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REED CITY — This year’s Reed
City Homecoming and parade are
set for Friday Oct. 7.
Parade slots are still available.
Anyone interested in taking part
in this year’s Hawaiian-themed
festivities is asked to contact Telli
Clairday at tclairday@reedcity.
k12.mi.us by Sept. 30.
The parade route is east on
Church, north on Chestnut, west
on Upton and south on Higbee
and back to the high school.
Strong choices
The STAND team came to Evart
recently to tell students about
the importance of good choices
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‘We’ve never taken the easy cases’
Couple talks about
challenges, heartbreak
and blessings of being
foster and adoptive
parents
By Gabrielle Haiderer
Weekly Voice
REED CITY — When Chad
and Michelle Saxton decided to
become foster parents 22 years
ago, they had no idea that they
would foster 20 children and
adopt three.
“Originally, we went through
the foster care training process
because we worked at Eagle Vil-
lage and saw a lot of kids who
didn’t get to go home on home
visits or didn’t get to go home on
holidays or weekends,” Michelle
said. “In order to have them over
to our house to spend the night,
take them to church or take
them on holidays, we had to be-
come foster parents.”
It didn’t take long for that plan
to change. The Saxtons saw the
need for people to take in older
foster children and decided to
open their home.
“We told them ‘anything but
teenage girls,’ and we ended
up with four teenage girls at a
time,” Michelle laughed.
Eventually the Saxtons, who
had no biological children,
decided to get licensed for adop-
tion.
It was not long after that the
couple received a phone call ask-
ing if they would like to adopt a
baby.
“The agency told us there was
a 99.99 percent chance we would
adopt her,” Chad said. “She had
four siblings who had already
been adopted and whose paren-
tal rights had been terminated.”
Chad and Michelle named the
baby girl Cara.
“There were some changes in
the laws about that time,” Chad
said. “We went to the first termi-
nation hearing, and the judge de-
cided to give the family another
chance.”
After having Cara for 20
months, the Saxtons had to give
her back.
“It’s kind of worse than a
death because you know what
she’s going back to,” Chad said.
About six months later, the
couple began fostering a 9-year-
old girl who would eventually
Reed City council to decide fate of youth sports facility
By Tereasa Nims
Weekly Voice
REED CITY — In an effort to
increase the playing field, the
Reed City Youth Sports orga-
nization wants to lease about
three acres of city-owned land
for a new practice ground.
City manager Ron Howell said
the city attorney is expected to
draft a proposal for the Sept. 19
council meeting regarding leas-
ing the property to the sports
organization.
The organization owns ap-
proximately 10 acres, including
a parking lot, said Steven Wes-
sels, Reed City Youth Sports
Board member. The group is
also using adjacent property,
which they don’t own but have
permission to use for a practice
field. That property is now for
sale, leaving the group search-
ing for an alternative.
“We would like to flatten
this,” Wessels said pointing to
the hilly and brush-ridden field
belonging to the city. “We would
remove the hills and plant
grass.”
Wessels said the organization
is planning on investing $15,000
into the space. They want to
use the practice field for Rocket
football and would like to incor-
porate soccer use.
Howell said the area soccer
teams are looking for practice
areas. He said should the lease
be approved, maybe the two
Chad and Michelle Saxton have fostered around 20 children and adopted three in the 22 years they have been foster
parents.
become their first adopted child.
That girl, Krystal, is now 25
years old, married and works
at Grace Adventures, a camp lo-
cated in Silver Lake.
Though Krystal and the Sax-
tons are close now, and though
Krystal calls the Saxtons her
mom and dad, getting to that
point was not easy.
“I was emotionally cut off
from everything,” Krystal said.
“I didn’t care about anyone. I
didn’t want to have anything to
do with anybody. I didn’t have
room at first for love in my heart
because I’d been hurt and I
didn’t trust anybody.”
Krystal said she came from
an abusive home where she had
lived with her two stepbrothers
that she had helped raise.
“Krystal could not be angry at
her biological mom, so she had
to be angry at someone and I
was her target,” Michelle said. “I
could not do anything right with
her.”
But the Saxtons were patient;
and a year later, in 2000, Krystal
told them she was ready to be
adopted.
“I was not a very good child
and I was fortunate to have par-
ents that were willing to fight
through that with me,” Krystal
said. “I always tell people that
these kids who are in the foster
system aren’t in the system
because of something happy
