Gunnard's Greetings

We have had a great spring so far with numerous flowers in bloom. The city of Holland is concerned that by the time Tulip Festival arrives, there won't be nearly as many blooms. They say not to plant before May 10th as the ground is still cold. It's wonderful to see the flowering trees all in color and Central park alive with every color tulip.

There is nothing routine about Grand Haven High School's win streak in Science Olympiad tournaments, per GHHS chemistry teacher Mike Reed.

"It doesn't get old said the long time Science Olympiad coach." It's not by chance, but by a lot of dedicated work by the students, caoches and parents. Reeds team won a sixth-straight Regional 12 tournament at Grand Valley State University in Allendale. GHHS has captured the top spot in 19 of the 25 years that the school has competed in the regional tournament.

GHHS will be gunning for a fifth-straight state title at Michigan State University in early May. The GHHS team consists of five seniors, nine juniors and 11 sophomores. The tournaments events include biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, computers and technology.

The national tournament - May 22 at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign comes up quickly after the state tounament. Grand Haven toobk 2nd place in the 2009 Science Olympiad in Augusta, GA. GHHS won the national titile in 1993, 1994 and 1997.

We Do Care

Please take the time to drop a line to those not feeling well. A card or short note does wonders to lift ones spirits.

1. Robert Clink, P.O. Box 1044, St. John’s, AZ 85936

2. Robert Lyndon, The Park in Plano, Rm # 221B, 3208 Thunderbird Ln., Plano, TX 75075

3. Ernamae Wills Weidner, 5130 Galena Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918

4. Richard Race. (Barbara Brinkert Race's husband, 321 Grand Avenue, Grand Haven, 49417

5. Carol Oslund 1806 Dairy Lane, Grand Haven, 49417

Carolyn Casemier is wondering if you might have the answer

Jay

Carolyn submitted this photo of her late husband Jay. She is asking if anyone has an old, old annual: can you identify the year Jay played foorball: and what his jersey number was?

The school in the background was probably Ferry School and the field probably was ferry also. E-mail me with your answer and I'll pass it on to Carolyn. Thank you.

4th Grade Miiss Sanford

4th Grade Class - Central School - Miss Sanford

Braak

Ron & Dorah Braak

Glen

Glenn & Margaret Weigert

Frank

Frank Riley & Mary Hall

Schippers

George & Bonnie Schippers

Green

L to R: Stan & Sally Green

Alice Seaver ------ Bob Lyndon

Everyone enjoying the Summer picnic in 2004

On These Days in Grand Haven History

May 19, 1846: The Ottawa County Supervisors contracted Clark Albee to build the
first jail for $100

May 1,1885: Edward Northrop began publishing his newspaper "Venture." Through ownership and masthead chancges, it evolved into todeays Grand Haven Tribune.

May 22, 1959: The Tri-Cities Historical Society was founded

May 30, 1963 The Grand Haven Musical Fountain made its public debut..

balloons May Birthdays !!!

May 01 / Charmaine Melnotte Wood
May 05 / Gunnard Oslund
May 11 / LaMar Dornbos VanHaaften

May 30 / Bonnie Ryder Schippers

Grand Haven Tribune featured at Tri-Cities Historical Museum

The Grand Haven Tribune, which is celebrating 125 years of publishing a daily newspaper, has been featured at the museum. The Buisness Employees Share Tales program in mid-April featured the GH Tribune. Former ande present employees, as well as advertisers and subscribers were invited to share their tales abotu Grand Haven's longest published newspaper.

99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

Breaking Barriers: New audible pedestrian signals tested in Grand Haven.

New audible crosswalk signals are making it much easeir for restidents with visual impairments to break barriers and cross the busy U.S. 31 thoroughfare that cuts through GH.

The signals have been installed at Washington and U.S. 31 and Grant Street and U.S. 31. With both of those corners being very busy intersections, this was at the request of the city to provide better access for residents wtih visual impairments.

To use the new signals, a pedestrian pushes a button that gives them an audio cue to proceed across the street. There are also audible locator 'chirps' that emit a sound to locate the push buttons.

Other locations in Michigan with audible signal crossings include East Lansing, Kalamazoo, Ludington and Rochester. Several wonderful comments have been submitted by those who use this new convenience.

A $ 16,000 grant helps GH Public Safety Department

Investigatiing accidents and other crime scenes will look a little bit more like 'CSI' for the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. The grant was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has provided the department with a forensic mapping system.

