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Elementary students mark ACES day with exercises

Kelly Fosness/Daily Mining Gazette South Range Elementary sixth-grader Taylor Ruotsala, demonstrates an exercise with Arnie Kinnunen, community outreach coordinator for Portage Health, during the ACES (All Students Exercise Simultaneously) program Wednesday. South Range Elementary was one of more than 1,000 schools representing all 83 counties to participate in ACES day.

May 8, 2008

SOUTH RANGE — South Range Elementary sixth-grader Mikayla Kyllonen was running a bit late for her social studies lesson Wednesday, but it was OK. She was in the hallway doing the chicken dance with her friends.

In recognition of ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) day, more than 220 students and faculty at South Range Elementary spread out in the school entranceway to work up a sweat. Dropping by to help guide the program was Portage Health Community Outreach Coordinator Arnie Kinnunen, who took exercise requests from the students throughout the half-hour workout.

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Michigan Tech, IBM to partner

May 8, 2008

HOUGHTON — IBM named Michigan Technological University to its Partnership Executive Program for Universities, officials announced last week. The program partners universities with the IT and services company’s top-level executives. In Tech’s case, th

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Carillon test shows improvement

May 8, 2008

HOUGHTON — A second test of the emergency alert features of Michigan Technological University’s new carillon sound system yielded better results Wednesday, but improvements still need to be made before it can cover the whole campus.

When

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Houghton, Hancock councils meet

May 8, 2008

HOUGHTON — In their third joint meeting, Houghton and Hancock’s city councils heard updates on several projects, including the construction of new sewer and water crossings of the Portage Canal and a water infrastructure project in Hancock.

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