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The secret life of Ted Collom

Mild-mannered retired banker,
community servant...Russian spy?
Editors note: It seems theres no
escaping talk of Russia and Russian
influence in our political system these
days. There was another time when
such talk was just as prominent, though
perhaps less public. It was during the
Cold War years1947-1991. In the
early years, Imlay Citys own Ted
Collom served as a U.S. spy, covertly
peering into the intelligence activities
from his commitment to family and
community. But as yet another old say-
ing goestheres more to Ted than
meets the eye.
The soft-spoken, ever courteous
gentleman had another life, far from
Imlay City. A life and world most of us
wouldnt recognize, much less engage
in.
Ted Collom zig-zagged the borders

Photo provided
in Russia. of Russia, at night in our countrys

T
heres a story inside all of us, and
they say you cant judge a book
by its cover.
In the case of Imlay Citys Ted
Collom, both of those time-tested
observations appear to be quite true.
Ted is a kind, mild-mannered
retired banker. Hes known to be friend-
ly, honest and trustworthy.
Those qualities got him
elected to the city commis-
sion for many years, and
earned him the title of
Imlay Citys Citizen of the
Year a few years back. He
most sophisticated spy aircraft of the
time, translating and intercepting
Russian radio transmissions during the
famed Cold War with the Russians.
Ted was a spy! He eavesdropped on
Ted Collom flew many reconnaissance flights as a Scanner aboard
the A3D-2Q, the most sophisticated spy aircraft of its time, during the
Cold War with Russia. Ted translated Russian radio transmissions.
our enemy, hoping to early- to late- 1950s. It was called the
gather valuable infor- Cold War, but there were times it was
mation to use against close to the beginning of World War III.
them. Yes. A Russian I didnt think of the dangers, or of
spy. being shot downI just did my job and
It was dangerous work. didnt ask questions, Ted tells me in
And although Ted says his characteristic, calm voice.
he didnt think of it as He worked directly for the Army
anything special, it was. Security Agency (ASA), an arm of the
There were any number National Security Administration
Photo by Randy Jorgensen

has been active in the com-
munity on many levels,
Randy from his work with the
Jorgensen American Legion to his
appointment as a reserve
officer with the Imlay City Police
Department. And along with all that,
Ted raised two girls with his late wife
and best friend, Marie.
Theres a worthy story in Ted just
of things that could (NSA), while enlisted in the U.S. Army.
have gone wrong. Ted He flew reconnaissance missions skirt-
and the crew could have ing the Soviet Union from 1959 to
been shot down, cap- 1962. Posing as a plainclothes civilian,
tured, tortured and Ted was sent from country to country.
killed. And it did hap- Id get my ordersnever written
Longtime Imlay City resident Ted Collom with pen, on several occa- ordersa passport, some money and a
certificates and documents issued to him dur- sions. U.S. spy aircraft location to go to next, he says.
ing his service as a Russian linguist for the were shot down by
famed Army Security Agency. Russian MIGs in the Secret Life page 12-A

Fields of opportunities
Vet/Farmers workshop draws diverse crowd in Imlay City
By Tom Wearing
Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Great taste IMLAYCITY A diverse

Capac Culinary Arts
students wow crowd,
...see pages 3-A
collection of veterans and farmers
gathered at the Silver Grill restau-
rant Friday, March 31 to discuss
career opportunities for veterans in
the field of agriculture.
Co-sponsored by the Lapeer
County Dept. of Veterans Affairs
and United Way of Lapeer County,
the Lunch and Learn workshop
was the last in a four-part series of
workshops linking veterans with
Photo by Tom Wearing

available jobs.
Lapeer County VA Director
Edward Ronders described the
Imlay City workshop as the best-
Bunny hops in! attended in the Lunch and Learn
series.
Communities plan Easter Ronders noted that one of the
Egg Hunts this weekend, current trends being seen in
...see page 3-A todays market is to enter the the
field of agriculture, either by start-
ing a small farm or working on a
larger commercial farm.
TRI-CITY This is an exciting project
and its best feature is that it
TIMES involves vets helping vets, said
Ronders. The expanding agricul-
Lapeer County Director of Veterans Affairs Ed Ronders (4th from right) meets with farmers
and veterans from around the area to discuss ag related business opportunities.
more veterans who are returning Vanhoutte, a Romeo vegetable were: employment opportunities
from active duty. farmer; Kip Siegler, an Imlay City for veterans in the field of agricul-
In addition to Ronders, those dairy farmer; Frank Gublo, ture, networking and outreach
in attendance included: Phil Kaatz Educator/Innovation Counselor for sources, low-interest loans and
of the Michigan State University
Extension Center; Andrew
the MSUProduct Center in Bay
City; along with a lively and par-
other financing options, vegetable
farming, hemps potential and
Calcaterra, Lapeer County ticipatory group of male and
Executive Director of the U.S. female veterans.
ways to encourage more female

tural industry is also attracting Dept. of Agriculture; George Among the matters discussed Opportunities page 12-A
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Susan Gainer (left) is shown with her late-
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of support and encouragement to her daugh-
ter.
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Manhunt ends with suspects surrender

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The two-day manhunt
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concluded on Thursday
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charges of domestic feloni-
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ter in the driveway of the
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Block
conferring and threatened to kill her for a probable cause con-
with family members. with a 12 gauge shot- ference in front of District
That domestic dispute, gun,the sheriffs office Judge John Monaghan.
which allegedly took place said in a statement. Block has been formal-
at a residence in the 16000 Deputies set up a ly charged with two counts
block of Donald Rd. on perimeter around the home, of unlawful imprisonment,
Tuesday morning, resulted with the assistance of the assault by strangulation,
in what police thought was Sheriffs Office Special interference with electronic
a barricaded gunman situa- Response Team, detectives communications device
tion. and troopers from the causing injury or death,
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home and believed Block After several attempts to communications device
was inside with a shotgun, make contact with Block and aggravated domestic
refusing to come out. were unsuccessful, a search assault, second offense.
The incident began
shortly before 9:30 a.m.,
when deputies responded to
Blocks home in the 16000
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Culinary arts takes center stage

Cruciferous vegetables star of show in partnership with Chartwells
By Maria Brown To see a video topped with crunchy kale invite the culinary students
Tri-City Times Assistant Editor chips to staff and students. from Capac Jr./Sr. High
of culinary art The event was the School to come in and show
C A PA C students talking brainchild of the districts off their skills in front of
Cruciferous...its hard to about the Director of Dining Services their peers, Watson said.
pronounce, let alone eat but through Chartwells, Vicki Chartwells food focus

Photo by Maria Brown

those nutrient-packed veg-
gies were the star of the
show during a special taste
testing event at Capac Jr./
Sr. High School on Friday,
March 24.
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During two lunch
hours, culinary arts stu-
dents and their instructor
served up broccoli slaw,
Watson. for March is cruciferous
Chartwells has a Chef vegetables, so we decided
To School program that we to feature a recipe from that
run in the schools all during category.
the school year. So I thought Culinary Arts students,
I would put a twist on it and Stacie DeGain and Felicia
Schaefer, both Capac
seniors and Esmeralda
Chaires, a junior from
Memphis, served up the
salad with help from St.
Clair County TEC instruc-
tor Vincent Salvatore.
Salvatore said he knows
first-hand that teenagers
can be picky eaters, but
he said hes always
encouraging his students
and others to expand their
horizons though taste test-
ing opportunities like
Fridays
I teach teenagers so I
know theyre skeptical
about trying new
things,Salvatore said.
So often theyll say I appreciation after just one
Many students were eager to give the crucifer-
ous veggie dish a try in the cafeteria.
dont like that and I say bite.
have you ever tried it? DeGain, Schaefer and
Their answer is usually Chaires are three of 44
no. students in Salvatores
The broccoli slaw fea- culinary arts program at
tured shredded broccoli the county TEC Center in
a cruciferous vegetable Marysville. Students learn
mixed with sweet chopped the fundamentals of food
onions and an olive oil and preparation through lots of
apple cider vinegar-based hands-on learning, he said.
dressing. The program features a
The parmesan garlic full catering business,
kale chips on top was snack shop and provides
designed to give a nice all meals for the Woodland
crunch factor and different Development Center.
texture, Salvatore said. Students are learning
Many testers gave great life skills and
thumbs up or nods of employability skills too,
Salvatore said.

Robotics fare well at districts

Photo by Maria Brown

TRI-CITY AREA the event. sponsored by General

Several local robotics
teams fared well in a
recent FIRST in Michigan
District contest at Troy-
Culinary Arts instructor Vincent Salvatore and his students Stacie DeGain, Athens High School this
Felicia Schafer and Esmeralda Chaires prepare to serve up broccoli slaw weekend.
during a special taste testing event on Friday, March 24. Groups from Imlay
City, Almont and Dryden
high schools were among
Imlay Citys Motors. As a result,
Spartronics Team 5048 theyve qualified for the
was one of six District FRC Championship.
Event Finalists. Another local team
Almonts Shock and that nabbed recognition
Awe-sum Team 4961 was Lapeer Community
claimed two honors at the High Schools Strike Zone
contestthe Safety Award Team 5460. They were

Bunny to hop into area

sponsored by Underwriters one of three District Event
41 teams from southeast Laboratories and the Winners and earned the
Michigan taking part in Industrial Design Award Judges Award.

Easter events planned in Dryden, Capac & Berlin Twp.

By Catherine Minolli
Tri-City Times Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
Families have several
opportunities to celebrate
spring and the Easter sea-
son around the area.
On Saturday, April 8,
the Easter Bunny will hop
into the Dryden Fire Hall
on Main Street downtown
for a Photo Hop. Families
are welcome to bring their
kids in for a visit with the
bunny from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
On Sunday, April 9, should bring a basket or
children can hunt for treats bag, and theyll search for
at the annual Capac Easter treasures in three age
Egg Hunt at Lions Park groups. Light refresh-
beginning at 1 p.m. ments and a photo op with
Participants should bring a the Easter Bunny are also
basket or bag to collect part of the fun. The Berlin
treats in. Lions Park is Township Park is located
located off of Park Street at 740 Capac Road next to
near Capac High School. the Fire Hall.
At 2 p.m., families can Next Saturday, April
head down Capac Road to 15, Easter events are
the Berlin Township Park planned in Almont and
for Berlin Township Park Imlay City. For details,
& Recs annual Easter see the April 12th issue of
Egg Hunt. Participants Tri-City Times.
File photo

Youngsters scramble for treats at Lions Park in Capac during last years
Easter Egg Hunt.

Register for 2017 Little Miss

Blueberry pageant on April 17
Committees first meeting set for, April 6 at city office
By Tom Wearing
Tri-City Times Staff Writer
IMLAYCITY
April showers bring May
flowers.
So what does May
bring?
The 2017 Little Miss
Blueberry Pageant thats
what, says Chamber of
Commerce Director Wendy
Muehleisen.
Muehleisen says this
years fun-filled pageant
for girls ages 5-9 is sched-
uled for Saturday, May 13,
starting at 5 p.m. at Imlay
City High School.
Each of the girls will
participate in a program the Imlay City School
that features singing, danc-
ing and putting on the
charm for the judges.
This years theme is
Island Dreams, thus are still needed.
lending itself to a menag-
erie of costume possibili-
ties.
Registration is April 17
Registration for the
2017 Little Miss Blueberry
pageant is Monday, April
17 from 6-7 p.m. at the
Imlay City offices.
Eligibility is limited to
girls ages 5-9 that live in
District or attend Imlay
City Schools.
Muehleisen says event
volunteers and sponsors
The first Little Miss
Blueberry Committee
meeting is Thursday, April
6 at 5 p.m. at the ImlayCity
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Contractor complains
Low bidder questions Almont DDA, villages decision
By Tom Wearing
Tri-City Times Staff Writer
ALMONT A com-
peting contractor became
incensed last Tuesday,
March 21, when village
council members approved
the Almont DDABoards
recommendation to award a
construction bid to Novak
Construction of Almont.
Novaks bid of $48,809
included clearing debris,
installing decorative light-
ing, constructing sidewalks
linking several businesses,
planting grass and generally
renovating the alleyway
behind businesses on the
west side of Main Street
(Van Dyke), south of St.
Clair Street.
Novaks bid was one of
five to be publically opened
by the DDA Board on
Monday, March 6, with rep-
resentatives from all five
contractors present.
The bids ranged from
$39,000 to $66,000, with
Novaks bid of $48,809
being the second-lowest
Crash under investigation
Victims vehicle leaves road, collides with a tree
By Tom Wearing
Tri-City Times Staff Writer
LAPEERCOUNTY
Lapeer County
Sheriffs deputies are
investigating a fatality
crash that occurred
Sunday, April 2, at around
7 p.m. on Oregon Rd. east
of Hayes Rd.
Det./Sgt. Jason Parks
reported that information
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bid being the lowest.
DDA Director Kim
Schall said the bulk of the
projects cost is being fund-
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She said the USDAwill
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projects cost, while the
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Schall noted that all
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representatives from Rowe
Engineering (including ref-
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ence) who narrowed the
DDA Boards choices to the
two lowest bidders, which
were Novak Construction
and Diamond Excavation.
Low bidder frustrated
The meeting became
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Diamond of Diamond
Excavation expressed dis-
enchantment with the DDA
Boards recommendation
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being withheld pending
notification of next of kin.
Parks said the male
victims 1992 GMC
Yukon was traveling east
on Oregon Rd., when the
motorist crossed the cen-
ter line and westbound
lane, went off the the
roadway into a ditch and
continued another 50 feet
before striking a tree head-
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decision to approve Novaks
bid over his, which was
about $9,000 lower.
Diamond added that he
had been given the wrong
date for the official award-
ing of the bid, which took
place on Thursday, March
16 at 7 p.m. at the Almont
Village offices.
As a result, Diamond
said he was not present for
the bid award, thus giving
an unfair advantage to
Novak Construction.
Since Novak was there
and I was not, he was able
to answer the DDA Boards
questions, said Diamond.
We did not have that same
opportunity.
Diamond said he attend-
ed the March 21 council
meeting to voice his con-
cerns and hopefully change
peoples minds. of the bid opening.
I feel they had their
minds made up before the
bids were even opened,
Diamond alleged. We feel
we werent given a fair
shot. p.m., Schall said.
Schall and Mike
Rescue responded to the
accident and had to extri-
cate the driver, who was
pronounced deceased at
the scene. Lapeer County
EMSpersonnel also
responded to the incident.
Parks noted that the
driver had been wearing
his seat belt, but the vehi-
cle was not equipped with
airbags.
He added that neither
excessive speed (55 mph
posted) nor alcohol were
considered to be factors in
the crash.
The section of Oregon
Rd. was closed for about
two-and-a-half hours to
accommodate the extrica-
tion and on-site investiga-
tion.
Parks said the case
remains under investiga-
tion by the Lapeer County
Sheriffs Dept. and Lapeer
County Medical
Anyone with informa-
Det./Sgt. Jason Parks at
810-656-1015 or jparks@
lapeercounty.org.
Life Home Car Business
CHRIS S. WAGNER
Churchill Insurance Agency
800-865-6981
Bus: 810-724-6218 Fax: 810-724-3418
243 East Third Street Imlay City, Michigan 48444
Photo by Tom Wearing
An upgrade project planned for the alleyway behind businesses on the
west side of Main Street in the Village of Almont was questioned by a
contractor who wasnt awarded the project.
Carpenter of Rowe cifics of the bid award pro- village is not required nor
Engineering said both cess after the opening of the legally bound to award con-
Diamond and Novak had bids. tracts to the lowest bidder.
been informed of the date, Carpenter added that He pointed out that
time and location of the bid the date, time and location Novak had done prior
award meeting at the time of that meeting were also work for the village, which
posted on the Almont was considered to be
They were both ver- DDAs website. excellent.
bally informed of the date, There may have been Novak is also a local
time and location of that some confusion on the part contractor and a known
meeting, which was on of Mr. Diamond, said commodity to us and he
Thursday, March 16 at 7 Carpenter. But he had been hires local workers,
informed. Schneider added. We felt
Mike Carpenter of Not bound to low bid there was greater benefit
Rowe Engineering con- Village Council to going with someone
firmed that both contractors President Steve Schneider whose work we already
had been advised of the spe- further explained that the know.
Photo provided
DAR Chapter Regent Mary Kabat with award winners Eric Smith of Lake
Orion, Connor O'Brien of Imlay City, Jacinta Hogan of Oxford, Brendan
Feys of Almont, Nikolai Wagner of Dryden and Llewellyn Moyer, Good
Citizen Chairperson.
Area students honored
John Crawford DAR presents Good Citizen Awards
TRI-CITY AREA White Horse Inn in The 2017 recipients
The John Crawford Chapter Metamora. are: Brendan Feys of
DAR held its annual The DAR chapter hon- Almont; Nikolai Wagner,
awards luncheon on ors a high school senior of Dryden; Connor OBrien
Saturday, March 4, at the from each of five area of Imlay City; Eric Smith
schools. Students are of Lake Orion; and Jacinta
selected by teachers and Hogan of Oxford.
administrators and exhibit Congratulations to
the qualities of dependabil- each student and best wish-
ity, service, leadership, and es for a bright future, says
patriotism. Llewellyn Moyer on behalf
Each student wrote an of the members of the John
essay on preserving our Crawford Chapter of the
American heritage that DAR.
gave them the opportunity The DAR is an organi-
for a scholarship award at zation that promotes patri-
the national level. They otism and serves our local
also received a commemo- communities with many
ratory pin, certificate, and projects to support service-
other gifts selected just for
them by local chapter
men and their families, and
to educate citizens on the
members.
The guest speaker this
freedoms we hold dear.
DAR members have a
year was Madden Brady shared heritage that traces
who is currently the 2016- to ancestors who fought in
17 State President of the the American Revolution.
Michigan Society of the See our website at www.
Children of the American
Revolution (CAR.)
DAR.com for more infor-
mation.
Entries sought for Yule Love It
Poetry Contest
TRI-CITY AREA Calling all poets! The 2017
Yule Love It Lavender Poetry Contest is underway.
This years theme is The Love of Food.
The contest is open to adults, one poem per per-
son. There is a 20 line limit; entries must be printed in
Times New Roman 12 pt. font and include name,
address, email and phone number.
Cash award of $150 for first place, $100 for sec-
ond and $75 for third offered. Entries must be post-
marked by June 5, 2017.
Send entries to Iris Lee Underwood, 960 Yule
Road, Leonard, MI 48367.
Entries will be judged by poet/writer and Detroit
Working Writers member Linda Nemec Foster, author
of nine poetry collections, including critically
acclaimed Amber Necklace from Gdansk and Talking
Diamonds.
Winners will be notified via email by July 4, 2017.

