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MONDAY,March5,2012RIVERVALLEYNEWSSHOPPER 3

OBITUARIESCOMMUNITY NEWSHelen Arndt

Helen Arndt, 90, of Morley,passed away Feb. 27, 2012, atMecosta County Medical Centerin Big Rapids.

She was born June 15, 1921,in Stanwood, the daughter ofOscar and Josephine (Olafson)Johnson. During her working years she worked for Hanch-etts in Big Rapids as well as forMorley Stanwood Schools for25 years before retiring in 1984.She was a member of Bethel Lu-theran Church where she was ac-tive in the Bethel Guild and theSunshine Singers. Helen lovedto play cards, knitting, cook andloved to spend time with familyand friends. Helen was gratefulfor her angels at Altercare in BigRapids for the extra special carethat was given to her.

She was married to Henry Arndt for 63 years and he pre-ceded her in death in 2009. Sur- viving are one daughter, Ann(Dale) Phillips of Orange, Texas;one son, Harold, (Karen) Arndtof Fremont, Ind.; grandchildren,Carrie Jo Arndt of Toledo, Ohio, Andrew (Abby) Arndt of Fre-mont, Ind., Kevin (Jacqui) Arndtof Canton, Steven (Veronica)Erickson of Lumberton, Texas, Wayne (Cristyn) Erickson ofDripping Springs, Texas, Dean(Nannette) Erickson of DrippingSprings, Texas, Ronda (Greg) Westgate of Newaygo, Dale Jr.(Roxanne) Phillips of Seabrook,Texas, and Jeff (Kathy) Phil-lips of Plano, Texas; 18 grand-children and three great-great-grandchildren, and many niecesand nephews. She was precededin death by her parents, her hus-

band Henry and nine brothersand sisters.

Funeral services took place atthe Bethel Lutheran Church withPastor Steve Frentz ofciating with burial in the Aetna Cem-etery in Morley. Arrangements were entrusted to the HeckmanFuneral Home.

Michael

AndersonMichael Anderson, 53, of

Howard City, passed away Feb.19, 2012, at his residence.

He was born July 24, 1958,in Norfolk, Va., the son of Ar-thur and Dorothy (Emerson) Anderson. During his workingyears he worked at Ford MotorCompany for 20 years. He alsoworked at Electrolux, as well asa loader driver. He loved wood- working, shing and loved tomake people laugh.

In 1989, he married BeckyMain who survives. Also surviv-ing are two children, Michael

and Deseray, both of HowardCity; four step brother and sis-ters, Ann McNeil, Glenda Mc-Neil, Tony Anderson and Joe Anderson, all of Virginia; sev-eral nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by hisparents.

Services took place at 1 p.m.on Saturday, March 3 at theHoward City VFW Post. Memo-rials in his memory may be left atthe VFW Hall where friends maycall on Saturday from noon untiltime of services. Arrangementswere entrusted to the HeckmanFuneral Home of Howard City.

Hometown HeroArmy Sgt. 1st Class Kevin P. Painter is return-

ing to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.,after being deployed to Afghanistan serving insupport of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Enduring Freedom is the ofcial name givento anti-terrorism military operations involvingU.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Re-serve component members from all branchesof the U.S. armed forces have been mobilized,

activated and deployed along with active dutymembers to support the war against global ter-rorism. Mission objectives encompass combat-ing the international terrorist network or regimeforces outside the borders of the United States.U.S. troops serve in South and Southwest Asia,Central Asia, the Arabian peninsula, the Horn ofAfrica, islands in the Pacic, and Europe.

Painter is an assistant noncommissioned of-cer in charge of personnel with the 422nd Ex-peditionary Signal Battalion, Las Vegas, Nev. Hehas served 14 years in the military.

He is a resident of Rockford.The sergeant rst class earned a bachelors

degree in 2008 from the University of Nevada,Las Vegas.

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be the place for you. Whether it is a baby shower,graduation party, wedding reception or funeralluncheon, the Community Room of the Librarymay suit your needs. The Library CommunityRoom is available for rental after regular libraryhours. Room capacity is 80 people and equip-ment such as coffee pots are available. Consultthe website at www.grantlibrary.net/need-it.htmlfor details regarding cost, regulations and hoursavailable for use. For more information, call thelibrary at (231) 834-5713.

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tee invites you to compete and or attend its drugfree, Battle of the Bands Event. March 24, at theTri County High School, Kendaville Rd., How-ard City from 7 to 11 p.m. Entry fee for bands$25 (Bring your own equipment) Audience fee$5 per person. Concessions will be available forpurchase. Winnings 100 percent of entry feefrom bands to be split between rst and secondplace more paid places pending participation.Winners chosen by audience vote (one vote in-cluded in admission fee) additional votes canbe purchased for $1. Bands should contact LanaHackbardt at (616) 893-9368 for registration.Deadline is March 17.

Bruce and Jennifer Lobert of Lakev-

iewbecame the parents of a baby boy atCarson City Hospital. Austin Lawrence Lob-ert was born at 12:06pm on Jan. 26, 2012.He weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and was21 1/2 inches long. Austin has one broth-er, Xavier Bruce Lobert. Grandparents are,Duane and Terri Gilbert of Edmore, and Jo-seph Lobert of Edmore.

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1952 Pvt. Walter Ging

Wagner Jr. of Lakeview is taking

his Army basic training at Fort

Riley in Kansas.

Herbert Mingo of Stanwood,

better known as Big Elk the

Indian herb man , is celebrating

his 101st birthday.

1962 Ruby Neely, a graduate of

LHS in 1919, is continuing her

education at CMU, and is seeking

a Masters Degree in Education.

Morley-Stanwood schools

have named Nancy Ann Miller

as this years valedictorian, with

Pat Tronsen and Jean Hulcomb as

co-salutatorians.

1977 The Lorenzo Smiths

of Lakeview have sold their

hardware business to the Joe

Pauls, but they will continue to

live in this area.

