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End of summer show

2004 Toyota Celica GT

FWD, Hatchback - ST#12947B

2005 Chevy Silverado LS 4x4

V8, Auto - ST#90251A

2010 GMC Terrain

SLT-2 4x4
FWD - ST#13029A

Photo courtesy of Teresa Swift-Eckert/Evart Police Department

The annual Labor Day Weekend car show in Evart had great weather to end the summer season. Some awesome trucks and cars were on display, see more photos on page 4

2006 Jeep Grand

Cherokee Laredo 4x4

Evart seeks historic listing for cemetery

Moonroof - ST#13033A

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Prepping leaders

Evart Elementary school receives

donation to help develop future
leaders

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By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

EVART Sandy Szeliga of the

Evart Area Historical Society
and Mark Wilson, Evarts director of the public works department presented a slide show to
the council members regarding
the benefits of listing Forest Hill
Cemetery on the National Register of Historic Sites.
Szeliga told the members of
the council the listing would
make it possible to apply for additional grants for maintenance
and preservation of the cemetery, the purchase of preservation and repair supplies and
training for preserving historical sites.
Szeliga explained the process
for doing some of preservation
work. Foundations need to be
repaired before stones are reset
properly with the use of a setting compound.
Some grave stones present
a danger to cemetery visitors
because they are in danger of
falling, Szeliga said. The council
granted permission for Szeliga
and Wilson to start the process
to list the cemetery.
Also at Tuesdays meeting,
city manager Zack Szakacs told
the council members Wolverine

ANDY DUFFY | Weekly Voice

Sandy Szeliga of the

Evart Area Historical
Society asked the
town council for
permission to pursue
a historic site listing for Forest Hill
Cemetery. The council gave her its OK.
Worldwide, owner of a Big Rapids boot factory, is looking for
a satellite location in Evart or
Baldwin. The company would
like a facility of between 10 and
20 thousand square feet.
In other action, the council
split regarding when to begin
formal action on the Hemlock

Street Water and Sewer Project.

Mayor Casey Keysor, B.J. Foster
and Ralph Carlson voted to begin proceedings now. Dan Elliott
raised questions about financing the project. Elliott and Gregg
Sherman voted to hold off on
the project until a future date.
Wilson told the council the

city received lots of positive

feedback regarding the Timberbeast Triathlon on both the
citys Web site and Facebook
page.
The council met Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday.
The council is scheduled to next
meet Sept. 19.

Evart drive-in finishing 50th year in business

By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

EVART Mid morning

on Labor Day. Outside, an
even flow of traffic motors
by the restaurant on U.S.
10, Evarts main thoroughfare. Inside the headquarters of Mishlers Drive-In,
a crew of prep cooks busily
prepare for the day ahead.
Soon a handful of customers, precursors of the
crowds to come, begin
trickling in. The brace of
waiting carhops spring
into action.
At Mishlers, things are
done the old-fashioned way.
Carhops offer menus, take
orders and deliver food
to automobiles on trays
that perch on half-rolleddown windows. Between
customers, they sweep the
pavement,wipe the tables
and keep salsa and Ranch
Dressing containers filled.
Hamburgers, chili dogs,
fried mushrooms, chicken
dinners and other foods
arrive on the trays. So
do mugs of root beer and
other beverages. Although
to-go cups are available,

ANDY DUFFY | Weekly Voice

For half a century, Mishlers Drive-In in Evart has been a popular gathering place.
at Mishlers, a person who
wants to finish his soft
drink there can drink from
a real mug.
Yes, theres a lot of history at the old root beer
stand. Opening in 1953,
the business soon became
an A&W restaurant.
After changing hands at

least twice, the parents of

the current owner, Steve
Mishler, took control in
1966. The owners soon gave
up their franchise.
Corporate owners began
pressuring franchisees to
make expensive changes
to their buildings. I knew
Dad wasnt going to do

that, the younger Mishler

said. So the business continued on without the franchise name.
Outwardly, little
changed. A paint job gave
the building a different
color. New mugs replaced
the ones with the A&W
logo on them.

The important elements

remained the same. The
Mishlers still made their
own root beer at the site.
A customer could still pull
up and order a cold mug
of root beer and a juicy
burger without turning off
the ballgame or the music
on the radio. Carhops still

greeted customers with a

friendly smile. Satisfied
customers still lefttips on
their food trays. A tap on
the car horn or a car engine firing up still alerted
the carhops to come collect
a tray.

