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Volume: 144, issue: 73

DISPATCHERSREADY FOR ANY

EMERGENCY

IONIA COUNTY

By JON SZERLAGSentinel-Standard writer

IONIA — From fires, accidents and heartattacks to lost cats or people needing directions,local dispatchers receives roughly 88,000 calls ayear, and never know what they are going to get.To honor those behind the scenes at Ionia

County Central Dispatch (ICCD) and BeldingDispatch, this week is designated as NationalPublic Safety Telecommunications Week.“It’s for the community to recognize the work

and service these folks do,” said Ionia CountyCentral Dispatch Director Jim Valentine. “Theyare the first responders to the first responders;they are the first center of contact to help in asituation.”There are two dispatchers on duty throughout

the day, with a third on relief during high traffictimes, and they work 12 hour days.“It goes from zero to a million miles-per-hour

with just one call,” said ICCD Dispatcher KevinBooth. “We never know what the call is going tobring.”During a call, the dispatchers have to

determine what the problem is, classify it,contact and coordinate the appropriate units.During a call that involves a victim or immediateemergency, the dispatcher will remain on the linewith the person to assist them with administering

CPR or other needs.“They are the masters of multi-tasking; when

an accident happens, all the lines light up,” saidValentine. “9-1-1 dispatchers are literally theunsung heroes of the community. They look likethey are at the point of being overwhelmed whenit gets chaotic, but they remain calm and whenit’s all over with they finish their sentence thatwas interrupted.”Dispatchers go through 16 weeks of training,

and have to be certified in administering CPR.The training is separated into different tasks,including computer work, phone, script andmedical.“(I became a dispatcher) to help people

mainly, and I like doing something differenteveryday,” said ICCD Dispatcher Becky Hoeve.“You never know what you are going to get onthe calls.”When a call comes in, it automatically flashes

onto one of the computer screens which has theinformation of the phone number, address if it isa land-line and other information. If the call is

9-1-1Ionia County Central Dispatcher KevinBooth, is taking a call and talking whilecategorizing information he is receivingfrom the caller.

Dispatchers John Wiechenthal, Kevin Booth and Becky Hoeve are taking calls atIonia County Central Dispatch Thursday. ICCD receive around 88,000 calls a year.Last year, 20,000 were 9-1-1 calls, and half were initiated from cell phones.

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SHOW OF SUPPORT

Correctionsofficers torally inIonia todayBy JON SZERLAGSentinel-Standard writer

IONIA —To show support forCorrection Officer Tameka Brown,whowas chargedwith felonious as-sault, fellow correction officers havescheduled a “Show of SupportRally.”At 3 p.m. today, supporters will

ride motorcycles from their gather-ing point at Renuzzi’s Pizza to Bel-lamy Creek Correctional Facilityand continue through downtownIonia, making a stop at the IoniaCounty Courthouse.“Anytime you can show support

in a situation where you have an of-ficer that’s in a situation where theoutcome reflects on everyone thatworks in theDepartment ofCorrec-tions, you should support them thebest way you can, and it should bedone professionally because we areprofessionals and donewith consid-eration,” saidMichiganCorrectionsOrganization Vice President AndyPotter. “I’m sure they are going tofulfill all of that.”Potter also said that theMCOdid

not have any part organizing today’srally, but the group is planning asilent show of support at the court-house duringBrown’s hearingApril22.“Whatwe have planned is not di-

rected (at the City of Ionia), we alllove theCity of Ionia;wework thereand live there, it’s just to show sup-port (for Brown),” said Potter.“Therewere rumors for intimidationpurposes, that is absolutely not true.I have been in contact with officerBrown and everyone understandsthat we are going to be there for(support of) her, that’s the purpose.”Brown was charged with felo-

nious assault after a Feb 18 incidentinvolving inmate Daniel Ervin.Brown was cleared of any wrong-doing by DOC, but the IoniaCounty prosecutor’s office deter-mined the incident warranted acriminal charge.

By JON SZERLAGSentinel-Standard writer

PORTLAND — Ionia County Commu-nity Emergency Response Team (CERT) islooking for volunteers to play victims ofdisasters for Saturday in Portland.CERT is a program that helps train com-

munity members to be prepared in an emer-gency or disaster. Members can givesupport to first responders, provide imme-diate assistance to victims and help organ-ize spontaneous disaster sites.The volunteers will play victims in a

large-scale disaster, and get aid from Port-land’s Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS).“It’s a neat experience,” said United Way

andVolunteer ConnectionsVolunteer Coordi-nator Penny Beeman. “It’s as though you arein a real disaster, without being in one.”

During the exercise, volunteer victimswill act injured needing medical attention,possibly be a part of a search and rescue,and a focus of triage.“You have 30 seconds to determine a

person’s condition, (it’s like the TV show)M.A.S.H. — that is a triage,” said IoniaCounty Office of Emergency ManagementEmergency Coordinator Roger Packard.“It’s the greatest good, for the greatestnumber.”The event will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at

the Portland Fire Department at 773 E.Grand River Ave.To register call 1-800-417-2622 or e-

mail citizencorpsvista@gmail.com.While volunteers have to be registered to

participate, the community is welcome tocome out watch the “disaster” action un-fold.

CERT seeks ‘victims’ for mockdisaster event Saturday in Portland

DISASTERSchool chief’scontract extended

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By JON SZERLAGSentinel-Standard writer

SARANAC — Saranac Commu-nity Schools Board of Educationmembers unanimously approvedSCS Superintendent Jeanette Adamsevaluation, and extended her con-tract.“I appreciate the board’s support

(of the positive evaluation),” saidAdams. “We have a strong workingrelationship; they established goalsso I have the direction to work effec-tively towards.”The good evaluation led to a one-

year extension of Adams’ contract assuperintendent, making her contracttwo years.“After a satisfactory evaluation,

the board can extend the contract byone year,” said Adams. “I look for-ward to being here next year.”

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Rita M. PerryRita M. Perry, 92, of Ionia, passed away on

Thursday, April 15, 2010. She was born on March 5,1918, in Fowler, the daughter ofAnthony and Elizabeth(Beauchampet) Jandernoa.Mrs. Perry was a member of Ss.

Peter and Paul Catholic Church,graduated from Pewamo HighSchool and the Lansing BusinessUniversity. She was an ExecutiveSecretary for the FederalGovernment before retiring aftermany years of service and alsoserved as a secretary of the DraftBoard Clerk. She was very active

in many organizations including the Social ConcernsCommission, the Presbyterian Church WomenUnited, Ionia County Republicans, Ionia HistoricalSociety, Ionia Willing Walkers, Alma Bishop SewingCouncil, and served on the board for Crop, MCAand the Ionia City Council. Her love of sewing,baking cookies and apple pies to share and workingwith the literacy council kept her busy in her latestyears. She always had a sharp mind and lovedpolitics and helping others.She was preceded in death by her brother,

William; She will be lovingly remembered by herhusband, Gerard Perry of Ionia; daughters, CarolSchroeder DeVries (Gordon) of Holland, and SusanSchroeder Atkinson (Robert) of Grand Rapids;grandchildren, Amy DeVries DeRuiter (David),Luke Devries (Michelle), Travis Atkinson (Erin) andClinton Atkinson; great grandchildren, Cody andCole DeRuiter, Alex and Rylie DeVries andElizabeth Atkinson; sisters, Jean Keck (Buddy) ofMobile, Alabama, Harriet Haskin (Norm) of LakeOdessa; brothers, Don Jandernoa (Lois) of GrandRapids and Dick Jandernoa (Dorothy) of Fowler; aswell as many nieces and nephews.The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at

11 a.m. Monday, April 19, 2010, at Ss. Peter andPaul Catholic Church, Ionia with Rev. ThomasBoufford presiding. Private interment will take placeat Pilgrim Home Cemetery in Holland. The familywill receive friends at the Schrauben-LehmanFuneral Homes, 220 Rich St., Ionia, from 2 to 4 p.m.and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. A Scriptural Wake Servicewill be held at 7 p.m. Sunday.For those desiring, memorial contributions may

be made to the Ss. Peter and Paul Memorial Fund, inmemory of Mrs. Rita M. Perry. Online condolencesmay be made at www.schraubenlehman.com.

