Cameras catch drivers who illegally pass school buses
By Lingling Xu
By Lingling Xu
The Abrams Municipal Airport will build a new t-hangar By Lingling Xu Grand Ledge-The Abrams Municipal Airport in Grand Ledge expects to build a new 10 units t-hangar on August. Fred Moore,an Abrams Municipal Airport instructor said the t-hangar is a special enclosed storage designed for private aircraft to have a rest. “ The hangar will cost about half million dollars,” said Jon W. Bayless, the city’s administrator and the airport manager. “ It is all made by steel.” In Grand Ledge City Council meeting recently, the council did approve a plan to build a new 10 units t hangar in Abrams Municipal Airport. Grand Ledge Mayor Kalmin D. Smith, signed the designing contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation on Jan 29. The t-hangar will be stated in August, and finished by October, Bayless said. The federal government will contribute $508,000 to the project, according to the Airport Capital Improvement Plan from Michigan Department Of Transportation Office of Aeronautics, State and local governments will each contribute $28,250 each to the project. |
According to the airport introduction from Grand Ledge official page, the Abrams Municipal Airport is owned and operated by the City of Grand Ledge, and governed by the Abrams Municipal Airport Advisory Commission, which is in charge of the operation and management. The airport handles more than 30 flights per day, it is mainly use for Air National Guard. The airport has constructed an area for 30 t-hangars to the east of the new National Guard facility, 10 t-hangars have been constructed in 2005 and used by airport tenants. Another 10-units t-hangar will be built in this summer because of the engineering needs. After the 10-units t-hangar plan complete, there are five more airport improvement plans has been approved by Michigan Department Of Transportation Office of Aeronautics. All these plans will come up during 2013 to 2018, according to the Michigan Department Of Transportation Office of Aeronautics. |
Every donation counts in food drive By Lingling Xu Grand Ledge—The Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a food drive for the Grand Ledge Food Bank. The food drive is an event that mainly collects canned food and box food to feed the hungry. “This is the fifth year of gathering donated food to deliver to the Grand Ledge Food Bank,” said Jill Russell, the executive director at the chamber of commerce. The event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20 at Family Fare on South Clinton Street. And there will be a truck and a banner for the event. The Grand Ledge Food Bank is one of the branches of The Greater Lansing Food Bank. It is a non-profit organization for individuals and families who need emergency food. Along with food, the food bank also takes in clothes, furniture, cash, checks, garden items, non-food items and personal items. Linda Peach, a director of Grand Ledge Food Bank said it relies heavily on the food drive. It is one of the most important events for food bank growth, she said. Peach also said that more and more new families applied for assistance. There are about 500 families on file with the food bank. Last year was only about 350 families on file. |
The Grand Ledge Food Bank offers needy families enough non-perishable food to last six days. It also provides seeds, tools to home and community gardeners, according to the Greater Lansing Food Bank. The Grand Ledge Food Bank holds events every year in the local area, and collects food and items by distributing donation envelopes at organizational meetings, different workplaces and churches. If anyone would like to donate to the Grand Ledge Food Bank or need assistance, the food bank is at 4980 Burt Ave., the Grand Ledge Seventh-Day Adventist Church. The contact number is 517-627-4348. |
Huntington opens the new Meijer in-store branch in Grand Ledge
By Lingling Xu
GRAND LEDGE—Open a new bank account with new Huntington Bank branches you might get free shopping bags, cookies and $75 coupon.
Huntington Bank opened a new Meijer in-store branch in the Grand Ledge Meijer store on March 4.
The new Huntington bank branch opened in Michigan Meijer store.
It is open seven days a week and offers a full range of service, such as deposit, cash out and apply for credit card.
The new branch is part of Huntington’s 10-year agreement announced last May, to install branches in at least 80 Meijer stores in Michigan, accompanying 500 new jobs in Michigan, said Maureen Brown, the public relations director of Huntington bank.
“There are seven total jobs in our branch,” said Clayton Lance, a banker at the Grand Ledge branch.
Lance said the branch offers full banking services and extended hours: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The first Meijer in-store Huntington branch was opened in Bath on May 17, 2012, Brown said. There are now 26 branches that have opened in Michigan Meijer store.
“There will be more branches opening in Michigan,” said Brown.
Lance also said customers will receive some specials with Meijer if they start new services with bank. One special includes a $75 cash coupon if they open a new account. “We will buy cookies and shopping bags from Meijer for new customers,” said Lance. “Meijer promotes us, we promote Meijer.”
The branch’s seven days–a-week in-store banking service and extended hours give customers more convenience, customers can be offered banking services during the weekend.
“The extended hours of the new branch bring us more convenience,” Paul Leuter, a customer in Huntington Grand Ledge Meijer in-store branch.