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Tracking down details on state’s new wolf hunt Whether a wolf hunt is justified is one aspect of handling the animal’s population in Michigan. How that decision was reached — in a series of distortions and questionable actions — is another. MLive Media Group questions aspects of that issue in an editorial. A guest columnist raises additional concerns. Opinion, C3
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A homeless veteran is getting lots of attention with a video of his makeover that has gone viral as Veterans Day nears. Degage Ministries and Rob Bliss Creative partnered in the transformation of Jim Wolf. That included a haircut, trimming his beard and dressing him in a business suit. Since the makeover, Wolf has made other positive changes as well. The video attracted hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. Other media outlets also have weighed in on the transformation. Details, A11
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en years ago this month, the face of downtown Grand Rapids changed — locally and to the outside world — when DeVos Place Convention Center opened its spacious Grand Gallery and Exhibition Hall. Covering almost four acres without a supporting column, the 162,000-squarefoot hall created a vast indoor fairground, gathering space and play area that would attract thousands to see the latest in new cars, boats, motor homes, golf
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clubs, fishing rods and more. The soaring arch over the Grand Gallery created a new element in the downtown skyline, mimicking the Grand River that flows along its western flank. Since 2003, DeVos Place has hosted a Ferris wheel, full-sized yachts, two-story cottages, a par-3 golf hole, thousands of mourners for former President Gerald
R. Ford and an incumbent president as he campaigned for re-election. While it took another year to complete construction of the entire convention center with its gathering space of more than 1 million square feet, the opening of the convention center’s main feature heralded a new gathering spot downtown. So how busy is it? During the fiscal year that ended June 30, the convention center hosted 531 events, with 586,619 visitors, according to the Grand Rapids-Kent SEE DEVOS, A6
Richard MacKeigan is general manager for SMG, the company that operates DeVos Place for the Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention and Arena Authority. (MLive.com file)
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USS Ford cheered at museum By Brian McVicar
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Crowds fill the shore for the christening ceremony for the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford on Saturday in Newport News, Va. With live-streaming, others watched at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids. (Chris Clark/MLive.com)
The ceremony took place hundreds of miles away, far from the hometown of the man who was honored. But distance didn’t stop Grand Rapids from celebrating a new milestone for its favorite son. More than 200 residents from throughout West Michigan gathered Saturday at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum to
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Length in feet of the light fixture in the Grand Gallery, same as six semitrailers.
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Once federally protected, wolves in parts of Michigan will be hunted starting Friday, a decision that continues to stir debate. (AP file)
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watch the live-stream christening of a new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier named in honor of America’s 38th president. Inside the auditorium, they stood as the national anthem was sung, applauded as dignitaries praised Ford for his integrity and steady leader-
ship, and cheered loudly as Ford’s daughter, Susan, thanked the men and women who will serve aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford. “There’s nobody like Ford,” said Joe Watson, 54, of Grand Rapids. “I’ve been to his gravesite, I’ve been to Betty’s gravesite so many times. They just mean so much to me.” Saturday’s event marked the conclusion of a project SEE FORD, A9
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Meet The Press/MLive.com editorial board
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he Grand Rapids Press/ MLive.com editorial board recently expanded, so it’s a good time to acquaint you with our members. Our mission is expanding, too, as we seek new ways to engage with readers. We’re a four-member board with varied views on policy, politics and party and a shared commitment to seek consensus on issues facing our community. We’re proud to carry on a tradition of journalistic opinion for The Press that dates back to the 1800s. Monica Scott: Monica has been a member of The Press editorial board for most of the past decade. An education reporter, she covers Grand Rapids Public Schools and K-12 topics. She covered government and politics while at The Press from 1993 to 1997, then moved south and wrote for The Orlando Sentinel before returning to Grand Rapids to join The Press editorial board in 2004. A South Carolina native, she is a University of Georgia graduate. She also earned a master’s in public administration from Central
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Michigan University and worked for the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group. She resides in Plainfield Township. Shandra Martinez: Shandra is one of the two newer members of the board, joining this summer. She is a business reporter, and her beats include some of West Michigan’s biggest companies, such as Amway, Wolverine Worldwide, Meijer and Gordon Food Service. Before that, she covered Lakeshore-area local governments for more than a decade after joining The Press reporting staff in 1993. She was managing editor of The Daily Californian while a student at the University of California Berkeley and has worked at The Arizona Republic and Seattle
Julie Hoogland: I’ve been the editor of The Grand Rapids Press/ MLive.com since January 2012. I joined The Press in 1994 and served as Lakeshore bureau chief, assistant editor for educaIn addition to editor Julie Hoogland, members tion and public safety ediof The Grand Rapids Press/MLive.com editotor. I first joined The Press rial board are, from left, Monica Scott, Shandra editorial board three years Martinez and Zane McMillin. ago. A native of Zeeland, I graduated from Albion Times. She lives in the Holland area College, worked at newspapers in with her husband, Daniel, and teenCalifornia and Vermont, and, in age children, Bella and Javier. 1994, my husband, Tim, and I came Zane McMillin: Zane joined the back to West Michigan to raise our board with his appointment as com- daughters, Emily and Molly. munity engagement specialist this Our editorial board has these fall. He began reporting on West goals: We seek to lead the comMichigan politics and transportamunity conversation on issues and tion with the launch of MLive Media candidates, and encourage civil Group in January 2012 after joining debate. We encourage leaders who The Press in 2011. He is a Grand put people over party and favor colLedge native and a Michigan State laboration over conflict. We will hold University graduate. Since moving those in leadership accountable. At to Grand Rapids, he has lived in times, we will reflect our commuEastown and Heritage Hill. He now nity’s point of view. Other times, we resides in the Midtown/Heritage Hill will challenge it. area. “I view the editorial board to be a
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A bloodalcohol level of 0.25 percent in a man who fell from a stairwell to his death May 12 has focused attention on The B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids. The state Liquor Control Commission has cited the facility for serving an intoxicated customer, Grand Rapids police say.
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Liquor panel cites The B.O.B. for serving man before fatal fall State files charges related to high blood-alcohol level
or higher. Drivers at that level are considered “super drunk.” The LCC has filed charges of allowing an intoxicated person on the premBy John Agar ises, serving an intoxicated person jagar@mlive.com and allowing an intoxicated person to The state Liquor Control loiter, police said. Commission has cited The B.O.B. for Police Lt. William Nowicki, in charge serving an intoxicated customer who of the Vice Unit, said penalties range fell from a stairwell to his death, Grand from fines to suspension of a license. Rapids police say. In April, Zachary Bunting, of Grand Kevin Richard O’Brien, 36, had a Ledge, fell from the staircase and blood-alcohol level of 0.25 percent died. He had a blood-alcohol level of when he fell from a four-story open 0.16 percent, just below the threshold stairwell May 12. He died the next day. for having a high blood-alcohol level. Grand Rapids police requested the Nowicki said a hearing has been set LLC file charges based on O’Brien’s for next month. blood-alcohol level. Police request Greg Gilmore, who owns the comcharges when consumers have a plex of restaurants and bars, has blood-alcohol level of 0.17 percent enclosed the stairwell to prevent falls.