Winona “ Winnie” HolyfieldOnWednesday morning, April 14, 2010, Winona “

Winnie” Holyfield, 82, of Belding, went to herheavenly home to be with her Lordand Saviour at Metron of Beldingwhere she had lived for the pastthree years. Winnie was born on

March 25, 1928, in Sparta, thedaughter of Clayton andVerolChapman Baldwin. The familymoved to Sheridan whenWinniewas 2 years old.Growing up in Sheridan,

Winnie attended Sheridan BibleChapel, where she taught Sundayschool and played the piano. Shegraduated from Sheridan HighSchool and later from NursingSchool at Butterworth Hospital inGrand Rapids. As a nurse, Winnieworked at many hospitals beforebecoming a nurse in the UnitedStates Navy. There she met and

married the son of anAlabama farmer, RobleeHolyfield.After the Navy, Winnie continued her nursing

career by caring for others at the Belding Hospital asDirector of Nursing. Later, she was a nurse at theBelding Christian Nursing Home, now Metron ofBelding, and also had her own home-based day carefor children. Through her love and care for others as anurse and day care provider, Winnie touched the heartsand minds of hundreds of people telling them of thelove that Jesus had for everyone and letting them knowof the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.Winnie attended Belding Bible Church for many

years. She enjoyed family time, board games, spendingtime at the cottage and watching her grandchildren’ssporting events at Belding High School. She will begreatly missed by her family and many friends who alldraw comfort by knowing that Winnie is now free ofher earthly struggles and enjoys the rich reward ofheaven as promised by Jesus to all who believe.She is loved and survived by her husband of 50

years, Roblee of Belding; and their children, Jim andBetty Holyfield of Belding, Roblee Jr. and SallyHolyfield of Greenville, Laurie Heaton of Lowell,John and Sue Holyfield, Tom and Sonya Holyfield andBarbara and TedAlbert, all of Belding. Winnie is alsosurvived by 18 grandchildren, four greatgrandchildren, with one more on the way, three sisters,Dorothy Fisher of Columbus, Ohio, Laurie Kennard ofVassar and Carol Carr of Flagstaff, Ariz.She was preceded by her parents and three brothers,

Robert Adams, EmersonAdams and Myron Baldwin.Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at

Belding Bible Church with Pastor Ken Martinofficiating.Interment will follow in River Ridge Cemetery,

Belding. Military honors will be provided by the honorguard of the Belding VFW Post No. 4406.Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday

at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.Memorials may be given to the Alzheimer’sAssociation, Metron of BeldingActivities Fund or theNational Autism Foundation. To sign the onlineregister book or to leave a message of condolence forthe Holyfield Family, please visit theWeb site of thefuneral home, www.jffh.com.

Ida Lucille ReuleIda Lucille Reule, 86, passed away Friday, Feb.

26, 2010, at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph. Aburial service will be held for her at 1 p.m. Tuesday,April 20 at Sunset Memorial Gardens, 2811 S. StateRoad, Ionia, followed by an open house buffet from2 to 4 p.m. at The Lamplight Grill in downtownIonia.

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COLUMBIA,Mo. (AP)—TwoColumbia sanitationwork-ers who apparently couldn'tstand by and let beer go downthe drain allegedly took dozensof cases of expired brew fromthe city landfill.Police and city supervisors

are trying todetermine if the sal-vagewas a crime—theft of cityproperty—or just a policy vio-lation."Ifwe determine it's a police

matter, we will take some ac-tion," saidOfficer JessieHaden,a Columbia police spokes-woman.A Columbia distributor,

ScheppersDistributingCo., sent1,500 cases of expired beer tothe landfill on April 1 in twoshipments. The first shipmentwas destroyed immediately, butthe second, containing about700 cases of Budweiser and

Michelob Ultra, was not.Margrace Buckler, the city's

human resource director, saidtwoSolidWasteDivisionwork-ers,whohaven't been identified,brought a city pickup truck tothe landfill andhauledoff about50 cases of the beer.Word spread of the acquisi-

tion.A week later, city officialsreviewedvideo from the landfilland saw theworkers drive awaywith their haul.Cityofficials saythey still don't know what hap-pened to the beer.When the sanitationworkers

were confronted on Monday,one quit, the ColumbiaTribunereported. The other could facedisciplinary action.Buckler said it's likely that at

least one landfill employee wasinvolved because "the assump-tion is that someone made aphone call."

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No legal action in ‘Jon & Kate’ labor probeHORSHAM, Pa. (AP) — Child-labor

permits should have been obtained for chil-dren appearing on the TLC television show"Jon & Kate Plus 8," but the state will nottake legal action against the producers, Penn-sylvania regulators have concluded.No action will be taken if a portion of

proceeds from the now-canceled reality pro-gram are put into a trust fund for Jon andKate Gosselin's children and child-labor per-mits are obtained for future filming, the stateDepartment of Labor & Industry said in aruling made public Wednesday.The new stipulations must be met or

labor regulators may prosecute in the future,officials said.Laurie Goldberg, a spokeswoman for

Discovery Talent Services and TLC, said the

companies have complied with state laborregulations and continue to do so. Theyagreed to get permits even though theymaintain they are not required under Penn-sylvania law, she said.The state agency launched an investiga-

tion after receiving several complaints fromthe public beginning in late 2008, labor offi-cials said Wednesday at a related legislativehearing. Their probe concluded that duringthe filming of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," whichfollowed the lives of the couple and theireight children, the kids were employed underPennsylvania's Child Labor Law because ofthe direction they sometimes received, be-cause of their continued participation in theseries and because the Gosselins and otherswere paid for the show.

Stocks edge higher

Cases of beer left atlandfill too hard to resist

NEW YORK (AP) — An encouraging earnings forecastfrom UPS and stronger manufacturing figures gave the stockmarket its sixth straight advance.The gains Thursday were modest following a surprise in-

crease in the number of newly laid off people seeking unem-ployment benefits.Analysts said a slowdown in the market's upward push was

overdue. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 21 points afterracing up nearly 104 on Wednesday. The Dow closed above11,000 Monday for the first time in a year and a half. Othermajor stock indexes also stand at their highest levels since 2008.The technology-dominated Nasdaq composite index posted

the biggest rise of major indexes ahead of earnings from GoogleInc. The Internet search company reported after the closing bellthat its first-quarter profit rose 37 percent but the stock fell 5percent in electronic trading on concerns the company wasn'tholding down costs.

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Dispatcher JohnWiechenthal ishelping fellowdispatchers during ahigh-traffic time onThursday. There aretwo dispatchers onduty at a time andthey are scheduledfor 12-hour shifts.Occasionally, duringhigh-traffic times, athird dispatcher willbe scheduled.

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from a cell phone –which almost half of 9-1-1 calls of the roughly20,000 are – it shows thenearest tower to thecaller.The dispatchers go

through a script to learnmore information,noting it in thecomputer, whichdetermines the code totell units.While dealing with

incidents, thedispatchers are also inconstant communicationwith law enforcementtraffic stops, when theychange locations andasking for informationor assistance.To learn more about

dispatch, visitwww.ioniacounty.org/central-dispatch-911.

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88,000Number of calls ayear Ionia CountyCentral Dispatchhandles in a year

64-A District CourtJudge Raymond Voet

Stephanie Lynn Smith,24, Saranac, convicted ofoperating a vehicle whileimpaired— probationviolation. Sentenced to 93days in jail with 25 dayscredited and $50 inrestitution.Cassandra Mae Stanton,

23, Belding, convicted ofdriving with an invalid orimproper license. Sentencedto $320 in costs and fines.DarrellWilliam Butt, 23,

Ionia, convicted of assault orassault and battery.Sentenced to 45 days in jailwith 18 days credited— 9weekends.Michael James Davis, 22,

Portland, convicted ofcombined operation of a

vehicle under the influenceof alcohol/unlawful bloodalcohol level. Sentenced to 1day in jail with 1 daycredited, 12 monthsprobation and $1300 in costs

and fines.LaurenMaeArutoff, 29,

Ionia, convicted of drivingwith a suspended license etc.Sentenced to $320 in costsand fines.

Shawn Patrick Doran, 52,LasVegas, Nevada,convicted of diving with asuspended license etc.Sentenced to $320 in costsand fines.

BySTEPHENOHLEMACHERAssociated Press writer

WASHINGTON —Here's a good way to getaudited by the Internal Rev-enue Service this year:claim the new homebuyertax credit.About a fifth of all IRS

examinations done by mailin the past six months werefor people claiming thecredit, National TaxpayerAdvocate Nina E. Olsontold a congressional com-mittee Thursday — the fil-ing deadline for individualtax returns.The audits mean big de-

lays in getting refunds— asmuch as five months— just

as Congress and the Obamaadministration hope that taxrefunds will spur economicgrowth and the homebuyertax credit will improve thehousing market."The first-time home-

buyer credit is a programthat I personally would nothave run through the taxcode," Olson, an independ-ent watchdog within theIRS, said in an interview."The taxpayers need themoney at the closing, andby definition, the tax codeis a one-time-a-year filingevent."Most people don't close

on their houses on April15," she said.Congress passed an

$8,000 credit for first-timehomebuyers early last yearto help jump-start housingmarkets as part of the mas-sive economic recoverypackage. The program wasso popular, Congress ex-tended and expanded theprogram in November,opening it up to longtimehomeowners who buy newhomes.Buyers who have owned

their current homes at leastfive years are eligible, sub-ject to income limits, for taxcredits of up to $6,500.First-time homebuyers —or people who haven'towned homes in the previ-ous three years — can getup to $8,000. To qualify,

buyers have to sign pur-chase agreements beforeMay 1 and close before July1.To help prevent fraud,

homebuyers are required toinclude a settlement state-ment, also known as a HUDstatement, with their tax re-turns. Longtime homeown-ers have to provide proofthey have owned their cur-rent home for five years.That could be done with oldproperty tax bills, saidJackie Perlman, an analystat the Tax Institute at H&RBlock."Understand your obli-

gation to provide documen-tation and provide it, it's asbasic as that," Perlman said.

