An aging section of roof atop Dawson Elementary School will be replaced soon, the first of a series of projects paid for through the district’s new “sinking fund.” At their meeting Monday, March 11, Allegan school board members approved an $89,000 bid from Myers Construction in Kalamazoo for the work.

The Safe Routes to School project will not, as previously supposed, require Allegan township and city to front the cost of the sidewalk work. At the Allegan Township board meeting March 4, supervisor Steve Schulz corrected what he had announced. “I’ve learned that it is not a reimbursement grant,” he said.

As it turns out, last year was not the last hurrah for the Cabaret Band Show in Allegan. The 34th show will be March 15-16 and 22-23 at Griswold Auditorium.