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SHELLY KEHRLE-

SULSER

Executive Editor

Medal of Honor

recipient Jim “Doc”

McCloughan of

South Haven will

be joined by Zaneta

Adams from the

Office of Public and

Intergovernmental

Affairs in

Washington DC and

other dignitaries

Tuesday, Oct. 15 in

helping the Battle

Creek VA Medical

Center (VAMC)

mark it’s 100th anni-

versary.

The event, which

kicks off at 8 a.m

and concludes at

3:30 p.m., will also

involve the collec-

tion of items for a

time capsule, a dis-

play of five, tethered

hot air balloons, food trucks, resource fair,

health and wellness activities, static displays

and the 1 p.m. ceremony.

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DoubleTree by Hilton to hold grand

opening celebration Oct. 18

Battle Creek Unlimited Vice President Bridgette Jones gets ready to welcome the public to the Oct. 18 grand

opening and ribbon cutting for the transformed downtown 16-floor hotel now known as the DoubleTree

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Battle Creek VA Medical

Center to hold daylong

Centennial Celebration

Medal of Honor

recipient James “Doc”

McCloughan of South

Haven will be one of two

keynote speakers at

the VAMC Centennial

Celebration Ceremony

at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

15 in Battle Creek.

(Shopper News photo by Shelly

Kehrle-Sulser)

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