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Non-fiction reading strategy focus of workshop

Larinda Olds, Title 1 teacher consultant (center) was guest speaker at Baker Elementary’s Equipping Parents Workshop this week. She read the book “Trains Can Float and Other Fun Facts,” (of which every parent received a copy), taught the parents some strategies for reading non-fiction books with their children, and then made a paper helicopter.  The […]

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Martin Twp. to place fire dept. millage on ballot in May

Martin Township plans to join three other local municipalities in having a special election in May. The Township Board Wednesday evening voted to place a 0.9-mill request for eight years for purchasing fire department equipment. Fire Chief John Schipper said the department currently is paying for a new rescue truck purchased last fall, but needs for