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DHS’ Squall under fi reParents, students spar over content in school publicationBy Daniel LaiHeritage Newspapers

A new online blog launched by concerned parents in the Dexter community has caused uproar among current and former members of the Dexter High School student newspa-per, The Squall.

The blog, titled “Clean Up DHS,” alleges the newspaper is printing content that is unsuit-able for children and under-age teenagers with little to no oversight by the faculty and administrators at DHS.

“There are three different issues that concern me. The

Squall publishes very sexual-ized articles as well as articles on drinking and drug use,” par-ent Lynn Davis said. “I don’t want to discourage the stu-dents from writing what they want to, but there is a proper venue for that and it’s not in

the school newspaper.“The Squall’s audience is

primarily young people who are still forming opinions and assimilating information that comes to them on a daily basis. If they get that information that is not well-balanced, they can form opinions about ideas that are misleading.”

Davis said one article pub-lished in the November 2008 edition of The Rostrum, a supplement to the Squall, glori-fied students selling drugs on campus. The article, aptly titled “Dirty Dealing,” was published alongside other articles in the Rostrum’s job guide.

“The student treats drug dealing like selling candy,” she said. “If you treat it like that, I can see how kids will think that it’s just part of life. And if the administration OK’d the article, it could influence the younger students into think-ing that drugs are OK and just a normal part of high school life.”

In the article, a student by the name of Cody Burke boasts: “It’s not really a big deal … I’ve been (dealing drugs) for almost two years now so it’s kind of

just something I do. I’m pretty safe about what I do. I don’t see how I would get caught.”

Several students and par-ents spoke for and against the content in the newspaper at a meeting of the Dexter Community Schools Board of Education on Monday.

“I’m here tonight to address concerns several parents have with the Squall. With regards to how we pick stories, I want to clear up the misconception that we print things for shock value. That’s not the case,” editor Alex Evarard said. “There is a lot of examination and analyses that goes into all stories that we print. We believe that it’s our job and the school newspa-per’s (job) to help communicate and to aide parents of the students, because when you cover up a controversial issue, you are ignoring the issue and pretending it doesn’t exist versus reporting the issue and

having the parents in the com-munity decide how they want to handle it.

“I think we can all agree that in Dexter, there are problems that go on. There are issues in schools and by ignoring these issues, we aren’t neces-sarily doing what’s right or what’s journalistically sound. Reporting them is a lot dif-ferent than promoting these issues.”

Parent Marsha Cot said though she agrees the paper is important, she feels the district could open itself up to future liabilities.

“No one likes their freedom to be to be limited. But given the economic times in Michigan we really have to think about finances … as

far as finance goes, I think this is a real important thing because as a community we don’t want to leave ourselves open legally for any kind of

lawsuit. There are cases being tried right now with student newspapers. Free speech has a price and that price is current-ly going for $15 to $32 million dollars, so if they win, that’s what they get. I don’t want to see Dexter have to be in a situa-tion like that. I think the board should look at what we’re doing and how we’re doing it.”

Cot said it’s also important to look at how the articles printed in the Squall affect students.

“Journalism is very power-ful. You have to be very careful how you use that. With author-ity comes responsibility as well.”

Cot cited a current lawsuit against students at Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Wash.

In 2007, the JagWire, the student newspaper there, pub-lished a story about student sexual experiences. Student reporters had written the story, which quoted interview sub-jects by name. Four of the sub-jects, three girls and a boy, said they had not given consent to use their names, and that they had been jeered and harassed.

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“I think we can all agree that in

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ALEX EVERARDSquall editor

DANCING THE NIGHT AWAYOver 60 youth and teens attended story time at the Dexter District Library last week, where dancers from the Youth Dance Theatre of Michigan performed a mini version of their upcoming production of “Sleeping Beauty.” The show will take place on April 24 and 25 in the Chelsea High School Auditorium. For tickets and more information, visit www.youthdancetheatre.org or call 475-3070.

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Dexter Pharmacy expands to new facility in villageBy Daniel LaiHeritage Newspapers

Dexter Pharmacy, a longtime fixture in downtown Dexter, will be relocating to a new site this year. The announcement was made by Dexter Pharmacy Marketing Director Marni Schmid. The new 10,000 square foot building is being con-structed at 2820 Baker Road, the former site of Colorbok, LLC.

The new location will fea-ture a drive-through window for prescription pick up and an expanded Wellness Center space that will allow the store to add classes to the services already offered (immuniza-tions, pharmacist consulta-tions, a patient information library and other health ser-vices).

In addition, the pharmacy will continue to carry gifts, children’s books, games and toys, greeting cards, cosmetics,

beer, wine, liquor, basic grocery items, convenience items, vita-mins and supplements, over the counter products and homeo-pathic and complementary health products.

“We’re very excited about our move to Baker Road,” Schmid said. “We feel we will be able to better serve our customers through the added convenience of the new drive-through window and proximity to the schools.”

The new location is sched-uled to open sometime in the fall.

Along with the opening of the new store, Schmid announced that the downtown site would not reopen. The store experienced a small fire in August 2009, and due to complications with the insur-ance company, the store has remained closed.

An artist’s rendering of the new Dexter Pharmacy.

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Foundation to award grantsAuction raises $62K to help fund school programsBy Sean DaltonHeritage Newspapers

Next week, trustees with the Education Foundation of Dexter will meet with teachers seeking grant opportunities.

The foundation raised a record shattering $62,000 dur-ing their March 13 auction at North Point Seafood & Steakhouse.

More than 240 people attend-

ed the auction, during which more than 200 items were sold at silent and live auctions to surpass last year’s $23,000 total.

EFD trustee Linda Brewer attributed the success of the auction to the atmosphere at North Point and an enticing crop of auction items.

So far EFD is aware of 17 grant requests ranging from $165 to $6,500.

In the past, foundation grants have covered the cost of printing for the Squall in the amount of $3,100, in addition to grants for purchasing comput-er software, tutor services and

equipment such as cameras for students.

Brewer said the foundation board will consider multiple factors in awarding the grants, including number of students affected by the proposal, the cost per student, and if the request is sustainable or a one time experience.

“It is fair to say we reach every student in our district over the course of their school tenure,” Brewer said.

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SQUALLFROM PAGE 1-A

Parents of two of the girls filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tacoma in the name of all four students against the Puyallup School District.

“Let’s think about what we’re doing and how we can be affect-ed by it,” she said.

Other concerns from parents include an article in the Feb. 29, 2008 edition of the Rostrum titled “Strippers and drugs really exist,” and an article in the February 2010 Squall featur-ing the dance move “the grind” banned at DHS.

Brittany Martini, co-editor of the Squall said the last few weeks have been an eye-opening experience.

“Journalism has taught me many things over the last three years and it has definitely taught me that there are two sides to every story,” she said. “We take the Squall very seri-ously. Our process and proce-dures take one month just for one issue.”

Some parents said though the Squall is a good learning tool for students, they would like to see it move away from it’s “limited public forum” model and more toward a traditional student newspaper governed by prior review of school adminis-trators.

According to Superintendent Robert Glass, the Squall has always been classified as a lim-ited public forum.

“The Squall is not a normal student publication and it does not follow the same guidelines that school newspapers are governed under by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Hazelwood,” he said.

In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the rights of pub-lic high school administrators at Hazelwood East High School in suburban St. Louis, Mo. to censor stories concerning teen pregnancy and the effects of divorce on children from a stu-dent newspaper.

The Supreme Court ruled that high school students have broad free speech rights only when they are recognized as public forums.

In high school publications, public forum refers to who has ultimate control over what runs in the paper, said Mark Goodman, SPLC executive director.

“What it really means is who has authority to make content decisions,” he said. “Is it stu-dents or school officials?”

Glass said as it stands, school officials rely on Squall advisor Rod Satterthwaite to serve as a “gatekeeper” of the student publication.

“Rod coaches them through

the process, has them double check their sources and makes sure they know the conse-quences of what they publish,” he said. “There have been situations where he will coach them and they run an article anyway. If an article is way out of bounds, we have faith Rod would not allow it to be pub-lished. However, I think he errs on the side of not censoring.”

Glass acknowledged his office has received several com-plaints from parents within the last few weeks.

“We will address how we handle the Squall at our policy

meeting April 13,” he said. “We want to give Rod and the stu-dents ample time to show us the articles and explain how they dealt with the issues.

“I think it’s a good time to examine what we are doing. The board will ultimately decide if they are comfortable with how we are doing things or whether or not there should be more editorial control.”

Glass said he does not expect any decision to be made until the board’s meeting on April 26.

“Ultimately it comes down to whether the board believes the administration should take a

more active role,” Glass said.For more information on

the “Clean Up DHS” blog, visit cleanupdhs.blogspot.com.

For more information on the Squall, visit www.thesquall.com.

Daniel Lai is editor of The Dexter Leader. He can be reached at 429-7380 or dlai@heritage.com.

PHARMACYFROM PAGE 1-A

Soon after the new location on Baker Road is open, the Dexter Pharmacy located on Dexter Ann Arbor Road will close as its lease expires at the end of the year. All services and prescription accounts will be transferred to the new phar-macy on Baker Road.

Local builder and developer A.R. Brouwer Company of Dexter is the design builder for the project with financing being provided by Chelsea State Bank. The new site is adjacent to the planned new Wellness Center, which is scheduled to also begin construction soon.

“We’re looking forward to being part of the entire well-ness development on Baker Road,” Schmid said. “This will be a great addition to our com-munity.”

Dexter Pharmacy was origi-nally located at 8111 Main St. and was owned by residents Al and Bea Lavalli. Fred Schmid bought the store in 1978 and relocated Dexter Pharmacy to the current location on Main Street. The downtown space will be remodeled and made available for lease in the fall.

This site will host weekly blood drives during the sum-mer beginning in June. The American Red Cross offers scholarships to high school students for reaching a certain number of pints, and several Dexter Pharmacy employees and other Dexter High School students will be participating in planning and running the blood drives to earn scholarships.

Dexter Pharmacy will contin-ue its affiliation with the Health Mart pharmacy network, which was recently ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Chain Drug Pharmacies” in J.D. Power and Associates 2009 National Pharmacy Study.

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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.”

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Kiwanians team up for Day of Service

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Duo look to continue company’s growth as a news leader

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By Jeremy AllenHeritage Newspapers

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 jallen@heritage.com.

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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.

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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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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 adopt-a-park@a2gov.org 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

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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 mcveym@gmail.com

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DEXTER HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL (S THROUGH Z)Editor’s note: The following

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORSquall prepares students for life

I am a senior at Michigan State University, an amazing school that is cutting edge in numerous facets, one of which is journalism and communica-tions. I will be receiving my Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and media studies very soon and (I) am proud to have participated in the Squall’s existence at Dexter High School.

I hope to change the world in a unique and positive way through films and documenta-ries, and to expose the horrors and joys that are kept hidden or overlooked. Never before has our world been so distraught and corrupt; now more than ever we need a voice of rea-son, a voice that disturbs and stirs others, and a voice that reminds others to change.

I am here to remind these criticizing parents that there is more going on outside of them-selves, their little bubble and their level of understanding that will one day grow larger than their ability to complain, and public issues will spill out. Whether by word of mouth, the written word or seen through media, your children will grow up and hopefully will contrib-ute to the world, but only if you learn to let go and accept reality.

The Squall is an award win-ning student newspaper and publication that has earned national recognition. However, pardon me as I can’t help but get the overwhelming sense that these parents are not mem-bers of the Dexter community but rather poorly educated, uncultured and over concerned parents that flocked to Dexter … in hopes of raising replicas of themselves.

I lived in Dexter for 18 years of my life and never before have I had to deal publicly with such anally retentive adults who are trying to bring such a

counterproductive change to the school. Apparently, as they have so aptly demonstrated, these parents have no under-standing, concept or respect for journalism and how it has saved and shaped our futures. I could go into depth about the U.S. Constitution and the free-dom of speech but I’ll assume these few parents actually paid attention that day in their elementary school and will be able to stay on par with us.

