I hope we hear the follow up to this story. You always wonder what happened to your good old People Magazine when it comes two weeks late in the mail…..
Nan
Doug on
September 9th, 2008 1:52 pm
I listened to CNN news on the hour today. USA announced 8000 troops will be pulled out of Iraq by Feb. Good news! Except on CNN. Instead they said things are so bad there we can’t have a full pullout. I turn your channel off at the top of every hour. CNN is the worst news service you could have. Can you replace with something that is not so biased?
Thanks for visiting our website, and thanks for your comment regarding CNN News. Your comment has been forwarded to CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta. Your input is always welcome!
Do you have any plans of streaming WLKM FM on the internet?
Nan on
September 11th, 2008 3:57 pm
9/11/08
We will never forget. Thanks for the statement WLKM. We’re all in this together.
WLKM on
September 12th, 2008 7:17 am
Harold: Yes, we’ve been exploring the possibility of streaming WLKM-FM via our website. Thanks for writing!
Chad on
October 18th, 2008 12:39 pm
Hello!
I just wanted to let you know I’m out here listening to K-Wings’ broadcasts. I’ll be in my backyard before a campfire for tonight’s season opener as I often will be throughout the season!
Chad Beehler
Schoolcraft
J. P. Tironi on
December 26th, 2008 11:27 am
Thank tou for your news and obits, sure wish the local diggers would keep it current like the rest of the county.
julie bartow on
December 28th, 2008 5:14 am
fantastic job! I listen to your station every day at work and at home – I know what is happening before many others – I get the “scoop” from you.
Sam on
January 7th, 2009 4:36 pm
R.I.P. Mike going to miss you man! Best of luck shane on your recovery!
Adam on
January 7th, 2009 8:06 pm
It is great to see the K-wings doing so well.
Nice to see them getting recognition for their efforts.
Tessa on
January 9th, 2009 9:14 am
Michael wasnt dead at the sence they got a pulse then lost in on the way to the hospital. i really cared for michael and Shane nad i was very upset ot see him go. im really glad shanes okay he accepted christ the nite after the accident..
The anti-smokers are guilty of flagrant scientific fraud for ignoring more than 50 studies, which show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers’ studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.
The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.
Morning! Since I have been laid off as of Monday “due to economic times” keep me in your thoughts should you hear of any job prospects.
Thanks
Julie Bartow
269-506-1873
ekj on
January 12th, 2009 3:09 pm
What is wrong with the fleet of Limos the executive branch has already? Just what we need, spend more money! Perhaps the White House should be rebuilt each time a new President come in. Lets try and curb spending people.
i do not like your new format. where can i click on to read all the local news?
Craig Ball on
January 13th, 2009 10:03 am
Not sure where that headline came from. The body of the piece seems to indicate that Michigan is still tops in seat belt use.
WLKM on
January 13th, 2009 12:41 pm
Thanks for your email, Sharon. To easily view all of the local news, simply click on NEWS on the right side of our orange menu bar. Our Home Page highlights items which have been recently added to the website.
Anne Hamilton on
January 17th, 2009 7:56 pm
Not sure where you are – but it doesn’t sound too cold. We operate on the Celsius scale but it hasn’t really mattered this week. Minus 40 is the same either F or C.
OTTAWA, CANADA
WLKM on
January 19th, 2009 4:41 pm
We’re in southwest Michigan. Minus 20 degrees fahrenheit equals minus 28 celsius. Brrrr!!
Tanya on
January 24th, 2009 9:02 am
We would like to offer our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to you and your family on the loss of Mrs. Wells. It was our pleasure to deliver newspapers to her everyday.
She will be missed.
The newpaper carrier
Tanya & DJ
Megan Garl on
January 30th, 2009 8:41 am
Zach was a good friend to me….. We all loved him very much and were sad to see him go……… He always made me laugh when I was having a bad day….. I will miss him dearly and I hope that where ever he is that he is happy…..
Tom Stutesman on
February 6th, 2009 7:12 pm
Very cool Norm.
WLKM on
February 19th, 2009 12:34 pm
Linda:
Thanks for letting me know about the goof on our website. The error has been corrected.
Dennis
KWINGNUT on
March 10th, 2009 10:24 am
Where can I pick up a #39 K-Wing jersey? This Trent Daavettilla kid looks unbelieveable out there! Where’d they pick this kid up from?
Go Wings!!!!
Marilyn on
April 3rd, 2009 12:01 pm
Cancer of all types is always about carrying “emotional rage” within the subconscious mind. There is an emotional piece of the ego that acts as a barrier or emotional block. Through personal growth work… healing and forgiveness can take place and the dynamics that cause the cancer can slowly and incrementally be released from the body. You have to get to the emotional root of the dis-ease within the psyche. It helps to have a wise holistic spiritual teacher who can help you get into communion with your Higher Self. Raise your energetic vibration to experience wellness and joy.
Thank you so much for the plug!!!!! We all here at Bethel appreciate it so very much! Thank you again!
Blessings,
D.W. Tolbert, Pastor
Doug Hall on
April 9th, 2009 6:16 pm
Kevin Schamehorn had impressive numbers 45 Goals and 345 PiM the same year year with the k-wings and Neil Meadmore racked up good numbers throughout his career 48 goals and P.I.M. totals of 380 P.I.M. and 267 P.I.M. both with the admirals and k-wings. However there is never any real proof of the value of a player as the Pro Game is a Fine Line a cutting edge of intense competition not easily defined by just statistics. They are real gladiators in a Hockey Arena that sometimes play 90-100 games in the I.H.L. I played Major Junior Canadian Hockey and I salute all Pro Players especially the Minor Leagues and how about Coach Bruce Boudreau getting to the N.h.l. after serving most Minor Leagues as a player.
matt clark on
April 14th, 2009 8:58 am
what can we do with dog waste in our own yards? the trash company i use doesnt allow it. i’m at a loss. i use michiana recycling&disposal & have asked them and they dont know either,what do other people do? any suggestions will be appreciated.
thankyou
m.clark
We believe at http://www.medcareprovider.com/nurse-transfer.htm that —- Putting extra money in different projects —- is not the ultimate solution to meet the immediate demand of NURSES or DOCTORS.
We need to allow more work visa for foreign nurses while we educate locally to meet the demand for future.
J.P. Tironi on
April 17th, 2009 11:29 am
The deficit at the hospital was created by the goverment. By their Medicaid and other give away programs to those who do not pay their part for services, or taxes. Why should the citizens of this area pay ?
I say the government should pay for it if they order it.
And yet they want to have total socialized medicine!! God help us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Steven’s family,
So sorry to hear of your loss, so hard at such a young age. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Take care, he will surely be missed.
Sincerly Mary and family
“Yes” is the answer that most people would provide. However, is it actually true? If that was the case, there would have been no hungry, unemployed, or deprived people. As long as a society has people who are deprived of basic needs such as job, food, home, and medical facilities, we cannot state that we care about our fellow citizens. A perfect example, where a few of us show our uncaring attitude towards deprived fellow citizens, is the opposing of a casino in a place where thousands of people are jobless. In a place where more than 20 percent of the population is unemployed, the setting up of a casino is seen as the only ray of hope. By opposing the establishment of a casino in such an area, we are in fact taking away the only chance that the jobless people have to earn legitimate money. We are bluntly letting all these jobless people know that we do not care for them.
If you sit back and think in broader terms, a casino in a place where thousands of families do not get to eat one square meal in a day, is a boon. It is a gift to all the jobless people and will present them with an opportunity to earn bread and butter for their family. A job at the casino will help thousands of parents send their children to good schools and colleges so that the children do not face the same plight in their lives. In addition to all this, a casino will also thrust millions of dollars into the local economy. With an abundance of funds, the local authorities can provide superior medical and health care facilities to people. Better schools and colleges can be set up in the area and more shops and utility stores can be established. The local authorities will also be able to set up small scale industries in the area that will provide more job opportunities to the locals. All this is possible with a right beginning. Yes, the setting up of a casino in such an area is the beginning that can lead to a prosperous future.