Using infrared light waves, teh device can dreate a digital map of an area to recreate crime scenes, car crashese and other areas for police investigation. The device can map anything with a solid surface and is accurate to within One)16th of an inch when shooting within a quartere -mile. Beyond that, it's accurate within a half-inch! Overall, it's range is 3 miiles.

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

This is a 'quiz' for people who know everything!!

(There is nine questions, answers at the end of newsletter)

1. Name the one sprot in which neither the spectatores nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends?

2. What famious North ASmerican landmark is constantly moving backward?

3 Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All overs must be replanted every year.

4.What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. the pear is whole and ripe, the bottle is genuine and hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and are are all common words. Name two.

7. There are 14 punmctuation marks in English grammer. Can you name at least 7?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked or in any other form except fresh?

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet begining with the letter S?

I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

Did you Dance ?? - "To White sports coat and a pink carnation"

(This is courtesy of our classmate - Joyce Mey ers Koster)

For those of you who remember, this is one of the best 50's videos. You will enjoy this! Click Below -- and turn your speakers on.

http://oldfortyfives.com/takemebacktothefifties.htm

Answers to Quiz -- for those who know everything

1. Sport in which neither spectators or participants know the score or leader -- Boxing

2. landmark constantly movong backward: Niagara Falls. (the rim is worn down about 2 1/2 feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

3. Two vegetable that can live on their own - Asparagus and rhubarb

4. Fruit with seeds on the outside - Strawberry

5. How did that pear get on the inside? (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, are wired in place of the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growoing season and when it's ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)

6. Three English words: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English; Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces and ellipses.

8. Only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked - -Lettuce

9. Six or more things for your feet beginning with S: Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes,stockings, stilts

Two new unique businesses have been added to the city. A new microbrewery has opened in Harbor Front. A young couple from GR have opened the 'Odd Side Ales' and are presently serving 13 type beers. Business has been good. Another new place under remodeling is a new wine tasting and market placeIt called 'Lemon Creek Winery'. The small building at 7th & Beacon which housed many gas stations for the years, is being enlarged with a facelift, adding 450 sq. ft. addition. When finished, it will include wine sampling and sales.

This will put a close on this months news and as always, thanks for your continued interest.

Until next month,

Gunnard

Feel free to send in a recent photo and/ or tell us what you've been up to... gcoslu@yahoo.com