Boys and girls ages 4 to 7 took part in the first Flag Football practice of the year Monday evening at the Reed City
Youth Sports complex on 225th Avenue. The organization is seeking to broaden their practice field by leasing three
acres of city-owned land which is adjacent to the 10 acres the sports group owns.
groups could join forces and
share the costs.
Wessels said he is open to that
and the board is looking at mak-
ing the space viable for soccer.
“Eventually that’s what we’re
working to do,” Wessels said, “to
build a big enough space to ac-
commodate soccer and football.
Our focus right now is on Rocket
football.”
The city-owned property is
also adjacent to the group’s
property on 225th Avenue and
Wessels said it would be a per-
fect location.
Howell said it will “take some
work” for the group to make the
parcel useful.
“We have people ready to go
with equipment,” Wessels said.
“We are just waiting for the OK
to get started.”
The city currently uses the
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that happened in their past.
They’re there because they had
a traumatic experience and
what these kids really long for
is someone to say, ‘You’re worth
the fight.’ They want someone to
love them, but unfortunately due
to past experience you have to
prove you love them and are will-
ing to put in the work necessary
to help them move forward.”
The Saxtons said that has been
something they have tried to do
— show these kids that they are
worth the fight and that they are
loved, no matter how tough the
going gets. Michelle said many
of the children who have been in
their home have been in 15 to 19
foster homes.
“We’ve never taken the easy
cases,” Chad said.
Seven years after adopting
Krystal, the couple adopted a
baby boy. At the time, Chad and
Michelle had moved on to work
at Grace Adventures. A volun-
teer there became pregnant and,
because she was autistic, felt she
couldn’t provide the care neces-
sary for the baby to live a healthy
life. She then asked the Saxtons
if they would adopt her baby.
That baby, Brayden, is now 9
years old. He is also autistic.
And just a couple of years ago
the Saxtons received a call they
never imagined would come.
Cara was back; did they want
her?
property to dump dead trees,
roots and dirt. Howell said some
council members were worried
about the need for the space in
the future for storage of dead
trees, limbs and brush.
The city manager said offi-
cials are looking into the answer
and more will be presented
Monday.
Wessels said the answer is
important. Because a city ordi-
nance adopted in the 1950 pre-
vents the city from leasing prop-
erty for more than five years at
a time.
“The founding fathers said
none of this 99-year lease busi-
ness, that is essentially a sale,”
Howell said, referring to the city
charter.
If the city approves the lease,
Wessels admits he is worried
about the board investing the
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“She was adopted by family
members and that adoption was
broken,” Michelle said. “She
went back into foster care and
ended up back at Eagle Village
with a different name, because
she had been adopted, and they
figured out who she was and
called us. We got her back at 15.”
“We had a lot of people tell
us to run from it because she
had been through so much — 19
foster homes and a broken adop-
tion,” Chad said. “But that’s not
who we are. You don’t pray for
someone every day for 15 years
and not bring them into your
home when something like this
happens.”
Though the Saxtons were over-
joyed to have Cara back with
them, the last few years have
been challenging.
“There was one year we had
Child Protective Services in our
house twice because she called
them on false stuff,” Chad said.
“When she turned 18 she said,
‘I’m going to follow my own rules
and I’m going to do whatever I
want.’ And we said, ‘We still have
rules if you live here.’ And she
said, ‘Then I choose not to live
here,’” Michelle said.
Cara still calls the Saxtons
once in awhile to tell them how
she is. And despite the challeng-
es and the heartbreak of being
foster and adoptive parents, the
couple said it’s all worth it.
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money and then not having the
lease renewed in five years. But,
the board is hoping for the best
and a good partnership with the
city should the lease go forward.
“I think it’s a fantastic start
for the kids,” said parent Ra-
chel Riddle of Reed City Youth
Sports.
Riddle’s 4-year-old son, Myles,
started flag football at the facil-
ity Monday. She said he also
started pre-school the same day,
but handled both well.
Riddle said in a house full of
football enthusiasts, the activity
gets her son better acquainted
with the sport, gets him outside
and away from video games.
The Reed City Council is ex-
pected to discuss a possible lease
with the Reed City Youth Sports
at their regular 7 p.m. Sept. 19
meeting at Reed City Hall.
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Fall festival at St. Paul

