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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
142nd Volume - Issue No. 21
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Never
forget
Memorial Day
events planned
around the area
on Monday
By Maria Brown
Photo by Neil Vermillion
Tri-City Times Assistant Editor
Thomas Murawsky (second from right) with fellow Sons of Liberty International team members in Iraq.
The good fight...

Capac native in volunteer group training locals in Iraq to fight ISIS
By Catherine Minolli
he feels a moral obligation to

help the people there.
hen the whistle blows at 5 Medically discharged after
oclock, most of us head
10 years in the Army a little
home to relax and unwind. But
more than a year ago, Murawsky
for Capac native Thomas
had been pursuing a career as a
Murawsky, home isthese days freelance photographer. Even so,
at least where his heart is.
something inside called him
The 29-year-old Army veter- back to war.
an is one of a few U.S. citizens
I felt like Istill had some
working in northern Iraq, trainfight left in me and wanted to
ing their citizen militias to battle use everything Ive learned in
ISIS for local control. At the
the military toward helping othmoment, Murawsky is calling
ers, he says. This was the way
Kurdistan his home.
to do it.
Hes a volunteer, working
Murawsky chose SOLI after
with Sons of Liberty
much research. Among the variInternational (SOLI), back in
ous volunteer organizations out
Iraq, a place he became all too
there, he felt SOLI was the most
intimately familiar with during
trustworthy.
his military career. Back because The organization was found-
Tri-City Times Editor
ed in 2014 by Matthew
VanDyke. The 36-year-old veteran of the Libyan Revolution and
former prisoner of war says the
deaths of journalists James Foley
and Steven Sotloff at the hands
of ISIS were the catalyst. SOLI
has no ties to the U.S. government, and is funded solely
through donations.
SOLI is the first security
contracting firm run as a nonprofit, VanDyke says. SOLI
provides free security consulting
and training services to vulnerable populations to enable them
to defend themselves against terrorist and insurgent groups.
These days, Murawsky and
his team are training and equipping Christian Assyrian and
Kurdish Peshmerga militias to

battle ISIS.
When ISIS came they had
no way of defending themselves, he says. They had next
to no military training or experience. So when Daesh (ISIS)
came to their towns they had no
choice but to flee and leave their
entire lives behind.
Murawsky says for the
Assyrian people, the battle isnt
about religion or politics. Its
much simpler than that.
They just want their homes
and lands back, he says. They
just want what was taken from
them to be able to defend themselves in the future. And thats
Fight page 14-A
With honor, at last
Area womans mission to honor her fathers WWII service accomplished

IMLAY CITY When it

comes time for Amy Bosmas
high school history class to host
area veterans for their annual
Veterans Honor Roll, regular
participants may notice a new
name on the list.
George Melvin Sanders, the
father of Goodland Township artist/nature photographer Sue Sam,
served in the U.S. Merchant
Marines during World War II.
For the longest time, Sanders,
and his fellow Merchant Marines,
were denied official Veterans
Status by the U.S. government.
Sanders served in 1944, and even
though he was not officially rec-
ognized as a WWII vet, he was

very supportive and respectful of
those who served. He passed
along that respect to his daughter.
He bought a poppy every
year explaining the importance of
this to me, Sue says.
Her father drove the point
home by reminding his family
not to judge a veteran if he was
physically disabled or acting in a
way that revealed his emotional
scars.
He said you never know
what that veteran went through,
Sue says. Thats how I developed a respect and honor for
those who served.
Even without the official
Veterans Status, George Sanders
kids revered his service docu-
never realizing that he had not

been honored for his service by
our country, Sue says. When
we brought the documents to
school, it was with warnings that
we were to be very careful with
them.
Quite a few years later, Sues
husband Joe brought home a
Dear Abby column the reverence for her fathers documents
and countrys reverence for his
service finally matched up.
The Dear Abby column discussed the lack of recognition for
George Melvin Sanders
Merchant Marines, and that they
1924-1983
had been awarded Veterans
ments and were proud of his time Status, Sue says. By the time
in the Merchant Marines.
this happened, my father had
When I was a child I used to
Honor page 14-A
take his stuff to Show and Tell,
TRI-CITY AREA Local

communities will remember the
men and women who served in the
military and those who made the
ultimate sacrifice for their country
during Memorial Day ceremonies
on Monday, May 30.
In Almont, American Legion
members will host their traditional
remembrance ceremony at Burley
Park, starting at 11 a.m.
The program will include
patriotic music, Memorial Day
speeches, a wreath-laying ceremony and a traditional gun salute.
Following the ceremony, all
attendees, including non-veterans,
are invited to the Legion Hall for
hot dogs, refreshments and social
time with friends, neighbors and
local veterans.
The Almont Legion Hall is
located on the south side of School
Memorial Day page 14-A
Boxey
steps
down
Longtime DDA
Director takes job
with MDARD
By Tom Wearing
Tri-City Times Staff Writer
ALMONT The Village of

Almont is losing one of its strongest advocates for business and
community development.
On Thursday, May 19, Nancy
Boxey, Almont Downtown
Development Authority Director,
announced she is stepping down
after nine years at the post.
She informed fellow DDA
Board members of her decision on
Thursday morning, to take effect
on June 2.
Boxey said she has accepted a
new full-time position with the
Michigan Department of
Agriculture and Rural
Development (MDARD).
This decision was a difficult
one and not taken lightly, said
Boxey. The past nine years serving in this role have been professionally and personally rewarding
and the relationships I have made
will stay with me for a lifetime.
Ihave enjoyed the diversity
and challenges that have been a
part of this position and feel honBoxey page 14-A
Crowned!
Constitution kids
Little Miss, Jr. Miss Blueberry

pageant a success in Imlay,
...see page 3-A
Almont Lions share liberty

pamphlets with youths,
...see page 6-A
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person in the 100 block of S.
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an harassment report in
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a dumping complaint in
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Hough Rd. in Berlin Twp. on
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Capac Rd. in Berlin Twp. on
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Rd. in Berlin Twp. on May 18
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roads in Mussey Twp. on
May 18
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report of a disorderly
person in the 14600 block of
Downey Rd. in Mussey Twp.
on May 19
a fraud complaint in the
100 block of N. Glassford St.
in Capac on May 19
the 5200 block of Cade Rd. in
Mussey Twp. on May 19
a property damage accident in the 3600 block of
Knoll Rd. in Mussey Twp. on
May 19
report of a fire in the 700
block of Capac Rd. in Berlin
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a civil matter in the
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report of a missing person in the 6900 block of Kelly
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alarm in the 100 block of N.
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Ava Nadrowski, Nevaeh Alessandrini emerge

as winners in Little Miss, Jr. Miss Blueberry event
By Maria Brown
Tiffany Guerrero said she

appreciated the chance to get to
know her fellow Little Miss
and travel to Lansing last summer for the Party @MI Place,
an event at the state capitol
celebrating Michigans fairs
and festivals.
Both 2015 winners had
the chance to each make one
last performance and took
their final walk just before
the 2016 Misses were named.
The 2016 contestants took
part in two group dances and
competed in the individual
talent and
question and
answer portion of the pageant. As for the talent contest
the girls did everything from
singing and dancing to storytelling and pom routines. Ava
put her storytelling talents on
display and Nevaeh impressed
the judges by her acapella
Little Miss 2015 Grace Sample crowns her successor, Ava Nadrowski, while Nevaeh Alessandrini
receives the Jr. Miss title and crown from last years
winner, Tiffany Guerrero.
Ann Hintz.
Pageant judges were
Brooke Milnes, Jennifer Bell,
Margaret Guerrero Deluca
and Shanelle Hintz.
Those who contributed to
the pageant included John and
Betty Cramer, the Imlay City
Chamber of Commerce, Jets
Pizza, Tri-City Times, Page
One Printing, Tianas Dollar
and Deals, American Tree,
Kroger, Heather Sample,
McDonalds,
Buccillis
Cakes, Imlay City High
School
Art
students:
Cheyenne Roy, Brooke
Johnson and Emma Auger
and sound booth volunteers
Cole Bosma and Yvonne
Wilson.
Ava, Nevaeh and all the
contestants will take part in
the Blueberry Festivals opening ceremonies on Friday,
July 22. Theyll also appear in
the festival parade on
Saturday, July 23.
Photo by Maria Brown
IMLAY CITY From a

field of 17 talented and
dynamic girls, Ava Nadrowski
was crowned Little Miss
Blueberry and Nevaeh
Alessandrini was named Jr.
Miss Blueberry 2016 during
Saturdays Pirate Princesses
pageant at the Imlay City
High School.
This is the second year
the pageant has crowned a
winner in two age divisions
with Little Miss contestants
ages 5-7 and Jr. Miss contestants ages 8-10. Passing on
their titles were Little Miss
2015 Grace Sample and Jr.
Miss Tiffany Guerrero.
Ava, a first grader at
Weston Elementary, is the
daughter of Heather Harvey
and
Chris
Nadrowski.
Nevaeh, the daughter of Vince
and Nichol Alessandrini, is a
fifth grader at Borland
Elementary.
In the Little Miss division,
Kayleigh Patrick was named
second runner up and Destiny
Alvarado was first runner up.
In the Jr. Miss contest, Zoe
Patrick was the second runner
up and Sophia Schipinski was
the first runner up.
Master of Ceremonies Kim
Jorgensen praised the girls for
their bravery to get up on stage
and take part in the pageant.
Now Ava and Nevaeh get
to represent Imlay City and its
signature Blueberry Festival,
slated for July 22-23, in the
community and beyond.
I really liked the parades,
Grace Sample said of her 2015
reign.
performance of Amazing
Grace. During the question
and answer portion, they
fielded a variety of questions
from Jorgensen like what they
wanted to be they grow up to
what theyd like to find in a
treasure chest
The other Little Miss contestants included Anastasia
McDonald, Jayden Chandler,
Cyrenna Schipinski, Rylee
Tyack and Alexis Hewelt. The
rest of the Jr. Miss field
included Kayleigh Clark,
Ellianna Tatro, Chloe Deloy,
Abigail Griewahn, Windy
Burns and Angelina Craig.
It was a pleasure to work
with all the girls. They were a
fun group of pirate princesses, said coordinator Lori
Campbell.
Members of the pageant
committee included Delores
Heim, Lori Soroka, Nicole
Sherman, Lorraine Filer, Kim
Jorgensen, Jennifer Bell, Joi
Kempf, Gwynn Hintz and
Pageant winners crowned
Little Miss Blueberry contestants and choreographers Carly Livingston and

Chelsey Zappella pose for a group photo at the conclusion of Saturdays 2016
pageant.
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IMLAY CITY LOCATION ONLY
Saturday, June 25th 8:30am to 11:30am
The 2016 Blueberry Court includes (l-r) Little Miss second runner-up Kayleigh
Patrick, first runner-up Destiny Alvarado, Little Miss Ava Nadrowski, Jr. Miss
Nevaeh Alessandrini, first runner-up Sophia Schipinski and second runner-up
Zoe Patrick.
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Free rose for

Memorial Day
WE
SALUTE
THE
MEN &
WOMEN
OF OUR
MILITARY
During Memorial Day,

we celebrate the men
and women of the Armed
Forces of the United States
for their sacrifice, courage
and dedication to this
country. Throughout our
nations history, those who
have answered the call of duty
deserve our recognition and our
thanks. We respect the sacrifices
their families have made,
and remember with gratitude
those who have lost their lives
defending this great nation.
TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED AND

CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY,
WE THANK YOU!
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IMLAY CITY Beth

Fromwiller wants to make it
easier for area residents to
honor those who served on
Memorial Day.
The owner of Creations
Floral at 130 E. Third Street,
and a member of the
Downtown
Development
Authority Board, Fromwiller
enjoys being a part of the business community, and supporting Imlay City as a whole.
The latest in those efforts
is a free rose for anyone who
wants to place it on the grave
of a veteran on Memorial
Daywhich is Monday, May
30.
From 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. this
Friday, May 27, and 9 a.m.-2
p.m. on Saturday, May 28,
visitors can stop in Creations
Floral to pick up a rose at no
charge.
Fromwiller says shes
making the offer to show her
support and appreciation for
those who have served in the
U.S. military.
Im happy to help in honoring those that have served
our country, Fromwiller says.
Photo by Catherine Minolli
Beth Fromwiller, owner of Creations Floral in

downtown Imlay City, is ready to hand out a free
rose this Friday and Saturday to those who wish
to place one on a veteran's grave.
My grandmother was a nurse
in the Army in the 1940s, and
our family has always been
proud of her accomplishments.
Fromwiller says the rose
giveaway is another opportu-
nity to remember the personal

sacrifices of those who have
served.
For more information call
Creations Floral at 810-7241312 or visit facebook.com/
creationsfloral.
Imlay residents rally to

fight heroin & opioids
HOPEColor Run & educational

program is Saturday, May 28th
four deaths since the beginning of the year.

She describes heroin as
IMLAYCITY
having become the preferred
Residents with a stake in the high for Lapeer County chilcommunitys health are urged
to join in Saturdays (May 28)
H.O.P.E. Color Run from "Parents need to
10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Imlay
City Middle School.
know the signs
Check-in time for the
of drug use, so
Color Run is 9 a.m. at the
Weston Elementary soccer
they can act
fields.
Co-sponsored by Lapeer
quickly."
Countys Families Against
Narcotics and Help Color
--Jessica
Our
Community
With
HOPE, the event is designed
Waldeck,
to alert and educate commucoordinator
nity members about the dangers of heroin and opiate use.
Color Run coordinator
Jessica Waldeck says it is dren as young as 13 and 14
imperative that parents, years old.
grandparents and all con- Shared responsibilities
cerned residents become Waldeck believes that
informed of the growing well-educated and vigilant
scourge of heroin and opioid parents are the key to getting
use among young people in a handle on the continuing
Lapeer County.
heroin and opioid epidemic in
Waldeck says easy access the local community.
and the relatively low cost for Parents need to know the
such drugs contributes to the signs of drug use, so they can
problem, which has resulted act quickly, says Waldeck.
in numerous overdoses and Their involvement is critical
By Tom Wearing
and young lives are at stake.

She also believes there is
a need for greater vigilance
within the medical community to help minimize addiction
to opioids.
Waldeck says pain-killing
drugs such as percoset, norco,
oxycodone and fentnyl, are
nearly always prescribed by a
doctor.
Guest speakers
A number of guest speakers will be on hand Saturday
to offer their suggestions and
advice for ridding local communities of heroin and opiates.
They include: Imlay City
Police Chief Scott Pike;
Families Against Narcotics
(FAN) vice president Tina
Dinnan, a sobriety enthusiast,
Aliexa Evans; and parent Don
Thomas, who lost his son to a
heroin overdose.
There will be $30 registration fee for those wishing
to take part in the H.O.P.E.
Color Run; with all funds
raised going to community
efforts to fight addiction.
Color Run participants
will receive a t-shirt, bag of
color and a vow bracelet.

For questions, more
information or to make a
donation to the cause, call
Jessica Waldeck at 810-6271087.
Woman not injured in explosion

By Maria Brown
LYNN
TWP.
Miraculously, a Turner Road

resident was not injured when
an explosion occurred at her
home on May 12.
According to Mussey
Twp. Fire Chief Jeff
Kegler, his department
was called to the home in
the 14000 block around
10:15 p.m. and when he
arrived on scene, the
structure was fully engulfed
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in flames.
An investigation revealed
there was the presence of gas
in the homes basement but
its not known where it was
coming from.
She is lucky she lived,
Kegler said.
Mussey Twp. was assist-
ed on scene by firefighters
from
Brockway
Twp.
Emergency personnel were
on scene for five hours.
The home was destroyed
in the blast and the owner
planned to stay with family.
Kegler said the incident
remains under investigation.
Free Diabetic Education Program

TRI-CITY AREA The Loving Hands Clinic will
be presenting a free Diabetic Education Program which
consists of five class sessions, with each session covering
a different subject. Classes will be held at the Loving
Hands Clinic on Monday and Wednesday evenings from
6-8 p.m. Each class is structured upon information presented during the previous class. Interested individuals
will not be able to register for the classes after the first
class has ended. Exceptions will be on an individual
basis. Classes will be held on June 15, 20, 22, 27, and
Monday, June 29 at the Clinic, 148 Maple Grove Road,
Lapeer. The program is available to any diabetic patient
who lives in Lapeer County. A family member or a caregiver is welcome to attend with the patient. Pre-registration
is required. Contact the Clinic at 810-667-8933.
Imlay thespians to take stage

By Maria Brown
form and students will interpret some of the more difficult passages.
This is a school and age
appropriate
version
of
Shakespeare's classic A
Midsummer Nights Dream
for people of all ages,she
said.
Its also interesting and
comical by the way that the
students interact with the
characters.
The students in the play
work to understand the bards
characterization of men and
women and relevance to society today.
IMLAY CITY Its two

plays in one when Imlay City
High School thespians take
the stage tonight, May 25, for
their production of A
Midsummer Nights Midterm.
Shakespeares
A
Midsummer Nights Dream
comes to life when a group of
high school students gather to
cram for a midterm about the
well known play.
Drama teacher Stacey
Abromaitis said the audience
will hear the story in the original style but in a condensed
Early deadlines for June 1 issue

IMLAY CITY In observance of Memorial Day,
the Tri-City Times offices will be closed on Monday, May
30. Any announcements, advertisements, legal notices,
letters, guest columns and editorial content for the June 1,
2016 edition must be received by 4 p.m. on Friday, May
27. The Times offices will re-open at 8 a.m. on Tuesday,
May 31. For questions or more information contact
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I am so proud of my students for choosing this play!

The attraction to this script
was the combination of
Shakespearean and modern
elements as well as the play
within a play concept,
Abromaitis said.
She notes that the cast and
crew for this spring play has a
unique blend of new and seasoned players.
This production will be
the last for four seniors
whove been in the drama
class for three yearsDarrien
Collison, Avery Janiga,
Ericka Lathrop, and Ronny
Youngbut its only the second play for 20 of the 33 students on the cast list.
It has been a delight to
watch all of my students grow
as we prepare for this play. I
think the audience will surely
enjoy it, Abromaitis.
The play is authored by
Robert W. LaVohn and is
being produced by special
Photo by Stacey Abromaitis
Midsummer Nights Midterm on tap this evening
Imlay City High School drama students will make Shakespeares classic tale
come to life, with a twist, when they present A Midsummer Nights Midterm.
arrangement with Pioneer
Drama Service, Inc., Denver,
CO.
The cast and crew include:
Darrien Collison, Student
Director; Rocky Bryant,
Student Director for Technical
and Stage.
Lights and Sound: Sam
Cowell, Bridnely Melendez,
Eric Pawlaczyk.
Stage: Chafin McKeehan,
Maisyn McKinney.
Faeries: Damari Aguilar,
Savanna Grogan, Ashlee
Tallis, Riley Trombley,
Cameron Vaubel.
Players: Jessica Bigger,

Craig Forsyth, Laken Hoody,
Sam Morocco, Allison
Sample, Cody Sich.
Egeus: Joshua Evard,
Philostrate: Elena Guerrero,
Theseus: Ronny Young,
Hippolyta: Kaylee Keeley,
Oberon: Marcus Aguinaga,
Titania: Avery Janiga, Puck:
Nicole Weiss, Helena: Alice
Erman, Demetrius: Mitchell
Job, Hermia: Cheyenne Roy,

Lysander: Colton Ruhlman,.
Students:
Hailey
Campbell, Ericka Lathrop,
Hailey Moenaert, Hannah
VanKersen.
The play begins at 7 p.m.
in the high school auditoria.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $2
for students K-12 and senior
citizens and children under 5
are free.
Noffert
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IMLAY CITY
Meet with Rep. Howell this Friday
Thank you to all our

No Cavity Bowling participants.
Discovery Day in Dryden
We had a great afternoon.