gcoslu@yahoo.com	Gunnard's Greetings Grand Haven High School Class of 1952 Newsletter Created for the enjoyment of the Grand Haven Class of 1952
>>Back<<	May - 2010 April Showers bring May Flowers We have had a great spring so far with numerous flowers in bloom. The city of Holland is concerned that by the time Tulip Festival arrives, there won't be nearly as many blooms. They say not to plant before May 10th as the ground is still cold. It's wonderful to see the flowering trees all in color and Central park alive with every color tulip. Grand Haven wins 6th - straight Science-Olympiad Regional Title There is nothing routine about Grand Haven High School's win streak in Science Olympiad tournaments, per GHHS chemistry teacher Mike Reed. "It doesn't get old said the long time Science Olympiad coach." It's not by chance, but by a lot of dedicated work by the students, caoches and parents. Reeds team won a sixth-straight Regional 12 tournament at Grand Valley State University in Allendale. GHHS has captured the top spot in 19 of the 25 years that the school has competed in the regional tournament. GHHS will be gunning for a fifth-straight state title at Michigan State University in early May. The GHHS team consists of five seniors, nine juniors and 11 sophomores. The tournaments events include biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, computers and technology. The national tournament - May 22 at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign comes up quickly after the state tounament. Grand Haven toobk 2nd place in the 2009 Science Olympiad in Augusta, GA. GHHS won the national titile in 1993, 1994 and 1997. We Do Care Please take the time to drop a line to those not feeling well. A card or short note does wonders to lift ones spirits. 1. Robert Clink, P.O. Box 1044, St. John’s, AZ 85936 2. Robert Lyndon, The Park in Plano, Rm # 221B, 3208 Thunderbird Ln., Plano, TX 75075 3. Ernamae Wills Weidner, 5130 Galena Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918 4. Richard Race. (Barbara Brinkert Race's husband, 321 Grand Avenue, Grand Haven, 49417 5. Carol Oslund 1806 Dairy Lane, Grand Haven, 49417 Carolyn Casemier is wondering if you might have the answer Carolyn submitted this photo of her late husband Jay. She is asking if anyone has an old, old annual: can you identify the year Jay played foorball: and what his jersey number was? The school in the background was probably Ferry School and the field probably was ferry also. E-mail me with your answer and I'll pass it on to Carolyn. Thank you. 4th Grade Class - Central School - Miss Sanford Ron & Dorah Braak Glenn & Margaret Weigert Frank Riley & Mary Hall George & Bonnie Schippers L to R: Stan & Sally Green Alice Seaver ------ Bob Lyndon Everyone enjoying the Summer picnic in 2004 On These Days in Grand Haven History May 19, 1846: The Ottawa County Supervisors contracted Clark Albee to build the first jail for $100 May 1,1885: Edward Northrop began publishing his newspaper "Venture." Through ownership and masthead chancges, it evolved into todeays Grand Haven Tribune. May 22, 1959: The Tri-Cities Historical Society was founded May 30, 1963 The Grand Haven Musical Fountain made its public debut.. May Birthdays !!! May 01 / Charmaine Melnotte Wood May 05 / Gunnard Oslund May 11 / LaMar Dornbos VanHaaften May 30 / Bonnie Ryder Schippers Grand Haven Tribune featured at Tri-Cities Historical Museum The Grand Haven Tribune, which is celebrating 125 years of publishing a daily newspaper, has been featured at the museum. The Buisness Employees Share Tales program in mid-April featured the GH Tribune. Former ande present employees, as well as advertisers and subscribers were invited to share their tales abotu Grand Haven's longest published newspaper. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. Breaking Barriers: New audible pedestrian signals tested in Grand Haven. New audible crosswalk signals are making it much easeir for restidents with visual impairments to break barriers and cross the busy U.S. 31 thoroughfare that cuts through GH. The signals have been installed at Washington and U.S. 31 and Grant Street and U.S. 31. With both of those corners being very busy intersections, this was at the request of the city to provide better access for residents wtih visual impairments. To use the new signals, a pedestrian pushes a button that gives them an audio cue to proceed across the street. There are also audible locator 'chirps' that emit a sound to locate the push buttons. Other locations in Michigan with audible signal crossings include East Lansing, Kalamazoo, Ludington and Rochester. Several wonderful comments have been submitted by those who use this new convenience. A $ 16,000 grant helps GH Public Safety Department Investigatiing accidents and other crime scenes will look a little bit more like 'CSI' for the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. The grant was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has provided the department with a forensic mapping system. Using infrared light waves, teh device can dreate a digital map of an area to recreate crime scenes, car crashese and other areas for police investigation. The device can map anything with a solid surface and is accurate to within One)16th of an inch when shooting within a quartere -mile. Beyond that, it's accurate within a half-inch! Overall, it's range is 3 miiles. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap. This is a 'quiz' for people who know everything!! (There is nine questions, answers at the end of newsletter) 1. Name the one sprot in which neither the spectatores nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends? 2. What famious North ASmerican landmark is constantly moving backward? 3 Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All overs must be replanted every year. 4.What fruit has its seeds on the outside? 5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. the pear is whole and ripe, the bottle is genuine and hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle? 6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and are are all common words. Name two. 7. There are 14 punmctuation marks in English grammer. Can you name at least 7? 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked or in any other form except fresh? 9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet begining with the letter S? I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay. Did you Dance ?? - "To White sports coat and a pink carnation" *(This is courtesy of our classmate - Joyce Mey ers Koster)* For those of you who remember, this is one of the best 50's videos. You will enjoy this! Click Below -- and turn your speakers on. http://oldfortyfives.com/takemebacktothefifties.htm Answers to Quiz -- for those who know everything 1. Sport in which neither spectators or participants know the score or leader -- Boxing 2. landmark constantly movong backward: Niagara Falls. (the rim is worn down about 2 1/2 feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute. 3. Two vegetable that can live on their own - Asparagus and rhubarb 4. Fruit with seeds on the outside - Strawberry 5. How did that pear get on the inside? (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, are wired in place of the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growoing season and when it's ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.) 6. Three English words: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle. 7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English; Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces and ellipses. 8. Only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked - -Lettuce 9. Six or more things for your feet beginning with S: Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes,stockings, stilts Two new unique businesses have been added to the city. A new microbrewery has opened in Harbor Front. A young couple from GR have opened the 'Odd Side Ales' and are presently serving 13 type beers. Business has been good. Another new place under remodeling is a new wine tasting and market placeIt called 'Lemon Creek Winery'. The small building at 7th & Beacon which housed many gas stations for the years, is being enlarged with a facelift, adding 450 sq. ft. addition. When finished, it will include wine sampling and sales. This will put a close on this months news and as always, thanks for your continued interest. Until next month, Gunnard Feel free to send in a recent photo and/ or tell us what you've been up to... gcoslu@yahoo.com

May - 2010

April Showers bring May Flowers