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Loves Travel Stop

on way to Capac

Photo by Maria Brown

CAPAC The planning

commission has approved the
final, revised site plan submitted by Loves Travel Stops &

Country Stores for the construction of a new facility at

3191 Capac Road.
Kealey Dorian, the companys communications specialist, said the Oklahomabased business hopes to begin

The Oklahoma-based company purchased property at Capac Road and I-69, the former site of the
Countryside Banquet Hall. Michigan is home to
only one other Loves Travel Stop.

construction of the 11,450

square foot Country Store and
7,500 square foot tire shop in
late summer or early fall with
an anticipated late spring 2017
opening.
The retail store and filling
station facility will also house
McDonalds and Chesters
restaurants. Dorian confirmed
that the McDonalds currently
housed in the BP station across
Capac Road will relocate to
the new site. The original site
plan called for a Hardees restaurant.
The tire shop will be
housed in a separate facility
behind, or to the west, of the
Country Store. A truck scale is
also noted on the site plan.
Parking will include 104
spots for trucks and 73 spaces
for cars and other vehicles.
Were waiting for the
Federal
Highway
Administration to sign off on
Travel Stop page 14-A

Capac Days are here!

Family fun, food, entertainment
on tap downtown June 17-18
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

File photo

CAPAC

Capac
Chamber of Commerce members and other dedicated volunteers are excited to bring
the community two fun-filled
days with the 2016 Capac
Days Summer Festival, slated
for this Friday and Saturday,
June 17-18.
There are so many things
to see and do...we cant wait
to see everyone downtown
this weekend, said Chamber
member Samantha Ramirez.
The fun kicks off at 5
p.m. on Friday when the
Celebration Tent and Ride
Zone opens. Look for new
rides, inflatables and other
fun attractions, like a zip line,
bumper cars and mechanical
bull ride. Armbands are $10
per day.
Look for the Sawn Logs

chainsaw artist Ken Buggia to

get to work at the festivals
opening too.
Voting for the Cutest
Baby Contest at the Capac
Library concludes at 5 p.m.
with the winner to be
announced on Saturday.
See the Capac Days King
and Queen crowned at 5:30
p.m. Candidates include Beth
Gross, Carleen Maday, Diane
Withun, Tim Gross, Nick Cox
and Barry Geliske.
The pet parade starts off
from the MainStage at 6 p.m.
Crowds will assemble for
lawnmower races at 6:30 p.m.
This new event is free and
open to anyone 18 years and
older. Contestants will hop on
a new 2016 Scag zero turn
mower, provided by Capac Big crowds turned out to
Hardware, and try to log the see Mark Rosenthals
Animal Magic show in
2015. Hes returning with
Capac Days page 14-A two shows on Saturday.

Spectators will once again line Main Street on Friday night to watch the highly entertaining Outhouse Races which begin at 7:30 p.m.

Site of potential microbrewery planned in building formerly occupied by Pawn

King on M-53 in Imlay City.

Is microbrew on
tap in Imlay City?

Commissioners give nod to liquor license request

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

IMLAYCITY Might
a tasty microbrew be just the
cure for what ales you?
City commissioners voted
7-0 last Tuesday, June 7, to
approve a liquor license for a
new microbrewery at an
existing building at 585 South
Cedar Street (Van Dyke).
The applicants, who identified themselves only as
Dennis and Jen, were accompanied by local businessman
Keith Goodreau, who said the
new business (BluMoose
Brewing Company, LLC)
would be a production brew-

ery with a tap-room and small

restaurant in the front of the
the building.
Previously known as the
former Dick Hinterman Ford
dealership, and later Tasker
Tires, the now vacant building was most recently occupied by Pawn King.
Goodreau informed commissioners there remain certain issues to be worked out
before the developers can
move forward with the project.
This is a first-step
requirement to move into an
existing building, which is an
eyesore, said Goodreau.
As a matter of note, a

BluMoose Brewing Co. is

licensed as a microbrewer
and small distillery operating
at 330 Quay Street in Port
Huron.
While little information
was provided at the meeting,
city commissioner Mike
Romine and Mayor Walt
Bargen greeted the news of a
new microbrewery coming to
town with great favor.
Awesome, said Romine,
who operates Imlay Citys
Mulefoot Gastropub, which is
in the process of moving its
South Cedar Street business
to the corner of Third and
Main streets in downtown
Imlay City.

Addition of 10K run

a boost to Polly Ann

More than 60 participants join in annual fundraiser

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

IMLAYCITY The
Saturday, June 4th, 10th
annual Polly Ann Trail 10K
Run/Walk appeared to be the
best attended in the events
history.
Sponsored by Friends of
the Polly Ann Trail, money
raised from event registration
fees goes toward trail
improvements and upgrades.
This years funds are
being designated toward
completion of the connector
trail to General Squier Park in
Dryden Township.
In 2012, Friends of the
Polly Ann paid $10,000 to
Lapeer County to purchase a
seven-acre section linking the
trail with the park.
Best-ever turnout
More than 60 participants
began gathering at the northwest corner of Imlay City
High School parking lot at
around 8 a.m. in anticipation
of the 9 a.m. start time.
Friends of the Polly Ann
Chairman David Howell
attributed the large turnout to
perfect weather and the addition of the 10K run, whose
6.2-mile route traveled west
along the trail from Imlay
City to downtown Dryden.

Photo by Tom Wearing

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

Photo by Tom Wearing

Village okays site plan for construction at I-69, Capac Rd.

Runners set off from Imlay City High School on

the first leg of the 6.2-mile Polly AnnTrail 10K
Run/Walk on Saturday (June 4) morning. The turnout of participants is believed to be the highest in
the events 10-year history.
This is the most weve
had, said Howell. I think
the run added more interest to
the event.
Howell said the trail was
in generally good condition,
though there were a few spots

Relay in Capac

Keeping it clean

Fundraiser for battle against

cancer on tap this weekend,
...see page 6-A

Belle River Project ongoing

for Imlay City students,

...see page 3-A

along the route that were

muddy.
Light refreshments were
provided participants at the
starting point, while all runPolly Ann page 14-A

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Police and fire briefs . . .

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

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Imlay middle schoolers continue project

to monitor health of the citys Belle River
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

up their findings, teacher

Juliann Kent said.
For several years, Kent
and naturalists from Seven
Ponds Nature Center have
helped students study the
important waterway that gets
its start in Imlay City, winding its way to Marine City
and the St. Clair River, but
this is the first time the exercise was student-led, just one
of the many concepts promoted in STEM-centered
instruction.
Lois Rheaume, a Seven
Ponds naturalist and Imlay
City Park Board member, said

Photo by Maria Brown

IMLAY CITY Is the

Belle River healthy? That was
the one big question sixth
graders from Imlay City
Middle School were trying to
answer earlier this month
when, as part of their science
studies, they examined all the
little things that influence
water quality during a trip to
Lions Park.
They tested the waters
pH, noted the rather low flow,
rated the banks, took soil borings and looked for wildlife

and signs of pollution. Those

who had boots got to wade
into the water, those who
stayed on dry ground scoured
tubs of collected water and
debris near the parks pavilion
for fish, snails, insects and
more. Before they set foot in
the park, the students knew
what theyd be looking for.
Thats because they had created the worksheets on which
they made notations themselves.
They need to determine
if the river is healthy, sort of
healthy or not healthy and
they need to use data to back

she could see a difference in

the learning that was happening as students sought to
answer their own questions.
They are concentrating
more, really looking for the
tiny things. This type of exercise makes them think critically, she said on Thursday
while helping kids examine
tubs of collected water for
creatures.
They collected their data
in teams and after returning to
the classroom, Kent said
theyd be tasked with discussing the differences in each
teams data just like scientists would.
Early this week, students
continued to study their findings and preliminary results
showed the waterway was in
good health.
About 83 percent of the
groups found the river to be
the high or very high range
for population counts, temperature, soil, water quality
and other items specific to
their groups, Kent said on
Monday.
Although Lions Park has
been their home base for the
river study, Kent is interested
in selecting a new location
along the waterway in future
years. She notes that just
downstream of the park, east
of Blacks Corners Road, the
river is under a thick canopy
of trees.
Other Seven Ponds staff

Photo by Maria Brown

Sound as a Belle

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Imlay City Middle School teacher Kristyn Kurka

and sixth graders comb through tubs of water and
debris from the river finding small fish, dragonfly
nymphs, orb snails and more.
and volunteers helping that
day included Nancy Kautz,
Cathy Wesley and Peg Flower.
Besides the academic
piece, Kent said theres evidence of other benefits when
students take the lead for
learning.
Students take ownership
of the data they collected
along with their findings. This
also creates a situation in
which the students will discuss more what they feel and
notice at the site since they
have much invested into the
project, she said.
Our hope is that our students become good citizens
for the river site and the ecosystems in it.

Teacher Juliann Kent

and students discuss
findings noted on worksheets developed by
students.

Andrea Salcedo, Rachel Lauwers and Holden Redd work together to assess
the health of the Belle River in Lions Park on Thursday, June 9.

Hall bound over on murder charge

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

LAPEER The North

Branch man accused of killing his friend and co-worker,
has been bound over to circuit
court following a June 8 hearing in district court.

Testimony was taken last
week and a visiting judge
ruled there was enough evi-

dence for Andrew Hall to

stand trial on multiple charges
related to the January death of
Miguel Harvey, 23, of Port
Huron.
Investigators say the two
men were friends and coworkers at Rubber Enterprises
in Imlay City. Hall has been
charged with first-degree premeditated murder, tampering
with evidence and fourth-

degree arson. His $1 million

bond was continued and Hall
remains in custody at the
Lapeer County Jail.
Harveys body was found
inside a burning car in Arcadia
Township on January 16.
Investigators deemed his
death a homicide.
Hall is due to appear in
Judge Nick Holowkas courtroom on June 20.

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Robotics team will host festivals Run/Fun Walk

Event kicks off Sat., June 25 at 9 a.m. at high school
By Tom Wearing

event kicks off at 9 a.m. at the

high school track. Registration
begins at 8 a.m. and the cost
is $25.
R un/Fun
Walk
Coordinator Sharon Kuhn
encourages participants to
rise early on Saturday to enjoy
a scenic tour of Almont and
its surrounding countryside.
This is a fun-filled fundraising event to benefit
Almont Robotics Team
#4961, says Kuhn. All ages
and all levels of runners and
walkers are welcome. Theres
even a prize for the participant who finishes the race in
the best robot costume.
Kuhn says medals will be
awarded to the first- and second-place male and female
from each age group; as well
as to the overall top male and
female runners.

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

ALMONT Whether
you prefer to run or walk, this
years Heritage Festival will
feature a 5K Run/Fun Walk
on Saturday, June 25.
The event takes place in
conjunction with the 2016
Almont Heritage Festival,
so bring your family and
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The robotics team students, Coach John Bacci, and
team mentors will present
robotics activities for all ages
at the high school track, both
during the 5K and in the
downtown area throughout
the afternoon.
Every participant has the
chance to win one of many
great prizes, including: movie
tickets from theaters in
Romeo or Lapeer, bowling at
Hideaway Lanes, oil changes
at Milnes Chevrolet or Imlay
City Ford, along with gift certificates from Country Smoke
House, Village Winery, Green
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For questions or more
information, call Sharon
Kuhn at 586-214-2949.
Heritage Fest June 24-25
The Almont Downtown
Development Authority will
host the 6th Annual Almont
Heritage Festival on June
24-25.
Festival events and activi-

ties will take place at the

southwest parking lot downtown, at Burley Park and the
Almont Community Park.
Among the scheduled
activities are: a classic car
show, the 5K Run/Fun Walk,
pancake breakfast, pony rides,
rock climbing wall, childrens
games and inflatables, face
painting, demonstrations,
yoga in the park and artists,

crafters and vendors.

This years live entertainment
features
The
Toppermost Beatles on
Friday (June 24) and the
Joey Vee Band on Saturday
(June 25). Both shows run
from 8 p.m.-midnight, in conjunction with the traditional
Lions Club beer tent and food
concessions.

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All are welcome to attend
the Expo, which features
relaxing and rejuvenating
opportunities such as manicures, paraffin hand dips,
chair massages and more.

Visitors can also browse

through the offerings from a
variety of vendors, including
Avon Tupperware, Paparazzi
Jewelry, crafts and the like.
Light refreshments will
be served, and there will be a
number of door prize giveaways throughout the event.
Some vendor spaces are
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There is no charge to
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810-724-6300, ext. 624.

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Lapeer County VA offering help with vets, spouses estates

LAPEERCOUNTY
A three-part workshop to
assist veterans and their
spouses prepare their estate
begins Saturday, June 18, one
week later than originally
planned.
The workshop, part of the
VAs popular Lunch and
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help veterans and spouses in
preparing end-of-life documents that outline your final
wishes.
The series was originally
scheduled to begin June 11,
but was postponed because of
a medical issue with one of
the speakers.
The workshop, presented
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Lapeer County Prosecutor's
office and sponsored by the
United Way of Lapeer County,
will be held at American
Legion Post 16, 1701 W.

Genesee St. Lapeer beginning

at 9 a.m. June 18.
Another workshop will
take place on Saturday, July
9, also at 9 a.m. at the
American Legion.
The workshops are presented through a grant from
the Lapeer County United
Way.
We discussed this with
(Prosecutor) Tim (Turkelson)
and he gave it a thumps up,
said Asst. Prosecutor David
L. Campbell. Theres several
attorneys in our office who
are committed to helping veterans and we think this is a
good way to accomplish that
mission.
At the June 18 session,
lawyers will explain what are
a last will and testament, a
power of attorney and a durable power of attorney for
health care and why they are
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make those decisions.
Attendees will be given a
questionnaire outlining their
needs and what they want
included in their documents.
Attendees will be asked to
return the completed questionnaires by June 25 for the
attorneys review.
At the July 9 workshop,
attorneys will go over the
completed forms for the will
and powers of attorneys and/
or their spouses.
There is no fee to participate in the workshops, the
attorneys services or the documents.
Veterans and/or their
spouses will be responsible,

however, for filing fees.

Like the other VA workshops, registration is required.
Lunch will not be provided,
but a light continental breakfast and coffee will be available at no charge.
To register, call 810-6670256 or email jokreiner@lapeercounty.org. Registration
deadline is noon Friday, June
17.
A lineup change
The monthly Vet-to-Vet
Support group is changing its
meeting day.
Beginning June 16, the
confidential support group
will meet at 6 p.m. the second
Thursday of the month at the
LCVA office, 287 W.
Nepessing.
There is no charge but
registration is strongly
encouraged by first name
only.
To register, call 810-6670256, or email jokreiner@
lapeercounty.org.

Photo by Tom Wearing

Planning workshops set to start June 18

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every Thursday from 1-6 p.m. at the corner of
Third and Main streets in downtown Imlay City.

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Dad Fest comes

to Heritage June 19
archery, free grilled hot dogs
and few extra surprises.
Dad Fest is open to the
community and everyone is
invited, you dont have to be
a dad to enjoy the days activities.
If you are a dad youll
want to be here, if you have a
dad you will want to bring
them, and if you know a dad
then youll want to invite
them as well, says Heritage
Pastor Randy Hall.
Heritage Church is located at 543 N. Cedar St. (behind
the Silver Grill). For more
information call 810-7217570 or visit experienceheritage.org.

File photo

IMLAY CITY Dads

have a significant role in the
development and raising of
children. Theres even a day
set apart for them each year to
celebrate and a chance for
them to relax and enjoy.
Yes, Fathers Day is here!
Heritage Church really values
families, and to help make
Fathers day even better, they
will be hosting a free Dad
Fest event on June 19th,
from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Finally a fathers day
everyone can enjoy, especially Dad! Events will include a
car show, inflatable jousting
ring, dunk tank, wiffle ball
home run derby, novelty

Relay for Life in Capac is Saturday

Opening ceremony is 10 a.m. at high school
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

CAPAC Thirteen
teams and more than 120 participants will converge on the
Capac High School stadium
this Saturday, June 18, for the
Relay for Life of Capac.
From 10 a.m. to midnight, attendees will raise
funds for the American
Cancer Society and recognize

local residents whove been

affected by the disease.
The 14-hour event is new
for the Capac Relay. Last
year, the event shifted from a
24 to 12-hour affair and this
year organizers have added
two hours.
Things start off with
Opening Ceremonies at 10
a.m. At 11:30 a.m., a
Survivors Lunch is planned,
followed by a Survivor and

Caregiver Ceremony to honor

those whove battled cancer
and recognize the family and
friends whove supported
them along the way.
The very popular silent
auction runs from 4-7 p.m.
The traditional Luminaria
Ceremony will happen at
9:30 p.m. Candles will be lit
in memory of those lost to
and all impacted by cancer.
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The schedule of events
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themes and a variety of kids
events.
The Relay theme is
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Together we thrive
By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

Photo by Monica Standel

CAPAC Together we
thrive was the rallying cry
on May 22 when the Capac
First United Methodist and
Zion United Methodist
churches officially merged.
The two congregations
that both serve the Capac
community decide to join as
one to better utilize their time
and resources. The churches
already share the services of

Pastor Lisa Clark and, since

1972, have together comprised the Capac United
Methodist Parish. The new
church will be called Capac
United Methodist.
The joining of the
churches was a long process
that was carefully thought
out. It was not dictated
because of finances at either
church but more about how
much we were duplicating at
both churches and how much

Rev. John Grenfell, now retired, was a minister at

both churches in the 1990s and spoke during the
May 22 service.

better our resources could be

utilized if we were together,
said church member Monica
Standel.
Farewell remembrances
were held at both churches
with a procession from Capac
First to Zion, followed by a
dinner and fellowship.
From now on, the Zion
Church building at Capac and
Imlay City roads will be utilized and the First Church
structure on W. Mill Street is
due to be sold.
This is an exciting time
for all of us and I feel blessed
in being just one of many
experiencing the joining of
Gods people together as
one, Clark said in a written
message printed in special
programs to commemorate
the event.
We are blessed to be able
to live and grow in Christ in
this loving community of
faith. Both churches are forever grateful to all who have
been part of these ministries,
big and small, over the years.
The Methodist Protestant
Church was organized in
1862, about five years after
the village came into existence. The new church, under
the guidance of a Pastor

Photo by Monica Standel

Capacs Zion, First United Methodist Churches merge

Church members gather for the last service at Capac First United Methodist
on May 22.
Hicks, first met on E. Church
Street in whats described as a
pioneer schoolhouse. Later
the villages founder, Judge
D.C. Walker, donated a parcel
of land on West Mill Street to
the church where, in 1882, a
brick structure was built. The
present building thats served
as home for the Capac First
United Methodist Church was
erected in 1911. The historic
structure boasts stained glass
windows and a historic pipe
organ purchased from the
Hinners Organ Company of
Illinois.
Zion United Methodist
Church also got its start in

1862. Services were held

every two weeks in a log
school house, east of the present church building. A Rev. C.
Deike was the first minister
appointed to the congregation. Their first church building was erected a few months
later and eventually replaced
by a brick veneer building
that was officially dedicated
in 1892. That structure still
stands today, serving as the
main sanctuary. In the early
years, services were conducted solely in German.
Beginning in 1914, English
was used in one service per
month and by 1919 they had

made the switch completely.

