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Girls Varsity Volleyball and Three Seniors Named to Academic All State
by Patrice Johnson The week of November 13 scored big for the SHS Girls Varsity Volleyball as the team was named Academic All State. And that’s not all. Three of its varsity-lettered seniors were also named to Individual Academic All-State: Madie Gee-Montgomery (#7), Shelby Hall (#5), and Kaylee Samulak (#1). To qualify for All-State awards, […]
Love for Hobby Grows to Full-time Endeavor
by Bev Glynn Drive through the quaint township of Unadilla, and you may see a few treasures sitting by the side of the road. You have reached the home of John and Denise Rokke. The Rokkes moved to Michigan a few years ago to be near their children and grand children. They had always been […]
Southwest Nazarene Church-Gregory hosted Mime Artists
photos by Carolyn Schoonover November 11, Gregory’s Southwest Nazarene Church-Gregory hosted a spaghetti dinner featuring local residents and mime artists, Michael Lee and Danielle Gamelin. Below are photos of the mind-expanding event:
Gregory Golfer Sinks Hole-in-One
Photo by Jim Douglas and Article by Judy Williams November 13 was cold and blustery, hardly a golf day but for the most avid of golfers. Undeterred, Gregory resident Scott Chimner and Jim Douglas, his golfing buddy of 35 years, braved the elements to play 18 holes at Eaglecrest in Ypsilanti. Their persistence paid off. […]
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Meghan Kunzelman, the New Jr./Sr. High School Athletic Director
by Patrice Johnson There is an unflappable quality to Stockbridge Community Schools’ first female Athletic Director. One might say Meghan Kunzelman emanates competence and good-natured steadiness, a Kunzelman Factor if you will. Senior High Principal Jeff Trapp may have hit the nail on the head when he said, “Meghan has had a positive impact right […]
Kudos to Stockbridge High School’s Outstanding Fall Sports Athletes
Correction: The incorrect image of Ron Tolson was published in error. The correct image is as follows: article revised 11/30/2017 by Patrice Johnson. Stockbridge Fall sports wound to an end with an impressive array of accolades: “Our Boys Cross Country team qualified for the MHSAA State Meet for the 7th consecutive season,” Athletic Director Meghan […]
Larry Lindemer: Living Proof of How Serendipity and Hard Work Walk Hand in Hand
by Roberta Ludtke In 1921, three years after the end of World War I, Syracuse, New Yorkers George and Altamae Lindemer gave birth to son Lawrence. Now “Larry,” 96 years old and a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice, looks back on watershed moments that affected his storied life. “My father, an optometrist, owned an optical […]
Jazz and Birthday Cake Brighten Back Street Bar & Family Restaurant
IMG_0047 Click for a sampling of jazz music at Back Street Sunday, November 12. Pat Cronley, Jazz pianist, graced the Back Street Bar and Family Restaurant, Sunday, November 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the final of three monthly jazz performances supported by the local Stockbridge Area Arts Council and an anonymous donor. Intermission featured […]
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Death Notices
Justin K. Reynolds, Jackson died October 31, 2017 private services Stockbridge. Robert A. Mayor, Stockbridge died November 7, 2017. Cremation and services planned for a later date. Kenneth Lyle Marsh, Stockbridge died November 10, 2017. Family will receive friends Tuesday, November 14 from 4 to 8 pm. at Caskey Mitchell. Funeral from the funeral Home November 15 […]
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Sons of the American Legion “Thank You” Dinner a Great Success
by Abigail Walls STOCKBRIDGE, Mich. — The steaks were gone by 5:00 p.m. and so was the fish. This year, the Sons of the American Legion Mackinder-Glenn Post 510 (SAL) and the Women’s Auxiliary hosted a full meal for all veterans and their spouses, and those who came early were well fed. It was the […]