Laura Meriweather

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News Reporter for The Eastern Echo Covering local politics and culture

The McKenny ballroom at EMU, with tall, curved ceilings, hosts rows of round tables where event goers ate and mingled.
From right to left: Stephen Henderson and Joyce Jenereaux stand at the front of an auditorium wearing suit jackets.
A worker at the Howell Nature Center quietly counts down from five. Near the two second mark, Woody sticks her head back into the stump house. The worker gasps.
Woody the Woodchuck sticks her head out the door of her house on a snowy day. A Howell Nature Center worker lifts a shushing finger to her mouth to remind the audience not to startle the animal.
A toddler dressed as Woody the Woodchuck and another dressed as Peely, a banana character from the game Fortnite. The child in the banana costume is holding a sign that reads, “Bribe for an early spring.”
Snow-covered grounds at the Howell Nature Center. A Groundhod Day stage has been put together with winter decorations on the left and spring decorations on the right.
A ballroom at the Student Center of Eastern Michigan University showing rows of round tables and people mingling before the event.