In summarizing public commentary on the Germantown study committee, we spelled the name of one of the speakers incorrectly. The correct spelling is Claudius Vincenz. We acknowledge the mistake here and have corrected it in the original piece.
Section: Missed Ticks
Happy crowd licking ice cream outside of the Washtenaw Dairy. Milk crates are stacked to block off new benches with fresh cement footings. Smiles, kids, dogs, nurses, and more.
The Detroit Free Press reports on a local woman whose letter to Barack Obama elicited a handwritten note from the president, who writes several such notes each week. The article quotes Michael Traugott, a UM communication studies professor, who said one of the motivations for Obama’s letter-writing is political: “Without casting any aspersions on his campaign, it would be interesting to track where the letters are going by state and congressional district. Are they going to districts with wavering or persuadable members of Congress on health care?” [Source]
Ann Arbor’s Huron Hills Golf Course has opened for the season, and Leslie Park Golf Course could open as early as March 22, according to the city’s website. [Source]
In a recent report on an AAPS board meeting, we paraphrased remarks of participants, and we employed the informal nomenclature of the speakers for “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack.” Those variants were departures from the accepted standard shortening to “Ann Arbor Open.” We acknowledge the name of the school here, and have cleaned up references to it in the original piece.
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