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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 (Coverage: August 2 - 15, 2005) |
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HEADLINES
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AUG 2 - 8, 2005
* Macomb: Students get hands-on business lesson
* Warren: WWPS bond project continues over summer
* Shelby Township: Day care center offers Web cam for parents
* Houghton: MTU Web site highlights diversity
* Rosco-Higgins: Rosco-Higgins Chamber to provide development services for county
* Jonesville: Village pulls plug on wireless Internet
AUG 9 - 15, 2005
* Detroit: In too-much-information age, many tell all online
* Eastpointe: Detorit cop pleads to Internet sex offense
* Rochester: GPS device give sthe blind new freedom to explore
* Jonesville: Cyberspace offers woman chance to supervise publication of first book
* Birmingham: Computer firm's holograms bring car designs to life
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AUG 2, 2005
* Macomb: Students get hands-on business lesson
In being encouraged to develop entrepreneurial spirit, local students were told that that doesn't necessarily mean coming up with flashy ideas or acting like a big shot.
Source: Macomb Daily News, http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/080205/loc_bw3001.shtml
AUG 3, 2005
* Warren: WWPS bond project continues over summer
When Briarwood Elementary School students return to class Aug. 25, they are sure to notice the changes that occurred over summer. Crews have worked over the summer months to renovate classrooms as part of a $47 million bond issue passed by Warren Woods Tower Public Schools taxpayers in September 2004. The bond projects are geared to support the curriculum and improve the learning environment. Skanska USA Building Inc., based in Southfield, is the construction company hired for the projects. Jamie Stottlemyer is project manager and Joe Parkinson is project superintendent. Both are with Skanska.
Source: C and G News, http://www.candgnews.com/editorial/2005/august/3/warren/ww%20bond.html
AUG 3, 2005
* Shelby Township: Day care center offers Web cam for parents
June DeBoni said it’s reassuring to be able to take a couple of minutes out of her working day to check on her 3-year-old son Jack who spends the day at a local child care facility. And DeBoni doesn’t even have to leave her desk. The Shelby Township mom recently began sending her son to Shelby University, a newly opened child care provider, which features a Web cam for parents to check in on their kids at any time.
Source: C and G News, http://www.candgnews.com/editoria l/2005/august/3/shelby/shelby.html
AUG 3, 2005
* Houghton: MTU Web site highlights diversity
If you asked most residents of the Copper Country to name the ethnic groups making up the history of the settlement of the area, most would probably name Finns, Swedes, the Cornish and Italians, but that would only touch the surface of a very deep cultural pool.
Source: The Daily Mining Gazette, http://www.mininggazette.com/news/story/ 083202005_new02-n0803.asp
AUG 4, 2005
* Rosco-Higgins: Rosco-Higgins Chamber to provide development services for county
For the first time in more than a decade, Roscommon County has an office promoting economic development. Starting Aug. 1, the Higgins Lake-Roscommon Chamber of Commerce is providing community development services under a $6,000, one-year contract with the Roscommon County Economic Development Corporation.
Source: The Houghton Lake Resorter, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14977292&BRD=2053&PAG=461&dept_id=382906&rfi=8
AUG 5, 2005
* Jonesville: Village pulls plug on wireless Internet - Provider failed to finish the job
A plan to connect the village of Jonesville with wireless Internet is experiencing a hit. On Wednesday, the Jonesville Village Council unanimously approved to terminate a contract with Sou–thern Michigan Broadband after services weren’t fully rendered.
Source: Hillsdale Daily News, http://hillsdale.net/stories/080405/arc_village.shtml
AUG 11, 2005
* Detroit: In too-much-information age, many tell all online
Honore McDonough Ervin "couldn't believe" the e-mailed birth announcement she and about 20 others recently received from the husband of a childhood acquaintance, complete with hour-old photos of the newborn, details about the length and intensity of the labor -- "all the gory details." Welcome to our Too Much Information nation.
Source: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/sharing11e_20050811.htm
AUG 11, 2005
* Eastpointe: Detroit cop pleads to Internet sex offense
An Eastpointe man who lost his job as a Detroit police officer after his arrest in an online attempt to solicit sex from a minor could now lose his freedom as well, after entering a plea agreement Wednesday to a felony charge.
Source: The Macomb Daily News, http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/081105/loc_busted001.shtml
AUG 11, 2005
* Rochester: GPS device gives the blind new freedom to explore
Two blind people are the first in the nation to be trained at Leader Dogs for the Blind on using a "revolutionary" portable Global Positioning System to get wherever they want to go - whether that's a neighbor's house, a city park or a restaurant in Times Square.
Source: The Oakland Press, http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/081105/loc_20050811001.shtml
AUG 12, 2005
* Jonesville: Cyberspace offers woman chance to supervise publication of first book
Rejection is all part of a writer’s life. Trying to get that initial break and being a truly successful writer can be frustrating at times, especially with all the red tape involved in dealing with publishing companies.
Source: Hillsdale Daily News, http://hillsdale.net/stories/081205/new_cybook .shtml
AUG 14, 2005
* Birmingham: Computer firm's holograms bring car designs to life
Automakers are paying thousands of dollars to create vehicles that can't be driven, sat in or even touched. These cars are merely holograms, three-dimensional images made by computers and lasers instead of rolling off the assembly line of a sprawling factory.
Source: Detroit News, http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0508/17/B08-279618.htm |
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