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Neal Brace, a former U.S. marine sniper, has developed the first commercially available firearm muzzle brake printed with a 3-D printer.

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Four-year-old Reina grips the hand of her host mom, Carol Nyeholt, as podiatrist Dr. Michael David and his assistant, Meredith Olney, cast her legs on Monday in Kentwood. Reina was brought to the U.S. from Honduras by Healing the Children Foundation to correct her clubfeet.

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and tight, pulling the foot inward and causing bone deformity. In the 1940s, Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, a pediatric orthopedist at the University of Iowa, developed a method of stretching the tendon and casting to straighten the foot gradually. “His peers in orthopedic surgery and podiatry kind of pooh-poohed it,” David said. “What made this

GRAND RAPIDS — When Neal Brace was 8 in 1995, he saw a plastic replica of Star Trek’s starship Enterprise being created on a three-dimensional printer at the Johnson Controls plant where his father worked. Today, he’s relying on a similar process to develop Sintercore, a business gaining notice in weapons manufacturing circles for its debut product: a tiny gun accessory. It represents a big leap for a controversial technology, which experts think may revolutionize the way goods are made and delivered. “People can’t believe it’s not plastic,” said Brace, a 26-year-old Grand Valley State University business management graduate and former U.S. Marine, holding a small metal muzzle brake that was not machined or cast, but was printed. Called the Auxetik (aug-ZE-tic), the small part, which fits on the barrel of an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, features intricate internal geometry that helps reduce the recoil on one of America’s most common firearms — a commercial application highly desirable by police departments as well as general gun enthusiasts. Made of Inconel, a high-strength alloy primarily used in extreme environments like jet engines, the innovation stands apart from other gun pieces and accessories made using 3-D printing technology because it’s not made of plastic. But Brace did not spend a million dollars, or even a thousand, on a 3-D printer to make his part. Sintercore, a company only launched this summer, sends orders for the $300 part to manufacturers in Texas, Pennsylvania and Illinois, which print the piece on their industrial-grade machines and then ship it to you. It’s a business model that Michigan Tech professor Joshua Pearce thinks more entrepreneurs will begin taking advantage of as the pace of 3-D printing technology continues to accelerate. “He makes a very good model for the entrepreneur of the future — someone who can get to market without having to buy $100,000 worth of tooling,” said Pearce, a researcher in the area of 3-D printing.

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Reina plays in her host family’s pool in Hudsonville on August 1.

GRAND RAPIDS — From the side, 4-year-old Reina looks like a ballerina in toe shoes, her club feet moving swiftly and gracefully as she runs and plays. Her speed is even more amazing when you see her legs from the front or back — they turn in so far that she walks on the tops of her feet. Despite her mobility, the condition eventually will be crippling. And that is why Reina, a spirited, bright-eyed little girl, made the long journey from her home in Honduras to Grand Rapids, where a podiatrist volunteering with Healing the Children is straightening her feet. It was a journey of many steps — literally. Reina lives on a mountain

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Reina was born with clubfeet. There was no treatment available to her in Honduras. She has learned to walk on her twisted feet but really she is walking on her ankles.

farm in Caserio El Cacao, near Catacamas, where her parents raise corn, coffee and beans. She lives in an adobe house with no phone, no electricity and no running water. Her mother, 22,

and father, 29, don’t read or write. To bring Reina to the airport, they had to walk three hours to the nearest town and then take a three-hour SEE JOURNEY, A2

Treating clubfoot without surgery: How a method caught on Ponseti method involves gradual straightening BY SUE THOMS STHOMS1@MLIVE.COM

GRAND RAPIDS — Surgery was seen as the standard form of treatment for clubfoot in the U.S.

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until a pioneering doctor demonstrated a less drastic approach, said Dr. Michael David, a Grand Rapids podiatrist. “It’s a very barbaric surgery, so it’s rare that it’s done in this day and age,” said David. “It creates scars. It’s just forcibly putting the foot into a normal position — forcing it, cutting bones, pinning it.” David is treating Reina, a

4-year-old from Honduras who has clubfoot. If she underwent surgery on her feet at this age, he said she would have stiff, arthritic feet in her 20s and 30s. He is treating her instead with an approach known as the Ponseti method. In children with clubfoot, the ligaments and tendons on the inside of the foot are short, enlarged

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Soon, Reina was settling into the home of her host family — Carol and Bryant Nyeholt, who live in Hudsonville with their children, Whitney, 19, Trevor, 18, and Brooklyn, 15. “She adjusted amazingly well,” Carol said. “She is just a spunky little girl.” On a summer afternoon, Reina ran down the sidewalk in her bare feet pushing a toy stroller with a doll in it. “Yo! Yo!” she said. Carol smiled. Reina was saying she wanted to ride in a stroller. “She loves strollers,” she said. Reina also loves playing with toys and jumping on the trampoline with her host sisters. She especially loves swimming in the backyard pool. “Bathtime is fun,” Carol said. “She just loves water. Brushing her teeth, she turns the faucet

