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fi www.lsj.com Communities READ MORE ABOUT IT www.CharlotteShoppingGuide.com www.CHonCountyCommunityNews.corn www.DeltaWaverlyCommunityNews.com www.DewittBathReview.com www.EatonRapidsCommunityNews.com www.GrandLedgelndependent.com www.HoltCommunityNews.com wwwJnghamCountyConirriunityNewsxom www.LansingCityCommunityNews.com www.PortlandReviewAndObserver.com www.TowneCourier.com www.WilliamstonEnterprise.com SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2010 People fg) News VlCKKI DOZER vdozierlsj.com 377-1112 Welcome donation: Ger Vue Yang, director of educational services at the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, joins children A around some of the 121 ww we 3T5 computers and 17 flat-screen monitors donated to the Girls Club by the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Courtesy photo Cooley donates 121 computers to club Thomas M. Cooley Law School recently donated 121 computers and 17 flat-screen monitors that were no longer in use at its four campuses to the Boys Girls Club of Lansing. Approximately 20 computers will be used within the club.

The others will be made available to children and deserving families for their use at home. For more information about the Boys Girls Club of Lansing, visit www.bgclansing.org. Waverly kids compete in Mathcounts Eight Waverly Middle School students participated in the regional Mathcounts competition Feb. 6 at Michigan State University. The students competed individually and as teams against students from St Martha's Catholic School, Pewa-mo-Westphalia Middle School and Ovid-Elsie Middle School, Mathcounts is a national enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement.

Mathcounts heightens student interest in mathematics by making math achievement as challenging, exciting and prestigious as a school sport. Four of Waverhs students, Stacey Hannula, Katie Marrison, Kelly Patterson and Jeff Wheeler, were among the eight top-scoring students selected to compete in the fast-paced oral competition "Countdown Round." Marrison won first place, qualifying her for the state competition to be held March 20 at Grand Valley State University. Wheeler placed third. In the team competition, the team of Lindsey Blair, Patterson, Juliana Wheeler and Allison Stump placed first and also will advance to the state competition at GVSU. The team of Hannula, Marrison, Nick Thiel and Jeff Wheeler placed third.

In the individual competition during which students complete math problems for both speed and accuracy, Patterson placed second and Hannula placed third. The teams, coached by Waverly Middle School math teachers Jennifer Vance and Nick Niederquell, meet weekly from November through February. St. Johns boy earns Eagle Scout Award Bradley Tooker has obtained the highest rank awarded through the Boy Scouts of America, the Eagle Scout Award. A Court of Honor ceremony will be held at 3 p.m.

Feb. 28 at the First Congregational Church in St Johns. The community is welcome to attend. Bradley, 16, is a sophomore at St. Johns High School.

He is a member of DeWitt Boy Scout Troop 77 under Scoutmaster Bob Wegener. Bradley joined scouting in first grade as a Tiger Scout with Cub Scout Pack 515 at Riley Elementary in St. Johns. Bradley obtained his Arrow of Light and Religious Em- I Courtesy photo Mathcounts competitors: Waverly Mathcounts team Jeff Wheeler (from left), Katie Marrison, Kelly Patterson, Nick Thiel, Lindsey Blair, Stacey Hannula, Allison Stump and Juliana Wheeler. blem of Faith.

He then crossed over to Boy Scout Troop 77. Bradley completed 28 merit badges and was inducted into the Order of the Arrow. builder and landscaper several times to design and discuss this project, met with the city officials including park director Bill Schaefer and attended several city meetings to obtain the right to go ahead with the project Bradley enlisted and supervised a crew of 13 workers. Bradley is a member of the First Congregational Church in St. Johns.

He is active in the Senior High Youth Group, and will be going to Alaska this summer for mission work and attending a Congregational Youth Meeting with others from around the U.S. Bradley is a member of the St Johns High School Marching Band and plays the trombone. He took his freshman year off from sports to focus on the completion of his Eagle project He will participate in high school track in the spring. Bradley is the son of Raymond and Karen Tooker, sister to Sierra, and grandson of Dick Weber (the late Virginia Weber) and Janice Tooker. Lansing Poetry Club to meet today The Lansing Poetry Club will meet from 2 p.m.

to 5 p.m. today in Room 165, Arts and Science Building, at Lansing Community College. Club President Dennis North will conduct the workshop "Onward to Five-Line Stanzas" from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Leonard Peterson will present a program on our nation's newest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, W.

