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Free4AllFest
at Fairgrounds
Local hip hop artist JHall to
headline music lineup on Fri.
By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
IMLAY CITY
Theres still several
months before the 2017
opens tomorrow, May 11
and runs through Sunday,
May 14.
Parking and admission
to the grounds is free.
Theres also no charge for
a special concert on Friday

Eastern Michigan State
Fair kicks off, but the fair-
gounds gates will open
this week for a new event
thats on track to become
tradition.
Artwork provided
night featuring Imlay
Citys own hip hop artist,
JHall.
All four days,
Gateway median planned near Milnes Chrysler dealership for unused center lane on M-53 near
the I-69 entrance/exit ramps.

Going green
The Free4AllFest Fairgrounds page 6-A

City eyes gateway median on M-53 near I-69 ramps

By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
IMLAYCITY Motorists
traversing Imlay City between I-69
and Newark Road could soon
File photo
an unused center turn lane. Transportation and is consistent
Specifically, the commission with the citys M-53 Corridor Plan.
voted unanimously to pay Spicer He said the Median-Gateway
improvement project would help
Group, Inc. $20,000 to conduct a
make a better first impression for
design and engineering study as
the precursor to construction of a motorists entering the Imlay City

notice a visual upgrade to the limits from the south.

stretch of highway.
Last Tuesday (May 2), city
Imlay City native JHall headlines Fridays free commissioners agreed to move
concert at the Eastern Michigan State forward with a plan to create a
Fairgrounds. gateway median in what is now
median.
City Manager Tom Youatt said Youatt noted that the 10-12
foot wide median would feature
the proposed $150,000 to
$200,000 project has been
approved by the Michigan Dept. of Green page 6-A

Planting seeds for the future

Chinese student Pengxuan Wu plants Rotary seedling with joy
By Tom Wearing sapling was Imlay City High participants in the ICES program. tunity to latch onto one for
School exchange student A 10th grader at Imlay City Pengxuan, who had never before

Great art
Almont High School
artists, teacher lauded,
...see pages 3-A
twearing@pageone-inc.com
IMLAYCITY Borland
Elementary fourth graders were
not the only students to be pre-
sented a tree for planting from the
Imlay City Rotary Club last
Friday.
Also receiving a white pine
Pengxuan Wu, who is visiting the
United States through
theInternational Cultural
Exchange (ICES) Program.
A resident of Beijing, China,
15-year-old Pengxuan is one of 30
Chinese students currently staying
with host families in the U.S. as
High School, Pengxuan will spend
the remainder of the school year
with her host family, including her
host mother, Teresa Kandell, a
fourth-grade teacher at Borland.
When Rotary members distrib-
uted the tree seedlings at Borland
last week, Kandell took the oppor-
planted a tree.
She (Pengxuan) lives in an
apartment in Beijing and had
never planted anything, said
Kandell. Idecided to take one of
the trees and give it to her to plant.
Future page 6-A

Steered Straight
Let it flow founder to share
Flint pact with GLWA
a boon to area,
...see page 6-A
story in Almont
Lapeer Families Against Narcotics
TRI-CITY hosts Dave DeLeon on Fri., May 12
By Catherine Minolli
TIMES cminolli@pageone-inc.com
ONLINE ALMONT There
were a lot of curves in the
road for Michael DeLeon
before he was steered
tricitytimes-online.com straight.
In fact, the curves were
more like dark corners in a
FACEBOOK maze one DeLeon became
lost in for almost two
decades. The detours includ-
ed brushes with the law, and
facebook.com 12 years in prison and half-
/Tricitytimes/ way houses for a gang relat-
ed homicide.
Hell talk about all of
that and more this Friday,
The Tri-City Times May 12, during a stop at the
is printed on First Congregational Church,
recycled paper 201 E. St. Clair St. His pre-
sentation begins at 6 p.m.
use also led to a lot of bad
behavior, breaking laws and
run-ins with the police. The
low point came when
DeLeon was implicated in
the murder of his mothera
crime he did not commit.
He has since gone on to
warn people of all ages of
the dangers of drug use,
gang involvement and crimi-
nal activity through a non-
profit he founded in 2000
called Steered Straight. In
2012, DeLeon founded Stay
in Your Lane media, which
produced two award winning
documentariesKids Are
Dying and An American
Epidemic. Two additional
documentaries, Marijuana
X and Higher Power are
currently in post-production.
Website photo

All are welcome to attend. In 2016 he released a book

A young man with gang detailing his story called
ties, DeLeon got tied up in Satans Tool.
serious drug useto the Motivational speaker Michael DeLeon of Steered Straight will visit
point of addiction. The drug Straight page 6-A Almonts First Congregational Church this Friday.
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Saturday & Sunday May 13-14 gram aimed at connecting
training

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veterans in outlying com-

SALES OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY

10%-50%
St. Clair County will be
participating in Active
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County facilities in an Morel of the story
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Flint Arts Council lauds
works of Almont artists
Almont teacher Lisa Wright is Art Teacher of Year
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
ALMONT There
can be no greater reward
than to be acknowledged
and respected by experts in
ones field of endeavor.
Such honors were
bestowed this week on
Almont High School art-
ists, Sydney Torres and
Jacob Dzieszowski, and
their art teacher, Lisa
Wright.
The trio was honored
by Greg Fielder, President
and CEOof the Greater
Flint Arts Council (GFAC),
who made the trip from
Flint to Almont High
School to personally make
the presentation on Tuesday,
April 25.
As a participant in the
the 2017 Young Artist of
Today competition,
Sydneys art work, entitled
Tea Party, placed second
overall at the regional com-
petition, which featured
more than 150 works of
student artists from 14 high
schools in Lapeer, Genesee
and Shiawassee counties.
Also excelling at the
competition was Jacob,
whose outstanding art
work, Deer, earned him
third-place overall honors
in the Young Artist Today
competition.
For her efforts in devel-
oping and honing the tal-
ents and skills of her stu-
dents, Lisa Wright was
honored as Art Teacher of
the Year by the Greater
Flint Arts Council.
All three were present-
ed certificates, while
Sydney and Jacob were
awarded scholarships to the
Flint Institute of Arts
Summer Institute.
Almont Schools Supt.
Dr. William Kalmar noted
that the accolades for
Wright and her art program
follow closely on the heels
of yet another Almont High
School artist being hon-
ored.
Kalmar alluded to high
school senior Isabelle
Bourque, who was the
recent recipient of a First
Place Congressional Art
Award presented her in Port
Huron by Michigan
Jacobs metal deer
earned him third-place
honors at recent stu-
dent competition.
Sydneys art work,
entitled Tea Party,
earned her second-
place honors at event.
Congressman Paul
Mitchell.
High school art teacher
Lisa Wright expressed sur-
prise to her selection as the
Flint Art Councils 2017
Art Teacher of the Year
award, but is deeply appre-
ciative.
It was completely
unexpected, said Wright.
It was both humbling and
flattering. Im very hon-
ored.
She is particularly
proud of Sydney and
Jacobs achievements and
of all the fledgling young
artists under her tutelage.
Its all very exciting, Shiawassee counties.
Wright said. The success
of our program reflects the
commitment of our stu-
dents, and the passion they
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have for art and pride in the
work they do.
And it represents a lot
of hard work and late hours
on the part of everyone,
Photo provided
she concluded.
Wright noted that
Sydney and Jacob not only
possess artistic talent, they
perform well across the Greater Flint Arts Council CEOGreg Fielder made the trip from Flint to
spectrum of academics. Almont to present awards to Almont High School artists Jacob
These are two really Dzieszowski and Sydney Torres, and their art teacher, Lisa Wright.
good people who represent
their school and the com- Downtown Development Flint Arts Council hosts from the community.
munity very well, she said. Authoritys Summer one major fundraiser each Anyone wishing to make a
Kudos for art program Concerts in the Park series; year to raise money to help donation may do so by
GFAC President Greg funding for the Flint Public fund local art and music mail, online or by calling
Fielder pointed out that dis- Librarys live music series; programming. our office.
tance and conflicting activ- and contributions to count- The biggest fundraiser To mail a donation, the
ities prohibited the Almont less other art and music- is our Cool City Art Greater Flint Arts Council
contingent from traveling related endeavors. Auction, which takes place is located at 816 S. Saginaw
to Flint to collect their Help support the arts in March, said Fielder. St., Flint, MI, 48502. Or
awards. Thus, he felt com- Fielder said the Greater We can always use help call 810-238-ARTS (2787).
pelled to acknowledge the
talented trio in person.
Realizing that Almont
students had finished both
second and third in a field
of more than 150 students,
we wanted to find out what
was happening in the
schools art classroom,
said Fielder. What we
found was an outstanding
program taught by an out-
standing teacher.
The minute I stepped
into that classroom, it was
evident this was a great
high school art program,
Fielder said. The results of
Lisa Wrights teaching and
her students talents could
be seen everywhere.
Fielder noted, too, that
the class was larger than
what he had expected, and
that the students were fully-
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Photos by Randy Jorgensen
Milestone
celebration
Four County
Community
Foundation (4CCF)
marked its 30th
anniversary over the
weekend. Above,
4CCF Board Chair
John Brzozowski
introduces Youth
Advisory Committee
members to those
gathered for the cel-
ebration. Brzozowski
and 4CCF President
& CEO Janet Bauer
pose for photo (left),
and (bottom) guests
looked through pho-
tos and articles from
newspapers high-
lighting 30 years of
history. For more on
4CCFs 30th anniver-
sary see the May 19,
2017 issue of Tri-
City Times.
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City enters new sludge hauling pact with MAS

By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
IMLAYCITY City
commissioners voted last
Tuesday to enter into a
three-year agreement with
Michigan AgriBusiness
Solutions (MAS) to serve
as the citys new sludge
hauler.
The change was neces-
sitated by Synagros recent
decision to exit the
Michigan market to focus
on various other geograph-
ical areas.
With Synagros depar-
ture as the citys waste
hauler, City Manager Tom
Youatt said he believed
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contracting with MAS
would allow for a smooth
transition.
An e-mail communica-
tion from MAS President
Jim Jurgens noted that the
company features a team of
20 experts in the biosolids
industry.
Jurgens added that
many MAS employees
were former employees of
Synagro, thus providing
Imlay City with a continu-
um of service and exper-
tise.
As of this spring, MAS
has contracts with the cities
of Ann Arbor, Midland,
Saginaw, Benton Harbor,
Lansing, Wyoming and
Genesee County.
The cost of the citys
new 3-year biosolid sludge
removal agreement with
MAS will be $51,000 dur-
ing the first year, and rise
to $55,350 and $58,350 in
subsequent years.
The numbers reflect
slight increases in the
price-per-gallon based on
the removal of 1.5 million
gallons from the citys
wastewater treatment plant.
I think we should go
with the three-year plan,
said Youatt, because the
process is only going to get
Almont granted life-saving equipment
Lapeer Community Foundation awards $1,000 to buy two AEDs
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
ALMONT A pair
of new Automated External
Defibrillators (AEDs) are
now in the hands of Almont
police officers.
Police Chief Andrew
Martin said the state-of-
the-art life-saving equip-
ment just arrived, provid-
more expensive.
He added that the city
already budgets $65,000
per year for sludge removal
and land application.
We have some area
farmers who in the past
have requested (land appli-
cation), said Youatt.
History of WWTP
The Imlay City waste-
water treatment plant is
located on First Street near
Industrial Parkway.
Constructed in 1958,
the plants tertiary oxida-
tion ditch plant has a design
capacity of .9 million gal-
ing Almont officers with
immediate access to them
in the event of an emer-
gency.
The two Phillips
HeartStart FRx defibrilla-
tors were purchased with
$1,000 in grant funds
recently awarded the
Almont Police Department
by the Lapeer County
Community Foundation
lons per day.
To meet area growth
and State requirements, a
$6,000,000 state-of-the-art
facility expansion was
started in December 1987
and completed March
1989.
The City received an
EPA grant award of
$2,633,452 covering 55%
of the total allowable proj-
ect cost, with the remainder
of the cost met with bond
sales.
To assist processing
and increase sludge capac-
ity, a 900,000-gallon
(LCCF).
Chief Martin said the
new AEDs were much
needed by the department,
whose current equipment
had become dated and
essentially obsolete.
The AEDs we had
were no longer being ser-
viced by the manufactur-
er, Martin explained.
They were also incompat-
Photo provided
Harvestor Tank was con-
structed in April 1996. The
$641,000 project was fund-
ed through bond sales.
The most recent 2002
plant expansion was fund-
ed with municipal bonds.
Completion of the project
added a clarifier and oxida-
tion ditch and increased the
plants design capacity
from 0.43 MGD (millions
of gallons per day) to 0.90
MGD.
Three city employees,
including Plant Supt. Pat
Rankin, are responsible for
plant operations.
ible with Almonts First
Responder units and those
of responding EMS units.
Martin, who had
applied for the grant fund-
ing from the Lapeer County
Community Foundation,
acknowledged the organi-
zations generosity, its
commitment to local law
enforcement, and to resi-
dents whose lives might
be saved through the
immediate administration
of AEDs.
LCCFDirector Nancy
Boxey talked about the
Foundations mission to
protect the health, safety
and well-being of Lapeer
County residents.
That is one of the
Foundations primary
goals, said Boxey. To
ensure the public safety
and improve the quality of
life for county residents.
Boxey said the LCCF
Board had reviewed Chief
Martins request before
awarding the grant fund-
ing.

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Your Hometown Little Miss Pageant

MarketPlace Life Home Car Business
is Saturday, May 13
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com

IMLAYCITY On
Saturday, May 13, local
CHRIS S. WAGNER girls ages 5-10 hope to sing
and dance their way to the
Churchill Insurance Agency title of Little Miss or
This years Junior Miss
Blueberry contestants
include: Chloe Deloy, 9,
sponsored by Renee Deloy;
Ellianna Tatro, 10, spon-
sored by Tri-County Bank;
Destiny Alvarado, 8, spon-
sored by Luis and Amber

800-865-6981
Junior Miss Blueberry.
Imlay City Chamber of
Commerce Director Wendy
Muehleisen said the tradi-
Bus: 810-724-6218 Fax: 810-724-3418 tional pageant will start
promptly at 6 p.m. at Imlay
243 East Third Street Imlay City, Michigan 48444 City High School.
Alvarado; Kayleigh
Patrick, 8, sponsored by
Anytime Fitness; Montanna
Eads, 8, sponsored by Lisa
and Leemond Eads; and
Lauryn Donahue, 9, spon-
sored by Neil and Meredith

$5
Admission to the event
LUNCH is $3 per person.
The theme of this
SPECIALS years event is Island
11AM-2PM Dreams, with the girls
INCLUDES BROASTED POTATOES OR FRENCH FRIES AND SMALL DRINK music and costumes repre-
COD, CHICKEN, WING DINGS, PULLED PORK, senting that theme.
SUBS, SANDWICHES, PITAS, AND MORE! All Little Miss
Blueberry and Junior Miss
1935 S. CEDAR IMLAY CITY WWW.EATBIGJOES.COM
810-724-9000
Blueberry participants will
perform on stage at the
opening of the 2017
NO COUPON NECESSARY! CALL AHEAD! PICK-UP WINDOW! Blueberry Festival on
Friday, July 21.
7 Days The newly-crowned
a Week Little Miss and Junior Miss
will ride in the 2017
Blueberry Festival Parade
on Saturday, July 22.
LAWN MOWING WEED WHIPPING
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Donahue.
Little Miss Blueberry
contestants will include:
Alexis Hewelt, 7, spon-
sored by Tom and Valerie
Hewelt; Jayden Chandler,
7, sponsored by her par-
ents; Avery Collins, 5,
sponsored by Neil and
Leslie Collins; and
Anastasia Medeline, 5,
sponsored by Hilary
Burns. For questions or
further information about
the pageant or other Imlay
City Chamber of Commerce
activities, contact Wendy
Muehleisen at 810-724-
1361.

