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TRI-CITY RE
123^ Year
August 2, 2007
Issue No, 31
Seventy-five Cents
Iraq war vet grew UP in Coloma and muluatecl from Watervliet H.S.
Sgt. Christopher Allen Clark is Glad-Peach Parade Grand Marshal;
future plans include Mayor of Watervliet and Governor of Michigan
By Lois Jordan
A United States Marine has been
selected as the 2007 Glad-Peach
Grand Marshal, Sgt. Christopher
Allen Clark. The 23-year-old Clark
is a 2002 Watervliet graduate. He
also attended Coloma schools until
his freshman year when his family
moved.
Glad-Peach
Festival
opens Friday
By Lois Jordan
The 2007 Glad-Peach Festival
marks 40 years of Coloma residents
setting aside three days to celebrate
their community, August 3-5.
Scheduled events include games
and tournaments (Bean Bag at 2:30
p.m. Saturday and Texas Hold 'Em
at 4:00 p.m. Saturday), along with
bands playing rock, rhythm or blues
(K;00 p.m.-12:00 midnight Friday
and Saturday; Sunday, 1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.).
You can view restored cars (Sunday
10:00 a.m.) and antique tractors
(Saturday, 9:00 a.m.), enjoy rides at
the carnival (4:00 p.m. Thursday and
Friday; 10:00 a.m. Saturday and
Sunday) and rides on the shuttle, or
watch dancers (Leonard Main
Stage) and runners take to the street
(8:00 a.m. Saturday).
There are three parades: Youth
Parade at 7:00 p.m. on Friday; and
on Saturday, a Runners Parade at
8:00 a.m., with the annual GladPeach Festival Parade at 1:00 p.m.
You can buy Arts and Crafts (12:00
noon on Friday, 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday), or do them at the
Family Art Fair (10:00 a.m. Saturdav), the Kids' Fun Fair and Curious
Kids Museum (10:30 a.m. Sunday).
You can shop at the T-shirt bam (in
front of Edgewater Bank), Coloma
Library (Saturday at 10:00 a.m.), or
at the commercial booths.
You can applaud the coronation of a
prince and princess (Friday at 6:45
p.m.), be amazed by fireworks (Saturday, 10:30 p.m.), or try your skill
at launching a peach pit (Saturday,
2:30 p.m.).
Food tents and booths like the Coloma Rod & Gun Club, the Coloma
Lions Club and the Cone Bam,
along with the commercial vendors
will keep everyone well fed.
Festival organizers remind everyone to leave their pets, bicycles,
roller-skates, skateboards and rollerblades at home. Only registered service animals will be allowed at the
festival.
and a 16-year-old sister. Audrey
Knight.
Clark said he joined the Marine
Corps to serve hit country and get an
education.
"Now that I've done it awhile, it's a
lifestyle I've grown accustomed to,"
he said.
He is surprised at the effect he has
Parade Chairman Joan Bell said she on others.
wanted the Grand Marshal to be "People are always thanking me for
some one in the military who had serving my country, but I don't
served in Iraq. Clark more than met expect that because it's what I do. I
don't think of it as being honorable.
1
It's a job to me and something I
G-P Prince
enjoy, and the fad that I'm also
serving my country is a plus,' Clark
and Princess
said.
candidate photos;
The concern in his voice is evident
when he talks about the hardest part
best window
of being a Marine.
decorations on the "I worry about my squad a lot. Any
problems I have are compounded by
back page;
their problems. You have to figure
out how to fix their problems," said
complete festival
Clark. "Everything else, including
agenda on
deployment, is easy."
Clark's dedication and resolve are
pages 2 and 13
contagious. His enthusiasm is understood when he speaks about the
that requirement, having served two camaraderie he shares in the Marine
seven-month deployments in Iraq Corps.
during his four and one-half years as "One of my favorite things is hanging out with other Marines," said
a Marine.
He was first deployed from Nov. Clark. "You will never find better
2005-June 2005. He was deployed a friends."
second lime from Nov. 2006-Junc
M G PLANS
2007. In March 2008, he will be
FOR THE FUTURE
making his third trip to Iraq for
He plans on serving another 15';
another seven-month deployment.
years in the Marines before retiring
Clark is the son of Fred and Cindy to return to this area. He is coming
Knight of Watervliet. He also has a
21-year-old brother, Kevin Clark;
back with a plan and he is putting
everyone in the community on
SGT. C.A. CLARK... is coming hack with a plan and he is putting
everyone in the community on notice to expect big things from him.
(Contributed photo)
notice to expect big things from him.
" I l l be back and running for Mayor
of Watervliet," said Clark. "And
then, one day, I want to be Governor
of Michigan"
Correspondence for Clark should be
addressed to:
Sgt. Christopher Clark
CLR27, MP CO, MWI) PLT
Camp Lejeune, NC 2X542
Miss Coloma Heather Bonds mil he ul plwlo hoolh
Alex Struble takes over Mr. Coloma
crown; debuts at hometown festival
By Annette Christie
In the middle of his term as Mr.
Coloma, Derrik Bench has stepped
down due to time constraints. First
Runner-up Alex Struble has now
become Mr. Coloma and will debut
at this weekend's Glad/Peach Festival. Chairman Doreen Hess confirmed last week that Bench had
resigned and Struble has gained the
title, to be carried out until the 2008
Mr. Coloma is crowned.
Alex, 18, graduated from Coloma
The Shuttle Bus will be operating
School this past spring. In
on Friday, 5:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; and
on Saturday, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 a.m.
Parking for the shuttle will be at
sc hooI,
he was involved in choir and
jed
and performed at many
atten(
S 0 i 0 a n c j ensemble festivals and
Great Lakes Antique Mall (next to
variety shows. He also enjoys play-
McDonald s).
Festival volunteers have it all
planned. All you have to do is come
and enjoy yourself.
i n g g U i tar a n c | bowling, but it is his
membership at Midway Baptist
church and his involvement with
the youth group that has inspired
him to become a youth minister.
He will attend Lake Michigan
College this fall to start his general
I•f
Mr. Coloma Alex Struble
studies and then will transfer to
Moody Bible Institute in Chicago to
begin his study youth ministry.
"I was inspired by my youth pastor," Alex said, adding, "1 like work-
ing with kids and I want to help
them gel through things like 1 had to
go through"
He plans to return to this area after
college, slating that he likes the
small-town feel of Coloma; although he admits it will be nice to
live in a big city for a while.
The son of Dennis and Lori Struble,
he has one older brother, Blaire; and
an older sister. Jessica (Struble)
Smith.
Spending lime at Coloma's summertime festival is nothing new for
the Strubles. Alex says he and his
family often spent lime at the festival. riding the rides, eating and
catching up with old friends and
family.
While he admits that this year he
will be a little busier than normal, he
is really looking forward to all the
events.
The Treasurer hunt by the GladPeach Committee has been successful. Klaus Buenger will lake over the
Board position at the end of the fiscal year.
Buenger is Chairman of the festival's food and commercial vendors
and replaces Linda Wooley who
held the position for 20 years.
A new position will be available
with the recent resignation of Parade
Chairman Joan Bell. Bell, who announced her decision at the July 25
meeting, said she is leaving after this
year's festival to do other things.
Bell worked with the festival as a
City employee before becoming
Parade Chairman and estimates she
has spent at least 15 years volunteering as Parade Chairman.
Bell said she hopes her replacement
"enjoys it as much as 1 have."
Anyone interested in volunteering
to serve as Parade Chairman should
contact President Erica Hensel at
gpfcstraigmail.com or the G-P
Festival Secretary at 5200w@com
cast.nct.
In other business. Bell said Marine
Sgt. Christopher Allen Clark will be
the Parade's Grand Marshal and
Brenda Layne will announce the
parade. Layne replaces Paul Layen-
people to register on the morning of
the 10K Run, 5K Run, 5K Walk and
IK Fun Run. Registration will be
available until 7:30 a.m. Saturday,
August 4.
This year's race is part of the new
Fruit Belt Series. Quigley said the
Sparta race, first in the series, had
930 participants running in a downpour; with 500 had preregislered.
Last year, there were 130 in the race,
Before the race, Jessica Smith will
sing the national anthem. Local veterans will also be on hand and will
fire a salute to start the race.
'
A Sunday addition to the festival
hands-on activities for children,
Festival members are still in need of
at least two more golf carts to use
during the weekend. Due to time
issues, action on the Festival Classiftcalion System was tabled again,
It will be discussed at the next meeting, at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August
15, at City Hall.
Secretary Maureen Saltzman complimented committee members for
their financial diligence.
"Everyone has been good at cutting
(heir expenses this year." Sail/man
said.
Linda Wooley summed up the hope
decker who was unable to attend.
Run Chairman Martin Quigley Jr.
said he expects a huge number of
will be Curious Kids Museum,
They will be located in Laura Baker
Park at 10:30 a.m. with a variety of
of every festival volunteer, saying.
"All we need is good weather"
By Angela Stair
Truck burns
at Watervliet
Exit of 1-94
On July 27 at approximately 1:00
p.m.. a truck driven by Mike Hauch
for Ridge & Kramer Auto Parts,
located at 1800 South M-139 in
Benton Harbor, burst into flames in
the BP Station parking lot at 748 M140
Lloyd Wells, Sales Manager at the
Benton Harbor store, said Hauch
was on 1-94 when he noticed something was wrong. He exited at Watervliet and, in the parking lot, the
truck was engulfed in flames.
Wells said Hauch was lucky and
only got some singed hair out of it.
The vehicle was totaled and the reason for the fire is still under investigation as of Tuesday, July 31. Wells
said the total cost of loss on the truck
is not known yet.
Loose do|> complaint
Hartford Police Chief Ramon Beltran received a complaint on July 26
of a dog running at large in the 300
block of Oak Street.
The complaint was made by a U.S.
Postal carrier who stated that he and
another postal employee have had to
spray the dog with chemical protection spray on four different occasions while delivering mail in the
area.
After making an investigation of the
complaint. Chief Beltran cited dog
owner Patricia Gilpin of Hartford
for allowing the dog to run at large
Glad-Peach Festival gains one, loses one; group
announces new Treasurer, last-minute changes
By Lois Jordan
Police
& Fire
Reports
Miss Coloma Heather Bartels
Miss Coloma Heather Bartels will
be joining Alex and their courts this
weekend. She has especially enj o y c d h c r reign t h j s y e a r p a | 1 j c u | a r .
ly starting friendships with her
court.
With a court made up of students
High-speed chase
started in South Haven;
ends in Watervliet
Watervliet Police Chief John Pokagon reported that Sergeant Bill
Saurbier assisted in a vehicle chase
that was initiated by the South
Haven City Police on July 25 at ap-
from two other schools, getting to
proximately 1:20 a.m. The chase
ended when the vehicle crashed on
Airport Road in Watervliet.
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Glad-Peach Festival Schedule for Aug. 3-5
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Saturday Auguit 4, 4pm
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Coloma Lions Club
AYCE Pancake Breakfast
Visit the
Beer Tent
J Q Al, Lou & Friends
Friday 81 Saturday
Lions Park Pavilion; Friday 3rd 6am - Noon
Saturday 6am - Noon Sunday 6am - Noon
Fresh picked Blueberry and
Peach Pancakes and Waffles
Try QUI: oeach i e / / o shots
Schedule of events
Don't miss the great pricing on our 2007 Inventory
('cuz the 08s are on the wayl)
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Premier
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Monterey
Boats
Sales A Service
Storage & Rental
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GUVS MARINE
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210 N. West St., Coloma
468-3120
4:00 p.m. Cirnlvil Opens with Dollar
Night One ticket one dollar one ride
for all rides Logan St. Parking Lot
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6:00 a.m. Coloma Rod & Gun Club
Food Tent Open 24 hours during
Festival Baker Park
6 a.m. *12:00 Noon Coloma Lloni
Club Food Tent Open Lions Park
12:00 Noon Commercial and Food
Booths Open Edgewater Bank and
Family Dollar Parking Lots
Arts and Crafts Show Opens
Baker Park
4:00 p.m. Carnival Opens Logan St
7:00 p.m. Festival Youth Parade
Downtown
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6:00 am • 12:00 Noon Coloma Lions
Club Food Tent Open Lions Park
8:00 a.m. Glad-Peach 10K Run, 5K
Run. 5K Walk, and IK Fun Run
Coloma Fire Dept Parking Lot West &
Washington Streets
7:30 p.m. Bake-Fest Winners
Announced Leonard Main Stage
7:45 p.m. Youth Parade Winners
Announced Leonard Mam Stage
8:00 p.m. Square Dance
Demonstration w/Denms Hafer, Caller
Near Leonard Main Stage
Little Squirt Fire Prevention Truck
Craig's Barber Shop
10:00 a.m. Arts and Crafts Show
Baker Park
12:15 p.m. VI Shafer's School of the
Dance Leonard Mam Stage
1:00 p.m. 40th Annual Glad-Peach
Festival Parade Downtown
2:00 p.m. History Video of Coloma
Coloma Public Library
2:00 p.m. • 4:00 p.m. Family Art Fair
Experience art through hands-on activities
every day
Funerals, Weddings, Plants,
Plush Gifts, Greeting Cards, Fruit
Gourmet Snacks & Gift Baskets
open
Saturday
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Coloma
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Nothing!
Secondly, thank you to the contestants' parents, family members, and
friends. Without you, we would not
have had such great children and the
contest would not be a successful
fund-raiser.
Rookies, Frosty Boy, Enchanted
Florist, Tri-County Computer Services. Trade Winds Beads, Alton and
Millie Wendzel, Watervliet Chicken
Coop, Eddie's Drive-ln. Watervliet
Harding's, Coloma Harding's, Watervliet Wesco;
Movie Library, Watervliet independence Committee, Loma Theater,
Mendy Treder from the wHAlRhouse. Main Street Pharmacy, Saylor's Pizza, Lee Browndorf Photography, Tammy Huff from Unique
Impressions, Watervliet Hardware.
Cinema Magic;
Phillipi Grocery. Watervliet Waffle
House of America, Watervliet BP
(R&H Petroleum), Curves, City of
Watervliet, Don Young Insurance
Agency, Hutchins Funeral Home,
and the Tri-City Record.
The contest is one of the primary
fund-raisers for the Watervliet
Lioness Club. All of the money
raised throughout the year is donat-
Dear Editor,
I have several remarks in regard to
last week's "Spiritual Compass
Points" by David Helms. First of all,
evolution is most certainly not a religion; it is a scientific hypothesis.
David has attempted to skew
notions of science and politics by
making generalizations that presume
that science seeks to discredit religion whereas any debunking of religious claims by science is merely a
consequence of the scientific method/endeavor.
Clearly science and religion are
fundamentally incompatible; science aims to develop theories and
hypotheses, then rigorously attempts
to prove or disprove those hypotheses. Religion, conversely, asserts
that doctrines are unquestionably
tme and should be upheld under the
condition of faith, the epidemic
practice of non-thinking, which is
further solidified as an institution
through the passage of time.
Karl's
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By Karl Bayer, l*ublisher & Editor
STAR ATTRACTION... With all the building going on in the Tri-City
Area, homes and businesses, on and off the lakes, it appears there's a lot to
offer in Coloma, Hartford and Watervliet.
The star attraction of all that's new and exciting will be Surfari Joe's at the
Ramada and Surfari Joe's Indoor Wilderness Water Park at 1-94 in Watervliet.
*
Surfari Joe's at the Ramada general manager Chris Heugel and Lori
Mizwicki took me on a tour of the soon-to-be-opened hotel. While there are
dozens of workers all over the place, from the giant laundry room to the bigger banquet room and all the guest rooms and suites in-between, the grand place."
impact is walking in the front doors and spying a giant bull elephant over the
foyer. On both sides and around the lobby area are a myriad of trophy wildanimal mounts, from the world record moose shot just last year by owner Joe
Ami to the towering giraffe shot by his wife, Sally.
Lori, Joe and Sally's daughter, an avid hunter herself, said there is no other
Ramada in the world with the safan theme and actual trophies.
The safari theme doesn't stop with the mounts on the walls; the theme is
carried throughout the entire hotel; the artwork on the room walls are of wild
animals in their native settings; off the suites, murals of animals cover the
walls of "bunk-bed rooms" for youngsters.
I'm looking for the same kind of tour of the Water Park, now under construction. with its own animal theme including authentic crocodile mounts.
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Watervliet First UMC is located al
122 Church Street in Watervliet.
Reunion is
Aueust IS
Watervliet
"4 unique decorating store"
Come Join us for our
annual Glad-Peach Fes
Blow-Out Tag Sale
Frl-Sat-Sun
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Antiques • Hind Pilnttd Fumllun • Colltctlbks • Gifts and mora
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tative. to echo your voice in Lans
ing
As always, 1 look forward to hearing your comments and feedback on
these important issues You can contad me toll free at 1-888-656-0079
or by e-mail at
Class of 1982
,mi.gov
searching for
classmates
Lansing
Group will also
meet this Thursday
The Watervliet High School Class
of 1982 is searching for its classmates.
Alumni, please come and enjoy
your WHS Class of I982's 25lh
class reunion, which will be held
Saturday, Augusl 18, 5:30 p.m., al
the Coloma Lions Club Community
Center, Coloma.
For more information, please contact Laune Brule al 463-4400 or
Michelle (VanDrasek) Robillard al
mrobillard(g signsnowholland.com
Rummage
Sale
August 9&10
at Watervliet
First UMC
James Tyler
Watervliet First United Methodist
Church will host a Rummage Sale
from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on
hitting the blackboards al all of the
local schools. 1 am sure it is not too
photograph is stored.)
A photo contributor stopped by the office on Monday, looking for a picture long now before we hear the running
she had left off for publication in May; and for another she had dropped off of the school buses in the morning.
I think a good column one time
for the "Kute Kids" feature in January and other in January 2005 and anothwould be to interview all of the firster in 2004!
timers, starting with the pre-schoolWould you believe she got all back but the one in 2004?
Even with all the computer-generated photos, there are still lots of photo- ers up through the middle school
graphs left off by readers for a variety of features, most notably "Kute Kids," newbees and the freshmen and also
the college freshmen and get a feel
weddings and engagements, and especially precious anniversary pictures.
for how their lives will be changing
While most folks pick up their photos right away, many must forget.
We keep the photos in a regular-size filing cabinet drawer in monthly fold- in the not-too-distant future.
We have a new preschooler in our
ers, with a span of about three years. As folders of the last month are added,
family. Grandson Eli will be going
the earliest folder of photos is discarded.
Photos of some historical value, class reunions, major news events and to school this year, and I would love
such, I set aside for the Historical Society Museum. Any that 1 recognize I to be small enough to ride in that
backpack to hear some of his questry to get delivered to the owners; all others are tossed out.
If you have dropped of a picture for publication in the past three years or tions. He is a reader and a very smart
little man. 1 am sure school will fit
so, and you haven't gotten it back, stop by; it may still be here.
him very nicely.
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MIGHTY MAC... turned 50 this past week. It is hard to believe the
Mackinac Bridge is already that old.
That most folks reading this can remember waiting in line for a ferry to take
By Anne Bayer, Co-publisher
them across the Straits to the U.P. dates us all.
Unreal... here we are in August and Granddaughter Elaina will be in the
As I spent most of my young summers in Oscoda, halfway between our
home near Detroit and halfway to the Straits, 1 had many trips across the getting ready to celebrate the Glad- first grade and I am sure, in fact I
Straits. My dad's brother was an engineering professor at Michigan Tech in Peach Festival in Coloma. The agen- know, she is ready. She loves to try
Houghton and my godfather's brother worked on the ferry Vacationland out da was in last week's Record and it to read and write and works in her
is not to be believed. The organizers books all the lime.
of St. Ignace.