Therefore, instead of opposing the establishment of a casino in such a place, we should rather support it. We should make our jobless fellow citizens believe that we care about them and want to help them. We should assist them in getting out of this financial crisis so that even they can live like we do. By doing so, we will present a much more responsible and mature picture of the present generation. We can set an example for others to follow so that even they can extend a helping hand towards the needy fellow citizens. By simply supporting the setting up of a casino in a place where thousands of people are jobless, we will prove it to the world that we care about our fellow citizens. Let us take up this opportunity to help all jobless people and present them with a new and happy beginning.
What is the purpose of building four one-car garages? Why would you want to drop a one-car garage on the middle of an unused piece of property?
Are these for use by the school system? I can’t imagine why. Are they intended for rental? Who would want to rent a garage on that side of town?
Bob on
May 28th, 2009 10:20 am
Creating jobs? The only way many small neighborhood bars in Chicago stay in business is by ignoring the ban. The only places doing ok are the “trendy” places that have a high turnover with many other places closeby.
thom on
May 29th, 2009 10:57 am
If that were the case, he would not have put America, and those American lives he sacrificed in his invasion of another country. His Presidency was by far the worst in American history, next to those who presided over the Viet Nam war. He caused too much destruction in America and the world. They should put an asterik next to his name like they now do in baseball stats. He literally sucked all the feeling out of being an American, he stole the neighbor out of the neighbor hoods in America. Will we as Americans actually take the time to think, to reflect and feel what it is like to know the useless loss of life Bush and his cronies literally wasted? The next great Artist, father, Pope, uncle, some family has a loss, a hole in their family, someone is missing from the picture. But we do not really get it, after all we have seen and become a part of what we allowed this individual to cause, the destruction he has created socially for all Americans. One thing we should all be glad of, and that is that he no longer is President.
WLKM on
May 29th, 2009 10:36 pm
Thanks for your email. The link has been fixed.
WLKM
James Donohue on
June 2nd, 2009 1:30 pm
You’ve got to wear a reflective vest, when riding a bicycle at night.
In this case, Mr. Wooster had dismounted his bike and walked over to the car. Unfortunately, the bicycle reflectors stayed on the bicycle, leaving Mr. Wooster practically invisible.
It’s very sad, my condolences to the Wooster family.
Josh on
June 4th, 2009 4:17 pm
I just don’t know where they will end up. If they end up in the USHL, the fan base will be in for a disappointment. Low American juniors isn’t exactly great hockey, it’s a step up from Michigan high school hockey. And the AHL already has their max number of teams for the upcoming year. Furthermore who is your rival, what team will come in and give your attendance a boost when you have a losing year. The closest teams are Toledo & Cinncy… these are also the only other teams in the midwest. Are these teams going to give the fans the same emotion as Fort Wayne, Muskegon, Port Huron…
But to an extent I’m a jealous hockey fan… I have wished Ft. Wayne would move leagues. I grew up in Fort Wayne during the 90’s when the hockey in the IHL was beyond words, and now I live in Augusta, Georgia where our local ECHL hockey team folded this past year and it looks like we will be with out hockey for at least another year… or until the no name SPHL accepts the city into there league. Just for s&g’s the ECHL hockey that I saw here in the south was not great hockey, not even good hockey.
Josh,
How do you figure that the USHL is “low American juniors”?? The USHL is at the top of USA Hockey’s Junior program. Is it on par with the OHL. Maybe.
If that is the way the Wings go, it would almost be a step up from the IHL. USHL players are pure prospects and are often drafted. The K-Wings would instantly become one of the jewels of the level of play.
Maybe you should do just a bit of homework before posting like this.
Smacky McConverse on
June 6th, 2009 12:26 pm
USHL is low American juniors? It’s at most a half-step below the major junior hockey being played in Saginaw and Plymouth. Go look at their recent NHL draft record. It’s only going to get better with the NTDP coming into the league.
Michigan HS hockey isn’t much to look at. If those players had any serious talent they’d be playing for the best midget and junior (USHL and NAHL) teams.
Amanda Boughton on
June 8th, 2009 10:11 am
My name is Amanda and i’m Alvin’s youngest child. I just want to thank everyone for their prayers and hopes that went out to my father and my family. My dad was a wonderul guy and would help anyone in need. I know he is now with his mothers and his brother, his best friend. I love you Dad, I’ll meet you again in Heaven.
Merritt L. Perkins on
June 8th, 2009 3:32 pm
If you want to get rid of some money don’t send it to me. Just deposit it in my bank account,
bob abooey on
June 9th, 2009 12:08 pm
about 2/3s of the USHL players go on to NCAA hockey, so it isn’t a terrible league, saying it is a half step below the OHL would probably be right. Best case would be that K-Zoo, Muskegon, Flint and Fort Wayne, joined up with the ohio teams of the ECHL to develp a centeral division of that league.
Bobby on
June 9th, 2009 9:48 pm
Congratulations on Kalamazoo joining the ECHL, here from a fan in South Carolina, home of the new, three-time Kelly Cup Champion South Carolina Stingrays.
Should be a great league to see next season. Michigan is the home state of Nasty Nate Kiser, who now lives in Hanahan, and is arguably the most popular Stingray currently.
Chris on
June 10th, 2009 9:48 am
What is the likelihood of this passing the senate before the end of the summer? Anyone have any legislative knowledge ?
ray on
June 10th, 2009 9:07 pm
wow…i don’t get it. they wanted a more stable league?? isn’t this the league that lost two teams in mid season, and three at the end of the year? have fun going to florida, texas, california, or alaska on your road trips. ..ray
Josh on
June 11th, 2009 4:05 pm
I don’t understand how Paul Pickard was one of the people that voted Elmira out of the new IHL because of travel concerns. Yet now they are going to be in the same division as Elmira. Oh yeah and having to travel a ton because only 2 other teams are in the same proximity as the other 5 in the IHL were. Also does K-Zoo expect to win at all, they couldn’t win in the IHL.
Sean Bonyun on
June 11th, 2009 4:05 pm
Chris,
Fred is hopeful that “Cash for Clunkers” will be attached to a bill coming out of the Senate within the next week or two. Given the strong, bipartisan vote in the House this week, and the President’s vocal support, we should be nearing the goal line. We’ll be sure to keep you and the all the folks at WLKM posted as the bill progresses.
Many thanks.
Sean Bonyun
Communications Director
Rep. Fred Upton
lou on
June 11th, 2009 6:52 pm
well although the ECHL is a considerably better league with better overall talent and many more teams to play….(the 6 team IHL by everyones thoughts got boring seeing the same teams game after game) its a huge risk financially to do this and there really are no close rivals…all the road games are going to be long drives…hopefully you can fill the arena to pay higher salaries and much costlier expenses. We in muskegon will miss the rivalry and maybe someday meet again….good luck
Robin Largent on
June 15th, 2009 8:27 am
This is such Bull!! I am a tax payer in the Fisher Lake area and my taxes will go up as a result of the sewer system. I didn’t get a vote in this issue, just the lake people got to vote. I went to the meeting at Morepark school and it did not appear that anyone was in favor of the sewer system. I guess that I get as many people as I can to write our Congressman as possible. The average guy is having a hard enough time just keeping his head above water in this economy let alone paying higher taxes. Sewer for future growth, my behind, the lake is over crowded already!
Doreen McNary on
June 22nd, 2009 12:01 pm
I did enjoy this years event. I took my two children and they enjoyed it also.
John on
June 26th, 2009 8:32 am
Unemployment is very high where I live and it’s been difficult to find support (and the news has also been so negative). So I wanted to point out a helpful resource that I have been using: http://www.joblessjoe.com
The thing that bothers me is that Madoff is being scapegoated for stealing money from people when that is exactly what banks and corporations did to get us into this crisis: http://www.newsy.com/videos/madoff_who_s_really_to_blame
J.P. Tironi on
July 14th, 2009 10:00 am
I don’t see any cuts in the lucrative pension plans we pay for. Do you? It seems to be Ok for us to take hosing in our retirement, and pay higher and higher taxes and additional fee for everything, but no decrease in the pensions for the state lawmakers and government employees.
Dave on
July 17th, 2009 11:26 am
If Lori needs more info on passing laws http://www.OptOutDetectives.com works with police associations to help pass tougher ID Theft laws. Check them out they have helped in CA and AZ.
