http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/The Latest Community, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & VideosenSat, 07 Nov 2009 12:51:59 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noThe Latest Community, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & Videoskzgazette_newshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/LqfjXLFMx_E/military_appreciation_night_do.htmlEventsFeatureSports6132465184155020583472613248104927Gabrielle Russon | Kalamazoo GazetteFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:47:49 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3895944 ]]>College hockey fans will have an opportunity Saturday to help soldiers with ties to Western Michigan University.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/military_appreciation_night_do.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/S5eJmWqs4W0/in_the_next_24_veterans_concer.htmlBreaking NewsEventsKalamazoo Gazette staffSat, 07 Nov 2009 12:51:59 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3907174 ]]>LET FREEDOM RING: Lest We Forget will present “Sounds of Freedom,” a patriotic concert and Veterans Day program honoring veterans of all conflicts, at 2 p.m. today at the Mendel Center in Benton Harbor. Tickets are $10. (269) 925-7176 or...http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/in_the_next_24_veterans_concer.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/V-C3OcbwxVk/fort_hood_victims_had_differen.htmlBreaking NewsWorld/Nation238376118529350165The Associated PressSat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:20 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3907500 ]]>The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/fort_hood_victims_had_differen.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/oAAtPA5byBQ/slideshow_news_photography_fro_1.htmlKalamazoo - Home Page - NewsKalamazoo - MultimediaPhotosJill McLane Baker | Kalamazoo GazetteSat, 07 Nov 2009 20:03:47 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3910285 ]]>http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/slideshow_news_photography_fro_1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/U3X0lXtCUYA/former_city_manager_robert_bob.htmlBreaking NewsGovernment - Local2495374155034722952314618Gabrielle Russon | Kalamazoo GazetteSat, 07 Nov 2009 19:15:57 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3909612 ]]>The man charged with repairing the financial crisis at Detroit Public Schools praised Kalamazoo voters Saturday for passing the anti-discrimination ordinance, and he urged NAACP members to build a "more fair future for our youth."http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/former_city_manager_robert_bob.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/Yiqg5Mklkcs/wmu_no_match_for_spartans.htmlBreaking NewsSports63978124616169435334260267Kalamazoo Gazette staffSat, 07 Nov 2009 17:17:12 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3908759 ]]>Western Michigan wide receiver Robert Arnheim reacts after officials ruled a pass incomplete during the second half Saturday's game against Michigan State in East Lansing. Michigan State won the game 49-14.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/wmu_no_match_for_spartans.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/2JwdsRUDIJA/vital_statistics_births_deaths_172.htmlVital StatisticsKalamazoo Gazette staffSat, 07 Nov 2009 15:59:04 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3908359 ]]>DeathsBarbara J. (Reynolds) Barkoff, 80, of Battle Creek (Spencer Family Funeral Home, Athens).Everett S. Bierema Sr.,  80, of Kalamazoo (Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, Kalamazoo).Robert T. Blalock, 77, of Portage (Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Portage Chapel, Portage).Michael Campbell, 65,...http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/vital_statistics_births_deaths_172.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/I_xQXDLj1r0/stack_em_up.htmlBreaking News614360614361347241541Rex Hall Jr. | Kalamazoo GazetteSat, 07 Nov 2009 10:42:47 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3901264 ]]>Portage West Middle sixth-grader DJ Prentiss demonstrates his speedy cup-stacking skills Friday for residents at Fountain View of Portage Assisted Living. In September, DJ returned with silver and bronze medals in the 11-year-old group at a World Sport Stacking Association tournament in Quincy Ill.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/stack_em_up.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/I_DvJLWX9E0/portage_northern_high_school_o.htmlBreaking NewsEntertainmentEvents3472183641541252912270572Tom Haroldson | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteFri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:01 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3902004 ]]>Portage Northern High School students have an early holiday present for the community: the stage presentation of the musical classic “White Christmas.”http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/portage_northern_high_school_o.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/IgZSfDZ_270/harvey_myers_work_with_youth_l.htmlBreaking News47813080506144674155034722952Sonya Bernard-Hollins | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteFri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:08 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3901844 ]]>The predominantly black community of Belmont Heights in Tampa, Fla., had its share of issues with segregation during the 1960s. It was then that high school student Harvey Myers joined in with the local NAACP to picket a segregated theater. Their efforts won them the right to sit where they chose in the theater.