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Issue #10
March 9, 2006
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Seventy-five Cents
Crown is first for Watervliet
Miss Blossomtime Jamie Hartmann
It's Tri-Cities'time at Blossomtime;
Watervliet captures first-ever
Blossomtime crown and Hartford
and Coloma are on the court
By Annette Christie
Jamie Rochelle Hartmann has done
something that has never been done
in her town; she's bringing the Miss
Blossomtime crown to Watervliet.
To sweeten her success, her neighboring sister queens will be joining
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her on her court.
Miss Hartford Emily Foster was
crowned First Runner-up to Miss
B l o s s o m t i m e and Miss C o l o m a
Heather Nelson was given the honor
of being named Miss Congeniality
by her sister queens. Rounding out
the court is Second Runner-up
Susanna Martino f r o m Edwardsburg.
Hartmann, daughter of Jim and
Kathy Hartmann, is an 18-year-old
senior at Watervliet High School.
Besides being Miss Watervliet,
Jamie was also selected as Miss
Congeniality.
After graduation, she plans to attend
Lake Michigan College. Her intentions are to transfer to a four-year
university to study sports medicine
or business. When asked where she
hopes to be in five years, as the final
question of the Monday night Bloss o m t i m e event, Hartmann answered, "Steady, having fun, and I
hope that it is everything I planned
for it to be."
As Miss Blossomtime, Hartmann
will add $3,000 in scholarship funds
to the $1,500 educational scholarship provided by the Watervliet
Lions Club, sponsors of her community pageant.
Emily Foster
First Runner-up
NEW QUEEN...Miss Watervliet Jamie Hartmann was crowned 2006 Miss Blossomtime by outgoing Miss Blossomtime Kaylee Magro.
(Annette Christie photo)
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Tax complaint dept.
Miss Hartford Emily Foster, who
now wears the crown of First
Runner-up to Miss Blossomtime, is
the daughter of Norine Foster and
Bill Foster Jr.
She is a 17-year-old senior at Hartford High School. Her ftiture plans
include attending Central Michigan
University to study physical therapy.
As part of her prize package, she
receives
Board of Review time is at hand in
the Tri-City Area. The state of
Michigan has decreed that March is
the month for the boards ot review
to be held across the state.
The Board of Review is made up of
people from the community who are
appointed for two-year terms by the
Supervisor of a Township or the
Mayor of a City.
These people are there to review a
property owner's arguments for a
change in assessment, valuation,
taxable value, uniformity, exemption, or a combination of these.
Each Board gives you its decision at
a different time, so be sure to ask
when a decision will be made. They
may give you the decision the same
day or it may take up to a week
before you get the decision.
If you feel the decision by the Board
of Review is unfair, you can appeal
that decision to the Tax T n b u n a for
the state of Michigan. Your local
Board will give you information on
how you may proceed.
Do not worry about bringing in
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what a S i m i l a r property was
taxed, because your Board will have
that information. Bringing along tax
bills or onginal contracts of purchase would help.
Below, you will nno
dates and
times listing for the Board of Review in your area, a phone number,
and whether or not you are required
to make an appointment.
March 21 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.; and March 23
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and
from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
For the City of Coloma, the date
and times are: March 22 from 6:00
to 9:00 p.m.; March 23 from 6:00 to
9:00 p.m.; and March 25 from 9:00
Watervliet
In Watervliet Township, you d ^
have to call for an appointment but
in the City you do not have to call
for an appointment for the Board of
Review. Phone (269) 463-5113 for
the Township and (269) 463-6767
for the City if you need information.
Date and times for the Watervliet
Township Board of Review are:
March 13 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.; and March 14
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and
from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
For the City of Watervliet, the date
and times are: March 13, 9:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 to 4:00
p.m.; and March 14 from 3:00 to
educational
Bainbridge Township dates and
times for the Board of Review are:
March 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon and from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.;
and March 14 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
and 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Second Runner-up to Miss Bloss o m t i m e is Miss Edwardsburg
Susanna Martino. The 18-year-old
daughter of Emilio and Sherry
Martino is a senior at Edwardsburg
High School. Her future plans in-
Heather Nelson
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality honors went to
Miss Coloma Heather Nelson. She
showed the qualities of a Miss
Congeniality as she could barely
stand still as the rest of the court was
selected, showing just how excited
More photos
and Mr.
Blossomtime
wrap-up
on Page 7
she was for them.
She verified just how important the
people in her life are to her by
answering her interview question ot
"What is the most favorite pari ol
your life and w h y ? " with "The family and friends in my life and the
relationships that I have with them."
Nelson is the daughter of Bob and
Annette Nelson and is an 18-yearold senior at Lake Michigan Catholic High School. Her future plans
include attending a Christian university to major in elementary education.
The remaining top 10 were Miss
Bangor Kylie Williams; Miss Berrien Springs Kelsey Norvell; Miss
Bridgman Diana Klemp; Miss
Cassopolis Anjel Francisco; Miss St.
Joseph Cortney Everett; and Miss
Stevensville Jenna Thomas.
Miss Cassopolis Anjel Francisco
received an award for selling the
most ads in the program.
A new scholarship was announced
this year in honor of Robert Braamse, a volunteer with Blossomtime
for over 50 years. The scholarship
will be given to those w h o volunteer
for community service, and this year
the scholarship was awarded to Miss
Galien Monica Groen.
Judges for this portion of the twonight event were: Sandi Kragenbrink, who works with Nat-
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a.m. to 12:00 noon.
Hartford
In both Hartford Township and the
City of Hartford, you need to call for
an appointment with the Board of
Review. Phone (269) 621-4658 for
the Township and (269) 621-2477
for the City.
Hartford Township dates and times
for the Board of Review are: March
13 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and
from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.; March 15
from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 to
9:00 p.m.; and March 18 from 9:00
9:00 p.m.
Coloma
In both Coloma Charter Township
and the City of Coloma, you do not
have to call in a d v a n c e for an
appointment with the Board of
Review. If you need more information, though, you may call (269)
468-7212 for the T o w n s h i p and
(269) 468-6606 for the City.
For Coloma Township, the date and
times are: March 20, 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon and 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.;
in
Susanna Martino
Second Runner-up
Boards of review meet to hear taxpayer assessment arguments
By Angela Stair
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scholarships.
elude attending (irand Valley Stale
University to pursue a degree in elementary education.
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a.m. to 12:00 noon.
For the City of Hartford, the date
and times are March 20 from 2:00 to
6:00 p.m. and from 7:00 to 9:00
p.m.; and March 22 from 9:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 to 4:00
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p.m.
Bainbridge Township
In Bainbridge Township, you do not
need to call for an appointment with
the Board of Review. If you have
any questions, you may call (269)
468-8040.
2006 MR. A N D MISS B L O S S O M T I M E A N D T H E I R C O U R T S . . . ( b a c k row, from the left) Mr. Nice Guy
Samuel Carlsen, First Runner-up Sam Lewald, Mr. Blossomtime Justin Gargus, Second Runner-up Geoff
C o w a n ; (middle row, from the left) Miss Congeniality Heather Nelson, First Runner-up Emily Foster, Miss
Blossomtime Jamie Hartmann, Second Runner-up Susanna Martino; (front row, from the left) Bud Princess
Madeline Hemphill and Bud Prince Nicolas Karamalegos.
(Annette Christie photo)
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March 9, 2006
Letters & Commentary
which would increase agriculture
production to create the ethanol needed for these vehicles. It would provide tax incentives to both Michigan
retailers and consumers, making
E85 cheaper to purchase than regular gasoline.
Lansing
By Rep. John Proos
RENEWABLE
FUELS
As we look at many of the historical
moments and achievements in
American history, I also think of the
many great inventions and discoveries that influence the way we live.
O n e of t o d a y ' s m o d e m conveniences many of us can't live without
is the automobile. In 1908, the Ford
Motor C o m p a n y produced the
Model T, which paved the road to
the creation of billions of vehicles
throughout the world.
The auto industry is now one of the
top industries in the nation and is the
top industry in Michigan. As the need for the automobile increases so
does our dependence on gasoline to
fiiel those vehicles, another modem
convenience becoming less available and more expensive for consumers to use.
For this reason, I am proud to support one of my House colleagues
and his initiative that encourages
development of other sources of fuel
for the vehicles we depend on. Rep.
Neal Nitz, R-Baroda, recently introduced legislation to stimulate production of more fuel-efficient vehicles and provide renewable fuels for
consumers.
In the president's State of the Union
address, he encouraged Americans
to decrease their dependence of foreign oil and develop new innovative
ideas to rebuild the economy. Two
primary players in this plan would
be biodiesel and ethanol fuels.
Ethanol, or E85, is a clean-burning
high-octane fuel primarily produced
today from com kemels. Biodiesel,
or B5, is a cleaner buming diesel
fuel made from natural renewable
sources, such as soybean oil.
Michigan automakers are already in
the process of producing more ftielefficient vehicles to run on E85
fuels. GM and Ford this year plan to
produce 650,000 vehicles between
the two companies. As automakers
increasingly produce these vehicles,
Michigan needs to increase its availability of gas pumps to provide the
E85 fuel these automobiles will
need.
Michigan currently has only four
gas stations in the state to provide
fuel for the new fuel-flex vehicles
that the Big Three intend to produce
this year. It only makes sense that
the leader in auto manufacturing also be the leader in providing the fuel
used to operate those vehicles.
To help meet that goal, the legislation now in the House provides
incentives for retailers to offer E85
and B5 at their gas stations. The
package would give retailers grants
of up to 50 percent to convert an
existing infrastructure or up to
$15,000 to construct a new pump to
hold renewable fuels.
The legislation will also increase
the number of renaissance zones for
altemative energy here in Michigan,
not.
Would he be angry, and maybe even
accuse you of being a lousy parent?
Maybe. Would that make you change your mind? 1 hope not. On the
other hand, if your son were open to
The package benefits many, as it leam, to seek wisdom, and to knock,
unites Michigan automakers, envi- patiently waiting for a reply, the
ronmentalists, consumers and agri- relationship would be strengthened,
cultural production. It will spur and he would be more likely to
Michigan's economy and give this appreciate the answer when it finalstate an opportunity to be a leader in
ly comes. Do you see the parallel?
renewable fuels. We cannot afford to
What 1 find amazing in this passage
lag behind our Midwest neighbors,
is that prayer being answered is tied
and this package is the first step in to the "Golden Rule"! Jesus says,
making renewable fuels marketable "So in everything..." and then foland competitive in Michigan.
low those familiar words about
The H o u s e ' s renewable energy
"doing unto others."
package recognizes the need for reSo why does that show up here?
tailers to have access to renewable
Perhaps it's because we need to see
fuels and how it will help improve prayer as not just about us, but about
this great state and our nation. 1 sup- others too. Perhaps there are prayer
port this legislation as it will bring requests that "work" only if we
economic development and growth "work" at it.
to Michigan's Great Southwest. It
When Gideon was complaining to
will cut costs for consumers and God about how he wasn't doing anygives Michigan the tools and resou- thing about Israel's bad situation,
rces to provide more efficient ways God responded to him with, "Go in
for our state to continue supplying your strength and deliver Israel."
the world one of the most necessary
How about that!
modem conveniences we have toIn other words, "Gideon, you could
day, the automobile.
do something about this, if you
decided to, so do vour part Gideon!"
Gideon did his part, and things
changed! How about that!
So God used Gideon to help answer
Gideon's prayer! That account is in
Judges 6 in the Old Testament if you
would like to read it.
So, for prayer to work, we need to
see it as a part of our growing conversational relationship with God,
and we may sometimes be called on
By P a s t o r David C . H e l m s
to make it "work" ourselves. SomePlymouth Congregational Church
thing to think about. Maybe something to pray about.
Spiritual
Compass
Points
Prayer that works
How do we know if prayer works?
We must first ask ourselves what we
mean by "prayer" and what we
mean by "works." A common simple
definition of prayer might be "talking with G o d . " But how about
"works'*? Jesus spoke about prayer
in terms of relationship. In Matthew
7, we read:
"Ask and it will be given to you,
seek and you will find; knock and
the door will be opened to you. For
everyone who ask receives; he who
seeks find; and to him who knocks
the door will be opened.
"Which of you, if his son asks for
bread, will give him a stone? Or if
he asks for a fish, will give him a
snake? If you, then, though you are
evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will
your Father in heaven give good
gifts to those who ask him? So in
everything, do to others what you
would have them do to you, for this
sums up the Law and the Prophets."
(Matthew 7:7-12, NASB)
So Jesus says that prayer is about
asking, seeking, and knocking (not
just asking). He also says it's like
talking with a family member (with
whom we obviously have a caring
relationship). What if your son only
asked you for "stuff," and that was
the total content of his coi.versations
with you. What would be your
thoughts about his motivation?
What if he asked you for " s t u f f ' that
you knew was either not good for
him, or for which he was not yet
ready, or which, if granted, would
only be squandered? Would you be
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Karl s
Kolumn
By Karl Bayer, Editor and Publisher
TRI-CITY ROYALTY B L O S S O M S . . . Congratulations to Miss Watervliet
Jamie Hartmann, crowned Miss Blossomtime earlier this week. I can't think
of a lovelier representative of the community.
Congratulations as well to Miss Hartford Emily Foster, First Runner-up to
Miss Blossomtime; and Miss Coloma Heather Nelson, Blossomtime's Miss
Congeniality.
Congratulations also to all the community kings and queens. Bud Prince
and Bud Princess; the best and brightest representatives of the youth in
Southwest Michigan.
SECRET CODE
ON
FRUITS AND VEGGIES D I S C L O S E D . . .
Periodontist Norm Wilhelmsen dropped off this news snippet: NUTRITION
C O R N E R . . . "Read the labels on fruits and vegetables.
Did you know that the tiny stickers attached to produce provide the cash
registers/computers
in the store with an identification and price information?
A label with four digits indicates the food is grown conventionally. Labels
with five digits that start with an 8 indicate that the food is genetically modified, and labels with five digits that start with a 9 are organically grown.
Look for the ones that start with a 9 for healthier produce. It is a sad commentary that the FDA doesn't make more information available to the public on reading labels."
obliged to grant his clamoring to satisfy his own wants? Probably not.
And n d immediately granting his
request would be the loving thing to
do. Would he understand? Maybe
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Children who need to cross busy
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streets going to school or coming
home are able to do so safely because some our residents are willing
to work as crossing guards. A crossing guard will proceed out into the
middle of traffic with a stop sign
held high, risking life and limb to
get traffic to stop and allow children
to cross.
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Drivers failing to stop for a crossing
guard holding a stop sign in an
upright position endanger the lives
of area schoolchildren and are guilty
of a misdemeanor covered in Michigan Vehicle code 257.63Id. According to Officer Scott Richcreek of the
Watervliet City Police. "The driver
could be ticketed and receive up to
90 days in jail, fines and court
costs."
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Operating a vehicle near a school
building before and after school,
when it is in session, is when drivers
see the crossing guards.
Jtmlketdhi
call (269) 463-4911 for directions to
the building site location.
I am looking forward to this year of
representing our community.
Please make donation checks payable to the Watervliet Float Building Committee.
Most respectfully,
Jamie Hartmann
Miss Watervliet 2006
Business
members
support
CWAEDC
Dear Editor,
As members of the business community, we believe that it is important to maintain and support the
Coloma Watervliet Area Economic
Development Corporation, (CWAEDC), our local economic development organization.
The CWAEDC is involved in activities that help the business community, such as existing business support, attraction of new businesses,
community development, and regional promotion. Further, we appreciate knowing that this agency exists
as a resource for information and
assistance.
We encourage the Coloma and
By Anne Bayer, Co-publisher
They are up and running with the
new Hays Park improvements in the
middle of town, thanks to the organization and dedication of the Watervliet Lioness Club and the head of
that project, Millie Wendzel. We
have a wonderful facility for the
whole area.
I am also sure that once the skate
park is completed, we will have
another area for the children of the
area to enjoy.
There is so much building and
renewed interest in this whole area
that it is exciting to drive around and
look for the new improvements.
Now do not misunderstand m e . . . I
love the new but at the same time I
love and cherish the old.
I have seen a dumpster placed in
front of the old Case house on Red
Arrow Highway and know that the
work there will be the start of another new project. I also see the building going on at Joe and Lindy Amt's
project just north of 1-94 at Exit 41.
This, to me, is wonderful.
Next Sunday, if you are bored and
the weather is nice, take a drive
around the area and have a look for
yourself. There are changes coming
and they will be for the good of the
whole.
So keep a watch out for all of the
new and exciting things that are
about to explode in this area over the
next couple of months. We should
all be pleased with the improvements.
Watervliet municipalities to continue their support for this organization
to ensure the ongoing success of the
CWAEDC.
Sincerely,
APL Logistics, Bob Becker, Chemical Bank Shoreline, Community
Hospital,
Deer Forest, DeGroot
Inc., ERA Coastal Realty, Farm Bureau Insuranc, Fifth Third Coloma
Branch, Grape Vine Nursery, H&R
Block, Keller Williams, Krenek RV
Center, Lane Automotive, LB Physical Therapy, Lighthouse Media,
Maximum Mold, Michigan Mold,
Moser Fruit Tree Sales Inc., North
Berrien Historical Society &
Museum, North Berrien Senior
Center, Second Nature Landscaping,
The Friendly Grill & Tavem, Tri-
City Record, and Tri-County Computer.
