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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

142nd Volume - Issue No. 5

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Imlay City
hires new
police chief

With lawmakers from

around the
state nearby,
Governor Rick
Snyder signs
$28 million
appropriations
bill to aid the
residents of
Flint as state
officials work
toward resolving the citys
water crisis.

Port Hurons Lt. Scott Pike

to take helm on March 21

Crisis presents opportunity

Governor addresses Flint situation, signs $28 million appropriations bill
By Catherine Minolli
Tri-City Times Editor

GRAND RAPIDS Before

Governor Rick Snyder signed the $28
million appropriations bill to bring relief
to the tainted water stricken residents of
Flint, the self-proclaimed tough nerd in
the states highest office detailed his
short- and long-term plans to remedy the
crisis.
In front of a packed house of reporters, publishers, journalism students, and
state legislators, Snyder discussed the situation in Flint and signed the bill during
a legislative luncheon hosted by the
Michigan Press Association (MPA) at its
annual convention at the Amway Grand
Plaza Hotel.
For nearly the past two years, water
laden with lead leached from aging delivGovernor Rick Snyder addresses
ery pipes has been flowing into the
crowd at MPA luncheon in Grand
homes and businesses located in Flint.
The problem began when, under the con- Rapids on Friday.

trol of a state-appointed emergency manager, the city switched its water source
from Detroit to the Flint River to save
money. Officials say the corrosive river
water was not properly treated, and that
caused lead to leach from the pipes and
infiltrate the water.
Snyder again apologized for the situation, which he referred to as tragic,
adding that government on every level
had failed.
We can take the lessons learned and
use (the situation in) Flint as an opportunity to address the hidden problem of
infrastructure in Michigan, Snyder said.
Whether its the roads, or lead in water
pipes, or cast iron pipes for gas delivery,
it is a hidden problem that has been
ignored for too long, he said.
Snyder told the crowd that the crisis
in Flint has presented an opportunity to
learn broader lessons on a national
Crisis page 6-A

Ed Tech students lead

water collection drive

Trio from Imlay City High School to donate water to Flint

By Tom Wearing

Photo by Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Lapeer Ed Tech students Madalinn Thibodeau, Jessica Martinez and

Claudia Kosinski are leading a bottled water drive at the school. The bottled water will soon find its way to Flint children and families subject to
lead contamination.

ATTICATWP. Students at the

Lapeer County Ed Tech Center are
joining the growing effort to provide
safe drinking water to the residents of
Flint.
Leading the cause at the Atticabased Center are Jessica Martinez,
Madalinn Thibodeau and Claudia
Kosinski, all students at Imlay City
High School.
The girls are members of Katie
Josefs Careers in Education class
and are currently in the process of collecting bottled water to be delivered
to children and families in the City of
Flint.
Josef said Martinez, 18,
Thibodeau, 17, and Kosinski, 17, are
spearheading the schoolwide effort
while meeting the community service
component of their two-year Careers
in Education program.
She noted that the girls decided to
join the Skills USA competition as a
means of developing their leadership
skills as a part of a team.
Each of them expressed how they
Water page 6-A

IMLAYCITY Lt. Scott

Pike of the the Port Huron
Police Department will soon
become Imlay Citys new
police chief.
Pike succeeds former Chief
John Stano who retired from
the Imlay City department in
January.
Lt. Scott
Imlay City Manager Tom
Pike
Youatt said Pike was one of
five finalists interviewed by a
selection committee comprised of himself,
Almont Police Chief Pat Nael, Lapeer County
Prosecutor Tim Turkelson and former Imlay
City Manager Dennis Collison.
Pending an obligatory physical and background check, Pike will assume his duties as
Imlay City police chief on Monday, March 21.
Youatt said his starting salary will be
$65,000 per year and include a competitive benefit package.
All of the finalists were very good candiChief page 6-A

Its a Polar
Palooza!

Almont gears up to celebrate

the season this Sat., Feb. 6
By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

ALMONT Rain or shine, sleet or snow,

the Third Annual Almont Polar Palooza will
go on as scheduled from noon-3 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 6.
Organized by Almonts Youth On Main
Street (YOMS) organization, the winter event
will feature (weather permitting) ice skating
and snowman building at the old elementary
property on Church Street and sledding at
Almont Community Park.
Regardless of the availability of snow or
ice, YOMSmembers still plan to host music
by D.J. Wayne Sutherby, childrens games and
crafts, face painting, a warming fire, and food
and beverage concessions.
The event will also feature a showing of
the 2002 Academy Award-nominated film, Ice
Palooza page 6-A

File photo

Photo by Catherine Minolli

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Participants had plenty of snow to

work with during last years Polar
Palooza in Almont. Chances of significant snow are less likely this year.

Outdoor fun

Up for grabs

Visitors enjoy seasonal fun at

Seven Ponds WinterFest
...see page 7-A

The Ruth Hughes Library

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...see page 3-A

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Times staff earns six MPA awards

IMLAY CITY The

Tri-City Times earned six
awards in the 2015 Better
Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Michigan Press
Association (MPA).
Members
of
the
Pennsylvania NewsMedia
Association reviewed 3,833
entries submitted by 113
Michigan newspapers in this
years contest.
News Editor Catherine
Minolli earned a first place in
the
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Minolli also earned a second place for her column
detailing her new peace sign
branding idea, and a third
place in the Editorial Writing
category for an opinion piece
of former state rep. Todd
Coursers thinly veiled
attempt to circumvent the
marriage equality law upheld
last year by the Michigan
Supreme Court.
Assistant News Editor
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place in the Business/
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for her story about the situation at Lapeer Grain when its
line of credit was withdrawn
by their bank.
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and staff are credited with the
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The Tri-City Times staff

also earned a second place in
the Newspaper of the Year
award category.
Being recognized by our
peers in the business for the
work we do is gratifying,
says Times Editor Catherine
Minolli. These awards spur
on our commitment to providing the best community
journalism for the best community newspaper around.
We are grateful for the recognition.

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Silent Auction ongoing

at Ruth Hughes Library
IMLAYCITY All this
week, Feb. 3-10, the Ruth
Hughes Library presents its
2016 Love Your Library
Silent Auction, during which
community members are
invited to visit the library and
bid on dozens of donated
items.
Library Director Tracy
Aldrich said all are welcome
to stop by the library and
peruse the vast array of items
up for grabs in this years
auction.
Its a huge range of items
that are available, said
Aldrich. Everything from
gift certificates from our
local businesses to antiques
and collectables. There is a
wide variety of things to bid
on.
Cynthia Stroebel, a Ruth
Hughes Library Board member who is coordinating this
years fundraiser, is particularly enthusiastic about the
response of donors.
Ive been very busy
doing a lot running around
and collecting items donated
for the auction, Stroebel
said. What is amazing to me
is nearly everyone on our
library staff has also donated
something for the auction.

There is a lot of involvement

and excitement about this
event.
Stroebel said library visitors may bid on items throughout the week up until the bidding deadline of 7 p.m. next
Wednesday, Feb. 10.
No bids will be accepted
after the deadline, Stroebel
said. The items will then be
awarded to the highest bidders.
The final day is a lot of
fun, she continued, and
there is often a battle to be the
last bidder on the final day.
Stroebel noted that money
raised during the silent auction will help fund the bulk of
childrens programming at
the library for the coming
year.
Any additional funds
raised during the auction will
go toward other special purchases to benefit the library.
Activities for young children and youth typically
include: childrens story time,
computer classes, crafts and
various guest speakers.
Stroebel said last years
silent auction brought in
about $2,300, a figure she
hopes to top this year.
In a small town like
Imlay City, the library serves
a vital role in the community, she said. For many, the

library provides the only

access to computers and the
internet for homework, job
applications and as a link to
the wider world.
Our library is a great
place staffed by truly amazing
people, Stroebel continued.
They go above and beyond
their job description. They
know peoples names when
they walk in the door.
They are patient and
always willing to offer assistance to those new to technology, she said. As far as the
auction, they are helping out Cynthia Stroebel (center) is joined by Ruth Hughes library staffers Megan
Goedge and Jessica Bostian as they display some of the items going up for
on their own time.
Stroebel encourages all bids at the Love Your Library silent auction, which runs from Feb. 3-10.
who can to donate an item, a
Shown
service or a gift certificate.
above is
Or stop in and bid on an
the librarys
item, she said. We would
heart disvery much appreciate the supplay, which
port.
features
To view photographs of
the names
some of the items going up
of those
for bids from now through
who have
Feb. 10, visit the librarys
donated
Facebook page.
items to the
The Ruth Hughes Library
ongoing
is located at 211 N. Almont
silent aucAve. in downtown Imlay
tion.
City.
For questions or more
information about the 2016
Love Your Library Silent
Auction or any other libraryrelated matters, call 810-7248043 or visit ruthhughes.org.
Photo by Tom Wearing

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Photo by Tom Wearing

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Police and fire briefs . . .

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

Trespassing
suspected
ATTICA TWP.
Lapeer County Sheriff deputies were called to Boulan
Drive on January 30 for a
trespassing complaint. Police
made contact with the hunters
and determined they had permission to be on the property.

Vandals
damage
vehicles

ATTICA TWP. On
January 31, deputies took a
malicious destruction of
property report in the 60
block of Lake Pleasant Road.
Thats when a business
owner discovered windows in
two vehicles parked outdoors
had been shattered. Police
recovered ammunition from a
BB gun in the back seat of
one of the vehicles.

Learn about VAhealth benefits

LAPEER COUNTY The Lapeer County Veteran
Support Group will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the Lapeer County Veterans Affairs
(LCVA) office, 287 W. Nepessing in Lapeer.
The group provides Veterans the opportunity to meet
in an informal, confidential setting and discuss issues
they are facing.
The February meeting will feature a presentation by
Veteran County Service Officer Cheryl Burrough, who
will discuss how veterans can access VA Health Care.

The Lapeer Veteran Support Group (LVSG) meets
the second Tuesday of each month at the LCVA office.
There is no fee but registration is encouraged.
The group is open to all men and women veterans of
all eras.
To register, email jokreiner@lapeercounty.org or call
810-667-0256.

Registration deadline nears for March election

TRI-CITY AREA
Secretary of State Ruth
Johnson reminds residents
that they have until Monday,
Feb. 8 to register to vote in the
March 8 presidential primary
election.
Each vote is equally
important, and so I encourage
everyone who is not yet registered to vote to do so, said
Johnson, Michigans chief
election officer. Voting is one
of the foundations of our
democracy so I urge you to
participate.
The polls will be open on
Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8
p.m.
To register, applicants
must be at least 18 years old
by Election Day and be U.S.
citizens. Applicants must also
be residents of Michigan and
of the city or township in
which they wish to register.
Voters may register by mail, at
their county, city or township
clerks office or by visiting
any Secretary of State office.
The mail-in form is available
at www.Michigan.gov/elections. First-time voters who
register by mail must vote in
person in their first election,
unless they hand-deliver the
application to their local clerk,
are 60 years old or older, are
disabled or are eligible to vote
under the Uniformed and

Overseas Citizens Absentee

Voting Act.
To check their registration status, residents may visit the
Michigan Voter Information
Center at www.Michigan.gov/
vote, where they also can
view their sample ballot.
Residents can also find information there on absentee voting, how to use voting equipment and how to contact their
local clerk. In addition, they
will find a map to their local
polling place.
The presidential primary
is open to all registered voters. Michigan does not require
voters to register as a member
or supporter of a political
party so voters can choose to
participate in either the
Democratic or Republican
party primary. When voters
request an absentee ballot or
arrive at the polls and fill out
their application to vote, they
must indicate in which partys
primary they wish to vote.
They will then receive a ballot
listing candidates for that
party. Some communities will
have additional special local
election items on the ballot.
Voters who wish only to vote
in the special election may
request a ballot that does not
include presidential candidates.
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IMLAY CITY The

successful sales of the school
districts bonds means taxpayers can anticipate a future
millage reduction.
Last week, district officials announced they had
sold their 2016 refunding
bonds for $9.61 million. This
allows Imlay City Schools to
refinance their outstanding
bonds from 2006 and cover
the cost for bond issuance.
The 2016 Refunding
Bonds reduce the School
District debt interest expense
approximately $965,000 for
the taxpayers and will occur
through lower debt payments
over the next six years.
Assuming stable district taxable value over the next six
years, taxpayers will see a
millage reduction totaling
2.64 mills in tax years 2020
and 2021, the district said in
a statement.
The districts solid credit
rating helped them secure
these added savings. Moodys
Investor Service evaluated
the schools credit quality,

affirming their A2 underlying rating and granting the

district an Aa1 enhanced
rating due to Imlay Citys
participation in the Michigan
School Bond Qualification
and Loan Program.
The Bonds were sold at
an all-in true interest rate of
1.59 percent with a repayment term of approximately 5
years. The average coupon of
the bonds refunded was 4.70
percent.
Imlay City Community
Schools Bonds were well
received by the market. We
saw a solid level of demand
and were able to take advantage of current low rates that
exceeded the goals of the
District as well as produced a
very nice level of savings for
its taxpayers, said Brodie
Killian, director with William
Blair & Company.
The Southfield-based
firm was one of several advisors to assist Imlay City with
this project. The others
included Public Financial
Management of Ann Arbor,
and the law firm serving as
bond counsel, Thrun Law
Firm P.C., of East Lansing.

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p.m. on Election Day.

As a reminder, voters will
be asked to provide identification when at the polls on
Election Day. They will be
asked to present valid photo
ID, such as a Michigan drivers license or identification
card. Anyone who does not
have an acceptable form of
photo ID or failed to bring it
with them to the polls can still
vote. They will be required to
sign a brief affidavit stating
that theyre not in possession
of photo ID. Their ballots will
be included with all others
and counted on Election Day.
Voters who dont have a
Michigan drivers license or
identification card can show
the following forms of photo
ID, as long as they are current:
Drivers license or personal identification card
issued by another state.
Federal or state government-issued photo identification.
U.S. passport.
Military identification
card with photo.
Student identification
with photo from a high school
or an accredited institution of
higher education, such as a
college or university.
Tribal identification card
with photo.

Bond sales result in

savings for taxpayers
Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

MARCH 4TH

PACZKI DAY

regarding Michigans presidential primary can be found

at www.Michigan.gov/elections.
Voters who qualify may
choose to cast an absentee
ballot. As a registered voter,
you may obtain an absentee
ballot if you are:
age 60 or older.
physically unable to
attend the polls without the
assistance of another.
expecting to be absent
from the community in which
you are registered for the
entire time the polls will be
open on Election Day.
in jail awaiting arraignment or trial.
unable to attend the polls
due to religious reasons.
appointed to work as an
election inspector in a precinct outside of your precinct
of residence.
Those who wish to receive
their absentee ballot by mail
must submit their application
by 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5.
Absentee ballots can be
obtained in person anytime
through 4 p.m. on Monday,
March 7. Voters who request
an absentee ballot in person
on Monday, March 7 must fill
out the ballot in the clerks
office. Emergency absentee
ballots are available under
certain conditions through 4

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Sun dog is doggone fun

After reading Iris Lee Underwoods column
about the bright spots that appear in the sky
known as sun dogs, Chris Cecil and Margaret
King of Almont snapped this photo of one they
spotted outside their home. We saw the sun dog
too, Chris told Iris in an email. Tried to get a
picture, but can't really capture the color. It was
already fading by the time we got the camera.
Thought we would share it with you anyway. It
was nice to read your story. Send us your interesting photos via email to tct@pageone-inc.com
or online at www.tricitytimes-online.com.

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Lauwers earns Silver Plow award

ST. CLAIR COUNTY
For his role in broadening
the funding mechanism that
underwrites one of Michigans
premier
environmental
stewardship programs, Dist.
81 Representative Dan
Lauwers (R-Brockway) is
receiving Michigan Farm
Bureaus (MFB) Silver Plow
Award.
MFBs highest award for
lawmakers, the Silver Plow
symbolizes the non-partisan
organizations appreciation
for lawmakers leadership and
support for legislation that
benefits Michigans $100
billion farm and food sector.
Lauwerss support for
agricultural interests has
earned him the trust of
farmers in his district, including that of Jeddo-area dairy
farmer Jim Reid, a member of
the St. Clair County Farm
Bureau.
Dan and his family have
been part of St. Clair County
forever; they have a highly
respected farming operation
in our county, Reid said. He
has been active in agriculture

his
whole
life, and he
has a talent
for listening
and communicating to
others about
agriculture.
G i v e n Rep. Dan
the relative Lauwers
scarcity of
those talents
among todays lawmakers,
Reid points to Lauwers
insight and experience as justification for revisiting the
notion of term limits.
We always have a problem when someone new gets
elected farmers have to do
some educating. We have to
teach our representatives
about agriculture so we can
explain issues that come up,
Reid said. Dan already
knows those issues. We can
just get right to the point with
Dan; he understands.
Hes a perfect example
of why we need to do something about term limitswe
would really like to see him
stay in Lansing.

Last year Lauwers sponsored House Bill 4391, a

device for broadening and
deepening the funding structure that supports the
Michigan
Agriculture
Environmental Assurance
Program
(MAEAP).
Previously, MAEAP was
funded solely through fees on
pesticides and taxes on nitrogen-based fertilizer. Lauwers
measure provides for taxing
all fertilizers, with the additional revenue aimed at stewardship efforts in sensitive
watersheds.
The bill saw widespread
support from the states agricultural community, with
more than two dozen stakeholder groups signing onto a
letter of support to all 110 of
the states representatives.
Farm Bureaus memberdeveloped environmental
protection policy specifically
calls for applying fund-raising levies on all fertilizers.
Lauwerss role in expanding MAEAP funding testifies
to his close links to farmers
and their priorities, according

to Travis Fahley, a St. Clair

County grain producer and
member of MFBs board of
directors.
Dans involvement in
the MAEAP legislation was
instrumental, Fahley said.
It was important that we
showed how farmers are very
much environmentally friendly, especially with whats
going on in some surrounding
states.
Fahley also added to
Reids praise for the lawmakers aptitude for communication, going in both directions.
Dans easy to stay in
touch with; hes never more
than a phone call away, and if
hes busy he calls back once
hes freed up, Fahley said.
He even reaches out
wanting to know whats going
on in St. Clair County or how
(issues) affect farmers or what
theyre thinking in the area.
Its a very good two-way
street.
Lauwers will accept the
award at MFBs 2016 Lansing
Legislative Seminar, Feb. 10
at the Lansing Center.

guests can find an array

of carnival themed activities
around town.
TRI-CITY AREA Find Stop
by
particisome mid-winter fun at pating businesses for free
Romeos Snow Me the carnival
games.
Other
Love
festivities
this establishments
will
be
Saturday, February 6.
selling classic carnival foods
From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. like
cotton
candy,

funnel cakes and SnoCones

for a small fee.
Balloon animals, face
painting and arts and
crafts are also planned.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
tours
of
the
First
Congregational
Clock
Tower
and
Bancroft-

Stranaham Home Museum

will be available for a $5
donation.
Net
proceeds
from
the event will benefit
the
Women
Marines
Association for the Romeo
Military Package Drive
Postage Fund.

mileage allowance and are

entitled to the same benefits
as commission employees.
An annual resolution is
also needed to establish the
salaries of elected and nonelected officers. In 2016,
they'll see a two percent raise
like what was granted to other
county employees. As of
January 1, the annual salaries
are as follows: $7,874 for the

surveyor, $61,224 for the

drain commissioner, $66,289
for the treasurer, $70,817 for
the clerk/register, $112,133
for the prosecuting attorney,
$87,374 for the sheriff and
magistrates will be paid
$53.90 per hour.
County commissioners
set their current wage rate in
2014 when they adopted a
resolution effective for two
years:2015 and 2016.
Currently, the commission chair earns $20,503, the
vice chair receives $17,646,
committee chairs each see
$16,504 and members earn
$15,931. They are also
eligible to receive benefits.

Snow Me the Love in Romeo this Sat.

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

Humor, information mix at

upcoming Marriage Conference
IMLAY CITY Gateway Assembly is hosting Jay
and Laura Laffoon, marriage edu-tainers and hosts of
the comedy-infused Ultimate Date Night event to help
couples learn how to create and regularly celebrate a
thriving marriage while exploring the realities that everyday life brings to the relationship. The marriage conference will be held Fri., Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 20
beginning at 9 a.m. Tickets are available online at gatewayassembly.com, follow the Marriage Conference information, or at Gateway Assembly. For more information
contact Gateway at 810-724-8110.

Tea & Mini Quilt Trunk Show

CAPAC A Tea & Mini Quilt Trunk Show is coming to the Conrad Community Center on Friday, Feb. 12.
A meet & greet begins at noon, followed by a luncheon
of chicken croissant, salad, dessert and beverages. The
cost is $5, reservations requested. Call Lori at 810-3957889 to reserve a spot. The Conrad Community Center is
located at 585 N. Main Street in Capac.

Friends of Library bake sale

CAPAC A Valentines Bake Sale hosted by the
Friends of the Capac Library will be held on Fri., Feb. 12
and Sat., Feb. 13 at the library from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Visitors will be able to choose from a variety of homemade treats including cookies, cakes, pies, brownies and
other baked goods. Proceeds benefit the Capac Library.

