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A Super choice
By Maria Brown

Imlay City Firefighter Pat Benson practices suiting up as part of a timed training exercise at the
fire hall on Monday morning.

Who will
respond?
Imlay City Fire Departments
numbers dwindle, volunteers
sought to answer the call

IMLAY CITY Stu

Cameron has been named
Imlay City Schools next
superintendent. The board
voted unanimously on
Monday night to appoint the
21-year district employee to
the top spot, effective
October 1 when Dr. Gary
Richards enters retirement.
For the past four years,
Cameron has served as
Imlay Citys executive
director of curriculum and
instruction. Since coming to
the district fresh out of college in 1995, hes been a
teacher, assistant principal
and principal. Cameron said
he was thankful and humbled for the opportunity to
serve.
Its an honor to be able
to conduct this work in such
a wonderful and supportive
community, one that has
been so good to me over the
course of the last 21 years,
he said.
As a teacher and
administrator, I can attest to

By Tom Wearing

Twice is nice!

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

IMLAYCITY So who among us is willing to

answer to the sound of an alarm at any time of day or
night and in any type of weather?
Let it suffice to say that such individuals are few.
Which could explain why many rural fire departments find themselves understaffed, particularly during
the daytime hours when volunteers are at their regular
jobs, often many miles away from their respective
hometowns.
In Imlay City, Fire Chief Rick Horton and Asst. Fire
Chief Andy Kustowski struggle every day to fill their
roster with available volunteer firefighters.
Chief officers have many sleepless nights wondering, what if there is no one to answer the next alarm?
Kustowski points out. It doesnt take someone with an
advanced degree or cities spending thousands of dollars
on a study to realize there are fewer and fewer volunteer firefighters.
Kustowski notes that its ironic that the shortage of
volunteers coincides with the Imlay City Fire
Departments 140th anniversary.
We are in need of many additional firefighters,
says Kustowski. There was a time when we had 27
people filling roles as firefighters at the Imlay City Fire
Department.
Now were down to just 17 people, he points out.
There are times when only two or three of our volunteers are available during the day time, and thats not
Respond page 6-A

Stu Camerons wife, Kirsten, and son, Graham,

were on hand for Mondays special announcement.
necessary to keep the school antee that every child
district moving forward receives the skills necessary
through the next decade and to be successful in school
beyond. He possesses the and in life, Richards said in
knowledge, experience, a press release.
skills, and passion neces- Cameron started his
sary to be highly successful
Super page 6-A
in this position, and to guar-

Imlays John
Ciurla earns 2nd
trip to DC for
spelling bee
By Tom Wearing

IMLAYCITY

Winning local spelling bees

is becoming a habit for
13-year-old John Ciurla.
On Tuesday, March 22,
the Imlay City Middle
School 8th grader spelled
his way to victory in the
2016
Lapeer
County
Spelling Bee at the Lapeer
County Ed Tech Center in
Attica.
It was Johns second
straight win at the county
Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Photo provided

Photo by Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

the power and quality of

education offered here.
Board members, before
making it official, heaped
praise on their appointee,
saying he was an obvious
choice for the job. With
such a strong leadership
team in place, the board said
they didnt feel it was necessary to even conduct an outside search, something that
will save both time and
money for Imlay City
Schools.
Mr. Cameron has
shown excellence in all the
roles hes played here in the
districthes improved the
climate in every building
hes worked in, President
Sharon Muir said.
Muir and Vice President
Greg Dennis will negotiate
the terms of a contract with
Cameron.
Richards also had glowing words for his fellow
administrator and soon-tobe successor.
Mr. Cameron is an outstanding educational leader,
and is prepared and equipped
to provide the momentum

Photo by Maria Brown

Stu Cameron named Imlay Citys

new Superintendent of Schools

Winning speller John Ciurla (second from right) of Imlay City is shown on
stage with other finalists from the 2016 Lapeer County Spelling Bee, including: Nathan Stefanski, Dominic Taylor, Natalie Morehouse and Chloe Caringi.
level, earning him a return
trip to the Scripps Howard
National Spelling Bee on
May 25-26 in Washington
D.C.
Competing with 48

other top spellers from

Lapeer County middle
schools, John survived 15
rounds before correctly
spelling the word repose.
Last year he took the

county bee honors with the

correct spelling of symbiosis,also in the 15th round.
Following the event,
Twice page 6-A

Socrates earns title

of 2016 Mr. Dryden
Annual pageant raises funds for Linked Hearts
By Tom Wearing

Photo by Hallie Irla

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Pictured are: (front) Daniel Lynch and Gari Hotton; Nathan Schiner, Jared
Paton and Jake Fuerst (second row); and Nic Mater, Connor Socrates (Mr.
Dryden), Bailey Knuth and Jeremy Treiloff (back).

DRYDEN Given his

notable surname and blessed
with wisdom beyond his
years, it may be no surprise
that Connor Socrates was
named this years Mr.
Dryden.
Connor, who was escorted by Brittney Eastin, was
awarded the coveted title on
Friday, March 18 by judges at
the 6th annual competition at

Dryden High School.

Finishing closely behind
Connor were: 1st Runner-up,
Bailey Knuth, and 2nd
Runner-up, Nathan Schiner.
Jeremy Trieloff was the
recipient of the 2016 Peoples
Choice award, by raising
nearly $200 for Dryden-based
Linked Hearts.
The full lineup of contestants included: Connor
Socrates, Jake Fuerst, who
escorted by Megan Rinke;
Bailey Knuth, escorted by

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escorted by Taylor Wakerly;
Nic Mater, escorted by
Sammy Ferrara; Nathan
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escorted by Katie Schenkel.
The 2016 event was again
organized by Dryden Student
Council members, with the
assistance of high school
teacher/student council advisor Gari Hotton.
Socrates page 6-A

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Novak appointed to
road commission

Area businessman replaces Howell

By Maria Brown

Photo by Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

Later this year, residents of Teal Lane might see new neighbors across the street when Hunters Crossing
develops vacant land as part of an expansion project.

Development to expand
Hunters Crossing phase two plan gets nod in Capac
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

CAPAC The villages

manufactured home community looks to expand later this
year.
The Capac Planning
Commission has approved
Hunters Crossing phase two

site plan contingent on their

engineers review for water
and sewer capacity.
According to Erik Fix of
Schostak Brothers and
Company, who is representing
the
owner,
Sun
Communities, they hope to
start on the project in May.
Well have maybe five

months worth of work and

should be done in October,
Fix said.

Phase two calls for
developing 105 lots immediately north of phase one to
Hunters Crossings north
boundary.
It will look like phase
one but bigger, Fix said.

Work will include site

preparation and underground
work on the home sites and
expansion of existing roadways.
Hunters Crossing residents have the option of buying or renting a home or leasing a homesite.
Sun Communities is
based
in
Southfield,
Michigan.

LAPEER COUNTY
Dryden Township resident
Jim Novak has been appointed to the Lapeer County Road
Commission.
County commissioners
made their selection at their
March 24 meeting. Novak
will fill the vacancy left by
Gary Howell who stepped
down from the board after
earning a seat in the Michigan
House of Representatives
earlier this month.
A county resident since
1978 and longtime business
owner and contractor, Novak
said hes looking forward to
serving on the board.
I was asked to consider
serving and believed I could
be a good fit since Ihave a lot
of experience building
roads,he said.
I think I can do good
things for the county and its
roads.
The owner of Novaks
Construction, Jim has been in
the business for 31 years,
building everything from
horse trails to freeways.
About nine years ago he also
opened Novaks Equipment
and Supply on M-53 in

Berry selected as Friend of Youth

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

IMLAY CITY As a
school secretary, coach, parent, church volunteer and
community member, Julie
Berry has touched the lives of
Imlay Citys youth on all levels. Its no surprise then that
she was selected as Imlay
Citys 2016 Friend of Youth.
For the past 32 years,
shes worked as a secretary in
the school district including
the last several years at the
Summer Migrant Education
Program. Since the fall of
2002, her home base during
the school year has been the
high school counseling office
where she works as the
administrative assistant and
registrar where she helps students apply to college and
seek financial aid and scholarships.
What I enjoy most about
my job is working with the
students. Helping them take
steps towards realizing their

future goals
of college,
trade school
or
even
employment
is awesome,
she said.

Sometimes
Julie
her job is as
Berry
simple
as
lending an
ear to a high schooler who
needs to talk.
I do my best to treat the
students the way I want my
own children to be treated,
the mom of three boys added.
It is such a joy to see the
students head off into the
world doing what they want
to do!
Shes also logged eight
years as a class sponsor for
the graduating classes of 2008
and 2016. Berry is a proud
Imlay City alumnus too, having graduated in 1981.
Her nominator praised
Berry for helping kids with

this all-important time in their

lives.
She spends countless
hours helping students track
down answers to questions,
proof reading essays, applying to college, filing FAFSA
and more. The amount of time
she spends to make sure that
our students can pursue their
post-secondary goals is tremendous, they wrote.
Outside of her district job,
Berry has coached t-ball,
served as a board member and
coach with AYSO Soccer program for 10 years, was a
Borland Elementary PTA
member, served on the Project
Graduation Committee three
years, was a MSWalk committee member and Relay For
Life participant.
At her church, St. Pauls
Lutheran in Imlay City, Berry
currently serves as church
council president, sat on the
Faith Garden Play Care board
and co-chaired and taught
VBS (Vacation Bible School)

Fire millage renewal on ballot

By Maria Brown

okay to seek renewal of the

current fire millage.
At their March 14 meet ALMONT TWP. The ing, members voted to place
township board has given the the matter on the August primary ballot.
Residents will be asked to
renew the one mill levy for
another five years. Voters last
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In other meeting business:
the board approved a bid
from Yard Services to mow
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TRI-CITY AREA Does your child appear to
have difficulty hearing or seeing things? Is your childs
speech difficult to understand? Does your child want to
sit close to the television? Do you have any additional
concerns? If so, take part in free hearing and vision
screens for preschool aged children at the Lapeer County
Health Department. Early screening can help detect possible problems. To schedule an appointment for the free
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IMLAYCITY If you want to join Facebook, send
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or where to begin, the opportunity is now.
On Thursday, March 31, the Ruth Hughes Library
will host a beginning computer class from 6-8 p.m.
Participants will be introduced to basic computer
skills in a safe, comfortable and slow-paced environment
suited for those with little or no computer knowledge.
Attendees will learn how to use a mouse and keyboard and shown how to browse information on the web,
to open and close programs, and how to interact with
webpages in Microsoft Windows.
To register, call the library at 810-724-8043.

programs.
It is an honor being nominated for this award. Every
day I truly enjoy my interactions with our students and
the community. I hope what
little I do will make our community a better place,she
said.

Almont Township.
His work obligations
keep him busy and Novak
briefly questioned whether he
had the extra time to devote
to the commission but he
believes its important for
leaders to step up when needed. Novak will join Mike
Hemmingsen
and
Dale
Duckert on
the three-person board.

I have an
open mind.
Im not going
in with any
agenda,he
Jim
said.
Novak

He said he
plans to seek election later
this year in hopes of finishing
out the remainder of Howells
term through 2018. Novak
currently serves on the
Dryden Township zoning
board of appeals and Lapeer
Countys solid waste committee.
Novak garnered the support of five of the six commissioners present at last
weeks
meetingLinda
Jarvis, Ian Kempf, Cheryl
Clark, Dave Eady and Gary
Roy. Dyle Henning nominated and voted for Doug Hodge.

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Imlay City students emerge as

finalists in regional science fair
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

IMLAY
CITY

Borland Elementary students

have once again left their
mark on the Flint Regional
Science Fair at Kettering
University in Flint. Earlier
this month, the school boasted six of the 19 finalists in the
elementary division. Its a
repeat performance from
2015 when seven students
were named finalists.

Participants
included
Alex Alderman, Tiffany
Guerrero, Mikaela Lemmert,
Cooper Nelden, Abbigail
Sills,
Sabastian
Maes,
Gregory
Pawlaczyk,
Brooklyn Ross, Calvin Yoas
and Liliana Czapiewski.
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students find curious or interesting, Borland Principal
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The fifth graders dived
into their topics of choice in
early 2016 under the direction
of teachers Mrs. Eva Buckner,
Mrs. Jenny Buhl-Hagey, Mrs.
Lori Dick, Mr. Mike Powers,
Mrs. Amber Schapman and
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On Saturday, March 19,
judges evaluated projects and
poised questions to students
and the awards ceremony followed on Sunday, March 20.
Those who made it in the
finalist category were:
Cooper Nelden with his
project Fruit Power, earning
a final rank of 5 and a $50
award.
Abbigail Sills for her
project Whats Really On
Your Hands? earning a final
rank of 6, a $50 award and
special awards from the Flint
Childrens Museum, Explore
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Sabastian Maes for his
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Gregory Pawlaczyk for
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Brooklyn Ross for her
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Calvin Yoas for his project Regular Glue vs Pine Sap
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Liliana
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earned a special award from
Genesys Regional Health
Center (Behavioral & Social
Science) for her project Do
Cats Favor a Paw?
Tallis gives credit to
Borland Elementary teacher
Mrs. Jill Campbell for coordinating participation in the fair

Ready
Neighborhood
Coffee Chat
RILEY TWP.
Mark your calendars for
Tues., April 12 for
Ready Neighborhood,
the next Riley Township
Community Coffee Chat.
The talk begins at 10
a.m. at the Riley Twp.
Hall, 13016 Belle River
Rd. The meeting will
cover basic preparedness, and is free and open
to the public. Discussion
time and snacks will be
provided. For more
information call 810392-2326.

Photo provided

IMLAYCITY

Attaining tranquility and relative peace of mind in a world

that seems to have spun out of
control may seem impossible.
But for those who regularly practice mindful meditation, achieving an inner
calmness can be possible.
On upcoming Mondays
from April 4-May 23, the
Ruth Hughes Memorial
District Library will offer a
free Mindful Meditation for
Beginners program running
from 6-7:30 p.m. in the
librarys lower level meeting
room.
Serving as course director
will be Attica Township resident Cynthia Pankala, a
trained meditation coach who
specializes in mindful lifestyle practices and related
subjects.
Pankala says meditation
is not new age, as some

refer to the
practice; but
is rather a
universal,
health-giving
resource
used for hundreds
of
years and in
many cultures.
Cynthia
In
her
Pankala
role as a
meditation coach, Pankala
works with individuals, organizations, church groups, and
in the business community.
She holds a special passion for nurturing others in
their
self-development,
growth and self-discovery.
Mindfulness meditation
is for everyone, says Pankala.
Its highly democratic and
doesnt make distinctions and
anyone can do it.
Theres a misunderstanding that meditation is a
form of escape, or that its
passive or boring, she says.

Abbigail Sills was one of six Borland Elementary

students to be named a finalist at the Flint Regional
Science Fair earlier this month.

Photo provided

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Photo by Tom Wearing

Free mindful meditation classes at library in Imlay

Cooper Nelden greets a judge at Kettering

University during the regional science fair. For his
Fruit Power project, Cooper earned a $50 award.
and helping students prepare
for the special event.
Two Imlay City Middle
School students also took part
in the fair, John Knezevich

and Skyler Wait. Wait earned

the McLaren Health Care
Corporation award for
her Peoples Personality
project.

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New clinic in Imlay City

provides many services
By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

IMLAYCITY Lapeer
County Community Mental
Healths (CMH) new satellite
clinic in Imlay City officially
opened to the public on
Friday, March 18.
In attendance for the
opening
were
CMHCommunications
Specialist Melody MunroWolfe, CEO
Dr. Robert
Sprague, Jesse Costilla of
Health Delivery Inc., Roy
Ramirez, Clinical Services
Coordinator; and other
CMHstaff.
Located at 6800 Newark
Road, the clinic is expected to
provide improved accessibility and convenience to people

who reside in the eastern portion of Lapeer County.

Dr. Sprague pointed out
there are many in need of services who do not have their
own transportation, or have to
ask others to drive them to
appointments.
He added that in addition
to providing behavioral health
assistance at the Imlay City
location, the clinic offers
additional services that
include: family practice medicine, dental care, OB/
GYNservices, immunizations, laboratory work, acute
care, WICand family planning.
The focus is on providing integrated health care services for children and adults,
Sprague said. Well continue

ramping things up as the need

and services allow.
Dental care available
Jesse Costilla, who will
oversee the facilitys community dental center, said most
insurances will be accepted
and services are offered on a
sliding fee scale, based on
family size and income.
Dental clinic hours are
Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Emergency walkin hours are MondayWednesday from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m.
The goal is to offer all of
these services under one
roof,
said
Costilla.
Everyone is welcome,
regardless of insurance coverage.
Easier pathway to care

Photo by Tom Wearing

Lapeer County CMH satellite office now open

Lapeer County Health providers Roy Ramirez, Melody Munro-Wolfe, Dr.Robert

Sprague and Jesse Costilla were among those present at Fridays opening of
the new community health clinic at 6800 Newark Rd. in Imlay City.
Melody Munro-Wolfe
believes the clinic can create
an easier pathway for those in
need of mental health care.
People in this population
tend to die younger, she said.
They too often do not seek
help because of the stigma
attached to mental health issues.

