Captain John Ellsworth of the Wolverine Lake Police Department told the audience assembled at the Little Arlington Memorial Day ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing about losing his son in the Iraq War. Lance Corporal Justin Ellsworth was killed dismantling an IED in Fallujah on November 13, 2004.
Bonnie Bucqueroux teaches at Michigan State University's School of Journalism. A National Magazine Award winner, Bucqueroux built her first website in 1996. She is credited with having the first campaign blog of any candidate running for federal office when she ran for Congress as the Green Party candidate for District 8 in 2000. She and Susan Masten were also recently named co-presidents of Lansing Area NOW.