By JON SZERLAGSentinel-Standard writer

IONIA — Ionia Parksand Recreation’s YouthScholarship Program re-ceived $1,500 from LifeEMS.The money will go into

the scholarship fund, whichhelps children who cannotafford to participate insporting activities to re-ceive up to a 75 percentscholarship.“For the youth pro-

grams, we offer a scholar-ship program,” said IoniaParks and Recreation Di-rector Matt Painter. “(Themoney) will help keep thatavailable.”Life EMS was housed in

the basement of the Ar-mory while their buildingwas being remodeled, andPainter came up with theidea of using the moneyfrom that to support thescholarship program.“The city helped us, we

are helping the parks andrecreation, and they are

helping the community,”said Millard. “It’s importantto the community, and this

will help keep it going.”For more information on

the scholarship program

call, 616-523-1800 or visitthe city’s Web site atwww.ci.ionia.mi.us.

Friday,April 16IONIA• Immunizations are

being given from 9 to11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4p.m. at the Ionia CountyHealth Department, 175E. Adams St. Noappointment is necessaryfor regularimmunizations.• Dan Miller and His

Country Legends areperforming from 9:30a.m. to noon every Fridayat Burger King.• AA meeting at 10

a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 8p.m. candlelight at 122N. Dexter Road.• Environmental

Emergencies trainingfrom 10 to 11 a.m. atIonia Community MentalHealth. For moreinformation call 616-527-1790.• Spring Fling dinner

and dance at the SteeleStreet Hall to raisemoney for the IoniaCounty Animal ShelterRaise the Roofcommittee. Has beenrescheduled for June.• Enhance Fitness

class from 9:15 to 10:15a.m. and 10:30 to 11:30a.m. at the Commissionon Aging. For moreinformation call 616-527-5365 or888-527-5365.• The Fit to be Tied

quilting group is meetingfrom 9 a.m. to noon atthe Ionia First ChristianChurch.• Food pantry open 6

to 7 p.m. at theCrossroads Church, 206West Main Street.BELDING• Steak Fry from 5 to

8 p.m. at the BeldingAmerican Legion. Thereis a cost.• Senior, senior prom

from 6 to 8 p.m. for anyarea senior citizens at theBelding Belrockton, 108Hanover Street. To RSVPcall 616-794-4646.PORTLAND• Rummage Sale from

9 a.m. to noon at thePortland UnitedMethodist Church, 310Bridge Street.ORLEANS• Benefit dinner for

Greg Miler from 6 to 8p.m. at the ThresholdAcademy, 5827 OrleansRoad. There is a cost.CEDAR SPRINGS• Community Night

from 6 to 9 p.m. at theCedar Springs HighSchool. For moreinformation call Isabelleat 616-696-9543 or e-mail izzyb9@charter.net.

Saturday,April 17IONIA• The Woman’s

Literary Club is meetingat 11 a.m. at theBlanchard House, 251 E.Main St.• AA meeting at noon

and 6 p.m. at 122 N.Dexter Road.• Mexican dinner

fundraiser from 5 to 8p.m. at Ss Peter and PaulSchool Cafeteria. Thereis a cost.• All-you-can-eat

pancake breakfast from 8to 10 a.m. at Applebee’sRestaurant to helpsupport the Ionia PublicSchool’s scholarshipendowment fund.PORTLAND• Barbecued chicken

dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. atthe Sebewa CenterUnited MethodistChurch, 12018 ShiltonRoad. There is a cost.• Volunteers needed

for the Ionia CountyCERT Team trainingexercise from 2 to 4:30p.m. at the Portland FireDepartment, 773 E.

Grand River Avenue.Volunteers will bedressed up to lookinjured and become partof the training exercise.For more informationcall 1800-417-2622 or gotocitizencorpsvista@gmail.com.• Shamrock auction

starting at 6 p.m. andLive auction at 8 p.m. atthe Knights of ColumbusHall. For moreinformation go towww.freewebs.com/spsauction.SARANAC• A community dance

from 8 to 11 p.m. at theSaranac High SchoolCafeteria for anyone 18and up. Line dancing andballroom classes from6:30 to 8 p.m. There is acost. For moreinformation call 989-533-9373.SIDNEY• Art exhibit and sale

from noon to 6 p.m. atthe MontcalmCommunity College.

Sunday,April 18IONIA• Gospel Singing with

Fred Wolfe at 2 p.m. atthe Ionia First MethodistChurch, 105 E. MainStreet. There is a cost.For more informationcall 616-527-1860 or e-mailioniafirst@sbcglobal.net.• ALATEEN, ALANONand open AA meeting at7 p.m. at Zion UnitedMethodist Church, 423W. Washington.• AA meeting at

noon, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.at 122 N. Dexter Road.• Mexican dinner

fundraiser from noon to 4p.m. at Ss Peter and PaulSchool cafeteria. There isa cost.PORTLAND• Spring Hunter Safety

Class field exercise dayat the Grand RiverConservation Club, 7345Lyons Road. There is acost. For moreinformation call JimWinslow at 517-647-6134 or Gordy Hoppes517-526-0427.LAKE ODESSA• Bob’s Barn jamboree

from 3 to 7 p.m. at 1417Johnson Street withacoustical instrumentsand fiddle music. Formore information call616-374-8205 or go totfcloggers@att.net.CARSON CITY• Texas Hold-em

tournament Lis# M54006from 1 to 7 p.m. at theCarson City AmericanLegion, 121 N.Mercantile. There is acost. For moreinformation call JamiePutney at 989-584-3856or 989-289-1733.SIDNEY• MCC Alumni and

Friends Choir performsat 3 p.m. in theMontcalm CommunityCollege gym. Art exhibitand sale from noon to 6p.m.

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W.Va. tragedy: Coal miners’ slaughter

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Chicken Wallbanger? Meat products being offered in cocktails

Congress shall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or prohibitingthe free exercise thereof; or abridgingthe freedom of speech, or of the press;or the right of the people to peaceably

to assemble, and to petition theGovernment for a redress of grievances.

It wouldn’t shock anyone tolearn that San Franciscorecently passed a resolution

to make Mondays “VegDays.”Everyone in the city will beencouraged to eat vegetarianmeals and to avoid eating meatevery Monday. Don’t worry.There will be no vegetarianpolice, clad in green outfits,barging into people’s homes tomake sure that they aren’t havinglamb chops on Monday night.This is not just a movement bypeople who want their fellowcitizens to eat less meat to behealthier. The people behind thisresolution point out, “Ifeveryone in San Francisco eats aplant-based diet just one day aweek for a year, we would saveover 378,600,768 pounds ofgreenhouse gas emissions. Thatis the equivalent of taking123,822 cars off the streets ofSan Francisco.” I wonder howmany of those 123,822 cars areon their way to pick up a BigMac.

Vegetarianism has, of course,increased over recent years. So itcame as a big surprise to me tolearn that some people areclinging onto meat. The weirdestway that they are consumingmeat products is in theircocktails. They’ve given a wholenew meaning to Beefeater gin.

Some hip, “in” bars areserving drinks like “Bring Homethe Bacon.” That’s a concoctionthat contains beef bullion, vodkaand a garnish of deep-friedbacon and a prosciutto-stuffedolive. Beef bullion doesn’t soundall that over the top. However,would you want to drink acocktail containing elk bullion?There is an elk based drink

called, “Big Eye Bloody Bull.”Sounds really appetizing,doesn’t it? Where do you evenbuy elk bullion? I’ve never seenit on a grocery store shelf, haveyou?

This infusion of meat intopeople’s lives during thevegetarian revolution doesn’tstop at the corner bar. Accordingto Time magazine, more andmore people are butchering theirown meat. I’m not kidding.People are butchering their ownmeat in their kitchens, right nextto that beautiful white tile thatthey spent all that money on.Now, I would never suggest thatall this home butchering wouldsave the same amount ofgreenhouse gas emissions asVegDay. However, in one waythis meat movement is “green.”That’s the color I’d turn ifanyone ever did any butcheringin my kitchen.

The last time I heard about acleaver being in a home kitchen,she was named June. However,

the author of “Julie and Julia,”Julie Powell, has published anew book called, “Cleaving”about home butchering. I canhardly wait to see the movie inwhich Meryl Streep prepares aromantic dinner by chopping offa pig’s snout.

So what’s this culinarycounter-revolution all about?Why are people bringing deadanimals into their kitchens? Whyare they excited about a dinnerof braised hoof? I have a theory.In these difficult economictimes, people want to hold ontosomething that they’ve alwaysfelt was special. Meat hastraditionally been a symbol ofwealth and good times. Whenpeople want to celebratesomething, they have oftencelebrated with the mostexpensive meat they can find,not with an avocado and sproutssandwich. So maybe the attitudeis, “You can take away my raise.You can take away my fancy car,you can even take away the

house I bought with ridiculouscredit three years ago. But keepyour hands off my meat.”

Evidently, to some people,meat is an economic comfortfood. Maybe when their financesare back up where they wantthem to be, they will look backand laugh at the time theymoved yesterday’s mail, thelaptop, and their kid’s relief mapof South America so they couldmake oxtail soup from scratch.