Trucks loaded with hay, feed, fencing supplies and outbuildings made their way to Meade, Kansas
last week.
Farmers helping farmers
Tri-City areas 2nd convoy sends aid to Plains in wake of wildfires
By Maria Brown
Tri-City Times Assistant Editor
GOODLAND TWP.
Two trips within two
weeksthats the tally
local organizers of wildfire
relief efforts can count
after having made a second
trip to the Plains states.
On Thursday, in the
pouring rain, a dozen
trucks converged on the
Helena Chemical Company
facility on M-53 where
they prepared to take off
for Meade, Kansas. Trailers
were loaded with hay, feed,
fencing supplies and out-
buildings.
Once again, Helenas
Imlay City Operations
Manager Eddie Fahley and
Lapeers Matt Schaller,
helped organize the latest
convoy to depart the Tri-
City area. Schaller and
Fahley first headed south
on March 17.
It was another good
trip. Everything went as
planned,Fahley said.
This time we drove in
a lot of rain, but it was still
a good trip.
A police escort, cour-
tesy of the Lapeer County
Sheriffs Department,
Michigan State Police and
Imlay City Police, helped
the convoy get on the road
around 5 p.m. on Thursday.
The trucks reached south-
ern Kansas at midnight on
Friday. The donations were
unloaded Saturday morn-
ing.
This time around, driv-
ers had the chance to spend
more time with locals and
hear their stories about the
devastating fires and the
road to recovery.
Fahley said the greatest
need right now is for fenc-
ing materials like barbed
wire and posts.
At first, these efforts
were about making sure
they had hay to keep their
animals alive. The general
sense is now that they have
enough hay for 8-10 weeks
and hopefully, by then,
their pastures will have
greened up, he said.
This time around, sev-
eral of the convoys flat-
beds were loaded with
small sheds. Fahley said
the outbuildings were
made and donated by an
Amish community near
Cass City.
They wanted to help
in some way and were
excited when we came to
them,Fahley said.
At least one of the
sheds is destined to become
a chicken coop for a ranch
family the convoy met on
their first trip to Kansas.
Fahley predicts this
will be the last convoy trip
for several months.
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Everybody in this
effort comes from the ag
Easter Egg
Pick-A-Sale!
community and if the
weather straightens around
here soon were gonna get
busy, he said.
Both Matt and Iwill
still do what we can to help
raise funds and help other
Saturday, April 8, 2017 10 am to 6 pm
crews with organizing
CHOOSE AN EGG FOR THE
trips, but our goal is to
make the trip ourselves in OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
late summer or early fall.
Community members Photo by Maria Brown
10, 15, or 20% OFF
wishing to contribute to ONE ITEM
convoy efforts can make * PERCENTAGE TAKEN FROM TOTAL SALE. EXCLUSIONS APPLY.
monetary donations
through any Tri-County
Convoy drivers prepare to depart Helena
Bank or Chemical Bank Chemical Company on Thursday enroute to
branch under the Ag
deliver donations to Kansas ranchers and
Community Wildfire farmers impacted by March wildfires.
Relief Fund.
The latest information long-term recovery for Oklahoma, Kansas and
on other convoy projects these people and we dont Colorado. Thousands of
from across the state can
be found on the Michigan
want to give up on helping
them.
livestock were killed and
an estimated two million
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Dryden native Artists sought for

earns top spot September event
in competition May 15 deadline to apply for
Imlay Citys Art in the Rough
Second place honors bestowed IMLAY CITY The
Imlay City Downtown
once again feature beer and
wine sampling along with
at marketing event in New Orleans Development Authority specialty food vendors.
has a new partner in the We want to add live
DRYDEN A Dryden collegiate Conference in organizations mission to demonstrations to the event
native earned one of the top New Orleans, Louisiana. bring more art and culture and perhaps of a perfor-

Photo provided
spots in a national Sarah Novak, along to Imlay City. mance piece, Walker said.
Marketing Strategy with partner Taylor Darby, The Lapeer Art We are also working on
Competition at the represented Northwood Association reached out to the details of a VIP pass for
American Marketing University at the recent the DDA and suggested we a meet and greet with the
Associations Inter- conference. The pair earned Northwood University students Taylor Darby team up for this years artists before the event
and Sarah Novak accept American Marketing Annual Art in the Rough, opens to the public.
Association Award on March 17. Dana Walker, director of Jacquie Piechowski,
Accepting
a second place finish out of dents to have won an award the Imlay City DDA, said. president of the Lapeer Art
Garbage, Debris,
98 schools from across the for competing in a live It couldn't be a better mar- Association said, As
Scrap metal,
Tires, Paint, United States. event. riage. President of the Lapeer Art
Battery, Freon Novak, a senior at This year AMA has Art in the Rough will Association, I speak for all
Appliances Northwood, is a Marketing given me some of the best be held in downtown Imlay our artists when I express
and Business Management hands-on experience in City on Saturday, our delight in being part of
dual major. Darby, also a marketing and leadership September 30, from 5-9 Imlay Citys Art in The
NO Hazardous Northwood senior, is a that I have had during my p.m. The event, in its third Rough.
Materials
native of Howell majoring Northwood career, Novak year, will feature local art- She continued, Weve
in health care management. said. From running the ists while putting a spot- been a central part of sup-
The competition con- case study to competing in light on downtown Imlay porting and presenting the
4 Automotive
sisted of three rounds, each the marketing strategy City. arts in Lapeer since 1973
Tires Free
with 21 minutes to create a competition, I have gained Art in the Roughs and as a group have been
Additional Tires:
marketing strategy for a invaluable knowledge and Pop Up art galleries are a active in reaching out to
Car $3, Semi $12,
Tractor $30 company, seven minutes experience. great way to show the com- many Lapeer County
EACH to present the strategy to Novak and Darby, munity, entrepreneurs and events.
a panel of judges, and graduating from Northwood property owners the tre- The organizers are now
then three minutes to in May, plan to return to the mendous possibilities our accepting applications for
Proof of answer questions from specialty business school in downtown has, Walker artists interested in partici-
Imlay Township the judges. the fall to attend the Richard said. We want to run with pating in the September Art
Residency
Darby and Novak are DeVos Graduate School of the success of the previous in the Rough event.
Required
the first Northwood stu- Management. Art in the Rough events Applications are available
To assist in maintaining the cleanliness of Imlay Township, to
and last summers on the Imlay City DDA
Downtown Art in Action website, www.icdda.com

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advocate positive environmental practices, and to aid in blight LOCATION:
prevention, Imlay Township residents are encouraged to join in on when 14 large pieces of and the Lapeer Art
Imlay Township
a community clean-up/dumpster day.
682 N Fairgrounds Rd
public art were produced in Association website, lap-
Tri-City Times an underutilized City- eerart.org. Applications
Dumpsters will be available for garbage and debris.
Imlay City, MI 48444
Hazardous materials such as batteries, paint, and freon appliances
www.imlaytownship.org
owned building and then are also available at the
will be disposed of properly.
displayed throughout the Imlay City offices, 150 N.
(810) 724-2615
810-724-8835
Scrap metal and tires will also be accepted.
downtown. Main Street, Imlay City
The ticketed event will and Lapeer Art Association
located within Gallery 194,
194 West Nepessing,
Lapeer. Applicants are
asked to forward two
Venture Global Engineering Foundation examples of their work to
Walker at the Imlay City
Venture Global Engineering
Golf Outing RaffleFoundation offices or at dwalker@
imlaycity.org. The dead-
line for submissions is
Golf Outing Raffle
Drawing Date: July 22, 2017 Monday, May 15.
Ideally we would fea-
Drawing Date: July 22, 2017 ture 20 Lapeer County and/
The Venture Global Engineering Foundation holds an annual or Michigan-based artists
during the event represent-
golf The
outing to raise
Venture fundsEngineering
Global for local charities and school
Foundation organizations.
holds an annual ing all mediums, Walker
said.
Part of
golf outing to our
raisefundraising is a raffle
funds for local for two
charities and high end
school rifles.
organizations. The Imlay City Area
Chamber of Commerce has
We are an all-volunteer foundation
Part of our fundraising is a raffle for two high end rifles. also committed to co-spon-
soring the event.
We are an all-volunteer foundation The Chamber is look-
1st Drawing ing forward to continuing
its support of Art in the
Rough, Wendy
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will encourage an entrepre-
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event.
For further information
regarding the event, includ-
ing sponsorship opportuni-
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Downtown Development
Authority, 810-724-2135.
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Grant provides AEDs

to Almont Police Dept.
Lapeer County Community Foundation gives award
By Tom Wearing quality of life for Lapeer
Tri-City Times Staff Writer The department's County residents.
current AEDs are Chief Martin contact-
ALMONT Ensuring ed us to see if the police
the public safety is a pri- no longer being departments need for
mary goal of the Lapeer serviced." AEDs would qualify for
County Community grant funding from the

Foundation.
As affirmation of that
philosophy, the LCCF
recently awarded a $1,000
grant to the Almont Police
Department to purchase
two new Automated
External Defibrillators
(AEDs).
Police Chief Andy
Martin expressed his appre-
ciation to the LCCF Board
for its generous gift to the
police department and the
greater Almont community.
The departments cur-
Photo provided
--Chief Andy foundation, Boxey
recalled. Our board felt it
Martin is important to provide life-
saving equipment to our
ed AEDs will be replaced
by two Phillips HeartStart
Medical First Responders,
police and fire departments,
Linking together
FRx defibrillators. who are the first to respond The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) of the Four County Community
Nancy Boxey, Lapeer to an emergency. Foundation presents a check to Linked Hearts Emergency Food
County Community Protecting the health, Pantry of Dryden. The YAC held a fundraising campaign to benefit
Foundation Executive safety and well-being of Linked Hearts Emergency Food Pantry in Dryden. The funds were
Director, said the grant is Lapeer County residents is matched by the Kellogg Foundation. Members of the YAC include Mia
consistent with the paramount and one of the Sliman, Kylie Devlamink, Caelan O'Bryan and Marin Luxgrant.
Foundations efforts to primary goals of the
ensure the public safety and (LCCF) foundation.

Congratulations to our
rent AEDs are no longer
being serviced by the man-
ufacturer, Martin noted.
And they are no longer
compatible with Almonts
First Responder units and
those of responding EMS
Patients of the Month!
units.
Martin said the outdat- Thank you Noffert
Debra and Dental
Scholarships Tim for 2034 S. ALMONT AVE
IMLAY CITY

offered in being such

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(810) 683-5516

education, a blessing
HeartStart FRx defibrillators are on their way to
to us.
nursing the Almont Police Department courtesy of a
grant by the Lapeer County Community
Foundation.
By Tom Wearing
Tri-City Times Staff Writer

4th Annual VGE Foundation

LAPEER COUNTY
Scholarship season contin-
ues at the Lapeer County
Community Foundation

Charity Golf Outing

(LCCF).
Students in their 2nd,
3rd, and 4th year of post-
secondary studies have an Saturday, July 22, 2017, Shotgun Start at Wyndgate Country Club
opportunity to apply for
three individual scholar- 1975 Gunn Rd, Oakland Twp., MI 48306 Dress code: collared shirts, no denim
ships.
Available scholarships
Irma Gelhausen
Scholarship: The Irma
Gelhausen Scholarship
Fund was established in
2005 as a memorial to Irma
Gelhausen, life-long edu- Everyone will arrive at the Wyndgate Country Club.
cator and volunteer in
Lapeer County. Preference Registration will greet you upon entering the club.
will be given to graduates
of Lapeer Community World class club facilities will be available at 7:00am including driving range,
Schools and those pursu-
ing a career in elementary putting greens, men's & women's locker rooms.
education studies, although
applicants pursuing a
A full breakfast buffet will be served beginning at 7:30am.
career in secondary educa-
tion will be considered as
All golfers are invited to their carts at 9:00am for announcements, with a shot
well. gun start at 9:15am.
Hazel Simms
Nursing Scholarship: The Grilled hotdogs and beverages will be available throughout the golf course.
Hazel Simms Nursing
Scholarship was estab- All golfers will return to club house for BBQ dinner & award ceremony.
lished to provide nursing
scholarships for residents Rainout make up date will be August 12, 2017.
of Lapeer County.
Applicant must either have
completed one year or
more of college and have
been accepted into a nurs-
ing program approved by
the Michigan Board of
Each player receives a gift bag
it

Nursing or may also be
certified as an RN pursuing
e n e f Best dressed team receives a prize
a Bachelor of Science
e d s b
50/50 Raffle
degree in nursing.
c e &
Pro schools

Ronald C. Warner
Scholarship: The Ronald 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prize (each course)
C. Warner Scholarship
o c a l t s SkinsMulligan's (each course)
Fund was established in
l r o f i
2008 as a memorial to Ron
n - p Starter basket raffles (each course)
no
Warner, whose career in
education and active vol-
unteerism spanned over 41 Mystery basket raffles (each course)
years. Preference is given
to students pursuing a
Hole-in-one prizes (each course)
career in education and Par 3 Vegas holes (each course)
agriculture, and graduates
of Lapeer Community Longest drive: men & women (each course)
Schools. Students must be
entering the third or more Closest to the pin: men & women (each
year of college/university
studies. course)
April 28 deadline
The deadline for these
One grand prize putting contest: winner
applications is Friday,
April 28. Information on
receives one chance to win $ 50,000.00
specific qualifications and
application forms can be
found at: www.lapeercoun- Venture Global Checks made payable to Venture Global Engineering Foundation. 501 (c) (3) 81-0697435
tycf.org or contact LCCF Engineering Foundation For information please contact: Jessica Muir at muir@ventureglobalengineering.com or
Executive Director Nancy
Boxey at: 810-664-0691. Christina Muir-Murphy at christina@rothmuirfuneralhome.com
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Opinion Page
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Letters from our readers

No to bigger county government Letters, opinions welcome

I wish to thank the
Almont and Marathon
township officials for their
efforts to stop the EMS
millage (TCT 3-29-17). In
my opinion, the Lapeer
County Commissioners
exceeded their authority in
placing the millage on the
Our Opinion
Public servants deserve
ballot. Traditionally, EMS
services were provided and
controlled by the township
governments. We do not
need a bigger county gov-
ernment. We do not need
higher taxes.
In one news story,
County Commissioner Ian
Kempf questioned who
was paying for the lawyers
for the complaint, which
are the township taxpayers
of Almont and Marathon.
The implication inherent in
that question is that the
townships are not being
careful with the townships
monies. I would ask Mr.
Kempf how responsible
are the county commis-
sioners by giving nearly 11
million dollars over a four-
year period to an organiza-
tion that has shown itself
to be unable to effectively
and efficiently provide
EMS services to only a
portion of the county?
More importantly, Medstar
has offered to service the
entire county in the same
manner it is working with
Almont Township, and the
cost to the county would
be zero dollars. Mr. Kempf,
why do you want the tax-
payers to spend nearly 11
million dollars for a ser-
vice that could be provided
for zero?
James R. Wade Sr.
Dryden
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this paper prove that area law interested in leadership
enforcement professionals, firefighters and development? An opportu-
EMS first responders are very busy keep- nity to join the Young
Marines is just a few days
ing our communities safe. Answering calls away.
ranging from security checks and false Our Lapeer County
alarms to raging fires, life-threatening Young Marines unit has an
accelerated recruit training
accidents and reports of crime, these pub- class scheduled for April
lic servants put themselves out there in all 2017. Normally, our recruit
sorts of situations. We take it for granted training period is 13 weeks
that theyre always there, ready and able long during which new
members complete a mini-
to take the reinsbecause they are, and mum of 26 hours of train-
they do, 100 percent of the time. ing. However, we are going
Residents have a chance to quietly say to run a condensed four-
thanks and support these men and women week long recruit training
in April that will fit all 26
by becoming a member of the 100 Club of hours into a shortened time
Genesee, Shiawassee and Lapeer counties. frame.
The 100 Club took root in Detroit in 1950, The Young Marines is a
national youth organization
and has since mushroomed to include dedicated to developing
more than 100 active organizations from leadership, teamwork and
coast to coast. The goal is to support pub- self-discipline skills of our
lic servants who have been killed or dis- members. We perform a
tremendous amount of
abled in the line of duty and their families.
The Club also regularly recognizes these
professionals with their Hero Award 4-H celebrates Spring Achievement winners
(Imlay Citys Sgt. Tim Wolford has been a The 2017 4-H Spring
recipient) and offer safety equipment Achievement/Style Revue
grants to help local departments meet their was held recently at the
needs. Wesleyan Church in North
You can help by supporting an upcom- Branch.
Evening honors for
ing Badge Holders Sporting Clays youth included:
Charity Event in June at the Grand Blanc 4-H AMBASSADOR
Huntsmans Club. Register a team, make a COURT:
donation or become a sponsor of the event Senior Ambassador:
by logging onto 100clubofgsl.org. You can Amber Bennett
Junior Ambassadors:
also become a member, learn more about Nathan Dahn, Alexis
the clubs mission and events, and take a Hedgcock, Audrey
look at how theyve supported local pub- Johnston, Sydney
lic servants and their families over the Kapushinski
CAPITOL EXPERIENCE: Camp Counselor -
years. Emma Bloss
As reflected in these pages every single JR. AGRICULTURAL
week, our professional law enforcement SOCIETY MEMBERS: Dogs - Emma Bloss, Bryan
officials, firefighters and first responders Jennifer Gibbs
are always there for us. We have a chance KEY CLUB:
Jessica Childs, Jennifer
to show our gratitude by supporting the Gibbs
100 Club of Genesee, Shiawassee and NATIONAL 4-H
Lapeer counties. CONGRESS:
Jonah Haskins
community service while
promoting healthy, drug-
free lifestyles of all youth. require our recruits to
We encourage our mem-
bers to be leaders within
our community by setting a
positive example for all
youth to follow. These
efforts include our peer-to-
peer presentations on the
dangers of drugs and the
promotion of Red Ribbon
Week (drug awareness) in
October each year.
The program is open to
boys and girls ages 8
through high school gradu-
ation. Due to the acceler-
ated nature of this recruit
training class, as well as the
required weekend encamp-
ment away from home, this
recruit class is only open to
kids 11 years-old and older.
We will be running a tradi-
tional 13-week recruit
training in September
which will be open to ages
C I T I Z E N S H I P
WASHINGTON FOCUS:
Jonah Haskins, Sydney
Kapushinski
COUNTY AWARDS
MEDAL WINNERS:
Achievement - Amber
Bennett, Emma Bloss
Agriculture - Jonah
Haskins
Citizenship - Kayla
Aboukarroum
Leadership - Emma
Bloss, Jonah Haskins
PROJECT MEDAL
WINNERS:
Bryce Hudson; Community
Service - Emma Bloss;
Dahn; Gardening - Alexis
Hedgcock, Sydney
Kapushinski; Goats -
Audrey Johnston,
Mackenzie Johnston;
Performing Arts - Sydney
Kapushinski; Personal
8-17.
This recruit class will
join us for a weekend
encampment on April
21-23; the location is
local. Thanks to generous
donations from various
individuals and organiza-
tions, we are able to
supply the tents and the
majority of gear that will be
required for this encamp-
ment. It will be a fun and
challenging weekend
packed with a tremendous
amount of learning and
team building.
The mandatory orienta-
tion for this recruit class
will be held on Thursday,
April 13 at 6 p.m. in the
lower level of the American
Legion Hall on Genesee St.
in Lapeer (next to Big
Lots). Please come with the
registration packet com-
pleted to save time, includ-
Development - Emma
Bloss; Pocket Pets - Audrey
Johnston, Mackenzie
Johnston; Poultry - Amber
Bennett, Freya Cusson,
Magena Cusson; Rabbits -
Nathan Dahn, Audrey
Johnston, Mackenzie
Johnston, Arianna Kosa;
Swine - Amber Bennett,
Audrey Johnston; Visual
Arts - Alexis Hedgcock
COVER DESIGN
CONTEST:
1st - Abigael Fox; 2nd
- Avis Schapman
LAPEER COUNTY 4-H
STATE AWARDS
PARTICIPANT:
Kayla Aboukarroum -
Leadership and Personal
Development - Sr.; Emma
Bloss - Leadership and
Personal Development - Jr.
TEEN COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVES:
Kayla Aboukarroum,
ing the physical. If you
have had a sports physical
done in the past few
months, a copy of that will
work in place of our physi-
cal form. The registration
fee of $50 is due on that
night as well. If payment
arrangements are needed,
please contact me at 810-
688-7161.
For additional informa-
tion and to obtain the regis-
tration packet to join, please
visit our website at www.
L a p e e r C o u n t y Yo u n g -
Marines.com or call 810-
688-7161. We are looking
forward to welcoming
Lapeer Countys brightest
and most motivated youth
to join our Young Marines
family.
Carol Arman
Unit Commander
Lapeer County
Young Marines
Lapeer
Ashley Gibbs
The Lapeer County 4-H
Program also recognized
adult volunteers, clubs, and
outstanding supporters of
4-H at the Spring
Achievement program.
4-H clubs were recog-
nized with a $50 award for
outstanding programming.
Young Pioneers 4-H Club
received honors for the best
Club Community Service
project; Dyna-Mutts 4-H
Club won the Fun & Social
Award.
A special award was
given to honor Friends of
4-H. It went to John and
Heather Seidell for their
volunteer help with the
shooting sports program; to
Jenny Alexander for open-
ing her farm for 4-Hers to
have a place to ride their
Letters page 10-A

