News Nuggets: Chrysler to reduce horsepower in favor of mileage, Michigan Airports are preparing for a strike, Michigan's economy is flat, but outlook is promising.

Wainright School Retooled as Business Magnet School
The Lansing State Journal has a feature on Lansing's Wainwright Leadership Academy, a retooled K-8 school that will be a magnet school with the mission to build young people's character. The nearly 300 students at Wainwright will wear uniforms and be expected to use "business language" as opposed to slang.

Tour de Vine ~ Wednesday, August 24th
The Lansing HUB reports that the Michigan Tour de Vine will be held on August 24 at Uncle John's Fruit House Winery in St. Johns. The event will feature 24 Michigan wineries pouring their favorite vinos with the goal to raise money for WineCAM (Wine Consumers Across Michigan), a lobbying group is working to stop the passage of laws that would restrict how wine is sold in Michigan.
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Wine Consumers Across Michigan web site

Michigan Soul, Funk & Jazz CD Coming
Jazz News reports that the label Luv N' Haight will be releasing About Searching For Soul: Rare and Classic Soul, Funk and Jazz From Michigan, 1968-1980, a collection of rare and classic 60's & 70's Michigan soul, funk and jazz. It includes rare tracks from The Black Aces of Soul, Eyes of Ebony, Wendell Harrison and many others and looks like an amazing collection!
Luv N' Haight site

Big Animal Farms Raising Environmental Concerns
The Detroit News reports that hundreds of new mega farms with thousands of animals have emerged around the Great Lakes over the past decade. The size of these operations is causing concern from environmental regulators and neighbors who have documented hundreds of cases in which manure and other waste has tainted nearby waterways that flow into the Lakes. Detailed article!

Lake Erie Steelhead Fishing Gaining Recognition
The Press & Guide has a feature reporting that Lake Erie, known for its population of walleye, perch, and smallmouth bass, is starting to take its place alongside the larger Great Lakes as a steelhead hotbed. Although steelhead caught from Lakes Michigan, Huron or Superior can reach 20-plus pounds, the typical fish taken from Lake Erie is in the 8-12 pound range.

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