What`s in your Flint Journal

Transcription

Beginning February 2
What’s
New
in your Flint Journal
SKATING
SAINTS
LIONS
GAME
COVERAGE
45
28
THE ISSUE
y
rby
R
erb
de
llerr d
olle
Ro
n
en
me
om
at
wo
ts w
acts
trac
attr
fo
us
rious
vario
forr va
re
ns
ons
aso
reas
B1
Inside
C1
Golden
Globes are
gonna love
Clooney
N G M L I V E .C O M
P OW E R I NG
$2
.00
$2.00
MLIV E.COM
2012
, 20
8,11
ce,mb
Janerua14ry
Deay
Su, nd
Su nd ay
S
Y ,,
AY
DA
ND
UN
SU
mliv
m
.com
e.co
live
well done, but lions are done
EN TER TA INM EN T
SEC TIO N D
$2.
00
$2.00
8, 2012
JJ A
Y 8, 2012
RY
AR
UA
NU
AN
Future
Genesee:
ring?
Your guide to the news you
Shawant
.C O M
P OW E R I NG M L I V E
$1 .00
, 2011
Tuesday, December 16
P OW E R I N G M L I V E .C O M
Sunday, December 14, 2011
P OW E R I NG
Today.entertainment
Tuesday, December 16, 2011
$2.00
Events, art, theater, and music
mlive.com
Is this
winning?
SWEET!
Boy’s
Quick
Hits Winter arts
Getting off Don’t miss a beat
to slow start These
P OW E R I NG
N fans
G M L I V E .C O M
Lions,
enjoying
team’s first
playoff berth
since 1999
P OW E R I NG M L I V E .C O M
$2.00
Only two suspects
stick with Ceasefire
program | A3
album
sets offer
Inside
every song Today, B5
$2.00
Michigan’s victory
lineup
ashes
We all lost by
following
wacky
celebs
in Sugar
Bowl caps
Plenty
$1.00
C1
to do
this season
stolen
11-win
season
B1
$1.00
consolidate area services
Effort toCOMMON
Focus shifts
er now runs Flint
mother
DENOMINATOR
t: Leadtoin murder
gains clou
trial
county and other
Thursday, December 18, 2011
$1.00
All-Star
Red Wings
Jimmy Howard,
Pavel Datsyuk
selected
Inside
to play
Decade’s worst movies
have similarities
C1
,
other
A3city
the
nty andcou
city, couB1
the
ments could
ld
al govern
loc
ernmentsida
local gov
or
sol te
perate,, con
te or
coo
consolida
cooperatete
.
ney
mo
e
sav
to
ora
ney
lab
mo
e
col
sav
ss
te to nesee pro.jnth
mlive
o
mmo
live
collabora
mlive
Tw
—
NT
nth
FLI
Ge
mo
o
ure
jTw
Fut
pro
—
e
ee
Th
NT
nes
FLI
Ge
The Future
int for con
forand
Flint submits new proposal,
, a bluepr
conwn
ago
Bro
by
eprint for
,, led
and for- y
ect
wn
ago, a blu
Bro
and
by
t
led
P OW E R I NG
Flin
hopes federal officials
e
ect
err
som
n D. Cherry
idating some Flint and
sol
r Lt. Gov.
me
solidatingCo
John D. Ch
v. Joh
y services
mer Lt. Go
unt
t
ee
es
d
nes
rce
Ge
nfo
unty servicpie
ss rei
wa
last
Jr.,
d las
nesee Co
rce
in
Ge
nfo
rei
like
d
wa
me
Jr.,
r’s
yde
Sn
$1 .00
y have
k
ma
Ric
v.
Go
seemed like pie in year by
e see
yder’s
Sn
k
may hav
Ric
v.
Go
by
r
-yea
com
..
gan
sky
chi
the
tt Mi
tha
11
com
20
and
,
gan
18
dem
sky
chi
er
the
Mi
mb
ive
tha
ce
ect
De
and
dem
ce
ntywide
pie
a
Thursday,
nt
A
detective
tt wa
e det
tha
ce
ies
pie
nit
a
countywid
mu
nt
A cou
wa
a
tha
,
ies
e lab, a
munit
haring
eau and crim
enue-s
bur
rev
Takeover chiefs’ six-figure salaries
crime lab
the state
e-sharing
of
bureau and
erevenu
temanager’s
set by state, but communities pay
parks maint
of the sta
Emergency
update
to
ling
intewil
solidated
e
con
y’r
the
w
to
ted parksama
sho
ling
on Flint
sounds
alarm
for community
pie
wil
e
consolida
y’r
ltithe
and a mu
pie show vices.
ce system
multinan
ser
tem andaut
re
sha
nance sysona
es.
ity
vic
hor
ser
re
fire
sha
l
um
ity
icti
circ
hor
isd
jur
l fire auta goal
der normal circumUn
jurisdictiona
with goal
Under normal the
Licensed parlor helps nontraditional church reach out
se
all designed
—
ed withThe a
Source Magazine features stances, putting
Decades later, senior Flushing couple celebrate bar, bat mitzvahs
g theseas
— all design
dol
s, puttin
er
nce
pay
sta
tax
Flint’s
No.
1
rapper
as
‘Unsigned
Hype’
ve
ser
or
dol
con
—
er
to
es
pay
vic
tax
ser
ve
as
red
ser
or
sha
to con
vices — “be
shared ser
st
s.
m,
lar
the
ls
rr cal
Lady Gaga voted AP
yde
Sn
m, “best uld
Year-end fun
lars.
the
ls
l
cal
stil
as
yde
ide
Sn
h
suc
wo
ile
ce
l
pla
stil
Wh
in
as
—
ide
h
uld
Entertainer
of
the
Year
es”
New Year’s Eve is packed with things to doHundreds
suc
wo
ctic
ce
pra
While
mourn
— in pla
hurdless to
practices” by
e.
to
tap
e plenty of
hav
red
of hurdle
lled
sta
e.
be
tap
have plenty
red
Flushing High teen
by
hin
lled
wit
sta
be
be
ar, they may
cle
changess in
y be within
Indiana DNR investigating shooting
t under
in
Bu
clear, they ma
er changeSn
But undsig
in woods as senior played paintball
t one of the
yderr
by
ch now tha
rea
ned
that one nofisthe
law
te
Iowa win helps Romney, but it has no punch
sta
by Snydenreach now
ned
at
sig
law
pla
te Scientists:em
sta
the
Cut
soot,
ind
y
at
beh
is
enc
n
n
Now he heads
me
erg
New powerful painkiller
pla
,, emergency ma
the
nrch
ma
Ma
behind Flin
in
n
me
University of Michigan president looks ahead
ed
to friendly turfcenter, can’t catch a
methane
rchto curb warming
t,
in Ma
e
of
m
catch a
ed big crowds
hel
worries abuse experts
vin Johnson,
Brown hav
arm
the
t, arm
h
n, center, can’t Har
suc
of Flin
have
rs
m show
Detroit Lions’
age
Auto
expected
to draw
The
the hel
,,
Calvin JohnsoSain
to
as Brown
s’ Cal
per
h as
ity
suc
hor
an
rs
aut
Rom
age
ed
ing
ts’
The Detroit Lion
and
lud
to
inc
per
exp
ity
,
ans
h
Har
ers
hor
wit
Orle
an
aut
pow
Rom
New
ed
ing
ed
ts’
and
lud
nn the
and
Sain
inc
exp
wee
,
exp
ans
h
ers
ss bet
wit
Orle
pas
pow
nt.
ed
NFL
me
the New
an
ern
ff of
expandlity
gov
or
tt hal
te
city
firs
ida
pas betwee onn
the
nge
sol
NFL
ment.
ing
an
cha
con
ern
dur
of
to
gov
bar
or
hal
te
Dun
abi
city
firs
ida
the
the
nge
sol
Jo-L
ing
cha
con
dur
y
to
,, and
bar
enc
left
lity
Dun
erg
abi
phOTO
the
Ap
em
n
onn
the
wo
Jo-L
in
new
ts
and
t’s
y
nts
Sain
me
enc
left
Flin
The
art
erg
ay.
the
dep
em
n
urd
te
wo
Sat
in
e
new
ts
ina
t’s
nts
gam
Sain
f
elim
me
Flin
The
yof
art
ay.
pla
,,
d
dep
urd
wn
te
-car
Sat
Bro
e
ina
wild
el
gam
f
elim
cha
yof
Mi
pla
er,
d
nag Michael Brown
ma
wild-car
manager,
ED PRESSS Jo-Lonn Dunbar during the
28.
al effort
| THE ASSO,CIAT
ee 45gam
and
ED, PRES
LD HERBERT
lead a
GERA
FUTURE, A16
left
ped
OM
See
45perCIAT
hel
THE ASSO
SAINTS 45 SKATING
E .C
local effort
I VOrl
n |Har
gam
a loc
Lw
HERB
maERT
MNe
NG
NG
s’LDRo
GERA
Iwe
THE ISSUE
ped lead ide
second half
R28.
ean
See FUTURE, A16
E
hel
the
OW
in
ys
P
wa
nts
fy
en
Sai
nti
the
h
bet
s
to
wit
r
pas
ys
up
a
yea
p
t
wa
Roller
derby
ch
las
kee
fy
LIONS
28
cat
Roller
derby
nti
’t
B1
not
ide
ld
can
see
to
n
cou
,
r
me
last yea
d ga
vin Johnsoattracts
ay. De
urd
ld-itcar
attracts women
women
Sat
witro
the
The Lions’ CalGAME
game, see B1
llrgam
on
car
moere
f foo•tba
for
for various
various
d playofInside
gdseason. Sports, B1.
re on the wild-nin
For mo
an NFL wild car
• Fo
reasons
reasons
t half ofCOVERAGE
s nonetheless a win
.00
Sports, B1
Inside
$1.00
$1.00
Tattoos with devotion
‘It’s never too late’
P OW E R I NG
P OW E R I NG
$1.00
Friday, December 19, 2011
T H U R S D AY ,
.com
T U E S D AY ,
.com
Y
STIN LONGLE
KRI
GLEY
KRISTIN LON
urnal.com | 810-766-6313
flintjo
klongley@
| 810-766-6313
klongley@flintjournal.com
P OW E R I NG
Manager
pay draws
criticism
A3
$1.00
$1.00
F R I D AY ,
.com
Budget
troubles
‘massive’
Restore
energy
grant
P OW E R I NG
An honor for Jon Connor
$1.00
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
• New Live Smart Section
• Entertainment news
on
ch
ar
m
ts
on
in
ch
Sa
ar
m
ts
in
• “Huge” sports column Sa
• Nascar
page
B1
firs
wa
C1to endmwh
live at
e, 45-28,
and dropped the gam
2011
Suzanne Sullivan, mother of Christopher Sullivan, a
soldier shot at his homecoming party | Story, A10
Fr iday, December 19,
.com
$1
Michael Simley, who launched a website of
photographs of unidentified corpses | Story, A8
mlive
.com
live.com
$2.00
S
SU
UN
ND
D AY
AY ,,
Auto show ready
for resurs thgisewenekceamamidid
$1.00
Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby on video
of American Marines standing over Taliban dead
m.com
live
It’s Cadillac
W
vs. BauM
using to show
Future
Genesee:
Sharing?
Effort to consolidate area services
gains clout: Leader now runs Flint
P OW E R I NG
m.com
live
Flint
P OW E R I NG
• Sports
• Comics
$1.00
ens this week
open
Ex
nzaa op
ganz
vaga
trava
Extra
bo
aa fo
er
bo
w
CoeNewsletter
ne
forr Co
ry,
st
er
du
w
in
r
ne
fo
ry,
pe
st
ho
du
SUNDAY
w
in
r
ne
fo
pe
ho
new
Saints
Saints march
march on
on
P OW E R I NG
GM using auto
to muscle its way into small,
MLive upscale car markefort small,
GINS
market
the
the market for small,
HIGGINS
TIM
s, an
cale car
TIM HIGnews
ups
cars, an ay
ND
• Daily headlines and
• The latest
in real
• Seven
days
of
upscaleant
RG NEWSS
EL WAYLA
HA
BLOOMBE
MIC
NDTV listings
go
ryw
u
ent
Auto show
yo
RG NEW
If
MBE
HAEL WAYLA
ort
BLOO
MICready
imp
go
ryway
u
It’s
Cadillac
ent
yo
ant
If
NAL
ort
JOUR
imp
FLINT
THE
FOR THE FLINT JOURNAL
ers
tom
cus
for resurgence
new
FOR
for
vs. BMW• Public tickets for
ers
tom
—
D
cus
IEL
stories
emailed
to
you
time
at
MLive.com
Business
• Michigan
new
HF
for
UT
y
for
SO
uar
ets
Jan
D—
ted
tt last
ina
Vol
• Public tick
let
dom
vro
SOUTHFIEL
tt is
Che
erJanuary
tha
Int
the
an
last
ted
at
h
can
k
eric
ina
Vol
wit
eri
loo
Am
s,
let
er
dom
Am
rth
tor
vro
is
clos
rth
No
a
Mo
Che
eral
No
tha
the
Int
get
the
e
an
ner
at
Th
Ge
eric
s,
Cobo
American Detroit
tors, with by German vehicle
dia members
a closer look
Me
the North Am
The NorthtoJournal
General Mo
w are
s,
at Cobo
rnational Auto Show at
Media members1 get
an vehiclees
it
• Wallnat
Street
pages
rnational Auto
by Germthe
Inte
Show are
ewed verve as
o Sho
ional Au Show in
in Detro
ren
International Auto Show
201 North American Inte
eri
3-S
International Autdoo
during the
renewed verve as t
national Auto Show momenr, online
such as
the 2011 North American
3-Series
$1.00
Extravaganza
Extravaganza opens
opens this
this week
week amid
amid
new
new hope
hope for
for industry,
industry, new
new era
era for
for Cobo
Cobo
NAL
| THE FLINT JOUR
RYAN GARZA
JOURNAL
RYAN GARZA | THE FLINT
GM using auto show
upscale car market
regain
mentinues to
con
to regainomo
ry
continues
ust
ind
.. aut
U.S
the
ustry
as
ind
o
tum
aut
U.S
the
tum as ds to prerecession lev
levion
oun
ess
reb
rec
pre
to
ds
rebounicials say.
,, off
els
.
say
ls
els officia
ich
show, wh
is year’s
which t of
Th
r’s show,
This yea
firs
the
h
wit
y
nda
first of
Mo
rts
the
h
sta
wit
y
nda
starts Mo
w days, will
two media previe
view days, will
Check
Check mlive.com/naias
mlive.com/naias
•• All
All the
the news
news from
from the
the show
show
•• Behind-the-scenes
Behind-the-scenes info
info
•• Updates
Updates and
and breaking
breaking news
news
•• Photo
Photo galleries
galleries of
of the
the cool
cool
cars
cars and
and more
more
Republican
Republican state
state Rep.
Rep. Mike
Mike Shirkey
Shirkey on
on right-to-work
right-to-work
legislation
legislation || Story,
Story, A10
A10
the
ilable at
r, online
ava
at the dooand
available aia
by
om
by
www.naias.c
at
s.com and
at www.n
..
173
3-5
-28
248
ling
cal
173
3-5
-28
248
ling
cal
cost $12,,
lt tickets
•
ets cost $12
Adult ticksen
• Adu
citizens
ior
for
ets
ens
tick
senior citiz
tickets for
years
12
to
7
n
ldre
chi
and
12 years
to
7
n
ldre
chi
and
mlive
live
are $6, and children
.com
.com
during
ter in Detroit.
Cen
Center in Detroit.
days are
dia preview
me
w days are
media preevie
m
, up fro
uts
deb
wid
from
rld
wo
uts
e deb , up
iworldwid
off
to
ing
ord
acc
r,
offitt yea
to
las
ing
32
ord
32 las year, acc
ls.
cia
cials. 2012 NAIAS opens
The
S opens
this year.
r.
tching for
wa
for thiss yea
watching
l’sfor a
ysler aim
bull’sa bul
1.
aims for Do
Chryslerurr
1. Chr
dge
ed
ect
res
e
dge
: Th resurrected Do
eye
eye: Theexp
ed to be one
ect
one
rt is
Da
ected to be
Dart is exp
worldlar
opu
st-p
mo
the
of
lar worldopu
st-p
mo
of the
at the auto show.
ges
world’s big
the
biggest in
the world’s
l be
wil
r,
ake
om
aut
be in
wil
r,
ake
autom tlight atl the
spo
the
at
ht
tlig
the spo auto shothe
troit auto show
De
w
Detroit ek,
on
taking
we
this
ing on
this week, tak
rr
ula
pop
its
and
W
BM
ula
pop
its
BMW and
ha
3-Series line wit
a
ith
such as the
desthe Merce
and
rcedesand the Me
s.
las
C-C
z
Ben
s.
las
C-C
z
Ben
the
e gorilla in
“Th
in the
“The gorilla
s,”
erie
3-S
the
is
m
roo
erie
3-S
the
room is Neil, Cadil-s,”
Mc
rt
Ku
dilCa
il,
Kurt MceNe
’s vic president of
of
lac
lac’s vice president
eek.
Tuesday
Today.entertainment
THE FLINT JOURNAL
A4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
OPINION
JOIN THE CONVERSATION AT MLIVE.COM
Marjory Raymer
Community News Director
269-388-8454
Bernie Eng
Community Engagement Specialist
269-388-8455
mraymer@mlivemediagroup.com
Paul Keep
Executive Editor of Print
616-222-5506
Share your opinions
The Flint Journal,
Your Views,
200 E. First St, Flint MI 48502-1925
Events, art, theater, and music
beng@mlivemediagroup.com
pkeep@mlivemediagroup.com
C1 • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011 • THE FLINT JOURNAL •
WORD CLOUD: ROMNEY’S IOWA SPEECH
mlive.com
Is this
winning?
SWEET!
Boy’s
Quick
Hits Winter arts
Mitt Romney’s marketing stratgey is clear in this word cloud of his speech following Tuesday’s Iowa Caucus.
Commonly used words are displayed. The more frequent the word, the larger it appears.
Michigan’s victory
lineup
ashes
We all lost by
following
wacky
celebs
in Sugar
Bowl caps
Plenty
Entertainment
choices for
this week:
Expanded A section
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
The best local news coverage in the area is up
front in the expanded A section, plus more
nation/world news and opinion commentary.
Also included are obituaries and the local
weather forecast for the day and week ahead.
JUST
A THOUGHT
Your strongest opinions,
in 75 words or less.
Drug tests for welfare
recipients? Sure, but…
I have no problem drug
testing anyone that receives
taxpayers money. I fully
support it. People living
off public funds should
be accountable. Why
blindly allocate tax money
to the selfish or morally
bankrupt? Why finance social
destruction?
However, this is to
include the CEO’s of all the
corporations that receive
tax free or nearly tax free
status, politicians that live
off of the people’s money,
and so on. These test should
include alcohol use, tobacco
use, prescription drug abuse,
illegal drug use. Then it will
be fair.
CHAS HOLMAN
SURVEY
SAYS
Should
Michigan spend
more or less on
K-12 education?
Results of yesterday’s
survey at mlive.com:
MORE: We need to invest more
in the job creators of tomorrow.
78.16%
SAME: Don’t cut K-12 funding,
but schools should make do with
what they have.
13.65%
LESS: Our K-12 spending is
above the national average, with
little to show for it.
8.19%
C1
to do
this season
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
stolen
A3
Tattoos with devotion
Inside
Flint submits new proposal,
hopes federal officials
Restore
energy
grant
Epic All Access
New Years
Eve 2012
sPorts
B
Yellow Room
Gang New
Licensed
parlor
Year’s
Evehelps nontraditional church reach out
Concert
Detro t’s free agent w sh st
Naughty Or N ce
fun
Today.en erYear-end
a nmen
W
Lady Gaga voted AP
Entertainer
of the Year
Hundreds mourn
New Year’s Eve is packed with things to do
Commun ty News D rector
mraymer@m ve com
B1
Winning! Or
not. The year
celebrities
went wild
mlive
“Noon”
Year’s
Brown’s pay
high,
but worth every
Eve!
penny once Flint
budget back in black
ENTERTA NMENT
Mar ory Raymer
11-win
season
Historians usually are able to
look back and pinpoint the factors that caused the greatest of
nations to fall into decline. If it
ever comes time to dissect what
happened to the United States,
they will likely boil it down to
one word: WINNING.
Yes, folks — when a Charlie
Sheen manic outburst becomes
an inspirational motto for a
nation, it’s the beginning of the
end. Sadly, historians likely will
Image source: Wordle.net
have other moments to illustrate
our cultural
collapse, including
MLIVE.COM
Thursday, January
5, 2012
$1.00
IN THE MARGINS
YOUR VOICE
Kim Kardashian’s blink-and-youmissed-it marriage, which