Coral has lost its hardware

store when a Sunday night fire

destroyed the building.1997 Recent LHS grad Lori

Carlson is among students

working at Almas athletic

training center.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:nCommunity News

nObituaries

nLetter to the EditornNew Arrival

LETTER TO THE EDITOR POLICYLetters published in the River Valley Record-Enterprise

do not reect the overall opinion of the paper. A letter to the

editor may be written once per month by any member of

the community who wishes to express their view of a certainissue. Letters should be in good taste, be no longer than 500

words, include the signature and home town of the writer.

DEADLINESNews/Editorial Submissions. .. . Noon on Tuesday

Area Happenings and Directories. .. . Noon on Wednesday

Classifed/Display advertising. .. . Noon on Thursday

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ighly advanced diagnostic imaging thatcan be used for diagnosis and treatmentplanning.

Unlike some imaging tests, nuclear im-aging allows clinicians to see how a partof the body is functioning at the metabolicevel. This improved diagnostic confidence

may alter the course of action and improve

patient care. For instance, a patient may be able to avoid a biopsy or an invasivesurgical procedure.

Nuclear imaging is an important di-agnostic technology for heart and vas-cular conditions as well as various formsof cancer. It is also extremely useful forother common applications such as bone,pulmonary, brain, thyroid, and renal im-aging.

The advanced system allows cliniciansto perform a powerful type of nuclear im-aging called SPECT Single Photon Emis-sion Computed Tomography that allows visualization of activity within structuresdeep inside the body. SPECT is particular-ly useful for cardiology, brain, and someorthopedic and oncology applications. Itgenerates 3D images whereas non-SPECT,or planar imaging, consists of 2D snap-shots or moving images of physiology.

Spectrum Health United Hospital adds advanced Nuclear Diagnostic Imaging

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Contacts were made to reserve ameeting room at the library, to edu-cate the public about TransCanadassafety and environmental values sur-rounding its natural gas pipelines and

facilities.Through discussion with the Li- brary Director, Sherry Mountney, it was learned the library was in needof updating its educational materials.Barbara Park, Community Invest-ment Team Member for TransCanada,thought this would be a tting time toshow appreciation for use of the libraryand support TransCanadas vision to build healthy, safe and vibrant com-munities where we live and work. As aresult, a $2,000 grant was approved.

Since most of the meeting attend-ees represent an agricultural back-ground, TransCanada wanted to takethis opportunity to implement thenext phase of their partnership with

the National FFA Organization (for-merly Future Farmers of America).TransCanada is encouraging its em-ployees to reconnect with local FFAchapters, mentor and support the fu-ture land stewards and leaders of ourcountry, while building awareness ofTransCanadas safety and environ-mental values.

TransCanada employee and FFAalumni, Tim Nellis, participated inthe presentation and meeting, ex-pressing his interest to re-engagewith local FFA chapter leaders, stu-dents and other FFA alumni.

Tim also owns a family operateddairy farm in Martiny Township.

TransCanada is proud to be a part

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Deeplyrooted intradition

New events planned for73rd annual Red Flannel Festival

The Red Flannel Festival Board of Directorsas been working diligently to provide fresh new

events for the 73rd Deeply Rooted in TraditionFestival celebration. The board has added over20 new events in the last few years and boastsmore than 3,200 fans on our Facebook page,said President Michele Tracy-Andres. This allvolunteer board is extremely dedicated to ensur-ing the Red Flannel Festival the biggest and bestever. Were already working on plans for new forthe 74th celebration in 2013.

Again this year, the Festival has partneredwith WLAV, 96.9 FM in Grand Rapids, for radiocommercials; and the 730 television commer-cials will begin on various Charter cable channels

in September, as well as billboard advertising.Over 10,000 of the beautiful, 36-page full colorOfcial Red Flannel Press will be distributedin August, thanks to Festival Patron Sponsors.A donor program designed exclusively for indi-viduals, Friends of the Festival, will return.

The American Lumberjack Show is back thisyear with an entertaining display of old-fash-ioned lumberjack skills, replacing the FireworksShow. A new Euchre tournament will be held atthe Grand Lodge, along with last years Cornholetournament.

New this year is the Michigan Vietnam Veter-ns Memorial Wall. The addition of the Memo-ial Wall enhances the tradition the Festival hasn honoring Veterans. Annually, the Flap Jackreakfast prots are donated from the Brownamily to the City for the Veterans Memorial

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COMMUNITY NEWSDairymen honored at Annual

DHI MeetingThe Montcalm County Dairy Herd Improvement

held its annual meeting on Thursday, February 16 atMaxelds Restaurant in Wyman, where awards werepresented to the countys top dairy farmers.

Seven Montcalm County dairy operations earnedachievement plaques for milk production above thestate average of $4,315 dollar value per cow. Award re -

cipients with the average dollar value per cow included:Jeff and Alisha Bigler, Lakeview - $4,808; Hardy SpringLake Farms, Stanton - $4,710; Newell Farms, Trufant- $4,620; Paulen Farms, Howard City - $4,619; JohnBlack, Howard City - $4,440; Ladd and Agnes Doolit-tle, Stanton - $4,416 and Chris and Mike Rasmussen,Edmore - $4,344. The highest dollar value herd awardgiven to Jeff and Alisha Bigler was sponsored by SidneyState Bank.

The award for the most improved herd in MontcalmCounty in 2011 was presented to Chris and Mike Ras -mussen for 3,845 lbs. increase in milk production. Thisaward was sponsored by Greenstone - Farm Credit Ser-vices, Lakeview.

The top ten herds for protein in Montcalm County in-cluded Jeff and Alisha Bigler, Hardy Spring Lake Farms;Paulen Farm; John Black; Newell Farms; Ladd and Ag-nes Doolittle; Jack and Tom Jeppesen; Chris and MikeRasmusen; Randy and Cindy Dragt and Arland Carter.

Receiving the award for the top protein herd was Jeffand Alisha Bigler. This award was sponsored by SternerVeterinary Clinic, Ionia.

