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Recent deaths, reported March 10, 2016.

March 10, 2016

Joseph T. Eldridge, 50, of New Era, died March 6, 2016.  Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. Patrick McClanahan, 47, of Rothbury, died March 7, 2016. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. Irene Wurthner, 87, of Rothbury, died March 9, 2016. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. View OCP’s death notice archives here.

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School superintendents raise concerns over CTE location changes.

March 10, 2016
School superintendents raise concerns over CTE location changes.

 By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TOWNSHIP (Mason County) — A recent proposal by the West Shore Educational Service District (WSESD) board of education to consolidate Career Technical Education (CTE) classes to West Shore Community College’s (WSCC) campus in Mason County has caused some Oceana County superintendents questioning the changes. The two programs that are expected to be moved next fall…

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Hart’s Altland represented the Pirates well at state wrestling tourney.

March 9, 2016
Hart’s Altland represented the Pirates well at state wrestling tourney.

By George C. Wilson, contributing writer.  AUBURN HILLS — Robert Altland wrestles 10 pounds under the 103 pound limit in his weight class.  That did not deter him during the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 individual wrestling championships at the Palace in Auburn Hills this last weekend.  The young Hart Pirate wears his small stature as a badge…

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Tales from the mat: A look at the MHSAA wrestling state finals.

March 9, 2016
Tales from the mat: A look at the MHSAA wrestling state finals.

C Notes: by George C. Wilson. AUBURN HILLS — The Michigan High School Athletic Association conducts the largest high school individual state  wrestling tournament in the nation every year.  For over a decade the MHSAA has taken over the venerable Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the NBA Detroit Pistons, to put on a spectacle unrivaled by any other state athletic…

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‘Breaking the Code’ on WSCC stage this weekend.

March 7, 2016
‘Breaking the Code’ on WSCC stage this weekend.

VICTORY TOWNSHIP (Mason County) – “Breaking the Code,” Hugh Whitemore’s exceptional biographical drama of Alan Turing, the famed English mathematician and computer science pioneer who solved the German Enigma code during World War II, opens at West Shore Community College’s Center Stage Theater on Thursday, March 10.  The production is directed by Michael (Mik) Mikula. “Breaking the Code” took London and…

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