People pour into the street after the Red Flannel parade ... · the Firefighter’s parade Friday evening, and rained Friday night and early Sat-urday morning. But the weather cleared

everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to

be there, and extra grateful for all the people who vol-unteered and worked hard to make it such a successful night.”

It was the annual youth soccer night, combined with the fundraising event, so it was nicknamed the #Rick-erstrong Game. “The high school soccer parents, along with help from the Student Leadership Council and the Athletic Leadership Council, promoted the event to try to

bring in a record crowd and student section to cheer on the boys in their game against Greenville High School,” ex-plained parent Barb Dreyer. “We chose this game to have this event because Brison Ricker played soccer with several of the boys from the Greenville team so it meant a lot to them to be able to help raise money for the family also.”

“We sold T-shirts, cotton candy, glow necklaces, bal-loons and had a huge auction to help raise money for the

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By Judy reed

The Cedar Springs and Greenville Varsity Soccer teams might be rivals on the field, but they were team-mates for a cause Tuesday evening, October 4, as they raised money for medical treatment for Cedar Springs teen Brison Ricker, who suffers from DIPG, an inop-erable brain tumor.

At this time last year, Brison was a freshman

playing for the Varsity Red Hawks, and was voted of-fensive player of the year. He was diagnosed in Janu-ary with the tumor.

“It was an amazing night and I’m so glad Brison was feeling well enough for our family to be there,” said Brison’s mom, Kim Rick-er. “It was incredible how many people came out to support Brison, the stands were full of people and love. We are so grateful to

Brison Ricker smiles as he sees his teammates lined up holding signs that spell out Rickerstrong#one at Tuesday’s fundraising game between Greenville and Cedar Springs.

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The 2016 Red Flannel Queen Mumina Ciise (top) and court members Madison Case (center) and Kaley Louck (bottom). Photo courtesy of Tim Hindenach.

People pour into the street after the Red Flannel parade is over. Photo courtesy of Randy Tate.

What started out as a rainy, gloomy, Red Flannel Festival on Friday evening turned into a beautiful Red Flannel Day Saturday.

It was sprinkling during the Firefighter’s parade Friday evening, and rained Friday night and early Sat-urday morning. But the weather cleared by noon and people came out in

droves to climb aboard the Red Flannel Express and experience what Red Flan-nel Day 2016 had to offer.

People partied into the evening, as there were sev-eral options for live mu-sic and adult beverages to keep people in town for the evening, including the Red Flannel Festival’s Grand Lodge, the Cedar Springs

Brewing Company’s Festi-val tent, the American Le-gion, and other local pubs/taverns.

A big thanks to Tim Hin-denach for the photo of the Red Flannel Queen, and Randy Tate for the photo of the crowd on the street. Turn to pages 8-9 for more photos taken by staff and readers.

By Judy reed

A threat of school vi-olence on social me-dia got a 17-year-old student arrested last week.

Accord ing to the Kent County Sheriff Depart-ment, last Friday morning, September 30, students at Cedar Springs High School reported to the adminis-tration that they saw a threat on a social media website referencing a school shooting. The Kent County Sheriff Department and the administration then began to inves-tigate the threat.

According to Superintendent Dr. Laura VanDuyn, the administration officials immediately notified Kent County Sheriff Department’s School Resource Officer Tom McCutcheon. He and detectives investigated the matter, and determined there was no threat to students.

A 17-year-old Cedar Springs student was arrested in connection to the threat, but the teen’s name has not yet been released. The investigation is still open.

The Post received a phone call from a parent Friday morning, who stated that several students, including her daughter, were upset because they had heard about the threat through social media, but no one at the school was talking about it with the students. According to Van-Duyn, an announcement was made to the students about it.

“The safety and security of our students and staff is most important to us,” said VanDuyn, in a letter sent to staff and parents. “We take all concerns about safety and security very seriously. We are working to assure our students, staff, parents and community that there is no cause for concern for safety.

“This is an isolated incident that was spread through social media. Both the CSPS District and the KCSD will act swiftly and properly to handle this matter with regard to Board Policy, State law and student discipline code.

“I want to thank our students for reporting this matter to the high school administration and the SRO. I want to

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The Post traveled to Mackinac Island State Park with the Allen family in celebration of Doug and Char Allen’s 40th wedding anniversary, Au-gust 14, 2016. The family’s three children—Ben and Kate Allen, Ashley and Nick Kessler, and Amber and Adam Hill—joined in the celebration. The couple’s four grandchildren—Lilly, Aubrey, Haydin, and Oliver—also got to have fun with grandma and grandpa. And the Post rode on the horse and carriage with the whole family!

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Deadline for presidential election nearsAbsentee ballots available for those who qualify

Michigan residents have until Tuesday, Oct. 11, to regis-ter to vote in the Nov. 8 presidential election, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced.

“You must be registered to vote in order to participate in the upcoming general election,” Johnson said. “I encour-age you to visit your local clerk’s office or a Secretary of State branch and register right away. Your voice will then be heard in November.”

To register to vote, applicants must be at least 18 years old by Election Day and U.S. citizens. Applicants also must be residents of Michigan and of the city or township in which they wish to register.

Polls will be open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters may register by mail or in person at their county, city or township clerk’s office or by visiting any Secretary of State office. The mail-in form is available at www.Mich-igan.gov/elections.

First-time voters who register by mail must vote in per-son in their first election, unless they hand-deliver the ap-plication to their local clerk, are 60 years old or older, are disabled or are eligible to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

To check their registration status, residents may visit the Michigan Voter Information Center at www.Michigan.gov/vote. They can see their sample ballot and find their polling place.

Residents also can find information on absentee voting, Michigan’s voter identification requirement, how to use voting equipment and how to contact their local clerk. The site can be easily viewed on a smartphone.

Voters who qualify may choose to cast an absentee ballot. As a registered voter, you may obtain an absentee ballot

if you are age 60 or older; physically unable to attend the polls without the assis-tance of another; expecting to be absent from the com-munity in which you are registered for the entire time the polls will be open on Election Day; in jail await-ing arraignment or trial; un-able to attend the polls due to religious reasons or will be working as an election in-spector in a precinct outside of your precinct of residence.

Those who wish to receive their absentee ballot by mail must submit their appli-cation by 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. Absentee ballots can be obtained in person any-time through 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7. Voters who request

Music Festival, Games, and Family Fun For Team BrisonSaturday, October 15

Would you like to have some great family fun and contribute to a good cause at the same time? Come on out to Skinner Field at Morley Park on Saturday, Octo-ber 15, from noon to 5 p.m., for the Music Festival, Games and Family Fun event put on by Team Brison, to help raise funds for local teen Brison Ricker, who is suffering from a brain tumor.

