Klager Elementary 2017-2018 third trimester 5th & 6th Grade Honor Rolls
Luther C. Klager Elementary School has announced its third trimester honor roll for the 2017-18 school year. High Honors are awarded to those students who receive all A’s. Honors are awarded to students who receive A’s and B’s. 6th Grade High Honors Blumenauer, Luke Cocco, Peter Duffing, Kannon DuRussel, Jaxon Horky, Carson Somerville, Meghan Woods, Emma Honors […]
Obituary: Bradley Thomas Eversole
Bradley Thomas Eversole, 57 of Jackson, passed away unexpectedly on July 12, 2018, in Powers Michigan while on vacation. Brad was born on April 22, 1961, in Tecumseh, Mi to Thomas Gerald Eversole and Beverly Ann Green. He was a graduate of Clinton High School class of 1979. He was preceded in death by […]
Obituary: Dorothy “Dot” Elaine Swanson
Dorothy “Dot” Elaine Swanson passed from this life on July 5, 2018, at home in South Haven, Michigan. She was born July 18, 1943, in Junction, West Virginia, to Guy and Margaret (Corbin) Hartman, one of nine children. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Nels Peter Swanson of South Haven, Michigan; her daughter […]
Siena Heights University honors retiring professor Kerry Graves
Siena Heights University honored faculty members Manchester’s Kerry Graves along with Kathryn Burke of Brooklyn and Tim Husband of Onstead as Professors Emeritae during SHU’s annual Honors Convocation ceremony in April 2018. All three retired at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. Graves began her work at Siena Heights in 2004 as an associate professor of […]
Obituary: Betty Jean Walkowe
Betty Jean Walkowe died June 25, 2018 at the age of 94. She was born on March 5, 1924 to Leon and Eva Fern Moore in Detroit, Michigan. She married Frank Walkowe on March 20, 1943 and he proceeded her in death on March 3, 2013. They were together 70 years. Betty was born in […]
New superintendent plans to focus on communication, community engagement
With a host of challenges facing the Manchester Community Schools, including layoffs, dwindling enrollment, state finance issues that affect every school district, several new administrators, and recently-reconfigured buildings, one might think Nick Steinmetz would be wondering, “What am I doing here?” Instead, he’s greeting these challenges as unique opportunities and he has a firm plan for moving […]
Manchester woman advocates for Alzheimer’s legislation in Washington D.C.
Manchester resident Dr. Julie Ballow is a professor of nursing at Jackson College. Until her mother’s passing in January of 2017, Dr. Ballow served as one of her mother’s primary caregivers; a daunting job and a colossal responsibility. She, along with over 500,000 other caregivers in Michigan alone, are providing 586 million hours of unpaid care, […]
7 Manchester students make GVSU Winter 2018 Dean’s List
Grand Valley State University announces the names of students who were placed on the dean’s list for the Winter 2018 semester, concluding in April. The list includes those students who have maintained a 3.5 grade point average while enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits. The honor is noted on the students’ official records. Seven Manchester students […]
Obituary: Phyllis Carolyn Baker
Phyllis Carolyn Baker, age 91, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2018 with her son, Jim, at her side. She was born August 26,1926 in Manchester Michigan, the daughter of Phillip and Ella (Miller) Kern. She married James H. Baker on, August 24, 1946 at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Manchester. Phyllis retired in 1992 […]
Fair board announces Parade Grand Marshal
When asked how she was chosen to become this year’s Grand Marshal of the Manchester Community Fair parade, Virginia Fielder quipped, “You got me.” But a lifetime of community involvement certainly makes it evident that Ginny is highly deserving of the honor. Kathy Richardson, a member of the Manchester Fair Board, says Ginny has been involved […]
