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Part IX

Motive, but
no new clues

Photo courtesy of David S. Bishop

Capac’s Unsolved Mystery
Editor’s note: This is 1948 while on a hunting
Approved the ninth installment in an
ongoing
trip with friends in the
Upper Peninsula. The first
Almont Schools adopt series installment appeared in the
a new schedule, entitled October 17, 2018 issue of
‘Capac’s Tri-City Times. Installments
...see page 3 Leon T. Bishop (second from right) and other men from the Tri-City area
Unsolved appear every two weeks.

R
take a break from search for Hale Currier. Anyone with information about
Mystery’ eporters from the press
the others pictured here are encouraged to call Catherine at 810-724-
detailing swarmed all over the
2615.
the events stores, motels, restaurants,
surround- bars, and the Newberry Only a motive, he sons. She was always in was always at peace with
ing the The Capac Journal... campsite where Hale hoped, but no clues. good spirits and had what the reporters. He admired
disap- Currier was last seen alive. Wherever he went, the he often thought was ‘true her, and could see why
pearance Doug Hunter Lieutenant Fred Chrispell questions and his response grit.’ Now, he knew. True she and her husband were
of popu- actually felt guilty that after were always the same: grit was an inner strength so important to the little
lar five days of searching for “Nothing at this time.” and courage that only town of Capac. They were
Capac merchant Hale Hale Currier, he had noth- He constantly thought those two words could
Currier or October 17, ing to report. of Mrs. Currier and her describe. Mrs. Currier Mystery page 6

Fire & Ice

Families enjoy winter
Love your
library
season at Seven Ponds,
...see page 5

Silent Auction at Ruth

Hughes Library underway
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
IMLAY CITY — If
you are looking to bid on
some outstanding and
unique items, stop by the
Photo by Tom Wearing
at 7 p.m.
Library event coordi-
nator Mandy Summers
said community members
have been particularly gen-
erous in the items they
have donated to this year’s

Ruth Hughes Memorial auction.

‘Dino’ to appear District Library this week.

Steve London’s Dean
Martin to stop in Imlay,
...see page 20
The Library’s week-
long Silent Auction
begins today (Wed.,
Ruth Hughes Library Event Coordinator Mandy Summers with wide vari- Feb. 6) and runs through
ety of items up for grabs in Silent Auction that runs through Feb. 13. next Wednesday, Feb. 13
“We’ve had such a
wonderful outpouring of
support from our patrons
and local businesses,” said
Auction page 6

Road projects to
top $10 million
in Lapeer County
Imlay City, Newark roads
Imlay on top to be resurfaced in 2019
Photo by Maria Brown

By Maria Brown
Imlay City wrestlers mbrown@pageone-inc.com
defeat Algonac,
...see page 17 LAPEER COUNTY — We’re still in the
throes of winter, but road construction season will Clerk Sharna Smith (right) and deputy clerk Katie Jostock are enjoying
be underway soon. their new office space in the recently renovated Arcadia Township Hall.
In anticipation, the Lapeer County Road
TRI-CITY
New look for Arcadia hall
Commission is deep into planning multiple pro-
posed projects across the county, including several
TIMES in the Tri-City area.
Overall, the list is larger than in past year, said

ONLINE Destain Gingell, County Highway Engineer. Renovation nearly complete at township offices
“We’ll be doing a considerable amount of
work this year. We approved more than $10 mil- By Maria Brown be done and new office fur- to 104. There’s a new kitch-
lion in our 2019 budget for road improvement on mbrown@pageone-inc.com niture will be purchased to en space with updated
tricitytimes-online.com primary roads alone,” he said. wrap up the renovation. appliances and a new
One of the longest stretches slated to get resur- ARCADIA TWP. — It The clerk, treasurer, entrance too.
faced is Newark Road. was a big job that’s not assessor and supervisor The newly expanded
completely done but now all have their own space will be ideal for the
FACEBOOK In sections, Newark will be renovated from
Clark Rd. in Lapeer Township to Lake Pleasant Arcadia Township officials
are getting settled into their
offices plus space for their
deputy officials too.
fire department who hosts a
benefit spaghetti dinner in
Road in Attica Township.
Gingell said it’s still to be determined just newly renovated hall and “Four of us used to May. Smith notes that in
facebook.com exactly what kind of paving will be used, although office and enjoying the share one room and provid- years past, they’ve had to
/Tricitytimes/ the plan currently is to use a majority of hot mix freshened up space. The
work started back in the
ing privacy was difficult,”
said Clerk Sharna Smith.
set up tables in both the
township and fire halls.
asphalt.
The last stretch of Imlay City Road is also due summer and wrapped up in “Our new setup is more “Our residents seem to be
to be resurfaced from Dorrow Road to the St. late 2018. professional and it allows very excited about the hall.
The Tri-City Times Clair County line at Cade Road. “It was really needed. us to better interact with It’s a nice space for them to
is printed on Lapeer County has been resurfacing the for- We’re happy we could do residents.” have,” Skovran said.
recycled paper mer state highway, old M-21, in segments over the this for our residents,” said The hall, available for What was the former
last several years. Treasurer Lisa Skovran. residents to rent for special kitchen space is now a con-
In 2017, the county paid contractors to repair The project encom- occasions like baby show- ference room. Smith said
the road from the Imlay City limits to Dorrow passed everything from a ers and graduation open the board intends to use that
Road, plus replace the bridge over the Belle River. new front entrance and houses, was completely as their regular meeting
Gingell said the county plans to have a deck treat- lobby area to an expanded renovated and expanded. space. The building also
ment performed on that bridge sometime in 2019. rental hall space with a new Smith said after bumping now has air conditioning.
kitchen. Later this year, out some walls, the hall’s
Road Projects page 6 some exterior painting will occupancy jumped from 72 Renovation page 6
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White-out conditions factor in M-53 crash
Two men are seriously injured following a head-on collision
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
BURNSIDE TWP. —
Two motorists sustained
serious injuries Wednesday,
Jan. 30, in a weather-relat-
ed crash on M-53, north of
Burnside Rd.
Lapeer County
Sheriff’s Det./Sgt. Jason
Parks reported that strong
winds and blowing snow at
around 1:27 p.m. are
believed to have contribut-
ed to a crash involving a
1995 Silverado pickup and
2013 Hyandai Elantra.
Parks said Kevin
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Warnick, 30, of Lapeer,
was traveling north in his
Silverado, when he encoun-
tered “white-out” condi-
tions, crossed the center-
line and collided with a
southbound vehicle driven
by Zachary Lanctot, 28, of
Carsonville.
“The collision was con-
sidered head-on,” said
Parks. “After impact, both
vehicles departed the road-
way onto opposite shoul-
ders.”
Parks said a prelimi-
nary investigation suggests
that neither driver was
speeding nor was alcohol a
factor in the crash.
“The blowing snow
created white-out condi-
tions and reduced visibility
is considered a contribut-
ing factor.”
Parks said Brown City
firefighters, Lapeer County
Sheriff ’s deputies,
Michigan State Police and
Lapeer County EMS per-
sonnel responded to the
scene.
He added that firefight-
ers had to extricate both
drivers from their vehicles,
each of whom were trans-
ferred by LCEMS person-
nel to McLaren Lapeer
Region Hospital.
The roadway had to be
Photo by Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept.
closed down for about
three hours for rescue pur-
poses and to conduct an
investigation.
Parks reported that as
of Thursday, Jan. 31, both
men were still hospitalized.
Warnick was in serious
but stable condition; while
Lanctot remained in criti- Drivers of both vehicles were seriously injured
cal condition with poten- in weather-related crash last Wednesday, Jan.
tially life-threatening inju- 30.
ries.
The crash remains Anyone with informa- jparks@lapeercounty.org
under investigation by the tion is requested to contact Or contact Deputy Bill
Lapeer County Sheriff’s Det./Sgt. Parks at 810-656- Osborne at bosborne@lap-
Office. 1015 or by emailing: eercounty.org.
Capac council to revisit
recreational pot resolution
By Maria Brown members voted in favor of lution because she didn’t
mbrown@pageone-inc.com revisiting a resolution at want to discourage busi-
their next meeting. ness development in the
CAPAC — The vil- The resolution was village.
lage council will “take similar to what other The state isn’t yet issu-
two” regarding marijuana municipalities have recent- ing licenses to such estab-
establishments when they ly adopted since voters lishments but municipali-
meet again on February approved a November ties have been adopting
19. 2018 ballot proposal legal- these types of resolutions
A resolution to prohib- izing recreational marijua- as a precautionary mea-
it recreational marijuana na use. sure.
establishments was put up Municipalities are Absent from Monday’s
for a vote at Monday’s automatically “opted in” meeting were members
meeting but was defeated to allow for marijuana Deb Hlubic, Bruce
due to not earning two- businesses within their Lawrence and Mary Klug.
thirds approval. Only four limits unless they adopt a Because their next reg-
council members were resolution that prohibits ular meeting falls on
present—Joe Nemecek, them. President’s Day, the coun-
Samantha Ramirez, Paul Ramirez said she cil will meet on Tuesday,
Libkie and President John wasn’t in favor of the reso- Feb. 19.
Grzyb—and Ramirez
voted against the resolu-
tion.
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Almont district adopts
a six-period schedule
New plan to take effect in 2019-20 school year
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
ALMONT — The
Almont School Board has
agreed to transition to a six-
hour class schedule at the
high school, to take effect
at the start of the 2019-
2020 school year.
The proposal to change
from the existing seven-
class schedule to six-peri-
ods was presented to the
Board last Wednesday, Jan.
30, by Almont High School
Principal, Elizabeth
Tomhave.
Tomhave, who
assumed her duties last
September, recently con-
ducted a study to determine
the potential benefits and
drawbacks of a reduced
class schedule.
From her perspective,
the change will be an over-
all benefit to students and
staff, along with a potential
cost savings to the school
district.
“With the new schedule
we will be able to embed
intervention and extension
opportunities into the
school day to get the kids
the support they need when
they need it,” said Tomhave.
“It will also allow us to
increase the amount of time
students spend in their core
classes —upward of nearly
MSU AD Bill Beekman at ‘Econ Club’ Feb. 21
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
LAPEER — Michigan
State University Athletic
Director Bill Beekman will
be the special guest of the
Economic Club of Lapeer
County on Thursday, Feb.
21.
The sign-up deadline to
reserve tickets is Thursday,
Feb. 14, by calling 810-
667-0080 or by e-mailing
to:fran@lapeerdevelop-
ment.com
Doors will open at the
Lapeer Country Club at
11:30 a.m., with Beekman’s
program to start at noon.
Imlay Schools hosts free ‘Community Night’
All welcome to enjoy girls, boys varsity basketball; hall of famers
IMLAY CITY —Imlay
City Schools will host their
annual Community Night
at Imlay City High School
this Friday, February 8.
Guests will enjoy free
admission to both the var-
sity girls and boys basket-
ball games against Cros-
Lex. The girls game tips off
at 6 p.m. followed by the
Author’s workshop slated for
Feb. 16 at deAngeli Library
LAPEER — The
Lapeer District Library’s
Marguerite deAngeli
Branch (921 W. Nepessing
St.) will host an author’s
workshop on Saturday,
February 16 at 3 p.m.
Published author
Sylvia Hubbard will teach
current and aspiring writ-
ers eight important goals
to set in order to make
2019 a successful writing
year. She will also help
attendees discover how to
achieve these goals, build
your brand and increase
book sales.
Teens and adults are
welcome to attend this
45-minute program with a
question and answer peri-
40 minutes more per week.
“This shift will fortify
instruction and help close
the academic gaps that we
are seeing with our stu-
dents.”
The move will not
come without some sacri-
fices, Tomhave noted.
“We will see a reduc-
tion in the amount of ‘elec-
tive’ classes we will be able
to run,” she said. “However,
this shift is about quality
over quantity.
“We will still be able to
offer some courses, like
select Project Lead The
Way (engineering/comput-
er/technology) classes on a
rotating basis every other
year—depending on inter-
est.”
Schools’ Supt. Dr.
William Kalmar, who
voiced support for the
change, believes more time
spent teaching subject mat-
ter will translate to
increased student learning.
“I see our high school
students as being the big-
gest beneficiaries of the
change,” Kalmar opined.
“The new schedule will
improve performance
among our most vulnerable
students, while not sacrific-
ing the attention and oppor-
tunities afforded our high-
est-achieving students.
“By allowing students
The Lapeer
Country
Club is
located at
3786 Hunt
Road in
Lapeer.
Beekman,
Bill w h o
Beekman a s s u m e d
the role of
MSU’s AD on July 17,
2018, oversees all 25 of the
university’s sports teams
and is responsible for the
well-being of more than
700 Spartan student/ath-
letes.
The AD position pro-
vides leadership in the
boys at 7:30 p.m.
Additionally,
Community Night will fea-
ture the district’s second
annual Induction Ceremony
into their Athletic Hall of
Fame where they’ll recog-
nize individuals and/or
family members of those
being inducted into the Hall
of Fame. The ceremony
od after. An action plan
will be provided as well as
resources to take home,
information about a liter-
ary organization to join
for free, and her contact
information for writing
and publishing questions
that may arise after the
program is over.
Hubbard is a Detroit
author and the founder of
Motown Writers Network
and has published over 40
books on suspense
romance. As an avid blog-
ger, Hubbard has received
numerous awards and rec-
ognition for her work,
including her five #1 best-
sellers. Her current work
is called Beautiful. For
to concentrate on six, rather
than seven classes a day,
they can better manage
their time, including time
for homework.”
Kalmar expects the
new schedule will give
teachers more opportunity
to focus on individual stu-
dents and to enhance the
given subject matter.
“Whether one teaches
advance-placement litera-
ture or a remedial course,”
said Kalmar, “the more
time spent on the topic is
always a good thing. We
have a significant number
of students for whom this
schedule will be a game-
changer.”
Dual-enrollment costs
Kalmar said the district
could realize some cost
savings with the new sched-
ule, in that a six-hour day
will likely reduce the num-
ber of students taking dual-
enrollment classes.
“If we see the number
of dual-enrollment classes
reduced by a third or a
half,” said Kalmar, “we
will see a savings between
$20,000- $30,000 annual-
ly.”
Impact on staff, arts?
Kalmar admits that
some current class offer-
ings will have be sacrificed
with the transition to six-
periods.
areas of sports manage-
ment, game operations,
financial administration,
personnel, fundraising, cor-
porate interaction, facility
management, marketing
and communication.
“Leading the proud tra-
dition of Spartan athletics
is a great honor,” said
Beekman. “Since I stepped
in as interim athletic direc-
tor, my focus has been the
health, safety and education
of our student athletes. assuming his most recent
“My job, and the job of our
department, is to give them
the tools and support they
need to be successful on the
field, successful in the
will take place during the
intermission between the
games.
Those being honored
include Doug Maison (stu-
dent-athlete), Tracey
Moenaert Combs (student-
athlete), Ruth Ann Prey
(contributor) and the foot-
ball team of 1993.
“The Athletic Hall of
more information about
Hubbard, visit her website
at sylviahubbard.com.
To register for the pro-
gram or for additional
information, call the
deAngeli Branch Library
at (810) 664-6971. To
learn more about the
Lapeer District Library, to
see what other programs
are available, or to register
online visit the website
www.library.lapeer.org.
The Lapeer District
Library and the Family
Literacy Center are part-
ners for literacy. The
Lapeer District Library
serves 60,006 residents
throughout Lapeer
County.
Almont High School Principal Liz Tomhave discusses benefits of six-
period schedule at last week’s school board meeting.
He does not, however,
anticipate a reduction in
staff. Nor does he expect
the high school’s ‘fine arts’
programs will take a hit.
“We do not project a
reduction in faculty,” said
Kalmar. “Any reduction in
staffing would be based on
declining enrollment.”
Kalmar reminded that
last year’s mid-year staff
layoff was due to the impact
dual enrollment was having
on class sizes and the
school’s budget.
“I do not believe we are
sacrificing our fine arts to
make this change happen,”
he said. “While some elec-
tives will be eliminated, I
don’t believe these will be
in the fine arts.”
Most neighboring
school districts already
offer six-hour class sched-
ules, including Imlay City,
Dryden, North Branch,
classroom and, most impor-
tantly, successful in life
after they leave MSU,”
Beekman continued.
“Spartan athletics has a
championship history, and
we will continue to chase
those championship
dreams, doing so with
integrity and always striv-
ing to improve.”
An MSU alumnus,
Beekman has served his
alma mater since 1995,
role as vice president and
secretary of the Board of
Trustees in 2008.
He previously served as
executive director of the
Fame is a way for Imlay
City to recognize the
achievements of past stu-
dent-athletes, coaches and
contributors to our Athletics
Department,” the district
said in a press release.
The district and Imlay
City Alumni Association
are collaborators in the
project.
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Armada, Yale, Richmond address what our students
and Algonac. expressed in the survey,”
Reduce kids’ said Tomhave. “That they
stress levels feel a lot of school-related
Tomhave pointed out stress.”
that the reduced class Tomhave added that
numbers could have the future changes at the high
added benefit of reducing school will also impact the
the stress level among stu- middle school, though to
dents. what extent is unknown
She noted that in a stu- until future student sched-
dent survey taken last fall, uling is established.
87% of 392 high school Meanwhile, she and
respondents identified other school officials will
‘school stress’ as the single be hosting informational
most negative factor in meetings with parents to
their lives. appraise them of the
Other student concerns upcoming changes.
expressed included anxiety “We need to inform our
and depression, 54.6%; parents of the many differ-
self-esteem issues, 43.9%; ent curricular pathways and
family problems, 41.1%; options that are available to
body image, 28.3%; fear of our students,” Tomhave
the future, 38.3%; having said. “The meeting dates
suicidal thoughts, 26.5%; are to be determined, but I
and friendship issues, am looking at planning one
26.3%. a month for the next few
“The shift will also months.”
MSU Alumni Association, the College of Law and
senior adviser to the pro- the College of Human
vost and assistant dean for Medicine.
finance in the College of Beekman received his
Human Medicine. Beekman MBA from the Kellogg
led MSU’s negotiations School of Management at
with the McLaren Health Northwestern University,
System to develop a hospi- his Juris Doctorate from
tal adjacent to campus and, Wayne State University
with several colleagues, Law School, and his under-
negotiated the expansion of graduate degree in justice,
the College of Human morality and constitutional
Medicine to Grand Rapids. democracy from James
Additionally, he has Madison College at
taught health policy in MSU.
Boosters host spaghetti dinner
IMLAY CITY — Join the Imlay City Band
Boosters on Thurs., Feb. 21 from 5-9 p.m. for an All-
You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner at the Imlay City Big
Boy Restaurant.
Tickets for this fundraising event must be pur-
chased in advance, the cost is just $12 each, with a
major portion of the proceeds benefitting the Boosters.
The cost includes an ‘Endless Spaghetti Buffet’ with
choice of meat sauce, marinara sauce, spaghetti noo-
dles, penne noodles, garlic toast and more, as well as
the Soup, Salad & Fresh Fruit Buffet Bar.
Tickets available at Tri-City Times offices, 594 N.
Almont Ave., Imlay City, and at Imlay City High
School during the following events: MSBOA District
3 Solo & Ensemble Festival on Sat., Feb. 9 and the
high school Pre-Festival Concert on Wed., Feb. 20.
For more information or to secure tickets, send an
email to tickets@imlaycitybandboosters.org.
Lynn Zarate
716 N. Van Dyke
Almont, MI 48003
810-798-7501
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Goodie Sale continues
Careers in Education team hopes to help student ‘pay to play’
By Catherine Minolli
cminolli@pageone-inc.com
ATTICA — If you’re
looking for a sweet treat,
look no farther than the
Lapeer County Ed Tech
Center this week.
A trio of students dedi-
cated to offering a well-
rounded educational expe-
rience to their peers is
hosting a fundraiser aimed
at doing just that.
High school seniors
Kaylyn Goodwin, Megan
Bakke and Alycia Kautz—
all students in the Ed
Tech’s Careers in
Education program—are
hoping to raise funds to
make sure families with
youths who wish to play
sports are able to do so.
While their ‘Goodie
Sale’ was slated to take
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place last week, the arctic
blast which cancelled
classes thwarted their
plans, but not their enthu-
siasm.
“We’re all future
teachers and we love to
help kids—it’s in our
nature,” says Goodwin in
an email.
“We realized the price
for pay-to-play is rising,
and we all know how
important sports are to
most children for their
social development and
their building of self-con-
fidence. Our goal is to
make enough money to
pay for a student that’s
unable to pay themself.”
Goodwin, Bakke and
Kautz came up with the
‘pay-to-play’ plan after
signing on to participate in
the SkillsUSA competi-
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“It has come to our
attention that parents of
students have a hard time
coming up with the money
for sports,” Kautz says in
an email. “We believe that
playing sports will help
junior high-ers build social
skills and self confidence.”
The Goodie Sale will
run throughout the week at
the Ed Tech Center. For
more information or to
make a donation to the
project, email Alycia
Kautz at akautz2019@stu-
dents.lapeerschools.org.
For more information
about the Lapeer County
Ed Tech Center and the
programs offered there,
call 810-664-1124 or visit
www.lcisd.k12.mi.us.
31st District photo contest is underway
Senator Kevin Daley seeks photos from Bay, Tuscola, Lapeer counties
LAPEER COUNTY
— State Sen. Kevin
Daley’s office is hosting an
online photo contest featur-
ing photos from the 31st
District.
Residents living within
the 31st District, which
includes Bay, Tuscola and
Lapeer counties, are
encouraged to enter the
contest.
“The Bay Area and
Thumb region are full of
terrific landscapes,” said
Daley, R-Lum. “I look for-
ward to the many photos
highlighting what makes
the 31st District one of the
most beautiful places in the
state.”
Until 5 p.m. on Friday,
Feb. 22, residents of Bay,
Tuscola or Lapeer counties
can submit their photos on
the Pure Michigan Photo
Contest page on Daley’s
Senate website at www.
SenatorKevinDaley.com.
After the submission
Photo provided
Alycia Kautz, Kaylyn Goodwin and Megan Bakke have lots of delicious
goodies for sale for their Careers in Education Skills USA project to help
cover ‘pay to play’ costs for at least one youth.
period, finalist photos will be taken in Bay, Tuscola or own the rights to.
be posted to the State Lapeer counties. Entries For submission instruc-
Senator Kevin Daley page must include the location tions and guidelines, please
on Facebook. Visitors to the photo was taken, when visit the photo contest page
the page will then be able it was taken, and who took at www.senatorkevindaley.
to vote for the photos they it. Participants may only com/31st-district-photo-
like the most. Each finalist
photo will receive one vote
for each “like” it gets on
submit photos that they contest/.
Local musicians to play
Facebook and one vote for
each vote it garners on a
website poll. IMLAY CITY — Grab your sweetheart and
“At the end of the con- enjoy an evening of classical and popular music on
test, the three photos with Friday, Feb. 15 at Hiram’s Tavern. Local musicians
the most votes will win and Halla and Madison Hilborn will be playing violin and
will be displayed in my viola during a special Valentine’s Day event from 6 to
Lansing office,” Daley 9 p.m. The musical event is being sponsored by the
said. “The goal of this Barbara L. Yockey Law Office in Imlay City. Both
photo contest is to help pro- Hilborn sisters have played with the Detroit Symphony
mote our state by giving Youth Orchestra, the Lapeer Symphony Orchestra,
and other orchestras around the area. They also went
residents a fun and creative
on tour in six cities in Italy in the summer of 2018
opportunity to showcase
with the Wayne State Camarata. Both were regular
what makes the 31st
winners in the Music Performance category of the
District such an incredible Eastern Michigan State Fair 4-H competition, for over
place to live.” 10 years. Madison Hilborn is a legal assistant with the
The contest is limited
to residents of the 31st
Barbara L. Yockey law office. Hiram’s Tavern will be
offering a special Valentine’s Dinner for Two Menu as
Senate District. Only one well as their regular menu. For more information call
submission per person 810-721-1019.
allowed and the photo must
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Capturing
Seven
Ponds
Winterfest
There was still plenty of winter to
enjoy at Seven Ponds Nature
Center during its annual
Winterfest celebration on
Saturday, Feb. 2. Families and
friends enjoyed a variety of winter
activities and crafts, along with
the milder temperatures that
moved into the area over the