Zion wasnt officially Zion
until the late 1960s. Prior to
that it was known as the
Capac Evangelical United
Brethren (EUB) Church. The
EUB and Methodist churches
merged nationally in 1968,
creating the United Methodist
Church.
In 1997, district and conference officials suggested
Zion and First Church consider a merger but members
did not agree.
The parish office will
remain at Zion. They can be
contacted at capacumparish@
yahoo.com or 395-2112.

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Church during special ceremonies held last month.

Register for MS Walk/Run

TRI-CITY AREA Registration is underway for
the Second Annual Lapeer County MS Walk and Timed
Run. The event will take place on Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. at
Lamb Steel Park in Imlay city. Walkers, runners, individuals or teams are welcome to sign up to participate.
The event is aimed at raising awareness and funds to help
those stricken with MS (Multiple Sclerosis). To register to
walk and raise funds, visit walkmsmi.org. To register for
running visit a2racemanagement.com/registration. Call
Carol Konik at 810-417-4600 or Alan Casillas at 810656-1562 for more information.

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shoppers at the Tent Sale at the Imlay City Historical
Museum this Thursday and Friday. Hours are from 1-5
p.m. Thurs., June 16 and from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Fri., June
17. Items offered for sale include Spartan t-shirts, books,
picture frames, figurines, lawn mower, light globes and
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Summer + Summers
equals big library fun
Imlay City police, firefighters and DPW employees are praised by commissioners for their quick response to the fire at Ruiz Taqueria in the downtown
district earlier this month.

City lauds response to

deadly downtown fire

Commissioners credit fire, police, DPW for extraordinary effort

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

displayed at the fire scene.

Our officers (Rock,
Martin and Brooks) knocked
on doors, found people in
smoke-filled rooms and got
them out, said Pike. These
officers risked their lives.
Along
with
Chief
Horton, I also want to commend the actions of Andrew
Kustowski, said Pike. He
took command of that situation and did a phenomenal
job. Hes a tremendous asset
to the fire department and to
the community.
Kustowski followed Pike
to the podium, first thanking
the police department for its
assistance; then suggesting
the City of Imlay City
acknowledge apartment resident, Hiroko Lee, for her part
in potentially saving the lives
of others.
I truly believe Miss
Lees actions were heroic,
said Kustowski. She is
responsible for the initial
alarm and for helping her
neighbors get out.
The fire is still under
investigation and its cause
remains unknown.
In addition to Imlay City
Fire and Police departments,
responding agencies to the
June 1 fire included: Almont,
Dryden, Attica, Goodland and
Mussey Township fire departments, City of Lapeer Fire
Dept.; Lapeer County EMS,
Imlay City DPW, Michigan
State Police, Lapeer County
American Red Cross and U.S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms.

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

IMLAYCITY When
Megan Goedge stepped down
as Ruth Hughes Memorial
Librarys childrens librarian
in late March, a perfect successor was waiting in the
wings in the person of Mandy
Summers.
Summers, 24, who recently assumed the title of Youth
Services Coordinator, has
been employed at the Imlay
City library since 2010, when
she joined the staff as a page.
Four years later, she was elevated to library assistant
status by Library Director
Tracy Aldrich.
Summers says she has
been a fixture at the library
since the early 1990s, when
she and her mother returned
to Imlay City after having
spent time in Texas.
My grandmas and mother used to bring me up to this
library all the time when I
was a little girl, she recalls.
Ive always thought of this
library as being magical. Its
a special place. Its cozy,
comfortable, the people are
wonderful, and its filled with
books.
I love children, books
and reading, she says. I like
being able to open a book and
let it transport me to other
places and other times.
Already gifted with a positive spirit and boundless
energy, Summers describes
herself as being slightly
zany and someone who
marches to her own drum.
She attributes her interest
in books and reading to the
influence of the late Theresa
Pickering, who served as
Ruth Hughes childrens
librarian when she was a
youngster.
It was Miss Theresa
(Pickering) who encouraged
me to read, Summers
remembers. She was the person that made reading fun for
me.
And now that Miss
Mandy has taken over the
reins, Summers intends to
inspire other Imlay City children the same way Miss
Theresa inspired her.
Summer fun starts June 18

Shell have the opportunity to do just that when Ruth

Hughes Library kicks off its
2016 Summer Reading
Program on Saturday, June
18.
On that day, children,
teens and adults are welcome
to stick around for Duct Tape

Mandy Summers will launch the 2016 Summer

Reading Program at Ruth Hughes Library in Imlay
City on Sat., June 18.

"I like being able

to open a book
and let it
transport me to
other places
and times."
--Mandy Summers
Crafts, while supplies last.
The remainder of the
Summer Reading Program,
which concludes on Sat.,
Aug. 13 with an Ice Cream
Social, features varied activities that will appeal to children of all ages, ranging from
birth to late teens.
On June 29, preschoolers
and parents are invited to a
Block Party at 11 a.m., during
which youngsters will be
encouraged to block play,
while building skills such as
problem solving, mathematic
reasoning, motor skills, imag-

at 2 p.m., to feature a Brainiac

Battle Royale trivia tournament.
Movies for families
The library has set aside
times for moms, dads and
kids to view popular familyfriendly (G-rated) films.
Those dates include: June
11 at 1 p.m., Babe the Gallant
Pig; July 6 at 6 p.m., The
Incredibles; and Aug. 12 at 1
p.m., Monsters University.
Adult coloring club
And just so the adults
dont feel left out of the fun,
the library will also host a
series of adult coloring sessions.
The adult participants
need only bring their imaginations. Coloring pages, colored pencils and markers will
be provided.
Dates for adult coloring
include: June 9, July 14 and
Aug. 11 at 6:30 p.m.; and
June 14, July 19 and Aug. 16
at 1 p.m.
The
Ruth
Hughes
Memorial District Library is
located at 211 N. Almont Ave.
in downtown Imlay City.

Photo by Amy Herrera

IMLAYCITY City
commissioners last Tuesday,
June 7, tipped their hats to the
citys police, fire and DPW
departments for their extraordinary response to the June 1
fire that claimed one life and
left eight others homeless.
More than 20 city emergency personnel were present
as Mayor Walt Bargen, city
commissioners and others
lauded their shared efforts to
limit the spread of the earlymorning fire to neighboring
buildings and residences, and
in dealing with the fires personal and physical aftermath.
We want to take the
opportunity to recognize all
of our services for their quick
and professional response,
Bargen said. We are fortunate to have people like you
to respond to an emergency
like this one. It is with sincere
gratitude that we acknowledge all of your efforts.
Fire Chief Rick Horton
credited Asst. Chief Andrew
Kustowski and all responding
firefighters for helping to
avert a huge catastrophe
downtown.
As it was, the former Ruiz
Taqueria on Third Street sustained major damage, as did
several apartment dwellings
on the buildings second floor.
Fortunately, all upstairs
tenants were able to escape
the flames, having been awakened by a fellow tenant,
Hiroko Lee, who also reportedly made the call to 911.

Sadly, Refugio RuizMedrano, 52, the brother of

Taqueria owner Sam Ruiz,
perished in the fire. Refugio,
the restaurants cook, reportedly lived in the buildings
basement.
While the loss of life was
tragic, Horton expressed pride
in the response of firefighters
and all participating agencies,
including Imlay City police,
neighboring fire departments,
Lapeer County Red Cross,
Lapeer County EMS and
assistive neighbors.
A life was lost, but it
could easily have been a lot
worse,
said
Horton.
There was a lot of heat and a
lot of fire, and alot of decisions had to be made early.
Fortunately, we had ample
manpower and got the necessary agencies here.
This is an exceptional
bunch of guys and Im very
proud of them, he continued.
A lot of them never got any
sleep, and then they were off
to their 10-hour jobs after the
fire.
Horton offered kudos to
Police Chief Scott Pike, who
arrived in the middle of the
night to offer his, and his officers assistance at the scene.
Chief Pike wanted to
know what he could do to
help, Horton said. Even our
city manager, Tom Youatt,
showed up with coffee and
doughnuts. We really appreciate everyones help.
Though on the job for just
two months, Chief Pike marveled at the professionalism

By Tom Wearing

ination and social growth.

Fun for teenagers
Four summer programs
will be dedicated to teens, to
include: Teen Crafternoon on
July 12 at 1 p.m.; Zombie
Fitness on July 14 at 2 p.m.,
Teen Movie Matinee on July
19 at 1 p.m., featuring a
showing of J.J. Abrams Star
Trek reboot (PG-13); and
Teen Trivia Crack on Aug. 9

Photo by Tom Wearing

Photo by Tom Wearing

New childrens librarian launches

Summer program at RuthHughes

Swinging out!
Imlay City High School graduates gather on Depot Drive after taking part in inaugural Senior Swing Out parade in downtown Imlay City last
Friday, June 3. Commencement exercises were held Sunday, June 5.

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Small crowd, big money

Ryan Datsko, Tyler Bliznik, Nathan Tackett, Brandon

Matheny and Seth Tackett of Troop 127 of Lapeer
kept the grounds clean during the Relay.
Nolin-Capman with $1,460,
and Sharon Muir with $1,396.
The top teams for 2016
included: Team Weingartz
Warriors, $13,179; Ray Cs of
Lapeer, $10,179; and St.
Pauls Lutheran Church of
Imlay City, $7,320. Other
teams raising significant
amounts were: Imlay City

Photo by Catherine Minolli

While the turnout at the

Eastern Michigan Fairgrounds
was less than hoped for, the
event nevertheless attracted
29 Relay teams and 243 dedicated participants.
Despite the small crowd,
possibly the result of temperatures in the mid-90s and
other scheduled local events

Community support
Dozens of area residents line up for tacos and
beverages outside of the Mulefoot Gastropub in
memory of Refugio Ruiz and to help raise funds
for the Ruiz family in the aftermath of a fire earlier this month that claimed his life. The fire damaged Ruiz Taqueria in downtown Imlay City, and
displaced several persons who lived in the
apartments above the eatery.

United Methodist Church and

Imlay City Rotary Club.
The top company fundraiser was the Karmanos
Cancer Institute with $1,683.
Superhero theme
Some of those in attendance on Saturday attired
themselves in costumes consistent with this years
Superheros theme.
They included siblings
Austin, 7, and Hailey, 6.
Keith, who were dressed as
Captain America and Elsa
of the movie Frozen.
Austin and Hailey were
joined along the Relay route
by Jennie Aldridge and
Andrew and Pat Anderson.
Welcoming ceremony
The event began at 10
a.m. with an opening ceremony that included public welcomes from Relay Co-chairs
Kandy Hotchkiss and Theresa
Hurley and Mayor Walt
Bargen, along with an honor
guard consisting of Imlay
City American Legion members and Boy Scouts from
Troop 127 of Lapeer.
Pastor Randy Hall of
Heritage Church of Imlay
City offered a prayer, followed by a stirring rendition
of the National Anthem by
young vocalist Ellarie Prince.
Entertainment was provided throughout the day,
with
performances
by
DaVinci, Third Degree Burns,
Untamed Beauty and T.J.
Craven. Conducting this
years D.J. duties was Bill
Young.

Members of the always enthusiastic Hawaiian Dreamers Relay team take

their first lap at Saturdays (June 11) Lapeer County Relay for Life at the
Eastern Michigan State Fairgrounds in Imlay City.
In keeping with Relay for
Life tradition, the 2016 event
featured survivor and caregiver laps, all-day olympics,
and the luminaria lap.
Most of those who stayed
the night at the fairgrounds
joined in a final lap and closing ceremony.
Yvonne Wilson, who
served as this years Relay
activities coordinator, credited all for their generous
efforts and contributions in
support of Relay for Life and
the American Cancer Society.
I just know that the organizers worked so hard on this
event and they are thrilled
with the outcome, said
Wilson. They are so grateful
for the teams being patient
and cooperative with the lastminute weather changes, and
all who pitched in above and
beyond the call of duty to
make this another great year
for Relay for Life, and especially our many sponsors.

Those who could not attend

the Relay but would like to
support the cause may still
donate online at: www.relay-

Dressed for the occasion were (front) Relay superheros Austin, 7, and Hailey, 6, Keith, along with
Andrew and Pat Anderson & Jennie Aldridge

Students at Imlay Citys Weston Elementary

School held a mini-Relay for Life to raise funds for
the event by walking the track at the middle school
on Friday, June 3.

Library millage renewal meeting

GOODLAND TWP.
The Goodland Township
Library will be holding a special meeting on Thursday,
June 23, at 7 p.m. The meeting is an open session for
residents to ask questions
regarding the millage renewal which will appear on the

forlife.org/lapeercountymi or
call the Lapeer County
American Cancer Society
office at 810-733-3703.

Photo by Tom Wearing

Photo by Tom Wearing

--- IMLAYCITY With a

final rush of donations,
Saturdays (June 11) 2016
Lapeer County Relay for
Life ended up raising more
that $74,000 for the American
Cancer Society.

and activities; this years

American Cancer Society
fundraiser resulted in some
outstanding individual and
team efforts.
Leading the way as individual fundraisers were: Tara
Antonelli, who collected
$2,750, followed by Joyce

Photo by Tom Wearing

By Tom Wearing

Tri-City Times Staff Writer

Photo by Tom Wearing

Relay for Life raises funds for battle against cancer

August 2016 ballot. There is

no charge to attend the meeting; all are welcome and
encouraged to attend. The
meeting will be held at the
Goodland Township Hall,
2374 N. Van Dyke, north of
Imlay City. The library will
be open for residents to look
around and see what is
offered there. There will also
be time for residents to obtain
library cards. For more information contact library director Catherine Yezak at 810721-2110 or via email to
goodlandtwplibrary@gmail.
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The Raminator!
Dozens of families line up to watch the Raminator roar to life and crush all
in its path during the vehicles weekend visit to Milnes Chrysler Dodge
Ram Jeep in Imlay City on Saturday. The world record holding vehicle was
a focal point at the dealership on Friday and Saturday, June 10-11.

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Our Opinion
Students
use key
method to
identify
organisms
found in
the Belle
River at
Lions Park
in Imlay
City.

Opinion Page

Letters from our readers

DPS bailout is unfair to Lapeer County

Belle River project a

gem for community

mlay Citys gemthe Belle Rivercontinues to gather jewels in its crown through a
collaborative project that transforms students into stewards for creating and maintaining a healthy environment.
Several years ago, Imlay City Middle
School teacher Juliann Kent teamed up with
naturalists from Seven Ponds Nature Center as
part of a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) initiative to encourage students to
study the important waterway that flows from
Imlay City through Marine City and onto the
St. Clair River.
Students work in teams and collect data
from the river that covers everything from the
creatures that live in and around it to the plants
and sediment that make up its banks and bottom. Students analyze their findings using scientific methods and assess the health of the
waterway based on their collective results.
The takeaway isnt limited, however, to
increased STEM skills. Students learn about
the environment in which they live, and the
variety of ways a healthy water system can be
impacted by the things that go on around that
environment. The hope is theyll continue to
take ownership of what happens in their own
backyards, and in the unique ecosystem that is
vital to the well-being of the natural community.
We applaud Kent and the naturalists at
Seven Ponds who continue to create and
inspire stewards of the environment now and
in years to come. A hands-on project where
students become invested in, and hopefully
protective of, the health and well-being of their
community.

The political pressure in

Lansing increased last week
to support a massive financial bailout for the Detroit
Public School District. The
Governor and the State
Senate wanted $715 million.
Detroit officials demanded
$800 million. The House
approved $617 million. I
could not support any of
those massive amounts. I
was one of six Republicans
to vote against the bailout
funding last Wednesday.
The Detroit Public
School District has failed its

students for decadesunder

both locally elected school
boards and emergency managers. Corruption, lawsuits,
illegal strikes and administrative incompetence have
demonstrated a disregard by
the adults for the welfare of
the students.
Even without the bailout
money, Detroit was receiving a total of $13,743 per
student in state and federal
money. Our Lapeer County
students
were
funded
between $8,592 and $9,422
per student in federal and

state funds for the same

2014-2015 school year. I
cannot justify transferring
more of our taxpayers
money to Detroit.
The hundreds of millions
of dollars will pay off some of
the debt accumulated by
Detroit Public Schools. By
comparison, the taxpayers in
Lapeer County school districts
are paying off their entire
$155 million in school bond
debt without any aid from the
state. It is not fair to ask
Lapeer County taxpayers to
pay all their local debt and

part of Detroits debt as well.