Eighteen Montcalm County herds had 12-month av-erages of somatic cell counts under 200,000 indicatingexcellent milk quality. These included Leroy Zimmer-man; Randy and Cindy Dragt; Amber Black; Gary andCory Nielsen; Kevin Bollinger; Jeff and Alisha Bigler;Hardy Spring Lake Farm; John Black; Ladd and Ag -

nes Doolittle; Dan and Joel Petersen; Gary and CoryNielsen; Jack and Tom Jeppesen; Paulen Farm; SteveSweet; Richard Hyde; Titus Zimmerman; David Kraftand Newell Farms. Receiving the award for the lowest12 month average somatic cell count for 2011 was LeroyZimmerman. This award was sponsored by the Lakev-iew Animal Clinic and Town and Country Animal Clinic,Greenville.

Special recognition was given to Cory Nielsen ofCoral. He was presented with a plaque for Top ProteinBreed Herd by Dollar Value for Michigan, Indiana andOhio.

After the awards were presented, Phil Durst, Exten-sion Dairy Educator, gave a short presentation followedby the distribution of door prizes.

Anyone interested in learning more about DHI Ser-vices should contact the MSU Montcalm Extension Of-ce at (989) 831-7500.

A special celebrationYou are cordially invited to come celebrate the Rocky

Mountain Elk Foundations six millionth acre conservedin the company of the nest hunter-conservationistsanywhere, the members of the RMEF, at the Big RapidsElk Camp Chapters 19th banquet Saturday, March 10th,2012.

There are at least six million reasons to join us. Ontop of helping the Elk Foundation toward the next mil -

lion acres, scores of banquet attendees will go home with brand new ries, big game hunts, and countless otherrafe and auction prizes while raising vital fundingfor Americas foremost conservation organization, theRocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

If youve never been before, dont miss out. RMEFbig game banquets are legendary for their high-energycamaraderie.

You will see old friends and make new ones, enjoyne food and drinks, and help the Elk Foundation get

well on its way to conserving another million acres.This years fundraiser is on Saturday, March 10, with

doors opening at 4:30 p.m. During the social hour youllenjoy drawings, rafes, games, drinks and silent auc-tion. Dinner and live auction will follow. If you are notable to attend please consider passing this on to a fellowconservationist.

BANQUET HIGHLIGHTS.Mystery Browning Rie RafeDo not wait to order your tickets on this one. We are

giving a way of a matching set of Browning Ries withconsecutive serials numbers in a custom case. Only 100tickets will be sold for these beauties. You can purchasethese in advance online at events.rmef.org@FIX (butyou must be present to WIN.)

Tickets are $20 each (tickets will be at the door forpick-up) Table Captains Package

Get one of the best seats at the banquet by purchasinga big bucks Table Captains Package-A great deal for yourbusiness clients or friends, you will receive 4-supportingmemberships, 8 meals and $400 in General Rafe

Tickets, this is a $740 Value discounted price $500.Please contact the ticket chair directly to order this pack-age.

Early Bird Rafe PackagePlease remember to order early and save big bucks. If

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Join us March 10th for the Big Rapids Elk Camp

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Holiday Inn1005 Perry Ave.Big Rapids, MI 49307For questions or to order: Call Elaine Smith at(989)427-5220

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR POLICY

Letters published in the River Valley Record-Enterprise do

not reect the overall opinion of the paper. A letter to the editor

may be written once per month by any member of the commu-

nity who wishes to express their view of a certain issue. Letters

should be in good taste, be no longer than 500 words, include

the signature and home town of the writer.

COMMUNITY NEWSOUT OF THE GUTTER

Lakeview/Howard City Womens B. A. No-Tap Tournament Results.

Congratulations to the Top Five Places:Doubles Partners Score $ Won

Allen Buchanan/Dylan Buchanan 1662 $500

Wendy Stapp/Peggy George 1634 $ 200Rascal Calcutt/Don Werner 1524 $ 170Sandra Duron/Marilyn Pell 1511 $ 140

Norm Namminga/Gary Hadder 1494 $ 120Next Tournament: March 10th & 11th watch

for details at Howard City Lanes. Fri. NiteMixed sold the most Raffle tickets for the Quilt,they will receive $50 towards their prize fundfor their efforts. The quilt was won by MichaelMcCauley Jr. Congratulations Michael.

Michael is the great-grandson of June Davis.June made and donated the quilt for the raffle.Thank You June. The quilt was beautiful.

The Tri County High School Bowling Pro-gram is always looking for support. In responseto their needs Tues. Night Live Womens Leaguedonated the profits from their 50/50 draw-ing from one night of bowling. The generousamount of $48 was donated to the program.Thank you Tues. Night Bowling for steppingup. If other leagues want to consider a dona-tion, talk to Greg. It is for a good cause.

There may have been a slow start to the yearscore wise but things are heating up now. The

Leader Board is filling up with very few spac-es in some categories, and in some categories,scores are being knocked off. Remember we willhost the Second Annual Womens Leader BoardTournament at the conclusion of the bowlingseason. If you are still on the Leader Board andare a sanctioned woman bowler, you will be in-vited to bowl. Last year was enjoyed by all butespecially by those winning money. However,everyone took a prize home due to the generousdonations of the local businesses. With 6 to 8weeks left, there is still time to shake things upon the Leader Board. Good Luck in your finalweeks.

Here are some of the accomplishments onand off the Leader Board:

There was 3 triple scores reported to GutterTalk: Jamie Deboer had a triple of 105, Ellen Wolowicz had a triple of 100 and June Davisa triple of 113. Tough Splits picked up: GaryBehrenwald picked up the big one 7/10, TrishaDings 4/6/7 and Amy Stevens 3/6/8. Some ofthe notable scores are: Eileen Hamilton bowleda 201, Dylan Buchanan bowled his first 200with a 222 and followed up the next week witha 224. Stephanie Stressman with an average of103 bowled a 192, Cassie Vogt with a 68 averagebowled a 108 and Carol Howe with a 54 average bowled a 113. Traci Nickels (avg. 118) bowled100 over series average with a score of 455 and

had a game of 189. Deb Behrenwald had a cleansweep.

LETTER TO THE EDITORNo fair shakes

allowed?