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/harvey_myers_work_with_youth_l.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/uYhNuTpTum8/column_i_feel_lucky_but_lucks.htmlJulie Mack336017970228815741550Julie Mack | Kalamazoo GazetteSat, 07 Nov 2009 16:42:05 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.3900508 ]]>Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with colon cancer — and stumbled on a valuable life lesson on the importance of perspective.http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/column_i_feel_lucky_but_lucks.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/dtthyYoY2_k/neighbors_recall_fond_memories.htmlBreaking NewsCrime90256503941550994153472613529Kalamazoo Gazette staffFri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:54 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3902059 ]]>Troy Maurice Scott was the kind of person who cooked up batches of fried green tomatoes for his neighbors and rebuilt what was once a slippery front porch because he was so concerned about trick-or-treaters falling as they walked up to his home.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/neighbors_recall_fond_memories.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/hlaqOUQczjM/whats_happening_sunday_8.htmlBreaking NewsKalamazoo Gazette staffFri, 06 Nov 2009 06:42:35 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3895121 ]]>Nature program in Kalamazoo“Pioneer Life” is being offered at the DeLano Homestead, 555 West E Ave. The program features a lesson about Michigan’s early settlers and how they prepared for life in the wilderness; a visit to a log cabin;...http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/whats_happening_sunday_8.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/wJWBzOZ2hXY/in_the_next_24_making_beer_or.htmlBreaking NewsEventsKalamazoo Gazette staffFri, 06 Nov 2009 18:49:16 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3900885 ]]>MAKE SOME HOME BREWS: Want to learn how to brew your own beer or mead? The Kalamazoo Libation Organization of Brewers, a local home-brew club, is hosting “Learn to Homebrew” at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bell’s General Store, 355 E....http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/in_the_next_24_making_beer_or.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/APpZgRkxutU/slideshow_news_photography_fro.htmlKalamazoo - MultimediaPhotosJill McLane Baker | Kalamazoo GazetteFri, 06 Nov 2009 21:25:41 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3902105 ]]>http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/slideshow_news_photography_fro.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/SfqqwPImn6g/michigan_soldier_injured_in_fo.htmlBreaking NewsWorld/Nation611852141797347261440026502165The Grand Rapids PressSat, 07 Nov 2009 05:47:52 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3901489 ]]>When details of the Fort Hood, Texas, bloodshed flashed across Ashley Saucedo's television, her first instinct was denial. No way, the former Greenville resident thought, was her husband, Pvt. Raymondo “Ray” Saucedo, among 13 people killed or 30 wounded after a gunman opened fire Thursday on the U.S. Army base, which has housed as many as 52,000 troops this year.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/michigan_soldier_injured_in_fo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/sdmBXLLYiww/boy_10_is_third_kalamazoo_coun.htmlBreaking NewsHealth NewsObituary345410198415506142963472Paula M. Davis | Kalamazoo GazetteSat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:14 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3900995 ]]>Kalamazoo County has its first confirmed case of a child’s death related to the H1N1 flu virus, according to the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/boy_10_is_third_kalamazoo_coun.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/655bj5aa8CQ/vital_statistics_births_deaths_171.htmlVital StatisticsKalamazoo Gazette staffFri, 06 Nov 2009 18:45:15 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3900844 ]]>Vital statistics for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/vital_statistics_births_deaths_171.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/y_FOsK_QW-E/two_vehicles_involved_in_a_car.htmlAccidentBreaking News17654156592483613968Gabrielle Russon | Kalamazoo GazetteFri, 06 Nov 2009 15:42:25 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3899190 ]]>Police responded Friday to a two-vehicle crash in Schoolcraft, authorities said.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/two_vehicles_involved_in_a_car.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/TB-jLTm-uS8/womans_fervor_to_help_girls_le.htmlEventsFeatureKalamazoo - Living2495371519602173352953613049613051172643948Sonya Bernard-Hollins | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteFri, 06 Nov 2009 07:29:48 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3895369 ]]>Today, the Kalamazoo Junior Girls Organization owns the building on Paterson Street. In 2011 it will celebrate 25 years of working with about 2,000 young people.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/womans_fervor_to_help_girls_le.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kzgazette_news/~3/7W2iEhzedtc/body_found_in_car_trunk_identi.htmlBreaking NewsCrime5492299415613529613531Paula M. Davis | Kalamazoo GazetteFri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:42 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4132.3896991 ]]>Police have identified the body of a man found in the trunk of a car on Kalamazoo’s east side Thursday as that of 51-year-old Troy Maurice Scott of the Galesburg area.http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/body_found_in_car_trunk_identi.htmlnonadult