What’s Happening in the Area
Walk-in clinics. If you p.m. League for Arts and Hu- diabetes support group on For further details, con-
wish to eat at the meal site, Contact Ken at 231-620- manities will be holding the last Thursday of the tact Liz at 231-734-9704.
church in Reed City call 231-734-5559 at least 2504 a monthly meeting on month at 3 p.m. at the dia-
REED CITY— WELCA’s a day before to reserve a MARION— Marion Food the first Tuesday of each betes education building,
Fall Festival will be held spot. Pantry, East Main Street, month at 6:30 p.m. at 207 219 East Church Street.
Activities at the Reed
on Oct. 14 at St. Paul Lu- by appointment, on call 24 N. Main Street, Evart, 231- The groups are free and City Senior Center
theran Church, 22275 4 hours 734-9900. open to those with diabe- REED CITY— The Se-
Mile Road. Bake sale and
Steel darts at Evart Contact Marsha at 231- Art, antiques, crafts. tes or those who support nior Center, 219 E. Todd
bazaar from 9 a.m. to 1 VFW on Tuesday nights 743-6801 Open Thursday, Friday, someone with the condi- Avenue, has activities hap-
p.m. and lunch served EVART— Steel Darts at TUSTIN— Augustana Saturday from 11 a.m. to tion. Facilitators will lead pening during the week.
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Evart V.F.W. will be held Lutheran Church 5 p.m. discussions on various Bingo, for all community
raffle drawing at 1 p.m. Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. Every Monday, 9 a.m. to Lapidary Class, Satur- topics including healthy members 18 and older, will
All welcome. noon day, 1 to 5 p.m. cooking, computer apps be held on Wednesdays at
For more information, Contact Katie at 231-768- Classes in other areas of for diabetes, use of over- 12:30 p.m. Admission will
Rummage sale call Wayne at 231-734-3955. 4418, or Betty at 231-829- the arts will be offered for the-counter medications be $3 and the cost of the
at Reed City church 3457 those interested. and more. cards is $.25; all proceeds
REED CITY— A rum- REED CITY— St. Phil- To register, call 231-592- from the card sales will be
mage sale will be held on
Evart farmers market lips Church 4483. distributed as prize money.
Sept. 22 from 7:30 a.m. to open on Saturdays Every Tuesday, Thurs-
Volunteers needed The center also has
5 p.m. and Sept. 23 from 8 EVART— Evart Farmers day, 1 to 4 p.m. for Road to Recovery Dinner with friends euchre on Mondays and
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Reed City Market will be held every Contact Robert at 231-
REED CITY— Road to Thursdays at 1 p.m. and
United Methodist Church, Saturday through Oct. 8 832-2624 Recovery is an American at St. Paul Lutheran pedro on Fridays at 1 p.m.
503 S. Chestnut Street. (rain or shine) from 9 a.m. Cancer Society volunteer- Church For further information,
Bag day all day Friday. to 1 p.m. at the Evart De- based program that pro- contact Carolyn at 231-832-
pot/City Hall Grounds, 200
GFWC Women’s Club vides transportation for EVART— Dinner with 2676.
South Main Street. EVART— Evart Wom-cancer patients to and Friends Community Meal
Hersey farmers market Local produce, packaged en’s Club meets the second
from their treatments. will be held on the second
open through October meats, honey, eggs, baked Volunteer drivers trans-
Tuesday of every month Wednesday of each month
Free movie nights
HERSEY— Hersey’s goods, gluten free products (Sept. through June).port patients from their from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St. SEARS— Free movie
farmers market will be and artisans. home to cancer treatment
Contact Terese at 231- Paul Lutheran Church, 435 nights will be held the
held every Wednesday 734-6940. centers, doctor visits and W. 5th Street. Sponsored by second Friday night of the
through October from 3 to other cancer-related ap- St. Paul Lutheran Church month at 7 p.m. at Brooks
6:30 p.m. at Mosaic Park.
Cedar Township farmers pointments. and the Evart United Corner Hall, US 66 and
market open AARP meeting The American Cancer Methodist Church. 10. Free popcorn and hot
REED CITY— Cedar REED CITY— AARP Society is working with Donations appreciated. dogs.
COA offers free blood Township Farmers Market No. 2418 meets on the sec- Spectrum Health Reed Take out available.
pressure clinics will be open every Satur- ond Wednesday of every City Hospital, Susan For more information,
Day book club
EVART— Osceola Coun- day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., month at the United Meth- P. Wheatlake Regional contact 231-734-3585 or 231-
ty Commission on Aging corner of 170th Avenue odist Church in Reed City. Cancer Center to recruit 734-5491. at Reed City Library
is offering free blood pres- and 9 Mile. Potluck lunch (bring volunteer drivers and co- In the event that school REED CITY— A day
sure clinics for adults 60 own table service) will ordinators from Osceola is canceled, Dinner with book club will be held on
years and older. Monthly start at noon followed with and its surrounding coun- Friends will not take place. the first Wednesday of the
blood pressure screenings
Shepherd’s Table a program starting at 1 ties to help drive cancer month at 1:30 p.m. at the
will be conducted at the at Hersey church p.m. Everyone welcome. patients to and from their
Free dinner Reed City Public Library.
OCCOA meal sites in Ev- HERSEY— Shepherd’s For more information, treatment. All volunteers’
art, Marion and Tustin. Table, 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday contact Marylou at 231-832- need is a few hours during at Reed City church Free clothing store
Evart’s clinic will be nights at Hersey Congre- 4938. the week and a desire to REED CITY— There
held the second Tuesday gational Church. make a difference. will be a free dinner every in Evart
every month, 10 a.m. to Local community mem- Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at EVART— A free clothing
noon. The Evart meal site
Shepherd’s Table bers who are interested the Church of the First- store filled with like-new
is located at 732 West Sev-
Food pantries REED CITY— Church of in volunteering for the born Revival Center, 310 S. name brand clothing is
enth Street (US 10). A food pantry is avail- the Nazarene, Shepherd’s Road to Recovery program Higbee. open to all for shopping.
Marion and Tustin’s able to residents in need Table, free meal every should contact the Ameri- Donations accepted but The store is located on
clinics will be held the who live in Osceola Coun- Thursday at 5:30 p.m., 5300 can Cancer Society at not necessary. U.S. 10 in Evart across
third Tuesday each month, ty. The following is a list 220th Avenue. Donations 1-800-227-2345. from Dairy Whip and is
10 a.m. to noon. The of the different locations, welcome. open Saturdays from 9
Marion meal site is at the hours and contact people.
Free community dinner a.m. to noon.
Eagles’ building, 220 South SEARS— Former Orient
Spectrum offers SEARS— Free commu-
Mill Street. The Tustin Township Hall, next to the
OLAH holding monthly diabetes support group nity dinner will be held ev-
meal site is at 213 South Post Office meetings REED CITY— Spec- ery Saturday night at 5:45
Free health care
Neilson. Every Tuesday, 1 to 4 EVART— The Osceola trum Health is offering a p.m. in Brooks Corners services
Hall with a contemporary CADILLAC— Free lim-
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Gun owners seek extra safety with blessing