In an email, he said: “The facts will come out in the hearing.” Another man died at The B.O.B. in 2009. Police say Tylor Usher, 21, was jumping from railing to railing over the winding stairwell’s open center space when he fell. LCC records show The B.O.B. passed a police controlled-buy test two days after O’Brien fell. In early 2009, the business was fined more than $1,600 in a negotiated settlement with the LCC involving August 2008 citations for selling liquor to an intoxicated person and allowing an intoxicated person to consume liquor, records showed. In 2010, the B.O.B. was fined $300 for allowing overcrowding on the premises from a December 2009 citation, records showed.
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Deer runs into student on school field trip By Angie Jackson
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A Forest Hills sixth-grader was sent to a hospital for observation Friday after he was hit in the head by a deer as he walked on a wooded trail during a school field trip. The student was part of a group heading from Forest Hills’ Northern Trails 5/6 School at 3777 Leonard St. NE, about a half-mile to Northern High School, where
critical voice on issues affecting the community,” Zane said. “We help set the tone of conversation on anything from politics, city government and education to business development and quality of life issues.” Shandra said she considers it an honor to uphold the tradition of community opinion for The Press, at the same time we look to create new traditions on engagement. “The editorial process is a way for us to delve deeper into an issue,” Shandra said. “One of the features I like about this updated version of the editorial board is the opportunity to connect with our readers, whether that is in online comments or at one of our events, such as the recent ‘meet the candidates’ night at our news hub.” You’ll see another of our engagement opportunities soon, at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20. We’ll offer a chance for readers to come into our downtown Grand Rapids news hub for food and conversation and to meet reporters and the editorial board. I’ll have more information about that in my column next week.
the classes were to watch a musical by students there. All of the school’s 575 students were walking to the high school. Students and teachers were traveling in a wooded area about 2:30 p.m. when three deer ran from the side and into the group, hitting one child in the head and another in the temple, said Principal Susan Gutierrez. The animals brushed
against two other children, who weren’t injured, she said. “The deer came through, and the kids just scattered into the woods to get out of the way,” she said. “All three were does, so no horns involved.” An ambulance transported the boy hit in the head to a hospital as a precautionary measure, Gutierrez said. “He never cried. He walked back to the school on his own
power,” she said. The child hit in the temple only required ice. The classes walk through the woods to reach the high school to avoid service roads, but Gutierrez said she never guessed they would have to worry about animals. “I haven’t heard anything that bizarre in 20 years,” she said. “Everyone just hopes their classmate is doing well.”
f you’re an attentive sports fan — or a keen observer of the human condition — no doubt, you’ve seen an upsurge of athletes going out of their way so a player with special needs can score a goal, a touchdown, a home run. It’s a grand gesture, reminding us all that winning isn’t everything; belonging is. And, it’s continuing to happen right under our noses. For most people, I suspect this beautiful trend first surfaced in a bit way in the spring of 2008, when Sara Tucholsky, a senior softball player for Western Oregon University, hit the first home run of her college career. While rounding first base, though, she crumpled to a heap, thanks to a knee injury. Unable to finish rounding the diamond, the umpires ruled she couldn’t be aided by her teammates. Enter two players from the opposing team, Central Washington University, who carried her around the bases, so Sara could tap her toe on second, third and home. In truth, the umpires had messed up because they should have pronounced the ball dead and allowed Western Oregon to insert a sub, who could have trotted home. But because they misinterpreted the situation, the world beheld a rare and tender moment that went viral. Three years prior to that, however, my friend, Vic Villarreal, provided the genesis for me, when our son, Andrew, was playing basketball on a team Villarreal coached. I winced one day to watch our team rack up a lopsided score against a squad from Mason County, but then, something happened at halftime. Before the buzzer sounded to continue playing, the boys started trading jerseys. Incredibly, Villarreal had suggested they trade players. You take some of mine. I’ll take some of yours. Let’s even this out. “It was one of the most incredible displays of class I’ve ever seen,” the opposing coach later told me. Just last month, I was privy to another display of class, this time, among fifth- and sixth-grade soccer players from Grand Rapids Christian Middle School and St. John Vianney Catholic Elementary. Charlie DeVries, who was born with Down syndrome, was doing his best to contrib-
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ute toward what ultimately would be a win for himself and his Christian Middle teammates. But it soon became obvious he wasn’t going to actually score a goal in the effort, unless that road was paved with sportsmanship. His teammates were doing all they could to provide him the ball, but St. John’s defense pried it away time and time again — until it dawned on them what was happening. Suddenly, and even though they were losing, the boys from St. John’s allowed a hole here, a window there. Within minutes, Charlie was dribbling before the goal, and when he kicked, the goalie did his part to make sure the ball found net. I was heartened to hear, as I interviewed Charlie’s mother Karen, two things: One, that Charlie’s friends treat him like that off and on the field. Always have. And two, that the rest of us need to seek the other Charlies in this world, some of whom aren’t technically diagnosed with “special needs,” but boy, do they have ’em. Like Karen DeVries told Charlie’s teammates, while thanking them: “Just be good to one another.” Which goes for the kid sitting alone in the lunchroom. Someone who’s being bullied. The bully himself. Someone with anorexia. A stutterer. And so many others who just need a friendly nod, helping hand, encouraging word. Frankly, I hesitated before deciding to write about Charlie because I believe what the kids from his team and the other team did wasn’t extraordinary. It’s how we all should behave, with those who surround us, day by day. Of course, that’s easier said than done, and I’ll be the first to raise my hand in selfabsorption and selfishness. It’s the Saras and Charlies and Villarreals, though, who serve as reminders. That someone in our midst is hurting or hungry. And they need a little something from a someone, to finally get one over the fence.
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Council revokes motel’s license after problems For MLive.com
More than 30 years ago, the Blue Mill Inn was linked to one of Holland’s most infamous crimes — the rape and murder of Hope College student Janet Chandler. Now known by a different name — the Economy Inn — the motel at U.S. 31 and 16th Street, has been ordered shut by the city and vacated over repeated code violations. The City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to revoke the motel’s lodging license. It’s expected to take about a month to move out everyone staying there. The decision to take away the license follows about a yearlong investigation by the Community and Neighborhood Services Department. It began with a 22-page complaint that followed an inspection last December that alleged viola-
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Condos at former club get approval By Greg Chandler For MLive.com
Construction might get underway next spring on a 68-unit residential development on the remaining 25 acres of the former Holland Country Club, after the City Council on Wednesday approved rezoning. Despite significant opposition from neighbors, the council voted 6-2 to rezone from single-family residential to planned residential development. That will clear the way for Grand Rapids-based Covenant Development LLC to start construction of the Villas of Holland, a development that’s expected to target couples and singles looking to downsize. The development will include 15 four-unit condominiums and four duplexes, all built with a so-called “zero step” construction, meaning residents won’t have to climb steps to enter or exit their homes. “I think a zero-step community is a new concept that honors older generations,” said Councilwoman Nancy DeBoer, who voted with the majority. “It gives them independence longer.” Councilman Mike Trethewey, who represents the Holland Heights area, doesn’t dispute the need for such a development, but said it should be built elsewhere. Residents of the area made it clear two years ago when an earlier development proposal was rejected that they wanted single-family homes. “Nobody’s arguing (the need). It’s the place. That’s what it’s all about — the place,” said Trethewey, who was joined in opposition by Councilman Wayne Klomparens. Jack Vermeulen, who lives near the site, argued the project does not fit the surrounding area, and it will add traffic to Country Club Road and Legion Park Drive, raising safety concerns. “It has no resemblance whatsoever to the character and feel of Holland Heights,” Vermeulen said. Covenant Development president Peter Engles said the project already has a waiting list of 26 people. Units are expected to sell for between $200,000$350,000, he said. “Our goal is to create community, build relationships and make people’s lives better,” said Engles.