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Chinese exchange student Pengxuan Wu enjoys her first experience with
planting with Imlay City Rotary Club tree seedling she received from her
host mother, Borland Elementary School teacher Teresa Kandell.
Future: Rotary seedling planted with joy
from page 1-A
She was very excited by
the experience, she said.
She even got some dirt
under her fingernails. exercise and enjoy life.
It was a great opportunity
for Pengxuan to celebrate
Arbor Day in our country.
Kandell noted that
Pengxuan has been study-
ing English since she was
in first grade.
Her English is very
good, she said. We often nine classes per day,
use Google translator when
we cant understand each
other.
Her favorite thing
about American culture is
the food, said Kandell.
She loves trying all kinds
of new food and also
shares traditional Chinese
dishes with me.
Kandell said Pengxuan
has noticed a great many
differences in Chinese and
American culture and life-
style.
Coming from an
extremely large city, she
lives on the 21st floor of
an apartment building,
said Kandell. When she
looks out the window of
her bedroom in Beijing,
she can see mountains in
the distance if the air is
clear and not too smoggy.
Straight: Founder to share his story
from page 1-A
On Friday DeLeon will
bring his powerful mes-
sage and heartwrenching
story to the First
Congregational Church,
courtesy of Lapeer
Families Against Narcotics
(LFAN).
LFAN President Peggy
Patten says DeLeons pre-
sentation is aimed at
youths, youth pastors, par-
Green: City eyes gateway median
from page 1-A
visually appealing land-
scaping and decorative
LED lighting, along with
helping to calm traffic
flow in the area.
The road currently has
five lanes, with the center
lane serving as a turn lane.
Right now that center
turn lane is just wasted
space, said Youatt. We
hope to create a green
space to include gateway
welcoming signs on each
side of the road.
MDOTis already on wastewater treatment plant
board with the plan,
Youatt reiterated. If all
goes as planned, the proj-
ect could be completed by
late fall.
So much is about per-
ception nowadays, he
said. The south end of
M-53 is the first impres-
sion one gets of Imlay City
as they exit from I-69.
We feel a median in
Right now that center turn lane is just
wasted space. We hope to create a
green space to include
gateway welcoming signs
on each side of the road.
--Tom Youatt, Imlay City Manager
She says it is always
busy and crowded with
few trees, other than in the
meridian of the road. A
few parks offer places to
Pengxuan noted there
are notable differences
between school in China
and the United States, said
Kandell.
In China, students
attend school from 7:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. and have
Ford Field; received
Pengxuan told Kandell. her first Easter basket;
There is also school saw falling snow and
on weekends to help get
better grades, said in the U.S. by watching
Pengxuan. Because there
are so many students, there
is serious competition to
attend the best schools. We
wear school uniforms to
prevent favoritism. host family and friends,
Relative to her school
performance in Imlay City,
Kandell said the exchange
student is whizzing
through Advanced
Placement calculus like
butter.
Pengxuan enjoys hav-
ing some free time and
being less stressed, said nies, snakes, deer and a
Kandell. She is also
happy to be able to
improve her English skills
in listening, writing, read-
ing and speaking.
ents and anyone else inter-
ested in learning more
about thwarting drug abuse
in Lapeer County.
Though his talk is
aimed at youths, it will be
very beneficial to everyone
in attendance, Patten says.
For the past 15 years,
DeLeon has traveled
throughout the United
States sharing is message.
Patten says he is a frequent
that area would make for
an immediate improvement
and a better first impres-
sion.
In an April 17 letter
from Spicer Group, Senior
Planner Robert Eggers said
it would be beneficial to
offer a gateway to the city
with attractive landscaping,
thus defining the entrance
and calming traffic.
WWTP upgrade
In another matter, the
city approved the purchase
of a new bar screen grinder
unit for the Imlay City
enforcement officer.
at an estimated cost of
$70,000.
Manager Youatt said
the purchase cost will
come out of the power and
pumping departments ing need, the city is now
$578,000 budget.
Although the waste-
water treatment plant has
been very well maintained
since it was constructed in
1988-89, said Youatt, we of about $13 per hour.
She is working toward
becoming a doctor,
Kandell continued. So
learning the academic
vocabulary for biology and
chemistry will help her in
her career plans.
During her stay in
Michigan, Pengxuan has
traveled to Wisconsin and
Canada; saw the Lion
King at Detroit Opera
House; attended a
Monster Truck show at
celebrated her 100 days
Born in China.
Looking back at her
visit so far, Pengxuan says
her favorite memories are
spending time with her
enjoying the outdoors and
seeing for the first time
many things most
Americans tend to take for
granted.
She loves seeing
nature in the backyard,
Kandell said. She has
seen turtles, squirrels, bun-
raccoon.
And as far as planting
her first tree, Pengxuan
said she was excited to be
able to plant new life.
speaker at high schools,
and is making a stop at the
First Congregational
Church because they
werent able to schedule a
school visit this year.
LFAN hopes to make that
happen in the coming
school year.
For more information
about DeLeon and Steered
Straight, visit the website
www.steeredstraight.org.
have had to replace equip-
ment on a regular basis.
As a result of the age
of the plant and increased
equipment replacement
costs, we need to look into
a feasibility study to deter-
mine if there is a need for
a larger WWTP reconstruc-
tion project.
Rodriguez
steps down
The city commission
accepted the resignation of
Anthony (T.J.) Rodriguez,
who had served as the
police departments code
His sudden letter of
resignation was presented
to Police Chief Scott Pike
on April 28.
Because of a continu-
accepting applications to
fill the vacancy.
The position requires
25 hours of work per
week, to be paid at the rate
Skerbeck Carnival will
Capac voters say
yes to bond issue
By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
CAPAC On May 2
voters approved a 20 year,
$5.8 million bond renewal
for the Capac School
District.
The vote totals were
285 yes votes to 188 no
votes.
The measure passed
handily at the Emmett and
Mussey polling locations.
In Emmett Township,
where Emmett, Berlin and
Brockway residents voted,
it was an 88 to 58 yes to no
tally. In Mussey Twp.,
where Capac, Mussey,
Lynn and Imlay Twp. resi-
dents cast their ballots, it
GLWA water pact with
Flint a boon for Region
Imlay City, Almont managers
see benefits from Flints deal
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
TRI-CITYAREA
The City of Flints decision
to contract with the Great
Lakes Water Authority
(GLWA) for its drinking
water further stabilizes the
regional water authority.
GLWA CEOSue
McCormick said the
30-year agreement assures
that Flint residents will
have access to clean, safe
drinking water for the fore-
seeable future.
In addition to the
GLWA and City of Flint,
others to benefit from the
collaborative agreement
are the Genesee County
Drain Commissioners
Office (GCDC) and
Karegnondi Water
Authority (KWA).
In an April 18 letter to
GLWA customersinclud-
ing the Village of Almont
and City of Imlay City
McCormick said the agree-
ment requires the KWA to
provide untreated backup
water service to the City of
Flint and GCDC customers
in an emergency.
Additionally,
McCormick noted that the
agreement provides a credit
to the City of Flint for debt
paid for KWA bonds Flint and provide afford-
about $7 million per year
providing the city stays
current on its debt service
payments.
For decades, the utili-
Fairgrounds: Imlay artist to headline
from page 1-A
delight guests with mid-
way attractions. Cost is
$20 for an unlimited wrist
band. Discount coupons,
found throughout town,
can be used to buy a wrist-
band for $15.
The fair board wanted night include Lights Out,
to provide a safe activity
for youth that everyone in
the community could
enjoy, said Fair Manager
was a 174 to 73 result.
Voters in Riley Twp.
cast more dissenting votes
with 31 yes to 57 no.
We continue to be
grateful that our communi-
ty supports public educa-
tion. We will be addressing
much needed infrastructure
repairs and improvements
in a fiscally responsible
way, said Superintendent
Dr. Steve Bigelow.
The funds generated
from the bond will be used
for an array of maintenance
and repair projects on
school grounds. With the
help of architects and com-
munity input, district lead-
ers have compiled a project
list with 245 line items
ty struggled to find a solu-
tion to create affordable
redundancies in the sys-
tem, said McCormick.
Within the Authoritys
second year of operation,
we can provide northern
customer communities
with redundancy by lever-
aging existing assets
through a regionally col-
laborative plan.
In doing so,
McCormick said GLWA
customers will realize an
approximate savings of
$600 million when com-
pared to prior estimates.
She added that the City of
Flint will realize a $1.8
million savings over the
terms of the contract.
In addition, Flint resi-
dents can participate in
GLWAs Water Residential
Assistance Program,
Michigans first-ever sus-
tainable water assistance
program.
Most importantly,
Flint residents will receive
stability through a long-
term agreement with
GLWA for treated drinking
water from a trusted
source, McCormick said.
GLWA is happy to
continue stabilizing the
water supply in the City of
down.
able, quality water to its
citizens well into the
future.
Going with the flow
In Imlay City, City
Ian Kempf.
Were hoping to make 2016 Blueberry Festivals.
this an auual event and
hopefully next year add
another musical act on
additional night, said Fair
Manager Ian Kempf.
In addition to JHall,
other performers on Friday
Cash Out Boys, Jigsaw,
Dirtyilla, Eastside, Villianz
and TMB.
JHall was a featured
totalling $5.6 million.
At the top of the list, in
terms of both priority and
cost, are boiler replace-
ments, roofing repairs and
installation of a new elec-
trical panel at the Jr./Sr.
High School; installation of
new heaters in the elemen-
tary school and repaving of
parking lots district-wide.
Other needs include the
purchase of two buses,
classroom furnishings and
some carpet replacement.
Without bond monies,
the district would have
been forced to dip into their
general fund, which is used
for salaries, to cover the
cost of repairs and replace-
ments.
Website photo
Manager Tom Youatt sees
the collaborative agree-
ment as a potential benefit
for all GLWA customers.
While making no
assumptions or predictions,
Youatt believes GLWAs
deal with Flint can only
strengthen the regional
water authority which
already serves the City of
Detroit and Wayne,
Oakland and Macomb
counties.
Creating redundancies
in the system is a good
thing, says Youatt, who
along with Imlay City
Commissioners helped
negotiate a new 30-year
contract with GLWA about
two years ago.
Im not necessarily
anticipating a cost savings
for us because of Flint,
Youatt says, but Imlay
City residents can be
better assured that they
will continue to have
access to safe drinking
water should an emergency
or some other situation
arise.
Almont Village
Manager Mike Connors
feels there could be some
financial benefits to the
arrangements through a
possible stabilization of
water rates.
The system is a
regional collaboration,
said Connors, so it
could help keep rates
The greatest benefit is
that the entire region,
including Flint, will have
access to clean and safe
drinking water.
performer at the 2015 and
The music video that
accompanied his breakout
single Who IAm fea-
tured scenes from down-
town Imlay City.
The concert starts at 7
p.m.
It costs nothing to
walk around and check
things out...enjoy the lights
and walk around, Kempf
said.

Fresh & local at Imlay City Farmers Market
Cooking demos at the market
to begin on Saturday, May 13
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
IMLAYCITY
Farmers Market Manager
Sarah Graver encourages
Imlay City residents and
visitors to eat fresh and
eat local.
To help facilitate that
goal, the market has teamed
up with Chef Mike Romine
of the Mulefoot Gastropub,
who will provide live cook-
ing demonstrations using
local produce and products
available at the market.
The Farmers Market is
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contests are on in Imlay
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mbrown@pageone-inc.com
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City Middle Schools next
Iron Man and Iron Maiden.
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Once the ingredients
have been selected, inter-
through past cooking dem-
onstrations.
ested market-goers will be Graver notes that the
invited to journey across market will host special
located at the corner of the street to enjoy the res- childrens activities on the
Main and Third streets taurants atmosphere, while first Saturday of each
downtown and runs from watching Romine prepare month, and live music on
1-5 p.m. on Thursdays, and another of his savory dish- the third Saturday of the
from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on es. month.
Saturdays. Graver says recipe The third Thursday of
Photo courtesy of Imlay City DDA
Graver says Romines cards and shopping lists each month is designated
cooking demonstrations will be available to guests as Craft and Artisans
will take place at the down- to encourage attendees to Day.
town restaurant the second shop the market and make For more information
Saturday of each month, the dish at home. about the market or to
beginning Sat., May 13 at Its a perfect fit, says become a vendor, contact
11:15 a.m. Graver. Mike has experi- Sarah Graver at ddapromo-
She asks participants to ence preparing tasty dishes tions@imlaycity.org or call
gather at the market at that with local produce and her at 810-724-2135. Sisters, Kate, Meg and Nora Yarbrough show
time to help shop for ingre- products, and he has Information is also off their free honey sticks from Ed's Apiary as
dients to include in already created a relation- available online at www. part of Imlay City Farmers Market's Little
Romines recipes. ship with market guests icdda.com and on Facebook. Sprouts program.
Lakestone hosts blood drive
TRI-CITY AREA Lakestone Bank & Trust
will host a community blood drive with the American
Red Cross on May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Lakestone Wealth Management Center located at
1175 South Lapeer Rd. (M24), Lapeer. For more
cate what we did last year.
information, visit LAKESTONEbank.com/blood-
Its going well, Druker
said. drive or to make an appointment to donate, call
Participants will com- 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-
pete to tally the best scores crossblood.org (sponsor code: Lakestone).
in six categoriespush
ups, sit ups, leg lifts, pull
Peaceful Moon
ups, the shuttle and a sprint.
The first preliminary File photo
was held on May 3, the sec-
ond was slated for today Yoga
(May 10) and the finals will Alumni Matt Van Dyk and Ben Rodak served as Yoga - Inspiration - Relaxation
take place May 17. guest judges during the 2016 contest.
The top finishers are
Private sessions available
expected to be announced gram is to encourage young leaders, will attend the con-
on or about May 19.
The intent of the pro-
athletes to focus on per-
sonal training, following a
tests, to coach and encour-
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systematic, progressive Look for more cover- Starts May 12-13
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Once again guest judg-
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and community and school
Iron Maiden contest in an
upcoming edition of the
Tri-City Times.
Beginner and Intermediate Level sessions every Friday and
Saturday with Certified, Registered Yoga Instructor Catherine Minolli.
Friday 6-7 pm Basic Yoga
Saturday 10:30-11:30 am Half Moon Series (Basic-intermediate)
Farmers Market at TSC 12 Noon-1 pm Yin (Passive, restorative Yoga)
Drop-in fee $10; 4 Classes for $35
IMLAY CITY Contact the Imlay City
Jump into spring and start Tractor Supply store at
your own garden with a trip
to the Farmers Market on
810-721-1613 for more
details or information about
To register or for more info
Saturday, May 13 at Tractor participating in the event. email lunaserenayoga@gmail.com or call/text 586.255.1275
Supply Company.
From 10 a.m. until 4
p.m., the Farmers Market
at 2070 Cedar South
(M-53) will feature home-
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goods from local farmers
SOCIAL SECURITY
and crafters, along with
gardening advice to help
new growers get started.
Farmers and crafters
will showcase their goods
in front of the Tractor
Supply store. Funny Face
Alpacas will be on site
from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
At Tractor Supply
were proud to partner with
customers who are passion-
ate about homemade and
homegrown goods, said
Matthew Corlis, manager
of the Imlay City Tractor
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Supply. Our Farmers
Market allows us to show-
case these local crafters
and growers, highlight the
benefits of growing your From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
own food and offer those
looking to start their own
gardens the advice and sup-
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Along with seasoned
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ries a variety of tools and
supplies, including organic Jeanette Kowal from
options for use in the gar-
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The Tractor Supply
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a blue background? If your parade. We show our In these upcoming throughout the year. In the
answer is our flag, you respect when the flag pass- weeks, the Auxiliaries from Spring, the Auxiliary
are right. So now answer es by: 1. To stand still and the American Legion and donates to the VAs baby
this: What is your flag eti- quiet; 2. Place your right VFW will be out with their items drive for veterans
quette? hand over your heart; 3. poppies. By your generous baby showers and mothers

Respect, manners and
etiquette seem to be a thing
of the past. As youngsters
we were taught manners
please and thank yous,
excuse me, hand shakes,
respect your elders, hold-
ing doors open, giving a
helping hand wherever
needed. A thing of the
past...right? Where is the
article going, you are ask-
ing yourself...read on.
With summer activities
Our Opinion
Take your hat off. By
showing respect to the flag
in this manner, you are also
showing respect to the
many veterans who fought
for peace under the Stars
and Stripes in this country,
and in many other coun-
tries throughout time. At
this time, we remember all
of our fallen veterans, our
current veterans, and those
who are housed at our vet-
eran homes throughout the
donation for a poppy, the
Auxiliaries can continue to
give back to our veterans.
Your donations to the
Poppy Fund gives 100 per-
cent back to the veterans.
The American Legion
Auxiliary meets at 212 E.
Third Street in downtown
Imlay City on the third
Wednesday of each month.
Come out and join us, we
always need new members.
We work to support our
community by giving back.
We have the high school
scholarshipsin years past
we have sent girls to Girls
State. We donate to the
Photo provided
gifts. We will be helping
with the Neighbors
Helping Neighbors cam-
paign, which is coming to
Imlay City in June (watch Sunshine Bags made by Schickler Elementary
for more details). Our students for McLaren Hospice patients.
Auxiliary has also worked
closely with the John
Crawford Chapter of the Schickler students
D.A.R.
I hope to see a big turn-
out of the community at the spread sunshine
Memorial Day Parade at 10 Third and 4th graders The bags are going to
a.m. in Imlay City at the at Schickler Elementary in be donated by the students
corner of Fourth Street and Lapeer raised their own to representatives of our
Almont Avenue. This will money to put together Hospice program on June 1
be a time for reflection
past, present and future.
Sunshine Bags for the
McLaren Hospice pro-
at 1 p.m. at the elementary
school, which is located at
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Gateway median a boost

Boy Scout Troops when Nancy Schiller These care packages Lapeer. These care pack-
they make baskets for the Secretary for patients of our Hospice ages will then be distribut-
needy at Christmas. We American Legion program are based on small ed directly to patients in

to M-53 aesthetics donate our time to pur-

chase supplies such as toi-
Auxiliary
Post 135
everyday needs such as lip
balm, lotion, socks and
our Lapeer/Davison/Flint
service area. We are grate-

T
letries, lap blankets or Imlay City playing cards that patients ful to the students for their
he new gateway median being and families often find use- efforts and support.
planned in Imlay City is another
In bleak moments,
ful during hospice care. Heather Wenzel
step toward upgrading and improv- The students put together Marketing Manager
ing the aesthetics of M-53. Its also a wel- 30 bags last year, and have McLaren Homecare
come welcoming visual to all those who
visit or pass through Imlay City.
consider these words already doubled their dona-
tion for this year!
Group
Lapeer

Last week, Commissioners agreed to

press ahead with the gateway median
I recently came across
historian and biographer
David McCoulloughs
plan, which will transform an unused Commencement Address to
center lane on the busy highway into a the 2004 Graduating Class
green space, featuring landscaping and at Ohio University and
thought that the portion
decorative lighting near the I-69 quoted in the attachment
entrance/exit ramps. The green space may be appropriate for pub-
will also include welcome signs, which lication in the Tri-City
will upgrade the appearance of the gate- Times.
In The Bleakest
way to Imlay City and make a positive Moments, Consider these
first impression on the hundreds of vehi-
Words:
cles which pass by the area every single Never forget that one of
day.
The proposed $150,000 to $200,000 Guest Columnist
project median has been approved by the
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Michigan Department of Transportation, hot topic? Want to further
explain your side of the story?
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Corridor Plan.
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City officials have kept moving forward
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popular, inviting, engaging place to be Imlay City, MI, 48444 or run the
idea by the editor by calling 810-
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gateway median is yet another step in per reserves the right to edit or
that most positive direction. reject any column considered
inappropriate for publication.
the greatest of our freedoms
is the freedom to think for
yourself.
Read. Read poetry, read
biography, read great liter-
ature that has stood the test
of time. Read history.
When bad news is rid-
ing high and despair in
fashion, when loud mouths
and corruption seem to own
center stage, when some
keep crying that the country
is going to the dogs, remem-
ber its always been going
to the dogs in the eyes of
some, and that 90 percent,
or more, of the people are
good people, generous-
hearted, law-abiding, good
citizens who get to work on
time, do a good job, love
their country, pay their
taxes, care about their
neighbors, care about their
childrens education, and
believe, rightly, as you do,
in the ideals upon which
our way of life is founded.
Sincerely,
Eric Flynn
Almont Twp.
School thanks donors
Imlay City Christian
School would like to thank
the numerous people and
businesses that supported
us by donating items or by
placing ads in our auction
booklet for our 7th Annual
Benefit Auction held at
Castle Creek Golf Club on
April 29. Due to the sup-
port of so many wonderful
donors and sponsors, our
auction was a huge success
and we were able to raise
much needed funds. Please
help us thank the following
by supporting their busi-
ness when youre in need
of their goods, services or
products.
A big thank you to
Rowleys Auction
ServiceGreg Rowden
and supporters, R.A.
Duthler Land Surveyor,
Rebecca Homer, Ray
Swain, David A. Noffert
DDS, Barry & Ruth
McCafferty, CCs
Earl Gass, Flint Childrens
Museum, Amgtiques,
Genesee County Parks,
NCG Cinema, E.G. Nicks,
J. Graham Studio Salon,
Ray Cs Cycle & Sport,
Imlay City School of
Martial Arts, Subway,
Jalisco Deli, Nachos Taco
House, Timmers Maryland
Fried Chicken, ICCS 3rd &
4th grade classes, Jim
Watts, Van Dyk Farms,
Karen Hibbler, Alvin
Norlin Pool, Nicks
Country Oven, Shear Hair
& Tanning-Sonia Kyle,
Kempfs Imlay City Florist,
Creations Floral, Detroit
Tigers Inc., Chelsea
Hibbler, Leverenz Family
Chiropractic, Mortimer
Lumber, The Pincushion,
The Mulefoot Gastropub,
Castle Creek Golf Course,
Al Gould & Glen
Kampman, Longway
Planetarium, Chefs Cut
Jerky, Creation Museum,

