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MHS Wildcat Marching Band announces Drum Majors for 2026 Festival Season
The 2026 Drum Majors for the MHS Wildcat Marching Band took a break from parade practice during the last day of band camp, Friday, August 14, to pose in downtown Marcellus. Senior Drum Major Allyson Wright, center, is pictured with junior Drum Majors Sydney Crabtree, left, and Hannah Sharp. The trio will assist Director Katy […]
January 9, 2025: A National Day of Mourning
Thursday, January 9, 2025, has been proclaimed a National Day of Mourning in honor ofJames “Jimmy” Earl Carter, Jr., the 39th President of the United States. All federal offices will be closed. The national funeral service will be held at 10:00am, January 9, at the Washington National Cathedral. The service is not open to the […]
MHS Basketball resumes @home and on the road (and a MHS Basketball Memory)
As The January 9 edition of The News was going to print, the MHS Varsity and JV basketball teams were set to resume action. The girls’ teams were finally back home after four straight road games in December. The varsity was set to pit their 2-2 record against Cassopolis’s 2-2 record Tuesday evening. […]
Turbo Talks Sports – 2024 Was One Heck of a Year!
From time to time, I have a hard time writing anything that I would think most people would read. Now mind you, I can sit and talk to someone about sports until the sun comes up but to actually put pen to paper, that is a different story. As you may have noticed, I did […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: Charlie Maxwell – Ol’ Paw Paw
by John Mooy I received word in an email this afternoon from Judy and Eric Singley that Charlie Maxwell had passed away at age ninety-seven. Judy’s family had been good friends with the Maxwells. I always thought that was to use the phrase of the time “very cool” because Charlie Maxwell had been for years […]
Bits & Pieces: January Trivia
by Paula Johnson I can remember putting my name and date at the top of each paper in school. The year 2000 seemed unattainable. I couldn’t even imagine that year. Now we enter the last year of the first quarter of that century. Here is a bit of trivia to start 2025. Questions1. What was […]
Farm and Food File – Sustainable aviation fuel study: SAF means ‘Sacrificing Affordable Food’
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com The four-page executive summary of the November-issued report on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) doesn’t predict when or how the hopefully-named “green” aircraft fuel will be produced. Instead, the 72-page, fact-filled report makes a CO2-tight case that this largely crop-based, “renewable” alternative to today’s carbon-heavy jet fuel should never be produced. […]
EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Many well-known dish soaps contain synthetic chemicals and additives that are harmful.Credit: Pexels.com. Dear EarthTalk: Are mainstream dish soaps really that bad for the planet? And if so, what are some greener alternatives? — P. McGrath, Boulder, CO Popular dish soaps often claim to easily tackle grease, leave […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: Jimmy Carter’s Light Exposes Donald Trump’s Darkness
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com You’re not fooling me, Jimmy Carter. You did that on purpose! Dying when you did, I mean. You chose last month to grab the global political spotlight once more to make a statement with the only Earthly move you had left: Checking out. What better way to make people ponder […]
News from Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library
“Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible.” -Lee Gutkind. If you like nonfiction with an engaging narrative, check out the following new books at the library: Agent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter […]
