Around Town

Out and About – Week of November 7th

We recently attended a play which featured grade school and junior-high students. The audience was made up mostly of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other fans of all ages. The play was clever and well produced. The talent exhibited was more than exceptional. It was downright good. I’ve appeared in quite a few plays put on by community theatre groups, …

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Mark My Words

October is a big month for sports fans everywhere. College football and the NFL are well underway, the NBA is just getting started and for me, the best of all, HOCKEY season is upon us. In the midst of it all, however, is America’s pastime, which seems to take a back seat to everything else in the wide, world of …

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Denozo

Hi! My name is Denozo and I am a tiger and white male cat. I’m about 7 years old and I have the best of everything – I’m already neutered, I am declawed on my front paws and am litter-trained. I have never been outside so I am a real inside baby. And, I LOVE my shark house that I’m …

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Out and About – Week of October 31st

Welcome to November! This is a very busy month for all of us, beginning with a week from today, Tuesday, November 8. November 8 is Election Day, a day when only the foolish will stay home and not cast a ballot. I don’t care if you vote for a write-in candidate named Bugs Bunny, as long as you vote. You …

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Dusk

Hello. I’m Dusk and I am a male black and white “tuxedo” kitty. I’m about three months old and I really like to play hide-and-seek. I’m already housetrained and I do well with other kitties. I’ve had two playmates here who have already been adopted so I would really like to have a home of my own. I like to …

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Out and About – Week of October 24th

I recently realized that I don’t really have a lot of buddies anymore. Oh, I have a buddy that I have lunch with once a week and I have a buddy that I might go with to the Conservation Club every so often, but I don’t have anyone that I feel comfortable with going to their house and asking if …

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Mark My Words – Teachable moments

As we grow and mature from a young child, to a teen and then an adult, we are often provided with words of wisdom, advice, solicited or unsolicited or other comments from our elders. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and even older siblings, offer to us what they consider to be important pieces of knowledge or even life lessons. Like many, …

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Gavin and Glenda

Hi! We are brother and sister, Gavin and Glenda. We are three months old, domestic shorthair kittens. We would make a great pet for your home since we are friendly and love attention. We like to cuddle into you when being held. Our Docket number is B1016-000268/269 at the St. Joseph County Animal Control Shelter located at 652 E. Main …

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Out and About – Week of October 17th

Visiting Honolulu is nice, but it doesn’t mean that you have really been to the true Hawaii. There is so much more to see and do. The same can be said for Michigan. Kalamazoo and the Three Rivers area are also very nice, but to experience the true Michigan, I feel you should venture north of Grand Rapids. As a …

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Out and About – Week of October 10, 2016

I’ll start this week’s column by trying to get myself out of the dog house. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote on the subject of Living Wills. If I came across suggesting that a Living Will is the way to go, I apologize. I did some reading on the subject, and it seemed like a good idea. I do …

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