Keep on brushing and flossing!
IMLAYCITY State Rep. Gary Howell (R-North

Branch) will host office hours this Friday, May 27 from
9:30-11 a.m. at the Imlay City Big Boy, located at 1949 S.
Cedar St. (Van Dyke). Anyone interested in discussion
issues or concerned with Howell is welcome to attend; no
appointment necessary. Later, Howell will meet with constituents at Hungry Dans restaurant, 195 W. Genesee St.,
Lapeer from 2:30-4 p.m. Those unable to attend may
contact Howell at 517-373-1800 or by email to
GaryHowell@house.mi.gov.
DRYDEN Dryden Elementary School invites

the public to their Discovery Day event on Wednesday,
June 1.
From 4-7 p.m., students will put their school year
accomplishments on display including a Kindergarten
through 6th grade art show, science fair project and a wax
museum, presented by third and fourth graders. Everyone
can enjoy an ice cream sundae bar too.
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strong constitution can be
beneficial to an individual
and to a nation founded on
democratic principles.
In Almont, Lions Club
members want to ensure that
middle school students fully
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rights as laid out in the U.S.
Constitution.
On Monday afternoon,
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Pat Ohlert and Delores
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Liberty Day booklets containing both the U.S.
Constitution and Declaration
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Tappen and Angie Ferman,
who have been delving into
elements of the Constitution
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booklets, Wagester delivered
a short speech to the students
who were assembled beneath
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front of the middle school.
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greatest nation the world has
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Please accept these
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Reserve seat for tour

of National Cemetery
By Tom Wearing
Website photo
LAPEER COUNTY
The popular Lunch and
Learn Workshop series will
hit the road Tuesday, June 14
for a tour of the Great Lakes
National Cemetery in Holly.
Sponsored by a grant
from the United Way of
Lapeer and the Lapeer County
Veterans Affairs (LCVA)

office, the bus tour will depart
the Lapeer American Legion
Post 16 at 10 a.m. and return
by 1:30 p.m.
Many, many veterans
and their spouses have said
they didnt realize theyre
entitled to burial benefits,"
said Edward L. Ronders,
LCVA director. And many,
many veterans and their
Gateway to Great Lakes National Cemetery in

Holly.
dependents have not seen this

beautiful facility where our
heroes are laid to rest.
Ronders said the cemetery has space available to
accommodate casketed and
in-ground burial of cremated
remains. Cremated remains
may be placed in the above
ground columbarium wall.
Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members
of the armed forces who have
met a minimum active duty
service requirement and were
discharged under conditions
other than dishonorable.
A Veterans spouse,
widow or widower, minor
dependent children, and under
certain conditions, unmarried
adult children with disabilities; may also be eligible for
burial.
Eligible spouses and children may be buried even if
they predecease the Veteran.
Members of the reserve
components of the armed
forces who die while on active
duty or who die while on
training duty, or were eligible
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United Way, Lapeer County VA plan June 14 event
Area residents have an opportunity to take a tour of Great Lakes National

Cemetery on Tuesday, June 14, by reserving a spot on Lapeer VAs bus.
for retired pay, may also be There is limited seating and es are eligible for the tour. To
eligible for burial.
reservations are required.
reserve a seat, call 810-667 This program follows Veterans and their spous- 0256.
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for this year, which is
Financial Stability for
Veterans, Ronders said.
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Pool opens on Saturday

Alvin Norlin pool resurfaced, bright, new fencing added
IMLAYCITY When
the Alvin Norlin Memorial
swimming pool reopens on
Saturday, May 28, visitors
will be greeted by some significant upgrades.
Constructed in 1992, the
community pool will reopen
for the season on Memorial
Day weekend, with a special
open swim starting at 2 p.m.
City Manager Tom Youatt
said the pool was recently
drained for the purpose of
removing the old plaster and
resurfacing with 3/8-inch
marbellite pool plaster.
Upgrades were also made
to the pools tile and expansion joints, said Youatt, making it good to go for the
upcoming swim season.
The improvements were
completed at a cost of $20,189
by Johnsons Pool and
Supplies of Flushing.
Most noticeable to visi-
tors, however, will be the

addition of brand-new white
PCV privacy fencing surrounding the pool.
The new fencing, recently
installed by Michigan Fence
Company, will cost the city
$10,624 and replaces the former chain link fence, much of
which was damaged in a
recent vehicle accident.
The costs of the new fencing are expected to be offset
somewhat, when the city
receives insurance compensation for the damage incurred
during the crash.
These improvements are
making a huge improvement
in the pools appearance and
will help extend its life, said
Youatt. I expect our residents
and visitors will greatly appreciate the new look and the
privacy fencing.
Our swimming pool is a
huge asset to the community,
he continued. We expect
these improvements will
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Imlay Citys Alvin Norlin Memorial Pool has a new

look for this Saturdays (May 28) opening.
tinue to provide great recreational opportunities for our
residents and visitors.
The pool will be open
only on weekends until Friday,
June 17, after which the pools
regular summer schedule to
include daily swim lessons, a
water aerobics program on
Mondays and Wednesdays,
and lap swims made available

on request.
For questions or more
information about the Alvin
Norlin Memorial Pool, call
810-724-POOL(724-7665).
The pool is located on the
north side of the Lamb-Steele
property, next to the city water
tower.
that would generate between

$450,000 to $500,000 per
year.
Dennis said the districts
project list is a long one that
needs to be tackled.
There are a meat and
potatoes stuff that we need to
move on, he said of needed
sidewalk and parking lot
repairs, replacement of catch
basins, doors, windows, fire
panels and more.
If voters approve such a
request, the first years funds
would be available for summer 2017 projects, he added.
President Sharon Muir
said that with just $252,000
budgeted each year for building and grounds projects its
been difficult for Imlay City
Schools to stay on top of
longstanding projects.
In other meeting matters:
Members
approved
spending $48,405 to purchase
150 marching band uniforms
and accessories.
Adopted a resolution in
support of a new county-wide
finance and human resources
software program that will
see the district saving around
$4,000 in the first year.
Members voted to keep
the districts millage rate at 7
mills and reduced their operating millage rate from 18 to
17.9856 as required by the
Headlee Amendment.
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IMLAY CITY The

school board is considering
placing a sinking fund request
on the November 2015 ballot.
At Mondays board meeting, Vice President Greg

Dennis, who chairs the building and grounds committee,
said theyve yet to finalize
their plans but are eyeing a
four-year, 1.25 mill proposal
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Time time to honor

veterans this weekend
ts difficult to like the words war and holiday, unless, of course, the holiday is to
celebrate the end of all wars.
Memorial Day is a holiday for most of us,
but wars rage on. It provides a weekend to
catch up on some chores, picnic with family
and friends, take a short road trip or simply
take a break from work.
For thousands of troops still stationed overseas, Monday will not even remotely resemble
a holiday. For families whove lost a loved one
in current wars and all past conflicts, the holiday will be a somber one indeed. Twenty-four
more hours to remember those who paid the
ultimate price in wars created for purposes that
are not always clear, but are always costly in
human lives and suffering.
Regardless of ones opinion about the seemingly never-ending conflicts in the Middle
East, or the reason for engaging in those conflicts, it is fitting that those of us on American
soil take at least a moment to reflect on the
true purpose of this holiday; that we come
together as brothers and sisters in the family of
humanity and remember those who served and
died. And honor those who continue to serve
today.
Events planned in each of the Tri-City area
communities make it easy to show gratitude
and remembrance. The parades and ceremonies
dont take much time, and are always emotionally moving and memorable. You see the faces
of those who served, and hear the names of
those who arent there to remember.
Take time on Monday to connect with local
and national history and commemorate a holiday for its intended purpose: to honor and
express gratitude for those who gave their lives
for our country; for us.
Did you thank the

Veterans of Foreign Wars veterans for doing their jobs
when they were on active
duty (and after they were
retired/discharged too?) They
kept on keeping the U.S.A.
safe from all foreign and
domestic powers, those who
would try to do harm.
From May 5-7, the VFW
Buddy Poppy Drive was
going on. By giving a donation to the Poppy Drive, you
did just that. You said Thank
you for doing your job. By
donating to the VFW, you
just showed support to our
brothers and sisters in the
United States Armed and
Uniformed services.
Here is one of the reasons
the VFW hosts the annual
Buddy Poppy Drive. It is
about a poem that was written
by Lt. Col. John McCrae of
the Canadian Armed Forces
during World War I:
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the
poppies blow
Between the crosses, row
on row,
That mark our place; and
in the sky
The larks, still bravely
singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the
guns below.
We are the Dead. Short
days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw
sunset glow,
Loved and were loved,
and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up your quarrel with
the foe:
To you from failing hands
we throw
The torch; be yours to
hold it high.
If ye break faith with us
who die
We shall not sleep, though
poppies grow
In Flanders fields...
The VFW and VFW
Auxiliary uses the money collected in the Buddy Poppy
Drive to help veterans and

their families that are in need.
We do what we can to help
veterans of all of the armed/
uniformed forces of the
U.S.A. The men and women
of VFW Post 2492 say thank
you to the public for what you
did to make this campaign a
great success this year.
We look forward to our
next Buddy Poppy Drive in
May of 2017. Thank you
again for a job well done.
Very respectfully,
Ronald J. Kazmierczak
Post Chaplain
Post Public Affairs Officer
VFW Post 2492
Imlay City
IC elementary students donate to library

The Ruth Hughes Library
would like to express its gratitude to the students at Weston
and Borland Elementary
Schools, who recently donated $981.57 raised through
their Pennies for Pages program during March is
Reading Month. The students

read more than 9,815 pages,
and the funds they raised will
purchase many books, movies, audiobooks, and CDs for
the childrens area at the
library.
Each item purchased with
this donation will have a spe- staff and parents who orgacial sticker on it so everyone nized and ran this great fundelse who borrows it will know raiser.
it came from these students
Sincerely,
and their generous donation.
Tracy Aldrich
Thank you again from everyDirector
one at the library to all the
Ruth Hughes Library
students who read and the
Imlay City
Wait and see before making judgment

This is in response to
Carolyn Medlands letter
that appeared in last
weeks issue of the Tri-City
Times.
Complaining that Gov.
Snyder showed up when the
President came to Flint is
unnecessary. First, its part
of his job and Im sure you
would have complained
more if he had not showed
up. So, before you judge I
think its only fair to give
the governor a chance to
make this right.
I dont believe it was
deliberate like you state.
Casino trip
thank yous
The American Legion
Post 479 would like to thank
all of the gamblers that went
to Soaring Eagle Casino on
our recent trip. Thanks also
to the business people who
donated to the trip. It was a
great success.
Sincerely,
Dick Bowman
Almont American Legion
Almont
Once again you are quick to

judge stating that he purposely destroyed lives to
balance a budget. If that was
the case he could have taken
the easy way out and
resigned. I am happy he is
staying to fix the mess and I
will wait to see what he does
or does not do, before I
make any judgment. A n d
you seem quick to judge that
all Republicans would do
the same and not look into
our face and deal with the
problem. Well why dont
you judge the Democrats as
harshly, when they purpose-
ly cover-up the problem and

look into our face and lie!
Health carenever could
have kept your doctor; IRS
scandalnever did get to
the bottom of it and solve it.
Benghazinever was a
video. They seem to lack
honest, responsible and caring governing too.
Sandy John
Allenton
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Editors note: The following guest column was written

by my nephew, David Adams.
A gifted writer, David earned
his journalism degree from
Tampa University and is currently working on a Masters
in Finance. This piece was
first published in the May 25,
2013 issue of the Tampa Bay
Times, and is reprinted here
with permission.
s a youngster growing
up in northeast Ohio, I
loved the sights, smells and
sounds of Memorial Day. But
more importantly, I could
reel off the true meaning of
the day as easily as I could
recite the Apostles Creed
during Mass, which, for an
Italian Catholic kid, better be
second nature.
In singsong rhythm I
could repeat: Memorial Day
is when we honor soldiers
who have fallen in defense of
our nation, those brave men
and women who have given
the ultimate sacrifice to
ensure freedom and prosperity for the United States.
From a young age, I was
taught that sacrificing your
life for your country was the
most honorable thing anyone
could do. Then I went to war.
I served two tours in
Iraq. Now Im a 26-year-old
ex-infantryman with combat
five years behind me. And I
wonder: What is the true
meaning of Memorial Day?

And why do we fight?
I was in the Army more
than five years, and I spent
more than half my time overseas as an infantry soldier in
the 101st Airborne Division.
In 2005, my brigade
deployed to the northern oil
hub of Kirkuk where I served
12 months, returning to Fort
Campbell in September
2006. Less than a year later
we were sent back, this time
we spent 15 months in
Samarra, which lies near the
center of the so-called Sunni
Triangle.
While in Iraq, my platoon cleared routes, patrolled
cities and villages, conducted
raids on suspected enemy
homes, guarded oil facilities
and watched over pharmaceutical distributors. All of
these missions were carried
out, so we were told, in the
defense of freedom. I knew
men who were wounded,
some severely. I personally
knew a few who were killed.

I saw men changed permanently. I know I was.
As a young soldier, I
began the fight believing in
the mission to my very core.
We were in Iraq because
Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
After the WMD claims dissolved, I fought to stabilize
the region and get rid of the
al-Qaida insurgency in Iraq.
Like many other
American soldiers and civilians, I was manipulated into
believing that Osama bin
Laden and Saddam Hussein
were interchangeable enemies, both guilty of the same
thing. Each of us had our
rationalization for fighting,
our own personal excuse for
being in the war. When I
realized that much of the
fighting resulted from our
very presence in the country,
I clung to my Catholic faith.
Catholicism helped me
cope with my involvement in
Iraq in different ways. It was
a comfort for me, especially
during the hard times, and
gave me a reason to stay in
the fight. I began to fight to
convert people to my belief
system, and would discuss
the differences between
Christianity and Islam with
my interpreter, an Iraqi
national, and any other Iraqi
civilian who would listen.
I kept laminated prayer
cards, depicting Gabriel, St.

Michael, the pope and a crusaders cross, in my utility
pocket. For me, the fight
became a holy one, a sort of
modern crusade. A myriad of
reasons, rationalizations,
excuses.
But then I finally admitted the truth to myself. I was
fighting so that the United
States could ensure its interests in the region whether it
was oil, strategic troop placement or finding an additional
ally in the Middle Eastor a
combination of them all. And
you might think I became
disillusioned. While it is true
that I am no longer religious,
I did not allow my time overseas to have a negative
impact on my life. I have
come to terms with my service in Iraq and realized that
fighting for economic interests, while not as ennobling
as fighting for freedom, actually protects the American
way of life in its own fashion. In retrospect, we
shouldnt have gone to Iraq,
but once we were there, we
had little choice but to complete the mission.
Regardless of how the
American public feels about
the war in Iraq, maintaining
our standard of living sometimes comes at a high cost.
War, and other subtler military moves, must be made in
order for our nation to
Photo Provided
Finding the meaning of Memorial Day
Writer David Adams on patrol during one of two

tours of duty in Iraq.
remain in contention as a
world superpower and
maintain the prosperity we
have enjoyed for the last
century.
What makes the difference is how we commemorate the men and women who
have died to protect our prosperity.
Military service in Iraq
has made me question how
we should remember those
who have died, as well as
those who live with the scars
of war. I believe that
Memorial Day should serve
as a lesson to our children
about the true cost of war
the cost beyond the trillions
of dollars, the price paid by
families and friends who try
to help a soldier with severe
PTSD sleep through the
night, the mothers who are
forced to arrange a burial for
a soldier killed in combat.
Our military ensures the

American way of life that so
many of us take for granted.
Celebrating our nations
unique living conditions with
a barbecue, boat ride or trip
to the pool is great, but
remember what these luxuries cost and pass that knowledge on to your children. Let
them know the reality of war.
For me, it meant that some
men that I served with would
never come home.
Im not saying that people shouldnt celebrate; by all
means fire up the grills and
get your children layered in
sunblock for the beach. But,
even if only for a moment,
pause Monday and imagine
what the families of wounded
and fallen soldiers are doing,
and make Memorial Day
count.
Email Catherine at
cminolli@pageone-inc.com.
All the Liblong day..
Photo provided
Theyre shopping. The

President hollered back, I
need to
shop, too.
Get a car
and take
me there.
LBJ put on
a trench
coat over
his PJs and
went shop- Rick Liblong
ping with
Hill.
Imagine the surprise of the
Air Force Base personnel at
seeing their Commander-inChief shopping at midnight
while wearing his pajamas.
As you might expect,
Agent Hill has many, many
other stories of Presidential
history, some quite humorous. He spent lots of time on
the golf course with
President Eisenhower, for
example. I had a bag with a
couple of clubs in itand a
.30 caliber rifle.
Fortunately, he never
used either.
Once JFKs sailboat got
stuck on some rocks in
Hyannis Port and Hill
jumped in the water to free
the boat. He freed the boat
but slipped on a rock and
very nearly ruined an
important part of my anato-
Clint Hill and co-author Lisa McCubbin signing

after the event.
my! he said with a grin.

He described how Elvis
Presley showed up at the
White House, unannounced,
to see President Nixon and
asked to be named a Federal
Agent. They gave him a
badge as an honorary
agent.
Hill had tea with Mrs.
Truman at her home in
Independence, Missouri. Vice
President Agnew visited his
mom in North Dakota.
When Gerald Ford became
President, he and Hill were
neighbors in Alexandria,
Virginia and their sons were
classmates in high school. He
told of how President Ford,
before moving into the White
House, would come to the
door in his pajamas to get his
newspaper and then fix his
own breakfast.
One of the things all
Presidents had in common,
he said, was a large ego.
In 1975 because of the
stress, Hill failed his annual
physical and was forced to
retire at age 43. Life after
that was not kind to him.
That dreadful day in Dallas
haunted him every day and
night for years and he started
drinking. Fortunately, after
returning to Dealey Plaza in
Dallas in 1990, he was finally able to free himself from
the demons and realize that
he, and the Secret Service,
had done the best they could
and, given the circumstances,
there was nothing he could
have done differently to save
President Kennedy.
During the question and
answer session following
Hills presentation, a man
asked about the shot that
came from the front. Hill
shot back, There was NO
shot from the front! When
the man persisted, Hill
yelled, Were you there? You
werent there. I WAS! There

was no shot from the front!
The audience applauded him
for his adamant answer.
I asked him about the
sequence of shots. The
Warren Commission concluded that there were three
shots, all fired by Lee
Harvey Oswalds rifle from
the sixth floor window of the
Texas School Book
Depository Building. They
said that the first shot hit
both President Kennedy and
Gov. John Connally, the second shot missed and the third
shot killed the President.
Hill told me that he agreed
with all of that except I
dont believe the magic bullet theory. I think, as did the
Governor and Mrs. Connally,
that the second shot hit Gov.
Connally separately. No shot
missed.
I said, Clint, was there
time for Oswald to fire two
shots, operating the boltaction in that amount of
time?
There was plenty of
time. Theyve proven that.
I totally disagree but
didnt want to argue with
him. As he said, I wasnt
there. He was.
Today, Hill says, my
life is once again filled
with friends and love. Im
closer to my sons and grandchildren than ever before.
Its wonderful to be alive
again.
It was an honor to meet
Agent Hill after all these
years. Im glad he has been
able to share his story with
all of us and that these details
were not lost to history. I
urge all of you to read the
books mentioned if you want
to know about what really
happened in Dallas that day
and what it was like to provide protection for five
Historical society wants to hear from you

Editors note: The following guest column was written
by longtime area resident
James R. Wade Sr. Wade is
the President of the Almont
Community Historical
Society, and can be found on
Saturdays at the museum
downtown.
irst, Iwant to thank Eric
Flinn for his wonderful
letter to the editor regarding
the last use of the Duggan
Welding building in Almont.
It is exactly these types of
stories that I wish to collect
to help preserve the history
of Almont. When I get all of
the materials to write the
story of that building, Mr.
Flinns information will be a
fitting end to the story.
Second, Rick Liblongs
column about using the Terry
and Farley memoirs to write
his articles about their families struck a chord with me.
Rick and I email on a somewhat regular basis, and in
one of those emails he said
he envied me the opportunity
to review the materials in the
museum. Rick is right. I have
found a number of extremely
interesting items.
I found an issue of The

Quill from 1922. In 1922,
The Quill was the name of
the Almont High School
yearbook. I have digitized
and printed this book so it
can now be viewed by anyone who comes to the museum. Inside I found the graduation picture of my fifth
grade teacher, Miss Gildreth
Glover. I also found the graduation picture of Floyd Sam
Park, Gertie Park Brooks
brother. It was great to finally put a face to the person
who Ihave read about on so
many occasions in Gerties
Country Cousin column.
I found a set of newspaper clippings from the
Almont Times-Herald, written weekly between July
1940 and January 1942. The
column was entitled Teen
Age Chatter by Betsy. Betsy
is Betsy Shoemaker Murphy,
General Robert Shoemakers
older sister and one of my
mothers best friends. They
went into the service together. This was a teenage gossip
column, which detailed the
dating habits and activities of
the teenagers in Almont.
Paraphrasing one of the

items, Joe and Sue went to
Romeo to a dance. Wonder
what Steve thinks about
that? Reading about my
mothers and uncles dates
and activities was a really
unsettling experience. These
clippings have also been digitized and are available to be
viewed.
I have also found family
histories and genealogies
(Patons from 1905); numerous photos of homes and
businesses; newspapers from
as far back as the 1890s, and
much more.
At the end of Ricks column regarding memoirs, he
suggests that maybe you
can donate copies of your
memoirs to your local library
or historical society. I totally agree. Beginning Sat.,
June 11, I will be in the
museum from 1-4 p.m. every
Saturday, and will gladly
accept copies of your memoirs. If you cannot make a
copy, please bring it in and
Iwill get the materials digitized and printed for public
use. I will treat your materials with the utmost respect
and care and return them to

you. It is not just memoirs
that Im looking for. If you
have family histories or
genealogies, I want them. If
you have photos of people,
homes, businesses or events,
I want them. I am missing
Almont High School yearbooks for the years 1953,
1961, 1963, 1968, 1972 and
then almost every year from
1975 on. I would love to
have these. I have already
begun asking individuals to
write biographical sketches
of their families, which
include photos, in effect writing their memoirs.
The Almont Community
Historical Society is in the
process of making the materials we have more accessible, and wants to expand the
collection of materials to be
able to preserve the history
and heritage of our community. We need your help.
Come join us at our next
regularly scheduled meeting
on Monday, June 13 at 7
p.m. when we will be
working on identifying
photos of the historic homes
in town.
Less about facts of life than perspective

M
ore and more it is

becoming clear to me
that the journey is less about
the facts of life than it is
about the perspective. And
since this column is, after all,
called Perspectives, Ill
choose this little interchange
from a chock-full week to
share with you.
My little sister and her
husband from Pella (Iowa)
were in the Grand Rapids
area for the week because
their granddaughters had
concerts on Monday,
Tuesday, and Saturday. Their
daughter-in-law was chaperoning a field trip in between,
so the idea was born for
them to spend a couple of
days here. In my sister's
words, When we come to
Michigan, our car usually
stops on that side of the state.
But this time it came the rest
of the way to your house.
I totally get that. I know
how that works. So I was
thrilled
that we
would get
to see
them.
And
hows
your book
coming?
she tacked
on to the
conversa
tion when
she called
to invite herself.
Did I remember to mention that she was the one to
bring her laptop over to my
parents when I started to
record their history three
years ago? Or was it four?
Shes the one who coached
me, who encouraged me,
who prodded me through the
process of writing a little
book about our dad when he
started sharing little anecdotes.
Shed known I had hit a
snagwas having trouble

getting it to come together.
We agreed that when she got
here part of what we would
be doing was to get past that
roadblock.
We had fun doing that.
As we talked, I shared that I
wished I had had more time
to get everyone elses
inputthat most of what I
had was from my memories
and that I was sure the people whod lived near them
had way more stories to
share than I didthat I had
been gone for more than 50
years by now.
She laughed as she
remembered an incident
not about Dad, but about one
of the first times Mike had
come to Iowa. He only came
to Iowa with me once before
we were married, other than
the week of our wedding, so
Im fairly sure it was one of
those two times. I was 22, so
she must have just turned 11.
Heres the story from her

perspective.
This really tall older guy
from Michigan took us to
Dairy Queen for 25-cent ice
cream cones. They were
HUGE! We got to our road
and he threw his cone out the
window. Can YOU believe
THAT? I didnt really like
ice cream that much, and
here I was struggling through
the ice cream to get to the
cone, because thats the part I
liked. And he threw HIS
away!
I chuckled. I also have
been mulling over it since
then. A couple days later we
saw an old car. To me, it was
an old car. To tell you the
truth, I really hadnt seen it,
let alone paid any attention
to it. White 65 Chevy,
observed Mike. Used to
have one like that. Only mine
wasnt a hard-top.