Freedom of speech and the right to voice your opinion is the exact reason you are able to post such an amateur and obsolete blog site as “Clean up DHS.” There are several case law examples you could take the time to research that dem-onstrate how it is illegal and unconstitutional for a principal to edit and monitor the student newspaper. Are you not con-cerned after the whole ordeal with the principal installing spyware to monitor students while they were at home? Or do you not keep up with news?

Would you like me to inform you of the true issues going on in this world, so that perhaps you’ll actually make use of your negative energy and put it towards being productive and saving lives, educating others, or even rallying for something that’s actually important?

How about using the time you waste on this blog site of yours to research the crisis in the Congo, where women are being raped daily. Sometimes the truth is ugly, and journal-ists, like Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times need to disturb and violate your eyes in order for you to get off your cushy American Dream and do something about it.

How about all the Native Americans that are still being robbed of their land and steril-ized against their will in the United States? Or perhaps I should inform you of the child prostitutes in Cambodia and other various countries

throughout Europe and Asia who are raped and tortured. One child who was only five years old was so badly pen-etrated that she had to have her bowels and intestines sewn back in. What about the 16-year-olds that have to use colostomy bags? A frightening reality as nearly 90 percent of the women in Congo’s villages are rape victims. I’m such a horrible person for bringing you the truth. Some think this is outside of their comfort zone and they don’t want to hear about the world’s true needs but would rather continue liv-ing in a fabricated existence.

I am not going to let that happen, at least not for the few moments I have your attention.

Do you still not see how triv-ial your thoughts and concerns are? I fear for and sympathize for your children, as I cannot imagine being raised in such a restrictive and stifling environ-ment. You’ll have a rude awak-ening once they go to college; many of them go crazy, unless you raise them outside of your authoritarian style.

You cannot hide your chil-dren under a rock and block out life’s truths and realities. They need to see things that are disturbing, upsetting, inspir-ing, hopeful, creative, emotion-ally charged and unique. This molds them into a productive member of society and not a robot.

I am shocked that Ms. Barbara R. believes that noth-ing in the Squall is edited. That is not true. Try and convince me otherwise, as I spent hours upon hours correcting and editing things that my profane mind produced and others didn’t agree with.

Instead of worrying about what your son or daughter reads and hears, volunteer, donate, help out or just even educate yourself, because I can’t tolerate any more out-landish parental movements that don’t serve a purpose.

Some people can’t handle the real world so they either turn their backs to it or they try to fight it and firmly believe they stand for something.

I just lost a good friend of mine this weekend and have his funeral to attend tomorrow, so instead of spending time on important things like writing up a remembrance speech, I have to waste my efforts on cor-recting people like you, because no one else will.

I am a proud senior at MSU and I will help the world by run-

ning my big mouth and opening the public to the problems in our world; whether they are pretty to look at or not. I was the entertainment editor for the Squall my sophomore and junior year. It was an amazing experience, and although the hours spent writing, editing and laying out the paper were strenuous it was worth it. Why? Because the students, teachers and parents all enjoyed reading the Squall, even if it contained somewhat controversial topics.

Rod Satterhwaite is an

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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 bingley51@yahoo.com.

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.

Students to join conference

Lions participate in a variety of projects

ranging from cleaning up local

parks to providing supplies to victims of natural disasters. The organization is

especially known for working to end

preventable blindness.

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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 showard@heritage.com.

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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-

actions you ever

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.

For more information about Recycle Ann Arbor, call 662-6288 or visit Recycle Ann Arbor on the Web at www.recycleannarbor.org.

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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 lallmendinger@heritage.com. 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 dlai@heritage.com.

County looking for money from MDOT funds

Representative discusses his vote on the controversial $940 billion health care bill

Photo by Daniel Lai

AARP president Eric Schneidewind and Rep. Mark Schauer, D-7th District, explain the importance of the health-care reform bill.

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Aspartame name change cause for concern

You really can’t change your body without changing what you put into your body.

That’s why this time we’re taking a break from talking about my care at Simpson Family Chiropractic in Dexter (which continues to go very well) to discuss something that has interested me for awhile now –– aspartame, an FDA approved artificial sweetener with a questionable reputation.

Reading about high fructose corn syrup was my first real exposure and awareness of chemicals that are put in our food.

There are studies that go either way. Some experts describe the way high fructose corn syrup – which doesn’t occur naturally but must be synthesized in a sterile labora-tory – is digested in the body as inducing fat production and being hard on the liver.

Frighteningly enough, high fructose corn syrup is presented as digesting similarly to alco-hol.

Luckily it’s easy enough to spot high fructose corn syrup on the ingredients inventory on most foods that contain the sub-stance, which is quite a number of them (mostly condiments, sweets, “fat free” foods, low carbohydrate foods and many breads).

I would be very concerned and would want to know if high fructose corn syrup were going by any other name.

In the case of aspartame, also known as Nutrisweet, Canderel and now AminoSweet, that very thing has happened.

Opponents to aspartame claim a number of potential side effects, including headache, change of vision, convulsions/seizures, nausea, vomiting and joint pain.

Some studies have correlated the introduction of aspartame into the food supply of labora-tory mice and an increase in cancer rates in that same group of rodents.

Luckily I don’t consume any-thing with aspartame in it, and I don’t use the non-white sugar packets in my coffee (which I don’t have often because it’s bad for you too).

And I’d like to keep it that way, which makes this re-brand-ing all the more disconcerting. I’m not very extreme in my dietary beliefs. I don’t conform to any strict or special diet and I’m not a member of the vegan orthodoxy.

When it comes to artificial materials replacing basic nutritional building blocks in my food I draw the line, particu-larly when they have multiple aliases.

If you’re reading this and are concerned, I would encourage you to run a search on Google and read some of what I’ve read in the past couple of weeks. There’s no point in regurgitat-ing it here.

One thing I can attest to that

TAKECARE

SEAN DALTON

means more to me than any study I’ve read is my personal prohibition on high fructose corn syrup.

The results have been very positive. Within a week of avoiding condiments, bever-

ages, breads and other items in my cupboard and fridge with high fructose corn syrup listed as an ingredient, I saw a boost in energy, a reduction in fatigue and I noticed that my gym visits were yielding better

results – more than likely in the case of the latter because my body’s fat production fell with the removal of high fruc-tose corn syrup in my system.

While the FDA takes lumps for allowing some of this stuff

in our food in the first place, I’m grateful that the federal government makes listing such ingredients mandatory.

Being able to make a choice is very important and the rea-son I’m writing this column.

Please read up on what’s in your food, and with that knowl-edge in hand make a choice about what goes into your body one way or another.

Thank you for reading, and until next time – take care.

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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 sdalton@heritage.com.

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.”

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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 startproject@umich.edu.

Contact Austen Smith at 429-7380 or e-mail asmith@heritage.com.

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

Ann Arbor reach-es out to grab

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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 showard@heritage.com. 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

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The Orange County Register thought its readers might like to knowabout the criminal histories of workers in the state’s day-care facilities. After all, thepaper’s readers were placing their own trust and their children’s well-being in thehands of those workers.

But the state of California turned down a series of newspaper Freedomof Information requests to look at those histories, citing the privacy rights of theworkers. It also refused access to its data base of offenses and other day-care centerviolations unless the newspaper paid $45,000 for the information.

In the end, the Register won its fight for access to documents–whichwere used to track down the criminals and public court records that revealed theirhistories. The newspaper also built its own data base from nearly 50,000 pages ofinspection and complaint reports in Orange County. These efforts allowed theRegister to unveil for the state’s parents the uncomfortable truth. ThroughoutCalifornia, thousands of day-care workers had long criminal histories. The results ofthe data base analysis also showed pervasive problems of mistreatment, neglect,overcrowding and unsafe conditions.

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By Manya GrantGuest Writer

The Japanese art of Origami is coming to the Dexter Pioneer Arts Fair on April 17 at Creekside Intermediate School. The fair will feature more than 50 artists including local Origami artist Beth Johnson.

The traditional art of paper folding was first developed in ancient Japan. Through the centuries Origami has endured and evolved into a modern art form. Johnson started doing Origami as a child. Years later, after pursuing a career in envi-ronmental policy, she decided to change careers and make art her focus. She started taking art classes and began looking at Origami as something more than a hobby.

Recently, Johnson began designing her own Origami patterns and has gone through what she describes as a “cre-ative explosion.” She, like many other contemporary Origami artists, has modern-ized the traditional art form and has found many new appli-cations for Origami.

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Straub advances to national tournamentCourtenay AckleyGuest Writer

In late March, while many students at Chelsea High School were packing for their spring break vacations or fin-ishing homework assignments, senior David Straub was pre-paring to face one of his worst fears: public speaking.

Straub is the captain of the CHS forensics team, and the competition to qualify for the national tournament was March 27. Forensics is a col-

lection of public speak-ing and

drama interpretations known in other states as “individual events.” Ranging from dramat-ic interpretation to informative speaking, forensics covers all the bases for people interested in the art and science of com-munication.

The national qualifier tour-nament, held by the National Forensics League’s Michigan district in Holland, determines the single representative in each category that will be sent from Michigan to the national tournament in Kansas City, Mo.

As other teenagers were letting go of their respon-sibilities in preparation for their spring break, Straub tirelessly prepared the minu-tiae of his speech. For hours he, with the help of Chelsea Drama and Speech Coach Kim Potocki, reviewed his recorded speeches, practiced expressive hand gestures, and even prac-ticed his speech using several sophomore English classes as audiences.

When the competition finally arrived, all of his hard work and effort paid off. Straub earned the highest score possible in the competition — perfect “1s” every round — and swept the tournament to become the Michigan district’s 2010 representative in Original Oratory.

This would not have been possible without the support of the Chelsea school district and the community.

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to compete at the national qualifying tournament, he and the seven other members of the high school forensics team travel all over the state to com-pete in events. The benefits of this club are many and various: ranging from increased self-confidence to an increased abil-ity to communicate and express one’s ideas and creativity.

Unfortunately, the excellence of the Chelsea forensics pro-gram has in recent years been threatened, first, by the cancel-lation of the school-provided forensics class, and now by a lack of financial means to reg-ister for and provide transpor-tation to the far-flung forensics events.

This lauded program, launched by Bill Coleius, has provided students in our com-munity with the opportunities to excel and nurture their talents in ways that they would never have otherwise had.

“I have seen kids coming through our program here that have been absolutely transformed by their experi-ence. Young people who no one else would think twice about have proven to themselves and the world that through hard-work and dedication, they can achieve their dreams,” Coach Kim Potocki said.

In lieu of official district funding, the forensics team has jumped at every fundraising opportunity available to them, even opening the door to dona-tions from the community. Whatever the outcome for the team, it intends to keep on being just as busy as ever.

For those interested in sup-porting the CHS forensics team, donations can be sent to Chelsea High School, 740 N. Freer Road, Chelsea, MI 48118.

Courtenay Ackley is a student at Chelsea High School and a guest writer.

Larry G. Skiles, Jr., an Ann Arbor financial advi-sor for the financial services firm Edward Jones, recently met with legislators in Washington, D.C., to seek legislation to increase sav-ings and enhance retirement security.

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Origami artist to appear at Pioneer Art Fest

Creative Origami art like this owl will be on display at the Pioneer Art Fest April 17 in Dexter.

David Straub, a senior at Chelsea High School, will represent Michigan in the national forensics tournament in Kansas City.

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opportunity to demonstrate their techniques and interact with fairgoers on a one-on-one basis.

Johnson and other local

artists will demonstrate their craft at the Pioneer Art Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 17 at Creekside Intermediate School in Dexter.

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CAP brings WonderlandWonderland to life

(Left) Max Johnson, (middle, left to right) Morgan Powell, Alise Hale and Kira Frahm perform a song in Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.”

(Right) Nick Beatty as the White Rabbit.

(Below) The Mad Hatter and March Hare pose with the Ladies of the Golden Afternoon. Pictured are (left to right) Mickey Erickson, Lauren Doster, Kelly Bertoni, Emma Catalina, Samantha Torres, Maya Gonzalez and Megan Heydlauff.

