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Evart
grant
to study
rail
Buck Pole Sunday morning
By Rosemary Horvath
Correspondent
Hunters hit paydirt!
Would freight rail
enhance transportation
solutions for existing businesses, manufacturers and
agricultural producers in
Osceola County and would
offering it stimulate interest
of companies searching to
relocate?
These are questions the
Evart Local Development
Finance Authority would
like a feasibility study to
research and determine
the impact of a rail spur
connection to an existing
railroad.
“We are in the very beginning stages,” said LDFA
director Melora Theunick
of a plan to submit a preapplication package to
USDA Rural Development
requesting funding of a
feasibility study.
“We’re looking for a
grant to write a feasibility study that would cost
$70,000 from the data
collection and engineering and pulling all the
facts together to determine
feasibility.”
A grant requires a 20
percent local match. So,
even if Rural Development
comes through with its
share, the LDFA will need
financial support from major players in the region.
A feasibility study will
determine if it makes sense
even to think about doing
this, Theunick said.
She estimated raising
$7,000 locally as a match.
First step is to complete
a pre-application package
to the RD area specialist to
submit in February.
She will talk to all major
corporations in the county
to see if rail would be
beneficial to them and to
ask if they would help fund
Continued on Page 2
Thirty-nine bucks were
hung on the Marion buck
pole this year (same number as 2013).
It was a race to get
the first buck on the
pole with minutes between arrivals JACOB
SCHOCH arriving at 8:14
AM followed by BRANT
BONTEKOE registering
in at 8:15. Schoch was
first with an 8 point and
Bontekoe with a 5 point.
The first buck received a
Hard Gun Case and Brant
was the first youth boy (11
yrs old) to register. Brant
received a soft gun case
and a hat.
First Woman to
hang their buck this year
& receiving a dozen
roses was Angie Ahrens
(Crittenden) with an 8
point arriving to the pole
at 11:30 am. First youth
girl was Maryssa Decatur
(16) also with an 8 point.
She as well received a soft
gun case and a hat. Grand
Prize went to Eric Paige of
Hudsonville with a beautiful 8 point. Eric is a long
time hunter in Marion and
also volunteered many
hours last year helping at
the buck pole.
Eric will receive a
free shoulder mount from
Wildlife Legends Taxidermy. Luck was certainly in
Paige›s favor when it came
to the random prize drawing he claimed free processing @ Ebels. This year
to encourage hunters to
bring in their bucks in early
hunters that hung their
buck before 7 pm on opening day were entered to
win a $50.00 certificate donated from Jays Sporting
Goods, winner was Tim
Continued on Page 3
Weather
For the week of
November 23 - 29
Sunday: Hi 41o, Lo 39o Rain
Monday: Hi 43o , Lo 29o Rain/Snow Showers
o
o Tuesday: Hi 30 , Lo 24
Cloudy
Thursday: Hi 29o , Lo 20o
AM Snow Showers
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Saturday: Hi 23 , Lo 17
Planners
to study
turbines
By Rosemary Horvath
Correspondent
Brant Bontekoe (11 years old) first youth boy to hang a
buck on the pole at 8:16 a.m. on November 15th.
Wishing everyone a
Happy Thanksgiving
from the Marion
Press!
Osceola County Planning Commission will
invite a township official
from Mason County to
share experiences dealing
with a wind farm that was
wrapped in litigation for a
year.
Commission chairman
Richard Jacobs explained
members are educating
themselves on regulations
related to wind turbines in
order to pass information
on to township planning
commissions.
“We don’t have county
zoning but we can advise
townships that do have
zoning,” Jacobs said.
Kurt Schindler, regional
land use educator with
MSU Extension, spoke to
the group in October and
will return, possibly in
December if the official is
available.
Schindler has expertise
in land use planning. His
website -- Schlindler’s
Land Use Page at lu.msue.
msu.edu/index.html – has
information on numerous
topics, including a pamphlet, the Michigan Land
Use Guidelines for Siting
Continued on Page 2
more fortunate individuals
step forward.
If you need help we ask
that you write a letter to
us explaining exactly why.
You can mail the letter- for
Clare County send it to the
Clare County Review at
105 W. Fourth St., Clare,
48617. For Osceola or
Missaukee counties mail to
The Marion Press, Box D,
Marion, Mi. 49665. Better
yet send it by email to
info@clarecountyreview.
com or yourmarionpress@
gmail.com. DEADLINE
for all letters is DECEMBER 10.
We in turn will take the
best letters to area businesses, who will provide
money and donations to
see that your Christmas
Wish is fulfilled. We have
literally helped hundreds
of families in past years.
Last year alone, we gathered over $10,000 in cash
and gifts to help over 50
families.
