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Grand Valley Ledger - Wednesday, Jane 14, 19781 - Page 14ROTARY—| HAPPY 1I NOTES L BIRTHDAY"Death and Taxes" was thetheme of Ted Hewitt's addressto the Lowell JJotary Club asthey met for lunch on Wednesday,June 7.As financial planner associatedwith Union Bank, Hewittemphasized the importance ofsound planning for the future,writing a will and estate planningif your estate is valued atmore than $175,000.Hugo Hammerslag introducedMr. Hewitt and JerryFitzgerald was a Club guest.Visitor night at Rotary CampEmery was announced for June23, and an executive committeemeeting for June 13.Rotarian Rich Greenwood andGil Wise were welcomed backafter visiting in England.Swim TrunksSport ShortsHanes Briefs& T-ShirtsSweat ShirtsZipperedHooded JacketsJane 16: Chuck King, GaryEickhoff.June 17: Orville Stone, LeoTrierweiler, Marjorie Potter,Angela Parsons, Tricia Raab,George Sparks, Louise Ryder.June 18; Margaret Westra,Richard Hicks, ChaunceyBoyce, Christine Ridgway, RobertChristiansen, Joyce Thuston,Thoral Shaw.Jane 19: Don MacNaughton,Don Reedy, jr., Lisa Willyard,David Adama, Dorothy Bray.Jane 20: Gordon Strunk, FernBeardslee, Grayce Phillips, CarlBartlett, Mrs. Rosena Inman,Carrie Condon.June 21: Tyrus Wessell,Bernie Bryan, Carol Wingeier,Cynthia Horstmanshof, JohnMacElliott.Jane 22: Tory Buck, ByronBrenk, Jim Francis, Joyce Ling.Union Shirtsfrom the Red Flannel Factory,Cedar Spring8"Hare A Nice DayMtmb* Lowoll Araa Chambtr of Commorcoremembih W -Baker Bridge To Be ReplacedKent County Road Commissionhas awarded the contract tobuild a two-lane Baker Avenuebrdige over the Coldwater Riverbetween 100th and 108thStreets, S.E. to H. & K.Construction Co. of Allegan, lowbidder of five at $112,663.This is the last and 37thbridge to be built under the roadcommission's 10-year programfor modernizing its major spans,says Donald R. Schofield, KCRCengineer-manager."Next year we will beginanother 10-year program tomodernize the culverts andsmall bridges in the county ifthe various townships agree,"he states.The new span, on whichconstruction is expected to startin July and is slated to befinished by Sept. 1, will replaceWe Have A Nice SelectionFootwear ForFatherGiftingGiftCer tficatesSlipp ersthe one-lane, 86-year-old, Irontrussbridge in the southeastpart of Bowne Township andKent County.The old bridge, 99 feet long,is in poor condition, says Schofield.The new span will be 30 feetwide, have guardralllngs ofsteel beams 3 feet high and bemade of prestressed concrete.Part of the project will be thewidening and Improving of theapproaches to the span, andthese and the bridge will total400 feet In length, Schofieldpoints out.This part of Baker Avenuewill be closed to traffic when theproject starts, thus necessitatinga detour.A dedication Is planned at thenew bridge on Its completion,Schofield savs.—Dave Bwnes.Amway Gets MEA CitationIBonnie McNeal, a Lowell resident who works In AmwayCorporation's Public Affairs department, gets a look at Amway'slatest award to the corporation's programs of economic education.Peter J. Meters, right, educational coordinator at Amway's FreeEnterprise Institute In Ada, brought the award back from Detroitwhere it waa presented to the Institute on behalf of the MichiganEducation Aacodatlon.The award la fashioned to resemble a school chalkboard, with theInscription "MEA salutes you for an outstanding Job" scrolled onthe face. Imitative of chalk writing.Three Michigan organizations In presenting the awards,have been announced as reclp- MEA President Keith Gelgerlents of this year's Michigan noted they "take due recogni-Education Association's annual tlon of the many fine educationalawards to Business, Labor andprograms being con-Industry. The awards specificallyrecognize education prograi.iswhich go beyond thetraditional classroom concepts.Recipients were dted duringducted by business, labor andindustrial organizations around,the state"."This award", Gelger adt^i,"specifically honors prograpisthe opening session of the carried on outside the nonjtylMEA's Representative Assemblyclassroom situation".at the Detroit Plaza Awards were presented to:Hotel.Amway Corporation of Ada,for its "Workshop on EconomicEducation" a free-two-week,college