By Maria Brown

McLaren Foundation partnered together to purchase

books for the students.
On March 8th, CSB partnered with the Imlay City
Downtown
Development
Authority and the Weston and
Borland PTOs to read to students from Weston and
Borland Schools. Theresa
Hicks, Assistant Branch
Manager
and
Annette
Gunderson CSR at the CSB
Imlay City Office were
Photo provided

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

Photo provided

CSB Marketing Specialist Angie Martin and CSB

Auditor Denise Showler read to students at John
F. Farrell-Emmett Elementary School.

CSB Imlay City Assistant Branch Manager Theresa

Hicks and Weston Elementary 1st grader Kylah
participate in March is Reading Month activities at
Weston in Imlay City.

accepted on most days, it is

advised that appointments be
made to ensure the availability of services.
Those seeking medical
services are asked to call 810724-3201, while dental
appointments can be made by
calling 810-721-7453.

Howell a finalist for

Young Farmer Award

CSB Bank spreads

the joys of reading
TRI-CITY AREA
CSB Bank is participating in
multiple events in support of
March is Reading month.
Bank employees chose
the book Curious George
Saves his Pennies by Monica
Perez to read to students in
classrooms around the community. Each student that is in
attendance at a reading event
will receive a copy of the
book, a bookmark, and a half
dollar coin. CSB and the

As a result, theyre not

getting primary care, or sometimes dont follow up on suggested care.
People need to know
they can come here and feel
supported and welcome, she
said. There is no stigma.
Though walk-ins are

Celebrity Readers who

enjoyed reading to the students in attendance.
On Friday, March 4th,
Denise Showler and Angie
Martin read to First Graders
at John F. FarrellEmmett
Elementary in Emmett. On
Thursday, March 10th, Fran
Rapley, Rhonda and McKenna
Ferguson, Jessica McLarty
and Angie Martin read to First
Graders at Yale Elementary.
Employees will also be reading at Avoca Elementary and
Capac Elementary during the
month.
The reading events are

Capac FFA takes home awards

very successful and well

received, said Hicks. We
enjoy spending time with the
kids and hope that we are also
instilling good financial principals at an early age. These
types of events are what make
CSB a community bank.

Dispatch log . . .
Editors note: The following is a compilation of activity and reports from area
police departments:

In St. Clair
County:

Police
agencies
responded to:
a neighbor problem in
the 700 block of Oak Street in
Berlin Twp. on March 22
a fraud complaint in the
8500 block of Bailey Rd. in

The Capac FFA walked away with

numerous awards at the Michigan
FFA State Convention. At left,
Austin Lowien (right) receives his
gold awardfourth place overall
trophy in the Greenhand Public
Speaking contest. At the team
level, Capac students earned two
awards in the Poultry Improvement
Contest and the group was recognized by Michigan FFA for their
participation in Food For America
Day. Representing Capac FFA at
the state convention were (front)
Keegan Jaros, Megan Jamison,
(back) Scout Senyk, Austin Lowien
and Rebecca Konarski.

LAPEER COUNTY
Tiffany Howell was named a
finalist in the Michigan Farm
Bureaus 2016 Young Farmer
awards program.
Howell, who currently
serves as vice president of the
Lapeer County Farm Bureau
board, was one of four members vying for the Agriculture
Leader Award.
This honor recognizes
successful young farmers for
outstanding leadership roles
in Farm Bureau, agriculture,
and his or her local community. Contestants are judged
on their ability to actively
serve in leadership roles
while managing a successful
farm operation, the organization said in a press release.
Howell and her husband,
John, have been involved in
Farm Bureau for more than
10 years and serve in a variety of capacities including
policy development, promo-

tion and education, candidate evaluation and the

Y o u n g
Farmer program.
Other finalists in this
Tiffany
category
Howell
included Rita
Herford of Huron County, Ed
McBroom of Iron Range and
Jarris Rubingh of Antrim
County. The award went to
McBroom.
Our Young Farmer
Award program is a whoswho of young, passionate
agriculture leaders whove
not just earned some bragging rights in their professional lives, but who take
time to give back through
service to the agricultural
organizations that work to
support Michigans food and
farm sector, said Alex
Schnabelrauch, manager of
Michigan Farm Bureaus
Young Farmer department.

Lynn Twp. in March 22

a suspicious incident in
the 15500 block of Almont
Rd. in Berlin Twp. on March
22
careless use of a firearm
in the 4800 block of Martin
Rd. in Mussey Twp. on March
27
a domestic incident in
the 100 block of Squab St. in
Capac
a fraud report in the 100
block of E. Church St. in

Capac
an assault in the 14900
block of Turner Rd. in Lynn
Twp. on March 28
a fraud report in the
13700 block of Burt Rd. in
Mussey Twp. on March 28
an animal complaint in
the 16300 block of Dryden
Rd. in Berlin Twp. on March
28
a suspicious incident in
the 100 block of N. Walker
St. in Capac.

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

150 NORTH MAIN STREET IMLAY CITY, MI 48444
PHONE: 810-724-2135

Photos by Leigh Osentoski

DDA Promotions Assistant - Job Description

Job Summary:
The Promotions Assistant, under the general supervision of the Imlay City Downtown Development Authority Director, is
responsible for assisting in the management of programs and projects that meet the objectives of the Imlay City Downtown Development Authority. The Promotions Assistant will be a positive and energetic source for information associated with the Imlay
City Downtown Development Authority. This position is part time, averaging 10-12 hours per week November-April and 18-22
hours per week May- October. An hourly wage of up to $10 an hour is possible dependent upon the applicants experience.
Range of Duties:
Under the supervision of the DDA Director, the Promotions Assistant will:

1. Assist with promotional events, including event coordination, planning, and publicity of

a. Imlay City Concert and Movie Series, Tuesday evenings (June August)

b. Blueberry Festival Parade

c. Winter Playground

2. Manage the weekly Farmers Market, Thursday afternoons (May-October)

a. Oversee food assistance programs

b. Maintain excellent relations with vendors, merchants and community members

c. Produce promotional materials for market and all market special events

3. Produce press releases and maintain excellent relations with the various media outlets in the community.

4. Write, edit, and publish informational brochures, information packets, and flyers.

5. Create and manage social media campaigns.

6. Assist with the production, editing, and mailing of a quarterly newsletter.

7. Prepare necessary reports, summaries, and research projects.

8. Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Director.
Desired Qualifications:

The Promotions Assistant should be a self-starter, imaginative, and well-organized.

Excellent written and verbal skills are required; public speaking experience is a plus.

Must be able to provide outstanding customer service and public relations.

Must have general computer skills and be proficient in word processing, mail merge, publisher and spreadsheet applications.

Occasional weekend and evening hours may be necessary.
Application:
For further information, please call Dana Walker at the Imlay City DDA at 810-724-2135. A completed application, cover
letter, resume and list of references are due by Wednesday, April 27 at 4:30 p.m. Please send or deliver all necessary material
to: Dana Walker, Imlay City DDA, 150 N. Main Street, Imlay City, MI 48444. Applications are available at the City office or www.
icdda.com. The City of Imlay City is an equal opportunity employer.

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Capac board votes

to renew contract
By Maria Brown

Photo by Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

Imlay City firefighters gear hangs at the ready early Monday in anticipation of their next call to duty. Fire
officers are concerned that the departments current roster is insufficient to meet the citys needs. As a
result, they are seeking a number of new recruits willing to dedicate themselves to the publics safety.

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enough.
Making matters worse,
the training required of modern firefighters is demanding
in terms of time and commitment.
Kustowski points out
that first-year firefighters are
expected to complete
Firefighter 1 and 2 classes,
as well as Hazardous
Materials Operations training; which amounts to 220
classroom hours and another
64 hours of hands-on training.
After that, says
Kustowski, every firefighter
is expected to show up for a
few hours of bi-weekly
training on Mondays.
Firefighters are also required
to respond to a minimum of
70 percent of all fire calls
annually.
Personal sacrifice
required
Its not come as you
please, he says. Youre
expected to show up and
dedicate time training, completing department maintenance and responding to
community emergencies.
The life of a firefighter
is one of personal sacrifice,
Kustowski continues. Were
often called away from our
homes at night, in inclement
weather, on holidays and
even during special family
occasions.
Fire Chief Rick Horton
knows very well the commitment required of firefighters; having been called
away from numerous family
functions over the years.
Horton says volunteer

Photo by Tom Wearing

Respond: Imlay fire department seeks new recruits

Lt. Charles Boadway tests out the integrity of his

mask during annual procedures required by the
Lapeer County Firefighters Association.
fire departments take into
consideration whether an
applicant is married or owns
a home in the community,
which suggests that the individual will remain in the
area for a long period of
time.
The first thing the
department looks for in
applicants is a willingness to
sacrifice their time, says
Horton. We stress that, particularly during the interview
process.
We ensure each candidate fully understands the
amount of time that is
required, especially in the
first year-and-a-half, during
which there is a lot of training that needs to be completed.
Horton adds that applicants must also pass a medical physical, background
investigation and agility test
before being accepted as a

paid on-call firefighter.

A firefighters rewards
While the demands
placed on volunteer firefighters are significant, there
are also rewards, says
Kustowski. Not the least of
which is being able to serve
the community.
I think there is a sense
of wanting to give back to
your community, he says.
Thats really important in
small communities like ours.
Being a firefighter provides us the opportunity to
be part of a team, to be
something bigger then ourselves as individuals.
We welcome people of
all backgrounds and like to
find ways to incorporate an
individuals unique skill into
our department, Kustowski
continues. Whether youre
a stay-at-home parent or a
professional business person,
there is a place and a need

for your on our fire department.

Kustowski adds that
Lapeer County fire department sponsor each new candidate through the Lapeer
County Fire Academy.
When all is said and
done, we have more than
$5,000 invested in each firefighter candidates, says
Kustowski.
As a matter of note,
Imlay City firefighters are
paid at the rate of $14.80 per
hour for fire calls and
required monthly training.
The remainder of their
time is volunteered in the
form of community events,
equipment and department
maintenance and public education.
The Imlay City Fire
Departments current roster
includes: Fire Chief Rick
Horton, Asst. Chief Andrew
Kustowski, Fire Capt. Scott
Stone, Lt. Charles Boadway,
Lt. Matt Makedonsky and
Firefighters Craig Ross, Pat
Benson, Jeff Marceau,
Robert Tanis, Neil Collins,
Steve Bildzok II, Cody
Wedlake, Nathan Gill,
Benjamin Horton, Ryan
Simons, James Meitling,
Mark Bodenbach and Tyler
Lathrop.
Anyone interested in
becoming a member of the
Imlay City Fire Department
should contact the Imlay
City hall at 810-724-2135 or
talk to a current firefighter.
Phone numbers and
email addresses are available
on the Imlay City website at:
www.imlaycity.org/1/65/
firedepartment.asp.

Super: Stu Cameron is new superintendent in Imlay

career at the Imlay City
Middle School as a language
arts and math teacher, a job
he held for four years before
becoming assistant principal
in the same building. After
four years in that post he
moved on to become principal of Borland Elementary
in 2003. In the fall of 2006
he assumed the principals
office at Imlay City High
School. Since 2012, hes
worked in the board office
with the superintendent,
overseeing the districts cur-

riculum and instruction.

Cameron obtained his
bachelors degree from
Central Michigan University,
a masters degree from
Marygrove College, an educational leadership degree
from Eastern Michigan
University and is due to
graduate from Michigan
State Universitys doctor of
educational leadership program this May.
Im very fortunate to
have time to prepare for my
new role this year while Dr.
Richards finishes his distinguished career here in the

Socrates: Pageant
a success in Dryden

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district. I plan to take full

advantage of the time we
have together to assure that
my transition will be seamless, Cameron said.
Muir said that the board
wants to see Cameron continue working on curriculum
as superintendent since
thats a passion of his. Their
next task will be to determine what role and title his
immediate successor will
hold. Although thats still up
in the air, she said the district is committed to filling
that seat although financial
considerations will have to

made now that Imlay City

will no longer share their
superintendent with Dryden
Schools.
Earlier this month, the
Dryden School Board
appointed Mary Finnigan,
current high school principal, to assume a dual role as
principal and superintendent
beginning this summer. The
two districts will continue
sharing
transportation,
maintenance and business
services. Muir characterized
the
arrangement
with
Dryden as an awesome
partnership.

Twice: John Ciurla heads

to Washington DC again!

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John acknowledged the
efforts of all fellow competitors, particularly the other
finalists, who included: Chloe
Caringi of North Branch
Middle School, 2nd place;
Dominic Taylor of Chatfield
School, 3rd place; Nathan
Stefanski of Almont Middle
School, 4th place; and Natalie
Morehouse of Dryden Junior
High School, 5th place.
Along with the other
competitors in grades 5-8,
John was provided a list of
1,000 words to be studied in
preparation for the competition. The list included words
from various origins, such as
Greek, Latin,German, Dutch,
Arabic, Spanish, Italian,
French and Asian.
Given his prior bee
experience and successes,
John said he felt confident
both before and during the
lengthy competition.
I was not nervous at all
during the bee, or before it,
John recalls. I just had some
heightened stress levels.
While onstage, I was
fine because I got to do what
I love to do; spelling words
onstage, he adds. Though I
wasnt stressed out, I had an
adrenaline rush through the
whole bee, like a few other
spellers.
John credited his middle
school language arts teachers,
Mrs. Siglow and Ms. Kurka,
for their support; as well as
middle school Principal Pat
Brown and schools Supt. Dr.
Gary Richards for their sup-

John Ciurla, 13, poses

with plaque and trophy
he earned as winner of
2016 Lapeer County Bee.
port during the Lapeer County
Spelling Bee.
As the 2016 Lapeer
County
Spelling
Bee
Champion, John received a
1st-place trophy, medals, a
Websters international dictionary, an online subscription
to
Encyclopedia
Britannica and a $50 gift card
to Barnes and Noble.
It should be noted that
John maintains a 4.0 grade
point average at the Imlay
City Middle School. His parents are Michelle and John
Ciurla.
The annual Lapeer
County Spelling Bee was
again sponsored by the
Lapeer County Press.

The event benefitted from the financial support

of Mens Warehouse of Lake Orion, Mandy J.
Florist of Almont and others.
The competition required that participating
male students compete in categories that included modeling formal wear and swimwear for the
audience.
Hotton noted that numerous local merchants
donated more than $1,400 in prizes that were
shared by the Mr. Dryden contestants.
Funds raised from the event were donated to
the Linked Hearts Food Pantry in Dryden.
It should be noted that Gary Hotton, who
has served the Dryden school district for a quarter century, has announced she will be retiring at
the end of the current school year.
She has served the district in numerous
capacities over the years, including as: French,
social studies and SRT teacher; head cheer
coach; and junior high and high school student
council advisor.

Photo by Hallie Irla

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CAPAC The school

district has renewed their
food service contract with
Chartwells. Board members
voted four to three at their
March 17 meeting to approve
the second renewal of the
current contract with the
company for the 2016-17
school year.
Voting in favor of the
renewal was Mike Lentz, Bill
Ellis, Monica Standel and
Barry Geliske. Those voting
no were Jim Crane, Marie
Killingbeck and Tom Lottie.
At their February meeting, Superintendent Steve
Bigelow gave a food service
presentation, detailing the
differences between in-house
and contracted services. His
recommendation was that the
district continue using
Chartwells.
In other meeting business:
Principal Dave Kochan
gave an update on the Middle
Schools Focus School status. He said all grades are
showing growth per recent
M-STEP scores but the school
is not eligible to be released
from the states list yet.
The Focus School designation is given by the state
to those institutions where the

gap between the top and lowest achievers starts to widen.