Our little Zoya will be in kinderNow with Anne and me both having brothers in the U.P., Escanaba and have been hard al this project and I
garten
and a very good student as
Manistique, we still make many trips...but in the relative comfort and case am sure it will be one of the best
overall celebrations that they have well. She can follow directions. She
of the giant bridge.
does not miss a beat when it comes
had to date.
I hope to see you there. We are hav- to songs and dance, so I am sure she
DIRTY JOBS ON MIGHTY MAC... The Mackinac Bridge will be featured on Mike Rowe's Discovery Channel program "Dirty Jobs,M Tuesday, ing the little girls for ihe weekend will love the work as well.
and 1 am sure they will enjoy some That's one of the sad things about
August 7.
of the rides and the parade, as will grandkids. You cannot be with them
Mike joined the bridge maintenance crew, painting the structure.
al every moment and, still, it is so
Karl and I.
IS YOUR MUG IN OUR MORGUE? (In newspaper parlance, a mug shot I can smell the chalk and the erasers much fun to hear all about their
is a head photograph of a person. The morgue is the storage area where the
Tri-City REcord 3
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Greg Orchards
J^lueberries
ed to nonprofit organizations:
Watervliet's post prom. Community
Hospital's life line, the DARE program, and several Lions-sponsored
organizations; and is used to help
local families at Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter; and the list
goes on.
In the past, we have also assisted
families faced with unexpected
hardship such as fires or car accidents. We would not be able to give
back without the help and support of
Dear Editor,
the entire community.
I wanl to thank everyone who made Thank you again for your generosiihis year's Liltle Miss/Mr. Firecrac- ty
ker Contest a success. We had 18
Watervliet Lioness Club
children in the contest this year.
Firecracker Committee
The first group to thank are the children. Each one was well behaved
and thanked us every chance he or
she got.
August 2, 200"
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Downtown Coloma
& Sunday
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Affordable Florist
Full Service... If you can dream It, we can create Itl
U-pick
&
10:00 a.m. • 4:00 p.m. Coloma Lib.
Book Sale Coloma Public Library
10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Julienne
Dance Academy Leonard Mam Stage
f—
(food Uoith
10:00 a.m. • 1:00 p.m. Family Art Fair
Expenence art through hands-on activities for all ages Laura Baker Park
Market open
Sam • 7p
Full-line glass shop
New construction windows
Outside service work
We make our own
vinyl replacement windows!
468-4227
271 Paw Paw St., Coloma
9:00 a.m. *12 Noon 3rd Annual
Glad-Peach Antique Tractor Show
Downtown
for all ages Laura Baker Park
8 p.m. *12 Midnight Perfect Failure
Playing Contemporary Rock
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Letters Si Conuuciitin v
There is a further consideration to
be made with respect to the reasoning under which science and religion
operate: religion uses deduction and
science uses induction. A religious
deductive argument would look
something like this: The Bible is
always right; The Bible says God
created earth; therefore God created
earth. A scientific inductive argument, however, would be something
like: The sun hasrisenfor billions of
years; therefore the sun will probably rise tomorrow.
The point of all this is to demonstrate that science does not claim
that evolution is truth or that God
does not exist; rather that, given the
plethora of evidence, evolution is
probably true and God probably
docs not exist.
We make arguments like this every
day although we may mean something else; I might say that the sun
will rise tomorrow despite that I
actually mean it probably will rise
tomorrow.
Another interesting point was made
by saying that science or irreligious
people are trying to, 4t ... undermine
the moral fiber of culture." The bible
is certainly not what most would
consider being a moral compass.
There are countless examples of
seemingly immoral lessons. God
had bears kill children who laughed
at Elisha in Kings 2. God also commanded Moses to kill a man in
Numbers 15 (the examples go on).
I have a more reasonable explanation for morality: it is founded on
emotional instincts and intuitions
that were naturally selected in the
past because they aided survival and
reproduction. One might argue that
they don't believe in the stones of
the Old Testament and or that they
were metaphors.
Then what criteria do you use to
believe or not believe from the
Bible? By what criteria do you
determine what is a metaphor and
what isn't?
Now you are cherry picking what
parts of your religion you'd like to
believe the same way you cherry
pick what parts of science to believe; i.e., you accept ihe scientific
method to the extent the you've seen
the results of (and therefore accept)
electron theory in your television or
computer but not to the extent that it
explains the natural order and evolution of living things.
I'll close with a quote from Richard
Dawkins: "My last vestige of 'hands
off religion' respect disappeared in
the smoke and choking dust of
September 11th, 2001, followed by
the 'National Day of Prayer,' when
prelates and pastors did their tremulous Martin Luther King impersonations and urged people of mutually
incompatible faiths to hold hands,
united in homage to the very force
that caused the problem in the first
days.
So I am sure all of you out there
with little ones heading oft' to school
are realizing the changes that will
come to your special family dynamics. And change is good, for it comes
about each and every day. Enjoy this
lime with our younger children for
this time too shall pass.
I can tell you right now that I miss
the kids and the commotion, but I
will never miss the smell of peanut
butter and jelly. At our home, we
specialized. We had peanut butter
and jelly on white or dark bread,
whoever the chef.
Also remember to enjoy these last
few days of summer; they also will
not come around again.
By Rep. John Phnim
I recently wrote about the Michigan
Task Force on Small Business Support and Development, a new initiative several of my colleagues and I
are undertaking to create partnerships with small businesses to transform Michigan's job climate into a
ihrivin^ewnomy *nd help-^H-providers grow businesses and create
jobs for Michigan residents.
Last Monday, our five-member task
force held its first meeting in
Macomb, hosted by task force chairman Rep. Kim Meltzer. The meeting
was attended by nearly three dozen
small business owners along with a
panel of experts from various chambers of commerce and small-business organizations.
Business owners had the opportunity to express their concerns and offer
suggestions to lawmakers as to how
to improve Michigan's economic
and job climate, and I and other task
force members were able to lay the
foundation for further hearings.
On Aug. 9, my colleagues and I are
bringing the task force here to
Southwest Michigan, giving business owners and local residents the
chance to participate in these hearings and contribute to our mission of
improving Michigan's economy.
The hearing will be held al the
MTEC center at Lake Michigan
College from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. and will feature testimony from
various local business officials on
how we can work together for the
benefit of all Michigan.
Al the hearing we will listen to testimony on various issues that are
affecting small-business owners,
including: Healthcare, MIOSHA,
Interstate Competition, and Tourism.
I encourage interested residents lo
attend this important hearing. Your
input will help me. as your represen-
with yuest speaker
Hartford
Neighborhood
Watch
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The Hartford Neighborhood Watch
picnic will be Thursday, Augusl 9, in
Ely Park and will start at 5:30 p.m.
There will be free food, free games,
and free music! All are encouraged
to invite a neighbor, as there will be
plenty for everyone.
The Hartford Township Neighborhood Watch will be having a meeting this Thursday, August 2, al 7:00
p.m. at the Township Hall.
District Representative Tonya Schuitmaker will be discussing recent
legislation that will impact the
Neighborhood Watch Program.
Any questions in this matter can be
directed to David Cade. Hartford
Township Neighborhood Watch CoThis picnic will replace the group's
normal meeting for August.
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lartford's First
Airplanes
I he first Van Buren County Fair
held at Hartford opened in 1913.
The fairgrounds out northwest of
town were brand new. After a couple
ot years the fair board was looking
lor something to spice up things, and
someone suggested they try to get
one of those new-fangled flying
machines to come for the week.
So in 1915 they contacted the
Williams Aviation Company at Bay
City. They were advertising an airplane and pilot for fair appearances.
I he board decided to go for it!
In the golden days of late September that year, the contraption landed
at Hartford for the week's festivities.
The pilot turned out to be the company president, A.H Williams. He
was more than 60 years of age and
his craft looked older than he was. It
vsas a crude affair, much like the
ones we associate with the Wright
brothers, and resembled a huge box
kite, seemingly held together with
baling wire and some form of supernatural belief.
When Williams landed in a field on
the fairgrounds, he was not exactly
satisfied with the balance of the
machine so he had a huge spanner
(wrench) dangling by a wire from
the right wing to keep it level.
I ach day of the fair he made two
flights over the field; and. for an
added thrill, he tossed a straw-filled
dummy out, making the women and
children shriek with dismay.
One of the days when he threw out
the dummy, it got caught in the propeller (this vsas a pusher type, prop
in back). The engine quit and the airplane glided down, landing in a
cornfield near Pinery Road. That
ended the dummy, but Williams put
on a new propeller and completed
the week's contract.
Next year, 1916. Hilly Brock, who
later flew around the world, brought
a more sophisticated machine to the
tair. It had struts holding the wings,
instead of wires, and Billy performed stunts; loops, dives, and
spins - which left the spectators
gasping.
Every afternoon in front of the
grandstand Charlie Fischer's orchestra. an immensely popular group,
played popular selections. When
Billy Brock came over for his show,
the music stopped while people
craned their necks. Charlie Fischer,
the leader, shouted. "Look at that!"
whenever Brock started his stunts.
have my wish tultilled... overflowing... and past the point where it
became work.
News from
Coloma
Public Library
Coloma Public Library will be
closed Saturday, August 4, for the
Glad-Peach Festival.
in conjunction with the festival, the
library's annual "Book Sale" will
take place from 10:00 a.m.-4:00
p.m. in the basement of the library
Also, the North Berrien Historical
Some practical jokers who knew the
orchestra leader well went lo the Society will have "presentations on
Hartford Day Spring office and had local history" in the Community
some 25 show bills printed announc- Room at the library, starting at 2:00
ing that Charlie Fischer would make p.m.
For the children participating in our
the flight that afternoon as a passenger in Billy Brock's airplane. Of Summer Reading Program, we will
course, the carrying of passengers be hosting a "picnic" in Randall
Park on Wednesday, August 8, at
was unheard of in those days.
Then someone carelessly dropped a 12:00 noon. The Summer Reading
show bill in the orchestra stand. Program will continue through August. so encourage your children lo
Fischer saw it lying there, picked it
up. and bystanders said his face keep reading.
turned white! Then he made a hur- The Creative Artists Guild of Southwestern Michigan is displaying art
ried tour of the fairgrounds to see if
inside the main area of the library
the bills had been widely circulated.
through the month of August.
Brock was in on the joke and taxied
Bestsellers and new releases availhis plane as close to the grandstand
able at the library include: "Lean
as he could, loudly calling for his
Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich.
passenger to climb aboard. But
"The Quickie" by James Patterson.
Fischer was nowhere to be found.
"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by
The orchestra leader finally got oft'
Khaled Hosseini, "Blaze" by Richthe hook by purchasing cigars for all
ard Bachman, "Double Take" by
of his hecklers well into the night.
Catherine Coulter. "High Noon" by
Incidentally, Billy Brock went into
Nora Roberts, and "Harry Potter and
the Army and trained many pilots
the Deathly Hallows" by J.K.
for sen ice in World War 1. After that
Rowling.
he became famous by making a
flight around the world.
To many people, the airplane during
fair week may have been just part of
the show. But in the 1930s when 1
was a kid, it was one of the biggest
parts of the week's festivities. I
don't know how many Hartford kids
have said that was where they had
their first experience flying in an airplane. That one year I went up twice.
First, with my friend Russell Kime.
Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph, is
Then I went back for another session pleased to announce the following
with my sister. Wilma. Two people births:
could sit side-by-side in the front
A baby girl was bom to Natasha and
cockpit for 50 cents each.
Paris Bowman of Benton Harbor on
The first time Russell and I walked Thursday. July 19, 2007. at 11:36
over to the field where the pilot had a.m. The baby weighed 7 pounds. 12
parked, we were amazed and chilled ounces.
to see that he was gassing up the
A baby girl was bom to Melissa
ship for his next flight. He was Nesslage and Ryan Luckey of St.
straddling the fuselage, pouring gas Joseph on Monday. July 23.2007, at
into the tank from a 5-gallon can... 6:32 p.m. The baby weighed 7
and he was also SMOKING A pounds, 5 ounces.
CIGAR! We were so shocked we
A baby boy was bom to Amanda
stood well back until he was fin- and Tony Tipton of Benton Harbor
ished... and luckily no explosion.
on Friday, July 27, 2007, at 10:31
Those first flights were a revelation p.m. The baby weighed 5 pounds, 11
to me. It was a whole new world, ounces.
where really only birds belonged.
A baby boy was bom to CarmenBelow us the people on the fair's Maria Navarro and Steve Wozniak
midway were like ants. Hartford was of St. Joseph on Sunday, July 29.
a toy town of little houses and 2007, at 1:46 p.m. The baby
stores.
weighed 7 pounds, 11'/i ounces.
And I thereafter craved more experience "scaling the windswept
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Raising public
awareness of
Down syndrome
Do You Remember?
THIS YOUNG LAD...is
Alfred A. Mainwaring II, in
front of Phanstieri (ip?)
Gas and Country Store, located at old highway M-140
and Paw Paw Avenue, Watervliet (now Phillipi Grocery).
The year was 1936 on the
Fourth of July. Young Al
went to PhanstiePs (sp?) before the parade for a bottle
of Orange Crush.
Al is a native of the Watervliet area and father of TriClty Record reporter Lynn
Attila.
Sent in by
Erin Mainwaring
I recently joined 27 of my colleagues in the House to support bipartisan legislation to increase public
awareness of and bring further attention to Down syndrome.
Rolling Back The Years
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Local News and Newsmakers of Days Gone By
As reported in Ihe local newspapers: Coloma Courier,
Down syndrome is a condition
caused by extra genetic material
found in the 21st chromosome. It is
associated with a range of developmental difficulties, including delayed motor skills (such as sitting,
crawling and walking in infancy)
and delayed cognitive skills (such as
speech and language acquisition and
short-term memory abilities).
The bipartisan measure will help
shine the spotlight on Down syndrome and the hundreds of thousands of folks that it affects by raising awareness through the issuance
of a commemorative postage stamp.
Down syndrome is the most commonly occurring chromosomal abnormality and, according to the
National Down Syndrome Society,
one in every 733 babies is bom with
Down syndrome.
There are more than 350,000 people
living with Down syndrome in the
United States.
Hartford Day Spring, and Watervliet Record.
NEWS FROM THE COLOMA COURIER
100 YEARS AGO -1907
Ira Allen has rebuilt the steamer
Forest Beach and refitted her with
new machinery. She now piles the
lake and river, making regular trips
to Watervliet. On her first trip she
carried 35 passengers.
Fred Wick went to Benton Harbor
on the Excursion Sunday and on his
return took tea at the Osgood home.
The Coloma baseball team won
from the Pearl Grange team last
Sunday by a score. The game was
exciting from start to finish.
60 YEARS AGO-1947
Miss Shirley Hallman. 19, was
selected out of a field of 11 candidates as Miss Coloma. Queen ot the
Gladiolus city. This Coloma-bom
graduate will reign over the V-J Day
celebration and Gladiolus festival on
Aug. 14.
Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Schaier have
returned from Detroit where they
visited their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Turkley,
and new grandson.
30 YEARS AGO-1977
Coloma firefighter Rudy Appel,
chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy March in Coloma. announced
that Crystal Roller Rink would hold
a 24-hour Jerry Lewis Skate-AThon for Muscular Dystrophy.
Harding's Friendly Market at
Coloma and Watervliet advertise All
Beef Hamburg, 69 cents lb.
Submitted
by volunteer
Friday,
10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.;
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; and
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Phone: 468-343!
In these days of high priced pork it
is not pleasant to have a heavy hog
vanish like the morning dew. but
that is what happened to Charles S.
Hammond Saturday. He weighed his
slock wagon and then started for the
country to secure a hog he had purchased. Returning to the scales he
was amazed to find that his equipment weighed ten pounds less than
when he started. Investigation
showed thai the shrinkage of ten
pounds was due lo the loss of the
"tail-board" of the wagon, while the
hog had escaped two miles out of
town. His porkship was recaptured.
60 YEARS AGO -1947
Miss Nancy Joy Dyer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dyer who
live southeast of lown, saw a fox one
evening this week, when she went lo
the garden lo pick vegetables for the
family supper.
Mrs. W.E. Slahl. 526 Oak Street,
has relumed lo her home after a
three-month visit with relatives in
Europe.
Eugene Heuser and his son. Wallace, and J. McFarland received
iheir private pilot's licenses this
week at Leach airport.
40 YEARS AGO-1967
Gary Huddleslon of Hartford went
fishing for catfish in the White River
in Arkansas and brought home a
whopper. Frank Taylor, also of Hartford, helped him land it, a process
which took an hour and 15 minutes.
The fish weighed 65 pounds, which
Huddleslon said means a lot of delicious eating. The fish was so big that
steaks can be cut from it.
The Van Buren Sportsmen's club
will hold iis annual children's fishing rodeo from 2 lo 5 p.m.. Sunday,
Aug. 6, al its grounds a mile north of
Hartford on the Paw Paw River. The
rodeo is open to all children up to 15
years old. Only cane poles will be
allowed, and bait will be furnished
free. Adults may assist the youngsters. or just watch them fish. There
will be free refreshments and prizes
will be awarded to all entrants. The
club's pond has been stocked with
game fish, including some brook
trout.
Submitted by Librarian
Stepha-
nie 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 & Friday, 10:00-5:00 p.m.;
and Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00
p.m.
90 YEARS AGO - 1917
The big army lottery last Friday
took a heavy swipe at Watervliet.
Current estimates are that 26 young
men who top the list in the Watervliet precinct will be summoned
before the exemption board for examination before this district's quota
of 206 men will have been furnished.
At a meeting of the Township Board
held in this village last Thursday the
new addition to the Watervliet cemetery. which was purchased several
years ago, was up for consideration
and the board voted to carry the
work to completion in accordance
with the plans made by Engineer
Stevens when the ground was plotted.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hennesey have
adopted two children from Flint, a
boy and a girl, aged 22 months and
10 months.
60 YEARS AGO - 1947
Clare Beam, former Watervliet resident, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Beam, was united in marriage last
Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock
to Donna Belle Frazier of Keeler.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Durflinger
came from Austin, TX, July 23rd to
attend the 44th wedding anniversary
of the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Durflinger of this city.
Glenn Durflinger of St. Joseph was
also present.
30 YEARS AGO-1977
The Watervliet school board July 20
voted to shut down the district's 51year-old middle school building
because of fire safety code deficiencies and a possible weakness in the
building's roof. As a temporary measure for the coming school year,
about 150 seventh- and eighthgraders will be sent to the high
school; 100 seventh- and eighth-
graders will be housed in portable A girl weighing 8 pounds. 6 ounces,
classrooms; and the 150 sixth- was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
graders will be sent to the two ele- E. Rinks, of Watervliet, July 23, at
mentary buildings.
9:35 a.m. in Memorial Hospital.
Catherine Van Loon, daughter of Submitted by Linda Cubbage
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Van Loon of
from files at Waten'liet District
Watervliet, and Donald Hutchinson,
Library from the Watervliet
son of Mrs. Patricia Hutchinson and
Record newspapers donated by
the late Robert Hutchinson of Colothe Tri-City Record. Hours:
ma. were united in marriage on July
22nd at 6:00 p.m. in the St. Joseph Monday, 1:00-8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, 1:00-5:00p.m.; Wednesday,
Catholic Church in Watervliet.