We support the
CWAEDC
Dear Editor,
Lane Automotive would like to express its thanks and support of the
CWAEDC for the tax break we
received on the recently purchase
packaging equipment.
The equipment enables us to give
our product higher visibility and a
competitive edge over our competition.
See LETTERS cont.
on Page 12
MSU Extension Connections
Michigan State University Extension helps people improve
their lives through an education process that applies
k n p w ^ g e to critical issues, needs, and opportunities.
4-H Spring Achievement provides
hands-on learning
Submitted by Deb Barrett
Extension Educator 4-H Youth Development
MSU ExtensionBerrien County
Our 4-H trademark is the four-leaf
clover with an " H " in each leaf that
represents Head, Heart, Hands, and
Health; 4-H helps young people
explore their interests through fun,
engaging, hands-on leaming experiences led by committed adults in
their local communities. It gives
youth and adults opportunities to
experience the benefits of working
together to reach common goals and
helps young people achieve through
knowledge, success, and friendships
that last a lifetime!
Our annual 4-H Spring Achievement program is quickly approaching, on March 24-26, at Orchards
Mall in Benton Harbor; 4-H Spring
Achievement in Berrien County is
the only ALL 4-H exhibition where
4-H'ers showcase their project
achievements over the last year.
The Objectives of the event include:
1. Providing 4-H members an opportunity to display their accomplishments to the community.
2. Providing 4-H members a supportive evaluation for each of their
projects.
3. Providing the community an opportunity to see the quality and
quantity of work being done by 4-
H'ers.
4. Attracting new members to the
Berrien County 4-H Program.
5. Providing 4-H members an opportunity to compete for special recognition of their projects.
6. Providing 4-H members, leaders,
and parents an opportunity to meet
other 4-H families.
7. Providing an opportunity to demonstrate 4-H teamwork in the efficient setup, tear down, and operation
of the event.
From quilting to rabbits, dogs, horticulture and woodworking, there is
something for everyone to see.
Please join us during the weekend of
March 24-26 to see positive youth
development in action.
Michigan State University Extension prohibits discrimination in its
programs and activities on the basis
of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political
beliefs, sexual orientation, marital
status, or family status.
For more information about our 4-H
Spring Achievement program or 4-H
Youth Development, contact the
Berrien County M S U Extension
Office at (269) 944-4126.
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They are positioned at designated
comers along frequently traveled
routes children take to and from
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school. Each of our cities has streets
where the crossing guards are needed due to the amount of traffic.
In Hartford, there are two crossing
guards: one on the comer of Center
and Linden streets and one on the
comer of Main Street and East Street
near Red Arrow Elementary School.
In Coloma, a crossing guard is stationed near the Coloma Elementary
*• building near the comer of Red
Arrow and West Street.
Watervliet employs three crossing
guards: one at Lewis Street and Red
1
Arrow Highway, one at Pleasant
1
Street and Red Arrow Hwy., and one
' at Baldwin Street and M-140.
When a vehicle is unable or unwilling to comply with the guard's
instruction and fails to stop, it then
becomes the crossing guard's
responsibility to get the children out
of harm's way, sometimes at the risk
of his or her own safety.
That was the case with Ruth Rantz
of Watervliet who, in October 1995,
was^truck by a vehicle while working as a crossing guard on the comer
of Baldwin and M-140. Before she
was struck, she was able to get two
children of Phil and Sandy Johnson
out of harm's way.
Rantz suffered a fractured pelvis
and a chipped bone in her shoulder.
Ruth said, "I still suffer from flash; backs about the accident to this
day."
. Rantz said, as far as she can remem-
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ber, "The driver of the vehicle that
struck her was ticketed and fined for
failing to stop for a crossing guard
and defective equipment (bad
brakes)."
A crossing guard is a paid position
for two hours a day. The pay rate
depends on the City where the guard
works.
Coloma employs one crossing
guard and pays him or her $14 day.
Hartford employs two crossing
guards and pays them $12 per day.
Watervliet, on the other hand, employs three crossing guards for $30
per day.
Conceming the difference in pay
between the cities, Watervliet's
Police Chief John Pokagon replied,
"The City Council decides the pay
rate and the police only oversee the
guards and fill in when needed."
According to Sue Openneer of
Watervliet City Hall, "The crossing
guards' pay comes out of the City's
police budget and the Township's
police budget, depending on where
the guard is stationed."
City Manager Yemi Akinwale at
Hartford City Hall reported that
Hartford's safety record had "no
injuries in the six years that he knew
of."
Coloma's safety record was reported by Township Police Chief Robert
Cottier. He said, "There has not been
anyone struck by a vehicle that I
know of, but there has been a few
near misses from time to time."
When asked about Watervliet's
safety record, Officer Richcreek
responded, "The only injury in
recent memory involved Ruth
Rantz, but no children were injured
in the incident."
Riverside
UM Church
Blood Drive
March 11
Riverside United Methodist Church
is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Saturday, March 11, from 12:00 noon
until 5:00 p.m.
The church is located at 4401 Fikes
Rd. in Benton Harbor.
For more information, call Riverside United Methodist Church at
849-1131.
This is a Michigan Community
Blood Centers drive. Remember: It's
About Life. Give Blood!
G E O R G E ZEHNER...holds his stop sign high to stop traffic on M-140
to allow children to cross safely on their way home from school.
(Bill Scott photo)
Judge hears gun range
case; will rule later
By Lynn Attila
The fate of a police training facility
in Coloma Township now lies in the
hands of Judge Paul Maloney, after a
hearing Monday, March 6, was held.
Berrien County is being sued by
Coloma Township residents and
business owners in an effort to stop
the building of a gun range on
Angling Road in Coloma. Plaintiffs
in the case are Joe and Sue Herman,
Jay and Sarah Jollay, Jerry Jollay,
Neal Kreitner, Tony and Liz Peterson, Randy and Annette Bjorge, and
Tina Buck.
Some Township residents have been
in bitter opposition over the location
of the proposed firing range. They
cite noise pollution, ground and
water contamination, safety issues,
and lower property values as reasons
to scrap the plan.
MacKinley Elliot, attorney for the
County, said that arguments from
both sides were heard by the judge.
He then took the matter under
advisement, stating that he would
take any additional arguments from
either side, in writing, up until
Monday, March 13. He would then,
render his judgment two weeks after
that date.
Elliot said he did not think of the
case as winning or losing but as
"getting closure." He said, "It is difficult to prove a negative, yet I
respect their viewpoint and their
right to make a decision."
Over time," he commented, "they
will find that the Sheriff will be a
good neighbor."
The lawsuit maintains that Berrien
County did not get a special land use
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permit or abide by the Township's
Noise Ordinance before proceeding
with plans to build the facility in
Coloma Charter Township. Berrien
County commissioners gave the
project the green light on November
10, 2005, after nearly a year of derision.
The proposed plan is to host approximately 500 police officers
annually at the facility. The cost
would be an estimated $590,000
split into two phases.
Crime prevention
seminar March 11
at Watervliet
Rod & Gun Club
By Angela Stair
The houses located at 8683 Red
Arrow Highway in Watervliet,
across from the Middle School and
High School, have been removed by
Jack's Excavating and Trucking
LLC of Coloma.
In the fall of 2002, the Watervliet
community was shocked by the
arrest of Robert Joseph Muller and
his father, Robert Paul Muller, for
possession with intent to deliver,
manufacturing methamphetamine
and maintaining a drug house,
across the street from two Watervliet
schools.
Mathew Ryan Tunstill and Jamie
Lee Tunstill were also arrested for
possession with intent to deliver,
manufacturing methamphetamine,
and maintaining a drug house. The
clerk at U.S. District Court in Kalamazoo said that both Tunstills were
found guilty on April 21, 2003.
Mathew was sentenced to serve 25
months in prison on count one, and
Jamie was sentenced to serve 30
months in prison on count one.
Robert Joseph Muller (son) was
found guilty on November 12, 2002,
and sentenced to 110 months on
count one; fined $2,200; and is to
pay restitution to the DEA in the
The National Rifle Association's
Refuse To Be A Victim program will
conduct a crime prevention seminar
at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 11,
at the Watervliet Rod & Gun Club,
3413 Hennessey Road, in Watervliet.
The seminar is three to four hours
long, open to the public, and costs
$ 10 to attend. Refuse To Be A Victim
seminars teach methods to avoid
dangerous situations and prevent
criminal confrontations. Sem-inar
topics address personal safety issues
as well as home, automobile, phone
and technological, travel, and personal security.
Seminar participants are presented
with a variety of common-sense
crime prevention and personal safety strategies and devices they may
integrate into their daily lives.
amount of $2,000.47.
Robert Paul Muller was granted a
delay for a psychological evaluation
on November 18, 2002, and found
competent to stand trial on March
18, 2003.
The U.S. District Clerk said a jury
trial was held from June 23, 2003, to
June 27, 2003, when a jury found
him guilty of count one.
Robert Paul Muller was sentenced
on November 12, 2003, to serve 120
months in prison and pay a fine of
$3,500.
A representative of Jack's Excavating and Trucking LLC said the
company was hired by Galloway
Mortgage Services out of Indiana to
clear the property.
Mary Galloway said they were subcontracted by Federal National
Assessments Solutions to clear the
property for the bank that had held
the mortgage. She said the property
had reverted to the bank.
J A C K ' S EXCAVATING AND I RUCKING LLC...out of Coloma is
removing the homes in Watervliet that had housed the manufacturing
of methamphetamine across the street from Watervliet Middle and
High schools.
(Angela Stair photo)
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If you are trying to find things to
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attend the St. Patrick's Day celebration, with the parade and events the
merchants have planned right here
in your hometown of Coloma,
Michigan. This is just a taste of the
summer to come, with all the events
that are planned for these communities.
I am sure most of you do not even
know what goes into all of this planning for all of these special times.
Most of the organizers are working
now on all of this year's events, and
the only thing we have to do to enjoy
this homegrown fun is to attend the
events.
Hartford's committee is once again
working on its Strawberry Festival.
For the past few years, it has
dropped the name "strawberry" but
this year all of the old is new again
and the name is back.
I also know that the events for this
y e a r ' s Glad-Peach Festival are
under way. I am not privy to all that
is going on but, as the lime for it
approaches, we here at the Record
will hear and let you all know more
details.
I also am not sure what is up with
the events for the summer here in
Watervliet, but I am sure we will
hear about them in the not-too-distant future.
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March 9, 2006
steer a course down the middle of
Tri-City Area History Pave
the road, and once in a while it w o n ' t
hurt if you take a side road!"
Just don't do it too often!
Clean bill
of health
Do you remember?
Photo submitted by Mary Vandervort of Coloma front those
he Paw Paw River Journal
Coloma Public
Library news
of her mother Florence Vallrath
oy M
a
O U T desk.
STORY HOURS
P
w
Saw Mill Gravy
1 originally planned to call this story
"Dining through Dixie" but decided
that " S a w Mill Gravy" would be a
little more dramatic and eye catching. And it is about dining... eating
Children's Story Hour will take
"Death by Chocolate!" It was all the
four of us could handle. Oh, but w e
rolled out of that place, full and satisfied.
When we arrived in Florida, w e visited some of our old haunts. Last
out. Some of our friends will be saying, "Oh, o h . . . there he goes again!"
O n e time friend Bick B e c k w i t h
year's storms have left their mark on
the area. But much has been repaired
also. Out on Sanibel and Captiva
Islands we visited the pioneer ceme-
remarked that as many places as w e
have eaten out and I have talked
about... it's a wonder we are not all
blimps!
tery, as we always d o . . . strolled on
the beach and picked up shells. I
have written about that place before,
Well, there is a secret to delaying
the onset of full blimphood! N o w
I ' m not talking about semi-blimph o o d . . . w e can all deal with a little
extra weight and have from time to
time. I will let you in on the secret
to prevent that before we end this
story.
Recently we did some meandering,
exploring, and dining in new places.
It was a foray into the wilds of our
southern states with eldest daughter
Deb and Gary-in-law. They are
excellent travelers, and Gary and 1
discovered that we each have our
favorite roads. He likes driving on
the freeways, and I like traveling on
the lesser known highways. So w e
divided the driving equitably, and
everyone was satisfied.
Before w e left, I suggested that o n e
of our favorite stops is usually a
Cracker Barrel... the food is uniformly good and without surprises.
Gary heaved a sigh and said, "Yes,
but that saw mill gravy is so full of
calories and cholesterol! Hard to
resist, but I should eat salads."
It's that time of year again! Winter
keeps roaring around, freezing us;
while spring teases with unusually
warm peeks at what's coming.
As my other half said, "Not only did
the groundhog see his shadow, but
he rolled around in the grass and
wallowed in it!"
Ah, well, what's a body to do with
all this dragged-out cold now?
AL, is where we used to see our
friend, John Malone, one of the
managers. After I wrote about him
Pull up a chair close to a fire, in
your mind's eye. Drape a w a r m
and the store there, he was promoted
and given a restaurant d o w n in
best Total Blarney Tall Tale. We
Mississippi... hope he did not lose
his place of e m p l o y m e n t in last
year's hurricane.
Each week, the best tale will win
$10. At the end of March, the ulti-
One of our favorite things is an
early morning breakfast at a Cracker
We stayed one night at Bowling
Green, KY, where w e obtained most
comfortable rooms at the Comfort
Inn. And Gary said, " D o w n the
Barrel in front of the fireplace... no,
we d o n ' t usually order saw mill
gravy, although it is delicious and
speckled with bits of sausage. We
street I noticed a Long Horn steakhouse... would you like to try it?"
are most apt to covet a stack of pancakes, with eggs and b a c o n . . . a n d . . .
We would, and w e did, arriving just
before the dinner hour rush.
a bowl of grits.
have said something about us; because soon the manager. A m y
McDaniel, arrived at our booth to
visit. N o w here is a prime example
of Kentucky feminine pulchritude!
In fact, all of the staff were bright,
attractive, and most dedicated to filling us with excellent cuisine.
Amy w a s interested in the story of
our travels, and before we were finished she had sent over a complimentary dessert. O n e dessert... and it
was huge! I d o n ' t remember the
name, but it should have been called
Second
annual tall
tale contest at
Watervliet
District
Library
We have noticed more difficulty in
getting out to the islands. Lee
County is constructing a new bridge
1 must say that w e did find some
great Cracker Barrels in our wanderings. Some of them we know from
previous trips. The one at Cullman,
afghan around you and write us your
know you have it in you!
mate winner will be the Keeper
of
the Stone and win the Leprechaun s
Pot of Gold (whatever the wee man
decides to put in it)!
Ten $10 gift certificates (money orders) will be given out for the weekly Total Blarney Tall Tale winners.
Age groups are elementary school,
They have great
middle school/junior high, high
school, and adults.
grits! Gary did find his salad... so
that turned out O K too.
We meet a lot of interesting people
So, polish up your best tale! W e ' r e
looking forward to reading your best
on the road. I said one time, "The
same people live in all the towns we
visit... they just ha ve different
names!"
And 1 promised to tell you the secret
for delaying incipient blimphood...
just don't eat that way all the time.
When it does not matter... stick to
whatever keeps you trim. Then once
in a while you can cut loose.
During a physical exam, I asked our
family doctor, "Just what am I in
training for? At m y age, should I be
all that worried about cholesterol?"
He said, "Yeah, y o u ' r e right. Just
blarney, as only our readership is
capable of producing!
Same as last year, the Watervliet
librarians are the ones in touch with
the leprechaun and will judge the
stories.
Be sure to put your name, address,
and phone number on your tale and
drop it off at Watervliet District
Library or drop it in the book slot.
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Story Hour will include: a story, a
musical activity, a craft, and show-
Hungry Heron, still dishes up
crunchy fried grouper... Its mouthwatering goodness has not lessened
one whit.
and
improving the causeway.
Trucks whi? back and forth... piles
of fill mark all of the available
space. I just hope when it is all finished. one of our favorite picnic
areas on the connecting islands is
still there and available.
This photo
showcases Carney's
in Coloma,
next to the Post
Office and Bank.
p.m. Children ages 3 through prekindergarten and their parents are
welcome to attend.
and its beauty beckons us back even
when w e are here in Michigan.
Our favorite eatery out there. The
I replied, "Well, Cracker Barrels
have salads too!"
Our food was, as promised, delicious; and our waitress, RonAnn,
attractive and attentive. She must
place twice on Wednesdays from
10:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-1:30
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Tests for carcinogens in
Coloma school negative
Coloma Public Library now has this
y e a r ' s N e w b e r y and Caldecott
Medal winners and honors books
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M a r c h V, 2006
Local News and Newsmakers of Days Gone By
As reported in the local newspapers: Coloma Courier,
Hartford Day Spring, and Watervliet Record.
By Angela Stair
Hartford Fire Chief Ed Riley and
Hartford Police Department Office
Phil Lucas were each presented with
a Certificate of Appreciation for
their efforts in a December 28,2005,
auto accident.