Capac Middle School has
been on the list since 2013.
Bigelow announced that
St. Clair County RESA has
helped the district develop
new logos and letterhead to
be used in communication
and promotional items. He
stresses that the district will
remain the Capac Chiefs but
believes its best to use more
progressive,
non-human
logos such as the Incan sun
RESA developed that harkens
to the villages namesake, an
Incan Indian chief.
members approved the
superintendent evaluation.
the board approved trip
requests from the Metal and
Soul Robotics team to travel
to the state championships in
April in Grand Rapids at the
national championships in St.
Louis, Missouri in AprilMay.
in February the board
approved the addition of a
tenth grade honors English
class at Capac High School.
purchase of WiFi equipment, using Technology
Readiness
Infrastructure
Grant monies, was approved
last monthaccess points
from Teoma Systems for
$8,140 and access point
cabling from Standard
Electric Company for $462.

Shown beneath a balloon archway are: Bailey Knuth, Hayli Wilcox, Jake Fuerst, Megan Rinke, Daniel Lynch, Taylor
Wakerley, Jeremy Trieloff, Katie Schenkel, Gary Hotton, Sammy Fererra, Nic Mater, Brittney Eastin, Connor Socrates,
Hannah Weiss, Nathan Schiner, Mary Rose Clark and Will Wood.

Photo provided

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Friendly faces

Photo provided

State Rep. Gary Howell (2nd from left) welcomes Imlay City Mayor Walt
Bargen, Manager Tom Youatt and Commissioner Mike Romine to his new
Lansing office last Wednesday. The Imlay City officials were in the state
capitol for a Michigan Municipal League conference.

Emma Kosinski shows off the ice luminary she made in Sarah Savages firstgrade class. The luminaries were made of seeds, corn cobs and yarn.

Full STEAM ahead

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

ALMONT The snow

has now melted, but there was
plenty of it for Orchard
Primary Schools Winter
Carnival/Festival of Lights
on March 4.
The event provided
Orchard Primary students and
staff a chance to show off
their shared educational environment, while highlighting
the schools focus on STEAM
(Science,
Technology,
Engineering, Art, Math) curriculum.
Orchard Primary teacher
Jamie Weigand said all students invested their time and
talents to the project, by constructing individual luminary
lanterns for display.
Some of the projects
brought book characters to
life, said Weigand. Some
were connected to science
and social studies content;
and others were hands-on
opportunities for students to
work with measurement and
geometry concepts.
There is a schoolwide
effort to make project-based
learning a focus for our students, she continued. The
result has been engaging, purposeful learning.
Weigand said the soft
coating of snow, along with a
windless evening, contributed
to an ideal setting for the
well-attended community
event.
Inside the school, students and their families
enjoyed games, inflatable
bounce houses and carnivalstyle foods made available by
the Almont PTA.
Moving outside, visitors
were greeted by luminary
lights along the schools apple
orchard trails, where students
and teachers took part in sto-

rytelling and other activities

in designated outdoor learning areas.
While walking the trail,
attendees were treated to hot
chocolate, cinnamon apples
baked in a mud oven; and
marshmallow roasting over a
fire pit.
Before leaving the school,
visitors were additionally
treated to a student sing-along, led by the schools vocal
music instructor, Susie
Royster.
The students performance took place at the site of
a yet-to-be-constructed outdoor drama stage and puppet
theater.
Weigand noted that in
January, Orchard Primary
was the recipient of a $5,000
Toolbox for Education Grant
from Lowes, which will be
used to fund construction of
the stage, canopy, storage
shed and gardening and power
tools.
She said construction of
the stage is expected to begin
in late spring or early summer
of 2016.
We cant wait for our
students to put on a reading
theater plays and special
musical performances in this
venue, Weigand said. The
blend of learning and outdoor
fun is incredibly engaging for
the kids. Its exciting to think
about the creative possibilities that await us.
Parent Patti Biolchini said
Orchard Primarys emphasis
on STEAM and outdoor
learning serve to enhance the
opportunities available for
Almont youngsters.
The outdoor classroom
has brought so much enthusiasm for the kids, said
Biolchini. I only wish my
three older kids could have
experienced this incredible

addition to the curriculum.

Another parent, Ellen
Harry, said she enjoyed
watching her daughter gleefully skip down the snowcovered path during the
event.
She had so much pride in
the outdoor classroom,
Harry observed. I watched
dozens of the children so
excited to share in showing
off their school.
Schools Supt. Joe Candela
added that he, too, is
impressed with the learning
environment available to students at Orchard Primary.
It was a really exciting
event for the staff, students
and the community, said
Candela. The staff has been
working extremely hard on
the outdoor classroom. I was
very happy to see the smiles
on students and parents
faces.
We have always had an
excellent primary school,
Candela added. With the
added outdoor classroom,
STEAMprogramming and
project-based learning, we are
going to another level of
learning.
Earth Day fun on tap
Jamie Weigand noted that
Orchard Primary will host
another expo on Friday, April
22 to celebrate Earth Day.
We are going to have
some really cool, interactive
activities going on throughout
the building and in the
orchard, said Weigand. On
that day, we will weave
together reading, writing,
recycling and a geocaching
scavenger hunt tied to literacy.
We invite everyone to
come and join us, she said,
even those from neighboring
communities.

Photo by Capac Elementary

Orchard Primary students, staff celebrate new learning

Easter artists awarded

Winners of the Capac Historical Societys annual Easter coloring contest
received their prizes last week at Capac Elementary School. Those students receiving special gifts were (front) Aida Tancredi, Trenton Tice and
Chloe Tice, (middle) Charlotte Mandeville and Gabby Tice and (back)
Chloe Schocke, Bella Wetter, Karina Reitz, Julia Schaefer and Hannah
Mandeville. Not pictured is Jack Camire.

Police and fire briefs . . .

Editors note: The following is a compilation of activity and reports from area
police and fire departments.

Goodells was hurt in

Berlin Twp. on March 23
when a gun blew up in his
hands.
According to the St. Clair
County Sheriffs Department,
Teen hurt in
the teen was skeet shooting at
gun accident
a friends house in the 2700
BERLIN TWP. A block of Sperry Rd. He was
16-year-old
boy
from attempting to rack the gun to

remove a shell that hadnt

fired when it exploded, injuring his arm.
He was taken to Lake
Huron Medical Center for
treatment. Port Huron Police
were called to the hospital but
turned the incident over to
deputies who determined it
was an accident.

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Our Opinion
Howells keeping his
promise in Lansing

ary Howell has wasted no time since

taking the oath as the new 82nd District
State House Representative just two
weeks ago.
Howell has already co-signed an important
legislative package that gives the taxpayers
what they deserveaccess to records that
reflect what is happening in the state government that they fund on all levels.
The 10-bill proposal will subject
the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), something that has been oddly lacking
in past 40 years. Michigan is one
Howell
of just two states in the union that
exempts the Governors office from FOIA.
Though the law passed in 1976 did not address
whether state legislators were subject to FOIA,
a 1986 opinion by then Attorney General Frank
Kelley determined that the term public body
exempted state legislators from the law. Should
the proposed package be signed into law, that
will also change.
Another plus called for in the 10-bill package is the creation of a Legislative Open
Records Act (LORA). This will allow for nonpartisan review of disputes by a Legislative
Council Administrator. LORA is similar to
FOIA, but does not require citizens to pay
court and attorney fees to appeal an unreasonable fee or denial of their request.
These proposed bills finally allow the public more access to records at the highest level
of state government, as well as access to information regarding what their elected officials
are up to, and the means to hold them accountable for the actions taken on their behalf.
It is obvious that newly elected State Rep.
Gary Howell hasas he promisedhit the
ground running to better serve the people in the
82nd District and all residents of the Great
Lakes State.

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Letters to the Editor

Who should decide, parents or students?

To the people of the state
of Michiganthis is information to inform you of the
things our State Board of
Education (SBE) in Lansing
is currently doing. The State
Superintendent,
Brian
Whiston, sent a memorandum
to the SBE on February 23,
2016. The subject of the presentation was on State Board
of Education Statement and
Guidance on Safe and
Supportive
Learning
Environments for Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
and Questioning (LGBTQ)
Students. Listed under the
Guidance portion is: Title IX
guidance & legal briefs issued
by the Office for Civil Rights
(OCR) have defined fair and
equal treatment for transgender and GNC students in relation to rights in areas such as
student names and pronouns,
restrooms, privacy, school
records, student safety, and
dress codes. The responsibility for determining a students
gender rests with the student.
Outside confirmation from
medical or mental health pro-

fessionals, or documentation
of legal changes, is not needed.
What did he say? The student, not the parents, decide
what their gender is, where
they go to the bathroom, how
they dress, etc. Please read
the whole memorandum by
searching for Michigan
Department of Education
Memo Feb. 23, 2016 online.
It is seven pages long with
more explanation of the student rights. It is extremely
distasteful, disrespectful, and
in disregard of parental rights
of their own children.
The guidelines presented
by the Michigan State
Superintendent are an example of how far the States have
strayed from being our protectors founded on the understanding that the States are
sovereign over the central
government. Most regulations, guidelines, and illegal
actions being implemented on
our nation's people are mandated by the central government. Parents, grandparents
and all citizens of the United

States of America, do not be

deceived by the federal, state
and local government officials that are seeking to undo
the principles that made our
nation exceptional. Let
your voice be heard in opposition to this State Educational
and Guidance set of immoral
and unrealistic opinions of
government officials that
think they know how to raise
and teach our children better
than we, their parents! Go to
www.everyvoicecountsmi.
org and click on public comment on the State board of
Education Draft Statement;
click on continue reading
and add your comment at the
end of the list. The deadline
for public comment is April
11, 2016. Please do it for our
children.
Sincerely,
Carol Brown
Co-director
Lapeer County Tea Party
Lapeer
Editors note: State Rep.
Gary Howell (R-North
Branch) on March 24 issued
the following statement

regarding the matter:

The Michigan State
Board of Education is eroding
parental rights to the degree
that parents will not even be
entitled to know what gender
clothing their child is wearing during the school day.
The policy allows children to
use any bathroom facility they
want, potentially putting the
health and safety of children
at risk.
Federal and state laws
already address gender
issues, and the draft policy
is an example of government bureaucracy gone haywire.
Go to www.everyvoicecountsmi.org to read the policy and to comment. Write and
fax public comment to 517373-1233; or mail to Kim
Kovalchick,
Supervisor;
Michigan Department of
Education;
Coordinated
School Health and Safety
Programs unit; P.O. Box
30008; Lansing, MI 48909
Contact Howell at 517373-1800 or via email to
GaryHowell@house.mi.gov.

Hypocritical opinions, sticking with the plan

All agree that this proposal is ridiculous and should
not be allowed under any circumstances.
Meanwhile, Germany has
accepted 484,000, Greece
480,000, Macedonia 400,000
and Sweden 105,000.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald Davenport
Imlay City
P.S. In 1983 the Russians
shot down a Korean owned
747, with lots of Americans
on board. Ronald Reagan was
vacationing at his ranch in

California. It took four days

for his advisors to get him to
return to Washington to deal
with this. President Obama
was in Cuba this week trying
to rebuild a long overdue relationship with our enemy
just 90 miles off shore. Then
on to Argentina to do the
same with a country thats
been teetering on the edge of

totalitarianism, disappearing dissidents right and left.

But Obama has taken criticism for being at a baseball
game (which he left after the
third inning) instead of returning to DC. Ifeel he has
accomplished more good by
staying with his original plan
to be in Latin America.

Score one for the underdog...uhm, Cat

We join the community

of nations in our condemnation of the brutal attacks in
Brussels. Such behavior is
beyond the pale. Our hearts
and prayers go out to the victims. We will work with our
partners to bring the wrongdoers to justice. These acts
are not the acts of the followers of Islam but those who
pervert a peaceful and beautiful religion. If you want to
carpet bomb the terrorists it
shows you are unprepared to
lead this country. We cannot
use military tactics that might
have collateral damage such
as killing civilians who happen to be the wives and children of the terrorists. If we
react to these acts the terrorists will have won.
The purpose of war is to
kill the enemy and continue
to kill them until those who
still remain alive say
enough and the war ends.
Who would you rather
have leading your country?
The persons who make statements like those in the first
paragraph or a persons who
hold the sentiment expressed
in the second paragraph?
My choice would be for
the person behind door number 2.
The political correctness
that is rampant in Europe has
already become a plague in
this country. Even after the
deaths in Brussels there were
Belgian leaders and citizens
saying how they wouldnt let
this tragedy change their values and theyd continue to
live their lives as before. We
hear that same pablum from
Hillary Clinton, President

Obama and most left wing

progressives. What values
are they referring to? The
value that we do nothing
while terrorists who wish to
live in the Stone Age use
modern weaponry to randomly kill innocent persons?
The value that we reach out
to them and try to understand
where they are coming from
and stop doing whatever it is
were doing that makes them
angry with us. If only we
werent such awful people.
Why cant we just all get
along?
In World War II we
bombed Germany and Japan
without regard as to who died
in the bombing. The goal was
kill and keep killing until the
enemy surrendered. That is a
value I like. If the Islamists
want to live in a Stone Age
society I say we do all we can
to accommodate that desire
and bomb them back to the
Stone Age.
However, unless we have
leaders, both civilian and
military, that have the grit to
do what is needed to eradicate this scourge from the
world we will continue to see
random bombings and eventually a weapon of mass
destruction set off in Europe
or the United States. Then
there will be much hand
wringing and recriminations,
but for too many people it
will be far too little, far too
late.
Hillary, Bernie or another
Democrat will not be a war
time leader and thats what
we need right now.
John L. Lengemann
Imlay City

ts about 11 oclock when I

hear the soft knock on my
door. Though 11 a.m. is
late for me, it rolls around
pretty early that Saturday as I
had only fallen asleep an
hour or so earlier.
Im expecting the visitor,
but am unprepared nonetheless, having just started the
morning
coffee guzzling ritual
45 minutes
ago. Im
not properly
dressed
donned in
that ratty
gray robe
that has

somehow
remained
intact despite years of (ab)
use and subsequent laundering. The fuzzy slippers on
my feet are warm, for sure,
but they look exactly like
what youd picture: that stereotypical 1950s housewife
with curlers in her hair shuffling around with what looks
like little dead animals on
her feet.
Im without the curlers
theres generally not enough
hair for thembut I do have
the most wicked case of bed
head known to man. Which I
find exceedingly ironic considering I didnt sleep in a
bed at all last night. What I
did do was drag my blanket
and pillow around from room
to room during the endless,
incessant, eternal hours that
that demonic raccoon
attempted to invade my
peaceful kingdom...
The knock persists. I pull
the robe a little tighter and
open the door. Its John, the
contractor whos been working on my home. John
Walters of Walters
Enterprisescraftsman
extraordinaire, known for his
fine, custom work and expertise, particularly with regard
to historic type homes. Mine

does not fall into that category, but since John and his
wife Sue are new (and lovely) friends of mine, he agreed
to do the post-giant-mapletreecollision-disaster-repairs on
my home.
Im wishing I had some
sunglasses or something, not
for my own bleary, redrimmed eyes but to give to
John so he doesnt get too
frightened at the sight of me.
He takes it in stride, and we
make our way to the kitchen
table to talk shop.
John knows the source of
my lack of sleep. It is something we discussed earlier in
the week, when I discovered
that maniacal raccoon climbing the center pole on my
porch as dawn was breaking
one morning. It was trying to
find a way into the exposed
rafters underneath the roof
area. Though the huge maple
could have easily taken the
entire structure out, it was
divine intervention that kept
the damage to some rafters
and soffit (a new word I
learned through the experience) boards. Though I
turned on all the lights and
went out there barefooted
shouting and poking with
rake in handthe determined beast was undeterred
and vanished into the space
above. It appeared again
just onceand so I was
relieved when a few days
passed without a sighting. I
figured it had moved on to
better digs.
It is during a conversation on Friday evening, after
John had done some repairs,
that we talk about the situation when he calls to tell me
hed like to show me some
shingles Saturday morning.
Thats when the bugor
should Isay coongets in
my ear.
I see the hole is covered
up, I say. Things are looking great.
Yep, John replies. We

I heard that Hillary wants

the United States to accept
67,500 Syrian immigrants.
I spoke with some of my
neighbors: The OMalleys,
the Swensens, the Sanches,
the Sardellis, the Kaisers, the
Shatzbergs, the Vandenbergs,
the Jankiwitzs, the Dykemas,
the Boninos, the Vetters, and
the Tiensevus, the Akimotos,
the
Giannopoulos,
the
Novaks, the Patakis, the
Chaudhris, the Zhengs, the
Laaksonens, the Federovs,
the Davenports.

