Each year the Danish Festival seeks an original poster to celebrate the current festival theme. This year’s theme is “The Snow Queen.” Original designs in any medium are acceptable for the contest. The artwork should represent the Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Snow Queen” in a creative but realistic interpretation. The artwork must not have been previously reproduced.

Read The Daily News Funeral Notices for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

It took a little bit of doing, but thanks to free throws from Jemikal Papendick, the Montabella boys basketball team got a win Monday night.
The Mustangs got by the Evart Wildcats 47-38 in a game that saw a lot of swings.

Can you believe the depths to which presidential aspirants are willing to sink in order to discredit opponents for the highest office in the land? The negativity of the campaign would be comedic if the stakes weren’t so high. Television campaign ads are running together consecutively, alternating for and against a given candidate in the same string. The next-to-saddest thing about this travesty is that these “approved” messages demonstrate the obvious contempt the candidates have for the civility of the American public.

The search has officially begun for the new leader of Carson City-Crystal Area Schools. Bob Swanson retired as CC-C superintendent last August, but remains with the district as a financial consultant. Duane Ellis was hired as interim superintendent after Swanson retired.

Read The Daily News Funeral Notices for Monday, Feb. 20, 2012

Man’s best friend is about to help Montcalm County’s budget situation. The Montcalm County Law Enforcement & Courts Committee voted last week to start a dog census program again. The census will establish whether dog owners have updated licenses for their dogs.

Our Flat River Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will stage its annual Hunting Heritage Banquet on Saturday, March 3. Troy Hopkins, chapter president, says it should be a great event and the chapter is working hard toward what will be a very enjoyable evening. He says ticket sales will be good and the forms are coming in as usual.

Too many turnovers and too many missed shots. That was the story for the Greenville Yellow Jackets girls basketball team on Friday in a 39-31 loss to the Lowell Red Arrows.

For the second year in a row, Belding has a conference champion in girls bowling. The Redskin girls dominated the rest of the O-K Blue Conference at Hillcrest Lanes Saturday, winning the post-conference tournament with a 2,969 team score. That was over 300 pins more than Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.