🌱 Belleville basketball star Sydney Savoury chooses UConn
Belleville, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Belleville! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Belleville basketball star Sydney Savoury chooses UConn
- Local schools tackle reading gaps as students gain a board voice
- Abandoned cats recover at Belleville rescue, and their family grows
Also on today's calendar: Southeast Michigan Model Railroad Show & Sales Market and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: did you know 10+10 = 11+11? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Cloudy and chilly, with a high of 42 and low of 28 degrees.
- Saturday: Chilly with periods of sun, temps: high: 44, low: 35.
- Sunday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 47 and low of 32 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. 'She Fills a Need That We Have': Geno Auriemma Secures Commitment After Michigan Loss as No. 9 Recruit Picks Huskies Over Five Rivals (essentiallysports.com) — Belleville High School basketball standout Sydney Savoury has signed with UConn, choosing the Huskies over five other finalists. The five-star guard, ranked ninth nationally by ESPN, says relationships with the coaching staff and the program's record of developing WNBA players helped shape her decision. 
2. Board of Ed focuses on building updates during Nov. 9 meeting (bellevilleareaindependent.com) — Reading gaps remain a priority in Van Buren Public Schools, where elementary principals outlined improvement plans at the Nov. 9 board meeting. Savage reported fewer students reading far below grade level, while Tyler is targeting vocabulary and comprehension weaknesses. The board also welcomed its first two student representatives from Belleville High School.
3. Box of cats dropped at animal rescue. How momma and kittens are doing (lansingstatejournal.com) — A mother cat and three kittens left in a taped-up box at Belleville's Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue are doing well after medical treatment, the rescue says. Mama Croissant has since taken in an orphaned kitten, Strudel. The rescue cautions that abandoning animals puts them at risk and strains its limited space.
4. Van Buren Township Supervisor discusses data center deal (bellevilleareaindependent.com) — Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara says Google's approved data center will bring community payments and infrastructure funding, but construction will last two years. In an interview, he defended $20 million in tax incentives and described noise and water-rate safeguards. He also said Google has given Belleville High School $100,000.
📸 Around Belleville
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Michigan CPL Class →
Wayne County Community College - Belleville, 9555 Haggerty Road, Belleville
9:30 am
Saturday November 14
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Other local events
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BHS Tiger Drama Play, 7:00 PM
Belleville High School Belleville, MI 48111
7:00 pm -
LPHS Theater Production: Clue
LPHS Auditorium
7:00 pm -
StuCo - Craft Show - Time TBD
Belleville High School Belleville, MI 48111
8:00 am -
Southeast Michigan Model Railroad Show & Sales Market →
Belleville MI -
StuCo Toy Drive
Belleville High School Belleville, MI 48111
7:14 am -
Card Night & Fellowship →
Myrtle Lodge No. 89, Free & Accepted Masons, 515 Main St, Belleville
6:00 pm
Thursday November 19
Saturday November 21
Sunday November 22
Monday November 23
Tuesday November 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
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MASS →
34530 W. Michigan Avenue (US12), Wayne
9:00 am -
Enahnced Fitness →
34530 W. Michigan Avenue (US12), Wayne
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Digital Skills at Ypsilanti Library, Whittaker Road →
Ypsilanti District Library – WHITTAKER BRANCH, 5577 Whittaker Rd, Ypsilanti
11:00 am -
Madam Spider’s Cosmic Web: Art exhibition and intercultural dialogue →
Ypsilanti MI
5:00 pm -
Walk Indoor; Pickleball; Open Gym (Basketball) @BMS
Brownstown Middle School, 20135 Inkster Rs, Brownstown
5:00 pm
Friday November 13
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "did you know 10+10 = 11+11?" — 10+10=20...11+11=20 too (Thank you Martin C. for sending it in!)
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