So is it possible to reconcilethese polar opposites ofvegetarianism and meat-ism? Ithink it is. I think both sides canbe happy. All the people whoserve that elk bullion cocktailhave to do is make sure that themenu states that the bullion ismade from free-range elk.

Lloyd Garver has written formany television shows, rangingfrom “Sesame Street” to “FamilyTies” to “Home Improvement”to “Frasier.” He can be reachedat lloydgarver@gmail.com.

The high cost of energy inAmerica was paid in humanlives with the deaths of more

than two dozen miners in a massiveexplosion at the Upper Big Branchcoal mine inWestVirginia. It’s theworst U.S. mine disaster in a quarterof a century.

Upper Big Branch is owned byMassey Energy Company, whichoperates 47 mines in centralAppalachia.At the center of thecatastrophe is Massey’s president andCEO Don Blankenship, a man soreviled nowadays he had to beescorted away by police when he andother company officials tried toaddress a group of distraught familyand friends outside the mine in theearly morning hours after theexplosion. The crowd hurledinvectives – and a chair.

Blankenship hates unions; thinksglobal warming is a figment of ourimaginations; supports destructive,mountain-top-removal mining; andsits on the board of the conservative,free market U.S. Chamber ofCommerce. David Roberts of theenvironmental magazine Gristdescribed him as “the scariestpolluter in the U.S. The guy is eviland I don’t use that word lightly.”

The Upper Big Branch minedisaster is the latest in a string ofenvironmental and safety-relatedcalamities linked to Massey andBlankenship. In 2008, the companypaid a $20 million fine to theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency.That same year, a Massey subsidiary,theAracoma Coal Company, pledguilty to safety violations and agreedto $4.2 million in civil penalties andcriminal fines connected to the 2006deaths of two miners in a fire.

The Upper Big Branch mine has along history of violations. Last monthalone it was cited by the U.S. MineSafety and HealthAdministration for53 safety violations, many of them

for inadequate venting of dust andmethane and improperly maintainedescape passages.

Blankenship’s response?“Violations are unfortunately anormal part of the mining process,”he told a radio interviewer.WestVirginia and federal laws weretoughened after the Sago minedisaster in 2006 that killed 12 men.But as the number of safety citationshas increased, so, too, has the numberof appeals by the mining companies,and while that long bureaucraticprocess unfolds, it’s business as usual.

Blankenship and Massey Energyplay our political system like acountry fiddle, a system corrupted bymoney and influence. The non-partisan Center for ResponsivePolitics says that since 1990, thoseassociated with Massey and itspolitical action committee have givenmore than $300,000 in campaigncontributions to federal candidates.And in 2006, according to theNational Institute on Money in StatePolitics, Blankenship spent more than$100,000 trying to elect pro-businesscandidates to theWestVirginia statelegislature.

But it’s in the courthouse thatBlankenship has really tried to spreadthe wealth. In 2008, photos werepublished of him wining and diningWestVirginia Supreme Court Justice“Spike” Maynard along the Riviera.They were popping corks in Monacoas Massey Energy was before thecourt appealing a $50 millionjudgment that had been won bysmaller mining companies charging

Massey with fraud. Subsequently,Maynard recused himself from thecase and was defeated for re-election.Now he’s running for Congress.

Blankenship had better luck whenhe went on the offensive againstWestVirginia Supreme Court ofAppealsJusticeWarren McGraw, creating aPAC called “And for the Sake of theKids.” He contributed $3 million andcreated campaign ads described byUSAToday as “venomous.”Theymade particular hay with a case inwhich Justice McGraw was part of amajority that voted to free a mentallydisturbed child molester, who got ajob as a school janitor.

McGraw was defeated byBlankenship’s candidate, BrentBenjamin.When the appeal of the$50 million came before the court,ABC News reports, “JusticeBenjamin refused to recuse himselffrom the case and twice provided thedeciding vote in Massey’s favor. Thejury verdict against Massey wasoverturned.”

So egregious were Benjamin’sactions that even the current UnitedStates Supreme Court, so heavily pro-business in its recentdecision-making, was appalled. Itruled that the judge and Blankenshipwere out of line. Even so – and evenwith Benjamin finally recusinghimself – on a third vote, Masseyagain won its appeal.

Meanwhile, miners working forMassey Energy and Blankenshipcontinue to risk their lives deep belowthe earth, digging out the fuel thathelps keep our lights burning at theprice of never knowing if the tiniestof sparks will ignite the next fatalexplosion.

MichaelWinship is senior writerof the weekly public affairs program“Bill Moyers Journal,” which airsFriday night on PBS. Check localairtimes or comment at The MoyersBlog at www.pbs.org/moyers.

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"We'll start bysending astronautsto an asteroid forthe first time inhistory. By the mid-2030s, I believe wecan send humans toorbit Mars andreturn them safely toEarth. And a landingon Mars will follow.And I expect to bearound to see it."

— President BarackObama boldly predictedThursday his new plans forspace exploration wouldlead American astronautson historic, almostfantastic journeys to anasteroid and then to Mars— and in his lifetime —relying on rockets andpropulsion still to beimagined and built.

In a nation of more than300 million people, it isinevitable that a few

cults organized bymurderous lunatics will befound.

Most of the time, theymerely talk about armedattacks.When their insanitygels into plans for terroristassaults, they need to bestopped, and their leadersshould be imprisoned.

Griping about thegovernment has been afavorite pastime in thiscountry for more than twocenturies. Occasionally,discontent degenerates to anirrational determination tocommit violent acts.

Officials say such attackswere planned by membersof a militia group with cellsin Ohio, Indiana andMichigan.

FBI agents raidedlocations in the three statesduring the weekend,arresting several people.

Members of the group,calling itself "Hutaree,"planned to kill policeofficers — then attack someof their funerals in efforts tomurder even more people.

If the accusations areaccurate, all involved shouldbe tried, convicted and sentaway to prison for a long,long time.

They represent a terroristthreat even more troublingthan that of al-Qaida andsimilar Islamic militantorganizations, simplybecause the domestic cultsdo not need to infiltrate theUnited States. They arealready among us.

For that reason, weapplaud the FBI action —and urge the agency toremain vigilant.

—The Mining Journal.April 8, 2010.

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FBI movesagainstmilitiacells welljustified

THEY SAID IT"It's an absurdabuse of tenure."

— NewYork City MayorMichael Bloomberg saidthe city will end thepractice of paying teachersto play Scrabble, read orsurf the Internet inreassignment centersnicknamed "rubber rooms"as they await disciplinaryhearings.

By JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press writer

LONDON — An enor-mous ash cloud from a re-mote Icelandic volcanocaused the biggest flight dis-ruption since the 2001 terror-ist attacks Thursday as itdrifted over northern Europeand stranded travelers on sixcontinents. Officials said itcould take days for the skiesto become safe again in oneof aviation's most congestedareas.The cloud, floating miles

(kilometers) above Earth andcapable of knocking out jetengines, wrecked travel plansfor tens of thousands of peo-ple, from tourists and busi-ness travelers to politiciansand royals. They couldn't seethe source of their frustration— except indirectly, whenthe ash created vivid red andlavender sunsets.Non-emergency flights in

Britain were canceled, andmost will stay grounded untilat least midday Friday. Au-thorities in Ireland, Denmark,Norway, Sweden, Finlandand Belgium also closedtheir air space. France shutdown 24 airports, includingthe main hub of Charles deGaulle in Paris, Germany'sBerlin and Hamburg were

shut Thursday evening, andseveral flights out of the U.S.had to double back.Kyla Evans, spokes-

woman for air traffic serviceEurocontrol, said half of alltrans-Atlantic flights wereexpected to be canceled Fri-day.At London's Heathrow

airport, normally one of theworld's busiest with morethan 1,200 flights and180,000 travelers a day, pas-sengers stared forlornly atdeparture boards on whichevery flight was listed as can-celed."Wemade it all the way to

takeoff on the plane. ... Theyeven showed us the safetyvideo," said Sarah Davis, 29,a physiotherapist fromPortsmouth in southern Eng-landwhowas hoping to fly toLos Angeles. "I'm upset. Ionly get so much vacation."A volcano beneath Ice-

land's Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH'-plah-yer-kuh-duhl) glacier began eruptingWednesday for the secondtime in less than a month,triggering floods and shoot-ing smoke and steam milesinto the air. Video showedspectacular images of hotgases melting the thick ice,sending cascades of waterthundering down the steep

slopes of the volcano.About 700 people from

rural areas near the volcanowere evacuatedThursday be-cause of flash flooding, aswater carrying icebergs thesize of small houses rusheddown the mountain. Most

evacuees were allowed to re-turn home after the floodssubsided, but more flashfloods are expected as longas the volcano keeps erupt-ing, said Rognvaldur Olafs-son of the Civil ProtectionDepartment.