Interestingly enough we
had a couple donors provide $1,000 to help disadvantaged families. In one
instance I was vacuuming
our new offices when I
came upon an envelope
lying on the floor. I opened
the envelope to find ten
$100 bills. An anonymous
person had simply thrown
the money in to our office
without anyone having
seen him or her.
Another person sent
$1000. Three others sent
$500. For a closet Scrooge,
like myself, I couldn’t
believe the generosity of
some of our businesspeople and more well-to-do
residents in this area. The
adage “we take care of our
own” certainly applies to
this area.
Your letters in previous years have motivated
us to find an apartment
for a homeless couple,
purchase a gravestone for a
distraught wife, provide a
vehicle and gas money for
a family to travel downstate for Christmas; as
well as provide countless
dinners, articles of clothing
and thousands of toys for
children in our communities.
Certainly we expect to
continue that tradition of
giving again this year. We
have set a lofty goal of
helping at least 100 local
families this Christmas.
Thus if you legitimately
need help, and I stress
LEGITIMATELY, write
us a letter. We could be at
your door with a truckload
of gifts. All you have to
do is write or email to the
addresses above.
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Snow Showers
Wednesday: Hi 30o , Lo 22o Friday: Hi 27o , Lo 19o It’s time again for
this newspaper’s annual
Christmas Wish program.
In the next few weeks we
are asking readers that find
themselves or their family
in a dire situation to write
us and in detail, tell us
what you or your family
would like to make Christmas a happy occasion.
Despite what many
experts say is an improving economy, I believe that
improvement has been felt
much in this area. Clare
County is still Michigan’s
second poorest county with
a median household income of just over $33,000
(Lake is the worst at
$30,000). Osceola County
fares better at $38,000.
Another indicator is persons below poverty level.
Clare can claim nearly
25% of its residents in this
category. In Osceola, 20%
don’t make enough income
to make this threshold.
Neither is the worst county
in the state. Isabella holds
that distinction with 28%
of its residents considered
in poverty.
These statistics simply
accentuate the fact that
many of us are going to
have difficulty providing for our families this
Christmas. That’s where
this newspaper, with the
help of area businesses and
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Rail coming to Osceola?
Continued from Page 1
the match.
Among the contacts
will be Cargill that in July
acquired the salt production
business in Hersey from the
Mosaic Company.
Cargill will operate
Hersey as a salt facility,
producing primarily water
softener salt and salt products used in agriculture.
The Hersey location had
mined potash until Mosaic
decommissioned the facility to sell as a salt mine.
A Crain’s Detroit Business story published Dec.
8, 2013 that highlighted
the Mosaic property also
noted the disadvantage of
not having freight rail. An
executive was quoted as
saying a high-production
facility is unlikely to develop without the ability of
moving a large volume of
product.
At one time, then-owner
of the Hersey operation
expected to repair a railroad
trestle and lay two miles
of spur line to connect the
mine with the Pere MarThe North Michigan Riders Association is holding a food drive for the Marion Food
Pantry at Valuland. They are accepting non-parishable foods and donations as well.
quette railroad line that
would link Hersey with the
port of Ludington and other
Michigan cities.
That changed and later
on track was removed in
the early 1990s and replaced trails for non-motorized use.
Several local nonprofit
Thanksgiving – #GivCadillac, Michigan.
Surprisingly, the penduorganizations, including the ingTuesday will harness
“There are so many
lum has swung again.
Cadillac Area Community
the power of social media
outstanding nonprofit
The Traverse CityFoundation, Cadillac Area to create a national moorganizations in our combased Michigan Land
YMCA, Mercy Hospiment around the holidays
munity that are making a
Use Institute is assessing
tal Cadillac Foundation,
dedicated to giving, similar difference in the lives of
OASIS/Family Resource
to how Black Friday and
our friends and neighbors. cost of building passenger
service between downtown
Center, Stehouwer Free
Cyber Monday have beCelebrating #GivingTuesTraverse City and the WilClinic, and Wexford/Miscome days that are, today,
day draws attention to
liamsburg/Acme area 11
saukee United Way have
synonymous with holiday
their mission and their
miles away. This potentially
joined #GivingTuesday, a
shopping.
cause. Working together
could expand service downfirst of its kind effort that
To help spread the word as a sampling of Cadillac
will harness the collective
about #GivingTuesday and area nonprofits, our goal is state and across the state
power of a unique blend
encourage opportunities for simply to encourage people taking in areas of McBain
and Marion.
of partners—charities,
local giving, the Cadilto pause after the flurry of
But tantamount to pasfamilies, businesses and
lac City Council recently
Black Friday and Cyber
senger service is freight rail
individuals—to transform
declared by proclamaMonday and to consider
that helps finance the cost
how people think about,
tion December 2, 2014 as
a gift of time or money
of track improvements.
talk about and participate
#GivingTuesday in Cadilto the local agencies of
Will having access to
in the giving season.
lac, MI.
their choice,” said Precia
Coinciding with the
“Cadillac is such a
Garland, Executive Direc- freight rail make Osceola
County and northern MichiThanksgiving Holiday and generous community
tor of the Mercy Hospital
gan economically comthe kickoff of the holiday
and as we move into the
Cadillac Foundation.
petitive with the southern
shopping season, #Givholiday season, this is a
Those who are interpart of the state that has
ingTuesday inspires people great opportunity to reflect ested in joining Cadillac’s
adequate sources for freight
to take collaborative action on how we can all make an #GivingTuesday initiaand passenger rail and comto improve their local
impact locally on the lives tive can visit the City of
petitive with other states?
communities, give back in of others,” remarked Carla Cadillac website at www.
