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75 CENTSKALKASKA, MICHIGAN 49646Wednesday, JANUARY 25, 2012VOL. 157, NO. 30
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If Metzger leaves officeprior to November, thecourt will solicit applica-tions from interested andqualified applicants to fillthe position until the No-vember election.
“With Mr. Metzger will-ing to accept the appoint-ment, the court feels that thecitizens of Kalkaska Countyshould be the ones to selectthe next prosecutor,” Allensaid.
Judge Dennis Murphyand Allen were the decidingparty in the appointmentprocess, ultimately select-ing Donnelly’s assistant.
“I can see a lot of Brian inhim,” said Kalkaska CountySheriff Dave Israel. “He’s agood trial lawyer. That wasa good choice on JudgeAllen and Judge Murphy’spart and it’s going to besome stability for the of-fice.”
to the position in No-vember,” Allen read from aprepared statement. “To
promote continuity and pro-ductiveness, he has agreedto be a placeholder in the of-fice for as long as profes-sional and personal circum-stances permit him to do soor until the election in No-vember.”
BY BRYCE MARTINLEADER EDITOR
BMARTIN@MICHIGANNEWS-
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After Kalkaska CountyProsecutor Brian Don-nelly’s sudden death on Jan.14 left a large vacancy in thecounty’s judicial branch,46th Circuit Court judgesraced to appoint a new pros-ecutor.
Serving under Donnellyas chief assistant prosecu-tor, Kirk Metzger was ap-pointed into the role of in-terim county prosecutorMonday, effective immedi-ately.
Metzger agreed to acceptthe appointment and there-by sworn in by CircuitCourt Chief Judge JanetAllen.
“(Metzger) advised thathe would not seek election
Court appointsnew prosecutor
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Kalkaska County Assistant Prosecutor Kirk Metzger was appointed interimcounty prosecutor on Monday by Circuit Court Chief Judge Janet Allen.
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Family,friendscelebratelife ofDonnelly
BY BRYCE MARTINLEADER EDITOR
Community members, officials, friends and familygathered Friday to celebrate the life of KalkaskaCounty Prosecutor Brian Donnelly, following his sud-den death Jan. 14.
More than 400 people said their final farewell toDonnelly, 61, at the Kalkaska Church of Christ, withPastor Dan Johnson officiating.
Donnelly, who served as prosecutor since 1995,passed away after suffering a heart attack while skiingon the VASA trail in Grand Traverse County.
“He died doing what he loved, and not many of uswill accomplish that,” Tom Donnelly said of hisyounger brother Brian. “He’s ‘arguing’ up in Heaven.”
Retired Kalamazoo County Assistant ProsecutorDavid Deback was one of several people close to Don-nelly who offered a eulogy.
Before the funeral services, Deback, one of Don-nelly’s skiing partners, and his wife skied to the spotwhere Donnelly “fell.” Near the site, the two spokewith a woman who administered CPR to Donnelly be-fore his death.
“She wanted the family to know, despite the circum-stance, it was such a beautiful day and the snow wasperfect,” Deback said.
The week following the funeral, friends and col-leagues spoke further on their memories with Don-nelly.
His 17-year friendship with the prosecutor wassomething Kalkaska County Sheriff Dave Israel re-flected on during Donnelly’s service, followed by Is-rael’s 18-year-old son Frank.
SEE ‘DONNELLY’ PAGE 3A
Village speaks aboutKalkaska Connectsdevelopment project
and received help through the Traverse CityArea Chamber of Commerce as well.
Meeting with NorthSky helped themwork out strategies to identify grants fromgovernment agencies to help fund theproject, Sieting said. They are also lookinginto collaborating with interested develop-ers for additional funding.
“We don’t want the taxpayers to pay any-thing.”
On Jan. 27, members of the group willmeet with representatives from the Michi-gan State Housing Development Authority,as well as the Michigan Economic Develop-ment Corporation.
The plans to “brand” the downtown areainto a more inviting place are directly in linewith some of the Kalkaska Downtown De-velopment Authority’s projects.
DDA Representative Carol Karas dis-cussed the $10,000 grant they received forcommunity growth and improvement,which is going toward “improving the sig-nage, logo and image of Kalkaska,” shesaid. They plan to have the new logo for thevillage designed, and signage completed,before Trout Festival.
BY KATIE BEDARD-GOYTOWSKIFOR THE LEADER
In his President’s Report during theMonday night Village Council meeting,Village President Jeff Sieting discussed theKalkaska Connects development project.
The Kalkaska Connects project focuseson the village accumulating property of the300 block, on the east side of Cedar Street,on both sides of the railroad tracks.
This geographical area includes severalbuildings that have been vacant for quitesome time, as well as the former KalkaskaChamber of Commerce building, to whichthe village previously awarded a grant,through Rotary Charities, to make repairs.
The project is still in its infancy stageand the exact type of development has notbeen determined, Sieting said. The goal isto eventually create a “town square atmos-phere, so people can drive around (in Kal-kaska), not through it.”
“We are looking to create a downtownthat is softer, more inviting,” he said.
Members of the Kalkaska Connects teammet with NorthSky Nonprofit Network,
Council considers property purchase
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work for a factory in Trav-erse City, where he was em-ployed for 18 years. Manonalso found jobs in the Trav-erse City area while the twostill lived on the farm. Even-tually, Manon began work-ing at a series of county andstate-funded jobs in Kalkas-ka.
A short time after her hus-band retired from ConeDrive Gears in TraverseCity, he was diagnosed with
cancer and died in 1988.Manon’s jobs ranged
from Civil Defense Coor-dinator, board of appeals,Secretary of Planning andZoning, and secretarialduties with the countyhealth department. She fi-nally left the farm andmoved into town a year-and-a-half ago. Two ofher sons, Russell andAlan, still live on thefamily farm. Ryan is notfar away, in Acme. Shehas five grandchildren,and “around ten” great-grandchildren.
It is not apparent thatretirement or age hasstarted to slowdown thisenergetic woman. Shevolunteers at hospice, is aEucharistic Minister at St.Mary of the Woods Cath-olic Church, and belongsand participates in severalother organizations. Ofcourse, she still goesdancing every chance shegets.“I just take every day as it
comes,” she said. “I try notto worry about anything andI’m happy.”
I thought that ended ourinterview when Manonadded a postscript.
“Want to know my petpeeves?” she asked. “Theyare dishonesty and peoplewho don’t use their turn sig-nals.”
With that, she gave me ahug and drove off into theblizzard to do some errands.
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boys, Russell, Alan andRyan.
“I still helped out on thefarm,” Manon said. “Iwould put the baby in a po-tato crate near by when Imilked the cows.”
Life on the farm was a lotof work, but Manon andDevere kept a good balanceof work and play by alwaysmaking time to go dancing.
“We did all kinds,”Manon said with a smile.
“Round dancing, squaredancing, polkas ... we did itall.”
When the boys were inhigh school, tragedy struckwhen the Yankee Boy res-taurant burned down. Theowner, Cecil Birmingham,his wife and youngestdaughter perished in thefire. Two older girls sur-vived, and went to live withthe Hart family.
“My boys finally gotsome sisters,” Manon said.
Life changed again as theboys enlisted in the Navy.The girls were off on theirown and Devere went to
“I liked everything,” shesaid, “except maybe alge-bra.”
Manon also admitted to afew crushes, but no steadyboyfriend.
“I did go to one prom,”she remembered. “I didn’thave a pretty dress to wear,so I wore the one my dadhad given mom for herbirthday.”
Following graduation,Manon decided to seek em-
ployment and adventure inChicago. She lived with anaunt and, like her oldersister, became a long-dis-tance telephone operator.City life did not agree withManon – she became veryhomesick and moved backhome to life on the farm.
The Hart family livedonly three miles away, and,when son Devere camehome from the Navy, ro-mance soon blossomed forthe two young people.Manon was barely 18 whenthe two were married, andwhen Manon was 21, shewas a mother to three little
BY DONNA SEARSFOR THE LEADER
Nothing much stopsManon Hart from living lifeto the fullest, including lastweek’s heavy snowfall. Shedrove herself over to myhouse and we settled in for along chat.
Manon was born in Oc-tober of 1928, the secondchild of Bill and Helen Lar-son. Her family consists oftwo sisters and one brother,all of who still survive. Thechildren spent their child-hoods on the family farmjust west of South Board-man.
“I was only five footthree, but I was the tallest ofthe bunch, so I was mydad’s right hand man,”Manon said. “I plowed andcultivated with our team ofhorses before I was even 10years old. I had a specialway with horses.
“Sometimes the plowwould get stuck on a treeroot or something, and, bythe time I got it out, I wasjust bawling my eyes out. Iwould never expect my ownchildren to do what I did.”
I asked Manon what sheand her siblings did for fun.
“We just made our ownfun,” she said. “We madeourselves a clubhouse withan old car door as the en-trance. That was a lot of fununtil my mother found outthat we had some matchesand candles in there. Wemade a harness for a smallcalf and he got away fromus and ran off. We got our-selves in a lot of hot water.”
Her father punished hisoffspring by spankings witha switch. Manon loved andrespected her parents.
“I deserved every lickingI got,” she said. “I thinkmore parents should do thatnow. It’s just easier not todo it.”
The McCrory CountrySchool burned down whenManon was in fourth gradeand she was sent to the K-10school in South Boardman.
Life Worth ReadingManon Hart: 83 and still dancing
Photo by DONNA SEARS / FOR THE LEADER
Manon Hart was born in 1928. She relocated to Kal-kaska two-and-a-half years ago.
Seniors face
Medicare fraudWhat northern Michigan
sees the most, however, ispeople receiving phonecalls from salespeople notaffiliated with Medicare, inattempt to gain access toprivate information.
“Medicare and Social Se-curity do not call people,ever, and ask for personalinformation, unless the ben-eficiary has contacted themfirst and said they need helpwith something,” she said.
Seniors who inadvert-ently fall prey to fraudulentactivities risk compromis-ing their private informa-tion.
“We have had a numberof instances, one in Kalkas-ka in the last couple years,where, after they (submittedinformation over thephone), they called aMMAP counselor and theysaid they needed to let (fi-nancial institutions) knowthis information was givento someone who might beusing it for nefarious pur-poses,” she said.
Predominantly in Detroit,where there is access to aU.S. Department of JusticeFraud Team, and in denselypopulated areas, perpetra-tors prey on the poor.
“What they’ll do is gosomewhere there is a foodline, like at a soup kitchen,load people into a van, haulthem away and have themsign forms that are then sub-mitted to Medicare,” shesaid. “They give the benefi-ciaries money for theirMedicare number and theynever perform services, butthey report services usingthe beneficiary’s Medicarenumber.”
Though such acts arepresently not witnessed inKalkaska, Graybill said thepoor particularly are moresusceptible to fraud whensomebody is offeringmoney for private informa-tion and promising to maketheir life better.
“These would be down-right hucksters,” she said.“The goal is to get personalinformation and use it forbilling Medicare for serv-ices that were not ren-dered.”
Considering the KalkaskaCounty area, the mainthings Graybill sees are,often times, harassingphone calls from people try-ing to obtain personal infor-mation. Aggressive Med-icare salespeople are also aproblem in the area.
Specific rules of conductwith beneficiaries, particu-larly regarding the sale ofMedicare drug plans, are setby the Federal Governmentand constitute federal law.
Sales representatives areprohibited from makingcold calls, meaning theycannot contact Medicare-eligible individuals regard-ing the marketing of Med-icare drug plans withoutprior contact from those in-dividuals. They can pro-vide, however, educationalsessions via telephone, butmust refrain from a salespitch.
“Some (salespeople)don’t know it, but occasion-ally they do (break thelaw),” Graybill said.
Kalkaska County Com-mission on Aging DirectorGay Rowell said cold callsare prevalent in Kalkaska,as well as salespeople meet-ing with seniors in theirhomes.
Private insurance compa-nies attempting to sell sen-ior citizens additional plansto their existing Medicarehealth plans is somethingthat would really be a detri-ment, Rowell said.
Last week, Rowell re-ceived notice from two localseniors who were contactedby a salesperson and setupan in-home appointment.
SEE ‘FRAUD’ PAGE 6A
BY BRYCE MARTINLEADER EDITOR
BMARTIN@MICHIGANNEWS-
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Medicare fraud is a wide-spread problem senior cit-izens face each year. Ithappens at random and ispossible of affecting anyperson over age 65.
Making matters worse -seniors may be unawarethey have been a victim ofMedicare fraud until it’s toolate.
As coordinator for theMedicare Medicaid Assis-tance Program (MMAP)and Employment Serviceswith the Area Agency onAging in Traverse City, SueGraybill makes it her andher MMAP volunteer staff’sduty to see senior consum-ers are educated on the dif-ferent scams and schemesvarious people perpetrateregarding Medicare.
Covering a 10-county re-gion in northwest LowerMichigan, including Kal-kaska, Antrim, Benzie,Charlevoix, Emmett, GrandTraverse, Leelanau, Manis-tee, Missaukee and Wex-ford, MMAP is an educa-tion and assistance programfor people with Medicare.
Funded by Medicare,MMAP serves area res-idents on a variety of Med-icare-related topics, includ-ing assistance with Med-icare drug plans, educationfor those new to Medicare,discussing costs of productsand helping solve billingproblems.
Another large aspectMMAP encounters is deal-ing with victims of Med-icare fraud.
“(Medicare fraud) hasbeen around as long asMedicare has,” Graybillsaid. “What we see, almostmonthly, is a phone call, acard in the mail, or some-thing in our area that some-one responds to withoutchecking with a counselor,and they end up involved insomething that isn’t the bestfor them.”
Medicare fraud takes var-ious forms.
Fraudulent providers maybill for services they did notperform, or equipment theydid not provide, deliveringsubstandard equipment, orcharging the beneficiarymore than what Medicareallows.
Unscrupulous sales-people may contact seniorsover the phone, or mail aflyer that makes seniorsquestion the coverage theyhave, leading them to be-lieve they need somethingdifferent.