gen75¢
TH
U R S D AY , J A N U A R Y 5 , 2 0 1 2 ENTERTAINMENT, PAGE C1
.com
erated more money than some
Buying imports
cities’ annual budgets, and hurts
the America
fact that some people took
DonAs Americans continue to
purchase from foreign-owned
ald Trump’s possible presidential
companies, we continue to
candidacy seriously.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday
transfer America’s wealth to
those
countries — wealth that
A second
look Children’s
at a story originally posted Dec. No
27 wonder the Occupy
Wall
at Flint
grows their economy instead
Street protest avoided the
1
of ours.
Museum, 1602 W.
pay cut he ordered for all percent’s
school employees.
America
FLINT — Cash-strapped communities and school
crazy sibling —
Hol- no longer
University,
Brown was appointed Dec. 1 to take over Flint’s fimanufactures many of the
districts in Michigan are paying six-figure
salariesFlint.
to
THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
lywood.
nances. A state review panel
recommended a takeover
products we buy. When
the governor-appointed emergency managers who are
What’s
after finding a structural deficit,
recurring
cash
flow
shopping, do you buy
supposed to rescue them from financial
ruin. up: featuring
KEEPING IT KLASSY: Some
CHRIS PIZZELLO | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
shortages and other financial deficiencies.
American sugar or the
music, kids’ karaoke,
things are meant to last cheaper
one seaimported Charlie
package? Sheen presents the award for best “shooter” at Spike TV’s Video Game Awards on Dec. 10 in Culver City, Calif.
ML: On the surface, this seems like anrefreshments
outrage. But take the and a
If you
interested in
son: bright pink flip-flops,
aare
relaML: As emergency manager, Brown is under the gun to get
emotion out of it and it becomes less so.
buying American, Roger
These are highly qualified people brought
in totraditional
clean up
the city back on track, and
to do so in awith
timely George
manner. The Clooney,
tionship
not-so
ball
Simmermaker’s book,
huge financial messes. They are taking what amounts to a
state has specific deadlines that he must meet. His first is this
“How
Americans
Can
Buy
the McRib at McDonald’s.
drop.
temporary job.
month, when he must have a written operating and financial
American,” lists the products
Justin Bieber performs during his My
That costs money up front.
plan finished for the city. But not marriage. And
was
while
and
companies that
are more entertaining — and
Price tag:Admission:
addictive — than any episode of
celebrity marriages can American.
flame
World Tour concert at the National
The city ended the 2010 budget year with an
Second, I believe we rely
By law, the pay of Michigan’s five
manag$6emergency
for ages
1 andestimated
up.
“Two
and a Half Men.”
outA $7
quickly,
theis proimplosion
of
$15 million deficit.
million deficit
on publications
such
as
ers — ranging from $132,000 to $250,000 — is set by
Stadium in Lima, Peru. In a paternity
810-767-5437.
jected for budget year 2011.
Consumers
makewe overdosed when Sheen
the state, but the money actuallyInfo:
is paid by
the local
Kim Kardashian’s 72-day
unionReports toBut
lawsuit filed Oct. 31, Mariah Yeater
Mayor Dayne Walling’s was Flint’s highest-paid
us feel like we are buying the
communities they’re in charge of.
went the
on his stand-up tour, which
Humphries
was
the We research
elected official, receiving with
$91,800 Kris
before Brown
elimiThat rankles those who disagree with the law in the
bestall
product.
claimed that the singer fathered her
nated his pay and benefitsmore
and those
of city council because
first place, saying the expanded powers of emergency
product
but not the
impact
basically
gave him a pass to go
spectacular
of the
child.
members.
managers go too far.
on our country when we buy
on rambling diatribes on foolhype
thatWalling’s
preceded
it: the
20.5Brown on Tuesday partially
restored
pay
“What is the proper salary of a dictator?” asked Flint
foreign.
to $55,000 and council members
each
will
receive
resident Paul Jordan, one of many Michigan residents
Third,
we
need
to
have
a
ENRIQUE CASTRO MENDIVIL | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ish
people’s
dimes.
Sadly,
even
carat diamond engagement
ring,
$7,000 a year.
who has sued the state, saying the emergency manager
reason to buy American. The
as The
pathetic as it was, it still had
thethings
engagement
three
“We can’t afford to get the
done we need toparty, the
law overreaches. “Certainly it’s a very big job. But on
answer
is simply this:
do, how can we pay (an emergency
manager)?”gowns,
said
the other hand, here the people who are paying his salownership
of the company
more live vocals than a Britney
wedding-day
thedetermines
two-part
Bishop Bernadel Jefferson, pastor of Faith Deliverance
ary had no opportunity to hire him.
where the profits
tour.
certificate proving he is indeed
special
—weeven
MiddleCenter in Flint. “The stateTV
brought
him in but
got Kate go,
where most taxes
are paid
to pay for it? The state should
pay
some.” have said, “Enough
and which national economy
TODAY’S
WORD
OF
THE
DAY
IS
a “natural-born citizen,” as the
ton
would
6
p.m.
Saturday;
noon
ML: That’s not only our conclusion. That comes through loud
benefits the most. When we
and clear from the state report.
“EWWWWWWW”: We didn’t realConstitution requires. And,
already!”
buy from foreign-owned
Sunday at Holiday Inn
“In short, it did not appear that city officials had moved
ML: The state set the pay amount. It’s pointless to continue
companies, we areize
providing
Justin Bieber had reached
unfortunately, so is Trump.
It was more distasteful
Gatewaywith
Centre,
5353
with the degree of urgency and vigor commensurate
the
harping on it now.
them the funds to buy our
seriousness of the existing financial emergency,” according
WHY CELEBS SHOULD FLY IN
because it was filmed for
her
land,
factories andpuberty,
companies so it came as a shock
GATEWAY CENTRE,
to the report.
Flint made its bed, howreality
else to explain
why the
city
with money
that used
to be Mariah Yeater claimed
PRIVATE
JETS: because they canshow,
garnering
her
more
when
It went on to say, “Indeed, the failure of
city officials to have
is the only one in the state with the dubious distinction
ours!
Flint.
addressed the city financial problems with greater urgency
not behave themselves on comthan
By the end of
he
was the baby daddy to her
of being taken over by thecash
state twice?
Thegifts.
last time
DAN
ANDERSON
and vigor appears consistent with observations
made
to the
Stanley the
was recalled
Rockford
What’s
up:
Ring was after then-Mayor Woodrow
mercial flights.
the year,
backlash was so
months-old
son following an
review team regarding a lack of political will among a sucin 2002. That takeover lasted until 2004.
cession of city officials to confront reality
render with
difficult,DJs, Emergency managers got
inand2012
Alec Baldwin was kicked off
strong
shein headed
to Haiti
alleged
more power
March
Putfor
pot on the
ballot romp after one of his
but necessary, financial decisions.”
when the state law was amended, but the part that dica
flight
for
refusing to stop playcharity
work,
looking
to
improve
concerts
—
when
she
was
19,
live
performances,
So, yes, the bad economy can be blamed for a lot of Flint’s
tates local communities pay their salaries dates back to
The drug war is deadly
woes, but the fact remains that elected officials
here for years stage
ing a cellphone game while the
he was just 16.
the original 1990 statute. her bruised image. Or, perhaps,
and expensive.. weand
put too
concert-style
have failed to make the changes necessary to bring expenses
It has been tweaked to have the state treasurer set
much power into the hands of
plane was parked at the gate.
hubby No. 3.
A paternity suit was filed,
in line with reduced revenue.
productions, live laser
the emergency manager pay, rather than a board of
punks and law enforcement
That remained the case even as the city teetered on the
Green
Day’s Billie
Joe ArmIF THIS IS WINNING, LOSING
DNA
officials.
alike... over silly silly
grass.tests were bandied about,
expected
to decide
by
KRISTIN LONGLEY
and lighting showstate
and
brink of insolvency.
The compensation takes into account the commuSeriously.. as adults it is
strong
was
a seat because
MUST
REALLY
SUCK:
Celebrities
all
while
Maury
Povich
salivated
Jan. 13 whether todenied
reinstate
klongley@flintjournal.com | 810-766-6313
nity’s population, geographic size and the complexity
time to get over our silly
more.
of his
sagging
pants, and Gerard
meltdowns
BE EMPEROR: Donald Trump the grant
of the financial problems,have
said treasury
spokesman in public
Flint’s emergency manager, Michael Brown, is paid
fearsall
andthe
fetishes from
over sillythe sidelines. But, alas, we
award,
officials
Terry Stanton.
$170,000 a year, according to his Price
contract. Managers
in - $300.
silly grass that has never
tag:$45
time, yet we hadn’t had killed
a really
the media
when he
never got a chance to see Bieber got
said. Depardieu urinated on a plane
FLINT
— Thebuzzing
city is hopAny expenses the emergency manager incurs are
Ecorse and Benton Harbor each make $132,000, while
anyone on it’s own,
Info: 810-695-3333.
ahead
of takeoff,
apparently
breakdown
Britney
announced
his intention
the2.5customary pimp-walk
also overseen by the stateepic
treasury
and are required since
by
the manager in Pontiac receives $150,000.
while alcohol will do
kill over
of the
proposal
ing
for a second
chance atto run Details
law to be publicly posted online, he said.
and tobacco
will kill
DOROTHY
EDWARDS
| THE FLINT “You
JOURNALare NOT for president — maybe.
unable
and/or
unwilling
to hold
Spears shaved her headmillion,
bald.
strut
to
the
phrase
weren’t
available
immedia $1.1 million energy grant
over 5 million this year alone.
ML: Brown didn’t
need artist
to take what
amounts
to a temporary
his bladder but
untilCity
he got the OK
Maybe
that’s what
made
Tattoo
Ryan
Brown
works on Eddie Pickett of Lennon
at Serenity
Tattoo,
whichCharlie
hasup
opened
in The
BridgeYeater
churchwithdrew
in
Grow
folks.. the
marijuana
burnish
his credentials
father!”
her thatTo
ately Wednesday,
was
terminated
by fed- as
job. In fact, he says he took a pay cut when he accepted the
is kids stuff and it is not
to move
the cabin.
collapse
transfixing.
a conservative
Republican, heAttorney
paternity
ML: Thatsays
transparency
should
help
alleviate so
some
Township.
Brown,
a recovering
alcoholic,
the Sheen’s
church
atmosphere
has
helped
stay
on
theand
rightclaim
path. as her story start- eral
position. At theFlint
time of
his appointment,
he was the
president
Peter about
Bade said
officials in October.
worthhim
killing
people
over
concerns.
of the Prima Civitas Foundation and director of the Flint Area
ownto
in jail
Next time with
you see
He gave us everythingtossing
we one of oured
on the
“birther”
collapse and Bieber took a seized
Flint is partnering
Anna celebrity
After the
U.S.so-called
Department
In the meantime, instead of picking over Brown’s pay, other
Reinvestment Office, which he established in 2009.
ever 27 seconds (1 million
on yourResource
plane, instead
of asking
a train
wreck
— and paternity test.
bandwagon
by stoking
doubtArbor-based
city officials, workers andexpected
residents needin
to rally
around him
Recyof
Energy
yanked
the
grant
alone last year).
to ensure a swift and successful
outcome
to his tenure.
The chief of Detroit School District, Roy Roberts,
CHAS We
HOLMAN
for an autograph,
more:
Custody
battles! Jittery
about President
would have preferred that because
cling Systems
to developask for a seat
of what itBarack
called Obama’s
was given a $250,000 salary, but took the 10 percent
at mlive.com
far,for
farusing
away.the grant
interviews! Goddesses! And of PostedBiebs
U.S. citizenship.
prove his manhood with a “serious
the plan
mismanagement
course, “WINNING!” Watching
the end,Flint
Obama
releasedfunds.
passable mustache.
Tattoo — inside its doors.
andIn
misuse,”
officials
RON FONGER
his Hawaiian
form” birth Resource Recycling
THE DONALD WOULD RATHER
See WACKY, C2
Just down the hallhis daily dose of acting crazy
have
submitted“long
a revised
rfonger@flintjournal.com | 810-766-6317
7:30 p.m. Saturday
was the lowest bidder to
from the Rev. Steve Bentproposal for spending the
Flint
Arts
ley’s
office and around
money on projects that pro- respond to the city’s original
FLINT TWP. at
—Greater
A
mote energy efficiency.
church that wears
its 816 the
Council,
S. corner from the galvanized watering trough
Federal officials are
nontraditional Saginaw
outlook St, Flint.
See GRANT, A2
used for baptisms, tattoo
on its sleeve is making
artists Ryan Brown and
its mark on theWhat’s
arms, up: featuring
Yellow Room
Drewgang.
Blaisdell are plying
legs and backsthe
of members and othersPrice
who tag:$15,
ask their
$10trade
for by appointmentInfo:
or from noon until
for it.
FFMS members.
8 p.m. Monday through
The Bridge, a
church
810-309-3951.
Saturday.
built on the belief that
mainstream religion
See TATTOOS,
A2 STRACHAN
organizations that make up
JESSICA
JAKE COYLE
has become ineffective
the AP’s membership. EdiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
jstrachan@flintjournal.com | 810-766-6379
and irrelevant to most
tors and broadcasters were
8 p.m.a Saturday at Photos of tattoos are
people, has opened
It’s estimated that one billion peoNEW YORK — You might asked to cast their ballots
displayed
Genesee County-licensed
Roma’s BackDoor,
200at Serenity Tattoo.
for who had the most influple watch the ball drop on TV each
say that Lady Gaga’s year
RYAN GARZA | THE FLINT JOURNAL
tattoo parlor —E.Serenity
Comstock, Owosso.
ence on entertainment and
New Year’s Eve, in addition to the
really began in an egg.
What’s up: featuring
culture in 2011.
That’s how she
one million or so people who pack
acoustic entertainment.
“I am humbled
arrived at the Graminto New York City’s Times Square
and honored to be
mys in February,
to see it in person.
Price tag:Free. Info:
named ‘Entertainer
encased
in
a
large,
Gillian
Rodriguez,
a
27-year-old
989-725-5767.
of The Year’ by The
carFlint local, hasn’t yet made it to ManJason Melynchek
SARAH SCHUCH translucent podPrincipal
Associated Press,”
by scantilysaid
cladtwo buses transported
hattan to ring in a new year, but she
sschuch@flintjournal.com ried
| 810-766-6102
Lady Gaga said in
dancers. When some
she high school students
hopes to make it happen one day.
a statement signed
“hatched”
onstage,
to the funeral, and other
best backgrounds to sus- “I think it would be an incredible
FLUSHING —
More
gave
students, teachers and “Mother Monster.”
tain a long-term threat experience, just to be in the middle
than 500 peopleshe
— effectively
family
“My deepest gratibirth
to “Born This
of all the excitement,” she said.
administrators drove themto Romney, who remains
members, friends,
teachers,
tude to the broadWay,”adminperforming
selves.
unable to push his sup- Rodriguez, like most people,
students and school
Lady Gaga
casters and journalthe eponymous lead
“It was a beautiport beyond one-quarterwill usher in another year with the
istrators — filled
ists who’ve
supported me
single of her second studio
people she loves most, including her
ful ceremony.
...
of Republican
voters. Now
St. Robert Catholic
CHARLES BABINGTON7 p.m. Tuesday
at
overdid
the years, and in turn,
album and anthem to selfboyfriend of four years and their
The family
it’s unclear whether Perry
Church on WednesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Burton Senior
Activity
are now
supporting the
acceptance.
closest friends at local get-together.
some great
things.
and Gingrich can maintain
