On Saturday, Congressman Bill Huizenga announced the 2013 Congressional Art Competition Finalists at a gallery in Grand Haven.
Grand Haven Tribune - 5/14/13
Kylee Panse, a senior from West Ottawa High School, was the winner of the competition. Kylee's piece "Vanity" will join winners from across the nation and be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the next year.
Theresa Wierenga… Read more »
Veterans job fair, Armed Forces remembrance service set for May 17, 18
Muskegon Chronicle - Stephen Kloosterman - May 12, 2013
MUSKEGON, MI – It’s a good time to be a veteran. The Veterans Job Fair will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 17, and Armed Forces Day will be observed starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18 in Muskegon. Both events will be held at the USS LST… Read more »
Carter's Kids, Lake Michigan Credit Union install playground at Windmill Island
The Holland Sentinel - Brian Vanochten - May 11, 2013
Any reason for Carter Oosterhouse to return to Michigan is a good one.
His latest trip to his home state Saturday morning ended up being a special occasion since it involved dedicating a new children’s playground at Windmill Island.
“I love any… Read more »
Rep. Huizenga: State Department 'Hijacked' Truth on Benghazi
Newsmax - David Yonkman - May 10, 2013
The State Department hijacked the truth for political purposes by scrubbing the talking points for mentions of terror ties to extremists to the Benghazi attacks, Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga tells Newsmax.
"The fact that they are trying to pull the truth out of these… Read more »
Huizenga awards Holland vet Barry McAlpine medals earned in Vietnam
The Holland Sentinel - Andrea Goodell - May 1, 2013
It’s been at least 40 years since Barry McAlpine saw the medals he earned as a staff sergeant in Vietnam.
His ex-wife sold them in a garage sale, McAlpine said.
Wednesday, the Holland chiropractor was reunited with his Silver Stars, Purple Hearts, Bronze… Read more »
More political fallout from sequester
WOOD TV - Rick Albin - May 1, 2013
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) - When President Barack Obama was asked about the sequester on the 100th day of his second term, it opened up the long-standing argument between Republicans in Congress and the White House about spending, taxing and who has the best plan.
The president was asked a question was… Read more »
Light’s out: Burned out bulb suspected at Little Point Sable Lighthouse
Oceana's Herald-Journal
John Cavanagh
April 24, 2013
Oceana’s long-standing sentinel is currently standing dark. The light in the Little Point Sable Lighthouse has gone out, and it might be due to a burned out bulb. The outage is not due to federal government sequesters requiring that the power be… Read more »
Flight Delays as Political Strategy
The FAA furloughs traffic controllers rather than cut other spending.
The Wall Street Journal - Editorial
April 23, 2013
President Obama's sequester scare strategy has been a political flop, but his government keeps trying. The latest gambit is to force airline flight delays until enough travellers stuck on tarmacs browbeat enough… Read more »
Huizenga introduces legislation to aid seniors
Mason County Press
April 18, 2013
Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) released the following statement after introducing the Health Freedom for Seniors Act, legislation allowing seniors to roll the required minimum distribution from their retirement accounts directly into a health savings account tax free.
“Currently, those who reach… Read more »
Ground broken at new, larger VA clinic
WOOD TV 8
Thursday, 11 Apr 2013
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) - Ground was broken Thursday morning on a new clinic for veterans.
The VA clinic will be located in Wyoming, behind the Spartan Foods YMCA near Metro Hospital.
It will be nearly three times larger than the current clinic on Coit Avenue NE in Grand Rapids -- 96,000 square feet. And it… Read more »
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