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You know the rule: no

wearing of white after Labor Day.
So: fold em or hang em
up to get those clothes out
of your summer fashion
options.
Hanging is the clue to
the identity of the object
in our latest photograph.
The plastic is just flexible
enough to clip over the top
edge of your laundry room
or bedroom door (the bottom right of our picture;
the flat one inch rectangle
rides atop the door itself
and is clipped into place
with the angled back
piece). Once positioned
there, the ski-like shape
provides the zone for hangers. The up-turned end of

the ski, is a simple clothes

hook. The small cross bars
on the ski are to keep the
hangers from bumping up
too closely to one another
(providing for air circulation if you are hanging
damp clothes directly from
the wash). The large curving bar that ultimately
slopes down to rest on
the ski, is the manufacturers idea of how to keep
the hangers from jumping
off when the door in use is
opened or closed.
Dont have enough closet
space? Need a hook in the
bathroom for bathrobes?
Or need to air dry some
laundry or snow-covered
jackets before hanging
them into the closet? That
is where this over-the-door
hanger comes into play.

Here are the people who

contacted us with the correct answer:
Carla Isaacs, Hersey place to
hang hangers
Barbara Fishburn, Evart put
over door to hang clothes
Harold Sutter, Reed City over
the door clothes hanger
Dynamite the Clown, Reed City
used to hang clothes
Pat Miracle, Evart hanger that
hooks over top of door
Barbara Johnson, Hersey over
the door hook
Melody Chapman, Manchester
hanger you hang over door
for bathrobes or towels
Margie Emmons, Evart hanger
goes over door
Lydia Wineberg, Evart over
the door hanger, extra places to
put hangers

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Mix of sun and

clouds. Highs in
the low 80s and
lows in the low
60s.

Cloudy with
rain. Highs in
the upper 60s
and lows in the
low 50s.

69/52

More sun than

clouds. Highs in
the low 70s and
lows in the low
50s.

Sunshine. Highs
in the mid 70s
and lows in the
upper 50s.

Mix of sun and

clouds. Highs in
the low 70s and
lows in the low
50s.

Sunrise: 7:14 AM

Sunrise: 7:15 AM

Sunrise: 7:16 AM

Sunrise: 7:17 AM

Sunrise: 7:18 AM

Sunset: 8:01 PM

Sunset: 7:59 PM

Sunset: 7:57 PM

Sunset: 7:56 PM

Sunset: 7:54 PM

Michigan at a Glance

Reed Citys five-day forecast

Local 5-Day Forecast

Fri

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Sun

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Mon
9/12
Sault Sainte Marie

Tue
9/13

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Mix of sun and

clouds. Highs in
the upper 70s
and lows in the
low 60s.

79/62

Rain. Highs in
the upper 60s
and lows in the
low 50s.

69/52

More sun than

clouds. Highs in
the low 70s and
lows in the low
50s.

Sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s and
lows in the
upper 50s.

Times of sun
and clouds.
Highs in the low
70s and lows in
the low 50s.

Sunrise: 7:15 AM

Sunrise: 7:16 AM

Sunrise: 7:17 AM

Sunrise: 7:18 AM

Sunrise: 7:19 AM

Sunset: 8:02 PM

Sunset: 8:00 PM

Sunset:Grand
7:58 PM
Sunset: 7:56 PM
Rapids

Michigan at a Glance

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Lansing
86/75

Sunset: 7:55 PM

Detroit
90/76

Area Cities

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Voice

Carhop
Megan Green
takes an
order to a
customer.
Carhops still
take orders
and deliver
food to the
cars of customers at the
classic Evart
drive-in restaurant.

Drive in serves homemade root beer

Continued from page 1
One day, of course, the
elder Mishlers decided to
retire. Steve and his wife,
Deb, decided to take over
the business. That was in
1990. Steve dropped out of
college just a semester shy
of a degree in business
administration. He never
looked back.
Steve and Deb made a few
changes. They expanded
their assortment of menu
items. They added more
picnic tables for those who
wanted to dine outside
their cars. (The business
has no inside dining area.)
And they knew they had a
winning formula. Customers kept coming back.
The drive-in, in fact,
became known far outside
Osceola Countys U.S. 10
corridor. Steve has heard
reports of people far from
the area knowing of the
restaurant. Ask him the
reason for the outsized
reputation of his business
and hell venture a couple
of guesses. People like the
homemade root beer, of
course. And they like the
pizza burgers. Steve has
heard from a lot of people
that pizza burgers are a
rarity. And theres the carhops, of course. They give
the business its friendly
face.
A big factor, though, may

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Lansing
86 75 M Cloudy
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73 67 Cloudy
Manistee
80 68 Sct T-Storms
Menominee
75 64 Cloudy
Michigan City
87 71 P Cloudy
Midland
86 72 Cloudy
Muskegon
82 72 M Cloudy
Pontiac
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Port Huron
88 73 P Cloudy
Saginaw
85 74 M Cloudy
Sault Ste Marie
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Lansing
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Mackinaw City
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Manistee
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New York
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Dallas
95 78 P Cloudy
Phoenix
91 77 Sct T-Storms
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San Francisco
72 56 M Clear
Houston
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Seattle
68 58 Cloudy
Los Angeles
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Steve Mishler, drive-in owner, took over the business from his parents. Here he helps ready the business for the upcoming business
day.
be nostalgia. As Steve puts
it, People come here for
treasured memories.
Beyond those possibilities, however, he has no
idea why people love his
business. His customers,
he said, have a better idea
than he does. He just tries
to offer what he thinks
they want.
Just as most drive-ins
are in the northern tier
of states, Mishlers is a
seasonal business. The
restaurant will close for
the winter Sept. 18. The
coming end to the season
marks a milestone for the