day for the funeral
DIANE BONDAREFF | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Center,
S. campaigns.
Grand
loves
of my
In 2011, the album would
She says they typically go out for
A cousin
spoke
of life: my fans.
viable
of 17-year-old BranWASHINGTON —
Mitt 3410
One Times Square on Dec. 19, in New
Traverse, Burton.
Thank
you for believing
carry her around the world,
dinner and drinks, but this year a
memories
of BranRomney’s closest comdon Spangler, who
Romney’s whisker-thin
York. This video, featuring the iconic
in ‘Born
This Way.’ May
where she rarely went don. They
brought
petitors
Iowa caucus vic- What’s up: the topic
is in Iowamutual friend is hosting the festivi- countdown itself and New Year’s Evewas shot and killed
you continue
to brave the
unnoticed.
in different
gifts
while playing painttory was under“Important Thingswere
You Santorum,ties.
the in Indiana. After a year of extravadreams
of Showbiz.”
“We’ll all catch up, eat something, celebrations, will air every hour on ball
that were
represenpractically an
whelming in scope Should Know About
Toshiba Vision screens for the next year,
Lady
Gaga narrowly
gant globe-trotting andtative of his
life,”
afterthought as little as I’m sure, and watch the live ball
Spangler, a Flushand anticlimactic in its
Foreign Research”
from 6p.m. to midnight.
edged
out the late Apple
drop on TV,” she said.
Melynchek
said.
two weeks ago, and libering High Schoolrelentless advocacy
finality. But it moves him
Brandon of tolerby
Trudy
Krueger
and
Gaga has been
“Those founder
details, itSteve Jobs by three
tarian-leaning Rep. Ron “I think more than anything, it’s
senior who wasance,
on LadySpangler
closer to the Republican
Della Gamalski.
Many
voted Entertainer of thewas justvotes.
about wishing the best for each
memorable with loved ones, check
a great
partothers received
Paul of Texas.
the honor roll, was
presidential nomination
numerous votes, including
Year
by members
of The
out some of the local events hapof the
ceremony.”
Santorum
playing paintball
Friday
on
chiefly because of who
Price tag:Free.
Info: now must other and hoping for a fantastic
Taylor a
Swift, Charlie Sheen,
Associated
pening this weekend. Flint hasrural property southeast
show whether he can 2012 together.”
ofPress.The family brought
finished fourth and810-655-4957.
fifth.
were 135
ballots
“Star
Wars” Millennium Falbuild on his remarkable If you’re looking for some ideas
Indianapolis that There
was owned
The former Massachusubmitted by U.S.
on how to make New Year’s Eve
See NEW YEARS,
C2 father’s neighbor
See GAGA, C2
connews
made of Legos because
Iowa sprint to become the
by his
setts governor gladly will
Spangler loved them as a
long-sought conservative
when the property owner
tout his win over Rick
shot into the woods, striking boy. They brought his guitar,
Santorum, who could have alternative to Romney. It
a board game, a book to
won’t be easy.
Spangler.
reversed the results with
show his love for reading
Santorum, 53, badly lost
The man told police he
one more carload of supand a tree.
thought he was shooting
porters. More important to his 2006 bid for a third
Spangler loved to climb
at coyotes. Indiana DepartRomney, however, was the Senate term from Penntrees, Melynchek said, so
ment of Natural Resources
thumping suffered by for- sylvania. He has modest
the family will plant a tree
officials still are investigatmer House speaker Newt fundraising and groundCHARLIE NEIBERGALL | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
in his memory.
game operations, and he’s
ing the incident, which is
Gingrich and Texas
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gets a hug
Ashley Makidon, 17, a
largely unknown beyond
being classified as a hunting
Gov. Rick Perry.
from his wife, Ann, during an Iowa caucus rally Tuesday night in
accident.
GOP strategists had
Flushing High School
seen them as having the
See ROMNEY, A9 Des Moines.
See TEEN, A9
Roma’s
Live
Qu
ck
H s
C
Is th s w nn ng?
Flushing High teen
We a os by o ow ng wacky ce ebs
Indiana DNR investigating shooting
paintball in woods as senior played
Iowa win helps Romney, but it has no punch
Now he heads Flint
Genealogical
to friendly turf
Society
Sports
Analysis
Increased coverage of your favorite sports
teams in the state, plus a provocative column by
radio personality Bill “Huge” Simonson. If you’re
a fan of high school sports, this is THE place to
turn for all the scores and local personalities.
MSU v c o ou unhappy
QUOTE OF THE DAY
IN YOUR PAPER
7
13503 00075 9
GeneseeArea
Voices
Stocks
FJ • TUE, THU, FRI • 75¢
A3
A6
A7
Nation/World
Obituaries
Weather
A8
A9-12
A13
Sports
Classified
Comics
nd un
B1-5
B6-10
C6
Today.entertainment
Events, art, theater
and music
C1-5
“Everyone deserves to be recognized as who they were in life.
Being buried as a Jane or John Doe doesn’t sit well with me.”
Michael Simley, who launched a website of
photographs of unidentified corpses | Story, A8
Find continuous
news updates at
m.com
live
Live Smart
Read this new section to stay ahead in our fastpaced world. Each Tuesday, Live Smart will give
you the latest on topics you care the most about:
personal finance, health, food, pets and the
environment.
the flint jounral
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011 A3
Region
Expanded A section
MLIVE.COM
Brad
flory
ColUMNIST
W
Lions,
fans
enjoying
team’s first
playoff berth
since 1999
m
Politician
wouldn’t
limit
recalls
W
Secretary of State
W
m
Takeover chiefs’ six-figure salaries
set by state, but communities pay
KRISTIN LONGLEY
album
sets offer
Inside
every
song first flight B5
A girl scout’sToday,
O,Christmas
sneeze:
Beat holiday
allergies
$1.00
LIVE SMART, PAGE C1
sports
Michigan
emergency
75¢
‘It’s never too late’
Officer back after administrative leave City may
stall pot
sales again
Blackman-Leoni officer
off-duty since drunken
incident last month
Medical marijuana rules
not ready, officials say
Local and nation/world news plus commentary
is up front in the expanded A section, along with
the obituaries and the local weather forecast.
Entertainment
The best source for news and information about
how to have fun! Let us entertain you. We have
the local scene covered better than anybody
else and we’ll fill you in on the latest movies and
best restaurant options. Planning a day trip
in Michigan? Check out our statewide event
calendar before you go.
SECTION B
Decades later, senior Flushing couple celebrate bar, bat mitzvahs
Schwartz: Lions get
unfair rap
er material with Torah
verses inside signifies the
action of prayer and intellect and is first worn at
one’s bar mitzvah, which
marks becoming a man in
the Jewish community.
Lee Croenwalt also was
dressed in the traditional
Jewish attire of a tallit, or
prayer shawl, and a kippah, or skullcap.
There were plenty of
mazel tovs, singing and
good wishes as each completed a prayer.
“You look like you’re
13,” joked Weingarten as
he congratulated Lee Croenwalt. “Maybe 14.”
Lee Croenwalt talks with Yisroel Weingarten while putting on
See COUPLE, A2 his tefillin before the ceremony.
grew were viewed
as selfish by many
observers.
After Detroit
was penalized 11
times for 107 yards
against New OrAP PhOTOS
leans, one person’s
Lions 17
actions — or lack Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz complains to an official during the first quarter against the New Orleans Saints on
Univ. of michigan
thereof — have Sunday night. The Lions were called for 11 penalties for 107 yards.
come under scrutiny.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz.
loss. Even Raiola had an exSenior guard Courtney
Detroit’s was viewed as a
pletive-filled
rantBARNES
about his
JOHN
“dirty” team by many observteammates’ poor decisions
Boylan, who finished with
ers earlier this season, but the
after the game.
17 points in the Wolverines’
CHRIS
HAWLEY
If approved, it would
Lions’
lack of discipline has
Former NFL receiver Michael
56-49 win over Iowas State
resulted inPRESS
two consecutive
Irvin said he likes Detroit’s agon Sunday, started the
THE ASSOCIATED
mark the first time patients
Mary
Sue Coleman
losses. While it was easy to
play,
but believes
the
critical Michigan rally and
It’s the week before the gressive
legally could buy pure
team must play smarter.
dismiss Suh’s infraction as an
wrapped up the win by
68, Ann
new year, a time to look “Being tough,
individual
incident,
addibeing Arbor
physical
hydrocodone. Existing
YORK
—theDrug
going 6-for-6 from the free- NEW
tion of three major penalties
is a mentalPresident,
thing,” Irvin said
on
backward and forward. We
University
throw line in the final 1:03. companies
products combine the drug
are working
against New Orleans during a
NFL Network’s NFL Gameasked some well-known the
with nonaddictive painkillpure,
more
playoff race a
makes
it seem
as
Day Final. of
“It’sMichigan
a mindset and I
michigan state to develop
Michiganders to reflect onlove coach (Jim) Schwartz and
if
Schwartz
can
not
control
his
ers,
such
as
acetaminopowerful
version of the
team.
what he’s trying to do is set the
their careers, as well as their
As she nears her
phen.
nation’s
second
Schwartz
believesmostthat critistate. A different interviewtone, set the example; we’re not
Weber State has hired
10th year leadcism ismedicine,
not only unnecessary,
going to have it in this house,
Critics say they especialabused
which
will be featured through we’re not going to have people
former Michigan State coach but untrue.
ing one of the
wor- ly worry about Zohydro, a
John L. Smith as its new has addiction
come in and push us around.
“I think you experts
can look at
Jan. 3.
nation’s top pubfootball coach. The 63-year“But you have to stop short
in two different
timed-release drug meant
ried(discipline)
that it could
spur a
Sunday: Bob Seger,
of doing ignorant, crazy things
ways,” Schwartz said. “One is
old Smith
lic universities,
for
managing
moderate
new
wave
of
abuse.
to cost your team penalties.”
a lack of focused discipline. If
rock legend
is a former
Coleman finds
to severe pain, because
Lions players have received
a teamnew
is continually
jumping
pills conWildcat player The
Today: Mary Sue Coleman,
offsides or making mistakes
plenty of blame for recent play.
herself a long way
who has hadtain
abusers could crush it to
the highly addictive
AP
that are unforced errors, preSchwartz is just not ready to
UM president
stints as a
from her early days
release
an
intense,
immehydrocodone,
snap penalties
... I don’t think New Orleans
Saints
quarterback
Drew
Brees, left, passes as Detroit Lions defensive end
point the finger at himself.
head coach painkiller
Thursday:
Anthony
Kiedis,
as
a biochemist.
Kyle
Vanden
Bosch,
center,
is
held
by
New
Orleans
Saints
offensive
tackle
Jermon
Bushrod.
“It
doesn’t
have
anything
to
that’s
us
at
all.
Up
until
this
diate high.
packing up to 10 times
at Idaho,
I don’t know where evdo with discipline,” he said.
of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Utah State, thegame,
Appointed in 2002,
have a big
amount
ofin the
drug That’s not“I
John L.
erybody
else is
the league,
a presentation
we concern
offensive lineman. I mean it’s
Schwartz called a private “I think we’ve been much imLouisville
she is the 13th presiGinger
Zee,
GMAproved when it comes to our
smith
but we had one (major penalty) want. It’s
something
that putsbe
as the
blatant
as you can get during Friday:
meeting with
the team
captains
that
this could
next
and Michiganas existing medications
in the opener (against Tampa the team in a bad position. Self- the play and our guy doesn’t weather
— Kyle Vanden
Bosch,and
Dominic
pre-snap penalties. We had one
dent of the 194-yearanchor
storm
State. He has been special such as Vicodin. Four
OxyContin,”
saidretaliate.
April
Bay) with Gosder Cherilus ish play
won’t be tolerated.”
Raiola, Matthew Stafford and (major penalty) in the opener,
teams coach at Arkansas
chaser
old institution.
that we addressed
was
In fact,
Schwartz believes
his
“A
never gets thrown. It’s Jason Hanson — on the plane we addressed it and we went
Rovero,
president
offlag
the
companies
have (he
begun
since 2009. Smith has a
benched the following game). team has done a good job of not just pushing and shoving. Sunday:
ride home Kirk
from Cousins,
New Orleans a pretty long time without
testing, and one of National Coalition Against
career record of 132-86 as apatient
“ L a s t we e k ’s wa s ad - walking away from confronta- It’s a punch. We did a good job to discuss what has happened them.
winningest
MSU QB
head coach, including a 22-them
Prescription
Drug
Abuse.
— Zogenix
Santions this
dressed
from a team of
standseason.
in some
situations.”
recently.
“The other thing is we don’t
Q. What was the
26 record at MSU (2003-06). point, but also from a league
this in just
all honestly,
andneed
Schwartz
also believes he Jan.
“It 3:
will
continue
to be ad- have a player who has gotten
don’t
this on
Diego
— plans to apply “I say“We
Marvin
Sapp,
personal or professtandpoint. We didn’t wait I certainly don’t want to ex- did a good job of addressing dressed and players that do more than one of these. We
Detroit reD Wings earlysee
gospel
the market.”
next
to everybegincuse anything,
those things
won’t Grammy
play,” had Gosder, we had Suh, we
either.year
Obviously,
we had a lot of the discipline issues in New eight-time
sional highlight of
incidents
in
this
game
of
guys
thing
on
the
field
is
a
reflection
Orleans.
After
Young
picked
Schwartz
said.
had
the
three
guys
this
week.
nominee
marketing its product,
2011?
Not only did Schwartz ad- There hasn’t been repeat ofof the organization, a reflec- walking away from things,” up an unnecessary roughness
Zohydro.
tion of the head coach, it’s a Schwartz said. “They (Saints)
penalty for shoving
A. I had the honor
T.J. Galiardi broke a tie with
See PAINKILLERS,
A2 an oppos- dress his dissatisfaction to fenders, but as a team, we’ve
reflection of all the coaches, had a defensive lineman that ing player in the third quarter, the media, he lit into Lions had five this year. That’s way
a short-handed goal in the
players directly after their too many.”
third period Sunday, and the it’s a reflection of the players. took a swing at one of our Schwartz benched him.
U-M women rally
Public Safety Department assisted.
Firefighters cleared the scene
at 3:25 a.m.
VanStempvoort said the
home most is likely a total loss.
The cause is still under
investigation, he said.
Mehan said the blaze started
as an electrical fire inside the
home’s walls.
The South Central Michigan Chapter of the American
Red Cross is assisting the
family.
Mehan said he is certain the
J. SCott PARK | MLIvE MEdIA Photo
family will pull through and
believes some good will come cause under investigation: A fire Sunday destroyed this
home at 1148 Cooper St.
out of it.
he rare shock of agreeing
completely with a
politician nearly caused me
to jerk the Mercury Sable into
a ditch.
“I believe in the ability to
recall, and I don’t believe in
the ability to limit it,” said
Michigan Secretary of State
Ruth Johnson, whose voice
reached the Sable’s dusty
interior on Jackson radio
station WKHM.
With those words, Johnson
became the first elected
official I ever heard say he
or she opposes restrictions
on the longstanding right of
Michigan voters to throw
politicans out of office by
recall for almost any reason.
This view probably does
not make Johnson the most
popular girl at the buffet
when Lansing’s political
set gathers for important
DECEMBER 27, 2011
receptions.
Republican leaders in the
Senate last week advocated
reforming the recall right by
gutting it.
They would effectively
outlaw recall when voters
merely despise the laws and
policies their elected officials
support.
Recall would be allowed