The Chelsea Area Players Youth Theatre will present “Alice In Wonderland, Jr.” at Beach Middle School, 445 Mayer Drive in Chelsea.

Performances are 7 p.m. April 16, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 17, and 2 p.m. April 18. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are available at Chelsea Pharmacy, online at www.chelseaareaplayers.org, by phone at 1-800-838-3006, and at the door.

The Mad Hatter will host a tea party for the young and young-at-heart. Children can interact with and have a photo opportunity with Wonderland characters. In addition to fin-ger sandwiches, cookies and drinks, there will be activities and goody bags.

The party begins at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 and include special seating at the 2 p.m. per-formance. Adult supervision is required for children.

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Statistics for the week ending Monday, April 12

Temperatures:

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PAST WEEK’S TEMPS

79 7057 48

69 66 62

53 5534 30 22

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REGIONAL CITIES

The Moon Rise Set

SUN AND MOON

Lake Normal Current

RIVER LEVELS

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.

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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

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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

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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.

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Dexter Community Band hosts spring show April 25

The Dexter Community Band will present the last concert of the 2009-2010 season on April 25. The concert begins at 3 p.m. in the Dexter Center for the Performing Arts at Dexter High School.

The high school is located at the corner of Shield and Parker Roads. All Dexter Community Band concerts are free and open to the public.

The theme of the spring concert is a special salute to America. The 80-piece concert band under the direction of Bill Gourley will perform Morton Gould’s “American Salute” and “Variations on America” by Charles Ives. In honor of the opening baseball season, the band will play “National Game” by John Phillips Sousa.

“Symphonic Dances,” a new work for symphonic band from the popular Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” will bring back memories of the wedding dance, Perchik and Hodel’s dance and the popular “To Life” dance.

The childhood song, “Funiculi-Funicula” has been arranged into a wonderful melo-dious band arrangement by Luigi Denza and Yo Goto. “Sun Dance” composed by University of Mchigan School of Music graduate Frank Ticheli will feature many different sections from the band.

The Dexter Community Band is sponsored by Dexter Community Education For more information call 426-2734.

Dexter Community Band trumpet section prepares for the April 25 concert. Pictured are John Schumacher, Gail Ferguson Stout, David Telgen and Andy Jurczak.

BRIEFLYHotline to aid Boy Scouts during rummage sale

In preparation for their summer rummage sale, Dexter Boy Scout Troop 477 has set up a rummage sale pick up hotline to allow resi-dents to donate items for the summer sale.

The scouts can be reached at 1-734-408-4127. Volunteers will collect books, games, household items, lamps, microwaves, cameras, tools, beds, bikes, kitchen items, dishes, pots and pans, musi-cal instruments, refrig-erators, televisions, toys and carpeting.

The rummage sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. June 18, and 9 a.m. to noon June 19 in the gym, cafeteria, hallways and front lawn of Creekside Intermediate School on Baker Road.

Proceeds from the sale help fund the troop’s yearly trips, merit badge, rank advance-ment work and community service projects.

Some items will not be sold, including hot water tanks, curtains rods, mat-tresses, sinks, commodes, tires, home gyms, etc.

BRIEFINGCHS Concerto Concert set for later this month

The Chelsea High School Concerto Concert will take place April 28.

Nineteen CHS students will perform a musical selec-tion from the band, choir or orchestra.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. and doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The performers from the CHS band include Abby Ingall, Lorna Blocksma, Brian Bazydlo, Chance Seymour, Hannah Boshoven, Sarah Wolpoff, Jon Skidmore and David Adrian.

Performers from the CHS choir include Ashlyn Brinklow and Kaci Friss. The orchestra perfor-mance will feature Graham Emberton, Nickolas Forsch, Joseph Gunden, Miriam Hallinger, Peter Kinsey, Kate Lewis-Lakin, Viktor Rozsa, Ryan Sanders and Tristan Weber.

In order to qualify to per-form, students must receive a superior “1” rating at Solo & Ensemble competition and gain director approval.

The performers will be ac-companied by the CHS band and orchestra.

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Firefi ghters stay fi t on the job

By Lisa AllmendingerHeritage Newspapers

For those who have seen the Chelsea Area Fire Authority’s Engine 1 parked and running near Anytime Fitness or at Polly’s Country Market -- there’s a legitimate reason.

For the firefighters, that fire engine is a mobile office.

“It contains all their tools and equipment – like a lap-top on wheels,” said Chief

Jim Payeur.However,

residents have been lodging

complaints about seeing the engine running at the gro-cery store or in the parking

lot near the gym.Firefighters work 24 hours

on their respective shifts, and they need to eat and they are encouraged to work out.

In fact, staying in shape is encouraged by the Chelsea Area Fire Authority Board, which pays for the gym memberships for the six full-time firefighters, according to board chairwoman LuAnn Koch.

“The better shape the guys are in, the less on-the-job strains, sprains and injuries (there are),” Payeur said.

And while they are inside the gym, the diesel fuel engine is left running for optimal performance.

“We’re not wasting tax-payer money,” Capt. Sam Norton said.

If the department has to respond to an emergency call, firefighters on duty can drop what they are doing, run to the engine where their gear is stored, and leave quickly.

At a fire, firefighters wear about 75 pounds of equipment and clothing. In the case of a building fire, they might carry about 100 pounds of extra hose into the structure. During a medical call, they are car-rying about 50 pounds of equipment.

“In a larger department, you can spread the work around,” Payeur said. “With two people on 24 hours, seven days a week, support-ed by paid on-call guys, they have to bring all the stuff with them, and respond right away.

“No one knows what a firefighter does. It’s not like ‘Rescue Me’ or the movies.”

He compared the job to a military combat infantry unit.

“They are assigned to tasks and they train for a mission; when that mission happens, it becomes the pri-ority,” he said.

Payeur said firefighters are in the business of life safety and fighting fires. Being in top shape helps fire-fighters perform their mis-sion safely and efficiently.

Payeur said in most occu-pations, people can take their time to get the job done.

“When a call comes in, time works against us; the more time it takes, the less chance there is of survival,” he said.

Payeur said his firefight-

ers must build up their body’s endurance due to the physical strain that comes naturally with the job.

“Cardiac arrest is the No. 1 reason for firefighter deaths because they aren’t physically fit,” Payeur said.

Currently, the fire station has neither the space nor the equipment for firefight-ers to get a good workout. So they do the next best thing by working out at Anytime Fitness because of the hours and the special membership

prices.“It’s physically demanding

whether on an emergency medical call or fighting a fire,” he said.

The Chelsea Area Fire Authority covers a large area that includes the City of Chelsea, Sylvan and Lyndon townships, as well as portions of Lima and Dexter townships.

Lisa Allmendinger can be reached at 877-995-NEWS (6397) or at lallmendinger@heritage.com.

Firefi ghter Matt Rose demonstrates all the gear that fi refi ghters wear at a fi re scene.

POLICE BRIEFSOn April 7 at approximately

5 p.m., a Washtenaw County Sheriff ’s deputy was dis-patched to the 10000 block of Dexter Chelsea Road in Lima Township for a burglary.

According to police reports, entry was gained through a side garage door during the day. One 50 inch TV, five pair

of cuffs links, one brown Swiss watch, one black Seiko watch, a 1974 gold University of Michigan class ring, one unknown silver watch, one Navy Seal Luminox watch, and one CPAP breathing machine was taken.

The suspects are unknown at this time.

According to Sgt. Lisa King, several mailboxes were also damaged in the township over the Easter holiday weekend.

To report information on the incidents, call the Washtenaw County Sheriff ’s confidential tip line at 1-734-973-7711.

Police reports are compiled by Heritage Newspapers staff.

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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 pbiondi@journalregister.com 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 fairfaxII@yahoo.com.

PLAY REVIEW

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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

www.csswashtenaw.org.

‘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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COMMUNITY CALENDARArea

■ Heart & Sole RaceThe Chelsea Community

Hospital’s 21st annual Heart & Sole Race will take place May 15. Proceeds benefi t the Chelsea Grace Clinic, a local non-profi t that provides free health care to the uninsured. For more information, visit www.chel-seaheartandsole.org.

Chelsea■ Free breakfastFirst United Methodist

Church in Chelsea is offering a free breakfast the second Saturday of every month from 8 to 11 a.m. The meal is open to anyone in the community. For more information call 1-734-475-8119.

Chelsea District Library

For more information, call 475-8732.

Today■ Books & Banter (1:30 to

3 p.m.): Join Michaelina Brown for a friendly book discussion. The book for April is “Secret Scripture” by Sebastian Barry. Reserved copies of books are available at the Adult Reference Desk. Call 1-734-475-8732, Ext. 219 to register.

■ Crafts for the non-crafty (6 to 7 p.m.): Add some spring color to your wardrobe with a fun print tote bag. This project does not require sewing –– this bag is constructed using duct tape and staples. No craft experience necessary and all materials will be provided.

April 16■ Read to library dogs (3:30

to 5 p.m.): Improve your reading skills by reading books to our friendly service dogs.

■ Toddler Time (10:30 to 11:30 a.m.): Learn about letters and numbers, colors, shapes and fun stuff.

April 17■ National Library Week

Open House (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.): Event takes place in the McKune Room.

■ Basics of Microsoft Word 2007 (10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.): This workshop is a basic intro-duction to the popular word pro-cessing program with emphasis on the new Ribbon and menu features in the 2007 version.

■ Midwest Literary Walk (12:30 to 1:25 p.m.): Join us for readings by local and regional authors at locations throughout downtown. Drop in for a chance to share your reading at open mic events and enjoy the key-note speaker at the library.

■ Teen Careers Entrepreneurial Workshop (1 to 4 p.m.): Tired of applying for dead-end, fast food jobs? Do you want to start your own busi-ness? Discover your business assets, building your network and blaze a trail to a more profi t-able summer in this unique workshop. Entrepreneurial coach David Bloom, Ann Arbor SPARK’s 2009 Mentor of the Year, will challenge you to think outside the pizza box.

April 18■ Skilled Trades Panel (2 to

3 p.m.): Don’t want to go to a four year college but still want a good paying job? Come meet Brad Hoth, divisional advisor for vocational technologies at Washtenaw Community College, as well as current students and employers, and fi nd out what options are available to you. Learn about careers in automo-tive, plumbing, construction, medical assistance, culinary arts, and more. Find out what scholarships are available, and even about companies that may pay for your training. Question and answer session follows dis-cussion.

April 19■ Alternative Energy Panel

(6:30 to 8:30 p.m.): Panelists John Richter and Tim Hudson, co-founders of the Institute for

Sustainable Energy Education, will lead a discussion on the global supply of oil and exam-ine the various energy alterna-tives.

April 20■ Senior Computing (10

a.m. to noon): Senior computing provides computer volunteers to assist users with small group help with computer questions. Topics include but are not limited to the Internet, e-mail and Microsoft Offi ce products.

■ Basics of Microsoft PowerPoint (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.): This workshop is a basic intro-duction to the creative PowerPoint program with emphasis on the new Ribbon and menu features in the 2007 version.

Chelsea Senior Center Located at 512 Washington

St. Call 475-9242 for program registration and advance lunch reservation. Chelsea School District, through the Washtenaw County Senior Nutrition Program, serves a delicious lunch fi ve days a week. Entrée listed, lunch includes salad bar and dessert.

Tomorrow: Bingo, 9 a.m.; Coffee with Rep. Pam Byrnes, 9:30 a.m.; Enhance Fitness, 10:30 a.m.; Pasta with tuna and cheddar lunch at noon; Euchre, 12:30 p.m.; Gentle Yoga, 1 p.m.; Wii Fun, 1 p.m.; Frankie Valli trip, 6:30 p.m.

April 19: Bingo, 9 a.m.; Enhance Fitness, 10:30 a.m.; Chicken lasagna lunch at noon; Hand & Foot, 12:30 p.m.; Trust Laws presentation 1 p.m.; All Write Writing group, 1 p.m.

