#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEducation #ScottvilleOptimist By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Three public school educators were honored Tuesday night by the Scottville Optimist Club during the family activity night at the Scottville Clown Band Shell. Mason County Central High School counselor Joan Vidak, Mason County Eastern language arts teacher Dena Thurston and West Shore Educational Service District special education instructor Rebecca Skiba…
#MasonCountyDeaths The following death was recently reported to MCP: Kenneth Tomasik, 53, of Ludington died on July 14, 2016 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
#MasonCountyNews #WalkToEndAlzheimers LUDINGTON — The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting all interested residents to unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place on September 17 at Waterfront Park. Walk to End Alzheimer’s is more than a walk. It is an experience…
#MasonCountyJobs #MasonCountyNews #PereMarquetteTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow toured the Harsco Rail today and discussed pressing rail and manufacturing issues with various rail advocates and business guests. The Railway Engineering-Maintenance and Suppliers Association (REMSA) coordinated the event. REMSA is a non-profit trade group representing over 340 railway engineers, contractors, and consultants and maintenance-of-way suppliers across…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 46-year-old Monroeville, Alabama man rejected a plea offer of 15-30 years in prison Tuesday, July 19, in 51st Circuit Court, and now his case is headed to trial. Mark Alan Saporita-Fargo faces two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a fourth-offense habitual offender designation. Due to his…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Ludington man faces serving six months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term after pleading guilty Tuesday, July 19, in 51st Circuit Court to third-offense domestic violence. Travis Michael Wahr, of 300 Sherman Oaks Dr. Apt. 322, initially faced a felony count of assault by strangulation, which is punishable…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old homeless man was sentenced to serve four months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for a felony conviction of larceny in a building Tuesday, July 19, in 51st Circuit Court for stealing video games from a Ludington apartment. David Robert Southern was also ordered by Judge Susan K.…
#MasonCountyNews #LakeshoreResourceNetwork #MasonCountyPeople PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Wal-Mart Community Grant Program made a donation of $2,000 to the Mason County Mobile Food Truck Tuesday morning. The check was presented during the truck’s monthly food dispersal at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 121 N. Nelson Road. The food truck is part of the Lakeshore Resource Network, whose mission is to provide a…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews The Mason County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to three two-vehicle crashes on US 10 Monday, July 18. The following is police activity Monday, July 18, 2016: 9:50 a.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 10 and Nelson Road, Pere Marquette Township. 12:30 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 10 and Meyers Road, PM Township.…
#MasonCountyNews #SpectrumHealth LUDINGTON — Dr. Nizar Umran has reached a milestone that few have achieved in the Ludington area—40 years in practice in the same community and the same hospital. The 40th anniversary of the founding of the surgeon’s practice occurred Sunday, July 17. His long service was recognized by colleagues at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital early Monday morning, before he…
#LudingtonAreaSchools #MasonCountySports #SpectrumHealth LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area School District and the Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital sports medicine program have teamed up to provide free sports physicals for the school year beginning this September. Physicals for student athletes entering grades 7 through 12 will be held Monday, July 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. at two Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital medical offices—not…
#MasonCountyDeaths Douglas Roland Kelly, 89, of Ludington, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016. He was born June 14, 1927, in Ludington to Marion and Grace (Woodall) Kelly. He was employed as a water treatment plant operator for the City Of Ludington and also worked at the Mason County wastewater facility. Doug graduated from Ludington High School with the Class 1945.…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — A 27-year-old Scottville woman was arrested by Mason County Sheriff’s deputies for disorderly person and probation violation Monday, July 18, at 3:22 a.m., at US 31 and Fountain Road after she was reportedly found intoxicated lying in the roadway, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Other weekend police activity includes: Friday, July 15, 2016:…
#MasonCountyEntertainment #Scottville #ScottvilleOptimist #MasonCountyCentral By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Optimist Club will be honoring educators Tuesday, July 19, and, along with the Mason County Central Education Foundation, will present a family friendly evening, which will include an activity night, live musical entertainment and a free movie at the Scottville Clown Band Shell. The evening is the first…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEducation #Scottville #GatewayToSuccessAcademy By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Gateway to Success Academy will begin offering tours to the public, beginning Tuesday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new charter school, which is still under construction, is located at 526 N. Scottville Road in the former Foster’s grocery market building. The new building, however, is barely…
Dear Editor, I received quite a shock tonight. I clean a local business office on a weekly basis. I actually almost forgot to clean it this weekend, and then at 6 o’clock tonight, I suddenly remembered. I got food, went to the office, ate my dinner quickly, and got down to cleaning. The last step was to take the garbage that the…
Myrna J. Beemer, 88, of Free Soil passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Tendercare of Ludington. Myrna was born on November 14, 1927 in Lakeview, the daughter of Joseph and Leah (Mitchell) Taylor and graduated from Lakeview High School with the class of 1945. On March 21, 1946, she married the love of her life, Versal Beemer in Lakeview,…
#MasonCountyDeaths #MasonCountyAgriculture Victor Edwin Larson, 67, passed to his rest July 16, 2016, at the family home in Free Soil, Michigan, following a six-year valiant battle with cancer. Born June 7, 1949, in Ludington, Michigan, Victor was the third of eight offspring born of the late Edwin and Margie (Miller) Larson. Victor attended Cedar Lake Academy in Cedar Lake, Michigan,…
#MasonCountyNews #LudingtonLUDINGTON — Ludington Police Dept. has closed Stearns Park Beach and the north breakwater due to high winds and waves on Lake Michigan. Police Chief Mark Barnett reported that five people had been swept off the north breakwater this afternoon. They were assisted to safety by bystanders and no one was seriously injured. The area is closed until weather…
#ShakenNotStirred #MasonCountyPress Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Cell phones. Oh, you knew I’d get to this one… Symbiosis, according to dictionary.com: [sim-bee-oh-sis] 2. psychiatry. a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other. OK, so why did I use the second definition, dealing with psychiatry to illustrate my point? Because cell phones are driving some of us CRAZY! My first episode of insanity and…
#MasonCountyPeople #LifeInCircles Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. True confession time. This week’s interview feels a little like a cheat. I will readily admit that I chose it so that I could have dedicated time to catch up with an old friend. A beautiful old friend who I haven’t seen in over five…
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