Commissioners adopt compensation resolutions

commissions by appointment
will receive a per diem of $30
per day plus a mileage allowance for travel, the same rate
as in 2015.
Compensation for road
commission members was
increased slightly from
$6,647 to $6,780 for members and $8,758 to $8,933 for
the chairperson. Road commissioners also receive a

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

ST. CLAIR COUNTY As

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county commissioners adopted resolutions establishing
salaries and compensation for
county employees and elected
leaders for the coming year.
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Crisis: Governor speaks of opportunity

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Snyder recognized his
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As for a timeline for fixing the situation in Flint,
Snyder said it could be up to
two to three months before
residents there will learn
whether or not their tap
water is safe to drink, adding
that the determination will
not be based on chronology,
but on science.
Before signing the bill,
Snyder invited the state legislators in attendance to join
him on the stage as he
placed pen to paper.
Fridays appearance at
the MPA convention was
Governor Rick Snyder at
considered the governors
podium at Michigan
first major speaking engage- Press Association event.
ment since last months State
comment: QUESTION OF
of the State address.
THE DAY: Why would any
Some are criticizing the
Michigan politician want to
governor for choosing that
be pictured smiling at a bill
venue to sign the $28 million appropriations bill, say- signing for $28 million in
ing Snyder should have done emergency aid for a manso in Flint. Others feel it was made water contamination
crisis in Flint?
awkward that Snyder would
The $28 million is an
use the bill signing as a
appropriation out of the curphoto op.
rent fiscal year budget that
Detroit News Lansing
allocates money for bottled
Bureau reporter Chad
water, filters, school nurses,
Livengood posted photos of
health assessments and the
the event on his Facebook
like for Flint residents.
page with the following

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

IMLAYCITY

Donations are rolling in for

the annual Blueberry Festival
fundraising auction slated for
Sat., March 12 at Castle
Creek Golf Club in Lum.
All funds raised during
the annual event will go
toward the 2016 Imlay City
Blueberry Festival, scheduled
for July 22-23.
Last year, more than
$17,000 was raised to benefit
the 2015 Blueberry Festival.
Imlay City Chamber of
Commerce Director Ann
Hintz is hoping to match or
surpass those numbers on
March 12.
Among the items going
up for bids is a dinner for 4-6
people prepared by Chef
Mike Romine of the Mulefoot
Gastropub. Other items
donated to the Auction thus
far, include: a large wine rack
to accommodate 24 bottles; a
gift basket including a gift
certificate for a years worth
of massages; a watch, baked
goods from Our Daily Bread,

Chief: Scott Pike to take helm in Imlay

from page 1-A
dates, said Youatt. It was a
tough decision but the committee felt Scott (Pike) would
be the best fit for our department.
He and we are very
excited about his selection,
Youatt continued. We feel
hes going to do an outstanding job for the city.
Reached by phone on
Monday, Pike shared Youatts
enthusiasm about his becoming Imlay Citys new police
chief.
As soon as I saw the
position posted, I was interested, Pike said. I took
some time to come over and
visit the city and met with
(former) Chief Stano who
took me on a tour of the community.
This job could not be
more tailor-made for me, he
continued. I wanted to work
in a small town where people
know one another. I
also
wanted an established situation with a full-time police
department.
Imlay City met all the

criteria and is a perfect fit for

me, Pike said. Its a small
townbut with big ideas and
high standards.
Pike, 54, has 28 years of
experience in law enforcement; the past 25 years
(1991-present) with the Port
Huron department.
For the past five years, he
has served as an adjunct
Criminal Law/Police Science
instructor at St. Clair County
Community College.
A 1980 graduate of
Garden City East High
School, Pike served in the
U.S. Navy as a Master At
Arms from 1980-1988.
From 1988-1991, he was
assigned to a special investigations unit with the Lake
Havasu
City
Police
Department in Arizona.
Pike comes to Imlay City
with a significant educational
background.
He has taken criminal
justice and law enforcement
classes at Northwestern
University, Central Michigan
University, Eastern Michigan
University and Macomb
Community College.

He earned a masters
degree
in
Public
Administration
from
University of Michigan-Flint
in 2012; and attended the
FBINational
Academy
(249th session) in 2012.
Pike has been married to
wife Marian for 33 years.
They have two adult children
ages 21 and 26.
Veteran Imlay City Police
Sgt. Tim Wolford will continue to serve as interim
police chief until Pike takes
the reins on March 21.

a laser cut wall decoration,

bird houses, puppets, bath
sprays, a small clutch purse, a
candle, and more.
Hintz anticipates that
many more items will be
donated for the auction in the
weeks and days leading up to
the auction.
She notes that local auctioneer Brian Rowley will
again be donating his services
to the event.
Anyone wishing to donate
items for the auction may
drop them off at the Chamber
of Commerce at the Imlay
City Hall during regular hours
of operation.
For questions or more
information about the Imlay
City Area Chamber of
Commerce or the upcoming
Blueberry Auction call 810724-1361.

Attica Days
Dinner Dance

LUM Grab your

sweetheart and enjoy
some fun at the 2nd
annual Dinner Dance to
benefit the Attica Days
Festival on Sat., Feb. 13
beginning at 6 p.m. at
Castle Creek Golf Club,
5191
Lum
Road.
Almonts
Country
Smokehouse will cater
the dinner, and the event
includes a cash bar, live
entertainment and a
Chinese and live auction.
The cost is $25 per person for the full event;
$10 after 8:30 p.m. for
the entertainment and
auctions only. Tickets are
available at the Attica
Twp. offices or by calling 586-484-5067 or
586-822-9413.

Water: Imlay students

host collection for Flint
from page 1-A
wanted to make a difference,
said Josef. They began
brainstorming possible projects and kept coming back to
the ongoing Flint water crisis.
They began researching,
making phone calls and collecting bottles very quickly,
Josef continued. These girls
are among my top students
and Im proud of them. Its
exciting to see their work
ethic, dedication to the project and passion for helping
others.
Josef said the girls have
demonstrated their interest in
helping others through their
shared participation and
actions.
The students recognize
how this situation is impacting children and families,
possibly for a long time,
said Josef. Along with collecting bottles of water, they
are putting together a notebook and PowerPoint presentation for judges at the Skills
USA Regional Competition
on February 26 at Delta
College.
Should the Ed Tech students win at the Regional
competition, said Josef, they
will move on to the State
competition to take place in
mid-April in Grand Rapids.
Claudia Kosinski said the
timing of Flints water problems happened to coincide
with the students efforts to
give back to the local community.
We felt that the people

of Flint are experiencing a

serious crisis, said Claudia.
They are in need of help and
we wanted to offer our support.
The students will be collecting bottled water through
the end of February.
During that time, donations of money or water may
be dropped off at the Lapeer
Ed Tech Center on Lake
Pleasant Rd., or at Imlay City
High School.
The goal is to sustain
this effort over the long
term, Kosinski said.
Careers in Education
The Careers in Education
program is a two-year curriculum that takes the first steps
toward a variety of careers in
the education world.
It gives students the
opportunity to explore different career options that are
available in the educational
system.
The
Skills
USA
Championships are competitive events showcasing
the best career and technical
education students in the
nation.
Skills USAs philosophy
is to reward students for
excellence, to involve industry in directly evaluating student performance and to keep
training relevant to the needs
of employers.
In 2015, more than 6,000
students took part in 100 separate events. Nearly 1,500
judges and contest organizers
from labor and management
make the national event possible.

File photo

from page 1-A

level, and for Michigan to
be a leader in all those
areasreferring to infrastructure, education and the
economy.
He said the spirit of
Michiganders is to stand up,
recognize the problem and
acknowledge how things
could have been done differently, and to determine how
to do a better job going forward.
Snyder said Michigan
residents should reject the
notion that the water crisis in
Flint defines us on a
national level, adding that
our voice will the dialogue
of the future.

Auction items roll in

for festival fundraiser

Visitors and volunteers take time out from winter

activities to warm up beside a campfire during last
years Polar Palooza in Almont.

Palooza: Almont gears up

for winter family fun
from page 1-A
Age, featuring the voices of
Ray Romano, Denis Leary
and John Leguizamo.
Working in collaboration
with the Almont Downtown
Development Authority
(DDA), the Youth On Main
Street group was formed four
years ago.
DDA Director Nancy
Boxey said the groups purpose is to provide youth with
the opportunity to serve their
community while assuming
various leadership roles in
the process.
Participation is not limited to a specific age group,
said Boxey, and the group is
always looking for new
members willing to help out
and give back to the community.
Boxey noted that
YOMSmembers have been
active in recent years, taking
the lead in downtown painting and cleanup efforts and

assisting two years ago with

a cleanup of a section of the
Belle River at Almont
Community Park.
These young people are
our future leaders, said
Boxey. There is much they
can learn by taking on the
responsibilities associated
with these and other community projects.
The YOMS group benefits from the financial support of local businesses,
including: Vinckier Foods/
ACEHardware, CSB Bank,
Spring Dynamics, Family
Farm & Home, Attorney
Eric Flinn, and Dr. Jay
Vanderest, all of whom are
supporters of the 2016 Polar
Palooza.
For more information, to
become a YOMSmember or
to make a donation, talk to
any participating youth or
call the DDAoffice at 810798-8125; or visit the DDA
website at: www.almontdda.
com

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Warm weather draws

big crowd at 7 Ponds
Tri-City Times Staff Writer

time.
All of our volunteers are
so helpful, she said. Its like
a big family we have here and
everyone pitches in.
One of those volunteers
was Skyler Humphreys, 17, a
junior at Lapeer High School.
I remember coming here
when I was little and I have a
lot of memories, said Skyler.
It was a lot of fun learning
about the animals and nature.
Now that Im older I
enjoy coming out and volunteering for these events, she
said. Its really a great family event and I like spending
time with all the people.
Though the lack of snow
frustrated some who were
hoping to cross-country ski or
don snow shoes for a cavort
along Seven Ponds trails, or

Photo by Tom Wearing

DRYDEN Some of
the essentials of a winter festival, such as snow and cold
temperatures, were absent at
Saturdays (Jan. 30) 2016
WinterFest at Seven Ponds
Nature Center.
Ironically, those missing
elements may have contributed to the larger-than-usual
attendance numbers for the
winter event.
That was the assessment
of Seven Ponds Naturalist
Lois Rheaume, who was
pleased with the turnout and
the enthusiasm shared by the
days attendees.
Despite the warm weather, or maybe because of it,
we had a wonderful turnout

for the event, she said.

Rheaume acknowledged
the participation of many
children and families that visited the nature center to take
part in various traditional
winter activities.
There are lots of kids
and families here today, all
enjoying time outdoors in the
wintertime, Rheaume said.
Theres not enough of that
today.
Its so nice to see all the
smiling faces and families
doing things together, she
said. This is such a wonderful place to come out and
experience and enjoy the
wonders of nature.
Rheaume credited the
Seven Ponds staff and volunteers for helping ensure that
all in attendance had a good

Members of the Rowden family of Mayville, Jack, 3, Gavin, 5, (mom) Lori and
(dad) Kevin, sample the hot dogs, chips and hot chocolate at Seven Ponds
Nature Centers annual Winterfest on Saturday afternoon.

Making a day of the event were Romeo Venture Crew members (L-R) Jessica
Newby; Paul, Jessie and Meric Okoniewski; Noah Lane; Daniel Nguyen,
Logen Okonieski and Jacob Newby, who hiked through the grounds.
others wanting to enjoy the
traditional
horse-drawn
wagon rides through the
grounds, there were still
ample things to do for winter
outdoor enthusiasts.
Nearly all enjoyed the
warm campfire, where dozens
of youngsters roasted marshmallows and made Smores.
Others opted to walk the
trails sans snowshoes, or to
lace up their skates for a romp
on the still-frozen pond.
Rheaume estimated the thickness of the ice at about eight
inches.
Most everyone took the
opportunity to indulge in a
lunch, consisting of hot dogs,
chips and hot chocolate,
served up by Seven Ponds
volunteers.
Many attendees ventured
inside to view Seven Ponds
various nature-related displays, artifacts and items
available for purchase at the
centers gift shop.
It was a great day to
spend outdoors, Rheaume
concluded. We want to thank
everyone who came out to
enjoy our wonderful grounds

Photo by Ewa Jankowiak

By Tom Wearing

Photo by Tom Wearing

WinterFest attracts hundreds for seasonal fun

Visitors take in an old-fashioned ice carving demonstration at Tree Top Pond during Seven Ponds
Nature Centers WinterFest on Saturday.
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Input sought for 3-5 year plan
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

CAPAC Everyone
from students and teachers to
parents and alumni are being
asked to answer a few questions about Capac Community
Schools.
Now through February
15, Superintendent Steve

Bigelow is encouraging all

district stakeholders to complete an online survey that
will help school leaders craft
a three- to five-year strategic
plan. The district will tackle
this project with help from
the Michigan Association of
School Boards
Our strategic planning
process will be a comprehen-

sive and collective process

involving all of Capacs
stakeholders. When complete,
the Strategic Plan will represent the expectations of the
Capac Community Schools
Board of Education, to be carried out through our district
and school improvement
teams, Bigelow said.
Developing a plan for the
districts next three to five
years will also require community meetings and focus

Police issue warning about ice conditions

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

DRYDEN TWP.
Police want to remind local
residents that, due to the
recent warm weather, ice on
ponds and other waterways
can pose a danger to humans
and animals.
Chief
Larry
Pack
responded to a residence in
the 5500 block of Hollow
Corners on Monday morning

around 8 a.m. for a dog that

had fallen through the ice.
Pack said a neighbor
heard the German Shepherd
whining as he struggled to get
out of the water. Ice still lined
the edge of the pond but there
was open water in the middle.
The dogs owner was at work
at the time.
The neighbor offered use
of a row boat and he and Pack
were able to pull him out of
the water. The dog was in

good condition after he was

taken indoors and warmed
up.
We want to remind
everyone that the ice is not
safe and wont be for some
time, especially if we get rain
showers as predicted, Pack
said.
On Monday, a 30-yearold man and his four year-old
son drowned after falling
through the ice while fishing
in Oakland County.

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Join an interactive silent

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Disapproval of old Almont school sale

Extension educator Jeannine Schweihofer

fields suggestions during last months focus
group session in Attica.

Valuing sound advice

heres no shortage of opinions these days

but the commotion all those talking
heads create leaves others of us wanting
unbiased, research-based information. Thats
where our states Cooperative Extension program comes in.
Last month we were honored when given
the chance to participate in an issue identification focus group with fellow stakeholders from
Lapeer and St. Clair counties at the Lapeer
County Ed Tech Center. Michigan State
University Extension leaders are on a mission
to sharpen their focus and ensure theyre using
their resources in the most efficient way for the
benefit of residents.
Were heartened that they have an eye on
the future. The service theyve delivered to this
community and others over the years is invaluable and we want to see that tradition continue
for years to come. Yes, agriculture could still
be considered the backbone of Extension programming but today they offer high quality
programs for children and families, entrepreneurs and elected officials and everyone in
between in both rural and urban communities.
Most citizens are at least familiar with their
signature program, 4-H.
Funding for Extension staff and projects
took a blow during the recession and, like
many agencies, theyre forced to get along
with less but despite those challenges, the quality of their work hasnt been diluted. Theres a
constant flow of timely and practical bulletinsboth in print and electronic formcoming from East Lansing that we appreciate as
both consumers and communicators.
So the next time you search out some sound
advice for anything from canning jam to starting a business, make your first call to an
Extension educator or point your browser to
one of their online sites.
In our digital age, information abounds but
sound advice, like theres, is hard to find.

I see the Almont superintendent and Board of

Education have sold the old
high school. Their decision
will result in the district providing an inferior quality
of education to our children
and is financially irresponsible!
The district will be providing an inferior quality of
education to our children
because the school will be
stuffing our children into
overcrowded classrooms. The
design capacity of the three
currently occupied buildings
is about 1600 students. The
current enrollment is slightly
over 1470 students or about
92 percent of capacity. This
year the school had 60 more
students than they anticipated. At that growth rate the
district will reach capacity in
two yearsthe 2017-2018
school year.
Overcrowded classrooms
put the teachers in an impossible situationa no-win situation. A teachers time in the
classroom is split between
two basic functions. First, the
teacher must present the
course material to all the students and second, the teacher

spends time helping the students learn the material. In an

overcrowded classroom, the
teacher must chose between
presenting all of the materials
that the curriculum requires
or spending the time with students so all of them learn the
materials. It is impossible for
the teacher to do both when
there are too many students in
the class.
Teachers know going into
an overcrowded classroom
that they are going to fail.
That failure is not the teachers or the students but the
administrations, the community at large and the politicians in Lansing. The superintendent and the Board of
Education are setting our
teachers and children up to
fail.
The sale of the building is
financially
irresponsible
because we will need that
space in the very near future.
If we reach 100 percent
capacity in the 2017-2018
school year, then the Board
should be asking for a millage
for a new building now so it
can be available to be used in
2017-2018. Even if the student count does not increase

e already won, I
whisper to myself,
hoping the man thats walking past me in the hallway
didnt see my lips move.
We already won, I say
again, a big smile spreading
across my lips as the man
passes from sight.
Im repeating the mantra
while heading back to my
room on the sixth floor of
the magnificent Amway
Grand Hotel in downtown
Grand Rapids. Its the first
day of the Michigan Press
Association (MPA)
Convention, and the place is
alive with reporters and publishers from across the state,
and a fair amount of college
students too. Were there
because were one of three
newspapers in our circulation
category thats up for the
Newspaper of the Year
award.
This is a big deal. A.
Very. Big. Deal. Earning
Newspaper of the Year award
would be a first in my tenure
here as editor. Weve come
close a time or two, but that
precise designation has eluded us in recent years.
Id just taken in a couple
of outstanding seminars on
ways to maximize digital
content and the variety of
uses for data collection. The
first one is lead by award
winning writer/photographer
Bill Frakes. This guy is
bringing me to tearsin a
good waywith his stories
and visuals, many of which
youve no doubt seen if

youre a fan of Sports

Illustrated or ESPN. Some of
the stuff hes sharing with us
is what community newspapers are made for. So along
with the
weve
already
won mantra, my
mind is
buzzing
with ideas
and inspiration.
The
data col
lection gig
is a bit of a
different story. Mike Meyers,
CEO of TargetPoint
Consulting, encapsulates all
the ways data is collected via
social networking and websites (whether we know it, or
like it, or not), and how that
data can be used to enhance
your product. He ends with
the most-up-to-date polling
information his company collected earlier in the day
regarding the presidential
race. The results are as not as
surprising as they are disappointing to me. Trump and
Cruz in the number one and
two spots. Oh, brother.
Disappointed or not, the
presidential poll occupies my
mind for a minute with
something other than whats
just an hour awaythe
awards dinner that is set to
begin and the good news that
Im certain will follow.
Weve already won, I say
again as Ihead toward my

thinking that the closure

would only be temporary?
Did we sell the athletic equipment that was stored in the
building?
I have no words to express
my extreme disappointment
in the leadership (or lack
thereof) of the Almont
Community Schools. Overly
costly, poor quality education
is not Almonts historical
track record. I hope the Board
of Education recognizes that
they now have a trust issue
with the public and will have
difficulty passing any bond
issue for a new school.
James Richard Wade Sr.
Dryden
Editors note: Almont
Schools Supt. Joe Candela
confirmed that photos and
trophies and other useable
itemsincluding some athletic equipmentleft behind
at the former Almont
Elementary School building
have been removed for safekeeping
and/or
reuse.
Teachers also had an opportunity to go through the building earlier this week to
retrieve any items they left
behind.

Republican party hosts Lincoln Day Dinner

The Lapeer County
Republican Party Executive
Committee is pleased to
announce the 2016 Lincoln
Day Dinner.
This is the largest annual
event
hosted
by
the
Republican Party in Lapeer
County and a great way to
come and meet many of the
county, state and federal public servant Republicans you
have elected.
We are proud to announce
this years keynote speaker
Michigan
Lieutenant
Governor Brian Calley.
Lieutenant
Governor
Brian Calley is strengthening
Michigan by removing barriers to its potential. Working in
partnership with Governor
Rick Snyder, the Lieutenant
Governor has played an integral role in Michigans comeback.
He guided two historic
tax reforms through the legislature that have opened new

doors of economic opportunity and private sector job

growth. He also worked to
create citizen and business
friendly state government services by leading an initiative
to improve efficiencies and
eliminate outdated regulations.
He is committed to
removing barriers to individual potential.
Lieutenant
Governor
Calley has gained national
recognition for his work on
mental wellness. He led the
Michigan Mental Health and
Wellness Commission, which
developed strategies to help
Michigans most vulnerable
citizens find better lives
through self-determination
and independence. He led the
charge to implement autism
insurance reform and has
traveled extensively to promote inclusion for people
with disabilities.
The Lieutenant Governor

Winning mantra is true at convention

W

at the same rate as this year,

the need for a new building
will occur within the next five
to six years. It is much less
expensive to maintain a
closed building and then
refurbish it when needed than
to build and entirely new
structure. A new building will
cost in the neighborhood of
18 to 20 million dollars.
Upkeep and repairs to the old
school would have cost significantly less. The difference
between these courses of
action is in the millions of
dollars. These are dollars that
the taxpayers of Almont will
now have to spend on a building and not directly on their
children. In the meantime,
our children will have to sit in
overcrowded
classrooms
receiving and inferior quality
of education.
The sale of the old school
includes the contents of the
building. Does that mean that
we sold the class composition
pictures dating back to 1923?
Did we sell the trophies and
plaques won by the students
who attended that building?
Did we sell the personal items
left by teachers and staff who
left them in the building

room to get changed.