Tea partiers and anti-tax activistshold rallies on tax day

LANSING—More than 1,000 sign-waving pro-testers gathered Thursday in front of the MichiganCapitol to call for tax cuts and to criticize govern-ment, chanting "Take back Michigan!", criticizingDemocratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm's leadershipand cheering speakers who emphasized states'rights."We have lived the result of eight years of liberal

leadership and Michigan is in shambles," Joan Fabi-ano of Grassroots in Michigan, one of more than 50groups in the state tied to the tea party movement,told the crowd.She urged those standing under an unusually hot

spring sun to make 2010 the year they take back thestate "from the politicians and progressive policiesthat have brought Michigan down a road towardgrowing economic destruction."Michigan's unemployment rate is 14.1 percent

and the state has had the nation's highest rate fornearly four years. Many in the crowd said they'reangry their incomes have decreased, worried aboutlosing their jobs and resent those they believe un-fairly benefit from their tax dollars."Free markets, not freeloaders," read one sign.Greg Genoff, co-owner of Matrix Metalcraft in

Macomb County's Clinton Township, said he hashad to lay off 28 workers over the past 18 monthsand hasn't taken a salary for nearly a year as he hasstruggled to keep his company afloat. He worriesthe new health care laws will have a negative effecton his company, which last year had $2.6 million insales, 15 percent less than the year before.

Murder charge filed in deathof Genesee County boy

FLINT — Authorities say a 4-year-old GeneseeCounty boy who urinated on himself was beaten fordays as a punishment before his body was discov-ered Sunday.Sheriff Robert Pickell says the case "goes beyond

torture."Brandon Hayes, the boyfriend of the boy's

mother, was arraigned Thursday on charges offelony murder, child abuse and other crimes.Dominick Calhoun was taken off life support

Monday, a day after he was removed from the floorof an apartment in Argentine Township, south ofFlint. The sheriff says the beatings began a weekago, April 8.Dominick's mother, Corrine Baker, tells TV sta-

tion WEYI she was aware of the beatings but claimsHayes wouldn't let her out of the apartment to gethelp.It was not known if Hayes had a defense lawyer

yet.

Oakland County backs off onMichigan smoking ban lawsuit

DETROIT — Oakland County Executive L.Brooks Patterson on Thursday backed off on a legalchallenge against the state over funding for en-forcement of a smoking ban that's set to take effectMay 1.The lawsuit was filed with the Michigan Court of

Appeals, but Patterson shortly afterward decided towithdraw it because of opposition to the move frommore than 100 residents of his county, which in-cludes Detroit's northern suburbs."I work for the people of Oakland County and

through their e-mails and phone calls they haveunanimously told me they are opposed to the law-suit," Patterson, a Republican, said in a statementThursday afternoon.Patterson said he supported the smoking ban to

keep the public from being at risk from the ill ef-fects of secondhand smoke but described the law asan unfunded mandate and wanted a court order forfunding.The state, however, said it was helping enforce

the ban, including offering funding, and a lawsuitwould be a waste of money."We support the smoking ban and we were dis-

appointed that he did not," Liz Boyd, a spokes-woman for Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm,said after Patterson's reversal. "Actions speak louderthan words."Granholm in December signed the smoking ban

into law to make most work places, restaurants andbars smoke-free. The only exceptions are the Detroitcasinos, cigar bars, tobacco specialty stores, homeoffices and motor vehicles.

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That time of year has come uponus.Warm weather (on somedays), new flowers (with their

seasonal allergies) and thoughts ofsummer vacations (and maybe a trip ortwo to the genealogy library) areletting us know that spring has arrived.One thing that traditionally goes

with spring is spring cleaning.Youknow–that time when we get rid ofwhat we don’t need and spruce upwhat we do need. Spring cleaning canbenefit our genealogy materials, too. Iknow that sounds strange coming fromme because it is almost physicallypainful to me when I throw awayanything, especially anything remotelyrelated to my family history. But thereis a time when we all reach the pointwhere one more piece of paper or onemore photograph will cause the pile totopple and possibly bury someonealive.I have been cleaning lately, and I

have gained a lot by doing so. It is avery selective process. If there is areason to keep something I keep it, butsome things just need to go. I have twocopies of the "Handybook ForGenealogists." One is fairly new andthe other is several versions old. Idon’t need the old one, so it will bedonated. There are several other booksin my collection where I have morethan one copy of the same thing, so Ican clean a little more.The way I used to keep my records

several years ago when I was juststarting my genealogy made for manycopies of some documents because Iwanted each person’s folder to becomplete. That is still my goal, butbeing complete doesn’t necessarilymean having everything in one spot.I am now using a sheet of paper in

each folder to help me with mymaterial. This sheet tells me what is in

the folder, but it also tells me exactlywhere other documents are that pertainto this person. For example, if a familyhad a husband, a wife and sevenchildren in the 1870 census I used tothink I had to have nine copies of thatcensus record–one for each folder.After realizing that I would have tolabel all nine copies after the expenseof making them, and then put them inone of my bulging file cabinets, I alsorealized that I was duplicating a lot ofwork for no good reason.Now I am doing it differently. If I

would find the same family today Iwould put the census record in thefather’s folder, and make reference toit in each of the other folders. Since Iam keeping that reference sheet ineach folder, I just make an entry on thesheet, so I don’t need a new piece ofpaper. I still note everything in mymaster notebook for each person, sothat person’s page is complete, but byhaving the census record in the father’sfolder I can find it quickly if I need it.Being consistent is very important. Itallows us to be able to find things.Getting rid of what we don’t need is

still a chore, though. It means findinga place for unwanted material, or even(shudder) throwing away some things.Once it is gone it is gone, so I takecare before doing what I might not beable to repair. The same goes with myphotographs. Some of my photos areidentical to others – sometimes as

many as five or six of the same photo,and with school pictures of mychildren I might still have 20 of themthat are exactly the same. I can’t easilythrow away all the duplicates, but I cangive some of them to my children.How about making a small album foreach child, and putting a copy of alltheir school pictures, as well as a copyof pictures of their brothers and sistersin the same album. It makes a greatgift and it also helps the pile to godown.Spring cleaning time is here, so

why don’t you look through all thatstuff and decide to shrink the pile alittle by putting some of those thingsto a better use (even if that better use isin filling up the circular file).

Jim Moses is a genealogy buffliving in Lyons. Readers may askgenealogy questions by writing to himat the Sentinel-Standard, 114 N. DepotSt., Ionia MI 48846.

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Lyons-Muir Church1074 Olmstead Rd., Muir

517-855-2247

Mulliken United Methodist Church400 N. Charlotte Hwy., Mulliken

517-649-8382

Palo United Methodist ChurchCorner of Church

& Division Sts,Palo 517-291-5547

Portland United Methodist Church310 E. Bridge, Portland

517-647-4649

Snow United Methodist Church3189 Snow S.E., Lowell

897-9863

Sunfield United Methodist ChurchCorner of Logan & 3rd, Sunfield

517-566-8448

United Methodist Church ofBelding 301 S. Pleasant, Belding

794-1244

Vergennes United MethodistChurch 10411 Bailey Dr., Lowell

897-6141

Zion United Methodist Church423 W. Washington, Ionia

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WESLEYAN CHURCHWest Berlin Wesleyan Church

5110 W. Portland Rd.,Lake Odessa 616-642-6210

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Smyrna Bible Church4864 Whites Bridge Rd., Belding

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South Boston Bible Church6958 Kyser Rd., Lowell

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BRETHREN CHURCHESLake Odessa Grace Brethren Church

Vedder Rd., Lake Odessa374-7796

Sunfield Church of The Brethren10991 Sunfield Hwy., Sunfield

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CATHOLIC CHURCHESSt. Anthony Catholic Church

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St. Joseph Catholic Church409 S. Bridge St., Belding

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St. Joseph’s Church106 East, Pewamo

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St. Mary’s Catholic Church402 Amity, Lowell 897-9820

St. Mary’s Miriam Church9041 Krupp Rd., Belding

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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church140 Church St., Portland

517-647-6505

Saints Peter & Pauls CatholicChurch 434 High St., Ionia

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CHRISTIAN REFORMEDCHURCHES

Calvary Christian Reform Churchof Lowell

1125 W. Main, Lowell897-7060

Lake OdessaChristian Reformed Church620 6th Ave., Lake Odessa

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Oakwood Christian Reformed8750 Storey Rd., Belding

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CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES OFCHRIST CHURCHES

First Christian Church130 E. Washington, Ionia

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First Christian Church of MuirCorner of Garden & Muir, Muir

517-855-2029

IONIA COUNTYCHURCH OF CHRISTFormerly West Sebewa Church of

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married to my husband for 14 years.He is one of five boys, all of whom aremarried with children. Nine years ago,I did something that offended mysister-in-law, “Tonya.” My husbandand I immediately took Tonya and herhusband out to dinner and apologized.She seemed to accept the apology, butever since, things have gone downhill.

We were once a closefamily, but now, whenever a gatheringis held at Tonya’s house, we are notinvited. We attend get-togethers atother relatives’ homes, but the tensionis obvious. Afterward, I inevitably hearfrom someone in the family that Tonyaor her husband was offended bysomething I did or didn’t do.

I no longer feelcomfortable going to these gatherings.I attend for my husband’s sake, butlast year I refused to go to the annualChristmas vacation where we stay in acabin together for a week, even thoughit would have been great for mychildren.

The rest of the family saysnothing to Tonya because they don’twant to get involved. It hurts that noone will stand up for me, though theyall agree I don’t deserve this kind oftreatment.