Forget Batman and

Superman, Underdog is
here!
climbed up on a ladder and
looked inside with a flashlight and didnt see any raccoon. We didnt see any evidence of a raccoon either.
Well, thats good, I say.
I havent seen it lately
either. Hopefully its found
another home.
Hopefully, John says
and theres a pause.
Youll find out tonight,
he concludes.
And find out I do. That
fiendish critter wakes up
right as Im about to bed
down with a bookaround
8:30 p.m.
For a while its confined
to the area over the porch,
scratching and clawing like
its possessed, pawing like
crazy at this corner and then
that one.
Later, it seems to don
army boots and busts through
the porch roof to the main
attic and dashes back and
forth like its on fire. Except
its not, its just frantic and
upsetand LOUDtearing
from space to space in search
of an escape route.
I pick up my bedding and
move down the hall. Next
thing Iknow, its clawing
over that room. I move again
and close the door. I hear it
over the bathroomso does
my catso I close that door

too. Finally, I close all the

doors to every room and
camp out in a little cubby
hole in the back, hoping the
frenzied beast wont break
through the plaster ceiling.
John sees all of this and
then some when he looks at
me on Saturday morning. We
have a few chuckles, and
then we plot strategy. He cuts
a hole in the porch roof and
we make a plan. If Im home
and just happen see the coon
climb out Saturday night, Im
welcome to climb the ladder
and cover up the hole. If not,
hell set a live trap in my
attic and hunt down the critter until its gone.
Like clockwork, around
8:30 that night my guard cat
Tino goes on the alert. I take
a look and there it is! The
interloper is strolling along
the brick path to the back
steps. I call my sister to tell
her Im going on a mission.
Im climbing the ladder and
plugging up the hole, and Ill
call her back when its mission accomplished. She lives
in Canton, but I figure if I
dont call her back shell
eventually make her way up
here to retrieve my body.
I turn on the porch light
and make the climb. Cover
the hole and climb down.
Not satisfied, I pick up a
heavy, nail-riddled piece of a
wooden post that got broken
off when the tree fell. I climb
back up and weight the cover
down, feeling like Ijust conquered the world or something. I hear the Rocky
movie theme song in the distance.
I call my sister back and
then hit the hay, and sleep
uninterrupted the entire
night. Ditto for the next, and
the next and the next, grateful for the peace and especially the quiet that has
returnedeven if temporaryto my humble, and
much loved abode.
Email Catherine at
cminolli@pageone-inc.com.

What we need is
a war time leader

HHW Clean Sweep

takes fluorescent lights
Lapeer County MSU
Extension is pleased to
announce that they will now
be able to accept fluorescent
light bulbs at the Household
Hazardous Waste (HHW) /
Clean Sweep collection held
April 9th. This includes fluorescent tubes and the new
energy-efficient spiral light
bulbs.

A HHW collection provides residents with a safe

way to dispose of unwanted
materials that could pose a
danger to the community if
improperly handled or stored.
Clean Sweep is a free, nonregulatory program to help
farmers safely dispose of
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Railroad repeat
a happy memory

In memory of one
of the good guys
ometimes I still find it difficult to learn again one of
lifes lessons. Especially
when that lesson is about
death. As in, it will happen to
all of us at some point.
Hopefully, not too soon,
however.
That lesson slapped me
in the face again on March
14 when I learned that
schoolmate and life-long
friend, Gary Plumb, had
passed away. He was only
68. Now,
there was a
time when
I thought
68 was old,
ancient
even. But
thats when
I was
Rick Liblong young and
carefree.
Now that
Im 68 also, it does not feel
old at all. And its too young
for my friends to be passing.
Gary Plumb, Almont
High Class of 1965, was
truly one of the good guys.
I think that everyone he ever
came in contact with liked
him. He always had a smile
on his face, told a great story,
laughed and made you laugh
freely and often. I knew Gary
since elementary school in
the early 1950s. Gary was
always one of the most popular kids in school.
We were both Baby
Boomers, born in 1947.
Almont was a very small
town. There were only a few
hundred kids in the whole
school so we all knew almost
everyone. I knew all of the
kids for four grades either
side of mine.
A lot of us would play
together after school and in
the summer regardless of
what class we were in. Gary
was on a number of baseball
teams I played on in pick-up
games. And in high school
many of us were on the same
teams, clubs, student council,
etc. It seems like only a short
time ago we were hustling
through the halls of Almont
High but, sadly, the class of
64 has lost five members,
the class of 65, eleven and
my own class of 66 another

All the Liblong day...

five.
After graduation, most of
us went our separate ways
but saw each other when we
visited the old hometown and
many of remain in touch by
email.
When I wrote my first
book, Answering the Call to
Duty, about Almont in the
Civil War, Gary drove to
Lapeer for a book signing
and we had a great time.
When we dedicated a plaque
downtown commemorating
the Almonters in the Civil
War, Gary was there. He was
very supportive of his hometown. He donated all of his
school yearbooks to the
Almont District Library and
was a town historian.
There are tons of Gary
Plumb stories. Im sure
everyone who knew him had
at least one.
Rosemary Dombrowski
remembers Gary as the older
brother she never had. She
related this story to me. My
mother had very strong opinions about underage girls riding in any boys car. So of
course, when Gary asked me
if I wanted to go cruising,
one fine spring afternoon
after school, I said yes. We
avoided downtown Almont
and headed for the back
roads, windows down, music
blasting...of course we happened to have chosen back
roads that caused us to cross
path with my Mom on her
after school bus route. (Mrs.
Dombrowski drove an
Almont school bus every
day).
Gary did his best to stay
low key as we passed the
bus, but alas, Mom spotted
us and I caught heck when I
got home. Gary had to duck
my Mom for weeks. Years
later, when I ran into Gary
(our sons played on the same
ball team) he asked me if I
had been on any good back
roads latelyand then he
laughed that wonderful laugh
of his.
Toni Lee after inviting
Gary and Pat, Garys wife, to
Alaska for a moose hunt:
Out of the woods popped a
nice 1,200 pound bull moose.
Gary shot, nothing happened.

hope you will not care if I

cheat a little and do a little
repeat. This column was first
printed on March 23, 2006...
but here goes. Elaine
Roberts had called from
Tennessee and said her husband wanted a story about
the railroad that ran between
Port Huron and Almont and
its turntable.
Author and Gary Plumb in 2011.
Frederick P. Currier
bought land in 1849 for
relationships. I will be forev- $200 to build the Octagon
er grateful to him for bringHouse on East St. Clair
ing my childhood friends
Streetnow home to the
back into my life.
Four County Community
Bob Wilson sent along
Foundation. Currier built a
this story. Ever since he
factory to manufacture
started hunting coons in the
starch. It was on the site of
woods, Gary would stop at
Kings Mill (now The
the house and chat for a min- Mill) on South Main Street.
ute to let me know he was
Another venture was the
going to be in the woods. My Currier Agricultural Works
wife (Beverly) and I had just that manufactured plows and
started dating and were hav- other farm implements. It
was in the former Hurd Lock
Gary Plumb, AHS Class ing drinks on the deck with
Garys classmate Stan and
Company building, which
of 1965.
Merry Williams. Gary
has been torn down. Currier
He didnt have a round in his walked around the house to
donated money for the Port
the deck and startled us
gun. The moose slowly
Huron and Northwest
moved back into the woods. when he said loudly in that
Railroad to be constructed
distinctive voice MR.
Gary followed. Bob (Tonis
between Port Huron and
WILSON!
husband) took off at a right
Almont.It was completed in
Beverly looked at the
angle. Then bang! Bang,
1882 and discontinued in
outfit, the ammo belt, the gun 1942.
bang bang. It sound as
and the spotlight on his head The railroad brought
though they were making
hamburger right there in the and said, OH MY GOD,
merchandise and groceries
BOB, ARE YOU UNDER
field. Bob shouted, I got
for Almonts businesses. My
ARREST?
him, Gary! Gary shouted,
parents lived on Bristol
I heard from many of his Street in the early 1900s and
No, I got him! Bob said I
am standing right here beside friends who said things like, my dad operated a dray busiHe was my special friend.
him. Gary said I have my
hand on his horns. They had He was like my big brother. He always talked to me
bagged two different
in study hall. He always
moose!
made me feel like I mat Joe Syler: Gary and I
tered.
were pals in elementary
school. I thought Gary was a Gary was a great family
cool guy cuz he always had man. He married Patricia
Cuthbertson on July 3, 1969
smile on his face. When I
and they had two sons, Corey Editors note: The folmoved away, we lost touch
lowing guest column was
and Aaron and five grandwith one another. In 2000,
submitted by Chris
children. The heartfelt symthe phone rang, I answered
and on the other end a voice pathy of all of Garys friends Czubachowski, RN,
Communicable Disease
go out to them.
boomed out Syler is that
Coordinator at the St. Clair
you? I answered yes. He
Gary Plumb was not a
County Health Department.
asked Did you go to school famous celebrity. What he
in Almont and live on
was, was a good, honest,
You may reach
Bordman Road? I said yup
decent man who touched a
Czubachowski at 810-987and he said this is Gary
lot of lives in a positive way 5300 ext. 1445 or via email
Plumb and Ive been looking over his whole lifetime. Can
to cczubachowski@stclairfor you for years. Because
anyone ask for more than
county.org
of his persistence in trying to that? Rest in peace. And
he St. Clair County
find me, long-ago friendships thank you, Gary.
Health Department is
were rekindled and have now Email Rick at
reminding residents that
developed into close adult
rick.liblong@cox.net.
Norovirus, a common and
contagious virus, is still common this time of year. This
virus is incorrectly known as
the stomach flu. Norovirus
Later, as I strolled past
remove more virgin vegetawinter is probably poised for outbreaks occur throughout
the year, however over 80%
our neighbors pastures, a
tion and trees.
at least one final swagger,
curious fulfillment and
Id like to rescue some
the Peepers say her time is at of the outbreaks occur from
November to April.
yearning rose up within me
of those white flowers, if you end. Glory Hallelujah!
Norovirus is NOT related
when I spied a calf nursing
dont mind, I said.
Praise those frogs for singto the flu (influenza)
from its mother. The scent of The men looked to
ing! Just think, dear Reader,
virus, which is a respiratory
cool earth mingled with
where I pointed as if they
the Peepers song announces
illness that can be prevented
manure and comforted me.
hadnt noticed. Take all
the spring hatching, calving,
by getting a seasonal flu vacDuring those young springs, you want.
and lambing season. On this
cination. There is no vaccine
I explored our roads and wil- That bag of bloodroot
gusty morning, farmers
or specific medication for
derness surrounding our land. returns every year with offwatch their herds and shepIt felt like hiking my
spring breaking soil from the herds their flocks for the
norovirus prevention.
Appalachian mountains. As
mother plants seedpods. If
newborn's first cry. The
You can get norovirus
they sprouted in birth order,
you blink, you might miss
poets words continue, true
from an infected person, conI learned to name skunk
bloodroots brief flourish.
and faithful.
taminated food or water, or
cabbage, swamp marigold,
Ive since borrowed roots
Sweet the rains new fall, by touching contaminated
trout lily, white and red
from my flowerbeds for a
Sunlit from heaven
surfaces. The virus causes
trillium, Jack-in-the-Pulpit,
sprinkle of unfurling petals
Like the first dewfall
your stomach or intestines or
columbine, and wild gerani- under my redbud and
On the first grass;
both to get inflamed causing
um. The forager in my
Bradford pear.
Praise for the sweetness
stomach pain, nausea, diargenes transplanted roots
This parade of beauty
Of the wet garden,
rhea and vomiting. The virus
from forest to around our
follows what I anticipate
Sprung in completeness
is passed through vomit and
house, a new build void
most come mid-March: the
Where His feet pass.
stool and contamination can
of one leaf, blade, or
love song of the Spring
Mine is the sunlight,
reach as far as 40 feet from
bloom. Oh, I had so much
Peepers, those camouflaged, Mine is the morning,
the source. The illness usualto learn.
amorous male amphibians
Born of the one light?
ly begins 24-48 hours after
One April, I spied white who wait all winter, just like Eden saw play.
exposure, sometimes sooner.
buds on a hillside of Edisons robins do, to belt out whistles Praise with elation,
People infected are contaeasement beside our Natural to their mate.
Praise every morning,
gious from the moment they
Beauty Road, a former cow
Their chorus rises from
Gods re-creation?
start feeling sick, to at least
path. Two men lounged in
marshes where tadpoles
Of the new day.
three days after recovery;
the shade nearby the wildswim throughout our coun Email Iris at
sometimes up to 2 weeks
flowers, bulldozers ready to
tryside. Although we know
irisleeu@sbcglobal.net.
Photo provided

Honest Living . . .

Beat with the rhythm of life as it unfolds

B

lessings of the resurrection to you! It is now

the afternoon of the day we
in the Christian community
celebrate the resurrection of
the Christ; and by now the
last of our company is
gone. The house is still in a
state of disarray. Maybe not
more so than usual, just a
different kind of disarray
the kind that happens when
furniture gets rearranged to
accommodate pet dishes,

conversation
groupings
and
movie
watching,
air mattresses,
cosmetic
and/orduffel

bags,
multiple
curling irons and such. A

Tips to stay healthy

this spring season

Natures lessons of the birthing season

Morning has broken

Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken?
Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing,
Praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing?
Fresh from the Word.
Eleanor Farjeon, 1931
hen the earth thawed
our first spring in the
country, a new world awoke
before me. Nature seized my
senses, began my education
of her birthing season.
An outstanding
memory is
the sound
of lowing
cattle
wafting
from our
neighbor's
farm
across the

road to
our back-
yard.
Twilight
sparkled like Mom's eyes
when she spoke of her family's milk-cow.

ness. That means he, his

team of horses and wagon
would meet the train and
deliver goods to the stores.
Coal also came by train.
Produce and livestock were
sent back to Port Huron. It
also had a
passenger
service.
My grandfather and
grandmother
Miller
lived in
Port
Huron and

would
come by

train to
visit us.
There was a huge water
tank for servicing the steam
locomotives. A turntable for
turning the locomotive
around to return to Port
Huron was on the site of the
park across the street.
After the school burned
in 1926, my 4th and 5th
grade classes were housed
in the basement of the
Henry Stephens Library.
That wasnt too far to scamper at noon and play on the
turntable. However, too
soon, a stop was put to that
fun.
As the old song goes...
thanks for the memories...
Country Cousin

friendly kind of chaos. Now

that the people have gone,
its time to restore the
couches, chairs and all the
rest to their usual spots.
Memories linger
though. Not everyone
came. And those who could
had just slightly overlapping time slots. But in the
last few days there have
been cool shared worship
experiences, a When you
were young, Gramma

interview, a yard work bee,

eating out experiences
where the kids now pick up
the tab if we let them, or at
least pay their own way.
(They attribute that to the
normal progression of
things, and I guess it is.)
Right now, as I look out
the window toward the
creek and picnic table, I see
my husband taking a little
walk all by himself, probably partly to clear his head,

but also to try to stay limbered up between the physical therapy sessions hes
been involved with after an
injury. In his words, We
dont bounce very well anymore.
And, no, we dont.
Bounce well, that is. But
we have learned to go with
the flowbeat with the
rhythm of life as it unfolds.
Email Willene at
willenetanis@aol.com.

later.
Anyone can be infected
with norovirus and get sick.
Children and older adults can
be seriously affected. When
sick with vomiting and diarrhea, avoid sending your
children to daycare and
school until illness ends.
Persons working in nursing
homes, those taking care of
patients, or anyone who handles foods should stay out of
work at least 48-72 hours
after symptoms end.
Prevention is the key.
Remember these tips:
Wash your hands frequently with warm water and
soap. Hand sanitizers do
NOT work against norovirus.
Properly disinfect all
contaminated surfaces using
chlorine bleach.
Wash all soiled clothing
and linens.
Avoid food or water
from sources that may be
contaminated.
It is important to stay
home when you are sick.
Avoid public places, social
events and gatherings. This
will help stop the spread of
further illness.
For additional norovirus
guidance, precautions and
cleaning decontamination,
see www.cdc.gov/noro-virus/
index.html or call our
Environmental Health
Division at 810-987-5306.

