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Local races, issues on Nov. 6 ballot

Seats on municipal, school boards, millage proposals to be decided
By Maria Brown pulled out of the race for Lapeer In Imlay City there’s a three-
mbrown@pageone-inc.com County Commission’s 7th District way race for two school board
but her name will still appear on seats. The candidates are incum-
TRI-CITY AREA — On the ballot with incumbent Ian bents Greg Dennis and Sharon
Tuesday, voters will cast ballots in Kempf, a Republican. Muir and challenger Virgil Love.
the November 6 general election. Voters in Goodland Township There are no contested races
In addition to national and state will be asked to consider a 1.5 mill, for two open seats on both the
contests and proposals, several four-year roads millage. Almont and Dryden school boards.
local races and requests will be Lapeer County, along with The same holds true for village

Open House
Lapeer County Ed Tech
Center hosts event,
...see page 15
decided in the Tri-City area.
Polls are open that day from 7
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Here’s a recap of what will
appear on county, township, city
and village portions of the ballot.
In Lapeer County:
Probate Judge Justus Scott
looks to gain another term on the
bench. His challenger is current
Prosecutor Mike Sharkey.
Gary Howell, a Republican, is
seeking another term as Lapeer
County’s 82nd District representa-
tive in the Michigan House. His
opponent is Chris Giles, a
Democrat.
Democrat Sarah Graver has
their neighbors in Tuscola and Bay
counties, will choose a new 31st
District state senator. Their options
are Republican Kevin Daley and
Democrat Cynthia Luczak.
Among the county’s school
districts, Almont, Dryden and
Imlay City will all ask voters to
renew non-homestead operating
millages and Almont will ask to
override the Headlee Amendment
as it applies to the sinking fund.
council races in Almont or Dryden
where not enough candidates filed
for open seats. In Imlay City Stu
Davis, Frank Demske, Allen
Rosenbalm, Ted Sadler and Kelly
Villanueva are in the running for
four seats on the commission—
three, four-year terms and one,
two-year term.
In St. Clair County:
Vote page 13

Capac’s
Unsolved
Daylight Saving Mystery
Time Ends Part II
Don’t forget to ‘fall Editor’s note: This is the second in
back’ this weekend, an ongoing series entitled ‘Capac’s
Unsolved Mystery,’ detailing the events
surrounding the disap-
pearance of popular
merchant Hale
Currier on October
17, 1948 while on a
hunting trip with
friends in the Upper
Photo by Catherine Minolli

Peninsula. The first

installment appeared
in the October 17, The Capac Journal...
2018 issue of Tri-City
Times. Doug Hunter
Steve Francis and Jeff Morauski check out the old movie marquis at the historic
theater building in Almont. Francis is hoping to restore the marquis and breathe
A fter making his
calls for assistance, State Police
Post Commander Lt. Fred Chrispell sat
new life into the building. Hale’s wife, Lucy Currier, down and

New life in old theater

Almont businessman sees possibilities in historic building
Raiders win By Catherine Minolli
Almont overpowers Birch cminolli@pageone-inc.com
Run in playoff opener,
...see page 17 ALMONT — Who
wouldn’t want to see their
name up in lights?
Turns out, that’s a possibil-
TRI-CITY ity for an entrepreneur looking
to open a new business in the
old movie theater on Main
TIMES Street.
The building—which has
been vacant for a number of
years—was most recently
home to Curves fitness for
women and then to a taxidermy
business. Before that, longtime
former Almont resident and
pharmacist Jim Henderson
remodeled the old theater in
1983 and re-opened it as a
pharmacy.
asked for a detailed description of her
husband on that last day she saw him.
She described her husband as 6 feet
tall, weighing 165 pounds, with brown
eyes, gray hair and wearing a green
wool shirt with Army dungarees and
Today, entrepreneur and
jacket, and with an overseas tan cap and
combat boots. He had a .22 caliber rifle,
a compass, plenty of matches and a spe-
businessman Steve Francis is cial watch on him from the Army Air
breathing new life into the old Force his son Jim had given him. Also,
building in hopes of sparking he had his small game license on his
renewed interest in downtown back—No. 1033.
Almont. Trying not to alarm her, the lieuten-
The Country Smoke House ant asked about his clothing—had he
owner says he decided to pur-
chase the old theater and adja-
been in the war? Mrs. Currier proudly
replied, “These were my son’s clothes,
Old theater page 13 Mystery page 13

ONLINE
tricitytimes-online.com Pinnacle, Conagra merger is complete
By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
FACEBOOK IMLAY CITY — Now
that shareholders have
facebook.com given their blessing, the
acquisition of Pinnacle
/Tricitytimes/ Foods by Conagra Brands,
Inc. is officially complete.
Conagra made that
announcement on Friday.
The Tri-City Times
is printed on
Earlier last week, Pinnacle
recycled paper Foods’ shareholders voted
to approve the transaction,
paving the way for the
merger that was agreed to
File photo
City’s Vlasic plant—the Foods creates a tremendous
only remaining facility in opportunity to drive profit-
the U.S. that produces
Vlasic products. It’s not
able growth and sharehold-
er value by further leverag-
clear what the merger might ing our proven approach to
mean for the pickle plant innovation, brand-building,
on Blacks Corners Road. It operational excellence and
remains one of Lapeer deep customer relation-
County’s largest employ- ships,” said Sean Connolly,
ers. president and chief execu-
Dan Hare, a media tive officer of Conagra
spokesperson for Conagra, Brands.
told the Tri-City Times in a “We are excited to
email message that “the combine the Pinnacle and
acquisition of Pinnacle Conagra Brands portfolios
Foods by Conagra Brands in the attractive frozen

in June of this year for
$10.9 billion in cash and
According to Conagra officials, the merger will stocks.
not immediately impact Pinnacle facilities, like Pinnacle Foods is the
the Vlasic pickle plant in Imlay City. parent company of Imlay
does not impact any facili- meals and snacks and sweet
ties at this time.” treats categories. The com-
“Expanding Conagra plementary brands, opera-
Brands’ portfolio through
the acquisition of Pinnacle Pinnacle page 13
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general election. Since
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renewed the homestead
occupied primary residenc- Also on the November
es and is an essential por- 6 ballot are the names of
tion of the State of two school board candi-
Michigan’s foundation Amendment reduction. The dates in an uncontested
grant formula for each dis-
trict.”
term of the millage is from
2019 to 2022.
race.
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current rate of 17.3680 and
“If this proposal does
not pass, the State of
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election and newcomer
Brian Hickmott will assume
increase it by .5 mills to the $545,000 of funding the seat being vacated by
stand at 17.868 to compen- and Dryden Community Katie Giles who has opted
sate for the Headlee Schools will be forced to to step aside.

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Road millage proposal on Goodland Twp. ballot
By Maria Brown roadside mowing has also that it’s collected.
mbrown@pageone-inc.com increased. Cischke said the town-
The township said ship has spent about
U-Pick apples GOODLAND TWP.
— Officials hope that a
there’s potential to tackle
important projects with the
$300,000 on gravel in just
the last three years.

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stronger economy and
desire for improve infra-
structure will spur town-
ship residents to support a
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6.
That day Goodland vot-
ers will decide the fate of a
proposed levy up to 1.5
mills for a period of four
years, 2018-2022, for road
maintenance and improve-
ment.
Supervisor Ron
Lapeer County Road
Commission but they need
the extra funds to get start-
ed.
“There are fund match-
Cischke said multiple fac- ing programs through the
tors have brought them to county for ditching and tree
this point. removal but we haven’t
“The cost of everything been able to participate
is going up. Last year our because of finances,” he
dust control cost was added.
$12,000 and this year it The millage would gen-
was up to $20,000,” he erate approximately
said, adding that the bill for $94,822 in the first year
He said the township
board won’t draw up a pri-
ority list unless the ballot
proposal passes, but they
already have a good idea of
what will need their atten-
tion including the paved
portions of Shaw and
Bowers roads.
Township officials have
put road millage proposals
before voters in the past
including the 2006 and
2011 elections.

Auditors give Imlay district highest rating

By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
IMLAY CITY — The
school district has put more
than $25,000 left over from
their 2017-18 budget into
their rainy day fund.
According to the audit
recently conducted by
Lewis and Knopf, Imlay
Brookwood Fruit Farm City Schools fund balance
currently stands at a healthy
Road $3.7 million or 13.9 per-
cent of expenditures.
WWW.BROOKWOODFRUITFARM.COM “That a pretty good
number,” said Ashkay sible rating. Dennis suggested that they
Kapoor, a principal with In other meeting mat- consider establishing a
the firm, who delivered the ters: board of education scholar-
audit’s findings at Imlay •Doug Van Dyk was ship program, similar to
City’s October 22 meeting. named the board’s tempo- that in other districts.
He added that state rary treasurer while Jim •the board saw a pre-
officials like to see dis- Priesel is taking a medical sentation about the Lapeer
trict’s maintain a fund bal- leave. County Community
ance between 10 and 15 •members approved a Foundation’s new initiative
percent. An additional request from teacher Alan that will, beginning next
$858,000 of Imlay City’s Demski to take high school year, open a savings
fund balance monies is
committed for future capi-
choir students to Chicago
in April 2019.
account in the amount of
$25 for every Lapeer
tal projects. •Vice President Greg County kindergartener.
Overall, Imlay City
Schools received a “clean,
unmodified opinion” from
Church plans Harvest Party
auditors—the highest pos- ATTICA TWP. — New Life Christian Church
invites the public to their annual Harvest Party on October
31 from 6-8 p.m. on their grounds, 4411 Newark Road.
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JEWELRY candy. All ages are welcome.
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Four city commission seats decided Nov. 6

By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
I M L AY   C I T Y   —
Mostly familiar names will
appear on the Tuesday,
Nov. 6 ballot of those seek-
ing to fill one of four open
seats on the Imlay City
Commission.
Among those to file by
the original filing deadline
and whose names will
appear on the ballot,
include: Stu Davis, Frank
Demske, Allen
Rosenbalm, Ted Sadler
and Kelly Villanueva.
The candidates with
the three highest vote totals
will be elected to four-year
terms on the commission;
while the fourth-highest
vote recipient will serve a
two-year term.
The newly elected
commissioners will fill the
seats of Mayor Walt
Bargen, Amy Planck and
Bob Tanis, each of whom
was term-limited.
Demske was appointed
to the commission follow-
ing the resignation of
Marty Rankin and is now
running for his own seat.
Two file as write-ins
Though not on the
Nov. 6 ballot, Clerk/
Treasurer Lynn Eustler
reported that residents
Julie Salsido, a community
volunteer; and local auc-
tioneer, Greg Rowden,
have filed to run as write-
in candidates.
Stu Davis is a regular
visitor at city commission
meetings and has served
on the Imlay City Planning
Commission, Downtown
Development Authority
and the Parks and
Recreation Board.
“In the next few years
the city will need to spend
significant monies on infra-
structure,” said Davis.
“After 20-plus years of
attending meetings, I have
ideas how to reduce the
burden on homeowners.
I think I understand the city
and want to help make via-
ble decisions that are cost
effective.”
Davis said his back-
ground in technology and
management provides him
an ability to understand
problems and to work with
others to find solutions.
“We have infrastruc-
ture problems coming in
the next few years, such as
our water distribution and
water treatment systems,”
he said. “I have some ideas
to soften the financial blow
to homeowners.”
Frank Demske has
served on the Imlay City
Commission since
September 2017, having
been appointed after the
resignation of Marty
Rankin. He has served on
the city’s recreation board,
Board of Review, Friends
of the Polly Ann Trail, and
volunteers with Watch
DOGS at Borland Schools.
Demske said he hopes
to retain his seat and help
to usher in a thriving future
for the community.
“I believe that one per-
son can make a difference,”
said Demske. “We live in
an amazing and fun com-
munity that is welcoming
to families and businesses.
“I believe Imlay City
has the capacity to grow in
both population and busi-
ness development, while
still remaining true to our
core values.”
Demske identified
maintaining and upgrading
the city’s infrastructure,
taking care of streets and
roads, and careful use of
funds as priorities for the
city’s future.
“The city manager and
city commission have tried
to carefully budget our
finite resources to address
and upgrade our aging
infrastructure,” he contin-
ued. “We need to continue
to be good stewards of the
trust the community has
placed in us.”
While a proponent of
growth and development,
Demske does not want to
sacrifice Imlay City’s
small-town flavor.
“Growth is necessary if
our community is to pros-
per,” he said, “but we must
never forget that our real
strength lies in our com-
munity pride.
“To attract new busi-
ness and development, we
need to create an environ-
ment which allows busi-
nesses to grow concurrent-
ly with the city and com-
munity.”
Allen Rosenbalm is
regular visitor to city com-
mission meetings and fre-
quently offers comments
during public input.
“As a regular partici-
pant at meetings for three
years, I understand the pro-
cesses and procedures. I
am familiar with the power
structure,” said Rosenbalm.
“I want to make a differ-
ence, to bring objectives
and a new sense of ideal-
ism to the commission.
“I want to make a dif-
ference for our underserved
teens and young adult pop-
ulation—to invest in them
and be attentive to their
concerns.”
Rosenbalm said he
would prioritize residential
needs (replacing sidewalks
and clearing them in win-
ter) over beautification and
economic development.
Ted Sadler is another
frequent visitor to Imlay
City Commission meet-
ings, providing him an
educated perspective on
ongoing projects and a
window into the challenges
of municipal government.
“My wife Amy and I
have raised our family and
built our life here in Imlay
City since 1989,” said
Sadler. “What a great place
to live!”
“I’ve enjoyed serving
my neighbors on the Imlay
Stu Frank Allen Ted Kelly
Davis Demske Rosenbalm Sadler Villanueva
City Planning Commission family in Michigan. challenges facing the com-
and by attending our city “As a city commission- munity in the future,
commission meetings,” he er, I want to be be able to Villanueva cited public
continued. give back to my communi- safety, infrastructure
“The folks (current city ty,” Villanueva said. “With improvements and eco-
officials) we have serving my experience and volun- nomic growth as most criti-
at present have done a great teering for community cal.
job,” said Sadler. “The city events for 20 years, I have “In the future, our chal-
staff we have is a real a good understanding of lenge may be our identity,”
blessing. the wants and needs of she said. “Where do we see
“If my fellow Imlay Imlay City residents.” ourselves in the next 10 to
City citizens elect me to Among the biggest 50 years?”
serve, I would encourage
the new commission to
study all of the behind-the-
scenes details — to contin-
ue to do what is working
Noffert
and to make adjustments
where needed.
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Three in race for Capac school board

By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
CAPAC — Three can-
didates are vying for two
seats on the Capac School
Board, each for six year
terms.
Jim Crane and Marie
Killingbeck are looking to
keep their seats on the
board. The other name on
the ballot is that of John
Antilla, who’s previously
served on the board.
••••
John Antilla said he
opted to run in the
November election to give
voters a choice. He served
on the board for nearly six
years in the 2000s.
He helped start Capac
Schools’ FIRST Robotics
program and has advocated
in Lansing for “improved
funding for public schools
and policy changes to bet-
ter help us do that.”
If elected, Antilla said
he would advocate for a
John
Antilla
Jim
Crane
and served until 2009. He
regained a seat again in
2015 for a total of 12 years
on the board.
Crane said he’d like to
stay on the board to ensure
the community’s strong
values have a voice.
“While we must edu-
cate our students to live and
thrive in the 21st century,
we do not have to use the
‘cookie cutter’ approach to
education that some folks
advocate. Every student
must be prepared for suc-
cess. That means different
things to different people.,”
he said.
“Not all students will
idly. A solid, comprehen-
sive, liberal arts education
will take a person anywhere
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Crane believes that the
district can count several
recent accomplishments
including bond issues
approved by voters, the
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focus on academics and
communications.
“I would continue to
push for meaningful aca-
demic curriculum improve-
ments; rigor and relevance
as they say. I think we need
to prepare all of Capac stu-
dents to be self-sufficient
after they graduate, and I
know that’s a tall order,” he
said.
“I’ve seen some
improvement in district
communication but think
we need to do even more to
make sure we’re getting the
right message out to the
community. Let’s celebrate
the achievements.”
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go on to college. Not all hard for real improvement,
students that do go on to not just ‘change,’” he said.
college will attain a 4-year Crane has seen five of
degree. Not all students his children graduate from
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is in eighth grade.
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elected to the board in 2001
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Five residents in running for Capac Council seats
By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
CAPAC — Five candi-
dates are in the running for
three seats on the Capac vil-
lage council. Each is for a
four-year term.
Incumbents Mary Klug,
Bruce Lawrence and Patricia
Weyhrauch are seeking re-
election. Their challengers
include Lynne Cline
Mandeville and Debra
Hlubic.
••••
Lynne Cline Mandeville
said she opted to put her
name on the ballot because
she didn’t like the direction
the village was going.
“I want to make sure our
town always follows the
highest laws of the land,”
she said.
Additionally Mandeville
says she can commit the
proper time to learning how
the village operates.
If elected, Mandeville
said she would focus on
budgetary matters.
“To keep a town within
its budget is really impor-
tant. It’s hard to say no to
people but sometimes you
have to,” she said.
Mandeville would also
like to work on promoting
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Debra Hlubic previous-
ly served on the council for
10 years, from 2005-2015.
Additionally, she was
employed as the village
clerk from 1994-2005. She
is currently employed as
Mussey Township’s build-
ing, zoning and office
administrator and serves as
deputy treasurer.
Hlubic believes that her
experience with both the vil-
lage and township gives her
knowledge and skills that
can benefit the council.
“I am very people-ori-
ented and work well with
the public. I can bring these
skills and utilize them to
help make the right deci-
sions,” she said.
“I feel that being on the
council is not about fulfill-
ing your own personal agen-
das, but listening to the
community as a whole and
doing what’s right for all
involved. If elected I will
strive to fulfill these obliga-
tions.”
••••
Mary Klug was appoint-
ed to the council in March
2016. She said she wants to
continue serving as a way to
give back to the community
where she was born and
raised and subsequently
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“The council has made
great progress with street
and water projects and a
sewer project for next year
and I would like to continue
working on these goals,”
Klug said.
She believes her career
experience in banking, lend-
ing and management gives
her an important knowledge
base plus her willingness to
ask questions and make
informed decisions.
Going forward, Klug
wants to pursue projects that
can build additional opti-
mism in the community.
“I would like to see
Main Street full of business-
es and the community thriv-
ing,” Klug said.
“Other goals would be
finishing the library facade
and taking pride in the com-
pletion of that project. I feel
it’s also important to main-
tain the integrity of the
council and give residents a
reason for pride in our com-
munity.” Service Center Director
••••
Bruce Lawrence was
appointed to the council in
2013 and secured a four-
year term in the 2014 elec-
tion.
Previously he served
close to 20 years on the
council, starting in the ’90s.
Lawrence says he wants
to stay on the council to
“keep the village moving
forward” and believes he
contributes to the board by
providing “another point of
view.”
If re-elected, Lawrence
said he would like the coun-
cil to consider hiring a vil-
lage manager, feeling it’s
important to have someone
that’s formally trained at the
helm.
Lawrence said he’s glad
voters will have a choice at
S h e improve.”
b e l i e v e s Weyhrauch said she has
s h e ’ s a deep connection with
b e c o m e Capac and wants to see it
w e l l - thrive. One way to do that is
acquainted by attracting new businesses
with how that can offer full-time jobs
the village with adequate wages.
o p e r a t e s “We need to increase the
Mary Bruce Patricia thanks to tax base so we can provide
Klug Lawrence Weyhrauch her four residents the services that
the polls next week. years on they want,” she said.
“The more people that the board. ••••
are concerned about what’s “I know how things A write-in candidate,
going on can bring a wider work and where our money Rebekah Flores, is looking
variety of viewpoints to the comes from and goes,” she to challenge John Grzyb for
table,” he said. said. the village council presiden-
“It’s nice that people “I know where we do cy, an otherwise uncontested
will step forward and do well and where we need to seat on the ballot.
something.”
••••
Patricia Weyhrauch has Eastern Star turkey dinner
served on the council for the TRI-CITY AREA — Can’t wait till Thanksgiving
last four years and wants to for a great turkey dinner? All are welcome to head to
earn another term so as to downtown North Branch Sunday, November 4 and
see several projects through enjoy a full turkey dinner prepared by the North
to completion, naming the Branch Eastern Star at the Masonic Center. The dinner
library facade project, the runs from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and includes turkey and all
development of the Whistle the trimmings, drink and dessert. Cost is $12 per adult,
Stop Park and continued $6 per child 5-12 years old; free for kids under 5.
road improvements.
NEW LOCATION . . .
50 years strong
State Rep. Gary Howell
(R-North Branch) presents
resolution to the Hispanic
Lourdes Emke, lauding the
Center’s many accomplish-
ments for nearly 50 years
before the ribbon is cut on
Wed., Oct. 24 at their new
location at 112 N. Almont
Avenue in Imlay City. Call
(810) 724-7731 for more
information.
Photos by Debra Wegner
 Page 5-TRI-CITY TIMES-OCTOBER 31, 2018

Experienced. Committed. Trusted.

ENDORSED BY
Township Supervisors, Village & City Leaders, and Fellow Judges:
• Paul Bowman, almont township • David Dorr, Village of otter lake
• Al Ochadleus, attiCa township • Steven Hoeksema, imlay City township
• Tina Papineau, dryden township • Candice Miller, former U.s. representatiVe and
miChigan seCretary of state
• Eldon Card, oregon township
• Walt Bargen, imlay City • Fr. Douglas Terrien, former pastor, immaCUlate
ConCeption parish
• Bill Sprague, City of lapeer • Cheryl A. Clark, lapeer Co. Commissioner
• Steve Schneider, Village of almont • Gary Roy, lapeer Co. Commissioner
• Dave Best, metamora township • Dyle G. Henning, lapeer Co. Commissioner
• Raymond Hayes, deerfield township • Lenny Schneider, lapeer Co. Commissioner
• Mike Boskee, elba township • Linda M. Jarvis, lapeer Co. Commissioner
• Ian Kempf, lapeer Co. Commissioner
• Regina Starr, foUnder, foreVer friends network
• Larry Pack, ret. dryden township Chief of poliCe
• Walt Sierakowski, ret. metamora township
Chief of poliCe
• Dave Mallett, metamora township Chief of poliCe
• Hon. Nick Holowka, Chief JUdge
• Hon. Laura Barnard, distriCt CoUrt JUdge
• Hon. Steven Markman, mi sUpreme CoUrt
• Hon. Robert Young, mi sUpreme CoUrt
• Hon. Clifford Taylor, mi sUpreme CoUrt

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3 Experienced. 39 years protecting your rights and

your families. First for 21 years in the prosecutor’s office,
personally handling the most serious cases in Lapeer County
and fighting for victims. Then 17 ½ years as the Lapeer
County Probate/Family Court Judge, ensuring justice for all.

3 Committed. Current and Former Board Member,

Member and volunteer for over 20 local organizations,
including McLaren Lapeer Region, Board Chair; LACADA;
KIND; CPC; Lapeer County Bar Association (Vice President);
and many more.