Gifts for the giver as great as receiver

I m in the midst of a cre-
ative project that Ineed
to finish by Easter Sunday.
her condition, Cami
received an uncommon
prescription from a friend,
ping. When I was loading
the groceries into my car
Inoticed a young woman,
Im creating some cus- an African medicine hands full of bags and little
tomized baskets for my woman named Mbali kids. I thought of the bou-
family, with an inspiration- Creazzo: Give away 29 quet in my car and how
al message on each one gifts in 29 days. much she might appreciate
meant especially for the
Observations in ink... By giving, Mbali having it, so I pulled it out
Photo by Catherine Minolli

recipient. The messages are
one word, like Peace,
Abundance, Clarity,
Joy... you get the picture.
Its the kind of project that
makes time fly; Im on a
cloud the whole time Im
creating them.
Im also taking advan-
tage of the opportunity to
listen to a book. Ive
become quite fond of audio
books. I like that I can take
in a great read while
doing something else. I
know thats semi-counter-
productive to the art of
readingsometimes its
best to be curled up with a
good book, completely
absorbed in the pages. But
my schedules a full one,
like lots of working people,
so while Im doing house-
work or pursuing an art
project I look forward to
being able to dive into a
book in an alternative way.
Todays selection is
Catherine Minolli on what you have to offer
called 29 GiftsHow a gifts, she said, could be
Month of Giving Can
Change Your Life by Cami
Walker. From the first
page, Im all in. Camis a
brave, honest writer, put-
ting it all out there when it
comes to her reason for
creating the book. One
month after her wedding at
the age of 33, Cami was
diagnosed with Multiple
Sclerosis and figured her
life was pretty much
doomed.
Each day brought new
negative thoughts: Im
going to end up in a wheel-
chair, says the preview on
the website 29giftsbook.
com. Marks probably
going to leave me. My life
is over. Why did this have
to happen to me?
Then, as a remedy for
told her, you are focusing
others, inviting more abun-
dance into your life. The
anything, but their giving
had to be both authentic
and mindful. At least one
gift needed to be some-
thing she felt was scarce in
her life, the preview con-
tinues. Cami was amazed
by what unfolded during
her month-long journey.
Im intrigued by this
because Ive experienced
the phenomenon. The
whole what you put out
there comes back at you
thing. I recall a day a cou-
ple of years ago when I
picked up a bouquet of
flowers at Campbells
Local Produce market. The
colorful bundle was just
$3.50 or something like
thata real deal. I then
headed over to the Kroger
store to finish up my shop-
and approached her.
Would you like these
flowers? I say. These are
for you.
She looked at me quiz-
zically. For free? she
asks.
Yes...theyre for you,
I say.
She grins and takes the
bouquet. Later that day I
receive a phone call with a
temporary job offer that
allows me to make $100
for a couple hours work
twice a monthfor a cou-
ple of months.
Ive had other similar
experiences over the years,
but sometimes in the midst
of stress or upheaval or
challenges, I lose sight of
the benefits of other-
thinkingmeaning think-
ing of what I have to offer
rather than what Ilack.
I talk about 29 Gifts
with my aunt, Zizi Teresa,
who has walked this walk
Last years customized Easter baskets made
from recycled McDonalds coffee carriers a
friend collected for me. These and 29 Gifts are
on this years agenda, too.
for as long as Ive known from example. My grand-
her. It was ingrained in her mothers name was
as she was growing up. Teresawhen Nonni and I
Just a reminder, we went to Italy in 1953, one
come from generations of of the ladies said to Nonni,
givers, she adds. Nonni Even the stones cried
(my grandmother and when Teresa died. I can-
namesake Caterina not imagine a more beauti-
Minolli) used to tell me do ful tribute than that.
good and forget it. We Nor can I! These words
help others however we are yet another gift my
can simply to help others, aunt gives me. A poetic
not for any reward or affirmation that gifts are
praise. Nonni was always, everywhere, and theyre
always helping someone. just a great for the giver as
Her mother did the same, they are for the receiver.
and no doubt her grand- Email Catherine at
mother did, too, Zizi con- cminolli@pageone-inc.
tinues. We learn the most com.
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My Palmesel LCCF committed

D uring this Lenten sea-
son, Ive become
attached to a sculpture locat-
ed in one of the DIAs medi-
eval galleries. Its what late
Gothic artists termed a
Palmesel, a German word
meaning Christ entering
Jerusalem on the back of a
Volume XXXVIII, Number
3, 1957-58, states these stat-
ues were created between
to our community
Editors note: The follow- to provide a residential camp
1480-90, to be borne ing guest column was submit- experience for 12 blind/visu-
through the town streets in ted by Nancy Boxey, execu- ally impaired and deaf/hard
Palm Sunday liturgical pro- tive director of the Lapeer of hearing children from
cessions. County Community Lapeer County in 2017 at
Then came the Foundation. She may be Bear Lakes Camp.
Reformation. Many reached at 810-664-0691 or The Foundation is com-

Photo by Iris Lee Underwood

donkey. According
to my limit-
ed research,
theres no
singular
Honest Living . . .
word for
Palmesel in
any other
language.
German
craftsmen
extracted the
meaning
from
Zechariah 9:9 as they imag-
ined Jesus entering
Jerusalem on Palm Sunday,
carried upon a donkey.
As this sacred day
approaches, I think of these
early Renaissance sculptors
who lived in Ulm, Germany.
I imagine their thriving
workshop, chips of linden-
wood flying from their awls
and piling upon the floor. I
hear their banter as they
workhammers thumping
in competition of a patron. I
smell the brew as they lift
their steins to quench their
thirst.
The Bulletin of the
Detroit Institute of Arts,
Palmesels met their demise.
Today, only two Christ and
donkey sculptures reside in
the United States. The
Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York City owns
the other. It is one of about
sixty such groups still pre-
served.
I wonder how Mrs.
Lillian Henkel Haass came Dear Reader, Herr
to own Christophorus Langeisens passion and
Langeisens Palmesel, and
am glad she presented it to
the DIA. With missing fin-
gers, Jesus lifts his right
hand in benediction. His
worm-etched face is solemn
and resolved. A brace
secures the donkeys sub-
missive head to its body.
True, the glass-encased
sculpture is crude. Yet I
weep at its beauty, the mira-
cle of it. It is not the real
Jesus and donkey, and is no
longer pulled through a
town on streets strewn with
palm branches, flanked by
worshippers.
Much more, its power
rolls through the chambers
of my heart, speaks of my
Saviors crucifixion, burial,
Sculpture that has inspired authors awe at the
Detroit Institute of Arts.
and resurrection.
This is Ulm.
Leave Germany. Go to
mine are one.
My Palmesel
I awoke that bitter night,
a whisper from Zaharias in
my ear.
Behold the king cometh unto
thee.
I cursed and buried my face
in warmth
my sleep provided. Go
away! I have no
mark of magnificence
amongst my fellows.
They mock my lindenwood,
rasp, and hammer.
He is just, and having
salvation.
Bah! You have said this
before. I see no justice,
no redemption. What do you
want of me? I am no
Michelangelo. I am
via email to nboxey@lapeer-
countycf.org.
T he Lapeer County
Community Foundation
approved $18,660.50 in grant
funding for Lapeer County
projects in March. Grants are
approved monthly that
improve the quality of life for
Christophorus Langeisen. Lapeer County residents and
support areas such as educa- Defibrillators (AEDs), allow-
tion, healthcare, the arts, ing them to respond to all
Rome. Speak to her master. environment, and the econo-
Rumor says the Pope my. Having the ability to
harangues the painter from leverage limited dollars with
the Chapels floor. these grants is critical in
Lowly and riding upon an making what would other-
ass. wise seem impossible possi-
I casted off my blanket- ble. Those communities and
shielded my eyes from the organizations that received
first beam of sunrise, wept grants include:
as the scent of lavender This summer, the Lions
soothed my troubled mind. Visually Impaired Youth
And upon a colt, the foal of Camp will mark 36 years of
an ass. providing free summer camp
Yes, my Christ and for blind and visually
donkey are the least, impaired children. Their ser-
vices have expanded to meet
yet, they are what my Lord
the needs of children with
has given. diverse medical/health prob-
Bandages unwound, I lems and who are medically
dressed and took up my fragile, developmentally
awl. challenged, or managing
Email Iris at chronic disease. The
irisleeu@sbcglobal.net. Foundation awarded a grant
mitted to working with our
local communities to protect
the health, welfare, and safe-
ty of Lapeer County resi-
dents. With grant funding
approved in March, the
Almont Police Department
will be able to replace two
outdated and non-serviceable
Automated External
cardiac arrest calls within
Almont Township/Village,
and if necessary, surrounding
areas.
Lapeer County school
districts continue to expand
their STEM and robotics pro-
grams to meet the needs of
today's students and future
employers. Funding was
awarded to the Dryden
Community Schools for the
purchase of equipment and
supplies for the Dryden Jr./
Sr. High Flock of Nerds FRC
and FTC robotics teams.
Additionally, funds were
awarded through the Lapeer
County YAC fund to fund
supplies for the Lapeer
Community Schools CFI
Committed page 10-A

When the Red, Red Robin Comes...

I grew up in the Thumb of
Michigan (for those of
you not from the Michigan,
being cast, of which Robin
Red Breast received many
more votes than any other
A robin can fly about
100-200 miles a day on the
migration, at an average
adult birds on the ground
tilting their heads, listening
and looking for the way-
look at the shape of the bird as the most popular speed of about 30 MPH, so ward worm. Then BAM!
state. Its a mitten and we bird in Michigan; and that adds another several They thrust their beak
were in the thumb of the WHEREAS, The robin days to the journey. down and pull out the
mitten). I, like everybody is the best known and best Michigan is beautiful, but I resisting worm.
else, was loved of all the birds in the doubt they care about state All summer they loudly
always on All the Liblong day.. State of Michigan; there- lines. But lots of them tweet from very early in
the lookout fore tweet Michigan or bust! the morning (much like the
for the first BE IT RESOLVED BY By the way, the robin male Tweeter-in-Chief) until the
robin of the THE HOUSE OF is quite a vibrant orange last ray of daylight. If dan-
spring. REPRESENTATIVES and black, the same colors ger approaches, like the Photo provided
Somebody (THE SENATE as my high school. But Im neighbors kitty, they have
said that CONCURRING), That the glad we are the Almont a loud distress call to warn
whoever saw robin be and the same is Raiders and not the Almont each other.
the first Rick hereby designated and Robins. Often, a female may
robin would Liblong adopted as the official state The males arrive first. have two or three different Both parents help with feeding and raising of
have good bird of the State of The boys check out a good broods in summer. When the kids.
luck all of Michigan. territory, and about two the days begin to shorten
that year. Who wouldnt And weve looked for- weeks later the girls arrive and the night air turns strong for the journey north Have a fun, safe and pro-
want that, right? And spy- ward to spring every year and choose a mate for the chilly, they know by again and in spring start the ductive summer.
ing a robin isnt that hard. since so we could welcome summer. The guys tweet instinct that they must get process all over again. Email Rick at
It took time, effort and them home. Oh, sure, there like crazy to woo the ready for the journey south. So welcome home, robins. rick.liblong@cox.net.

sometimes money to obtain
other good luck charms.
So why am I writing
about the robin, you ask?
may be other reasons to
look forward to spring, but
robin watching is up there
on the list.
females. (Its not the same
as Donald Trumps tweets.)
Before long the birds are
paired off and the mating
ICHS Students
In the fall they love to stuff
themselves with berries,
high in energy for wing
flapping. I can always tell

Well, because this
Saturday, April 8, marks a
significant historical event
in our state. In 1931 the
robin officially became the
state bird by vote of the
legislature. The robin and
the chickadee were the top
two. The chickadee folks
claimed that their feathered
friend was hearty enough
to endure a Michigan win-
ter while the robin went
south to warmer climes.
But the robin lobby pre-
vailed with the legislature:
Incidentally, the robin
is also the state bird in
Connecticut and
Wisconsin.
As you know, I live in
Virginia now a few miles
west of Washington, D.C.
We look forward to seeing
the robins, too. Many of
them stop for a few quick
meals before heading north
again. But a lot of them
stay. After all, its another
565 miles to the Tri-Cities.
They think that Virginia
worms are just as tasty.
begins. You know, the birds
and the bees stuff.
The female is in charge
of building and decorating
the nest. Lots of twigs,
mud and grass form a nice
little open-top home nes-
tled, hopefully, in a nice,
safe place. Soon, she lays
an average of three to five
eggs. Surprise, the eggs are
robins egg blue! The lit- diminish in the north in
tle ones arrive about 14
days later and about 14
days after that the children
are ready to leave the nest
of the Month
when its berry time for
them by the way they
strafe cars with the gooey,
hard-to-remove stuff. - Editors note: The fol- Halsted
Soon, there are fewer lowing Imlay City High because the
and fewer of them outside School Students of the way he
my windows as they begin Month feature was submit- teaches has
the trip south in search of ted by Rich Cross, M.Ed., inspired her
food supplies. Its not the Dean of Students at Imlay love for
cold they flee, theyre look- City High School. He may math, as
ing for food as supplies be reached at 810-724- well as
9815 or via email to pushed her
winter. Believe it or not, rcross@icschools.us. to become a Brandon
only about 25% of the birds ICHS March 2017 better stu- Pries
survive their first year. Student of the Month dent. She
Nature is cruel and truly Victoria Klaas also credits

WHEREAS, A widely and
generally conducted con-
test to choose a state bird,
carried on by the Michigan
Audubon Society, resulted
in nearly 200,000 votes
And since they cant just
hop on a Boeing jetliner
and be there in about an
hour, they have to flap
their little wings all the
way.
V
and fly on their own. runs in survival of the fit- ictoria Klaas is one of Mr. Halsted with inspiring
Both parents share in test mode year-round. our Imlay City High her to pursue a career in
feeding the kids a nice diet A few stay the winter School Students of the education.
of fresh worms, bugs and but most leave. During the Month for March 2017! Victorias short term goal
berries. Its always fasci- winter they frolic around in This is her second time is to graduate from high
nated me watching the large flocks and eat, getting being selected! She is the school and to prepare to go
daughter of Susan and to college in the fall. Long