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Dear Annie: I went to thedoctor for a checkup, and he asked mewhether any of my friends use drugs. Itold him they didn’t, but said somekids I know smoke behind the schoolwall. The next week, people at schoolstarted saying I was a snitch, becausethe doctor told the parents of thesekids. My entire high school goes to thesame doctor.

I want to sue the doctor forbreach of patient privilege. I think hehad no right to give my name topeople, but my mother says I have noright to sue. Am I wrong? My mothersays if I sue him I will look bad. -- N.Y.

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DOWN THE LINE: Portland’s Miya Humphreys hits the ball down the third-base line Thursdayafternoon during the first game of the Raiders’ doubleheader against Okemos.

Lady Raiders roll doubles

ByANDREWROBERTSSentinel-Standardsports editor

PORTLAND — Comingoff a 1-2 day at the Colt Invita-tional at Comstok Park Satur-day afternoon, the Portlandsoftball team played their firstgames at home with a double-header against OkemosThurs-day afternoon.The Raiders scored 11 runs

in both games, downing theChieftains in five innings in theopener and hanging on in thenightcap, to earn a pair ofwins.In the opener, the Raiders

were able tomercyOkemos bya score of 11-1 in five innings.Tori Grys picked up the

win, giving up one run on onehit, walking no one and strik-ing out four.Miya Humphreys led Port-

land at the plate, going 2-3withtwo doubles and two RBIs,while Emily Cook went 2-3with a double and two RBIs.

Lindsay Barker went 1-3 withtwo RBIs and Sam Parkhousewent a perfect 2-2.In game two, the Raiders

took an 11-3 lead after six in-nings. Okemos scored fourruns in the seventh, but Port-land hung on for the win.Humphreys earned the win

in the circle, giving up five hitswhile walking no one andstriking out two in three in-nings of work. Grys finishedthe game, giving up three hitswhilewalking four and strikingout two.At the plate, Sierra Riker

went 3-4 with a triple, drove intwo runs and scored four times.Barker went 3-4 with an RBIand a run scored whileHumphreys went 2-4.“For themost part I thought

the kids played well,” Portlandcoach Jack Anderson said.“Our hitting was good, ourpitching was good, we just lostit a little on defense at the endof the last game.Portland (3-2) will open

play in their Portland SpringSports Carnival Invitationalagainst Corunna at 10 a.m. onSaturday. The Cavaliers edgedout the Raiders last Saturday.

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GROUNDER: Portland shortstop Shelby Carrollgrabs a ground ball Thursday in the openeragainst Okemos.

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PUTTING IT DOWN: Portland St. Patrick’s David Simon lays down asacrifice bunt during the second game against Fulton Thursday night.

Shamrocks sink Pirates

ByANDREWROBERTSSentinel-Standardsports editor

PORTLAND — TheShamrocks started the CentralMichiganAthletic Conferenceseason out strong Thursdaynight earning a pair of victo-ries over the Pirates of Fulton.In game one, the Sham-

rocks put four runs on theboard against Pirate ace Gar-rett Slavik before the Pirateswere able to record one out. St.Pats went on to earn a 10-0win in five innings.Tyler Smith earned the win

on the mound, giving up onehit while striking out nine infive innings of work.Smith also paced the

‘Rocks at the plate, going 2-3with a double, a home run andthree RBIs.KyleWilcox went 1-2 with

two RBIs, while Colin Laydrove in a run with a double.In the nightcap, the Sham-

rocks scored two runs in boththe first and second innings totake another 4-0 lead. How-ever, this time the Pirates re-sponded with a three-runsecond to close their deficit toone.The Shamrocks responded

by outscoring their guest 15-1the rest of the way as theypicked up a 19-4 victory in sixinnings.Tyler Kramer started on the

mound for St. Pats, giving upthree earned runs on four hits

while walking one and strikingout one in 3 1/3 innings ofwork.Preston Beard picked up

his first varsity win, giving upthree hits while striking outtwo in 2 2/3 innings.Ethan Hoppes went 3-5

with five RBIs with a doubleand a triple to lead the ‘Rockson offense. Jerrid Smith went3-5with two doubles and threeRBIs David Simon went 2-2with an RBI and two stealsand JasonGross went 2-4 witha double and an RBI.“We knew that Slavik was

going to be a good challengefor us (in game one), but theguys came out ready to go,”Shamrock coach BryanScheurer said. “This is a greatway to start league play.”St. Pats (6-0, 2-0 in

CMAC) will travel to Bath onTuesday.

� Portland puts 11on the board twicein sweep of Okemos

Family ties win out for Zeigler and McCallumBy LARRYLAGEAP sports writer

DETROIT—Ray McCallum Jr.and Trey Zeigler could've chosen toplay college basketball just about any-where.Both highly touted prospects

picked programs coached by theirdads.McCallum signed a letter of intent

Thursday to attend the University ofDetroit and Zeigler put his signatureon a document that sealed his com-mitment to play at Central Michigan."In my 35 years in this business, I

think it's totally unprecedented," re-cruiting analyst Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports said. "I can't recall anyplayers rated as high as they are turn-ing down high-major schools to playfor their fathers at smaller schools.

"I definitely don't remember it everhappening twice in the same year inthe same state."The 6-foot-1 McCallum led De-

troit Country Day to a state title thisyear, is a McDonald's All-Americanand Gibbons' 18th-ranked player inthe country.The 6-6 Zeigler starred at Mount

Pleasant High School, was runner-upfor Michigan's Mr. Basketball award

and is rated No. 40 in the nation byGibbons.Ray McCallum said his son was

recruited heavily by UCLA, Arizonaand Florida.UCLA,MichiganState andMichi-

gan were among the schools who hada shot to landZeigler, according to hisdad."It was a huge deal forme as a par-

ent and for me as a coach when Trey

chose to come play for me," Zeiglersaid.Zeigler, though, said the decision

his son made had nothing to do withhis new four-year contract the schoolannounced onTuesday."For all of those people with an

opinion otherwise, they're wrong," hesaid. "I would've still received thefour-year extension even ifTrey choseto go someplace else."

Vikings take twofromCharlotteBy Sentinel-Standard staff

LAKE ODESSA —The Lakewood baseballteam once again put to-gether two solid efforts intheir second doubleheaderof the season Thursday af-ternoon.In a two-game sweep of

the Orioles of Charlotte,the Vikings earned an 11-1win in five innings in gameone, and a 12-1 win in fiveinnings in game two.In the opener, Alex

Schuiling earned the winon the mound, giving upone earned run on two hitswhile walking two andstriking out 10 in five in-nings of work.Thomas Ackerson went

2-4 with two RBIs at theplate. Cody Brown went 2-4 with an RBI, whileSpencer Schuiling went 2-3and drove in a run. PaulSalazar finished 2-2.In the nightcap, Brown

got the start and the win,giving up one earned runon three hits while walkingtwo and striking out five.Brendan Stahl led Lake-

wood at the plate, going 2-3 with three RBIs. BrianSatterly andAlex Schuilingwent 2-3, while SpencerSchuiling went 2-2 anddrove in two runs.Lakewood (4-0) will

travel to Hastings on Satur-day to compete in the BarryCounty Invitational.

Portland 17,Webberville 0 (5 inn.)Portland 17,Webberville 0 (5 inn.)

WEBBERVILLE —The Raiders needed only10 total innings to pick uptwo wins against he Spar-tans Thursday night.In game one, Portland’s

Michael Cole picked up hissecond win of the seasonon the mound, giving upone hit while walking fiveand striking out eight.Travis Thomas went 2-3

with two doubles, two RBIsand two runs scored, whileThomas Moore went 2-2with three runs scored andtwo RBIs. Cole finished 2-3 with three RBIs and a run

scored, Nolan Vallier went2-2 with a triple, two RBIsand two runs scored andDylan Lanz hit a triple anddrove in four runs.In the second game,

Lanz picked up the win,giving up three hits whilewalking no one, hitting twobatters and striking outfour.Nate Schrauben went 4-

4 with a triple, an RBI andfour runs scored, whileTyler Pierce went 4-4 withthree runs scored and threeRBIs. Cole drove in tworuns, while Kaleb Carl hit ahome run and Gabe Grosshit an RBI double andscored a run.Portland (6-0) will play

host to Belding, CentralMontcalm and Owosso Sat-urday in their wooden battournament.

Ionia 13, Lowell 6Ionia 14, Lowell 2 (5 inn.)

LOWELL—The Bull-dogs bounced back fromtheir doubleheader losses toLakewood on Tuesday witha pair of one-sided victoriesover the RedArrowsThurs-day night.In game one, Jake

Wohlfert earned the win onthe mound, giving up fourruns on seven this whilewalking three and strikingout two.Brent Ketchum led Ionia

at the plate, going 2-4 withfour RBIs, while JakeO’Connor went 2-3. BobMiller finished 2-5 withtwo RBIs, Jake Engle went2-3 with a double and JacobHeppe went 2-4 with a dou-ble.In game two, CJ May-

nard picked up his first var-sity win, giving up two runson six hits while walkingno one and striking out one.O’Connor went 3-3 with

an RBI at the plate.Ketchum went 2-2 with anRBI, while Tyler Spohnwent 1-2 with three RBIsand Engle drove in threeRBIs.Ionia (3-3) will play host

to Jackson Northwest onSaturday morning.