only if office-holders break
laws, misuse public funds or
do something on that level.
News reports suggest some
Democrats might support a
bipartisan recall reform plan.
Kumbaya.
Reform efforts appear
based on amyth that recall is
too easy.
Michigan created a
constitutional right to recall
PAIGE CALAMARI | MLIvE MEdIA Photo
103 years ago. In that time,
Three legislators and zero
Jayme Hopkins, 13, of Jackson, sitting in the front seat, prepares for her first flight in an airplane with pilot Steve Wellman of Jackson and Girl Scout cogovernors were successfully
leader Rachel Elert of Jackson. Troop leader Catherine Goetz takes a photo of the moment Saturday morning at the Jackson County Airport. Jayme, a Girl
recalled. Even at the smallScout, is in the Young Eagles program through the Experimental Aircraft Association and is trying to earn her aviation badge.
town level, as seen recently
in Onondaga Township, recall
drives typically fail.
Recall is not easy. It is very
difficult.
Many lawmakers and the
governor were this year
targeted for recall, most
unsuccessfully. This trend
Reed then drew his gun and back to Prus’ residence” on Evciplinary action.
leads to complaints that too
It’s an unfortu- told Prus to come out off the elyn Street. A second patrol car
many disgruntled voters use
nate situation, porch and show his hands. followed Reed’s patrol car.
recall as a political weapon.
and we take Prus, according to the report,
During the ride, Prus was deWell, too many people
t h e co n d u c t refused.
scribed as “somewhat belligerspeed on I-94, too. We don’t
of our officers
“I further yelled at the sub- ent” and punched the screen
fix that by making it illegal to
ject three more times to show separating the front and rear
seriously.”
drive.
Shortly be- me his hands and to come out portion of the passenger comThe flaw with the reform
By AARon McMAnn
fore 2 a.m. Nov. to me,” Reed wrote in the re- partment of the patrol car, acplan is glaring.
mlivE mEdiA GRoup
2 3 , s h e r i ff ’s port. “Each time (he) refused, cording to the police report.
Voting on laws and policies
deputy Brad and simply stood still.”
Reed then warned Prus that if
is the main job elected
Reed then opened the door he did it again “he would simGENESEE TOWNSHIP —
Reed was called
officials do for constituents.
An officer with the Blackman- Jim prus
to the home in to the porch and realized it was ply be taken to jail for disorIf they cannot be held
Leoni Township Department of
the 100 block Prus. In the report, he described derly (conduct).”
By Keith RoBeRts
accountable for the main job
Public Safety returned to work of E. Palmer Avenue in Sum- Prus as “severely intoxicated”
According to the police remlivE mEdiA GRoup
they do, what good is the
for the first time in almost two mit Township. Bill Warner, a with bloodshot, watery eyes, port, Reed’s in-car camera malright to recall?
weeks Sunday after a drunken firefighter with the Summit slurred speech and “extremely functioned for the beginning of
FLINT — The’s moratorium
Yes, it is possible recall
run-in with police last month. Township Fire Department, unstable on his feet.”
the incident, but he manually on medical marijuana is up for
elections can punish
Jim Prus, named Officer of was asleep with his wife when
“He had trouble compre- turned it on as soon as he real- another six-month extension.
politicians for voting their
The City Council on Jan. 25
the Year by the department in he heard two people yelling hending what was going on,” ized it was not working.
consciences.
2009, was placed on admin- in the front yard of his home, Reed wrote, also noting Prus
Undersheriff Chris Kuhl said passed a six-month moratoTough nuts.
istrative leave Nov. 23 after a according to the police report did not know where he was.
Prus was not arrested because rium on the establishment of
“When you run for office,
Jackson County sheriff’s depu- obtained by the Citizen Patriot.
The Jackson man told po- the owner of the residence, a operations that “relate to the
it’s very, very different than
ty discovered him and a friend Parked at the end of his drive- lice that he and Prus had been 45-year-old woman who was cultivation, dispensing or use”
most (jobs). You are in the
drunk at an occupied home way was a Nissan Pathfinder drinking at the Brass Rail Pub, not home at the time, is an ac- of medical marijuana and, on
public eye. You are in a
that was not theirs, Blackman- registered to Prus.
306 W. Prospect St., earlier that quaintance of the two men and July 19, passed a six-month
fishbowl,” Johnson said.
Leoni public safety Director
In a witness statement, night and the man was trying to did not consider them trespass- extension.
“And there is a chance you
Mike Jester confirmed Mon- Warner said he watched Prus, walk home to his residence on ing. Police determined there
The council will consider
will lose your job by doing
day. Jester said the department 38, walk into the screened-in N. Waterloo Street, more than was no forced entry.
another extension today.
the right thing. You need to
placed Prus on administrative porch of his neighbor’s house three miles away.
The homeowner’s testimony
“We’re just putting it on now
be the type of person who
leave until it completed its own while his friend, a 33-year-old
Both men declined
to sayANTHONY
will be added
as a supplement
AUSTIN
| THE FLINT
JOURNAL to make sure we don’t have a
realized that and does the
investigation. He said his of- Jackson man, began walk- if they drove the Pathfinder to the police report this week, lapse,” Councilman Daniel
Lillian Croenwaltright
and
Shainie
Weingarten
through
a curtain
dividingonwomen
and
meninto
Croenwalt’s
husband, Lee, Greer said.
thing.
And, if you
lose
parked
thewatch
driveway
next Kuhl said.
E. Palmer
ficerpeek
has had
no disciplin
ary ing eastbound
job, you lose your job.”
“Entering (the home) would
issues in the past and took full Avenue. Upon arrival, Reed door or how they got to the
Greer said the City Affairs
90, read from theyour
Torah
with Rabbi Yisroel
Weingarten, left, during Lee Croenwalt’s bar mitzvah Sunday at the
Chabad House in
It’s astonishing that I
have been the only crime that Committee, which he chairs,
responsibility for his actions. located Prus’ friend, who ap- residence.
PAGE
B3
“While the officer wasn’t peared intoxicated, according
According to the report, would have been there,” Kuhl has been trying to draft an orFlint Township. missed that ditch.
charged with a crime, we have to the report, and placed him Reed contacted Sgt. Jason said. “That was called into se- dinance to regulate medical
Brad Flory’s column appears
rules and regulations with con- in the back of his patrol car. Breining and informed him that rious question once the hom- marijuana operations through
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. duct — even when they’re not He then approached Prus, de- a police officer was involved in eowner volunteered that she zoning and licensing. He said the
Read his blog at blog.mlive.com/
working,” Jester said. “His ac- scribed as “wearing all black an incident.
knew the two men.”
committee is making progress
bradosphere; email him at bflory@
At that time, “it was decided
tions were in violation of those or dark clothing,” on the porch
Prus, through the depart- but needs more time to make
mlivemediagroup.com.
rules and were subject to dis- next door.
to take Mr. Prus and (his friend) ment, declined comment.
sure the ordinance complies.
FLINT — Cash-strapped
managers
communities and a school
W
CLASSIFIED,
PAGE B7
district in Michigan are
Michael
Brown, Flint
paying six-figure salaries
Appointed: Dec. 1
to the
governor-appointed
tuesday,
December
6, 2011
the
Grand
rapids
press
The
Flint
Journal
Salary:
$170,000
m
emergency managers
Roy Roberts, Detroit
who are
District
MLIVE.COM
HSsupposed
basketball: School
Comstock
Park scores 20 points early.
Appointed: May
to rescue
Salary: $250,000
them from
Joseph Harris,
pick Six
financial
Benton Harbor
ruin.
Detroit Lions
Appointed: April 2010
By law,
DAVID HARRIS
Salary: $132,000
the pay of
dharris@flintjournal.com | 810-766-6315
Michigan’s
Joyce A. Parker, Ecorse
Coach says penalties
five emerFLINT TWP. — It took
Appointed: October 2009
Two women say they were
gency
more
than 75 years, but
Michael Brown
‘selfish,’
injured when Detroit Lions
Salary: $132,000
defensive tackle Ndamukong
managers
Lee and Lillian Croenwalt
Louis Schimmel, Pontiac
but not undisciplined
Suh crashed his car into a
— ranging
from $132,000
of Flushing finally had
tree in downtown Portland,
Appointed: October
to $250,000 — is set by
Ore., over
their bar and bat mitzvahs
By AnWAr s. rIChArDsOn
Salary: $150,000
the weekend. the state,
but
the
money
is
Sunday.
arichardson@mlivemedia.com
Portland police
paid by the local communiSOURCE: Michigan Treasury
“It’s never too late,”
originally said
ALLEN PARK
— There
in charge
of.
there were noties they’re
said Lee Croenwalt, 90.
have been plenty of peoinjuries in the
That
p l e trankles
o b l a m e those
f o r t hwho
e
Lee Croenwalt said
accident early
Detroit Lions’
lackthe
of discipline
with
law in
who has sued the state,
a prayer in front of the
Saturday. But disagree
during the past two weeks.
the
first
place,
saying
the
saying
the
emergency
police
said
Torah, while his wife
ndamukong
Lions defensive tackle
Monday two expanded
powers
of emer- manager law overreaches.
suh
Ndamukong
Suh received
said the blessing over the
passengers
p l e n managers
ty o f c r i t i c igo
s m too
fo r far. “Certainly it’s a very big
later came forward to say theygency
bread to a group of about
stomping a Green Bay Packwere hurt and left the scene
“What
is the
proper
job. But on the other hand,
ers player.
There
was nosal25 people at the Chabad
before officers arrived. Sgt. arye of
x c uas edictator?”
f o r r e c easked
iver
here the people who are
House in Flint Township.
Pete Simpson said one woman
Titus Young’s unnecessary
resident
Paul
reported bruises and soreness,Flint
roughness
penalty
duringJordan,
a 31Rabbi Yisroel Weinand the other reported a cut to
lossmany
against New
Orleans on
one17of
Michiganders
See MANAGER, A2
garten wrapped tefillin
Sunday. The penalher forehead and a black eye.
around Lee Croenwalt’s
Score ties by receiver SteTheir names were not released.
fan Logan and tight
Suh told police he was trying
arm and head. The leathend Brandon Pettito avoid a stopped taxicab
when he lost control of the
1970 Chevrolet Coupe. The car
hit a curb, light pole, drinking
fountain and tree. Police said
Suh was not impaired and was
not cited. They are not reopening the investigation.
Mehan, his 22-year-old son,
Dustin, and his son’s girlfriend
lived at the house.
No one was home when the
fire started just after 11 p.m.
Mehan was at a neighbor’s
house.
Firefighters arrived just minutes after being called to the
scene, said Assistant Chief David VanStempvoort.
Flames shot from secondstory windows, and the firstfloor windows were blown
out shortly after firefighters
arrived.
Crews from the Summit
Township Fire Department and
the Blackman-Leoni Township
T U E S D AY ,
Manager
pay draws
criticism
Two say they were
hurt in crash
mlivE mEdiA GRoup
FLINT — There were drawings his daughter did years ago
in school, medals from his son’s
wrestling meets and handprints
on the walls from when both
children were little.
Martell Mehan, 45, said
watching the house where his
two children were raised go up
in flames Sunday night was like
living a bad dream.
“Everything inside is gone,”
Mehan said Monday, after spending the day poking
through the wreckage at 1148
Cooper St.
Johnson supports
OnlyRuthtwo
suspects
the law as it is
stickT with Ceasefire
program | A3
MLIVE.COM
mlive.com
‘EVEryTHING INSIdE IS GoNE,’ HoMEoWNEr SayS
Getting off Don’t miss a beat
to slow start These
Sports, B1
Tuesday, December
27, 2011
m
fire destroys house
By AARon AuppeRlee
Thursday
Saints 31
New powerful painkiller
worries abuse experts
William E Ketchum III
University of Michigan president looks ahead
Michigan
memories
Enterta nment Reporter
wketchum@m ve com
of being invited to the White House
for a holiday reception with President
Obama. It is a stunning setting at the
holidays. I was last there, in the West
Wing, as a 17-year-old high school science fair finalist and met President Kennedy. I couldn’t have imagined having a
second opportunity to visit.
Ex-Spartan coach hired
LIVE SMART
MOTLEY FOOL, PAGE C2
The Grand
Rapids
Press
The Flint
Journal
Penny-wise: Reap the cheap with savingsangel.com. PAGE C2
Winning streak ends
dave
host Colorado Avalanche
went on to snap the Red
Wings’ seven-game winning
streak with a 4-2 victory.
Detroit tigers
ramsey
Debt-free
goal
strains
marriage
00075
Roster ‘more settled’7 FJ13503
• TUE, THU, FRI • 75¢
“I think we’re probably
more settled than has been
the case in a lot of years,”
general manager Dave
Dombrowski said, “but
we’re also coming off a club
that won 95 games, and we
didn’t lose a lot of guys that
were key pieces.”
More on team’s plans, B4
Detroit pistons
Big Ben may play
When players were allowed
to practice at team facilities
last Thursday for the first
time since the lockout
began, Ben Wallace was
the first player to show up
in Auburn Hills. He declined
to talk to the media, but
discussed the likelihood of
returning to the team on
Monday.
— MLive Media, wire reports
Voices
Stocks
IN YOUR PAPER
A3
A4
A6
Nation/World
Obituaries
Weather
A7,10
A7-8
A9
Sports
Classified
Comics
B1-4
B7-11
B12
our relationship.
I’m afraid we’re going to end up
debt-free but divorced.
When does one outweigh the
other?
— Tracy
a
Getting out of debt is never more
important than your marriage.
But families go through all kinds
of stuff, and one of those things is
cleaning up messes they have made.
It’s not always fun, but there is a
price to pay if you want to win with
your money or anything else.
It sounds to me like your husband
has gone gazelle-intense about
getting out of debt, and in the
process may have left you behind a
little bit. I don’t recommend that.
He probably needs to take some
time to come back and emotionally
reconnect with you.
And I’m sure some good, oldfashioned back rubs and words of
encouragement from you are in
order.
Your man could use them if he’s
been working two jobs.
But there’s plenty of time for
snuggling and stuff later.
C
Q. If you could visit only one place in
Michigan, where would you go?
A. Ann Arbor, of course! The view
changes every day.
Today.entertainment
Events, art, theater
and music
B5-6
See COLEMAN, A2
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“My son didn’t deserve this. He served his country.”
Find continuous
news updates at
live
HOse iT dOWn TO eliminaTe POllens, leT iT dry in GaraGe a feW days m.com
9substantially because it will
By AnsAr KhAn
6-8 months ago when Atlanta
the teamS
akhan@mlive.com
make only one trip to the West
moved to Winnipeg and we
Coast and western Canada per
knew there was going to be
Conference setup
ST. LOUIS — The Detroit Red season, instead of two.
realignment, our thought was
Wings’ dream of moving to the
The Red Wings also will BYHere
are the eight
teams in
we wanted to be in the East,”
ROSEMARY
PARKER
Eastern Conference did not have a more attractive home PRESS
the new
conference
that
Holland said. “As the process
NEWS
SERVICE
come true, but several of their schedule as all Eastern clubs
would include the Detroit
went along and the four conother wishes were granted.
will visit Detroit every season
Red Wings as approved by
ferences were proposed, we
felt there was going to have
And that made their brass instead of every other seathe NHL Board of
very happy.
son, as is largely the current