S. Merwin, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Members and guests are asked to bring an original poem to read. For more information, call North at 484-7106.

People News appears Sunday through Friday. Have an item about people in and around Lansing to contribute? Please mail items to Vickki Dozier, People News, Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee Lansing, MI 48919, fax them to her at 377-1298 or e-mail them to vdozierbj.com. 4 -sap For his Eagle project, he designed and built a "Bulletin BoardDisplay Case" for St. Johns City Park.

Now, visitors may see what is scheduled at the park and how to participate in upcoming events and activities. Bradley spent 54.5 hours planning and building this project He obtained help from fellow scouts, Tooker family, friends and a local builder, Dave Feldpausch, a local landscapes Greg Frankmann, and the support of MPC Lumber in Lansing, to complete this project. Bradley began the planning by asking for and earning donations to purchase the items needed, met with the We also will accept letters: By fax: (517) 377-1298 By mail: Thanks co Lansing State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee Lansing, Ml 48919. The letters may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other forms.

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I Thanks letters must include the writer's address and daytime phone number for verification purposes. -Ml A Fl Poker tournament Sunshine House Preschool Board and families would like to say thank you to Harold Weeks, Thomas Weaver and the rest of Ledge Meadows Golf Course staff in Grand Ledge for allowing us to participate in the Texas Hold 'em charity poker tournament in November. We are looking forward to doing it again Feb. 25, 26, 27 and 28. We will not only raise money for our school, but always have a great time working with Mr.

Weeks, Mr. Weaver and other Ledge Meadows staff! They are always very gracious and fun to work with! Sunshine House Preschool Board and families Student helped My daughter, who is a second-grader at Steele Elementary School in Mason, came down with the stomach flu at school recently. Unfortunately, while working on a three-week long writing project, she threw up. The principal, Kathy Dean, was quick to assist the second-grade teacher, Shannon Huff. The two of them quickly escorted the rest of the kids out of the classroom and Mrs.

Dean snatched up my daughter's writing assignment, took it to the office, cleaned it off as best as she could and made photo copies of each and every page so my daughter wouldn't lose the week's worth of work she had done. This was way above and beyond the call of duty for an elementary school principal I think Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Huff need to be recognized for taking such good care of my daughter; showing compassion and concern for her well-being and recognizing how important this writing assignment was to "salvage" it Ifs embarrassing for a child to get sick in front of their peers, but because of the quick response of these two outstanding individuals, my numerous to mention, and that can't be burned away. We'd also like to thank all the firefighters from Potterville and surrounding areas for their efforts in attempting to save our building and precious things.

In addition, a big thanks needs to be given to Potterville City Manager Wanda arrow, for her hard work and kindness in dealing with the aftermath of this awful fire. She has gone above and beyond her job description and continues to be Potter-ville's biggest advocate and custodian. For all that and her continued work and support, we will be eternally in her debt We don't know what the future holds for us right now, but hope all of you will be part of it in some way. At this time, we would like all our customers and friends to know that Remember When Auctions will be having a simple "potluck" open house for us from noon to 6 March 13 at their building in Potterville. Since many of our records were lost in the fire, we will not be able to send out many invitations so we hope people see this and pass it on.

Call Angie at 645-7584 for more information. Hope to see many of you there and remember, it may be corny, but it has never been more true, "Thanks for the Memories." Linda Edgar and Sandy Lefevre, The Vintage Cupboard daughter knows that everything is all right and there is nothing to be embarrassed about Thank you Principal Dean and second-grade teacher Mrs. Huff! I know both of my children are in great hands each and every day they are in your school! Kristin J. Benson, Mason Store fire To all our loyal customers, family, friends and the special people who helped us during, and after the devastating loss of our beloved antique store, the Vintage Cupboard, in the horrific, Jan. 31 fire in Potterville.

We have been deeply touched by the outpouring of sympathy and support during this difficult time. We were truly amazed by all the phone calls, e-mails, texts, letters, gifts, offers of help, etc. "Thank you" just doesn't seem enough. We are very appreciative that so many of you realized that the Cupboard was much more than just a business to us. It was a place where customers became friends and thought of our store as their "Happy Place." It was for us as well and when we think of what we lost, we will forever be reminded of what we gained from there as well The fire may have de- stroyed our business, but it left us with many more fond memories of good times with "friends," too 1 i t..