Aaron Baker thinks he finally got it right on the third try.
The Zeeland East High School junior and member of the Zeeland U.S. FIRST Robotics team has been trying for three years to produce an animated commercial worthy of being recognized beyond the school walls.
Dollar General is hoping its second venture in the Zeeland area goes better than its first.
The dollar store giant based in Goodletsville, Tenn., has opened a new store in the former D&W building on Main Avenue, not quite three years after closing another store on the east side of Zeeland.
The former store, which was open from 2003 to 2007 on Homestead Drive near McDonald’s and 7-Eleven, was ill-fated in part due to its poor location.
Some were close friends, and others were mere acquaintances. A few were virtual strangers who knew little more about one another than names and church affiliations.
But five Reformed Church in America ministers from the Zeeland area came together in January to break new ground, and perhaps break down a few barriers.
It’s only fitting that in what looked like a layup drill for the Zeeland West boys basketball team in the first quarter against Hopkins, senior center Shane Tiemeyer threw down a dunk he has only done in practice.
It was an exclamation point placed at the beginning of a sentence, as the Dux raced to a 17-1 lead after the first quarter and stayed on the throttle to win 75-35 Wednesday in a Class B district semifinal at home.
Aaron Baker thinks he finally got it right on the third try.
The Zeeland East High School junior and member of the Zeeland U.S. FIRST Robotics team has been trying for three years to produce an animated commercial worthy of being recognized beyond the school walls.