tions, including cockroaches and bedbug infestations in guest rooms, garbage overflowing the dumpster and leaky faucets. In its most recent inspection conducted about a week ago, 30 of the motel’s 80 rooms had violations, while 20 others are under construction and 11 were occupied and could not be inspected. Only 17 rooms had no violations, Community and Neighborhood Services Director Phil Meyer said. “We’ve attempted to work with the property owner to resolve those complaints,” Meyer said. The motel recently changed management, with Perry Michaels trying to get repairs done to bring it into compliance. Earlier this year, Michaels led efforts to correct problems at the nearby Wooden Shoe Motel when it faced the possibility of los-
ing its lodging license over similar code violations. He appealed to the City Council on Wednesday for more time for the Economy Inn. “I know it’s been a year (since the first complaints), but it’s only been a month under me,” Michaels said. But council members, while appreciative of his efforts, weren’t buying his argument.
“This is the same deja vu we heard with the Wooden Shoe,” Councilman Mike Trethewey said. “There’s got to be a stop to this. It’s been a bane in the area for more than a year.” Fellow Councilman Todd Whiteman expressed concern Michaels was undertaking the cleanup with only a few workers. “Get legitimate contractors
in there, and get this facility renovated to what it’s supposed to be — a public lodging space,” Whiteman said. In addition to the code violations, officials noted continued police calls to the motel. Six incidents were reported in September and six more in October, Meyer said. Even though the Economy Inn’s license has been
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Grand Rapids’ history of brewing beer will be discussed Thursday at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
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The DeVos Place Convention Center swoops along the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids. The facility, marking its 10th anniversary, has surpassed expectations. (Andrew Kuhn/ MLive.com)
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County Convention and Arena Authority. A study by the Anderson Consulting Group estimated DeVos Place has had a $90 million impact on the greater community every year — twice the impact of the earlier Grand Center facilities, sections of which remain part of the complex. The convention center has been a game-changer for Henri Boucher, who produces the annual auto show, boat show and sports shows for ShowSpan Inc. ‘VERY WELL BUILT’
“It’s one of the finest convention centers in the Midwest,” said Boucher, who also stages consumer trade shows in Milwaukee, Lansing and suburban Detroit. “It’s very well-built, and it still looks like we opened it up yesterday.” Boucher said the center has boosted attendance at ShowSpan’s consumer shows by 10 to 15 percent and enabled it to bring in more cars, bigger boats and special attractions, such as live fishing ponds, a par-3 golf hole and fleets of motor homes. Richard MacKeigan also recalled bringing in large refrigeration units for a meat packers convention and, on
“It’s one of the finest convention centers in the Midwest.” HENRI BOUCHER, OF SHOWSPAN INC.
another occasion, similar coolers for cadavers at an emergency medical providers convention. That convention also brought in a full-sized helicopter that was pushed onto the floor through giant loading doors after landing on Michigan Street NW. Then, there was the patch of lawn installed for a dog relief area for a dog show, said MacKeigan, general manager for SMG, the company that operates DeVos Place for the Grand RapidsKent County Convention and Arena Authority. For MacKeigan, one of the more memorable events was the convention center’s role in the memorial services for former President Gerald R. Ford in the final week of 2006. Thousands of visitors queued up in the exhibition hall to stay warm as they waited to pay their respects to Ford, whose casket was on view across the Grand River at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum,
The Hall of Justice complex opened in 1967 on the land now occupied by the DeVos Place Convention Center. The building was demolished in 2002. (Courtesy/GRPL Hero Bratt Collection)
MacKeigan said. “It kept the city from being overrun,” he said. “We were able to have them all gather in a safe place.” Doug Small, president of Experience Grand Rapids visitors and convention bureau, said the convention center allows him to “compete above our fighting weight” when it comes to attracting organizations in search of gathering places. “We’ve got a four-diamond infrastructure that we sell at two-diamond prices,” said Small, an industry veteran who arrived in Grand Rapids from Denver five years ago. “We have an infrastructure comparable to cities 11/2 times our size.” BALLROOM, SKYWALKS
The convention center, with its ample meeting rooms, the Steelcase Ballroom and skywalks to 1,200 hotels rooms, allows his sales force to pitch to business convention planners beyond the social, military, educational, religious and fraternal market, Small said. Steve Heacock, a member of the Grand Action group that raised the private dollars for the convention center and chairman of the Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention and Arena Authority, said the convention center has exceeded its performance goals. Built for $211 million, the center’s construction was funded primarily by $44 million in private donations and state and local grants, coupled with $83 million in bonds that are being paid through Kent County’s hotel-
A 1962 aerial photo of downtown Grand Rapids shows the area now occupied by the DeVos Place Convention Center in the center along the river’s east bank. The patchwork of factories and stores was demolished in the early 1960s during urban renewal (MLive.com file)
motel tax. That allows the convention center to operate debt-free, Heacock said. In the fiscal year ended June 30, the convention center reported taking in $5.85 million in revenue while spending $5.7 million. The fact it is breaking even is “absolutely remarkable,” Heacock said. “As you do this work, you’re going to find very few convention centers that do.”
Factories line the east bank of the Grand River in 1896 where the DeVos Place Convention Center is located today. At right, DeVos Place shines 10 years after it opened. (MLive.com file)
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RAND RAPIDS — In its 10-year history, DeVos Place Convention Center has been an indoor fairgrounds, playground and stage for events that were new and, in some cases, previously unseen in West Michigan. With 3.7 acres of column-free exhibition space and a 72-foot-high ceiling, the facility has housed a Ferris wheel, a quarter-mile auto racing track, a two-story cottage, flotillas of yachts, a fleet of motor homes and a par-3 golf hole. Here are highlights from some of the unusual events — and guests — who have appeared in the convention center during the past decade:
• In December 2003, Gordon Foods Service celebrated the new convention center by installing a Ferris wheel for its annual holiday party. The center kept the giant carnival ride in place for the public grand opening party a few weeks later. The Ferris wheel also was around in February for the West Michigan Home and Garden Show. • In October 2004, thenPresident George W. Bush appeared before 15,000 supporters in a rally that took up two of the center’s exhibit halls. The third hall was used as a staging area, through which Bush’s motorcade arrived. • In December 2005, auto racing fans were given an antidote to cabin fever when the Mason Dixon/Dixieland Challenge brought full-sized race cars to a quarter-mile track built inside the exhibit hall. The event was cut short after one night when a security guard was killed by a falling garage door. The event was staged the following year, but competitors were left with bounced checks from the promoter. Auto racing has not returned to DeVos Place. • Things were hopping in DeVos Place when the American Rabbit Breeders Association held its annual
Wyoming resident Ariel Torres, 12, fishes in the trout pond in March 2008 at the Ultimate Sport Show at DeVos Place. Earlier this year, a 110,000-gallon holding tank was stocked with more than 300 rainbow trout, including steelheads. (MLive.com file)
Even before it officially opened, the DeVos Place Convention Center hosted remarkable attractions. Gordon Foods Service celebrated the new facility by installing a Ferris wheel for its annual holiday party in December 2003. The center kept the giant ride in place for the public grand opening party. (MLive.com file)
Race cars hurtle around a quarter-mile track inside Devos Center in December 2005. However, such adventures proved shortlived. The event returned the next year but has not been back since then. (Tom DeVette/Courtesy)
Carolyn Alt enjoys the Par 3 Challenge of the West Michigan Golf Show at DeVos Place in February 2011. She is the show manager. The annual event gives golfers a chance to swing their clubs and win prizes. (MLive.com file)
convention in October 2007. About 5,000 attendees brought 23,382 bunnies, hoping to score big in competitions featuring more than 40 breeds. • “Lake Ultimate” has been a favorite fishing hole for attendees of the annual Ultimate Sport Show at DeVos Place. Earlier this year, the 110,000-gallon holding tank was stocked with more than 300 rainbow trout, including steelheads. • Full-sized homes and cottages have been a favorite feature for some shows. The 2010 Cottage and Lakefront Living
Show featured a 1,200-squarefoot two-story cottage-style home designed by architect Wayne Visbeen and built by Falcon Custom Homes. • Every winter, the Michigan International Auto Show fills DeVos Place ce and adjoin-ing rooms test with the latest st and greatest in new cars. s. In 2009 and 2011, attention was ay from drawn away the shiny cars when Nik Wallenda nda walked
From left, Matt Klein and Jon Harper, both of Lakeside Exteriors, work on a cottage tage built inside DeVos Place in April 2010 for a Falcon Custom Homes exhibit as part of the annual nnual Cottage and Lakefront Living Show. It’s one of several houses that have been built for such shows at the center. (MLive.com file)
without a net on a tight rope high above the show floor. • Golfers have had more to swing at since DeVos Place started hosting the annual West Michigan Golf Show. A 40-yard par-3 hole has allowed snow-tired duffers to swing their clubs and win prizes if they end up closest to the hole. • Once confined to local rec rooms and garages, table tennis took center stage in 2010 and 2012 when the International Table Tennis Federation hosted its annual tournament in DeVos Place. The five-day event, which will return in 2014, attracted 611 participants in 67 categories on 90 tables. • In 2007, DeVos Place hosted the Pro Bowlers Association’s Denny’s World Championship on four custom-built lanes. While preliminary rounds were held elsewhere, the convention center created a setting where 1,200 fans could watch the final rounds, which were telecast live by ESPN.
An American checkered giant rabbit, above, looks back at breeders as they watch it during the best-of show competition during the American Rabbit Breeders Association annual convention in October 2007 at DeVos Place. Below, President George W. Bush delivers a campaign speech in October 2004 to a crowd of 15,000 who filled two exhibit halls at DeVos Place. (MLive.com file)
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Injured skydiver almost back to full strength By Andrew Krietz akrietz@mlive.com
There first was blue sky with only some scattered clouds. Then, a hospital bed and florescent lights above it. Russell Webb chalks it up to divine intervention. It’s about the only reason anyone could have survived a jump from a plane with a hard smack against the Earth, he said. The 40-year-old Lansing resident took his first skydive at Skydive Hastings on Aug. 16. It was something he always wanted to do, and at midlife, he joked it was about the time to do it. He felt comfortable, given the day’s worth of training and was well-prepared for the jump, Webb said. “The last thing I remember was hanging from the wing and getting ready to disembark,” he said. “Then it happened.” A Michigan State Police report obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by The Grand Rapids Press/ MLive.com detailing the day’s incident correlates with previous MLive reporting. Soon after Webb jumped from the plane, he kept in correspondence through a radio with the skydiving company’s owner, Tony Gwinn. Gwinn asked Webb to perform several maneuvers to practice turning and landing. Webb’s parachute opened appropriately, but he suddenly took a hard left turn and began a downward spiral. Webb said he doesn’t remember spinning and doesn’t recall being told to let go of the steering cord, closing in at the ground at no more than 1,500 feet altitude. The police report said Webb was unconscious and unresponsive after his crash landing, enough to land himself in the hospital for three weeks with a brain bleed, a broken pelvis and broken bones in his face.. UNDER INVESTIGATION
Skydive Hastings is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Agency and the Michigan State Police not only for Webb’s crash landing but for two other incidents in recent months. A woman reportedly was taken to the hospital after Gwinn said she was unable to make it back to Hastings Airport after her jump. And on Nov. 3, another skydiver was rescued from a tree with the help of a farmer’s cherry picker. Gwinn said he runs the company with safety as its No. 1 priority, with hours of class time and practical training. Webb, however, sees a clear problem even with this past weekend’s incident. “I think they are obviously an organization that is not taking the appropriate safety precautions,” Webb said, adding he didn’t have the opportunity to do “mock exhibition” prior to the jump.
regulate skydiving other than to supervise the airplanes used in jumps, their pilots and the components used to trigger the launch of parachutes, said Elizabeth Cory, an FAA spokeswoman. Gwinn previously told MLive he trains students to do a static line dive without an instructor, but given the recent incidents, he might require them to initially jump tandem with an instructor before going alone. “We follow all of the FAA’s rules, follow the U.S. Parachute Association’s ... basic safety requirements,” Gwinn said. “We’re not doing anything out of the ordinary.”