� Shamrocks putup big numbersagainst Fulton tosweep doubleheader

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SLIDING IN: Portland St. Patrick freshman Elle Lehman slides into thirdThursday night.

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BACK AT YA: Portland No. 1 singles player Ellee Eldridge returns a shotagaisnt her opponent from Eaton Rapids Thursday night.

Shamrocks comebacktwice against FultonBy Sentinel-Standard staff

PORTLAND — The Portland St.Patrick softball team fell behind early inboth of its games against Fulton Thursdayafternoon, but were able to finish with thelead.

In game one, the Shamrocks fell behind2-1 after one inning, but put together athree-run rally in the sixth to earn the win.

Freshman Elle Lehman started thecomeback with a walk, then scored on adouble by junior Allison Werner. JuniorJocelyn Schrauben then drove in Wernerwith a double of her own.

Schrauben scored on a passed ball tofinish the scoring.

Werner picked up the win in the circle,giving up four hits while walking four andstriking out 11.

At the plate, Werner also led the waywith a 2-3 performance with an RBI.Schrauben went 1-3 with an RBI as well.

In the nightcap, St. Pats gave up tworuns in the four runs in the first three in-nings before taking the lead back for goodin the fifth. They went on to win by a scoreof 14-5.

Werner again earned the win, giving upfive hits while walking three and strikingout four.

Lehman went 3-5 at the plate with adouble, a triple and two RBIs. KatieSimon finished 3-4 with five runs scoredand Adrianne Thelen went 2-5 with anRBI.

St. Pats (6-0, 2-0 in CMAC) will travelto Bath on Monday.

Belding 19, GR Central 1 (3 inn)

BELDING — The Lady Redskinsearned hits early and often Thursday nightas they mercied the Rams in three innings.

Kyleigh Linebaugh earned the win, giv-ing up a walk and striking out five in a no-hit effort. Morgan Hill took over in thethird and struck out two.

Taylor Johnson brought some power tothe plate for Belding, going 2-3 with bothof her hits being home runs. She drove ina total of four runs.

Linebaugh went 3-3 with two RBIs,while Sarah Ring went 2-2 with threeRBIs. Jessie Holyfield and TheresaAlbertboth earned hits as well.

Belding (6-0, 2-0 in O-K Blue) willtravel to Forest Hills Northern for an Invi-tational tournament on Saturday.

Ionia 1, Lowell 0Lowell 6, Ionia 5

LOWELL—The Lady Dawgs pickedup a split Thursday against the Red Ar-rows.

In game one, Anna Conrad threw a nohitter to pick up her seventh win of theseason. She struck out a total of 14 batters.

Taylor Sanicki went 2-3 with a double.She was driven in by HannahWatson, whoearned the RBI single in the sixth inningto break a scoreless tie.

In the nightcap, Ionia took a 5-1 leadbefore Lowell was able to take advantageof some Bulldog miscues in the field toearn the comeback win.

Ionia (7-1) will travel to Morley-Stan-wood on Saturday to compete in the Mo-hawk Classic. Last season, Ionia fell 1-0to the host Mohawks in the championshipgame.

Bath 17, Saranac 2 (4 inn.)Bath 12, Saranac 1 (6 inn.)

BATH — The Redskins dropped bothgames in their league opening double-header against the Bees Thursday night.

Sydney Chipman took the loss in gameone, giving up 10 hits while walking fiveand striking out two. Kaitlyn Theisen fin-ished the game, giving up two hits and awalk.

Theisen and Pagie Haddix each hit dou-bles, Peggy Gross earned a hit as well.

In game two, Chipman gave up six hitswhile walking seven and striking out two.Mackenzie Manion took over in relief andgave up two hits while striking out one.

Gross, Theisen, Audrey Vaughn andBillie Jean Warner each earned a hit.

Saranac (3-3, 0-2 in CMAC) will hostan invitational tournament on Saturday.

BASEBALLContinued from Page 10

Belding 10, GR Central 0 (6 inn.)

BELDING — The Redskins pickedup their first win of the season Thurs-day night.

Jon Geisen gave up one hit in threescoreless innings to earn the win. An-drew Milewski struck out five and al-lowed no hits in relief.

At the plate, Tyler Mayer led theRedskins going 2-4 with two singlesand an RBI. Chris Daller was 2-4 with apair of singles and Jimmy Scott was 2-2 with two singles. Dylan Hunt went 1-3 with two RBIs.

Belding (1-2, 1-1 in O-K Blue) willtravel to Portland on Saturday for an in-vitational tournament.

Bath 2, Saranac 1Bath 10, Saranac 0

BATH — The Redskins droppedboth games of their CMAC double-header against Bath Thursday night.

Cullien Tieman took the tough lossin game one, giving up a run on six hitswhile walking four and striking out one.

At the plate, Kyle Hildebrand earnedSaranac’s lone hit.

In game two, Scott Minard took theloss on the mound, giving up three runson seven hits while walking two.

Jake Coulier went 1-2 at the plate,while Minard went 1-3.

Saranac (2-6, 0-2 in CMAC) willhost an invitational tournament on Sat-urday.

Raiders blank Greyhounds at the netBy Sentinel-Standard staff

PORTLAND — ThePortland girls tennis teamearned an 8-0 victory overEaton Rapids Thursdaynight.

Ellee Eldridge earned a6-1, 6-1 win at No. 1 sin-gles, while No. 2 playerAu-drey Dorshimer blanked heropponent in two sets 6-0, 6-0. Charli Greenhoe pickedup a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win at No.3 singles, while EmilyQuinn won at No. 4 singlesby a two-set score of 6-2, 6-4.

In doubles action, LaurenFowler and Becca Hookerearned a 6-3, 6-2 win at No.1 doubles, while BrittneySpring and Cassandra Van-derske won their match atNo. 2 doubles by a score of6-3, 6-1.

Emily Filter and GillianSpitzley picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles,while Katie Pline andSamantha Selden won 6-2,6-3 at No. 4.

“After opening our dualmatch season at East Lans-

ing and at DeWitt, it wasnice to get to play a teamfrom a place like Portland,”Raider coach Jim Nieblingsaid. “We needed to be re-minded that we can be prettygood. It's easy to forgetwhen you have such asteady diet of such goodcompetition.

“The girls showed thatthey are making strides eachand every day.”

Portland will host theirhome invitational on Satur-day as part of the 2010 Port-land Spring Sports Carnival.

Track and Field

LAKEODESSA—TheLakewood boys and girlstrack and field teams playedhost to the Lions of MapleValley Thursday night.

TheViking ladies earneda win over their arch rival bya score of 81-56.

First-place finishers forLakewood were EllieReynolds in the 100 Hur-dles, Emily Kutch in the 800run,Meghan Kilbourn in the200 Dash, Elizabeth Walk-

ington in the shot put, Ash-ley Jemison in the discusand Kelley Daniels in thehigh jump.

The team of Jenna Baron,Daniels, Kacey McCarrenand Melanie Broadbeckwon the 800 Relay, while thequartet of Alexis Kosten,Kilbourn, Reynolds andMadison McLean took firstin the 400 Relay. Kosten,Reynolds, Kilbourn andKutch won the 1600 Relay.

The Lakewood men fellto Maple Valley by a scoreof 72-65.

SamDesgranges won the400 Dash, while TuckerSeese took first in the 3200Run. Wes Cramer took firstin both the shot put and thediscus, whileWilliamGrosswon the pole vault.

The team of MicahWeatherwax, Cody Collins,Adam Senters and Des-granges won the 800 Relay,while Desgranges, Collins,TravisAckerson and Senterstook first in the 1600 Relay.

Lakewood will host aninvitational tournament onSaturday.

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Traveling EAST on I-96 (from Grand Rapids): Travel east on I-96 to Exit 59 (Saranac/Clarksville). At the end of the exit, turn left (north) onto Nash Hwy. Go 0.5mile to Grand River Ave. Turn right (east). Go 1.5 miles to Morrison Lake Rd. Turn left (north). Travel 3 miles into Saranac. Proceed to the second stop sign. We arelocated on the corner of Bridge and Main Streets.

Traveling EAST on M-21 (from Grand Rapids): Travel east on M-21. Once in Lowell, continue traveling east on M-21(Bluewater Hwy) for 7 more miles to NorthBridge Street (yellow caution light). Turn right (south). Go 0.4 mile to the first stop sign. We are located on the corner of Bridge and Main Streets.

Grand Rapids yesterdayTemperatureHigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81ºLow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54ºNormal High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56ºNormal Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36ºRecord High . . . . . . . . . . .84º in 2003Record Low . . . . . . . . . . .18º in 1943PrecipitationYesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00"Month to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.36"Normal month to date . . . . . . . .1.71"Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.18"Normal year to date . . . . . . . . . .7.87"

LOCAL ALMANAC

5-DAY FORECAST FOR IONIA, MICHIGAN

LOCAL OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER MAP

UV INDEX

SUN AND MOON

HEAT INDEXTonight we will see partly cloudy skies witha slight chance of rain and snow, overnightlow of 34º. The record low for tonight is 24ºset in 1950. Saturday, skies will remainpartly cloudy with a slight chance of snow,high temperature of 49º.

