Comments on: Faith Restored http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/faith-restored/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ken Saulter http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/faith-restored/#comment-20423 Ken Saulter Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:35:32 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=807#comment-20423 The idea of cross-cultural communication within Michigan is fasinating. Imagine a group from the UP and Detroit meeting 2-3 times a year to figure out ways to communicate about issues of common interest sounds like an outside the box idea. The idea of cross-cultural communication within Michigan is fasinating. Imagine a group from the UP and Detroit meeting 2-3 times a year to figure out ways to communicate about issues of common interest sounds like an outside the box idea.

]]> By: Ken Saulter http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/faith-restored/#comment-20422 Ken Saulter Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=807#comment-20422 Michigan photos are great. Since we are a 4-season state, why not post photos for the season we're in--save the golden tree (a beauty) for autumn and post Spring photos now? Michigan photos are great. Since we are a 4-season state, why not post photos for the season we're in--save the golden tree (a beauty) for autumn and post Spring photos now?

]]> By: Richard Thibodeau http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/faith-restored/#comment-20410 Richard Thibodeau Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:33:38 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=807#comment-20410 DETROIT AND THE "UPERS"-I attended the White HOuse lawn reception for Pope Benedict and in the considerable time we all waited in line to get through security to reach the white house lawn, I had the chance to speak to someone who worked in DC for a Michigan Upper Peninsula senator. As someone who knows Detroit well and all of its positives, I inquired if this person ever had been in Detroit. She said:"Yes, but only at Detroit Metro airport". We joked about UPERS calling us lower peninsula people- "Trolls" all in good humor. But I also asked her if she knew of any group in the UP that helps to arrange fo UPERS to come down and take a look at Detroit. She said she didn't know of anyone. Certainly, this is just one isolated experience of just one person, but it strikes me that all of our senators from the UP and their Detroit "troll colleagues" should be having some dialogue about encouraging and facilitating more UPERS to come down, maybe for the first time, and take a look at Michigan's largest city. There has to be a way that someone can help package tours into Detroit that would be enriching for everyone. DETROIT AND THE "UPERS"-I attended the White HOuse lawn reception for Pope Benedict and in the considerable time we all waited in line to
get through security to reach the white house lawn, I had the chance to speak to someone who worked in DC for a Michigan Upper Peninsula
senator. As someone who knows Detroit well and all of its positives, I inquired if this
person ever had been in Detroit. She said:"Yes,
but only at Detroit Metro airport". We joked about UPERS calling us lower peninsula people-
"Trolls" all in good humor. But I also asked her if she knew of any group in the UP that
helps to arrange fo UPERS to come down and
take a look at Detroit. She said she didn't know of anyone.

Certainly, this is just one isolated experience of just one person, but it strikes me that all of our senators from the UP and
their Detroit "troll colleagues" should be
having some dialogue about encouraging and
facilitating more UPERS to come down, maybe for the first time, and take a look at Michigan's largest city. There has to be a way that someone can help package tours into Detroit that would be enriching for everyone.

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