Do we live as if it never happened? Craig Klaas, and has a

N o. They were commit-
ted to a different out-
come and didnt want to let
the testimony of eyewit-
nesses change their minds.
It just wouldnt work...that
the person they saw as a
threat to their own power,
the person they had come
to hate, the person they had
framed, the person they had
lied about...could come
back from the death sen-
tence they had inflicted.
So again, there was a
need to withdraw some
money from the temple
fundeven more this
timeto buy the silence
and false testimony of the
guards who had witnessed
the events of Easter morn-
ing.
Claiming it never hap-
physical perspective,
should have protected the
One they rejected and
betrayed. Then the author
turns the lens on his read-
ers, encouraging us to do
some self-examination.
Steven Koster, editor of
the March/April Today
devotional in which I found
this meditation, tells of
pened. having recently visited Old
Those words are Jerusalemof having fol-
excerpted from a Lenton lowed its narrow stone
meditation written by Fred pathways and also having
Bultman, who explains that worshiped beneath the
one purpose for these 40 olive trees in Gethsemane.
(week)days leading to He stood where Jesus was
Good Friday and Easter is crucified and buried.
for Christians to remember I imagined the cold,
the sufferings Jesus dark dawn when the angel
endured for us. Bultman rolled away the stone and
zeroes in primarily on the resurrection light filled the
ones who, from a simply grave, Koster recalled.
brother named Chad.
Victoria is also the owner
term, Victoria plans to
graduate from Grand
Valley State University
Seeing the places where
God powerfully changed
history reminded me that
of a dog
named
Daisy and a
with a degree in secondary
education.
Congratulations
these things really hap- cat named Victoria! Good luck at
pened in a real place. God Lilo. Grand Valley!
Himself acts among us.
Jesus ChristGod
with us. Crucified. Died.
In addi-
tion to
earning
ICHS March 2017
Student of the Month
Brandon Pries
Was buried. Rose again.
The temple leaders
committed to a different Klaas
excellent
Victoria grades,
Victoria is
B randon Pries is one of
our Imlay City High
School Students of the
outcomeclaimed it currently a Month for March 2017!
never happened. member of the National This is his second time
But it had. We know Honor Society, Spartan being selected! He is the
that. Do we live as though Marching Band, class son of Scott and Collette
it hasnt? council, Spanish club, and Pries, has a 12-year-old
Or do we live from the history club. brother named Tyler, and
perspective that He not Outside of school, is the owner of a cat
only arose from the dead Victoria enjoys being very named Mouse.
but that He lives today involved with the ICHS In addition to earning
and has ascended into band, and spending a lot of excellent grades, Brandon
heaven? her free time with friends is a member of the cross
Email Willene at and family.
willenetanis@aol.com. Her role model is Mr. Students page 10-A
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Dispatch log...
Editors note: The fol-
lowing is a compilation of
activity and reports from area
police departments:
In Imlay City:
March 27, 2017
00:22 Suspicious Person
(First St./S. Cedar St.)
01:50 Assault and Battery
(200 block W. Fourth St.)
08:11 Alarm (1800 block
S. Cedar St.)
Multiple Traffic Stops
throughout the day
March 28, 2017
09:38 Assist Capac PD
with Domestic Violence
(6900 block Newark Rd.)
14:48 Property Damage
Accident (1800 block S.
Cedar St.)
15:49 Suspicious Person
(400 block W. First St.)
Obituaries
~ Delphine Kay (Harris) Buckhanon, 84 ~
Delphine Kay (Harris)
Buckhanon, 84, of Imlay
Twp., died Friday, March
24, 2017. Del was born
October 14, 1932 in Hazel
Park, to Russell and
Lucille Harris who pre-
ceded her in death. She
attended Hazel Park High
School until 1950 then
graduated from Chippewa
Valley High School in
1987 with her daughter
Krista. She worked at
Cadillac Sales in Detroit
and the Chrysler Missile
Plant in Warren. She
lived for and loved her
Doris M. Havens, age
87, of Almont passed
away March 26, 2017 at
Angelicas Place Assisted
Living, Romeo. She was
born December 7, 1929,
in Montrose, Michigan. In
her life she was a
Brownie and Girl Scout
Leader, Sunday school
~ Robert Bob Nichols, 92 ~
Robert Bob
Nichols, age 92, of Imlay
City, Michigan died
Thursday, March 30,
2017 at his home.
Robert William
Nichols was born
December 25, 1924 in
Franklin, MI. He is the
son of the late Emor and
the late Hazel (Spicer)
Nichols. He grew up in
Franklin before moving
to the Imlay City and
Lapeer areas. He is a
1943 graduate of Imlay
City High School.
He was a self-
Esther Elaine Miller,
93, of Lapeer and formerly
of Capac died Tuesday
morning, March 28, 2017
at The Pines of Lapeer
Assisted Living.
She was born July 17,
1923 in Mussey Township,
the daughter of Charles
and Mary (Soldasky)
Blimke.
Her marriage of 53
years to William Guy
Miller was September 21,
1946 in Capac. William
died January 14, 2000.
- IN MEMORY -
Valarie Hartel
February 1, 1935 - April 2, 2016
It is so hard to believe you have been gone for a year
Not a day goes by we don't wish you were here.
You blessed our lives in so many ways
We will spend eternity singing your praise.
We miss your beautiful smile and your loving touch
Your delicious home cooking and the warmth of your hugs.
You were the most giving Mother, wonderful Sister and friend
But the greatest joy in your life was
being a Grandmother to no end.
Your Grandchildren have been blessed
with your unending love
Within them your life will forever live on.
All our memories will be kept close to our heart
With constant reminders of which we will never part.
Your Christian living has taken you to a beautiful place to roam
It led the way for the Lord to welcome you home.
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(200 block Engle St.)
16:47 Welfare Check
(400 block Colonial Dr.)
17:45 Assist Truck
18:39 Suspicious Convoy (Cedar St./Newark
Circumstance (500 block S. Rd.)
Almont Ave.) 17:50 Motorist Assist
21:08 Harassment/ (2000 block S. Cedar St.)
Threats (2000 block S. March 31, 2017
Almont Ave.) 09:27 Peace Officer (600
22:21 Citizen Assist block S. Cedar St.)
(1900 block S. Cedar St.) 11:41 Family Dispute
Multiple Traffic Stops (500 block S. Almont Ave.)
throughout the day 13:39 Motorist Assist
March 29, 2017 (300 block S. Almont Ave.)
00:52 Alarm (300 block 13:53 Suspicious Vehicle
E. Capac Rd.) (300 block E. Fourth St.)
11:54 Citizen Assist (300 22:11 Civil Dispute (200
block E. Third St.) block W. First St.)
13:30 Citizen Assist (300 22:29 Civil Dispute (200
block E. Third St.) block W. First St.)
18:56 Civil Dispute (400 22:54 Civil Dispute (200
block Colonial Dr.) block W. First St.)
19:35 Larceny (200 block Multiple Traffic Stops
School House Dr.) throughout the day
March 30, 2017 April 1, 2017
10:26 Neighbor Dispute 04:57 Suspicious Person
Del is survived by her
husband of 59 years, B.J.
(Buck) Buckhanon;
daughter, Krista Lee
(Darin) Parker; two grand-
daughters; four great-
granddaughters; dear
friends of 55 years, Barb
and Earl Skibowski and
Chuck and Sally Simpson;
Phyllis Thompson since
1st grade; also Joyce Cole
with her late husband
Jimmy Cole, who intro-
duced Buck and Del; and
neighbors Paul and Julie
German Shephard and McLarney.
Doberman pets. She was preceded in
~ Doris M. Havens, 87 ~
teacher, member of the ist at the office of Dr.
Almont Rebekah Lodge Lane and a bookkeeper in
and Armada Rebekah the billing department at
Lodge and member of Dr. Wells dentist office.
Almont First She was the beloved
Congregational Church.
She worked as a house-
wife of 66 years to the
late Lewis Havens; loving
keeper, a clerk at mother of Farel (Victor)
Koppens 5 Cent to a and Brenda (Rick); grand-
Dollar store, a reception- mother of Ryan (Erika),
crop farmer.
Bob is survived by
one daughter: Suzanne
(Joseph) McDonnell of
Holly, MI; two sons:
Leslie "Les" Nichols of
Lapeer, MI and Terry
Nichols of Florence, CO;
six grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by his son: James
Nichols; two brothers:
Harry Nichols and Don
Nichols; and two sisters:
Virginia Will and his
infant sister, Genevieve
employed dairy and cash
Nichols.
~ Esther Elaine Miller, 93 ~
Esther graduated from
Capac High School in
1942 as Salutatorian of her
class. She was a member
of St. John's Lutheran
Church, Capac, where she
taught Sunday school,
played piano and sang in
the church choir. She was
a former member of
WELCA, AAL, and
Greeting Card Outreach
and enjoyed cooking, bak-
ing and having coffee
breaks with the neighbors.
Esther enjoyed traveling
with her husband, playing
cards, and spending time
with her family. She loved
to shop and talk.
Surviving are two
daughters and sons-in-law,
Sally and Marvin
Middleton of White Pigeon
and Kathy and Alan
Keskimaki of Capac; three
grandchildren, Michael
(Shawna) Middleton of
Constantine, Jodi
(Dominic) Abate of
You are loved and Macomb and Matthew
missed dearly (Allison) Keskimaki of
Jake, Kim, Lansing; great-grandchil-
dren, Alexis, Megan, Lydia
Jake & Katie
and Wyatt Middleton and
Mike, Lori & Shana Grace and Zachary Abate,
(6900 block Newark Rd.)
06:09 Disorderly
Conduct (200 block W. First
St.)
08:34 Property Damage
Accident (N. Cedar St./E.
Third St.)
11:14 Motorist Assist
(1800 block S. Cedar St.)
12:55 Alarm (200 block
E. Third St.)
15:54 Peace Officer (200
block W. First St.)
17:05 Disorderly
Conduct (500 block Main St.)
21:07 Family Dispute
(200 block W. Fourth St.)
21:43 Suspicious
Circumstance (N. Cedar
St./E. Fourth St.)
22:56 Suspicious
Circumstance (600 block S.
Cedar St.)
23:46 Assist LCSD with
Stolen Vehicle (1900 block S.
Cedar St.)
Multiple Traffic Stops
death by her dear son,
Randal Jay (Buck)
Buckhanon; her brothers,
Harold (Frosty) and
Russell who was killed in
action during WWII.
Memorials may be made
to The Paradise Animal
Rescue 2266 N Lapeer Rd,
Lapeer, MI 48446.
Cremation has been
entrusted to Muir Brothers
Funeral Home-Almont.
A Memorial Service is
being planned for a later
date.
Online guestbook: www.
MuirBrothers.com
Rocky (Angelica) and late
grandson, Shane and great
grandmother of Samantha,
Hayden, Hoyce, Hunter,
Saige, Mia and Brea.
Visitation and funeral
was Tuesday, March 28,
2017 at Muir Brothers
Funeral Home, 138 S.
Main, Almont, Michigan.
The funeral was held
Monday, April 3, 2017, at
Muir Brothers Funeral
Home of Imlay City, 225
N. Main Street, Imlay
City, MI. Deacon
Thomas Yezak officiated.
Those wishing to
make memorial contribu-
tions may direct them to
the Bob Nichols family.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir
Brothers Funeral Home
of Imlay City. Please be
sure to sign our on-line
register book muir-
brothersfh.com
and many nieces, nephews
and friends.
She was preceded in
death by a grandson, Jason
Keskimaki; sisters, Helen
Woolley and Dorothea
Earle and brothers,
Bernard Blimke and Don
Blimke.
Funeral services took
place Saturday, April 1 at
St. Johns Lutheran
Church, Capac. Rev. Gary
MacManus officiated.
Burial was in Lutheran
Cemetery, Mussey
Township.
The family would like
to thank the staff at The
Pines Memory Unit in
Lapeer, MI. We are grate-
ful for your care, compas-
sion and love you gave
mom and our family for
the last four years. Thanks
to Heart to Heart Hospice
for your love and support
and moms peaceful pass-
ing in Heaven to be with
Dad.
Memorials are suggest-
ed to St. Johns Lutheran
Church.
For information and
Guest Book kaatzfunerals.
com
throughout the day
April 2, 2017
07:22 Alarm (100 block
Weston St.)
07:36 Utility Problem
(400 block S. Blacks Corners
Rd.)
20:08 Alarm (2100 block
S. Almont Ave.)
20:31 Medical Assist
(2000 block S. Cedar St.)
23:47 Suspicious Vehicle
(400 block W. Fourth St.) 15000 block of Park St. in
Multiple Traffic Stops
throughout the day
In St. Clair County:
Police and emergency
responders responded to dis-
patch calls for:
March 28
car/deer accident at
Downey and Capac roads in
Mussey Twp.
domestic incident in the
16000 block of Donald Rd. in
Mussey Twp.
citizen assist in the 100
block of E. Church St. in
Capac
panic alarm in the 8900
block of Winn Rd. in Lynn
Twp.
suspicious circumstanc-
es at Kelly and Fulton roads
in Lynn Twp.
March 29
harassment call in the
21000 block of Bordman Rd.
in Berlin Twp.
citizen assist in the 200
block of S. Lester St. in
Capac
suspicious circumstanc-
es in the 14000 block of Alma
Lane in Mussey Twp.
March 30
vehicle in the ditch at
Bryce and Knoll roads in
Mussey Twp.
warrant arrest in the
16000 block of Donald Rd. in
Mussey Twp.
property damage acci-
dent at N. Main St. and E.
Kempf Ct. in Capac
March 31
vehicle in the ditch at
Capac and Burt roads in
Letters:
from page 8-A
horses; to Steve Brandt for
maintaining the arena at the
fairgrounds and running the
gymkhana show; and to
Cassie Schultz for stepping
up to volunteer to be coor-
dinator of the BBQ at the
Livestock Auction at Fair.
4-H volunteers are all
extraordinary people who
do extraordinary things to
help kids, but every year
the 4-H Program honors
volunteers who have gone
Students:
from page 9-A
country, track, and quiz
bowl teams. He is also a
member of the Spartan
Marching Band and wind
ensemble. Brandon is also
involved in several student
groups such as Spanish
club, history club, chemistry
club, and environmental
club.
In his free time,
Brandon enjoys reading,
running, and playing music.
Brandon looks up to his
father because he has
inspired Brandon's interest
in music. His mother is also
one of Brandons role mod-
els because she encourages
Committed:
from page 9-A
Project Lead the Way
Medical Detectives pro-
gram. Additional educational
support was given from the
Lapeer County YAC to sup-
port our youngest students
through a grant to the Lapeer
Community Schools Kids
and Company preschool to
purchase large books and
activity kits.
The Chatfield School
has developed a unique after
school program entitled
Chatfitt, an after school
physical training program for
students in grades 4 through
8 that focuses on cardiovas-
cular and muscular fitness as
well as flexibility. The goal
of the program is to provide a
fun alternative to the tradi-
tional sports setting, while
teaching proper physical
exercise mechanics. Grant
funds were given for the pur-
chase of equipment.
Mussey Twp.
neighbor trouble in the
950 block of Berville Rd. in
Berlin Twp.
April 1
civil posting in the 3000
block of Lynch Rd. in
Mussey Twp.
vehicle inspection
13000 block of Kaufman
Rd. in Mussey Twp.
narcotics crime in the
Capac
warrant arrest in the
15000 block of Park St. in
Capac
April 3
breaking and entering
in the 16000 block of
Pytleski Drive in Berlin
Twp.
domestic incident in the
15000 block of W. Park St.
in Capac
disorderly subject in the
100 block of N. Walker St.
in Capac
citizen assist in the 100
block of E. Church St. in
Capac
civil matter in the 5000
block of Capac Rd. in
Mussey Twp.
domestic incident in the
360 block of Teal Lane in
Capac
In Lapeer County:
Complaints handled by
the Lapeer County Sheriffs
Department
March 28
911 hangup call in the
6700 block of Wagner Rd. in
Goodland Twp.
misdemeanor arrest
warrant on E. Capac Rd. in
Imlay City.
March 29
car/deer accident in the
3400 block of Newark Rd. in
Attica Twp.
March 30
assist motorist on Imlay
City Rd. in Attica Twp.
property damage acci-
dent on S. Lake Pleasant Rd.
in Attica Twp.
above and beyond by rec-
ognizing them as 4-H
Leaders of the Year. This
year the honor went to
Tiffany Howell, volunteer
leader of the Rural Route
Horse club. Outstanding
Lifetime Leader Award was
awarded to Ray and Shelley
Swain, leaders in Blue
Ribbon Beef. Rae Haskins,
a leader in Moo Crew and
also Burnside Busy Bees
4-H clubs, received the
Meritorious Leader Award.
Kathy George, 4-H
Youth Program
Coordinator
him to strive to do well at
whatever he tries. Brandon
additionally looks to Mr.
Gartrell as a role model
because he has made
Brandon very passionate
about science.
Brandons short-term goals
are to graduate with his cur-
rent 4.0 GPA, and to suc-
cessfully complete all five
AP courses that are offered
at ICHS.
After high school
Brandon plans on pursuing a
degree in astronomy or cos-
mology. He would also like
to run at the collegiate level,
and participate in the march-
ing band.
Congratulations
Brandon! Keep up the good
work!
The three-year program
of activities designed to rec-
ognize and commemorate the
50th anniversary of the
Vietnam War will conclude
this fall during the weekend
of October 20-21. Scheduled
activities include public
viewing of the Michigan
Moving Wall. Vietnam War
displays include educational
information, pictures, arti-
facts, war gear, etc. A
Welcome Home Brothers
appreciation dinner will spot-
light our Lapeer County
Vietnam Veterans and their
guests. Grant funding was
awarded to assist in honoring
our veterans for their service
and sacrifices for our country.
The Lapeer County
Community Foundation man-
ages 63 funds to provide
grants for a wide range of
charitable purposes. Since
1996, over $3.4 million has
been given to enhance the
quality of life in Lapeer
County for current and future
generations.
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Rural Lifestyles

Trees welcome spring

TRI-CITY AREA
Who isnt eager to see the
grass turn green and the
trees leaf out as spring
arrives?
As that process begins,
observers may wonder why
why different species of
trees begin to green-up at
different times over a three
to four week period.
Here are some of the
general reasons, according
to Michigan State
University Extension
Educator Julie Crick.
and leafing out when com-
pared with the trees grow-
ing outside of it. For sim-
plicity, the information in
this article describes timing
variations between tree
species growing within the
same general woodlot,
under similar conditions.
Describing the
sequence of spring green-
up in a woodlot is fairly
easy to generalize for
understory plants and
becomes more complicated
when it comes to the trees.
begin conducting water
and nutrients as soon as the
warmer temperatures per-
mit. A few examples of
trees in this category are:
maples, cherry, buckeyes,
most popples, birches, wil-
lows, and alder. The diffuse
porous wood structure
explains why maples are
tapped to obtain the early
flowing sap.
Some of the trees with
diffuse porous wood anato-
my also have an indetermi-
nate or sustained growth

Microclimates
One factor that should
be noted when explaining
the timing of different tree
species greening-up, or
flowering and leafing out,
is location. A variety of
local factors can create
microclimates. These are
small areas that, for multi-
ple reasons, may experi-
ence slightly different
weather conditions than
another location nearby. be significant is the struc-
Some of those reasons
include:
A south-facing slope
that receives more direct
sun than its north-facing
counterpart
Small, isolated depres-
sions that tend to collect
cooler, denser air
The air in a sunny,
open field with full sun
warming faster than the air
in the adjacent woodlot
As a result, the trees
growing within a microcli-
mate can experience vari-
able timing in flowering
For example, not all of the
small (either young or sup-
pressed) trees flower and
leaf out first, nor is it that
the tall (either older or
dominant) trees green-up
last. Yet, trees of the same
species do tend to flower
and leaf out within a few
days of one another when
growing in similar condi-
tions. One of the many fac-
tors that has been found to
ture of the wood.
Greening-up early
The tree species that
are first to flower and leaf
out are typically trees that
have diffuse-porous wood
anatomy. The diffuse
porous wood anatomy
means that the vessels that
carry water and nutrients
up and down the tree are
individually small and
numerous. This character-
istic helps to protect these
vessels from rupturing dur-
ing harsh winter tempera-
tures and allows the tree to
pattern along each twig.
This means that the tree
will continue to grow
leaves along a twig that is
growing until the tree sens-
es regrowth is no longer
profitable and stops the
growth, usually in response
to dropping fall tempera-
tures and limited day
length. The ability for the
tree to grow in this manner
allows the tree to quickly
recover from late spring
frosts or insects that might
damage leaves that have
flushed out.
In science, there is
always an exception to the
rule. According to Martin
Lechowicz in Why do
Temperate Deciduous
Trees Leaf Out at Different
Times?, not all trees with
a diffuse porous wood
anatomy leaf out early.
Species like blackgum,
sycamore, sweetgum, bass-
wood and beech have dif-
fuse-porous wood and tend
to leaf out later than the
Photo provided
Oaks and other trees with ring pourous wood anatomy leaf out later in
the season than maples and willows.
aforementioned species.
Research suggests this is
due to their historic link-
ages to tropical and semi-
tropical environments that
require warmer weather to
stimulate the flowering and
leafing out process.
Later is better for some
trees
Species that tend to
flower and leaf out later in
the spring green-up period
have ring-porous wood
anatomy. Ring-porous
wood has fewer, large
diameter vessels that con-
duct the water and nutri-
ents up and down the tree.
These larger diameter ves-
sels easily rupture in harsh
winter temperatures and
the trees must repair the tis-
sues before producing
flowers or leaves.
Think of each vessel as
a straw and the fleshy parts
of the tree (flowers and
leaves) as needing to draw
up water and nutrients from
the roots to photosynthe-
size and produce starchy
sugars. Cold winter tem-
peratures can cause the
straw to break, or even tear,
reducing its effectiveness
to transport the water and
nutrients under the suction
created by the flowers and
leaves. So, in effect, the
tree takes the time to repair
these straws, or vessels, to
ensure the flowers and
leaves can drink from the
roots. In reality, the process
is much more complicated
than this. The flow goes
both up and down the tree,
maintained by turgor pres-
sure in the cells, which can
rupture in very cold tem-
peratures. Still, its a good
analogy to make the point.
Most of the trees that
have ring-porous wood
anatomy also have a deter-
minate growth pattern,
where tiny leaves are
formed within a bud at the
tip of the branch. When
conditions are right, the
bud opens up and the leaves
elongate and flush out.
The tree can do this once or
twice a season; it takes
time and considerable
nutrients to support con-
secutive flushes of leaves.
Determinate growth means
the tree typically cannot as
easily recover from late
spring frosts or insect dam-
age to its leaves without
significant costs. Examples
of tree species that have
both ring porous wood
anatomy and determinate
growth include, but are not
File photo
limited to, oaks, elms, sas-
safras, mulberry, hickories,
walnuts and ashes.
The characteristics that
affect the timing of flower
and leaf production also
apply to trees growing out-
side of a forested ecosys-
tem. Regardless of their
location, most diffuse
porous species will flower
and leaf out earlier than
ring-porous species. This
will become evident by
closely comparing the leaf-
ing out progress of the
maple and oak trees in your
yard or neighborhood.
Typically, the maples will
leaf out and flower at least
one to two weeks before
the oak trees, sometimes
longer. Keeping a mental
or written journal helps to
keep track of what you see.
This article was pub-
lished by Michigan State
University Extension. For
more information, visit
http://www.msue.msu.edu.
To have a digest of infor-
mation delivered straight
to your email inbox, visit
http://www.msue.msu.edu/
newsletters. To contact an
expert in your area, visit
http://expert.msue.msu.
edu, or call 888-MSUE4MI
(888-678-3464).