Meilla on
July 28th, 2009 9:28 am
I think it is unnecessary that Three Rivers Dental Care has made a law to make the adults ages 18-60+years pay for their dental care instead of them getting it done by their Medicaid Card.
Its also silly that they are allowing this to happen in Three Rivers, people who doesn’t or never had dental care will lack from not having it.
Bill Prichard on
July 28th, 2009 2:55 pm
I’m sorry you missed the fireworks at the American Legion Post 170 on the 4th. We, the Sons of the American Legion, had a good barbeque then finished off the evening with fireworks. Maybe next year, you can check us out.
I’d like to see us mentioned in your “Out and About” when we have an event. Our next event will be the Toy Run on Sept 12th when we will have another barbeque and watch the toy run as it goes by the Legion on South Main. I usually leave a flyer with the radio station and give some meal tickets to be sold for advertising.
Hope to see something in your column about it and please feel free to come check us out!
Our functions are usually open to the public, although you have to signed in as a guest, and have a member buy alcohol. Food prices are listed as donations for tax purposes.
Greg & Teresa Butchart on
July 30th, 2009 9:39 pm
This article is misleading. I applied for the cash for clunker program, but was denied because I paid my vehicle registration 6 days late. I have owned this vehicle for 11 years and it has been registered and insured for all 11 years. I was cheated out of 4500. , the state loses the tax revenue, and the big three lost a much needed sale. This is appalling. I feel horrible for all the people who are struggling to pay on-time and then get slapped in the face.
Teresa Butchart
solante hough on
August 3rd, 2009 7:14 am
I am looking for a seminar on social networking. Can anyone help?
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.
theman on
September 28th, 2009 4:06 pm
Perhaps we should merge the Dept. of Ag with DNR and DEQ. The proven leaders in AG could help show the delinquents in DNR and DEQ the light. By the way AG may get less than .5% of the general funds but DEQ gets about the same share less than 1% with 2.5 times the number of employees.
Michigan Trooper on
October 7th, 2009 9:27 pm
Physicians cannot pass this tax cost on to consumers. Medicare/Medicaid and all major insurers do not allow “balance billing” by medical providers. Physician would have to pay this tax out of pocket. That is why doctors will leave Michigan if it passes.
hi my name is oonagh i am a breast care nurse , i to run a support group for women who have breast cancer. our group is known as the rivers breast care group and recently you came up on an email link !! its nice to think across the many miles we are offering a similar service. we meet every 8 weeks, our last meeting we did palaties our numbers are small but our friendship huge
Sounds like you’ve got the right system. Congrats and good luck moving forward with the new technology.
Rob,
IT, Deltec Sytems
Reed on
October 17th, 2009 1:43 am
I heard someone interviewing Martinez on WJR last night and didn’t believe a damn thing she was saying. If we’re going to flush our tax payer dollars down the drain and subsidize Michigans future on the promise of green technology, I need a better salesman than than the liberal Granholm loving “Absolutely” Martinez. From one salesman to another, if you’re using the word “absolutely” more than once, you’re having trouble convincing the customer(Michigan). The people of this state know falsehoods when they here them, unless their drones. Your sales pitch Ms. Martinez sucked.
Ken Baker on
October 21st, 2009 8:28 am
I really like this web site, the news prodcast is great. I didn’t know that you also had “listen online to wildcat football” that is great, the sound is much better through the online program. GREAT JOB..
DO YOU ADVERTISE THIS SITE ON CH 13 , THE LOCAL TV STATION, I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU HAD A WEB PAGE, KEN BAKER
Janet Lange on
October 24th, 2009 6:22 pm
My mother is loved and missed.
Youvebeenhad on
October 27th, 2009 10:54 pm
Actually, Indianapolis just voted down a smoking ban. States are becoming more wise to the propaganda of tobacco control.
In 1998 the World Health Organization completed one of the largest international case-control studies of secondary smoke and lung cancer ever undertaken. When the report was finished however it didn’t get the usual big flashy press release and news conference most of these reports do. Instead it was up to a UK Telegraph reporter, Victoria MacDonald, to uncover what it had found and publicize it.
This huge study, the one that had been counted on to deliver a final condemnation of secondary smoke’s connection to lung cancer instead found NO significant connection for adults. And when it looked at children the news for Antismokers was even worse: the one, single, significant result of the entire study was that children of smokers eventually got 22% *LESS* lung cancer than children of nonsmokers!
The WHO was not happy with the results of its study being released in that way so they immediately turned around and issued a big bold headlined press release declaring ‘PASSIVE SMOKING DOES CAUSE LUNG CANCER, DO NOT LET THEM FOOL YOU’, ” despite the fact that their own study was not even able to find minimally significant support for such a claim.
The abstract, some analysis, and the link to the full study for your own examination can be found through the courtesies of Michael McFadden and Audrey Silk at the NY Clash site at the bottom of:
So take one thing from the WHO’s antismoking press release as fact: “DO NOT LET THEM FOOL YOU!” Their actual study did NOT support smoking bans
Pete on
October 28th, 2009 6:07 pm
I always get a kick out of smokers or like Youvebeenhad who continue to post discredited and phoney science bought and paid for years ago by big tobacco. They then add links to mysterious sites run by mystery groups where the “science” would make most knowledgeable people shake their heads. Even big tobacco companies no longer print some of this fishy and heavily discredited material.
K-Wing Fan on
November 15th, 2009 9:27 am
Keep it going K-Wings!
darrell gibbs on
November 18th, 2009 11:00 am
what took so long. congratulations to the board to finally attempt to balance the budget. better late then ever.
Maybe the city of Three Rivers should do the same.
The county would not be in a budget shortfall if the county commission would do what we voted them in more and do what is best for the whole county, not just for a selected few.
it is clear that its long past due that they should of start cutting some of the fat from these departments and more, a long time ago.
go into any of these office’s. 10 people standing around or sitting around gabbing and 1 person waiting on you with a line 2 miles long.
or try to call one of these offices where everyone is sitting around gabbing and all you get a answering machine and if they do answer or do call back you get the drift from them like “why are you bothering me”
its time a cost effective expert comes in and finds out what position should go or what person should go.
Never have or pay 5 people to do a job that one person can do. Especially since 4 of them are not working while on the payroll anyway.
cotton eye'd joe on
November 18th, 2009 7:32 pm
I’m glad to see Cleaver made it up. Just means the other boys need to step up.
TOTAL on
November 19th, 2009 6:14 pm
It appears that unless benefits from Tier III are receivable in the first week of December that there could be at least a week’s pay that will not be retroactive due to the one week extension to Tier II. Otherwise, from November 8th to lets say December 14th (mid December) would be a 5 week retroactive check. Nice ; )
trmom on
November 21st, 2009 3:13 pm
WAY TO GO WILDCATS !!!!!!!!! YES!!!! WE KNEW YOU ALL COULD DO IT!!!!!!!! YES!!!!! WE ARE GOING TO THE DOME!!!!!!!! YES!!!! WE ARE GOING TO STATE BABYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
The Ash's on
November 27th, 2009 10:46 pm
I am a Wildcat fan, but I really think the team should have came home after the game. With money being short, it would have made sense. I listened to the game and they played their hearts out. GREAT SEASON WILDCATS !!!!!!
A few years ago, it was determined that the traffic on 131 didn’t warrant a bypass around Constantine, MI so why spend all that money on a bypass?
Michael Bupp on
December 4th, 2009 10:14 pm
That is My grandpa
Sara deSoto Hoime on
December 8th, 2009 12:25 am
That is awesome…but I live in Sumner, WA…do you have an address/procedure where i can send a blanket this winter???? Why isn’t the military covering this?
Michelle on
December 8th, 2009 10:14 pm
it would be helpful if you would give us a number that actually would put us in contact with Jeff. Also it would be nice if you would put costs on here too…. thanks!
WLKM on
December 9th, 2009 8:26 am
Michelle:
I see we have a phone number for Jeff at the end of the story. Go ahead and give him a call regarding costs for the various courses.
the presa was not specifically bred for fighting, it was originally bred for guarding of castles/farms and holding/herding farm animals. I’ve been breeding Presa’s for years, they carry a docile temperament (yes, they can get aggressive, just as they can be adorable.. just the same as any other k-9), proper training is a must.. undeniably one of the top guard dogs for your home you can purchase !!
the presa is nothing like the “pitbull”.. only true similarities are looks, and even those aren’t exact, being thst the presa is much taller (2.5 ft) and weighs much more (115-160lbs)..