“It may be legitimate ad-vertising, but, many times,it will be from a group witha name that sounds like itcomes from Medicare,”Graybill said. “It will con-vince people they need to dosomething. When they con-tact that number, or whenthe (sales)person calls themon the phone, they might tellthem something like, ‘socialsecurity or Medicare isgoing to change, so we needyour bank account informa-tion to make sure thischange takes place foryou.’”
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“That’s why I think Brianmade a conscious decisionto go to law school andwanted to make a differ-ence,” Israel said. “He camefrom the old school – he puthimself through school, hisparents didn’t do much tohelp him other than supporthim.”
Aside from his feline andcanine companions, Don-nelly’s wife, Ruthann, washis “everything.”
“She was his confidantand that’s who he wenthome to every night,” Israelsaid.
The two never had chil-dren, but Israel said Don-nelly would’ve made a won-derful father, as he lovedchildren.
Kalkaska County CourtAdministrator Mark Hol-ston worked with Donnellysince his arrival in the Kal-kaska judicial system.
“In the courtroom, he wastenacious,” Holston said ofDonnelly. “He had a goalthat he had to meet and heknew how to get to thatgoal.”
Holston observed Don-
nelly’s courtroom conductover the years, noting he dida wonderful job presentingevidence, speaking for thevictims, and treating thevictims with the utmost re-spect, he said.
“He enjoyed the court-room environment becauseof the rules that governedhow the court was run,” hesaid. “He was successful.”
The way he conductedbusiness within his officealso made Donnelly stand-out as a great boss.
“If (his staff) had person-al issues, family problems,doctor appointments, what-ever the need was, he wentabove and beyond,” Israelsaid. “He knew if he wasgood to them, they weregoing to be good for him.”
With people describingDonnelly’s great integrity,honesty, and professional-ism, Israel also said Don-nelly was a mentor.
“His legacy is that he’s ahard act to follow,” he said.“I don’t think you’ll eversee another Brian Donnelly.
“Brian loved life andloved people.”
“My son surprised mewhen he got up,” Israel said.“He really loved Brian and... Brian always had time forhim.”
Frank shared a storyabout the time he postedlawn service flyers aroundhis neighborhood for extramoney, with a surprisingoutcome.
“I never had anyone call,except for Brian,” Franksaid.
When Donnelly becamecounty prosecutor, Israelhelped him and his wifemove, from their home inTraverse City, to Kalkaska.
“It was the beginning of areally good friendship,” Is-rael said.
Donnelly competed inevery VASA race, travelledto Sweden last year for a skicompetition, and was anavid hunter and fisherman.
After his brother, a Lans-ing police officer, waskilled in the line of duty,Donnelly entered and grad-uated from the University ofMichigan Law School.
DONNELLYContinued from 1A
ning or maybe deer hunt inthe afternoon,” Myas said.“He was just crazy that way.He just loved the outdoorsand respected all wildlife.”
Peters loved to share hisenthusiasm for the outdoorswith everyone he could,Myas said. He said that dur-ing hunting and fishingtrips, it seemed as if hewanted others to succeedmore than himself.
“He was definitely a ter-rific human being,” Myassaid. “You just couldn’t askfor a better person, friend orfamily man. It was just anhonor to be fortunateenough to have him as afriend for the time that Ihad.”
Almost everything doneby Peters was done with hisfamily in mind, raising hischildren and improving thecommunity in which theygrew up in the process,Myas said.
As with any loss, it isthrough family, friends, col-leagues and community thatPeters will be remembered.
ing about the constructionof a new gym and furtherrenovation of the school,which still progresses.
“He cared so much aboutthe schools,” Ponstein said.“This building project, Ithink, kind of goes towardhis legacy. He was a drivingforce behind getting itdone.”
Peters volunteered muchof his time to the teams onwhich his kids played, in-cluding serving as score-keeper and go-to guy forquestions regarding rules onthe softball team even afterhis daughter graduated, aposition for which his timespent as a Little Leaguecoach and umpire in yearspast made him well qual-ified, Ponstein said.
Peters was an avid hunterand fisherman, as well,friend Denny Myas said.
“We’d go duck hunting inthe morning, perch fish inthe afternoon and, depend-ing on the weather, we’deither duck hunt in the eve-
and Kristi attended, but alsoto the athletics at which thetwo excelled, said DaveDalton, girls basketballcoach for Kalkaska.
“He had tremendous pas-sion for the athletic programand all the kids in the schooldistrict,” Dalton said.
Peters’ children were in-volved in athletics since ayoung age, and he and hiswife of 24 years, Staci, werea constant presencethroughout, Dalton said.
“Even after their kidsgraduated, they were a bigpart of the program,” Daltonsaid. “They’d go to awaygames to support the girls.He was just a tremendousperson.”
Birch Street ElementaryPrincipal and Kalkaska soft-ball coach Rik Ponstein, afriend and neighbor ofPeters, said Peters volun-teered much of his timehelping renovate the schoolsoftball complex severalyears ago. As a member ofthe school board, he alsowas instrumental in bring-
about, and he never askedfor anything in return.”
While his position withthe school district was onlyone of many roles he playedthroughout his life, themanner in which he con-ducted himself as a schoolboard member was a directreflection upon the kind ofperson he was, Superintend-ent Lee Sandy said.
“Those are rare qualitiesto have in an individual, theintegrity and leadershipqualities that he had,”Sandy said. “Those thingsdon’t come with everybodyand we were fortunate tohave that.”
Peters dedicated much ofhis time, not only to theschool his children James
kaska Public Schools Boardof Education, on which heserved since 2001, after hisre-election in November.
While the seat on theschool board left by Petersmust be filled within 30days of his passing, his rolein the school district is onethat cannot be replaced byappointing a new boardmember and president, saidDeb Payne, secretary to thesuperintendent at KalkaskaPublic Schools.
“He is a major loss to thiscommunity,” Payne said.“He did everything withgrace and dignity. He treat-ed everybody nicely andwas a true gentleman. Hedid so much more for thisdistrict than anybody knew
BY MATT KEETON
LEADER STAFF WRITER
MKEETON@MICHIGANNEWS-
PAPERS.COM
Friends of James Petersnoted his life as one markedby dedication to everyoneand everything about whichhe cared. While the space heleft behind in his family andthe community to which hewas so deeply committedmay never be filled, he alsoleft behind a foundationupon which his legacy willgrow.
Described as a devotedfamily man, outdoorsman,and businessman, Peters,50, was recently reappoint-ed as president of the Kal-
Life of school board president remembered
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Little Old WomanThe cure for a bad
case of cabin feverBY DONNA SEARS
FOR THE LEADER
First: Be aware that the following was written on January10, 2012.
The sky is cornflower blue, the sun is shining, andthere’s a layer of ice in front of every door to our house and
all down the driveway. I can’tget out! We’re only on thefront edge of winter and I al-ready have a serious case ofcabin fever.
When it is dark and gloomyoutside, with a high of 10 de-grees and snow blowing side-ways, I am happy being here inour warm and cozy house.Today I’m just plain grumpy.What to do?
Flash forward (or backwardin this case) to what for mewas a good solution to that par-ticular problem. I dipped again
into that big grocery sack of letters I wrote some 10 to 60+years ago, and selected one marked June 26, 1949, Brattle-boro, Vermont. The stamp on that letter cost all of threecents.
I was 22 years old, on vacation with my friend Joan andwriting to my future husband, Chuck Johnson. I had taughtkindergarten for a year and saved the princely sum of $300.Joan was fresh out of MSU, borrowed the same amount onher future salary, and away we went on a journey that in-volved boats, buses and trains, with enough in reserve tofly home from New York to Detroit! That letter was amagic carpet that took me back in time to that little slice ofindependence between girlhood and wife and motherhood.
We started our journey in Detroit with an overnight boattrip to Buffalo, New York, followed the next day by a four-hour taxi trip to Niagara Falls with an amorous drivernamed Tony. We declined his “generous” offer to spendthe night at his house, and toured the capitol. This was to bean adventure with no preplanned itinerary, so we scoured amap for a town in Vermont with a funny name, boarded arickety bus and headed for Brattleboro.
Lucky for us, it was a fabulous choice. Brattleboro is apicture perfect mid-sized New England town, nestledalongside a wooded mountain. We were happy to leave thebus where we had spent the night on the “hot seat,” rightabove the engine. We wandered around, looking for a placeto stay a day or so, and spotted a beautiful old Colonialstyle house with a “Tourist Rooms” sign on the well-keptlawn.
And here, at long last, is a quote from that old letter: “Weare staying in a really charming 160 year old house. Wehave the cutest room: roses on the wallpaper, frilly cur-tains, sitting room, two baths, a piano, backyard fireplaceand a laundry room. All this is costing us ONE dollar perday. We are right in God’s pocket. I have read two books,done some sketching, eaten good meals and slept in. It isjust wonderful.”
No wonder our three hundred bucks took us three weeksto spend. Those dear people took us to the circus, and oftenshared their family meals. We exchanged Christmas cardsfor many years. As I read that letter I was once again bath-ed in the generosity and warmth that family showered onus. Their kindness and generosity allowed us to travel on toBoston, Provincetown, Concord and New York City.
In Boston the Traveler’s Aide set us up with an elderlycouple who lived over a flower shop right next to the Bos-ton Commons. I went down the hall to clean up for the Bos-ton Pops Concert and Joan heard peals of laughter emanat-ing from the bathroom. She rushed to see what all the hilar-ity was about and found me seated in an ancient tin bathtubwith sides so high I couldn’t see out!
That night at the concert we were seated at a small tablewhere we enjoyed brownies and iced tea along with all thatwonderful music. The next night we were surprised, and abit dismayed, that the Pops Orchestra was performing afree concert in the park next door.
My favorite memory of Provincetown, an artsy place onthe tip of Cape Cod, was of a man who resembled Jesuscoming towards us up the hill. He had long dark hair, loosefitting clothing, sandals on his bare feet and he was carry-ing a laughing child on his shoulders. I didn’t knowwhether to take his picture or fall on my knees.
In Concord we cried our way through the Alcott house,home of Louisa May, who wrote “Little Women” about hergirlhood there.
In New York we stayed at the Taft, a very nice hotel. Ourmoney was running low and our room was so small thatwhen we splurged on the last morning and ordered break-fast-in-bed room service, the waiter couldn’t get the cart inthe door! We had to run out in the hall in our pajamas to getour scrambled eggs and toast.
Thanks for sharing that trip back in1949 with me. Itcheered me right up ... and hopefully you too. If we couldbottle it up we’d label it: Cabin Fever Cure. Worked forme!
Contact Donna Sears at [email protected].
Some snowmobilersbecoming a nuisance
all the land up here is here for theirfree run and ride.
If they would show some respect,maybe some of us homeownerswouldn’t be so upset about them rid-ing by on the road to the groomedtrails they have.
They must learn there is also aspeed limit on the road, they drivethrough here faster then any of thecars do, and then they flip-off thedriver of the car when they passthem.
They need a manners class, too.Margaret Carr
I know that a lot of businesses de-pend on the snowmobiles that comehere in the winter, but the peoplethat bring them in are showing norespect to the private homeownersand landowners by the way theydrive through our property.
I am tired of trying to grow seed-lings and having a bunch of dum-mies drive over the top of them, andwhen we put up the caution tape onthe drive, so they don’t fill the driveback in them they sit in front of ourhouse and rev their motors at allhours of the night.
Someone must teach them that not
minishing income at thevery least. Inconvenience? Idoubt this baby’s motherwould consider it that.
Melinda Guido’s motherwas quoted as saying, “I’mjust happy she’s doing well.I’m happy I’m finally goingto take her home ... I’m justgrateful.” The young moth-ers I know express it differ-ently; one seems full of bra-vado, the other expresseshow painful it is to see yourchild so utterly helpless andin pain.
The common denomina-tors in all these cases are,first of all, love; but alsohope, or as they would sayit: faith. We live in a worldwhere the spiritual dimen-sion of man is ignored ordiscounted, but in placeslike neonatal intensive careunits, faith is not just real, itis crucial. The dramaticstruggle is endured and evenpursued because of love fora child; it has the faith todare to believe that whilethere is life, there is hope.
“It is a poverty to decidethat a child must die so thatyou may live as you wish.”-Mother Theresa of Calcutta
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family and friends are pray-ing and keenly followingevery aspect of each ofthese newborn’s lives. Sev-eral teams of doctors havegone home at night problemsolving to determine justwhat can give this baby afighting chance.
Contrast this with parentswho choose to end their ba-bies’ lives through abortion.What makes the difference?Why are some willing to goto the end of their resourcesto preserve this small per-son? Why do some give upso easily? (Surely, the sheernumber of over a million ayear says something aboutthat?)
One argument might bethat some people have goodjobs with provided healthcare. Yet the highest per-centage of abortions (38percent) in America is in the$30,000 to $60,000 incomebracket.
Melinda Guido’s parentsdo not fall into this catego-ry. The father is a cashier ata restaurant, and the motheris a cook. They are insuredby Medi-Cal, California’spublic insurance programfor the poor. Some shufflingwill have to be done, eitherone will have to stay hometo care for the baby, or itwill need to be provided, di-
Sanctity of Life Sundayhad a new twist for a couplein Los Angeles. Theybrought their baby girlhome. Born by Caesareanbirth at the gestational ageof twenty-four weeks (fullterm is forty) Melinda Star
Guido sur-vived, eventhough shewas just nineand a halfounces atbirth. That’sroughly sim-ilar to theweight of acup and a halfof flour. Theodds wereoverwhelm-ing. Only 10percent of
these babies live, many withhandicaps.
In seeing the day-to-daytrials of tiny IVs, tests,frightening procedures, andterrifying potential diag-noses and prognoses beingleveled at these tiny lives, Iam struck by this: The exor-bitantly expensive ma-chines, measures, med-icines, medical specialists,travel and monumental ef-fort is being put forth forthis one diminutive humanbeing who has virtually un-known potential.