Lt. William Lux of the Van Buren
County Sheriff's Office presented
the certificates at the February 27
City Commission meeting.
NEWS FROM THE COLOMA COURIER
strate the outstanding professionalism of their dedication as safety officers.
Hartford Police Chief R a m o n Beltran said the accident had occurred
west of Hartford and was a priority
9-1-1 call. Officer Lucas and Chief
Riley arrived at the scene about the
same time and found that the driver
was still in the vehicle.
Harvey Strong returned Saturday
will engage in business, which was
A girl, weighing 9 lbs., 2 oz., was
Lt. Lux said, "Officer Lucas and
Fire Chief Riley used their training
and experience to keep applying
from California, where he had spent
the winter with his parents who will
return later.
Sidney Lester, for a number of years
conducted by their fathers.
Pvt. George Wooley left on Monday
b o m to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A.
CPR to the victim of the December
Chief Beltran said they pulled the
victim out and administered CPR
until Medic 1 and the EMTs got
there and used the defibrillator until
signs of life were seen.
Clayton, March 3, at Memorial Hos-
en route to C a m p Pickett, Va., from
which point he expects to be sent to
some point for embarkation over-
pital.
28 accident until the ambulance
arrived. Their brave actions demon-
He was then taken to Community
Hospital Watervliet.
100 Y E A R S A G O - 1 9 0 6
connected with the St. Joseph
Herald force, has taken a situation
with the Courier, beginning Mon-
ma. Edwin Kreitner and Ernest Fritz
seas.
30 Y E A R S AGO - 1 9 7 6
day. Mr. Lester will move his family
here within a few weeks.
60 Y E A R S A G O - 1946
Members and guests of the North
Berrien Historical Society will be
treated to a surprise program when
After a lapse of about a quarter of a
century, the firm of Keitner & Fritz
they meet on Tuesday. Mrs. Mary
Alyce Hettig, Coloma junior high
school history instructor, will be in
has again been established in Colo-
charge of the special program.
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90 Y E A R S A G O - 1 9 1 6
William H. Blashfield has received
the appointment as postmaster at
Hartford. His appointment was sent
by President Wilson to the senate for
confirmation last Monday.
The M.F. Hoover wagon shop in
Hartford recently installed an acetylene welding outfit which owners of
machinery are finding of great convenience. The equipment has already saved local automobile owners and others considerable money
in the purchase of new parts by the
welding of broken castings.
60 Y E A R S A G O - 1 9 4 6
Mrs. Floyd Lammon was elected
President of the Hartford Ladies
Library Association at the library
meeting. She succeeds Mrs. Robert
Brown. The library received $60.80
this week f r o m the State Board of
Libraries as a partial payment on a
general library fund grant.
Hartford Garden Club will hold its
annual family night on Friday at the
Methodist Church.
The Hartford Board of Education
has obtained a former C C C barracks
at Fort Custer and will move it here
to house the high school shop classes. The building was given to the
developed and packaged by Whirlpool for astronauts.
school by the federal government
Receiving awards recently in an
without
$2,000.
charge.
It is valued
at
essay contest on Brotherhood week
held at Benton Harbor were Ricky
By Angela Stair
At the Hartford School Board workshop meeting March 2, Board members looked at the possibility of a
$934,232 deficit in the upcoming
school year 2006-2007 budget.
Superintendent Gary Pardike pointed out that this is speculation on
some assumptions that were made
for the coming year. He said it might
Schmigle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Schmigle, w h o took first
not be that bad, or it might be worse,
but they have also put together a list
Wednesday
at
the
Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Glen McGray entertained 19
place in the grade school division;
and Tim Troutman, son of Mr. and
of recommended items to reduce the
budget deficit by a possible
members of the Southwest Hartford
Thursday Club and their guests on
Thursday. Mrs. Jones Thar gave a
Mrs. Arthur Troutman, who took
third place in the high school division. Both are students of Mrs. Lois
Righter.
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$462,819.
Among the assumption list that
report on a trip she made to Chicago
Hartford Junior Band, under the
under sponsorship by radio station
direction of Dale Kooi, received
WLS and Mrs. Deane Richmond
reviewed a book, " T h e Peacock
straight first division rating in a con-
this year it was more and maybe
next year less, but 20 was an esti-
cert festival at Berrien Springs High
School. The band received an A + in
sight-reading.
mate. Also included is an increase in
health insurance of an estimated
12%, an increase for textbooks by
40 Y E A R S AGO - 1966
Junior Mothers club celebrated its
25th anniversary last week. Present
were 70 guests including members
of the Hartford Mothers Club, which
helped found the Junior Mothers
Club, Child Care Club and Progressive Mothers Club. William Breninghouse, manager of press and public relations for Whirlpool Corp.,
Submitted by Librarian Stephanie
Daniels at Hartford Public Library
from microfilm copies of the
Hartford Day Spring. Hours:
Monday & Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.7:00 p.m.; Tuesday & Thursday,
1:00-5:00 p.m.; Friday, 9:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.; and Saturday, 10:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Phone: 621-3408
Benton Harbor, talked on space food
be laid to rest, according to School
Superintendent Terry Boguth.
Testing that was done by Villa Environmental of Benton Harbor showed
that there were less than 28,000
times the acceptable limits of the
pesticide Aldrin and 35,000 times
less than the acceptable limits of the
pesticide Chloridine.
Testing was also done for Radon,
Asbestos, and 20 different kinds of
mold. None these substances were
found at Washington School.
The results of the testing were released on February 28, 2006.
Villa Environmental has still refused to return the Tri-City Record's
calls.
There have been three new cases of
different kinds of cancer diagnosed
recently in teachers at Washington
School, bringing up the question...
Are there carcinogens in the school
building?
Boguth had said previously that she
would make the deficit were items
such as 20 students less for the fall
count. Superintendent Pardike said
$50,000 for Middle School science
and elementary school language
arts, and an increase in salaries for
all employee groups
Some of the items recommended to
reduce the budget deficit are a negotiated change in health insurance for
a savings of $127,455; not replacing
the Assistant Superintendent for
Curriculum position for a savings of
$117,839; and a 10% reduction in
the supply budget for a savings of
$81,306.
Also eliminate one elementary
teacher due to reduced elementary
enrollment for a savings of $42,433;
eliminate the home economics position and add 3/7 additional math for
a savings of $59,264; eliminate the
kindergarten/preschool bus run (due
to elimination of half-day kindergarten) for a savings of $10,000; and
a 2 5 % reduction in professional
development for a s a v i n g s of
$16,172 and with the substitute
Michael Turner on February 26.
F.M. Keasey has p u r c h a s e d a
$2,800 auto hearse for his undertaking establishment.
Gerald Whitfield Lawton, son of
George and Beverly Lawton of
Watervliet, was b o m February 28.
J.B. Olson of the Watervliet Garage
He weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces
at birth.
is rebuilding an auto truck that he
purchased for use in connection with
the business. The maximum speed
will be 25 mph.
"Forty-cent gasoline is in sight and
fifty-cent gasoline lies not far
beyond, with the prospect that by
midsummer a literal f a m i n e will
shut off the supply to all but the
favored f e w w h o can pay the latter
price.
60 Y E A R S A G O - 1946
Watervliet's oldest Main street mercantile establishment, that of H.
Pierce & Son, has changed hands
this week when building and business were acquired by A.C. Nimtz
and his son, R.D. Nimtz of Benton
Harbor. The business will continue
to operate as a hardware store.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bahus are the
parents of a baby daughter, Florence
May, b o m February 27.
James Lull, U.S. Navy, who has
been seeing duty aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Saratoga, has been promoted to the rank of Radar Man 3/c.
Miss Ruth Chisholm Humphrey, of
Methuen, Mass., and 1st Lt. Lawrence W. Swan, son of Rev. and Mrs.
Henry Marcus Swan of Watervliet,
were married in Massachusetts on
Saturday afternoon.
30 Y E A R S A G O - 1976
A boy w e i g h i n g 10 pounds, 7
ounces, was horn to Mr. and Mrs.
The Watervliet Panthers lost their
one and only tournament game to
Decatur Monday night in the district
opener in Watervliet by a score of
60-47.
Submitted by Linda Cubbage from
files at Watervliet District Library'
from the Watervliet Record newspapers donated by the Tri-City Record.
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a.m.-2:00 p.m.
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To date, there have been 4 7 docu-
teacher cost related to professional
development of $8,350.
Additional possible reductions listed were to reduce the newsletter
from 10 issues to six issues per year
with a savings of $9,200; and eliminate two aide positions with a savings of $38,944.
mented cases of malignancies in
teachers, districtwide, charted since
the 1960s, according to documents
released from Washington School.
There have never been any carcinogens found in any of the Coloma
school buildings.
MEAP scores
they figure the Adequate Yearly
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum David Levstek said they are
waiting
for the
official M E A P
scores, but the preliminary ones look
Progress tor the No Child Left
Program could be changing,
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Saetres celebrate 60th
wedding anniversary
George and M a n h a Saetre of Hart-
good. There does seem to be one
questionable area and he is looking
into it.
Levstek compared the score results
for the last four years and has seen
nearly a 2 0 % increase in the scores
for the whole School District from
2001 through 2005. He said the way
happens, he will
ford celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary with a family dinner
February 22 at Fireside Inn, Stevensville.
G e o r g e Saetre and the former
Martha VanLiere were married February 22, 1946, in Hartford.
Their son is Andy (Karen) Saetre of
Benton Harbor. They also have one
granddaughter, Allison; and twin
Grace Christian
School Open
House March 16
Maybe you would like to hear more
about a Christian education and
what God is doing at Grace Christian School? You may have questions
like: "What is the curriculum?" or
"What are the class sizes?" or "What
does it cost?"
If you have such questions, then
there is a special night planned just
for you. Please come to our Open
House on Thursday, March 16, starting at 7:00 p.m.
You will have the opportunity to
meet the teachers and the administration. There will be guided tours, a
presentation, and plenty of opportunity to answer all of your questions.
There are no obligations-just helpful information to help you make a
knowledgeable choice.
Grace Christian School is located at
325 North M-140, Watervliet, just
four miles south of 1-94 and two
miles north of Napier.
Superintendent Pardike said this information was presented to get it
before the Board for discussion and
input. He said the staff is willing to
look at ways to save some money,
and that is encouraging. H e also
noted that the C O P S grant is not
available so far for the coming year
so they could lose the liaison officer.
Trustee Gerald Lutz stated to the
Board in general, " W h e n will it
stop?" He asked if they could safely
Plans for
Easter Egg Hunt
are under way
cut the supplies.
Business Manager Michael Hallgren said they could because this
was the first cut they have had to
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Board President Ed Liebenthal stated that they could cut like this only
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Kelley Benson, and great-grandma Paulette Edinborough.
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Saetre served as a radio operator in
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during World War II. He retired
from Petrolane after 33 years of
employment as a serviceman.
Mrs. Saetre was employed at General Telephone in Hartford for 12
years and also worked several years
as a hostess at Galati's Restaurant in
Hartford.
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dress sale
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The Watervliet Class of 2008 will
be sponsoring a consignment sale
for formal and semi-formal dresses,
shoes, jewelry, and accessories.
The sale will be held on Saturday,
March 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. at Watervliet South Elementary
School.
Schools from Berrien, Van Buren
and Cass counties have also been
invited to take part.
Consignments are being accepted
from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Dr. Cynthia J. Garrone's office, across from
Watervliet High School, on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday.
Dresses may also be dropped off at
Watervliet South School on Friday,
March 17, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The class will also accept donations
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'96, and 2002. Nothing but trace
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once or twice.
Hallgren said they could not continue running a deficit. The state and
federal governments are going to
have to do something.
Trustee Terry Tibbs remarked that
the budget did not even include the
possibility of road repair, and that
was a desperate need.
NEWS FROM THE WATERVLIET RECORD
90 Y E A R S A G O - 1 9 1 6
felt the cancer outbreaks were "coincidental... just a streak of bad luck."
She felt the reality of the situation is
an "unfortunate fact of life."
She stressed, in a phone interview
March 8, "Everything we know we
can test for has been tested. If somebody c o m e s up with s o m e t h i n g
n e w . . . w e can test for it."
Boguth also said that Washington
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Hartford Public Schools could face a
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V I O L A A. B E C H T
Viola A. Becht 94, of Coloma,
passed away Friday, March 3, 2006,
at home.
Funeral services were held Tuesday,
March 7, at the Davidson Chapel of
Florin Funeral Service in Coloma.
Burial followed in Coloma Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be
made to the North Berrien Senior
Center.
Viola was bom August 8, 1911, in
Benton Harbor to Julius and Huldena (Menchinger) Radesky. She lived
her entire life in this community.
She married Robert Becht on February 17, 1934, in South Bend. They
were married for 66 years. Viola was
employed by Faulkner's 5 & 10
Cent store in Coloma for over 20
years. She was a life member of the
Eastern Star, Coloma Chapter 307.
Survivors include two daughters Rosalie Becht and Rheta (Mort)
Leith, both of Coloma: granddaughter, Tamara (Donald) Downs of Elizabeth, CO; two great-grandchildren;
and a very special friend, Eileen
Niedzwiecki of Coloma.
Viola was preceded in death by: her
parents; her husband; her brother,
Arthur C. Radesky; and her grandson, Matthew Muth.
AIDAN JAY B R O G L I N
Aidan Jay Broglin, 7-month-old son
of Jennifer Gembala and Eric
Broglin of Stevensville, passed
away February 28, 2006, at Bronson
Methodist Hospital. Kalamazoo.
Services were held Friday, March 3,
at North Shore Memory Gardens
Chapel, Coloma.
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Aiden was bom July 23, 2005, in
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Gabriel Gembala and Cage Broglin;
grandparents, Clara LaVanway of
St. Joseph, Gary and Judy Thran of
Bridgman. and Paula and Don Harris of Chase, MI; great-grandparents, Myrtle Baggert of Sawyer,
Pauline Gardner of St. Joseph, Judy
and Jathem Gardner of Coloma: and
many aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his
paternal grandfather, Danny Broglin.
ANNABELLE FLORENCE
BROWN
Annabelle Florence Brown, 85, a
resident of Coloma since 1947,
passed away on Thursday, March 2,
2006, at Jordan's Nursing Home,
Bridgman. •
A service celebrating her life was
held on Monday, March 6, 2006, at
Coloma United Methodist Church,
with Pastor Ron Hansen officiating.
Burial followed in North Shore
Memory Gardens, Coloma. Memorials may be made to Coloma United
Methodist Church.
Bom September 17, 1920, in Jasper
County, IN, to George and Arminta
(McGuines) Coberly, she married
Leon Brown on May 2, 1941. He
preceded her in death.
In the 1950s, Mrs. Brown served as
a Girl Scout of America troop leader
and in the mid 1950s to early 1960s,
for more than eight years, served as
Chairman for the March of Dimes
Mother's March in Coloma. She
also served a term as President of the
Coloma Library League.
A member of the Coloma United
Methodist Church, she was an active
participating member, serving the
church in any different capacity
including trustee.
During the 1980s and early 1990s,
she opened her own business, Annabelle's Lettering.
She is survived by a daughter,
Melissa J. Brown of Bristol, CN.
She was preceded in death by: her
husband,; two daughters, Cheri A.
Nichols Richie and Jenny L. Lamoreaux; sister Dorothea Fine; and
five brothers - George Coberly, Marshall Coberly, Oscar Coberly, Perry
Coberly, and Frank Coberly.
SHELLY ANN
(SHEPARD) CLARK
Shelly Ann Clark, 51 formerly of
Coloma. passed away on Wedensday February 1, 2006. in Temple
TX. She was a resident of Waco,
TX. Graveside services were held at
Oak wood Cemetery.
Shelly was bom on June 24, 1954,
in South Haven. She committed her
life to her husband, the love of her
life and her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by: her husband,
David L. Clark; son Joe (Diane)
Shackle of Colorado Springs, CO;
daughter Atina (Frank) Turrubiartez
of Waco; and 8 grandchildren.
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SHARON KAY FULLER
Sharon Kay Fuller, 60, of Hartford,
passed away on Saturday, March 4,
2006, at Lakeland Hospital in St.
Joseph.
Sharon was bom on August 24,
1945, in Detroit, the daughter of
Lemont and Mary (Clouse) Grant,
both of whom preceded her in death.
As to Sharon's wishes, cremation
has taken place and the family will
hold a private memorial service.
Memorials may be made to the
American Diabetes Association. The
family has entrusted Calvin Funeral
Home, Hartford, in handling the
arrangements.
Sharon is survived by her husband,
Dave, whom she married on July 15,
1960; a daughter, Brenda (Larry)
Merritt of Hartford; a son, David
Allen Fuller Jr. of Hartford; 2 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;
mwhinuvTcm
Charles was bom on August 16,
1917, in Chicago, to Charles and
Anna (Castronovo) Gargano. On
June 7, 1941, he married Anita Virgo
in Benton Harbor.
He served his country proudly with
the U.S. Army in World War II. He
worked as a barber for 45 years in
Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, retiring in 1981 from Temple Barber
Shop in St. Joseph.
Besides his wife, Charles is survived by two sons - Charles (Nancy)
Gargano of Stevensville and Joseph
(Judy) Gargano of Watervliet; brothers Phillip Gargano and Frank
(Betty) Gargano of Coloma; and two
sisters - Gracie Staniz of Glenn, MI,
and Pauline (Bill) Montgomery of
St. Joseph.
He also leaves behind three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by
his brother, Joseph; his sister, Christine; and his grandson, Jameson
"Jay" Gargano.
MICHELLE MARIE
MEYER-GARRISON
Michelle Marie Meyer-Garrison,
37, of South Bend, Indiana, died
Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at
Memorial Hospital in South Bend.
Michelle was bom December 18,
1968, in LaPorte, IN, to Loretta and
August Meyer. She lived in the
Michiana area for 31 years. She was
an organ donor.
Survivors include: her parents,
Loretta Meyer of Lansing and
August and Nan Meyer of St.
Joseph; a son, Shawn Christopher
Garrison of Watervliet; stepson,
Daniel Mark Garrison of Watervliet;
her sister, Tanya Shirel of Lansing;
and two special friends, Fatima
Elamin and Becky Cox.
A memorial service to honor her
memory was held on Monday,
March 6, at Riverview Park Christian Church in St. Joseph, with Pastor
Carol Richardson officiating.
JAMES EDWARD HICKS
James Edward Hicks, 70, of Watervliet died Sunday, March 5, 2006, at
his home.
A Celebration of Life Service was
held March 8 with Dr. Randy Doyle
officiating at Kerley-Starks Menchinger Family Funeral Home, St.
Joseph. Burial followed in North
Shore Memory Gardens, Coloma.
Memorials may be made to the
American Lung Association or the
Hicks Family. Those wishing to
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James was bom April 15, 1935, in
Benton Harbor, to Edward and
Marie (Gruss) Hicks. He was employed as maintenance supervisor at
Action Garment Rental. From 1954
to 1956, he served his country in the
U.S. Army, receiving the Good Conduct Award. He was a member of
F.O.P. No. 147, American Legion
Post 362, and enjoyed woodworking.
He is survived by: his sons - Tony
(Sally) Hicks of Coloma, Kevin
Hicks of Watervliet, and Andy Hicks
of Covert; daughter, Laurie (Bob)
Bucholtz of St. Joseph; two grandchildren; his mother, Marie Hicks of
Sodus; brothers Edward Hicks of
Sodus and John (Karen) Hicks of
Sodus; sisters - Donna (Dick) Donnellan of Benton Harbor, Nancy
Lambrecht of Watervliet, Mary
(Mike) Anderson of Coloma, and
Cathy (Duane) Rozema of Grand
Rapids.
WILLIAM EDWARD HOBDY
William Edward "Bill" Hobdy, 75,
of Coloma, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2006, at Countryside
Nursing and Rehabilitation Community, South Haven.
Bill was bom May 29, 1930 in
McHenry, K., the son of John and
Lizzie (Morris) Hobdy, both of
whom preceded him in passing. He
was an Army veteran of the Korean
Conflict. He retired from Benton
Harbor Area Schools in 1986 after
20 plus years of employment.
He was a member of the Tri-County CBers Club.
As to Bill's wishes, cremation has
taken place and no services will be
held. Memorials may be made to the
Apostolic Christian Tabernacle
Church in Hartford, of which he was
a member. The family has entrusted
the Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford,
in handling the arrangements.
Bill is survived by: his wife, Barbara, whom he married on August
25, 1956; a daughter, Anna (Roger)
Foster of Coloma; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents. Bill is preceded
in death by a son, David; three sisters; and four brothers.
ELLA M. ISBRECHT
Ella M. Isbrecht, 80, of Bainbridge
Township, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at Lakeland
Hospital, St. Joseph.
Funeral services were held on Monday, March 6, at Crystal Springs
Church of God in Benton Harbor.
Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery, Watervliet. Memorials may be
made to Crystal Springs Church of
God, of which she was a dedicated
member.
Ella was bom February 17, 1926, in
Benton Harbor, to Leon and Leathea
(Pugh) Lester. She married Elmer
Isbrecht on February 2, 1946, in
Benton Harbor. She was employed
as a telephone operator for Michigan
Bell, V-M Corporation in Benton
Harbor and at Patterson Printing in
Benton Harbor as a press operator.
Survivors include: two daughtersCarolyn Crowder of Benton Harbor
and Evelyn Morris of Buchanan;
four sons - Michael (May) Isbrecht
of Watervliet, Ron Isbrecht of Coloma, and Don (Judie) Isbrecht and
Mark (Laura) Isbrecht, both of
Sodus; 12 grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; sister Elizabeth
Wygant of St. Joseph; sister-in-law
Edna Mae Lester of Tucson, AZ; and
several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband; three brothers Oscar, Franklin and Kenneth Lester;
and a sister, Edna Figlus.
NAOMI MELTON-ROSE, R.N.
Naomi died from complications of
cancer in New Jersey on Monday,
March 6, 2006. She was 87 and formerly of Hartford and Watervliet.
Bom in 1918 in Hartford, the
daughter of Ruth and Dell Shafer,
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High School in 1936. She received
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Catholic Church, St. Joseph, with
Msgr. Thomas Martin as Celebrant.
Entombment will follow at North
Shore Memory Gardens, Coloma,
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Association for Retarded People.
Surviving are daughters Caroline
Melton and Laura Salz and two
grandchildren. Also surviving are:
her sister, Ellen Marvin; brothers
Robert and Stephen Shafer; and
numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service is planned for
mid-April in the Watervliet-Hartford
area.
RAYMOND EDWARD
MEAGHER
Raymond Edward Meagher, 80, of
Hartford, passed away Saturday,
March 4, 2006.
Raymond, or "Raymie" as he was
known, was bom on June 22, 1925,
in Pembina, ND, to Edward and Eva
(Corbett) Meagher. Raymond was
an Army veteran of World War II
and a longtime member of the Hartford American Legion Post 93. He
worked at the Watervliet Paper
Company for years, DuWell Manufacturing, Krenek Car Sales, and
retired from Brook field ChryslerDodge-Jeep Inc. of Watervliet.
Raymond is survived by his wife of
50 years, Juanita M. Meagher; children - Linda Rae (Mike) Ament of
Lawrence, Gary W. (Ida) Meagher
of Hartford, Edward A. Meagher of
Watervliet, and Tina M. (Ramon)
Aquilera of Hartford; 10 grandchild r e n ^ great-grandchildren; sister Delores Quam of Cavalier, ND;
brother-in-law Charles (Laura)
Meagher of Watervliet; and many
nieces and nephews.
Raymond was preceded in death by
his parents; brothers Clark Meagher,
Lloyd Meagher, Austin Meagher
and Vemon Meagher, sisters Evelyn
O'Connell, Mae Chaput and Audrey
Crosby; and grandsons Kenny
Meagher and Pokey Frias.
As to his wishes, cremation has
taken place. A graveside memorial
service to honor his memory took
place on Wednesday, March 8, at
Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford.
Borgess Hospice Chaplin Barb Van
Eck will officiate. Military rites will
be conducted by VFW Post 1137,
VFW Post 6803 and American
Legion Post 362 and Auxiliary.
Memorials may be made to Borgess
Visiting Nurse and Hospice.
MADALINE F. TANNER
Madaline F. Tanner, 87, of Bangor,
passed away Wednesday, March 1,
2006, at her home.
Funeral services were held Friday,
March 3 at Bangor Chapel, D.L.
Miller Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Michael B. Rapp officiating. Interment followed in Thomas Cemetery,
Bangor Township.
Memorials may be made to South
Haven Area Hospice or the donor's
choice. To leave an online message
go
to
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Madaline was bom August 8, 1918,
in Tuckerman, AK, the daughter of
O.D. and Chloe (Smith) Roberson.
She had lived in the Bangor area for
60 years. She was a homemaker.
Surviving are: five sons - Jim (Connie) Tanner of Bangor, Don (Oneeta)
Tanner of Hartford, Ray Taner of
Bangor, Jerry (Joan) Tanner of Bangor, and Bob (Loraine) Tanner of
Bangor; 20 grandchildren; 29 greatgrandchildren; and a sister, Vada
Kelley of Coloma.
She was preceded in death by: her
husband, Carl; two infant children;
her parents; and stepfather, Elmer
Boyce; and a grandson. Rick Tanner.
Showcase of Queens also held
March 9, 2006
Tri-City Record
Page 7
Justin Gargus claims Mr. Blossomtime title
BILLY EUGENE TEETERS
Billy Eugene Teeters, 69, of Hartford, passed away on Sunday, March
5, 2006, at Lakeland Hospital, St.
Joseph.
Billy was bom on October 16,1936,
on Lilboum, MO, the son of John
and Nellie (Adamson) Teeters, both
of whom preceded him in passing.
He loved and performed music. He
owned and operated Teeters Recreation in Hartford. He was a member
of the U.S. Army Paratroopers and
Keeler General Baptist Church.
A service to honor his memory was
held on Wednesday, March 8, at the
Keeler General Baptist Church. Pastor Bill Martin officiated. Burial followed in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford, where military rites were performed by VFW Post 1137, VFW
Post 6803, and American Legion
Post 362 and Auxiliary. Memorials
may be made to the church or the
American Cancer Society.
Bill is survived by: his wife of 42
years, Margaret; two daughters Debra (Chuck) Snider of Bragg City,
MO, and Rhonda Sheldon of Baldwin; three stepdaughters - Terri Ock :
erman of Lawrence, Jackie Dutton
of Portage, and Angela Roberts of
SC; a stepson, David Roberts of NC;
10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Wanda (Charles)
Long of Hartford; a brother, Jerry
(Sharon) Teeters of Hartford, and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, he is preceded
in death by a grandson, Michael
Anthony Mattner; a sister, Betty Sue
Teeters; and three brothers - James,
Bobby and Kenneth Teeters.
THE COLOMA REPRESENTATIVES...were introduced at the beginning of the Mr. Blossomtime Contest and Showcase of Queens Sunday
night, March 5. First Runner-up Daniel Gelder (left) and Mr. Coloma
Eric Dolezan (right) escorted Miss Coloma Heather Nelson.
(Annette Christie photos)
CORRECTION
MISS HARTFORD EMILY FOSTER...shows off her moves during the
opening number of the Miss Blossomtime Contest held Monday night,
March 6. She went on to be crowned First Runner-up to Miss Blossomtime.
MISS
BLOSSOMTIME
continued from Page 1
ALBERT WILLIAM
VARNEAU JR.
Albert William Vamau, Jr., 79, of
Stevensville, passed away Monday,
March 6, 2006, at Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph.
Albert was bom on May 14, 1926,
in Bainbridge Township, the son of
Albert Sr. and Elizabeth (Molter)
Vamau, both of whom preceded him
in death. He was a World War II U.S.
Army veteran, mainly stationed in
Korea. He married the former Geraldine Edwards on November 6, 1948,in St. Joseph. They owned and operated their own farm in Hartford from
1948 to 1970. They were members
of the Van Buren County Farm
Bureau and Hartford Federated
Church.
Albert was also employed by Clark
Equipment Company of Benton
Harbor and Asheville, NC, from
1955 until his retirement in 1985.
As to Albert's wishes, cremation has
taken place. The family will greet
friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday,
March 10, at Hartford Federated
Church, where the memorial service
to honor his memory will take place
at 2 p.m. Pastor Douglas Cuthbert of
Sister Lakes Community Church
will officiate. Burial will take place
in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford. In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be
made to the Hartford Federated
Church. The family has entrusted
the Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford .
with the rrangements.
He is survived by: his wife of 57
years; his four children - Deborah
(Randy) Cuthbert of Cassopolis,
Bruce Albert Vamau of Charleston!
IL, Janis Schmalfeldt of Mattoon,
IL, and Paula (Frank) Picone of St.
Joseph. He is also survived by four
grandchildren and many nieces and
nephews.
Besides his parents, Albert is preceded in death by his sisters - M a e
Decker, Eleanor Fietz, and V i r g i n i a
Ertman.
By Annette Christie
Justin Gargus, representing the
community of Bangor, was selected
as Mr. Blossomtime Sunday night,
March 5, before a packed audience
at the Lake Michigan College
Mendel Center. He is the son of
Christopher and Kimberly Gargus.
His future plans include attending
Michigan State University or Hope
College to pursue a degree in medicine.
The First Runner-up banner went to
Sam Lewald, representing the community of Stevensville. He is the son
of Norbert and Joy Lewald.
After high school, Lewald plans to
study medicine to become a registered nurse, possibly becoming a
traveling nurse.
Second Runner-up honors were
awarded to Geoffery Cowan of St.
Joseph. He is the son of William and
Sharon Cowan.
Cowan's future ambitions are to be
a strong leader and representative
for his country.
Selected by the 36 other contestants
as Mr. Nice Guy was Samuel Carlsen, representing the community of
Paw Paw. He is the son of Trevor
and Christina Carlsen.
After high school, Carlsen plans to
attend college to obtain a degree in
criminal justice or law enforcement.
He would like to someday be in the
CIA or FBI.
Among the remaining top 10 contestants were Mr. Watervliet Josh
Hoadley; Andre Coleman and Josh-
ional Accounts for United Parcel
Service; Clyde Taylor, an operations
producer for ESPN who is in charge
of all technical operations for Monday Night Football; and Bruce Kragenbrink, a controller for United
Parcel Service.
The pageant masters of ceremonies
for both nights were Lainie Lu
Howard Von Behren and Pat Moody.
Dance choreographers for all or part
of the events were Misty Kovell,
Emily Hankins, Ashley Richmond,
Sabrina LaSota, Lindsey LaSota,
and Brittney Lovell.
Entertainment for the Miss Blossomtime Pageant on Monday night
was provided by the Alley Kat Studio dancers, and Ben Walter provid-
ed live music and vocals for both
evenings.
Blossomtime is celebrating its
100th year and both of the evenings
events highlighted "Strolling Through the Decades," the theme of this
year's pageant.
The Blossomtime Festival is the
oldest and largest multi-community
festival in the state of Michigan.
The history of Blossomtime events
can be traced back to 1906 when a
viewing of the blossoms was called
for by Rev. W.J. Cady of the First
Congregational Church in Benton
Harbor. He likened the spring blossoms to symbols of life renewed,
and his sermon is credited with the
birth of Blossom Sunday.
The Blessing of the Blossoms will
be held on April 30, which will start
Blossomtime Week; ending with the
Grand Floral Parade on Saturday,
May 6.
In the Blossomtime material
in last week's Tri-City Record,
a photograph was misidentifled as that
of contestant Jake
Litaker,
Second
Runner-up
to Mr.
Watervliet.
The TriCity
Record
regrets any confusion and
inconvenience the error may
have caused.
ua James, both of Benton Harbor;
Morris Bullocks of Cassopolis;
Tylor Kubiszak, who is a Heart of
Blossomtime contestant representing Lawrence; and Larry Simpson of
Niles/Brandywine.
The contestant who sold the most
ads in the Blossomtime contest program was Devin Jones, a Heart of
Blossomtime contestant representing the community of Lawrence.
Judges for the Mr. Blossomtime
portion of Sunday evening were
James E. Campbell, Keith Wilson,
and Bret McAtee.
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Showcase of Queens
award winners
As the Mr. Blossomtime contestants
were parading around the Mendel
Center stage, trying to win a title, the
Miss Blossomtime contestants were
trying to win awards as well. Three
community queens were selected in
the categories of modeling, photogenic, and communications.
Modeling
During a portion of the evening, the
23 community queens wore attire
spanning 100 years as Blossomtime
is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. The girls took center
stage, walking the lighted aisle
much like professional models do.
The three contestants who won
awards in this category were Miss
Benton Harbor Dawntayia Sims,
Miss Cassopolis Anjel Francisco,
and Miss Galien Monica Groen.
Photogenic
Winning awards for being the most
photogenic were Miss Bridgman
Diana Klemp, Miss Heart of Blossomtime Ashley Beeching, and Miss
Stevensville Jenna Thomas.
Communications
One of the highlights of Sunday
evening's event was the queen's
communications segment. During
this portion, each girl had to perform
a commercial for a company that has
been doing business in Michigan for
over 100 years.
Winning awards in this category
were Miss Edwardsburg Susanna
Martino, Miss New Buffalo Codi
Gropp, and Miss Bridgman Diana
Klemp.
Judges for the Showcase of Queens
were Barbara Campbell, Jud Knapper, and Bonnie Kanicki Wilson.
HARTFORD REPRESENTATIVES...Craig Baham (left) and Wayne
Baskin dazzle the Blossomtime crowd during the men's swimwear competition.
THK WATFRN LIFT MEN...prepare to answer a question from Blossomtimc's master of ceremonies Pat Moody during the interview portion of the Mr. Blossomtime Contest. From the left are Second Runnerup Jake Litaker, Pat Moody, and Mr. Watervliet Josh Hoadley.
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Community Hospital Watervliet is
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Anne received her Associate Degree
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and her Master of Science in Community Health Nursing Family
Nurse Practitioner Program from the
University of Michigan in 2003.
Watkins has held positions as a
nurse practitioner in internal medicine, family practice, and urology.
Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she has held positions as a staff
nurse and nursing management,
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provider of choice for employee
health needs in Michigan's Great
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the client base of occupational
health has increased substantially. In
fact, this department now has a total
client base of 70 companies.
One of those clients is Lane Automotive Inc. Richard Warner, Human
Resource Manager for Lane Automotive, recently made the statement,
"Community Hospital's Occupational Health Department has been
responsive to our needs. Their staff
has been flexible in their scheduling
and prompt in their follow-up. They
have demonstrated a keen appreciation for our business needs and we
have every expectation that our partnership will grow and serve the
needs of our employees as well as
the surrounding community."
"Community Hospital's Occupational Health Program provides a
wide variety of services specifically
designed for our area employers,"
stated Don Liles, PA-C. "The program is flexible so that it can be customized to meet your business's
individual needs."
The experienced professional staff
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managing worker's compensation
costs. The staff knows that enhancing employee health and effectively
managing work-related injuries is
crucial to the health of any business.
The Occupational Health Services
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Coloma
Middle School
"Student of
the Week"
The faculty at Coloma Middle
School is proud to announce that
sixth-grader Hayden Huscher is
"Student of the Week." He is the son
of Chuck and Cheryl Huscher of
Coloma and Brian and Jennifer
Fardello of Benton Harbor. He has a
baby sister Eva (4 months old); and
a stepbrother, Chris Frazier (14)
Hayden also has many pets: five
dogs, seven cats, and two horses.
One of his teachers, Mrs. Connie
Rodriguez, nominated him for this
Kizer, Kendall Kling, Caswell
Kremers, Darren Lane, Ashley
LePlante, Zachary Leitz, Casey
McCalla, Travis Noles;
Sydney Sanchez, Alura Schultz,
Melissa Skibbe, Ryan Smalley, Ross
Stillwell, Elizabeth Summerford,
Jeffrey Travis, Kayla Villarreal,
Pauline Wendzel
11th G r a d e
ALL A'S
Nicole Clement, Heather Krieger,
Christine Milham, Lydia Williams
HONOR ROLL
Kari Ames, Crystal Arent, Katelyn
Bryce, Nathan Burke, Ryan Clark,
Sarah Cook, Emma Donner, Robert
Dyke, James Enochs, Erin Faultersack, San Juana Garcia, Eric
Hartstein, Rachel Hiler, Kristy
Howard;
Alexia Mullen, Kathryn O'Riley,
Jennifer Oliver, Bradley Phillips,
Thomas Rodgers, Ryan Rodriguez,
Nicholas Ursin, Nuria Villegas,
Alecia Whitaker, Matthew Wiedman, Analyse Winans, Caitlin
Worden
12th G r a d e
honor. She said, "Hayden is in both
my math and critical thinking classes. He is always on time and has his
work done. Hayden is very polite
and caring of others' feelings. You
can tell he is crazy about his family!
I love his sense of humor!"
Hayden is often on the Honor Roll
and CARE list.
A very sports-oriented young man,
one of Hayden's favorite classes is
gym with Mr. Fred Boyer. He has
played Coloma/Hagar baseball for
eight years and Coloma Rocket
Football for four years. During that
time, he has won the Pepsi Football
Bowl Championship four times and
been on the all-star baseball team
five times.
Playing video games, watching TV,
and fishing with his dad are some of
his other pastimes. Recently, he
helped his Uncle Mark with a house
demolition, helped his dad build a
garage, and often helps his stepdad
with his lawn-mowing business.
His favorite bands are D-12 and
Green Day. He also enjoys reading
the Lemony Snicket's series of
books called A Series of Unfortunate
Events.
The following local merchants join
the staff at CMS in congratulating
Hayden as "Student of the Week" for
his hard work and dedication:
Coloma Pizza Hut ($10 gift certificate), Waffle House of America
(Free appetizer coupon), McDonald's (Free sandwich coupon),
Wesco (Fountain drink and popcorn), AMF Blossom Lanes (Two
free bowling games), Coloma Athletic Department (Free student pass),
and Chartwell's School Dining
Service at Coloma Middle School
(Snack gift certificate).
Watervliet High
School Honor Roll
First Semester 20052006 School Year
9th G r a d e
ALLA'S
Ashely Adams, Kevin Bryce, Patrick Graves, Kristina Griffith, Eric
Hauch, Kelseyann Kremers, Brakell
Mullen
HONOR ROLL
Corey Barker, Sarah Brown, Tyler
Carr, Abigail Caudillo, Kayla Clay,
Linda Cortes, Kristen Cox, Jessica
Farac, Sarah Faulkner, Alex Faultersack, Jeremy Flagel, Kyle Garland, Ashley Grabowski;
Michael Hamer, Marcus Hauch,
Kristyn Hedman, Krista Howard,
Kanyon Kieman, Jordan Kiser,
Brandy Mandarino, Brandi Mannino, Jayme Muske;
Leesa O'Riley, Linda Reyes, Kelsey Rhodes, Jacob Richcreek, Sheila
Samson, Rachel Sheffer, Jessica I.
Smith, Adam Wilkinson
ALL A*S
Seamus Bartlett, Melissa Beaudoin,
Kelley Becker, Megan Cahill,
Jessica DeLoach, Rachel Duvemay,
Kendra Edwards, Jessica Garland,
Taylor Gast, Jamie Hartmann, Viviana Ramirez, Bradley Wing, Bethani
Yore
HONOR ROLL
Nickol Adams, Ashley Agler, Austin Barchett, Gene Barker, William
Brown, Tiffani Cutlip, Allison
Czajkowski, Daniel Dudek, Benjamin Eisen, Benjamin Farac, Lacey
Farlow, Neal Faultersack, Alexis
Foster;
Chaddrich Freed. J. Joel Freed, Allison Hauch, Joshua Hoadley, Lazar
Jaric, Ryan Krause, Kaleb Kremers,
Jake Litaker, Anh Luong, Kelly
Lynch,
Shannon
McLaughlin,
Heather Palmitier, Tiffany Perkins,
Alexander Phillippe;
Elizabeth Rhodes, Joshua Scott,
Sarah Sheffer, Lonnie Simmons,
Joshua Smith, Zackrey Spear, Kori
Steiner, Brandon Thompson, James
Tyler, Hannah Wildeman
Ticket on sale
March 11 & IS
WHS Variety
Show set for
March 24 & 25
Watervliet High School is excited to
announce its upcoming variety
show. This year WHS will be celebrating its 30th variety show. On
Friday and Saturday, March 24 and
25, WHS will take "A Walk Down
Memory Lane" beginning at 7:00
p.m. each night.
The cast and crew of this 30th anniversary show consist of over 100
students and staff members.
The variety show will be filled with
memories from the past, while creating new memories filled with music
and laughter. The students have been
working very hard to prepare a spectacular celebration.
The entire production company
would like to invite the area communities to join us in the anniversary
festivities.
Pre-sale tickets will be sold at the
WHS Auditorium on March 11 and
March 18 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Tickets will also be available at the
door on show nights.
The cost of tickets is $7 for students
and $10 for adults.
Come and enjoy taking "A Walk
Down Memory Lane" on March 26
and March 27 at Watervliet High
School.
Watervliet
Middle School
"Student of
the Week"
March 6 t 2006
The seventh-grade team at Watervliet Middle School eminently approves that Taylor Willming is the
'Student of the Week." Taylor went
10th G r a d e
ALLA'S
Kristina Cooper, Robert Dabicci,
Kate Strong
HONOR ROLL
Abdullah Ali, Rebecca Amabile,
Deanna Austin, Amber Barry,
Douglas C. Bielas, Elissa Bourlier,
Shawn Campbell, Paula Cortes,
Samantha Crumb, Kathryn Curry,
Krista Czajkowski, Jerin DeHaven;
Sarah Eastman, Tiffany Faulkner,
Garrett Freed, Chelsea Goodrich,
Kyle Green, Candace Igert, Natasha
Calendar & Entertainment
"Kute Kids"..,
THESE "KUTE KIDS*1
ARE...Matthew,
2l/a,
and 4-month-old Morgan. They are the children of Matt
and
Vlellssa McLellan, formerly of the ColomaHartford area. Their
iroud grandparents are
fohn and Toni McLelan of Hartford and
Cynthia Jones of Coloma. Matthew and Morgan are the great-grandchildren of Betty Scott
of Coloma.
SECOND MARKING
PERIOD - 2005/2006
GRADE 6
MAROON LIST
Caitlyn Barnwell. Julia Birmele,
Samantha Bosley, Robert Bryant,
Cody Burtchett, Stephanie Cluster.
Laura Cook, Rachel Foote, Stefanie
Imler;
Daniel Isbrecht, Joseph Johnson,
Dakoda Kieman, Bethany Marschkc, Sean Russell, Danielle Smith,
Travis Taylor
WHITE LIST
Miranda Abel, Kathryn Collis,
Yatsiri Figueroa, Christopher Flagel,
Magdalena Garacia, Jennifer Hartman, Kayla Imler, Morgan Johnson,
Erik Loyd, Porshea Monte, Samantha Roberts, Miriam Rosas,
Dustin Simon, Erianna Sobralski,
Brett Thumm
GRADE 7
PRINCIPAL'S LIST
Jennifer Hartstein, Jordan Krieger,
Colin Nangle, Alma Ramirez, Jamie
Richcreek, Kelsey Rogers, Alex
Spaulding, Taylor Willming
MAROON L I S T
Sarah Baumeister, Bethany Cubbage, Nicholas Kaley, Jacob Leitz,
Robert Lovell, Alisha Mandarino,
John McCarthy, Ashley Minnick,
Brooke Mundt;
Shelbi Myers, Rachel Pitcher, Kyle
Priebe, Erica Riggs, Carleen Smith,
Mahalia Stelter, Jessica Strunk,
Alyson Wendzel, Kayla Wieser,
Michael Zaluckyj
WHITE LIST
Kaliegh Adams, Rico Adams,
Brooke Davis, Jessica Dudek, Katie
Howard, Miranda Huff, Taylar
Jacob, Justin Peters, Chris Robinson
GRAPE 3
to St. Joseph Catholic School until
this year and likes WMS very much.
NANNY MCPHEE
AOIIAMARINE
PINK P A N T H E R
Where are your "Kute Kids "?
Watervliet
Middle School
Honor Roll
PRINCIPAL'S LIST
Katie Amabile, Krystal Birmele,
Tyler Coffin, Avery Cook, Eric
Kibler, Haliegh Kiser, Dustin Lane,
Mystique Wieand
Williams, Joshua Worden
WHITE LIST
Shelbi Andrews, Kassy Bower,
Blake Deloach, Jayme Diehl, Kelsey
Douglas, Kyle Gast, Max Goodrich,
Eric Griffin, Emily Huff, Cody
Kendzior, Zach Martin, Rachel
Rubio, Jesselin Sadler, Jessica
Whitehead, Jimmy Withrow
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MAROON LIST
Lindsey Ames, Blake Baiers, Emily
Butler, Sara Carr, Olivia Casasanto,
Marissa Casey, Sasha Clark, Jordan
Cowsert, Kelsey Douglas, Max
Eberhart, Adam Faulkner, Tiffany
Grabowski;
Dennis Griffin, Bethany Gunn,
Cassandra Hastings, Andrea Hiler,
Michael Johnson, Kevin Lynch,
Gerardo Maldonado;
Maria Montoya, Joshua Mullins,
Eric Phillips, Katie Richcreek, Chris
Saurbier, Courtney Shiller, Kayla
Warsko, Dawn Williams, Joshua
Worden
WHITE LIST
Kassy Bower, Collin Buck, Bethany
Cagle, Blake DeLoach, Kevin
Eastman,
Tim
Flagel,
Max
Goodrich, Eric Griffin, Emily Huff,
Cory Imler, Joe Isbrecht;
Ann Lucas, Kassandra Mansfield,
Brandon Massey, Jennifer Oliphant,
Rachel Rubio, Jesselin Sadler,
Brandi Smith, Ethan Street, Jessica
Whitehead
Watervliet
Middle School
Honor Roll
FIRST SEMESTER
2005/2006
GRADE 6
MAROON LIST
Caitlyn Barnwell, Julia Birmele,
Samantha Bosley, Robert Bryant,
Cody Burtchett, Stephanie Cluster,
Laura Cook, Rachel Foote, Jennifer
Hartman, Stefani Imler;
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Dakota Kieman, Bethany Marschke,
Porshea Monte, Samantha Roberts,
Miriam Rosas, Danielle Smith,
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Jaxon DeHaven, Yatsiri Figueroa,
Magdalena Garcia, Christina Grabowski, Chris Hanks, Morgan
Johnson, Erik Loyd, Cody Ott, Sean
Russell, Dustin Simon, Erianna
Sobralski
GRADE 7
PRINCIPAL'S LIST
Jennifer Hartstein, Jordan Krieger,
Alma Ramirez, Jamie Richcreek,
Alex Spaulding, Alyson Wendzel,
Taylor Willming
MAROON LIST
Rico Adams, Sarah Baumeister,
Jordan Cluster, Bethany Cubbage,
Brooke Davis, Nicholas Kaley,
Robert Lovell, Alisha Mandarino,
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Erica Riggs, Kelsley Rogers, Carleen Smith, Mahalia Stelter, Kayla
Wieser, Michael Zaluckyj
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Miranda Huff, Jacob Leitz, Justin
Peters, Chris Robinson
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PRINCIPAL'S LIST
Katie Amabile, Krystal Birmele,
Tyler Coffin, Avery Cook, Eric
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Lindsey Ames, Blake Baiers, Collin
Buck, Emily Butler, Bethany Cagle,
Sara Carr, Olivia Casasanto, Marissa
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FINAI, D E S T I N A T I O N 3
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from the
Press Box
By Mike Leith, Sportswriter
news@tricityrecord.com
Watervliet
girls take
3rd Class "C"
District title
in a row
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Taylor likes Mr. Pawielski because
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again last week as the Watervliet
girls varsity volleyball team, representing the SAC Conference, traveled to Bridgman to participate in
the Class " C District, along with
five other teams that are all Lakeland Conference members.
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The result was the same for the third
year in a row as the Lady Panthers
excelled past them all while taking
their third straight Class "C" District
championship.
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Now through the end of March, "TOTAL BLARNEY TALL TALE CONTEST,"
Watervliet District Library. Winners in different age groups.
Tuesday, March 14, 6-7 p.m.. "COLOMA WRESTLING CLUB FREE-STYLE
REGISTRATION." Cost is $45. For more info, contact Tammy at 468-7104.
Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00 a.m., "HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR."
Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 12:30-1:30 p.m., "COLOMA PUBLIC
LIBRARY CHILDREN'S STORY HOURS," for children 3 to pre-kindergarten &
their parents. No signup is necessary.
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m., & Thursdays, 1:30 p.m., "WATERVLIET DISTRICT
LIBRARY STORY HOURS" for 3-5 year-olds. Call 463-6382 for information.
Wednesdays. 7 p.m., "KEELER GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH MIDWEEK
PRAYER MEETINGS," 63627 Territorial Road. Call (269) 621-2551 for more
information about the services.
Wednesdays. 7 p.m.. "SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH REGULAR LENTEN
SERVICE." Supper will be supplied at 5:30 p.m. each week. All are welcome. If
you reed a ride or directions, call the church office between 8 a.m. & noon at
(269) 468-6567. Church is ati275-Marvin. at the comer of Park Street, in Coloma.
Thursday. March 9. 4-6 p.m., "MICHIGAN COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTERS
BLOOD DRIVE." First Missionary Baptist Church. 295 Washington Rd.. Coloma.
Open to the public; no appointment necessary.
Friday. March 10. 9-11 a.m.. "SAVE ENERGY WITH EASE PROGRAM," sponsored by SW Michigan Community Action Agency, at American Red Cross. 301
N. Center Street. Hartford.
Fridays, 10-11 a.m., "FREE COMPUTER CLASS" at Hartford Public Library.
For anyone needing assistance becoming familiar with computers & the Internet.
Saturday, March 11. 8 a.m., "SPRING BIRDING BUNCH BEGINS," Sarett
Nature Center. 2300 Benton Center Rd.. Benton Harbor. Sessions on 3/11. 3/25.
4/1, 4/8. 4/15, 5/6, 5/13, 5/27, 6/3 & 6/10. $30 fee for all sessions or $5/session.
Call 927-4832 to register. Also. "Basket Making Class" at 9 a.m. Payment
required in advance; you MUST register.
Saturday. March 11, 9-10:30 a.m. for 6-8 year-olds, 10:30-11:30 a.m. for 9-10
year-olds & 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for 11-12 year-olds. "WATERVLIET
RECREATION BOYS BASEBALL DRAFT." Watervliet High School gym. Please
come 15 minutes early to be checked in; candy money must be turned in at this
time.
Saturdays. March 11 & 18, 9:30-11:30 a.m., "PRE-SALE OF TICKETS FOR
WATERVLIET HIGH SCHOOL VARIETY SHOW," WHS Auditorium. Tickets are
$7 for students & $10 for adults. "A Walk Down Memory Lane" variety show is
March 24 & 25 at 7 p.m.
Saturday. March 11, noon-5 p.m.. "BLOOD DRIVE" at Riverside United
Methodist Church. 4401 Fikes Road. Benton Harbor. Call 849-1131 for more
Information.
