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On June

7, 1959,

at Brooks Memorial

Methodist

Church in Marshall,

Arnold and Phyllis

Rocco were married by

the Rev. Carl

B. Strange. Leaving Marshall for their honey-

moon in Canada, Phyllis and Arnold

stopped at Weber’s in Ann Arbor for dinner.

To honor their 65 years of mar-

riage, they will be traveling once

again to Ann Arbor to celebrate at

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• 23HP Kubota diesel• 4wd
  
  
  • Differential lock
    
    
    • Power steering
      
      
      • Hydrostatic
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        • Mid/Rear PTO
          
          
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or

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• 23HP Kubota diesel
  
  
  • 4wd
    
    
    • Differential lock
      
      
      • Power steering
        
        
        • Hydrostatic
          transmission
          
          
          • Mid/Rear PTO
            
            
            • Cat I 3pt hitch
              
              
              • 48” universal QA
                bucket
                
                
                • 6ft digging depth
                  backhoe
                  
                  
                  • 12” backhoe bucket
                  
                  
                  
                  
                
                
                
                
              
              
              
              
            
            
            
            
          
          
          
          
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

HURRY!!!!

TRACTOR LOADER BACKHOE’S IN STOCK GOING FAST!!!!!

*0% Down, 1.99% A.P.R. financing for up to 84 months on purchases of select new Kubota BX23S equipment from participating dealers’ in stock inventory is available to qualified purchasers through Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A.; subject to credit approval. Example:

84 monthly payments of $12.76 per $1,000 financed.

CASH PRICE

$21,495

or

Or FINANCE PAYMENTS OF $296.46 per month* *84 months 1.99% fixed to qualified buyers

FinancingAvailable

Ft snow blade Ask about

and Grapple options!!!

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Weedidit

Call: 269-330-9430

[email protected]

- Flower Planting
- Mulching
- Garden Designs
- Gutter Cleaning
- Garden Bed
Edging
**- Etc.

• WEEDING**

Roccos celebrate 65th anniversary

Weber’s. Phyllis and Arnold Rocco have

two children, Denise (Mark) Ingle of

Delton and Kevin Earl (Chaz) Rocco of Battle Creek.

They also have two grandchildren,

Marissa (Brian Massey and Matt

(Katie) Ingle, as well as five great-grandchildren, Edric, Eli and Ellie

Massey, and Rogan and Ripley

Ingle.

People can head out to the ballpark

for a great cause and great fun as

Oaklawn in Marshall and the Battle Creek Battle Jacks team up for “Pink

Out The Park Night” on June 15.The Battle Jacks will host the

Kokomo Jackrabbits at MCCU Field.First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. and gates

open at 5:35 p.m.A portion of proceeds from ticket

packages, as well as a 50/50 raffle, will benefit Oaklawn’s Women’s

Diagnostic Center, according to an Oaklawn press release.

Battle Jacks General Manager

Denny Smith said the team is selling special ticket packages to benefit the

Women’s Diagnostic Center, and the Battle Jacks will also be auctioning

off jerseys after the game to raise more funds.

The Oaklawn’s Women’s

Diagnostic Center offers mammogra-phy, ultrasound and DEXA Scan.

Each “Pink Out The Park” ticket

package includes a general admis-sion bleacher ticket (sections 307 and

308), a Battle Jacks hat, a “Pink Out The Park” rally towel, a meal vouch-

er for a hot dog, burger or brat, chips and a pop/water and a donation to the

Women’s Diagnostic Center.

Ticket packages can be purchased

by going to oaklawnhospital.org/

pink.Those with questions may call the

Battle Jacks’ front office at (269)

962-0735 or email [email protected].

“As we were starting to create our

promotional schedule for the 2024

season, we started to think about some new promotions for this year,”

said Smith. “We have hosted ‘Strike

Out Cancer Night’ the past few sea-sons, but this year we decided to

host a ‘Pink Out The Park’ night to

support breast cancer research and awareness. The visual of seeing a

packed ballpark with 1,500 fans, our players, staff and coaches wearing all

pink was something that we thought would be an amazing atmosphere

while also supporting a great cause.

This is also something that is near and dear to my heart as I have per-

sonally lost family members to this

awful disease.”Smith continued: “When we were

brainstorming ideas, it was right around the time Oaklawn was gear-

ing up for the annual auction, with the Women’s Diagnostic Center

being a recipient of the proceeds.

Oaklawn, Battle Jacks team up for ‘Pink Out The Park’

From there, it was a no brainer; we

had to partner with Oaklawn and the Women’s Diagnostic Center.”