A girl weighing 9 pounds. 10 oun- 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Thursday,
ces. was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cartw right, of Watervliet, July
IK. at 6:15 a.m. in Memorial Hospital.
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Friday,
1:00-5:00 p.m.; and Saturday,
10:00 a.m.-2:00p.m.
Phone: 463-6382
It's Not About the House. • •
Vonda \ an Til,
Social Security
Public Affairs
Specialist
Asa local independent agent, we can design an insurance program
that's just right for you and your family. Give the people you love
by
Fred Upton
Congressman
We currently do not know what
causes the chromosome abnormality, or how to prevent it, but we believe that raising the public's awareness of this disease that affects
American families from all social,
economic and racial backgrounds
will help boost research for a cure.
Through research and medical advancements, we have made tremendous progress through the years.
Life expectancy for individuals with
Down syndrome has increased dramatically in recent decades - from
25 in 1983 to 56 today.
Researchers continue to make great
strides in identifying the genes on
Chromosome 21 that cause the characteristics of Down syndrome.
Through increased awareness and
research, I am confident that it will
be possible to improve, correct or
prevent many of the problems associated with Down syndrome in the
future.
you
Social Security
disability
benefits are
expedited for
those injured in
military service
President Bush created the Commission on Care for America's
Returning Wounded Warriors to increase access to benefits and services for returning service members
who have been wounded.
We at Social Secunty are doing all
we can to make sure members of the
military service, and their families,
understand just how Social Secunty
disability benefits can help wounded
service personnel. In fact. Social
Security disability benefits are expedited for injured military service
personnel, regardless of where or
how the injury occurred.
By Charles Stein
Investment
Representative
Edward Jones
'MkktaftaMtfUviMter
Coloma
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Does " I P O " Spell
Investment Success?
If you've ever spent any time among
investors, you're bound to have heard
someone say: "If only I had gotten in
on the ground floor of Company A (or
Company B or Company C)." In
investment terms, "getting in on the
ground floor" means buying a company's stock shares when theyfirstgo on
sale - an initial public offering (IPO),
to use the official term. But is it really
that desirable to invest in an IPO?
Don Young Insurance Agency
323 N. Main St., Watervliet
463-6773
Primary offerings are usually only
available to institutional and investors
who buy big chunks of stock. About
six months or so after the IPO, the initial purchasers start to sell their shares,
via the stock markets, to individual
investors; this is the secondary offering. (The well-publicized Google IPO
of 2004 operated differently. Google
sold shares via an online auction.
In October 2004, 5-year-old Natalie
Wright of Sparta, Michigan, was
involved in a horrendous car accident. She was seat belted in the back
seat of the car, when the force of the
wreck threw the top half of her body
forward and twisted her legs sideways. This horrifying twisting left
her paralyzed.
Because initially her spine was not
severed, she was not considered a
total paraplegic. However, the doctors gave her a one-in-a-million
chance to walk again.
Natalie never lost consciousness
but, her five-year-old mind remembed everything that happened. She
later told her mother, Mane Wright,
that her "angel friend Tasha" appeared in the car just before the car
hit the wall.
"Tasha" spoke to her very distinctly, telling Natalie, "Don't be afraid,
Natalie. I am right here with you."
Natalie reports that "her angel" held
her hand and stayed with her until
the firemen came and took her out of
the car.
One night while her mom, Marie
Wright, was staying with Natalie in
the intensive care unit, Marie woke
up to hear Natalie talking. Her mom
looked around but found no one in
the room. She asked Natalie whom
she was talking to.
"Mimi, I was talking to the angels
By Paitor David C. Helmi
Plymouth CoiftregatloBil Church
Pollyanna or
Positive?
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN...NataIie was given a one-in-a-million
chance to ever walk again. Now she walks with innovative braces and
also rides a bike.
(Contributed photo)
ley, Natalie's grandmother, said it
^ d i f f i c u l t to first get help for her
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In any case, if you do invest in an IPO,
don't go into it thinking that you are
going to make a "killing." Instead,
look at an IPO as a long-term investment. If it's a stock that fits well into
your overall portfolio, getting in on
the ground floor may help you build a
strong foundation for working
towards your long-term goals.
5
Spiritual
Compass
Points
that were around me." She very seriA local man who was a contractor at
ously reported. "Didn't you see
Cook Nuclear Plant donated a van
them? They were telling me how
with a wheelchair lift in it. Cash
If the wounded service member has God is going to heal me someday."
donations from cans placed in all the
sufficient work, then Social Security
Her mom says that Natalie believed
must decide whether he or she meets two things: first, she was in this businesses in the Tri-City Area
Social Security's definition of dis- accident to help someone; and. sec- donated money, and many individuability.
ondly, she would walk again before als donated their time to get things
rolling.
Basically, if the person cannot work she was 9 years old.
Natalie was also placed on the
because of a physical or mental conNatalie was staying at Mary Free
dition that is expected to last at least Bed hospital in Grand Rapids, when prayer list from many churches in
one year, then he or she may be eli- Cade Krieger, another Tri-City Area the area
gible for Social Security disability child who was paralyzed in a terrible Natalie and her family all believed
than God was and is far bigger than
benefits.
car accident, was also there. They
the one-in-a-million chance she was
Even if the wounded service mem- became fast friends.
given lo ever walk again.
ber is still receiving pay while disBecause of the uncertainty of her
To this day, she remains on many
abled. he or she can receive disabili- initial injuries and due to the swellprayer
lists. Even though her
ty benefits. For example, i f a ing in the injured area, Sheri Brumprogress has been slow, she eontinwounded soldier is recovering in a
hospital, and is expected to be
unable to work for at least a year, he
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Buying a computer can be a daunt- cores.
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ing task but you know it's time to
•Memory/RAM
Though your
buy one when you are out of disk RAM is easy to upgrade, chances
space, your programs are running are that you will have to pay someslow, and you can't install new one else to upgrade it,
games or other software. No matter
•Hard Disk Space The greater the
which was designed to give individual what your budget is, there are cer- amount of storage, the better; but
investors the same opportunity to buy
tain specifications you need to pay make sure you pay more attention to
shares as institutional and ultracareful attention to.
your FSB and processor speed bewealthy investors.)
There are four things I think you cause you can usually add extra hard
should be most concerned with:
drives if needed.
There's no denying the "wow" factor
(For more infonoation on what
I am aware that I did not list specifthat exists for many people when they
these specifications are, see www.in ic numbers for any of these things.
lake part in an IPO, even if it's the secspirgdrngdia^ystgrnscom-lQ)
The best thing to do is not get caught
ondary offering. After all, it can be
•Front
side
bus
speed
Your
FSB
is
up in the numbers. When you're
exciting to be among the first
what
allows
communication
beinvestors in anything. And at first
shopping, look at all of the different
tween the processor and everything models and compare specifications
glance. IPOs sound great. You get on
that proverbial ground floor, and then, else, so even if you have a really fast and pnees to make a good judgment
as the business grows, your stock
processor you may still be limited of what you feel comfortable with
shares are worth more and more,
by your FSB. You cannot easily purchasing.
right?
upgrade your FSB.
Like I said, these are the most
•Processor speed, number of pro- important factors... regardless of
Actually, it's not that simple. Initially,
cessor cores - This is the most ex- price.
you might see a big spike in the stock
price of a company that's just gone
through an IPO. But, over time, these
companies are subject to the same
Michigan State University Extension helps people improve
economic and market forces as all
their lives through an education process thai applies
other businesses. Consequently, their
knowledge to critical issues, needs, and opportunities.
stock pnees will go up and down, as is
the case with all stocks.
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By Lynn Aftila
This is the story of a serious car
accident and a little girl who
'talked" to angels throughout the
ordeal that left her paralyzed from
the chest down. It's a true account of
the human spirit coupled with divine
intervention.
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So. before you buy shares through an
IPO. you'll want to evaluate the company pretty thoroughly. Are its products or services competitive? Does it
have a track record of consistent
growth? Does it belong to a thriving
Next, you need to be aware that it may
industry? Is its management team
not be as easy to "get in" on an IPO as
experienced? You can get some of this
you might imagine. Generally, it's not information from a company's
really possible for everyday investors
prospectus, but you will also want to
to truly take part in the "initial" part of do some outside reading, as well as
IPOs That's because public offers typ- consult with your financial advisor.
ically fall into two classes: primary Obviously, the more you know, the
offenngs and secondary offerings.
better off you will be.
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Touched by an Angel; The Natalie Wright Story
Investing in Your Future
Before you can answer that question,
you need to be familiar with the "nuts
and bolts" of IPOs. In thefirstplace, a
company goes public because it wants
to raise money to expand its operations. There's certainly nothing wrong
with that, but you need to keep in
mind that the IPO is being launched
for the company's benefit - not yours.
It's about the family that lives in the house.
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NEWS FROM THE WATERVLIET RECORD
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NEWS FROM THE HARTFORD DAY SPRING
90 YEARS AGO - 1917
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Augusl 2, 2007
Explore 4-H while
visiting the fair
Submitted by Deb Barrett
4-H Youth Agent Berrien County
The Berrien County Youth Fair will
be in foil swing the week of August
13-18, 2007. Amongst all of the
competition, events and activities,
our 4-H Leaders Council will host a
4-H promotional booth in Commercial Building number 36.
Four-H members will have an
opportunity to create the 4-H Wall of
Champions as they report their
achievements to the booth. Volunteer leaders and teen members will
staff the booth each day from 11:00
a.m. to 10:30 p.m., except for
Saturday when the building closes at
11:00 p.m.
4-H Youth Development programs
are located in all 83 counties in
Michigan. Berrien County launched
Development is delivered locally
and operated at the state and national levels through a partnership
among county governments. Michigan State University Extension, and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
We invite fair visitors to stop by the
booth and leani about the Head,
Heart, Hands, and Health of 4-H. If
you have questions about projects
offered, how to enroll, how to become a leader or where the nearest
4-H club is to you. please come see
us!
Michigan State University Extension prohibits discrimination in all
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.
The Berrien County office may be
contacted at (269) 944-4126.
ues to make progress.
Recently, she has become the first
child in the world to have the proto-
When Paul wrote, "I can do all
things through Christ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13); and
when David wrote, "By Thee 1 can
run on a troop; and by my God I can
leap over a wall " (Psalm 18:29);
and when Jonathan boldly declared
to his annor bearer. "The Lord is not
restricted to save by many or by
few." (I Samuel 14:6), the focus was
not on "I" or on my own invincible
strength and ability. The focus was
on God's invincible strength and
ability.
For Paul it was the ability to deal
with changing financial circumstances; for David it was the ability
to be successful against those that
opposed his kingdom; and for Jonathan and his amior bearer it was
ability to overcome overwhelming
odds.
Their confidence was in the overwhelming advantage of "God plus
one" when that "one" had the courage to have faith in his faithful God.
It's really all about an "army of
two."
Being positive is not Pollyanna
type braces with special hinges to when it is based on the reality of
aid in her walking.
God. He brings faithfulness to the
Natalie's mother had heard of a new- table, and we bring faith. That's a
orthopedic doctor. Dr. Bill Messer, functional iclationship.
who had made a breakthrough and In Romans 12 is the encouragement
was on the cutting edge in helping f o r u s a s christians, lo think about
people with spinal cord injuries. She ourselves realistically After identilooked him up, with every hope ot
his helping her daughter.
Dr. Messer designed special braces
for Natalie, with the help of his
research and development lab.
These custom braces made it possible for Natalie to take her first few
steps on her own.
"It was heartbreakingly beautiful."
Marie stated. "It just made me cry."
Natalie, who is now S years old. has
fyi n g the need to have our thinking
special recreational hand cycle that
Dr. Messer has developed.
Natalie's grandmother, Sheri, said.
"Miracles happen with the tremendous power of prayer, the mind, and
the spirit. Natalie, noe 8-years-old is
at the beginning of her miracle."
| t ' s a continuing process of a grow-
"transformed" and our mines "renewed." we are directed lo give ourselves to (iod and not to the world
system with its false evaluation of
both things and people.
We are told to think of ourselves
with "sound judgment"" based upon
our faith relationship with (iod. We
came to (iod through Christ by faith,
and we are to live our lives through
also been able to "go for a ride" on a l h c
o f , h c H o | y S pi r j t b y f a i t h
mg functional relationship.
The confidence that we can have in
Him makes all of life more positive.
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This uncomfortable malady, which is medically termed otitis
extema. is caused when water gets trapped in the ear canal and
bacteria begins to grow. "Swimmer's ear" is often the result of
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noon to S p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Your doctor w ill probably prescribe antibiotic ear drops to
help the ear heal, and you may be encouraged to take overthe-counter pain medications such as ibuprofen or
acetaminophen. Sometimes, a warm heating pad will soothe
the painful ear, as well.
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help you combat the pain of "swimmer's ear" and get you
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Tri-City Ami Ohituaries
MATTIE "KATHY
LORAYNE (OTTE)
(WATSON) S M I T H
DAHMS
Mattic "Kalhy" (Watson) Smith,
64, of Lawrencc. went home to
glory on Saturday afternoon. July
A graveside Memorial Service for
Lorayne (Otte) Dahms will be held
at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August II,
2007, at Fairview Cemetary in
Watervliet.
Lorayne was bom February 7,
1929, and passed away on July 5,
2007. She lived in Watervliet for
over 40 years. Her husband, Robert,
preceded her in death. They had two
sons - Robert, living in Texas; and
Michael, living m Montana.
She and her husband were foster
care parents for many years for
many babies and children. A piece
of their hearts went with every child
that went to adopted homes from
their home.
Survivors also include: four brothers • William Otte and her twin
Wayne Otte, both of Coloma, and
Allen Otte and James Otte, both of
Florida; and a sister. Athalie Hansen. i Watervliet.
Lorayne lived at Tri-City Apartments in Watervliet.
Friends are welcome to attend her
Memorial Service at the cemetery.
28. 2007. at her
residence.
\ service cele-l
bratmg her life
was held at 1 ()()
p.m. on Wednesda>. August I. at
DulVield &
I'as-
t n c k Family Funeral
Home.'
654K Paw Paw Avenue, Coloma,
where visitation was held on
Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Burial was in Hill Cemetery in
Lawrence Memorial donations may
be made to the family for a
"Memorial Fountain" being placed
in Kathy's memory at Telamon
Migrant Head Start in Watervliet.
Those wishing to sign the online
guest book or leave a message of
comfort for the family may do so at
Kathy was bom October 30, 1942,
in Tennessee to Lee and Pauline
(Mays) Watson. She spent the most
precious years of her childhood in
the hills of Huntsville, Alabama,
near her loving grandparents.
On July 29, 1961. she married her
childhood sweetheart. Ross "Sonny" Smith, in Coloma. Over the
next 46 years of their lives together,
they enjoyed dancing, camping, and
spending time with family and
friends. Kathy was a giving person,
always thinking of others first, who
also loved literature, poetry, history
and teaching.
Kathy worked for Telamon Migrant
Head Start in Watervliet for 23
years During that time she held
many titles such as cook, teacher's
assistant, head teacher and director,
but her heart was always with her
children. She went back to the
classroom and ended her career in
2005 as an education specialist for
Telamon Migrant Head Start. She
was truly loved and admired by her
co-workers.
Together, she and Sonny had four
children - Kevin Smith of Lawrence. Kimberly (Randy) Thompson of Sister Lakes. Kelly (Ron)
Beam of Kalama/oo. and Karla
Roggow of Coloma. Also surviving
are: 13 grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, with one greatgrandchild on the way; four sisters Linda (Richard) Matheny of Battle
Creek. Mane (John) Yates of Toney,
AL. Sandy (Jeff) Newton of New
Market. AL, and Maria (Jeff)
Thompson of Ashtabula, OH; and
nine nieces and nephews.
Kathy was preceded in death by:
her parents; one brother, Ricky
Watson; and a loving grandson, Lee
C. Smith.
CECELIA ANN
DRAKE
Cecelia was bom July 10. 1945. in
Watervliet. Her parents were Charles and Mary (Fennessy) Harrell.
She spent her lifetime in Watervliet,
graduating from Watervliet High
School in 1963. After high school,
Cecelia attended Lake Michigan
College and Southwestern Michigan College and earned a nursing
degree.
While working at Community Hospital Watervliet, she met Michael
Drake and on August I, 1964. they
were married at St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Watervliet. Cecelia was a
member of St. Joseph Catholic
Church and enjoyed crafts, gardening and music. Her greatest joy was
spending time with her family,
which included: her husband,
Michael; three children - Michael J.
Drake of Saugatuck. Brian C.
(Marilyn) Drake of Waterford. Ml,
and Marianne (E. (Leon) Messer of
Scale, Alabama; eight grandchildren; her mother. Mary Harrell of
Coloma; a brother. Charles F.
(Carol) Harrell of Adison. IL; a sister. Patricia (Dean) Greathouse of
Ballwin, MO; several nieces and
nephews; her dog, Bandit; and a
cockatiel named Amos.
Cecelia died Tuesday, July 24,
2007. at South Haven Community
Hospital. Her father, Charles
Harrell, preceded her in death.
Mass of Christian Bunal was celebrated on July 28 at St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Watervliet, with
Father Massimiliano Camporese
officiating. Interment followed in
St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Cecelia's family.
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POLICE
REPORTS
CO\TIM
GERALD LEE
f7) FROM P4(;h I
South Haven Police Department
reported that officers were led on a
high-speed pursuit on July 25. Of
the four people in the vehicle, two
were taken into custody.
April Nicole McCaig, 20, of Pullman, was arrested on an outstanding
criminal bench warrant for Failure
to Appear on the original charge of
Check-No Account issued out of the
7th District Court West. She also
had warrants out of 5th District
Court, St. Joseph; and 57th District
Court. Allegan County. She now has
charges pending for Fleeing and
Eluding.
Also arrested was Justin Lee Cullum. 21. of Pullman, on three outstanding warrants out of Allegan
County and a warrant out of Polk
County. Florida.
McCaig was transported to the
South Haven Police Department
where she was booked and lodged,
pending arraignment. Cullum was
transported to South Haven Community Hospital where he was treated and tumed over to the custody of
Allegan County deputies for lodging. pending arraignment.
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SELTERS
Gerald Lee Selters, 84, Hartford,
passed away on Friday. May II,
2007, at the V.A. Medical Center.
!Battle Creek
"Jerry." as he was
—
—
known most, was
bom on August 8,
1922, in Watervliet, the son of
Harold and Grace (Frazee) Selters.
Jerry married the former Ruth Kine
on October 19. 1941, and for the
next 65 years, except for the time he
served his country in WW II, they
enjoyed each other's company.
Jerry started his own painting business and for the next 32 years he
painted for a number of local residences and businesses.
He also found time to work for
Hartford Public Schools. He and
Ruth loved traveling on the tram to
visit their children in California and
New York and spending time at
their cabin in Walhalla. He enjoyed
being outdoors and the many hours
walking his dog. Moose.
Jerry is survived by: his wife. Ruth
and their children - Susan Williams
of Lawrence, Jeryl Stair of Wyoming, Linda Nydam Selters of
Dryden, NY. James Selters of
Hartford. Rebecca Yeider Selters of
Hartford, Jordan Selters of Wyoming and Jerry Selters of Dallas,
TX. He is also survived by nine
grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. and a niece from Watervliet.
Jerry was preceded in death by his
parents and two brothers, Donald
and Devon Selters.
A graveside service to honor his
memory was held May 16 at Maple
Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
Interment was conducted by Pastor
Timothy Nyhuis of the Hartford
Federated Church and military rites
were conducted by VFW Post 1137,
VFW Post 6803 and American
Legion Post 362 and Auxiliary.