I can go on & on
Robin Largent on
January 3rd, 2010 3:54 am
This sewer system is such a joke, for future growth is how it is being sold. The only people that are getting a vote in this are the lake property owners. I own property across the street from the lake and have been paying taxes for 30 years. I haven’t recieved a survey card yet so I guess I am not included in the 250 people that are being asked for an opinion. This is funny cause 250 people are about the amount that live directly on the lake, lets survey the total tax payers that are effected by this farce.
If any of you went to the meeting at Moorepark Elementry School you could obviously hear that the majority didn’t agree. Some silly woman got up and tried to sell some story about her grandfather not wanting the lake polluted. I would like to see were she lived and how she has been contributing to the sewage problem. Her house is probably over sized for the lot it is in. That story she tried to sell was the best Dale Carnegie story I ever heard,
well the way i look at it. it should be up to the bar owner and the people that go to that bar to vote. not the goverment. there are non smoking bars for you crying non smokers please go to them. and the indians and the 3 casinos in detroit are going to be the winners. and for the meatheads that say this wont hurt business your full of it. them 20 indian casinos are where the smokers in them cities are going to go not to a non smoking bar. wake up michigan.
tyler russey on
January 20th, 2010 2:05 pm
i loved her alot she waz the best grandma
Stephen Trombly on
January 28th, 2010 4:04 pm
Wake up congressman…………the Great Lakes are our largest reservoir of fresh water in the WORLD!!
Asian carp have ruined some great idaho fly fishing streams by infiltrating the headwaters for spawning. After they get in the stream systems they fill up all of the big holes and runs in the stream and displace the native trout. Preserving the Great Lakes from these fish is important because once they are in, good luck getting them out!
Pat Mygroin on
February 3rd, 2010 5:27 pm
I hope you beat it. I’m from Central Ohio and we beat one down here. They talk about some perceived milk shortage that doesn’t exist. Make no mistake, the number one product from these places in manure, NOT milk. Vreba Hoff has more environmental spills and fines that they can’t pay. This company is in serious financial trouble and if they can cut corners, you bet they will. Also, think about your water supply. A lactating cow drinks about 40 gallons of water per DAY. That’s ONE cow. They wanted to put 5000 of them down here. It would have generated more waste than the entire city of Dayton, OH. CAFO’s are bad for everyone including the animals. I’m no environmentalist, but I prefer family farms where the owners have been here for years and have a genuine interest in the community where they live.
Don Halstead on
February 9th, 2010 3:49 pm
So sad to hear the news about Deb. I will always have such fond memories of her and the way she treated people. She was caring, helpful and always had a smile on her face. She absolutely loved what she did! My thoughts and prayers go out to all her friends, family and co-workers…she was an incredible person!
BoB Bowen on
February 14th, 2010 9:23 pm
Darryl was one of he most popular and memorable players that Victoria has ever had. He always brought excitement and gave it 100%. The opposition always had to aware when Darryl was on the ice as he could produce some crushing checks. We miss him here but wish him the best of luck.
Mary and family – I am so sorry to hear of your husband and father’s passing. Mary, I’m not sure if this is Mary Moline I use to work with at Glabman Paramount. If it is, e-mail me, and if it is not, I am sorry to hear of your loss. I’ll keep you in my prayers, Edna
If you need a new passport (or even if you need new pages added to the back of an existing passport) now is definitely the time to do it!
Kenneth W. Thornton on
March 3rd, 2010 1:29 pm
The normal slow wheels of Congress could destroy our Great Lakes. We need an immediate shutdown of the manmade access to Lake Michigan. Close the gates before the greatest natural freshwater system in the world is reduced to one huge carp pond.
I can’t imagine how stupid people who would fall for this stuff.
I get them from Nigeria almost daily.
Send money to get the money moved to your account. Just a hundred or so dollars and some millions will be deposited into your bank account.
Give us the account No. and info so we can transfer.
RIIIIGGGGHHHTHTTTT!
beverly sengelaub on
March 10th, 2010 7:49 am
stop asian carp in great lakes
sherri wade on
March 20th, 2010 9:36 am
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER MY BEST FRIEND I’VE HAD SINCE CHILDHOOD.
ALL THE VACATIONS TOGETHER, VERA AND I GOING TO TEXAS TO VISIT. HER AND I IN HIGH SCHOOL BEING MISS CASS AND MICH SKIT. BEING IN THE MISS CASS PAGENT, WE DIDNT WIN BUT HAD A GREAT TIME. SHE WAS LIKE A SISTER TO ME. I WILL SO MISS YOU. SHERRI
Terry Buckalew on
March 24th, 2010 12:17 pm
Thanks for the article. I am currently located in Helena, and was unfamiliar with this performer. I’ll check her out now!
Lynn on
April 8th, 2010 10:56 am
The state can’t balance the budget, yet we continue to spend tax money on projects that duplicate services. We already have guardrails. The new system costs car owners more in repairs when we come in contact with these new barriers, plus we have to pay more in taxes to put them up. If you can’t stop this project at least put the barriers down the middle of the median to keep vehicles from crossing over. This would also greatly reduce the damage the new barriers cause because they would be further off the road.
I truly feel very bad for anyone who has had a loved one killed or injured by a vehicle crossing over the median and hitting a vehicle going in the opposite direction, but I seriously wonder if the frequency/percentage of that happening is great enough to spend so much money on something that seems to have such a low probability of happening. Folks, if you’re tired of your taxes going up to pay for such boondoggles, tell your state representatives you’ve had enough.
Stupidity shouldn’t be license to spend our tax money.That person that sued McDonald’s because the hot coffee burned their legs should have been thrown out of court right along with their lawyer. Our planning commissions seem to be so afraid of someone suing them that they are willing to go to any expense to avoid litigation and it is at our expense. Please tell your planning commissions to stop the madness. Hold people accountable for their own actions.
Use that two million dollars to put our police and firefighters back on the job.
Dave Mcgennis on
April 13th, 2010 3:51 pm
I live in Michigan and this is the reason why im switching to those new Crown7 electric cigarettes. These bans are just ludacris!!! Just one more way the government can tell you how to live!!!
Tom Powers on
April 13th, 2010 9:40 pm
To Riverfest Idol Committee and/or Kathy Pendergrass,
Plase send me an application via e mail: TPowLaw@sbcglobal.net or snail mail to 3831 Oakland Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49008. The facebook site does not work — in fact it didn’t send this comment the first time so I’m typing it over.
Tom Powers
Lynn Newman on
April 16th, 2010 12:59 pm
I really feel that this child was let down in every way. She lived in a negative environment that seemed to show no positive reinforcement, and there was no compassion for this precious child with special needs. From what I have observed during the trial they acted as though they were inconvenienced by the child (Calista),because she had special needs. She didn’t seem to have the pleasure of experiencing a loving, caring home that cattered to someone with her special needs. That was very unfortunate for her and I just hope she is at peace now.
God Bless You Calista!
jess on
May 17th, 2010 2:30 pm
I look forward to Tom updating euthanasia practices at his shelter St. Joseph County Animal Control. St. Joseph is only one of 11 county shelters in Michigan still using a barbaric gas chamber to kill unwanted cats and dogs.
Injectable euthanasia is the most rapid and reliable method of performing euthanasia.
Mick on
May 17th, 2010 2:43 pm
Isn’t St.Joseph County still using gas to euthanize? Why would that county’s animal control director be representing Michigan’s Animal Control? They are one of very few still using that inhumane way to euthanize.