This event will have a dunk tank for the kids who attend to dunk some of their favorite (or not so favorite) teachers and faculty (if the weather is warm enough). There will be live mu-sical performances by the band Mane Street, Four Soldiers, The Larson Brothers, and others. The Grilling Company is donating Barbeque with sides (asking donations to Team Brison for the meal). Drinks and con-cessions will be sold at the Skinner Field Concession stand. Team Ensley will have a hot air balloon there for people to get into and check out. En Gedi will have bubble balls for bubble soccer from 12 to 3 p.m. There will be a cake walk, raffle items, auction items (Deer Mount, Carbon Fiber Ar-rows, Ice Fishing Pole, Michigan State tickets, and more), vendors, face painting, three legged race, and more.

Tickets are $5.00 if you purchase them ahead of time at eventbrite.com or $10 at the gate. To buy them ahead of the event visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-festival-games-and-family-fun-for-team-brison-tickets-27171816635

Brison Ricker is living with a rare and often dead-ly childhood brain tumor called Diffuse Intrin-sic Pontine glioma (DIPG). With the help of medi-cal professionals and advancements in medicine, he is battling his way through but needs more treatments. The friends of Skinner Field have donated the use of their facilities for Team Brison to host a fundrais-er for Brison and his family to help with medical costs. They can use a few more volunteers to help make this fundraiser event a success. If you would like to help out please call Perry at 616-439-0890. If you would like to be a vendor at the event please contact Amanda at 616-240-3174.

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Another driver took the “Pine Lake plunge” Wednesday evening, September 28.

A call came across Kent County Dispatch at about 9:20 p.m. saying that a car had driven into Pine Lake at 17 Mile, in Nelson Township. They then reported the driver was crawling out of the car.

According to the Kent County Sheriff Department, Clinton Felk-ner, 57, of Oakfield Township, was traveling eastbound on 17 Mile Road when he failed to stop at the stop sign at Pine Lave Avenue and drove his 2009 Buick LaCrosse into Pine Lake.

The driver was not injured and was able to exit the car.Cedar Springs Fire and Rockford Ambulance also re-

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The results are in, and according to the Michigan Office of Highway Safe-ty Planning, officers from police departments, sher-iff’s offices and Michigan State Police posts across the state arrested 349 drunk drivers during the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over crackdown. The stepped up drunk driving and seat belt enforcement began Aug. 18 and ran through the Labor Day holiday weekend.

According to preliminary reports, there were nine traffic fatalities during the 2016 Labor Day holiday period. Only one of those deaths involved alcohol. This is a significant de-crease from the 2015 Labor Day holiday period when 15 died in traffic crashes and nearly two-thirds of the crashes involved alcohol.

“Many law enforcement officers spent the holiday weekend away from their families to make our state a safer place, said Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) Director Michael L. Prince. “The preliminary report of a de-crease in drunk driving fa-talities is a good indication their efforts are having a positive impact.”

Reports also indicate officers issued 3,911 seat belt and child restraint ci-tations and made 141 drug arrests during the nearly three-week effort. Of the 349 arrests for drunk driv-ing, 53 drivers had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .17 percent or higher. In Michigan, it is illegal to drive with a BAC of .08 or higher, although motorists can be arrested at any BAC

level if an officer believes they are impaired. Motor-ists face enhanced penalties if arrested for a first-time drunk driving offense with a .17 BAC or higher. Mich-igan law requires drivers, front seat passengers and passengers 15 and younger in any seating position to be buckled up. Children must be in a car seat or booster seat until they are 8 years old or 4’9” tall, and chil-dren under 4 years old must be in the back seat. The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign was sup-ported with federal traffic safety funds coordinated by OHSP. Grant-funded impaired driving and seat belt enforcement are part of Michigan’s Strategic High-way Safety Plan signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in 2013.

This car missed the stop sign at 17 Mile and Pine Lake Avenue Wednesday evening and drove into Pine Lake.

Police investigate arson with explosion and suicide attempt

The Lakeview Post of the Michigan State Police is inves-tigating the explosion and arson of a camper trailer stem-ming from a suicide attempt.

Troopers from the Lakeview Post responded to 1525 N. Greenville Road at about 11:04 a.m. on Monday, October 3, where it was reported that Steven Welcher, 41, had attempt-ed suicide by using a shotgun.

Police reported that Welcher’s sister wrestled the weapon away from him. Welcher entered a camper trailer he was staying in, and an explosion then blew Mr. Welcher out of the camper. He then regained the shotgun and attempted it to use it on himself again, but a local resident who wit-nessed the event was able to take the weapon away from Welcher.

The explo-sion and the fire destroyed the camp-er. The cause of the explosion is still un-der investigation.

Welcher was taken to Spectrum United Me-

Car misses stop sign, drives into Pine Lake

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morial Hospital in Greenville by Montcalm County Ambu-lance. There were no other injuries.

Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Montcalm County Sheriff Department and the Lakeview Fire Depart-ment.

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STEPHEN EDWARD SLATERStephen “Steve” Edward Slater of Cedar Springs, Michigan, age 62, went home to be with the Lord on September 30, 2016. Steve was born on November 1, 1953, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Steve leaves behind his five loving children: Shane (Sarah) Slater, Stephen Slater, Chad Slater, Tara (Gordon) Soyka and Nicholas (Tara) Slater. Steve also leaves behind his three beloved siblings: Daniel (Sheri) Slater, Janice (Ralph) Mason and Norman (Kathy) Slater. Steve leaves behind eighteen grandchildren; two great-grandchildren with one on the way; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Norman and Grace Slater; and baby sister Norma Jean. Steve was a simple man with a heart of gold that loved family, singing, playing music, morel mushroom hunting, fishing, shooting his guns, and watching movies. He will be dearly missed. A time of visitation with the family was held from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at Pederson Funeral Home, 127 N. Monroe Street NE, Rockford, MI 49341. The funeral service was held Monday, October 3, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the family’s Go Fund Me page to assist with expenses. https://www.gofundme.com/2qunrpys?ssid=755549801&pos=2

Arrangements by Pederson Funeral Home, Rockford

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Bliss-Witters & PikeBliss-Witters & Pike Funeral Home is family owned and operated by Kevin and Janet Pike. Our barrier free chapel is located one-half mile south of downtown on Northland Drive. We are available to serve you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

13603 Northland DriveCedar Springs, MI 49319(616) 696-1410

Kevin Pike - Manager, Janet Pike Assistant

www.cedarspringschristianchurch.org

Cedar Springs Christian ChurchSundayS: 10:30 a.M.MondayS:

open prayer 7-8 pM

pastor ryan Black: SerMonS onlinenon-denominational

340 W. pine St.on CTA property*

Cedar Springs616.696.1180*NOT affiliated with

Creative Technologies Academy (CTA)

Pastor Craig T. Owenshttp://craigtowens.com

Worship Every Sunday at 10:30amRed Hawk Elementary - Cedar Springs

www.cscalvary.org(616) 222-5020

St. John Paul II ParishA Warm and Welcoming Catholic Community3110 17 Mile Road | Cedar Springs, MI | 696-3904Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm • Sunday Mass: 8:30am, 10:30am & 5:00pmSacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays at Noon & Sundays at 4:00 pmjp2cedarsprings.org | Father Lam T. Le | [email protected]

Solon CenterWesleyan Churchsoloncenterwesleyanchurch.org

Pastor Doug DiBellPastor Tom Holloway, Music/Youth15671 Algoma Ave., Cedar Springs Just N. of 19 Mile Rd. 616-696-3229

Worship 11 a.m.22 Mile Road

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Summer Worship - 10AMSenior Pastor Tom Holloway Worship - 11AMwww.scwchurch.orgSenior Pastor, Rev. Chadrick Brown

PILGRIM BIBLE CHURCH & ACADEMYWest Pine Street • 696-1021• Rev. Mike Shiery

Sunday School 9:45WoRShIP 10:45 aM and 6:00 P.M.

