Congratulations to the Glen Lake/St. Mary co-op tennis team for its historic win of the 2024 Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Regional Championship, the first time winning the title since 2002, more than two decades ago. The Laker’s upset came at the regional tournament hosted Thursday by the St. Francis Gladiators, Glen Lake’s longtime rival. Omena resident and St. Mary School junior, William Krusel, and his Glen Lake sophomore partner, Porter Martin, playing No. 3 doubles, won two of their three matches in the tournament. While the Lakers walked away with the Regional Championship, both teams qualified for the state championships at the Midland Tennis Center on Oct. 21-22. Best of luck at States!
Roberta and Allan Cohen recently returned from their European trip which they designed as a Van Gogh excursion. They timed their arrival in London to coincide with the opening weekend of the extraordinary Vincent Van Gogh exhibit, Poets and Lovers, at the National Gallery. The local London Press referred to it as “a blockbuster, a once in a lifetime show of Van Gogh’s work” because so many of the paintings were on loan from private collections and are usually unavailable to the public. The exhibit is part of the National Gallery’s 200th birthday celebration, and runs through January 19, 2025.
The title of the exhibit is taken from his over two years in the south of France, where Van Gogh revolutionized his style in a symphony of poetic color and texture. He was inspired by poets, writers and artists. This time in Arles and Saint-Rémy is considered a decisive period in his career. His desire to tell stories produced a landscape of poetic imagination and romantic love on an ambitious scale.
