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CONTENTSVOLUME XIII • ISSUE 11

NEWS BRIEFWESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PLANS 150TH CELEBRATION This coming year will mark the 150th year that they opened their doors for worship and to the community. In honor of this anniversa-ry, Wesley is planning an ice cream social celebration, September 30, 2017, 12 noon to 4PM. Besides a build your own ice cream bar, Wesley church will present a cake walk, BBQ, a children’s craft, coloring con-test and a tour of the church. Sevileh, the clown, will also be on hand to entertain the children with balloon animals. Most activities are free.

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JULIAN K’S MUSIC SCENE TRIBUTE TO GLEN CAMPBELL

Story by Julian Konwinski

GUEST EDITORIAL DEAR NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD

AND CITIZENSby Amy SchollI have decided this month to deviate

from my usual focus on local mu-sicians and venues, instead write a tribute to a legendary performer of

nearly sixty years. We lost Glen Campbell on August 8th, 2017, at the age of eighty one, to Alzheimers disease. There is not room here to completely cover his long illustrious career. Rather, I will sketch out the main occurrences to give an accurate portrait of this extraordinary talent.

He was born on April 22nd, 1936, in Billstown, Arkansas, the son of share-croppers that raised various crops but mainly cotton. He had eleven siblings and poverty dominated. His uncle sensed his interest in music and bought him a $5 Sears guitar at age four and taught him some basic chords. Two years later he began regularly performing on local ra-dio stations. Quitting school at age four-teen he moved to Houston and worked construction with his older brothers. Next came Albequerque where he joined an uncle’s band, began studio guitar recording, fell in love and got married, all at the ripe age of seventeen. During his lifetime Campbell would marry four times and father eight children.

By 1960 Glen had outgrown his cur-rent musical surroundings and moved to the new rising Mecca, Los Angeles. Less than a year later he was an in demand studio player and would eventually land a spot in the top studio backing band in the world known as “The Wrecking Crew”. This was the cream of L.A. and featured such greats as Leon Russell, Hal Blaine, Barney Kessel, Connie Kay, and loads more. He specialized in rhythm and lead guitar and unmatched vocal harmonies. In 1963 alone he was re-corded on 563 separate songs. He per-formed for Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Merle Haggard, and scores more. He was also recording his own tunes with minor success. In

1967 he broke out with a number one hit, the John Hartford tune “Gentle on my Mind”. This led to his headlining a summer replacement TV show for The Smother’s Brothers. Success there led to his own weekly show, “The Glen Camp-bell Gootime Hour”. During this time he had hooked up with a major song writer, Jimmy Webb, and huge hits followed. They collaborated on such number one singles as “By The Time I Get To Phoe-nix”, “Galveston”, “Witchita Lineman”, and “Rhinestone Cowboy”. There were many albums, Grammy Awards, movies, loads of television appearances, and constant touring, including a tour play-ing bass guitar for Ricky Nelson and two tours with the Beach Boys playing lead guitar and singing falsetto harmonies. It seemed everything he touched turned to gold with no end in sight.

Behind the scenes serious trouble was brewing. Despite all the fame and fortune he had in the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s, his personal life was unraveling as he succumbed to the temptations of women, booze, and drugs, especially cocaine. Over time marriages crumbled,

appearances canceled, tours were short-ened and a serious struggle ensued per-sonally and professionally. Rehab came and went with limited results. Campbell continued to release LP’s with moderate success but the once shining star was fading. By the new century he would get clean but his massive popularity never returned. In 2010 he was diagnosed with Alzheimers.

Glen Campbell was voted a member of The Country Music Hall of Fame and given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has released sixty one studio and seven live albums with sales near fifty million units. He is still considered one of the best guitarists ever. His final appearance in this area was at Hill Audi-torium in January 2012, at The 35th An-nual Folk Festival. What an elegant and respectful move by The Ark to feature him on his “Farewell Tour”. Not bad for a person of his humble origin, his lack of education, total absence of formal musical training, and an inability to read music.

Rest in peace Brother Glen—you de-serve it!

The Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce and 1st National Bank are pleased to present our 12th Annu-al Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & Barbecue Blues Festival this September in Down-town Brighton.

Event hours are Friday September 8th, 5pm - 11:30pm and Saturday, September 9th 12:00noon - 11:30pm.

Award winning barbecue will once again be smokin’ up Main Street from Grand River to 1st Street; serving up ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket, pork tender-loin, sweet treats, specialty mac n’ cheese and more. Vendors will be open on Main Street 5:00pm – 11:30pm on Friday and 12:00pm - 11:30pm on Saturday.

Jazz and blues will be live at the beer tent located on Mill Pond Lane (in the municipal parking lot behind Great Har-vest Bread Company) both Friday and Saturday, 5:00pm – 11:30pm. Cover is just $5.00. Ages 21 and over is requested after 9pm. Beer, wine, ale and hard cider are also just $5.00. ATM’s are available on Main Street and at the entrance to the beer tent.

The event will be offering FREE shuttle

service to and from the event. Shuttle pick up location is at the Meijer M Dot Parking Lot located at 8650 W Grand River Ave, Brighton 48116. Shuttles will run 5:00pm-12:00am on Friday and Sat-urday 12:00pm – 12:00am.

Attendees will have a chance to get creative with Paint and Pour where you can take home your very own smokin’ art! Those interested can register at the Mill Pond Gazebo.

The 2017 Smokin’ Jazz & barbecue Blues line up is anything but average! This year’s live entertainment pulls from the best of the best of both local and na-tional jazz and blues bands.

There are plenty of opportunities for volunteers to land a hand in the commu-nity. Registration is ongoing and positions are filled on a first come first served basis. A link can be found by clicking the big orange button on the front page of the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Com-merce website at www.brightoncoc.org.

“Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & Barbecue Blues festival is certainly a signature event for Livingston County,” states Pam McConeghy, President and CEO of the

Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Com-merce. “It has brought a considerable amount of attention to downtown Brigh-ton and has helped to stimulate its vibrant economy. We’re looking forward to anoth-er successful event.”

Contact Sophia Freni - Director of Events, at the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce for more information via email at [email protected] or by calling 810.227.5086. Please also visit www.brigh-tonsmokinjazz.com for event updates.

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As a property owner in our beautiful township I appreciate the opportunity to be heard on a few concerns that I have. My apologies for not being able to attend in-person.

As with many others, I love so many things about our township. We have a small town feel yet we are close to the amenities of Ann Arbor, Brighton, and other surround-ing towns. Our lakes are works of art and our wildlife is incomparable. My concern however, is that in the last 30 years, I’ve witnessed a DEEPLY unsettling dynam-ic: property taxes rise radically while our small business ownership has severely de-creased. This is the first time in my life that I’ve seen us without enough businesses to even sustain the Northfield Township Area Chamber of Commerce (and from my un-derstanding we do not derive much if any financial benefit from those who choose to be a part of the Brighton Chamber). The ma-and-pa shops that used to line our Main Street have basically disappeared, and vacant building abound from Main to Barker and beyond. I know that I am prob-ably preaching to the choir on this subject, but still as a tax paying citizen I feel com-pelled to share how troubled I am by these dynamics. I am aware that special com-mittees have been tasked with addressing this issue, but from a citizen’s perspective it feels as if township committees abound and progress does not. We appear to be so tied-up with our bylaws and plans that we lose sight of what’s basically common sense.

I recently gained some insight into why so many of our shops may be vacant. There is a business owner who has been try-ing to rent a building on Barker Rd who has been hustled for one fee after another (now totaling thousands of dollars) before she’s even being allowed to open her shop. She’s told she needs to appear before the planning commission time and again, yet she has been pushed off their schedule and even had meetings canceled without prop-er notice. This situation has continued for months now, and it sadly appears this in-telligent entrepreneur could end up out of funds before this township will even let her open her doors. We MUST ask ourselves, are we this adamant that vacant buildings are MORE beneficial to property owners than cute shops run by intelligent busi-ness owners? WHY are we fighting small business owners so violently? It’s certainly not beneficial for people like me, who are desperately trying to see the fruits of their property taxes in this area. I don’t think the average citizen is even aware of this prob-lem; unless someone has tried to open a small business themselves we are typically unaware of these terrible obstacles. My fear is that the township board may see this as the planning commission’s problem, and that at times the planning commis-sion may defer blame unto other com-mittees…but we need to examine AND address this with a comprehensive all-hand-on-deck attitude.

Our citizens have historically been di-vided on the issue of massive development

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RIGHT AT HOME PERSON-CENTERED COGNITIVE SUPPORTBy Barry Paxton

For countless people, the following are familiar scenarios: (1) You are restless and decide to step outside for a walk, but find all the doors to your home locked; (2) You wake up from a nap to find a person you don’t recognize cooking in your kitchen; (3) You talk with your family but always end up trailing off somewhere in your conversations.

These frustrating and uncomfortable ex-periences are common for individuals with cognitive change, a decline of mental func-tioning that can affect memory, reasoning, language and judgment. Cognitive change, outside of the natural aging process, stems from a number of causes including head injury, stroke and neurological conditions. Even lifestyle factors can increase cognitive change. Millions of Americans with vascu-lar risks such as high blood pressure, dia-betes, high cholesterol and obesity show higher odds of cognitive limitations.

Nationwide, an increasing number of family caregivers are independently caring for their loved ones who are experiencing

cognitive change like Alzheimer’s demen-tia. Over time, these family caregivers may find they need support from professional care providers, such as Right at Home, to ensure their loved ones are receiving the specialized care required for a person liv-ing with progressive cognitive change.

“We help our clients living with cognitive change stay safe and comfortable in their own home environment as long as pos-sible,” said Barry Paxton, owner Right at Home of Central Michigan.

