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Earth day at Ludington library

April 13, 2013

LUDINGTON — Children of all ages are invited to the Mason County District Library to celebrate Earth Day. On Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Ludington, young environmentalists are invited to learn all about Michigan wildlife. Live frogs, snakes, a great horned owl, and other critters from Wild Things will be available to get acquainted. There will…

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Great Start collaboratives, parent coalitions doing more

April 7, 2013

LANSING – More parents and providers of early childhood services think a greater number of Michigan’s young children have gained access to education, child care and health and mental health services over the past two years, and that parents are playing a larger role in making sure those services are available, according to a new report released today by the Early Childhood…

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Pregnancy Care Center hopes to pay off new building with Lake Jump donations

April 5, 2013
Pregnancy Care Center hopes to pay off new building with Lake Jump donations

  By Rob Alway Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON – Twenty-one years ago a tragedy shocked the Ludington community. A teenage girl left her newborn baby in a dumpster near LudingtonHigh School. The baby was found dead and the community mourned. Out of that tragedy, the WestShorePregnancyCareCenter was founded. The center marks its 20th anniversary this year with the hopes of paying off…

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Training for alcohol servers offered

April 2, 2013
Training for alcohol servers offered

LUDINGTON — District Health Department # 10 will be holding several TIPS  (Training for Intervention Procedures) training sessions in Lake, Mason, and Oceana counties to teach local sellers and servers how to prevent drunk driving, underage drinking and alcohol abuse. Session participants will become certified in the TIPS program, the leading alcohol server training program in the country. TIPS training…

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Tea Party meeting will feature TV hosts

April 1, 2013

LUDINGTON –Ken Thompson and Thomas Dunn from the television series “Liberty Town Hall — The Voice of Reason” will be the speakers at the Ludington Area Tea Party regular month meeting Thursday, April 11, 6:30 p.m. at Bookmark, 201 S. Rath Ave. The “Liberty Town Hall” is a daily television series that appears each weekday on over 230 television stations…

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