Literally hundreds of
BY JEANEENE
NOONEY
FOR THE LEADER
“The strength of mother-hood is greater than naturallaws.”
-Barbara Kingsolver
A couple Iknow has hada baby whowas born withsevere Spinabifida. In hisearliest weeks,there weresurgeries toclose theopening on hisspine. Sur-geons had tobe creative.
Yet theirlives, utterly changed for-ever, roll along. They re-joice in an ounce or two ofweight gain, a small smile.
Another couple I knowrecently had a baby bornwith different, but no lesslife-threatening problems.Just as in the TV series,House, there are plenty ofclues and symptoms; but theroot cause seems to eludeeveryone. No easy solutionsafter 50 minutes in this real-life drama, however. Nocommercial breaks. Noswitching the channel.
Just Sayin’ The difference is everything
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fifth, a sixth, and a seventh party! In onedebate they all faced each other. None ofthem were perfect of course and some ofthem were terrible, but I remember think-ing that these were topics that will nevereven be brought up between the two mainparties. They won’t even touch them.They just swing back and forth betweenvague talk about taxes and health care andleadership experience.
My friends Dan and Anthony werepartly responsible for buying way toomany chocolate Santas. Everyone in theclass was supposed to go out and sell themto raise money for, whatever, but wedidn’t have enough time before Christmasto sell the billion chocolate Santas. So inthe late winter and spring we were leftwith a debt to pay and no one to buy theholiday candy bars. It was a disaster. Notquite a ten trillion dollar debt, but still.
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to myself, “I’m so glad I didn’t win.”People always say not to discuss religion
or politics. A lot of folks get angry or shywhen it comes to what they believe in theseareas. One controls what your nation does,the other determines what your soul shouldbe doing. No one wants to be told what todo by someone they don’t think is right. Bysomething they think is actually wrong.That’s why the conversations always turnchaotic. But aren’t we the people supposedto talk about these things. Isn’t that thepoint of a democracy? That we work out is-sues and move forward together not justsay, don’t discuss politics.
“Six cylinders can take us farther thanany president...” a great band once sang.And that is what I try to think politically. Ifwe are all waiting for a presidential messiahwe will be waiting a long time. Either side.I really lost hope for a perfect presidenteight years ago when I listened to the thirdparty debates.
There were actually a third, a fourth, a
multimillion dollars already spent on can-didates that will probably go on to loseagainst the current president. Seriously,what else could they be doing with thatmoney besides burning it on television ads,billboards, unwanted phone calls and cross-country travel?
We all waste money I suppose. I mean Ijust spent a dollar renting two movies fromour local video rental establishment. Theyweren’t even very good. What a waste!
What us Jack Rabbits didn’t ever counton was actually winning. Let alone onlysome of us winning. We had no plan what-soever. Like all lame jokes this one endedbadly. Only Dan and Anthony won. Lyleand myself did not. So the two of themwere stuck going to meetings, stuck tryingto propose stuff and stuck trying to makedecisions. They did a terrible job, as Lyleand I would have done if we had been elect-ed. I’d watch them sitting in front of thewhole class with absolutely confused andembarrassed looks on their faces and think
BY TRAVIS WILLSON
FOR THE LEADER
My best friend told me who he wasleaning towards. I asked, “Really?” Heasked me who I was hoping for and thenfinished the question by saying that I wasprobably rooting for nobody.
I’ve been listening to NPR recently andthe tales of the republican primary race arejust plain silly, if not ridiculous. It remindsme of my own stint in politics. It was shortand stupid. My three friends and I weregoing to try to take control. We were theJack Rabbit party and the four of us wererunning for the four seats in high schoolpolitics: president, vice-president, secre-tary and treasurer. We had no businessrunning for office. We were borderline de-linquents, and we were running as a joke.
Just like Donald “Toupee” Trump.We spent zero dollars and zero cents on
our campaigns. Contrast this with the
Thought Train: Jack Rabbit politics
Musings fromCedar StreetWinter woes
BY BRYCE MARTIN
LEADER EDITOR
Adjusting to a Northern Michigan winter has been quite the ordeal.I’m from Michigan – born and raised – so I’m used to snow, sleet, ice,
wind, freezing rain and ungodly coldness. Being a Michigander, it’s par forthe course. But I cannot begin to describe myfrustration, since mid-December, whenever Icall my family or friends living downstate –they never seem to know what I’m askingwhen I ask how much snow they’ve gotten.They look out their windows: Snow? None.
Though, I once was able to relate with those“we have no snow, what are you talking about”conversations.
My best friend Emily lives in Harbor Beach,situated on Lake Huron at the top-right part ofLower Michigan’s “thumb.” If I recall cor-rectly, it was last winter when she called meone random afternoon and explained how shewas amidst 14-foot snow mounds, blizzard-
like winds, and how the little-to-no visibility closed main roads, with astrict order for drivers not to be on the roads, unless it was a life-death sit-uation.
In short, I didn’t believe her. That is, until now.It is remarkable how significantly different the weather can be within
this state, even in such short a distance as a few hours south of us.Don’t get me wrong, this most certainly is not the only time I’ve been
dealt a crummy hand from an unforgiving winter.During a reasonably mild winter three years ago, I was on my way down
to my mom’s for Christmas break from college when winter broke out in aflash. I carefully pulled off from an ice-blanketed I-75 and into a rest area’sparking lot. The tires on the old car I had back then were so bald I could seethe wire belts running through them – the driving experience was similar tohaving drag racing tires instead; if it’s possible, I believe I had less thanzero traction. But what was I to do? I was a mere poor college boy. It didn’tseem to make sense to buy four new tires for a car I drove only in-and-around Mt. Pleasant, especially on a college kid’s budget.
My ever-caring mother was kind enough to call a nearby motel and re-serve me a room for the night, until the awful weather cleared. I accepted,mostly because I didn’t want to die because of those useless tires, but alsobecause I was pretty tired and didn’t feel like driving any further late atnight. That all happened by Mt. Morris. It was an odd night: alone, cold,hungry and in a creepy motel.
It’s less than a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Mt. Pleasant to RochesterHills, but it essentially worked out to be more than 15 hours, from start tofinish.
Now a grown adult, the car I have now and how well it is maintained is ofsignificant importance. I put down the large down payment, I pay themonthly payments, I drive it everyday and everywhere. So imagine howgreat I felt when said car became stuck twice, in two days – not good. It waskarma’s doing, I believe. I mindlessly bragged about how wonderful mybeautiful car negotiated the icy and snow-covered northern Michigan roadsfrom Kalkaska to Traverse City, while others drove slowly and nervously.
The next morning, the resulting mound of snow from a plow was notsomething my Cruze could conquer. It made it halfway into the alley, thenplanted itself in snow up to its chassis. (A thank-you to Larry King fromKalkaska’s Edward Jones for kindly helping me push it out, by the way.)
The event was quite embarrassing for me – freezing cold, overwhelmed,surprised, very sweaty, and trying to get to work. But I learned my lesson(use a shovel before backing over a hill of snow), until the next morning.
As I pulled into The Leader’s parking space, a man walked over andkindly asked if I could give his car battery a jump. I told him to hop in mycar and we began to drive over to his vehicle across the street from our of-fice. Within ten feet of my office, I was stuck again. I failed to notice hisdriveway was not cleared of its deep snow – only faint tire tracks making avague path up the driveway. That time, it took a total of four people, myselfincluded, to rock the car from its snow prison and back onto the plowedstreet.
It hurt my instinctual pride as a man to see my vehicle snowbound, un-able to free it myself. Oh, well. But I don’t regret attempting to help thatman who was in need of assistance, because I was in the same position theday before, and had a very kind fellow help me out. Pay it forward, right?
While some may consider it a winter wonderland, and surely it may be insome areas, I like to believe all of us Michiganders can agree that Michiganwinters don’t come easy to anyone, and, weathering them through, theymake us stronger every year. Though somehow, we still seem surprised,startled and stupefied when we see those first snowflakes falling from thesky.
beginning to get to him – andthen one of the girls looked outthe window, saw him and said:“oh look Daddy is making asnow angel”. Yes it has been afunny family story for a longtime but it definitely was not soat the time. Because Terry hashad back problems for years healways has medication on handso it came in very handy to dullthe pain. I’ll end the story with-out describing how First Bornand his family packed up andgot back to their Army post! Ican’t remember if I told thestory of the long weekend wespent at the cabin with anothercouple to celebrate Terry’s 50thbirthday.
Too much to tell about how itwas a surprise for him, since Ihad led him to believe we weregoing to a hotel for a romanticweekend. A number of veryfunny things happened duringthe weekend with our friendswho were not used to facilitiesbeing down a path. Oh and itwas January and very cold. Oneof the funniest was the malemember of the couple in his ex-pensive skiing clothes thatweren’t really the best to wear toa rustic cabin that was not up tohis four star hotel standards –then putting his very expensivewool socks on the wood stove todry them out. You know howwet wool smells? Wet woolburning smells even worse!
I’m sitting here shivering inthe office and writing about coldweather at Devil’s Bend cabin.Go figure.
The temperature is five de-grees outside now and I see thesnow tucked along the edges onthe outside of the windows. Ican see a railing on the deck,piled high with snow. It is a darknight and while there are twolarge yard lights at the back ofthe house, there are none here inthe front, so unless a deck lighthas been turned on or the spot-light at the peak of the house ison – and neither is – my viewoutside is limited. On nightswhen there is moonlight, weoften can see below the ridgenearly to the river with just thelight of the moon. We used tohave a number of birch treesdown there and they wouldseem to glow in the moonlight.However, birch trees are notlong lived and they are all gonenow. I miss them but so it goesin the natural world.
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snow now. Second born cameup yesterday and although heknew we had snow, we didn’ttell him how much and he wasdefinitely surprised. He lives ina metropolitan area downstate
and said they hadjust a light cover-ing on the ground.He had somethings to take toDevil’s BendCabin and didn’tthink it would be aproblem getting inand out. He didmake it in and outbut his four-wheeldrive vehicle wasstrained to themax. Said he
wouldn’t have tried it if he’dknown there was that muchsnow on the unplowed road.They like to hike in during thewinter to stay at the cabin so donot keep the road plowed fromwhere it branches off RiverRidge Road. Next trip in willdefinitely be on foot! All of ushave memories of digging aplace to get the car off the roadand then packing everything into stay at the cabin. Somepeople have more adventurousstories than others. Like thetime First Born and SecondBorn hiked in and got a firestarted but turned out the stove-pipe was plugged and smokepoured into the cabin, disorient-ing one of them. Before welived here at River Ridge Terryused to come up by himself andsnowshoe or ski in to the cabinon Friday night and stay untilSunday. He had a schedule ofstarting the fire, getting thecabin up to forty degrees beforegoing to bed, setting the alarmclock for three hours, getting upand stoking the fire and thengoing back to bed.
First Born and family cameup one year to spend Christmasat the cabin when they were inthe Army. They cut down asmall tree, decorated it with old-fashioned ornaments they madeas I remember. Their threedaughters were much younger,I’m thinking around ten, sevenand four. They tried driving inand go stuck part way on thecabin road so just left their vanand hiked the rest of the way.During the visit First Born wentout one afternoon to get anotherload of firewood and his backwent out. He fell backwards intothe snow and just lay there inextreme pain. No one noticedhim for awhile – a fact that was
BY ANN BLAKELY
FOR THE LEADER
Today I had one of those in-credibly beautiful experiencesand I know I can’t do justice indescribing it. Thatalways frustratesme because it isimportant to sharewhat happens atRiver Ridge. I wassitting here in theoffice around4:00. Most of thecellular shadeswere drawn be-cause it was sowindy and cold.Was seven de-grees at the timeand the wind seemed to be de-termined to get inside. There aresix blinds covering twelve win-dows. Only one was up halfway,two others were nearly closedand three were drawn downtight to the sills. Cellular blindsdo help with cold in the winterand heat in the summer. If youput your hand between it and thewindow it is sometimes amaz-ing how much heat or cold theystop. Anyway, I’m telling astory, not selling cellular blinds.I was just sitting here watchingit snow. With the temperature socold, the snow was small flakesbut there was a lot of it. With thewest wind it was blowing inwaves across the wetlands andup the river. It looked almostlike fog, thick fog, and I washypnotically watching it. Sud-denly through that snow curtaincame a mature eagle. He flewagainst the wind and wentdownriver a short distance, thenveered into the woods and land-ed in a tree. My view of him inthe tree was blocked but the in-credible sight of that beautifulbird coming through the wavesof snow is etched in my mindforever. Yes we have seeneagles here many times, but notdaily, and sometimes not forstretches of time, although Ihave always felt that was be-cause we were not in the rightplace at the right time. Today Iwas blessed. Same as the day wesaw five of them together on theice. No matter how many wesee, it is a special sight. I’mthinking of my friends in Alaskawho see them constantly andhave sent pictures of many ofthem clustered together – is itstill a special sight to them? I’llhave to ask.
We certainly have no lack of
Observations from River Ridge
dren, Teresa (Theron) Lee and Rox-anne (Mark) Findley; grandchildrenBrandie, Joel, Whitney, and Eva Find-ley; siblings, Mary Ellen Sheets (TomAmiss), John Eberly, Norm and hiswife Gay Eberly, and Bill (Pat) Es-telle; and many nieces, nephews,friends, and relatives.
A memorial service will be held inJan’s honor at 2 p.m. on Saturday,January 28, 2012 in the Chapel ofKalkaska Funeral Home, 152 S.Cedar St., Kalkaska. Visitation willbegin at 1 p.m. until the time of theservice. Burial will take place in thespring at Clearwater Township Ceme-tery.
Funeral arrangements were handledby Kalkaska Funeral Home and Cre-mation Services.