April 20: Swimming at Comfort Inn, 9 a.m.; Mah Jongg, 9 a.m.; free blood pressure, 10 a.m.; crafts, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 10 a.m.; Scarlett Ladies, 11 a.m.; baked potato bar lunch at noon; Quilting for Charity, 1 p.m.; Wii Fit, 1 p.m.;

Euchre, 6:30 p.m.; Concert at Silver Maples, 7 p.m.

April 21: Water Aerobics at Comfort Inn, 9 a.m.; outdoor walking, 9 a.m.; Stained Glass class, 9:30 a.m.; Coin Club, 10 a.m.; Enhance Fitness, 10:30 a.m.; Chicken Parmesan lunch at noon; Unclaimed Properties by Kathy Hay, 1 p.m.; Pinochle, 1 p.m.; Scrabble, 1 p.m.; Square Dance, 1 p.m.; Bowling at Chelsea Lanes, 1 p.m.

April 22: Swimming at Comfort Inn, 9 a.m.; Computer Club, 10 a.m.; Chess, 10 a.m.; Beef Stew lunch at noon; Chelsea Area Bridge, 12:15 p.m.; Knit & Crochet, 12:30 p.m.

DexterDexter Senior Center7720 Ann Arbor St. Call 426-

7737. Luncheons are complete - main dish listed, $2.50 minimum donation. Reservations should be made the day ahead by noon, call 426-5397.

Swimming is cancelled until further notice due to pool repair.

April 19: 9:15 a.m., walking;

10:30 a.m., exercise; 11:30 a.m., lunch (mild Italian sausage, red beans and rice); 1 p.m., Guided Autobiography.

April 20: 10 a.m., Lifestyle

Fitness; Rug hookers; 11:30 a.m., lunch (stuffed peppers); noon, French; 1 p.m., Computer Club; Dementia Program.

April 21: 9 a.m., Exercise Ball Class; Medicare assistance; 10:30 a.m., exercise; Monthly Birthday Party, 11:30 a.m.; lunch (herbed chicken); 1 p.m., Watercolor painting/ Yoga/German.

April 22: 9 a.m., German; 9:30 a.m., Euchre; 10 a.m., Lifestyle Fitness; 11 a.m., Sip and Stitch or Bridge; noon, pizza with lunch; 12:30 p.m., Scrabble; 1 p.m., Mah Jongg.

April 23: 10:30 a.m., exer-

cise; 11:30 a.m. luncheon (roast beef).

April 24: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Acrylic Painting with Steve Wood.

Dexter LibraryDexter District Library is

located at 3255 Alpine St. in Dexter. All Library programs are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the library at 1-734-426-4477.

April 16■ Muffi ns & Movies, 2 p.m.,

“The Time Traveler’s Wife.”

April 21■ Book Snackers for grades

third through fi fth, 4:30 p.m., “Encyclopedia Brown.”

Registration is required.■ Gardening Series:

Introduction to Vegetable Gardening, 7 p.m. Registration is required.

April 22■ Introduction to Microsoft

Word 2007, 6 to 8 p.m. Registration is required.

April 24■ Drop-In Wii Sports &

Snacks for ages 8 and up, 2 to 4 p.m.

April 27■ Microsoft Excel 2007 Part

I, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Registration is required.

May 1■ Friends of the Dexter

District Library Used Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you are interested in joining the Friends of the Dexter District Library, contact Sue Smith at sueandbernie@aol.com

Parks

Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center

Located at 17030 Bush Road in the Waterloo Recreation Area near Chelsea. Call 734-475-3170.

Hudson Mills Metropark8801 N. Territorial Road,

Dexter. For additional information or to register for programs, call 1-800-477-3191.

April 17■ “Weekend Walk – Early

Greens,” will take place at noon at the Activity Center. Celebrate Earth Day by joining an interpret-er to search for new spring growth. The fee is $2 per person. Registration is required.

May 1■ A bird hike will take place

at 7:30 a.m. at the Activity Center. Bring binoculars and a fi eld guide to observe bird spe-cies seen in the park and record dates, locations, and trends from year-to-year. A variety of habi-tats throughout the park will be explored. The fee is $2 per per-son. Preregistration is required.

May 8■ Brownies – Watching

Wildlife,” will take place at 1 p.m. in the Activity Center. Scouts will explore how animals interact with each other, why some animals change color, and how their homes are made. All requirements for this badge will be met. The fee is $3 per scout. Preregistration is required.

May 9■ Mother’s Day Wildfl ower

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Plant sale set for May 15The Chelsea Area Garden

Club Plant Sale takes place from 8:30 a.m. until noon May 15 at the Park Street Lot in downtown Chelsea, behind the Chelsea District Library.

Featured this year will be a large variety of wildflowers, woodland and native plants. Also highlighted are a variety of herbs and vegetable seed-lings for kitchen gardens. All of the plants are available at affordable prices.

“This will be our 11th year organizing the Plant Sale, and every year it’s a great turn-out, rain or shine,” Jayetta Edwards, Plant Sale Committee chairwoman said. “People love the neighborhood feeling of wagons and trailers overflow-ing with all kinds of great plant selections. It’s one of our main fundraisers to support our club’s civic beautifica-tion and community projects throughout Chelsea.”

The 2010 Chelsea Garden Walk will also take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 17.

Main Street beautifi cation in downtown Chelsea courtesy of the Chelsea Area Garden Club.

Featured are 10 gardens on lake-front settings and downtown Chelsea. Tickets are available at the Garden Mill, the Potting Shed, and Aberdeen Bike start-ing June 1. Tickets will also be available at some of the sites on the day of the Garden Walk. For more information about the

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Krausse leaves legacy in ChelseaLocal doctor cared for ill patients during 44 year medical careerBy Alana WestSpecial Writer

For 44 years, Dr. Charles Krausse of Chelsea embodied

the spirit of a true commu-nity doc-

tor. Upholding the Hippocratic Oath in his everyday life, Krausse became a friendly face for many of his patients.

He was a loving and very spe-cial person, his wife Mildred “Millie” Krausse said.

“My husband and I went to Dr. Krausse his entire career,” Barbara Fredette of Chelsea said.

Krausse retired in 2005 at the age of 85. He died March 17.

“He was a very loving, caring person,” Fredette said.

Her son Shannon’s favorite memory of Krausse involves a time when he fell ill on a Saturday, and the doctor still

made time to see him.“You don’t find that any-

more. He knew a lot about his patients,” she said.

Krausse is survived by two grandchildren, Dylan and Eli; a daughter, Mary Krausse; and a son, Charles G. Krausse.

Krausse grew up in Petoskey and served in the Army in 1942 for four years during World War II.

Krausse never attended high school, and it was a matter of some pride and a guarded secret that he had only gotten an eighth grade education before he started as a student at Central Michigan University, eventually entering medical school at the University of Michigan. It was around this time that Krausse began to pick up his education so he could be eligible for college classes.

“He educated himself,” Millie said. “He read the National Geographic from cover to cover by kerosene (lantern).”

She said that the Central

Michigan University admis-sions department thought he should have a diploma, and encouraged him to get one.

John Keusch, a long time patient and friend, said that Krausse began to take his high school classes while he was in the military.

“He was a self-educated per-son,” he said.

Later in his life, Krausse became somewhat of an icon in Chelsea.

“So many people came to his funeral … I think everyone in Chelsea pretty much knew him,” Millie said.

When the couple was younger, they traveled to South America, visiting Colombia, El Salvador and Costa Rica, and attending seminars in San Diego, Calif.

He loved gardening, and every year planted a huge garden.

“We had far more vegetables than we really needed. He grew them, and I had to pass them out. I did the freezing, too,” Millie said.

While still practicing medi-cine, patients would call often in the middle of the night.

“They would ask him to come and do surgery and he never hesitated,” she said.

Millie said she was a widow when she married Krausse in 1967, with a young daughter of her own.

“I met him when he first came to Chelsea. He was just a great husband. We got along very well. People always said that he had three loves: medi-cine, Millie and his garden,” she said.

Doctors Diane Howlin and Rebecca Patrias were treated to Krausse’s hospitality when they first came to Chelsea to take up practice, Millie said.

“He took them out for a meal and a welcoming (chat),” she said.

Howlin remembers the meal that the three shared together.

“He was very welcoming to the next generation,” she said.

Howlin added that Krausse treated his patients with kind-ness, visiting them in the hos-

pital whether or not they were being treated by him or not.

“I’m going to miss hav-ing him around,” she said. “Everyone respected Krausse. He also did free care for the poor. That was a nice part of him too. He was an old fash-ioned doctor.”

Elaine Boyce and Sue McCalla, who worked with Krausse for 25 years and 18 years respectively, shared their stories of fond times with the doctor.

“He worked many Saturdays,” Boyce said. “He was a nice guy to work with. I felt bad when he passed away.”

Boyce said that many of his 15 minute appointments turned into 30 to 45 minute appoint-ments because he took his time with his patients.

“He didn’t rush through like so many do today,” she said.

McCalla said she worked with Krausse until a few years before his retirement.

“He was the best boss I’ve ever had,” she said. “He was a great man who put his patients

first.”She herself was a patient

of Krausse’s long before she worked for him, and she remembers a time when she went over the handlebars of her bike and got a three inch gash.

“He stitched me up,” she said. “It’s funny that I started out as a patient and ended up working for him.”

Keusch, a former attorney for Chelsea, said that Krausse was a good subject for a story.

“I’ve known him for as long as he was in Chelsea,” he said. “He was not one of those in and out guys that have limited time. He was very patient. He always felt that when the time came for the visit to end, it was the patient and not the doctor who ended it.”

Keusch said that Krausse also paid him house call visits when he needed it.

“He was my doctor for years. He was real personal,” Keusch said.

Alana West can be reached at mmagwest@sbcglobal.net.

CHELSEA

GENEROUS GIFTKathleen Griffiths, president and CEO of Chelsea Community Hospital (right), accepts a check from Ron Yonkoski (left), director of volunteers, and Nancy Harvey, CCH auxiliary president (center). The Auxiliary donated $24,000 to help fund the hospital’s new chemotherapy infusion center, which will open in September. To date, $300,000 of the needed $5 million has been raised for the center through generous donations from the community, the Auxiliary, special events and community efforts.

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WEDDINGS

Samantha Marie Inverarity of Chelsea and Gerrick Charles Baize wed on Dec. 19, 2009 at Northlake United Methodist Church in Chelsea.

The bride is the daugh-ter of Donna and Joseph Schwartzenberger of Ann Arbor and John and Judy Inverarity of Lawrence, Kan.

The groom is the son of Charles “Mike” and Karen Baize of Chelsea.

The bride wore a strapless satin ivory gown with a bou-quet of red roses and cala lilies, and a waist-length veil embel-lished with swarovski crystals.

The maid of honor was Brandy Sylvain of Manchester, sister of the bride.

The junior bridesmaid was Shelby Sylvain of Manchester, niece of the bride.

The best man was Garth Baize of Grasslake, brother of the groom.

The flower girl was Alyson Baize of Grasslake, niece of the groom; and Cali Schwartzenberger of Ypsilanti, niece of the bride.

The ring bearer was Trigger Baize, dog of the groom.

The bride attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kan. and graduated from Chelsea High School. She graduated from Washburn University School of Nursing in Topeka, Kan. She is a registered nurse at Allegiance Health.

The groom graduated from Chelsea High School and is employed with Bollinger’s Sanitation and Excavating.

A reception will be held on June 12.

Students compete in OlympiadEditor’s note: This article is

being reprinted again due to an error in fact published in the March 25 edition of The Chelsea Standard and Dexter Leader

On March 20, the Science Olympiad team at Beach Middle School competed at the Hillsdale College Region 9 Tournament against 14 other middle schools.

The team competed in 23 dif-ferent events ranging from fos-sils and anatomy to experimen-tal design and student-made devices.

The BMS team came in sec-ond place and will compete at Michigan State University on May 1 in the state tournament. Both the middle school team and the Chelsea High School team will compete at the state level, a first in the district’s history.

