Governor orders flags lowered to honor Judge Damon J. Keith
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and on all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff today to honor the life and service of civil rights icon U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Damon J. Keith, Sixth Circuit.
“Judge Damon Keith was a civil rights icon,” Whitmer said. “In his decades of public service, he stood up for what was right, even if it meant facing attacks and threats from others.
“Because of his strength, his determination, and his commitment to ending racism in our country, Michigan is grateful and better for it. We should honor Judge Keith’s legacy by working together to build a Michigan where everybody, no matter who they are or where they come from, can get ahead.”
Flags should be returned to full-staff on Tuesday, May 14.
Program will look into how to ‘Become a Bias Disruptor’
The Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, will present “Become a Bias Disruptor” on Tuesday, May 28, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Detroit Room at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in Detroit.
Featured speakers will be authors of “Enhancing Justice: Reducing Bias,” U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald, Sixth Circuit, and University of New Hampshire School of Law Professor Sarah Redfield.
To register for this free event, visit Ufbamich.org/event/biasdisruptor/ or contact becomeabiasdisruptor@gmail.com.
Single winner of ice-melt guessing game announced
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Nenana Ice Classic organizers have announced this year’s winner for the guessing contest.
Ice Classic manager Cherrie Forness says Anchorage resident Patricia Andrew was the only person to guess the exact time the ice officially went out on the Tanana River in Nenana. That happened at 12:21 a.m. April 14, the earliest in the contest's 102-year history.
The jackpot is $311,652. Forness says Andrew will receive $224,389.44 after federal taxes are withheld.
The payout will be made June 1.
Each year, people buy tickets to guess when a tripod mounted on the frozen Tanana River will fall over as ice on the river breaks up.
Forness estimates about 287,000 tickets were sold this year.
Dog runs away from home to be with daycare buddies
ST. ANN, Mo. (AP) — Sometimes, a guy just wants to hang out with his buddies.
Such was apparently the case with Hugo, a dog who ran away from home last week in north St. Louis County and went straight to his doggy day care.
KTVI-TV reports that Hugo is often boarded at Happy Tails Pet Hotel and Playland in St. Ann.
Surveillance video provided to KTVI shows Hugo sprinting through the front door into the business and nosing up to another dog after making the trek from home, which was more than a mile.
The trip wasn’t easy. Hugo had to cross busy Lindbergh Boulevard to get to Happy Tails.
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