TO THE EDITOR:By now you have received

this years property tax ap-praisal/assessments. If youthink you got a fair shake, thinkagain. You could take your ob-jections to the board of review,but I believe there are problems

in the makeup of its five members which could make this apointless exercise. Three of themembers are Rich Stevens, DonBowen and Paul Rehfuss, withDennis Hess as alternate. They were all automatically re-ap-pointed by the township boardmembers at Februarys meet-ing. This was done without thebenefit of placing an ad in thepaper, asking for new blood tokeep the board of review im-partial. Two other members ofthe board of review are town-ship employees, Keith Grannis,township supervisor, who is thesecretary, and Ralph Hauen-stein, who is deputy assessor

and land division administra-tor you can expect both ofthem to side with the township.Even if you remove Ralph orKeith and replace one of themwith the alternate Dennis Hess,I personally dont believe thiswill improve things.

Then, if thats not enough, you have another townshipemployee, Beverly Stedman,who is the township assessor aswell as the wife of our townshiptreasurer, Roger Stedman whooffers her opinion when youare presenting your case to the board of review. In addition,

two board of review members,Keith and Ralph, have, in myopinion, a conflict of interest because of their jobs with thetownship: Keith Grannis istownship supervisor whose du-ties consist of tax allocation,board budget, township budget,and appointing some commis-sion members; Ralph Hauen-stein is the township deputyassessor. Both of these peopleinject their opinions while youare pleading your case beforethe board. These three people(Beverly, Keith and Ralph) areall in jobs that require moretax revenue, not less. So, it is intheir interests to keep assess-ments high which will bringmore tax dollars. It is hard toimagine they would argue foless revenue by lowering youassessment. How can this helpthe citizen who is contestingtheir assessment? It cant.

Just so there is no misun-derstanding the basis for mycomplaint, after last year real-izing how corrupt this processis, I had our properties inde-pendently appraised only todiscover both appraisals weresubstantially lower than thetownships. So I have appealedto the Michigan Tax Tribunal the case will be heard in Aprilof this year. The appraisal costme $250, but I feel it was worthit because it was done by anobjective professional with noconnection to the township.

This letter is strictly myown opinion you have to de-cide for yourself how fair youre being treated by your electedtownship officials.

Sally RichardsReynolds Township

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Park via the Festival CommunityShare Program.

The Red Flannel Flash Mob isanother new event this year. Orga-nized by Social Media (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook) and mobile phonetexting, a Flash Mob is a group ofpeople who assemble in a publicplace for a brief time to perform asong, then disperse.

The new Fireghter Parade that

debuted last year was a phenome-nal hit and will be back again thisyear as an annual tradition.

Of course, all of the traditionalevents are still in place, said An-dres. The Queen Scholarship Pag-eant, Car & Tractor Shows, Mu-seum Open House, Chili Cook Off,Bed Races and Grand Parade are wonderful deeply rooted tradi-tions. For a full schedule of events,or to download event applications,visit www.redannelfestival.org.

The Festival was granted 501c3non-prot status and all donationsare tax deductible. The Festival isan independent, all volunteer or-ganization with volunteer open-ings for individuals, families and

groups to be involved. Sponsorshipopportunities are also available.For more information on how todonate, volunteer or get involvedwith the Red Flannel Festival, call(616) 696-2662 or visit www.red-annelfestival.org.

Red Flannel Festival part-ners with Library to helpmeet Matching Grant

Festival President MicheleTracy-Andres and Library BoardChair, Earla Alber announced to-day the Red Flannel Festival has

partnered with the Cedar SpringsLibrary Board to raise funds to-ward their matching grant.

The Festival has invested in 50Cedar Springs Red Flannel TownLicense Plates and 200 LicensePlate Frames and is donating 100percent of all the prot from salesto the Library Fundraising Com-mittee to assist in their effort toraise $50,000 toward the match-

ing grant throughout the end of theyear.

On top of that, the Festival isalso donating all prots from Fes-tival souvenirs presently on saleat Sallys Cedar Chest on MainStreet and now carried at the Ce-dar Springs Library, as well. Itsa necessity for the Festival to carrysouvenirs to further the awarenessof the Festival and the City to thesurrounding areas, said Andres.This partnership furthers the mis-sion of the Festival Board to helpother organizations, as was estab-lished several years ago with ourCommunity Share Program.

License plates and frames willbe available for sale at the Library

and at City Hall on Main Street indowntown Cedar Springs. LibraryDirector Donna Clark said, Weare having the time of our livesselling these brand new licenseplates and frames to our patrons.They are so beautiful and SO CE-DAR SPRINGS. Thank you to theRed Flannel Festival board for giv-ing us an easy way to raise $1,500.If you want anything CEDAR, nowis the TIME TO BUYit countsDOUBLE.

The Red Flannel Festival is anindependent 501c3 non-prot or-ganization run solely by volunteers.The 73rd Red Flannel Festival isSaturday, October 6, 2012.

FLANNELCONTINUED FROM

Recognizes these people: Jack Price,Heather Odren, Lenny Wentz, Rick Palm,

Eric MontgomeryEd Koehn is a name well-known and respect-

ed in West Michigan. Ed and Aaron Koehn areexcited with the opening of the Ed Koehn Col-lision Center. Located conveniently on 14 MileRoad between Rockford and Cedar Springs, theCollision Center shares the same property withthe All New Ed Koehn Chevrolet dealership. Wefeel very fortunate to have acquired Jack Price, a

lifelong resident of the area to operate our Colli-sion Center.The staff include: Jack Price brings 35 years

of expertise in customer relations, insurancecompany relationships and business manage-ment that are focused on, customer satisfactionand quality of work for our customers. Price isnationally recognized, Certied Platinum by I-Car (please visit I-Car.com) to see how importantthis organization and our afliation with it, is tothe repair of your vehicle. He is also nationallycertied through ASE and State Certied withthe State of Michigan. Price enjoys music bothplaying and singing.

