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Rebuilding Together Meeting:Anyone interested in re-establishing “Rebuilding Together” in Manchester is invited to attend a meeting at the Community Resource Center on Wednesday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m. to dis-cuss the future of this effort. Contact Chris Kanta with questions.Community Forum:There will be a commu-nity forum on the 2010 to 2011 Manchester school district budget and the non-home-stead millage renewal proposals on April 20. The forum is being held from 7 to 8 p.m. in the board room of the Ackerson building.

“Alice in Wonderland, Jr.” Musical:Five Manchester area students will take the stage Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the Chelsea Area Youth Players to per-form “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.,” a musical. All shows are at Beach Middle School in Chelsea. Tickets can be purchased online at www.chelseaareaplayers.org, at the Chelsea Pharmacy or at the door.Klager Math and Science Night:The Klager Math and Science Night will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Klager Elementary. Topics that will be covered include a money and sense show at 6:10 and 7 p.m., model rock-etry, the science of cotton candy, hidden germs, and others. It will be a fun night for

the family.Manchester High School Musical:The Manchester High School musical, “Damn Yankees,” will be hitting the stage at the high school on April 23, 24 and 25. Tickets will be available at the door.Submitting Information:To have an event or meeting posted in the Briefly section of the paper, send an e-mail with the details to editor Jana Miller at [email protected] or call (734) 429-7380.Social Media:The Manchester Enterprise is on Facebook, Twitter and Blogger. Follow the staff blog at www.wireenterprise.blogspot.com. If interested in blogging for the paper, contact editor Jana Miller at (734) 429-7380.

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Seniors receive grant for busBy Jana MillerHeritage Newspapers

For senior citizens in the Manchester area, arranging easy and reliable ways to get around is a critical stepping stone on a daily basis. Now the Manchester Area Senior Citizens Council (MASCC) has a brand new bus at its disposal.

The bus was purchased with a $71,000 grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Transportation. It is used to take local senior citizens on

special outings or to medical appointments.

“This is the fourth new bus supplied by government pro-grams to Manchester,” said Howard Parr, Transportation Chairman of the Manchester Area Senior Citizens Council. “The bus is used mainly to support the food program by bringing patrons to eat and delivering meals to those who can’t come in.”

Some of the special uses for the new bus included events such as the Manchester Chicken Broil, the Riverfolk Festival, Memorial Day ceremonies and fair parades.

“It is also used for medical runs, local and out-of-town shopping, and for recreation,”

Parr said, who has overseen the purchase of three of the four Ford senior buses. “At this tax paying time of the year, it is reassuring to see some of our tax money come back to help provide transportation ser-vices to an area otherwise with none.”

The bus was awarded through federal funding following an application to the Federal Transit Administration. The senior center applied in February of 2007 and picked it up in February of 2010 for the cost of $63,187, paid entirely with federal and state funds. The bus has been in use since the first day in March.

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A beautiful sight

Photo courtesy of Angie Diuble

Lillian Diuble (left), age 7, with her sister Abby, age 5, are participating in Vision Walk in May and are col-lecting donations to fund retinal disorder research.

By Jana MillerHeritage Newspapers

More than nine million Americans and their fami-lies are being affected by inherited retinal degenera-tive diseases. Simple acts such as reading a newspaper are special challenges that most people don’t consider, but that many must cope with on a daily basis.

A very scary thought for a parent is wondering if that will one day be the fate of one’s own child. In fact, loss of vision ranks as one of the most dreaded disabilities by people throughout the world, because human beings often rely on sight more than any of our other senses.

One mother in Manchester, as well as a sister and a father, are currently fighting their own battle to make sure a daughter in the area does not lose her sight. Her name is Lillian Diuble, and she is currently fight-ing a retinal disorder, most likely Usher syndrome.

This particular syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by deafness and a gradual vision loss.

Some patients have vision that degenerates when they are infants and some when they are adults. But all have hearing loss linked to a defective inner ear and vision loss associated with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). There is currently no cure.

Because there is no cure, the Diuble family of Manchester is going to go for a walk, but not just any walk. The family has helped form a team for the 2010 Vision Walk, sponsored for the third time by the Foundation Fighting Blindness. The walk is a 5K walk-a-thon fundraising program that raises money for the foundation’s researchers.

The Diuble family team is called “Lilly’s Friends,” and the group’s monetary headway so far has been unmatched by only two other groups out of dozens of participating teams. Some of that came from general donations from family and friends, while others came from area groups such as the Saline Lions Club and Manchester Lions Club.

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Driver Bob VanDoren (left), Pat Vailliencourt and Howard Parr stand by the MASCC’s new bus.


Many interested Manchester residents turned out to hear what their school board candidates had to say recently at the Meet the Candidates Forum on April 13. There were many questions but many similar answers.

In general, the consensus from all attending candi-dates was that the various Michigan school districts are hurting, and that it will be a difficult year for Manchester to make more cuts without help from Lansing.

Two school board seats are up for election on May 4. There are five candidates running for those two positions, including Ron Ellison (incumbent), Vicki Miller (incumbent), Robert Weinhardt, Jeff Messman and James Chinavare.

The forum itself was co-sponsored by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Manchester Enterprise. Chamber President Ray Berg led the introductions that evening, while Enterprise editor Jana Miller acted as moderator.

Questions that were asked of the candidates were assembled from community feedback. Each candidate had time to respond to each question, which ranged from whether or not each person supported a pay-to-play policy and the upcoming May 4 ballot proposals to whether or not the transportation consolidation plan is the right choice for Manchester schools. After the moderator asked formal questions, the forum was opened up to the public.

Areas where the candidates agreed included the efficiency of Manchester’s transportation program. All five candidates believed that the rural nature of the community and its current financial proficiency were reasons to not support consolidation.

“This transportation system in Manchester is the most efficient in the area and does it better than anyone else,” Weinhardt said, “so I don’t see how any proposal would be to our benefit.”

Ellison, Miller, Messman and Chinavare all agreed, although Chinavare added in an e-mail that perhaps Manchester should participate in certain aspects of the consolidation, such as that of bus repair garages. The proposal, however, has not been finalized for con-sideration.

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in the Saline Lions Club who provided Angie with the oppor-tunity to tell her family’s story. The Saline Lions Club was the first to donate.

“They were very generous, and we were raising money so quickly that we had to reanalyze our goal,” said Angie Diuble. “We changed it to $7,500 as a team.”

The team has 10 members responsible for helping to gath-er donations. Lillian Diuble, age 7, is the team’s fundraising leader with $1,485. Her younger sister, Abby, age 5, is trailing

closely with $1,065.“People should help so that

the scientists can buy what they need so they can fix it,” Lillian Diuble said, who is look-ing forward to the walk on May 15. The team is made up of her family and friends.

So far, Lilly’s Friends has raised $4,635, which is 62 per-cent of the team’s goal number. People began donating gener-ously as soon as they heard from Lilly.

In fact, the team’s home page on the Vision Walk Web site (www.visionwalk.org) says, “Lilly is a wonderful girl whose spirit grabs you and pulls you in. Those who know her say it over and over again, that ‘there’s just something special

about that girl,’ and there is.”Lilly is currently a sec-

ond-grade student at Klager Elementary School. She has been wearing a hearing aid since she was 7 months old and wears glasses. She is currently doing well, but not having a cure available to them is a fear for her parents who want to make sure Lilly continues to see and hear properly.

There is so little information available about certain vision diseases that the Diuble family has been waiting almost two years for a diagnosis. DNA con-firmation of Usher syndrome has proven difficult.

“We sent the blood samples off to Boystown [University] out West and still have not heard back,” Angie Diuble said. “They don’t have the complete map-ping done yet, so there’s still a lot of work to be done. That’s why we’re doing the walk and why more studies need to be done. We’re waiting for a diag-nosis and a cure.”

Both a diagnosis and a cure would be exceptional news for a family that has been in and out of eye care offices since Lilly was a toddler. She spent two years in childhood wearing a corrective eye patch and under-going invasive eye exams to get to the current tentative diag-nosis. Now, Angie Diuble just hopes that friends, family and

community members will make donations to the team or to the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

“It’s a really good cause so we’re glad we’re doing it,” she said.

To help out Lilly’s Friends, visit www.visionwalk.org, click “Donate” and search “Lilly’s Friends.”

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is the largest non-gov-ernmental supporter of retinal degeneration research in the world. It funds 151 grants at 80 academic institutions world-wide and sponsors 18 research centers at nine of the top 10 eye hospitals in the country. For more information, visit the foundation’s Web site at www.fightblindness.org.SIGHT

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Wrestling team plans golf outing


With a looming budget deficit in nearly every school in Michigan, extracurricular groups have to find ways to fend for them-selves. That means fundraising in the com-ing months will be a regular occurrence for sports teams, drama clubs and other groups.

Such is the case for the Manchester wrestling team, which will be holding its first ever golf outing team fundraiser. The scramble will take place at Devils Lake Golf Course on May 8.

“This is the first time we’ve done this,” said wrestling coach Steve Velcheck. “The money will go towards new warm-ups and

uniforms.”The athletic department has been mak-

ing financial adjustments lately to help counter the district’s developing deficit. Items such as new uniforms or equipment are purchased through booster club dona-tions and fundraising efforts.

Like most golf outings, the wrestling fundraiser will be an 18-hole event with various prizes awarded to special event winners.

“We’ve had several people donate prizes for us to use already, so it should be a lot of fun,” Velcheck said.

The cost to play for an individual is $60 each. Golfers can also purchase a group package for four players for $240. A ticket includes 18 holes of golf, a golf cart and a steak dinner at the end of the day.

The team is also collecting sponsor-ships from any groups in the area willing to donate. Those interested in donating

a sponsorship or purchasing a ticket can contact Velcheck at (734) 216-2090.

Jana Miller is the editor of the Manchester Enterprise. She can be reached at (734) 429-7380 or [email protected]. Follow the staff blog at www.wireenterprise.blogspot.com.

Fundraiser to be held at Devils Lake GC

The fi rst golf outing fun-draiser for the

Manchester wrestling team will take place May

8 at Devils Lake Golf Course. The cost is $60

for individuals.

Lillian Diuble is walking for vision disorder research.

May 4 ballot. Wienhardt and Messman are both small busi-ness owners but said they believe it is critical to the com-munity’s school district.

“The millages don’t affect 86 percent of the residents here,” Vicki Miller added, “and to tack on an additional one million dollars to the deficit would be another unbelievable blow.”

One area where the candi-dates disagreed was pay-to-play policies. Four of the five agreed that some sort of pay-to-play system is necessary in this eco-nomic climate.

“I think it’s important that we be making cuts to things that are not directly related to education, because that’s what we’re supposed to be provid-ing,” said Ellison.

Weinhardt disagreed, saying, “I don’t think kids should have to pay to participate in those events. I think the athletics and the arts are important to the education experience.”

When asked where he

thought alternative cuts should be to offset pay-to-play revenue, Weinhardt suggested asking teachers to take pay cuts. Superintendent Shawn Lewis-Lakin then informed all candidates that the collective bargaining agreement will not be up for renegotiation until June of 2011.

Several audience members voiced concerns over what might happen if Lansing repre-sentatives do not make changes to the financial and educa-tional systems. That discussion included potential ways to then draw in more Manchester students since the school is a school of choice. Those sug-gestions included marketing tactics and using the success of the athletic teams as leverage. Ellison also suggested taking advantage of the migrant pro-gram.

There will be an additional forum on April 20 regarding just the upcoming May 4 elec-tion ballot proposals. Lewis-Lakin will give a presentation on the 2010 to 2011 budget and will answer questions about the two millages. It begins at 7 p.m. in the Ackerson building board

room.Jana Miller is the editor of the

Manchester Enterprise. She can be reached at (734) 429-7380 or [email protected]. Follow the staff blog at www.wireenterprise.blogspot.com.

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By Jerry WolffeJournal Register News Service

The Journal Register Co., owner of Heritage Newspapers, has announced the promotion and added responsibili-ties for two executives currently based in Michigan.

Jerry Bammel, 51, currently vice president of finance, now has the added responsibilities of general manager of JRC newspapers in Michigan.

Pat Eagan, 50, of Shelby Township, currently vice president of newspaper operations in Michigan, now has the added responsibilities of director of production for JRC, based in Yardley, Pa.

The appointments are effective immediately, said Kevin Haezebroeck, senior publisher of Journal Register Newspapers in Michigan.

“Jerry, Pat and I have worked togeth-er successfully on projects in Michigan in the past and I am confident we can work together at the same effective level going forward,” Haezebroeck said.

JRC is divided into a series of

regional clusters and in Michigan, besides Heritage Newspapers, owns and operates The Oakland Press, The Macomb Daily, the Daily Tribune in Royal Oak, the Advisor/Source and Voice Newspapers in Macomb County and Morning Star publications based in Mount Pleasant. JRC is known as a leader in local news and information, serving 992 communities in 10 states.

JRC acquired its Michigan cluster in August 2004 from former owner and publisher Frank Shepherd, who ran the company as 21st Century Newspapers, Inc.

Bammel earned a master’s degree in business administration from Wayne State University. In May 2003, he joined the company with the Independent Newspapers Inc. unit, parent company of The Macomb Daily.

Bammel had worked for 17 years with Gannett Co. Inc. in Michigan, New Jersey and Wisconsin, and relocated to Michigan to begin his tenure with 21st Century Newspapers, Inc.

“My goal is to work closely with top Michigan management to continue the growth of our digital and print publi-cations,” Bammel said. “I am looking

forward to my new responsibilities and moving the company forward.”

Eagan, started at The Macomb Daily as a vehicle mechanic in May 1979. He worked in maintenance and became production manager of The Macomb Daily in 1990.

Under Shepherd’s leadership, Eagan was promoted to vice president of oper-ations for the Metro Detroit Group.

“Pat Eagan was the clear choice to direct production across Journal Register Co.,” said William J. Higginson, president and chief operating officer of JRC. “Pat has demonstrated strong management skills and has the expe-rience and ability to do the job. Pat understands all aspects of production and facilities management, and he has a proven track record of providing excellent results vs. business plans. It is with great pleasure and confidence that we announce Pat’s appointment and acceptance of these expanded responsi-bilities.”

Added Eagen, “I’m definitely looking forward to the new challenges and work-ing with other executives and produc-tion employees of JRC. I welcome the opportunity.”

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As a part of the Kiwanis

International One Day of Service, four local chapters converged at the Alpha House, a shelter for homeless fami-lies in Scio Township, for a day of building wheelchair ramps for the Neighborhood Senior Services of Washtenaw County.

Members of the Downtown Ann Arbor Chapter, the Western Kiwanis Club, the Morning Edition and the Ypsilanti Kiwanis Club chap-ters all helped with the event, while the Saline and Milan chapters performed yard cleanup for seniors in their

respective areas. “This is one of the many

projects being done by Kiwanians around the world on our International One Day of Service,” said Linda Lawther, Ypsilanti Club mem-ber and lieutenant governor for Division 10.

“Today we’re helping the Neighborhood Senior Services by building wheelchair ramp modules. We wanted to find a way to help seniors, as we’re generally an organization that does a lot for children. So, this was our way of reaching out beyond our normal scope.”

Rob Reilly, who was on site as a representative of Neighborhood Senior Services, said he is thank-ful for groups such as the Kiwanis Clubs for volunteer-ing their time.

“Volunteers help us keep cost down and allow us con-tinue to help those seniors who need our assistance,” Reilly said. “Our goal, as an organization, is to help seniors to be able to stay in their homes. We service all of Washtenaw County. Kiwanis is building this modular ramp today, which we will be able to take out into the field and fin-ish it up at someone’s home. This particular ramp they’re building is going to be put onto a mobile home.”

Reilly said that the Neighborhood Senior Services operates on a grant from Washtenaw County, so when the funds from the grant run out, they won’t be able to continue with their operations. He pointed to that reason as to why he’s so grate-ful that the volunteers, which, more than two dozen showed up for Saturday’s project at the Alpha House, contribute so many volunteer hours.

“This is what Kiwanians do,” Lawther said. “We’re glad we are able to reach out and help, especially in these tough economic times.”

The Kiwanis Club is having one of its largest fundrais-ers Saturday, when it hosts its annual all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at the United Methodist Church on Washington Street in Ypsilanti. The event will be held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. All profits will go toward the Kiwanis Club’s continued community service efforts.

Jeremy Allen is a staff writer for Heritage Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].

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ABOVE: Mark Wishka (left) and Tom Lovell hammer away as part of their volunteer efforts with the Downtown Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club.

LEFT: Jerry Brown (left) of the Downtown Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club and Charlie Phibbs of the Western Kiwanis Club volun-teered their time Saturday morning to build modular wheel chair ramps for Neighborhood Senior Services.


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This year marks the 20th anniversary of Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley, and the organization will be host-ing a special Coming Home cel-ebration in combination with its sixth annual live and silent auction fundraiser.

In the last 20 years, Habitat has helped 92 Washtenaw County families own a home while paying a zerio-interest mortgage and contributing to the tax base. The organization is inviting the public to join them to celebrate these accom-plishments.

The nonprofit was founded in 1976 in Americus, Ga., and Bill Clinton deemed Habitat for Humanity “the most suc-cessful continuous community service project in the history of the United States” after awarding its founder, Millard Fuller, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Though many know about the organization, they may not be aware of how impor-tant local support is to the different Habitat affiliates. While Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley is part of its larger parent organization, Habitat International, Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley is supported entirely by local volunteers and funding.

Habitat International does not come in and save the day if a local branch goes under financially. In fact, the rela-tionship is quite the opposite. Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley contributes a per-centage of the organization’s unrestricted funds (10 percent) back to Habitat International to support overseas house con-struction and renovation.

Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley was successful enough last year to build a house abroad for each house they built or renovated in Washtenaw County, thanks to community support and signif-icantly less expensive building costs overseas.

The Coming Home anniver-

sary celebration/fundraiser will help the organization continue those successes and reach its goals for the year.

Right now, Washtenaw County is faced with a grow-ing number of foreclosed and abandoned homes, and Habitat is at the forefront of address-ing this challenge.

Habitat, in partnership with its donors, partner fami-lies –– families currently in the Habitat program earning sweat equity –– and the local government, is purchasing and renovating foreclosures in areas hit hardest by the housing crisis.

“We’re taking boards down from the windows, mowing the lawn and breathing new life into abandoned homes,” said Sarah Stanton, execu-tive director of Habitat for Humanity Huron Valley, in a news release.

“We have a commitment to stabilize property values and revitalize neighborhoods – our community will benefit ten-fold from investing ourselves in these areas that need us most.”

The local chapter has grown from building six homes annu-ally to building or renovating ten homes in 2009, and the organization has plans to reno-vate at least 30 more.

Despite these high aspira-tions, Director of Development Theresa Finney Dumais main-tains that the organization is optimistic about community support despite the economic recession.

“People are realizing that everyone is hurting, including those in lower income brackets than they are, and they really want to help each other. The economy has resulted in lower corporate donations due to competition for their tied-up funding, but individuals have always been the highest per-centage of those giving in our country, around 80 percent.

Even if people can’t give at the same level, they are still

supporting their favorite orga-nizations.”

Habitat officials stress that the fundraiser is not a fancy black-tie gala, but rather a business-casual gathering with a live local band, free drinks and food, and the live and silent auctions.

Furthermore, they’re aiming for 350 to 400 guests this year and are hoping to exceed the $100,000 that past auctions have raised.

“Annual donors supporters are a strength and pillar of the organization,” Finney Dumais said.

“Giving anywhere from $5 to thousands every year really helps sustain us. We are so lucky to have a significant number of volunteers and sup-porters who have continued to support us since our founding in 1990. We have a volunteer attorney, for example, who has been with us for almost 10 years now. And Bob and Connie Amick founded the branch and have stayed with it for 20 years.

“Our volunteers and families do a tremendous amount of the work and keep our organiza-tion moving forward.”

During the Coming Home event, the organization is hon-oring two long-time support-ers, Robert and Connie Amick,

with the Founders Award. The Amicks, along with a

handful of other volunteers, founded the local Washtenaw County affiliate in 1990 around their kitchen table.

To show that support from local businesses is also impor-tant, Thrivent Financial will receive an award for Sponsor of the Year.

The night will feature not only donors but Habitat fami-lies, as well. Brian Stewart, who moved into a Habitat home in early 2009, will attend the event with his family and will serve as the keynote speak-er, giving a short testimonial.

He calls living in his new home with his wife and three children “a dream come true” and will share more about the positive impact of being involved with Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley at the event.

The 20th Anniversary and Annual Auction to benefit families will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. April 30 at the Morris Lawrence Atrium at Washtenaw Community College.

Tickets are $50 per person of which $35 is tax deductible, or reserve an eight-person table for $400. For tickets and more information, go to http://www.h4h.org.

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OUR TAKE: Editorial

The late President Ronald Reagan once observed that, “Politics isn’t a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”

Actually, in presidential politics, the books tend to come well before someone’s elected.

Consider President John F. Kennedy, a World War II vet-eran who wrote “Profiles in Courage” about political courage and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957. His election to the White House followed in 1960.

Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, a veteran and peanut farmer relatively unknown nationally, introduced himself to the country in 1975 with his book “Why Not The Best?” He went on to a narrow victory over President Gerald Ford in 1976.

Bill Clinton released “Putting People First” in June 1992, just a matter of months before defeating President George H.W. Bush.

George W. Bush released “A Charge To Keep” in 1999 prior to his 2000 election to the White House.

And, of course, Barack Obama released “The Audacity of Hope” in 2006 to kick off his successful two-year presidential campaign.

That’s not to say that you have to write a book to win the office. Reagan waited until two years after he left office to publish “An American Life” in 1990.

And plenty of candidates have published books only to fin-ish in the also-ran category.

Republican Mike Huckabee who, like Clinton, is a native of Hope, Ark., wrote “From Hope To The Higher Ground” in 2007, but lost the GOP nomination in 2008 to Arizona Sen. John McCain. McCain released “Hard Call” in 2007, but lost the general election to Obama.

For those seeking the country’s highest office, however, writing a book is a good way to introduce oneself to the pub-lic and to polish the policy points for the inevitable debates during the campaign.

Even in the new era of digital campaigns using Web pages, Facebook and Twitter, traditional books continue to play a part in budding presidential campaigns.

Already, some likely candidates in the 2012 presidential election are releasing books and making the rounds at book signing events.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain’s running mate in 2008, released “Going Rogue: An American Life” last November with a stop in Grand Rapids.

Most recently, Michigan native and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was at Borders in Birmingham to dis-cuss his new book “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness,” which outlines his philosophies as a conservative Republican.

Romney was a 2008 presidential contender, winning 11 state Republican primaries, including Michigan’s, before folding his campaign and throwing his support to McCain.

He’s likely to make a repeat appearance in 2012, though no one has formally announced a presidential run yet.

With Obama as the presumptive nominee on the Democratic ticket, most of the action will take place on the Republican side early in the campaigning and in states such as Michigan with early primary dates.

Besides Romney and Palin, other Republicans seen as possible candidates in 2012 include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Huckabee, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and likely a few others.

Keep an eye out for more books to come — and more stops in Michigan — as more candidates get serious about their presidential aspirations.

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This spring, get involved in an adopt-a-park, -median, -high-way or plant-a-garden program.

With so many municipalities and nonprofits facing dwin-dling resources, all of us need to become more involved in our communities.

You don’t have to be a Master Gardener or even have any park experience.