Memorials may be made to
Hartford Federated Church.
Officer William Strong of the Hartford Police Department was dispatched to the intersection of
Pleasant Street and East Mam Street
for a motorcycle accident.
Upon arrival at the scene. Officer
Strong spoke with James Kraklau,
45, of Kalamazoo, who had been
riding the motorcycle and had
tumed onto Pleasant Street from
East Mam Street and lost control.
During the investigation. Officer
Strong advised that it became evident to him that Kraklau had been
consuming alcoholic beverages
prior to the crash. He was subsequently lodged at the Van Buren
County Jail on an Operating While
Intoxicated (OW1), 2 nd offense;
and cited for no insurance.
No valid license
Officer Ray Morlock of the Coloma
Township Police Department was
on patrol July 28 at 11:50 p.m. when
he observed a vehicle with defective
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Jean LaGrow, 83, of Coloma. died
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Donald L. "Dutch" Ferry, 76, of
Coloma, died July 20, 2007. at
home. Duffleld & Pastnck Family
Funeral Home. Coloma.
Gloria Alice Bachman, 79, of
Watervliet, formerly of South
Haven, died July 28.2007. at home.
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Officer Morlock initiated a traffic
stop and made contact with the driver. Michael R. Dozier of Calumet
City. Illinois.
Dozier had a suspended out-of-state
license and was cited for No Valid
Ops. His bond was S50. and he posted it.
Warrant arrests
in Hartford
This Thursday, Augusl 2, at noon,
the long-awaited opening of the
Four Winds Casino Resort built by
the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians will open. It is easy to find,
located in New Buffalo right off I94 at Exit #1.
Tobacco.
As the investigation continued,
more things came to light. The two
minors are suspected of malicious
destmction of five vehicles and
entering two. one of which it is believed the package of cigarettes
In 1994, Congress recognized the
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians as a restored Band. This
Restoration Act recognized an area
including six counties in Indiana
and four counties in Michigan as
ancestral homelands.
Officer Ray Morlock of the Coloma
Township Police Department was
sitting at Fruit Acres when he
observed a vehicle disobey the stop
sign at the eastbound exit ramp and
Friday Road on July 28 at 11:25 came from.
Charges of additional Malicious
p.m.
Officer Morlock advised that the Destruction of Property and B & E
vehicle was in excess of 10 mph of a motor vehicle is being sought in
when going past the stop sign and addition to the first charges made
accelerated rapidly after tuming against the suspects. The Berrien
northbound on Friday Road. Officer County Prosecutor is reviewing the
Morlock initiated a traffic stop on paperwork.
Ryno Road just east of Friday Road
and made contact with the driver.
The driver. Justin Anthony Williams of Benton Harbor, gave the
Officer an operator's license and
restricted paper ops. One of the
restrictions was hours of operation,
Fire Chief F.d Riley
which he was outside of.
On July 27 at 12:40 p.m.. Hartford
Williams was cited for violation of Fire Department was dispatched to
restricted ops and disobeying a stop the 100 block of Shepherd for a
sign.
medical assist.
In the moming of July 28. the
Fire Dept.
Reports
Hartford Fire Dept.
Watervliet Public
Works vehicle struck
Police Chief John Pokagon of the
Watervliet Police Department
reported that one of the Public
Works vehicles was involved in a
Personal Injury (PI) accident. The
vehicle was struck from the rear.
The Berrien County Sheriff's Department is handling the investigation due to the vehicle being Cityowned.
Two minors charged
with Larceny, MDOP,
Ml PI and Ml PI
tobacco
Officer Andrew Ulleg of the Coloma Township Police Department
was dispatched on July 29 at 2:23
a.m. to Lakewood Drive for a complaint of two male subjects walking
around the area and vehicles, acting
suspicious.
Officer Ulleg traveled down
Lakewood Drive and, at the intersection of Lakewood Drive and
Lakewood Drive South, observed a
red pickup parked at a residence that
had a racial profanity painted in
white across it.
He proceeded down Lakewood
Drive South, attempting to locate
these suspicious subjects, and
observed two males walking toward
him. As he approached the two subjects. they started walking faster and
appeared very nervous.
Making contact with the subjects,
Daniel Bemecker. 17, from Orland
Park. Illinois, and his 16-year-old
male friend, also from Orland Park,
Officer Ulleg observed white paint
on hands of both subjects. When
asked, they said they didn't know
how it got there.
Officer Ulleg confiscated a pack of
cigarettes from Bemecker that was
partially out of the pocket of his
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department was dispatched to the
64000 block of County Road 681
for a medical assist.
On July 28 at 9:36 p.m.. Hartford
Fire Department was dispatched to
the comer of Pleasant Street and
Main Street for a personal injury
accident.
On July 29 at 2:11 a.m., the department was dispatched to the 49000
block of 68th Street for a smoke
investigation.
On July 30 at 6:29 a.m.. Hartford
Fire Department was dispatched to
Hillsboro Street for a medical assist.
Chief Riley said the DNA bum ban
has been lifted. Call the Hartford
Fire Department at (269) 621-4707
for a burning permit.
Coloma-Hagar
Fire Department
Fire Chief Randy Morris
On July 25 at 10:33 p.m.. ColomaHagar Fire Department was dispatched to 5979 Meadowbrook to
assist the police seeking a suspect
with the use of the thermal imaging
camera.
On July 26 at 6:20 p.m., the department was dispatched to 377 South
( hurch Street for a personal injury
accident.
On July 26 at 6:47 p.m., ColomaHagar Fire Department was dispatched to 4386 Red Arrow Highway for a carbon monoxide alarm.
On July 27 at 12:27 p.m.. the department was dispatched to 4887
Riverside Road for smoke investigation.
On July 26 at 6:27 p.m., ColomaHagar Fire Department was dispatched to 2520 Kerikowske Road
for the rollover of a golf cart onto a
golfer.
On July 27 at 8:06 p.m., the department was dispatched to 3950 West
liagar Shore Road for a water rescue. Four people on a jet ski had
overtumed.
July 28, 9:56 a.m., Coloma-Hagar
Fire Department was dispatched to
4623 Bundy for a fire alarm.
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After taking them to the intersection and placing the 16-year-old in
Officer Ray Morlock*s patrol vehicle, Officer Ulleg returned to his
vehicle and spoke with Bemecker
and obtained a statement from him.
After getting permission from the
^-year-old's father. Jeffery Horvath. who was currently in Illinois,
to speak with his son. Officer Ulleg
got a statement from him too. Both
claimed to have damaged only one
Chief Ramon Beltran of the Hartford Police Department reported
that his officers had made two warrant arrests in the past week.
On July 26, Officer Matthew Walls
arrested Alberto Reyes, 38, of Hartford. on a contempt of court warrant
from the Van Buren County or two vehicles.
Sheriff's Office.
The 16-year-old was charged with
On July 26, Officer William Strong Malicious Destruction of Property
arrested Jose Juan Arreola-Tellez, and Minor in Possession of In-toxi25, of Hartford, on two warrants. cants. He was processed and transOne warrant was a misdemeanor ported to the Bemecker residence
from the Hartford Police Depart- and tumed over to Bemecker'•
ment. The second warrant was a father at the request of the 16-yearmisdemeanor from the Kalamazoo old's father.
County Sheriff's Department.
Seventeen-year-old Daniel BemecArreola-Tellez posted bond on both ker was transported to the Berrien
warrants at the Hartford Police County Sheriff's Department Jail
Department.
where he was lodged for Malicious
Destruction of Property. Minor in
Possession of Intoxicants and MIPI
Violation of restricted
ops and disobe>ini>
a stop sign
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Watervliet Fire Dept.
Fire Chief ScoM Richcreek
On July 19 at 5:52 p.m., Watervliet
Fire Department was dispatched to
8433 Elm Drive for a power line
down.
On July 23 at 11:21 p.m., the
department was dispatched to 7746
Red Arrow Highway for a smoke
investigation.
On July 25 at 1:38 a.m., Watervliet
Fire Department was dispatched to
M-140 and Airport Drive for a vehi-
Plans include sewine services, mavhc a restaurant next door
cle extraction.
On July 25 at 5:27 a.m.. the department was dispatched to 9020 North
Branch for a controlled bum. The
department was disregarded enroute.
July 25 at 1:58 p.m., Watervliet Fire
Department was dispatched to 5355
M-140 for a car fire. The department was disregarded en-route.
On July 27 at 1:00 p.m., the department was dispatched to 748 M-140
for a vehicle fire at the BP Station
(formerly Dave's Amoco).
shorts. He also could smell a strong
odor of intoxicants coming from
their person They agreed to PBT
tests that registered .093BAC for the
16-year-old and .058BAC for the
17-year-old. They admitted to
Movie Library... new owners; new look
By Lynn Attila
In May 2007, the Movie Library in
downtown Watervliet was purchased
by Kim Hatch and her financial
backer, husband Byron, who works
for Whirlpool.
Built on 51 acres of a 675-acre site
in New Buffalo Township, Four
Winds Casino Resort will feature
not just the casino but also a luxurious upscale hotel. The hotel will
offer 165 rooms, suites, and celebrity suites.
The hotel offers a workout facility,
room service, high-speed Intemet
access, and the rooms have granite
counter tops and leather-wrapped
headboards. The suites also include
walk-in showers, whirlpool jets, and
a wet bar with a refrigerator and
microwave.
If you really want luxury, the
celebrity suites also include private
waterfalls and soaking tubs for the
ultimate in pleasure and relaxation.
The casino will feature 130,000square feet of gaming space, with
3,000 slot machines, 90 table games
and 20 poker tables.
They are also offering for you to
join the W Club that will give you
S10 in free play for signing up. They
have other benefits to being in the
W Club and will be glad to explain
all of them to you, or check it out on
their Web site.
The resort also offers entertainment
for the youngsters. For the younger
ones, there is Kids Quest with
games and a play area. For the older
crowd, they have Cyber Quest.
Four Winds Casino Resort offers
dining from elegant to casual in several restaurants, from wine and
steak at the Copper Rock Steakhouse to The Buffet and Timbers
Fast Food & Deli. There is also the
Willowbrook Cafe, the Grab 'N'
(io. Silver Creek Bistro, and the
Swimm Seafood featuring lobster,
Atlantic salmon and Dungeness
crab.
For more information on the Four
Winds Casino Resort, you can
check out its Web site at wwvv.fourwindscasino.com.
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Davis-Williams engagement;
September wedding planned
David, the son of David and Sandy
Williams of Watervliet and the late
Maureen Williams, graduated from
Watervliet High School and Ferris
State University, earning a bachelor
of science degree in business in
1995. He is a risk manager for Universal Forest Products in (Jrand
Rapids.
They are planning a 3:00 p.m. wedding on September 29. 2007. at St.
John's Lutheran Church in (irand
Haven.
EDITOR 'S SOTE:
This announcement appeared in
last week's Tri-City Record. It is
being repeated because o f an error
in the copy. H e apologize for any
confusion or distress the error may
have caused.
Crowning
is Dec. 4. 2lUr
2008
Michigan
Apple
Queen
applications
Kim also said she would be interested in opening a restaurant it the
empty building next door becomes
available. She said, "I'm going lo
need some help, but I'm not worried
Kim also offers freshly "popped"
popcorn and other candy treats for
her clients.
Sarah Lynn Davis ot Coloma and
David Lee Williams Jr. of Rockford
are pleased to announce their engagement.
The daughter of Bill and Jody Davis
of Watervliet and Pat and Kim
Dolph of Coloma. Sarah is a graduate of Coloma High School She received an associate's degree in nursing from Lake Michigan College in
2002. bachelor's degree from Bethel
College in 2007. and is employed as
a registered nurse at I akeland Hospital in St. Joseph.
Kim. an immigrant from Vietnam
and Cambodia, said. "America is the
place of opportunity. All you have to
do is work hard and leam the language. Kim came to this country in
September of 1990 and began to
work hard right off the bat. She met
and married her husband, Byron;
and. in 2002, the family was moved
by Whirlpool from Long Island,
New York, to this area. Kim said she
fell in love with the Tri-City Area.
The only thing she misses is the
availability of Asian foods.
Kim's young son. William, helps
his mom run the shop "He's my
right-hand man." his mom laughingly said.
First to be fixed were the ceiling
and roof of the store. The next thing
Kim felt was important was to separate adult videos from the familyfriendly DVDs so she has put the
adult-rated movies in the basement
and refers to it as the "gentleman's
room." A patron has to have I D.
proving his age before being able to
rent any DVDs from there.
I he top tloor of the shop has family-friendly videos for rent. There are
also video games the children can
play for a quarter, while their parents
look around.
By Angela Stair
could have their historical groundbreaking ceremony. Now in August
of 2007 they will open their Four
Winds Casino Resort to an expected
average of 4.4 million visitors per
year.
But it doesn't end there Kim said
they planned on putting in an alteration shop and dressing room toward the back of the movie video
shop. She said she is capable of
altering "anything that I can get my
hands o n "
Kim reports the building was in
rough shape with leaky roofs and Rrated movies accessible to underage
patrons, but the Hatches didn't let
that slop them. They rolled up their
sleeves and got to work.
Four Winds
Casino
to open
Thursday
November of 1994 was when the
members of the Pokagon Band
authorized the Tribal Council to
pursue a casino as a source of revenue for tribal programs. It took
them until June of 2006 before they
2007
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The 2008 Michigan Apple Queen
will be crowned on Tuesday. December 4. 2007.
As a representative of the Michigan
apple industry, the 2008 Michigan
Apple Queen and her court will attend various events and parades
throughout the state. ( ontestants are
judged on various features including
beauty, poise, professionalism, and
knowledge of the Michigan apple
industry.
The pageant is presented by the
Michigan Apple Committee and
staged by the Michigan Slate Horticultural Society Auxiliary.
Candidates for Michigan Apple
Queen must be between the ages of
17 and 23 and must have a link to
the industry.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and suitable candidates are
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Kim Hatch is a prime example of
the American dream. She rose up
against hardships in her native land
and has more than proven herself
p
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the shop. "He's my r^ht-hand man," his mom laughingly said.
(Lynn Attila photo)
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August 2, 2007
Stratford Theatre
travel course set for
fall semester at LMC
Lake Michigan College is offering
theatre lovers a chance to experience
the Stratford Festival in Stratford,
Ontario, Canada, through its fall
travel course September 7-9.
The three featured theatrical per-
for credit should register on an audit
KUTE KID**...Is 3-year-old Drake Shamus demons, the
son of (iary and Holly demons. His grandparents are Larry and
)eagle unexpectedly finds himself with unimaginable powers and the
Janie ( lemons, Teri Meek, and Kenny (( rissy) Meek. Drake real-
ability to speak.
THIS
master. Stephen King. Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (John
The course costs $340 plus tuition
and fees, which are: in-district resiTownship and South Haven School
District in Van Buren County $93.50; m-district senior citizens
(6(H years) of Berrien County and
Covert Township - $21; service area
residents residing in Michigan outside of Berrien County, Covert
Township and South Haven School
Distnct or within the Indiana counties of Elkhart, LaPorte and St.
than Michigan or the above referenced Indiana counties • $163.
Included in the course are roundtrip transportation, tickets to the
three performances, and lodging at
the Festival Inn in Stratford. In addition to the theatrical performances,
attendees will have time for sightseeing, shopping and dining in
Those who enroll can earn one
humanities college credit. Those
Most will start their conditioning
Former 49ers quarterback Joe Mon-
to deal with in L.A. with the Dodgers fans.
programs next week on Monday,
August 6.
tana said Walsh was the most influ-
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig
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AUG 3 THRU AUG 7
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School this year, called "Kids'
years old to sixth-graders.
Share a photo of your "Kute Kids " with your friends, neighbors, and
Come and join us August 6-10 from
relatives who read the Tri-City Record. Make sure you write your
kids' names on the hack of the picture and include any other infor-
prizes, snacks, crafts, and Bible les-
mation about it you'd like to see in the paper, including mom and
sons.
dad, grandma and grandpa, and so on. Send the photo to the Tri-Cit}'
The church is located al 7734 Paw
For more information, contact the
church office at 463-8280.
Record, P.O. Box
Matervliet, Ml 49098. Pick up the photo after it
appears in the paper or include a stamped, self-addressed envelope
and we 'II mail it hack to you.
Where are your "Kute Kids"?
who do not wish to lake the course
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3:40 9:10 PG1J
MK U K . A N
Choice Camp." for children from 4
(OLOMA
12:30 2:30 4:30 6:50 8:40 PG13
INDERDOG
will be having a Vacation Bible
6:00-8:00 p.m. for worship, games,
468-LOMA
SIMPSONS
637-1662
SOI I IMI W K N
1:25M: 15 7:00 9:40 PC 13
BOLRNE U L T I M A T U M
SIMPSONS
teams will be on Friday, August 24,
cisco coach George Siefert, Denver
coach Mike Shanahan, Tampa Bay
On the girls side of things, it will be
Carroll and Tennessee Titans coach
Jeff Fisher.
coach Jon Gruden, USC coach Pete
different as they will go right into
There are many more, but this is a
short list.
ing that switches the girls volleyball
and basketball seasons.
No one that was alive and a football
So, instead of watching the girls
fan will ever forget the catch during
play basketball, we will be seeing
his tenure where Dwight Clark
caught Joe Montana's touchdown
pass in the end zone to defeat the
when the current agreement expires.
The two storied programs agreed ta
a 20-year contract extension Mon-
catch the ball and it was so impress-
The two programs are number one
getting ready for another season as
well.
sive that serious football fans still
and two in college football wins, as
know it as "the catch."
NFL coaching
legend dies
the Wolverines have an S60-282-36
There have been a lot of great NFL
record while the Fighting Irish are
821-269-42.
coaches through the years but Bill
Walsh's offensive innovations will
be talked about for years to come.
Former San Francisco 49ers coach
10:05 12:00 2:00 4:25 6:30 8:30 10:30 PC13
10:50 1:25 4:15 7:209:50 PG
al football match-up after 2011
seemingly came out of nowhere to
and his mark on the game will never
be forgotten.
NO RESERVATIONS
Dame putting a hiatus on their annu-
Our Armchair quarterbacks will be
10:15 12:10 2:05 4:35 6:40 8:35 10:20 PG
10:35 1:10 3:50 6:509:30 PG
Forget about Michigan and Notre
day that will have them playing
annually through 2031.
Bill Walsh passed away this week,
HAIRSPRAV
Cowboys in the playoffs. Clark
school year creeps closer.
Ml.IS
10:25 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:35 PC13
MichiganNotre Dame
series
extended
Mike Holmgren, former San Fran-
Hartford will open up by hosting
Covert on the same night.
HAIRSPRAV
6SJ-1112
will also be in attendance for the
series.
ent-day coaches including Seattle's
when Coloma will travel to Watervliet for their 98th meeting.
1:10*4:00 6:45 9:30 PG13
UONDKUl.AM)
Walsh was a mentor to many pres-
In a few weeks, we will start pre-
BOURNE U L T I M A T U M
UNDEkDOG
The opener for all Tri-City Area
viewing the vanous teams as the
1:55*4:30 7:15 9:50 PG13
C O M I N G SOON
ential person in his life.
them play volleyball instead.
HOT ROD
H A R R Y POTTER
bowls in the process.
volleyball season after the court rul-
SAT-SUN •
Watervliet Free Methodist Church
Paw Avenue, Watervliet.
Stratford.
