Our first Highway Cleanup of the year is April 13th. If you can help, meet at the Veldheer Tulip Farm parking lot at 8:00 AM. If we get rained out, we will attempt it a week later at the same time and location. Anyone is welcome, you don't have to be a Rotarian as long as you are 12 years old or older.
Mike Moraw will bring coffee along with the cleanup supplies. Click here to sign up. (Sign up will help Mike to bring enough coffee!)
Sarah Leach is the Executive Editor of The Holland Sentinel, Petoskey News-Review, Charlevoix Courier, Gaylord Herald Times, Cheboygan Tribune, Sault News, and Ionia Sentinel-Standard. Sarah started by talking about journalism being essential to a functioning democracy. The media is loyal to the citizens and holds power accountable. She quoted Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black from the decision for the New York Times "In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors."
The press does this by explaining government actions to the public. To do this, journalists must ask questions of all concerned until they understand the issues well enough to explain them. Truth is facts in context and journalists must understand the context. Journalists occupy an interesting position. They are members of the community, but must also view from outside the community.
Journalists are taught consistent methods of testing information for accuracy. As individuals, they have opinions but consistent application of journalistic methods removes bias from reporting.
The April 18 meeting will be at Lakewood School 2134 W. LAKEWOOD BLVD. HOLLAND, MI 49424 The school will be ready for us to start by noon. An early start may help some students with limited attention spans. This lunch is a real highlight for them. Staff and students are excited to have us in the school on that one special day each year.
There has been a bit of a tradition that Rotarians help with supplies like Kleenex, Play-Doh, Pop-its, fidgets, toys, puzzles, Velcro dots, markers, cleaning wipes, etc. We are happy to continue to receive those.
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Sarah Leach is the Executive Editor of The Holland Sentinel, Petoskey News-Review, Charlevoix Courier, Gaylord Herald Times, Cheboygan Tribune, Sault News, and Ionia Sentinel-Standard. Sarah started by talking about journalism being essential to a functioning democracy. The media is loyal to the citizens and holds power accountable. She quoted Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black from the decision for the New York Times "In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors."