âThe changes began in March.
March
âOn March 11, local school districts announced limited after-school activities and shortened their days. They were preparing to implement a remote teaching plan. Around this time, the U.S. had about 1,000 COVID-19 cases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was discouraging large gatherings for the time being.
âOn March 12, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced all Michigan K-12 school districts will be closed in-person from Monday, March 16 through Sunday, April 5. At its March 18 meeting, the Linden Board of Education decided to move the vote on the $55-million bond proposal from the May 5 election to the Aug. 4 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters ultimately approved the bond in November.
Life-long area farmer, Robert Arden Files, known to everyone as Bob, passed away on December 16, 2020, at UC Health Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 89. Bob was born on November 24, 1931, at the family home near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to John Howard and Blanche Alice Torrey Files.
The Files family moved from Oklahoma to Colorado in 1944 when they purchased the McCoy farm south of Holly when Bob was a teen. Bob graduated from Holly High School in 1950, and then helped his family farm due to his father’s poor health. Bob married Rowena Kenrick of Vici, OK on February 14, 1956. To this union four sons were born, John Wayland, Boyd, Bert, and Dana. Bob and Rowena farmed together for 53 years when Rowena passed away in 2009. Bob moved from his farm to his home in Holly in 2009, but he continued to farm until his passing. He enjoyed riding the tractor, going to the men’s coffees, watching the Broncos and old Westerns on TV, and attending holiday dinners.
Douglas Trelling Rounds â age 86 of Zebulon, GA flew West peacefully on his final flight Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Douglas (Doug) was born in Dowagiac, on June 3, 1934. At a young age Doug realized in order to be successful in life he would have to work hard to overcome some of the obstacles that he faced growing up. And that he did. Graduating from Holly High School in 1952 (with Honors) in Holly, where he was class president, he also excelled in all high school sports. Upon finishing high school, he even received offers from the Yankees and the Cubs for a baseball career. But since he was a young boy, Doug had a keen interest in airplanes and elected to pursue his dreams in aviation instead of baseball. After high school he attended Western Michigan College to receive his pilotâs license and ratings. In 1953 he enlisted in the United States Air Force serving a year before being RIFâd (reduction in force) and he was honorably discharged. He was hired by Delta Air L