Snapshots: Wyoming, Kentwood news you ought to know

By WKTV Staff

victoria@wktv.org

Quote of the Day

I’m not big on fuzzy or fleecy slippers. I just don’t like the texture and the heat. It just gets to be too much.

Aidy Bryant


‘Code Blue’ helps keep homeless
neighbors safe and warm

In preparation for plummeting temperatures, Mel Trotter Ministries (MTM) is shifting into a “code blue” status to ensure men, women and children experiencing homelessness are safe. Various warming centers have been identified throughout the city, including at Mel Trotter Ministries | View complete warming center list. MTM is collecting new and like-new coats, boots and various other items for all ages and genders. Go here for the details.



Coffee aficionados, rejoice!

After tracking nearly 105,000 Danes for an average of eight years, researchers found that those who downed more than six cups per day of the world’s most popular beverage saw their gallstone risk drop by 23%. Here’s the story.



Happiness is warm jazz

Vocalist Ashley Daneman and her husband, trumpeter Benje Daneman, center. (Supplied)

Jazz standards, African-American spirituals and a little something new will be on the setlist as the Jazz in the Sanctuary concert series opens its sixth season Sunday, Nov. 17, in the acoustically inspiring sanctuary of Fountain Street Church in downtown Grand Rapids. Read all about it here.



Fun fact:

And now for a truly
warm, fuzzy fact

A group of wild rabbits is called a ‘fluffle’. It’s also called a ‘colony’, but does that really convey the essence of ‘bunny’ very well? We think not. So, fluffle, it is.


(A kerfluffle is an entirely different matter.)



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