****
I spot my boss, Randy
Jorgensen, right when I enter
the massive Ambassador
Ballroom where the awards
dinner is taking place. Hes
talking with Rosalie Lucas, a
longtime employee of the
MPA. Randys wife Kim is
there as well, as is her sister
Lori and her husband Tom,
who is the editor of WoodsN-Water News. Of course,
the familys matriarch
Delores Heim is there,
though I doubt shed like
being referred to as a matriarch. Shes one of the most
down-to-earth women Ive
ever known.
If it werent for Delores
and her late husband Marty
Heim, none of us would be
here. It was Martys dream to
own his hometown newspaper, and even though he
passed away just three years
after making his dream a
reality, Delores and her
daughters, Kim and Lori, and
their husbands Randy and
Tom, kept the dream alive.
And here we are, 36 years
later in the running for
Newspaper of the Year. Just
to add to the karmic mix, its
Martys birthday, too.
I am proud and nervous
to be there, proud of the family, of the dream, the reality
and the moment. Nervous of
the outcome, but not really,
because weve already
won. Im not alone in these
thoughts, either. There is a
staff of capable, caring indi-

viduals waiting back at home

for the news of whats to
come. But I already know it.
Weve already won, I say
under my breath as I head to
the table when the program
gets underway.
Once the Newspaper of
the Year presentations begin,
I have a hard time concentrating on whats happening
around me, and there are
some confusing moments
when Tri-City Times is
mentioned in two different
circulation categories.
While we didnt get the
top spot in our designation,
we did take home sixcount
emsix awards, a third of
which are first places. The
others are comprised of three
seconds and a third. Not bad
for a little hometown newspaper with a little hometown staff. I fist pump and
high five every time I hear
Tom Campbell call out TriCity Times from the list of
award winners, and am
happy that everyone who
entered the contest walked
away with an awarda pretty good record no matter
how you cut it.
Newspaper of the Year
for 2015? Well, it depends on
how you look at it. From
where I sit, weve already
won, and we continue to do
so every time we go to print.
We are so grateful to all who
stop here for giving us the
stories and the inspiration to
keep on winning.
Email Catherine at
cminolli@pageone-inc.com.

served two terms in the

Michigan
House
of
Representatives. His career
in community banking provided him a strong background for his work in the
legislature.
He has been given the
Executive Champion Award
from Autism Speaks and was
named one of the U.S.
Jaycees Ten Outstanding
Young
Americans.
Lieutenant Governor Calley
holds degrees from Michigan
State, Grand Valley State
University and Harvard. He
and his wife Julie live in Ionia
County with their three children.
The dinner will be at the
Lapeer Country Club 3786
Hunt Road, Lapeer, on
Saturday March 12, 2016.
Come to the V.I.P.
Reception between 5-6 p.m.
to meet and greet. General
doors open at 5:30 p.m., din-

ner follows at 6:30 p.m.

Business owners have the
opportunity to advertise in the
program which reaches all
attendees and sponsorship
packages are available.
Contact Walt Bargen at 810417-2344 or wbargen@lcbt.
com for details. Materials
must be submitted no later
than March 4, 2016.
And, you may also promote your business by donating to our Silent Auction
which is always a great success. Contact Kelly Bales at
810-614-6979 or dkjlakers@
gmail.com.
For more information and
to buy tickets, please see our
website at: www.lapeergop.
com
Sincerely,
Harry Akers
Communications
Committee
Lapeer County
Republican Party

Birthday funds raised

Oh my, Doug Hunter certainly knows how to how to
throw a birthday party fundraiser!
Dougs generosity and
kind heart are overwhelming.
I would like to thank him for
thinking of Mid City
Nutrition on his special day,
also all of his friends who
came out to celebrate with
Doug and donate to both Mid
City Nutrition and the Capac
Food Pantry. A whopping

$1,700 was raised for Mid

City and the Capac Food
Pantry to share.
Again, my most heartfelt
thanks to Doug Hunter
for helping the Soup
Kitchen continue to fight our
war on hunger. May his
next year be filled with
many blessings. Happy birthday!
Alice Rieves
Mid City Nutrition
Port Huron

Birthday generosity
Boy, when you are down
and need a good laugh, come
to one of Doug Hunters
birthday fundraising parties.
O.M.G., you had to be
there. Besides providing
some great laughs, Doug
raised more than $1,700 to be
shared with Mid City

Nutrition in Port Huron and

the Capac Food Pantry.
Thank you so much
Doug, and bless you for this
gift.
Sincerely,
Capac Community
Food Pantry
Capac

Literacy Center gets grant

The Family Literacy
Center can help you turn your
life around and support from
the
Lapeer
County
Community Foundation just
made that even more possible.
The
Community
Foundation awarded a $2,800
grant to the Center to help
purchase essential supplies
for operations. The Lapeer
County
Community
Foundation provides grants
that enhance the quality of
life in Lapeer County. The
Foundation manages endowments totaling over $8.5 million in over 60 funds for a

wide range of charitable purposes.

The Center is a local
organization that can help
adults improve your reading,
writing, and English-speaking
skills. They can also help you
prepare to get your GED.
Tutoring is provided by
trained volunteers and lessons are based on the goals of
the students. There is no
charge to students in the program.
The Center
also offers school-based
tutoring for children and
many programs for families
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The power of pot roast

Miscellaneous musings
Almont named after Almont?
ot long ago our esteemed colleague
and editor extraordinaire, Catherine
Minolli, received an email from Peter V.
Andrews of Louisburg, North Carolina
asking whether it was possible that the
Village of Almont, Michigan may have
been named for his great-grandfather,
Captain Almont Barnes, who commanded
Rick Liblong
Battery C, 1st New York Light Artillery
in the Civil War.
Minolli assigned the case to me.
Intrigued, I set about researching the answer.
I sent Mr. Andrews a copy of the excellent two-part
series on the theories behind the naming of Almont written
by the late Larry Bentz in 2010.
Almont was named in 1846 after being named Bristol and
Newburg before that. Mr. Andrews informed me that Almont
Barnes was born in Turin, New York in 1835, thus he was
only 11- years-old when the Michigan village was named.
Since Barnes had not become well known, even in New
York yet, it was highly unlikely (read impossible) that
Almont, Michigan was given his moniker.
To this day, how the Village was named is controversial.
Some believe it was named for Mexican General Juan N.
Almonte though I have never accepted this theory. You dont
name my town after someone partially responsible for Davy
Crocketts death. There is no conclusive proof of this theory
that Im aware of. Only hearsay passed down. The records
burned years ago.
In an interesting twist of
history, Capt. Almont Barnes
and his battery were on Little
Round Top on the second day
of the Battle of Gettysburg
helping defend that strategic
ground. Just a short distance
to the left of Battery C was
the 16th Michigan Infantry
also helping defend the site.
At least three men from
Almont, Michigan were there
Captain Almont Barnes,
with the 16th and Almonter
1st NY Light Artillery.
Henry Dygert was killed in
action on Little Round Top.
After the war, Almont Barnes distinguished himself as a
publisher, as the Enrolling Clerk of the United States House
of Representatives and Chief of Statistics for the U.S. State
Department. He served on several diplomatic missions and
finished his long career with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. He died in 1918 and rests in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Bentz suggested this in his article: Members of the
Almont Historical Society strongly suggested Almont was
named by early residents of Scotch Settlement after
Auld Mound in their native Scotland. The many Native
American burial mounds in Scotch Settlement reminded
these settlers of Auld Mound, the remains of an ancient
earthen fortification. I also mentioned several places named
Almont in the area of Scotland from which Almonts Scotch
Settlers originated, including the Almont Hotel, which was
named for Auld Mound. That makes more sense to me.
I asked Peter Andrews how he thought Almont Barnes
got his name. Its the first time I ever heard the word Almont
used as a first name.
He responded, There were relatives (further up the family tree) named Almond Barnes, so Almont may have been a
misspelling.
Hats off to Almont Barnes and Almont, Michigan.
What do you call a person from Michigan?
I listened to one of Gov. Snyders speeches recently to
his fellow Michiganders. Former Gov. Granholm, in
many of her remarks, referred
to Michiganians. OK,
which is it? The Detroit News
uses Michiganians while the
Free Press uses Michiganders.
How about Michiganites? Or
Michiganer? And with that
one, when you die are you a
Michigoner?
In the grand scheme of
things this should be well
down our list of things to be
Common references for concerned about but its still
residents
depending fun to muse about it. Back in
upon where they live in the 70s, if I recall correctly,
there was actually a move in
Michigan.
Lansing by some feminists to
have the legislature declare Michiganian the official designation of the states citizens. Their argument was that using
Michigander was sexist, since a gander is a male goose.
The opposite sex did not want to be called a Michigoose
understandably.
The legislature, in typical fashion, avoided the question
and essentially said to the people, Call yourselves whatever
you want. So which do you prefer? I admit that sometimes
I use one in my writing and other times I switch. Less likely
to offend anyone that way.
I know those in the Upper Peninsula proudly refer to
themselves as Yoopers. I like that. But are those of us in
the Lower Peninsula then Loopers? I know that sometimes
the Yoopers call us living below the Mackinac Bridge
Trolls. Not very neighborly, Yoopers.
So I agree with the legislature. Call yourselves anything
you want. Being lucky enough to be from this beautiful state
is enough, right?
Email Rick at: rick.liblong@cox.net.

All the Liblong day..

and baker. She crowned her

menu with cloverleaf light
rolls, the finishing pre-dinner
scent that glued me to my
chair at the table. There I
waited for Dad to reach for
the first roll and commence
our meal.
Slathered with butter and
sopped with gravy, I couldve
lived on Moms light rolls
and roasted vegetables. The
flavors nourished my childhood. I loved a pot roast.
Except for the meat. Fork
tender half the time and
tough the other, a pang of
dread dashed through me
when Mom filled my plate.
Theres nothing more delicious than tender beef, and
nothing more miserable than
eating fat and gristle.
With its fickle reputation,
I avoided a boneless chuck
roast when I took up housekeeping. If my mother struck
out half the time, a newlywed like me didnt dare try.
Then, one fateful day,
that Kitchen Bouquet memo-

Honest Living . . .

ry smote
my taste
buds and
good sense.
I called
Mom for
her recipe
and
promptly
placed the

dredged
and dressed
meat in my
avocado
green Club Aluminum Dutch
oven. To my surprise and
husbands eager appetite, I
served a tasty, tender dinner.
Several years later, after
carving a series of dry,
stringy roasts, I sat back in
my chair and submitted to
the nature of the beast.
I give up.
I never did like a pot
roast, my husband said.
Really? Without debate,
that unpredictable cut of beef
fell out of favor in my kitchen. A faithful ground sirloin
and vegetable pie soon occu-

pied its place and became a

family favorite. My daughters never knew what it was
like to chew and swallow fat
and gristle.
Dear Reader, I thought
pot roast was ironclad
history until two weeks
ago. I caved when a savory
memory persuaded me to
give it another chance.
Thats all it takes, isnt it,
to chase a forsaken flavor
and happy place in our
lives?
I lifted the pots lid, disappointed the vegetables
werent browned like Moms.
But oh, the meat compensated more than enough.
Mmmmm, said my
husbands change of mind.
Cant give up now. Have to
perfect browning those potatoes and carrots. Perhaps
attempt my mothers light
rolls again and beat the odds.
Theres plenty butter in the
fridge, for old times sake.
Email Iris at
irisleeun@gmail.com.

but rarely, I might give the

pot a tentative stir. Mostly
I just marvel that my cousin
in Iowa and his friend in
Washington state can spar,
and I can, via social media,
be standing by the rope, taking it in.
I switch off the Today
Showslip in a disc from
Max Lucados In the Grip of
Grace. Its not that Im dispassionate about politics. Its
that Im more passionate
about grace.
Its also not that I dont
have some strong leanings,
but I am SO not qualified to

try to
sway anyone else.
Where
the CD
(which
Ive
already
heard a
couple of
times)
picks up is

on the
story of
Mephibosheth, an heir of
Jonathans and hence of former King Saul. His nurse,
who had been carrying him

as they fled during the political turmoil, had dropped

him. From then on, hed had
a limp. The picture of grace
in this story is that David
brought him to live in the
palace, and to forever sit at
the king's table, where the
tablecloth would drape over
and cover his deformed leg.
From then on he would no
longer be known for the stigma he'd carried, but as he
who sits at the kings table.
Thats grace. And I DO
know something about that.
Email Willene at
willenetanis@aol.com.

More passionate about grace

he pre-Iowa caucus rundown is rattling around

behind me on TV. I wonder
how Iowa became a predictor for how the nation will
vote, my husband muses,
having very little intimate
acquaintance with Iowans
other than that he married
one.
I wonder too. While it is
true that some of my friends
and family members occasionally stir the pot on my
Facebook page, I also catch
the responses from peers
who passionately disagree
with them. Once in a while

Students learn
to dream big!
Editors note: The following guest column was submitted by Dina Tallis, principal at Borland Elementary
School in Imlay City. Tallis
may be reached at 810-7249813 or via email to dtallis@
icschools.us.
orland Elementary students enjoyed an assembly from Team Impact on
Friday, January 29. Josh
Thigpen and Randall Harris,

Team Impact athletes and

speakers, impressed students
with their feats of strength.
Also impressive was their
comedy and message for students. The message they send
is one which is inspiring to
adults as much as children:
work hard to reach your
dreams!
Josh Thigpen told his
story of being the skinniest,
weakest, smallest student in

Team Impacts Josh Thigpen and Randall Harris

cheer on Borland fifth grader Stosh Rziemkowski.

Photo by Dina Tallis

Which one is right for you?

y history with pot roast

begins with the perfume of Kitchen Bouquet,
expectations of potatoes, carrots and onions browned to
perfection in au jus. These
blended scents of spices, beef
and vegetables wafted
through our house and out
windows in domestic stability.
There was no escaping
the power of those prophetic
smells when I played outside.
Mom didnt need to call me
to the table when I caught a
whiff from her Dutch oven.
For my Italian playmates, it
was simmering spaghetti
sauce and boiling pasta that
yanked them home. My
Polish friends ran toward the
aroma of pierogi. Like bugs,
we all scattered and disappeared at dinnertime.
Ah, the fleeting, carefree
1950s.
My Irish father was the
typical meat, potato and
bread man, my Scott-German
mother an exceptional cook

Photo by Dina Tallis

Photo provided

Josh Thigpen gives Borland third graders Kiley

Schultz and Madilyn Taylor a lift during last weeks
assembly.
school. However, he had a
dream to compete in the
Worlds Strongest Man contest. Through working hard,
studying hard, listening to
voices of adults trying to
help him, making good
choices and having good
character, Josh made his
dreams come true.
Josh encourages students
to dream big and work hard
to make their dreams comes
true. He also spoke to students about the importance
of good character. Having

good character includes

helping build others up
by encouraging them,
treating them respectfully
and helping them make
their dreams come true.
He called those holding
these character traits
Dream Makers.
Borland Elementary staff
were inspired by the messages from Team Impact.
Borland staff are committed
to being Dream Makers
and helping all students
reach their dreams.

ICHS Students of the Month

Editors note: The following was submitted by Rich
Cross, M.Ed, Dean of
Students at Imlay City High
School. He may be reached
at 810-724-9815 or via email
to rcross@icschools.us.
Imlay City High School
Students of the Month
obin LeFevere is one of
our Imlay City High
School Students of the
Month for January 2016! She
is the daughter of Mike and
Dawn LeFevere, and has a
sister named Jillian. She also
has a grandmother to whom
she affectionately refers as
Grammy, and a dog named
Dotty.
In addition to earning
excellent grades, Robin is
very involved in co-curricular activities. Robin is a
member of the girls basketball and softball teams. She
is also a member of the
Spartan Marching Band, solo

remained humble. Her dad is

another role model to Robin
because he always believes
in her and is there for her.
Robins short term goals
are to do well on all of her
exams and to be elected president of class council. After
high school Robin plans on
going to college and living a
long, happy life.
Congratulations Robin!
Robin LeFevere
Keep up the good work!
*****
and ensemble, and wind
amian Vaubel is one of
ensemble.
our Imlay City High
In her free time Robin
School Students of the
enjoys CrossFit, Olympic
Month for January 2016! He
weight lifting, photography,
is the son of Scott and
reading, and eating.
Ahlissa Vaubel. He also has
Robin has several role
models. One of Robins role three sisters, a dog, and two
cats.
models is her mom because
In addition to maintainshe is a lot like her, and she
ing excellent grades, Damian
teaches Robin many things
is a member of the cross
about life. Robin also looks
country, boys basketball,
to her grandpa as a role
golf, and track teams. He is
model because he was very
strong, honest, and he always also the class council presi-

Damian Vaubel
dent, and a member of the
National Honor Society and
student council. Damian
enjoys spending his free time
playing Clash of Clans and
keeping up on his academics.
Damian's role models are
his father and Coach
Schlorke. He looks up to his
father because he provides
for Damian and his family to
the best of his ability, and he
also continues to help
Damian push himself academically. Coach Schlorke is
another one of Damians role
models because he pushes
Students page 11-A

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Investigation ongoing in co-worker homicide

Suspect lodged in Lapeer County Jail, bond revoked

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

LAPEERCOUNTY
Local law enforcement continues to investigate the death
of 23-year-old Miguel Harvey
of Port Huron, whose remains
were found inside his burnedout vehicle in Arcadia
Township on January 16.
Andrew Hall, 21, of North
Branch remains in custody
without bond in the Lapeer

County Jail on multiple

charges, including pre-meditated murder.
Hall and Harvey were
reported to be co-workers at
Rubber Enterprises in Imlay
City and believed to have
been friends.
Lapeer County Sheriffs
Det./Sgt. Jason Parks said the
investigation is ongoing as
law enforcement officers
attempt to piece together the
details leading up to Harveys

death.
This is a very complex
and very serious case, said
Parks. Were still conducting
witness interviews and acquiring information.
We want to make sure
we move forward very carefully and with all due diligence, he said.
Parks said that on
Saturday, Jan. 16, deputies
responded at around 1:38 a.m.
to a report of a car fire and

explosion on
Kings Mill
Road, near
Cedar Lake
Road
in
Arcadia
Township.
A l s o
responding
Andrew
were Arcadia
Hall
To w n s h i p
firefighters.
Once the fire was extinguished by firefighters,
Harveys body was discovered inside his Ford Taurus.

An initial investigation
revealed foul play, after which
Hall was arrested at his residence in Deerfield township
and taken into custody
and lodged in Lapeer County
Jail.
On Jan. 17, the case was
presented to Lapeer County
Prosecutor Tim Turkelson,
who charged Hall with firstdegree pre-meditated murder,
tampering with evidence and
fourth-degree arson.
Hall was arraigned in
71-A District Court by Lapeer

County Magistrate Greg

Wise, with an initial bond
being set at $1 million. That
bond has since been revoked,
said Parks.
A probable cause hearing
had been set for Friday, Jan.
29, however Parks said that
scheduled hearing did not
take place.
Parks asks that anyone
with information about the
case to contact him at 810245-1381; or call the Lapeer
County Sheriffs tip line at
810-245-1374.

Council seeks assistance

Obituaries
for water, sewer infrastructure
~ William (Bill) James Bristol, 89 ~
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

CAPAC The village

will utilize the services of a
private company to assist
with operation of its water
and sewer infrastructure.
At their Feb. 1 meeting,
council members voted to
enter into a one-year time
and materials agreement
with EZ Operations and
Consulting of Richmond at a
cost of $50 per hour.
The move became necessary following the recent
departure of DPW employee
Jaison Baron, a certified
operator. The village is looking to hire a part-time
employee to fill the vacancy.
The village also obtained
a quote from the St. Clair
County Department of Public
Works at a cost of more than
$19,000 to provide a licensed
operator for the villages sanitary sewer lagoons.
In other council business:

council members granted Chief Heather Fantin permission to hire Marc Malott
as a part-time officer.
members also agreed to
place the police departments
retired 2008 Dodge Charger
out for bids.
a lot split application
made by Angela Ochoa for
104 and 106 S. Lester Street
was approved by the lot split
application board and confirmed by council members.
Allison Arnold, St. Clair
County Library Director
thanked the council for their
support and cooperation for
the recent Capac branch
expansion.
She also noted 2015 statistics related to the Capac
Branch that indicated 43,000
visits were made by patrons
and guests who utilized and
some 33,000 print items during the calendar year. The
use of digital books, magazines and other publications
are counted separately.

Community Calendar

Wednesday, February 3rd

Lapeer Area Citizens Against

Domestic Assault meets 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m. in the Lapeer Court House for
personal protection order clinic. For info
810-246-0632.
Dryden Historical Society meets 1:00
p.m. at Dryden Township Hall.

Thursday, February 4th

Imlay City VFW Post 2492 will meet

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

Friday, February 5th

Imlay City Senior Center Texas Hold

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

Saturday, February 6th

Imlay City VFW Auxiliary 2492 will

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

Tuesday, February 9th

Imlay City Senior Center Euchre

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

Wednesday, February 10th

Lapeer Area Citizens Against

Domestic Assault meets 1:00 p.m. to

Wednesday, February 10th (Cont...)

3:00 p.m. in the Lapeer Court House for
personal protection order clinic. For info
810-246-0632.
Imlay Conversation Salon will meet
6:00 p.m. social hour optional, conversation 7:00 p.m. at Mulefoot Gastropub,
Imlay City.
Imlay City American Legion Post 135
will meet 7:30 p.m. at the Post 212 E.
3rd Street.

Donald W. Withun of
Attica passed away on
January 23, 2016 in Florida,
Age 80.
Beloved husband of
Nancy (nee: Glassford).
Dear father of Michael
(Barbara), Mark (Susanne),
Kim Crawford (Ken) and the
late Curtiss. Loving grandfather of Morgan, Eric,

Imlay City Senior Center Texas Hold

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

Monday, February 15th

Almont/Dryden Lioness Branch Club

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

Tuesday, February 16th

Imlay City Senior Center Euchre

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

The Tri-City Times Community Calendar is a weekly schedule

of events for churches, clubs, local meetings, and civic
organizations. If you have an item for the Community
Calendar call our office at 810-724-2615. Deadline for all
calendar items is noon Monday prior to publication date.

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wife, Carolyn, and his five

children, Linda Bristol of
Saint Clair Shores, MI,
Charles Bristol of Almont,
Caren Bristol Walker
(James) of West Lafayette,
Indiana, Jim (Sherrie) Bristol
of West Branch, MI, and Joel
Bristol of Almont. He is also
survived by his grandchildren and great grandchildren,
Michael (Anny) Klunzinger
of Perth, Western Australia,
Amy Klunzinger of Eagle,
Colorado, (Linda's children)
Jeff (Suzy) Bristol and their
son, Madden of Almont,
Josh (Christine) Bristol of
Grosse Pte. Wood MI and
their children Ava, Jimmy,
and Miles, Jon (Emily)
Bristol of Chicago, Illinois,
Jake (Jill) Bristol of Porter,
Indiana and their children
Haley, Madison, Dane, Ryan
and Sam, Will (Andrea)
Bristol and their children
William and Annabelle,
(Charles' children and grandchildren) James Walker who
works and travels the United
States and various countries
of the world, Mark Walker of
Paradise Valley, Montana,

Matt (Breanne) Walker of

Big Sky, Montana, (Caren's
children) Brigette (Ed) Fleiss
of Smithfield, Virginia,
Elaine Bristol of West
Branch, MI, (Jim's children)
and Matthew and Madelyn
Bristol (and Adam, Joseph,
and Paul deceased in infancy), (Joel's children.)
William was preceded in
death by his parents, his
brother Robert (Bob), his sister, Margaret(Peggy) Amberg
and their spouses, a daughter-in-law, Ann (Charles)
Bristol, and three infant
grandsons, Adam, Joseph
and Paul Bristol (Joel and
Julie Bristol).
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to
Childrens Hospital of
Michigan 3901 Beaubien St,
Detroit, MI 48201.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, February 2nd,
2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home in
Almont. Burial followed in
Almont-Hough Cemetery.
Arrangements were
entrusted to Muir Brothers
Funeral Home-Almont.