Imlay Citys Dale Duckert (right) receives his National Corn Yield Contest
award at the Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas, last month.

Local corn growers recognized

IMLAY CITY As
the American farmer strives
to meet the growing
demand for corn required
to satisfy increasing world
demand, three Imlay City
growers have been honored
for their efforts through the
2016 National Corn Yield
Contest. The national con-
test, sponsored annually by
the National Corn Growers
Association, recognizes
farmers from across the
Dale Duckert placed 1
in the state in the A: A
Non-Irrigated Class with a
yield of 286.122 bushels
per acre. The hybrid used
in the winning field was
DEKALB DKC49-72RIB.
Lynn Walton placed 2
in the state in the C: A
No-Till/Strip-Till Non-
Irrigated Class with a yield
of 278.976 bushels per
acre. The hybrid used in
the winning field was
City, MI, placed 3 in the
state in the C: A No-Till/
Strip-Till Non-Irrigated
Class with a yield of
273.7043 bushels per acre.
The hybrid used in the win-
ning field was DEKALB
DKC57-75RIB.
All three were among
400 state winners nation-
wide. The 2016 contest
participation included
7,979 entries from 46

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Secret life: Retired banker and spy

from page 1-A
Once there we would wait for fur-
ther instructions. I never knew when my
orders would arrive, Ted continues. I
just did as I was told.
The missions were primarily in the
Russian border countries of Germany,
Turkey, Iran, or Pakistan. The U.S. had air
bases in those countries and his missions
started there. Any time of the day or
became a nightmare. The contractor cho-
sen to build the home disappeared with
his fathers life savings. It was devastat-
ing.
It was a hard time for my family,
Ted recalls. My father worked and saved
for a nice home. Not a single wall went
up. They were swindled and forced to rent
the rest of their lives.
His adoptive mother had wanted Ted
to go to Valparaiso University to study

night. Ted traveled with a partner, also in
plain clothes. Both were fluent in Russian.
It was all top secret and no one knew
what they did and no one asked.
Ted had become part of an invisible
military organization, virtually unknown
to most all others.
Early challenges,
early gifts
Ted was born in Mt. Pleasant
Michigan, an orphan. Hes not sure why
his biological mother gave him up at
birth. It doesnt seem to bother him as he
tells meits just part of his story, some-
thing he had no control over. He never
met his mother, although he had a chance
in the late 1990s and decided against it.
Ted was in the orphanage for a short
time before he was adopted and raised in
Pontiac. His adoptive father was an engi-
neer for Pontiac Motors and his mother an
interior designer. It was a good life and
Photo provided
medicine. He was accepted and attended
the university for a short time, but the
recession and cost of tuition prevented
Ted from continuing. He dropped out and
enlisted in the Army.
Back then work was hard to come by
and like my friends I decided to enlist
before I got drafted, Ted says. I would
have liked to have finish my degree at
Valparaiso but it just wasnt meant to be.
One door closes,
another opens
Once in the Army, it didnt take long
for Teds superiors to see where his skills
lay. He took tests and his aptitude for lan-
guage was again recognized this time
by the ASA. Ted was on his way to
becoming a linguist, a modern day spy
you could say. A world opened up to Ted.
One he could have never imagined.
The ASA sent him to Monterey,
California, not far from the famous Pebble
Beach Golf Club, but Ted wasnt there for
fun and games. He had several languages
he was offered to studyChinese,
Vietnamese, Italian, Romanian,
Hungarian, German or Russian. He decid-
ed on Russian. From June of 1958 until
June of 1959 Ted and 60 select others
were in a program focusing on Russian
language, grammar and dialect.
Photo provided
Ted Collom (center) with fellow graduates in the linguist program at the
Army Security Agency, an arm of the National Security Administration.
to be convincing, Ted says.
Waiting for orders
After a full year in California, Ted
was sent overseas to Frankfort, Germany.
While there, he had an opportunity to take
the West Point test and scored high, but
the physical showed he had a long history
of asthma and could not be admitted into
the program. Ted was disappointed.
He later found himself in Heilbronn, Ted Collom, then and now.
Germany, for more training in the use of
Russian language. He was assigned to the pilots.
319 ASA Battalion. It was one assignment These guys, these pilots were the
after anotherhe never knew where he best of the best, he says.
was going to be next or when. Its a partnership I can understand
As has been written: The ASA is the admiration for when your life depends
eyes and ears of Americas intelligence on them, appreciation grows.
gathering empire. They are the soldiers, After many more missions flying over
sailors, Marines and airmen who sit in Russian territory, Ted came back home in
long rows with earphones, turning dials, the fall of 1962. Again he trained for
activating tape recorders, and tapping out another ASA mission, this time in a sub-
messages on six-ply, multi-colored carbon marine.
paper. They (the Russians) were off our
shores listening to us and we were off
their shores listening to them, Ted says.

Ted in plain clothes waiting for
word of his next flight, it could
have been in Germany, Turkey or
Pakistan among the many coun-
tries he was in while with the
ASA.
Ted explains, The Russian language This has been going on for years,
has a completely different alphabet and you cant trust them, he warns.
its more phonetic than ours. Ted was very good at what he did. He
All the teachers were older Russian was promoted to Staff Sergeant by 1962.
refugees. One was your stereotypical He became an instructor for a short time
Russian, a big and strong man with a as a radio intercept translator.
round face, and a thick black mustache. Teds career continued with more
We called him, The Bear. Ted grins, training, more missions and more instruc-
puffing out his chest to illustrate. tion for the NSA until 1965. There are
Photo provided

his new parents, the only ones he ever
knew, were caring and loving.
Ted was involved with the usual activ-
ities growing up, among them, of course,
was Boy Scouts. He earned the usual
patches and badges as you would in
Scouting, but one particular talent stood
outlearning and understanding the
Morse Code. Things like that came easy
for him. Later, in high school, he was
given a language test which he scored
very high on. The teachers recognized his
aptitude for language. It was a skill he
would later use to the highest level of
Army Intelligence and of great national
importance.
Ted graduated from Waterford High
School in 1957. In the midst of a reces-
sion, finding work was difficult at best.
His family had also fallen on difficult
times. His father had been saving money
for a home, a dream home, and the dream
The Bear taught grammar and dialect.
Ted remembers him saying, Collom go
to the the blackboard and translate the
sentence. And he did.
The Bear looked at me and the sen-
tence I translated and said in a deep voice,
Collom, the Russian language has 50,000
verbs, unfortunately you choose the
wrong ones. Sit down! Ted laughs, imi-
tating his teacher.
He says a common technique for
learning the Russian language was
through memorizing plays. It offered an
opportunity for proper use of grammar
and dialect.
We would memorize an entire play,
all the characters in the play and be pre-
pared to recite any or all of them the next
day, Ted explains.
After six months of class, day and
night, everything was in Russian. That
was all we spoke. We learned about the
Russian history and anything we needed
The A3D needed to reduce weight
for its mission so the ASA took
out the ejection seats, meaning
the pilot, co-pilot and scanner had
no way out of the aircraft, thus the
name All Three Dead.
Ted was a scanner. He sat behind the
pilots, flying at altitudes well over 35,000
feet, listening for anything that might sug-
gest the Russians were onto them. He
knew if they were shot down they would
not be taken captive alive. The truth was
working for the ASA meant that the
United States wouldnt acknowledge they
even existed. Ted and the others were on
their own if anything should go wrong.
There was no help coming.
Its important for Ted to mention the
many parts of his story he cant tell, and
some he preferred I not write.
Perhaps it was Pakistan, maybe
Turkey or along the Afghanistan border
that was his most dangerous and most
productive missions. He most likely wont
tell you. He didnt tell me.
Once he did retire from service his
superiors gave him a whole list of things
he could talk about and things he couldnt
talk about.
They even told me if I traveled any-
where I had to send them an itinerary of
where I was going and when I was return-
ing. I dont have to do that anymore, Ted
says with a smile.
I never thought of myself as being a
spy, he continues. Youre not a spy until
you get caught.
Yep, there is story in all of us. And
you cant tell a book by its cover.
Email Randy at
rjorgensen@pageone-inc.com.

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priorities, Gainer recalled.
It was a struggle. College
was not an option.
Nevertheless, Gainer
dug in her heels and made
the best of things, which
appreciation for philan-
thropy and a strong desire
to assist struggling adult
women. Hence, the birth of
The Womens Fund.
The original thought
was to have 100 founding
members, each of whom
and sustain interest and to
increase donations, Gainer
and 15 fellow Founders
began keeping track of all
monies donated to The
Womens Fund.
Now, when someone
reaches the $1,000 donor
Photo provided

included beginning classes level, they will automati-

in the field of accounting.
Her tenacity, along
with the support and
encouragement of her fam-
ily, helped her acquire an
Associates Degree in
Accounting in 1996.
In the years that fol-
lowed, Garner worked hard
and found herself earning a
comfortable living, eventu-
ally achieving her ultimate
goal of becoming a self-
employed accountant.
During that time she
spent several years work-
ing for the Four County
Community Foundation,
where she developed an
Opportunities: Farmers to veterans
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veterans to take advantage
of programs and benefits
available to them through
the VA.
There are resources
out there that are still not
being used by eligible vet-
erans, said Ronders. Its basic human need for food.
important to remind your-
selves that your fellow vet-
erans can be the greatest
resource.
Ronders noted that net-
working with fellow veter-
ans can often be a veter-
ans most valuable
resource.
There is a common
bond shared among those
who have served, he said.
would be willing to com-
mit $1,000 to The
Womens Fund, Garner
said.
We could have
accomplished that goal
over a period of three
years, using Michigans
former tax credit for
donors to Michigan foun-
dations.
Unfortunately, she
lamented, the state decid-
ed to do away with that tax
credit. As a result, the
interest in donating to
community foundations
has dwindled.
In an effort to build
We need to be there for
one another.
Ag career opportuni-
ties
Agriculture is a grow-
ing area of interest for
entrepreneurs and job seek-
ers because the field fills a
information about pro-
Particularly in
Michigan, where agricul-
ture is a $100 billion
industry, and with expand-
ing opportunities.
As further evidence
that farming is big business
in Lapeer County, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
reports that Lapeer County
has 1,133 local farms cov-
ering 175,000 acres with a
cally become a Founding
member, said Gainer.
As further incentive,
she said the organization is
including the portion of its
fundraising ticket that
would be tax-deductible as
a donation.
Fundraisers a success
Gainer noted that The
Womens Fund has hosted
two successful fundraisers
in 2015 and 2016, raising
nearly $9,000 in the process.
Our first fundraiser in
October of 2015 was a hard
cider and wine-tasting
event at Blakes Winery in
Armada, said Gainer. We
market value of products
sold totaling more than
$113 million.
Marketing and process-
ing foods are also impor-
tant areas of growth in the
field of agriculture.
For questions or more
grams and resources avail-
able to U.S. veterans, call
the Lapeer County Office
of Veterans Affairs in
Lapeer at 810-667-0256.
Or send an email to:
jokreiner@lapeercounty.
org.
The Lapeer County VA
offices is located at 267
Nepessing St., Suite 2 in
downtown Lapeer.
A large crowd gathered at Blakes Winery of Armada to mark The
Womens Funds 2015 fundraiser. The organization hopes to provide two
scholarships to local women in 2017. The application deadline is May 15.
had 120 women in atten-
dance for chances to win
door prizes and raffle prizes.
Blakes rebated a per-
centage of their sales for the
evening, allowing us to clear
$3,100.
An October 2016 fund-
raiser at Blakes was even
more successful,Gainer
noted.
At our second fund-
raiser, we had 132 women
in attendance, she said.
Our door and raffle prizes
were so well received that
we ran out of tickets to
sell.
Gainer said the total
donations and another rebate
fromBlakes added up to a
profit of $5,300.
Past grant awards
With the money raised
during the past two years,
The Womens Fund has
awarded two $500 grants.
The first grant went to
the Samaritan House of
Romeo, which used the
grant funding to assist a
woman in great need of
financial and emotional
assistance.
The womans husband
had been diagnosed with a
brain tumor, Gainer
recalled. Because of the
treatments, the husband was
unable to drive or work and
the couple was living off the
womans disability pay-
ments.
In order to get her hus-
band to treatments, the
woman needed to renew her
car insurance, license plates
and drivers license, Gainer
explained. Our grant
helped make that possible.
Last years (2016) grant
award went to LACADA
(Lapeer Area Citizens
Against Domestic Abuse) in
Lapeer.
That money went to a
woman who needed to have
an alarm system installed
and monitored, said Gainer.
Our grant went to help her
with those expenses.
While neither grant
may seem that large, she
said, we believe we helped
these two women immense-
ly.
ED scholarships
In 2017, The Womens
Foundation hopes to raise
enough money to present
either one $2,000 scholar-
ship or two $1,000 scholar-
ships to deserving adult
women who reside within
the Four County
Community Foundations
coverage area.
The coverage area
includes: Almont, Armada,
Capac, Dryden, Imlay City
and Romeo.
Gainer said the scholar-
ships are specifically
designed to assist adult
women with the costs asso-
ciated with starting, continu-
ing or completing their edu-
cational goals.
Were looking for
someone who would like to
go back to school (a college
or vocational school) to bet-
ter their life situation, said
Gainer. It might be some-
one who has put off pursu-
ing higher education for a
multitude of reasons.
May 15th
deadline
Gainer said applications
are now being accepted
through Mon., May 15,
2017, by sending an email:
thewomensfund.4ccc@
gmail.com or by calling her
at 586-770-3484, or the
Four County Community
Foundation offices at 810-
798-0909.
Those wishing to sup-
port The Womens Fund
through a financial dona-
tion are invited to contact
the organization at the
aforementioned email
address or phone numbers.