In Ann Arbor, for instance, there are more than 2,000 acres and 162 parks in the city limits. Thousands of volunteers hap-pily assist city staff to care for, maintain and improve those parks.

Because of this community involvement, each park has its own personality, and is shaped by the individuals and families who have made that space special to them.

Volunteers plant flowers and trees, maintain and clean up the trails, rid areas of invasive species, paint and care for park structures.

The list of possible activities is as varied as the parks them-selves. So even if there isn’t a formal program in your area, there’s nothing that says you can’t start one.

No local park near you? Then improvise.

Start an outdoor beautifi-cation project at your local church, fire department, police department or town hall. Use your imagination.

As you are driving around, take note of what area needs to be spruced up in your com-munity.

Pick a spot, gather some friends or neigh-bors and kick off the project May 15.

That date is a red letter day on the Adopt-A-Park calendar in Ann Arbor.

On that Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, neighbors and park lovers will beautify their favorite location.

Events are planned at Allmendinger, (my personal favorite and where I’ll

be), Arbor Hills Nature Area, Beckley, Belize, Bromley, Burr Oak, Esch, Hanover Square, Hunt, Huron Hills Golf Course, Kilburn, Lansdowne, Maryfield Wildwood, Northside, Redwood, Rose White, Veterans Memorial, Waterworks, Wheeler and Wurster parks.

If you live in Ann Arbor, a park near your home isn’t listed, then contact the Adopt-A-Park Program at 794-6627 or e-mail [email protected] and get something started.

Even if you don’t live in Ann Arbor, there might be a program in your town. Call your township, village or city offices and find out.

Take pride in your local park and get involved in making it a special place for you, your friends and your family.

Make this spring the time you make your community an even better place to live.

In this case, Caring Makes Sense. Lisa Allmendinger can be reached at 1-

877-995-NEWS (6397) or at lallmendinger@ heritage.com. Check out her daily blog at www.A2Journal.com.

Your Voice: Letters to the Editor Spend tax dollars on teachers, not warriors

Recently on a flight to San Francisco, one of the flight attendants asked if I was “in the service.” I was surprised that anyone could confuse me for one of those “few good men.”

It must have been the haircut. But what was more surpris-ing than the question was my inability to respond right away. I am a pacifist and anti-milita-rism activist, yet I felt honored by that statement. I ended up thanking her for the attempted compliment.

That incident got me thinking about the perceived importance of the “service” in this country. Enlisting in the armed forces is one type of service, one that many people in this country respect; however, there are oth-ers, as well.

Teachers and firefighters also serve our country, as do the road crews that fill our notorious Michigan potholes every spring. These are important jobs that serve our country. Despite the importance of these other jobs, Congress still overwhelmingly focuses on the military and the jobs created from it.

We can see this fixation during their debates on what projects to fund with taxpayer money. For example, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., has argued

to maintain funding the F-22 Raptor, saying in the name of “95,000 good paying jobs.” What Senator Chambliss doesn’t mention is that the Department of Defense considers the F-22 unnecessary.

I believe it is necessary today, Tax Day, to ask if build-ing unneeded fighter planes to spend our money? Is this the best way to create jobs and let people serve our country?

Although military and defense spending does lead to job creation, more jobs are cre-ated by funding other areas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2009, 8,555 jobs are created for every billion dol-lars of our tax dollars spent on defense. However, that compares to nearly 10,800 jobs by cutting the same amount in personal taxes. Not spending money creates more jobs by giv-ing that money to the Pentagon.

According to same study, spending the same amount of money on mass transit and education leads to nearly 19,000 and 18,000, respectively. These education jobs pay on average $9,000 more and employ more middle and working-class indi-viduals than jobs created by funding the military.

Non-military funding leads to more high-paying jobs for more people across all socio-economic lines. You create more and bet-

ter jobs by investing in civilian infrastructure than by building militarily useless fighter planes.

Yet why should these findings mean anything to the average taxpayer in Ann Arbor? This issue of military funding has local repercussions and can be solved by local efforts. This year, Ypsilanti voted to close two of their schools to save $6.4 million.

However, just last year people in the city of Ypsilanti paid near-ly $27 million worth of federal taxes to the military budget.

That’s enough money to save the two schools and to afford nearly 300 new elementary school teachers, according to calculations by National Priorities Project. Instead of cutting education spending, we should limit Pentagon spending.

Thankfully, there is some-thing we can do about this situation. Write or call your U.S. House representative –– for most this area it would be John Dingell –– and him or her that you want fewer dollar spend on defense and more on education, health care, mass transit, or infrastructure. These invest-ments create more jobs than the military for the same amount of money.

This same kind of grassroots effort stopped the wasteful spending on another unneces-sary project, the F-22. This tax

money is yours and you can use your voice to remind the politi-cians of that.

Think about that while you are turning in your tax return today. I urge you to tell them that when they talk about cut-ting spending to get out of recession that they should start by de-funding military spend-ing. They should spend our taxes on making more teachers, not warriors.

Rick DuranceAnn Arbor

Local teachers make a difference in lives

I write this letter with the intention of lifting the spirits of the educators who are the heart of Saline.

A jog around town brought me to the heart of why I am where I am today. Since first grade in Mrs. Bates’ class, I began as a little Hornet in Houghton Elementary.

Mrs. McCormick taught me about butterflies, Mrs. Nuzzo had a D.E.A.R. marathon and Mrs. Barkel shared the world with me.

Upper elementary brought me to the new Heritage school with Ms. Evans and Mrs. Kelley, where my name is still brightly painted on the cinderblock wall.

Middle school was short and sweet with great teachers: Mr.

and Mrs. Bruckman, Mason, Wicker, Karapas, Kliman, Mabley, Johnston, McNutt and Budnik. I remember feeling at home in that square building, playing football in the front for physical education, walking to math in the portables and enjoy-ing the air conditioning of the newer band wing.

I started high school sur-rounded by 85 female cross country runners and a fantastic group of coaches, and was immediately encouraged by countless staff members to be the best I could be. All my teachers — from Townsend, Breneman, Beasley, Marcero and Schmier to Loveland, McGee, Koppleman and Mr. and Mrs. Lauchu –– reached out to me in their own unique way.

Senior year brought us into a new school with new expecta-tions –– the discomfort of some-thing so sterile and new was instantly warmed by the famil-iar faces of the Hornet staff.

My battle with cancer was greeted with encouragement from Mr. Pike, Mr. Hill, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Jonik. their hearts of gold kept me believing in the health of my own.

It is my sincere hope that the Saline teachers and staff can know how valuable they are to where I stand today and where I hope to be.

You’ve sacrificed the time,

the pay and the colored copy-ing paper. You’ve persevered through cut after cut, gotten rid of your personal classroom fridges, increased your co-pay and used your own pennies to contribute to your classroom resources. Your sacrifices do not go unnoticed.

Even though I no longer roam the halls, you’ve created a safe place to call home inside my heart. You’ve built my founda-tion and I’ve used it to pursue education as my future.

You believed in me, you called my family your own, and you are fighting for something that is under-supported and mistreated. You are all phenom-enal individuals of strength, and together you make Hornet Country a fantastic place to call home.

Thank you for teaching with passion when the economy gives you every reason to lack it.

Thank you for spending time and love where pinched pennies and low funds can’t stretch.

Thank you for choosing the creative over the original, for showing compassion over frus-tration and for reminding us that education does not stop at the door of any classroom.

You are all sacrificing to make a difference, and I am for-ever grateful.

Lauren WojcikLodi Township

Caring about parks makes sense

This week’s questionWhat do you think should be a top priority for

WISD consolidated services?A. Human resources

B. Money savings

C. Service quality

D. Student outcomes

Which comes fi rst, the book or presidency?

A dog with geometry skills comes out on top

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LISA ALLMENDINGER

After reading “How to Teach Physics to Your Dog” by Chad Orzel, I was startled to discover that my dog, Dalai, is a master of advanced geometry.

Just so cat owners don’t feel ignored, I once tried to figure out a metaphor for cats, but found them too random. Napping cats appeared in odd places –– on counters and keyboards and in bags and boxes. The physical space seemed to be the impor-tant factor –– dark, warm, safe, or any combination of the three.

But my dog loves geometry both physical and temporal. Her bladder needs bisect the clock in two-hour blocks with the “big walk” at six in the morning and six in the evening. Within these neatly carved blocks of time, she explores her real passion,

which is geometry.We noticed it when she was a

puppy. If I was working in the upstairs office and my daughter was downstairs watching televi-sion, Dalai would find a space on the landing of the stairs and nap there. It was the exact mid-point between two people.

If two of us were on the same floor, but in different rooms, she would work out a geometric vantage point between us, often in a completely separate room. So, she was ready if one of us got it in our head to dig out the dog treats. It could happen.

Sitting in the same room, Dalai would survey the land-

scape and determine, again the exact midpoint between the two of us and chew a toy while keep-ing an eye on us both.

But finding the midpoint between two people is puppy’s play. She ramps up her geomet-ric calculations when there are three of us in the room. Add a third party in the house and she recalculates based on the proximity each of us is to dog-gie treats, as well as the poten-tial threat we each pose to her squeaky toys –– a very advanced non-Euclidian geometry.

Dalai’s greatest joy, though, is calculating angles and prob-abilities that would make any

pool player envious. Rolling a tennis ball for her to catch is more suited to a lesser creature. She prefers a vigorously tossed ball releasing its kinetic energy off table legs, walls, cabinets and chairs.

As she races down the hall, deliriously happy, you know she is thankful for the challenges and the puzzles, the chance to keep her natural geometric mind engaged, with physics thrown in for fun.

Saline resident Michael McVey is a professor of educational media and technology at Eastern Michigan University and can be reached at [email protected]

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Look for ways to cut investment taxes

Like millions of your fel-low citizens, you may be fi ling your taxes this week. If you think that things might have turned

out differently had you paid less in investment-related taxes, you might want to take steps soon to help ensure a different outcome in 2011.Here are some “tax-smart” strategies to consider:

Invest in municipal bonds

If you’re in one of the upper income brackets, you might benefit from owning municipal bonds. The interest payments from “munis” are typically exempt from federal income taxes, and may also be exempt from state and local taxes, depending on where you live. (However, the interest from some types of munis may be subject to the alternative mini-mum tax, or AMT.)

“Max out” on your Roth IRA

If you qualify for a Roth IRA, try to fully fund it every year. Your earnings grow tax-free, provided you’ve had your

account at least five years and you don’t take withdraw-als until you reach 59 years, 6 months in age. And now, it’s easier to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.

Under previous rules, you could only convert if your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) was $100,000 or less. But starting this year, you can con-vert funds to a Roth IRA even if your MAGI is over $100,000. If you convert in 2010, you can report the taxable income from the conversion over a two-year period, in 2011 and 2012.

Distribute assets between taxable and retirement accounts

You’ll want to look at all your investments as a whole to deter-mine if they’re working togeth-er to help you achieve your goals. But in considering ways to control investment taxes, you may also find it useful to look at two separate categories: your tax-deferred retirement accounts, such as your tradi-tional IRA and your 401(k), and

your taxable accounts, which hold all the investments not in your retirement accounts.

As a (very) general rule, you might want to put income-producing securities, such as taxable bonds, into your tax-deferred retirement accounts. When you ultimately take out this money, presumably at retirement, your withdrawals will be taxed at your income tax rate, but by then, you may be in a lower tax bracket. Conversely, you may want to put growth-oriented securities, such as stocks, in your taxable account; as long as you hold these assets at least a year, you’ll only have to pay the long-term capital gains rate, which is currently 15 percent if you’re in one of the top three tax brackets. (This rate may soon rise, however.)

Sell your “losers” throughout the year

If you own investments that have lost value and that you don’t need to keep for other rea-sons (such as portfolio balance), consider selling them through-out the year. Your losses can off-set any capital gains you might have achieved; if you don’t have any gains, the losses can offset

up to $3,000 of your regular income. Plus, any losses that you don’t use in a given year can be carried forward indefi-nitely for use against future capital gains.

Before embarking on any of these strategies, consult with your tax advisor. Every “tax-smart” move may not be appro-priate for your individual situ-ation. But if you’re concerned about the impact of investment taxes, it can certainly pay to explore all your options.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, its asso-ciates and fi nancial advisors do not provide tax or legal advice.

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owning munici-pal bonds.

Enterprise Editor Offi ce Hours:Happy Thursday! This

week’s offi ce hours will take place at the Whistle Stop res-taurant in downtown at around noon. I’m beginning to rotate among the places where I’ve been receiving the most traffi c and interest. If you feel like suggesting a story or just coming to chat, I will be there from approximately 11:45 a.m. until 12:45 p.m.

Department of Transportation for their contribution and the MASCC for their effort to sup-ply this service to our seniors,” said Michigan State Rep. Pam Byrnes recently in a press release.

“The hard work of volun-teers and drivers, under the leadership of Transportation Chairman Howard Parr, make programs like these possible,” she said. “I can only hope that other areas of our state without services like these will look at the MASCC, see the successes they’ve had and decide to devel-op a transportation program of their own.”

Rep. Byrnes did not partici-pate in the MASCC’s applica-tion process, but according to Parr, she was standing by to help the group should any red tape impede their efforts.

According to Parr, a bus typically lasts anywhere from eight to 10 years because of low mileage and solid maintenance. The primary drivers are Pam Rossettie and Bob Van Doren.

Parr also said that the bus system is able to operate on a break-even basis with the fares charged and additional support from memorials and support organizations, such as the Manchester Men’s Club and Worth Repeating Inc. The seniors also apply annually for Specialized Services Operating Assistance funds under the Michigan Public Act 51. Last year, those applications result-ed in $12,859 being awarded. Manchester Township also allo-cates $2,000 annually to MASCC

for transportation.“[The MASCC] offers an

indispensable service to the area senior citizens,” said Betty Cummings, Secretary of the MASCC. “It has a lift so people in wheelchairs can be taken to medical appointments and they can go on outings.”

Jana Miller can be reached at (734) 429-7380 or [email protected].

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Past President Marion Ahrens (left), driver Bob VanDoren, Paul Schwab, driver Pam Rossettie and Howard Parr stand with the new MASCC bus for trans-porting Manchester’s senior citizens around town.

“The MASCC offers an indis-

pensable service to the area senior citizens. It has a lift so people in wheelchairs can

be taken to medi-cal appointments and they can go

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Voting in May 4 election is critical

May 4 is the date of the annual school election for the Manchester Community School

District. On that day, residents of the district will select two school board members and vote on proposals to renew the non-homestead operating millage that is collected on non-home-stead properties (properties other than one’s primary resi-dence).

Five candidates are running for the two school board posi-tions. The candidates are: Ron Ellison (incumbent), Vicki Miller (incumbent), James Chinavare, Jeff Messman, and Robert Weinhardt. I am very

grateful that five of our com-munity members are willing to put themselves forth as school board candidates at a time when many school districts across our state are struggling to identify persons willing to serve in these roles. Please take the time to learn about our candidates so that when you vote for two candidates on May 4 you can do so with the best possible information to inform your decision.

The ballot proposals on May 4 are millage renewal proposals which have no impact, either way, on taxes on a primary (homestead) residence. How you vote on the proposals will not change the property tax rate you pay. The vote does not increase taxes on non-home-stead properties. There are two ballot questions and both are renewals. Neither proposal raises taxes on any property owner.

The two proposals are

also not something new. Our community approved identi-cal proposals in 2004 and has approved similar proposals since 1994, when Proposal ‘A’ changed how schools are fund-ed. Before 1994 and the passage of Proposal ‘A,’ 28 mills of property taxes were collected to support the operating budget of the Manchester Community School District.

With the passage of Proposal ‘A,’ everyone received prop-erty tax relief, with the rate on homestead property being reduced to 6 mills and the rate on non-homestead prop-erty being reduced to 18 mills. Voting “yes” on the two propos-als extends the reduced levels of property taxes that have been in place since 1994.

A “yes” vote on the millage proposals is critically impor-tant for our community and its schools. If the non-home-stead millage is not renewed, our schools would lose an additional 1.16 million dollars in operating revenue. This revenue loss would be on top of the reductions in state revenue with which the district has been grappling.

If the non-homestead millage renewals are not approved, the district will need to consider reductions that could include 10 to 14 teaching positions, all athletics, all non-athletic extracurricular activities, and all general education transpor-tation. Even with approval of these ballot renewals, the dis-trict will face serious financial challenges for the 2010 to 2011 school year.

All school districts in our state are facing these problems.

Tootsie Roll Event was a success

A heartfelt thank you to the residents of the Manchester and Clinton area who so gra-ciously donated to the Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive, which will help children and adults with developmental disabilities, as well as the many

Knights and Knight-elites who braved the cold wind to make this event a great success. Your overwhelming support has made 2010 one of our best years.

The proceeds from this event will be equally divided between the St. Louis Center in Chelsea and the Milton C. Porter School in Lenawee County.

Special thanks to Dave

Helisek and his irresistible partner Molly, as well as Rick’s Marathon for all his help and support.

Once again, our thanks and gratitude to all of you.

George Daubner and Tom Burch

Tootsie Roll Co-ChairmenManchester

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

SUPERINTENDENT’S CORNER

SHAWN LEWIS-LAKIN

Our district has made almost $800,000 in budget reductions in the last three years alone. We will make over $500,000 in pain-ful reductions for next school year. If the non-homestead millage renewal proposals are not approved, the spending reductions needed for just next year climb to over $1.6 mil-lion. Passage of these renewal proposals will prevent the very serious challenges we face from becoming much worse.

The May 4 election is of critical importance to our com-munity and its schools. Your vote for school board members is critically important. Be informed. Your vote on the bal-lot proposals is critically impor-tant. Vote Yes! If you have any questions regarding the May 4 ballot, please contact me at 734-428-9711, ext. 1003 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Shawn Lewis-Lakin is the superintendent of Manchester Community Schools.

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Lions Club to hold convention in Ann Arbor

By Sheila PursgloveSpecial Writer

Lion sightings in Ann

Arbor? No, it’s not an escapee from

a zoo. It’s the District 11-B1 Convention of the Lions Club, expecting to draw more than 250 Lions, Lionesses and Leos Friday and Saturday to the Clarion Hotel in Ann Arbor.

“There will be over 40 clubs from this district, which includes all of Washtenaw County, part of Lenawee County, and then west to Battle Creek,” said Terry Walters of Dexter, the Lions’ district governor.

There will be speakers on all of the Lions’ state and district projects, including Michigan Eye Bank, Project Kid Sight, Leader Dogs for the Blind pro-

gram and Penrickton Center.The event also will include

a memorial service, Penny Carnival and Friday evening entertainment from the Saline Fiddlers.

There will be more than eight project tables, opportu-nities to bid on gifts, recog-nize fellow Lions, Leos and Lionesses for commitment to their club, community and district, and the opportunity to learn more about projects in the district, Walters said.

Delegates will vote on the new district officers, constitu-tion changes and other items on the business meeting agenda. The guest keynote speaker is past International Director Ron Duffe of Wisconsin, who was elected to a two-year term in 1998. As director, he served on the Headquarters Operations and Finance Committee and as its chairman 1999 to 2000, and was appointed to the International board for 2000-2001.

A member of the Roberts

Lions Club, Duffe has been a Lion since 1972, and held many offices, including club presi-dent, zone chairman and dis-trict governor. He has been a coordinator for the Wisconsin

Lions Mission to Mexico pro-gram; served as director and president of the Wisconsin Lions Foundation; and director, vice president and president of the Wisconsin Past District Governors Organization.

A recipient of numer-ous awards, Duffe, a retired accountant, served his district as leadership chairman and has been a committee member of the USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum.

Lions Clubs International is a volunteer organization dedicated to leadership devel-opment through community service. There are 1.3 million men and women in 202 coun-tries working to answer needs that challenge communities.

Lions participate in a vari-ety of projects ranging from cleaning up local parks to providing supplies to victims of natural disasters. The orga-nization is especially known for working to end preventable blindness.

There are more than 14,500 members in more than 500 clubs throughout Michigan.

District 11B-1 has close to 1,400 members, and has suc-cessfully continued its theme of “Move to Grow,” Walters said. The Dexter Lions Club, and Dexter Lions Richard Ulrich and Jeff Turck got the Dexter High School Leos Club started, extending an opportunity to get more youth involved in community ser-vice.

The Manchester Lions, and Lions Fred Best and Ed Sterling worked hard to get a new club in Clinton. As of March 25, the district complet-ed the extension of the Clinton

Lions Club with 22 charter members.

Ann Arbor Host Lions, Jonesville Lions, Michigan Center Lions and the Eastern Michigan University Lions in Ypsilanti continue to make their clubs stronger, and each club has added more than six new members this year.

“I’m excited about the District 11-B1 Convention,” Walters said. “This weekend is set up to have fun and to come together as a district that has had a tremendous year in ser-vice to our communities.”

Sheila Pursglove is a free-lance writer. She can be reached at [email protected].

More than 250 members to meet this weekend

Alice Ralph will run for the District 11 seat on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners.

Ralph, a Democrat, has lived in Ann Arbor for more than 30 years. She is a regis-tered architect with degrees from Lawrence University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan.

She also has been involved with a variety of causes and organizations addressing issues that include livability, access and accountability, col-laboration, land use and envi-ronment.

“Creating an Abundant Future in Washtenaw County” is the theme of Ralph’s cam-paign. Ralph said she believes the Washtenaw County Board can create abundance for residents by setting resilient

policy that ensures coverage of the core responsibilities of the county.

Ralph says that means “meet-ing crises with flexible and durable solutions and effective delivery of legally required services to lighten the burdens carried by supplementary pro-grams and nonprofit agencies.”

Additionally, she said that means moving forward in the face of climate change and energy transformation with actions that open doors to just and sustainable progress.

“Resilient policy, core responsibilities, future abun-dance. This is my version of the triple bottom line for social, economic and environmental accounting,” Ralph said in a news release.

Ralph said her years of activ-ism have given her an under-

standing of authorities, and city and county governments, and that sustained progress can be achieved if the cities, townships and universities of Washtenaw County work together even more closely.

One of her goals as a county commissioner would be to help overcome divisions and further increase collaboration among governmental units.

Another of Ralph’s goals as county commissioner would be to refresh comprehensive program and systems planning services at the county level.

“Neighborhoods and com-munities can’t meet the urgent priorities of a new economy without collaborations on local, countywide, regional and state levels,” Ralph said. “Working together, we thrive.”

Ralph is a current or past

leader in local groups includ-ing:

• Former A2D2 Design Guidelines Advisory Committee.

• Friends of the Ann Arbor Greenway.

• Ann Arbor Committee for the Commons.

• Washtenaw County Historic District Commission.

• Dexter’s Gordon Hall Management Advisory Committee.

• Women Progressive Activists, executive board.

In 2006, Ralph ran for Ann Arbor City Council in the Third Ward, which significant-ly overlaps District 11.

Washtenaw Community College will send 39 par-ticipants to the 2010 SkillsUSA Michigan State Leadership and Skills Conference held at the Causeway Bay Hotel in Lansing Friday through Sunday.

Career and technical stu-dents from across the state will gather and compete to see who will be the best workers in Michigan’s future.

Top qualifiers will advance to the 2010 National Leadership and Skills Conference June 21 through 26 in Kansas City, Mo.

More than 700 volunteer judges will critique students in 75 contests such as archi-tectural drafting, cosmetology, culinary arts, welding, plumb-ing, video production and auto-motive service technology.

