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LAPEER — Lapeer CountyDemocrats gathered Saturdayat the Lapeer Center Buildingto celebrate WorkersMemorial Day with guestspeaker Chris Savage, authorof Eclectablog .

Savage and wife, Anne,pride themselves on creating ablog that is accurate and wellresearched. He feels thattoday’s media often does notget out “the full message.”With readers increasinglylooking for good newssources, he feels it is impor-tant for his blog to strive tomeet high journalistic stan-dards. Because of his stan-dards, The Washington Post has called his blog the “mostimportant voice in progressiveMichigan politics,” and Eclectablog is used by The Rachel Maddow Show as a

story source.Savage grew his interest inactivism by marching with hismother on protests when hewas not yet a teenager. He still

has the “59/100” button hewore to symbolize the amount

of money a woman was paidcompared to the dollar a manearned in the 1970s. Fast for-ward to 2004, when he andAnne worked getting out the

vote and realized that theycouldn’t be only election-sea-

son activists if they wanted tomake a difference. Eclectablog was born from that passion.

Savage’s message toDemocrats is that the nation’s

real fight is against the corpo-ratization of government. He

contends big business con-cerns are too powerful andare organized to put enor-mous pressure on the politi-cal process to benefit them-

selves.Anne Savage, an accom-

plished photographer, dis-played a montage of heraward-winning photographyas her husband, Chris, spoke.Anne has served as an officialWhite House photographer,and one of her pieces waschosen to appear in Timemagazine’s Person of the Yearedition in December of 2008.It is a picture of PresidentObama created by building acollage of 6,000 faces ofMichigan residents whoattended Obama’s rallies.

Saturday’s event was host-ed by local attorneys ErinZettle and Dave Campbell,and Lapeer CountyDemocratic Party Chair JohnNugent and Vice-Chair NancyCoscarelli. For more informa-tion on the Lapeer County

Democratic Party, visitFacebook atwww.facebook.com/lapeerdems ,or on the web atwww.lapeerdemocrats.com.

Local Dems celebrate Workers Memorial Day on Saturday with guest speaker Chris Savage

Nancy Coscarelli, vice chair of the Lapeer County Democrats (left) and chairman John Nugent(right) welcomed liberal author Chris Savage and his wife, Anne, an accomplished photographer.

Screening of “Mary’s Buttons” on tapSaturday at Marguerite library in Lapeer

LAPEER — Starting thisweekend, the MargueritedeAngeli Library is offering anumber of fun and exciting pro-grams throughout the month ofMay. The programs are intendedfor everyone in the communityto enjoy.

On Saturday, the library inLapeer will host film producerRay Govaere for a special 2 p.m.screening of the film “Mary’sButtons,” which was filmed inpart at Lapeer’s historic court-house two years ago.

“Mary’s Buttons” is based onthe true story of a sheriff’s mur-der which took place inMacomb County in 1910. At thetime the local newspaper andcommunity were quick to con-demn the accused Belgian immi-grant to life in prison before thetrial even began.

The movie was filmed entire-ly in Michigan and the court

scenes were filmed in Lapeer’shistoric courthouse. Local

actors appear in the movie and,according to the library, maymake a surprise appearance atthe showing. The actors andRay Govaere will also be avail-able for questions.

There is limited space forthis program and registration isrequired.

Almost two weeks later,guests will be invited back tothe deAngeli Library for thefirst meeting of a new knittingand crochet group, to meet onMay 14 from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

The library also announced anew addition to the May sched-ule, a presentation on edibleplants by Karen Page from BackTrack to Nature on May 20 from6-8 p.m. During the presenta-tion, Page will teach attendeesto become wild gourmets asthey explore the outdoors,hunting edible wild plants.

Participants will spend time

on wild plant identification, edi-ble plant parts, safety consider-

ations and ethical harvestingtechniques. This program is amixture of practical informa-tion, slide show and hands-onfield-based practice with localplants. Bring gloves and walkingshoes. There’s no need for bugspray as we will make our ownwith rosemary and lemon!

Page is an outdoor environ-mental educator in the Lapeerarea as well as a board memberof the Lapeer LandConservancy. She is striving tohelp people of all ages recon-nect with nature and becomemore aware of our own naturalresources in the wilds of Lapeer.There is limited space for thisinteresting program and regis-tration is required.

For more information aboutthese events, call 810-664-6971or go online towww.library.lapeer.org .

— Jacob Hunsanger 

LAPEER — Highschool artists fromaround Lapeer Countyhave their work on

exhibit at Gallery 194through May 11. A freepublic reception for theprogram titled “HighSchool Art Downtown”will be held from 4-6p.m. at the gallery fea-turing these talentedstudent artists. Thepublic will be able tomeet and engage withartists while enjoyingthe artwork as well assome free refreshmentsprovided by the gallery.

Ninth through 12thgrade student artistsfrom Imlay City, NorthBranch, Lapeer, Dryden,Almont, Kendall College

of Art and Design DualEnrollment Programand home school com-munities will be includ-ed. Mediums and con-tributing artists arebountiful. Gallery direc-tor James Alt estimatesmore than 125 2Dpieces with mediumsranging from charcoal,pencil and watercolorto a variety of otherpaints along with morethan 50 3D piecesincluding sculpture,pottery, mixed mediaand more.

“Kendall College isgenerously sponsoring

the high school exhibitthis year,” Alt said.“They will help with our

marketing costs andjudge the juniors’ andseniors’ artwork inorder to award college

scholarships to art stu-dents in our communi-ty. This is a very excit-ing opportunity forLapeer students.”

Last year Kendallawarded scholarshipsto five area studentstotaling $64,000. Juryingwill take place the weekprior to the May 4reception by a represen-tative of the KendallScholarship Committeefrom the main campusin Grand Rapids.Scholarship winnerswill be announced atthe reception by NancyBarry, Lapeer’s Kendall

Dual Enrollment instruc-tor who teaches Kendallstudents at Gallery 194.

“High School artistsblow us away with theircreativity every yearand we are looking for-ward to another year ofnew and inspiringpieces,” Alt said. “Youhave to see it to believeit.”

Like Gallery 194Facebook for previewsof the show and moreinformation aboutGallery 194. Gallery 194can be reached at 810-667-1495 and is openTuesday through

Saturday from 11 a.m.to 6 p.m.

Admission is free.

Artwork of area high schoolstudents on exhibit atGallery 194 through May 11

Blood drives in Lapeer and North BranchLAPEER — The American Red Cross will hold a

blood drive on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. inthe gymnasium at Bishop Kelley Catholic School inLapeer.

• The Red Cross will also hold a blood drivefrom 12:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. May 7 at the NorthBranch American Legion Hall, 4075 Huron St.

Perenial plant sale Saturday in North BranchNORTH BRANCH — The SS. Peter & Paul Altar

Society in North Branch will hold its perenial plantsale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday at the pole barnnext to Keenan Hall.

Still needed are donations of plants, trees andyard art. Volunteers are needed for setup and

Saturday sales. Call the parish office at 688-3797 orcall Barb at 989-795-9245.

Mother’s Day breakfast to be servedat SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church

NORTH BRANCH — A Mother’s Day breakfastwill be served Sunday, May 12 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.at Keenan Hall at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Churchin North Branch.

Open to all, the Holy Trinity Squires will servebreakfast. Free flowers will be provided to all moth-ers.

Free will donations will be accepted with pro-ceeds going to help the Squires go to the March for

Life 2014 event in Washington, D.C. — Jeff Hogan