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Cal Thomas: A special golden anniversary
Prisoner by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com Golden anniversaries used to be special celebrations in the days when people got married and stayed married. This year marks the golden anniversary, not of a married couple, but of an organization that invests in the lives of people whom politicians largely ignore. It’s called Prison Fellowship and it was […]
Year ‘Round Village Brush & Leaf Pick Up
Brush Pick Up will begin on April 7, 2025, on the second and fourth Monday of each Month (subject to Village emergencies such as water line breaks, etc.). Brush should be stacked along the shoulder of the street or on the tree lawn, stack parallel to the street with the butt end of the limbs […]
Marcellus Middle and High School Winter Sports Recognition Night, 2024 – 2025
Boys Basketball, Cheerleading, Girls Basketball, Wrestling DETERMINATION * DISCIPLINE * DESIRE * DEDICATION Thank You’s from the Marcellus Schools Athletic Department Volunteer CoachesVolunteer coaches-Dawsen Lehew (V Boys Basketball), Eli Robinson (V Boys Basketball), Trever Burrell (V Girls Basketball), Bruce Allen (Wrestling), Ash Stokes (Wrestling), Trenton Kane (Wrestling) Andy Crawley […]
Turbo Talks Sports: The Kalamazoo Growlers . . . a Hidden Gem
Have you ever been to Homer Stryker Field to see a Growlers game? If you haven’t you are in for a treat! I remember going to a game there in 2014 and thinking the players were local high school players that didn’t quite make it playing in college. It was a good time for […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: Toast
by John Mooy A friend of mine suggested I go see a comedian who was coming to South Haven. He told me this fellow’s name is Heywood Banks and he’s rather zany and you could take anyone to one of his performances. He told me that Banks looks like a cross between Santa Claus and […]
Bits & Pieces: Presidential Exercise
by Paula Johnson Call me an eternal optimist, but I think spring is in the air. Spring is many things to many people, but by and large it means getting outside, opening the windows, and letting the outside “in.” How about a Presidential exercise to begin Spring 2025?! The men of the White […]
Farm and Food File: Brexit shows what’s ahead for U.S. trade war
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com In the seven weeks that global markets and U.S. farmers have been living in the uncertain trade world of the Trump Administration, prices for most American ag exports have headed south faster than a Canada goose in late October. In fact, futures prices for most key ag markets–soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: Trump’s “War on Government Waste” is a Class War
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com At last, Washington is going to eliminate government waste! Trump & Company’s budget-whacking crew even brandished a big ol’ chainsaw to show us hoi polloi that they’re serious. So, goodbye to those ridiculous, multibillion-dollar giveaways to politically connected corporate elites, right? Uh… don’t get silly. The chainsawers-in-chief are Elon Musk, […]
Cal Thomas: Due process for all, or none
by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com President Trump is using an 18th-century law – the Alien Enemies Act– to justify the deportation of hundreds of people he says are members of a vicious Venezuelan gang. That law was last used during World War II by the Roosevelt administration to justify the internment of Japanese Americans. The government later […]
News from Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library for the week of March 24, 2025
Spring has started if you ask the calendar, but while we wait for the weather to get the memo, you’ll want to check out these new nonfiction titles: The 10-minute gardener: how to have a veggie garden and a life: 85 time-saving tactics to be more efficient and grow more food in less time by […]