to be a compromise position.
Governors:
Under the new four-conference format.
Chicago Blackhawks
Four conferences made a lot
Columbus Blue Jackets
alignment NHL owners ap“ I ’ m s o h a p py. It ’s a
of teams happy.
Detroit Red Wings
“Our fans want to see all the
proved Monday, the Red Wings, d r e a m c o m e t r u e f o r
Dallas Stars
starting in 2012-13, will be in an the Detroit Red Wings,”
teams in the league at home
Nashville Predators
club senior vice president
eight-team group that includes
once. More of our road games
St. Louis Blues
current Central Division rivals Jimmy Devellano told MLive.
start between 7:30 and 8:30.
Minnesota Wild
Chicago, Columbus, Nashville com from the NHL’s Board of
With the playoffs within the
Winnipeg Jets
and St. Louis, in addition to Dal- Governors meetings in Pebble
conferences for the first two
For the conference
Calif.
las, Minnesota
Winnipeg.
rounds, there’s less travel. More
Whenand
does
reachingBeach,
the point
breakdowns, see B4
The Red Wings will play each
“For our fans, there will be
road games in the playoffs will
of being
be in prime time.
conference
rival debt-free
five or six become
far fewermore
games starting at
important
than22marriage?
“Our fans should be excited
times
and the other
teams 10:40 (p.m.), especially come
in theWe’re
NHL home
and away.yourplayoff
following
plan time.
and I like that for our Bruins. They’ll all visit on one and happy about it.”
occasion.”
The top four teams in each fans and TV ratings.
Being in one of two eightdoing the debt snowball,“The
but my
eight-team conference qualify
second thing is our
General manager Ken Hol- team conferences (there are
has
been
working
a second
fans will
get to see the (To- land, also at the Board of Gov- two seven-team conferences),
forhusband
the playoffs.
The
first two
ronto)
rounds
entirely
within
job, will
andbeit’s
really
cutting
intoMaple
our Leafs, Sidney ernors meetings, echoed those Detroit must compete with
Crosby
and Pittsburgh,
thetogether
conference.time at night and
an extra club to make the
sentiments
to MLive.com.
straining
Dr.theElena
Lewis,
an allergy speThis reduces Detroit’s travel Stanley Cup champion Boston
“When this process started playoffs.
Q
Q. What will the headline be for you a year
from now?
A. “UM president excited
secTiOn about historic
increase in state funding”
CURB YOUR TREE ALLERGY
Red Wings are good with conference shift
financial advice
GeneseeArea
Q. What was the lowlight?
A. Yet another cut in higher education appropriations for our state’s public
universities, the most serious one in my
decade at UM.
T
he bad news:
Whether it’s real
or artificial, a
Christmas tree
can trigger allergies and
asthma.
The good news: There
are steps that can help
prevent allergic responses,
and they’re not difficult.
“There’s always a fly in the
ointment,” Devellano said. “It’s
going to be tougher to make the
playoffs. You got to be in the
top four of eight. Some good
teams will miss the playoffs.
But (this format) was a nobrainer for us.”
Holland said it’s not a big
issue.
“The league has parity,” Holland said. “It doesn’t matter if
you’re in a seven- or eight-team
division. It’s a lot better than
the situation we had.
“At the end of the day, every
team had to give a little bit.
We’d love to have been in the
Eastern Conference, but this
set-up made everyone happy.
It’s as good as we can get.”
A two-thirds vote of the 30
teams was needed for any proposal to pass, and four clubs reportedly voted against it. Many
current Western Conference
teams did not want Detroit
to move east because the Red
Wings fill their arenas.
Suzanne Sullivan, mother of Christopher Sullivan, a
soldier shot at his homecoming party | Story, A10
cialist at Asthma Allergy Centers of
Southwest Michigan in Kalamazoo,
said evergreen varieties actually are
pollinating in the spring, not at the
time of harvest, so their pollen should
be no issue.
“That is a heavy pollen that isn’t
a significant allergen anyway, even
in the spring,” she said. But people
may start sniffing and sneezing in the
PRESS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
presence of the live tree, she said,
because of other pollens from grasses Selecting the spruce: Ming Scott, 7, gives her approval of the family Christmas tree with her mother, Nance, of
that may piggyback into the house on Hanover, at Granny D’s Christmas Trees in Hanover.
the tree.
“The pollens that do end up on
wipe down each branch with a damp
trees are grass and ragweed pollens,”
cloth during assembly, and to store
Lewis said.
the tree in plastic when it is not in
Ragweed, a fall allergen, can aduse.
here to needles before harvest, and so
If there was water damage in the
can molds, if the fall has been damp,
basement near the tree’s storage area,
she said. Both can greatly reduced by
Lewis advised adding a little moldsimply hosing off the tree before it is
fighting bleach to the wash water as
brought into the house, she said.
well.
A trickier problem may be grass
An artificial tree that is properly
pollen that sticks to the tree’s sap in
stored may offer a slight advantage in
the spring. When trees begin to dry
the allergy department, Lewis said, “
but if a family is really into getting a
after several days in the house, the sap
dries out, releasing the trapped pollen
real tree for the whole experience,”
particles into the air, Lewis said.
she recommended taking the precauThose can be attacked by either
tionary steps, or perhaps simply putting the tree up closer to Christmas
letting the tree dry in the garage for
Sports
Increased coverage of your favorite sports
teams in the state, plus a new weekly page that
keeps you up to date on the ever-changing
world of NASCAR. Get all the scores and more.
Friday
PERSPECTIVES
WEATHER, PAGE A13
SAINTS 45
LIONS 28
The
City
Times
TheBay
Flint
Journal
PAGE A9
Opinion: Cal Thomas: Why Romney has lost (moral) ground. paGe a10
MliVe.CoM
COUNTING TO ENOUGH
B1
GAME
Should Michigan lift cap on charter SchoolS,COVERAGE
or keep lid on for quality?
A Section
The latest local, state, nation and world news,
plus obituaries and weather forecasts.
Key
lawmaker’s
stance:
Senate bills
end ‘arbitrary’
limits, make
achievement
‘the most
important
factor’
MLIVE.COM
Sunday,mJanuary 8, 2012
mlive
.com
live.com
SKATING
THE ISSUE
Roller
Roller derby
derby
attracts
attracts women
women
for various
for
various
reasons
reasons
C1
Michigan
school
boards
position:
Senate bills
fall
short
$2.00
of ensuring
‘only best
of the best’
will replicate
S
SU
UN
ND
D AY
AY ,,
guest column
BY lIsA lYons
L
ast year, as my first
of four kids entered
kindergarten, the
nostalgia l abruptly ended
as we kicked his education
experience into high gear. In
that first day, he was off!
Zoophonics, addition,
reading ... yup, my baby was
on the fast track to a quality
education, and as parents,
my husband and I were his
partners.
This is the education
experience every child should
have. Unfortunately, many
students all over the state are
trapped in failing schools that
are not adequately preparing
them for the workforce.
Additionally, there are
quality schools that simply do
not meet the needs of every
child or their parents’ desires.
For these reasons, I
wholeheartedly believe the
state should ensure parents
have many options to provide
their children with an
education that will prepare
them for success.
The Michigan House of
Representatives is debating
an important piece of
legislation that will provide
additional choices.
SB 618 would lift the
arbitrary cap on charter
schools authorized by the
universities, promoting
innovation and creating
competition in education.
For 12 years, Michigan has
been at its cap for opening
new charter public schools. In
addition, over 70 percent of
charter schools statewide
have waiting lists — which
impacts up to 20,000 families.
This demonstrates to me
that there is a
tremendous
demand
by parents
for more
education
choices.
I want to
dispel the
myth that
lisa
charters are the
lyons
Wild West of
education, with no regulation
or accountability.
According to the Michigan
Department of Education,
charter schools must comply
with the same state and
federal rules as traditional
public schools, as well as
additional requirements from
their authorizer.
SB 618 raises academic
standards by strengthening
accountability on
academic performance;
fiscal management; and
transparency for schools,
operators, and authorizers.
For the first time in state
law, improved academic
achievement for all groups
of students is the most
important factor for charter
contract renewal.
I refuse to let this bill
become a debate about
traditional public education
versus charters. I firmly
support quality education of
all types.
Any education policy that
I consider will always have
me asking first: what is best
for kids? This bill is about
removing a hurdle to allow for
additional schools are in high
demand to meet the needs of
students and families.
My sister, Krista, is a classic
example of educational
freedom and choice.
A former public school
teacher who is now a stay-athome mom, she uses multiple
options to ensure the best
course for each of her kids.
Krista sends one of my
nephews to a charter school
and homeschools another.
Whether or not you would do
the same, it’s undeniable that
she has the ability to choose
for each child.
Unfortunately, because of
the charter cap, many other
parents don’t have the same
opportunity as my sister.
I support SB 618 to
empower those parents
and to make sure kids have
Sunday,
access to quality education.
Decision to expand
should be data-driven
guest column
BY KAtHY HAYes
I
t strikes me as odd that
leaders in Lansing herald
the virtues of data-driven
decision making but press
forward with legislation like
Senate Bills 618 and 619. SB
618 lifts the cap on universityauthorized charters in
the state and allows for
unfettered expansion in a
time when lawmakers urge
consolidation.
Proponents speak of the
virtues of successful charter
schools, but what’s not
mentioned is the fact that
many of these schools are on
the Michigan Department
of Education’s Persistently
Lowest Achieving list.
Of those schools identified
as persistently low achieving,
nearly one-third of them are
charter schools.
Further, nearly one-third of
all charter schools are in the
bottom 20 percent in terms of
top-to-bottom rankings.
If one were to make
a data-driven decision,
logic would dictate that
there needs to be a quality
standard for charter schools
to expand.
What’s the sense in
December
4, options
2011
providing more
and choices if those
choices aren’t quality?
Rep. Lisa Lyons, R-Alto, represents
the
86th District and is a member of This legislation should be
MLive.cOM
strengthened to include
the House Education Committee.
ENTERTAINMENT
SECTION D
JJ A
AN
NU
UA
AR
RY
Y 8
8 ,, 2
20
01
12
2
Sports Reporter
rmaghiel@mlive.com
january 29, 2012
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011
Effort to consolidate area services
gains clout: Leader now runs Flint
KRISTIN
KRISTIN LONGLEY
LONGLEY
MICHIGAN BUSINESS
0 MILK
0 0
MECHANICAL
352
$
Taking
stock of
Big 3
Saints
Saints march
march on
on
36
ROBOTS CUT LABOR COSTS, LET COWS GIVE WHEN THEY WANT
B
m
StockS
TOWNSHIP
— Cow No.
7993 milled
FLINT
JOURNAL
THETHE
GRAND
RAPIDS
PRESS
around, scratching
her back on a rotating
MARKET LISTINGS
brush and munching
some lunch. Then,
her udder plump, she Dow Jones
strolled to the side of industrials
+124.20
the barn.
12,293.85
S
Nature called,
so to speak. And a
-42.4 18.47 8.45 Alcoa AA
mechanized
BUSINESS
THE Bay CITy TIMESmilker
-23.6 16.20 6.77 AmAxle AXL
-58.0 15.31 4.92 BkofAm BAC
was ready to answer. -2.4 27.70 13.19 Brunswick BC
Auto show ready
for resurgence
Extravaganza opens this week amid
$2.00
$2.00
Sunday Comics
safeguards to ensure that
an agenda; a political hill
only the best of the best are
to climb that puts quality
allowed to replicate.
educational choices second
If we allow the
to special interests and outabovementioned failures to
of-state vendors.
expand across the state, we
The Michigan Association
leave an entire generation
of School Boards supports
of students behind all in the
education policy that
name of the free market.
will improve student
Also on the agenda for the
achievement and public
legislature is
education. These bills do
Senate Bill 619. neither.
SB 619
We call on legislators and
removes all
Gov. Snyder to reject these
limits on
bills and invest time and
unproven
resources where research and
cyber schools. data demonstrate success, like
These schools early-childhood education.
have existed in
Early-childhood education
Michigan for
isn’t only a good investment
Kathy
only one year;
for our children; it’s an
Hayes
not nearly
investment in economic
enough time to demonstrate
development for our state.
success.
Research from the
What also strikes me
National Conference of
as odd is that recently the
State Legislatures indicates
Legislature voted to remove
that the long-term return on
the requirement that cyber
investment for every early
schools report successes and childhood dollar is $17 in
failures to the Department of benefit to society.
Education.
The association of school
Lawmakers also removed
boards agrees with Gov.
a requirement that operators Snyder. We need to use good,
of cyber schools have any
sound data and research to
experience with online
support education reform.
CLASSIFIED ADS,
PAGE G7
learning.
Let’s duplicate what we
So, we have legislation that know works and not risk the
expands an experimental
future of our children on
program and strips
experimentation.
those programs of any
responsibility to demonstrate Kathy Hayes is executive director of
success.
the Michigan Association of School
These bills are part of
Boards in Lansing.
FLINT
months
FLINT —
— Two
Two months
ago, a
ago,
a blueprint
blueprint for
for conconsolidating some
some Flint
solidating
Flint and
and
Genesee
m
Genesee County
County services
services
may
may have
have seemed
seemed like
like pie
pie in
in
the
the sky.
sky.
A
A countywide
countywide detective
detective
bureau
and
crime
lab,
bureau and crime lab, a
a
consolidated
parks
mainteconsolidated
parks
mainteTheThe
Grand
Rapids
Press
sEcTiOn
G
Flint
Journal
nance
nance system
system and
and a
a multimultijurisdictional
jurisdictional fire
fire authority
authority
—g4all
all designed
designed with
with a
a goal
goal
No pain, all gain: Stocks, mutual fund listings. Page g3,—
to
to conserve
conserve taxpayer
taxpayer doldollars.
lars.
While
While such
such ideas
ideas still
still
ST A RT T h E h O li D AyS O f f O N T h E Ri g h T f O OT .
have
have plenty
plenty of
of hurdles
hurdles to
to
clear,
clear, they
they may
may be
be within
within
mONThS
reach
DuE AT
$ SECuRiTy
$ fiRSTmONTh’S $ SigNiNg
reach now
now that
that one
one of
of the
the
The
catch
The Detroit
Detroit Lions’
Lions’ Calvin
Calvin Johnson,
Johnson, center,
center, can’t
can’tDEPOSiT
catch aa PAymENT
men
ultra
low mileage
leaseSaints’
for
men behind
behind the
the plan
plan is
is at
at
pass
the
New
Orleans
Roman
Harper,
pass between
between
the
Orleans
Saints’
Roman
Harper,
the
helm
of
Flint,
armed
wellNew
qualified
gm employees
Tax, TiTle, license and dealer fees exTra.
1
the helm of Flint, armed
PER mONTh
Mileage
chargeNFL
of $.25 per Mile over 30,000 Miles.
eligible family
members
left,
Dunbar
during
the
with
expanded
authority
left, and
and Jo-Lonn
Jo-Lonnand
Dunbar
during
the first
first half
half of
of an
an NFL
with expanded authority to
to
wild-card
change city government.
wild-card playoff
playoff game
game Saturday.
Saturday. The
The Saints
Saints won
won the
the
Ap phOTO change city government.
Vigame
S i T yO45-28.
u R C A D i l l A C D E A lE R T O D Ay.