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Whats Happening in the Area

United Methodist
Church rummage sale

Free blood pressure

clinics

Cedar Township farmers

market open
AARP meeting

centers, doctor visits and

other cancer-related appointments.
The American Cancer
REED CITY A rumEVART Osceola CounREED CITY Cedar
REED CITY AARP No.
Society is working with
mage sale will be held on
ty Commission on Aging
Township Farmers Market 2418 meets on the second
Sept. 22 from 7:30 a.m. to
is offering free blood preswill be open every SaturWednesday of every month Spectrum Health Reed City
Hospital, Susan P. Wheat5 p.m. and Sept. 23 from 8
sure clinics for adults 60
day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
at the United Methodist
lake Regional Cancer
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Reed City
years and older. Monthly
corner of 170th Avenue
Church in Reed City.
United Methodist Church, blood pressure screenings and 9 Mile.
Potluck lunch (bring own Center to recruit volunteer
drivers and coordinators
503 S. Chestnut Street.
will be conducted at the
table service) will start
from Osceola and its surBag day all day Friday.
OCCOA meal sites in Evat noon followed with a
Shepherds
Table
at
art, Marion and Tustin.
program starting at 1 p.m. rounding counties to help
drive cancer patients to
Evarts clinic will be held Hersey church
Everyone welcome.
Cedar Creek Band
and from their treatment.
the second Tuesday every
For more information,
HERSEY Shepherds
holding grand finale
month, 10 a.m. to noon.
contact Marylou at 231-832- All volunteers need is a
Table, 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday
few hours during the week
The Evart meal site is lonights at Hersey Congrega- 4938.
REED CITY Cedar
and a desire to make a difcated at 732 West Seventh
tional Church.
Creek Band will hold its
ference.
Street (US 10).
Grand Finale on Sept. 8
Shepherds Table
Local community memMarion and Tustins clinat 7 p.m. at the Reed City
Food pantries
Depot. Hot dogs, chili dogs, ics will be held the third
REED CITY Church of bers who are interested
in volunteering for the
snacks, etc. Come on down Tuesday each month, 10
A food pantry is available the Nazarene, Shepherds
Road to Recovery program
a.m. to noon. The Marion
and join the fun.
Table, free meal every
to residents in need who
meal site is at the Eagles
live in Osceola County. The Thursday at 5:30 p.m., 5300 should contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800building, 220 South Mill
following is a list of the dif- 220th Avenue. Donations
Cemetary Walk
227-2345.
Street. The Tustin meal
ferent locations, hours and welcome.
in Reed City Sept. 11
site is at 213 South Neilson. contact people.
Walk-in clinics. If you
SEARS Former Orient
REED CITY Hear
OLAH holding monthly Spectrum offers
wish to eat at the meal site, Township Hall, next to the
stories of early pioneers
meetings
diabetes support group
call 231-734-5559 at least
Post Office
in the Reed City area and
a day before to reserve a
Every Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.
view artifacts of their
EVART The Osceola
REED CITY Specspot.
Contact Ken at 231-620lives. Descendants and
League for Arts and Hutrum Health is offering a
2504
researchers will speak at
manities will be holding
diabetes support group on
MARION Marion Food a monthly meeting on
the grave sites of eight
last Thursday of the
Steel darts at Evart VFW Pantry, East Main Street, the first Tuesday of each the
families from the 1860s and
month at 3 p.m. at the diaon Tuesday nights
by appointment, on call 24 month at 6:30 p.m. at 207 N. betes education building,
early 1900s. The Osceola
hours
County Genealogical SoMain Street, Evart, 231-734- 219 East Church Street.
EVART Steel Darts at
Contact Marsha at 231ciety is sponsoring a Cem- Evart V.F.W. will be held
9900.
The groups are free and
etery Walk on Sept. 11.
Art, antiques, crafts.
open to those with diabeTuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. 743-6801
TUSTIN Augustana
Tickets are $5 and will
Open Thursday, Friday,
tes or those who support
All welcome.
Lutheran Church
be on sale at 1 p.m. and
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5
someone with the condiFor more information,
Every Monday, 9 a.m. to
throughout the afternoon
p.m.
tion. Facilitators will lead
call Wayne at 231-734-3955.
noon
at the blue canopy in
Lapidary Class, Saturday, discussions on various
Contact Katie at 231-768Woodland Cemetery, 550
1 to 5 p.m.
topics including healthy
Evart farmers market
4418, or Betty at 231-829West Church Street, Reed
Classes in other areas of cooking, computer apps for
3457
City. Use one of the Church open on Saturdays
the arts will be offered for
diabetes, use of over-theREED CITY St. PhilStreet entrances. In case of
those interested.
counter medications and
EVART Evart Farmers
lips Church
heavy rain, the walk will
more.
Market will be held every
Every Tuesday, Thursbe rescheduled to Sept. 18. Saturday through Oct. 8
To register, call 231-592Volunteers needed for 4483.
(rain or shine) from 9 a.m. day, 1 to 4 p.m.
Contact Robert at 231-832- Road to Recovery
1 p.m. at the Evart DeHersey farmers market to
pot/City Hall Grounds, 200 2624
REED CITY Road to
Dinner with friends at
open through October South Main Street.
Recovery is an American
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Local produce, packaged
Cancer Society volunteerHERSEY Herseys
GFWC Womens Club
meats, honey, eggs, baked
based program that profarmers market will be
EVART Dinner with
goods, gluten free products
held every Wednesday
Friends Community Meal
EVART Evart Womens vides transportation for
and artisans.
cancer patients to and
through October from 3 to
will be held on the second
Club meets the second
from their treatments.
6:30 p.m. at Mosaic Park.
Wednesday of each month
Tuesday of every month
Volunteer drivers transfrom 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St.
(Sept. through June).
Paul Lutheran Church, 435
Contact Terese at 231-734- port patients from their
home to cancer treatment
W. 5th Street. Sponsored by
6940.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
and the Evart United Methodist Church.
Donations appreciated.
Take out available.
For more information,
contact 231-734-3585 or 231734-5491.
In the event that school
Keep the numbers of these locally owned businesses on hand
is canceled, Dinner with
for all of your service and shopping needs.
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will be a free dinner every
Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at
the Church of the Firstborn Revival Center, 310 S.
Higbee.
Donations accepted but
not necessary.

