PAW PAW – In the 2010 movie “Pay it Forward” a teacher gives students the assignment to think of a way to change the world and put it into practice.Now, juniors and seniors enrolled in the new “Pay it Forward” class at Paw Paw High School are doing just that and taking the concept to Read More…
It’s time again for this newspaper’s annual Christmas Wish program. In the next few weeks we are asking readers that find themselves or their family in a dire situation to write us and in detail, tell us what you or your family would like to make Christmas a happy occasion.Inflation has caused a financial burden Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondentMATTAWAN – Last week Mattawan defeated West Ottawa in the semi finals and Zeeland East in the finals to capture a district Division I volleyball title. Mattawan was set to play this week in Division 1 regional action against Byron Center at Caledonia.Against West Ottawa, Kendall Coon had 18 kills; Macey Brown four Read More…
Shirley A. Hooper (nee Bolinger), age 77, of South Haven, Michigan, passed away on November 4, 2023 with her loving husband George at her side. Shirley was born on June 2, 1946 to Donald and Virginia Bolinger of Paw Paw, Michigan, where she grew up and lived until she graduated from high school. In her Read More…
Dorothy S. Kondor, 88, of Paw Paw, passed away Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, at Rose Arbor Residence, Kalamazoo. She was born Nov. 22, 1934, in Chicago, the daughter of the late Albert Mondro and Stella (Szymanski) Mondro. Dorothy grew up in Chicago and graduated from Tooele High School. She was married to William Kondor Read More…
We have a weekly column in one of our Michigan newspapers called Faces in the Crowd. Random bystanders are asked a question each week and we publish their answers. This week the question had to do with sending man back to the moon, and beyond, to Mars.I was taken aback by the answers. Most if Read More…
Some eighty years plus ago, when money was tight during the Great Depression, a couple of women at my church made several batches of fruitcake to sell at their Christmas bazaar. They were in one-pound blocks, wrapped and decorated. It turned out to be a big hit. In fact, it was so big that the next year they Read More…
Safe Trick-or-Treating was held Tuesday, Oct. 31, at downtown Paw Paw businesses. Despite the 35 degree weather and periods of snow, it didn’t deter youngsters from visiting the businesses. New this year, the Van Buren County Courts offered trick-or-treats and a tour of the courthouse, complete with its owns “witches, ghouls and goblins”. Van Buren Read More…
The Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department responded to two large fires early Tuesday morning, Oct. 31. The first fire, a barn fire, was called in at approximately 2 a.m., according to Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jim DeGroff. Responding to the fire in the 39000 block of Paw Paw Road, the Paw Paw Fire Read More…
Where is Will Rogers when we need him? He’s been gone for the better part of 90 years, ever since he died in a plane crash on a visit to Alaska. We could use him for his gentle way of poking a bit of humor at our politicians. Once, when someone asked him if he knew any new Read More…