Photo by Mike Mercier

Tony Darin of Dryden
eases his 2-year-old
son Henry into the idea
of skating on Tree Top
Pond at Seven Ponds
Nature Center.
Ellie Orris of Rochester
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from skating to roast
marshmallows at the
bonfire on Tree Top
Pond.
weekend. For more information
about events and activities at
the Nature Center, visit
www.sevenponds.org or
With equipment of his own, Henry Darin gives skating a try
call 810-796-3200. as his dad Tony Darin lends a hand. The Darins live in
Dryden.

Seven Ponds
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visitors to an
ice cutting dem-
onstration on
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Winterfest on
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Vortman is
demonstrating
a method that
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Doug Nemecek (center, facing camera) and who is believed to be Bill
Stroup (to the left of Doug) await instructions for searching the woods
for missing hunter Hale Currier.
Mystery: Motive, but no new clues
from page 1
giants in character.
The locals picked up
on this, and daily, more
came to volunteer. When
word got out that Capac’s
football team was coming,
30 athletes and students
from Newberry High
School showed up to
assist. R & B Sales sent
out word that the citizens
from St. Ignace and the
Soo should help out. They
asked for a hundred bod-
ies, and said they’d serve
lunch. Two hundred
showed for the weekend.
Altogether there were 600
dedicated souls who took
part in the weekend search.
Lines of men abreast
reached out in a five-and-
a-half-mile radius. The
local lumberyard could not
even supply enough dow-
els to pike the ground.
Building supply yards in
St. Ignace came to the res-
cue, donating hundreds
more.
When the Chambers of
Commerce of Newberry,
Sault St. Marie, St. Ignace
and Mackinaw reported
‘no vacancy’ at local
motels, the townspeople
opened up their homes to
volunteers.
The state troopers took
up a collection and bought
Army cots from the surplus
store and placed them
upstairs in the post for any-
one without a bed.
The food kept coming
in every morning from
Capac to feed the droves of
volunteers from every-
where.
*Note: The following is
about the living individuals
I interviewed and their
direct recollections of the
search. At the time of the
interview, there were four
living, one has since
passed. That person is
Carl Lang. He wanted this
story told but died before I
actually started writing it.
These four men also veri-
fied the procedures of the
search and the conditions
present.
Two 1946 Pontiacs left
Lapeer County’s easternmost stretch of Imlay City Road, between
Dorrow and Cade roads in Imlay Township, is due to be resurfaced
sometime this year.
Road Projects: $10 mill approved
from page 1
In 2018, work was cen-
tered on an intersection
safety project at Dorrow
and Brown City roads that
including paving Dorrow
Road and making it the
main connector between
Imlay City and Brown City
roads.
It’s not certain yet when
these projects will begin
until the bid process is
complete.
In past years, county
Capac late on Friday night
because of work schedules.
The first car held Doug
Nemecek, Bill Stroup, Bob
Stroup and Art Friedsburg.
The second car held
Mort McGeorge, (*his son
Doug helped me with this
series). Also in the car was
Charlie Churchill, Max
Nettnay and the fourth is
lost in time.
They drove all night
long to be in Newberry
before daylight.
(*Doug Nemecek is the
only survivor of this group,
and was one of only four
links to 1948.)
Capac, with
a population
of only 960
people,
had nearly
every male
resident in
Newberry.
Another car left
Central Michigan
University at Mt. Pleasant.
That car held Carl
Brennan, (*who is still
alive and living in
Tennessee), and Carl Lang.
Both were friends and fel-
low CMU students of Jim
Currier, son of Hale
Currier. (*Jim now lives in
Florida with his wife).
Jim stayed with his
mother and brother Phil at
the CAPDET lodge. The
two Carls stayed with
Elmer and Minnie Lang,
Carl Lang’s parents. The
other eight stayed at the
State Police post on the
cots. They ate lunch at the
lodge and had dinner at the
Dollarville Bar, where they
mixed with other searchers
and locals, soon learning
of the people that inhabited
the woods at strange times
and intervals. In two weeks, the
The next day, they
headed to the woods to
officials have held off on
starting their Imlay City
Road projects until after
Scotts/Hyponex’s busy
spring hauling season was
over.
Elsewhere in the Tri-
City Times area, the road
commission plans to resur-
face Lum Road between
Harrington and Lake
Pleasant roads in Arcadia
Twp. Various patching is
also slated for General
Squier Rd. in the Almont/
Dryden area.
Health, wellness series on
tap at Imlay’s Maple Vista
All welcome to attend workshops
By Catherine Minolli spouses. Visitors will learn
cminolli@pageone-inc.com what it provides money for
and how to apply.
IMLAY CITY — A On Monday, Feb. 11,
new ‘Health and Wellness at 1 p.m., Alana Brocker of
Speaker Series’ is on tap at Residential Home Care will
Photo courtesy of David S. Bishop
Maple Vista throughout the explain what home health
month. benefits can be paid for by
All are welcome to your existing insurance.
attend and gather informa- Congressman Paul Congressman Paul
tion on ways to stay healthy Mitchell will present infor- Mitchell is among the
and improve your financial mation on Medicare and special guest speakers
outlook in 2019. Medicaid as well on for the ‘Health &
Ed Ronders, Director Monday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. Wellness’ series at
of the Lapeer County Rep. Mitchell will also Maple Vista this month.
Department of Veterans address concerns, questions
Affairs, will kick off the and casework assistance for org.
Maple Vista is located
series tomorrow (Thurs., seniors.
Feb. 7) at 1 p.m. Reserve a spot for any/ at 600 Maple Vista, behind
Ronders will share all of the Health and Sacred Hearth Catholic
search. The deeper they information about the Wellness series by calling Church, in Imlay City.
pressed into the wilderness Veteran’s Aid and Jennifer at Maple Vista at For more information
of toppled trees and under- Attendance pension avail- 810-724-6300 or emailing call 810-724-6300, ext 2 or
brush, the more deer car- able to veterans and their granlunj@trinity-healthy. visit MapleVista.org.
casses or what was left of
them were found. They
were miles and miles from
roads, only accessible by
lumber trails made by log-
gers.
Lt. Chrispell had a
short conversation with
Lawrence Kosequat, the
Indian guide, in the woods.
He asked him point blank
“Who is poaching all the
deer?”
Kosequat responded,
“Lieutenant, I know a few
deer were taken to feed
some of the down and out,
Photo by Maria Brown
but I never thought the
poaching was that wide-
spread.”
Returning to his cruis-
er, the lieutenant called
dispatch. Township officials temporarily moved out of the Arcadia offices while
“This is Lt. Chrispell. crews rehabbed the building this past summer and fall. Exterior projects,
Have we heard from the like painting, will be completed later in 2019.
detectives, and what is
their present location?”
“They are in the woods
Renovation: New look for Arcadia hall
from page 1
approximately 10 miles
from you and out of their During the bulk of the
vehicle,” the dispatcher work, the township moved
replied. into an office trailer, from
“Tell them when you late June to early
make contact again that I December. Smith utilized
need a report ASAP,” Lt. the adjoining fire hall for
Chrispell said. the primary election in
“Will do,” was the August and received a tem-
response. porary occupancy permit
Grabbing a coffee, the for the township hall for
eight men from Capac November’s general elec-
were issued a four-foot tion.
dowel and given a location Arcadia officials say
Photo by Maria Brown
and group leader. In the they’re grateful to local
pre-dawn, they walked to businessman Marty Wolfe
their assigned area. Their who let them store their
enthusiasm was high after furniture and other items in
being up all night. a garage in downtown
Capac, with a popula- Lum. The township hall’s new kitchen features a fun
tion of only 960 people, Township officials said barn door. The space is available for residents
had nearly every male resi- the work has been needed to rent for family gatherings and the like.
dent in Newberry. Every for some time and they’ve
store was either closed or been setting aside funds for er raising taxes for the
limited in business. The the last 10 years in antici- work.
farms and chores were pation of this project. "Our new setup “Now we can start sav-
being handled by wives Smith said they first ing for the next project”
and children. considered doing some is more Smith added.
The newspapers report- upgrades in 2007 but that professional This summer some
exterior painting work is
ed this was the largest was during the height of
manhunt in state history. the recession and the tim- and it allows planned with the goal to
ing didn’t feel appropriate match the hall and fire hall
search wraps up; conclu- since “it was tough for us to better color-wise. In the mean-
sions are drawn. people to stay in their own interact with time, staff will continue
unpacking boxes and find-
homes,” she said.
The township board residents." ing just the right spot to
allocated $500,000 for the decorate the still bare
renovation and they project --Sharna Smith walls. Smith said eventual-
they’ll be able to stick to ly they’ll feature old pho-
that budget. Twp. Clerk tos of downtown Lum and
Smith said they credit an old Lum train depot
their contractor, DCC sign.
Construction of Davison, with and we were happy to Arcadia Township
for keeping that budget top stay as local as possible,” offices, located at 4900
of mind during the project. Smith said. Spencer St., are open 12-4
“We were really, really Skovran said the board p.m. on Mondays and 9
Photo by Maria Brown
happy with them. They is pleased they didn’t need a.m. to 1 p.m. on
were great people to work to borrow funds or consid- Wednesdays and Fridays.
Auction: A little love for your library
from page 1 Olaf; a brand-new cash “bid number” at the
register and gift certificates library’s checkout desk.
Summers. “Truly, my to local businesses, includ- “We encourage every-
favorite part of the auction ing Woodchips American body to come back often to
is seeing the community BBQ, 123 Escape Rooms,
stand with us and showing Grondin’s Hair Care of
check on the status of their
bids,” she said. “It’s possi-
The county will also how much they love their Imlay City, Imlay City’s ble others might be prowl-
undertake other chip-seal library.” Peaceful Moon Yoga, ing for the same treasures.”
projects across the area but Summers alluded to Lucky’s Steak House, The Ruth Hughes
those have yet to be identi- some of her personal Nick’s Warehouse, and Memorial District Library
fied. favorites items that have Backyard Creations and is located at 211 N. Almont
Gingell said they’re been donated to the auc- More. Ave. in downtown Imlay
currently in talks with tion. “I think this could turn City.
township officials regarding “Some of the coolest out to be our best auction For further information
projects at the local level. items are a soft-sided Yeti to date,” Summers opined. about the Ruth Hughes
“This is really just a Cooler, Disney Princess “People are going to like Memorial District
starting list,” Gingell said. waffle maker, some incred- what they find.” Library’s 2019 Silent
“We need to find out ible Marvel collectibles Summers advised that Auction or other library
what our winter mainte- from Lapeer’s Comic anyone interested in bid- activities, call the Imlay
nance costs will be before Explosion, antique Fisher ding on auction items City Branch at 810-724-
we know what projects we Price toys, a snowcone should stop in soon to reg- 8043 or visit ruthhughes.
can do.” maker, featuring Frozen’s ister for a Silent Auction org.

