touch users Surveys citing the system’s problems lowered Ford’s ratings Alisa Priddle Detroit Free Press

DEARBORN — Help, in the form of upgraded software, is in the mail for about 300,000 owners of 2011-12 model-year Ford vehicles with MyFord Touch, company officials said.

Ford Motor Co.’s objective is to simplify the graphics and refine the way the system responds to touch and voice commands. While some customers like it, others have expressed confusion or frustration over the first generation of the infotainment and control screen.

Surveys published by J.D. Power and Associates and last week by Consumer Reports magazine gave Ford lower marks across the range of its model lineup than a year earlier. Problems with MyFord Touch were cited as a contributing factor.

Flash drives will be mailed this week that consumers can plug into a USB port to download the upgrade, giving them the latest software version of the system and the one Ford is installing in 2013-model vehicles.

Ford introduced its Sync system in 2007 and continues to augment it to allow consumers to connect their smart-

The new Ford touchscreen interface features simpler graphics and controls.

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phones, iPods, tablets and other devices to their car and access mobile apps in a safe manner. Voice commands and steering wheel controls, in addition to touch screens, allow drivers to keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel.

Sync expanded into the more sophisticated MyFord and MyLincoln Touch, which has received mixed reviews from consumers and the automotive media.

In hindsight, “We should have spent more time up front working on responsiveness,” said Graydon Reitz, director of electronics and electrical systems engineering. For the 2013 model year, Ford

will offer the next-generation MyFord Touch on seven vehicles and MyLincoln Touch on at least four.

And the feature has come down in price from $395 to $295.

The touch screen and voice recognition are simpler to read and use, faster and more intuitive, said Derrick Kuzak, head of Ford’s global product development.

It is easier to change a radio station, turn up the heat or get directions. The heated seat command, for example, is on the home screen now; it took about three touches to get to the right screen before.

Phone pairing was improved, and customers with navigation systems will receive a memory card that can update maps. Engineers also worked to clean up errors generated when a variety of external devices connect to the car’s software.

“It’s more than an update. It’s a substantial upgrade,” Kuzak said.

Ford tested the new software over the past three months with employees and dealers, Reitz said. Feedback from the first group of1,000 testers was incorporated, and a second group of 700 further verified the system.

ord Motor Co. will increase the fuel economy of its U.S. vehicles at least 20 percent by 2020 — a goal aided by the launch of a Focus rated at 105 m.p.g., the company’s top vehicle-development executives said.

Overall, Ford will use new technologies, lightweight materials and various levels of electrification, said two Ford executives, Derrick Kuzak, the Dearborn carmaker’s retiring global product development boss, and his MARK successor, Raj Nair.

The company exPHELAN pects its upcoming Auto critic electric Focus comphelan@ pact to be the most freepress.com fuel-efficient fivepassenger vehicle in America. The EPA rated the battery-powered car at the equivalent of 105 m.p.g. for a gasoline-powered car.

Ford is entering the second phase of its long-term program to reduce oil consumption and build more electric and alternative-fuel vehicles, Kuzak said.

“This is a 30-year story,” said Kuzak, adding that every vehicle that Ford introduces should be a leader in fuel economy.

This year’s fuel improvements will come from auto-stop, which shuts off the 2013 Fusion’s engine at stoplights, new hybrid and batterypowered vehicles, and wider use of turbocharging and direct fuel injection, which is more efficient.

Ford also plans to reduce the weight of every new vehicle by up to 700 pounds, depending on the model. The upcoming Transit commercial van will shave more than 300 pounds from the E-series van it replaces, for example, Nair said.

Ford expects gasoline and hybrid versions of the new Fusion that debuts this fall to be very competitive with cars including the Chevrolet Malibu Eco, Hyundai Sonata, Nissan Altima and Toyota Camry.

Growth in developing nations around the world will increase fuel demand — and oil prices — for at least the next 10 years, Ford economist Ellen Hughes-Cromwick said.

“It’s the first time we’ve seen so much development, so fast” in so many places, she said. “There’s a lot of volatility and uncertainty” in oil prices.

Mark Phelan is the auto critic at the Detroit Free Press.

Need speed? GT-R whooshes 0-60 in 2.9 ticks Terry Box

2012 NISSAN GT-R:

The Dallas Morning News

G

odzilla is just one of the nicknames affixed to the sullen, blocky 530-horsepower Nissan GT-R — an intense, eccentric Japanese-flavored super car that has earned each and every label.

I call it Big Twist.

