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Gerber Products to Expand Fremont Manufacturing Facility

Today, The Right Place, Inc., in collaboration with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Newaygo County and the City of Fremont, announced that Gerber Products will be investing $36 million and creating approximately 50 additional jobs.
“We are pleased Gerber has chosen to continue investing in Newaygo County,” said Christopher Wren, Newaygo County Administrator. “They provide quality jobs for local residents and we look forward to seeing their continued growth in our community.”
“As stated in our original Agricultural Processing Renaissance Zone (APRZ) agreement in 2008, the City of Fremont is fortunate to acknowledge Gerber Products beginnings here in Fremont and their continued commitment to our community,” said Mayor Rynberg, City of Fremont. “Our City Council unanimously endorses the application for this new Michigan Strategic Fund Renaissance Zone (MSFRZ) and enthusiastically supports these continuing policies promoting sustainability and partnership.”

What’s Going On: NHS Closing Monday, Book Event Tuesday, Market Kudos, Show Us Your Pictures and Picture Show Stays

No Hazardous Waste Collection This Year

Originally scheduled for late May, the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day was postponed due to the COVID-19 situation and rescheduled for October 31st.
The Newaygo County Board of Public Works announced they have decided to cancel the collection day for this year citing the inability to effectively comply with required social distancing, the amount of PPE resources that would be necessary and the logistical problem in maintaining a safe exchange of materials.

Tamarac Returns!

Tamarac’s new safety measures require everyone inside the facility to wear a mask at all times, including while exercising and engaging in physical activities, with the exception of activities in the pool.
Tamarac will limit how many people can be inside the Wellness Center at any one time to 25 percent of capacity. This safety measure can better help people observe 6-feet social distancing.

Taking the Challenge? Hop on the Dragon

Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance and Michigan DNR are highlighting the state’s thousands of miles of trails, challenging community members to get out on their local trails, including Michigan’s Dragon at Hardy Dam and White Pine Trail.
Michigan Trails Week begins on Sunday, September 20, and runs through the following Sunday. A key feature of the week will be the Michigan Trails Week Challenge. Michiganders can...

NCCA-Artsplace Fall Photography Contest

Have some fun this fall and shoot away….with your camera! Newaygo County is prime country for that perfect fall photo. Take your best shots and enter the NCCA-Artsplace Fall Photography Contest. The contest is an annual community event that anyone can enter and showcases the fall beauty of our area. Entry deadline is Thursday, October 1, by 4:00 p.m.
This free competition is for all ages and all levels of skill. All entries must have a fall or harvest theme. Participants may submit up to two entries. Each entry must be an 8”x10” unframed photograph.

Hands in the Dirt: Garlic Chives

Garlic chives are both a veggie and an ornamental for many types of gardens, including rock gardens, kitchen gardens, white gardens, medicinal gardens or as a container plant.
More garlic than chive, they, nevertheless, belong to the onion family, Allium. Unlike regular garlic, these plants have no bulb underground. Come fall, they will self-seed and the next year, the harvest will double. In fact, they can become invasive. They are winter tolerant so you will have a supply year round.

School Outbreak Info Available

https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173_102480---,00.html
If your child’s school is listed, your local health department and school are investigating and will contact you directly if you or your child was possibly exposed to coronavirus at school. Please note that students or staff who were exposed to COVID-19 outside of the school grounds AND are not thought to have spread the disease in the school grounds (due to quarantine, self-isolation, etc.) are not included in the data.

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The (Adjusted) Rules of the Game

The stands looked as sparse as those found at Tiger games in Comerica Park the past couple of seasons.
People still seemed to chat it up a bit in small groups but the majority were socially distanced due, primarily I imagine, to the wealth of opportunities for nabbing a good seat.
And it’s pretty much all parents. No alumni, no aunts, uncles, or grandparents and none of the random townspeople who have no kids in the games but have been coming to them for years.
And the oddest thing about the stands? No young people. No student section stuffed like sardines to root on their team, respond to the cheerleaders, and chant various phrases in unison when situations on the field call for such action.
Just, as I said, mostly parents.
But at least no cardboard cutouts...

SHGM COVID-19 Testing Moves Outside

Patients visiting Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial for an outpatient COVID-19 swab test will now get their specimens collected in a barn located behind the hospital. The site, just off Weaver Avenue, is open daily 9 a.m. to noon.
The change allows for better social distancing and increases the capacity to conduct more tests as schools, sports and the busy fall season begins.

Improving Health, Inspiring Hope, Saving Lives

Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial is inviting cancer survivors, families and health care providers to a free virtual discussion about advances in cancer care and innovations at the Spectrum Health Cancer Center 2020 Oncology Symposium.
Due to the continued impact of COVID-19, this year’s event will take place virtually from noon until 2 p.m. daily, Monday, Sept. 21, to Friday, Sept. 25.