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Walking for "Lori's Voice"

Submitted by Gomez, The Communicator

Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 1:25pm

MARNE MI ~Mark your Calendars for June 16, 2012 ~ Help "Lori's Voice" to raise money for special needs children. Come and walk! Bring your friends!

The walk will take place at St. Mary's in Marne winding through the parking lot to the end of the road. Rain or shine-9:00 AM-noon.

Registration begins at 8:30 AM-please go to the website to download a registration form and pledge sheet http://www.lorisvoice.org/ Don't miss out on all the fun!! With your $15 registration fee you will receive a custom embroidered T-shirt!! Check out the website to learn more!

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Reminder: 31st Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade tonight

Submitted by Christopher Morse, Community Web Producer

Friday, December 2nd, 2011, 5:00pm

Reminder: 31st Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade tonight

COOPERSVILLE, MI - Friday, December 2, 2011 the Coopersville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the 31st Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade with the theme "The History of Christmas."

In keeping with the theme, Jim & Lill Budzynski, curators of The Coopersville Area Historical Society Museum & Del Shannon Memorial will be this year's Grand Marshalls.

The annual nighttime Christmas Parade is one of the longest, continually running Christmas Parades in Michigan. The parade starts at 7 PM originating at Eastmanville & Main Streets in Historic Downtown Coopersville and runs to the Coopersville Area Public Schools campus on East Street.

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Coopersville's 31st Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade – "The History of Christmas"

Submitted by Jessica Puchala, Social Media Coordinator, Multimedia News Producer & Online Buzz Reporter at WZZM 13

Monday, November 28th, 2011, 5:46pm

Coopersville's 31st Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade – "The History of Christmas"

News Release:

COOPERSVILLE, MI - Friday, December 2, 2011 the Coopersville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the 31st Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade with the theme "The History of Christmas."

In keeping with the theme, Jim & Lill Budzynski, curators of The Coopersville Area Historical Society Museum & Del Shannon Memorial will be this year's Grand Marshalls.

Professional and organization floats decorated to the History of Christmas theme will compete for awards and provide a festive distraction prior to the Big Man Himself.

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The Santa Train runs soon on the Coopersville & Marne Railway

Submitted by Jessica Puchala, Social Media Coordinator, Multimedia News Producer & Online Buzz Reporter at WZZM 13

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011, 6:04pm

The Santa Train runs soon on the Coopersville & Marne Railway

From the Coopersville & Marne Railway:

Ride with the FUN GUY! Everyone loves Santa and Santa loves kids. Each of our vintage passenger cars has a special seat reserved just for the Big Guy and his friends.

Elves will escort the children to sit with Santa. All kids get a present, even the shy ones! Our story-telling Princess will read from the book, "The Polar Express" which was written by Grand Rapids native, Chris Van Allsburg.

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We trade our Urban Wildlife for a rare sighting -- The elusive badger

Submitted by Janet Mason, WZZM 13

Sunday, June 26th, 2011, 5:30am

We trade our Urban Wildlife for a rare sighting -- The elusive badger

Meet Bella, Bucky and Barry:

We leave the urban wildlife in Forest Hills and head to our cabin in Wisconsin. In Michigan, you would call our cabin a cottage. In Wisconsin, they are known as cabins. Anyway I digress - our cabin is on 10 hilly acres of grassland in the bluff country of southern Wisconsin.

Wisconsin is known as the dairy state, but the “state animal” is not a cow. It’s the badger. Yes, Wisconsinites have seen Bucky the Badger, the University of Wisconsin’s mascot. But very few of them have ever seen a real badger. Our property in Wisconsin was invaded by three badgers last year!!!!

The first sign of a badger invasion:

The first sign of the badger invasion was the yard, which was dug up. Badgers prefer to live in open grasslands, fields and pastures. My husband mows about four acres of our property and lets the rest of the grasses grow wild.

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A break from urban wildlife for a day at the beach

Submitted by Janet Mason, WZZM 13

Sunday, June 19th, 2011, 5:33am

A break from urban wildlife for a day at the beach

LAKE MICHIGAN - Even a dog has to take a break from all the excitement of his backyard kingdom. On this sunny summer day, George, my husband, and I head to the beach. Our friends, Nancy and Don, own a cottage on Lake Michigan, and they have invited the three of us to spend the day at the beach.

This is George’s first visit to Lake Michigan. The waves were a little intimidating at first. He would sniff the water, but he would not allow himself to get wet. He wouldn’t even dip his paw into the water to check it out. Then something caught his eye. George noticed the beautiful white birds walking along the water’s edge. He tried to get close to these interesting critters, but they would simply fly off.

Silly me, I thought seagulls only lived by the ocean, and then I moved to Michigan and discovered the Big Lake is home to a thriving population of seagulls. I have since learned that seagulls or gulls will live al

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Perennial Garden

Submitted by dhudelson on Wednesday, May 11th, 10:47 am

This past weekend I noticed a flurry of activity at the Perennial Garden at the corner of Ottawa and Pine in Coopersville. There must have been 20 people sprucing up the Garden. The weeds were flying! The Garden is beautiful with the stone paver walkways and the fountain in the center. There are also benches so you can sit and enjoy the Garden. It's a great little spot to relax. I love it!