Saturday, March 11.1-7 p.m., "TEXAS HOLD 'EM TOURNAMENT." fund-raiser for Hartford Foundation For Quality Education, at American Legion Post 93,
66297 Red Arrow Hwy.. Hartford. $50/entry; maximum 70 players. Call Jerry Lutz
for reservations. 621-0160.
Saturday. March 11, 5-7 p.m., "SPAGHETTI DINNER & AUCTION FUNDRAISER" at site of future Hartford Community Center, 15 S. Maple Street
Hartford. Cost is $5/adult & $3/child 10 & under. Dinner at 5:00 p.m.; auction
begins around 6-6:30.
Monday. March 13. 3:30-4:30 p.m., "YU-GI-OH CLUB TOURNAMENT."
Hartford Public Library. You must have your own cards to duel; no trading, but
great prizes.
Thursday. March 16. 7 p.m., "GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE."
come and meet the teachers & administrators, guided tours, presentation & question/answer time. The school is four miles south of Watervliet on M-140
Friday. March 17, 7:30 p.m.. "ST. PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL LIGHTED
PARADE." downtown Coloma. Entry forms available until 3/15 from Parade
Chairman Karla Roggow. (269) 639-1073; or at Chemical Bank Shoreline, downtown Coloma.
Saturday. March 18. 7-11 a.m.. "BENEFIT BREAKFAST FOR RUTH MODRO "
at Bnght Star Tabernacle. 5130 Old Pipestone Road. Eau Claire. Donation of
$6/adult. $4/child 4-12. free for 3 & under.
Saturday. March 18. 9-10:30 a.m. for 6-8 year-olds. 10:30-11:30 a.m. for 9-10
year-olds & 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for 11-12 year-olds, "WATERVLIET
RECREATION GIRLS BASEBALL DRAFT," Watervliet High School gym.
Please come 15 minutes early to be checked in; candy money must be turned in
at this time.
Saturday, March 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., "CONSIGNMENT SALE FOR
FORMAL/SEMIFORMAL DRESSES, SHOES, JEWELRY & ACCESSORIES "
fund-raiser for Watervliet Class of 2008. at South Elementary School. Lucinda
Lane. Schools from Berrien. Van Buren & Cass counties are also invited to partidpate. Items may be dropped off at Dr. Garrone's office (across from WHS) from
2-6 p.m. Mon./Wed./Fri.; also at South School from 5-8 p.m. Friday. March 17.
The Lady Panthers actually started
their district title run on Thursday as
they had to go down to Bridgman on
that night for what I guess could be
called a pre-district match, somewhat similar to the way the baseball
and softball districts are set up.
In that contest, they took on River
Valley and beat them in three games
by scores of 26-24, 25-13, and 25-
12.
Watervliet stats had Jamie Hartmann with 34 assists and eight digs;
Katelyn Bryce with five assists and
11 digs; Shannon McLaughlin with
10 kills, four aces, and 18 digs;
Sarah Sheffer with 13 digs, 14 kills,
and three aces; Rachel Sheffer with
14 kills, three blocks, and 10 digs;
while Kori Steiner added three kills
and six digs.
The Lady Panthers then had to go
back on Saturday and participate in
the rest of the district where they
took the title over Buchanan in the
championship match by scores of
25-18,25-13, 18-25, and 25-16.
Watervliet got to the championship
match by defeating Bridgman in the
semifinals by scores of 25-21, 2519, and 25-13.
Buchanan had to work a little harder to get to the title match in its
semifinal contest as it took five
games to put away Brandywine.
For the day, Watervliet stats had
Jamie Hartmann with 79 assists and
26 digs; Katelyn Bryce with 31 digs;
Shannon McLaughlin with 28 digs,
seven aces, and nine kills; Sarah
Sheffer with 40 kills and 27 digs;
and Rachel Sheffer with 34 kills,
four blocks, and 22 digs.
The Lady Panthers will now take on
Bangor in the regional semifinal
match this Saturday at Hartford,
while the other semifinal will pit the
Grand Rapids Covenant Christian
district winner (Kelloggsville) against the Lawton district winner
(Lawton).
The winners of these two matches
will face off for the regional title at
2:00 p.m.
Watervliet coach Bruce Tarantino
says his team will not be taking
Bangor for granted as it has some
pretty good players and could jump
up and surprise just about anyone.
Going back and touching base on
last week's conference tournament
that the Lady Panthers won, it was
their third consecutive undefeated
regular conference season and their
fourth consecutive conference
crown.
That includes their third straight
SAC Conference championship,
along with the fourth being the last
year they were in the old Red Arrow
Conference.
I incorrectly wrote last week that it
was the Lady Panthers' second conference title in a row, even though I
have covered all of the last four.
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treys, Joe Richardson had seven points, while Brian Saltzman added
five points.
The Comets end the regular season
at 9-1 overall going into this week's
Class "B" District at St. Joseph.
The Comets drew a first-round bye
and were to take on the South Haven-Lakeshore winner on Wednesday, March 8.
orry about that. I stand corrected.
It must have been the sun.
Watervliet boys
wrap up regular
season with
exciting SAC
crossover win
against
Bloomingdale
The Watervliet boys varsity basketball team played just one game last
week as the Panthers took on
Bloomingdale in their SAC crossover game and posted an exciting
62-59 win over the Cardinals in a
game that went down to the wire.
Watervliet coach Randy Bradford
knew the Cardinals would try to disrupt Panther big man Jon Anderson
inside the paint; so he just told 6'4 , ,
forward Jacob Summerton to look
inside more for his shots and it
resulted in a career-high performance by Summerton as he led the
team with 31 points, including the
final basket of the night for the
Panthers that sealed the win.
The Panthers jumped out quickly
and built a 15-9 first-quarter lead
before continuing on to build their
lead to 31-21 at the half.
Bloomingdale then cut the lead to
47-41 at the end of three quarters,
before making a charge in the fourth
quarter where the Cardinals actually
took a 55-54 lead with a little over
three minutes left to play in the
game.
Watervliet did not wilt, though, as
the Panthers did just what Coach
Bradford has been preaching to
them throughout the season, which
was to be able to finish these close
games.
They did just that as they retook the
lead on a Joe Bolin free throw at 5857 before Summerton made two
more charity shots to give the Panthers a three-point advantage.
The Cardinals then hit a basket of
their own to close the gap again to
one point at 60-59. They then put on
a full-court press with the hope of
getting a steal, but the Panthers
found Summerton behind the Cardinal defense and tossed a long pass
to provide them with an easy lay-up
with about 10 seconds left to play to
make it a three-point game again
with a 62-59 score.
Bloomingdale then had one last
shot at a 3-pointer that could not find
the mark, allowing the Panthers to
seal the win.
With Summerton able to penetrate
inside consistently for his points, the
Panthers had one of their best shooting percentages of the season, shooting a solid 49%.
Besides Summerton's game-high 31
points, the Panthers had Jon Anderson with 14 points; Joe Bolin with
11 points, including three treys;
while Travis McDonnell chipped in
four points.
Summerton was tough on the
boards as well, pulling down nine
rebounds for the night.
The Panthers will have played
Bridgman by the time you read this,
with the winner advancing to the
district title game on Saturday.
Coloma girls
season ends
prematurely
The Coloma girls varsity volleyball
team had high hopes of making a run
at the Class "B" District volleyball
championship last Saturday at Lakeshore but came up short as the Lady
Comets were defeated in their first
match of the day by eventual district
champion St. Joe by scores of 21-25,
25-20, 25-19, and 25-16.
After winning the first game of the
match, the Lady Comets had to feel
pretty good about their chances of
knocking off the Lady Bears but St.
Joe came right back to take the next
three games even though the second
and third game losses were by pretty
close scores.
Hartford girls
fall in district
semifinals
The Hartford girls varsity volleyball
team fell in their Class " C District
to Bangor in the semifinals by scores of 25-23, 25-20, and 25-19.
Hartford stats were not available at
press time.
Hartford boys
drop SAC
crossover game
to Bangor
The Hartford boys varsity basketball team fell in its SAC crossover
match against Bangor by a 56-40
score in the Indians' final regular
season game last Thursday night.
The Indians dug themselves into a
hole early as they trailed 17-4 after
the first quarter and were behind 31-
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17 at the half.
Bangor then put the game away in
the third quarter with a 20-7 run to
make it a 51-24 game going into the
fourth quarter, even though the
Indians outscored them 16-5 in that
final period.
Justin Barden had 11 points to lead
the Indians, while Ryan Garton and
Taylor Deckard each had seven
points, Jimmy Henry had six points,
Chris Cook had five points, while
Cody Scott added four points.
The Indians end the regular season
with a 4-16 overall record going into
this week's Class " C " District.
Hartford has drawn a bye and will
take on the winner of the BangorGobles game on Wed., March 8.
Grace Christian
volleyball update
Grace Christian defeated Hartford
at home in three straight games on
Thursday, February 23, by scores of
25-18, 25-14, and 25-16.
Hartford was unable to get on track
with Grace scoring 16 points on
service aces.
Sam Jewell led Grace with six
aces, 26 assists, one kill, and 16
digs. SeAnne Wolske scored four
aces and nine digs. Kayli Price had
two aces, one kill, and four digs.
Amy Enders had an unusually quiet
night with only one kill and one ace.
Andi Springett scored two aces and
seven digs while Lisa Peppel had
one ace and one dig. Kendra Grieser added one kill and three digs.
The Grace Christian attack was led
by Andrea Eddy who scored 12
kills and added one assist and four
digs. Lori Biastock had a seasonhigh 10 kills while also digging the
ball two times.
On Monday, February 27, Grace
defeated Michigan Lutheran in
Grace's last home game of the season. This hard-fought victory brought Grace the Cornerstone Conference championship with a 7-1
league record while Michigan Lutheran ended the season with a 5-3
conference record.
To honor its seniors, in game one,
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WATERVLIET DISTRICT CHAMPS...The Watervliet Lady Panthers varsity volleyball team won the district championship last Saturday.
Pictured are: (front row, from the left) Shannon McLaughlin, Sarah Sheffer, Jamie Hartmann, Kori Steiner; (middle row, from the left) Katelyn
Bryce, Rachel Sheffer, Erin Faultersack; (back row, from the left) coach Terry Adams, JV coach Loraine Teed, assistant coach Andrea Hutchins,
Briana Watson, Nicole Clement, Cassie Granke, freshman coach Kim Bryce, and coach Bruce Tarantino.
(Submitted photo)
Yeah, Panthers!
Congratulations to the WHS Varsity Volleyball
Team on winning their district championship;
good luck in the regionals!
YOU ARE AL WA YS WINNERS WITH US!
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season finale
The Coloma boys varsity basketball
team ended its regular season on a
positive note as the Comets took a
54-51 win over River Valley last
Friday night.
It was a close game all of the way,
with the Comets taking a 14-13 lead
after one quarter and holding a 2624 halftime advantage.
The momentum changed in the third
quarter as the Mustangs went on a
21-13 run to hold a 45-39 edge going into the final quarter.
However, in that final quarter the
Comets got it going again and outscored Valley 15-6 to take the win.
Kasey Weber and Jeff Gargano each
had 12 points apiece, with Gargano
nailing a pair of treys to account for
six of his points. Tyler LaVanway
had 10 points and also had a pair of
St. Joe then went on to win the district title over Lakeshore in the championship match in three games.
The Lady Comets ended the regular
season with a 51-5 overall record.
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Good Shepard (321-B) $1,400 each.
(269) 461-6267.
(3-9, 3-16-06-TCR)
LIEN SALE
THE FOLLOWING UNITS - have
been taken under possession by
Modem Mini Storage, 60401 C.R.
687, Hartford, MI; (269) 621-0245.
We will have a lien sale on the following units March 20, 2006.
Unit #24, David L. Hunt
Unit #173, Scotty Bishop
(03-09-06-TCR)
Decedant's Estate
STATE OF
MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF
BERRIEN
FILE NO 2006-0145-DE-N
Estate of James A. Hamer. Date of
birth: 11/8/1924
T O ALL CREDITORS:*
N O T I C E TO CREDITORS: the
decedent, James A. Hamer, who
lived at 312 West Chicago Street,
Buchanan, Michigan, died December 14, 2005.
Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate
will be forever barred unless presented to James Warren Hamer,
named personal representative, or to
both the probate at 811 Port St., St.
Joseph, MI 49085, and the named/
proposed co-personal representative
within 4 month after the date of the
publication of this notice.
Kathleen K. Bowman (P34254)
317 Center St., P.O. Box 465
South Haven, MI 49090
(269) 647-1151
March 6, 2006
JAMES WARREN HARNER
5674 Topanga Drive
Coloma, MI 49038
(3-9-06-TCR)
Decedant's Estate
STATE OF
MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF
BERRIEN
FILE NO 2006-0121-DE-N
Estate of JOHN H. SANDERS. Date
of birth; 01/24/1921.
TO ALL CREDITORS:*
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: the
decedent, John H. Sanders who
lived at 7902 Harbert Road, PO Box
444, Harbert, MI died 09/05/2005
Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate
will be forever barred unless presented to Nancy W. Sanders, named
personal representative, or to both
the probate at 811 Port St., St.
Joseph, MI 49085, and the named/
proposed co-personal representative
within 4 month after the date of the
publication of this notice.
Wendy K. Walker-Dyes (P64806)
121 W. Merchant Street
New Buffalo, MI 49117
(269) 469-4439
03-01-2006
NANCY W. SANDERS
507 Turtle Hatch Lane
Naples, Florida 34103-6538
(3-9-06-TCR)
Bainbridge Township
Regular Board Meeting
March 6,2006
Synopsis
Meeting called to order at 7 p.m.
Present: Jollay, Epple, Grieser,
Baiers, Yetzke.
Agenda approved with additions.
Approved Feb 6, 2006, minutes as
presented. Approved Feb. 14, 2006,
with one correction.
Approved bills and payroll totaling
$17,530.13.
Approved
paying
$1,864.35 in mid month bills for
March.
Received reports from the Sheriff
Department, Building Department,
and Treasurer.
Will meet with Sister Lakes and
Watervliet Fire Department to discuss budget/contracts.
Approved payment for Cemetery
Sign for Byers Cemetery.
Approved $20,000.00 payment to
Road Commission for road projects.
Approved publishing for mowing
bids for Township properties.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
Respectfully,
Debra A. Grieser
NOTICE
Planning Commission Mtng. March 13, 2006 @ 7 p.m.
Zoning Board of Appeals Mtng. March 15, 2006 @ 7 p.m.
Annual Meeting & Budget Hearing
- March 27, 2006 @ 7 p.m.
(3-6-06-TCR)
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE SALE
Default has occurred in a mortgage
made by DEAN A. STARKE, a married man, to EDGEWATER BANK,
formerly known as LaSALLE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, dated
January 28, 2005, and recorded on
February 17, 2005, in Liber 2587,
Page 804, Berrien County Records.
No proceedings have been instituted
to recover any part of the debt,
which is now $119,663.22.
The mortgage will be foreclosed by
sale of the property, at public auction to the highest bidder, on Thursday, April 13, 2006, at 11:00 a.m.
local time, at the West entrance of
the Courthouse, in the City of St.
Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan,
the place of the Circuit Court. The
property will be sold to pay the
amounts then due on the mortgage,
together with interest due, legal
costs, attorneys fees, and also any
taxes and insurance that the mortgagee pays before the sale.
The property is located in Village of
Shoreham, Berrien County, State of
Michigan, and is described as:
Unit 7, Lake Breeze Estates, a
Condominium according to the
Master Deed thereof, recorded in
Liber 155 of Condominiums, page
1, and designated as Berrien County
Condominium Subdivision Plan No.
155, and any amendments thereto, if
any, together with undivided interest
in common elements of said condominium as set forth in said Master
Deed and as described in Act 59 of
the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978,
as amended..
Property address: Lot 7, Austin
Trail, Lake Breeze Estates, St.
Joseph, Michigan 49085.
The redemption period will be six
(6) months from the date of sale.
Dated: February 22, 2006
KINNEY, BURDICK,
BOWMAN &ENGELN, P.L.C.
Mark S. Bowman (P34207)
Attorney for Mortgagee
206 Court Street, P.O. Box 24
St. Joseph, Michigan 49085
Telephone: (269)983-0103
(3-2, 3-9, 3-16, 3-23, 3-30-06-TCR)
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE SALE
Default has occurred in a mortgage
made by DEAN A. STARKE and
BEVERLY STARKE, husband and
wife, to EDGEWATER BANK, formerly known as LaSALLE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, dated January 28, 2005, and recorded on
February 17, 2005, in Liber 2587,
Page 815, Berrien County Records.
No proceedings have been instituted
to recover any part of the debt,
which is now $50,861.30.
The mortgage will be foreclosed by
sale of the property, at public auction to the highest bidder, on
Thursday, April 13, 2006, at 11:00
a.m. local time, at the West entrance
of the Courthouse, in the City of St.
Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan,
the place of the Circuit Court. The
property will be sold to pay the
amounts then due on the mortgage,
together with interest due, legal
costs, attorneys fees, and also any
taxes and insurance that the mortgagee pays before the sale.