Willene page 12-A
Clint Hill protecting the unpredictable President

Lyndon B. Johnson.
Photo provided
Editors note: This is the

second in a series of interviews with Clint Hill, one of
the Secret Service Agents on
duty when President John F.
Kennedy was assassinated.
Part I appeared in the May
18, 2016 edition.
fter Dallas, Mr. Hill
stayed with Mrs.
Kennedy for a while but was
then transferred to President
Lyndon Johnsons detail.
LBJ came to greatly admire
and respect the agent. Hill
shared quite a few stories of
the unpredictable LBJ with
us.
He described how during
a long overseas trip, while
Air Force One was refueling
in the Azores for the final
flight home on Christmas
Eve, LBJ was sound asleep.
Since none of the staff had
had time to do any Christmas
shopping, the Base Exchange
store stayed open for them
and late at night they went
shopping.
Hill said he was stationed
at the bottom of the stairs of
the plane when he heard that
distinctive Texas accent at
the door of the plane yell,
Clint, where is everybody?
LBJ was in his pajamas.
Its Christmas Eve, Mr.
President, Hill said.
Photo provided
Clint Hill, Secret Service Agent Part II
Hill (right, holding hat) with President Eisenhower.

Presidents. Find out more at
www.clinthillsecretservice.
com
By the way, he said he
would become a Secret
Service agent again if theyd

let him. Thank you for your
incredible service, Clint Hill.
Email Rick at
rick.liblong@cox.net.
Where we
come from
ell, it finally happened. A girlfriend

once said she broke down
and cried when it first happened to
her. Me? I
coached
myself
when I
walked
out of
Macys, a
bag in
each hand.
Focus.
Youve
always
found
your car.
This time, however, I
forgot to make a mental
note of the marker when I
parked at the aisles end. No
problem. After sitting all
day in a remarkable writing
conference, I was up for
strolling the concrete maze
filled with waiting automobiles.
The more I scanned the
aisles with no sight of my
car, the twinge of fear crept
into my mind, Mom fading
away with Alzheimers.
Unfamiliar with the layout
of parking levels, I became
disoriented and at last
kissed my pride good-bye.
Excuse me, young
man, I said to a security
officer. Ive lost my car.
Follow me.
He exchanged some
directions with another
young man who sat at the
wheel of a huge, shiny SUV.
Do I just climb in? I
asked.
He cleaned the lenses to
his eyeglasses and slid them
on. Sure.
His casual attitude
calmed my anxiety. I cant
believe Ive lost my car.
Oh, dont worry about
it, maam. This happens all
the time. It took me a week
to learn the ins and outs.
So your job depends
upon forgetful old ladies
like me, I said.
And young ladies, he
replied with finesse.
We searched the third
level with no success.
Honest Living . . .
Which ramp did you

enter? he asked.
The ramp to second
level.
No wonder we cant
find your car. Were on the
third level.
We struck up a conversation about his graduation
from college and his future
job with Ford in
Communications and
Marketing. His sister works
for the company also.
Do I detect an accent?
I asked.
He smiled with a wrist
relaxed over the steering
wheel. Polish. I came from
Poland when I was twelve,
he said. Im going back
next month to visit my family. Its beautiful where I
come from.
I nodded, thought of
Appalachia, my birthplace.
Several of my good
friends are Polish and have
returned home to visit.
Next month Im taking
my girlfriend to meet my
family. Shes Mexican.
Then, were going to
Mexico so I can meet her
family. Its important we
know where we come from
and our traditions.
We found my blue Prius
in no time. I wouldve cried
for joy if it hadnt been for
a call coming in on my cellphone. I thanked the young
man from Poland, stepped
down from his vehicle and
took my call.
Where are you, Iris?
Do you have time to talk
about the conference?
Diana! Im at Somerset
and just found my lost car.
Im so relieved!
Ive done that before,
she consoled.
We celebrated Dianas
writing awards announced
in Troy while she attended
another writing conference
in Chicago. We swapped
highlights, names of old
friends and new people we
met, where they came from.
Dear Reader, isnt that
the heart of all our stories?
Email Iris at
irisleeu@sbcglobal.net.
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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

Gentle yoga, Wednesdays
from 1-2 p.m. at the Imlay
City Senior Center. Practice
led by Dina Miramonti, RYT.
Dinner and an evening of
card playing with friends,
50/50 raffle and prizes of high
and low for each table every
3rd
Monday
at
the
Washington Senior Center,
57880 Van Dyke, Washington
Township, MI 48094, from
4-8 p.m. Call the center for
further details, 586-752-6543.
810-395-4518 for details.

Ryan Smith, a certified alcohol and drug counselor will
be available at the Imlay City
Seniors Center on the 4th
Thursday of every month
from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Free meals for people in need

are offered at the North
Branch Senior Center on
Monday and Thursday evenings from 5:30-7 p.m. Call
810-441-0322 for more information.
Orchards Cupboard Food

Pantry is open the 3rd
Saturday of every month 9
a.m.-noon. Food distributed
St. Pauls Lutheran Church at 74903 McKay Rd., Bruce
Food for Families kitchen is Twp., 586-336-4673. www.
open to the public for free, orchardsonline.org
hot meals every Monday and
Wednesday from 4-5:30 p.m.
Free Meals, Food
This Heart Loves Food

Pantry is open the 1st
Saturday of each month from
9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Gateway
Assembly Church, 2796 S.
Van Dyke Rd., Imlay City.
Dryden Area Food For
Families free dinner is served
on the 2nd Tuesday of each
month from 4:30-6:00 p.m. at
St. Cornelius Church, 3834
Mill Street (north of the light
in Dryden). No proof of
income is required. Come
and enjoy a home cooked
meal with us.
Swing Dance Lessons offered

at the Port Huron Senior
Center, 600 Grand Avenue in
Port Huron, every Tuesday
from 7:30-9 p.m. and the 1st
and 3rd Thursday of the
month from 7:30-9 p.m. with
instructors Lyle Malaski &
Kristina Morton. Call 810984-5061 for more informa- The Attica United Methodist
Church will be holding a free
tion.
community meal on the 2nd
Council
on
Aging and 4th Tuesday of each
Membership is open to indi- month from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
viduals 18 and older. The For more information please
Capac Senior Center is open call 810-724-0690 or visit
8:30-4:30 weekdays. We offer www.atticaumc.org.
a variety of activities such as
fitness and craft classes, a The Attica Food Bank at the
book review group, cards and Attica United Methodist
bus trips. Call Lori at 395- Church, 27 Elk Lake Rd., is
open from 2-4 p.m. the 2nd
7889 for more information.
and 4th Monday of each
Almont and Dryden area month. Proof of residency
senior citizens meet the 2nd and need required.
Tuesday of the month at 12
p.m. at the Almont Lions The Capac Community Food
Hall, 222 Water St., for a pot- Pantry, 114 S. Main Street, is
luck and program. Call 798- open each Wednesday from
1-3 p.m. Please call LOVE,
8210 for more information.
INC. at 810-245-2414 in
Adults 55 and over are invit- advance to ensure your food
ed to Berlin Twp. Senior voucher will be received
Center to play cards from before you stop in to shop.
noon-3 p.m. the 2nd Any questions, please call
Wednesday of every month. Sherrie Cramton at 810-395Bring a sack lunch, beverag- 1905.
es provided. Senior stretch
exercise on Tuesdays 10-11 The Capac Kitchen serves
a.m. Potluck luncheons will free meals every Tuesday
be served the 4th Tuesday of from 4:30-6 p.m. at Zion
every month at noon. Call United Methodist Church.
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 now open for the
2016 season on Saturdays
from 1 to 4 p.m. Stop by and
view new exhibits and learn
more about Imlay Citys
wonderful history. For more
information call 810-7241904.
Youth Events
Ready, Set, Go! Workshop.
This is a FREE workshop for
3-5 year olds & parents/caregivers! Enjoy fun projects
that will develop your childs
skills and prepare them for
school! Children also enjoy a
snack, story time, and a free
book! Call the Family
Literacy Center today to
reserve your seat at 810-6642737 and for more information on dates and times.
Play groups available. Free 6
week sessions. At these FREE
90 minute playgroups children will participate in a storytime,
developmentally
appropriate games and
crafts, learn new skills, and
enjoy a snack and social time
with other children. Parents
will have the chance to talk to
other adults with same-age
children. Register now for
the next session! Numerous
locations and dates available.
For more information and to
sign up call the Family
Literacy Center at 810-664-
2737.
Lapeer. Weigh-in from 6-6:30 own tattered flag that needs

p.m., meeting from 6:30-7:30 to be retired. Questions 810Attica Methodist has a free p.m. For more information, 392-2326.
Christian Play Group on call 810-664-7579.
Mondays from 10-11:30 a.m.
Tire Disposal - Riley Twp.
on school days, featuring pre- TOPS 888 (Take Off Pounds will host a township tire disschool Bible stories, a snack, Sensibly) meets Wednesdays posal on Sat., June 18 9 a.m.interactive songs, crafts, and at the 25 Pine Ridge Dr. in 3 p.m. at the Riley Twp. Park,
games. Parents are required Lapeer. Weigh-in at 8:30 13016 Belle River Rd., Riley
to be with their children dur- a.m., 9:30 a.m. meeting. Call MI. Proof of residency
ing the group. Space is limit- Linda at 810-245-3955 or required. Tires accepted:
ed. For details/reservations Phyllis 810-395-7035 for passenger and light truck on
call Pam Holihan at 810-724- more information.
or off the rim, semi-truck
6941.
tires on or off rim and tractor
For those that have experi- tires off the rim only.
Registration for the Fall enced the death of a loved Questions 810-392-2326.
2016/Spring 2017 Youth one, a support group is availSoccer will be Wed., May 25 able facilitated by a trained Euchre Nights at Avoca
at the Imlay City Middle United Hospice Service Community Hall, 5396
School from 6-8 p.m. Early (UHS) bereavement volun- Kilgore Road in Avoca are
Bird pricing is from May teer. Marlette Regional held on the 3rd Saturday of
5-25. For more information Hospital, 2770 Main Street in the month until May. A light
visit www.ayso1278.com or Marlette, hosts this support meal is included. Cash prizes
our Facebook page ayso1278. group the 1st Friday of each and door prizes will be given,
month at 10 a.m. in the and a grand prize to the playAdministration Conference er with highest monthly
Room. For more informa- scores at the end of the seation, call 800-635-7490 or son. Registration begins at
FOR WIDOWED MEN & visit www.marletteregional- 6:30 p.m. and play begins at 7
WOMEN.
Lunch-Cards- hospital.org
p.m.
Freindship. Join us every 3rd
Free tutor training for people
Tuesday of each month from
who would like to help others
11:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Cavis
in our community improve
Pioneer Restaurant, 5600
Lapeer Rd. in Kimball Twp. The Imlay City Christian English skills. Volunteer
48074 (located approx. 15 School is holding a fundrais- basis. Please call for orientaMiles S.W. of Port Huron. er for TAFFY (Tuition tion before training at 810No RSVP necessary. For Assistance Fundraising For 664-2737.
more information call Joanne Youth). Come join us for Free hearing and vision
K. at 810-324-2304. This euchre the 2nd Saturday of screens for children of preactivity is sponsored by each month at 7 p.m. at the school age are available at
Widowed Friends, a peer Imlay City Christian School, the Lapeer County Health
support group www.wid- 7197 E. Imlay City Rd. in Department. To schedule an
owedfriends.org.
Imlay City. For more infor- appointment please call 810mation, call 810-724-5695.
667-0448 or 810-245-5549.
Widowed Friends invites all
widowed to join us for breakVolunteer for the Habitat for
fast and friendship in a safe
Humanity of Lapeer County
setting every 2nd and 4th Riley Twp. Spring Fling at the office. Interested parFamily
Picnic
Sat.
Jun
4,
11
Monday of the month at 9
ties can call 810-664-7111 and
a.m. at Seros, 925 Gratiot in a.m.-2 p.m. at Riley Twp. speak to Carolyn, Cheryl or
Park,
13016
Belle
River
Rd.,
Marysville. For more inforPete at 810-660-7823.
mation about our group, call Riley MI. Food, games and
petting
zoo
provided. Capac Pharmacy is teaming
Julie at 810-388-0868.
Sponsored by Riley Twps with Support Million Hearts
Lapeer County Families Park and Rec. Dept. by offering in-pharmacy
Against Narcotics group Questions 810-392-2326.
blood pressure screenings,
meets the second Tuesday of
136 North Main St. in Capac,
Flag
Day,
June
14,
will
be
the month at Faith Christian
Tuesdays, 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.
celebrated
with
Riley
Twp.
Fellowship, 69 W. Nepessing
Everyone is invited to come
St. in Lapeer. Call 810-667- Community Coffee Chat at and have their blood pressure
0119 for more information or Riley Twp. Park, 13016 Belle read for free.
email faithchrist09@aol.com. River Rd., Riley, MI, presenting a flag retirement ceremoTOPS 620 Lapeer weight- ny hosted by the Memphis
loss group meets Tuesday American Legion, Merrick
nights at the Hunters Creek Potter Post #566 at 10 a.m.
Mobile Home Park Club Picnic lunch provided. Feel The Imlay City American
House, 725 DeMille Rd. in free to bring friends or your Legion Post 135 meets the
2nd and last Wednesdays of
the month at 7:30 p.m. The
post is located at 212 E. Third
Street. Contact them at 7241450 or americanlegionpost135@frontier.com.
Support Groups
Fundraisers
Club News
c
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
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Capac Zion
U.M.C.
14952 Imlay City Rd., Capac
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
810-724-0687
St. Pauls
Lutheran Church
(ELCA)
200 North Cedar (M-53)

Imlay City, MI
15
810-724-2702
Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Pastor Alan Casillas
15
Capac First
U.M.C.
Imlay City
C.R.C.
810-724-4315
15
Dryden
U.M.C.
Sacred Heart
Catholic Church
810-796-3341
Weekday Masses
Come Grow With Us!
15
700 Maple Vista, Imlay City
810-724-1135
586.336.4673
Weekend Masses
Sat. 5 pm
Sun. 9 am - English
11 am - Spanish
Reconciliation 1/2 hr. before each Mass &4pm Sat.
15
Father Paul Ward
15
Imlay City
Church of Christ
670 N. Van Dyke

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

Corner of Almont Road
810-395-2409
810-724-3306
15
COME WORSHIP WITH US!
John Barker, Minister
15
Family of
Christ
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
7191 Imlay City Road
Imlay City
Educational Hour - 9:15 am
Worship Time - 10:30 am
Phone 810-724-2620
16
PASTOR KEN RENARD
6835 Weyer Road Imlay City, MI48444
Sunday 2:30 pm
Tuesday 7:00 pm
Friday Youth 7:00 pm
firstapostolichome.com
15
Sunday Mornings
10:30 am
Wayne Boyd, Pastor
881 Van Dyke - 810-798-8888

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

DIFFERENCE WITH US! 15
15
2720 Winslow Road

1 Mile South of I-69 Overpass

Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Wednesday Prayer & Praise 7:30 pm
Phone: 810-724-6999
15
(ELCA) 109 E. Kempf Court Capac, MI
(810) 395-7557
Phone: 810-724-8110
Pastor Jeffrey S. Krist
Markets
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH
Supervised child care during all services
Adult & Children's Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Children's Church during service.
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
Almont
First Baptist Church
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
West Berlin
U.M.C.
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Curtis Clarke
email: nlcc@newlifechristian.net
www.newlifechristian.net
Pastor Tim Martin
Sunday 10 a.m. Service 15
395 N. Cedar (M-53)

www.imlaycitycrc.org
Worship 10:00 a.m.
Youth Ministry
MOPS Program
Community Mens & Womens
Bible Studies
206 W. Mill, Capac, MI

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

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
859 N. Van Dyke Road

Imlay City, Michigan 48444
4411 Newark Road

Attica, MI 48412
810-724-1200
5394 Main Street - Dryden
Church 810-395-2112
Senior Pastor:Rev. Lisa Clark
The Evening Star Quilt Guild

meets the last Wednesday of
each month at the Davison
Senior Center, 10135 Lapeer
Rd. in Davison. Meetings
start at 6:30 p.m. and doors
open at 6:00 p.m. For more
information, call Lisa, 810358-7294.
15
Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School
9:00 a.m. September thru May
Staffed Nursery During Worship 15
Christ Evangelical First Congregational Church

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

(Corner of 5th Street)
810-724-7855
810-724-6207

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.
Thursday Worship 7:00 p.m.
Pastor
Ralph O. Stuebs
Cell-(567) 674-0438
Come to the WELS
St. Nicholas
Catholic Church
4331 Capac Road
Capac, MI 48014
810-395-7572
www.stnicholascapac.com
15
Sunday School &Morning Adult Group 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Renee C. Jackson
No matter who you are or where you are
on lifes journey, you are welcome here!15
Holy Redeemer
Lutheran Church
4538 Dryden Rd. Dryden, MI
810-796-3951
www.lutheransonline.com/holyred
8:00 am - BIBLE CLASS

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

810-798-8855
Sr. Pastor: Keith Langley
Sunday Worship Service at 10:15 a.m.