Heather Odren brings 11 years of experiencein the collision and glass industry. Odren carriesthe Mark of Excellence Award from GeneralMotors. Odrens knowledge of the collision in-dustry and her relationship with the insurance

companies make her a valuable asset in meetingyour repair needs. She will assist you in sched-uling, help answer any repair questions you mayhave, and keep you and your insurance updatedon the repairs of your vehicle. She will greet youwith a smile and your keys when the repairs arenished. Odren enjoys family time and with fourkids looks forward to date night with her hus-band, Andy Odren (alias Shmoo)

Lenny Wentz, Collision Specialist brings 22years of experience from minor scratch and dentrepairs to full structural repair. Wentz is StateCertied as well as PPG Waterborne Paint Cer-tied. Wentz brings versatility to our organiza-tion allowing him to work in both the body repairand paint departments to keep your vehicle ontrack for completion. Wentz is well-known andrespected for his custom painting skills. Lenny

enjoys shing and golng.Rick Palm, Collision Specialist brings 35

years of experience from minor scratch and dentrepairs to full structural repairs including fullframe vehicles using our state of the art comput-erized measuring system. Palm is I-Car, ASE andState Certied giving our customer reassurancethat a highly trained and skilled professional willbe taking care of their vehicle and returning it toits pre loss condition. Some say he is quite thecook when not working on vehicles.

Eric Montgomery, Collision Paint Special-ist brings 20 years of experience with the past16 years spent working at Eds Auto Body onIndian Lakes Road serving the North Kent andMontcalm area residents up until Ed Fitzpatrick

retired earlier last year. Montgomery is an auto-motive paint renish expert. Montgomery is PPG Waterborne Paint Certied and works closelywith PPG corporation utilizing cutting edge tech-nology in spraying water based paint. Not only isthis same process being used in most assemblyplants today, most importantly it is environmen-tally friendly. GO GREEN Montgomery enjoysbowling, holding many state and city tournamenttitles.

Our staff welcomes any questions or needsyou may have.

Ed Koehn Collision Center4650 14 Mile Rd. NE (M-57)Rockford, Michigan 49341(616) 866-9511 or toll free (800) [email protected] or jackprice@ed-

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The baby boomer generation meaning people ages 48-

66 is the largest 18 year generation in the U.S. Babyboomers were born starting in 1946, after World War

Two ended.

Music to the ears. The U.S. experienced an economicboom after the Big War. It was the aftermath of war partly

because soldiers came home to demand more goods and

services, which were in short supply. While soldiers hadbeen away, factories had been converted to making tanks,

guns, supplies, bombs. The countrys infrastructure was

failing. Not enough labor and material to keep it up. But

in 1946, soldiers and civilians began to repair/rebuild/produce. More and better roads and utilities meant a

better life. Everyone bought cars, telephones, cars, TVs,cars and automatic refrigerators. Lots of work. Money

flowed from providers and suppliers, to employees andconsumers, to governments and municipalities (in the

form of taxes on all that earned income, and on newly

purchased property). Families in good economic timesmeant goods and services, and babies, flooded the

country. All was well.

Planning future care. Legislators understood that the

adult population, and all those new babies someday,would need help with medical care and retirement. And

money was flowing into government coffers. So careprograms were beefed up for future generations. Money

was set aside and invested for them. Medicare kicked

into high gear immediately, helping all people ages 65and older to afford at least some health care. And all was

still well.

The best laid plan. But nobody predicted how clever

humankind would be. We figured out how to replacehearts, grow livers and fingertips, stop prostrate cancer,

control the effects of diabetes, lower cholesterol,

medicate hypertension and, basically, how to outfoxthe grim reaper. As a result of awesome scientists, baby

boomers and their children live much longer than everexpected. They now face two crises: the Medigap crisis

and the Help crisis. Alls not so well now.

Consider Grandma. Age 79, with beginning first stage

dementia and diabetes, using a walker, but otherwisehealthy enough to live until 85 or longer. Her two

neighbors stop in daily. She gets meals brought in. Her

oldest daughter visits daily. Grandmas drugs cost hermoney out-of-pocket. The $110,000 Grandpa had in the

bank when he died at age 71 is long gone. Grandma needs

help for her out of pocket costs for upcoming hip surgery,

rehab, therapy, a Hoyer lift, and someone to change herand feed her until she can use her walker again.

The Medigap crisis. The Medigap crisis exists for

low-income, low assets, people aged 65 and older (andwe women live to 86 now, many living to 100, so its

worse for us) who need more health and medical care

than what Medicare will pay for. Ill let the Presidentand the Republican nominee debate Grandmas drug and

Medigap crisis, later this year.

The Help crisis. But while shes beaten the reaper out of

his due date by living years longer, Grandma doesntget a full hall pass, really. Science has just postponed her

date. Today, Grandmas family members children aged56-75, and grandchildren ages 35-48 - are discussing

whos going to look after Grandma during her rehab for

four months, then stay on until her dementia progressesand she starts to wander away. And what after then?

Pay the piper. Grandma has a Help crisis. She will need

assistance in-home or in a facility, shortly. Who can help?And who will pay for it?

Long term care insurance. Theres some but not much

help for Grandma. But theres a solution for you. Long

term care insurance. Buy it while you are 30 to 49, whenpremiums are low a couple hundred $ per year at age

40. Costs are often tax-deductible too. Under Michigan

statutes, long term care insurance plans can cover rentfor people of all ages for at least 12 consecutive

months on an expense-incurred.or other basisformedically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic,

rehabilitative, maintenance, personal or custodial care

services provided in a setting, including an assisted livingfacility operating legally in this state, but not including

an acute care unit of a hospital. And it shall cover

intermediate/basic care, Alzheimers disease and relateddisorders. See Michigans law 500.3901. Buy at least

four years coverage. Based on some national statistics, I

recall 1 in four people by age 85 will have spent 3.5 yearsin an assisted living facility. Make all well for you and

your own family.

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Jeanne Jerow practices Property law, extensively in Divorce

& Custody, Estate and Trust Planning certificate, Adoptions,

Probate, Auto Accidents, Business Law. Remember, becauseyou read it here, its not your personal legal advice. Dont

depend on it.

Are you 40? Dont let help be your crisisBy Jeanne L. Jerow, Attorney, Counselor, Mediator Howard City

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e River Valley News Shopper, 491 W. Shaw, Howard City, MI 49329 Fax: 231-937-4048Email: [email protected] DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY 12 NOON

Help is Available:New Open Meeting: 11 Step Spiritual Group (we use the Life RecoveryBible) Mondays 6pm at Resurrection Church in Newaygo. 2nd entrance,conference room. Call Val or Fred S. 231-937-8049.