Magical powers of la luna bella

G uarda! Guarda la
luna bella, the old
man says to the motley
pack of dogs hes taken
out for a nighttime walk
down the streets of
Brooklyn, New York.
Andiamo! (Lets go!)
Sentiamo! (Lets hear it!)
he says as he lifts his chin
toward the silvery sky and
begins to howl, hoping the
dogs will follow suit.
This little scene is
playing out on my porta-
ble DVD player screen.
Im watching
Observations in ink...
Catherine Minolli
Moonstruck for the 100th anything that harkens back
time.
Id almost forgotten
about the 1987 film star-
ring Cher as Loretta
Castorini, and a very
young (and super hot)
Nicholas Cage (who hap-
pens to be Francis Ford
Coppolas nephew), play-
ing the role of Ronny
Cammareri. The humorous
story takes place in New
Yorks Little Italy, and
involves all the love
affairs that are prompted
by the magical powers of
the gorgeous and mighty
full moon.
Of course Dean Martin
(born Paul Crochetti)
croons out the theme song
Thats Amore. In his sig-
nature sleepy, semi-drunk-
en style, you can feel ol
Deans smile as he sings
When the moon hits your
eye like a big pizza pie
thats amore... And the
stage for the movie is set.
WhenI was growing
up, I semi-resented that
song. I cannot tell you
how many times I walked
down a school hallway or
met up with a group of
friends who greeted me
with a chorus of that
songor yelled
Anthony... Anthony in
unison, ala the Prince
Spaghetti Day commer-
cial.
Today, I smile at those
memories, and devour
to that day when being
Italian was perceived as
being mobsterish or mys-
terious. It was a fine
linestill is to manyand
I bow in deep gratitude to
all of those who illuminate
our culture.
Ive always been
attracted to la luna bella
the beautiful moon. There
was a time when I wished
my name was Lunaor
in the alternative, Celeste.
Still am, always will be
Moonstruck.
All that magic in the vast
darkness and light of the
heavens. All that power
harnessed in the endless
ceiling above. All the fan-
ciful legends and myths,
and the proven scientific
phenomena of the moons
waxing and waning, of the
cycles and stages captured
my imagination and still
tickle my fancy.
Today, Im exceeding-
ly grateful for the name
Catherine, the mandatory
(at the time)
Americanization of my
namesake grandmother
Caterina (Catenaro)
Minolli. Still smitten with
the magical moon, howev-
er, its no coincidence that
Ive called my yoga prac-
tice Luna Serena, more
commonly known at the
moment as Peaceful
Moon.
The melding of a life-
long love with a lifelong
dream, Peaceful Moon
Yoga continues to illumi-
nate my path with sparks
of surprises and the silvery
light of joy. It is definitely
hitting my eye like a big
pizza pie, and filling my
heart with all the abun-
dance of a harvest moon.
The harvest continues
to grow as I move from
teaching Peaceful Moon
Yoga at the library to the
studios of Extreme Dance
in downtown Imlay City
this weekend. Extreme
Dance owner Sue Howard
has been my Extreme
Angel and has welcomed
me into her beautiful
space. Im absolutely
thrilled and gratified to be
linked to Sue, who is dedi-
cated to fostering a sense
of community and caring
through her Extreme
Angels Foundation. In
fact, the Extreme Angels
earned the 2016
Organization of the Year
award from the Imlay City
Chamber of Commerce.
So guarda! Guarda, at
la luna bella I say (Look!
Look at the beautiful
moon), and while youre at
it, all all of the other amaz-
ing, beautiful things that are
right in front of us here in
Imlay City.
Email Catherine at
cminolli@pageone-inc.com.
Computer Repair, Time-4-
Vacation, Auto Zone,
Tianas Dollar N Deals,
Seven Ponds Nature Center,
WMPC Radio Station,
Kraft Service Center,
Treves Pizza, Mikes Wash
Rack, Pinnacle Foods-
Vlasic, Robert Young DDS,
Controversial health bill
Representative Raul
Labrador of Idaho, who
had just voted for the
Trumpcare bill, seemed to
think his remark explains
why he thought it was ok to
support this hastily written,
never debated, awful idea.
It seems likely, should
this bill become law, mil-
lions will lose their insur-
ance. There will also be
the stressful confusion as
the bill allows each state to
decide what to do about
health care. States, the
majority of which are
already struggling with
budget deficits, are having
the problem tossed to
them. Well played
Representatives, because
this allows you to look like
you still did something.
But I am also thinking
about the slow death that Labrador, we should feel
diminished or cancelled
health care benefits leave
us with.
I jogged recently
behind a man wearing a
t-shirt with the symptoms
of stroke written on the
back. Another man slowly
walked the same track, one
arm limp at his side. Both
Gerlachs Bowling Center,
Hungry Dans, Nelson
Maple Products, Glen &
Melanie Kampman, Village
Barn Carpets & Rugs,
Todds Glass, Mirrors &
More, Theresa Sieczynski,
Letters page 11--A
were working hard, to beat
the odds and remain
healthy.
Our health, and our
very quality of life, is a
continuum of needing
health care for surviving
medical crises.
This is the slow death I
fear we are headed for.
The Republicans arent
talking about the best insur-
ance for all. Their bar for
excellence is incredibly
low. They never had a bet-
ter idea. In fact, everything
they have proposed so far
has been tried and failed
already. That is why we
needed what Obamacare
offered: a small tax on the
very rich and an all in
approach to fund health
care.
But if we listen to Mr.
grateful, that, at least
according to him, we are
going to be ok without
health care.
Our local
Representative, Republican
Paul Mitchell, also voted
for this bill.
Carolyn Medland
Lapeer Twp.

