Snapshots: Wyoming and Kentwood news you might have missed

By WKTV Staff

ken@wktv.org

Quote of the Day

“If you don’t read the newspaper, you‘re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you‘re mis-informed.”

Mark Twain


Lee Middle and High School. (WKTV)

New principal at Lee high

Lee Middle and High School will have a new principal when it greets students later this month as Godfrey-Lee Public Schools announced this week that Candida VanBuskirk would fill the position following Kathryn Curry’s retirement after 7 years as principal. Visit here for the story.



More than 1,200 backpacks were collected for the 2018 School Supply Santa. (Supplied)

Back to school help

A school ad shows a student larger than life because of all the new school supplies and clothes she got. But for some local residents, just purchasing the basic school supplies can be a momental task. Visit here for the story.



The annual Metro Cruise is a feast of automobiles and automotive details (Courtesy Bruce Carlson)

Easy parking for Metro Cruise

The annual Metro Cruise is always popular, with visitor parking often at a premium, and the Wyoming-Kentwood Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 28th Street Metro Cruise on Aug. 23-24 will be no different. But thanks to a partnership with The Rapid, there will be two shuttle buses running from nearby but off 28th Street parking locations — Wyoming High School and the Wyoming’s Kent District Library. Visit here for the story.



(Not so) Fun fact:

With 66 percent of Americans using Facebook, Pew Research Center says 45 percent of US adults get at least some of their news from the site. The survey found that of the 45 percent turning to Facebook for news content, half claim it is the only social platform they are using for news.

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