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Cold Front Stationary Front Warm Front Low Pressure High PressureL H

This map shows high temperatures,type of precipitation expected andlocation of frontal systems at noon.

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3 50 - 2 4 6 8 107 9 11+

REGIONAL CITIES

WORLD CITIES

0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate, 6-7: High, 8-10: Very High, 11+: Extreme Exposure

49%Humidityat 2 p.m.

Forecast high . . . . . .49ºWill feel like . . . . . . . .49º

Tomorrow SundayCity Hi/Lo Wx Hi/LoWxGrand Rapids 49/35 s 57/33 sHoughton 51/26 s 57/37 sIndianapolis 60/37 s 63/40 sJackson 50/33 pc 55/33 sJoliet 57/36 s 60/40 sKalamazoo 50/35 s 57/33 sLafayette 60/37 s 63/39 sLansing 50/33 pc 55/33 sMarquette 42/33 pc 49/35 s

Tomorrow SundayCity Hi/Lo Wx Hi/LoWxAnn Arbor 48/33 sh 56/32 sBay City 47/34 ra 54/33 sCadillac 49/29 pc 54/28 sCheboygan 47/33 ra 54/28 sCleveland 46/38 mc 51/39 pcDayton 56/35 s 58/37 sDetroit 50/37 sh 55/36 sFlint 49/32 ra 56/31 sFort Wayne 53/33 s 57/35 s

Tomorrow SundayCity Hi/Lo Wx Hi/LoWxAthens 73/53 s 68/51 pcBaghdad 93/68 pc 89/67 pcBeijing 66/41 mc 69/48 shBerlin 57/37 pc 51/39 raBuenos Aires 72/60 sh 69/61 shCairo 96/69 s 95/70 sCalgary 65/36 pc 69/37 shCaracas 84/69 t 83/69 tJakarta 93/79 t 92/78 tJerusalem 75/56 s 74/56 pcJonannesburg 72/55 pc 64/55 shLondon 61/40 pc 52/39 pcMadrid 59/49 ra 60/47 raManila 92/77 pc 90/77 t

Tomorrow SundayCity Hi/Lo Wx Hi/LoWxMexico City 80/53 pc 79/54 tMoscow 52/35 ra 54/35 shNassau 79/70 sh 79/71 tNew Delhi 112/84 s 110/88 pcParis 64/40 s 63/42 sRio de Janeiro 83/70 s 82/69 pcRome 68/49 pc 65/49 raSeoul 59/39 pc 59/43 clSingapore 91/79 t 91/79 tSydney 74/60 pc 74/60 sTehran 74/61 ra 66/58 raTokyo 52/46 ra 59/47 mcToronto 47/40 sh 54/40 clWarsaw 55/40 pc 62/40 pc

Tomorrow SundayCity Hi/Lo Wx Hi/LoWxMuncie 58/36 s 61/39 sMuskegon 48/34 s 55/33 sPontiac 47/34 sh 55/34 sPort Huron 47/35 ra 51/31 sSaginaw 47/34 ra 55/34 sSault Ste. Marie 47/33 ra 54/33 sSouth Bend 53/34 s 58/35 sToledo 45/35 mc 53/37 sTraverse City 48/33 mc 54/33 s

First4/21

Full4/28

Last5/5

New5/13

Sunset tonight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:24 p.m.Sunrise tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . .6:55 a.m.Moonrise today . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:40 a.m.Moonset today . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:15 p.m.

Adrian38/50

Detroit40/50

Port Huron36/47

Saginaw37/47

Harbor Beach37/43

East Tawas33/49

Alpena34/45

Rogers City34/43

Cheboygan35/47

St. Ignace35/45

Newberry32/43

Munising34/41

Marquette34/42

Iron River29/54

L’Anse32/52

Houghton33/51

Manistique32/45

Menominee35/53

Escanaba31/49

Sault Ste. Marie32/47

Gaylord32/47

Petoskey34/46

Bay City37/47

HoughtonLake33/48

Ann Arbor38/48

Lansing35/50

Flint36/49

Ionia34/49

Hudson38/50

Sturgis38/51

Battle Creek36/50

Holland37/46

Muskegon36/48

Grand Rapids35/49

Big Rapids32/48

Ludington36/46

Manistee37/46

Traverse City35/48

Ontonagon35/50

Bessemer32/57

Cadillac31/49

Mount Pleasant34/48

Niles38/53

Kalamazoo36/50 Jackson

36/50Forecast map for April 17, 2010

April 16, 1851 - The famous “LighthouseStorm” raged near Boston Harbor. Galewinds and gigantic waves destroyed MinotLight with its two keepers still inside. Thestorm resulted in great shipping losses aswell as coastal erosion.

Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; fl/flurries; pc/partly cloudy; r/rain; rs/rain & snow;s/sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms; w/windy

NATIONAL CITIESNATIONAL SUMMARYTomorrow Sunday

City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/LoWxAlbany 48/34 ra 52/35 rsAlbuquerque 69/42 t 75/44 pcAnchorage 46/34 rs 50/35 mcAtlanta 78/48 pc 72/46 sAtlantic City 60/45 sh 56/42 pcBaltimore 64/44 pc 61/43 pcBillings 67/41 mc 70/42 pcBismarck 63/39 s 65/38 mcBirmingham 78/47 pc 74/47 sBoise 70/46 s 73/45 sBoston 44/37 ra 49/40 shBuffalo 45/38 sh 48/36 shCharleston, SC 79/57 s 75/51 sCharleston, WV 64/43 pc 62/43 pcCharlotte 78/48 mc 70/44 sCheyenne 52/36 t 60/37 pcChicago 55/39 s 55/41 sCincinnati 58/37 s 60/39 sCleveland 46/38 mc 51/39 pcDallas 78/56 t 75/53 tDenver 58/42 mc 63/41 mcDes Moines 64/37 s 65/42 sDuluth, MN 57/33 s 64/37 sEl Paso 75/53 t 76/54 sFargo 66/34 s 67/39 sFt. Myers 83/64 pc 83/64 shHelena 65/38 t 65/37 mcHonolulu 79/66 s 80/70 sHouston 79/61 t 78/58 mcIndianapolis 60/37 s 63/40 sKansas City 64/40 s 66/48 sLas Vegas 81/62 s 83/62 s

Tomorrow SundayCity Hi/Lo Wx Hi/LoWxLittle Rock 73/48 t 70/50 sLos Angeles 76/53 s 72/55 pcLouisville 64/41 pc 64/41 sMacon 83/51 s 75/46 sMemphis 70/50 mc 69/50 sMiami 79/68 t 80/68 tMilwaukee 54/38 s 57/38 sMinneapolis 65/39 s 67/42 sNashville 67/42 pc 67/39 sNew Orleans 77/59 pc 76/57 mcNew York 54/41 sh 57/41 mcNorfolk 68/45 mc 60/48 sOklahoma City 67/52 mc 69/52 tOmaha 64/38 s 65/44 sOrlando 82/63 s 81/62 pcPhiladelphia 62/45 sh 60/40 pcPhoenix 88/63 s 90/64 sPittsburgh 53/34 mc 53/37 sPortland, ME 41/38 ra 44/39 shPortland, OR 64/45 mc 71/47 pcRapid City 62/41 mc 65/40 mcReno 71/41 s 71/43 sSt. Louis 65/45 s 67/47 sSalt Lake City 68/47 pc 75/49 pcSan Antonio 75/57 sh 76/55 mcSan Diego 69/58 s 65/58 sSan Francisco 69/50 s 71/51 mcSeattle 62/47 sh 69/48 mcTopeka 64/39 s 66/49 sWashington 64/43 pc 62/43 pcWichita 64/41 s 66/44 pcWilmington 62/44 sh 57/40 pc

When did the first attempts atweather forecasting begin?

Answer: In 900 B.C., the Babylonians wererecording wind direction.

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Shown is tomorrow’sweather.Temperatures aretonight’s lows andtomorrow’s highs.

GRAND RIVERLocation Flood Stage Current ChangeIonia 21.0 13.03 -0.54

Levels in feet as of 10 a.m. yesterday

WEATHER HISTORY

WEATHER TRIVIA

TheNortheast will see partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies and a few showers, withthe highest temperature of 69º in Georgetown, Del. The Southeast will experiencemostly clear to partly cloudy skies, with the highest temperature of 85º in Columbia,S.C. The central United States will see mostly clear to partly cloudy skies andscattered thunderstorms, with the highest temperature of 83º in Alexandria, La. Inthe Northwest, there will be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies and a fewshowers, with the highest temperature of 75º in Hanford, Wash. The Southwest willsee mostly clear skies, with the highest temperature of 92º in Palm Springs, Calif.

Tonight

Partly Cloudy

34º

Saturday

Partly Cloudy

49º 33º

Sunday

Mostly Sunny

57º 33º

Monday

Mostly Sunny

62º 37º

Tuesday

Mostly Sunny

63º 40º