My Take: We all need strong mothering
Jude Vereyken
This saying is on a little plate I found this week: I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.
I truly am strong because of the women in my life who’ve raised me! And they who have “mothered” me are many, many, many in number from my mom, to my dear sister, to my grandma’s, to some aunts and cousins who gave to me, to special teachers, to my husband ( not all “mothering” comes from women), to my dear friends of both sexes, to my mom in law, to many of my bosses, to countless strangers who’ve touched my life and nurtured me along the way and finally to myself after all I’ve learned to “mother” me too!
Broadcaster Ed Ver Schure has died By Peg McNichol
May 11, 2021 | 8:46 AM
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) Veteran broadcaster Edwin Lee Ver Schure has died. He was 76. (See photo gallery.)
Mr. Ver Schure started his career in 1963 at WHTC, moving in 1971 to WGRD and then to WLAV in Grand Rapids in 1972. Almost everyone called him “Ed” or “Eddie,” and sometimes, “Uncle Eddie.”
He was born on March 25, 1945, to a critically ill mother in Grand Haven, who died three days later. His biological father gave him up for adoption by Fred and Wilma Ver Schure of Holland. Ed grew up on the 200 block of 28th Street in Holland, with a younger sister Mary Lou Ver Schure, all of whom preceded him in death. He graduated from Holland Christian High School in 1963. Later in life he met his biological brother who, in a twist of fate, was also named Ed.
Initial estimates of crowd sizes for the return of Tulip Time in Pella this past weekend show the festival was close to an average year, even with modifications to this year’s celebration.
The Tulip Time Steering Committee–based on metrics they developed over the past several years, estimated that 157,000 people participated in the festivities, reflecting the amount of available parking, initial food and business sales, and visual estimates at certain events throughout the celebration.
Cyndi Atkins from the Tulip Time Steering Committee said, “Even Saturday, we watched as people headed to downtown, bundled up and umbrellas in hand. We heard so many positive comments from visitors who were excited to get out and celebrate.”
Initial estimates of crowd sizes for the return of Tulip Time in Pella this past weekend show the festival was close to an average year, even with modifications to this year’s celebration.
The Tulip Time Steering Committee–based on metrics they developed over the past several years, estimated that 157,000 people participated in the festivities, reflecting the amount of available parking, initial food and business sales, and visual estimates at certain events throughout the celebration.
Cyndi Atkins from the Tulip Time Steering Committee said, “Even Saturday, we watched as people headed to downtown, bundled up and umbrellas in hand. We heard so many positive comments from visitors who were excited to get out and celebrate.”