Theunick is told supplibetter, smarter ways to the Filkins, Mayor of the city
cadillac-mi.net for a list
ers are locating closer to the
charities and causes they
of Cadillac. On November of links to participating
support and help create a
17, 2014, the Cadillac City nonprofit organizations, or manufacturers they service
to cut down on trucking
better world.
Council adopted a proclathey can go directly to the
costs and reduce their carTaking place December mation, declaring Decemnonprofit website of their
bon footprint.
2, 2014 – the Tuesday after ber 2 as #GivingTuesday in choice.
NMRA collecting food
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Continued from Page 1
Wind Energy Systems
written by Michael
Klepinger, another extension specialist.
The pamphlet covers
tower height, setbacks,
noise levels, shadow
flicker, birds, bats and
avian impacts, zoning language and has a glossary
of terms.
Osceola planners are
revising the county master
plan but won’t have anything that deals with wind
turbines in it, Jacobs said.
“We’re just collecting information on wind
energy,” he said.
The master plan addresses the status of the
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“We do have businesses
in the area such as Morgan Composting that have
hundreds of trucks leaving,
Yoplait and Cargill that
have potential use for rail,”
she said.
Food producers in northern Lower Michigan view
rail advantageous. Lingering drought conditions over
multiple years have reduced
California food production and Michigan has an
opportunity to increase
production.
“Rail will make it more
efficient,” she added.
“Michigan needs to be
poised to fill a need when
the country experiences
food shortages.”
Great Lakes Central
Railroad based in Owosso
has been part of the initial
discussion. GLCR is a
regional railroad carrying
freight through central and
northern Michigan on stateowned tracks, including
Marion.
Theunick is available to
meet with anyone interested
in learning more about the
plan. She can be contacted
at 231-734-6119 and is
in the office three days a
week.
The LDFA meets 7:30
a.m. the second Wednesday
of the month at the Municipal Airport Building in the
Evart Industrial Park.
Osceola County Commissioner Roger Elkins
is a member of the LDFA
board and this week briefed
county commissioners on
the grant application.
The briefing was for informational purposes only,
he said, without asking for
financial help toward the
grant, at least for the present time.
The LDFA board passed
authorizing a grant application, also include members Brad Morgan, Larry
Barden, Dennis Beemer,
John Holmes, the Rev. Joe
Fix, Ken Dorland, Gale
Wanstead, Chad Booher
and Doug Trembath.
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The Marion Press - November 21, 2014 - Page 3
Second Front Page
New Osceola County website colorful and attractive
By Rosemary Horvath
Correspondent
Once only limited to
stark and functional, the
Osceola County website
now can be described as
colorful and attractive too.
Dan Massy, community
developer, unveiled the
new website before the
Board of Commissioners
Tuesday.
Board chairman Larry
Emig’s assessment is “the
new county website is
much improved. It is appealing and has color and
pizzazz.”
Massy is asking depart-
ments to look over information on links pertaining
to their departments to
change or add anything.
He’s been working with
the Michigan designer Revize to set up the website
that can be changed inhouse with new information, when necessary.
Emig reported the county has received a health
department report evaluating property owned by the
village of Tustin that commissioners have chosen
for the fourth Emergency
Medical Services base.
The board decided to
buy one acre because
Buck pole comes alive in Marion
Continued from Page 1
Dzikowicz.
Many items were up to
win by all the hunters from
hats, sock & gloves to pop
up blinds, skeet, targets,
European mount & multiple $20-$50 gift certificates
just to name a few.
Further results, Day
one 24 bucks were hung on
the pole followed with 15
on Nov 16.
2-spike horns, 2-three
points, 2-four points,
4-five points, 5-six points,
5-seven points, 15-eight
points, 2-nine points &
2-ten points.
THANK YOU TO
ALL WHO HELPED
AND SUPPORTED THIS
YEARS MARION BUCK
POLE!