By Tereasa Nims
Weekly Voice

HERSEY — Dave Rule

been shooting for years,
but said he “isn’t a very
good shot” — so he
definitely needs his gun
blessed.
Rule, of Hersey, was one
of about 50 people having
their guns blessed Sunday
at Fowler’s Home on the
Range. It was the second
annual blessing of the
guns. For the second year,
Pastor Ed Raby of the
Hersey Congregational
Church blessed about 200
guns during the event, not-
ing most people had more
than one weapon.
“I like to shoot,” Rule
said. “I want to know the
gun will be ready when I
need it and it will shoot
straight and that God is on
my side.”
Raby said the blessing,
“needs to be done.
“We bless just about ev-
erything except the impor-
tant things,” he added.
The pastor said with a
gun, especially for the six
police officers and deputies
present at the blessing, one
may be faced with the deci-
sion to take a human life
in the face of protecting
themselves or others.
“That’s a decision you
want God involved in,”
Raby said.
Billie Galloup, of Reed City, uses one of her three guns Sunday at
Fowler’s Home on the Range in Hersey after the second annual
Blessing of the Guns.
Billie Galloup, of Reed
City, brought her three
guns and her husband,
James, brought his three
guns to be blessed.
“I just feel that it is a
very appropriate thing to
do,” she said. “We carry
them four our protection.
So why not have God bless
our guns?”
She recommends if peo-
ple haven’t had their weap-
ons blessed, they should.
Raby said he knows some
people couldn’t make the
blessing and is open to
blessing guns separately
for such people.
Dillon Davenport, 14, of
Reed City had his two guns
blessed. He uses his weap-
Tereasa Nims | Weekly Voice
ons for hunting and feels it
is a very important thing
to have done.
“When you’re hunting, Tereasa Nims | Weekly Voice
you don’t want to shoot Dave Rule of Hersey, prepares for a pistol shoot Sunday at Fowler’s Home on the Range. Rule had his
through the brush and gun blessed Sunday in hopes to better help him shoot straight.
unintentionally hit some-
one,” said Davenport. Evart resident Scott women shooters present, rying a gun. He said gun
However, Davenport Leyder said the blessing Leyder said there are a owners should continually
proved to be a good shot, is an extra benediction of growing number of women learn about the laws and
placing first in three pistol wisdom. He said if one has taking part which he sees what they can and can’t do.
shooting contests during an emergency action go- as a good thing. Especially Range owner, Dave
the weekend events, boast- ing on, they want to think as a father of two daugh- Fowler, a retired police of-
ed his grandmother, Janet wisely before using their ters. He said as they get ficer of 38 years, said he
Dosch, of Hardy Dam. weapon. older he will train them to is “super humbled” when
Daniel Winters, of Ev- “I don’t carry to benefit shoot. people come to his home
art, said having his guns the rest of society,” Leyder “I wouldn’t be doing my for a religious event and
blessed is definitely some- said. “I carry to protect duty if I didn’t train them share in his beliefs.
thing he believes in. myself and my family. to defend themselves,” said The event is held the first
“I’m a strong supporter “Ultimately, society will Leyder. Sunday after Labor Day
of guns and Jesus Christ,” benefit,” he added. Leyder said there is a lot and Fowler said all are
Winters said. Noting there were many of responsibility in car- invited.

