Spring Lake, MI--Help celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America Day at the Spring Lake District Library with a family Dr. Seuss Drawing Class, Thursday, March 1st at 6:00 p.m.  Local artist Corinne Roberts will be at the library teaching drawing techniques and strategies on how to...more draw like the zany Dr. Seuss.  All ages are welcome but children under seven years need to be accompanied by an adult.  There will also be a drawing for Dr. Seuss books and movie tickets for The Lorax.  Pre-registration is not required.
More information about Corinne Roberts can be found at her website, www.corinneroberts.net.  For more information about the Dr. Seuss Drawing Class visit the library website,  www.sllib.org or call the library at 616.846.5770.  The library is located at 123 E. Exchange Street in Spring Lake.
Read Across America Day is an initiative from the National Education Association since 1998.

Spring Lake, MI-The North Ottawa County Council on Aging is offering free tax preparation assistance for seniors at the Spring Lake District Library during the month of March. The Council on Aging partners with AARP to provide trained volunteers who can assist with basic state and federal tax...more forms as well as Homestead Property and Home Heating tax credits. Appointments are required. Those wishing to schedule an appointment to meet with a volunteer at the library will need to call the North Ottawa County Council on Aging at (616) 842-9210.
The library also has Federal and State tax forms and instruction booklets for those who are filing their own tax returns.
For more information about this service, call the North Ottawa County Council on Aging at (616) 842-9210 or the library at (616) 846-5770, ext. 107.  The library is located at 123 E. Exchange Street in Spring Lake.

Here's a running list of the 2012 Lenten Fish Frys around West Michigan.  If you have a Fish Fry to tell everyone about, click HERE.

 
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Got a great West Michigan Fish Fry for the 2012 Lenten season? Let everyone know about it!

See the complete list HERE.
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Last year we did Pizza and Burgers. Now we want to know who has the best Happy Hour. Please voice your opinion by completing our poll.

This is not just about alcohol, but the environment.  We want to know what restaurant has the best food, servers, specials, and even customers.  The...more kind of place where "everybody knows your name."

Throughout the week of March 5th, WZZM13 will reveal each of the top five restaurants in an on air segment.

Support your community by placing your vote below!Who has the best HAPPY HOUR?Ada/Cascade - Riverbend Bar and GrillComstock Park/Alpine - Vitale's Sports and LoungeCoopersville - Champs Bar and GrillEast Grand Rapids - Big Bob's PizzaGR Central - Brewery VivantGR North - SazeracGR South - Log CabinGR West - Joe V's Sports BarGrand Haven/Spring Lake - Stan's BarGrandville/Jenison/Hudsonville - Vitale's HudsonvilleGreenville/Belding - Winter InnHolland/Zeeland - BoatwerksKalamazoo - O'Duffy'sKentwood - Quaker Steak and

SPRING LAKE TWP., Mich. (Grand Haven Tribune)- Firefighters were called to the report of a fire at Casting Technologies in Spring Lake Township shortly before 5 p.m. today.

Smoke was showing as firefighters arrived and the building was evacuated.

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GRAND HAVEN, Mich. --  In recogntion to Black History Month, Grand Valley State University’s Dr. Veta Tucker will present “Journeys to Freedom in Michigan” on February 23 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Loutit District Library’s Program Room A.
Tucker’s program is an overview of Michigan’s role...more as a Midwest hub of the Underground Railroad and anti-slavery movement with a particular emphasis on sites, rescuers and freedom-seekers in western Michigan.
This program is free and open to the public.
Dr. Tucker, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies and teaches African American literature, African American Studies and American literature at GVSU. Her research activities include extensive study of several lesser known African American slave women who transgressed the social station dictated for them by 19th century social norms, seized their freedom, and made significant contributions to African American and American life in the 19th century.
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The Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance is offering 10-week beginner's language classes. Click Here for more information.

From: http://www.springlakeschools.org

Spring Lake Public Schools is attempting to locate all youngsters who will be eligible to begin Kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year. Children must be five years of age on or before December 1, 2012.

There will be community...more meetings held for more information about Kindergarten on Tuesday, February 28, and Wednesday, February 29, at 7:00 pm at the Spring Lake Middle School Auditorium. Each meeting is the same content, and parents may choose whichever day is convenient.

To register, parents may call Holmes Elementary School at 846.5504 ext. 2200 or Jeffers Elementary School at 846.5503 ext. 4200.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (Grand Haven Tribune)- Grand Haven

West Michigan race promoter Charles Steen is making the rubber meet the road when it comes to determining if an auto racing event could be held in Grand Haven in the next several years.

Steen, a Wyoming resident, is...more planning a community design meeting for his proposed event. It will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the Mackinaw Room of the Grand Haven Community Center, 421 Columbus Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

"It's the starting point as far as getting the community together and giving them the opportunity to give input on the downtown street circuit," he said.

During the meeting, the community will be able to hear from Steen about his plans, and also sit down and work in small groups to come up with different route ideas for the proposed race. It will be open to the public. 

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SPRING LAKE, Mich., Feb. 15, 2012―Mike Devitt, principal with Saint Mary’s School at 421 east Exchange in Spring Lake, announced today that the school will host a Preschool Open House and Kindergarten enrollment meeting on March 1, plus a visitation to the Kindergarten class on March 8.  The...more general public is invited to attend.

All events are designed for enrollment purposes, to provide members of the community with information about preschool and kindergarten programs available at the school.  Saint Mary’s Preschool offers programs for children aged 3, 4 and 5 years.  A before-during-and-after school Extension Program is also available for working parents who need professional child care services.

Saint Mary’s Preschool Open House will be held Thursday, March 1st, from 4-7 p.m. in the Preschool room of Saint Mary’s Church.  The church is located at 406 east Savidge Street in Spring Lake, adjacent to St Mary’s School.  The Preschool program information on age

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WZZM) - Ottawa County's top cop and prosecutor are both seeking another term in office.

Ottawa County Sheriff Gary Rosema and Ottawa County Prosecutor Ronald Frantz announced their intent to seek re-election Tuesday morning.

Rosema has been sheriff since...more 1993. Frantz has been prosecutor since 1991.

The two say continuity and a strong working relationship between their offices has improved the quality of life in Ottawa County. Both men also say they'll continue to place significant efforts helping victims of crime.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Bonnie Nawara, CEO of Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW), has been selected as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan by the Grand Rapids Business Journal (GRBJ). GRBJ surveyed hundreds of deserving women throughout Kent, Ottawa, and Muskegon Counties...more for this prestigious recognition. They will be honoring all 50 recipients on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI.
 
Nawara has been with GROW since September of 2010. She brings a unique set of skills to this Women's Business Center, having been the Director of Estate and Asset Services with the American Cancer Society for 6 years and previous to that owned and operated Sir Speedy Printing Center for 15 years. In 1991, Nawara worked with 4 other local business women cultivating a $40,000 government grant to create a small business training center known as EXCEL (EXCELlence in Entrepreneurship). EXCEL later became the regional Michigan Small

Jason Eisner's "On The Road" Exhibit

Fire Barn Gallery, 18 North 5th Street, Grand Haven

Gallery sponsored by Grand Haven Artwalk and Grand Haven Main Street DDA

Exhibit runs now thru February 25th

Grand Haven's "Frozen in Time" afternoon is going on this...more Saturday from 2-4pm in downtown Grand Haven. 22 storefronts will be participating.