In the good old
summertime
A h, its summer
again. Well,
maybe not quite
All the Liblong day... dreamed
yet by the calen-
dar, but if I can go
outside in a t-shirt
and the leaves are
on the trees its
summertime as far
as Im concerned.
Rick
As you know, Liblong
Im not a big fan
of winter especially the
snow and ice part. The
cold I could live with for a tually silent. Why cant
while, but winter precipita- someone invent one for
tion is not for me. lawn mowers? Then, of
Fortunately, Im retired
now so I dont have to ven- trimmer out followed by
ture out in it very often. So the leaf blower to finish the
I sit and wait for summer.
If I remember right,
Michigan has only two
seasons, winter and road
construction. Here in
Virginia the two are winter Quiet returns as I open a
and hot and humid.
Actually, we have all four
seasons, but spring lasts
about a day and a half and trees in the back yard and
fall maybe three days. Its
either winter or summer
most of the time.
So recently, Rico the
cat and I went out in the
sun room, and after having screaming, too.
the windows closed all
winter, we decided to open start making so much rack-
them and let that fresh
summer breeze flow across barking his head off. I
our faces. Rico finds the
sunniest place he can and
plops down and tries to get enjoy what Im reading.
a tan. I stay in the shady
part of the room but Im
ready to soak it all in.
When I first open the
windows, a gentle westerly were just reacting to the
breeze flows through and
in the distance I can hear
some birds chirping faintly. Back to the book in
I can hear the leaves rus-
tling in the trees quietly
and it seems like a blissful but I was not happy that
afternoon is on tap for Rico my world was interrupted
and me. Just the way Ive
Social media, not so social encounters
Editors note: The fol-
lowing guest column was
written by Tom Janicki.
Tom and his wife Mary
Ann have lived in the
Allenton/Almont area for
more than 40 years. Tom,
who also farmed part time,
is retired from a 36 year
career with Warner
Lambert/Parke Davis in
Rochester. He and his wife
enjoy hiking the national
parks and spending time
with their grandkids.
W hen you are pushing
eighty, you start
thinking getting old sucks.
You have lost a lot of fam-
ily and friends, and hunt-
ing at higher altitudes is a
thing of the past.
I get a lot less accom-
plished in eight hours than
I used to. I have to stand
on a milk crate to saddle a
horse any more. I have
always believed a man
should not let his ego die
before he does, but I am
finding getting old is sure
tough on it.
One of the few bright
New student loan guidelines for mortgage qualification
Alex,
I am a recent college
graduate and have been
unable to qualify for a
mortgage due to my stu-
dent loan debt. I have
been renting for two
years now and would
rather put that money
toward my own home.
What options do I have?
C.T., Lapeer
C.T.,
There is a new guideline
from Fannie Mae that may
help you. Contact a lender
again to see if you can
qualify now and inform
them of this new guideline
in case they are not aware
of it. Fannie Mae, which
is the government spon-
sored entity that purchases
most mortgages from local
about it
all winter.
I closed my eyes
to enjoy it and was
just about to fall
asleep with a con-
tented smile on
my face when it
happened. My
neighbor fired up
his lawn mower
almost under my
window. We have mufflers
on cars that make them vir-
course, he has to get the
job.
So much for my quiet
interlude. Might as well
find a book to read since
Im now wide awake.
good biography on my
Kindle. A few pages in, a
blue jay lights in one of the
starts screaching. Blue jays
are good looking birds, but
man, are they loud! He is
unhappy about something
and that starts the robins
When all of the birds
et, a dog nearby starts
cant hear myself think let
alone concentrate on and
After a few minutes the
blue jay flew away and
everything got quieter
again. The other critters
loud mouth, er beak, blue
jay.
peace and quiet. Rico
seemed unfazed by it all,
by these noisemakers.
spots when it comes to
aging is you spend more
time with your kids,
grandkids and great-grand-
kids. Our youngest grand-
sons, ages 14 and 12, live
on the east end of the
farm. They are home-
schooled, so at recess they
cross the hayfield to the
horse barn and clean stalls
for us. They need the
spending money.
It makes no difference if
its 10 degrees or 95
degrees, crossing that hay-
field they are throwing
each others hats to the
wind, wrestling each other
to the ground or throwing
snowballs and laughing all
the way to the barn. That
brings back a lot of memo-
ries of me and my brothers
growing up. Every
Saturday after the stalls
have been cleaned the
boys, their dad and I go to
town for lunch and con-
versation.
We were having lunch
a couple of weeks ago
when a man entered the
Ask
Alex...
The real
estate and
mortgage
expert!
lenders, has changed the
way it calculates student
loan debt. It used to auto-
matically use 1% of the
loan balance as your pay-
ment amount even if the
actual payments you made
were much less. For exam-
ple, if you owed $60,000
they would have to use
$600 as your monthly pay-
ment on that debt even if
Marine One flies over occassionally...and loud-
ly!
Blue jays are loud!
lightning with a heavy
Lawn mowers need
mufflers.
But calm returned and
stayed for a while. A short
time at least. Then a motor-
cycle revved up a street or
two over. Why no muffler
on motorcycles either? If
your car sounded like that
theyd give you a ticket.
He loved the sound of rev-
ving it up over and over.
He probably didnt even
hear it because he lost his
hearing years ago riding
that thing.
Finally he drove off.
Quiet again. On some days
we are in the flight path of
National or Dulles airports.
This afternoon was one of
those days as the wind
shifted. Every thirty sec-
onds or so, a big jet roared
into the sky taking passen-
gers who-knows-where.
Helicopters were also plen-
restaurant with a 6 or
7-year-old girl. Their order
came up and they sat
down at a table near us.
Her father was not wear-
ing a wedding ring, I fig-
ured he was divorced and
the little girl looked very
sad at the company she
was keeping.
The father picked up
his burger and his cell
phone and commenced
texting. He texted through
the entire meal. He then
handed the little girl a toy
wrapped in cellophane and
they left the restaurant.
She was about the saddest
little girl I have seen in a
long time. She sure could
have used a friend at that
point.
I felt sorry for the dad.
He just wasted an opportu-
nity to begin forging a
new relationship with his
daughter, one that could
last a lifetime.
I can think of a hun-
dred topics to talk to my
grand-kids about while
were eating lunch. What
you were only required to
pay $200. When calculat-
ing how much you could
afford to borrow, an extra
$400 often meant those
borrowers could not quali-
fy for enough to buy a
home. They changed this
rule effective April 25,
2017 and now will use the
ACTUAL payment that
you are required to pay
each month instead of the
default amount of 1% of
your balance. Since student
loans are often paid back at
such a slow pace in the
beginning this is a wel-
come change. This could
allow more recent college
graduates the ability to
qualify for a mortgage. If
this new guideline still
does not help you qualify
Photo provided
tiful this day as they kept
an eye on traffic or sput-
tered back and forth
between their base in
Quantico and other military
installations in the area. I
even see Marine One occa-
sionally on its way to fetch
the President. Technically,
it isnt Marine One until he
boards, but its the same
chopper.
As the afternoon pro-
gresses the temperature
outside reaches 90, the
humidity starts to build and
the breeze coming in the
windows gets a little
sticky. And then a thun-
derstorm boils up cracking
loud thunder, flashing
downpour. I jump over
Rico to quickly close the
windows.
I hate storms. Except
for some needed rain once
in a while, nothing good
ever comes from a storm.
Rico and I both are a little
nervous during a stormy
weather.
So here I am trying to
enjoy my first real summer
day of the year and the
stars are not lined up to let
me revel in it. Winter is so
much quieter! And no bugs.
But wait, I cant complain
all year about stuff can I? I
mean, I waited for this time
to come. And I should real-
ize that the good news is
Im here with Sue and Rico
and Im still on this side of
the grass to see and hear it
all. Ill just have to keep
the windows closed and the
air conditioner on.
Email Rick at
rick.liblong@cox.net.
was the best thing that
happened to them this
week, what was the worst?
How did Karate and piano
practice go? What song
are you learning and who
is your favorite composer?
What is the youth group
planning at church? What
are you going to buy with
the wages you earned?
Have you taught your dog
any new tricks?
We watch the waitstaff
and discuss which one
should be nominated
employee of the month.
We talk about them being
employee of the month
when theyre old enough
to work there.
Social media has its
purposewe all know
someone we would rather
text than meet and con-
verse with in person. It is
easy to tell how close a
friend you have by how
much time they spend on
their cell phone when you
are together. Do you think
that little girl was smart
enough to pick up on that?
then you might need to
continue to work, save and
pay down your debt until
you can qualify. The only
way that happens quickly
is to increase your income
and reduce expenses.
Finding a roommate in
your rental could help you
cut your costs, or a side
job on the weekend can
make your savings quickly
grow if you are disciplined
to save it.
If you have any real
estate or mortgage relat-
ed questions please Ask
Alex by email at Alex@
RealtyVolution.com or by
phone at (810) 664-1819.
You may see your ques-
tion and answer featured
here.
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Minnesota who?
P erhaps my praise for
Minnesota Mikes deer
proof fence is hasty. But
Im compelled to shout the
good news. Theres a pot
of
creamed
Honest Living . . .
aspara-
gus
mush-
room
soup on
my
stovetop,
one deli-
cious
victory
labor. In one corner of the
for man- fenced garden stood a
kind!
What
on earth am I talking
about? Just who is
Minnesota Mike? And
what does he have to do
with deer?
Your questions are
entirely justifiable. I could
direct you to my friend
Jack who would offer his
first-hand version of
Minnesota Mikes inven-
tion. And I may do that.
Depends upon how the
Muse moves.
See, Jack is my
Appalachian dulcimer
teacher. Ive spoken of him
before, his directive out of
the blue, Iris Lee, you
need a mountain dulcimer.
In retrospect, I could sus-
pect he may have had an
ulterior motive. But Jack
isnt like that. Turns out he
was right about the dulci-
mer.
From the Thursday
morning long ago when he
walked into my memoir
class, Ive learned to listen
when Jack looks me in the
eye.
For instance, that day
ICHS Students
of the Month!
Editors note: The fol-
lowing was submitted by
Rich Cross, M.Ed., Dean
of Students at Imlay City
High School. He may be
reached at 810-724-9815
or via email to rcross@
icschools.us.
ICHS April 2017
Student of the Month
Tera Cruce
T era Cruce is one of our
Imlay City High
School Students of the
Month for April 2017. She
is the daughter of Bonnie
McCune and Steven
Cruce, and has two dogs:
Buddy and Sig.
In addition to earning
excellent grades, Tera
is currently a member of
the Future Farmers of
America (FFA), Project
Raising Hope, and Spartan
LINKS.
Terra Cruce
Outside of school, Tera
enjoys working with farm
animals, and spending a
lot of her free time with
friends, family, and her
dog, Sig.
Her role model and
inspiration is her dad
because he has worked
hard for everything. Even
when he is sick or in pain,
he has always worked hard
to provide for Teras fami-
ly and made sure that they
had everything they need-
ed.
In the near future Tera
plans to earn her certifica-
tion in animal science and
become a Veterinary
Assistant. After that, Tera
plans to begin her post-
secondary education at
Macomb Community
College, and then plans to
transfer to Oakland
University. Eventually,
Tera would like to own her
last summer after my dul-
cimer lesson overlooking
vibrant colors of his wifes
beautiful gardens. I simply
had to see what Maggie
was growing up on the hill
where she enjoys most
every second of summer
daylight.
Lets go! Jack said.
We walked between two
huge raised flowerbeds
before we reached the sum-
mit of their property, a fit-
ting elevation bearing the
fruit of Maggies love and
swing Jack builtenough to
provoke envy.
Preoccupied with the
features within Maggies
landscapes, I almost over-
looked the slanted green
rods in the ground to my
right and left. What are
these?
Jack grinned. Thats
Minnesota Mikes deer
proofing perimeter.
A fence around a
fence? I dont see it.
The deer dont either,
Jack replied.
He pulled on the fish-
ing line tied to an eyehook
drilled into a green rod.
The line runs through
eyehooks on the rods sur-
rounding the garden, he
explained. It works like a
spiders web. When the
deer feel the wire, they
back off.
I doubt the line would
deter the forty-some deer
that feast on my gardens.
Jack looked me in the
eye. Well, all I can say is
it works for us.
As asparagus does, it
Iris page 11--A
own beef farm, complete
with Angus cattle.
Congratulations Tera!
Good luck at MCC!
ICHS April 2017
Student of the Month
David Hart
D avid Hart is one of our
Imlay City High
School Students of the
Month for March 2017!
He is the son of Pat and
Amy Hart, has a sister
named Gia, and is the
owner of two dogs: Daisy
and Tasha.
In addition to earning
excellent grades, David
is a multi-year member of
the soccer, basketball,
track, and baseball teams.
He is also a member of the
National Honor Society. In
his free time, David enjoys
playing sports.
David has always
looked up to his grandma
because she has been very
supportive and involved in
his life since he was a
child. When he was
younger, his grandma
would frequently call to
check on him, making sure
that he was doing his
homework and keeping his
grades up. David credits
his success as a student
largely to his grandmas
effort and persistence.
Dave Hart
Davids current goals
are to finish the year
strong, and carry that
momentum into his fresh-
man year of college. He
will be attending Saginaw
Valley State University in
the fall to major in exer-
cise science. After earning
his degree, David plans to
work as an exercise physi-
ologist.
Congratulations David!
Good luck at SVSU!
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Town Talk
Editors note: Due to space
constraints announcements
will be posted one week in
advance of the event. Notices
must be received in writing by
noon Monday prior to the
publication date.
For Senior Citizens
Indoor Sr. Pickelball - Capac
Elementary School Cafeteria,
4 p.m. Tues., & Thurs. from
Feb. 7 to May 23 (cancelled if
school closed).
Gentle Yoga Tuesdays from
9-10 a.m. at First
Congregational Church in
Almont. Practice led by Dina
Miramonti, RYT.
Imlay City Senior Center
Texas Hold Em 12:30
p.m. For info 810-724-6030.
Dinner and an evening of
card playing with friends,
50/50 raffle and prizes of
high and low for each table
every 3rd Monday at the
Washington Senior Center,
57880 Van Dyke, Washington
Twp., MI 48094, from 4-8
p.m. Call for further details,
586-752-6543.
Swing Dance Lessons offered
at the Port Huron Senior
Center, 600 Grand Avenue in
Port Huron, every Tues.
from 7:30-9 p.m. and the 1st
and 3rd Thurs. of the month
from 7:30-9 p.m. with
instructors Lyle Malaski &
Kristina Morton. Call 810-
984-5061 for more info.
Council on Aging
Membership is open to indi-
viduals 18 and older. The
Capac Senior Center is open
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. week-
days. We offer a variety of
activities such as fitness and
craft classes, a book review
group, cards and bus trips.
Call Lori at 395-7889 for
more info.
Almont and Dryden area
AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT LIVING APARTMENTS WITH:
3 Nutritious Meals Daily
Compimentary Satellite TV
Life-enriching Activities
www.SanctuaryatMapleVista.org
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 15
Dryden
U.M.C.
5394 Main Street - Dryden
810-796-3341
Pastor Patricia Hoppenworth
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
West Berlin
U.M.C.
905 Holmes Rd. - Allenton, MI
Corner of Almont Road
810-395-2409
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
Rev. Curtis Clarke
Goodland
Community
Church
2008 N. Van Dyke
Box 82
Imlay City, MI 48444
810.724.1747
Worship Service: 10:00 am
Pastor Chad Hampton
senior citizens meet the 2nd
Tuesday of the month at 12
p.m. at the Almont Lions
Hall, 222 Water St., for a
potluck and program. Call
798-8210 for more info.
Adults 55 and over are invit-
ed to Berlin Twp. Senior
Center to play cards from
noon-3 p.m. the 2nd
Wednesday of every month.
Bring a sack lunch, beverag-
es provided. Senior stretch
exercise on Tuesdays 10-11
a.m. Potluck luncheons will
be served the 4th Tuesday of
every month at noon. Call
810-395-4518 for details.
Ryan Smith, a certified alco-
hol and drug counselor will
be available at the Imlay
City Seniors Center on the
4th Thursday of every month
from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Free Meals, Food
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Food for Families kitchen is
open to the public for free,
hot meals every Monday and
Wednesday from 4-5:30 p.m.
This Heart Loves Food
Pantry is open the 1st
Saturday of each month
from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at
Gateway Assembly Church,
2796 S. Van Dyke Rd., Imlay
City.
The Attica United Methodist
Church will be holding a free
community meal on the 2nd
and 4th Tuesday of each
month from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
For more info please call
810-724-0690 or visit www.
atticaumc.org.
The Attica Food Bank at the
Attica United Methodist
Church, 27 Elk Lake Rd., is
open from 2-4 p.m. the 2nd
and 4th Monday of each
month. Proof of residency
and need required.
The Capac Community Food
Light Housekeeping
Health Services
Available
Capac
U.M.C.
14952 Imlay City Rd., Capac
Church 810-395-2112
Sunday School - 9:15 am - All Ages
Sunday Service: 10:30 am
Junior Church and Nursery Available
Bible Studies Every
Monday and Tuesday Evenings
Tuesday Morning
Come as you are - everyone is welcome!
Imlay City
U.M.C.
Corner of 4th St. & Almont Ave.
(Across from the Library)
www.imlayumc.org
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship
Nursery Available
Jr. Church for K-5th grade
Youth Group 6th-12th grade
5pm-6:30pm Sundays
Rev. Dr. Marcel Allen Lamb
15 810-724-0687
15
16
Family of
Christ
Lutheran Church -
Missouri Synod
7191 Imlay City Road
Imlay City
Bible Study - 9:00 am
Worship Time - 10:30 am
Childrens Church - 10:30 am
Phone 810-724-2620
lutheranfamilyofchrist.org
Pantry, 114 S. Main Street, is
open each Wednesday from
1-3 p.m. Please call LOVE,
INC. at 810-245-2414 in
advance to ensure your food
voucher will be received
before you stop in to shop.
Any questions, please call
Sherrie Cramton at 810-395-
1905.
The Capac Kitchen serves
free meals every Tuesday
from 4:30-6 p.m. at Zion
United Methodist Church.
Free meals for people in need
are offered at the North
Branch Senior Center on
Monday and Thursday eve-
nings from 5:30-7 p.m. Call
810-441-0322 for more info.
Orchards Cupboard Food
Pantry is open the 3rd
Saturday of every month 9
a.m.-noon. Food distributed
at 74903 McKay Rd., Bruce
Twp., 586-336-4673. www.
orchardsonline.org.
Museums
The Dryden Historical
Society meets at 7 p.m. the
first Wednesday of the month
and the museum opens every
Monday from 5:30-7 p.m.
The Capac Historical Society
is open to visitors daily from
1-3 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on
Sundays. Call 810-395-2859
for more info.
The Imlay City Historical
Museum is now open for the
2017 season. Volunteer
docents will be happy to
great you on Saturdays from
1 to 4 p.m. The current
exhibit Everlasting
Heirlooms is a wonderful
display of the work of master
craftsman Richard Lauwers.
His wood turned objects fea-
ture a variety of wood and
functional pieces. Other new
exhibits include the new
period room featuring 1865
bedroom furniture. The
music exhibit has been re-
worked and there is an addi-
tion to the art display of
work of local artists. Watch
for more changes, inside and
outside of the museum. For
questions contact Marilyn
Swihart 724-1904.
The Almont Community
Historical Society Museum is
open Saturdays from 1-4
p.m. Please stop by and learn
about your community.
Society meetings are held at
St. Pauls
Lutheran Church
(ELCA)
200 North Cedar (M-53)
Imlay City, MI
810-724-1200
email: nlcc@newlifechristian.net
Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Pastor Alan Casillas
15
Community Mens & Womens
16 15
Sacred Heart
Catholic Church
700 Maple Vista, Imlay City
810-724-1135
Weekday Masses
Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri 8 am Wed. 10 am
First Sat. 8 am
Weekend Masses
Sat. Vigil Mass 5 pm
Sun. 9 am - English
11 am - Spanish
Confessions 1/2 hr. before each Mass &4pm Sat.
15 Father Paul Ward 15
DIFFERENCE WITH US! 15
Imlay City
Church of Christ
670 N. Van Dyke
Imlay City, MI 48444
Sunday Service
Bible Study (all ages) 10:00am
Morning Worship 11:00am
1st Sunday of the
Month Evening Service 2:30pm
Wednesday Bible Classes (all ages) 7:00pm
810-724-3306
COME WORSHIP WITH US!
John Barker, Minister 15
St. Cornelius
Catholic Church
3834 N. Mill Street
P.O. Box 208
Dryden MI 48428
Weekday Masses:
Wed. & Thurs. 8:30 a.m.
Weekend Masses:
Saturday - 4:30 p.m.
16
Sunday - 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.
17
the museum on the second owedfriends.org. Immunization Clinic Hours:
Monday of the month at 7 (held in 2nd floor clinic area)
p.m. For more info call 810- Widowed Friends invites all Mondays 1-3:30 p.m. Walk-
796-3355. widowed to join us for break- In, Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.-
fast and friendship in a safe 11:30 p.m. By Appointment
Youth Events setting every 2nd and 4th
Monday of the month at 9
Only, Thursdays 1-3:45 p.m.
By Appointment Only.
a.m. at Seros, 925 Gratiot in Additional Immunization
Ready, Set, Go! Workshop. Marysville. For more info,
This is a FREE workshop for
3-5 year olds & parents/care-
call Julie at 810-388-0868.
Clinics Offered:
Appointment Only (held in
By
givers! Enjoy fun projects TOPS 620 Lapeer weight- 2nd floor clinic area). Walk-
In (held in lower level). For
that will develop your childs loss group meets Tuesday
skills and prepare them for nights at the Hunters Creek additional info, to check if
we accept your insurance, or
school! Children also enjoy a Mobile Home Park Club
snack, story time, and a free House, 725 DeMille Rd. in to schedule an appointment
please call 810-667-0448.
book! Call the Family Lapeer. Weigh-in from
Literacy Center today to 6-6:30 p.m., meeting from Free hearing and vision
reserve your seat at 810-664- 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more info screens for children of pre-
2737 and for more info on call 810-664-7579. school age are available at
dates and times. the Lapeer County Health
TOPS 888 (Take Off Pounds
Play groups available. Free 6 Sensibly) meets Wednesdays Department. To schedule an
appointment please call 810-
week sessions. At these FREE at the 25 Pine Ridge Dr. in
90-minute playgroups, chil- Lapeer. Weigh-in at 8:30 667-0448 or 810-245-5549.
dren will participate in sto- a.m., 9:30 a.m. meeting. Call Capac Pharmacy is teaming
rytime, developmentally Linda at 810-245-3955 or with Support Million Hearts
appropriate games and Phyllis 810-395-7035 for by offering in-pharmacy
crafts, learn new skills, and
enjoy a snack and social time
more info. blood pressure screenings,
136 North Main St. in Capac,
with other children. Parents For those that have experi-
enced the death of a loved Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
will have the chance to talk
to other adults with same- one, a support group is avail-
able facilitated by a trained
Everyone is invited to come
and have their blood pres-
age children. Register now sure read for free.
for the next session! United Hospice Service
Numerous locations and (UHS) bereavement volun-
teer. Marlette Regional
dates available. For more
info and to sign up call the Hospital, 2770 Main Street Events
Family Literacy Center at in Marlette, hosts this sup-
port group the 1st Friday of The Lapeer County
810-664-2737.
each month at 10 a.m. in the Genealogical Society pres-
Administration Conference ents the 5th annual Cemetery
Support Groups Room. For more info, call
800-635-7490 or visit www.
Preservation Workshop at
the Attica Cemetery on
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) marletteregionalhospital. Saturday, May 20, 2017. A
meetings are held every org. full day of instruction and
hands-on experience will
Monday night at 8 p.m. at St.
Pauls Lutheran Church in
Imlay City. Fundraisers teach you how to maintain
and protect your familys
history through their legacy
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Womans Life Chapter 855 in stone. Pre-registration
and Al-Anon meetings are will continue its Bottle & and a fee are required.
held every Wednesday night Can Drive, to help those in Contact Mary Bentley at
at 8 p.m. at the Capac United need, throughout the year of 801-441-1500 or bmbent-
Methodist Church, Capac, 2017. Call for the nearest ley66@gmail.com for more
MI. drop off location. For large information.
donations a pickup service is
Lapeer Area Citizens Against
Domestic Assault meets 1-3
p.m. every Wednesday in the
available. 810-392-5136.
The Imlay City Christian
Other
Lapeer Court House for per- School is holding a fundrais- Free tutor training for peo-
sonal protection order clinic. er for TAFFY (Tuition ple who would like to help
For info 810-246-0632. Assistance Fundraising For others in our community
Youth). Come join us for improve English skills.
FOR WIDOWED MEN & euchre the 2nd Saturday of
WOMEN: Lunch-Cards- Volunteer basis. Please call
each month at 7 p.m. at the for orientation before train-
Friendship. Join us every Imlay City Christian School,
3rd Tuesday of each month ing at 810-664-2737.
7197 E. Imlay City Rd. in
from 11:45 a.m.-4 p.m. at Imlay City. For more info, Volunteer for the Habitat for
Cavis Pioneer Restaurant,
call 810-724-5695. Humanity of Lapeer County
5600 Lapeer Rd. in Kimball at the office. Interested par-
Twp. 48074. No RSVP neces-
Medical Care
ties can call 810-664-7111
sary. For more info call and speak to Carolyn, Cheryl
Joanne K. at 810-324-2304. or Pete at 810-660-7823.
This activity is sponsored by Lapeer County Health
Widowed Friends, a peer Department, 1800 Imlay
support group www.wid- City Rd., Lapeer - Regular
Club News
Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW) of Imlay City, Post
2492, 598 N. Almont Ave.
(Fairgrounds Rd.) Overseas
Veterans Meetings 2nd
Thursday, every other
month, 7 p.m.; Post
Meetings 1st Thursday
every month, 7 p.m.;
Auxiliary Meetings 1st
Saturday of every month,
4411 Newark Road
859 N. Van Dyke Road 10 a.m.
Attica, MI 48412 Imlay City, Michigan 48444
Almont/Dryden Masons
810-724-2702 Sunday 2:30 pm meets 7 p.m. every 2nd
Tuesday 7:00 pm
www.newlifechristian.net
Thursday of the month at
Friday Youth 7:00 pm Masonic Center in Almont.
Pastor Tim Martin
firstapostolichome.com
Sunday 10 a.m. Service 15 15 The Imlay City American
Legion Post 135 meets the
Imlay City Almont Light of Christ 2nd and last Wednesdays of
C.R.C. First Baptist Church Community the month at 7:30 p.m. The
395 N. Cedar (M-53) post is located at 212 E.
www.imlaycitycrc.org Wayne Boyd, Pastor Church Third Street. Contact them
Worship 10:00 a.m. 881 Van Dyke - 810-798-8888
2720 Winslow Road at 724-1450 or americanle-
Sunday School 11:15 a.m. Sunday Bible Classes: 9:45 am
gionpost135@frontier.com.
Youth Ministry Worship Services
10:30 am & 6:00 pm
Imlay City, MI 48444
MOPS Program
Bible Study Wednesday 7:00 pm 1 Mile South of I-69 Overpass The Evening Star Quilt
fbc@airadvantage.net Guild meets the last
Bible Studies Live Webcasting Sunday all worship services Sunday Worship 10:30 am
810-724-4315 over Sermonaudio.com/fbcalmont 15 Wednesday of each month
Come Grow With Us! 15
Proclaiming the Sovereign Grace of God Phone: 810-724-6999 15 at the Davison Senior
Center, 10135 Lapeer Rd.
GATEWAY ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH in Davison. Meetings start
ASSEMBLY
(ELCA) 109 E. Kempf Court Capac, MI
(810) 395-7557
at 6:30 p.m. and doors open
at 6 p.m. For more info call
2796 S. Van Dyke Road - Imlay City Lisa, 810-358-7294.
74903 McKay Rd., Romeo Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Morning Worship - 8:45 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
586.336.4673 Evening Service - 5:00 p.m.
Markets
Sunday Mornings
Wednesday Family Night - 6:45 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m.
10:30 am Supervised child care during all services
Adult & Children's Sunday School 9:00 a.m.
Children's Church during service. Sunday School Every Sunday Lapeer
COME & MAKE A Phone: 810-724-8110 9:00 a.m. September thru May Countys largest Flea
Pastor Jeffrey S. Krist 15 Staffed Nursery During Worship 15 Market will be held at the
Lapeer Center Building,
Christ Evangelical First Congregational Church 425 County Center St. in
Lutheran Church United Church of Christ
1970 S. Almont Ave., Imlay City 275 Bancroft - Imlay City
Lapeer. From 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Up to 75 booths inside and
201 E. St. Clair, Almont, MI outside sell a huge variety
at corner of Newark Rd.
(Corner of 5th Street) 810-798-8855
810-724-7855 of items to the public. This
810-724-6207 Sr. Pastor: Keith Langley
Sunday School 9:00 a.m. long-running community
Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.
Thursday Worship 7:00 p.m.
Sunday School &Morning Adult Group 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship Service at 10:15 a.m.
Nursery available and Jr. Church event is sponsored by the
Pastor
Worship Service 10:30 a.m. for ages 3 thru 5th grade Lapeer Center Building, a
Rev. Dr. Renee C. Jackson Jr./Sr. High Youth Group ~ Sundays 6-8pm non-profit organization for
Ralph O. Stuebs
Cell-(567) 674-0438 No matter who you are or where you are Kidz 4 Christ ~ Wednesdays 6-7:30pm 60 years. There is no admis-
on lifes journey, you are welcome here!15
Come to the WELS 15 Pre-School - 5th grade 15 sion charge. For info on
St. Nicholas St. John The Holy Redeemer space rentals, contact
Logan: 810-347-7915. Visit
Catholic Church Evangelist
Catholic Church Lutheran Church www.LapeerCenter.com
4331 Capac Road
Capac, MI 48014
872 Capac Rd. 4538 Dryden Rd. Dryden, MI for building rental and
Peacock Alley catering
810-395-7572
Allenton, MI 48002
810-395-7074 810-796-3951 information, or call 664-
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Weekday Masses: Weekday Masses: 8:00 am - BIBLE CLASS; 9:30 am - WORSHIP
Wed. & Fri. 8:30 a.m. Thurs. & Fri. 8:30 a.m. 11:00 am - SUNDAY SCHOOL & BIBLE CLASS
er@charter.net. The Lapeer
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Sunday - 11:00 a.m. Saturday - 6:00 p.m.
Pastor Steven Helms Market has been voted
Sunday - 9:00 a.m.
Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor 15 Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor Christian Preschool Available The Best of the Best.
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Lifes vulnerability Win a Vera Bradley bag

I llusions of
Invulnerability.
It was the alliteration
of the phrase that fascinat-
ed me when I heard it. But
it was the urge to mull it
over for a day or two
chew on itthat gripped
me and held me spell-
bound.
The catch phrase, and
the way it was used,
addressed the assumption
of invincibility. Those of
us with some age and
experience behind us can
remember back to what, in
retrospect, could probably
be interpreted as the arro-
gance of our youth.
Brazen, gutsy, some-
times impulsive approach-
es drive the young into the
futurepropelling each
generation fearlessly, cata-
pulting them into vistas yet
to be explored. Youth are
meant to
dream, are
gifted
with
vision.
Only after
they hit
against a
wall and
get pick out a Mothers Day
knocked card. And then it occurred
down a
few times
do they acquire the added
gift of understanding their
vulnerability. Ideally, they
gain the perspective of
valuing others, along the
way coming to recognize
the fragility of life.
It is the hope that we
all, with maturity, learn to
approach the tomorrows of
our lives with the growing
recognition that each day is
held in a balance. That
goes for each person in our
spheres of influence as
well, which is a reminder
to weigh our words with
the knowledge that any one
of us could be gone tomor-
row.
You know, I thought of
that as I stood in the card
aisle at the store, ready to
plimentary coffee/tea and desserts provided. BYO
snacks or soda. RSVP to Lori at 810-395-7889.
to me: my last opportunity
to send her a card is past.
Shes not here anymore.
Lifes so transient, isnt it?
And so vulnerable. Thing
of it is that usually we
dont see that until we are
MUCH older and seasoned
with experience. (Dont
forget the old How do
you get experience? By
experience caveat.) No
more illusions of invulner-
ability.
Email Willene at
willenetanis@aol.com.
CAPAC The Conrad Community Center is
Library seeks
volunteers
hosting a Bradley Bingo event on Thurs., May 18.
Doors open at 6 p.m., Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. With
Bradley Bingo, participants have a chance to win an
TRI-CITY AREA
The Goodland
authentic Vera Bradley designer bag or accessory. Township Library will
Each round played has a corresponding bag or acces- be having a meeting
sory for a prize. Pre-sale tickets are $25; price increas- for anyone interested
es to $30 at the door. Volunteer to host a table of 8 in helping fundraise or
hostess ticket is $15. Cost includes 10 rounds of volunteer for the
Bingo and Grand Finale Bingo. Door prize, and com- library on Saturday,
May 13 at 3 p.m.
People with ideas and
time to help organize
and run fundraising
activities are needed.
Pancake Supper
The meeting will be
held at the library,
to boost band 2370 N. Van Dyke,
Imlay City. One of the
IMLAY CITY The Imlay City Band Boosters topics under discus-
are hosting a Pancake Supper & Silent Auction at the sion is holding a spring
Imlay City VFW Hall. The event takes place on Sat., book sale. Everyone is
May 20 from 4-7 p.m. The cost is $5, and includes welcome to attend. For
pancakes, sausage, orange juice, coffee and chocolate more information,
milk. All proceeds benefit the Imlay City Band contact Catherine
Boosters toward the purchase of new raincoats for the Yezak, library director
Spartan Marching Band. The VFW Post is located off at goodlandtwpli-
of old M-21 behind the Tri-City Times office. brary@gmail.com.

