Jim Shaefer News Today

The Friends of the Library’s annual meeting celebrated the organization’s 50th year. Saturday, April 29, the Friends of the Valley Center Library held their annual meeting and concurrently celebrated their 50th anniversary. The theme was the 1950’s and many people dressed up in 50’s attire including some poodle skirts, puffy dresses, and pink lady jackets.

Jacks essay for January 24, 2014. Thirteen years ago, a friend who runs a political PR firm urged me to meet a man he saw as a visionary politician who he was going to be elected mayor and transform Detroit. His name was Kwame Kilpatrick. We all know how that turned out, but nobody did then. What was the same then and now, however, was Detroit’s need for jobs and money. Over the years, I had learned one thing: If you want to jump-start an economy, what you need are immigrants. Driven, motivat...