MIdWeek SeRvIce • WedneSday 7:00 P.M.

Services at Cedarfield Community Center3592 17 Mile Rd. NE (Next to Meijer)

Phone: 696-9120 Web: www.pioneercrc.org

Sunday Services: 10AM, 6PM

Pioneer Christian Reformed Church

SAND LAKEUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

65 W. Maple St. • Sand Lake • 616-636-5673Rev. Darryl Miller • Worship Service 9:30 am HaLL RentaL $75.00 (no alcohol) ~

Call Barb Gould 616-636-5615

Rockford Springs Community Church5815 14-Mile Rd. (3 miles east of 131) • 696-3656

Sunday WorShip 9:30am • 5:00pm

Pastor David Vander Meer

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Sunday Worship 9:45 AMChristian Education Hour 11:15 AM

Family Bible Hour 6:00 PM

Word of Life Clubs: Wed. 6:30 PM

Adult Bible Study and PrayerWednesdays 6:30 PM

12786 Algoma AveCedar Springswww.MBC-Cedar.com 696-3560

Pastor Steve Lindeman

Sunday ScheduLe:WorShiP SerVice 10:15 a.m.

SuPerViSed nurSery care ProVided9:00 a.m. christian education For aLL aGeS 11:00 a.m. coffee Fellowship downstairs

Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship 10:45am Sunday Evening Worship 6pmAwana Wednesdays 6:30pm

(Sept. - March)Adult Bible Study Wednesdays 7:00pm

233 S. Main Street • 616-696-1630 • www.csfbc.com

ChurCh of the fuLL GospeL(Since 1946) Non-Denominational

pentecostal Grace180 E. Lake St. Sand Lake (1 block E. of Traffic Light)Sunday School .....10am / Sunday Morning .....11amSunday Night ..... 6pm / Wed. Bible Study ..... 3pm

Pastor Gary Giddings (616) 799-0331 - Pastor Verta Giddings (616) 636-5628

Courtland-oakfield united Methodist ChurCh 10295 Myers Lake Ave.-1.5 Miles South of 14 Mile Rd.

Pastor: Robert Eckert

sunday Worship: 10 aMenhance fitness: 10 a.m. M/W/f

866-4298 coumc.weebly.com

Mary Queen of Apostles ChurchRoman Catholic Faith CommunityOne W. Maple, Sand Lake | 636-5671

Mass Times: Saturdays at 4:00 pm • Sundays at 7:30 am & 9:30 am Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays at 3:00 pm

Father Lam T. Le | [email protected]

North KeNt CommuNity ChurChPastor Craig S. Carter

1480 Indian Lakes Rd. NE | Sparta, MI 49345616.550.6398

Service Time: Sundays 10:00 amNursery & Children Ministry Provided

www.nkcchurch.org | E-mail: [email protected]

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Meeting at the corner of Park & Elm St., Cedar SpringsSunday Worship: 11amSunday Bible Class: 12:30pmWednesday Bible Study: 7pm

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H I L L C R E S T Community Church of GodTO KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN

5994 18 Mile Rd, Cedar Springs, MI 49319 616-696-9333

Sunday Worship 10:45 am Sunday School 9:30 amSaturday Worship at 7 pm (Every 3rd Saturday of the month)*Supervised Nursery & Children’s Church provided during the messageWednesday Kidzone 6–7:30 pm Thursday Open Prayer 10:30 am & 7 pm

Pastor Kristi J. Rhodes

Pastor Barry BriggsTHE SPRiNgS CHuRCH

135 N. gRANT ST., CEDAR SPRiNgS

WHAT mAkES uS vuLNERABLE To TEmPATioN?

In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus taught us to pray, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13 NIV). Many times we wait until we get into tempting situations and then we pray, “Lord, lead me out of tempta-tion.” But Jesus taught us to pray in a different way—“Lead me not into temptation.”

How can we avoid being lead into temptation in the first place? Here’s what works for me: I must identify what makes me vulnerable.

Notice I didn’t say identify what tempts you. You already know what tempts you. What you may have never thought through is what makes you vulnerable to that temptation? What makes you weak? What makes you susceptible?

Jesus said in Matthew 26:41, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation” (NIV).

Notice you can’t just pray; you have to watch. So when Jesus says you are to pray, “Lead us not into temptation,” he’s saying that’s not even enough. Besides praying you also have to do some watching.

You have a pattern of vulnerability. You have certain peo-ple, places and things that make you more vulnerable to giving in to temptation, that make you more likely to be led into temptation. To “watch” means to identify what makes you vulnerable. You need to identify your pattern.

Let me give you five questions you need to ask yourself:First ask yourself, “When am I most tempted?” You’re

going to find you’re more tempted on certain days of the week than others. Maybe a certain time of the day. Maybe you’re tempted when everybody else is in bed. You need to figure out when are you most tempted.

Next ask, “Where am I most tempted?” It could be at work, at your neighbor’s house, in the kitchen. Do you get tempted at a convenience store? At a sports bar? At the beach? A lot of you get tempted in front of a computer. You need to know your area of vulnerability.

Three, “Who is with me when I’m most tempted?” Am I most tempted when I’m alone? Or when I’m with friends who lead me in the wrong direction? Am I most tempted when I’m with my co-workers? Or when I’m with a crowd of strangers and I think nobody would know me? Am I tempted with my family? Identify who makes you vulner-able.

Four, “What temporary benefit do I get if I give in to the temptation?” Let’s just admit it—sin is fun. If it were mis-erable nobody would do it. The Bible even says there is pleasure in sin for a season. In other words, it doesn’t last. So what is the temporary benefit I get when I give in to temptation? Do I get comfort? Excitement? Joy? Pleasure? A false sense of confidence? You need to know what’s the benefit when I do this.

The fifth thing you need to ask is, “How do I feel right before I’m tempted?” You need to know what your emo-tional triggers are. Is it frustration? Stress? Is it when you’re bored? Lonely? When you can’t sleep at night? You need to know what feelings make you vulnerable.

Figure out what your pattern of vulnerability is. Ask yourself who, what, when and where you get tempted. Then watch out for those situations. Avoid those situations. Don’t allow yourself to be led into those situations and you will find freedom from the traps that so easily ensnare.