This bailout is simply a
massive transfer of tax
money without any plan for
improving educational performance for Detroit students. Anything that does not
provide for better educational opportunities for students
and financial discipline for
the school district will not
get my support.
Sincerely,
Gary Howell
State Representative
82nd District
North Branch

When tragedy strikes we

are often left to wonder where
we can turn for a helping
hand. On the Morning of June
1, 2016 at 2:13 a.m. a tragic
scene was playing out in
downtown Imlay City. A
beloved family man and community fixture would lose his
life and a deep scar would be
left on many downtown businesses.
As the Assistant Fire
Chief of Imlay City Fire
Department I am proud to
say, in Imlay City you only
need to look as far as your
neighbors. As the Imlay City
Fire Department began the
arduous task of trying to save
our beloved downtown and
limit the damage of a fire that
had a substantial lead on us in
the fight, I began to call on
our neighboring fire departments for assistanceAnd
they answered the call.
Members of the Almont,
Attica, Dryden, Goodland,
Lapeer and Mussey fire
departments
responded
quickly and efficiently to our

call for help. We can never

repay them for all that they
have done. But I say Thank
You!
As the men and women
of the fire departments on
scene began to dig in and
fight the fiery beast, I wondered who would be there to
help me investigate the cause
of this tragedy. And there
were our police officers. They
were smokey and tired from
assisting our citizens out of
their homes. But they persevered and began the task of
coordinating the investigation. Police officers from
Imlay City, Michigan State
Police and U.S. Department
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire
Arms responded to the call
for help. They are professionals to which I hold the highest
regard, and I say Thank
You!
Hours into the fight, I
saw the men and women who
had responded to the five
alarms signaled that night
were growing tired and
weary. I thought to myself,

how can I help them keep

going just a little longer?
Before the thought to feed the
men and women could be put
into action, I began to see
people arrive downtown with
water, coffee and doughnuts.
Later an enormous box of
breakfast meals would arrive
from our local McDonalds.
To all of you I say Thank
You!
As I looked about the
scene I saw people huddled
nearby me taking refuge in
each others arms, some in
shock some crying. But in
each I saw a vision of the
reality that they would soon
face, the only possessions
they had left where what they
had with them at that exact
moment. The fire would ravage and destroy most of what
they called precious. I thought
who would help them? And
before my eyes were the
members of the American
Red Cross Disaster Relief
Team. The Red Cross provided for the victims immediate shelter needs. To them I

say Thank You!

In the hours and days following several businesses
(Kroger, Edward Jones and
Mulefoot) launched fundraisers and began the important
job of helping the victims
rebuild. While as a community we can never fix all that
was lost, I do sleep easier
each night knowing you are
my neighbors.
Knowing when tragedy
strikes we will rise up as a
community and help protect
those who are most in need. I
know when I look at each of
you; you will dig deep into
your wallets to help the victims recover. And most
importantly I know when the
scene looks most dire, all I
have to do is call for help and
look nearby and you will be
there. So to all of you I say
THANK YOU!! I am very
proud of this community!
Sincerely,
Andrew Kustowski
Assistant Fire Chief
Imlay City Fire Dept.
Imlay City

Help is only as far as your neighbors

Thanks to Four County for STEM sponsorship

Ms. Kurka and Mrs.
Perreault, along with their
6th-8th grade Enrichment
Science students would like
to thank Four County
Community Foundation for
their support of Imlay City
Middle School STEM edu-

cation.
Their
funding
enabled over 275 students to
go on a field trip to Longway
Planetarium in Flint to see a
50 minute program called To
Space and Back.
The program took the
students on an incredible

Lessons in life til the very end

began thinking about this
the last time I was sick.
How things get beyond our
control, and what was shown
to me as the preferred way to
handle it.
Im fortunate in that
being ill is a rare occurrence
for me. But when I do get
sick, I am absolutely miserable. I revert to toddler status.
Laying on the couch all
weekend;
plastic
shell casings of
empty
water bottles
splayed
about;
wadded up
splotches
of tissue

paper and
a halfempty jar
of Vicks dot the landscape
like a war zone. And when
Im sick, I am at war with an
unknown invader. Hit by an
IED planted, most likely, by
a colleague who much like
myself, has to come to work
to write the stories because
its that kind of a job. There
is no stand-in to extract the
stuff that you gathered in
your head during the interviews, and definitely no
human being on the planet
who can de-code that socalled language scrawled in
fits and starts across the page
you call notes, either. Its
not the kind of job that
someone can step in and do.
We know that going in. Its a
given.
So when in the midst of
that war zonewhat was
once my nice, neat living

roomI use all the tools of

the trade to fight to re-gain
my old self back.
The old self who can
think clearly without all the
pea soup fog in the head. The
old self who can lift her
head off of the pillow and be
happy about it. The old
self who does anything
BUT lay on the sofa for two
solid days in a row as the
clock ticks forward as it
always does whether Im
making the most of the time
or not.
This is when it occurs to
me how much Itake my
health for granted. How
much I have been blessed,
lucky, fortunate, and every
other good thing when it
comes to generally feeling
good and being able to do
many thingsincluding
working to keep a roof over
my headmostly pain and
problem free.
These days, when I am
gutted by an illness, feeling
absolutely miserable I think
of my dad and what he went
through. This happens every
time I am sick now. When I
have gotten sick, I know I
will get better. I go to the
doctor if I need to, and get
medicine to help me get better. I rest, drink liquids, eat
soup, etc. etc. and eventually
the sickness goes away and I
heal, get back to normal
(whatever that is!) so to
speak.
When my dads cancer
came back, and after some
time of battling the very
relentless, tenacious, invasive
disease he decided he was
done with the fight. He is 83
years old and though just a
week before the horror really

journey from the far away

reaches of our known universe to our planet. It was an
extraordinary story of human
ingenuity and incredible
engineering, describing how
the technology that transports us to space is paving
the way for the devices and
apps that we use every day.
What is happening above is
coming back down to Earth!
This opportunity for the
students allowed them to

explore and learn about possible career paths in engineering and space science.
Without the support of
Four County Community
Foundation, experiences like
this would be difficult for
the students in Imlay City.
Thank you again for
your continued support of
Imlay City Middle School
students!
Imlay City Middle
School

Fanning fears for votes

Photo by Mark Windecker

www.tricitytimes-online.com

Me and my dad, both in good health, counting the

blessings and enjoying a glass of wine.
unfolded he was riding his
Harley. He knows that whatever fight is left is a downhill
battle. Its not what he wants
for the rest of his life and
while we dont want to contemplate the reality of his
choice we understand, and
embrace it, even.
I think of the days my

when my dad could still get

up and about, how hed go
out in the garage and tinker
with this or sort through that.
How hed dig around in the
fridge for the aged parmesan
and other cheeses I loved so
much. How hed pour me a

We are hearing the world

sees support of Donald Trump
as an IQ test for Americans.
Actually, we need a gutcheck of whether we will let
this manipulative man scare
us into believing his ideas.
Trump uses his bluster and
PC-free declarations to
impress those that think being
bully-like will solve all our
problems.
Fear is a great motivator.
But we must base our choices
on facts.
Lets talk about Trumps
declaration about Muslims.
Trumps view is that we must
limit the travel of all Muslims.
We should also check out
what is going on in those
Mosques.
All Muslims were put
into one, big, bad enemy category.
Facts about Muslims are
easy to find on the web.
Muslims comprise 20% of
our world population. In the
U.S., they are the third largest
religious group, with 3.3 million.
They are very racially
diverse. Twenty-three percent
of American Muslims were
born here and then converted.

Many are second or third generation here. This is the only

country they have lived in.
Are they contributing to
our country? The average
income and education of
American Muslims is above
that of the average American.
Many are doctors.
Since Trump wants to
identify all Muslims as our
enemies, this next fact is particularly striking. A third of
the tips about potential terror
attacks in our country come
from Muslim-Americans.
The number of Muslims
responsible for attacks? A
handful.
Trumps remarks blaming
all Muslims for terrorism
makes you less safe as he creates statements ISIS uses to
recruit its members. ISIS is
the terrorists, and they tell
young Muslims that they will
never be accepted in places
like the U.S. This is what
emboldens a young man to
strap on a bomb and attack
us.
Please see through Trump.
He is fanning your fears to
win your vote.
Name withheld
upon request

Thank you Red Cross

Thank you so much to

Don Davenport and everyone
at the American Red Cross
(featured on the front page of
the June 8, 2016 issue of the
Tri-City Times).
Lessons page 11-A My boyfriend and I are

the ones who lost our apartment to the fire and are
expecting our first baby in
just three short weeks. We
appreciate the nights at the
Letters page 11-A

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Stars & Stripes forever:

an Almonter and his flag
All the Liblong day..

Stuff to
think on

ecause Im heading out

for a couple of days, Ill
just share this paragraph
from LGG (Love God
Greatly), online Bible studies to nations worldwide. Its
the second time Ive already
heard reference to: stuff
this morning, and
my day
hasnt
even really started,
so I think
its the
word to
think on
today.

They
want real
community that lasts even
when stuff doesnt. They
crave solid truth that wont
fade in a world that is downward spiraling right before
our very eyes.
I already lost track of the
other reference, which I was
going to share alongside this
one, but this one alone has
enough food for thought for
the week. Agreed?
By the time you read
this, I will be home reading
it along with the rest of you.
Maybe we can talk.
Email Willene at
willenetanis@aol.com.

Be Our Guest!
tct@pageone-inc.com

and given weapons.

In Sheppards possession
was a large 34-star American
flag given to him by well
wishers from Michigan. On
September 29 they departed
for camp near Frederick,
Maryland.
Here they learned basic
military training, rifle marksmanship, horsemanship,
teamwork, how to set up a
camp and other skills necessary for being an effective
cavalry unit. The First moved
to Harpers Ferry in February
1862 and later entered the
Shenandoah Valley, advancing as far as Winchester,
pushing the Confederates
before them. The regiment
distinguished itself in many
skirmishes while advancing
up the valley and its companies and detachments made a
number of brilliant charges.
Beginning June 12 it took
part in Gen. Popes Virginia
campaign including the battle
of Cedar Mountain and the
battle at Manassas, suffering
severely in that battle, and
during the early months of
1863 it had several skirmishes with the enemy, losing a
number in killed and wounded.
Private Sheppard was
promoted to Sergeant, trans-

ferred to Company E and

became the Color Sergeant
carrying his beloved Old
Glory. In battle it was crucial that the troops could see
the flag in order to stay
together. It was a dangerous
duty because often the man
on the horse carried no
weapon, only the flag. And
capturing another units flag
was a major goal of both
Federals and Confederates.
During the Battle of
Gettysburg in 1863, the First
Michigan Cavalry became
part of the Michigan Brigade
under the command of young
Brevet General George
Armstrong Custer. On day
three, July 3, as the famous
Picketts Charge began,
Rebel General J.E.B. Stuarts
cavalry was assigned to circle behind Union lines and
attack from the rear.
But it was intercepted by
the Michigan Brigade and
Custer led his men on a furious, direct charge at the
Confederates. Stuart was
forced to withdraw, Picketts
Charge failed and General
Robert E. Lee marched his
defeated army back into
Virginia. The Union Army
lost more than 3,150 men
killed, nearly 15,000 wounded and there were more than

hen I read Romeo and

Juliet as a sophomore
in high school, I never
guessed Id develop a passion
for growing flowers and
herbs. A typical, oblivious
teenager, I overlooked
Shakespeares references to
roses, garlic, and
rosemary
without the
Sgt. Sheppard and his war-torn flag.
slightest
care or
5,000 missing or captured. It
underwas the turning point of the
standing.
war.
Doth
Unfortunately, Sgt.
not roseSheppard was severely
mary and

wounded and captured.

Romeo
Before he was taken prisoner,
begin both
however, he took Old Glory
with a letfrom its pole and stuffed it
ter? asks
under his clothes. He would
Juliets nurse of Romeo, both
not let the enemy take his
of them being aware of the
precious flag.
herbs emblematic meaning
For the next 505 days,
of fidelity and love.
Sheppard was held in squalid Thomas Henry Sheppard From that introduction to
in later life.
conditions in various
Shakespeares works to this
Southern prisons including
March 27, 1865 (though he
fine day on the cusp of sumLibby Prison in Richmond
enlisted again in a Veterans
mer, William has waited
and the infamous Anderson
Unit and received his final
patiently to capture my imagPrison in Georgia. Yet even
discharge on April 6, 1866).
ination with his pithy botanias he nearly froze and
Sheppard returned to his
cal put downs as he did his
starved to death, he kept the Almont farm and his family.
Elizabethan and Jacobean
flag hidden, wrapped around Not long after the war, he England. At last I mature in
his body under his tattering
moved to Marlette to be near what the Bard of Avon named
clothes. He would hide it in
the fifth age of man.
the friends who had given
the ground during an inspec- him the flag and finally to
Well into this stage of
tion.
the justice, I grow old with
Imlay City where he died at
Sgt. Sheppard longed to
age 79 on March 5, 1901. He Shakespeare in my gardens;
be released and go back to
discover with delight his
rests in the Imlay Cemetery.
Michigan and his family.
He was widowed three times knowledge of the natural
His son, Franklin Thornton
world and wisdom he drew
and had four more children.
Sheppard, was born during
from it. Scenes unfold from
The flag was passed
his captivity. But, meandown through the family and garden to garden as I weed
peonies, cull runaway rudwhile, he was determined to was donated in 1972 to the
beckia from their bed, and
stay alive and vowed to
Dearborn Historical
listen to the audio book of As
endure whatever he had to in Commission where it is on
You Like It.
order to surviveand protect display at the museum.
This is an ideal environhis flag.
Sheppard is one of
ment to visualize
Finally, on November 18, Michigans citizen soldiers
Shakespeares plays and
1864, after all of the misery
who answered when their
become familiar with his lanand seeing many comrades
country called, saved the
die of disease, execution or
Unionand its flag. Yes, the guage and world. Although
he never uses the words
starvation, Sgt. Sheppard was Stars and Stripes
flower and leaf, the forpart of a prisoner exchange
FOREVER!
est is vivid as my peonies,
and sent to Annapolis,
Special thanks to Dave
maples and pines, his trees a
Maryland to recuperate.
Good, Dearborn Historical
magical horticultural mix of
In his possession was his Commission, Marilyn
Oak, Hawthorn, Palm-tree,
flag, now torn, soiled, tatSwihart, Imlay City
and Olive.
tered and dotted with 72 bul- Historical Society and John
I hear the theme of
let holes from various battles. Heiser, Gettysburg National
nature heals in this comedy
But Sheppardand Old
Military Park.
of familial and romantic love.
Glorywere
free.
Email Rick at
Custers charge at Gettysburg. Sgt. Sheppard and
For Rosalind, the heroine,
He was discharged on
rick.liblong@cox.net.
Old Glory with him (painting by Ron Lesser).
and everyone else who enter
the Forest of Arden are better
for it. I see Fortune and
Nature often work at odds.
Fortune may bestow
wealth, position, and power
on a person by undeserved
from page 10-A
means. However, if this perhotel along with money for
son lacks the nature of nobilifood and the information for Knowing where you are agencies and people.
before anyone looks at it). ty, foresight, courage, and
further help.
is a critical step in knowing The Health Department The caller will not ask for compassion, they may mis Thank you so much, God where you are going next. has been privileged to be part social security numbers or manage their gift to their own
bless you all! Youre doing a Seems simple, but when it of this process when it pub- credit card information. Only ruin. Conversely, Nature may
wonderful job!
comes to understanding the lished its first CHNA in those 18 years or older will grant a bounty upon on a perMiranda Wedlake health of a community, mea- 2000. Every five years we be randomly selected to take son whom Fortune has
Imlay City suring our strengths and have collected information the survey. Zip codes and snubbed. This person will
weaknesses can be pretty that helped us understand our basic financial information, have the faculties to gain
complicated. A Community health status. This time we along with age, gender, mari- independence and wealth,
Health Needs Assessment are hoping to push further to tal status and race will be albeit with work and struggle.
(CHNA) identifies the develop a robust Community asked to help us understand I left my hoe and lay
strengths and resources Health Improvement Plan how health is experienced by down under a maple tree to
I would like to give a available in the community (or strategic plan). We want different groups of people. stretch my back and ponder
great, big thank you to to meet the needs of every- to thank the strong and wide- The BRFS is the single most Wills philosophy on Nature
Dennis Collison for stopping one. The ultimate goal of a spread community support important part of the CHNA and Fortune. Praise to my linto help me whenI fell in my CHNA is to develop strate- offered throughout this pro- because it reflects what is eage, mine is the gift of
driveway.
gies to address the commu- cess from our hospitals, com- really going on with the peo- Nature. Like Shakespeare, my
Thanks to all of the oth- nitys health needs and the munity agencies, and non- ple, from the perspective of grandfather knew the healing
ers who stopped to help as identified issues. The health profits. By working together the people. For those called, properties of his native wildwell.
of the public is the responsi- we can make the difference. we are encouraging every- flowers, herbs, and trees.
Sincerely,
bility of everyone, not just Starting
mid-June one to take the time to speak Love and care for his land
Richard Jurn the local health department. through September one seg- with the surveyors and give granted prosperity and food
Imlay City It crosses all boundaries of ment of the CHNA will be them thoughtful, honest to his family and neighbors
government jurisdictions, collected directly from St. answers. We need your help during the Great Depression.
Mine is the love of family
Clair County residents using and input!
randomly selected land lines Once this segment is and gardens, a flower in
every room with soft and
The results are in and over year, we reached over 1,700 and cell phone numbers. This completed, additional data deep shades of bloom to color
500 individuals attended the youth in Lapeer County is called a Behavioral Risk from other sources (census, gray and empty spaces. Mine
30th Annual 4-H Celebrity through various forms of edu- Factor Survey (BRFS). In business, health data, etc.,) is stacks of books, poetry
and Spring Auction Saturday, cational programming, tradi- order to accurately reflect the will be added to give us the waiting to speak sonnets,
April 16th! The event was a tional clubs and events. The whole community we need best picture of where we haiku, and villanelles.
huge success raising over goal is to keep them curious to collect about 1,200 com- are. This information will Dear Reader, mine is the
$44,000 to support Lapeer and encourage them to explore pleted surveys. The BRFS be published and available to empty page wanting words of
County 4-H programming their present and future inter- will be done by Northern everyone. Our expectation is hope, faith, and love in all
and the Endowment. This ests and build life skills while Illinois University Call that further community input manner of literary devices.
event is the main financial doing so. 4-H also offers Center displaying an 815 as to where to go next will What a privilege to garden
support for Lapeer County scholarships to state and area code. Trained profes- guide and strengthen our with the Master of letters, to
4-H programs.
national conferences, college sionals making the calls will quest for St. Clair County to carry the spirit of his words
Lapeer County 4-H Youth scholarships, as well as an ask questions related to be a community that is self- and world to your hands.
Programs provide a wide vari- annual 4-H Camp retreat at health behaviors, social reliant and prepared for the Authors Note: In A
issues, chronic diseases, future, allowing it to achieve Shakespearean Botanical,
ety of opportunities for posi- Camp Lael in Lapeer.
tive youth development. 4-H These programs are fund- health care access, caregiv- the highest potential and Margaret Willes cross-referis an amazing organization ed almost exclusively through ing, literacy, substance use, well-being of its residents.
ences each mention of a plant
Best in health, in Shakespeares work with
where our young people can contributions and the kind- and a few other topics. The
Annette Mercatante, what his contemporaries
learn true life skills such as ness, generosity and support survey will take approxiMD, MPH would have known about
leadership, citizenship and of our community and sur- mately 30 minutes. The
information is collected
Medical Health Officer plants.
community through innova- rounding areas.
anonymously (it is separated
St. Clair County Health Email Iris at
tive programs and hands on
Department irisleeu@sbcglobal.net.
Letters page 15-A from your phone number
learning experiences. Last
Photo provided

he American Civil War

was full of stories of
bravery, heroism, survival,
duty and love of country. I
wrote about some of them
involving men from the
Almont area in my book,
Answering the Call to
Duty in 2011. But in my
book, I
missed an
incredible
tale of an
Almont
man and
his devotion to
protecting
the Stars
Rick Liblong and
Stripes
whatever
the cost.
After 150-plus years,
some of the details are fuzzy
but the deed is worth remembering since yesterday, June
14, was Flag Day.
Thomas Henry Sheppard
(sometimes spelled Shepard
or Sheperd) was born in
Bristol, England in 1822. He
came to the United States in
1854 and in 1859 he moved
to a farm near Almont,
Michigan with his wife,
Louisa and their children.
At that time war clouds
were gathering and in 1861
the nation split and erupted
in Civil War. President
Lincoln called for the states
to raise troops to defend the
Union and in Almont, attorney Melvin Brewer went
about recruiting and then
commanding Company L of
the First Michigan Cavalry.
More than 30 men from
around the Almont area
joined Brewers unit including Sheppard.
When he enlisted on
August 20, much to the chagrin of Louisa, Sheppard was
38 years old and had eight
children. A ninth would be
born during the war after he
was home for a few days on
leave. Because of his circumstances, Sheppard may not
have been drafted but the call
to duty was irresistible and
he and his unit departed
Almont for Detroit by train
where they were outfitted

Photo provided

Shakespeare
in the garden

Letters from our readers

CHNA targets St. Clair County

Help is greatly
appreciated

4-H Auction is big success

Honest Living . . .

