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Preparing for College: Jeremy Hyman, Author, The Secrets of College Success: Over 800 Tips, Techniques, and Strategies Revealed, 2nd Edition – Heading to college? Make sure you are fully prepared for your freshman year. Learn the seven things to do the summer before college. Photo: Husband & wife co-authors, Dr. Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman
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Pet of the Week: Stanley – Deb Kern, Humane Society of Huron Valley , along with Dean Erskine - Our Pet of the Week is Prudence, a two year-old brown and white Terrier Pit Bull Mix. She is young and energetic and is looking for an active family to play with her. Listen to this week’s interview at the link below for more info about Prudence and many other animals waiting for their forever homes who are available from the Humane Society of Huron Valley.
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Ann Arbor Chronicle: Ann Arbor City Council Budget Approved - Mary Morgan, Publisher, Ann Arbor Chronicle: A proposed resolution to restore loose leaf collection in the City of Ann Arbor failed to pass, as Council approved its 2014 budget. Local developer Tom Fitzsimmons won Planning Commission approval for his proposed Kerrytown Place development on the site of the former St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on Main Street. Also, the Park Advisory Commission was briefed on a rain garden that’s being installed at the Arbor Oaks park in the Bryant neighborhood, as one approach to helping that neighborhood’s chronic drainage and flooding problems.
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Around the Home: Live in A Smarter Home – Pete Nowakowski, Marketing & Communications Director, BRAG Ann Arbor; Doug Selby, Meadowlark Builders / Meadowlark Energy – Your home should be comfortable year-round, keep you supplied with high-quality air, and waste as little energy and water as possible. So how do you achieve that? Meadowlark Energy’s “Living in A Smarter Home” series of free seminars is hosted in their 1874 one-room schoolhouse in Ann Arbor. Visit www.meadowlarkenergy.com for details.
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Healthy Living: Cut the Salt, but Not Too Much – Tina Miller, R.D. /Meijer Healthy Living Advisor - A new report indicates we might be cutting out too much salt from our diets. Tina helps us understand the latest study and how to make sense of it with our own diets. (Click the link to hear our interview, and read Tina’s blog here, which includes a couple of fun recipes for you to try.)
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Travel Michigan: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula - David Lorenz, Manager of Public & Industry Relations, Travel Michigan (a division of the Michigan Economic Development Council); Tom Nemacheck, UPTRA (Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation Association) - Visit the U.P. and you’ll treasure every moment. Surrounded by three Great Lakes, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is attached not to Michigan, but Wisconsin. Only 3% of Michigan’s population lives in the U.P. ,d making for a bounty of nature for you to enjoy.
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Memorial Day: Remembering Who They Were – John Kinzinger, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 310 – There are 76 servicemen listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Ypsilanti Township, but little is known about 23 of them. Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 310 are searching for the families and friends of these Washtenaw County soldiers killed in action and are hoping you can help. If you can help, contact John Kinzinger at 734.994.0444 or johnalva@aol.com. Visit http://www.vva310.org/. The VVA will host a Memorial Day Observance at the Ypsilanti Township Civic Center, 7200 Huron River Drive, Monday, May 27 at 1 PM.
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Damian On Design: Trends in Kitchens & Baths – Damian Farrell, Architect, Damian Farrell Design Group - Stainless steel is here to stay, although we’re noticing a resurgence in white and black kitchen appliances. But while colors and fashion come and go, Damian says you should really be asking how does this house live, and then designing it for how you live.
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Events This Week with Ann Arbor Observer’s Katie Whitney: Katie joins us with a snapshot of great events for you to enjoy around the Ann Arbor area. Click below to listen to our conversation, and visit the Observer’s website at www.arborweb.com and list your own events.
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Non-Profit Spotlight: City of Ann Arbor’s New Cultural Arts Series – Pamela Simmons, Facility Supervisor, Ann Arbor Senior Center – When senior citizens at the Ann Arbor Senior Center said they would like exposure to plays, concerts, and art shows without having to go out at night to different locations, the center decided to bring these cultural happenings directly to them.
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1928 Model A Ford Dealership Recreated - Jay Follis, Marketing Director, Gilmore Car Museum – The new Model A Ford Museum will transport you back in time to a Ford dealership in 1928. The facility is the world’s largest public museum dedicated to the Model A, which was built in the late 1920s and early 1930s, following the huge success of Ford’s Model T. The collection includes a Model A that was driven off the assembly line by Henry Ford in 1927 and presented to inventor Thomas Edison. The Model A Ford Museum is located on the campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, near Kalamazoo. Click & Listen:
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