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In the spirit of television's 'Antiques Roadshow,' Congregation Shaarey Zedek will host a communitywide Appraisal Fair from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Using Carboxylic Amides as Antimicrobial Agents Grand Valley State University Principal Investigators: Roderick Morgan, Robert Smart Grand Valley researchers have discovered that the telomerase inhibitor BIBR ...

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Since the discovery of the emerald ash borer in Mackinac County last year, the progress of the bug has been watched carefully. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“For the most part, the credit unions had a pretty solid 2007”

Most of the larger western Michigan-based credit unions posted higher earnings and solid volume growth in 2007 amid a soft economy and declining housing market. via Ann Arbor News

The state's battle to slow the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer in St. Ignace and Moran has now been expanded to include the entire county of Mackinac. via WTOM-TV Traverse City

* Jeff Ciffin, of Okemos, has joined Farm Bureau Insurance as an agent in the East Lansing office. * Dan DiMaggio has been named director of the Michigan State University Alumni Association's Student Alumni Foundation. Laurie Robison has been named assistant director, marketing and membership services at the association, while David Isbell, has been named career services coordinator. * The following were elected 2008 officers for the Lansing Area Safety Council: Steve Serkaian, president; Tom Wibert, president-elect; Steve Dougan, vice president; Kay Hoffman, treasurer; Brian McLeod, past president; and Suzy Carter, executive director. New members of the board of directors are: Tim Barron, Ed Hay, Joel Pinsky, Bob Sherer and Carol Wood. * Stella Cash has been named acting executive director of the Michigan State University Alumni Association and will chair the national search for the executive director of the association. Cash is special projects manager for Michigan State University's Department of Radiology and has served as chairperson of the national alumni board. * Jennifer Van Horn, senior attorney in the Grand Rapids and Lansing offices of Detroit law firm Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone PC, has been elected to the advisory board of the Jane Hibbard Idema Women's Studies Center at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. * Mary Schafer, of Plante & Moran, has been elected 2008 chair of the Capital Region Community Foundation board of trustees. Mark Alley, Lansing Police Department, has been elected chair-elect, and Dennis Fliehman will continue as president. New trustees are: John Abbott, Summit Community Bank; Pat Gillespie, Gillespie Development and Management; Andy Hopping, Jackson National Life Insurance Co.; Helen Mickens, Thomas M. Cooley Law School; Rich Ramhoff, Lansing State Journal; and Carmen Turner, Boys and Girls Club of Lansing. * Independent consultant Jo Vanderstelt, of Charlotte, has been promoted to a group leader with the Bell, Calif.-based bedding and bath company Private Quarters. * Robert Smith, of the Lansing-based architectural firm Hobbs + Black Architects, received the 2007 President's Award from the American Institute of Architects Mid-Michigan Chapter. * A joint venture between Detroit-based Turner Construction Co. and Lansing-based The Christman Co. received a 2007 Build Michigan Award from Lansing-based Associated General Contractors of Michigan for their project the Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, Mich. * Lansing-based firm Granger Construction was one of seven companies awarded a 2007 Build Michigan Award from Lansing-based Associated General Contractors of Michigan for the Grand River Avenue parking ramp at Michigan State University. * Laurie Koelling, of East Lansing-based Tomie Raines Inc., was named the 2007 Realtor of the Year by the Lansing Women's Council of Realtors Lansing Chapter. Jo Wilke, of LaSalle Bank, was named 2007 Affiliate of the Year. Business People items must be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday a week before publication. Information must be resubmitted for each week it's to be published. Send to Business Calendar, Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee St., Lansing, MI 48919; fax 377-1298; e-mail business@lsj.com. * Melanie Bergeron, chief executive officer of Delhi Township-based Two Men And A Truck International Inc., has been named to the board of directors of the Washington, D.C.-based International Franchise Association. PHOTO via Lansing State Journal

“I'm pleased that John accepted our invitation to join the Board of Trustees of Port Huron Hospital”

John Ogden joins Port Huron Hospital Board of Trustees PORT HURON, MI -- City of Port Huron Director of Finance John Ogden has been appointed to Port Huron Hospital's Board of Trustees for a three year term. via The Times Herald

“Lansing needs to hear the voice of the business community”

This year's Mackinac Island policy conference sponsored by the Detroit Regional Chamber will build on a growing movement by the state's business community to get more aggressive about setting the political ... via Detroit News Online