New Evart salon can give your mutt a makeover

By Tereasa Nims school in 2012, she knew she tion. ing salon) around,” she
Weekly Voice wanted to open her own dog “We are booked for the added.
grooming salon. week,” Lamond said. “We Lamond said she wants
EVART — When Alexis She opened the salon have just a few spots open.” the business to have a salon
Lamond graduated high Monday to a great recep- “We’re the only (groom- feel and be comfortable for
the animals. She doesn’t
want there to be cages all
around and there aren’t any.
Lamond is a huge animal
lover who joined 4-H when
she was 3-years-old has five
dogs, a cat and two horses
of her own. Two of her dogs
are featured in the hand-
drawn business logo.
It took her three months
to think of a name for the
business. She would come
up with a name and her
husband would shoot it
down. Then he would come
up with a name and La-
mond would say, “no” to it.
Then it came to her that 90
percent of the dogs around
are mutts.
They checked the Michi-
gan registry and the name
wasn’t in use.
A short time later, La-
mond set sights on her
location at 118 Main St. She
saw people moving out and
then found the building was
owned by her daughter’s
4-H leader. Lamond asked
if she could rent it and they
signed a contract the same
day.
Lindsay Rich, who has
been grooming animals for
five years, loves what she
does.
“I just love being with the
animals,” Rich said. “It’s
addicting.
“I love the customer’s re-
action when they see their
pet,” she added.
Lamond, with the help of
Rich and two bathers, give
cats and dogs a lot of atten-
tion while washing, trim-
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grooming. They also do flea
and skunk baths and tick
removal.
For more information,
call Cuts for Mutts at
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Cuts for Mutts owner Alexis Lamond, right, opened the dog and cat grooming salon Monday and is
already booking up. Lamond along with groomer Lindsay Rich, do what they can to make the animals
feel comfortable while in their care. Lamond is grooming Morgan, an Australian Shepherd, and Rich
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Evart Police Department
weekly report
9/5/16
• Larceny – A wallet was
stolen from another shop-
per at the dollar general
store. A photograph of the
suspect is available on our
Facebook page. If anyone
has any information re-
garding the person in the
photograph, we encourage
you to contact the Evart Po-
lice Department.
• Check Well Being – Of-
ficers responded to a Check
Well Being complaint. The
subject was located and
found not to be in need of
any services.
9/6/16
• Area Check – Officers
responded to a complaint
of juveniles acting inap-
propriately in a public
park. Officers made con-
tact with the subjects in
question and advised them
to leave the area.
• Check Well Being – Of-
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ficers responded to a Check
Well Being complaint. The
subject was located and
transported to the home of
a family member.
• Civil Dispute – Officers
responded to two Civil Dis-
pute complaints regarding
custody.
• Assist Michigan State
Police – Officers were re-
quested to assist MSP on
an alarm at a local busi-
ness. The area was found to
be secure.
9/7/16
• Personal Property
Damage Accident – Offi-
cers responded to a PPDA
complaint at the Evart
Middle School.
9/9/16
• Domestic Dispute – Of-
ficers were dispatched to
a Domestic Dispute com-
plaint. Contact was made
with the subject in ques-
tion and found them to be
secure.
• Traffic Offense – Dur-
ing a traffic stop, it was dis-
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Public record
covered that the driver was
in violation of a restricted
license. The driver was is-
sued a misdemeanor cita-
tion and the vehicle was
removed from the scene by
a valid licensed driver.
• Curfew – Officers re-
sponded to a complaint of
juveniles violating curfew.
Contact was made with
the subjects and they were
given a warning about the
curfew hours.
9/10/16
• Misdemeanor Arrest –
During a traffic stop, Offi-
cers were informed by Cen-
tral Dispatch that the pas-
senger of the vehicle had
two outstanding warrants.