Iris: Last Wednesday, the

from page 9-A
shot up overnight barely a
week ago. The first time in
four years growing it, deer
chomped off the tips. I
called Jack and made an
appointment for a deer
proof fence lesson.
A chivalrous man, Jack
donated six rods with
drilled holes for eyehooks
to hold the four lines to
save my crop. My husband
painted the poles green and
twisted the eyehooks into
place.
Letters:
from page 8-A
Doug Combs, Earthly Arts,
Daisy Way Dog Training,
Kellys Pet Salon &
Boutique, Metamora Hunt
Club, Jen Schoenherr,
Liangs Garden, Auto
Value-Marlette, Eddie Gs
Restaurant, Duluth Trading
Co., United Automotive,
ICCS 5th & 6th grade
classes, Richard Duthler
Sr., Michele & Company
Fine Jewelers, Scotts
Hyponex, S & K Gremel
Farms, Penzien Produce,
Polaris Surveying, Super &
Son Nursery, Valerie &
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most gorgeous garden day
yet this spring, I ham-
mered six slanted poles
into the soft earth sur-
rounding our asparagus
patch. The sun sank as I
pulled the fishing line
through each eyehook,
illuminating the lines like
a spiders web.
Dear Reader,
Minnesota Mike is the
mythical man who
designed Jacks deer
proofing perimeter. A
maker of blissful moments.
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more anonymous ICCS
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North Branch, and LeSaj
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Thanks again for your
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School
Imlay City
Obituaries
Mary Katherine Berg,
age 81, of Imlay City,
Michigan died Friday,
April 28, 2017 at Heart of
Florida Medical Center of
Haines City, FL. Mary
Katherine (Burger) Lang
was born February 23,
1936 in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. She is the
daughter of the late
George and the late
Katherine (Burger) Lang.
She grew up in
Milwaukee and graduated
high school from Custer
High School in
Milwaukee in 1954.
Mary graduated with a
Bachelors of Education
Degree from Mount St.
Marys College in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
~ Bonnie Jean Ledbetter, 80 ~
Bonnie Jean Ledbetter,
80, of Capac, passed away
Saturday, May 6, 2017, at
Blue Water Hospice Home,
Marysville.
She was born in Bell
City, Missouri, March 23,
1937, the daughter of the
late Van and Edith (Miller)
Summers.
She was married to
Howard Thomas Luncford.
Bonnie found love again
and married Delbert
Ledbetter on December 10,
1991. Delbert died in 2006.
~ Louise Orissa Schoonover, 70 ~
Louise Orissa
Schoonover, age 70, of
Rochester and formerly of
Imlay City, passed away
Sunday, April 30th, 2017
at Crittenton Hospital in
Rochester. She was born
May 17, 1946 in Romeo,
the daughter of Howard
and Ila (Henderson) Hart.
Louise attended Romeo
High School. Louise was
employed for 18 years at
Lapeer General Hospital.
Andrew Schriber, II,
age 46, of Imlay City,
Michigan died
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
at McLaren Lapeer
Region Hospital. Andrew
David Schriber, II was
born August 7, 1970 in
Lapeer, MI. He is the son
of Andrew David and the
late Barbara Jean
(Richards) Schriber.
Andrew grew up in
Lapeer. He is a graduate
of the Lapeer East High
School, Class of 1989.
He was employed by
~ Mary Katherine Berg, 81 ~
She married Charles
Bruce Berg on June 18,
1959 in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Mary and
Chuck moved to Imlay
City in 1960 to take
teaching positions at
Imlay City Community
Schools.
Mary taught junior
high school and high
school English and
Writing. She retired in
1992 after 30 years as a
local favorite English
Teacher. Mary was a
member of Imlay City
First Congregational
United Church of Christ.
She enjoyed gatherings
with friends at church and
was very involved with
the churchs Food Pantry.
Bonnie was a graduate
of Eastern University of
New Mexico and continued
working for the college as
Secretary to the Dean of
Fine Arts for 20 years.
Bonnie had a passion for
bowling and loved baking
pies.
Surviving are two sons:
Marc and Mike Luncford
of Allenton; three grand-
children; four sisters:
Penny Wilson, Louise
Sloan, Lois Blondin and
Loreane Robinson; three
She loved animals and pro-
vided a loving home to
many pets during her life-
time.
Louise is survived by
her beloved children:
Charles (Becky) Butkovich
of Imlay City and
Kimberly (Kerry) Schocke
of Imlay City. Louise is
also survived by her grand-
sons, whom she adored:
Brandon Schoonover,
David Chrisman and
~ Andrew Schriber, II, 46 ~
Almont Hide-A-Way
Lanes for several years.
Andrew had worked for
Lapeer Lanes and Arcadia
Hills Golf Course. He
was an avid bowler, par-
ticipating on many bowl-
ing leagues.
He is survived by
Loraine Brinker; three
daughters: Grace
Schriber, Hope Schriber
and Faith Schriber; one
son: Drew Schriber; his
father: Andrew David
Schriber of Lapeer; one
sister: Lori (Craig) Peters
She and Chuck were
members of the Lapeer
County Retired School
Personnel. In retirement,
Mary enjoyed trailer
camping with her friends.
Mary and Chuck have
wintered in Florida for
several years.
Mary is survived by
her husband: Chuck Berg;
one son: Michael
(Michelle) Berg of
Blackburg, Virginia; and a
daughter-in-law: Kandy
Berg Burlingham of
Portage, IN. Also surviving
are eight grandchildren:
Elizabeth Berg, Katherine
Berg, Carolynn Hall Sinks,
Christopher Hall, Eric
Hall, Patrick Berg, James our online register book at
Burlingham Jr., Mike
brothers: Gary Kassuba,
Bill Summers and Russell
Summers as well as several
nieces, nephews and many
friends. 11:00 a.m. Saturday with
She is preceded in
death by a son: Mark
Luncford (1960) and four
siblings: Stanley Summers,
Arthur Summers, Mary
Ann Bacheau and Rosealie
Mobley.
The family honors the
memory of Bonnie and
invite you to visit and
share memories Friday,
Thomas Butkovich, great-
grandsons: Jayden and
Carter Chrisman and great-
granddaughters: Kyleigh
and Jozlynn Schoonover;
brothers: Tom (Ersel) Hart
of Gladwin, Lavern
(Florence) Hart of Capac
and sister-in-law: Nancy
Hart of Rochester Hills as
well as numerous neph-
ews, nieces and lifelong
friends. She is preceded in
death by her parents:
of Imlay City. Please be
of Lapeer; and by several
nieces and nephews.
Burlingham; and great-
grandchildren: Aaron Sinks
and Lian Burlingham.
Mary was preceded in
death by her son: Patrick
Berg; sisters: LaVerne
Resier, and Nancy Lesar.
The funeral was held
Sunday, May 7, 2017 at
Muir Brothers Funeral
Home of Imlay City, 225
N. Main Street, Imlay City,
MI. Reverend Renee
Jackson, pastor of the
Imlay City First
Congregational United
Church of Christ officiat-
ed. Burial took place in
Imlay Township Cemetery,
Imlay City.
Please be sure to sign
muirbrothersfh.com
May 12, 2017, from 2:00
to 8:00 p.m. at Kaatz
Funeral Directors, Capac.
Funeral services will be
10:00 a.m. visiting. Rev.
Lisa Clark, pastor of Zion
United Methodist Church,
will officiate.
Memorials are sug-
gested to St. Jude
Childrens Research
Hospital.
For information and
Guest Book kaatzfunerals.
com
Howard Hart and Ila
Bowman: sisters Patricia
Bonczak and Marjorie
Raska and brother: Edward
Hart. In her lifetime,
Louise was married to
Thomas Butkovich and
Clyde Schoonover and was
a long time companion to
William Bill Lyle.
Arrangements by Roth-
Muir Funeral Home (296
S. Main St. Romeo, MI
48065).
Andrew is preceded in
death by his mother:
Barbara Jean Schriber; a
brother: David Schriber;
sisters: Lisa Schriber and
Maryann Schriber.
The funeral was held
Tuesday, May 9 at St.
Pauls Lutheran Church,
200 N. Cedar St., Imlay
City, MI.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir
Brothers Funeral Home
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and will be notified by Friday, May 12. A special thank you to Kim Tencza, and
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contributions of gift certificates, which will be awarded to the winners.
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Rural Lifestyles

Monarchs wing their

way toward Michigan
With spring now sprung monarchs, said Tom
in Michigan, soon well be Melius, U.S. Fish and
welcoming back to the state Wildlife Service Midwest
one of the most distinctive regional director and the
signs that summer is on its services lead for the
way - the brightly colored Monarch Butterfly

U.S. Fish & Wildlife photo

monarch butterfly.
Monarchs are on their
way north from Mexico,
where they spend the win-
ter months. While National
Start Seeing Monarchs Day
is observed annually on the
first Saturday in May, it
may be a few more weeks
before they make their way
across Michigan.
One of the most well-
known and beloved butter-
fly species in North
America, with their easily
recognized orange and
black wing pattern, mon-
archs have become a much
less common sight in recent
decades.
The eastern monarch
butterfly population has
declined by 90 percent over
the last 20 years due mainly
to habitat loss, both in their
summer range - including
Michigan - and in Mexico,
where they overwinter.
Because of the tre-
mendous migration they
make, monarchs need a
variety of habitats, said
Dan Kennedy, Michigan
Department of Natural
Resources endangered spe-
cies coordinator. In the
early summer, they lay their
eggs on milkweed because
thats the only plant their
caterpillars will eat.
Monarchs also need
A monarch butterfly
caterpillar on common
milkweed.
they can stop and refuel
along the way. They are
very active insects and
require a wide variety of
flowering plants to provide
the food they need to sur-
vive and make their long
journey.
Scientists monitor the
eastern overwintering pop-
ulation of monarch butter-
flies in Mexico. This years
population reports indicate
that monarch butterflies
continue to decline, accord-
ing to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
The forest area the east-
ern monarch population
occupied decreased 27 per-
cent from winter 2015-
2016, due to a series of
severe storms.
This years population servation programs across
numbers accentuate how
imperative it is for our
countries to continue work-
ing together to protect and
conserve this amazing spe-
cies - as well as the role
Conservation Initiative.
It will take all of us
working together in city
backyards and across vast
agricultural acres, to
reverse this population
decline.
Monarchs are pollinat-
ing insects that travel to
flowering plants, drinking
nectar and transporting pol-
len.
Theyre not the only
pollinators on the decline -
bee populations worldwide
also have decreased dra-
matically in recent decades,
and the rusty patched bum-
ble bee recently was listed
as an endangered species.
Pollinators, like but-
terflies and bees, are
responsible for approxi-
mately one-third of the
worlds food source, said
Kennedy. Because of the
important role pollinators
play in peoples lives, it is
up to us to help keep these
pollinator populations
abundant and healthy.
The alarming declines
in monarchs and other pol-
linators have sparked con-
the nation.
Kennedy said the DNR
has been working with the
Midwest Association of
Fish and Wildlife Agencies
to develop a regional mon-
Monarch butterflies start to appear in Michigan in May, having returned
from their winter migration to Mexico.
which is our states response important to use plants that advisable to wait until the
to the national strategy to are native to Michigan so threat of spring frosts has
protect managed pollina- invasive species are not passed.
tors from pesticide risk. introduced into the state. Another way you can
In addition to partner- More information about contribute to monarch but-
ing with other agencies on native plants is available terfly conservation efforts
both a pollinator protection from the Michigan Native is to monitor monarch pop-
plan for pesticide manage- Plant Producers ulations by reporting any
ment and a monarch and Association. sightings at Journey North
native pollinator habitat Ten milkweed species or getting involved in other
plan, the Michigan Farm are native to Michigan - the monarch citizen science
Bureau also encourages
farmers to take advantage
of technical assistance and
cost-share programs avail-
able through the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
These programs have
helped farmers establish
almost 10,000 acres of pol-
linator habitat across nearly
500 farms, according to the
USDA.
We look forward to
continuing our support of
farmers efforts to imple-
ment smart, strategic and
effective pollinator protec-
tion practices across the
state, Campbell said.
These efforts will help
both pollinator populations

U.S. Fish & Wildlife photo

habitat to overwinter in, not every person plays in ensur- arch conservation strategy
to mention habitat where ing a future filled with that will cover key breed-
ing and migration habitat
across 16 states.
Weather For the week of
In addition, the DNR
and more than 25 partners
almanac May 2-8 in the state have been work-
ing to develop Michigans
Monarch and Wild
Lapeer station Emmett station Pollinator Strategy.
Minimum temp. Minimum temp. The Michigan Farm
Bureau, the states largest
26.9 on Monday, 8th 31 on Monday, 8th general farm organization,
Maximum temp. Maximum temp. is one of the key partners in
the strategy to conserve
62.9 on Wed., 3rd 59.2 on Wed., 3rd monarch butterflies.
Rainfall Rainfall Michigans farmers
recognize the importance
.35 inches .87 inches of both native and managed
Growing Degree Days Growing Degree Days pollinators to support our
states incredible diversity
for corn development: for corn development: of crop production, said
Laura Campbell, manager
Current: 283 Current: 222 of Michigan Farm Bureaus
Forecast: 337 Forecast: 259 Ag Ecology Department. mer and fall, Kennedy
We help support farm-
Growing degree days are accumulated from ers in this interest.
The Michigan
March 1 and forecast through May 15. Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development has
Weather data courtesy of Enviro-weather, developed a Protection
www.enviroweather.msu.edu Plan for Managed
Pollinators in Michigan,
and the success of
Michigans farms.
The DNR also is under-
taking projects to enhance
habitat for monarchs and
other pollinators on land it
manages such as the cre-
ation of a Monarch
Waystation in Clinton
County.
There are many ways
that Michigan residents can
contribute to ongoing mon-
arch conservation efforts as
well. Creating habitat for
monarchs and other polli-
nators, whether its in your University Extension, milk-
backyard or a large field, is
a great place to start.
Monarch habitat
includes several species of
milkweed and multiple
flowering plants that bloom
throughout the spring, sum-
said.
Milkweed is important
as a food source for mon-
arch caterpillars, and flow-
ering plants provide food
for adults during migration
and breeding.
Kennedy stressed that its
Michigan residents are encouraged to partici-
pate in citizen science programs that monitor
Monarch populations.
most widespread are com- opportunities.
mon milkweed, butterfly Much of what we
milkweed and swamp milk- know about monarch biol-
weed. ogy, migration, and conser-
According to Duke vation is informed by data
Elsner of Michigan State collected by citizen scien-
tists throughout North
weeds can be started from America said Karen
seeds - which can be col- Oberhauser, founder of
lected from existing plants the Monarch Larva
or purchased from com- Monitoring Project and
mercial suppliers - or as co-chair of the Monarch
young container plants. Joint Venture.
Older milkweed plants Learn more about what
are very difficult to trans- you can do to help pollina-
plant, so that approach isnt tors in Michigan, monarch
recommended. Seeds need biology, current projects
a three-month period of helping pollinators, and
exposure to cold, so it is a activities and resources for
good practice to plant seeds kids and teachers by visit-
in autumn. ing michigan.gov/wildlife
Container plants can be and clicking on Monarchs
planted in spring, but it is in Michigan.

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Simmons retires from post What the

Frork?
at county health department Capac resident and
librarian Carol
By Maria Brown become a supervisor and revised policy for employ- Nemecek tries out
mbrown@pageone-inc.com administrator of the ee information technology McDonalds new
nursing division. In 2001, privileges. Frork on Friday as
LAPEER COUNTY she was appointed director/ The document, which Chris Glombowski,
Last month the county public health officer by was originally authorized manager of the
commission formally bid the board of commission- by the board almost 17 Capac restaurant
farewell to their retiring ers. years ago in 2000, outlines looks on.
Health Department The county resolution what county staff can and Glombowski says
Director and welcomed her praised Simmons for the cannot do while on the job Friday's Frork
successor. exemplary leadership when it comes to using Giveaway Day was a
On April 27 commis- qualities and skills she email communication or success. A conver-
sioners presented Stephanie exhibited during the the internet. sation piece, the
Simmons with a resolution recession of 2008 and members authorized Frorka delivery
in honor of her 32 year subsequent cuts in state the sale of a county-owned system for French
career with the county. funding. office building in Davison frieswas unveiled
They also approved hiring Stephanie became a to Unique Granite Shop for nationwide as part of
Kathy Haskins to succeed major factor in emergence $325,000. the companys new
Simmons as the depart- of the collaborative model the board gave the Signature Craft
ments director. Haskins of government resulting in sheriffs department per- Recipe sandwich
will move from her current Lapeer County achieving mission to seek an impaired promotion. Learn
position within the depart- major success in the deliv- driving grant from the more about the Frork
ment as nurse administra- ery of coordinated services Office of Highway Safety at https://youtube/
tor. between departments,the Planning. The $35,259 in ltxLeLGozDk. The
Simmons started her resolution stated. funds being sought would Capac McDonalds is

Photo provided
career with the county in In other recent com- be used to cover overtime located on Capac
1985 as a public health mission business: hours and benefits for Road near the I-69
nurse before moving on to the board adopted a patrol deputies. entrance/exit ramps.