Barry will have a lot of distractions
Willis) is back after a 12 year hiatus and still plays by his own set o:
Joseph - $129; out-of-service area
residents residing in a state other
to the 49ers and won three Super
WV FREE OR DIE HARD - HELD OVER! John McClane (Bmce
Vacation
Bible School
starts
August 6
Now the Giants must travel to arch-
school football teams are getting
ready for their season to start.
(PCJ-13
Albert Brooks.
dents of Bemen County and Covert
Saturday and Sunday's games.
orever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for
'amela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Erin Brockovich, Minnie Driver anc
Wurz, extension 8627.
home stand but went homer-less for
He brought the .West Coast offense
(avner. Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azana, Harry Shearer,
Deb Montcalm, ext. 5170; or Kevin
during the Giants' just-finished
As wc go into August, area high
worldwide phenomenon. With the voice talent of Dan Castellaneta, Julie
for Chuck Jordan, extension 51X4;
He was hoping to tie or pass Aaron
•nslm's phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to changc
SIMPSONS - HELD OVER! After 18 years on TV. The Simpsons is a
For more information, contact the
home run short of Hank Aaron's
record of 755.
rival Los Angeles for a showdown
with the Dodgers.
lis latest project.
be made by check or credit card.
Giant slugger Barry Bonds sits one
By Mike leith. Sports writer
rusack) believes only in what he can see with his own two eyes. Bu
of registration. The first 20 people to
As of this writing, San Francisco
Press Box
1408 - This film is adapted from the terrifying short story of suspense
Venice, and An Ideal Husband by College at (269) 927-KI00 and ask
Oscar Wilde.
(PG)
ly loves his fireworks and pouts when they burn out.
The $340 trip tee is due at the time
accepted for the trip. Payment may
My view
from the
imagination of the classic cartoon. After an accident in the mysterious lab
i)f maniacal scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage), an ordinary
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all applicable tuition and fees.
My One and Only, with music and
LOMA MOVIE GUIDE
lero canine with a gift for rhyme returns in an all new live-action re-
those who audit the course, must pay
register and pay the trip fee will be
Shakespeare's The Men-hunt of
"Kute Kids"
Will this be the
week for Bonds?
Tri-City Area Sports News
UNDERDOG - "There's not need to fear. Underdog is here!" the super
basis. All participants, including
formances included in the trip are
lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin;
Culcndar & Entertdiiimcnt
Michigan leads the all-time series at
19-14-1.
He was 75 years old and had suf-
The Irish will travel to Ann Arbor
fered from leukemia for the past two
years.
for this talis meeting on September
15.
Tour de France
is a joke
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classes throughout
school
graduate. He will major in computer
ed six $5,000 scholarships through
geared toward an engineering or
engineering at the University of
its Heart of Cook Scholarship Pro-
technical curriculum.
Michigan.
high
gram administered by Bemen Community Foundation.
encourages high school students in
six
2007 scholarship recipients
include:
tennis. Boy Scouts. Science Olympiad. National Honor Society, Relay
ALL MOVIES ARE NOW
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bourne Ultimatum
Kevin participated in band, choir,
Based on these requirements, the
This program, established in 2003,
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(PG-13) Matt Damon
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for Life, CROP Walk, and the Ex-
•Underdog (PG)
Berrien County to explore and excel
Nicole Clement is the daughter of
in the areas of engineering, math,
Debora and Michael Clement. A
Luurcn Rajcwski. daughter of John
science, and other technical disci-
graduate of Watervliet High School,
and I inda Rajcwski, is also a gradu-
plines and provides scholarship sup-
she plans lo attend Western Michi-
ate of Lakeshore High School. She
port for those pursuing these goals.
gan University where she will major
plans to attend the University of
in civil engineering.
Michigan and major in chemical
Comedy
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wonderful means to increase the
Nicole has been very active in band.
engineering.
'Hot Rod (PG-13)
number of qualified individuals
Student Council, the National Honor
available, not only to the nuclear
power field but to other technical
Society, and North Berrien Food
Pantry.
fields as well," slated Mano Nazar,
Daniel Geiger, son of James and
AEP Senior Vice President and
Agnes Geiger. attended Niles Senior
Andrea I onk. daughter of David and
Chief Nuclear Officer. "We also
High School. He plans to attend the
Anne Vonk, attended St. Joseph
hope thai some of our scholarship
University of Michigan and major in
High School. She will study chemi-
recipients will consider Cook and
computer science and electrical en-
cal engineering at Northwestern
Michigan's Great Southwest in their
gineering.
University.
"We at Cook see this program as a
future employment plans."
change Club Newsies Sale.
Club.
National
Honor
Young Life, Class Council, and
Harbor Habitat for Humanity.
Eligibility requirements for the
cross country, marching concert
Symphony Orchestra, Council for
scholarship include Bemen County
band, Business Professionals of
World Class Communities' Youth
residency, GPA, conscientious citi-
America, and Math Club.
Empowerment Team, National Hon-
zenship, a strong background in
Kevin Klinke,
or Society, Math Club, Latin Club,
and various sports.
Sunday, Aug. 5 thru
Thunday, Aug. 9
6S15 pm—830 pm
Kick entering K thru 6th grade
Midway Baptltt ChuNh
7517 Red Arrow Hwy.
Watervliet
463-3195
**
The Simpson's Movie
(PG13)
12:25.1:30.2:35.3:40.4:45.
6:00.6:55.8:10.9:10,10:15
Transformers (PG13)
1:00.4:15,7:30
I Now Pronounce You
Chuck & Larry {PG13)
12:00,2:25,5:00,7:40,10:10
Kathy Wieger, is a Brandywine High
Harry Potter: Order of
the Phoenix (PG13)
School graduate. He will major in
1:15,4:15,7:15
chemical or nuclear engineering at
'No Reservations (PG)
the University of Michigan.
12:05,2:30,5:00,7:30,10:00
Brian Hieger, son of George and
"The huts Expedition"
Comedy
1:40.3:50. 5:55.8:00.
10:05
Society,
Andrea participated in the golf,
location Bible Schcvw
•Bratz (PG)
She was active in choir, tennis. Key
He was active in track and field,
son of Jerry and Kim
Animated
12:00.2:10.4:20.6:30.8:35
He participated in the Berrien
County Math and Science Center,
Malrspray(PG)
2:00,4:35, 7:00,9:35
National Honor Society, Spanish
Honor Society, band, and various
sports.
For more infomiation about this
fund
and
Berrien
Community
Foundation, please call (269) 9833486 or visit www.berriencommuni
ty.org.
Live Free or Die Hard
(PG13)
12:45,3:45,6:45,9:45
Ratatouilie (G)
12:20,3:10,5:50,8:30
Know Who Kiiied Me (R)
3:10,6:15
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Only time will tell if they really
Memorial Poker
want to clean up the sport or just
watch it fade into obscurity.
demonstrating fishing techniques,
and a free lunch will be provided to
all participants.
Conservation officers will be in
Run set for
attendance, as well as the Safety
September 16
see the boat and leam safety and
Patrol Boat. Children will be able to
The fourth annual Lee Smith
fishing tips.
There will also be contests through-
Memorial Poker Run will be held
out the day and door prizes.
Sunday, September 16, Signup is
Children without rods and reels can
from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at
request the use of one when register-
Rookie^ Bar k (inll in Watervliet.
Country singer Billy Currington has
Rookies is located on l ast St.
had to cancel his upcoming perform-
Joseph Street, which also is known
ance at the Berrien County Youth
as Red Arrow Highway.
ing at BJ'S Sports. Bait will be
donated by BJ'S as well. No fishing
license is required for this event
Jerry Brown, owner of Oronoko
Fair in Berrien Springs on August 16
The run ends at the American
Lakes, opens the two private lakes
due to throat problems. Currington
Legion Hall, located on Red Arrow
had cancelled tour dates through
Highway, west of downtown Hartford. around 4:30 p.m.
up to children for this event each
year.
July earlier this summer then recently announced that, due to medical
conditions, would have to cancel all
Cost is $10 for a single entry and
$15 per couple
of his remaining tour dates.
Poker per hand is s|() ( 5 0 )
BCYF Entertainment Chairman,
Les Smith announced that Tracy
There will be
lots of
Lawrence would replace Currington
for the show, serving as the headlin-
The public is also invited to attend;
er act. SHeDAISY will be the spe-
cost at the door is only a $5 donation.
Smith said, "It took a few days of
Since its beginning four years ago,
scrambling, but our promoter was
the fund has awarded eight $250
able to get Tracy Lawrence. We
scholarships to
were lucky."
deserving
be completed at BJ's Sports, located
at 4298 Niles Road in Scottdale.
Tor any questions regarding the Y-
fun. laughter,
excitement, food, door prizes, and
rallies.
cial guest opening for Lawrence.
Preregistration is required and can
high
school seniors. It is the goal of the
Country & B J's Sports Fishing for
Kids Day, please contact
Paul
I ayendecker at (269) 925- M i l .
"French Voyagers
in the
18th Century"
presentation
August 12
in Buchanan
%/
Lawrence hit the national spotlight
organizers to fund these scholar-
in 1991 and has had a string of hits
ships annually and perpetually by
since then. Country listeners will
means of
recognize
Community Foundation Trust locat-
"Texas
Tornado,"
"Alibis," "Ifthe World Had a Front
the
Berrien County
ed in St. Joseph. Michigan.
Porch." "Time Marches On," "Stars
One hundred percent of the profits
Over Texas." "How a Cowgirl Says
are deposited into the Lee Smith
Buchanan's Pears Mill will present
Memorial Scholarship I und Please
Voyagers
in the
ISth
Rogues," and "Better Man. Better
attend this event and help us contin-
Century" on Sunday, August 12. at
France bicycle race has finished
O f f 'just to name a few. Lawrence's
2:15 and 3:15 p.m.
with Spain's Alberto Contador tak-
most recent radio release, "Find Out
ue helping young people reach their
goals.
ing the win in yet another dopingplagued race.
Who Your Friends Are," went number one this summer.
For more infomiation. contact the
College, with his dress and equip-
fund's treasurers: Bruce Morgan at
ment. will describe the role of these
One leader was disqualified in the
WYTZ moming radio host "Wild
(269)463-8915 or Dave I dmonds at
original Europeans in this area.
middle of the race after an excep-
Bill" Lewis, commented. "Although
(269) 62I-36S6; or call Watervliet
Pears Mill is also open on Saturdays
High School, (269) 463-4221.
from
John Junerjaeger of Lake Michigan
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Listings must be renewed weekly; the listings deadline
5569 or Rolland at (269) 325-3806.
signs of Buchanan's past businesses.
for next week's newspaper Is 12:00 noon on Monday.
Between the doping problems and
hits, he won't even be able to play
them all."
the fact that an American was in the
Smith reported that tickets issued
Hey, coach!
Share your game
reports and team
photos with the
readers of your
hometown
newspaper, the
Tri-City Record.
Send hy e-mail to
14U GREAT LAKES LIGHTNING SOFTBALL TEAM...This past
Broad Street, St Joseph. The Cabaret show will feature Claudia Hommel, formerly o
'ans For more information, call 983-3688
week, the I4U Great Lakes Lightning softball team placed fifth in the
Saturday, August 4, 7:15 a.m. registration begins, "18th annual Golf Classic" to
2007 NSA UBM North World Series. The girls have had a successful year
support Hartford Emerald Vanguard, 7 15 a m check-in and 8 00 trumpet start. For
more information, call 621-6632
placing first and second in several other tournaments. The team
Saturday. August 4.10:00 a.m., "Kayak the Kalamazoo River with Sarett Nature
Center." Fee is $15 and must be pre-registered Call 927-4832
Pears Mill is located in downtown
the performers, are still valid for the
show.
"Fishing is Fun
for Kids M Day
August 4
Ticket prices remain the same, at
The ninth annual "Tishmg is Tun for
$22 for reserved grandstand seating,
Kids" Day will take place Saturday,
August 4. from I2.(»l) noon to 4:00
for the August 16 concert at 8:00
includes: (front row, from the left) Karley Burge of Berrien Springs,
Raechel /.ahrn of Berrien Springs, Christina Pigo/zi of South Haven,
from the left) coaches Jerry Viganskv, Tony Hamann, Doug Conner and
Klinke, is a Lakeshore High School
Lee Smith
mill has a great gift shop and historic-
wardsburg. Heather Daniels of Mies, Ali Herbert of Portage; (back row,
math and science, and completed
(WYTZ) and BJ's Sports will be
Channel has declined to extend its
sponsorship any further.
Tracy Lawrence
replaces Billy
Currington for
BCYF concert
"Wild Bill" from Y-Counlr> 97.5
Run. please call Brice .it (616) 520-
restaurant on Paw Paw Lake in Coloma. For more information, call Pat Randal
Spauldmg @ 468-7116
Indiana Michigan Electric Power's
Cook Nuclear Plant recently award-
main sponsor as the Discovery
years and under.
replacement, Tracy has so many
Saturday, August 4, "Coloma Class of 1962 8 45th Reunion" at The Waterfronl
presents awards to six outstanding students
Federal Credit Union and 97.5 YCountry Radio.
there were several other instances of
doping as well.
(middle row, from the left) Rachel / w a r of Coloma, Alexis Lenox of
U^SNOMf OtiiM41 PipestoM rtlclifaiiMcincnur.Mi
•
P v , ' >ii irt I •> i Rrsturborr. A|ipl\
As it is, the race has to find a new
all children, especially children 12
or E-mail to nm(8!trlcltYracQrd.com.
representative James Bridges; and recipients Brian Wieger, Kevin Klinke and Daniel (ieiger. I he scholarships were given out at the recent Berrien
Cinema
The concert is sponsored by United
Olympics because of it.
The fishing day is free. It is open to
through Labor Day Weekend. The
Maggie Hlldebrand of Berrien Springs, Kelly Viganskv of Stevensville;
CelC*
sport will not be allowed in future
For more infomiation about the
tests & door prizes throughout the day. Preregistration is required; go to BJ's Sports
at 4298 Niles Road in Scottdale Call Paul Layendecker at (269) 925-1111 if you neec
more information
irtVsV^ *
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
roads.
act, there is a real possibility that the
are so excited to have such a great
roads. Berrien Springs No license is required. Free lunch, bait will be provided; con-
Vr
intersection of Snow and Burgoyne
racers to be tested on the spot, and
I l k A K I 01* ( OOK S( IIOLAKSHIP RECIPIKNTS...were: (from the left) Nicole ( lenient, Lauren Kajewski and Andrea Vonk; Heart of Cook
Heart of Cook Scholarship Program
Berrien Springs. Office hours are
If cycling docs not straighten up its
we hope that Billy recovers soon, we
Saturday, August 4. noon-4:00 p.m., "FISHING IS FUN FOR KIDS DAY." FREE to
children 12 & under at Oronoko Lakes at the intersection of Snow and Burgoyne
l0n
Oronoko Lakes is located at the
tionally tough leg. which requires all
riday, August 3,6:00 p.m., "Paris In the Box" at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101
(Contributed photo)
the BCYF Office on Old U.S.-3I in
Goodbye," "Renegades, Rebels, and
riday through Sunday, August 3-5, "GLAD-PEACH FESTIVAL"
festival brochures for a detailed list of activities
Community Foundation 2007 Scholarship Celebration.
9
Box 7, Watervliet, Ml 49098; Fax to (269) 463-8329;
Now available, " A p p l i ca t i o n t for 2 0 0 8 Michigan Apple QUMH." Call the Michigan
Apple Committee at (800) 456-2753 or e-mail Diane^MichioanADDlas.com'for mow
information.
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mm
August 2, 2007 Tri-City Record
in the race itself and cycling in general.
"French
The annual running of the Tour de
Community Calendar
hunt, many people have lost interest
Buchanan, Sam Phillips of South Haven, Aubrey Coquillard of Ed-
Joe Zahrn.
(Contributed photo)
p.m. in the Grandstand, showing
Billy Currington and SHeDAISY as
and are still available. Tickets can be
purchased online at www.bvf.org:
by phone at (269) 473-4251; or at
Buchanan in the Arts and Historical
District.
1 here is no admission charge for the
mill.
Keep up with the
news; subscribe
to the
Tri-City Record!
Dial 463-NEWS
p.m. at Oronoko l akes in Berrien
Springs.
Upton hails House action condemning
more dumping in Lake Michigan
pressbox@i2k.com
United States Congressman Fred
we do not compromise the integrity
dumping into l ake Michigan and
Sunday. August 5. 9:00 a.m.. "Boater Safety Classes" Offered by the Bemen
Upton (R-St. Joseph), a member of
of our natural resources." said
pass this resolution."
County Sheriffs Department Classes are open to ages 12 and up Preregistration is
necessary, go to marinediv(g)berrien countv.org
the Great Lakes Caucus, applauded
Upton. "()ur (ncai I akes. and Lake
"The Great Lakes form the largest
Sunday. August 5. 2:00 p.m.. "Find Hidden Treasure at Sarett Nature Center."
Fun for the whole family! Fee is $2 for non-members
last week's House passage of legis-
Michigan in particular, provide the
fresh water system on earth and pro-
lation that condemns the recent state
very foundation of our livelihood
vide 95% of the United States and
of Indiana decision to allow British
and the potential increase in dump-
over one fifth of the world's water
Petroleum (BP) to increase the
ing of harmful contaminants into our
supply. Our health - and the health
amount of contaminants dumped in
waters whollv unacceptable."
of future generations - depends on
Conveniently
located on the p a t h
to your f ! v tn ^ r p ^
Monday-Friday, August 6-10.6:00-8:00 p.m., "Kids' Choice Camp Vacation Bible
School," at Watervliet Free Methodist Church. Paw Paw Avenue. Watervliet
Worship, games, prizes, snacks, crafts & Bible lessons; call the church office, 4638280, for more information
Wednesday, August 8, noon, "Coloma Public Library Summer Reading Program
PICNIC" for all participants in the program, Randall Park.
Thursday & Friday. August 9-10. 9:00 a m-4:00 p.m., "RUMMAGE SALE" a
Watervliet First United Methodist Church, 122 Church Street.
Lake Michigan.
Last week I pton spoke to Indiana
said
Upton.
our ability to wisely manage this
H. Con. Res 187 expresses the sense
Governor Mitch Daniels to discuss
of Congress' disapproval "of the
the state environmental exemptions
Increases in ammonia levels pro-
fragile ecosystem."
Hartford Neighborhood Watch Picnic is August 9, 5:30 p.m. will take place of the
church's regular meeting For more details, e-mail dcade@triton net
Indiana Department of Environ-
recently granted to BP to expand its
mote algae blooms that can kill fish
mental Management's issuance of a
refinery along l ake Michigan in
and trigger beach closings.
Friday, August 10 at 7:00 p.m. (and through Sunday. August 12), "Benton
pennit allowing BP to increase its
Whiting, Indiana. Upton expressed
Total suspended solids are also
Harbor High School Class of 1957 Reunion" at St Joseph FO P Lodge #96 on
Niles Road in St. Joseph For more information, call 944-5027
daily dumping of ammonia and total
grave concern to the c iovemor and
harmful to the ecosystem in a vari-
Sunday, August 12,9:00 a.m.. "Wanted by God" Vacation Bible School Day Camp
al Coloma Seventh-day Adventist Church. For more information, e-mai
CQlomaSDAChurch@vahoQ com
suspended solids into Lake Mich-
strongly urged him to discontinue
ety of respects - these solids settle to
igan" and states that "the United
this dangerous course of action.
the bottom of the water body, often
States Environmental
Protection
With the exemptions, the state of
choking or drowning aquatic life
Friday. August 11, 4:00 p.m.. "WHS 30.Year Class Reunion" at Sherry (Cutlip
Agency should not allow increased
Burtchett s home on Bambndge Center Road in Coloma. For more information cal
Greg Krell at 876-8260.