cadillac.com
Flint’s
game
45-28.
Flint’s new
new emergency
emergency
GERALD HERBERT | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MATT catch
VANDE BUNTE
GERALD
HERBERT |Harper,
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
The Lions’ Calvin Johnson BY
can’t
a
pass
between
New
Orleans’
Roman
left,
and
Jo-Lonn
Dunbar
during
the
manager,
Michael
Brown,
PAymENTS ARE fOR A 2012 CADillAC CTS SPORT SEDAN WiTh AN mSRP Of $39,990; iNCluDES EmPlOyEE VEhiClE AllOWANCE
manager, Michael Brown,
mlive media group
Hands-free:
36 mONThly PAymENTS
TOTAl
$12,672. OPTiON
TO PuRChASE
AT lEASE
END fOR
AN AmOuNT
TO bE DETERmiNED
AT lEASE
first half of an NFL wild card playoff football
game
Saturday.
Detroit
could
not
keep
up
with
the Saints
in the second halfCows athelped lead a Rick
•• For
more
on
the
game,
see
B1
SigNiNg.
Ally muST
APPROVE
lEASE.
TAkE wild-card
DEliVERy by 1/3/12. lESSEE
PAyS fOR
ExCESS
WEAR. PAymENTS mAy bE highER iN
helped lead a local
local effort
effort
For
more
on
wild-card
game,
see
B1
Swisslane
SOmE
STATES.
NOT
AVAilAblE
WiThthe
SOmE OThER
OffERS. RESiDENCy
RESTRiCTiONS
APPly.
©2011 gENERAl mOTORS. All
and dropped the
45-28,
to
endRighTS
what
was
nonetheless
a
winning
season.
Sports,
B1.
last
OWNE
HAGlundways
2 012 game,
C T S S P O RT
SEDAN
AW D
RESERVED. CADillAC®, CTS®
last year
year to
to identify
identify
ways
dairy Farms
Ross Maghielse
Golden
Globes are
gonna love
Clooney
Future
Genesee:
Sharing?
Gazette file photo
High demand: Paramount Charter Academy in Kalamazoo, an offshoot of Ada-based National Heritage Academies, opened in 1998
and three years later had 547 students in grades K-8. Michigan hit its charter cap 12 years ago.
Parents deserve choices,
have waited toomlong
Inside
near alto
line up to
enter an
automated
milking stall,
left, where
they position
themselves
over a
machine that
washes the
udders and
milks them,
below. The
cows enter
when they
are ready to
give milk.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011 B3
snapshots
Nasdaq
composite
the
the city,
city, county
county and
and other
other
local governments
local
governments could
could
cooperate,
cooperate, consolidate
consolidate or
or
collaborate to
to save
save money.
money.
collaborate
The Future
Future Genesee
Genesee projprojThe
ect, led
led by
by Brown
Brown and
and forforect,
mer
mer Lt.
Lt. Gov.
Gov. John
John D.
D. Cherry
Cherry
Jr., was
was reinforced
reinforced last
last
Jr.,
year by
by Gov.
Gov. Rick
Rick Snyder’s
Snyder’s
year
demand that
that Michigan
Michigan comcomdemand
munities
munities that
that want
want a
a piece
piece
of the
the state
state revenue-sharing
revenue-sharing
of
pie show
show they’re
they’re willing
willing to
to
pie
share services.
services.
share
Under
normal
circumUnder normal circumstances, putting
putting these
these
stances,
shared services
services —
— or
or as
as
shared
Snyder calls
calls them,
them, “best
“best
Snyder
practices”
practices” —
— in
in place
place would
would
be stalled
stalled by
by red
red tape.
tape.
be
But under
under changes
changes in
in
But
state law
law signed
signed by
by Snyder
Snyder
state
in
March,
emergency
in March, emergency manmanagers
such
as
Brown
have
agers such as Brown have
expanded powers,
powers, including
including
expanded
the ability
ability to
to consolidate
consolidate or
or
the
eliminate
eliminate departments
departments in
in
See
See FUTURE,
FUTURE, A16
A16
micHiGAn businEss
Recent automaker
success gets
little Wall Street love
A
It’s Cadillac
vs. BMW
GM using auto show
fter a decade of painful
decline that nearly
resulted in their demise,
Michigan’s automakers are on
a roll.
In an otherwise sluggish
economy, the Detroit Three
automakers are churning out
+18.4 21.85
vehicles and profits at the
After nearly a century of+46.4 23.73
gazette news
-2.0 23.04
highest levels since the late
milking cows by hand and-37.9
service/
43.53
54.38
1990s.
manually connecting udders+20.7
emily zoladz
The Weekly Guide to Managing Your Money
WSJ.com/Sunday
©
-30.0 19.35
Chrysler Group LLC,
to milking machines, Swiss--12.6 56.49
-12.5 15.75
Lane Dairy Farms this month-14.5
They explored cheese pro- Ford Motor Co. and General
135.72
-34.8 18.97
brought in some high-tech-6.5
cessing, raw milk cow shares Motors Co. each have gained
78.27
MICHAEL
-.3
21.65
help: robots.
and even buying a farm in Ohio U.S. market share against
MICHAEL WAYLAND
WAYLAND
-44.4 39.48
“Cows are the most cau-+1.6
before settling on “The Robot foreign competitors for the
35.35
+10.5 5.87
first time since 1988.
Dairy.”
tious,
the
most
habitual
creaFOR
THE
FLINT
JOURNAL
H40A 06> <0=H 4G?4ACB
-17.8 7.70
the
TIM HIGGINS
HIGGINS
The resurgent
automakers
tures ever, so any little change+2.3 4.75
Though about 1,000 cows
B083 C> 0E>83 +
)
1>=3B 7>;3
the market
market for
for small,
small,
TIM
+7.3 33.01
•
Public
tickets
for
0<?;4 20B7 0=3 BC82: F8C7 5>A
are
expected
to hire 30,000
is
stressful,”
said
Annie
Link,
a
remain
at
the
original
farm,
upscale
The
Inter•member
Publicoftickets
for gainers
BLOOMBERG
NEWS
486= BC>2:B
upscale cars,
cars, an
an
The North
North American
Americanfourth-generation
Intermost active
losers
commodities
BLOOMBERG
the nextNEWS
three
getting
milked
byFLINT
hand,
there workers over
RYAN
GARZA
| THE
JOURNAL
*7>B4 CDA=43 >DC C> 14
the
North
RYAN
GARZA | about
THE FLINT
JOURNAL
important
national
Detroit
North American
American
0<>=6 C74 F>ABC <>E4B >5 0
family farm in the
southeastern
are concerns
future
labor years, according to the Center
important entryway
entryway
national Auto
Auto Show
Show in
in the
Detroit
BDA?A8B8=6 8=E4BC8=6 H40A
International
Media
Volt
for Automotive
Research in
Kent County.
supply.
for
continues
SOUTHFIELD
—
International Auto
Auto Show
Show are
are
Media members
members get
get aa closer
closer look
look at
at the
the Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Volt last
last January
January
-70C 70??4=43 DA>?40=
for new
new customers
customers
continues to
to regain
regain momenmomenA Show
planned expansion
would Ann Arbor. SOUTHFIELD —
“This is, like, available
the biggest at the door, online
=0C8>=B B0F C748A 341C CA>D1;4B
during
Cobo
that
is
dominated
tum
industry
General
with
4B20;0C4
*74 +
)
<034 ;8CC;4
during the
the 2011
2011 North
North American
American International
International Auto
Auto
Show at
at another
Cobo eight But even
though theMotors,
auto
thing that’s ever available
happened in at the door, online
accommodate
that
is
dominated
tum as
as the
the U.S.
U.S. auto
auto
industry
General
Motors,
with
7403F0H 033A4BB8=6 8CB >F=
at
www.naias.com
and
by
G-H
Center
is about the best
their life.”
robots to milk 500 more cows industry renewed
by
rebounds
verve as
as
at www.naias.com and by
1>AA>F8=6 8BBD4B
=3 BC>2:B
Center in
in Detroit.
Detroit.
by German
German vehicles,
vehicles,
rebounds to
to prerecession
prerecessionIt’slevlevrenewed
verve
A>34 0 A>;;4A 2>0BC4A F8C7 5>A
thing going
in the troubled
getting to becalling
a pretty big
mechanically.
248-283-5173.
such
els,
the
biggest
486= B70A4B B?4=38=6 <>BC >5
calling
248-283-5173.
the domestic
thing for Michigan
dairy farmRound-the-clock
help from U.S. economy,
such as
as the
the 3-Series
3-Series
els, officials
officials say.
say.
the world’s
world’s
biggest
C74 H40A 3A>??8=6 B70A?;H
-8C7
watching
this
year.
media
days
•
watching for
for
this
year.
media preview
preview
days are
are
are getting no will be in
ers, too.
family,
friends,
neighbors and automakers
and
This
automaker,
0A>D=3 C74 14=3 <>A4 4G
trends
interest rates
• Adult
Adult tickets
tickets cost
cost $12,
$12,
and the
the MercedesMercedesThis year’s
year’s show,
show, which
which
automaker,
?4ACB 0A4 F>AA843 01>DC 0 6;>
1.
bull’sworldwide
Wall Street. will be in
otheraims
farmersfor
whoa
robots respect from
tickets
1. Chrysler
Chrysler
aims
for
ahave
bull’sworldwide debuts,
debuts, up
up from
from
10; 42>=><82 B;>F3>F=
Benz
starts
first
of
the
spotlight
at
tickets for
for senior
senior citizens
citizens
Ford’s the
stock,spotlight
trading around
has helped SwissLane
make the
Benz C-Class.
C-Class.
starts Monday
Monday with
with the
theGrowing
first toward
of future
at the
the
DC +
)
BC>2:B B7>F43 8<
Dodge
32
C-D
and
7
eye: The
The resurrected
resurrected
Dodge
32 last
last year,
year, according
according to
to offioffi- eye:
?A4BB8E4 A4B8;84=24 0=3 >C74A
“The
two
will
Detroit
auto show
show
is down about
Though
firstchildren
robot
transition. And though
some $11 a share,
children
7 to
to 12
12 years
years
“The gorilla
gorilla in
in the
the
two media
media preview
preview days,
days,
will not theand
Detroit
auto
8=E4BC<4=CB 8=2;D38=6 6>;3 0=3
Dart
is
expected
to
be
one
cials.
from
its 52-week
installation in theold
state,are
Swisscows had trouble
making
the 40 percent
$6,
and
children
Dart
is
expected
to
be
one
6>E4A=<4=C 1>=3B CDA=43 8=
cials.
room
is
the
3-Series,”
have
at
least
35
news
conferthis
week,
taking
on
old
are
$6, and children
room is the 3-Series,”
have at least 35 news conferthisEven
week,
Ford’staking on
Lane’s is the largest
with
eight
switch and got worldshipped back high of $18.97.
1>55> ?4A5>A<0=24B 8= of
The
4A4B 0 ;>>: 0C B><4 >5 C74
and
younger
can
attend
of the
the most-popular
most-popular
The 2012
2012 NAIAS
NAIAS opens
opens
Kurt
McNeil,
ences
that
reveal
more
than
BMW
its
popular
to and
reinstate
machines.
And it6
signals
conto the farm’s oldworldparlor, most recent decision
6
and
younger
can
attend
Cadilences that reveal more tinued
thangrowth of a trend the
BMW
andyears
its popular Kurt McNeil, Cadil58=0=280; <>E4B C70C BDA?A8B
wide
at
the
auto
show.
to
after fiveline
of the
benefit,
Link the dividend
8=6;H F>A:43M0=3 B><4 C70C
for free.
wide debuts
debuts
atherd
thewill
auto
show.
to the
the public
public Saturday
Saturday and
and
lac’s
40
reno3-Series
with a
free.
383=CM8= lac’s vice
vice president
president of
of
40 vehicles
vehicles at
at the
the newly
newly
reno3-Series
didn’t goose
the stockline
price.with a
farm
sees as “the for
future
of the
said.
runs
DC 58ABC 0 20E40C >=C 6>
The compact
compact sedan
sedan —
— set
set to
to
runs through
through Jan.
Jan. 22.
22. There’s
There’s The
sales,
vated
new
compact
CadilGeneral
Motors’
stock
dairy industry.” • The public show opens
ADB78=6 05C4A ;0BC H40AB F8=
sales, said
said last
last week.
week.
vated Cobo
Cobo Center
Center in
in Detroit.
Detroit.
new
compact
Cadildebut
Monday
—
is
important
always
a
lot
to
see
at
the
mas• have
Thebeen
public show opens
has languished
around $20 a
Robotic
milkers
Getting
used
to
it
=4AB 0=3 3>=C C78=: ;0BC H40AB
debut
Monday
—
is
important
always
a
lot
to
see
at
the
masThe
new
car,
planned
“We’re
looking
forward
to
a
lac.
each
day
CA8;;8>= >5 341C
looking
DC 8C F0B=C
40BH C> around
<0:4 to
C7>D67C
C74 2>=BD<4A
8B BCAD6
;>B4AB 0A4 34BC8=43 C> A4<08= 8= <>A4 C70= “We’re
The new car, planned
forward
a about
below the $33 the
for
two decades,
A week into the process, share, farlac.
sive
day at
at 9
9 a.m.
a.m.
+
)
1>=3B
F4A4 B44= 0B 2012
0 <>=4H North
14CC8=6 >= 6>;3
)70A4B 6;8=6 D=34A =>each
A40; 8=2><4
C74 10B4<4=C 5>A4E4AM;8:4 B0H
sive show.
show. Here’s
Here’s a
a sneak
sneak
for
fantastic
American
new
at when
GM model
popular
in ;02:
Europe
due7867
to a
about 50 percent of the cows stock openedThe
B><4F70Cfantastic
D=4G?42C43 70E4= 2012
8= >5 6>;3North
<8=4AB 5>A 4G0<?;4
54;; 6A>FC7
>5 B0E8=6B
C74 $4CB
for an
an unveiling
unveiling
American
The
new
model
peek of 10 things we will
See
AUTO
A2 launchedrepresents
E>;0C8;4 <0A:4CB
)> F0B C74 >E4A Auto
0B 8=E4BC>AB
5A4CC43
341C
1DA34=B
0=3 =>and
9>1 2A4
its initial public Chief
tighter
labor
supply,
only into the milking stall, a laser peek of 10 things we infection
the SHOW,
robots on
will be
bein the cow’s udder — typically
today,
will
be
called
International
Show,”
auto
Seevisit
AUTO
SHOW,
A2
Winning Moves
341C >5 >C74A
=0C8>=B 340;8=6 >E4A Auto
A8B8=6 ?A>3D2C8>=
2>BCB
0C8>=K B0HB $A
'0D;B4= J42>
today,
will
be
called
International
Show,”
auto
represents
Chief
offering
in
November
2010.
their
own
while
others
still
recently
gaining
traction
in
scan
identifies
the
cow
and
re“Any
little
change
Haan
said.
Incidence
has
fallen
Betting on Bonds
Selecting
EnergyPerkins
Stocks
F8C7 341Cshow
385582D;C84BChairman
BD27 0B
=><820;;H B4=B8C8E4
2>=BD<4A
the
ed
Sonic,
a
Bill
Executive
Officer
K-L BDA?0BB43 <>BC 4G?42C0
Chrysler,
which is
Michigan.
the robot
of the animal’s
from one to two per month to need encouragement.
+
)
*A40BDAHB 70E4 144= !0?0= 0=3show
*74 Bill
)C0=30A3
'>>AB
C74 +
"
Chairman
B70A4B
the ATS
ATS and
and go
go on
on
ed Chevrolet
Chevroletminds
Sonic,
a replacereplacePerkins
Executive
Officer
A0;;H8=6 5>A B4E4A0; H40AB
.84;3B
B> estimated
0AH E0=B 0 5>A<4A CA034A BC>2: 8=34G 8B 3>F= An
C8>=B
K
owned Akerson’s
by Italian
is stressful. This three cases in the past 2-plus “The first shift the cows were partially Dan
30 robots
exist unique
physique.
ment
vehicle
for
the
subcomsaid.
“We
have
been
here
since
Dan
strate- sale
>= H40A *A40BDAHBMF7827 0=3 0DC7>A
50A C78B been
H40A
DC 5>DA
4=4A6H since
>5 C74 $'$
)'have
sale in
in the
the third
third quarquarment
vehicle
forrobot
theuses
subcomsaid.
“We
here
stratehas yet to
The
a circulating
statewide
eight
farms.
But
years.
freaked out because it was a automaker Fiat, Akerson’s
Losingon
Moves
<>E4 8= C74 >??>B8C4 38A42C8>= '&"+') 1;>6 0A6D4B C70C C74 BC>2:BM&%&" ; '0B> (0=64
pact
Aveo.
It’s
a source
of
1961.
We
have
enjoyed
a
gy
for
ground
Buying
>5 ?A824M1460= 0C 0 BCA4=6C7 1961.
(4B>DA24B
0=3 01>C &8;
>5 1>=3B 5A><
C74B4have
since
the
market
isAbroad
poised Aveo.
to grow It’s
brushatosource
wash the udder
And though the investment new everything,” Link said. issue a stock
ter.
pact
of before is ... the biggest
We
enjoyed
a great
great
gy offering
for gaining
gaining
ground ter.
W-X
>A B4E4A0; H40AB 4G?4ACB
B:8<?H B?0A:8=6 <0=H 0= =0C8>=B <0H =>C 2>=C8=D4
J*74 0BM0;; B>0A43 14CF44= “It
local
pride
with
its
partnership
with
Cobo
Center
in the
the compact-luxcompact-luxquickly,
Chad
Scholma,
fitting pumps
onto the cow’s
in robots is sizeable, about “Poor cows, they just like ev- its 2009 government-financed
70E4said
03E8B43
8=E4BC>AB
C> 1DH
0;HBCB C> F0A= 8=E4BC>AB C> +
)
+
"
partnership
*74
608=B D=34A
0=3 !0?0= =443 C> 64C 0=3
“It will
will be
be a
a key
key
local
pride
with
its Flint-built
Flint-built
with
Cobo
Center
in
•• Updates
and
news
Check
mlive.com/naias
reorganization.
thing
that’s
ever $200,000 per unit,
it can be erything
owner5>A486=
of Hi-Tech
Dairy
Supteats.
Aside
from
a full udder,
the same. That’s
actu- bankruptcy
B70A4B 0A6D8=6
C70C
BC44A 2;40A >5 C74B4 8=E4BC C748A 58B20; 7>DB4B 8= >A34A 14 B2>A43 7>F C74 +
)
8B 58=38=6
Updates
and breaking
breaking
news
Check
mlive.com/naias
and
Bay
City
camand
the
of
Detroit.”
ury
segment. GM
GM is
is
B>DA24B 8= ply
B><4in 6A>FC7
F8;;engine
14 <>A4 A>1DBC
<4=CB
5>A4 8CB C>>
;0C4K 74
B0HB
city
In part,ury
the automakers’
Allendale.
cow
is enticed
offset over 7 to 10 years by really why we thought the robots
engine
and the
Bay
City
cam-into the
and
the
city=4F
of4=4A6H
Detroit.”
segment.
Going for Gold
?;024B BD27 0B %4F .>A: 0=3 01A>03
DC 5>A48
03 <>E4
=E4BC>AB B0F
•
Photo
galleries
of
the
cool
•
All
the
news
from
the
show
shafts
and
disto barge
barge
into
See
prices reflect
a
in their
duced
labor costs.•Each
robotgalleries
Improving
technology
has connecting
milking stall by arods.
bit of food, happened
would be perfect
forcool
them below sharetrying
Photo
of the
>;3 70BMid-Michigan
144= 0 186 F8= &78> 0=3 will
7>F >8; be
?A824Bon
70E4
608=B >5 <>A4 C70= 8= +
)
• All the news
from the
show
shafts
and
connecting
rods.
Mid-Michigan
will
be
on
dis- robot
trying
to
into
See GM,
GM, A16
A16
5A><
*A40BDAHB 8= 0B ?A824B =4A C78B H40A A8B8=6 B> 50A BC0H43 7867 0B 34<0=3 upgraded