Free community dinner

SEARS Free community dinner will be held every Saturday night at 5:45
p.m. in Brooks Corners
Hall with a contemporary
worship at 6:30 p.m. Invite
a friend.

Weight loss group

meetings on Thursdays

EVART T.O.P.S weight

loss support group meets
every Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
at the Evart United Methodist Church. Weigh in is
from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and
meeting is at 9:30 a.m.
T.O.P.S. MI 1390 weight
loss support groups meets
every Thursday at 6 p.m.
at Calvary Baptist Church.
Weigh in is from 6 to 6:30
p.m. and meeting is from
6:45 to 8 p.m.

Fibromyalgia support
group meeting
BIG RAPIDS Support
group for people with
Fibromyalgia will be meeting the first and third Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. at St.
Johns Lutheran Church,
located at 1004 N. McEwan.
McEwan.
Discussion topics are
based on the needs of
members of the group.
Suggestions are always
welcomed.
For more information,
contact Lori at 989-386-6113.

Crossroads Quilt Guild

meeting

REED CITY The Crossroads Quilt Guild will hold

meetings on the fourth
Tuesday of each month,
except December, from 6
to 8 p.m. at the Reed City
Church of the Nazarene.

Quilts to Comfort
meeting

REED CITY Patsy

Blues Quilts to Comfort
meets the second Tuesday
of each month, except December, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. to make quilts for the
Susan P. Wheatlake Cancer
Center. Guild meetings
are the fourth Tuesday,
except December, at 6 p.m.
Quilters of all skill levels
welcome.
All meetings are held at
Reed City Church of the
Nazarene, 5300 220th Avenue.
For further details, contact Liz at 231-734-9704.

Activities at the Reed

City Senior Center

REED CITY The Senior Center, 219 E. Todd

Avenue, has activities happening during the week.
Bingo, for all community
members 18 and older, will
be held on Wednesdays at
12:30 p.m. Admission will
be $3 and the cost of the
cards is $.25; all proceeds
from the card sales will be
distributed as prize money.
The center also has
euchre on Mondays and
Thursdays at 1 p.m. and pedro on Fridays at 1 p.m.
For further information,
contact Carolyn at 231-8322676.

Day book club

at Reed City Library

REED CITY A day

book club will be held on
the first Wednesday of the
month at 1:30 p.m. at the
Reed City Public Library.

Free clothing store

in Evart

EVART A free clothing

store filled with like-new
name brand clothing is
open to all for shopping.
The store is located on
U.S. 10 in Evart across
from Dairy Whip and is
open Saturdays from 9 a.m.
to noon.

