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St. Mark’s Free Community Dinner for June
St. Mark’s Free Dinner will be from 5:30-6:30pm on Thursday June 15, 2023. The church is located at 412 Cedar Street, Paw Paw. The meal will consist of sloppy joes, fruit, chips, and dessert. All in the community are welcome.
Ladycats make it to District Final but fall to Mendon
Ladycats Coach McKenna Terrill provides a “way-to-go” tag to Addie Curtis on her way to home during Marcellus’ win over White Pigeon in round one of district play, May 30.-photos in this article are courtesy of Megan Schuur Photography The Marcellus Ladycats wrapped up the 2023 season with a 19-8 record Friday, June 2. Although […]
Decatur ends season for Wildcats Varsity Baseball
The Varsity baseball team traveled to Lawrence, Saturday, June 3, for district play against the #5 ranked Decatur Raiders. This was the third meeting between the squads this season, with Decatur holding a two-games to none advantage going into Districts. The Wildcats struggled to contain the high-powered offense of Decatur and suffered a 15-0 loss. […]
MHS Girls’ Track participates in State Finals
by Coach Kim Moe On Saturday, June 3, the girls track team competed in the MHSAA track and field state finals. Senior Brooklyn VanTilburg wrapped up a fantastic career finishing eleventh in high jump tying her personal record of four feet ten inches. VanTilburg also qualified to compete in the 300 M hurdles running […]
Are the New Baseball Rules Working?
So we are about one third of the way through the baseball season and if you remember leading into the season the big news was the new rule changes. If you don’t remember those rule changes were adding the pitch clock, enlarging the bases, and finally eliminating defensive shifts in the infield. These rules were […]
Bits & Pieces: Punctuation
by Paula Johnson Were you one of those students who never seemed to have correct punctuation on your papers? Too many commas, not enough commas? When to use a period and when to use a semicolon? Why bother with a semicolon if a period does the same job? Even though I was not “highly qualified” […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories
Do You Remember?by John Mooy As a boy in Marcellus, one of the great joys was our method of transportation which was the bicycle. And during the summertime we often rode with our baseball glove slipped onto the handlebar around town in search of a game of “workup.” Vacant lots were turned into “diamonds” and […]
Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Biden, the GOP and You – Who Won the Debt-Ceiling Fight? During the big Washington showdown over the government’s debt ceiling, it looked possible for a brief moment that Joe Biden might bully GOP leader Kevin McCarthy into hurting one of America’s most vulnerable minorities: The überrich. Republicans were pushing hard to […]
A Pilgrim’s Progress (Continued)
Dan Zemek arrives in Santiago by Dan Zemek This past February I wrote here about my upcoming trip to Spain where I would walk another Camino de Santiago. As you may recall, there are several different routes in Spain with this designation…but the one thing all have in common is that they all lead to […]
All Aboard! New Edwardsburg mural unveiled
Members of the Uptown Improvement Association pose next to the completed mural at M-62 and Elkhart Road. Pictured left to right are Dawn Bolock, muralist Brett Whitacre, Meryl Christiansen, Brigid Forlenza, Roseann Marchetti and Paula Ralph. CASS COUNTY, Mich. — As passersby traverse M-62 in Edwardsburg, they will now be treated to a colorful depiction […]