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Town Talk
Editors note: Due to space
constraints announcements
will be posted one week in
advance of the event. Notices
must be received in writing
by noon Monday prior to the
publication date.

For Senior Citizens

Gentle yoga, Wednesdays
from 1-2 p.m. at the Imlay
City Senior Center. Practice
led by Dina Miramonti,
RYT.
Dinner and an evening of
card playing with friends,
50/50 raffle and prizes of
high and low for each table
every 3rd Monday at the
Washington Senior Center,
57880
Van
Dyke,
Washington Township, MI
48094, from 4-8 p.m. Call
the center for further
details, 586-752-6543.
Swing Dance Lessons
offered at the Port Huron
Senior Center, 600 Grand
Avenue in Port Huron,
every Tuesday from 7:30-9
p.m. and the 1st and 3rd
Thursday of the month
from 7:30-9 p.m. with
instructors Lyle Malaski &
Kristina Morton. Call 810984-5061 for more information.
Council
on
Aging
Membership is open to individuals 18 and older. The
Capac Senior Center is
open 8:30-4:30 weekdays.
We offer a variety of activities such as fitness and craft
classes, a book review
group, cards and bus trips.
Call Lori at 395-7889 for
more information.
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 information.
Adults 55 and over are
invited to Berlin Twp.
Senior Center to play cards
from noon-3 p.m. the 2nd
Wednesday of every month.
Bring a sack lunch, bever-

ages provided. Senior

stretch exercise on Tuesdays
10-11 a.m. Potluck luncheons will be served the
4th Tuesday of every month
at noon. Call 810-395-4518
for details.

ensure your food voucher

will be received before you
stop in to shop. Any questions, please call Sherrie
Cramton at 810-395-1905.

The Capac Kitchen serves

free meals every Tuesday
Ryan Smith, a certified from 4:30-6 p.m. at Zion
alcohol and drug counselor United Methodist Church.
will be available at the
Imlay City Seniors Center Free meals for people in
on the 4th Thursday of need are offered at the
every month from 9 a.m.-12 North Branch Senior Center
on Monday and Thursday
p.m.
evenings from 5:30-7 p.m.
Call 810-441-0322 for more
information.

Free Meals, Food

St. Pauls Lutheran Church

Food for Families kitchen
is open to the public for
free, hot meals every
Monday and Wednesday
from 4-5:30 p.m.

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

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.

Museums

today to reserve your seat at

810-664-2737 and for more
information on dates and
times.

Mobile Home Park Club

House, 725 DeMille Rd. in
Lapeer. Weigh-in from
6-6:30 p.m., meeting from
6:30-7:30 p.m. For more
Play groups available. Free information, call 810-6646 week sessions. At these 7579.
FREE 90 minute playgroups
children will participate in a
storytime, developmentally Seven Ponds Nature Center
Stingers Annual Rummage
appropriate games and
crafts, learn new skills, and
and Bake Sale
enjoy a snack and social
Thursday June 16 and Friday
time with other children.
June 17 from 9am-5pm
Parents will have the chance
Sat. June 18 from 9am-4pm
to talk to other adults with
Saturday only: $2 for a small
same-age children. Register
bag, $3 for a large bag.
now for the next session!
3854 Crawford Road Dryden
Numerous locations and
810-796-3200
dates available. For more
information and to sign up
call the Family Literacy
TOPS 888 (Take Off Pounds
Center at 810-664-2737.
Sensibly) meets Wednesdays
at the 25 Pine Ridge Dr. in
Lapeer. Weigh-in at 8:30
a.m., 9:30 a.m. meeting.
FOR WIDOWED MEN & Call Linda at 810-245-3955
WOMEN. Lunch-Cards- or Phyllis 810-395-7035 for
Freindship. Join us every more information.
3rd Tuesday of each month
from 11:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at For those that have experiCavis Pioneer Restaurant, enced the death of a loved
5600 Lapeer Rd. in Kimball one, a support group is
Twp. 48074 (located approx. available facilitated by a
15 Miles S.W. of Port Huron. trained United Hospice
No RSVP necessary. For Service (UHS) bereavement
more information call volunteer. Marlette Regional
Joanne K. at 810-324-2304. Hospital, 2770 Main Street
This activity is sponsored by in Marlette, hosts this supWidowed Friends, a peer port group the 1st Friday of
support group www.wid- each month at 10 a.m. in the
Administration Conference
owedfriends.org.
Room. For more informaWidowed Friends invites all tion, call 800-635-7490 or
widowed to join us for visit www.marletteregionalbreakfast and friendship in hospital.org
a safe setting every 2nd and
4th Monday of the month at
9 a.m. at Seros, 925 Gratiot
in Marysville. For more
information about our The Imlay City Christian
group, call Julie at 810-388- School is holding a fundraiser for TAFFY (Tuition
0868.
Assistance Fundraising For
Lapeer County Families Youth). Come join us for
Against Narcotics group euchre the 2nd Saturday of
meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the
the month at Faith Christian Imlay City Christian School,
Fellowship, 69 W. Nepessing 7197 E. Imlay City Rd. in
St. in Lapeer. Call 810-667- Imlay City. For more infor0119 for more information mation, call 810-724-5695.
or email faithchrist09@aol.
com.

Support Groups

Youth Events

Other

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m

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

Dryden
U.M.C.
810-796-3341

15

West Berlin
U.M.C.

Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Pastor Alan Casillas

15

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
16

15

Come Grow With Us!

15

Sacred Heart
Catholic Church

15

700 Maple Vista, Imlay City

810-724-1135

586.336.4673

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

Weekend Masses

Sat. 5 pm
Sun. 9 am - English
11 am - Spanish
Reconciliation 1/2 hr. before each Mass &4pm Sat.

Father Paul Ward

15

COME WORSHIP WITH US!

John Barker, Minister

15

Family of
Christ
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
7191 Imlay City Road
Imlay City
Educational Hour - 9:15 am
Worship Time - 10:30 am

Phone 810-724-2620

16

PASTOR KEN RENARD

Sunday 2:30 pm
Tuesday 7:00 pm
Friday Youth 7:00 pm

firstapostolichome.com

Sunday Mornings
10:30 am

15

COME & MAKE A

DIFFERENCE WITH US! 15

Wayne Boyd, Pastor

881 Van Dyke - 810-798-8888

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

GATEWAY
ASSEMBLY

15

2720 Winslow Road

Imlay City, MI 48444

1 Mile South of I-69 Overpass

Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Wednesday Prayer & Praise 7:30 pm

Phone: 810-724-6999

(ELCA) 109 E. Kempf Court Capac, MI

(810) 395-7557

15

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

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School
9:00 a.m. September thru May
Staffed Nursery During Worship 15

Christ Evangelical First Congregational Church

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

275 Bancroft - Imlay City

(Corner of 5th Street)

810-724-7855

810-724-6207

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

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

Pastor

Ralph O. Stuebs
Cell-(567) 674-0438

Come to the WELS

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

810-395-7572

www.stnicholascapac.com

15

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

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

Holy Redeemer
Lutheran Church
4538 Dryden Rd. Dryden, MI

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

8:00 am - BIBLE CLASS

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

201 E. St. Clair, Almont, MI

810-798-8855
Sr. Pastor: Keith Langley

Sunday Worship Service at 10:15 a.m.

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

St. John The

Evangelist
Catholic Church
872 Capac Rd.
Allenton, MI 48002

810-395-7074

www.stjohnsallenton.com

The Evening Star Quilt

Guild meets the last
Wednesday of each month
at the Davison Senior
Center, 10135 Lapeer Rd. in
Davison. Meetings start at
6:30 p.m. and doors open at
6:00 p.m. For more information, call Lisa, 810-3587294.

15

ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

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

Light of Christ
Community
Church

Almont
First Baptist Church

Supervised child care during all services

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

Children's Church during service.

The Imlay City American

Legion Post 135 meets the
2nd and last Wednesdays of
the month at 7:30 p.m. The
post is located at 212 E.
Third Street. Contact them
at 724-1450 or americanlegionpost135@frontier.com.

6835 Weyer Road Imlay City, MI48444

2796 S. Van Dyke Road - Imlay City

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

74903 McKay Rd., Romeo

Weekday Masses

810-724-3306

15

Imlay City
C.R.C.

810-724-4315

Come as you are - everyone is welcome!

670 N. Van Dyke

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

810-395-2409

email: nlcc@newlifechristian.net
www.newlifechristian.net
Pastor Tim Martin
Sunday 10 a.m. Service 15

395 N. Cedar (M-53)

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

Imlay City
Church of Christ

905 Holmes Rd. - Allenton, MI

Corner of Almont Road
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
Rev. Curtis Clarke

810-724-2702

Church 810-395-2112

810-724-0687

859 N. Van Dyke Road

Imlay City, Michigan 48444

4411 Newark Road

Attica, MI 48412

810-724-1200

Corner of 4th St. & Almont Ave.

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

5394 Main Street - Dryden

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

(ELCA)

200 North Cedar (M-53)

Imlay City, MI

14952 Imlay City Rd., Capac

Imlay City
U.M.C.

Club News

St. Pauls
Lutheran Church

Capac
U.M.C.

(810) 724-0690

Ocean Commotion: Diving

into Noahs Flood Vacation Bible School at
Hunters Creek Community
Church, 2471 Metamora
Rd., Lapeer, June 27-30
from 6-8:30 p.m. Students
will catch a glimpse of the
endless blue sea! Theyre off
on an adventure where
theyll dive into learning
about Noah and the worldwide Flood of his day. Free
for students K-6th grade.
Register by calling 810-6646037. Contact person: Emily
Gehman 248-420-7554

Fundraisers

AREA UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCHES

27 Elk Lake Road, Attica, MI

Tire Disposal - Riley Twp.

will host a township tire disposal on Sat., June 18 9
a.m.-3 p.m. at the Riley
Twp. Park, 13016 Belle
River Rd., Riley MI. Proof
of residency required. Tires
accepted: passenger and
light truck on or off the rim,
semi-truck tires on or off
rim and tractor tires off the
rim only. Questions 810392-2326.

The Capac Historical

Society is now open to visitors daily from 1-3 p.m. and
1-4 p.m. on Sundays. Call
Dryden Area Food For 810-395-2859 for more
Families free dinner is information.
served on the 2nd Tuesday The Imlay City Historical
of each month from 4:30- Museum is now open for the
6:00 p.m. at St. Cornelius 2016 season on Saturdays
Church, 3834 Mill Street from 1 to 4 p.m. Stop by and
Free tutor training for peo(north of the light in view new exhibits and learn
ple who would like to help
Dryden). No proof of income more about Imlay Citys
others in our community
is required. Come and enjoy wonderful history. For more
improve English skills.
a home cooked meal with information call 810-724Volunteer basis. Please call
us.
1904.
for orientation before training at 810-664-2737.
The Attica United Methodist
Church will be holding a
Free hearing and vision
free community meal on the
screens for children of pre2nd and 4th Tuesday of each Imlay City Christian School
school age are available at
month from 4:30-6:30 p.m. is now enrolling for Fall.
the Lapeer County Health
Call
810-724-5695
to
For more information
inquire.
We
serve
students
Department. To schedule an
please call 810-724-0690 or
from
Junior
Kindergarten
appointment please call
visit www.atticaumc.org.
through the 8th grade with
810-667-0448 or 810-245The Attica Food Bank at a Christ centered, quality
5549.
the Attica United Methodist education. All inquiries are
Volunteer for the Habitat
Church, 27 Elk Lake Rd., is welcomed.
open from 2-4 p.m. the 2nd
for Humanity of Lapeer
and 4th Monday of each Ready, Set, Go! Workshop.
County at the office.
month. Proof of residency This is a FREE workshop
Interested parties can call
for 3-5 year olds & parents/
and need required.
810-664-7111 and speak to
caregivers! Enjoy fun projCarolyn, Cheryl or Pete at
The Capac Community ects that will develop your
810-660-7823.
Food Pantry, 114 S. Main childs skills and prepare
Street, is open each them for school! Children
Capac Pharmacy is teaming
Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. also enjoy a snack, story TOPS 620 Lapeer weightwith Support Million Hearts
Please call LOVE, INC. at time, and a free book! Call loss group meets Tuesday West
Berlin
United by offering in-pharmacy
810-245-2414 in advance to the Family Literacy Center nights at the Hunters Creek Methodist Church Annual blood pressure screenings,
136 North Main St. in
Capac, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.- 6
p.m. Everyone is invited to
come and have their blood
pressure read for free.

c
Attica
U.M.C.

Ice Cream Social on Friday,

June 17, 2016 from 6:00
p.m.-8:00 p.m. 905 Holmes
Rd., Allenton. Pies, ice
cream, fresh strawberries.

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

Markets
Attention Cottage Food
Vendors - The Market
Lexington is currently looking for Cottage Food
Vendors for the 2016 market season. Contact Kristen
Kaatz, 810-404-7570 for
stall space and pricing.
The Flea Market held each
Sunday at the Lapeer
Center
Building,
425
County Center Rd. in
Lapeer, will be open from 8
a.m.-3 p.m. Up to 50 booths
inside and outside sell a
huge variety of items. This
event is sponsored by the
Lapeer Center Building,
and there is no admission
charge. For info on space
rentals, contact Logan at
810-347-7915. For general
information on the Flea
Market or food service by
Peacock Alley Catering call
810-664-2109 or email lapeercenter@charter.net.

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Obituaries
~ Neva Verran Forth, 92 ~
Neva Verran Forth, 92,
of Imlay City, died Sunday,
June 12, 2016.
Neva was born June 16,
1923 in Capac to Harold
and Gretel (Craig) Martin.
She graduated from Lapeer
High School, class of 1941.
Neva was very proud of her
family and was very proud
to say she was a homemaker
her entire life. She was a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Attica. She
enjoyed music, games, gardening and socializing with
her friends. Neva was a life
member of the Womens
Auxiliary at American
Legion Post #16, a life

member of the DAV

(Disabled American
Veterans), a member of the
Eastern Star and the Sweet
Adelines.

Neva is survived by her

children: Ronald (Carol)
Verran of Drummand
Island, Michael (Mary Jo)
Verran of Attica, Joseph
(Lola) Verran of Attica,
Thomas (Diane) Verran of
Brown City and Lelah
(Harry) Molosky of
Columbiaville; step-sons:
Wally (Donna) Forth, Wade
Forth and Wayne Forth all
of Massachusetts; twenty
grandchildren; thirty greatgrandchildren and seven
great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her first husband,
Norman C. Verran in 1988;
her second husband,

Wallace Forth in 2001;

brother, LaVern Martin and
her parents.
Nevas funeral service
will be 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
at Muir Brothers Funeral
Home of Lapeer. Pastor
Nathan Whipple will officiate. Burial will be in the
Imlay Township Cemetery.
Nevas family would
like to especially thank the
caregivers at Brookhaven
AFC for their sincere love
and care.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Lapeer.

~ Delores Jean Northrop, 81 ~

Delores Jean Northrop,
81, of Avoca, went home to
be with the Lord Thursday,
June 9, 2016, at her home
with her family by her side.
She was born December
11, 1934, in Capac to the
late Frank and Clara
(Mundt) Klug.
She was married to the
late Harold Northrop Jr. in
1952.
She has resided in
Greenwood Township since
1968 where she raised six
children and helped manage
a beef farm.
She was a member of
Emanuel Redeemer

Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Yale and loved
polka music and the Detroit
Tigers.
She is survived by five
children, Blaine of Kimball,
Beverly and Robert Sullivan,
Sr. of Kimball, Elaine and
Harry Scandalito of Port
Huron, Duane and Lynn of
Avoca and Matthew and
Kelly of Yale; 23 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren
and two great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death
by her husband Harold
(2005), daughters, Sarah
Northrop (1965) and Marcia

Northrop (2000); brothers,

Willard, Leonard and
Hillard, sister, Joyce and
daughter-in-law, Michaeleen
(2014).
Funeral services were
held Tuesday at Emanuel
Redeemer Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Yale. Rev.
Aaron Duve, pastor, officiated.
Burial will be in Dryden
Center Cemetery, Dryden.
Memorials are suggested
to Emanuel Redeemer
Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
For information and
Guest Book kaatzfunerals.

