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Shelby Junior High School

Monday, February 25, 2013

Shelby Spelling Bee Champs Battle for Regional Crown; 8th Grader Wins Title

Gurjiwan Chahal of Shelby Junior High School will represent Macomb County in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

V-I-C-T-O-R-Y. After 25 grueling rounds in Sunday's 13th annual Macomb Daily Regional Spelling Bee, Shelby Township's own Gurjiwan Chahal claimed victory over last year's defending champion, Nathaniel Britton, according to the sponsoring newspaper. An eighth grader at Shelby Junior High School, Chahal won not only the regional title, but the right to represent Macomb County in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Out-spelling 68 other fifth through eighth graders from public and private schools across the county, the competition came down to Chahal and Britton, who at age 11 was the youngest champion in Macomb Daily Spelling Bee history last year. For 12 rounds, Chahal and Britton, a student at Peace Lutheran …

Friday, December 14, 2012

Gas Leak Shut Off on Van Dyke; Shelby Junior High School Remains Closed

A gas leak in Shelby Township early Friday morning has been shut off.

Shelby Junior High School will remain closed Friday after an early morning gas leak forced the evacuation and closure of the school. The closure was a precautionary measure, after a gas leak was discovered on Van Dyke Avenue, just north of 23 Mile Road around 6 a.m. Van Dyke Avenue between 23 Mile and 24 Mile Roads was closed in both directions for over an hour while the leak was repaired. It has since been reopened. Consumers Energy was able to identify the leak and shut it off around 7:30 a.m. The Shelby Township police said nobody was sickened during the leak. Stay with Patch.com for more information as it becomes available.

David Gifford

8:00 am on Friday, December 14, 2012

I drove past that around 6:45 this morning. There were fire and police blocking off Van Dyke north of 23 Mile. I wonder how they happened to discover the leak?   more ›

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