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For Senior Citizens

Dinner and an evening of
card playing with friends,
50/50 raffle and prizes of high
and low for each table every
third Monday at the
Washington Senior Center
from 4-8 p.m. Call the center,
located at 57880 Van Dyke,
Washington Township, MI
48094, for further details
586-752-6543.
Swing Dance Lessons are
being offered at the Port
Huron Senior Center, 600
Grand Avenue in Port Huron,
every Tuesday from 7:30-9
p.m. and the first and third
Thursday of the month from
7:30-9 p.m. with instructors
Lyle Malaski & Kristina
Morton. Call 810-984-5061
for more information.
Council
on
Aging
Membership is open to individuals 18 and older. The
Capac Senior Center is open
8:30-4:30 weekdays. We offer
a variety of activities such as
fitness and craft classes, a
book review group, cards and
bus trips. Call Lori at 3957889 for more information.
Almont and Dryden area
senior citizens meet the second Tuesday of the month at
12 p.m. at the Almont Lions
Hall, 222 Water St., for a potluck and program. Call 7988210 for more information.
Adults 55 and over are invited to the Berlin Twp. Senior
Center to play cards from
noon-3 p.m. the first
Wednesday of every month.
Bring a sack lunch, coffee
provided. Potluck luncheons
will be served the 4th Tuesday
of every month. Call 3954518 for details.
Pickleball at the Imlay City
Senior Center is no longer a
drop in class. If you are interested in participating, please
call the center at 810-7246030. Stay fit & active with

this fun racquet sport that is Free meals for people in need
simple, free and easy to play. are offered at the North
Branch Senior Center on
Ryan Smith, a certified alco- Monday and Thursday evehol and drug counselor will nings from 5:30-7 p.m. Call
be available at the Imlay City 810-441-0322 for more inforSeniors Center on the 4th mation.
Thursday of every month
from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Museums

Free Meals, Food

The Capac Historical Society

is now open to visitors daily
St. Pauls Lutheran Church from 1-3 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on
Food for Families kitchen is Sundays. Call 810-395-2859
open to the public for free, for more information.
hot meals every Monday and
Wednesday from 4-5:30 p.m. The Imlay City Historical
Museum is closed for the
This Heart Loves Food months of January, February
Pantry is open the first and March. Volunteers are
Saturday of each month from busy preparing for an April
9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Gateway opening. Workers are usually
Assembly Church, 2796 S. at the museum on Wednesday
mornings if questions or
Van Dyke Rd., Imlay City.
requests.
Dryden Area Food For
Families free dinner is served
on the second Tuesday of
each month from 4:30-6:00 Ready, Set, Go! Workshop.
p.m. at St. Cornelius Church, This is a FREE workshop for
3834 Mill Street (north of the 3-5 year olds & parents/carelight in Dryden). No proof of givers! Enjoy fun projects
income is required. Come that will develop your childs
and enjoy a home cooked skills and prepare them for
meal with us.
school! Children also enjoy a
The Attica United Methodist snack, story time, and a free
Church will be holding a free book! Call the Family
community meal on the sec- Literacy Center today to
ond and fourth Tuesday of reserve your seat at 810-664each month from 4:30-6:30 2737 and for more information on dates and times.
p.m. For more information
please call 810-724-0690 or Play groups available. Free 6
visit www.atticaumc.org
week sessions. At these FREE
90 minute playgroups chilThe Attica Food Bank at the dren will participate in a stoAttica United Methodist rytime,
developmentally
Church, 27 Elk Lake Rd., is appropriate games and
open from 2-4 p.m. the sec- crafts, learn new skills, and
ond and fourth Monday of enjoy a snack and social time
each month. Proof of resi- with other children. Parents
dency and need required.
will have the chance to talk to
The Capac Community Food other adults with same-age
Pantry, 114 S. Main Street, is children. Register now for the
open each Wednesday from next session! Numerous locations and dates available. For
1-3 p.m. Please call LOVE,
more information and to sign
INC. at 810-245-2414 in
up call the Family Literacy
advance to ensure your food Center at 810-664-2737.
voucher will be received
before you stop in to shop. Attica Methodist has a free
Any questions, please call Christian Play Group on
Sherrie Cramton at 810-395- Mondays from 10-11:30 a.m.
on school days, featuring pre1905.
school Bible stories, a snack,
The Capac Kitchen serves interactive songs, crafts, and
free meals every Tuesday games. Parents are required
from 4:30-6 p.m. at Zion to be with their children durUnited Methodist Church.
ing the group. Space is limit-

Youth Events

ed. For details/reservations at the 25 Pine Ridge Dr. in

call Pam Holihan at 810-724- Lapeer. Weigh-in at 8:30
6941.
a.m., 9:30 a.m. meeting. Call
Linda at 810-245-3955 or
Phyllis 810-395-7035 for
more information.

Support Groups

FOR WIDOWED MEN &

WOMEN Moving Into New
Life Saturday, April 6th 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Presented by Widowed
Friends, will be held on
Saturday, April 9th from 10
.a.m- 2 p.m. at St. Kierans
Parish Center, 53600 Mound
Rd, Shelby Twp. Price
includes speakers, a box
lunch/beverages. For more
information/register
by
March 26th, contact Mary at
586-242-8784.
FOR WIDOWED MEN &
WOMEN. LUNCH/CARDS /
FRIENDSHIP. Join us every
3rd Tuesday of each month
from 11:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at
Cavis Pioneer Restaurant,
5600 Lapeer Rd. in Kimball
Twp. 48074 (located approx.
15 Miles S.W. of Port Huron.
No RSVP necessary. For
more information call Joanne
K. at 810-324-2304. This
activity is sponsored by
Widowed Friends, a peer
support group www.widowedfriends.org.
Widowed Friends invites all
widowed to join us for breakfast and friendship in a safe
setting every 2nd and 4th
Monday of the month at 9
a.m. at Seros, 925 Gratiot in
Marysville. For more information about our group, call
Julie at 810-388-0868.
Lapeer County Families
Against Narcotics group
meets the second Tuesday of
the month at Faith Christian
Fellowship, 69 W. Nepessing
St. in Lapeer. Call 810-6670119 for more information or
email faithchrist09@aol.com.
TOPS 620 Lapeer weightloss group meets Tuesday
nights at the Hunters Creek
Mobile Home Park Club
House, 725 DeMille Rd. in
Lapeer. Weigh-in from 6-6:30
p.m., meeting from 6:30-7:30
p.m. For more information,
call 810-664-7579.
TOPS 888 (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) meets Wednesdays

Assistance Fundraising For

Youth). Come join us for
euchre the second Saturday
of each month at 7 p.m. at the
Imlay City Christian School,
7197 E. Imlay City Rd. in
Imlay City. For more inforFor those that have experi- mation, call 810-724-5695.
enced the death of a loved
one, a support group is available facilitated by a trained
United Hospice Service
(UHS) bereavement volunteer. Marlette Regional
Hospital, 2770 Main Street in Sacred Heart Rummage Sale
Marlette, hosts this support - Thurs. and Fri., March 31
group the first Friday of each and April 1 from 9 a.m.-6
month at 10 a.m. in the p.m. and Sat. April 2 from 9
Administration Conference a.m.-1 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Room. For more information, Church parish hall, 700
call 800-635-7490 or visit Maple Vista, Imlay City.
www.marletteregionalhospital.org

Craft Shows/Bazaars
Rummage Sales

Other

Fundraisers

West Goodland United

Methodist Church & Nelson
Maple Products invite you to
a Maple Syrup Open House
& Pancake Brunch
on
Saturday, April 12, 11 a.m.-3
p.m., 1189 N. Blacks Corners
Rd., Imlay City.

April 20, 7 p.m. Iris Lee

Underwood will present
Why
Lavender
is
Wonderful at the Heartland
Home & Garden Clubs
annual
fundraiser tea.
Contact Lisa Franz at 303250-4643 or at lisa.s.franz@ Euchre Nights at Avoca
gmail.com for more informa- Community Hall, 5396
Kilgore Road in Avoca are
tion.
held on the third Saturday of
Vendors sought for Mom 2 the month until May. A light
Mom sale April 23 at Gateway meal is included. Cash prizes
Assembly Church, 2796 S. and door prizes will be given,
Van Dyke, Imlay City. For and a grand prize to the playtable renting info: mschroed- er with highest monthly
scores at the end of the seaer925@gmail.com.
son. Registration begins at
Mom to Mom Sale, Sunday, 6:30 p.m. and play begins at 7
May 22, 2016. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., p.m.
American Legion Hall, 1701
W. Genesee St., Lapeer, MI The Flea Market held each
48446. Email to RESERVE A Sunday at the Lapeer Center
TABLE. Benefits ALS of Building, 425 County Center
Michigan and American Rd. in Lapeer, will be open
Cancer Society Email: shop- from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Up to 50
4acuremom2mom@hotmail. booths inside and outside sell
a huge variety of items. This
com.
event is sponsored by the
Imlay City Christian School Lapeer Center Building, and
is selling raffle tickets for a there is no admission charge.
Build Your Own Bundle For info on space rentals,
from the Almonts Country contact Logan at 810-347Smoke House. 2 prizes will be 7915. For general informaawarded on April 11th. 1st tion on the Flea Market or
prize is a $300 gift certificate food service by Peacock Alley
and 2nd prize is a $200 gift Catering call 810-664-2109 or
certificate. For more details email lapeercenter@charter.
or to purchase tickets, call net.
the school at 810-724-5695.
Christian Music Club conThe Imlay City Christian cert series for the public is
School is holding a fundrais- held the last Friday of each
er for TAFFY (Tuition month, from 7-10 p.m. Three
modern Christian bands, different each month. Free
admission, free snacks.
Socialize and listen to music
in a friendly, uplifting atmosphere. See CMC: Christian
Music Club on Facebook or
call Judy at 810-444-1497 for
updates and info. Our new
location is at the Lapeer
Center Building, 425 County
Center St. in Lapeer.

AREA UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCHES
Attica
U.M.C.

27 Elk Lake Road, Attica, MI

(810) 724-0690

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m

Attica Food Bank: Serving those
in need in Attica Twp, 2-4 pm,
2nd and 4th Monday
Rev. Ron Rouse
www.atticaumc.org
15

Capac Zion
U.M.C.

St. Pauls
Lutheran Church
(ELCA)

2008 N. Van Dyke Rd.

Imlay City, MI 48444

200 North Cedar (M-53)

Imlay City, MI

810-724-1747

Pastor: Laurie Koivula

Sunday School - 9:00 a.m.
Worship - 10:00 a.m.

Capac First
U.M.C.

Senior Pastor:Rev. Lisa Clark

Church School - 10:00 am - All Ages

Worship Service - 10:30 am
Sunday School: 9:15 am
Junior Church During Worship Service
Several Bible Studies During the Week
Office Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday 8:30 am - 12:00 noon
Nursery Provided
15

Imlay City
U.M.C.

Corner of 4th St. & Almont Ave.

(Across from the Library)
www.imlayumc.org
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship
Nursery Available
Jr. Church for K-5th grade
Rev. Marcel Allen Lamb
15

15

810-796-2371

Sunday Worship Services - 10:00 a.m.

www.stjohnsdryden.org
stjohnschurchdryden@gmail.com

15

395 N. Cedar (M-53)

www.imlaycitycrc.org
Worship 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School 11:15 a.m.
Youth Ministry
MOPS Program
Community Mens & Womens
Bible Studies

810-724-4315

15

810-724-1135

15

Sat. 5 pm
Sun. 9 am - English
11 am - Spanish
Reconciliation 1/2 hr. before each Mass &4pm Sat.
15

Father Paul Ward

15

Imlay City
Church of Christ

670 N. Van Dyke

Imlay City, MI 48444
Sunday Service
Bible Study (all ages) 10:00am
Morning Worship 11:00am
1st Sunday of the
Month Evening Service 2:30pm
Wednesday Bible Classes (all ages) 7:00pm

810-395-2409

810-724-3306

15

C O M E W O R S H I P W I T H U S ! 15

Almont
First Baptist Church

Wayne Boyd, Pastor

859 N. Van Dyke Road

Imlay City, Michigan 48444
Sunday 2:30 pm
Tuesday 7:00 pm
Friday Youth 7:00 pm
15

881 Van Dyke - 810-798-8888

Sunday Bible Classes: 9:45 am
Worship Services
10:30 am & 6:00 pm
Bible Study Wednesday 7:00 pm
fbc@airadvantage.net
Live Webcasting Sunday all worship services
over Sermonaudio.com/fbcalmont 15
Proclaiming the Sovereign Grace of God

"Experience Revival"
Pastor James Brandt
www.jamesbrandt.org
www.revivalchristian.tv
www.facebook.com/revivalpreacher
15
248-622-4759

Sunday Mornings
10:30 am

COME & MAKE A

DIFFERENCE WITH US! 15

810-417-0265 cbcimlay.org
Sunday School 9:30 am
Morning Service 10:45 am
Evening Service 6:00 pm
Wednesday Service 7:00 pm

15

Light of Christ
Community
Church

7191 Imlay City Road

Imlay City
Educational Hour - 9:15 am
Worship Time - 10:30 am

1 Mile South of I-69 Overpass

Phone 810-724-2620

GATEWAY
ASSEMBLY

15

Phone: 810-724-6999

15

ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH

(ELCA) 109 E. Kempf Court Capac, MI

(810) 395-7557

Phone: 810-724-8110
Pastor Jeffrey S. Krist

2720 Winslow Road

Imlay City, MI 48444

Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Wednesday Prayer & Praise 7:30 pm

Supervised child care during all services

Adult & Children's Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Children's Church during service.

PASTOR KEN RENARD

6835 Weyer Road Imlay City, MI48444

Family of
Christ
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

2796 S. Van Dyke Road - Imlay City

Morning Worship - 8:55 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Evening Service - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Family Night - 6:45 p.m.

586.336.4673

Weekend Masses

905 Holmes Rd. - Allenton, MI

Corner of Almont Road

firstapostolichome.com

Come Grow With Us!

74903 McKay Rd., Romeo

Weekday Masses

M-T-Thurs-Fri 8 am Wed. 10 am
First Sat. 8 am

West Berlin
U.M.C.

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Curtis Clarke

Imlay City
C.R.C.

700 Maple Vista, Imlay City

810-796-3341

Pastor Patricia Hoppenworth

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME!

email: nlcc@newlifechristian.net
www.newlifechristian.net
Pastor Tim Martin
Sunday 10 a.m. Service 15

Sacred Heart
Catholic Church

St. Johns
Episcopal Church
The Rev. Susan Rich

Pastor Alan Casillas

206 W. Mill, Capac, MI

Senior Pastor:Rev. Lisa Clark
Worship Service 9:00 a.m.
Jr. Church 9:30 a.m.
Office Hours: TuesdayThursday 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Everyone Welcome
810-395-2112
15

15

4074 South Mill Street

Dryden, MI 48428

810-724-2702

Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

5394 Main Street - Dryden

Church 810-395-2112

4411 Newark Road

Attica, MI 48412

810-724-1200

Dryden
U.M.C.

14952 Imlay City Rd., Capac

810-724-0687

West Goodland
U.M.C.

15

Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School
9:00 a.m. September thru May
Staffed Nursery During Worship 15

Christ Evangelical First Congregational Church

Lutheran Church
United Church of Christ
1970 S. Almont Ave., Imlay City
at corner of Newark Rd.

275 Bancroft - Imlay City

(Corner of 5th Street)

810-724-7855

810-724-6207

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.
Thursday Worship 7:00 p.m.

Pastor

Ralph O. Stuebs
Cell-(567) 674-0438

Come to the WELS

St. Nicholas
Catholic Church
4331 Capac Road
Capac, MI 48014

810-395-7572

www.stnicholascapac.com

15

Sunday School &Morning Adult Group 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Renee C. Jackson
No matter who you are or where you are
on lifes journey, you are welcome here!15

Holy Redeemer
Lutheran Church
4538 Dryden Rd. Dryden, MI

810-796-3951
www.lutheransonline.com/holyred

8:00 am - BIBLE CLASS

Weekday Masses:
9:30 am - WORSHIP
Wednesday & Friday 8:30 a.m. 11:00 am - SUNDAY SCHOOL & BIBLE CLASS
Weekend Masses:
ALL WELCOME!!!
Sunday - 11:00 a.m.
Pastor Steven Helms
Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor 15
Christian Preschool Available
15

201 E. St. Clair, Almont, MI

810-798-8855
Sr. Pastor: Keith Langley

Sunday Worship Service at 10:15 a.m.

