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Olivet FFA Advances Eight Teams from District to Regional Leadership Contests
Emma Kelenske Olivet FFA Reporter The Olivet FFA competed in the virtual district leadership contests from February 8-11 at Olivet High School. The Junior High Conduct of Meetings team consisting of Keira Fudge, Joe LaSalle, Ben Kelenske, Faith Hebenstreit, Paul...
Looking Good in Olivet at Mary’s
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer For a friendly, small-town, down-to-earth place to get your hair done, try Mary’s Hair Care in Olivet. Mary’s Hair Care is a full-service salon and does haircuts for men, women, and children, including clipper cuts. The salon has been...
Gavin Bartley signs with the USA National Training Site/Northern Michigan University
Gavin Bartley, an Olivet High School student, is excited to announce his commitment to continue his wrestling career as a student athlete on the USA Wrestling National Training Site’s team at Northern Michigan University. The Resident Athlete Program at Northern...
Olivet Pharmacy
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer When you need a prescription filled or a refill on your favorite vitamins, it’s nice to be able to support a local small business like the Olivet Pharmacy. Chacko J. Puthen, a registered pharmacist, is available there to help with all...
Thomas Humphreys earns Gamma Iota Sigma Faculty Member of the Year Award
The Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) Grand Chapter recently hosted its virtual awards ceremony as part of the 49th Annual GIS Conference. The event celebrated the achievements and impact of the 90-plus chapters located at colleges and universities across the country. GIS is an...
Olivet Lions Club installs wheelchair ramp for area resident
Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million caring men and women serving together in approximately 48,000 clubs around the world. Following the Lions International motto, “We Serve,” the Olivet Lions Club...
Eaton County Sheriff’s Office has a new K9
Welcome your K9 Roscoe. We can’t thank you enough for the overwhelming response. It was wonderful. Roscoe was submitted by multiple people and was liked by Deputy Studley as well. “Roscoe” is also a name of an Anderson Co. (SC) Sheriff K9 recently killed in the line...
Shop Local – Culligan Water Conditioning
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer Almost 60 years ago Philip and Phyllis Carey started a Culligan Water franchise in south Lansing. They’ve both passed now, but the business is still in family hands. Matt Carey, their son, has been part of the business since 1980 and...
Eaton County treasurer elected first VP of MACT
Sunfield Township resident and Eaton County Treasurer, Bob Robinson, was elected to serve as first vice president to the board of directors for the Michigan Association of County Treasurers (MACT) at its 2020 Virtual Summer Conference on August 25. As first vice...
Olivet dentist contributes to students’ dental health
By Deb Malewski Contributing writer — With most dental visits on hold right now, it’s still very important to maintain good dental health, says Dr. Lana Lewis of Main Street Dental, PLCC, in Olivet. Feeling very strongly about this, she decided to donate 400...