FREE but priceless Presorted Standard US Postage Paid Permit No. 81 Cedar Springs, MI The SHOWCASING CEDAR SPRINGS & Reaching around the world ~ www.cedarspringspost.com Vol. XXXII No. 04 Thursday, JanuaryP 24, 2019 ServingST Northern Kent County and parts of Newaygo and Montcalm Counties INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nailed It! @ library Super blood wolf moon 2019 NEWS - page 2 Weekend of deadly snowmobile crashes This super blood wolf moon photo was taken by Laura Newland-Herweyer of Zombie Photography, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NEWS - page 3 By Judy Reed eclipse get its name? Ac- it through, because it has Cheer takes first cording to space.com, the long wavelengths; short- Many of you braved the eclipse coincided with er-wavelength light such frigid temperature Sunday a supermoon—a full moon as yellow and blue gets evening to catch one of that occurs when the nat- blocked and scattered by the most memorable lunar ural satellite is at or near our planet’s air. eclipses in recent history. its closest point to Earth The “wolf” part refers to On Sunday evening, during its elliptical orbit. the full moon of January— January 20, we were treat- Supermoons appear slight- likely named for the howl- City warns of ed to a super blood wolf ly bigger and brighter in ing of wolves at the moon moon—a big red ball in the sky than normal full this time of year. SPORTS - pages 8-9 the sky at the peak of the moons. If you missed the spec- phishing scam lunar eclipse. The “blood” part refers tacle, you can go to www. The City of Cedar Springs told the Post this week that The moon began to en- to the ruddy color fully space.com to see it. Staying on track they were contacted by somebody outside of the city ter the earth’s shadow at eclipsed moons often as- Several of you sent some who said he had received a spam email, supposedly from 10:34 p.m., and was fully sume, the result of Earth’s good photos, and we will the city’s code enforcer, asking for a cash payment. darkened at 11:41 p.m. atmosphere bending some try to run a few more next “We have checked with our IT department and those It started to see the light sunlight onto the mostly week, as space allows. emails are not coming from us at all, which unfortunately again about 12:43 a.m. dark lunar surface. Red means there is nothing that we can do about it,” said City How did this type of light preferentially makes Manager Mike Womack. He added that the City would never ask for a payment of any kind via email. “The city only accepts utility and tax payments online Winter fun in the snow and then only through BSA/Point and Pay which can be NY NY - pages 10-11 accessed through our official website under ‘pay bills,’” he explained. Honor Roll He went on to say that the Code Enforcer would never ask for any kind of payment. City staff also tries to send out professional emails with a personalized salutation and a signature block with the correct contact informa- tion. Womack noted that the phishing emails that claim to be from the City have many of the typical qualities that spam emails have, and citizens should check the follow- ing things for all emails to verify whether they are real or fake. CTA - page 13 Check the sender. Sometimes, cybercriminals will fake (or “spoof”) the Winter driving tips sender of an email. If the “from” address doesn’t match the alleged sender of the email, or if it doesn’t make sense in the context of the email, something may be phishy. An email claims to come from the University, but it’s from “[email protected]” instead of an “@udel.edu” ad- dress. Now that that we’ve been getting more Send your winter fun photos to news@ An email claims to come from your friend John Doe, snow, we are looking for your winter fun cedarspringspost.com. Include a brief but the sender is “[email protected].” photos. Emma Read, 12, and her brother description of what is happening, in the Austin, 10, of Greenville, built this angry photo, the names and ages of children, Check for (in)sanity. snowman and somersaulting snowman! and city/township. We will run as space Many typical phishing emails are mass-produced by AUTO LIFE - page 15 They get top marks for being creative! allows. PHISHING - continues on page 14 Page 2 The Cedar Springs Post Thursday, January 24, 2019 Nailed it! At the library Kids had the opportunity to hone The winner of the final and largest their skills at decorating at the Cedar round won the coveted golden spoon Springs Library last week. trophy and nailed the challenge. All of Just like the popular Netflix show the kids worked hard and all deserved Nailed it, the kids were challenged to to win but Sierra Fifield nailed the min- recreate Pinterest worthy treats. They ion cake and went home with the gold- had three timed baking challenges, the en spoon. first an emoji cake pop; second a melt- “The event was enjoyed by all and ed snowman cookie; and for the final the kids raved about it,” said Library challenge they had to recreate a min- Director Donna Clark. ions cake. Follow us on facebook www.facebook.com/cedarspringspost 5,456 people like this 5,427 people follow this Kids had a great time decorating their treats at the Cedar Springs Li- Craft Beer, Wines, Sodas & Great Food brary. Photo by honeysagephotography. 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Investigators believe Gietzen was given Sports ........................................pages 8-9 According to police, the investigation revealed that Greg- a ride from the restaurant to an address on Bekinshire Dr ory Gietzen, 57, of Grand Rapids had plans to visit a friend NW, about 2 miles away, sometime after 8:30 p.m. Anyone NewYear NewYou .................pages 10-11 in Comstock Park last Saturday night but never arrived. On who had any contact with Mr. Gietzen after 8:30 p.m. Sat- Sunday morning, Mr. Gietzen was found deceased in the urday evening is asked to contact the Kent County Sheriff’s Voices & Views ............................page 12 driveway outside of the friend’s Comstock Park home. Mr. Office, Investigative Division at 616-632-6125. Business/Professionals directory .....page 12 Gietzen’s death is currently under investigation and pend- CTA school news .........................page 13 DNR reports weekend of deadly Classifieds.....................................page 14 snowmobile crashes Auto Life ......................................page 15 Michigan Department of Natural Resources conserva- tion officers continued their The safety and enforcement pa- trols last weekend, a deadly www.cedarspringspost.com weekend that claimed the ST 36 E. Maple,P P.O. Box 370, Cedar Springs, Michigan 49319, lives of five snowmobilers in phone: 616-696-3655 • fax 616-696-9010 a single day. published weekly, USPO third-class POSTal permit #81. Police agencies in the Up- Publisher: .................................... Lois Allen per Peninsula and northern Editor/Reporter: ........................ 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