The property is located in Village of
Shoreham, Berrien County, State of
Michigan, and is described as:
Unit 7, Lake Breeze Estates, a
Condominium according to the
Master Deed thereof, recorded in
Liber 155 of Condominiums, page
1, and designated as Berrien County
Condominium Subdivision Plan No.
155, and any amendments thereto, if
any, together with undivided interest
in common elements of said condominium as set forth in said Master
Deed and as described in Act 59 of
the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978,
as amended..
Property address: Lot 7, Austin
Trail, Lake Breeze Estates, St.
Joseph, Michigan 49085.
The redemption period will be six
(6) months from the date of sale.
Dated: February 22, 2006
KINNEY, BURDICK, BOWMAN
&ENGELN, P.L.C.
Mark S. Bowman (P34207)
Attorney for Mortgagee
206 Court Street, P.O. Box 24
St. Joseph, Michigan 49085
Telephone: (269)983-0103
(3-2, 3-9, 3-16, 3-23, 3-30,06-TCR)
NOTICE
HARTFORD
TOWNSHIP 1996
BOARD OF REVIEW
Meetings will be held at the Hartford Township Hall to hear assessments appeals on the following
days:
Monday, March 13
9-12 Noon and 1-5 PM
Wednesday, March 15
1-5 PM and 6-9 PM
Saturday, March 18
9-12 NOON
APPOINTMENTS FOR BOARD
MAY BE MADE BY PHONING
(616) 621-4290 SATURDAY,
MARCH 11 8AM TO 1FM
THE BOARD WILL MEET FOR
ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY MARCH 6
State equalized tentative factors for
2006 are:
Residential .97371
Agricultural
1.13919
Commercial
1.10254
Industrial
1.02797
Stephen G Shafer
Assessor
Hartford, Township
(2-23, 3-2, 3-9-06-TCR)
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF COLOMA
The Coloma City Board of Review
will meet to hear assessment appeals
at City Hall, 119 N. Paw Paw, on
Wednesday and Thursday, March
22nd and 23rd, from 6 P.M. TO 9
P.M. and Saturday March 25th from
9 A.M. to NOON
Out of town property owners may
appeal by letter to: Coloma City
Board of Review, PO Box 329,
Coloma, MI 49038.
(2-23, 3-2, 3-9-06-TCR)
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF
WATERVLIET
Watervliet City Commission Announces the schedule for Board of
Review, it is as follows:
March 13, 2006
9:00 A . M . - 1 2 NOON
1:00 P . M . - 4:00 P.M.
March 14, 2006
3:00 P . M . - 9 : 0 0 P.M.
(3-2, 3-9-06-TCR)
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF HARTFORD
BOARD OF REVIEW
The City of Hartford Board of
Review for 2006 will be held at the
Hartford City Hall on the following
dates:
Monday, March 20, 2006,
9:00
A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 2:00
P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
The Board of Review will meet as
many more days as deemed necessary to hear questions, protests, and
to equalize the 2006 assessments.
By board resolution, residents are
able to protest by letter if the property in this city is not their Principal
Residence and provided the protest
letter is received prior to the last
meeting date of the Board of
Review. Residents must call City
Hall for an appointment.
The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real
property and personal property for
2006 are as follows:
Agricultural.. .43.89... 1.13919
Commercial....45.35
1.10254
Industrial....48.64... 1.02797
Residential...51.35...0.97371
Developmental .N/C
Timber Cutover...N/C
Personal Property.50.00.1.00000
(ADA) American With Disabilities
Notice
The City will provide necessary reasonable services to individuals with
disabilities at the Board of Review
meetings upon a 10 day notice.
Contact the City Manager Yemi
Akinwale, 269-621-2477.
Board of Review: Russ Gray, Roy
Anderson, Laurie Peapples, Kathleen Jenks, Alternate Assessor:
Dianna McGrew 269-445-2921
Respectfully Submitted
RoxAnn Rodney-Isbrecht,
City Clerk
City of Hartford
19 West Main Street
Hartford MI 49057
269-621-2477
269-621-2054 fax
(3-2, 3-9, 3-16-06)
PUBLIC NOTICE
WATERVLIET
TOWNSHIP
Annual Budget
Meeting/Hearing
Please take note that the Watervliet
Township Board has made a change
in the budget workshop and Annual
Budget Meeting/Hearing dates/ A
budget workshop was held on
March 2, 2006, and a second workshop was scheduled for March 23,
2006, with the Annual Budget
Meeting/Hearing on March 27,
2006. However, the March 23,2006,
workshop has been cancelled and
the March 27, 2006, Annual Budget
Meeting/Hearing has been rescheduled to be held on Thursday, March
16, 2006, at 4:30 p.m. at the Watervliet Township Hall, 4959 M-140
Hwy., Watervliet, Ml. The Watervliet Township Regular Board
Meeting will be held on Monday,
March 20, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. at the
Watervliet Township Hall. Reasonable auxiliary aids and services,
such as signers for the hearing
impaired, or other aids and services
for individuals with disabilities are
available by contacting the Watervliet Township Clerk at least five
days before the meeting in writing
or by phone at the Watervliet
Township Clerk's Office at 4959 M140 Hwy., P.O. Box 384, Watervliet,
MI 49098; telephone (269) 4635113.
Eva Baumeister
Watervliet Township Clerk
(3-9-06-TCR)
CITY OF HARTFORD
COUNTY OF VAN
BUREN
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
TO: ALL THE RESIDENTS OF
The CITY OF HARTFORD.
Please take notice that the City of
Hartford Commissioners will hold a
Public Hearing on March 20,2006,
at 7:30 p.m. in the City Commission
Room at City Hall during the regular
Workshop meeting to review and
adopt the five (5) year Joint City and
Hartford Township Recreation Plan
2 0 0 6 - 2 0 1 1 .
Everyone interested in making comments on the Plan will be allowed to
do so.
RoxAnn Rodney-Isbrecht,
City Clerk
City of Hartford
19 West Main Street
Hartford, MI 49057
269-621-2477
269-62J -2054 fax
WATERVLIET
TOWNSHIP
PUBLIC NOTICE
Please take notice that yard boilers,
water furnaces, fireplaces, wood
stoves, and pellet stoves all require a
mechanical permit be issued and the
appliance installation inspected. A
special effort to gain compliance in
this matter is underway by our code
enforcement officials. Please contact
the Watervliet Township Mechanical
Inspector, Walter L. DeVisser, Sr. at
(269) 427-7543 with questions or to
get an application.
Eva Baumeister
Watervliet Township Clerk
(3-9-06-TCR)
PUBLIC NOTICE
BAINBRIDGE
TOWNSHIP
Bainbridge Township will be accepting sealed bids for mowing of
Township properties. Please contact
Supervisor Jollay for mowing location at 269-468-8040.
Bids for this project should be submitted to the Township Hall on
Mon., Tues. or Thurs., 9 a.m.-12
noon. Bids must be submitted by
Thursday, March 23, by 12:00 noon
and will be opened on March 23 at 3
p.m. at 7315 Territorial Road,
Watervliet.
Bids must be sealed and clearly
marked. No exceptions and no
faxed bifcr
Bainbridge Township reserves the
right t o r e j e c t a n y o r all b i d s .
(3-9-06-TCR)
Courts
Berrien County
St. Joseph
M H f H F
Bloom field Township, Meridian
Township, Hayes Township, and the
City of Novi have adopted wetland
ordinances without negative impact
on economic development. In the
early '90s, Novi issued four times as
many residential building permits in
the tive years after adopting a wetland ordinance than in the previous
five years.
Compiled from the files at the
Berrien County Courthouse.
(Compiled byAnnette Christie)
Edward Brunson Jr., Niles. 35
months-15 years in prison with credit for 59 days served and $ 120 fines
and costs for criminal sexual conduct 3rd degree with a 13-15 year
old.
Eugene Ross, Niles. 270 days in
jail with credit for 42 days served,
two years probation, 50 hours community service, $970 fines and costs
for domestic violence, 3rd offense.
David Nash, Buchanan. 365 days in
jail with credit for 158 days served,
$120 fines and costs for domestic
violence, 3rd offense.
Dakisha Woods, Niles. 270 days in
jail with credit for 55 days served
and $376 in fines, costs, and restitution for possession of a financial
transaction device.
Christopher Jones, Niles. 180 days
in jail with credit for 48 days served
and $120 fines and costs for
attempted failure to register as a sex
offender.
Shondice Gordon, Berrien Springs.
115 days in jail with credit for 115
days served, 2 years probation, completion of a GED program, and
$832.35 fines, costs, and restitution
for unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
Deanna Simmons, Stevensville. 90
days in jail with credit for 60 days
served (20 to be served at KPEP), 3
years probation, completion of a
substance abuse program, $2536.19
restitution, and $1,620 fines and
costs for writing a no account check
to Hardings Market in St. Joseph.
Robert Moore, Benton Harbor. 1860 months in prison and $245 fines,
costs, and restitution for receiving
and concealing stolen property, a
motor vehicle.
Tamera Pastryk, Buchanan. 1 year
probation and $390 fines and costs
for attempted welfare fraud.
Felix Collier, Benton Harbor. 120
days in jail with credit for 34 days
served, 90 days tether, 2 years probation, completion of a mental
health program, $1,424.50 fines,
costs, and restitution for attempted
aggravated stalking.
Frank Allie, New Buffalo. 180 days
in jail with credit for 63 days served,
3 years probation, $1160 fines and
costs for bringing foreign contraband into jail.
David Hayden, Benton Harbor. 22120 months in jail with credit for 65
days served and $ 120 fines and costs
for breaking and entering into a
building with the intent to commit
larceny.
Richard McCallister, Watervliet.
365 days in jail with credit for 122
days served, $95 fines and costs for
attempted criminal sexual conduct4th degree with a victim between
the age of 13-15.
Michael Hammond, Niles. 180 days
in jail with credit for 112 days
served and $ 120 fines and costs for
domestic violence, 3rd offense.
William Hollaway, Niles. $585
fines and coss, 100 hours community service for assault with a deadly
weapon.
Mindy Howard, Buchanan. I day in
jail with credit for I day served, 3
years probation, $2252.50 restitution, 40 hours community service
and $470 fines and costs for
attempted uttering and publishing.
By Delavan Sipes
Old Man Winter is hanging in there,
and "there" is all around Paw Paw
Lake. The ice has become sufficiently thick that two souls have ventured
forth to do a bit of ice fishing. No.
Not fishing for ice, though; that is
what we call trying to catch fish
through a hole in the ice. Sometimes
we give things strange names.
One fisher has dared to push an ice
shanty onto the rigid lake. He placed
it over a previously cut hole through
the ice, and then he opened the door
and disappeared into the dark interior of the shanty, lighted only by the
daylight reflecting upward through
the ice hole.
Another fisher cut a hole through
the ice, attached a baited hook to a
line of hope, which he tossed into
the liquid deep. He settled his rump
on a milk crate and appeared to
admire the hole he had just cut
through the ice. Time passes slowly
when ice fishing; relative, like
Einstein said.
Environmental Trivia
What is the impact of wetland regulations on economic growth? Ten to
15 percent of the wetland applications to the state and less than 10
percent of federal wetlands dredge
and fill applications is denied. Many
applications are modified and resubmitted, so wetland regulations are
not "halting" a significant amount of
economic development.
Many municipalities in Michigan,
with wetland regulations, are among
the fastest growing communities in
the state. Communities such as West
Protecting wetlands contributes to
the development of more livable
communities by providing public
benefits such as critical fish and
wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities, valuable open space in residential areas, and buffers between
incompatible land uses. Residential
lots that border on protected wetlands often are more desirable and
bring higher prices than other properties. Developers who realize this
and integrate wetland protection into
their developments have the opportunity to increase their profits.
"Affordable" housing projects are
rarely proposed for properties situated near wetlands that are adjacent to
lakefront property. Appropriate site
plan review and regulation that
directs development out of wetlands
are more desirable approaches.
There are many factors that influence the lack of affordable housing;
perhaps the most significant of them
are the economics of the building
industry. There is substantially
more profit margin on larger, more
expensive homes than there is on the
smaller "affordable" homes.
Source: Michigan Wetlands—Yours to
Protect; Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council,
pp. 181-182.
dela\an(ciearthlink. net
Question: What is the value of wetlands and buffers? Answer next
week.
So It Is! Experience is what you
have left when everything else is
gone.
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out-of-doors
experiences with
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March 9, 2006
dumping!
Campaign to
discourage
dumping
pollutants into
lake drainage
begins this spring
The Coloma and Watervliet Township's Joint Advisory Commission
for Paw Paw Lake is coordinating a
pollution control project for Paw
Paw Lake that will begin in the
spring of 2006. The project will officially be called the Paw Paw Lake
Drain Pollution Discharge Elimination Program.
The project involves the placement
of the plaque show below on all
County and road drains that discharge into Paw Paw Lake to discourage the dumping of pollutants in
those drains.
This will be a joint effort of the Paw
Paw Lake Foundation and the Ber-
g
GORDON CHARLES
rien County Drain Commission
(who have agreed to share the costs
of less than $3,000), plus the Berrien
County Road Commission and Watervliet and Coloma townships.
The Paw Paw Lake Foundation will
be partnering with other local
groups to accomplish the placement
of the plaques.
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463-6397
By Theresa Broadhurst
Current Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.; 7 days a week!
Fishing Report as of March 7,2006: Ice Fishing—Believe it or not, there
are still some lakes and channels fishable. Sherwood Bay (Paw Paw
Lake) has been good in the evening for Crappie, with catches of Bluegill
(smaller) during the day. Van Auken channels are still fishable, as well
as Dyer and Scott. BE CAREFUL. With the warming temperatures, the
ice is NOT 100% SAFE! River Fishing—Several reports of Steelhead in
the River. Haven't heard too much about Berrien Springs or Watervliet
Dam. Pier Fishing-Reports of a few Whitefish and Browns being taken.
The Big Pond - N o report.
The 2006 Fishing licenses are available for purchase. If you purchase
your sportsman package, you can save 5%.
SW Michigan Steelheaders Second Annual Fishing Seminar-There are
still tickets available; just $20 per ticket ($25 at the door). If you are a
Big Lake or River fisherman, this is a seminar you don't want to miss!
Guest speakers: Capt. Russ Clark of Sea Hawk Charters • St. Joseph,
Michigan. Russ will discuss his techniques on Fishing the River. Capt.
Richard Laaksonen of FinPower Charters • Ludington, Michigan.
Richard will discuss his techniques on Fishing the Big Lake. Tickets are
available at Fishin' Hole 2 and Fishin' Hole in St. Joseph. Purchase your
ticket in advance and save $5. There are only 100 seats available and
they are selling FAST!
BIG FISH CONTEST 2006—Stop by Fishin' Hole 2 to enter your catch
in the contest. There is no charge to enter; however, we must have a
photo of your catch for the Tri-City Record Fishing Report. Brown
Trout—5# 7oz., 23". P i k e - 8 # 7oz., 33". Perch-1# 2oz., 14". Steelhead
- 8 # 5oz., 24i/2"; Walleye-11# 9oz., 30,/2"; Whitefish-4#, 23".
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Sportsman of the Week: Charlie and Cory Broadhurst of Watervliet
with their catch of Steelhead from the St. Joseph River on Sunday,
March 5, 2006. Way to go, guys!
Until next week... Tight Lines and Sinking Bobbers... Theresa B.
Call (269) 463-6397
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I never saw a wild
cougar in Michigan
Do you ever get the feeling that you
are an utter failure at what you do
for a living? Maybe it happens to all
of us occasionally but I'm not really
sure of that when I stop to think
about it.
Just because 1 have been writing
about outdoor things for well over a
half century, some folks tend to
think 1 know about nearly everything with fins, fur and feathers. It
would be great if 1 did but I'll have
to admit 1 don't know very much
about a lot of things.
For one example, I must admit
shame-facedly that I have never
seen a wild cougar in Michigan. But,
seemingly, nearly every week somebody in our state reports spotting a
genuine mountain lion somewhere
in the wilds. It doesn't seem to prove
anything because nobody, thus far,
has managed to find a dead one or a
living one to remove all doubts.
As close as anyone has come was in
the Upper Peninsula when a big cat
ran across a road and was hit by a
car. Instead of doing the decent
thing, though, the critter bounded off
into the brush and vanished completely. Proof that this happened
came when the car driver had the
vehicle inspected and hair was
found underneath it. When the hair
was scientifically inspected, there
was no doubt the animal was a genuine cougar.
But did that settle anything? The
DNR admitted the hair came from a
genuine cougar or mountain lion,
which had probably wandered in
from Wisconsin or Minnesota or
somewhere else to the U.R As for
being "wild," though, who was to
say it wasn't a tame one that had
escaped from somebody or was purposely turned loose?
As far as the DNR is concerned,
there has been no proof that
Michigan has a "breeding population" of cougars in the wild. But a
video made in southeastern Michigan clearly shows two cougars
together. One was mature and the
other smaller, indicating that it could
have been a female with her growing cub.
In another part of Michigan, a horse
was killed and the marks on it indicated it had been done by a cougar.
Claims that dogs had done it have
been refuted but that argument continues, with no end in sight. People
usually believe what they want to
believe.