Jan A. EstelleJan Andre Estelle, 80, of Rapid
City, passed away Saturday, January21, 2012 at his home. Born in Lansingon June 7, 1931, Mr. Estelle was theson of the late Max Everett Estelleand Helen Ellen (Russell) Eberly.
Jan served his country in the Armyduring the Korean War. He alsoserved his community as a Firefighterin Meridian Township near Lansing.Along with his wife Irene, he was theowner of Pick Kwik Foods in Kalkas-ka for over 20 years.
Jan had a deep love for his familyand friends; and always enjoyed histime boating, fishing and snowmobil-ing.
Besides his loving wife Irene(Smith), Jan is survived by his chil-
District Court SentencingsThe Leader publishes a
weekly summary of all con-victions and sentencings,excluding the sentencingsof minors, occurring in theDivision 2 District Court, asprovided by the court. Thisreport does not includecredit for days served in jailor held in abeyance. LynneM. Buday presided over thefollowing sentencings: Jan-uary 9 through January 20,2012.
Jamey Lee Swikoski, 36,of Mancelona was orderedto pay $720 in fines and/orcosts for disorderly/obsceneconduct.
Jeffery Mark White, 22,of Clio was ordered to pay$1,841 in fines and/or costswith 93 days jail/prisontime and 365 days proba-tion for operating while in-toxicated.
Loretta Kay Switzer, 35,of Kalkaska was ordered topay $450 in fines and/orcosts for third degree retailfraud.
Steven Joseph Tomlin-son, 40, of Rapid City wasordered to pay $1,278 infines and/or costs with 365days jail/prison time and365 days probation for con-trolled substance posses-sion of marijuana.
Shawn Michael Clous,22, of Kalkaska was or-dered to pay $1,030 in finesand/or costs with 93 daysjail/prison time and 365days probation for operat-ing while visibly impaired.
Levi Jacob Helsel, 24, ofTraverse City was orderedto pay $370 in fines and/orcosts for open alcohol in amotor vehicle.
Jason Allen Jenkins, 35,of Kalkaska was ordered topay $1,480 in fines and/orcosts with 93 days jail/pris-on time and 365 days proba-tion for operating while in-toxicated.
Dereck Joseph Moran,18, of South Boardman wasordered to pay $805 in finesand/or costs with 93 daysjail/prison time for breakingand entering of a vehicle tosteal property under $200.
Charles Ray Quillin, 59,of Kalkaska was ordered topay $363 in fines and/orcosts for operating withoutsecurity.
Eric Jonathan Lantzer,31, of Rapid City was or-dered to pay $363 in finesand/or costs for operatingwithout security.
David Glenn Cook, 57, ofKalkaska was ordered topay $1,896 in fines and/orcosts with 93 days jail/pris-on time and 365 days proba-tion for domestic violenceand operating while intoxi-cated.
Samuel Frederick Hoiles,23, of Rapid City was or-dered to pay $1,130 in finesand/or costs with 93 daysjail/prison time and 365days probation for operat-ing while intoxicated.
John Joseph Gelbke, 48,of Traverse City was or-dered to pay $1,553 in fines
and/or costs with 93 daysjail/prison time and 365days probation for operat-ing while intoxicated, andpossessing a firearm whileunder the influence.
Damien Jacob Wainman,29, of Kalkaska was or-dered to pay $450 in finesand/or costs for license sus-pended/revoked – allowingsuspended person to oper-ate.
Melissa Ann Pardee, 21,of Kalkaska was ordered topay $1,480 in fines and/orcosts with 365 days jail/prison time and 365 daysprobation for attempted po-lice assault/resisting/ob-structing.
Farron Lynn Bondie, 41,of Edmore was ordered topay $450 in fines and/orcosts for license suspended/revoked – allowing sus-pended person to operate.
Tina Marie Walker, 32,of Alden was ordered to pay$1,456 in fines and/or costswith 93 days jail/prisontime and 180 days proba-tion for illegal breaking andentering without theowner’s permission, andlarceny less than $200.
Vernal John Sehl, 48, ofTraverse City was orderedto pay $805 in fines and/orcosts for attempted posses-sion of a loaded firearm.
Samuel Frederick Hoiles,23, of Rapid City was or-dered to pay $1,030 in finesand/or costs with 93 daysjail/prison time and 365days probation for operat-ing while visibly impaired.
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CorrectionIn the Jan. 18 article, “Forest Area seeks tech bond,”
the amount of the bond proposal by Forest Area Com-munity Schools was incorrectly stated. The correctamount is $970,000, not $97,000 as previously stated.
The Leader and Kalkaskian apologizes for any incon-venience this may have caused.
Newly engaged — Benjamin Donald Hager and Julie Ann Joyner.
Announcementsof Williamsburg, Mr. Jim Joslin of Ben-brook, Texas, and the late Mrs. Janet Jos-lin, and the late Mr. and Mrs. HelmutWeichenthal of Dundee, N Y.
He is a 2005 graduate of Obion CountyCentral High School in Troy, Tenn., and a2009 graduate of the University of Tennes-see at Martin. He was a member of theAlpha Tau Omega Fraternity, and servedas President his senior year. He is em-ployed with Pinnacle Airlines in Memphis,Tenn.
The ceremony will take place at 6 p.m.on March 3, 2012 at The First UnitedMethodist Church in Trenton, Tenn. Musicwill begin at 5:30 p.m. A reception willfollow at the Elks Lodge in Trenton, Tenn.All friends and family are invited to attend.
Following their honeymoon the couplewill reside in Trenton, Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. William Joyner of Tren-ton, Tenn. would like to announce the en-gagement and forthcoming marriage oftheir daughter, Julie Ann, to BenjaminDonald Hager of Union City, Tenn.
Ms. Joyner is the granddaughter of Mrs.Jackie Stover of Dyer Tenn., and the lateMr. Billy Matt Stover, and Mrs. FrancesJoyner of Trenton, Tenn., and the late Mr.M. C. Joyner.
She is a 2006 graduate of Peabody HighSchool in Trenton, Tenn., and a 2010 grad-uate of the University of Tennessee at Mar-tin. She was a member of the Chi OmegaSorority. She is employed at The Farmers& Merchants Bank in Dyer, Tenn.
Mr. Hager is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mi-chael Joslin of Benbrook, Texas, and Mr.Daniel Hager of South Boardman. He isthe grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Hager
nancial and Insurance Reg-ulation, here in Michigan,”Graybill said. “They don’thave control over theagents, but they do have lev-erage with the companiesbecause ... the companieshave to be licensed here inMichigan to operate.”
There are two MMAPcounselors in KalkaskaCounty, working out of theCommission on Aging of-fice; they are sources in-valuable to local Medicarebeneficiaries. To assist instopping perpetrators offraud, the Commission onAging suggests those whoare contacted by suspiciousor harassing sales peoplerecord their name and infor-mation.
“We do make a differencebecause people can trustus,” Rowell said.
If people have any Med-icare-related questions orconcerns, they are encour-aged to contact the Kalkas-ka County Commission onAging at 231-258-5030.
stressed not all agents over-step their bounds when sell-ing Medicare plans, and it’sbecoming less frequent.
The Area Agency onAging saw more cases ofaggressive salespeoplewhen Medicare prescriptionplans were changed, from2006 to 2008.
“There was a lot going onat that time and there was alot of pressure in a veryshort timeline to get peopleenrolled in plans,” she said.“I’m not sure the salesmenall knew the boundaries atthat point in time.”
For those who do fall vic-tim of harassment or Med-icare fraud, MMAP has astate office in Lansingwhere they have a state re-porting system specificallygeared for fraud. MMAPrepresentatives enter com-plaint information into thesystem and those are moni-tored by the Center forMedicare and MedicaidServices.
“We may, as a counselor,report it to the Office of Fi-
The two contacted Row-ell, unsure of what shouldbe done.
“(There is) definitely nottoo much awareness onwhat is illegal,” Rowellsaid. “Because informationis so easily accessible, wecan get so bombarded thatwe don’t retain it all.”
Further cases of harass-ment from sales representa-tives were reported in thearea, including a few caseswhere a salesperson mayvisit a particular home andrefuse to leave until they’regiven names of other peopleto contact.
“That’s very unaccepta-ble,” Graybill said. “In thatcase, we report that to theOffice of Financial and In-surance Regulation, theywould report it to the com-pany and file a complaintwith the company. In thatparticular case, the agent nolonger works for the compa-ny, we happen to know.”
However, Graybill
FRAUDContinued from 2A
The “Everlasting” Family ReunionYou’ve now been gone almost a year,
For you we’ve shed many a tear.
You’re much better in your new home,
You’ll never have to be alone.
It didn’t cost a single dime,
God had it fi nished right on time.
And it was waiting just for you,
And it was all brand-spanking new!
We have missed you since you’ve been gone,
But still we must continue on.
Know you and Jesus want to walk,
Because we know that you must talk.
We know you care about what’s right,
But, we must bid you both good night.
Yes, we’ll think of you tomorrow,
In our hearts is still that sorrow.
God gave you as our special gift,
Our hungry spirits to uplift.
We will all meet you there someday,
God sent his Son to pave the way.
Our God will keep us in his care,
Until that day we join you there.
Thanking God for our late loved one, Robert “Bob” Ingersoll
Born April 13, 1915. Left this earth for Heaven on February 13, 2011. He “winged” it.
Left behind temporarily are his wife Lavona and household:
daughter Cheryl, and grandson/nephew Tom;
children Wendel, Bob(Dana), Keith (Sharon); and Robert’s extended family
(Poem composed by daughter)
Bob didn’t need to be
“pushed around” anymore.
He grew up!!
So he opted for this instead.
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
The Garfi eld Township Parks and Recreation
Board will conduct a planning workshop at
the regularly scheduled January 26, 2012
meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Agenda will include an In-Progress Review
of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan;
public input is being sought on Goals,
Objectives and Strategies.
The Board meets at the Garfi eld Town Hall
located at 466 W. Sharon Road, Fife Lake, MI.
Jerry Cannon, Chairman
Garfi eld Parks and
Recreation Board
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Healing from LossWorkshop
Sister Augusta Stratz,Health and Healing Minis-try, will be presenting aHealing from Loss GriefWorkshop beginning Mon-day, Feb. 13. The workshopwill be held at the Kaliseumfrom 6 – 7:30 p.m. for fourconsecutive weeks. Topicsto be covered will be shock,disorganization, reorganiza-tion and acceptance, takingparticipants from loss to thenew normal. Refreshmentswill be available. Call 231-620-0375 to register, or reg-istration will be accepted atthe door.
be an Ice Shanty DecoratingContest with monetaryprizes, and other fun activi-ties. 100% of the proceedswill benefit the Rock ofKingsley Youth Center. Fordetails, call 231-263-7000,or visit www.therockofk-ingsley.com.
Create a ValentineOn Saturday, Feb. 11 the
Kalkaska County Librarywill supply the materialsand you can create a Valen-tine for the one you love.Not only do kids love mak-ing Valentines, this is agreat craft that the entirefamily can enjoy. Timeswill be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
craft show will include jew-elry, knitted clothing,woodwork, and much more.For more information or toreserve a booth please callJanie Shier at 231-313-8886. Admission is free.The annual Winter Carnivaland Craft Show will be heldat Rapid City ElementarySchool, 5258 River St,Rapid City. We hope to seeyou there!
4th Annual “Rock” IceFishing Derby
Saturday, Feb. 4 bringsthe 4th Annual “Rock” IceFishing Derby on Fife Lake.$2,000 total cash prizes paidout for the largest fish ineach category of walleye,pike, perch, bluegill andcrappie, with first, secondand third place prizes. Reg-istration is at 6 a.m., withderby hours between 7 a.m.and 5 p.m. There will also
Call ahead for reservationsat 258-6612 or 258-6127.
Rapid City Winter Car-nival
The 11th Annual RapidCity Winter Carnival, Pan-cake Breakfast, and CraftShow will be held on Satur-day, Feb. 4 from 9 a.m. – 2p.m.
In the morning enjoy atasteful breakfast with allyou can eat pancakes; costis $3 for kids 10 and underand $6 for adults.
This year’s Winter Carni-val theme is MichiganWinter Wonderland andthere will be lots of activi-ties for everyone to enjoy,including: outdoor obstaclecourse, cold cash hill,logger races, family snow-shoe hikes, bounce house,tot merry-go-round, hayrides, health screenings, andkid’s crafts. This year’s
its Michigan Department ofHuman Services offices inKalkaska, Bellaire, andCadillac, as well as its of-fices in Traverse City, Cad-illac and Petoskey offices.As a volunteer, you willhelp low-income residentsby preparing and filing theirtax returns and helping themapply for the Earned IncomeTax Credits, Child CareCredits, Homestead Creditsand Home Heating Credits.Tax preparation experienceis preferred; howeverNMCAA will provide train-ing on low income returnsand TaxWise software.Contact Roger Suppes at231-947-3780 to volunteer.
Kalkaska County Libra-ry’s Heavenly Presenta-
tionOn Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2
p.m. the Kalkaska CountyLibrary will present a heav-enly program from JoeBrooks of the Grand Trav-erse Astronomical Society.Come learn the differencesbetween meteors, meteor-oids and meteorites, andfind out how to spot them inthe sky and on the ground.For more information, callthe Library at 231-258-9411.
Community Fellowshipfor Women
Bear Lake ChristianChurch will be presenting acommunity fellowship forwomen on Saturday, Feb. 4at 10 a.m. featuring Dr.Crews discussing the Sea-sons of Life. Topics to bepresented will be the stagesof a woman’s life, distinc-tion between pain and suf-fering, and the six stages ofgrief. Come as you are, afree lunch will be provided.
Pray KalkaskaIf you agree that prayer is
a key to positive change inKalkaska County, thenplease join us for groupprayer in the basement ofthe Kalkaska FuneralHome, 152 S. Cedar St. atnoon every Thursday. If youcan not join us, please prayindividually this week forour children and teenagersto be protected from bully-ing (or to end their bullyingbehavior). If you are one ofthe 35 people who havejoined us in the past, pleaseconsider joining us everyweek leading up to the nextNational Day of Prayer onMay 3, 2012 at the CountyCourthouse Flag Pole.