Preston, Amberly, Holly,

Christina, Eric, Melanie and
Kari. Former father-in-law
of Debra Sue Valderas.
Also survived by many
nieces and nephews.
Services have been held.
Memorial tributes to St.
John Lutheran Church, 109
E. Kempf Ct. Capac, MI
48014 or HPH Hospice,

12170 Majestic Blvd.,

Hudson FL, 34667. A.J.
Desmond & Sons, 248-3622500.
View obituary and share
memories at AJDesmond.
com
Funeral arrangements
were made by A.J. Desmond
& Sons Funeral Directors of
Troy.

~ Carolyn M. Godo, 81 ~

Almont-Dryden Masons will meet 7:00

p.m. at Almont Masonic Center.

Friday, February 12th

children and grandchildren

were a blessing and having
great grandchildren was a
great bonus in life. He and
Carolyn loved to travel and
visited every state except
Hawaii as well as traveling
to Germany, Austria,
England, Wales, Scotland,
Bimini in the Bahamas, and
several other countries. He
loved animals and raised
Belgian horses with his
father and later had horses
for his children. He assisted
them on trail rides, meetings,
and the annual "Blossom
Ride" with the Almont 4-H
Saddle Club led by Redd and
Gertie Brooks. He collected
antique clocks with his
father, W.K. Bristol. In his
later years William and his
wife, Carolyn, spent their
winters in Lake Worth,
Florida. Sitting on the beach
of the Atlantic Ocean
brought him great joy. He
was a man always content
with his life and its' varying
moments. He will be sadly
missed by his family and
friends.
He is survived by his

~ Donald W. Withun, 80 ~

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William (Bill) James

Bristol, age 89, died peacefully on January 30, 2016 at
St. Mary's Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center in St.
Clair Shores, Michigan after
a two month illness.
William was born on
February 28, 1926, the oldest
son of Willitto Kelsey
(W.K.) Bristol and Annie
Mae Thomson Bristol.
William was a lifelong resident of Almont and was a
fruit grower as were several
generations of Bristols
before him. He and his
father, W.K. and later he and
his son Charles owned and
farmed Brookwood Fruit
Farm now owned by Charles
and his son Will Bristol.
William married Carolyn
Forrester Bristol on June 25,
1948. They enjoyed almost
68 years of marriage.
William spent many years
selling fruit at the Detroit
Eastern Market before the
farm became more of a "pick
your own" operation.
William's greatest joys in
life were his family and his
farm. He often said having

Carolyn M. Godo, age

81, formerly of Imlay City,
passed away after an extended illness on Wednesday,
January 27, 2016 at
Stonegate Health Campus in
Lapeer, MI.
Carolyn Mae Miles was
born on December 25, 1934
in Almont, Michigan. She
was the daughter of Howard
and Lena Miles. Carolyn
grew up in Almont and was
a graduate of Almont High
School, the Class of 1952.
She married Arnold
Steve Godo on August 3,
1954 in Almont, Michigan.
They lived in Imlay City
while their children were
growing up. They were
friends and companions for
47 years. Arnie died in 2001.
They lived in the Marysville

area for 20 years before

Carolyn moved back to
Imlay City.
Carolyn had attended
Imlay City United Methodist
Church when she was
healthy while living in Imlay
City. Carolyn was a switch
board operator for 2 years
before she married Arnie.
She was also a clerk at several different local businesses in Imlay City and assisted
at the Imlay City Library
when it was located on Third
Street.
Carolyn is survived by:
her sons: Daniel Godo of
Lenoir City, TN and Steve
(Julie Rau) Godo of Dryden;
a son-in-law: Tom Schaefer
of Attica; and her sisters-inlaw: Sandy Miles and Judy
Miles. Also surviving are:

grandchildren: Nathan
(Miki) Godo, Geoffrey
(Jennah) Godo, Meagan
(Chris) Micheau, Nick
(Nicole) Collins, Neil
(Leslie) Collins, Beth
Schaefer, and Ian Schaefer;
13 great-grandchildren; and
several nieces & nephews.
Carolyn is preceded in
death by: her husband:
Arnold Godo; daughters:
Polly Collins and Jill
Schaefer; daughter in-law:
Sally (Jager) Godo; brothers
and sisters: Gertrude (Henry)
Roy, Doreen Ragetz, Fleeta
(John) Cowell, John Miles,
Mary Ellen (Robert)
Schmidt, Don Miles, and
Ken Miles.
A Memorial Service will
be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday,
February 6, 2016 at the Muir

Brothers Funeral Home of

Imlay City. Chuck
Herpolshimer, a pastor of
Light of Christ Community
Church in Attica will officiate. Interment of Carolyns
cremated remains will follow at Imlay Township
Cemetery.
The family will be available for visiting from 4-8
p.m. Friday, February 5,
2016 at Muir Brothers
Funeral Home of Imlay City.
Those interested in making a
memorial contribution may
wish to consider McLaren
Hospice.
Funeral arrangements
made by Muir Brothers
Funeral Home of Imlay City.
Please be sure to sign our
online register book at muirbrothersfh.com.

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Almont Yearbook staff recognized

is the third time in six years
that our staff has been recognized. Weve been recognized
for top cover, program of the
year in our sales region, and
now for being a program of
excellence.
Sosnowski said assembling a yearbook takes nearly
an entire school year, noting
that the staff typically wraps
up its page design in early
June, for distribution in late
August or early September.
Its not an easy process,
he said. Each summer our
editors work on brainstorming the yearbook theme (this
year was Focus) for the
upcoming school year.
I meet periodically with
the editors in June and July to
see where they are in the
development process, he
continued. We then attend a
Jostens workshop in August
where we receive additional
training in page design, theme

Shown above (L-R) are current Almont yearbook Photography Editor, Mikayla
McCarthy; Yearbook Advisor Mark Sosnowski; Design Editor, Olivia Warden;
and Editor-in-Chief, Alexis Hunter.
development, photography
and sales.
Given the fact that Almont
High School houses about

Photo provided

Almont High Schools yearbook staff has earned the 2015 National Yearbook Program of Excellence
Award, presented by Jostens. Under the guidance of social studies/yearbook teacher Mark Sosnowski
for the past 11 years, the Almont staff has established itself as being among the best in the state.

Letters:
from page 8-A
including playgroups. The
Center is a 501c3 non-profit
and strives to fund programs
through grants, fundraisers
and donations. All support is
appreciated.
It was recently announced
that getting your GED is now
just a little bit easier. Passing
scores were reduced by five
points after extensive high
school equivalency analysis.
This may make getting a GED
a reality for many in our community!
If you or someone you
know needs help and wants to
change his or her life, please
contact the Family Literacy
Center about their tutoring
services. Volunteers are
always needed in a variety of
capacities. Call 810-664-2737
for more information.
Sincerely,
Mary Shelton-Wiese
Executive Director
Family Literacy Center
Lapeer

Students:
from page 9-A
Damian to be the best he can
be physically, and also
because he has taught
Damian not to shy away
from hard work. Damian
works as hard as he possibly
can to avoid disappointing
either of them.
Damians goals for the
near future are to maintain
his 4.0 GPA, run under 18:20
next cross country season,
and to help his teammates
further their skills in basketball.
After high school
Damian plans on pursuing a
Masters Degree in
Mechanical Engineering
from either Kettering
University, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
(MIT), or the Air Force
Academy.
Congratulations Damian!
Keep up the good work!

500 students, Sosnowski said

the annual sales goal is to sell
300 yearbooks.
Sosnowski noted that
sales of the 2013-2014 yearbook were 275 copies, with
last years 2014-2015 edition
selling 295 copies.
He added that the Four
County
Community
Foundation purchased 20
copies for graduating seniors
who could not otherwise
afford to purchase a yearbook.
The high school years
are a big deal in the lives of
young
people,
said
Sosnowski. Yearbook staffs
have an obligation to assemble a book that celebrates
each and every student.
Some yearbooks only
cover certain groups of students, he said. We strive to
cover them all. By and large,
we succeed at that goal.
Sosnowski said the success of a school yearbook is
to a large degree reliant on
community support; particu-

larly from the local business

community.
Given the importance of
community
support,
Sosnowski encourages any
local businesses or individuals to purchase an advertisement for inclusion in the
2015-2016 yearbook.
For those interested in
advertising,
call
Mark
Sosnowski at Almont High
School at 798-8595. Or email
msosnowski@almontschools.
org.
Parents wishing to order a
copy of the yearbook can
order one at www.jostens.
com or by contacting
Sosnowski at the high school.
Donations may also be
made to the Yearbook
Scholarship Program, which
provides yearbooks at no cost
to deserving seniors.
Mark Sosnowski has been
teaching social studies at
Almont High School for
16 years. He has coordinated
the yearbook class for 11
years.

Curtis to retire from LCBT

As the Vice President and
Senior Lender at Lapeer
County Bank & Trust Co.
(LCBT), Alan Curtis is well
known throughout the community. He is retiring from
his 38 year career with the
bank.
Throughout his career,
Alan has been the quintessential community banker,
focused on building up the
community around him, said
Bruce Cady, President and
CEO. We have been fortunate to have his expertise
throughout the years. He will
be missed.
Curtis began his career
with Lapeer County Bank &
Trust Co. in July of 1977 as
an
Agricultural
Representative. He was
appointed Assistant Cashier,
then promoted to Loan
Officer, Commercial Loan
Officer, and most recently
Vice President and Senior
Lender in 2006. Alan played
an important role in the success of the Commercial Loan
Department at LCBT.
Throughout my career,

Alan Curtis
Alan has been a shining
example of company loyalty, said Vice President and
Senior Lender, Pete Batistoni,
who is stepping into Curtis
shoes. I have never met
someone more dedicated to
their business and their customers.
Working with Alan for
the past 10 years has been
wonderful, said Pat Travis, a
LCBT Credit Analyst. Well
all miss his welcoming smile
here at LCBT. Everyone who
has worked with him wishes

him much happiness and

good health in his retirement.
Its been a pleasure
working with Alan, said
Cherry
Newlon,
Loan
Operations Officer at LCBT.
Hes a good friend and an
excellent mentor. The one
thing I will never forget about
him is his laughter. Whoever
said there is no fun in banking has certainly not worked
with Alan. We will definitely
miss him.
During his career, Curtis
was a fixture in the community. He was an active member of the Family Literacy
Center Board and the
Economic Club of Lapeer. He
was also a passionate supporter of 4-H programs.
Both personally and
professionally, Alan represents the best Lapeer County
Bank & Trust Co. has to
offer, said Joe Black, Chief
Financial Officer at LCBT.
In his retirement, Curtis
plans to spend more time
with his wife, children and
grandchildren.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

ALMONTThe
Almont High School yearbook staff has been recognized for excellence.
Yearbook advisor Mark
Sosnowski said the honor was
bestowed on the staff by
Jostens, one of the premier
publishers of school yearbooks and other student publications.
Sosnowski said Almonts
current yearbook staff was
presented the National
Yearbook Program of
Excellence Award, having
met the following criteria.
The book must be
deemed meaningful for all
students by including the vast
majority of the student body
in its pages.
The book must get in
every students hands by
assuring accessibility and

availability to the maximum

number of students.
Effective project management to include meeting
of yearbook deadlines and the
timely delivery of the books.
Sosnowski said producing a school yearbook is a
challenging and rewarding
process for students.
He credited past (20142015) yearbook editors Emily
Tomaszewski and Erin
Grimmer; and current (20152016) editors, Alexis Hunter,
Olivia Warden and Mikayla
McCarthy for their contributions; as well as the entire
yearbook staff.
Each year, our yearbook
staff has multiple goals: to
capture the events of the
school year in a creative and
meaningful way, to include
each student two to three
times, and to increase sales
from the previous school
year, said Sosnowski. This

Crowned!
Jacob Wedemeyer and Elizabeth Rinke were
crowned Almont High School Snowcoming King
and Queen during halftime of Fridays game
against the Armada Tigers. Almont narrowly lost
the game, 48 to 43.

Store
welcomes
Scouts

Photo by Renee Roland

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Photo provided

Premier publisher honors Almont staff for continued excellence

Members of Almonts Cub Scout

Tiger Den #3 were treated to a tour
of the Vinckier's Store on Thursday,
January 14 where employees Don
(pictured) and Carol showed the
boys how the grocery and hardware
store operated. Participating scouts
included Johnathon Roland, Ayden
Battani, Colton Grzyb, William
Harwood and Sean Clarkston and
their Tiger Den leader, James
Battani.

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Town Talk
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

Dinner and an evening of card
playing with friends, 50/50 raffle and prizes of high and low
for each table every third
Monday at the Washington
Senior Center from 4-8 p.m.
Call the center for further
details 586-752-6543. The center is located at 57880 Van
Dyke, Washington Township,
MI 48094.

Pickleball at the Imlay City

Senior Center is no longer a
drop in class. If you are interested in participating, please
call the center at 810-724-6030.
Stay fit & active with this fun
racquet sport that is simple,
free and easy to play.

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.

Museums
The Capac Historical Society
is now open to visitors daily
from 1-3 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on
Sundays. Call 810-395-2859
for more information.
The Imlay City Historical
Museum is closed for the
months of January, February
and March. Volunteers are
busy developing new displays,
cleaning and preparing for an
April opening. Workers are
usually at the museum on
Wednesday mornings if questions or requests.

This Heart Loves Food Pantry

is open the first Saturday of
each month from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
at Gateway Assembly Church,
2796 S. Van Dyke Rd., Imlay Ready, Set, Go! Workshop.
Swing Dance Lessons are being City.
This is a FREE workshop for
offered at the Port Huron
Senior Center, 600 Grand Dryden Area Food For 3-5 year olds & parents/careAvenue in Port Huron, every Families free dinner is served givers! Enjoy fun projects that
Tuesday from 7:30-9 p.m. and on the second Tuesday of each will develop your childs skills
the first and third Thursday of month from 4:30-6:00 p.m. at and prepare them for school!
the month from 7:30-9 p.m. St. Cornelius Church, 3834 Children also enjoy a snack,
with instructors Lyle Malaski Mill Street (north of the light story time, and a free book!
& Kristina Morton. Call 810- in Dryden). No proof of income Call the Family Literacy
984-5061 for more informa- is required. Come and enjoy a Center today to reserve your
seat at 810-664-2737 and for
tion.
home cooked meal with us.
more information on dates and
Council on Aging Membership The Attica United Methodist times.
is open to individuals 18 and Church will be holding a free
older. The Capac Senior Center community meal on the second The Family Literacy Center
is open 8:30-4:30 weekdays. and fourth Tuesday of each offers free playgroups, usually
We offer a variety of activities month from 4:30-6:30 p.m. running for six weeks. For chilsuch as fitness and craft class- For more information please dren six years old and their
es, a book review group, cards call 810-724-0690 or visit www. parent/caregiver. Many locations and times. Call the Center
and bus trips! Yoga, Zumba atticaumc.org
for more information, 810-664Gold, Stability Ball, Chair
Exercise, and a Walking Club The Attica Food Bank at the 2737.
meet Monday-Friday. Enjoy Attica United Methodist Attica Methodist has a free
cards? We offer Euchre every Church, 27 Elk Lake Rd., is Christian Play Group on
Monday at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. open from 2-4 p.m. the second Mondays from 10-11:30 a.m.
The following card games are and fourth Monday of each on school days, featuring preplayed every week beginning month. Proof of residency and school Bible stories, a snack,
at 1 p.m.: Texas Cards Tuesday, need required.
interactive songs, crafts, and
Lucky Cards Thursday and The Capac Community Food games. Parents are required to
Pinochle Friday. Call Lori at Pantry, 114 S. Main Street, is be with their children during
395-7889 for more informa- open each Wednesday from the group. Space is limited. For
tion.
1-3 p.m. Please call LOVE, details/reservations call Pam
Almont and Dryden area INC. at 810-245-2414 in Holihan at 810-724-6941.
senior citizens meet the second advance to ensure your food
Tuesday of the month at 12 voucher will be received before
p.m. at the Almont Lions Hall, you stop in to shop. Any questions, please call Sherrie
222 Water St., for a potluck
Cramton at 810-395-1905.
FOR WIDOWED MEN &
and program. Call 798-8210
for more information.
The Capac Kitchen serves free WOMEN. LUNCH/CARDS /
meals every Tuesday from FRIENDSHIP. Third Tuesday
Adults 55 and over are invited 4:30-6 p.m. at Zion United of Every Month. Come and
to the Berlin Twp. Senior Methodist Church.
meet with other widowed peoCenter to play cards from
ple for lunch, cards, games and
noon-3
p.m.
the
first Free meals for people in need meet new friends. Join us
Wednesday of every month. are offered at the North every 3rd Tuesday of each
Bring a sack lunch, coffee Branch Senior Center on month from 11:45 a.m.-4:00
provided. Potluck luncheons Monday and Thursday eve- p.m. at Cavis Pioneer
will be served the 4th Tuesday nings from 5:30-7 p.m. Call Restaurant, 5600 Lapeer Rd.
for
more in Kimball Twp. 48074 (locatof every month. Call 395-4518 810-441-0322
information.
for details.
ed approx. 15 Miles S.W. of

Youth Events

Support Groups

Port Huron. No RSVP necessary. For more information

call Joanne K. at 810-324-2304.
This activity is sponsored by
Widwoed Friends, a peer support group www.widowedfriends.org.

selling raffle tickets for a

Build Your Own Bundle
from the Almonts Country
SmokeHouse. 2 prizes will be
awarded on April 11th. 1st
prize is a $300 gift certificate
and 2nd prize is a $200 gift
certificate, both to the
Lapeer County Families SmokeHouse. For more details
Against Narcotics group meets or to purchase tickets, call the
the second Tuesday of the school at 810-724-5695.
month at Faith Christian
Fellowship, 69 W. Nepessing The Imlay City Christian
St. in Lapeer. Call 810-667- School is holding a fundraiser
0119 for more information or for TAFFY (Tuition Assistance
email faithchrist09@aol.com.
Fundraising For Youth). Come
join us for euchre the second
TOPS 620 Lapeer weight- loss Saturday of each month at 7
group meets Tuesday nights at p.m. at the Imlay City Christian
the Hunters Creek Mobile School, 7197 E. Imlay City Rd.
Home Park Club House, 725 in Imlay City. For more inforDeMille Rd. in Lapeer. Weigh- mation on everything going on
in from 6-6:30 p.m., meeting at the school, call 810-724from 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more 5695.
information, call 810-664-7579.
St. Nicholas Catholic Church,
For those that have experi- 4331 Capac Rd., Capac, will be
enced the death of a loved one, hosting four All You Can Eat
a support group is available Fish Frys on Feb. 12, 26, and
facilitated by a trained United March 11, 18 from 4-6:30 p.m.
Hospice
Service
(UHS) or until sold out. Meal includes
bereavement
volunteer. baked or fried fish, baked
Marlette Regional Hospital, potato or french fries, mac and
located at 2770 Main Street in cheese, coleslaw, roll, dessert
Marlette, hosts this support and beverage.
group the first Friday of each
month at 10 a.m. in the St. Johns Lutheran Church,
Administration Conference 109 E. Kempf Ct., Capac, will
Room. For more information, host a Fat Tuesday Pancake
call 800-635-7490 or visit www. Dinner Feb. 9 4-7:30 p.m.
marletteregionalhospital.org
Regular and blueberry pancakes, hash browns, biscuits/
gravy, sausage, eggs, apple
sauces and beverages will be
available.
3rd Annual Craft Show &
Vendor
Fair,
Saturday,
February 13, 2016, Imlay City
Christian School, 11:00 a.m.3:00 p.m. Free admission! Free The Lapeer Art Association
samples! Door prizes! Raffles! exhibit Lets Celebrate will
Awesome displays and so much continue in Gallery 194,
more! Concessions available Lapeer, thru Feb. 6. Hours are
on site. 7197 E. Imlay City noon-6 p.m., Tuesday thru
Road, 810-724-5695. Just in Saturday. 810-667-3632, www.
time for Valentines Day!
lapeerart.org.

Fundraisers

Craft Shows/Bazaars

AREA UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCHES
Attica
U.M.C.

27 Elk Lake Road, Attica, MI

(810) 724-0690

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m

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

Capac Zion
U.M.C.
14952 Imlay City Rd., Capac

810-724-1747

Pastor: Laurie Koivula

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

Capac First
U.M.C.

Church School - 10:00 am - All Ages

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

Imlay City
U.M.C.

Corner of 4th St. & Almont Ave.

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

810-724-1200
Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
15

810-395-2112

810-796-2371

Sunday Worship Services - 10:00 a.m.

www.stjohnsdryden.org
stjohnschurchdryden@gmail.com

15

Sacred Heart
Catholic Church

810-796-3341

Weekday Masses

810-724-1135

15

586.336.4673

Sunday Masses

Sat. 5 pm
Sun. 8 am, 10 am
12 pm - Spanish
Reconciliation 1/2 hr. before each Mass &4pm Sat.
15

Father Paul Ward

15

Imlay City
Church of Christ

670 N. Van Dyke

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

810-395-2409

810-724-3306

15

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

Almont
First Baptist Church

859 N. Van Dyke Road

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

881 Van Dyke - 810-798-8888

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

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

The Flea Market held each

Sunday at the Lapeer Center
Building, 425 County Center
Rd. in Lapeer, will be open
from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Up to 50
booths inside and outside sell a
huge variety of items. This
long running event is sponsored by the Lapeer Center
Building, and there is no
admission charge. For info on
space rentals, contact Logan
at 810-347-7915. For general
information on the Flea
Market or food service by
Peacock Alley Catering call
810-664-2109 or email lapeercenter@charter.net.