Times earns awards
in MPA contest
Third time in four years publication ranked
in top three in circulation category
IMLAY CITY — For
the third time in the past
four years, the Tri-City
Times was ranked among
the top three newspapers in
its circulation category
(Weekly, Class C) by the
M ichig an Pr ess
Association.
Members of the New
York Press Association
reviewed some 3,065
entries submitted by 99
Michigan newspapers in
the 2018 MPA Better
Newspaper Contest.
The Times earned
seven awards in the con-
test, along with two honor-
able mentions.
Paula Parisot, writer,
advertising executive,
proofreader and jill-of-all-
trades at the Times earned a
first place in the ‘Best
Columnist’ category.
Parisot’s two part series
detailing her adventure
while hiking—and almost
being trapped—in the
mountains emerged on top
of 19 others submitted in
the category.
Editor Catherine
Minolli also earned a first
place in the ‘Best Editorial’
category for an editorial
about the Almont Village
Council’s approach and
methodology to gauging
residents’ interest in allow-
ing medical marijuana
facilities in the village.
“Well-crafted, well-
reasoned, and stocked with
information and history to
walk the reader through the
process that one town went
through, and how that pro-
cess was a welcome change
in other governmental pro-
cedures (local and nation-
al). Solid use of the edito-
rial space,” the judge com-
mented.
Minolli also earned an
honorable mention in the
same category for an edito-
rial titled ‘Big shout out to
small town firefighters.’
General Manager
Randy Jorgensen and the
production staff earned a
second place in the Best
Newspaper Design catego-
ry.
“Really nice use of
photos and color ads to
make the pages pop,” the
judges commented.
Longtime staff writer
Tom Wearing earned a sec-
ond place in the Business/
Agriculture News category
for his story about the
Village of Almont’s ban on
the use of coal tar seal-
ants—an outstanding
example of the value of
community newspapering.
The subject matter isn’t
always sexy, but the infor-
mation is valuable to read-
ers.
Minolli earned another
first place award in the
‘Feature Story’ category
for her piece called
‘Thunder in Heaven.’ The
story detailed retired Imlay
City school teacher Sue
SAR inductee
Norm Palmer presents certificate to Bruce
Patterson, who was inducted into the Sons
of the American Revolution Paul Emery
Chapter on January 22, 2019. Palmer, the
Paul Emery Chapter President, adminis-
tered the oath requiring members to uphold
the principles championed by our patriot
forefathers. Patterson lives in Arcadia
Township with his wife Virginia, and is cur-
rently president of the Lapeer County
Genealogical Society.
Linton’s experiences fol-
lowing the discovered a
dusty box of letters her
grandmother saved from
World War II. Sue’s dad,
Tech Sgt. Robert Folk, was
a member of the 306 Bomb
Group known as the ‘Cole
Crew,’ which flew B-17s
out of Thurleigh, England.
On October 14, 1943, the
plane was shot down in
Beek. Four members of the
crew perished. Six survived
and were taken as Prisoners
of War. Robert Folk was
one of them.
“I was deeply moved
by this story, and very hon-
ored by and grateful for the
opportunity to write it,”
Minolli says.
Minolli also earned a
second place in the
Government/Education
News category for her story
about an event at Imlay
City High School follow-
ing the school shooting in
Parkland, Florida called
‘Storm to be reckoned
with.’
“A local paper might be
tempted to shy away from
extensive coverage of a
local controversy involving
school safety, gun control/
gun rights, the police and a
social media firestorm, but
that didn’t happen in this
case...” the judges said.
In the same category,
Maria Brown took third
place with her story detail-
ing Capac Village Council’s
struggle with the medical
marijuana facilities issue
titled ‘Colorado of St. Clair
County.’
“Essentially coverage
of a couple of meetings,
this story went beyond the
routine by adding helpful
details of a related recent
village council action, plus
state law and state develop-
ments,” the judges said.
“All in all, it’s a fine job of
ongoing coverage of a local
issue.”
The Times’ inaugural
Busker Fest tab garnered
an honorable mention in
the ‘Special Section’ cate-
gory. There were 19 entries
in total.
“It takes some guts to
produce a piece for any
first annual event, but this
group did an admirable job
of making the Busker Fest
look like the most fun of
the year,” the judges com-
mented. “Here’s hoping
there is a second iteration
of the event. Good work,
presented well.”
Rounding out the
awards for the Times is
Sports Editor Kevin
Kissane, who’s photo
‘Almont quarterback Clay
Schapman’ earned a third
place in the Sports Photo
category.
“This photo with its
Dutch tilt (a type of camera
shot) illustrates the intensi-
ty and drive that goes with
action at the goal line,” the
judges observed.
Photo provided
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NEW BUSINESS . . .
Photo by Tom Wearing
Backyard Creations now open
Chris and Jaason Bishop (center/front) are joined by family, friends and Imlay City officials as
they prepare to cut the ribbon at the opening of their new business, ‘Backyard Creations &
More,’ located at 404 E. Fourth St. in Imlay City. A creative craftsman, Jaason tears down old
barns and transforms the salvaged barnwood into rustic decor for homes, businesses and the
couple’s new store. His remodeling work can be seen locally at Nick’s Country Oven in Imlay
City and the soon-to-open Pinewood Restaurant (formerly Lenny Miller’s) in Dryden. In addition
to offering country decor and interior design, Backyard Creations features a gift shop, antiques
and a wide range of unique items for purchase. Business hours are Wednesday-Friday from
11-7; Saturday from 11-6; and Sunday from 12:30-5. For questions or further information, call
Chris or Jaason at 810-627-0237, 810-627-0654, or visit Backyard Creations & More on Facebook.
New members inducted
Capac Library craft classes
into leadership society
CAPAC — Get crafty this month at the Capac
Library at two upcoming events.
This Saturday, Feb. 9, youngsters are invited to
make a No-Sew Heart Pillow craft starting at 11:30
LAPEER COUNTY The Fall 2018 National a.m.
— The Mott Community Society of Leadership and On Thursday, Feb. 28, adults get their turn at Wine
College (MCC) chapter of Success Inductees include Bottle Art night. Starting at 5 p.m., attendees can
the National Society of Deanna Ford of Imlay transform an empty wine bottle with craft items and
Leadership and Success City and Sonia Zack of lights.
(Sigma Alpha Pi), inducted Attica. Registration is requested for both events. To learn
37 new members for the Mott Community more or reserve a seat, call the library at 810-395-
Fall Semester, and awarded College is committed to 7000.
three National Engaged excellence in education and
Leaders recognitions Dec. offering services that culti-
9. vate student success and
Daley hosts office hours
The ceremony was the improve the overall quality
culmination of a years’ of life in a multicultural
worth of work. Sigma community. With more
Alpha Pi is for students than 100 academic and LAPEER — State Sen. Kevin Daley will hold
office hours with constituents throughout the 31st
with a 2.7 GPA or higher, occupational degree pro-
who have completed 9 grams, we help students Senate District during the month of February.
credits, and are enrolled for prepare to achieve more in On Friday, Feb. 15, he’ll be at Leo’s Coney
the Fall or Winter Semester an ever-changing economy. Island, 282 S. Main St. in Lapeer from 9:30-10:30
at MCC. Membership Through university transfer a.m. where he’ll be available to answer questions and
requirements include com- agreements, high-demand provide information and assistance, as well as take
pletion of an orientation, a associate’s degree pro- suggestions on issues affecting communities and
leadership training day, grams and one-year certifi- businesses in the district. No appointment is neces-
three speaker broadcasts, cation programs, we help sary.
and three Success ensure that all Mott stu- For more information or to contact Daley, please
Networking Team meet- dents are ready to get more visit SenatorKevinDaley.com or call 517-373-1777.
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I am writing to thank
Imlay City residents for
sharing the true meaning of
Christmas with children in
need this past holiday sea-
son.
Because of the generos-
ity of donors in Imlay City
and across the United
States, Operation Christmas
Child, a project of
Samaritan’s Purse, collect-
ed more than 8.8 million
shoeboxes in 2018.
ine.
These simple gifts
bring smiles to the faces of
children around the world.
Packed with fun toys,
school supplies and hygiene
160 countries and territo-
ries.
It’s not too late for peo-
ple to make a difference.
Though drop-off locations
serving Imlay City shoebox
found at samaritanspurse.
org/volunteerwithOCC.
Thank you again to
everyone who participated
in this global project–many
who do so year after year.

Our Opinion Combined with those col-

lected from partnering
countries in 2018, the min-
items, these gifts bring joy
and are a tangible expres-
sion of God’s love. Since
packers are closed until
November 2019, anyone
can still pack a personal-
These simple gifts send a
message to children world-
wide that they are loved

‘Lame duck’ sessions

istry is now sending more 1993, Operation Christmas ized shoebox gift online at and not forgotten.
than 10.6 million shoebox Child has collected and samaritanspurse.org/build- —Dana Williams
gifts to children suffering delivered more than 157 online. Information about Operation Christmas

should be eliminated
from poverty, natural disas- million gift-filled shoebox- year-round volunteer Child
ters, war, disease and fam- es to children in more than opportunities can also be Samaritan’s Purse

Paczki Fest in Lapeer Tues., March 5

A constitutional amendment to eliminate
the ‘lame duck’ sessions for the
Michigan legislature is both a bold and bril-
Have you wondered
how you could mix paczkis
liant move by area Republican State Rep. and Jesus together for one
Gary Howell. awesome Tuesday?
Well I have!
Howell recently proposed a plan that We are excited to share
would eliminate legislative sessions from with you an opportunity for
extending past Election Day, thus eliminat- the churches of Lapeer
ing lame duck sessions altogether.
As Howell observed, lame duck legisla-
County to do good for the
community. On Tuesday,
tion is often pushed through without ade-
March 5, we are asking the
churches to converge onto
quate public hearings or input from those
affected by proposed laws; and are stacked
downtown Lapeer for the
1st annual Paczki Fest!
one on top of the other making it impossi- Yes, you read that right:
Paczki Fest!
ble for lawmakers to thoroughly read the Some people call it Fat
proposed legislation, not to mention spend- Tuesday. Others call it
ing sufficient time examining the pros and Mardi Gras. But, we in
cons, and merit—if any. Lapeer call it Paczki Fest. It
Lame duck legislation often involves lit- begins the journey towards
the cross and the celebra-
tle or no transparency, insufficient time for tion of the empty tomb on
debate, and sometimes subverts the will of Easter Sunday.
the people. If these bills are so important All day the businesses
and are aimed at the best interest of in downtown Lapeer will
be participating each in
their own way. We as the
Church will patron the
businesses as a way to do
good for the community.
We envision three goals
for the churches: 1. Eat
something; 2. Buy some-
thing; 3. Give something.
First, we want you to
eat downtown anytime dur-
ing the day. There are sev-
eral good restaurants that I
am fond of. I am sure you
have your favorite.
Second, we want you to
buy something. This is how
we can give back to the
community and help sup-
port local businesses and
families.
Third, we want you to
give. We will have devo-
tional material to hand out
to encourage people’s
hearts for the Easter season.
Finally, this is for a
good cause. Partnering with
the Downtown
Development Authority
(DDA), we are working
with the businesses to do a
fundraiser for The Refuge
Homeless Shelter of
Lapeer. The participating
businesses that see custom-
ers during Paczki Fest will
give to The Refuge.
We have the churches,
the local businesses, and
the DDA working together
to make the Easter Season
festive this year. We are
planning street music, sing
alongs, and maybe even a
paczki eating contest!
This is a win-win event.
We are asking the that you
begin to promote this to
your friends, family, and in
your church. Keep a look
out on Facebook and your
email for more details as
community and share the
hope we have in Jesus
Christ.
Thank you,
—Andrew Terry
—Todd Petty
Lapeer
Pleads with
seniors to
get life line
I am a senior citizen
living in Capac. Earlier this
winter I had a severe fall in
my bathroom, hitting my
head so hard I could feel
the vertebrae in my neck
move. When I tried to get
up to call 911, I could not
walk, and so I crawled fifty
feet into my bedroom to
get to my cell phone. Once
in there, I realized it was
plugged into the charger on

Hale’s ghost haunts

Michigan residents, why aren’t they debated we draw closer to March 5. the kitchen counter. So
in open sessions and in the true spirit of If you are a musician or worn out from the fall, I

the Octagon House

representative government?
As Howell also noted, eliminating lame
duck sessions is also “an issue of account- Everyone here at Four
ability.” Often, term limited lawmakers vote County Community
Foundation is enjoying
on issues during lame duck sessions that Doug Hunter’s story
they will never have to answer for. “Quite about the search for Hale
frankly,” Howell says, “if a bill isn’t good Currier in his series
enough to pass before an election, it’s prob- ‘Capac’s Unsolved
Mystery.’ Our office is
ably not a good idea to shove it through
located in the former
after an election.”
We agree. Before Governor Rick Snyder
left office, the flurry of activity during the
L It’s all about perspective
ife! It’s all about per-
lame duck session included some 400 votes spective! That’s why I
on hundreds of issues, some of them previ- write this column. Here’s a
ously decided at the polls by voters. This is perfect example.
insulting to Michigan voters, and is just When I logged into my
plain bad government. Facebook account today
(1/30), I saw a note saying
We applaud Howell for presenting the that because of the brutal
House Joint Resolution C to the House weather, the people at the
Government Operations Committee for con- Tri City Times had gotten a
sideration. We hope it is a measure that later-than-usual start; and
gains bipartisan support in both the House papers were going to be
late hitting the newsstands.
and the Senate, so it will ultimately be
placed on a statewide ballot for voters to
I had already seen on TV
that mail delivery wouldn’t
decide. Lame duck legislation is not repre- be happening today or
sentative government, it’s simply bad gov- tomorrow for the same rea-
ernment. son.
I also saw this note
Currier home in Almont,
and we have heard a num-
ber of tales of Hale’s ghost
as he (gently) haunts the
Octagon House. Thanks
for giving us more of the
story!
—Micaela Boomer
Almont
from my oldest niece (in
Iowa): “I just
checked the weather
app on my phone
and see that we are
up to
-19!! Whoo-hoo!!
But that takes me
back to our wedding
day in 1985 when it
was -19 and -80 Perspectives...
wind chill. All I
had to do was get to
the church and from
the church to our
hotel. It didn’t matter to us
singer and wish to partici- laid on a hardwood floor
for 24 hours until I called
pate with the musical fes-
for help.
tivities please let us know
soon by emailing alterry@ So, I am pleading with
all physically impaired
gmail.com. people and senior citizens
Let’s make Paczki Fest to please get a life line. For
2019 a huge success. a small monthly fee it
Partnerships with the could save your life.
Church, the businesses, and Sincerely,
the community is how we —Dorothy Bergen
can best do good for the
Capac
the memories from the past
were positive, let me share
one that came to mind this
how cold it was—we were week. Here’s the context. I
just ready to be had made a pot of soup
married. But to during that awful cold
the 240 or so spell. To round it out and
turn it into a proper but
guests that
showed up and quick, no-fuss meal, I had
the people who put two of those frozen din-
hauled stuff in ner rolls into a little foil
and out for us and bread pan and slid the pan
worked behind the into the preheated oven.
scenes, thank you. Unfortunately, just as
And I’m sorry. I quickly, that light little pan
Willene Tanis
feel so loved!!” tipped and those two rolls
Oh...and slid right out of the pan and
also...in case it
looked last week like all Perspectives page 13

Does symbol still have same meaning?

Editor’s note: Rick Liblong’s column
regarding ‘We the People’ brought up some
memories for me, including writing this col-
umn about eight years ago. Here it is
again:
sored by and held for the Society of I sign the letter.
Pescosolido, the descendants from a small Online, the website www.pescosolido.
village in Italy. net, which is written in Italian, I find out
Sadly I experienced what could be the about the ‘Societa.’ Here’s what it says in
last of an era, which brought to light just its English translation:

G oing through some boxes I stumble

across a letter to the editor I penned to
the Detroit News published on May 28,
1984.
The editor chose the headline ‘Statue of
Liberty: Preserving a Symbol.’ I re-read my
words and remember
when Lady Liberty was
in bad shape and as
always here in the U.S.,
government can’t come
up with funds to preserve
it and people don’t care
enough to do anything
about it.
Americans live in a
Observations in ink...
throw away society. We
toss out things as soon as
Catherine Minolli
they’re used up. History
has little value in the push, push, push
ahead culture we embrace.
For those who may recall, in the early
’80s, Lee Iacocca takes up the cause to save
the Statue of Liberty. I support that and
shout out to others to do so. And many,
many do. Over the course of a couple of
years millions are donated for the restora-
tion project. Following is what I wrote to
the newspaper and its readers about it:
“The publicity push to preserve the
Statue of Liberty seems to have taken a
back seat. Over the weekend my family and
I attended an annual celebration of the
Feast of the Madonna, which was spon-
exactly how important the statue and what
it stands for should be in all of our lives. I
was fortunate enough to sit next to an
Italian immigrant who has eased gracefully
into his 80s. He produced for me a booklet
that was printed when the ‘Societa’ was
originally formed in 1923. It bore my
grandfather’s name.
I discovered that America and its peo-
ple may have lost something valuable along
the road to greatness. He spoke in broken
English of coming to Detroit in the ’20s in
search of opportunity and money.
He spoke of the Depression, of being
laid off from factory work and penniless,
and of a foreman giving him $2 and how it
felt like $200. He spoke too of unions and
crooked judges seeking bribes from non-
English speaking immigrants in return for
promises of transport for their brothers, sis-
ters, uncles and cousins to this country of
promise and wealth. His children spoke of
being dragged around on Sundays to visit
the “paisanos” because they were their
own, all they had and they took care of one
another.
His children’s children, like me, are the
byproducts of progression, mobility, educa-
tion and opportunities. We were practically
born into everything this gentleman and our
parents strived for. I realized, however, that
we are missing something important seem-
ingly inherent in these people. We (my gen-
eration of Societa descendants) do not know
Letter to Editor of Detroit News
penned by yours truly in 1984.
each other’s names. We will not, most likely,
sponsor a celebration year after year for
the purpose of getting together to appreci-
ate our background. We will not visit each
other on Sundays...too many things are hap-
pening now. We say life has become more
complicated.
We can all look back into our histories
and find people just like these who encoun-
tered infinitely more complications in just
arriving in the United States and forming
new lives. We have relatively simple lives in
comparison. Yet they are somehow richer.
I offer this to my fellow Detroiters. We
are a new “race” of Americans. By contrib-
uting to the Statue of Liberty restoration
efforts, perhaps we can preserve and rekin-
dle the wealth shared by our ancestors.
Perhaps it is not too late to bring the wealth
of human kindness, compassion and caring
back into our lives and preserve the statue
to stand as an everlasting symbol of this.
“Workers Mutual Aid Society of
Pescosolido was born in Detroit (U.S.A.) in
1923. The first partners and founders were
some of the Pescosolidianis that were found
to work...” (it lists the names, including
Carlo Minolli...many of the names I recog-
nize). “They were 31, all residents of
Detroit Mich. USA. The goal they set out to
achieve was the same as other members of
the workers: support each other in case of
need (death, illness, unemployment etc.)”
I read that they did this because they
were often taken advantage of, because of
the language barrier, because of the tough
times and their sense of community. They
all contributed a certain amount of money
when they were working which was used to
take care of members and their families in
the case of illness, death, unemployment,
etc.
In 1929, Dr. Dominic Porfida “under-
took to cure any disease of all members of
the Workers Mutual Aid Pescosolido of an
annual allowance of 200 lire... In 1931 ben-
efits were extended to family members...”
For much of my childhood and adult
life I attend the yearly ‘Festa’ of the
Societa. Social Host Liability laws from our
ever entitled, increasing litigious society put
a kibosh on the celebrations in the early
1990s.
This is what I know.
Email Catherine at
cminolli@pageone-inc.com