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Although the condition once was routinely corrected by surgery, the standard treatment now is to gradually remold the foot. Each week, David will manipulate the foot and ankle, gently stretch the tight tendons and ligaments, and hold the foot in the new position with a cast. The technique works in young children because the bones still are mostly cartilage, which is soft and flexible, he said. An infant’s foot can be straightened in about a month. Because Reina is 4, he expects her treatment will take two months. After that, she will need a minor surgery to release the Achilles tendon. “All the muscle is bunched up here,” he said, touching the top of Reina’s calf. “And the Achilles tendon is about twice as long as it ought to be.” As he traced down her calf to the heel, Reina kicked her feet, and David laughed. When she comes back for future appointments, he said, “We will get the huge toy box out.” After her feet are straightened, Reina will wear special shoes, joined by a bar, to hold the feet in place. In all, David predicted the treatment would take about six months. When she goes home to Honduras, she will need to continue wearing the shoes and brace at night for a couple of years to keep the feet and ankles straight. The procedure is not painful, but kids can’t walk with the casts — or swim or take baths, he said. “But you’ll be amazed,” he told the Nyeholts. “She’ll find a way to move around.”

Doctors go to work

Two days after arriving, Reina went to a pediatrician’s office for a checkup — which included seven immunization shots. Four days later, she had her first visit to the podiatrist, Dr. Michael David, of Foot & Ankle Specialists of West Michigan. From the moment she arrived at his office, she clung to Carol, burying her face in her shoulder. Carol tried to tell her there would be no shots, but it didn’t help. While Reina cried, David gently examined her legs, pointing out the callous-like bursa that formed on the top of the feet. “The soft tissue is enlarged and the skin is thickened there because the skin on top of the foot is not meant to bear body weight,” he said. Clubfoot is the most common congenital condition of the foot and ankle, occurring in one of every 1,000 births. In the U.S., it usually is treated within a week after birth. If Reina’s feet aren’t corrected, the condition will cause serious problems throughout her life. “Her feet are going to take a beating,” David said. “It will affect her knees and hips and eventually her lower back.

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fix her feet. But the moment she arrived at the doctor’s office, Reina clung to Carol. She cried as David moved the ankle, and he and his assistant, Meredith Olney, wrapped plaster casting tape around the lower part of her leg. “Reina, Reina, Reina,” he said. “You’re doing fine. Good job.” Within 15 minutes, both legs were encased in casts, from the toes to the top of the thigh. David was glad he was able to help Reina before she got much older. By 9 or 10, the bones would be much less malleable. He is optimistic the treatment will work, and Reina soon will be able to walk, heeltoe, as other children do. He said he didn’t hesitate when someone from Healing the Children asked if he could help Reina. “I love children, and this is just so rewarding to me,” he said. “To take a child who is basically crippled and help them walk, and know they are going to walk for the rest of their life, is something I get a lot of satisfaction from.”

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By the next day, Reina was zipping around the Nyeholts’

home on her hands and knees. Occasionally, the casts had her off balance, but she would just roll on her back, flop to her stomach and pull herself back up to a crawl or sitting position. She played catch with Carol and Brooklyn, then hid the tennis ball behind her back and told them to hunt for it. “Donde?” she said with a grin. When Carol found the ball, Reina pulled it back from her. “No, thank you!” she cried. Carol said she sends an email each week to the Healing the Children contact in Honduras, providing updates for Reina’s parents. She hasn’t heard back yet about whether the messages have gotten through. Reina is the fourth child the Nyeholts have hoste d t h ro u g h He a l i n g t h e Children. “Every one of the kids has been such a huge blessing in our lives,” Carol said, her voice breaking with emotion. “We love each of them as if they were our own. They’re just precious kids. “You think you’re helping them out, and they bless you.”

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bus ride to Tegucigalpa. After her parents agreed to send Reina to Grand Rapids for treatment, their plans were delayed a couple of weeks because her mother had a baby — the couple’s fifth child. And the trip was pushed back another day because the Cacao River, which they cross on foot, was swollen by heavy rain. Finally in mid-July, Reina, her father, mother and the new baby were able to make the trip. When they arrived at the airport, her dad insisted on getting a pass to go through security. He wanted to meet the American Airlines flight attendant who had volunteered to escort Reina, said Helen Salan, the director of Healing the Children in Michigan and Ohio. “He wanted to see who was taking his baby away,” she said. Dad cried as he said goodbye. And Reina screamed as she left. But the flight attendant told Salan that Reina soon grew calm, and she was happy on the flight. After a night at the Chicago O’Hare Hilton, they arrived in Grand Rapids on July 13.

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Johnny Agar crosses the line WEST MICHIGAN RALLIES AROUND EFFORTS TO CURE MUSCULAR DISORDER AT MITCHELL’S RUN BY BRIAN MCVICAR BMCVICAR@MLIVE.COM

OCKFORD — Johnny Agar was doing it.

