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Coloma Intermediate School celebrates their Students of the Month!

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH… selected by staff at Coloma Intermediate School for their individual contributions to the classroom, being positive role models, and being hard workers during the month of November were celebrated on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Students receiving certificates were Fourth graders: Nevaeh Caldwell, Jaxen Coates, Jacob Derrick, Paislee Woodall and Fifth graders: Audra Bookout, Harlee Erb, Grace Karrels, Annabelle Pudell. (TCR photo by Sheila Schultz)

Watervliet North School Celebrates November Students of the Month

NOVEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH… at Watervliet North School worked hard to be Respectful, Responsible and Safe. Pictured are: (from the left) Front Row - Everett Knight, Myles Brooks; Back Row - Bryson Holwerda, Noah Efting, Delaney Hunt, Ana Meader. (Contributed photo)

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Sheila E. Smart , 71, of Coloma died Dec. 9, 2025, at Corewell Health Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph. Starks & Menchinger Chapel, St. Joseph Susan Poupard , 73, of Watervliet died Nov. 25, 2025, at Pine Ridge Nursing Home, Stevensville. Hutchins Funeral Home, Watervliet Evelyn R. Coan , 98, of Covert died Nov. 15, 2025, at South Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Community. Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford

HAROLD W. DEMAY

2/4/1940 – 11/23/2025 An original resident of Shepard Place has passed away. Per Harold’s request no service is being planned. Harold graduated from Hartford High School in 1959. He then enlisted in the United States Air Force, Security Service. After his military discharge Harold joined many of his relatives at the Watervliet Paper Mill. He was employed at the Mill for 38 years. He toiled those long hard hours. This allowed him to send his children to Michigan State Univer

SUSAN E. DUBERT

Susan E. Dubert, age 84, passed away quietly in the early morning hours of Dec. 8, 2025. She is survived and sorely missed by her daughter and son-in-law Laurie and Bob Collins of Dade City, Florida, her son and daughter-in-law Carl and Alexa Dubert of Crozet, Virginia, and grandchildren Armin, Lieselotte, Ilse, and Annica Dubert. She was preceded by siblings James A. Stoddard, Robert P. Stoddard, and Carol DeHollander, and parents Albert and Ruth Stoddard. Susan was born

DOROTHY A. SALTZMAN

Dorothy Ann (Eisen) Saltzman, age 93, peacefully passed away in her sleep on Dec. 10, 2025, at her home in Watervliet. A cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and faithful servant of Christ, Dorothy dedicated her life with unwavering devotion to her family and her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Dorothy was born on Sept. 8, 1932, in Eau Claire, Michigan. She was the fourth of five children of Albert and Marie (Rex) Eisen. She grew up on her family’s farm in Waterv

DOROTHY L. TERNOVSKY

Dorothy Lee Ternovsky, 87, of Orange Park, Florida and formerly of Hagar Shores, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, at the Middleburg Nursing and Rehab Center in Middleburg, Florida. Services celebrating her life will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, at the Florin Funeral Service in Fairplain. Burial will follow at North Shore Memory Gardens. The visitation will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday at the Fairplain Chapel. Memorials may be made to the St. Joseph Cathol

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Sandra L. Mendoza, 64, of Hartford died Dec. 3, 2025, at home. Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford Evelyn R. Coan, 98, of Covert died Nov. 15, 2025, at South Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Community. Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford

NEAL A. KREITNER

Neal A. Kreitner, 84, of Coloma, passed away Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. A funeral mass will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 at Duffield & Pastrick Family Funeral Home in Coloma, with burial following at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Watervliet. Visitation will be held Thursday evening from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations in Neal’s memory may be made to the Coloma Public Library. Those wishing to leave a message f

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If an insect species wants to better its chances for reproduction, then avoiding insectivorous predators would be a good bet. Stoneflies, winter crane flies and snow scorpionflies wait until winter, when bats and birds are gone, to finish their metamorphosis into the adult stage. Their “juvenile” life stages are spent in the water away from those major predators.

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With all the naked deciduous trees around, one must admire the ability of the evergreen trees to hold onto their leaves. The leaves do drop eventually, but not all at once like the broad-leafed trees. Most needles stay on a tree for two to three years.

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Coloma Intermediate School celebrates their Students of the Month!

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Life Saving Award presented to Coloma police officer Langston; North Berrien Fire Rescue proposal discussed at township board meeting

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