THE HOLLAND SENTINEL DELIVERS THIS MARKET Prices per column inch and options for any size advertising budget! FANS REMEMBER ERNIE In Print Sentinel readers share stories about legendary Tigers broadcaster, B4-B5 SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2010 INSIDE HIGH 56 LOW 54 Details, A10 RIVER BANK The Holland RUN RESULTS, B1 Readership $2.00 Sentinelhollandsentinel.com Since July 1, 1896 Reach MUZIEKPARADE: TULIP TIME FINALE Weather frightful, crowds delighted as man proposes BY STEPHEN KLOOSTERMAN, ANDREA GOODELL AND BLAKE THORNE Over 41,000 [email protected] A cold spring breeze Sat- urday couldn’t chill the vis- Stretch ible glow coming from Hol- lander Rick Thompson, 25, & and his girlfriend Lindsae Cushman, 23, when a group of Dutch * dancers in Tulip Time’s 0 Muziekpa- 1 0 2 rade pre- e im sented a Tulip T Readership and banner ask- ing, “Lindsae, Daily Readers will you marry me?” As the crowd oohed and ahed, Thompson dropped to one knee to present a diamond ring to Cushman as TV cameras rolled. She said “yes.” The couple, both gradu- ates of Calvary Schools of Circulation Holland, started dating in November after they both happened to take jobs at Heritage Christian Academy in Kalamazoo, Cushman as a teacher and Thompson as a janitor. “She told me awhile back, I just want a story to tell,” Thompson said. “Both of us have grown up (with) Tulip Time. I thought, what a perfect time to pop ONLINE PHOTOS, the question, and make a story.” Did she know the pro- See photo galleries posal was coming? “Not hollandsentinel.com. today!” the bride-to-be said. “This will be a good INSIDE story,” she said. “I’m kind • More of like an author, and I’ve photos read a lot of books. I like from stories.” Saturday’s On Line da parade, Elsewhere during Satur- rling day’s culmination of Tulip A6. Time, a thinner crowd was s • Photos warmed by the parade of Dennis R.J. Geppert/The Holland Sentinel of your bands. Top right, Rick Thompson proposes to his girlfriend Lindsae kinder With temperatures in Cushman on Eighth Street Saturday afternoon; main photo, rid- cuties, the mid-40s and a driving ers blow bubbles into the air as their float makes its way down C1. wind, bleachers stuffed full Eighth Street; inset, Pranav Rajesh snuggles up to keep warm R promote? o? r something to d nline commu- during Wednesday’s parade and watches the parade; bottom right, riders on Sara Lee’s Salute Check out our o to Dutch dance float wave to parade-watchers; bottom left, the Readership See PARADE, A2 Zeeland High School marching band performs Saturday. Adoptive couple celebrates Feds seeking life sentence their first Mother’s Day for Westerlund’s child porn BY ANDREA GOODELL They were told it would Prosecutor questions claims of good character [email protected] be too hard, to forget about (616) 546-4275 adopting the boy they now considered their son, to They were told to be pre- look somewhere else. pared for the worst case sce- Today, Emily Perton cel- nario: The little boy from ebrates her first Mother’s A federal prosecutor has sentencing South Korea could go from Day with her son, Augustus urged a judge to sentence next week. the airplane to the intensive Ju-Seong Perton. Augustus Tom Westerlund to life in Wester- care unit and never leave. turned 2 in March. prison for sexually assault- lund, 51, Over 12,000 It would bring medical “I remember them sitting Dennis R.J. 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SUBSCRIBER AQUATIC LEADER EXCLUSIVE The Holland Sentinel Tom Bos refl ects on 26 years as director of Aquatic Center, B1 ▼ & Stories you’ll fi nd only in REACH DISTRIBUTION SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 HIGH 87 LOW 72 Details, B8 today’s printed Holland INSIDE Sentinel and in our e-edition: ■ Fresh views on is a 7 day a week, The Holland patriotism ■ Board to guide HPS projects ■ Retiring Aquatic Center director $2.00 Sentinelhollandsentinel.com Since July 1, 1896 morning publication Build 21 board 10 WAYS TO EXPRESS to guide Holland with readership PATRIOTISM IN 2010 school projects Charged with vision, of over 41,000 communication as HPS spends $73M BY STEPHEN KLOOSTERMAN Muskegon [email protected] Twentysomethings suggest fresh ways to (616) 546-4258 commit random, small acts of patriotism Now that Holland Public potential customers. Schools Superintendent Brian Davis has got citi- or a fresh look at what it means to be a patriot, twentysomethings in The Sen- zens’ approval, he’s work- tinel newsroom came up with 10 ways the millennial generation expresses ing to not lose it. Dennis R.J. Geppert/The Holland Sentinel patriotism. Young adults born after 1980, they are the children of my genera- Davis will head a steer- Holland Public Schools Superin- tion, “Gen X,” born 1960-79. Interestingly, they tend to be activists in their own ing committee with com- tendent Brian Davis holds a Fbackyard, affecting global issues by acting locally. A generation that is less about insti- munity representatives, plan for one of the projects the tutions and more about relationships, their patriotism uniquely reflects their core architects, construction school district will undertake READERSHIP values. The five reporters that contributed during a news meeting talked less about managers and the city to this fall. Our reach is idealism and feelings and more about pragmatic, actionable items — small personal oversee the construction acts of patriotism that build community. A toss of confetti to celebrate a new genera- of more than $73 million East School. tion of patriots. in voter-approved repairs, “We’re still well into the — Pam Fisher remodeling and technol- fall before people (will) see ogy upgrades to school any visual work done on Protect America’s natural resources Help a fellow American in need; buildings. the outside,” Davis said. and the environment. Our Ameri- volunteer. Lend someone a hand, “They will work in the Before construction 1 can ancestors worked hard to make 4 educationally or economically. capacity of strategic vision begins, parents and offi- this country great, and stewarding our Tutor a struggling student, mentor an and making sure we are cials on design teams at substantial whether nation’s natural resources is an impor- at-risk youth, volunteer with a local non- staying on course with the each school will have the tant charge. Find a simple way to help profit service agency like United Way. board proposal and mak- opportunity to weigh in the environment: bike to work or activi- — Andy Goodell, 30 ing sure we’re on track with construction manag- ties instead of driving. Volunteer to help with the target dates that ers about what the final Holland Sentinel with a beach or highway cleanup event. Celebrate the American melting we’ve set for construction product will look like. — Peter Daining, 26 pot. Learn something about another completion,” Davis said. Holland Public Schools 5 culture. The United States is recog- Also, he said, the com- has collaborated with the Support American workers and nized as a diverse nation that celebrates mittee will serve as com- city of Holland as far back you advertise industry; buy local. By supporting many races and religions. Venture out munication tool, provid- as January 2009 to craft 2 local farmers and producers, you are of your comfort zone by trying a foreign ing a sounding board for a proposal that fits with not only supporting the local economy language class or volunteering for June- input from residents and the city’s layout, neighbor- — the American economy — you are teenth or the Tulipanes Latino Art and making the construction hoods and master plan for reducing the country’s dependence on Film Festival. — Megan Schmidt, 25 process more transparent. parks. foreign oil. — Andy Goodell, 30 The committee will be “Part of it is, how do the Dive into our nation’s history.