5/5/05 ... The Ultimate Cinco de Mayo! The LSJ has a regular "This Day in History" feature. On May 5, 1961, a rocket went 115 miles up with first U.S. astronaut, but the item at the bottom of the page is absolutely priceless...

Habitat Building Project Comes to Michigan
The Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun reports that Habitat for Humanity's Jimmy Carter Work Project will be working in Michigan this summer. The program aims to help low income folks have a home of their own. Throughout the year, the Project (which needs volunteers statewide, see JCWP site) will provide 230 homes in the state of Michigan to those in need.
Jimmy Carter Work Project 2005 in Michigan web site

Kerkorian Proposal Boosts GM
The Lansing State Journal reports that GM shares soared more than 18% Wednesday after Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. offered to pay almost $870 million for a nearly 5 percent stake. That would boost Tracinda's holdings to about 9% and make Kerkorian one of GM's largest shareholders.

Whooping Cranes Sighted in Eastern Upper Peninsula
The Soo Evening News reports that Goetzville resident Jim Traynor sighted (and photographed) a pair of the rarest birds in North America. Whooping cranes are 5' tall, weigh only about 15 pounds, white with long black legs and a patch of bare red skin on their heads.
A photo is (or at least was) right here!

Granholm Details Tech Plan
The Detroit Free Press reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm detailed her $2-billion bond proposal to lure high-tech industry to Michigan, and urged lawmakers to put the issue on the November ballot. Money from the sale of bonds would be used to foster Michigan-based companies that develop and manufacture new products for four areas: biomedical, automotive, alternative fuel and homeland defense.

Warm Weather & High Lakes are Good News for Michigan Boaters
The Detroit News reports that the combination of high lake levels and a warm weekend has boaters excited about first week of the boating season. (of course, as anyone who knows or is a boater knows, boaters would be excited anyway) According to Michigan State University, recreational boating has an estimated $2.4 billion impact on the the Michigan economy.

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