Receiving Manager for 18

years. Alvera retired from
the City of Imlay City where
she worked as an office
clerk for about 3 years.
She is survived by three
daughters: MaryAnn (Jeff)
Siegler, Beth (Tony)
Zappella and Dolores Do
(Bob) VanDenBerg all of
Imlay City, MI and four
sons: Pat (Carol) Ruhlman
of Richmond, MI, Jerry
(April) Ruhlman of Imlay
City, MI, Vince (Lori)
Ruhlman of FL and Charles
Chuck Ruhlman of Imlay
City, MI. Alvera is also survived by 17 grandchildren
and 28 great-grandchildren.
Alvera is the last child of
her immediate family. She is
preceded in death by: her
husband: Anthony; five sisters: Cecilia Gill, Marie
Diegel, Catherine Verlinde,

Ethel Woir, Dolores Kaltz

(Alveras twin sister); and
nine brothers: Urban Kaltz,
Al Kaltz, John Kaltz, Andy
Kaltz, Walter Kaltz, Harold
Kaltz, Norbert Kaltz, Bob
Kaltz, and Harvey Kaltz.
A Mass of Christian
burial will be held 11:00
a.m. Wednesday, June 15 at
Sacred Heart Catholic

from its Truck & Bus Group

in Pontiac in 2000.
Howards greatest love was
farming and his hereford
cattle. He was very active in
his church and attended over
the years, St. John Lutheran
Church in Fraser, Holy
Redeemer in Dryden, and
currently at Grace Lutheran
Fellowship in Romeo.
Howard is survived by
his loving wife of 52 years,
Frieda, son Jeffrey (Heidi)
of Almont along with grandchildren Justin (Jamie)
Westover, Stirling and Lorna

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Schluessler and Haley

Westover, along with one
great-granddaughter Emma
Westover. Also survived by
his brother Nelson of
Clinton Township, sister-inlaws Martha Pash of
Traverse City and Betty
(Rod) Kuechenmeister of
Macomb, MI and many
nieces, nephews, extended
family and friends.
A celebration of life will
take place on Saturday, July
2 at 11 a.m. at Grace
Lutheran Fellowship in
Romeo with Pastor Eric

TRI-CITY AREA
The countys water parks
officially open for the summer season tomorrow, June
16.
The Mill Race Water
Park at General Squier Park
in Dryden Township is open
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays through Labor Day.
Cost is $6 for guests 46
inches or taller, $5 for those
under 46 inches and $2 for
spectators.
The water feature at
Torzewski County Park on
Pero Lake Rd. in Lapeer is
open daily from 11 a.m. to 6

p.m. Admission prices are the

same as in Dryden.
General park hours at
both locations are 9 a.m. to 8
p.m.
For more information call
245-4794.
In St. Clair County, the
Goodells County Park splash
pad is open daily from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. now through
Labor Day. Admission is
free.
Imlay Townships splash
pad is open daily from 9 a.m.
until 8 p.m. Admission is also
free.
Imlay Citys Alvin Norlin
Pool will be open seven days
a week starting June 17. For
hours and pricing information call 724-POOL (7665).

Wednesday, June 15th

Wednesday, June 22nd

Domestic Assault meets 1:00 p.m. to

3:00 p.m. in the Lapeer Court House for
personal protection order clinic. For info
810-246-0632.
Lapeer Amputee Support Team will
meet at 3:30 p.m. at Trinity United
Methodist Church, 1310 N. Main Street,
Lapeer.

Domestic Assault meets 1:00 p.m. to

3:00 p.m. in the Lapeer Court House for
personal protection order clinic. For info
810-246-0632.

Lapeer Area Citizens Against

com.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Kaatz Funeral
Directors of Yale.

Friday, June 17th

Church, 700 Maple Vista,
Imlay City, MI. Rev. Fr.
Matt Kafka will officiate. A
Scripture/Prayer service was
held June 14, 2016 at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City, 225 N. Main
Street, Imlay City, MI.
Burial will follow in Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Imlay
City on Wednesday, afternoon.
The family will be available for visiting 10-11 a.m.
Wednesday, June 15 at
Sacred Heart. Should you
wish to make memorial contributions, the family suggests: St. Judes Children's
Research Hospital.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir Brothers
Funeral Home of Imlay City.
Please be sure to sign our
on-line register book at
muirbrothersfh.com.

~ Howard W. Schluessler, 72 ~
Howard W. Schluessler,
age 72, a resident of Almont
Township since 1975 and
previously from Clinton
Township, passed away on
Saturday, June 4, 2016 at
McLaren Lapeer Region
Hospital in Lapeer. Howard
was born June 27, 1943 in
Mt. Clemens, the son of
Woodrow and Marion
(Schroeder) Schluessler. On
November 2, 1963, Howard
married Frieda Bartholomew
in Utica, MI. Howard
worked for many years at
General Motors, retiring

By Maria Brown

Tri-City Times Assistant Editor

Community Calendar

~ Alvera C. Ruhlman, 92 ~
Alvera C. Ruhlman, age
92, of Imlay City died
Saturday, June 11, 2016 at
her home surrounded by her
loving children. Alvera
Caroline Kaltz was born
January 25, 1924 in
Centerline, MI. She is the
daughter of the late Albert
and Catherine Kaltz. Alvera
grew up in Centerline, MI.
She married Anthony J.
Ruhlman on April 29, 1952
in North Branch, MI. Alvera
had been a member of
Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Imlay City, she
participated in Sacred
Hearts Altar Society. She
was preceded in death by her
husband, Anthony J.
Ruhlman on September 8,
1989.
She was employed by
Hamill Seatbelt Mfg. Co. in
Imlay City as a Shipping &

Water parks to
open June 16th

Imlay City Senior Center Texas Hold

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

Monday, June 20th

Almont/Dryden Lioness Branch Club

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

Tuesday, June 21st

Imlay City Senior Center Euchre

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

Lapeer Area Citizens Against

Friday, June 24th

Imlay City Senior Center Texas Hold

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

Tuesday, June 28st

Imlay City Senior Center Euchre

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

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Ice cream, magic

on tap in Imlay City
Tri-City Times Editor

Travel Stop: Loves site plan approved

File photo

IMLAY CITY One of

the most popular events of
the summer is slated to take
place next Tuesday, June 21
at Lamb Steele Park.
The CSB Ice Cream
Social and the Amazing Clark
show are on tap in the
Summer Concert Series sponsored by the Imlay City
Downtown Development
Authority.
The complimentary CSB
Ice Cream Social runs from

6-7:30 p.m. The Amazing

Clark will wow the crowd
with his entertaining, interactive blend of magic and illusions at 7 p.m.
It is a terrific night as it
brings community members
and families together for conversation and entertainment,
says DDA Director Dana
Walker. CSB Bank is a
strong supporter of the downtown and Imlay City.
Walker says CSB has
stepped up to sponsor several
activities and events over the
last few years, and their sup-

Visitors enjoy ice cream and companionship at last years CSB Ice Cream
Social downtown.

Pickleball clinic this Saturday

IMLAY CITY This Saturday, June 18, a free pickleball clinic will be held at the
tennis courts behind the Imlay City Middle School, 495 W. First Street. From 11 a.m. to
2 p.m., everyone is welcome to stop and learn more about the countrys fastest growing
sport or, if youre already familiar with the game, to come and play.
The clinic is being sponsored by Imlay Citys June Duthler, an ambassador with the
American Pickleball Association for the Imlay City and Lapeer area, and Chuck
Dominick, an American Pickleball Association Ambassador for Eastern Michigan.

Capac Days: Festival kicks off on Fri.

from page 1-A

fastest time. A trophy will go

to the speediest entrant. To
enter, contact Jeff or Shane at
395-7660.
Then its time for some
non-motorized vehicles to
square off in the 7:30 p.m.
Outhouse Races on Main
Street. Theres still time for
teams to register and spare
outhouses will be available to
use.
The outhouse races are
always a sure hit, Ramirez
said.
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Pick up some circus skills
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the Circus Among Us performance on the Main Stage at 4
p.m.
The Grand Parade will
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The fireworks show will
light up the night sky at dusk
from the school grounds.
Things get off to a quick
start on Saturday with the
Mussey
Twp.
Fire
Departments Running Hot
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at www.runsignup.com.
Fuel up before or after
the race with a pancake
breakfast from 8-11 a.m. at
the American Legion Hall,
hosted by the Capac United
Methodist Church.
Classic car owners are
encouraged to take part in a
free show planned for
Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon
on Main Street in front of
CSB Bank.
The Ride Zone and
Celebration Tent both open at
noon. Mark Rosenthals
Animal Magic show, the first
of two, begins at noon at the
Main Stage.
Look for Da the Clown in
the downtown area from 12
to 7 p.m. Hell be on the
Main Stage at 1:30 p.m.
Free eye screenings, made
possible by the Capac Lions,
are on tap from 12-2 p.m.
Theres a candy scramble
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Animal Magic show at 2 p.m.

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port is greatly appreciated.

It is wonderful to have
CSB employees really getting
involved with the social and
seeing a local business interact with the community they
serve, she says.
The
DDA Summer
Concert Series is supported
by the Greater Flint Arts
Council.
In case of inclement
weather, the ice cream social
and the Amazing Clark per- No two stores are alike, Loves officials note, but a retail store and filling staformance will be held at tion, similar to this one recently constructed in Oregon, is due to be built in
Heritage Church, 543 N. Capac later this year.
Cedar Street (behind the
Silver Grill).
For more information
contact the DDA at 810-724- from page 1-A
that the final plan demonstrat- chase price of $210,000.
2135 or visit www.icdda.com.
ed compliance with the The county has record of
our driveway. All other road Michigan Department of the sale of 3191 Capac Road
work has been approved, Transportations requirements between ZRC Holdings and
including adding two turn for driveways and intersec- Loves Travel Stops &
lanes, plus an acceleration tions.
Country Stores occurring May
lane leading south to the west- Engineers with the Spicer 18 but no purchase price is
bound on ramp, as well as Group reviewed the revised listed. In the site plan, the pargeneral widening, Dorian plan and gave their approval. cel area is listed at 25.4 acres.
said.
According to the St. Clair Currently, Michigan is
The planning commission County Treasurers Office, home to only one other Loves
gave preliminary approval to ZRC Holdings purchased the Travel Stop along I-94 in
the plan back in December property at the northwest cor- Marshall. The privately held
but, at the suggestion of engi- ner where Capac Road inter- family business was estabneers, asked that revisions and sects I-69 in 2012 from the lished in Oklahoma in 1964.
clarifications be made related Christy family on land con- They boast more than 370
to landscaping, signage and tract with the warranty deed retail sites in 40 states and
finished floor elevations. handed over to ZRC in employ about 15,000 nation
Village officials also asked November 2015 for a pur- wide.
Photo provided

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Lamb Steele Park on June 21

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ners and walkers were given

certificates for 50% off meals
at the Dryden Bar & Grill.
Among those who arrived
early for the event, were
friends in fitness, Laura
OConnor, Tricia DeDalis,
Mindy Patrick and Kristine
Stheiner.
Were all friends and we
all work out together at
Anytime Fitness, said Laura.

Also on hand at the

beginning of the Run/Walk
were Imlay City Manager
Tom Youatt and Mayor Walt
Bargen, who said he planned
to walk the route.
For more information
about the Polly Ann Trail or
to become a member of
Friends of the Polly Ann,
contact David Howell at 248933-6184. Or visit: www.pollyanntrail.org.

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Announcements Dispatch log . . .

Capac All Class Reunion on tap

Editors note: The following is a compilation of activity

and reports from area police
departments:

the 15100 block of Imlay City

Rd. in Mussey Twp. on June 8
take a harassment report
CAPAC Calling all Capac students! All are welin the 300 block of N. Neeper
come to attend the Capac Community Schools All Class
St. on June 8
Reunion slated for June 26th at Capac High School. The
report of a reckless drivfun begins at 11:30 a.m., all Capac alumni are welcome
er in the 100 block of Hunters
and encouraged to attend.
Crossing Blvd in Capac on
Police and emergency June 8
responders responded to:
report of a disorderly
a domestic incident in person in the 15300 block of
the 100 block of Railroad St. Bryce Rd. in Mussey Twp. on
in Capac on June 8
June 8
a property damage acci- a malicious destruction
from page 10-A
dent at Main and Mill streets of property report in the 5800
in Capac on June 8
block of Capac Rd. in Mussey glass of wine...before it got his dignity; never, ever wal an animal complaint in Twp. on June 8.
too bad hed have one him- lowing in self-pity or sorself...and sit at the table and row. How he acted as norpass the dreaded Wall Street mal as he could, when his
Journal my way. There was normal was always,
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always changing. How he
Ineeded enlightening on, taught me yet another priceand of course the WSJ con- less lesson.
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wed banter back and forth
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Umlaufs celebrate 60th

Mr. and Mrs. Robert

Umlauf of Lapeer will celebrate their 60th wedding
anniversary on June 23. God
has blessed us with four children, 10 grandchildren and
one great-grandchild with
another on the way. Due to a
medical situation, along with

grandchildrens school and

college requirements, a midsummer mass and celebration
will take place. We take this
opportunity to sincerely thank
all
our
Immaculate
Conception Parish community for their thoughts and
prayers.

Meek chosen as Trooper Recruit

Dennis Meek, a 2008
Almont High School graduate, is among 70 prospective
troopers who reported to the
Michigan State Police (MSP)
Training Academy in Lansing
for the 130th Trooper Recruit
School earlier this month.
The prospective troopers will
will train for 22 weeks to
become MSP troopers.
In order to be selected to
attend the 130th Trooper
Recruit School, recruits had
to pass a stringent selection
process that included a physical fitness test, background
investigation and hiring interview.
Between wake-up at 5
a.m. and lights-out at 10 p.m.,
the recruits will receive
instruction in firearms, water
safety, defensive tactics,
patrol techniques, report
writing, ethics, first aid,
criminal law, crime scene
processing and precision
driving.
Recruits who successfully complete recruit school

will graduate on Nov. 4,

2016.
There are three trooper
recruit schools and a motor
carrier officer recruit school
planned for this year:
129th Trooper Recruit
School began March 27,
2016; will graduate August
26, 2016.
130th Trooper Recruit
School began June 5, 2016;
will graduate November 4,
2016.
131st Trooper Recruit
School will start July 17,
2016; will graduate December
22, 2016.
21st Motor Carrier
Officer Recruit School will
start August 28, 2016; will
graduate January 6, 2017.
The MSP is actively
recruiting for future recruit
schools. To learn more about
a career with the MSP, interested candidates should visit
www.michigan.gov/mspjobs
or follow the recruits blog at
http://msprecruits.wordpress.
com.

LCBT scholarship winners

Lapeer County Bank &
Trust Co. is proud to
announce the recipients of its
2016 scholarships. The Bank
received 58 applications for
the scholarship, which provides $1,000 per year for up
to four consecutive years for
students. Applications came
from every school in the
county, as well as some
homeschooled and non-traditional students.
Winners are: Samantha
Schlaud, North Branch High
School. Samantha will attend
University of Detroit-Mercy.
In high school, Schlaud participated in varsity soccer
and basketball and is a member of National Honors
Society and Student Council.
Outside of school, Schlaud
spends her time volunteering
for Mentors for Kids,
Paradise Animal Rescue, the
American Red Cross and the
Salvation Army.
Emily Pewinski, Almont
High School. Emily plans to
attend Grand Valley State
University. While attending
school, Pewinski participated
in the Varsity Dance Team,
Theatre, Powerlifting and

was a member of the Student

Council. Pewinski is also a
member of an Almont swine
4-H group and volunteers
with the Almont Youth on
Main Street Group and
Habitat for Humanity.
Matthew Schneider,
Lapeer
High
School.
Matthew plans to attend
Kettering
University.
Schneider participated in
Robotics as the team captain
and lead designer, marching
and jazz band and was a
member of the National
Honor Society. In addition,
Schneider volunteers his time
as a Robotics mentor and
with Immaculate Conception
Church as an alter server and
at St. Pauls Lutheran Church
in their soup kitchen.
Dax Cariera. Dax
received his GED through
the Family Literacy Center
and plans to attend University
of Michigan in Flint. While
working and earning his
GED, Dax spent additional
time volunteering at the
Tibbits Nature Sanctuary in
Columbiaville. Dax plans to
volunteer as a tutor at the
Family Learning Center.

