By David Fleet Editor Goodrich -The victories are starting to stack up for a pair of local youth. On Feb. 11, Kyle Rhodes and Sam McKibben, both 10-year-old students at Oaktree Elementary, competed in the World Sport Stacking Association AAU Junior Olympic Games qualifier at Marble Elementary School in East Lansing. About 70 individuals participated […]
By Susan Bromley A journey of a thousand-plus miles (round trip) figuratively began last November, but literally was taken this weekend. This journey– to the Women’s March on Washington– took me out of my comfort zone in more ways than one, and also brought me, as leaving your comfort zone often does, to a place […]
Back in November, after the presidential election and a tumultuous number of days in which I just wanted to take cover from all the anger and the gloating and the sniping that was taking place from every side, I began writing a column of reconciliation. Writing is therapy for me and how I come to […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Tammy Beal received a desperate call for help the day after Thanksgiving. A woman who had just received the keys to move into her newly purchased 1892 farmhouse in Davison arrived to find the previous owner had left behind a note asking her to feed the cats. On the porch […]
Front from left, Karen Lucik, Paula Moors, Delores Ulshafer, Babe McCormick,, Corky Bohlen, Nancy Dugas, Donna Brothers and Betty Griffith. Back from left, Carol Powers, Linda Sefa, Ruth Powers, Pat Price, Savannah Sawyers, Barbara Horton, Joan Flood, Traci Sasser, Phyllis Nylander, Dawn Bastian and Joan Turner. The Goodrich Woman’s Club. Photo by David Fleet. On […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-Laurie McAbee has just completed a sweet construction project that’s lasted for a quarter of a century. For the past 28 years McAbee has been a Girl Scout leader for Goodrich Troop #31 and for 25 of those years helped engineer the creation of more than 8,000 gingerbread houses. “It’s four […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Atlas Twp.-Roxanne Wermuth remembers the day many years ago when she took off her wig in the grocery store. Other shoppers offered looks of pity, or averted their eyes. She figured they thought she was dying. Years later, after she actually was dying, she found her way back to life, […]
By David Fleet Editor Jake Irvan has returned. Irvan, a Goodrich native and 1992 graduate of Goodrich High School, is the new postmaster at the Ortonville Post Office. Irvan attended General Motors Institute and Mott Community College before joining the Ortonville Post Office in 1998. In 2004, Irvan moved to the Troy District Office operations […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville-Flowers are back in town. Elaine Hanes opened A Dime in Time Florist Shop, 417 Mill St., Ortonville on Oct. 1. A grand opening and floral tribute to the community is planned for 4-7 p.m., Nov. 20 at the downtown store. “I want people to come and get beautiful flowers […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp. -Melvin L. McArthur was just 21-years-old when he died from a roadside mine blast in Vietnam more than 45 years ago. On Aug. 8, 1968, McArthur was killed in action when the truck he was driving hit a land mine near Quang Ngal on a return trip from a […]