Matt Boone and Nicholas Arons won sixth place in Compute This; Samantha Jabara, Matt Proegler and Erin Koch won sixth place in Experimental Design; JJ

Duncan, Kaylin Zocharski, Samantha Jabara and Audrey Timberlake won sixth place in Pentathlon.

Katie Dewyer and Samantha Jabara won fifth place in Junkyard Challenge; Devon Gosnick and Kelly Bertoni won fifth place in anatomy; EJ Lin and Colleen Bertoni won fifth place in Disease Detectives.

Bronze medal winners included Matthew Proegler and Camden Dammeyer in Elevated Bridge; Katie Dewyer and Carrie Williams in Fossils, Kat Haroney and Katie Dewyer in Bio-Process Lab.

Silver medalists were Camden Dammeyer and Matthew Proegler in Physcial Science Lab, EJ Lin and Kat Haroney in Ecology, Erin Koch and Carrie Williams in Shock Value, Matthew Proegler and Colleen Bertoni in Dynamic Planet.

Gold medalists for Chelsea were Kelly Bertoni and Daniel Carrara in Can’t Judge a Powder, EJ Lin and Kat Haroney in Solar System, and

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Students at Beach Middle School in Chelsea display their awards at the Science Olympiad at Hillsdale College March 20.

Colleen Bertoni, Kat Haroney, EJ Lin and Matthew Proegler in Pentathalon.

The team was coached by Jean McKim, Carol Strahler, Ryann Skrypec, Duane Moss,

Maureen Lin, Sheryl Dewyer, Lyn Arons, Sue Bertoni, Lena Carrara and Dave Polley

The Chelsea Education Foundation supplied grant money for the team.

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BULLETIN BOARDBlood Drive

The Dexter Community Blood Drive will take place at St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ, 7610 Ann Arbor St., from 1 to 7 p.m. April 26. Walk-ins are welcome. To schedule an appointment, visit www.givelife.org and click on “donate blood now” and fi ll out the information and sponsor code, “Dexter13.”

DonationsA Salvation Army truck will be

on site at Village Motor Sales, located at 1185 S. Main St. in Chelsea, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 17 to receive “gently-used” donations.

Receipts for tax purposes are available. For more information, call 1-800-SATRUCK or visit romulus.satruck.org.

Mystery production“The Fixed Mark,” a mystery

comedy in four acts, will be pre-sented by the First Congregational Church in Chelsea April 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. The play is written by Pastor Barbara Edema. There is no charge to attend, but freewill offerings will be accepted.

Proceeds benefi t the youth mission trip to New Orleans, La. in June. For more information, call 1-734-475-1844.

Friends of the Dexter Library book sale

The Friends of the Dexter Library book sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 1 in the lower level of the library, located at 3255 Alpine St. in Dexter. For more information, call 1-734-426-4477.

‘Around Town with Linda’ “Around Town with Linda” will feature Janice Ortbring, owner of Edgar Norman Creative and “Yellow Door” project supporter. “Around Town with Linda” features interviews conducted by the local host Linda Meloche.

The show airs daily on Channel 18 at 7:30 a.m., noon, 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

A new interview begins every Thursday evening and runs for a week. The guests all live or work in Chelsea, and everyone con-nected with the show is a volun-teer. Previous shows are avail-able to view at McKune Memorial Library.

Art, Food and WineThe Rotary Club of Dexter is

holding its annual Art, Food, and Wine event from 5 to 8 p.m. May 2 at North Point, 8031 Main St., in Dexter.

The event will feature a limited live auction with weekend vaca-tions and show and diner pack-ages, as well as other offerings. The price is $ 70 per ticket. Proceeds fund the Dexter Rotary Scholarship Program.

Help Wild Birds!The event takes place 9:30

a.m. April 17 at the Bird Center. Volunteer training will take place at Washtenaw Community College. There is a $5 fee. To register, call 223-0636.

Award PresentationTo celebrate Earth Day, join

Transition Town Chelsea at the Michigan Friends Center at 6:30 p.m. April 16 for the Second

Annual Chelsea Environmentalist of the Year Awards. This year, Christina Snyder and Christopher Coon will be hon-ored.

Hometown ConcertThe Chelsea House

Orchestra’s Hometown Concert, “Celtic with a Kick!” will take place at 7 p.m. April 17 at the Washington Street Education Center. Tickets are available at Chelsea Pharmacy or at the door, and at tickets@chelseahouseorchestra.org.

MARSP meetingThe Michigan Association of

Retired School Personal Washtenaw County Chapter will meet at 2 p.m. April 21 at Rupert Otto’s home in Chelsea for a the-atre organ concert. The event is free, but space is limited to the fi rst 32 people. Send reserva-tions to: WARSP organ concert, c/o Doris Williams, 1661 Weatherstone Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Reservations should be received by April 14.

Chelsea MOPS Mom-to-Mom sale Chelsea Mops will be holding their annual spring Mom-to-Mom sale from 9 a.m. to noon April 17 at the Chelsea First United Methodist Church. Infant, toddlers and children’s clothing will be for sale as well as baby gear and toys. Admission is $1 at the door. To rent a table at the sale e-mail worker08@aol.com or call 424-2659. Children product vendors are welcome to rent table space. All door admission fees and table rental fees go towards the MOPS

scholarship fund.

New Classes at Yoga Chelsea

Yoga Chelsea’s spring ses-sion (April 5 through June 18) will feature new classes. Classes are $116 to register and $13 for a drop-in class.

Soothing Yoga: The pace of this class is restorative, with more thoughtful, restful move-ments. This class is recom-mended for those who are look-ing for a slower pace or those who have physical limitations or chronic pain conditions.

Mondays from 7:45 to 9 p.m. and Tuesdays from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.

Integral Yoga: An Integral Yoga class includes chanting, breathwork and meditation, as well as physical poses. Integral Yoga combines a wide range of yogic practices — doing asana, studying spiritual texts, helping others, chanting mantras, and sitting in meditation — that lead to harmony and happiness.

Wednesday from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.

Movie NightThe Chelsea Area Network of

Peace Activists will show the movie “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” at 7 p.m. April 21. “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” chroni-cles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country.The movie will be shown in the meeting room at Key Bank, 1478 Chelsea-Manchester Road. There will be light refreshments. Contact John Gourlay at john@weathervanefarm.net for

more information.

Euchre tournamentSt. Andrew’s United Church of

Christ Sonshine Walkers Relay for Life team will host a Euchre Party at 7 p.m. April 24 in the Fellowship Hall at the church, 7610 Ann Arbor St.

The cost is $15 per person to play and includes light snacks, desserts and non-alcoholic bev-erages. For more information, call Betty Davenport at 1-734-426-4093.

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Immanuel Bible Church 145 E. Summit St. (734) 475-8936

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CHELSEA NAZARENE CHELSEA NAZARENE 12126 Jackson Rd. 12126 Jackson Rd.

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Dexter Gospel Dexter Gospel 2253 Baker Road, Dexter 2253 Baker Road, Dexter

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Independent Fundamental Baptist Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m.

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St. Paul St. Paul United Church of Christ

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Rev. Curtiss DeMars-Johnson, Pastor 475-2545

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St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ

7610 Ann Arbor St. Dexter, Michigan

Dr. Bob Summers, Pastor 734-426-8610

Sunday Services 8:30am Worship Service

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Webster United Church of Christ

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Chelsea Church of Christ Minister Tom Haddox

13661 East Old US-12

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Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Morning Service 10:30 am

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Global warming topic of professor’s lecture

Dr. Henry Pollack, profes-sor emeritus at the University of Michigan’s Department of Geological Sciences, spoke to

about 35 people at the Chelsea District Library on April 6. He discussed his new book, “A World Without Ice,” which

addresses global warming and how it has already affected the glaciers across the globe.

Pollack worked with former vice president Al Gore on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and in 2007, the panel shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

When asked about climate change skeptics, Dr. Pollack said: “Ice asks no questions, presents no arguments, reads no newspapers, listens to no debates. It is not burdened by ideology and carries no political baggage as it changes from solid to liquid. It just melts.”

He showed slide after slide comparing the ice in a par-ticular glacier or mountain 50, 20, or even 10 years ago with

what’s left today. He talked about how rising temperatures bring about melting ice, and melting ice raises sea levels, and how that threatens entire island nations as well as coastal regions all over the world.

The talk was the first in a series that Transition Town Chelsea is hosting in April at the Chelsea District Library. Transition Town Chelsea is a group working to help Chelsea map a resilient future as it

deals with peak oil, climate change, and economic uncer-tainties.

For more information on Transition Town Chelsea, visit www.transitionchelsea.org for upcoming events.

MUSIC REVIEW

Scorpions go out in style with fi nal rock albumBy Lee CopleyGuest Writer

Artist: ScorpionsAlbum: “Sting In The Tail”Label: Strategic MarketingIn the late 1970s and 1980s,

a new form of rock hit the world with a force that had been unknown up until that point. Hair metal became pos-sibly the biggest genre in the world. It helped bridge the gap between pop music and rock; a bridge that has helped acts like Green Day, Nickelback and even Slipknot become popular.

Combining the energy of rock with the sheer catchy factor of pop music was a for-mula for instant success for a lot of bands, and members of said bands are still floating on their fame today. One band that has been under the radar in America but that has con-tinued to make good music is Scorpions.

Scorpions are most well known for their 1984 hit “Rock You Like A Hurricane.” Most hair metal bands from that era died out, mutated into other bands, or lent their members to various modern reality shows to stoke the fires of popularity. Scorpions is not one of those bands.

Since their popularity in the United States waned, they’ve continued to release solid albums to their diehard fans in America and their native Germany. Their 17th album “Sting In The Tail,” marks their end in music.

The Scorpions are planning on retiring after touring ends for this album, and the qual-ity of “Sting In The Tail” is a preview of a solid closing tour. The album opens with “Raised On Rock,” which is an insanely catchy song. It helps hook the listener for the entire album. “Rock Zone” has a pure old school rock feel and pumps up whoever is listening. “Slave Me” sounds like a song released right along with the band’s big-gest hit. From the lyrics to the guitar, it sounds like something made in the ’80s. “Lorelei” is a pure rock ballad. It has a slow, almost acoustic sound. The only bad song on the album is “Sly.”

It’s another ballad, but it drags on and on. The song takes for-ever and will kill any attention of the listener. Aside from “Sly,” “Sting In The Tail” is a great album.

The fact that Scorpions is retiring is a musical tragedy. Bands like this have kept a dying genre going with solid music that showcases how good it can be. Without Scorpions, the only hair metal people will have is the random singers who show up on dating or fitness shows on VH1. “Sting In The Tail” gets an A-.

Artist: Streetlight ManifestoAlbum: “99 Songs of

Revolution Volume 1”Label: Victory RecordsSka music has become mas-

sively popular among the select groups who really know what it is. Some ska bands, such as Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake, have gained some commercial recognition for one reason or another, but a lot of ska bands remain mostly underground. A perfect example of this is Streetlight Manifesto.

In the last eight years, the band has created some of the best ska around and their most recent album, “99 Songs of Revolution Volume 1,” just hit the scene.

“99 Songs of Revolution Volume 1” is an odd album. First, it’s all cover songs. Second, it’s the first part of an at least eight album-long series. Four ska bands, includ-ing Streetlight Manifesto and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, teamed up for this massive project.

“99 Songs of Revolution Volume 1” was the first of two Streetlight Manifesto albums

in the series, and it lives up to the quality of the band for the most part. “Just,” originally by Radiohead, has a classic ska feel and a great beat. It’s only downside is it’s annoying close. “Birds Flying Away,” by Mason Jennings, is a great song with an almost funk feel to it. “Such Great Heights,” a cover of The Postal Service, starts with an all horn intro that begins the song on a great note. The rest of the song keeps that pace. The two worst songs on the album are “The Troubadour,” by Louis Jordan, and “Punk Rock Girl,” by The Dead Milkmen. These two songs just pale in compari-son to the rest of the album, and their quality is nothing but lacking.