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Editors note: Due to space
constraints announcements
will be posted one week in
advance of the event. Notices
must be received in writing by
noon Monday prior to the
publication date.
For Senior Citizens
Indoor Sr. Pickelball - Capac
Elementary School
Cafeteria, 4 p.m. Tues., &
Thurs. from Feb. 7 to May
23 (cancelled if school
closed).
Gentle Yoga Tuesdays from
9-10 a.m. at First
Congregational Church in
Almont. Practice led by Dina
Miramonti, RYT.
Imlay City Senior Center
Texas Hold Em 12:30
p.m. For info 810-724-6030.
Dinner and an evening of
card playing with friends,
50/50 raffle and prizes of
high and low for each table
every 3rd Monday at the
Washington Senior Center,
57880 Van Dyke, Washington
Twp., MI 48094, from 4-8
p.m. Call for further details,
586-752-6543.
Swing Dance Lessons
offered at the Port Huron
Senior Center, 600 Grand
Avenue in Port Huron, every
Tues. from 7:30-9 p.m. and
the 1st and 3rd Thurs. of the
month from 7:30-9 p.m. with
instructors Lyle Malaski &
Kristina Morton. Call 810-
984-5061 for more info.
Council on Aging
Membership is open to indi-
viduals 18 and older. The
Capac Senior Center is open
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. week-
days. We offer a variety of
activities such as fitness and
craft classes, a book review
group, cards and bus trips.
Call Lori at 395-7889 for
more info.
Almont and Dryden area
senior citizens meet the 2nd
Tuesday of the month at 12
p.m. at the Almont Lions
Hall, 222 Water St., for a
potluck and program. Call
798-8210 for more info.
Adults 55 and over are invit-
ed to Berlin Twp. Senior
Center to play cards from
noon-3 p.m. the 2nd
Wednesday of every month.
Bring a sack lunch, bever-
ages provided. Senior stretch
exercise on Tuesdays 10-11
a.m. Potluck luncheons will
be served the 4th Tuesday of
every month at noon. Call
810-395-4518 for details.
Ryan Smith, a certified alco-
hol and drug counselor will
be available at the Imlay
City Senior's Center on the
4th Thursday of every
month from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Free Meals, Food
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Food for Families kitchen
is open to the public for free,
hot meals every Monday and
Wednesday from 4-5:30 p.m.
This Heart Loves Food
Pantry is open the 1st
Saturday of each month
from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at
Gateway Assembly Church,
2796 S. Van Dyke Rd., Imlay
City.
The Attica United Methodist
Church will be holding a
free community meal on the
2nd and 4th Tuesday of each
month from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
For more info please call
810-724-0690 or visit www.
atticaumc.org.
The Attica Food Bank at the
Attica United Methodist
Church, 27 Elk Lake Rd., is
open from 2-4 p.m. the 2nd
and 4th Monday of each
month. Proof of residency
and need required.
The Capac Community
Food Pantry, 114 S. Main
Street, is open each
Wednesday from 1-3 p.m.
Please call LOVE, INC. at
810-245-2414 in advance to
ensure your food voucher
will be received before you
stop in to shop. Any ques-
tions, please call Sherrie
Cramton at 810-395-1905.
The Capac Kitchen serves
free meals every Tuesday
from 4:30-6 p.m. at Zion
United Methodist Church.
Free meals for people in
need are offered at the North
Branch Senior Center on
Monday and Thursday eve-
nings from 5:30-7 p.m. Call
810-441-0322 for more info.
Orchards' Cupboard Food
Pantry is open the 3rd
Saturday of every month 9
a.m.-noon. Food distributed
at 74903 McKay Rd., Bruce
Twp., 586-336-4673. www.
orchardsonline.org.
Museums
The Dryden Historical
Society meets at 7 p.m. the
first Wednesday of the
month and the museum
opens every Monday from
5:30-7 p.m.
The Capac Historical Society
is open to visitors daily from
1-3 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on
Sundays. Call 810-395-2859
for more info.
The Imlay City Historical
Museum is now open for the
2017 season. Volunteer
docents will be happy to
great you on Saturdays from
1 to 4 p.m. The current
exhibit "Everlasting
Heirlooms" is a wonderful
display of the work of mas-
ter craftsman Richard
Lauwers. His wood turned
objects feature a variety of
wood and functional pieces.
Other new exhibits include
the new period room featur-
ing 1865 bedroom furniture.
The music exhibit has been
re-worked and there is an
addition to the art display of
work of local artists. Watch
for more changes, inside and
outside of the museum. For
questions contact Marilyn
Swihart 724-1904.
The Almont Community
Historical Society Museum
is open Saturdays from 1-4
p.m. Please stop by and
learn about your communi-
ty. Society meetings are held
at the museum on the second
Monday of the month at 7
p.m. For more info call 810-
796-3355.
Youth Events
Ready, Set, Go! Workshop.
This is a FREE workshop
for 3-5 year olds & parents/
caregivers! Enjoy fun proj-
ects that will develop your
childs skills and prepare
them for school! Children
also enjoy a snack, story
time, and a free book! Call
the Family Literacy Center
today to reserve your seat at
810-664-2737 and for more
info on dates and times.
Play groups available. Free 6
week sessions. At these
FREE 90-minute play-
groups, children will partici-
pate in storytime, develop-
mentally appropriate games
and crafts, learn new skills,
and enjoy a snack and social
time with other children.
Parents will have the chance
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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
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Dryden
U.M.C.
5394 Main Street - Dryden
810-796-3341
Pastor Patricia Hoppenworth
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
West Berlin
U.M.C.
905 Holmes Rd. - Allenton, MI
Corner of Almont Road
810-395-2409
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
Rev. Curtis Clarke
Goodland
Community
Church
2008 N. Van Dyke
Box 82
Imlay City, MI 48444
810.724.1747
Worship Service: 10:00 am
Pastor Chad Hampton
to talk to other adults with
same-age children. Register
now for the next session!
Numerous locations and
dates available. For more
info and to sign up call the
Family Literacy Center at
810-664-2737.
Support Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
meetings are held every
Monday night at 8 p.m. at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
in Imlay City.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
and Al-Anon meetings are
held every Wednesday night
at 8 p.m. at the Capac United
Methodist Church, Capac,
MI.
Lapeer Area Citizens
Against Domestic Assault
meets 1-3 p.m. every
Wednesday in the Lapeer
Court House for personal
protection order clinic. For
info 810-246-0632.
FOR WIDOWED MEN &
WOMEN: Lunch-Cards-
Friendship. Join us every
3rd Tuesday of each month
from 11:45 a.m.-4 p.m. at
Cavis Pioneer Restaurant,
5600 Lapeer Rd. in Kimball
Twp. 48074. No RSVP neces-
sary. For more info call
Joanne K. at 810-324-2304.
This activity is sponsored by
Widowed Friends, a peer
support group www.wid-
owedfriends.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 info,
call Julie at 810-388-0868.
TOPS 620 Lapeer weight-
loss 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 info
call 810-664-7579.
TOPS 888 (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) meets Wednesdays
at the 25 Pine Ridge Dr. in
Lapeer. Weigh-in at 8:30
a.m., 9:30 a.m. meeting. Call
Linda at 810-245-3955 or
Phyllis 810-395-7035 for
more info.
For those that have experi-
enced the death of a loved
one, a support group is avail-
able facilitated by a trained
United Hospice Service
Capac
U.M.C.
14952 Imlay City Rd., Capac
Church 810-395-2112
Sunday School - 9:15 am - All Ages
Sunday Service: 10:30 am
Junior Church and Nursery Available
Bible Studies Every
Monday and Tuesday Evenings
Tuesday Morning
Come as you are - everyone is welcome!
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
Youth Group 6th-12th grade
5pm-6:30pm Sundays
Rev. Dr. Marcel Allen Lamb
810-724-0687
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Family of
Christ
Lutheran Church -
Missouri Synod
7191 Imlay City Road
Imlay City
Bible Study - 9:00 am
Worship Time - 10:30 am
Childrens Church - 10:30 am
Phone 810-724-2620
lutheranfamilyofchrist.org
(UHS) bereavement volun-
teer. Marlette Regional
Hospital, 2770 Main Street in
Marlette, hosts this support
group the 1st Friday of each
month at 10 a.m. in the
Administration Conference
Room. For more info, call
800-635-7490 or visit www.
marletteregionalhospital.org.
Fundraisers
Garage sale at Attica Twp.
Hall. Thur., April 20 and Fri.,
April 21 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sat., April 22 from 8a.m.-
noon. All proceeds to benefit
the 2017 Attica Days Festival.
Accepting donated items for
the sale Mon. April 17- Thur.,
April 20 from 9 a.m.-noon at
the Attica Twp. Hall. For
more information, call 586-
206-0423.
Woman's Life Chapter 855
will continue its Bottle & Can
Drive, to help those in need,
throughout the year of 2017.
Call for the nearest drop off
location. For large donations
a pickup service is available.
810-392-5136.
The Imlay City Christian
School is holding a fundraiser
for TAFFY (Tuition Assistance
Fundraising For Youth).
Come join us for euchre the
2nd Saturday of each month
at 7 p.m. at the Imlay City
Christian School, 7197 E.
Imlay City Rd. in Imlay City.
For more info, call 810-724-
5695.
Craft Shows/Bazaars
Rummage Sales
Sacred Heart Spring
Rummage Sale 700 Maple
Vista Dr., Imlay City. April
6th and 7th 9:00 a.m. 6:00
p.m. and April 8th 9:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m. GS-13-2
Medical Care
Lapeer County Health
Department, 1800 Imlay City
Rd., Lapeer - Regular
Immunization Clinic Hours:
(held in 2nd floor clinic area)
Mondays 1-3:30 p.m. Walk-
In, Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.-
11:30 p.m. By Appointment
Only, Thursdays 1-3:45 p.m.
By Appointment Only.
Additional Immunization
Clinics Offered: By
Appointment Only (held in
2nd floor clinic area). Walk-In
(held in lower level). For addi-
St. Pauls
Lutheran Church
(ELCA)
200 North Cedar (M-53)
Imlay City, MI
810-724-1200
email: nlcc@newlifechristian.net
Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Pastor Alan Casillas
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Community Mens & Womens
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Sacred Heart
Catholic Church
700 Maple Vista, Imlay City
810-724-1135
Weekday Masses
Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri 8 am Wed. 10 am
First Sat. 8 am
Weekend Masses
Sat. Vigil Mass 5 pm
Sun. 9 am - English
11 am - Spanish
Confessions 1/2 hr. before each Mass &4pm Sat.
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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
810-724-3306
COME WORSHIP WITH US!
John Barker, Minister 15
St. Cornelius
Catholic Church
3834 N. Mill Street
P.O. Box 208
Dryden MI 48428
Weekday Masses:
Wed. & Thurs. 8:30 a.m.
Weekend Masses:
Saturday - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday - 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.
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tional info, to check if we
accept your insurance, or to
interested persons welcome.
For more information, please
schedule an appointment call 810-796-3907.
please call 810-667-0448. Veterans of Foreign Wars
Free hearing and vision (VFW) of Imlay City, Post
screens for children of pre- 2492, 598 N. Almont Ave.
school age are available at the (Fairgrounds Rd.) Overseas
Lapeer County Health Veterans Meetings 2nd
Department. To schedule an Thursday, every other month,
appointment please call 810- 7 p.m.; Post Meetings 1st
667-0448 or 810-245-5549.
Capac Pharmacy is teaming
Thursday every month, 7
p.m.; Auxiliary Meetings 1st
with Support Million Hearts Saturday of every month, 10
a.m.
by offering in-pharmacy
blood pressure screenings, 136 Almont/Dryden Masons meets
North Main St. in Capac, 7 p.m. every 2nd Thursday of
Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. the month at Masonic Center
Everyone is invited to come in Almont.
and have their blood pressure The Imlay City American
read for free. Legion Post 135 meets the 2nd
and last Wednesdays of the
Events
month at 7:30 p.m. The post is
located at 212 E. Third Street.
Contact them at 724-1450 or
americanlegionpost135@
frontier.com.
Bishop Kelley Fish Fry.
The Evening Star Quilt Guild
Fridays, 4:30-7:00 p.m, Mar. 3
meets the last Wednesday of
thru Apr. 7. 926 W. Nepessing
each month at the Davison
St., Lapeer, located in the
community room downstairs. Senior Center, 10135 Lapeer
Drive-up, 4:30-5:30, in right Rd. in Davison. Meetings start
lane on St. Joseph's St. at 6:30 p.m. and doors open at
between church and school. 6 p.m. For more info call Lisa,
810-358-7294.
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Other Markets
Free tutor training for people
Every Sunday Lapeer County's
who would like to help others
largest Flea Market will be
in our community improve
held at the Lapeer Center
English skills. Volunteer
Building, 425 County Center
basis. Please call for orienta-
St. in Lapeer. From 8 a.m.-3
tion before training at 810-
p.m. Up to 75 booths inside and
664-2737.
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Volunteer for the Habitat for items to the public. This long-
Humanity of Lapeer County
at the office. Interested par-
running community event is
sponsored by the Lapeer
ties can call 810-664-7111 and
speak to Carolyn, Cheryl or
Center Building, a non-profit
organization for 60 years.
Pete at 810-660-7823. There is no admission charge.
For info on space rentals, con-
Club News tact Logan: 810-347-7915. Visit
www.LapeerCenter.com for
building rental and Peacock
The 2017 meeting of the Alley catering information, or
Dryden Center Cemetery call 664-2109. Email: lapeer-
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April 8 at 9:30 a.m. at the Lapeer Center Building Flea
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Page 14-A-TRI-CITY TIMES-APRIL 5, 2017
Shock and Awe-sum celebrates
Almonts FIRST Robotics team advances to state competition
ALMONT Almont rope, and help the teams
High Schools FIRST airship prepare for take off.
Robotics team Shock and The competition at
Awe-sum #4961 is cele- Waterford Mott was the
brating a tremendous finish first tournament this season
in the FIRST for Almonts Team #4961.
STEAMWORKS District Kuhn says Shock and
competitions at both Awe-sum had a strong and
Waterford Mott and Troy promising beginning in the
Athens high schools. Waterford competition
With only one week of involving multiple wins
District competitions left, and an excellent individual
Almont is ranked 68 out of rating.
451 Michigan teams. The This teams robot is
State Championship tour- agile, fast, and averages 4-5
nament will be held at the gears per game which is
Ryder Center at Saginaw higher than most other
Valley State University on teams, Kuhn says.
April 12-15 where However, toward the end
Michigans top 160 teams of the first day, the team
face off to determine who experienced some technical
advances to the World difficulties with their
Championship competi- climbing mechanism. But
tion. together, they worked to fix
Almont is in a great their climber and improve
position to move on to the their performance.
State tournament and has Ultimately, Shock and
already been awarded a Awe-sum earned the posi-
wild card bid to compete at tion of 5th seed captain
the World Championship in going into the quarter final
St. Louis on April 26th- rounds. As 2nd seed cap-
29th, says team mentor tains, Romeo selected Team
Sharon Kuhn. #4961 to join their alliance
The 2017 FIRST along with Team #5641
STEAMWORKS game set from Byron, Michigan.
the goal for each team to This fierce alliance
build and control a robot won their first game by six-
that can load gears onto a teen points, but suffered a
peg, collect fuel, climb a very narrow loss in each of
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the next two matches to fin-
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Kuhn says.
Overall, Team #4961
ranked 13th out of 40 teams
and earned 34 District
points toward State qualifi-
cation.
The Troy tournament
was held this past weekend
with Shock and Awe-sum
finishing in 8th place
against 42 teams.
Their performance in points toward State tourna-
the qualifying matches
proved once again that their
robot was the fastest on the
field, Kuhn says.
Shock and Awe-sum
was the first choice of the
5th seed captains, Team
#2960 going into the quar-
ter final rounds. Their alli-
ance won out over the 4th
seed alliance to move into
the semi-final matches
against the 1st seed alli-
ance.
With a nail-biting fin-
ish, Team #4961 and their
alliance teams were elimi-
nated in the semi-final
matchups, Kuhn says.
The highlight of the
Troy tournament, Kuhn
adds, was the thrill of being
presented with the Industrial
Design Award by GM and
the Safety Award. is off to a strong and prom-
Both of these awards are
extremely competitive and
it is an honor for Team
#4961 to be recognized at
this level, Kuhn says.
In addition, Shock and
Awe-sum earned the Safety
Poster and the Hard Hat
Safety Pin at the Troy com-
petition. The teams perfor-
mance through the semi-
finals and the awards
together added 46 District
ment qualification.
The scope of FIRST
Robotics also involves
business, media, fundrais-
ing, and community
Photo provided
involvement.
Not only does the
team have high hopes for
the robotic performance, Shock and Awe-sum robot 4861 climbs to top
but for their newest enter- during recent competition.
prise, the business plan,
Kuhn says. Student mem- ising season, having creat- grateful to its many spon-
bers worked diligently with ed and achieved multiple sors, donors, mentors, and
mentors to perfect a busi- new goals as well as a robot supporters for a successful
ness plan. This involves that is fast and able to work and promising season.
answering questions for successfully with their alli- Our students welcome
the judges at District com- ance teams, Kuhn adds. anyone who would like to
petitions in hopes of obtain- Their hard work is paying help Team #4961 with trav-
ing the coveted business off and now they get to go el expenses to St. Louis and
award as well as learning to the famous World our dream to compete in the
from the experience to Championship in St. Louis, World Championship, she
improve non-robotic parts a dream they shoot for says. Please support our
of the team. every year. efforts through GoFundMe,
Team Shock and Awe-sum Kuhn says Shock and FRC #4961 Championship
Awe-sum is extremely Travel Fund.
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library TRI-CITY AREA Do you or a family
member have a recent accomplishment or mile-
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Photo by Maria Brown

Do you love coloring
Easter eggs, but hate
the mess it leaves in
your kitchen? The
Ruth Hughes Library
has the perfect solu-
tion: bring your eggs
to the library, and
make the mess there!
Well, says Director Stanley book to first graders in Mrs. Johnsons classroom. Every stu-
Tracy Aldrich, hope- dent got a copy of that book, courtesy of the AT&T Michigan Pioneers,
fully not too much of
a mess... The library employees. Lauwers also gifted them with Michigan coloring books.
will provide egg dye,
markers, and stickers
for decorating, and
visitors of all ages
may bring up to a
dozen eggs per person.
Enjoy this seasonal
activity at the library
with Ms. Mandy and
Ms. Diane on
Wednesday, April 12
from 4-7 p.m. For
more information on
these and other library
events, visit www.
ruthhughes.org, or
810-724-8043. The
gladly help you share the news on our
Announcements page.
Engagements, weddings, anniversaries, special
birthdays, births, promotions, graduations or other
educational achievements, success in competi-
Reading with a representative tionwe post these and other announcements in
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State Rep. Dan Lauwers paid a visit to Capac Elementary School last include photos when possible.
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Mom2Mom Sharing the gift Members of the Imlay City
Rotary Club and Imlay City
sale planned High School National
Honor Society pose for
IMLAY CITY photo at Weston
Vendor tables are avail- Elementary in Imlay City,
able to rent at Gateway where they read books to
Churchs upcoming preschoolers-2nd graders
Mom2Mom Sale. last week. This is Rotarys
Anyone looking to sell 4th year of visiting the
new and gently used school for March is
clothing and gear can Reading Month. The Imlay
rent a table for $20 for City Rotarians also donat-
the May 6 event. ed more than 500 chil-
dren's books to all of the

library is located at
211 N. Almont Ave.
Photo provided
Hours for the sale
are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Weston students. Each
child was given a book to
early bird entry at 8:30
keep and take home.
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MDEQ awards grant

for collection of tires
Almont, Goodland, Lapeer
townships are recipients
By Tom Wearing
Tri-City Times Staff Writer
TRI-CITYAREA
Almont, Goodland and
Lapeer townships are
among 58 Michigan
municipalities to be award-
ed $2,000 in grant money
to fund scrap tire collec-
tions.
The Michigan Dept. of
Environmental Quality
(MDEQ) announced the
$587,000 in grant awards
on March 29, paving the
way for scrap tire drop-off
events and tire cleanup
days.
According to the
valid ID as proof of Almont
Township residency.
We will be accepting
clean scrap tires from
community members on
that same day at the high
school on Howland Road,
said Kudsin.
Specifically, the grant
money will go toward the
cost of hiring a state-rec-
ommended tire hauler.
Kudsin said Almont
Township plans to hire
First Class Tire Shredders
of Clio to expedite the
removal of the scrap tires
at a cost of $1,200.
The DEQ will reim-
burse the actual costs

MDEQ press release, such
collections and cleanups
provide affordable and
convenient opportunities
for residents to recycle and
rid themselves of unwant-
ed scrap tires.
Photo provided
incurred at a rate of $1,000
per trailer for the first 500
tires, then $2 per tire over
500 up to a maximum of The healthcare team at Imlay City Family Practice includes Brenda Jimenez, Chelsea Measel,
$2,000 per trailer, Kudsin Renee Bollaert, Jamie Stutzman, Laura Zelenak, D.O., Michelle Simpson, N.P., Susan Reuter, N.P.,
explained. Clara Dawson, Teresa Sanchez, Melissa Hampton, not pictured is Ashlee Chard.
She noted that town-

Expanded services = better health

MDEQ officials noted
that improperly dumped
scrap tires pose a fire haz-
ard and create breeding
grounds for mosquitoes.
Once recycled, the
scrap tires can be used in
asphalt to pave roads, as
mulch in gardens and on
playgrounds, and in manu-
facturing.
In Almont Township,
Treasurer Roberta Kudsin
said township officials
expect to make full use of
the grant funding.
She noted that scrap
tires will be accepted at the
upcoming Township
Clean-Up Day, sched-
uled Saturday, May 20
from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Almont High School.
Kudsin said those resi-
dents wishing to drop off
scrap tires must produce a
ship residents dropped off
326 tires at last years
clean-up, resulting in a
$1,000 reimbursement to
the township. Which left
the township with a $200
balance to pay the hauler.
Were hoping the tire
count will be up from last
year to cover the total
$1,200 cost, said Kudsin.
She stressed that scrap
tires must be clean and with
no water, mud or rocks
inside. Extra-large farm
tractor tires will also not be
accepted.
For questions or more
information about
Michigans Scrap Tire
Program, visit www.michi-
gan.gov/deq.
Or contact Aaron Hiday
of MDEQs Sustainable
Materials Management
Unit at 517-284-6580.
Website photo
Imlay City Family Practice chosen for new CPC Plus initiative
By Catherine Minolli CPC Plus will allow the
Tri-City Times Editor ICFP team to provide more
comprehensive patient
IMLAY CITY Its a care, says office adminis-
family practice aimed at trator Melissa Hampton.
treating patients like fami- With CPC Plus well
ly. An independent, com- be able to offer a large vari-
prehensive medical provid- ety of services to the patient
er where patients are people to better manage chronic
with names, not numbers diseases and to prevent the
on a chart. And now Dr. onset of chronic diseases at
Laura Zelenak and the little or no extra cost to the
health care team at Imlay patient, says Melissa
City Family Practice Hampton, office adminis-
(ICFP) has yet another tool trator at ICFP.
to elevate wellness man- Expanded services
agement for everyoneall include diabetes education,
under one roof. nutritional counseling, life-
Its called the style and chronic disease
Comprehensive Primary management; medication
Care Plus (CPC) program. therapy management, addi-
ICFP is one of just 2,800 tional staff and expanded
primary care practices in lab services as well as same
the U.S. that was selected day sick visits for new
to participate in the nation- patients. A building expan-
al initiative. sion is also planned in the
The CPC Plus initiative future.
was rolled out by the Nutritionist Rose
Centers for Medicare & Murphy, a registered dieti-
Medicaid in April of 2016, cian is already on staff at
according to the website ICFP, and the practice has
innovation.cms.gov. also welcomed pharmacist
The new value-based, Jeff ErmanDr. Zelenaks
patient-centered multi-pay- husband. Longtime Nurse
Erman explains that
Medication Therapy
Management (MTM)
involves comprehensive
medication review by a
pharmacist or other licensed
healthcare professional.
Medication manage-
ment includes not only a
review of a patients medi-
cations, but also a review of
the patients entire health
history, Erman says.
MTM services are healthcare that will strength-
ideal for patients who have
been diagnosed with multi-
ple medical conditions and
take medications for those
conditions.
Its also perfect for
patients who understand
their medications but
believe they may be having
side effects, have questions
or concerns, or who have
trouble covering the costs
of their prescriptions,
Erman adds.
Reuter earned her
Bachelor and Masters of
Science in Nursing at
Oakland University and has
completed two clinical
rotations at ICFP. She
Hampton says ICFP hopes
to help patients reduce hos-
pital visits, avoid prevent-
able conditions and
decrease costly specialist
visits.
At Imlay City Family
Practice, we want the patient
to be involved in his or her
health care decisions, she
says. We believe that CPC
Plus is a major step toward
comprehensive and efficient
en the mission of our prac-
tice and meet the needs of
our patients.
Along with improving
patient services today, ICFP
has laid out goals for the
future. They hope to add
behavioral health services
and a social worker to their
practice, incorporate tele-
health visits and patient
education opportunities as
well.
Zelenak and Erman are
rooted in the community as
well. They purchased the
practice in 2009, and hope to
expand the building in the
near future. The couples
three children are also stu-

er primary care model
focuses on strategies to
promote regional popula-
tion health and chronic dis-
Almont Township will collect clean scrap tires ease management through
during a Clean Up Day slated for Saturday, coordinated care centered
May 20. around the patient.
Practitioner Michelle brings with her seven years
Simpsonwho began of experience as a regis-
practicing at ICFP in 2013 tered nurse in the Medical
is joined by Nurse Intensive Care Unit at
Practitioner Susan Reuter, Henry Ford Hospital.
who was recently added to With the expanded staff
the team. and CPC Plus program,
dents in the Imlay City
School District.
For more information or
to schedule a visit, call Imlay
City Family Practice at 810-
724-0591 or visit imlaycity-
familypractice.com.