Successful SkillsUSA mem-

bers will also campaign for the right to serve as a SkillsUSA Michigan state officer. Representatives from Lawrence Technological University, Ferris State University and the International Academy of Design & Technology will have exhibits at the vendor expo to interact with the students, to help them become “Champions at Work.”

SkillsUSA is a national non-profit organization of students, teachers and industry, working together to help high school and college students enrolled in career and technical education programs to excel by teaching employability skills such as communication, problem solv-ing and leadership in conjunc-tion with their trade, technical and service skills.

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Lions participate in a variety of projects

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Local doctor pens book on county bike routesBy Steven HowardHeritage Newspapers

Long before he wrote the book on bike routes in Washtenaw County, Joel Howell was an authority on the subject.

While develop-ing his career within both the medical school and history department at the University of Michigan, Howell said he spent much of his free time road biking in the area.

Now 56, Howell said friends and colleagues have often solicited advice from him over the past 25 years on the best places to ride, knowing he had accumu-lated a wealth of knowledge on the subject.

It was in these solicitations, Howell said, that he got the idea to write “Washtenaw

County Bike Rides.”“People would get sent to

me and ask me where to ride,” he said, prompting him to question: “Why not just turn it into a book?”

After getting approval from the University of Michigan Press, Howell said he began composing the book.

Though Howell said the writing of the book was “something I did in my

spare time,” he said the text came together rather quickly because all of the research was already in his head.

“The core of the book, I already knew,” he said.

Containing 10 primary routes, as well as alternative side trips, the rides in the book cover a wide area.

Many parts of Ann Arbor are covered, with trips north along Dixboro Road and west via Huron River Drive.

Longer rides extend out to Chelsea and Manchester, even reaching East Lansing on one particular jaunt.

Those willing can even follow maps straight to Hell. Hell, Mich., of course.

The route maps connect one-to-another, so as to pro-vide clear paths to cover large geographic areas.

Though riding a bike on any public roadway can be risky, Howell said the routes he has put in the book can be ridden safely with a little bit of personal caution and awareness.

“They’re all my favorite rides,” he said. “Every one of them I’ve ridden dozens and dozens of times.”

The book includes fact boxes containing tips on how to avoid some of the most com-mon road hazards, such as dis-courteous drivers and rogue animals.

“I’ve never been hit by a car,” Howell said. “Flat tires –– sure I’ve had them. You want to be able to deal with a flat.”

Howell said it’s most important to realize that, as a cyclist, even though you may have the right of way, cars do not always do what you expect them to do.

“Bikes are soft, cars are hard,” he said.

Howell said he wrote the book to inspire a new generation of riders because he felt he should return the favor to those who inspired him.

“In part, it’s trying to pay back all the people who taught me how to ride,” he said.

However, being a physician, Howell said he also hopes the book will help people to gener-ally live a more active lifestyle through cycling.

“The biggest thing I would say is exercise is the key to almost everything,” he said. “It’s good not just for your physical health, but your men-tal health, as well.”

Howell said all profits from his book will go toward the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society safety fund.

The book costs $12.95 and is available in area bookstores.

Steven Howard can be reached at 429-7380 or [email protected].

“People would get sent to me

and ask me where to ride.”

Long before he wrote the book on bike routes in Washtenaw County, Joel Howell was an authority on the subject.

Beware of the dangers of a personal loanAs lending requirements stay rela-

tively tight for most consumers, the chance to borrow outside the banking system from family or friends can be attractive. After all, it’s rare to see a par-ent or sibling demand a credit check or other lengthy documentation.

On the other hand, it could be one of the most dangerous financial trans-

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make simply because money can drive a wedge between relatives in even the closest of families.

There are benefits and drawbacks to private loans. Here’s the good news first:

• Terms can be significantly friend-lier than a borrower would qualify for in the open market. For example, the rate charged on the loan can be higher than the lender would receive in a deposit account but lower than the borrower would pay a commercial lender.

• They can require little or no col-lateral.

• It’s a way to keep money in the family.

• It’s a way for a borrower to be able to buy a home, a car or other critical assets even if they have a poor credit rating.

• There’s no loss of tax benefits to the borrower or lender if an agree-ment in the case of a mortgage loan is structured and reported properly.

Now the bad news:• Unclear agreements can lead to

missed payments or default.• If the borrower dies suddenly, the

lender’s investment may be lost if the agreement isn’t structured correctly. A properly executed promissory note is still an obligation of the estate, and may continue to be paid to an heir or other person or entity based on the terms as agreed.

• Jealous relatives could say they weren’t treated fairly.

• Disagreements between borrower and lender could kill an important relationship.

The best arrangements are formal –– written in proper legal language, notarized and recorded in the county where the property resides. A finan-cial adviser such as a financial plan-ning professional can talk to both parties about what such loans, par-ticularly large loans for real estate or tuition, can mean for their respective finances.

It also makes sense for both parties to visit their respective tax profession-als to make sure they know the cor-rect ways to document the loan trans-

action over time for tax purposes. A detailed document prepared with

the help of an attorney or a certified public accountant can also lay out spe-cific scenarios if either the borrower or the lender has to break or alter their agreement.

Such trained experts can talk you through the benefits and pitfalls of a private loan arrangement as it affects your particular situation, either as lender or borrower, and specific laws and requirements in your state you have to follow if both borrower and lender are going to derive tax advan-tages from the agreement.

You should be aware that the IRS gov-erns these interest rates and provides an annually updated table that you can find at www.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/feder-alRates.html. These rates are Applicable Federal Tax Rates (AFR). You can also forgive a portion of the loan each year up the annual gift exclusion, which is $13,000 this year.

Generally, any private loan transac-tion should include a promissory note that establishes how the debt will be repaid. That’s true for business loans or loans for most types of property.

In the case of a business loan, it makes sense for the potential borrow-er to get specific advice on how lend-ers in their business will be treated

not only in terms of repayment, but default. These agreements are par-ticularly important for tax purposes as well.

In the case of a loan made for real estate, a mortgage or “deed of trust” statement, depending on the state you live in, or an agreement specific to the type of loan that binds the property as collateral for the promissory note will be necessary. It basically says that if you don’t fulfill all the terms in the agreement, the lender has the right to foreclose or repossess the property.

Even if a friend or relative makes an offer of help, it’s proper for the borrower to take the initiative to structure the arrangement in a way that’s responsible and beneficial to both. If a relative is drawing income from the loan, special provisions should be made for prepayment and other contingencies.

The most important thing to remember and plan for: When two people who are close to each other enter into such an arrangement, the most valuable thing really isn’t the money — it’s the relationship.

This column is provided by Yeo & Yeo, CPAs & Business Consultants. For more information, contact Alan Lapczynski, CPA, at Yeo & Yeo’s Ann Arbor offi ce, 769-1331.

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Briarwood Mall receives recycling awardRecycle Ann Arbor, a

recycling and waste pro-gram, recently announced that Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group has been awarded the Business Recycling Leadership Award for its Briarwood Mall loca-tion.

The award recognizes out-standing recycling and sus-tainability efforts on the part of Ann Arbor businesses.

To earn the award, busi-nesses must:

•Be located in the city of Ann Arbor.

•Be a Recycle Ann Arbor customer.

•Recycle a high percent-age of waste, as verified by a waste and recycling audit.

•Have a designated staff person or green team that coordinates recycling.

•Recycle special items, such as printer cartridges or fluo-rescent light bulbs.

•Offer recycling education to employees.

•Be involved in at least three sustainable practices, such as green purchasing,

zero waste efforts or energy efficiency programs.

Simon Property Group manages more than 320 shopping centers in the United States and has owned Briarwood Mall since 2007. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Simon Property Group a 2008 Energy Star Partner of the Year for outstanding energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at its malls across the coun-try.

From April 2008 through January 2010, Briarwood Mall recycled 3,582,300 pounds of paper and 127,950 pounds of containers. The mall had been recycling cardboard since 2003 and containers since 2007, but was able to increase recycling volumes through partnering with its 101 tenants and using the City of Ann Arbor’s free recycling program.

Briarwood Mall General Manager Ida Hendrix and Operations Director Mike Ewald are the driving force

behind the mall’s recycling program.

“We go above and beyond traditional programs by recy-cling materials such as fluo-rescent light bulbs, ink car-tridges, and batteries,” said Hendrix in a news release. “We keep our tenants updated about recycling efforts through quarterly merchant meetings.”

Other environmentally-friendly efforts include upgrading the mall’s lighting from T-12 fluorescent bulbs to energy-saving T-8 bulbs, a project which Ewald is work-ing to complete with light

manufacturer Sylvania. In November of 2008, the

mall conducted a “Shop Smarter Campaign” to dis-tribute 500 reusable shopping bags to customers. Each bag contained a Sylvania compact fluorescent light bulb as well as a list of resource conserva-tion tips and practices.

It’s all part of the Simon Property Group’s internal initiative to do business efficiently, said Hendrix. “As part of this goal, we are continually looking for ways to save resources and money, while helping the environ-ment.”

Recycle Ann Arbor started Michigan’s first curbside recycling program in 1978 and currently operates the state’s largest commu-nity drop-off center, The ReUse Center. Recycle Ann Arbor also operates the Environmental House green building resource center, the Ann Arbor curbside recycling program, Calvert’s Roll-Off Containers and Energy Works of Michigan.

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Five bridges on repair list

By Lisa AllmendingerHeritage Newspapers

The Washtenaw County Road Commission plans to submit applications for five local bridges to the Michigan Department of Transportation local funding program.

On the list are:• Ford Boulevard Bridge in

Ypsilanti Township.• Klinger Road Bridge in

Lima Township.• McGregor Road Bridge in

Dexter Township.• Austin Road Bridge over

the Saline River in Saline Township.

• Austin Road Bridge over the Bauer Drain in Saline Township.

Replacement funding is being requested for the Ford Boulevard Bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad, the McGregor Road Bridge over Portage Lake Canal and

the two bridges on Austin Road.

Removal funding is being requested for the Klinger Road Bridge over Mill Creek.

The road commission would like to remove the Lima Township bridge completely, said Steve Puuri, managing director of the road commis-sion.

The replacement of the two Austin Road bridges would be done as a pair, said Washtenaw County Road Commissioner Doug Fuller, because of their proximity to each other.

Puuri said the road com-mission is limited to just five requests, and the applications are due June 1.

If the applications are cho-sen by MDOT, 95 percent of the construction costs are paid by the state, while the road commission would be respon-sible for the design, right-of-way, construction engineering and local match for the con-struction costs, he said.

In a related funding instance, MDOT funding to the road commission for February was 7.54 percent lower than the amount received for the

same month in 2009.In February 2009, the road

commission received about $1.724 in state transportation funding; in February 2010, that amount was about $1.594 million.

Puuri said a reduction of 5 percent from last year’s receipts was budgeted and, at this point, the funding is 6 per-cent short of last year’s level.

He told road commissioners that he hopes the receipts for March will be more favorable.

To date, the road commis-sion has received about $3 million from the state, which is about $189,877 less than in 2009.

Funding for the state’s road commissions is based, in part, on gas tax receipts.

Lisa Allmendinger can be reached at 1-877-995-NEWS (6397) or at [email protected]. Check out her daily blog at www.A2Journal.com.

Schauer focuses on health care at forum

By Daniel LaiHeritage Newspapers

Addressing a packed house

Friday, U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, D-7th District, held an informa-tive question-and-answer ses-sion with constituents about the Health Insurance Reform legis-lation at the Washington Street Education Center in Chelsea.

The meeting was one of sev-eral Schauer has held through-out the area in the past two weeks.

Schauer said he is still com-bating myths and half-truths. At a town hall in Hillsdale, Schauer said he was asked about the government installing microchips in people.

“It’s ridiculous. I have an obligation to my constituents to present the facts,” he said.

The facts, Schauer said, are that the new law improves coverage for 442,000 residents in the 7th District, gives tax credits and assistance to 167,000 families and 12,100 small busi-nesses to help them afford coverage, extends coverage to 30,000 insured residents and guarantees 8,600 residents with pre-existing medical conditions can obtain healthcare coverage.

With most of the audience at or near retirement age, Schauer spent most of his time focus-ing on Medicare benefits for seniors.

“Under the new legislation, seniors on Medicare will contin-ue to have that program avail-able to them for the foreseeable future,” he said.

When asked why he voted for the healthcare legislation –– which will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years –– Schauer said it was the right thing to do.

“Right now we’re paying $2.5 trillion a year on health care in this country,” he said. “This leg-islation has been part of a very long process. I have spent a lot of time listening to the 600,000 people in my district, and I have heard many stories.

“There are a lot of reasons why I voted on the healthcare legislation. The No. 1 reason was purely economical. Health care costs are growing out of control. Health care makes up 16 percent of our country’s gross domestic product. Other countries spend 9 and 10 per-cent. We’re literally handing them a club, telling them to beat us on the head and take our jobs.”

Schauer said he is also happy that the bill extends healthcare coverage on a parent’s plan for children until the child reaches the age of 26.

“Fifty-one thousand young people in my district will bene-fit from this provision,” he said.

Another provision eliminates the “doughnut hole” for seniors covered under Medicare Part D by 2020, he said.

This year, seniors who fall into the “doughnut hole” of coverage will receive a rebate of $250. Next year, seniors will

receive a 50 percent discount on all brand-name drugs and a 7 percent discount on generics while they are in the so-called doughnut hole. Beginning in 2011, seniors on Medicare can receive free wellness care.

Reid McCarthy of Chelsea thanked Schauer for voting on the legislation.

“Reforming Medicare Part D will save my clients a lot of money,” McCarthy said. “I just want to say thank you for your vote.”

Brooks Cone of Chelsea said he doesn’t agree with the new legislation.

“The Democrats have received a lot of criticism on how they railroaded this bill through the system. Congressman Schauer’s own Web site has 43 people voicing their opinion against it,” he said. “I want to know what ulti-mately factored into his vote.”

Chelsea resident Marsha Towne also expressed frustra-tion with Congress.

“I’m ashamed of our gov-ernment. This legislation was partisan, and it was bullied and pushed through by our presi-dent,” she said.

Schauer acknowledged that voting for the legislation in the face of adversity was not easy.

“I have never listened so hard in my life. This healthcare bill was deliberated, analyzed and reanalyzed for 14 months,” he said. “I believe it was Teddy Roosevelt in 1908 that sug-gested Congress do something to help provide health care for

Americans. Every president since then, both Republican and Democrat, has pushed for healthcare reform.”

One resident, whose 3-year-old daughter has asthma and was denied healthcare coverage because of a pre-existing condi-tion, thanked Schauer for his vote.

“For all the young people out there who have pre-existing con-ditions and cannot get health care, thank you,” she said. “I know that there are wrinkles in the bill and some things still need to be worked out, but it is a step in the right direction.”

To learn more about the healthcare bill or to contact Schauer, visit www.schauer.house.gov.

Daniel Lai can be reached at 429-7380 or [email protected].

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Small Farm Career Day, Job Fair setBy Lisa AllmendingerHeritage Newspapers

Washtenaw Community College and the Food System Economic Partnership are co-sponsoring an unusual career day and job fair with small-farm owners who are looking for employees to perform non-traditional farm jobs.

Among the things that the Food System Economic Partnership provides is “research, education and out-reach with urban and rural partnerships that results in agricultural development opportunities,” according to the group’s Web site.

The career day and job fair hopes to bring together small farm owners and other key businesses supporting the local food system with job seekers who have non-traditional farm skills, said Arista Metler, a secretary for the WCC business education faculty.

Among the farms and participating organizations are the Ann Arbor Greenbelt Farmland Preservation Group, Capella Farm of Ann Arbor, Community Farm of Ann Arbor, C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, Locavorious, an Ypsilanti-based Community Supported Agriculture business, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy, Tantre Farm of Sylvan Township, and the Young Farmers Initiative.

These businesses are look-

ing for employees who are Web designers, accountants, mechanics, welders and other laborers.

These people are needed to

“broaden the opportunities for employment within our local workforce, at the same time helping to strengthen the backbone of our agricultural

community –– the small farm owners,” according to a news release about the expo.

“It’s an opportunity for people to learn about our local

and organic farming commu-nity besides just what people think are traditional farm jobs,” Metler said.

Lisa Allmendinger can be

reached at 1-877-995-NEWS (6397) or at [email protected]. Check out her daily blog at www.A2Journal.com.

Fast FactsWhat: Small Farm Career Day and Job FairWhen: April 19, 2 p.m. “Working on the farm panel: What you need to know;” 3 to 5 p.m., job fair, a chance to network with the farmers.Where: Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building.Information: 973-3364

Plant sale to benefi t Growing Hope

Ypsilanti nonprofit Growing Hope will host several special events in the coming weeks.

Plant sales will be held at the Growing Hope Center April 30, May 1 and May 15. Growing Hope will be selling a wide variety of vegetable and herb seedlings and also will have 4-foot-by-4-foot raised bed kits available to purchase, 8-inch beds for $25 and 14-inch beds for $35.

Growing Hope is also encour-aging area residents to take advantage of the beginning of the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market season.

The Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market opens May 4 and runs from 2 to 6 p.m. every Tuesday in downtown Ypsilanti at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Hamilton Street.

An array of local fruits and vegetables, seedlings, bread, baked goods, jams, honey, chees-es, meats, flowers and plants are offered.

The public is invited to cel-ebrate the start of the season with the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market Pre-Season Kickoff from 2 to 6 p.m. April 20 at the Ypsilanti Senior Center, 1015 N. Congress St., in Ypsilanti.

Growing Hope will hold its seventh anniversary party from 2 to 5 p.m. May 23 at Growing Hope Center. The party is a family-friendly event that will include tours and springtime activities at the Growing Hope Center. There also will be an eclectic silent auction featuring goods and services from local business owners.

Growing Hope Center is located at 922 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti. For more information about events at the center, call 786-8401, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.growinghope.net.


Community remembers life cut shortBy Sean DaltonHeritage Newspapers

While authorities continue to investigate the string of fires in Ann Arbor that killed Dexter resident Renden Lemasters and injured two oth-ers April 3, the Lemasters fam-ily began the grieving process in earnest last week.

Renden’s father, Robert Lemasters, planned a memo-rial service and funeral at St. Joseph’s Parish in Webster Township April 5, just days after what would have otherwise been a mundane game of golf with his son.

“We were run-ning out of time and I hit my ball into the woods (during a golf game on April 2) … we left the balls and said we’d finish the game Sunday,” Lemasters said.

Two days later, he returned to the green alone, picked up his son’s ball and walked som-berly away from the half-hole that Renden would never finish and Robert would never forget.

He said he was grateful for a meaningful last evening with his son.

“His brother and stepbrother were supposed to play, but they couldn’t make it, so it was just us,” he said. “Maybe it was meant to be that day.”

Lemasters said when the fire broke out at a home on South State Street near the University of Michigan central campus in Ann Arbor, his son was asleep in a second-floor bedroom.

“Someone woke up and went to get water when they were told there was a fire on the porch. But by the time he got back, the couch had caught fire and that’s what really started

(the blaze),” Lemasters said.When word spread about the

fire, panic ensued and Renden ran out of the front door and into the fire’s epicenter.

“The fire marshal ended up pulling up right as he was running out the door; they knocked him down with a fire blanket and put out the fire,” Lemasters said. “He said he was fine, but he didn’t realize how bad he was burned.”

Lemasters isn’t sure if his son was the victim of a mali-cious prank or a horrible coin-cidence, but he wants his son’s story to “make a difference.”

Renden’s mother Kimberly said she will miss her son.

“He had the biggest heart there ever was,” she said.

She said Renden was the quintessential big brother to his 15-year-old stepsister, Alex Semifero, his brother Ryan and stepbrother Jay.

“He was his brother’s (Ryan) biggest fan,”

Kimberly said.The large crowd that attend-

ed Renden’s memorial service April 8 was a testament to how many lives he touched. Josh Weaveman said he and Renden weren’t best friends, but he was “just happy to call him friend.”

“It didn’t matter who you were, he would just talk to you and he would listen,” Weaveman said.

The last time he had seen Renden was at a Christmas party last year.

Nick Bensinger, another Dexter Community Schools student who was a classmate of Renden at Washtenaw Community College before transferring to Eastern Michigan University, spoke highly of his friend.

“We never had any classes together, but we shared a lot of common interests,” Bensinger said. “I was into electronics and (Renden) would take any

opportunity to talk about com-puters.”

Bensinger said Renden was one of the most positive people he knew and his influence will be missed.

Kimberly said her son was the kind of person who cared about others and liked to help.

“I’m going to miss him every time I need his help with the phone, the computer or our entertainment center,” she said. “If I messed something up, he would get it back on track.”

Renden was planning a career with the Thetford Corporation’s technical depart-ment, located on Jackson Road.

He was a single semester away from graduating from EMU with a degree in com-puter logistics and warehouse distribution at the school’s Department of Science and

Technology.Those close to him said that

the 2005 Dexter High School graduate never lost the energy he had as a member of the DHS varsity soccer team.

“He had just gone to a trade show a couple of weeks ago and he made a sale. He was really excited about that,” Lemasters said. “He said, ‘I got that salesmanship from you,

Dad.’ Of course, it made me smile.”

Sean Dalton is a reporter with Heritage Newspapers. He can be reached at 429-7380 or [email protected].

Residents deal with grief in loss of young man

Mourners sign the guest book at Renden Lemasters’ funeral service.

“It didn’t matter who you were, he would just talk to

you and he would listen.”


Area residents enjoy A2’s FestifoolsBy Austen SmithHeritage Newspapers

Ann Arbor’s Main Street was invaded by a parade of fools on Sunday as the wonderfully whimsical Festifools delighted local families with giant papier-mâché puppets, theatrically dressed musicians and general foolishness.

Festifools started in 2007 and has grown every year, including this event, which co-founder Mark Tucker estimated was four to five times larger than last year’s.

He said there were about 100 participants in the parade that marched up and down Main Street between William and Washington for about an hour.

“There are so many new (puppets) that I didn’t even expect,” Tucker said Sunday.

“And all these people coming out, next year they will be par-ticipants … because creativity is something we all have, so we’ve got to take care of it. We have to nourish that.”

Tucker credited the good weather for the large turnout, as well.

Festifools originated when

Tucker and then-graduate student Shoshana Hurand became inspired by giant, human-powered floats that Tucker observed while study-ing in Italy. At that time, Tucker served as the creative director for the Michigan Thanksgiving Day Parade. He now teaches art through the University of Michigan Lloyd Hall Scholars Program.

Many of Tucker’s students built their own floats and par-ticipated in Sunday’s event.

According to its Web site, Festifools is one of the larg-est giant puppet shows in the world. The event has drawn volunteer help from University of Michigan students and the city of Ann Arbor.

On Sunday, Mayor John Hieftje and his caricature-like, papier-mâché head enjoyed the good weather as they chatted up local families at the parade.

“The city loves this project –– this whole thing,” he said.

Hundreds of community volunteers and students have worked diligently throughout the winter to create the 10- to 15-foot-tall animated puppets.

For more information, visit the Web site www.festifools.org or e-mail [email protected].

Contact Austen Smith at 429-7380 or e-mail [email protected].

Hourlong parade attracts families, the curious

It certainly was a “foolish” day for Ann Arbor during Sunday’s fourth annual Festifools event, which ran from 4 to 5 p.m. on Main Street. Nearly 100 different puppets and per-forming acts circled up and down delighting thousands of spectators. The Ann Arbor event was started by University of Michigan professor Mark Tucker, who is now con-sidered the “head fool.” For more information, visit the Web site www.festifools.org.