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

Vendors - The Market
Lexington is currently looking for Cottage Food Vendors
for the 2016 market season.
Contact Kristen Kaatz, 810404-7570 for stall space and
pricing.
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
event is sponsored by the
Lapeer Center Building, and
there is no admission charge.
For info on space rentals,
contact Logan at 810-3477915. For general information on the Flea Market or
food service by Peacock Alley
Catering call 810-664-2109 or
email lapeercenter@charter.
net.
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Its easy and inexpensive
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Call the
Tri-City Times
TODAY!
810-724-2615
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Almont Vets
remember
sacrifice
Almont American Legion members on Saturday placed

American flags at the
gravesites of more than 400
local veterans interred in five
cemeteries located in the
Village of Almont and Almont
Township. They included the
grave of Beriah Howard, a
Revolutionary War soldier who
was born June 26, 1758 and
died on July 27, 1840, and is
buried in the Webster Road
Cemetery. Shown above are:
(above) veterans Jason Cain,
Dick Bowman, Tim Schoenner,
Joe Cain, Tristan Grogan, Paul
Riehl and Jim Cutcher; and
(below) Aden and Zander Cain,
grandsons of Joe Cain and
sons of Jason.
Obituaries
~ Carol Ankley, 74 ~
Carol Ankley, age 74, of
Imlay City died Tuesday,
May 17, 2016 at McLaren
Lapeer Region Hospital.
Carol Marie McNary
was born March 26, 1942 in
Brown City, MI. She is the
daughter of Donald and
Melba June (Blumline)
McNary.
She married Paul Joseph
Ankley on August 6, 1966
in Imlay City, Michigan.
Carol and Paul lived in the
Imlay City area most of
their lives. Paul died
September 10, 2005.
Carol is a 1960 graduate

of Imlay City High School.
She went on to receive her
Licensed Practical Nursing
degree from St. Joseph
College of Nursing. She
worked as a nurse at Lapeer
County General Hospital,
Suncrest, and Medilodge.
She is a founding member
of Lapeer County Right to
Life.
She is survived by three
sons: Matthew (Rebecca)
Ankley of Lake Orion, MI,
Rev. Christopher Ankley of
Vicksburg, MI, and Joseph
(Jayna) Ankley of
Metamora, MI; her two sisters: Donna McNary of
Imlay City and Marjorie
(Joseph) Vargo of Lum, MI.
Also surviving are four
grandchildren: Ethan, Paul,
Spencer, and Owen.
She is preceded in death
by her husband: Paul Joseph
Ankley and her parents:
Donald and Melba McNary.
A funeral service was
held on Saturday, May 21,
2016 at Immaculate
Conception Church, 814 W.
Nepessing, Lapeer, MI. Fr.
~ Richard Walter Muir, 81 ~

Christopher Ankley and Fr.
Douglas Terrien co-celebrated the funeral mass. Burial
followed at St. Marys
Catholic Cemetery in North
Branch Township.
There was a rosary
Friday at Muir Brothers
Funeral Home, 225 N. Main
Street, Imlay City,
Michigan.
Funeral arrangements
made by Muir Brothers
Funeral Home of Imlay
City. Please be sure to sign
our on-line register book at
muirbrothersfh.com.
~ Andrew D. Knuppenburg, 22 ~
Andrew D.
Knuppenburg, age 22,
passed away on Thursday,
May 19, 2016. Andrew was
born December 2, 1993 in
Clinton Township,
Michigan, the son of Dane
and Andrea (Redd)
Knuppenburg.
Andrew currently
worked for Albaugh
Construction in Pontiac as
a mason. When he wasnt
working, Andrew enjoyed
everything with a motor,
from motorcycles to snowmobiles. He also enjoyed
skateboarding and just
being with his many family
and friends.
Andrew is survived by
his parents, Dane and
Andrea of Romeo along

with siblings: Jessica of
Roseville and Dane Jr. of
Troy. Grandparents include
Chuck and Carole Redd of
Almont, Butch and Rose
Knuppenburg of Tawas
City, Michigan, and
Carolyn and Dick Roth of
Honor, Michigan.
Funeral services took
place on Tuesday, May 24,

2016 at the Henry M.
Malburg Funeral Home of
Romeo with burial to follow in Bruce-Armada
Cemetery in Bruce
Township.
were made by the Henry M.
Malburg Funeral Home,
Romeo Michigan.
~ Donnie G. Pitt, 79 ~
Donnie G. Pitt, age 79,
a 40 year resident of
Romeo, passed away on
Friday, May 20, 2016 at
Beaumont Hospital in Troy.
Donnie was born
November 8, 1936 in
Birmingham, Kentucky the
son of Charles W. and Elsie
(Edwards) Pitt. He married
Barbara Pierce on
December 30, 1961 in
Hamilton, Ohio. Along
with his father-in-law, he

was the founder/operator of
Pierce Pitt Trucking in
Almont and in 1994 bought
the former Crowell
Trucking in Almont where
they are based today.
Donnie served his country
proudly while being in the
Navy. His hobbies included
taking care of his lawn and
yard work, listening to
country music, and read-
ing.
Donnie is survived by
his wife Barbara, children:
Brian (Patricia) Pitt of
Imlay City and Christy
(Ronnie) Hudson of
Almont along with grandchildren Justin, Ryan, and
Hannah Pitt, Jordan, Colby,
and Shelby Lenhart and
Kayleigh and Ronny
Hudson. Also survived by
great grandchildren Logan
and Ava, and sister

Rebecca Borowicz.
Funeral services took
place on Tuesday, May 24,
2016 at the Henry M.
Malburg Funeral Home
with Pastor Jeffrey Draeger
of Our Redeemer Lutheran
Church officiating.
were made by Henry M.
Malburg Funeral Home of
Romeo.
~ Peggy Ann Weiss, 84 ~

Peggy Ann Weiss, 84, of
Imlay City and formerly of
Roseville, died Friday, May
20, 2016, of heart complications at McLaren Flint
Hospital.
She was born March 26,
1932, in Richland,
Pennsylvania the daughter of
the late William and Ann
Marie (Wandrei) Gundrum.
Her marriage to Rev.
Irvin Weiss was May 26,
1963, at Mt. Olive Lutheran
Church Detroit. Irvin died in
1997.
Peggy had been a hairdresser for 15 years, was a
long standing member of
Zion Lutheran Church,
Warren and was a member
of Christ Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Imlay

City. Peggy dedicated her
life to serving the Lord as a

faithful pastors wife and
loving Christian mother and
grandmother.
Surviving are two
daughters and sons-in-law,
Monica and Philip Herman
of Monroe and Wendy and
Douglas Van Sice of Capac;
six grandchildren, Claire,
Lily and Tess Herman and
Douglas, Abraham and
Elijah Van Sice; two sisters,
June Perlakie of Marlette
and Betty Leedy of PA,
brother and sister-in-law,
Billy and Carol Gundrum of
PA and several nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in
death by siblings, George,
Mary Gromis, Mike, Marty,
Richard Walter Muir, age

81, of Romeo, and formerly
of Dryden and Almont,
passed away May 24, 2016
in his sleep. He was born
July 26, 1934 in the Village
of Romeo, the son of Allen
and Edna May (Switzer)
Muir. Richard is the last of
the second generation of the
Muir Brothers Funeral
Family and served the
Lapeer and Macomb counties for over sixty years.
Visitation will be held on
May 31, 2016 at Muir
Brothers Funeral in Almont
where he served the community for over 40 years, from
3-8 p.m., and June 1, 2016 at
Roth-Muir Funeral HomeRomeo where he served the
community for over 30
years, from 3-8 p.m.
A Funeral Service will
be held on June 2, 2016 at
10:30 a.m. at the Romeo
Community Calendar
Wednesday, May 25th
Wednesday, June 1st
Friday, May 27th
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.
Lapeer Area Citizens Against Domestic

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

with a friend or a loved-one
VISIT US ONLINE AT:
Lapeer Area Citizens Against
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.
Thursday, June 2nd
Monday, May 30th
Friday, June 3rd
Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 31st

Andy and John.
Funeral services were
held Monday, May 23 at
Christ Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Imlay City. Pastor
Ralph Stuebs was presiding
and Vicar Douglas Van Sice
was preaching for the
Christian Victory Service for
Peggy Weiss.
Burial was in Glen Eden
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Livonia.
Memorials are suggested
to Christ Evangelical
Lutheran Church.
For information and
Guest Book kaatzfunerals.
com.
were made by Kaatz Funeral
Directors of Capac.
United Methodist Church

(280 North Main, Romeo,
MI 48065.)
Richards Funeral
Arrangements are entrusted
to his loving children
Christina (John) MuirMurphy, Rick (CarrieAnn)
Muir and Jessica Muir at the
Roth-Muir Funeral Home in
Romeo (296 South Main,
Romeo, MI.)
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.
Imlay City VFW Post 2492 will meet

7:00 p.m. at the Post Hall (behind the
Tri-City Times)
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, June 4th
Imlay City VFW Auxiliary 2492 will
meet 2:00 p.m. at the Post Hall (behind

Tri-City Times)
Monday, June 6th
Almont/Dryden Lioness Branch Club

meets 7:00 p.m. at the Lions Hall, 222
Water Street in Almont.
Tuesday, June 7th
Imlay City Senior Center Euchre

Tournament 1:00 p.m. For information
call 810-724-6030.
Community Soup Kitchen is open 4:30
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Zion United
Methodist Church.
Alcoholics for Christ meets 7:00 p.m.
at Full Potential Ministry, 170 Weston
Street, Imlay City.
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Bright futures for Almonts Top Ten
Editors note: The following information on Almont

High Schools Top Ten graduates for the Class of 2016
was compiled and written by
Joyce Burkland, Secretary to
the Principal at Almont High
School. She may be reached
at 810-798-8595 or jburkland@almontschools.org.
Valedictorian Heidi
Theisen is the daughter of
James and Beth Theisen of
Almont. Heidi carries a
4.1379 GPA and has received
the Bronze, Silver, Gold, and
Platinum Academic Awards.
Additionally, she has
achieved four years of perfect attendance and was
selected for the BWAC
Academic All-Conference
Team.
Heidi participated in
Varsity Soccer for four years
and in Cross Country for four
years, running Varsity for
two years. For three years,
Heidi participated in
Basketball, playing Varsity in
her junior year and serving
as a Junior Varsity captain
her sophomore year.
Heidi has been a fouryear member of the Almont
Marching and Concert
Bands, and served as a flute
section leader during her
senior year. As a member of
the National Honor Society
for two years, Heidi organized two fundraisers for the
American Heart Association.
Heidi is also a two-year
member of the Mathletes
team, a one-year member of
the Robotics Team 4961, and
is also involved in the
Almont Youth on Main Street
committee. Heidi was selected for WXYZ-TVs
Brightest and Best award
for the Almont Class of 2016
and plans to attend Michigan
State University in the fall to
pursue a career in
Mechanical or Computer
Engineering.
Salutatorian Dylan
Carleton is the son of Ron
and Heather Carleton. Dylan
carries a 4.0852 GPA, has
earned the Bronze, Silver,
Gold, and Platinum
Academic Awards, and
received First Team AllAcademic accolades for the
BWAC All-Conference
Team.
Dylan has been a member of the Almont High
School drama program for
four years with one lead role
and several minor and supporting roles. He has also

been a two-year member of
Almonts Robotics Team
#4961, has been on Almonts
Mathletes team for three
years, earning multiple first
place awards, and is a fouryear member of the band,
serving as Drum Major during his junior and senior
years.
Dylan was selected for
the WNEM TV 5 MidMichigans Best & Brightest
award. Dylan plans on
attending The University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor in the
fall and plans to pursue a
degree in Computer Science
or Computer Engineering.
Cody Pepper is the son
of William and Tammy
Pepper of Almont. Placing
3rd in his graduating class
with a GPA of 3.9774, and
earning the Bronze, Silver,
Gold, and Platinum
Academic Awards, Cody is a
hardworking and dedicated
student at both Almont High
School and the Lapeer
Education Technology Center
where he takes the welding
and machining course.
During his time at
Almont High School, he has
been a member of the
National Honor Society and
Robotics Team for two years,
and has been a three-year
member of the Student
Council. Cody played Varsity
Football for one year where
he co-earned the John
Bourque Award for the highest GPA on the team alongside his good friend Adam
Finn. Cody was selected for
the BWAC Academic AllConference Team and for the
WNEM TV 5 MidMichigans Best & Brightest
award. He looks forward to
attending Kettering
University this fall to pursue
a degree in Mechanical
Engineering with a minor in
Business, and is scheduled to
begin his first internship with
Fiat-Chrysler in July.
Adam Finn is the son of
Cindy Finn of Allenton.
Adam has played football
and baseball throughout his
four years of high school at
Almont, and during his
senior year was captain of
the football team. Recently,
Adam received the Brandon
Burslworth National Award
for Character and
Sportsmanship and was nom-
inated as an All-Area Athlete

for baseball in 2015.
Adam was also a threeyear participant in CREW.
In addition to earning the
Bronze, Silver, Gold and
Platinum Academic awards,
Adam has accumulated a
3.9772 GPA at Almont High
School, giving him a ranking
of 4th in his class.
In the fall, Adam plans to
attend Oakland University
where he will study PreDentistry. After earning his
Bachelors degree, he intends
to attend graduate school at
the University of Detroit or
the University of MichiganAnn Arbor.
Olivia Dean is the
daughter of Robbie and
Colleen Dean of Almont.
Olivia was a four-year member of the Almont Varsity
Volleyball team serving as
captain for two years. In her
four years of volleyball,
Olivia was Team MVP and
was named to the AllBWAC, All-Academic, and
All-Area teams two years in
a row. She was also named
BWAC MVP her senior year.
Olivia was a two-year member of the National Honor
Society holding the Historian
position as a senior. For three
years, she participated in
Yearbook and was the leader
of the Advertisement Sales
Team for two years.
Academically, she has earned
the Bronze, Silver, Gold, and
Platinum Academic Awards,
has achieved a GPA of
3.9659, and was selected for
the BWAC Academic AllConference Team.
After high school, Olivia
will be attending Saginaw
Valley State University to
study Pre-Medicine and play
volleyball. Olivia is receiving
academic and athletic scholarships from SVSU.
Elizabeth Rinke is the
daughter of Dale and Geri
Rinke of Oakland Township.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) has accumulated a 3.9541 GPA and
has earned the Bronze,
Silver, Gold, and Platinum
Academic awards. In addition, she was selected for the
BWAC Academic AllConference Team.
Lizzie has participated in
Mathletes for two years, and
is a two-year member of the
National Honor Society,
where she is currently serving as Vice-President. She
Heidi
Theisen
Dylan
Carleton
Elizabeth
Rinke
Kaitlyn
Sedorchuk
has played Varsity Basketball

for three years, and her
junior and senior years she
was a captain. Lizzie has run
Varsity Track for four years
and is currently the captain
of the team. She has also
been involved in the Raider
Marching and Concert Bands
all four years, and is currently a bass clarinet section
leader.
Elizabeth plans to attend
Calvin College in the fall,
and she will be studying PrePhysician Assistant.
Kaitlyn Sedorchuk is
the daughter of Rich and
Terri Sedorchuk of Almont.
Throughout high school,
Kaitlyn has been a part of
multiple extracurricular
activities, such as cross country, track, and both concert
and marching band. She has
participated in all of these
activities for her entire high
school career, serving as flute
section leader in band, and is
captain of the track team this
current year.
While participating in
these activities, she has
received a number of awards
from both cross country and
track, as well as receiving
Division I ratings at band
festivals. Academically,
Kaitlyn received the Bronze,
Silver, Gold, and Platinum
awards and has accumulated
a 3.9512 GPA.
Kaitlyn will be attending
Western Michigan University
in the fall, and she plans to
major in Psychology.
Annalise Bourdeau is
the daughter of Martin and
Gynnae Bourdeau of Dryden.
Annalise is a lively and fun
Cody
Pepper
Annalise
Bourdeau
student who is very dedicated and driven in her

school work. She has
achieved a cumulative GPA
of 3.9372, has earned the
Bronze, Silver, Gold, and
Platinum Academic awards
and always gives a full effort
in everything she does.
In order to get the most
out of her high school academic experience, Annalise
has taken several AP and
college courses during her
time at Almont High School.
Annalise has played the clarinet in the Almont band program since 5th grade, is currently the clarinet section
leader in Almonts Marching
and Concert Band, and has
recently earned the honor of
performing several solos.
She is a two-year member of
the National Honor Society
where she holds the position
of Secretary and has helped
organized three Red Cross
blood drives. Annalise also
participated in Varsity Cross
Country for two years.
Annalise will be attending Aquinas College in the
fall and plans to major in
nursing.
Jarod Sutter is the son
of Dan and Bethany Sutter
of Almont. Jarod has
attained a 3.8971 GPA, earning him the Bronze, Silver,
Gold, and Platinum
Academic awards and a
ranking of 9th in his class.
Jarod was a three-year member of the Varsity Track
Team, a four-year member
of the Powerlifting Team,
and played JV Football for
two years and Varsity
Football for two years. He
Adam
Finn
Olivia
Dean
Jarod
Sutter
Donald
Barrigar
was named to the

All-Academic Team in football his junior and senior
year.
Jarod participated in the
National Honor Society for
two years and helped organize three Red Cross blood
drives during his senior year,
and was a member of
Student Council for two
years, serving as Secretary
of the Class of 2016 in his
junior and senior year. Jarod
also participated in LINKS
and CREW his senior year.
In the fall, Jarod plans to
attend Bethel College
(Indiana), where he has
received an academic scholarship. He will be studying
Pre-Medicine and majoring
in Biochemistry.
Donald Barrigar is the
son of Don and Jean
Barrigar of the Village of
Almont. Donald has
received the Bronze, Silver,
Gold, and Platinum
Academic awards and will
graduate with a 3.8741 GPA.
He participated in Junior
Varsity Soccer for one year,
Student Council for one
year, and has been a threeyear member of CREW.
During his senior year, he
participated in Varsity
Football and Varsity Track.
Donald will be attending
Western Michigan
University in the fall and
plans to pursue a degree in
Aerospace Engineering.
The Almont High School
Class of 2016 will celebrate
their accomplishments during commencement exercises at 5 p.m. on Sunday, June
5th at the high school.
Announcements
Exercise Phoenix Express

SOUDA BAY, Greece Hospital Corpsman 1st
Class Nicole Stott from Dryden explains the procedure of checking for an exit wound during a
medical evaluation with Moroccan soldiers during Exercise Phoenix Express on May 18.
Phoenix Express is a U.S. Africa Commandsponsored multinational maritime exercise
designed to increase maritime safety and security in the Mediterranean.
Willene:
from page 9-A
Oh, yeah. Thats what you
had when we got married,
wasnt it? I ventured as the
ice cream story and this
visual juxtaposed in my
brain.
Thinking back, heres
how I think it REALLY was!
My perspective on Kathys
ice cream story came into
focus, Mike had probably
just bought that brand spanking new 65 Chevy.
Knowing how much of a car
mentality he hasa clean

car mentality at thatIm
thinking he was probably
having trouble navigating
the turn onto the gravel,
and then driving on the
gravel, without the ice
cream dripping out the
bottom of the cone
getting all over everything.
Best solutionditch
the cone.
And so it is on this journey called life. How we see
things often depends on our
vantage point.
Email Willene at
willenetanis@aol.com.

Girl
Scouts
of
Southeastern
Michigan
(GSSEM) announced Erin
Stiefel of Dryden was one of
18 recipients of Girl Scouts
highest honorThe Gold
Award. Awards were presented at GSSEMs annual Honor
Reception on Sunday, May 1,
at the San Marino Club in
Troy. The Gold Award is presented to Senior and
Ambassador level Girl Scouts
who display exemplary service to their communities and
beyond.
For Erins Gold Award
project entitled, Senior
Citizen Update, the freshman at Grand Valley State
University took action creating a program to help educate
senior citizens about modern
technologies.
Erin taught a series of
informative sessions to help
break down the many aspects
of various technologies, ranging from Kindles to social
media outlets. This hands-on
project helped the elderly in
the community to better grasp
technologies as well as feel
more comfortable exploring
the new options on their own.
The impact I hope to
Erin Stiefel receives

Gold Award during Girl
Scouts banquet earlier
this month.
make is that people in the age
group of 65 and older could
use technology in a way that
could allow them to connect
to others easily and help them
better relate to some of
todays society by giving
them a basic knowledge of
common technologies used,
said Erin, who taught people
at church groups and at the
Dryden library.
Emily graduated last year
from Almont High School
and was a member of Troop
11704.
Kaylee-Marie is National Society Scholar

Kaylee-Marie Landers, a ed The National Society of
2015 Capac High School Collegiate Scholars award
graduate was recently award- from University of Michigan.
Photo provided
Photo provided
Stiefel earns Girl

Scouts high honor
Four generations
The Walker family of Imlay City is celebrating its
fourth generation. Pictured are Richard Walker,
85, Dane walker, 25, holding two-week old Elijah
Walker, and Robert Walker, 60. All four generations live in Imlay City, and all but Elijah have
graduated from Imlay City High School.
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Rural Lifestyles
ed, or at least some

other color than
green, typically indicates ripeness but did you
know that rhubarb is an
exception to that rule?
One of the first vegetables harvested from most
Midwest gardens often has a
mix of
green and
red stems
when it
comes
time to
pick the
first batch.
It only
makes
sense to
seek out
the reddest
Brown
ones first
but I was
surprised to learn color has
little to do with taste. While
paging through a Cooks

Illustrated magazine, I spotted a reader submitted question about the shades of this
unique plant and how it
related to taste.
The magazines test
kitchen cooks took chucks
of red and green rhubarb,
simmering them separately
in orange juice and sugar to
soften the plants tartness
placing the finished product
in front of a panel of tasters.
Although the red rhubarb
was more appealing in terms
of appearance, the red and
green were identical in terms
of taste, the panelists reported.
Cooks Illustrated says
the red color comes from
anthocyanin pigments and
the volume of those pigments varies between rhubarb varieties. Additionally,
they note those pigments are

nearly tasteless and, for that
reason, they are utilized as a
natural food coloring since
they dont mar the flavor of
other ingredients. If appearance is important, seek out
varieties that boast red petioles of leafstalks. According
to a list provided with the
University of Illinois
Extension, most have red
in their name or harken to
the color, like Ruby or
Valentine.
That pungent sourness
is due to presence of two
acids: oxalic and citric.
According to the University
of Illinois Extension, toxic
levels of oxalic acid are concentrated in the plants
leaves and roots, making
them inedible.
When it comes to using
rhubarb, you shouldnt have
Green or red: What are

the rhubarb harvest rules?
The color of rhubarb stalks varies by variety and doesnt impact the vegetables signature tart flavor.
a problem finding good uses
for it. It pairs well with all
kinds of fruit, preps very
quickly and doesnt require
much more than sugar, flour
and an egg or two to make a
great dessert.
Heres a simple and delicious recipe from our neighbor Bernice who passed
along her Aunt Kathryns

Rhubarb Pie recipe.
Fill a pie crust with cut
up rhubarb. Lightly beat two
eggs and mix with 1 cups
sugar, tsp. nutmeg, 2 tbl.
flour. Pour mixture over
rhubarb and bake at 350
degrees for about 45 minutes.
As always, theres a
plethora of unique online
recipes, including many for
preserving rhubarb. Im
interested in a vanilla rhubarb jam that uses one of
my favorite beverages, Earl
Grey tea.
Contact Maria at
mbrown@pageone-inc.com.
TRI-CITY AREA
Michigan residents may get a
surprise this spring in their
garden, flower box or even in
the landscaping by their office
building. Bird nests can be
found in some unusual locations.
Ducks nests, particularly
mallard nests, seem to appear
just about everywhere in the
spring. Female mallards commonly will build nests in
landscaping, gardens or other
locations that humans may
consider inappropriate, but
the duck may think otherwise.
While finding a ducks nest in
an unexpected location may
be a surprise, there is no need
for concern.
She will be a very quiet
neighbor and with her cryptic
coloration, she may go largely unnoticed, said Holly
Vaughn Joswick, Department
of Natural Resources wildlife
outreach technician.
Leave the duck alone
and try to keep dogs, cats and
children away from the nest.
If she is successful and
her eggs hatch, the mother
will lead her ducklings to the
nearest body of water, often
the day they hatch.
Dont worry if you do
not live near waterthe
mother duck knows where to
take her ducklings to find it,
added Vaughn Joswick.
You can expect the female
water soon after they hatch.

