A steady stream of children passed Sue Lavin's game at the 2011 St. Mary's Festival on Saturday afternoon - many of them stopping to try their hand at "PeeWee Pinball.' The game, she said, worked by having children launch a marble through a field of pins and bumpers, landing in a colored slot. The color determined the number of prize chips they won, which could be exchanged for toys at the prize booth.

During a meeting filled with more emotion than approved motions, proposed land acquisition for Phase 2 of the Grand River Greenway died on the table Tuesday night. In the process, Village Council kissed a $330,000 grant goodbye, and jeopardized future Mill Point Park expansion. Following vocal opposition from Councilman Marv VandenBosch and a handful of village residents, Councilman Steve Nauta made a motion to proceed with a resolution to appropriate the local funds for potential land acquisition, but it died for the lack of anyone seconding it.

Lightning, roaring thunder and heavy rain did not stop the West Michigan Youth Sailing Association Regatta on Friday. "Considering the weather, we had to postpone," said Stacey Reierson, director of the Spring Lake Junior Sailing Association. "But once we got out there, it was fantastic.' More than 50 kids sailed in the competition's five fleets: Optimist green; Optimist red, white and blue; Butterfly; Laser; and 420.

In tribute of its centennial celebration, Spring Lake Country Club will be hosting a holiday weekend full of golf the old-fashioned way - with hickory stick clubs. Spring Lake Country Club golf professional Josh Lathwell said 50 sets of hickory clubs were rented for the celebration from Play Hickory Inc. of San Diego. There was also a need to purchase several 1920s-era golf balls, as well.