'Out for Justice' Shown in Miami

For those of you who automatically click on the Blog page of this website, the link for reaching the Jim video of the Out for Justice segment is on the Home page - "Channel 7 - Out For Justice". Click on the Watch the Video link to view the video. We think they did a good job with it and really appreciate that they involved Crimestoppers in the video. We have not heard anything from the Detectives related to any tips, one way or the other. For those of you in the Lansing area, we have been told that the segment may air on Fox 47 news in Lansing sometime in November. I will write if I find out an actual date. If you have friends/relatives in Florida, please forward the story and video to them. It is, after all, a small world...you just never know if your forward might reach the right person. Please continue to pray for answers. Joanne (Jim's MOM)

Out For Justice

Julie and I did the taping for the 'Out for Justice' segment and are now waiting to hear when it will be aired in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale on Fox Channel 7. The Fox station here may also show a bit of it...not sure how much of it or when exactly, but we'll post something when we know more. Thank you all who check the website often. Love, Joanne (Jim's MOM)

Out for Justice

I was contacted today by the Fox affiliate in Miami, asking if we would be interested in doing an interview regarding Jim's murder. The Miami station does a weekly segment regarding cold or unsolved murder cases in the Miami area - the segment is called 'Out for Justice'. Julie and I will participate and as of right now we think it will happen September 10 - filming and interview at the Fox News station in Lansing; airing in Miami on a yet to be specified date. If we can get a copy of the show, we will place it on the website. We will keep everyone posted. Please keep us in your prayers. We are so hopeful that this is a step towards resolution. Joanne & Julie

Jim W. Grave Marker

In an odd way, it is beautiful. Now I have a place to go and visit, a place to see his name and to decorate each Memorial Day. I miss him so much. It was really hard to see this, but I survived it just like everything else I've survived since that day. I love you, Jim. You'll forever be in my heart. Love, MOM

Answers

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Jim is missed

The sun warms the earth and I think of Jim and how much he enjoyed a warm sunny day. I laugh about something funny and I know that he would have, too. I eat a cookie and I think of his passion for sweets. I awake in the night and know that he would have been awake at that time, too. So many memories, so quickly evaporating. I miss him.

The Jim Bowerman Scholarship

Julie and I attended the E. Lansing High School Convocation this evening where we had the wonderful opportunity to award a very special graduate with a check for $1,000 from the Jim Bowerman Memorial Fund. There were four applicants for this award and all were very deserving but this particular young lady was perfect....it was as if Jim had sent her to us. Below are the words spoken this evening:

It is a privilege to be here tonight, to present the Jim Bowerman Scholarship. This scholarship is named for my son, and for Julie's brother. Jim graduated from E. L. H. S. in 1999 – a decade ago, although it does seem like it was just yesterday. Jim passed away a year ago this past April, and that definitely feels like just yesterday. Jim was all about fun and adventure, friends and family, art and life. He was a free spirit with a gigantic heart and a tender soul. His senior quote fit him like a glove: from Mark Twain – “I never let my schooling get in the way of my education.” The criteria for this award was based solely on those attributes. The applicants for the Jim Bowerman Scholarship were very impressive and each of them qualified in their own way, but one individual, a young woman stood out, not only because she fit the criteria to a tee, but because of what she stated in her application letter….. “as a child I was a daydreamer and often wore unmatched clothes"…..that was so Jim. We would like to award this $1,000 Jim Bowerman Scholarship check to Miss Zoe Beaudry.