Ina Store, C.P. Oneida,
Huttenga Electric, Horseshoe Bar, Lumber One,
Forward Concrete, Volkers
Implements, M-115 Party
Store, Ebels, Vogel Store,
Main Street Electric, Christies Potting shed, Wildlife
Legends, Trevor Eising,
Bill & Lynne Carroll, Subway of McBain, Trails End
Pub, Buckhorn Bar, Flemmings Clothing, Duanes
Restaurant, Northwoods
Feeds, McCrimmons Farm
& Feed, Flashback Café,
Dean›s Auto, Catherines
Hair, Shananjacs, Ronnies Lunch box, Chuck›s
Corner, Valu-Land, Marion
Press, Derek & Darla
Dennis-Great Lakes Property & construction, Todd
Sealy, Pollington Tool,
Daryle & Teri Laughlin,
Rich & Shelly Laughlin,
anything below that would
be subject to Department of
Environmental Quality requirements, Emig said. An
acre or more stays in the
domain of the local health
department.
Emig said soil borings
at the property did not
reveal any concern. There
was some question a few
months ago about placing a
drain field near the aboveground tanks belonging to
the fire department.
County Coordinator
Susan Vander Pol will
work with EMS director
Jeremy Beebe on securing
a land survey for the one
acre. An earlier survey had
looked at only the 0.83 acre
the county had expected to
buy.
Once the village comes
up with a deed, the sale can
move forward, Emig said.
The county will advertise bids for a general contractor. Based on previous
discussions, the building
will look similar to the
EMS base in Marion that
opened this year.
At one time, the county
contemplated buying
two acres at the site at a
purchase price of $8,000.
Emig said the one acre will
suffice. Cost is $4,000.
The parcel sets between
the Community Center and
the Fire Department with
127.39 feet road frontage
and depth of approximately
283 feet.
In other business, the
board:
Met in closed session to
discuss union negotiations.
Authorized the treasurer
to collect 6.4035-mills for
general appropriations,
one mill for road patrol,
1.3300-mill for emergency medical services and
.8000-mill for commission on aging. The general fund budget was set
at $8,760,668. This added
to special revenue fund,
debt service fund and other
funds brings a total for all
budgets to $20,682,060.
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Viewpoints
Postcard from
the Pines
By Roger Campbell, author, broadcaster columnist and
pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@
ameritech.net
The thankful season
A pleasant day...so far
Julie Traynor
A big part of Thanksgiving is being thankful
for the food. There is no
disputing that. Americans
have been bountifully
thankful since the Pilgrims first gave thanks for
surviving the winter by
having a feast. We are not
only thankful for making
it through another fruitful
year, we are thankful for
the fruit.
In our Blevins Street
days, Mom and Aunt Lola,
aided by Grandma and the
visiting aunts, shared the
Thanksgiving meal responsibilities; each in their own
way. It was up to my mother
to stuff and roast the biggest bird Uncle Bernie
could round up. Very early
on the appointedThursday,
indeed well before daylight, the sounds and smells
of the stuffing procedure
emanated from our kitchen.
The aroma of pumpkin pies
from the evening before,
and the seasoned stuffing
bread, mingled tantalizingly. Mom sliced and diced
and sautéed. The fragrance
of onions, celery and
rubbed sage melded flavors
in the cast iron pan and
sent their aroma through
out the early morning.
This worked like an alarm
clock, summoning us to the
kitchen if for nothing more
than to watch and surround
ourselves in the aroma. The
smells were powerful and
still are, even in recollection.
Across town, Aunt
Lola’s kitchen was humming too. She was busy
mixing up the things on her
list. She made a Jell-Ofruit-nut salad, which was
always a big hit. It was the
desert that introduced me
to the joys of pineapple.
She always served up this
fruity desert in the same
fluted blue glass bowl. The
whipped cream topping
was tucked into each curve
of the glass in generous
folds.
Aunt Lola also did the
mandatory yams, scalloped
corn, eaten only by Uncle
Bernie and Mom, baked
beans, several vegetables,
all manner of relishes,
and rolls of the brown and
serve variety. She also
entertained a big selection
of pies. We could choose
from the standard pumpkin, of course, and mince,
for the older generation a
classic, and often lemon or
cherry or maybe a cream
pie. There was something
for everyone. She certainly
aimed to please.
It was at one of these
bountiful meals, prepared
by the ladies of our family
that I discovered Brussels
sprouts. My mind’s eye can
see them still, little green
cabbages swimming in lots
of melted butter. I thought
them very tasty and ate
my share plus that of any
cousin who’d give them
up. They gladly sacrificed.
Imagine that. Buttered
Brussels sprouts with the
traditional turkey, potatoes,
stuffing and gravy, and I
distinctly recall, strawberries for dessert.
I was one full little kid,
stuffed like the proverbial
tick. I was probably too
full as it turned out. Mom
reckoned I’d picked up
a bug at school. I knew
better. The culprit was my
over indulgence in buttered
Brussels sprouts. They’ll
bring up the ol’ cookies
every time. I don’t recall
them ever being served at a
family meal again. To this
day I do not look at them in
the grocery store; will not
buy anything that has even
been close in the frozen
food section; can’t abide
the sight of them. You
will never find Brussels
sprouts on my dinner table.
