In this edition:
- TODAY at the Allen Street Farmers Market (thanks to our day sponsor, MSUFCU!)
- One more chance to weigh in on the 5-Year Master Plan for Eastside Parks – TODAY
- Recycle Landscaping and Gardening Pots and Trays – September 30
- Ghandi for the 21st Century, featuring Jack Duvall – October 1
- ENO Candidates Night – October 7
- Urban Options Event – October 9
- “What’s Being Done to Bring Business to Michigan” – CALF Panel – October 21
- Next Mobile Food Pantry, 10/17
- Quote of the Week
1. This week at the Allen Street Farmers Market
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
2:30 – 6:30pm
Buy Local; Eat Well
Superb foods on the Eastside ready for your table!
Please welcome the MSU Federal Credit Union as our day sponsor this week!
MSU Federal Credit Union, www.msufcu.org, 800-MSU-4-YOU. The world’s largest university-based credit union offers a full-range of financial services including loans for every purpose, online account management and more surcharge-free ATMs than any other local institution.
Leaves are falling and the air is cooling so grab your sweater and shop the amazing array of fruits and vegetables offered by our local growers.
AppleSchram fresh farm acre range eggs, certified beef, pork and chicken and more
Soulful Earth Herbals wide variety of personal care products
The East Lansing Food Co-op great variety of bulk products, healthy choices, and famous Zingerman’s bread, Handmade Peace perfect gift for yourself or someone you know
Green Eagle greens, veggies, flowers and great conversation
Vangs flowers, veggies and more
Felzkes Farms berries, pumpkins, corn and more
Millers wide variety of fruits and vegetables
Wes of Clark Sugarbush maple syrup, gorgeous plantings and more
Nodding Thistle wide range of organic offerings
Giving Tree fresh certified organic varieties of greens, flowers, and more
Wildflower EcoFarms amazing varieties of vegetables
Alice’s Kitchen famous baked goods, meat pies, and frozen fish
Stone Circle Bakehouse out-of-this-word bread,
Dou greens, flowers and more
Thornapple CSA pick up site.
Visit the ANC Outreach table to learn more about other ANC programs, including seniors and youth, great information on Breast Health, and so much more.
Drop by our Food Chatter Table to sample delicious foods direct from the market. Keep in mind that children love our Kid’s Table, with food related activities for the younger set. They are almost finished with the HUGE mural for the market! Finally, water is available for everyone at the Cafe where you are invited to sit, chat, snack, and catch up on the latest happenings on the Eastside.
Heartfelt thanks to our Yard Sign Corps!
See you at the Market!
Hollie, Allen Street Market Manager; Food, Health, Nutrition Outreach
hollish@allenneighborhoodcenter.org , 999-3911
2) Eastside Parks Master Planning
The City of Lansing Parks and Recreation Department re-scheduled a public meeting to receive constituent input for improvements and projects the community would like to see implemented into their neighborhood parks through the Parks 5-Year Master Plan. This meeting will discuss Ward 1 Parks and City Wide projects, but is not inclusive to only Ward 1 residents.
This meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 30 from 7-9 p.m. at Foster Community Center, 200 N. Foster Avenue. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can take an on-line survey. This survey will only take a couple of minutes, but will provide a great deal of information to the Department as to what improvements residents would like to see in their parks.
3) Recycle Seasonal Gardening and Landscaping Pots & Trays The Regional Recycling Coordinating Committee (R2C2) and Van Atta’s Greenhouse is pleased to announce a special collection event to recycle pots and trays generated from seasonal gardening and landscaping activities. The event will be held at Van Atta’s Greenhouse (9008 Old M 78 Haslett 48840) on September 30th from Noon to 6:00 p.m. All types and sizes of plastic potting containers will be accepted including flats, plug trays and cell packs. All items may not be stamped with a recycling symbol on the bottom. However the following types of plastics are accepted: #2 HDPE (High Density Polyethylene), #5 PP (Polypropylene), and #6 PS (Polystyrene).
Residents from throughout the region are encouraged to participate. It is very important to prepare materials correctly. Items should be free of dirt and debris and rinsed if possible. Items should be stacked according to size, type of container and according to the number located on the bottom of the container. Please note, not all containers are stamped with a number, but are acceptable, as in the case of flats, shuttle trays, cell packs and plug trays.