Nursery available and Jr. Church
for ages 3 thru 5th grade
Jr./Sr. High Youth Group ~ Sundays 6-8pm
Kidz 4 Christ ~ Wednesdays 6-7:30pm
Pre-School - 5th grade
15

St. John The

Evangelist
Catholic Church
872 Capac Rd.
Allenton, MI 48002

810-395-7074

www.stjohnsallenton.com

Weekday Masses:
Thursday & Friday 8:30 a.m.
Weekend Masses:
Saturday - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday - 9:00 a.m.
Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor 15

Free tutor training for people

who would like to help others
in our community improve
English skills. Volunteer
basis. Please call for orientation before training at 810664-2737.
Free hearing and vision
screens for children of preschool age are available at the
Lapeer County Health
Department. To schedule an
appointment please call 810667-0448 or 810-245-5549.
Volunteer for the Habitat for
Humanity of Lapeer County
at the office. Interested parties can call 810-664-7111 and
speak to Carolyn, Cheryl or
Pete at 810-660-7823.
Capac Pharmacy is teaming
with Support Million Hearts
by offering in-pharmacy
blood pressure screenings,
136 North Main St. in Capac,
Tuesdays, 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come
and have their blood pressure
read for free.

Club News
The Imlay City American
Legion Post 135 meets the
second and last Wednesdays
of the month at 7:30 p.m. The
post is located at 212 E. Third
Street. Contact them at 7241450 or americanlegionpost135@frontier.com.
The Evening Star Quilt Guild
meets the last Wednesday of
each month at the Davison
Senior Center, 10135 Lapeer
Rd. in Davison. Meetings
start at 6:30 p.m. and doors
open at 6:00 p.m. For more
information, call Lisa, 810358-7294.

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Mandy Summers
@ the library!
IMLAY CITY The
Ruth Hughes Memorial
District Library is pleased to
introduce its new Youth
Services Coordinator, Mandy
Summers. She replaces former Coordinator Megan
Goedge, who has recently
resigned to pursue new
opportunities.
Ms. Summers has been a
lifelong user of the library,
having grown up in the area,
and has worked at the library
since 2010 when she began

New Youth Services

Coordinator
Mandy
Summers fits right in at
the Ruth Hughes Library.
as a shelver. Library Director
Tracy Aldrich says of Mandy,
she is a very happy, friendly
person brimming with enthusiasm and full of fun ideas,
and she has seemingly limitless energy. And, no matter
what crazy thing we ask her
to do, even if its wearing a
giant blueberry suit or carrying a huge cookbook for the

festival parade float, she's

always willing. We expect
that she will be a wonderful
youth services librarian, and
we are very happy to welcome her to our staff.
The Ruth Hughes Library
is located at 211 N. Almont
Ave. in Imlay City. Call
810-724-8043
or
visit
ruthhughes.org for more
information.

Jackson promoted
at CSB Bank
TRI-CITY AREA
CSB Bank recently promoted
Travis Jackson to Assistant
Vice
President
and
Commercial Loan Officer.
Jackson most recently was a
commercial credit analyst
with the bank.
Travis did an excellent
job as an analyst for us, so

the move to
Commercial
Loan Officer
was a natural
fit. He is
great with
customers
and enjoys
getting
to
Travis
Jackson know them
and helping
them grow. said Robert
Funk, Chief Lending Officer
for CSB Bank.
Jackson will primarily
cover the Armada and Almont
markets. Jackson is a graduate of Armada High School
and
Central
Michigan
University where he earned a
bachelor degree with a major
in Finance and a minor in
Accounting. He currently
lives in Almont and is
engaged to Stephanie with a
2017 wedding planned.

Celebrity autographed items auction in April

By Catherine Minolli
Tri-City Times Editor

TRI-CITY AREA
Save the date for the 23rd
annual
Celebrity
Autographed Items Auction
slated for Friday, April 15.
The popular auction,
which benefits Lapeer
County 4-H programs, will
take place from 5:30-9 p.m.
at the Lapeer Center
Building.
More than 350 celebrity
autographed items are up for
grabs, including footballs,
CDs, comic art, hockey
sticks, cards, posters and
photographs. Details and

auction fliers are available

by calling 810-667-0341
from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekdays or email msue.lapeer@
county.msu.edu.
Information is also available at www.auctionzip.com,
enter zip code 48446 and
click on the April calendar.
Some items up for grabs
include:
Music: Billy Ray Cyrus,
YoYoMa, Paul Anka, Pat
Boone, Joan Baez, Barbara
Mandrell, sheryl Cros,
Shanaya Twain;
Writers/Media: Dean
Koontz, Edward Albee, Neil
Simon, Debbie Macomber,
R.Ferdinand,
Walter

Cronkite, Garry Trudeau;

Politicians: Presidents
Carter, Ford and Bush,
Angela Merkel, Colin
Powell, Donald Rumsfeld,
Henry Kissinger, Justin
Trudeau;
Movies/TV:
Mark Harmon, Bridget
Bardot, Eva Longoria, Alda,
James Gandolfini, Tim Allen,
E. MacGregor, Howard
Duff;
S p o r t s :
Howe, Dantonio, Feller,
Izzo, Jim Slater, Battier, S.
Bowman, Saban, A. Palmer,
Kell, Shaq;
Others:
Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, John Glenn,
R.E. Cole (Doolittle Raiders)
Lee Iacocca, Mark Kelly,

Wiesel;
Special items include:
2015 World Series baseball
signed by Kansas City Chiefs
team, Apollo 14 crew patch
carried into space by Capt.
Edgar Mitchell, nine gameused sticks signed by Red
Wings players, Reggie
Jackson Mr. October baseball, and more.
The 4-H Spring Auction
will take place the next day,
Sat., April 16 at the same
location. The general auction
features several thousand
items including merchandise, services and collectibles. Admission is free for
both events.

Smart meter installation continues around area

TRI-CITY AREA
DTE Energy contractors are
due to start installing
advanced meters in Lapeer,
St. Clair and other counties in

the Thumb starting next

month.
In March the company
announced they had installed
their three millionth device as

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part of a statewide project.

That project, they report, is
due to be completed two years
ahead of schedule, and by the
end of 2016 nearly 4 million
electric and gas meters will
be converted.
More than 2.2 million
advanced electric meters
have been installed in
Oakland, Wayne, Macomb,
Monroe and Washtenaw
counties so far. The remaining electric meter installations will occur in Huron,
Tuscola, Sanilac, Lapeer,
Wayne, Macomb and St.
Clair counties later this year
with the first wave due to
begin in April.
We are proud of this
accomplishment, and by the
end of this year virtually all
of our customers will have
this excellent tool to manage
their energy use and save
money, said Ron May, DTE
Energy executive vice president, Major Enterprise
Projects.
With nearly 80 percent
of the installations complete
so far, were focused on

ensuring people understand

the benefits of advanced
meters and how to make the
most out of this safe and
secure technology.
The advanced meter technology also allows DTE
Energy to:
Quickly locate and
reduce the length of power
outages and other problems
Virtually eliminate estimated bills through advanced
meter reading, which can be
read remotely
Remotely connect and
disconnect residential service,
which means faster, less intrusive service. In most cases,
customers no longer will
have to wait for a
service technician to visit
their home to stop or start
service
DTE Energy has partnered with Itron, Inc., a technology and services company,
to install smart electric meters
and communication modules
for gas meters. Electric and
gas meters are owned, operated and maintained by DTE
Energy.

Obituaries
years and was stationed in
Panama. He then worked in
hydraulics for many years,
the last 7 with the Eaton
Corporation before retirement in 2006. He previously
worked for Vickers
Corporation at different
locations. Tom married the
former Sandra Jocham in
Romeo, Michigan at the
Romeo United Methodist
Church. Upon retirement, he
enjoyed working in his garden and working on his train
set. Along with Sandra, they
were long time members of

the Romeo United Methodist

Church. But Tom will mostly be remembered is for his
love of family and his many
friends.
Tom is survived by his
wife Sandra of Dryden,
sons: Adam (Michelle)
Edwards and their children
Kate and Annabelle of
Independence, MN and Paul
(Lisa) Edwards and their
children Rachel and Joshua
of South Lyon, MI. Tom is
also survived by his sister
Judy Lahey of Danville, IL.
Tom was preceded in

ST. CLAIR COUNTY

On March 23, the Michigan
Senate approved legislation
allocating $27.9 million from
the
Michigan
Natural
Resources Trust Fund (NRTF)
to natural resources improvement and acquisition projects
across the state, including
more than $4 million for projects in the Thumb.
The trust fund is supported by interest earned on funds
generated from the development of state-owned mineral
rights.
The Natural Resources
Trust Fund helps fund projects in the 25th District and
throughout the state, said
Sen. Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair
Township).
The money in this bill
will help support six important projects in Huron,
Macomb and St. Clair counties and enhance the quality
of life for those in the area.

St. Clair County was the

recipient of two grants,
including one for $65,800 to
be used for Belle River property acquisition.
House Bill 5377 authorizes the trust fund to spend
$27.9 million to support 70
land acquisition and recreational development projects
statewide.
The NRTF uses constitutionally restricted funds to
provide financial assistance
to local governments and the
Department of Natural
Resources to purchase land or
rights in land for public recreation or protection of land
because of its environmental
importance or its scenic beauty. It also assists in the appropriate development of land
for public outdoor recreation.

HB 5377 now heads
to Gov. Rick Snyder, who
is expected to sign the measure.

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Community Calendar

Wednesday, March 30th

Lapeer Area Citizens Against Domestic

Assault meets 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in
the Lapeer Court House for personal protection order clinic. For info 810-2460632.

Friday, April 1st

Imlay City Senior Center Texas Hold

Em 12:30 p.m. For info 810-724-6030.
Al-Anon Meeting 10:00 a.m. at Family
of Christ Lutheran Church, Imlay City.

Saturday, April 2nd

Imlay City VFW Auxiliary 2492 will

meet 2:00 p.m. at the Post Hall (behind
Tri-City Times)

Monday, April 4th

Almont/Dryden Lioness Branch Club

meets 7:00 p.m. at the Lions Hall, 222
Water Street in Almont.

Tuesday, April 5th

Imlay City Senior Center Euchre

Tournament 1:00 p.m. For information
call 810-724-6030.
Community Soup Kitchen is open 4:30
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Zion United
Methodist Church.
Alcoholics for Christ meets 7:00 p.m.
at Full Potential Ministry, 170 Weston
Street, Imlay City.

Wednesday, April 6th

Lapeer Area Citizens Against Domestic

Assault meets 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in
the Lapeer Court House for personal protection order clinic. For info 810-2460632.
Dryden Historical Society meets 1:00
p.m. at Dryden Township Hall.

Thursday, April 7th

Imlay City VFW Post 2492 will meet

7:00 p.m. at the Post Hall (behind the
Tri-City Times)

Friday, April 8th

Imlay City Senior Center Texas Hold

Em 12:30 p.m. For info 810-724-6030.
Al-Anon Meeting 10:00 a.m. at Family
of Christ Lutheran Church, Imlay City.

Tuesday, April 12th

Imlay City Senior Center Euchre

Tournament 1:00 p.m. For information
call 810-724-6030.
Community Soup Kitchen is open 4:30
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Zion United
Methodist Church.
Alcoholics for Christ meets 7:00 p.m.
at Full Potential Ministry, 170 Weston
Street, Imlay City.

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~ Thomas L. Edwards, 74 ~
Thomas L. Edwards, age
74, a 2-year resident of
Dryden, MI and previously
from Imlay City/Minnesota/
Almont areas, passed away
on Wednesday, March 23,
2016 at McLaren Lapeer
Region Hospital. Tom was
born October 10, 1941 in
Watseka, IL, the son of
Arthur and Charlotte (Tuttle)
Edwards. After graduating
from the University of
Illinois with a Bachelor
Degree in Mechanical
Engineering, Tom joined the
United States Army for two

Grant funds for

St. Clair County

death by his first wife

Janette in 1980 and his
brother Terry.
Funeral services took
place on Tuesday, March 29,
2016 at 11 a.m. at the
Romeo United Methodist
Church. Burial followed at
Ferguson Cemetery in
Almont.
Donations to the Romeo
United Methodist Church
would be appreciated.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Henry M.
Malburg Funeral Home of
Romeo.

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banned and/or unusable pesticides
and
mercury.
Acceptable items are pesticides (including insecticides,
herbicides, fungicides, etc.),
oil-based paint, drain cleaners, pool chemicals, household batteries, antifreeze,
fluorescent light bulbs, and
mercury.
Residents wishing to participate must pre-register by
calling Lapeer County

Michigan State University

Extension at 810-667-0341
for a registration form. No
materials will be accepted at
Lapeer
County
MSU
Extensions office or without
an appointment. Registration
deadline is Friday, April 1,
2016.
Phil Kaatz
Extension Director
Lapeer County MSU
Extension
Lapeer

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VFW Post 2492 member Fr. Matt Kafka and VFW

Post Commander Thomas Davis cut cake in celebration of the posts 84th birthday.

VFW celebrates
84th birthday
On March 20, 2016, VFW
Post 2492 celebrated its 84th
birthday with a birthday party.
More than 35 people came to
the event. We enjoyed pizzas
from Big Joes and Subway
party trays, along with a
birthday cake from the Kroger
bakery. The actual birthday of
the VFW Post is March 23,
1932.
VFW post member Fr.
Matt Kafka cut the ceremonial birthday cake with the
ceremonial knife, with the
help of VFW Post Commander
Thomas Davis. The Kroger
bakery really outdid themselves when they made the
cake! Three-quarters of it was
gone by the time the event
was over, and the rest put into
carry out bags to take home
and enjoy the next day.

VFW post members also

enjoyed the corn toss game,
with Sr. Vice Commander
Phil Hunkele winning the
first game against VFW Post
Chaplain, yours truly. The
ladies also took a turn at the
game.
To all that attended the
event, the VFW Post 2492
members say Thank you
and we look forward to seeing you next year as we celebrate the posts 85th year.
If you would like to see
more of what is happening at
the VFW Post 2492, visit
Facebook and go to VFW &
Aux 2492 and check it out.
Very respectfully,
Ronald J. Kazmierczak
VFW Post 2492 Historian
VFW Post 2492 Chaplain
Imlay City

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Rural Lifestyles

TRI-CITY AREA
Michigans soybean producers are making a dramatic
impact on the local economy,
and doing so in a sustainable
fashion, according to information recently released by
the Michigan Soybean
Promotion Committee.
Lapeer Countys soybean farmers
take seriously
their responsibilities to the
ground
they
farm and the
communities in
which
they
operate, says
Dennis Gardner,
farmer
from
neighboring
Sanilac County.
Not only
does the states
soybean production positively impact
the economy,
but
research
also shows that farmers are
making the types of decisions
that will ensure that impact is
lasting.
On the 46,900 acres of
soybeans grown in Lapeer
County, producing 2.04 million bushels, farmers contribute $36.85 million of total
economic impact from soybean production to the county
while supporting 522 jobs.
According
to
the
Michigan Soybean Promotion
Committee, sustainability
through raising soybeans is
achieved through operational
excellence in three key
areas:
Economic Sustainability:

Growing soybeans in a fashion that is profitable and can

be replicated year over year.
Social
Sensitivity:
Paying close attention to the
impact of farm practices on
surrounding neighbors and
the communities in which the
farm operates.
Environmental

retention of topsoil, organic

matter
and
nutrients.
Eliminating tillage also
decreases the amount of tractor usage by the farmer, which
results in fewer emissions; all
positively affecting sustainability.
In a soon-to-be-published
paper titled Understanding
the Positive Effects
of
Soybean
Production
on
Climate Change,
by
Dr.
Chris
Saffron, assistant
p r o f e s s o r,
Department
of
BioSystems and
Agricultural
Engineering and
Dept. of Forestry at
Michigan
State
University, and his
team, it was calculated that the
decrease in CO2
emissions
from
less equipment use
would be equivalent to removing 3,732 cars
from Michigan roads, and the
reduced soil loss of CO2
resulting from more carbon
being retained in the soil
because of the no-till technology would be equivalent to
removing 14,050 cars.
According to recent
research conducted by the
Michigan Soybean Promotion
Committee, farmers in the
area are taking sustainability
seriously, and improving their
operations in ways reflective
of the responsibility that
comes with raising crops on
the land.
According
to
that
research:

On the 46,900 acres of

soybeans grown in
Lapeer County, farmers
contribute $36.85
million of total
economic impact to
the county while sup
porting 522 jobs.
Stewardship: Considering the
environmental impact of each
farming practice and improving those practices as appropriate.
A good example of a positive outcome of this threepronged approach to sustainability is the impact of modern farming practices on
emissions released by onfarm traffic. One of these
modern practices is a no till
approach, in which farmers
grow crops without disturbing the soil through tillage.
This technique leads to more
efficient water usage because
water infiltrates the soil easier. The practice also increases

United Soybean Board photo

Beans make sustainable

impact on local economy

Close to half of Michigans soybean growers use variable-rate technology for

seed, fertilizer and pesticide applications.
Nearly 70 percent of
Michigan soybean farmers
attend at least two educational
meetings every winter to keep
current on sustainable soybean management as well as
innovative technologies and
best practices.
More than 45 percent use
variable-rate technology for
seed, fertilizer and pesticide
applications. This technology
enhances sustainable soybean
production by helping farmers vary the level of input
based on the need of each
individual acre, helps decrease
fuel usage and emissions,
while ensuring each acre gets
only the application amount it
needs to achieve the desired
goal.
More than 80 percent test
new practices and products on
select portions of their own
land before adopting the practice. By evaluating new practices and products in a scientific manner, Michigans soybean farmers shield local soil,
air and water from the impact
of ineffective large-scale
usage of practices and products that dont contribute in a

sustainable manner.
Seventy percent of
Michigan soybean farmers
create and reference an agronomic plan (a detailed plan to
address water, nutrient, weed,
insect, etc. needs of the crop)
for sustainable soybean production. Pairing past measures and performance with
strategic decision making
increases the likelihood of
more efficiently using carryover products from the year
before, which results in sustainably conserving local
land, air and water.
Ninety-one percent use

the same amount of or less

fuel per acre than they did
five years ago. Farm machinery hasnt gotten any smaller
in the past five years, but
operational fuel efficiency
has improved, meaning less
use of a nonrenewable
resource, decreased emissions
and less probability of fuel
spills.
For more information on
sustainable soybean production, visit SustainableSoy.
com, and for information
about soybean production in
Michigan,
visit
MichiganSoybean.org.

