Central Michigan Lumber

Summer job search tough for teens

A summer teen employment forecast from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says that teenagers likely will face increased competition from adults for jobs this summer, even though the outlook is slightly better than last year. According to the forecast, the number of teens in the job market in Michigan is expected to drop from 287,200 last summer to 274,100 this summer, a 4.6-percent decline. The teen unemployment rate is expected to fall from 35 percent last summer to 30.6 percent this summer, a 4.4-percent decline. “When school got out, I wanted to have something prepared,” said Frye, who will study agriculture at Michigan State University this fall and has sought jobs at some farms and agricultural co-ops. She has part-time work helping a vendor at the Adrian Farmers Market but wants more work. She also applied at a farm supply store and a grocery store. One very traditional venue for teen jobs is Adrian’s Bohn Pool, where pool manager Bill Esterline said he hired seven new summer employees this year. One of those is lifeguard Lexi Dudas, 18, who graduated from Adrian High School this spring. A lot of other employers “want people who are long-term and not just summer,” said Dudas, who was on the swim team at Adrian High School where Esterline also is a swim coach.

Michigan Theater in Crisis: Film Tax Incentives in Jeopardy

Encourages Hollywood teams to set up shop in the state.  It’s good for the economy because when film folks come to town, they live in local hotels, eat at local restaurants, buy lumber for their sets and general merchandise for themselves from local vendors. When producers want to save money by leaving their crews at home, they hire Michigan talents, including actors, and create jobs.

Most of the arguments in favor of film tax incentives point out these economic benefits, but the most important benefits hide beneath the bottom line. The chair of the theatre department at the University of Michigan recently wrote an op-ed pointing out that students are given priceless opportunities to develop their craft by participating and observing artists and crews at work. UM’s isn’t the only state university that benefits from this. And for those who need this translated into dollars, imagine the cost to public universities were they to job in film directors and designers to describe what they do, in seminars that are a pale imitation of what students get on location.

There’s more, and this is where it hurts Michigan residents the most: Artists who would have left for the coasts stay in the area because they can get jobs in films to subsidize the work they do in small

not-for-profit arts companies, and even in difficult times, these companies are flourishing. I’ve lived in Michigan some 30 years, and the theater in Southeast and Central Michigan has never been better. Never. Michigan is fast becoming a serious cultural center.

I can’t think of a better reason for Michigan’s film tax incentive.

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Michigan history

Central Michigan Normal School. — Messrs. Ross, Gayde, Olmsted, Glaspie, Hassenger. ... Lumber and Salt. — Messrs. Martz, SJ Smith, Daprato. Moore, Toepel. ...

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Poor's manual of railroads

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The Northwestern reporter

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