Those were the times of
expansion within the Berry
Clan, and times whose
days were numbered. New
little faces appeared at
each Thanksgiving table.
Numbers and distance
served to end our family
gatherings by the close of
1960. As Grandma said, it
was time for each family
to make memories and
traditions of their own.
Grandma took to going to
Toledo and Fort Wayne
Reflections
“It’s a pleasant day,”
surrounds you but that
I said to the receptionist,
you have been too busy
hoping to brighten her
or preoccupied to notice.
mood.
Listen for sounds you’ve
“So far,” she sighed.
been missing. Hold somehe had been away, but
where there were “little
“So far is all we have,” I one you love and be glad
together they could make
people” and big festivities. replied.
you’re both alive.
the future better than the
Thanksgiving and
The Psalmist emphaMy wife, Pauline, was
Christmas for the Marion
sized the importance of the once hospitalized for what past. The yesterdays of
this former wayward one
family simmered down to a present, writing: “This is
the doctor said might
had been discouraging, but
different kind of normalcy the day which the LORD
be her last illness. Two
the story ends on a day of
and a less crowded table
has made; we will rejoice
unwanted words he used
delight, a day to enjoy his
for another ten years. By
and be glad in it” (Psalm
in explaining the possible
father’s love and provision.
1970 Grandma was gone,
118:24).
outcome of her condition
Most of us are prodiand the rest of the family
John Ruskin kept a
still linger in my mind:
had opted to move to
piece of stone on his desk
“even death.” Now, when I gals. We’ve spent too
points South. In the space
containing just one word:
take her in my arms, I often much of our most valuable
of 20 years, those huge
“TODAY!”
say “I have right now with possession in efforts to
gather temporary trinkets
family dinners and holiday
Ralph Waldo Emerson
you.”
or experience momentary
get-togethers had become
wrote: “One of the illusions
Our Lord once told a
highs that didn’t satisfy.
cherished memories dined of life is that the present
parable about the son of a
Time has slipped through
on by three.
hour is not the critical
wealthy man, who, upon
our foolish fingers and we
The holidays took on a
decisive hour. Write it on
receiving his inheritance
have little to show for it.
new face for us, celebrated your heart that every day
early from his father, left
We’ve wasted precious
solely here in the Pines.
is the best day of the year.
and wasted it far from
Our little family didn’t eat He only is rich who owns
home. Finally, out of funds hours being moody, negascalloped corn or need a
the day, and no one owns
and friends, he found him- tive, critical, gloomy and
huge bird, although we still the day who allows it to be self feeding hogs to survive sad when joy could have
had one. Our Thanksgiving invaded with worry, fret
and feeling hungry enough been ours for the taking by
simply counting present
meals did not vary and
and anxiety.”
to eat with them.
blessings and allowing
we enjoyed the standard
In his best-selling book,
At this point, the
gratefulness to make us
no frills turkey with
“How to Win Over Worry,” prodigal decided he’d
glad.
mashed potatoes (the
John Edmund Haggai says: return to his father seekExpect God to care for
real kind), gravy, and
“Give every moment your
ing forgiveness and asking
all the problems you’ll
some “with it”, as Dad
all. Give your entire atten- if he could become one
face tomorrow.
would say. Candied
tion to the work at hand,
of the hired hands on the
Is the present pleasant?
yams, cranberry relish,
the person to whom you are old homestead. Upon his
Enjoy it and give thanks.
Grandma’s Green Salad
talking. The Lord grants
ragged return, however,
Roger Campbell is an
and Mom’s pumpkin pie
us time only in the quantity his father welcomed and
author, a broadcaster and
were frills enough. that we can use it – one
forgave him, placing an
columnist who was a pasTimes change, families
moment at a time.”
expensive robe over his
evolve, loved ones leave
Try this kind of living.
rags and a gold ring on his tor for 22 years.
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into our hearts. Grandma’s present.
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Look for beauty that
time his son had lost while
do our best to give our
children memories and can
only hope that they take a
bit of our traditions as their
Carol Cope
own; we treasure what they
give to us.
I’ve always been thankful for all the turkeys who
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Community Events
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FIFTH ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING DINNER
On the day Americans
set aside for giving thanks,
Marion Baptist Church will
serve Thanksgiving dinner on
Thursday, Nov. 27 from noon to
3 p.m. For the church, the fifth
annual free meal is an opportunity
to give back to the community.
Everyone in Marion and
surrounding
towns
and
villages is welcome—singles,
couples, families and groups
of friends and neighbors.
If you are spending the
holiday alone or want to skip the
fuss and muss of hours in the
kitchen, get a group together
and enjoy the good food and
fellowship offered by the church.
