This, That & The Other: Grants, Grub & Goodbyes

Flying Bear Books Crepe Creators Krystal and Eric Johnson

A Trio of Tidbits from N3 World Headquarters

Big News In Big Prairie
We understand Big Prairie Township scored a $150,000 Recreation Passport grant to create a new welcome center for Oxbow Park. The win was one of several RecPass grants received throughout the state for a variety of projects. Our fave is the splashpad that will be going in down by Lowell…and by the way, Fremont, you seriously need a splashpad.
One project that received funding up by Gladwin has what we think is a great name.
 A Trail of Two Cities.
I can see the review on it already.
“It was the best of hikes, it was the worst of hikes….”

For Crepes Sake
If you ventured out and participated in Newaygo’s Christmas walk perhaps you wandered into Flying Bear Books where new owners  Eric and Krystal Johnson were uber-busy putting together their signature crepes for the long line of folks interested in giving them a try.
They were able to churn out 150 in about 3 hours.
Lil and I snared a couple of them and wandered out to find a spot to unwrap and devour them.
They were righteous. Nicely done Johnsons. 
Their temporary permit to serve them expired this past  Saturday, but Eric reports the thin and tasty creations will be coming back on a permanent basis around the end of January.
This initiative provides a great option for food seekers in the downtown area of River City and besides it’s in a book store. THE book store in Newaygo County.
“I’m not one who can share a crepe. I need the whole crepe.” -Emily Cooper (Lily Collins), ‘Emily In Paris’ 

“And before I go…”
Scott VanSingel recently returned from Lansing following his last session in the state house. In his farewell address he handed out a lot of thank yous but also called out some of the divisive elements he has encountered both in the capital and here in his home district. 
While not always agreeing with Rep VanSingel we found him to be ever-accessible, unafraid to answer any of our questions and a true light of reason in a milieu where lately it seems a crass sense of discourtesy now passes for political discourse.
We will be doing an interview with our outgoing voice in Lansing and post the interaction later this week.
“Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. - C. JoyBell C.

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