Less honey produced in 2015

ACROSS MICHIGAN The states honey production for 2015 totaled 5.22 million pounds, a nine percent
decrease from 2014. The USDAs National Agricultural
Statistics Service gathered these figures from producers
with five or more colonies.
The average yield from Michigans 90,000 colonies
was 58 pounds, a slight drop from 63 pounds in 2014. The
average price for the sweet stuff fell six cents from the
previous year to stand at $2.43 per pound.
Despite the decrease, Michigan remains eighth in the
nation for honey production.

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Decembers record-breaking precipitation is contributing to flooding issues

this spring elsewhere in the United States.

Scientists predict dry, warm

spring for Great Lakes region
TRI-CITY AREA
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) climate forecasters
announced last week that El
Nio conditions remain in
place, but a weakening is
forecast over the course of the
spring months. However, El

Nio continues to be a strong

climate signal that will shape
the nations weather this
spring.
For April through June,
below-average precipitation
is favored around the Great
Lakes, parts of the Pacific
Northwest, the southern

Weather
almanac
Lapeer station
Minimum temp.
21.8 on Saturday, 26th
Maximum temp.
68.1 on Sunday, 27th
Rainfall
2.3 inches
Growing Degree Days
for corn development:
Current: 62
Forecast: 79

For the week of

March 22-28
Emmett station
Minimum temp.
24.2 on Saturday, 26th
Maximum temp.
65.3 on Sunday, 27th
Rainfall
2.53 inches
Growing Degree Days
for corn development:
Current: 53
Forecast: 65

Growing degree days are accumulated from

March 1 and forecast through April 4.
Weather data courtesy of Enviro-weather,
www.enviroweather.msu.edu

Alaska
Panhandle
and
Hawaii. Most of the country,
except the Central and
Southern Plains, is favored to
see above-average temperatures now through June.
NOAA hydrologists dont
expect flooding to be a widespread issue in Michigan.
Scientists determine the
spring flood risk based on
environmental intelligence
collected across the country,
including late summer and
fall precipitation, frost depth,
soil saturation levels, stream
flows, snowpack, temperatures and rate of snowmelt.
Contributing to the risk of
flooding
this
spring,
December 2015 was the wettest December on record for
the contiguous United States,
according to NOAA climate
data.

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Photo by Mary Beaubien

A birds eye view of the hunting activity at the Eastern Michigan State
Fairgrounds in Imlay City on Saturday for Gateway Assemblys annual Easter
Kennedy Cichewicz, 15 egg hunt.
months, keeps a tight
hold on yellow ducky.

Riley Rekowski, 5, of Imlay City makes a grab for

treat filled eggs at Gateway Assemblys Easter egg
hunt at the Fairgrounds in Imlay City on Saturday.

Photo by Tom Wearing

Photo by Tom Wearing

Easter Bunny takes a minute to high five Veronica

Ornelas, 4, of Washington Twp. during Easter egg
hunt hosted by Gateway Assembly of Imlay City at
the Eastern Michigan State Fairgrounds on
Saturday. An estimated 1,500 people were in attendance for the festivities.

The Easter Bunny arrives in style at Almont Lions

Easter Candy Hunt. The helicopter was piloted by
Steve Francis, owner of Country Smoke House.

Photo by Nick Pugliese

Photo by Nick Pugliese

Imlay City Firefighter Mark Bodenbach drops thousands of eggs as eager hunters look on at Gateway
Assemblys Easter egg hunt at the Eastern Michigan State Fairgrounds on Saturday.

Photo by Tom Wearing

Photo by Nick Pugliese

Andrew Dipka
of Dryden
goes incognito at Lions
candy hunt in
Almont.

Audrey Matthews, 1, appears mesmerized by what

she sees in her first meeting with Easter Bunny.

Almont Lions youth volunteers Zoe Spencer and

Alexis Soave present a giant Easter Basket to
Saturdays raffle winner, Quinton Schurig.

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Photo by Tom Wearing

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to reveal their Easter candy bounty on Saturday.

Page 15-A-TRI-CITY TIMES-MARCH 30, 2016

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

ALMONT Almonts
Shock and Awe-Sum robotics
team continues to place safety
on the front burner.
That particular attention
to detail earned the team the
2016 Hard Hat Pin Award at
the FIRSTRobotics District
Competition at Kettering
University over the weekend.
Almont science teacher/
robotics coach Jason Weaver
said the award recognizes
teams which provide and promote safety at all times during
the competition.
Weaver added that the
Almont team so impressed the
competitions second-ranked
team, the Onaway Onabots,
that they invited Shock and
Awe-Sum to join their alliance and compete in the
District finals.
That alliance started the

quarter-finals with the highest

match score of the competition, helping to boost them
into the semi-final round,
said Weaver. Unfortunately,
a mechanical issue ended the
teams quest in the last match
of the semi-finals competition.
Regardless, Weaver credited the students and team
mentors for their shared
efforts toward modeling safety, spirit and entrepreneurship.
The teams safety crew
and students are very proud of
this accomplishment, he
said, because safety and gracious professionalism take
high
priority
in
all
FIRSTRobotics events.
Weaver noted that at the
Kettering
competition,
Almonts robot drive crew
quickly learned to navigate
through opposing teams
defenses.
Formed in 2014, Shock

and Awe-Sum (Team 4961)

will compete in its final
District competition of the
season on April 1-2 in Troy.

Weaver said he and fellow coach, John Bacci, will
work with students and mentors to fine-tune the teams
robot, while focusing on the
details involved with competing for awards in safety, spirit
and entrepreneurship.
Team 4961, Shock and
Awe-Sum, joined the FIRST
Robotics Competition in the
2014 season.
Team
members
are
Almont High School Students
who are interested in STEM
(science/technology/engineering/math) careers and the betterment of their futures.
Not only does the team
build robots to compete in the
tournaments, it espouses and
models the ideals of FIRST Shock and AWE-sum safety crew members Mandy Ott, Hunter Dancey, Connor
Robotics throughout the Mitchell and Chris Owen gear up for action.
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Metal and Soul shows entrepreneurial spirit

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

CAPAC Capacs
Metal and Soul robotics team
fared well at the March 25-26
District
FIRSTRobotics
Competition in Marysville.
Additionally, the team
played a key role in the running the event and extra activities.
Team Mentor Janet
Antilla reported that the team
spent the weekend bouncing
with the top 12 seeded positions, ultimately finishing as
the 5th seed Captain going
into the elimination rounds.
Going head-to-head with
the number number one seeded alliance in the semi-finals
had our team giving everything they had, said Antilla.
Despite their best efforts, the
team was eliminated in the
semi-finals.
The team did not come
home empty-handed, Antilla
noted; having been presented
the District Entrepreneurship
Award.
This award celebrates
the entrepreneurial spirit by
recognizing a team that has
developed the framework for
a comprehensive business
plan to scope, manage and
achieve team objectives,
said Antilla. This was the
fourth time the team has
received this award.
Earlier this month, Metal
and Soul was awarded the
prestigious Chairmans Award
at the FIRSTRobotics District
competition at Kettering
University, held on March
11-12.
The Chairmans Award

honors the team that best

represents a model for other
teams to emulate and best
embodies the purpose and
goals of FIRST.
The FIRSTjudges viewed
the Capac team as having the
most significant and measurable impact on other teams,
their school and their community over a sustained period
not just during a single school
year.
Metal and Soul mentor
Janet Antilla said the team
chose Climate Change for
its Chairmans Award presentation, while putting a twist
on the original meaning.
They invoked the changes the team works hard at
making in the learning environments at school and in the
greater community through

community service, outreach

and STEM
programs they
conduct, said Antilla.
The weekends presentation marked the third consecutive year Metal and Soul has
won the Chairmans Award,
and the fourth time the team
has received the award.
We were honored to
have received the award,
Antilla said. The award automatically qualifies our team
for
the
FIRST
State
Championship in Grand
Rapids on April 14-16.
The event is free and open
to the public.
For more information or
to financially support the
teams upcoming trip to
Grand Rapids, contact Janet
Antilla at: janet.antilla@ Cody Mara, Chad Soucek, Mentor Chris Campbell, and Dakota Frohreip celegmail.com.
brate Marysville success.

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Tri-City Times Editor

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Schirmer
takes aim

Spartan competes in Free Throw

Challenge at state hoop finals
Tri-City Times Sports Editor

the top-8 performers tested

their skills. There he connected
on
17 of 25
attempts,
falling just
short of what
was needed
to reach the
finals.
The topSchirmer two performers
then
moved on to Saturday mornings showdown at the Breslin
Center.

It was there those competiors, as well as the 18 other
entrants, were introduced
during halftime of the
Class D boys championship
game
between
Powers
North Central and Waterford
Our Lady of the Lakes.

Photo provided

IMLAY CITY Imlay

City junior Griffin Schirmer
participated at the Basketball
Coaches Association of
Michigan
Free
Throw
Challenge last Saturday.
The Jack Breslin Student
Events Center, on the
campus of Michigan State
University, hosted the competition which attracted the
states most accurate free
throw shooters.
Imlay City standout Camylle-Velazquez-Fuentes (R) awaits the start of her race at the Huron Relays.
In the first round of the
event, contested at nearby
Jenison Fieldhouse, Schirmer
proved true on 44 out of 50
attempts.
That effort landed him an
The Imlay City 1600 relay appearance in the semifinal
of Abby Schefka, Erika portion of the event where
Vanderploeg,
Elizabeth
Shirling and Ericka Lathrop
furnished a fourth. It took
them 4:37.72 to accomplish
the feat.
The Imlay City 3200
(Sarah Evans, Camylle
By Kevin Kissane
Velazquez-Fuentes, Lathrop
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
and VanderPloeg) and distance
medley
(Kayla
IMLAY CITY The
Louwsma,
VelazquezImlay City girls track team
Fuentes,
Evans
and
collected seven top-10 finishVanderploeg)
relays
claimed
es on the way to a ninth
sixths. They were timed in
among 18 schools last Friday
11:10.95 and 14:33.47,
at the Huron Relays.
respectively.
Bowen Field House, in
Imlay Citys 800-meter
Ypsilanti, is where the meet
relay
of
Livingston,
was contested.
Vanderploeg, Schefka and
Wyandotte
Roosevelt
Shirling pulled up seventh,
took team honors, aided by an
thanks to a clocking of
output of 67 points. Battle
2:00.22.
Creek Harper Creek occupied
second, thanks to a total of 58
Jessica
Bigger, high
points, and Berkley managed Imlay City long jumper Abby Schefka competes
jump, 4 feet 6 inches; pro38 for third. Dexter (35.5 Friday at the Huron Relays. She took 11th in the
vided Imlay City with a fourpoints), South Lyon (35), event.
way tie for a seventh.
Lansing Sexton (32), Monroe
Cameron Vaubel, high
Jefferson and Southfield (18.5) rounded out the top-10 Imlay City that day. Her pole jump, 4 feet 6 inches; added
Bradford (20 each), Imlay squads on hand.
vault clearance of 8 feet 6 a 10th to Imlay Citys Imlay Citys Griffin Schirmer introduces himself to
City (19) and Coldwater Carly Livingston led inches paid off with a third.
cause.
the crowd Saturday at the Breslin Center in East
Lansing.

Spartans ninth at EMU Relays

Photo provided

Imlay City girls

earn seven top
ten finishes at
indoor invite

Photo by Kevin Kissane

By Kevin Kissane

Torres excels for

college golf team
Almont grad plays to a sixth
for Hillsdale in Kentucky event
By Kevin Kissane

Imlay Citys Robert Pettit (L) competes in the 60 hurdles at the Huron Relays in Ypsilanti.

Spartan boys wind

up in 15th at meet
By Kevin Kissane

Photo provided

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Daniel Evard, of Imlay City, looks to pull away from

a foe last Friday at the Huron Relays.

IMLAY CITY The

Imlay City boys track team
brought home a 15th-place
finish among 19 schools at
the Huron Relays last Friday.
Bowen Field House, in
Ypsilanti, is where the action
unfolded.
When the final scores
were added up, Coldwaters
total of 50.5 points proved
best. South Lyon (46.5
points), Southfield Bradford
(45), Dexter (43), Lansing
Sexton (32), St. Clair (31),
Battle Creek Harper Creek
(27.5), Marysville (26),

Napoleon (25.5), Wyandotte

Roosevelt (21), Berkley (16),
Algonac (15), Romulus (13),
Detroit Loyola (12) and Imlay
City (10) rounded out the top15 teams on hand.
The distance medley of
Brandyn Louwsma, Theo
Collison, Daniel Evard and
Raul Rodriguez paced Imlay
City with a fourth that day.
They registered an 11:47.9
clocking en route.
Garrett Shevnock generated the next best Imlay City
showing. Shevnock furnished
a long jump performance of
18 feet 6 inches, good enough
Spartans page 3-B

ALMONT Former
Almont High School standout
Joe Torres excelled for the
Hillsdale College mens golf
team at the SVSU Spring
Invitational recently.
The event was contested
March 19-20 at Cherry
Blossom Golf Course in
Georgetown, Kentucky.
Torres, a sophomore, was

low
for
Hillsdale
College with
a 144 total
over 36 holes.
His effort featured
an
opening
Torres
round of 73,
followed by a
closing round of 71.
Torres page 3-B

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Photo provided

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Joe Torres follows through on a shot during his

high school days. He now plays for Hillsdale.

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Fridline collects hits for Wayne State

By Kevin Kissane

Charlton Zimmerman (second from right) and the

Roosevelt University mens golf team pose for a
photo.

Zimmerman tees
it up for Roosevelt
By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

ALMONT Charlton
Zimmerman, a 2015 graduate
of Almont
High School,
competed for
the Roosevelt
University
(Chicago,
Illinois)
mens golf
team at the
Battle
on Zimmerman
Beale Street
contested on Tuesday, March
15.
The TPC at Southwind is
where the action unfolded.
Zimmerman
finished

tournament action with a 167

over 36 holes. That included
an opening round of 79 and a
final round of 88, paving the
way to a tie for 41st place
individually.
When the final scores
were posted, University of
the Cumberlands (618) paced
the field assembled. They
were followed by Taylor
University (620), Kirkwood
and St. Gregory (625 each),
Culver-Stockton
(628),
Indiana
Tech
(632),
Davenport University (633),
John Brown (643), Lawrence
Tech
(645),
Roosevelt
University (660), Grace
College (669) and Aquinas
College (696).

Sports Schedule
Baseball
Wednesday, March 30
Almont at Marlette, 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 31
Marlette at Capac, 4 p.m.

Girls and Boys Track

Thursday, March 31
Imlay City at Macomb
Community College Invite,
4:30 p.m.

Softball
Wednesday, March 30
Harbor Beach at Imlay City,
4 p.m.
Thursday, March 31
Marlette at Capac, 4 p.m.

Girls Soccer
Wednesday, March 30
Cros-Lex at Almont,
4:30 p.m.
Capac at Armada, 4:30 p.m.