Every Life Tells A Story Grant Chapel45 E. Main StreetGrant, MI 49327

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Newaygo Chapel226 State Road

Newaygo, MI 49337Phone: (231) 652-5613

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Charles M. McKinleyLicensed Funeral Director

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First Baptist Church to install new pastor

Pastor Robert Smith and his wife, Ronette. Pastor Smith will be installed as the new pastor at First Bap-tist Church in Cedar Springs this Sunday, October 9.

The congregation of the First Baptist Church of Cedar Springs is rejoicing over the call of their new pastor, Pastor Robert P. Smith. Pastor Robert and his wife, Ronette, moved to Cedar Springs from Des Moines, Iowa, a few weeks ago and are settling into their new home just south of the city. Pastor Smith will be installed as the 39th pastor of the church this Sunday, October 9, at the 10:45 a.m. service. During the ser-vice, former Interim Pastor Daniel Currie will issue a charge to Pastor Smith, and for-mer Pastor Stan Mohr will issue a charge to the church.

Pastor Smith received his Master of Di-vinity from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary in Allen Park, Michigan, in 1984, and his Bachelor of Arts from Tennessee

Temple University in Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1980. He has pastored churches in south-east Michigan, but most recently pastored Grandview Baptist Church in Des Moines, Iowa. He pastored that church for 15-1/2 years.

Both Pastor Robert and Ronette grew up in the southeast area of Michigan. They have been married for 35 years. They have two married children and five grandchil-dren. Daughter Lauren and her husband David Ollila live in Allen Park, Michigan with their children Carson, Coleman and Cael. Son Colin and his wife Melissa live in Ankeny, Iowa with their children, Charlotte and Harrison.

Outside of the church, the Smiths enjoy cycling and golf.

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Tony and Daneille Borntrager announce the birth of their son, Jacob Ari Borntrager. Jacob arrived on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 10:34 am at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20.5 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Dan and Donna Clark of Cedar Springs. Paternal grandparents are Larry and Mary Borntrager, with loving mention of Meredith, deceased mother to Tony . (Onesie pictured was a gift from the Red Flannel Festival to celebrate new grandson of 2016’s Grand Marshal, Donna Clark)

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Solon Market BootacularOct. 8: Saturday, October 8th at Solon Market, 15185 Algoma Ave., Cedar Springs. Games from 10 am until 11 am with a costume contest beginning at 11:15 am. Games, refreshments, treats and your Market Family! Market runs from 9 am until 1 pm. 616-696-1848 for more information. #40p

Mom2Mom SaleOct. 8: Resurrection Lutheran Church, 180 S. Third St. in Sand Lake is holding a Mom2Mom Sale on Saturday, October 8th from 9 am to 2 pm. Stop out and shop the many booths of gently used and new kids toys, shoes, clothes, books and so much more! For more information please contact Nichole at 616-263-9662. #40

Praise the Lord at Cowboy ChurchOct. 9: 2nd Chance will be having Cowboy Church Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm. It will be at 2nd Chance School at 810 17 Mile Road, Cedar Springs, MI (corner of 17 Mile Road and Olin Lakes Road). Message and the music will shared. Invite your family and friends. Cowboy Church will be every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Each Service will have different people sharing God’s word and music. Cowboy Church will introduce you to 2nd Chance and its vision. The school is in the building stage, which when completed, will teach troubled teens through God and the horse. If you have questions, call 616-293-2150. See you there! #40p

Acoustic Instrumental GroupOct. 10: Come join in for worship and fun through Christmas music. Monday evenings from 7 to 8:15 pm. October 10th thru November 28th at Cedar Springs United Methodist Church. For more information call Keith Caldwell, 616-696-1246. #39,40p

The Foreigner opens at the KentOct. 13-15: The Foreigner, a two-act comedy, written by Larry Shue, will open on the Kent Theatre stage on Thursday, October 13th and run through Saturday, October 15th. Doors open at 7 p.m. and performances start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased from the CS Public Library, from any cast member or by calling 616-307-9473 for $10 for adults 18 and over and $8 for students 17 and under. Tickets are also available at the door for $12 for adults 18 and over and $8 for students 17 and under before each performance. #40,41p

Jubal Brass in ConcertOct. 16: Jubal Brass will perform a free concert at the Cedar Springs United Methodist Church at 4 pm on Sunday, October 16th as part of this church’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. Jubal Brass is a 19-member brass choir that plays a variety of liturgical music ranging from the Baroque to contemporary. Come join us for an uplifting concert. If you have never experienced the power of a brass choir, don’t miss this opportunity. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall. For more information, call Tom Noreen at 696-5186. #40

Halloween Pumpkin Carving & WalkOct. 21: Howard Christensen Nature Center, 16160 Red Pine Dr., Kent City, is hosting a Halloween Pumpkin Carving and Trail Walk on Friday, October 21st from 6 to 8:30 pm. $8 per person beginning with pumpkin carving followed by a pumpkin lit trail walk. 6 pm to 7:30 to carve pumpkins. Trail walk begins promptly at 7:45 pm and again at 8:15 pm. Includes pumpkins and everything you need to carve them. Including donuts, cider and coffee! Open to all ages, pre-registration required to be guaranteed a pumpkin. Pre-registration online at www.HowardChristensen.org. For more information call 616-675-3158. #40

Auditions announced for upcoming Christmas playOct. 24,25: Auditions for “It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Show” adapted by Joe Landry will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24 and 25, at the CS United Methodist Church from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Needed are youngsters 12 and up; and women and men of all ages. The play will be performed on the Kent Theatre stage on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, Dec. 8, 9 and 10. Rehearsals will start on Oct. 27 and be held at the CS United Methodist Church. Actors should plan to attend three nights a week until the production moves into the Kent two weeks prior to opening night, then it will be four or more nights a week. If you have questions, please call 616-307-9473. #40,41

Bootacular! at Solon Market this Saturday

It’s a scream! It’s spootacular! It’s October! Looking to start your trick-or-treating early this year? Look no further than Solon Market! The Mar-ket’s fourth annual Bootacular takes place Saturday, October 8 at 15185 Algoma Ave., Ce-dar Springs, inside the Township Hall. Games, refresh-ments, a costume contest, and treats are all part of the planned entertain-ment. Browse the Market as well, as Solon Mar-ket wraps up this year’s free events for the season. It’s free, it’s fun, it’s a scream! Market hours are 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The games will take place between 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. with the cos-tume contest following at 11:15 a.m. For more informa-tion, contact Shelly at 616-696-1848 or check out the event on Solon Market’s facebook page. See you at Market!

Tragedy follows success for play’s authorPlayers to perform The Foreignerby terri riggle

In just two weeks, the Cedar Springs Community Players will perform The Foreigner, a two-act comedy. In a sad twist of fate, the playwright, Larry Shue, was killed in a commut-er plane crash in 1985, two

years after his play made its debut performance. Shue, who was only 39 at the time of his death, was on the cusp of per-haps, some would say, interna-tional fame.