Free health care

services

CADILLAC Free limited health care services

are available in Cadillac
for residents of Wexford,
Missaukee and parts of
Osceola and Lake Counties
with low income and no
health insurance. Weekly
health clinics are scheduled based on availability
of volunteer health care
providers. New patients
to call for an eligibilHealth specialty clinic need
ity appointment.
Medication assistance
REED CITY Urolomay be available through
gist, John Anema, M.D.
will be offering outpatient the Stehouwer Free Clinic.
Qualified applicants must
services at the hospitals
Specialty Clinic twice a
have a Munson Healthcare
month.
Cadillac Hospital affiliated
He will be consulting
provider and meet guidewith patients on the second lines set by pharmaceutiFriday of the month and
cal companies. Eligibility
performing outpatient sur- appointments are schedgery and other procedures, uled for Tuesday and
including lithotripsy on
Wednesday mornings.
the fourth Friday.
Office hours are Monday
The clinic is located at
through Thursday, 9 a.m.
300 N. Patterson Road. Con- to 4:30 p.m. (closed noon to
tact Spectrum Health Reed 1 p.m.)
City Hospital Specialty
Stehouwer Free Clinic is
Clinic at 231-832-7108 for
located at 201 N. Mitchell
more information.
Street (Lower Level).

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Death notice
Jessie Clinton Stewart
A memorial service
for Jessie Clinton Stewart, who passed away
Tuesday, August 9,
2016, will take place at 1
p.m. Saturday, September 10, 2016, at the
Sears Church of God,

5955 40th Avenue,

Sears, MI 49679 with
Pastor Scott McDonald
officiating.
A luncheon will follow in the fellowship
hall in the church basement.

Obituary
Ronald Jay Bub Orvis
Ronald Jay Bub Orvis walked on to his
heavenly home on Saturday, August 20, 2016,
at Spectrum Health
Blodgett Hospital after
a hard-fought battle
with cancer. He was
born June 26, 1957, in
Mt. Pleasant.
He married Margaret
Marr on September 1,
1990. He resided in Evart with his wife. He
was preceded in death
by his father, Harold
Orvis. He is living on
through his wife, Margaret; mother, Joyce
Sandell; brother and
sister-in-law, Robert
Dean and Glenna Orvis; his children daughter, Susan Hartnett; son, Jamie Marr
and fiance, Brooke
Paul; son, Christopher
Orvis and girlfriend,
Mary Eymer; daughter,
Tonya Petri; grandchildren: Mark Hartnett,
Madison Har tnett,
Danielle Hartnett, Da-

koda Paul-Marr, Carter

Orvis, Brycen Orvis;
and great-granddaughter, Zoey Hartnett.
Ron was a loving,
generous soul that
lived his life for his
family, especially his
grandchildren. He enjoyed going for rides
with his brother, Dean.
He loved his pets, Minka, his cat, and Penny,
his dog. He had a great
soul that always provided for his family
and anyone else in
need. He was a proud
member of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of
Mt. Pleasant.
There will be a memorial service for family and friends at 2 p.m.
on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at McDowell Funeral Home in
Reed City, with visitation beginning at 1 p.m.
Please share a memory or sign the guest
book for Ron at mcdowellfh.com.

Photos courtesy
of Teresa SwiftEckert/Evart Police
Department

A lot of people
came out to the
Evart Car Show
during the Labor
Day weekend
to show off and
to check out
the wheels on
display.

Evart Elementary School overcomes obstacles; becomes

beneficiary of community generosity on way to preparing leaders
By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

EVART When Evart

Elementary School faculty and staff met for The
Leader in Me training
before their school year
began, they were there
because school personnel overcame obstacles
and received outstanding
community support, according to Sarah Bailey,
principal of the school.
Bailey had been working to bring the training
to her faculty and staff
after first evaluating the
program. The Leader in
Me program helps teachers imbue in students
skills they need to become
responsible adults.
After members of
the Evart faculty met
with staff of Brookside
Elementary School in
Big Rapids the school
nearest Evart to use the
program to discuss the
program. Teachers were
enthusiastic about the
program, Bailey said, and
wanted to start it right
away. At that time, Panda
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Evart Elementary School personnel spent extra time working this

summer learning to instill The Leader in Me principles in their
students.
rant Group would offer
funding to any elementary school system wanting
the training. First, however, a school representative
had to read some of the
course materials. Bailey
immersed herself in the
materials while planning
to apply for the grant.
Then the rules changed.
The foundation began
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By instilling The Leader