Some thoughts on ‘We the People’
Note: This is the first in
a two part series sharing
thoughts on ‘We the People’
and ‘E Pluribus Unum.’ I
welcome any and all com-
ments and feedback.
W hat a tizzy the coun-
try seems to be in
about the “crisis” at our
southern
border.
We’re
told that
thou-
sands of
people
are
stream-
ing or All the Liblong day...
sneaking
across Rick Liblong
the bor-
der ille-
gally. I’ve had friends tell
me directly that they are
concerned that these people
are going to come and
“take our jobs, our guns
and our very way of life. If
they want to come let’s
them get in line and come
legally like my ancestors
did.”
Frankly, many of our
ancestors like mine came
here before there were any
real rules or quotas.
Basically, if you could get
here and were healthy you
could stay. Most of them
worked hard, applied for
citizenship and became
Americans.
I agree that immigrants
should come legally so I
did a little research on how
the people from south of
the border can come here
legally today. It’s not that
easy. There really isn’t just
a line to get in and wait
one’s turn.
For the most part they
have to apply for one of
several types of visas at the
American Embassy which
is no easy task in some
countries, have the neces-
sary skills and education or
What Isaiah says
But they that wait upon
the Lord shall renew their
strength; they shall mount
up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall
walk, and not faint. Isaiah
40:31
I wake
with no
commit-
ments.
No emer-
gencies.
Our rath-
er new
furnace Honest Living...
holds up
in the Iris Lee Underwood
midst of
another
cold snap. I hope the
homeless have found ref-
uge—a habit from years of
our firstborn’s disappear-
ances.
For a long while now,
the voices inside this house
call me by name. Except
the kittens. I’m “Meow.”
Everything is.
I’ve not stepped a toe
outside the door in two
days, other than to plug in
and out the Christmas
lights on the redbud tree.
They’ll come down after
my birthday this month.
Need some bling for the
Big One, you know.
Downstairs by 6:30 to
brew his coffee, I hear the
kittens scamper up the
basement stairs when Mel
opens the door. They
whine until they’re fed or
commence another game
of hide-and-seek under the
throw rugs. Never do they
say, “Mom, we’re bored!”
Last night after pot
roast, carrots, and potatoes,
Mel and I confessed we
couldn’t imagine our home
without the Rascals. I
promised him French toast
for breakfast—his reward
for fetching frozen eggs
from the henhouse and
plowing snow all day long
while I scribbled inside.
With joy I submit to win-
ter’s exile. For thirty years
a blizzard has never foiled
my morning walks on our
be able to pay the fees and
complete the forms to get a
visa. Not every application
is approved (11.3 % deni-
al). And if it’s approved the
wait is anywhere from one
to 20 years before the visa
is granted and can be used.
You can Google all of this.
The other way is to
present oneself at the bor-
der and apply for asylum.
Thousands are doing just
that. It’s perfectly legal by
U.S. law. Conditions in
some of their home coun-
tries are so bad—drugs,
gangs, cartels, sex traffick-
ing, mass killings, etc.—
that people will gather the
family, including small
kids, and walk up to a thou-
sand miles to get here.
Most of the people in the
“caravans” are these, not
undesirables trying to storm
the border.
They are trying to get
here for the same reasons
our ancestors did, a safer
and better life. And most
are willing to work hard
and play by the rules. They
just want a chance. Who
among us wouldn’t?
I don’t think that anybody
reading this wouldn’t,
under the same circum-
stances, do everything they
could to survive and protect
their families including
walking many miles to do
it if necessary. The number
one instinct in all living
creatures is survival.
The criteria for being grant-
ed asylum are pretty strin-
gent. (You can Google this,
too.) Only about 20% are
granted asylum. Most have
their dreams dashed and are
sent home.
No one, not Democrat,
Republican, Independent,
conservative or progressive,
argues that we don’t need
strong border security.
Northern and Southern.
Remember, the 9/11 terror-
country roads, no matter
how deep the drifts.
Until this winter.
Upstairs in soft lamp-
light, I listen to the wind
and read the book of
Isaiah. Since Christmas,
his words in Handel’s
Messiah sing in my head
as I progress through the
chapters.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my
people, saith your God.
After our greatest loss, I
couldn’t find comfort, no
matter where I ran and
walked. My Bible gathered
dust. Yes, God’s grace car-
ried moments of peace and
purpose in blessed relief;
yet, there is no shortcut
through the merciless val-
ley of the shadow of death.
Now on the other side,
I’m learning to rest and
renew my strength. I’ll
never mount up on eagle’s
wings as I did as a youth,
and I hope to never run a
mile again in my life.
Yet, after a set of stretches
to rid myself of sciatica
pain, I walk downstairs
into the kitchen. I ask Mel,
“Are you hungry for
French toast?”
He’s incredulous.
“You thought I forgot,
didn’t you?”
“I’d better not say.”
While he watched, I
cracked several eggs into a
shallow baking pan and
stirred in buttermilk, cinna-
mon, nutmeg, ginger, and a
double portion of vanilla.
The stovetop’s buttered
griddle browned eight slic-
es of sourdough bread
sopped with batter to per-
fection.
We finished it all off
with warm maple syrup
and wiped off the counter
by 10 a.m.
“Nothing like comfort
food for breakfast, is
there?” I asked.
“Sure isn’t.”
He went his way. I
went mine.
Comfort ye, comfort ye
my people, Isaiah says.
Email Iris at
irisleeu@sbcglobal.net.
ists (and lots of contraband)
came through Canada.
But what does border
security entail? Barriers
(OK, call them “walls” if
you want) are certainly part
of the mix. There are walls
‘Give me your tired,
your poor, your hud-
dled masses yearning
to breathe free, the
wretched refuse of
your teeming shore.
Send these, the home-
less, tempest-tossed
to me, I lift my lamp
beside the golden
door!’
in many of the strategic
places already. If it makes
strategic sense to build
Scholarships available for local students
The following guest
column was submitted by
Micaela Boomer, Program
Officer at Four County
Community Foundation.
She may be reached at
810-798-0909 or via email
to program@4ccf.org.
H igh School seniors and
college students who
graduated from Almont,
Dryden, Capac, and Imlay
City High Schools are
encouraged to apply now
for numerous scholarships
through Four County
Community Foundation by
visiting www.4ccf.org/
scholarships. In 2018,
4CCF awarded scholar-
ships totaling $245,000 to
seven school districts.
One-hundred-sixty-three
thousand dollars of the
total was awarded to stu-
dents in four local districts:
Almont, Dryden, Capac,
and Imlay City.
•Almont High School
seniors are eligible to
apply for the Albert Himes
and Jean Currey-Stanwood
Scholarship and the Robert
Wayne Creger, Sr.
Memorial Scholarship. The
Currey-Stanwood scholar-
ship is awarded annually to
high-achieving females
who plan to continue their
education. The award is for
one year. The Creger
scholarship is awarded
periodically. Students
should contact their coun-
selor for more information
regarding the Creger
Scholarship. Recipients for
both are chosen by an AHS
Think spring with delicious lamb recipes
D ear Lynn,
I love pasta and
I’m looking for some
unique recipes.
—Dale from Hastings
Melinda from
Tecumseh makes Breaded
Lamb Cutlets in an electric
skillet. Julie from Grass
Lake sent in her recipe for
Slow-Cooked Lamb Dijon.
Cheryl from Quincy says
her recipe for Lamb Chops
is easy and tasty. Please
stop by my blog, Food,
Fun and More at www.
lseckerle.wordpress.com.
Send recipes and requests
to The Recipe Exchange at
lynneckerle@gmail.com.
BREADED LAMB
CUTLETS
6 loin lamp chops, cut
thin
2 eggs
3 T water
1 t salt
1/4 t pepper 1/4 c flour
1/8 t ground cloves
1 c bread crumbs
3 T cooking oil
Directions: Cut fat from
more we should.
But we also need mod-
ern technology, lights,
drones, x-rays, cameras,
better sensors, and most of
all, more humans to do
what’s necessary to protect
the country.
Let’s concentrate more
resources, human and tech-
nical, at established ports
of entry. We’re told that
most of the illegal contra-
band comes though these.
We need more people and
methods to screen people.
The wait times and living
conditions for people are
ridiculous. And under no
circumstance should chil-
dren be separated from
their families. That’s coun-
terproductive, just plain
inhumane and costs the
government more. We are
better than that. None of us
would allow our children
to be separated from us
under any circumstances.
I sent the following
suggestion to numerous
Senators and Members of
the House:
Congress should offer
$3 billion for Border
Security now. How it must
be spent is NOT stipulated.
Let Department of
scholarship committee.
•Capac High School
seniors are advised to
apply for the Andy Beam
Memorial Scholarship, the
Justin C. “Jut” Bullock
Memorial Scholarship, the
Capac Youth Scholarship,
the McGeorge Memorial
Scholarship, and the Ruth
M. Sayles Memorial
Scholarship. These five
awards are exclusively for
CHS students. The Beam
scholarship is a one-time
award for students plan-
ning a career in services to
youth, such as counseling,
education, or social work.
The next three are also
one-year awards. The Ruth
M. Sayles is a four-year
award, so a student
receives the award divided
over four years of educa-
tion. All five applications
require transcripts, test
scores, intended majors,
and the estimated family
contribution (EFC) from
the FAFSA report. In addi-
tion, applicants will write
essays in response to
prompts within the indi-
vidual applications. None
of these five are available
to dual-enrollment stu-
dents. Recipients are cho-
sen by Capac High School
scholarship committees or
by 4CCF scholarship com-
mittees.
The Capac Educational
Scholarship Funds for
CHS seniors are also man-
aged by Four County
Community Foundation.
Students should apply
directly to the CHS coun-
lamb chops and pound
chops until very thin. In a
shallow bowl, beat eggs
with water. Add salt, pep-
per and cloves. Stir to
mix.
Place
bread
crumbs
in a shal-
low dish.
Dip lamb
chops in
egg mix-
ture, the
The Recipe Exchange...
dredge
with
Lynn Eckerle
bread
crumbs. Repeat. Heat oil
in electric skillet to 300
degrees. Brown lamb
chops on both sides, turn-
ing once. Delicious with
fresh sliced tomatoes.
Makes 3 servings.
SLOW-COOKED
LAMB DIJON
1 t salt
1/4 t pepper
2 T vegetable oil
2 lbs lamb stew meat lamb is tender and potatoes
Page 9-TRI-CITY TIMES-FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Beautiful words conveyed to us by our ances-
tors. It includes all of us. Many more people
from other countries yearn to be part of ‘We
the People.’
Homeland Security decide.
Then Congress appoints a
Blue Ribbon Commission
to report back to both
Houses in 90 days.
Commission shall be made
up of people directly
affected: Governors of CA,
AZ, NM, TX; mayors of
border towns Winterhaven,
CA, Yuma, Lukeville,
Nogales, AZ, El Paso, Del
Rio, Laredo, McAllen,
Brownsville, TX; Counties
Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana,
NM; Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border
Protection; Director of
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement; 1 border
landowner from each state–
23 total members.
There should be no
selor’s office for the
Athletic Booster
Scholarship, the Harry and
Irene Bussell Scholarship,
and the Marion and Robert
Fischer Scholarship.
•Dryden High School
seniors and recent gradu-
ates are encouraged to
apply for the Dr. Bernard
J. Stremler Memorial
Scholarship. Stremler
scholarships are available
only to DHS students. The
application requires tran-
scripts, test scores, the esti-
mated family contribution
(EFC) from the FAFSA
and a one-page response to
a question. Winners are
chosen by a DHS scholar-
ship committee.
•In Imlay City, Four
County Community
Foundation manages the
funds for a number of
ICHS scholarships includ-
ing the Blonde
Scholarship, the Howard
and Marie Dahn
Scholarship, and the
Grettenberger, Alvin
Norlin, Glenn L. Smith II
Memorial, Lee Weyer
Athletic, and the Richard
P. Wheeler scholarships.
Other Imlay City scholar-
ship funds include the
Laurie Lee Memorial
Scholarship, the Lyle and
Joyce Powers Scholarship
and scholarships honoring
the memories of Brian
Verstreate and Floyd W.
West. Applications for all
of these ICHS scholarships
are available through the
ICHS counseling office.
Current seniors and
6 potatoes, diced
1/4 c Dijon mustard
1/2 t grated lemon peel
1 T lemon juice
1/2 t dried rosemary
2 cloves garlic, minced
1-14.5 oz can beef
broth
1-10 oz pkg frozen
peas, thawed
Directions: Mix flour, salt
and pepper in a plastic zip-
style bag. Add lamb piec-
es, a handful at a time.
Shake to coat evenly.
Repeat until all of the lamb
is coated with flour mix-
ture. Heat oil in a skillet
and cook lamb for 20 min-
utes, until browned. Using
a slotted spoon, put lamb
pieces in a slow cooker.
Add potatoes. Stir gently
to mix. Combine Dijon
mustard, lemon peel,
lemon juice, rosemary, gar-
lic and beef broth in a
bowl. Mix well then pour
over lamb and vegetables.
Cover and cook on low
heat for 8 to 10 hours until
Photo provided
members of Congress or
administration other than
the two above. Congress
adopts the findings and
funds accordingly. Win-
Win.
Not much response yet.
Mostly boilerplate replies.
But I’ll keep trying. You
should let your representa-
tives know what you think
they should do, too.
Another thing we must
do is help the other coun-
tries become better places
to live. Most people, frank-
ly, would prefer to stay
home.
Your thoughts and
comments are welcome.
Email Rick at
rick.liblong@cox.net.
students who graduated
from Almont, Capac and
Imlay City High School
are encouraged to apply
for the Hilda M. Hill
Memorial Scholarship.
There are no major restric-
tions for the Hill. In fact,
students who plan to attend
vocational or technical
training are urged to apply,
as the scholarship includes
funds for practical educa-
tion as well as traditional
college coursework. The
application requires HS
transcripts, test scores,
intended major, and the
estimated family contribu-
tion (EFC) from the
FAFSA report. In addition,
applicants will write essays
in response to prompts
within the individual appli-
cations. Students may
receive up to two awards.
Recipients are chosen by a
4CCF scholarship commit-
tee, which includes up to
two school representatives.
Students who are
planning a degree in ani-
mal or human health
careers and who graduat-
ed from Almont, Dryden,
and Imlay City High
School are encouraged to
apply for the Murdie
Educational Scholarship.
The Murdie is for both
high school seniors and
students who are currently
enrolled in college.
Students should be attend-
ing a college located in
Michigan and majoring in
human or animal medicine.
Scholarships page 13
are cooked. Skim fat from
juices. Stir in peas and
cook on high heat for 15
minutes. Serve.
LAMB CHOPS
2 lbs lamb chops
1 1/2 c balsamic
vinegar
3 T brown sugar
1/2 t dried rosemary
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 t salt
1/8 t pepper
Directions: Arrange lamb
chops on a broiler pan.
Combine balsamic vinegar,
brown sugar, rosemary and
garlic in saucepan. Bring
to a boil, lower tempera-
ture and simmer for 10
minutes to thicken.
Remove garlic. Broil lamb
chops for 5 minutes on
each side for medium rare
or longer for more done-
ness. Season with salt and
pepper. To serve, drizzle
with balsamic vinegar
sauce.
Email recipes and reci-
pe requests to Lynn at
lynneckerle@gmail.com.
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Town Talk
Editor’s 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
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.
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.
For info, call Lori at 395-
7889.
Almont and Dryden area
senior citizens meet the 2nd
Tuesday of the month at 12
p.m. at the Almont Lions
Hall, 222 Water St., for a
potluck and program. Call
798-8210 for more info.
Adults 55 and over are invit-
ed to Berlin Twp. Senior
Center to play cards from
noon-3 p.m. every other
Thursday. Bring a sack
lunch, beverages provided.
Senior chair exercise on
Tuesdays 10-11 a.m. Potluck
luncheons will be served the
4th Tuesday of every month
at noon. For info, call 810-
395-4518.
Dinner and card playing,
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. For info, call 586-752-
6543.
Swing Dance Lessons at the
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 48412,
2-4 pm, 2nd & 4th Monday
of the month.
Community Dinner:
2nd & 4th Tuesday, 4-6 pm
Pastor Ron Rouse
www.atticaumc.org
18
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!
18
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
18
Port Huron Senior Center,
600 Grand Avenue, 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. For info,
call 810-984-5061.
Free Meals, Food
St. Paul’s 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 4:00-6:00 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 sec-
ond and fourth Monday of
the month. Proof of residen-
cy and need required.
The Capac Community Food
Pantry, 112 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
Joyce Kaufman at 810-395-
7532.
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
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
Like Us On
10:30 a.m. Worship
Nursery Available
Jr. Church for K-5th grade
Youth Group 6th-12th grade
5pm-6:30pm Sundays
Rev. Dr. Marcel Allen Lamb
810-724-0687
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 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
the museum on the second
Monday of the month at 7
p.m. For more info call 810-
796-3355.
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 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 Imlay City Historical
Museum is now closed for
the season. Watch for the
opening of the 2019 season
on the first Saturday in
April.
Youth Events
Ready, Set, Go! Workshop.
This is a FREE workshop for
3-5 year olds & parents/care-
givers! Enjoy fun projects
that will develop your child’s
skills and prepare them for
school! Children also enjoy a
snack, story time, and a free
book! Call the Family
Literacy Center today to
reserve your seat at 810-664-
2737 and for more info on
dates and times.
Play groups available. Free 6
week sessions. At these FREE
90-minute playgroups, chil-
dren will participate in sto-
rytime, developmentally
appropriate games and
crafts, learn new skills, and
enjoy a snack and social time
with other children. Parents
will have the chance to talk
to other adults with same-
age children. Register now
for the next session!
Numerous locations and
dates available. For more
info and to sign up call the
Family Literacy Center at
810-664-2737.
St. Paul’s
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
18
Community Men’s & Women’s
9:30 am 11:00 am
18 18
Sacred Heart - Imlay City
St. Nicholas - Capac
Pastor: Rev. Noel Cornelio
Saturday Mass
4:00 pm - St. Nicholas • 6:00 pm - Sacred Heart
Sunday Masses
9:00 am - Sacred Heart • 11:00 am - St. Nicholas
6:00 pm (Spanish) - Scared Heart
Weekdays
Tuesday at St. Nicholas at 8:30 am
Wednesday at Sacred Heart at 10 am
First Thursdays at St. Nicholas at 7 pm
First Fridays at Sacred Heart at 7 pm
First Saturdays at Sacred Heart at 8 am
Confessions
Worship Service: 10:00 am18
Saturdays 3 pm St. Nicholas • 5:30 pm Sacred Heart
First Saturdays at 7:30 am at Sacred Heart
18 Sundays at 5:30 pm before the Spanish Mass 18
Imlay City
Church of Christ
670 N. Van Dyke
Lutheran Church -
Imlay City, MI 48444
Sunday Service
7191 Imlay City Road, Imlay City
Bible Study (all ages) 10:00am
Morning Worship 11:00am
1st Sunday of the
Month Evening Service 2:30pm
Worship Time - 10:30 am
Children’s Church - 10:30 am
Wednesday Bible Classes (all ages) 7:00pm Contemporary Service - Wednesdays 7:00 pm
810-724-3306
COME WORSHIP WITH US!
John Barker, Minister
18
St. Cornelius
Catholic Church
3834 N. Mill Street, P.O. Box 208
Dryden MI 48428
www.fmsaints.com
NEW MASS SCHEDULE BEGINNING 810-395-7074
JUNE 30TH and JULY 1ST www.fmsaints.com
Weekday Mass: NEW MASS SCHEDULE BEGINNING
Tuesday & Wednesday 8:00 a.m. JUNE 30TH and JULY 1ST
Weekend Masses: Weekday Mass: Thursday 8:00 a.m.
Saturday 4:00 p.m. Weekend Masses:
Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Saturday 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor 18
call Julie at 810-388-0868. 1-3:45 p.m. Hepatitis vac-
Support Groups For those that have experi-
cine is now available. For
additional info, to check if
enced the death of a loved we accept your insurance, or
Woman’s life Chapter 855 one, a support group is avail-
will meet at the Lois Wagner to schedule an appointment
able facilitated by a trained please call 810-667-0448.
Memorial Library in United Hospice Service
Richmond at 6:30 pm on
(UHS) bereavement volun- Free hearing and vision
March 5th, 2019. Everyone teer. Marlette Regional screens for children of pre-
is welcome to attend. Hospital, 2770 Main Street
in Marlette, hosts this sup-
school age are available at
the Lapeer County Health
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
meetings are held every port group the 1st Tuesday Department. To schedule an
Monday night at 8 p.m. at
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
of each month in the
Administration Conference
appointment please call 810-
667-0448 or 810-245-5549.
Room. For time and more
in Imlay City. Capac Pharmacy is teaming
info, call 800-635-7490 or
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) visit www.marletteregional- with Support Million Hearts
and Al-Anon meetings are hospital.org. by offering in-pharmacy
held every Wednesday night blood pressure screenings,
at 8 p.m. at the Capac United TOPS 620 Lapeer weight- 136 North Main St. in Capac,
loss group meets Tuesday Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Methodist Church, Capac,
MI. nights at the Hunter’s Creek Everyone is invited to come
Mobile Home Park Club and have their blood pres-
Grief share. Tuesdays at 1 House, 725 DeMille Rd. in sure read for free.
p.m., Imlay City Sr. Center, Lapeer. Weigh-in from
Lamb Steele building on
Third St. New series starts
6-6:30 p.m., meeting from
6:30-7:30 p.m. For more info Events
Aug. 6. For info or to regis- call 810-667-0999.
ter call Tracy at 810-724-
Beginning Guitar Lessons.
6030 or Ginger at 810-724-
5772. Fundraisers Romeo Parks and Rec, 361
Morton St., Romeo.
Mondays from 5-5:30 p.m.
Lapeer Area Citizens Imlay City Christian School
Against Domestic Assault beginning Mar. 4. Class size
pasty sale fundraiser. New is limited. Call 586-752-6543
meets 1-3 p.m. every this year, pasties from Uncle
Wednesday in the Lapeer to register.
Peter’s Pasties in Clarkston.
Court House for personal Order by Tue., Feb. 19 and CPR and AED training and
protection order clinic. For
pick up at school Tue., Feb. certification. Washington
info 810-246-0632. 26 between 11 a.m. and 5 Twp. Fire Hall., 11300 27
10A Friday AFG Family p.m. Choice of beef, chicken, Mile Rd. Thur., Mar 7, 6-9
Groups meeting. Imlay City vegetable and apple. Save p.m. Mon., Mar. 11, 9 a.m. -
FOC Lutheran Church, money and order by half noon. Class size is limited.
7191 Imlay City Rd, Imlay dozen or dozen. Ok to mix Call 586-752-6543 to regis-
City. Contact Ginger Miller varieties. Call school at 810- ter.
at 810-724-5772 for more 724-5695 for prices and to
order. Zumba Gold. Combines
information. dance steps with a low
Romeo Washington Parks Woman’s Life Chapter 855’s impact routine. Bring water
Bottle & Can Drive contin- and a face towel. Every
and Rec. One on one grief
counseling provided at both ues all year round. Funds Monday and Wednesday
Romeo and Washington support those in need as we 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
continue to fight hunger and Washington Parks and Rec
Centers. By appointment
homelessness in our commu- Center, 57880 Van Dyke,
only, please call to set up
your appointment today nity. Call 810-392-5136 for a Washington Twp. Fee
drop off point, or pick up charged. Call 586-752-6543
586-752-6543. Free of
charge. service for a large donation. for info.
Make a difference today by
donating! Sculpt, Flex and Stretch.
FOR WIDOWED MEN & Beneficial weight training.
WOMEN: Lunch-Cards- The Imlay City Christian Every Monday, Wednesday
Friendship. Join us every School has discount cards and Friday. Washington
3rd Tuesday of each month available for sale. Proceeds Parks and Rec Center ,
from 11:45 a.m.-4 p.m. at
benefit the school’s athletic, 57880 Van Dyke, Washington
Cavis Pioneer Restaurant, music and PE programs. For Twp. Call 586-752-6543 for
5600 Lapeer Rd. in Kimball
more information call Imlay times and prices.
Twp. 48074. No RSVP neces- City Christian School, Mon.-
sary. For more info call
Joanne K. at 810-324-2304.
Fri. 8-4, 810-724-5695.
Other
Medical Care
This activity is sponsored by
Widowed Friends, a peer
Free tutor training for peo-
support group www.wid- ple who would like to help
owedfriends.org. Lapeer County Health
Department, 1800 Imlay others in our community
Widowed Friends invites all City Rd., Lapeer - Regular improve English skills.
widowed to join us for Immunization Clinic Hours: Volunteer basis. Please call
breakfast and friendship in (held in 2nd floor clinic area) for orientation before train-
a safe setting every 2nd and Walk-In, Mondays 1-3 p.m.; ing at 810-664-2737.
4th Monday of the month at By Appointment Only, Volunteer for the Habitat for
9 a.m. at Sero’s, 925 Gratiot Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.-11:30 Humanity of Lapeer County
in Marysville. For more info, a.m. and 4-6 p.m., Thursdays at the office. Interested par-
ties can call 810-664-7111
and speak to Carolyn, Cheryl
or Pete at 810-660-7823.
Club News
Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW) of Imlay City, Post
Blessed Hope
18
2492, 598 N. Almont Ave.
(Fairgrounds Rd.) Overseas
Baptist Church Veterans Meetings 2nd
Thursday, every other
1635 Berville Road, Allenton, MI
4411 Newark Road
859 N. Van Dyke Road Pastor Gayle Hortop month, 7 p.m.; Post Meetings
Imlay City, Michigan 48444 Phone: (586) 784-5854 1st Thursday every month, 7
Attica, MI 48412
810-724-2702 Sunday School - 10:00 am p.m.; Auxiliary Meetings 1st
Sunday 2:30 pm
Sunday Morning - 11:00 am Saturday of every month, 10
Tuesday 7:00 pm Sunday Evening - 6:30 pm a.m.
www.newlifechristian.net Wednesday Evening - 6:30 pm
Friday Youth 7:00 pm
Pastor Tim Martin Soul winning is not our Almont/Dryden Masons
Sunday 10 a.m. Service 18 firstapostolichome.com
18 preference, but it’s our priority. meets 7 p.m. every 2nd
Thursday of the month at
Imlay City 18
Almont Masonic Center in Almont.
C.R.C. First Baptist Church
395 N. Cedar (M-53) The Imlay City American
www.imlaycitycrc.org Wayne Boyd, Pastor Legion Post 135 meets the
2nd and last Wednesdays of
Worship 10:00 a.m. 881 Van Dyke - 810-798-8888
Sunday School 11:15 a.m. Sunday Bible Classes: 9:45 am the month at 7:00 p.m. The
Youth Ministry Worship Services post is located at 212 E.
MOPS Program 10:30 am & 6:00 pm Third Street. Contact them
Bible Study Wednesday 7:00 pm
fbc@airadvantage.net at 810-724-1450 or ameri-
Bible Studies
Live Webcasting Sunday all worship services canlegionpost135@frontier.
810-724-4315 over Sermonaudio.com/fbcalmont com.
Come Grow With Us! 18 Proclaiming the Sovereign Grace of God
The Evening Star Quilt
Goodland GATEWAY ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Guild meets the last
ASSEMBLY
(ELCA) 109 E. Kempf Court • Capac, MI
Wednesday of each month at
Community
(810) 395-7557
the Davison Senior Center,
Church 2796 S. Van Dyke Road - Imlay City  10135 Lapeer Rd. in Davison.
Morning Worship - 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Meetings start at 6:30 p.m.
2008 N. Van Dyke Evening Service - 5:00 p.m. and doors open at 6 p.m. For
 more info call Lisa, 810-358-
Imlay City, MI 48444 Wednesday Family Night - 6:30 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m.
Supervised child care during all services 7294.
810.724.1747 Sunday School
Markets
Phone: 810-724-8110 9:00 a.m. September thru May
Pastor Jeffrey S. Krist
18 Staffed Nursery During Worship 18
Family of First Congregational Church Every Sunday The Lapeer
Christ United Church of Christ Center’s Flea Market is
275 Bancroft - Imlay City 201 E. St. Clair, Almont, MI
open 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. with up
to 75 booths inside and out-
Missouri Synod (Corner of 5th Street) 810-798-8855 side selling a huge variety of
Sunday Worship Service
Bible Study - 9:00 am 810-724-6207 at 10:15 a.m. items to the public. The
Lapeer Center Building is at
Sunday School & Morning Adult Group 9:30 a.m. Nursery available and Jr. Church
for ages 3 thru 5th grade 425 County Center Street.
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Renee C. Jackson
Jr./Sr. High Youth Group ~ Sunday’s 6-8pm This long-running commu-
SALT Program ~ Tues. & Thurs. 4-5:30pm nity event is sponsored by
Phone 810-724-2620 “No matter who you are or where you are Pre-School - 5th grade
on life’s journey, you are welcome here!” The Lapeer Center, a
lutheranfamilyofchrist.org Pastor William King
18 18 18 501(c)3 non-profit organiza-
St. John The Holy Redeemer Light of Christ tion for over 60 years. For
Evangelist Lutheran Church information on space rent-
Catholic Church 4538 Dryden Rd. • Dryden, MI
Community als, call 810-347-7915. Low
rental prices on inside and
872 Capac Rd.
Allenton, MI 48002 810-796-3951 Church outside space. There is no
www.lutheransonline.com/holyred 2720 Winslow Road admission charge. For gen-
8:00 am - BIBLE CLASS eral information on the Flea
9:30 am - WORSHIP Imlay City, MI 48444
11:00 am - SUNDAY SCHOOL & Market, Lapeer Center
BIBLE CLASS 1 Mile South of I-69 Overpass room rentals and catering,
ALL WELCOME!!! Sunday Worship 10:30 am call 810-664-2109, email lap-
Pastor Steven Helms eercenter@gmail.com or see
Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor 18
Christian Preschool Available 18 Phone: 810-724-6999 18 www.LapeerCenter.org.

