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Better Jobs

Stronger Schools

More Accountable

Government

Paid for by Committee To Elect Jim Haadsma, 146 S. Lincoln Blvd., Battle Creek, MI 49015

Re-Elect

Last year, Charitable Union gave
away 768,000 items and each year
they recycle about 200,00o pounds
of damaged clothing.
Last year they gave away 768,
items.
“Organizing everything is a
12-month process,” said Allen. “I
work with some national retailers to
see what kind of bulk purchasing we
can work out so we can supplement

the programs. We supplement those

hard-to-get sizes. Think of boys’

items ages 8-12 – they wear those

items out; the zippers are ripped off.

Things happen... We love when

community members emails us or

sends a Facebook message about

how a store has announced items,

like winter coats on clearance for

$7 and so then, I’m on my way to

Walmart to buy coats. I don’t care

which sizes they are because that

helps us get ahead in a certain size.”

The W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary’s
annual Fall Migration Celebration is
set for 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, with
free admission from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fall is when waterfowl migrate to
warmer waters, and hundreds of birds
make a pit stop to rest on the sanctu-
ary’s Wintergreen Lake, said spokes-
person Cara Barnes.
More than 80 different bird species
have been spotted at the sanctuary
during November in past years, she
said.
Visitors will be able to practice
waterfowl identification along the
lakeshore and visit stations along the
accessible paved path to learn about

waterfowl, game birds and raptors.

Planned activities include: live bird

of prey demonstrations at 1:30, 2:

and 3:30 p.m.; owl pellet dissections

at 1 and 3 p.m. (ages 8 and older);

sessions on waterfowl ID; and more.

Several local organizations, includ-

ing Kingman Museum, will be on site

with informational tables.

This event is free. No registration is

required.

The W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

is located at 12685 East C Ave.,

Augusta, one mile north of M-89 and

just west of 40th Street.

To learn more, visit birdsanctuary.

kbs.msu.edu.

Ducks fly just over Wintergreen Lake during autumn at the W.K. Kellogg Bird
Sanctuary.

Bird Sanctuary plans

fall migration event

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