The Mid-Michigan District Health Department offers free vision testing,as well as hearing screening tests for all children ages 3 to 21. For moreinformation or to schedule an appointment, call (989) 831-3644, Mondaythrough Friday.

Michigan Chapter of Pilots for Christ - We provide free air and groundservice for those with medical needs, pastors in need, missionaries cargotransportation. www.pilotsforchristmi.com or call 616-636-5523.

A free Bariatric Support Group will meet the first Tuesday of eachmonth (beginning in February 2010) at 6:30pm in the Conference Rooms atCarson City Hospital. For more information, contact Ellen at 989-330-4091.

Newaygo Countys newest Cancer Support Group - Whether you havebeen recently diagnosed, in treatment or living beyond your cancer, meet withothers to share and offer hope for one another. Last Thursday of every monthfrom 6:30 until 8:30 at Living Hope Physical Therapy, 977 W. 72nd St. (M-82),Newaygo, MI. For more information contact Deb Kaminski, 231-924-7013.

Emotions Anonymous (EA) - Meetings every Wednesday, 1pm, MiracleDrop-In Center, 310 E. Main St., Stanton. Everyone is welcome. No dues orfees. Emotions Anonymous offers a twelve step program to help people copewith stress in daily living and to live a healthier emotional life. Info call Carol(989)831-8778.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): Newaygo. Weigh in 5:30-6:10pmon Thursdays, meeting 6:10-7:10pm. Info. Dee at (231)652-2583. SpartaMethodist Church. Weigh in 5:00-6:00pm on Tuesdays, meeting 6:00-7:00pm.Info. Betty at (616)691-7120. White Cloud, Commission on Aging. Weighin 5:25-5:55pm on Thursdays, meeting 6:00-7:00pm. 93 Gibbs St. Lakeview, New Life United Methodist Church. Weigh in 5:45-6:10pm on Mondays,meeting 6:15-7:15pm. East M-46. Lakeview, New Life United MethodistChurch. Weigh in 9:30am on Wednesdays, meeting 10:00-11:00am. EastM-46. Sand Lake, Resurrection Lutheran Church. Weigh in 8:30-9:00am onTuesdays, meeting 9:15-10:00am. 180 Northland Dr. Howard City, HowardCity VFW Hall, Thursdays weigh-in 4:15-5:10pm, meeting 5:15-6:00pm. Firstmeeting free. For information call 231-937-4441.

Grief Recovery Support Group Weekly Meetings Tuesdays 9:30-11:00am,Pierson Bible Church, ministries building, 101 Grand St., Pierson, Michigan.Call 636-5542 or 636-5680 for info.

Emphysema Support Group Meetings 2nd Tuesday of month, 5:30pm,Health Department, White Cloud.

Rebos House 10 N. First Street, Cedar Springs, Michigan. Meeting Days &Times: Monday-7pm, Big Book Meeting-Open; Tuesday-12Noon-Open, 5:30-6:30pm Womens-Open, 7:00pm Mens-Open; Wednesday-7:00pm 12&1212 Steps Traditions-Open; Thursday-12Noon-Open, 7:00pm-Open, 7:00pm-Closed (N/S) nonsmoking, 7:00pm-Alanon; Friday-All Open-12Noon,7:00pm, 9:00pm; Saturday-All Open-8:30am, 10:00am, 7:00pm; Sunday-AllOpen-9:00am, 2:00pm, 7:00pm.; Friday-7:00pm-Young People of Addictions-

Open. Contact Sandy W. 616-636-8253. Last Thursday every month speakersmeeting, 7:30pm. Arrive early if you want convenient parking.

Teen 12-Step Meeting (Help and support for staying alcohol and drug free).Wednesdays 7-8pm, White Cloud United Methodist Church, 1125 NewellStreet, White Cloud. No cost, anonymous.

Overeaters Anonymous - Do you eat when youre not hungry? Bingefor no apparent reason? No DuesWe are a fellowship. FREMONT: FirstCongregational Church, 714 Hillcrest, Thursday, 10:45-11:45. Contact 689-6553, Marge.

Drug Problem? Narcotics Anonymous Now Meeting on Thursdays, 7pm,United Methodist Church, 1125 Newell St., White Cloud. (C, NS, BT)

Newaygo Al-Anon Meeting, 7:30pm, Monday. 18 Justice St., next to St.Marks Episcopal Church, behind City Hall.

Teen 12-Step Meeting Seventh Day Adventist-Baptist Church, 984 WilcoxStreet, White Cloud (next to the Teen Center) Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm.

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault 24 Hour Crisis Line: If you are livingwith physical, emotional, or verbal abuse, Call 1-800-374-WISE. ServingMecosta, Osceola and Newaygo Counties.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: If you think you have a problem drinking,please call. Let no disabilities keep you away. We are accessible to you - 652-5574. O = Open Meeting, C = Alcoholics Only.

CEDAR SPRINGS: East Nelson United Methodist Church. 9024 18 Mile Rd.between Tisdel & Keller Ave. Saturdays at 10am. Open meeting, AA - Alanon.

Non Smoking. Call Sandy M. 616-696-3205.SPARTA: Sparta United Methodist Church, Monday 7:00pm; Monday,7:30pm, Frank 678-4534, Wednesdays, 12noon, Harold 678-7508, Wednesdays,8:00pm, Anggie 887-9952; Sparta Baptist Church, Fridays 7:30pm, Roger 887-8508 (Spanish Speaking)

SAND LAKE: Sand Lake Alcoholics Anonymous/NA: (AA/NA ClosedMeeting - Women Only). Sand Lake United Methodist Church (Bldg next tothe church), corner of Maple Street and Sixth Street, Tuesday at 7:00pm. (frontdoor entrance). Sand Lake, open meeting, Mondays 7pm at St. Marys CatholicChurch, Sand Lake.