The subject was taken into
custody and transported
to the Osceola County Jail
where they were lodged on
their warrants.
• Domestic Dispute – Of-
ficers were dispatched to
a Domestic Dispute not
in progress. Contact was
made with the subjects in
question and found both
parties to be secure and not
in need of any services.
• Ordinance Violation –
While on patrol, Officers
discovered a dog at large.
The owner was located and
• Assist Evart Fire De-
were dispatched to assist
Emergency Medical Per-
sonal in securing a scene
until they arrived.
ficers were dispatched to
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a Check Well Being com-
plaint. The subjects were
found to be secure and not
in need of any services.
• Animal Complaint – Of-
ficers were dispatched to a
complaint of a dead deer
blocking the road. Officers
cleared the animal from
the flow of traffic.
Reed City Police
Department, weekly
report
Officers continue to per-
form property inspections and
serve the appropriate abate-
ment paperwork for those
in violation of the Reed City
Ordinances for tall grass, trash
and vehicles throughout the
week.
9/5/16
• Officers issued an ap-
pearance citation to a
59-year-old for operating
without valid insurance
and for having an expired
plate. The vehicle was im-
pounded.
• While performing a traf-
fic stop for improper use
of a registration plate, offi-
cers also found the 51-year-
old male driver to be driv-
ing without any auto insur-
ance and also had an open
intoxicant in the vehicle.
The individual was arrest-
ed then transported to the
Osceola County Jail and
lodged without incident.
• Officers were dis-
patched to a local apart-
ment complex regarding a
group of juveniles ringing
doorbells and running off.
Officers located the parents
who stated that it won’t
happen again. Case closed.
• Officers were dis-
patched to a local residence
regarding a suspicious
situation. The caller stated
he observed a man walk-
ing around the outside of
the neighbor’s house in the
dark with a flashlight, then
left on foot. Officers found
nothing out of the norm
and continued to watch the
area throughout the night.
9/6/16
• School Liaison Officer
submitted a warrant re-
quest for the larceny of a
student’s stolen cell phone.
The matter remains open
pending the prosecuting at-
torney’s review.
9/7/16
• Officers were dis-
patched to assist the Emer-
gency Medical Services
(EMS) into an elderly wom-
en’s home. The woman had
fallen while in the shower,
but was able to communi-
cate that the doors were
locked so the best entrance
was though a window. The
responding officer was able
to enter through the win-
dow and unlock the doors
allowing the EMS crew to
enter and assist the wom-
an.
• Officers were dis-
patched to a local residence
regarding a missing bicy-
cle. The bicycle has since
been returned and the mat-
ter is closed.
• Officers were dis-
patched to a local apart-
ment complex regarding a
what he thought. Officers
explained to him why he
had not won the amount he
thought and the man apolo-
gized and left with his win-
nings.
• While performing a traf-
fic stop for a loud exhaust,
officers found the 51-year-
old male driver had a war-
rant out of Wexford Coun-
ty. He was issued a citation
for driving defective equip-
ment, no proof of vehicle
insurance, and improper
transport of a firearm. Of-
ficers arrested the man
and transported him to
the Osceola County jail to
be lodged pending pickup
from Wexford County.
9/9/16
• A Probation Officer
requested the arrest of
21-year-old male who was
in violation of his proba-
tion. The individual was
ar rested, transpor ted
and lodged in the Osceola
County Jail without inci-
dent.
• While performing a traf-
fic stop, officers found the
35-year-old driver to be op-
erating a vehicle with an
expired registration and no
insurance. He was arrested
for operating without in-
surance and lodged in the
Osceola County Jail with-
out incident.
9/10/16
• Officers were dis-
patched to local apartment
complex to assist with a
possible fire inside a light
fixture. Officers remained
on scene until the Reed
City Fire Department was
on the scene.
• Officers were flagged
down and informed of a

