Tonight's Girls District Semifinal Games: Class B District Semifinal at Olivet - Northwest vs. Charlotte 6pm Class C District Semifinal at Clinton - Grass Lake vs. Manchester 7pm Class C District Semifinal at East Jackson - Homer vs. Concord 5:30pm, East Jackson vs. Michigan Center 7:00pm Class B District Semifinal at Lumen Christi - Columbia Central vs. Napoleon 8pm
Maria Orlowski, PhD has published a memoir of her experiences as a "Hidden Child" growing up in Poland during the Holocaust of World War II. "Trains: A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood during and after World War II" is available at the Ella Sharp and Allegiance gift shops, Cuppa Coffeehouse and online. Born Miriam Winter, Maria lost her entire family and lived in hiding while being shuttled from family to family to avoid capture by the Nazis. Maria is a Jackson resident and retired Adjunct Instructor for Jackson College. Other guests: Michael Masters, President of Jackson Preparatory and Early College; Judy Gail Krasnow, Historic Prison Tours; Mike Shore with the Western Schools time capsule opening ceremony; Melissa Peters and Gretchen Dula, Jackson District Library's Cat in the Hat event this Saturday.
Larry Jacobson The Farlex Free Online Dictionary defines a pothole as ‘a hole formed in pavement, as by excessive use or by extremes of weather.’ It also goes on to define a crater as ‘a shallow, bowl-shaped depression formed by an explosion or by the impact of a body, such as a meteorite.’ I thought about that this morning as I swerved, dodged and swooped around gaping holes in the pavement that would rattle and knock the fenders off any vehicle built before the turn of the century. Now, I know we’ve had a terrible winter and budgets are strapped, but allow me to ask this one simple question: ‘Are you KIDDING me?’ While dining at Cottage Inn on West Michigan Avenue the other day, I watched an older model conversion van heading westbound down the hill from West Avenue. He slowed and swerved, bounced off a snow back and curb and did everything in his power to avoid the massive moon craters spread out like a minefield in front of him, until he hit one straight on. Instantly his tire exploded like a shotgun blast and the rim bent, and the poor soul had to limp his…
Michigan Center 50 Hanover Horton 33. Photos by JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
Homer 63 Vandercook Lake 47. Photos by JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
Chucky has struggled mightily this winter with a couple of things, including the weather and his nagging inability to correctly pick winners in high school basketball games. Also, he got into a peck of trouble for gnawing on power lines for warmth. CLASS-A District at Richland Gull Lake Jackson (12-8) v. Grand Ledge (17-2): These two have met twice this year and neither has been close, with GL winning by 19 and 20 points. In an effort to change their fortunes, the Vikings visit a spiritual healer before the game to cleanse themselves of bad thoughts. Sadly, the healer is a Grand Ledge graduate wearing a Comets jersey and this merely causes issues. PICK: GRAND LEDGE DISTRICT CHAMPION: GRAND LEDGE CLASS-B District at Olivet Charlotte (14-5) v. Western (3-16): In this first round matchup the Panthers race onto the court before the game showing off their plaque for winning the Area’s Best Student Section Award. The jubilation doesn’t carry over into the game, however, and they are quickly whisked out of the tournament. PICK: CHARLOTTE ROUND TWO- Charlotte (15-5) v. Northwest (17-2): In the second round, the Mounties receive a personal note from the Western girls that reads, in part,…
MOUNT VERNON, OH – The first shot that senior Rob Hogans took was a layup only 56 seconds into his last regular season game. But the significance of that 2-pointer was it was Hogan's 2000th point in his stellar four-year career as an SAU Cougar. It was the first two points of a 26 point afternoon to lead Spring Arbor to a 73-64 in over MVNU. Hogans becomes the seventh player in Spring Arbor University history to reach the 2000 points in a career and now has 2024 points with at least one more game to play. During the game, Hogans past Mike Folkert (06' – 2012 points) and now sits in sixth place on the Cougars All-Time list of scorers. Rocky Kent (67') scored 2050 points and is fifth on the list. Spring Arbor controlled the first half of the game today leading 29-16 after the first 20 minutes of play and while MVNU cut the lead to just four points with 13:51 to play in the game, Spring Arbor pulled away and was never threatened to rest of the way. Caleb Hogans scored 12 points for the Cougars and Xavier Prather knocked down 10 points hitting some clutch…
Jackson 78 Lansing Everett 60. Photos by JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
Lansing Waverly 62 Western 52. Photos by JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
64th District State Representative Earl Poleski and House Republicans are considering a plan unveiled by Speaker Jase Bolger that would provide 10% yearly savings on auto insurance premiums while limiting benefits. The plan would put a cap on catastrophic medical benefits at $10 million. Poleski says the change could allow more insurers to enter the state and provide lower premiums by way of competition. Other guests: "In the Kitchen" with Lisa Spampinato, Personal Chef; Larry Jacobson, JTV Sports; Shannon Lowder, Rachel Flowers and Betsy Vickers, A Healing Place; Aaron Ring, PC Solutions.