I appreciate the concern which is been bill. The things need to be sorted out because it is about the individual but it can be with everyone.
thanks
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doug myers on
July 13th, 2010 1:42 pm
I will be in tomorrow (Wed. 7/14) to meet Misty. I have been in touch with ARF to see if I can afford to adopt her if she takes to me.
the truth on
July 19th, 2010 7:36 pm
leave the kids alone mr lori. we already have enough laws on the books. at some point we need to draw the line and i think that time came and past some time ago. the texting while driving ban is a perfect example of an unnecessary law. people should know better, and if they don’t, police already had every right to pull the person over for driving carelessly. all this bill will do is put more young drivers on the road at the same time since they can no longer carpool with their buddies. stop wasting our tax dollars with this crap!
number one reason you don’t talk to police – there are thousands of laws on the books and if you’re like me, you only know a tiny percentage of them, so the last thing you want to do is open your mouth and unknowingly incriminate yourself. too many freakin laws people…
F Shoup on
July 22nd, 2010 8:55 am
here is some news the reason that Kellie Pickler and Chris Young cancelled their concerts in St. Joseph Mi at the fair is because they had prior contracts with Rascall Flatts. funny thing is the tour is being called the unstoppable tour. you know I love all of these singers trully but I cant imagine cancelling on true die hard fans, who are willing to sit in the rain and watch these performers. Atleast thats what the past residence of St. Joseph county mi have done to see their stars. it always rains on fair week
Maybe rascall flatts should perform with all of them and make it up to the poor folks of michigan. but I dont think there is enough money in it for them.
Home town artists seems like they want everyone to believe this but they dont want anything to do with them once they make the big time…
love them all just wish they had a heart.
Judi Nelson on
July 25th, 2010 5:35 pm
I worked with Vicki at Heartland – Three Rivers. She was a hard worker – very kind to the residents. She will be missed.
I hope we hear the follow up to this story. You always wonder what happened to your good old People Magazine when it comes two weeks late in the mail…..
Nan
I listened to CNN news on the hour today. USA announced 8000 troops will be pulled out of Iraq by Feb. Good news! Except on CNN. Instead they said things are so bad there we can’t have a full pullout. I turn your channel off at the top of every hour. CNN is the worst news service you could have. Can you replace with something that is not so biased?
Doug:
Thanks for visiting our website, and thanks for your comment regarding CNN News. Your comment has been forwarded to CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta. Your input is always welcome!
WLKM
Do you have any plans of streaming WLKM FM on the internet?
9/11/08
We will never forget. Thanks for the statement WLKM. We’re all in this together.
Harold: Yes, we’ve been exploring the possibility of streaming WLKM-FM via our website. Thanks for writing!
Hello!
I just wanted to let you know I’m out here listening to K-Wings’ broadcasts. I’ll be in my backyard before a campfire for tonight’s season opener as I often will be throughout the season!
Chad Beehler
Schoolcraft
Thank tou for your news and obits, sure wish the local diggers would keep it current like the rest of the county.
fantastic job! I listen to your station every day at work and at home – I know what is happening before many others – I get the “scoop” from you.
R.I.P. Mike going to miss you man! Best of luck shane on your recovery!
It is great to see the K-wings doing so well.
Nice to see them getting recognition for their efforts.
Michael wasnt dead at the sence they got a pulse then lost in on the way to the hospital. i really cared for michael and Shane nad i was very upset ot see him go. im really glad shanes okay
he accepted christ the nite after the accident..
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The anti-smokers are guilty of flagrant scientific fraud for ignoring more than 50 studies, which show that human papillomaviruses cause over ten times more lung cancers than they pretend are caused by secondhand smoke. Passive smokers are more likely to have been exposed to this virus, so the anti-smokers’ studies, because they are all based on nothing but lifestyle questionnaires, have been cynically DESIGNED to falsely blame passive smoking for all those extra lung cancers that are really caused by HPV.
http://www.smokershistory.com/hpvlungc.htm
The anti-smokers have committed the same type of fraud with every disease they blame on smoking and passive smoking, as well as ignoring other types of evidence that proves they are lying, such as the fact that the death rates from asthma have more than doubled since their movement began.
http://www.smokershistory.com/newviews.htm
Morning! Since I have been laid off as of Monday “due to economic times” keep me in your thoughts should you hear of any job prospects.
Thanks
Julie Bartow
269-506-1873
What is wrong with the fleet of Limos the executive branch has already? Just what we need, spend more money! Perhaps the White House should be rebuilt each time a new President come in. Lets try and curb spending people.
*sigh*
i do not like your new format. where can i click on to read all the local news?
Not sure where that headline came from. The body of the piece seems to indicate that Michigan is still tops in seat belt use.
Thanks for your email, Sharon. To easily view all of the local news, simply click on NEWS on the right side of our orange menu bar. Our Home Page highlights items which have been recently added to the website.
Not sure where you are – but it doesn’t sound too cold. We operate on the Celsius scale but it hasn’t really mattered this week. Minus 40 is the same either F or C.
OTTAWA, CANADA
We’re in southwest Michigan. Minus 20 degrees fahrenheit equals minus 28 celsius. Brrrr!!
We would like to offer our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to you and your family on the loss of Mrs. Wells. It was our pleasure to deliver newspapers to her everyday.
She will be missed.
The newpaper carrier
Tanya & DJ
Zach was a good friend to me….. We all loved him very much and were sad to see him go……… He always made me laugh when I was having a bad day….. I will miss him dearly and I hope that where ever he is that he is happy…..
Very cool Norm.
Linda:
Thanks for letting me know about the goof on our website. The error has been corrected.
Dennis
Where can I pick up a #39 K-Wing jersey? This Trent Daavettilla kid looks unbelieveable out there! Where’d they pick this kid up from?
Go Wings!!!!
Cancer of all types is always about carrying “emotional rage” within the subconscious mind. There is an emotional piece of the ego that acts as a barrier or emotional block. Through personal growth work… healing and forgiveness can take place and the dynamics that cause the cancer can slowly and incrementally be released from the body. You have to get to the emotional root of the dis-ease within the psyche. It helps to have a wise holistic spiritual teacher who can help you get into communion with your Higher Self. Raise your energetic vibration to experience wellness and joy.
Thank you so much for the plug!!!!! We all here at Bethel appreciate it so very much! Thank you again!
Blessings,
D.W. Tolbert, Pastor
Kevin Schamehorn had impressive numbers 45 Goals and 345 PiM the same year year with the k-wings and Neil Meadmore racked up good numbers throughout his career 48 goals and P.I.M. totals of 380 P.I.M. and 267 P.I.M. both with the admirals and k-wings. However there is never any real proof of the value of a player as the Pro Game is a Fine Line a cutting edge of intense competition not easily defined by just statistics. They are real gladiators in a Hockey Arena that sometimes play 90-100 games in the I.H.L. I played Major Junior Canadian Hockey and I salute all Pro Players especially the Minor Leagues and how about Coach Bruce Boudreau getting to the N.h.l. after serving most Minor Leagues as a player.
what can we do with dog waste in our own yards? the trash company i use doesnt allow it. i’m at a loss. i use michiana recycling&disposal & have asked them and they dont know either,what do other people do? any suggestions will be appreciated.
thankyou
m.clark
I am sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences. May the comfort of God help you during this difficult time.
We believe at http://www.medcareprovider.com/nurse-transfer.htm that —- Putting extra money in different projects —- is not the ultimate solution to meet the immediate demand of NURSES or DOCTORS.
We need to allow more work visa for foreign nurses while we educate locally to meet the demand for future.
The deficit at the hospital was created by the goverment. By their Medicaid and other give away programs to those who do not pay their part for services, or taxes. Why should the citizens of this area pay ?
I say the government should pay for it if they order it.
And yet they want to have total socialized medicine!! God help us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Steven’s family,
So sorry to hear of your loss, so hard at such a young age. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Take care, he will surely be missed.
Sincerly Mary and family
I miss you Janer!
Do we Care about our Fellow Citizens?
“Yes” is the answer that most people would provide. However, is it actually true? If that was the case, there would have been no hungry, unemployed, or deprived people. As long as a society has people who are deprived of basic needs such as job, food, home, and medical facilities, we cannot state that we care about our fellow citizens. A perfect example, where a few of us show our uncaring attitude towards deprived fellow citizens, is the opposing of a casino in a place where thousands of people are jobless. In a place where more than 20 percent of the population is unemployed, the setting up of a casino is seen as the only ray of hope. By opposing the establishment of a casino in such an area, we are in fact taking away the only chance that the jobless people have to earn legitimate money. We are bluntly letting all these jobless people know that we do not care for them.
