Scrapbook 101

4845 Airline Rd

Muskegon MI 49444

231-733-1024

www.scrapbook101.org 

Tues, Thurs, Fri Noon to 7pm

Wed 10am - 9pm

Sat 9am- 6pm

Sun - Mon Closed

Jan 11, 2012 - Apr 27, 2012
Michigan Gillette Sand Dune Visitor Center Hosts Michigan Birds Photo Contest
The Gillette Sand Dune Visitor Center at P.J. Hoffmaster State Park in Muskegon is holding a Michigan Birds photo contest. Submit a favorite photo from last year or take a trek...more through the woods, fields or wetlands this winter or spring and try your hand at capturing the beauty of a native Michigan bird. The deadline for submission is at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 27. Entries are limited to two photos per person and must be securely matted without a frame or glass, with a minimum size of 8 x 10 inches and maximum size of 11 x 16 inches. An entry fee of $3 per photo must accompany each submission.

Please include photographer's name, address, email, phone number, name of the bird and location where the photo was taken on the back. This contest is intended for amateurs only; the works of published photographers will not be considered. There'll be prizes for first,

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM)- A Toys For Tots chapter on the lakeshore is looking for donated warehouse space to keep the program going.  The Muskegon Toys For Tots chapter is 20-years old.  It has been operating from one building in Muskegon for several years.  But recently the building was sold...more and the new owner says the organization needs to move out.

The group is looking for about 5,000 square feet of donated space that is secure, has a bathroom and is close to downtown.  The space will be used to store and sort donation.

Last Christmas the Muskegon chapter gave away more than 11,000 toys and volunteers expect that number to keep growing.

Beth Ackley with Toys For Tots Muskegon says, "We started small and now we need a bigger space.  We store the toys there, we collect the toys there, we distribute our toys there.  We think there is a real need here in Muskegon County just by the numbers that we give."

The group hopes to have a new space to move

Muskegon, MI - Join us for Soup's On Along the Lakeshore on Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Above & Beyond on Pontaluna Road. The 11th annual fundraiser for the food and pantry programs of God's Kitchen - Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry and God's Kitchen Along the Lakeshore...more (formerly Christian Community Center) will feature outstanding soups, breads, and desserts donated by Muskegon area restaurants. Each guest at the event will be able to choose a hand painted bowl, created by local individuals, church groups, organizations, and Muskegon Catholic Central's art class, to take home as a reminder that hunger happens every day in our community.

Tickets are $35 each and available online at www.soupsonforall.org , Above & Beyond, and Catholic Charities West Michigan, 1095 Third Street, Muskegon. For more information, contact Peggy Helsel at (616) 295-0509 or phelsel@ccwestmi.org 

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- A special fundraiser that combines art and food for those in need begins in Muskegon on Thursday.

The "Soups On" fundraiser for Catholic Charities West Michigan - has people from the public make artistic soup bowls.

WZZM 13's Alex Shabad spoke to organizer Peggy Helsel.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) - Thousands of Michigan's unemployed will no longer receive federal benefits.

The government officially ended the Extended Benefits (EB) program Saturday,  because Michigan's unemployment rate dropped below 10 percent on January 28, 2012. 

The change...more is a result of legislation passed by the Obama Administration last December.

According to state officials, nearly 267,000 workers filed for unemployment last month; about 11 percent of them are losing federal support. Kristy Borgman of Muskegon is one of them.

"I bought my house on June first and lost my job on June fourth," Borgman said.

The 25-year-old  worked as a medical assistant at Apple Family Medicine in Ravenna. Since June, she's been relying on her fiancé, temp work, and an extended weekly benefits check of $243 from the federal government. Saturday, she woke up knowing that check would never come in the mail again.

"It's hard, stressful,

MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. (WZZM)- If Muskegon County continues to miss big snow storms like the rest of the state, the budget savings for the road commission could be significant.

Laurie Peterson, the Maintenance Superintendent for the Muskegon County Road Commission, says she's only...more used

one quarter of her winter snow removal budget. Peterson says it is too early to commit the projected savings to other projects like chip sealing or filling of potholes on county roads.

At the road commission Friday the massive snow-blowing machine called "Big Green" was parked where it has been all winter. "Big Green" is often called on to blow big snow drifts from roads near Montague. At one time it was used at an Air Force Base to clear runways. The fact that it has not been needed this year is one sign of a mild winter.

When there's no snow, employees spend their days doing spring projects like clearing out and improving drainage ditches and removing trees

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM)- Muskegon is one step closer to getting its own brewery.

Thursday night the city planning commission approved re-writing a zoning ordinance to allow brewpubs, breweries, wineries and distilleries.  That clears the way for Unruly Brewing Company to potentially...more open this summer.

Downtown development officials say the beer business is booming in Holland, Grand Rapids and other areas so now is their chance to bring the growing industry to Muskegon.

Jeff Jacobsen, the co-owner of Unruly Brewing Company says, "The city's been really great about working with us."  We're just excited to finally bring some craft brew here to Muskegon."

GRANT TWP., Mich. (WZZM)- A cigar lighter may be to blame for a fire that killed an Oceana County man.  The man was able to call 911 to report the fire.  Before making the call he yelled to his wife to get out of the house.  She was able to escape unharmed.

The victim was upstairs...more filling a cigar lighter when the fire started shortly before noon Thursday.

Detective Shane Hasty with the Oceana County Sheriff's Department says, "She does not know how or what he was using, but that he went up stairs to fill a lighter that had run out of fluid and then he yelled down to her that the house was on fire."

The man and his wife are both in their 80's.  The Ludington Daly News reports he was identified as Daniel S. Grubb Sr.

It took four lakeshore fire departments two hours to put the fire out because the home was at the top of a steep and long driveway near park and 64th Street.