Photos by Austen Smith

Selene Freudenberg of

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Celebrated children’s author Chris Van Allsburg spoke to a full house at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Thursday, discussing his life and career, and describing the compositional process that went into creat-ing some of his most beloved literary achieve-ments.

Perhaps best known as author of “The Polar Express” and “Jumanji,” which both won the Caldecott Medal and were later turned into major motion pictures, Van Allsburg’s writ-ing career has spanned more than 30 years and includes 16 picture books, as well as sev-eral other collaborations.

Van Allsburg said he attend-ed U of M as an undergraduate before moving back East to fur-ther his sculpting career.

“When I graduated from the

University of Michigan, I went on to the Rhode Island School of Design,” he said, indicating he then found studio space in an old and drafty building.

Van Allsburg said the indus-trial space was fine to sculpt in during the day because the heat was on for other tenants, but

became far too cold on winter evenings when the thermostat was turned off at 5 p.m.

Looking for something to do at home in the warmth, Van Allsburg said he found a more portable artistic medium.

“I started drawing,” he said.

Though initially he created images void of textual accom-paniment, Van Allsburg said the nature of his illustrations begged viewers to ask ques-tions of what was going on inside of them.

He described the phenom-enon as “narrative hooks.”

“I was fascinated how you can trigger those narrative impulses,” he said. “So, this was my first step as a writer.”

Van Allsburg said his wife then sent his illustrations to a prominent publishing house.

They liked them, so they sent back pre-written stories for him to illustrate.

He said the subject matter of the traditional juvenile plotlines were not to his lik-ing.

“The little bunny stories didn’t do it for me,” he said, indicating his desire was to cre-ate narratives with a bit more edge.

That is when he decided to create his own textual content to accompany his often irrev-erent and fantasy-inspired images.

Van Allsburg said he asked himself a simple question: “What would I want to read when I was 8 or 9 years old?”

Now, more than a quarter of a century after his writing and illustrating career began, Van Allsburg has set to work on another children’s book that chronicles the tale of Annie

Taylor, purported to be the first woman to go over Niagara Falls.

Van Allsburg delighted audience members attend-ing Thursday’s lecture with a sneak peek of illustrations for the book, saying he decided to go with nonfiction this time because fabricating stories requires a lot of effort.

“I get tired of trying to make things up all the time,” he joked.

Van Allsburg’s daughter, Sophia, who is a freshman at U of M and attended the lecture, said she is finding as much inspiration in Ann Arbor as her father did.

“I’m welcome here. It’s a nice place to be,” she said. “I came here where he has his history, but where I can create my own history, too.”

For more information on Van Allsburg and a list of his books, visit www.chrisvanalls-burg.com.

Steven Howard can be reached at 429-7380 or [email protected]. Read his blog at http://heritagewest-staffblog.blogspot.com.

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Chris Van Allsburg spoke at the University of Michigan Museum of Art April 8. Van Allsburg talked about the evolution of his creative process, as well as his time at U of M.

WineFest fundraiser to be held May 8WineFest 2010, the Ann

Arbor Art Center’s annual fundraiser, will be held 7 p.m. May 8 at the University of Michigan’s North Campus Research Complex, formerly owned by Pfizer.

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Author inspires kids’ creativity at local event

By Art AisnerHeritage Newspapers

Ruth McNally Barshaw hates to limit children’s creativity in any way. So in every appear-ance at schools and libraries across the state, the author of the popular “Ellie McDoodle” series abandons the rules.

Kids are encouraged to sit on the floor, bark out ideas, and even scribble down their thoughts while she’s talking.

In fact, the only rule her audiences must abide by is to pick up a pencil and sheet of paper at the door and keep it nearby during her hourlong presentation.

After a brief introduction, her first task at a special appearance in Pittsfield Township last week was to have participants create their own artificially bound sketch book out of a single sheet of paper.

“Always have a sketch pad with you and keep it nearby,” she implored the captivated audience of roughly 40 chil-dren at the Ann Arbor District Library’s Pittsfield Township Branch. “There are a lot of peo-ple that have great ideas and never write them down. Don’t be one of those people.”

It’s a philosophy that has served her well over the years. Starting at age 6, McNally Barshaw started carrying a sketch pad and documented events in her life as they happened. Before long, the sketchpad became the key to channeling her imagination, and no page was wasted. She filled dozens over the years and

takes a thick stack of them to her presentations to show chil-dren that inspiration can come anywhere at any time.

Though it started as a hobby, sketching quickly became somewhat an obsession and led to what she believes is her true calling in life, penning children’s books. But that only came after toiling for years in the advertising field, illus-trating for newspapers and participating in national essay-writing contests, six of which she won.

“Sometimes you grow up thinking you’ll be something, and you’ll end up being something else, and that’s cool because it’s all about the discovery and learning new things,” McNally Barshaw said.

“I’m still trying very hard to learn something else.”

One task she has mastered is getting her message out to kids with an affinity for writing drawing. Combining her easygoing demeanor and infectious enthusiasm, McNally Barshaw engages audiences ranging from tod-dler age to pre-teens and gets them to feel comfortable expressing themselves.

With a black marker and easel, McNally Barshaw showed her creative process by drawing some of her favor-ite characters. By having the children sketch along, she gave audience members a blueprint to follow in order to be creative with confidence.

It’s part of how she promotes art literacy, a notion that drawing ideas first enhances a person’s creativity and writing ability.

The process helped her cre-ate two books: “Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel” and “Ellie McDoodle: New Kid

in School.” The stories cap-ture the adventures of Ellie McDoodle, a sketch-obsessed school girl and her family.

“I was reading books to my kids and thought that Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss had done all the books I’d wanted to do, and did them much better,” said McNally Barshaw, who grew up in the Detroit area and now lives in Lansing.

“But I thought there could be room for me if I really worked hard enough.”

McNally Barshaw had both hard and soft cover edi-tions of her books on display and offered a preview of her next book in the series “Ellie McDoodle: Best Friend Fur-ever” which is due out in August.

The new book features the usual fun-filled characters, plus a few of their new animal friends.

She said she’s also working on a novel.

“It’s very exciting for us to have her here,” said Ieva Bates, the youth services librarian at the Pittsfield Township branch. “She’s an accomplished writer and we knew that the Ann Arbor Schools students would be on break and would get a chance to enjoy something like this.”

The enthusiasm and inspira-tion that McNally Barshaw stirred was obvious, said Laura Stubbs, who brought her 8- and 6-year-old sons to see a profes-sional illustrator and writer for the first time.

“They are all about this kind of thing and really loved it,” she said.

For more information about the series or McNally Barshaw’s other works and pre-sentation schedule visit www.ruthexpress.com.

Ruth McNally Barshaw visits local library

Allegra Print & Imaging, employees earn awards

Allegra Print & Imaging of Saline recently received the International Gold, Silver and Top Ten International Sales Performer awards from the Allegra Network franchise system.

The awards are presented annually and are based on sales volume and providing an out-standing level of client service.

“Our commitment to pro-viding printing solutions and outstanding service has earned the respect of our clients,” said Joe DiMauro, general manager of Allegra Print & Imaging of Saline, in a news release. “Our sales staff exemplifies the true service professional.”

Kelly Parkinson received the International Gold Milestone and Top Ten International Sales Performer awards. Parkinson, a resident of Pinckney, joined Allegra 18 years ago and has completed several training programs that address topics ranging from mastering customer service and new marketing and digital printing techniques to better understanding the needs of today’s print buyers.

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costs, the release states. Jane Dillard, Michael

LaBeau and Wes Siegrist received the International Silver Milestone awards. Dillard, a resident of Ann Arbor, has been with Allegra for 20 years. LaBeau, a resi-dent of Manchester, joined Allegra 15 years ago. Siegrist, a resident of Jackson, has been connected with Allegra for five years.

Allegra Print & Imaging of Saline provides a range of marketing services for area businesses including printing, mailing services, fulfillment, promotional products and graphic design.

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Ruth McNally Barshaw always keeps a sketch pad handy to keep track of new ideas.


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LAKE LEVELSThursday 7:04 a.m. 10:01 p.m.Friday 7:39 a.m. 11:08 p.m.Saturday 8:22 a.m. noneSunday 9:14 a.m. 12:12 a.m.Monday 10:15 a.m. 1:10 a.m.Tuesday 11:23 a.m. 2:00 a.m.Wednesday 12:36 p.m. 2:42 a.m.

The Sun Rise SetThursday 6:55 a.m. 8:16 p.m.Friday 6:53 a.m. 8:17 p.m.Saturday 6:52 a.m. 8:18 p.m.Sunday 6:50 a.m. 8:20 p.m.Monday 6:49 a.m. 8:21 p.m.Tuesday 6:47 a.m. 8:22 p.m.Wednesday 6:45 a.m. 8:23 p.m.

Lake Erie ............................. 580.11 ft ...... 572.75 ftLake St. Clair ........................... 575 ft ...... 573.96 ft

Ecorse Creek Flood Current stage stage Dearborn Heights ........................... -- .......... 2.73 ft

Total for the week .............................................. 0.89”Total for the month ............................................ 1.01”Total for the year ............................................... 3.86”Normal for the month ...................................... 1.33”Normal for the year .......................................... 8.39”

High/low for the week .................................. 79°/22°Normal high/low ........................................... 55°/35°Average temperature ......................................... 51.1°Normal average temperature .......................... 45.1°

Adrian 78/51/pc 66/38/c 56/34/pcAnn Arbor 76/47/pc 66/37/sh 54/31/pcBattle Creek 79/50/pc 64/37/c 57/34/pcBay City 71/51/t 64/37/c 53/34/pcDetroit 78/54/pc 68/39/sh 54/37/pcFlint 77/51/pc 65/36/c 54/32/pcGrand Rapids 77/50/c 63/36/c 57/35/pcKalamazoo 79/51/pc 64/37/c 59/34/pcLansing 78/50/pc 64/36/c 55/34/pcLivonia 77/54/pc 68/41/sh 54/37/pc

Manistee 69/46/t 58/36/c 56/31/pcMidland 72/50/t 63/37/c 54/33/pcMuskegon 74/48/t 59/36/pc 56/34/pcPontiac 75/51/pc 66/38/sh 53/34/pcPort Huron 75/51/pc 65/36/sh 49/33/pcSaginaw 75/50/t 63/37/c 54/34/pcSault Ste. Marie65/43/sh 54/31/sh 51/32/pcSturgis 79/52/pc 63/37/c 58/37/pcTraverse City 69/45/t 61/35/c 56/33/pcWarren 76/54/pc 68/42/sh 54/38/pc

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.


WORLD CITIES

Athens 71/60/pc 71/60/s 75/63/pcBerlin 57/39/c 55/33/c 53/41/pcBuenos Aires 68/48/sh 75/54/s 75/61/sCairo 94/70/s 94/72/s 98/70/pcCalgary 54/31/pc 59/35/pc 57/35/rHong Kong 73/63/r 75/67/r 76/72/shJerusalem 75/51/s 80/59/pc 83/57/sJohannesburg 74/52/s 70/52/pc 70/54/sLondon 57/43/pc 55/39/pc 61/41/pcMexico City 77/50/pc 70/48/pc 77/49/pc

Montreal 53/43/c 48/39/r 46/37/shMoscow 52/34/pc 51/37/s 46/25/rParis 57/46/s 64/44/s 67/48/sRio de Janeiro 81/73/pc 83/72/s 83/71/sRome 66/55/c 69/54/s 68/55/sSeoul 59/35/pc 59/34/c 59/41/sSingapore 88/80/sh 88/79/sh 87/78/shSydney 76/57/pc 75/55/s 78/58/pcTokyo 52/42/c 47/45/r 55/43/cWarsaw 62/39/r 60/40/pc 54/36/sh


NATIONAL CITIES

Atlanta 74/55/s 77/56/s 75/51/pcBoston 57/39/s 44/40/r 45/38/shChicago 80/50/pc 64/39/pc 58/36/sCincinnati 81/56/s 69/46/t 62/40/pcCleveland 75/56/pc 65/41/sh 49/37/pcDallas 77/61/c 79/61/pc 76/60/cDenver 67/41/pc 62/40/c 58/38/cHonolulu 81/65/s 79/65/s 78/68/sHouston 79/61/pc 78/61/pc 79/61/pcKansas City 75/54/c 69/49/c 64/45/sLas Vegas 84/62/s 82/59/pc 84/57/sLos Angeles 68/54/pc 68/54/pc 70/54/pc

Miami 81/67/s 80/66/pc 80/66/pcMinneapolis 71/44/pc 62/41/s 63/42/sNew Orleans 80/60/s 80/58/s 80/60/sNew York City 67/53/pc 62/49/sh 56/42/shOrlando 81/59/s 81/58/pc 83/60/pcPhiladelphia 73/53/s 73/50/sh 60/41/shPhoenix 90/65/s 88/62/s 85/61/pcPittsburgh 77/54/s 69/42/t 52/34/shSt. Louis 80/58/pc 72/50/t 65/44/sSan Francisco 63/49/pc 63/53/pc 62/50/cSeattle 64/46/sh 61/44/c 59/44/pcWash., DC 74/56/s 74/51/pc 64/43/sh

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2010

Shown is Thursday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday’s highs and Thursday night’s

lows.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK

ABOVENORMAL

BELOWNORMAL

NEARNORMAL

ABOVENORMAL

BELOWNORMAL

NEARNORMAL

Temperatures 4/15 - 4/21 Precipitation 4/15 - 4/21

Huron River Ann Arbor ................................... 16 ft ........ 12.68 ftMallets CreekAnn Arbor ........................................ -- .......... 3.56 ftMill CreekDexter .......................................... 12 ft .......... 6.45 ftRiver RaisinManchester ...................................... -- .......... 3.01 ft

Lansing78/50

Flint77/51

Durand79/51

Ann Arbor76/47

Detroit78/54

SALINE76/47

Dexter77/49

Chelsea76/49

Manchester76/48

Monroe75/54

Belleville75/50

Dundee75/50

Tecumseh75/49

Milan76/49

Mason78/51

Howell78/52

Pontiac75/51

Hillsdale76/52

Jackson79/51

Sterling Heights77/54

Windsor77/55

Ypsilanti75/49

76 66 51 55 60 71 73 Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed.

Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. As of 7 a.m. Monday

Women’s Exchange founders receive national recognition

Carrie Hensel and Debra Power, co-founders and co-presi-dents of the Women’s Exchange of Washtenaw, received the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Michigan Women in Business Champion of the Year for 2010 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration

The award was part of the SBA’s 2010 Michigan Small Business Awards.

WXW is nonprofit women’s business organization run by volunteers. It develops and hosts educational and network-ing events for women business leaders.

The vision of WXW is to build the strongest, most-con-nected and vital women’s busi-ness network in the country. In its two-year history, WXW has helped women find jobs, create connections, generate referrals and grow their companies.

“We are honored to accept

this award on behalf of the volunteers, attendees and sup-porters of WXW,” said Power in a news release. “Their enthusiasm has empowered us to create a vibrant resource for women in business.”

“Women business leaders have really responded posi-tively to the mission of WXW and the unique format of our meetings,” said Hensel. “It’s so important to provide a venue for business leaders to talk through their business issues, adapt to a changing economy and continue to grow strong companies in Michigan.”

The U.S. SBA awards will be presented April 29 during the sixth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards event at The Lansing Center. Keynote speaker Gov. Jennifer Granholm will speak on the critical importance of small businesses to the future of Michigan’s economy.

Evening with the Arts to be heldBy Gerald LaVauteHeritage Newspapers

The fifth annual Evening with the Arts fundraiser is planned from 6 to 11 p.m. April 24 at the Tri-County Sportsmen’s League Club at 8640 Moon Road in Saline.

Proceeds from the evening

will benefit the Milan High School drama program and Performing Arts Center. It’s the sole fundraiser for the drama and arts program.

The theme this year is “Blast from the Past.” An evening with food, entertain-ment and silent, live and raf-fle-type auctions is planned.

The children who par-ticipate in the programs will provide entertainment, as well as drama program alumni who have been asked to retirm and perform for a bit of nostalgia.

Milan High School Theater Director Lisa Goerlitz said that the funds raised during

the evening will help to pay student attendance at drama camps this summer.

Tickets are on sale at Milan Floral, the Milan High School office or by calling Goerlitz at 439-5045.

Ticket prices for the event are $30 per person, or $50 per couple.

M&D Auto changes handsBy Steven HowardHeritage Newspapers

A well-established auto repair facility on Michigan Avenue in Saline has a pair of new owners.

Father and son duo Philip Hinojosa Sr. and Philip Hinojosa Jr. said they pur-chased the M & D auto shop at the corner of Harris Street early this year when the former owner decided to sell.

“He was talking about sell-ing,” Philip Hinojosa Sr. said, indicating business has trans-ferred very well since the sale.

“We’ve been swamped since opening day.”

Renamed Felip’s M & D Auto Service, Philip Hinojosa Sr. said the shop will continue to offer reliable and afford-able service for most cars and trucks out there.

“Both of us are Ford trained,” he said, but added they will fix “anything that rolls through the door.”

Philip Hinojosa Sr. said he worked at the Briarwood Ford dealership auto repair facility for 25 years, specializing in transmissions.

Philip Hinojosa jr. said the family passion for cars also has been passed on to him.

“I’ve been working on cars since about 5 (years old),” he said, citing his own comple-tion of a Ford certification program.

The Hinojosas said they plan to make minor cosmetic improvements to the facility, while maintaining their busy car repair schedule.

“We want to fix the place up,” Philip Hinojosa Sr. said, sug-gesting general cleaning and painting are in the near future.

The shop will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and is closed on Sunday.

“We have to go home some-time,” Philip Hinojosa Sr. joked, “to got to church and ride the bike.”

Felip’s M & D Auto Service is located at 200 E. Michigan Ave. in Saline.

The shop can be reached at 429-9555.

Steven Howard can be reached at 429-7380 or [email protected]. Read his blog at http://heritagewest-staffblog.blogspot.com.

Philip Hinojosa Jr. and his father have taken over the reins of the M & D auto shop in Saline from owner George Mishigian. The shop, located at the corner of Harris Street, has been renamed Felip’s M & D Auto Service. Philip Hinojosa Sr. said the shop will continue to offer reliable and affordable service for most cars and trucks.

Easter Bunny VisitsPhotos courtesy of Ben Fletcher

Adilyn Hanes of Bemis Farms Daycare and Preschool joined other students and staff visiting with the Easter Bunny.

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Grown with care

Two Creeks Organics offers refreshing produce, CSA program for springtime

By shopping at local farmer’s markets, you can not only stimulate your local economy but keep yourself from overspending. Shopping in this way gives you control over portion sizes, as well as freshness. The cheaper produce is always the item that is in season. A short

list of produce items are listed below under the season when they are at their best.

Early Spring Produce:LettucesCabbageScallionsRadishes

BeetsBroccoli

Brussel sprouts Rhubarb

Asparagus

Summer:CucumbersTomatoesMelons

PotatoesAsian greensYellow beansGreen beans

EggplantSummer squash

Zucchini

Fall:Red and green cabbages

BroccoliBrussel sprouts

Caulifl owerPumpkinsSquashes

Apples

What’s in Season?

By Julia DuBoisHeritage Newspapers

Pesticides and growth hor-mones are two things that are typically used on farms that are providing much of country with produce and meats. This is why one local family decided to start its own farm and go organic.

Two Creeks Organics in Manchester started five years ago when co-owner Mark Sanford became increasingly interested in a more nature-friendly way of production. According to wife Amie Sanford, Mark took a number of college courses to learn more about sustainable farming and become a certified farmer of naturally grown produce.

Mark’s idea quickly blos-somed into 20 acres of fruits and vegetables, all of which are planted, cultivated, and gath-ered with the help of extended family members.

The difference between Two Creeks Organics and other farms is that the organic farm-ers grow their produce using naturally sustaining methods. That means no chemicals or pesticides go into the growing process or preparation of the farm land.

According to Amie Sanford, Two Creeks Organics par-ticipates in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), mean-ing that members of the com-munity can “purchase shares

of the produce grown at the farm, and they receive weekly portions of their share of fruits and vegetable.”

She said most of the busi-ness at Two Creeks Organics is conducted in this way. The farm now even boasts fresh eggs, and soon fresh chicken, which members can purchase shares for as well.

“Of course a CSA means that shareholders must learn to eat seasonally, depending on what time of year it is, and what we’re growing,” said Sanford.

However, whenever the farm experiences bountiful amounts of produce, the Sanford fam-ily will sell these extras at the farmer’s market on Thursdays. People can go there to get fruits and vegetables without joining the CSA.

Although the farm is cur-rently managed by family, Amie Sanford says that sometimes shareholders want to partici-pate in the production of their food. In these cases, Two Creeks Organics allows those individu-als to come to the farm to work, helping the Sanford family with the farming process.

The family experiences very little downtime, even when the farming season is over.

“People think that in the winter the work stops,” said Amie Sanford, “but no, because then we have to start getting everything ready for the follow-ing year.”

According to her, the entire

family gets its food from Two Creeks Organics. She said that since experiencing the difference of naturally grown produce, she refuses to accept anything less.

“You don’t know anymore what’s going into the stuff they’re selling at the store, and I won’t settle,” she said.

Two Creeks Organics will be holding its spring open house event on Saturday, May 15 from noon until 4 p.m. It is an open event to the public and will fea-ture live music, food, tours of

the farm and other local produc-ers and artists.

For information on how to join the CSA program at Two Creeks Organics, or for more reading material on organic farming and events, visit the farm’s Web site at www.two-creeksorganics.com.

Julia DuBois is an intern at Heritage Newspapers and a stu-dent at the University of Michigan. She can be reached through Jana Miller at (734) 429-7380 or [email protected].

Photos courtesy of Amie Sanford

The Sanfords keep chickens as part of the CSA program.

At right, the Two Creeks Organics farm brightens up on a fall day.

At bottom right, the Sanfords grow a variety of produce.

Above are several of the products to come out of Two Creeks Organics.

At right, the farm features several chicken coops and barns.

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THINGS TO DO: REGIONAL CALENDARCHELSEA

■ Café McKune7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday: Sixth

through 12th grades share art, music or poetry, or just listen. Chelsea District Library, 221 S. Main St. Free. Performers pre-register at 475-8732.

■ Veterans for Peace meet-ing

10 a.m. Saturday: Bear Claw Coffee, 12855 East Old-US 12, east of Chelsea near I-94 exit 162. Call 487-9058 or visit www.vfp93.org.

■ “Our Town”Wednesday to Sunday,

through May 29: Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Call for performances and pric-es. 433-7673.

■ Dodworth Saxhorn Band7 p.m. Tuesday: 19th-century

music, drama, poetry and dance. Silver Maples, 100 Silver Maples Drive. Free to seniors, tickets (available at Chelsea Senior Center) required. Some tickets may be available at the door. 475-4111.

■ Transition Town Chelsea6:30 p.m. Monday:

“Alternative Energy” panel dis-cussion with Institute for Sustainable Energy Education cofounders John Richter and Tim Hudson. Chelsea District Library, 221 S. Main St. Free. Pre-register at 475-8732.

■ Sleeping Beauty story time

6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday: Classic fairy tale, followed by performance by Youth Dance Theatre. Chelsea District Library, 221 S. Main st., Chelsea. Free. 475-8732.