If you sit back and think in broader terms, a casino in a place where thousands of families do not get to eat one square meal in a day, is a boon. It is a gift to all the jobless people and will present them with an opportunity to earn bread and butter for their family. A job at the casino will help thousands of parents send their children to good schools and colleges so that the children do not face the same plight in their lives. In addition to all this, a casino will also thrust millions of dollars into the local economy. With an abundance of funds, the local authorities can provide superior medical and health care facilities to people. Better schools and colleges can be set up in the area and more shops and utility stores can be established. The local authorities will also be able to set up small scale industries in the area that will provide more job opportunities to the locals. All this is possible with a right beginning. Yes, the setting up of a casino in such an area is the beginning that can lead to a prosperous future.
Therefore, instead of opposing the establishment of a casino in such a place, we should rather support it. We should make our jobless fellow citizens believe that we care about them and want to help them. We should assist them in getting out of this financial crisis so that even they can live like we do. By doing so, we will present a much more responsible and mature picture of the present generation. We can set an example for others to follow so that even they can extend a helping hand towards the needy fellow citizens. By simply supporting the setting up of a casino in a place where thousands of people are jobless, we will prove it to the world that we care about our fellow citizens. Let us take up this opportunity to help all jobless people and present them with a new and happy beginning.
What is the purpose of building four one-car garages? Why would you want to drop a one-car garage on the middle of an unused piece of property?
Are these for use by the school system? I can’t imagine why. Are they intended for rental? Who would want to rent a garage on that side of town?
Creating jobs? The only way many small neighborhood bars in Chicago stay in business is by ignoring the ban. The only places doing ok are the “trendy” places that have a high turnover with many other places closeby.
If that were the case, he would not have put America, and those American lives he sacrificed in his invasion of another country. His Presidency was by far the worst in American history, next to those who presided over the Viet Nam war. He caused too much destruction in America and the world. They should put an asterik next to his name like they now do in baseball stats. He literally sucked all the feeling out of being an American, he stole the neighbor out of the neighbor hoods in America. Will we as Americans actually take the time to think, to reflect and feel what it is like to know the useless loss of life Bush and his cronies literally wasted? The next great Artist, father, Pope, uncle, some family has a loss, a hole in their family, someone is missing from the picture. But we do not really get it, after all we have seen and become a part of what we allowed this individual to cause, the destruction he has created socially for all Americans. One thing we should all be glad of, and that is that he no longer is President.
Thanks for your email. The link has been fixed.
WLKM
You’ve got to wear a reflective vest, when riding a bicycle at night.
In this case, Mr. Wooster had dismounted his bike and walked over to the car. Unfortunately, the bicycle reflectors stayed on the bicycle, leaving Mr. Wooster practically invisible.
It’s very sad, my condolences to the Wooster family.
I just don’t know where they will end up. If they end up in the USHL, the fan base will be in for a disappointment. Low American juniors isn’t exactly great hockey, it’s a step up from Michigan high school hockey. And the AHL already has their max number of teams for the upcoming year. Furthermore who is your rival, what team will come in and give your attendance a boost when you have a losing year. The closest teams are Toledo & Cinncy… these are also the only other teams in the midwest. Are these teams going to give the fans the same emotion as Fort Wayne, Muskegon, Port Huron…
But to an extent I’m a jealous hockey fan… I have wished Ft. Wayne would move leagues. I grew up in Fort Wayne during the 90’s when the hockey in the IHL was beyond words, and now I live in Augusta, Georgia where our local ECHL hockey team folded this past year and it looks like we will be with out hockey for at least another year… or until the no name SPHL accepts the city into there league. Just for s&g’s the ECHL hockey that I saw here in the south was not great hockey, not even good hockey.
Josh,
How do you figure that the USHL is “low American juniors”?? The USHL is at the top of USA Hockey’s Junior program. Is it on par with the OHL. Maybe.
If that is the way the Wings go, it would almost be a step up from the IHL. USHL players are pure prospects and are often drafted. The K-Wings would instantly become one of the jewels of the level of play.
Maybe you should do just a bit of homework before posting like this.
USHL is low American juniors? It’s at most a half-step below the major junior hockey being played in Saginaw and Plymouth. Go look at their recent NHL draft record. It’s only going to get better with the NTDP coming into the league.
Michigan HS hockey isn’t much to look at. If those players had any serious talent they’d be playing for the best midget and junior (USHL and NAHL) teams.
My name is Amanda and i’m Alvin’s youngest child. I just want to thank everyone for their prayers and hopes that went out to my father and my family. My dad was a wonderul guy and would help anyone in need. I know he is now with his mothers and his brother, his best friend. I love you Dad, I’ll meet you again in Heaven.
If you want to get rid of some money don’t send it to me. Just deposit it in my bank account,
about 2/3s of the USHL players go on to NCAA hockey, so it isn’t a terrible league, saying it is a half step below the OHL would probably be right. Best case would be that K-Zoo, Muskegon, Flint and Fort Wayne, joined up with the ohio teams of the ECHL to develp a centeral division of that league.
Congratulations on Kalamazoo joining the ECHL, here from a fan in South Carolina, home of the new, three-time Kelly Cup Champion South Carolina Stingrays.
Should be a great league to see next season. Michigan is the home state of Nasty Nate Kiser, who now lives in Hanahan, and is arguably the most popular Stingray currently.
What is the likelihood of this passing the senate before the end of the summer? Anyone have any legislative knowledge ?
wow…i don’t get it. they wanted a more stable league?? isn’t this the league that lost two teams in mid season, and three at the end of the year? have fun going to florida, texas, california, or alaska on your road trips. ..ray
I don’t understand how Paul Pickard was one of the people that voted Elmira out of the new IHL because of travel concerns. Yet now they are going to be in the same division as Elmira. Oh yeah and having to travel a ton because only 2 other teams are in the same proximity as the other 5 in the IHL were. Also does K-Zoo expect to win at all, they couldn’t win in the IHL.
Chris,
Fred is hopeful that “Cash for Clunkers” will be attached to a bill coming out of the Senate within the next week or two. Given the strong, bipartisan vote in the House this week, and the President’s vocal support, we should be nearing the goal line. We’ll be sure to keep you and the all the folks at WLKM posted as the bill progresses.
Many thanks.
Sean Bonyun
Communications Director
Rep. Fred Upton
well although the ECHL is a considerably better league with better overall talent and many more teams to play….(the 6 team IHL by everyones thoughts got boring seeing the same teams game after game) its a huge risk financially to do this and there really are no close rivals…all the road games are going to be long drives…hopefully you can fill the arena to pay higher salaries and much costlier expenses. We in muskegon will miss the rivalry and maybe someday meet again….good luck
This is such Bull!! I am a tax payer in the Fisher Lake area and my taxes will go up as a result of the sewer system. I didn’t get a vote in this issue, just the lake people got to vote. I went to the meeting at Morepark school and it did not appear that anyone was in favor of the sewer system. I guess that I get as many people as I can to write our Congressman as possible. The average guy is having a hard enough time just keeping his head above water in this economy let alone paying higher taxes. Sewer for future growth, my behind, the lake is over crowded already!
I did enjoy this years event. I took my two children and they enjoyed it also.
Unemployment is very high where I live and it’s been difficult to find support (and the news has also been so negative). So I wanted to point out a helpful resource that I have been using: http://www.joblessjoe.com
Yeah, sympathy for some of these investors is definitely misplaced. This is a good article that explains why:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/146403-madoff-s-investors-don-t-deserve-compensation-or-sympathy
The thing that bothers me is that Madoff is being scapegoated for stealing money from people when that is exactly what banks and corporations did to get us into this crisis: http://www.newsy.com/videos/madoff_who_s_really_to_blame
I don’t see any cuts in the lucrative pension plans we pay for. Do you? It seems to be Ok for us to take hosing in our retirement, and pay higher and higher taxes and additional fee for everything, but no decrease in the pensions for the state lawmakers and government employees.
If Lori needs more info on passing laws http://www.OptOutDetectives.com works with police associations to help pass tougher ID Theft laws. Check them out they have helped in CA and AZ.
I think it is unnecessary that Three Rivers Dental Care has made a law to make the adults ages 18-60+years pay for their dental care instead of them getting it done by their Medicaid Card.
Its also silly that they are allowing this to happen in Three Rivers, people who doesn’t or never had dental care will lack from not having it.