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Va. christening laden with Michigan hands from Michigan have a unique one because Ford, although born in Nebraska, grew up in Grand Rapids and graduated from the University of By Garret Ellison Michigan in Ann Arbor. gellison@mlive.com “Being able to build an airBoatswain’s mate Ben craft carrier is a privilege to Hansen never met President begin with. Having it named Gerald R. Ford, but the two after Gerald Ford and knowmen share a couple of things ing what he stands for and in common. where he went to school is Both grew up in Michigan an added bonus,” said Geoff and attained the rank of Eagle Hummel, a construction Scout. Like Ford, Hansen is director at the shipyard. part of a pre-commissioning Hummel, a Port Huron crew for a brand new U.S. native who graduated from Navy aircraft carrier. U-M in 1987 with a master’s But Hansen, who is from degree in naval architecture Edmore, probably won’t and marine engineering, has become a U.S. president. worked for Newport News “I’ve got almost 16 years Shipbuilding on construction in, so I’ll definitely do my of the USS Ford since 2009. 20 years and retire,” said He’s one of about a half Hansen, 36, who is serving dozen shipyard crew workaboard the USS Gerald R. ing on the ship, including a Ford during this weekend’s welder from Jackson named christening ceremony and Robert Bowker, who took a will remain with the ship after 12-inch metal plate with ship delivery to the Navy. sponsor Susan Ford Bales’ ini“I’ve got no desire to get tials and affixed it in a secret into politics like President place near the ship’s keel in Ford did.” 2009, Hummel said. On Saturday, Ford’s daughter, Susan Ford Bales, broke a NEW FORD CLASS DESIGN bottle of American sparkling The USS Ford essentially wine across the bow of CVNis a prototype, Hummel said. 78, a massive aircraft carrier The carrier is the lead ship in that will, through its namea new design called the Ford sake, represent Michigan and class, which replaces the forGrand Rapids on the world’s mer Nimitz-class design. The oceans for the next halfsecond ship in the class, the century. USS John F. Kennedy, is in an Over the past decade, early building stage. thousands of ship builders The 1,106-foot long nuclearand sailors helped design, powered carrier has an esticonstruct and ready the float- mated cost of $12.8 billion. It ing city, the largest and most features a new nuclear plant, a redesigned island, electroexpensive piece of U.S. military hardware ever built. magnetic catapults, improved Almost every state in the weapons movement and an union has some tie to the enhanced flight deck. It will enormous project, but those carry as many as 90 aircraft
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Artist Brian Murphy paints the scene of the christening ceremony for the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford Saturday at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. The commissioned work will be given to Susan Ford Bales, the president’s daughter. The $12.8 billion nuclear-powered vessel is 1,106 feet long and will carry as many as 90 aircraft. (Chris Clark/MLive.com)
and launch up to 220 sorties a day. The ship’s hull touched water for the first time Oct. 11 when the shipyard flooded the drydock. Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, plans to deliver the ship to the Navy in 2016 after several years of interior outfitting, although a Government Accountability Office report predicted it might miss the deadline because of technology-related delays. “We’ve had a lot of challenges, and we’ve a great team overcoming them,” Hummel said. “It’s one of the most complete ships at launch we’ve ever built.” The 30 years between car-
Susan Ford Bales smashes a bottle of sparkling wine, christening the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford on Saturday. The president’s daughter is the ship sponsor. Her brothers were involved in the event as well, as were dignitaries from her father’s administration. (Chris Clark/ MLive.com)
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years in the making. Navy officials spoke about the countless hours workers spent building the ship, which at $12.8 billion, becomes the single most expensive piece of military equipment ever created, capable of carrying up to 90 aircraft and launching up to 220 sorties a day in combat. It will join the Navy’s fleet in 2016. West Michigan residents said they felt a sense of pride that Ford’s name will grace such a marvel of modern technology. Ford served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Veterans Day is Monday, when the nation recognizes those who served in the armed forces. “We’re just so proud of Gerald R. Ford,” said Mary Patterson, who attended the live-streaming with her husband, Norman. “He was a great man, and his family is continuing on with that legacy for him.” Fred Kaminski, 71, of Walker, remembers Ford for
“We’re just so proud of Gerald R. Ford.” MARY PATTERSON, WATCHING THE LIVE-STREAMING OF THE USS FORD CHRISTENING AT THE GERALD R. FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM
the trust he helped restore in the U.S. government following the Watergate scandal and resignation of President Richard Nixon. “The stability to the country was so unsettled at that time,” Kaminski recalled. “It was important to bring calm and peace back to the United States.” Saturday’s live-stream wrapped up after Susan Ford Bales, the ship’s sponsor, performed the ceremonial breaking of a bottle of American sparkling wine across the ship’s bow. Bales spoke about her father’s humble beginnings as an Eagle Scout, a football standout at the University of Michigan, his service in the Navy, his time as a congressman and his rise to the presidency. She also thanked those who will serve aboard
the ship. “Dad was proud and humbled by each of you and the wonderful tribute your ship represents,” Bales said. The crowd at Saturday’s event in Grand Rapids consisted of residents young and old, some of whom recall Ford’s time in office and others who have yet to learn about the nation’s 38th president. Among them was a group of Cub Scouts led by John Swart, of Grand Rapids. The youngsters, at times, grew restless during the speeches by dignitaries ranging from U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, to former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who served as White House chief of staff during Ford’s presidency. But Swart hoped the remarks about Ford’s integrity — and his experience as an Eagle Scout — will stick with the children. “I think it certainly is a story they can take to heart and identify with,” he said of Ford’s experience in the Boy Scouts. “That’s something they’re experiencing right now as 10-year-old kids.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.
rier design upgrades has resulted in extra work on systems testing and proofing. Lessons learned on the Ford should help crews working on the USS Kennedy, he said. “We can’t build 10 or 20 of these before we go into production.” ‘INTEGRITY AT THE HELM’
The Boy Scouts were very important to President Ford. The Michigan Scouting council was renamed in his honor, and the USS Ford crew has integrated the fleur-delis scouting emblem into the ship crest as a compass rose, under which reads the words “integrity at the helm.” Scouts from Michigan attended the ship’s christening.
Bob Dawson, a Scout leader with Troop 316 in Holland, organized the trip for 36 West Michigan Scouts and 22 adult leaders from six area troops. Scouts ranging in age from 10 to 19 performed flag processional functions under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Virginia Council, Dawson said. The trip includes Scouts from Troop 202 of Caledonia, Troop 250 of Byron Center, Troop 98 of Otsego, Troop 264 of Rockford and Troops 57 and 316 of Holland. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Dawson said. Each of the Scouts is paying his own way using money generated by door-to-door popcorn and flower sales. At the ceremony, the Scouts were joined by Michigan-
based representatives of the Ford Foundation in Grand Rapids and a student contingent from U-M. Grand Rapids beer also was on hand to mark the occasion. Founders Brewing Co. was contracted by the shipyard this year to design a special commemorative label for the brewery’s pale ale, 40 cases of which were sent to Virginia for a private function before the christening ceremony. Being asked to participate gave brewery co-founder Dave Engbers “goosebumps.” “We’ve done what we can to build our company on values exemplified by Ford, particularly integrity and authenticity,” he said. “It’s such an honor to be involved in this christening.”
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The steel beams for the addition at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are being set in place, but plans for expansion already are growing. The hospital is adding 39 beds for acute rehab care, and officials are eyeing new specialized programs. They are evaluating the need for inpatient rehab care for cardiac and pulmonology patients and those with movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis. “We are hoping to have a couple of those programs when we open the building a year from now,” said Kent Riddle, Mary Free Bed CEO. When the project is complete, the number of beds will be more than double the current 80. It will offer 167 beds, including 48 skilled nursing beds and 119 acute rehab care. The changes will increase the cost of the 190,000-squarefoot expansion and renovation project from $54 million to $62.5 million and will delay the projected completion date from spring to fall 2014. The hospital broke ground for the addition in April. The decision to add more beds was driven by demand, as the hospital has created a regional network with other hospitals and nursing homes. The hospital’s census has been in the mid-70 percent range and, at times, hit 90 percent. At one point recently, 79 of the 80 beds were occupied. “A lot of things have been put into place in the past couple of years that have opened up access,” Riddle said. “This is a result of that.”