He had written two full-length plays, The Nerd and The

Foreigner, which were both successful and continue today to find eager audiences all across the country. Both plays debuted in the early 1980’s, at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre where he had been employed since 1977 as an ac-tor. He turned to playwriting in 1979 at the suggestion of John Dillon, the Rep’s Artistic Di-rector. The Foreigner opened in January of 1983 before moving on to Off Broadway

in 1984. It ran for 686 perfor-mances and now is considered a staple of professional and

amateur theatre.The Foreigner was still run-

ning in New York at the time of Shue’s death, and he was working on a film adaptation of the play for Disney. He also was preparing for his first big Broadway role, as Reverend Crisparkle in Joseph Papp’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

But how did Shue come up with such a loony plot? Ac-cording to a 2013 St. Louis Dispatch article written by theater critic Judith Newmark, it followed Shue’s own life. Ed Stern, an actor at the Mil-waukee Rep loves to recall the story. Stern explains that Shue was an actor at the Rep but he was not a happy man.

“Larry was very shy—pain-fully shy,” Stern says. “He was the kind of man who never seemed comfortable anyplace. He had gone to Georgia with his wife to open a dinner the-

ater, and while they were there, she left him. He was just terri-bly withdrawn.”

At that time, the Milwaukee Rep had a strong relationship with Tadashi Suzuki’s theater company near Kyoto, Japan. (A hugely influential interna-tional theater artist, Suzuki is famed for his highly disci-plined system of actor train-ing.) When Suzuki’s company invited the Wisconsin theater to send an actor to join them for a short stay, Shue surprised his fellow actors by volunteer-ing to go.

“John Dillon was the artistic director in Milwaukee then, so he went to see Larry off,” Stern says. “And when John got to the airport, there he was—dressed in Western boots and a cowboy hat. This was so unlike him that John got wor-ried. He said, ‘Larry, what are

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Shorten the win-ter season with the help of spring flowering bulbs that you plant in fall. These beauties often provide the first bit of color, fragrance and win-ter relief each year.

Look for new and unique ways to incorporate bulbs into your land-scape. Create a sea-sonal water feature with a river of blue scillas and grape hyacinths mean-dering through the garden. Welcome visitors with a front door or walkway garden that blooms from early spring through early summer and is loaded with crocus, tulips, daffo-dils and allium.

Don’t overlook those shady spots. Many of these locations provide enough early season sun, before the trees leaf out, for bulbs to grow and flower. Use more shade tolerant spring bloomers like snowdrops, grape hyacinths, scillas, anemones, daffodils, frit-illarias and Camassias in shady areas among hostas, ferns and other shade toler-ant perennials.

Whether you’re new or experienced, growing bulbs is an easy endeavor. Just follow these simple steps to a beautiful spring garden.

SelectionPurchase bulbs that are

dense and firm, and free of bruises or mold. Shop early for the best selection. Mail order sources will ship your bulbs at the proper plant-ing time. If you buy local-ly, store the bulbs in a dry, well-ventilated and cool 60-degree location until it’s time to plant.

Don’t let deer, rabbits and chipmunks dissuade you from planting. In-clude hyacinths, grape hya-cinths, scillas, glory-of-the-snow, fritillarias, alliums and Camassias that the an-imals tend to overlook.

Design Ideas Include a variety of bulbs

for added color throughout spring. Early bloomers like Glory of the Snow, cro-cus, early tulips and daffo-dils, and grape hyacinths (Muscari) are followed by mid-season daffodils and tulips along with fritillarias. Late spring blooming tulips and alliums finish off the spring display.

Combine several bulbs that bloom at the same time to double the floral impact

or at different times to ex-tend the color throughout the spring. You can create your own combinations or look for prepackaged combinations prepared by experts like those at Long-field Gardens (www.Long-field-Gardens.com). Low growing White Splendor anemone along with Ocean Magic grape hyacinth make a striking combination for under shrubs. The yellow blossoms of Dutch Master daffodils, pink Involve tu-lips and purplish blue grape hyacinths will give you sev-eral layers of color in the garden.

Or add a bit of eye-catch-ing red to the garden throughout the spring with the Really Red collection of tulips. Red Emperor starts things out in early spring, followed by Oxford and ends with double-flowering Red Princess and Sky High Scarlet.

LocationPlant bulbs in well-

drained soil for best results. Avoid areas such as next to the dryer vent or against the south side foundation of your home that tend to warm up early in spring or experience a winter thaw. These bulbs often sprout too early and subsequent cold temperatures can limit or eliminate their bloom.

Reduce maintenance and boost your garden’s beauty by mixing bulbs with pe-rennials. Once the bulbs are done blooming, the neigh-boring perennials mask the fading bulb foliage.

When and How to PlantIncrease growing success

in poor soils by incorporat-

ing several inches of com-post, peat moss or other organic matter into the top 12 inches of soil. This im-proves drainage in clay soil and the water-holding abili-ty of sandy and rocky soils. Then be sure to incorporate a low nitrogen, slow release fertilizer.

Wait to plant your bulbs until the soil cools. This is any time after the night temperatures are consis-tently 40 to 50 degrees, but several weeks before the ground freezes.

Plant spring blooming bulbs three times as deep as the bulb is tall. Water thoroughly to remove air pockets and encourage fall root growth. Add a layer of mulch to conserve moisture, suppress weeds and reduce the risk of early sprouting.

So break out your trowel and garden gloves and get busy planting. You’ll be glad you did when spring arrives and your yard and garden are filled with a rain-bow of beautiful flowers.

Melinda Myers has over 30 years of gardening ex-perience and has written over 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything: Food Gardening For Everyone” DVD set and the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Gar-den Moment TV & radio program. Myers is a colum-nist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms maga-zine and was commissioned by Longfield Gardens for her expertise to write this article.

(Family Features) Warm up your home with this season’s trendiest looks. Put your per-sonal touch on your home’s decor with crafting projects that highlight the best of fall: copper detail, animal icons and pumpkins of every color, including white.

Create a seasonal tables-cape or mantel decoration with these Harvest Fall Lanterns created by the crafting experts at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. The lanterns lend a coppery sheen to complement the seasonal hues of the pump-kins and gourds. Place them atop a swatch of soft plaid for a multi-textured look that cele-brates the season indoors.

For a unique outdoorsy look, piece together a birch wreath using natural supplies such as twig stems, cattail stems and foliage.

Find more harvest perfect fall home decor at joann.com.Harvest Fall Lanterns

Skill level: Beginner Crafting time: 3-5 hoursSupplies and Tools: 2 boxes fall pumpkin and

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cloud white paintBlack sponge paint brush2 metal and glass lanterns Hot glue gun and sticksDirections:Select two pumpkins to paint

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pumpkins and gourds and at-tach them to the inside bottom of each lantern with hot glue to begin building a design. Add more pumpkins and gourds, and glue them to each other.