3 Trusted. Endorsed by current and immediate past

Chief Justices of The Michigan Supreme Court; Honorable
Steven Markman, Honorable Robert Young, and Honorable
Clifford Taylor. Endorsed by local judges of Lapeer County;
Chief Judge of Lapeer County Circuit and District Courts
Honorable Nick O. Holowka, and Lapeer County District
Judge Honorable Laura Barnard. Endorsed by numerous
Township and County Board officials. Justus & Diane with family, son Justus & wife Ann, son Christopher & wife Christyn,
granddaughter Allie & grandson Jackson

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Page 6-TRI-CITY TIMES-OCTOBER 31, 2018

Howell faces challenger for 82nd District seat

Issues & deeply involved in voca-
Democrat Chris Giles makes bid for House in Lansing Accomplishments tional programs,” Howell
If re-elected on Nov. 6, said. “In Lansing, I’ve got-
By Tom Wearing Giles says. “I work in an all across this state deserve Howell plans to remain ten legislation adopted
twearing@pageone-inc.com industry that is quickly better than what we’ve been steadfast in his efforts to do which will encourage young
moving toward a future of given. what he feels is best for his people to take advantage of
LAPEER COUNTY automation, but with no “This state was built on constituency. vocational and skilled
— Incumbent Republican attention given to the future the backs of hardworking “It has been a great trades opportunities.
Gary Howell is facing a of the workers. families who sacrifice over honor to represent the peo- During the past year the
challenge for the 82nd “I drive on the same and over again, and never Chris Gary ple of Lapeer County in Legislature has authorized a
District House seat he cur- failing infrastructure and I seem to make it out ahead Giles Howell Lansing,” Howell said. “I dramatic increase in spend-
rently occupies. dread seeing how much —and it’s time for a change. have served in the ing to support vocational
Democrat Chris Giles higher my health insurance “It’s time for our lead- “I vow to fight any
attempts to weaken the Legislature and have education.
is making a bid for the spot. premiums are going to rise ers in Lansing to start tak- worked hard to set a stan- “If re-elected, I will
An employee at Vintech every year. ing care of those same hard- ACA, or to cut Medicare/
Medicaid coverage,” Giles dard of ethical and effective continue working hard to
Industries for the past six “Our state has been left working families, not just leadership to make Lapeer improve educational fund-
years, Giles contemplates in shambles due to years of the people who donate to says. “I believe it is in the
best interest of Michigan to County proud. ing in general while
the future of his young mismanagement and inef- their campaigns. “I am now asking the restraining the growth of
daughter, a first grader at fectiveness,” Giles says. “I “So whether you vote ensure our citizens have
affordable access to health voters to give me an addi- government regulation,” he
Imlay City’s Weston am for me or not, I am deter- tional two-year term to con- said. “Too much of our stu-
Elementary, who he hopes determined to make my mined to fight for every care.
“In pursuing that objec- tinue my efforts in the State dents’ time is spent on state-
will have the same opportu- way to Lansing and to help single citizen in this county Capitol.” mandated testing instead of
nities afforded other chil- shift us back in the right and in this state to create a tive, I want to push for a
‘Medicare for All’ style Alluding to his role as academic and vocational
dren. direction.” better future for all of us.” Chairman of the House’s learning.
“I see my daughter Candidate’s message On the issues plan that insures that every
Michigander is covered and Natural Resources Commitment
attend a school system that “My overriding mes- Following are Giles’ Committee, Howell said he “It is my intention to
has been underfunded and sage is this,” Giles says. positions on issues he can afford their medical
expenses.” has used that position to continue to be actively
neglected for far too long,” “We in Lapeer County and deems important to all advance legislation to involved and engage with
Lapeer County residents, Politics, Government
“There are many problems enhance hunting and fishing all of the citizens of Lapeer
and regardless of their opportunities as well as pre- County,” Howell says.
political persuasion. going on across the state,
Life is busy... Education some of the most egregious serve our public lands.
“I was the sponsor of Public
“While we may not
agree on everything, the
“Improving Michigan’s include the lack of transpar-
let an agent handle your
ency in our legislature, par- Act 240, which for the first voters can be assured I will
insurance, and relax educational systems is time in Michigan history, always listen carefully and
among my highest priorities tisan gerrymandering, and
knowing they have
attempts at voter suppres- established permanent pro- make informed decisions
you covered. when I head to Lansing,” tections for our state forests, based on my understanding
sion,” says Giles. “I prom-
Life is busy... says Giles. “In order to
regain our standing as an ise I will fight any effort to game areas, and parks to of what is best for Michigan
disenfranchise any citizen, guarantee those lands for and Lapeer County.”
let an agent handle your economic power and a lead- future generations,” he says. A graduate of Michigan
insurance, and relax er in innovation, we need to and to give everyone an
equal voice.” “My Public Act 4 State University and
knowing they have be on the cutting edge of expanded youth hunting University of Michigan
you covered. education. Republican Gary
Howell has been active in opportunities through the Law School, Howell is mar-
“To make sure our next mentored hunting program, ried to wife, Cheryl, and
generation is ready to take Lapeer County for decades.
A North Branch farmer and locally I was able to has three adult children and
on this challenge takes arrange for a significant four grandchildren.
investing in them from and longtime attorney,
Howell represented many appropriation for the Lapeer Howell’s public service
pre-K through graduation. State Game Area to enhance includes serving as town-
Economic Security Lapeer County townships
and municipalities from the DNR shooting facility ship trustee and planning
“Hardworking for hunters while at the commissioner from 1972-
Michigan families deserve 1974-2014.
His first foray into State same time protecting nearby 1977; Lapeer County Road
to have a sense of security
YOUR HOMETOWN from all their hard work,” of Michigan politics was in residents,” Howell says.
“I am continuing my
Commission Chairman,
2013-2015; North Branch
THE BEST LOCAL Giles says. “However, with 2008, when he unsuccess-
INSURANCE AGENCY
INSURANCE AGENCY the unions being weakened, fully ran for the 82nd work to improve ground School Board, 1995-2000;
District House of water protections and deal and trustee/president of the
CITY • 000-000-0000 jobs being outsourced and specifically with issues such Lapeer County ISD School
Liebler
www.bestinsuranceagency.com turned towards automation,
the long-term security for
Representatives seat.
However, in 2016, as lead, asbestos and PFOS Board, 1998-2015.
Insurance
THE BEST LOCAL
INSURANCE AGENCY
workers is in doubt.
“I want to repeal ‘right
Howell won a special elec-
tion to replace Todd Courser
in our water.”
Education
As a member of the
Michigan House of
(810) 724-8600
CITY • 000-000-0000 to work’ legislation to who had been forced to He noted that vocation-
al education is another area
Representatives, Howell
serves on the Agriculture,
566 S. Cedar (M-53)
www.bestinsuranceagency.com enable the unions to have resign his 82nd District
House seat. of particular interest to him. Local Government, Natural
Imlay City the power to fight for their
Howell said he is proud “As former President of Resources (Chair) and
www.LieblerAgency.com workers again, as well as the Lapeer County ISD Transportation and
implement a guaranteed to have been given the
opportunity to represent the Board of Education, I was Infrastructure committees.
jobs program to give any-
one who seeks employment residents of Lapeer County
in this state a job.”
Health Care
for the past two-and-a-half
years. Vote on water rate hike
at Vlasic plant expected
Proposed increase only item on
agenda during special meeting
By Tom Wearing (every three months) cost
twearing@pageone-inc.com of $3.20 for residential
water usage of up to 10,000
IMLAY CITY — City gallons.
commissioners were As a result, the city
expected to vote Tuesday current minimum water/
evening, Oct. 30, on a pro- sewer rate will increase
Why am I challenging Judge Scott? posed 20-percent water from $35.60 per quarter to
and sewer rate increase for $38.80 every three months.
If I don’t stand up to the Good Ol’ Boy Network – Vlasic Foods. Under the terms of a
I become part of the problem. The pickle manufactur- proposed increase for
ing plant on Blacks Corners Vlasic, rates would rise
I am challenging Justus Scott because of proof of his direct involvement in the preparation Rd. is the city’s biggest $7.12 on water usage of up
water user. to 10,000 gallons and
of his brother-in-law, Craig Horton, Lapeer County CFO’s defense of his second drunk driving As such, the commis- increase to $7.87 on usage
charge. After then Prosecutor Konschuh and Judge Connolly recused themselves because of sion is requiring that the of 500,000 or more gal-
obvious conflicts of interest, a visiting prosecutor was appointed. Though Judges Barnard and company pick up its share lons.
of an across-the-board rate At the commission’s
Holowka had the same conflicts, they did not recuse themselves. First, Judge Barnard dismissed previous meeting, Vlasic
hike being passed along to
the charges on a vague technicality. When the visiting prosecutor appealed Barnard’s dismissal, all Great Lakes Water officials and Legal Counsel
Judge Holowka affirmed it! However, the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed Holowka’s Authority customers. Doug Donnell requested
decision ruling the technicality did not apply. After this dragged on for three (3) years (allowing At their previous regu- more time to digest infor-
lar meeting, commission- mation and study options.
Horton to keep his driver’s license), Horton pled as charged. Judge Scott’s portrayal that Horton, ers approved a 9-percent Donnell indicated that
“ultimately pled to the original charge…” (County Press 9/23/18), is evasive and is the cover-up rate increase for all resi- the proposed rate increases
for their plan that “ultimately” didn’t work! I have reported this to the Michigan Judicial Tenure dential customers for a could negatively affect
Commission, (JTC). period of two years, to future plant operations.
increase incrementally in The water/sewer rate
After I obtained adult felony guilty pleas from three students under the Michigan Anti- future years. hikes were recommended
Terrorism Act, for their threats to commit “mass murder” at Zemmer Middle School, I was The increase translates by Stantec, Imlay City’s
extremely dissatisfied with Judge Holowka’s sentence of tether restriction to house arrest for up to an additional quarterly utility consultant.
to five years. Holowka’s “slap on the wrist” sentence sent the wrong message. Our students and
parents need to know that our students are protected and that our schools are safe. The plain and
simple message should have been loud and clear that threats to shoot up schools have real and
Graver no longer in race
serious consequences. Shockingly, Holowka lifted the tether house arrest on July 11, 2018, a mere By Maria Brown “This decision was not
4 ½ months into the sentence with no notice to the Prosecutor’s office, the Sheriff ’s Department, mbrown@pageone-inc.com an easy one for me and I
still struggle with the fact
the school boards and most importantly, the intended victims. (I informed the local newspapers TRI-CITY AREA — that the move is only a
in August; and to the best of my knowledge only the Tri-City Times has printed anything Although her name will possibility, however, I
about it. Why?) On at least two occasions, Judge Scott (keeping in lock step with the appear on the ballot, Sarah think it would be unfair to
Good Ol’ Boy Network), has publicly criticized me for Graver is no longer active- ask residents for their sup-
ly campaigning to repre- port in a position I know-
disagreeing with Holowka’s decisions. sent Lapeer County ingly may not be able to
Can I count on your vote to help me Commission’s 7th complete the term.”
continue to break the stranglehold District. Neither Graver or
The Democrat had Kempf faced challengers
this Good Ol’ Boy Network plans to challenge incum- in the August primary.
has on our legal bent Republican Ian “I am very apprecia-
system? Kempf but revealed last tive of the support I have
week that she’s no longer received this far and look
seeking election. forward to continuing to
“Recently, my family serve the community in
was presented with an other capacities,” she said.
opportunity that will pos- Lapeer County’s 7th
sibly result in relocating District includes Almont
from the district during and Imlay townships, the
the two-year term,” Graver city of Imlay City and vil-
PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT MICHAEL J. SHARKEY FOR PROBATE JUDGE. 132 W. NEPESSING, LAPEER, MI 48446 said. lage of Almont.
 Page 7-TRI-CITY TIMES-OCTOBER 31, 2018

Scott, Sharkey battle for probate judgeship

Incumbent faces challenge from Prosecutor on Tuesday, Nov. 6
By Tom Wearing
twearing@pageone-inc.com
LAPEER COUNTY
— Incumbent Lapeer
County Probate Judge
Justus Scott is facing a
challenge from current
Lapeer County Prosecutor
Michael Sharkey on
Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Both are seeking a six-
year term as probate judge.
Scott has served
17-plus years as Lapeer
County’s Probate/Family
Court Judge and believes
his experience and knowl-
edge make him the better
choice.
“I am seeking re-elec-
tion as Lapeer County
Probate Court Judge,
because it is my commit-
ment to listen to and con-
tinue to help the families of
Lapeer County,” said Scott.
“I made this commitment
in 1980 as a new assistant
prosecutor and to this day,
continue trying to help
people and solve prob-
lems.”
Before being elected
probate judge, Scott spent
21 years in the Lapeer
County Prosecutor’s
Office. He was elected
Lapeer County Prosecutor
sight of this basic princi-
pal.”
Sharkey said his cam-
Lapeer County Probate tion, community mental said. “My opponent has tle to no private sector paign promise to voters
Court Judge in 2001. health, health department done the opposite. experience among all the when he ran for prosecutor
Scott has served on and community correc- “The people of Lapeer current was “to confront and root
many local boards, includ- tions, all of which are dedi- County are tired of the neg- j u d g e s out corruption” in the coun-
ing as Chairman of the cated to assisting individu- ative campaigning, the con- combined,” ty’s courthouse; a promise
McLaren Lapeer Region als addicted to drugs. spiracy theories, lawsuits, s a i d he intends to keep if elected
Hospital Board; the Boards “The goal is to guide and politically-motivated S h a r k e y. judge.
of LACADA, KIND and people to a full recovery grievances. They deserve “I will “By running for pro-
CPC; and as vice president using intensive resources to better,” he continued. “I ask bring that bate judge, I am continuing
of the Lapeer County Bar meet their needs,” Scott for your vote on Nov. 6. It much need- to fulfill this promise,” he
Association. said. will be a vote for experi- ed experi- said. “The many good peo-
During his tenure as With the election just enced, trusted and commit- ence to the Mike
judge, Scott has witnessed days away, Scott points to ted leadership.” Courts.” ple of our county have
Sharkey blessed my life. I feel I
the deadly toll opioids and his commitment to the posi- Sharkey makes case A long-
illicit drugs has taken in tion as good reason for Given his 30 years in t i m e must continue to give back.
“I feel duty-bound to
Lapeer County, where 17 county residents to cast private practice as an attor- Lapeer-based attorney,
people their votes for him on Nov. ney and more recently, his Sharkey was the popular protect our wonderful com-
munity, and I am confident
died last 6. tenure as Lapeer County choice for Lapeer County
year from “I have been an active Prosecutor, Mike Sharkey Prosecutor in 2016, when I can help return our court
system to one of integrity
drug over- member of this community believes he is ready to chal- he handily defeated incum-
doses. for over 39 years,” Scott lenge Scott for the probate bent Tim Turkelson by cap- and efficiency,” he said.
With said. “I pledge to continue judge seat. turing about 60 percent of “I know it will be an
drug abuse to work with the develop- “I believe my experi- the votes cast. He believes uphill battle to defeat the
and over- mentally disabled, to pro- ence and particular skill set his experience and ideals incumbent,” said Sharkey,
d o s e s tect children’s rights, work will be an asset to our will make him the best “but my conscience tells
reaching with families to keep them courts,” said Sharkey. choice for probate judge. me it is the right thing to
epidemic Justus together, facilitate adop- “Although Judge Scott has “The most important do.
propor- Scott tions, preside over abuse been in office many years, quality for a judge is to “I’m ready for this
tions, Scott and neglect cases, and pro- we need new leadership remain independent and to challenge,” he said. “With
teamed up with the Lapeer tect those who cannot pro- and direction. be free from what the help and support of
County and Four County tect themselves.” “My decision to run is (President) George Lapeer County residents,
Community Foundations to Scott pointed to the heartfelt and important to Washington called ‘entan- we can all together make a
create the Lapeer County efficiency of his courtroom, me because the actions of gling alliances,’” Sharkey difference on November
Drug Court, whose role is as indicated by the top rat- local representatives have said. “A judge simply can- 6.”
to provide drug testing and ings he received from the enormous impact on the not take sides and play Regardless of the out-
support for those addicted State Court Administrator’s everyday lives of Lapeer favorites with his friends. I come of election, Sharkey
to drugs. Office. County residents. think some of the judges in will retain his position as
Scott said the court rep- “I have run a positive “Currently, there is lit- Lapeer County have lost Lapeer County Prosecutor.
resents a collaboration of campaign focused on my

Neighbors organization offering a helping hand

in 1993 and served eight local resources, including experience, my dedication
years before being elected law enforcement, proba- and commitment,” Scott

Discover history of By Tom Wearing

twearing@pageone-inc.com
NHN hosts a community
outreach program for peo-
ple in need of assistance
tance.
To volunteer or become
a vendor on Thursday, con-

Great Lakes tribes LAPEER COUNTY

— In the midst of a boom-
ing economy, it can be easy
to forget that some of our
and support at the Lapeer
Center Building, running
from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Attendees will be eligi-
tact Ron Belcher at 810-
338-2755, or email to:
reb4thinf@yahoo.com.
Those wishing to donate
All welcome to free presentation neighbors continue to
struggle financially.
ble for door prizes, free
food and personal care
money to the cause may
contact Neighbors Helping
by area author at Maple Vista In Lapeer County,
“Neighbors Helping
items, along with informa-
tion pertaining to various
Neighbors volunteer Sue
Brady at 810-245-2414.
Neighbors” (formerly resources that may be avail- The Lapeer Center
By Catherine Minolli Ontario will also be dis- Project Homeless Connect) able to them. Building is located at 425
cminolli@pageone-inc.com cussed. helps to provide struggling Additionally, represen- County Center St., also in
Morgan’s account individuals and families tatives will be on hand to downtown Lapeer. Visit
IMLAY CITY — stems from the origins on with a helpful hand. discuss employment oppor- www.homelessinlapeermi.
Learn about some of the East Coast, the migra- On Thursday, Nov. 1, tunities and housing assis- com for more information.
Michigan’s Native tion, culture and history of
American tribes, history the Anishinabe from the Dive into the history of
and lifestyles next Old West to modern time. Michigan’s Indigenous
Wednesday, November 7, people with author
Other topics covered
at Maple Vista. Cheryl Morgan on
in the book include November 7.
Doors open at 6:30 Northern slavery, and
p.m., the Indian Chief biographies. names of places, water-
presenta- Morgan will cover the ways and peoples changed
tion begins origins, prophecies, reli- several times, and the his-
at 7 p.m. gion, totems, hunting
All are practices, life ways and
tory was scattered, and
hidden away by time. WE’RE NEIGHBORS.
welcome, culture of Michigan’s “I believe a person
there is no
charge to
Native Americans.
Visitors will learn about
should be able to easily
find this information at
AND WE’LL LEND YOU MORE
attend.
Hosted
Cheryl
Morgan
the voyageurs, and trad-
ers; about ‘fire water,’
the library and on the
internet,” Morgan says.
THAN A CUP OF SUGAR.
by the and reservations, treaties, The first three chap-
Imlay Conversation Salon, boarding schools, racism ters of OTTISSIPPI are
author Cheryl Morgan will and modern indigenous available free from
discuss her book history. Amazon.
‘Ottissippi- The Truth Morgan says she The Imlay
about Great Lakes Indian began her journey into Conversation Salon aims
History and The Gateway Michigan’s indigenous to connect people through
to the West.’ history when she visited a the “old-fashioned” mode
The non-fiction library seeking informa- of conversation. All are
account details the sweep- tion on local Native his- welcome, there is no
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Michigan, Ontario and “I saw a huge hole in and/or snacks. Maple
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Daley, Luczak race for 31st District Senate seat

By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
TRI-CITY AREA —
The contest to become the
next state senator in
Michigan’s 31st District is
between Kevin Daley and
Cynthia Luczak. Currently
Republican Mike Green
represents Lapeer, Tuscola
and Bay counties in Lansing
but he’ll step down at the
end of 2018 due to term
limits. The winner of this
race will secure a four-year
term in the Senate.
Daley, a Republican, is
no stranger to Lansing,
having served six years as
Lapeer County’s 82nd
District representative in
the Michigan House. Four
years ago he challenged
Green in the Republican
primary but lost by a slim
margin. This past August,
Daley and Gary Glenn were
engaged in a heated contest
for the Republican primary
but the Arcadia Township
resident won handily.
Luczak, K e v i n more road projects are advocating for more agri-
a Democrat, D a l e y underway thanks to cultural processing facili-
currently believes increased state funding. ties and cutting taxes.
serves as that overall “I’ve been knocking on Daley believes he’s
Bay County the state is a lot of doors and one of qualified for the job
Clerk. She on stronger the number one issues I because he’s walked in the
was the vic- footing and hear from people is that shoes of an average resi-
tor in a that resi- they’re tired of auto insur- dent of the 31st district.
four-way Kevin Cynthia dents of the ance rates,” Daley said. “I’ve always made the
race in the Daley Luczak 3 1 s t He believes it’s time to statement that I believe our
2 0 1 8 District are once again consider forefathers had in mind
August primary, getting in a better place financially reforming Michigan’s no that representatives should
more votes than Joni than just a few years fault rules. be common ordinary peo-
Batterbee, Chuck Stadler before, mentioning specifi- “We are the only state ple who’ve held real jobs
and Bill Jordan. cally that the unemploy- with unlimited payouts and and who know how to
•••• ment rate is low and that whenever you have a sys- work with people to