With the crowd chanting his name, the 19-yearold, who suffers from cerebral palsy and normally uses a wheelchair, gathered all his strength and crossed the finish line at Mitchell’s Run in Rockford with the help of a walker and his own determination. “The energy from the crowd was unbelievable,” Agar told an ESPN film crew who attended the race to capture his story. “Anything is possible; you just need to put your mind to it.” Agar was one of 1,400 participants in Saturday’s race, an annual event in Rockford that benefits research for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that severely weakens the muscles of those affected — primarily boys — and eventually can result in paralysis. An estimated 2,000 spectators lined the streets in downtown Rockford, ringing cowbells and cheering friends and family who ran, jogged and walked the 5K course. Applause could be heard throughout the race, which kicked off at 8:30 a.m., but the excitement reached its highest point when Agar, the nephew of Grand Rapids Press/MLive. com reporter John Agar, neared the finish line on Squires Street Square NE near the Rogue

River. Surrounded by his family, Agar — who, according to announcers, walked for a mileand-a-half of the 3.1 mile race — was visibly exhausted as he struggled through the final stretch. He had participated in other races before — usually being pushed by his dad in a wheelchair — but Saturday’s event, an announcer said, was his longest race using a walker, a fact that didn’t escape his family, who walked by his side through the race. “He’s accomplished a tremendous amount,” his father, Jeff, told the ESPN film crew. “He’s surprised all of us.” Mitchell’s Run was started in 1999 by Steve and Sandy Peterson shortly after their son, Mitchell, was diagnosed with Duchenne. Saturday’s event brought in more than $57,000 in proceeds, all of which will go toward research, Sandy Peterson said. “It warms my heart,” she said. “Especially when the gun goes off for the start and music starts playing, I always get teary eyed.” Following the race, Anessa Fehsenfeld, a board member of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a nonprofit dedicated to treating and finding a cure for Duchennes, presented an award to the Petersons. Fehsenfeld, daughter of MLive Media Group President Dan Gaydou, said the Peterson’s work on the race has been valuable in raising awareness and money to

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Above, Johnny Agar, 19, nears the finish Saturday of the 15th Annual Mitchell’s Run Thru Rockford. Agar’s dad, Jeff Agar, usually pushes Johnny, who has cerebral palsy, in his wheelchair during races. This year, using a walker, Johnny walked the last half of the race surrounded by family and friends. At left, Ty Marchlewski, left, and Matt Hansen explode toward the finish line of the run, which had 1,400 participants.

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research the ailment. Proceeds from Mitchell’s Run go to Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy for research. “The Change it Champion award is for those who are changing the outcome of Duchenne,” Fehsenfeld said. “And with Mitchell’s Run being our longest-running grassroots event, (the Petersons) have shown us through their leadership and 15 years of

commitment, they are committed to finding a cure.” Others in the community also praised the event.

Janell Lundy, of Rockford, said the run has helped make people more compassionate. Her son, Alec, 11, was diagnosed

with Duchenne in 2008. “It’s a great feeling to know you have a whole community behind you,” she said.

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f you were patronizing a popular bar named The Shamrock Lounge back in the 1960s, chances are you waited in line to get in. Especially if The Kingtones were playing. Now, you can return some to those days of yesteryear and thrill once more to the lure of a garage band that loomed large around Grand Rapids and environs, thanks to a new book just published by an original member of the group. While the band’s website — www.thekingtones. com — best chronicles the longer history of the band, Bruce Snoap’s new release gives a clear snapshot of the 10 weeks in 1964 that The Kingtones headlined during Spring Break at “Porky’s Hide Away,” which 50 years ago was a huge draw for kids haunting the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., area. “I’ve never kept a journal before or since, but I kept one for that trip,” said Snoap who, along with Phil Roberts, was an original member of

The Kingtones, established in 1957, when Snoap and most of the group’s other budding musicians were students at Oakleigh Junior High on Grand Rapids’ West Side. They hit their stride during the 1960s, as most were graduating from high school — Roberts (guitar) from East Grand Rapids, Mike King (drums) from Creston, and Pete Mervenne (lead vocals), Bob Major (bass) and Snoap (keyboards) from Union. In February 1964, the quintet packed up their imported Nehru suits and Italian shoes and drove to Florida with $40 in the “kitty” for gas, oil and groceries — along with a box of fried chicken, compliments of Snoap’s grandmother. After finishing the chicken en route, they tossed the box out the van window, only realizing 200 miles down the road that besides chicken bones, it contained one of Snoap’s shoes. Anecdote No. 1. Hundreds more followed, all collected in a yellowed notebook that Snoap said “I found just two years ago” and decided to transform into a book. Literature it is not, but the work provides a funny and sometimes mildly irreverent peek into another

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time and place, one not fraught with social media and sophisticated electronics. Prices were something else, then, too, especially when you consider they found motel rooms at $12 a night and a breakfast of two eggs, toast and coffee for 65 cents. Even at their young age — in 1964, King was just 18, Major, Roberts and Merveene 20, and Snoap 21 — the Kingtones had established a solid reputation around Michigan, thanks to gigs not only at The Shamrock and other area watering holes, but a statewide chain known as Coral Gables. They also were enjoying some success with an original

recording titled “Twins,” which reached No. 7 locally, thanks to airtime on WGRD radio here. (You can hear them sing that hit as well as other tunes from that era by clicking on their website). Snoap’s book helps you understand the frustration of living on the road, and of the difficulties they found in trying to wedge their way into Porky’s. But once they did, they turned the place on its ear, especially when they belted out their rendition of “The Bird,” which Snoap writes turned the young audience into fun-seeking “savages” on the dance floor. Snoap is completely honest in detailing, too, how on some nights the band

