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LCC’s wrecking ball to strike again
“The fact of this building coming down upsets me more than us losing our office,” Bonnie Faraone, wife of attorney Michael Faraone, told the group. The Faraones have kept their law office at 617 N. Capitol, built in 1888, for eight years. “We’re just a person who’s going to pass through time, like everyone else,” Faraone said.

Union sets primaries against Dem commissioners
Commissioners Deb Nolan in the Okemos-based 12th, Brian McGrain in the East Lansing-based 10th and Carol Koenig in the East Lansing-based 9th all found themselves crossways with the Lansing Labor Council after at least three high-profile votes created a split within the commissioners’ otherwise congenial Democratic caucus.

Here’s a good one
Michael Magdich, a staunch alternative energy supporter from Livingston County, hoped to oppose Lance Enderle, the Democratic nominee two years ago, in the August primary for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House in the 8th Congressional District.

Teachers’ jobs safe — for now
Of the district’s $175 million budget, 85 percent is paid to personnel expenses, Caamal Canul said on the “City Pulse Newsmakers” TV show, which means frozen pay and benefits for next year but no layoffs. Of the 85 percent, 70 percent is spent on teachers.

The border
It turned out to be 17-year-old Dennis Duane Gibbons Jr., who Tran said was attempting to break into the store from the roof. His point of access was the roof and the heating vent. Initial police reports said he died of exposure after he got stuck. Police at the time said it was unclear why Gibbons attempted to gain entry into the business.

C’mon, get scrappy
Friedland Industries’ scrap yard is filled with 9,000 pounds of abandoned scrap metal. To an average consumer, this may appear entirely worthless, even useless.

The Good Book gets a rewrite
Penn Jillette (best known as half of Penn and Teller, the sleight-of-hand showmen) visits the Hannah Community Center for a book talk and signing of his New York Times bestseller “God, No! Signs You May Already be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales,” hosted by the Michigan Center for Inquiry.

The world is a Circle
“It’s the nuttiest thing I’ve ever done,” Chad Badgero said of Christopher Durang’s “Adrift in Macao,” which he is directing for Michigan State University’s Summer Circle Theatre.

The show must go on?
To produce a show called “Follies,” one must be either very brave or self-delusional about one’s limitations. In the case of Riverwalk Theatre’s production, directed by Ken Beachler, it may be a bit of both.

Appealing ‘Apartment’
Basic ingredients for “Apartment 3A” include pretty female protagonist Annie (Abbie Murphy); the nice guy who's just right for her, Elliot (Blake Bowen), and the eccentric, sage-like next-door neigh bor, Donald (Mike Stewart).

Buttermilk pours it on
However, during the 1940s and ‘50s, some of those hard-living songwriters traveled north to Michigan, often in search of work. One of those legendary bluesmen was Mississippi-born Big Bill Broonzy, who landed in Delton at the Circle Pines Center, a summer camp and retreat and host of the upcoming Second Annual Buttermilk Jamboree music fest.

Spotlight on Rob Roznowski
Rob Roznowski, Michigan State University associate professor of acting, was named Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year by the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan.

Smith gets down to business
Plenty of people insist that nothing gets accomplished in Washington these days. Craig Mitchell Smith is not among them. The Lansing glass artist took a quick trip to the nation’s capital last Friday to attend the Michigan Business Leaders Briefing, hosted by the White House Business Council and Business Forward.

‘Golden’ girls: The next generation
“New blood,” “taking a bite,” “sucking you in”: It’s easy to fall back on clichés when writing about the vampire genre. Even though we’ve moved past the garlic cloves, Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Buffy and even George Hamilton, you can still expect to see a pale, inviting neck on the dust jackets of most vampire books.

Advice Goddess
are disgusting, and the whole place is seriously messy. There’s this eerie feeling that the house was formerly homey, like nothing has changed since his wife left him three years ago — down to the box of sanitary pads in the bathroom cupboard and the very wife-ish folksy kitchen art everywhere.

OUT ON THE TOWN
According to the American Heart Association, about 70 percent of Americans do not know CPR or their training has lapsed, leaving them unprepared during a cardiac emergency. The survival of someone who has a sudden cardiac arrest depends heavily on receiving CPR from someone nearby.

Turn it down
The Lansing hip-hop scene suffered a tragic loss when rapper and promoter Cameron Doyle, a.k.a. Big Perm, passed away at Sparrow Hospital on June 2 after suffering a stroke. Doyle, who was influenced by legends like Pimp C, Notorious B.I.G.

New in town
Last week, East Lansing got a taste of Georgia hospitality with the grand opening of Moe’s Southwest Grill, an Atlantabased burrito/taco/nacho franchise. The 12-year-old chain already has over 450 locations throughout the U.S., and is slowly spreading north, with only two other locations in Michigan so far.

Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If your destiny has gotten tweaked by bias or injustice, it's a good time to rebel. If you are being manipulated by people who care for you — even if it's allegedly for your own good — you now have the insight and power necessary to wriggle free of the bind.

The summer spirits
Six northwest Michigan meat markets provided gourmet-style brats, including jalapeno bleu cheese, Philly cheese, steak and mushroom, asparagus and cheddar, cherry pecan and even Hawaiian. Twentyseven craft breweries, meaderies and cideries were represented.

Food finder
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