Indiana has essentially given a green
dumping of chemicals and pollu-
light to BP to increase its daily
and also interfering with fish spawning.
Sunday. August 12. 2:15 & 3:15 p.m., "Buchanan Preservation Society will hole
tants into the Great Lakes." The
dumping to an average of 1,584
TSS discharges also contribute to
bipartisan measure overwhelmingly
pounds of ammonia and 4.925
algae blooms, which not only over-
passed the House bv a vote of 387 to
pounds of total suspended solids
take the native ecosystem by taking
26.
(TSS) into I ake Michigan per day,
nutrients away from the surrounding
an inconceivable increase of 54%
plant life but also feed haniiful bac-
and 35% respectively.
teria which remove all the oxygen,
a presentation on French Voyagers in the 18th Century." John Henerjaeger ir
original garb and weapons will narrate the role of an original European soldier.
Monday. August 13. "19th Annual Lake Michigan College Foundation O o l
Outing @ Orchard Hills Country Club in Buchanan For more information, call 927
6849
Interested in computer networking
or cyber security careers?
Saturday. August 18. 5:30 p.m., "Watervliet High School C l a t i of 1982
Reunion, al Coloma Lions Club Community Center. For more information, cal
Laurie at 463-4400 or Michelle at mrobillard^signsnowholland rom
Friday, August 24, at 4:30 & 7:00 p.m.. "Kelly Milter Circus i t Coming to
Watervliet" a: Watervliet Airport
Learn more at the Lake Michigan College
Saturday, August 25,11:00 a,m..5:00 p.m., "Old-Time Demonstration" at the Van
Juren Historical Society Museum in Hartford.
Computer Networking Program Open Houses
Thursday. August 30.6:00 p.m., "Hartford Old Engine and Tractor Club Parade
beginning at Hartford Federated Church, west of downtown Hartford, and ending a
the Van Buren Youth Fairgrounds.
Tuesday, August 7
Taking care of your disposal needs
Wednesday, August 8 4 - 6 p.m.
Napier Avenue Campus - Room B-314
Bertrand Crossing Campus - Room 109
2 7 5 5 E. Napier Avenue. Benton Harbor
1905 Foundation Or, N i I b b
boost our refining capacity as a
nation to lessen our dependence on
"I am encouraged that my col-
Mideast oil, we must do so in a
leagues in Congress joined w ith me
responsible manner to ensure that
today to disapprove of further
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For mor« informition conUct Charlie Otezewaki at (269) 927-8100 ext 5 0 4 4
3290 Hennessey Rd., Watervliet
463-5588
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kill aquatic life and ruin beaches.
LB. PHYSICAL THERAPY
Find out
Orchard Hill
Sanitary Landfill
Saturday 7a.m. -12 Noon
4 - 6 p.m.
"While it is imperative that we
Pelvic Tain i h i T a p v
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Greet Baeslaens-Luyckx, DPT
St. Joseph • 269-408-1990 • 2800 Niles Road
Coloma • 269-468-7720 • 142 Badt Drive
Mon-Thurs 8-7 * Fri 8-5 » Saturday by Appointment
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FOR
John Wesley Jessee, Ripley City,
Extension Office gave an update on
Karkiewicz, Berrien Springs. Mar-
Indiana. Married February 2006;
ried June 2000; Divorced July 2007.
Divorced July 2007.
variety ponds and lakes, LAGGIS*
FISH FARM. 269-628-2056 days
and 269-624-6215 evenings.
(3-8 thru y-IO-OVK R)
RANDY'S LAWN <
Moved by Dowd, supported by
Center; Robin Elaine Crider. Berrien
Amy Louise Statler, Eau Claire;
Clarence Pomeroy III, St. Joseph;
ed, (MCL 41.110b), the Township
McLellan
Center. Married December 1995;
William Allen Statler III, St. Joseph.
Glenna Sue Pomeroy, Stevensville.
.Sumher 30 Hartford Township Optional Township (iroup Insurance
Divorced July 2007.
Married July 2002; Divorced July
Plan Aye: Dowd, Wilmoth, Martin,
John Warren Kurtz, Stevensville.
2007.
Denise Lynne Dill. Bridgman; Dar-
McLellan, Sweet. Nay: 0. Motion
Married September 1986; Divorced
ryl Glenn Dill, Watervliet. Married
Stephanie Robinson, Niles. Married
in the roost. The young pups trapped
July 2005; Divorced July 2007.
March 2003; Divorced June 2007.
inside will starve. This would be
Shawn Edwin Gulzman Sr., Three
Jaime Michelle Heard, Niles;
cruel and, on your side of the coin,
hereby creates and establishes a
Optional (iroup Insurance Plan cov-
to
adopt
l
Pamela Denise Kurtz, St. Joseph;
Anthony, Coloma.
Oaks; Kay Ann Kennedy-Gutzman.
Rodney Allen Heard. South Bend.
dead decaying animals in your home
employees enumerated herein; and.
spent on a new (replacement) work
Married September 1990; Divorced
Three Oaks. Married September
Indiana. Married September 2006;
leave a disconcerting stench. Early
for such purposes, also hereby
truck with hed X plow
1996; Divorced July 2007.
Divorced July 2007.
authorizes the township Supervisor
ried.
July 2007.
Brian Salvatore Bavido, Chicago,
spring or late fall is the time to exclude them.
Supervisor Martin gave update on
Illinois; Marguarite Dea Rodgers.
Springs; Richard Bruce Streelman.
Cohn,
August 2006; Divorced July 2007.
Motion car-
Laura
in the name of the Township Board,
(iovemor's Teleconference she par-
Stevensville. Married August 1998;
with any company authorized to
ticipated in.
Divorced July 2007,
transact such business within the
Meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m.
Divorced July 2007.
Cynthia Ellen Sine. Niles; Murray
Laura Lynn Leahy, Buchanan; Mark
Casey
Jay Sine, Niles. Married January
Edward Leahy, Buchanan. Married
Joseph.
1995; Divorced July 2007.
August 1998; Divorced July 2007.
Divorced July 2007.
Respectfully submitted.
Julie Sweet. Clerk
(8-2-07-TCR)
(iroup Insurance Plan created, established and contracted for under this
ordinance shall cover each person
within the following classes of officers and employees who so desire:
members of the Township Board,
Commission, the Zoning Adminis-
Default has occurred in a mortgage
made by WAYNE ONDRESKY, a
single man. to UNITED FEDERAL
CREDIT UNION, dated May 22.
2006, und recorded on July 3, 2006.
1.6 inches of it. Ray Dlouhy, our
egress. Near the openings, as close
lember 1999; Divorced July 2007
Jo'Nice Renee Skelton. St. Joseph;
vorced July 2007.
Jenny Jianming Sun. St. Joseph;
Justin Lee Skelton. Hawaii. Married
Mark Mingjun Xie, Benton Harbor.
April 2002; l)i\oreed June 2007
vliet; Angela Renee Hoffman. Wa-
After they are accustomed to the bat
July 2007.
Lake level is still low, at W* inches
house and you have located the
Advertise in the
below the outlet weir and standing at
holes they use to get in your home,
621.42 feet above sea level. The
shape pieces of screen or light hard-
Tri-City Record
legally established lake level is
ware cloth in a cylinder and tape it to
responsibility.
Section 5. Effective Date. This or-
fhursday, August 30,2007, at 11:00
a.m. local time, at the West entrance
dinance shall take effect on the date
of the Courthouse, in the City of St.
of its publication in a new spaper of
Joseph. Berrien County. Michigan,
general circulation in the lownship.
the place ol the Circuit Court. The
P.M., 521 Riverside Dr., Watervliet.
"Nay":
Adopted hy lhc Township Hoard of
Township of Niles, County of
Adult clothing, toys, plus lots of
lhc Township of liariford,
described as: Part of the Northeast
miscellaneous.
gan, on l his 12lh day of July, 2011". Quarter of Section 23, Township 7
(8-2-07-TCR)
South, Range 17 West, described as
AUGUST
2-4...9;()()
A.M.-6:00
(8-2-07.T(R >
DRIVER...Reg/OTRI. Earn up to
Home Weekly! NO
Touch! BC/BS. 40IK, Holiday/Vac.
Hartford lownship
Regular Board Meetinj*
July 12, 2007
Berrien. State of Michigan, and is
Pay! Transway, Inc.: 800-632-5300
Proposed Minnies
West of the Last Quarter Post of said
Section
23,
I hence
North
21
degrees 30 minutes Last 161.4 feet,
feet, thence West 132 feet to the
ford Township Board was called to
place of beginning. Niles Township.
HELP WANTED
order by Supervisor Martin at 7:30
Berrien County, Michigan.
We are seeking applicants for a part-
p.m. at the Township Office. 61310
time entry-level position. Applicants
County Road 6X7. Hartford. Ml.
must have excellent organizational
Members present: Supervisor Mar-
Property address:
skills
tin. Clerk Sweet. Treasurer Wilmoth.
2203 N. 5th Street
be
proficient
with
Microsoft Word and Excel. Apply in
Trustee's Dowd and Mel ellan. Also
person at Coloma Motor Sports,
present:
5270 Paw Paw Lake Road, Coloma.
Lechenet. Beth Clawson (from the
(8.2-07-Tl Rl
Zoning
Administrator
MSU Extension Office) township
others.
Public comment opened at 7:31
p.m.
Moved by Dowd. supported by
an optional Voluntary Township
the June 14, 2()07, Regular Board
(iroup Insurance Plan including life,
Meeting. Motion carried.
health, dental, vision, cancer, hospi-
Moved by McLellan. supported h\
talization, medical and surgical sen -
Dowd to approve lhc minules of ihe
ice and expense, accident insurance,
June 20, 2007, Special Board Meet-
Township officers and employees,
and to authorize the Township
Supervisor and the lownship Clerk
\iles. Michigan 49120
Ihe redemption period will be six
((>) months from the date of sale.
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ing. Motion carried.
I reasurer's report placed on file.
Moved by Dowd. supported by
McLellan to pay hills and payroll in
ihe amounl of $19,123.06. Motion
carried.
Dowd gave update on the Planning
classes of officers and employees
Commission.
who shall be covered by such op-
Zoning Administrators report placed
tional and voluntary Group Insur-
on file.
ance Plan; employees shall pay the
Liquor report placed on file.
Cemetery Sexton report placed on
payroll deduction.
file.
The Township of Hartford ordains:
Moved by Dowd. supported by
Section 1. Title.
Sweet to Declare "grass height" to
to he a 30
Township Optional Township (iroup
foot perimeter for a lawn
Insurance Plan.
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ed in Berrien County. The plaintiff's
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the defendant:
Jackie Lynn Cooper. Benton Harbor; Rose Jacquilyn Cooper. Knoxvillc. lennessee. Married September
1990; Divorced July 2007.
for the
Mainte-
Lewis
Ir.
Watervliet;
Matillia l ave Lewis. New Buffalo.
nomenon drawing the level below
return, they do not know they must
621.8 feet is limited to natural caus-
re-enter through the end of the cylin-
es or grandfathered uses.
der. This excludes them from your
After a week, or two, all of the bats
bearable. A few boaters and skiers
should have moved out of your
were enticed on to the lake, but
home and into the bat house. When
overall the traffic was light. For a
the bats migrate south for the winter,
Southerner, I suspect that it was a
move the bat house to a location
summer days are just meant to be
about 15 feet high on the sunny side
of a tree trunk.
hazy, lazy, lackadaisical total work
Source: Understanding
losses, and just wonderful days of
Rob Mies pp24-25
rejuvenation for the human spirit.
Bird Watcher 's Digest
Not advocating that you take off
work, just saying that some days a
meant to be...
well, different.
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If you are not a bat lover, and you
don't want them setting up house-
ext200
keeping in YOUR home, how do
you evict them? Obviously, "No bats
Mmt&i • sm vmmmm
allowed" signs won't work. You
need to outwit them, so put away the
tennis and badminton racquets and
ihe butterfly nets because you're
going to gel rid of them without
hurting them.
level
reported
Submitted by
with the words "Paw Paw Lake,
Michigan" embroidered on the front.
cals in the future.
WOW, in a word, a description for a
song. food, spirits, and wit.
These may be ordered from Kip, if
curious as to how these little critters
spectacular day of great weather.
It was heartening to see the number
interested, at aradobeuj aol.com The
may literally 'eat their way into our
creative genius, good music, food
of young families who continue to
price is $30 and the funds will help
and a whole lot of fun! A total of 26
participate in this parade, year after
support an even greater 11th annual
hearts.'
Watervliet Township has honored
decorated watercraft of all shapes,
year, and a big debt of gratitude goes
Boat Parade.
our request to hold this annual meet-
sizes, and themes participated in this
out to all the wonderful businesses
If anyone has ideas as to how to
ing in the Township Hall, as wc
year's Paw Paw Lake Association
10th annual Boat Parade.
and individuals who supplied the
prizes that we awarded!
make the 11th annual parade better,
believe we will have a larger assembly than normal. We thank the Board
Organizers Kip Wright, Don and
The judges - Nancy Karstrand,
you may also e-mail Kip and for
both, either ideas or shirt purchases,
Diane Gerhardt, Don Deam. Nancy
Rosemary Wilbur, Len and Jan
use "Boat Parade" as your subject
one-time event.
Erickson and Don McEntire con-
Metheny, and Janie Staggers - were
line.
jured up a wonderful day for those
hard pressed to award prizes, with
A reminder that on August 4 the
who participated, watched or for
this year's creativity being so, well,
PPLA is holding its Annual Meeting
those who assembled after at The
creative.
at 9:00 a.m.
Kip Wright and Bob Becker
Precipitation
Dlouhy
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place. Environmental Awareness,
tors and a presentation by a speaker
The crowd at The Waterfront was
Mark and Susan Hoadley and crew;
from EnviroScience lo help explain
estimated at well over 300, with
second place, Christmas in July, Lou
the Paw Paw Lake Foundation's
many dancing and listening to the
Presta as Santa and crew; third
project of implanting MiddfoiI wee-
music of Al Giganti, his 'strungtogether band' and Star and Charlie,
place, NASCAR. Marty Van Kampen as Tony Stewart and crew.
vils to combat the lake's Eurasian
Water Milfoil infestation. A possible
Second
These performers are among the
Another big hit were the PPLA polo
benefit, if the trials planned are sue-
best in the area and the PPLA was
fortunate to have them.
shirts, which were available for sale,
cessful, is controlling this invasive
consecutive
I he shirts have an ouiline of the lake
species without resorting to chemi-
and the
Joe Jason Morning Show
on
erHITS
Married February 2005; Divorced
never panicked during the closing
laps at the Brickyard 400 as he ran
down race leader Kevin Harvick for
his second consecutive Cup victory
of the season.
Stewart led a race-high 66 laps of
the 160-lap race. It was the second
victory for Stewart at the track that
almost cost him his career. In 2002,
Stewart punched a photographer
after losing the Brickyard and had to
beg Joe Gtbbs not to fire him. He
never lost his desire to kiss the
bricks.
Stewart was unsuccessful at the
track, even during his short career as
an open-wheel driver. His first win
at Indy came in 2005. He w ent on to
AND THE WINNER IS...Mark and Susan Hoadley*! entry "Environmental Awareness" won the recent Paw
win the championship that same
Paw Lake Association's annual Boat Parade judging.
year. Six of the past nine Indy win-
(Contributed photo)
Next Week; A word about the
ners have gone on lo win the Cup
Hiawatha legends.
championship, including the last
As the World Turns: Happiness
two (Stewart and Johnson).
comes through doors you didn't
Stewart drove the same #20 Home
Tri-Citv Area
even know you left open.
Depot Chevrolet that he drove to
victory lane in Chicago two weeks
You can get your own
copy of the
Tri-City Record
delivered to your
home every week!
See Page 4 for details.
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Fishing
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Report
ago. Stewart moved up one spot in
the standings with ihe win. He is
now in fifth place. 452 points out of
first.
Juan Pablo Montoya. who won the
Indianapolis 500 in 2000, finished
second.
Point leader and four-time Cup
Divorced Julv 2007.
k -
H O S P I T A L
BORUSSHtAUM
champion Jeff Gordon
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finished
third, (iordon has won the Brickyard
Paw Paw Lake Association
four times.
St. Joseph and Paw Paw rivers... The Skamania are in the rivers The
DNR reports that as of 7/26/07 over 1.500 Skamania have passed into the
rivers. They go on to add that fishing pressure has been light. One of the rec-
Thank You I
The Paw Paw Lake Association (PPLA) gives its sincere thanks to the
volunteers, merchants, and participants who this year made the
Association's 10th annual Boat Parade the best one yet. Thanks also to
The Waterfront restaurant for their continued support.
We appreciate those of you who volunteered your time and efforts to
make this parade so much fun, whether you participated in it or enjoyed
watching from the shoreline.
Special thanks also goes to the incredible entries. Your imagination,
humor, and creativity was beyond our expectation. We look forward to
your participation in next year's parade.
Listed below are the names of individuals and merchants who so generously donated merchandise and gift certificates to the winning entries.
Their support provided the opportunity for our community to work
together as friends and neighbors. We had a lot of fun in the process.
Keonna \lexis Ferguson. Benton
Benton Harbor. Married June 2003;
victory for
Two-time champion Tony Stewart
July 20(17.
Harbor; James Darnell Ferguson.
By Sue Openneer
"Smoke"
/
Detroit Tigers Baseball
In the
pits!
On tap is the election of three direc-
By Bill Scott
Hometown hits!
for allow ing us to meet there for this
Our first three finishers were: first
A lake
dela-
The meeting is open to all who are
Waterfront restaurant for food and
beverage.
Bats, Kim Hllliams &
Ray
Record H
Master of ceremonies Bill Hinsdale
and The Waterfront entertained with
A special publication from
by
Iri-Uty
PPLA's Boat Parade a success
home.
muggy. A nice breeze made it all
Historical Trivia
I he follow mg divorces were grant-
Morris
premium charges to such through
he " inches and yard''
St. Joseph ( ourthouse
allow the bats to exit but, when they
perfect time for a Mint Julep. Some
St. Joseph. Michigan 49085
lelephone: (269)983-0103
('-26. 8-2. s-1). 8-16,8-23-07.TC R)
the wall over each hole. This will
simply means that the primary phe-
-
By: Mark S Bowman (P34207)
Attorney for Mortgagee
621.8 feet above sea level, which
Last weekend was sunny, hot,and
K I W I V. BURDICK,
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ship for such plan; to define those
shall be known as the Hartford
ton Township; Aniceto Hernandez
Dated: July 19, 2007
Divorces
to contract in the name of the lown-
This Ordinance
Esmeralda Lopez DeLaRosa, Ben-
0023-0004-00-2
p.m. Public Comment closed at 7:31
Wilmoth to approve the niinulcs of
coverage for certain classes of
2002;
July 2007.
BOW VI \ \ & ENGl LN. PL C.
An Ordinance to create and establish
and short-term disability income
January
Married December 2001; Divorced
lax Parcel ID Number: 11-14-
residents, members of the press iV:
PUBLIC NOTICE
HARTFORD
TOWNSHIP
Misty Ann Rossen, Stevensville.
thence Last 132 feet, thence South
The Regular Meeting of the Hart-
and
1996;
21 degrees 30 minutes West 161.8
X 3538.
