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Grand Valley State University senior Leah Zuber was one of 14 students nationwide to receive a Public Relations Student Society National President Citation. She is president of the university’s chapter of PRSSA and an account executive for Grand Valley’s student-run PR firm. Zuber is a Bateman Competition team member, and has worked in health care, financial, and higher education... Full story »

Guenter Beholz is a jeweler who specializes in watch and clock repairs at Beholz Jewelers in Fenton. How did you get into this business? I actually was employed by the U.S. Army as a watch repairman for the PX Service in Germany. I’ve been in this profession since 1951. In Germany, we have to make our decision early which... Full story »

This is the tenth in a series of installments of "Vampire Nation," the latest story by Johnathan Rand. “Vampire Nation” features the fictional Amber McMurray of Flint, who loves to read scary books but is tired of vampires on television, in movies and in novels. She longs for a good ghost story. But when a new hit TV series called... Full story »

Music • LENTEN CANTATA: “For the Joy Set Before Him,” at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday at the Family Life Center of Swartz Creek United Methodist Church, 7400 Miller Road in Flint. Featuring the adult choir, children’s choirs, handbells and orchestra. Details: (810) 635-3823. • LENTEN CANTATA: 7 p.m. March 26 at St. Pius X Church, G-3139 Hogarth Ave. in... Full story »

Dale Ross Bair and Deborah Lynn Perez Jason Matthew Barron and Karen Renee Jacobs Joshua Cameron Bennett and Courtney Lynn-Virginia Bright Cory Michael Burza and Karla Marie Hess Matthew Bryant Cooper and Melissa Gail Sorensen Tim Dean Cox and Danae Suellen Mis Arthur Lee Ervin and Jennifer Dale Scott Thomas Milo Hanson Jr. and Whitney Elizabeth Rhoades Robert Elton Hunt... Full story »

Boys Tiffany (Shuker) and Jeffery Amy, Frankemuth (Jace Patrick) Ashley Ross and Juan Ascencio, Davison (Xavier Antonio) Amber Garrow and Daniel Baranyia, Flint ( Trevor James Lee) Laci (Milliman) and Bradley Beltz, Flushing (Christian Lanneau) Tara (Johnson) and Nicholas Briggs, Attica (Tyler James) Peaontria (Williams) and Marcus Carter, Flint (Jordan Allen) Ashley Foor and Matthew Falin, Flint (Truston Matthew) Heather... Full story »

Adams, Shannon - Shawn Bardwell, Lisa - Daniel Bois, Sara - Ryan Carvalho, Daniel - Amanda David, Charl - Terrance Demars, Dorothy - Scott Drinkwater, Marcy - Ted Gardner, Gerald - Guadalupe Gidcumb, Dwayne - Mary Goldburg, Jane - Michael Grant, Sarah - Derek Green, Chevelle - Jason Hill, Shawn - Renee Hough, Kimberly - Barry Jacob, Christine - Stephen... Full story »

• GENESEE HIGH SCHOOL Classes of 1980 to 1992’s alumni reunion at 7 p.m. April 10 at Sullivan’s Black Forest, 281 Heinlein Strasse, Frankenmuth. Tickets: $40 a person. Event will include: DJ, heavy appetizers and open bar. Questions, comments, details: E-mail: geneseealumnireunion2010@yahoo.com.    • FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1990 is planning a 20-year reunion for July 3 (adult dinner... Full story »

Events Celebrate Women’s History Month at “Multifaceted Women in Business,” 1-3 p.m. Saturday, at Pages Bookstore, 132 W. Second St. in Flint. Learn how to stay inspired and start and maintain a successful business. Guests are Cynthia Hatcher (C. Lynn), author of “Bewitched in the Local Church: The Responsibility of the Believer,” and Linda J. Loving, author of “Aspirations... Full story »

It will just be a small flame, Aaron Gaertner, executive chef at Shari's Gourmet Dining assured me as he poured brandy over strawberries and set the whole thing on fire. Would my cousin lie to me? Well, yes and no. I'm calling it a medium flame that made me jump. But it was all worth it when I tasted... Full story »

She looks like a normal little girl, but it takes a lot to make that happen. Dorothy Oppenheiser of Fenton knows this too well, watching her 4-year-old daughter hold a small square of a sandwich in her tiny hands — something that never happened before this year.  Anna Oppenheiser was born with a rare disorder that prevents her from... Full story »

SWARTZ CREEK — To Northern ears, her sweet Alabama drawl is her most charming quality, say fans of Annette Buza. But on this day in February, Buza’s organizational skills are front and center. She briskly moves through the halls at Syring Elementary in a fluid white lab coat, marshaling 45 parents during Dragon Discovery Day, a recent day-long, hands-on... Full story »

I have had two real vegetable gardens in my life.  The first was in Battle Creek many years back. I think I started all my vegetables from seeds indoors. I didn’t buy starter plants; I wanted to start from scratch. I borrowed a friend’s garden tiller to churn up the dirt in my little backyard plot. That was a... Full story »

The Flint campus of Mott Community College (MCC) will be teaming up with hundreds of middle school and high school students this Saturday, March 20, in the 25th Annual Region V Science Olympiad. MCC serves as host and organizing sponsor of this competition, which includes students from Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston and Shiawassee counties. The Science Olympiad competition starts at 8:30 a.m. and concludes with an award ceremony at 4 p.m. in the Ballenger Field House at MCC.  Full story »

Join the Stockton Center at Spring Grove and celebrate the coming of spring on a tour of downtown Flint's historic churches, set for this Sunday, March 21. Tickets are required in advance and cost $20 per person or $60 for a family of five. The bus tour begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Stockton Center, located at 720 Ann Arbor St., Flint.  Full story »