Month: November 2021

Thanksgiving traditions make the holiday so special

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Thanksgiving is by far one of my most favorite holidays.   As our boys have gotten older and life looks differently than it used to, Thanksgiving day has remained mostly the same and that is one more thing I am thankful for. Thanksgiving morning, we watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day...
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Introducing Grandfather’s Spatchcock Turkey recipe

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By Kathy Hamman Miller The following is sharing a “new” Grandfather’s Thanksgiving Recipe” and welcoming my great-nephew into the family. This Spatchcock Turkey recipe is a different way to prepare a turkey that’s done by removing the backbone and spreading it open and pressing it down flat. This really cuts...
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Sustainable business park project deserves support

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ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. Don’t complain about the noise when opportunity comes knock, knock, knockin’ on your front door. I toyed with the idea of saying that out loud and proud Thursday night when representatives of the "Reimagine...
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Pine Street students collect food to help Hand 2 Hand

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Fourth- and fifth-graders at Pine Street Elementary have been working these last two weeks collecting food to benefit the Hand 2 Hand program. Fourth-graders beat the fifth-graders in donations, but overall, the school collected 828 food items to benefit local families during the upcoming holiday season.
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Funeral mass Monday at St. Therese for Irene Pelka, 97

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Irene Pelka, age 97, completed her life’s journey here on earth Friday Nov. 19. Always devoted and faithful to her Catholic faith and to her family, Irene came from a large family of 13. Her father’s first wife died at a young age from pneumonia, leaving him with four young...
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Lt. Gov. visits Martin to discuss solar at school

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The lieutenant governor joins Martin Schools Supt. Brooke Ballee-Stone in the auditorium to speak to students and staff about solar energy. Martin area officials welcomed Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist to Martin Public Schools Friday. Gilchrist visited classrooms as well as the auditorium and gymnasium, which were completed as solar project...
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Georgian foreign exchange student teaches 8th-graders

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Seda Arzumanyan of Georgia (the foreign country) gave a presentation to Sarah Rollandini's eighth-graders Tuesday in celebration of International Education Week. Seda is a foreign exchange student at Wayland High School. She wore her traditional dance dress for the presentation and, because she is multilingual, showed students how to write...
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Food pantry gets donations from Brandon Elementary

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Students, teachers and staff at Brandon Elementary collected 1,613 food items for donations to the annual food drive for Martin/Shelbyville United Methodist Church Food Pantry. The goods items will help to serve families in need of food, especially during the upcoming holiday season.
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CMU to retire Presley Hudson’s jersey No. 3 in ceremony Saturday

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Presley Hudson The Central Michigan women's basketball program will honor several of its legends Saturday, Nov. 20, (1 p.m.) when it entertains 11th-ranked Michigan in a non-conference game at McGuirk Arena. CMU will retire the jerseys of former players Crystal Bradford, Reyna Frost, Tinara Moore and Presley Hudson, and will honor former coach...
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Covid death toll in county continues to accelerate

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The Allegan County Health Department Friday announced that there have been 32 deaths as a result of the Coronavirus over the last six weeks, bringing the toll since March 2020 to 212. The weekly statistical report said there were 13 more Covid-19s deaths over the past two weeks. Meanwhile, Hopkins...
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