Miss Kalkaska PageantApplications are now
available for the Miss Kal-kaska Pageant, and can bepicked up at Fitch’s Schoolof Dance, Kalkaska HighSchool, Kalkaska MiddleSchool, and Kalkaska Ele-mentary Schools. Age divi-sions are: Tiny Tot ages 3 –5; Little Miss ages 6 – 8;Miss Preteen ages 9 – 12;Miss Teen ages 13 – 15; andMiss Kalkaska ages 16 – 19.Deadline to submit the ap-plication is February 3. TheMiss Kalkaska Pageant willbe held Saturday, March 17at the Kalkaska Church ofChrist.
Library offers AdultComputer Classes
If you are one of thosewho are a little more techni-cally challenged, you canstop in the Kalkaska CountyLibrary on Saturday morn-ings from 9 a.m. until noonto learn the basics of how touse a computer. BradleyChaplain will be givingadult classes on computerbasics, including how to geton the internet, how todownload and organizephotos, or how to send andreceive email. For more in-formation, contact Bradleyat 258-9411.
Winter Snowshoe HikeThe Grand Traverse Re-
gional Land Conservancywill have another snowshoehike on Saturday, Jan. 28 at11 a.m. of the ArcadiaDunes Chestnut Loop.Parking area is off St. PierreRoad. Hike through threetypes of forest and someharvested areas. Bringsnowshoes and water, anddress for weather and wind.Information and maps canbe found at www.gtrlc.org,or by calling 231-929-7911.
Senior Tax HelpKalkaska Commission on
Aging will again have vol-unteers doing Income TaxPrep (simple form and cred-its only) for all KalkaskaCounty seniors and low in-come individuals. Pleasecall the Senior Center, 231-258-5030, to get your nameon a list for assistance.
Senior Trip to MainePlanned
The Kalkaska CountyCOA has a trip scheduledfor May 14-20, 2012 toMaine. Tours include Port-land, Kennebunkport andAcadia National Park, plusa Whale Watching Cruise,four nights lodging inMaine, six breakfasts, andthree full course dinners, in-cluding a “Downeast” lob-ster bake (chicken in avail-able to those who don’t likeseafood). Price per personis $775, based on double oc-cupancy, with a $75 depositdue upon sign up. Cancella-tion insurance is availableupon request. For more in-formation call the KalkaskaCOA at 231-258-5030.
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K-Town Ice Bowl a success
The day was marked withhigh temperatures in thelow-to-mid 20s. Despite thecold weather, 62 disc golferscompeted in the K-TownIce Bowl on Jan. 14.
Players who attended theannual event helpedraise $2,280 for the Kalkas-ka Meals on Wheels pro-gram through the KalkaskaCounty Commission onAging, and collected almost600 pounds of food forKAIR.
There were also Closestto the Pin prizes for eachdisc golf hole, donated bymany local businesses, inaddition to monetary dona-tions to the event.
Volunteers for the eventincluded Randy and CathyLucyk, owners of Midas inKalkaska; David and ShariLucyk, Jeff Lucyk, MistyKing, Yvonne Flies of Me-sick, Samantha Comai, An-drea Marsh, Don and Deb-bie Marsh, owners of MarshIndustrial; Mike Comai, andAndrew Nation.
Courtesy Photo
One of the participants in the 2012 K-Town Ice Bowl tosses his disc towardthe net amidst snow and cold temperatures Jan. 14.
Event raises record donations
Legion seeks membershonor, promoting a strongnational security and con-tinued devotion to our fel-low service members andveterans.
All honorably dischargedveterans or current activeduty military, regardless ofgender or military servicelocation, are eligible formembership if there servicefalls within these Congres-sionally established “warperiods”.
Persian Gulf – August 2,1990 until present.. Panama– December 20, 1989 toJanuary 31, 1990. Grenadaand Lebanon – August 24,1982 to July 31, 1984. Viet-nam – February 28, 1961 toMay 7, 1975. Korea – June25, 1950 to January 31,1955. World War II – De-cember 7, 1941 to De-cember 31, 1946. WorldWar I – April 6, 1917 to No-vember 11, 1918.
Contact: Joe Renis, 231-392-6833, Bob Luxford,989-785-2693, or Al Ford,989-426-7188.
The Robert E. BeebeAmerican Legion Post #480 in Kalkaska is expand-ing their membership tobetter serve the Veterans’and their families in theirarea. They are hosting anOpen House event to wel-come all Veterans’ andfamily members of de-ceased Veterans’. Thisevent will be held at theWhitetails Lounge, 510 N.Cedar St., in Kalkaska onSaturday, January 28, 9 a.m.until 7 p.m.
A VA accredited ServiceOfficer will be on hand toanswer question for veter-ans, veteran spouses, fami-lies, or widowers of veter-ans who have questionsabout their VA claim or tostart a new claim.
The American Legion isthe nation’s largest veter-an’s service organization,committed to mentoring andsponsorship of youth pro-grams in our communities,advocating patriotism and
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in northern Michigan, Lan-ning said. Activities includeoutdoor recreation, art andmusic exploration, healthand wellness, academic en-richment and more. Theyoffer programming at Kal-kaska Middle School, Kal-kaska High School, North-side Educational Center andForest Area Middle/HighSchool. The programs runfor three hours a day, Mon-day through Thursday, anddesigned specifically tosupplement the school day,“making learning hands onand fun.”
They also offer six weeksof full-day summer adven-ture camps.
“We provide learning op-portunities and access tohealthy role models, men-tors and community lead-ers,” Bull said. “That is whywe are so excited to be a col-laborative partner with theElder History Project.”
know each other and theyrealize they’re really not allthat different.”
As Administrative assis-tant at the Kalkaska CountyLibrary, Deborah Bull saidthe collaboration will besuccessful.
“The community supportfor the ‘Big Trout, BlackGold’ publication demon-strates to me that there isstrong interest in our area’shistorical record,” Bull said.“The library houses the Kal-kaska Genealogical Socie-ty’s holdings and hosts theirmeetings, also. The closeties with them support ourbelief that we are a goodpartner for this venture, andwe welcome the opportuni-ty to bring the Elders andthe Youth together for thisproject.”
In addition to the ElderHistory Project, SEEDSprovides afterschool pro-gramming at select schools
views and pick one or twoof their favorite stories,Wooten said. He will thenteach them how to write afree verse poem using theelder’s own words.
On Feb. 16, the elderswill return and further per-sonal exchanges will go on,Wooten said.
“If the kids have a storythey like already they canflesh it out a bit.”
The participating studentswill spend two days work-ing on writing and re-writ-ing, and Wooten will tran-scribe the recordings.
The final poetry then willbe available at the libraryfor the community at largeto enjoy.
“I’m always real fascinat-ed by it, the elders get toknow the kids and the kidsget to know the elders,”Wooten said. “There are alot of preconceptions aboutthe groups – then they get to
somehow that’s brokendown in our culture andthey don’t even know eachother. The Elders Projectisn’t going to solve thatproject but for a couple ofdays I put those two subcul-tures back together. It’samazing; there are friend-ships that evolve some-times. There are a lot ofthings that are learned bythe kids.”
The 12 participating stu-dents first will meet withWooten to learn “interviewetiquette,” how to use a taperecorder, and to brainstormsample questions.
On Feb. 9, they will con-duct interviews and returnFeb. 14 to listen to the inter-
to help them develop inter-view and poetry skills. Ourstudents will be meetingwith elders in the Kalkaskacommunity to interviewthem about events in theirlife. They will then tran-scribe these taped inter-views, looking for interest-ing stories that lend them-selves to poetry.”
Wooten organized theElder History Project in avariety of other communi-ties as well.
“One of the tragedies ofmodern society is thatwe’ve separated our youthfrom our elders,” Wootensaid. “For thousands ofyears kids got their educa-tion from their elders but
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Beginning Feb. 9, theKalkaska County Library iscollaborating with poetTerry Wooten and the non-profit organization SEEDSto bring Wooten’s ElderHistory Project to teens atKalkaska’s middle and highschools.
“The Elder (History)Project is a collaborative ef-fort between SEEDS, theKalkaska County Libraryand the Commission onAging,” said Jana Lanning,site coordinator for SEEDS.“Terry Wooten will beworking with our students
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may increase the ratio againas winter progresses, if needbe.
Sand is processed andstocked by the Road Com-mission before winter ar-rives, and pre-purchases itssalt. The Commission canonly store around 300 tonsof salt at one time, so it isdelivered throughout thewinter.
Until recently, the countyexperienced relatively mildwinter weather, which al-lowed the Road Commis-sion to preserve its stock ofsand and salt, as well as tosave money on fuel andother equipment-relatedcosts. As a result, the RoadCommission is in a goodposition to continue winterroad maintenance on its cur-rent budget, Woodhamssaid.
“We’ve been blessed nothaving snow until themiddle of January,” he said.
really helped with efficien-cy. We’re able to do morework with less equipment.You’ve got one truck in es-sence doing the work oftwo.”
With the new plows,which cost around $14,000each after installation, onetruck is able to clear bothsides of a road with twopasses, without having ad-ditional cleanup. That al-lows cleanup of roads fol-lowing snowfall to be com-pleted much more effi-ciently, Woodhams said.
The Road Commissionutilizes a sand-salt mix todeice roads. In order to in-crease public safety in ad-verse conditions, the RoadCommission increased thesand-to-salt ratio from threeparts sand to one-part salt asit was in previous years,now to three parts sand totwo parts salt. Woodhamssaid the Road Commission
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With late-season snowfalland its latest addition of up-graded equipment, the Kal-kaska County Road Com-mission is well equipped tomaintain roads for the re-mainder of the winter sea-son.
Since 2010, the RoadCommission installed sidewing plows on four countyplow trucks, which RoadCommission ManagerJames Woodhams said areconsiderably more effectivethan conventional plows.
“We ran one side wing(plow) last winter and itworked well enough that,through the summer, we ret-rofitted three more truckswith the side wings,”Woodhams said. “It has
Few worries for winterRoad Commission purchases new plows, makes upgrades
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The Kalkaska County Road Commission installed side wing plows on fourcounty plow trucks, which are more effective when clearing roads.
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A group of snowmobile racers get airborne on the challenging course at Shanty Creek Resort on Saturday, where roughly 350 racers competed in a largevariety of classes. The regional event, put on by MXR, began on Saturday and concluded Sunday. The racers will head to Alpena this weekend.
Flying the friendly skiesMXR at Shanty Creek
ral snow alone. Theybrought over extra snowguns and kept them running.It was a great weekend. Theracers really enjoyed them-selves and we can’t wait tocome back.”
Regional action will con-tinue, weather permitting,this Saturday in Alpena.
Coordinators noted thatsome of the more seriousracers on the circuit investas much as $300,000 an-nually in their equipment,safety gear and traveling ex-penses.To view the complete raceresults, or to learn moreabout MXR, visitwww.MXRracing.com.
fastest 16 riders on the daywould be put into a bracketand then race head-to-headunder the lights until therewas only one person re-maining.
The finals boiled down toTraverse City’s Josh Zelins-ki and Zach Patton, of Rav-enna.
Both riders are in the Pro-Circuit.
Patton would emerge vic-torious in the end.
“It was a good crowd, andthe weather conditions wereoptimal,” explained MXRmedia coordinator BetsyBard.
“Shanty Creek was verygood to us. I’m not sure wecould’ve done it with natu-
BY MIKE MISICOLEADER SPORTS EDITOR
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BELLAIRE – MichiganXtreme Racing (MXR) heldthe fourth round of its re-gional SnoCross snowmo-bile races at Shanty Creekthis past weekend.
An estimated 350 racers,both pro and amateur,wowed the masses withtheir skill, speed and aerialacrobatics.
The conditions would benearly perfect for such anevent.
A new addition to theevent would be implement-ed on Saturday night, as the
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Camryn Anderson, of Allenton, maintains control of his sled while soaringthrough the air between jumps at Shanty Creek Resort on Saturday.
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Tabitha Kibby (15) goes to the rim against her Elk Rapids defender on theroad Friday night. The Lady Blazers would dominate the Elks defensively,winning their seventh game in a row by a final score of 51-25.
Lucky number sevenBlazers’ winning streak continues
rent loss coming courtesy ofSt. Francis.
Kalkaska heads to BoyneCity on Friday night tosquare off against the strug-gling Ramblers.
The Blazers’ play theirmake-up game against St.Francis at home next Tues-day.
The contest will resumewith the Gladiators up by 10late in the third quarter ofplay.
win the game. It seemed likeall the calls were goingagainst us, but we playedwith such emotion and ener-gy. It was a huge win.”
The Blazers (8-1, 4-0LMC) were scheduled totravel to East Jordan onTuesday night.
The Red Devils areanother dangerous confer-ence foe this season. Theyhave won five of their lastsix games, their most cur-
“The big thing about thisgame was that our defenseand rebounding was the bestit’s been all year,” Daltoncommented.
“I think we could’veplayed better offensively,but I’ve been stressing tothem the importance of de-fense and rebounding. Evenwhen the shots aren’t fall-ing, if you can rebound andare playing well on defense,you will have a chance to
The Elks eventuallybroke their scoring droughtwith a free-throw at 3:25 tomake it a 44-26 affair; how-ever, they could only musterone more field goal the restof the way out.
Kalkaska tacked on 12points in the quarter andwould cruise to an impor-tant 51-28 LMC victory,their seventh win in a row.
Guy paced the Blazerswith yet another impressiveperformance. She finishedthe game with 19 points,nine assists, seven reboundsand six steals.
She was a perfect 10-for-10 at the free-throw line.
Despite battling foul trou-ble, Sophy Menestrina con-tributed 13 points on thenight.
Jamie Myas chipped inseven points and pulleddown 10 rebounds.
