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NEW EXHIBIT TO OPEN AT ZIIBIWING CENTER

A new exhibit is scheduled to open January 30 at Ziibiwing! Free and Open to the Public! The Dr. Mike & Linda Shinkle Collection: People of the Turtle. Bring your family and friends to attend this beautiful collection. The Ziibiwing Center is located at 6650 E. Broadway, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The grand opening is 12:00PM Saturday, January 30th.

GREG LESTER'S "PUPPET ADVENTURES SERIES" COMES TO BROADWAY THEATRE

Greg Lester's Puppet Adventures will be presenting "King Arthur's - A Sword in Stone" on February 6, 2010 at 2 PM at the Broadway Theatre, downtown Mt. Pleasant. Tickets will be $5 each. Join King Arthur on his fabulous journey from his home at Tintagel boarding school to Merlyns' mystical mountain cave, where voices are heard from the trees, comets sour, and water comes to life. The wizard teaches him of the magic in the world, the power of belief, and the value of being just. Arthur grows and travels on to learn sword play and diplomacy from Bard Ectorious, leading him to the Knighting festival and before the sword Excalibur. The event at The Broadway Theatre is sponsored in part by the Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation Kellogg Youth Fund, a permanently endowed fund of the MPACF.

FINDING NEW VIDEOS ABOUT MT PLEASANT MI IS MY HOBBY

POLICE STUDY FOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF UNION RELEASED

An interesting aspect of the report indicated that response times to calls received at Isabella County 911 have been decreasing during the past three and a half years. That data refers to response times in the areas of the County excluding City of Mt Pleasant and the Saginaw Indian Chippewa Tribe government borders. (Those two units of government have their own polic forces.)

The Charter Township of Union, as well as other townships and villages in the County is protected by the Isabella County Sheriff's Department and the Michigan State Police (MSP). The report, which was publicly reviewed at the January 13, 2009 Township Board meeting, showed that average response times to complaints in the study area have decreased from about 28 minutes in 2006 to around 24 minutes in the first half of 2009. (The report began studing data in July of 2009 and did not include the second half of the year.)

One must understand that the response time is an average time it took to respond to all the calls received by 911. Thus, calls that requested a police car to the north west corner of Gilmore Township to respond to a barking dog may have been pushed down to the bottom of the list because the Sheriff and MSP are responding first and more frequently to more serious crimes in Union Township. Its takes just a minute or two to get to the scene of a fight at apartments in Union Township, but it might take three hours to finally respond to a complaint in Gilmore.

Funding limitations prevented the researchers from delving deeper into the data to determine on a factual basis the proposition this writer presented above.

The study was commissioned by Union Township, Isabella County and the City of Mt Pleasant.

VISIT "Robin Hood BBQ" on West Broadway Street near Harris Street. The new establishment is located in a portion of a building that was once a neighborhood grocery store. The food is smooth, sweet and very tasty. Plus it is priced right!

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SENATOR LEVIN VOICES SUPPORT FOR NETWORK NEUTRALITY

In an email sent to this writer, Senator Carl Levin wrote in part,"...On July 31, 2009, Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 (H.R.3458). This bill would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a national broadband Internet policy, including aspects of access, consumer choice, competition, content, and discriminatory practices. This bill would direct the FCC to promulgate rules that require Internet network operators to provide delivery of all Internet content to users at the same speed, while allowing providers the flexibility to manage traffic to protect network security and to offer consumer protection services, such as parental control features. H.R.3458 has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee for further review.

"Additionally, the FCC voted on October 22, 2009, to open a rulemaking process that would establish net neutrality rules to codify and supplement existing Internet openness principles, while maintaining the ability of Internet service providers to engage in reasonable network management. Among other things, the proposed draft rules would prohibit Internet access providers from preventing its users from sending or receiving lawful content over the Internet; prohibit Internet access providers from preventing users from connecting lawful devices to the network; and would require Internet access providers to treat lawful content, applications, and services in a nondiscriminatory manner," continued the email from Sen. Levin.

"The Internet plays a critical role in our society because it provides an equal platform for all users, allowing for the free exchange of ideas and information. For this reason, I will continue work to maintain longstanding protections for all internet users.One of the largest cable companies in the nation, Comcast, is fighting the FCC in federal court to gain control over the internet. You and I have much to lose in that battle. If Comcast wins, you and I will lose the freedom of receiving on the internet the information we want and when we want it," wrote Levin.

Contact your USA Senators and Legislators to voice your opinion on this critical issue.

You can find out more at this link http://freeculturenews.com/tag/net-neutrality

WHAT'S NEW AT THE HISTORIC BROADWAY THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN MT PLEASANT MI

COMING TO THE BROADWAY THEATRE IN MT PLEASANST MI

"Arsenic and Old Lace" coming to the historic Broadway Theatre in Downtown Mt Pleasant the first two weekends of March 2010.

NEW!!! The "Wizard of Oz" will be on the Broadway Theatre stage the last weekend in May and the first weekend in June 2010. Produced by Broadway Playhouse Kids and directed by Mr. Mike Sobolewski. Look for audition notices on www.FriendsoftheBroadway.org coming this spring!!

Find out more about the Broadway Theatre at www.friendsofthebroadway.org

UNION TOWNSHIP POLL SUPPORTS ARTS AND CULTURE

The recent public opinion survey conducted for the Chartered Township of Union yielded some intersting comments from community members supporting more cultural and artistic activities for children of the township. One solution is more involvement with the Broadway Playhouse Kids committee of the Friends of the Broadway theatre.

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