Race heats up in 10th District

Paul Mitchell facing three challengers for Congressional seat
By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
TRI-CITY AREA —
Four candidate names will
appear on the November 6
ballot for Michigan’s 10th
District Representative in
the U.S. Congress.
Incumbent Paul Mitchell
looks to retain his seat for
another two years. Those
challenging the Republican
are Democrat Kimberly
Bizon, Harley Mikkelson
of the Green Party and
Jeremy Peruski, an inde-
pendent candidate.
The 10th District
includes all of Huron,
Sanilac, St. Clair, Lapeer
and portions of Tuscola and
Macomb counties. Mitchell
succeeded fellow
Republican Candice Miller
just two years ago in 2016.
••••
Kimberly Bizon con-
siders herself a “bold pro-
gressive” who might be
new to politics but is an
experienced environmental
activist locally and global-
ly, having trained at the
Climate Reality Project, an
initiative
of former
V i c e
President
Al Gore.
Bizon
believes
the 10th
District
could see Kimberly
multiple Bizon
benefits
from infrastructure invest-
ments.
“Solar and wind indus-
tries are expanding rapidly,
creating jobs 12 times fast-
er than the rest of the econ-
omy. Technological
advances and falling costs
of installation have com-
bined to provide a unique
opportunity for Michigan
to make smart investments
accomplish that, Mikkelson
said he would advocate for
more federal funds for edu-
cation and sustainable food
production, the creation of
a single-payer health care
system and cutting military
spending on foreign wars.
He believes that having
troops overseas in places
like the Middle East has not
made this country safer but
only created more enemies.
“We could save hundreds
of billions of dollars every
year by bringing our sol-
diers and contractors home
and using the money saved
to rebuild our country. A
strong economy keeps us
safer than a strong mili-
tary,” Mikkelson said.
Some of his other pri-
orities in office, if elected,
would include imposing
taxes on
fossil fuels
and agri-
cultural
chemicals
to protect
the envi-
ronment,
hiring one
million Harley
new teach- Mikkelson
ers and
guaranteeing $15 per hour
wages for all workers.
Mikkelson is an Army
veteran and spent his career
working for the state of
Michigan in community
health, education and
human services.
••••
Paul Mitchell has
served in Congress since
2016, besting a field of four
other Republicans in the
primary and then defeating
Frank Accavitti Jr. in the
general election.
Mitchell considers him-
self a “principled, conser-
vative leader” who has a
“history of fighting for
Michigan families,”
according to his campaign
website.
Before earning his seat
in Washington, D. C.,
Mitchell spent much of his
career in workforce train-
ing, including his time as
CEO of Ross Education.
Currently, he serves on
several
committees
including
transporta-
tion and
infrastruc-
ture, armed
services
and over-
sight and Paul
govern- Mitchell
m e n t
reform.
Mitchell says he’s
already delivered on many
of his previous campaign
promises like voting to
reverse cuts to the military
and supporting a military
pay increase; supporting
the full repeal of Affordable
Care Act and successfully
calling for the release of the
Brandon Road Asian Carp
study.
“I promised to support
individual and corporate
tax reform and to simplify
the tax code. I voted for the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
which has provided
American families with
larger paychecks and more
jobs,” Mitchell stated on
his website.
Mitchell said he also
delivered on a pledge to
improve higher education
transparency for the sake of
prospective students.
“I introduced the
College Transparency Act
which will ensure students
have access to accurate and
complete information on
employment outcomes
across colleges and
tem like that it’s open to
corruption and fraud,” he
said.
If elected to the Senate,
Daley said he would be a
proponent of campaign
finance reform, saying he’s
majors.” not comfortable with the
•••• amount of money being
Jeremy Peruski entered the spent in elections especial-
race as an Independent can- ly by “super pacs.”
didate because “he believes Currently the law is
your representative should focused on limiting the
only be responsible to the maximum amount an indi-
voters who send him to vidual can give but Daley
Washington, not political believes there should be a
party leaders, special inter- limit on the total amount a
ests or corporate donors,” candidate can spend over-
he stated on his website. all.
A native of Deckerville, His other campaign
Peruski worked in finance pledges include defending
and technology sectors in Right-to-Work legislation,
the U.S. and China before
returning to his hometown.
Peruski said that his “expe-
rience abroad has shown
him that the rest of the
Newcomers square
off in 81st District
world is catching up in the
areas that always made
Michigan strong” and that
he wants to “do all that is
By Maria Brown
necessary to keep our dis-
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
trict com-
petitive in ST. CLAIR COUNTY
an increas- — Come November 6, vot-
ingly glo- ers in the House of
balized Representatives 81st
world.” District will have their
One way to choice of Republican Gary
do that, he Eisen or Democrat Josh
believes, is Rivard. The candidates are
to focus on Jeremy looking to secure a two-
creating Peruski year term
t a l e n t and fill the
retention and attraction seat cur-
strategies to keep educated rently held
tradesmen and college by Dan
graduates in the state. Lauwers,
If elected, some of his w h o ’ s
other priorities in office served the
would include helping maximum
farmers increase global of six years
demand for agricultural in the Gary
products and call for more House and Eisen
ethanol production and is now
consumption; close tax seeking a spot in the
loopholes that benefit cor- Michigan Senate.
porations and billionaires Eisen was the top vote-
and reform the education getter in a crowded, eight
system so as to promote candidate Republican pri-
critical thinking and entre- mary in August. When the
preneurship skills over rote votes were tallied he bested
learning and standardized the second place finisher,
tests. Ken Nicholl, by just 23
votes. Rivard was the lone
Democrat to file in the dis-
improve lives,” he said.
“I’m not a lawyer or a
doctor but I’ve been in this
community for a long time
and know the people and
their values. I think that’s
what qualifies me more
than anything.’
••••
Luczak was elected
Bay County Clerk in 2004.
If elected her priorities
in office would be equip-
ping police to combat
crime, keeping healthcare
affordable and creating
good paying jobs, accord-
ing to statements on her
campaign website.
Luczak could not be
reached for comment by
press time.
“It’s about getting 7th
and 8th grade kids interest-
ed in something they can
build. Our education sys-
tems need to recognize that
not everyone should go to
college,” he said.
When it comes to address-
ing the state's crumbling
roads, Eisen said he would
advocate for quality over
quantity and encourage the
use of dif-
f e r e n t
types of
construc-
tion.
••••
J o s h
Rivard was
born and
raised in
Josh Algonac.
Rivard Currently
he works
in construction and runs a
non-profit foundation in
honor of his brother who
died by suicide. Last year,
Rivard spent four months
cycling across the country
on behalf of the foundation,
talking to people and orga-
nizations about mental
health.
“I’m qualified for this

For the birds!

in the energy systems of trict. position because of my
the future and bring prom- The 81st District desire to help my neighbors
ising careers to Michigan includes a large portion of and my ability to listen and
at the same time. We need St. Clair County including lead. Listening to my
a representative in Lynn, Mussey and Berlin neighbors has proven that
Washington that under- townships and the village people are struggling and
stands this opportunity and of Capac. looking to a leader for
will work to make it a real- •••• answers and to help them.
ity,” Bizon stated on her Gary Eisen was born It’s time that someone with
website. and raised in St. Clair. He’s the ability to have the hard
If elected, some of her been a business owner conversations and make the
other priorities in office since the age of 21 and still hard choices got into office
would be to give teachers owns and operates a weld- to solve the problems the
raises, not guns; protect the ing and fabricating shop in people of Michigan are fac-
Affordable Care Act from Richmond. Eisen also owns ing,” Rivard said.
being repealed and seek his own martial arts school He believes that access
resources to address the and is a firearms instructor. to mental and physical
opioid crisis. He believes that his health care is one of the
She is employed with various skills and experi- most important issues to
the Sussman Agency, ences makes him well- constituents in the 81st
Michigan’s largest media rounded and a good deci- District, citing the opioid
buyer, as a web and inter- sion maker. crisis, spread of hepatitis
active director. “I’m hardworking, cases in the state and a high
•••• honest and pretty straight suicide rate.
Harley Mikkelson forward,” Eisen added. “As someone who is
believes the United States As someone without losing their healthcare and
is a great country but “it further political aspirations can’t afford an alternative
can be made better by beyond the House, Eisen option, keeping access to
investing in our people.” To said “I can focus on help- healthcare is key to resolv-
ing the district, county and ing these issues and I plan
Photos by Jim Lewis

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state.” on ensuring that more peo-
If elected, Eisen said he ple can get access to the
would focus his time on healthcare they deserve,”

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things like education and Rivard said.
the skilled trades, roads and Additionally, Rivard
(Above, right) Howell Nature Center's Wildlife technician Stephanie insurance rates, protecting said he would advocate for
Bussema shows barn owl to Jillian Brimm and her grandmother Linda

Tri-City
Second Amendment rights, a mental health counselor
Lecoumpte from Roseville. Jillian said the barn owl was ‘adorable.’ plus be an advocate for to be present in every
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volunteer to load bird seed into vehicles for visitors at Seven Ponds “They are the backbone “This will not only give
Nature Center’s Bird Seed Saturday event. (Below) Dianne Bishop of America and employ the students the tools and
from Dryden, Senta Masalskis from Rochester Hills, and Julie most people,” he said. knowledge they need to
Raymond from Dryden are manning the nature center’s Stingers club
table, offering baked goods and refreshments to visitors on Saturday.
Eisen said he supports
efforts to get more teenag-
stay healthy, but also act as
an access point for the
For more information about this and other events and activities at
Seven Ponds, visit sevenponds.org or call 810-796-3200.
ers interested in the skilled
trades.
community at large,” he
added.
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Letters from our readers... www.tricitytimes-online.com

Myriad reasons listed why you should vote Democratic

I love the First
Amendment. Free Speech
in a Free Press. Imlay City’s
John L. Lengemann loves
it, too, as he is a frequent
participant. And good for
him! He shares his views
with readers of the Tri-City
Times often.
But since I disagree
with much of what he says,
I thought I’d share some of
my views with you this
week.
Last week he listed
myriad reasons why he
thought you should “Vote
Democratic.” But, of
course, the reasons he cited
meant he really wanted you
to vote Republican. Let’s
explore. If you still have
last week’s paper or can
find it online, you can fol-
low along.
He says if you “wish to
return to 6%” unemploy-
ment, “vote Democratic.” I
remind you that when Bush
43 and the Republicans left
office in 2009 after giving
us the Great Recession, the
unemployment rate was
near 10%. It declined
steadily to just over 4%
during the Obama
Administration. An average
of 199,000 jobs were cre-
ated monthly for 75 straight
months, the longest streak
on record.
Yes, Vote Democratic!
After the Great
Recession it took a while to
return the economy to posi-
tive growth. But it did.
And, by the way, the peri-
ods of greatest economic
growth in our history were
under Democrats John F.
Kennedy, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Jimmy Carter and
Bill Clinton.
Yes, Vote Democratic!
Higher taxes? The larg-
est tax increases in history
were under Republicans
Ronald Reagan and George
H.W. Bush after their tax
cuts had blown a massive
hole in the deficit.
Remember “Read my lips.
No new taxes?” How much
of the last tax cut did you
see? You probably won’t
know until April 15. Was it
worth increasing the deficit
by more than a trillion dol-
lars? Republicans used to
hate deficits! But the big-
gest ones were under
Reagan, Bush 43 and
Trump…after their tax cuts.
Oh, and after most
Federal tax cuts states and
local governments raised
taxes to make up the differ-
ence. Personal net gain was
minimal and in some cases
a net loss.
Yes, vote Democratic.
Too many regulations?
Maybe. But if you want
clean air, clean water, safe
food, safer workplaces,
Civil Rights, etc. and not
leave those things to the
whims of big companies
then yes, vote Democratic!
Republicans hate
“Obamacare.” Socialistic,
they say! Government-run
health care. Obamacare
made it possible for more
Letters page 14

Our Opinion
“G” in government stands for gouge
The water rates in Imlay
City amaze me. Despite
Well informed voters being surrounded by the
largest repository of fresh
annual gas, phone and elec-
tric and what galls me fur-
ther is that it isn’t even
based on usage but on prop-
this nation.
As a disabled senior I
have contacted several
agencies in an attempt to
ernment here stands for
GOUGE the citizen. No
wonder Imlay City has trou-
ble attracting new hospitali-

vital to democracy water on the planet, the

$3,000 annual rate I pay is
more than my combined
erty value; something I have
never seen anywhere else
that I have lived or served in
locate assistance and none
appear available.
Apparently, the “G” in gov-
ty businesses to the area.
—Bruce David
Imlay City

A large turnout is expected at the polls

this Tuesday, November 6, as voters
decide a number of local and state issues We must speak out about our beliefs
and choose candidates that will represent I am writing to you as a ing and closing prayers at coming God back into our work for us. We do not work
them in the coming years. Tea Party and Republican our monthly Tea Party meet- country. for them, the government is
Party supporter. I do not like ings. We have all heard the not superior to the people it
In past few weeks—and inside the many things the President I am a Precinct Delegate phrase: “Government of the is governing…they work for
pages of this edition—we’ve published has spoken, but I admire and on the Executive people, by the people, and us.
articles detailing the issues that voters will him because he is fulfilling Committee of our local for the people.” But we have Please get involved and
find on the local ballots, as well as offered promises that he made dur- Republican Party. I am all missed the point of that fulfill your right to vote for
profiles on candidates running for seats in ing his campaign. doing what I can to bring phrase, which is; in order for your choice of who you
area municipalities. I have not always been about much needed change, that statement to be effec- believe will represent your
politically minded, but I back to our original tive, the people need to be beliefs and values. I double-
For those who may have missed some have always voted. Back Constitutional laws. I involved in the government. dog dare you and hope you
of the election coverage—or those who around 2011, I realized that believe President Trump Our country has taught will vote on Nov. 6 for the
simply want to refresh their memories on America was drastically loves America and he is us not to discuss religion or Republican candidates on
what decisions they’ll be asked to make at changing since my child- undoing burdensome regu- politics. And we have the ballot.
the polls, all of the information is avail- hood and I became involved lations, rebuilding our mili- learned it all too well. We Sincerely and with best
with my local Tea Party. tary strength, lowering must speak up and speak out regards,
able on our website www.tricitytimes- Now, I hold the title of taxes, and our economy is about our religious beliefs —Carol Brown
online.com. Click on the red, white and Director of Issues and increasing greatly because and we must be involved in Precinct 3 Delegate
blue ‘Vote Blog’ icon for articles and sto- Research and I say the open- of his leadership and wel- making our government Mayfield Twp.
ries regarding the November 6 election.
As always, the Michigan State
University Extension office has also com- Vote for hope in darkening violent times
piled detailed information on the state pro- To the people in the And I invite all citizens, Kim will be an out- of fiscal conservancy-those
posals that will appear on the ballot. You western part of the 10th regardless of political per- standing representative of which respect life as they
can find MSUE’s white papers on all three District: Thank you to those suasion, to do the same. our area, committed, offer a path up to the less
who voted for my candida- She won against myself, informed and hard-work- fortunate, and a responsible
ballot issues, including links to the ballot cy, and for what Democrats Michael McCarthy, and ing. She invested the most welcome to the immigrant.
language, at www.canr.msu.edu/michigan- stand for in our part of the Frank Accavitti in the time in the trenches, con- Working people would find
ballot-proposal-forum/white-papers. The world. August primary, in cam- tacting the most amount of her in solidarity for better
information may be read online, or down- Please consider voting paigns that were civil, con- regular citizens, having jobs and wages. For all of
loaded and printed out. Copies of the now for Kim Bizon, U. S. siderate, and moved in a started her efforts long us she’d support renovating
House of Representatives. positive direction. before either of us, her pri- the roads and public educa-
white papers are also available at the MSU mary opponents. I’d ven- tion infrastructure that are
Extension office in Lapeer.
Once the ballots are in, readers can Thank you for cards ture to say she has made
more person to person indi-
crucial to our future econo-
my—one built on the con-
find results as they become available on To my good friends enjoyable birthday. And vidual contact with back tribution of, and inclusive
our website. Visit www.tricitytimes-online and relatives in the Tri- yes, I do remember each home voters during our pri- of, every citizen.
mary campaign, than her We must turn from a
for updates and information once the polls City area, I want to offer— and every one of you.
Republican opponent has democracy dominated by
close. in a very belated mes- I am still here in
had in his full two years as the top dollars to a democ-
sage—a great big ‘Thank Oxford, at 701 Market
Being well informed before heading to You’ for all the messages, Street, Apartment 12. Zip
our representative in racy responsive to the needs
the polls is vital to our democracy, and Congress. of the general public. Kim
cards, visits, and nice code is 48371. We have the possibility Bizon will go to Washington
we’ve strived to do our part toward that things on my 98th birthday Thank you all so much! of changing a dynamic on to help return our govern-
end. Your vote is important. Let your in September. Sincerely, Nov. 6, 2018—from a ment to civility, and
voice be heard. You will never know —Ruth Farley democracy dominated by respectful dialogue, while
how it helped me have an Oxford dollars and the privileged supporting full representa-
powerful, to the personal tion of all citizens, in

The wonderful world of imagination and inclusive. We can

S he puts one sandaled
foot in front of the
other—heel, toe, heel,
toe—as if she’s walking
an imaginary tightrope.
Her shaggy blonde
hair falls across her eyes,
which are intently focused
on her careful footsteps.
She is oblivious to the rest
of us in the room; unself-
conscious about her little
game and not in the least
concerned with who is
watching as she moves
back and forth, back and
forth. She is content.
She’s even humming a
little, though I don’t rec-
ognize the tune. She
misses a step and swerves
choose a person willing and
able to listen to the people
of her district. We must turn
national legislation that
fights the terrible influence
of money in politics (in the
same vein as our current
and go for a ride around
the ring.
The little girl is about
that beautifully wide open
space in time when it was
perfectly okay to make up
sweeping gestures, pre-
tend feathered whip in
hand, mesmerizing the
away from the arrogance
and distance of men (even a
state ballot measures #2
and #3.) She will work for a
man of good Christian prin- clean Great Lakes, air we
to take to silly games, hum and majestic lion with my ciple as friends attest to breathe, and water we
the tight- move about in the world magic-lion-taming-gaze? Representative Mitchell’s drink—a green energy,
rope as a child, unburdened by I hear the ringmaster’s character) whose wealth which supports family
again. I the weight of appearances voice— “Lay-deez and distance them from the farms, as well as techno-
give her or expectations. gent-ell-men. What you common citizen, to some- logical innovation. And
one last When my sisters and I are about to see will one whose door is open to help to save us all from the
smile and would pitch a tent in the astound and amaze you. all the people who’ve elect- pollution of plutocratic,
turn to back yard and it was like Minolli-the-Great (hey, ed them. Kim Bizon is such profits-at-any-costs politics
the stack going on a wild excursion it’s my fantasy) will enter a person. She has sacrificed in Washington, D.C.
of maga- Observations in ink... to the rugged frontier— the ring and prooove to much to join in completely Vote for hope in dark-
zines. imagination the only the woooorld that she is,
They’re Catherine Minolli guide, the not-so-secret by far, the graaaatest lion-
as a candidate, willing to
fully serve her constituen-
ening violent times; vote
Kim Bizon for District 10
of the ingredient that we used tamer, the queen to the cy. She is a Christian com- U.S. House of
typical waiting room vari- with abandon. king of the jungle... mitted to the causes of Representative.
ety. Dog-eared with some The time when I’d ...I look back at the social justice, and environ- Yours truly,
random pages missing— answer “seven-and-a- little girl again and she’s mental stewardship, —Michael McCarthy
gluey, ragged voids where half” when someone looking right smack at involved in the best forms Port Huron
address labels once were. asked how old I was, me. Did I just say all that

Glass plate negatives

a bit, skinny arms flutter
up like little bird wings.
She catches herself and
looks pleased. She’s the
tightrope artist, after all,
the main attraction in her
whimsical flight of fancy.
She looks up at me—
realizes she’s being
watched—and smiles in a
sort of shy-but-not-apolo-
getic way.
I’m grinning, too. I
want to join her circus
troupe. I want to be the
lion tamer, wear a glittery
costume like the one she’s
probably dreaming she has
on. Wow the crowd with
my amazing magic, jump
on the gentle lion’s back
Things we are to look at
to pass the time, to occupy
our minds, to fill up the
space where our imagina-
tions once lived. No pre-
tend tightrope-walking in
this half of life.
I thumb through reci-
pes, decorating sugges-
tions, fashion advice, rela-
tionship tips, weight loss
recommendations. Turn
the glossy pages that
scream out what I need
but don’t know it to live
well, be happy, reach opti-
mum health, prove that I
have arrived.
Arrived where, exact-
ly? I’m not sure right now.
I’m too busy remembering
because even though I
was perfectly happy with
the present moment, I
somehow believed there
was something ‘better’
about getting grown up.
What a hurry I was in to
do so!
I look over at the little
girl again and believe she
can never be more beauti-
ful. I think about how her
world will merge into
mine one day, and find
I’m not too wild about the
thought. I’m almost cer-
tain she’ll leave the tight-
rope behind.
After all, what would
happen if I got up and
joined her; made grand
out loud? Nahhh, I think
it’s the crazy grin that’s
giving me away. I wink at
her and she crinkles her
eyes—our secret a little
spark of mirth between us.
I go back to my
world— the waiting
room—and think there’s
some irony in that.
She starts to hum
again. Puts one sandaled
foot in front of the other,
heel, toe, heel, toe, want-
ing nothing, needing noth-
ing. She arrived the
moment she got here, and
waits for nothing in par-
ticular at all. efforts.
Email Catherine at
cminolli@pageone-inc.com.
The response to our
need for funds to develop
the “glass plate negatives”
had been very encourag-
ing.
I did presentations to
the third grade classes in
Almont for their “Pioneer
Week.” The children col-
lected money to help get
the plates developed.
They presented me with a
check for $100. The
Society thanks them and
greatly appreciates their
Along with the other
donations, that leaves us
about $300 short of our
goals to be able to devel-
op, preserve and store the
plates and photos.
Anyone wishing to
make a donation to this
cause may send a check to
the Almont Community
Historical Society, P.O.
Box 635, Almont, MI
48003.
Thank you for your
support.
—James R. Wade Sr.
President
Almont Community
Historical Society
Dryden

