Month: December 2017 | Page 14

Events of Monday, December 4, 2017

December 4, 2017

Family Service & Children’s Aid invites you to their 1st Annual Foster Care/Adoption Forum, today at 6 PM, Meijer Branch, Jackson District Library. The evening will include: Meet with experienced foster and adoptive parents and hear their stories; meet youth who have been in the foster care system; learn about how you can help children in our community; learn how to become a foster or adoptive parent. Light refreshments will be served. Meijer Branch, 2699 Airport Road, Jackson. Blues at the Bohm. The last Blues at the Bohm of 2017 will take place on December 4th at 7:00 PM. Jimmy G & the Capitols will host this month's event. Admission is only $5 and food will be available for purchase from Gina's Pizza and Deli. The band consists of Jim "Jimmy G." on guitars and vocals, Juan on drums and backing vocals, Roger on harmonica and lead vocals, and Stu on bass and backing vocals. Jimmy G. and the Capitols has been the opening act for the following touring groups: The Donald Kinsey Band, John Lee Hooker Jr., Priscilla Price, The Bill Lupkin Blues Band and Harmonica Shah & The Will Riot Band. Join us for a great performance to end 2017. Think…

Monday, December 4, 2017

December 4, 2017

Nate Bauer, Food Service Supvr, Kelly Express Marts & Brittany Church, Manager, Jefferson Rd. Location; Bart Visits Jackson Candy & Fudge Factory; Chuck Colby, Three Men and a Tenor with Rock Mangus & John Carpenter; Dave DeBaker, Entertainment Correspondent; Janet Meyer-Jackman & Barb Palmer, All A-MERRY-CAN Christmas Show; Ric Walton, The Walton Insurance Group

Sunday, December 3, 2017

December 3, 2017

1pm: Downtown Jackson Christmas Parade; 2 PM: Food Circus Marathon; 4PM: True Story; 5pm: Downtown Jackson Christmas Parade; 6 PM: LockerRoom; 7 PM: Food Circus Marathon, 9 PM: True Story Marathon; 11PM: LockerRoom.

Becoming Sunny and Pleasant

December 3, 2017

A strong low pressure system will track northeastward through the Great Lakes region Monday into Tuesday. A powerful cold front will swing eastward through Lower Michigan Monday night into Tuesday morning. Ahead of this front the airmass will be unseasonably mild but behind it the temperatures will turn sharply colder. A band of showers and thunderstorms along with gusty winds will accompany the passage of this front. Today Sunny. Patchy freezing fog until midday. Highs in the lower 50s. Light winds. Tonight Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph overnight. Monday Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers until midday, then a chance of rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Monday Night Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent. Tuesday Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers until midday. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 15 to…

Spring Arbor University Presents 17th Annual Hanging of the Greens

December 2, 2017

Spring Arbor University invites the community to its 17th annual Hanging of the Greens Celebration on Friday, Dec. 8. The event is free and open to the public, and provides a time for the Spring Arbor community and its friends to gather and experience the amazing sights and sounds of Christmas. The evening festivities will kick off at 7 p.m. as university students perform a festive Christmas concert, held in the Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church. Following the concert, the community is invited to participate in a candle-lighting ceremony, featuring a Christmas carol sing-along and fireworks, sponsored by American 1 Credit Union. After the ceremony, families can take a break from the evening’s chilly weather and warm up at the Community Reception held in the Student Life Center at 8:30 p.m. All are welcome to decorate Christmas cookies, sip hot cocoa, enjoy roasted almonds and balloon animals, and visit with Santa Claus. Throughout the evening, families may also ride though campus on horse-drawn Christmas wagons. For those who have an eye for art, the Ganton Art Gallery will be open at 8:30 p.m., displaying the best student artwork of the semester. This biannual show is the pinnacle event of the…

Quiet Weekend Weather

December 2, 2017

Fair weather will prevail through the weekend. There will be a chance of rain Sunday night through Tuesday morning as low pressure swings a cold front through. Temperatures will plummet by the middle of next week with measurable lake effect snow expected. Today Partly sunny until midday then clearing. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming west overnight. Sunday Sunny. Highs around 50. Light winds. Sunday Night Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Monday Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Monday Night Rain showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 100 percent. Tuesday Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Average high temperature for today is 40. Average low temperature is 26. The high temperature in Jackson yesterday was 48 at 3:45 PM, the low was 24 at 8:01 AM. 0.00 inches of precipitation yesterday. Total precipitation for the month to date: 4.52 inches. Sunrise today at 7:48 AM EST. …