Part cult car, part videogame star and part weekend racer, the GT-R is easily Nissan’s most interesting car and by far its rarest, with sales last year of just 1,294 in the United States.

For decades, it existed only in Japan as the Skyline GT-R, attracting worldwide acclaim from enthusiasts despite its loopy name.

Four years ago, on July 4, Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. gave us a U.S. version of the GT-R complete

Type of vehicle: Four-passenger, all-wheel-drive coupe Price as tested: $91,230 Fuel economy: 16 miles per gallon city, 23 highway Engine: Turbocharged 3.8liter V-6 with 530 horsepower Transmission: Six-speed, dual-clutch automatic

The blazing-fast GT-R is by far Nissan's rarest, with sales last year of just 1,294 vehicles in the U.S. COURTESY OF NISSAN MOTOR CO. LTD.

with a massively turbocharged six-cylinder engine, track-oriented suspension and all-wheel drive.

Think of it as a Subaru WRXSTI that went stark-raving-in-

the-night crazy after overdosing on steroids and weightlifting. How nuts, you might ask?

Try 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds, according to Nissan and Car and Driver.

The 2012 GT-R that recently arrived at The Daily Planet, coated in a fine shade of arrestme-officer red, practically crackled with radioactivity.

Few would call the GT-R beautiful. Square and bulky, it sported front fenders with shoulders atop them that looked like Swiss ski ramps.

A long hood and massive grille added to its almost cartoonish sense of largeness —

mitigated some by a great, sloping top.

Copper-colored Brembo/Nissan calipers glared from behind good-looking 20-inch gray wheels, shod with 255/40 tires up front and 285/35s in back.

My favorite view of the car — and the one other drivers will see most — was its thick rear end, relieved by four large round tail lamps and dual exhaust outlets that appeared to be roughly six inches in diameter.

The GT-R exploded to life with one touch of a big red starter button on its large black-plastic console.

The GT-R’s mighty 3.8-liter V-6 is strong right off idle. But it comes into full gruff voice at 3,000 rpm and the super-surge to 7,000 will almost give you the vapors — whatever that is.

Terry Box writes about autos for The Dallas Morning News.

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6E â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday, March 11, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ Lansing State Journal

Lansing candy shop owner reaches out STACY JOHNSON-POWELL

Laura Misjak lmisjak@lsj.com

Stacy Johnson-Powell knows how to satisfy a sweet tooth, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping to use that skill to help local nonprofits with her new Lansing business venture.

The California resident set up a permanent nonprofit shop at 1500 E. Michigan Ave. in January called Franâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House & Rudyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen It sells Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candies, made by the historic South San Francisco business made famous in the 1950s sitcom â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Love Lucyâ&#x20AC;? episode featuring a conveyor belt scene with Lucille Ball.

Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candies Inc., is a franchise candy operation owned by billionaire investor Warren Buffetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Johnson-Powell first opened a similar nonprofit shop in Pomona, Calif. But she decided to return Lansing, where she has family and has previously worked, to set up the first nonprofit shop in the state selling the Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candies line.

Anyone can stop by the cozy store front at the corner of Lathrop and Michigan to purchase the chocolates, nuts, chews and other treats, and nonprofits can purchase the candy at a discount for sales. Âť Why did you decide to expand to Lansing?

We opened up a seasonal shop in Frandor (Shopping Center) next to Panera and we had a kiosk in the Meridian Mall (in Okemos). Sales were great in Frandor and that is why we decided to have

Âť Position: Owner of Franâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House & Rudyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen, a new shop in Lansing Âť Where: 1500 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing Âť Education: Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in liberal studies with a concentration in environmental studies from the University of Redlands in California, working on completing her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in education at Cambridge College in Ontario, Calif. Âť Experience: Worked in the nonprofit sector for many years, including from 1983-1986 in Lansing. Âť Age: 49 Âť Family: Married to husband William, for 30 years, with two daughters. Âť Residence: Pomona, Calif.

She plans to travel to Michigan every few months to check up on the store. Âť Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday; noon to 5:30 p.m.

Monday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday Âť Fundraising: For information on selling Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candies for nonprofits, call (947) 517-7337 or stop by the shop.

a permanent store in Lansing because residents seemed more receptive to the candy and what we were doing. Âť Can you explain the nonprofit side of your business?

Right now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the phase of trying to become sustainable. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive any type of government funding. We expect by the third year to begin to give back. In California, we want to provide vision and dental services for people who reside in substance abuse recovery settings. Here, our priority is to help raise for other nonprof-

MEETINGS & EVENTS MONDAY, MARCH 12 COMMUNITY

Clothing Resources for Job Seekers, ongoing. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center of Greater Lansing, 1712 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing.