Message series and Jeopardy clue
N ot long ago, a
Jeopardy clue went
something like this:
“Whose daughter said that
from here on in her world
would end at Y?” I knew
the answer because, though
Sue Grafton’s A-Z mystery
books were not my genre
of choice, I had read and
enjoyed a few of them
when people brought them
to me while I was laid up.
It had, therefore, been on
my radar when she died
before getting her final
book written.
When our pastor, Alex
Snider, called his most
recent message series
“Lamentations A-Z,” I
thought back to that
Jeopardy clue. It provided a
natural segue for me (and
I’m guessing for a few
other Jeopardy watchers)
into what proved to be a
pretty meaty study of that
dirge dealing with the dev-
astation and despair the
exiled people of Judah
were experiencing at that
time in their history. The
book of Lamentations, so
named because it was a
series of acrostics written
in the rhythm and style of
ancient Jewish funeral
songs or chants (in this
case based on the 22-letter
Hebrew alphabet), had
never, for the most part,
Learning with the Lions
Pie recipes sure to please one and all
D ear Lynn,
I’m hoping for
some unique recipes for
potatoes. I am so bored
with the usual mashed,
boiled or baked.
—Roger from Adrian
Linda from Hickory
Corners says her favorite
pie to make over the holi-
days is Banana Pecan Pie.
Norm from Somerset
Center sent in his recipe
for Apple Crumb Pie.
Beverly from Jackson adds
a Spiced Cream topping to
her Chocolate Pie. Please
stop by my blog, Food,
Fun and More for a visit at
www.lseckerle.wordpress.
com. Send recipes and
requests to The Recipe
Exchange at lynneckerle@
gmail.com.
BANANA PECAN PIE 1/2 c sugar 1 2/3 c milk, divided as this is the best time to
1/2 c softened butter 1/2 c packed
1 c flour
1-8 oz pkg cream
cheese at room
temperature 1/8 t ginger 1/2 c whipping cream,
1 c powdered sugar
1-8 oz tub frozen
whipped topping,
thawed
3 large bananas Topping:
1-3.4 oz pkg instant
vanilla pudding 2/3 c packed
1 1/3 c cold milk brown sugar 1/8 t nutmeg
1 c chopped pecans
Directions: In a mixing
bowl, cut butter into flour Directions: Peel, core and
until mixture is crumbly. slice apples. Place in a
Press onto the bottom and saucepan with water and
sides of a greased pie pan. simmer for 5 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 Drain and cool. Line a 9
minutes. Cool. Beat cream inch pie pan with the crust.
cheese and powdered sugar Place apples slices evenly
together in a large bowl. over bottom of crust.
Fold in 1 cup of whipped Sprinkle with lemon juice.
topping. Spread mixture In a medium bowl, mix
over bottom of crust. together, flour, sugar,
Thinly slice bananas and brown sugar, cinnamon,
made much sense to me
Sometimes connecting the
dots between our daily
lives and what we’re being
taught just makes it easier
for us to grasp truths with
eternal value—truths like:
“What is your only hope?”
Or: “What is the only thing
left when you’re so tired
that even the structure
(including joy) is gone?”
Because I had that A-Y
versus A-Z thing going on
in my head during the
whole series, I made this
little deduction. No—it was
a monumental one, actual-
ly—that, while in this
world we will often come
up short on answers, there
can be hope even in the
darkest of circumstances.
In this lament there was a
ray of hope. I know I said
this before, but by the end
of the series, it became
even more abundantly clear
that the only sure hope is in
the Great I AM, and it
made me take another look
back at a section near the
center of this very struc-
tured book, the part that
goes like this: “YET I still
dare to hope when I
remember this: The faithful
love of the LORD never
ends! His mercies never
cease. Great is His faithful-
ness; His mercies begin
afresh each morning. I say
Photos by Debra Wegner
arrange evenly on top.
Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of
pecans.
In a sepa-
rate
bowl,
thorough-
ly whisk
pudding
with milk
until well
blended
The Recipe Exchange...
and
thick-
Lynn Eckerle
ened. Spread over top of
bananas. Refrigerate. To
serve, garnish with remain-
ing whipped topping and
the rest of the pecans.
APPLE CRUMB PIE
6 large tart apples
1/4 c water
1 T lemon juice
2 T flour
brown sugar
3/4 t cinnamon 2 T butter
1/4 t nutmeg
1/8 t salt
3 T butter Spiced Cream:
1-9 inch unbaked
pie crust
1 c flour 1/4 t vanilla hibernation during the win-
1 T sugar Directions: In a saucepan,
1/2 c butter, softened
to myself,
‘The
LORD is
my inher-
itance;
therefore
I will
hope in
Him!’ Perspectives...
The
LORD is Willene Tanis
good to
those who
depend on Him, to those
who search for Him. So it
is good to wait quietly for
salvation from the
LORD...”
The ancient Hebrews—
the physical descendants of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
(and Jacob’s son Judah)—
would have understood that
inheritance thing. It would
have made sense out of the
fact that even though
Jerusalem lay desolate and
in ruins at the hand of the
Babylonians, there was
hope. In some places in the
dirge, we saw that they
dared not hope. They were
recognizing that, after all,
their plight was because
they had spurned the good-
ness of the God of their
fathers. They had gone the
way of the peoples whose
land their God had given
them as an inheritance. It
was looking for all the
world like The Great I AM
nutmeg, ginger and salt.
Sprinkle over apples. Dot
with butter. Topping—
Combine flour, brown
sugar and sugar in a bowl.
Cut in butter with a pastry
blender until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs.
Spoon crumb mixture over
top of apples. Bake at 450
degrees for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350 degrees
and bake for an additional
45 minutes. If topping gets
too browned, cover loosely
with aluminum foil.
CHOCOLATE PIE
WITH
SPICED CREAM
Pie:
1-9 inch baked
pie crust
1 envelope
unflavored gelatin
2/3 c sugar
1/3 c cocoa —A.J., Capac
3/4 t vanilla that same belief, religiously
chilled
1/2 c whipping cream,
chilled fall. They do this as if all
1 T confectioners sugar
1/4 t cinnamon
sprinkle gelatin over 1 cup
of milk. Let stand for a
couple minutes. Add sugar
and cocoa, stirring to mix.
Cook, stirring constantly,
until mixture boils.
Remove from heat and add
butter. Stir until melted.
Blend in remaining milk
and vanilla. Chill and stir
once or twice, until mix-
ture begins to set. Beat
whipping cream until stiff.
had turned His back on
them. For EVER.
And yet, as the lament
recognizes the discipline of
God—the shaping, the
refining—it stirs, in the
center, in the style of the
acrostic, a glimmer of
hope. Dared they believe
that if they stopped prosti-
tuting themselves to other
gods, and prostrated them-
selves before the God who
loved them with such jeal-
ous love, He would hear
their cry? At the very end,
there is a plaintive cry that
asks that question.
And we, who (most of
us, anyway) are not the
physical descendants of
Abraham, can also dare to
hope. Because, fast forward
from 586 B.C. when
Jerusalem lay in ruins to 33
A.D. when the Son of The
Great I AM broke the barri-
ers of death and the grave,
having satisfied, in His
body, the wrath of His
Father for the sins of all
humanity, we see this.
Forgiveness, free for the
asking. Well, not free.
Bought and paid for with a
price we can’t even imag-
ine, much less satisfy. But
free.
Hence, the title: A-Z.
Hope made complete.
Email Willene at
willenetanis@aol.com.
Almont Lion's
Club President
Pat Ohlert and
First Vice
President Wes
Wagester pre-
sented pocket
booklets of the
Declaration of
Independence
and the U.S.
Constitution, on
Oct.16 to 107 5th
grade students
at Almont Middle
School. This is
the fifth year the
Lions have pre-
sented the book-
lets to the fifth
grade students.
Gently fold into chocolate
mixture. Pour into pie
crust, spreading out evenly
with a spatula. Chill until
set. Spiced Cream—In a
mixing bowl, beat together,
whipping cream, confec-
tioners sugar, vanilla, cin-
namon and nutmeg until
mixture forms stiff peaks.
Serve a dollop of over slic-
es of pie.
Email recipes and reci-
pe requests to Lynn at
lynneckerle@gmail.com.
Spring is not the only time to sell
Alex,
I am considering sell-
ing my home but have
had many people tell me I
should wait until spring
sell. What do you think?
A.J., Many sellers hold
putting their home up for
sale every spring and tak-
ing it off the market every
home buyers pack it in for
ter. The truth is that yes
slightly more homes do sell
in the spring but not signif-
icantly more. The flip side
of that coin is that there
often more homes listed for
sale in the spring. Because
of the increased inventory
your home may be less
likely to sell in the spring.
In the fall or winter, as the
available inventory drops,
you increase your chances
of selling. In addition, the
buyers that are viewing
homes during the winter
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Family Engineering Night
IMLAY CITY — The public is invited to attend
Imlay City Middle School’s 4th annual Family
Engineering Night on November 1. From 4:30-6 p.m.,
attendees can see an array of displays and activities
that relate to how a school and community uses engi-
neering on a daily basis.
Participants in the free event include Imlay City
Schools staff; members of the district’s elementary,
middle and high school robotics teams; students and
staff from the Lapeer County Ed Tech Center and the
Lapeer County Sheriff’s Department.
For more information, contact the Middle School
at (810) 724-9811.
While dusting my
bedroom furniture
I t’s an overture to dusting
my bedroom dresser. I
wind the key to my Maid-
of-Honor jewelry-music
box and lift the lid to
“Lara’s Theme.” Omar
Sharif comes to mind,
those years of teenage
infatuation.
My older sister who
married in December 1968
knew the song’s mandolin
pulled on my heart’s
strings. I sang
“Somewhere My Love”
along with “We Can Work
It Out” and “Ain’t No
Mountain High Enough.”
They all vibrated through
my vocal cords in convic-
tion and hope.
My husband and I
married in January 1970.
My sister’s gift has since
survived many household
purges to produce a tidier
bedroom and benefit the
Salvation Army. The box’s
cover of embroidered silk
remains holy—a piece of
many parts that bind us
together, no matter our
history, differences, and
distance.
What the keepsake and
song represent is tangible.
The honor to stand beside
my sister, hold her bridal
bouquet while she
declared her vows, is a
powerful experience. I
cannot deny this any more
than the large white jewel-
ry chest that dominates the
center of my dresser.
Christmas our senior year
of 1967, my boyfriend Al
removed a tablecloth from
his gift like a magician. I
had no idea how I’d fill
the three tiers and lower
drawer of what resembles
a queen’s treasure chest.
Al was the first to con-
tribute with a small, silver
heart locket and chain.
Both chain and locket wait
secure in the original box
on a hand-painted plate
from my mother’s dining
room bureau. The box is
stacked atop others hold-
ing gifts in need of repair
and polishing.
Considering my early
nomadic marriage, those
Ask
Alex...
The real
estate and
mortgage
expert!
are also much more serious
buyers. You may get less
showings during the winter
but the ones you get are
serious. If you are serious
about selling there is no
reason to wait. Some data
will help illustrate this. In
Lapeer County there were
318 homes sold in the four
months from 11/1/2017 to
3/1/2018. The very next
four months during the
“spring rush”, there were
388 homes sold. This is an
increase of 70 more homes
than during the winter
months. However, there
were still 318 homes sold
during what most people
consider the slow season.
unsettling years of the
Vietnam War, it is another
manifestation of grace that
I still possess these gifts.
As I rub Old English fur-
niture polish into the
dresser’s mahogany finish,
I’m grounded again to a
marriage of forty-eight
years.
This is why I find cleaning
my furni-
ture a
reward-
ing
chore.
Often I’ll
explore
the con-
tents of
Honest Living...
each box
and
pouch to
Iris Lee Underwood
review
the stages of my life—to
remember the places Mel
and I have traveled and
what beautiful trinkets
have sprung from them—
and pieces inherited from
our parents.
It’s a comfort to dust
the lawyer’s bookshelf that
belonged to Mel’s mom
and dad. As I read the
spines of books we hauled
from their home in Grand
Rapids, titles such as
Prefaces to Peace and The
Music Lover’s Handbook,
both acquired in 1943, I
learn something new about
lovers separated by WWII.
Perhaps someday I’ll read
their copy of For Whom
the Bell Tolls.
I dust my tall dresser,
the bedside table we inher-
ited from my mother, and
my grandmother’s three-
tiered table. All bear pho-
tos of family gone to glory
and still with us. They tell
love stories and sing songs
I hide in my heart.
Praise God, dear
Reader, my many loves are
not somewhere afar off.
All is working out. There
ain’t no hardship high
enough, ain’t no loss low
enough, to keep me from
dusting my bedroom furni-
ture.
Email Iris at
irisleeu@sbcglobal.net.
Buyers look for homes
when they are ready to buy
and that does not necessari-
ly mean only when it is
nice weather outside. The
other thing to consider is
this is a constantly chang-
ing market. I am sure you
are aware to the fact that
prices are currently up
from years past. Who
knows what price the mar-
ket will bear for your home
in the spring? Things may
be better, but things also
could be worse. If you are
serious about selling why
would you wait? If you are
not serious about selling,
then I suggest waiting until
you are serious regardless
of which season that may
happen to be in.
If you have any real
estate or mortgage related
questions please “Ask
Alex” by email at Alex@
RealtyVolution.com or by
phone at (810) 664-1819.
You may see your question
and answer featured here.
— ADV
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Town Talk
Editor’s note: Due to space con-
straints announcements will be
posted one week in advance of the
event. Notices must be received in
writing by noon Monday prior to
the publication date.
For Senior Citizens
Gentle Yoga Tuesdays from 9-10
a.m. at First Congregational
Church in Almont. Practice led by
Dina Miramonti, RYT.
Imlay City Senior Center “Texas
Hold ‘Em” 12:30 p.m. For info
810-724-6030.
Council on Aging Membership is
open to individuals 18 and older.
The Capac Senior Center is open
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. We
offer a variety of activities such as
fitness and craft classes, a book
review group, cards and bus trips.
For info, call Lori at 395-7889.
Almont and Dryden area senior
citizens meet the 2nd Tuesday of
the month at 12 p.m. at the Almont
Lions Hall, 222 Water St., for a
potluck and program. Call 798-
8210 for more info.
Adults 55 and over are invited to
Berlin Twp. Senior Center to play
cards from noon-3 p.m. the 2nd
Wednesday of every month. Bring
a sack lunch, beverages provided.
Senior stretch exercise on Tuesdays
10-11 a.m. Potluck luncheons will
be served the 4th Tuesday of every
month at noon. For info, call 810-
395-4518.
Ryan Smith, a certified alcohol
and drug counselor will be avail-
able at the Imlay City Senior’s
Center on the 4th Thursday of
every month from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Dinner and card playing, 50/50
raffle and prizes of high and low
for each table every 3rd Monday
at the Washington Senior Center,
57880 Van Dyke, Washington
Twp., MI 48094, from 4-8 p.m. For
info, call 586-752-6543.
Swing Dance Lessons at the Port
Huron Senior Center, 600 Grand
Avenue, Port Huron, every Tues.
from 7:30-9 p.m. and the 1st and
3rd Thurs. of the month from
c 
AREA UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCHES
Attica U.M.C.
27 Elk Lake Road, Attica, MI
(810) 724-0690
Sunday Worship: 10 a.m
Attica Food Bank:
Serving those in 48412,
2-4 pm, 2nd & 4th Monday
of the month.
Community Dinner:
2nd & 4th Tuesday, 4-6 pm
Pastor Ron Rouse
www.atticaumc.org
18
Dryden
U.M.C.
5394 Main Street - Dryden
810-796-3341
Pastor Patricia Hoppenworth
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
18
West Berlin
U.M.C.
905 Holmes Rd. - Allenton, MI
Corner of Almont Road
810-395-2409
Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.
Rev. Curtis Clarke
18
7:30-9 p.m. with instructors Lyle
Malaski & Kristina Morton. For
info, call 810-984-5061.
Free Meals, Food
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church ‘Food
for Families’ kitchen is open to the
public for free, hot meals every
Monday and Wednesday from
4-5:30 p.m.
This Heart Loves Food Pantry is
open the 1st Saturday of each
month from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at
Gateway Assembly Church, 2796
S. Van Dyke Rd., Imlay City.
The Attica United Methodist
Church will be holding a free com-
munity meal on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesday of each month from 4:00-
6:00 p.m. For more info please call
810-724-0690 or visit www.atti-
caumc.org.
The Attica Food Bank at the
Attica United Methodist Church,
27 Elk Lake Rd., is open from 2-4
p.m. the second and fourth
Monday of the month. Proof of
residency and need required.
The Capac Community Food
Pantry, 112 S. Main Street, is open
each Wednesday from 1-3 p.m.
Please call LOVE, INC. at 810-
245-2414 in advance to ensure
your food voucher will be received
before you stop in to shop. Any
questions, please call Joyce
Kaufman at 810-395-7532.
The Capac Kitchen serves free
meals every Tuesday from 4:30-6
p.m. at Zion United Methodist
Church.
Free meals for people in need are
offered at the North Branch Senior
Center on Monday and Thursday
evenings from 5:30-7 p.m. Call
810-441-0322 for more info.
Orchards’ Cupboard Food Pantry
is open the 3rd Saturday of every
month 9 a.m.-noon. Food distrib-
uted at 74903 McKay Rd., Bruce
Twp., 586-336-4673. www.
orchardsonline.org.
Museums
Capac
U.M.C.
14952 Imlay City Rd., Capac
Church 810-395-2112
Sunday School - 9:15 am - All Ages
Sunday Service: 10:30 am
Junior Church and Nursery Available
Bible Studies Every
Monday and Tuesday Evenings
Tuesday Morning
Come as you are - everyone is welcome!
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Imlay City
U.M.C.
Corner of 4th St. & Almont Ave.
(Across from the Library)
www.imlayumc.org
Like Us On
10:30 a.m. Worship
Nursery Available
Jr. Church for K-5th grade
Youth Group 6th-12th grade
5pm-6:30pm Sundays
Rev. Dr. Marcel Allen Lamb
810-724-0687 18
Thursday 7:00 pm (Spanish) - St. Nicholas
The Almont Community Historical
Society Museum is open Saturdays
from 1-4 p.m. Please stop by and
learn about your community.
Society meetings are held at the
museum on the second Monday of
the month at 7 p.m. For more info
call 810-796-3355.
The Capac Historical Society is
open to visitors daily from 1-3
p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. Call
810-395-2859 for more info.
The Dryden Historical Society
meets at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday
of the month and the museum
opens every Monday from 5:30-7
p.m.
Beginning in April the Imlay City
Historical Museum is open on
Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. and wel-
comes visitors at that time. The
museum features period rooms
that appear as they would have
been prior to the turn of the 20th
century and into the 1930s.
Fabulous artifacts greet guests in
every room and transport them
back to when life was a simpler
time. Visitors will find exhibits
relating to railroading, military,
local history and much more.
Docents are on hand to answer
questions and assist with research.
Stop in and take a look!
Youth Events
Ready, Set, Go! Workshop. This is
a FREE workshop for 3-5 year
olds & parents/caregivers! Enjoy
fun projects that will develop your
child’s skills and prepare them for
school! Children also enjoy a
snack, story time, and a free book!
Call the Family Literacy Center
today to reserve your seat at 810-
664-2737 and for more info on
dates and times.
Play groups available. Free 6 week
sessions. At these FREE 90-minute
playgroups, children will partici-
pate in storytime, developmentally
appropriate games and crafts,
learn new skills, and enjoy a snack
and social time with other chil-
dren. Parents will have the chance
to talk to other adults with same-
age children. Register now for the
next session! Numerous locations
and dates available. For more info
and to sign up call the Family
Literacy Center at 810-664-2737.
Support Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meet-
ings are held every Monday night
at 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Imlay City.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and
Al-Anon meetings are held every
Wednesday night at 8 p.m. at the
Capac United Methodist Church,
St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church
(ELCA)
200 North Cedar (M-53)
4411 Newark Road
Imlay City, MI
Attica, MI 48412
810-724-1200 810-724-2702
email: nlcc@newlifechristian.net
Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
www.newlifechristian.net
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Pastor Tim Martin
Pastor Alan Casillas Sunday 10 a.m. Service 18
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Imlay City
C.R.C.
395 N. Cedar (M-53)
www.imlaycitycrc.org
Worship 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School 11:15 a.m.
Youth Ministry
MOPS Program
Community Men’s & Women’s
Bible Studies
9:30 am 11:00 am 810-724-4315
Come Grow With Us!
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Sacred Heart - Imlay City
St. Nicholas - Capac Goodland
Pastor: Rev. Noel Cornelio Community
Church
Saturday Mass
4:30 pm - St. Nicholas
Sunday Masses
8:00 am - Sacred Heart
2008 N. Van Dyke
10:00 am - St. Nicholas
Box 82
12 noon (Spanish) - Scared Heart
Confessions Imlay City, MI 48444
3:00-4:00 pm at St. Nicholas
Tuesday 8:00 am - St. Nicholas 810.724.1747
Wednesday 10:00 am - Sacred Heart
Friday 7:00 pm - Sacred Heart 18
Worship Service: 10:00 am
Imlay City Family of
Church of Christ Christ
670 N. Van Dyke
Lutheran Church -
Imlay City, MI 48444
Sunday Service Missouri Synod
7191 Imlay City Road, Imlay City
Bible Study (all ages) 10:00am
Morning Worship 11:00am Bible Study - 9:00 am
1st Sunday of the
Month Evening Service 2:30pm
Worship Time - 10:30 am
Children’s Church - 10:30 am
Wednesday Bible Classes (all ages) 7:00pm Contemporary Service - Wednesdays 7:00 pm
810-724-3306
COME WORSHIP WITH US!
Phone 810-724-2620
John Barker, Minister 18 lutheranfamilyofchrist.org
St. Cornelius St. John The
Evangelist
Catholic Church Catholic Church
3834 N. Mill Street, P.O. Box 208
Dryden MI 48428
www.fmsaints.com
872 Capac Rd.
Allenton, MI 48002
810-395-7074
NEW MASS SCHEDULE BEGINNING
JUNE 30TH and JULY 1ST www.fmsaints.com
Weekday Mass: NEW MASS SCHEDULE BEGINNING 8:00 am - BIBLE CLASS; 9:30 am - WORSHIP
Tuesday & Wednesday 8:00 a.m. JUNE 30TH and JULY 1ST
Weekend Masses: Weekday Mass: Thursday 8:00 a.m.
Saturday 4:00 p.m. Weekend Masses:
Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Saturday 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor 18 Rev. Mike Gawlowski, Pastor
Capac, MI.
Grief share. Tuesdays at 1 p.m.,
Imlay City Sr. Center, Lamb Steele
building on Third St. New series
starts Aug. 6. For info or to regis-
ter call Tracy at 810-724-6030 or
Ginger at 810-724-5772.
Lapeer Area Citizens Against
Domestic Assault meets 1-3 p.m.
every Wednesday in the Lapeer
Court House for personal protec-
tion order clinic. For info 810-246-
0632.
10A Friday AFG Family Groups
meeting. Imlay City FOC
Lutheran Church, 7191 Imlay
City Rd, Imlay City. Contact
Ginger Miller at 810-724-5772 for
more information.
Romeo Washington Parks and
Rec. One on one grief counseling
provided at both Romeo and
Washington Centers. By appoint-
ment only, please call to set up
your appointment today 586-752-
6543. Free of charge.
FOR WIDOWED MEN &
WOMEN: Lunch-Cards-
Friendship. Join us every 3rd
Tuesday of each month from 11:45
a.m.-4 p.m. at Cavis Pioneer
Restaurant, 5600 Lapeer Rd. in
Kimball Twp. 48074. No RSVP
necessary. For more info call
Joanne K. at 810-324-2304. This
activity is sponsored by Widowed
Friends, a peer support group
www.widowedfriends.org.
Widowed Friends invites all wid-
owed to join us for breakfast and
friendship in a safe setting every
2nd and 4th Monday of the month
at 9 a.m. at Sero’s, 925 Gratiot in
Marysville. For more info, call
Julie at 810-388-0868.
For those that have experienced
the death of a loved one, a support
group is available facilitated by a
trained United Hospice Service
(UHS) bereavement volunteer.
Marlette Regional Hospital, 2770
Main Street in Marlette, hosts this
support group the 1st Tuesday of
each month in the Administration
Conference Room. For time and
more info, call 800-635-7490 or
visit www.marletteregionalhospi-
tal.org.
TOPS 620 Lapeer weight- loss
group meets Tuesday nights at the
Hunter’s Creek 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 info call 810-664-7579.
Fundraisers
Greektown Casino Bus Trip bene-
fitting Imlay City Project
Graduation 2019. Sat., Nov. 17.
Departs 3 p.m. from TSC parking
859 N. Van Dyke Road
Imlay City, Michigan 48444
Sunday 2:30 pm
Tuesday 7:00 pm
Friday Youth 7:00 pm
firstapostolichome.com
Almont
First Baptist Church
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
Proclaiming the Sovereign Grace of God
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GATEWAY
ASSEMBLY
2796 S. Van Dyke Road - Imlay City
Morning Worship - 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Evening Service - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Family Night - 6:30 p.m.
Supervised child care during all services
Phone: 810-724-8110
Pastor Jeffrey S. Krist
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First Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
275 Bancroft - Imlay City
(Corner of 5th Street)
810-724-6207
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
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on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Holy Redeemer Light of Christ
Lutheran Church Community
4538 Dryden Rd. • Dryden, MI
810-796-3951
www.lutheransonline.com/holyred
11:00 am - SUNDAY SCHOOL & BIBLE CLASS
ALL WELCOME!!!
Pastor Steven Helms
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Christian Preschool Available
lot in Imlay City, returns at 11
p.m. Contact Lori at lknezevich@
icschools.us or (810) 724-9814.
Christmas Cookie Walk will be
held at St. Nicholas Catholic
Church, 4331 Capac Road, Capac
on Saturday, December 15 at 9:00
a.m. Purchase a large tin for $9.00
and fill it with your choice of deli-
cious homemade cookies. Come
early for best selection! Call 810-
395-2049 for more information.
Woman’s Life Chapter 855 is col-
lecting bottles and cans all year
long. With your help we can make
a difference in someone’s life at a
time when they need the most
help. Please consider being part of
the bigger picture. Donate your
bottles and cans today. For a rep-
resentative of our group call 810-
392-5136.
The Imlay City Christian School
has discount cards available for
sale. Proceeds benefit the school’s
athletic, music and PE programs.
For more information call Imlay
City Christian School, Mon.-Fri.
8-4, 810-724-5695.
Craft Shows/Bazaars
Rummage Sales
First Congregational Church of
Almont, downtown Almont. Craft
and Vendor show, Sat., Nov. 3, 9
a.m. - 2 p.m. Lunch offered, farm
fresh produce, crafters and ven-
dors.
The Holiday Marketplace Festival
2018 is seeking vendors for their
Nov. 10, 2018 event at the
American Legion Post 16, 1701 W.
Genesee, Lapeer. Call (810) 664-
9312 for more information.
Medical Care
Lapeer County Health
Department, 1800 Imlay City Rd.,
Lapeer - Regular Immunization
Clinic Hours: (held in 2nd floor
clinic area) Walk-In, Mondays 1-3
p.m.; By Appointment Only,
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
and 4-6 p.m., Thursdays 1-3:45
p.m. Hepatitis vaccine is now
available. For additional info, to
check if we accept your insurance,
or to schedule an appointment
please call 810-667-0448.
Free hearing and vision screens
for children of preschool age are
available at the Lapeer County
Health Department. To schedule
an appointment please call 810-
667-0448 or 810-245-5549.
Capac Pharmacy is teaming with
Support Million Hearts by offer-
ing in-pharmacy blood pressure
screenings, 136 North Main St. in
Capac, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come and
Blessed Hope
Baptist Church
1635 Berville Road, Allenton, MI
Pastor Gayle Hortop
Phone: (586) 784-5854
Sunday School - 10:00 am
Sunday Morning - 11:00 am
Sunday Evening - 6:30 pm
Wednesday Evening - 6:30 pm
Soul winning is not our
18 preference, but it’s our priority.
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ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
(ELCA) 109 E. Kempf Court • Capac, MI
(810) 395-7557

Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Sunday 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School
9:00 a.m. September thru May
18 Staffed Nursery During Worship 18
201 E. St. Clair, Almont, MI
810-798-8855
Sunday Worship Service
at 10:15 a.m.
Nursery available and Jr. Church
for ages 3 thru 5th grade
Jr./Sr. High Youth Group ~ Sunday’s 6-8pm
Kidz 4 Christ ~ Wednesday’s 6-7:30pm
Pre-School - 5th grade
Pastor William King
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Church
2720 Winslow Road
Imlay City, MI 48444
1 Mile South of I-69 Overpass
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
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have their blood pressure read for
free.
Events
Harvest Party. Wed., Oct. 31. 6-8
p.m. New Life Christian Church,
4411 Newark Rd., Attica.
Inflatables, Cider & donuts, obsta-
cle course, games, face painting
and hayride. Free. All ages wel-
come.
Attica United Methodist Church
Craft Sale and Dinner. Turkey
with all the trimmings. Thurs.,
Nov. 1. 12-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.
Attica United Methodist, 27 Elk
Lake Rd. Call (810) 724-0690 for
info and prices. Take out available.
Beginner Dog Basics for puppies 6
months and/or adult dogs with no
training. This course will teach
basic commands such as sit, down,
stay, come, leash manners, impulse
control, and more. Begins Thur,
Nov. 1, 8-9 p.m., 6 weeks.
Romeo Parks and Rec Center, 361
Morton Street. Call (586) 752-6543
for fee.
Polar Express Christmas train
ride - a RWB Parks & Recreation
sponsored trip. Open to all ages in
all communities. November 17.
Cost includes, 2 hour train trip in
coach class car, hot cocoa, car host,
souvenir bell and ticket along with
2 hours at the Village of Ashley
Country Christmas. Must pur-
chase tickets by Nov. 2. Please call
586-752-6543 to purchase a ticket.
German Dinner. Sat., Nov. 3,
4-6:30 p.m. St. John’s Lutheran
Church, 109 E. Kempf Ct., Capac.
Menu– sauerkraut & kielbasa,
ham, German potato salad, cheesy
potatoes, buttered noodles, peas &
carrots, applesauce, homemade
dessert and beverages.Admission
charged. (810) 395-7557.
Veteran’s Day Breakfast.Join us
for a special presentation by
author and veteran Ron Zuccaro.
Fri., Nov. 9. 9-11 a.m. Washington
Parks and Rec, 57880 Van Dyke,
Washington Twp. Veterans eat
free. Call (586) 752-6543 for info
and prices.
Capac Lions Pancake Breakfast.
Sun., Nov. 11. 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Capac Lions Hall, 315 W. Meier
St., Capac. Free will donation.
“Aladdin” at the Detroit Opera
House. Sun., Dec. 23. Register
before Nov. 20. Sponsored by
Romeo Washington Parks and
Rec. Includes round trip motor
coach and theater tickets. (586)
752-6543.
Marimba Christmas Concert.
Romeo Parks and Rec Center, 361
Morton Street, Romeo. Wed., Nov.
28. Concert 12:30-1:30,
Dessert 1:30-2 p.m. Enjoy music
and some Christmas treats for des-
sert. Call (586) 752-6543 for price.
Zumba Gold. Combines dance
steps with a low impact routine.
Bring water and a face towel.
Every Monday and Wednesday
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Washington
Parks and Rec Center, 57880 Van
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Dyke, Washington Twp. Fee
charged. Call (586) 752-6543 for
info.
Sculpt, Flex and Stretch. Beneficial
weight training. Every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
Washington Parks and Rec
Center , 57880 Van Dyke,
Washington Twp. Call (586) 752-
6543 for times and prices.
Other
Free tutor training for people who
would like to help others in our
community improve English skills.
Volunteer basis. Please call for
orientation before training at 810-
664-2737.
Volunteer for the Habitat for
Humanity of Lapeer County at the
office. Interested parties can call
810-664-7111 and speak to
Carolyn, Cheryl or Pete at 810-
660-7823.
Club News
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
of Imlay City, Post 2492, 598 N.
Almont Ave. (Fairgrounds Rd.)
Overseas Veterans Meetings 2nd
Thursday, every other month, 7
p.m.; Post Meetings 1st Thursday
every month, 7 p.m.; Auxiliary
Meetings 1st Saturday of every
month, 10 a.m.
Almont/Dryden Masons meets 7
p.m. every 2nd Thursday of the
month at Masonic Center in
Almont.
The Imlay City American Legion
Post 135 meets the 2nd and last
Wednesdays of the month at 7:30
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p.m. The post is located at 212 E.
Third Street. Contact them at 724-
1450 or americanlegionpost135@
frontier.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 p.m. For
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more info call Lisa, 810-358-7294.
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Old theater: New life for building

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cent medical/law office
building when he found out
the property was being con-
sidered for something else:
a used car lot.
“I just didn’t want to
see the theater torn down
and a used car lot in the
middle of Almont,” Francis
says. “The theater has a lot

Photo by Catherine Minolli

of history and historical
value in Almont. I want to
try to preserve some of
that.”
Those preservation
plans include possible res-
toration of the theater’s Steve Francis and Jeff Morauski tear down
marquis, which was cov- drywall in former lobby area of the old Almont
ered up with wood when theater.
Henderson remodeled the
building. for a brewery, winery, bak- Almont Theater. The

On Friday, Francis and
helper Jeff Morauski began
removing the wood panels
from the marquis. They
also uncovered the theater’s
old ticket booth, and
removed some drywall pan-
els from what used to be the
lobby.
“If the marquis looks
like it can be saved, I’m
going to do that,” Francis
says. “I’d like to restore it
to its original condition.
Wouldn’t it be cool to see it
all lit up again?”
The marquis is not the
only cool possibility con-
tained within the building’s
walls. The former theater
room is spacious, capped
off with a vaulted wooden
ceiling. Above the theater, a
full apartment equipped
with a jacuzzi tub where the
Henderson family once
lived also awaits some
TLC.
While he’s not sure
what the future holds for
the building, Francis
believes it would be ideal
ery or restaurant.
“The building is so
large, and it’s so cool
because of the wide open
ceiling, the old wood truss-
es and all,” he says.
“Someone with a little cre-
ativity could make the most
of it. It would be nice to
have somebody we could
build it out for.”
Another plus is the
parking capacity. Francis
says the old theater and
adjacent office building
boast 75 parking spaces. As
for the office building,
Francis hopes to spruce it
up as well and return it to
full occupancy.
The theater on the cor-
ner of Stone and Main
streets dates back to 1946.
According to Hildamae
Waltz Bowman’s ‘Almont:
The Tale of Then and Now,’
Stanley and Ernest Tesluck
of Yale purchased a build-
ing that was on the lot from
Art Placeway Cleaners in
1946. They razed the build-
ing and replaced it with the
Teslucks operated the the-
ater from October of 1946
until 1955, when they sold
it to Pete Dubovenko of
Yale. Dubovenko’s daugh- Volunteers begin to converge at the CAPDET hunting camp in Newberry,
ter was in charge of the Michigan to search for beloved Capac merchant Hale Currier, who went
theater until 1983, when it missing on October 17, 1948 while hunting hearby.
was sold to James
Henderson.
“The Almont Theater
was the most up-to-date
Mystery: Call for search volunteers
theater in the county,” from page 1
Hildamae Waltz Bowman
writes. “It was well attend- and he and Hale are the
ed for several years, but same size. Hale felt a per-
when other movie houses sonal pride in wearing
were built nearby, competi- them.”
tion became too great, and After the interview,
attendance began to fall off. Reddy Waltz and Elmer
When it closed, it ended an Lang asked if they could
important era in Almont’s use the telephone to call
history.” down to Capac. Taking
Call Steve Francis at them to the switchboard to
(810) 798-3064 to learn make their calls, Lt.
more about the theater and Chrispell returned to his
its possibilities. office and hurriedly placed
Editor’s note: A special a call to Conservation
thank you to James Wade Officer Vernon Hanes at
Sr., President of the Almont Sault St. Marie.
Historical Society, for pro- Waiting for the switch-
viding historic information board in The Soo to
for this story. answer, bad thoughts went
through the lieutenant’s
mind. He recalled earlier in
his career—in 1927—when
Burton Howard of Port
Huron was found dead of a
gunshot wound after weeks
of searching. Then another
hunter named Brownlee
who went missing in 1920
and his remains were
found around 1930, identi-
fied by personal effects
found at the scene. Both
unsolved. Was it a stray
bullet or murder? Now two
missing at the same time.
After what seemed like
Photo by Catherine Minolli
Hale Currier
organizations, churches
and businesses. The fall
chores were coming to a
close. The beets were near-
ly done, along with the
corn crop. Only fall plow-
ing remained.
Business was brisk as
farmers came to town to
purchase the needed sup-
plies. All of that would
stop, and Capac would
become a household word
around the state and
Newspaper scan
churches, Lions Club,
Legion Post,” Reddy said.
“We need many bodies to
do this search. Call Ralph
Van Volkinburg. Ralph can
coordinate with all the
groups. He is a natural
leader.
Ralph Van Volkinburg
was the Superintendent of
Capac Schools.
“And Harry,” Reddy
continued, “have someone
pick up Hale’s two sons
and bring them up. Phil is
in Port Huron and Jim is at
Central Michigan
University.”
Concluding the call to
his store, Reddy had anoth-
er request for the switch-
board operator.
“Veva, connect me to
Currier’s store,” he said.
“Lucy needs to talk...and
Veva, stay on the line.”
Quickly she moved
about the switchboard,
fully understanding the
magnitude of this tragedy.
She thought if there ever
was such a thing as a
‘favorite son’ or citizen, it
was Hale Currier.
“No matter who you
were, he made time for

an eternity, Vernon Hanes nation. you,” she thought to her-

Steve Francis stands in the vast former seating area of the historic
movie theater in Almont. The original vaulted ceiling and wooden truss-
es are part of the building’s charm.
Pinnacle: Conagra merger complete
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tions and results-oriented
cultures will help facilitate
an effective integration and
the continued transforma-
tion of Conagra Brands.”
Pinnacle Foods is based
in Parsippany, New Jersey
and Conagra Brands is
headquartered in Chicago,
Illinois.
Back in 2014, Hillshire
Brands attempted to pur-
chase Pinnacle Foods but
the transaction fell apart
before the merger could be
finalized. Ultimately,
Pinnacle exercised their
right to terminate the deal.
As part of a corporate
restructuring in 2012,
Pinnacle opted to close a
Vlasic plant in Delaware
and make the Blacks
Corners Road facility its
flagship for pickle produc-
tion. Tax abatements, a
state grant, a personal prop-
erty tax exemption and a
ten-year contract agreement
by the employees’ union
helped entice Pinnacle to
stay in Michigan. The Imlay
was on the line.
“Vernon, this is Fred in
Newberry,” the lieutenant
said. “Last July, the bear
that took Carol Ann
Pomrankey from her back-
yard and killed her in the
woods, are you sure that
the bear you shot was the
right bear?”
Vern replied, “Fred,
that’s the bear the dog
tracked down. I’m confi-
dent of that, but I can’t be
100 percent positive...but
City plant produces more there was dried blood on
than 150 million jars of his face.”
pickle products annually. “Vern, I have two hunt-
Pinnacle Foods was ers missing,” Lt. Chrispell
created in 2001 and, said. “Could a bear travel
throughout the years, has from the Soo to Newberry
built its brand portfolio to in three months?”
include Hungry Man frozen “Absolutely,” Vern
dinners, Open Pit barbeque answered.
sauce and Birds Eye frozen Lt. Chrispell had
vegetables. another question: “Is that
In addition to Vlasic, Labrador Retriever still
the Pinnacle brands portfo- available?”
lio includes Birds Eye, “Yes, he is,” Vern said.
Duncan Hines, Wish Bone, “I’ll get him to you
Glutino and more. ASAP.”
Ending the call, the
Commander called the post
Reddy Waltz and
Elmer Lang were impatient
as the phone call went
through multiple switch-
boards. Finally a familiar
voice came across.
“This is the operator in
Capac. How may I direct
your call?”
The voice was of Veva
Reynolds, the local tele-
phone operator.
“Veva, this is Reddy. I
want you to stay on the
line as there are multiple
people that I, Mrs. Currier
and Elmer Lang need to
talk with. First, let me talk
to my store.”
Over at Waltz’s Meats
on Main Street, Harry
Bussell answered. Harry
was Reddy’s preferred
employee, who was also
on the Village Council.
Reddy informed him of the
situation and told him he
needed him and as many
others he could muster to
assist in the search for
Hale.
“Contact the council,
chamber of commerce,
self.
Lucy told her employ-
ees she needed their help,
and to ask the ladies of the
village to send food with
all volunteers.
Elmer Lang followed
with the same for his
employees, and asked Veva
to spread the word.
Taking off his butch-
er’s apron, Harry Bussell
headed to the school.
Along the way, he met
Lawrence Bade and told
him of the tragedy.
Lawrence immediately
drove to Almont to ask
Frank Trott of Trott
Aviation to assist with his
airplane.
Shortly thereafter, they
were airborne. Lawrence
Bade would be the first to
arrive in Newberry.
Ironically, 14 years later,
he himself would become
another mystery disappear-
ance.
Note: The third install-
ment— ‘The hunt is on’—
will appear in the
November 14, 2018 issue.

Vote: Local seats, issues to decide

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Five candidates are
seeking two terms on the
St. Clair County
Community College board
of trustees. The names
include Amy Holmes, Geof
Kusch, Bassam Nasr, John
Ogden and Marcia Robbins.
Ogden currently sits on the
board.
In the 81st House of
Representatives contest,
Republican Gary Eisen
and Democrat Josh
Rivard are battling it out
for a two-year term in
Lansing.
In the 25th State Senate
race, Democrat Debbie
Bourgois is facing off
against Republican Dan
Lauwers.
In Capac, three candi-
dates will vie for two seats
on the school board. The
field includes incumbents
Jim Crane and Marie
Killingbeck. John Antilla, a
former board member, has
also filed.
In the village of Capac,
five candidates have filed
for three council member
seats. Incumbents Mary
Klug, Patti Weyhrauch and
Bruce Lawrence all hope to
earn another four-year term
on the council. Their chal-
dispatcher and ordered him
to get every trooper on
duty or off duty to report
to the CAPDET Lodge.
Time was not on their side
lengers are Lynne Cline if this was a medical emer-
Mandeville and Debra gency, or as he feared, a
Hlubic. crime scene.
A write-in candidate, It was a pleasant day in
Rebekah Flores, is looking Capac some 400 miles
south of Newberry. In
to challenge Council
1948 the economy was
President John Grzyb.
•••• picking up. Nestled
In the 10th between the Grand Trunk
Congressional District, Railroad and State
which includes both Lapeer Highway M-21, Capac had
and St. Clair counties, three a perfect location to pro-
candidates are challenging mote its rich soils. Dairy
incumbent Republican Paul products, sugar beets and
Mitchell—Democrat corn were its staple and
Kimberly Bizon, the Green many citizens not engaged
Party’s Harley Mikkelson in the local commerce
and Independent Jeremy worked at Pontiac Motors.
Peruski. The village had many
Plaid Shirt Night is Thursday
CAPAC — Plaid Shirt Night returns to Capac
High School tomorrow (Thurs., Nov. 1).
Admission is just $5 and doors open at 5 p.m.
For 24 years, former Capac High School
Principal Joe Remenap has coordinated the annual
autumn extravaganza to celebrate the out-of-doors
and arrival of deer hunting season.
Attendees will find numerous vendors exhibit-
ing and selling the latest and most popular items for
those heading out into the woods and fields in
search of big bucks.
In addition, there will be door prizes and numer-
ous raffles for chances to win outdoors-related
prizes donated by event sponsors.
This year’s guest speaker will be television
celebrity Fred Abbas, who will share some stories
and possibly a few secrets about how to land that
big buck.
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Letters:
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than 20 million people to
buy affordable coverage
from private insurance
companies, not the govern-
ment. And it’s the only
thing that prohibits those
companies from turning
you or someone you love
down or charging a fortune
for a pre-existing condition
or setting a lifetime limit on
coverage. Republicans
want to eliminate that.
They have voted more than
60 times to repeal
Obamacare. That’s voting
to end the protection of pre-
existing conditions. Don’t
let them fool you.
Yes, vote Democratic!
Open borders? No
Democrat supports totally
open borders. But we do
believe that families should
not be torn apart, that peo-
ple seeking asylum should
be heard. We also believe
that the United States
should help developing
countries rid themselves of
gangs and other violence so
that people would want to
stay in their own safe, pros-
perous country and not
come here illegally. Some
say that immigrants should
abide by the quota system
and come here legally like
“my ancestors did.” There
were no quotas until 1921.
Many of our ancestors,
including mine, came here
before that. Basically, at
that time the rule was if you
could get here you could
stay here.
Yes, vote Democratic!
Encourage American
corporations to relocate
overseas? Check the record.
Many of the jobs lost over-
seas came during the Bush
Great Recession. Big com-
panies don’t care where
their profits come from
whether it’s here or over-
seas.
Yes, vote Democratic!
Democrats believe the
Supreme Court should
uphold and expand people’s
rights, not inhibit them,
especially the right to vote.
And we believe that the
Constitution was brilliantly
written to adapt to the times
we live in and should be
interpreted as such.
Yes, vote Democratic!
We believe that Trump’s
tariffs will hurt Michigan
companies and farmers and
Legal Announcements
ALMONT
TOWNSHIP
ALMONT TOWNSHIP
PLANNING
COMMISSION NOTICE
OF
PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public hearing at 7:00 p.m.
on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at
the Almont Township Hall, 819 N.
Main Street, Almont, MI 48003. The
public hearing is to consider the fol-
lowing list of text amendments:
Section 2.14 Measuring Setback
Requirements - Modify the determi-
nation of a rear lot line as opposite of
the shortest front lot line. The same
modification was made to Section
14.1 in Definitions.
Section 2.29 Medical Marihuana
- Modify this section to remove
requirements related to which specific
district the use is permitted in, located
so far from public or private park
property, and requiring one primary
caregiver per property.
Section 6.2 General Parking
Requirements - Add a provision that
ALMONT
TOWNSHIP
NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that there will be a public hearing before the
Almont Township Planning Commission on November 14, 2018 at the
Almont Township Hall, 819 N. Main Street, Almont, Ml 48003, beginning
at 7:00 p.m.
The purpose of the hearing is to consider comments relating to a re-
quest made by DET Properties to complete Phases 2, 3, & 4 of Pine
Crest Development located in Section
33, on parcel 44-001-033-010-11. Cop-
ies of the application and any related
documents are available for inspection at
the Township Office during regular busi-
ness hours of 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will
be available at the time and place of the
meeting. All interested citizens will be
given an opportunity to comment on this
application. Written comments may be
submitted up to the
meeting time at the Township Hall.
America’s economy much
more than they will help.
We haven’t seen the full
impact of this and won’t
until after the election.
Yes, vote Democratic.
We believe in a non-
nuclear Korea but cozying
up to Kim Jung Un is not
the way to achieve that.
Yes, vote Democratic!
We believe in peaceful
protest guaranteed by the
Constitution, not mob rule,
especially that encouraged
by Mr. Trump at his rallies.
Calling for or tolerating any
kind violence by anybody
is not acceptable.
Yes, vote Democratic.
A non-nuclear Iran is
imperative. Withdrawing
from the Iran Agreement
will not lead to that. We
need allies, not isolation-
ism.
Yes, vote Democratic!
We agree it’s not
acceptable for China to
steal America’s technology.
Or Russia, either. Trump
seems to be pretty loose on
this one.
Yes, vote Democratic!
Black unemployment?
Civil Rights? Women’s
rights? That’s an easy one.
Look at history.
Yes, vote Democratic!
Here’s one I agree with
John Lengemann on. I think
we should give the new
trade agreement with
Canada and Mexico a
chance. And other trade
agreements should be care-
fully examined. But going
it alone by the United States
is foolish in today’s interde-
pendent world. Remember,
there are 325 million of
“us” and more that 7 billion
of “them.” Does the name
Custer ring a bell?
Yes, vote Democratic.
So those are my views
on some of the issues raised
by Mr. Lengemann’s letter
last week. And note that
each of us shared our views
without calling anybody
names, without impugning
anyone’s character, without
rancor or call for violence.
John and I both hope all
of you will examine your
own views and vote peace-
fully next Tuesday,
November 6. We are all
Americans who love free-
dom and cherish the right to
vote and that’s what makes
America great.
—Rick Liblong
(formerly of Almont)
Dunn Loring, VA
allows the parking space length to be
reduced from 20 feet to 18 feet if
adjacent to a 7-foot-wide sidewalk.
Section 7.5 Exterior Lighting
Requirements - Add an additional
provision that all modifications and
lighting components shall be used as
designed by the manufacturer.
8.2 Table of Uses - Add existing
classified uses into additional institu-
tional uses, commercial uses, and
miscellaneous uses into additional
zoning districts.
Section 8.8 Table of Dimensional
Requirements - Change the lot width
dimension of the C-1 Local
Commercial, C-3 General
Commercial, and I-1 Industrial from
80-foot minimum lot widths to 120
feet. In the I-1 District, require twice
the required setback when adjacent to
a Residential District.
Modifications to Section 2
General Provisions, 8.2 Table of Uses,
8.3 Table of Use Requirements, and
Article 14 Definitions to regulate
solar energy systems - This will regu-
late five different types of solar ener-
gy systems including commercial, on-
site roof­mounted, on-site ground-
CAROL HOFFNER,
ALMONT TWP. CLERK
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Park board is grateful
The Almont communi-
ty Parks ‘Music in the
Park’ Concert Series was a
success again this year. All
nine concerts were fully
funded by the wonderful
community sponsors.
The Park Board mem-
bers would like to extend
their gratitude and appre-
ciation to the following:
The Four County
Community Foundation
and the Almont Lions Club
and members for their con-
tinuing support of our
community concerts.
Also, thank you to our
generous sponsors:
MedStar Ambulance;
Yarbrough Insurance
Group; Aristo-Cast Inc.;
TSC raises 4-H funds
Michigan 4-H youth
will experience valuable
hands-on learning opportu-
nities as a result of Tractor
Supply’s 2018 Paper
Clover Campaign, a bian-
nual fundraiser held in
partnership with National
4-H Council. Michigan
Tractor Supply stores col-
lectively raised $107,989
in 2018 through donations
made with purchases in
store and online.
Earlier this month,
Michigan Tractor Supply
customers participated in
the Fall Paper Clover event
by purchasing paper clo-
vers—the emblem of
4-H—for a donation dur-
ing checkout at stores
nationwide or through pur-
chases made online at
TractorSupply.com.
From Oct. 3 to Oct. 14,
Michigan Tractor Supply
stores raised $53,008. The
Michigan funds raised are
a portion of the more than
$1 million nationwide
grand total-marking the
most successful fundraiser
in Tractor Supply’s history.
Combined with results
from the Spring Paper
Clover event held earlier
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mounted covering 96 square feet or
less, on-site ground­mounted cover-
ing more than 96 square feet, and on-
site sign-mounted solar energy collec-
tors.
Written comments may be
mailed to: Almont Township Planning
Commission, 819 N. Main Street, MI
48003. A copy of the proposed text
amendments will also be available at
the Almont Township Hall between 8
a.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday thru
Friday and at the time and place of the
meeting. All interested citizens will
be given an opportunity to comment
on the proposed text amendments dur-
ing the public hearing.
Carol Hoffner,
Almont Township Clerk
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CITY OF
IMLAY CITY
NOTICE OF INTENT
TO APPLY TO USDA
RURAL UTILITIES
SERVICE (RUS)
The City of Imlay City intends
to file an application to USDA RUS
for a RUS loan and/or grant to finance
the complete reconstruction of Fourth
Street at an estimated cost of $
4,500,000.00.
This infrastructure project
includes the construction of a new 12”
water main, sanitary sewer main,
storm water drainage, curb and gutter,
street resurfacing, sidewalk and asso-
ciated landscaping. This project is
anticipated to begin the spring of
2019 with design engineering and an
estimated completion date of
December 2020.
This project is the most critical
infrastructure project for the City in
many years. The selection of Fourth
Street is due because of the need to
provide a direct connection of the
City’s two water towers with a new
12” water main, which will greatly
increase the efficiency of the water
towers as part of our water distribu-
tion system. In addition, Fourth
Street is the top priority for street
replacement, which cannot effectively
be completed without the replacement
Superior Contracting;
Almont Area Chamber of
Commerce; Police Chief
Andrew Martin and fami-
ly; Spring Dynamics, Inc.;
Great Lakes Family
Dental; The Law Offices
of Steve Schneider and
Gear Master.
The Park Board mem-
bers would also like to
thank all the residents who
attend these free concerts.
Hopefully, we will see an
increase in attendance next
season.
Sincerely,
—Gary Peltier
Chairman
—Almont Park Board
Members
Almont
this year, Michigan stores
raised a total of $107,989.
Fundraising efforts
from Tractor Supply’s
Paper Clover event fund
scholarships for numerous
state-level 4-H programs
nationwide, and every
Michigan donation bene-
fits Michigan youth.
Scholarships are used for
camps and leadership con-
ferences, where attendees
learn everything from ani-
mal care and woodworking
to networking practices
and civic responsibility.
The Fall Paper Clover
event rounds out the ninth
year of the campaign,
which generated
$1,999,661 in 2018. The
company's biannual fund-
raiser has collectively gen-
erated more than $14.9
million in essential funding
to date.
The Paper Clover cam-
paign will return to
Michigan Tractor Supply
stores next spring. For
more information on the
program, visit www.
TractorSupply.com/4H.
—Laura McKirgan
Tractor Supply
Company
of the infrastructure below ground,
which is in poor condition.
Any questions regarding the
City’s application to USDA RUS can
be directed to: Tom Youatt, City
Manager, City of Imlay City, 150 N.
Main Street, Imlay City, MI 48444,
(810) 724-2135.
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ATTICA
TOWNSHIP
ATTICA TOWNSHIP
BOARD
MINUTES OF
OCTOBER 11, 2018
The meeting was called to order
at 7:00 p.m. by Supervisor Ochadleus.
Present were: Clerk Herpolsheimer,
Treasurer Mason and Trustees Lacey
and Madeline. Absent: none. The min-
utes of September 13, 2018 Regular
Board meeting were approved as pre-
sented.
The treasurer report showed a
new balance of: General Fund
$207082.71 and CDARS savings
$203,350.98; ICS $300,235.61;
Public Safety $43,341.80, CDARS
$50,837.74; ICS $25,027.31; Fire
Millage $17,823.44 CDARS
$50,837.74; ICS $40,034.63: Fire
Escrow $6,530.85; ICS $41.52.
Police Report - There were 163
calls in September, with 81 of the
calls handled by the Township
Deputies.
Old Business - Moved and sec-
onded to modify the Attica Township
Noise Ordinance. Roll call vote
taken; Ayes 3, Nays 2. Motion car-
ried.
Moved and seconded to repeal
Ordinance No. 2018-03 and adopt a
new ordinance regulating thru-truck
traffic in the Township. Roll call vote
taken; Ayes 3, Nays 2. Motion car-
ried.
New Business - Discussion on
property being donated to the town-
ship by John Duvall. This will be put
on the November agenda as there
were questions whether there will be
conditions attached to the donation.
Fire - Chief Warford reported on
a structure fire on Five Lakes Rd,
Veterans invited to
free dinner buffet
Veterans urged to RSVP for event
By Tom Wearing dinner, guest speakers and
twearing@pageone-inc.com social time, attendees will
be treated to live enter-
NORTH BRANCH tainment.
— If you or a family To RSVP, call 810-
member are a veteran of 346-3560, or email to our.
the U.S. military, the VET.team@gmail.com.
Lapeer County Veterans Respond by U.S. mail
Esteem Team “Students to Veterans Esteem Team,
Helping Veterans” wants 4940 Van Dyke Rd.,
to hear from you ASAP. Brown City, MI 48416.
The local organization Please include the vet-
hosts its 3rd Annual free eran’s name, address,
Appreciation Dinner for phone number, e-mail
veterans on Saturday, address and date.
Nov. 10 from 5-8 p.m. at Also, include the vet-
North Branch Middle eran’s branch of service,
School. military era, years of ser-
For purposes of plan- vice and name of spouse
ning, those wishing to or guest.
attend are asked to RSVP North Branch Middle
as soon as possible. School is located at 6570
Along with the free Brush St. in North Branch.
Murder mystery dinner on tap
LUM — The Lapeer county Republican Party is
hosting ‘Eat, Drink and Be Married,’ a murder mys-
tery dinner, on Saturday, Nov. 2 at Castle Creek Golf
Club, 5191 Lum Road. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the
murder mystery starts at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $25 per
person and includes dinner provided by Almont’s
Country Smoke House. Cash bar available. Purchase
tickets online at Event Brite at www.lapeergop.com.
Notary services offered
GOODLAND TWP. — Beginning November 1,
the Goodland Township Library will have a Notary
Public available during library hours. This service
being offered as part of the library’s community out-
reach. Documents to be notarized will need to be
signed in the presence of the Notary. Signers will be
required to present a photo I. D. (driver’s license or
state identification card). There is no charge for the
Notary service. The library is located at 2370 N. Van
Dyke, north of Imlay City. Call (810) 721-2110 or
email goodlandtwplibrary@gmail.com for more
information.
Greektown trip for Project Grad
IMLAY CITY — Imlay City Project Graduation
is hosting a Greektown Casino Bus Trip on November
17. The cost is $40 per person and includes transporta-
tion, $15 back in gambling money and $5 back toward
food at the casino. The bus departs at 3 p.m. from the
TSC parking lot and returns at 11 p.m. For more infor-
mation contact Lori at lknezevich@icschools.us or
call 810-724-9814. Proceeds will help provide a safe
night for 2019 Imlay City High School grads.
engine 22 needs repairs, and the Fire
Department is having a fundraiser
property owners, and the general pub-
lic regarding a proposed amendment
through Lumberjack Shack to receive to Ordinance #33 - Fireworks
a $1,200.00 rescue saw. Raffle tickets Ordinance and Ordinance #5 – Noise
are available. Ordinance. The purpose of this is to
Park - Park Manager Madeline amend the Ordinance to modify the
reported that track repairs are planned notice provisions and penalties for
for the spring. violations of the Ordinance.
Planning Commission - Next A copy of the full text of the
meeting is October 25th. On the agen- proposed amendments may be exam-
da are a definition of occupancy of ined or obtained at the Mussey
buildings and the revised Site Plan for Township Office at 135 N. Main
Jim Morris Tires. Street during regularly posted office
Attorney - Attorney Strittmatter
informed the board that Judge
hours. Comments regarding the pro-
posed text amendments will be
Holowka sided with Attica in the received at the Public Hearing and
Owen Tree Service vs. Attica may also be made in writing to the
Township case. Judge Holowka Mussey Township Planning
agreed with the Attica Zoning Board Commission at P. O. Box 118, Capac,
of Appeals. If Owen Tree Service MI 48014. Written comments will be
would like to proceed with moving received until the close of business on
the mulching operation to the new November 12, 2018.
location he will have to make an Sheila McDonald, Clerk
application for a Special Land Use. Mussey Township
Public Time - There were ques-
tions concerning cemetery issues,
44-2
noise ordinance and Chapman’s boat
storage TO ALL
Review and pay the bills -
Moved and seconded to pay the bills:
CREDITORS
The Settlor, Dolores M.
General Fund - $54,302.60, Public Schipono, DOB November 23, 1928,
Safety - $14,754.32, and Fire Fund -
who lived at 3941 Lippincott Road,
$6,111.95. Total for bills is Elba Twp, MI died September 21,
$75,168.87. Roll call vote taken, all 2017. There is no Personal
ayes, motion carried. Representative of the settlor’s estate
Meeting adjourned at 7:37 p.m. to whom Letters of Administration
A complete copy of the minutes
is available at the Attica Township
have been issued.
Creditors of the decedent are
Hall. notified that all claims against the
Nancy Herpolsheimer Dolores M. Schipono Living Trust
Attica Township Clerk dated August 14, 1997, as amended,
44-1 will be forever banned unless pre-
sented to Candice Madrazo, 186
MUSSEY Palmer St. Imlay City, MI 48444,
TOWNSHIP Trustee, within four (4) months after
the date of publication.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC Notice is further given that the
HEARING Trust will thereafter be assigned and
PROPOSED ORDINANCE distributed to the persons entitled to it.
AMENDMENTS Date: October 29, 2018
Please take notice that the Candice Madrazo
Mussey Township Planning Successor Trustee
Commission will hold a Public John L. Lengemann
Hearing on Tuesday, November 13, Morrice, Lengemann & Miller P.C.
2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mussey Attorneys at Law
Township office located at 135 N. 202 East Third Street
Main Street, Capac, Michigan. Imlay City, MI 48444
The purpose of the hearing is to 810-724-2565
receive comment from residents, 44-1
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Board seats, millage renewal on ballot