I’m sorry you missed the fireworks at the American Legion Post 170 on the 4th. We, the Sons of the American Legion, had a good barbeque then finished off the evening with fireworks. Maybe next year, you can check us out.
I’d like to see us mentioned in your “Out and About” when we have an event. Our next event will be the Toy Run on Sept 12th when we will have another barbeque and watch the toy run as it goes by the Legion on South Main. I usually leave a flyer with the radio station and give some meal tickets to be sold for advertising.
Hope to see something in your column about it and please feel free to come check us out!
Our functions are usually open to the public, although you have to signed in as a guest, and have a member buy alcohol. Food prices are listed as donations for tax purposes.
This article is misleading. I applied for the cash for clunker program, but was denied because I paid my vehicle registration 6 days late. I have owned this vehicle for 11 years and it has been registered and insured for all 11 years. I was cheated out of 4500. , the state loses the tax revenue, and the big three lost a much needed sale. This is appalling. I feel horrible for all the people who are struggling to pay on-time and then get slapped in the face.
Teresa Butchart
I am looking for a seminar on social networking. Can anyone help?
Tx
if the clunker’s stimulus is working so well then the government needs to act on it now and don’t wait any longer
Even with Cash for Clunkers never forget to negotiate the car price.
Jimhenry
Blogger
http://www.cashforclunkersfacts.info
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This is shameful.Please take care of your children.Our children are the future;
Sorry to here about dear old dad – Don’t know much about your dad. But God Bless the family .
The postal service will suffer a 7 billion dollar this year. The government does not fund the postal service.
Postal Service executives are often called inept. I guess consoldating operations to reduce costs is another bad decision by the PMG.
What is Rep. Upton’s solution for the problem of not having enough money to keep every fully staffed and operational.
And as more get unemployed, they rush their resumes off to ANYTHING! Heard of the ‘Resume Race Theory’?
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.
Perhaps we should merge the Dept. of Ag with DNR and DEQ. The proven leaders in AG could help show the delinquents in DNR and DEQ the light. By the way AG may get less than .5% of the general funds but DEQ gets about the same share less than 1% with 2.5 times the number of employees.
Physicians cannot pass this tax cost on to consumers. Medicare/Medicaid and all major insurers do not allow “balance billing” by medical providers. Physician would have to pay this tax out of pocket. That is why doctors will leave Michigan if it passes.
hi my name is oonagh i am a breast care nurse , i to run a support group for women who have breast cancer. our group is known as the rivers breast care group and recently you came up on an email link !! its nice to think across the many miles we are offering a similar service. we meet every 8 weeks, our last meeting we did palaties our numbers are small but our friendship huge
Sounds like you’ve got the right system. Congrats and good luck moving forward with the new technology.
Rob,
IT, Deltec Sytems
I heard someone interviewing Martinez on WJR last night and didn’t believe a damn thing she was saying. If we’re going to flush our tax payer dollars down the drain and subsidize Michigans future on the promise of green technology, I need a better salesman than than the liberal Granholm loving “Absolutely” Martinez. From one salesman to another, if you’re using the word “absolutely” more than once, you’re having trouble convincing the customer(Michigan). The people of this state know falsehoods when they here them, unless their drones. Your sales pitch Ms. Martinez sucked.
I really like this web site, the news prodcast is great. I didn’t know that you also had “listen online to wildcat football” that is great, the sound is much better through the online program. GREAT JOB..
DO YOU ADVERTISE THIS SITE ON CH 13 , THE LOCAL TV STATION, I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU HAD A WEB PAGE, KEN BAKER
My mother is loved and missed.
Actually, Indianapolis just voted down a smoking ban. States are becoming more wise to the propaganda of tobacco control.
In 1998 the World Health Organization completed one of the largest international case-control studies of secondary smoke and lung cancer ever undertaken. When the report was finished however it didn’t get the usual big flashy press release and news conference most of these reports do. Instead it was up to a UK Telegraph reporter, Victoria MacDonald, to uncover what it had found and publicize it.
This huge study, the one that had been counted on to deliver a final condemnation of secondary smoke’s connection to lung cancer instead found NO significant connection for adults. And when it looked at children the news for Antismokers was even worse: the one, single, significant result of the entire study was that children of smokers eventually got 22% *LESS* lung cancer than children of nonsmokers!
The WHO was not happy with the results of its study being released in that way so they immediately turned around and issued a big bold headlined press release declaring ‘PASSIVE SMOKING DOES CAUSE LUNG CANCER, DO NOT LET THEM FOOL YOU’, ” despite the fact that their own study was not even able to find minimally significant support for such a claim.
The abstract, some analysis, and the link to the full study for your own examination can be found through the courtesies of Michael McFadden and Audrey Silk at the NY Clash site at the bottom of:
http://www.nycclash.com/Philly.html#ETSTable
So take one thing from the WHO’s antismoking press release as fact: “DO NOT LET THEM FOOL YOU!” Their actual study did NOT support smoking bans
I always get a kick out of smokers or like Youvebeenhad who continue to post discredited and phoney science bought and paid for years ago by big tobacco. They then add links to mysterious sites run by mystery groups where the “science” would make most knowledgeable people shake their heads. Even big tobacco companies no longer print some of this fishy and heavily discredited material.
Keep it going K-Wings!
what took so long. congratulations to the board to finally attempt to balance the budget. better late then ever.
Maybe the city of Three Rivers should do the same.
The county would not be in a budget shortfall if the county commission would do what we voted them in more and do what is best for the whole county, not just for a selected few.
it is clear that its long past due that they should of start cutting some of the fat from these departments and more, a long time ago.
go into any of these office’s. 10 people standing around or sitting around gabbing and 1 person waiting on you with a line 2 miles long.
or try to call one of these offices where everyone is sitting around gabbing and all you get a answering machine and if they do answer or do call back you get the drift from them like “why are you bothering me”
its time a cost effective expert comes in and finds out what position should go or what person should go.
Never have or pay 5 people to do a job that one person can do. Especially since 4 of them are not working while on the payroll anyway.
I’m glad to see Cleaver made it up. Just means the other boys need to step up.
It appears that unless benefits from Tier III are receivable in the first week of December that there could be at least a week’s pay that will not be retroactive due to the one week extension to Tier II. Otherwise, from November 8th to lets say December 14th (mid December) would be a 5 week retroactive check. Nice ; )
WAY TO GO WILDCATS !!!!!!!!! YES!!!! WE KNEW YOU ALL COULD DO IT!!!!!!!! YES!!!!! WE ARE GOING TO THE DOME!!!!!!!! YES!!!! WE ARE GOING TO STATE BABYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
I am a Wildcat fan, but I really think the team should have came home after the game. With money being short, it would have made sense. I listened to the game and they played their hearts out. GREAT SEASON WILDCATS !!!!!!
A few years ago, it was determined that the traffic on 131 didn’t warrant a bypass around Constantine, MI so why spend all that money on a bypass?
That is My grandpa
That is awesome…but I live in Sumner, WA…do you have an address/procedure where i can send a blanket this winter???? Why isn’t the military covering this?
it would be helpful if you would give us a number that actually would put us in contact with Jeff. Also it would be nice if you would put costs on here too…. thanks!
Michelle:
I see we have a phone number for Jeff at the end of the story. Go ahead and give him a call regarding costs for the various courses.
Thanks.
Dennis
WLKM
the presa was not specifically bred for fighting, it was originally bred for guarding of castles/farms and holding/herding farm animals. I’ve been breeding Presa’s for years, they carry a docile temperament (yes, they can get aggressive, just as they can be adorable.. just the same as any other k-9), proper training is a must.. undeniably one of the top guard dogs for your home you can purchase !!
the presa is nothing like the “pitbull”.. only true similarities are looks, and even those aren’t exact, being thst the presa is much taller (2.5 ft) and weighs much more (115-160lbs)..
I can go on & on
This sewer system is such a joke, for future growth is how it is being sold. The only people that are getting a vote in this are the lake property owners. I own property across the street from the lake and have been paying taxes for 30 years. I haven’t recieved a survey card yet so I guess I am not included in the 250 people that are being asked for an opinion. This is funny cause 250 people are about the amount that live directly on the lake, lets survey the total tax payers that are effected by this farce.
