“I like to be a role model for others.”
Lamarr Sherills has star power. On Prom Court, Homecoming Court, the basketball court (point guard or shooting guard...
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Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Join the Grand Rapids Historical Society for a fascinating free walking tour of the northern half of historic Oakhill Cemetery starting at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10. This landmark cemetery is...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: BeanPoles, beer, Beer-A-Palooza, Mangiamo, Reb
Beer-a-Palooza brewed up a mix of cool amber liquids, bright notes of art and music, and spicy varieties of handheld foods on the evening of August 25. The $25.00 entry fee bought guests at...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: prevention coalition, underage drinking
Since its formation in 2006, the Kent County Prevention Coalition has certainly made a name...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“My goal is to graduate from the University of Michigan.”
Fernando Pichardo never took his eye off the ball during high school. At least, not very often. A strong tennis player...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: Arts and Crafts, celebration, fair, festival, Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association, GPNA, Kathy Woudstra
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City pride was easy to grasp in my formative years. My northeast side elementary classmates and I didn't dream of life in the Big Easy, we didn't want to cut our teeth on a Big...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“I’m completely bilingual already. Now I’m working on being trilingual.”
Yarisbel “Jadee” Segura makes everything look easy. She’s a track star,...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“I hope to make the world a better place.”
Phuong Nguyen came to the United States from Vietnam with her family when she was 15. When she started high school at Ottawa Hills,...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: Applause Catering and Events, Barnes and Thornburg Attorneys and Practice Groups, Camp Henry, Drew Nelson, John Preston, Karisa Wilson, Las Vegas Cheesecake Company., Martha's Vineyard, Melissa VanderZyden, Patriot Realty, Ralston Bowles, Ron and Jeannine Lemmon, scholarships, Wealthy Theater
Relationships with the land and with others was the thematic thread running through the August 20 Camp Henry...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: Cigars, Glance at the Past, History, Radio, smoking
At the turn of the 20th Century, cigars were the tobacco of choice among Grand Rapidians.
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: Children, education, family, Head Start, literacy, Literacy Center, reading
For the past four years, the Literacy Center of West Michigan and Head Start for Kent County (HS4KC) have worked...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, Eli Rodas, GRCC, GRPS
“I love Creston. It’s a great school.”
Eli Rodas learned how much he loved his school when he was several states away. After attending Central High his first three years...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: Anthony Dubois, athletics, Bea Johnson, Creston High School, Deiona Rogers, Derrick Bentley, Dillon Vance, Emily Grochowalski, Feeder Pattern Award, Grand Rapids Community College, GRPS, GRPS Athletics, GRPS sports, GVSU Movement Science, Jabria Hill, Jim Haskins, Joey Bentley, Kroc Center, LaDon Carnegie, Marcus Harris, Max Pewee, Nico Mitchell-Garcia, Ottawa Hills High School, Rick Albrecht, Tony Annese, union high school
On Thursday, August 4, 2011, GRPS held an All Sports All Coaches Conference at the Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center to formally share the district...
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Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School, located at 1205 Grandville SW, was officially awarded LEED Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) on May 24, 2011. LEED (Leadership in Energy...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
In a time where many feel our educational system is failing our kids, dropout rates are at an all-time high, and schools that have been a part of the community for years are closing, there are two...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: art, Community, microgrant, soup, Sunday Soup
The arts mini-grant program Sunday Soup is back after a summer hiatus.
If you've never been before, $5 cash or a homemade soup will get you in the door. Inside, you'll find a room of people...
Posted: 12 years 44 weeks
Tagged: development, GiveCamp, grassroots, internet, literacy, media, Nicholas James, nonprofit, Ross Hunter, technology, Web
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Tagged: construction, craftsmanship, manual labor, street paving
A major street renovation on Grandville Avenue between Oakes and Weston is nearly complete. The project, which began...
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The Film and its Maker
The 2011 Grand Rapids Film Festival has come and gone this past week. I was able to take in just one of the many films offered, "The...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Oh my, how time flies. It is hard to believe that in less than a month, The Rapidian will be turning two years old! It has been terrific getting to know our community through the eyes of so many...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“In order to do what I wanted to do, I had to do what I needed to do first.”
Nebiat Mengsteab was the first person in her family born in the United States… just one year...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: art, artists, cheap, Seven x 11, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, video
In celebration of UICA’s new building opening in July 2011 (7/11), UICA is selling over 700 pieces of artwork for $25 or $50. This salon-style exhibition and fundraiser features works of art...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: Burton, GRPS, Jr. Leadership Academy, Kindercamp, Martin Luther King
Grand Rapids Public Schools, First Steps and the Great Start Collaborative of Kent County launched a new program on Monday, August 15 to ease the transition to kindergarten and prepare...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: adopt-a-room, Lowe's, nonprofit, Vision to End Homelessness, volunteer, well house
By: Teresa Zbiciak, Volunteer Center Program Assistant
On August 9th and 10th, Lowe’s Heroes “adopted” two rooms in the Well House community, a permanent housing...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: ampitheater, local music, picnic
When The Northern Skies front man and multi-instrumentalist Eric Engblade first heard of the ...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“Take every opportunity that’s presented to you.”
Danzell Maze is a quiet but powerful force. Talk to him, and he will modestly tell you that he’s planning to go to...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
FREE GED, High School Completion (HSC), Adult Basic Education (ABE) and ESL (English as a Second Language) Classes
Registration will be held on Thursday, September 1...
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: 9/11, concert, great lakes chorus, memorial, memory, St. Matthews, stryke, tragedy, voices of freedom
The Board of the Cascade Community Foundation is proud to bring our community together to remember 9/11 with a tribute concert at 4 pm at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center on September 11, 2011....
Posted: 12 years 45 weeks
Tagged: Bridge Card, Double Up, DUFB, GRPS
Now you can get more fresh fruits and vegetables when you use your Bridge Card at farmers’ markets, thanks to a new program called Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB). The program matches Bridge...