By Maria Brown
mbrown@pageone-inc.com
IMLAY CITY —
Three candidates are vying
for two six-year terms on
the Imlay City Schools
Board of Education.
Incumbents Greg Dennis
and Sharon Muir are look-
ing to retain their seats and
challenging them is Virgil
Love.
••••
Greg Dennis currently
serves as the board’s vice
president. He joined the
board back in 2010.
“I am running for re-
election because I enjoy the
interaction with the Imlay
City School community
and I believe a strong, well
managed school district is a
critical component of the
quality of life we enjoy
here in Imlay City,” Dennis
said.
He believes his 20-plus
years as a small business
owner, plus his roles as
chair of the board’s finance
and building and grounds
committees give him the
“experience and institution-
al knowledge that I believe
is necessary to be an effec-
tive member of the board.”
Dennis thinks the dis-
trict has made great strides
in expanding their fine arts
programming, supporting
the new Middle College
program and instituting
STEM-based curriculum
with a focus on careers.
Going forward, Dennis
said he “would like to see
the district continue to sup-
port and expand our voca-
tional programs.”
••••
Virgil Love could not
be reached for comment by
press time.
••••
Sharon Muir was first
elected to the school board
in 2004 and has served as
president for the last 9
years.
She said there are a
number of reasons she
opted to seek re-election
this year.
“I feel I owe a debt of
gratitude for the excellent
education my kids received
and I want to give back to
the district to show my
gratitude,” Muir said, refer-
ring to her three children
who are all Imlay City
graduates.
She is the current
board’s longest serving
member and believes it’s
important to maintain a bal-
ance of newer and more
experienced representa-
tives. Within the last two
years, the board has wel-
comed three new members.
“I have the knowledge,
time, energy and commit-
ment to remain and serve
the community well; plus I
feel like there’s still more
work to be done,” Muir
said.
She believes the school
district and board has a lot
to be proud of in terms of
recent accomplishments,
awards and program expan-
sions, specifically mention-
ing the launch of the Early
Learning Center and its
growth over the last five
years; Imlay City High
School •••• of the millage but have initiated in 1994. It is not a
being rec- Two other opted to bring it to voters a new millage, nor is it relat-
ognized by names will year early to skip the ed in any way to any recent
U.S. News appear on expense of holding an elec- ballot initiatives,” Supt. Dr.
and World the Imlay tion themselves next year. Stu Cameron said.
Report for C i t y “It is important to me The levy does not
the third Schools’ that the voters understand include owner-occupied
time in ten section of this is a renewal of the residences but generally
years with the ballot Non-Homestead millage, includes business, rental
a Bronze Greg Sharon too. Kaylee which has been renewed homes, second homes and
Aw a r d ; Dennis Muir Keading continuously since it was commercial properties.
reinstating and Marcel
a vocal music program; Allen Lamb, two current
restoring the Middle School
counselor position and cre-
members who
appointed to seats on the
were Trick-or-Treat at Goodland library
ating an AP environmental board, are each looking to GOODLAND TWP. — The Goodland Township
science program at the high finish out the remainder of Library will be open for trick-or-treating from 3-7
school. their terms. Both are uncon- p.m. on Halloween (Wednesday, Oct. 31). Children of
“Even through the tested in the November 6 all ages are invited to stop in for cider, Halloween
tough times, especially election, meaning they’re activities and treats. Visitors can also choose from a
since 2008, we have main- guaranteed to earn partial wide variety of Halloween books. The library is
tained a healthy fund bal- terms through 2020. located at 2370 N. Van Dyke Road next to the
ance and did not have to •••• Goodland Twp. Hall and Fire Dept. Call 810-721-
borrow money. Having that Voters in the Imlay City 2110 or email goodlandtwplibrary@gmail.com for
fund balance also meant we school district are also more information.
didn’t have to do mid-year being asked to renew the
cuts if there was an unex- current operating millage.
pected loss of enrollment,”
she said.
Going forward, Muir
The ballot language is
asking for the renewal of
17.856 mills for four years,
Dispatch log...
feels the district has many 2020 to 2023 and also
more tasks to tackle, includ- increase the levy by .144 Editor’s note: The follow- (Cheney St./Metcalf St.)
ing its aging infrastructure, million for five years from ing is a compilation of activity •17:32 Breaking and
and reports from area police Entering (100 block E. Third
but she’s confident the 2019 to 2023. departments: St.)
board’s Building and That amounts to restor- •23:10 Suspicious Person
Grounds committee, head- ing the mills lost to auto- In Imlay City: (300 block N. Almont Ave.)
ed up by Greg Dennis, is matic Headlee Amendment October 23 •Multiple traffic stops
capable of leading that reductions for the one year •07:21-08:04 Monitor were made throughout the day.
charge. that remains on the current Traffic (Middle School)
“We still need to focus millage, bumping it back •14:01-14:27 Monitor In Lapeer County:
Traffic (Middle School) Complaints handled by the
on expanding technical and up to 18 mills, and then •16:55 Liquor Inspection Lapeer County Sheriff’s
career opportunities for our retaining that amount for a (200 block E. Third St.) Department, in addition to traf-
kids as as well,” she said. renewed, four-year term, •17:06 Liquor Inspection fic stops:
“We recently graduated from 2020 to 2023. (100 block S. Almont Ave.) October 23
our first class out of the At 18 mills, the millage •17:13 Liquor Inspection •property damage traffic
Middle College and it’s generates about $1.9 mil- (300 block E. Capac Rd.) crash on Imlay City Rd. in
important that we consider lion or nine percent of the •17:19 Liquor Inspection Attica Twp.
(500 block N. Cedar St.) •alarms in the 100 block of
expanding that program in district’s total budget. •17:25 Liquor Inspection S. Lake Pleasant Rd. in Attica
terms of programs and part- In 2014, the district (200 block S. Cedar St.) Twp.
nerships.” secured a five-year renewal •17:30 Liquor Inspection •misdemeanor arrest war-
(1800 block S. Cedar St.) rant on Dryden Rd. in Almont
•22:15 BOL - Possible Twp.
Narcotics Possession - UTL •car-deer accident on
(1900 block S. Cedar St.) Sutton Rd. in Attica Twp.
•22:28 Unsecured •car-deer accident on N.
Building (E. Third St./N. Cedar Lake Pleasant Rd. in Attica
St.) Twp.
•22:34 Medical Assist October 24
(1900 block S. Cedar St.) •road hazard on Imlay
•Multiple Traffic Stops City Rd. in Attica Twp.
throughout the day •warrants receiving from
October 24 court in the 4000 block of S.
•00:11 Unsecured Mill St. in Dryden
Building (300 block E. Second October 25
St.) •open buildings in the
•05:00 Alarm (600 block 4000 block of Bowers Rd. in
N. Cedar St.) Attica Twp.
•07:23-08:06 Monitor •property damage traffic
Traffic (Middle School) crash on westbound I-69 in
•08:42-09:09 Monitor Imlay Twp.
Traffic (Weston Elementary) •animal complaint in the
•11:07 Citizen Assist (300 900 block of N. Van Dyke Rd.
Photo provided

block E. Third St.) in Imlay Twp.

•13:15 Citizen Assist
(1900 block S. Cedar St.)
•17:25 Civil Dispute (600
On November 5 the Lapeer County Ed Tech Center will host a Career Expo for students and host block Industrial Pkwy)
local business representatives and then open their doors to the public that evening for a •Multiple Traffic Stops
Community Open House. throughout the day
October 25
•suspicious circumstances
in the 600 block of N
Fairgrounds Rd. in Imlay Twp.
•property damage traffic
crash on eastbound I-69 in
Imlay Twp.
October 26

Open house at Ed Tech Center

•07:18-08:07 Monitor •alarms in the 3000 block
Traffic (Middle School) of N. Van Dyke Rd in Goodland
•10:00 Citizen Assist (300 Twp.
block E. Third St.) •911 hang up call in the
•10:45 Suspicious 5000 block of Stanton Lake

Community invited to tour facility November 5

ATTICA TWP. —
The Lapeer County Ed
Tech Center invites the
public to their Community
Open House on Monday,
November 5. From 5-7
p.m. parents, potential
students and community
members can tour the
building and see where
students get hands-on and
academic instruction in 20
different program areas.
Prospective students,
and parents, will have this
opportunity to speak with
instructors and explore
educational options.
College and military rep-
resentatives will also be
on hand. College repre-
sentatives will be avail-
able to discuss curriculum
offerings for community
and adult education stu-
dents.
Also on November 5,
during the school day, the
Ed Tech Center will
host a Career Expo.
Representatives from local
businesses and organiza-
tions will talk to students
about current industry
trends, salary ranges, train-
ing and education require-
ments plus offer other
career-related insights.
Presenters include
DTE Energy, Pinnacle
Foods, the Lapeer County
Sheriff’s Department,
Circumstance (1900 block Rd. in Arcadia Twp.
Hickory Ln.) •car-deer accident on
•14:00-14:24 Monitor Brown City Rd. in Goodland
Lapeer County EMS and community. The programs Traffic (High School) Twp.
more. we offer mirror the indus- •18:30 Threats Complaint •assist motorist on S. Lake
The Lapeer County tries we find here in Lapeer (300 block E. Third St.) Pleasant Rd. in Attica Twp.
•01:51 Larceny from Auto •driving while license sus-
Education and Technical County. Whether (200 block W. Second St.) pended in the 4400 block of
Center (CTE) is designed Agriscience, Diesel •Multiple Traffic Stops Bowers Rd. in Attica Twp.
to provide Career and Technology, or Health throughout the day •property damage traffic
Technical instruction for Occupations, the students October 26 crash on Sutton Rd. in Attica
high school students in here engage in real-life •06:15 Larceny from Auto Twp.
high skill, high wage, and training with qualified (1800 block Hickory Ln.) •property damage traffic
high demand technical instructors. We are looking •11:52 Medical Assist crash on Bowers Rd. in Attica
(200 block Marilyn Blvd.) Twp.
careers. toward the futures of these •20:21 Suspicious Person •road hazard on eastbound
Students from the five kids,” said Principal Dr. (600 block Maple Vista St.) I-69 in Attica twp.
Lapeer County School Dale Moore. •Multiple traffic stops •assist motorist on Newark
Districts may attend any of To learn more visit were made throughout the day. Rd. in Imlay City
the 19 program options. w w w. l c i s d . k 1 2 . m i . u s / October 27 •larceny in the 200 block
College credits can be schools/education_tech- •00:55 Suspicious Vehicle of W. Second St. in Imlay City
earned in each program nology_center or call 810- (2000 block S. Cedar St.) October 27
from several colleges and 664-1124. •13:03 Citizen Assist (300 •damage to private prop-
block E. Third St.) erty in the 6700 block of Lyons
universities. The Ed Tech Center is •Multiple traffic stops Rd. in Goodland Twp.
“The CTE building is located at 890 N. Lake were made throughout the day. •welfare check in the 3400
an important asset to our Pleasant Rd. October 28 block of Imlay City Rd. in
•08:24 Suspicious Person Attica Twp.
(400 block Colonial Dr.) October 28
Premier Night •10:08 Welfare Check (E.
Third St./Main St.)
•welfare check on west-
bound I-69 in Imlay Twp.
•10:26 Animal Problem •property damage traffic
winners (200 block W. Fourth St.)
•15:00 Suspicious Vehicle
crash on Graham Rd. in Imlay
Twp.
The Imlay City Rotary Club (200 block W. First St.) •loud party on N. Lake
•18:07 Personal Injury George Rd. in Attica Twp.
held its annual Premier Night Accident (N. Cedar St./E. •car-deer accident on S.
on Thursday, October 25 at Capac Rd.) Lake Pleasant Rd. in Attica
Country Side Banquet Center •Multiple traffic stops Twp.
in Imlay City. Along with din- were made throughout the day. •damage to property in the
ner, the fundraiser includes October 29 200 block of N. Force Rd. in
drawings for cash prizes. Third •07:07 Alarm (1900 block Attica Twp.
place winner Lulu Robbins S. Cedar St.) October 29
•08:27-09:38 School •car-deer accident on
Photo by Randy Jorgensen

took home $1,000; Alex Traffic Detail (Weston)
Lengemann took the $2,500 •14:31 Assist Almont
first place prize, and Walt Police Department (600 block
Bargen stood in to represent Fenwick Ln.)
Paul LaFontaine, who won the •15:29 Citizen Assist (500
$1,500 second prize. block S. Almont Ave.)
•15:43 Road Hazard
Bowers Rd. in Attica Twp.
•family trouble in the 600
block of Fenwick Lane in
Almont
•property damage traffic
crash on N. Van Dyke Rd. in
Goodland Twp.
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The streets of Almont and Imlay City were filled with ghosts,
goblins and more during Halloween events on Saturday.
In Almont, families enjoyed the annual Spooky Time Bash;
in Imlay City, costumed visitors converged throughout
town for the annual Merchant’s Trick-or-Treat event.

Photo by Debra Wegner

Scattered raindrops fell Saturday in Imlay City, as youngsters dressed

up in Halloween costumes Trick-or-Treated at area businesses. Store
owner Rance Magee hands out treats from a coffin in front of A Lil Bit of
Everything.

Photo by Debra Wegner

Michael Hamel, 7, of
Imlay City, has a great
day trick-or-treating Rain didn't dampen the spirits of happy trick-
with his mom, Imlay or-treaters in Imlay City on Saturday, as a big
City's Chamber of pickle (Brianna Cox, 12), Brook Marshall, 12,
Commerce Event dinosaur (David Morris, 2), and Raggedy Ann
Coordinator, Shannon (Grandma Dawn Marshall), gathered lots of
Hamel, on Saturday. goodies from area merchants.
Photo by Tom Wearing

A sweet little spider,

aka Marcus Barberi
has a great time Trick- First-place costume winner Agnes White, 5, is
or-Treating with his pictured with her twin ‘skeletal’ brother,
dad Michael Barberi Maxwell, during Saturday’s Trunk-or-Treat/
Saturday in Imlay City. Spooky Time at Almont
Community Park.
Photo by Tom Wearing

Olivia Donalson, 1.5

years-old, of Imlay
City, is all smiles as
she trick-or-treats in
A steady lineup of candy seekers could be found at Angela Dominka-
downtown Imlay City
Sears’s scary Trunk-or-Treat display at Almont Park on Saturday.
Saturday.
Photo by Debra Wegner

Photo by Tom Wearing

Photo by Tom Wearing

Jeffrey Hart of Somewhere in Time joins Kim

Jorgensen of Tri-City Times as she enjoys a
day of trick-or-treating with grandsons, (cen-
ter) Zadyn Jorgensen, 5, and his brother
(right) Ryker, 8, along with friend (left) Degan
Herbert, 6.
A light rain did little to dissuade youngsters
from participating in the best costume compe-
tition at Trunk-or-Treat Spooky Time event.
Genuine Jenkins, 13, AKA ‘Head-on-a-Platter,’
was among those on the best-costume menu
at Almont’s Trunk-or-Treat event.
Photo by Debra Wegner
Photo by Tom Wearing

Chewbacca poses with

Ben Collier, 6, of Imlay
City, during the
Merchants Trick-or- A giant taco, aka Omar Navarro, and Victor
Halloween-attired ghosts, goblins, princesses and witches await the Treat event on Galindo, pass out candy to youngsters
results of the judging of the best costume contest at Almont Park. Saturday. Saturday at Jalisco's in Imlay City.

