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A look at diversifying your investment portfolio.

March 18, 2016
A look at diversifying your investment portfolio.

The Financial Minute is sponsored by SSB Financial Services located at Shelby State Bank, with offices in Shelby, Hart, Pentwater, Ludington, Manistee, Hesperia, North Muskegon and Fruitport. www.ssbfinancialservices.com Ancient Chinese merchants are said to have developed a unique way to reduce their risk. They would divide their shipments among several different vessels. That way, if one ship were to sink…

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Recent death, reported March 15, 2016.

March 15, 2016

Joan I. Montella, 79, of Pentwater, passed away March 13, 2016.  Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Hart. View OCP’s death notice archives here.

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Welcome to the world! Births reported March 14, 2016.

March 14, 2016
Welcome to the world! Births reported March 14, 2016.

Recent births are brought to you by Shelby Gem Factory. See more information about these fine businesses below.  Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise.  Stanley Joseph Raspotnik V, the son of Amber Garcia and Stanley Raspotnik IV of Shelby, was born March 2, 2016. Anna Marlene Hayes, the daughter of Mary and Joseph Hayes of Shelby, was born…

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Health department offers free colorectal cancer screening for those eligible.

March 14, 2016

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and offers a perfect opportunity to talk to your doctor and ask yourself, as well as family and friends, if it is time to be screened for colorectal cancer screening. While colorectal cancer remains the nation’s second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men and women, it can be prevented if detected at an…

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Recent death, reported March 14, 2016.

March 14, 2016

Helen Eilene Johnson, 86 of Hart, passed away March 12, 2016.  Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Hart. View OCP’s death notice archives here.

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