Since seeing is believing, I have
^ A T E R V L J e r
Tri-City Record
Photo: Pat Crean
Meet Barney, a five-year-old, medium sized "Michigan Ik own
Dog" with a friendly smile and an enthusiastic wag. This happylooking mixed breed was rescued from a barn, where he was
chained with four other dogs, very hungry and neglected. He, his
canine buddies, and a dozen cats Inside the house were discovered
after their owner s funeral—and after having been left to fend for
themselves during the 2 - 3 weeks of her hospital stay. Barney
came to Animal Aid suffering from malnutrition and heartworm.
He has now made a hill recovery, has been neutered (of course),
and Is ready for Ids very own Forever Home. Barney loves people
and other dogs: In spite of being an -adult dog," he Is stUi very
energetic I f y o u ' d like to meet Barney, please call Margo at
(269) 84^0498. A $95 adoption fee wUl be asked. You can see
Barney
along with over 150 other foster dogs and cats, on
A n l m a l
Ald's website at:
''nlmalaldsw.ort. He may also
make a personal appearance at upcoming Adoption Days:
Saturday. 11 March, at Pet Supplies Plus on Mall Drive in
Benton Harbor from noon - 2 pm, or Saturday,
25 March, at F a m i l y Farm and Home in
Benton Harbor (behind WalMart) from
noon - 2 pm.
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kept careftil records on the many
places where I have never seen a
cougar in Michigan. I have proof in
writing that I have never seen a
cougar in Michigan. I have proof in
writing that I have never seen a
cougar anywhere in Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee or Grand Traverse
counties. I can honestly say I never
saw a cougar in any of them. I even
went so far as to check things around
Watervliet and Imlay City, then to
Mackinaw and Menominee areas in
the U.P. Not a cougar!
While I will keep looking, I'm beginning to wonder if the big cats are
out there but I just can't see them.
Maybe I need new glasses. After all,
one advertiser recently said most
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Hamlin wins in
Mexico
Joe Gibbs had a feeling about
Denny Hamlin and his driving talents. He wasn't at all afraid to put
a rookie into one of his Cup cars.
Hamlin ran the final seven races
of the 2005 season for Joe Gibbs
in the #11 Chevrolet. During that
short period of time, he won a pole
and finished in the top 10 three
times. Hamlin also won the Bud
Shootout in Daytona earlier this
season.
On Sunday, Hamlin won the
Busch race in Mexico. It was the
first Busch Series win for the 25year-old, who started the race in
the second position. He led a racehigh 40 laps and held on to beat
road course champ Boris Said by a
little more than one second.
Although Said was faster than
Hamlin, he just couldn't keep up.
It was Said's third top-five finish
in just six starts. Said has been a
most wanted man when it comes
to road course racing. He doesn't
mind racing the road courses but
would like a little more racing
time other than the road courses.
Kevin Harvick finished third in
the second race outside the U.S.
He finished last year in second
place. Harvick was penalized late
in the race for improper passing
and was forced to the back of the
field. He was able to regain his
position and finished third ahead
of J.J. Yeley and Paul Menard.
Fans had a few choice words for
Kyle Busch when he collided with
fan favorite Michel Jourdain.
Busch has been a target of criticism from Cup drivers because of
his aggressive driving during
Speed Weeks in Daytona. And
now he faces criticism from the
Mexican fans for his over-aggressive driving. Busch did take full
responsibility for the accident. He
finished seventh. It was only his
third road course race Sunday. He
finished 40th at Infineon and 33rd
at Watkins Glen.
We're back on track this Sunday.
NASCAR heads to Las Vegas for
the UAW Daimler Chrysler 400.
The race will air on FOX and is
scheduled to start at 4:00 p.m.
Last year's winner was Jimmie
Johnson.
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2006
work with many organizations such
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T h e C W A E D C is an asset to us in
providing services and a valuable
marketing organization in promoting the communities w e do business
in.
Sincerely,
Lance Becht
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Volunteers and
donations make
bone marrow
donor drive
a success
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the bone marrow
donor drive held at St. Bernard's
Catholic Church February 25th. I
want to thank the individuals and
organizations that helped make it a
success;
St. Bernard's gave us a great loca-
3) by sending any donation amount
to support ISV P r o g r a m s (taxdeductible).
All contributions to ISV arc tax
deductible within the limits of the
law for contributors w h o pay taxes
Donations must be received by
April 1. 2006, which is 75 days prior
to my departure to Australia.
The cost of the trip, which includes
the airline flight to Los Angeles
(where the U.S. group will meet),
Knights of Columbus and Horizon
Bank were very generous, as were
so many people.
May 1 count on your sponsorship
for this exciting and worthwhile pro-
National Marrow Donor Program to
further research and possibly give a
person on the bone marrow transplant waiting list a new chance at
life.
Sincerely,
Marie Sineni
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Accepted into
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student volunteer
work program
and to offer tools to assist them. We
take calls from businesses with
questions about who to contact for
financial packages, workforce train-
Thank you for your consideration:
Sincerely,
Allyson Barchett
ing, and other issues impacting their
business.
To do this, economic developers
environmental conservation project
in Australia.
Students from universities across
the nation will travel to their host
countries and then divide into smaller volunteer work groups. Every
volunteer project is coordinated and
supervised by a host organization
(governmental or non-governmen-
I will be working in a conservation
program in Australia. This experi-
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tainable management of resources
and responsible use of the natural
environment.
I am currently a junior at Grand Valley State University, majoring in
biology with an emphasis in preveterinary; and I plan to receive academic credit, which will be equivalent to three and a half semester
hours, for participating in this program. The program will also give
m e valuable volunteer credit hours
toward my application to M S U ' s
veterinary program.
I am seeking contributions to International Student Volunteers Inc. to
help cover the expense of this program for a single student.
There are several w a y s to contribute: 1) By sponsoring participation
with a gift (non tax-deductible); or
2) by sending a donation o f $ 120 (S1
dreds of jobs, most prospects are
small or start up businesses—there
are reputed to be 14,000 economic
tement applications to assist expanding manufacturers with their increased tax load. We focus strongly
One project currently in progress
that demonstrates this community
development is the grant application
we recently submitted to M D O T for
6' shoulders to be added to Red
Arrow in Coloma and Watervliet
Township to provide safe walking
and biking to our residents.
A n y o n e interested in leaming more
can c h e c k out our Web site,
vvww.coloma-watervliet.org. which
has a link to our annual report.
The C W A E D C plans to continue the
work begun 18 years ago, and we
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G r a c e started all of its seniors
(senior Brennigan Gilson was unable to play because of an injury).
Grace won by a score of 25-17.
In the middle of game two, Lori Biastock went down with an unusual
back row ankle sprain. This seemed
to rally Michigan Lutheran, but
Grace was able to keep its composure long enough to win 25-23.
G a m e three saw a complete turnaround with Grace missing several
serves as well as spikes, allowing
Michigan Lutheran to win 14-25.
A very exiting g a m e four saw
Grace score the last four points, on
Lisa Peppel's serving, to cap a 2523 come-from-behind win.
development organizations in this
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welcome contact from citizens wishing to become more involved in
Grace played strong team defense
with 71 team digs. Sam Jewell led
200 "big fish" relocations or expan-
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with 19 digs, 24 assists, one ace, and
two kills. Andi Springett and An-
on retention for new j o b s in our
community—the International Eco-
sions.
Another way to attract new business
nomic Development Council states
that 80% of new j o b creation is pro-
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George Steinbrenner has been making the biggest noise after being
pretty quiet last season.
"The Boss," as he is known, made
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World Series.
The Coloma Wrestling Club traveled to Ann Arbor to compete at the
University of Michigan on Saturday,
February 18.
Kirby Puckett's
death shocking
Baseball is in mourning this week
with the news of the death of Hall of
Famer Kirby Puckett.
Puckett had suffered a stroke on
Sunday and died on Monday as a
result of it.
Reports say that Puckett had gained
a lot of weight in his post retirement
years. He was forced to retire early
in 1996 after going blind in one eye
from the effects of glaucoma.
Puckett had a career batting average
of .318, six Gold gloves, and 10 AllStar Game appearances while also
leading the Minnesota Twins to
World Series championships in 1987
and 1991. He spent his whole career
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Eddy collected one assist, one ace,
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Coloma
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Tournament at Grand Rapids
The Coloma Wrestling Club traveled to the Grand Rapids Delta Plex
on Sunday, March 5, to compete in a
folk-style tournament hosted by
Grand Valley University's wrestling
team.
Representing the club with pride
and sportsmanship were Garret
Matthews, Kevin Clark, Hunter Mazigian, Nathan McCoy, Eric Anderson, Jason Clark, Brock Thumm,
Bradley Trux, Brett Thumm, and
Matt Thomas.
Bringing home second-place honors
was Tyler Daniel.
Harrison Spaulding earned a thirdplace medal.
Fourth-place medals were awarded
to Anthony Montoya, Miranda Trux,
and Dylan LeClear.
Lawton and Belding tournaments
Coloma Wrestling Club had wrestlers attending tournaments in Lawton and Belding on Sunday, February 26.
Traveling to Belding to defend their
state titles were Tyler Daniel and
John Tanner at the Michigan Wrestling Federation State C h a m p i onships. Both Josh and Tyler defended their titles, bringing home the
state championships for the second
year in a row.
Lawton was the host for a MYWAY
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Championship bouts were won by
Travis Martin, Garret Matthews,
Nathan McCoy, Anthony Montoya,
Elijah Powell, and Andrew Steinhoff.
Second-place medals were earned
by Kody Riley, Jacob Shafer, and
Harrison Spaulding.
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All wrestlers w h o arrived on Friday
evening were invited to watch #1
ranked Minnesota vs. #3 ranked
University of Michigan at a sold-out
wrestling match. The wrestlers all
cheered as Michigan defeated the
visiting team.
First-place finishers were Garret
Matthews, Kody Riley, and John
Tanner.
Second-place finishers were Tyler
Daniel, Anthony Montoya, Ethan
Street, and Brett Thumm.
Bringing home third-place honors
were Hunter Mazigian, Nathan McCoy, and Harrison Spaulding.
Representing the club with pride
and sportsmanship were Nicholas
Brant, Dylan LeClear, Patrick Lynch, Matt Thomas, Brock Thumm,
Bradley Trux, and Miranda Trux.
Vicksburg
Coloma Wrestling Club also sent
wrestlers to Vicksburg on Sunday,
February 19.
Bringing home first-place honors
w a s Ryan Vitale.
Luke Faultersack earned secondplace honors.
Representing the club with pride
w a s Eric Anderson.
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S A R E T T ' S SPRING
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Saturday, March 11,8:00 a.m.
Join birders of all levels at Sarett
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prime birding spots. The Birding
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THE W M S S E V E N T H - A N D E I G H T H - G R A D E V O L L E Y B A L L . . . teams both emerged as champions from
the Bangor Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, March 4. Pictured are: (front row, from the left) eighthgraders Blake DeLoach, Emily Huff, Courtney Shiller, Marissa Casey and Katie Richcreek, and seventhgraders Jamie Richcreek, Brooke Mundt and Alma Ramirez; (back row, from the left) eighth-grade coach
Leon Volk, Erica Bisbo, Bethany Cagle, Emily Butler and Andrea Hiler, and seventh-graders Alex Spaulding,
Brook Davis, Jessica Dudek, Taylar Jacob, Kayla Wieser and Abby Watson and seventh-grade Coach Christine Volk. Not available for the photo was seventh-grader Jenny Wallace.
(Submitted photo)
your favorite wild-game dish, vegetables, desserts, breads, salads, and
even non-wild dishes. Table service
will be provided.
There is no admission charge for
this informative evening; just bring
as many guys and boys as you wish
to invite.
Doors open at 5:00 p.m. to look at
gun displays, videos, and to talk to
other sportsmen.
A picture-taking room with many
outdoor props will be taking free
pictures of your group and yourself
in outdoor gear.
If you have photos of past hunts or
fishing trips, there will be a display
board to show off your trip.
Prizes and certificates will be given
out for various areas.
With two serving areas and four
lines, the nearly 200 men and boys
who have attended annually are
served quickly, beginning at 6:00
p.m.
All are invited to bring along your
neighbors, and hunting and fishing
buddies will be there.
Entry fee is $50 per entry, with a
maximum of 70 players, first-come,
first-served.
Call Jerry Lutz for
reservations at (269) 621-0160.
Grand prize is $500 (based on a
minimum of 35 players); second
place, $200: third place, 100; 4th,
5th, 6th and 7th places are $75. Must
be 21 years old to play.
Proceeds will go to Hartford Foundation for Quality Education.
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Please sign up so an excellent variety of foods can be provided. All
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Prospects are invited to visit our
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to entice decision-makers to expand
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sory groups, such as the Paw Paw
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Dear Editor,
1 have been selected to represent the
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and led the team with 19 kills. Lori
Biastock and SeAnne Wolske had
Diane Hogue for their countless
hours of work to ensure the success
of this drive.
Our drive added 107 new names
and a generous cash donation to the
community.
We visit businesses to find out what
their plans, challenges, and goals are
gram that changes lives?
If you would like to contact me for
more infonnation on ISV, you can
reach m e at (616) 331-7693 or on
my cell phone at (269) 470-6738.
Benton Harbor Girl Scouts acted as
hostesses; and Melissa Wolf, a previous bone marrow donor, traveled
from Wisconsin to share her experience.
Finally, many thanks to Jim and
CWAEDC.
Economic development is about retaining j o b s we have, helping businesses expand and create new jobs,
and attracting new businesses to our
the airline flight to Australia and
meals and lodging for four weeks, is
approximately S4.000.
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and many friends and family provid-
care of paperwork and accounting.
Additionally, money from individuals and groups financed testing for
others: Order Sons of Italy in America, C o l o m a Lioness, Watervliet
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and some of the activities of the
in the United States.
tion; Niles Road Quiznos and Coloma Harding's provided a meal for
the workers; Lakeland and Watervli-
ed r e f r e s h m e n t s for donors: and
Whirlpool African-American Network and more friends and family
donated their time and skills to take
CWAEDC Dir.
explains economic
development
vided by existing businesses.
Business attraction requires a different approach. We field calls from
wild-game dishes and other ftm in a
relaxed, informal setting. The dinner
will be held Saturday, March 18, at
6:00 p.m.
Midway Baptist Church is located
on Red Arrow Highway, halfway
between Coloma and Watervliet.
Ray Druckenmiller, a veteran turkey hunter and caller, will share
some of his own hunting stories and
successes; and he will be available
for turkey-calling instruction as well
as selling calls.
There will be local fishing experts
giving short talks on Rice Lake,
Ontario, bluegill fishing, and catching steelhead trout locally.
There will also be a session for boys
right after dinner.
Area men and boys 8 years old and
older who love the outdoors and
those who want to know about the
possibilities are invited.
Simply bring a dish or two to share
that can serve 8-12 hungry sportsmen. This, of course, can include
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March 9. 2006
On the lookout for luckv leprechauns
There's a story going around that if you can catch a leprechaun, you get a wish fulfilled. Third-graders from Ms. Adams
class at Coloma Elementary School are on the lookout for the tricky creatures during this St. Patrick's Day season.
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Kayla Sink: "Leprechauns
Rreanna Melrose:
"Leprechauns leave a pot
of gold at the end of the
rainbow. They are small;
they wear green and have
pointy ears. If I could
wish for anything. I'd
want a horse/*
are small. They represent
St. Patrick's Day because
they're all dressed in green.
If I caught one and got a
wish, I'd ask for horses."
Rayona Hart-Wilson:
"They're small and they
talk weird, like how people
talk in France. They're
famous. They come out
around St. Patrick's Day.
The rest of the year they
live at the end of the
rainbow. I would wish
for their pot of gold."
(Mary Brost Reck photos)
Devin Rollins: "They say
that down in Ireland they
have gold. They have
beards, a green hat with a
shamrock, and green shoes.
If I got a wish, I would ask
for a million dollars so I
could buy a new house...
and a G a m e Boy S P . . .
and a pool... that's just
some of what I would want.'
3
J e f f Allen: "Leprechauns
Tony Anglin: "When a
rainbow comes out, they get
Shyann Manner:
"Leprechauns steal money
gold from the rainbow and
they keep it for good luck.
They are greedy and keep it
from people to buy new
hats and shoes and stuff.
c o m e out on S t Patrick's Day
because that^s when more
rainbows are around.
It would be hard to catch
one because they don't live
They get gold from rainbows
—they probably have
around here. I think they
live in Texas. If I did get
a special machine. They're
for themselves and live in a
cave. They wear green shoes
with shiny buckles. If I got
a wish, I would ask to be
rich so I would not have
to ask people for money."
a wish, I would ask for a
horse that I could keep
in mv back yard."
from Ireland, but around
here I would look for them
around the baseball field.
I'd wish for an X-Box 360."
Beg orrah! Be our guests!
elebrate St. Patrick's Day
at Deli By The Park
Coloma
Special Menu
Corned Beef & Cabbage
Cabbage Rolls
Hot Drinks
Green Tea
Special Desserts
Look for new summer hours
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Stop in for brunch!
Downtown 468-7275
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Great Food and Fun!
Before or After the Parade
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