It will take quite a bit of effort to package items for transport to be recycled. Residents are strongly encouraged to follow collection guidelines or material can not be accepted. For more information contact the Clinton County Department of Waste Management at waste@clinton-county.org or 989-224-5186.
4) Jack Duvall, Power & Principle in Civil Resistance: Gandhi for the 21st Century
Each year around the time of Gandhi’s birthday, the Asian Studies Center presents the Kapur Endowment Lecture. This year, our guest speaker is Jack DuVall, President and Founding Director of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. Mr. DuVall is also the executive producer of the acclaimed PBS series, A Force More Powerful; and co-author of a book with the same title.
The Asian Studies Center is organizing a lunch session the day of his lecture to give you the opportunity to take full advantage of Mr. DuVall’s visit. We hope you will join him for pizza and conversation about studying nonviolent conflict and working for peace, justice and nonviolent conflict resolution through internships and other activities. The session will take place at noon, October 1, in room 204 International Center. To RSVP for the Brown Bag on October 1, please let the Asian Studies Center know at asiansc@msu. edu.
The 2009 Kapur Lecture, Power and Principle in Civil Resistance: Gandhi for the 21st Century; will be held at 7:00pm on Thursday, October 1, in room 115 International Center. We hope you will be able to attend the lecture and reception that follows.
The staff of the Asian Studies Center looks forward to your participating in these events. If you have questions or special needs, and to RSVP for the Brown Bag on October 1, please let us know at asiansc@msu. edu.
5) ENO Candidates Night, October 7
Invitation from Nancy Mahlow, ENO President
Please join me and the rest of our organization in a “meet and greet” and Q/A session with our candidates for office. This is an opportunity to speak with the candidates and ask those important questions to see just how they plan to build our city and schools. We are trying to obtain City TV to tape this event for future airing.
If you would like to submit a question or two because you might be “shy” or simply can’t make the event, feel free to send them to me and I will compile them for the moderator. I look forward to seeing you and please share with others. Remember it is your right to vote!
Nancy Mahlow, mahlown@michigan.gov., 373-8448
6) Urban Options (with a new name) welcomes you to come celebrate their new name, new staff and new programming! Please join them for great music with great friends on Friday October 9th at Scene Metro Space in East Lansing! For further information, contact Jennifer Binkley-Power, Executive Director, Urban & Northern Options Energy Center, www.UrbanOptions.org
7) “What’s Being Done to Bring Business to Michigan”
Who: Capital Area Local First Members and Invitees
What: A panel of experts (Rick Jones, Mark Meadows, Joan Bauer, Tim Daman and Kelly Rogers) will discuss and answer your questions on this hot topic.
When: 6 PM – 8 PM Wednesday, October 21
Where: Reno’s East
Why: Learn what’s happening in the short and long term local business climate
How: RSVP to benjamin.eichler@edwardjones.com
Cost: $5 for CALF members, $10 for non-members
There is no admission charge for this event. Food and beverages will be available at standard Reno’s prices.
8.) MOBILE FOOD PANTRY
City of Lansing HUMAN RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT & the Mid-Michigan Food Bank announces the distribution of FREE, fresh, non-perishable food items.
When: Saturday, October 17, 2009, (From 9:00 am to 11am)
Where: Bethlehem Temple Church, 1518 S. Washington, Lansing, MI 48910
Who can participate?
• The disadvantaged and vulnerable.
• Senior citizens on fixed incomes.
• Families/individuals with limited or low income jobs.
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BRING A VALID STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD OR DRIVER’S LICENSE
If you or someone you know must choose between buying food and filling prescriptions, please tell them about this important program. Participants should bring a box or bag to carry food.
For more information, call the City of Lansing Human Relations and Community Services
Department at (517) 483-4477
9) Quote of the Week
“…And thorough work, again, renders sufficient, the smallest quantity of ground to each man. And this again, conforms to what must occur in a world less inclined to wars, and more devoted to the arts of peace, than heretofore. Population must increase rapidly — more rapidly than in former times — and ere long the most valuable of all arts, will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No community whose every member possesses this art, can ever be the victim of oppression of any of its forms. Such community will be alike independent of crowned-kings, money-kings, and
land-kings….”
Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859
Source: USDA’s National Agricultural Library, Special Collections
Full text at http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/exhibits/lincoln/lincoln_wisconsin.html
Reminder
Join ANC staff every Friday at noon in Hunter Park & walk with us!
