Alpena News editorial
Last week, News staff writer Crystal Nelson introduced us to one current and one former student of Alternative Choices for Educational Success Academy, Alpena Public Schools’ setting for students who struggled to succeed at Alpena High School.
Both students worried about the district’s proposal to close the ACES building and move those programs into a sequestered area of the traditional high school.
They worried about the loss of identity and pride at ACES as its own entity, about the ability of school officials to truly, fully separate ACES students from the rest and the possibility of trouble therein, and about the lack of some of the flexibility ACES offers, which they said offers kids a chance to fully succeed in high school.
Apr 30, 2021
Alvin L. Van Dusen (83 years young) of Walloon Lake, died April 27, 2021 at his home surrounded by his wife and family.
Alvin was born on Sept. 6, 1937 in Alpena, Michigan, the son of Albert and Myrtle (Allen) VanDusen and graduated from Alpena High school with the class of 1955. Immediately following high school, Alvin enlisted in the United States Air Force and proudly served his country for the next 20 years as an instrument technician, retiring from the Air Force in 1975 as a Technical Sergeant.
Alvin met his wife, Gloria Grafford, in Riverside, California on a blind date while he was in the service. She was unaware that her friends were setting her up, but clearly something went well because after two years together they got married on Dec. 27, 1958 and remained married for the next 62+ years.
Apr 29, 2021
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Alpena’s Mason Bray (in green) wrestles Onaway’s Brendan Fenstermaker during a quad meet in Alpena last month. Bray is one of three Alpena wrestlers who will compete Friday in the Division 2 state finals in Grand Rapids.
ALPENA–After a solid season under first-year coach Matt Kowalski, the Alpena High wrestling team had four wrestlers recently honored by the Big North Conference.
Austin Bush, Declan Genova and Cameron Kubbe all earned first team all-conference honors and Mason Bray was named to the second team.
Bush (125 pounds), Genova (145) and Bray (160) all qualified for the Division 2 state finals, giving Alpena representation in the finals for the first time since 2014.
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