Community

Fountain Hill offers free parenting workshops.

May 30, 2018

Fountain Hill offers free parenting workshops. The Fountain Hill Center for Counseling and Consultation’s Lakeshore Office in New Era will begin offering a free series of parenting workshops at the Diman-Wolf Early Childhood Center in Hart on Tuesday, June 5. The series will last eight weeks (with one week off for the Fourth of July), and workshops will build from…

CASA seeks volunteers.

May 30, 2018

CASA seeks volunteers. HART — Do you care about abused or neglected children in our community? Are you capable of making a commitment to a child and advocate for them as they work their way through the courts and social service agencies? If so, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Oceana, a program of The Fountain Hill Center, is looking…

‘Vacation Bible eXperience’ June 18-21.

May 23, 2018

‘Vacation Bible eXperience’ June 18-21. #FirstBaptistChurch HART — First Baptist Church will present its annual Vacation Bible School the week of June 18-21, but this year it’s VBX, Vacation Bible eXperience. This four-day event is free to all kids 4 years old through entering eighth grade. This year’s theme, SPACE EXPLORERS, will feature rooms decked out in outer space decor…

Veterans host sporting goods, crafts show.

May 22, 2018

Veterans host sporting goods, crafts show. FERRY — The Ferry Veterans’ Sporting Goods and Crafts Show is set for Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ferry Township Community Center. Shop sporting goods, fishing equipment and crafts inside the community center, and campers, cars, farm equipment, motorcycles and boats outside. Lunch will be available. Those interested…

Speaker to share message of healing, hope.

May 17, 2018

Speaker to share message of healing, hope. #WalkAMileInMyShoes #WestMichiganCommunityMentalHealth By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — Oceana County resident Barbara Kompik, who has struggled with mental illness, will share her powerful message during the West Michigan Community Mental Health (CMH) Second Annual Walk A Mile In My Shoes rally Wednesday, May 23. The event is intended to raise behavioral health awareness.…