just failed to successfully deliver their “Kingtones sound,” a reference to when the music and vocals and percussion were all in sync. But when they were “on,” it was a special blend, recalls Paul Magnan of Rockford, whose father used to book the Kingtones for shows at The Plantation, now the site of North Kent Mall. Magnan recalls Phil Roberts as “quite an eclectic guy” in that he “was always hobbling something together — speakers, this amp with that mixer, echo units, etc.” Magnan — who himself belonged to a band called “The Boyfriends” — lauded The Kingtones for “pioneering the use of different sound equipment and electronics because what was needed to sound great was not commercially available.” Snoap’s 111-page book has ample references to the band’s time on stage, but it also provides glimpses into their frustration, friction points and, in Snoap’s case, loneliness for a girlfriend named Chick, whom he later married. He and Roberts played as Kingtones members the better part of 50 years. Snoap went on to become an elementary schoolteacher

and retired after 30 years in the Grand Rapids system. Roberts never married and lives in East Grand Rapids. King left the Kingtones when he married and moved to eastern Michigan. He worked as an engineer until his retirement in 2010. Bob Major left The Kingtones in 1967 and worked first as a police officer, then a security guard. He retired in 2005. Roberts owned a recording studio while continuing to play for The Kingtones. He still is considered the group’s “philosopher.” Pete Mervenne married in 1968 and moved to Flint, where he worked delivery routes for The Detroit Free Press. Described in Snoap’s book as “a charismatic teen idol and heartthrob; the ultimate in cool,” the married father of three died in 1989 of a massive heart attack. He was 45. Three years ago, The Kingtones were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In Fort Lauderdale, the site of Porky’s is now a pet store. “The Kingtones 1964 Memoir,” by Bruce Snoap, is available by special order at the Schuler Books & Music store on 28th St. SE, and via amazon.com.

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become world renowned is the Internet.” In the 1990s, parents searching for the best treatment for their children shared tips online. A Yahoo group, nosurgery4clubfoot, sprang up. Although others had tried manipulating the foot to straighten it, David said Ponseti’s method was more successful because it follows the contours of the joint. “If you understand the anatomy of the deformity, then you are able to mold the foot much more successfully,” he said. After the feet are straightened — which takes about a month in newborns — a minor surgery is performed to clip the Achilles tendon, which attaches to the heel. Then for three months, the child wears a brace that consists of shoes attached to a bar. After that, the brace is worn at night for several years. Clubfoot, which affects one in 1,000 babies, is the most common congenital condition of the foot and ankle. In about

Dr. Michael David examines Reina for the first time in July.

40 percent of cases, both feet are affected, David said. David, who learned the Ponseti method eight years ago, said it is quickly becoming the standard treatment. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons says a nonsurgical method is the initial treatment for clubfoot, regardless of severity, and fewer than

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Kentucky firm to provide ‘safety ambassadors’ for downtown GR BY JIM HARGER JHARGER@MLIVE.COM

GRAND RAPIDS — The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) approved spending up to $300,000 to hire a Louisville, Ky., firm that will hire and deploy a platoon of “safety ambassadors” for the downtown area. Block by Block (BBB) was chosen for the job upon the recommendation of DDA Director Kris Larson, who said the firm’s expertise in 65 other cities will help the local program develop the expertise needed to operate the program. Larson said he expects the firm to hire five to 10 persons who will spend a total of 272 hours a week as “eyes and ears” for the police and provide help for visitors in the downtown areas. “These are not cops, these are not security guards and these

are not simply smiling faces,” Larson said. The safety ambassadors will have a uniform that will make them recognizable, he said. The BBB program is different from a fledgling “certified tourism ambassador” program that Experience Grand Rapids has started to train local retail and service employees to recognize and serve visitors, Larson said. “The vision of what the programs are supposed to do is very different,” said Larson, adding that the BBB employees may take advantage of the Experience Grand Rapids program. Larson said he hopes to have the “ambassadors” in place this fall after they are hired and trained by BBB officials who will be temporarily assigned to Grand Rapids. Hiring an outside firm like BBB brings a wealth of experience and expertise to a task that requires finding and training

the right people for the job, Larson said. “It takes a certain type of personality to enjoy this kind of work,” Larson said. Pay levels for the ambassadors has not been determined, he said. As an assistant city manager in Raleigh, N.C., Larson said he was charged with converting the city’s in-house ambassador program to an outside contractor. “It was the smartest move I ever made,” he said. Hours for the ambassadors will be determined by the activities going on downtown, Larson said. They will be working during winter months, and downtown skywalks will be part of their beats. BBB was one of three national companies that expressed interest in the contract, Larson said. No local company submitted offers and BBB does not have any contracts in Michigan to date, he said.