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HO P SCOT C H
Tongue Twister
Lara sang Sarah’s long song. How Lobsters
Make “Music”
They’re not just fiddling around.
By Fiona Bayrock

Dr. Sheila Patek is a scientist who studies When a person plays a violin,
how animals talk to one another. She is he or she rubs two smooth, soft
curious about spiny lobsters. things together—a bow and a string.

Musical Punch Lines These lobsters make a noise to

scare away predators. One day, Dr. Patek
As the bow moves across the string,
the bow sticks a little and then slips,
Match up the music riddles with watched a lobster rub its antenna on its and keeps sticking and slipping
their punch lines. head to make the noise. She wondered how across the string. The string vibrates
the lobster could make sound that way. and gives off sound each time the
1. Why did it take the composer 10 years Crickets make sound by rubbing two bow slips, not when it sticks.
to write the lullaby? hard body parts together, like running the Dr. Patek looked at the body
edge of a spoon over a big, heavy comb. Do parts that the lobster rubbed
2. What did the musicians name their daughter? lobsters do that, too? Dr. Patek couldn’t tell together. They weren’t hard like

3. Why was the singer recruited by the baseball team?

by watching. The lobsters were too quick.
So Dr. Patek made a video. She listened as
those that crickets use. They were
soft. Maybe the lobster did make
4. What do you call a bunch of tires that play music? she watched it in slow motion. sound like a violin!

5. How are a train and an orchestra alike?

“Wow, this is really weird!” she said.
When you run a spoon over a comb, you
She watched and listened
again. Sure enough, she saw the
6. If two fish try out for an opera, which one hear sound each time the spoon hits one
of the teeth. But Dr. Patek didn’t hear
antenna stick and slip, stick and
slip. And she heard sound each time
will be chosen
sound when the antenna hit something. the antenna slipped—just like the
A. Melody. She heard sound between hits. Some-thing bow and string of a violin. Scientists
different was happening with the lobsters, don’t know of any other animal that
B. The one with better scales. but what? makes sound this way.
C. Because he had perfect pitch. She talked to other scientists about
it. One of them said that the lobster’s
Making noise with soft body
parts is a clever solution to a big
D. They both have conductors. movements reminded him of a violin. problem for the lobster. A lobster’s
E. A rubber band. shell does not grow as the lobster
grows. Instead, a larger, soft shell
F. Because it kept putting her to sleep. forms under the old shell. Then
the lobster sheds the old shell.
Before the new shell hardens, a
predator might eat the lobster. By
using soft body parts to make its
warning sounds, a lobster can startle
predators during this dangerous
time.
Thanks to Dr. Patek, we know
one of the spiny lobster’s tricks:
Dr. Sheila Patek studies lobster “music” When in danger, make “music.”
at the University of California at Berkeley.

Campfire Music Everybody’s making music.

How many hidden objects can
you find in the picture?