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helping students build
skills that will have them
ready to use for employment and in the community, Bailey said.
The Leader in Me program is based on the
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Shipwreck of car ferry Pere Marquette No. 18 claimed life of local man
Thursday night at 11:40,
after returning from two
months of excursion trips
in Chicago, to resume its
On the morning of Sepmain role of transporting
tember 9, 1910, at 7:30, the
cars between Ludington
car ferry, Pere Marquette
and Milwaukee.
No. 18, the eight year old
The breeze was fair but
flagship of the Pere Marquette steamship company, stiff as the boat transmet its mysterious demise ported 29 cars on deck.
Good time of five hours
20 miles from the Wisconwas made on course to Milsin shore in 400 feet of
waukee.
water.
Survivors told how assisLudington newspaper accounts following the disas- tant engineer Rosencrans
ter, the wreck, claiming 28 informed First Mate, Joseph Brezinski, of Manilives including all officers
and leaving 33 injured sur- towoc, Wisconsin, that the
ship was taking in water
vivors, was said to be the
worst maritime disaster in and the pumps were failing
to detract the rising levels.
Lake Michigan up to that
Brezinski informed Capt.
time.
Kilty, who examined the
Even more lives may
situation and at 3:40 made
have perished if it were
not for the prompt warning a judgement call to order
the course south instead of
from assistant engineer
southwest to ease the ship,
Chalmer Lee Rosencrans,
and at 4:10 he commanded
who grew up in Chase
the ship to steer toward the
Township and was emthe nearest point on the
ployed for a time at BrearWisconsin shore.
ley & Sons Hardware in
Capt. Kilty ordered evReed City.
ery person aboard to be
The Pere Marquette No.
roused. Chief Steward
18 left the Ludington port
By Shanna Avery
Special to the Weekly Voice

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Frank Young told the Ludington Record Appeal, I

immediately looked at my
watch and saw that it was a
quarter after four oclock.
I felt that something serious must be the matter
or Capt. Kilty would not
have roused us. I dressed
hastily and went down the
after stairway to the car
deck. At that time the water was washing up on the
car deck as far as the foot
of the stairs. I went and
got my boys together and
sent them down to assist in
shoving cars overboard.
Sept. 15, 1910
With great effort and difficulty, the crew dropped
nine cars off the stern,
which fell with great force
on the rail deck. By driving
another car the other, oneby-one they were dumped
into the lake. The vessel
was relieved and the stern
rose several feet. This only
bought a little time before
the water filled to even
higher levels.
At first alarm the captain ordered all hands
and passengers to don life
preservers, and the captain
also put on an air jacket in
which his recovered body
was later found.
The captain called purser
and wireless operator, Sczepanek, to send out a call
for assistance. The captain
felt the ship would make
it safely to Milwaukee, but
thought it would be safer
to have another ship standing by.
Operator Bryant was
on duty at the Ludington
station when the Number
18 appeal came in with the
distress signal, C.Q.D.
in Morse code. At first it
was thought to be fake, but
as it was repeated, it was
realized the big ferry was
in peril.
For over two hours the
station kept getting Sczepaneks appeal. He kept
calm, except the exclamation, Help for Gods sake!
as the end drew near. Bryant grew pale when in the
midst of a sentence, the
ticking ceased. He was first
to know that the ship sank
at 7:30 a.m. on the dot.
After the call for help
was made, the Ludington
station sent out the Pere
Marquette No. 17, operated
by Captain Russell, for the
rescue mission.
The rescue boat followed
closely along the sinking
ship and took swift action
when distress signals appeared. A life boat was
lowered from No.17 with
Joseph Peterson and Jacob
Jacobson, and two others to assist No. 18, but
barely had the rescue boat
touched the water before a
big wave crashed against
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The rescuers wasted no
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Bodies of Kilty, Mrs.
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Bertrad, W. H. Cummngs,
S. G. Sczepanek, Joseph
Brezinski, John Schranginafel and an unknown fireman were recovered. The
latter three taken to Milwauklee, and others with
all 33 survivors brought to
the city.
The big ferry seemed
to enter into the tragic
solemnity of the occasion
as it slid silently to the
pier at the foot of Foster
street, its flag at about half
mast, indicating it bore a
burden of the dead. Two
thousand persons gathered
at the landing and fought
for front places. A number
of them were the weeping
Courtesy of Shanna Avery and hysteric relatives of
Local man, Chalmer Lee Rosencrans, perished in the Lake Michigan men who went out on the
ill-fated No. 18.
shipwreck.
It was a spectacle long
to be remembered when
and Jacobson disappeared. speeding toward the awful members of the lifesaving
vortex to their doom.
Two others were pulled
crew marched down the
Members of 17 recogback up.
long steps bearing the body
nized Kilty just before the
It was written in the
of Captain Kilty through a
ship sank. He was walking long silent lane of pitying
Ludington Chronicle that
when the ship finally sunk, toward the main deck. He
faces. Next came the bodies
was about amidships when of the others in succesit came so suddenly. After
the ship righted twice, the the vessel plunged. He
sion and were taken to the
make no effort to get away morgue. The injured were
388 feet of steel structure
but stayed with the ship
literally stood on end and
taken to Paulina Stearns
until the engulfing waters
with engines and screw
Hospital and cared for.
moved him away.
still turning.
It remained a mystery
Down in engine room
The air pressure caused
how the ship sank. Some
Chief Engineer Leedham
a great explosion and the
thought broken deadlights,
stood by his engines while others speculated one of
superstructure and deckhis assistants attended to
houses detached from the
the plates loosened toward
the steam pumps. When
hull and were torn to bits.
the bottom of the boat.
it sunk those near the rail
Further, As the boat
Captain Kilty and Mrs.
went down the roof of cab- were able to leap and swim Marian Turner, the only fein gave way under force of clear of the suction. All but male on the ship and stewterrific air pressure with a a few of those who were
ardess, both aged 50, had
crash and a roar the cabins saved were caught in the
their funeral at St. Simons
vortex and carried down
and smokestacks shot in
Church with Father Denbefore they bobbed up
the air in every direction
nis Malone officiating.
causing death to many who again to fight the wreckage
It was written that
might have escaped drown- and wait for help.
Turner was found with a
Burke, Wheelman,
ing. In this manner it is
crucifix and rosary in her
said the majority of the 28 stuck to his post until the
hands. As the boat was
victims lost their lives. All last, waiting from order
sinking she had the crew
form the captain to leave,
the bodies recovered were
gathered around her in
which never came.
badly bruised and mutiprayer. When advised to
Burke related, When I
lated.
leave the boat, she replied,
realized that the boat was
One of the tall smokeI am not afraid to die, I
at last sinking I ran out on do not care for myself, but
stacks was tossed more
than thirty feet by the force the bridged armed with a
I cant help thinking of
of the explosion and debris life preserver which secmy poor mother. She was
ond mate Walter Brown
and water rose in a great
the sole caregiver of her
geyser nearly 50 feet in the brought me and dropping
mother, an elderly Ludingto the main deck I plunged ton resident.
air. There was a swirling
like the whirlpools of Niag- overboard just as the boat
Captain Kilty, who
ara and No. 18 was naught disappeared. I must have
spent most of his life as
been in the center of the
but a horrible memory.
a mariner, was spoken of
whirlpool, for I recall beIn a moment the suras brave, kind, faithful
ing spun around like a top and ever thoughtful of his
face was dotted with
and drawn irresistibly
heads buffeted about and
crew. He left a wife, son and
beaten down by the restless downward it seemed 100
daughter. He was interred
feet. Then I rose to the sur- in Manistee.
wreckage as it was lashed
face and barely had time
about by the seas.
Chalmer Lee RosenAgonizing cries for help to catch my breath when I
crans, who first discovered
went down again and was
arose above the roar of
the leak, was buried at sea,
the sea. All was confusion, under for a long time. After though a marker bears
I rose the second time I
indescribably terror and
his name at the Woodland
seized a piece of the cabin Cemetery in Reed City.
chaos. Irresistibly drawn
by a tremendous suction, a and managed to remain
Born February 17, 1886 in
score of men could be seen afloat until I was picked
Hillsdale, Michigan, he
came to the Chase area as
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Blessing of the guns to take place Sunday in Hersey

