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4 August 2011
With Asimov’s Help, A City Library Survives
Tuesday was an opportunity for Michigan voters to set up contests for the November election and settle a lot of local issues, many of which were angry attempts to recall officials. In Troy, Michigan, an affluent suburb in Oakland County of about eighty thousand citizens, voters had the choice to decide whether or not their public library would be funded another five years, or would close this Friday. Michigan Radio …
John Freeland earned a PhD in Soil Science (Pedology) at North Dakota State University and is a consultant working in the private sector. He has published soils research and taught at the high school and college levels. John is interested in wetlands, soil genesis, science communication, the intersection of art and science, and soil-water-landscape processes. John lives near the Ohio-Michigan border and plays bass in multiple music projects.