cause
it will be the same every stock market that is fixated on
performance,
topped
with tasty
grain, served
can milk about 60 cows
and
cars
and
more
At
least
35
of
the
vehicles
play
during
the
show
with
the
2;8<1 F0B
0 2>=C8= 78=0
A4<08=B
BCA>=6
B>0A43 0=3 H40A *A40BDAH 8= *74
•
Behind-the-scenes
info
cars
and
more
At least 35 of the vehicles
play during the
show with
the
life.”
has
• Behind-the-scenes
infoa life expectancy of 10 to time” instead of different hu- global worries, including the
&C74A 0A40B >5 BCA4=6C7cut
F4A4down on maintenance and up by the robot. S-T
H84;3B CD<1;43 C> 0A>D=3 D0C8>= >5 BCA4=6C7 5>A C74 H4;
being
during
unveiling
of
the
much-anticipatEuropean debt crisis, slowing
reduced cost, he
said. unveiled
After
about 8 the
minutes, the
12 years, perhaps more.
man milkers.
>E4A C74 ?0BC 54F
0=3 2>=BD<4A5>
*74B4 186 608=B 20<4 34B?8C4 0 ;>F <4C0;
being
unveiled
during
the
unveiling
of C427
theBC>2:B
much-anticipat— Annie Link, SwissLane Dairy Farms,
BD<<4A 3>F=6A034 >5 +
)
341C H40AB 0B 8=E4BC>AB B40A2743 5>A 2DB43 2><?0=84B BD27 0B A4C08;
“It’s at the point now, where milked cow departs.
Typically, farmers consider
So far, cows at SwissLane’s growth in China and political
1H A0C8=6B 2><?0=H )C0=30A3 0 70E4=M<D27 0B C74H 5;>2:43 4AB =>C4B !0<4B '0D;B4= 27845
speaking
for her cows
U-V
labor rates are low, they’re beadding robots when they need robot dairy are getting milked discord in the United States.
'>>AB 0=3 C74 8=018;8CH >5 0 C> +
)
6>E4A=<4=C 1>=3B
&C7 8=E4BC<4=C BCA0C468BC 0C -4;;B
2>=6A4BB8>=0; ?0=4; C> A4027 0= 4AB 1>D67C 6>;3 0B 0 74364 0?8C0; $0=064<4=C
“This is a market that’s
coming more affordable,” said An easier life
to upgrade their facilities, Haan an average of 3.6 times per day.
06A44<4=C C> 2DC C74 =0C8>=B 0608=BC 8=5;0C8>=
JC 0 C8<4 F74= <>BC
Scholma, who sold the Lely“It’s completely different
In a traditional parlor, for said.
And yield, typically about 85 looking for excuses not to
That was the case at Triple pounds per day, was up to 99.6 rally,” said Mitch Stapley,
brand robots to SwissLane.
from managing a conventional example, “on Christmas mornFind continuous
Find continuous
“I
with
the
says
there’s
aa time
income
“Originally,
we thought
dairy farm,” said
Mat Haan,
ing,
someone is out
milking H, where
Howard
and Mary pounds
one day
earlier
this chiefHe
Genesee
Area
A3 it Weather
A15
Today
People,
Business
D1,2
Diversions
news
updates at
“I talked
talked
with
the governor.
governor.
Hefixed
says
there’sinvestment
time and
and aa place
place for
for everything.
everything.
Genesee
A15
Business
D1,2installed
Diversions
news updates at
officer
Fifth Third
project coordinator
forToday
the thePeople,
would
be moreArea
smaller A3
farms Weather
cows while everyone
else Jo Straub
a robot two week.
E-F
Well, this
this
is the
theat time,
time,
and this
this is
is the
the place.”
place.”
Voices,
Echoes
A6,7
Sports
B1-6
Travel,
Fashion
and
WSJ
D3-5
Puzzles,
Advice,
Well,
is
and
Bankcorp
in Grand
Rapids.
dairy facility at
MSU’s Travel,
Kel- isFashion
(buying
the robots),
that’s Sports
inside opening
years
ago. They
were looking
was the sustainable
Voices,
Echoesbut
A6,7
B1-6
and Christmas
WSJ
D3-5
Puzzles,
Advice, “This
Republican
Rep.
Mike
Shirkey
on
Obits
A11-14 Classified
Classified
E1-10
Bookspresents.”C1-8
C1-8 Stocks
Stocks
D6,7
But Stapley
and others
say
logg site, which
milks about
changing.
to build
a new Television
parlor and found way for
us to expand. Westate
feel
Republican
state
Rep.
Mike
Shirkey
on right-to-work
right-to-work
7
5
A11-14
Books
Television
investors also have
specific A10
starting to really
take off 180 cows with E1-10
robots. “With
a
that D6,7
would cost
as much as the it’s really the future of the dairylegislation
7
5“It’sObits
| Story,
FJ • SUNDAY • $2.00
Story,
concerns about|the
future A10
robot.
here in the Midwest, and I see it robot, the cows come up when Helping humans, too
industry,” said Tom Oesch,legislation
FJ • SUNDAY • $2.00
they want.”
continuing in that direction.”
So, the primary reason for
Link’s cousin and manager of performance of Ford and GM.
Investors likely will
Scholma also sold one robot
Otherwise, the animals automation is to provide re- Expanding the business
the robot dairy.
O-P
to Triple H Farms in St.
Johns, would have to be brought in spite from milking duties.
Now, they have a second ro“It has taken a lot — a lot continue to discount
north of Lansing, and three to two or three times per day.
“That’s the biggest thing bot on the way.
— of hours, but the cows have GM’s stock as long as it is
“For the cows, the benefit is we’ve heard from farmers is the
Michigan State University’s
“Economically, it’s probably a adapted phenomenally. Some partly owned by the U.S.
W.K. Kellogg Biological Sta- a lower stress environment,” quality of life,” Haan said. “It wash,” Howard Straub said. “Af- of ’em we had to push, but we government. Taxpayers hold a
26.2 percent ownership share
tion, northeast of Kalamazoo. Haan said. “The cow’s not be- gives them more flexibility.”
ter you get (the cows) trained, were patient.
There are other benefits be- it’s pretty easy to run.”
Those dairies milk fewer than ing pushed.”
“They’re showing their ap- of the company as a result of
200 cows with robots.
Most farms that do robotic ing found at MSU’s Kellogg
At SwissLane, Link and other preciation by pumping that GM’s 2009 federal bailout.
“It’s not a purely clean
At SwissLane, there is capac- milking have one or two ma- site, which installed robots in members of the family’s fourth tank full.”
ownership structure,” Stapley
ity for about 500 cows.
chines and previously relied on 2009. For one, there has been generation wanted to expand
said.
When one of them meanders family labor, Haan said.
a decrease in mastitis — an the business.
Email: localnews@grpress.com
Comics
A-B
We’re adding 50 percent more comics and a
prime time TV grid to help you pick the best
shows to watch.
D
If
If you
you go
go
3
1
S
Pct. change from previous: +0.74%
O
N
D
High: 2,618.84 Low: 2,599.89
stocks
Extravaganza opens this week amid
new hope
new
hope for
for industry,
industry, new
new era
era for
for Cobo
Cobo
W
D
W
1
Sports
N
.12 1.4 9 161047 8.86
5 10271 9.83
.04 .7 dd 1843233 5.60
.05 .3 87
5938 18.29
16.96 CMS Eng CMS
.84 3.8 14 10069 22.02
14.50 CedarF FUN
1.00e 4.5 cc
847 22.20
14.56 ChemFinl CHFC .80 3.7 15
491 21.71
21.48 Comerica CMA
.40 1.5 12 17161 26.23
43.22 DTE DTE
2.35 4.3 13
5239 54.70
2011
Dow Jones
& Company,
9.45 DanaHldg
DAN
27 21737 Inc.
12.05
33.09 Eaton s ETN
1.36 3.1 12 21880 44.36
9.13 FifthThird FITB .32 2.5 11 106013 12.84
66.84 Flowserve FLS 1.28 1.3 14
2499101.88
9.05 FordM F
.20 1.8 5 264850 10.95
53.95 GenDynam GD 1.88 2.8 9
8713 66.36
14.02 GenElec GE
.68f 3.7 15 462099 18.23
19.00 GenMotors GM
4 63930 20.50
21.84 Gentex GNTX
.48 1.6 27
5417 30.03
3.05 GraphPkg GPK
14
1467 4.30
4.46 HuntBnk HBAN .16 2.8 11 99976 5.65
1.20 IndBkMI IBCP
dd
440 1.33
21.55 IntPap IP
1.05 3.6 10 21892 29.24
mlive.com
W
O
+19.19
2,618.64
-.05 -20.9 48.36 27.85 JPMorgCh JPM 1.00
D3
+.26 -18.7 42.92 24.29 JohnsnCtl JCI
.72f
+.13 -23.3 41.71 26.45 Kaydon KDN
.80
+.75 -1.4 57.70 48.10 Kellogg K
1.72
+.29 -4.4 88.55 58.30 L-3 Com LLL
1.80
+.19 -47.8 5.20 2.01 Macatawa MCBC
+.06 -35.5 62.20 30.03 MagnaI gs MGA 1.00
+.30 +17.7 10.26 6.47 MercBank MBWM
+.49 -27.1 28.94 15.63 MillerHer MLHR .09
All
Reserved.
+.29 Rights
-3.5 65.19
42.70 PNC PNC
1.40
+.98 -10.3 99.40 59.26 ParkerHan PH 1.48
-.08 +59.4 104.70 62.31 Perrigo PRGO
.32f
+1.19 +24.7 21.75 16.63 Pfizer PFE
.88f
+.01 -14.4 87.13 40.66 SPX Cp SPW
1.00
+.22 +11.4 21.37 13.95 SprtnStr SPTN
.26
+.18 -31.4 12.12 5.40 Steelcse SCS
.24
-.20 -6.9 65.21 43.73 Stryker SYK
.85f
+.85 -20.6 28.87 14.66 Textron TXT
.08
... -21.2 39.84 22.91 UnivFor UFPI
.40
2.00
+.05 -42.4 92.28 45.22 Whrlpl WHR
+.01 +13.8 43.36 30.31 WolvWW WWW .48
5.08 3.26 X-Rite XRIT
+.28 +3.5
3.0 7 216638 33.57 +.12
2.3 13 26733 31.05 +.63
2.6 20
776 31.24 +.06
3.4 15 10623 50.34 +.43
2.7 8
3344 67.39 +.60
7
335 2.15 -.01
3.0 9
5102 33.56 +.84
cc
65 9.65 -.05
.5 13
5847 18.44 -.10
2.4 9 22505 58.57 +.57
1.9 11
6063 77.42 +1.27
.3 27
7378100.96 +.18
4.0 14 287122 21.83 +.20
1.6 17
4682 61.18 +.60
1.4 13
145 18.88 +.10
3.3 18
9004 7.25 -.16
1.7 15 11653 50.01 +.29
.4 18 14022 18.77 +.13
721 30.67 -.73
1.3 93
3.9 11 11162 51.19 +.63
1.3 14
1537 36.29 +.44
47
130 4.73
...
GM using auto show
upscale car market
NEW ART?
2
QUOTE
QUOTE OF
OF THE
THE DAY
DAY
IN
IN YOUR
YOUR PAPER
PAPER
Stay up to date on all of your favorite teams,
whether they are high school, college or pro.
m.com
live
live
.com
M
13503
13503 00200
00200
Y-Z
$% #% % ! ,$ ! ! % # % ! !% Q-R
M-N
"# !% -
I-J
!%$
&;
0 ; <:;6096 ;606 7
6;; 0;:7:64 6<;66
04 6;:9:1;6 70<:; <6<16
$&#%,
"!$%
( $ % ,! & # # % ! ,
- % $ $ " ! #% $ * #$%)!%/$
",%
& %
$
Tax, TiTle, license and dealer fees exTra.
Mileage charge of $.25 per Mile over 30,000 Miles.
304:;;033<
",%$ # !# - %$ $"!#% $ *% $#" ! 5'552 &$ "!, ( !*
!%, ",%$ %!% -' !"%! %! "&#$ % $ !# !&% %! %# % $
$ , &$% ""#!( $ % (#, , -. .- $$ ",$ !# +$$ *# ",%$ , # $! $%%$ !% ( *% $! !%# !#$ #$, #$%#%!$ "", -- # !%!#$ #%$ #$#( ' %$
Stock table footnotes
Sunday
Friday Comics
m
january 29, 2012
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011
THEbay
FLINT
JOURNAL
THE
ciTy
TimEs
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012 A3
;jf Fftj 4f
m
Region
GO TO MLIVE.COM/bay-CITy FOR 24-HOUR UPDaTES OF yOUR LOCaL NEWS
Qfgj{}O 4qvv xf gq{l fgqvq
~vfhj q{ nj fj¦ kj
jh}{}x³ Qfgj{} fqi0
CTQS@J 8J;8F
:LP S>8 42] 5@S] S@H8Q
2PLTJ6 S>8 42]
5LH@J; TM
42] 5LTJS]
@¦ }{l f{i l}q{l³V
nj fqi0 8j{ q{ njj
EL5>W@FF8 SYM0 A
}ln qxj³ q¦ l}q{l0V
6jggqj Qfgj{} f q{
QWQT f nj vfj
kfxqvqf h}x~f{³ }tq{l
}~ k} Qfgj{} A hnfq
k} f kfxqvqf hfj³ nj{
}xf{ }k nj T0Q0 Qj{fj
nj ~}tj } f h}i }k
5}xxqjj }{ 2lqhvj³
Hqhnqlf{ Qlf nfjn}vi
Jqq}{ f{i :}j A q{
j fg} nj kj }k nj
6jggqj
f{ flqhvjnjxji }
fj¦ flqhvfv q{i0
Qfgj{}
fh} Hqhnqlf{³ njj nj
Snj T0Q0 j{f} fqi³
nqlnvqlnji nj h}xxqjj¦
l}q{l ~ q{ 5vfj³ nj
kqj{i f{i {jqlng} jj kfxj ~}lj }{ f {j :fx 4qvv iq{l
qq q{ ;f{i Pf~qi f{i Ff{q{l
} ijhj{if{ }k kfxj0
2 hnqvin}}i }{iji g flq jfvqj nq jjt0
Snj :fx 4qvv q jqj{ jj
hvj f ~f }k nj jf}{ nj
k} jf f{i q{hvij grjh
Ff{q{l 6jx}hf kjv ~qij nj{
hn f kfx f{i k}}ijvfji
jvvq{l f h}i }k fg} ß|| }k
~}vqhqj³ k}x kfx gqiqj f{i
nj H}{q} S}{nq~gfji gq
hn}}v v{hn ~}lfx0
{j¦ nfjn}vij A f l}~ nj
Qfgj{} fqi nj j~jh }
fqi q{hviji }xj }k n}j fxj
kqj{i k}x nj }n A lfnjji nfj nj gqvv jfi k} vjlqvf}
} ql{ qnq{ nj kq nfvk }k nq
Snif f Qflq{f Wfvvj Qfj
jf0V
T{qjq nf njq vqjvqn}}i
Qnj fqi nj n}~j nj gqvv
h}{q{j } nqj f{i jhj f
xftj nj q{i x}j fgvj k}
q }tj nj{ qxj lj }ln0
2lqhvj q f j qt gq
{j³V Qfgj{} fqi0 Yj f{
} xftj j {}g}i nf } v}j
njq kfx gjhfj }k f kj if }k
gfi jfnj } }xj }nj tq{i }k
iqfj0V
Snj j{f} fqi nj fv} f{
} ~}x}j q{qqfqj nf ~fj
nj f k} nj {j lj{jfq}{ }k
kfxj0
Snq q{¦ } kfnj¦ kfx³V
nj fqi0 @¦ gjh}xq{l f nqln
jhn gq{j0 Yj {jji } h}{q{j
f{ }jfhn } lj ~j}~vj nf fj
jhnf0V
Hqhnqlf{ Qlf 5nqjk 8jh
qj Lkkqhj Hft :vjlj{njqxj³
n} fj{iji Snif¦ xjjq{l³
~fqji Qfgj{}¦ }t0
:vjlj{njqxj fqi ~~} k}x
}kkqhqfv hn f nj j{f} g}}
gq{j vjfij¦ h}{kqij{hj f{i
hf{ vjfi } q{jxj{ hn f nj
¨¸ß xqvvq}{ nj j~jh Hqhnqlf{
COMMON
Focus shifts All-Star
Red Wings
DENOMINATOR to mother Jimmy
Howard,
SL62]
D Yq{j Yn}}~jj [@W³
Û ~0x0³ Q0 C}n{ nj
8f{ljvq 5fn}vqh Qhn}}v³
ËÃº Hfq{³ 8jqvvj0 5}O
¨ß0 @{k}O º%º%ºß¸¸0
D QfljO 2vx} Hfq{j³V
% ~0x0 }if³ Qfif
¸ ~0x0 Q{if³ n}ln
Cf{0 ³ 4f 5q Mvfj³
ÃÃ× 5}vxg 2j0³ 4f
5q0 5}O ¨ÃÛ k} fiv
¨Ãß k} ij{ f{i j
{q}0 @{k}O º%º%º¸ßßßß0
m
Decade’s worst movies
have similarities
C1
Q2STP62]
in murder
trial A3
D Qjh}{i Qfif Qjqj³
Snj Yj{}{fn >}jv
:qj³V Ã ~0x0³ >q}qhfv
Hjx }k 4f 5}{³
¸Ã Yfnq{l}{ 2j0³ 4f
5q0 5}O kjj0 @{k}O º%º
%º¸ßÛ¸¸0
D 2iqq}{O Snj 6}
5nf~j}{j³V Ã ~0x0 }if³
Ë ~0x0 Q{if³ 4f 5q
Mvfj³ ÃÃ× 5}vxg³
4f 5q0 5}O kjj0 @{k}O
º%º%º¸ßßßß0
D 4}g f{i S}x Qn} h}
xjiqf{ C}n Q{jji f{i
P} Y}}i C0³ Û ~0x0³ Qfj
Snjfj³ ºÃ¸ Yfnq{l}{³
4f 5q0 5}O ¨|0 @{k}O
º%º%ºËË|0
QTJ62]
D 4f 5q 4qifv 8j{³
Ã× ~0x0³ 6}gvjjj >}jv
Pqjk}{³ L{j Yj{}{fn
Mft Mvfhj³ 4f 5q0
2ixqq}{O ¨ß0 @{k}O º%º
¸º|×ß0
Friday, m
January 13, 2012
MLIVE.COM
mlive.com
D 4qi f{i 4fljv³
%O¸| f0x0³ 5nq~~jf
Jfj 5j{j³ ×|| Q0
4fi}³ Hqivf{i0 5}O
kjj0 @{k}O º%ºË¸Ã|%¸|0
D Yjj Q}vv³ º f0x0³
5nq~~jf Jfj 5j{j³
×|| Q0 4fi}³ Hqivf{i0
5}O kjj0 @{k}O º%ºË¸Ã
|%¸|0
Q2STP62]
D 5}{f 6f{hj³ ÛO¸| ~0x0³
Hqivf{i 5}xx{q
5j{j³ |ß Cjkkj}{³
Hqivf{i0 5}O ¨Ë0 @{k}O
º%ºËß%×¸0
QTJ62]
D Cf }{ f Yq{ Jqln³
ß ~0x0³ H}vv¦ 4q}³ Ã¸×
2nxf{ Q0³ Hqivf{i0 5}O
¨ÃÃ0Ûß³ iq{{j f{i n}0
@{k}O º%º%¸ÛÃÛ|0
Q2;@J2Y
5LTJS]
Sq5q gjq{l }}x Howard,
}~j{ f~ }}x
42] 5@S] A >f~~ n}
gjlf{ f × ~0x0 Snif q{ nj
{j f~ }}x }~j{ji g Sq5q
4jq{l 5}0
J} nf f{}{j f h}x~vfq{
q{l0 4 ×O|ß ~0x0³ jfq{l f nj
gf f kvv0
Snj @M2 nj gj q x kf}
SPORTS, PAGE B1
qj³V fqi ;f W} }k 4f 5q³
J A Nh
UARY 13, 2012
nj f~ }}x¦ kq }kkqhqfv
}xj0 @¦j gjj{ gq{l l}vj
k}x Sq5q 4jq{l k} fg}
}{j jf0V
Snj f~ }}x q firfhj{ }
Sq5q 4jq{l¦ }~jfq}{ f
¸|| Yfj Q0³ f{i q { g nj
gjj0 @ nf }}x k} fg}
Ã|| ~j}~vj0
Yj ijql{ji q } nfj f fj
n}j kjjv³V fqi C}j >fhtj³
iqjh} }k fvj f{i xf{flj
xj{0 Snj f~ }}x nf f {qj
fx}~njj nf q j q{i
qfv0V
4qviq{l }{j P}lj P}j
gn³ hnqjk jjhqj }kkqhj }k 4j
5}}v @{h0 q{ 8jqvvj³ fljji }
njv~ j{}fj nj gqviq{l k} nj
f~ }}x }~jfq}{0
CLQ8M> SL4@2JQE@ / S>8 42] 5@S] S@H8Q
Jj } nj f~ }}x q f{
Yfqj Cj{f Yq{iqfj }k 2g{³ vjk³ jj f gjj fx~vj } 4f 5q jqij{ Qj 4v}{iq{f³ hj{j³ f{i Cj 4v}{iq{³ qln³
}jkv} }}x ijql{ji f f ¦ß| Sq5q 4jq{l 5}x~f{ Snif jj{q{l0 Snif q nj lf{i }~j{q{l nj f~ }}x0
iq{j h}x~vjj qn f }tq{l
f vqvj njfqj nf{ 4i Fqln³V
rtjg}³ ji g}}n f{i ~q{{q{l f gjj qn} f f~ }}x³V nj Qf{t} fqi0 5}xj hf{
}~ q{ f{i j{r} f lvf }k gjj
fqi0
Qf{t} fqi0 ]} i}{¦ h}xj
gf}}v0
njj0 @{ nj ~f³ nj }~q}{ jj njj } iq{t f{q³ q¦ fvq
>fhtj fqi nf jj{ }
P}jgn }qlq{fvv nfi
xqxqh nj f~ }}x¦ {fv kjjv l}vj } g}vj0V
j jvv0V
~vf{{ji } xftj nj fjn}j
4jj }{ f~ q{hvij Mn}j{q
fj q{ nj }t³ q{hviq{l f q{v
Snj f~ }}x q }~j{ k}x
f hf xjx³ g ijhqiji }
;}vij{ 2vj A nj kq gjj nj
×ÃÃ ~0x0 Snif³ ×ÃÃ ~0x0 :q
xjlj nj qijf }k f xjx qn {qln f{i :qif kqln {qln0
h}x~f{ gjji A 6fl}{ Qvf if f{i {}}{ } ÃÃ ~0x0 Qfif0
C}j Qf{t}³ }{j }k Sq5q
gjj ~}ihq}{ fkj Sq5q fqi
j³ nqhn q flji q{ Cfht 6f{qjv
4jq{l 5}0¦ ß| q{j}³ fqi
Snj f~ }}x i}j {} jvv k}}i
q }vi gj nj ~jkjh qj k} f
Ynqtj }ft gfjv³ f{i >jvv¦
nj nf nqln n}~j k} nj f~
g h}xj fj jvh}xj }
gjj0
>fvk Hqvj0
}}x0
gq{l njq }{0 2 kqkn f{{qj
Snjj fj ß xqh}gjjqj
5fk gjj iq{tj fj }
@¦ f{}nj f } jvv nj
f ~f k} Sq5q 4jq{l q
q{ Hqhnqlf{ f{i }{v } qn
flj fiqj{hj A hfk gjj fj j k} Qfif0
iqkkjj{ gjj nf j gj³V
} f f~ }}x A j hf{¦ nfj
75¢
hj{v q{ nj ~}lfx0
Snj ~}lfx nf }~j{ j{ f{i
}~j{ jq³ } ij{ hf{ ftj h}j
:P2JE8JFTQS SYM0 A 6jvf 5}v nj{jj nj f{0 4 6fj 5fj³
D Wfvvj :qvx Q}hqjO 8vf
vjfi kfhv xjxgj qn nj >jfvn
vjlj¦ >jfvn @{k}xfq}{ Sjhn{}v}l
f{i :ji³V ÛO¸| ~0x0
~}lfx q v}}tq{l k} {j ij{ } @{k}xfq}{ Sjhn{}v}l 6j~fxj{³
5q >fvv Ã||³ QWQT³
fqi nj ~}lfx
SEAN ql{
WORK
FLINT
JOURNAL
~| THE
gjk}j
nj
kji
Û×|| 4f³ E}hnqvvj
q ijql{ji } ftj
jfv k{iq{l nf njv~
S}{nq~0 5}O ¨Ã|
sits on his front porch in Flint on Tuesday. Connor began fiv³
rapping
while hanging out
with his friends
fg} q x}{n0 2{
¨ß k} QWQT
~~} nj ~}lfx
ij{0we’d all be rapping into
jfx~vj }k f ij{ q{
{ }0
where it all started ... I’d have two radios on the porch, and
the radio.”
KRISTIN LONGLEY
nj ~}lfx³ nj fqi³
Snj ~}lfx q
ºË××|Ãß
klongley@flintjournal.com
| 810-766-6313
}vi gj f {j }
ijql{ji k} ~j}~vj
D TQ2 6f{hj 5nf~j |×¸O
xjiqhfv fqf{ q{j
qn f njfvn hfj }
Fjf{ nj 5nf5nf³ Û ~0x0³
jji city
q{ qx~}q{l
nq
:jjvf{i Q~} `}{j³
q{k}xfq}{ jhn{}v
FLINT
—
The
of
ßËº| Hqivf{i³ :jjvf{i0
} nj hjij{qfv0
}l gfhtl}{i } lj
Flint’s financial@problems
5}O ¨Ã|³ ¨ß k} xjxgj³
fii } njq
fq{q{l q{ njj fjfO
¨¸ k} ij{ qn @60
jxj³
} njq