Insert leaves and berries to accent pumpkins and fill in any empty spaces.Birch Wreath

Skill level: BeginnerCrafting time: 1-2 hoursSupplies and Tools:Burlap garlandDark brown raffiaFlorist wire (22 or 24 gauge)Burlap-wrapped wreathHot glue gun and glue sticksWire cuttersBeige twig stemsBrown floral tape2 pinecone pick stems 2 onion grass cattail stems 5 fall leaf foliage 5 bags medium birch

rounds Directions:Craft bow out of burlap

garland and dark brown raf-fia. Wrap wire around mid-dle of bow and poke it into burlap wreath in desired lo-cation. Secure with hot glue.

With wire cutters, cut twigs to length and tape together with brown floral

tape. Add pinecone stems to twigs and tape together with floral tape.

Wrap twig and pinecone stems with wire and poke wire into wreath under bow. Use hot glue to secure.

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CSHS Varsity Volleyball dropped a 0-3 decision to conference foe Forest Hills Central on their home court Tuesday evening (Sept. 27). The Rangers, a top team in the conference, took the match 13-25, 13-25 and 13-25, dropping the Lady Red Hawks to 1-4-0 in the conference and 3-11-1 overall.

Stat leaders in the match for the Red Hawks were Senior Captain Kaitlyn Coons who played a strong defensive game putting up

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Red Hawks lose to Red ArrowsByMaddieNichols,studentreporter

The Cedar Springs Red Hawks took a hard loss last Friday night, September 30, losing 27-8 to the Lowell Red Arrows.

Both teams started the first half strong, leaving the end of the second quarter with only one touchdown on each side. Runs by juniors John Todd and Nick Campi-one, as well as seniors Jaron Spencer and Jacob Hooker, brought some momentum to the game. Despite the re-markable defensive efforts, the Arrows ran in a touch-down from the one yard line with a little over 2 minutes

left in the first quarter, mak-ing the score 7-0 Red Arrows.

G o i n g into the sec-ond quarter, the Hawks stepped up both offensively and defensive-ly, leading to a touchdown from junior quarterback Nick Campione to Todd with 8 and a half minutes left of the first half. The two-point conversion from Campione to sophomore Ryan Ringler was good, leaving Cedar up 8-7. Tack-les by junior Nate Patin,

Todd, and R i n g l e r shut down the Arrows

the rest of the quarter.

The Red Ar-rows came back to

finish out the game with a win. Although Cedar’s defense stepped up, the of-fense wasn’t there. Tackles by seniors Jordan Ringler, Thomas Hill, Dustin Shaw and Austin Basso held the Arrows off until two min-utes left of the third quarter, making the score 13-8.

The Hawks continued to push, but couldn’t get any

more points. Basso, Todd, Ryan Ringler and sopho-more Lucas Pienton contin-ued to make long runs, but the defense couldn’t hold back the Arrows from scor-ing two more times in the fourth quarter. After a long, rainy fight, the final score ended up 27-8, a tough loss for the Red Hawks.

The team is now 2-1 in conference, and 3-3 overall.

This Friday Cedar Springs hosts Forest Hills Northern (also 2-1, 3-3) at 7 p.m. at Red Hawk Stadium.

Girls golf ends regular season

The Cedar Springs Girl’s Varsity Team had a strong fin-ish to the OK White season by shooting a 471 at Candle-stone Golf Course last week. Michaela Tawney and Malory Shevock shot 112, Audrie Davis 113, and MacKenzie Clark 134 (Carrigan Clark 153) to lead the way.

“The girls did a very nice job today, gritty,” said Coach London. “Audrie even sliced her finger the night before but played her best round of the season.”

The Red Hawks were scheduled to finish their season this past week at Greenville in the Division 2 Regional.

Red Hawk Volleyball loses to FH Central

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Board of EducationBoard of Education Work Session – 09-26-16

Topic: Strategic Planning

Next Board of Education Meeting October 10, 2016Hilltop Community Building, Board Room - 3rd

Floor, 6:45 PMBoard meeting notices, agendas and minutes

are available at www.csredhawks.org/District/Board-of-Education/index.html. Community mem-bers are always welcome to attend the Board of Edu-cation meetings. A Board meeting is a meeting of the Board held in public, not a public meeting.

The Office of Communication aims to keep the community informed and engaged while promoting the mission, achievements, and challenges of Cedar Springs Public Schools. We welcome feedback and invite you to attend public Board Meetings to also help you stay informed. You are welcome to call the District Office at 616-696-1204 or email [email protected].

The Office of Communication is responsible for crafting and disseminating all District-level commu-nications, including: District programs and initiatives, District school calendar, Board meetings and activi-ties. The Office of Communication shares infor-mation through several channels, including: District website, School websites, Facebook, Red Hawk Re-view eNewsletter, Backpack eFlyers.

Would you like to receive the latest District eNews-letter in your Inbox?

Email: [email protected] monthly eNewsletter is designed to keep you

informed of the exciting progress of our students and district. And, a great source of important dates and in-formation about the many programs and events that go on throughout the year. Integral to success in schools these days is the support of the community. With that in mind, we invite you to connect with our schools during the school year by coming to our events and visiting our website.

Each year, numerous community organizations sub-mit flyers, announcements and promotional literature to Cedar Springs Public Schools with requests to send them home to our families. Backpack eFlyers is a pa-perless means of distributing flyers, newsletters and

other important notices that your child would normal-ly bring home in their backpacks.

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Students Build Parting Gift: A Libraryby charles honey, snn reporter

Now that they’ve built it, they hope peo-ple will come. A new Little Free Library stands near Red Hawk

Elementary school, thanks to the efforts of two former students there who love reading so much they wanted to share the love.

Incoming seventh-graders Chloe Grifhorst and Lily Howland received a grant last spring from the Cedar Springs Education Foundation to build a Little Free Library somewhere on the campus of Cedar Springs Public Schools. The pair sought the $250 award so that students and adults would have access to free books and a place to donate them as well.

After putting together a committee of students to research, plan and design the library, Chloe and Lily held a “build-a-thon” with other students in June at Lily’s house. Lily’s father, Alan, helped with the construction and made sure the young woodworkers were safe. The four-shelf turquoise structure now sits prettily between Red Hawk’s front door and the play-ground.

The girls have two boxes of extra children’s books with which to restock the shelves, and $100 left from the grant they plan to spend on more at Bay Leaf Books in Newaygo.

In an email, Superintendent Laura VanDuyn con-gratulated the girls on a “beautiful idea, planning, leadership and outcome.” Added Jo Spry, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, “This is something that these young ladies can be very proud of and will be of benefit to readers in our community.”

