Grand Haven varsity football coach Mike Farley joked that "back in the stone age,' when he attended high school, the preparation for the upcoming football season would mean showing up a week prior to opening practice to begin marginal conditioning and weight lifting. The times sure have changed.

Timothy Sleep is unable to perform at the GVSU International Carillon Concert Series, as was scheduled for July 17 and 20. The concerts will go on with new performers taking his place. Dennis Curry, carillonneur at Kirk in the Hills in Bloomfield Hills, will perform Sunday, July 17, from 8-9:30 p.m., during the 17th annual Cook Carillon International Concert Series on the Allendale Campus. Curry is past-president of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. He has often performed both of the GVSU carillons.

Mother Nature wasn't fooled Thursday night at the Grand Haven Community Center. She was honored - front and center stage on the model runway. French Academy of Cosmetology in Spring Lake hosted its annual student competition at the Community Center. The 32 pupils went wild with the Mother Nature theme - crafting models' hairstyles into flowers, animals and weather patterns. Their works were judged on creativity, difficulty, makeup and attire as each model paraded down the runway in true fashion show pace and style.

A man is recovering after he was hit by a passing car in Norton Shores on Thursday. The incident happened around 6:45 p.m. on East Broadway Avenue, near the intersection with Worden Street, according to a witness. The owner Ozzie's Party Store said a customer was leaving his business and was taking his purchases out to his car, which was parked on East Broadway. The customer was walking to the driver's side of his vehicle when he stepped into the path of another car.

Authorities said a man who brandished a board and later a handgun during an argument involving a group of people on a Kalamazoo street was beaten with the board. Police said they found the 36-year-old man with head wounds on Thursday night. He was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Witnesses told police the man had the board when he approached a group of people and got into an argument with them. After the board was taken from him he pulled out a gun, and one person from the group beat him over the head with it until he fell to the ground.

Those looking to find a hot buy may have their opportunity on Saturday in downtown Grand Haven. The second of three events in the annual Community Flea Market sponsored by the Tri-Cities Historical Museum will be taking place in the courthouse parking lot, 414 Washington Ave., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature a variety of registered sellers with a mix of items.