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Homeless veteran gets a boost with makeover that goes viral Degage Ministries, Rob Bliss partner in transformation By Jonathan Van Zytveld jvanzytv@mlive.com
A simple makeover has made a world of difference for one homeless Grand Rapids veteran — and captured international attention. Recently, local nonprofit Degage Ministries partnered with Rob Bliss Creative for a time-lapse video makeover of Jim Wolf, a transformation that already has made a huge difference in the life of the homeless Army veteran. “It is one of those projects that is low-risk, high-reward,” said Bliss, who is known locally as an out-of-the-box thinker. “It is a really unique way (for Degage) to visually show what they can do and are already doing on a daily basis.” At the start of the video, Wolf’s hair is unkempt, his beard unruly. By the end, he is indistinguishable from a highprofile businessman. As the video says, Wolf has struggled with poverty, homelessness and alcoholism for decades. Since volunteering for the video in September and filming in November, Wolf has begun attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for the first time and is taking steps to have his own housing, said Marge Palmerlee, Degage’s executive director. “In a way, the video has shown him his own potential,” Bliss said. “Now, he is beginning to see the issues in his life.” The video has taken off,
Jim Wolf benefits from a makeover, captured in a time-lapse video that has gone viral. Wolf is a homeless veteran in Grand Rapids who has struggled with poverty and alcoholism. However, since seeing his transformation, he has begun attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. (Courtesy)
gaining hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube in a matter of days. The website Gawker featured it Friday. Palmerlee has received countless media requests for information and has been astounded by the interest. But she’s even more touched by what the transformation has done for Wolf. He remained quiet throughout the makeover — something uncommon for him, Palmerlee said. When staff allowed him to see his image in a mirror, he didn’t know how to react. “He sat there without saying a word, just overwhelmed,” Palmerlee said. “It’s boosted his confidence, and it’s given him hope.” Wolf volunteered for the outward transformation process, and, according to Bliss, was actively engaged from start to finish, showing up as early as 7 a.m. for meetings. After conceiving the idea for the video, Bliss spent time looking for the right partner, which he found in Degage
Ministries, which he sees as “forward-thinking.” As the man behind the Grand Rapids Lip Dub, the World’s Largest Zombie Walk and the 500-foot Lyon Street Water Slide, Bliss said creating a video benefiting a veteran and a local nonprofit is part of his new vision. “I want to see if we can bring attention to the area, both raising the image of Grand Rapids to make it look better, but at the same time, benefiting certain groups that need help.” The video was made possible by Degage Ministries, Rob Bliss Creative, Anna Walt of Design 1 Salon & Spa, Kevin Budzynski of the film production company Whiskey Neat, John Boros Productions and Green Frog Photo. — The Grand Rapids Press/ MLive.com staff writer Heidi Fenton contributed to this report.
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Equal Business report: City touts work with minority subcontractors
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Four times in 2012, the low bidder on a city construction job got trumped by a competitor that scored points for using minority or veteran-owned subcontractors, according to a report from the city’s Equal Business Opportunity office. But while the city’s practice of giving discounts to bidders that work with certain subcontractors increased construction costs by more than $22,000 last year, it also leveraged more than $2.1 million of work for firms classified as Micro Local Business Enterprises, or M-LBEs. Among the biggest beneficiaries: Duran Contractors Inc., a Hispanic-owned asphalt/concrete company in Grandville that got $1.2 million of city work last year and twice helped get bid discounts that put the actual low bidder off the job. “They get used a lot because they take full advantage and they’ve created that relationship with a few (general) contractors,” said Alexander Thomas Jr., a business developer in the city’s Diversity and Inclusion office.
it says ‘You know what? We can’t take any chances. We’re going to make sure we have a relationship with a microLBE’” (to help get the lowest discounted bid),” Thomas said. Grand Rapids also offers bid discounts for other reasons, including mentoring youth, supporting public schools, participating in Adopt-A-Stream programs and sending employees to Healing Racism sessions. After a massive reduction in city contracting with minority- and women-owned businesses after the affirmative action ban, business with those subcontractors is pick-
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Grand Rapids revamped its Equal Business Opportunity program after Michigan voters in 2006 banned affirmative action, and that resulted in the M-LBE policy that gives preference to small, local businesses that encompass a disproportionate number of minority- and women-owned subcontractors. Among the requirements are, a business must have operated for two years, including the past six months in Kent County; its size must be no more than 25 percent of Small Business Administration revenue or employment standards; its majority owner must have a net worth of $250,000 or less, not including a home; and it must register with the city and federal government. General contractors who work with M-LBE subcontractors are eligible for bid discounts that give them a better chance to win jobs. Four times in 2012, the actual low bidder did not get the construction job because another bidder had more discounts. Those bids were: •The city paid $14,931 extra on sewer line work because of bid discounts given to Nagel Construction for working with Duran, a minority-owned M-LBE, and Lodestar Construction, a veteran-owned M-LBE in Grand Rapids •The city paid $4,616 extra on sewer work because of bid discounts given to Wyoming Excavators for working with Duran •The city paid $2,695 extra to build several sidewalk ramps because of bid discounts given to Dykema Excavators for working with Ellis & Sons Construction, a minority-owned micro-LBE in Grand Rapids. •The city paid $256 extra on a sidewalk job because of bid discounts given to Dykema for working with Ellis & Sons A flipped bid “always energizes the contractors to make sure they have micro-LBEs on their contracts,” Thomas said. In most cases in 2012, the low discounted bidder and the low actual bidder were the same. But to increase their chances of winning the job, bidders often included M-LBE subcontractors to qualify for the bid discount. “What (the policy) does,
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GVSU prof’s research sheds light on gender bias in India homeland By Brian McVicar
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Growing up in India, Sonia Dalmia saw firsthand the gender bias that played out across her homeland. Boys often are preferred over girls in India, and Dalmia observed how that favoritism impacted everything from education to food and health care. Thankfully, Dalmia didn’t face the same obstacles as many other girls her age. Her parents supported Dalmia her goal of a college education, and she eventually moved to the United States to pursue a doctorate in economics from the University of Iowa. “My father definitely had the desire for a boy, but the difference is he raised us very well,” said Dalmia, now a professor of economics at Grand Valley State University. “I couldn’t have asked for a better father. I had a very good upbringing.” Dalmia now wants to do her part to reverse the practice
of preference for boys. She is in the process of finalizing research on the underlying cause of gender bias in child survival rates in India, a project she hopes will inform the ongoing discussion of the issue. India’s gender bias, in part, stems from the widely held belief that girls are an economic liability because of a large, customary payment, known as a dowry, the female must pay upon marriage, she said. In some instances, expectant mothers have abortions when they discover they are pregnant with a girl. To examine the issue further, Dalmia studied survey data collected during 40 years by the National Council of Applied Economic Research in India. The data covers 19561996 and includes surveys of women and men. Dalmia found that, while the size of dowry payments is the biggest cause of gender bias, that can be reduced when a woman has control over her income. “It’s not education alone or labor force participation alone that gives a women control over her choices,” she said.
“What’s more important that she have total control of how the money that she earns gets spent.” She also found that while son preference is not universal, it’s more common in northern India than the southern part of the country. The data she examined covered 1,078 households in northern India and 800 households in southern India. “If you’re a working woman and you have control over how the money you own gets spent, you are likely to choose to have girls — you are not going to abort them,” she said. While Dalmia doesn’t expect her research alone to reverse gender bias, she hopes it will inform the debate surrounding the issue. “The implications if we don’t stop this practice are going to be humongous, given India’s demographic strength and the drop in the recent fertility rate,” she said. “The population growth has slowed, and what that means is, if you’re not going to give birth to daughters, there will be a significant number of men who will not be able to get married.”
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Local industrial designer Joey Ruiter sits in his custom-built ORV that he calls the “reboot buggy.” (Chris Clark/MLive.com)
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A Grand Rapids man admitted he was upset about pictures he found on his pregnant ex-girlfriend’s phone in the moments before he allegedly beat her severely. Adam Phillips, 22, was arraigned Thursday on a charge of attempted murder in the Tuesday attack on Elizabeth Batchelder, 18. “He stated he did get upset about some pictures he found in her phone,” a detective told a judge to get a warrant against Phillips.
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WILLIAM J. SEVIC William J. Sevic served 28 months in the 156th Infantry Co F on the European front of World War II. From May 1944 to Jan. 1945, his Company was selected to be the personal guards of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Another Grand Rapidian, George DeBaar was also a part of this company. We are proud of you Dad, Grandpa, Great-grandpa and all the men and women who have served to insure our freedom.
