The Lansing Blog » People http://thelansingblog.com The premier source of Lansing news online. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 GREAT STORY: 16-year-old mid-Michigan girl writes book about mastering dyslexia http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/19/great-story-16-year-old-mid-michigan-girl-writes-book-about-mastering-dyslexia/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/19/great-story-16-year-old-mid-michigan-girl-writes-book-about-mastering-dyslexia/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:30:27 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1854 Check out this story from WLNS.com reported by Alison Himelhoch about a 16-year-old local girl who mastered the challenge of being dyslexic. Jenny Smith had a savvy teacher who recognized the learning problem when she was much younger and a mom who wanted to help her daughter. She’s now excelling in school and has written [...]
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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/19/great-story-16-year-old-mid-michigan-girl-writes-book-about-mastering-dyslexia/feed/ 0 To Nick Eyde: How would you change Lansing’s southside Logan Square? http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/16/to-nick-eyde-how-would-you-change-lansings-southside-logan-square/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/16/to-nick-eyde-how-would-you-change-lansings-southside-logan-square/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:26:31 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1444 Watch this video about the redevelopment of the downtown Knapp’s Building and it’s easy to smile and say, “Wow.”  The building brings back positive memories for anybody who has lived in Lansing for a while and the plans to bring back the building for retail, restaurant and apartment space sounds like a logical next step. [...]
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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/16/to-nick-eyde-how-would-you-change-lansings-southside-logan-square/feed/ 0 I learned a lot from Richard Prangley http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/20/i-learned-a-lot-of-richard-prangley/ http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/20/i-learned-a-lot-of-richard-prangley/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:29:48 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=421 I remember the day Richard Prangley walked into the old pressroom at the Michigan State Capitol Building.  He was looking for news media attention for his story about his childhood in state mental institutions. I was the pressroom manager and the first person to see for all kinds of individuals and groups who were seeking [...]
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