Oaklawn senior leaders will be in

attendance at the event, and they will also be recognizing Oaklawn’s

Employee of the Year, Sanaa

Alshamari.Oaklawn Director of Marketing

Ryan Traver said the organization is “really excited to partner with the

Battle Jacks in an event of this mag-

nitude to really shine a bright pink light on cancer awareness.”

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Free breakfast will be served to the public from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the World’s Longest

Breakfast Table on McCamly Street between Hamblin and Michigan Avenue Saturday,

June 8 in downtown Battle Creek.

See story on page 4 (Shopper News file photo by Will

Kowalski)

National Cereal Festival returns to downtown

State champs lead

list of track & field

all-staters

WILL KOWALSKI Sports/Asst. Editor

Athens High senior

Landon Bennett won a

Michigan High School

Athletic Association

state track & field

championship in the

300-meter hurdles and

AHS junior Aleyah

Deller was No. 1 in the

adaptive finals of the

100- and 200-meter

dashes last Saturday as Athens competed in

the MHSAA Division 4 Championships at

Baldwin Middle School.

Bennett’s and Deller’s first-place fin-

ishes were the only state championship

ones turned in by local student-athletes at

last Saturday’s four MHSAA divisional

finals – with Division 1 taking place at

East Kentwood, Division 2 taking place at

Hamilton and Division 3 taking place

at Kent City.

However, several other local student-ath

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letes did produce top-eight event finishes,

which earned them All-State medals and

time spent on the medal podiums.

Following is a rundown of all local all-

state performances at championship meets.

Athens High

senior Landon

Bennett

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Bronson Battle Creek Hospital is the
proud recipient of Healthgrades 2024
Surgical Care Excellence Award.™
achievement places surgical care at This
Bronson Battle Creek Hospital among
the top ten percent in the nation!
Our teams are achieving superior
clinical outcomes in carotid and
vascular procedures, prostate and
colorectal surgery, gastrointestinal
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and more. Why go anywhere else
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right here at Bronson Battle Creek.
Nation’s
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Executive Editor SHELLY KEHRLE-SULSER
Creek’s heritage returns June 7-8 The annual celebration of Battle
in the form of the National Cereal Festival starting with the Friday 6:30
p.m. parade led by Kellogg and Post cereal mascots and continuing with
Longest Breakfast Table and sur-the Saturday 8 a.m. to noon World’s
rounding festivities.“We’re super excited to have this
free community event,” said Kelly
Walden of Kellogg Arena. “We always enjoy organizing it and hav-
surrounding.”ing it for the area of Battle Creek and
Festival Market Square event locaSome new attractions to the
by Realm of the Reptile and The tion this year are live animal shows -
cover artist, Kanin Wren.Taylor Swift Experience by Lansing
tage of being the ‘Cereal City’ and “It’s definitely celebrating the heri-
we look forward to another year of hosting it,” said Walden about the
National Cereal Festival returns to downtown Battle Creek June 7-8
Cereal company mascots will lead the National Cereal Festival Parade when it returns to downtown
Battle Creek Friday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. There is no grand marshal this year, organizers said.
(Shopper News file photo by Leila Wood)
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Among the volunteers at the Love They Neighbor Food Pantry at 1349 E. Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek are, from left, Nancy Dolphin, Sharon Johnson, Bob Merwin and Janet Kincaid.
(Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)
New food pantry location holds grand opening
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46 hot-air balloons to
dot the skies over B.C.
on the roster, the most they have had in This year, organizers say that 46 pilots are
several years.
to be filled with beautiful colors.The sky over Battle Creek is soon going
Air Show & Balloon Festival from July The annual Battle Creek Field of Flight
military jets and aerobatics, to gliders and 3-7 promises all kinds of flight from
even a human cannonball.“One of the most anticipated parts of
of hot-air balloons filling the sky,” said the event, though, is the beautiful sight
is such a rich history of ballooning in Bretten Bailey, media director. “There
Ballooning is basically a part of the iden-Battle Creek and Southwest Michigan.
tinue that tradition to this day.”tity of the area and we are proud to con-
Balloon Championship occurred in The first ever U.S. National Hot Air
Federation of America.Kalamazoo in 1963 under the Balloon
world to have hosted the World Hot Air Battle Creek is the only city in the
Bailey.Balloon Championships four times, said
organization that hosts the Field of Flight Battle Creek hosted it under the present
in 1981, 1985 and 1995.The Worlds returned to Battle Creek in
2012 under Holiday Balloon Fest, Inc.

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