If any of you went to the meeting at Moorepark Elementry School you could obviously hear that the majority didn’t agree. Some silly woman got up and tried to sell some story about her grandfather not wanting the lake polluted. I would like to see were she lived and how she has been contributing to the sewage problem. Her house is probably over sized for the lot it is in. That story she tried to sell was the best Dale Carnegie story I ever heard,
great, just what the city needs.
well the way i look at it. it should be up to the bar owner and the people that go to that bar to vote. not the goverment. there are non smoking bars for you crying non smokers please go to them. and the indians and the 3 casinos in detroit are going to be the winners. and for the meatheads that say this wont hurt business your full of it. them 20 indian casinos are where the smokers in them cities are going to go not to a non smoking bar. wake up michigan.
i loved her alot she waz the best grandma
Wake up congressman…………the Great Lakes are our largest reservoir of fresh water in the WORLD!!
Asian carp have ruined some great idaho fly fishing streams by infiltrating the headwaters for spawning. After they get in the stream systems they fill up all of the big holes and runs in the stream and displace the native trout. Preserving the Great Lakes from these fish is important because once they are in, good luck getting them out!
I hope you beat it. I’m from Central Ohio and we beat one down here. They talk about some perceived milk shortage that doesn’t exist. Make no mistake, the number one product from these places in manure, NOT milk. Vreba Hoff has more environmental spills and fines that they can’t pay. This company is in serious financial trouble and if they can cut corners, you bet they will. Also, think about your water supply. A lactating cow drinks about 40 gallons of water per DAY. That’s ONE cow. They wanted to put 5000 of them down here. It would have generated more waste than the entire city of Dayton, OH. CAFO’s are bad for everyone including the animals. I’m no environmentalist, but I prefer family farms where the owners have been here for years and have a genuine interest in the community where they live.
So sad to hear the news about Deb. I will always have such fond memories of her and the way she treated people. She was caring, helpful and always had a smile on her face. She absolutely loved what she did! My thoughts and prayers go out to all her friends, family and co-workers…she was an incredible person!
Darryl was one of he most popular and memorable players that Victoria has ever had. He always brought excitement and gave it 100%. The opposition always had to aware when Darryl was on the ice as he could produce some crushing checks. We miss him here but wish him the best of luck.
Mary and family – I am so sorry to hear of your husband and father’s passing. Mary, I’m not sure if this is Mary Moline I use to work with at Glabman Paramount. If it is, e-mail me, and if it is not, I am sorry to hear of your loss. I’ll keep you in my prayers, Edna
Karen and family – So sorry to hear of your loss. Keeping you in my prayers. Edna
Someone finally heard this childs voice.
God bless you, Calista.
Thank you to the Jury.
this bill is so dumb. People were stupid with their money before now they have more room to be even more stupid with their money.
Alison and Tim,
We are so sorry for your loss. We are thinking of you. Take care.
Craig, Julie and Paige McCollister
If you need a new passport (or even if you need new pages added to the back of an existing passport) now is definitely the time to do it!
The normal slow wheels of Congress could destroy our Great Lakes. We need an immediate shutdown of the manmade access to Lake Michigan. Close the gates before the greatest natural freshwater system in the world is reduced to one huge carp pond.
get with the program… hello!
It’s amazing what lengths people will go to for money. I read read about thw new top ten scams of 2010 at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2698673/top_10_online_scams_of_2010.html Very informative.
I can’t imagine how stupid people who would fall for this stuff.
I get them from Nigeria almost daily.
Send money to get the money moved to your account. Just a hundred or so dollars and some millions will be deposited into your bank account.
Give us the account No. and info so we can transfer.
RIIIIGGGGHHHTHTTTT!
stop asian carp in great lakes
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER MY BEST FRIEND I’VE HAD SINCE CHILDHOOD.
ALL THE VACATIONS TOGETHER, VERA AND I GOING TO TEXAS TO VISIT. HER AND I IN HIGH SCHOOL BEING MISS CASS AND MICH SKIT. BEING IN THE MISS CASS PAGENT, WE DIDNT WIN BUT HAD A GREAT TIME. SHE WAS LIKE A SISTER TO ME. I WILL SO MISS YOU. SHERRI
Thanks for the article. I am currently located in Helena, and was unfamiliar with this performer. I’ll check her out now!
The state can’t balance the budget, yet we continue to spend tax money on projects that duplicate services. We already have guardrails. The new system costs car owners more in repairs when we come in contact with these new barriers, plus we have to pay more in taxes to put them up. If you can’t stop this project at least put the barriers down the middle of the median to keep vehicles from crossing over. This would also greatly reduce the damage the new barriers cause because they would be further off the road.
I truly feel very bad for anyone who has had a loved one killed or injured by a vehicle crossing over the median and hitting a vehicle going in the opposite direction, but I seriously wonder if the frequency/percentage of that happening is great enough to spend so much money on something that seems to have such a low probability of happening. Folks, if you’re tired of your taxes going up to pay for such boondoggles, tell your state representatives you’ve had enough.
Stupidity shouldn’t be license to spend our tax money.That person that sued McDonald’s because the hot coffee burned their legs should have been thrown out of court right along with their lawyer. Our planning commissions seem to be so afraid of someone suing them that they are willing to go to any expense to avoid litigation and it is at our expense. Please tell your planning commissions to stop the madness. Hold people accountable for their own actions.
Use that two million dollars to put our police and firefighters back on the job.
I live in Michigan and this is the reason why im switching to those new Crown7 electric cigarettes. These bans are just ludacris!!! Just one more way the government can tell you how to live!!!
To Riverfest Idol Committee and/or Kathy Pendergrass,
Plase send me an application via e mail: TPowLaw@sbcglobal.net or snail mail to 3831 Oakland Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49008. The facebook site does not work — in fact it didn’t send this comment the first time so I’m typing it over.
Tom Powers
I really feel that this child was let down in every way. She lived in a negative environment that seemed to show no positive reinforcement, and there was no compassion for this precious child with special needs. From what I have observed during the trial they acted as though they were inconvenienced by the child (Calista),because she had special needs. She didn’t seem to have the pleasure of experiencing a loving, caring home that cattered to someone with her special needs. That was very unfortunate for her and I just hope she is at peace now.
God Bless You Calista!
I look forward to Tom updating euthanasia practices at his shelter St. Joseph County Animal Control. St. Joseph is only one of 11 county shelters in Michigan still using a barbaric gas chamber to kill unwanted cats and dogs.
Injectable euthanasia is the most rapid and reliable method of performing euthanasia.
Isn’t St.Joseph County still using gas to euthanize? Why would that county’s animal control director be representing Michigan’s Animal Control? They are one of very few still using that inhumane way to euthanize.
I appreciate the concern which is been bill. The things need to be sorted out because it is about the individual but it can be with everyone.
thanks
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I will be in tomorrow (Wed. 7/14) to meet Misty. I have been in touch with ARF to see if I can afford to adopt her if she takes to me.
leave the kids alone mr lori. we already have enough laws on the books. at some point we need to draw the line and i think that time came and past some time ago. the texting while driving ban is a perfect example of an unnecessary law. people should know better, and if they don’t, police already had every right to pull the person over for driving carelessly. all this bill will do is put more young drivers on the road at the same time since they can no longer carpool with their buddies. stop wasting our tax dollars with this crap!
number one reason you don’t talk to police – there are thousands of laws on the books and if you’re like me, you only know a tiny percentage of them, so the last thing you want to do is open your mouth and unknowingly incriminate yourself. too many freakin laws people…
here is some news the reason that Kellie Pickler and Chris Young cancelled their concerts in St. Joseph Mi at the fair is because they had prior contracts with Rascall Flatts. funny thing is the tour is being called the unstoppable tour. you know I love all of these singers trully but I cant imagine cancelling on true die hard fans, who are willing to sit in the rain and watch these performers. Atleast thats what the past residence of St. Joseph county mi have done to see their stars. it always rains on fair week
Maybe rascall flatts should perform with all of them and make it up to the poor folks of michigan. but I dont think there is enough money in it for them.
Home town artists seems like they want everyone to believe this but they dont want anything to do with them once they make the big time…
love them all just wish they had a heart.
I worked with Vicki at Heartland – Three Rivers. She was a hard worker – very kind to the residents. She will be missed.