Parachuting Into Michigan Stadium with the 101st Airborne Division
Sgt. Adam Sniffen from the 101st Airborne Division delivers the game ball via parachute before the Michigan vs. MSU game at Michigan Stadium on Oct. 9, 2010.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wal-Mart's firing of employee for using medical marijuana incites boycott
By Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press
From http://www.mlive.com/
Joseph Casais, 29, was fired from a Battle Creek Wal-Mart for using medical marijuana. He suffers from sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor.
Supporters of marijuana law reform are rallying behind 29-year-old Joe Casais, a cancer sufferer and registered medical marijuana user who was fired from his job at Wal-Mart in Battle Creek.
Casais, who had worked at the store for five years and in 2008 was named Associate of the Year, tested positive for marijuana during a worker's compensation screening after he sprained his knee on the job.
Marijuana advocates are calling for a boycott of the chain, and recently a rally took place in support of Casais:
Beyond the immediate fallout from the boycott -- such as a sharp decline in the sale of snack foods -- the story raises questions about how employers are to reconcile their drug policies with laws regarding the use of marijuana, particularly medical marijuana.
Wal-Mart wants no part of it. In a statement, a company spokesman said: "In states, such as Michigan, where prescriptions for marijuana can be obtained, an employer can still enforce a policy that requires termination of employment following a positive drug screen. We believe our policy complies with the law and we support decisions based on the policy."
It may be legal, but is it the right thing to do?
"It's despicable that Wal-Mart would fire such a hardworking and seriously ill employee simply for treating his symptoms with a medicine that he is authorized to use under state law," Karen O'Keefe, director of state policies for the Marijuana Policy Project and lead drafter of Michigan's medical marijuana law, told the Michigan Messenger. "Would Wal-Mart also fire someone for taking doctor-prescribed Percocet, or any of the other legal medications sold in many of Wal-Mart's own stores?"
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan also sides with Casais, telling the publication, "It's immoral and it's illegal to fire somebody for treating their disease with a medicine that's legal and recommended by someone's physician."
Wal-Mart also is contesting Casais' unemployment benefits claim since any marijuana use still is a violation of federal law, even if states are allowing it in some cases. The Obama administration said it will not seek to prosecute marijuana users who are in compliance with state law. Michigan legalized medical marijuana in 2008.
What do you think of Wal-Mart's actions here?
Monday, September 28, 2009
La Jolla Is The Most Expensive Real Estate Market
Coldwell Banker has released their 2009 Coldwell Banker® Home Price Comparison Index (HPCI) and found that La Jolla, Calif., is the most expensive market. In fact there is an over $2 million gap between what they deem the most expensive and most affordable U.S. housing markets. The comparison of similar 2,200-square foot homes in 310 U.S. housing markets found that the average home price in La Jolla is $2.125 million while at the other end of the spectrum, Grayling, Mich., was the most affordable market in America, where a similarly sized home costs $112,675. California fared badly, 13 other California markets are on the most expensive list while Grayling was one of 20 Midwest communities on the most affordable list (others include Akron, Canton, Detroit and Wichita).
Looking at four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath homes in the United States, thirty percent of the markets show this type of home to be below $200,000, while half of the markets surveyed showed an average price for this type of home to be less than $300,000 meaning there are deals out there. The cumulative average sales price of the four-bedroom homes surveyed in the 310 U.S. markets (including one in Puerto Rico) covered in the Coldwell Banker HPCI is $363,460.
The mention of La Jolla gave me a chance to check in on one of my favorite estates which happens to be in the seaside town. The Razor was once listed at $39 million, it was $32 million when I covered it in April and is now down to $28 million.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tony's Restaurant in Mich Serves Burger with 20 Bacon Strips
by Gus Burns | The Saginaw News
Tony's I-75 Restaurant in Birch Run sells a sandwich as big as your head loaded with 20 strips of bacon -- nearly 1 pound of artery-clogging, salt-cured meat. Its banana split includes a half-gallon of ice cream.
The behemoth BLT attracted the attention of the nation via an appearance on the Travel Channel's "Sandwich Paradise" last November.
Now, the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" wants to highlight the restaurant, 8781 Main.
Jerry L. Duhart, 32, of Traverse City uses one spoon to anchor a banana split at Tony's Restaurant, 8781 Main Street in Birch Run, while digging into the ice cream confection with another spoon.
"They got an overwhelming amount of calls about us being on their show," said Steve Fritzler, 10-year owner of the restaurant. "You have to get a certain amount of referrals from customers."
Brian Becker, 35, of Saginaw, a cook at Tony's Restaurant, 8781 Main Street in Birch Run adds a pound of cooked bacon to a turkey club sandwich at the restaurant.
On the day of filming, posted notices will warn patrons not to enter if they don't want to appear on TV.
A representative from show producer Page Productions of Minneapolis, Minn., would not confirm whether taping would take place.
The 25,000-circulation Canadian "Scope RV Camping Magazine" also featured Tony's, Frankenmuth's Bavarian Inn Restaurant and Zehnder's Splash Village Hotel and Water Park, Old City Hall Restaurant in Bay City and the Halo Burger in the Flint area.
The bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich at Tony's Restaurant, 8781 Main Street in Birch Run contains one pound of cooked bacon.
Business picked up after the broadcasts, including reruns earlier this month, he said. No reruns are scheduled now, according to tvguide.com.
"I'd say two out of 10 customers comment on seeing the show," Fritzler said.
Gus Burns is a staff writer for The Saginaw News. You may reach him at 776-9724 or gburns@thesaginawnews.com.
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