CROTON-HARDY: New Croton Township Hall, 5833 Division, Fri. 8pm -C; Sun. 7pm - O

HOWARD CITY: VFW Hall, 1/2 mile south of Howard City, Larry 616-723-5081, Wed. 7:30pm - O

GRANT: Community Bldg., 105 S. Front- 678-7508, Wed. 7:00pm - O.; Sun.7:00pm - O

FREMONT: St Johns Episcopal, 124 Sullivan TUES., WEDS. & FRI.: Noon-O;NCCS Building, 6308 S. Warner First SAT. of the month 6:30 Potlock 7:30Speaker - O, SUN. 11:00am - O; Fremont Christian Church, 10 E. Elm MON. -THURS. 12 Noon - O TUES. Al-Anon: 8:00pm SAT. 11AM - O.

Al-Anon: Tues. 8pm; Al-A teen: Tues. 8pm

NEWAYGO: St. Bartholomew Church, NS, 599 Brooks - Basement - John924-8027, Mon. 7:30pm - C; Step Mtg.; Thurs. 7:30pm - C

Newaygo Area Alano Club: 8406 Mason/M-37, Behind Tracys CustomRiver Boats, just North of Speedway Unit #3. Mon. Noon (O), 7:30pm; Tues.Noon, 7:30pm; Wed. Noon, 7:30pm; Thurs. Noon, 7:30pm; Fri. Noon, 5:30pm(Men only), 7:30pm (NON-Smoking - Women only all types of recoverywelcome); Sat. Noon, 7:30pm (3rd Sat. of month is open, non-smoking, potluckdinner 6:30p, speaker meeting 7:30p, with game night following); Sun. 1:00pm,7:30pm (O).

WHITE CLOUD: Mental Health Bldg. - Basement, 1049 Newell - 689-1779-Non-Smoking, Mon. & Wed. 8pm - C

SELF-HELP GROUP FOR EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL PROBLEMS:Is your ability to function and live a normal life impaired because you have anemotional or mental problem? Is stress, depression, anger, anxiety, panic attacks,substance abuse or fear getting in the way of you being able to really live?Newaygo County meeting, Fridays, 5:00pm, United Methodist Church, 240Williams Street, White Cloud. For more information, call 689-7330, or toll-free, 1-800-968-7330.

Free Western Square Dance Lessons - Newaygo St. BartholomewsChurch - Thursday 3:30pm-6:00pm. Call Carole (231)652-6183.

Fish Fry every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 5 - 7pm at the HowardCity VFW Post 3306, 1001 S. Ensley Rd.

Bingo - ongoing every Fri. night at Renner Lobker VFW Post #3306, 1001 Ensley St., Howard City. Doors open at 5pm, sales beginat 5:30 and game begins at 6:30. Everyone Welcome!

Stitch Friday at Heritage United Methodist Church into yourcraft calendar Sew Happy meets from 10am - 3pm. Not intosewing? It matters not if you stitch or knit, paint or iron. Pack yourmachine, project(s) and ideas and thread your way on over. Youll fitinto the pattern of fellowship just fine. Pack a dish to pass in yourbrown bag. A question just weaved into your mind? Call DebbieCastle at 231-354-6910 or email [email protected], oneand all welcome, wed be Sew Happy to see you.

Family Farm & Home Small Animals Sell and Swap 139 WRiver Dr, Newaygo 2nd Saturday of the month 8am-Noon 231-856-4641.

Gospel Jam @ Grace Community Church 9920 Reed Rd, HowardCity, MI 4th Saturday of each month from 6pm to 8pm in thefellowship hall. For more info, please call the church @ 231-937-6440 or Gene @ 231-937-2036.

Bingo every Sunday at the Greenville American Legion Post#101, from 1pm-6pm, doors open at 11am. 1320 W. Washington St.(M-57).

Every Sunday Sheridan VFW Post 5065 FREE VeteransBreakfastfor Veterans and/or wives (companions) or widows at 209W Washington 7:30am-8:45am.

Attention Seniors - Howard City Action Center, 132 E. Edgerton,open 7 days a week. Call Karen West 231-937-5950 for weeklyschedule of events. Noon lunches Tues, Wed, Thurs.

Library Happenings:The Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township has a new

web site that contains program information, access to musicdownloads, ebooks, and much more. Please check out our new website at www.tchrtl.michlibrary.org.

If you are sick of the ice and snow, heres a way to make winter goby fast. Join the Northern Lights Reading Club at the GrantArea District Library. Just sign up to read 8 books between Feb. 1and March 31st to receive a joining gift. Read all eight and youare invited to attend a special program in the spring, just for thosewho finish. Books over 500 pages count as two! Audio books alsocount as reading. So come on and read your way through winter withNorthern Lights. Start with one and before you know it - wintersdone!

The Timothy C. Hauenstien Reynolds Township Library willbe having Toddler Time every Monday morning at 11am. Therewill be stories, crafts, songs and activities for the toddlers. ToddlerTime is for children ages 18 months - 3 years old. If you have anyquestions please call the library at 231-937-5575.

If you have ever wanted to join a bowling league, but cantlift the ball or play a round of tennis without running aroundthe court, then join the Grant Area District Library everyMonday between 4 and 5pm to play Wii Sports. This fun gamingsystem allows the armchair athlete all the fun of playing the game,but without the need to sweat. Baseball, tennis, golf and bowling areamong the games that will be played these Monday afternoons. Sobring a friend and come to the Library on Monday and see what agood sport you can be! For more information, call the Library at 231-

834-5713. Have fun, get involved and come play Wii with us.The Timothy C. Hauenstien Reynolds Township Library willbe having Preschool Storytime every Tues. morning at 11am.There will be stories, crafts, songs and activities for the Preschoolers.We will be learning about letters each week. Preschool Storytime isfor children 3-5 years old. If you have any questions please call thelibrary at 231-937-5575.

The Friends of the Grant Area District Library meetat 10amon the third Tuesday of the month in the Community Room. Allinterested persons are welcome to attend. The library is located at122 Elder St. in Grant.

The Friends of the Croton Township Library meet the firstWednesday of each month at 1:00pm at the library. Please come ifinterested in helping your local library.

The Friends of Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds TownshipLibrary meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 9am in thecommunity room at the library. We welcome you to join us for food,fellowship and an opportunity to contribute to the well being of ourlocal library. The library is located at 117 W. Williams St., HowardCity, MI 49329. Phone 231-937-5575.

Friends of the White Cloud Community Library meetmonthly,the first Thursday at 1:00 p.m. The library is located at 1038 Wilcoxin White Cloud. Everyone is welcome.