Free hearing and vision screens

for children of preschool age
are available at the Lapeer
County Health Department. To
schedule an appointment for
these free services please call
810-667-0448 or 810-245-5549.

Sunday Mornings
10:30 am

COME & MAKE A

DIFFERENCE WITH US! 15

1 Mile South of I-69 Overpass

Phone 810-724-2620

GATEWAY
ASSEMBLY

15

810-724-7855

Pastor

Cell-(567) 674-0438

Come to the WELS

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

810-395-7572

www.stnicholascapac.com

15

15

(ELCA) 109 E. Kempf Court Capac, MI

(810) 395-7557

15

810-724-6207

Ralph O. Stuebs

Phone: 810-724-6999

ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

2720 Winslow Road

Imlay City, MI 48444

Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Wednesday Prayer & Praise 7:30 pm

275 Bancroft - Imlay City

(Corner of 5th Street)

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

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

15

7191 Imlay City Road

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

Christ Evangelical First Congregational Church

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

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

Light of Christ
Community
Church

Supervised child care during all services

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

Children's Church during service.

PASTOR KEN RENARD

6835 Weyer Road Imlay City, MI48444

Family of
Christ
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

2796 S. Van Dyke Road - Imlay City

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

74903 McKay Rd., Romeo

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

905 Holmes Rd. - Allenton, MI

Corner of Almont Road

firstapostolichome.com

Come Grow With Us!

700 Maple Vista, Imlay City

West Berlin
U.M.C.

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Curtis Clarke

Imlay City
C.R.C.

810-724-4315

15

Dryden
U.M.C.

Pastor Patricia Hoppenworth

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

email: nlcc@newlifechristian.net
www.newlifechristian.net
Pastors Tim & Terri Martin
Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m.
(ISOM) Bible School Tues. Nights 6 p.m.
Wednesday Family Night 7 p.m.
Embracing every generation, serving God,
reaching others, fulfilling destiny. 15

395 N. Cedar (M-53)

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

15

St. Johns
Episcopal Church
The Rev. Susan Rich

Pastor Alan Casillas

206 W. Mill, Capac, MI

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

15

4074 South Mill Street

Dryden, MI 48428

810-724-2702

200 North Cedar (M-53)

Imlay City, MI

Euchre Nights at Avoca

Community Hall, 5396 Kilgore
Road in Avoca are held on the
third Saturday of the month
until May. A light meal is
included. Cash prizes and door
prizes will be given, and a
grand prize to the player with
highest monthly scores at the
end of the season. Registration
begins at 6:30 p.m. and play
begins at 7 p.m.

College Night in Romeo - Come

talk to college representatives
available to answer questions
about admissions procedures,
financial aid options, scholarship availability and more on
Wednesday March 9 from
6:30-8 p.m. at the Romeo
Engineering and Technology
Center, 62300 Jewell Rd.,
Washington. 586-752-0245.
Free and open to the public.

Attica, I-69 West of Lake Pleasant Exit on Newark

(ELCA)

2008 N. Van Dyke Rd.

Imlay City, MI 48444

5394 Main Street - Dryden

Church 810-395-2112

Senior Pastor:Rev. Lisa Clark

810-724-0687

St. Pauls
Lutheran Church

Zumba Gold - What are you

doing for you today?? Why not
give Zumba Gold a try. Classes
are every Wednesday at the
Imlay City Senior Center at
12:30. The class is 45 minutes
of fun! Classes are taught by
certified instructor Vicki
Mueller. No need to make reservations. Wear comfortable
clothing and be prepared to
feel better.

Christian Music Club concert

series for the public is held the
last Friday of each month,
from 7-10 p.m. Three modern
Christian bands, different each
month. Free admission, free
snacks. Socialize and listen to
music in a friendly, uplifting
atmosphere.
See
CMC:
Christian Music Club on
Facebook or call Judy at 810444-1497 for updates and info.
Our new location is at the
Lapeer Center Building, 425
February is American Heart County Center St. in Lapeer.
Month and in honor of this:
Richmond Lenox EMS will be Free tutor training for people
Imlay City Christian School is educating the public with who would like to help others
in our community improve
English skills. Volunteer basis.
Please call for orientation
before training at 810-6642737.
Mom to Mom Sale, Sunday,
May 22, 2016. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
American Legion Hall, 1701
W. Genesee St., Lapeer, MI
48446. Email to RESERVE A
TABLE. Benefits ALS of
Michigan and American
Cancer Society Email: shop4acuremom2mom@hotmail.com
Individuals are able to shop
gently used baby/childrens
clothing, toys, baby gear, baby/
toddler furniture, and maternity clothing all at garage salestyle prices.

c
West Goodland
U.M.C.

Hands Only CPR instructions at the next Riley Township

Community Coffee Chat at
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday,
February 9, 2016 at the Riley
Twp. Meeting Hall 13016 Belle
River Rd., in Riley Twp. 810392-2326. This class is free to
the public! A discussion time
and snack will be provided.

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

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

Holy Redeemer
Lutheran Church
4538 Dryden Rd. Dryden, MI

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

8:00 am - BIBLE CLASS

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

Widowed Friends invites all

widowed to join us for breakfast and friendship in a safe
setting every 2nd and 4th
Monday of the month at 9 a.m.
at Seros, 925 Gratiot in
Marysville. For more information about our group, call Julie
at 810-388-0868.
Volunteer for the Habitat for
Humanity of Lapeer County at
the office. Interested parties
can call 810-664-7111 and
speak to Carolyn, Cheryl or
Pete at 810-660-7823.
Capac Pharmacy is teaming
with Support Million Hearts
by offering in-pharmacy blood
pressure screenings, 136 North
Main St. in Capac, Tuesdays, 9
a.m.- 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to come to Capac Pharmacy
and have their blood pressure
read for free.

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

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School
The Imlay City American
9:00 a.m. September thru May
Staffed Nursery During Worship 15 Legion Post 135 meets the second and last Wednesdays of
the month at 7:30 p.m. The
post is located at 212 E. Third
Street. Contact them at 7241450 or americanlegion201 E. St. Clair, Almont, MI
810-798-8855
post135@frontier.com.

Club News

Sr. Pastor: Keith Langley

Sunday Worship Service at 10:15 a.m.

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

St. John The

Evangelist
Catholic Church
872 Capac Rd.
Allenton, MI 48002

810-395-7074

www.stjohnsallenton.com

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

The Evening Star Quilt Guild

meets the last Wednesday of
each month at the Davison
Senior Center, 10135 Lapeer
Rd. in Davison. Meetings start
at 6:30 p.m. and doors open at
6:00 p.m. For more information, call Lisa, 810-358-7294.
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 810395-7035 for more information.

Page 13-A-TRI-CITY TIMES-FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Rural Lifestyles

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

TRI-CITY AREA
With the 2016 growing season comes new rules for produce growers now that provisions of the Food Safety
Modernization Act (FSMA)
are in place. The complex act,
MSU Extension educator Phil
Tocco notes, now regulates
the growing of fresh produce
under the purview of the Food
and Drug Administration
(FDA).
To start, growers must
determine if they are exempt
from these new rules.
The federal government
has determined all growers
that gross less than $25,000
are considered exempt from
the rule, Tocco wrote in an
Extension release.
Those growers who
gross between $500,000 and
$25,000 are considered qual-

ified exempt under FSMA.

They have been given an
extended timetable for implementation of the rules on their
farm and, by all indications,
will have to comply just like
those businesses that gross
more than $500,000 with one
notable exception. If growers
are under that $500,000 and
sell the majority of the products directly to a restaurant or
retail food establishment in
the same state or within 275
miles, they are exempt.
Tocco notes that in this
instance gross earnings are
calculated based on the value
of all produce generated per
farm in both processing and
fresh market sales. Growers
are being asked to use an
average sale figure from the
last three years but if they
havent been in business that
long, theyre being asked to
estimate future sales.
If a farmer is claiming a

qualified exemption based on

local sales, the records need
to be able to document the
final destination, be that a
local vendor or a farmers
market, Tocco said.
Fellow Extension educator Mariel Borgman notes that
it also depends on what kind
of fresh fruits or vegetables a
farmer is growing.
The FDA says those items
that are rarely consumed raw
are exempt from the rules.
These include: asparagus,
beets (garden varieties, roots
and tops), cashews, sour cherries, chickpeas, cocoa beans,
coffee beans, collards, sweet
corn, cranberries, dates, dill
(seeds and weed), dry beans
(includes:
black,
great
Northern, kidney, lima, navy,
pinto), eggplants, figs, ginger,
hazelnuts, horseradish, lentils, okra, peanuts, pecans,
peppermint, potatoes, pumpkins, sugar beets, sweet pota-

File photo

Growers prepare for

new food safety rules

Shoppers peruse the offerings at Imlay Citys farmers market last August.
Under new food safety rules, growers of a certain size will be required to display their farm name and business address at all points of sale.
toes, water chestnuts, winter
squash, grains and oilseeds.
One change, spurred by
the act, that consumers might
notice is new signage at their
local farmers market. All
exempt growers are now
required to have their farm
name and business address
displayed at the point of sale.
All exempt produce
farms need to perform and
document an annual review
that includes receipts of sales
with the dates of sales on
them. The individual receipts

dont need to be signed or

initialed by the farmer, but
the annual review document
does need to be signed, he
notes.
He also warns that federal
officials reserve the right to
revoke any exemptions if they
deem theres a health risk.
There are protocols in
place and the FDA will make
every effort to work with the
grower to correct the problem
before revoking the exemption, but it can happen irrespective of the farms size,he

notes.
These rules are law and
all growers who sell produce,
irrespective of size, will need
to make at least some changes
as a result of them. Taking the
time now to become familiar
with what was published is
imperative.
Farmers in need of more
information about the FSMA
are encouraged to contact the
Michigan State University
Extensions Agrifood Safety
Work Group at gaps@msu.
edu or 517-788-4292.

Portions of the new rule will be implemented in stages as depicted above.

2015 brings new corn, bean

records for Michigan farmers
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

ACROSS MICHIGAN
Just as the experts predicted, Michigan farmers
realized record yields in their

USDAs National Agricultural

Statistics
Service-Great
Lakes Regional Office.
Ideal planting conditions
in the spring allowed farmers
to plant most crops well ahead
of schedule and the mild

Michigan home to more cattle

ACROSS MICHIGAN As of January 1, 2016,
the state is home to more cattle than one year ago.
According to the USDAs National Agricultural
Statistics ServiceGreat Lakes Region, Michigan farmers reported 1.15 million head of cattle, an increase of 2.7
percent from 2015.
Those that saw the biggest population jumps were
beef replacement heifers at 17 percent and beef cows at
10 percent. The 2015 calf crop stood at 400,000 head, a
four percent improvement.
Numbers on the dairy side were more reserved. The
states milk cow inventory rose by two percent to stand at
412,000 and heifers for milk cow replacement jumped by
three percent to 172,000 head.
Nationally, all cattle and calves totaled 92 million
head, a three percent jump.
2015 corn, soybean and sugar growing season provided
beet crops, according to the excellent conditions for

Weather
almanac
Lapeer station
Minimum temp.
16.3 on Friday, 29th
Maximum temp.
48.8 on Sunday, 31st
Rainfall
.30 inches

For the week of

January 26-Feb. 1
Emmett station
Minimum temp.
16.7 on Friday, 29th
Maximum temp.
49. 3 on Sunday, 31st
Rainfall
.12 inches

Weather data courtesy of Enviro-weather,

www.enviroweather.msu.edu

crops, allowing many farms

to complete harvest well
ahead of normal, Regional
Office
Director
Marlo
Johnson said.
The years corn crop
recorded 162 bushels per
acre, an increase of one bushel from 2014. While yields
were lower than what had
been forecast, they were still
very good or excellent across
most of the States principal
corn-growing areas, Johnson
noted.
Soybean yields will go in
the record books at 49 bushels per acre, topping the old
record by three bushels. The
states total production also
notched a record at 99 million
bushels.
The states beet growers
harvested 4.79 million tons.
Tons per acre and acres harvested were also up.
Other crops including hay
and dry beans saw increases
in 2015 production over the
previous year.

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youd like
to share?
tct@pageone-inc.com or
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TRI-CITY TIMES

ACROSS MICHIGAN
Selecting the best adapted
soybean varieties is one of the
most profitable decisions a
farmer will make. To ensure
growers are selecting the
best-adapted and highestyielding varieties for their
farm, they should utilize three
sources of information: the
Michigan
Soybean
Performance Report, seed
suppliers and their own onfarm variety trials/comparisons. Those who arent utilizing any one of these sources,
are reducing the probability
of selecting the best-adapted
and highest-yielding varieties.
Most soybean agronomists agree that evaluating
variety performance data
from as many different environments as possible is essential to selecting top performing varieties. The Michigan
Soybean Performance Report
is an excellent resource for
comparing the yield and lodging of soybean varieties
across multiple locations and
years. The Michigan Soybean
Performance Report is updated annually and the 2015
report is available now online
at the Michigan State
University Variety Trials
website at www.varietytrials.
msu.edu. The 2015 report
will be mailed directly to
Michigan soybean producers
as has been done in the
past.
A Michigan Soybean
Performance Report searchable database is also available

online. The searchable database enables soybean producers to input specific search
criteria such as soybean cyst
nematode resistance, phytopthora resistance and maturity.
The highest-yielding varieties
having the selected characteristics will be identified and
listed from top to bottom by
yield. The database can be
found at www.soybeanyielddata.msu.edu.

This article, by Mike

Staton, was published by
Michigan State University
Extension. For more information, visit www.msue.msu.
edu. To have a digest of information delivered straight to
your email inbox, visit bit.ly/
MSUENews. To contact an
expert in your area, visit
expert.msue.msu.edu, or call
888-MSUE4MI (888-6783464).

United Soybean Board photo

File photo

Latest soybean performance

report, database released

Farmers are encouraged to crunch numbers and

evaluate soybean varieties with the help of a
searchable database.

When youre a Michigan Farm Bureau

member you receive big values including:

Ford $500 Bonus Cash Grainger 10%+ Discount

Hotel Discounts, including Michigan based resorts
Roadside Assistance

Phone: 810-664-9712
1658 Mayfield Lapeer, MI 48446

Search for Lapeer County Farm Bureau and

Lapeer County Farm Bureau Ag Education

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Lego town finds a home in Imlay City

Lego Block Party coming to Imlay City Feb. 13

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

IMLAYCITY Leggo
my Legos.
That could well be the
slogan of residents and
visitors partaking in the
ongoing downtown Lego
Celebration, sponsored by
the Imlay City Downtown
Development
Authority
(DDA).
From now through the
end of February, all are
invited to check out the giant
Lego exhibit at 219 E. Third
St. downtown.
The
300-square-foot
display was created by Imlay
City resident and Lego
enthusiast, Justin Pankey.
Pankeys
creation,
entitled Bricktown, can be
viewed by the public at
designated
times
on
Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays.
Bricktown features a

miniature farm, construction

site, various buildings, a stadium and an elaborate train
yard that includes a working
train.
Since mid-December,
Pankey has welcomed youngsters and adults to the formerly unoccupied downtown
building to view his work.
Public viewings are on
Thursdays from 4-7 p.m.;
Fridays from 3-6 p.m.; and
Saturdays from 11 a.m.-3
p.m.
Lego Block Party
In conjunction with the
ongoing display, the DDA has
announced a Lego Block
Party, to take place Saturday,
Feb. 13 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
The fun begins at 11 a.m.
with a Lego-inspired ice
sculpture demonstration by
Matthew Cooper of Icon Ice,
after which all are invited to
view Pankeys display and
shop other nearby businesses.
The festivities will con-

File photo

By Tom Wearing

encourages visitors to offer information about the upcomgoodwill donations to help ing Lego Block Party on
clude at 3:30 p.m. with a free creation.
Pankey cover his costs and Saturday, Feb. 13, contact
Dana Walker at the DDA officshowing of the popular Lego While viewing the display utility bills.
Movie at the Imlay City is free to the public, Walker For questions or more es at 810-724-2135.
Heritage Church, located in
the former Cinema III building.
Movie seating will be
limited to the first 175 people.
Doors open at 3 p.m.
To encourage downtown
shopping, all shoppers who
spend $20 or more at participating merchants between
Feb. 8-13, will be eligible to
win a Lego kit valued at $75.
DDADirector
Dana
Walker said two names will
be randomly drawn from a list
of eligible entries.
Pankey completed his
Lego town exhibit in midDecember, just in time for the
various holiday activities held
downtown.
As part of Pankeys
grand-opening celebration on
Dec. 15-16, students from 16
elementary school classrooms Elementary school students are wowed by the Lego exhibit in downtown
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Capac grad earns scholarship

TRI-CITY AREA
Erin Lauwers of Mussey
Township was one of three
exemplary Michigan State
University (MSU) College of
Agriculture and Natural
Resources students honored
on Dec. 2 at the Michigan
Farm Bureau (MFB) 96th
State Annual Meeting in
Grand Rapids.
Lauwers along with
Natalie
Horning
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Manchester and Emmalee
Blough of Lowell were the
recipients of the MFB Marge
Karker Scholarship awards.
Each receives a $1,000 award
to help fund their MSU edu-

cation.
Erin is a senior studying
horticulture science and preparing for a career as a
Michigan State University
Extension agent. She served
as president of the Capac
High School National Honor
Society and ranked in the top
10 of her graduating class of
2013. Parents Michael and
Stacey Lauwers are St. Clair
County Farm Bureau members and own a sheep farm
with 350 ewes. They also
grow more than 2,000 acres
of hay and straw.
I believe it is a very
important job in Michigans

agriculture industry to educate the general public and

help Michigan farmers be the
best at what they do,
Lauwers said.
I am very interested in
working with fruit as an
Extension agent. Michigan
has been a top contender in
the fruit industry for many
years and I want to see that
success continue and grow.
Erin is a member of the
MSU Horticulture Club and
serves as a research assistant
for Dr. Randall Westrick. She
also served as an intern for
MSU Extension Specialist
Dr. Eric Hanson.

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Michigan Farm Bureau Marge Karker Scholarship recipients Emmalee Blough,

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Health Department (SCCHD)
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and rescue kit distribution
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By Catherine Minolli
Tri-City Times Editor

DRYDEN

The
National Honor Society at
Dryden Jr./Sr. High School
recently grew by leaps and
bounds.
More than 20 new members were inducted into the
NHS in a ceremony held earlier this month.
New NHS members
include: Victoria Allemon,
Nicole Beswetherick, Grace
Burke, Liam Burke, Jared
Czape, Lacey Davis, Elisabeth
DeBellis, John Delcampo,
Brittney Eastin, Jake Fuerst,
McKenna Gierman, Austin
Grondin, Sydney Hempstead,
Kayleigh Hudson, Eric

Johnson, Max Kage, Justin

Knox, Abigail Koning,
Benjamin Koning, Kimberly
Kuligowski, Amanda Lemke,
Samantha
Locke,
Jon
Niehaus, Kaylin Norman,
Sam Peyerk, Evan Pocius,
Nick Pocius, Trey Raab, Sean
Riley, Megan Rinke, Autumn
Rosnik, Mia Sliman, Rachel
Vallad, Allison Wagner,
Nikolai Wagner, Hannah
Weiss and Haylee Wolle.
Existing members are:
Madline Angel, Haley Primel,
Maryrose Clark, Connor
Socrates, Autumn Hofmann,
Sawyer Colmer, McKenna
Rudd, Nathan Schiner, Emily
Levy, Michael Antovski,
Bailey
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Taylor
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Alexandria

Curatolo, Emily Seiter, Katie

Schenkel, Samantha Ferrara,
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Cox.
Members of the National
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Joselyn Carpenter, Kaitlyn
Carter, Dalton Raymond,
Kylie DeVlaminck, Brenden
Fleming, Cortney Heike,
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Peters, Alea Purdue, Cylie
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CAPAC St. Johns Lutheran Church will host a Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner on
February 9 from 4-6:30 p.m. Meal includes plain and blueberry pancakes, hash browns,
biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs, applesauce, orange juice, milk, coffee and tea.
Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under and free for kids 4 and under.

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Shopko supports schools

Imlay City Shopko Asst. Mgr. Bryan Voeltner and Store Mgr. Andrea Mette
present a $2,000 check to Imlay City Schools Supt. Dr. Gary Richards on
Monday. The generous gift was the result of more than 2,000 customers
providing their signatures at the store between Dec. 1-Dec. 24 as part of the
Shopko Foundations Help Us Give Back campaign. Richards said the
donation will be divided equally among each of the districts schools to
meet the needs of students within those buildings. Shopko has been a big
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Valentine cards just in time for this sweetest of holidays! Learn how to make envelopes,
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ALMONT The Almont Chamber of Commerce will host its next Wake Up
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Almont Lions Club, located at 222 Water Street.
Attendees will have the opportunity to win door prizes, enjoy a light breakfast (provided by Skyline) and hobnob with fellow business owners and community leaders.
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Citizens, youths recognized

Imlay mayor among nominees for Lapeer Chamber award
By Nicholas Pugliese

Jacobs was gratified by

the recognition.
Its an honor to be on a
list with such great men,
Jacobs said. Im humbled.
With the awards also
came special recognition
from
the
offices
of
Congresswoman Candice
Miller and Michigan Attorney
General Bill Schuette in the
form of certificates presented
to the winners.
The Youth Male Citizen
of the Year nominees were
Ian English and Jacob Niman,
while the female nominees
were Alyssa Garcia, Calla
Fantin, and Jordan Abdelhak.
All are Lapeer High School
students.
All these students are
really quite amazing, and all
of them are really deserving
(of the award), said Payne.
The nominations for these
awards for all these students,
they dont come from their
peers or friends, they come
from the principals and the

teachers.
The Youth Female Citizen
of the Year winner was Alyssa
Garcia for her efforts with the
Drama Club, Student Council,
and Robotics Club, as well as
her work with younger students in the field of technology and robotics.
The Youth Male Citizen
of the Year award recipient
was Ian English for his work
as president of the Omni

Club, a coordinator of blood

drives at the high school, and
his volunteer work with
Project Homeless and Lapeer
District Library Childrens
Reading program. Along with
the Youth Citizen of the Year
awards from the Chamber,
both
winning
students
received a scholarship and
recognition from the offices
of Congresswoman Miller
and
Attorney
General

Schuette.
In the 37 years the Lapeer
Chamber has given these
awards, approximately 187
Lapeer area citizens have
been recognized.
If you think about it,
those 187 people have touched
the lives of a person here, a
person there, think about
the widespread effect of what
the individuals do, said
Payne.

