Agriculture

Master Gardeners prepping for '14

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By BECKY McKENDRY
Capital News Service
LANSING – Anita Callender’s garden is her refuge. “My garden is a Valium,” she said. “It is a tranquilizer. It’s the best thing that ever happened to me.”
As the coordinator for the Western Wayne County Extension Office’s Master Gardner Volunteer Program, Callender is looking forward to January, which marks the program’s 35th year in Michigan – and another year for her to pass on her love of gardening. The Master Gardener Volunteer Program is a gardening and horticulture education program across the U.S. and Canada, for people of all ages and experience levels.

Environment

Volunteers keep tabs on rain, snow

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By ERIK STIEM
Capital News Service
LANSING – It has a long name, but the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) makes quick and easy work of measuring precipitation. Rainfall and snowfall have long been difficult to monitor. But that’s less of a problem now, thanks to a simple rain gauge and citizen participation, said Jeff Andresen, the state climatologist and coordinator of the Michigan chapter of the national group known as CoCoRaHS. Anyone can join. The only requirements are a rain gauge and an enthusiasm for the environment, said Andresen, who is also an associate professor of geography at Michigan State University.

Greater Lansing Community News

Old Newsboys

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On December 1st, Old Newsboys volunteers sold newspapers called “Lansing Spoof Journal” to help provide shoes and boots for children in need. Each year the effort has grown. Old Newsboys helps thousands of family throughout Michigan. 93-year-old Fred Klethe was one of them and he put his santa suit selling newspapers in the Goodrich Market.Fred likes to help Old Newsboys raise money for children and he said it is something he has done for many years. Lansing State Journal produced the latest Lansing Spoof Journal, which is a significant fund raiser for Old Newsboys.