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GRAND RAPIDS — ArtPrize, the exhibition, would be nothing without its artists. But ArtPrize, the event, would be nothing without its volunteers. ArtPrize 2013 began its registration for volunteers on Tuesday with a Volunteer Kickoff Rally. Volunteering online for ArtPrize opened this week for individuals. Group volunteering began in July. The fifth annual exhibition and $560,000 competition, opening Sept. 18, couldn’t happen without thousands of volunteers at the vanguard. “The volunteers are the experts, they’re the field guides, they’re the ones who take it to the streets and become the ambassador of the event,” said Todd Herring, ArtPrize’s marketing director. More than 500 gathered downtown at the Harris Building to meet and hear from past volunteers, many of whom act as “wayfinders” on the streets of downtown Grand Rapids during the 19-day event. “It’s amazing the number of people who come year after year and are just as excited year after year,” said Meredith Fennema, ArtPrize public relations and social media assistant. Tuesday, more than 1,000 volunteer shifts were filled within the first four hours after online signup opened at 9 a.m. “The enthusiasm that our volunteers have for helping the nearly half-million visitors who visit ArtPrize each year is so heartwarming and humbling,” said Amelea Pegman, community engagement director. “It is the spirit of our volunteers who breathe life into this event every fall and make ArtPrize such a genuinely welcoming and engaging place to be.” Volunteers host visiting artists, work at ArtPrize’s Hub Headquarters, sign up voters and staff ArtPrize-sponsored events. Last year’s Volunteer Kickoff was inspired by the 2012 election year with a theme “Vote Art.” This year’s theme was

“The Art of ArtPrizing.” “‘The art of ’ is a kind of campy, fun meme,” Herring said. “People understand it.” The Harris Building at 111 S. Division St. was decorated with fake campfire, s’mores and other trappings of going on a camping trip. Potential volunteers were supplied with promotional posters, inspired by the official ArtPrize 2013 poster, and with lapel buttons illustrating some of the types of visitors they’ll encounter during ArtPrize. “Kevin Buist, our exhibitions director, said ‘They’re the species of ArtPrize visitors that you may encounter in the wild,’” Heering said. Examples including serious art aficionados, looking for the best art, and orienteers, map in hand, trying to hit every venue on a particular street. Visitors include parents with kids, friends out for the evening, and downtown workers enjoying their lunch hour. Two new volunteer positions will be added for ArtPrize 2013. Docents will answer questions about a yet-to-be-revealed piece of artwork by a beloved artist from 2012, and volunteer shifts in a new “Kids Room” will allow all kids at heart to lead and supervise arts and crafts activities. Volunteers can sign up and self-schedule shifts using the ArtPrize volunteer portalonline. Following signup, all volunteers must attend a mandatory one-hour training session, occurring throughout the week of September 9-14. As popular volunteer shifts fill quickly on a first-come, first-served basis, potential volunteers are encouraged to sign up soon.

“The enthusiasm that our volunteers have for helping the nearly half-million visitors who visit ArtPrize each year is so heartwarming and humbling.”

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Founders to close taproom for 13 days during expansion project BY GARRET ELLISON GELLISON@MLIVE.COM

GRAND RAPIDS — Founders Brewing Co. is closing its popular taproom for nearly two weeks next month as construction crews put the final touches on the expanded bar area ahead of ArtPrize. The brewery announced the temporary closure Friday following months of construction to the facility at 235 Grandville Ave. SW. On April 1, the brewery broke ground on a large-scale taproom expansion project that is expanding the public areas of the facility to a second floor and bringing the building out to the sidewalk. The facility will close Sept. 3 and reopen Sept. 16. ArtPrize begins Sept. 18 and finishes on Oct. 6. “We have a few fun surprises

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in store, including a special treat for those of you who have been visiting us since our days on Monroe Ave.,” Founders marketing manager Sarah Aldrich posted on the

brewery’s website. When finished, the newly expanded facility will feature a 3,975-square-foot partiallycovered beer garden with an outdoor bar and fireplace, plus

a rental facility and education area for beer tourists, additional offices, an enlarged deli kitchen and company store. The taproom expansion is the second phase of the brewery’s $26 million overall brewery expansion project that aims to create more than 50 new jobs and increase annual production capacity to 340,000 barrels of beer. In July, company CEO Mike Stevens addressed the hectic year. “This has been a very challenging year,” he said. “I commend the people that work here. It was not the greatest environment. We had expansion on top of expansion. People were sharing offices. We were moving fast and hard and everybody was working long hours.” “We’re looking forward to 2014 being a little calmer.”

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JASPER COUNTY, Ind. — A Grand Rapids semi truck driver was involved in a crash that killed seven people — five of whom weren’t immediately discovered by investigators — Thursday, and Indiana authorities said it appeared he never attempted to stop before ramming into a Jeep carrying the victims. Police said Howard Stratton, 55, was hauling food for Griffin Transportation, based in Grand Rapids, when he rear-ended a Jeep that had stopped for a traffic back up near a work zone on northbound I-65 in Jasper County. Stratton’s truck slammed into the Jeep, forcing it into the trailer of a semi truck ahead of the SUV, catching all three vehicles on fire, Indiana State Police said about the Thursday collisionthatoccurredat9:52p.m. central time. The Jeep’s damage from the crash and fire was so severe that emergency responders initially could only identify two people believed to be deceased. The vehicle was transported to a local fire department for extrication, where personnel determined that five others also died. “There were no skid marks or indication that he attempted to brake, and we don’t know at this time why he did not,” Slocum said. “The damage from the crash itself, even if (the Jeep) did not burn, would’ve probably been too severe for anyone to survive.” The victims have been identified as three adults and four children between the ages of 2 and 7. Neither alcohol nor drugs are believed to be factors in the crash, and the crash remains under investigation, Slocum said.