Streetlight Manifesto is a band that deserves to be bigger than they are. Their music is consistently good, and “99 Songs of Revolution Volume 1” does nothing to change that trend. This album was a great start to a hopefully great series of albums. “99 Songs of Revolution Volume 1” gets an A-.

Lee Copley is a resident of Whitmore Lake and a frequent contributor to the Chelsea Standard and Dexter Leader.

Dr. Henry Pollack speaks Dr. Henry Pollack speaks at the Chelsea District at the Chelsea District Library as part of the Library as part of the Transition Town Chelsea Transition Town Chelsea monthly series.monthly series.

Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Rider, Maciejewski, Knight, Kooyers, Brushaber, Kelly; Nays - None; Absent - Lesser; Abstain - None. Carried 6-0

H. Washtenaw County Road Commission 2010 Construction Projects (Reference Annual Report)

Motion by Rider, second by Brushaber to table the matter. Carried 6-0

I. Servants ofthe Word Consent Judgment Amendment (Attachment 8-1) Motion by Brushaber, second by Maciejewski to approve the proposed amendment the consent judgment entered into previously between Dexter Township and the Servants Of The Word and authorize the Township Supervisor to sign the agreement, pending approval by the Township Attorney. Carried 6-0

J. Township Hall meeting room public address system - Clerk Rider - The consensus of the Board was to purchase the equipment this fiscal year, provided the cost does not exceed the budgeted $1,800.

TRANSFER OF FUNDS

Motion by Knight, second by Kooyers to authorize the Treasurer to transfer $554,168.81 from the Multi-Lakes Enterprise Fund to the Multi-Lakes Debt Service Fund to cover the debt service payment for fund 3070 refunding. Carried 6-0

AUTHORIZATION of PAYMENTS

Motion by Knight, second by Brushaber to approve the debt service payment (refunding - fund 3070) for the Multi-Lakes Sewer and Water Authority to Washtenaw County in the amount of $683,237.50. Carried 6-0 Motion by Brushaber, second by Maclejewski to pay bills in the amount of $40,538.37 from the General Fund, $5,377.89 from the Fire Fund, $74,149.50 from the Police Fund and gross payroll in the amount of $20,823.48. Carried 6-0

PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no additional public comment.

OTHER ISSUES, COMMENTS and CONCERNS of BOARD MEMBERS

Treasurer Kooyers mentioned that on Thursday of last week she turned over the final tax settlement to Washtenaw County. Also, the delinquency rate for the 2008 tax year was 5.14%. The 2009 rate of delinquency rate is 5.52%. Supervisor Kelly informed the Board that she spoke with Janis Bobbrin, the Director of the County Water Resources Commission, about the proposed Copper Meadows Drainage District. Supervisor Kelly said that she hasn’t sent in the Chapter Four paperwork yet, even though there has been some activity at Copper Meadows. Ms. Bobbrin said that they will officially put the project on hold and inform of our options once they receive the official Chapter Four paperwork. Also, the County will send us a hill for the engineering cost, but we will not receive it until next fiscal year. The meeting was adjourned at 10:l0 PM. Respectfully Submitted,

Harley B. Rider, Clerk Dexter Township

- I, the undersigned, Harley B. Rider, the duly qualified Clerk for the Township of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the forgoing is a true and complete copy of certain proceedings taken by the Dexter Township Board of Trustees at a regular board meeting held on the 16th day of March, 2010 and that the forgoing minutes have been approved by a majority vote of the Board at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of May, 2010.

Harley B. Rider, Clerk Dexter Township

Dexter Township

6880 Dexter-Pinckney Rd. Dexter, MI 48130 (734) 426-3767

REGULAR MEETING OF THE DEXTER TOWNSHIP BOARD TUESDAY MARCH 16, 2010,

7:00 PM

Location: Dexter Township Hall, 6880 Dexter-Pinckney Rd., Dexter, MI Meeting called to order by Supervisor Kelly at 7:06 PM.

ROLL CALL : Present - Kelly, Kooyers, Rider, Brushaber, Knight, Maclejewski Absent - Lesser Also present: Patrick Sloan, Director of Planning & Zoning

PUBLIC COMMENT -None.

APPROVAL of the AGENDA

Motion by Brushaber, second by Maciejewski to approve the Agenda, as amended. Carried 6-0

CONSENT AGENDA

Motion by Brushaber, second by Rider to approve the Consent Agenda. Carried 6-0

OLD BUSINESS

A. Clean Up Day Memo of Understanding (Attachment 7-A)

Motion by Maclejewski, second by Kooyers to authorize the Township Supervisor to sign the letter of understanding between Washtenaw County and Dexter and Lyndon Townships regarding the May 2010 recycle event.

B. Multi-Lakes Sewer Phase I Bond Reissue - Update only - no action

C. Public Safety Committee - Update - Supervisor Kelly expects to provide proposed charges and duties for the committee, along with recommendation on the appointees to the committee, by the March 3o6meeting.

NEW BUSINESS

A. Portage Lake Dam Project (Attachment 8-A)

Motion by Rider, second by Knight to approve Resolution 10-275, a resolution to recommend that the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners take appropriate action to fix/repair the Flook Dam on the Huron River downstream from Portage Lake. Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Rider, Maciejewski, Knight; Nays - Brushaber, Kelly, Kooyers; Absent - Lesser; Abstain- None. Failed 3- 3

B. Fiscal Year 2010-201 1 General Fund Budget (Reference budget public hearing - Attachment 5A)

Discussion, no action

C. Fiscal Year 2010-201 1 Fire Fund Budget (Reference budget public hearing - Attachment 5B)

Discussion, no action.

D. Fiscal Year 2010-201 1 Police Fund Budget (Reference budget public hearing - Attachment 5C)

Discussion, no action,

E. General Appropriations Act (Attachment 8-E) - No discussion, no action.

F. Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Wage and Salary Resolutions (Attachment 8-F)

Minutes of the Dexter Township Board March 16,2010

Motion by Rider, second by Kooyers to approve Resolution # 10-276, a Resolution to set the FY 201012011 annual salary for Township Trustees of $4,800/yr, noting the Trustees have not

received a raise since the FY2006/2007 budget, and further noting that per state statute, the salary of an elected official cannot be reduced during the official’s term of office unless their statutory duties are reduced and the official agrees in writing. Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Kooyers, Rider, Kelly, Brusbaber, Maclejewski; Nays -Knight; Absent - Lesser; Abstain -None. Carried 5-1

Motion by Rider, second by Brushaber to approve Resolution # 10-277, a Resolution to set the FY 2010/2011 annual salary for the Township Supervisor of $23,892/yr, noting the Supervisor has not received a raise since the FY 2005/2006 budget, and farther noting that per state statute, the salary of an elected official cannot be reduced during the official’s term of office unless their statutory duties are reduced and the official agrees in writing. Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Brushaber, Maclejewski, Rider, Kooyers, Kelly; Nays - Knight; Absent - Lesser; Abstain -None. Carried 5-1

Motion by Kooyers, second by Brushaber to approve Resolution # 10- 278, a Resolution to set the FY 2010/2011 annual salary for the Township Clerk of $23,892/yr, noting the Clerk has not received a raise since the FY 2005/2006 budget, and further noting that per state statute, the salary of an elected official cannot be reduced during the official’s term of office unless their statutory duties are reduced and the official agrees in writing. Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Rider, Kelly, Brushaber, Maclejewski, Kooyers; Nays - Knight; Absent - Lesser; Abstain - None. Carried 5-1

Motion by Rider, second by Kooyers to approve Resolution # 10-279, a Resolution to set the FY 2010/2011 annual salary for the Township Treasurer of $23,892/yr, noting the Treasurer has not received a raise since the FY 2005/2006 budget, and farther noting that per state statute the salary of an elected official cannot be reduced during the official’s term of office unless their statutory duties are reduced and the official agrees in writing. Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Kooyers, Kelly, Brushaber, Maclejewski, Rider; Nays - Knight; Absent - Lesser; Abstain - None. Carried 5-1

Motion by Brushaber, second by Maclejewski to approve Resolution # 10- 280, a Resolution to assign additional non-statutory duties of Assistant to the Assessor to Treasurer Vickie Kooyers and to establish and authorize compensation for the additional non- statutory duties of Assistant to the Assessor, maintaining the FY 2010/2011 compensation of $800.00/month. Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Kooyers. Brushaber, Kelly, Maclejewski, Rider; Nays - Knight; Absent - Lesser; Abstain - None. Carried 5-1

Motion by Brushaber, second by Maclejewski to approve Resolution # 10- 281, a Resolution to assign additional non-statutory duties of Web Site Coordinator Vickie Kooyers and to establish and authorize compensation for the additional non-statutory duties of Web Site Coordinator, maintaining the FY 2010/2011 compensation of $150.00/month. Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Rider, Kooyers, Maclejewski, Brushaber, Kelly; Nays - Knight; Absent - Lesser; Abstain - None. Carried 5-1

Motion by Brushaber, second by Kooyers to approve Resolution # 10-282, a Resolution to set the FY 2010/2011 salaries, hourly wages, mileage reimbursement and other compensation for Township employees who are paid by salary, at an hourly rate, and/or per- diem rate (resolution as amended). Roll Call Vote: Yeas - Brushaber, Kelly, Kooyers, Maciejewski, ~ i d e rN; ays - Knight; Absent - Lesser; Abstain - None. Carried 5-1

G. Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Meeting Schedule (Attachment 8-G)

Motion by Knight, second by Rider to approve Resolution 10-283, a resolution to set the FY 201012011 meeting dates for the Dexter Township Board of Trustees, Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals (as amended). Publish April 15, 2010

SYLVAN TOWNSHIP BOARD

April 6, 2010

The regular meeting of the Sylvan

Township Board was held April 6, 2010

at 7pm at the Sylvan Township Hall,

18027 Old US 12, Chelsea, MI 48118.

Members present: Supervisor Lange,

Clerk Koch, Treasurer Grau, Trustee

Lesser and Cooper.

Also present: Tom & Dawn Caplis, Mike

Jurosek, Bill Harmer.

The meeting was called to order and

the pledge recited.

Motion by Cooper, seconded by Grau to

approve minutes. Carried.

Motion by Grau, seconded by Koch to

pay bills as presented. Carried.

Public Participation:

Bill Harmer from the Chelsea District

Library gave a brief presentation on

the activities, goals and

accomplishments of the Library.

The report from Zoning Inspector

Caplis showed 0 zoning compliance

permits, 5 enforcement actions and 0

Certificate of Occupancy for March

2010.

Clerk Koch reported on WWRA and

pointed out to the Board that the

WWRA Merit Plan for 2010 was

presented the night of the WWRA board

meeting with an average raise increase

of 5.34%. The Plan was approved by the

WWRA Board with 6-2 vote.

Treasurer Grau distributed the

settlement sheet from the County.

No Old Business.

New Business:

Motion by Cooper, seconded by Grau to

accept the resignation of Mark Critz the

from Zoning Board of Appeals and

Hank Schoch from Planning

Commission and appoint John Sheriff

to the Zoning Board of Appeals to finish

the term of Critz. Roll call vote – all

ayes - Carried.

Motion by Grau, seconded by Lesser to

approve the Election Inspectors for the

May 4, 2010 election. Carried.

Motion by Lesser, seconded by Cooper

to award the Coliseum Drive Road bid

to Bollingers. Carried.

Motion by Koch, seconded by Grau to

adopt the Resolution Regarding a

Temporary Road Closure for the Heart

& Sole Run sponsored by Chelsea

Community Hospital. Roll call vote –

all ayes – Carried.

Motion by Lesser, seconded by Koch to

adopt a Resolution of Intent to Accept

Offer of Leoni Township to Transfer

Responsibilities and Obligations of the

Leoni Wastewater Treatment Plant to

Leoni Regional Utility Authority. Roll

call vote – all ayes – Carried.

Motion by Lesser, seconded by Grau to

authorized Supervisor and Clerk to sign

the Agreement with WCRC. Carried.

Motion by Koch, seconded by Cooper to

adjourn. Carried.