■ “Strange Creatures of the Spring Pond”

2 p.m., Eddy Discovery Center, Bush Road, Chelsea. $2 (family, $5). $6 vehicle entry fee.

475-3170.

■ Chelsea House Orchestra7 p.m. Saturday: Featuring

the Beach Fiddle Club. Washington Street Education Center, 500 Washington. $10 (students, seniors, $5; under 3, free) at Chelsea Pharmacy and at the door. 475-1957.

■ Chelsea Ride9 a.m. Mondays and 6 p.m.

Thursdays: Meet at Aberdeen Bike and Fitness, 1175 S. Main St., Chelsea. Free. 1-517- 285-6830.

■ Chelsea PaintersExhibit through April 30:

Raymond James and Associates, 350 S. Main St., Ann Arbor.

■ High School Student ArtExhibit “Potential” runs

through May 10. Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor.

■ Chelsea Teddy Bear Co.11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.,

Saturday: Group tours. 400 N. Main St., Chelsea. Free. 433-5499.

■ “Books and Banter”1:30 p.m. Thursday:

Discussion of “The Secret Scripture.” Chelsea District Library, 221 S. Main St., Free. Pre-register at 475-8732.

■ “Stitch-Free Tote Bag”6 p.m. Thursday: Chelsea

District Library, 221 S. Main St. Free. Pre-register at 475-8732.

■ Chelsea Crafts Brigade7 p.m. Thursday: Chelsea

District Library, 221 S. Main St. Free. Pre-register at 475-8732.

■ “Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr.”

7 p.m. Friday, Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday: Chelsea Area Players Youth Theater. Beach Middle School, 445 Mayer

Drive, Chelsea. Tickets at chel-seaareaplayers.org.

■ “Fixed Mark” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday:

First Congregational Church, 121 E. Middle St. Free. Donations accepted for mission to New Orleans to rebuild homes. 475-1844.

■ “Michigan’s Amazing Minerals”

11 a.m. Saturday: Eddy Discovery Center, Bush Road. Free. $6 vehicle fee. Pre-register at 475-3170.

■ “Midwest Literary Walk”1 to 5 p.m. Saturday: Walk to

various locations for readings by writers. Open mike at Zou Zou’s Café, 3:30 p.m. Free. Walk starts at Chelsea District Library, 221 S. Main St. Musical perfor-mance 8 p.m. at Chelsea Depot, 125 Jackson, $10. Pre-registration required. 475-8732.

DEXTER■ Pioneer Craft Fair10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday:

Dexter Area Historical Society. Creekside Elementary School, 2615 Baker Road, Dexter. $3 (fi rst through 12th grades, 50 cents; age 5 and younger, free). 426-8846.

■ “Early Greens” Earth Day hike

Noon Saturday: Hudson Mills Metropark, 8801 North Territorial Road, Dexter. $2. $5 vehicle fee. Pre-register at 426-8211.

■ Take Off Pounds Sensibly6:30 p.m. Wednesday: TOPS

meeting, Dexter Senior Center, 7720 Dexter-Ann Arbor Road, Dexter. Call 426-7072.

■ “Starting a Vegetable Garden”

7 p.m. Wednesday: Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine St., Dexter. Free. Preregistration required. 426-4477.

■ Draw Doubles Disc GolfNoon Saturdays: Hudson

Mills Metropark, 8801 North Territorial Road. $5. $5 vehicle fee. 449-4300.

■ “Better Off Read”2 p.m. Thursday: E.L.

Doctorow’s “The March.” Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine St., Dexter. Free. Pre-registration required. 426-4477.

■ “Jesus Christ Superstar”3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday,

8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sunday: Encore Musical Theatre, 3126 Broad St. $28 (seniors, students, $25; groups of 10 or more, $22). 268-6200.

■ “Movies & Muffi ns for Adults”

2 p.m. Friday: “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine St., Dexter. Free. 426-4477.

■ “Frogs and Toads of Washtenaw County”

7 p.m. Saturday: Independence Lake County Park, 3200 Jennings Road. $5 vehicle fee. Free. Call 971-6337, ext. 334.

MILAN■ “The Secret Lives of

Freshwater Mussels”7 p.m. Tuesday: Discussion of

native Michigan mussel species endangered by the expansion of the European zebra and quagga mussels. Milan Middle School, 920 North St., Milan. Free. 971-6337, ext. 334.

SALINE■ Third Saturday Contra

Dance8 p.m. Saturday: Pittsfi eld

Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. $10. 426-0241.

■ “English Day”3 p.m. Tuesday: Students in

sixth through 12th grades invit-ed to sample British snacks, learn British jokes, and make brass rubbings of royalty, drag-ons and more. Saline District Library, 555 N. Maple Road. Free. Pre-register at 429-5450.

■ Saline Ride6 p.m. Wednesday: Meet at

municipal parking lot on Ann Arbor-Saline Road, south of Michigan Avenue. Free. 645-5840.

■ Stone and Thistle Garden Club

7:30 p.m. Monday: “More than a Shed.” UAW Local 892, 601 Woodland Drive West. Free. 429-4331.

■ “Thursday Night Contra”7 p.m. Thursday: Concourse

Hall, 4531 Concourse Drive. $7 (students, $4).

■ Washtenaw Toastmasters7 p.m. Thursday: Washtenaw

Community College, Room LA 238, 4800 E. Huron River Drive. www.washtenawtoastmasters.org.

■ New Horizons Band1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, 6 to

8:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Liberty School, 7265 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Saline. Free. 429-1742.

■ Ballroom Dance Party8 p.m. Friday and Saturday:

Come Dancing, 7025 E. Michigan (Country Creek Plaza). $10. 944-1888.

■ Game Night6 p.m. Thursday: Borders,

3140 Lohr Road. Free. 997-8884.

■ Line Dancing6:30 p.m. Tuesday: American

Legion Hall, 320 W. Michigan Ave., Saline. $6. 429-4840.

■ Saline Woodcarvers6 p.m. Wednesday: Saline

Area Senior Center, 7190 N.

Maple Road, Saline. Free. 944-1918.

■ Pottery Instructor’s Showcase

Through April 30: Two Twelve Arts Center, 212 W. Michigan Ave. Free, open to the public.

■ Washtenaw Area Council for Children Conference

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday: Washtenaw Intermediate School District, 1819 S. Wagner. $40 by Friday ($50 at the door) Students $15. Call 434-4215.

■ Ann Arbor Antiques Market

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday: Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. $6 (age 12 and under accompanied by an adult, free).

■ Pittsfi eld Open Band3 to 6 p.m. Saturday: Pittsfi eld

Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. Free. For more informa-tion, call 994-9307.

■ Family Dance2 p.m. Sunday: Pittsfi eld

Union Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. $12 per family. 769-1052.

■ “Night and Day”7 p.m. Sunday: Vocal Arts

Ensemble. Proceeds benefi t a Holy Faith Church outreach proj-ect. First United Methodist Church, 1200 N. Ann Arbor St., Saline. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 649-6831.

YPSILANTI■ “Merge”7:30 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m.

Saturday: Choreographer Kerry Allan. Riverside Arts Center, Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti. $12 (stu-dents with ID and age 65 and older, $9; under 5, free) at Arts in Motion, 2841 Boardwalk. Call 1-404-310-0666.

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‘Date Night’ a movie with all the right movesEvery now and again, a movie deliv-

ers exactly what it promises based on what you are able to learn from the trailers, TV commercials and newspa-per ads.

And sometimes that is a good thing, even if the movie promises only a light, uncomplicated, easy-to-follow romp that, perhaps, more than a few married suburbanites can relate to.

“Date Night,” starring the marvel-ously paired Steve Carrell and Tina Fey, is that movie.

Just when you thought you couldn’t go to the movie theater and not see some teen vampire movie or star-driven overcooked drama or a movie that is a special effects blow-up of a comic

book, “Date Night” gives stressed-out husbands and wives a delectable slice of their lives that goes down smooth with no bitter aftertaste.

Carrell and Fey have an unmistakable onscreen chemistry that just works in the setting of a couple of overachiev-ing professionals whose weekly date night gets turned on its ear in a wholly unpredictable and inoffensive plot twist involving the mob, the District Attorney and New York’s finest.

Carrell’s quirky deadpan delivery is on full display and Fey’s knack for physical comedy is simply fun to watch. There are several scenes where the two of them bring out the best in each other’s complimentary acting abilities

while adding insight to the characters they portray.

They are believable as a long married couple who find themselves in a danger-ous and implausible fraud scheme that is tense, taut, casual and loose all at the same time.

Supporting cast includes a welcome return to playing an organized crime boss by Ray Liotta and a funny and mostly shirtless Mark Wahlberg, who adds just the right amount of straight-faced comic relief that Carrell and Fey play off of effortlessly.

“Date Night” is a silly romantic comedy at heart that plays up the sub-urban angst of a couple who have been together long enough to know that they

are still in love, remain each others best friends and remain able to find the humor in every situation. Surprisingly, the obligatory-yet-inventive car chase scene doesn’t deter from that.

Go into the theater expecting to be entertained, but not challenged. Laugh freely at certain softball sexual innuen-does without the risk of being offended by them. Face only a sprinkling of noisy special effects that add to the plot, instead of being a distraction.

In other words, have fun at the movies and not leave dreading the inevitable money-grabbing sequel.

Paul Biondi can be reached at [email protected] or 1-248-322 2183.

MOVIE REVIEW

PAUL BIONDI

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ a gem of a showBy Angie M. LaiSpecial Writer

Gardeners beware. The Performance

Network in Ann Arbor is going “green” in a big way with its lat-est production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”

“Little Shop of Horrors,” the 1982 Off-Broadway musical about a man-eating plant and long a staple of high school theater programs, began life as a 1960s film, perhaps most notable for featuring a brief performance by a young Jack Nicholson.

The musical’s score was created by the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, shortly to

become the golden

duo of Walt Disney Studios, respon-sible for such hits as “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Aladdin.” The musical recently received a big-budget revival, this time on Broadway, in 2003.

The Faustian plot chronicles the adventures of a meek flower shop clerk, Seymour Krelborn (Jason Richards), who adopts an unusual specimen of plant that mysteriously appears following a total eclipse. He names it Audrey II after his co-worker and crush, the beautiful-but-self-esteem-challenged Audrey (Courtney Myers), who is in a relationship with an abusive dentist (Aaron T. Moore).

The plant’s uniqueness attracts some attention, but it doesn’t really seem to flourish until Seymour acci-dentally discovers the key –– human

blood. At first, Seymour himself pro-vides nourishment. But as Audrey II grows, it demands much more.

Jason Richards makes an enjoyable, even loveable Seymour, singing with a strong, clear tenor and giving the character a personality beyond that of the old nerd cliché. His attraction to Audrey seems genuine and heart-felt, especially in their big love duet, “Suddenly Seymour” in the second act.

Myers could have added a little more vulnerability to her portrayal of Audrey, but she delivers a fine vocal performance, especially in her wistful solo “Somewhere That’s Green.”

B.J. Love as Mr. Mushnik –– Seymour’s boss –– is grumpy but endearing, and the Greek chorus, con-sisting of three highly talented young ladies (Sharon Brooks, Sharriese Hamilton, and Diviin Huff) provide beautiful harmonies.

Arguably the hardest working actor in the cast is Aaron T. Moore, who plays not just one, but nine different characters, including the sadistic Dr. Orin Scrivello. Moore plays Scrivello with such wicked glee that, despite the character’s incredibly nasty personal-ity, he’s fun to watch.

This production’s handling of the show’s “real” star, Audrey II, showcas-es the merits of occasionally re-imag-ining shows that have been around for years. Traditionally, Audrey II has been played by a male actor with a deep bass voice, and represented onstage by a huge puppet resembling a Venus flytrap. This production takes it in a different direction, not only casting a female (Naz Edwards), but

Photo courtesy of the Performance Network

B.J. Love, Courtney Myers and Jason Richards star in the Performance Network’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”

also allowing her to physically replace the puppet plant. It all adds to the campy fun, and ultimately that’s what it’s all about.

“Little Shop of Horrors” runs though May 9. Weekly performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., with 3 p.m. matinees on April 17 and May 1.

Tickets are priced at $28 to $44 with discounts available for students, seniors, groups and those under age 16.

Tickets may be purchased by calling 663-0681, or online at www.performancenetwork.org.

Angie M. Lai can be reached at [email protected].

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Assets of Riverwalk Sheraton Hotel • Friday, April 16 - 10am • Jackson, Michigan 200 West Ganson Street, Jackson, MI

Assets of Riverwalk Sheraton Hotel in Jackson Michigan will be sold at Public Auction @ 10 AM on Fri day April 16th, 2010. This Auction was Ordered by Jackson County Treasurer and will be held at the J ackson County Fairgrounds on Friday April 16th, 2010. PREVIEW & REGISTRATION @ 9 A.M. • AUCTION STARTS @ 10 A.M. vehicles & trailers sell @ 12 noon....

ALL ITEMS WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER(S), AS ORDERED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER AND NO P RE-AUCTION SALE OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.TERMS & CONDITIONS: (YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE TERMS TO ATTEND) 1) Show Valid State Issued ID at time of Registration. 2) CASH ONLY, NO CREDIT CARDS & NO PERSONAL C HECKS. 3) CORPORATATION & BUSINEES CHECKS ONLY ACCEPTED WITH PRIOR ARRANGEMENT AND AT THE SOLE DISCR ETION OF THE TREASURER. IF ACCEPTED, YOU MUST PROVIDE A BANK LETTER OF GUARANTY. (Ask prior to auction if you do not know exactly what this means. Call with Questions.) 4) 10% Buyer’s Premium applies to all sales. 5) All items/lots must be paid prior to removal of any items/lots. 6) Upon full payment for the items you purchase, we assign a check-out pe rson to ensure you get the items you purchased. 7) Bring Trucks, Trailers, Cube Vans and appropriate hand trucks, carts & dollies to move the items you purchase. 8) ALL ITEMS SOLD “AS IS, WHERE IS” NO EXCHANGES, NO RETURNS & NO REFUNDS....

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Nawrock Estate Auction • Saturday, April 17 - Noon • Stockbridge, Michigan 13800 M-106, Stockbridge, MI

The Estate of Bethelene Nawrock will be sold at Public Auction on Saturday April 17th, 2010 at her l ovely home in Stockbridge Michigan. This exceptionally well maintained estate has a 6 acre yard with pole barn. All items in the home, garage and pole barn will be offered at auction “WITH NO RESERVES”. The highest bidder(s) will purchase the items on auct ion day. Sale ordered by Representatives of the Estate Judy Leach & Holly Grenier. All items shall b e sold “AS IS, WHERE IS” without warranties and all known material facts will be disclosed. We look forward to seeing a large number of buyer’s turn out for this very clean Estate Auction. Preview will begin at 11 AM and AUCTION START TIME IS 12 NOON. TRACTORS SELL Between 2-2:30 P.M.(EST) HIGHLIGHTS: FORD JUBILEE TRACTOR, TORO Z MASTER COMMERCIAL Zero Turn Mower “Like New” ONLY 63HRS OF USE !!!! Quality Art Deco Furniture, Shop Tools, DeVilbiss 5000W 9HP Generator, 2400PSI Power Washer (Like New), Yard & Garden Tools, Contents of Household, Decoratives, Slate Pool Table, Collectibles, etc...Don’t Miss this one...

Registration & Preview Starts: 11 A.M Auction Starts 12 Noon Terms: CASH OR GOOD CHECK WITH PROPER ID (NO Credit Cards Accepted) If you plan to buy either of the Tractor’s, Payment MUST CLEAR prior to removing them from the auction.. NO EXCEPTIONS..

Umstead Estate Auction • Saturday, April 24 - 10am • Chelsea, Michigan Chelsea Community Fairgrounds, Chelsea, MI

Estate Auction for Donald J. Umstead of Chelsea, Michigan ordered by “Sole Executor”, Annette Umstea d Riddle. The following items from the home, garage, work shop & shed will be offered at auction “WI TH NO RESERVES”. The highest bidder(s) will purchase the items on auction day. All items shall be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS” without warranties and all known material facts will be disclosed. We look forward to seeing a large number of buyer’s turn out for another very clean Estate Auction. Preview will begin at 9 AM and AUCTION START TIME IS 10 AM. This estate includes exceptionally clean “Like New” shop tools that include the following, plus many others: HIGHLIGHTS: 1995 Ford F150XLT Pick-Up Truck having Manual 4-speed with overdrive 4.9 Liter Engine, Power Windows, Power Locks, Cruise Control, Digital Stereo w/cassette, Front & Rear Fuel Tanks, Air Conditioning, Astro Cap Model CR190 0, Rubber Bed Liner & Tailgait coating, Reese Hitch Package. Mileage 105,580 Vin# FTDF15YoSLA77778. This truck was exceptionally cared for and is very clean. Don’t miss this one. 2001 Hallmark Transport Series 6’x14’ Trailer having side compressor door & double doors in back. Wh ite in color with 2” hitch. GVWR=2990 Vin#16HCB10182H091634. • Timber King 24” Woodsplitter w/1 7/8” hitch having Briggs & Strattton 8HP 4- Cycle Engine. • Dewalt Radial Arm Saw- DW708 mounted on Ridgid AC9940 Mobile Miter Saw Wheeled Works tand. • Bosch 4000 10? Table Saw on Bosch TS2000 Mobile Wheeled Stand • Sears 1/2HPBench Grinder 397 .19440 • Husky 240V 60Gal 7HP 135PSI Air Compressor • Grizzley Model G0586 8?x75? Jointer • Grizzly 1 HP Canister Dust Collect or Model G0583 • Grizzly Hanging Air Filter Model G0572 With Transmitter & Remote • DeWalt DW735 13? Heavy Duty Portable Tickness Planer • General International 5/8? Holow Chisel Mortiser • Craftsman 14? Professional Vertical Saw Model 119 .224010 • Numerous Quality Hand Tools, Sets & Specialty Tools will be offered. • Go to WWW.MERKELAU CTION.COM for numerous photos and more information. See you at the Auction!

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Two nonprofi ts merge operationsThe Ann Arbor nonprofit

organization Neighborhood Senior Services merged operations with Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County to enhance and streamline its existing programs.

The new affiliation “will strengthen the commitment and impact we all have toward helping people in the acceler-ating demographic of older adults, and the community we live in,” said Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County President Larry Voight in a news release. “We are delighted to work with a program that has such a sound and meaning-ful legacy in our community.”

Neighborhood Senior Services, established in 1975, provides support and advocacy for older adults living in their own homes with programs dedicated to injury prevention, home maintenance, medical access and companion services. As part of Catholic Social Services, NSS will work jointly with CSSW’s Older Adult Services unit, which offers a spectrum of programs support-ing local seniors.

“NSS and Catholic Social Services share similar mis-sions, visions and values and already work closely together,” says Barbara Penrod, NSS program director. “The merger

provides us with an excellent opportunity to help sustain and grow our client services in these difficult economic times and into the future.”

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County, established in 1959, helps thousands of individuals and families each year through a variety of pro-grams and services — adoption and pregnancy counseling, food assistance, homelessness prevention, domestic and child-abuse intervention and prevention, family therapy, and services designed to assist older adults, individuals with developmental disabilities and at-risk families with young

children. For more information, visit

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‘Fame’ hits Riverside’s stage April 22

Leotards, legwarmers, and bright colors reminiscent of the 1980s will be all the rage when Dynamic Stage Productions presents “Fame The Musical” April 22 through April 25 at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti.

Set in a New York perform-ing arts school, “Fame” follows the students and their sheer hard work as they search for the success that will make them “live for ever.”

“Fame” features many individuals from throughout Washtenaw County. It’s directed by Kyle Farr with musical direc-tion by Kylee Phillips and chore-ography by Craig Nichols.

Jen Schinker takes the lead role of Carmen Diaz, Gary Clayton plays Jack and Linzi Joy Bokor plays the role of Miss Sherman.

Other cast members include Caleb Kruzel

of Dexter, Abigail Hill Kennedy, John Ellett, Holly Knick, Christine Corless, Keshia Oliver, Catherine Crawford, Briana Bradley, Nick Rapson, Kasidy Shepler, Jordyn Shepler, Stefanie Shepler, Mollee Chowen, Shannon Allen, Jami Krause, Nick Stock, Jeff Foust and Tim Chanko.

“We’re really looking for-ward to these performances for ‘Fame.’ The combina-tion of the production and talent is promising to be one of the most success-ful shows we’ve had,” Kyle Farr said.

Performances start at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.

Ticket prices are $15 and can be purchased online at www.dynamicstageproduc-tions.com or at the door.

Ann Arbor SymphonyOrchestra to perform

The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Season of Celebration concludes with a splash of musical color in “Musical Portraits” 8 p.m. April 24 at the Michigan Theater.

The concert celebrates the landmark opening of the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center’s Brehm Tower, an innovative facility that expands the University of Michigan Health Center’s capacity for eye care, research and education, and diabetes research.

In addition, the winners of the Sight and Sound Competition will be announced and performed.

True to the concert’s title, the evening’s repertoire will feature a feast for the eyes and ears. Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” is an imaginary stroll through an art gallery where every picture is depicted by a unique melody.

In Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture,” the audience will hear the story of rapscallion artist Benvenuto Cellini, and Concertmaster and U of M pro-fessor of violin Aaron Berofsky will perform the Brahms “Violin Concerto.”

Patrons also will be present at the announcement of the Sight and Sound Competition winners, the world premier of an original symphonic com-position set to original video created by members of the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

The “Sight and Sound Competition” is presented by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra in connection with

the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the University of Michigan Composition Department.

U of M composition students submitted three- to four-minute orchestral scores for the compe-tition. Department Chair Evan Chambers and U of M composi-tion faculty chose three final-ists; their works were presented online to a pool of filmmakers for the final stage of the com-petition.

Filmmakers created videos to match the final composi-tions, and these works were chosen to screen at the 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival in the Michigan Theater. The award-winning film/composition will be performed live by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra at the Michigan Theater during the concert April 24.

A pre-concert lecture cover-ing the evening’s repertoire will take place from 7 to 7:30 p.m. on the main floor of the Michigan Theater. Lecturers will include concertmaster Berofsky, maestro Arie Lipsky and Ann Arbor Film Festival Executive Director Donald Harrison.

Tickets range from $6 to $49 and are available by calling 994-4801, visiting the orches-tra office at 220 E. Huron St., Suite 470, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the day of the concert. Tickets also may be purchased online at www.a2so.com. If there are any remain-ing tickets, they will be avail-able at the Michigan Theater box office starting at 6 p.m. the day of the concert.

Jen Schinker, John Ellett, Caleb Kruzel, Gary Clayton and Holly Knick will perform in “Fame The Musical,” April 22 through 25 at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti.

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LOCAL CALENDARThis Week:

Thursday, April 15■Sharon Township Planning

Commission meets 8 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the township hall.

■Women and Infant Children program meets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at the senior center.

■Manchester Cub Scout Pack 421 meets 7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Emanuel United Church of Christ.

■Manchester Boy Scout Troop 426 Coney Nights take place the third Thursday of the month from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Manchester Methodist Church Hall. Dinners feature Dearborn Sausage natural skin hot dogs, National Coney Island chili sauce and DuRussel’s fresh cut French fries

■Manchester Lamb Club meets 7:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Freedom Township Hall.

■Senior Citizen sponsored Euchre Party takes place 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month in the village room at the Manchester Village Hall. The public is welcome. For more information, call 428-8966.

