Lakeshore (Stevensville, MI) Public Schools closed week of Dec. 13-17, 2021

from WSBT coverage (CBS-Fox (Sinclair)) TV news

"Last night at approximately 1 AM police informed us that a threat was reported through the Michigan state police that report indicated that a student was going to shoot up the middle school on 1215," said Eding.

This threat is currently being further investigated by the school and police.

Lakeshore is now asking for parents to review materials sent out by the school to ensure that all students are doing ok both mentally and emotionally while dealing with the stress of threats.

Students will conduct classes online for the rest of the week (13-17), and are anticipating returning back to in-person learning after holiday break on January 3rd. 

Due to threats -- No Student Attendance today

update from WNDU dot-com

STEVENSVILLE, Mich. (WNDU) - Lakeshore Public Schools are closed on Wednesday “due to another threat”, according to the district’s Facebook page.

On Monday, two threats were made at Lakeshore’s high and middle schools, according to our reporting partners at the Herald Palladium.

The student who allegedly made the threat at the high school was taken into custody, but the district remained closed Tuesday while the threat at the middle school was investigated.

The district has asked everyone to make sure children understand that safety concerns are taken seriously, and are not jokes or pranks.

National Film Registry (Smithsonian Institution - Library of Congress) -- new entries for 2021

 Some of the newly nominated Film shorts and features:

12. “Sounder” (1972)
13. “The Long Goodbye” (1973)
14. “Cooley High” (1975)
15. “Richard Pryor: Live in Concert” (1979)
16. “Chicana” (1979)
17. “The Wobblies” (1979)
18. “Star Wars Episode VI — Return of the Jedi” (1983)
19. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)
20. “Stop Making Sense” (1984)
21. “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” (1987)
22. “The Watermelon Woman” (1996)
23. “Selena” (1997)
24. “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001)
25. “WALL-E” (2008)

Criminal Contempt of Congress -- what do Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon, and G. Gordon Liddy have in common?

from "LawandCrime" dot-com

Now that former President Donald Trump’s ex-chief strategist Steve Bannon has been hit with two criminal contempt of Congress charges for refusing to comply with a House subpoena, legal scholars have to turn back decades for relevant precedent.

The indictment was filed Friday, and detailed Bannon’s ongoing defiance of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6, 2021 Attack, chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.).

Although the indictment was not entirely unexpected—the House of Representatives voted in late October to hold Bannon in contempt—an actual conviction would be the first of its kind in almost half a century. The Department of Justice traditionally enjoys wide latitude over whether to convene a grand jury after receiving a contempt referral from Congress, and the vote from the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives hardly made Bannon’s charges inevitable. That a grand jury now has signed off on Bannon’s charges sets the stage for a rare prosecution—said to be the first contempt of Congress case brought after executive privilege was asserted.

In 1974, Watergate mastermind G. Gordon Liddy was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions before a House subcommittee. He was given a suspended six-month sentence and one year’s probation, largely because he was already serving time for his role in the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office building, as the New York Times reported. 

Today is Dec. 14 -- The Voice 2021 final group of soloists and groups (NBC reality-competition)

 from PARADE dot-com

The Voice is down to the five finalists—

Girl Named Tom and Hailey Mia from Team Kelly Clarkson, 

Jershika Maple from Team John Legend and 

Wendy Moten and Paris Winningham from Team Blake Shelton—

for season 21 of the NBC competition series. 

On Tuesday night, one of them will be crowned the winner on the live telecast.

NBC reality-competition show to include "Girl Named Tom" in finale (Dec. 13 - 14) shows

 from CheatSheet dot-com publicity release Dec. 9, 2021

‘The Voice’ Season 21 finale date and time

Before The Voice can name a winner, fans will need to see one more round of performances. Those will happen on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021 from 8 to 10 p.m. ET. Because it’s a two-hour show, the Top 5 artists will likely perform at least two songs each. The Live Shows typically have a theme for each week, although NBC has not yet revealed the finale’s theme.

So far, season 21 has included themes like Fan Week, Dedication Week, and ’90s Week. Past seasons have also included a week where the artists perform one cover and one original song, so that could happen in part one of the finale.

Fans can vote for their favorite artists until Tuesday at 7 a.m. ET. Then, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 8 p.m. ET, the final results show begins. Unlike the typical Tuesday shows, this one will be two hours long.

Is Hanukkah over?

 Google answers that for Nov. - Dec. 2021 -- Yes

Hanukkah 2021 began in the evening of

Sunday

, 

November 28

and ended in the evening of

Monday

, 

December 6

Berrien County MI High School authorities close Dec. 8, 2021

from online article 95 FM WMNC (St. Joseph, MI)

Students went home early Tuesday 12/7 at St. Joseph High School in St. Joseph, Michigan after a potential threat was discovered.

Officials at the school notified families with an email about a threat that was found in two of the high school’s bathrooms. All after-school activities on Tuesday at the high school or involving St. Joe students were also cancelled.

The decisions were made “out of an abundance of caution” but the district says they don’t believe there is an immediate threat. The schools notified the City police, who are conducting an investigation, and the district says they will share more information as the investigation goes on.

A 16-year-old student was taken into custody. Classes are canceled on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Classes are expected to resume on Thursday Dec. 9.