Sports
Almont quarterback Josh Hellebuyck drops back to pass against Birch Run last week.
Raiders 36, Panthers
Almont overpowers Birch Run in playoff opener
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT — The
Almont varsity football
team took step one toward
what they hope will be a
lengthy postseason run,
accomplishing the feat
with a 36-14 triumph
against Birch Run in a
Division 5, Region 3,
District 2 opening round
playoff game it hosted last
Friday night.
With the outcome,
Almont (10-0) advances to
this Friday’s district title
game at home where it
will entertain Frankenmuth
(8-2). That matchup lists a
7 p.m. starting time. Birch
Run watches a 5-5 cam-
paign reach an endpoint
“It was nice to open
the playoffs in front of our
home crowd and to get off
to a good start,” Almont
Coach James Leusby said.
“Scoring on our second
play really took the edge
off the pregame nerves,”
Almont, Frankenmuth rematch Friday
Raiders look to avenge last season’s last second loss
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT — The
Almont football team will
look to continue their post-
season path this Friday
when it entertains
Frankenmuth in a Division
5, Region 3, District 2 title
confrontation. That match-
up lists a 7 p.m. starting
time.
Frankenmuth, the Tri
Valley East champions,
goes in to the clash fresh
off a 20-7 win against
The Almont coaching staff looks over a play during Friday’s playoff
game versus Birch Run.
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Cardinal boys
state-bound
Knuth, Rozanski sweep top two
spots, finish second as team
By Kevin Kissane Sebewaing,” he noted.
Tri-City Times Sports Editor “This was by far our
best team race all year.
DRYDEN — The Brenden (Knuth) and
Dryden boys’ cross coun- Ethan (Rozanski) going
try team earned a second- 1-2 was huge and some-
place showing at a thing they worked hard
Division 4 regional last for. Ronny (Hudson) did
Saturday. a great job placing himself
Wagener County Park, in front of the race. Reed
Photo by Helfer Photography
in Harbor Beach, is where (Hall) and Andrew (Sisler)
the action unfolded. stepped up huge to push
“The boys ran very us on to states. John
well,” Dryden Coach (Lynch) and Ethan
Kory Lohrmann said. (Knuth) ran their best
“We knew going in it was races of the season for us.
going to be a tough battle
between us and Unionville Sweep page 19
14
he emphasized.
“We knew it would not
be easy and our guys
earned it with a solid week
of work.”
In Friday’s battle,
Almont bolted out to an
16-0 advantage after one
quarter was over with.
That was followed by
Photo by Lori Hall
a scoreless second quarter
of play.
When the action
resumed, Almont struck
Dryden’s Ethan Rozanski (#33), Brenden Knuth
with an 8-6 third quarter
(#30) and Ronny Hudson (#29) compete at last
edge. That staked them to
Saturday’s Division 4 regional.
a 24-6 cushion after 36
minutes were gone.
Almont then outscored
Birch Run 12-8 from that
point on, leaving the field
Dryden girls’ make
with a 36-14 win to their
credit.
Almont generated their states for first time
Photo by Helfer Photography
36-point total aided by a By Kevin Kissane Those schools advance
Michael Lulgjuraj 70-yard Tri-City Times Sports Editor to this Saturday’s Division
touchdown run (followed 4 state meet at Michigan
by a Jace Rinke PAT tote); DRYDEN — The International Speedway in
a Josh Hellebuyck one- Dryden girls’ cross country Brooklyn. Their race is
yard touchdown run (fol- team claimed a third-place slated to begin at 10:50
Almont’s Mason Smith looks to fend off a Birch finish last Saturday at a a.m.
Run defender in Friday’s playoff game. Opener page 18 Division 4 regional. “Our girls ran one of
Wagener County Park, the best races I have ever
in Harbor Beach, is where seen,” Dryden Coach Kory
the meet was contested. Lohrmann said.
It marked the first time “Realistically, none of
a Dryden girls’ cross coun- them placed high enough
try team has qualified for to qualify as an individu-
the state meet.
When the final scores
al,” he noted.
“Yet because we
were added up, Ubly’s worked together and
Richmond at home. against Midland Bullock home; a 60-26 road tri-
53-point total paced the packed it up (placing five
Prior to that, Creek at home; and a 15-8 umph over Cros-Lex; a
Frankenmuth prevailed in road loss to Freeland. 47-7 road win against field assembled. Saginaw runners between 17th and
seven of nine encounters. Almont, the Blue Armada; a 51-12 victory Michigan Lutheran 33rd) we were able to
That stretch included a Water Area Conference over Richmond at home; a Seminary (94 points) and come through and qualify.
35-12 win against Bay champions, enters the fray 43-0 triumph against Yale Dryden (95) held down It was a nailbiter for sure,
City Central at home; a coming off a 36-14 win at home; and a 47-7 win second and third place,
56-20 road loss to Saginaw against Birch Run at home. over Dansville at home. respectively. Dryden page 19
Swan Valley; a 42-20 road Before that, Almont Leusby shouldn’t have
victory over Bridgeport; a won all nine of its games. any difficulty getting his
28-0 triumph against Birch That run featured a 56-6 team motivated for this
Run at home; a 41-7 win road victory over New week’s matchup.
over Carrollton at home; a Haven; a 49-0 road tri- As followers of the
56-18 road victory against umph against Imlay City; a Almont football team are
Essexville-Garber; a 35-12 43-14 win over Algonac at well aware, it was
triumph over Millington at home; a 42-6 victory Frankenmuth that put an
home; a 45-7 triumph against North Branch at end to the Raiders’ season
a year ago.
In that clash, both
teams ended the first quar-
ter with zero points each.
The second quarter
saw Frankenmuth amass
10 points and Almont man-
age none.
When the action
resumed, Frankenmuth
struck with a 14-0 third
quarter edge. That
increased the Eagles’
advantage to 24-6 with 36
minutes gone.
Almont then responded
to the challenge presented
them, running off 22
Photo by Kevin Kissane
straight points over an
11:44 span.
Photo by Lori Hall
When that stretch of
football wrapped up,
Almont was holding a
Dryden’s Maria Ryan (L) and Hannah Peyerk
Rematch page 18 (R) pick up the pace at regionals.
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Football

Broncos move to round two of playoffs

By Garrett VanWormer,
Charlise Hyde, Alyssa
Wichtner, Brent Lange
tct@pageone-inc.com
NORTH BRANCH —
The North Branch Broncos
made it to round two of
Division 4 state playoffs,
picking up a 44-41 victory
over Cros-Lex last Friday.
North Branch set the
pace of the game, putting
up the only points of the
intial quarter. It was there
ing play of the second
quarte. The PAT tote which
followed failed, keeping the
Broncos lead at 14-0.
Cros-Lex then respond-
ed with a pair of touch-
downs, those coming cour-
tesy of Vincent
Scaramuzzino and Joey
Johnson. Each of the those
touchdowns covered
20-plus yards. The Pioneers
added a successful extra
point kick following the
second score, closing the
gap to 14-13 at the halftime
The remainder of the
third quarter was scoreless.
The fourth quarter
proved to be an adventure
for both teams. It was there
North Branch amassed 24
points and Cros-Lex gener-
ated 21, leaving the field
with a 44-41 win to their
credit.
“They missed a couple
of blocking assignments in
the game,” North Branch’s
Michael Gormley said.
“Ugly or not, a win is a
win,” he noted.
North Branch Coach
Jeremy Ferman was glad to
see his ballclub move on.
“Our running game was
solid tonight,” Ferman said.
“I hope that we keep up
with our good work in next
week’s game.”
North Branch returns to
action this Friday when it
goes up against host St.
Clair at East China Stadium.
The game lists a 7 p.m.
starting time.

Photo by Kevin Kissane

the Broncos took advantage
of a 3-yard run by Christian
Coy and a two-point con-
version tote by Gerrid
Rutledge to go up 8-0 with
4:05 showing on the clock.
The remainder of the
first quarter would see
North Branch defense stand
its ground, with Nathan
Farnsworth contributing an
interception. His effort
helped keep Cros-Lex
scoreless at quarter’s end.
The turnover left North
Branch with the ball in
Cros-Lex’s territory. It led
to a Josh Boyne 44-yard
touchdown run on the open-
Sports In Brief
The Dryden
junior varsity
volleyball
team poses
for a group
photo after
finishing off a
14-0 season
with a win
over Kingston.
break.
The third quarter started
off with a kick from North
Branch’s Ian Conley. Cros-
Lex marched the ball down
the field and collected a six
points on a 25-yard rush by
Johnson and followed by a
successful extra point. That
made it 20-14, Cros-Lex, at
the time.
Near the end of the third
quarter, North Branch
responded with a 17-yard
pass from Rutledge to
Farnsworth. That was fol-
lowed by a failed two-point
conversion, keeping it
20-20.
Colton Kruse, of Almont, flips the ball to the
official after scoring a touchdown on Friday.
Opener: es for 70 yards), Rinke
(two receptions for 93
from page 17 yards) and Kruse (one
catch for 17 yards).
lowed by a Rinke PAT The Almont ground
tote); a Josh Hellebuyck to attack managed 231 yards
Colby Schapman 21-yard on 33 totes.
touchdown pass (followed Lulgjuraj posted
The North Branch football team looks to pick by a Colton Kruse PAT Almont’s best numbers.
up a first down versus Cros-Lex. tote); a Hellebuyck to He rushed the ball 11
Colby Schapman five-yard times for 148 yards. The
touchdown pass; and a remaining 21 Raider totes
Lulgjuraj 53-yard touch- netted a combined 83-yard
down run. gain.
For the evening, Jacob Hausmann (eight
Hellebuyck completed six solos and four assists)
of eight pass plays for 180 Blake Kapron (five solos
yards as Almont’s quarter- and one assist), Nolan
back. He threw zero inter- Panduren (four solos and
ceptions along the way. two assists) and Michael
His successful tosses Rinke (three solos and
went to three different tar- three assists) added
gets Their ranks consisted Almont’s top tackle out-
of Schapman (three catch- puts.

Rematch: Hellebuyck (quarterback),

Michael Lulgjuraj (run-
from page 17 ningback), Jack Paupert
(runningback), Jace Rinke
28-24 advantage over their (runningback), Colby
Photo bprovided

top-ranked adversaries. Schapman (split end),

The following youth
sports, junior high, ninth
grade, and junior varsity
recaps are provided to us
by area coaches. If your
team’s results do not
appear here remind your
coach to pass along the
information by calling
810-724-2615, or e-mail-
ing it to kkissane@
pageone-inc.com or send it
to us via fax at 810-724-
8552.
Almont Seventh Grade
Girls’ Basketball
October 24
Almont vs. Richmond
Almont-29 Cros-Lex-16
Game recap- Almont
defeated Cros-Lex, 29-16,
in a seventh grade girls’
basketball game last
Wednesday.
Brandi Zimmer led
Almont with 19 points.
The Raiders also had Lydia
Lacavera and Jesse Kautz
(four points each) along
with Alyssa Schneider
(two) reach the scoring
column.
Dryden Junior Varsity
Volleyball
Dryden vs. Kingston
October 23
Dryden wins 25-15,
25-23, 15-8
Match recap- Dryden
closed out a perfect 14-0
campaign with a 25-15,
25-23, 15-8 road triumph
Almont then booted the Jackson Malcolm (tight
ball deep, hoping to pin end), Derek Johnston (cen-
Frankenmuth deep inside ter), Jacob Hausmann
against Kingston in a their territory. (guard), Nick Wilson
NCTL junior varsity vol- Instead, Frankenmuth (guard), Connor Arms
leyball contest on Tuesday, answered with an 84-yard (tackle) and Nathan Kerby
October 23. kickoff return for a touch- (tackle) as his likely offen-
Alaina Penn, Abbey down and a successful sive starters.
Nascivera, Ashley extra point kick that left He projects Nolan
Hickmott, Avery Grondin, them up 31-28 with three Panduren (line), Christian
Jenna Peters, Becca Weiss, ticks left. It would prove Buckmiller (line), Meric
Natalie Embree, Erin Paton the eventual final score. Okoniewski (line), Michael
and Abby Hurd helped However, that was then Rinke (line), Caleb
make Dryden’s unbeaten and this is now is the mes- Weigand (back), Paupert
season possible. They sage that Leusby will stress (back), Schapman (back),
were coached by Kim to his ballclub in the week Colton Kruse (linebacker),
Hudson. ahead. Blake Kapron (linebacker),
“We will see an option Jace Rinke (linebacker)

Athlete of the Week
Almont junior football
standout Jacob
Hausmann had eight
solos and 13 assists in his
team’s win Friday over
Birch Run.
For his effort,
Hausmann claims our
Boys’ Athlete of the
Week honor.
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Sports Schedule style offense which is and Hausmann (linebacker)
always tricky to prepare as probable defensive start-
for due to the complexity ers.
Football Division 2 state finals at and rarity of the offense,” Leusby expects another
Friday, November 2 Michigan International Leusby commented. “We good sized crowd to turn
Division 5 playoffs Speedway, Brooklyn will see our toughest out for this Friday’s clash.
Frankenmuth at Almont, Imlay City’s Evan Schapman
7 p.m. competes at 1:30 p.m. defensive opponent thus “We just want to thank
Imlay City’s Jessica Denver and far and will have to be on the community for all the
Volleyball Mary Lengemann compete at our game to continue to signs all over town and for
Division 3 districts, Marlette 2:50 p.m. put up good offensive our fans showing up for
Wednesday, October 31 Division 3 state finals at numbers,” he noted. the game no matter what
Marlette vs. Brown City, 6 p.m. Michigan International “I imagine they can’t the weather is,” Leusby
Sandusky vs. Capac, 7:15 p.m. Speedway, Brooklyn wait to play the game, said. “There is nothing
Thursday, November 1 Almont’s Jackson Brown plus
Finals- 7 p.m. Capac’s Hank Barker and Logan though I realize the person- better than Friday night
Division 4 districts, Dryden Swantek compete, 10:10 a.m. nel has changed since then. playoff football in
Thursday, November 1 Almont’s Emily Kwierant and Many of the boys are Almont.”
Dryden vs Merritt Katrina Kline compete, excited about playing a The victor of this
Academy/C-PS winner, 6 p.m. 11:50 a.m. team we lost to last year in Friday’s contest will play
Almont junior Peck vs. Deckerville/New Life Division 4 state finals at the playoffs, knowing we the winner of a battle
volleyball standout Christian winner, 7:30 p.m. Michigan International
Sofija Matovska had 49 Friday, November 2 Speedway, Brooklyn worked hard in the offsea- between Lansing Catholic
assists and 15 digs Finals- 7 p.m. The Dryden boys’ team son and have an opportuni- (9-1) and Portland (10-0)
Saturday at the BWAC competes at 9:30 a.m. ty for redemption is always the following Friday or
Tournament.  Cross Country The Dryden girls’ team a motivator in itself.” Saturday in regional
For her effort, Saturday, November 3 competes at 10:50 a.m. Leusby pegs Josh action.
Matovska earns our
Girls’ Athlete of the
Week honor. Football Stats and Standings
FOOTBALL Quarterbacks Powell (A) 1 Gill (D)
Hellmuth (C)
6
6
65
46
10.8
7.7
FOOTBALL
CITIZENS Comp Att Yds Dempz (A) 1
FRANKENMUTH STAT LEADERS Hellebuyck (A) 42 63 1,106 Schapman (A) 1
Schenkel (D) 5 105 21.0 STANDINGS
PIONEER • CINCINNATI Lulgjuraj (A) 4 105 26.3
Montney (C) 70 110 928
TRAVELERS Kruse (A) 3 84 28.0 Blue Water Area Conference
Touchdowns Kaplan (D) 13 31 228
Paupert (A) 3 25 8.3 League Overall
SELECTIVE Rinke (A) 17 Lonnie Wolford (IC) 11 31 151 Recoveries
THE HARTFORD Mullins (IC) 3 19 6.3 Almont 7-0 10-0
Schapman (A) 15 Luther (IC) 4 Sandzik (IC) 3 9 3.0
Lulgjuraj (A) 13 Rushing North Branch 5-2 8-2
Writing For Many Major Kulin (IC) 3 Biggs (D) 2 38 19.0 Richmond 5-2 6-4
Insurance Companies Paupert (A) 10 R Y Avg Sustaita (C) 2 Parski (C) 2 22 11.0
Sawyers (C) 8 Lulgjuraj (A) Cros-Lex 4-3 6-4
69 983 14.3 Rojas (IC) 2 Sustaita (C) 2 16 8.0
Hellmuth (C) 5 Rinke (A) 57 619 10.9 Panduren (A) Yale 3-4 5-5
2 Robinson (C) 1 48 48.0
Rojas (IC) 4 Paupert (A) 59 593 10.1 Powell (A) 2 Raymond (D) 1 23 23.0 Algonac 3-4 4-5
Kaplan (D) 3 Biggs (D) 54 323 6.0 Schapman (A) 2 Malcolm (A) 1 19 19.0 Armada 1-6 2-7
Boers (C) 3 Cody (A) 38 315 8.3 Paupert (A) 1 Grant (C) 1 10 10.0 Imlay City 0-7 1-8
Mullins (IC) 3 Kaplan (D) 58 290 5.0 Thorner (C) 1 Kalmus (C) 1 2 2.0
Schaefer (C) 3 Mullins (IC) NCTL 8-Man League
58 277 4.8 Nolin (IC) 1 Cezik (IC) 1 0 0.0
Blue Division
Smith (A) 3 Smith (A) 17 276 16.2 Kaplan (D) 1
Kruse (A) 3 Deckerville 5-0 8-2
Derocher (IC) 1 Team Offense
Cherry (C) 2 Watson (D) 1 Kingston 4-1 8-2
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Helfer (A) 2 Schenkel (D) 1 G Yds Avg Peck 2-3 5-5
Cody (A) 2 G T Avg Biggs (D) 1 Mayville 2-3 5-5
Biggs (D) 2 Mullins (IC) 9 47 5.2 Bertram (IC) 1 Almont 10 4315 432
North Huron 2-3 5-5
Kulin (IC) 2 Rojas (IC) 6 29 4.8 Dryden 4 863 216
Capac 9 2095 233 Dryden 0-5 2-7
BEST PRINTING. BEST PRICE. Robinson (C) 1 Navarro (C) 9 31 3.4
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Montney (C) 1 C Yds Avg Greater Thumb League
Kalmus (C) 1 Interceptions
Imlay City 9 1846 205
Schapman (A) 21 610 29.1 East Division
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Webster (A) 1 Paupert (A) 2
Rinke (A) 10 263 26.3 G Yds Avg Ubly 4-2 8-2
Schenkel (D) 1 DeLaurier (A) 2 Schaefer (C) 7 91 13.0 Almont 10 1485 149 Marlette
Parski (C) 1 Kruse (A) 3-3 3-6
1 Lo. Wolford (IC) 7 42 6.0
Brown City 2-4 3-6
DeLaurier (A) 1 Cherry (C) 7 25 3.6 Dryden 4 1007 252
“Quality Commercial Printing at the Best Price in Town!” Sandzik (IC) 1 Hausmann (A) 1
Kulin (IC) 6 123 20.5 Capac 9 2973 330 Capac 2-4 2-7
Hellebuyck (A) 1 Robinson (C) 1 Rinke (A) 6 129 21.5 Imlay City 9 2993 333 Memphis 0-6 1-8

