| Local Man Injured Trying to Stop Break in
A robbery at a local landscaping business is broken up by the owner. Two people broke into Screener's Landscaping in Pinckney , but the owner of the business heard the break in and came out to stop them. The owner was able to hold down one of the suspects until police showed up, while the other ran away. Police are still looking for that suspect who got away, the other is in police custody. The owner suffered minor injuries. .
NCA's high-rise will burden centre with a landscape of cars
Major developments proposed by the NCA for our national capital have recently been strongly criticised in the public forum, notably by concerned persons well qualified to recognise significant failings in both the concepts and means of implementation. My humble observation as a one-time traffic engineer is that the road traffic generated by the high-density development embraced in draft amendments 53 and 59 will not be accommodated by the spectacularly inadequate proposed transport provisions. In particular, the intensive high-rise development proposed along and near the Commonwealth Avenue/Northbourne Avenue corridor will attract vehicle movements which can only be accommodated by increases in the capacity of the road network. Unfortunately there are no suitable alternative routes for the generated northbound and southbound traffic.
Therapists cultivate gardening to help heal body and mind
Just strolling through a garden or, for that matter, seeing one out your window, can lower blood pressure, reduce stress and ease pain, studies indicate. Get out there and start digging, and the benefits multiply.
"It's so basic," says Joy Harrison, past executive director of the American Horticultural Therapy Association. "You go out and putter in the backyard, and it makes you feel better." .
MSU Hosts Race Conference
Scholars gathered at Michigan State University to began its fifth national conference on race in the 21st century. This years' focus- youth and the future of America. It was the first day of the three-day conference. Some topics include HIV/AIDS, influences of hip hop on the American culture and disproportionate incarceration rates. A participant of the conference says the discussions aren't just black and white. Curtis Stokes, MSU James Madison College: "It's not just Latinos, not just Asians, not just blacks, diversity is a part of this discussion." More than 160 high school students from all across the state will join the event. Civil rights activist Angela Davis is also expected to be present. .
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