HATS OFF Congratulations Madison

Skelonc, 8th grade student at Cedar Springs Middle School, has been invited to the HATS OFF Award Ceremony for be-ing one of the top-scoring 7th grade students in Michigan who took the SAT test or ACT test. The testing was part of the Northwestern University Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS). We

salute Madison on her achievement! Members of the NUMATS Advisory Board will

recognize Madison and about 300 distinguished mid-dle school students for outstanding accomplishments in the 18th annual HATS OFF recognition ceremony for High Achieving Talented Students (HATS). The award ceremony will take place on October 22, 2016.

Math In Focus Parent University

September 27, 2016 - During this information-al event, parents discovered why Singapore Math is so successful & Math in Focus teaches students to go from the concrete to the pictorial to the abstract. Parents also learned strategies that can be used at home and what is available online.

There will be another Math In Focus event planned for January 2017. Watch for the information once the event details have been determined.Our New Elementary Math Curriculum – Math In Focus

Math In Focus professional development for grades K-5 teachers was held the week of September 26, 2016. This training was coordinated by the Teaching and Learning Department at the District Office.

2016 CSPS Fall Parent Teacher ConferencesMon, 10/17: Cedar View 3:45 – 7:15 Red Hawk 4:00 – 7:00Tue, 10/18: Middle School 4:00 – 7:00 Beach 3:45 – 7:15Wed, 10/19: Red Hawk 3:00 – 6:00 Cedar View 3:45 – 7:15 New Beginnings 3:30 – 6:15Thurs, 10/20: Beach 3:45 – 7:15 Middle School 4:00 – 7:00Mon, 10/24: Cedar Trails 4:00 – 7:00Wed, 10/26: Cedar Trails 4:00 – 7:00Tue, 11/1: High School 5:00 – 7:30Wed, 11/2: High School 3:00 – 5:30

September 2016 Student Athletes of the Month

Sophomore Cayla Lange has been named Student Athlete of the Month for Sideline Cheer.

Junior Jacob Outwin has been named Student Athlete of the Month for Boys Soccer.

Junior Myla Umphrey has been named Student Athlete of the Month for Girls Cross Country.

It is my hope you are enjoying our tran-

sition to the early days of fall. I was born and raised in the great state of Michigan and I’ve always LOVED this time of year. We especially love

this time of year at my father’s house in the U.P. as the crisp weather means great bonfires, preparing for deer season and generally loving being outside

in the peaceful surroundings. This is a wonderful time of year for children, especially after getting into the routine of the school year and enjoying the traditional Cedar Springs Red Flannel Festival…not to mention the thrill of Hallow-een!

As we head into this refresh-ing season at the start of our year together, it’s important to share the ways in which we communicate with all of our constituent groups. It is great-ly important to me and to our Board of Education that we keep you apprised of happen-ings in the district. Follow-


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From the Superintendent’s deskDear Cedar Springs Public Schools Families:

ing are just some of the many ways we communicate with our staff, students, parents and community:• Our new website• Board of Education meetings

(recorded and uploaded to You-Tube)

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(electronic and sent via email to every CSPS family and any community members who re-quest it as well as it being post-ed on our new website)

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2015 and April, 2016)• Strategic Planning Process• School improvement process

I am grateful to all who ask the questions about what is hap-pening in our district. I continue to extend an opportunity to meet with anyone wishing to meet so that any and all questions about our district, our Board of Education, etc. can be answered. Fur-thermore, it’s an opportunity to share some of the great work that has been shared at Board meetings, as we know not everyone can attend…which is one reason we publish them on YouTube. It’s been refreshing to have so many staff, students, parents and com-munity members meet with me to ascertain how we are progress-ing as a district.

As you know, especially from the many ways we communicate with our staff, families and community, I want every citizen, staff member and parent of Cedar Springs to ask questions and to be well educated about all that is happening in this great district. We are proud of the forward motion we’ve made and will con-tinue that trajectory. I would love an opportunity to get to know you, to learn how I might support your wishes or to answer any questions you may have. I encourage you to schedule a meeting, call or drop by for a visit as I enjoy getting to know our students, families and community members. I can assure you, you’ll be en-lightened to hear about the terrific progress we are making to serve our students well!

It is an honor to serve as your CSPS superintendent. I take great pleasure in knowing that at CSPS, students come first and that this great district is moving along in an excellent way, with a lot of support, to serve students and families. On behalf of the CSPS Board of Education, administration, teachers and support staff, thank you for partnering with us to provide the very best educa-tion for our students.

Warmly,Laura VanDuyn, Ed.D.

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Shue’s instincts were correct. For the first time in his life, he made friends easily. He returned to Milwaukee with a self-confi-dence he had never expressed before—cowboy hat in hand, now decorated with the signatures of all his new Japanese friends.

“They loved him there, and he came back a changed man—a wonderful, outgoing guy,” Stern says. “He never withdrew again.”

Larry Shue was born in New Orleans on July 23, 1946, and grew up in Chicago. He was graduated cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he received a B.F.A. in 1968. He served in the Army, and then began his career as professional actor and playwright with the Harlequin Dinner Theatre of Washington, D.C. and Atlanta.

His acting credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the Delacorte in New York; American Buffalo with Berkeley Reper-tory; and television’s One Life to Live. Film appearances include a short bit in Sweet Liberty. Shue wrote and appeared in the shorts A Common Confusion; The Land of the Blind: or the Hungry Leaves; and Another Town, all directed by Daniel Krogh. Jerry Zaks won an Obie for his direction of The Foreigner, and Anthony Heald received a performance award.

“Larry Shue found himself by being a foreigner,” Stern says. “That’s what’s so brilliant about this play: its silliness has a rock-solid core. Its heart is absolutely glowing.”

Shue’s The Foreigner opens at the Kent Theatre on Thursday, October. 13 and runs through Saturday, October 15. Tickets are available from any cast member, at the CS Public Library or by calling 616-307-9473. Tickets are $10 for adults 18 and over, and students 17 and under are $8. Performances start at 7:30 p.m.

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thank our administrators, SRO and KCSD for handling this matter so well.

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family,” explained Dreyer. Greenville and Cedar Springs teams had a pop can drive challenge to see who could bring in the most cans. “Although Greenville brought in a ton of cans, Cedar Springs won because this community is just amazing!” remarked Dreyer. “People who didn’t even go to the game dropped off their cans at the high school anyway. We had to bring in a second trailer to collect them all.”

Both communities helped bring in donations and worked together to raise $4748.20 for the Ricker’s accumulating medical bills, which doesn’t include all the cans. “We also collected an astronomical number of cans that we will return soon to add to that total,” said Dreyer. She said she thinks it could be at least another $1,000.

Brison’s medical bills for treatment are around $17,000 per month. Conventional treatments were not working, and his doctor felt there was nothing more they could do, so the Rickers sought out an alternative treatment for Brison, and he has seen improvement on the protocol.

Dreyer said Coach Kyle Avink gave a touching speech after the national anthem on how cancer has affected every person in some way these days, that we all know someone who has battled, is currently fighting or lost their battle with cancer. Then after a moment of silence they had a balloon release in Brison’s honor.

