2:30 p.m. The Slice of Saugatuck festival featured the local shops and boutiques of the Saugatuck area from 12 to 3 p.m today. Restaurants and food shops offered free tastings outside, while other shops, like Down Under, held sales in front of the store. Papadum, a new Indian restaurant, seemed to be the most popular.
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Sept. 15, 2012 | Slice of Saugatuck
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Bailey Valente, Sports Editor
Bailey Valente ’13 is the definition of a Superfan. She frequents the stands at Staples football games and watches ESPN over “Gossip Girl”.
However, she never plays sports.
Valente figures that if she can’t play the game, she might as well do the next best thing: contribute through journalism and her love of writing. After taking Intro to Journalism her sophomore year, she worked on the paper as a staff writer her junior year and is now a sports editor.
Aside from sports, Valente’s interests also lie in helping others. Her love for volunteer work led to her being an active participant in the National Charity League, a non-required organization for students who would like to assist others and in their community. It is through NCL that she found out about the Caroline House inBridgeport,Conn., where Valente helps out every Thursday. She may be the one helping out others by tutoring local students in elementary level subjects, but Valente reaps the benefits as well.
She feels the reward in her tutoring and enjoys seeing her work pay off when one of her students grasps a concept or gets a correct answer. “I love putting smiles on people’s faces,” she said.