Along with Myas, Kal-kaska coach Dave Daltonalso credited Tabitha Kibbywith a standout perform-ance on defense.
“They both played greatgames defensively,” Daltonsaid.
“I think that was a careerhigh in rebounds for Jamie,and Tabitha did an excellentjob in shutting down theirbest player.”
Gregorski, a major factorin the Elks’ success this sea-son, was held to only sevenpoints for the game.
with two minutes left in thehalf brought them to withintwo, 18-16.
With only 20 seconds re-maining Megan Gregorskiburied a triple to give thehome team their first lead ofthe night, 21-20.
Kalkaska’s Kelli Guy tiedthings up at the free-throwline on the ensuing posses-sion.
Guy then intercepted anElk Rapids pass and wentcoast to coast for the scorewith four seconds remain-ing.
The Blazers led by three,24-21, at halftime.
The second half belongedto the visitors, as their de-fense came alive and smoth-ered the Elks.
Kalkaska began the halfwith the press, causing mul-tiple turnovers of whichthey would capitalize on.
They started the thirdquarter with a damaging 8-0scoring run.
Elk Rapids would notscore until midway throughthe quarter.
The Blazers added 15points to the board in thethird, while holding the Elksto only four.
The score was 39-25 afterthree.
Elk Rapids once againhad no answer for Kalkas-ka’s defensive pressure inthe fourth and final quarterof play.
BY MIKE MISICOLEADER SPORTS EDITOR
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ELK RAPIDS – The Kal-kaska girls’ basketball teamhasn’t lost a game sinceDec. 2 when they narrowlyfell to Kingsley by a finalscore of 55-52.
Ever since the loss, theBlazers have been torchingthe competition.
They racked up six-con-secutive victories cominginto last Friday night’s LakeMichigan Conferenceshowdown on the roadagainst Elk Rapids.
The Elks are a dangeroussquad this season and, likeKalkaska, boasted an unde-feated record in conferenceplay.
The Blazers, however,have been shooting thelights out during their cur-rent win streak.
Elk Rapids looked to takeadvantage of a slight edge inthe height and defensive de-partments, but Kalkaskawould rise to the challenge.
The Blazers led 12-6 afterthe first quarter of play.
Roughly halfway throughthe second quarter Kalkas-ka’s lead would dwindledown to four points, 18-14.
The two rivals traded de-fensive stops as things cool-ed down on offense.
An Elk Rapids bucket
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A splashing successCruisers shine against Breakers
bracket.Ochs then took first in the
100-yard backstroke, fol-lowed by Berry in secondplace.
Seamus Mulready finish-ed third in the 50-yard back-stroke for 12-year olds witha time of 58.03, whileWyers claimed the top spot100-yard breaststroke witha final time of 2:08.24.
The Cruisers would liketo announce the start of thespring session.
They are currently ac-cepting new members to theclub and welcomeswimmers of any skill level.
breaststroke (58.16) andfirst in the 25-yard freestyle(34.74).
Adam Williams was sec-ond in the same event with atime of 42.69. He alsoclaimed second in the 25-yard backstroke (44.24).
Tim Stoldt had anotherstrong outing, claiming firstin the 100-yard IM(1:26.47), 50-yard freestyle(33.35), 50-yard butterfly(39.64) and 50-yard breast-stroke (45.81) for 11-yearolds.
Berry and Ochs claimedfirst and second in the 50-yard freestyle in their age
50-yard freestyle for seven-year olds with a final time of52.53. He was also secondin the 25-yard backstroke(29.54) and second in the25-yard freestyle (23.81).
Jacob Berry (1:08.90),Donavan Ochs (1:11.59)and Michael Wyers(1:41.57) were second, thirdand fourth in the 100-yardfreestyle for ages 13 andover.
Nils Stoldt was first in the25-yard backstroke for agessix and under, earning afinal time of 33.55. He wasalso first in the 25-yard
James (45.12) andDrumm (50.11) took firstand second in the sameevent for 11-year olds.
Bartholomew was first inthe 50-yard breaststroke,while James and Drummtook second and third.
Callie Wyers took firstplace in the 50-yard breast-stroke for 12-year olds witha time of 53.14.
Stoldt (2:47.11) and Jar-vis (3:14.73) finished firstand second in the 200-yardIM.
Williams topped eightother swimmers with a timeof 46.63 in the 50-yard free-style, while Bartholomewwas first in the same eventfor her age group.
Drumm and James againfinished first and second, re-spectively, in the 50-yardfreestyle, while Stoldt, Ran-dolph and Jarvis claimedsecond, third and fourth inthe same event.
Stoldt also claimed thetop spot in the 100-yardbreaststroke with a time of1:27.15.
For the boys, HaydenMoore claimed first in the
Colleen Randolph earnedthe top spot in the sameevent for 11-year olds witha final time of 1:06.75.
Williams bested eightother swimmers in the 50-yard backstroke with a timeof 55.66, and Bartholomewwon the same event in herage bracket with a time of41.84.
Sarah James (45.12) andDrumm (50.11) finishedfirst and second, respec-tively, in the 50-yard back-stroke for their age group.
Meike Stoldt (1:18.65)took second in the 13 andover 100-yard backstroke,while Shelbie Lowery(41.68) and Lily Brown(42.09) were first and sec-ond 25-yard breaststroke foreight-year olds.
Bartholomew earned afirst-place finish in the 50-yard breaststroke, whileJames (56.47) and Drumm(1:00.85) claimed secondand third in the same eventin their age group.
Williams (55.66) finishedfirst in the 50-yard back-stroke, as did Bartholomew(41.84) in her age group.
BY MIKE MISICOLEADER SPORTS EDITOR
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TRAVERSE CITY – TheKalkaska Cruisers SwimClub took to the pool thispast Friday night when theytraveled to the Traverse CityCivic Center to take on theBreakers.
Once again Kalkaskawould impress, as manyCruisers earned top finishesand continued to improveon their previous times.
For the girls, Nicole Jar-vis took second in the 100-yard butterfly for ages 13and over with a time of1:43.20.
Meagan Williams wassecond in the 100-yard free-style for nine-year olds witha time of 1:45.13.
Grace Bartholomewearned a first-place finish inthe 100-yard freestyle for10-year olds with a time of1:19.99, while Char Drumm(1:27.76) was first in the100-yard freestyle for 11-year olds.
Photo courtesy of ANJA STOLDT
The Kalkaska Cruisers Swim Club continues to make a splash against thecompetition this season. Kalkaska traveled to Traverse City on Friday for adual meet against the Breakers. They would earn many top finishes.
Lady Warriors down Pellston, bow to Gaylordhalf.”
Counting last Friday’sgame, the Warriors willhave played four games infive days by the end of theweek. It’s a rough road.
“This is the second round(of league play), and hope-fully those games that welost by one and two, we canget back this time around,”Conrad noted.
Forest Area is also play-ing a little shorthanded,with two girls sitting outwith injuries. Maria Saenzbroke her leg over theChristmas break and KimWendle is sidelined with anagging hip problem.
The Warriors’ staminacertainly will be tested thisweek.
Contact Greg Gielczyk [email protected].
pect to see. They move theball well, and they hit out-side. They’re not real tall,but they do play very goodbasketball, very similar toKalkaska’s team.”
Conrad is pleased withhis team’s progress this sea-son.
This is a big week for theWarriors, with games Mon-day against Central Lake,Tuesday at Mesick andThursday against Johannes-burg-Lewiston.
“It’ll really give us achance to assess how weare,” Conrad said. “EmilyGonyer is hitting muchbetter on the offensive end.Lyndsey Czuk has come offthe bench and is now doinga great job for us on boards,and she’s scoring. Emilyand Lyndsey right now areprobably the difference ofwhat we didn’t have the first
game, but we could not staywith their inside-outsidegame. I don’t think theymissed too many shots fromoutside. They had threeafter three, after three.”
St. Mary would controlthe game from the outset,leading 26-19 after a wildscoring first quarter. It was52-30 at halftime.
Forest Area trailed by a70-39 margin at the end ofthe third quarter.
“We played probably thebest game we’ve played allyear, and we still lost by36,” Conrad commented.“We just couldn’t stay withtheir quickness and theirspeed. That’s the secondhighest point total we’vehad this year, and still wecouldn’t stay close to them.They’re really tough.They’re as good as I’ve seenall year, and as good as I ex-
Forest Area coach Bob Con-rad said. “They had severalfouls, but it didn’t help usbecause we couldn’t hit thefree throws. But, down thestretch we finally started toput them in and that wasreally huge for us.”
Last Friday the Warriorsmade the trip to Gaylord toface St. Mary and wouldcome away with an 89-53loss.
Emily Gonyer, Ingersolland Czuk shared the teamlead in scoring with 10points apiece. Birgy addedseven points.
Czuk was the leading re-bounder with five. Ingersollhad six assists.
“I have to tell you, St.Mary’s is the real deal,”Conrad remarked. “Theywere impressive. They hadtheir Jacobs girl score 30.We played an excellent ball
also scored five points.Courtney Midduagh addedfive points and three steals.
The game was close allthe way, as the Warriorswould take a 7-5 lead at theend of the first quarter. Theycould not extend their leadin the second, going intohalftime with a 17-16 ad-vantage.
Forest Area managed tostretch its lead out to adeuce, 26-24, after threequarters and then hit somebig free throws in the fourthperiod to extend the leadeven further.
Pellston sent the Warriorsto the free throw line a totalof 34 times in the game, andwhile Forest Area madeonly 16 of them, theyproved to be the differencein the game.
“We struggled at the linethe first three quarters,”
BY GREG GIELCZYKFOR THE LEADER
GAYLORD – The ForestArea girls’ basketball teamwould face a couple oftough Ski Valley Confer-ence opponents on the roadlast week, and come awaywith a split.
Last Tuesday the War-riors pulled away in thefourth quarter at the freethrow line for a 39-26 winover Pellston.
Marissa Ingersoll scored20 points to lead the War-riors on offense. She alsocame away with five stealsand three assists.
Lyndsey Czuk was theWarriors’ leader on theboards with 12. KourtniBirgy was a force on theboards as well, haulingdown 11 rebounds and con-tributing five points. Czuk
It’s a stampede: Annual event enters 36th yearevent in many ways as $5from each skier registrationis donated to the Children’sHospital of Michigan. Morethan $91,000 has been do-nated already.
In addition to the race,there will be a breakfastfundraiser that morning,hosted by the MancelonaClinic. The cost is $4 forchildren and $5 for adults.
That night, there will bean expanded post-race gettogether at Shanty Creek,sponsored by Short’s Brew-ing Company of Bellaire,also an event sponsor. Therewill be food and Shorts Beerand a slideshow document-ing the day’s events.
Three photographers willbe at the race to take photosfor the slideshow.
Entry fee for the WhitePine Stampede is $65 forthe 40K and 20K races,while the 10K tour costs$35.
For more information onthe White Pine Stampede orto register for the event visitwww.whitepinestam-pede.org or call 231-587-8812.
and they pass that along tothe skiers. (The skiers) arealways raving about the vol-unteers. They really enjoybeing out here. It’s a bigpart of the race.”
TransCanada, a newsponsor of the White PineStampede, was brought intothe race by another volun-teer.
Matt Brenner, operationstechnician for TransCanada,began volunteering threeyears ago with somefriends.
“It’s a really fun event,”Brenner said.
Brenner knew sponsoringthe event would also be agood fit for the company,considering TransCanada’scommunity investment pro-gram.
“It was a great thing for usto invest in. TransCanada isproud to be one of the spon-sors of the White PineStampede through A&RPipeline, which is a whollyowned subsidiary of Trans-Canada,” he said. “We sup-port communities where ourpeople live and work.”
The race is a community
event.“It’s great to be involved
with White Pine,” said Di-rector of Snow Sports SteveKershner. “It’s a point topoint race, which makes itpretty unique. We like beinginvolved in it for that rea-son. Secondly, it is a truecommunity event. It’s pret-ty amazing the volunteersthey get. Shanty likes to beinvolved in communityevents.”
The event, which bringsin between 500 and 600people every year, wouldnot be what it is without thesteady stream of volunteersthat come back year afteryear to work the race.
“(They’re) really the cruxof the race,” McKaig said.“We have two small vil-lages, Mancelona and Bel-laire, that come together.”
About 250 people volun-teer every year, frommembers of the fire depart-ment to individuals withinthe community, McKaigsaid.
“Some have volunteeredevery year for 20 or 25years. Everybody enjoys it,
well on schedule. Though itis later than usual in com-ing, Jack McKaig, who or-ganizes the event, is thank-ful for the recent snow accu-mulation.
“It could work now, butwe are still hoping for moresnow to get it into ‘primo’condition,” he said.
The community eventbrings supporters from all-around – not just skiers, butsponsors and volunteers.
“I’ve been doing it for 36years,” McKaig said. “I getkind of excited about itwhen it comes around.”
The 36th annual race willfeature 40, 20, and 10-kilo-meter races, with each be-ginning at Mancelona HighSchool.
All three distances tourthe picturesque landscape ofnorthwestern Lower Michi-gan before ending at ShantyCreek Resort.
Both the 10 and the 20-ki-lometer end at Schuss Vil-lage, and the 40-kilometerwill conclude at the Summitat Shanty Creek.
Shanty Creek is also alongtime sponsor of the
pede, traditionally held onthe first weekend in Febru-ary, is Michigan’s longest-running point-to-pointcross-country ski competi-tion.
Now that snow made anappearance in the area, theWhite Pines Stampede is
BY KATIE BEDARD-GOYTOWSKIFOR THE LEADER
MANCELONA – Cross-country skiers across thearea are counting down toFeb. 4.
The White Pine Stam-
Courtesy Photo
The White Pines Stampede attracts between 500and 600 participants every year.
“We lost to Pellston at homeby 12 in early December,”Helwig concluded.“We were 13-of-29 for freethrows in that game. Wehave improved since then.”The Lady Ironmen werescheduled to host TraverseCity Christian on Thursdaynight, but Traverse Citydidn’t fill a varsity team thisseason.