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Stanely E. Rhoads WWII Technician 5th grade 97 year old WWII Army Vet 1943 - 1946 Thank you for serving! We are so proud of you! Love, your Wife, Carol, your Sons, Edwin, Terry, Marty and Daniel, your grandchildren, great-grandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren
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God bless in all you have done and taught from top of crows nest, depths of engine room, fire fighting, permission of Caption to design and build first laundry room and ice cream maker for the ship. Staying on until all Army, and Marines were on board and back home to USA. Only hearts can speak such love and Thank You. Salute to Greater Generation. With Love your Michigan Family, and in Colorado Sgt. Aitchison family
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UNITED STATES ARMY SERVED 1965 - 1967 Thank you for your service to our country and our everlasting gratitude to our Husband, Father, Papa and Best Friend. You fought in the Vietnam War and now are fighting your second war...cancer. We are amazed by your strength and determination to win this war. As you told us, "I survived Vietnam, I can survive cancer too." We love you with all our heart. Your wife, Allison Children: Missy (Ray) and Chris (Sarah) Grandchildren: Vincent Louis, Lauren Ruth, Mariah Louise and Parker Mitchell
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David John Warsen SO2 Navy SEAL 1985-2012 In Loving Memory of our beloved David. Your bravery, integrity, strength, perseverance, humbleness and kind and loving heart have inspired all of us to be better. All we can hope for, is to reflect even a small part of how you lived. You have made this world a better place with your smile and the way you touched others with your love. Stay close to us in our loneliness for you. You are forever loved and missed. Your Legacy lives on through us! Love Mom, Greg, Aaron, Kyle, Ryan, Karlyn and Sam and the rest of your Loving Family!
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Peter Schaaphok
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GRCC seeks state funding for new $7.2M preschool building Grand Rapids Community College says its laboratory preschool program needs a new home. Located at First United Methodist Church on Fulton Street, the program needs more space and modern classrooms, amenities that would enable instructors to provide care for more children while enriching the experience of GRCC students, said JaneAnn Benson, director of the laboratory preschool program. “We are using every nook and cranny,” Benson said. “We are pretty much bursting at the seams in all of our spaces.” GRCC is looking to the state for help.
instead of a private room. And because GRCC leases its space from the church, instructors on Friday must move some classroom materials from areas the church uses on weekends, a task administrators consider time consuming. Benson said the space crunch also prevents the program from expanding. “It’s been a barrier for us to grow more programs, a barrier to add more classrooms,” she said.
remainder. GRCC administrators said the state might decide which projects to fund by spring.
JANEANN BENSON, GRCC DIRECTOR OF THE LABORATORY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
“There just isn’t space.” Under the capital outlay process for community colleges, the state pays for up to half of a project’s price tag, with colleges covering the
Lisa Freiburger, GRCC’s vice president for finance and administration, said the college is hopeful the state will see value in its proposal to EXPAND TO 120 CHILDREN expand the program, which GRCC’s laboratory prehas been based at the church school program is licensed to since the 1970s. care for 80 children; adminis“While the church is a fantrators would like it to expand tastic partner, that is not the to 120. Students enrolled ideal setting from a facilities in the program work with standpoint,” she said. “We instructors to oversee the care would really like to move of the children as they pursue toward a full early childhood associate’s degrees in early center.” childhood development. For Cheryl Botham, an
instructor, the benefits of such a move are clear. On a recent morning, she was busy inside the toddler room, cradling one child in her arms and rocking another youngster’s crib using her foot. Students occasionally need to observe instructors caring for toddlers, she said. But having too many students in the same room as the toddlers can disturb the children. That’s where having an observation area would come in handy.
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Storm’s death toll expected to reach 1,200 in the Philippines, officials say Tacloban in Leyte province, where the year’s most powerful cyclone made landfall Saturday, John Andrews, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said by phone. By Dan Hart “The report of damage is signifiBloomberg News cant,” Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Super Typhoon Haiyan killed at Almendras said in a televised briefleast 138 people as it battered the ing. “The report on the casualties is central Philippines and the death toll more alarming on the Tacloban side.” may climb to 1,200 with the storm More than 4.2 million Filipinos, bearing down on Vietnam, authorities or about 4 percent of the population, said. were affected by Haiyan, mostly in Haiyan, with more powerful wind central provinces such as Visayas, speeds than that of 2005’s Hurricane before the storm left the country, the Katrina at 171 miles per hour, government said. destroyed an airport, cut power and The Philippines was the nation phone lines, and flattened crops. The most affected by natural disasters official death toll is 138, according to in 2012, with more than 2,000 the National Disaster Risk Reduction deaths, according to the Brusselsand Management Council, while based Centre for Research on the media outlets cited the nation’s Red Epidemiology of Disasters. A 7.2-magCross for its estimate of 1,200 potennitude earthquake left 222 dead in tial deaths. Visayas on Oct. 15. As of late Saturday, Haiyan was President Benigno Aquino said the 475 miles west-northwest of San Jose government is prepared to use over the West Philippine Sea and $533 million from various agencies forecast to move at 35 kph toward and his discretionary fund for relief and rebuilding of disaster- ravaged Vietnam, which plans to evacuate about 883,015 people in 11 provinces towns and provinces. and cities, according to a government “Reconstruction will be funded,” website posting. Aquino said during a televised briefing in Manila. The government SURVEYING THE DAMAGE doesn’t yet have the full extent of the Earlier on Saturday, about 100 devastation, he said. bodies were found on the streets of Tacloban’s airport was destroyed
Iran nuclear talks face key opposition Talks on a deal to temporarily curb Iran’s nuclear program ran into trouble Saturday when France questioned whether the proposal went far enough, casting doubt on whether an agreement could be reached during the current round of negotiations. Chances of bridging all differences diminished as the day went on. A Western diplomat in Geneva for the talks said it appeared that a new round of negotiations would be needed to agree on all points of a startup deal meant to lead to a comprehensive agreement ensuring that Tehran’s nuclear work remains peaceful. He said preparations were being made by both sides for an announcement of a new meeting within a few weeks. But the current talks in Geneva still were underway late Saturday, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, and foreign ministers from Britain, France, Germany and Russia.
Island nation was the most affected in the world by natural disasters in ’12 — with more than 2,000 deaths
Tacloban, a city devastated by powerful Typhoon Haiyan, is seen Saturday in Leyte province, central Philippines. (AP)
and only the runway remains, Andrews said. “Very many” bodies were scattered on the streets of Tacloban, homes made of wood were wiped out and many roads have been rendered impassable by debris, Lt. Jim Alagao, a military spokesman, said by phone. “It was like standing behind a jet engine,” Manuel Roxas, the Interior and Local Government secretary, told DZMM radio. “The winds were that strong, hurled roofs, wood into the air.” Police and military troops will be flown into Tacloban from Manila to maintain order amid reports of looting and to help clear roads, Roxas said from Cebu province in the central Philippines, where the government set up a command center. Storm surges may have caused deaths, Gwen Pang, secretary general of the nation’s Red Cross, said in a
phone interview Friday, adding she received reports that winds were so strong that they could knock down steel structures. Aquino said there was massive devastation in Tacloban, citing Interior Secretary Roxas, who saw people walking dazed. “Tacloban isn’t as prepared as the others,” Aquino said, adding he plans to visit soon. More than 340,000 people in 36 provinces have been displaced by Haiyan, including those being served in evacuation centers, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. More than 3,400 houses were damaged, while four airports remain shut, the agency said. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Saturday ordered local officials to closely monitor Haiyan’s movement and called for boats to find shelter as the storm approaches.