It was evident that Brison enjoyed the night. When the team lined up on the field with each holding a letter spelling out Rickerstrong #one, a big smile spread across his face.

“I have not seen Brison smile so much in a long time!” re-marked Kim. “He was so proud of how hard his team played and that they took home a win. He was especially excited for his best friend Derek Egan who took home the rickerstrong boots last night. He left it all on the field and earned them, well deserved!”

Kim said that Brison will have another MRI next week to see how well the treatment is working. She said that they also now have a couple of doctors helping with wound care. The steroids that he was taking tore his skin apart.

“These wounds are still so painful and are the only thing holding him back right now from pushing hard like he so badly wants to, to gain his strength and mobility back,” ex-plained Kim. “Once these are healed we have no doubt he will be out of his wheelchair and walking in no time! He can’t wait to run down a soccer field again!”

If you’d like to help Brison heal and return to the soccer field, there are several opportunities coming up to do so. The next can drive held by Team Brison will be Monday, October 10, at Meijer in Cedar Springs. They are usually in the ear-ly evening. See the Team Brison Facebook page for details. Also, next Saturday, October 15, is a big event at Skinner Field from noon to 5 p.m.—a music festival with food, fun and games to help raise funds for Brison. See page 2 for de-tails, or check out the Team Brison facebook page. You can also make a direct donation by visiting Brison’s gofundme page at https://www.gofundme.com/brisonricker.

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The final rule listing the east-ern massasauga appears in the Sept. 30, 2016, Federal Regis-ter and has an effective date of Oct. 31, 2016.

Under the Endangered Spe-cies Act, threatened species are considered plants and ani-mals that may become endan-gered in the foreseeable future. Across the eastern massasauga rattlesnake’s range, nearly 40 percent of the species’ pop-ulation has declined. Habitat loss is considered the primary threat driving the snakes’ de-cline; however, as their num-bers decline, other threats such as direct mortality or collection play a more significant role.

Eastern massasaugas cur-rently are found in scattered locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wis-consin and Ontario, Cana-da. In Michigan, the eastern massasauga (the state’s only venomous snake) currently is state-listed as a species of spe-cial concern, but will be pro-tected under Michigan’s En-dangered Species Protection law once it is federally listed.

Most massasaugas are locat-ed within the southern portion of Michigan, with none occur-ring on the Upper Peninsula’s mainland.

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snake is critical because it plays an important role as a predator of small mammals,” said Dan Kennedy, Michigan Department of Natural Re-sources endangered species specialist. “The DNR is cur-rently working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and many other partners to develop a reasonable approach to con-serve this rare snake in Mich-igan.”

These snakes live in wet prairies, marshes and low-ly-ing areas along rivers and lakes, and may also live in uplands during part of the year. They often hibernate in crayfish burrows, but they also may be found under logs and tree roots or in small mammal burrows.

Those who live in areas with massasaugas can take steps to keep the snakes away from their yard, such as keep-ing their grass cut short and removing structures like leaf and brush piles, dead logs and stacks of firewood that snakes or their prey (primarily small rodents) might use.

Kennedy emphasized that “human safety comes first, and the federal Endangered Spe-cies Act allows anyone to take action to protect yourself or others if you feel threatened.”

The massasauga is a small snake with a thick body, heart-shaped head and vertical pu-pils. The average length of an adult is about 2 feet. The snake’s tail has several dark brown rings and is tipped by gray-yellow rattles. They eat small rodents such as mice and voles, and will sometimes eat frogs and other snakes. They are docile, secretive snakes that will try to escape rath-er than defend themselves or

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Michigan rattlesnake listed as threatened Ranger Steve’s Nature NicheByrangersteveMueller

Flames in the tree tops

Flames are in the tree tops and red reflections are on the clouds. It is fall with color beginning to abound. Red maples are among the first to redden. Tree top leaves are exposed to greater temperature extremes and are among the first to show color. Red maples in swamps begin color change in August. Life there is more difficult but the red maples seem to survive. Those experience a shorter growing season than those in upland but manage to live.

In the upland forest surrounded by many other trees, tem-perature is more stable in the lower canopy. A multitude of insects find refuge in the more protected thicket of leaves and branches as they continue their work late into fall. Trees are busy moving sugar and nutrients from leaves to roots for winter storage. Birds and predatory insects glean insects as the last days of the season approach.

All species are in preparation for a long winter’s hiatus. Some insects will overwinter as hibernating adults, pupae, larvae, or eggs. Each species has its own unique nature niche adaptations to survive the cold season. Many birds will migrate south or in the case of many waterfowl they will migrate east to the Atlantic Coast. Others will stay for the winter. Birds like Black-capped Chickadees that were here all summer might shift southward and be replaced by some from northern Michigan to spend the next many months in our yards.

Mammals will vary in how they respond to shortening days, longer nights, and colder weather. The woodchucks will hibernate, chipmunks will spend long periods in their burrows with a large food cache and only make an occa-sional appearance above ground during warm spells. Squir-rels will stay active smelling locations where they stashed morsels of food for harsh season recovery.

Plants unable to move have their own methods to help them survive to spring. Some will overwinter as seeds and the rest of the plant will die. Some die back to the ground and will sprout new growth from underground when condi-tions are suitable.

The woody plants must have a way to keep the above ground stems alive through the harsh conditions. The ev-ergreens drain much of the fluid from needles but will be able to continue photosynthesis late into fall provided tis-sue temperatures are above 40 F and they will be able to become active earlier in spring than deciduous plants.

The deciduous plants like the red maple are completing activity in late September and October. Now is the time we take pleasure in the demise of this year’s leaves as they be-come red in their final days of life. As the sun was nearing sunset and peaked through breaks in the clouds, it shined its spotlight on tree tops making them burst flame red above green leaves below. Cloud bottoms shined red and orange glowed, making the evening a pleasure to spend outside. Life will appear to drain from trees as leaves fall leaving a dead appearing skeleton but spring will demonstrate a re-surgence to life.

Soon other trees in fall will change to yellow, brown, red, and mixtures of color. A spectacular few weeks of change will progress in a manner determined by adaptations suit-able for each species survival. Pay attention to which trees change first and the species sequence as each prepares for winter. Notice those struggling to live. We had a Black Cherry that became red weeks earlier than other cherries for a few years and died. Its skeleton stood at the edge of the backyard where birds found a wonderful perching location for about 25 years. Last year it finally blew down. Birds found a new viewing perch next to it in an ash tree that was killed by the Emerald Ash Borer. Life and death provide a dynamic of constant change in our yards.

The seasonal flame of color reoccurs annually around us. Do not let it pass without notice.

Natural history questions or topic suggestions can be di-rected to Ranger Steve (Mueller) at [email protected] - Ody Brook Nature Sanctuary, 13010 Northland Dr. Cedar Springs, MI 49319 or call 616-696-1753.

Pictured are eastern massasauga rattlesnakes. Photos by: Dan Kennedy


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