By Staff
On Friday, Oct. 24, at 11:15 a.m., Kalamazoo City Commissioner Don Cooney will be meeting with business leaders and labor workers to discuss challenges small businesses are currently faced with in southwest Michigan.
This event will take place at Moore Products Inc., 58151 Park Place, Pokagon Township. Cooney's visit will last about 40 minutes.
Cooney, who is running for Congress against Fred Upton, will be discussing many issues, which the state is currently challenged with, both in the business sector and the labor area.
Health care, training for employees, alternative energy and education are some topics that will be discussed.
Cooney is also an associate professor at Western Michigan University.
Also on Friday, Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land will be in Dowagiac as the guest of Sharon Tyler, Republican candidate for 78th District Michigan House of Representatives.
Land and Tyler will be visiting with voters and downtown Dowagiac merchants.
Land will be the guest of honor at a fundraising event at the Wood Fire Italian Trattoria, 134 S. Front St. from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. prior to the Dowagiac-Paw Paw football game.
The event is sponsored by a host committee of prominent Cass County residents supporting Tyler's candidacy.
Tickets to the Oct. 24 fundraiser cost $15 at the door. Checks can be made payable to: Friends to Elect Sharon Tyler. No corporate checks, please.
There will be a Cass County McCain-Palin rally on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the GOP headquarters in the old Arby's building on the corner of State and O'Keefe streets in Cassopolis.
The event from noon to 2 p.m. costs $5 for all-you-can-eat chili and hot dogs.
For information on which candidates will be attending, visit the Web site, www.casscounty.gop.org.
If you are able to join them for a door-to-door literature drop before the cookout, meet at GOP headquarters at 9 a.m.