When does a kid become too old to go door-to-door mooching candy on Oct. 31? What about kids in the 13-18 class who don’t even bother with costumes? Do you dare tell them to take a hike?
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If you’re at all interested in that unfortunate chapter of Lansing history that ended in the execution of an innocent elephant, be sure to check out the photo gallery posted on the LSJ website.
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Parents of kids at East Lansing’s Marble Elementary School got emails recently, the subject of which was “Fall Harvest msg.” The note was actually about Halloween, and I'll bet you have a pretty good idea of what it said.
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There it is again — in an Associated Press story about a speech Gov. Rick Snyder was to deliver Wednesday: “The tax switch is part of a MAJOR SPEECH (my capitalization) the Republican governor plans to give today …”
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I’ll admit it — I braced myself for what might happen in East Lansing after that final miraculous play in MSU’s improbable defeat of the favored Wisconsin Badgers.
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An anonymous skeptic forwarded me the press release for this year’s Silver Bells in the City celebration, which claims there will be “millions of lights” downtown.
Millions?
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In Friday’s column I relayed a reader’s suspicion — and Wharton’s adamant denial — that there was some lip-synching going on during the recent run of “Jersey Boys.” The star’s mom says no way.
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Notice how the immediate post-game chest-beating, we’re-not-apologizing-for-anything attitude has turned into a little soul-searching on the part of MSU officials?
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If you’re searching for a reason why a quarter of the kids who started high school in Lansing in 2006 didn’t finish in 2010, look deeper than the classroom.
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