Ada Township Park Offers Make a Birdfeeder Program Feb 11 2012

Ada Township Park Offers Make a Birdfeeder Program Feb 11 2012

Ada Township Parks and Recreation has a great class for families

and individuals to invite nature into their own backyard.  They will be

offering a “Make A Birdfeeder” on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at 10:00am.

Birds are stressed in the winter trying to find food, especially

under snowfall.  Even with the open winter we have had this year,

birds struggle to maintain their daily intake.  Offering food in a back

yard birdfeeder helps the birds get the necessary nutrients they need

to stay healthy all year.

The Birdfeeder Program will help identify local winter birds, help

attract them to your backyard, and help you  build a wooden birdfeeder

to take home and install.  All materials and supplies will be included.

Participants will also learn how to be a part of the Great Backyard Bird

Count held Feb 17-20 throughout the United States.  This event tallies

more than 10 million observations from Citizen Scientists in the U.S.

and provides locations of over 600 bird species.

 

Pre-registration is requested – Call Ada Township Parks office at

616-676-0520 or email mfitspatrick@adatownshipmi.com by Thurs,

Feb 9th.  Cost is $10 per bird feeder, payable at the event.

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Ada Township Parks Winter 2011-12 Activities

Ada Township Parks Winter 2011-2012 Activities

Roselle Park viewing platform 

Ice Rink at Leonard Field:  An outdoor winter ice rink is set up

at Leonard Field and is available as weather allows. It is open to

the public for general use. Children need to be supervised by a guardian.

Cross Country Trails:  Cross Country Ski trails are set up at Roselle Park

and available as weather allows.  The trails start near the silos and extend

through the north section of the park. Trail maps are set  up along the

route. Please do not walk on or allow dogs on the x-c ski tracks.

Walking & Bike Paths:  Our bets attempts will be made to clear the snow

off the trails after each major snowfall.  Note that conditions may remain

wet, icy and/or slippery throughout the winter.  

At Roselle Park, only a section of the paved path will be plowed in the

winter to allow for x-c skiing in the north section.  Sections of the

trails will be closed when flooded.

 

Ada Township Parks and Recreation Winter 2011-12 Programs

 

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Ada Township Christmas Tree Recycling

Ada Township Christmas Tree Recycling

Once again, Ada Township offers recycling for natural Christmas trees

for its residents. They can be dropped off at the back parking lot of Ada

Township Park until  Monday January 13th, 2011.

Brazil Christmas tree

The trees will be recycled into wood chips for use in the park. 

Please remove any decorations, wires, strings, ribbons or other items

that might interfere with a chipper. 

Please no wreaths or garlands.

 

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Forest Hills and East Grand Rapids Schools on AP District Honor Roll

Forest Hills and East Grand Rapids Schools on AP District Honor Roll

East Grand Rapids and Forest Hills Public Schools merited placement on

College Board’s second annual report.  This report names schools that have

had significant gains in advanced placement access and student performance.

Nationwide, only 367 public schools were on the list this year.  To earn a

place, schools must increase the student count enrolled in advance placement

coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students

earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams.

 

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Since 2009, East Grand Rapids High School has increased their student

participation in AP classes from 183 to 257, offering 13 different AP classes

to high school students.  Forest Hills District increased their number of students

from 630 in 2009, to 774 in 2011. 

 

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Roselle Park Improvement Plans Announced

Roselle Park Improvement Plans Announced

Future improvements to the popular Roselle Park in Ada Township

have been set.  The Master Plan calls for a new main entrance,

a Resource Center that will hold 75 people for meetings, a kitchen,

a veranda, restrooms, and adjacent parking.  Trails and boardwalk

would be extended into the park from this new building near the

new entrance across from Michigan Street.  Additional future

enhancements will be an Adventure Playground and a Picnic Area

for large groups.

Roselle Park walking trail

Most of these future improvements are waiting for funding through

grants, memorial gifts, and donations by local individuals and service

groups.  If you are interested in donating funds, a tree or bench in

memorandum, contact Mark Fitzpatrick, Ada Director of Parks at

616-676-9520 or email him at mfitzpatrick@adatownshipmi.com.

 

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Ada Michigan Hall Street Reconstruction Planned for 2012

Ada Michigan Hall Street Reconstruction Planned for 2012

Planning and design work is advancing on a proposed 2012 project

to re-surface Hall St., from Cascade Rd. to the Forest Hills Central

School campus, add a center turn lane at Paradise Lake and add

facilities for pedestrians and bicycles.  A 5 foot sidewalk is planned for

each side of Hall Street instead of an 8-10 foot path. 

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Since Hall Street is the dividing line between Cascade Township on the

south and Ada Township on the north, the cost of this project will be

shared by both townships and Kent County Road Commission.  Another

neighborhood information meeting will be held after plans are firmed up,

so residents along the road will know what to expect.

 

 

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Ada Michigan – Roselle Park Fall Festival – Oct 1, 2011

Ada Michigan – Roselle Park Fall Festival – Oct 1, 2011

 Silos at Roselle Park Ada MI

Saturday, October 1st, 2011 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m 
1010 Grand River Drive, Ada MI 49301

All are invited to one of Ada Townships favorite parks –a free event!!

Come out to enjoy live music, good food, exhibitors’ tent, a native

plant sale, family activities, games, live birds of prey and much more!

 

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Cascade Hills Country Club – Grand Rapids Michigan

Cascade Hills Country Club – Grand Rapids Michigan

If you have followed our blog at all, you know I love to play golf.

I get a chance to play most of the local Grand Rapids courses from

time to time.  The opportunity to play at Cascade Hills Country Club

came last month to play in a charity event.

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Cascade Hills Country Club is an established, private, prestigious club

with all the amenities you would expect: tennis courts, swimming pool,

gourmet dining.  In fact, it has a popular social membership, besides the

golf membership.

 

The following photos were taken at Cascade Hills CC Golf Links:

 

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To the green on 9th fairway with the Club house in the background.

 

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Starting the back nine on Cascade Hills Country Club.

 

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The 10th fairway with the halfway house in the distance.

 

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2011 Forest Hills Schools Rank Top in Nation

2011 Forest Hills Schools Rank Top in Nation

The new school rankings are out and several local schools made

the best of the best list.  Forest Hills had 3 schools in the top 99th % of

schools, Ada Elementary, 5/6 Central Woodlands and Goodwillie

Environmental.

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Grand Rapids also had 3 schools  place in the ranking, City Middle High,

John Ball Park Zoo School and  Blandford Nature Center School. 

East Grand Rapids had K-5 Wealthy place in the ranking.

 

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Forest Hills Public Schools Resolve $9.5 Million Budget 2011 Shortfall

Forest Hills Public Schools Resolve $9.5 Million Budget 2011 Shortfall

Budget woes for school districts are not news for communities today,

as the monetary belt tightens for school districts all over the United States.

But the Grand Rapids Forest Hills Public School District has done a great

job of planning ahead AND getting concessions from their teaching and

support staff.  The recent budget shortfall was lessened by a $7.5

million voluntary decrease in staff and teaching compensation alterations.

The other $2 million will come from the district’s strategic reserves.

 

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Good schools are valued by the people who live in the community

and Forest Hills has been ranked the number one school district in Kent

County by Grand Rapids Magazine.

 

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