Mancelona will pick up asecond game against Ells-worth later in the season.
up,” Helwig said.“We realized at halftime weweren’t going to have Kallieand responded well to it.Our ball movement wasgood and our post playpicked up. We had 18 of our29 from the paint”Vanessa Batchelor had 12points.Mikayla Garchow addedfive points and five steals.Ashley Derrer chipped infive points.Mancelona (1-9, 0-8 SVC)traveled to Pellston onTuesday night.
exactly,” Derrer explained.“I went up to dish a pass
and I think I hit another girlwhile I was in the air, so itpopped. I just have to stayoff it for a while. I got x-rays and they think it’s just abad sprain, so I’m gratefulnothing is torn. I’m going toa specialist to get better re-sults so hopefully I’ll beback out on the court soon.”Mancelona was down 28-9at the half. The Lady Iron-men outscored Bellaire 20-18 in the second half.“Again, we had kids step
with 20 points, seven as-sists, nine rebounds and fivesteals.Mckenzie Willson had 11points.Megan Musall came off thebench with four points.The Bellaire loss provedcostly when Derrer went outwith a knee injury.“She’s day to day,” Helwignoted.
“We are hoping it’s just asprain. The kids will need tolearn to play without heruntil she gets back.”
“I’m not sure what I did
“Against Inland Lakes weplayed much better,”Mancelona coach JasonHelwig said. “We fellasleep at the end of the firstquarter and the first part ofthe second. We had somecareless turnovers and theyhit a couple of threes. Theyoutscored us by eight in thesecond due to our mis-takes,” he continued.
“We were down by 14 atthe half and lost by 12. Wehad some players come offthe bench and contribute.”Kallie Derrer lead the team
BY TIM PETERSONFOR THE LEADER
MANCELONA – TheMancelona girls’ basketballteam continued a losing skidto Inland Lakes on Wednes-day, 57-45, and droppedtheir game to Bellaire athome on Friday night by ascore of 46-29.
The Lady Ironmen losttheir leading scorer, KallieDerrer, to a knee injury inthe second quarter againstBellaire.
Lady Ironmen drop two more, Derrer injured in loss
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE:Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mort-gage made by Beaver Log Homes, Inc., A Michigan Corporation to Alden State Bank of PO Box 1169, Bellaire, MI 49615, dated July 30, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Kalkaska and State of Michigan, on August 2, 2004 at Reception 3058828 Page of Mortgages, which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of Two Hundred Nine-ty Four Thousand Nineteen and 49/100 ($294,019.49) and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative;Now therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the pow-er of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statue in such case made and provided , the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Front door of the Court House in the Village of Kalkaska, County of Kalkaska, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on February 09, 2012 at 11:00 O'clock in the forenoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as afore-said then due on said mortgage together with 7.5% percent in-terest, legal costs, Attorneys' fees and also any taxes and insu-rance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit:Parcel 1:Land situated in the Township of Kalkaska, County of Kalkaska, State of MI described as follows.That part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20, Town 27 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 20; thence North 89°22'53" East, along the East-West 1/4 line of said Section 20, 1296.37 feet to the West 1/8 line of said Section 20; thence South 00°27'54" West along said West 1/8 line, 670.90 feet;thence South 89°32'06" East, 377.58 feet to the Westerly right of way of U.S. 131; thence South 30°27'41" West along said right of way line, 130.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing South 30°27'41" West along said right of way line, 200.00 feet; thence North 59°32'19" West, 80.00 feet; thence North 08°24'05" East, 215.79 feet; thence South 59°32'19" East, 161.05 feet to the said point of beginning.Parcel 2: Land situated in the Township of Oliver, County of Kalkaska, State of MI described as follows.A part of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 26 North, Range 6 West: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8; thence Westerly along the South 1/8 line,738.30 feet; thence Northerly parallel to the East line of said Section 8, 590 feet; thence Easterly parallel to said South 1/8 line 738.30 feet to a point on the East line of said Section 8; thence Southerly along said East Section line, 590 feet to the point of beginning. EXCEPTING, THEREFROM, that area described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 8; thence North along the East line of said Section 8, 1352.28 feet to a point which is 33 feet North of the South 1/8 line of said Section 8, also being the point of beginning; thence continuing North along said East line, 557 feet; thence North 89°11'10" West parallel to said 1/8 line, 215 feet; thence North 70 feet; thence North 89°11'10" West, 120 feet; thence South 627 feet to a point 33 feet North of the South 1/8line; thence East 335 feet to the point of beginning.The period of redemption will be Six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a.Dated December 28, 2011Alden State Bank MortgageeLeon W. Sluyter, Vice PresidentFor: Alden State BankBusiness Address: P O Box 717, Elk Rapids, MI 49629(1/4/12 - 1/25/12)
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the fore-closing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas A Brady and Rachel A Brady aka Rachel Brady, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 9, 2006, and recorded on February 16, 2006 in instrument 3070510, and assigned by said Mortgagee to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Kalkaska county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Four and 68/100 Dollars ($176,704.68), including interest at 6.875% per annum.Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Kalkaska County, at 11:00 AM, on February 9, 2012.Said premises are situated in Township of Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 32, Town 27 North, Range 7 West, more fully described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section 32;thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 23 seconds East, along the East line of said Section 32, 666.20 feet to the Point of Be-ginning; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 23 seconds East, continuing along said East line, 165.45 feet; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 15 seconds West, 263.50 feet; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 23 seconds East, parallel with said East line, 167.65 feet; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 15 seconds West, 1051.65 feet to the East 1/8 line of said Sec-tion 32; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds East, along said East 1/8 line, 332.81 feet; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 59 seconds East, 1314.20 feet to the Point of Begin-ning.The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.Dated: January 11, 2012For more information, please call: FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #260095F03(01-11)(02-01)
FORECLOSURE NOTICE (ALL COUNTIES) AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by William F. Torok and Shirley Torok, husband and wife of Kalkaska County, Michi-gan, Mortgagor to The Huntington National Bank dated the 29th day of October, 2001, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Kalkaska and State of Michigan, on the 4th day of December, 2001, in Instrument No. 3034172 of Kalkaska Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $12,964.98 (twelve thousand nine hundred sixty-four and 98/100) plus accrued interest at 9.49% (nine point four nine) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 16th day of February, 2012, at 11:00:00 AM said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the front door of the Courthouse, City of Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, MI, Kalkaska County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage.Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Blue Lake, in the County of Kalkaska and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: Situated in the Township of Blue Lake, County of Kalkaska and State of Michigan: PARCEL O: Part of the South-west quarter, Section 27, Town 28 North, Range 5 West, more fully described as: Commencing at the South quarter corner of said Section 27; thence North 0 degrees 31 minutes 57 seconds West 986.00 feet, along the North and South quarter corner of said Section 27; thence North 88 degrees 58 minutes 37 seconds West 921.00 feet parallel with the South line of said Section 27, to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing North 88 degrees 58 minutes 37 seconds West 855.00 feet, parallel with said South section line; thence North 23 degrees 34 min-utes 31 seconds West 609.09 feet; thence North 68 degrees 27 minutes 04 seconds East 425.00 feet; thence South 43 degrees 56 minutes 34 seconds East 1,013.31 feet to the Point of Begin-ning, Commonly known as: 5216 Blue Lake Road Northeast Tax Parcel No.: 40-002-027-009-15 The redemption period shall be one year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.Dated: January 18, 2012 By: Foreclosing Attorneys Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Wein-berg & Reis Co., L.P.A.2155 Butterfield Drive Suite 200-S Troy, MI 48084 WWR# 10086142 (01-18)(02-08)
THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RIGHTS PURSUANT TO MCL §600.3205(a) This notice is published pursuant to MCL 600.3205(a) to inform John E Chandler, as a married man and Amie W Chandler of certain rights under the statute relating to property located at 514 S Cherry St Kalkaska, MI 49646. The above borrower has the right to request a meeting with the mortgage holder or mort-gage servicer. The mortgage holder or servicer has designated Jonathan L. Engman, counsel for of JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA, (248)362-2600, c/o FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C., 888 W. Big Beaver, Ste. 800, Troy, MI 48084 as the person to contact regarding resolving your default. The borrower may contact a housing counselor by visiting the Michigan state housing devel-opment authority’s website at http://www.michigan.gov/mshda or by calling the Michigan state housing development authority at 517-373-8370. If the borrower requests a meeting with the designated person above, foreclosure proceedings will not be commenced until 90 days after the date notice is mailed to the borrower. If the borrower and the designated person above reach an agreement to modify the mortgage loan, the mortgage will not be foreclosed if the borrower abides by the terms of the agreement. The borrower has the right to contact an attorney.The state bar of Michigan’s lawyer referral service number is 800-968-0738.Dated: 1/25/2012 FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 800 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600CHASE GNMA Chandler (01-25)
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NOTICE PURSUANT TO MCL 600.3205a(4) NOTICE is hereby provided to Gary Myas, the borrowers and/or mortgagors (hereinafter "Borrower") regarding the property located at: 2301 Tamara Rd NW, Kalkaska, MI 49646-9433.The Borrower has the right to request a meeting with the mort-gage holder or mortgage servicer. The agent designated by the Mortgage Servicer and/or Mortgage Holder to contact and that has authority to make agreements under MCL sections 600.3205b and 600.3205c is: Trott & Trott, P.C., 31440 North-western Highway, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525 at (248) 593-1309.The Borrower may contact a housing counselor by visiting the Michigan State Housing Development Authority’s website or by calling the Michigan State Housing Development Authority at http://www.michigan.gov/mshda or at (866) 946-7432. If the Borrower requests a meeting with the agent designated above by contacting an approved housing counselor within 14 days from January 19, 2012, foreclosure proceedings will not be commenced until 90 days after January 19, 2012. If the Borrow-er and the agent designated above reach an agreement to modify the mortgage loan, the mortgage will not be foreclosed if the Borrower abides by the terms of the agreement. The Bor-rower has the right to contact an attorney. The telephone num-ber of the State Bar of Michigan’s Lawyer Referral Service is (800) 968-0738. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Date: January 25, 2012 For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer and/or Mortgage Holder 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525 File # 395009F01 (01-25)
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the fore-closing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Glen Turnipseed III, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated February 22, 2006, and recorded on June 21, 2006 in instrument 3073151, and modified by agreement dated September 4, 2008, and recorded on October 5, 2009 in instrument 3093047, in Kalkaska county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, National Association, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, Pooling and servicing Agreement Dated as of February 1, 2007 Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-RP2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nine Thousand Four Hundred Eleven and 02/100 Dollars ($109,411.02), including interest at 7.5% per annum.Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Kalkaska County, at 11:00 AM, on February 9, 2012.Said premises are situated in Township of Clearwater, Kalkaska County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast quarter, commencing at a point in center of County Road 597 on North-South line 96 Rods North of Center of Section: Thence South 59 Degrees East 580 Feet Down Center of said County Road to point of Beginning: Thence South 59 Degrees East 116 Feet Down Center of said Road: Thence North to center of channel of Rapid River: Thence Westerly down channel to point due North of beginning: Thence South to Beginning. All in Section 8, Town 28 North, Range 8 West.The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.Dated: January 11, 2012For more information, please call: FC J (248) 593-1311Trott & Trott, P.C., Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #148750F07(01-11)(02-01)
PRE-FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.IF MORTGAGOR IS IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS NOTICE. Borrower/Mortgagor: Loriann Renee Dor-man ("Mortgagor") Property Address: 9589 Pine Circle Drive NW, Rapid City, MI 49676-9712 ("Property") Mortgagee: Mem-bers Credit Union ("Mortgagee") Modification Agent: Melanie Presley ("Modification Agent") Modification Agent's Contact In-formation: PO Box 795, Traverse City, MI 49685-0795, (231) 929-2007, and e-mail address: [email protected]. Default has occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Mortgagor to Mortgagee. Within the last 7 days, a correspondence (the "Correspondence") was mailed to Mortgagor, and by this publication further notice is hereby given of the following: Within 14 days of the date the Correspondence was mailed, Mortgagor has the right to contact the Modification Agent to request a meeting (the "Meeting"). The purpose of the Meeting will be to attempt to work out a loan modification. If Mortgagor requests the Meeting, foreclosure proceedings will not be commenced until 90 days after the date the Correspon-dence was mailed. If the Meeting results in an agreement to modify the loan, the Mortgage will not be foreclosed if Mortgag-or abides by all of the terms of the agreement. Mortgagor may contact a Housing Counselor, who can attend the Meeting with Mortgagor. Information regarding Housing Counselors in Mort-gagor's area is available by calling the Michigan State Housing Development Authority ("MSHDA") at (517) 373-6840 or by vis-iting MSHDA online at www.michigan.gov/mshda. Mortgagor has the right to contact an attorney. The State Bar of Michigan's Lawyer Referral Service can be reached at (800) 968-0738 and information is available online at www.michbar.org/pro-grams/lawyerreferral.cfm. Furthermore, information regarding legal aid can be found at www.michbar.org/publicresources/le-galaid.cfm. The legal aid office serving the Mortgagor's area is Legal Services of Northern Michigan, and can be reached at (989) 705-1067. Dated: January 25, 2012 Members Credit Un-ion By: H. Douglas Shepherd IV (P64560) Brandt, Fisher, Al-ward & Pezzetti, P.C. Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 File No.: 3231.1224 Ad #19488 01/25/2012
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the fore-closing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul L. Miller and Linda L. Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated August 26, 2005, and recorded on Sep-tember 16, 2005 in instrument 3067483, in Kalkaska county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven and 49/100 Dollars ($81,797.49), includ-ing interest at 5.25% per annum.Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Kalkaska County, at 11:00 AM, on February 9, 2012.Said premises are situated in Township of Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 28, Raudman's Log lake Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber D of Plats, Pages 12 and 13.The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.Dated: January 11, 2012For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309Trott & Trott, P.C., Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #138560F02(01-11)(02-01)
FORECLOSURE NOTICE: In the event this property is claimed as a principal residence exempt from tax under section 7cc of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL .7cc please contact our office at (248) 844-5123. This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below.MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Martin David Peck and Lori Ann Peck, Husband and Wife to Fifth Third Bank (N. Michigan), Mortgagee, dated September 28, 2005 and recorded October 21, 2005 in Instrument # 3068322 Kalkaska County Records, Michigan on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars and Five Cents ($47,779.05) including interest 12.84% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provid-ed, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Kalkaska County at 11:00AM on February 16, 2012.Said premises are situated in Township of Clearwater, Kalkaska County, Michigan, and are described as: The Easterly 175 ft of Lot 6, of the Plat of Margy's Subdivision, Town 28 North, Range 8 West, and the West 100 ft of Lot 6, Plat of Margy's Subdivi-sion, Town 28 North, Range 8 West. Commonly known as 8895 Valley Rd, Rapid City MI 49676 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later.Dated: 1/18/2012 Fifth Third Bank (N. Michigan) Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C.811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 11-54107 (01-18)(02-08)
NOTICE PURSUANT TO MCL 600.3205a(4)NOTICE is hereby provided to Mark Stachnik, the borrowers and/or mortgagors (hereinafter "Borrower") regarding the prop-erty located at: 6618 Lela Ln SW, South Boardman, MI 49680-9642.The Borrower has the right to request a meeting with the mort-gage holder or mortgage servicer. The agent designated by the Mortgage Servicer and/or Mortgage Holder to contact and that has authority to make agreements under MCL sections 600.3205b and 600.3205c is: Trott & Trott, P.C., 31440 North-western Highway, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525 at (248) 593-1300.The Borrower may contact a housing counselor by visiting the Michigan State Housing Development Authority's website or by calling the Michigan State Housing Development Authority at http://www.michigan.gov/mshda or at (866) 946-7432.If the Borrower requests a meeting with the agent designated above by contacting an approved housing counselor within 14 days from January 19, 2012, foreclosure proceedings will not be commenced until 90 days after January 19, 2012.If the Borrower and the agent designated above reach an agreement to modify the mortgage loan, the mortgage will not be foreclosed if the Borrower abides by the terms of the agree-ment.The Borrower has the right to contact an attorney. The tele-phone number of the State Bar of Michigan's Lawyer Referral Service is (800) 968-0738.THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Date: January 25, 2012For more information, please call: FC H (248) 593-1300Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer and/or Mortgage Holder31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525File # 366425F02(01-25)
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Fishing for a causeAnnual derby set for Feb. 4 on Fife Lake
For more information onthe upcoming fishing derbyor to learn more about TheRock of Kingsley YouthCenter, call 231-263-7000.