Royal Raiders celebrate Snowcoming
Members of Almont High School’s Snowcoming Court include: (front) Brooke Cynowa, Caroline Tormala, Kendra
Madrazo, Jamie Hein, Valerie Sullivan and Makenna Pusz; (back) Ryan Miller, Austin Watt, Joe Berger, Rafael Farias,
Parker Zisler and Emilio Lord. Almont’s Snowcoming varsity basketball games take place Friday, Feb. 8; with the girls
varsity game at 6 p.m., followed by the boys varsity game at 7:30 p.m. The King and Queen will be announced between
games.
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Obituaries
A proud US Army
Veteran has joined the
spiritual forces of our
Lord. Dale Wayne
Hobson, 76, of Houghton
Lake and St. Ignace passed
away at home in Houghton
Lake on January 30, 2019
surrounded by his loving
family. Dale was born
October 22, 1942 to
Georgia Luella (Green)
and Clarence Earl Hobson
at Bishop Hospital, 409
East St. Clair St., Almont,
MI. Dale grew up in
Almont and graduated
from Almont High School
in 1961 before immediate-
ly enlisting in the U.S.
Army. While serving in
the Army, Dale spent most
of his time in Germany.
After an honorable dis-
charge from the U. S.
Army, Dale joined the
Detroit Police Department
on April 25, 1966. He
served as a patrolman with
the Detroit Police until
1968 and then went to
work at Pontiac Motors as
a security officer for ten
years. He eventually
owned his own produce
business known as Dale’s
Little Market working out
of many areas, including
the Detroit Eastern
Market, before retiring in
~ Dale Wayne Hobson, 76 ~
April of 1998 and moving
to Houghton Lake.
Dale was a member of
the American Legion for
almost 50 years as well as
a member of the Houghton
Lake Moose Lodge 1616
and the Houghton Lake
Eagles 3201, joining both
when he moved to the
Houghton Lake area in
1998. In his earlier years,
Dale loved to hunt and
fish, loved socializing, and
had a great sense of
humor. In his later years,
Dale loved to sell tickets
at the Houghton Lake
Moose Lodge, loved being
around people, and greatly
enjoyed going to casinos,
especially in St. Ignace as
he could get there with his
golf cart. Dale was known
for his love of ice cream
and could eat a half gallon
of ice cream, any flavor,
by himself in one sitting.
Dale is survived by his
wife, Mary (Tamlyn) of
Houghton Lake and St.
Ignace; daughter and son-
in-law, Drs. Suzanne and
John Chandler Dugger III
of Augusta, GA; twin sons,
Daniel Hobson of
Grandville and Richard
(Rick Chizmadia) Hobson
of Cincinnati, OH; and
daughter, Rochelle Hobson
of Chesterfield Township;
brother, Roger (Barb)
Hobson of Attica; sister,
Linda (Bryan) Edwards of
Lapeer; aunt, Mable Matus
of Marlette; brother-in-law,
Robert (Diane) Tamlyn of
Rittman, OH; sister-in-law,
Carol (Kevin) McLean of
Jeddo; brother-in-law,
Michael (Carolyn) Tamlyn
of St. Ignace; sister-in-law,
Joanie (Vince Sova)
Tamlyn of Cheboygan; as
well as many cousins,
nieces, and nephews.
Dale was preceded in
death by his parents and
Virginia Beth Hobson, the
mother of his children
Suzanne, Daniel and
Richard.
A special thanks to
Heartland Hospice of West
Branch, Especially Amber
(RN), Bonnie (CNA), and
Jackie (RN), for their kind
and gentle care, to the
Houghton Lake EMS for
the many service calls
made to the home helping
him back on his “feet,”
and to his many family and
friends for making his last
days the best possible.
The phone calls, especially
were greatly appreciated
and reminiscing about the
“good ole days” was a
great comfort for him.
In lieu of flowers,
please consider contribu-
tions to St. Jude’s
Children's Hospital in
memory of Dale.
A Celebration of
Dale’s life is planned with
the Rev. Jerry Schriber
officiating on February 8,
2019 at 1 p.m. at Bell’s
Event Center in Almont.
Cremation has taken place
and a full military service
will be held during inter-
ment at Great Lakes
National Cemetery, Holly.
Christler Funeral Home,
Houghton Lake Chapel is
serving the family.
Condolences can be sent to
the family online at www.
christler-holdship.com
~ Joseph Elwart, 76 ~
Joseph Elwart, age 76,
recently of Imlay City,
(formerly of Attica Twp.)
Michigan died Sunday,
February 3, 2019 at home.
Joseph Clement Elwart
was born November 2,
1942 in Detroit, MI. He
was the son of the late
Frank and the late
Elizabeth (Goike) Elwart.
Joseph grew up in Attica
and Goodland Townships.
He was a graduate of
Dryden High School, Class
of 1961.
He was employed as a
carpenter by Michigan
Timber and Truss in Troy,
MI building trusses.
Joseph was a member
of Sacred Heart Catholic
Church and Imlay City
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
He is survived by his
sister, Nancy Meyette of
Romeo, MI; one brother,
James (Mary) Elwart of
Imlay City, MI; his neph-
ews and niece, James
Elwart, Philip Meyette,
Steven Elwart, and
Nannette Meyette; his
great-nephew, Alexander;
and his great-nieces,
Brooklyn and Elizabeth.
Joseph was preceded in
death by his parents, Frank
and Elizabeth Elwart.
The funeral will be
held at 10 a.m., Friday,
February 8, 2019 at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, 700
Maple Vista, Imlay City,
MI. Father John “Doc”
Ortman will officiate.
Interment will follow at
Mt. Calvary Catholic
Cemetery.
The family will be
available for visitation 2-5
and 6-8 p.m., Thursday,
February 7 at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City, 225 N. Main
Street, Imlay City, MI and
9-10 a.m., Friday, February
8 at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City. Please be sure
to sign our on-line register
at muirbrothersfh.com to
share condolences and
memories.

~ Juanita Ann Hunter, 69 ~ ~ Timothy J. Brown, 54 ~

Juanita Ann Hunter,
69, of Lexington, formerly
of Capac, passed away on
Sunday, February 3, 2019,
very unexpectedly, sur-
rounded by her loving fam-
ily, at McLaren Macomb
Hospital in Mt. Clemens.
Juanita Ann Melland
was born in Detroit, MI on
December 5, 1949 to the
late Reuben Teanus and
Pamella Lucille (Bennett)
Melland.
She married Douglas
Hunter on July 20, 1968 in
Capac.
Juanita graduated from
Capac High School and
spent most of her life as a
resident of Capac. She
eventually moved to
Lexington where she ful-
filled a lifelong dream of
Lorraine J. Umlauf,
82, of Lapeer, went to be
with her Heavenly Father
on Saturday, February 2,
2019.
Lorraine was born
August 5, 1936 in Detroit
living near the water.
Juanita was a home-
maker who devoted her
time to raising her boys.
During this time and after,
she worked hard in assist-
ing her family with the
operation of their farm.
Juanita was a Trustee with
Lynn Township for many
years and was instrumental
with the construction on
the new Township Hall.
She enjoyed traveling and
spending time with her sis-
ters. Juanita adored her
grandchildren and great-
grandchildren. She will be
missed, remembered and
loved by many.
Surviving are two sons,
Jeffrey Allen (Amber)
Hunter Sr. of Clarkston and
Douglas Phillip (Aliece
~ Lorraine J. Umlauf, 82 ~
Timmer) Hunter of Imlay
City; six grandchildren,
Stephanie (Aaron) Collins
of Peck, Jeffrey (Jennifer)
Hunter Jr. of Sandusky,
Jacob (Emily Farley)
Hunter of Yale and
Morgan, Dillon, and
Waylon Hunter of
ten grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren and
her sister, Lee Kelderhouse
of Cocoa, FL. She was
preceded in death by her
parents, Leonard and
Josephine Ciaglowski.
Clarkston; seven great-
grandchildren, Kaden, Ava,
Addison, Kamden, Adlee
May, Keegan, and Caiden;
five siblings, Pamella
(Joseph) Garber of Sault
Ste. Marie, Karen Behnke
of Yale, Diane (George)
Berard of Kentwood,
Richard Melland of Oregon
and Jon Melland of
Nebraska.
Juanita was preceded in
death by an infant daugh-
ter, Jaime Marie and two
brothers, Terrance and
Lynn Melland.
Arrangements are pro-
vided by Smith Family
Funeral Home of Port
Huron.
Memorials are suggest-
ed to the “Wishes of the
Family.”
at 11 a.m. Thursday,
February 7, 2019 at the
Immaculate Conception
Church, 814 West
Nepessing Street, Lapeer,
MI 48446.
Lorraine’s family will
Timothy J. Brown, 54,
of Detroit, passed away
Monday, February 4, 2019.
He was born September
24, 1964 in Almont, the
son of Delbert and Phyllis
(Bruman) Brown. He
graduated from Almont
High School and attended
Eastern Michigan
University. He enjoyed
traveling throughout the
United States, living in
several different states
including Florida,
Missouri, Washington and Delbert, Sr.; brother,
Illinois. Tim had a great Glenn Edgett; and baby
love for spending time siblings Gerald and
outdoors and will always Rosemary.
be remembered for his Visitation will be
quick wit and wonderful Friday, February 8 from
sense of humor. 3-8 p.m. at Muir Brothers
He is survived by his Funeral Home in Almont
mother, Phyllis of Almont; and Saturday from noon to
brothers, Christopher of 1 p.m. at St. John Catholic
Ray Twp, Delbert, Jr. Church in Allenton.
“Chuck” of Almont and Funeral Mass will be
step-brother Earl Edgett of Saturday at 1 p.m. at St.
Richmond. Also surviving John Catholic Church in
are many aunts, uncles and Allenton. Burial will fol-
cousins. He was preceded low at Ferguson Cemetery
in death by his father, in Almont.
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She graduated from Holy
Cross High School, class
of 1955. Lorraine married
Robert H. Umlauf on June
23, 1956 at St. Mary’s in
St. Clair, MI. Lorraine and
Bob have been devout
members of Immaculate
Conception Church in
Lapeer and St. Clement
Catholic Church in
Romeo. Lorraine was a
loving mother, wife and
grandmother. Family was
everything to Lorraine.
Lorraine is survived by
her husband of 62 years,
Robert Umlauf; children,
Deborah (Mike) Aude of
Washington, MI, Daniel
(Sandy Reed) Umlauf of
Midland, Kevin (Donna)
Umlauf of Bellingham,
MA and Keith (Meghan)
Umlauf of Holliston, MA;
In lieu of flowers
memorial contributions
may be made to the
Lapeer County Medical
Care Facility (Suncrest) ~
Heritage Gardens, 1455
Suncrest Drive, Lapeer,
MI 48446.
Visitation will be from
4-8 p.m. Wednesday,
February 6, 2019 at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home,
Lapeer.
The Rosary will be
prayed at 7 p.m.
Wednesday evening.
Funeral Mass will be
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vices will follow Mass and • Flyers
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be at Mt. Loretto
Cemetery, Lapeer. • Announcements
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MuirBrothersLapeer.com • Invitations
to leave a remembrance or
condolence.