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Letters continued...
from page 11-A
The Annual 4-H Auction,
now going into its 31st year,
provides the majority of these
funds. The success of the auction could not be achieved
without the community support including, but not limited
to, donations and volunteers.
Several of our auction attendees have been attending for
30 years, and we are so thankful for their continuous support. Several local businesses
donate time and services such
as Lapeer County Bank and
Trust, who staff the checkout
area. Well known local auctioneer, Brian Rowley, and
his staff, Krista Beers, generously donate services every
year in support of 4-H.
The Annual Celebrity
Autographed Items 4-H
Auction, which is always held
on the Friday evening prior,
was made possible by approximately 129 donors. This auction is special in its own right
and brings something for
everyone. It offers a large
variety of autographed memorabilia. Our biggest Celebrity
items this year were an autographed Detroit Red Wings
goalie helmet, hockey pucks,
and Kansas City Royals
World Series baseball.
Autographed hockey sticks
were also a big hit as well.
There were many other interesting items from autographed celebrity photos,
books, CDs, posters and so
much more.
We would like to give a
whole-hearted thank you to
all of the local business
donors, who supported this
event. This years Spring 4-H
Auction was made possible
by donations from 390 incounty and 265 out-of-county
businesses. The auction has a
huge range of items such as
gift certificates for travel, gift
baskets, restaurants and
attractions for both local and
national areas.
This year we had almost
every restaurant in Lapeer
County donate a gift certificate for their establishment.
We were excited to have so
many family entertainment
packages as well. One of the
packages was Walt Disney
World park hopper tickets for
four people. Another great
travel package was to the
Kennedy Space Center.
Museums, stores, zoos, theaters, concerts and too many
more to mention.
Our local 4-H clubs join
in and design their own baskets to auction off, with a
portion of the proceeds going
back to their clubs. This
years 4-H basket themes
ranged from fishing, pet care,
baby shower, movie night,
camping and snacking, just to
list a few.
We also give our clubs a
chance to be entrepreneurs

and bid on Lunch Concessions

and the All-You-Can-Eat
Pancake Breakfast. Once it is
determined which clubs have
won the bid, it is their sole
responsibility to run this as
their own business. The funds
they raise go solely into their
clubs account. This year
Young Pioneers and
Country Kids won the
opportunity to put on the pancake breakfast. Concessions
were later put on by the
Lapeer County 4-H Horse
Leaders
Committee.
According to our guests, all
three 4-H clubs did a fantastic
job with providing food,
drinks and their services,

while learning about entrepreneurship.

The task of coordinating
and running an auction of
this size is no small undertaking. It takes not only our
auction committee, but an
army of volunteers. Dyle
Henning and Mark Monson
are two of our committee
members who have been
volunteering for 4-H for 30
years. There is a mountain
of tasks to be covered such
as visiting local businesses
as well as contacting national supporters for donations,
just for starters. The workload behind the scenes is
very time consuming. If it

wasnt for our loyal volunteers who turn out to help

every year, our event would
not be as successful, and for
that we are so thankful for
them.
If you attended the auction we hope you had a great
time. If you were unable to
make it, please join us next
year on Saturday, April 1,
2017. If you would like to
receive more information
about 4-H and its opportunities, please call: (810) 6670343.
Lapeer County MSU
Extension
4-H Programs
Lapeer

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is

Jason Vassel of Almont celebrates his first Fathers

Day with son Nathan Donald Vassel.

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Almont Fire Lt. Scott Garner and son Bentley

enjoy checking out the rigs at the Almont Fire
Department Pancake Breakfast last fall. The Garner
family lives in Almont.

Photo provided

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Fathers Day
Photo Contest

Eric Smith enjoys an afternoon outdoors with

youngsters Alex and Katelyn Smith. The Smith
family lives in Capac.

Readers share special moments with Dad.

Winners will be notified on June 17th.

Ryan Day (center) spends time at the races with

his kids Payton and Sway. The Days live in Attica.

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Marty Bourdeau cozies up with his children Noelle

and Cameron. The Bourdeau family lives in
Dryden.

Three generations of the Vassel family celebrate

the moment. Pictured are Jamie (Morris) Vassel
and her son Nathan Donald Vassel in the arms of
the late Don Themm. The Vassels live in Almont.

Eric Smith and his son Alex pause after a job well
done at their Burt Road home in Capac.

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Rural Lifestyles

s the weather warms,

the insect world
springs to life. Bugs
of all kinds are winging
through the air or crawling
over the ground or feasting
on new plant growth. One
common guest in our yards
and gardensthe
antis a
friend, not
a foe.
Sure,
the hills
they create
can be a
nuisance
in the
form of
sprained
ankles but
thats just
evidence
of the good work theyre
doing. The tunneling, underground work they perform is
on par with the good soil
aeration attributed to earthworms. Additionally, ants
are known for being excellent seed planters and they
keep bad bugs away from
plants.
If you have a gorgeous
peony plant in bloom right
now, youll likely see ants

scampering along the stems

and over the buds. You
might not appreciate them as
hitchhikers if taking some of
the cut flowers indoors for
an arrangement is your
intent but know that theyre
performing an important job
outdoors. According to
Donald R. Lewis, with the
Iowa State Extension, ants
are attracted the nectar found

on outside edges of the

scales of peony buds and
make it their job to keep
other bugs from enjoying the
feast too, attacking herbivores and seed eating
insects, knocking them off
the plant. Lewis notes that
the old notion of peonies
needing ants to bloom is
false. In fact, the Heartland
Peony Society notes that
ants seem to prefer some
varieties and not others so a
lack of ants on a plant
shouldnt be a cause for concern.
Ants have also been
observed dispersing the
seeds of several woodland
spring flowers like Bleeding
Heart (Dicentra), trout lilies
and most violets. According
to scientists at the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Field Station, many of these
ephemerals use a special
attractant called an elaiosome that causes the ants to
visit the plant and take the
seeds back to the nests.
These packets are rich in lipids and ants feast on them
but they dont damage the
seed, leaving it behind to
germinate.
Research also suggests

of N, P2O5, and K2O costs

$0.42, $0.50, and $0.34,
respectively. Thus a ton of
straw will contain $14.93
worth of nutrients. Again, this
number can vary, but it gives
you a starting point for your
own economic analysis.
Its always best if prices
are determined on a per ton
basis rather than per acre
basis. This takes the guess
work out of determining actual yield. Average wheat straw
yields are about 1.5 ton per
acre. However, exceptional
wheat can yield over 2 tons
per acre, or yields can be 1
ton if stubble is cut high or
wheat yield was poor.
The value of the organic
matter is more difficult to put
a price on. Removing the

organic material will diminish

the carbon content and can
result in negative impact on
soil health and on the physical, chemical and biological
properties of your soil. It is
important to consider these
factors when estimating the
true value of straw.
The seller has to determine how much profit over
the cost of fertilizer is reasonable and put a value on the
organic material that is leaving the farm. Farmers should
consider planting cover crops
or applying manure to replace
this organic material. The
buyer must consider the harvest costs, which vary based
on harvest method.
This article, by Paul
Gross, was published by

Garden Variety

The pretty colors and

lovely scent also attract
peony-loving four-yearolds.

Photo by Maria Brown

Ants: Garden friends, not foes

Ants feast on the nectar of peony buds and, in the process, fend of other
insects that could otherwise damage the gorgeous flowers.
some ants help keep plant
surfaces clean as they forage, combatting things like
disease and fungi from
attacking the plant.
Steven N. Handel and
Christina M. K. Kauzinger
in a Fine Gardening magazine article note that ants are
an important part of the food
web cycle too, serving as a

food source for birds, frogs,

spiders, other insects and
some mammals.
So think twice before
you stomp out that ant hill.

Those tiny, hard workers are

likely benefitting, not harming your garden.
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TRI-CITY AREA
With wheat harvest right
around the corner, the value
of the straw is a very popular
question. Over the past several years, baling and selling
wheat straw has become a
more common practice. While
uses for wheat straw are varied, the increased demand is
driven by livestock farms
using straw as part of their
feed rations. Sellers should
consider the value of the
nutrients as well as the organic material that will be leaving when the straw is sold.
From a pure nutrient
standpoint, wheat straw contains very little in terms of
phosphorus (P2O5), but moderate amounts of nitrogen (N)
and potassium (K2O). The
actual amounts of N, P2O5
and K2O contained in a ton of
wheat straw are 13, 3.3 and
23 pounds respectively,
according to Michigan State
University Extension bulletin
E-2904,
Nutrient
Recommendations for Field
Crops in Michigan, Table 3,
Nutrient removal in harvested
portion of several field crops.
Actual nutrient content can
vary based upon environmental conditions during the
growing season and after the
grain is harvested as well as
soil nutrient supply. So if you
really want to know the actual
value, straw analysis can be
conducted by any lab that
processes plant samples.
How much is that straw
worth from a nutrient perspective? Well, it obviously
depends upon the current
market value of nutrients.
Using todays prices, a pound

Wheat straw contains moderate amounts of nitrogen and potassium.

Weather
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Lapeer station
Minimum temp.
38.3 on Thursday, 9th
Maximum temp.
91.3 on Saturday, 11th
Rainfall
0 inches
Growing Degree Days
for corn development:
Current: 756
Forecast: 894

For the week of

June 7-13
Emmett station
Minimum temp.
42.1 on Thursday, 9th
Maximum temp.
90.6 on Saturday, 11th
Rainfall
.01 inches
Growing Degree Days
for corn development:
Current: 704
Forecast: 817

Growing degree days are accumulated from

March 1 and forecast through June 20.
Weather data courtesy of Enviro-weather,
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Friday, June 24TH

Saturday, June 25TH

2016 HERITAGE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH

Art on the Lawn

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Almont District Library

Rare/Out of Print Book Sale

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Almont District Library

Refreshment Tent

5:00 pm - Midnight

Festival Tent

Toppermost Beatle Tribute Band

8:00 pm - Midnight

Festival Tent

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

Sponsor: Almont Lions Club

Sing along to your favorite oldies!

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Pancake Breakfast

8:00 am - 11:00 am

First Congregational Church

Classic Car Show and Swap Meet

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

First Congregational Church

Prizes in 10 Categories!

5k Run/Fun Walk

8:00 am - 11:00 am

Almont High School

Shock and Awe-Sum Robotics

8:00 am - 11:00 am

Almont High School Track

Vendors

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Downtown Almont

Sponsor: Almont Robotics

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Art on the Lawn

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Almont District Library

Rare/Out of Print Book Sale

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Almont District Library

Almont Historical Museum Open

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

149 S. Main Street

Yoga in the Community Park

11:00 am - Noon

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Chalk Around the Fountain Contest

11:00 am - Noon

Fountain Park

Magic Show

11:00 am - Noon

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Story Time With Miss Donna

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Dance Performance

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Sports

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Battani fourth at
elite Ohio meet

Almont standout chosen

to represent Michigan
By Kevin Kissane

Photo provided

Almonts Jacob Battani easily clears 15 feet at the

Midwest Meet of Champs in Ohio last Saturday.

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

ALMONT Almont gave

Notre Dame Prep a good fight,
before falling by a narrow 3-1
count in a Division 2 regional
softball confrontation last
Saturday afternoon.
Detroit Country Day High
School is where the action
unfolded.
With the decision, Almont
watches an outstanding 27-11
campaign reach an endpoint.

Bats go silent in state

playoffs with St. Marys
By Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

IMLAY CITY
Unrated Imlay City exited
the ranks of those teams
still alive in the post-season, dropping an 11-1 outcome to second-ranked
Orchard Lake St. Marys in
a Division 2 regional semifinal baseball battle last
Saturday morning.
Detroit Country Day
High School is where the
action unfolded.
With the result, Imlay

City wraps up a 27-11 season.

I anticipated the game
having to be played error
free for us to have an
opportunity to win, Imlay
City Coach Jeff Haring
said. St. Marys Prep is a
solid program built with
great coaching and a large
pool of year round baseball
players to select from, he
noted.
We knew that they
were going to be well
coached and prepared. We
had to do our absolute best,

Imlay Citys Mike Nadrowski forces out a runner in a Div. 2 regional baseball game.
but defensively we didnt. pitches and didnt stay
Our approach at the plate patient.
was off balance, I feel that In Saturdays battle,
maybe the delivery of their contested under scorching
pitcher just threw us off a skies (the heat index nearbit. He had a sidearm/sub ing triple digits when the
delivery. He was very first pitch was delivered),
crafty and nibbled on the both sides were held off the
outside of the plate. We
Playoffs page 2-B
constantly chased bad

Times recognizes top golfers

By Kevin Kissane

It was a good season,

Almont Coach Erik Johnson
said. We just couldnt get the
bats going today, he noted.
I think nerves got to us for
a bit. We settled down on the
mound and defensively. Come
tournament time you have to
get timely hits and unfortunately that just didnt happen for us
today.
In Saturdays confrontation,
Almont jumped out to a 1-0
Almont page 3-B

TRI-CITY AREA From start

to finish these competitors made a
name for themselves with their play
out on the course.
Here is a look at who made the
2016 edition of The Tri-City Times
All-Area golf team and the numbers
they generated to secure those spots:
Hunter Brandt, Almont
Brandt, a senior, averaged 41 per
nine-hole round during the 2016
campaign.
That placed him first on the
Almont squad and out of those who
attained Tri-City Times All-Area first
team status.
He shot a season-low 38 at a
Blue Water Area Conference
Jamboree Tournament hosted by
Castle Creek Golf Course on
Wednesday, April 20;
As far as 18-hole tournaments
were concerned, Brandt carded a 75
at the Brown City Invitational hosted
by Holly Meadows Golf Course in
Capac; supplied a 77 during a
Division 3 regional contested at Atlas
Valley Country Club; furnished a 78
at a Division 3 district hosted by
Heather Hills Golf Club; posted an

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Almont edged by
Notre Dame Prep
By Kevin Kissane

Spartans
end run in
semifinals

Brandt, House headline talented links squad

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Almont pitcher Veronica

Watson looks
to tag out a
Notre Dame
Prep baserunner at the
plate in a Div.
2 regional
clash last
Saturday.

Imlay City Coach Jeff Haring talks to his ballclub last Saturday in a Div. 2 regional clash.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

ALMONT Almont track standout Jacob Battani competed

for Team Michigan at the Midwest Meet of Champions last
Saturday.
Ohio Wesleyan
University, in
Delaware, Ohio, is
where the meet was
contested.
Participating in
the pole vault,
Battani (who
recently won the
Division 3 state
title) cleared 15
feet en route to a
two-way tie for
fourth.
Ohios Lucas
Almonts Jacob Battani (R) and Kelley took event
Michigan teammates Saturday in honors that day. He
accomplished the
Ohio.
feat with a clearance of 16 feet 9 inches.
A total of eight vaulters competed in the event.
Ohio won the team title at meets end, thanks to total of 199
points. Michigan took second, thanks to an output of 158.5
points, and Indiana tallied 120.5 for third.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Almonts Hunter Brandt looks over a putt in action this season.

82 at the Blue Water Area Conference
Tournament hosted by Solitude Golf
Links in Wadhams; fired an 83 during the Lakeland Invitational contested at Mystic Creek Golf Club;
furnished an 84 at the Bay City
Western Invitational; plus added an
86 at the PCCS Classic contested at
Golden Fox Golf Course.
Brandt also tacked on a 153 over
36 holes, featuring an opening round
74 and a closing round 79, en route
to a three-way tie for 17th at the
Division 3 state finals.

Forest Akers East Golf Course,

in East Lansing, is where the action
unfolded.
Post-season honors: He concluded his fourth campaign on Almonts
squad as an All-Blue Water Area
Conference first team pick.
Jake House, Dryden.
House, a senior, averaged 41.75
per nine hole-round this spring.
That ranked him first on the
Dryden squad and among those who
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Brandt shares 17th

at Div. 3 state finals
By Kevin Kissane

cessful stint at states Friday

with a 74 over 18 holes.
Saturday Brandt chipped
in a 79, leaving him with a
36-hole total of 153. That
helped him share 17th place
with Jackson Lumen Christis
Grant Konkle and Portlands
Rhet Schrauben.
A total of 90 competitors
teed it up at the Division 3
state finals.

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

House

All-Area:
from page 1-B

earned Tri-City Times AllArea first team accolades.

He posted a season-low
39 at a GTC Jamboree
Tournament Dryden hosted at
Heather Hills Golf Club on
Tuesday, April 19.
As far as 18-hole tournaments were concerned, House
generated an 84 at the Ubly
Invitational at Ubly Heights
Golf Course; furnished an 85
at a Division 4 district hosted
by The Fountains Golf Club
in Clarkston; provided an 87
during a Division 4 regional
contested at Westwynd Golf
Course in Oakland Township;
plus managed a 90 during the
GTC Tournament contested
at Veronica Hills in Bad Axe.
House also managed a
175 over 36 holes, consisting
of an opening round 86 and a
closing round 89, at the
Division 4 state finals.
Forest Akers West Golf
Course, in East Lansing, is
where the action unfolded.
Post-season
honors:
House ended the year as an
All-Greater
Thumb
Conference first team selection.
Josh Sustarich, Almont.
Sustarich, a senior, averaged 43.8 per nine-hole round
during the 2016 campaign.
That placed him second
on the Almont squad and
third out of those who
attained Tri-City Times AllArea first team status.
He shot a season-low 40
at a Blue Water Area
Conference hosted by Castle
Creek Golf Course on
Wednesday, April 20.
As far as 18-hole tournaments were concerned,
Sustarich furnished an 82 at
the Blue Water Area
Conference
Tournament
hosted by Solitude Golf
Links in Wadhams; posted an
88 during the Brown City
Invitational hosted by contested at Holly Meadows
Golf Course in Capac; supplied a 93 at a Division 3

Sustarich

Keeley

district hosted by Heather

Hills Golf Club; provided 94s
at the Golden Fox Golf
Course-based
PCCS
Tournament and at the Bay
City Western Tournament;
plus added 98s at the Mystic
Creek Golf Club-based
Lakeland Invitational and
during a Division 3 regional
contested at Atlas Valley
Country Club.
Post-season
honors:
Sustarich wrapped up his
third season on Almonts
squad as an All-Blue Water
Area first team choice.
Jonathon Keeley, Imlay
City.
Keeley, a senior, averaged 44.1 per nine hole-round
this spring.
That ranked him first on
the Imlay City squad and
fourth among those who
earned Tri-City Times AllArea first team accolades.
As far as 18-hole tournaments were concerned,
Keeley posted a 79 during a
Division 3 regional contested
Atlas Valley Country Club;
carded an 82 at the Brown
City Invitational at Holly
Meadows Golf Course in
Capac; supplied an 83 at the
Blue Water Area Conference
League Tournament hosted
by Solitude Golf Links in
Wadhams; plus added an 88
at a Division 3 district contested at Heather Hills Golf
Club.
Post-season
honors:
Keeley wrapped up season
number four on Imlay Citys
squad as an All-Blue Water
Area Conference first team
pick.
Austin Miller, Almont.
Miller, a junior, averaged
45.9 per nine-hole round during the 2016 campaign.
That placed him third on
the Almont squad and fifth
out of those who attained TriCity Times All-Area first
team status.
He shot a season-low 40
at a Blue Water Area
Conference
Jamboree
Tournament hosted by
Heather Hills Golf Club on
Friday, April 22.