Cross Country
Denver, Lengemann
qualify for state meet
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY — The
Imlay City girls’ cross
country team pulled up
fourth last Saturday at a
Division 2 regional in
Algonac.
Regina edged Cros-
Lex, 87 points to 88, for
team honors that day.
Marysville managed 91
points, good for third.
Those three schools
continue their postseason
path this Saturday at the
Division 2 state finals host-
ed by Michigan
International Speedway in
Brooklyn. Their race is
slated to begin at 2:50 p.m.
Brown, Barker, Swantek all state qualifiers
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
TRI-CITY AREA —
The Capac and Almont
boys’ cross country teams
pulled up sixth and seventh,
respectively, last Saturday
at a Division 3 regional.
Waterford Mott hosted
the meet which was con-
tested at Hess Hathaway
Park.
Sandusky (46 points),
Madison Heights Bishop
Foley (92) and Byron (95)
occupied spots one through
three when the final stand-
ings were announced.
Those three schools
move on to this Saturday’s
Division 3 state finals.
Michigan International
Speedway, in Brooklyn, is
where the action unfolds.
Ethan Knuth, John Lynch, Reed Hall, Ethan Rozanski, Brenden Knuth,
Andrew Sisler and Ronny Hudson helped the Dryden boys’ cross coun-
try team qualify for the Division 4 state finals last Saturday. The team
placed second in regional action.
Sweep:
from page 17
When the final scores
were posted, Unionville
Sebewaing Area (40
points) claimed team hon-
ors. Dryden (54 points)
and Mayville (94 points)
pulled up second and
third, respectively.
Those schools move
on to this Saturday’s
Division 4 state finals at
Michigan International
Speedway in Brooklyn.
The Dryden girls’ cross country team earned a trip to the state finals last
weekend. They are (L to R) Alissa Hurd, Teagan Norman, Kylie
DeVlaminck, Maria Ryan, Hannah Peyerk and Kelsey Hempstead.
Dryden:
from page 17
but the girls rallied togeth-
er for a phenomenal per-
formance.”
Seven other full squads
competed at the regional
level. Their ranks consist-
ed of Owen-Gage (101
Nine other full squads
tested their endurance
prowess at regionals. Their
ranks consisted of Imlay
City (93 points), Yale (121),
Armada (129), Lutheran
North (132), St. Clair (177),
Algonac (271), Richmond
(283), Hazel Park (318)
and Chandler Park (333).
Jessica Denver, sev-
enth, 19:48.5; and Mary
Lengemann, eighth,
19:50.4; led Imlay City
with state-qualifying per-
formances that day.
Imlay City also count-
ed results from McKinzie
Winget, 35th, 20:54.9;
Kaylee Kaminski, 61st,
21:23.1; and Sarah
Hubbard, 93rd, 21:36.7.
Almont’s Jackson
Brown picks up the
pace.
Their race is scheduled for
10:10 a.m.
Nine other full squads
competed at the regional
Their race lists a 9:30 a.m.
starting time.
Six other full squads
competed at the regional
level. Michigan Lutheran
Seminary (156 points),
Peck (163), Ubly (166),
Landmark Academy (172),
Saginaw Nouvel (196) and
Marlette (239) formed that
group.
North Huron, Peck and
Marine City Cardinal
Mooney also participated
but did not field complete
lineups.
Brenden Knuth, first,
points), Harbor Beach
(128), Mayville (146),
Marlette (159), Kingston
(179), North Huron (200)
and Unionville Sebewaing
Area (211).
Landmark Academy,
Peck, Deckerville, Saginaw
Nouvel and Marine City
Cardinal Mooney also par-
ticipated but did not field
Page 19-TRI-CITY TIMES-OCTOBER 31, 2018
Kwierant, Kline
move on to states
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
ALMONT — The
Almont girls’ cross country
squad obtained a sixth-
place finish last Saturday at
a Division 3 regional.
Waterford Mott hosted
the meet which was con-
tested at Hess Hathaway
Park. Emily Kwierant poses
Byron (36 points), with her regional medal.
Grosse Pointe Woods
University Liggett (81) and
Marine City (87) held down
places one through three
that day.
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Those three schools
continue their respective
postseason paths this
Saturday at the Division 3
state finals. Michigan
Imlay City’s Jessica Denver (L) and Mary International Speedway, in
Lengemann (R) were state qualifiers. Brooklyn, is where the
action unfolds. Their race Katrina Kline poses for
is slated to get underway at
a pic with her regional
11:50 a.m. medal.
Four other full squads
competed at the regional Emily Kwierant, sixth,
level. Their ranks consist- level. Their ranks consist- 21:31.5; and Katrina Kline,
ed of Memphis (96 points), ed of Wixom St. Catherines 14th, 22:22.1; led Almont
Marine City (113), Capac (101 points), Brown City with state-qualifying per-
(125), Almont (130), (103), Almont (112) and formances. The Raiders
Grosse Pointe Woods Madison Heights Bishop also counted results from
University Liggett (204), Foley (146). Molly Kline, 23rd, 23:04;
Detroit Henry Ford Capac, Sandusky, Alyssa Serra, 43rd, 25:19.1;
Creative Studies (249), Durand, Detroit Henry and Erica Bailey, 44th,
Burton Bendle (253), Ford Creative Studies, 25:42.5.
Detroit Loyola and Warren Memphis, New Haven and Lilly Rodriguez repre-
Michigan Collegiate. Lakeville also participated sented Capac that day. She
Burton Bentley, Brown but did not field complete turned in time of 24:21.3 en
City and New Haven also lineups. route to a 34th.
participated but did not
field complete lineups.
Hank Barker, ninth, Schapman qualifies
for Div. 2 state finals
18:33.2; and Logan
Swantek, 12th, 18:39.1; led
Capac with state-qualifying Capac’s Hank Barker
efforts. They were backed nears the finish line. By Kevin Kissane
by Charlie Aldrich, 26th, Tri-City Times Sports Editor
19:30.3; Ben Rodriguez, 18:00.4; paced Almont with
IMLAY CITY — The
34th, 19:39.8; and Max a state-qualifying perfor-
Imlay City boys’ cross
Frangedakis, 45th, 20:15.8. mance. The Raiders also
country team registered a
Jackson Brown, fourth, counted results from Lucas
sixth last Saturday at a
Webster, 24th, 19:21.5;
Luke Owens, 28th, 19:38; Division 2 regional hosted
Lucas Leid, 35th, 19:49; by Algonac.
and Mathew Dwyer, Yale (47 points),
20:02.3. Armada (59) and St. Clair
(106) held down the top-
three spots at meet’s end.
They advance to this
Saturday’s Division 2 state
meet hosted by Michigan
International Speedway in
Brooklyn. Their race lists a Imlay City’s Evan
1:30 p.m. starting time.
Photo by Lori Halll
Schapman is off and
Nine other full squads running.
competed at the regional
level. Cros-Lex (143 16:59.8; led Imlay City with
points), Lutheran North a state-qualifying effort.
(143), Imlay City (161), The Spartans also counted
Lamphere (174), Hazel results from Breydon
Park (182), Mayville (215), Andrez, 46th, 18:16.6;
Richmond (277), Fitzgerald Avery Whitney, 85th, 18:39;
Capac’s Logan (304) and Algonac (546) Dean Aune, 126th, 18:42.1;
Swantek qualified for formed that group. and Aidan Cuthbertston,
16:57.13; led Dryden that
day. states. Evan Schapman, 13th, 128th, 18:43.2.
Knuth’s teammate,
Ethan Rozanski, wound up
just a few strides off the
Volleyball
pace. His time of
17:00.26 paid off with a
second.
Ronny Hudson provid-
Imlay City, Almont compete at tourney
ed Dryden with a seventh. By Kevin Kissane
He took 17:54.02 to cover Tri-City Times Sports Editor
the territory.
Reed Hall, 24th, TRI-CITY AREA —
18:52.98; and Andrew The Imlay City and
Sisler, 32nd, 19:18.28; Almont varsity volleyball
rounded out Dryden’s top- teams went 1-3 and 0-3-
five runners. 1, respectively, last
Saturday at the Blue Water
Area Conference
Tournament.
St. Clair County
Community College, in
Port Huron, served as the
tournament venue.
Imlay City began tour-
nament action with a
25-23, 26-24 pool win
Photo by Kevin Kissane
against Armada. That was
followed by a 24-26,
20-25 loss to Algonac;
Photo by Lori Hall
and a 16-25, 11-25 set-
back to Richmond.
Those results netted Imlay City’s Kendall Whitsett serves at the
Imlay City a quarterfinal BWAC Tournament last Saturday.
round appearance against
Emma Sellers (four
North Branch. 25-22 split versus Yale;
solos and eight assists),
When the final point and a 24-26, 18-25 set-
Kayla Rossen (two solos
hit the floor, North Branch back to Cros-Lex.
moved on with a 25-12, and three assists) plus Those outcomes net-
25-9 victory over Imlay Mallory Wetzel (five ted Almont a quarterfinal
complete lineups.
Teagan Norman, 17th, City.
Leah Dawson and
assists) contributed Imlay
City’s highest block out-
round assignment versus
Armada. That battle drew
22:18.66; led Dryden that
day. The Cardinals also Baylee Wetzel took turns puts. to a close with Armada
counted results from springing Imlay City’s Almont started tour- claiming a 21-25, 25-23,
Hannah Peyerk, 19th, offense into motion. They nament play with a 8-25, 15-11 win.
22:27.16; Maria Ryan, managed 11 assists apiece. 11-25 pool play loss to Sofija Matovska han-
20th, 22:27.62; Kylie Mallory Wetzel North Branch. That was
DeVlaminck, 27th, notched Imlay City’s top followed by an 11-25, Compete page 22
22:59.83; and Alissa Hurd, hitting credentials, crank-
33rd, 23:26.91. ing out nine kills. More Volleyball results page 22
Page 20-TRI-CITY TIMES-OCTOBER 31, 2018
Obituaries
~ Phyllis Mae (Koehl) Garbrecht, 92 ~
Phyllis Mae (Koehl)
Garbrecht, age 92, of
Evansville, WI, passed
away on Sunday, October
21, 2018 at The Evansville
Manor.
Phyllis was born on
April 18, 1926 in Reading,
Ohio. She graduated from
Reading High School in
1943. Phyllis graduated
from Capital University in
Columbus, OH in 1948
with a degree in
Elementary Education.
Phyllis married Robert
Garbrecht on September 8,
1948. While Robert fin-
ished his work at the semi-
nary, Phyllis taught third
grade. After Robert’s grad-
uation from seminary, she
became a full-time wife,
mother, homemaker and
partner in Robert’s minis-
try.
Phyllis remained very
active in her church
throughout her entire life.
She led Bible studies,
taught Sunday School,
Eva Wagner, age 94, of
Dryden, MI, died Sunday,
October 28, 2018 at
McLaren Lapeer Region
Hospital.
Eva Elizabeth Diller
was born May 6, 1924 in
Leonard, MI. She was the
daughter of the late Joseph
and the late Eleanor Diller.
She grew up in Leonard,
MI. Eva was a graduate of
Owosso Bible School and
went on to Owosso Bible
College. She married
Adrin William Wagner, Jr.
on August 31, 1954 in
Owosso, MI. They lived in
Dryden most of their lives.
Adrin passed away May 4,
2012.
She was employed as a
desk clerk for the United
States Post Office in
Metamora for 22 years
~ Barbara (Cookie Bittner) Jurn, 76 ~
Barbara (Cookie
Bittner) Jurn, 76, loving
wife of Duane Jurn of
Emmett Twp, passed away
peacefully on Tuesday,
October 23, 2018. She was
a devoted wife, loving
mother and grandmother.
Barb is survived by her
husband, Duane Jurn;
daughters, Kathy Fisher
(Jeff), Kolista (Ralph)
Mayhew and Jennifer
(Scott) Rouse; grandchil-
dren, Tanya, Toshia,
Christopher, Tommy, Brett
and Carter; great-grand-
children, Jake, James Jr.,
Kylie and Christian; sis-
ters, Marilyn Wrobleski
and Marg (Dennis) Glaza;
brother, Larry (Mickey)
Bittner, brothers and sis-
ters-in-law, Debbie (Don)
Harnden, Doug Jurn, Diane
(Neil) Stegman, Donna
Mary Stemple, 88, of
Millersburg, formerly of
Imlay City, Michigan,
passed away on
Wednesday, October 24,
2018 at Golden Beach
Manor of Millersburg, MI.
Mary was born in
Central City, PA on May
16, 1930 to the late John
In Loving Memory Of
JULIA F. PENA
January 28, 1924 to October 26, 2010
It’s been eight
years since you
left us. We know
you’re watching
over us. You are
always in our heart.
We miss you Mom!
Love you,
Robert Pena Sr., Betty Teal,
Abel Pena and Family
participated in women’s
circles, quilted, sewed
paraments and made can-
dles for church and helped
in any way she could.
Phyllis enjoyed sewing,
rosemaling, candle making
and processing food from
Bob’s garden for the win-
ter in her spare time. She
and Bob enjoyed traveling
throughout their marriage;
including trips to Alaska,
Hawaii, The Holy Lands
and Europe as well as des-
~ Eva Wagner, 94 ~
before retiring in 1986.
Eva worked for 11 years
during and after World
War II as a clerk for
General Motors.
Eva was a member of
the Lapeer Wesleyan
Church.
She is survived by one
daughter, Teresa (Stephen)
Erickson of Port Austin,
MI; four sons, Adrin
William (Mary) Wagner,
III of Gladwin, MI, Joseph
Paul Wagner of Pierson,
FL, Thomas Neil (Joan)
Wagner of Metamora, MI,
and Robert Michael (Lisa)
Wagner of Dryden, MI; 20
grandchildren; and 15
great-grandchildren.
Eva was preceded in
death by husband, Adrin
Wagner, Jr.; daughter-in-
law: Lisa Wagner (wife of
(Dave) Sonck, Deana
(Bob) Sonner, Danine
(Rob) Skoryanc, Denise
(Craig) Foupht and Dennis
Jurn; and many nieces and
nephews who lovingly
called her Aunt Barb and
Aunt Cookie.
Barb was preceded in
death by her parents,
Herman and Marjorie
Bittner; her daughter,
Kimberly Arseneault; and
siblings, Arletta Pollack, Al
Bittner and Tom Bittner.
Barb will be remem-
bered for her infectious
laugh, her love of family
and friends, her zest for
life and her true joy for
having fun. She had a pas-
sion and love of bowling.
Barb bowled four times a
week, bowling with her
husband, Duane, daughter,
Kolista and grandsons,
~ Mary Stemple, 88 ~
and Catheryn (Polk)
Hrinko.
Besides her parents,
Mary was predeceased by
her loving husband,
Zigmund Stemple; and six
siblings.
Her two sons survive
her, Ray Stemple and his
wife, Terry (Bolinger), of
IM-44-1
tinations throughout the
United States.
Phyllis is survived by
sons, James (Mary)
Garbrecht of Mundelein,
IL and John (Patti)
Garbrecht of San Diego,
CA; daughters, Kathryn
(Gregory) Leland of
Bricelyn, MN and Carol
(Thomas) Mullin of
Anoka, MN; grandchil-
dren, Melissa (Justin)
Pieper, Robert Garbrecht,
Bethany (Daniel) Bureau,
Kelsey (Christoph)
Dundas, Michael Leland,
Brian Leland and Olivia
Garbrecht; great-grand-
children, Logan Garbrecht,
Kate, Leah and Isaac
Pieper and Adelia, Caleb,
Jacob and Emmaline
Dundas; brother-in-law,
Elmer (Shirley) Garbrecht
of Oconto Falls, WI; sis-
ter-in-law Carolyn Koehl
of Reading, OH; and
numerous nieces and
nephews.
Phyllis was preceded
Paul); two brothers,
Herbert Diller and
Raymond Diller; and her
two sisters, Mabel Gascho
and Norma Bailey.
The funeral will be
held 1 p.m., Saturday,
November 3, 2018 at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City, 225 N. Main
Street, Imlay City, MI.
Brett and Carter and many
of her friends. When she
wasn’t bowling, she loved
to go to the casino, ride
snowmobiles and go for
long motorcycle rides with
Duane and friends. She
also loved to play cards
and long games of
Scrabble. Many of her
favorite times were spent at
family gatherings like the
annual Bittner family
reunions and Jurn family
reunions, weddings, show-
ers, and graduations. She
rarely missed opportunities
to be with friends and fam-
ily.
Barb was a fighter;
overcoming health issues
and surviving breast cancer
twice. Barb was spunky,
feisty, a true joy to be
around and an inspiration
to all. She will truly be
Millersburg, MI; and
Joseph Stemple and his
wife, Jackie Potter, of
Kelly, WY. Mary is also
survived by her sister,
Helen Passafiume; two
grandchildren, Lindsay
Yeary and her husband,
Matthew; and David
Stemple and his wife,
Whitney; and four great-
grandchildren, Halie
Stemple and her mother
Holly Stemple-Lagalo, and
Gavin, Seth and Olivia
Yeary.
Mary grew up and
attended school in Central
City, PA. She married
Zigmund Stemple in 1952
on Valentine’s Day in
Detroit and lived most of
her life in Madison
Heights. Mary moved to
the Lapeer area after retire-
ment and lived there 15
years before recently mov-
ing to Millersburg to be
closer to her son, Ray. She
was a homemaker and
devoted mother while
raising her family and
also working in house-
keeping at the William
Beaumont Hospital in
Royal Oak.
The funeral service
in death by husband, Rev.
Robert Garbrecht; parents,
Helen and Edward Koehl,
and siblings, Betty Hucke,
Donald Koehl and James
Koehl.
Funeral services were
held Friday, October 26
with burial at Maple Hill
Cemetery in Evansville,
WI.
Condolences may be
expressed at Wardhurtley.
com
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be given
to the family, who will
then distribute them to
Phyllis’ favorite
charities.
God looked around the
garden, and found an
empty space.
He looked down upon
the earth, and saw your
tired face.
He put his arms around
you, and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be
beautiful, for he only takes
the best.
Reverend Wayne Boyd,
pastor of Almont First
Baptist Church, will offici-
ate. Interment will follow
at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
in Dryden, MI.
The family will be
available for visitation 10
a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday,
November 3 at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City.
Those wishing to make
memorial contributions
may direct them to In
Touch Ministries, P.O. Box
7900, Atlanta, GA, 30357.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City. Please be sure
to sign our online register
at muirbrothersfh.com to
share condolences and
memories.
missed by many.
A celebration of Barb’s
life will be held on
Thursday, November 8,
2018, 2-8 p.m. at Holly
Meadows Golf Course,
4855 Capac Road,
Township of Mussey, MI
48014. Please join the fam-
ily for snacks, desserts,
drinks and bowling. of Imlay City, Michigan,
Arrangements are by
Kaatz Funeral Directors,
Yale.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests memorial
donations to BVL -
Brightening the Lives of
Veterans, bowlforveterans.
org or McLaren Hospice
and Home Care Foundation
- Port Huron (810) 496-
8600.
For information and
Guest Book kaatzfunerals.
com
will be 11 a.m., Thursday,
November 1, 2018 at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home,
225 N. Main Street, Imlay
City, MI.
Visiting hours will be
9:30 - 11 a.m., Thursday,
November 1 at Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City. Interment will
follow at Evergreen
Cemetery, 19807
Woodward, Detroit, MI.
Arrangements were
made by Muir Brothers of
Imlay City. Please be sure
to sign our online register
at muirbrothersfh.com to
share condolences and
memories.
~ Franklin “Gene” Sample, 80 ~
Franklin “Gene”
Sample, age 80, of Imlay
City, MI, died Tuesday,
October 30, 2018 at his
home.
Franklin Gene Sample
was born September 24,
1938 in Richmond, MI. He
was the son of the late
Elmer and the late Daisy
Sample. Gene grew up in
Richmond, MI and was a
1956 graduate of
Richmond High School.
He continued his education
at Eastern Michigan
University and received
his bachelor’s degree.
He served in the
United States Air Force
Reserves during the time
of the Bay of Pigs/Cuban
Crisis.
After serving in the US
Air Force, Gene went on
to earn his master’s degree
in business from Wayne
State University. He mar-
ried Lois Ann Marie Kethe
on July 28, 1962 in
Richmond, MI. Gene and
Lois lived in Romeo
before moving to Imlay
City in 1985. He was pre-
ceded in death by his wife,
Lois, on March 4, 2015.
Gene was a professor at
Macomb Community
College - Center Campus
in Warren, MI, teaching
accounting for 30 years
before retiring.
Gene’s passion was for
numbers. He would help
local churches balance
their books and perform
audits. He enjoyed playing
music. Gene played the
piano, organ, ukulele,
banjo, and the saxophone.
He enjoyed going to
Tennessee Valley to listen
to banjo music. Gene built
seven-eight houses in his
lifetime and did the
plumbing and wiring. He
loved chocolate and ice
cream. His greatest love
was his grandchildren.
He is survived by two
sons, Chuck (Heather)
Sample of Imlay City, MI
and Tim (Sheri) Sample of
Alger, MI; one brother,
Donald (Marie) Sample of
Hartwell, GA; and his
~ Neveah Amalia Rojas ~
Neveah Amalia Rojas,
was born and delivered
into the arms of our Lord,
Jesus, Saturday, October
27, 2018 at Hurley
Medical Center of Flint,
MI. She was the daughter
of Juan and Evita
(Anzures) Rojas.
She is survived by her
parents, Juan and Evita
(Anzures) Rojas; one sis-
ter, Talia Rojas; four
brothers, Adriel (Jordan
Brocker) Rojas, Cristian
Rojas, Julian Rojas and
Daniel Rojas; and her
grandparents, Norman
(Diane Apling) Anzures of
Imlay City, MI and Serafin
(Maria) Rojas of Imlay
~ William H. Kennedy, 70 ~
William H. Kennedy,
70, of Almont passed away
suddenly Saturday,
October 27, 2018 at
McLaren Lapeer Region
Hospital. He was born
October 9, 1948 in Detroit,
the son of Earl and Susan
(Kolwich) Kennedy. He
was a graduate of Dondero
High School in Royal Oak
and married Elaine Haslett
on November 3, 1984.
Bill served with the US
Marines on active duty in
Vietnam for 18 months.
He enjoyed cooking, golf-
ing, hunting and repairing
small engines.
He is survived by his
wife, Elaine; son, Nick
Kennedy of Pontiac; and
daughter, Julie Kennedy of
Almont. Also surviving are
siblings, Diane Blanchard,
David John Kennedy and
Thomas Kennedy; one
grandson, Rocco; along
with many nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in
death by his parents.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to
eight grandchildren, Laura
(Paul) Skinner, Abby,
Elijah, Katie, Justin, Ally,
Sophia and Gracie.
Gene was preceded in
death by his wife, Lois
Sample; parents, Elmer
and Daisy Sample; and his
brother, Dale (Mary)
Sample.
The funeral will be
held 11 a.m., Monday,
November 5, 2018 at
Imlay City Christian
Reformed Church, 395 N.
Cedar St., Imlay City, MI.
Pastor Chuck
Herpolsheimer, of the
Light of Christ Community
Church, will officiate.
Interment will follow at
Bethany Mennonite
Cemetery in Attica.
The family will be
available for visitation 5-8
p.m., Saturday, November
3, 1-5 and 6-8 p.m.
Sunday, November 4 at
Muir Brothers Funeral
Home of Imlay City, 225
N. Main Street, Imlay City,
MI, and 10-11 a.m.
Monday, November 5, at
Christian Reformed
Church of Imlay City.
Those wishing to make
memorial contributions
may direct them to Light
of Christ Community
Church, Pregnancy Center
of Lapeer, or Young Life.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir
Brothers Funeral Home of
Imlay City. Please be sure
to sign our online register
at muirbrothersfh.com to
share condolences and
memories.
City, MI.
The Memorial Mass
will be held 11 a.m.,
Saturday, November 3,
2018, at Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, 700
Maple Vista, Imlay City,
MI. Reverend Fr. Noel
Cornelio will officiate.
The family will be
available for visitation
10-11 a.m., Saturday,
November 3 at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church.
Funeral arrangements
were made by Muir
Brothers Funeral Home
of Imlay City. Please be
sure to sign our online
register at muirbrothers-
fh.com to share condo-
lences.
Shriner’s Hospital, 2900
Rocky Point Dr., Tampa,
FL 33607 or Wounded
Warrior Project, P.O. Box
758517, Topeka, KS
66675.
Visitation will be held
Thursday, November 1,
2018 from 6-8 p.m. and
Friday 2-6 p.m. with a
Scripture Service at 5:30
p.m. with Fr. Mike
Gawlowski from St.
Cornelius Catholic Church
presiding at Muir Brothers
Funeral Home in Almont.
A Celebration of Bill’s
Life is being planned for a
future date.
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Volleyball
Imlay is eliminated by Cros-Lex
Imlay City’s Mallory Wetzel sends a shot across
the net during Monday’s district clash in North
Branch.
Almont volleyball posts 1-2-1 record
ALMONT — The
Almont varsity volleyball
team went 1-2-1 in a tourna-
ment hosted by Elkton-
Pigeon BayPort on Tuesday,
October 23.
Almont started things off
with a 15-25, 25-20 pool
play split with Ubly. That
was followed by a 25-17,
25-11 win against Vassar;
and a 21-25, 20-25 loss to
Marlette.
Those outcomes placed
Almont in bracket play
Dryden drops road clash
DRYDEN — Dryden
fell 25-21, 25-20, 18-25,
18-25, 9-15 to host
Kingston in a North
Central Thumb League
varsity volleyball match-
up on Tuesday, October
23.
Natalie Poirier and
Madison Stofcheck (17,
including two aces,
apiece), Ella Kage and
Erin Boettcher (15) plus
Ally Sobek (14) posted
Dryden’s highest point
totals.
Kage handled the bulk
Almont bests Richmond
ALMONT — Almont
pulled out a 22-25, 25-15,
25-22, 23-25, 15-13 victo-
ry over Richmond in a
Blue Water Area
Conference varsity volley-
ball meeting last
Wednesday.
Sofija Matovska
directed the Almont
offense from her position
at setter. She finished with
23 assists.
Sarah Ford (19), Maria
Bussone (12), Molleigh
Almont’s Sarah Ford looks to send a shot
across the net at Saturday’s BWAC Tourney.
Compete:
from page 19
dled the bulk of Almont’s
playmaking responsibili-
ties. She wound up with
49 assists.
Maria Bussone (27),
Sarah Ford (11), Hannah
Landerschier (seven) and
Molleigh Rinke (six)
paced Almont as far as
By Kevin Kissane
Tri-City Times Sports Editor
IMLAY CITY — The
Imlay City varsity volleyball
team dropped a 20-25, 9-25,
22-25 verdict to Cros-Lex in
a Division 2 district volley-
ball opening round battle
Monday night.
North Branch High School
is where the action unfolded.
Leah Dawson led Imlay
City with 11 service points,
including five aces.
Dawson and Baylee
Wetzel took turns springing
Photo by Kevin Kissane
Imlay City’s offense into
motion. They managed eight
and six assists, respectively.
Mallory Wetzel paced all
Photo by Rod Soule
Imlay City hitters, registering
four kills.
Imlay City also received
nine digs from Abigail
Thibodeau.
The Imlay City volleyball team poses for a group photo in their Pink Out
match with North Branch.
where Marlette provided
their opposition. That clash
drew to a close with Marlette
Almont’s highest kill out-
puts.
Luisa Oliver (24), Ford
North Branch rolls past Imlay City
securing a 25-12, 25-21 vic- (23), Bussone (20) and By Kevin Kissane 4, Division 2) in a Blue Emma Sellers and
tory. Ruhala (11) registered Tri-City Times Sports Editor Water Area Conference Kendall Sommer (two kills
Sofija Matovska and Almont’s highest dig totals. encounter last Wednesday apiece) notched Imlay
Grace Johnson took turns Almont also received IMLAY CITY — night. City’s top hitting creden-
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39 and 27 assists, respec- Hannah Landerschier and 16-25, 12-25 outcome to points were concerned, added five digs to Imlay
tively. Schapman. visiting North Branch (no. accumulating six. City’s cause.
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