Adult geese can be quite protective of their nests and their
goslings and may chase peo-
"Don't worry if
you do not live
near water--the
mother duck
knows where to
take her ducklings to find it."
--Holly Vaughn
Joswick,
DNR
ple or pets away by hissing
and running or flying toward
the intruder. If possible, try to
avoid the area. If this is not
possible, carry an umbrella
and gently scare the bird
away.
Those who have been fortunate enough to have a birds
nest built in their yard, in a
tree or on the ground, may
have noticed that the baby
birds are starting to outgrow
their nests. Baby birds learn
to fly through trial and error.
They may feel they are ready
to fly, but their flight feathers
might not have fully grown in
Record wheat yields expected

ACROSS MICHIGAN The states wheat growers
anticipate another statewide record yield later this year
when they harvest the 2016 crop.
According to the USDAs National Agricultural
Statistics Service, its estimated that an additional 85,000
acres will be harvested over last year. From the 560,000
total acres, production is expected to yield an average of
84 bushels per acre, three bushels more than the 2015
record of 81.
mallard to sit on the nest for

about a month prior to the
eggs hatching. If the nest fails
on its ownsomething that
happens regularlyJoswick
station
advisesLapeer
to just wish
her luck
on herMinimum
next attempt.temp.
Canada geese sometimes
Wed.,
18th
build30.6
nestson
near
houses
or in
parks, often near water.
Maximum
temp.
Similar
to mallards,
Canada
geese
their young
82will
onlead
Monday,
23rdto
Weather
almanac
Rainfall
.01 inches
Growing Degree Days
for corn development:
Current: 386
Forecast: 544
yet. It is common to find baby

birds on the ground after an
Fortothe
of is the
attempt
fly.week
If this
case, please
do not touch
May 17-23
them. Their parents will continueEmmett
to take station
care of them,
evenMinimum
when they temp.
are on the
ground.
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a baby bird
will
on Thursday,
19th
not cause the adults to abantemp.
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it; however, if
you move
a 78.7
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bird
the parents
Monday,
23rdmay
Rainfall
.04 inches
Growing Degree Days
for corn development:
Current: 331
Forecast: 469
Growing degree days are accumulated from

March 1 and forecast through May 30.
Weather data courtesy of Enviro-weather,
www.enviroweather.msu.edu
be unable to find and care for

it. It is better to leave the baby
bird alone to be raised by its
parents.
In the event that you find
a chick on the ground that is
sparsely feathered, it may
have accidentally fallen from
the nest before it is ready to
fledge (learn to fly). If you
know where the nest is, you
can put the chick back in the
nest ONLY if you can do so
safely.
Birds, their nests and their
eggs are protected by law and
must be left alone. Unless you
have a license, taking a baby
bird or eggs from the wild is
breaking the law. The Federal
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
protects migratory birds and
their nests and eggs.
This year marks the centennial of the Convention
between the United States
and Great Britain (for Canada)
for the Protection of Migratory
Birdsknown
as
the
Migratory Bird Treaty
signed Aug. 16, 1916. Three
other treaties were signed
shortly thereafter with Japan,
Russia and Mexico. The
Migratory Bird Treaty, the
three additional treaties and
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
are the cornerstones of efforts
to conserve birds that migrate
across international borders.
To learn more about the
Migratory Bird Treaty centennial, visit www.fws.gov/
birds/MBTreaty100.
Only licensed wildlife
rehabilitators may possess
abandoned or injured wildlife. Unless a person is
licensed, it is illegal to possess a live wild animal,
including birds, in Michigan.
The only time a baby animal may be removed from the
wild is when it is obvious the
parent is dead or the animal is
injured. A licensed rehabilitator must be contacted before
removing an animal from the
wild. Rehabilitators must
adhere to the law, must have
gone through training on
proper handling of injured or
abandoned wild animals, and
will work to return the animal
to the wild, where it will have
the best chance for survival.
A list of licensed rehabilitators can be found by visiting
mi.gov/wildlife or by calling
the local DNR office.
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homepage, www.tricitytimes-online.com, click
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back to early 2014.
MDNR Photo
Feathered visitor nesting in your yard? DNR offers advice
A mother duck will lead her ducklings to water shortly after they hatch.
Photo by Neil Vermillion
Thomas Murawsky leading training exercise with

local militia in Iraq.
time with armored VBIEDS
(vehicle borne improvised
explosive devices) and
heavy enemy fire.
Murawsky says they
ended up being pinned down
on foot behind one of the
Seal trucks, with enemy
snipers and machine guns
firing away.
This fight lasted for
hours, he says. Sadly, the
Seals ended up with one
casualty. Charlie Chuck
Photo provided
from page 1-A

what were training them to
do.
Training the inexperienced civilians is challenging, though, particularly with
limited funds.
We dont have a blank
check from the government, he says. We rely on
financial contributions to do
what we do. Were all volunteers and we dont charge
anything for the training and
equipment we provide.
Weve been able to give
them training that has proven itself in the battle for
Teleskof, as well as body
armor and training equipment. But we still need a lot
more.
Financial and equipment
challenges aside, the work
Murawsky and the SOLI
team is involved in is just
plain dangerous.
Weve had plenty of
close calls, usually indirect
rocket or mortar fire, he
says. Two weeks ago ISIS
broke the front line and
overran our town. We woke
up to the sound of bombs
and small arms fire.
When they took a look
outside, they discovered that
Armored vehicle heavily damaged after May 3

battle with ISISin Iraq.
the Peshmerga had strategically withdrawn from the
town. Murawsky and his
teammates were alone in the
battle.
We threw our armor on
and picked up the three
remaining Assyrian soldiers
that were left in the town
and withdrew under enemy
fire.
The group linked up
with the nearest Peshmerga
unit, and were still under
enemy firethough they
couldnt pinpoint where they
were.
At one point one of my
teammates had a bullet hit
our truck just inches from
his head, Murawsky says.
Later a convoy of armored
Navy Seal SUVs rolled
through toward Teleskof, so
we followed them in.
The group made three
attempts to push into
Teleskof and were met each
Keating. His actions, as well

as the rest of his team, are
what made it possible for us
to retake the town from
ISIScontrol.
Murawsky says the Seals
put up one heck of a fight
until they ran out of ammunition and had to withdraw.
The fighting continued well
into the afternoon, and
Murawsky and the others
made more attempts to push
back into the town.
This was a very brazen
attack by the enemy but by
the end they suffered a great
loss, he says, adding that
ISIS lost an estimated 150plus fighters and most of
their vehicles.
Had we been a minute
or two slower that morning
when it all started, we would
have definitely been killed
by ISIS. By the end, with the
help of the Navy Seals,
Assyrian militias,
Peshmerga, and coalition air

strikes, we were able to
retake the town and deliver a
devastating blow to ISIS.
Murawsky says their
efforts dont go entirely
unrewardedthe people
theyre helping are beholden
to them, and its mutual.
We work very well with
the Assyrian and Kurdish
Peshmerga, he says.
Theyre very grateful for us
being there and were very
grateful for them for having
us.
The Peshmerga provides
SOLI volunteers with meals,
which usually consist of
beans, rice and bread. They
stay in abandoned houses,
and all-in-all Murawsky says
things arent that bad.
Its a step above camping for sure, he says.
When not under fire, the
SOLI team begins their days
leading the locals in physical
training, followed by class
work. Nothing, however, is
written in stone because of
the unpredictable nature of
where theyre at.
Things change a lot
because of Daeshs attacks
and other acts of God, as it
were, Murawsky says. We
have to keep things pretty
fluid and plan around
unforeseen events quite a
bit.
While the schedule
changes, Murawsky does
not anticipate any changes
with regard to returning
stateside.
I get asked a lot about
whenIll be coming home. I
dont know at this point, he
says. Theres still a lot to
do. The Assyrians still need
a lot of training and weve
already built trust and rapport with them. Theyre
good people and really need
more help.
Those interested in
learning more about SOLI or
donating toward the cause
are encouraged to visit www.
sonsoflibertyinternational.
com.
Murawsky is also working with VanDyke as a videographer. VanDykes
History Channel podcasts
are available at www.history.
com/shows/history-now.
Authors note: If Thomas
Murawsky looks familiar to
you its not a coincidence.
Thomas last summer
appeared at several local
events capturing the happenings with his camera for the
Tri-City Times. A talented
photographer, you can view
some of Murawskys work at
www.trm-photo.com.
from page 1-A

Street, just west of Main
Street (Van Dyke).
In Capac, veterans and
others will assemble for the
annual parade at 10 a.m.
Participants will begin
assembling at the Capac
Middle School at 9:30 a.m.
All men and women
whove served in the military are invited to march,
with or without uniforms.
Scout troops and others with
a patriotic float or entry are
welcome to join in the
parade as well.
The parade will travel
down Aldrich Street to Main
and then south on Main
Street. The processions will
pause for a short ceremony
at the memorial in front of
Kaatz Funeral Home.
From there, they'll continue south through town
before boarding buses en
route to the Capac Cemetery
for wreath-laying ceremonies and a gun salute.
In Dryden, the Dryden
Vets organization will present its annual Memorial Day
Parade on Monday, starting
at 10 a.m. downtown.
The parade will feature
local veterans, along
with members of the
Dryden High School band,
Dryden Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts, this years
kindergarten class, Dryden
youth sports programs,
floats representing Dryden
High Schools Class of
2016; and other marching
and riding units.
The Dryden Vets
will also host special
ceremonies at Memorial
Park and Mount Pleasant
Cemetery.
In recognition of the
25th anniversary of the
Persian Gulf War, the
Dryden Vets are seeking
assistance from any veterans
Memorial Day: Events planned in area
Fight: ISIS
is target for
volunteers
Almont veteran Jim Cutcher places a flag on a

veterans gravesite at the Webster Road Cemetery.
The gesture precedes traditional Memorial Day
ceremonies to take place locally Monday, May 30.
of that war to help raise the
business district, traveling
flag and lay wreaths on
down Fourth Street, to Main
Monday.
Street and then west on
After the parade,
Third Street, returning to the
children and their parents
Almont Ave. and Fourth
are invited to the Dryden
Street area for the Memorial
Fire Hall, where firefighters
Day ceremony.
will serve up some heaping
American Legion and
helpings of ice cream.
VFW posts and auxiliaries,
A post-parade (informal) the ceremony will also
luncheon will also be availinclude music by the Imlay
able to local veterans and
City High School marching
their families.
band. The American Legion
In Imlay City, the days Auxiliary will offer free
events begin with a 10 a.m.
refreshments at their buildparade. Participants will line ing downtown following the
up, beginning at 9:30 a.m.,
parade. All are welcome to
at Fourth Street and Almont
attend.
Ave., in front of the war
Wreath-laying ceremomemorial.
nies and gun salutes follow
The parade route will
at the Imlay Township and
take marchers through the
Mt. Calvary cemeteries.
Honor: Merchant Marine recognized

from page 1-A
already died.
Regardless, Sue wanted
to honor her fathers service
and memory by obtaining
official Veterans Status posthumously. In 2003, she took
all of the paperwork she had
to the Veterans Affairs office
in Lapeer.
She was met with supportive staff who helped with
the paperwork. By August of
that year, Sue had received
her fathers DD214 (discharge from active duty) and
his Honorable Discharge.
On the DD214, the
Pacific War Zone Medal was
listed, as was the ship Sues
father served on: Adebelle
Lykes. A letter from Capt.
E.J. Fink of the U.S. Coast
Guard was included as well,
and stated The valuable and
often valiant service of the
American Merchant Marine
has long been recognized.
General Douglas Mcarthur
said I hold no branch in
higher esteem than the
Merchant Marine service.
That recognition has been
acknowledged by Public Law
95-202.
While Sue was thrilled to
honor her fathers memory
with the official documentation, she also joined a
Merchant Marine World War
II group to find out more.
Members of the group
referred Sue to Deveeda
Midgett of the Maritime
Administration Office of
Medals and awards given

posthumously to George
Melvin Sanders for his
WWII service in Merchant
Marines.
Sealift Support. From there,
things got even better.
I called Deveeda and
sent her what she required,
Sue says. She emailed me
last week that I would receive
my dads awards within a
week. I was absolutely
thrilled to receive them.
They were a long time in
coming.
George Melvin Sanders
received the Victory Medal,
the Pacific War Zone Medal,
the
Merchant
Marine
Emblem, Honorable Service
Button and a Presidential
Testimonial Letter.
Sues heart soared.
I knew that my dads
service in the Merchant
Marines was important, she
says. I didnt want to go to

my grave without that being
appropriately acknowledged.
It is simply a matter that
Ilove my dad and this is, in
part, a way of honoring him
and having the family be able
to say their grandfather
served honorable in World
War II.
More may be on its way
to those who served in the
Merchant Marines. HR 563,
would authorize a one-time
lump sum payout of $25,000
to each surviving Merchant
Mariner.
The bill states in part:
During World War II, more
than 200,000 Americans
served in the Merchant
Marines and aided our nation
in military efforts for victory
in Europe and the Pacific.
Thousands of these men
faced enemy attack and died
at sea, while hundreds more
were captured and held as
prisoners of war. Despite
having the highest casualty
rate of U.S. Service during
the war, they were not eligible to receive veterans benefits.
The veterans of the
Merchant Marine risked their
lives in service of this nation,
but they have never been
properly thanked...
Another bill HR 2992,
would award a Congressional
Gold Medal collectively to
the U.S. Merchant Marine
of World War II to recognize
their service during the war.
Boxey: Longtime Almont DDA Director takes job with MDARD

from page 1-A
ored and blessed to work in
a community that has
embraced and supported our
efforts.
Boxey alluded to the
support of a loyal team of
individuals whose efforts
accomplished much while
making significant strides in
creating a more vibrant
downtown and one that is
positioned for growth.
These experiences have
helped me to grow as a professional and allowed me to
be successful in this role,
Boxey continued. Icant
begin to express my gratitude for the trust and confidence you have placed in
me.
Among those who have
collaborated with Boxey on
a regular basis is Almont
Village Manager Sarah
Moyer-Cale, who was quick
to acknowledge her skills
and professionalism.
Nancys professional
knowledge has been an asset
to the Almont community,
said Moyer-Cale. She has
brought resources and ideas
we will continue to benefit
from for years to come.
Im honored to call her

both a professional and personal friend, she continued.
We at the Village will miss
working with her. It will be
difficult to fill her shoes,
but we are happy she will
be able to begin a new
path that she is passionate
about.
Boxey has no doubt that
the DDABoard will find a
capable successor, and she
remains enthusiastic about
the communitys potential
for economic growth.
Iam excited to see what
Almonts future holds and
am confident that under the

(DDA) Boards leadership,
the DDA will continue to do
great things.
Boxey admits that leaving her DDA post will be
bittersweet, but she looks
forward to the opportunity to
begin anew.
Agriculture and urban
development are issues very
close to my heart, she said.
My background and experiences with 4-H and FFA
have afforded me knowledge
and insights I can bring to
my new position.
The new position offers
me an opportunity to blend
my knowledge and experience with my personal passions, and on a more regional basis.
Boxey noted that while
she will soon be employed
by MDARD, she and her
family will continue to make
Almont their home.
Boxey said the
DDABoard will soon initiate a search for her successor.
For the next two weeks,
she will continue to be
accessible at the DDA office
at 810-798-8125.
Nancy Boxey will step

down from her post as
Almont DDA Director
effective June 2.
Page15-A-TRI-CITY TIMES-MAY 25, 2016
Business briefs . . .
Rathburg joins
Shear Hair staff
IMLAY CITY Stylist
Angela Rathburg has joined
the staff at Shear Hair salon

and tanning located at 130
N. Almont Avenue.
Rathburg has 20 years of
experience in the field, and
she specializes in cuts and
colors for men and women.
A Paul Mitchell trained stylist, Rathburg is noted for her
skills with highlights and
technical coloring, as well as
dry cutting hair. She also
teaches the dry cutting technique to other stylists.
Rathburgs
hours
are
from 9 a.m.6
p.m.
Wednesdays
a
n
d
Thursdays,
and from 9
a.m.-3 p.m.
Angela
on
Saturdays.
Rathburg
Call
810724-0677 for an appointment or for more information. Walk-ins also welcome.
Photo by Paul LaCavera
Editors note: Notices

for this column must be
received in writing by noon
Monday prior to the publication date. Notices may be
edited due to space constraints.
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Michael Antovski
Cesar Ayala Ortega
Tyler Basinski
Nicole Beswetherick
Joshua Brodsky
LaBrina Carter
MaryRose Clark
Sawyer Colmer
Ashley Copeman
Morgan Cox
Alexandria Curatolo
Samantha Ferrara
William Ferrara
Emily Fisher
Jake Fuerst
Autumm Heeter
Autumn Hofmann
Jake House
Madison Keliin
Bailey Knuth
Emily Levy
Daniel Lynch
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Jeremy Roediger
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Lelia Wagner
Taylor Wakerley
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Sponsored by the following proud area businesses . . .

Lenny Millers
Great Clips
Dryden
796-2470
Imlay City
810-721-1100
Dryden
Excavating
Rosy Bros Inc.
Loren Starr
Dryden
796-3917
First Independent-Descamps
Insurance Agency
Almont
796-7501
Mane Concern
Hair Design
796-2054
796-9540
Tri-City Times
Imlay City
724-2615
Cutting Edge
Sharpening
Dryden
796-3770
Imlay City Ford

Imlay City
810-724-5900
Tianas Dollar N Deals

Imlay City
810-721-9900
Statewide of Almont
Sharon LaFrance
810-441-6002
Paul's Collision & Towing
Almont
810-798-3596
Milnes Auto Group

810-724-0444
810-724-0561
810-667-5000
Novak's Sales
And Equipment
Almont
810-798-8533
Dr. Robert Glapinski, DO

Capac
395-1610
Oxford Overhead Door

Oxford
248-628-4555
Mandy J Florist
and Gifts LLC
Almont
810-673-3301
Page One Printing
Great Lakes
Town & Country Realty
Imlay City
724-0254
Attica
721-0020
Greenias Outdoor
Power & Sport
CSB Bank
Member FDIC
Oesch & Sieting,

P.C. CPA
Almont
798-2200
Lapeer
810-664-8536
Masters Automotive
Village Barn Carpets
Print, Pack, Ship & More

Imlay City
724-2200
Dryden
796-3078
Almont
810-798-0010
Dryden
810-796-3223
Imlay City
810-724-6483
The UPS Store
Charlie Browns
Almont
798-3485
Lapeer County
Bank & Trust Co.
Member FDIC
Imlay City
724-4652
Brookwood Fruit Farm

Almont
798-8312

Imlay City
724-6218
Imlay City Family Practice

Dr. Laura Zelenak, D.O.
Michelle Simpson, N.P.
Imlay City
724-0591
Family First Health Care

Dr. Loren DeCarlo,
Nurse Practitioner Paula Pretty
& Karey Hartford
Capac
395-4840
CONGRATULATIONS 2016 SENIORS!
Sponsored by the following proud area businesses . . .