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Report: Job market in U.S. making gains The Labor Department reported Friday that the nation’s economy added 204,000 jobs in October, defying analysts’ expectations of weak results even as the federal government shutdown bumped up the unemployment rate to 7.3 percent. Businesses in retail, hospitality, manufacturing and health care expanded their payrolls significantly. Estimates of hiring for the previous two months were revised upward. But the number of people in the labor force fell in October as many gave up hope of finding employment.
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Tonight’s telethon to raise money for veteran services The Associated Press
Entertainers including Connie Francis, Alan Alda and Joe Mantegna are joining forces to help raise money for veterans suffering the wounds of war. The trio will host the Homeward Bound telethon to benefit victims of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. The four-hour
event, airing at 7 p.m. today on the Military Channel, is a fundraiser for several charities. Other celebrities set to participate include Mark Harmon and other “NCIS” cast members, Kevin Spacey, Jason Bateman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Gloria Loring and James Brolin. Scheduled performers include the American Military
Spouses Choir, Patti Austin, Michael Feinstein, Ben Vereen and Steve Tyrell. “This is a 45-year-old dream for me,” said Francis, who entertained troops during the Vietnam War. A telethon was needed then but the social climate wasn’t receptive to aiding veterans, the singer-actress said. The Homeward Bound telethon
came together after she and Leonard Wilf, an owner of the Minnesota Vikings NFL team, joined with producer Bruce Charet to establish the Haven From the Storm Foundation for veterans. The telethon also will stream live online and will be rebroadcast on the Armed Forces Network on Veterans Day on Monday.
WEATHER FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR GRAND RAPIDS AREA TODAY
MONDAY
40° 24°
48° 36°
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
35° 23°
-10s
THURSDAY
39° 28°
44° 33°
Partly sunny, breezy and chilly
Variably cloudy with snow showers
Mainly cloudy and cold
Partly sunny and cold
Breezy with some sun
Wind: WNW 10-20 mph
Wind: WNW 10-20 mph
Wind: NNW 8-16 mph
Wind: WSW 10-20 mph
Wind: SW 10-20 mph
MICHIGAN FORECAST
Houghton 40/21
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Copper Harbor 40/27
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Ishpeming 38/23
High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low
51° 40° 51° 35° 73° (1931) 16° (2003)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 3 p.m. Sat. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date
HUMIDITY
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68% / 53%
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First
0.00” 1.59” 1.08” 40.62” 33.34”
7:28 a.m. 5:24 p.m. 1:37 p.m. none
Full
Last
Grand Rapids Ada Rockford Smyrna
Nov 17
Nov 25
Iron Mountain 40/23
Lake Michigan Menominee 42/28
water temperature at Holland
CONDITIONS TODAY
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. ®
TODAY IN WEATHER HISTORY™
The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature is an exclusive index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body – everything that affects how warm or cold a person feels.
A powerful storm produced a state record low barometer reading of 28.54 inches in Spencer, Iowa, on Nov. 10, 1998. Albert Lea, Minn., had a record low reading of 28.43 inches.
AIR QUALITY INDEX
WEATHER TRIVIA™
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Today’s forecast
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Petoskey 43/34
46°
Traverse City 44/34 Cadillac 41/30 Ludington 45/36 Big Rapids 43/32 Mt. Pleasant 46/33
Grand Haven 46/37 Holland 47/38
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30s
Flurries
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Ice
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60s
Cold Front
70s
80s
90s
W arm Front
100s 110s StationaryFront
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Grand Rapids 48/36
NATIONAL CITIES
Rogers City 42/33
Cheboygan 43/32
TODAY
Alpena 42/32
Gaylord 40/30
REALFEEL TEMPERATURES
10s
Showers Snow
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St. Ignace 43/33
Manistique 43/31
New
Dec 2
4.35 8.35 4.77 4.17
Drummond Island 41/32
Muskegon 46/37 Nov 10
18 20 8 8.5
Newberry 40/26
Escanaba 42/26
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L’Anse 40/23
Rain
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T-storms
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A20 / SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2013 / THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
Local GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP
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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park now is the owner of 35 acres across the street from Forest Hills Northern High School, which had been considered for the new Southeast YMCA facility in Grand Rapids Township. The deal with Rolling Hills Estate Development LLC and private land owner Shawn Gary was closed shortly after township officials denied a request for a special-use permit for the YMCA. At the time the property deal was under contract, pending township approvals, Meijer Gardens’ officials already were interested in purchasing the land but “didn’t want to screw up their (YMCA) plans,” said Gardens president and CEO David Hooker. STRONG INTEREST
Interest in adding 35 acres to Meijer Garden’s holdings was strong enough that “we worked with The Meijer Foundation,” which owns and operates the Grand Rapids Golf Course to find an alternative location for the proposed YMCA facility. Subsequently, the foundation offered to donate a portion of its property to the YMCA, to keep the 35 acres available for possible future expansion of the Gardens. The original YMCA plans called for a move from its current home on Forest Hill Avenue to the parcels across the street from Forest Hills Northern High School. But shortly after announcing the plans and after vocal
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Land purchased complaints from neighbors, the YMCA withdrew its request and moved the plan to a 29-acre parcel about one-half mile east — the property donated by the Meijer Foundation. TWO PARCELS
Combined, Meijer Gardens owns the 125 acres plus the newly purchased 35 acres, and the Meijer Family Foundation owns about 145 acres, totaling more than 300 acres in western Grand Rapids Township.
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Meijer Gardens then began the purchase process for the two parcels — one from the private land owner and the other from Rolling Hills Estate Development, which acquired a portion of the original 27-hole golf course when it was shrunk to an 18-hole facility about a decade ago. Meijer Gardens presently has “no specific plans” for the land addition but acquired it for the future. “Whatever we do will reflect our overall mission, which has four specific parts — sculpture, gardens, natural areas and the arts. It will ultimately be used for one of these,” Hooker said. The purchase is not connected to the development of the Japanese Gardens, still under construction, he said. “That is a specific defined space and has a certain size,” he said. “This (35 acres) will give us the ability to expand in the future.” The 35 acres are near the 125-acre Meijers Gardens & Sculpture Park but are not contiguous to it. The 35-acre site is adjacent to the Grand Rapids Golf Course property.
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ADA TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Ada Township Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing to consider the following request: Date and Time of Hearing:
Monday, November 25, 2013 4:30 PM
Location of Hearing:
Ada Township Offices, Assembly Room 7330 Thornapple River Drive Ada, Michigan 49301
Applicant:
Nate and Dan Roelofs for Ada Body Shop
Property Address:
5363 Fulton St.
Parcel Number:
41-15-30-251-005
Description of Request:
Request for modification of previously-approved variance, to permit a 40 square foot freestanding sign for a non-conforming commercial use in the Rural Residential (RR) district to be located in the public right-of-way, contrary to Sec. 78-745(a)(1) of the zoning regulations
Our records show that you own or have an interest in property within 300 feet of the above addressed property. You are invited to examine the complete variance application on file at the Zoning Administration offices during regular business hours and to attend the public hearing. Written and oral comments will be received until the conclusion of the public hearing. Written comments may be addressed to the Zoning Administrator, Ada Township, P.O. Box 370, Ada, MI 49301, or delivered to the Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman at the public hearing. ADA TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 4732070-01
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