Weekend-long event will include
tribute to emergency personnel

attendees can participate

in a swap meet or sight in
their weapons.
Saturday and Sunday
will also feature swap
One day while thinking
meets and sighting in opabout an event he could
portunities. Furthermore,
offer, he thought of his
food vendors will be on
prayers for his firearms.
That led to his idea to hold hand. On Sunday, the
Blessing of the Guns will
a day for lots of people to
begin at 1 p.m. The blesshave their guns blessed.
ing will feature a special
As far as he knows, this
is the only such event that tribute to police, fire, emerexists. The only precedent gency medical services and
military personnel.
he could find occurred in
While working in Lake
the 16th or 17th century
County, Fowler was inwhen a priest blessed the
swords of soldiers prepar- volved with the Blessing of
the Bikes. That event, he
ing for battle.
said, is calmer than anyFowler decided to
one imagined it would be.
hold his event late in the
He anticipates the same air
summer because of the
of sobriety will accompany
approaching hunting seahis Blessing of the Guns.
sons. The weekend isnt
People get it, he said.
just for hunters, though.
He also had police, soldiers Its not a beer drinking
event. It is a religious serand those using firearms
vice.
for self defense in mind.
Fowler said he and his
Adding to the solemnity
staff are very mindful
of this years blessing is
of safety. Those who atthe weekend on which it
tend the blessing who are
will be held. Two terrorwearing a gun needs to
ist attacks, the one on the
leave it in their holster
Twin Towers and the one
in Benghazi, took place on unless theyre on a shooting range. Those who
Sept. 11.
are bringing a gun to be
The weekend-long event
blessed should make cerwill be held at his Hersey
tain the weapon is empty
facility and is open to the
and should leave the acpublic. He has 11 campsites there with water and tions open. No consumption of alcohol will be
electrical hookups. And,
allowed on the premises
of course, people can find
lodging elsewhere or come until after everything is
shut down at night. Range
for the day.
officers will be present durFowler has a slate of activities planned. On Friday, ing the weekend.