Miller

Wendorf

As far as 18-hole tournaments were concerned, Miller

managed an 81 during a
Division 3 regional contested
at Atlas Valley Country Club;
fired 82s at the Bay City
Western Tournament; the
Brown City Invitational hosted by Holly Meadows Golf
Course in Capac and at a
Division 3 district contested
at Heather Hills Golf Club;
provided an 87 at the PCCS
Classic hosted by Golden
Fox Golf Course; posted an
89 during the Blue Water
Area Conference Tournament
at Solitude Golf Links in
Wadhams; plus added a 103
during
the
Lakeland
Invitational at Mystic Creek
Golf Club.
Post-season
honors:
Miller ended his third season
on Almonts squad as an AllBlue Water Area Conference
first team selection.
Jacob Wendorf, Almont.
Wendorf, a sophomore,
averaged 46.3 per nine-hole
round this spring.
That ranked him fourth
on the Almont squad and
sixth among those who
earned Tri-City Times AllArea first team accolades.
He posted a season-low
39 at a Blue Water Area
Conference
Jamboree
Tournament at Lakeview
Hills Golf Course on Tuesday,
April 26.
As far as 18-hole tournaments were concerned,
Wendorf shot an 87 during
the Brown City Invitational
at Holly Meadows Golf
Course in Capac; carded a 91
at the Blue Water Area
Conference
Tournament
hosted by Solitude Golf
Links in Wadhams; posted
94s during a Division 3 district at Heather Hills Golf
Club and at a Division 3
regional contested at Atlas
Valley Country Club; furnished a 99 at the Lakeland
Invitational hosted by Mystic
Creek Golf Club; and tacked
on a 103 during the PCCS
Classic at Golden Fox Golf
Course.
Post-season
honors:

Bara

Wendorf concluded season

number two on Almonts
squad as an All-Blue Water
Area Conference honorable
mention pick.
Austin Bara, Imlay
City.
Bara, a junior, averaged
47.6 per nine-hole round
during the 2016 campaign.
That placed him second
on the Imlay City squad and
seventh out of those who
attained Tri-City Times AllArea first team status.
He shot a season-low 42
at a Blue Water Area
Conference
Jamboree
Tournament hosted by
Timberwood Golf Course on
Monday, May 16.
As far as 18-hole tournaments were concerned, Bara
fired a 95 during the Blue
Water Area Conference
Tournament at Solitude Golf
Links in Wadhams; plus
added a 97 during a Division
3 regional at Atlas Valley
Country Club.
Post-season honors: Bara
completed his third season
on Imlay Citys squad as an
All-Blue
Water
Area
Conference first team selection.
Honorable mention Ian Rennie, Capac; Jack
DeMara, Almont; Eric Conn,
Almont; Garrett Roberts,
Imlay
City;
Tucker
Volmering, Imlay City; and
Aaron Dueweke, Capac.
Coach of the Year Mark Bone, who directed
BWAC champion Almont to
firsts in six
of eight jamborees;
a
first at the
Brown City
Invitational;
a second at
the
Blue
Water Area
Bone
Conference
Tournament;
a third at a Division 3 district; and a fourth at a
Division 3 regional; earns
Tri-City Times All-Area
Coach of the Year accolades.

ALMONT Almonts
Hunter Brandt obtained a
three-way tie for 17th at the
Division 3 state golf finals
last Friday and Saturday.
Forest Akers East Golf
Course, in East Lansing,
served as the tournament
venue.
Brandt opened his suc-

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Brandt

Drydens Jake House awaits the start of his round

last Friday at the Div. 4 state finals in East Lansing.

House ties for 33rd

at Div. 4 state finals
By Kevin Kissane

states underway Friday with

a n 86 over 18 holes.
The following day he
posted an 89, giving him a
36-hole output of 175. That
paved the way to a two-way
tie for 33rd place with
Harbor
Springs Cole
Ketterer.
A total of 90 competitors
participated at the Division 4
state finals.

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

DRYDEN Drydens
Jake House notched a twoway tie for 33rd place last
Friday and Saturday at the
Division 4 state golf finals.
Forest Akers West Golf
Course, in East Lansing, is
where the action unfolded.
House got his stint at

Athlete of the Week

BWAC
selects
their top
golfers
By Kevin Kissane

Dryden senior golfer

Jake House averaged
41.8 for nine holes this
past season.
For his effort, House
claims our Boys Athlete
of the Week honor.

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

Imlay City senior softball standout Cameron

Katkic was chosen the
BWACs MVP recently.
For her effort, Katkic
earns our Girls Athlete
of the Week honor.

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Playoffs: Spartans end year in regional

from page 1-B
scoreboard during the initial
inning of play,
The second inning,
though, would see Orchard
Lake St. Marys push a pair of
runs across home while holding Imlay City to none.
Two
innings
later,
Orchard Lake St. Marys padded their cushion some. Aided
by a 4-0 advantage there, the
Eaglets went ahead 6-0 with
four innings into the record

books.
The remaining three
innings of action would see
Orchard Lake St. Marys
manage five more runs and
Imlay City generate one. That
left the former, who would go
on to lose 4-3 to Detroit
Country Day in the championship game, with an 11-1
win to celebrate.
David Hart, Jared Stryker,
Marcus Aguinaga, Mike
Nadrowski and Brandon

Schutz (a single apiece) led

Imlay City at the plate.
Beau Barker and Trae
Hill were the Imlay City
players that made it to first
safely, aided by errors.
Jacob Lesniak (hit by
pitch) plus Orlando Ramirez
and Hill (a walk apiece)
reached the basepaths as
well.
Tyler Livingston added
the lone Imlay City RBIthat
day.

TRI-CITY AREA
The following players
earned a spot on the AllBlue
Water
Area
Conference boys golf
team which was released
recently:
First team - Matt
Hammer, Armada; Matt
Benson, Cros-Lex; Noah
Kosal, Richmond; Hunter
Brandt, Almont; Josh
Sustarich,
Almont;
Jonathon Keely, Imlay
City; Austin
Miller,
Almont; Austin Bara,
Imlay City; and Justin
Furham, Yale.
Honorable mention Jimmy Powers, Richmond;
Owen Kosal, Richmond;
Ryan Meyers, Yale; Ian
Rennie, Capac; Tanner
Tabin, Cros-Lex; Tucker
Volmering, Imlay City;
Jacob Wendorf, Almont;
Garrett Roberts, Imlay
City; Jeff Seros, Yale; Eric
Conn,
Almont;
Ben
Burgess, Algonac; and
Graham Barczyk, Armada.
MVP - Matt Hammer,
Armada.
Coach of the Year Mark Bone, Almont.

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By Kevin Kissane

Photo by Kevin Kissane

Tri-City Times Sports Editor

ALMONT

The
Almont Attack 10U softball
squad turned in a first-place
showing at the First Annual
Raiders Attack Tournament
on Saturday, May 28.
The squad started their
title-producing path with a
15-0 triumph against Armada.
That was followed by a 21-0
win over Romeo Renegades;
a 17-0 victory against Cards
Fastpitch; and a 19-1 triumph
over Tri Valley Twisters.

The Almont Attack then

squared off versus Armada in
the championship game.
When the final out was
registered, Almont had earned
a 16-2 win.
Devin Johnston, Avery
Wolters, Brooke Bunch, Hope
Schriber, Lydia Lacavera,
Piper
Clark,
Kendall
Roszczewski,
Carley
Kalbfleisch, Samantha Leid,
Jesse Kautz and Ava Panduren
helped the Almont Attack win
the tournament title. They
were coached by Lane
Johnston and Ray Johnston.

Imlay City s Cameron Katkic throws out a runner

in a game earlier this season.

TRI-CITY AREA
The following players were
chosen to the All-Blue Water
Area Conference softball
squad which was announced
recently:
First team - Ally
Swantek, Richmond; Rachel
Leach, Richmond; Lindsay
Schweiger,
Richmond;
Kaitlyn Griffith, Richmond;
Cameron Katkic, Imlay
City; Rebecca Rodriguez,
Imlay
City;
Madison
Whitsett, Imlay City; Natalie
Keith,
Yale;
Megan
Ripenbark, Yale; Brooklyn
Smith, Yale; Veronica
Watson, Almont; Kaleigh
Creech, Almont; Stacy
Houghton, Almont; Taylor
Blevins, Cros-Lex; Claire
Knapp, Cros-Lex; Lindsay

Hoover, Algonac; Gabby

Perkins, Algonac; Emily
Andrews, Armada; Madison
Kortas, Armada; and Cassidy
Loridon, Capac.
Honorable mentionJulia Foster, Richmond;
Jessica Costello, Richmond;
Cassie Malhado, Imlay City,
Kenady Kaufman, Imlay
City; Holley Engel, Yale;
Ally Edgerton, Yale; Tyler
Kautz, Almont; Sydney
Marrone, Almont; Rebecca
Oden, Cros-Lex; Erin
Arsenault,
Cros-Lex;
Morgan Cote, Algonac; Julie
Demorest, Algonac; Lexi
Mackley, Armada; Miranda
Hoskin, Armada; Megan
Orlando, Capac; and Alexys
Anderson, Capac.
MVP - Cameron Katkic,
Imlay City.
Coach of the Year - Jean
Bannister, Imlay City.

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their first place trophies. They are front Devin
Johnston; middle (L to R) Avery Wolters, Brooke
Bunch, Hope Schriber, Lydia LaCavera and batgirl
Kassidy Clark; and back coach Lane Johnston,
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Almont 10U wins

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Almonts championship team consists of front (L

to R) Grace Johnson, Skylar Stryker, Grace
Schreiber, Hannah Revoldt, Molleigh Rinke and
Lindsey Wilson; middle Sarah Hall, Lizzie Brandt,
Erin Seros, Hannah Landerschier and Jesse
Hellebouyck, and back coaches Erik Johnson,
Peter Stryker and John Hall.

Attack captures
a 12U Tourney title
ALMONT The
Almont Attack 12U softball
squad claimed a first-place
finish at the Spring Tuneup
Tournament in Richfield
recently.
The two-day event was
contested May 14-15.
The Almont Attack
began their successful tournament run on Saturday,
May 14 with a 15-0 rout of
Tri-Valley Twisters.
The team then improved
their tournament mark to 2-0
the following day with a
20-0 victory over Swartz
Creek Dragons.
The Almont Attack then
tied
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Hills
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ATTICA TOWNSHIP

OFFICIAL NOTICE
CITY OF IMLAY CITY

Notice is hereby given that the Attica Township Board adopted an amendment to the Attica Township Zoning Ordinance, at their regular meeting held
on June 9, 2016. The amendment includes Section 6.4 Performance Bond of
the Attica Township Zoning Ordinance to replace the existing standards. A true
and complete copy of these Zoning Ordinance Amendments may be purchased
or inspected at the Attica Township Hall, 4350 Peppermill Road, Attica, MI
48412, Mondays through Fridays, except holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon. The complete Attica Township Zoning Ordinance may also be viewed
or downloaded at the Township website http://atticatownship.org. The Zoning
Ordinance Amendment will be effective as provided in the Michigan Zoning
Enabling Act, Public Act 110 of 2006, as amended.
Nancy Herpolsheimer
Attica Township Clerk
24-1

In accordance with Section 9.13 of the City Charter, official notice is hereby given that 2016 Summer Taxes will be out for collection by July 1, 2016.
The 2016 Summer Taxes will be due September 15, 2016. Tax payments can
be made in person at City Hall, 150 N. Main Street, Imlay City, Michigan
48444 from Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. For your convenience, an after-hours drop box is located on the west side
of the building. Please call (810) 724-2135 or email treasurer@imlaycity.org
for more information.

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Notice of Adoption Zoning Ordinance

Amendment Township of Attica
Lapeer County, Michigan

Almont first baseman Sydney Marrone looks to

force out an opposing baserunner in regional play.

Almont: Edged by Notre

Dame Prep
from page 1-B

edge after their initial at bats

were over with.
Not to be outdone, Notre
Dame Prep bounced back
with a run of their own during
the latter half of the inning.
That made it a 1-1 ballgame with six innings left to
determine which side earned
the right to move on.
Inning number two would
see Notre Dame Prep take a
step in that direction. It was
there they outscored Almont
2-0
That would prove the last

runs either side would collect

as Notre Dame Prep advanced
to the regional title matchup,
a game they would lose 4-0 to
Richmond, on the strength of
a 3-1 win.
Tyler Kautz had the lone
Almont basehit, contributing
a leadoff single during inning
number one.
After that, Almont would
get just two more baserunners Kaleigh Creech ended
up driving in their lone run
when she reached via an error
and Stacy Houghton also visited the basepaths aided by an
error.

ATTICA TOWNSHIP

Notice of Adoption Zoning Ordinance

Amendment Township of Attica
Lapeer County, Michigan
Notice is hereby given that the Attica Township Board adopted an amendment to the Attica Township Zoning Ordinance, at their regular meeting held on
June 9, 2016. The amendment includes Section 2.2 Definitions; Section 3.1.1
Agricultural district; and adding Section 4.60 Small Wine Maker (micro-winery) Micro-brewery and Micro Spirits Distiller of the Attica Township Zoning
Ordinance to incorporate and promote agricultural economy driven uses, use
standards and definitions. A true and complete copy of these Zoning Ordinance
Amendments may be purchased or inspected at the Attica Township Hall,
4350 Peppermill Road, Attica, MI 48412, Mondays through Fridays, except
holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The complete Attica Township Zoning Ordinance may also be viewed or downloaded at the Township website
http://atticatownship.org. The Zoning Ordinance Amendment will be effective
as provided in the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, Public Act 110 of 2006, as
amended.
Nancy Herpolsheimer
Attica Township Clerk
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Published by City Clerk/Treasurer Nicole F. Frost

24-1

IMLAY CITY
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED 2016-2017 BUDGET

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 27, 2016, at 7 oclock p.m., at Imlay
City Middle School, 495 W. First St., Imlay City, Michigan, the Board of Education of Imlay City Community Schools will hold a public hearing to consider
the Districts proposed 2016-2017 budget.
The Board may not adopt its proposed 2016-2017 budget until after a public hearing. A copy of the proposed 2016-2017 budget, including the proposed
property tax millage rate, is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Educational Service Center, 634 W. Borland Rd., Imlay City,
Michigan.
The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied

to support the proposed budget will be a subject of

this hearing.
This notice is given by order of the Board of Education.

Dan Campbell
Secretary
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budget will be a subject of
this hearing.

This notice is given by order of the
Board of Education.
Monica Standel, Secretary
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CITY OF
IMLAY CITY
NEWARK ROAD
PAVEMENT
MARKINGS BID

The City of Imlay City is requesting sealed bids to furnish and apply
waterborne traffic pavement markings
on Newark Road within the city limits
of Imlay City (Blacks Corners Road to
Reek Road). The contractor is responsible for all material, labor, equipment,
traffic control, and layout work for the
location and placement of pavement
markings. All pavement markings shall
be in accordance with Michigan Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
(MMUTCD) and markings, shapes, and
dimensions shall conform to the
Michigan Department of Transportation
(MDOT) typical plans for pavement
markings. Scope of work including but
not limited to: Approximately one (1)
mile of two (2), three (3), and four (4)
lane pavement markings, nine (9) left/
right/straight arrows, and two (2) crosswalks. No edge lines will be remarked
where curb is present. Please contact Ed
Priehs, DPW Superintendent, with any
questions at (810) 724-2135. The bid
shall be a lump sum bid and shall be
submitted in a sealed envelope entitled
Newark Road Pavement Markings
Bid by no later than 3:00 p.m. on June
22, 2016 to the attention of the City
Manager, 150 N. Main Street, Imlay
City, MI 48444. The City of Imlay City
reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all bids, to waive any irregularities
and to accept the bid deemed to be in the
best interest of the City.
Nicole F. Frost
City Clerk
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VILLAGE OF
DRYDEN

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TO CONSIDER PROPOSED
SIGN ORDINANCE NO. 50.1
PLEASE BE NOTIFIED that the Dryden Village Council will hold a public hearing at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th day of July, 2016, at the Lamb
Memorial Building located at 5602 Main Street, Dryden, Michigan 48428.
The public hearing will be held to consider purposed Sign Ordinance 50.1.
A copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance can be obtained at the
Village Office during regular business hours. All interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing to ask questions or make comments on the
proposal.
Public comments, either oral or written are welcome at the Public Hearing.
Handicapped persons needing assistance or aid should contact the Village Office during regular work hours Forty-Eighty hours prior to the meeting.

Holly Shroyer, Clerk

Village of Dryden
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the proposed township budget for the
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Township Hall on Tuesday, June 21,
2016 at 6:00 p.m. The Property Tax
Millage rate to be levied to support the
proposed budget will be a subject of this
hearing. A copy of the budget is available for public inspection at the township office during regular scheduled
business hours. This notice is posted in
compliance with PA267 of 1976 as
amended (Open Meeting Act), MCL
41.72 (2)(3) and Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA). The Goodland
Board will provide the necessary reasonable auxiliary aides and services to
meet
individuals with disabilities needs. The
Clerk need to be notified (5) working
days prior to meeting in writing, or by
calling (810) 724-0169 or by faxing the
Clerk (810) 721-0698. Address is 2374
N. Van Dyke Rd., Imlay City, 48444.
Mavis A. Roy
Goodland Twp. Clerk
24-1

STATE OF
MICHIGAN
IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT FOR THE
COUNTY OF
LAPEER

File # 16-049859-CH(H)

Smither Family Trust, Plaintiff vs
David Morton Battice, his unknown
heirs, assigns and successors in interest,
Defendants.
John L. Lengemann P 16553
Morrice, Lengemann & Miller P.C
Attorneys for Plaintiff
202 East Third Street
Imlay City, MI 48444
810-724-2565
ORDER TO ANSWER

At a session of Court held in the
Courthouse for the 40th Judicial Circuit.

