http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/The Latest News, Updates and OpinionsenTue, 10 Nov 2009 10:35:19 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noThe Latest News, Updates and Opinionscadence_advancehttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/IdRka7Yp58s/egr_mulls_requiring_permits_fo.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 10:32:09 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921843 ]]>Portions of East Grand Rapids, such as John Collins Park and Gaslight Village, are so picturesque that city officials are looking to regulate media productions’ filming on public property. While the proposed ordinance will not regulate personal and family photos,...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/egr_mulls_requiring_permits_fo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/eZVFM2Ip_gw/egr_to_host_rapid_meeting.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:22 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921836 ]]>One of The Rapid’s six community workshops to prepare a transit master plan is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Room 101 of the East Grand Rapids Community Center, 750 Lakeside Drive. Residents are being invited...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/egr_to_host_rapid_meeting.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/avqEhAc0to0/city_services_to_get_new_digs.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 10:28:53 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921832 ]]>  The City of East Grand Rapids is ready to go out for bids for a firm to design and build an upgrade to the city services facility. The estimated $1.4 million project calls for renovations to the original building,...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/city_services_to_get_new_digs.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/UbVO5vOzabA/siblings_matched_with_family_t.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 10:27:08 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921829 ]]>   Jan HolstThe Luehmann family, of Ada, grew quickly when teenage siblings from Mozambique moved in. The couple is pictured playing a table game with the children and friend and neighbor Kendra Kuo.Adapting to a new culture can be...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/siblings_matched_with_family_t.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/grbR5zm7ZKw/township_puts_hold_on_new_sign.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 10:22:42 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921815 ]]>Grand Rapids Township has placed a moratorium on granting sign permits, pending a review of its sign ordinances. The request came after a sign appeared that was "somewhat more electronic than we anticipated," said Supervisor Michael DeVries. "We need to...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/township_puts_hold_on_new_sign.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/uUny49t66Y4/our_town_on_stage.htmlCadenceAdvance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 08:46:21 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921459 ]]> Tom FirmeThe East Grand Rapids High Drama Department will perform Thornton Wilder’s "Our Town," at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 19, 20, and 21 in the Performing Arts Center. "Our Town" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1938 and is one of...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/our_town_on_stage.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/3hKzhCdT2mo/musical_revisited.htmlCadenceAdvance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 08:38:53 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921394 ]]>   Tom FirmeForest Hills Northern High will present "High School Musical Two" at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 19 to 21, and at 3 p.m., Nov. 21. The popular sequel takes questions of real kids facing realities of the adult world...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/musical_revisited.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/cxbKkKXL-Qs/family_greets_mother_and_grand.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 08:35:39 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921376 ]]>   Advance NewspapersElizabeth Nyamuon arrived in Grand Rapids a few weeks ago and was reunited with her daughter Sarah, of Ada, 20 years after Sarah Chuol and her husband fled from their village in the Sudan. An entire church...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/family_greets_mother_and_grand.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/SGAu2_CH9V4/tree_ordinances_may_be_stricke.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 08:31:44 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921354 ]]>The City of East Grand Rapids is poised to repeal its more than 15-year-old tree conservation ordinance, which required a city permit to remove trees over six inches in diameter and encouraged relocation. The City Commission recently voted unanimously, with...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/tree_ordinances_may_be_stricke.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/4th3qWbDc1g/egr_middle_school_student_hono.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 08:30:10 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921344 ]]> An East Grand Rapids teen was one of two recognized by The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan at a recent event held in Grand Rapids. "Our Flame of Hope honorees for 2009 have made a real difference in their communities,...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/egr_middle_school_student_hono.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/wp4gunRF5CI/special_olympics_gala_to_kick.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 08:28:23 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921324 ]]>   Tom FirmeSpecial Olympian Allison Moore and Sally Brinks, the tree’s designer, pose with one of the many designed trees at Special Olympics Festival of Trees at Breton Village. This year marks the 20th year of Special Olympics Michigan...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/special_olympics_gala_to_kick.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/V4ul7EI_fLI/cascade_township_board_adopts.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersTue, 10 Nov 2009 08:23:59 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3921308 ]]>Cascade Township has adopted a new five-year capital improvement plan for 2010-2016 with the board voting last week to accept a recommendation from its Planning Commission to accept the draft proposal. Sandra Otey, assistant to township planning director who prepared...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/cascade_township_board_adopts.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/z4rc4wq-Mrk/township_fighting_former_clerk.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:15:15 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865248 ]]>The Ada Township Board voted 6 to 1 last week to fight a decision by the State of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency to allow former township clerk Deborah E. Millhuff to collect unemployment benefits. "We think the statute is quite...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/township_fighting_former_clerk.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/wEhS2pm8nnA/nature_lovers.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:13:26 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865237 ]]>Jan HolstWorld renowned nature artist Clare Walker Leslie recently visited students at Forest Hills Goodwillie Environmental School and gave them tips on using writing, drawing, and painting as a means of connecting with the world around them. Pictured with Walker...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/nature_lovers.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/mWMzW3CYJBc/cascade_battles_over_open_spac.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:09:38 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865217 ]]>Cascade Township officials are continuing to wrestle with a specific plan for Burton Street Park – an 80-acre parcel purchased after a grassroots effort resulted in a dedicated millage for development of township natural parkland. At issue is the definition...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/cascade_battles_over_open_spac.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/mfz_fBAHQJw/district_court_plans_opening.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:07:29 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865212 ]]>The public will soon get a look inside of the newly constructed 40,000-square-foot 63rd District Court, located on Knapp Street, just east of East Beltline. A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. On Tuesday,...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/district_court_plans_opening.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/Cgdj9aya118/move_cancels_residence_issue.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:06:09 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865203 ]]>Ada Township will not pursue a new policy on residency requirements for trustees, now that Trustee Micshelle Sytsma has relocated inside the township. The issue came up when Sytsma moved in with friends in Cascade after selling her Ada home...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/move_cancels_residence_issue.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/qsjAVRK94bQ/egr_commission_gets_2_new_memb.htmlCadenceJan Holst | Advance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:04:16 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865194 ]]> Tom Firme Cindy Johnson and Jeff Dills are the newest East Grand Rapids city commissioners. East Grand Rapids residents went to the polls yesterday to cast votes for three candidates who were running unopposed for City Commission seats. Amna...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/egr_commission_gets_2_new_memb.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/qVtAlWV18Qk/reality_check_ive_finally_foun.htmlCadenceMike Taylor | Advance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865173 ]]>   The second-grade classroom wasn’t nearly as terrifying as I had imagined. As regular readers of this column (both of you) may recall, I was invited a few weeks back to speak at Forest Hills Collins Elementary School. They...http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/reality_check_ive_finally_foun.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cadence_advance/~3/uA2VSB7o7iY/royal_pioneers.htmlCadenceAdvance NewspapersMon, 02 Nov 2009 11:58:58 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/cadenceadvance/index.ssf//2455.3865154 ]]> Advance NewspapersEast Grand Rapids homecoming royalty took time out at the weekend dance to pose for photographs. Pictured are King Nigel Benson and Queen Sonia Nicole....http://www.mlive.com/cadenceadvance/index.ssf/2009/11/royal_pioneers.htmlnonadult