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Imlay City
810-724-2615
Muir Brothers
Funeral Home
Imlay City
810-724-8285
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Centers
RE Blank & Associates
724-6431
CSB Bank
Member FDIC
Imlay City
810-724-6000
Tri-County Bank
Member FDIC
Imlay City
810-724-0090
Lapeer County
Bank & Trust Co.
Member FDIC
Imlay City
810-724-4652
Imlay City Ford

Imlay City
810-724-5900
McDonalds
Restaurant
Imlay City
810-724-0688
Oesch & Sieting,

P.C. CPA
Lapeer
810-664-8536
Rickard, Denny, Garno

& Associates
Capac Auto Repair

Capac
810-395-4494
Country
Smoke House
Almont
810-798-3064
Grondins
Hair Center
Imlay City
810-724-1433
Milnes
Auto Group
810-724-0444
810-724-0561
810-667-5000
Ebert Medical
Imlay City
810-724-1600
Big Boy
Imlay City
810-724-3664
Gem & Diamond

Specialists
Imlay City
810-724-RUBY
Pizza Machine
Imlay City
810-724-2088
Imlay City
Monuments
Imlay City
810-724-0033
Churchill
Insurance Agency
Imlay City
810-724-6218
Big Joes
Attorneys
Imlay City
810-724-0555
Pizza Chicken Ribs

Imlay City
810-724-9000
Mortimer Lumber
Liebler Insurance Agency
Imlay City
810-724-0501
Imlay City
810-724-8600
Videomation
Imlay City
810-724-8585
Walters
Enterprises
Imlay City
810-724-8060
Silver Grill
Family Dining
Imlay City
810-724-2300
Dr. Robert D.
Young, DDS
Imlay City
810-724-6441
Great Lakes
Town & Country Realty
Attica
810-721-0020
Dove Mfg.
& Equipment, Inc.
Paul's Collision
& Towing
Greenias Outdoor
Power & Sport
Village Barn
Carpets
Imlay City
Imlay City
810-724-5030
Almont
810-798-0010
Brookwood
Fruit Farm
Almont
810-798-8312
Great Clips
Imlay City
810-721-1100
Muxlow Tire
& Automotive
Imlay City
810-724-2886
Imlay City Rotary
A Community
Minded Organization
Shear Hair and Tanning

Imlay City
810-724-0677
Bee Gee's
Family Shoes
Imlay City
810-724-3435
Van Dyk Farms
Imlay City
www.vandykfarms.com
Videomation
Sunstar Tanning
Noffert Dental
Imlay City
810-683-5516
Laser Dentistry Invisalign
Tianas Dollar N Deals

Imlay City
810-721-9900
The UPS Store
Print, Pack, Ship & More

Imlay City
810-724-2200
Imlay City Family Practice
Imlay City
810-724-8585
Dr. Laura Zelenak, D.O.

Michelle Simpson, N.P.
Imlay City
810-724-0591
Dons Auto Repair
Statewide of Almont
Sharon LaFrance
Imlay City
810-724-3147
Almont
810-441-6002
Almont
810-798-3596
810-724-6483
Castle Creek
Golf Club
810-724-0581
Novak's Sales
And Equipment
Almont
810-798-8533
Deer View
Golf Course
Imlay City
395-1821
Dr. Robert Glapinski, DO

Capac
395-1610
Ray Champion
Music/Magic
810-516-9032
COMPAS
Home Healthcare of
Michigan
Imlay City
810-721-7700
Family First Health Care

Dr. Loren DeCarlo,
Nurse Practitioner Paula
Pretty & Karey Hartford
Capac
395-4840
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Sports
Dryden third in region
Sliman, Vallad win regional

individual championships
Photo by Kevin Kissane
DRYDEN The Dryden

girls track team obtained a third
last Friday at a Division 3
regional hosted by Brown City
High School.
Deckervilles 152.5-point
total paced the field assembled.
They were followed by Brown

City (108 points), Dryden (101),
Ubly (96), Kingston (79),
Caseville (37.5), Mayville (32),
Peck (13), Marine City Cardinal
Mooney (12), North Huron (11)
plus Harbor Beach and Austin
Catholic Academy (four each).
The top-two placewinners in
each event, plus anyone who
Rachel
Vallad, of
Dryden,
won a
regional
discus
title last
Friday in
Brown
City.
Josh Sustarich, of Almont, watches

his putt approach the hole at the
BWAC Tourney last Thursday.
Almont wins
BWAC crown
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA Hunter Brandt

carded an 82 over 18 holes as did Josh
Sustarich, leading the Almont golf team to a
second-place finish at the Blue Water Area
Conference Tournament last Thursday.
Solitude Golf Links, in Wadhams, is
where the action unfolded.
Armadas 340 output set the pace. They
were followed by Almont (344), Yale (351),
Cros-Lex (353), Imlay City (364),
Richmond (372), Capac (385) and Algonac
(395).
Austin Miller (84) supplied Almonts
next best round. Jack DeMara, Eric Conn
and Jacob Wendorf (a 91 each) shared the
fourth and final scoring spot for the Raiders.
Jonathon Keeleys 83 paced Imlay City.
The Spartans also counted Connor OBriens
90, Austin Baras 95 and Tucker Volmerings
96.
Ian Rennie led Capac with an 88. He
was backed by Aaron Dueweke (94), Noah
Crown page 4-B
Raiders golf team

threepeats as the
league champs
By Kevin Kissane
Drydens Mia Sliman took first in the long jump last

Friday at a Div. 4 regional in Brown City.
meets a state set clocking, height
or distance advances to the
Division 4 state finals. That meet
will be contested Saturday, June
4 at Houseman Field in Grand
Rapids.
Mia Sliman, long jump, 14
feet 3 inches; and Rachel Vallad,
discus, 90 feet 2 inches; led

Dryden with firsts that day.
Kelli Schenkel, high jump, 4
feet 8 inches; provided Dryden
with a second.
Sliman, high jump, 4 feet 8
Dryden page 4-B
Imlay Citys TJ Reintjes is a qualifier

By Kevin Kissane
IMLAY CITY The Imlay City boys

track team obtained a 13th-place finish last
Friday at a Division 2 regional hosted by
Algonac High School.
Marysville topped the standings with
106 points. They were followed by Macomb
Lutheran North (89 points), Clio (81),
Algonac (71), Cros-Lex (66), Yale (55),
Marine City (43), Bridgeport (29), St. Clair
and Armada (25 each),

Birch Run (23), Goodrich
(21), Imlay City (13),
Richmond (nine) and North
Branch (seven).

The top-two placewinners
in each event plus
anyone who bests a state
set time, height or distance
Reintjes
advances to the Division
2 state finals. That competition is
scheduled for Saturday, June 4 at Zeeland
High School.
TJ Reintjes, pole vault, 14 feet 1 inch;
led Imlay City with a first.
Bruce Bollini, high jump, 5 feet 7 inches; provided Imlay City with a three-way tie
for a sixth.
The 3200 relay of Daniel Evard,
Brandyn Louwsma, Greg Michajlyszyn
and Raul Rodriguez rounded out the list
of Imlay City placewinners with an
eighth. It took them 8:57.9 to cover the territory.
Chris Huss
steps aside
as coach
Whitney
qualifies
for state
finals
By Kevin Kissane
Jonathon Keeley, of Imlay City, looks to

sink a putt last Thursday at the BWAC
Tournament at Solitude Golf Links.
CAPAC Following a six-year run,

Chris Huss has decided to step aside as
Capacs varsity girls basketball head
coach.
It was just time for someone else to
take over the job, he said.
Huss points to the 2011-12 campaign, where Capac won the Blue Water
Area Conference title at 12-2, claimed a
Class B district title and finished with an
18-6 overall mark as his most memorable
season over that stretch.
He also has had the opportunity to
coach his daughter Dyman for the last
four seasons. She was a Tri-City Times
All-Area first team selection and an AllBlue Water Conference second team
choice this winter, her fourth campaign at
the varsity level.
Huss will still remain on with the
girls basketball program, just not in the
position of varsity coach. He will direct
the eighth grade squad as he has done in
the past.
Anyone interested in becoming the
next Capac varsity girls basketball coach
should contact the school at 810-3953710.
By Kevin Kissane
Photo courtesy of StudioE Photography
Grace Whitney, of Imlay City, won her first singles

flight at a Division 3 tennis regional last Friday.
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Imlay City girls tennis team
generated 11 points, paving
the way to a 5th place finish
last Friday at a Division 3
regional.
Sanborn Park, in Port
Huron, served as the tournament venue.
St. Clair (30 points) and
Marysville (14) held down
the top-two spots at days
end.
Those schools move on
to the Division 3 state finals
set for June 3-4 in Holland.
Nine other teams competed at the regional level.
Their ranks consisted of
Armada (13 points), Yale
(12), Imlay City (11), Regina
Whitney page 4-B
Page 2-B-TRI-CITY TIMES-MAY 25, 2016
By Kevin Kissane
Almont senior Nick

Terry was the winning
pitcher for his baseball team
against perennial BWAC
power Richmond last week.
For his effort, Terry
earns our Boys Athlete of
the Week honor.
Dryden junior Mia

Sliman collected four
top-three finishes at a
Div. 4 track regional last
Friday in Brown City.
For her effort, Sliman
earns our Girls Athlete
of the Week honor.
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ALMONT Almont
split with visiting Richmond
in a Blue Water Area
Conference varsity baseball
doubleheader on Tuesday,
May 17.
In the opener, Almont
earned a 3-2 win against
Richmond.
Nick Pica and Matt
Schuster led Almont with a
pair of singles apiece.
Nick Terry was the winning Almont pitcher. He
allowed seven hits and struck
out three en route.

In the nightcap, Richmond
bounced back with a 6-1 victory over Almont.
Josh Ratzow (a single and
a double) plus Adam Finn
and Schuster (a pair of singles each) paced Almont
with multiple-hit performances. Brendan Ecker, Terry and
Pica (a single apiece) furnished the remaining Raider
basehits.
With the split, Almont
now stands at 18-7 overall
and 9-3 as far as BWAC Matt Schuster, of Almont, scores a run during his
clashes are concerned.
teams doubleheader with Richmond last week.
Capac bests
foe Cros-Lex
Spartans
sweep
Lake Fenton
IMLAY CITY Imlay

City downed host Lake Fenton
two times in a non-league varsity baseball doubleheader last
Friday.
In the opener, Imlay City
picked up a 12-6 victory over
Lake Fenton.
Mike Nadrowski and Beau
Barker led Imlay City with a
pair of basehits each. Orlando
Ramirez, Marcus Aguinaga,
Tyler Livingston, Jacob Lesniak,
David Hart and Austin Eckert
added one hit apiece for the
Spartans.
Ramirez was Imlay Citys
pitcher of record. He allowed
four hits and struck out six along
the way.
In the nightcap, Imlay City
notched a 7-3 triumph against
Lake Fenton.
Nadrowski and Barker
helped Imlay City to the favorable verdict. They delivered hits
that drove in two RBI each during inning number one, staking
the Spartans to a 4-0 lead at the
time.
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pair of basehits from Ramirez.

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Baseball
Mike Horton, of Capac, looks to tag out an opposing baserunner in a game this past week.
CAPAC Capac
defeated host Cros-Lex twice
in a Blue Water Area
Conference varsity baseball
doubleheader on Tuesday,
May 17.
In the opener, Capac
pulled out a 6-3 victory over
Cros-Lex. That contest lasted
nine innings.
Brandon Muzljakovich
collected three hits and
Andrew Sams supplied two
to lead Capac. The Chiefs
also had one hit apiece courtesy of Jeffrey Opificius,
Mike Horton, Jacob Parski
and Jason Tyson.
Louis Aguinaga was
Capacs pitcher of record.
In the nightcap, Capac
registered a 3-2 triumph
against Cros-Lex.
Aguinaga paced Capac
with a pair of hits. Opificius,
Horton and Parski added one
hit each to the Chiefs cause.
Muzljakovich was the
winning Capac pitcher.
Dryden wins twice versus C-PS

DRYDEN Dryden
outscored host and North
Central Thumb League varsity baseball rival CarsonvillePort Sanilac by a combined
32-2 count en route to a doubleheader
sweep
last
Thursday.
In the opener, Dryden netted a 15-0 win against
Carsonville-Port Sanilac.
John DelCampo (two singles and a double) and Justin
Knox (a pair of doubles) led
Dryden at the plate. They
were backed by Evan Pocius

(a triple) plus Brady Czape,
Jared Czape, Ethan Hyatt,
Bailey Knuth and Ethan
Rozanski (a single apiece).
DelCampo was the winning Dryden pitcher. He
allowed one hit, struck out 11
and issued one walk.
In the nightcap, Dryden
secured a 17-2 victory over
Kingston.
DelCampo and Pocius (a
single and a double each) put
up Drydens top offensive
numbers.
Riley and Rozanski
shared the pitching responsibilities for Dryden. They gave
up two total hits, struck out
two and issued four walks.
DelCampo and Pocius (a
single and a double each) plus
Rozanski (a pair of singles)
put up Drydens top offensive numbers. They were
given assistance in the hitting
department by Jared Czape (a
double) along with Knuth and
Hyatt (a single apiece).
Imlay City drops two games

IMLAY CITY Imlay
City dropped a pair of road
clashes to Armada in a Blue
Water Area Conference varsity baseball doubleheader on
Tuesday, May 17.
In the opener, Armada
registered a 3-1 triumph

against Imlay City.
David Hart led Imlay City
with a pair of hits. Jacob
Lesniak accounted for the
remaining Spartan basehit.
In the nightcap, Armada
pulled out a 6-5 victory over

Imlay City.
Tyler Livingston, Marcus
Aguinaga, Lesniak and Hart
paced Imlay Citys offensive
attack. They finished with
one hit apiece.
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In the opener, Dryden
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Sean Riley (a pair of
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pair of singles) led Dryden
with multiple-hit performances. Jared Czape and
John DelCampo (a single

apiece) also reached the hitting column.
Justin Knox and Jared
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In the nightcap, Dryden
breezed to a 15-4 victory
over Kingston.
Ethan Hyatt (three singles and a double), Vince
Angel and DelCampo (three

singles each) plus Jared
Czape and Riley (two singles apiece) paced Dryden at
the plate. They were backed
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Pocius and Knox (a single
each).
Riley and Gall were the
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route to the favorable verdict. They gave up eight total
hits, struck out six and issued
two walks.
DRYDEN The Dryden

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0-2 mark last Saturday at a
tournament
hosted
by
Oakland Christian High
School.
Dryden began tournament
play with a 10-7 loss to Ubly.
Brady Czape (three singles), Ethan Hyatt (a single

and a double) and Sean Riley
(two singles) led Dryden at
the plate. The remaining
Cardinal hits went to Justin
Knox, Hunter Gall and Josh
Brodsky (a single apiece).
Dryden also dropped a

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Lutheran Northwest.
Brady Czape (a pair of
singles) proved Drydens
toughest out. He was backed
by Hyatt (a double) along
with Jared Czape (a single).
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Capac falls to visiting Lutheran North
CAPAC
Capac
dropped a 21-2 verdict to visiting Lutheran North in a nonleague varsity baseball
matchup last Thursday.

Jeff Opificious led Capac
with three singles. Louis
Aguinaga (a pair of singles),
Andrew Sams (a double) and

Mike Horton (a single) generated the remaining Chief
basehits.
Softball
Imlay City, Armada halve twinbill

By Kevin Kissane
IMLAY CITY Imlay

City halved a Blue Water
Area Conference twinbill
versus visiting Armada on
Tuesday, May 17.
In the opener, Armada

notched a 5-1 victory over
Imlay City.
Madison Whitsett led
Imlay City with four singles.
Haley Medrando (two singles) and Cameron Katkic (a
triple) supplied the remain-
ing Spartan basehits.

In the nightcap, Imlay
City bounced back with a
3-2 triumph against Armada.
Katkic (three singles)
proved Imlay Citys toughest
out. The Spartans also had
Cassie Malhado and Melissa
Rahn (two singles apiece)

along with Whitsett (a double) reach the hitting column.
Ali Harper was the winning Imlay City pitcher. She
allowed nine hits, struck out
four and walked none.
By Kevin Kissane
Almont centerfielder Tyler Kautz gets ready to

field a basehit in a game Saturday.
ALMONT
The
Almont varsity softball team
posted a 2-1 mark last
Saturday at a tournament it
hosted.
Almont began tournament action with a 20-2
pool play triumph against
Marine
City
Cardinal
Mooney.
Jaclyn Hellebuyck (a pair
of doubles), Sydney Marrone
(a single and a double) plus
Veronica Watson, Stacy
Houghton, Hannah Feys and
Kaleigh Creech (two singles
each) led Almont at the plate.
Abbey Johnson added a single to the Raiders cause.
Kristen Stanek and
Watson shared the pitching
responsibilities for the winning Almont side. They
allowed two total hits, struck
five and issued one walk.
Almont then closed out

pool play with a 6-4 victory
over Bath.
Watson (a single and a
double) notched Almonts top
offensive numbers. Katelyn
Proper and Houghton (a double apiece) plus Marrone,
Hellebuyck and Feys (a single each) supported their performances.
Almonts pitcher of
record was Watson. She gave
up four hits, retired six on
strikes and walked one along
the way.
Those outcomes landed
Almont a semifinal round
assignment versus Riverview.
That contest drew to a close
with Riverview, the eventual
champions, ahead by a 9-3
count.
Houghton and Creech (a
double apiece) led Almont at
the plate. They were backed
by Tyler Kautz and Marrone
(a single each).
Imlay City goes 2-1 at own invite
Imlay Citys Cameron Katkic looks to bunt in a

game at home this past week.
Capac drops pair to Cros-Lex

By Kevin Kissane
Alexys Anderson led Capac

with a single each.
In the second game, CrosCAPAC Capac dropped a Lex registered a 6-3 triumph
pair of Blue Water Area against Capac.
Conference varsity softball Loridon (four singles) put
contests to host Cros-Lex on up Capacs best offensive numTuesday, May 17.
bers. She was backed by Aubree
In the opener, Cros-Lex Smith (two singles), Megan
secured an 8-0 victory over Woods (a double) along with
Capac.
Megan Orlando and Morgan
Cassidy Loridon and Woods (a single apiece).
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City at the plate. The Spartans
IMLAY CITY The Imlay also had Melissa Rahn,
City varsity softball team Kaufman,
Harper
and
went 2-1 at an invitational it Medrano (a single each) reach
hosted last Saturday.
the hitting column.
Imlay City opened tour- Harper was Imlay Citys
nament play with a 3-2 set- pitcher of record. She allowed
back to Utica Ford. That con- one hit, struck out five and
test lasted nine innings.
walked none over six innings.
Cameron Katkic (three Imlay City then closed
singles) and Madison Whitsett out tournament action with an
(two singles) proved Imlay 18-2 victory over Atherton.
Citys toughest outs. They Kaufman (four singles)
were backed by Haley Katkic
(three
singles),
Medrano (a double) plus Dawson (a single and a douKenady Kaufman, Leah ble) and Rahn (a pair of sinDawson and Ali Harper (a gles) put up Imlay Citys best
single each).
offensive numbers. They
Imlay City then evened were backed by Emma
their tournament mark at 1-1 Orlowski (a triple), Whitsett
with a 10-0 win against (a double) plus Riley Brunk,
Roseville.
Rodriguez,
Medrano,
Rebecca Rodriguez (a Malhado and Harper (a single
single and two doubles) plus each).
Almont reaches semifinal round
Imlay Citys Haley Medrano looks to beat the tag of

a Utica Ford foe Saturday at an invite at home.
Harper was Imlay Citys one hit, retired five on strikes
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ALMONT Almont
split a Blue Water Area
Conference doubleheader
with Richmond on Tuesday,
May 17.
In the opener, Almont
claimed a 9-0 win at
Richmonds expense.
Veronica Watson (three
singles and a double) plus
Sydney Marrone and Tyler
Kautz (a single and a double
each) led Almont at the plate.
They were backed by Jaclyn
Hellebuyck, Stacy Houghton
and Katelyn Proper (a double
apiece) along with Hannah
Feys (a single).
Watson was the winning
Almont pitcher. She allowed
six hits, struck out four and
walked one.
In the nightcap, Richmond
bounced back with a 5-3 victory over Almont. That contest lasted eight innings.
Kaleigh Creech (two singles and a double) paced
Almonts offensive attack.
The remaining Raider hits
went to Watson, Marrone and
Houghton (a double each)
plus Abbey Johnson and
Hellebuyck (a single apiece).
CAPAC Capac turned

back host Vassar twice in a
Blue Water Area Conference
varsity softball doubleheader
last Thursday.
In the opener, Capac
earned a 7-1 win at Vassars
expense.
Megan Orlando (three
singles) plus Hunter Smith,
Alexys Anderson, Aubree
Smith and Megan Woods
(two singles apiece) led
Capac at the plate. They were
given assistance in the hitting
department by Morgan
Woods, Miranda Parisot and
Cassidy Loridon (a single
each).
Anderson was Capacs
pitcher of record. She gave up
three hits, struck out six and

walked one.
In the nightcap, Capac
rolled to a 14-4 victory over
Vassar.
Aubree Smith and Parisot
(three singles and a triple
apiece), Orlando (four singles), Izabelle Amador (a single and a triple) plus Madison
Wheeler and Loridon (two
singles apiece) paced Capac
with multiple-hit performances. Molly Montney (a double)
and Megan Woods (a single)
supplied the remaining Chief
basehits.
Loridon was the winning
Capac pitcher. She allowed
six hits, retired three on
strikes and walked three.
Capac sweeps non-league foe Vassar
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Girls Track
Imlay relay team, Livingston qualify for state finals

IMLAY CITY The
Imlay City girls track team
claimed a two-way tie for
eighth place last Friday at a
Division 2 regional hosted by
Algonac High School.
Goodrich (99 points) was
the meet champion. They
were followed by Macomb
Lutheran North (90 points),
Cros-Lex (77), Marine City

(68), Yale (48.5), Bridgeport
(44), Algonac (42), Imlay
City and Armada (36 each),
St. Clair (31), Clio (27.5),
Marysville (23), Richmond
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Birch Run (eight).
in each event, plus anyone
who equals or improves on a
state set clocking, height or
distance continues their

postseason
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Saturday,
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Division 2
state finals.
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Livingston
unfolds.
A 3200 meter relay consisting of Camylle VelazquezFuentes, Sarah Evans, Ericka
Lathrop
and
Erika
Vanderploeg led Imlay City
with a first, registering a
school record-setting clocking of 10:21.5 en route. Their
performance bested the previous mark of 10:27.7 set by
Isabelle Downey, Lathrop,
Chloe
Kosinski
and
Velazquez-Fuentes during the

