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🌱 Caledonia plans Veterans Day breakfast, but registration deadline has passed

Caledonia, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Caledonia! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Caledonia plans Veterans Day breakfast, but registration deadline has passed
  • Carrasquillo wins Caledonia school board seat; second race remains unresolved
  • Caledonia runners turn breakthrough seasons into state finals berths

Also on today's calendar: Grieving With Great Hope Weekend Grief Workshop and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What is easy to get in to but hard to get out of? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 49 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 55, low: 40.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 55 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Caledonia schools invite local veterans to Veterans Day Breakfast (sunandnews.com) — Caledonia Community Schools will honor local veterans with breakfast from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Caledonia Resource Center. Veterans from all military branches are welcome, but the announced registration deadline was Nov. 6; the district lists (616) 891-8117 as its registration contact.
   

• Carrasquillo wins seat on Caledonia school board (sunandnews.com) — Josh Carrasquillo has won one of two open Caledonia school board seats, while write-in candidates Justin Munsters and Michael Patterson await the count for the other. Unofficial results give Carrasquillo 8,367 votes and a six-year term beginning in January. Election officials must finish the canvass by Nov. 17.
   

• PRs in Portage lead to state finals spots for Fighting Scots (sunandnews.com) — Caledonia senior Akaela Daman earned her first state cross-country berth, joining the boys' team at the Nov. 7 finals after strong regional performances in Portage. The boys finished third to qualify, helped by Liam Dykhouse's remarkable senior-season improvement. Daman placed 11th after narrowly missing qualification last year.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday November 7
  • Wheel of the Year Card Game Open Play →
    Grimsby Hollow Meadery
    6:00 pm
  • TKHS Fall Play
    Thornapple-Kellogg Schools Middleville, MI 49333
    7:00 pm
    • Monday November 9
  • Family Literacy Program
    Hamilton Early Childhood - Early Childhood Main Campus, Hamilton Early Childhood
    6:00 pm
    • Tuesday November 10
  • FAFSA Night
    East Kentwood HS - Culinary Arts Collaboration Center
    5:30 pm
  • Band Concert~Nickels Gym
    Robert Nickels Intermediate, 3100 84th St SW, Byron Center
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday November 12
  • Beneath the Brilliance: A Book Launch Celebration at Siegel Jewelers →
    2845 Lake Eastbrook Boulevard Southeast, Kentwood
    5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for Cashier in Wayland. Apply here.
  • Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Byron Center. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Caledonia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kentwood

  • Player of the Year Top 10: Big Ten recruit Austin Nelson can do it all for East Kentwood (mlive.com)
  • Boots On The Fence in Kentwood Honors Women Veterans (grmag.com)
  • Can you balance without tails and claws? Third-graders find out (schoolnewsnetwork.org)

Byron Center

  • Player of the Year Top 10: Under-recruited Cam Payne keeps making plays for Byron Center (mlive.com)
  • Hillary Scholten credits bipartisan record, Democratic wave for landslide victory (mlive.com)

Ok Caledonia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is easy to get in to but hard to get out of?" — Trouble (Thank you Candice H. for sending it in!)
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