Sunday, May 20, 2012

FEATURE: 'Ingenuity of our ancestors'

120519_SanfordCentennialMuseum_01 Ginger Kruger of Midland, right, picks up an antique agricultural book while cleaning a log cabin with Joyce Wolfgang of Midland, who dusts with a feather duster to keep the displays at the Sanford Centennial Museum pristine Saturday morning in Sanford. "We know what a lot of the things in these displays do because we lived through using them with our parents and grandparents, but I bet generations of people come in here and have no idea," Kruger said. "It's amazing to think of the ingenuity of our ancestors and what they were able to do before we had all the electronics we have today." 120519_SanfordCentennialMuseum_05 120519_SanfordCentennialMuseum_03 A smile gleams from the face of Ginger Kruger of Midland, back center, picks up a little brown jug to show other elderly volunteers as she contiued to dust with a feather duster, cleaning the displays at the Sanford Centennial Museum on Saturday morning in Sanford. "We know what a lot of the things in these displays do because we lived through using them with our parents and grandparents, but I bet generations of people come in here and have no idea," Kruger said. "It's amazing to think of the ingenuity of our ancestors and what they were able to do before we had all the electronics we have today."

Saturday, May 19, 2012

FEATURE: Dow RunWalk

120519_DowRunWalk_01 Alicia Mead of Gladwin, left, flashes a grin as her daughter Breanna Mead throws her hands up in celebration just steps away from completing the 5K run Saturday morning at the Midland Community Center's Dow RunWalk.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

FEATURE: Playing Poseidon

JWM_120515_GHPierFeature_01 Grand Haven resident Ari Davis, 23, left, watches as her boyfriend Zak Armstrong of Grand Rapids, 22, pretends to be Poseidon as he throws his arms up while the waves crash into the Grand Haven pier Tuesday evening, while another couple, Matt Bullard, 20, and Kasey Fought, 21, both of Allendale, stand close together for warmth as they stroll the boardwalk at Grand Haven State Park. "We wanted to watch the storm come in," Armstrong said. "The waves were rolling in and just sprayed up into me. It was pretty cool."