Dryden, Imlay schools

Bob Riehl
General Manager
Chris Byrnes
New Car Manager renew agreements
By Maria Brown superintendent agreement.
mbrown@pageone-inc.com When Dr. Gary Richards
retired last year, Dryden
DRYDEN The opted to make Finnigan
Dryden and Imlay City their new leader, giving her
Jeff Riehl
Managing 2017 JEEP COMPASS LATITUDE FWD Tom Patten school districts have a dual role as Jr./Sr. high
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Tim Wilcox
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Commercial Truck
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Commercial
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$23,459 $
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agreement as Imlay City
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tricts, noted that the agree-
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Bob Lesko
Sales
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approximately $35,000 per gave their approval to a
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Rob Piccirilli MSRP $39,270 Campbell, Brian Badder, Finnigan reported that
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Director of Maintenance resulted in a savings of
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Sales
and Operations, and more than $50,000 per year
EMPLOYEE SALE PRICE OR LEASE ONE FOR Badder, Director of over what it would cost to
Transportation. retain their own custodial
Shannon Lane
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$30,993 FRIENDS & FAMILY:
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Dan Campbell has
been also helping us with
staff.
In other April meeting
MSRP $45,645
EMPLOYEE LISTING: our sinking fund that was matters, members:
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$
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Transportation Director
Kirk T. Steudle.
We reviewed design
speeds, crash patterns, num-

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The stretch of road that
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After the mock exercise was complete,
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Howell, Glenn introduce Capac residents

bill to cap ACA enrollment urged to take part
TRI-CITY AREA Medicaid dollars were pri-

in online rec survey

Associate Speaker of the
House Pro Tem Rep. Gary
Glenn, R-Midland, and
Rep. Gary Howell, R-North
Branch, recently intro-
duced a bill to protect state
taxpayers by prohibiting
marily intended for indi-
viduals who could not sup-
port themselveschildren,
the elderly, and the blind
and other physically or CAPAC The village Capac residents will be a
mentally disabled adults. of Capac is in the process critical factor to the success
Last year, enrollment of updating their recreation of this planning effort. The

Photo provided
further enrollment in the under the expanded eligi- plan and, as part of that online survey will be avail-
states financially unsus- bility standards surpassed process, village officials able until Monday, June 12.
tainable Medicaid expan- 600,000 individuals, a fig- would like to gather input Updates to the plan
sion program after ure 32 percent higher than from the community. should be complete by the
September 30, the end of supporters of the plan pro- State Representatives Gary Glenn and Gary Residents are being end of 2017. It will follow
the current fiscal year. jected when arguing for its Howell, both Republicans, discuss legislation encouraged to access a the guidelines for
The expansion was enactment. to cap enrollment in Michigans Obamacare community input survey Community Park,
approved by the Legislature Even at current levels, plan. that can be found at www. Recreation, Open Space,
in 2013 as part of the imple- this explosion in Obamacare capacsurvey.com. Hard and Greenway Plans as
mentation of Obamacare in enrollment by newly-eligi- three years from now, Human Services depart-
Glenn said. Its a budget- copies of the survey are published by the Michigan
Michigan, dramatically ble able-bodied adults will ment from accepting new
busting, financially irre- also available at the village Department of Natural
expanding eligibility cost Michigan taxpayers enrollees under the expand-
sponsible ticking time office. The survey is brief Resources.
requirements for Medicaid $80 million this year, which ed criteria into the medical
bomb that taxpayers can't and should take no more Capac has been work-
to include able-bodied, will explode to $200 mil- welfare program as of
afford even at the current than 10 minutes to com- ing with Michigan-based
working adults. Previously, lion a year starting just October 1. The department
level of enrollment, much plete. planning firm, Spicer
would be allowed to renew
less if legislators stand by The village wants to Group, to assist with the
enrollment of current
Dispatch log... and allow enrollment to
grow even further.
enrollees if they continue to
meet eligibility require-
hear from residents and
visitors of Capac, and other
interested parties who want
update process.
For more information
about the survey or
Glenn and Howell said ments, even though the two
Editors note: The fol- block of E. Church St. in the legislation is particular- to make a difference in the planning efforts, contact
GOP lawmakers said even
lowing is a compilation of Capac ly timely given that community. Village offi- the village at (810) 395-
that will likely become
activity and reports from May 7 Congress voted Thursday cials believe input from 4355.
financially unsustainable in
area police departments: domestic incident in to repeal Obamacare and the state budget.
In Imlay City:
May 1
the 5300 block of Martin
Rd. in Mussey Twp.
animal complaint in
replace federal funding for
the state Medicaid program
with block grants that
They said the legisla-
tion would also help redi-
rect Medicaid dollars back
Announcements
02:01-02:30 Parking the 15000 block of Dudley would not cover the pro- to those the welfare pro-
Enforcement (City Wide) Rd. in Lynn Twp.
09:33 Citizen Assist neighbor trouble in the
(2000 block S. Almont 200 block of E. Church St.
grams costs.
When the program
began in 2014, the federal
gram was originally intend-
ed to help, Disabled adults Haley Lynn Tolitsky
or children who are inca-
Ave.) in Capac
13:21 Motorist Assist welfare check in the
government agreed to pay
for 100 percent of the addi-
pable of working to support
and help themselves,
earns GVSU honors
(2000 block S. Cedar St.) 13000 block of Church St. tional cost of providing Glenn said. Haley Lynn Tolitsky nities every day.
Multiple Traffic Stops in Berlin Twp. Medicaid benefits to able- This is a measure of has accepted membership NSCS is a member of
through the day May 8 bodied adults under the fiscal responsibility to the in The National Society of the Association of College
May 2 civil matter in the expanded criteria through taxpayers of Michigan its Collegiate Scholars Honor Societies and is the
00:20-00:59 Parking 14000 block of Sullivan Rd. 2016. But beginning in our duty to represent, (NSCS). Haley is a 2014 nations only interdisci-
Enforcement (City Wide) in Mussey Twp. January, the state must pay Howell said. I cant imag- graduate of Almont High plinary honors organiza-
04:07-04:43 Parking sex offender registra- for 5 percent of those ine anything more fiscally School and currently tion for first-and second-
Enforcement (City Wide) tion in the 14000 block of increased costs, which will irresponsible than allowing attends Grand Valley State year college students.
10:05 911 Hang Up Imlay City Rd. in Mussey double to 10 percent by a welfare program for able- University Membership is by invita-
(300 block E. Capac Rd.) Twp. 2020. bodied adultsthats NSCS is more than tion only, based on grade
13:30 VIN Inspection car-deer accident in the Glenns and Howells already financially unsus- just a symbol of academic point average and class
(300 block E. Third St.) 2500 block of Capac Rd. in bill would prohibit tainable nowto continue achievement. Membership standing. NSCS has over
17:23 Animal Problem Berlin Twp. Michigans Health and to grow even further. gives students access to a one million lifetime mem-
(400 block W. First St.) number of amazing bene- bers and 300 chapters in all
17:49 Animal Problem In Lapeer County:

Calling all actors

fits including career and 50 states, the District of
(400 block W. First St.) Complaints handled by networking resources, Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Multiple Traffic Stops the Lapeer County Sheriffs scholarships, travel, and Haley was also recog-
throughout the day Department service projects both on nized by Grand Valley
May 4 May 4
04:00-04:30 Parking animals at large in the
Two workshops on tap at PIX campus and in the commu- State University at an
nity, says Stephen E. Evening of Honors &
Enforcement (City Wide) 1900 block of N. Five Lakes LAPEER Aspiring Sara Loflin, NSCS Founder & Recognitions held Friday,
13:36 Personal Injury Rd. in Attica Twp. and practicing actors are Lipinski Chief Executive Officer. March 24 at the university.
Accident (N. Cedar St./E. runaway in the 3900 invited to attend two new Chambers The National Society She was inducted into the
Third St.) block of Bowers Rd. in workshops for adults on has direct- of Collegiate Scholars is an Beta Gamma Sigma
23:17 Citizen Assist Attica Twp. May 16 and 17 from 6-9 ed both honors organization that International Honor
(100 block W. Fifth St.) personal injury acci- p.m. at the PIXTheater. profes- recognizes and elevates Society. Membership in
Multiple Traffic Stops dent on N. Cedar St. in Sara Lipinski sionally high achievers. NSCS pro- Beta Gamma Sigma is the
throughout day. Imlay City Chambers will be teaching and in edu- vides career and graduate highest recognition a busi-
May 5 suspicious circum- Acting for Adults: cational Sara school connections, leader- ness student anywhere in
03:45-04:15 Parking stances in the 7800 block of Developing and t h e a t e r. Lipinski ship and service experi- the world can receive. The
Enforcement (City Wide) Weyer Rd. in Imlay Twp. Strenghtening the Actors She is cur- Chambers ences, access to discounts mission of the Society is to
06:13 911 Hang Up road hazard on Daley Toolkit on Tuesday, May rently a and savings as well as over encourage and honor aca-
(500 block S. Cedar St.) Rd. in Attica Twp. 16. faculty member at Bowling a million dollars in schol- demic achievement in the
08:46 Larceny (500 alarms in the 1200 The workshop is Green State University in arships annually. NSCS study of business, to foster
block S. Cedar St.) block of N. Lake Pleasant designed for beginner the Department of Theater members are deeply com- personal and professional
12:09 Motorist Assist Rd. in Arcadia Twp. actors to professional and Film where she teaches mitted to service, integrity, excellence, to advance the
(600 block Metcalf St.) May 5 actors. Working with Directing, Script Analysis, and scholarship and, as a values of the Society, and
13:44 Suspicious vehicle theft in the Stanislavskys acting and Acting. Sara also result, are impacting their to serve its lifelong mem-
Circumstance (200 block 5200 block of Ostrom Rd. basics of subtext, objec- serves as Broken Spectacle campus and local commu- bers.
Pine St.) in Attica Twp. tives, and imagination will Productions Artistic

Russell, Smith earn

15:36 Motorist Assist property damage acci- help the student create Director.
(300 block E. First St.) dent on eastbound I-69 in dynamic character each Her theater directing
17:19 Family Dispute Attica Twp. time he or she approaches credits include Night

Girl Scout Award

(500 block Metcalf St.) alarms in the 4200 a script. Everyone will of the Living Dead,
17:50 Assault and block of Lum Rd. in Attica work on applying acting A Perfect Wedding,
Battery (400 block W. First Twp. techniques in class. Clybourne Park,
St.) fraud in the 5500 block The second workshop Summertime, The Drunken Girl Scouts of Russell
Multiple Traffic Stops of Belle River Rd. in Attica on May 17 is Directing City, Kin, The Skin of Southeastern Michigan s e r v e s
throughout the day Twp. Fundamentals: Creating Our Teeth, Eurydice, Fefu (GSSEM) announced many roles
May 6 assist motorist on N. Motivated Blocking. and Her Friends, The Road Pamela Russell of Almont w i t h
02:35-04:15 Parking Lake Pleasant Rd. in Attica Creating motivated to Mecca, You Cant Take and Rochelle Smith of GSSEM.
Enforcement (City Wide) Twp. movement that helps tell it With You, and Our Imlay City were among With her
11:37 Motorist Assist May 6 the story can be a chal- Countrys Good. 103 recipients of the 2017 leadership,
(600 block N. Cedar St.) assist motorist on N. lenge. The workshop will To register for the National Volunteer Awards. her troop
12:05 Medical Assist Lake Pleasant Rd. in Attica explore all of the visual workshops call the Center The awards were presented performed Pamela
(600 block Maple Vista St.) Twp. tools that can be used to for the Arts at 810-664- earlier this month at admirably Russell
15:43 Peace Officer vehicle theft in the 60 illustrate character rela- 4824 or email info@pixla- GSSEMs annual banquet in the 2016
(2000 block S. Almont block of N. Youngs Rd. in tionships and storytelling peer.org. The cost for each held April 1st at the San Cookie Program, and
Ave.) Attica Twp. events. workshop is $20. Marino Club in Troy. Russell also supports the
16:48 Private Property civil matter in the 5600 Russell and Smith both Cookie Program through-
Damage Accident (1800 block of Clear Lake Rd. in received the Volunteer of out her area by making her
block S. Cedar St.)
May 7
Goodland Twp.
ORV complaints on Service News Excellence award.
Individuals who earn these
garage available as a cook-
ie cupboard.
02:25 Suspicious eastbound I-69 in Attica awards demonstrate excep- I am so excited to
Person (Depot St.) Twp. Airman Albers graduates tional dedication and ser- have honored more than
12:58 Suspicious welfare check on vice as Girl Scouts volun- 100 of our dedicated volun-
Circumstance (400 block Bowers Rd. in Imlay Twp. U.S. Air Force Airman teers. Fellow volunteers, or teers this year, said Denise
Wilcox St.) May 7 Matthew Albers graduated GSSEM staff who can Dalrymple, CEO of
Multiple Traffic Stops assist other law from basic military training vouch for their above and GSSEM. Without our vol-
throughout the day enforcement on S. Van at Joint Base San Antonio- beyond the call of duty unteers commitment of
Dyke in Almont Twp. Lackland, San Antonio, level of service to girls and their time and talents, we
In St. Clair assist other law Texas. other adult volunteers in would not be able to help
County: enforcement in the 5300 The airman completed the GSSEM service area nearly as many girls dis-
Police and emergency block of Martin Rd. in an intensive, eight-week must nominate all honor- cover new interests, abili-
responders responded to Mussey Twp. program that included ees. ties, and passions that help
dispatch calls for: property damage acci- training in military disci- Smiths knowledge of to build girls leadership
May 5 dent in the 6600 block of pline and studies, Air Force her community and local skills and prepare them to
abandoned auto at W. Neward Rd. in Imlay City core values, physical fit- schools has played a vital positively impact their
Mill and N. Main streets in May 8 ness, and basic warfare role in increasing the Girl communities. Volunteers
Capac property damage acci- principles and skills. Air Force. Scout presence in the area. really are the lifes blood of
May 6 dent on N. Van Dyke in Airmen who complete Albers is the son of She has supported the revi- a girls Scouting experi-
property damaage Goodland Twp. basic training also earn Jaime and Matthew Albers talization of the troops in ence, Dalrymple conclud-
accident in the 15000 block suspicious circum- four credits toward an asso- of Almont, Mich. her community, and ed. Nearly
of Belle River Rd. in Berlin stances in the 700 block of ciate in applied science He is a 2016 graduate expanded opportunities for 33,000 girls and adults par-
Twp. N. Fairgrounds Rd. in Imlay degree through the of Almont High School, girls to participate in Girl ticipate in Girl Scouting
citizen assist in the 100 Twp. Community College of the Almont, Mich. Scouting. through GSSEM.
 Page 16-A-TRI-CITY TIMES-MAY 10, 2017

NEW BUSINESS . . . New Goodland church

open house is May 20
Special events planned, all are welcome
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
GOODLANDTWP.
Pastor Chad Hampton
of the new Goodland
Community Church invites
all local community mem-
bers to join in an introduc-
tory open house at the
church on Saturday, May
20 at 5 p.m.
The church at 2008 N.
VanDyke Rd. was the for-
official Dedication cere-
mony at the newly-named
closed. church will take place
Hampton said the open Sunday, May 21 at 10 a.m.
house will feature food, during the churchs regular
refreshments and socializ- Sunday service.
ing, to be followed at 7 For questions or further
p.m. by a youth concert information about
featuring the James Robert Goodland Community
Band. Church, call Pastor
Formerly the interim Hampton at the church
pastor at West Goodland at 810-724-1747, or
United Methodist, Pastor email to goodlandcc2@
Hampton was officially gmail.com.
installed this week at For more on the new
Goodland Community Goodland Community

Photo by Tom Wearing

mer home of the West Church. Church, pick up the May
Goodland United Methodist May 21 Dedication 19th issue of Tri-City
Church, which recently Pastor Hampton said an Times.

Botanas El Paiza Ice Cream Shop Call for Chili Cook-Off

Rita and Orlando Guerrero (center) cut the ribbon at their new ice LAPEER A good from an approved source, fortheartslapeer.org.
cream/sandwich shop at 125 N. Almont Ave. in downtown Imlay City. bowl of chili is a work of such as a grocery store or Judging begins at noon.
The Guerreros, who reside in Capac, are joined by Imlay City officials art, and as such, this year butcher shop. Receipt of Taste test the entries and
and business owners, including 82nd District Rep. Gary Howell, City the Art On Nepessing purchase must be present at vote for a favorite after
Manager Tom Youatt, Mayor Walt Bargen and (far right) the Guerreros Street Festival will host the time of entry 9:00 a.m. on paying a $5 admission fee.
business consultant Charlie Ojeda. Besides offering myriad flavors of first annual Chili Cook- June 3. Prizes will be awarded
ice cream cups and cones, customers can purchase sandwiches, Off. All food items must be in three categoriesBest

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Mexican-style subs, nachos, gaspachos and assorted soft drinks and The competition will cooked on site. No home Amateur, Best Professional

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months. Orlando Guerrero said he and Rita are excited about their in the Court Street / stage
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dents and visitors. We are very happy to be here, said Orlando. We Participants are
feel right at home in Imlay City. Business hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. required to provide a heat
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Almont Township board NEW LOCATION . . .

adopts fireworks ordinance
By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
ALMONT TWP.
The township has adopted
a fireworks ordinance in
hopes of stemming resi-
dent complaints this sum-
mer.
At their meeting on
Monday, the board voted
unanimously to ban the use
of consumer fireworks on
all but 30 days per year. The
ordinance follows state
and after each of those
days.
The township decided
an ordinance was necessary
after fielding complaints
from residents last summer.
Board members concede
the ordinance may have to
be tweaked in the future but
theyre glad to have some-
thing on the books.
This puts it in black
and white, Supervisor Paul
Bowman said, adding it
should make handling com-
plaints through their noise
ordinance.
This is a living docu-
ment,trustee Kim Streeter
said.
The ten holidays
include New Years Day,
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day, Washingtons
Birthday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor
Day, Columbus Day,
Veterans Day, Thanksgiving
Day and Christmas Day.
Use of fireworks on

Photo by Tom Wearing

guidelines that allow for plaints easier for police. those 30 days is prohibited
their use on 10 national hol- Previously, the township from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m.
idays, plus the day before dealt with firework com- In other meeting busi-
ness:
the board approved
Input sought amending the fire depart-
State Farm Insurance-Doug Halabicky
ments bylaws to allow the
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The Tri-City Times is seeking your input in an discretion and approved E. Third St. in downtown Imlay City. The State Farm Insurance agent
effort to highlight local unsung heroes. To nominate hiring Chris Herzog as a was joined for the occasion by friends, clients, staff members, fellow
an individual for recognition in an upcoming feature, probationary firefighter. business owners and Imlay City officials. For questions and informa-
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Benefit for Barry Bryan is May 21 would like to assist Barry Klebba can also be
Bryan and his family, dona- reached via email at: cathy.
tions made out to the Bryan klebba@gmail.com or by
family can be mailed to: calling 586-337-4245.
Cathy Klebba, 79300 Almont Hideaway
Scottish Hills, Romeo, MI Lanes is located at 4550
48065. Howland Rd. in Almont.

Photo provided
Almont resident Barry Bryan (center) is pictured in happier times sharing a big smile along with
his six children.
Bowling, Euchre event is at Hideaway Lanes Detroit Tigers fan, Klebba
said Barry helped out with
By Tom Wearing and pulmonary embolism. to move to Almont, said his sons baseball practices
twearing@pageone-inc.com Married to wife Kristy, Klebba. He loves the and cheered them on while
the couple has six children atmosphere, the families they participated in football
ALMONT Friends ranging from 10 years to 25 and the community as a and track.
and family of Barry Bryan years-old. Kristy works as a whole. For those unable to
are hosting a Sun., May para-educator with Almont An avid baseball and attend the fundraiser who
21 Bowling / Euchre Schools.
Fundraiser at Almont The family moved to
Hideaway Lanes to help the Almont from Sterling
family pay for mounting Heights in July 2006, and
medical bills. Barry has been employed
The fundraiser runs by Inalfa Roof Systems in
from 1-5 p.m. and includes Auburn Hills since 2010.
bowling, euchre tourna- Family friend Cathy
ment, raffles, silent and Klebba, who is helping to
Chinese auctions, and food, coordinate the fundraiser,
drink and spirits for pur- said Barry is currently
chase. undergoing chemotherapy
Bryan, 51, is currently and the family is in need of
battling metastasized tes- financial support.
ticular cancer which has led Barry says the best
to deep vein thrombosis decision he ever made was

Hough Road bridge

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Clair County Road
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that wont happen until
May 19. The closure
includes 500 feet east and
west of the Graham Drain.
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Cards win
a twinbill
Dryden sweeps
Deckerville, 10-0
and 12-2 at home
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor

DRYDEN - Dryden swept vis-

iting Deckerville, 10-0 and 12-2, in
a North Central Thumb League
varsity baseball doubleheader
Monday.
In the opener, Dryden collected
13 base hits. Evan Pocius, John
DelCampo and Hunter Gall (a sin-
gle and a double each), Ethan
Hyatt (a pair of singles) plus Brady
Czape, Cameron Theobald, Jared
Czape, Justin Knox and Ethan
Rozanski (a single apiece) made
that output possible.
Knox was the winning Dryden
pitcher. He allowed two hits over
six innings, struck out 11 and
issued no walks.
Cards page 3-B

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Dryden girls
fall to rival Almont catcher Mitch Proper makes an acrobatic catch of a foul ball in a game with Richmond last week.