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Wyoming man’s body pulled from Gull Lake HICKORY CORNERS — The body of a man from the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming, who fell off a boat into Gull Lake, was recovered Saturday, about six hours after the search began. The man’s identity had not been released as of about Saturday afternoon. The body was found at 3:54 p.m., 150 to 200 yards off shore from Gull Lake Country Club, said Gary Townsend, dive team coordinator for the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office. The man was not wearing a life jacket, Townsend said. Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Pali Matyas said earlier Saturday a couple from Wyoming put their boat in at the Prairieville Township access site to go fishing and “they both fell out of the boat.” The woman was able to swim to safety. “He went down and was not seen again,” Matyas said.

Alcohol a factor in collision, vehicle fire ROBINSON TOWNSHIP — Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries early Saturday morning after their vehicle struck a tree and caught fire, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s

Department. Cameron Taylor Gwaltney, 19, of Covington, Ga., and Ashley Nicole Schiller, 21, of Grand Haven, were taken to North Ottawa Community Hospital following the crash near the intersection of Buchanan Street and 112th Avenue in Robinson Township. Gwaltney was driving the vehicle, which was westbound on Buchanan at the time of the crash. He reportedly lost control. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the accident, which occurred around 4:30 a.m.

Man leaps to safety before crashing into lake PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP — A Grand Rapids man whose truck’s brakes failed was able to jump out of the vehicle just before it crashed into Versluis Lake, deputies said. Eric Burgess, 37, told deputies he was driving eastbound on Plainfield Avenue near East Beltline Avenue NE when his Dodge pickup’s brakes gave out and he was unable to stop Friday about 9:50 a.m. The truck drove through the intersection and crashed into the lake, becoming partially submerged. Burgess jumped out just before the crash and suffered foot and ankle injuries, a family friend said.

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GRAND RAPIDS — The Grand Rapids schools youth advocate program, launched in 2008 to help students stay on track for graduation, will see its staff significantly reduced. The program, which puts the advocates in middle and high schools to help teens struggling with academics or other issues, will have 20 members this fall, down from 53. The reduction is due to lost or decreased funding, such as the end of a federal school improvement grant. Youth advocates will be at 10 schools, plus the Kent County Correctional Facility this school year. The program became somewhat controversial as former Superintendent Bernard Taylor expanded it. Board members, school administrators and the teachers union raised questions about its overall effectiveness

and the hiring, management and evaluation of the staff. Those concerns have largely subsided in the five years since the program began. The advocates are supposed to build relationships with students, help students make positive choices and create intervention plans when attendance, grades or behavior become an issue. Still, the district touts the Youth Advocate Program, along with The Wheel of Support, the Family Support Specialist Program, as being among important initiatives that wrap support around students in need. Advocates earn around $16 per hour. Westwood Middle School and Southeast Career Pathways had positions last year and are unlikely to have them this fall. Youth Advocates will be placed at the following schools this fall: § Harrison Park

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MUZZLE ‘NOT PRINTING GUNS’ Pearce believes 3-D printing is ready for prime time. Seemingly the stuff of science fiction, 3-D printers are quickly becoming a consumer product. Although the technology has been around for decades, it has recaptured the imagination of the general public in recent years as the cost of such devices has dropped to affordable levels. They work much like a typical printer, but instead of a person sending the machine a text file to be printed on paper, 3-D printer owners upload a schematic, hit print, walk away and return a bit later to find a newly-created three-dimensional object. Soon, experts like Pearce envision a day when instead of shopping for consumer products online at Amazon, Internet users simply download a file to their 3-D printer and make their new purchase at home. The potential applications are almost limitless. “On the high end of 3-D printing, you can almost do anything you can imagine,” he said. “We almost have the potential to pull off a Star Trek replicator.” “I think we’re looking at a new method of distributing products in society.” At the moment, desktopbased 3-D printers that one could purchase for between $350 and $2,000 online are limited to printing simple, inexpensive plastic objects like kitchen utensils and bathroom accessories. But Pearce said the cost of printing in ceramics and metals is poised to drop significantly, especially when open-source designers working collaboratively on the Internet start tinkering with blueprints for printers that make objects using the highlyaccurate Selective Laser Sintering method, the patent for which expires next year. Private companies, public universities and researchers are “waiting for the dam to burst” on the laser sintering patent. When the Internet gets its hands on those designs, “I think we’ll see rapid innovation in this sector,” said Pearce.