Vickie Wojewski, age
59, recently of Caseville,
MI died Friday, February
1, 2019 at Scheurer
Hospital of Pigeon, MI.
Vickie Joy Paxton was
born May 24, 1959 in Mt.
Clemens, MI. She is the
daughter of the late
William M. and the late
Doris Paxton. Vickie was
a Class of 1977 graduate
of the Brablec High
School in Roseville, MI.
She was very involved in
her high school band. She
studied graphic arts at
South Macomb
Community College.
~ Vickie Wojewski, 59 ~
had lived in the Imlay
City and Almont area for
20-plus years before the
ministry began taking
them to different parts of
Michigan. She was an
active part of husband
Don’s ministry. Music was
a very important part of
her life, playing the flute
and saxophone during
many church worship ser-
vices. She also used her
graphic art talents as a
secretary for the churches
to which she and Don
were assigned.
She is survived by her
husband, Donald
Roseville, MI. Also sur-
viving are several nieces,
nephews, and cousins.
Vickie was preceded
United Methodist Church,
210 N. Almont Avenue,
Imlay City, MI.
Officiating will be Pastor
Marcel Lamb and Pastor
Kevin Harbin. The family
will be available for visit-
ing from 10-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, February 6 at
Imlay City United
Methodist Church, 210 N.
Almont Ave., Imlay City,
MI.
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November 26, 1982 in
Roseville, Michigan.
Vickie was employed by
General Motors and Ford
Motors as a Technical
Illustrator. Vickie and Don
Wojewski; her two daugh-
ters, Felice Kurzer of Bay
City, MI and Julie
Wojewski of Grand
Rapids, MI; a sister,
Laurie Thompson of New
Baltimore, MI; and a
brother, William Paxton of
in death by her son-in-law,
Benjamin Kurzer; and her
parents, William and Doris
Paxton.
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on Wednesday, February
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Rural Lifestyles

State awards $3.6 million

in invasive species grants
A C R O S S
MICHIGAN — The
Michigan departments of
Environmental Quality,
Natural Resources, and
Agriculture and Rural
Development announced in
December that more than
two dozen projects will
share $3.6 million in
Michigan Invasive Species
Grant Program funding.
Locally, invasive spe-
cies projects will be han-
dled by two Cooperative
Invasive Species
Management Areas groups
that each received $60,000
in grant funds. Lapeer
County is grouped within a
four-county region that
includes Genesee,
Shiawassee and Livingston
counties, while St. Clair
and Macomb counties are
partnering for an
‘Improving Lake St. Clair’
project. The Genesee
Conservation District and
Six Rivers Regional Land
Conservancy were the
applicant organizations,
respectively.
to beech bark disease. These ated the Michigan Invasive
trees will be planted in the Species Grant Program.
Upper and Lower peninsu- This cycle marks the
las. fifth year of program fund-
•Grafting selected ash ing. To date, $18.5 million
trees that have survived the has been awarded to sup-
emerald ash borer and test- port 109 projects undertak-
ing them for resistance, en by units of government,
with the goal of developing nonprofits and institutions.
stock that could be used for Because of Michigan’s
restoration plantings. Invasive Species Grant
•Testing a newly Program:
approved biological con- •More than 285,000
trol, Hypena opulenta - a acres of land and water
moth from the Ukraine have been surveyed for
whose larvae primarily feed invasive species.
on invasive black and pale •Over 18,000 acres
swallow-wort vines - to have been treated for inva-
determine its ability to sive terrestrial and aquatic
establish, reproduce and plants.
help control these vines in •147,000 people have
Michigan. been reached with invasive
Some of the grant dol- species education and pro-
lars also will support a motion through direct con-
range of efforts to prevent tact, including face-to-face
and manage aquatic (water- interactions at boat washes,
based) invaders: workshops, trainings and
•Understanding the other events.
effects of European frogbit •An additional
on Great Lakes coastal wet- 10,042,072 people were
lands and gauging the suc- reached through grantees’
cess of hand-harvesting as a “passive impression”
management tool. efforts in areas including

Photo by George Hubka/MG News

Since its start, the pro-
gram has targeted four key
objectives:
•Preventing new intro-
ductions of invasive spe-
cies through outreach and
education.
•Monitoring for new
invasive species and the
expansion of existing inva-
sive species.
•Responding to and
conducting eradication
efforts for new findings and
range expansions.
•Strategically manag-
ing and controlling key col-
onized species.
This year’s grant
awards provide funding for
several projects involving
promising new methods of
reducing the effects of ter-
restrial (land-based) inva-
sive species:
•Using new techniques
to increase development of
beech trees that are resistant
•Increasing retailer mail, newspapers, social
adoption and consumer media and handouts.
awareness of the Reducing Support in every
Invasive Pet and Plant Michigan county
Escapes (RIPPLE) cam- This year’s grants also
paign throughout the state. will support 21 regional
Descriptions and pho- Cooperative Invasive
tos of the referenced terres- Species Management
trial and aquatic invasive
species (and many others)
Areas, the network of part-
nership organizations that
Local yield contest winners
are available on the work to manage and control Two Imlay City area farmers were recognized by Helena Agri-
Michigan Invasive Species invasive species. These Enterprises as winners in the company’s annual yield contest. Dale
website under Species CISMAs provide service to Duckert (top photo, right) is presented with a trophy from Helena's
Profiles and Reporting all 83 counties throughout Eddie Fahley for taking first place in the Imlay City 2018 Yield
Information. the state. Proposed out- Challenge. Duckert took first place in the “Less than 100 day maturity
Grant program back- comes of CISMA projects
ground and progress corn” category with 235.69 bushels. Lynn Walton (bottom photo,
receiving funding this year right) took first place in Helena’s 2018 Yield Challenge in the “Over
In 2014 Gov. Rick include:
Snyder and the state 100 day maturity corn” division with his winning yield of 231.1 bush-
•Surveying 11,000 els. The awards were presented at the Helena Awards Banquet on
Legislature designated $5 acres of land and water.
million in annual funding to January 29 in Mt. Pleasant prior to the start of the 2019 Great Lakes
•Treating at least 3,000 Crop Summit.
address invasive species. acres to eliminate invasive
This support substantially species.
enhanced Michigan’s •Directly reaching more
Invasive Species Program than 20,000 residents and
for aquatic organisms, sup-
ported a formal program for
visitors through workshops,
site visits and education
Perspectives:
terrestrial species, and initi- programs. from page 8
Learn more about inva- on to the oven floor. I cookie sheet. What I didn’t amount of air freshener
sive species - including managed to retrieve them, know (or remember) is could cover it up. I guess
control efforts, species but of course a bit of resi- that they put them in the eventually it went away,
identification and education due remained and soon real oven and then forgot because I don’t smell it
and outreach opportunities emitted a stench only about them. The next time anymore. I just had to let
- at michigan.gov/invasive- slightly less offensive than I preheated the oven for you know that, just like
species. the one which my memory something, you know, of with anything else, that
Michigan’s Invasive pulled up from once years course, what happened. “You have to treasure
Species Program is cooper- ago. For weeks, maybe months, the moments to treasure
atively implemented by the As you’ve probably the smell of melting plastic the memories” thing
Michigan departments of figured out, I encouraged assaulted my nostrils every isn’t an absolute. There
Agriculture & Rural my kids to use their imagi- time I preheated the oven. will be an occasional
D e v e l o p m e n t , nations. One day, the girls No amount of oven clean- fail. Life!
Environmental Quality and used checkers for cookies, ing would take it com- Email Willene at
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Michigan Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org

Scholarships: Engineering Scholarship.