Raiders split doubleheader

By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor

DRYDEN The Dryden var-

sity softball team incurred a pair of

Almont wins opener 1-0, falls in second game 3-1

setbacks in a North Central Thumb
League twinbill with visiting
Deckerville Monday.
In the opener, Deckerville
claimed a 13-2 win against
Dryden. That matchup lasted six
innings.
Mia Sliman (two) along with
Rival page 3-B
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT The Almont
varsity baseball team split a
doubleheader versus visiting
Blue Water Area Conference
rival Richmond last
Wednesday. Nick Pica was the winning triumph.
In the opener, Almont pitcher, prevailing with relief Zach Filinger paced
pulled out a 1-0 victory over help from Dillon Kruse. They Almonts offensive attack
Richmond. allowed three total hits, struck with a single and a double.
Zach Revoldt, Nick Pica, out six and issued three walks Daniel DeBlauwe, James
Brendan Ecker and Mitch along the way. Mitchell and Mitch Proper
Proper led Almont with a sin- In the nightcap, Richmond added a single each to the
gle apiece. bounced back to register a 3-1 Raiders cause.

Dryden wins tri

meet at Mayville
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
DRYDEN The
Dryden girls track team
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Hill, 200-meter dash,
29.75 seconds; Jodie
Adams, 300 hurdles, 53.96
seconds; Kylie
DeVlaminck, 400-meter

(111 points) outscored dash, 1:18.93; Haylee

host Mayville (36) and
North Huron (22) in a
North Central Thumb
League encounter on
Tuesday, May 2.
Almonts Mike Rinke, Imlay Citys Seth Tolley, Almonts Aaron Bryan and Imlay Citys Robert Petti Mia Sliman, high
compete in the 110-meter hurdles at last weeks meet. jump, 4 feet 6 inches;
Wolle, 800 run, 3:15.14;
and Jordan Peters, 1600-
meter run, 6:45; furnished
Drydens individual event
firsts.
The Dryden 400 (Kelli
Schenkel, Sliman, Adams

Imlay City outruns Almont

By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
Imlay City made Almont
absorb a 99-38 loss in a
Blue Water Area
Conference boys track
encounter on Tuesday,
May 2.
Bruce Bollini, high
jump, 5 feet 2 inches; TJ
Reintjes, pole vault, 12
feet; Cody Sich, long
Hannah Weiss, long jump and Hill), 800 (Sliman,
(13 feet 3 inches) and 100- Schenkel, Adams and
meter hurdles (18.06 sec- Hill), 1600 (Teagan
onds); Rachel Vallad, shot Norman, DeVlaminck,
put (30 feet 8 inches) and McKenna Gierman and
jump, 16 feet 11 inches; (57.17 seconds); and Cole discus (91 feet 7 inches); Jordan Peters) and 3200
Marc Allison, 100 (no Broecker, 3200-meter run, Kaylin Norman, 100 dash,
time available) and 200- 12:17.6; furnished Imlay 14.44 seconds; Caitlyn Dryden page 4-B
meter (25.2 seconds); Citys individual event
Robert Pettit, 110 (17.86 firsts.
seconds) and 300 (49.41 The Imlay City 400
seconds); David Hart, 400 (Breydon Andrez, Jack
Forti, Sich and Allison),
800 (Riley Bertram, Forti,
Sich and Allison), 1600
(Jayden Collison, Hart,
Andrez and Bertram) and
3200 (Richard Mukholi,
Jon Louwsma, Jacob
Swartz and Hart) relays
also emerged victorious.
They managed respective
clockings of 48.6 seconds,
1:41.95, 4:01.8 and
9:52.57 along the way.
Dalton Lansky, high
jump, 5 feet; Seth Tolley,
Photo by Kevin Kissane

long jump, no distance

Photo by Kevin Kissane

available; Ryan Johnson,

shot put (38 feet 11 inch-
es) and discus (111 feet 11
inches); Forti, 100-meter
Imlay Citys Jacob Swartz leads the 800 run as Almonts Josh Phelps and dash, no time available;
Jackson Brown plus Imlay Citys Jon Louwsma and Richard Mukholi Drydens Kelli Schenkel clears the high jump
pursue in last weeks meet. Outruns page 4-B bar in a meet earlier this season.
Page 2-B-TRI-CITY TIMES-MAY 10, 2017

Golf Tennis

Almont ties Grosse Pointe Liggett

By Kevin Kissane was concerned, Elizabeth
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
Kerby and Sarah Stroup
obtained a 6-3, 6-3 top
ALMONT Almont flight victory over Emma
tied host Grosse Pointe Shell and Therese
Woods University Liggett, DeeTimonn; Sam Justice
4-4, in a non-league girls and Victoria Salazar
tennis battle last lost via injury default to

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Wednesday.
In individual action,
Maria Bussone lost the top
flight via injury default to
Melanie Zomyurdo; Olivia
Bussone fell 3-6, 6-7 to
Gaby Coutioid at second
singles; Nadia Manko
earned a 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 third
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Katlin Fox and Izzy
Tomlinson; Audrey
Garabedian and Kara
Feys picked up a 6-4,
6-2 third flight triumph
against Emily Deng and
Almont first doubles performer Sarah Stroup Lizzie Lukas; plus Emily
returns a shot in a match from earlier this sea-
Maust and Ashley Jellison
son. netted a 7-5, 6-1 win over

flight win against Tamera dropped a 0-6, 0-6 fourth Polizzi. Regina Gao and Koslon
Ajjour; and Paige Hunger flight verdict to Ayel As far as doubles play Pitel.

Almonts Jake Wendorff sizes up a putt during

Almont turns back Cros-Lex, 7-1 Crawford at second singles; triumph over Anna Lootens and Annelise Jorde;
By Kevin Kissane
a BWAC Invite earlier this season. Tri-City Times Sports Editor Nadia Manko registered a and Kiera McNeill at sec- plus Emily Maust and
6-2, 6-1 third flight triumph ond doubles; Marlee Kinner Ashley Jellison fell 4-6,

Almont wins BWAC Invite

ALMONT Almont against Marissa Pennington; and Kara Feys garnered a 3-6 to Maria Fagan and
handed visiting Cros-Lex a and Paige Hunger secured a 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 third flight Megan Weber at fourth
7-1 setback in a Blue Water 6-1, 6-4 win over Ashley win against Ariel Stephen doubles.
Capac also participated Area Conference girls ten- McNeil at fourth singles.
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
but did not field a complete
team.
nis encounter on Tuesday,
May 2.
In individual action,
As far as doubles play
was concerned, Elizabeth
Kerby and Sarah Stroup
Imlay falls to Armada
Austin Miller, Jack By Kevin Kissane Mackenzie Love fell 0-6,
The Almont boys golf DeMara and Jake Wendorff Maria Bussone earned a posted a 6-2, 6-3 top flight
6-0, 6-2 top flight win victory against Bryce Karl Tri-City Times Sports Editor 0-6 at fourth singles.
team earned a first place led Almont with 42s. The As far as doubles action
finish at a Blue Water Area Raiders also counted Joe against Kendall Hogan; and Ashlyn Weiss; Sam IMLAY CITY
Olivia Bussone obtained a Justice and Brianne was concerned, Kendra
Conference Invitational on Sorentinos 46. Imlay City dropped a 6-2 Blount and Natasha
Tuesday, May 2. Connor OBrien paced 6-1, 6-0 victory over Rachel Gryspeer claimed a 6-1, 6-1 road verdict to Armada in a Stachowiak picked up a
Richmond Forest Golf
Course is where the action
unfolded.
Imlay City with a 45. He
was backed by Zach Spartans win three firsts Blue Water
Conference girls tennis
Area 6-3, 6-4 top flight victory;
Sarah Evans and Lisa
Murray and Austin Smith IMLAY CITY The Grace Whitney (first clash on Tuesday, May 2. Wendorff dropped a 0-6,
Almonts winning out- (a 46 each) along with Imlay City girls tennis singles), Summer Stoldt In individual action, 2-6 verdict at second dou-
put was a 172. They were Austin Bara (48). team registered a third- (second singles) plus Grace Whitney posted a bles; Joelle Jones and
followed by Richmond Dean Villeme and place finish last Saturday Kendra Blount and Natasha 6-1, 6-2 top flight win; Madison Bukk fell by a
(180), Yale (181), Cros- Keegan Jaros comprised at the Clarkston Stachowiak (first doubles) Summer Stoldt fell 0-6, 6-7 0-6, 1-6 third flight count;
Lex (185), Imlay City Capacs two-golfer contin- Invitational. led Imlay City. They net- at second singles; Hailey plus Carmen Gonzalez and
(197), Armada (203) and gent that day. They shot Imlay City finished ted firsts in their respective Campbell dropped a 1-6, Maria Martinez dropped a
Algonac (214). 57s. with seven points that day. flights. 1-6 third flight verdict; and 2-6, 1-6 outcome at fourth
doubles.

Imlay loses
on the road
Leagues Forming Now
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor

CALL 724-6967
IMLAY CITY
Imlay City returned from
Bad Axe with a 6-2 loss in
a non-league girls tennis
OPEN encounter last Wednesday.
In individual action,
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Baseball
Almont
rightfielder
Jace Rinke Imlay City loses
twice to Cros-Lex
makes a
catch in his
teams game
with
Richmond By Kevin Kissane against Imlay City.
last week. Tri-City Times Sports Editor Reid Bannister and
His team Brandon Rugenstein (one
went 1-1 IMLAY CITY for three each) led Imlay
Saturday at Imlay City dropped both City at the plate.
the Birch ends of a Blue Water Area In the nightcap, Cros-
Run Conference varsity base- Lex picked up a 13-4 win
Tournament. ball doubleheader versus over Imlay City.
host Cros-Lex on Tuesday, Jarod Orlowski (one
May 2. for two) and Beau Barker
In the opener, Cros-Lex (one for three) accounted
registered a 3-1 triumph for Imlay Citys base hits.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Almont finishes 1-1 at Birch Run
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT The
with a 9-8 triumph against Rinke (a single each). their tournament run with a
Ortonville-Brandon. Zach Filinger and Rinke 4-2 setback to Birch Run.
Zach Revoldt (a single shared the pitching respon- Pica (a double and a tri-
and a triple) led Almont at sibilities for the winning ple) put up Almonts best

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Almont varsity baseball
team went 1-1 last Saturday
at the Birch Run Tournament.
Almont opened their
two-game tournament stint
the plate. He was given
assistance in the hitting
department by Nick Pica,
Cade Tank, Mitch Proper,
Nathan Thomas and Jace
Almont side. They allowed plate credentials. The
11 total hits, struck out four Raiders also received one
and issued two walks en single each courtesy of
route. Dillon Kruse, Hunter Spies
Almont then closed out and Revoldt.
Dryden pitcher Sean Riley throws a strike to

Capac splits games with Algonac home plate Monday against Deckerville.

Cards: Win doubleheader

CAPAC The Capac against host Algonac in a doubleheader on Tuesday, In the nightcap, Capac
varsity baseball team Blue Water Area May 2. bounced back with a 13-3 from page 1-B Czape, Theobald and Hyatt
halved a pair of contests Conference varsity baseball In the opener, Capac win against Algonac. (a single apiece) were the
dropped a 4-1 verdict to Benjamin Geliske In the second game, Cardinals who reached the

Dryden drops a nailbiter Algonac.

Brandon Muzljakovich
paced Capac with three sin-
gles. Andrew Sams (a sin-
Dryden amassed 17 hits.
Sean Riley (two singles
and two doubles),
hitting column.
Jared Czape and Riley
shared the pitching respon-
DRYDEN The Thursday. led Capac with a double. gle and a homer) plus Brad DelCampo and Pocius (two sibilities for Dryden. They
Dryden varsity baseball Brady Czape, Evan The Chiefs also received Schaefer and Muzljakovich singles and a double each), allowed four total hits,
team fell 1-0 to visiting Pocius and Sean Riley led singles courtesy of Cody (a pair of singles each) Gall (a pair of singles), struck out 16 and issued
New Lothrop in a non- Drydens offensive attack Harris and Jimmy made their presence felt as Knox (a double) along three walks over the seven-
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Girls Track
Imlay City gives Almont a BWAC loss
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
Imlay City downed host
Almont, 90-47, in a Blue
Water Area Conference
girls track matchup on
Tuesday, May 2.
Cameron Vaubel, high
jump, 4 feet 6 inches; Carly
Livingston, pole vault, 10
feet; Robin LeFevere, long
jump, 16 feet 3 inches;
Sophia Rosillo, shot put, 29
feet 2 1/4 inches; Kayla
Capac girls fall to Armada and Yale
CAPAC The Capac
girls track team dropped a
103-18 outcome versus
Armada and a 107-10 deci-
sion to Yale in a Blue
Water Area Conference
matchup it hosted on
Tuesday, May 2.
The 3200 relay of Sara
Herrera, Scout Senyk,
Lilly Rodriguez and
Alondra Munoz gave
Capac a first against
Armada. It took them
11:42.3 to cover the terri-
tory.
Jamy Tackett, discus,
65 feet 7 inches; Mariah
Schlorke, 100-meter dash,
Boys Track
Spartans third at Runyan Classic
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY The
Imlay City boys track team
took third place last Friday
at the Jon Runyan Classic.
Carman Ainsworth
Middle School is where the
action unfolded.
When the final scores
were posted, Carman
Ainsworths 123-point out-
put set the pace. They were
followed by Swartz Creek
(114 points), Imlay City
(79), White Lake (69),
Lapeer (19) and
International Academy of
Flint (seven).
TJ Reintjes, pole vault,
13 feet; led Imlay City with
a first.
Hunter Abram, long
jump, 18 feet 6 inches;
Ryan Johnson, discus, 130
feet 6 inches; Richard
Mukholi, 800 run, 2:12.9;
and Jacob Swartz, 3200-
meter run, 10:51.89; sup-
plied Imlay Citys individu-
Dryden second in NCTL triangular
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
DRYDEN The
Dryden boys track squad
took second in a North
Central Thumb League
meet with host Mayville
and North Huron on
Tuesday, May 2.
Mayvilles 84-point
total set the pace. They
were followed by Dryden
(60 points) and North
Huron (25).
Capac drops BWAC duals at home
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
CAPAC The Capac
boys track team fell 125-7
to Armada and 110-22 to
Yale in a pair of dual meets
Outruns: Spartans too strong for rival Raiders
from page 1-B
Andrez, 200 dash, 25.46
seconds; and Swartz, 1600
(5:08.27) and 3200-meter
run, 12:17.94 generated
Imlay Citys seconds.
Sich, pole vault, 9 feet
6 inches; Tolley, 110 hur-
dles, 19.64 seconds;
Bertram, 200 (25.72 sec-
onds) and 400-meter
(58.58 seconds) dashes;
Louwsma, 800 run, 2:57.38;
and Isabella Aune, 3200-
meter run, 14:21.27; led
Imlay City with individual
event firsts.
The Imlay City 400
(Robin LeFevere, Jillian
LeFevere, McKinzie
Winget and Livingston),
800 (Robin LeFevere,
Jillian LeFevere, Winget
and Livingston), 1600
(Erika VanDerPloeg,
Aubrie Behrick, Robin
LeFevere and Jillian
LeFevre) and 3200 (Sarah
15.3 seconds; and Herrera,
1600-meter run, 5:56.2;
supplied Capacs seconds.
Schlorke, 200 dash,
32.4 seconds; Munoz, 400-
meter dash, 1:13.7; plus
Rodriguez, 800 (2:57) and
1600 (6:18.9) runs; added
Capacs thirds.
Herrera (1600 run)
gave Capac a first versus
Yale.
Munoz (400-meter
dash) provided Capac with
a second.
Capac also counted
third place finishes from
Rodriguez (800 and 1600
runs).
Riley Betram helped Imlay Citys 800 relay take
second at the Jon Runyan Classic last Friday.
al event seconds.
The Imlay City 400
(Marc Allison, Breydon
Andrez, Jack Forti and
Sam Peyerk, 400 dash,
57.54 seconds; Ronny
Hudson, 1600-meter run,
5:27.46; and Brenden
Knuth, 3200 run, 11:39; led
Dryden with individual
event firsts.
The Dryden 800-meter
relay of Austin Zweiz,
Blake Porter, Elijah Daoud
and Peyerk also prevailed.
They stopped the watch at
1:45.5.
Blake Porter, pole
vault, 10 feet; Hudson, long
it hosted on Tuesday, May
2.
Charlie Aldrich, 1600
run, 5:05.7; led Capac with
a second against Armada.
Brent Boers, long jump,
15 feet; Tyler Saez, 100
Mukholi, 800 run, 2:23.91;
and Avery Whitney, 3200-
meter run, 12:44.2; con-
tributed Imlay Citys out-
right thirds.
Hunter Abram and
Collison, high jump, 5
feet; added a two-way tie
for third to Imlay Citys
cause.
Michael McEwan, shot
put (41 feet 10 inches) and
Hubbard, Winget, Moore, 300 hurdles, 1:04;
Louwsma and VanDerPloeg, 400-meter
VanDerPloeg) relays also dash, 1:16.12; Katana
prevailed. They logged Valle-Sloane, 800 run,
respective efforts of 52.8 3:06.88; and OBrien,
seconds, 2:04.24, no time 1600-meter run, 6:51.8;
available and 12:05.66 en gave Imlay City thirds.
route. Robin LeFevere and
Jessica Bigger, high Livingston (100 dash)
jump, 4 feet 6 inches; Sam added a two-way tie for a
Kouri, shot put, 27 feet 4 third to Imlay Citys cause.
Photo by Kevin Kissane
1/2 inches; Rosillo, discus, Their finish time was not
84 feet 6 1/2 inches; available.
Winget, 200-meter dash, Ashley Santo, discus,
30.08 seconds; Carlee 97 feet 1 inch; Rebecca
Forsyth, 300 hurdles, Measel, 100 (17.79 sec-
1:01.2; Hubbard, 800-meter onds) and 300 (52.56 sec- Almonts Meredith Rinke (L) and Imlay Citys
run, 3:03.55; and Emerson
OBrien, 3200 run, no time
available; provided Imlay
onds) hurdles; plus
Meredith Rinke, 100 (13.35
seconds) along with the
Jillian LeFevere (R) battle in the 100-meter
dash at last weeks meet.
Citys seconds. 200 (29.5 seconds) and 400 Measel, long jump, 13 feet high jump, 4 feet 4 inches;
Hollie Rager, shot put (1:11.24) dashes; collected 6 inches; and Mariah Smith, Autumn Kwierant, pole
(26 feet 6 1/2 inches) and Almonts firsts. 100 dash, 13.77 seconds; vault, 7 feet; Battani, long
discus (75 7 inches); Eryn Aubrey Battani, pole supplied Almonts seconds. jump, 13 feet 6 inches; and
Gartley, 100-meter hurdles, vault (9 feet) and 100-meter Almont also received Kayla Pia, 3200-meter run,
19.32 seconds; Olivia hurdles (18.22 seconds); thirds courtesy of Smith, no time available.
Imlay City winds up with a fourth
By Kevin Kissane Carman Ainsworth Ainsworth (54) and Sophia Rosillo, discus,
Tri-City Times Sports Editor Middle School is where the International Academy of 94 feet 4 inches; and
meet was contested. Flint (two). Behrick, 400 dash, 1:09.2;
IMLAY CITY The White Lake (122 Carly Livingston, pole collected Imlay Citys indi-
Imlay City girls track team points) took team honors vault, 9 feet; paced Imlay vidual event thirds.
amassed 66 points, paving that day. They were fol- City with an individual The Imlay City 400-
the way to a fourth last lowed by Lapeer (91 event first. meter relay of Robin
Friday at the Jon Runyan points), Swartz Creek (89), The Imlay City 1600 LeFevere, Jillian LeFevere,
Classic. Imlay City (66), Carman relay of Erika Vanderploeg, Winget and Livingston gar-
Aubrie Behrick, Jillian nered a third as well. They
LeFevere and Robin
LeFevere took first as well.
stopped the watch at 55.24
seconds.
They were timed in Winget, 200 dash,
4:35.81.
Robin LeFevere, long
jump, 16 feet 9 3/4 inches;
29.96 seconds; provided
the lone Imlay City fourth.
Rosillo, shot put, 28
had the next best Imlay feet 3 1/2 inches;
and Mukholi) relays
City showing. Her perfor- Vanderploeg, 400-meter
claimed seconds as well.
They logged respective mance, which was good dash, 1:10.15; and Sarah
clockings of 47.16 seconds, enough for second place, Hubbard, 800 run, 2:53.57;
1:38.84 and 9:08.79 en set a school record. managed Imlay Citys out-
route. Cameron Vaubel, high right fifths.
Kevin Barragan, 300- jump, 4 feet 6 inches; fur- Cecilia Michel, pole
meter hurdles, 46.02 sec- nished Imlay Citys other vault, 6 feet; gave Imlay
onds; and Swartz, 1600 individual event second. City a five-way tie for a
run, 5:00.37; provided The Imlay City 800- fifth.
Imlay City with an individ- meter relay of Robin Jillian LeFevere, 100-
ual event third. LeFevere, Jillian LeFevere, meter dash, 14.3 seconds;
The Imlay City 1600 McKinzie Winget and Isabella Aune, 1600 run,
-meter relay of Jayden Livingston wound up sec- 6:34.12; and Emerson
Collison, Hart, Andrez and ond as well. It took them OBrien, 3200-meter run,
Bertram wound up third as 1:55.03 to accomplish the 14:21.56; added sixths to
well. They stopped the feat. Imlay Citys cause.
watch at 3:54.64.
Reintjes, long jump, 17
Photo by Kevin Kissane
feet 7 1/4 inches; and
Andrez, 200 dash, 25.55
seconds; generated Imlay
Citys fourths.
Zak Kustowski, 800-
meter run, 2:20.37; secured
the lone Imlay City fifth.
Imlay City also received
Cody Sich), 800 (Riley sixths courtesy of Hart, 400
Bertram, Allison, Forti and dash, 56.74 seconds; and
Sich) and 3200 (David Louwsma, 800-meter run,
Hart, Jon Louwsma, Swartz 2:24.68.
jump, 15 feet 9 1/2 inches; They were timed in 50.33
Logan Roberts, shot put (33 seconds and 4:33, respec-
feet 8 inches) and discus tively.
(98 feet 11 inches); Tyler Peyerk, 100-meter
Honnold, 100 dash, 12.06 dash, 12.08 seconds; and
seconds; and Knuth, 1600- Zweiz, 200 dash, 27.0 sec-
meter run, 5:28.15; fur- onds; provided Dryden with
nished Drydens seconds. thirds.
The Dryden 400 Honnold, long jump, 15
(Honnold, Porter, Zweiz feet 7 1/2 inches; Livingston,
Photo by Kevin Kissane
and Peyerk) and 1600 200-meter dash, 27.24 sec-
(Ryan Rudd, Jacob onds; Hudson, 400 dash,
Livingston, Andrew Sisler 1:03.72; and Sisler, 800-
and Cameron Bores) relays meter run, 2:52.9; added
supplied seconds as well. fourths to Drydens cause.
Robin LeFevere set an Imlay City school long
jump record at the Jon Runyan Classic last
Friday.
(12.3 seconds) and 200- meter dashes) paced Capac
meter (25.0 seconds) dash-
es; plus Hank Barker, 300
with firsts against Yale.
Capac also received sec- Dryden Girls: Defeat
hurdles, 47.0 seconds;
added thirds to Capacs
onds courtesy of Barker (300
hurdles), Aldrich (800 and Mayville and North Huron
cause. 1600-meter runs) along with from page 1-B collected Drydens sec-
Saez (100 and 200- Logan Swantek (3200 run). (Teagan Norman, Chloe onds.
Wyke, Jordan Peters and Kaylin Norman, high
Wolle) relays also emerged jump, 4 feet 2 inches;
victorious. They logged
respective clockings of
Schenkel, long jump, 12
feet 11 1/2 inches; Jalynn
discus (114 feet 4 inches); Almonts seconds. 58.62 seconds, 2:01.86, Peters, 200 dash, 31.21
Jackson Brown, 800 run, Martin Saavedra, shot 5:29 and 13:03 en route. seconds; and Wyke, 800-
2:13.78; and Josh Phelps, put, 37 feet 8 inches; Evan Schenkel, high jump, 4 meter run, 3:30.72; secured
1600-meter run, 5:07.26; Beehler, discus, 108 feet 4 feet 4 inches; Adams, pole Drydens thirds.
paced Almont with firsts. inches; Ben Wright, 100- vault, 7 feet; Sliman, long Dryden also received
Robbie Battani, pole meter dash, no time avail- jump, 13 feet; Jalynn fourths courtesy of Lexi
vault (10 feet 6 inches) able; Bryan, 300 hurdles, Peters, 100-meter dash, Seitz, shot put, 23 feet 10
and 300 hurdles (49.64 50.34 seconds; and 14.52 seconds; Kaylin inches; Courtney Heike,
seconds); Aaron Bryan, Brown, 1600 run, 5:11.4; Norman, 200 dash, 31.03 discus, 72 feet 9 inches;
110-meter hurdles, 17.98 rounded out the list of seconds; Teagan Norman, Marin Luxgrant, 100 dash,
seconds; and Phelps, 800 Almont placewinners with 400-meter dash, 1:19.33; 15.15 seconds; and Hurd,
run, 2:15.51; garnered thirds. and Hurd, 3200 run, 15:58; 1600-meter run, 7:26.

