July 2nd, 2008
by Green
It’s the post-festival issue. A photo and story on the front, two pages inside, plus softball and rodeo photos. If you missed the festival, you can see it all now.
Also in this week’s print edition:
A reminder to register by July 7 in order to vote in Michigan’s primary election.
A Palm Plastics employee confessed to stealing expensive brass molds and selling them for scrap. State legislators are working on new laws to try to slow down metal theft.
Rich Foley writes about apartment neighbors and David Green, suffering from festival coverage overload, accepts a column-writing offer by his future son-in-law. The editorial ponders what it takes to get people to attend town festivals.
Fayette’s annual Civil War encampment is scheduled July 12-13. There will be a real wedding this year.
Fayette residents are invited to a meeting to discuss the future of the community pool. The pool is closed this summer due to lack of funds for maintenance needs.
Storyteller Adam Mellema of Grand Rapids will entertain at Stair Public Library July 9.
A pair of feature stories tell about two remarkable women: Fayette’s Citizen of the Year Ruth Hutchison and retiring director of Stair Public Library, Liz Stella.
As always, there’s a lot more to read in the print edition.
