The world is what you make it. And it all starts with what you make of yourself.

From the movie “Fred Claus”

By WKTV Staff
joanne@wktv.org

A last minute gift idea

Answer: Stoker’s Wilde

Question: What is the new book written by Wyoming Park High graduate Steven Hopstaken and former WKTV employee Melissa Prusi? The book, which is now available, brings “Dracula” author Bram Stoker and “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” author Oscar Wilde together in a vampire-chasing story that will keep you flipping through the holidays. For more about the authors and the book, click here.

While on the subject of reading…

Randy Otterbridge, chief writing officer for Randy Austin Publishing and Media, will host the free event “Men Who Write…And Win” this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center, 2500 S. Division Ave. While open to everyone, the event will focus on male authors who have written on a variety of topics from finances to children’s books. Authors who participate have the opportunity to win cash prizes by sharing their work. For more on the event or to listen to the Locally Entertaining podcast that Otterbridge was on, click here.

A Community Christmas Gift

The City of Kentwood recently adopted a resolution in support of the continued resettlement of refugees within City limits. The resolution affirms resources and capacities are available within the City of Kentwood to devote to sustainable resettlement, which maximizes the likelihood refugees placed in the area will become self-sufficient and free from long-term dependence on public assistance. Kentwood is one of the first communities in West Michigan to publicly affirm its support of Executive Order 13888. “Kentwood has long been able to welcome refugees facing persecution thanks to numerous corporations, faith-based organizations, schools and families with the resources available to support the arrival and integration of refugee families,” said Kentwood Mayor Stephen Kepley. “As the current home of resettled refugees from more than 90 countries, Kentwood City Commission is committed to ensuring refugees not only feel welcome to come to our City, but to truly feel a sense of belonging within our community.” For more on the story, click here.

You Need an Escort for That

While anyone can walk up to the tomb of Oscar Wilde, which is located in Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery, to visit Bram Stoker’s ashes at London’s Golders Green Creamatorian you need an escort to enter the room where the ashes are housed. The reason? Fear of vandalism.