LuAnn S. Koch Sylvan Township Clerk

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Dexter Township

6880 Dexter-Pinckney Rd. Dexter, Mi 46130

(734) 426-3767

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGETS

FOR THE GENERAL, FIRE AND POLICE FUNDS

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010, 7:00 PM

Location: Dexter Township Hall, 6880 Dexter-Pinckney Rd., Dexter, MI

Hearing called to order by Supervisor Kelly at 7:.05 PM with the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag.

ROLL CALL: Present - Kelly, Kooyers, Rider, Brushaber, Knight, Maciejewski Absent – Lesser

PUBLIC COMMENT -None.

APPROVAL of the AGENDA

Motion by Knight, second by Kooyers to approve the Agenda. Carried 6-0

NEW BUSINESS Public Hearing on the Proposed 2010/ 2011 Fiscal Year Budgets: A. General Fund Budget (open for

public discussion) B. Fire Fund Budget (open for public discussion) C. Police Fund Budget (open for public discussion)

PUBLIC COMMENT There was no additional public comment. The hearing was adjourned at 7:06 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Harley B. Rider, Clerk Dexter Township

I, the undersigned, Harley B. Rider, the duly qualified Clerk for the Township of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the forgoing is a true and complete copy of certain proceedings taken by the Dexter Township Board of Trustees at a Dexter Township Public Budget Hearing held on the 16th day of March, 2010 and that the forgoing minutes have been approved by a majority vote of the Board at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of April, 2010.

Harley B. Rider, Clerk, Dexter Township

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CUSTOMERS

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Act 344 of the Public Acts of 1982 that a REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE WASHTENAW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS session held on April 7, 2010, will be available for public inspection and copying from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at the Office of the County Clerk/Register, Suite 120, 200 N. Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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WEBSTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC NOTICE

TESTING OF VOTING EQUIPMENT

To the qualified electors of the Township of Webster, notice is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of MCL 168.794a(3), the Webster Township Clerk will conduct a PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST of the voting equipment to be used in the May 4, 2010 ELECTION. The test will be conducted on Monday April 19, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at the Webster Township Hall 5665 Webster Church Rd., Dexter, MI 48130. Interested members of the public are invited to observe this Public Accuracy Test. Please contact the Clerk’s office with any questions (734-426-5103).

Mary Dee Heller, Clerk Webster Township

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Head to Head

CHELSEA at DEXTER When: 11:30 a.m., Saturday (JV at 10 a.m.)ONLINE: Story/video right after the game

By Terry JacobyHeritage Newspapers

An ugly scene broke out at the end of the junior varsity lacrosse game Monday night between Dexter and host Walled Lake Central. After the whistle had blown to end the game, Dexter’s Jake Waldrup was knocked down to the turf and several Walled Lake Central players decided to throw a few punches to add an exclama-tion mark to the Vikings’ 8-7 victory.

Several players from Walled Lake even came off the bench to “throw” in their support.

“It was unbelievable. They just started throwing punches,” said Ira Cohen, one of the Dexter parents who traveled to Walled Lake to see the game.

Dexter coach Brian Callanan couldn’t have been more proud of his team.

“They did what they were supposed to do, they went to a knee,” he said. “The JV team is made up of all first-year play-ers and this was their first ever lacrosse game. They did a great

job. And they showed great class at the end.”

Too bad the other team didn’t.

Callanan said the fight seemed to fire up the Walled Lake Central varsity team. But

the Dreadnaughts quickly put the fire out in the first few minutes and dominated the game from start to finish. Kevin Mors and Andrew Erber each scored a goal on Dexter’s first two possessions and the Dreads scored six times in the first quarter as they cruised to a

13-3 victory to improve to 3-1.The Dreads played a much

better game than they did just 11 days earlier in a rout of Belleville. Passes were on the mark, plays looked smooth and the end results usually ended up in the back of the net. Even when they weren’t scoring, they were keeping the pressure on the Walled Lake Central goalie.

“We are fundamentally get-ting quicker and faster and it’s fun to see,” Callanan said. “We

Lacrosse team knocks out WLC

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Honor roll The Dexter boys’ swim

team held its annual awards banquet on March 31 to honor the Dreadnaughts, who fin-ished the season ranked sixth at the Division 2 state meet, their best state ranking since 2004-05. Leading the team this season were coaches Michael McHugh and Manny Billegas; co-captains were seniors Jesse Claflin and Liam Donevan.

This year marked the 25th anniversary of DHS men’s swim team.

The banquet festivities began with special recogni-tion to Dexter’s first head coach, Dave Plawchan, who established this team’s first season in 1984-85. This year’s team took home its 12th consecutive Southeastern Conference – White Division championship, and held a sea-son meet record of 10-4.

Earning their first varsity letter awards for swimming were freshmen swimmers Deane Injejikian, Brennan Maisch, Max Merriman, Paul Ruble, Joe Wendorf and Jonathan Zofchak. Coach McHugh recognized and presented awards to the 11 swimmers who individu-ally qualified to compete at this years’ Division 2 state meet: Senior Liam Donevan, juniors Austin Daugherty and Stephen Sobczak, sophomores Josh Boren, Mark Brown, Jake Claflin, Kyle Franz, Nate Kilian, Joey Pek and Ian Wilson; and freshman Jonathan Zofchak.

Swimmers finishing in the top eight at the state meet final events were also awarded All-State honors for Dexter, including Sobczak, Boren, Brown, Jake Claflin, Kilian, Wilson and Zofchak.

McHugh announced and recognized the Scholar-Athlete awards to Charlie Butler, Jake Claflin, Jesse Claflin, Daugherty, Donevan, Franz, Kilian, Maisch, Merriman, Matt Munzel, Pek, Jeff Pituch, Ruble, Jake Schilling, Connor

2010 DHSSwimming

Awards

Thompson, Brandon Verna and Wendorf. These student athletes achieved a cumula-tive grade-point average of 3.25 or better.

In addition, Jesse Claflin and Donevan also earned SEC Scholar Athlete awards, recognizing seniors in the conference with a minimum of 3.25 GPA. Jesse Claflin also was recognized with an Academic All-American award, which is awarded to senior athletes with a mini-mum 3.75 GPA, and the SEC’s

Sportsmanship Award.Each season, the coach

recognizes a member of each class who has demonstrated an exemplary level of dedica-tion and team sportsmanship that contributes to the overall success of the team. The 2009-2010 season class awards were presented to freshman Brennan Maisch, sophomore Matt Munzel, junior Brandon Verna. The senior class award was presented to co-captains Jesse Claflin and Liam Donevan, co-awarded

for their outstanding con-tributions as team leaders throughout the season.

The coach also awards the Rookie of the Year award to a first year swimmer who made a significant contribu-tion to the team at the SEC meet. This years’ award was presented to freshman Jonathan Zofchak.

The members of the team vote on additional individual awards.

Dexter swim team commemorates 25 years at banquet

Team awards winners included (left to right) junior Stephen Sobczak, Most Valuable Player; sophomore Nate Kilian, Most Dedicated; freshman Paul Ruble, Most Improved; Rookie of the Year Jonathan Zofchak.

Class awards winners were (left to right) freshman Brennan Maisch; sophomore Matt Munzel; Junior Brandon Verna; and seniors Liam Donevan and Jesse Clafl in.

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Dexter forms new varsity program; Chelsea could be next as sport growsBy Terry JacobyHeritage Newspapers

When the Washtenaw Whippets were cre-ated six years ago, the goal was always to break up the team and create programs in girls’ field hockey at the individual schools. A few years ago, Saline players were the first to depart from the Whippets, forming their own junior varsity and varsity programs.

The Hornets had 50 girls on the JV and varsity teams last year.

This coming fall will be the first year that Dexter players go solo, and team organizers are confident that the roster could reach 35 to 40 play-ers, enough for both JV and varsity teams.

The Whippets are now down to a roster featur-ing players from Chelsea and Manchester.

“The goal now is to get Chelsea to form its own

varsity program,” said Whippets coach Roxy Block. “We will have seven returning players from Chelsea. We need to get out and promote the team and the sport through indoor clinics and other ways. The middle school recently added field hockey to the physical education program so we expect that to help create interest.”

Craig Flocken will coach the Dreadnaughts in the fall and has been encouraged with the interest already created in Dexter.

“Field hockey is one of the best girls’ team sports out there,” Flocken said. “It’s a lot of fun and people should check it out.”

Players interested in playing for Dexter can sign up for the program at 6:30 p.m. on June 2 at the Dexter Area Library. Even though the sign-up is still a few months away and the season doesn’t officially start until August, players have already

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Most hunters understand how Michigan’s bounti-ful 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 chair-man of the American Brittany Club, “It is the premier 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 recreation areas where field trialing 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 occasion-ally 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 scheduling 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 left-overs.

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 organiza-

tions -- around the entire perim-eter 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 volun-teers 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 bal-ancing 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 prevent 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 facili-ties 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 sim-ply 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 rec-reational 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 work-ing with the folks from the depart-ment. They’re good to work with.”

Public lands 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 rtaylor@reinhartrealtors.com 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.

Dexter splits home opener with Pinckney

Before heading off to Spring Break, the Dexter varsity base-ball team split its home opener with Pinckney.

The Dreadnoughts lost the first game 8-2 despite a fine pitching effort by Nick Strieter, who left the game after four innings, giving up three runs on four hits with three strike-outs.

Only one run was earned as Dexter misplayed a couple balls and were constantly challenged by a fine Pinckney offense that kept putting the ball in play.

“We didn’t play that bad, but Pinckney did an excellent job of getting their runners in scoring position and getting them in,” Dexter coach Don Little said.

Dexter got another solid pitching performance in the second game. The Dreads won 2-1 thanks in large part to pitcher Henry Haley, who struck out 9 of the 15 batters he faced and only allowed three hits.

Haley also scored both runs for Dexter. He walked twice and was knocked in by Nate Opland’s single in what ended up being the deciding run.

Freshman win second gameAfter losing their season opener in Friday’s doubleheader,

the Dexter freshman baseball team bounced back with a 13-3 win over Wyandotte in the second game. The Bears led 3-0 in the second inning before the Dreads scored two runs in both the second and third innings, five in the fourth and four more in the fifth.

Leading the offense for the Dreads were Nate Mellifont (4 for 4 with 4 RBI) and Jake Ladziak (2 for 3).

Brett Garwood, who allowed three runs on three hits, earned the victory. Grant Bentley, who pitched two innings of relief (with three strikeouts), earned the save.

One of the highlights of the game was a double play turned by Ben Bruetsch, Greg Goffee and Jake Ladziak.

“Once we got our focus going in the second inning, the guys put together an excellent overall effort,” coach Bill Jenney said. “It allowed them to take command of the game. The defense played very well handling 11 chances with just one error.”

The Dreads lost the first game 8-7 to Airport. Dexter out-hit Airport 11-6.

The offense was led by Garwood with three singles and Ladziak, who hit a home run and drove in five runs. Mellifont, Colin Hanss and Patrick Gronvall each had two hits for Dexter. Strong defensive plays were turned in by Goffee and Brian Lim.

“The game was an excellent effort for all 14 of our freshman players,” Jenney said. “Coming back twice, they showed a great deal of grit and determination.”

Baseball

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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REGIONAL SCHEDULEToday

BASEBALLEast Jackson at Dexter, 4 p.m.Stockbridge at Chelsea, 4:30 p.m.TRACKClinton at Manchester, 5 p.m.Milan at Flat Rock, 4 p.m.Redford Thurston at Belleville,

3:30 p.m.BOYS GOLFManchester at StockbridgeGIRLS TENNISGrosse Ile at Chelsea, 4 p.m.GIRLS SOCCERAdrian at Chelsea, 5:30 p.m.GIRLS TENNISBelleville at Dexter, TBAGIRLS WATER POLOSaline at Chelsea, 6 p.m.

