sports

By GARY BROWER
myZeeland Staff

Lori Armstrong and Carin Avery are two of the oldest women on the Midwest Volleyball Professionals Association beach volleyball tour.
But in the sand, experience and guile oftentimes overshadow athleticism and aggressiveness, as Armstrong and Avery displayed throughout the summer.
Armstrong, 31 and pregnant with her second child, and Avery, 34, continued to prove themselves among the top teams on the tour, with Armstrong, of Zeeland, emerging as the most successful women on the beach in 2008.

By GARY BROWER
myZeeland Staff

Eleanor Seavey’s cat Sheba keeps a close watch on the front door of On Silver Shores jewelry and gift shop in downtown Zeeland.
Sheba watches the customers come and go and has been known to befriend a dog from time to time.
“She likes dogs, but she has a typical cat reaction. She’s wary of them,” Seavey said. “There are some dogs that go past here in the afternoon when we are still open and she will touch noses with them. She’s pretty calm about dogs.”