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Sports
Almonts Kendra Madrazo (L) and Imlay Citys Olivia Moore (R) compete in the 60 hurdles at a meet
hosted by Macomb Community College.
Spartans second, Raiders fourth
LeFevere wins long jump, Livingston takes pole vault
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
The Imlay City girls track
squad amassed 85 points
and Almont generated 50,
good for respective show-
ings of second and fourth,
among non-Macomb
schools at an indoor meet
hosted by Macomb
Community College on
Monday, March 27.
Troy topped the stand-
ings with 112 points. Imlay
City (85 points), Detroit
Martin Luther King (58),
Almont (50), Harper Woods
Chandler Park (44), Grosse
Pointe Woods University
Liggett (15) and Lake
Orion (seven) held down
places two through seven.
Carly Livingston, pole
vault, 10 feet 6 inches; and
Robin LeFevere, long
jump, 15 feet 10 inches; led
Imlay City with firsts that
day.
Isabella Aune, 3200-
meter run, 15:18.9; provid-
ed Imlay City with an indi-
Times reveals All-Area wrestlers
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
From the first bout until the
last, these competitors set
themselves apart from the
rest.
Here is a look at who
was named to the 2016-17
Tri-City Times All-Area
wrestling team and the cre-
dentials they generated en
route:
Jack DeMara,
Almont, 103 pounds.
DeMara wound up with
a 38-12 mark, a 76.0 per-
cent success rate, with 21
pins during the 2016-17
campaign.
The junior claimed sec-
onds at the Sandusky
Redskin Invitational and
Jim Peltier Classic in Yale;
registered thirds at
Mayvilles Ryan Mercer
Memorial Tournament, the
Armada High School-based
Blue Water Area
Conference Tournament
and at a Division 3 indi-
vidual district in Montrose;
plus added a fourth at a
Richmond High School-
based Division 3 individual
regional.
He had an incredible
year for us, Almont Coach
Mat Dwyer said. After
making it to states, he has a
desire to make himself bet-
Imlay Citys Erika VanDerPloeg looks to move
up in the pack at a meet hosted by Macomb.
ter and place next year, he
noted.
He is a great student/
athlete for the rest of the
team to look up to next
year.
DeMara finished his
third season on Almonts
squad as an All-Blue Water
Area Conference honorable
mention selection.
Dylan Wojie, Capac,
112 pounds.
Wojie forged a 27-21
DeMara Wojie
Hampton Trudo
Hellebuyck Tyson
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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B
Imlay boys
take second
Harper Woods edges the
Spartans by four for title
By Kevin Kissane dash, 39.88 seconds; and
Tri-City Times Sports Editor Jacob Swartz, mile,
5:10.11; led Imlay City
TRI-CITY AREA with individual event firsts.
The Imlay City and Almont The 1600-meter relay
boys track teams pulled up of Jayden Collison, Noah
second and fourth, respec- Galbraith, Riley Bertram
tively, among non-Macomb and Andrez took first as
County squads at an indoor well. They stopped the
meet hosted by Macomb watch at 4:00.9.
Community College on David Hart, 600 run,
Monday, March 27. 1:37.5; gave Imlay City an
Harper Woods outright individual event
Photo by Helfer Photography
Chandler Park edged Imlay second.
City, 104 points to 100, for The Imlay City 800
team honors that day. They (Jack Forti, Bertram,
were followed by Troy (59 Andrez and Galbraith) and
points), Almont (44), Lake 3200-meter (Jon Louwsma,
Orion (10) and Grosse Richard Mukholi, Hart and
Pointe Woods University Swartz) relays registered
Liggett (nine).
Breydon Andrez, 300 Second page 3-B
vidual event second.
The Imlay City 1600
(Aubrie Behrick, Gina
Abbott, Erica VanDerPloeg
and LeFevere) and 3200
(McKinzie Winget, Mallory
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Wetzel, Behrick and
VanDerPloeg) gave Imlay
City seconds as well. They
were timed in 4:41.9 and
11:46, respectively.
Sophia Rosillo, shot
put, 29 feet 11 inches; and Imlay Citys David Hart competes in the 60
Emerson OBrien, 3200- hurdles at the Macomb Invitational.
meter run; added thirds to
Imlay Citys cause.
Aubrey Battani, pole
vault, 9 feet 6 inches; and
Meredith Rinke, 300 dash,
DelCampo, Sams
45.85 seconds; paced
Almont with individual
event seconds.
garner attention
The Almont 800-meter By Kevin Kissane H i s
relay of Rebecca Measel, average
Photo by Helfer Photography
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
Mariah Smith, Battani and was tops on
Rinke registered a second TRI-CITY AREA the Capac
as well. It took them Drydens John DelCampo ballclub.
1:59.05 to accomplish the and Capacs Andrew Sams Sams
feat. drew honorable mention also hand-
Almont also received a plaudits on the Basketball ed off 70
third courtesy of Measel, Coaches Association of a s s i s t s , DelCampo
300 dash, 46.78 seconds. Michigan Class C All-State p u l l e d
squad which was deter- down 49
mined recently.
rebounds,
DelCampo, a 6 feet 4 contributed
inch junior forward, gener- 45 steals
ated 256 points in 20 con- a n d
record, good enough for a wins, which is number 25 tests for an average of 12.8 blocked
success clip of 56.3 per- all-time, he noted. points per game this winter. four shots.
cent, while collecting 13 He provided us with a That placed him second They
pins this winter. strong presence in the light- on the Dryden ballclub. are joined Sams
The senior took third at er weights of our lineup He also grabbed 176 on the
the Blue Water Area and was one of our go-to rebounds, handed off 57 squad by:
Conference Tournament guys. I hope our returners assists and registered 46 First team- Trent Bell,
hosted by Armada. step up to the challenge of steals. Negaunee; Levane Blake,
He is one of our filling his shoes. We will Sams, a 6-0 junior Flint Beecher; Kylen
seniors who finished his miss his great attitude and guard, accumulated 300 Brown, Michigan Center;
career with a very good intensity. points in 20 games for an Calvin Cook, Brown City;
season, Capac Coach Wojie concluded his average of 14.3 points per Isaac Dale, Marlette; Carter
Jason Klink said. Dylan contest during the 2016-17
wound up with 109 career All-Area page 2-B campaign. Attention page 3-B
Schirmer named
among states best
By Kevin Kissane assists,
Pawlazcyk Burchi Stephens Tri-City Times Sports Editor blocked 32
shots and
IMLAY CITY registered
Imlay Citys Griffin 20 steals.
Schirmer netted an appear- T h i s
ance on the honorable men- was his
tion portion of the third sea-
Basketball Coaches son on
Association of Michigans Schirmer
I m l a y
Mullins Kulin Rojas Class B All-State lineup Citys var-
which was announced sity.
recently. He is joined on the
The senior forward, squad by:
who stands 6 feet 6 inches, First team- Sy Barnett,
managed 303 points in 22 Williamston; DreQuan
contests for an average of Bell, River Rouge; Quinn
13.8 points per game this Blair, Dearborn Divine
winter. Child; Ben Davidson, St.
He also grabbed 155
Shaw Harper Spies rebounds, handed off 66 Best page 3-B
Page 2-B-TRI-CITY TIMES-APRIL 5, 2017
All-Area: Times reveals elite area grapplers
from page 1-B
fourth season on Capacs
squad as an All-Blue Water
Area Conference honorable
mention choice.
In addition to that,
Wojie was the recipient of
his teams Outstanding
Senior Wrestler Award.
Eric Pawlaczyk, Imlay
City, 119 pounds.
Pawlaczyk posted a
31-13 mark, a 76.5 percent
success rate, with 13 pins
during the 2016-17 cam-
paign.
The junior supplied a
second at the Durand
Invitational; furnished a
third at the Imlay City High
School-based Tri-City
Times Spartan Invitational;
plus added a fourth at the
Blue Water Area Conference
Tournament hosted by
Armada High School.
He ended his third sea-
son on Imlay Citys squad
as an All-Blue Water Area
Conference honorable men-
tion pick.
Jacob Burchi, Almont,
119 pounds.
Burchi managed a
28-19 record, good enough
for a success clip of 59.6
percent, while collecting 14
pins this winter.
The junior collected
seconds at Mayvilles Ryan
Mercer Memorial
Tournament, the Sandusky
Redskin Invitational and
the Blue Water Area
Conference Tournament
hosted by Armada High
School; plus tacked on a
sixth at the Jim Peltier
Classic in Yale.
He had a great year for
us placing in several of the
tournaments we attended,
Almont Coach Mat Dwyer
said. Jacob was in the
toughest weight class at our
districts in Montrose, he
noted.
Three of the four
placewinners from our dis-
tricts went on to earn All-
State honors the following
week. We look forward to
seeing him in our lineup
again next year.
Burchi wrapped up his
third season on Almonts
squad as an All-Blue Water
Area Conference honorable
mention selection.
Luke Stephens, Imlay
City, 125/130 pounds.
Stephens furnished a
43-10 mark, an 81.1 per-
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Dryden junior Kaylin
Norman netted four
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against Sanduskys soc-
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For her effort,
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campaign.
The freshman claimed
the distinction of weight
class champion at the Tri-
City Times Spartan
Invitational in Imlay City
and at a Division 3 regional
hosted by Richmond High
School; took second at the
Durand Invitational and at a
Division 3 district in
Montrose; plus added a
sixth (good enough to earn
All-State accolades) at the
Division 3 state finals host-
ed by The Palace of Auburn
Hills.
He had a lot of experi-
ence coming in to his fresh-
man year, Imlay City
Coach Tony DAmbrosio
said. Luke was able to
Imlay City 125-pounder Luke Stephens (L) was
a state medalist this past season.
build on that throughout the
season, he noted.
He was a consistent
force in the practice room
and on the mat this season.
Finishing the season All-
State as a freshman is a big
accomplishment to take
into next season.
Stephens ended his ini-
tial campaign on Imlay
Citys squad as an All-Blue
Water Area Conference
first team choice.
Wesley Hampton,
Imlay City, 125/130
pounds.
Hampton logged a
36-11 record, good enough
for a success clip of 76.5
percent, while collecting 25
pins this winter.
The sophomore earned
the distinction of weight
class champion at the
Armada High School-based
Blue Water Area Conference
Tournament plus provided
thirds at the Tri-City Times
Imlay City sopho-
more Robin LeFevere
won the long jump at the
Macomb Invitational
recently.
For her effort,
LeFevere shares our
Girls Athlete of the
Week honor.
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Spartan Invitational hosted ing the 2016-17 campaign.
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Durand Invitational. ated a second at the Durand
He was a leader on our Invitational plus added a
team, Imlay City Coach fourth at the Blue Water
Tony DAmbrosio said. Area Conference
The coaching staff is Tournament hosted by
always confident in Wesley Armada High School.
when he steps on the mat, He is a great wrestler
he noted. with tremendous potential,
Wesley was a major Imlay City Coach Tony
contributor for us in every DAmbrosio said. Kyle
aspect this season. has no limits and will be as
Hampton, who was successful as he wants, he
voted one of his teams noted.
captains this season, com- His list of accomplish-
pleted his second season on ments were filled with
Imlay Citys squad as an many upsets this season.
All-Blue Water Area We expect Kyle will focus
Conference first team pick. his efforts in the offseason
Anthony Trudo, and meet many of his goals
Capac, 130 pounds. in the future.
Trudo generated a 43-3 Kulin completed his
mark, a 93.4 percent suc- second season on Imlay
Citys squad as an All-Blue
Water Area Conference
honorable mention pick.
Adriel Rojas, Imlay
City, 140 pounds.
Rojas managed a 14-14
mark, a 50 percent success
rate, with seven pins during
the 2016-17 campaign.
The senior placed twice
in tournament action this
Photo by Kevin Kissane
winter, contributing a third
at the Tri-City Times
Spartan Invitational hosted
by Imlay City High School
as well as a fourth at the
Armada High School-based
Blue Water Area Conference
Tournament.
He is a great team
cess rate, with 31 pins dur- member, Imlay City Coach
ing the 2016-17 campaign. Tony DAmbrosio said.
The junior obtained Adriels focus was always
firsts at the Armada High how he could support the
School-based Blue Water team whether it be in prac-
Area Conference tice or out on the mat, he
Tournament, a Division 3 noted.
district hosted by Montrose I would say he would
High School and a be missed but he has already
Richmond High School- made it clear he will be
based Division 3 regional; around as an alumni next
plus supplied a fourth (good season to help build the
enough to secure All-State program further. It is that
accolades) at the Division 3 kind of attitude from alum-
state individual finals host- ni that will make sure this
ed by The Palace of Auburn program gets to the next
Hills. level.
He had another out- Rojas concluded his
standing year for us, Capac third season on Imlay Citys
Coach Jason Klink said. squad as an All-Blue Water
Anthony led the team in Area Conference honorable
wins (43), pins (31), take- mention pick.
downs (75) and team points Zac Hellebuyck, Imlay
(245), he noted. City, 145/152 pounds.
He has 144 career Hellebuyck wound up
wins so far. Anthony has with a 21-21 record, good
set high goals and has con- enough for a success clip of
tinued to show growth 50 percent, with seven pins
every year. We will be this winter.
expecting big things from The junior placed twice
him again next year in his in tournament action during
final season and hopefully the 2016-17 campaign,
his great work ethic and generating a third at the Tri-
leadership will be a positive City Times Spartan
for the team. Invitational hosted by
Trudo, who was voted Imlay City High School
his teams Most Valuable and notching a fourth at the
Wrestler, concluded his Armada High School-based
third season on Capacs Blue Water Area Conference
squad as an All-Blue Water Tournament.
Area Conference first team He is an outstanding
selection. young man, Imlay City
Hunter Mullins, Imlay Coach Tony DAmbrosio
City, 135/140 pounds. said. Zac has a great work
Mullins provided a ethic and never runs from
39-10 record, good enough hard work, he noted.
for a success clip of 79.6 He improved a lot this
percent, with 13 pins this season and I look for this to
winter. continue heading into his
The sophomore claimed senior year.
a first at the Durand Hellebuyck ended his
Invitational and Blue Water third campaign on Imlay
Area Conference Citys squad as an All-Blue
Tournament hosted by Water Area Conference
Armada High School; plus honorable mention selec-
obtained seconds at the tion.
Imlay City High School- Thomas Tyson, Capac,
based Tri-City Times 171 pounds.
Spartan Invitational and at Tyson put together an
a Division 3 district hosted 18-23 record, good enough
by Montrose High School. for a success clip of 43.9
He is one of the hard- percent, with eight pins this
est working wrestlers on winter.
our team, Imlay City The junior was at his
Coach Tony DAmbrosio best when a Division 3 dis-
said. Hunter always puts trict at Montrose High
his best effort forward in
the practice room, he
ing to better his skills in
wrestling. I know he will
take that mindset going into
the offseason and be one of
our leaders again next sea-
son.
Mullins wrapped up his
second campaign on Imlay
Citys squad as an All-Blue
Water Area Conference
first team choice.
Kyle Kulin, Imlay
City, 135 pounds.
Kulin forged a 17-9
Almont 103-pounder Jack DeMara looks for
cess rate, with six pins dur- advice at the Div. 3 state finals.
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Capac 130-pounder Anthony Trudo works for a
fall at the Div. 3 state finals where he was
fourth.
School rolled around, got the job done . Jaykob
bringing home a fourth. will be nearly impossible to
He continues to get replace. We look forward
better each year, Capac to him coming back as an
Coach Jason Klink said. alumni to help build the
Thomas was one of our program in the future.
juniors that really devel- Shaw, who was one of
oped a great work ethic by Imlay Citys team captains,
putting in extra time on his closed out his third cam-
own outside of practice and paign on Imlay Citys squad
it really showed at the end as an All-Blue Water Area
of the season, he noted. Conference first team selec-
We will be expecting tion.
big things from him next Joe Harper, Imlay
year. If he can continue City, 215 pounds.
with that great effort and Harper forged a 39-12
step it up another notch he record, good enough for a
will have a senior year he success clip of 76.5 per-
can really be proud of. We cent, with 19 pins this win-
know he will get it done for ter.
the team. The freshman collected
This was his third cam- a first at the Durand
paign on Capacs squad. Invitational; provided a
Jaykob Shaw, Imlay second at the Tri-City
City, 185, 215 and 285 Times Spartan Invitational
pounds. hosted by Imlay City High
No matter where he School; registered a third at
was placed in Imlay Citys the Armada High School-
lineup, Shaw excelled dur- based Blue Water Area
ing the 2016-17 campaign. Conference Tournament;
He drove that well-tak- plus supplied a fourth at a
en point across emphatical- Montrose High School-
ly by posting a 41-11 mark, based Division 3 district.
a 78.8 percent success rate, He was able to come
with 25 pins during the in as a freshman and have
2016-17 campaign. an impact on our team
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Imlay City heavyweight Jaykob Shaw (R) bat-
tles a foe at the Div. 3 state finals.
The senior wound up immediately, Imlay City
first at a Division 3 regional Coach Tony DAmbrosio
hosted by Richmond High said. Joe fit right into the
School; claimed seconds at varsity lineup and had big
the Imlay City High School- wins for us all year, he
based Tri-City Times noted.
Spartan Invitational and at He always has a posi-
a Montrose High School- tive attitude. Joe is going to
based Division 3 district; be exciting to watch in the
registered thirds at the future.
Durand Invitational and Harper concluded his
Blue Water Area Conference initial campaign on Imlay
Tournament hosted by Citys squad as an All-Blue
Armada High School; plus Water Area Conference
furnished a sixth (good honorable mention choice.
enough to secure All-State
Hunter Spies, Almont,
accolades) at the Auburn 215 pounds.
Hills-based Division 3 indi-
Spies posted a 29-17
vidual state finals.
mark, a 61.7 percent suc-
He was our most ver- cess rate, with 17 pins dur-
satile wrestler, Imlay City
ing the 2016-17 campaign.
Coach Tony DAmbrosio The junior took first at
said. Jaykob was able to
the Sandusky Redskin
compete and win in three
Invitational; collected thirds
different weight classes
ranging from 189 pounds to at Mayvilles Ryan Mercer
heavyweight, he noted. Memorial Tournament and
We could put him up the Yale High School-based
against anyone and be con- Jim Peltier Classic; plus
fident he would come away added a fourth at the Blue
with the win. From wres- Water Area Conference
tling 189 for us as a team Tournament hosted by
and placing sixth at the Armada High School.
finals at heavyweight he He had a great year for
us, Almont Coach Mat
Dwyer said. Hunter placed
in every regular season
tournament we entered, he
noted.
He adds a great arsenal
to our upper weights. It will
be great having him back
for another season.
This was his third cam-
paign on Almonts squad.
Honorable mention-
Kody King, Imlay City, 112
Photo by Kevin Kissane
pounds; Gavin Dempz,
Almont, 112 pounds;
Thomas Wheeler, Capac,
125/130 pounds; Omar
Canelo, Capac, 189 pounds;
Gerardo Navarro, Capac,
285 pounds.