Tomorrow BASEBALLRedford Thurston at Belleville

(DH), 4 p.m.SOFTBALLRedford Thurston at Belleville

(DH), 4 p.m.Flat Rock at Milan (DH), 4 TRACKBelleville at Dearborn Edsel

Ford Relays, 3:30 p.m.BOYS GOLFChelsea at Pinckney

Invitational, 9 a.m.GIRLS SOCCERWestland John Glenn at

Belleville, 4 p.m.Milan at Flat Rock, 4:30 p.m.GIRLS TENNISDearborn at Belleville, 4 p.m.BOYS LACROSSEChelsea at Bedford, 7 p.m.Dexter at AA Huron, 7 p.m.Ypsilanti at Saline, 7 p.m.GIRLS LACROSSESaline at Canton, 7:30 p.m.GIRLS WATER POLOSaline at Gator Invitational,

Saturday BASEBALLBelleville at Monroe (DH), 10

a.m.Chelsea at Coldwater

Invitational, 9 a.m.Dexter at Clinton Tournament,

TBAManchester at Brooklyn

Columbia Central (DH), 10 a.m.Milan at Avery Invitational, 9

a.m.

SOFTBALLBelleville at Monroe

Invitational, 10 a.m.Chelsea at DeWitt Invitational,

TBADexter at South Lyon

Invitational, TBAManchester at Quincy (DH), 10

a.m.Milan at Detroit Country Day

(DH), 11 a.m.Saline at Clinton Invitational 9

a.m.TRACKChelsea at Hastings Invitational,

9 a.m.Manchester at East Jackson

Dome Classic, 9:30 p.m.Saline at Ypsilanti April

Showers, TBAGIRLS SOCCERChelsea at Dexter, 11:30 a.m.Saline at Plymouth, 12:30 GIRLS TENNISChelsea at Adrian InvitationalSaline Hornet Invitational, 9

a.m.GIRLS LACROSSEBedford at Saline, 11 a.m.GIRLS WATER POLOSaline at Gator Invitational,

Monday BASEBALLBelleville at Dearborn (DH), 4

p.m.Chelsea at Ann Arbor Huron

(DH), 4 p.m.Dexter at Monroe (DH), 4 Onsted at Manchester, 4:30 Tecumseh at Saline (DH), 4 SOFTBALLBelleville at Dearborn (DH), 4

p.m.Chelsea at Ann Arbor Huron

(DH), 4 p.m.Dexter at Monroe (DH), 4 p.m.Onsted at Manchester, 4:30 Milan at Summerfield (DH), 4:30

p.m.Tecumseh at Saline (DH), 4 BOYS GOLFAnn Arbor Huron, Ann Arbor

Skyline, Dexter at SEC Quad at Chelsea, 3 p.m.

Belleville at Garden City, 3 Saline at Brighton Invitational,

9 a.m.GIRLS SOCCERBelleville at Garden City, 7 Milan at Riverview, 4:30 p.m.GIRLS TENNIS

Saline at Adrian, 4:30 p.m.Belleville at Romulus, 4 p.m.Chelsea at Monroe, 4:30 p.m.Dexter at Pioneer, 4:30 p.m.BOYS LACROSSEDexter at Madison Heights

Bishop Foley, 5:30 p.m.GIRLS LACROSSEBrighton at Saline, 7 p.m.

Tuesday TRACKAddison, Michigan Center at

Manchester, 5 p.m.Adrian at Chelsea, 4:30 p.m.Dearborn at Belleville, 3:30 Ypsilanti at Dexter, 4:30 p.m.Grosse Ile at Milan, 4 p.m.AA Skyline at Saline, 4:30 p.m.GIRLS SOCCERChelsea at East Lansing, 6:30 Dexter at Mason, 6:30 p.m.Okemos at Saline, 7 p.m.GIRLS TENNISGrosse Ile at Milan, 4 p.m.GIRLS WATER POLOChelsea at AA Pioneer, 6 p.m.AA Huron at Saline, 7 p.m.

WednesdayBASEBALLDearborn Edsel Ford at

Belleville (DH), 4 p.m.Manchester at Napoleon (DH),

4 p.m.Grosse Ile at Milan (DH), 3:30 SOFTBALLDearborn Edsel Ford at

Belleville (DH), 4 p.m.Manchester at Napoleon (DH),

4 p.m.Milan at Grosse Ile (DH), 3:30 Blissfield at Saline, 4 p.m.BOYS GOLFChelsea at Tecumseh, 3 p.m.Dexter at Ypsilanti Lincoln, 3 Dearborn at Belleville, 3 p.m.Hanover-Horton at Manchester Saline at Bedford, 3 p.m.GIRLS SOCCERDearborn at Belleville, 4 p.m.Monroe SMCC at Milan, 4:30 GIRLS TENNISAdrian at Dexter, 4:30 p.m.Chelsea at Ypsilanti, 4:30 p.m.Edsel Ford at Belleville, 4 Milan at Lincoln, 4 p.m.Saline at Pioneer, 4:30 p.m.BOYS LACROSSESkyline at Chelsea, 7 p.m.Bedford at Dexter, 6 p.m.

By Crystal HaydukSpecial writer

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.

Special offerAs an official sponsor of the

Heart and Sole race, Running Fit is offering 10 percent off the price of running shoes. To get the discount, just tell them that you’re part of the Heart and Sole gang.

Randy Step, co-owner of Running Fit stores in Michigan, explained that store employees are trained to help people find the best fit and type of shoe for their feet. Running shoes are flexible from front to back to provide easier forward movement of the foot, and come in one of three basic types: neutral, stability, or motion-control. “Notoriously, people like to buy their shoes too small,” Step said. “You have to ignore the number that you think you usu-ally wear. They size running shoes smaller than dress shoes.”

Running Fit locations can be found at www.runningfit.com.

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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Senior reaching new heights

Chelsea’s Booth wins gold at the

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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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It’s been a crazy month of April so far and we are only nine days in.

Just last Friday I was playing golf with my son wearing shorts and a golf shirt and wiping sweat off my forehead after one of my ripping 180-yard drives into the woods. Hey, it’s early.

On Thursday I was standing on the track at Chelsea High School wearing my winter coat watching a soccer game remembering just how painful a hard soccer ball can feel on freezing legs. I didn’t hear one complaint from any of the Chelsea or Milan soccer players about how cold it was – they just played hard and didn’t let it bother them.

Now, as a former soccer player I promise I won’t make fun of the base-ball team. Yes, the baseball game was cancelled because it was too cold and the field was too wet. As I told my dad countless times growing up, soccer players are just tougher than baseball players. The soccer players proved it again on Thursday.

I was looking forward to watching the baseball team play in a double-header and then head over and watch the soccer game. It was going to be the perfect afternoon. But Mother Nature interfered. Well, it’s spring after all.

The girls moved the game to the evening and turned the lights on at the football field. The Bulldogs pro-vided plenty of electricity with a very well played 4-0 win. Still, it was freez-ing – even with a winter jacket on.

It’s been quite a week in the sports world. The Yankees-Red Sox marathon on Sunday night to start the baseball season, Duke holding off Butler with that dramatic ending in Indianapolis and Tiger proving he’s still Tiger with a golf club in his hand. But Fred Couples and Tom Watson atop the leaderboard? You can’t script it any better.

Spring break will finally be over next week and the spring sports sea-son will finally take off. Hopefully, I can take off my winter jacket and put it away until the fall.

- Terry Jacoby

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Indoor champions!

Last Month, the U-11 Red Devils of the Dexter Soccer Club defeated the Novi Jaguars 2-0 to fi nish fi rst in indoor league play at Wixom Total Sports. The team consists of (back row L to R): Wesley Treemore, Griffi n Beck, Brian Babcock, Alex Janosi, Andy Dolen, Coach Paul Marshall; (front row L to R) Garrett Powell, Kieron Moller, Austin Graham, Griffi n Keough, and Walt Fuller. Not pictured: Callum Read and Alex Toth.

are doing a better job recog-nizing the offense and gain-ing confidence. We had some good practices over Spring Break and they really paid off today. You could see the difference.”

There is still a long way to go for the young Dreads, playing in their first year of varsity lacrosse. But to beat

a team so soundly such as Walled Lake Central which has been around a few years was impressive.

“We were really sound defensively and exceptional on

faceoffs,” Callanan said. “And we made the most of our pos-sessions.”

Erber finished with six goals to lead the Dreads. Corey Diamond had four goals, Andy

McDonagh had two goals and Mors had a goal and six assists for the Dreads.

Scoring in the JV game for Dexter were Hunter Hook (three goals), Waldrup (two goals) and Dan Cohen (two goals).

The Dexter varsity plays at 7 p.m. Friday at Ann Arbor Huron.

VIDEO: See video from Monday’s win, including three goals by Andrew Erber, two goals by Andy McDonagh and one from Corey Diamond.

Sophomore Nate Kilian was presented with the Most Dedicated award, which recog-nizes the teammate showing the highest level of dedication to the team through his actions in and out of the pool.

The Most Improved award was presented to freshman

Paul Ruble. This award recog-nizes the swimmer demonstrat-ing the most improvement in all aspects of the sport during the course of the season.

The Most Valuable Swimmer award recognizes the teammate who is considered by his team as the most valuable based on performances in and out of the pool. This year’s recipient, for the second consecutive year, is junior Stephen Sobczak. Among his many accomplish-

ments this season, at this years’ Division 2 High School State Championships, Sobczak placed second in both the 100 yard free-style and 100 yard backstroke, earning All-State honors.

He also swam on both the 200 yard medley relay (5th place overall) and the 400 yard free-style relay (6th place overall). In addition, Sobczak swam to two DHS Junior Records in both the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke and set a

new DHS Varsity Record in the 100 yard freestyle (46.74).

The evening festivities con-cluded with the announcement of the Dreadnaught leaders voted for the 2010-2011 season. Leading the men’s varsity swim and dive team will be Austin Daugherty and Jeff Pituch.

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started getting ready for the Dreads’ inaugural season.

“We started a conditioning program that meets twice a week and we are getting 15 to 20 girls per session, so that’s very encouraging,” said Flocken, whose daughter cur-rently plays goalie at Central Michigan University. “There also has been strong interest at the middle school level. The coaching staff has been very encouraged with the response.”

That coaching staff, which includes three former University of Michigan play-ers, will be doing a lot of teaching.

“Our job will be to prepare the girls for the games and it will be their jobs to take what we teach them out onto the field,” Flocken said. “We will have 12 girls with experience playing with the Whippets. But most of the others will be brand new to the sport.”

Following last season, Dexter formed a club sport board and in January voted to form a Dexter program.

“We’ve hit the ground run-ning since then,” Flocken said. “By the response we’ve already gotten, we are expect-ing a varsity and junior varsity program in our first year.”

There are now 23 teams in the Michigan High School Field Hockey Association. High school games are played with 11 players on each side.

“We owe a lot to the Whippets for helping cre-ate an interest in Dexter,” Flocken said.

The Whippets will also have their registration meeting at 6 p.m. on June 2 at the WSEC cafeteria. The Whippets is open to students from both Chelsea High School and Manchester High School.

Starting early

Both Dexter Community Education and the Chelsea Recreation Department will host field hockey leagues this month for students in grades 3 through 8. There will be three teams: grades three-four; grades five-six; and grades seven-eight. Each team will practice once a week and play in six games against teams from Chelsea, Dexter and Saline.

“We had four teams in the fall in two age groups so we are hoping to build on that,” said Jennie Greeley, a recre-ation department coordinator. “A lot of these players had never been in a team sport so it was a new experience for many of them.

Keely Tamer, who played four years at U-M and has taught at the collegiate level, will help run the program.

Players from Dexter can sign up at www.onlinedexter.com. The program begins on Saturday. The cost is $60.

The Chelsea Rec teams will be divided into two categories: grades three-five and grades six-eight.

Like in Dexter, the program begins Saturday and will run through May 22.

The cost is $60 and includes a t-shirt. Each player will be

given a field hockey stick.“The recreation program

is very important to help get girls interested at a young age,” said Block, whose daughter Corey plays at

Michigan State University. “This will be a good feeder program.”

To register for the Chelsea program, log onto www.chel-searecreation.countmein.com

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