2014 campaign.
Carly Livingston will be
heading to the upcoming state
meet as well. She notched a
pole vault clearance of 9 feet
8 inches for fourth and
advanced height-wise as an
additional qualifier.
Olivia Gulino, discus, 85
feet 9 inches; Evans, 1600
run, 5:41.59; and VelazquezFuentes, 3200-meter run,
12:42.32; furnished Imlay
Citys fifths.
Elizabeth Shirling, shot
put, 31 feet 2 inches; gave
Imlay Citys 3200 relay of Erika Vanderploeg,
Imlay City a sixth.
The Imlay City 800 (Abby Camylle Velazquez-Fuentes, Ericka Lathrop and
Schefka, Shirling, Livingston Sarah Evans set school record at regionals.
and Lathrop) and 1600-meter
(Schefka, Lathrop, Livingston timed in 1:53.22 and 4:27.56, feet 5 inches; and Lathrop,
and Vanderploeg) relays respectively.
400 dash, 1:03.498; added
secured sevenths. They were Hollie Rager, discus, 80 eighths to Imlay Citys cause.
Photo by
By Kevin Kissane
Crown: Almont three-peats as champs
from page 1-B

Burgess (101) and Eric
Ransom (102).
Final BWAC Standings1) Almont, 74 points; 2)
Richmond, 57 points; 3)
Armada, 53 points; 4) Imlay
City, 50 points; 5) Cros-Lex,
48 points; 6)Yale, 45 points;
7) Algonac 20 points; and 8)
Capac, 13 points.
All-BWAC first teamMatt Hammer, Armada; Matt
Benson, Cros-Lex; Noah
Kosal, Richmond; Hunter
Brandt, Almont; Josh
Sustarich, Almont; Jonathon
Keeley, Imlay City, 57
points; Austin Miller,
Almont, 36 points; Austin
Bara, Imlay City, 27 points;
and Justin Furham,Yale, 27
points.
Aaron
Dueweke, of
Capac, follows
through on a
shot at the
BWAC
Tournament.
Dryden: Cardinal girls finish in third
from page 1-B

inches; and Jodie Adams, 300
hurdles, 52.91 seconds; and
Caitlyn Hill, 400-meter dash,
1:05.35; supplied Drydens
individual event thirds.
The
Dryden
400
(McKenna Rudd, Sliman,
Schenkel and Adams) and
800 (Sliman, Schenkel,
Adams and Hill) relays
wound up third as well. They
were timed in 56.61 seconds
and 1:58.47, respectively.
Adams, pole vault, 7 feet;

and Vallad, shot put, 26 feet 6
3/4
inches;
generated
Drydens fourths.
Courtney Heike, discus,
71 feet 1 inch; Hannah Weiss,
100-meter hurdles, 19.03 seconds; plus Rudd, long jump,
13 feet 11 inches) and 800
run (2:42.56); furnished
Drydens individual event
fifths.
The Dryden 1600-meter
relay of McKenna Gierman,
Weiss, Schenkel and Hill

pulled up fifth as well. They
stopped the watch at 4:40.82.
Kaylin Norman, 100
dash, 14.69 seconds; and
Hill, 200-meter dash, 29.49
seconds;
contributed
Drydens sixths.
The 3200 relay of Hunter
Hofmann, Alissa Hurd,
Emerson Waite and Kayleigh
Hudson added a seventh to
Drydens cause. They were
timed in 13:12.21.
Whitney: Imlay junior makes state

from page 1-B
(eight), Cros-Lex (five),
Marine City (three), South
Lake (two) and Centerline
(one).
Imlay Citys Grace
Whitney saw to it that her
season would last a bit longer,
thanks to first at the number
one singles position. She took
flight honors with a 6-2, 6-3

win against St. Clairs Claire
Brooks.
The second doubles team
of Kendra Blount and Isabelle
Downey and the third doubles
combination of Kendall
Sommer and Agnes Krahn
supplied the next best Imlay
City showings. Those teams
reached the semifinal round of

their flight before bowing out.
Sommer Stoldt (second
singles), Madalinn Thibodeau
and Drew Katkic (first doubles) plus Stacie Vaughn and
Breanna Ngow (fourth doubles) added a first round victory each to Imlay Citys
cause.
Almonts 400 relay of Mariah Smith, Aubrey Battani,

Rebecca Measel and Meredith Rinke pose for a
photo after qualifying for the Div. 3 state meet.
1:54.37.
Rinke, 100-meter dash,
14.03 seconds; provided
Almont with a sixth.
A 3200 relay lineup consisting of Kaitlyn Sedorchuk,
Kayla
Pia,
Hannah
Szydlowski and Olivia Hovis
added an eighth to Almonts
cause.
The 1600-meter relay of
Brooke Miller, Megumi

Echizenya, Satomi Echizenya
and Megan Jamison paced
Capac with a fifth. They registered a 4:37.73 clocking en
route.
Jamison, pole vault, 8
feet; and Sara Herrera, 3200
run, 12:57.22; rounded out
the list of Capac placewinners
with sevenths.
Dryden second at NCTLMeet

By Kevin Kissane
DRYDEN The Dryden

girls track team generated a
second-place finish at the
North Central Thumb League
Meet on Tuesday, May 17.
Deckerville is where the
action unfolded.
When the final scores
were announced, Deckervilles
199-point output set the pace.
They were followed by
Dryden (130 points), Kingston
(96), Caseville (38), Mayvile
(30), North Huron (18) and
Peck (13).
Mia Sliman, long jump,
13 feet 11 3/4 inches; Rachel
Vallad, shot put (28 feet 3 1/2
inches) and discus (91 feet 7
inches) led Dryden with firsts.
Sliman, high jump, 4 feet
8 inches; Kelli Schenkel, long
jump, 13 feet 6 1/2 inches;
Hannah Weiss, 100 hurdles,
19.2 seconds; Jodie Adams,
300-meter hurdles, 51.18 seconds; Caitlyn Hill, 400 dash,
1:06.72; and McKenna Rudd,
800-meter run, 2:44.11; provided Drydens individual
event seconds.
The Dryden 400 (Sliman,
Rudd, Adams and Schenkel)
and 800 (Adams, Sliman,
Schenkel and Hill) relays
claimed seconds as well. They
were timed in 56.59 seconds
and 1:59.62, respectively.
Schenkel, high jump, 4
feet 6 inches; Rudd, long
jump, 13 feet 5 inches; and
Hill, 200-meter dash, 29.6
seconds; collected Drydens
thirds.
The Dryden 1600 relay of
McKenna Gierman, Kayleigh
Hudson, Weiss and Hill furnished a third as well. They
stopped the watch at 4:58.6.
Adams, pole vault, 7 feet;
and Gierman, 300-meter hurdles, 56.81 seconds; gave
Dryden individual event
fourths.
The Dryden 1600 relay of
Hunter Hofmann, Alissa
Hurd, Emerson Waite and
Hudson wound up fourth as
The Almont boys golf team and coaches pose for a photo after winning the
BWAC title last week. It marked the third straight year the Raiders have taken
league honors.
Photo provide
Imlay City 3200 relay runner Sarah Evans looks to

fend off a Cros-Lex foe at regionals last Friday.
TRI-CITY AREA
The Almont and Capac girls
track squads pulled up eighth
and 11th, respectively, last
Saturday at a Division 3
regional hosted by Bad Axe
High School.
Reese
edged
Frankenmuth, 122 points to
121, for team honors that day.
Marlette (80 points), Lakeville
(73), Bad Axe (58), Millington

(46), Elkton-Pigeon BayPort
(43), Almont (35), Sandusky
(33), Caro (27), Capac (eight),
Cass City (five) and Vassar
(two).
in each event, plus anyone
who bests a state set clocking,
height or distance advances to
the Division 3 state finals.
That meet is scheduled for
June 4 at Comstock Park High
School.
Rebecca Measel, 300 hurdles, 48.16 seconds; led
Almont with a first.
Aubrey Battani, pole
vault, 9 feet 9 inches; provided Almont with an individual
event second.
The Almont 400-meter
relay team of Mariah Smith,
Meredith Rinke, Measel and
Battani took second as well.
They were timed in 53.2 seconds.
The Almont 800 relay of
Grace Zimmerman, Measel,
Rinke and Battani collected a
fourth, thanks to a clocking of
Drydens Jodie Adams passes the baton to Caitlyn

Hill at a meet last week.
By Kevin Kissane
Photo provided
Almont qualifies three times for states
Hannah Weiss, of Dryden, nears the finish-line of

her hurdle race at a meet last week.
well. They were timed in dles, 20.28 seconds; rounded
13:38.46.
out the list of Dryden place Gierman, 100-meter hur- winners with a sixth.
Soccer
Almont leaves Yale

with an 8-0 win
By Kevin Kissane
ALMONT Almont registered an 8-0 triumph against

host Yale in a Blue Water
Area Conference girls soccer
game last Friday.
Jennifer Curtis collected
three goals and Alayna
Panduren supplied two to
lead Almont. Emma Johnson,
Bella Meszaros and Shianne

Calkins added a goal each to
the Raiders cause.
Caroline Tormala (two)
plus
Lauren
Dempz,
Meszaros and Johnson (one
each) furnished Almonts
assists.
Theya Dermitt was the
winning Almont goalkeeper.
She was credited with five
saves.
Raiders blank Richmond, 4-0

By Kevin Kissane
The Almont girls soccer team poses for a photo after wrapping up a share of the BWAC title.
Almont nets share of BWAC title

By Kevin Kissane
ALMONT
The
Almont varsity girls soccer
team saw that at least a share
of the Blue Water Area
Conference title would belong
to them, accomplishing the

feat with a 7-2 win against
Algonac in a matchup
Monday afternoon.
With the decision, Almont
completes BWAC action as
owners of a 12-1-1 mark.
In Mondays matchup,
Almont took a 2-1 edge at

halftime.
Almont then outscored
Algonac 5-1 the rest of the
way, closing out a 7-2 win.
Kirsten Schapman (three),
Heidi Theisen (two) plus
Alayna Panduren and Gabby
Sturgis (one each) supplied

Almonts goals.
Jennifer Curtis, Mikayla
McCarthy and Bella Meszaros
added Almonts assists.

Jen Weiland and Theya
Dermitt took turns in net for
the victorious Almont side.
Dryden drops
match to Corunna
ALMONT Almont
earned a 4-0 road triumph
against Richmond in a Blue
Water Area Conference girls
soccer confrontation on
Monday, May 16.
Kirsten Schapman (two)
plus Alayna Panduren and
Mikayla McCarthy (one
each) accounted for Almonts
goals.
Capac falls to Memphis, 3-2

CAPAC Capac fell
3-2 to host Memphis in a
non-league girls soccer
encounter last Thursday.
Megan Jamison led
Capac with a pair of goals.
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DRYDEN Dryden tied

visiting St. Thomas More,
4-4, in a non-league girls
soccer encounter on Monday,
May 16.
Kaylin Norman led

Dryden with a pair of goals.
Kimmy Kuligowski and
Haylee Wolle added a goal
each to the Cardinals cause.
Dryden also received an

assist from Jordan Peters.
Kelsey Hempstead went
the distance in net for Dryden.
She managed 12 saves.
Dryden falls 2-0 to Marlette
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DRYDEN Dryden
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Capac
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Jordyn Robinson and
Kelsey Hempstead handled the goalkeeping chores

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Megan Jamison led Capac

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Tennis
Softball
Dryden halves twinbill with C-PS

By Kevin Kissane
Dryden leftfielder MaryRose Clark throws the ball to the infield as

centerfielder Trace Ashmore looks on in a game at home last
week.
DRYDEN Dryden halved a North

Central Thumb League varsity softball doubleheader with host Carsonville-Port
Sanilac last Thursday.
In the opener, Dryden obtained a 17-2
win against Carsonville-Port Sanilac.
Amanda Lemke (a single and a triple),
Claudya DeLand (a single and a double)
plus Mia Sliman and Kendall Lowe (a pair
of singles each) led Dryden at the plate.
MaryRose Clark, Alex Curatolo and Trace
Ashmore added a single each for the
Cardinals.
In the second contest, Carsonville-Port
Sanilac bounced back with a 13-3 victory
over Dryden.
DeLand (a single and a double) and
Sliman (a pair of singles) paced Drydens
offensive attack. They were backed by
Lemke and Curatolo (a single apiece).
Capac goes 3-1 at Lakeville Tourney

By Kevin Kissane
CAPAC The Capac

varsity softball team gave a
good account of themselves,
finishing 3-1 at the Lakeville
Tournament last Saturday.
Capac opened tournament
action with a 13-5 win against
Marlette.
Aubree Smith (two singles and a double), Megan
Orlando (a single and a double) plus Alexys Anderson

and Cassidy Loridon (two
singles each) proved Capacs
top offensive weapons.
Izabelle Amador and Hunter
Smith added a single apiece to
the Chiefs cause.
Loridon was Capacs
pitcher of record. She gave up
four hits, struck out three and
walked one en route.
Capac then improved their
tournament mark to 2-0,

thanks to an 8-7 victory over
Marlette.
Orlando and Anderson
(two singles and a double
each) paced Capac at the
plate. They were backed by
Miranda Parisot and Loridon
(a single apiece).
Anderson was Capacs
pitcher of record. She prevailed in a relief role.
Capac followed that up
with a 3-1 loss.

Loridon (a single) furnished the lone Capac basehit.
Capac then closed out
their tournament run with a
3-0 triumph against Vassar.
Anderson (two singles)
proved Capacs toughest out.
The Chiefs also had Hunter
Smith,
Megan
Woods,
Orlando, Loridon and Parisot
(a single each) reach the hitting column.
Dryden drops a twinbill to Kingston

By Kevin Kissane
League varsity softball rival

Kingston on Monday, May
16.
DRYDEN Dryden In the opener, Kingston
dropped a pair of games to notched an 18-1 victory over
visiting North Central Thumb Dryden.
Mia Sliman (a double)

plus MaryRose Clark and
Amanda Lemke (a pair of
singles)
accounted
for
Drydens basehits.
In the second game,
doubleheader it hosted last

Saturday.
In the opener, Lutheran
DRYDEN The Dryden East posted a 17-0 win against
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to visiting Lutheran East in a Haley Primel and Megan
Rinke led Dryden with a single each.

In the second game,
Lutheran East picked up a
13-4 victory over Dryden.
MaryRose Clark, Amanda
Kingston registered a 12-0

triumph against Dryden.
Kendall Lowe, Megan
Rinke, Trace Ashmore, Clark
and Lemke led Dryden with a
single apiece.
Lutheran East tops Dryden twice

By Kevin Kissane
Lemke and Claudya DeLand

paced Dryden with two
singles apiece. Mia Sliman
and Trace Ashmore added a
single each to the Cardinals
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Almonts Ryann Coenen returns a shot at a

Division 4 regional last Friday.
Almont tennis nets

a tie for fifth place
By Kevin Kissane
ALMONT
The
Almont girls tennis team netted a two-way tie for fifth
place at a Division 4 regional
it hosted last Friday.
Bloomfield
Hills
Academy of the Sacred Heart
(28 points) and Flint Powers
Catholic (22) occupied the
top-two places at days end.
They advance to the
Division 4 state finals set for
June 3-4 at Kalamazoo
College.
Eight other schools competed at the regional level.
Their ranks consisted of
Grosse
Pointe
Woods
University Liggett (16
points), Royal Oak Shrine
(nine), Almont, Madison
Clarkston Everest Collegiate
and Richmond (eight apiece),

Clawson and Waterford Our
Lady of the Lakes (two each)
plus Madison Heights Bishop
Foley (one).
Maria Bussone (second
singles), Brianne Gryspeerd
and Nadia Manko (third doubles) plus Katie Smith and
Gabby Wright (fourth doubles) led Almont that day.
They contributed two points
apiece to the Raiders cause,
reaching the semifinal round
of their flight before seeing
their tournament path ended.
Lauren Deppe (fourth singles) plus Ryann Coenen and
Sam Justice (first doubles)
added one point apiece to
Almonts final total. Those
players won their initial contest, before bowing out with
quarterfinal round losses.
Almont tennis
blanks Lapeer, 8-0
By Kevin Kissane
ALMONT Almont
notched an 8-0 road triumph
against Lapeer in non-league
girls tennis encounter on
Tuesday, May 17.
In individual action, Faith
Standfest claimed a 7-6, 6-4
top flight win; Maria Bussone
secured a 6-3, 6-2 victory at
second
singles;
Olivia
Bussone registered a 6-1, 6-2
third flight triumph; and
Lauren Deppe supplied a 6-2,
6-2 win at fourth singles.

As far as doubles play
was concerned, Ryann
Coenen and Sam Justice
obtained a 6-1, 6-3 top flight
victory; Elizabeth Kerby and
Sarah Stroup generated a 6-1,
6-3 triumph at second doubles; Brianne Gryspeerd and
Nadia Manko furnished a 6-0,
6-0 third flight win; plus
Katie Smith and Gabby
Wright added a 6-1, 7-6 victory at fourth doubles.
With the result, Almont
improves to 8-4 this season.
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Almonts Katie Smith hits a backhand during a
match this past week.
Boys Track
Tri-City teams send several to states

By Kevin Kissane
Photo provided
Almonts Jacob Battani turns in a state-qualifying

effort in the 110 hurdles at regionals.
TRI-CITY AREA
The Almont and Capac boys
track squads took fourth and
11th, respectively, last
Saturday at a Division 3
regional hosted by Bad Axe
High School.
Frankenmuths 145.5point total set the pace. They
were followed by Marlette
(83.5 points), Cass City (77),
Almont (70), Caro (67),
Elkton-Pigeon BayPort (46),
Vassar (40), Reese (33.5),
Bad Axe (30), Sandusky (29),
Capac (25.5), Millington (15)
and Lakeville (one).
The top-two placewinners in each event, plus anyone who bests a state set
clocking, height or distance
advances to the Division 3
state finals. That meet is
scheduled for Saturday, June
4 at Comstock Park High
School.
Jacob Battani, pole vault,
13 feet 6 inches; led Almont
with a first.
Alec Giles, 300 hurdles,
40.89 seconds; and Fernando
Santana, 400-meter dash,
51.35 seconds; gave Almont
seconds.
Battani also qualified for
the upcoming state meet in
the 110 hurdles. He notched
a clocking of 15.55 seconds
en route to a third, good
enough to advance time-wise.
Giles, high jump, 5 feet
10 inches; and Josh Phelps,
1600-meter run, 4:45.67; furnished Almonts other thirds.
Jackson Brown, 1600
run, 4:58.01; provided
Almont with an individual
event fourth.
The Almont 3200-meter
relay of Brandon Kuhn,
Aaron Bryan, Phelps and
Brown wound up fourth as
well. They stopped the watch
at 8:54.33.
Santana, 200 dash, 23.19
seconds; obtained a fifth for
Almont.
Joey Candela, Tyler Watt,
Dante Dudek and Battani
contributed a sixth. They
were timed in 48.71 seconds.
Phelps,
3200
run,
10:33.66; generated the lone
Almont seventh.
Michael McEwan, shot
put (40 feet 7 1/2 inches) and
discus (122 feet 11 inches);
plus Brown, 3200-meter run,
11:00.11; added eighths to
Almonts cause.
The 400 relay of Ian
Detroyer, Brent Boers, Tyler
Saez and Andrew Sams paced
Capac with a second, posting
a school record-setting clocking of 45.47 seconds en route.
Their performance improved
on the previous mark of 45.6

seconds set by Tony
Chmielewski, Randy Ott,
Tim Brooks and Mike Siracki
set during the 1979 season.
Paul Livermore will be
heading to the upcoming state
meet as well. His pole vault
clearance of 12 feet, paving
the way to a third, proved
good enough to advance
height-wise.
Saez, Sam, Detroyer and
Boers provided Capac with a
fourth. They posted a time of
1:35.56 en route.
Saez, 100 dash, 11.84
seconds; Livermore, 110meter hurdles, 16.62 seconds;
and Detroyer, 300 hurdles;
collected Capacs sevenths.
Capac also received an
eighth courtesy of Saez, 200meter dash, 23.61 seconds.
Bailey Knuth, of Dryden, picks up the pace while

competing in the 800 run at regionals.
DRYDEN
The
Dryden boys track team collected 48 points en route to a
sixth-place showing last
Friday at Division 4 regional
hosted by Brown City High
School.
When the final scores
were announced, Ublys
155-point total proved best.
Brown City (88 points), Peck
(84), Mayville (79), Kingston
(63),
Dryden
(48),
Deckerville (41), Harbor
Beach (33), Marine City
Cardinal Mooney (32),
North Huron (20), Austin
Catholic Academy (12)
along with Carsonville-Port
Sanilac and Caseville (two
each).
The top-two placewinners in each event, plus anyone who bests a state set
clocking, height or distance
advances to the Division 4
state finals. That meet will
be contested Saturday, June
4 at Houseman Field in
Grand Rapids.
Jeremy Roediger, long
jump, 18 feet 9 inches; and
Bailey Knuth, 800 run,
2:13.49; led Dryden with
thirds.
Roediger, high jump, 5
feet 7 inches; and Ian
Latulippe, long jump, 18 feet
6 1/4 inches; gave Dryden
Capacs 400 relay of Ian Detroyer, Andrew Sams,
individual event fourths.
The Dryden 400-meter Brent Boers and Tyler Saez set a school record at
relay of Blake Porter, Sam last Saturdays regional meet.
Peyerk, Latulippe and
Roediger took fourth as well.
They needed 49.29 seconds
to accomplish the feat.
Porter, pole vault, 9 feet;
and Bailey Knuth, 1600 run,
5:19.87; provided Dryden
with individual event sixths.
relay of Brenden Knuth,
Bailey Knuth, Tyler Honnold
and Peyerk wound up sixth
as well. They were timed in
3:56.5.
Peyerk, 100 (12.48 seconds) and 200 (26.21 seconds) dashes; added sevenths to Drydens cause.
Dryden runs to a fifth at NCTL Meet

