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Spartan Proud: Marty Erickson: It’s all about that bass.

March 21, 2017

Spartan Proud: Marty Erickson: It’s all about that bass. Hometown lessons molded a career as a world renowned musician Class of ’65 graduate #SpartanProud. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Spartan Proud is sponsored by Mason County Central Schools. This series features alumni of Mason County Central telling their stories. Martin D. “Marty” Erickson grew up in Scottville. He was born into…

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Spartan Proud: Ed Caspersen, from Scottville to a galaxy far far away.

March 19, 2017

Spartan Proud: Ed Caspersen, from Scottville to a galaxy far far away. Class of ’94 graduate is technology supervisor for Star Wars animation. #SpartanProud. #MasonCountyCentral. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Today we begin a new series, sponsored by Mason County Central Schools: Spartan Proud. This series will feature alumni of Mason County Central High School telling their stories. We begin the series…

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Students of Character: Early lessons in giving.

October 21, 2016

  Students of Character: Early lessons in giving. #StudentsOfCharacter is brought to you by House of Flavors restaurants of Ludington and Manistee. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — A few months before Adison Thorne of Scottville was to celebrate her 6th birthday in September 2015, she brought an idea to her parents, Megan and Mike Thorne. Instead of getting birthday…

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Kids of Character: Scottville 1st grader shares birthday books with her friends.

September 30, 2016
Kids of Character: Scottville 1st grader shares birthday books with her friends.

  #KidsOfCharacter #HouseOfFlavors Editor’s Note: Today we begin a new series called Kids of Character, sponsored by House of Flavors restaurants of Ludington and Manistee. We will feature kids from Mason, Manistee, and Oceana counties who go out of their way to help others or just to be kind citizens. If you have a suggestion for us, please email editor@masoncountypress.com…

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Service club and scouts team up to tidy up

July 17, 2015
Service club and scouts team up to tidy up

Story and photos contributed by Ron Beeber. PENTWATER — The Pentwater Service Club, assisted by several boy scouts from local Troop 1145, picked up litter along US-31 between Monroe and Wayne roads Thursday, July 16. The volunteers were among 2,800 groups in West Michigan and across the state participating in the Adopt-A-Highway program this past week. Three times a year,…

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