Crown
Slice of Pie
ILLUSTRATED BY TIM FOLEY (TONGUE TWISTER), KEVIN ZIMMER (MUSICAL PUNCH LINES), AND

Duck

Onion
Feather

Spool of
Thread
Crescent
Moon Heart

Umbrella
Cinnamon
Bun

Flag Football

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Students get a lesson in doing the right thing

By Tereasa Nims
Weekly Voice

EVART — With drugs,

alcohol, bullying and peer
pressure, middle school
principal Jason O’Dell in-
vited the STAND team in to
demonstrate why making
good choices is important.
“It was awesome,” said
fifth and sixth grade
teacher Deb Vincent of
the presentation. “It was
a message they needed to
hear.”
With names like Shrek,
Animal, the Viking, Bull-
dog and the Destroyer, the
group of world class ath-
letes ripped phone books,
lifted a 300-pound log, bent
iron, chopped through
wood with their bare hands
and blew up a hot water
bottle like a balloon. The
acts were intended to dem-
onstrate what can be done
when people make good
choices in life and don’t
corrupt their bodies or
their futures.
Vincent said students
may have listened more
intently to the athletes be- Tereasa Nims | Weekly Voice
cause they delivered a mes- STAND team member Animal twirls Evart Middle School students Joshua Green and Heather Chick
sage in a non-traditional around on a metal rod during a Sept. 9 assembly at Evart Middle School.
way.
“It was cool,” said stu- lives. Their messages ran Joe. “What is that accep- ed by 260 middle school
dent Natalie O’Dell. “I the gamut and they shared tance going to cost me?” students and 250 high
learned you shouldn’t give them openly with the stu- Principal O’Dell saw schoolers.
into peer dents. the team in 2006 and has O’Dell said he wants Tereasa Nims | Weekly Voice
pres-
sure.”
‘No one should be looked “Every a broken bat from one of
single the team members as a re-
the students to make good
choices and is doing all in
Evart Middle School student, Lowell Clark, attempts to rip a phone
book on Sept. 9 during the STAND assembly.
Seventh
grader
down on for the person day of
my life I
minder of the event. Then
his brother-in-law, Jason
his power, such as inviting
the team, to give them the and believe in yourself,” Middle school students
Hope
Green
they are.’ battled “The Viking” Underhill, an tools.
for accep- Evart High School gradu- “I want them to have a
he said. “Never give up, no
matter what’s going on.”
Joshua Green and Heather
Chick also took part in
said she tance,” ate, joined the team — he memory of this event,” Nalian asked for the the center stage action
tries to Jason O’Dell said team had an in to get the group O’Dell said, “and say to strongest student in school. when Animal put one on
be nice Evart Middle School Principal member to come to visit the school. themselves, ‘I want to make Students from each school each end of a steel rod and
to people, n Mighty O’Dell said it is impor- positive choices in my nominated Lowell Clark swung them around.
but the Joe, who tant to him that when stu- life.’” from the middle school and Nalian said students
presen- bent a dents and visitors enter the All eyes were on the team Cody Pritchard from the need to make good deci-
tation steel rod. middle school, he wants as the athletes took center high school. The pair tried sions. But they also need
made her think about how “I was called fat, stupid and them to feel comfortable stage in the middle school to rip phone books apart. to help others when they
mean words can truly hurt I had negative thoughts and safe. gymnasium. Neither could do it. see them making wrong
others. It helped her un- about myself.” “It’s extremely important “There is enough ability, “That’s OK, the Denver choices.
derstand how deeply those He said words “cut deep” that everybody who walks potential and talent in this Broncos have a hard time “I thought it was good,”
wounds can be. and many students don’t through those doors feel place to change, affect and doing it, too,” said Nalian, said eighth-grader Jered
The athletes shared their realize it. Mighty Joe just like family,” O’Dell inspire the entire world for who is friends with many Beard. “Stay strong, make
stories of being ostracized also noted there is nothing said. “I want them to feel good,” said T.A. “Shrek” of them. good choices and things
in school, sitting alone in wrong with wanting to be comfortable. Nalian. “They could not tear will go well in life.”
the cafeteria, being called accepted. “No one should be looked Nalian encouraged stu- through,” Nalian said. To learn more about the
names, dealing with learn- “You have to ask yourself, down on for the person dents to oust drugs and “That’s how it is in life STAND team, visit http://
ing disabilities and some ‘who and why do I want to they are,” he added. alcohol from their lives. when you make wrong www.standstrengthteam.
suffering broken home be accepted,’” said Mighty The assemble was attend- “Stay focused, work hard choices.” org.