TRI-CITY AREA Four

County Community Foundation
(4CCF) is among four area
foundations that will share a
grant award of $294,000 from
the
Michigan
Health
Endowment Fund.
The grant monies will be
used to support initiatives
aimed at improving the quality
of health for youth in the
region, says Micaela Boomer,
program associate at 4CCF.
The
Huron
County
Community
Foundation
applied for the grant as the representative for the Community
Foundation of St. Clair County,
Sanilac County Community
Foundation, and Four County
Community Foundation, she
adds.

The $294,000 grant will be

divided amongst the four community foundations to ensure a
large impact on the health and
wellness of the region.
The main goal of the
grant is to help youth lead a
healthier lifestyle through
access to healthy foods, fitness
programs and wellness programs that include nutrition
education and teaching our
youth how to prepare healthy
food, says the application submitted by the region.
4CCF CEO Janet Bauer
says some of the funds will
be used to provide meals
and snacks for Capac area students.
The
Four
County
Community Foundation will be

making grants for two healthy

meals during summer school
and healthy snacks for athletes
who are traveling to away
games, Bauer says.
More than 30 community
foundations from across the
state applied for funding
through the Michigan Health
Endowment Funds fall 2015
grant application process,
Boomer says.
Grant requests focused on
areas such as prenatal care
and infant mortality; health
services to support adopted
and fostered children; healthy
food access; wellness and
fitness programs; access to
mental
health
services;
technology enhancements;
health related transportation

needs; access to care/integrated

care; and teen pregnancy prevention.
The Michigan Health
Endowment Fund board is
proud to support a variety of
very successful programs
already positively impacting
the health of Michigans children and seniors as a result of
our first grant funding effort,
says Rob Fowler, board chairman. We look forward to
building additional relationships with Michigans community foundations and other nonprofit organizations as they
continue their focused work to
improve the health of
Michigans most vulnerable
residents.
Community foundations

were eligible to apply for grants

in support of programs to
improve the health of minor
children and seniors in their
regions, Boomer says. Those
foundations receiving funding,
in turn, now have the ability to
offer their affiliate foundations
or smaller community organizations the opportunity to seek
grants that support similar programs.
We are excited to collaborate this year with community
foundations on projects that
seek to enhance the well-being
of Michigans children and
seniors in their local communities, says Paul Hillegonds,
executive director of Michigan
Health Endowment Fund.
The mission of the

Michigan Health Endowment

Fund is to improve the health
of Michigan residents and
reduce the cost of health care,
with special emphasis on the
health and wellness of children
and seniors. The fund was created as part of 2013 state legislation that allowed Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Michigan to
become a nonprofit mutual
health insurer. Nearly $38 million in grants were awarded by
the
Michigan
Health
Endowment Fund last year.
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Photo by Nicholas Pugliese

LAPEER The 37th

annual Citizen of the Year
Awards breakfast, presented
by the Lapeer Area Chamber
of Commerce, was held in
front of a full house at Mott
Colleges Lapeer campus on
Thursday morning, Jan. 28.
The ceremony honors citizens of the Lapeer area who
exemplify charity, community service, activism, and
wholesome ideals. Among
those in the running for Male
Citizen of the Year was Imlay
City Mayor Walt Bargen, an
active member of the Imlay
City and Lapeer communities.
Since 1980, the Chamber
has had the privilege to bring
people together to honor some
really remarkable individuals, says Neda Payne, executive director of Lapeer Area
Chamber of Commerce.
The Female Citizen of the

Year was awarded to Lauraine

Ferris for her work fundraising for scholarships for
Lapeer area students, as well
as volunteer work at several
churches and food pantries.
Shes a confident and
well-organized woman who
quietly and effectively manages to show her love for others and her community by
tirelessly volunteering said
Lapeer Mayor William
Sprague, who co-emceed the
event.
The winner of this years
Male Citizen of the Year
Award was Wayne Jacobs for
his efforts assisting veterans
and their families work
through short-term financial
crises, as well as his volunteer
work with veterans support
groups and flag donations.

He sees a need and
without second thought,
does everything within his
power and resources to see
that the need is met, Sprague
said.

Tri-City Times Contributing Writer

Imlay City Mayor Walt Bargen (back row, 4th from left) was among those
nominated for the Citizen of the Year awards by the Lapeer Area Chamber of
Commerce.

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Imlay City stays within one game of

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of the race for the BWACs top
spot, just one game behind
frontrunner Yale, following a
59-48 road triumph against
Richmond last Friday night.
With the final, Imlay City
moves to 10-2 and 5-1. Richmond
slips to 9-2 and 4-2.
In Fridays matchup, Imlay
City spotted Richmond a 14-8
advantage after one quarter was
complete.
The next eight-minute stretch,
though, would belong to Imlay
City. It was there the Spartans
outscored their opposition by a
20-8 margin, leaving them ahead

28-22 at the halftime break.

Quarter number three would
see Imlay City net 12 points as
did Richmond. That left the
former with a 40-34 edge with 24
minutes gone.
Imlay City then outscored
Richmond 19-14 over the last
eight minutes of action, closing
out a 59-48 victory.
Griffin Schirmer (19) and
Seth Reiff (13) led Imlay City
with double figure point totals.
The remaining Spartan points
went to Mike Nadrowski (eight),
David Hart and Curtis Homer
(six each), Jose Castro (five) and
Hunter Galbraith (two).
Chase Churchill topped
Richmond that evening. Churchill
finished with a 22-point
performance.

Imlay City guard

Jose
Castro
waits to take
the final shot of
the half during
a BWAC game
this season.

Imlay City players and coaches pose for a photo with Ashton Combs after their win against
Almont last week. Combs registered her 1,000th career point that evening.

Combs hits her

1,000th point
By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

IMLAY CITY Imlay City senior Ashton

Combs became the third player in school history
to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career,
accomplishing the feat in a 55-38 win against visiting Blue Water Area Conference foe Almont on
Tuesday, January 26.
Combs, a three-year veteran on Imlay Citys
squad, finished the contest with a 28-point performance. That upped her career point total to 1,017.
Milli Martinez and Tracey Combs, Ashtons
mom, are the other two Imlay City players who
have topped 1,000 points over their careers. They
played four and three varsity seasons, respectively.

Photo by StudioE Photography

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Ashton Combs with parents Jeff and Tracey following last weeks game.

Imlay City downs rival Almont, 55-38

By Kevin Kissane

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

TRI-CITY AREA Imlay

City handed visiting Almont a 55-38
setback in a Blue Water Area
Conference varsity girls basketball
matchup on Tuesday, January 26.
With the outcome, Imlay City
improves to 7-5 and 4-1. Almont
slips to 3-7 and 0-5.
In Tuesdays matchup, Imlay
City jumped out to an 18-9 advan-

tage after one quarter was complete.

The next eight-minute stretch
saw Imlay City generate eight points
and Almont manage four. That left
Imlay City with a 26-13 halftime
lead to protect.
When the action resumed, Imlay
City picked up where it left off.
Aided by a 16-10 third quarter edge,
the Spartans increased their cushion
to 42-23 with 24 minutes gone.
Almont then outscored Imlay
City 15-13 during the final eight

minutes of action, only to drop a

55-38 verdict when the clock zeroed
out for the final time.
Ashton Combs led Imlay City
with a 28-point performance. Combs
drained two triples along the way.
Imlay City had six other players
reach the scoring column. Their
ranks consisted of Abby Schefka (11
points), Ericka Lathrop (six), Kendall
Sommer (four), Cameron Katkic
Imlay City page 2-B

Grapplers nab top

spot at Shepherd

Spartans fend off 19 challengers to

claim third championship of season
By Kevin Kissane

schools on hand, posting an output of 134.5 point en route.

Eric Pawlaczyk and Jaykob
IMLAY CITY The Imlay City Shaw led Imlay City that day
wrestling team earned a first- with firsts. Pawlaczyk reached
place finish among 20 squads last the title tilt at 103 pounds where
Saturday at the Shepherd he pinned Gladwins Colton
Tournament.
Kanyo with 1:10 gone and Shaw
The number one finish made it to the 215-pound champimarked Imlay Citys third title onship collision where he picked
this season. The Spartans also up a 5-4 victory over Midland
won team honors at the Flint Dows Brent Booth.
Beecher Tournament and Tri-City Noah Scillian, Hunter Mullins
Times Spartan Invitational it and Pat Pauli gave Imlay City
hosted.
seconds. Scillian qualified for
Imlay Citys winning total the title tilt at 119 pounds where
that day was 172.5 points, eight he dropped a 9-8 verdict to
ahead of second place Shepherd.
Owosso rounded out the top-three
Teamwork page 2-B

Photo provided

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Participants in the Dryden Mens Alumni Basketball Game pose for a photo prior to their contest
last Saturday. They are front (L to R) Eric Schwarb, Eric Cassabon, Marcus Leija, Jeff Perria,
Joey Savarino, Nathan Spivey, Tracy Sawgle, Rick Kage and Steve Holdwick; and back Craig
Kreger, Allen Ledford, Dave Reynolds, Chris Kent, Cubby Grondin, Kevin Ledford, Austin
Dunnigan, Paul Grondin, Ken Weddington , Chris Schenkel Jr. and Chris Schenkel Sr. The
event raised $1,500 for the schools basketball program.

Photo provided

Cardinal teamwork

The Imlay City wrestling team poses for a photo after

registering a top placing Saturday at the Shepherd
Tournament. Imlay City also has earned top finishes at
the Tri-City Times Spartan Invitational and Flint Beecher
Tournament this season.

Dryden Mens Alumni game raises $1,500 to assist

basketball program, 21 players dust off skills
By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

DRYDEN Team B bested

Team A, 66-53, in the Dryden
Alumni Mens Basketball Game last
Saturday evening.
The event raised $1,500 for

Drydens basketball program.

In Saturdays confrontation,
Team A jumped out to a 17-11
advantage after one quarter was
complete.
Quarter number two, though,
would see the momentum shift over
to Team Bs side. It was there they

scorched the twines for 24 points

and Team A managed 13, leaving the
former with a 35-30 lead at the halftime break.
When the action resumed, Team
B increased their cushion some.
Teamwork page 2-B

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Photo by Kevin Kissane

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Sports In Brief

Chris Schenkel Sr. and Chris Schenkel Jr. watch

the action unfold at Drydens Alumni Mens
Basketball Game last Saturday.

Paul Grondin, a member of Drydens Class of

1963, drives to the hoop during the Dryden Mens
Basketball Alumni Game last Saturday.

Teamwork: raises $1,500

Aided by a 14-11 third quarter edge, they widened the
gap to 49-41.
The final frame would
see Team B accumulate 16
points and Team A generate
12, leaving the former with a
65-53 win to celebrate when
the final second ticked off the
clock.
Eric Schwarb, Eric
Cassabon, Dave Reynolds,

Craig Kreger, Geary Priehs,

Jeff Perria, Allen Ledford and
Cubby Grondin were listed
on the roster of the victorious
Team B squad.
Rick
Kage,
Kevin
Ledford, Chris Schenkel Sr.,
Chris Schenkel Jr., Tracy
Sawgle, Paul Grondin, Ken
Weddington, Joey Savarino,
Nathan
Spivey,
Steve
Holdwick, Austin Dunnigan,
Marcus Leija and Chris Kent
competed for Team A.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

from page 1-B

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Marcus Leija brings the ball up the floor Saturday

during Drydens Alumni Mens Basketball Game.

Steve Holdwick, Ken Weddington and Austin

Dunnigan were among the alumni players on
hand.

Kevin Ledford looks to drain an attempt from

trifecta territory in Saturdays alumni contest.

Athlete of the Week

The following youth

sports, junior high, ninth
grade and junior varsity
recaps are provided to us by
area coaches. If your teams
results do not appear here
remind your coach to pass
along the information by
calling 810-724-2615, or
e-mailing it to kkissane@
pageone-inc.com or send it
to us via fax at 810-7248552.
Capac Junior Varsity
Wrestling
Fenton Tournament
January 30
Tournament recapCapac registered four placewinning performances last
Saturday at the Fenton
Tournament.
Jose Navarro (135) and
Josh Skarsvog (189) led
Capac with firsts.
Capac also received seconds from Aaron Podgorski
(215) and Miguel Aguinaga
(285).
Capac Junior Varsity Boys
Basketball
Capac vs. Algonac
January 28
Capac-53 Algonac-20
Game recap- Capac
downed Algonac, 53-20, in a
Blue Water Area Conference
junior varsity boys basketball meeting last Thursday.
Zack Sikorski led Capac
with 19 points. He was
backed by AJ Geoit (10
points), Jacob Witt (eight),
Chris Schuman (five), Ben
Geliske and Matt Marsack
(four apiece) plus Collin
Kozar (three).
Capac also received nine
rebounds and 13 blocked
shots from Geoit.
Almont Junior Varsity
Boys Basketball
Almont vs. Armada
January 28
Almont-56 Armada-46
Game recap- Almont
made Armada absorb a 56-46
loss in a Blue Water Area
Conference junior varsity
boys basketball meeting last
Thursday.
Jordan Bourdeau paced
Almont with 20 points. He
was backed by Clay
Schapman (10 points),
Garrett Ruhala (nine),
Cameron Asaro (seven),
Rafael Farias (four), Austin
Miller (three), Kyle Madrazo
(two) and Kevin Heim (one).
Almont Junior Varsity
Boys Basketball
Almont vs. Dryden
January 26
Almont-43 Dryden-31
Game recap- Almont
defeated Dryden, 43-31, in a
non-league junior varsity
boys basketball game on
Tuesday, January 26.
Clay Schapman led
Almont with 10 points. He
was backed by Cade Tank
(eight points), Rafael Farias
and Jordan Bourdeau (six
each), Jared Litchfield and

Zach Filinger (four apiece),

Kevin Heim (three) and
Austin Miller (two).
Logan Carpenter paced
Dryden with 14 points.
Imlay City Ninth Grade
Girls Basketball
Imlay City vs. Lapeer
January 26
Imlay City-31 Lapeer-24
Game recap- Imlay City
bested Lapeer, 31-24, in a
non-league ninth grade girls
basketball contest on
Tuesday, January 26.
Emma Waatti led Imlay
City with 10 points. She was
given assistance in the scoring department by Leah
Knezevich and Kendall
Whitsett (six points apiece),
Robin LeFevere (three) plus
Nynne Reitzel, Ashlyn
Vamvas and Agnes Krahn
(two each).
Imlay City Ninth Grade
Girls Basketball
Imlay City vs. North
Branch
January 25
Imlay City-37 North
Branch-19
Game recap- Imlay City
handed North Branch a
37-19 setback in a nonleague ninth grade girls basketball clash on Monday,
January 25.
For Imlay City, Kendall
Whitsett led the way with 17
points. The Spartans also had
Agnes Krahn (eight points),
Emma Waatti (six), Robin
LeFevere (four) and Nynne
Reitzel (two) connect.
Capac Ninth Grade Boys
Basketball
Capac vs. Richmond
January 21
Capac-49 Richmond-43
Game recap- Capac
turned back Richmond,
49-43, in a Blue Water Area
Conference ninth grade boys
basketball game on
Thursday, January 21.
For Capac, Brenden
Falcos 17-point performance
led the way. He was backed
by Brad Schaefer (10 points),
Jakob Sawyers (nine), Jordan
Hellmuth (seven), Tyler Ellis
(four) and Tyler Braekenvelt
(two).
Imlay City Junior Varsity
Girls Basketball
Imlay City vs. Armada
January 21
Imlay City-39 Armada-13
Game recap- Imlay City
picked up a 39-13 victory
over Armada in a Blue
Water Area Conference
junior varsity girls basketball meeting on Thursday,
January 21.
Mallory Wetzel paced
Imlay City with 14 points
The Spartans also had Ali
Harper (seven points), Erika
VanDerPloeg (five), Kayla
Louwsma and Haley
Medrano (four each), Kaylee
Rucker (three) and Claire
Thibodeau (two) reach the
scoring column.

Title: Spartans win third

Imlay City sophomore
grappler Eric Pawlaczyk
won the 103-pound weight
class at the Shepherd
Tournament last Saturday.
For his effort,
Pawlaczyk shares our
Boys Athlete of the Week
honor.

from page 1-B

Almont senior grappler Jacob Battani won

the 140-pound weight
class last Saturday at the
Yale Tournament,.
For his effort, Battani
shares our Boys Athlete
of the Week honor.

Be sure to pick up your t-shirt at the Tri-City Times office.

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Ashton Combs, of Imlay City, fires up a shot as

Almonts Meredith Rinke defends in BWAC action.

Imlay City: defeat rivals

from page 1-B
(three), Cassie Malhado
(two)
and
Madalinn
Thibodeau (one).
Combs and Schefka
notched the highest Imlay
City rebound totals. They
pulled down nine and six
rebounds, respectively.
Katkic and Combs added
three assists each to Imlay
Citys cause.

Meredith Rinke paced

Almont with nine points.
The remaining Raider points
went to Kirsten Schapman
(seven points), Lizzie Rinke
(five), Abbey Johnson and
Elizabeth Kerby (a trifecta
each), Megan Swank (three),
Paige Walton, Rebecca
Measel, Allison Armbruster
and Gabby Newton (two
each).

Durands Gus Richter;

Mullins made the 130-pound
championship bout where he
fell 9-2 to Algonacs Andre
Bourlier; and Pauli reached
the title tilt at 189 pounds
where he dropped a 3-1 verdict to Algonacs Robert
Jewell.
Wesley Hampton furnished the next best Imlay
City showing, acquiring a
fourth. Hampton reached the
third-place match at 112
pounds where he was pinned
by Algonacs Casey Pruitt
with 1:53 gone.

Zac Hellebuyck contributed a fifth to Imlay Citys

cause. Hellebuyck ended his
stint at 125 pounds by pinning Owossos Jaden Guro
with 1:42 gone.
Austin Plouse gave Imlay
City a sixth. Plouse completed 215-pound action when he
was pinned by Shepherds
Kobun Neyome with 5:31
elapsed.
Julian Dervishi added an
eighth to Imlay Citys cause.
Dervishi wrapped up his run
at 145 pounds when he was
pinned by Fowlervilles
Hunter Wilson with 1:45
gone.

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Basketball

Capac rallies past

Algonac, 66-60
By Kevin Kissane

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Ethan Hall, of Almont, drives to the basket during Fridays snowcoming clash with Armada.

Armada slips past Almont, 48-43

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

ALMONT Almont
fell five points short when
the final scores were added
up, dropping a narrow
48-43 Blue Water Area
Conference varsity boys
basketball verdict to Armada
in a Snowcoming game
it hosted last Friday night.

With
the
outcome,
Almont drops to 3-8 and 1-5.
In Fridays game, Almont
bolted out to a 14-6 advantage
after one quarter had ended.
The next eight-minute
stretch of hoops would
see Armada accumulate 23
points, while keeping Almont
to six. That made it 29-20,
Armada, at the halftime
break.

When the action resumed,

Almont fought back with a
13-8 third quarter edge
to close the gap to 37-33 with
24 minutes gone.
Armada then outscored
Almont 11-10 from that
point on, assuring themselves
of a 48-43 victory at nights
end.
Mitchell Ruczynski paced
Armada with 10 points. He

In Tuesdays encounter,
Dryden charged out to a
10-4 lead after one quarter
had ended.
The next eight-minute
stretch saw Dryden amass 11
points and Almont generate
10. That left Dryden holding
a 21-14 advantage at the
halftime break.
When play resumed,
Almont bounced back with

an 18-14 third quarter

advantage to close the gap to
35-32 with 24 minutes
elapsed.
Dryden then outscored
Almont 8-7 from that point
on, leaving the floor with a
43-39 victory to their credit.
John DelCampo (15) and
Max Kage (14, featuring a
trey) led Dryden with double
figure outputs. They were

drained two triples along the

way.
Dante Dudek (13, including a pair of trifectas) and
Tom Lulgjuraj (nine) notched
Almonts top point outputs.
They were given assistance in
the scoring department by
Nick Terry (eight, featuring a
trey), Zach Revoldt (seven),
Drew Revoldt (four) and
Nathan Miller (two).

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

DRYDEN Dryden
pulled out a 43-39 victory
over visiting Almont in a
non-league varsity boys
basketball encounter on
Tuesday, January 26.
With the decision, Dryden
moves to 8-2 overall. Almont
slips to 3-7 this season.