Friday, April 16■Manchester Middle School

PTSA will hold its fourth Fun Night/Dance of the year. Fifth and sixth graders will have their event from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. while the seventh and eighth grade event runs from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Chaperones and helpers are needed.

■Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7 p.m. each Friday in the Emanuel United Church of Christ. It is a closed meeting for alcoholics only.

■Klager Math and Science Night will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Klager Elementary. Topics that will be covered include a money and sense show at 6:10 and 7 p.m., model rocketry, the science of cotton candy, hidden germs, and oth-ers. It will be a fun night for the family.

■The Chelsea Area Youth Players will perform “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.,” the musical. Five Manchester students have been cast. The show begins at 7 p.m. at Beach Middle School in Chelsea.

Saturday, April 17■The Chelsea Area Youth

Players will perform “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.,” the musical. Five Manchester students have been cast. The shows begin at 2 and 7 p.m. at Beach Middle School in Chelsea.

Sunday, April 18■Alcoholics Anonymous

holds its Big Book study 7 p.m. every Sunday at the Emanuel United Church of Christ. It is a closed meeting for alcoholics only.

■The Chelsea Area Youth Players will perform “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.,” the musical. Five Manchester students have been cast. The show begins at 2 p.m. at Beach Middle School in Chelsea.

Monday, April 19■Manchester Village Council

meets 7 p.m. the fi rst and third Mondays of the month in the vil-lage hall council chambers.

■Manchester Community Schools Board of Education meets 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Ackerson Building boardroom.

■The Manchester Garden Club meets the third Monday of each month. Gardeners of all skill levels are welcome. Call JoAnn Okey at 428-9667 for more information and location.

■Euchre Night takes place 7 p.m. every Monday from October through May at the American Legion Hall, 203 Adrian St. All are welcome. Call 428-8120 for information.

Tuesday, April 20■Alcoholics Anonymous

takes place 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the Manchester United Methodist Church. It is a closed meeting for alcoholics only.

■Overeaters Anonymous meets every Tuesday 7:30 p.m. in the Pleasant Lake/Manchester area. For more information or for directions, contact Liz at 1-734-665-3487, e-mail [email protected].

■A community forum on the 2010 to 2011 Manchester school district budget and the non-homestead millage renewal proposals at the Ackerson building. The forum begins at 7 p.m. in the board room.

Wednesday, April 21■The Michigan Association of

Retired School Personnel Washtenaw County Chapter will host a Theatre Organ Concert at 2 p.m. at Rupert Otto’s home in Chelsea. Admission is free, but space is limited to the fi rst 32

people reserving. Please send reservations to “WARSP organ concert,” c/o Doris Williams, 1661 Weatherstone Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 or call 1-734-995-3807. Reservations should be received by April 14.

■Manchester Kiwanis Club meets the fi rst and third Wednesdays at Dan’s River Grill. Food and fellowship begin 6 p.m., followed by the general meeting at 7 p.m. Call 428-8976 for information.

■Manchester Area Historic District Study Committee meets 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the village hall. Call 428-7400 for more informa-tion.

■Manchester Men’s Club meets 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month.

■Community Resource Center Board meets 5:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the center.

■Manchester Family Service Community Food Gatherers pro-gram meets from 1 to 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at St. Mary Parish Center kitch-en.

■Awana Clubs meet 6:30 p.m. at Community Bible Church.

■Manchester Community Brass Band meets 7:30 p.m. at the Blacksmith Shop on East Main Street. The band is open to all skill levels. For more infor-mation, call Susan Gleason at 428-7189.

COMING EVENTS:

April 23: The Manchester High School musical cast will have its opening night of “Damn Yankees” at 7 p.m. at the high school. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. Tickets are being sold at the door or can be pur-chased in advance through stu-dents during MHS lunch hours.April 24: There will be a kin-dergarten registration celebra-tion from 9 a.m. until noon at Klager Elementary. Bring com-pleted registration materials with an original birth certifi cate and residency verifi cation, such as a utility bill, to the Kindergarten Round Up. Blank registration forms will be available on site or may be picked up in advance from the Klager Elementary School offi ce.April 24: The Manchester High School musical cast will perform “Damn Yankees” at 7 p.m. at the high school. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. Tickets are being sold at the door or can be pur-chased in advance through stu-dents during MHS lunch hours.April 25: The Manchester High School musical cast will perform “Damn Yankees” at 2 p.m. at the high school. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. Tickets are being sold at the door or can be pur-chased in advance through stu-dents during MHS lunch hours.

ThursdaysThe Manchester Farmer’s

Market takes place every Thursday between May and October from 3 to 7 p.m. along Adrian St. between Main and Duncan St.

American Legion Post 117 meets 7:30 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of the month at the post, 203 Adrian St.

Bridgewater Township Board of Trustees meets 7 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of each month at the township hall.

Sharon Township Board of Trustees meets 7 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of each month at the township hall.

Manchester Township Planning Commission meets 8 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of each month at the township hall.

American Legion Post 117 Auxiliary hosts its “all-you-can-eat” taco night from 5 to 7 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the post. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children younger than 10.

Manchester Area Senior Citizens meets 9:30 a.m. the second Thursday of each month at the senior center.

Manchester Historical Society meets 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month, except July and August, at the village hall.

Sharon Township Planning Commission meets 8 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the township hall.

Women and Infant Children program meets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at the senior center.

Manchester Cub Scout Pack 421 meets 7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Emanuel United Church of Christ.

Manchester Boy Scout Troop 426 Coney Nights take place the third Thursday of the month from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Manchester Methodist Church Hall. Dinners feature Dearborn Sausage natural skin hot dogs, National Coney Island chili sauce and DuRussel’s fresh cut French fries

Manchester Lamb Club meets 7:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Freedom Township Hall.

Senior Citizen sponsored Euchre Party takes place 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month in the village room at the Manchester Village Hall. The public is welcome. For more information, call 428-8966.

FridaysAlcoholics Anonymous meets

7 p.m. each Friday in the Emanuel United Church of Christ. It is a closed meeting for alcoholics only.

SundaysAlcoholics Anonymous holds

its Big Book study 7 p.m. every Sunday at the Emanuel United Church of Christ. It is a closed meeting for alcoholics only.

American Legion breakfast takes place from 8 a.m. to noon the fi rst Sunday of each month October through June at Post 117, 203 Adrian St.

The Walker Farmer’s Market takes place every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Walker Tavern Historic Site, located at the intersection of U.S. 12 and M-50 in the Irish Hills.

MondaysManchester Village Council

meets 7 p.m. the fi rst and third Mondays of the month in the vil-lage hall council chambers.

Euchre Night takes place 7 p.m. every Monday from October through May at the American Legion Hall, 203 Adrian St. All are welcome. Call 428-8120 for information.

Masonic Lodge business meeting takes place 7:30 p.m. the fi rst Monday of the month.

Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting takes place the second Monday of the month except December at noon at Dan’s River Grill. Visit www.48158.com or call (734) 476-4565 for details.

Manchester Civic Club meets 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month September through May at Emanuel United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall. Contact 428-7705 for details.

Manchester District Library Board meets 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the vil-lage hall, 912 City Road.

Bridgewater Township Planning Commission meets 7:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the Bridgewater Township Hall.

Manchester Knights of Columbus meets 8 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the Manchester Sportsmen’s Club, 8501 Grossman Road.

Manchester Community Fair Board meets 8 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the vil-lage hall.

Manchester Community Schools Board of Education meets 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Ackerson Building boardroom.

The Manchester Garden Club meets the third Monday of each month. Gardeners of all skill lev-els are welcome. Call JoAnn Okey at 428-9667 for more information and location.

Manchester soccer board meets 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month in conference room No. 3 at the village hall. The public is welcome.

Manchester Village Parks Commission meets 7:15 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month at the village hall.

TuesdaysAlcoholics Anonymous takes

place 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the Manchester United Methodist Church. It is a closed meeting for alcoholics only.

Overeaters Anonymous meets every Tuesday 7:30 p.m. in the Pleasant Lake/

Manchester area. For more information or for directions, contact Liz at 1-734-665-3487, e-mail [email protected].

Manchester Band Boosters meets 7 p.m. the fi rst Tuesday of the month in the high school band room.

Freedom Township Planning Commission meets 7:30 p.m. the fi rst Tuesday of the month at the township hall.

Manchester Township Board meets 7:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the township hall.

Manchester Village Planning Commission meets 7:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the village hall.

Freedom Township Board meets 8 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the township hall.

Middle School PTSA meets 3:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at Manchester Middle School.

Klager Elementary School PTO meets 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Klager Elementary School cafe-teria. Call 428-8321 for more information.

WednesdaysManchester Kiwanis Club

meets the fi rst and third Wednesdays at Dan’s River Grill. Food and fellowship begin 6 p.m., followed by the general meeting at 7 p.m. Call 428-8976 for information.

Bridgewater Hamlet Farmer’s Market & Old Fashioned Arts Exchange takes place every Wednesday during the spring, summer and fall months from 4-7 p.m. in the Bridgewater Hamlet (Austin and Boettner Roads). For information on free business set-up, call Jolea Mull at 1-517-456-MULL.

Awana Clubs meet 6:30 p.m. at Community Bible Church.

Manchester Community Brass Band meets 7:30 p.m. at the Blacksmith Shop on East Main Street. The band is open to all skill levels. For more infor-mation, call Susan Gleason at 428-7189.

Veterans of Foreign Wars meets 7:30 p.m. the fi rst Wednesday of the month at the American Legion hall, 203 Adrian St.

Manchester Sportsmen’s Club meets 7 p.m. the fi rst Wednesday of the month at the clubhouse, 8501 Grossman Road.

Southwest Washtenaw Council of Governments meets 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month, except July, at rotating locations within the four-township area. Call 428-7877 for information and location.

Manchester Athletic Boosters meets 7:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month in the high school student activities room.

American Legion Post 117 Auxiliary meets 7:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the American Legion Hall, 203 Adrian St.

The Southern Michigan Street Cruisers Car Club meets 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at the community hall on Clinton-Tecumseh Road.

Manchester Area Historic District Study Committee meets 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the village hall. Call 428-7400 for more informa-tion.

Manchester Men’s Club meets 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month.

Community Resource Center Board meets 5:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the center.

Manchester Family Service Community Food Gatherers pro-gram meets from 1 to 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at St. Mary Parish Center kitch-en.

Manchester Township Fire Department Board meets 7:30 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at the township hall.

Manchester Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Emanuel United Church of Christ.

Manchester Downtown Development Authority meets every fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the village hall.

ELSEWHERE:Alzheimer’s Association care-

giver support group meets from 1 to 3 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of the month at the Crouch Senior Center, 134 W. Cortland St., in Jackson.

Washtenaw County Marine Corps League meets 7 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of the month at American Legion Post 282, 117 S. Huron St., in Ypsilanti. For information, call Tony Gillum at 1-734-834-0802 or Colette Kenville at 1-734-213-0537.

Male Caregiver Support Group for husbands, sons and partners of victims of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia, meets from 9:30 to 10 a.m. the second Thursday of the month at Westside United Methodist Church, 900 S. Seventh St., in Ann Arbor.

Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver support group meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at the Chelsea Retirement Community, Crippen Building, 805 W. Middle St.

The Chelsea Amateur Radio Club meets 7:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month at McKune Memorial Library, 221 S. Main St. in Chelsea. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, contact Bill Altenberndt at 475-7938 or [email protected].

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a 12-step program to help people with food addic-tions such as overeating, buli-mia and anorexia, meets 9 a.m. every Saturday at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. For more information, call 1-734-913-9614.

Parkinson Education and Support Group meets 1:30 p.m. the second Sunday of the month. Call 930-6335 for infor-mation.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, 2536 Packard Road, in

Ann Arbor. The meeting is free and open to anyone who is affected by multiple sclerosis. For more information, call 1-734-663-0785.

Overeaters Anonymous meets 6 p.m. every Monday at St. Joseph Parish, 3430 Dover St. in Dexter. For more informa-tion, call 995-1835.

Weight Watchers meetings take place 5:15 p.m. Mondays at the Columbia Township Hall, 8500 Jefferson Road, in Brooklyn.

Adrian-area Alzheimer’s care-giver support group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the Human Services Building in Adrian, 1040 S. Winter St.

Depression After Delivery, an ongoing support group for new mothers suffering from postpar-tum depression and anxiety, meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon the fi rst and third Tuesdays of the month at Catholic Social Services, 4925 Packard Road, in Ann Arbor. For more informa-tion, call Christina Rivest at 1-734-971-9781, ext. 321.

Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary in Whittaker hosts volunteer ori-entation at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month. Learn about volunteer opportunities, including rabbit care, feeding, health checks, construction, offi ce work, fund-raising, adop-tions and other tasks. Call 1-734-717-8545 or e-mail [email protected] to reserve space and get direc-tions. Visit www.rabbitsanctuary.org for more information.

Grandparents as Parents support and education group meets 12:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Chelsea United Methodist Church, 128 Park St. For more information, call 1-734-712-3625.

Male caregiver discussion group, for husbands, sons and partners of victims of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1505 W. Michigan Ave., in Jackson.

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Local youth farmers learn skills to lead agricultural industry

Nearly 300 young farmers from across the state attended Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) Young Farmer Leaders Conference in Grand Rapids

recently. The annual event offers MFB members ages 18 to 35 a combination of leadership development, informative workshops and idea exchanges, all with an eye toward building a strong new generation of agricultural producers to lead Michigan’s second-largest indus-try confi dently into the future.

Representing Washtenaw County Farm Bureau was John Broesamle of Saline, Brittany Fusilier of Manchester, Paige Gill of Ann Arbor, Nathan Girbach and Sarah Yuhasz of Milan, Elizabeth & Matthew Hinderer of Jackson, Mark Marion of Britton, Tammy Polzin of Stockbridge, Julie Thelen of Saline, and Theresa and Christopher Zahn of Saline.

The conference theme was about achieving goals through leadership, planning and action. The seminars and workshops at this year’s conference encouraged young farmers to plan for future goals and explore leadership and service opportunities to aid in their professional development.

Specific topics included leadership styles, generating long-term farm

plans, working with a management team, goal-setting, community involve-ment, commodity markets, and food safety. State and national-level farm bureau staff briefed attendees about leadership development opportuni-ties and the importance of grassroots involvement in the legislative process.

“Our goal was to provide our young farmers with tools to manage success-ful farms and to serve in their commu-nity,” said Lori Chamberlain, manager of the MFB Young Farmer Department. “Many of them said afterwards they found the conference motivating and educational on how they can make

a positive impact in the agriculture industry.”

Keynote speaker Trent Loos, a sixth-generation farmer, presented a thought-provoking presentation looking at how consumers receive information today about their food and how it’s produced. Citing recent examples of how myths impact the public perception of agri-culture, Loos stressed the importance of educating consumers with factual information about where food comes from. He went on to share examples of how young farmers can speak out about the agriculture industry and be leaders in their communities.

Other noteworthy speakers at this year’s conference were Jack Kelly, executive vice president of customer delivery for GreenStone Farm Credit Services, and MFB Vice President Mike Fusilier of Manchester. In addition to its educational components, the week-end conference gave younger farmers a chance to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

“We strike a balance between professional and social activities,” Chamberlain said. “We’ve found this helps us build strong relationships, throughout the industry and across the state.”

Representing Washtenaw County Farm Bureau at MFB’s 2010 Young Farmer Leaders Conference were, front row, John Broesamle (left), Tammy Polzin, Brittany Fusilier and Julie Thelen; back row, Elizabeth Hinderer (left), Theresa Zahn, Paige Gill; (back) Matthew Hinderer and Christopher Zahn.

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Survivors of WWII England tell their stories to society

Rarely do we meet individuals with memories of World War II England, but that is who the Manchester Area Historical Society members met with on

April 8 at village hall. Following a short business meet-

ing, local residents Ed and Rosemary Whelan presented a program entitled, “World War II—Childhood Memories.” They grew up in and near Birmingham, England. Birmingham was the third most heavily bombed city in England, after London and Liverpool, because it is in the center of England and is a manufacturing city.

According to the Whelans, 2000 tons of bombs were dropped on the city, destroying 13,000 houses, 302 factories, and 239 other buildings as well as kill-ing 3000 people and injuring 3700 oth-ers. World War II started in Europe on September 1, 1939.

Ed Whelan was two years old and Rosemary was born three months after the war began. Ed Whelan’s father had polio as a child and was not called up for service. Meanwhile, Rosemary Whelan’s father was called up in September 1939 and was deployed to India and Burma from 1942 until 1945.

Rosemary’s earliest memory in life is of the air raid sirens and going out-side to the shelter in the dark. It was a brick shelter roughly 10 feet by 8 feet with bunks all around. They also had a Morrison shelter in the house for her 70-year-old grandfather who could not get to the outdoor shelter fast enough. The Morrison shelter

was made of steel and was like a large table with removable metal mesh sides.

The German bombers had engines with a distinctive throbbing sound. According to the Whelans as they retold their story, they were unlike the English planes that had a steady drone, so the bombers could be heard clearly from the air raid shelters. As long as the engines could be heard, they knew they were safe. If the engines cut out, they knew it was a dive-bombing run.

Most of the air raids were conduct-ed at night. When the sirens sounded, the people would get out of bed and go outdoors to the shelter. When they came out of their shelters, they did not know if their houses would be standing or not, but they went to school and work as usual.

During the war, buildings had black drapes at each window to prevent light from escaping for fear that the lights might guide German bombers to their targets. Cars and buses had black paper over the headlights with only four slits to light up the road. It was extremely difficult and danger-ous to drive at night, and there were many car accidents that resulted in casualties.

The King’s surgeon estimated that 600 British citizens were killed each month as a result of the blackout reg-ulations. In addition to the blackout rules, road signs and railway station names were removed, making travel even more difficult.

The Whelans also recounted their

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The Washtenaw County Farm Bureau is holding a public meeting with the Washtenaw County Road Commission and the Washtenaw County Drain Commission on April 27. County residents who have con-cerns in either of these areas are invited to attend.

The meeting will take place at the Pittsfield Charter Township Administration Building at 6201 W Michigan Ave. in Saline. It begins at 7 p.m.

The meeting is an opportu-nity for county residents to ask

questions and have their voices heard with groups that are not often available. Topics that may be discussed include the state of the roads in the county and how well they are maintained, how the surface water is handled in individual neighborhoods, and other topics.

The meeting is being spon-sored by the Washtenaw County Farm Bureau County Issues Committee. For additional information, contact Luke Schaible at )734) 428-9120.

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Manchester area burglaries catch attention of WCSO


The Washtenaw County Sheriff ’s Office was distributing mass e-mails to all Manchester area alert lists recently after a burglary and attempt-ed burglary took place in local townships. The incidents resulted in Sgt. Lisa King reminding residents to call 911 if they felt something was suspicious or “just does not seem right.”

The first instance took place at approximately 9:20 a.m. on April 5 in Manchester Township when a WSCO deputy was dispatched to the 13000 block of Schleweis Road. Someone had attempted to burglarize a pole barn and the outside door frame had been damaged in the process. Nothing

was taken from the property.Later that same day in Freedom Township, a

Michigan State Police officer was dispatched to the 14000 block of Waters Road for a burglary. Entry had been gained through the front door, and several items were taken.

Neither case has any suspects at this time. Since both occurances took place during the day’s normal business hours, Sgt. King encour-aged everyone on the e-mail lists to keep a look out for suspicious vehicles or people.

The WSCO also offers services in avoiding burglaries in many cases, especially for local businesses and business owners that may want an evaluation of how safe their property is from break-ins and thefts. For more information, con-tact Deputy Jeff Saren at [email protected].

Jana Miller is the editor of the Manchester Enterprise. She can be reached at (734) 429-7380 or [email protected]. Follow the staff blog at www.wireenterprise.blogspot.com.

Deputies remind residents to call 911 for anything suspicious

POLICE BLOTTERCash stolen from wallet at Village Laundrymat

On April 10, Washtenaw County police officer Keith Dalton was dispatched to the Village Laundrymat where a Manchester resident had reported larceny. The victim said she left her wallet on a washer at the Laundrymat and went home. She realized where her wallet was after several hours and returned to find $140 missing from the wallet.

The reporting officer inter-viewed other residents in the Laundrymat and was able to review the security cameras to identify a suspect. That suspect had placed the wallet in her coat pocket, left the business, and returned the wallet to the same spot later that day.

The officer did make contact with the suspect and confirmed that it was the same person from the video cameras. The report was filed but no charges have been made.

Drunk driver in Bridgewater Township hits brick wall

A Bridgewater Township res-ident drove under the influence of alcohol and sustained a seri-ous head injury after impacting a brick wall in March.

The property owner where the brick wall stands called 911 when he noticed the crash.

Officer David Sexton report-ed to the scene and noticed a strong odor of intoxicants and asked the driver if he had been drinking. He said he had a few

beers at Bridgewater Bank and Tavern.

The officer called the Huron Valley Ambulance to tend to the driver’s head injury, so a sobriety test could not be per-formed on site.

The officer later obtained a search warrant and performed a blood draw to analyze the driver’s blood alcohol level. The driver was also operating the vehicle with a suspended license.

Domestic dispute leads to battery charges

A dispute in Manchester Village on April 5 between a long-term couple resulted in an assault charge against the suspect, as well as a charge for resisting an officer. The victims included a mother and her daughter, while the suspect was the boyfriend of the mother.

The victims had left the scene together and spoke with officer David Sexton at the Manchester Township Fire Department station parking lot. Deputy Sexton was given permission from the victim to enter the home and approach the suspect. The suspect refused the police officers entry. The police officers obtained entry by force, but no damage was done. The suspect was arrested.

Manchester resident’s car vandalized

A victim loaned their car to an acquaintance recently for a trip to Detroit. The vehicle

broke down on the way there and was towed by Manchester Towing to Ash Auto, where it was left over the weekend. Once the victim went back for the vehicle, there was noticeable damage to the car, including a flat tire on the front driver’s side, a broken mirror on the driver’s side, and a homopho-bic slur etched into the hood. The case is still open pending contact with suspects and the vehicle’s driver.

Money stolen from Wrestling Club savings drawer

There was a reported larceny at Manchester High School on April 3 when the Manchester Wrestling Club was holding a meet. The victims were in charge of fundraising efforts at the concession stand, for which the group can keep profits for the use of the club. The two organizers stated that as the drawer appears full, the club’s treasurer takes the cash and locks it in a drawer in the Food Service Director’s Office. The two victims are the only two individuals known to have keys to the drawer. One of the victims believed that as much as $1,500 to $2,000 was taken. A separate witness said that as she was working concessions, she would occasionally walk by the office door, see it open, and close it. She said this happened at least twice.

One of the organizers plans to approach the school about access to the school administra-tion’s video cameras. The case is open pending any further leads that arise.

WCSO offers boating safety courseWhether your interest is in

fishing, sailing, canoeing or waterskiing, boating safety education is essential. The Washtenaw County Sheriff ’s Office will be offering the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ‘Boat Michigan’ course.

This one day course will be held on Saturday, May 1. Another will be held on June 5. Both will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 4135 Washtenaw (LRC Building). This course is free with all materials pro-vided. Upon successful comple-tion, graduates will receive their Michigan Boating Safety Certificate. You must pre-regis-ter and can sign up by calling (734) 973-4713. Class size is lim-ited, so reserve your seat early.