Interview clothing and accessories are available for women in the Lansing area who cannot afford to shop in stores. Women are encouraged to make appointments. Info: 372-9163, www.womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org.

NETWORKING

One-on-one job help, March 12. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing.

Offered for those seeking a new job. Help with updating a resume, preparing for an interview and more. Call to set up an appointment. Info: 351-2420 ext. 100, elpl.org. Cost: Free.

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS Stacy Johnson-Powell, joined by her cat, Pandora, has opened a See's Candies shop on Michigan Avenue in Lansing. GREG DERUITER/LANSING STATE JOURNAL

its. Recently, we teamed up with Volunteers of America and they sold Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candy to raise money. Âť Why did you choose to sell Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candies?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a really good product and it was a family-owned company. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Kiwanian and when I joined we were selling Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s by word-of-mouth.

I had an office in a shopping center and I offered to open up our storefront to sell the candy. It worked for us because we do community outreach and the nonprofit where I worked did community in-reach. It was a marriage that worked and began to grow and the club made some really good money for scholarships and little league teams and other community-based projects. Âť How has business been so far?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some followers from Frandor. A lot of our customers have

stories of their grandparents mailing them Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candies or their mom worked for Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. One customer said she used to take care of one of the Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family members and he left her his personal items. We helped her get in touch with the Seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family through the corporate office in California. Âť Why did you name your business after your parents?

My mother is a nurse practitioner and my father was a chef after serving in the Navy and is retired from the U.S. Postal Service. We were raised to always do community work and help others, my motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traveled the world helping others. And what we learned as children is that our problems were solved around the kitchen table. I remember my mother bringing people home often to help them or give advice and my father would make them dinner.

"Making the Connection: Social Strategy for Small Business", 2:30-4:30 p.m.

March 12. MI-SBTDC Capitol Region, 309 N. Washington Square, Lansing. Info: 483-1921.

Cost: $25.

The Power of Email Marketing, 6-8 p.m. March 12. Lansing Community College, 309 N. Washington Square, Lansing.

This seminar will show you how email marketing can help drive your business success. Discover how communicating with your customers regularly can help you stay connected, and generate increased referrals, repeat sales, and unwavering customer loyalty. Call 517.483.1921 Info: 483-1921, www.misbtdc.org.

Cost: Free.

sume, pick up job search tips, and network with others. Use resources and perform job searches. Info: 321-4014 ext. 4, www.dtdl.org. Cost: free.

Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce Member Mixer, 5-7 p.m. March 13. DBI Business Interiors, 912 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Includes hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres. Info: 485-3200. Cost is $10 for members, $30 for non-members.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

Business and Bagels, 8-9:15 a.m. Henry Center For Executive Development, 3535 Forest Road, Lansing. Corporate Wellness Works: Creating a Healthier, Happier Workplace. Advance Registration Recommended Info: 353-8711. Cost: $25.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15 SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

Fundamentals of Writing a Business Plan, 6-8 p.m. March 15. Charlotte City Hall, 111 E. Lawrence Ave. # C, Charlotte.

Designed for individuals who want to increase their chances for successful self-employment, or business launch, this course covers business planning in detail. The first steps for creating a business plan draft will be included. Live examples of effective business plans are used as course material. Register: www.misbtdc.org or call 4831921. Info: 483-1921, www.misbtdc.org. Cost: Free.

TUESDAY, MARCH 13

FRIDAY, MARCH 16

CLUBS AND MEETINGS

Workshop on Planning for Success, 10 a.m.- noon March 16. MICA Gallery, 1210 N. Turner St., Lansing. Sixth workshop in the Arts Council of Greater Lansingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new "SmArts" program . Register online. Info: 372-4636, www.lansingarts.org.

Mid-Michigan Labor & Employment Relations Association meeting, 11:30 a.m.

March 13. Spartan Hall of Fame Cafe, 1601 W. Lake Lansing Road, East Lansing. Speaker: Willie James, finance manager for General Motors Lansing plants Public welcome. Email lera@msu.edu to RSVP. Info: 432-7402. Cost: $25; $20 for members.

NETWORKING

Job Seekers Club, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 13. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. Share experiences, update your re-

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

Business calendar items must be submitted by 5 p.m.

Monday a week before publication. Send to Business Calendar, Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee St., Lansing, MI 48919; fax 377-1298; email business@lsj.com

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