The traditional meal will
include turkey, ham, mashed
potatoes, sweet potatoes and
all the trimmings followed by
pumpkin pie and an assortment
of
tempting
desserts.
“We want all area residents
to feel welcome to come
and share a free, delicious,
homemade,
family-style
Thanksgiving dinner with all the
traditional dishes,” said church
member Peggy Hoard. “It’s a
fun way to visit with old friends
and meet some new folks.”
There is no charge for the
meal; advance reservations are
appreciated but not required.
If you are a shut-in, call the
church in advance and request
to have a meal delivered to your
home. If you’d like to come on
Thanksgiving day but don’t have
transportation, call the church
and a ride will be arranged.
Marion Baptist Church is at
19909 40th Ave., Marion. For
advance reservations, to arrange
meal delivery or transportation,
contact Pastor Dennis Williams
at (231) 388-0019.
THROUGH THE EYES
OF ROSE
A Mother’s Flight to Freedom
in a Memory Mosaic-Author Talk
(Q&A Following) & Book Signing
with John Kozak. Thursday, Dec.
4th; 6 pm, Location: Reed City
Area District Library (410 W.
Upton Ave.-Reed City). Copies
of the book will be available
for purchase at the event.
Join author John F. Kozak,
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, as
he chronicles his mother’s
roots in the Detroit area
and her harrowing escape
from
Communist
occupied
Czechoslovakia
with
her
two
children.
Rose’s
stories ends with a return to
Michigan and a long, full life.
Reed City plays a key role in
this extraordinary true tale the
title character, Rose, was the
sister of Josephine Ivkovich,
whose husband, Dr. Paul
Ivkovich, was a prominent
physician in Reed City for
many years. Learn Josephine
and Paul Ivkovich’s supportive
role and John’s own account
of visiting his aunt and uncle in
Reed City years ago!
FREE BOOK SALE
The Reed City Area District
Library would like to thank the
community and its voters for
the passage of the operational
millage November 4th with a
free book sale on Saturday,
November 22, 2014 at the
future library location, 829 South
Chestnut Street. The doors will
open at 10 am and close at 2
pm.
Residents
in
Lincoln
Township, Richmond Township,
City of Reed City, Library
patrons and supporters are
welcome to come and choose
from books, puzzles, movies,
furniture, toys and more until
the books are gone or 2 pm,
whichever comes first. You are
welcome to fill boxes and bags
bring your own or use what we
have available.
SORRY! WRONG CHIMNEY!
Have the Christmas blues?
Then it’s time for you to join
the Cadillac Footliters for a
Christmas full of mistaken
identities
and
zany
foul
ups. David moonlights as a
department store Santa so
he can buy his wife a fur for
Christmas. She suspects an
affair. Hypnotism, the notorious
Santa burglar, Kris Kreigle, and
a confused policeman add up
to a rollicking tale of hilarious
Christmas
entertainment.
Sorry! Wrong Chimney!,
written by Leo W Sears and
Jack Sharkey, provides a
couple hours of uncomplicated
laughter and fun. The play
is underwritten by Dr. M.R.S.
Nair and presented through
special
arrangements
with
Samuel
French.
The cast includes Jessika
King
from
Manton
as
Samantha, Tammy Watson
from McBain as Natalie, Kyle
Parsley from Big Rapids as
David,
Robert
Houseman
from Cadillac as William,
Andy True from Cadillac
as Kris, Martha Stenman
from Cadillac as Sheila, and
Scott King from Manton as
the Policeman.
Director is
Pam Holmquist from Tustin.
Opening performance of
Sorry! Wrong Chimney! will
be on Friday, December 5th at
7:00 p.m. at the Cadillac High
School Auditorium on Linden
St, with following evening
performances on December
6th, December 12th and
December 13th at 7:00 p.m. In
addition there will be a matinee
performance at 2:00 pm on
Saturday, December 13th.
Sorry!
Wrong
Chimney!
tickets can be purchased
in advance for just $10
from the following Cadillac
businesses: Brinks Custom
Framing, Peebles, the UPS
Store, and also from Majestic
Hair Design in Lake City.
Tickets at the door are $12.
More information is available
on Cadillac Footliters website:
http://cadillacfootliters.com/ or
call (231)775-7336.
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17th annual tree lighting
Wayne O’Neil to be
honored at Spectrum
Health Big Rapids
Hospital
Spectrum Health Big
Rapids Hospital invites the
community to its 17th annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Monday,
December 2, 2014.
Wayne O’Neil will be
honored as the master
tree lighter for his service
to Spectrum Health Big
Rapids and Reed City Hospitals as a board member.
The holiday celebration
will include hot chocolate
and cookies with Christmas carols lead by Kathy
Cooper’s fourth and fifth
grade choir from Riverview
Elementary, Brookside
Elementary and the Big
Rapids Middle School.