By Kevin Kissane
DRYDEN The Dryden

boys track team registered a
fifth-place finish at the North
Central Thumb League Meet
on Tuesday, May 17.
Deckerville High School
is where the action unfolded.
Jeremy Roediger, long
jump, 16 feet 2 inches; led
Dryden with an individual
event first.
relay of Ian Latulippe, Blake
Porter, Sam Peyerk and

Roediger claimed a first as
well. It took them 49.43 seconds to accomplish the feat.
Roediger, high jump, 5
feet 6 inches; and Peyerk, 100
dash, 12.52 seconds; supplied
Drydens thirds.
Porter, pole vault, 9 feet 6
inches; Latulippe, long jump,
15 feet 5 inches; Jarrad
Adams, discus, 95 feet 4 inches; Roediger, 110-meter hurdles, 17.77 seconds; and
Bailey Knuth, 800 run, 2:17;
furnished Drydens fourths.
Sports Schedule
Baseball
Wednesday, May 25
Oxford at Almont, 4 p.m.
Thursday, May 26
North Huron at Dryden,
4 p.m.
Cass City at Capac, 4 p.m.
Brown City at Imlay City,
4 p.m.
Friday, May 27
Marlette at Capac, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 31
Almont at Armada, 4 p.m.
Capac at Rochester Hills
Lutheran Northwest,
4:30 p.m.
Softball
Thursday, May 26
North Huron at Dryden,
4 p.m.
Cass City at Capac, 4 p.m.
Brown City at Imlay City,
4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 31
Armada at Almont, 4 p.m.
Capac at North Branch, 4
p.m.
Romeo at Imlay City, 4 p.m.
Girls / Boys
Track
Friday, May 20
Almont, Imlay City at Blue
Water Area Meet of

Champions, Marysville,
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 24
Almont, Capac, Imlay City,
Dryden at Thumb Meet of
Champions, Caro, 3 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Thursday, May 26
Dryden at Memphis,
4:30 p.m.
Friday, May 27
Imlay City at North Branch,
4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 31
Division 3 districts
Richmond at Almont,
4:30 p.m.
Capac at Marine City,
4:30 p.m.
Imlay City at New Haven,
4:30 p.m.
Dryden at Clarkston Everest
Collegiate, 4:30 p.m.
Golf
Wednesday, May 25
Capac, Almont, Imlay City at
Heather Hills, Almont,
8:30 a.m.
Dryden at Clarkston,
9 a.m.
Peyerk, 200-meter dash,

25.68 seconds; contributed an
individual event fifth to
Drydens cause.
The Dryden 800 (Austin
Zwiez, Scott Bristol, Porter
and Adams) and 1600 (Bristol,

Zwiez, Knuth and Peyerk)
added fifths as well. They
notched respective clockings
of 1:49.28 and 4:08.51 en Jeremy Roediger, of Dryden, took third in the long
jump at Fridays regional in Brown City.
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2015 WATER QUALITY REPORT

FOR CITY OF IMLAY CITY
Legal
Announcements
Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems,
agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.
Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban
storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.
Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and
residential uses.
Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organics, which are by-products of industrial processes
and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff and septic systems.
Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activi
ties.
Warning about the vulnerability of some populations to contaminants in drinking water. (151.154(a)).
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than is the general population. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants,
people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the
Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
Infants and young children are typically more vulnerable to lead in drinking water than the general population. It is possible that lead levels at your home may be higher than at other homes in the community as a result of materials used in your
homes plumbing. If you are concerned about elevated lead levels in your homes water, you may wish to have your water
tested and flush your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using tap water. Additional information is available from the Safe
Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
New LCR CCR requirements covering the year 2009 water supplies must include information about lead, even if lead
is not detected: Replaces old language (see CCR letter from MDEQ 2008). Lead and Copper language required 40
CFR 141.154
If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children.
Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. The
City of Imlay City is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in
plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure
by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead
in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you
can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.
Required language source water protection Lake Huron intake; for communities receiving water from the Lake Huron Plant:
Your source water comes from the lower Lake Huron watershed. The watershed includes numerous short, seasonal
streams that drain to Lake Huron. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, and the Michigan Public Health Institute performed a source water
assessment in 2004 to determine the susceptibility of potential contamination. The susceptibility rating is a seven-tiered
scale ranging from very low to very high based primarily on geologic sensitivity, water chemistry, and contaminant
sources. The Lake Huron source water intake is categorized as having a moderately low susceptibility to potential contaminant sources. The Lake Huron water treatment plant has historically provided satisfactory treatment of this source water to
meet drinking water standards.
In 2015, DWSD received a grant from The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to develop a source water
protection program for the Lake Huron water treatment plant intake. The program includes seven elements that include the
following: roles and duties of government units and water supply agencies, delineation of a source water protection area,
identification of potential of source water protection area, management approaches for protection, contingency plans, siting
of new sources and public participation. Every customer will not be mailed a copy of this report. If you would like to know
more information about the Source Water Assessment report or a complete copy of this report please, visit our website www.
imlaycity.org or contact your water department (810) 724-2135 Ed Priehs, epriehs@imlaycity.org
VILLAGE OF
ALMONT
ORDINANCE NO. 196

An ordinance to regulate garage
sales and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof.

THE VILLAGE OF ALMONT
ORDAINS:

Section 1. Purpose.

Section 2. Definitions.

Section 3. Regulations.

Section 4. Enforcement.

and Penalties.

Section 5. Effective Date.
The undersigned President and
Clerk of the Village of Almont hereby
certify that this Ordinance was adopted
at a Regular Meeting of the Almont
Village Council held on the 17th day of
May 2016 and was published in the TriCity Times on the 25th day of May
2016.
Kimberly Keesler
Clerk
Steve Schneider
Village President

A complete copy of the above ordinance is available in the Clerks office
during regular business hours or at
www.almontvillage.org.
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VILLAGE OF
ALMONT
ORDINANCE NO. 195

An ordinance to regulate the placement and maintenance of facilities and
equipment within public rights-of-way;
and to prescribe penalties for violations
thereof.

THE VILLAGE OF ALMONT
ORDAINS:

Section 1. Definitions.

Section 2. Permits.

Section 3. Regulations.

Section 4. Enforcement

and Penalties.

Section 5 Effective Date.
The undersigned President and
Clerk of the Village of Almont hereby
certify that this Ordinance was adopted
at a Regular Meeting of the Almont
Village Council held on the 17th day of
May 2016 and was published in the TriCity Times on the 25th day of May
2016.
Kimberly Keesler
Clerk
Steve Schneider
Village President

A complete copy of the above ordinance is available in the Clerks office
during regular business hours or at
www.almontvillage.org.
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VILLAGE OF
ALMONT
NOTICE
VILLAGE OF ALMONT
ZONING BOARD OF
APPEALS HEARING

Please be notified that the Village
of Almont Zoning Board of Appeals will
hold a hearing on Thursday, June 9,
2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Almont
Municipal Building located at 817 N.
Main St., Almont Michigan 48003 in
order to consider a request for a non-use
variance submitted by Imperial
Development Co., LLC for property
detailed in the legal description below.

Article 5 of the Almont Village
Zoning Ordinance does not allow additional wall signs and restricts a total sign
area to be no greater than 50 square feet.
The variance, if approved would allow
relief from that section.

Applicant: Imperial Development
Co., LLC
Property
Owner:
Glinski
Partnership, 8926 Hough Road, Almont,
MI 48003

Property Description: 01 55 100
000 00 VILLAGE OF ALMONT
NORTHERN DIV OF NEWBURGH
LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 BLK 7.
Commonly known as N. Main
Street (Parcel ID #041-507-001-00)
Kimberly J. Keesler
Village Clerk/Treasurer
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VILLAGE OF
ALMONT
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ALMONT VILLAGE
COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
MAY 3, 2016
SYNOPSIS
President Schneider called the

Regular Meeting to order at 7:33 p.m.
Councilmembers Dyke, Lauer, Love,
Peltier, Steffler, Tobias & Schneider
were present. Staff present were
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contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health.
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The Village of Capac will be

accepting bids for the removal and
replacement of approximately 6300
square feet of cement on Main Street
and 2 sidewalks. The Contractor is to
provide a price for all related work,
labor, and materials. Said work will
comply with village specifications
which may be obtained at the Village of
Capac Office located at 131 N. Main St,
Capac, MI, 48014 Monday through
Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Bids must be submitted no later
than 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
The bids will be opened at 1:00 p.m. at
the Capac Village Office located at 131
N. Main St, Capac, MI. The bid will be
awarded at the regular Capac Village
Council meeting held at 7:00 p.m. on
Monday, June 6, 2016 at the Capac
Legion Hall located at 115 N Main St,
Capac, MI 48014.

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REQUEST FOR BIDS

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Manager Moyer-Cale, Clerk/Treasurer

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The Council approved the agenda;
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special meeting for budget workshop;
amended Managers contract; accepted
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contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agencys Safe Drinking
Water Hotline at (800-426-4791).
The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs,
and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and,
in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.
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through (iv)).
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what it contains, and how it compares to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state standards.
Imlay City purchases its water from the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) / Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
(DWSD). GLWA / DWSD has a water treatment plant north of Port Huron from which we receive our water via a 72 transmission line that runs from Port Huron to Flint. The source for this treatment is Lake Huron.
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St.

Discussion was held on clean-up
day downtown, park pavilion renovations, portable radar speed limit signs,
storm sewers & Drakeshire sub.

The meeting adjourned at 9:43 p.m.
Kimberly Keesler
Clerk/Treasure
Steve Schneider
President

A complete copy of the minutes is
available in the Clerks office during
regular business hours or at www.
almontvillage.org.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF LAPEER

Estate of Mary L. McGuire,
Deceased. Date of birth: 4-16-1922. File
No.: 16-038216-DE

To all creditors:

Notice to creditors: The decedent,
Mary L. McGuire died August 20, 2010.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will
be forever barred unless presented to
Marion Katherine Mann, personal representative, or to both the probate court at
255 Clay St., Lapeer and personal representative within 4 months after the date
of publication of this notice.
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Marion Katherine Mann
166 Melanie Blvd.
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CITY OF
IMLAY CITY
REGULAR COMMISSION
MEETING
May 17, 2016
SYNOPSIS

Mayor Bargen called the meeting
to order at 7:00 p.m. Commissioners
present were Bargen, Rankin, Planck,
Ramirez and Tanis. Commissioners
Kempf and Romine were absent. Also
present were City Manager Tom Youatt;
Fire Captain Scott Stone; two members
of the community and one member of
the media. The Commission approved
the agenda with the following additions:
8.C. Proclamation for Tammy Hyatt and
8.D. Police Shower Room Bid. The
Commission approved the Consent
Agenda Items as presented, including
Regular Meeting minutes of May 3,
2016, Special Meeting minutes of May
9, 2016, DDA Meeting minutes of May
9, 2016, Parks & Recreation Meeting
minutes of May 10, 2016 and Payment
of Bills including Payroll of $83,724.28
and Accounts Payable and Trust &
Agency
of
$203,954.64.
The
Commission approved SAW Grant
Payment #16 invoice for Spicer Group in
the amount of $9,099.25, as presented;
accepted the retirement of Larry Lloyd,
effective June 30, 2016, with regrets;
approved the Proclamation for Tammy
Hyatt, as presented; and approved the
bid from Israel Brothers Inc. & Sons
Contracting in the amount of $6,250.00
for the installation of the Police
Department Shower Room. The meeting
was adjourned at 7:31 p.m. Submitted by
Nicole F. Frost, City Clerk. Complete
copies of the minutes are available in the
Clerks office during normal business
hours or at www.imlaycity.org.
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VILLAGE OF ALMONT
NOTICE
A Special Meeting of the Almont Village Council will be held on Tuesday,

June 7, 2016 at 7:15 p.m. to set millage rates for fiscal year 2016-2017.
A Public Hearing on Water, Sewer and SSO rates will be held at 7:20 p.m.
A Budget Hearing on the proposed budget will be held at 7:25 p.m.
Both the meetings and public hearings will be held at the Municipal Building,
817 N. Main St., Almont, MI 48003. A copy of the proposed budget is available in the Clerks office during regular business hours or on line at www.
almontvillage.org.
People with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in
the meeting should contact the Village Clerk/Treasurer at (810) 798-8528 at
least seven (7) working days in advance of the meeting. An attempt will be
made to make reasonable accommodations.
Kimberly J. Keesler
Clerk/Treasurer
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ATTENTION
IMLAY CITY EAGLES
AUXILIARY MEMBERS
WE WILL BE HOLDING A SPECIAL

MEETING ON: MAY 26, 2016
AT: 170 S. ALMONT AVE.
AT: 7PM SHARP!!!!!
We need all auxiliary members at our special meeting. The reason for this
meeting is to discuss the FUTURE of the Auxiliary. We need your input at this
meeting. Please bring your questions to our meeting. We need membership to
help with this issue. Hope to see all members there.
Imlay City Eagles Auxiliary
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ATTICA TOWNSHIP
NOTICE FOR REQUEST FOR BID

ATTICA TOWNSHIP MUSEUM ADDITION

Attica Township is in the process of seeking bids for a 24 foot by 60 foot
addition to the Attica Township Museum. Bid documents or PDF are available
at the Attica Township office.
DATE DUE:
Sealed, written bids are due not later than

12 p.m., Monday July 11, 2016, at the following address:
Attica Township Hall
Attention: Clerk Nancy Herpolsheimer
4350 Peppermill Rd.
P.O. Box 86
Attica, MI 48412
The bids will be opened at the July 14, 2016 Attica Township Board meeting at 7 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the meeting agenda allows, at the Attica
Township Hall, 4350 Peppermill Road, Attica, MI 48412.
Nancy Herpolsheimer
Attica Township, Clerk
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DIRECT CARE WORKERS.
Multiple shifts and positions
available, including mornings.
Paid training available. Contact
Greta at 586-752-2717.
HW-20-3
...................................................
Experience preferred,
but will train the
right person!
Full time and benefits.
Email:
Blake@milnes.com
HW-20-3
CITY OF IMLAY CITY
Farm Equipment
Classifieds Work!
Help Wanted
www.mi-apartments.com
GARAGE SALE - 2290 BRIDLE

TRAIL, METAMORA, MI 48455
MAY 28 (SAT) MAY 29 (SUN)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - come and take
a look misc items: roll top desk,
oak dresser, chairs, household
items, Department 56 Christmas
village pcs. FS-21-1
...................................................
MAY 26 - 28, FRIDAY THURSDAY, 8 A.M. - 12 NOON.
7687 CHIC DR. off of S. Doran
Rd. Imlay Twp. Clothes, all sizes,
women, juniors, mens. Tools,
household items, electronics,
sports equipment, games, too
much stuff to list. Come check it
out, all at very low prices. GS-211
...................................................
VFW HALL
IMLAY CITY
Apartment For Rent
810-724-0266
Garage Sale
TORO 8 HP 32 REAR ENGINE

RIDER w/bag kit. Great shape.
Runs like new. $475. Call 810542-2474. FS-20-2
...................................................
2 WEED WACKERS FOR SALE
Weedeater and ClubCadet. Both
are curve shaft, both are good
condition and ready to work.
$40.00 each 810-417-2249.
FS-19-6
...................................................
810-724-2615
HW-21-2
From Page 8-B
Tri-City Times Classifieds also

Online! Buy, Sell or Trade at
FR-12-13
Legal Announcements
CALL: 724-2615
or
tricitytimes-online.com
or
tct@pageone-inc.com
Published in print
and online!
CLASSIFIED
RATES:
One Week - 20 words - $12.00
Two Weeks - 20 words - $18.00
Three Weeks - 20 words - $22.00
Four Weeks - 20 words - $24.00
25 a word over 20
HELP WANTED
The City of Imlay City is seeking applications for a regular full-time

Laborer position with our Department of Public Works. All DPW
employees are required to have and maintain a CDL license and new
hires have 6 months to comply with this requirement.
The City provides excellent pay and fringe benefits in accordance with
the TPOAM Union contract, with starting pay at $16.46 per hour.
Job descriptions and applications can be obtained at the

Imlay City Hall,
150 N. Main Street,
Imlay City, Michigan 48444.
City applications along with a cover letter and resume will be accepted
at City Hall by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 3, 2016.
The City of Imlay City is an equal opportunity employer. HW-21-1
Professional
Directory
Lapeer County Vision Center
724-EYES
Doctors of Optometry
Craig J. Watson, O.D Jeffrey D. Johnston, O.D.
518 S. Cedar Street, Imlay City

Fax: 724-6644
CAPAC
PHARMACY
BEER WINE LIQUOR LOTTO
Store Hours: Monday thru Saturday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm;

and Sunday 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm
Pharmacy Hours: Monday thru Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm;
Saturday 9:00 am - 2 pm; Closed Sunday
M O V I E R E N TA L S
136 N. MAIN ST.
810-395-2336
Get Your Best Deal and Finish First

at Imlay City Ford
FORD MOTOR A/Z
PLAN EXPANSION
NOW INCLUDING
AUNTS UNCLES
NIECES NEPHEWS
UNTIL 6/30/16
JU ST AN NO UN CE D!
TO CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY & HONORING OUR MILITARY HEROES - A $750 REBATE!
2016 FORD EDGE SE, FWD

Was $29,595.00
$27,540.62 A/Z Price

-$1,000.00 Customer Cash
OR
-$1,000.00 Conquest Cash
-$1,000.00 Smart Bonus Cash
-$750.00 Bonus Customer Cash
-$500.00 A/Z Cash
0% for 60 mths
& $3,250 in Savings
OR
St#60535
Lease for $219.00 with

$1,564.56 Due at Signing
$23,290.62
(A/Z Plan NOW elegible

for this discount)
2016 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW, 4X4

Was $47,755.00
$40,802.07 A/Z Price

-$500.00 Bonus Cash
-$500.00 Ford Credit Cash
-$1,500.00 Bonus Cash
-$300.00 ECO Boost Cash
-$500.00 A/Z Cash
OR
0% for 60 mths
& $1,500.00 in Savings
OR

$885.78 Due at Signing
$34,252.07
$4,250.00 in Savings
2016 FORD ESCAPE SE, 4WD 201A PKG
St#60321
Was $30,770.00
$27,185.42 A/Z Price

OR
-$1,000.00 Ford Credit Bonus Cash
-$500.00 A/Z Cash
0% for 60 mths
OR

2016 FORD FUSION SE, FWD

Was $25,195.00
$22,570.53 A/Z Price

-$500.00 A/Z Cash
OR
0% for 60 mths
OR
St#60858

$17,620.53
$22,235.92
2016 FORD FOCUS SE
St#60401
Was $21,325.00
$19,634.44 A/Z Price

-$1,000.00 Bonus Cash
-$500.00 Ford Credit Cash
-$500.00 A/Z Cash
OR
0% for 60 mths
OR

2016 FORD EXPLORER XLT 4WD, MOON ROOF
St#60392
LOADED DEMO
Was $46,545.00
DEMO PRICE $41,000.00
-$950.00 Customer Cash
-$500.00 A/Z Cash
$38,550.00
$15,134.44
Not all buyers qualify for Ford Credit Red Carpet Low Mileage Lease. Some payments higher; some lower. You must currently lease a Ford product and finance through Ford Credit. Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 5/31/16. Residency restrictions apply. See dealer for details.
IMLAY CITY FORD - SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

2012 Dodge
Caravan R/T
2014 Dodge
Grand Caravan
2014 Dodge
Charger R/T
2015 Transit
Connect XLT Wagon
2013
Fusion
2013
Fusion
$15,983
$17,995
$22,995
$17,500
$15,400
$15,800
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED
2014
Fusion
2013
Fusion
2012 Ford Fusion

SEL, 38,000 miles
2008 Trail
Blazer
2003
Sable
2003 Ford Taurus

SES
$16,900
$14,800
$13,500
$8,100
$3,995
$2,900
SHOWROOM HOURS
MON., THURS. 9 - 8
TUES., WED., FRI. 9 - 6 SAT. 9 - 3
SERVICE HOURS
MON., THURS. 7:30 - 8:00

TUES., WED., FRI. 7:30 - 6 SAT. 8 - 3
M-53 (1 Mile North of I-69)

800-764-6505
www.imlaycityford.com
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