By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

HERSEY Everything
else was getting blessed,
Dave Fowler said. He decided it was about time to
bless the things that protect people every day. Last
year, he set aside a day to
ask for a blessing for guns.
Now he will ramrod the
second annual Blessing of
the Guns this weekend.
The idea had a long genesis.
A former law enforcement officer, Fowler has
carried a gun for 40 years.
During that time, he often
prayed before going into
tense situations.
I believe in the power
of prayer, he said. So he
would pray, Please, God,
if I have to be involved in
a shooting, help me be the
best shot and the fastest.
More importantly, please
bless my guns and me so I
dont have to get involved
in a gunfight.
He eventually retired
from his law enforcement
career. Now he runs Fowlers Home on the Range, a
business offering firearms
training courses. Besides
the gun training, his business features shooting
ranges open to the public
and to law enforcement
personnel.

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9/3/2016
Larceny Officers
were dispatched to a Larceny complaint. The case
remains open at this time.
9/4/2016
OWI Officers responded to an Operating
While Intoxicated complaint. The subject was
located then proceeded
to flee from officers on
foot. The subject was apprehended a short while
later and was placed under
arrest. The subject was
transported to the Osceola
County Jail and their vehicle was impounded.

8/31/2016
Larceny Officers responded to a complaint of
a missing bicycle. The case
remains open at this time.
8/31/2016
Civil Dispute Officers responded to a complaint of a Civil Dispute.
The parties involved were
advised to refrain from
contact with each other.
9/1/2016
Check Well Being
Officers responded to two
Check Well Being complaints. The subjects were
found to be secure and not
in need of any services.
9/1/2016
Assist Michigan State
Police Officers were requested to assist MSP with
a warrant arrest.
9/2/2016
Check Well Being
Officers responded to a
Check Well Being complaint. The subject agreed
to be transported to Reed
City Hospital by ambulance for medical treatment and evaluation.
9/2/2016
Found Property
While on patrol, officers
located a Green BMX style
bicycle with no wheels and
a pair of wooden handled
hedge trimmers. If you
can identify this property
as yours, please call the
Evart Police Department
at 231-734-5911.
9/3/2016
Area Check Officers
were dispatched to conduct an Area Check for
drug activity. The area was
found to be secure.

Reed City Police

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report
Officers continue to perform property inspections and
serve the appropriate abatement paperwork for those
in violation of the Reed City
Ordinances for tall grass, trash
and vehicles throughout the
week.
8/29/16
School Liaison Officer
took a report regarding
the treatment of a student
by other students. The liaison officer passed the
information on the school
authorities to be aware of
the situation.
Officers alerted a semitruck driver that the gas
cap was off his vehicle
and splashing fuel when
stopping and taking off. A
verbal warning was also
issued.
Officers were called to
local residence regarding
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Dave Fowler, of Fowlers Home on the Range, will be hosting a weekend of events that will end with
a blessing for guns on Sunday.

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to leave. Officers located

the individual and issued a
verbal warning he was not
to trespass on the property.
Officers found he had valid
warrants for his arrest.
He was then transported
and lodged in the Osceola
County Jail without incident.
8/30/16
Officers assisted the
Michigan State Police with
a rollover one-vehicle accident. No injuries were
reported.
8/31/16
Officers were dispatched to local church regarding a LifeLine activation. Officers found the elderly female had accidentally tripped the LifeLine
button. Case closed.
Officer received a call
requesting a well-being
check be performed on a
23-year-old male. Officers
located the individual at
his home and found him to
be fine. Case closed.
9/1/16
Officers were dispatched to the Crossroads

Depot regarding a suspicious situation. The 911

caller stated a male was
seen carrying a female
into the restroom area. Officers arrived to find four
juveniles in the Depot.
They told the officer they
were just goofing around.
Officers made contact with
one of the parents who
came and picked them up.
Case closed.
Officers located and arrested a 17-year-old male
on an outstanding warrant
for larceny. He was lodged
at the Osceola County Jail
without incident.
Officers were dispatched to an area business to assist the Michigan
State Police regarding a
disorderly employee. Upon
the officers arrival, the
20-year-old female began
to calm down and the problem between the employee
and manger had settled itself out.
9/2/16
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9/3/16
Officers were requested
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stood by for officer safety.
Officers were called to a
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possible property damage.
Several juveniles were
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Officers were dispatched to an individual
operating motorized vehicle on the Pere Marquette
Trail. The individual was
located and spoken to. The
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