from page 9
The Murdie application
requires HS transcripts,
test scores, intended major,
and the estimated family
contribution (EFC) from
The Emerald Ash Borer decimated the state’s the FAFSA report. In
ash tree population but grant dollars have now addition, applicants will
been dedicated to testing the few that remain write essays in response to
for resistance with the goal of developing prompts within the individ-
stock that could be used for restoration plant- ual application. Students
ings. may receive up to four
awards. Recipients are
chosen by a 4CCF scholar-
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Two scholarships are
Hay and Straw Auction available to both Capac
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Candidates will include
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the essay responses to
make their selection.
Students may re-apply to
win up to four awards.
The application requires a
reference, HS/college tran-
scripts, a list of extra-cur-
ricular activities, and appli-
cants will need to compose
a number of short essays.
This award is available to
students from Almont,
Armada, Capac, Dryden,
Imlay City, Oxford, and
Romeo High Schools.
The state-wide
Michigan Association of
Professional Insurance
Agents Scholarship
(MIPIA) is for risk man-
agement/insurance majors
only and is chosen by an
MIPIA committee.
Candidates will include
transcripts, test scores, the
EFC, a list of extra-curric-
ular activities, and written
essays in their application.
Except where noted, all
4CCF applications are
available through the
scholarship portal at
www.4ccf.org/scholar-
ships. The application is in
two parts. Part 1 is an eli-
gibility quiz which takes
less than five minutes to
level, HS grad year, etc.
No outside documents are
required. The Part 1 portal
is currently open and will
remain open until March
11, so students should
complete Part 1 as soon as
possible.
Part 2 application(s)
will be available via the
scholarship link.
Depending on the receipt
of Part 1, the Part 2 link
will be sent within 3-5
business days. In Part 2,
students will be asked for
their college’s name and
city, the estimated yearly
tuition cost, a list of extra-
curricular activities and
any leadership roles. Each
application has at least one
essay requirement. The
committee strongly sug-
gests composing all essays
in a program such as word,
and to carefully review and
edit each before copying
and pasting them into the
application. Additionally,
candidates will be required
to attach transcripts, EFC
report, and SAT/ACT
scores as pdfs. Part 2 can
be accessed and revisited
anytime until the applicant
mittees will begin review-
ing the applications and
will meet to make their
final selections.
Regardless of which com-
mittee makes the
selection(s) for each schol-
arship, the final list is
reviewed and accepted or
rejected by the 4CCF
Board of Trustees and/or
by their executive commit-
tee. Winners will be noti-
fied at their High School
Awards Nights in May and
June. Current college stu-
dents will be notified by
mail from 4CCF by the
end of May. All recipients
are required to sign and
return a Grant Agreement.
Funds are sent directly to
the college or university
and are used for tuition,
books, and fees only.
Applicants should contact
program@4ccf.org with
questions, feedback or
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ship portal.
All scholarship funds
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Salaries set for county officials
By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
TRI-CITY AREA —
Before the calendar flipped
to 2019, county leaders
established salaries for
elected officials and some
appointed positions.
In Lapeer County,
commissioners set the
numbers via a motion at
their December 20 meet-
ing. In St. Clair County,
commissioners adopted a
resolution on Dec. 13 and
approved a related salary
motion at another meeting
Have a blast for birds on February 23
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
— Friends of the St. Clair
River & Blue Water
Audubon Society are host-
ing the 5th annual Winter
Bird Blast on Saturday,
February 23 at the St. Clair
County Administration
Building Auditorium from
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. & Studio
1219 from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. “Intro to Winter Birding”
Winter Bird Blast is a day-
long birding extravaganza
for beginner through
advanced-level birders to
explore the abundance of
winter waterfowl along the
Capac celebrates
Capac Community Schools celebrated
Snowcoming on Friday. The senior
court included (bottom photo, l-r)
Shelby Husovsky, Amber Abdelnour,
Katelyn DeMink, Haydn Hurley,
Alexandra Dean, Tyler Tessmer, Jordan
Hellmuth, Casey Bollaert, Nick Thomas
and Ben Tarzwell. At Friday’s basket-
ball contest against Marlette, Jordan
Hellmuth and Shelby Husovsky were
crowned king and queen.
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in late 2018.
In Lapeer County,
commissioners will receive
$20,221 in 2019 while
their counterparts at the
road commission will
receive $8,675 for their
service.
Department head sala-
ries are as follows: register
of deeds ($57,020), drain
commissioner ($58,887),
clerk ($63,776), treasurer
($67,168), sheriff
($86,832) and prosecutor
($102,132).
Their motion notes that
the state determines the
St. Clair River. All pro-
ceeds benefit Friends of the
St. Clair River and Blue
Water Audubon Society.
The morning session (9
a.m. - 12 p.m.) will be held
at the SCC Administration
Building Auditorium, 200
Grand River Avenue, Port
Huron. It begins with an
presentation by Tom
Dennis, local naturalist and
columnist, then moves out-
doors to several birding
hotspots along the St. Clair
River. Optional items to
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salaries of circuit, probate
and district court judges.
In St. Clair County,
payment to county com-
missioners is dependent on
the titles they hold.
The chairperson will
be paid $21,975 in 2019;
the vice chair will receive
$18,914; the four commit-
tee chairs will receive
$17,690 and those regular
members will get $17,076.
Elected road commis-
sioners will be paid $7,124
while the chairperson will
receive $9,388. Both posi-
tions also have a mileage
bring include a field guide,
binoculars, camera and
warm clothing. Registration
is not required for this fam-
ily-friendly event. A $5
donation is suggested.
The afternoon session
will take place at Studio
1219, 1219 Military Street,
Port Huron. Participants
follow step-by-step instruc-
tion to paint a Common
Goldeneye duck scene.
Tickets are $45. All ages
welcome. Pre-registration
is required through Studio
1219 at www.studio1219.
$ 30
allowance.
St. Clair County also
set the compensation for
their Human Services
board members, $4,188
with the chairperson
receiving $6,119.
Per their December 13
resolution, department
head salaries are as fol-
lows: surveyor ($8,273),
drain commissioner
($78,153), treasurer
($83,179), clerk/register
($85,605), prosecutor
($131,440), sheriff
($112,356) and magistrates
($56.64 per hour).
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com or 810-984-2787.
Friends of the St. Clair
River is the Blue Water
Who’s Your Chief?
Area’s largest environmen- Supt. Jeff Terpenning congratulates Carolyn
tal non-profit organization Rodriguez, who is the recipient of Capac
that inspires citizen action Community School’s Who's your Chief
through stewardship, moni- recipient for the month of January. Carolyn
toring and education to works in the Elementary School office and
restore, protect and enhance is noted as always being helpful, ready to
the St. Clair River and its listen and very supportive of parents. She
watersheds. For more infor- received $40 in Capac Cash courtesy of the
mation contact Sheri Faust school district and Capac Chamber of
at info@scriver.org, (810)
Commerce, plus a gift card from the Capac
730-5998, or visit www.
scriver.org and “Friends of Athletic Boosters.
the St. Clair River” on
Facebook.
Facebook photo
Royal Cardinals
Dryden’s Paige Abromaitis and Brady Czape
were crowned Snowcoming queen and king
on Friday during the Cardinal’s basketball
contest against Genesee. Dryden came
away with the win.
Order Uncle Peter’s Pasties
IMLAY CITY — Imlay City Christian School is
Photos by Maria Brown and Kevin Kissane
hosting a delicious fundraiser. Residents can place
orders for pasties from Uncle Peter’s Pasties in
Clarkston. There are four choices for filling—beef,
chicken, vegetable and apple. The cost is $6 per pasty;
6 for $32 or 12 for $60. Orders can include a variety
to make a half- or full-dozen. Deadline to order is
Tues., Feb. 19. Pasties will be available for pick up
between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tues., Feb. 26. To
place an order or for more information, call the school
at 810-724-5695.
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Tax season is underway
Department of Treasury offers information, tips
TRI-CITY AREA —
Michigan’s individual
income tax filing season
has officially begun,
according to the Michigan
Department of Treasury.
Effective immediately,
Michiganders can start fil-
ing their 2018 tax year state
individual income tax
returns online or submit
paper forms through the
U.S. Postal Service. All
individual income tax
returns must be e-filed or
postmarked by Monday,
April 15, 2019.
“All systems are oper-
ating as normal,” said
Deputy State Treasurer
Glenn White, who oversees
Tr e a s u r y ’s Ta x
Administration program.
“Filing electronically is
the easiest and quickest
way for Michigan taxpay-
ers to get their refund. This
helps ensure tax returns are
accurate and improves tax
refund turnaround times.”
Choosing electronic fil-
ing and direct deposit is
convenient, safe and secure.
Last year, more than 4.2
million Michigan taxpayers
e-filed, which is 83 percent
of state income tax filers.
For more information
about e-filing, go to www.
mifastfile.org.
After Feb. 1, printed
tax forms will be available
in limited quantities at pub-
lic libraries, some northern
Dispatch log...
Editor’s note: The fol-
lowing is a compilation of
activity and reports from
area police departments:
In Imlay City
January 29
•01:54 Alarm (2000
block S. Cedar St.)
•02:30-06:00 Parking
Enforcement (City Wide)
•11:26 Peace Officer
(400 block Colonial Dr.)
•13:46 Assault & Battery
(1800 block S. Cedar St.)
•17:09 Motorist Assist
(E. Borland Rd./S. Almont
Ave.)
•Multiple Traffic Stops
throughout the day
January 30
•00:10 Domestic Dispute
(500 block S. Cedar St.)
•02:30-06:00 Parking
Enforcement (City Wide)
•08:07 Motorist Assist
(Bancroft St./Grove Ave.)
•08:53 Alarm (500 block
S. Cedar St.)
•23:39 Citizen Assist (S.
Cedar St./E. Borland Rd.)
•Multiple Traffic Stops
throughout the day
February 1
•07:23-07:51
Control (High School)
Traffic
•08:28-09:25 Traffic
Control (Weston)
•11:34 Larceny (500
block Metcalf St.)
•13:24 Welfare Check
(600 block N. Cedar St.)
•15:34 Private Property
Damage Accident (1900
block S. Cedar St.)
•16:35 Attempt Warrant
Pickup (2000 block S.
Almont Ave.)
•Multiple traffic stops
were made throughout the
day.
February 2
•12:10 Private Property
Damage Accident (1900
block S. Cedar St.)
•15:10 Operating Under
the Influence of Liquor (600
block N. Cedar St.)
•21:21 Suspicious Person
(E. Third St./N. Almont Ave.)
•23:07 Welfare Check
(S. Van Dyke Rd./Hunters
Creek Rd.)
•Multiple traffic stops
were made throughout the
day.
February 3
•06:51 Medical Assist
(600 block Maple Vista St.)
•10:27 Citizens Assist
(300 block E. Third St.)
•19:54 Natural Death
(600 block Maple Vista St.)
•Multiple traffic stops
were made throughout the
day.
In Almont:
January 29
•21:00 hours: A 42-year-
old Imlay City man was
stopped on Van Dyke near
Amherst St. for a speed vio-
lation and an unreadable
license plate. Upon investi-
gation, the man was arrested
Michigan post offices,
Michigan Department of
Health and Human Services
county offices and Treasury
Field Offices.
For the benefit and con-
venience of taxpayers, both
the beginning and end of
the individual income tax
filing season are the same
as the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS).
Tax-Related Identity
Theft Protections
To protect Michigan
taxpayers, the state
Treasury Department con-
tinues to implement secu-
rity measures to stop tax-
related identity theft. As a
result, some individual
income tax returns may be
selected for identity confir-
mation.
If an individual income
tax return has been selected
for identity confirmation,
the taxpayer will receive a
letter from Treasury asking
them to confirm their iden-
tity by completing a short
online quiz or submitting
paperwork. A phone option
is available for those indi-
viduals who need addition-
al assistance.
After a taxpayer con-
firms his or her identity,
their tax refund will be
issued in about a month.
“Don’t wait to file your
tax return,” White said.
“By filing early, taxpayers
can prevent cyber crimi-
for Driving While License
Suspended and released from
the scene. Officer Jones
made the arrest.
January 31
•09:54 hours: A 25-year-
old Armada man was arrest-
ed at the Almont Police
Department for a misde-
meanor warrant out of
Almont for Operating While
intoxicated. The man posted
bond and was released from
the scene. Officer Ryan
Wilson made the arrest.
February 4
•11:57 hours: A in Almont
Washington Twp. woman,
45, was arrested on a felony
warrant out of the Almont
Police Department for 10
counts of forgery, uttering
and publishing and fraudu-
lent use of a transaction
device. She was lodged at the
Lapeer County Jail. Officer
Best made the arrest.
In Lapeer County:
Complaints handled by
the Lapeer County Sheriff’s
Department, in addition to
traffic stops:
January 29
•alarms in the 4000 block
of Bowers Rd. in Attica Twp.
•property damage traffic
crash in the 1000 block of N.
Van Dyke Rd. in Goodland
Twp.
•multiple vehicles off the
roadway on westbound I-69
in Imlay Twp.
•welfare check in the
4000 block of Bowers Rd. in
Arcadia Twp.
•family trouble in the
1000 block of N. Youngs Rd.
in Arcadia Twp.
January 30
•assault and battery in
the 500 block of S. Cedar St.
in Imlay City
•property damage traffic
crash at Lake Pleasant and
Hunters Creeks roads in
Attica Twp.
•vehicle off the roadway
at Clear Lake and Brown
City roads in Goodland Twp.
•vehicle off the roadway
in the 4000 block of Lum Rd.
in Arcadia Twp.
•abandoned auto at Lake
Pleasant Rd and I-69 in
Attica Twp.
•fraud in the 6000 block
of Weyer Rd. in Imlay Twp.
•assist motorist at east-
bound I-69 and Winslow Rd.
in Attica Twp.
•assist motorist at S. Van
Dyke and Ross roads in
Almont Twp.
January 31
•assist other law enforce-
ment in the 5000 block of
Bella Villa Dr. in Almont
Twp.
•property damage traffic
crash at Imlay City and
Summers roads in Imlay
Twp.
•driving while license
suspended at Imlay City and
Blacks Corners roads in
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nals from stealing their
refunds.”
Taxpayers who have
G e t t i n g
?
been recent victims of
i e d
identity theft are asked to
r r
report their circumstances
a
to the state Treasury
M
Department. Reporting
identity theft helps thwart
cybercriminals who
attempt to file returns and
steal state tax refunds.
To learn more about
reporting tax-related iden-
tity theft, go to www.mich-
igan.gov/identitytheft.
Since 2016, the state
Treasury Department’s
increased security mea-
sures protected more than
4,500 taxpayers who con-
firmed their identity was
stolen and used to request
state of Michigan income
tax refunds. This prevented
more than $19 million from
being distributed to scam-
mers.
Free Tax Help
Individuals with low
income, disabilities or are
60 years of age or older
may qualify for free tax
preparation help from IRS-
certified volunteers. For
information about free tax
help, go to https://irs.trea-
sury.gov/freetaxprep/ or
dial 2-1-1.
To learn more about
Michigan’s individual
income tax or to download
forms, go to www.michi-
gan.gov/incometax.
Imlay Twp.
•assist motorist at east-
bound I-69 and Lake George
Rd. in Attica Twp.
•sick care for medical in
the 1700 block of N. Van
Dyke Rd. in Goodland Twp.
•vehicle off the roadway
at Youngs and Lum roads in
Arcadia Twp.
February 1
•assist motorist at west-
bound I-69 and Lake George
Rd. in Attica Twp.
•animal complaint in the
500 block of Hamilton Ave.
•property damage traffic
crash at westbound I-69 and
S. Van Dyke Rd. in Imlay
Twp.
•property damage traffic
crash at Bowers and Lake
George roads in Attica Twp.
•animal complaint in the
800 block of Van Dyke Rd.
in Imlay Twp.
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•welfare check in the
5000 block of Belle River
Rd. in Attica Twp.
February 2
•vehicle off the roadway
at Newark and Miller roads
in Attica Twp.
•misdemeanor
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•alarms in the 800 block
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•assist other law enforce-
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•snowmobile complaint
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•snowmobile complaint
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•burglary on Lone Oak
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•property damage traffic
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•road hazard in the 2000
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•sick care for medical in
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Sports
Imlay defeats Algonac,
56-36, in league play
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY —
Imlay City downed host
Algonac, 56-36, in a Blue
Water Area Conference
varsity boys’ basketball
confrontation last Friday
night.
With the decision,
Imlay City improves to 6-5
Capac breezes past Marlette
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
CAPAC — Capac
made visiting Marlette
absorb a 58-41 loss in a
Greater Thumb
Conference varsity boys’
basketball encounter last
Friday night.
With the final, Capac
raises its mark to 10-6 and
6-2.
In Friday’s encounter,
Capac bolted out to an
11-3 advantage after one
quarter was done.
Quarter two saw
Capac collect 18 points
and  Marlette net 12, good
for a 29-15 lead at the
half.
Chiefs page 19
Almont’s Brett Wrobel dribbles the ball up the
floor in action last week.
Almont stops Armada,
46-42 in road clash
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT — Almont
earned a 46-42 road win at
Armada’s expense in a
Blue Water Area
Conference varsity boys’
basketball clash last Friday
night.
With the outcome,
Capac drops 36-35 verdict to Marlette
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
CAPAC — Capac fell
by a narrow 36-35 count
to visiting Marlette in a
Greater Thumb
Conference East varsity
girls’ basketball battle last
Friday night.
With the decision,
Capac now stands at 3-9
and 3-5.
In Friday’s battle,
Capac grabbed a 10-9
edge after one quarter was
over with.
The next eight minutes
of action saw Capac hit
for 11 points and Marlette
net four, good for a 21-13
advantage at the halftime
break.
Capac page 19
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and 3-6. Algonac slips to Mitch Allen led Imlay
0-14 and 0-9. City with a 13-point per-
In Friday’s confronta- formance. Lonnie Wolford
tion, Imlay City opened up (nine points), Logan
a 15-11 edge after one Wilson and Parker Lewis
quarter was done and wid- (eight each), Hunter
ened the gap to 27-21 at Medrano (six), Riley
halftime. Bertram (four) plus Maleke
Imlay City then out- Thompson, Manny Ortiz
Photo by Kevin Kissane
scored Algonac 29-15 from and Chris Cezik (two
that point on, closing out a apiece) supported his per-
56-36 win. formance.
Almont’s Mathew Dwyer (top) is in command of hs match last Saturday
at the BWAC Tourney. Dwyer won the 140-pound weight class.
Almont, Imlay City get
one title each in BWAC
Dwyer, Mullins win individual championships,
Dempz, Hampton and Harper finish second
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA —
Photo by Kevin Kissane
The Imlay City and
Almont wrestling teams
pulled up fourth and sev-
enth, respectively, last
Saturday at the Blue Water
Area Conference
Capac’s Jordan Hellmuth seeks out an open
Tournament.
teammate Friday against Marlette.
Cros-Lex High School
is where the action unfold-
Dryden trounces ed.
When the final scores
Genesee, 65-27
were posted, Richmond’s
209-point total proved
tops. They were followed
by Algonac (191 points),
DRYDEN — Dryden Cros-Lex (128), Imlay
Photo by Kevin Kissane
trounced visiting Genesee, City (91), Yale (84),
65-27, in a non-league Armada (61), Almont (59)
varsity boys’ basketball and North Branch (zero).
meeting last Friday night. Hunter Mullins led
With the decision, Imlay City that day.
Dryden improves to 9-4 Mullins reached the cham-
overall. Almont’s Gavin Dempz looks to escape the
pionship bout at 160 hold of an Algonac foe at the BWAC Tourney.
In Friday’s meeting, pounds where he notched a
Dryden jumped out to an 7-4 win against Cros-Lex pionship bout where he fell pinned Cros-Lex counter-
Photo by Kevin Kissane
18-13 advantage after one foe Paul Scaramuzzino. by a 7-5 count to part Jason Bearer with 34
quarter was done and Wesley Hampton and Algonac’s Mike Nykoriak seconds gone and the latter
increased it to 37-19 at the Joe Harper gave Imlay in a clash that went to finished his run with an
half. City seconds. Hampton overtime before a victor 8-4 victory over Richmond
When play resumed, gained admittance to the was declared. 125-pound counterpart
Dryden continued to pull 135-pound title encounter Dakota Sandzik and Josh Barton.
away. Thanks to a 13-6
where he dropped a 5-4 Cristian Rojas added thirds Mathew Dwyer head-
third quarter edge, the verdict to Algonac’s Mark to Imlay City’s cause. The lined for Almont. Dwyer
Cardinals went up 50-25
Langewicz and Harper former ended his stint at
with 24 minutes gone. made the 285-pound cham- 112 pounds when he Wrestling page 18
Dryden then outscored
Mullins gets 150th career win
Genesee 15-2 the rest of
the way, icing a 65-27
win.
Jack Kaplan (35
Almont moves to 10-5 and points, including five tri- By Kevin Kissane
7-3. fectas) proved Dryden’s Tri-City Times Sports Editor
In Friday’s clash, toughest player to stop.
Almont spotted Armada an He was given assistance in IMLAY CITY — Imlay City wres-
8-7 edge after one quarter the scoring department by tling standout Hunter Mullins obtained
was over with. Nate Schenkel (10 points), his 150th career win last Saturday at the
The middle two quar- Brady Czape (six, featur- Blue Water Area Conference Tournament.
Photo by Randy Jorgensen
ters saw Armada amass 25 ing a trey), Coulter Waite Cros-Lex High School is where the
total points and Almont (six), Ronny Hudson (five action unfolded.
with a triple) plus Brendan Mullins, a senior, secured the mile-
Almont page 19 Montague (a trifecta). stone when he picked up a 7-4 victory
over Cros-Lex counterpart Paul
Scaramuzzino in the title bout.
Imlay City’s Hunter Mullins cele- He would win two other matches ear-
brates his 150th career win. lier that day.
Battani registers his 100th victory
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT — Almont wres-
tling standout Robbie Battani
saw to it that he would fulfill
his goal of reaching the 100-win
plateau, accomplishing the feat
last Saturday at the Blue Water
Area Conference Tournament.
Cros-Lex is where the
action took place.
Battani got the job done in
his initial match that day, pin-
Photo by Kevin Kissane
ning Algonac’s Matt Marcath
with 1:51 gone.
Photo provided
The senior would win one
more match before the day was
over with, paving the way to a
Capac’s Jona Mullin looks to distance herself fourth among 189-pound weight Almont’s Robbie Battani has his hand raised
from a Marlette counterpart in Friday’s game. class contestants. after registering his 100th career victory.
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Wrestling
Imlay City’s Taylor Eagle (center in white)
stands on the podium after placing fifth at
states.
Imlay City halves dual encounters
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY — The
Imlay City wrestling team
halved a pair of matches it
hosted last Friday.
Imlay City started things
off with a 57-6 win against
Blue Water Area Conference
foe North Branch.
Israeal Santaella and
Cristian Rojas led Imlay City
Capac places fifth at GTC Tournament
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
CAPAC — The Capac
wrestling team registered
a fifth-place finish last
Saturday at the Greater
Thumb Conference
Tournament.
Mayville is where the
matches were contested.
Caro’s 197.5-point
output paced the field
Capac finishes with a 1-1 mat mark
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
CAPAC — The Capac
wrestling team halved a
pair of dual encounters last
Thursday in Caro.
Capac started things off
with a 40-30 win against
Brown City.
Hunter Tyson, Seth
Dykshoorn and Hunter
Tyson led Capac with vic-
Athlete of the Week
Imlay City senior
Hunter Mullins won the
160-pound weight class
Saturday at the BWAC
Tournament.
For his effort, Mullins
earns our Boys’ Athlete
of the Week honor.
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Eagle places fifth
at state mat finals
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY —
Imlay City’s Taylor
Eagle claimed a placewin-
ning performance last
Sunday the MHSAA
Photo provided
Girls’ Wrestling State
Finals.
The inaugural event,
hosted by Adrian College,
unfolded at the Merillat
Sport and Fitness Center.
with wins by pin. Santaella Harper (285) gave Imlay
needed 25 seconds to stop City triumphs by void.
Samuel Budreau at 119 Brandon Shafer was the
pounds and Rojas required other Imlay City grappler
44 seconds to turn back 125- who emerged victorious,
pound counterpart Spencer accomplishing the feat with a
Murphy. 7-5 outcome versus Jacob
Dakota Sandzik (112), Nellenbach at 215 pounds.
Wesley Hampton (135), Imlay City also faced
Taylor Eagle (140), Isaac Anchor Bay that evening,
Schmitz (152), Hunter dropping a 47-36 verdict.
Mullins (160), Ricky A group consisting of
Guerrero (171) and Joe Sandzik, Mullins and Harper
assembled. They were encounter where he posted
followed by Memphis a 5-2 win against Memphis
(117 points), Cass City foe Logan Strickland.
(116.5), Mayville (114), Nathan Schocke pro-
Capac (82.5), Sandusky vided Capac with a
(81.5), Bad Axe (80), Ubly second. Schocke advanced
(75.5), Vassar and Brown to the championship bout
City (64.5 each) along at 119 pounds where he
with Marlette (27.5). was pinned by Memphis
Max Frangedakis counterpart Dakota
headlined for Capac that Strickland with 26 sec-
day. Frangedakis reached onds elapsed.
the 103-pound title Hunter Thorner con-
tories via the pinfall route. vided Capac with triumphs
Tyson took 1:38 to defeat by void.
Andrew McKelurey at 125 Max Frangedakis was
pounds; Dykshoorn the other Capac grappler
required 1:43 to upend
135-pound foe Nicholas
who prevailed. Frangedakis
posted an 11-1 win against
Freeman; and Thorner Whitley Blake at 103
needed 41 seconds to stop pounds.
James Morearty at 140 Capac also squared off
pounds. versus Bad Axe that day,
Shane Hoffman (112), dropping a 45-21 verdict.
Nathan Schocke (119) and Frangedakis and Jared
Jared Schocke (285) pro- Schocke paced Capac with
wins via the pinfall route.
The former defeated 103-
Almont gives rival Armada a defeat
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT — Almont
made host Armada absorb
a 46-29 loss in a Blue
Water Area Conference
wrestling battle Monday
evening.
Mathew Dwyer and
Landon Kruse led Almont
with triumphs by pinfall.
Imlay City freshman
The former took 1:08 to
grappler Taylor Eagle down Justin Madill at 140
took fifth in her weight
class at the MHSAA
Girls’ State Finals
Sunday.
Stats and Standings
For her effort, Eagle
claims our Girls’ Athlete BOYS’
of the Week honor.
BASKETBALL
STAT LEADERS
SCORING
CITIZENS
FRANKENMUTH G P Avg.
PIONEER • CINCINNATI Kaplan (D) 13 269 20.7
TRAVELERS Boers (C)
Watt (A)
15 267 17.8
15 207 13.8
SELECTIVE
THE HARTFORD Medrano (IC) 7 84 12.0
Hellmuth (C) 15 163 10.9
Writing For Many Major Wolford (IC) 8 85 10.6
Insurance Companies Vuoristo (A) 15 150 10.0
Bertram (IC) 8 66 8.3
Czape (D) 13 105 8.1
Wilson (IC) 8 65 8.1
Schenkel (D) 13 100 7.7
REBOUNDING
G R Avg.
Boers (C) 15 185 12.3
Medrano (IC) 7 61 8.7
Schenkel (D) 13 82 6.3
Schapman (A) 15 92 6.1
Vuoristo (A) 15 89 5.9
BEST PRINTING. BEST PRICE. STEALS
G S Avg.
Kaplan (D) 13 44 3.4
Bourdeau (A)
Hellmuth (C)
15 36 2.4
15 29 2.0
ASSISTS
G A Avg.
Bertram (IC) 8 30 3.8
Bourdeau (A)
Boers (C)
15 53 3.5
15 51 3.4
E a g l e
went 4-1
to earn a
spot on the
Photo by Kevin Kissane
podium at
day’s end.
For her
perfor-
mance,
Eagle E a g l e
placed Almont’s Mason Smith (L) and Imlay City’s Isaac
fifth out of 14 wrestlers. Schmitz (R) square off at the BWAC Tourney.
She competed in the 130-
pound weight class.
paced Imlay City with wins
by pin. Sandzik required
5:07 to stop Alex Jury at 112
pounds; Mullins needed
3:47 to conquer 160-pound
foe Jacob Biesada; and
Harper took 22 seconds to
beat Blake Bauer at 285
pounds.
Rojas (125), Eagle (135)
and Hampton (140) added
Photo by Kevin Kissane
victories by void to Imlay
City’s cause.
Imlay City’s Mason Phillips (R) works for a fall
tributed a third to Capac’s versus Almont’s Aiden Finn (L) at the BWAC
cause. Thorner closed out Tourney.
140-pound action when he
pinned Mayville’s Jerry
Gilbert with 4:10 gone.
Bryce Tank secured
Capac’s other placewin-
ning performance that day,
obtaining a fourth. Tank
finished 215-pound action
with a narrow 7-6 loss to
Mayville’s Zakk
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Romanowski.
pound foe Jordan Almont 103-pounder Dallas Stanton is lifted by
Osentowski (fall time not a mat counterpart at the BWAC Tournament.
available) and the latter
required 4:29 to stop Ben
Shuart at 285 pounds.
Nathan Schocke (119)
Wrestling: BWAC titles
gave Capac a triumph by from page 17 elapsed.
void. Mason Smith and
Bryce Tank was the earned a title match Robbie Battani rounded
other Capac grappler who appearance at 140 pounds out the list of Almont
emerged victorious, where he obtained an 11-1 placewinners with fourths.
accomplishing the feat win against Richmond’s Smith closed out his run at
with a 14-11 outcome ver- Ryan Griffith. 152 pounds when he was
sus Devin Little at 215 Gavin Dempz provided pinned by Richmond’s
pounds. Almont with a second. Ethan Wyatt with 4:01
Dempz advanced to the gone and and Battani con-
119-pound championship cluded 189-pound action
encounter where he was
pinned by Yale’s Brendan
Connolly with 1:43
when he was pinned by
Algonac’s Ryan Osterland
with 4:14 elapsed.
pounds, while the latter
Capac Warriors place two times on mat
required 3:08 to beat 145-
pound foe Nick Arnold.
Aiden Finn (119),
Gavin Dempz (125), Brock CAPAC — The Capac the Linden Tournament.
Conger (135), Thomas Warriors Youth wrestling Vamvas went 4-1, paving
Dyer (171) and Robbie program brought home a the way to a second-place
Battani (189) gave Almont pair of placewinning per- finish.
wins by void. formances in tournament A week later, Max
Mason Smith was the action recently. Klink put his mat skills on
other Almont grappler who Preston Vamvas was display at the Marlette
prevailed. He picked up a the first to accomplish the Tournament. It was there
14-4 victory over Nathaniel feat, getting the job done he claimed a first-place
Waite at 160 pounds. on Sunday, January 20 at showing.
Hellmuth (C)
Wilson (IC)
15
8
48
21
3.2
2.6
Peters (D)
Schenkel (D)
12 74 6.2
12 74 6.2
North Central Thumb League Eagle (IC)
G. Abu-Joudeh (A)
10
9
Team League Overall
Barker (C) 15 37 2.5 Dryden 7-2 10-2 Bastian (C) 9
Hudson (D) 13 33 2.5 REBOUNDING Liblong (A) 8
Sawyers (C) 15 33 2.2 G R Avg. Cline (A) 8
Vuoristo (A) 15 33 2.2 Sobek (D) 12 87 7.3 WRESTLING Powers (IC) 8
Czape (D) 13 29 2.2 Rodriguez (C) 7
Asaro (A) 15 32 2.1
Rossen (IC)
Kautz (A)
9 65 7.1
12 84 6.5
LEADERS
MOST PINS
MOST WINS Battani (A) 28
BOYS’ STEALS Hampton (IC) 42 Hampton (IC) 27
BASKETBALL G S Avg. Sandzik (IC) 39 Sandzik (IC) 24
Battani (A) 37
TEAM STANDINGS Louwsma (IC) 8 47 5.7
Dempz (A) 37
Dempz (A)
Harper (IC)
23
22
Kage (D) 12 57 4.8
Blue Water Area Conference Kautz (A) 13 44 3.4 Dwyer (A) 35 Mullins (IC) 18
Stanton (A) 34 Phillips (IC) 18
Team League Overall Johnson (A) 13 35 2.7
Harper (IC) 32 Dwyer (A) 17
Almont 7-3 10-5 Revoldt (A) 13 29 2.2
Kruse (A) 31 Thorner (C) 17
Imlay City 3-6 6-5
Mullins (IC) 31 Kruse (A) 17
ASSISTS Finn (A) 27 A. Torres (IC) 16
Greater Thumb Conference G A Avg.
Rojas (IC) 27 Tank (C) 14
Capac 6-2 10-6 Kage (D) 12 52 4.3
Phillips (IC) 27 Contreras (A) 14
Peyerk (D) 12 30 2.5 Rojas (IC) 13
A. Torres (IC) 24
North Central Thumb League M. Lengemann (IC) 9 20 2.3 Frangedakis (C) 23 Stanton (A) 13
Team League Overall Peters (D) 12 26 2.2 Tank (C) 22 Finn (A) 13
Dryden 5-2 9-4 Revoldt (A) 3 6 2.0 Thorner (C) 21 N. Schocke (C) 11
N. Schocke (C) 21 Grant (C) 10
GIRLS’ GIRLS’
L. Jackson (A)
Contreras (A)
21
20
L. Jackson (A)
Frangedakis (C)
10
9
BASKETBALL BASKETBALL Guerrero (IC)
Smith (A)
15
14
Guerrero (IC)
Rosales (C)
9
7
STAT LEADERS TEAM STANDINGS Grant (C) 12
SCORING Blue Water Area Conference
Dyer (A)
Hoffman (C)
11
11
Wrestling Team
G P Avg. Team League Overall Shafer (IC) 11 Standings
M. Lengemann (IC) 9 116 12.9 Imlay City 8-1 10-4 I. Abu-Joudeh 10
Peyerk (D) 12 152 12.7 Almont 0-9 2-11 Kulin (IC) 10 Team League Overall
Louwsma (IC) 8 99 12.3 C. Torres (IC) 10 Almont 4-3 20-11
Johnson (A)
Kautz (A)
12
13
94
90
7.2
6.9
Greater Thumb Conference
Capac 3-5 3-9
Schmitz (IC)
Rosales (C)
10
10
Imlay City 3-4 17-20
Capac 1-4 9-16
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Girls’ Basketball Boys’ Basketball