hvq{qhqf{~fhqq}{j³
and require
Qnf}{ are “massive”
6fj
@{k}O fif{hj|×¸0}l0
jx~v}fgqvq f{i njq
qx~vjxj{fq}{ xf{
Fjj{n} immediate
5fj
attention,
emerfif{hjxj{³V 5fj
flj f{i jhn{qhfv }k
Q2STP62]
gency
manager
Michael
fqi0 L
v}hfv n}~qfv
fj f~qiv
fj ~~}0
D H}x H}x fvj³ º f0x0
q{h}~}fq{l
Snj ~}lfx gjlf{ q{ |Ã| fkj Brown
said. jhn{}v}l0V
} ~0x0³ 2hj{q}{
Snj hvq{qhqf{ } ~fhqq}{j h}{v
6jvf jhjqji ¨Ã0×Ã xqvvq}{ } }k
Fnjf{ 5nhn³ %Ëºß
And
now,
f{
fht
q k}the
ij{ n} fvjfi
¨Ã×0Ë xqvvq}{ lqj{ } ÃÛ Hqijj{
;fq}³ Sn}xf S}{nq~0
fj vqhj{ji
~}kjq}{fv } nfj
h}xx{q h}vvjlj } }kkj nj fq{ city’s
state-appoint2ixqq}{O ¨Ã k} fiv0
q{l0 Snj x}{j hfxj k}x nj kjijfv ql{qkqhf{ j~jqj{hj q{ kjijfv³ fj
@{k}O º%ºË×Ã×Ë0
ed manager is pre2xjqhf{ Pjh}j f{i Pjq{jxj{ } v}hfv ~gvqh njfvn flj{hqj0 Snj
D 5}xx{q ]}n 6fO
paring
to unveil
his fht jfhn
qx~vjxj{fq}{
xf{flj
2h0
W}vvjgfvv hvq{qh k} flj
j ij{on
} xf{flj
njfvn q{k}xf
Yj fj j{h}flq{l f~~vqhfq}{ blueprint
E%³ ÃÃO¸| f0x0 } ÃO¸|
how to
~0x0³ Pij 5j{j³ QWQT³
q}{ jhn{}v}l jx f{i x}gqvj
qvv³V fqi Qnf}{ Fjj{n}³ njfvn
them.~~} jfx0 Snj nqi
Û×|| 4f³ E}hnqvvj
q{k}xfq}{ jhn{}v}l ~}lfx h}}fixfi}~q}{
S}{nq~0 5}O kjj0 @{k}O
jhn{qhfv
f{iis
}kfj ~~}³
hf{ }{v lqj nj hn}vf fht³
Brown
today
“This
is crazy! iq{f}0
I can’tYj
describe
ERIC WOODYARD
º%ººË×Û¸ÃÃ0
Pjlqfq}{
jfhnj ij{ n} } xfq{fq{ f{i
{qv nj j}hj nfj gjj{
gjlq{it,”
×ß xq{j
}
finalizing
his finansaid~q}
Connor,
anq~
huge
grin on
ewoodyard@flintjournal.com | 810-766-6184
~~} jhn{}v}l
jx q{ hvq{qhfv
jnfji0V
hvq{qh0
cial and operating
his face as he stared
at thefqi
article
Fjj{n}
nj ~}lfx nf nfi
fg}
¸|
lfifj
f{i
f{}nj
Û|
QjjMichael
68FS2³ 2×
plan for the city, a
FLINT — Eminem. 50 Cent. The on page 96 of the magazine. “I
jqhnfi)ghqxj0h}x / º%º%º×ºËËË
The Source Magazine features
Flint’s No. 1 rapper as ‘Unsigned Hype’
know the history that goes along
with this. I know what that means
and I respect the weight that this
carries and it’s an honor. I grew
up buying these.”
Platinum recording artists like
DMX, Eminem, 50 Cent, The
Notorious B.I.G and Common
have all been featured in the
From top, Jon Connor released
Source’s “Unsigned Hype” section
”Everybody Hates Connor” in January
before their careers took off.
2006; ”The Calling Pt. 2: The Second
Connor — who was born and
Coming” in January 2008; ”Jon Connor
raised in Flint — feels his time is
as Vinnie Chase: Season One”
now.
“Everything is happening to me
was released in September 2010;
at a time in music and at a time
”Salvation” to iTunes on July 12, 2011;
in
hip-hop where we’re accepting
and ”Season 2” mix tape on Dec. 12, 2011.
See RAPPER, A2
COURTESY | FOR THE FLINT JOURNAL
Auto show expected to draw big crowds
MICHAEL WAYLAND
DETROIT — As the
Detroit Big Three continue to recover, so does
the North American International Auto Show.
With General Motors,
Ford and Chrysler all gaining market share last year
for the first time since 1988,
officials say this year’s
annual Detroit auto show
will be one of the most
popular in recent history.
“I see no reason why
the public days shouldn’t
exceed last year,” said
Bob Shuman, president
of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, which
organizes the Detroit auto
show. “With the weather
KATIE RAUSCH | THE FLINT JOURNAL
The hand-built Falcon F7 sits on display Tuesday during the
second day of the press preview for this year’s North American
International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit.
we’re having, I think
we’re going to have good
crowds every day.”
Shuman said attendance at this week’s press
preview and industry days
Friday, December
tuesday,
December9,6,2011
2011
7
13503 00075 9
Voices
Stocks
A3
A6
A7
FJ • TUE, THU, FRI • 75¢
pick Six
Detroit Lions
Two say they were
hurt in crash
Two women say they were
injured when Detroit Lions
defensive tackle Ndamukong
Suh crashed his car into a
tree in downtown Portland,
Ore., over
the weekend.
Portland police
originally said
there were no
injuries in the
accident early
Saturday. But
ndamukong police said
Monday
two
suh
passengers
later came forward to say they
were hurt and left the scene
before officers arrived. Sgt.
Pete Simpson said one woman
reported bruises and soreness,
and the other reported a cut to
her forehead and a black eye.
Their names were not released.
Suh told police he was trying
to avoid a stopped taxicab
when he lost control of the
1970 Chevrolet Coupe. The car
hit a curb, light pole, drinking
fountain and tree. Police said
Suh was not impaired and was
not cited. They are not reopening the investigation.
Univ. of michigan
U-M women rally
Senior guard Courtney
Boylan, who finished with
17 points in the Wolverines’
56-49 win over Iowas State
on Sunday, started the
critical Michigan rally and
wrapped up the win by
going 6-for-6 from the freethrow line in the final 1:03.
michigan state
Ex-Spartan coach hired
Weber State has hired
former Michigan State coach
John L. Smith as its new
football coach. The 63-year-
Nation/World
Obituaries
Weather
requirement of all of
Michigan’s emergency managers under state law.
The plan is expected to be
submitted to the state treasurer by a Sunday deadline,
and will lay out recommendations on how the city can
start to close the significant
gap between revenue and
expenses, Brown said.
“The primary area of
importance is the city’s
HFE jj{ ~vf{{ji
ji } njv~q{l ~j}~vj {ij
f{i n} nj hf{ ~jj{
n}xj kqj f{i ~}jh njx
jvj n}vi nj j~jq
Q2;@J2Y A Snj ;jf
j{hj f kqj0V
Fftj 4f 5nf~j }k nj
Yjfj fqi }v{jj
2xjqhf{ Pji 5} q hjv
jgfq{l Hfq{ Fnj Eq{l qvv hjvjgfj Eq{l¦ vjlfh
g iqqgq{l nj kqj fkj
C0 6f qn f
q{k}xfq}{
{j jj{0
n}ln}
Snj 2xjq
8j jf³ j
Qflq{f³ 4f
hf{ Pji
5}
finances
and
what actions
j~}{i } }j
f{i Hqivf{i
q n}q{l f{
we can
take
to immediately
h}{qj0 W}v
|| Ðj q{ }
HFE
6f }k
{jj qvv
Qjqhj³
turn the
tideq{ on spending
jj{h}{
xjj f
}v{
more nqhn
than
we’re
bring%O¸| f0x0
fjf0V
jj qvv l}
ing in,”
he said Wednes-Hqhnjvvj Yjfj Qfif f
i}}}i}}³
nj Qflq{f
iqqgq{lmeetings at
2H8P@52J P86 5PLQQ
day between
}kkqhj v}hf
6@Q2QS8P 86T52S@LJ
kqj fkj
City Hall.
“It’s
massive
q}{³ Ã¸ J0
5LLP6@J2SLP
q{k}xfq}{0
Hqhnqlf{³ %O¸|
Snj Pji
— there’s
no question
f0x0 Q{if
5}
nf it.”
about
n}ji nj jj{ q{hj ||%³ f nj Hqivf{i v}hfq}{³ |
Y0 Hfq{ Qj0 Ã|Ã³ f{i %O¸|
The
most
g nq
q njcity’s
kq jf
nj
f0x0 H}{if f nj 4f 5q
;jf
Fftj
4f
5nf~j
q
recent audit showed
v}hfq}{³ % Yfnq{l}{0
~fqhq~fq{l0
Flint kqj
ended
the
Yj nfj ~qhtji k} }
>}xj
fj 2xjqhf¦
gqllj
iqfj
njf³V
fqi q {jqlng}n}}i q{ jfhn
2011
budget
year
hq
}
hf{f
i}}}i}}
Hqhnjvvj Yjfj³ 2xjqhf{
with a $7.3 million f{i qvv hf{f k}x
Pji 5} iqfj jihf
deficit,
but
would
q}{
h}}iq{f}0
8j
jf³ ºO¸| f0x0 } {}}{ jfhn if³V
jhave
j~}{ibeen
} }jeven
|| kqj Yjfj fqi0 8fhn jfx qvv
n}~jkvv nq Ãß| n}j0 Snj
q{ } jj{h}{ fjf0
deeper
in the x}
hole {xgj }k jfx qvv ij~j{i
T{vqtj
}nj iqfj³
n}xj
kqj hf{
~jj{ji³
if the
citygjhad
not
} nj Pji 5} q h}xxq
Qjj HFE³ 2×
:LP S>8 42] 5@S] S@H8Q
borrowed $8 million
last year.
On top of the deficit, Flint
has had recurring cash flow
shortages and failed to follow its deficit-reduction
plan.
Brown has declined to
reveal any details of his
financial plan before it
was completed, but said he
hopes to start implementing
We’re adding a fifth Sunday comics page, plus a
new page with puzzles and games.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
sports
Comics
Michigan Business
FILE | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A gas well recovers methane
gas at a landfill in Ferris, Texas,
in 2007. Scientists say the key
to slowing global warming is to
reduce emissions of methane
and soot, so projects to recover
methane from sites such as
landfills would benefit the Earth.
cutting it with existing technology would save between
Flint
Journal
theThe
Grand
rapids
press
QUOTE OF THE DAY
C6
and faith
C1-5
beng1@mlive.com
Comics
See TROUBLES, A2
SETH BORENSTEIN
WASHINGTON — An
international team of scientists says it’s figured out
how to slow global warming
in the short run and prevent
millions of deaths from dirty
air: Stop focusing so much
on carbon dioxide.
They say the key is to
reduce emissions of two
powerful and fast-acting
causes of global warming
— methane and soot.
Carbon dioxide is the chief
greenhouse gas and the one
world leaders have spent the
most time talking about controlling. Scientists say carbon
dioxide from fossil fuels like
coal and oil is a bigger overall cause of global warming,
PAGE but
B7reducing methane and
soot offers quicker fixes.
Soot also is a big health
problem, so dramatically
See AUTO SHOW, A8
Bernie Eng
Brown
See WARMING, A2
SECTION B
Find continuous
clearly appears to be to us what it appears to be to you
B1-3
Today.social
HS Sports
basketball:
Comstock
Park“Itscores
20urinating
points
early. PAGE B3news updates at
— troops
on corpses.”
Classified
B5-12
Movies, food, family
A9,10
A10-12
A13
Everybody has an opinion on the hot issues of
the day. Read them all here, including letters to
the editor and opinion columns.
EP]QS2F EL`T5>
Scientists: Cut soot,
methane to curb warming
as well as the charity preview all exceeded 2011
totals.
This year’s show features
more than 500 vehicles
from 54 manufacturers,
including dozens of worldwide premiers, and about
165 exhibits. It is open to
the public from Saturday
through Jan. 22 at Cobo
Center in Detroit. Doors
open each day at 9 a.m.
The future looks bright
at the auto show — really
bright.
Think Britney Spears or
U2 concert bright.
“There’s more LED tiles
here than any other place
on Earth at one time when
CLASSIFIED,
the show gets going,”
IN YOUR PAPER
GeneseeArea
MLIVE.COM
Perspective
Emergency manager’s update
on Flint sounds alarm for community
An honor for Jon Connor
Notorious B.I.G.
And now Flint’s Jon Connor.
The Source magazine — which
calls itself the Bible of HipHop — has dubbed Connor its
“Unsigned Hype” in the December/January edition.
Sunday
Budget
troubles
‘massive’
6jvf ~}lfx {jji ij{
`25>2P] P8@5>2P6
SL62]
Flint rapper Jon Connor
on the porch. “This was
are Wings’
All-Stars
H25E8J`@8 4TP;8P
xglj)ghqxj0h}x / º%º%ºß¸ß¸
$1.00
SL62]
D :qvx hjj{q{l }k Snj 5q
6ftO 2 Qjfhn k} Jqln
}{ f Mvf{j nf Jjj
Qvjj~³V Û ~0x0 f{i º ~0x0
Cf{0 Ãº³ 5nq~~jf Jfj
5j{j³ ×|| Q0 4fi}³
Hqivf{i0 5}O kjj0 @{k}O
º%ºË¸Ã|%¸|0
B1
Datsyuk,
F R I D AY ,
H@6F2J6
5LTJS]
F2S8P
Pavel Datsyuk
selected
Inside
to play
Qlf qvv ~j{i }{ j{jljkkq
hqj{ flqhvfv jq~xj{ q{ nj
h}xq{l jf0
@¦ f{ jhqq{l qxj³V nj fqi0
±Qfgj{}¡ t{} nj qx~}f{hj
}k flqhvj³ f{i nj }vi
fg} nf }if0V
S}x `qxxj³ f jqji kfxj
k}x T{q}{qvvj f{i f Hqhnqlf{
Qlf nfjn}vij³ jhn}ji :vjlj{
njqxj¦ j{qxj{0
Yj¦j } ~}i }k gjq{l kfx
j³V `qxxj fqi0 @¦j t{}{
±Qfgj{}¡ q{hj nj f f j~j
j{fqj³ f{i nj¦ fvf gjj{
~~}qj }k 0 Yj jfvv f~~jhq
fj nf nj i}j k} 0V
Qfgj{} fqi }nj vjlqvf}
jh}l{qj nj qx~}f{hj }k nj
q{i³ nqhn nj fqi fhh}{
k} fg} ~jhj{ }k fvv kjijfv
~j{iq{l0
:} nf³ j lj nj fkj k}}i
~~v q{ nj }vi³ f{i nj } }k
k}}i jhq j {jji³V nj j{f}
fqi0
Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby on video
of American Marines standing over Taliban dead
m.com
live
Schwartz: Lions get unfair rap
Coach says penalties
‘selfish,’
but not undisciplined
By AnWAr s. rIChArDsOn
arichardson@mlivemedia.com
ALLEN PARK — There
have been plenty of people to blame for the
Detroit Lions’ lack of discipline
during the past two weeks.
Lions defensive tackle
Ndamukong Suh received
p l e n ty o f c r i t i c i s m fo r
stomping a Green Bay Packers player. There was no
excuse for receiver
Titus Young’s unnecessary
roughness penalty during a 3117 loss against New Orleans on
Sunday. The penalScore ties by receiver Stefan Logan and tight
end Brandon Pettigrew were viewed
as selfish by many
Saints 31 observers.
After Detroit
was penalized 11
times for 107 yards
against New OrAP PhOTOS
leans, one person’s
Lions 17
actions — or lack Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz complains to an official during the first quarter against the New Orleans Saints on
thereof — have Sunday night. The Lions were called for 11 penalties for 107 yards.
come under scrutiny.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz.
loss. Even Raiola had an exDetroit’s was viewed as a
pletive-filled rant about his
“dirty” team by many observteammates’ poor decisions
ers earlier this season, but the
after the game.
Lions’ lack of discipline has
Former NFL receiver Michael
resulted in two consecutive
Irvin said he likes Detroit’s aglosses. While it was easy to
gressive play, but believes the
team must play smarter.
dismiss Suh’s infraction as an
individual incident, the addi“Being tough, being physical
tion of three major penalties
is a mental thing,” Irvin said on
against New Orleans during a
the NFL Network’s NFL Gameplayoff race makes it seem as
Day Final. “It’s a mindset and I
love coach (Jim) Schwartz and
if Schwartz can not control his
team.
what he’s trying to do is set the
Schwartz believes that crititone, set the example; we’re not
cism is not only unnecessary,
going to have it in this house,
we’re not going to have people
but untrue.
come in and push us around.
“I think you can look at
“But you have to stop short
(discipline) in two different
Our money and jobs are part of a statewide
economic system. We’ll help you understand
it better.
Stocks/Mutual Funds
Scan these lists to find out how the week on
Wall Street affected your investments or your
employer’s stock price.
More on the
newly redesigned
MLive
The New Experience
Bold colors, less clutter and new ways to easily
find the stories and features you most care about.
Bill Emkow
Director of State News
bemkow@mlive.com
Local News Voice
Regional homepage stories chosen by editorial
leaders in each market based on local importance
and relevance.
Flint
Stay Connected
Read and comment on today’s most popular
stories.
New Community Center
For quick access to local offers and things to do
we grouped classifieds and content categories
you said are important.
Improved Site Navigation
and Features
Simplifying how to find stories and information
was a major focus for the redesign. The new
homepage and navigation allows you to sort local
and statewide content by location or topic. With
the introduction of new topic menus, filters and
expanded navigation, you can now select how to
view your news. We brought the same thinking
to classifieds.
New Apps
Local and statewide news along with high school
and pro sports on your smartphone. Download at
www.mlive.com/mobile-device
eNewsletter
Get daily headlines and
links to the latest stories
emailed to your inbox.
Sign up at www.mlive.
com/newsletters
Meet your
Flint Journal Team
Marjory Raymer
Dana DeFever
Reporter
ddefever@mlive.com
Entertainment Reporter
wketchum@mlive.com
William E. Ketchum III
Cathy Shafran
Bernie Eng
Ron Fonger
Kristin Longley
Blake Thorne
Roberto Acosta
Ryan Garza
Ross Maghielse
Eric Woodyard
Sports Reporter
ewoodyar@mlive.com
Khalil Al Hajal
David Harris
Bryn Mickle
Clark Hughes
Sarah Schuch
Community News Director
mraymer@mlive.com
beng1@mlive.com
Reporter
racosta1@mlive.com
Reporter
kalhajal@mlive.com
Scott Atkinson
Entertainment Reporter
Reporter
rfonger@mlive.com
Photographer
rgarza@mlive.com
Reporter
dharris5@mlive.com
Managing Producer
chughes3@mlive.com
Reporter
klongley@mlive.com
Sports Reporter
rmaghiel@mlive.com
Managing Producer
bmickle1@mlive.com
Reporter
sschuch@mlive.com
Reporter
cshafran@mlive.com
Reporter
bthorne1@mlive.com

What`s in your Flint Journal

Transcription

Similar documents

senseofcommunity

Code of Conduct Policy

SAVE THE DATE

Cheers: Bacco celebrates 13 years with deals for diners

11800 Old Georgetown Road North Bethesda, MD

FRTC Annual Report FY08

March 2012

Roncelli, Inc., April 2016 Newsletter

Flint ID Guide

Digital Marketing Solutions Guide

Longtime employee is now South Haven Packaging's new owner...

Document 6441015