credit course forteachers and administrators,conducted by college instructorsand leaders of business andIndustry.The Embers Restaurant ofMr. Pleasant, for its full-scalevocational 'education programwhich trains high school studentsIn all aspects of foodservice.Oleson Food Stores of TraverseCity, for 21 years ofsupport for Northwestern MichiganCollege through various'CanvasFo otuvearEtcP^NDON'T FORGETFATHER'SDAYJUNE 18IIprograms, but principally forsponsorship of the annual barbeque,to which Oleson's havedonated all the food, and whlcl^has raised over 200 thousanddollars for college programs.Further explanation of theAmway program Is provided Inthis citation, read at the AnnualMEA Convention:"Amway Corporation Is citedfor Its 'Summer Workshop inEconomic Education.' Thecourse is a two-week seminar forelementary and secondaryteachers. The program is now inWe make ourfurniture with aset of highlysophisticated tools.Hands.At Forsiund. much o( the furniturewe make and sell is craftedby hand We saw, plane, season,mitre, sand, and tool fine Michigancherry into timeless, elegantfurniture Made only byForsiundCOLTI Forfilvindjh«l lliirr V»n»»2The 86-year-old Baker-Avenue Bridge over the Coldwater Riverwill be replaced.its sixth year. The seminar Isdesigned to aid teachers Inunderstanding economic concepts.It includes a major emphasison applying concepts, aswell as how to Integrate theminto the curriculum at all gradelevels.Teachers may receive graduatecredit from University ofMichigan, Michigan State University,Western Michigan University,and Grand Valley, forwhich Amway helps obtainscholarships from area businesses.Instructors for thecourse include area businessleaders, as well as collegeprofessors. Past teachers arehighly complimentary of theworkshop - some of them termingit one of the best educationcourses they've ever received.Perhaps the true test of Itspopularity Is the request ofteachers for more Instructionand the response by Amway indeveloping a follow-up program.MEA is pleased to recognizethe Free Enterprise Institute ofAmway Corporation with Itsaward to "Business, Labor andIndustry."SURVEY HERE TOHELP PROVIDE DATAON POPULATIONHow many children do marriedwomen expect to havewithlrt the next five years? Willthey average the same numberas In the recent past? Answersto these questions will indicatethe future growth and compositionof the Nation's population,data vital to planners both ingovernment and private business.Information on birth expectationsof American women will becollected during the week ofJune 19th from a sample ofhouseholds In this area. Thequestions are in addition to theusual ones asked In the monthlysurvey on employment and unemploymentconducted nationwideby the Bureau for the U.S.Department of Labor.Households In this area arepart of the sample of 70,000across the country scientificallyselected to represent a crosssection of all U.S. households.FLAT RIVERSNOWMOBILE CLUBOF LOWELLThe Flat River SnowmobileGub held their regular meetingSunday, May 21st. at the clubhouseon Burroughs Road.MISA delegate, Lou. Roskamp,announced that a snowmobilesafety Instructor seminarwill be held soon. Watch thepaper for time and place.Door prizes were won bySteve Smith, Mike Fugltt, andCasey VanderMeer. The children'sprize went to MitchRoskamp.The highlight of the day wasthe Great Green Giveawaydrawing, congratulations to thelucky winners, Glnny Perzyk,Russell Hosklns and DonnaPotter.Instead of reading the paperto find out the news why notattend a meeting and become apart of the news.The next meeting will be heldSunday, June 18th, followingthe 12:30 p.m. potluck dinner.Mew Buds OnThe Family TreeMr. and Mrs. Thomas Froese(nee Helen DeHaan) are the'proud parents of a baby girl.The new arrival, TamaraDiane, was born at 2:56 a.m.Sunday, June 11. She weighedsix pounds and 13 ounces andwas 18 and three quarter Incheslong.The grandparents are Mr.and Mrs. Herbert Froese of Adaand Mr. and Mrs. John DeHaanof Lowell.Super SavingsDance tothe music ofRick Rodriquez atMoose LodgeNo. 809210 E. Main St.9:30 p. m. to 1:30 a. m.OnThese Great ArkiaGrills, Jatf In Time forFather's DaylllMember! IGueiti WelcomelPath$r'iIiJMO 18thDayMODEL REG. 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