‘Boat Michigan’ is a fun and comprehensive boating safety course for those ages 12 and older. Its course topics include: know your boat, before you get underway, navigating the waterways, operating your boat/PWC safely, legal require-ments, boating emergencies, and enjoying water sports with your boat.

Many insurance companies will offer discounts on boat insurance for taking and passing this course. In addi-tion, successful completion of the course, which has been approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, satisfies the prerequisite to obtain a boating safety certificate from the Michigan DNR.

Michigan legislators passed Law that went into effect in June 2000 regarding the operation of personal watercraft such as JetSki’s and WaveRunners. This law requires that anyone born after December 31, 1978 who operates a personal watercraft on Michigan waterways must possess, on the vessel, a boating safety certificate.

For more information about this course, additional dates available or other services provided by the Washtenaw County Sheriff Marine Division, call (734) 973-4713 or visit us online at www.ewasht-enaw.org<http://www.ewasht-enaw.org.

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Area Worship Directory

Come Worship With Us Emanuel United Church of Christ

3324 W. Main St.,Manchester(734) 428-8359

Sunday School 9:00am Worship Service

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Rev. Gary J. Kwiatek

Victory Baptist Church(GARBAC)

419 S. Macomb, Manchester(734) 428-7506 Fred Slagle, Pastor

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m.

(2nd & 4th Sunday each month) Wednesday Bible Study

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S T . M ARY R OMAN C ATHOLIC C HURCH 210 West Main Street in Manchester

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experiences with rationing of food. There was rationing in England just as there was in the United States, and each person had a ration book. Goods were rationed to each individual on a weekly basis.

Ed and Rosemary both remember what were called “cowboy eggs” because they came from the United States.

They were powdered eggs in a deep gold tin can with stars and stripes on the outside. The powder could be reconstituted with water.

The next meeting of the Manchester Area Historical Society will be held on Thursday, May 13, in the vil-lage room at village hall. The next program will feature the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club. It will present a program on the history of ham radio. The pub-lic is invited to attend.

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Local People for Peace to celebrate Earth Day’s 40th anniversary

This year April 22 marks the 40th anni-versary of Earth Day, the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. In honor of this historic occasion, the Manchester Area People for Peace (MAPP) is sponsoring a “40th Bearthday Party,” to be held on April 22 at 7 p.m. in the village room.

The MAPP will be showing Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff,” a 20-min-ute film dealing with overconsumption. Already a YouTube phenomenon, “The Story of Stuff” is also published in book form. The film will be followed by a dis-cussion and cake. Favors will include cloth shopping bags from the Manchester Market.

The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, was a massive success with over 20 million peo-ple taking part across the nation. Twenty years later (on Earth Day in 1990), 200 mil-lion people in 141 countries took part. In 2007, an estimated 1 billion people were out celebrating Earth Day around the world, and the Earth Day Network estimates that 1.5 billion people will be celebrating the 40th anniversary.

Earth Day was founded by Gaylord Nelson, then a United States Senator from Wisconsin. He proposed the first nationwide environmental demonstration. Earth Day 1970 achieved a rare political alignment of many different interest groups. The first Earth Day led to the cre-

ation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. Sen. Nelson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom––the high-est honor given to civilians in the United States––for his role as Earth Day founder.

The fi rst Earth Day was April 22, 1970. Forty years later, 1.5 billion people will take part.

Members of 4-H learn about food preservationBy Lisa AllmendingerHeritage Newspapers

Sophie Rose, 9, and Emma Rose, 11, both of Saline, enjoyed learning how to properly preserve freshly baked cookies at part of a new “Getting Started with Food Preservation,” a six-week class under way through the MSU Extension Service.

Amy Gilbert, 12, of Chelsea wasn’t so excited to learn how to prepare raw chicken for freezing during the first class.

For six weeks, about 25 4-H leaders and members are participat-ing in a class that covers everything from the history of preserving food to the best methods for different types, including baked goods, meat, fresh vegetables and fruits as part of a special food preserva-tion class at the 4-H Extension Office on Zeeb Road.

Joan Miller, who oversees extension education for the Washtenaw County branch of MSU Extension, shows participants how to properly wash their hands before touching food. The objec-tive is to present safe canning and freezing preservation to 4-H youth and leaders, says Elaine Feldkamp.

Participants are expected to use their new skills for personal use and share them with other 4-H club members, says Cindy Fisher.

Six classes have been planned for canning and freezing fresh food items. Each class lasts two hours.

The first class included hand-washing demonstrations, food safety and wrapping of raw chicken using butcher wrap method, freezing of freshly baked cookies, and PowerPoint presentation of basic concepts of food preservation safety.

In the second class, titled “So Easy to Preserve,” there was a DVD portion on freezing fresh fruit, hands-on freezing of strawber-ries, blueberries and grapes using dry, syrup and sugar packs.

4-H members also learned how to freeze miniature loaves of fresh bread using drugstore wrap.

In the third class, the topic was a presentation on freezing fresh vegetables.

Since the classes are taking place in the winter, in advance of this state’s prime growing season, the presenters plan to use whatever vegetables are currently available and on sale from the market –– probably broccoli, carrots or beans.

The fourth class is on hot water bath canning, using apple pieces, Feldkamp said.

Tomatoes become the star of the show in the fifth class as stu-dents use water bath canning, incorporating hands-on activities.

The last class features vegetable pressure canning, using what-ever is seasonally available and on sale.

To gage what was learned in the class, there was a quiz at the beginning of the classes that will be taken at the end to determine the extent of knowledge that was gained through the course.

In three months, there will be a follow-up evaluation e-mailed to participants to determine the extent of their usage of food preser-vation practices, Feldkamp said.

Another survey will be e-mailed in late fall to determine if par-ticipants used their new skills using garden-produced and market fresh foods.

In addition, each participant received everything they needed to give food preservation a whirl at home. Included was a cutting board and knife, both liquid and non-liquid measuring cups, as well as a measuring spoon set.

There was a colander, canning utensil set and a vegetable peeler, in addition to the DVD, “Getting Started with Food Preservation” and a notebook of handouts with recipes and informational guides.

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The annual Manchester Men’s Club Easter Egg Hunt took place April 3 with sunny weather and clear skies, missing the rain by a matter of minutes. The Manchester Men’s Club colored 2,880 eggs for the event at Carr Park, which were donated from Tom Maceri & Sons Inc. Wholesale Produce Distributors of Detroit.


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Synopsis of the Regular Meeting of the

Bridgewater Township Board of Trustees

April 1, 2010 Supervisor held a moment of silence.

Supervisor called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm.

All board members were present with attendees.

Board heard Citizen participation,. Board approved the agenda and consent agenda with changes.

Board heard treasurers report. Board heard Police Services report. Board approved monthly bills to be paid. Board discussed Fire Runs bills, and appeals.

Board granted appeal for Earl Carver, Board denied appeal for McCauley, and Doty.

Clean up day will be May 9th. Board rescinded motion for agreement with SMR from previous month noting we did not have the final copy from attorney Lucas.

Board approved minutes from March 4th, and March 22nd meeting. Board discussed current events from the media.

Board scheduled a Special Meeting for April 22, to confer with attorney Lucas over lawsuit with the County and discuss some other previous Board issues pertaining to paying bills.

Board defeated a motion not to start the meeting with a moment of silence or Silent Prayer.

Clerk and Treasure have a complaint for FDIC. Board approved holding letter until April 22 meeting. Meeting adjoined at 10:45

Cynthia J. Carver Bridgewater Township

Clerk Publish April 15, 2010

FREEDOM TOWNSHIP PLANNING

COMMISSION Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given of a Public Hearing for Freedom Township Zoning Ordinance Amendment based on new fee schedule.

The Public Hearing is for April 27, 2010 At 7:00 p.m. at the Freedom Town Hall; 11508 Pleasant Lake Road, Manchester, MI.

All persons are welcome to come.

For questions or comments please contact the Planning Commission Chairman Larry Lindemann At (734) 428-9687.

Carol Ann Huehl, Planning Commission Secretary

Publish April 15, 2010


Family helps raise funds for charities after tragedy

The 10th Anniversary Amy Fedel Memorial Benefit Concert Feb. 13 at Greenwood United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor raised $950 for two charities.

The concert is held annually in memo-ry of Amy Fedel, who was killed when a drunk driver hit her family’s van in the summer of 1998. Her surviving sister, Lisa, suffered severe closed-head injuries and suffers from epileptic seizures and migraines as a result.

Approximately 65 people attended the show, and pro-ceeds were donated to Mothers Against Drunk Drivers and the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan.

During the kid’s set, chil-dren ten and under played percussion instruments and sang along to “I Am A Pizza,” “Down By the Bay” and “I Wanna Be A Dog.” They were joined by some older kids to learn the refrain to the clos-ing song of the first set, “Keep on Trying.” The kid’s set closed with “I Think You’re Wonderful,” a song dedicated a recently deceased member of the church congregation, Loren Greenawalt. During that song, the kids went back to their seats and sang it to their parents.

Ann Arbor’s Bonfire Poets opened the show with a set that included cover songs from composers ranging from Van Morrison to The Traveling Wiburys to Stevie Wonder. This was followed by a moment of

silence in honor of Jim Story and Greenawalt, two regular participants in the Greenwood band who passed way in 2008.

Mike Fedel delivered a solo performance of “Taking Little Steps,” a song he wrote in mem-ory of Amy. Lisa joined her dad on stage for “Wonder Drug” –– a satirical song about pre-scription drug advertising that she helped write –– and then ran from the room as Mike and the band started into “That’s My Kid Up There.”

The Paul Simon song “Father and Daughter” was dedicated to Jim Story, who sang regu-larly with his daughter both at Greenwood and in various community theaters and cho-ruses. An accompanying slide show included images of Jim’s daughter as well as the daugh-ters of other band and audi-ence members.

After a few more songs, Mike Fedel brought the kids back on stage to sing along to the chorus of “Keep on Trying”, a song based on one of Amy’s self-made aphorisms. The lyrics read in part: “Keep on trying no matter what you do, keep on trying, you know it’s up to you.”

During intermission, attend-ees were able to see an exhibit of photos by Ann Arbor stu-dent Melissa Meiller.

Meiller was a childhood friend of Amy Fedel and still keeps in touch with Lisa Fedel and the rest of the family. Meiller sold some photos, and the proceeds were donated to the memorial concert fund. Lisa Fedel brought some T-shirts she designed and printed at Ann Arbor’s Neutral Zone

and sold a few, donating the proceeds to the fund.

After intermission, Lisa performed a short parody of “Stacy’s Mom.” She turned it into a song about being in love with Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter books (“Percy can’t you see, you’re not the Weasley for me. I know it might be wrong, but I’m in love with your brother Ron.”). She dressed in an outfit inspired by the Slytherin House colors and sang to a slideshow featuring Ron, Percy and a smiling Lisa. Organizers of the concert said a version of this performance will be posted on YouTube.com in the upcoming weeks.

The audience sang along with the Singalong Jukebox, a regular feature of the show since 1999. The audience voted for two favorite songs to sing along with the band. “American Pie” (the number one choice for five years running) was nudged into second place by “I’m a Believer” by a single vote.

The second set opened with a five-song set by the jazz group five miles more. They performed “Autumn Leaves,” “Take the A Train,” “Watermelon Man” and others.

Singer Patti Jarosz closed out the show with a version of “I’ll Be There,” followed by “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” and then Paul Simon’s “Gone at Last,” a gospel number that has closed nearly every show since 1999.

The event was videotaped, and photos will soon be posted at www.fedel.com/amyandlisa.

Anyone interested in making a donation can write to The Amy and Lisa Fund, P.O. Box 1874, Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1874.

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Downsizing isn’t all about stuff

As people move into their 50s and 60s, priorities change. The hours spent on home improvements and the sheer time necessary to maintain a full-sized home seem to be a little more of a bur-

den. As kids move on, there’s all that unneed-ed space.

Men and women tend to turn on the gas in the last 15 to 20 years of their working lives to make sure their retirement savings will be adequate to their needs. That’s why the idea of downsizing is a good one to start early. It’s also a good time for a financial check-up.

A financial planning professional may not be able to help you sort out what dishes and furniture to sell or give away, but he or she would make a good first stop in developing a complete downsizing strategy involving assets, investments, career and overall finan-cial lifestyle planning. With life expectancies lengthening, many people 50 to 55 years of age could conceivably be at only the midpoint of their lives.

What is the chief advantage to downsizing? Handled correctly, it can save a lot of money. Selling a larger home –– possibly one that still has a mortgage –– in favor of a smaller house or condo that’s completely paid off can save potentially tens of thousands of dollars in interest payments over time while still build-ing equity. The earlier the process starts, the better.

Here’s a checklist of considerations in downsizing your life:

•Get advice first: As mentioned, downsizing should be a holistic process, a chance for a check-up of your overall finances while iden-tifying things, expenses and habits in your life that you can jettison. A financial planning professional can give you a push by asking important questions that will get you to a better place financially. It’s helpful to set up a plan to extinguish debt in all of its forms and move on to a check-up of savings, investments and estate matters.

•Downsize potential health issues: No mat-ter what the final effect of health reform on pocketbook issues, your out-of-pocket and premium-based health costs over time will be cheaper if you take steps to better maintain your health. Make weight and other personal health maintenance issues a new priority as you move into your pre-retirement years.

•Plan for a retire-career: You might be working for a company or organization that has a mandatory retirement age or you have a year in mind when it might finally be time to pack up and go. And there’s nothing wrong with a retirement devoted to travel and lei-sure activities. But if you think you won’t be able to afford to quit working completely or if doing nothing will eventually drive you nuts, consider getting some career counsel-ing, personality testing and do some research now that will help you train for a new full- or part-time career for after you retire from your

present job.•Start thinking about real estate and new

places to live: Today’s retirees don’t necessar-ily have to move to predictable retirement des-tinations. Telecommuting allows many people to continue working lives and education from anywhere. For many people, the magic com-bination might involve cheaper real estate, desired weather and activities, travel options and access to good doctors and quality health-care facilities. Decide what kind of home you could see yourself living comfortably in at age 70 or 80.

This combination of factors might hap-pen in a surprisingly large number of places based on individual preference. To get you thinking and hone your expectations, start with resources like U.S. News & World Report’s online “Best Places to Retire” selec-tion tools.

•Talk to your family: It’s really important to discuss not only your expectations for later in life with your family members, but it’s important to get their feedback on what they consider good ideas for you. There may come a day when you need to rely on others for help, and it would be a good idea to identify how realistic that is. Also, if you’re talking about downsizing certain assets or property that might have been in your family a long time, it’s important to discuss that with others who might be affected by that decision.

•Start weeding: Physical downsizing isn’t something that’s done in a month. Give your-self a year to go through each room in your home and prioritize what you’re really going to need if you move to a smaller place. Make a list of what you hope to give to friends and family members and what you’ll donate or trash. Time will give you more opportuni-ties to put good, usable items in the hands of people who could really use them.

Develop a recordkeeping system that fits you so you won’t forget any decisions you’ve made along the way. Also, you might want to set up a separate area for family photos and other keepsakes that have high emotional value and set up a hopefully egalitarian sys-tem for who will get what either when you move or when you die.

•Don’t start upsizing later: When you do move, chances are you will need to invest in some new household items or possibly furniture to match new surroundings. Try to avoid going overboard with this –– that’s why thoughtful downsizing should prevent a lot of spending for stuff you’ve already chucked. Oh, and make a permanent life decision, if possible, not to start re-using credit cards or mortgage debt if you can possibly avoid it in your later years.

This article is provided by Yeo & Yeo, certi-fi ed public accounts and business consultants. For more information, contact Alan Lapczynski, CPA, at Yeo & Yeo’s Ann Arbor offi ce, 769-1331.

4-H group announces Junior Master Gardener programBy Lisa AllmendingerHeritage Newspapers

Youth 4-H members have a chance to learn about garden-ing through a Junior Master Gardener Program for children ages 9 through 11.

Washtenaw County MSU Extension is hosting a hands-on Junior Master Gardener Program. Participants will explore various gardening top-ics and plant a large garden.

Classes begin May 6 and last through June. They will be

held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor.

Although classes end in June, garden maintenance and community volunteer activities continue through the summer. They include a summer harvest Salad Party in June and a Fall Harvest Party in September.

Cost for the program is $40 per person and includes a copy of the Junior Master Gardener reference book and materials for all class projects.

Applications and an infor-mational flier are available at the Washtenaw County MSU Extension Office located at 705 N. Zeeb Road or at http://extension.ewashtenaw.org by clicking on “4-H Youth Development” and then “4-H Junior Master Gardener.”

Applications with payment are due 5 p.m. April 26.

For more information, contact Cindy Fischer at [email protected] or by calling 222-3948.

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Area doctor pens book on county bike routes in areaBy Steven HowardHeritage Newspapers

Long before he wrote the book on bike routes

in Washtenaw County, Joel Howell was an authority on the subject.

While developing his career within both the medical school and history department at the University of Michigan, Howell said he spent much of his free time road biking in the area.

Now 56, Howell said friends and colleagues have often solicited advice from him over the past 25 years on the best places to ride, knowing he had accumulated a wealth of knowledge on the subject.

It was in these solicitations, Howell said, that he got the idea to write “Washtenaw County Bike Rides.”

“People would get sent to me and ask me where to ride,” he said, prompting him to ques-tion: “Why not just turn it into a book?”

After getting approval from the University of Michigan Press, Howell said he began composing the book.

Though Howell said the writing of the book was “something I did in my spare time,” he said the text came together rather quickly because all of the research was already in his head.

“The core of the book, I already knew,” he said.

Containing 10 primary routes, as well as alter-native side trips, the rides in the book cover a wide area.

Many parts of Ann Arbor are covered, with trips north along Dixboro Road and west via Huron River Drive.

Longer rides extend out to Chelsea and Manchester, even reaching East Lansing on one particular jaunt.

Those willing can even follow maps straight to Hell. Hell, Mich., of course.

The route maps connect one-to-another, so as to provide clear paths to cover large geographic areas.

Though riding a bike on any public roadway can be risky, Howell said the routes he has put in the book can be ridden safely with a little bit of personal caution and awareness.

“They’re all my favorite rides,” he said. “Every one of them I’ve ridden dozens and dozens of times.”

The book includes fact boxes containing tips on how to avoid some of the most common road hazards, such as discourteous drivers and rogue animals.

“I’ve never been hit by a car,” Howell said. “Flat tires –– sure I’ve had them. You want to be able to deal with a flat.”

Howell said it’s most important to realize that, as a cyclist, even though you may have the right of way, cars do not always do what you expect them to do.

“Bikes are soft, cars are hard,” he said.Howell said he wrote the book to inspire a new

generation of riders because he felt he should return the favor to those who inspired him.

“In part, it’s trying to pay back all the people who taught me how to ride,” he said.

However, being a physician, Howell said he also hopes the book will help people to generally live a more active lifestyle through cycling.

“The biggest thing I would say is exercise is the key to almost everything,” he said. “It’s good not just for your physical health, but your mental health, as well.”

Howell said all profits from his book will go toward the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society safety fund.

The book costs $12.95 and is available in area bookstores.

Steven Howard can be reached at 429-7380 or [email protected].

Joel Howell said he also hopes the book will help peo-ple to generally live a more

active lifestyle through cycling.

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Three years ago, prep sports in Michigan as many knew it were changed forever.

When the Michigan High School Athletic Association was forced to make changes to its sports schedule, many coaches across the state, including some in the Heritage Newspapers West Region, were against the switch. Thirty-six months later, players and coaches have become more adjusted to the state’s new mandated setup.

This month marks the three-year anniversary of the MHSAA losing the case brought against it by Communities for Equity, prompting several sports to change seasons effective the 2007-08 school year. While many at the time were against the change and faced various chal-lenges, teams throughout the state eventually settled in. This year’s senior class is the last to have played under the old for-mat, as the switch was mandated during their freshmen year.

“We really don’t have much of a choice, and it is what it is,” Manchester varsity girls basket-ball coach Cori Kastel said. “I’m

going to coach no matter what, though I still prefer playing in the fall and don’t see many of the advantages of the switch. It’s not as big of an issue now, and before we know it we’ll have girls that won’t know anything else except playing in the win-ter.”

Grand Rapids-based Communities for Equity sued the MHSAA in 1998, claiming that association discriminated against girls by having girls bas-ketball as a fall sport and volley-ball as a winter sport. Michigan was the only state following that format, as the schedules were reversed at the college level nationally and in the other 49 states at the prep level.

As a result of the lawsuit, eight sports were forced to switch seasons for 2007-08. Girls basketball moved from the fall to winter, while volleyball went from winter to fall. Lower Peninsula boys golf and girls tennis went from fall to spring and Lower Peninsula girls golf and boys tennis switched from spring to fall. Upper Peninsula boys soccer (fall to spring) and U.P. girls soccer (spring to fall)

By Ed PatinoHeritage Newspapers

For most of the past decade, the Manchester varsity boys golf team has been among the elite programs in the area.

Since 2002, the Flying Dutchmen have advanced to the state tournament four times and have captured their share of Cascades Conference championships, the most recent coming in back-to-back seasons in 2006 and 2008 (there was no boys golf played in the 2007 calendar year due to the Michigan High School Athletic Association schedule change).

As a new season kicks off this week, the Dutchmen expect to be right back in the hunt again.

A strong nucleus of return-ing letter winners and renewed

motivation are two of the main reasons why Manchester’s expectations are high for 2010.

“We’re looking forward to finishing near the top of the Cascades and challenging for it again,” Manchester coach John Wilkins said. “We feel that we should be in the hunt and have a good chance if we keep working at it to advance out of districts again.”

The Dutchmen were in the race for a third straight Cascades title last year, despite the league featuring three other teams ranked in the top 10 in the state polls (Hanover-Horton, Napoleon and Vandercook Lake), but eventually finished fourth over-all. After advancing past the district round, the Dutchmen finished the season by placing 11th at the Division 3 regional tournament.

Manchester qualified for the state tournament in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008, while not getting past the regional round in 2003 and 2005. The Dutchmen are hoping that the trend of strong

play in even-numbered years continues.

Leading the charge for the Dutchmen once again will be Nik Stetler, who will play as the team’s No. 1 flight. The junior is a two-time All-Cascades Conference First Team selection and finished third in the league individually behind Addison’s Jon Binns and Napoleon’s Alex LaSerra a year ago. Stetler was named the Dutchmen’s Most Valuable Player last season and shot a school record 2-under-par 66 in helping Manchester take first at the Stockbridge Invitational.

“Nik is going to shoot low scores every time out,” Wilkins said. “He’s very consistent and gives us a good place to start.”

Five returning letter winners give the Dutchmen plenty of options to compliment Stetler from the No. 2 through No. 6 spots. Senior Trevor Smith and junior Alex Wallace are two-time letter winners with varsi-ty experience, while junior Ben Daubner returns after earning

Memories of the spring

Alright, I must admit it. I’ve always had a soft spot for cover-ing spring sports.

I guess that comes from experience, as I’ve covered prep baseball, softball and track more than the other sports. When I was in college, my internships always started in April, right as the spring cam-paign was getting going. But it’s also the atmosphere of the spring, the sense of renewal, rebirth, warmer temperatures and the last hurrah before the summer. It also helps that we have some pretty good teams in the region to follow.

Getting out to Belleville for Monday’s baseball game and Manchester’s baseball and softball games this week has me ready for another thrilling spring. It also got me thinking about some of the best stories I’ve covered on the diamonds and ovals in my career.

