11:10 AM Aug 5, 2011
Louanna Welty of Grand Haven will be reading the Native American story "Nanabosho Steals Fire' as part of the Tri-Cities Historical Museum's "Our Woodland Ways' program at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. The program takes place at the museum's Akeley location, 200 Washington Ave. in downtown Grand Haven. This free program does not require advanced registration. For more information, call 842-0700.
12:00 PM Aug 5, 2011
Alishia Terrill of Terrill's Financial Services LLC said the worst thing people can do during the market downturn is to sell. "You have to trust in your risk tolerance,' said Terrill, who said she screens her clients' risk levels and needs before selecting financial products. "If you still have 20 years left to retirement, leave it alone. If you look back on history, those who stayed in the market in 1929 recovered more quickly than those who sold and jumped back in.
1:00 PM Aug 5, 2011
The Motor City Glee, a group based on the popular TV show Glee, will provide the final entertainment act for the 2011 Coast Guard Festival. The show at 7:45 p.m. Saturday at Waterfront Stadium features entertainers ages 18-24 from the Detroit area. Derek Rafferty, president of E3 Detroit, which formed the group in January, said Motor City Glee recently performed in Grand Rapids before an audience of 1,700. "It is a very entertaining show,' he said.
11:57 PM Aug 6, 2011
The annual Coast Guard Festival Grand Parade and fireworks show will create several street closings in Grand Haven on Saturday. The parade participants will be staging in the residential area near Lakeshore Middle School, 900 S. Cutler St., beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday. All streets within a two-block radius will be closed to accommodate the staging area. No traffic will be allowed west of Eighth Street, on Washington and Franklin avenues, and on Clinton and Pennoyer streets.
11:18 AM Aug 5, 2011
A total of 51 people took part in the inaugural Grand Haven 5K Run/Walk Series this summer, according to Brook Sheldon, who serves as the race director for two of the three participating events. The series wrapped up with last Saturday's Coast Guard Festival run. Heading into that event Sheldon noted that nearly 80 people had participated in the opening two events - the Klever Innovations Kick Off to Summer Run, held over Memorial Day weekend; and the Grand Haven High School Patriot's Day Run, held over the 4th of July holiday.
1:26 AM Aug 6, 2011
Area residents and boaters are used to seeing Coast Guard crews on patrol in local waterways, and responding to the occasional water rescue. What they do with the rest of their time remains somewhat a mystery to those outside the fenced-in Coast Guard station on Harbor Drive. When the waves are rolling in Lake Michigan, the big silver lifeboat with the crew dressed in blue and orange is not going out just to ride the waves, according to Operations Petty Officer Sean Long.
10:27 AM Aug 5, 2011
Tom Treutler's vision of introducing the sport of baseball to the city of Hanoi, Vietnam, has made remarkable strides in just a short three-year time span. Treutler, a Grand Haven native and 1986 graduate of Grand Haven High School, is the executive director of Vietnam Pony Baseball. He's also the head coach of the Hanoi Capitals, a squad he's coached in both Pony and Little League competition.
7:05 AM Aug 5, 2011
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming west at 5 to 8 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. North-northwest wind around 7 mph. Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind.
10:30 AM Aug 5, 2011
More than 50 people of all ages stepped to the beat of the music - laughing and trying to keep in sync with their neighbors. Grace Stanton of the North Ottawa Community Council on Aging danced with them Wednesday at Mulligan's Hollow - calling out directions, numbers and turns to the crowd. "It's a lot of fun,' Stanton said. "And you can be little, you can be older. There's really no age limit to line dancing.'
4:00 PM Aug 4, 2011
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, compares the nation's debt and spending agreement to a baseball game. And he isn't about to say that Congress and President Barack Obama hit one out of the park. "It was a single. We got someone on base,' Huizenga said of the deal that prevented the federal government from defaulting. "It (budget deal) doesn't go far enough.'

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