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Eliminating the “R-word”

April 1, 2015

Renew.  Rebuild. Recover. A blog by West Michigan Community Mental Health.  So far this month, over half a million people have pledged on www.r-word.org to support the elimination of the derogatory use of the “R-word” from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. The R-word is “retard” or “retarded.”  While these words originally were medical…

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Recent deaths, March 30, 2015.

March 30, 2015

Marilyn K. Quijas, 70, of Mears, passed away March 27, 2015.  King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Hart. Sharon L. Bechtel, 66, of Kalamazoo and formerly of Ferry Township, died Sat. March 28, 2015.  Harris Funeral Home, Shelby. List of 2015 deaths on record. 

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Man charged with drunk driving, marijuana, fleeing crash; victim captures him on video.

March 29, 2015
Man charged with drunk driving, marijuana, fleeing crash; victim captures him on video.

See video at www.facebook.com/OceanaCountyPress By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. CRYSTAL TWP. — Dayna Hasil of Pentwater photographed and videoed this truck and its driver moments after the male driver nearly hit her vehicle head-on on Jefferson Road in Crystal Township Sunday evening. “I had just picked up my 9-year-old daughter from a friend’s house and was heading west on Jefferson Road. He…

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The Light Chaser: Rules of composition, part 1.

March 29, 2015
The Light Chaser: Rules of composition, part 1.

The Light Chaser is brought to you by MyProLab.com, a professional photographic lab offering services to the consumer market. MyProLab.com, the official photographic lab of Media Group 31 (our parent company) and Alway Photography. The Light Chaser. A blog by Rob Alway. Chapter 10: The Rules of Composition The title sounds rather stern, doesn’t it? There really aren’t any “rules”…

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Minor injuries in rollover

March 29, 2015
Minor injuries in rollover

   HART TWP. — A Mason County woman received minor injuries following a single vehicle rollover crash on US 31 near Monroe Road Sunday. The woman was the only occupant in the northbound Volvo XC70, which left the roadway and struck several trees. Two dogs were also in the car. While one dog did not leave the scene the second…

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