Dryden gives Peck

a league defeat
By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

DRYDEN Dryden
netted a 38-28 win against
visiting Peck in a North
Central Thumb League
varsity boys basketball
meeting last Friday night.
With the decision, Dryden
raises its mark to 9-2 and 5-1.
backed by Justin Knox (nine, In Fridays meeting,
with a pair of triples), Bailey Dryden jumped out to a 13-7
Knuth (four) and Sean Riley advantage after one quarter
(one).
was done.
Zach Revoldt (15) sup- Quarter number two saw
plied the highest Almont point Peck hit for nine points and
output. The Raiders also had Dryden manage five, enabling
Drew Revoldt (10 points), them to close the gap to
Ethan Hall (six), Dante Dudek 18-16 at the halftime break.
(four) plus Chase Kapron and When the action resumed,
Tom Lulgjurj (two apiece) Dryden established some
connect.
much-needed
breathing

Cardinals hold off Raiders, 43-39

By Kevin Kissane

CAPAC

Capac
overcame a 36-27 halftime
deficit to register a 66-60
road triumph against Algonac
in a Blue Water Area
Conference varsity boys
basketball contest last Friday
night.
With the decision, Capac
improves to 6-6 and 3-3.
In Fridays contest,
Almont took a 14-10 edge
after one quarter had ended.
Quarter number two
would see Algonac distance
itself further from their
opposition. Thanks to a 22-17
advantage there, the Muskrats
forged a 36-27 lead at the
halftime break.
When the action resumed,
Capac struck with a 19-15
third quarter edge. That
enabled them to trim their

deficit to 51-46 with 24

minutes gone.
Capac then outscored
Algonac 20-9 the rest of the
way, leaving the floor with a
66-60 victory.
Andrew Sams collected
23 points and Trevor Boers
supplied 17, including three
trifectas, to lead Capac.
Louis
Aguinaga
(13)
provided the Chiefs with a
double digit point total as
well.
Four other Capac players
reached the scoring column
that evening. Their ranks consisted of Noah Burgess and
Brent Boers (four points
apiece), Jared Roosen (three)
and Jeff Opificius (two).
Burgess furnished the top
Capac rebound total, grabbing 22. The Chiefs also
received six rebounds each
from Trevor Boers and
Aguinaga.

room. Aided by a 12-2

third quarter edge, the
Cardinals grabbed a 30-18
cushion with 24 minutes
elapsed.
Peck then outscored
Dryden 10-8 the rest of the
way, only to drop a 38-28
verdict at nights end.
Justin Knox (16 points,
including four field goals of
the three-point variety) and
John DelCampo (14, featuring a pair of treys) proved
Drydens toughest players to
stop. The Cardinals also had
Sean Riley (four points) plus
Max Kage and Bailey Knuth
(two each) connect.
Kody LaFleur paced Peck
that evening. He finished
with seven points, draining a
triple along the way.

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Wrestling

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IMLAY CITY The

Imlay City wrestling team
split a pair of mat encounters
it hosted last Wednesday.
Imlay City began their
two-match stint with a 38-34
loss to Blue Water Area
Conference foe Cros-Lex.
Eric Pawlaczyk, Wesley
Hampton, Noah Scillian and
Jon Louwsma paced Imlay
City with wins by pin.
Pawlaczyk needed 2:46 to
upend 103-pound counterpart
Tim Eagle; Hampton required
35 seconds to stop Andrew
Smith at 112 pounds; Scillian
took 2:45 to turn back 119pound adversary Connor
Woodruff; and Louwsma
needed 2:55 to beat Colton
Emerick at 135 pounds.

Kyle Kulin gave Imlay
City a victory by major decision. Kulin accomplished the
feat on the strength of a 12-0
verdict over 125-pound rival
Gio Zuniga.
Pat Pauli and Jaykob
Shaw added triumphs by

Imlay Citys Julian Dervishi looks to escape the

hold of a Cros-Lex foe in BWAC action last week.
decision to Imlay Citys
cause. The former notched a
2-0 win over Ryan Beyer at
189 pounds and the latter
posted a 7-0 victory over 285pound foe Jose Garcia.
Imlay City also tested
their mat skills against nonleague counterpart Brown
City that evening. It was there
Imlay City bounced back with
a 67-12 triumph.

A group consisting of
Pawlaczyk,
Hampton,
Scillian,
Kulin,
Zac
Hellebuyck, Jon Louwsma
and Adriel Rojas led Imlay
City with wins by pin.
Pawlaczyk took 42 seconds to
defeat Whitley Blake at 103
pounds; Hampton required 32
seconds to down 112-pound
adversary Louis Treash;
Scillian needed 40 seconds to

turn back Clayton Little at

119 pounds; Kulin took 1:36
to down 125-pound rival
Laura Lindsay; Hellebuyck
required 34 seconds to upend
William See at 130 pounds;
Jon Louwsma needed 1:21 to
defeat 135-pound foe Hayden
Nolet; Adriel Rojas took 1:08
to best Zach Regan at 140
pounds; Pauli required 2:34
to down 189-pound counterpart Eric Martus; and Shaw
needed 1:55 to conquer Lukas
Fortune at 285 pounds.
Austin Plouse (215) gave
Imlay City a victory by void.
Brandyn Louwsma contributed a triumph by major
decision to Imlay Citys
cause, accomplishing the feat
with an 18-9 outcome versus
Ryan Ragap at 171 pounds.
Blake Porter was the other
Imlay City grappler that prevailed. He posted an 11-10
win against 152-pound adversary Jacob Martus.
With the results, Imlay
City goes to 12-6 overall. The
Spartans conclude BWAC
dual match action as owners
of a 4-3 mark.

Almont halves dual mat encounters

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

ALMONT The Almont

wrestling team halved a pair of
mat clashes it hosted last
Wednesday.
Almont started things off
with a 57-24 triumph against
non-league
foe
Warren
Michigan Collegiate.
A group consisting of
Jacob
Burchi,
Colby
Querciagrossa, Austin Cody,
Colton Kruse, Jacob Battani,
Kyle Barr, Robbie Battani,
Boyd Glenn and Dillon Kruse
paced Almont with wins by

pin. Burchi took 3:22 to stop

DeSean Adams at 119 pounds;
Querciagrossa needed 1:34 to
turn back 125-pound foe
Trachan Adams; Cody required
52 seconds to defeat Lindsay
Juanez at 130 pounds; Colton
Kruse took 3:47 to defeat 135pound counterpart Andrew
Thomas; Jacob Battani needed
34 seconds to conquer Tracy
Hubbard at 140 pounds; Barr
required 4:58 to down 152pound adversary Reggie Muse;
Robbie Battani took 1:26 to
beat Tannell McCalebb at 160
pounds; Glenn needed 56 seconds to top 171-pound rival

Josh Stewart; and Dillon Kruse

required 1:14 to defeat William
Matkins at 285 pounds.
Jack DeMara was the other
Almont grappler who prevailed. He earned a 5-4 win
against 103-pound foe Dennis
Snipes.
Almont also went up
against Blue Water Area
Conference rival Algonac.
That matchup concluded with
Algonac handing Almont a
42-34 setback.
Jacob Battani, Barr and
Hunter Spies led Almont with
wins by pin. Battani required
14 seconds to defeat Jacob

Bottle at 140 pounds; Barr

needed 1:15 to turn back 152pound adversary Sean Johnson;
and Spies took 4:46 to upend
Nathan Arbuckle at 215
pounds.
DeMara (103) and Glenn
(171) provided Almont with
victories by void.
Burchi added a triumph by
major decision to Almonts
cause. Burchi downed Drake
Hiltonen, 17-9, at 119 pounds.
With the results, Almont
now stands at 12-15 overall.
The Raiders wrap up BWAC
dual match action as owners of
a 1-6 mark.

Capac finishes fifth at Lapeer Tourney

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

CAPAC The Capac

wrestling team wound up
with a 1-4 mark en route to a
fifth-place showing last
Saturday at the Lapeer
Tournament.

Capac started things off

with a 58-12 setback to Lake
Fenton. That was followed by
a 45-19 loss to Lapeer; a
65-14 setback to Dewitt; a
48-29
triumph
against
Midland; and a 45-36 loss to
Mount Morris.

Paul Livermore headlined

for Capac that day. Livermore
put together a 5-0 record at
152 pounds.
Anthony Trudo generated
the next best Capac mark.
The 125-pounder went 4-1.
Jason Tyson and Jeremy

Capacs Jeremy Webster (R) and Yales Josh

Simmons (L) square off in a match last Wednesday,

Capac wins two

matches at home
By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

CAPAC The Capac

wrestling team won a pair of
dual clashes it hosted last
Wednesday.

Capac opened their
two-match stint with a 42-31
triumph
against
Blue
Water Area Conference rival
Yale.
A group consisting of
Anthony Trudo, Omar Canelo
and Jeremy Webster led
Capac with wins by pin.
Trudo took 1:13 to stop Zach
McIntyre at 125 pounds;
Canelo needed 3:46 to conquer 171-pound foe Charles
Moses; and Webster required
37 seconds to turn back Josh
Simmons at 285 pounds.
Justin Lee (103), Thomas
Wheeler
(130),
Paul
Livermore (152) and Aaron
Podgorski (215) added victories by void to Capacs cause.
Capac also square off
versus Ubly that evening.
Their non-league contest

drew to a close with Capac

registering a 78-0 triumph.
A group consisting of
Trudo, Wheeler, Livermore,
Jason Tyson and Webster
paced Capac with wins by
pin. Trudo took 2:27 to defeat
125-pound
counterpart
Cavalier
Essenmacher;
Wheeler needed 2:27 to down
William Spicer at 130 pounds;
Livermore required 3:58 to
upend 152-pound adversary
Jared Sabins; Tyson took 3:50
to beat Gregory Keller at 160
pounds; and Webster needed
1:29 to turn back 215-pound
rival Zack Walker.
Lee (103), Dylan Wojie
(112), Lonnie Fritz (135), Ian
Detroyer (140), Carter Smith
(145), Canelo (171), Danny
Navarro (189) and Gerrardo
Navarro (285) tacked on victories by void to Capacs
cause.
With the results, Capac
improves to 23-13 overall.
The Chiefs finish BWAC
dual match action as owners
of a 4-3 mark.

Webster were the other Capac

grapplers who posted winning records that day. Tyson
wound up 3-1 at 160 pounds
and Webster managed a 3-2
record versus 215-pound foes.
With the results, Capac
now stands at 24-17 overall.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Imlay City splits mat confrontations

Almont brings home sixth-place finish

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

ALMONT
The
Almont wrestling team registered a sixth-place finish last
Saturday at the 43rd Annual
Jim Peltier Classic in Yale.
Westland John Glenns
500-point total paced the field
assembled. They were followed by Trenton (407.5
points), Chippewa Valley
(384.5), Utica Ford (381),
Cros-Lex (377.5), Almont

(279), Petoskey (261),

Birmingham Seaholm (211),
North Branch (209), Yale
(193), Warren Fitzgerald
(187), Michigan Collegiate
(181.5), Lakeville (161), Port
Huron High (148), Port Huron
Northern (139), St. Clair
(97.5) and Akron-Fairgrove
(30).
Jacob Battani and Boyd
Glenn led Almont with firsts.
Battani reached the 140pound title match where he
pinned Trentons Jackson

Rickman with 2:58 gone and

Glenn advanced to championship collision at 171 pound
where he prevailed by injury
default over Westland John
Glenns Logan Beaudoin.
Kyle Barr provided
Almont with a second that
day. Barr made it to the 152pound title match where he
was pinned by Cros-Lex
counterpart Colin Lieber with
1:29 gone.
Jacob Burchi contributed
a fourth to Almonts cause.

Cheerleading

Burchis day on the mats Capacs Omar Canelo tightens his grip on Yales
wound down with an injury Charles Moses in their 171-pound clash last week.
default loss to Lakevilles
Henry Baxter at 119 pounds.
Hunter Spies and Dillon
Kruse added sixths to
Almonts
cause.
Spies
Tuesday, February 9
Girls Basketball
watched his run conclude
Dryden
at Peck, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday,
February
3
when he was pinned by
Almont
at
Yale,
7:30
p.m.
Birmingham
Seaholms
Wrestling
Thursday, February 4
Micheal Schulcz with 49 secWednesday,
February 3
Dryden
at
Deckerville,
onds gone and Kruse ended
Capac
at
Lake
Orion,
7:30
p.m.
his stint at 285 pounds when
5:30
p.m.
Friday,
February
5
he was pinned by Utica Fords
Goodrich, Lutheran North,
Algonac at Almont, 6 p.m.
TJ Kaminski with 2:11 gone.
Brown City at Imlay City,
Capac at Armada, 6 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Imlay City at Cros-Lex,
Saturday, February 6
6 p.m.
Almont, Capac, Imlay City
Monday, February 8
at BWAC Tournament,
Dryden at Peck, 7:30 p.m.
Almont, 9 a.m.
Tuesday, February 9
Yale at Almont, 7 p.m.
Competitive Cheer
Capac at Imlay City,
Wednesday, February 3
7 p.m.
Almont, Capac, Imlay City
at BWAC Competition,
Boys Basketball
Richmond, 6 p.m.
Friday, February 5
Dryden at Bishop Foley,
Algonac at Almont,
6 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 6
Capac at Armada, 7:30 p.m.
Dryden, Imlay City at
Imlay City at Cros-Lex,
Kearsley, 1:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Capac at LAnse Creuse,
Dryden at Deckerville,
1:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.

Sports Schedule

Capac posts an impressive fourth

TRI-CITY AREA
The Capac Competitive Cheer
Team amassed 694.22 points
en route to an impressive
fourth-place showing at a
Blue Water Area Conference
Competition hosted by
Almont High School on
Tuesday, January 26.
Their point output is
believed to be the highest

Capac has ever generated

at a BWAC event and the second best total in school history.
Richmond paced the
eight-team field with 768.28
points. Armada claimed second, thanks to an output of
739 points, and Algonac tallied 703.22 for third.
Capac generated 694.22
points, good enough for
fourth place. They were followed by Cros-Lex (685.98

Photo by Kevin Kissane

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Photo by Kevin Kissane

The Capac Competitive Cheer squad looks to

impress the judges at last weeks event in Almont.

The Imlay City cheer team competes at last weeks

BWAC event hosted by Almont.

points), Imlay City (676.24),

Yale (664.42) and Almont
(643.66).
Shelbi
McKeown,
Catherine Helzer, Camden
Gaedcke, Reagan Wittstock,
Hunter
Smith,
Alaina
Pawlowski, Morgan Woods,
Ashley Andrus, Haydn
Hurley, Karly Klug, Megan
Woods and Sidney Birkett
made Capacs fourth-place
showing possible.
Cameron Jeffries, Gina
Abbott, Hollie Rager, Katie

Ferguson, Makenna Schocke,

Samantha Giovannangeli,
Serena Bara, Janet Felbarth,
and Kaitlin Pudvay represented Imlay City.
Gabby Schlagel, Keegan
DeMara, Lexi Guerrero,
Jaclyn Buerhle, Miranda
Buehrle, Brianna Knee,
Shianne Calkins, Ashley
Kroll, Hannah Long, Ashlynn
Fistler, Ritamarie McGowan,
Arianna Maust and Sara
Ranucci
competed
for
Almont.

Bowling
Holly Meadows
Monday Night Trio
1st Place: Monkeys
Mens High Game
Chad Wolak, 255
Mens High Series
John Jones, 671
Team High Series Jocco Contracting, 1823
Tuesday Mens Charter
1st Place: Allenton Collision
Mens High Game
Matt Hasler, 266
Mens High Series
Matt Hasler, 720
Team High Series
SHL Contracting, 2931
Hollys Angels
1st Place: Tri-County Bank
Mens High Game
Terri Ritter, 211

Mens High Series

Team High Series

Terri Ritter, 556

Country Girls, 2330

Thursday Night League

1st Place: Champions Sports Bar
Mens High Game
John Hollenbeck, 289
Mens High Series
Cliff Patton, 686
Womens High Game
Sue Ward, 174
Womens High Series
Sue Ward, 462
Team High Series
CDs, 2011
Beginners Luck
1st Place: Professional Amatuers
Mens High Game
Brett Smith, 222
Mens High Series
Jason Hart, 579
Womens High Game
Laura Tolar, 200
Womens High Series
Bernie Stiles, 491
Team High Series
Ball Busters, 1865

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Girls Basketball

Almont turns back

Armada, 43-34
ALMONT

The
Almont varsity girls basketball team saw to it they would
prevail in a Snowcoming
clash it hosted, registering a
43-34 triumph against Blue
Water Area Conference rival
Armada last Friday night.
With
the
outcome,
Almont ups its mark to 4-7
and 1-5.
In Fridays battle, Almont
bolted out to 13-3 advantage
after one quarter was over
with.
The next eight minutes of
court action saw Armada generate nine points and Almont
produce six, enabling them to
trim their deficit to 19-12 at

the halftime break.

When play resumed,
Almont struck with an 11-10
third quarter edge. That
increased their cushion to
30-22 with 24 minutes gone.
Almont then outscored
Armada 13-12 the rest of the
way, putting the finishing
touches on a 43-34 win.
Meredith Rinke paced
Almont with 12 points.
Megan Swank (10) hit for a
double digit point total as
well.
Almont had four other
players reach the scoring column. Their ranks consisted of
Lizzie Rinke (seven points,
including a trifecta), Kirsten
Schapman (six) plus Abbey
Johnson and Paige Walton
(four apiece).

Photo by Kevin Kissane

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Dryden Coach
Mark Newell
makes a point to
his ballclub during a break in
the action versus Caseville
last Thursday.

Dryden holds off Caseville, 37-34

By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

DRYDEN Dryden
earned a 37-34 victory
over visiting Caseville in a
North
Central
Thumb
League
varsity
girls
basketball
battle
last
Thursday night.
With
the
decision,

Dryden moves to 3-8 overall

and 3-4 as far as NCTL
clashes are concerned.
In Thursdays battle,
Dryden took an 11-4
advantage after one quarter
was complete.
Quarter number two
would see Caseville net
16 points and Dryden
generate seven. That left

Caseville with a 20-18

halftime lead to protect.
When play resumed,
Dryden
bounced
back
with an 11-7 third quarter
edge to go up 29-27
with 24 minutes elapsed.
Dryden then outscored
Caseville 8-7 the rest
of the way, putting the
finishing touches on a

37-34 win.
Taylor Wakerley led
Dryden with a 15-point
performance. She was given
assistance in the scoring
department by McKenna
Rudd
(eight
points),
Mia Sliman (five), Katie
Schenkel (four), Ally Sobek
(three) plus Kelli Schenkel
(two).

With the decision, Capac

slips to 3-8 and 1-5.
In Tuesdays game, Yale
took a 10-5 edge after one
quarter was done.
Quarter number two saw
Yale net five points as did
Capac. That left the former
ahead 15-10 at the halftime
break.
When play resumed, Yale

struck with a 13-10 third quarter edge to go ahead 28-20

with 24 minutes gone.
Capac then put together a
9-4 fourth quarter rally, only to
drop a narrow 32-29 verdict.
Dyman Huss and Alexys

Anderson led Capac with

seven points apiece. The
Chiefs also Megan Jamison
(six points, including a trifecta), Meredith Moore (five) and
Shelby Husovsky (four) connect.

CAPAC Capac dropped

a 36-30 road verdict to Algonac
in a Blue Water Area
Conference varsity girls basketball confrontation last
Friday night.
With the decision, Capac
slips to 3-9 and 1-6.
In Fridays confrontation,
Capac grabbed a 6-3 edge after
one quarter was done.
Quarter two saw Algonac
manage six points and Capac
generate four. That left Capac
clinging to a 10-9 lead at the
halftime break.
When play resumed,
Algonac struck with a 14-9

third quarter edge to go ahead

23-19 with 24 minutes gone.
Algonac then outscored
Capac 13-11 from that point
on, assuring themselves of a
36-30 win when the final buzzer sounded.
Riane Presby led Algonac
with a 14-point performance.
Megan Jamison paced
Capac with 15 points. The
Chiefs also had Dyman Huss
and Meredith Moore (four
points apiece), Delaney
Verschure (three) plus Alexys
Anderson and Kelsey Payne
(two each) reach the scoring
column.

Capac drops 32-29 nailbiter to Yale

By Kevin Kissane

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Meredith Rinke, of Almont, looks over her

offensive options versus Armada last Friday.

CAPAC Capac fell

three points short when the
final buzzer sounded, dropping
a narrow 32-29 verdict to visiting Yale in a Blue Water Area
Conference varsity girls basketball game on Tuesday,
January 26.