Soccer
Imlay City falls to Harbor Beach, 3-0
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY
Imlay City dropped a 3-0
road verdict to Harbor
Beach in a non-league girls
soccer matchup last
Almont falls on road against Goodrich
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT Almont
returned from Goodrich
with a 5-1 setback in a non-
league girls soccer encoun-
ter on Monday, March 27.
With the decision,
Schedule
Baseball Dryden at Deckerville (DH),
Monday, April 10
Dryden at Deckerville (DH),
4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11
Yale at Capac (DH), 4 p.m.
Almont at Dryden (DH),
Capac at Lakeshore,
4:30 p.m.
Softball
Monday, April 10 St. Clair at Almont, 4 p.m. Dryden at C-PS quad, 4 p.m.
Best: Schirmer gains accolades
from page 1-B
Clair; Jeremiah Davis,
Battle Creek Harper Creek;
Nick Dekkenga,
Coopersville; Tariq
Derrickson, Notre Dame
Prep; Bryce Drews,
Hillsdale; Zach Goodline,
Coloma; Kenneth
Holloway, Detroit Osborn;
Cole Kleiver, Williamston;
Skyler Lipinski, Onsted;
Zack Nieuwkoop, Wayland
Union; Lamar Norman,
Wyoming Godwin Heights;
Darien Owens-White,
River Rouge; Christian
Rodriguez, Wyoming
Godwin Heights; Troy
Summers, Grayling; Luke
Tolliver, Paw Paw; Mark
Watts, Detroit Old Redford;
Mario W h i t l e y,
Frankenmuth; and Eric
Williams Jr., New Haven.
Honorable mention-
Ethan Bernard, Hillsdale;
Marcus Bingham, Grand
Rapids Catholic Central;
Evan Block, Haslett; Justin
Bradford, Sparta; Trey
Brennan, Paw Paw; Grant
Bronner, Frankenmuth;
Reece Castor, Gladstone;
Sean Cobb, Williamston;
Thomas Griggs, Wyoming
Attention: Two garner state notice
from page 1-B
Johnston, Beaverton;
Nathan Karney, Quincy;
Jordan Katje, Kalamazoo
Christian; Benji Kuiper,
Grand Rapids Covenant
Christian; Kane McPherson,
Boyne City; Carson
Meulenberg, Grand Rapids
Covenant Christian; Matt
Mignault, New Lothrop;
Jayden Perry, Manton;
Raheem Riley, Burton
Andrew Sams, of Capac, looks to score in a
game this past season.
Wednesday.
With the decision,
Imlay City slips to 0-1 this
season.
In Wednesdays match-
up, Harbor Beach forged a
3-0 advantage after one
half was over with.
Almont now stands at 0-1
this season.
In Mondays encounter,
Almont spotted Goodrich a
2-1 edge at the half.
Goodrich then out-
scored Almont 3-0 over the
last 40 minutes of play,
good enough to close out a
Imlay City at Goodrich,
4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11 Girls Soccer
Monday, April 10
Dryden at Landmark
4 p.m. Academy, 5 p.m.
Girls Tennis Boys and Girls Track
Tuesday, April 11 Tuesday, April 11
Griffin Schirmer, of Imlay City, brings the ball
up the floor during a game this past season.
Kelloggsville; Markeese
Hastings, Wyoming
Godwin Heights; Tim
Hauxwell, Bloomfield Hills
Cranbrook Kingswood;
Ross Hinkley, Marysville;
Avery Hudson, Wayland
Union; Owen Irvin, Tawas
Area; Alex Ismail, Dearborn
Heights Annapolis; Ronald
Jamierson, Battle Creek
Pennfield; Josh Johnson,
Notre Dame Prep; Dan
Judd, Fowlerville; Levi
Lehman, Ithaca; Demetri
Martin, Big Rapids; Luke
McClelland, Yale; Chuck
Plaehn, Lansing Catholic;
Bendle; Jordan Roland,
Flint Beecher; Cooper
Smith, Kalamazoo Hackett;
Craig Sterk, McBain; Dre
Tuominen, Negaunee;
Blake Verbeek, Grandville
Calvin Christian; and
Carson Wonders, Iron
Mountain.
Honorable mention-
Jake Bouma, Grandville
Calvin Christian; Montez
Brewer, Concord; William
Photo by Kevin Kissane
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The final 40 minutes of
action would prove score-
less.
Paris Houghten drew
the goalkeeping assignment
for Imlay City that day.
She was credited with
seven saves.
5-1 win.
Alayna Panduren
notched the lone Almont
goal that day. Aliyah
Cremeans drew the assist.
Cremeans went the dis-
tance in net for Almont.
Photo by Helfer Photography
She was credited with 12
saves.
Michael McEwan, of Almont, lets the shot put fly en route to a second at
4:30 p.m. a meet hosted by Macomb Community College.
Second: Imlay second at Macomb
from page 1-B Mukholi, mile, 5:13.28; 1600-meter run, 5:10.53;
and Cole Broecker, 3200 paced Almont with outright
seconds as well. They reg-
istered clockings of 1:43.01 run, 11:42.7; tacked on seconds.
thirds to Imlay Citys cause. Robbie Battani, pole
and 9:43.2, respectively.
Cody Sich, pole vault, 9 Michael McEwan, shot vault, 9 feet 6 inches;
put, 42 feet 3 inches; Alec rounded out the list of
feet 6 inches; provided
Imlay City with a two-way Giles, 60 hurdles, 9.46 sec- Almont placewinners with
tie for a second. onds; and Josh Phelps, a two-way tie for a second.
Almonts Josh
Phelps looks
to hold off
Imlay Citys
Jacob Swartz
in the 1600 run
at the meet
hosted by
Macomb
Community
College.
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Photo by Helfer Photography
Jacob Polakovich, Grand
Rapids Catholic Central;
Cameron Pratt, Mount
Morris; Delbert Redfield,
Olivet; Kevin-David Rice,
Goodrich; Kobi Russell,
Bloomfield Hills
Cranbrook Kingswood;
Lucas Schum, Whitehall;
Jawan Snoddy, Detroit Old
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Dearborn Divine Child;
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Hudsonville Unity
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and time will be evaluated after the
bid opening. All proposals received
after 2:00 p.m. of the due date will
neither be considered nor accepted
and will be returned to the Bidder
unopened.
All proposals shall be submitted
on the proposal forms provided in the
Construction Project Manual section
00305, completely filled in, and exe-
cuted (copies of the bid forms are
acceptable). Facsimile, electronic
mail or tele- phone proposals will not
be accepted.
Pre-Bid Site Visit will be held
at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12,
2017 at the High School Track, 541
North Glassford, Capac, MI.
The Owner will award
contract(s) on or about May 18, 2017.
Bidding Documents will be
available to all bidders beginning
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 after
10:00 a.m. They will be available via
the drop box link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/snkwys
yi3xwlyrzJAABuMSJ8xKxEm9Gzq
HDFyooia?di=O
Bidding documents may be
requested and emailed from the
Construction Manager, E. Gilbert &
Sons, Inc.s office by contacting
Marci Jarvis at marci@egilbertand-
sons.com.
All questions regarding the bid-
ding procedures, design, and drawing/
specification intent are to be directed
in writing to the Construction
Manager, E. Gilbert & Sons, Inc., on
a Request For Information Request
Form (See Construction Project
Manual Section 00310), attention
Lester Gilbert, E-mail: lesg@egil-
bertandsons.com, or Fax (586) 731-
9289.
Proposals may not be withdrawn
for a period of thirty (30) days after
the due date. Successful Bidders may
be required to furnish both a Labor
and Material Payment Bond, and a
Performance Bond, each in the
amount of one hundred percent
(100%) of its contract amount as
stated in the Construction Project
Manual section 00600.
This project is to comply with
the State of Michigan Prevailing
Wage Requirements.
Items to Accompany All Proposals:
A Bid Security in the amount of
five percent (5%) of Base Bid shall
accompany ALL proposals or pro-
posal combinations; refer to the
Construction Project Manual section
00410 for more information.
A sworn and notarized statement
disclosing any familial relationship
CITY OF IMLAY CITY
PUBLIC NOTICE
SPECIAL LAND USE
Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of
Imlay City will hold a public hearing on the 25th day of April, 2017 at
7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at City Hall, located at
150 N. Main Street, Imlay City, MI 48444.
The purpose of the public hearing will be to consider the application
by Toth Properties for a Special Land Use request from Section 10.3N for
the purpose of allowing a recreation facility, public or private, indoor or
outdoor in a B-2 (Central Business) District to be located at 100 East Third
Street, Imlay City, MI 48444 on property identified as tax parcel number
I19-60-000-000-00.
Comments may be submitted in writing or in person to City of Imlay
City. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective par-
ticipation should contact Nicole Frost, City Clerk a week in advance of the
meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance. You may
contact Tom Youatt, City Manager at (810) 724-2135 with any questions.
Turn off the television.
that exists between the owner(s) of, or
any employee of, the Bidder and any
member of the Board of Education or
the Superintendent shall accompany
ALL proposals. The owner will not
accept a proposal that does not include
a sworn and notarized familial rela-
tionship disclosure statement. Please
see the Construction Project Manual
section 00307 for the form to use with
your proposal.
A sworn and notarized Affidavit
of Compliance for the Iran Economic
Sanctions Act certifying the contrac-
tor does and will comply with Public
Act 517 of 2012 shall accompany
- Frame & Frameless Shower Enclosures
ALL proposals. The owner will not
accept a proposal that does not include
a sworn and notarized Affidavit of
Compliance for the Iran Economic
Sanctions Act. Please see the
Construction Project Manual section
00307 for the form to use with your
proposal.
The Owner reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all proposals,
to accept a proposal other than the
lowest proposal, and to waive infor-
malities, irregularities, and/or errors
in any proposal, which it determines
to be in its own best interest.
Separate Proposals will be
received for the following Bid
Categories:
-- Asphalt Paving
-- Athletic Track Coating
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MORTGAGE
SALE
THIS FIRM IS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT A DEBT.
ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Notice is hereby given that
Default has occurred in a Mortgage
given by Scott G. Sandor, an unmar-
ried man, mortgagor, to Independent
Mortgage Co. East MI, which became
Independent Mortgage Co., a dis-
solved Michigan corporation, and
successor-by-merger to Independent
Mortgage Co. East MI, as assigned to
Independent Bank, a Michigan bank-
ing corporation, mortgagee. The
Mortgage is dated December 27,
2006, and was recorded on January 5,
2007, in Liber 2228, on page 664 of
the Lapeer County records, and sub-
ject to an Assignment of Mortgage
recorded at Liber 2725, Page 922.
The balance owing on the Mortgage
as of the date of this Notice is
$100,974.47, including interest at
5.625% per year variable. The
Mortgage contains a power of sale
clause and no proceedings have been
instituted to recover any part of the
debt owing.
The Mortgage will be foreclosed
by selling the property described
below at a public auction to the high-
est bidder. The sale will be held on
April 26, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. local time
at the main entrance to the Lapeer
County Court Facility, 255 Clay St.,
Lapeer, Michigan, that being the place
of holding Circuit Court for Lapeer
County, Michigan. The property will
be sold to pay the amount then due on
the Mortgage, including interest, legal
costs, attorney fees and any taxes or
insurance which may be paid by the
mortgagee before the sale.
The property to be sold is locat-
ed in the Township of Deerfield,
County of Lapeer, Michigan and
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Part of the NW 1/4 of Section
22, T9N, R10E, Deerfield Twp.,
Lapeer Co., Michigan, described as
beginning S001940E 1320.23 ft
along the W Section line, and
N880850E 1307.03 ft, and
S001318E 1330.92 ft to a point on
the E-W 1/4 line, and N875216E
983.45 ft along the E-W 1/4 line from
the NW corner of said Section 22;
thence continuing along said E-W 1/4
line N875216E 328.83 ft to the
center of said Section 22; thence
N003018W 662.22 ft along the
N-S 1/4 line; thence S880031W
328.81 ft; thence S003018E 663.01
ft parallel with the N-S 1/4 line to the
point of beginning. Together with a
66 ft wide easement for ingress-egress
purposes as described in Ingress-
Egress Easement.
Ingress-Egress Easement:
Part of the NW 1/4 of Section
22, T9N, R10E, Deerfield Twp.,
Lapeer Co., Michigan, described as
beginning S001940E 1320.23 ft
along the W Section line, and
N880850E 1307.03 ft, and
S001318E 1264.92 ft from the NW
corner of said Section 22; thence con-
tinuing S001318E 66.04 ft to a
point on the E-W 1/4 line from the
NW corner of said Section 22 (said
point being S875216W 1312.28 ft
from the center of Section 22); thence
N875216E 983.45 ft along the
E-W 1/4 line; thence N001318W
66.03 ft; thence S875216W 983.11
ft parallel with the E-W 1/4 line to the
point of beginning.
The structure residing on the
above described premises, consisting
of a 2000 VA108D Crystal Valley
CV1705A/BIN is considered real
estate and is also collateral for this
loan.
commonly known as 5282 Millis
Road, North Branch, MI 48461
tax i.d. 44-006-022-019-29
If the property described in this
notice is sold at a foreclosure sale,
then under MCL 600.3278, the
Mortgagor will be held responsible to
the buyer of the property at the fore-
closure sale, or to the Mortgage hold-
er, for damage done to the property
during the redemption period.
The redemption period will
expire six (6) months after the date of
the foreclosure sale, unless the prop-
erty is determined abandoned under
MCL 600.3241a, in which case the
redemption period will expire 30 days
after the date of the foreclosure sale,
or when the time to provide notice
under MCL 600.3241a(c) expires,
whichever is later.
SMITH, MARTIN,
POWERS & KNIER, P.C.
Dated: March 17, 2017
By: Henry L. Knier, Jr. (P46393)
Attorney for Independent Bank,
Mortgagee
900 Washington Ave., P.O. Box 219
Bay City, MI 48707 - (989) 892-
4574
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CITY OF
IMLAY CITY
BID REQUEST FOR
METCALF STREET
PAVEMENT
IMPROVEMENTS
The City of Imlay City is
requesting sealed bids to cold mill and
replace 2 HMA pavement for
approximately 488 square yards on
Metcalf Street at the intersection of
Cheney Street and commencing
south. Project area will be marked
with orange paint. All removal, mate-
rials, and placement of HMA surface
shall be in accordance with Section
501 Michigan Department of
Transportation Standard
Specifications for Construction.
Contractor is responsible for main-
CITY OF IMLAY CITY
NOTICE
The City of Imlay City Water Department will be flushing hydrants to
clean water mains from approximately April 10, 2017 through April 28,
2017. If discoloration of your water should occur, please allow the water
to run for a short time or until it clears up. Thank you for your understand-
ing and cooperation, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
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The bid shall be a lump sum bid and
shall be submitted in a sealed enve-
lope entitled Metcalf Street Tax Preparation
Pavement Improvements by no later
than Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at
3:00 p.m. to the attention of Tom TODD'S GLASS
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shall be in accordance with Michigan LOCATION
Outdoor
Department of Transportation
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Construction Section 504. Micro-
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Equipment
vide all traffic control and provide the
City a reasonable time frame for Automotive Parts and Service
scheduling in order to provide notice
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please contact Ed Priehs, DPW
BRAKES
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STRUTS
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by no later than Wednesday, April 19,
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The City of Imlay City reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bids,
to waive any irregularities and to
COMPUTER BALANCING
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SINCE 1975
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ZONING BOARD SUPPLY & EQUIPMENT
OF APPEALS
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Board of Appeals will hold a public
hearing on Thursday, the 20th day of
April 2017, at the Goodland Township
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Strachan for a Front yard setback.
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Sports News
Miles claims fifth for Lake Superior
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT Jack
Miles, a 2015 graduate of
Almont High School,
helped the Lake Superior
State University mens
track team claim a first-
place finish last Saturday
Zimmerman tees it up for Roosevelt
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor a 166 total over 36 holes.
ALMONT The fourth among Roosevelt
Roosevelt University University golfers and
mens golf team, which tied him for 50th individ-
lists Almonts Charlton ually.
Zimmerman on its roster, When the final stand-
registered a two-
way tie for sixth
place at the Trojan
Invitational con-
tested recently.
The 36-hole
event unfolded
March 24-25 at
Purgatory Golf
Club in Noblesville, Zimmerman Holy Cross of
Indiana.
Zimmerman, a sopho- Vernon Nazarene and
more, opened action with Roosevelt University (637
an 87. The following day apiece),
Wrestling League Honors
All-BWAC wrestling team announced
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
The following athletes
were named to the All-Blue
Water Area Conference
wrestling team recently:
First team- Austin
Kilburn, Richmond, 103
pounds; Roy Costello,
Richmond, 112 pounds;
Josh Barton, Richmond,
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JD Gross, Richmond, 103
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Almont, 103 pounds; Jason
Perez, Algonac, 103
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Daniel McNichol,
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Jacob Burchi, Almont, 119
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Richmond, 119 pounds;
Eric Pawlaczyk, Imlay
City, 119 pounds;
Christopher Lilly, Cros-
Lex, 125 pounds; Kolton
Antilla, Yale, 125 pounds;
Drake Hiltunen, Algonac,
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Armada, 130 pounds; Luke
Stephens, Imlay City, 135
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Algonac, 130 pounds;
Owen Vannatter,
Richmond, 135 pounds;
Garrett Gelinski, Cros-Lex,
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Gary Resk, Richmond, 140
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Dakota Dunn, Algonac,
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Xavier Herman, Cros-Lex,
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