I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
With the countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympics under way, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land reminds motorists that they can support Team USA by purchasing an Olympic license plate.
Land and the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University in Marquette are promoting plate sales during a summer campaign called “Drive the Olympic Dream.”
“The world-class athletes training right here in Michigan have a commitment to excellence that is second to none,” Land said. “But making Olympic dreams come true is a long road that requires public and financial support. Michigan drivers can do their part by sporting an Olympic license plate on their vehicles. It provides helpful funding for the USOEC and shows the world our pride in Team USA.”
“Since 1985, USOEC athletes have won more than 80 Olympic medals,” said Jeff Kleinschmidt, director of the USOEC. “This statewide support for our license plate will go a long way to help `drive the dream’ for our future Olympians.”
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The Olympic plate costs $35 in addition to the annual vehicle registration fee. Twenty-five dollars goes to support student athletes training at the USOEC. The additional $10 charged when plates are renewed goes entirely to the USOEC.
The plate has the blue bar and white background of Michigan’s standard license plate. It also incorporates the globally recognized Olympic rings on the left, flanked by “USA” in red letters and “U.S. Olympic Education Center” in blue. The phrase “Olympic Spirit,” also in red, accentuates the bottom of the plate.
More than 66,000 Olympic plates have been sold and renewed, generating over $1.9 million since they were made available in June 1995.
Olympic plates can be ordered at any secretary of state branch office. For more information, go to www.Michigan.gov/sos.
The USOEC at Northern Michigan University is one of four Olympic training centers in the nation and the only one on a college campus. It is the country’s second-largest Olympic training center with more than 80 resident athletes and coaches.
Over 25,000 athletes from 44 countries have trained at the USOEC since 1985. USOEC athletes have represented the U.S. at the Olympic Games more than 300 times.
The Beijing Games run Aug. 8 – 24.
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