‘Prayers and Squares’ focus of Pentwater Women’s Club meeting Friday. PENTWATER — The Pentwater Women’s Club will hold its first meeting of 2021 Friday, Jan. 8, at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Program Speaker Kristin Forester will present information about Prayers and Squares, an area interfaith prayer ministry. This local group, based at the Centenary United Methodist Church of Pentwater, offers…
United Way forms partnership to serve at-risk seniors. HART — The United Way of the Lakeshore, Oceana County, announced the formation of a partnership to help senior shut-ins — the most at-risk population in Oceana County who are suffering from COVID-19 and holiday depression. Starting Monday Dec. 21, care bags are being distributed to 125 Oceana County seniors by volunteers…
Service club rings in the holidays to help rescue Christmas. By Ron Beeber, Contributing Writer. PENTWATER — Small town post offices, like Pentwater’s, provide a real sense of community. This was demonstrated Dec. 11 and 12 when volunteer bell ringers from the Pentwater Service Club set up a Salvation Army red kettle, and invited postal patrons and passersby to…
Roy’s Kids program makes Christmas brighter for 40 families. OCEANA COUNTY — Forty Oceana County families received Christmas gifts from local law enforcement officers Saturday, Dec. 19, thanks to the Roy’s Kids program. The charitable program was launched in 1994 by Roy Strait, who is the New Era police chief and a retired Oceana County sheriff’s deputy. Strait began the…
Officers spread Christmas cheer and hope. HART — Hart police officers met with members of the Evans family, who were recently displaced from their home due to an electrical fire, to bring some Christmas cheer and hope Wednesday evening, Dec. 16, at the Hart Community Center. The Hart Police Department, along with Santa himself, presented the Evans children with various…
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