Shelf Life Book Club - meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at6:00 PM at the Tamarack District Library in Lakeview. Book titlesare published in the Shelf Life Book Club brochure and on theMonthly Event Flyers at the library.

Wiggles and Giggles - is a toddler story time program, at 10:30AM every Friday at the Tamarack District Library in Lakeview thatbrings stories, songs, crafts and activity to your child.

The Newaygo Area Friends of the Library Bookstore, atNewaygo City Hall, is now closed until Memorial Day Weekend.Hundreds of books at Bargain Prices. Proceeds for new LibraryBuilding Fund.

Upcoming Events:The Newaygo County Mobile Food Pantry is scheduled at thefollowing locations to distribute free food to individuals and familiesin need. Most food distributions take approximately one hour. Pleasedo not arrive more than 30 minutes prior to the scheduled deliverytime. Bring your own container to hold 50 lbs. of food. You willcheck in upon arrival unless otherwise stated: Sat., Mar. 3, 10am,Pine Grove Community Church, Croton/Howard City; Sat., Mar. 3,1pm, Grant Wesleyan church, Grant; Mon., Mar. 5, 5pm, FremontUnited Methodist Church, Fremont; Thurs., Mar. 8, 3pm, AmazingGrace Acres Church, Brohman; Sat., Mar. 10, 10am, First ChristianReformed Church, Fremont; Mon., March 12, 10am, White CloudEagles, White Cloud; Wed., March 14, 5pm, Hesperia CommunityEducation, Hesperia - sponsored by local area churches.

The monthly Swiss Steak Dinner at the Sheridan VFW Postwill be held Sat., March 3 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. In addition tothe Swiss Steak, the dinner will include mashed potatoes and gravy,a vegetable, salad and dessert plus a beverage. The cost is $7 perserving. The cost for children 10 and under will be $4. Take outs areavailable. The dinner is open to the public and the post is located at209 W. Washington (Co Farm Rd) in Sheridan.

Lakeview Area Seniors will meet on Tuesday, March 6th, at the Lakeview United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall at 1:00PM. Come join us for coffee, conversation, snacks and games. At2:00, Brian Brasser, Chief Nursing & Operating Officer for SpectrumHealth will discuss the new United For Health Project. Mark yourcalendar and come learn about our local hospital update.

All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner sponsored by Maple Valley FireDept. for the 150th Anniversary of Coral Friday, March 9, 5-8pmat the Coral Community Center. Adults/$6, 4-12yrs/$4, 0-3yrs/Free.Special: $20 for family 2 adults and 2 or more children.

Morley-Stanwood Boy Scout Troop 123 will be hosting aActivity/Game Event on Saturday, March, 10th from 4-6 p.m.at the Stanwood Free Methodist Church Fellowship Hall at 7486Stanwood Drive, Stanwood, MI 49346. If you are age 11 through 17or if you have earned the Cub Scout Arrow of Light Award and areat least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade or if you arejust curious about what the Scout Program is about, you are welcometo attend.

The Kent City Parent Teacher Community Organization ishosting a mom to mom sale Saturday March 10. Tables are still

available for $20. [email protected] or 231-920-7748 formore information.

Big Rapids Elk Camp Big Game Banquet - March 10, 2012. Elk Foundation Chapters hold a variety of events around the countrythat raise awareness and funds for wildlife habitat conservation. Ahighlight is each chapters annual Big Game Banquet, where fun andfundraising combine for a memorable evening. Sumptuous meals,laughter and a high-energy auction form the backdrop for the night.These events provide the lions share of funds the Elk Foundationuses to protect and enhance habitat. We hope to see you at an eventsoon! (For Indiana and other qualifying states, you may be eligiblefor a free ticket upon request for raffles or drawings) Call: Douglas S.Smith Jr. 989-565-4112.

Crafters wanted to sell at Coral Community Center Craft Sale,April 21, 2012. For more information, call Mary at 231-937-5570 orMichelle at 231-937-6733.

Due to Scheduling Conflicts, the Texas Hold Em PokerTournament for March 17, at the Sheridan VFW Post hasbeen CANCELED. The next date for the Poker Tournament at theSheridan VFW will be held on May 19, 2012.

Tri County Senior All Nighter Parent Meeting: Every Mondaynight at 6:45pm in the library at the Tri County High School. Anyand all Senior Parents Welcome!

Cub Scout Pack 3323 meets Mondays 5:45-6:45 at the Sand LakeVFW. Boys ages 7-11 or grades 1-5 welcome. Call Sarah 616-799-0206 or Eric 616-799-0875 (leave message).

Old fashioned square dance - Howard City VFW $5/mo, yearround, Monday 1-4pm, Potluck at 2:15pm. Call Carole (231)652-6183.

Lakeview Seniors Come early (1:00) for cards, games,refreshments and social time. The LV Seniors meet the 1st Tuesdayof each month. Come join us, bring a friend.

Life Style Change, Weight loss etc @ Natures Atrium every Tues6:30pm-7:30pm Call 231-937-9370.

Interested in local, healthy food sources, preparation, andinformative discussions? Westen A Price Foundation meetings6:30pm every 3rd Tuesday of every month at Stanwood FreeMethodist (Stanwood Dr. and Pierce Rd.) Call Bonnie @ 231-823-8002.

Hospice of Michigan Offers Living on Support Group 2ndWednesday of each month from 2:00pm 3:00pm at Veras Houselocated at 18 Justice St in Newaygo. For more information please callDiane Snyder at 231-924-6123 or 800-837-3630.

The Howard City Harvest Festival Committee meets 2ndWednesday of month, 7:00pm, @ Timothy C. Hauenstein ReynoldsTownship Library. Volunteers are needed. Info. Call Cheryl @ 231-937-5686.

Mecosta County Sheriffs Posse meets at 7p.m. the secondThursday of each month in the basement of the Mecosta CountyJail. Looking for new members. For more information call (231) 796-0966.

Free Clothing for those in need - Seventh Day AdventistChurch, 8060 M-46, Lakeview, in the Community Building behindthe church. Thursdays from 1-4pm.


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