For the past five months, Dean Bakker’s sketches have gone beyond the drawing board. Bakker, a senior at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and Brandon High School graduate has been working with some of the top car designers at the Volvo Design Studio. Bakker received the chance to intern at the California base […]
The Goodrich Chapter of the National Honor Society is making sure at least one area family has a merry Christmas. Goodrich seniors and NHS officers, Rachel Kern and Diana Svinarich, put their heads together and came up with a way to focus on helping members of their community who need it the most during the […]
A crowded school bus can be rather hectic. But earlier this month a jam-packed bus was bursting at the seams’and many are pretty happy. The Goodrich High School Student Council joined a county-wide fundraiser titled ‘Fill the Bus.? The fundraiser, created by Toys for Tots, includes all of the schools involved in the Genesee Area […]
Goodrich Middle School eighth grader Matilyn McKinney demonstrated her artistic skills and patriotism recently. McKinney participated in the Fourth Annual Constitution Day Poster Contest, along with classmates and students nationwide. McKinney was the only student within Michigan to place as either a winner or honorable mention. Her history teacher Krista Bethke along with the Goodrich […]
When hundreds of Special Olympians compete next month they may be just a little warmer thanks to a few local seamstresses. Portia Mahoney, owner of Art of Life, 391 Mill St., Ortonville, is promoting a project to make hand-knit scarves for the upcoming Special Winter Olympics of Michigan, held in Grand Traverse in Traverse City, […]
A group of area residents are now missing 3,130.5 pounds. And no one is seeking its return. About 90 Goodrich and Ortonville area members participated in a supportive Weight Watchers group last year, shedding about a ton and a half over the course of 2010. The group, started about four years ago, meets weekly at […]