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How to Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer for FREE!!

August 17, 2017 Jonny & Stephanie

Everyone has been talking about it and it is almost here! Solar Eclipse 2017!!! NASA has a great website dedicated to the eclipse, check it out here! It’s coming on August 21st, and you have seen all these things about special glasses and expensive resorts packages to view the eclipse. Why not just watch the eclipse for FREE! It’s really simple all you need is:... [Read Full Story]

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One Republic was joined by a very special guest to pay tribute to Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington.

August 4, 2017 Blogs / Page, Steph

Toni Cornell, the 12-year-old daughter of late singer Chris Cornell joined the band OneRepublic onstage live on “Good Morning America” today, where they performed a moving tribute of the Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah.” The performance was a celebration of the lives of Cornell and late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, both of whom died earlier this year within months of each other.... [Read Full Story]

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The Sarah Diaries: All Because of Chocolate Cake

August 2, 2017 Blogs / Page, Sarah Matthews
55 years ago a young man and woman sat in the backseat of a friends car, driving to a picnic lunch in Oklahoma. The couple in the front seat married, the two in the back, complete strangers. Both women in the car were best friends in high school. The two guys, both enlisted in the Air Force and became friends. The only reason the young man in the back even joined the other 3 on this outing was because as he calls it “some of the best chocolate cake I’ve ever had.”
Those two strangers, were my parents.
53 years ago, the two stood in what was my grandparents front lawn and is now my home, and exchanged wedding vows. It was a small wedding, filled with family and close friends from both sides.
Due to distance, most of their “dating” was done via handwritten letters, mailed back and forth. My mom still has a stack of the ones my dad wrote her. After his time in the Air Force, he moved from his home in Iowa to Michigan, began working at Whirlpool, and once us kids came along became the Coach of just about everything. My mom working at a local beauty salon, until she took over the farm. Both of them working hand in hand with my grandparents on the farm after hours, sorting produce, loading trucks for the market, and even working the different ones occasionally.
I remember being younger and asking them about how they met, and my dad telling the story of that car ride all those years ago. It was another hot day, and here these two strangers were sitting in the back seat of a car, she holding the now famous chocolate cake, when it starts to slide all over. Heat + cake + frosting = bad. They were able to save the cake, but had many laughs along the way.
When I asked how they knew this would turn out to be something special, they both shrugged their shoulders. My dad chiming in with “Well I figured she couldn’t be that bad.”
55 year total, 53 years married, 4 kids (took them 3 previous tries to get it right on the 4th! HAHA!), and countless memories.
Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad!
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Channel 16 is coming to Benton Harbor tomorrow for their annual Pack-a-Backpack!

July 28, 2017 Steph

The school ads have already began running on television and it won’t be long before the kids are heading back to school.  Help our reporting partners at WNDU ensure that as many kids return to school with the supplies that they need by making a donation to pack-a-backpack.  Click on the link below for supplies needed and even information on how your company can help out.... [Read Full Story]

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