However, Pearce is worried that fears over the perceived misuse of the technology could put the brakes on 3-D printing innovation in the United States just when things are starting to get interesting. In the past year, lawmakers in New York City and California have introduced bills targeted at 3-D-printed firearms and magazines, which are a direct reaction to a growing concern about people already using 3-D printers to make guns at home. A law student in Austin, Texas, named Cody Wilson has grabbed headlines in the past year by pushing the limits on 3-D-printed guns. Through a website called Defense Distributed, Wilson posted the designs for a lower receiver, the regulated part of an AR-15 rifle, on the Internet as part of a concerted effort to make a fully-functional gun out of plastic. In May, he was ordered to stop by the U.S. State Department, which sent Wilson a letter saying that distributing CAD files to make firearms was effectively illegal under laws that regulate international arms trafficking. With the advent of 3-D printing, agencies that regulate the manufacture, sale and use of firearms are sailing into uncharted waters, said Varnum Law attorney Steve MacGuidwin. The government currently controls the sale and ownership of firearms though a system of licensing and background checks, but though numerous YouTube videos, it becomes clear that the genie is out of the bottle on 3-D-printed guns. Lawmakers are concerned that the ability to print a gun at home could more easily put them in the hands of felons, teenagers, terrorists, criminals, or anyone else who is not supposed to have them. It also has implications for secured areas like courts and airports, which rely on metal detectors to keep guns off the premises. “Are states going to change the background check laws? Will you have to get a license

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and serial number for something you print?” MacGuidwin asked. Also, who is liable for a misused 3-D-printed weapon? Could designers be in violation of the Patriot Act if their CAD file is used by a terrorist to make a gun? Are plastic guns even legal under the Undetectable Firearms Act if they can be sneaked past a metal detector? “There are a lot of ways the traditional gun laws aren’t equipped to deal with the new 3-D printing,” said MacGuidwin. That’s not to mention the implications for copyright and trademark law when someone can easily replicate and sell unique manufactured objects. “I think you’re going to see these cases work their way through the courts,” said MacGuidwin. “They will look to establish guidelines as they try to navigate through these issue of 3-D printing.”

Pearce, who is eager for the day when the public could choose between having a purchase shipped through the mail or printed at home, is hopeful the reaction to 3-D printing does not focus solely on guns as the technology develops. “If America pulls back from this and the rest of the world continues moving forward, we are going to get stomped on,” he said.

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Five simple steps you can take to a faster computer ne of the best things about a new computer is the speed. It boots fast, opens programs like a dream and generally doesn’t leave you checking your watch. Of course, the longer you use a computer, the slower it gets. It’s tempting to buy a new computer or call a professional, but I wouldn’t just yet. You can get back most of the speed with a few free tricks. They’re simple enough for anyone to do, and your wallet will thank you. Before going on, I’m going to bring up one caveat. If you’re using a Windows XP computer, plan to get a new one soon. XP’s end of life is coming up on April 8. It’s already lacking newer security features. Windows XP only will get less secure once Microsoft stops releasing security updates.

1. Speed up your startup

The most annoying slowdown for most people is startup. Even new computers can take a few minutes. After years of use, it can seem like hours. Your computer spends much of that time starting third-party programs. Security software, printer software and driver updaters are just a few examples. The frustrating part is that many of these don’t need to run at startup. Autoruns is a freebie that can help reduce the load. It finds and disables unneeded programs so they don’t slow you down. But it won’t stop important startup processes, like security software. Startup Delayer is a good program if you want more control. You can tell what programs to start when. That way, they’re not fighting for system resources. If you have a Windows 7 or 8 computer, you might invest in a solid-state hard drive. These are much faster than conventional hard drives. It can bring your startup times to well under a minute. Sold-state hard drives are still small and expensive — a 128 gigabyte version costs $110 to $150 — but that’s less than a new computer. Before you put down any money, however, read on.

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Files on a hard drive aren’t like files in a filing cabinet. On a hard drive, files become fragmented. Bits and pieces of them get scattered around the drive. This increases the time your computer takes to open them. That’s why there are defragmenting programs. These assemble the pieces so they’re easier to find. With Windows Vista, 7 and 8, this isn’t such a big deal anymore. They run the built-in defragmenter automatically on a schedule. To check when it runs, go to Start, or go to the Start Screen in Windows 8. In the search bar, type “defrag” (minus quotes). This will either bring up the defragmenter program or a list where you can select it. Check when it ran last and when it’s scheduled to run. Usually it’s set for early morning. If your computer isn’t usually on then, change it to a different time. You also can run it manually. In Windows XP, you’ll have to run the defragmenter manually. Open My Computer and right-click on your main drive. Then choose Properties.

Go to the Tools tab and choose Defragment Now, then click Defragment. It will take a while, so sit back and relax. One exception to defragging is if you have a solid-state hard drive. These work in a different way and don’t have this problem. In fact, running a defragmenter on an SSD will shorten its life. Windows 7 and 8 will detect a solid-state dive and turn off defragmenting automatically.

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Your computer runs fast, but loading websites leaves you twiddling your thumbs. What gives? First, make sure you’re getting the Internet speed you paid for. The free service Speedtest will give you the real scoop on your Internet connection. If you suspect the problem is in your wireless network, you can tweak your router’s settings to eliminate hangups and bottlenecks. Follow the instructions at bit. ly/16Q1GxO If your wireless signal is weak or your home has dead spots, try putting your router in a central location. Also, move it away from walls and metal objects. It might turn out that it isn’t your connection, but your browser. On Vista or 7, the fix for that could be as simple as upgrading Internet Explorer to version 9 or higher. Do this from Start>>Control Panel>>Windows Update. On XP, you won’t have this option. Instead, ditch IE entirely for the newer, more nimble Firefox or Chrome. Both of these are fast and secure. Not sure what browser you’re using? Visit Whatbrowseramiusing.com to find out. Getting rid of unneeded browser toolbars, like Babylon, also will speed things up. These often come attached to free software. You

5. Remove pesky viruses

Speaking of unwanted programs, viruses can seriously slow down your system. They might be busy recording everything you do, or sending out spam. Combat malware with up-to-date security software. AVG and Avast! are two good free options. I also recommend Malwarebytes for manual scanning and removal. The worst viruses will block you from installing security software. In that case, grab a rescue CD like AVG Rescue CD. This runs outside your operating system so viruses don’t have a chance. — Copyright 2013, WestStar Multimedia Entertainment. All rights reserved. Kim Komando hosts the nation’s largest talk radio show about consumer electronics, computers and the Internet. To get the podcast, watch the show or find the station nearest you, visit komando. com/listen. To subscribe to Kim’s free email newsletters, sign up at komando.com/newsletters.