(8-2-07-TCRl
Married
August
Thomas Allan Knapp. Baroda; Jen-
is located in the
follows. Commencing 1025.15 feet
HELP WANTED
S.50 epm!
Michi-
Married
Scott John Rossen. Stevensville;
ried August 1997; Divorced July
I he property
begin using it but you still have the
others to exclude.
A. Manthe, Keeler Twp.; Married
Mel eMail. Sweet
house, some of them may even
only a tad more the Vi inch. In the
for the month has been 3.55 inches.
tion it) the highest bidder, on
III (.1 s \ l 1
the rainfall on Paw Paw Lake was
Married February 1998; Divorced
sation to apply to such person's
gagee pays before the sale.
July 2002; Divorced June 2007,
enter and leave your home. Once
2007.
3737.
Dowd, Wilmoth, Martin,
Married
last two weeks of July, total rainfall
DeLaRosa. Benton Township. Mar-
taxes and insurance that the mort-
they become accustomed to the bat
neth Graves, St. Joseph.
Knapp. St. Joseph.
Randi L. Utter. St. Joseph; Thomas
costs, attorneys fees, and also any
All of June and two weeks of July,
Donalie Graves, St. Joseph; Ken-
nifer Lynn
sale of the property, at public auc-
voted
M
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house. The bats need to see it as they
Married July 2004; Divorced July
such person's pay. salary or compen-
IK.2-07.TIR)
that he had to work very hard to get
that much rain.
June 2007.
Thomas Joseph Hoffman, Water-
schools. S475 per month; call 921-
Hartford.
as possible, temporarily install a bat
July 2007.
Steven Lee Chapman, Niles; Evan-
l hc mortgage w ill be foreclosed by
Upon roll call vote, the following
faithful Precipitation Guru, tells me
gelina Chapman. Berrien Springs.
Divorced June 2007.
together with interest due, legal
Married November 1990; Divorced
Married January 1987; Divorced
authorized to deduct the same from
ed by Board Member McLellan
tering and leaving. It is highly prob-
Grace Ann Lucker, Stevensville.
anan.
a.m.-4:00 p.m., 101 Prospect St.,
house to see where the bats are enBy Delavan Sipes
James Lupori. Niles. Married Sep-
$80,074.48.
amounts then due on the mortgage,
2005;
Joseph; Scott Patrick Donohue.
the Township Treasurer is hereby
Board Member Dowd and support-
Each evening at dusk, watch your
able that there will be more than one
Watervliet, close to church and
Friday, August 2 & 3, from 9:00
August
St.
More glorious, much-needed rain;
SMALL 2-BFDR(K)M...house in
property will be sold to pay the
Married
Beck,
Douglas Joseph Lucker, St. Joseph;
anan; Pamela Jean Luhrsen. Buch-
The foregoing ordinance offered by
Brian Arthur
they go foraging at dusk.
Stacy Ann Lupori, Niles; Anthony
part of the debt, which is now
hold items, plus more. Thursday &
Rather than physically forcing bats
to leave their roost, simply wait until
Sarah Elizabeth Donohue, St.
Coloma. Married May 1997; Di-
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE SALE
Married
Lindsay Lee Beck, St. Joseph;
ble for the premium or charges, and
adult and plus-sjzc clothing; house-
Benton Harbor.
Berrien Springs. Married June 2003;
Joseph Henry Luhrsen Sr., Buch-
sale. Perennial plants; children,
Larry Cohn. Benton Harbor; Cathy
Kim Patricia Streelman, Berrien
have been instituted to recover any
MULTI-FAMILY...yard
period, there will be flightless young
vliet;
within each class shall be responsi-
LARGE
Isaiah Robinson Jr., Buchanan;
Dow d to authorize $35,000.00 to he
County Records. No proceedings
\ VKDSM 1
in June, July or August. In that time
income coverage for its officers and
Divorced June 2007.
(K-2-07-K R)
June 2007.
Moved by Martin, supported by
tervliet.
FOR RENT
America do not try to exclude them
insurance, and short term disability
in I iher 1122. Page 1134, Berrien
(ft-12 thru K-12-07.II Rl
Married January 2006; Divorced
July 2007.
Albert Michael Anthony Jr., Water-
deputies.
Section 4. Premiums. Each person
26 )-62l-6l7H
Just remember that in North
carried.
trator, the Cemetery Sexton, and the
FREE ESTIMATES
Ordinance
Paw Paw Lake Almanac
gical service and expense, accident
members of the Township Planning
AFFORDABLE, DEPEND XBLK.,
Tri-City Area Outdoor /Vt'in
of Public Act 77 of 1989, as amend-
group insurance policies.
Section 3. Coverage, l hc Optional
STOCKING...mosl
August J, iOOf
the recycling program.
State of Michigan for such optional
FISH K ) K SALE
FISH
Beach, Virginia; Johnathan James
the
August 2006; Divorced July 2007.
Section 2. Pursuant to Section 110b
and the township Clerk to contract,
Trt-CHy Rocord
1 3 t N. Main t t , l o x 7
Watorvttot, Ml 4 t O M
(269) 4*34397
Married April 1990; Divorced July
from
Teresa Espinoza. Eau Claire;
2007.
Michael James Crider, Berrien
cer, hospitalization, medical and sur-
M J M H l N f t W Hi a ^ v i i w
AD P L A d M I N T 0 1 A 0 U N I
IS NOON ON TUttOAYI
MSU
Beth Clawson
ering life, health, dental, vision, can-
M i 104 a word ovor 18 words.
l U f o o t tamo ad for 12 looo.
Add $1 to bordor wont od.
Julie Ann Karkiewicz, Virginia
Motion Carried.
Hunt Ads S: Public Notices
WANT ADS
Augustm Espinoza. Benton Harbor.
200/.
Brandie Leigh Jessee, St. Joseph;
nance ( ode Section 302 page 9.
Marina Gas - Russ Petrizzo;
Jean & Don Bond;
Wally & Diane Gerhardt;
Enchanted Florist - Kim Atherton;
Hair Innovations - Christine & Lucy;
Donnell Smith, MMT
at Hair Innovations;
Arrow Pet Clinic Duane Lerdal, DVM;
Tri-City Record - Karl & Anne Bayer;
Curves - Laurie Moore;
John's Glass - John Demls;
The Bend - Lonna Adams;
Big C Lumber - Susan Joyner;
Phillipi Grocery -Mike Phillipi;
Roma Pizza - Ray Amlcarelli;
Annette's Antiques - Annette Bolin;
Friendly Tavern - Ray Mays;
Ma & Pa's Country Kettle •
Mike & Jean Gilliam;
Trade Winds Beads Elizabeth Nordhoff;
Baylor's Pizza - Scott Baylor;
Watervliet Hardware - Tim Freeburn;
Karma Vista Winery - Busan Herman;
Flshln Hole 2 - Theresa Broadhurst;
Cinema Magic - Mark Lester;
Paw Paw Lake Board of Trade Al & Colleen Bodflsh;
Frosty Boy -Glenna Wolshlager;
Hot Spot Caf6 - Gary Jewell;
Shingle Dlgglns - Nick Eteml;
Nielsen Marine - Bill Nielsen;
Golden Brown Bakery Doris Wlltfong.
ommended methods of fishing for these Steelheads is using an orange spoon.
Jigging it on the retrieve will help to attract the fish's attention.
Kyle Busch crossed the finish line
with a fourth-place finish. He was
followed by pole sitter Reed Sorenson and Mark Martin. Kevin Harvick fell to a seventh-place finish
Lake Michigan near St. Joe... Not much happening on the piers Some
Chinook and Lake Trout have been caught in 70 to 130 feet of water, using
blue, green or purple spoons. Perch have also been caught in 30 to 35 feet of
water near Rocky Gap, using minnows
after Stewart's race winning pass.
The race was not kind to last year's
winner and Cup champion Jimmie
Johnson. Johnson recovered from a
Lake Michigan near South Haven... Good numbers of Chinook have been
caught when trolling in waters 30 lo 80 feet deep. Pier fishing remains lair,
with the summer run of Skamania hitting on spoons early in the morning.
Perch are being caught in 20 to 30 feet of water on minnow s.
wreck early in the race. He later
slammed hard into the outside wall
and frantically scrambled from the
car as it caught on fire. He fell to
Area lakes... According to the chalkboard at Fishin' Hole 2 on Paw Paw
Avenue in Coloma... if you're looking for:
ninth place m the standings, 607
points behind teammate Jeff Gor-
Pike - try Big Paw Paw or Rush lakes.
don.
Bass - try Big Paw Paw, Little Paw Paw. Maple or Merriman lakes.
Grapple - try Van Auken. Rush. Maple or Magician lakes.
NASCAR's next stop is Pocono
Raceway for the Pennsylvania 500
Bluegill - try Maple, Big Paw Paw. Rush. Harris. Little Paw Paw or Van
Auken lakes.
this Sunday. Pre-race coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. Last year's winner
Perch - try Shafer. Big Paw Paw or Lake Michigan just north of the piers
was Denny Hamlin.
at St. Joe to Rocky Gap in 30-35 feel of w ater.
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2, 2007
Van Buren County Youth Fair judging and auction results
Compiltd by Paul Girrod
Piftofmlng Artt •
Voice -9-13 years, first
place, Alama Mroczek, West Valley
Livestock, Decatur
Instrument-9-13 years, first
place, Lindsey Mroczek, Open Class
Dance • 9-13 years, first
place, Jena Nielson and Amanda
Broeder, both of Paw Paw, Lucky
Clovers and Young Explorers, respectively.
• Voice • U • 19, M pteoe. ^
Claire Trapp, Geneva Wrens, South
Haven.
Dance • 14-19, first place.
Amy Mroczek, West Valley Livestock,
Decatur,
Oratory (speech/poetry) -first
place, Stephanie Consford, Young
Explorers, Gobies.
All first place winners have
been invited to show their talent at the
Michigan State Fair in August
Poultry Awards
Pee wee chicken showman •
Sara Egly, Open Class, Paw Paw
Young chicken showman •
Blaise Sollman, South Haven Jay
Dees, Grand Junction
Junior chicken showman •
Abraham Bayha, Almena Happy
Helpers, Paw Paw
Senior chicken showman Demck Szotek, Almena Happy Helpers,
Paw Paw
Pee wee other poultry showman • Caleb Nielsen, Lucky Clovers.
Paw Paw
Young other poultry showman
• Taylor Nielsen, Lucky Clovers, Paw
Paw
Junior other poultry showman
- George Lemonds, Almena Happy
Helpers, Paw Paw
Senior other poultry showman
- Aaron Garceau, Almena Happy
Helpers, Paw Paw,
Grand champion production
pen - Blaise Sollman. South Haven Jay
Dees, Grand Junction.
Reserve grand champion
Production Pen - Mannna Good. South
Haven Jay Dees, Bangor
Grand champion pen of
chickens - MaKayla McKellips,
South Haven Jay Dees. Fennville
Reserve grand champ pen of
chickens - Sara Solimar. South Haven
Jay Dees. Grand Junction.
Grand champion pen of
Ducks - Lily Maxam. Almena Happy
Helpers. Paw Paw.
Reserve grand champion pen
of ducks • Caleb Hettig. Hartford
Trailblazers. Coloma
Grand champion pen of
geese - Carl Lemonds. Almena Happy
Helpers, Paw Paw
Reserve grand champion pen
of geese • George Lemonds, Almena
Happy Helpers. Paw Paw,
Grand champion pen of
turkeys - Jaden McKellips. South
Haven Jay Dees, Fennville
Reserve grand champion pen
of turkeys • Ashley Porker. Farm.
Family and Fnends. Lawrence
Grand champion eggs - Sara
Sollman. South Haven Jay Dees.
Grand Junction
Reserve champion eggs •
George Lemonds, Almena Happy
Helpers. Paw Paw.
Best of Show
Almena Happy Helpers •
plant - Kristan VandWouwer Paw Paw;
flower plant. Knstan VandeWouwer.
Paw Paw; mixture of poems • Stuart
Richardson. Paw Paw; garden rock
stand • Lily Maxam. Paw Paw; com in
basket • George Lemonds. Paw Paw;
five vaneties of vegetables • George
Lemonds. Paw Paw; cartoon - hippo
and giraffe • Stuart Richardson. Paw
Paw; beef notebook - Tom Alexander,
Kalamazoo; potted trees - Heather
Maxam. Paw Paw; ceramic rolled heart
• Kendra Papesh, Mattawan; blue bird
felt • Kristan VandeWouwer. Paw Paw;
copper sheep • Heather Maxam. Paw
Paw; glass etching • Tom Alexander,
Kalamazoo; tic-tac-toe • Stuart
Richardson. Paw Paw; sewing • Ellie
Seelye. Lawrence. Arlington
Harvesters; book of poems - Hope
Thomas. Lawrence; tin punch-dust pan
- Rachel Carpp. Lawrence; wooden
crafts • Christopher Aldrich, Paw Paw;
dried arrangement - Joseph LeFor.
Lawrence; other collections • Ethan
May. Decatur
Corwin Crackerjacks •
Wheel Bench - Erica Karasch. Decatur.
Dream Chasers •
Horses painting - Kelsey
Winkel, Lawrence; (3) zebra drawing •
Kelsey Winkel. Lawrence; drawing •
Kelsey Winkel. Lawrence,
Farm, Friends & Family Stationary - Lindsey Forker,
Lawrence; stationary • Coral Burgett,
Lawrence, deco sunflower cake Ashley Forker, Lawrence, jewelry-hemp
- Linday Forker. Lawrence
Geneva Wrens Dish - Heather Paterson,
Grand Junction; potpoum • Jessica
Overholser, South Haven, a story •
Katie Kimbler. Bangor; a short story
about a band - Jamie Lesk. South
Haven, school wreath- Heather
Patterson, Grand Junction; mosaic bird
house - Tessa Gumpert. South Haven,
decorated hat-bumble bees • Heather
Patterson, Grand Junction, embossing Lauren Kimbler, Bangor, green horse
blanket • Colyn Johnston. South Haven;
blue vase - Jessie Overholser. South
Haven; soap making - Heather
Patterson, Grand Junction, suit •
Kathryn Barnes. Gobies
Hartford Trailblazers - stationary - Amanda Lock. South Haven; herb
-Olivia Freehlmg Hartford, birdbath Olivia Freehling. Hartford; stamping
(angel) • Dakota Allison Lawrence;
tomato - Olivia Freehlmg. Hartford;
electnc bottle lamp - Chnstopher
Amosky - Hartford.
Heart & Home • sunflower Stephanie Egly. Paw Paw. Lucky
Clovers; copper ship - Ethan Kubiszak.
Lawrence, holiday arrangement - Dusti
Kubiszak, Lawrence; dress - Dusti
Kubiszak, Lawrence.
Open - a foreign thought Emily Wmke. Lawrence; mermaid painting • Emily Winkel. Lawrence; portrait
drawing - Emily Winkel, Lawrence;
music painting - Lindsey Mroczek.
Mattawan; paper w/dned flower in
frame • Renae Mroczek. Mattawan;
wildflower sun on front • Renae
Mroczek. Mattawan; woman/universe
drawing • Emily Winkel, Lawrence;
beaded basket tray - Harleigh Unger.
South Haven, flower arrangements Renae Mroczek. Mattawan; a leather
bound book. Emily Winkel. Lawrence;
blue jacket and green skirt - Dana S.
Dowd. Hartford; nylon doll baby •
Jessica Mroczek. Mattawan,
Porter Busy Fingers •
scrapbook - Kelsey George.
Lawton; cavy notebook • Mary Shafer.
Lawton; camping pail Mary Shafer.
Lawton, photo album - Veronica
George; Lawton; 8x10 girl fence w/tree
- Veronica George. Lawton; rabbit notebook - Mary Shafer, Lawton, blanket Mary Shafer. Lawton.
Silver Spurs - hanging quflt 1
Jillian Brown. Lawton; still life drawing Jillian Brown. Lawton; cactus - Katlm
Novak. Kalamazoo,
South Haven Jay Dees Stencil rug - Kendra Hollis.
South Haven; tie dye tote bag • Jackie
Tripp. South Haven; Michigan waterfalls
photo -Michael Stickles. South Haven
macrame dream catcher • Dons
Baswell. Bangor; embroidery blanket
(rabbit and ducks) - Brenna Brinks..
Bangor; pink veregated cape - Skyler
Row. South Haven; pink and green
print dress - Makayla McKellips. South
Haven; woodworking hope chest Kyndra Hollis. South Haven; woodbummg chest box • Michael Stickels. South
Haven; whiteware/plaster of pans dragon • Jacklynn Tnpp. South Haven; baby
crib - Michael D. Stickels. South Haven;
drawing - Spencer Tait, Bangor; jacket •
Mike Tripp. South Haven; chair - Doris
Baswell. Bangor
West Valley Livestock - boot
tin punch - Elizabeth Ritchie. Decatur.
Young Explorers - a video Stephanie Consford Bloommgdale; Jam
• Haylee Dedrick. Lawton; com stalks •
Kevin Chandler. Gobies; lonely pictures
• Jessica Kuldauck. Gobies; goofy bird
sculpture - Jessica Kuldauck. Gobies;
Chnstmas tree-feathers - Rose
Artman. Gobies; bug-frog blue bottle
bead - Jessica Kuldanek. Gobies,
Beef Feeder Project Evaluation
Best of show - Emily
Webster. Farm. Friends and Family,
Paw Paw; merit • Taylor Curtis. Lucky
Clovers. Paw Paw; merit - Jessica
Sherbum • West Valley Livestock.
Decatur; merit - Megan McCammen •
Almena Happy Helpers. Paw Paw
Booth Awards
First • Town and Country;
Second • Geneva Wrens • Third •
Arlington Harvesters; Fourth - Hartford
Trailblazers; Fifth - Young Explorers,
Dairy Feeder Project Evaluation
Best of Show • Kaitie
Stermer. open. Paw Paw; ment • Coral
Burgett. Farm. Friends and Family,
Lawrence; ment- MendithOveracker.
Geneva Wrens. Mattawan; merit - Kara
Hartmann. Farm, Friends and Family.
Lawrence.
Dairy Project Evaluation
Best of show -Alisha
Percival. open Bloomingdale; merit Ian Bouman, open. Bloomingdale; merit
Lawton; grand champion market pen of
rabbits - Austin Morgan. Geneva
Wrens, South Haven, reserve grand
champion pen of rabbits - Mary Shafer.
Porter Busy Fingers, Lawton; best commercial rabbit - Doris Baswell. South
Haven Jay Dees. Bangor; best opposite commercial rabbit - Heather
Patterson, Geneva Wrens. Grand
Junction; best of fancy rabbit • Mary
Shafer. Porter Busy Fingers. Lawton;
best of opposite fancy rabbit - Ellen
Thomas, Arlington Harvesters.
Lawrence. Best of Show • Mary Shafer.
Porter Busy Fingers, Lawton
SOUKUP TAKES TOP HORSE AWARD AT FAIR. .Ramey Soukup
and her thoroughbred horse "Danny Boy" look top honors after a week
of 4-H eompetition at Ihe Van Buren County Fair in Hartford July 1620. Soukup was honored for Ihe Ail-Around High Point Horse award
on Saturday lo close Ihe horse competition. She won Ihe Grand
Champion in Showmanship award on Tuesday and also tied long-time
friend and rival Lauren Ralicki of Lawrence for High Point English
Horse. Soukup is a member of Ihe Geneva Wrens 4-H Club and will be
a senior at L.C. Mohr High School in South Haven next year.
