The fledgeling Midwest Beach Volleyball Tour makes its first of three scheduled stops in Grand Haven today. The MBVT Sun Drop Amateur Series event will take place at Grand Haven State Park, with the professionals beginning at 8 a.m. and the amateurs getting under way at 9 a.m. According to event organizer Scott VanderWerp, the women's professionals should begin their finals match around 3 p.m. with the men's finals around 4 p.m.

St. John's Lutheran School was the overall champion in this year's Cool School Competition between area elementary schools at the ice cream shops Sweet Temptations, Skoops and The Front Porch. The Cool School Competition placed schools at each store, and the school received 10 percent of the sales for the day. The school with the highest sales then received an additional 10 percent of their competing schools' sales.

Amid the clamor of parents and just-graduated fourth-graders milling through Holmes Elementary School's cafeteria, Mary Keeton greeted members of the crowd on her last day as the Spring Lake school's principal. Between fielding requests for pictures with students, Keeton explained that she will be turning 60 soon, and wanted to retire while she still had energy do other things. The biggest challenge she faced during her 14 years as the Holmes principal? "Letting it go,' she said.

A Spring Lake man has started an effort to recall state Sen. Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive. In his recall petition notice, Jason Collins, 117 N. Division St., said he wants Meekhof recalled for voting in favor of the state budget bill last month that was eventually signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The Ottawa County clerk's elections office received the notice from Collins in the mail on Tuesday. Ottawa County Elections Coordinator Justin Roebuck said there is a concerted effort to recall state legislators who voted in support of the governor's budget.

Authorities said a 2-year-old girl died after being struck by a pickup truck driven by her grandfather as he was pulling out of his driveway in southwestern Michigan. The Kalamazoo Gazette reported the girl was struck about 8:30 p.m. Thursday in front of the home in Kalamazoo County's Texas Township. Names weren't immediately released. Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Pali Matyas said the initial investigation indicated that the death was accidental and the grandfather didn't see the girl.

Children, teens and adults are invited to join the 2011 summer reading clubs at Spring Lake District Library, which begin June 13. Spring Lake District Library cardholders may sign up early, beginning this week, for the reading club or programs requiring pre-registration. Bring your library card to the Youth Services desk and sign up in person. Youth can sign up for the One World, Many Stories reading club to earn prizes for the books they read and attend a variety of free entertaining programs.

Morey Wagenmaker would like to see a couple things happen concerning his Grand Haven varsity baseball squad in relation to their opponent Saturday in the Division 1 regional semifinals, Forest Hills Central. First, Wagenmaker would love to see the Bucs' program develop the reputation the Rangers currently possess on the diamond, which he calls a "great baseball tradition.' Second, he'd like a victory over FHC in what will be Grand Haven's first regional appearance in 15 seasons.