Contact Mike Misico [email protected].
“I would say we averageabout 50-80 kids here afterschool,” Walton said.
“You don’t have to befrom Kingsley to enjoy thiswonderful facility and pro-gramming. We see kidsfrom Forest Area, TraverseCity and other areas.”
such as educational work-shops, excursions, arts andcrafts, community service,dances, game tournamentsand concerts.
There are currently 300registered members at theyouth center.
All proceeds from theevent will benefit The Rockof Kingsley Youth Center.
“This is a major fundrais-er for us,” explained DianeWalton, Director of the non-profit organization.
“We had some weatherissues last year, so thenumbers were down a littlebit, but the year before thatwe had over 400 people outthere fishing. On a goodyear, this event can bring inaround five or six thousanddollars, which is such a bighelp for us.”
The ‘Rock’ offers freedrop-in recreation to chil-dren in grades 6-12.
It also offers programs
$250, while second-placefinishers earn $100.
A third-place finish earnsthe fisherman $50.
There will also be an iceshanty decorating contest.
First place earns $75, sec-ond place wins $50 andthird place takes home $25.
Registration for the derbywill take place at the DNRboat launch at 6 a.m. on themorning of the event.
All fish must me caughton Fife Lake during derbyhours, which takes placefrom 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All state fishing regula-tions will apply.
Cost for the event is $20per person, or $30 for a cou-ple with up to four childrenunder the age of 18.
BY MIKE MISICOLEADER SPORTS EDITOR
MMISICO@MICHIGANNEWS-
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KINGSLEY – On Feb. 4fishermen from across thearea will flood the frozenwaters of Fife Lake for theannual ‘Rock’ Ice FishingDerby.
The contest, now in itsfourth year, boasts a total of$2,000 in cash prizes.
Fish will be judged bylength and prizes will beawarded for five differentspecies, including Walleye,Pike, Perch, Bluegill andCrappie.
For each category, first-place fishermen will receive
Photo by MIKE MISICO / LEADER SPORTS EDITOR
The frozen waters of Fife Lake will soon play host to the 4th annual ‘Rock’Ice Fishing Derby. Proceeds will benefit Kingsley’s youth center.
Reps slip to 7-9, start two-game home stand on Friday night
these close games. So, it’ssomething we have to keepworking on.”
The Bay Reps averagethree goals a game, but ac-cording to Spaulding theforwards have to do theirpart in the defensive cover-age as well.
“When I say defensivecoverage, I’m not just talk-ing about our defense, be-cause our forwards are a bigpart of that as well,” Spauld-ing concluded. “I think ourpower play was a littlebetter this weekend, it’s justour end of the ice is thething everybody needs towork on. We’ll keep plug-ging away at it. We havefive weeks before the play-offs.”
season, but it was not aneasy game and Spauldingexpects another test in theNorthern Michigan HockeyLeague.
“It’s just that they canscrap, score a few goals andmake every game close,”Spaulding said. “You neverknow. We’ll be working ondefensive coverage, as wehave the whole season. Weare getting better at it, butwe just make some real baderrors in our zone. Just run-ning through a pile of stuff,and drilling it in their headsthat ‘this is how you have todo it,’ it’s not an easy thingto work on always, and it’sobviously not an easy thingfor them to understand. But,it is the difference betweenwinning some of these closegames, and losing some of
“Again, a good team andwe played with themtough,” Spaulding said.“We’re just making someuntimely mistakes and goodteams like that are going tomake you pay. We fellshort, but overall we are get-ting better.”
The Bay Reps fell to 7-9overall and play two gamesat home this weekend, Sagi-naw Swan Valley on Fridayand the Mid MichiganStorm of Gaylord on Satur-day. Both games are at Cen-tre Ice Arena. The puckdrops at 7 p.m. both nights.
Spaulding doesn’t knowmuch about Saginaw SwanValley, only that they arehaving a good year sothey’ll be tough.
Traverse City has alreadydefeated Mid Michigan this
first period. Heger scoredthe first on assists from Hilland Nate Wilson (Kalkas-ka). Hill scored the next onefrom Heger.
Muskegon took a 3-2lead, but Heger tied it againwith a goal on an assist fromBanducci and Quinn Lyman(St. Francis) to make it 3-3after one.
But the Bay Reps allowedtwo goals to Mona Shores inthe second period andwould trail 5-3 going intothe third.
Hill scored a power-playgoal in the third period fromHeger, but Mona Shoresalso scored on a power playto take a 6-4 lead.
Claire Huhta of Elk Rap-ids was in goal for the Repsand was credited with 29saves.
six assists for 17 points thisseason, tying him with Ban-ducci (five goals, 12 assists)for the team lead. Heger has16 points on 11 goals andfive assists.
The Bay Reps’ secondgoal of the third period,which would turn out to betheir last of the game, camefrom Heger and Banducci.
Grand Rapids scored thegame-winner with about sixminutes left in the game,and managed to prevent theBay Reps from finding thenet again the rest of the way.
John Posler (TraverseCity St. Francis) was in goalfor the Bay Reps, and fin-ished the game with 16saves in another strong per-formance against long odds.
“They’re a real goodteam, and we got down twogoals real early,” coachSpaulding said. “Obviously,I was happy we fought backand tied it. We made a cou-ple of errors, and they costus a goal. But, it was a goodsign that we came backagainst a real good team.We thought we could havewon it. We missed a coupleof real good chances, one ona breakaway. It was kind ofa tough one to let slipaway.”
Returning to the ice for agame at Muskegon MonaShores on Saturday, the BayReps again put up a goodfight but fell short, 7-4.
For the second straightnight, the Bay Reps wouldfall into an early 2-0 holebefore starting on the come-back trail.
They rallied for two goalsto tie the game at 2-2 in the
BY GREG GIELCZYKFOR THE LEADER
MUSKEGON – Despitecoming away from lastweek’s pair of road games0-2, the Traverse Bay AreaReps are making progressaccording to head coachTodd Spaulding.
What has been hurting theReps is the crucial mistakesthat lead to big goals, spoil-ing what otherwise are out-standing performances.
The Reps first gamedidn’t come until last Fri-day, when they made thetrip to Grand Rapids for anon-conference game withForest Hills Northeastern.
Northeastern is a solidteam which offered Trav-erse City excellent competi-tion and a chance to testthemselves against some in-credible players.
Although the Reps wouldstay with Northeastern aftergiving up a quick goal in thefirst period, and trailing 3-0at one point in the secondperiod, the night would notend positively for them.
They scored a goal late inthe second period to make ita 3-1 game. P.J. Haeger(Traverse City St. Francis)buried a shot on the powerplay from Nick Sicinski(Elk Rapids).
Sparked by Heager’sgoal, the Bay Reps quicklyscored two more goals to tiethe score at 3-3 in the third.
Zach Hill (Kalkaska) gotthe first one with the assistsgoing to Heger and KevinBanducci on another powerplay.
Hill now has 11 goals and
File Photo by MIKE MISICO / LEADER SPORTS EDITOR
Kalkaska’s Zach Hill (9) and the Bay Area Reps lost two games this past week, dropping them below.500 with an overall record of 7-9. They play two crucial games at home on Friday and Saturday.
he had trouble guardingVance.”
Now, turning back to theSki Valley Conference, it’sBellaire’s lead to lose. For-est Area can play a hugerole in deciding the confer-ence race down the stretch,but they need to be wary ofthe threat posed by CentralLake and Gaylord St. Mary.Snyder was stunned whenBellaire went up to Pellstonand knocked them off by 18points, assuming sole pos-session of first place.
The Warriors have to playboth teams in the secondhalf, and wins in those twogames would give them ashot at a share of the title.But, they also need to beatCentral Lake and GaylordSt. Mary, which is not goingto be easy by any stretch ofthe imagination.“Pellston has had great ath-letic ability, and this yearhas a kid who signed with aDivision 1 team,” Snydersaid. “It blows my mind thatPellston has never won theleague before. We have toknock off Central Lake andGaylord St. Mary. If we canbeat Pellston in our gym,and Bellaire can beat themin their gym, we can all endup with two losses. We beatMancelona, but just on alast-second shot. They cancome right around and beatus in their gym. Right now,it’s kind of all open Iguess.”
Contact Greg Gielczyk [email protected].
get some transition basketsoff our defense, and take theball to the basket.”Snyder has been pleasantlysurprised by the perform-ance of freshman AustinVance and sophomore Jus-tin Burke, both of whomhave shown an uncommonmaturity playing with up-perclassmen in the startingrotation. Every time one ofthe seniors or juniorsdoesn’t pick up a player ondefense, either Vance orBurke verbally communi-cate to them where theyneed to move on defense.“Against Mancelona, wecalled a ‘special’ and Vancewas telling a guard to get tothe right spot,” Snyder re-called. “You know, you’dthink your seniors wouldknow right away and bethere. But I’ve really beenimpressed with the waythey’ve improved and theirunderstanding and taking aleadership role.”
Both are producing offen-sively, too, and can beswitched from the post tothe outside, making theWarriors a more difficultteam to guard. “You know,a lot of times I’ll put JustinBurke inside and then I’llmove him outside,” Snyderadded. “If you guard him inthe post, he’s quick enoughto break and go by you. Ifyou stay in front of him,you’ll have trouble guard-ing him in the post. Whenwe played Traverse CityChristian, Vance was guard-ed by their 6-6 kid. Theyhad to take him out because
one for Forest Area.The Warriors are 4-3 over-all, and still refining theirteam identity at this point.”Ithink we’re somewhatwhere I expected us to be,”Snyder remarked. “Ob-viously, you always feelyou can be better, andyou’re always trying to getbetter. We can keep improv-ing our defense, and box outon our rebounding. We keepimproving on our shooting.We’re working on it everypractice. We try to take ad-vantage of our athletic abil-ity, and play more of an uptempo, pressure-type ofgame. We always want to
coach Tom Snyder saidSunday afternoon. “We’realready into the last week inJanuary, and you have Feb-ruary and you’re done.”Snyder is getting his teamprepared for two games thisweek, at Pellston on Wed-nesday and then Gaylord St.Mary at home on Fridaynight. Both are in the SkiValley Conference, wherethe Warriors stand at 3-2,needing every win they canget to keep pace with Bel-laire and Pellston. Bellairedefeated Pellston last weekto take over the lead in theconference, so Wednesdaynight’s game is an important
uled the Onaway game forJan. 30, but as of last Fridayhad not been able to find adate either school couldagree on for the CentralLake contest. That gamewill be played at ForestArea.It’s hard to believe, but theseason is entering the sec-ond half for most teams asonly 10 games remain be-fore the post-season tourna-ment tips off, and that’s notgood news for teams stillneeding plenty of work inseveral areas of their game.“You know, it just makesyou realize how fast itgoes,” Forest Area head
BY GREG GIELCZYKFOR THE LEADER
FIFE LAKE – Because oflast week’s wintery blast,Forest Area’s boys basket-ball team would not playeither of its two regularlyscheduled games with On-away and Central Lake.
The first game, scheduledfor last Tuesday, was calledoff when Forest Area andOnaway didn’t have school.Central Lake was scheduledto come in for a game lastFriday, but decided not tomake the trip, so the War-riors had the week off.Forest Area has re-sched-
Open for business: Warriors get break, look to rebound
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