ART EXHIBIT
An art exhibit by local artist
Alma Minzey will be at McBain
Library from November 20th29th.
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ANNUAL HOLIDAY
CRAFT MARKET
McBain PTO’s Annual Holiday
Craft Market will be Saturday,
November 29th, 9am-3pm at
the McBain Public School. Over
170 booths of hand-crafted
items, filling 3 gyms this year!
Santa will be available for
photos from 9am-2pm.
Kids pack boxes
The kindergartners at
Northern Michigan Christian
packed 19 boxes for Operation Christmas Child. What a
great feeling it is to know 19
children will get a Christmas present because of our
students contribitions!
Rose of
Sharon Church
Pastor Paul Carsten
11435 Haskell Lake Rd.,
Marion
Ph. 231-743-6043
Services: Wed. 7 pm
Sunday 10 am
Everyone Welcome
A Full Gospel Church: Acts 1:8
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FURNITURE & APPLIANCES
AMISH LOG \
HEADBOARD
With queen pillow top mattress set. New in plastic.
Cost $975. Sell $275.
989/773-5582. TFN
MEMORY FOAM
Mattress set. Queen size.
New. Never used. Cost
$1,399. Must sell $475.
989/953-4400.
TFN
QUEEN PILLOW TOP
Mattress set. $175 each.
King $275. Full set $150.
All new in plastic. 989/7721517. TFN
SERVICES
HOUSECLEANING
Honest, dependable, references. Weekly, monthly or
one-time. Keenon’s Kleanin’
989/429-8496 - TFN
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
Clay Boss pottery wheel
with clay & tools, $300.
Whirlpool gas dryer, 4 years
old, $150. 989-386-6979.
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OUTDOOR
Central Boiler OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE. Safe, Clean, Efficient, WOOD HEAT. 25
year warranty available.
Beaverton Outdoor Wood
Furnace 989-435-9240 1128-14
TREES
CHRISTMAS TREES
Family fun, pets welcome, u-cut or us, reasonable pricing. Come enjoy
our trails, natures beautiful trees. From U.S.-10 on
115, west 4 miles. 989588-4740. 11-28-14L7
PETS
FREE KITTENS
668 W. Surrey Rd. 3
males, 8 wks. Old. Bring cat
carrier please. L7 12-5-14
BINGO
FARWELL BINGO
Tues. 6PM, Open 4PM
CC Senior Comm. Ctr.
(Behind Hardware)
Over 18 Welcome
Proceeds: BLDG/Upkeep
License A22094
FOR RENT
FOR RENT
RENTALS
Farwell, Pinehurst Senior
Apartments. 1 bedroom
apartments, 62 years or
older, disabled (regardless of age), Rent starts
at $460.00 (based on income). Contact Carolyn
(989) 588-3360 or Susan
616-942-6553, Equal Opportunity Provider, TDD
800-649-3777. TFN
FOR RENT
2 & 3 Bedroom Homes.
Call between 8-6 weekdays. 989-588-9792. TFN
sHaDy oaKs
senIoR aPaRtMents,
728 W. Spruce in Harrison 1 and 2 bedroom
units and one specially
designed barrier free
unit available. Rent
based on income with
subsidy no MInIMUM.
Persons must be 62
years of age or older or
disabled of any age to
qualify. Inside mail delivery, community room
and laundry area. Applications at ofﬁce on site
or call 1-800-225-7982.
Managed by Stratford
Group Ltd., 442 W. Baldwin, Alpena, MI 49707.
Equal Housing Opportunity. This institution is an
equal opportunity provider, and employer.
TDD #1-800-855-1155.
PeBBLestone
ManoR senIoR aPts,
305 Briarwood in Clare
has one and two bedroom apartments available. Rent based on income, minimum $360
and $400. Limited rent
subsidy. Barrier free
units in building. Persons must be 62 years
of age or older, or disabled of any age. Community room, inside
mail delivery and laundry area for resident
use. Applications at ofﬁce on site or by calling 386-2067 or 1-800225-7982. Managed by
Stratford Group Ltd.,
442 W. Baldwin, Alpena, MI 49707. Equal
Housing Opportunity.
This institution is an
equal opportunity provider, and employer.
TDD #1-800-855-1155.
Prime Commercial Building For Sale
The Evart DDA is accepting bids for the purchase of the
property located at 201 N Main Street Evart. Minimum
bid is $20,000. Along with your bid, please include your
proposed use of the property and timeline.
All bids must be received by December, 15 2014 by 2:00
pm. The DDA reserves the right to reject any and all
bids at their discretion. Submit bids to Evart DDA, 127
N. River Street, Evart, MI 49631. For more information
call 231-734-0185 or email [email protected]
RoseWooD ManoR
senIoR aPaRtMents,
225 Mary in Clare has
1 bedroom units available. Rent based on
income,
minimum
$415 limited subsidy.
