Lumen baseball two wins away from a repeat performance in Division 3
By Mike Moore Staff Writer Jackson — Back in familiar territory with familiar pressures to overcome and a familiar prize now just two wins away. A year ago the Lumen Christi baseball team came to East Lansing with a dream and left with the Division 3 state championship trophy. On Friday, the Titans can take one step closer to a little sweet déjà vu. “Every game we have out there, we talk about enjoying it,” coach Phil Clifford said about is guys approach to the D-3 semifinal. “They are a trained team at this point. They understand everything. Now it’s about enjoying it and playing the game we can.” It’s playing that game that’s earned Lumen a spot in this game, a 2:30 p.m. tilt with New Lothrop with a spot in the state final on the line. Still, even as he fielded questions about being a defending state champ and exactly what that means, Clifford stressed that all focus for his group is on the here, the now and nothing else. “We really don’t like to think too much ahead,” he said. “I think as coaches, you have to gameplan for what…
Friday, June 17
Patrick Burtch, Jackson City Manager; Bart’s Visit to Willis & Jurasek for Uncle Phil’s BBQ; Jill Weatherwax, 8th Grade English Teacher, Middle School at Parkside; Laura Schlecte, Pathways as Economic Drivers; Jessica Webb & Delesha Padula, Michigan Community Credit Union; Jan Blixt, Michigan Shakespeare Festival; Ric Walton, The Walton Insurance Group
Jackson College Names Students to Dean’s List
Jackson College students are recognized each fall, winter and spring semester for high academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List. The minimum requirements for being named are: · Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits during the semester with a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. · Part-time students, who after completing a total of 12, 24,36, 48, 60, 72, 84 and 96 credit hours, have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher For the winter 2016 semester, dean’s list students include: Full-Time Students Erin Abraham, Jackson Clint Adams, Manitou Beach Nathanael Adams, Jackson Andrew Adkins, Jackson Hassan Ahmad, Jackson Donovan Alexander, Jackson Bradley Allen, Jackson Julia Amaro, Adrian Brynn Anderson, Henderson, NV Natalia Anderson, Jackson Theresa Anderson, Jackson Nathan Andrews, Adrian Madison Anuszkiewicz, Jackson Timothy Armstrong, Brooklyn Amber Arnold, Allen Collin Axon, Jackson Danielle Bailey, Jackson Jonathan Bailey, Michigan Center Melissa Baker, Jackson Alexander Barich, Onsted Julie Barnes, Jackson Steven Barton, Jackson Audrey Baxter, Jackson Ryan Bayles, Adrian Richard Beach, Hudson Ashley Beals, Parma Christian Beeker, Hillsdale Zachary Berkeypile, Jackson Nathan Bethel, Jackson Adam Bice, Hillsdale Grace Biddinger, Jackson Hunter Biggs, Onsted Sarah Blair, Jackson Nautica Bland, Hamtramck Nicole Blasingim, Jackson Kathalene Blehm, Jerome…
Jackson Rental Inspections Fee Structure to Change July 1
In an effort to reward landlords who maintain their rental property in accordance with Jackson law, city officials will change their rental inspection fees to an hourly rate beginning July 1. Currently, landlords within the city of Jackson pay $175 per unit every two years for city inspectors to review their rental properties for the health, safety and welfare of Jackson residents. Beginning July 1, non-owner occupied property owners will pay $208.88 per hour of inspections in their rental properties. “If you’re a landlord or investor and maintain a good, clean apartment that will pass inspection every two years, you may have an inspector there for 15-20 minutes,” Jackson Mayor Bill Jors said. Jors, along with the rest of City Council, voted to change the pay structure at their council meeting last month. “If you don’t maintain your property, it’s not unheard of for inspectors to be there multiple times, and often for multiple hours,” he said. City officials calculated the hourly rate by taking the total amount of money used to fund inspection related expenses within a two-year cycle and divided it by the total number of billable inspection hours within that two-year timeframe. “The program isn’t intended to…
Center Stage Jackson Announces 2016-17 Season
Center Stage Jackson has announced its 2016-2017 Season. The season will start in the fall with the main stage musical classic Fiddler on the Roof (Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick). Fiddler is the award-winning story of the long-suffering Tevye, his wife, and their four daughters as they struggle to make a life in pre-revolutionary Russia. Six performances will be held November 4-6 and 11-13, 2016 at Jackson College's Potter Center. Immediately following will be the youth theater play Alice@Wonderland by Jonathan Yukich. Three performances will be held November 18-20, 2016 at Jackson's First Presbyterian Church. This Alice is savvy with text messaging and social media but still doesn’t know what to make of the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the whole Wonderland crew. Youth theater productions are open to all Jackson County 3rd-9th grade youth, no experience necessary! Rolling into the new year, the main stage play will be murder mystery And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Back by popular demand, there will be nine dinner theater performances February 17-19, 24-26, and March 3-5, 2017 at the Sandhill Crane Vineyards. Based on the Agatha Christie masterpiece whodunit, And Then There Were None tells a classic tale of mayhem and murder that will have you on the edge of…
Thursday, June 16
Encore of Wed., June 15; Dan Funston, new Superintendent, Concord Schools; Michelle Mountain & Richard McWilliams, The Purple Rose Theatre; Brant Russell, JPS Summer Lunch Program; Cast Members from Center Stage Jackson’s 1776