PRESENT: THE HONORABLE
NICK O. HOLOWKA, CIRCUIT
JUDGE
IT IS ORDERED that the
Defendants, David Morton Battice, his
unknown heirs, assigns, and successors
in interest shall answer, or take such
other action as may be permitted by law,
the Plaintiffs Complaint to Quiet Title
to the following described lands:

Land situated in the Township of
Attica, County of Lapeer, State of
Michigan, described as follows:

Parcel C: A parcel of land located
in and being a part of the Southwest 1/4
of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest
1/4, Section 29, Town 7 North, Range 11
East, Attica Township, Lapeer County,
Michigan, being more particularly
described as follows: Commencing at
the South 1/4 corner of said Section 29;
thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 00
seconds West 655.00 feet along the
South line of said Section 29, being the
centerline of Hunters Creek Road, to
the point of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 44 minutes 00
seconds West 165.00 feet along the said
south line of Section 29 and centerline
of Hunters Creek Road; thence North
00 degrees 13 minutes 23 seconds West
663.01 feet; thence South 89 degrees 33
minutes 09 seconds East 165.01 feet;
thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 23

VILLAGE OF
ALMONT

ORDINANCE NUMBER 197

VILLAGE OF ALMONT
NOXIOUS WEED AND
OVERGROWN GRASS
ORDINANCE

122 W. Washington, Downtown Romeo

Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm,
Saturday &
Evenings By Appt.

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FIDUCIAL BUSINESS CENTERS

Accounting Income Tax

COUNTIES OF LAPEER,
MACOMB, OAKLAND AND
ST. CLAIR MICHIGAN
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
2016-2017 TO ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS IN THE ALMONT
COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Education of the Almont Community School District, counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair,
Michigan, will hold a public hearing on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of
June, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., in the Media Center of Almont High School, Almont,
MI to consider the approval and adoption of the operating budget of the Almont
Community School District for the fiscal year 2016/2017.
The Board may not adopt its proposed 2016/2017 budget until after a public hearing. Copies of the proposed budget, including the proposed property
tax millage rate, will be on file at the Superintendents office, 4701 Howland
Rd., for inspection on June 24, 2016 during regular business hours. At the
public hearing all citizens, taxpayers, and property owners of the Almont Community School District, shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in regard
to the approval of the plan amendments. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this
hearing.
This notice is given by order of the Board of Education of the Almont community School District, Counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair,
Michigan.
John Miles, Secretary
Almont Board of Education
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REGULAR MEETING
MAY 17, 2016
SYNOPSIS

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President Schneider called the

Regular Meeting to order at 7:36 p.m.
Councilmembers Dyke, Lauer, Love,
Peltier, Steffler, Tobias & Schneider
were present. Staff present were
Manager Moyer-Cale, Clerk/Treasurer
Keesler & Building Official Israel.

The Council approved the agenda;
approved the consent agenda; adopted
Ordinance 195 Right of Way Ordinance;
adopted Ordinance 196 Garage Sale
Ordinance; tabled the Clauw property;
approved the Wrap Program; had no
objection to Vineyard Church to solicit
donations; went into Closed Session for
Clerk/Treasurer Performance Review
and easement purchase; approved
increase in salary for Clerk/Treasurer &
approved Resolution #16-05-01;

Discussion was held on building
department committee, park pavilion
renovations and storm sewers.

The meeting adjourned at 10:17
p.m.
Kimberly J. Keesler
Clerk/Treasurer
Steve Schneider
President

A complete copy of the minutes is
available in the Clerk's office during
regular business hours or at www.
almontvillage.org.
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Nick and Macs

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ustom Lawn Care
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

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FALL AND SPRING CLEAN-UP

An ordinance to regulate noxious
weeds and overgrown grass/vegetation
in the Village.

THE VILLAGE OF ALMONT
HEREBY ORDAINS:
Section 1. Prohibitions.
Section 2. Definition of Noxious Weeds.
Section 3. Duty of Owner, Agent or
Occupant.
Section 4. Action by Village upon failure of owner to comply.
Section 5. Collection of costs from
owner.
Section 6. Enforcement Officer.
Section 7. Violations.
Section 8. Notice of Requirements.
Section 9. Effective Date.
The undersigned President and
Clerk of the Village of Almont hereby
certify that this Ordinance was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the
Almont Village Council held on the 7th
day of June 2016 and was published in
the Tri-City Times on the 15th day of
June 2016.
Kimberly Keesler
Clerk
Steve Schneider
Village President

A complete copy of the above ordinance is available in the Clerks office
during regular business hours or at
www.almontvillage.org.
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Store Hours: Monday thru Saturday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm;

and Sunday 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm
Pharmacy Hours: Monday thru Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm;
Saturday 9:00 am - 2 pm; Closed Sunday

GOODLAND
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1-25-17

Mayor Bargen called the meeting

to order at 7:00 p.m. Commissioners
present were Bargen, Rankin, Kempf,
Planck, Ramirez, Romine and Tanis. No
commissioners were absent. Also present were City Manager Tom Youatt;
DPW Superintendent Ed Priehs; DDA
Director Dana Walker; City Attorney
Brian Garner; Chief of Police Scott
Pike; Imlay City Police Officers Jeffrey
Brooks, Cory Martin and David Rock;
Fire Chief Rick Horton; Assistant Fire
Chief Andrew Kustowski; Fire Captain
Scott Stone; Fire Lt. Charles Boadway;
Fire Lt. Matthew Makedonsky; Acting
Fire Lt. Neil Collins; Imlay City
Firefighters Patrick Benson, Mark
Bodenbach, Nathan Gill, Ben Horton,
Tyler Lathrop, Jeffrey Marceau, and
Craig Ross; Doug Skylis of ROWE
Engineering; nine members of the community and two members of the media.
The Commission approved the agenda
as presented. The Commission approved
the Consent Agenda Items as presented,
including Regular Meeting minutes of
May 17, 2016, Special Meeting minutes
of May 24, 2016, Lamb/Steele Meeting
minutes of May 24, 2016 and Payment
of Bills including Payroll of $50,743.43
and Accounts Payable and Trust &
Agency
of
$170,500.66.
The
Commission approved to enter all notices, publications and communications
into the record and open the Public
Hearing for the FY2016-17 Budget;
adopted the FY2016-17 Budget, as corrected; adopted Resolution 2016-10 to
Adopt FY2016-17 Budget and Set the
Supporting Millage Rates; approved
Resolution 2016-11 recommending the
application of BluMoose Brewing
Company, LLC be considered for
approval by the Michigan Liquor
Control Commission for a Small Wine
Maker License and Small Distiller
License, as presented; approved the
Blueberry Festival Committee street
closure, noise variance, and parade route
requests, as presented; approved the
construction engineering services proposal from ROWE Professional Services
Company for the N. Almont Avenue
Reconstruction Project in the amount of
$81,000.00, as presented; approved the
CLEMIS IT Agreement with Oakland
County for IT Services and authorized
the City Manager to execute the same;
approved the EMS 2016-2017
Assessment at $6.00 per capita, totaling
$21,582.00, as requested; approved the
bid from Mark Hoeksema in the amount
of $1,255.00 for the sale of the 2007
Crown Victoria, as presented; approved
the bid from Kapala Heating & Air
Conditioning for the Lamb/Steele Air
Conditioning Units in the amount of
$11,677.00, as presented; re-appointed
Marilyn Swihart and Richard Jurn to the
Lamb/Steele Board, with the terms to
expire June 2019; re-appointed Teresa
Richey and Richard Martin to the
Zoning Board of Appeals, with the
terms to expire June 2019; appointed

TFN

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on
June 30, 2016, at 7:00 oclock p.m. at
the Capac High School Library, 541 N.
Glassford St., Capac, Michigan, the
Board of Education of Capac
Community Schools will hold a public
hearing to consider the districts proposed 2016-17 budget.

The Board may not adopt its proposed 2016-17 budget until after the
public hearing. A copy of the proposed
2016-17 budget including the proposed
property tax millage rate is available for
public inspection during normal business hours at the Capac Board of
Education Office, 403 N. Glassford St.,
Capac, Michigan, beginning June 23,
2016.

The property tax mill-

seconds East 662.49 feet to the point of

beginning.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the
answer or other action shall be filed with
the Circuit Court for the County of
Lapeer at 266 Clay Street, Lapeer, MI
48446 no later than 28 days from the
date of the last publication of this Order
to Answer.

The complaint that has been filed
with this Court seeks to quiet title in the
Plaintiff as a result of the Plaintiffs successor in title having acquired title by
means of a conveyance from the Lapeer
County Treasurer resulting from a forfeiture of the interest of David Morton
Battice for delinquent taxes, penalties,
interest and fees.

Failure to answer the complaint or
take such other action as permitted by
law will result in judgement in favor of
the Plaintiff by default.
Nick O. Holowka
Circuit Court Judge
Order signed: 5/26/16
23-4

8-17-16

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC
HEARING ON PROPOSED
2016-17 BUDGET

REGULAR COMMISSION
MEETING
JUNE 7, 2016
SYNOPSIS

Barb Yockey to the Zoning Board of

Appeals, with the term to expire June
2019; re-appointed Stu Davis and Ted
Sadler to the Planning Commission,
with the terms to expire June 2019; reappointed Marilyn Swihart to the
Housing Board of Appeals, with the
term to expire June 2019; and reappointed Heather Sample, Stu Davis
and Deanna Davis to the Parks &
Recreation Board, with the terms to
expire June 2018. The meeting was
adjourned at 8:13 p.m. Submitted by
Nicole F. Frost, City Clerk. Complete
copies of the minutes are available in the
Clerks office during normal business
hours or at www.imlaycity.org.
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9-14-16

CITY OF
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8-3-16

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COME HOME TO
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APARTMENTS
IMLAY CITY

STAFF PERSON NEEDED FOR

GROUP HOME in the Allenton
area. Must be 18 years of age.
Training provided with bonus
after completion. 90 day raise.
Call (586) 784-9835 HW-23-2
...................................................
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least 18 years old, have reliable
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Monday-Friday
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HW-24-3
...................................................
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1 Bedroom...........Starting at $560
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3 Bedrooms.........Starting at $815

Garage Sale
MORNING SALE at 16101
Donald Rd. Capac June 16-1718 9am-6pm. No clothes, household items, tools, tires and rims,
trailer, car dolly and more.
GS-24-1
...................................................
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SOME ANTIQUES. 8:00-5:00
Thursday 16th, Friday 17th,
Saturday 18th at 2070 S. Almont
Ave Lot #72 - Maple Grove
Mobile Home Park in Imlay City.
GS-24-1
...................................................
MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE
- something for everyone!
Thursday Sunday 9:00 am-6:00
pm at 14775 Sullivan Rd in
Capac, 2 miles north of M-21 off
Capac Rd. GS-24-1
...................................................
MULTI FAMILY SALE - household items, toys, kid to adult size
clothes Friday 17th 96 and
Saturday 18th
95 at 320 N
Walker St in Capac. GS-24-1
...................................................
GARAGE SALE jewelry,
household goods, antiques, go
carts, assorted goods. Thursday
6-16 and Friday 6-17 9:00 am
4:00 pm at 12966 Imlay City Rd,
the corner of Breen Rd in
Emmett. GS-23-2
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ORDINANCE NO. 36

AN ORDINANCE TO REVISE AND CLARIFY THE REGULATIONS ON THE KEEPING OF ANIMALS IN

THE MUSSEY TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE.
MUSSEY TOWNSHIP ORDAINS:
SECTION I. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 2, Definitions, by deleting
Section 2.35, Animal Definitions, and renumbering all subsequent sections accordingly.

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JUST LAND SALES. We are
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586-206-0118 RE-24-8
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STYLES BY CONNIE wants
hairdresser and manicurist. 810724-4412. HW-22-4
...................................................
LICENSED
CUSTOMER
SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE must have basic clerical skills.
Will
train.
Gass-Becker
Insurance Agency 810-3954366. HW-23-2
...................................................
PART TIME - stock/cashier
nights and weekends. Must be
18. Apply at Capac Pharmacy
136 N. Main, Capac. HW-23-2
...................................................

SECTION II. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 2, Definitions, by adding a
new Section 2.05, with the following text, and renumbering all subsequent sections accordingly.
5. Animal Definitions:

a. Farm Animal: An animal raised for slaughter or kept for the purposes of contributing to an agricultural use
through labor or the production of milk, eggs, manure, wool, or other animal-based products.

b. Domestic Pet: An animal kept solely for companionship, recreation, and pleasure, regardless of the use of the

property where the animal resides. All animals kept for companionship, recreation, and pleasure shall be consid
ered domestic pets for the purposes of this ordinance, except for those defined as Exotic or Wild Animals.

c. Exotic or Wild Animal: Any animal not commonly (in Michigan) domesticated, raised for slaughter, or used for ag
ricultural purposes, especially animals that pose a clear and present danger to humans, including but not limited to
big cats, venomous snakes, and large apes.

d. Fur-Bearing Animals: Any mammal commonly (in Michigan) domesticated, raised for slaughter, or used for
agricultural purposes. An animal may be considered a Fur-Bearing Animal as well as a Farm Animal, Domestic
Pet, or Exotic or Wild Animal.

SECTION III. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 2, Definitions, to revise Section 2.55, Kennel, Commercial, by replacing the word renumeration with the word remuneration.
SECTION IV. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 4, AG Agricultural District,
by removing Sections 4.01.B.1 and 4.01.B.2.
SECTION V. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 13, Special
Land Use Approval Requirements, by removing the word farm from Section 1331.B.3
Elizabeth Makedonsky
SECTION VI. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 13, Special
Land Use Approval Requirements, by removing the word farm from Section 1331.B.4.
SECTION VII. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 12, General
Provisions, to add a new Section 1225, as follows:

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Almont Community Schools

Hiring

BUS DRIVERS

Almont Community School is seeking

permanent and sub bus drivers immediately.
Please visit our web site to apply:
http://www.almontschools.org/departments/jobs
or Contact Bob Jones at:
810-798-8773
HW-23-2

10 General Labor Openings in Romeo

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located in Romeo (32 Mile & Powell).
All shifts available, $10/hour.
Positions include Machine Operating and Visual Inspection.
Positions are temp to hire, ALL FEES PAID BY COMPANY!
If you have reliable transportation, job stability,
and a great work ethic, wed love to meet you!
Company prefers 1-2 years manufacturing experience, but will
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HW-23-2

(c)

All animals shall be properly fenced and contained.

(d)

Accumulations of manure shall be limited to a single designated area and shall be a minimum of 150 feet from
all public rights-of-way, a minimum of 100 feet from side and rear lot lines, and a minimum of 100 feet from
all dwellings.

SECTION VII. The Zoning Ordinance of Mussey Township shall be amended to revise Article 4, AG- Agricultural District,
to add a new Section 404.H, as follows:
The keeping of animals shall be regulated by the standards in Section 1225.
ADOPTION: Made and passed by the Township Board of Trustees of the Township of Mussey, St. Clair
County, Michigan on this 8th day of June, 2016 A.D.
1. Date of Public Hearing:

May 24, 2016

2. Date of Adoption by Township Board:

June 08, 2016

3. Date of Publication:

June 15, 2016

4. Effective date of Ordinance:

June 30, 2016

CERTIFICATION:
I, Sheila McDonald, Clerk of the Township of Mussey, do hereby certify that Ordinance #36- An Ordinance to revise and
clarify the regulations on the keeping of animals in the Mussey Township Zoning Ordinance,
was adopted by the Township Board at a regular meeting of the Township Board held at the Mussey
Township Fire Hall on the 8th day June, 2016.
Vote on this Ordinance, 4 members present, was as follows: Ayes: Downey, Libkie, McDonald & Lauwers
Nays: None
Absent: Standel
I further certify that the said Ordinance was adopted by the Township Board on the 8th. day of June, 2016 and was
published once in the Tri-City Times, a paper published and circulated in the Township of Mussey, St. Clair County on
the 15th. day of June, 2016 this being the first and final day of publication of this Ordinance.
Sheila McDonald - Mussey Township Clerk
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Blue Water All-Star

Games approach

TRI-CITY AREA
The Blue Water Areas top
high school sports talent will
be on display this June in St.
Clair County Community
Colleges (SC4) Skipper
Senior All-Star events.
Recent grads will participate in All-Star golf, basketball, volleyball, softball and
baseball games.
The All-Star games are a
great way for us to honor
graduating high school
seniors, many of whom will
go on to play for SC4 or other
colleges, SC4 Athletic
Director Dale Vos said. It is
a chance to see a lot of outstanding talent in one place,
Capacs Joe Cornish (L) poses with the medal he
he observed.
won at a national powerlifting meet.
A volleyball match, set
for this Thursday at 7 p.m.,
kicks off the All-Star Events.
SC4s Gym is where the
action unfolds.
The girls and boys basketball doubleheader is set for
the following day at the SC4
By Kevin Kissane
Memphis, Michigan, lifted a Gym. The contests, consistTri-City Times Sports Editor
total of 1,279 pounds en
route to a number one show CAPAC Capacs Joe ing. He competed in the
Cornish gave a good account 165-pound weight class of
of himself, bringing home a the Masters Division where
top finish from the National he earned the Best Lifter
Powerlifting Meet recently. Award.
The event was contested With his finish, Cornish
for
World
May 7 in Chicago, Illinois. qualifies
Joe, who is sponsored by Powerlifting Championship
Green Gold Nutrition out of in November.

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ing of two 20-minute halves,

starts with the girls at 6 p.m.
and the boys begin play at
7:30 p.m
Two days later, the areas
top baseball players compete
in a nine-inning clash at Port
Hurons Sanborn Park. That
game begins at 7 p.m.
The action continues on
Tuesday, June 21 with a nineinning softball contest. Port
Hurons Pine Grove Park
hosts the game slated for 7
p.m.
An 18-hole golf tournament slated for Thursday,
June 23 is scheduled for the
Port Huron Golf Club and
wraps up the series of AllStar events. The event begins
at 2 p.m.
Admission at the door for
the volleyball and basketball
games are $5 for adults, $3
for students and free for
seniors 65 and older.
Donations will be accepted
for the baseball and softball
contests.

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Commercial Truck
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Used Sales Manager

Bob Lesko
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Dave Wilson
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Rob Piccirilli
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$18,445

6 Speed Auto Transmission

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$29,985

8 Speed Auto 845RE Trans

3.6L V6 24-Valve VVT Engine

MSRP $44,970 Stk# L-16D603

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2016 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4

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$27,706

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