ALMONT The 18thr a n k e d

Wayne State
University
softball
team, which
c o u n t s
A l m o n t s
S h e l b y
Fridline
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among its
r a n k s ,
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Intercollegiate
Athletic
Conference play with a sweep
of host Walsh College last
Friday.
North Canton Ohio is
where the action unfolded.
In the latter half of the
twinbill, Wayne State registered a 9-1 win against Walsh
College behind a multiple-hit
performance from the former
Almont High School and St.
Clair County Community

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Photo provided

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Wayne State Universitys softball team with Almont grad Shelby Fridline (front
row far right).
College standout.
There
Wayne
State
University used a one-run
third inning; a one-run fourth;
a four-run fifth; and a threerun sixth to emerge victorious.
Walsh College generated
their lone run during inning
number six.

Fridline, a sophomore
catcher, finished with a two
for three plate performance.
Wayne State University
opened the doubleheader with
a 6-1 win against Walsh
College.
There
Wayne
State
University outscored Walsh

College 5-0 over the final

three innings of play to post a
favorable verdict.
Fridline did not see any
playing time in that battle.
With the decisions, Wayne
State University moves to
23-4 and 2-0. Walsh College
slips to 9-14 and 0-2.

Finn helps Alma to a twinbill sweep

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

ALMONT Pat Finn, a

graduate of Almont High
School, put up some good
numbers for the Alma College

baseball team in their road

sweep of non-league counterpart Muskingum University of
Ohio on Friday, March 18.
His team opened the doubleheader with a 7-2 triumph.
There Finn, a junior, saw

action as a designated hitter.

He finished the contest with a
walk and a run scored.
Game two would see Alma
College leave the field with an
11-10 win to their credit.
There Finn went two for

two three at the plate. He also

contributed one RBI and one
run scored to the Scots cause.
With the sweep, Alma
College improves to 5-2 overall. Muskingum College slips
to 7-4 this season.

BWACs top wrestlers recognized

TRI-CITY AREA
The following athletes earned
an appearance on the AllBlue Water Area Conference
wrestling team which was
announced recently:
First
teamEric
Pawlaczyk, 103 pounds,
Imlay City; Casey Pruitt, 112

pounds, Algonac; Cody

Keller,
119
pounds,
Richmond; Aaron Kilburn,
125 pounds, Richmond;
Hunter Mullins, 130 pounds,
Imlay City; Graham Barton,
135 pounds, Richmond; Jacob
Battani, 140 pounds, Almont;
Shane Asselin, 145 pounds,

Algonac; Collin Lieber, 152

pounds, Cros-Lex; Brady
Bischer, 160 pounds, Yale;
Colton McKiernan, 171
pounds, Richmond; Pat Pauli,
189 pounds, Imlay City; Tyler
Marino,
215
pounds,
Richmond; and Jeremy
Webster,
285
pounds,
Capac.
Honorable
mentionHunter Seguin, 103 pounds,
Richmond; Dylan Wojie, 103
pounds, Capac; Wesley
Hampton, 112 pounds, Imlay
City; Noah Scillian, 119
pounds, Imlay City, Brendan
Budzeak, 119 pounds (wildcard), Algonac; Anthony
Trudo, 125 pounds, Capac;
Andre Bourlier, 130 pounds,
Algonac; Robby Nowik, 130
pounds, Armada; James Ladd,
135 pounds, Algonac; Isaac
Mosher, 135 pounds, Cros-

Lex; Alex Roberts, 140

pounds, Richmond; Ian
Detroyer, 140 pounds, Capac;
Joe Hayden, 145 pounds,
Cros-Lex; Carter Smith, 145
pounds, Capac; Jeffrey
Schutt, 145 pounds, Yale;
Paul Livermore, 152 pounds,
Capac; Kyle Barr, 152
pounds, Almont; Trevor
Sholtz, 160 pounds, Armada;
Keagan Silverthorn, 160
pounds, Cros-Lex; Boyd
Glenn, 171 pounds, Almont;
Trent Grabowski, 171 pounds
(wildcard), Armada; Robert
Jewell, 189 pounds, Algonac;
Brett Schroeder, 189 pounds,
Armada; Francisco Puebla,
215 pounds, Cros-Lex;
Jaykob Shaw, 215 pounds,
Imlay City; Hunter Spies, 215
pounds, Almont; and Mike
Nkyoriak, 285 pounds,
Algonac.

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recently.
For her effort, DeMara
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of the Week honor.

Imlay City sophomore

Hollie Rager was named
to the All-BWAC
Competitive Cheer first
team lineup recently.
For her effort, Rager
shares our Girls Athlete
of the Week honor.

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Imlay City that day.

Cameron Vaubel, high
jump, 4 feet 2 inches; gave
Imlay City a 14-way tie for a
37th.
Vaubel, long jump, 12
feet 6 1/2 inches; managed a
40th for Imlay City that day.
Ve l a z q u e z - F u e n t e s
notched the next best Imlay
City showing. Her 800-meter
run time of 2:45.26 paid off
with a 43rd.
Livingston,
60-meter
dash, 8.93 seconds; provided
Imlay City with a three-way
tie for a 44th.
Shirling added Imlay
Citys other top-50 placing
that day. She pulled up 45th
among 200-meter dash contestants, thanks to a time of
29.62 seconds.

IMLAY CITY Abby

Schefka took 13th with a long
jump performance of 14 feet
4 inches and Jessica Bigger
supplied a high jump clearance of 4 feet 8 inches en
route to a 13-way tie for 14th
to lead the Imlay City girls
track squad last Wednesday at
the Saginaw Valley State
University Invitational.
No team scores were kept
at the meet which included
Division 1 and 2 schools.
A 1200-meter relay team
of Carly Livingston, Ericka
Lathrop, Elizabeth Shirling
and Schefka furnished Imlay
Citys next best showing.
They registered a 3:11.05
clocking on the way to a 15th.
Livingston
nearly
matched that lineups finish
position. She generated a pole
vault clearance of 7 feet, paving the way to a 10-way tie
for 15th.
A 2400-meter relay team
of Camylle VelazquezFuentes, Sarah Evans, Erika
Vanderploeg and Lathrop
provided Imlay City with a
19th. They stopped the watch
at 7:44.25 en route.
Sophia Rosillo, shot put,

Imlay Citys Raul Rodriguez leads a group of runners at the Huron Relays last Friday.

Spartans: End up 15th

from page 1-B

for sixth.
Imlay Citys 3200 relay
of Brandyn Louwsma, Jon
Louwsma, Rodriguez and
Evard pulled up seventh.
They required 9:03.09 to

cover the territory.

Rodriguez rounded out
the list of Imlay City competitors to secure top-10 finishes that day. His 1600meter run performance of
5:05.84 proved ninth swiftest.

Photo provided

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Photo provided

Imlay City girls track team opens

season at SVSU Indoor Invitational

Page 3-B-TRI-CITY TIMES-MARCH 30, 2016

Imlay Citys Erika Vanderploeg picks up the pace

during an indoor meet this past week.
8 feet 7 inches; gave Imlay
City a 22nd.
Gina Abbott, long jump,
13 feet 4 1/2 inches; contrib-

uted a 30th to Imlay Citys

cause.
Lathrop, 400-meter dash,
1:07.39; registered a 34th for

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

IMLAY CITY The

Imlay City boys track squad
brought home seven top-50
showings from the Saginaw
Valley State University
Indoor Invitational last
Wednesday.
No team scores were kept
at the meet which included
Division 1 and 2 schools.
TJ Reintjes headlined for
Imlay City that day. Reintjes
pulled up second among pole

vault entrants, thanks to a

clearance of 13 feet.
A 1200-meter relay team
of Marc Allison, Julian
Dervishi, Alex Dimmick and
Ronny Young gave Imlay
City a 25th. It took them
2:47.28 to accomplish the
feat.
Hunter Abram, long
jump, 18 feet; provided Imlay
City with a 27th that day.
The Imlay City 2400meter relay of Daniel Evard,
Brandyn Louwsma, Jon
Louwsma and Jacob Swartz

pulled up 28th. They were

timed in 6:26.64.
Dalton Lansky, high
jump, 5 feet 2 inches; contributed a 32nd to Imlay Citys
cause.
Garrett Shevnock furnished the next best Imlay
City finish. His long jump
performance of 17 feet 6
inches paid off with a twoway tie for 37th.
Evard tacked on Imlay
Citys other top-50 showing
that day. He stopped the
watch at 2:13.58 en route.

Photo provided

Reintjes takes second at SVSU Invite

Joe Torres (back row middle) and his Hillsdale teammates pose for a photo.

Torres: Helps college team to a third

from page 1-B
That left Torres in a twoway tie for sixth place overall.
A total of 87 golfers competed.
Tiffin University paced
the 15-team field with a 5794
output. They were followed

by Ohio Dominican (598),

Bellarmine University and
Hillsdale
(600
each),
Saginaw
Valley
State
University (603), Ashland
University (604), Lake
Superior State University
(609), Lewis University
(610), Alderson Broaddus

University and Cedarville

University (611 apiece),
Walsh University (614),
Muskegon
Community
College (627), Notre Dame
College of Ohio (629),
Kentucky Wesleyan (648)
and Anderson University
(678).

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CITY OF IMLAY CITY

RESIDENTS
BRANCH & BRUSH CHIPPING
On the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month starting in April through
the end of November the City will be picking up brush. Branches cannot
exceed 4 in diameter and brush with roots must be free of dirt and
stones. The City is not responsible for large amounts of brush from tree
trimming, tree removal, or clearing of property. Property owners should
contact a tree service for excessive brush removal. Please contact
City Hall at (810) 724-2135 for additional information.
YARD WASTE & BRUSH PICK UP
The garbage haulers will be picking up yard waste and small brush on Tuesdays
starting at the beginning of April through the end of November. Please place
yard waste in marked yard waste containers or biodegradable bags and bundle
branches 1 or less in diameter. Bundles and yard waste containers cannot exceed 40 lbs. Yard waste should not be raked to the curb. Please contact City
Hall at (810) 724-2135 for additional information.

13-1

LYNN
TOWNSHIP

Lynn Township is taking bids for

seeding of township property at 13995
Yale Road. Lynn Township is also taking bids for mowing of township property at 13995 Yale Road and 7499
Speaker Rd. Contact Supervisor at 810346-2605 for specifications or with
questions. Bids are to be postmarked by
April 8, 2016 to Supervisor Steve
Kalbfleisch, Bid for Seeding/Mowing,
and 13995 Yale Road, Lynn, MI 48097.
Lynn Township reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Annette Ferrett,
Clerk
12-2

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ATTENTION

advise on this.

Attorney - none

Ambulance - none

Commissioner - none

Board - none

Review and pay the bills - Moved
and seconded to pay the bills: General
Fund - $37,666.69, and Fire Fund $7,482.37, Public Safety - $7,004.10
Total for bills $52,153.16. Roll call vote
taken, all ayes, motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m.
A complete copy of the minutes is available at the Attica Township Hall.
Nancy Herpolsheimer
Attica Township Clerk
13-1

4-13-16

The meeting was called to order at
7:00 p.m. by Supervisor Ochadleus.
Present were: Clerk Herpolsheimer,
Treasurer Mason and Trustees Madeline
and Lacey. Absent: None

Public Time - none

Old Business - No bid packets
from the architect for the museum project, the Supervisor will look into lights
by the library, there are 2 bids for the
township hall restroom remodeling.
Supervisor Ochadleus will check references and bring information to the April
meeting.

New Business - Moved and seconded to increase the Deputy Treasurer
to $15.75 per hour and the Receptionist
to $15.00 per hour. Roll call vote taken,
all ayes, motion carried.

Moved and seconded to appoint
Kent Gierman and Bob Stockwell to the
three year terms on the Attica Township
Planning Commission, and Kent
Gierman and Carol Eisenhardt to the
three year terms on the Attica Township
Zoning Board of Appeals. A vote was
taken, all ayes, motions carried.

Fire - none

Park - Supervisor Ochadleus discussed the need for diamond dust on the
three baseball fields. Two bids were
received. Moved and seconded to accept
the bid from BJ's Maintenance for
$16,900.00 to resurface the three diamonds. Roll call vote, all ayes, motion
carried.

Planning Commission - There will
be a Public Hearing on March 24 concerning the rezoning of the Marquardt A
to Z storage from R-1 to B-2. Someone
is interested in purchasing the old road
side park on Imlay City Road for a
microbrewery, Planner Birchler is to

5-18-16

ATTICA TOWNSHIP
BOARD
MINUTES OF
MARCH 10, 2016

The minutes of February 11, 2016
were approved as presented.

The treasurer report showed a new
balance of: General Fund $638,424.31,
and CDARS savings $201,932.09; Fire
Millage $95,507.41, CDARS savings
$50,483.01; Fire Escrow $73,871.90,
CDARS savings $50,483.01. Public
Safety $142,138.03, CDARS savings
$50,483.01.

Police Report - 154 calls in
February with 64 handled by Township
deputies.

1-25-17

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and 8:00 -1:00 Sat. Send resume
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Michigan 48444. HW-13-2
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STEAMSRESS NEEDED: Parttime/full-time, retiree welcome.
Garment experience helpfull,
some training. Washington Twp.
Area. 586-752-9400. HW-12-2
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banks and offices. Imlay City,
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Anglers are fortunate to have so many outstanding rivers

he large orange
float kept pace
with the rivers
current. Keep an
eye on it, instructed the fishing guide.
Just in front of that limb
sticking out is the hole,
steelhead hang out there, he
continued, pointing down the
river. The excitement in his
voice building in anticipating
a potential strike.
The method is called
Float Fishing and Capt.
Larry Raney has been using
it for many years. Its simple
enough, anchor the boat 90
feet or
so from
a known
steelhead
hole, use
an 8-foot
lightweight
rod,
baitcast or
spincast
reel, large
float and
spawn.
The idea is to drift the spawn
past the nose of a steelhead
and hope the fish is in the
mood to strike.
Yeah, thats it, find the
hole, watch the float and reel
in the fish. Easy, right?
Heres what I learned, the
fish only bite when you look
away from the float, if only
for a mere instant. BAM!
And just that fast!
For a daydreamer like
me, watching the float and
not glancing at birds overhead or passing boats is near
impossible. Meanwhile the
float is submerged from the
tugging of a record book
steelie.
Despite my attention disorder we did manage to take
a nice steelhead and beautiful
brown trout.
Michigan anglers are so
fortunate to have outstanding rivers to fish, from the
famous Pere Marquette, Manistee and Pine to the AuSable,
Sturgeon and Black to name
just a few. And, although Ive
challenged the head shake of

By Randy
Jorgensen

steelhead, brown trout and

salmon in the past, I remain a
novice.
A while back chatting
with friend and business
associate, Jim Adams (Freeway Sports Center owner)
he invited me to go along
with him on a fishing trip to
the Manistee River. Jim has
a passion for river fishing,
he loves the fight a mighty
steelhead offers and the
scenic beauty of the Manistee
River. He also appreciates the
skill of Capt. Larry Raney of
Brethren, Michigan.
Capt. Raney is a talented
fisherman, with 25 years experience on the many rivers
of northeast lower Michigan.
For the past several years,
when he is not guiding fishermen on the Manistee River
just below the Tippy Dam,
hes guiding clients in Alaska
for giant salmon in late July
and early August.
Capt. Raney offers fishing
trips on the Manistee River
and other rivers near his
home year-round. He is an
avid fly-fisherman and offers
instruction throughout the
year.
I used to build homes
and although I enjoyed it...I
always had this river on my
mind, Larry told me.
I couldnt get enough of
it, he went on to say.
When Larry decided to
guide full-time he simply
never looked back. His love
for the river, his pleasant
manner and dedication to the
sport helped him build a large
client base. A base that is
very loyal.
I also saw Larry pays
special attention to detail. His
clients are made to feel comfortable, from the warmth of
a heater on those cold February days to a nice bowl of
soup at lunch time. Its clear
he is a people person and no
wonder he has clients booked
a couple hundred times a
year.
I want to provide all my
customers a quality experience. I would love to have
them have the fishing trip of

a lifetime, Larry goes on to

say.
This is what I do for a
living, its not a weekend
hobby. I want to build lasting
friendships with my clients,
Larry concluded.

Our day ended a
little early due to high winds
(upwards of 35 to 40 mph).
Larry fished hard all day long
even though the steelhead are
known to be both stubborn
and spooky, we did boat fish.
If you decide you would
like to take up the challenge
the steelhead of the Manistee
River offer, please be sure to
visit Larry Raneys website
for information: www.premieranglingguideservice.com
or call 231-510-5862.n

Capt. Larry Raney with a healthy brown trout from the Manistee River near
Brethren, Michigan.

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