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GRAND RAPIDS — Despite the defense mechanisms already in place to prevent deadly violence in schools, traditional methods of dealing with juvenile aggressiveness are woefully inadequate, an expert in violent crime told officials Tuesday. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, an Army retiree, author and speaker who specializes in the field of violent crime, was a featured speaker Tuesday at the Crime Stoppers USA annual conference at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. On Tuesday morning, Grossman specifically addressed the issue of violence in the media at the conference and linked violent video games, movies and television programming to increased juvenile aggression. In a second speech, Grossman honed in on the safety aspect of juvenile violence and ways school and law enforcement officials can protect innocent children in the wake of a school shooting, like the incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. Grossman said many of the reasons school shooting tragedies in recent years have been successful are easily fixed to prevent similar incidents in the future. A locked door policy, better controlling access to who gets in schools, armed security guards and implementing safety measures throughout school buildings would save lives in case of emergency, he said. Methods of detecting potential mass murderers, deterring them from violence by an active security presence and defeating them quickly in a hostile situation are all semi-effective options, Grossman said, but don’t truly solve the issue of kids wanting

to shoot their classmates. He said those charged with protecting children must be vigilant and aware of the many ways violence can occur. “We’ve got all the warning in the world, but we’re still living our lives in denial,” Grossman said. “We completely underestimate the problem.” Without major overhauls in how school systems operate, Grossman said future incidents similar to Sandy Hook, the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School and others could very well happen again. “These people look for helpless victims that can’t fight back, who don’t have a gun,” Grossman said. “Sandy Hook is just the beginning — I wish that I was wrong.”

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Coast Guard says BUI citations up this summer BOAT TALK BY ZANE MCMILLIN ZMCMILLI@MLIVE.COM

GRAND RAPIDS — A troubling trend has been noticed by the U.S. Coast Guard during its patrols on the Great Lakes: more people are being cited for drinking and boating. So far this year, 89 citations have been issued for boating under the influence, according to figures published by the Coast Guard’s Clevelandbased Ninth District. That number, which runs up to last weekend, is up from 82 citations by this time last year. “Any number, especially an increase, is a concern for us,” said Cmdr. Dave Beck, who heads up the Ninth District’s law enforcement division. For this week’s Boat Talk, we want to look at the areas of greater concern. We asked the Coast Guard to parse out the data by location, and there are clear differences among the Great Lakes. Western Lake Erie, which borders a number of large cities and is a perennial draw for boaters from multiple states was far and away the worst. More than half of the citations — 49, to be exact — were handed out there. “It just attracts boaters from around the Midwest,” Beck said, “and unfortunately, some of them choose to consume alcohol.” The second-worst spot, southern Lake Michigan, was not even close to that. The Coast Guard has given 13 citations for BUI there. Only one citation apiece had been written by the Coast Guard in Lakes Ontario and Superior, and eastern Lake Erie. Five were written in northern Lake Michigan, and four were given in Lake Huron. Eleven were handed out in waters around Detroit, including the St. Clair River. The numbers, of course, don’t even include what local law enforcement agencies have given out. The Coast Guard will compile those numbers later this year or early next, Beck said. Michigan’s blood-alcohol limit for boating, at .10 percent, is among the highest in the Midwest. Seven other states in the region have lowered their limits to .08 percent. There is a push in the state Legislature to lower Michigan’s limit. This year’s increase in BUI citations was somewhat surprising, given the late start to the boating season. Spring was chillier than last year, and there have not been as many boats out and about, Beck said. Still, there have been plenty of warm weekends and time for the citations to be handed out. The Coast Guard hasn’t even stepped up patrols, and even is down slightly in number of hours on the water because of the season’s late start. The agency is, however, employing new methods of testing for intoxication on the water. Previously, officials would have to escort a boater back to land to administer field sobriety tests. New techniques being used include the “palm pat,” or seeing how well a person turns over one hand onto the other. Boaters’ visual coordination also is tested through a test that asks them to follow a pencil or pen with their eyes. “This weekend looks like it’ll be a gorgeous weekend,” Beck noted. “We just want to make sure that the boating public is aware of those dangers.” So please, have a designated driver and avoid boating while drinking if at all possible. The combination of sun, waves and alcohol can mess with your equilibrium and create a hazardous situation for all. That does it for this week’s Boat Talk. We’re running out of weeks to spread word on all things boating in Michigan, so email us any questions you have. Zane McMillin is a reporter for The Grand Rapids Press and MLive. com. Email him, and follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

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