‘Til Beth Do Us Part opens Friday at the Wilson Center
Seated: Jan Ross and Marci Balogh; Standing: Darryl Schmitz, Susan DeRosa, Beth Webb
Celia makes a fortune selling gourmet chocolate. Gibby loves his wife, but wishes her successful career left a little more time for him. Suzannah loves her husband, but wishes he would pick up his dirty socks. Margo and Hank are unhappily single, but can’t stand each other. Enter Beth. She’s efficient, a fabulous cook, and handy with tools. Can she be too good to be true?
‘Til Beth Do Us Part is a sweet, sassy comedy by the writing team Jones, Hope, Wooten. It’s a perfect confection for a winter weekend. Starring Marci Balogh as Beth, Susan DeRosa as Suzannah, Bob Murrell as Hank, Jan Ross as Celia Carmichael, Darryl Schmitz as Gibby, and Beth Webb as Margo. The play is directed by Tom Webb.
Join Homegrown Productions for the comedy romp, ’Til Beth Do Us Part February 22 and 23 at 7:30 pm and February 24 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wilson Center Auditorium, 101 W. Cass St., St. Johns.
Tickets are $10 at the door. Profits from this production support renovation of the auditorium lighting system.
Homegrown Productions is an affiliate of Clinton County Arts Council.
St. Joseph School fundraiser features a Chevy Cruze
The St. Joseph Feast and Raffle is hosting a Community Car Raffle for their fundraiser this year. Anyone is welcome to join in and take their chance of winning a 2019 Chevy Cruze arranged by Young Chevy of St. Johns. The winner can choose to take a cash prize of $15,000 instead – it’s winner’s choice.
Along with the grand prize, there are 3 other cash prizes of $1,500, $1000 and $500. And only a maximum of 600 tickets will be sold, so these are pretty great odds to be the winner.
Tickets are $100 or 2 for $175 or 3 for $250. You can purchase tickets at the St. Joseph School office, Allaby and Brewbaker, Dersheys and Koenigsknecht Dentistry. The winner will be announced at the Feast and Raffle dinner on Saturday, March 16th.
Health Department phone number spoofed
The Mid-Michigan District Health Department (MMDHD) has learned that some residents are receiving calls from someone claiming to be with the Health Department or Medicare. In both instances, the caller is asking for confidential, personal information. These calls are coming from scammers, not the Mid-Michigan District Health Department.
The scammers are using a technique called caller ID spoofing. They falsify information transmitted to your caller ID to hide their identity. They tend to use a local number or a number from a trusted business, to increase the likelihood that you’ll answer the phone. In this case, they are using one of MMDHDs numbers (Clinton County: 989-224-2195, Gratiot County: 989-875-3681, Montcalm County: 989-831-5237).
If you receive one of these calls, simply hang up. If you get a message on your answering machine, do not return the call. And most importantly, never give out personal information over the phone, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, your mother’s maiden name or passwords to an unsolicited caller or if you are at all suspicious.
Other tips to avoid becoming a victim of spoofing:
– Don’t answer calls from unknown numbers.
– If you answer the phone and you are asked to hit a button to stop getting the calls, hang up.
– Do not respond to any questions, especially those that can be answered with “yes” or “no.”
– If you get a call from someone who says they represent a company or government agency, and you are suspicious, hang up and call the number in the phone book, or on the company’s or agency’s website.
– Use caution if you are pressured for information immediately.
Mid-Michigan District Health Department serves the residents of Clinton, Gratiot and Montcalm Counties.
What is happening east of town on M-21?
The City of St. Johns welcomes ITC Michigan to St. Johns. ITC provides electrical transmission infrastructure for Consumers Energy and others. They are building a warehouse and storage facility about a half mile east of St. Johns on M-21. They are beginning to mobilize equipment at the site and are hopeful to begin construction in early spring.
ITC has two operating subsidiaries in Michigan: Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC), and International Transmission Company (ITCTransmission), collectively referred to as ITC Michigan and based out of Novi, Michigan. ITCTransmission owns, operates and maintains approximately 3,100 circuit miles of transmission line in southeast Michigan, serving a population of 5.1 million. ITC Transmission was founded in 1999 as International Transmission Co., a subsidiary of Detroit Edison, since renamed DTE Energy Electric Company, itself a subsidiary of DTE Energy.
Because of utility regulatory changes, Consumers divested its transmission system. It opted instead to sell the system to the Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC), currently an ITC Holdings company which also owns Detroit Edison’s transmission system under the “ITCTransmission” brand.
Kindergarten Registration scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2019
St. Johns Public Schools offers all day, everyday kindergarten. Children who will be 5 years old on or by September 1, 2019 are eligible to attend school in the fall. Students turning 5 after September 2, 2019 up until December 1, 2019 will have an opportunity to attend this program this fall.
For the 2019-2020 school year there will be kindergarten classrooms at Eureka (Pre K-5), Gateway (K-2), and Riley (K-5). Oakview will house the town preschool classrooms along with grades 3-5.
To attend St. Johns Public Schools, the State of Michigan requires the following information be on file before your child may start school:
• Child’s certified birth certificate – this will have the raised seal on it and we will make a copy of it AFTER we verify we have seen the original.
• Child’s up to date immunization records – requirements for a child to enter school have changed, please check with your doctor’s office or local health department for updates. Our local health department will have a copy of your child’s immunization record. You will just need to stop by and pick it up. Their office is located at 1307 E. Townsend Road, St. Johns, MI 48879. (less than 1/2 mile east of US-27) More information is available on the website. Health Department
• A vision and hearing test – A hearing and vision technician will be available at round up to complete this task if your child does not have the documentation from pre-school or a previous physical
• Proof of residency verification – see residency form for options
The following forms will need to be filled out entirely to enable the District to get your child enrolled.
Student Registration- front and back
Permission Form
Concussion/Residency Form
Transportation Request Form
Consent for Disclosure of Immunization Information
Records Request
For more information visit the website.
The Easter Bunny is coming April 20
The annual City of St. Johns Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the St. Johns Lioness Club and many local contributors, will be held Saturday, April 20 at the St. Johns City Park.
A police siren will sound at 1:00 p.m. to start the “organized mayhem.”
Age groups are: 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-10. Children under age 3 may pick up their eggs and toys at the pavilion. Some eggs in the patch have special prize tickets; bring these to the pavilion to receive your prize.
There will also be live bunnies, crafts, balloons, face painting and visits with the Easter Bunny. Only kids are allowed in the egg patch. No adults please!
Any questions, call Sandy at (989) 224-1231.