Stats and Standings

BOYS
BASKETBALL
STATLEADERS
SCORING

Schirmer (IC)
DelCampo (D)
Reiff (IC)
Z. Revoldt (A)
D. Revoldt (A)
Kage (D)
Burgess (C)
Knox (D)
Aguinaga (C)
Nadrowski (IC)
Sams (C)
Dudek (A)
Homer (IC)
B. Boers (C)
H. Galbraith (IC)

G P
8 125
11 158
11 157
9 113
9 110
11 120
9 96
11 103
9 77
11 90
9 71
9 64
10 68
9 61
11 72

Avg.
15.6
14.4
14.3
12.6
12.2
10.9
10.7
9.4
8.6
8.2
7.9
7.1
6.8
6.8
6.5

REBOUNDING

DelCampo (D)
Burgess (C)
Nadrowski (IC)
D. Revoldt (A)
H. Galbraith (IC)

STEALS

DelCampo (D)
Sams (C)
Burgess (C)
Z. Revoldt (A)
Dudek (A)

ASSISTS

Reiff (IC)
Sams (C)
Castro (IC)
Z. Revoldt (A)
Dudek (A)
DelCampo (D)

G R Avg.
11 123 11.2
9 87 9.6
11 102 9.3
9 66 7.3
11 77 7.0

G S Avg.
11 32 2.9
9 26 2.9
9 22 2.4
9 21 2.3
9 19 2.1
G
11
9
11
9
9
11

A Avg.
51 4.6
27 3.0
30 2.7
22 2.4
19 2.1
22 2.0

Aguinaga (C)

9 17 2.0

BOYS
BASKETBALL
TEAM STANDINGS
Blue Water Area Conference
Team
League
Overall
Imlay City
5-1
10-2
Capac 3-3 6-6
Almont 1-5 3-8
North Central Thumb League
Team
League
Overall
Dryden 5-1 9-2

GIRLS
BASKETBALL
STATLEADERS
SCORING

Combs (IC)
Jamison (C)
Huss (C)
Schefka (IC)

G P
12 277
12 113
12 85
12 85

Avg.
21.9
9.4
7.1
7.1

REBOUNDING

Combs (IC)
Schefka (IC)
Huss (C)

STEALS

Combs (IC)
Huss (C)
C. Katkic (IC)

ASSISTS

C. Katkic (IC)

G R Avg.
12 152 12.7
12 105 8.8
12 100 8.3
G S Avg.
12 47 3.9
12 36 3.0
12 36 3.0
G A Avg.
12 32 2.7

Huss (C)
Combs (IC)

12 29 2.4
12 26 2.2

GIRLS
BASKETBALL
TEAM STANDINGS
Blue Water Area Conference
Team
League
Overall
Imlay City
6-1
8-5
Capac 1-6 3-9
Almont 1-5 4-7
North Central Thumb League
Team
League
Overall
Dryden 3-4 3-8

WRESTLING
LEADERS
MOST WINS
Livermore (C)
Trudo (C)
J. Battani (A)
Detroyer (C)
Shaw (IC)
Hampton (IC)
Glenn (A)
Tyson (C)
Pauli (IC)
Smith (C)
Wojie (C)
Mullins (IC)
Burchi (A)
Scillian (IC)
Pawlaczyk (IC)
Lee (C)
Barr (A)
Plouse (IC)
Webster (C)
DeMara (A)
D. Navarro (C)
Wheeler (C)
Spies (A)

Hunter (A)
Kulin (IC)
Hellebuyck (IC)
R. Battani (A)
B. Louwsma (IC)
Podgorski (C)
D. Kruse (A)
Skarsvog (C)
G. Navarro (C)
Dervishi (IC)
Morandi (IC)
Fritz (C)
C. Kruse (A)
J. Louwsma (IC)
Bartlett (A)
Shevnock (IC)
Canelo (C)
Porter (IC)
Querciagrossa (A)
Jordon Phelps (A)
Cody (A)

MOST PINS

39
37
32
30
30
29
28
27
27
26
26
26
25
24
23
22
21
19
18
18
17
17
15

Trudo (C)
Livermore (C)
Shaw (IC)
J. Battani (A)
Hampton (IC)
Spies (A)
Smith (C)
Glenn (A)
Pawlaczyk (IC)
Mullins (IC)
Wojie (C)
Barr (A)
Pauli (IC)
Detroyer (C)
Webster (C)
Scillian (IC)
D. Navarro (C)
Kulin (IC)
Plouse (IC)
Tyson (C)
Wheeler (C)
R. Battani (A)
D. Kruse (A)
Hellebuyck (IC)
Burchi (A)
B. Louwsma (IC)
J. Louwsma (IC)

15
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
10
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
27
25
25
23
22
19
18
17
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
13
11
11
10
10
10
10
9
8
8
8

Hunter (A)
Lee (C)
Podgorski (C)
Dervishi (IC)
Porter (IC)
DeMara (A)
Morandi (IC)
G. Navarro (C)
Shevnock (IC)

7
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
4

Quick Pins
Wojie (C)
J. Battani (A)
Trudo (C)
Hunter (A)
Trudo (C)
Detroyer (C)
Webster (C)
Bartlett (A)
C. Kruse (A)
Smith (C)
Podgorski (C)
Tyson (C)
Smith (C)
Glenn (A)
Smith (C)
C. Kruse (A)
Tyson (C)
G. Navarro (C)
Wheeler (C)
Livermore (C)
Fritz (C)
Livermore (C)
Glenn (A)
Trudo (C)
Livermore (C)
Webster (C)
Detroyer (C)
Webster (C)

7 secs.
12 secs.
13 secs.
13 secs.
13 secs.
15 secs.
15 secs.
18 secs.
18 secs.
19 secs.
20 secs.
20 secs.
21 secs.
21 secs.
21 secs.
22 secs.
23 secs.
24 secs.
25 secs.
25 secs.
27 secs.
28 secs.
28 secs.
28 secs.
29 secs.
29 secs.
30 secs.
30 secs.

Wrestling Team
Standings
Team
League Overall
Imlay City
4-3
12-6
Capac 4-3 24-17
Almont 1-6 11-16

Capac drops road clash to Algonac

Imlay City gets a win at Richmond

IMLAY CITY Imlay
City pulled out a 47-39 road
victory over Richmond in a
Blue Water Area Conference
varsity
girls basketball
confrontation last Friday night.
With the decision, Imlay
City goes to 8-5 overall and 6-1
as far as BWAC battles are
concerned.
In Fridays confrontation,
Imlay City fell behind 18-6
after one quarter was done.
The next eight-minute
stretch would see Imlay City
begin to extricate themselves
from that imposing deficit. It
was there the Spartans
outscored the opposition 12-4,
closing the gap to 22-18 at the
halftime break.
When the action resumed,
Richmond bounced back with
a 13-9 third quarter edge to

go ahead 35-27 with 24 minutes gone.

Imlay City then put
together a 20-4 fourth quarter
rally over the last eight minutes
of action, good for a 47-39
win when the final buzzer
sounded.
Ashton Combs paced
Imlay City with 18 points,
including one field goal
of the three-point variety.
Kendall Sommer (10 points)
hit for double figures as well.
The remaining Spartan points
went to Ericka Lathrop
(eight), Abby Schefka (six),
Cameron Katkic (three) and
Cassie Malhado (two).
Combs and Sommer
added the top Imlay City
rebounding totals. They pulled
down 10 and five missed shots,
respectively.

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ATTICA
TOWNSHIP

ATTICA TOWNSHIP
BOARD
MINUTES OF
JANUARY 14, 2016

The meeting was called to order at
7:02 p.m. by Supervisor Ochadleus.
Present were: Clerk Herpolsheimer,
Treasurer Mason and Trustees Madeline
and Lacey. Absent: none.

The minutes of December 10, 2015
were approved as presented.

The treasurer report showed a new
balance of: General Fund $444,283.94,
and CDARS savings $201,839.29; Fire
Millage $14,717.16, CDARS savings
$50,459.82; Fire Escrow $72,581.97,
CDARS savings $50,459.82; Public
Safety $32,858.46, CDARS savings
$50,447.83.

Police Report - 196 calls in October
with 123 handled by Township deputies.

Public Time - Scott McKenna, candidate for Lapeer County Sheriff, introduced himself and gave his personal,
volunteer and work background.

Old Business - Supervisor
Ochadleus reported on the proposed
museum expansion and presented the
Lapeer County Sheriffs Annual report.

New Business - Diane Malczewski
presented Library concerns about light-

ing at night and some posts by the driveway. It was moved and seconded to
accept clearzoning's proposal of
$4,800.00 to update Attica Townships
Master Plan. Roll Call vote taken, all
ayes, motion carried.

Fire - no report.

Park - The park is officially closed
but the walking trail is open.

Planning Commission - Supervisor
Ochadleus reported that the next meeting is January 28th.

Attorney - Attorney Gildner reported that things are quiet.

Ambulance - Supervisor Ochadleus
reported that the ambulance board
accepted a balanced budget with a
$4,000.00 surplus at year's end.
Commissioner - Commissioner
Jarvis reported that she is running again
for County Commissioner, the
Commission Board Chair is Gary Roy
and Cheryl Clark is Vice Chair, gave out
2016 Citizens Guide and discussed the
suicide prevention hot line.

Board - There were several young
people in the audience for a Government
class assignment from Almont High
School.

Review and pay the bills - Moved
and seconded to pay the bills: General
Fund - $47,396.97, and Fire Fund $7,380.56, Public Safety - $9,805.97
Total for bills $64,583.50. Roll call vote
taken, all ayes, motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.

A complete copy of the minutes is
available at the Attica Township Hall.
Nancy Herpolsheimer
Attica Township Clerk
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122 W. Washington, Downtown Romeo

CITY OF
IMLAY CITY

Automotive

PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 26, 2016
SYNOPSIS

Chairman Germayne called the
regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Commissioners present were Germayne,
Bargen, Davis, Lengemann, Romine and
Sadler. Commissioner Schwab was
absent. Also present was City Manager
Tom Youatt. The Commission approved
the agenda as presented and approved
the minutes of the Regular Meeting held
Tuesday, December 22, 2015. The
Commission discussed the final draft of
the Sign Ordinance language. The meeting was adjourned at 7:16 p.m. Complete
copies of the minutes are available in the
Clerk's office during regular business
hours or at www.imlaycity.org.
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MUSSEY TOWNSHIP
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
ZONING ORDINANCE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
ZONING ORDINANCE

NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN, pursuant to Public Act 110 of 2006, as

amended, that a public hearing will be held by the Mussey Township Planning
Commission at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at the Mussey Township
Hall, 135 N. Main Street, Capac, Michigan.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the purpose of the public hearing is to
hear and consider a proposed Ordinance #35 - An Ordinance requiring buildings/
structures to have a key lock box installed on the exterior of the structure for fire/
life safety purposes.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that information regarding the proposed
Ordinance may be examined at the Township Hall, 135 N. Main Street, Capac,
Michigan during regular business hours until the date of the Public Hearing, Written
comments on the proposed Ordinance can be sent to the Township Clerks office at
the above address until 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.

NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN, pursuant to Public Act 110 of 2006, as

amended, that a public hearing will be held by the Mussey Township Planning
Commission at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at the Mussey Township
Hall, 135 N. Main Street, Capac, Michigan.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the purpose of the public hearing is to
hear and consider a proposed waiver from the Sign Ordinance (Section 1209 of the
Township Zoning Ordinance) to allow a 75 foot tall, 549 square foot sign on land at
Capac Road and I-69 in the AG Agricultural District.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that information regarding the proposed
waiver from the Zoning Ordinance may be examined at the Township Hall, 135 N.
Main Street, Capac, Michigan during regular business hours until the date of the
Public Hearing, Written comments on the proposed waiver can be sent to the Township Clerks office at the above address until 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.

Sheila McDonald, Township Clerk

Bill Schultz, Planning Commission Chair

Sheila McDonald, Township Clerk

Bill Schultz, Planning Commission Chair

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE
NOTICEISISHEREBY
HEREBY
GIVEN
the Public
Accuracy
the March
GIVEN
that that
the Public
Accuracy
Tests Tests
for thefor
March
8,
2016Election
Election are
thethe
following
dates,
timestimes
and locations:
8, 2016
arescheduled
scheduledforfor
following
dates,
and locations:
Clerk/ Location of Testing
Nicole Frost, City of Imlay City Clerk
150 N. Main Street, Imlay City 48444
Donna L. Cronce, Lapeer City Clerk
576 Liberty Park, Lapeer 48446
Carol Hoffner, Almont Township Clerk
819 N. Main Street, Almont 48003
Sharna L. Smith, Arcadia Township Clerk
4900 Spencer Street, Attica 48412
Nancy Herpolsheimer, Attica Township Clerk
4350 Peppermill Road, Attica 48412
Diane Peplinski, Burlington Township Clerk
4548 Madison, Clifford 48727
Bonnie Koning, Burnside Township Clerk
7045 Burnside Road, Brown City 48416
Debra S. Oliver, Deerfield Township Clerk
30 E. Burnside Road, North Branch 48461
Bonnie Rumley, Dryden Township Clerk
4849 Dryden Road, Dryden 48428
Rena Fountain, Elba Township Clerk
4717 Lippincott Road, Lapeer 48446
Mavis A. Roy, Goodland Township Clerk
2374 N. Van Dyke Road, Imlay City 48444
Cynthia Daly, Hadley Township Clerk
4293 Pratt Road, Hadley 48440
Elizabeth Makedonsky, Imlay Township Clerk
682 N. Fairgrounds Road, Imlay City 48444
Dawn M. Walker, Lapeer Township Clerk
1500 Morris Road, Lapeer 48446
Dawn Johnson, Marathon Township Clerk
4575 Pine Street, Columbiaville 48421
Julie A. Schlaud, Mayfield Township Clerk
1900 N. Saginaw Road, Lapeer 48446
Jennie Dagher, Metamora Township Clerk
730 W. Dryden Road, Metamora 48455
Amy Bridger-Snoblen, North Branch Township Clerk
6771 Elm Street, North Branch 48461
H. Paul Spencer, Oregon Township Clerk
2525 Marathon Road, Lapeer 48446
Pamela Running, Rich Township Clerk
8482 N. Lapeer Road, Mayville 48744
City of Brown City
4205 Main Street, Brown City 48416

Date
February 10

1:30 p.m.

February 29

10:00 a.m.

February 8

9:00 a.m.

February 8

3:45 p.m.

February 10

9:30 a.m.

February 8

4:15 p.m.

February 10

10:00 a.m.

March 1

2:00 p.m.

February 8

11:30 a.m.

February 8

10:00 a.m.

February 10

9:00 a.m.

February 10

11:45 a.m.

February 10

3:15 p.m.

March 1

10:00 a.m.

February 10

2:00 p.m.

February 8

2:15 p.m.

February 8

1:45 p.m.

February 10
February 8

3:30 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Noon

February 24

11:00 a.m.

February 24

10:00 a.m.

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MARCH 2016 BOARD OF REVIEW
11100 DUNNIGAN ROAD
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN 48022

(APPEAL HEARING DATES) Are set for Wednesday March 16, 2016
from 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. & 6:P.M.Till 9:P.M. and Thursday March 17, 2016 from
9:A.M. till 12 Noon & from 1: P.M. to 4: P.M. The Board of Review will hold
as many meetings as deemed necessary to hear questions, protest, and to equal
the 2016 assessments. All residents may appeal by mail with a deadline before
noon on Thursday March 17, 2016 because there is no mail delivered on Thursdays at the hall and no later by fax must be sent on Thursday at Noon March
17, 2016 because the Emmett Township main office is closed to take e-mail or
fax letter of appeal. Please call for an appointment at 1-810-384-8070-ex 22 or
fax 1-810-384-6138. on Wednesday 1 P.M. to 4: P.M. and on Friday 9:A.M. to
12: P.M. Noon before the Emmett Township Board of Review meets. Poverty
Exemption & 100% Disability Veterans Exemption will be available at the Emmett Township hall by request. I will send you a copy of the L-4035 form to be
filled out completely and on line (1) one ESTIMATED TRUE CASH VALUE
IN LINE (4) REASON OF FACTS FOR YOUR APPEAL, (This needs to be
done before the board of review will hear your appeal.)

Theresa M. Spencer
Lapeer County Clerk

395-2320

TRACTORS
MOWERS

The Emmett Township Board of Review 2016 meeting will be held at the
Emmett Township Hall AT 11100 Dunnigan Road Emmett Township on the
following dates:

Tuesday March 08, 2016 at 1:P.M. for the Organizational Meeting.

The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to demonstrate that the computer

program used to record and count the votes cast at the election meets the
requirements of law.

Tax Bookkeeping Payroll

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MUSSEY TOWNSHIP
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION

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Glass

Accounting &
Tax Preparation

1-25-17

Capac Community Schools will
receive sealed proposals for construction trade work from qualified Bidders
for the Capac 2016 High School Unit
Ventilator Replacement, 541 N.
Glassford, Capac, MI 48014.

Proposals may be mailed or delivered in person to Capac Community
Schools, 403 North Glassford Street,
Capac, MI 48014.

Proposals are due prior to 2:00 pm
(local time) on Thursday February 18,
2016.

Proposals will be publicly opened
and read aloud at 2:05 pm in the High
School Cafeteria, 541 North Glassford
Street. All proposals received prior to
the due date and time will be evaluated
after the bid opening. All proposals
received after 2:00 pm 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 project specifications, completely filled in,
and executed (copies of the bid forms
are acceptable). Facsimile, electronic
mail or telephone proposals will not be
accepted.
A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at
3:30 pm on Thursday February 11,
2016 at the High School Site: 541 North
Glassford Street Capac, MI 48014.

The Owner will award contract(s)
on or about February 25, 2016.

Bidding Documents will be available to all bidders beginning Thursday
February 4, 2016 after 9:00 am. They
will be available by contacting the
Construction Managers office or at any
of the following plan rooms:

Construction Association of

ber 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 relationship disclosure statement. Please see specification 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 contractor
does and will comply with Public Act
517 of 2012 shall accompany 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 specification 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 informalities,
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:

Mechanical

Electrical
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ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS

Michigan, Builders Exchange of

Michigan, McGraw Hill / Dodge, Reed
Construction Data, CDC News
Construction Data, Construction Journal
and ARC Michigan.

Bidding documents will also be
available for pick-up from the
Construction Manager, E. Gilbert &
Sons, Inc.s offices at 45887 Mound
Road, Utica, MI by contacting Marci
Jarvis at 586-731-7450. The documents
can be obtained on a computer disc free
of charge or in printed form for a nonrefundable fee of $25.00 per set. All
checks and/or money orders are to be
made payable to Capac Community
Schools.

All questions regarding the bidding
procedures, design, and drawing/specification intent are to be directed to the
Construction Manager, E. Gilbert &
Sons, Inc., on a Request For Information
Request Form (See Section 00310),
attention Rob Proper, E-mail: robp@
egilbertandsons.com, or Fax (586)
731-9289.

Proposals may not be withdrawn
for a period of sixty (60) 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 proposal combinations; refer to section 00410 for more
information.

A sworn and notarized statement
disclosing any familial relationship that
exists between the owner(s) of, or any
employee of, the Bidder and any mem-

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call 810-395-2226 and leave
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IMLAY CITY

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Starting Rate $10/hr, Production
and Annual Bonuses,
Medical Benefits,
Drug Screen/Physical Required.
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Armada
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HW-2-5

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MON - FRI 8AM - 4:30pm

DIRECT CARE WORKERS:

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is provided. Background/physical/drug screen required. Apply
online the villagerehab.com or in
person 22600 W. Main St.,
Armada. HW-4-3
...................................................
HOUSEKEEPER: $10.25/hr.,
part-time: Thursday and Fridays,
every other weekend and fill in
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hours are 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Training is provided. Background/
physical/drug screen required.
Apply online thevillagerehab.
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...................................................
ATTENTION RNS, LPNS AND
CNAS. Lapeer County Medical
Care Facility (Suncrest) has
available positions. If you would
like to find out more about a
rewarding career in long term
care and become a member of
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care providers. We offer an
organized and caring work environment. To arrange an interview, or ask further questions,
please call or email Stephanie
Stevens,
R.N.,
In-service
Director; 810-664-8571 ext.165
sstevens@lcmcf.org HW-4-2
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February 22nd to
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HW 5-3

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DRYDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Dryden Community Schools has immediate positions

available for substitute cooks on an on call basis. Must
be able to assist in the preparation and service of food
to students in a timely manner. Please apply online at
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Albar Industries, Inc., a Lapeer area leader in the

automotive painting industry is currently accepting
applications for the following positions:
General Production - Requirements include the
ability to keep up with line speeds, capable of
performing repetitive motions, lifting, and operating
orbital sanders and buffers while maintaining
production rates.
Spray Painters Applicants must be able to
operate and maintain a paint spray gun, keep up
with line speeds, and be able to perform repetitive
motions for up to 8 hours per day.
Quality Inspectors Applicants must be able to
keep up with line speeds, perform repetitive
motions, lifting, and identify and distinguish colors
and defects.

Applicants must be able to use respiratory equipment

and practice proper safety procedures. Applicants
must be available to work any shift. We offer competitive wages and medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Interested candidates may apply in person at Albar
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fax (810) 667-2197, online at www.albar.com or by
email to hr@albar.com. For e-mail submissions, please
indicate job title (General Production, Quality
Inspector, or Spray Painter) in the subject line.
No phone calls please.

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Sports News

Van Dyk, MSU slam

Northwestern, 76-45
By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

IMLAY CITY Former

Imlay City High School and
St. Clair County Community
College standout Matt Van
Dyk reached the scoring column for Michigan State
University in its 76-45 road
triumph against Big Ten rival
Northwestern last Thursday.
There Michigan State
University used a 40-21
opening half advantage and a
36-24 second half edge to
emerge victorious.
Van Dyk, a junior,

accounted for a field goal

when he capitalized on a pass
from Marvin Clark Jr. The
rim-rattling dunk came with
nine seconds remaining.
He also drained a pair of
foul shots 1:29 from the finish.
In addition to that, Van
Dyk contributed one assist
and one steal to Michigan
State Universitys cause.
With
the
outcome,
Michigan State University
improved to 18-4 and 5-4.
Northwestern slipped to 15-7
and 3-6.

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$
MSRPNew
$34,990 Stk# L-15W247Wheels
New Year,29,931
2015 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Laredo 4x4

Scott Feehan
Sales

Bob Riehl

General Manager

New Wheels

Chris
Bob Byrnes
Riehl

New
Car Manager
Manager
General
Shannon
Lane

FRIENDS & FAMILY START-UPS DUE 289 /MO. 1,999 DOWN 202 /MO.
$

86

Sales

29

EMPLOYEE LEASE START-UPS DUE $23706/MO. $1,999 DOWN $14750/MO.

Chris
Byrnes
Tim Wilcox

New
Car Manager
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Manager

SPECIAL MODEL PRICING ON 2015s

2016
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Town SXT
Dodge
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Price
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Touring
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Tim Wilcox
John
Barton

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Guerra
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Truck

Sales

Commercial
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8.4 Touch Screen

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MSRP $23,795 Stk# L-15F019
EMPLOYEE SALE PRICE $14,991

23,964

Lionel Guerra

Commercial
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Tom Patten

Sales
Used Sales
Manager

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Brad
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Bob Lesko

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2016 Ram 1500
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Sales

Sale
Price
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Patriot Latitude 4x4
$
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$27,435

Stk#
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2015 Jeep Grand

Cherokee
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3.6L, V6

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Scott Feehan
Sales

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Stk#
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2015
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86

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29

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Stk# L-15S251
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& EMPLOYEE
Country Touring
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EMPLOYEE
LEASE
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John Barton

$
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Sale
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John Barton

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21,944

Brad Curtis
Sales

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79

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37

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79

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Ty Schmidt
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Keith Semaan
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27

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2016 Jeep
$
Sale
Price
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21,944
$
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FRIENDS & FAMILY DISCOUNT $27,454

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R/T AWD Unlimited
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Dodge
Jeep
Wrangler
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Mark Moody
Meredi
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Mark Moody
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MSRP
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Sales

Keith Semaan
Sales

EMPLOYEE LEASE START-UPS DUE $12676/MO. $1,999 DOWN $4309/MO.

Deb Ruth

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