(Contributed photo)
• Anna Johnson, open. Bloomingdale;
merit - Nathan Overholser. Almena
Happy Helpers, South Haven.
Dog Awards
Champion class (13-19)
Stephanie Consford. Young Explorers.
Bloomingdale; senior showman Jessica Kuldanek, Young Explorers.
Gobies; junior showman - Amanda
Broeder. Young Explorers - Paw Paw.
young showman - Abbie Jones
VanHeukelum. Young Explorers,
Gobies; pee wee showman - Kevin
Berryman, Young Explorers. Lawton;
sub-novice A (on lead) - Crystal
Marsman, Young Explorers. Gobies.
Novice A - Abbie Jones VanHeukelum Young Explorers. Gobies; Service Dogs
- Brace On-Leash • Abbie Jones
VanHeukelum. Young Explorers.
Gobies; Brace Off-Leash - Kathenne
Massey. Young Explorers - Gobies;
sub-novice B (5-11) - Abbie Jones
VanHeukelum. Young Explorers,
Gobies; sub-novice B (12-19) Karasten
Qumones. Young Explorers. Gobies;
advanced graduate novice dog - open
dogs - Katherine Massey. Young
Explorers. Gobies; costume class under
12 - Kelsey Moore. Geneva Wrens,
South Haven; costume class 12 and
older - Jessica Kuldanek. Young
Explorers. Gobies; beginners agility A
(5-11) - Casey Steinman. Young
Explorers. Gobies; beginners agility A
(12-19) - Autumn Dyess - Young
Explorers. Kalamazoo; Beginners
Agility B (5-11) - DJ (David) Jones,
Young Explorers, Gobies; beginners
agility B (12-19) - Rebecca Brindley.
Young Explorers. Allegan; intermediate
agility A (5-11)-Abbie Jones
VanHeukelum. Young Explorers,
Gobies; intermediate agility A (12-19) •
Lauren Brindley, Young Explorers Gobies; intermediate agility B (511)1477 - intermediate agility B (12-19)
• Nicholas Massey, Young Explorers.
Gobies; advanced agility • Katherine
Massey. Young Explorers. Gobies;
novice B - Stephanie Consford, Young
Explorers, Bloomingdale; titleholder
class Nicholas
Massey, Young Explorers. Gobies.
Goat Awards
Senior showman - Alisha
Percival. open. Bloomingdale; junior
showman - Amanda Skapnit, open,
Bloomingdale. young showman •
Melissa Skapnit, open. Bloomingdale;
pee wee showman - Claire Simpson,
Young Explorers. Gobies.
Senior sweepstakes representative - Alisha Percival; alternate Lucas Hettig.
Junior sweepstakes representative - Amanda Skapnit; altemate •
Miranda Shepard.
Grand champion market
wether • Zackery Menck, open,
Lawton; reserve grand champion market wether • Jena Nielsen, Lucky
Clovers. Paw Paw; grand champion
junior doe • Melissa Skapnit, open,
Bloomingdale; reserve grand champion
junior doe - Jeffery Skapnit.open,
Bloomingdale; grand champion senior
doe - Amanda Skapnit, open,
Bloomingdale; reserve grand champion
sr. doe - Alisha Percival, open,
Bloomingdale; grand champion junior
pygmy doe - Jessica Templeton,
Almena Happy Helpers. Lawton;
reserve champion jr. pygmy doe Caleb Cole. open. Bangor, grand
champion senior r. pygmy doe Amanda Shepard, West Valley
Livestock. Decatur; reserve grand
champion senior Pygmy Doe - Kyndra
Hollis. South Haven Jay Dees. South
Haven.
Rabbit Awards
Pee wee showman - Lian
Glomski, Young Explorers, Gobies;
young showman - Allison Karasch,
West Valley Livestock, Lawton; young II
showman - Elizabeth Ritchie, West
Valley Livestock, Decatur; junior showman • Kyndra Hollis, South Haven Jay
Dees. South Haven; senior showman Mary Shafer. Porter Busy Fingers,
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Open 9-7 Daily
5000 N. M-140 Watervliet
(269) 463-5500
calf-light - $2.70. $756. Charles
Benedict. Beech's Golf Club.
Grand champion beef feeder
calf-light - $10, $2,950. Ben Ross. Brad
Smith.
Reserve grand champion
beef feeder calf-light • $7.50.
$2,887.50,
Ashley Ross. Ibid County Electnc
Grand champion beef steer $ 2.90. $3,538. Ben Ross. Finnerman's
John Deere
Reserve champion beef steer
•$260. $3,406. Emily Webster.
Kwiatkowski Mining
Grand champion dairy steer $1.60. $2,304. Chelsea Wiles. Decatur
Excavating
Reserve grand champion
dairy steer - $2,80. $3,990. Cole
Menck. Ernie Brown Group
Grand champion steer carcass-$1.60. $2,040. Nicholas
Fleetwood. Subway of Bangor
Reserve grand champion
steer carcass - $1,40. $1,715. Taylor
Curtis. Citizens Feed
Grand champion lamb carcass - $3,50. $402 50. Kylie Novotny,
Beech's Golf Course
Reserve grand champion
lamb carcass - $2,75, $346,50. Taylor
Curtis. Division Tire,
Grand champion hog carcass • $3.25. $724 75, Joseph Stermer.
Matt Ashbrook.
Reserve grand champion hog
carcass - $3.25. $715. Makayla
Fleetwood. Beacon Services.
A gallon of milk from the
grand champion dairy cow was sold for
$5,000.
Sheep Project Evaluation
Best of show - Megan
McCamman. Almena Happy Helpers.
Paw Paw, merit • Dylan Elmore. West
Valley Livestock. Decatur; merit •
Marshall Zerbe. West Valley Livestock.
Decatur; ment • Gabnelle May,
Hartford Trailblazers. Decatur; best
of show - Jessica Sell. South Haven
Jay Dees. Lawrence
Swine Awards
Senior II Showman • Chris
Rumsey, Almena Happy Helpers. Paw
Paw; senior I showman • Megan
McCamman. Almena Happy Helpers.
Paw Paw; Junior Showman - Aliana
Mroczek. West Valley Livestock,
Decatur; young II showman - Joseph
Leflor. Arlington Harvesters. Lawrence;
young I showman - Joseph Doomhaag
• Almena Happy Helpers; pee wee II
showman - Erik Mroczek. West Valley
Livestock, Decatur; pee wee I showman - Travis Chandler. Wolverine Large
Livestock. Gobies; Susan Melvin
Memorial - Megan McCamman, Almena
Happy Helpers. Paw Paw.
Dairy feeder calf sale results
- number of animals sold • 47. pounds
c • 19,335. gross sales tota •
$34,442.75.
Average pnee per pound • $1.78.
*
Livestock Auction
Below is a list of results (pnee
per pound, total amount, sold by,
purchased by)
Grand champion gilt - $ 5,
$1,100, Ashley Longshore, Clarks Auto
Parts.
Reserve grand champion gilt
- $3.50, $934.50, Kaylee Elmore.
Community Mills.
Grand champion barrow •
$11. $3,025, Tylor Kubiszak. Hamilton
Farm Bureau.
Reserve grand champion barrow - $3. $795. Kaylee Elmore.
Decatur Excavating.
Grand champion ewe • $7.75,
$829.25, Hollee Kubiszak,
Bloomingdale Communications.
Reserve grand champion
ewe • $4.75, $574.75. Megan Ransler,
Hardings Market.
Grand champion wethers •
$11, $1,375, Megan McCamman,
Adkins Blue Ribbon.
Reserve grand champion
wethers - $7, $840. Dusti Kubiszak, B
& M Farms.
Grand champion dairy feeder
calf-heavy • $3.35, $1,959.75, Britney
Hood. Finnerman's John Deere.
Reserve grand champion
dairy feeder calf-heavy • $3. $1,980.
Jennifer Hood, Tapper Pest
Management.
Grand champion beef feeder
calf-heavy - $4.75, $2,256.25, Ben
Ross. Curtis Farms.
Reserve grand champion
beef feeder calf-heavy - $2.25,
$1,237.50,
Ethan Christie, Wilder Farms.
Grand champion dairy feeder
calf-light - $5.25, $1,785, Kaitlyn
Stermer, Seldom Rest Lawn Care.
Reserve grand champion dairy feeder
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Steer sale results • number
of animals sold - 57, pounds • 72.175,
gross sales total - $101,019,
Average price per pound $1,40
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Small Animal Auction Results
Turkeys - total $ 3.960,
Grand champion - Jaden
McKellips. Chapel Funeral Home.
McKellips Plumbing. $200. $160.
Reserve champion - Ashley
Forker. Fleetwood Heating & Cooling.
National Wild Turkey Federation. $160.
$130.
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SATURDAY EVENTS CONTINUED...
2:30 p.m. P u c h Pit Spit Downtown
Hosted by: Mr. Coloma and His Court
Cutting Corners
11 Thurs., Karaoke.. 9pm-1;308m
J J Sat., The Jr. Clark Band... Spm-1:30pm
owntown Coloma Open Dally 468-3037
Rock Showcase Stage
10:30 p.m. Peach-Tac-U-Lar Aerial
Fireworks Show Downtown
Sunday. Augmt 5
12 Midnight Coloma Rod & Gun Club
Food Tent Open 24 hours during
Festival Baker Park
6:00 a.m. -12:00 Noon
Coloma Lions Club Food Tent Open
Lions Park
10:00 a.m. Carnival Opens Logan St.
Arts and Crafts Show Opens
Baker Park
4:00 p.m. K r f c t l f * ! Mutlcai
Movements Leonard Mam Stage
Coloma Liont Club Texas Hold Em
Toumament (Michigan Temporary
License M 37494) Lions Park
7:00 p.m. • 7:45 p.m. Senior Steppers
Line Dancing
Leonard Main Stage
8:00 p.m.-12 Midnight
Chicago Express Rhythm & Blues
Playing Motown & Classic Rock
Leonard Main Stage
Commercial and Food Booths Open
Edgewater Bank and Family Dollar
Parking Lots
TALA REAL ESTATE
6586 R t d Arrow Highway
Coloma, Ml 49038
269/466-7901
Locally owned by:
Jim & Pam Cottier
Compliments of:
Mark & Lisa Schreiber
10:00 a.m. • 4:00 p.m. Glad-Peach
Car Show Downtown Hosted by Great
Lakes Trick Trux and Carz
Checking
Savings
10:30 a.m. *11:30 a.m. Kids' Fun Fair
Near Leonard Main Stage
investments
11:30 a.m. Ronald McDonald Show
Laura Baker Park
1:00 p.m. • 4:00 p.m. Subject to
Change Playing Contemporary &
Classic Rock Leonard Mam Stage
5:00 p.m. Festival Closes
Donny Scates & the Country Blues
Band Playing Country Blues & Old
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Grand champion - Carl
Lemonds. Southwest Michigan Feed,
Lander's Hardware, $100. $100,
Reserve Champion - George
Lemonds. Steve Turner. $90.
Thursday Night is Steak Nits
with bread, soup/salad & potato... $9.99
Friday night... Ail-you*can-sat breaded Cod
with bread & cole slaw... $8.99
for sale!
5:30 p.m. Compassion Gymnastics
Leonard Main Stage
E. Moss
Sphiits.
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4:00-7:00 p.m. D.J. Dale Owen
Karaoke Showcase Stage
Dr. David
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History Video of Paw Paw Lake
Coloma Public Library
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See us for a lake tour;
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2:30 p.m. Bean Bag Tournament
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Beef feeder calf sale results
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• number of sold: • 32, pounds • 13,735.
gross sales total • $29,992.25.
Average price per pound • $2,18.
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celebrate this year's
Glad-Peach Festival with
Ducks - total $ 3,180.
Grand champion • Lily
Maxam. Grabkowski's Dekalb Asgrow
Seed. $165.
Reserve champion - Caleb
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H e t t n g J o e Avi|es $ 2 4 0
Chickens - total $5,745.
Grand Champion - Makayla
Fleetwood. Fleming Brother's Oil. $240.
Reserve champion - Sara
Sollman, S&S Mold & Tool. Chicken
Chalet. $465. $75.
Eggs-total $ 105.
Grand champion - Sara Egly.
Pursley Construction. $65. reserve
champion • George Lemonds. Cliff &
Patty Waite. $40.
Rabbits - total $ 6.240.
Grand champion • Austin
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Lamb sale results - number
of animals sold - 66. pounds • 7.327,
gross sales total - $22,470,65.
Average price per pound - S3.07
Grand champion market gilt Ashley Longshore. Lucky Clovers. Paw
Paw; reserve grand champion market
gilt • Kaylee Elmore; open. Decatur;
grand champion market barrow • Tylor
Kubiszak. Lucky Clovers, Lawrence;
reserve grand champion market barrow
- Kaylee Elmore, open. Decatur.
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Swine sale results -number
of animals sold: 151, pounds - 37.354,
gross sales total - $63,914,10 Average
price per pound-$1,71,
Senior sweepstakes representative - Tylor Kubiszak; alternate •
Chris Rumsey.
Junior sweepstakes representative - Alana Mroczek; altemate •
Joseph Doomhaag,
Swine Project Evaluation
5-8 years Best of Show Kelsie Martin. Lucky Clovers.
Bloomingdale; merit • Dylan Elmore,
open. Decatur; merit - Kaylee Elmore,
open. Decatur; 9-13 years Best of
Show - David Webster, Lucky Clovers.
Paw Paw; merit - Tony Alexander.
Almena Happy Helpers. Kalamazoo;
merit - Joshua Fleck. Lucky Clovers,
Scotts; 14-19 years Best of Show Stephanie Chopp, Almena Happy
Helpers. Mattawan; merit - Courtney
Gumpert. Geneva Wrens. South
Haven; merit • Theresa Rigoni,
Arlington Harvesters. Paw Paw.
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Wethers - total $ 2.950.
Grand Champion - Zachery
Menck, Gordan Phillips. $200.
Reserve champion • Jena Nielson,
Jack's Processing. $135.
Milk Jug-total $170.
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14 Tri-City Record August 2,2007
Glad-Peach Festival business decorating contest winners announced
By Loll Jordan
Imagination, talent and teamwork
are on display at 21 area businesses,
each one celebrating Coloma's 40th
year of the Glad-Peach Festival,
Augusl 3-5.
Eight of the businesses won awards
in the Glad-Peach Business Window
and Interior Decorating Contest on
July 31. Each entry had to include
red and gold colors, along with
peaches and gladiolas (real, painted,
or artificial). The contest theme was
"Time in a Bottle."
Dairy Queen won for Best Painted
Window, which was designed and
painted by employee Haley (iire.
The sun sets over the lake and a fore 1994 is asked to contact Crouch
large bottle, corked with a peach, or Glad-Peach President Erica
floats on the water. Inside the bottle Hensel.
are buildings from downtown ColoWinner of the Best Original and
ma.
Best Window Display, depicting a Unique Interior was Chemical
history of the Glad-Peach Festival, Bank. The interior lobby walls are
was awarded to the Four Season Spa covered with Glad-Peach flags of
& Pool Services. Employee Edie every color. Bottles with photos of
Crouch designed the display and did employees are placed on the counthe research.
ters. The lobby also has hanging
"Doing the pictures was fascinat- clocks and bottles, a peach tree, a
mg," Crouch said.
Ferns wheel, and vases of gladiolas
She said she couldn't find photos at each teller's window.
from 1967-1994 and had to copy old
Teller Elizabeth Mundt said, "We
newspaper photos for those years, all worked on it together."
Anyone with old photos taken beFirst Place Interior went to the
tos of old movie stars, along with
peaches and gladiolas.
Best Original and Unique Eiterior was The Friendly Tavern. The
window scene shows a man sitting
in front of a peach tree, holding an
empty bottle. A large genie hovers
over several scenes showing milestones in the mans life. Employees
Jessie O'Neal and Sarah Busick
designed and painted the window.
"It was all our idea," said O'Neal.
"We sat at breakfast and talked it
Berrien Teacher's Credit Union.
EOUR SEASONS SPA Si POOL
SERVICES...employee
Edie
Crouch receives the Best Window
Display plaque from contest
Chairman Judi White.
The lobby is decorated with gold
and red balloons, ribbons and crepe
paper, along with gladiolas and a
handmade peach tree. Time bottles
and signs also hang from the tree.
Each sign tells a part of the Credit
Union's history.
Employee Anissa Dileo designed
the tree, using wire coat hangers.
PVC pipe, masking tape and spray
foam. Other employees who decorated were Manager David Scheuer,
Julie Admave, Edie Lowe, Shannon
Mayer, Stephanie Burgoyne, Tracy
Coombs, and Julie Nitz.
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EMPLOYEE JESSIE O'NEAL...stands in front of window scene that won the Best Original and Unique
Eiterior award for The Eriendly Tavern. O'Neal and employee Sarah Busick designed and painted the scene.
(Lois Jordan photos)
Winner of the Second Place Interior was Flicks Video. Stars and
peaches hang from a large roll of
film attached to the ceiling, and the
music, "Time in a Bottle," plays in
the background. Employees Gayle
Foster, Sara Sullens, Jackie Sullens
and Amanda Daniel decorated the
s,ore w i , h 0 , d
movies, records, pho-
through."
from the pillars at the end of the gas
pump lanes and beach towels are on
the bumper rails by the gas pumps
Second Place Exterior was awarded to True Value. Employee Bruce
Ranger painted large time bottles on
the store window.
Inside the largest bottle, the GladPeach Festival dates were written
over a colorful peach tree. A series
of smaller bottles held different historical facts about Coloma from
1837-2007. A second set of bottles
held photos and historical memorabilia of Coloma.
Winner of First Place Eiterior was
Randy's BP. Beach scenes, designed
by Bonnie Schultz, included a child
making a sand castle and a woman
made out of a gunnysack sitting in a
lawn chair and wearing sunglasses
and flipper fins. Air mattresses hang
Contest Chairman Judi White and
Hensel presented plaques to the winners. Contest judges were Mary
Gentile and Fred Huspon of Benton
Harbor and Lois Jordan of Coloma.
MISS
COLOMA
planning to attend Lake Michigan
College to continue her studies in
radiology, specializing in ultrasound. She is currently employed at
All-Cities Occupational.
In her past Glad/Peach years, she
assisted with the kids' games and
volunteered her time and looks forward to doing it this year as Miss
(oloma. She said there will be a
photo booth where members of both
of the courts will oe available for a
photo (for a small donation, ot
course). They will also be in both
parades, helping with the kids'
games, and will be a part of the
Ronald McDonald Show.
Staying in the local area for coilegc.
Heather looks forward to helping
with the 20()K Miss Coloma contest
and with next year's court
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know each other has been like starting from new. Heather attended
Lake Michigan Catholic High
School; First Runner-up Kelsey
Owen attended Coloma High
School; and Second Runner-up Analyse Winans and Miss Congeniality
Cassandra Granke both attend Watervliet.
"I have really enjoyed getting to
know my court. We have a lot of tun
together," Heather says. "That has to
be one of the highlights of my
reign," she adds.
Just recently graduating. Heather is
Glad-Peach Festival Prince and Princess Candidates
The Glad-Peach Festival Prince and Princess will be crowned during the festi-
All monies received stay within the community area to fund various Lioness
val opening on Friday, August 3. Thanks to the Coloma-Hagar Fire Department,
charitable projects.
all the children will be riding on the fire trucks for the annual Kiddies Parade.
Judi White and Rose Hafer are chairmen of the event.
The Prince and Princess Contest is sponsored by the Coloma Lioness Club.
Photos courtesy of Hafer Photography
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