Dryden rolls past Genesee, 45-10

By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
DRYDEN — Dryden
handed visiting Genesee a
In Friday’s contest, Genesee 15-4 the rest of (two) reach the scoring
Dryden took a 6-4 edge the way, finishing off a column.
after one quarter was over 45-10 victory. Schenkel posted the
with. Hannah Peyerk paced top Dryden rebound out-
The next two quarters Dryden with 15 points. put, pulling down seven

Photo by Garrrett VnWormer

45-10 setback in a non- would belong to Dryden. The Cardinals also had missed shots.
league varsity girls’ bas- It was there they generat- Kelli Schenkel (eight Kage managed the
ketball contest last Friday ed 24 total points and gave points), Ella Kage highest Dryden steal total,
night. up just two, good for a (seven), Jordan Peters collecting five.
With the result, 30-6 advantage with 24 (six), Ally Sobek (four), Dryden also received
Dryden goes to 10-2 this minutes elapsed. Lexi Seitz (three) four assists each from
season. Dryden then outscored and Kylie DeVlaminck Seitz and Kage. North Branch’s Nathan Farnsworth hustles past
the Richmond defense in a game last week.

Imlay City downs Broncos fall

Richmond, 43-36
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY —
Imlay City turned back host
Richmond, 43-36, in a Blue
Water Area Conference
varsity girls’ basketball bat-
tle on Tuesday, January 29.
With the result, Imlay
City raises its mark to 9-4
and 7-1.
nine points, including a tri-
fecta, and Emma Waatti
netted eight, featuring a
to Blue Devils
By Garrett VanWormer Branch 25-18 over the
pair of treys, to lead Imlay student writer eight minute-stretch,
City. The Spartans also had increasing their advantage
Abigail Thibodeau (seven NORTH BRANCH to 60-43.
points, with a triple), Mary — The North Branch var- Richmond would con-
Lengemann (seven), Izzy sity boys’ basketball team tinue to outplay North
Aune (five), Ana traveled to Richmond last Branch in the fourth quar-
Lengemann (a trifecta) plus week where they dropped ter. The game ended with
Kayla Rossen and Kendall a 75-60 BWAC verdict. the Blue Devils in front
Sommer (two each) The game started off 75-60.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Kayla Louwsma hit for connect. slow with Richmond hit- Gerrid Rutledge and
ting for 16 opening quar- Riley Bugg scored a com-

Imlay City prevails in BWAC ter points and North

By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY —
Imlay City prevailed 51-23
over host Algonac in a Blue
Water Area Conference var-
sity girls’ basketball game
last Friday night.
With the result, Imlay
City ups their mark to 10-4
and 8-1.
Branch managing nine.
In the second quarter
bined total of 36 points
for 10-6 and 5-5 North
Branch. They also com-
Mary Lengemann (14 Capac’s Shelby Husovsky shields the ball from Richmond started to pull bined for accumulating 18
points, including a trifecta) a Marlette defender in Friday’s confrontation. away from North Branch. rebounds.
and Kayla Rossen (10) led It was there they netted “We had 17 turnovers,
Imlay City with double fig-
ure outputs. They were Capac: Falls to Marlette 19 points and North
Branch accumulated 16
the most we have had
in a game all year,”
backed by Kayla Louwsma from page 17 victory. pushing their lead to said Coach Michael
(9 points, featuring a pair of For Capac, Aubree 35-25 at halftime. Snoblen. “Our defense
treys) Emma Waatti (a pair When the action Smith led the way with 16 The third quarter saw was horrible and that is
of triples), Kendall Sommer resumed, Marlette bounced points. She drained two Richmond widen the gap being nice. We need to get
(six) plus Ashlyn Vamvas, back with an 8-4 third triples along the way. even more. The Blue back to basics and start
Izzy Aune and Ana quarter advantage. That Shelby Husovsky (eight Devils outscored North playing better D.”
Lengemann (two each). trimmed their deficit to points, including a pair of

Almont drops one to Armada

By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
25-21 with 24 minutes
elapsed.
Marlette then outscored
Capac 15-10 the rest of the
ters saw Armada produce way, pulling out a 36-35
20 total points and Almont
trifectas), Jona Mullin (six)
and McKennah Hopkins
(five, featuring a trey) also
Goodrich gives Almont a loss
reached the scoring col- By Kevin Kissane Goodrich padded their
umn. Tri-City Times Sports Editor cushion even more. Thanks
to a 23-8 third quarter edge,

ALMONT — Almont
fell eight points short when
the final scores were tal-
lied, dropping a 31-23 road
verdict to Armada in a Blue
Water Area Conference
varsity girls’ basketball
game last Friday night.
With the outcome,
Almont falls to 2-11 and
0-9.
In Friday’s game,
Almont took a 4-1 edge
after one quarter was com-
plete.
The middle two quar-
generate 11, leaving them
with a 21-15 lead with 24
minutes gone.
North Branch takes ALMONT — Almont
dropped a 57-39 verdict to
visiting Goodrich in a non-
the Martians went ahead
49-26.
Almont then put togeth-
Armada then outscored
Almont 10-8 the rest of the loss to Blue Devils league varsity boys’ bas-
ketball encounter on
er a 13-8 fourth quarter
rally, only to drop a 57-39
way, good for a 31-23 tri- By Alyssa Wichtner would keep it the remain- Tuesday, January 29. verdict.
umph. student writer der of the game, winning With the outcome, For Almont, Austin
Brandi Kautz paced by a 45-19 final score. Goodrich goes to 10-3 Watt led the way with a
Almont with an eight-point NORTH BRANCH Emily Ludescher overall. Almont slips to 21-point performance.
performance. The Raiders — North Branch took tossed in eight points and 9-5 this season. Watt drained four triples
also had Grace Johnson (a on the Richmond Blue Olivia Warda had five to In Tuesday’s encounter, along the way.
trifecta) plus Hannah Devils on Friday, February lead North Branch. Almont spotted Goodrich a Almont had four others
Revoldt, Skylar Stryker, 1, dropping a 45-19 ver- Autumn Deshetsky and 16-13 edge after one quar- reach the scoring column.
Hannah Landerschier, dict. Hannah Farnsworth added ter was complete. Their ranks consisted of
Lizzy Brandt, Jesse The first quarter ended four rebounds each Goodrich followed it Cameron Asaro (seven
Hellebuyck and Sarah Hall at eight point apiece. North Branch now up with a 10-5 second quar- points, including a trifecta),
(two each) connect. Soon after, Richmond stands at 4-9 overall and ter advantage, staking Brett Wrobel and Atte
took the lead 18-10. They 2-6 in the BWAC. themselves to a 26-18 lead Vuoristo (four each) along

Algonac hands Almont 38-22 defeat at the half.

By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
Following the break,
with Matt McFarlane (a
trey).
ters saw Algonac accumu-

ALMONT — Almont
fell by a 38-22 count to
host Algonac in a Blue
Water Area Conference
varsity girls’ basketball
matchup on Tuesday,
January 29.
With the decision,
Almont now stands at
late 21 total points and
Almont manage eight,
giving them a 28-18
Almont: Edges Armada
from page 17 with eight points each.
advantage with 24 min- They were backed by Gabe
utes gone. Bourdeau (seven points,
manage 17. That left them
Algonac then out- including a trifecta), Atte
with a 33-24 advantage
scored Almont 10-4 from Vuoristo (six) Mike Rinke
with 24 minutes gone.
that point on, preserving a (five), Joey Savel (a triple),
Almont then outscored
38-22 win. Rafael Farias and Colby
Armada 22-9 from that
Grace Johnson (eight Schapman (three apiece),
point on, good for a 46-42
points, including a pair of Brett Wrobel (two) along
win at night’s end.
Photo by Alyssa Wichtner

2-10 overall and 0-8 as far
as BWAC clashes are con-
cerned.
In Tuesday’s matchup,
Almont grabbed a 10-7
edge after one quarter was
over with.
The middle two quar-
Sports News
trifectas) paced Almont with Matt McFarlane
Austin Watt and
that evening. The Raiders (one).
Cameron Asaro led Almont
also had Brandi Kautz
(six), Hannah Revoldt
(four) plus Hannah
Landerschier and Skylar
North Branch’s Kara Myers anticipates her
Chiefs: Breeze past foe
Stryker (two) contribute the way, closing out a
points to their cause. teammate’s next move in a game last week. from page 17
58-41 victory.
When the action Trevor Boers amassed
resumed, Capac padded
their cushion some.
23 points, including a tri-
fecta, and Jordan Hellmuth
Thanks to a 13-11 third netted 17, featuring a trey,

Stoldt signs with Alma tennis team
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY —
Imlay City’s Summer Stoldt
signed a letter of intent with
the Alma College women’s
tennis team this past
Wednesday.
In addition to Alma,
Stoldt received recruiting
interest from Olivet, Grove
City College, Midway
University and numerous
Photo by Kevin Kissane
quarter edge, the Chiefs
built a 42-26 cushion with
24 minutes gone.
to lead Capac. The Chiefs
also received points cour-
tesy of Jakob Sawyers
round appearances at the Capac then outscored (10), Joe Montney (six)
Blue Water Area Conference Marlette 16-15 the rest of and Hank Barker (two).
Tournament and at a
Division 3 regional as well.
Stoldt, Imlay City’s co-
captain, wrapped up the
season as an All-Blue Water
Area Conference first team
selection.
She was also named the
recipient of her team’s MVP
Award and was an All-Blue
Water Area Conference
Academic selection.

other small out-of-state col- Stoldt also held down

Photo by Kevin Kissane

leges. the second singles position

This past spring Stoldt
attracted their attention by
putting together a 13-6
Summer Stoldt signs her letter of intent with record at first singles for
Alma College’s tennis team as her dad Chad, Imlay City.
brother Logan and mom Kim look on. She netted semifinal
for Imlay City her sopho-
more and freshman seasons.
Those years she landed a
spot on the All-Blue Water
Area Conference Academic Capac’s Casey Bollaert advances the ball up
lineup as well. the floor versus Marlette last week.
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‘Dino’ visits senior center

for Valentine’s Day lunch
Steve London’s ‘Dean Martin’
performs songs of ’50s and ’60s
By Tom Wearing “You’re Nobody ’Til
twearing@pageone-inc.com Somebody Loves You,”
“I Wish You Love” and
IMLAY CITY — Who
“That’s A’more” still rever-
better than the legendary
berate as romantic classics.
singer, Dean Martin, to On Valentine’s Day
conjure up the romantic
(Thurs., Feb. 14), those
melodies of the past? songs can be heard again,
Dean’s hit songs like
when the Imlay City Senior
“Everybody Loves Center hosts renown enter-
Somebody Sometimes,”
tainer, Steve London (aka
Dean Martin), for its annu-
al Valentine’s lunch cele-
Sports bration.
Imlay City Senior
Schedule Center Director, Tracy
Ruhlman, said London is
sound for the program, is
also donating his services.
“Steve and Tom have
offered to perform and all
of us are really looking for-
ward to this Valentine’s
Day program,” said
Ruhlman. “Our seniors are
very excited about this.”
Ruhlman said the senior
center can only accommo-
date up to 60 people, so
time is of the essence to
reserve a spot for the show.
“Word has gotten out
fast and our reservations
are filling up quickly,” she
said.
Anyone wishing to
reserve a seat should con-
tact the Imlay City Senior
Ruhlman. “We like to make
this day extra special for
our seniors.”
For decades, Steve
London has wowed audi-
ences with his impressions
of Martin, Frank Sinatra
and other hit-makers of the
past.
London began his
musical career in the
Detroit area, but demand
quickly took him west to
Las Vegas.
He spent many years
touring Europe and the
United States; performing
with the likes of The
Platters, Fats Domino, The
Coasters, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Percy Sledge and many

Photo provided
Boys’ Basketball volunteering his time and Center at 810-724-6030. others.
Friday, February 8 talents to the celebration. “We’re going to be hav- Ruhlman anticipates
Dryden at International She added that Tom ing a lasagna lunch, with that London will perform
Academy of Flint, Schutz of Output Music, baked goods and little gifts about a 40-minute show on Steve London, aka Dean Martin, will visit the
7:30 p.m. who will be providing the for everyone,” said Thurs., Feb. 14. Imlay City Senior Center on Feb. 14.
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