Persons must be 62
years of age or older
or disabled of any age
to qualify. Community
room and laundry area
for resident use. Barrier
free units. Applications
at ofﬁce on site by calling 386-6111 0r 1-800225-7982. Managed by
Stratford Group Ltd.,
442 W. Baldwin, Alpena, MI 49707. Equal
Housing Opportunity.
This institution is an
equal opportunity provider, and employer.
TDD #1-800-855-1155.
FOR RENT
HALL FOR RENT
Masonic Center in Farwell. Full Kitchen, Large
Hall. 413 Coker Dr.,
Contact
989-424-8046
05/01/15
FLEA MARKET
FARWELL
FLEA MARKET
AND THRIFT
STORE
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HELP WANTED
Part-time work, lawncare clean-ups, must have
own transportation, must
be physically capable. .
Call or text, 989-588-9496
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Open Daily 10 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
CLARE COUNTY’S
LARGEST
(Indoor & outdoor)
MONDAYS
outside flea market
begins at dawn
Now Taking Consignments
Outside Vendors
Rent space for $5.00
Tools, New & Used
Building Supplies, Household Items,
New Windows, Doors &
Screens,
Glassware, Used
Appliances &
Furniture, Antiques
HELP WANTED
Home /Health Rehabilitation Aide. Long Term
Employment, 20-40 hours/
week, 8 Point Lake area.
Reliable transportation with
air conditioning required.
Must be physically fit,
clean, energetic and selfmotivated. 989-544-3386.
Please leave message.
11/21/14
School Social Worker
The Clare-Gladwin RESD has an opening for a
School Social Worker.
Please visit our website for the full Job Posting and
Application process for this position:
www.cgresd.net
Click on Community/Employment.
989-588-3090
tItLe III GRant aCaDeMIC aDVIsoR
(PaRt-tIMe)
HELP WANTED
MID MICHIGan CoMMUnIty CoLLeGe is seeking qualiﬁed candidates to apply for a Part-Time
Academic Advisor position for the Title III Grant
Program. For a detailed list of position qualiﬁcations and application requirements visit Jobs at
MMCC at www.midmich.edu. EEO/AA
HELP WANTED
Senior Services has an openCOMMUNITY
ing for Kitchen Helpers at the
THANK YOU
Clare and Harrison Senior Dinto all the wonderful ing Centers. The Senior Compeople who sent me cards munity Service Employment
on my 90th birthday. Opal Program is seeking individuals
Thomson
for subsidized training and employment. The position pays
the minimum wage and is for
approximately 20 hours per
week. To be eligible for this
program you must be age 55
years and older, low income and
unemployed.
If you think that you might
be eligible, call now for more
information at: Region VII
Area Agency on Aging – 1-800858-1637. 11-21-14
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HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
Autumnwood of McBain
has full-time and part-time RN/
LPN positions available for
afternoon shifts. Submit resume online at mcbain_jobs@
cienafacilities.com or apply in
person to 220 Hughston Street,
McBain, MI 49657. Autumnwood of McBain provides
equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees
and applicants for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability, or genetics. 11-21-14
ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF/KENNEL/OFFICE WORKER
Clare County is accepting applications for the position of part-time animal control department kennel/office worker. Qualifications include high school diploma
or equivalent, minor maintenance experience, office
procedures and a familiarity with animal behavior &
handling. Send Clare County job application to Clare
County Animal Shelter, 4040 Hazel Dr. PO Box 438,
Harrison, MI 48625. 989-539-3221, fax; 989-5394919, website: www.clareco.net No later than Wednesday Dec. 3.
sCIenCe LaB teCH (PaRt-tIMe)
MID MICHIGan CoMMUnIty CoLLeGe is seeking qualiﬁed candidates to apply for a Part-Time
Science Lab Technician. For a detailed list of position qualiﬁcations and application requirements
visit Jobs at MMCC at www.midmich.edu. EEO/AA
Clare County Review
105 W. Fourth Street
Clare, MI 48617
989-386-4414
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HELP WANTED
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IN MEMORY
THANK YOU
PETS
AUTOMOBILES
FOR SALE
FOR RENT
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
WANTED
GARAGE/YARD SALES
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
BOATS AND MOTORS
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Adopt - A - Pet
Roxy
And Just look at our
lovely ROXY who’s
ready to start a new
chapter in her life with
a loving new home!
VERY Smart, she delivered herself to our front
door! Housetrained too,
she’s had a parvo shot
and is ready for love.
She is initially shy and
we recommend bring-
ing some hot dogs or
lunch meat for a meet
and greet!If you are
interested, give us a call,
231-832-5790!
Games on Page 6
Photos by Julie Traynor
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Note: If a metal roof isn’t hot rolled,
it has a prorated warranty
36” Cover Width
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Clare, MI 48617
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week. Everyday more snow
fell. By Thursday some local areas had 12” or more.
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