There are many good ones, provided by the Manchester sports teams and those from my previous job in Lenawee County. It’s hard to narrow them down, but here are five memorable teams and events that stick out.

The 2004 Division 3 baseball district tournament

This was my first encounter with Manchester sports, as the Dutchmen captured the district at Onsted. After rolling to an 8-2 victory over favored Hudson in the semifinal, the Dutchmen appeared in control in the finals with a 4-0 lead over the host Wildcats. Entering the bottom of the seventh, Onsted fought back to within 4-3 and had the bases loaded, but Jon Schaible recorded a strikeout to end the threat, allowing Manchester to advance to the regional tourna-ment.

The 2005 baseball and softball playoffs

I was covering Sand Creek for The Daily Telegram at the time, and both the baseball and softball teams ended the season with marathon games. In the district softball tournament, the Aggies rallied past Lenawee Christian in the seventh inning for a 2-1 win. The district final was a Tri-County Conference battle against Summerfield that went scoreless into the 11th inning. Summerfield finally broke the ice with two runs in the top of the 11th, then retired the Aggies in the bottom half for the win.

A week later, Sand Creek’s baseball team traveled to Centreville for the regional tournament. Facing the hosts in the semis, the game went to 10 innings and lasted nearly seven hours due to a pair of rain delays. It was Centreville finally pulling out a 2-1 victory.

The 2007 Manchester track teams

It was my first year in Manchester and a chance to witness a rare double-feat. Both the varsity boys and girls track teams captured the Cascades Conference title in the same season.

The boys team was lead by a deep core including Zach Greca, Greg Schaible, Andrew Tindall and Jake LaCross and stormed to its seconds straight Cascades title. The girls’ accomplishment was just as big, as they went

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Grant Jobkar slides home during Manchester varsity baseball game last year. The 2009 MHS graduate is currently a freshman on the Calvin College baseball team.

Jobkar helps Calvin to split with Albion By Ed PatinoHeritage Newspapers

After taking a pair of losses the day before, Grant Jobkar and the Calvin College base-ball team fought back to earn a season-series split with the Albion College in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association doubleheader April 10.

Jobkar, a 2009 graduate of Manchester High School, had a hit and run in the opening game of the twinbill, helping the Knights to an 8-3 victory over the Britons. Calvin com-pleted the sweep with a 4-1 victory over Albion at Frank Joranko Field.

The Britons posted 5-1 and 12-8 victories over Calvin in the opening two games of the series the day before in Grand Rapids.

For the weekend, Jobkar went 1-for-3 as a pinch hitter, with his hit and run coming in the sixth inning of Calvin’s victory in the third game of the set.

In limited at bats, Jobkar is hitting .333 for the Knights in his freshman season.

Jobkar was a standout on the Manchester varsity baseball team. As a senior last year, Jobkar earned All-Cascades Conference honor-able mention and helped the

Flying Dutchmen to a school-record tying 22 victories and second place finish in the league.

Batting from the leadoff spot, Jobkar hit .389 for Manchester and led the team with 46 runs scored. He had 42 hits, including 10 doubles, and 24 RBIs. In the outfield, Jobkar recorded 30 putouts.

Jobkar was also honored for academics last year, earning Scholar Athlete recognition from the Cascades Conference. He his planning to major in engineering at Calvin.

Staff Writer Ed Patino can be reached at 428-8173 or [email protected].

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Most hunters understand how Michigan’s boun-tiful public lands play a big role in

the state’s outdoor recreation heritage. But there’s another animal-related sport in which Michigan’s public lands play a surprisingly large role: field trials.

For the uninitiated, field trialing is a sport of bird dogs. Sporting dog enthusiasts run their animals over a course - sometimes planted with pen-raised birds, sometimes not - and the canines are judged on their hunting ability. Trials are held for both pointing and flushing breeds.

Michigan’s state lands are big players in field trialing, hosting everything from small-club fun trials to national championship events.

The American Brittany Club, for instance, holds its annual championship event at the Department of Natural Resources and Environment’s Ionia State Recreation Area every fall.

“We love it here,” said Brian Hendrickson, of Gallipolis, Ohio, the field trail committee chairman of the American Brittany Club, “It is the pre-mier gun-dog field trial area in the country. Everybody comes here from all over the country to run their dogs because it’s just beautiful

- perfect for running dogs.”Ionia, with three field trial

courses spread over 2,800 acres, is one of two state rec-reation areas where field trial-ing is authorized in statute. The Highland Recreation also sports three courses, but on just 970 acres.

Three state game areas - Allegan, Sharonville and Lapeer - also host some field trial events.

In addition grouse trials - including national champion-ship events -- are held on state forest land in Gladwin County. The trials there are held on

18 courses along foot paths through the woods designed for dogs to run a half hour in pursuit of native birds (though occasionally a bird may be planted if bird numbers are low and judges don’t think the dog had a fair chance).

That’s the word from Wayne Warners of Grand Rapids, who schedules all the field trial events.

A General Motors retiree and member of Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ field trial grounds committee, Warners has been schedul-ing events for field trial clubs since the late 1970s. Warners, a volunteer, makes sure the 130 events held over 260 days in the course of the year don’t interfere with each other. He sends out applications to every club or organization that held events the previous years and gives them first crack at their preferred dates. New clubs have to scramble for leftovers.

Warners is by no means the only volunteer involved.

Chuck Langstaff of Lansing, chairman of the Ionia Field Trail Grounds Committee, says he spends a lot of time at the facility.

“If you ask my wife, she’d tell you I live up here,” he said.

The Ionia crew is currently involved in building new fences - paid for by the trialing organizations -- around the entire perimeter of the field trial grounds.

“We don’t want the dogs getting out in the roads or off on other people’s property,” Langstaff said.

That’s just part of what vol-unteers do.

“We maintain the course. We take care of mowing the hay fields, volunteers,” Langstaff said.

The DNRE collects permit and use fees from field trial organizations for use of the state property.

“They do not have exclusive use of the areas,” explained Harold Herta with the DNRE’s

Parks and Recreation Division. “They work it out so we meet stewardship goals as well as field-trial goals. We decided early on that the areas would be managed for the benefit of field trialing, but not to the detriment of stewardship goals. It’s a balancing act.”

It’s a delicate one at times. Recently, the Natural Resources Commission had to approve new rules for the Ionia field trial area to pre-vent people from hunting for planted birds on the days that trials are held.

Hunters can hunt elsewhere on the property - or even on the trail grounds - but not for quail.

The Ionia State Recreation Area is the crown jewel of the state’s field trial grounds.

“It’s a fantastic gun dog course,” said Ken Chenowith, a dog food salesman from Springfield, Mo., and a judge at a recent national event. “I think it’s the best gun dog course in the country.”

Ed Jinulis, of Manhattan, Ill. says he’s been to Ionia “about 100 times.”

“The first dog I ever placed in a trial, I placed a puppy here,” he said. “It’s a premier facility - good terrain, it’s groomed well, good clubhouse, good facilities for dogs and horses. When there’s a choice to go to another field trial area or here, I don’t think I’ve ever chosen to go somewhere else.”

Field trial events vary with the breed of dog being cam-paigned. The bulk of them simply run dogs, then flush the birds and fire off a blank to see if the dog remains steady to wing and shot. Dogs are judged not only on that and their finds, but how they run and handle the course.

“The European breeds (German shorthairs, German wirehairs, vizslas and

weimaramers) have ‘call backs,’ “ Warners explained. “There the best four best dogs will be called back to find a

bird that is planted and the bird is shot and the dog is expected to retrieve.”

Making field trials work on grounds that are also used by hunters, hikers, berry pickers - all sorts of folks enjoying recreational pastimes - takes a lot of effort on the part of both field trialers and DNRE personnel.

“As far as cooperation with the state and public, this is one of the best working groups there is,” said Terry Trzcinski, a field representative for Purina who was at Ionia for a recent ABC championship. “You guys are doing a great job here. It should be like this in more states.”

Added Langstaff: “I enjoy working with the folks from the department. They’re good to work with.”

Michigan’s public lands are prime trial courses

Why hunt? I spent the first 24 years

of my life asking that very question. I grew up in a fam-ily where nobody hunted, although we enjoyed fish-ing every now and then. Our family didn’t believe in guns and we cer-tainly didn’t shoot defenseless ani-mals. How many of you can relate to this way of think-ing?

I remember watching Bambi as a little boy and wondering how that mean hunter could shoot Bambi’s dad?

There are many other movies that depict hunt-ers in this light including – “Star Man,” “Powder,” “My Cousin Vinnie,” “The Deer Hunter,” “Deliverance” and on and on. I honestly can’t think of one single movie that accu-rately depicts a responsible hunter in our society today. If this doesn’t bother you, then perhaps it should. The only movie that comes even remotely close to accurately representing hunters is “A River Runs Through It.”

The movie had nothing to do with hunting, but a lot to do with an appreciation for wildlife and the art of fly-fish-ing. Well, don’t forget the back story of a troubled fam-ily. Either way, it’s my favorite movie of all time and I highly recommend it to everyone.

There’s a visceral divide among anti-hunters and hunt-ers alike. Some refuse to give an inch and both usually point the finger at each other as the ignorant party. I hope toler-ance will prevail someday and both parties can agree to disagree.

After all, it’s difficult to actively listen to someone

with a different point of view when they’re screaming in your face.

I used to jump deer quite often on the way to one of my favorite fly-fishing holes while attending Northern Michigan University. I came home from fishing one afternoon and my roommates were cooking din-ner. In a nutshell, I had asked what was for dinner. Little did I know this day would change my life and outlook on hunting forever. One of my roommates said venison was our

table fare. I didn’t even know venison was deer meat.

Let’s just say that I was shocked at how delicious veni-son was even if I had to force it down my throat at first.

I can go back in time and vividly remember my dad and I saving a raccoon after we watched it get run over by a car. This was in the late 1970s and I was around 10-years-old. I was crying and my dad put the near dead raccoon in the car and we drove it home. We found a box for it and took turns feeding it for a few weeks.

We finally let that raccoon go as its health returned, but it carried a limp as a reminder from the accident.

Every now and then we’d see that raccoon walking through the woods in our backyard. It was awesome to know we played an active role in saving that animal.

I tell you this story because you must know I don’t take hunting lightly. I know I’m taking the life of a beautiful wild animal. But, I also know that I won’t hide behind a gro-cery store receipt where I’ve

hired someone to do the kill-ing for me.

How can it be that a cow has less value than a deer, bear or other wild animal? How can it be that the public turns a blind eye at how chickens and turkeys are raised in the con-dition they’re in? Have you ever seen those chicken and turkey farms? Quite frankly, I feel lucky that I’m eating healthier than most people.

Talk about organic food. Trust me when I tell you that hunters have been eating organic for quite a long time, long before it became trendy.

I’m not trying to convert anyone into hunting. But, understand that hunting dol-lars raised through licensing saves forests, wildlife habitat and animal populations.

I brought up Bambi earlier to make an important point

regarding true wildlife behav-ior. I find it endearing that we, as a people, look at wildlife with such beauty. However, wildlife is far more brutal than the animated movies we’ve seen as children.

Most people look at Hippos as one of the cutest animals in the world. There’s even a Christmas song that says, “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas…”

This sounds cute doesn’t it? The reality is Hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal on that con-tinent. Go ahead and read that line again if you have a hard time believing it -- it’s true.

Ever wonder why a mother bear is so protective of her cubs? It’s because the adult male bear knows she’ll go into heat again if he kills the cubs and eats them. He also knows

if he kills the male cub there will be less competition later in life.

Coyotes, lions, tigers, chee-tahs, hyenas and wolves will work together to kill animals of all sizes. Furthermore, they’ll begin to feed on their prey before they’re even dead. They’ll typically start feed-ing on the hindquarters first, furthest away from the heart. You get the idea. I could go on for hours, but I hope you get the point that wild animals practice survival of the fittest every single day.

Disease and starvation kill far more animals than hunters do -- it’s just the way it is in the wild.

I didn’t know who Fred Bear was until I began hunt-ing. Fred Bear was arguably the most famous archer of all time. Fred was an inven-tor, wildlife conservationist and also a hunter. He knew that a properly placed arrow would kill a deer within mere seconds. Have you ever cut yourself and not realize it? A razor sharp arrow does the same thing. Trust me, I’ve cut my fingers too many times.

There’s a medical term called “Cardio-thoracic shock.” Your heart and lungs work in a vacuum. It’s similar to siphoning gas.

The hose will carry fluids, but will stop working when air is added to the hose. Well, the same can be said for the heart and lungs. An arrow (or bullet) will stop the efficient flow of blood and the animal passes out and dies as a result. Fred Bear knew this and has always maintained, “The death I bestow upon an animal is far kinder than what nature had intended for it.”

It’s a powerful and accurate statement. So much so that it gives me comfort when I choose to hunt.

So, why do I hunt? I hunt for many reasons.

One of those reasons is because it’s in my DNA to do so. There’s a primal part of my past that comes alive when I’m out there in the wild. We all have respect for Native-Americans who hunt, as we should. But why do they get a free pass from society, but I don’t? Makes you think, doesn’t it?

My primal reason doesn’t carry weight with some people, trust me, I know. But, there’s another part of us that’s primal. Any guesses as to what that is? That’s right, it’s sexual reproduction. Talk about primal. Think about the actual act and how you felt or how your partner felt. Imagine not practicing nature’s way of reproduction, but rather using test tubes and a Petri dish. You can still make a baby this way, but it’s not quite the same is it? My point is simple -- you shouldn’t be made to feel guilty for your primal feelings. Trust me, it’s worked well for our species for years and years.

Hunting also provides the means for a healthy diet. Of course, you need to eat your vegetables, too.

I respect those who have dif-fering views than mine when it comes to hunting. I hope you can respect my views, as well.

The spring turkey season is coming up in the next two weeks.

If you like the taste of a store bought turkey, then you might just love the taste of a wild turkey, as well. But, whether you like store bought turkeys, wild turkeys or even soy turkey sandwiches, I hope you get out there and enjoy the wild. It’s a beautiful place to be.

Your story ideas and com-ments are warmly welcomed. Please e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at (734) 223-5656.

Columnist explains the thrill of the hunt

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RICKTAYLOR

As a college student at Northern Michigan University, columnist Rick Taylor kneels next to the fi rst deer he ever harvested.

Handlers prepare to release a brace of dogs at the Ionia State Recreation Area.

Jim Carter’s dog won the American Brittany Club’s National Gun Dog Championship at the Ionia State Recreation Area last fall.

By Terry JacobyHeritage Newspapers

Howard Booth, a Chelsea resident and a regular at the Chelsea Wellness

Center, is an avid masters track and field athlete. Avid – and exceptional.

Booth returned from Kamloops, British Columbia last month where he competed in the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championship. The 66-year-old athlete returned with a gold medal in the pole vault and a fifth-place finish in the long jump in the male 65-69 age group.

“With a bar-rattling vault of 3.05 meters (10 feet), I edged out a former top Olympian (1972), Hans Langerqvist from Sweden to earn the gold medal,” said a proud Booth.

Robert Garnier from France was third.“This was a fantastic ending to a very traumatic start of the week,” Booth said. “My wife and I flew into Seattle to discover all three of my vaulting poles were broken in transit. In Kamloops, the only option was to rent an unfamiliar pole that didn’t match either length or weight. With a day’s practice this worked well enough that in competition, to quote my wife, ‘the jumps were not pretty but gritty.’ Still the bar stayed up at the key times.”

The previous day, Booth’s jump of 14-feet, 4-inches moved him from seventh in the preliminary rounds up to fifth in the finals against a dozen competitors from Russia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the USA.Nearly 2,000 athletes represent-ing 60 countries converged on this scenic oasis community of 70,000, tucked between two moun-tain ranges about 200 miles west of Vancouver. The athletes com-peted in the entire range of track and field events at Thompson River University during the first week of March.

Booth grew up in Mio where, according to him, he picked pole vaulting and long jumping because, “I wasn’t quite fast enough to be a top three sprinter and only a couple of us wanted to work hard enough to learn the

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Before beginning what can be considered real training for this 5K, I started walking. Given my schedule and previous lack of exercise, my first reasonably attainable goal was to walk three times a week.

According to those who give advice about goal setting, I should have been specific regarding time or distance, but I wasn’t mentally at that point yet.

I am happy to report that for the month of March, I did walk three times a week. Some days I only squeezed in 20 minutes, but some days I managed up to an hour.

After the first few longer walk-ing sessions, I noticed some linger-ing discomfort on the side of my left foot, and mentioned it to my family at dinner. “I know what you need, mommy,” said my energetic 9-year-old, Katie Rae. “You need new shoes. Then you’ll be able to run really fast – like me!”

I had my doubts that new shoes would make this non-runner run fast. And I would need a jet pack to keep up with Katie Rae. But it had been over five years since my last new pair of athletic shoes, so why not give it a try?

Running Fit employee Chelsea Earls measured my feet and checked my arches, looked at my old shoes for signs of uneven

wear, and watched me walk and run. She suggested New Balance shoes in a size larger than I usu-ally wear. They were lightweight and felt good. (Megan, 5, liked that they were trimmed in pink.)

Since getting my running shoes, I haven’t experienced any foot discomfort. They feel so good that I can go farther without expe-riencing heaviness in my feet or fatigue in my legs.

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pole vault.”It turned out to be a great deci-

sion. Booth finished with school and league records and placed fourth in the state meet.

He went to Eastern Michigan University where he was recruit-ed for the gymnastics team.

“As team captain and a regular in still rings, parallel bars, floor exercise and vaulting, I had a pri-mary commitment to that sport. So with the seasons overlapping, I only pole vaulted for EMU two outdoor seasons,” Booth said. “My highlight was earning a third-place finish in the PAC Conference my junior year with a 12-6 vault.”

During graduate school (MS at EMU and Ph.D at MSU), Booth got interested in distance run-ning and local 5K and 10K races. He also stayed fit with regular

workouts in the gym for upper body conditioning.

“About six years ago I was encouraged by one of my gym-nastics teammates to look into competing in the Michigan Senior Olympics,” he said. “I signed up for the 5K run, bench press, and was looking for a third event (three for the same price) and checked out the pole vault heights for 60 year olds. I thought I could possibly do that.”

To see if he “could do that,” Booth didn’t exactly work out at an Olympic training facility.

“I tried it out in my back-yard with a freshly cut maple sapling and had some success so I bought a fiberglass pole and started working at it,” he said. “I had used only stiff aluminum or steel poles before so it took a while to learn how to bend and

Crystal Hayduk is writing a series of columns as she pre-pares to participate in the Heart and Sole 5K, May 15.

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use the spring of the fiberglass. In fact, I’m still working on the fine points of that.”

Booth set a new age group state record in his first meet and was hooked.

He has since set new age group state records in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and last sum-mer won the National Senior Olympics gold medal at Stanford University. He also added a silver medal for the Team Michigan 4x100 meter relay and a bronze for the long jump.

Last year, he won silver med-als in both pole vault and long jump in the National USATF Indoor Masters Championships in Washington, D.C. At the out-door National USATF Masters Championships, he took the sil-ver in pole vault and was fifth in the 100-meter sprint and a top 10 national ranking in the 200-meter race.

Practicing the pole vault isn’t an easy thing to do. It’s not like training for a marathon where you just go out and run. You need certain items, including a pole and a vault.

“I inherited a set of old and discarded pole vault pads from EMU three years ago,” he said. “With the help of several EMU vaulters, we built a runway in the valley behind our house so we masters as well as a number of younger vaulters could workout during the summer.

Booth has been a professor in the Biology Department at EMU for 43 years, teaching and doing research in the areas of human physiology, animal physiology, zoology and quality science teaching. Booth and his wife, Lu, enjoy hiking, running, snow shoeing and cross country sking the trails of the Pinckney Recreation Area.

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a varsity letter last year.“We have more depth than

we’ve had in the past, and now we can get more out of our Nos. 5 and 6 scores,” Wilkins said. “It’s a matter of getting the consistency to have three other scores to go

with Nik’s. All of the guys are capable of shooting in the low 40’s.”

Two sophomores and a fresh-man will compete for varsity playing time. Eric Lobbestael and Austin Hamilton return after earning letters as freshmen. Newcomer Scott Wagner joins the Dutchmen this year and adds to their depth.

Compared to years past, Wilkins believes his team is farther ahead thanks to favor-able weather, which has allowed the Dutchmen to hold outdoor practices.

“The spring has cooperated and we’ve been outside more this year than the last two years com-bined,” Wilkins said. “We’re hop-ing for a strong start this week.”

were the other changes.While most of the wrinkles

have been worked out over the past three years, some programs are still getting adjusted. According to Kastel, practice times and routines are sometimes an issue as girls basketball competes for gym time with boys basketball, wrestling and competitive cheerleading.

“Practice is still not very favor-able for us,” Kastel said. “There are still some 6 a.m. practices, sometimes on the mornings after a game, which is very tough on the players and coaches. When the boys have triple headers, we’re forced into the morning prac-tices.”

Other issues facing girls basket-ball teams were summer workout plans and scheduling conflicts. According to Kastel, girls would have summer workouts for bas-

ketball, then have to wait three months before the start of tryouts. This year, Manchester lost a game late in the season due to snow, and there was no time to make it up. Kastel did say that this year was easier than in past seasons with scheduling games.

“This year we had more consis-tency with the days we played and had more equal Friday dates,” she said. “We’ve been able to sit down with the other coaches and work out practice schedules, and I think it’s nice that we start a week before the boys.”

Volleyball coaches and play-ers have had easier adjustments switching to the fall season. Participation numbers were not affected by the change, and some coaches feel the new format pro-vided more advantages than nega-tives, especially when it came to conditioning over the summer.

“I don’t think its been a prob-lem, and if anything its benefitted our sport,” Manchester junior

varsity volleyball coach Jennifer Caszatt said. “We can have sum-mer practices and open gyms, then immediately proceed into our sport. We were never able to have summer volleyball practices before.”

Having the gym to themselves in the fall, practices were also a non-issue for volleyball teams. Travel to weekend tournaments were also not a problem in the fall, even with some district facing loss of bus services.

“We have to provide our own transportation for weekend tour-naments, and it’s a safer thing that kids don’t have to drive in the snow.”

This year, the Manchester vol-leyball teams played the majority of their matches on Tuesdays instead of Thursday, eliminated the competition with junior var-sity football.

Staff Writer Ed Patino can be reached at 428-8173 or [email protected].

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from one win the season before to sharing the league crown with East Jackson.

Rewriting the history booksSometimes a truly special

team will come about, but rarely do you get two in the same year. Yet in 2005, fans got it with the Homer and Ann Arbor Pioneer baseball teams. Both went undefeated in the regular season before falling in their respective

state title games, and what a show they put on.

Homer was on its way to a national-record 75 straight wins, including a doubleheader sweep I covered at Hudson. Meanwhile, Pioneer was led by Michigan-bound phenom Zach Putnam, who was attracting attention from many college and Major League scouts at the time. I remember fans that had no root-ing interest filling the stands just to catch a glimpse of both these teams.

Manchester’s 2009 softball season

Speaking of magical seasons, what more can be said of what the Manchester varsity softball team did last year? The best record in 18 years. An 11-game improvement over the season before. A record-setting pitcher in Jenny Stautz and contribu-tions throughout the lineup.

After motoring through the district tournament, the Dutch made a big comeback in the seventh inning for a 4-3 victory over Jonesville in the regional semifinal. The magic ran out in the finals against state-power Clinton.

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