EVENTS AROUND GRATTAN CENTRE'

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April 26, 27, 28, May 3 & 4

LowellArts Players will present a dinner theater production of Breaking Legs by Tom Dulack, directed by Sue Bradford. Held at Larkin's Other Place, 315 W. Main Street, this action-packed comedy includes murder, the mafia, and plenty of pasta and laughter. Click Here   for tickets or call 616-897-8545.

April 9 and May 7

ADULT. Bookworms Adult Book Discussion
Join us for a lively book discussion. Please note: We will not meet if Lowell Area Schools have cancelled classes.
March 12 - "The Great Alone" by Kirstin Hannah
April 9 - "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats" by Jan-Philipp Sendker
May 7 - "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. For adults. Englehardt-Lowell Branch, 784-2007.

April 10 and May 8

ADULT. Night Owls Adult Book Discussion
Join us for a lively book discussion of the following titles:
March 6 - "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery
April 10 - "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
May 8 - "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. For adults. Englehardt-Lowell Branch, 784-2007.

Youth. April 13, & April 27, 11am-12:30pm

LOWELLARTS YOUTH CLASSES: Animal Drawing Series for Ages 7 to 13

Pencil Drawing: The Cat (March 2) - Learn how to draw a cat with correct proportions and create values and textures using a variety of drawing pencils. Charcoal Drawing: The Wolf (March 9) - Learn to use different types of charcoal like vine and compressed charcoal to make a life size wolf portrait. Pastel Drawing: The Lion (April 13) - Learn about proportion and blending to create values and textures by drawing the head of a lion. Multi-Media Drawing: Horses & Unicorns (April 27) - Learn about proportions, various drawing techniques, and use an array of drawing tools to create a horse or a unicorn. Instructor: Sharon Brandner. Class Fee: $15 each class ($13.50 for LowellArts Members). Materials Included.
For more details and to register, visit LowellArtsMi.org. LowellArts, 897-8545

May 7

YOUTH. Evening Sensory Toddler Time                                

Nurture your toddler's love of books through music, stories and sensory activities while helping to develop their language, motor and social skills. For children ages 3 and younger with a caregiver.
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Englehardt-Lowell Branch, 784-2007.

Gilda's Club Lowell

Tuesdays
Gilda's Club is a free program and community of children, adults, families, and friends who have been impacted by cancer or have experienced the death of a loved one from any cause, designed to support emotional health.  The Gilda's Club Lowell Clubhouse is located at 314 South Hudson Street in Lowell, Michigan and is open every Tuesday from 12:30 to 8:30 p.m. The free cancer and grief support programs are made possible to residents of Lowell and surrounding communities by the Pink Arrow Project, Lowell Community Wellness and Lowell Senior Neighbors.  For more information, please call (616) 897-8600 or (800) 326-1419, or visit www.gildasclubgr.org<http://www.gildasclubgr.org.

FERTILIZER ORDINANCE
REMINDER
If you live near a lake please remember our fertilizer ordinance prohibiting
the use of phosphorus
Check the Grattan Township web site “Ordinance” page for complete information

Gold Star License Plate Legislation
New plates, which honor fallen heroes & their families

  Secretary of State Ruth Johnson looked on as Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation
that will allow the sale of Gold Star license plates to the families
of military personnel killed while serving on active duty.

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GRATTAN TOWNSHIP TROOPS
Please remember all the military personnel in service to our country from Grattan area
whether they are serving here at home or abroad

United States Air Force Cassidy Brummel Welcome Home	United States Navy Nick Brandes, Coronado Island, Ca.

Sgt Matthew Schafer Army National Guard Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Kyle Visser Welcome Home Thanks	Mi National Guard Scott Vaughn Welcome Home Thanks

United States Marine Reserve
Cpt. Thomas Aquinas Albert

United States Army
Adam Hamilton

If you have a Veteran from Grattan Township or know of one, we would like to honor him/her on
our cable and web page

email me at
grattanweb@comcast.net

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Veterans Memorial
Grattan Center Cemetery, Old Belding Road
Grattan

 KENT COUNTY SHERIFF ON-LINE REPORTING SERVICE

The Creation of "Taps": A Soldier's Good Night

Play taps

Since Its Creation during the Civil War, Taps Has Been Used to Signal the End of Day at
Military Camps and to Pay Tribute to Those Brave Souls Who Have Gone to Their Final Rest

      Day is done. Gone the sun. From the Lakes.
From the hills. From the sky.
All is well safely rest. God is nigh.
Fading light. Dims the sight And a star Gems the sky.
Gleaming bright. From afar. Drawing nigh. Falls the night.
Thanks and praise. For our days.
Neath the sun. Neath the stars. Neath the sky.
As we go. This we know. God is nigh

REMEMBER THOSE LOST OR HARMED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY

GRATTAN TOWNSHIP VETERANS

James Cowan
William M. Francisco
James Heffran
Harvey Johnson
William Slayton
Abraham Wolfe

WORLD WAR I

Henry Detmers
William Hugh Cavanaugh

WORLD WAR II

John C. Loughlin
James Read
William Read
Robert H. Howard
Alfred Roberts

VIETNAM

Randall Craig VanHaitsma
James J. Heether II

AFGHANISTAN

Jason Thomas Plite - killed while on a rescue mission

CIVIL WAR     
25th Michigan Infantry
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