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Green
Thoughts ByCurt
Wozniak Eight
quick things you can do to be more environmentally
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FEATURES
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A Good First Step By
Daniel Schoonmaker West
Michigan’s life sciences industry
marches toward the future, with a well-trafficked
road in sight.
62
West Michigan’s
Best Lawyers
Excerpted
from the 2008 edition of
The Best Lawyers in
America
Published
since 1983, the preeminent referral guide
to the U.S. legal profession known as “The
Best Lawyers in America” lists attorneys
in 52 specialties. Our list features 229
of the region’s top lawyers in the
32 specialties represented locally.
IN EVERY ISSUE
14
Life
and Style
T-shirt templates for GR designers; GVSU
students launch screen printing biz; the
Grand Rapids League of Women Voters says
hello again; the Grand Rapids Ballet’s
Akop and Gaiane Akopian say goodbye; our
travel writers go to Shanghai.
22
Profile Cardiologist Helayne Sherman weathered
a few funny looks a decade ago; now she’s
a local leader regarding women’s heart
disease.
24
History
Eleven-year-old Frank Knox started out
delivering Grand Rapids newspapers, but
ended his career as Secretary of the
Navy in World War II.
32
Design
Degas sculptures at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park; Joe Becherer
on Alexander Calder’s model airplanes; inside Haworth’s newly renovated
corporate headquarters; Kathryn Chaplow’s family-centered approach to residential
interiors; leftover sculpture on the grounds of the old GRAM; Kindel Furniture
is big in Japan; new digs for ICCF.
92
City Guide Changes afoot
for Fifth
Third River
Bank Run;
Mike Marne
on lawyer
jokes — and
yes, that
was an “L.A.
Law” (b.
1986, d.
1994) reference;
meet singer/songwriter
Mike Riley;
a night out
at Louie’s
Bar & Rocket
Lounge; Beltline
Bar reviewed;
Meritage
varieties;
brew columnist
Jon Koeze
on why Hop
Cat is hip;
Cabaña
Tres Amigos’ Fernando
Ramirez profiled.
