Wednesday, August 27, 2008

There was good news and bad news Tuesday night regarding the reality TV smash "America's Got Talent."

The bad news: The show got off to a rocky start as 10 of the show's Top 40 acts who competed in Los Angeles proved the talent level this season is pretty thin.  The good news: Local singer Jessica Price, of Freeport, stood head-and-shoulders above most acts, distinguishing herself as an early favorite.

That means Price -- who sang a slowed version of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" -- likely will survive the first cut.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
By Julie Makarewicz
GR Press

Teacher Cathy Leaf took time away from her summer vacation to sit in a classroom as a student.

Leaf, a first-grade teacher at McFall Elementary School, joined more than 35 other teachers and paraprofessionals in one of eight technology seminars put on by the Thornapple Kellogg school district's technology department. 

"It's worth it to be here," she said.  "Now I have my Web page up and running before school starts.  I don't have to take time away from my kids and the classroom to learn how to do it later." Read More

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