Softball
Raiders, Spartans compete at Stars Tourney
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
The Almont and Imlay
City softball teams went
3-2 and 2-3, respectively,
at the Stars Tournament
this past weekend.
Almont opened their
five-game stint Saturday
with a 16-0 loss to Utica
Ford.
Mickayla Benenati
and Hannah Feys led
Almont with a single
apiece.
Later that day, Almont
improved their tournament
mark to 1-1 with a 7-4 win
against Birmingham
Seaholm.
Sydney Marrone,
Gillian Nichols and
Benenati paced Almonts
offensive attack. They
finished with a single
each.
Kristen Stanek was the
winning Almont pitcher.
She allowed 10 hits, struck
out nine and walked four.
Almont then closed
out Saturdays action with
a 2-1 victory over Grand
Blanc.
Veronica Watson, Alex
Winslow, Katelyn Proper
and Nichols (a single
apiece) furnished Almonts
base hits.
Stanek again was
Almonts pitcher of record.
She gave up five hits,
retired three on strikes and
walked two along the way.
Those results landed
Almont an appearance in
Capac drops contests at Algonac
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
CAPAC The Capac
varsity softball team
returned from Algonac with
a pair of losses in a Blue
Water Area Conference
doubleheader on Tuesday,
May 2.
Almont drops two games on the road
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT The
Almont varsity softball
team was outscored twice
by host Richmond in a
Blue Water Area
Soccer
Capacs Kaycee Miller (right) looks to keep the
ball away from Almonts Lexi Lawlor in a BWAC
clash this past week.
Almont turns back
rival Capac, 4-1
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA
Almont turned back host
Capac, 4-1, in a Blue Water
Area Conference girls soc-
cer meeting last Wednesday
afternoon.
In Wednesdays meet-
ing, Almont took a 1-0
edge after one half was
over with.
Almont then outscored
Capac 3-1 the rest of the
way, closing out a 4-1 win.
Kristen Schapman
(two) plus Alayna Panduren
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(a home run) and Marrone column. with a 9-0 triumph against
(a single) also reached the Those outcomes netted Waterford Mott.
hitting column. Imlay City a spot in Barker paced Imlay City
Imlay City began their Sundays action versus at the plate, finishing with a
five-game stint Saturday Strong Tower. That battle pair of singles. The Spartans
with a 9-1 win against drew to a close with Strong also had Diaz (a double)
Howell. Tower picking up a 10-5 plus Allison Schlaack,
Emily Orlowski (a sin- victory. McKena Hoody, Sam
gle and two doubles), Diaz paced Imlay City Brown, Megan Gibbs,
Isabella Barker (two dou- with three singles. Kaufman, Dawson, Medrano
bles) and Kenady Kaufman Kaufman, Dawson and and Barker (a single apiece)
(a pair of singles) led Medrano (two singles connect.
Imlay City with multiple- apiece) plus Ali Harper Harper and Barker
hit performances. They and Orlowski (a single shared the pitching respon-
were backed by Lexi Diaz, each) supported their per- sibilities for the winning
McKena Hoody and Leah formances. Imlay City side. They
Dawson (a single each). Imlay City then closed allowed five total hits, struck
out tournament action out six and walked one.
Barker was the win-
ning Imlay City pitcher.
She allowed no hits,
retired eight on strikes and
issued three walks along
the way.
Later that day, Imlay
City watched their tourna-
ment mark fall to 1-1 with
a 5-4 loss to Stoney Creek.
Photo by Kevin Kissane
McKena Hoody and
Kaufman (a single and a
double apiece) put up
Imlay Citys top offensive
numbers. Laken Hoody,
Almonts Jaclyn Hellebuyck looks to throw out Haley Medrano, Melissa
a runner at first base in a game this season. Rahn, Barker and Diaz
added a single apiece to
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Sundays action versus and Brooke Ankley (a sin- the Spartans cause.
Waterford Mott. That gle apiece). Imlay City then
clash concluded with Stanek was the win- wrapped up their Saturday
Almont ahead 10-5. ning Almont pitcher. She slate of games with a 10-5
Watson (a triple and a allowed seven hits, struck setback to Notre Dame
home run), Marrone (a out one and walked six en Prep. McKena Hoody, of Imlay City, connects on a
single and a double) plus route. McKena Hoody led pitch during a game this season.
Benenati (a pair of singles Almont then finished Imlay City with a pair of
Imlay City topped
each) led Almont with tournament action with a singles. The Spartans also
multiple-hit efforts. They 12-2 loss to Strong Tower. had Dawson (a triple) plus
were backed by Feys (a Nichols paced Almont Kaufman and Diaz (a sin-
double) plus Paige Walton with three singles. Stanek gle each) reach the hitting
twice by Cros-Lex
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
attack, generating a pair of
singles. Ali Harper (a
In the opener, Algonac They were backed by Ally and a triple), Delaney double) plus Kenady
escaped with a 13-12 win at Dean (a pair of singles), Verschure (a single and a IMLAY CITY Kaufman, Melissa Rahn
Capacs expense. That Megan Orlando (a double) double) and Madison Imlay Citys varsity soft- and McKena Hoody (a
encounter took eight plus Fay Abdelnour and Wheeler (two singles) led ball team incurred a pair single each) supported her
innings. Alexys Anderson (a single Capac with multiple-hit of setbacks to visiting performance.
Izabelle Amador (a sin- each). performances. Amador (a Blue Water Area In the second contest,
gle, a double and a home In the second clash, triple) along with Anderson Conference counterpart Cros-Lex notched a 7-4 vic-
run) and Molly Montney Algonac notched an 18-8 and Montney (a single Cros-Lex last Wednesday. tory over Imlay City.
(three singles) proved victory over Capac. apiece) supported their per- In the opener, Cros- Lexi Diaz (a pair of sin-
Capacs toughest outs. Aubree Smith (a single formances.
Lex claimed a 10-3 win gles) provided Imlay Citys
against Imlay City. best offensive numbers.
Imlay City finished
with five base hits.
Haley Medrano paced
She was backed by Allison
Schlaack, Leah Dawson,
Isabella Barker, Medrano
Conference doublehead- double) put up Almonts loss. That clash took five Imlay Citys offensive and Rahn (a single apiece).
er last Wednesday. best offensive numbers. innings as well.
In the opener, Katelyn Proper (a single) Hannah Feys (a dou-
Athlete of the Week
Richmond posted a 10-0 furnished their other base ble) plus Veronica
win against Almont. hit. Watson, Sydney Marrone
That battle lasted five In the second encoun- and Hellebuyck (a single
innings. ter, Richmond made apiece) accounted for
Jaclyn Hellebuyck (a Almont absorb a 14-4 Almonts hits.
Almont defeats
BWAC foe Capac
By Kevin Kissane ductive scorer, registering
Tri-City Times Sports Editor a five-goal performance.
Mikayla McCarthy, Imlay City sophomore Almont sophomore
TRI-CITY AREA Kirsten Schapman and Ryan Johnson set a Alayna Panduren sup-
Almont defeated Capac, Caroline Tormala added a school discus record at plied five goals in her
8-0, in a Blue Water Area the Lapeer County Meet soccer teams 8-0 win
goal each to the Raiders
Photo by Kevin Kissane
recently. Saturday over Capac.
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matchup it hosted last Schapman (three), Johnson claims our Panduren earns our
Saturday afternoon. McCarthy (two) plus Boys Athlete of the Girls Athlete of the
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BERLIN store (twp planner will attend).
Senior report: exercise Tuesday (4/4
TOWNSHIP & 11), cards on Thursday (4/6, 13 &
BOARD MEETING 20), 33 attended pancake breakfast
SYNOPSIS
and 59 attended potluck (every 4th
MAY 8, 2017 Tuesday). Park report: Country
Meeting called to order at Garage Sale (June 1-3, $10 to get on
map - applications available at twp
7:30pm by Supervisor Winn. Pledge
of Allegiance recited. Members pres- hall). Discussed: had a Homeland
Security presentation, tower at the
ent: Parks, Klos, Winn, Christian &
LYNN approved to re-open Manager
Directory
Connors contract; agreed to table
TOWNSHIP decision of acquiring CAD drawings
PUBLIC HEARING of the municipal building renovations
Accounting & Glass
ZONING BOARD until after April 24th & approved to
go into closed session to discuss
OF APPEALS
A public hearing will be con-
negotiation of Chief Martins con-
tract.
Tax Preparation
ducted in the Lynn Township Hall,
Discussion was held on Family
13995 Yale Rd., on Thursday, June 1,
Literacy Center auction, budget work-
2017 at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose to TODD'S GLASS

Wittstock. April minutes approved.
Treasurers report approved. Fire
report given by Chief Phillips:
responded to 8 runs last month (none
billable), will have mutual aid in case
water is needed while water truck is in
8-2-17
lagoon and culverts that need replace- shop, ISO rating DPW tags for yard
ment. Board member questions and
request a variance on property at 6419
waste and brush pick-up. MIRRORS & MORE
Sterling Rd. to allow for variance of
comments: local road improvements The meeting adjourned at 10:07
road frontage. Questions can be Frame & Frameless Shower Enclosures
and Flagstar as new bank of record. p.m.
directed to the township clerk at 810- 122 W. Washington, Downtown Romeo Custom Mirrors Replacement Windows
Audience questions and comments: Kimberly J. Keesler
387-3558. 719 Van Dyke - Imlay City 810-724-2480
Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm,
brief discussion about noise. Motion Clerk/Treasurer Saturday & 586-752-2682
Annette Ferrett, Evenings By Appt. www.romeoaccountants.com TODDSGLASS.COM
to pay the bills made and accepted. Steve Schneider

1-24-18
for repair, will have cement work Clerk
done at station and hired David Motion to adjourn 8:10pm. A com- President
19-1
Bloyd. Planning Commission report: plete copy of the minutes is available A complete copy of the minutes
at the township hall during business is available in the clerks office during
on-going request for home occupation
business on Gould Road. Zoning hours. regular business hours or at www. Heating &
Board of Appeals will have a meeting
5/11 with regard to the Allenton party
Karen A. Klos,
Clerk VILLAGE OF
almontvillage.org
19-1
Cooling
19-1 ALMONT Commercial & Residential

8-16-17
ALMONT VILLAGE
ALMONT TOWNSHIP
301 E. First Street,
COUNCIL Suite 400, Imlay City
REGULAR MEETING EQUIPMENT
CLEAN-UP DAY
APRIL 18, 2017
SYNOPSIS
President Schneider called the

FOR SALE
DLL Finance LLC will offer the
following repossessed equipment for
HEATING & COOLING SPECIALISTS
Service & Install, Financing Licensed & Insured
Yale Location 810-387-4452
Regular Meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. sale to the highest bidder for certified NEW
WHEN: SATURDAY MAY 20, 2017 Councilmembers present were Dyke, funds, plus applicable sales tax. LOCATION
8 A.M. 1:00 P.M. Ligon, Love, Steven C. Schneider,
Steffler & Steve R. Schneider.
Equipment: YAN SC2400 TLM S/N:
100449/60004/014207, YAN YRT44 Outdoor
WHERE: ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL
Councilmember Peltier was absent.
Staff present were Manager Connors,
Tiller S/N: 1245980. Date of sale:
May 25, 2017. Time of Sale: 1:00
Equipment


4701 HOWLAND ROAD
ALMONT, MI 48003
Clerk/Treasurer Keesler & Chief
Martin.
The Council approved the agen-
P.M. Place of sale: Novaks Supply
and Equipment 3620 Vandyke Rd.
Almont, MI 48003. Equipment can be
Automotive Parts and Service
da; approved the consent agenda; had inspected at place of sale. The equip-
ON THE SPOT FINANCING!
In order to keep our township beautiful, the TOWNSHIP BOARD,
no objection to First Congregational ment will be sold AS IS, without war- YETI
PARSCHS M bil
LOCAL WASTE SERVICES and FIRST CLASS TIRE
SHREDDERS have put together this clean-up day. Church cleaning Memorial Park; ranty. Final sale of equipment will be
tabled proposed Ordinance 198; contingent upon winning bidder meet- AUTOMOTIVE
FOR MORE INFORMATION (810) 798-8521 approved Ordinance No. 193.3; ing all applicable federal and state
approved invoice for Michigan Pipe regulatory requirements. We reserve
OR (810) 796-4600 Inspection, Inc.; authorized DPW the right to bid. For further informa-
SERVICE & REPAIR
BRAKES
department unused equipment be tion please contact Brian Gustafson AIR CONDITIONING
There will be a truck for trash and a truck for yard waste, etc. included at Rowleys Auction; (515) 414-4692, Reference Number: MUFFLERS TUNE-UPS
approved the purchase of a new 2017 1539650. STRUTS
WILL BE ACCEPTED: WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED: Dodge Charger from Milnes Chrysler; 19-2
COOLING SYSTEMS
Appliances (freon removed) Hazardous Waste EXHAUST SHOCKS
Electronic Equipment Shingles ELECTRICAL
Metal
Water Heaters
Concrete
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TIRES
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ARCTIC CAT STORMY KROMER
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