Paxton notes that Right at Home is cur-rently introducing a proprietary RightCare approach to dementia and cognitive sup-port, created in collaboration with Jackie Pool, a leading dementia expert and British occupational therapist. Pool’s more than 30 years of dementia research and direct patient care experience, includ-ing her own mother’s dementia, adds seasoned depth to the Right at Home approach to cognitive support.

Pool’s advancements with dementia

support consider that all clients have abilities to interact and connect with their surroundings, regardless of the severity or progression of cognitive change. This personalized cognitive support centers around the concept of “personhood.” Specially trained care managers create an individualized care plan that thoroughly en-compasses everything about a person that makes them unique: character, preferences, interests, life history, skills and experiences.

Pool points out that “a little magic snip of information,” such as what color the client prefers or a favorite sports team, can “make all the difference, and that needs to be integrated into the client’s daily care and interactions.”

“My mum would say so often to caregiv-ers, ‘I’m going to go and visit the House of Commons.’ Now some of the staff thought, ‘Oh, she thinks she’s in London; she’s con-fused,’” Pool said. “The House of Commons is all about the government. But my mum’s phrase of visiting the House of Commons means that she is going to use the restroom.”

Knowing a client’s quirky sayings, habits and routines helps identify meaningful and enjoyable activities for each client, rather than imposing on them a list of mandated care tasks. Professional caregivers trained in person-centered care work with the client’s family and support networks to help them understand why the client’s be-haviors, interactions and personality may change based on what Right at Home has learned about their personhood.

“The continued cognitive research by Pool and other brain health experts is proving that through person-centered care, people with cognitive change are experiencing fewer symptoms and living independently longer,” Paxton added. “We are honored to assist so many incredible individuals and their families as they walk through the day-to-day challenges of cog-nitive change.”

For more information, contact Right at Home of Central Michigan at www.RAH-MI.com, 810-225-4724.

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It is time to get back into our gar-dens. This was the second year in a row that we had to water extensive-ly to have a crop and flowers. I use

this month to renew my garden soil. It does take some time. I use some horse manure from a nearby farm. It’s well-aged and is almost composted already. I use a tiller to turn over my soil. I cover the soil with 3 to 4 inches of manure and other organic material that I have trimmed from my garden. I shred the pieces as small as possible. I plant a cover crop very thick so any weeds that I turn over will be crowded out by the whole oats. The cover crop adds nitro-gen to the soil and you can keep it under control by using your lawn mower. A lot of us are very busy and don`t have much time to compost. At Tuthill Farms and Composting in South Lyon, they make their own compost. They will not sell

any compost until it has been there for three years. Their compost has micro-organisms built up over the three years so it`s alive and healthy for your garden.

I have noticed a lot of professional gardeners as well as home gardeners are using mounded-earth rows to plant their crops in. There are different tools to use to mound the rows. You have to cultivate and have loose soil to hoe or use a different tool to make the hills. My friend, Lindsey Steel of Garden Fort in South Lyon, uses this technique at his organic farm. If you remember, I was telling the benefits of using a two-wheel tractor. He bought a two-wheel tractor before I wrote about it. One of the ac-cessories that he has is a rotary plow. As he goes down the row, the machine throws the soil into a mound. He has a snow blower for the tractor. The handle flips over and he can use it in the winter

time. Next, he lays Geotechnical land-scape fabric over the mounded earth. He made a template out of a plywood board by precutting holes in it for lo-cating his plants. He places it over the mounded-earth row and uses a propane torch to burn a hole in the fabric instead of cutting it to reduce the possibility of frayed edges. The fabric keeps the weeds out and allows the water to seep

into the plants. In between the mounds there is a walking path with landscape fabric on it to keep out weeds, too. He can reuse the fabric in future years. An-other friend also uses mounded-earth rows for his corn. He uses a rake to pull the soil around the roots as the corn grows. The hills are fertilized around the outside of the mounds where the roots will grow towards and anchor the plant. He keeps the weeds at bay by attending to them when they are young. He covers up the whole weed. This type of farming has been passed down from his grandfather and father.

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GARDEN SPOT FALL REMINDERSBy John Keast

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In his book 1984 George Orwell not-ed, “In a time of universal deceit, tell-ing the truth is a revolutionary act.”

Trump watches video of neo-Nazi/KKK thugs battle anti-America, An-

tifa anarchists in Charlottesville VA both armed with helmets, shields, clubs, pep-per spray and home made flame throw-ers. He slams the two warring factions and all hell breaks loose.

The media spins Trump not singling out the neo-Nazis and KKK as tacit ap-proval of their bigotry. Has-beens David Letterman and Al Gore demand he resign. Democrats, their leftist media and never Trump RINO’s pile on.

These useful idiots, interested only in money and perks with little concern for you, me or the country can’t stand revolu-tionary acts of truth.

They’re petrified Trump is exposing them for the frauds they are. They want him figuratively crucified.

So, we’re told radical racist whites and Trump are secretly best buddies. Really? Last time I checked the neo-Nazis hated Jews and the KKK hated blacks.

When Trump bought the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida he was the first person in Palm Beach to open membership to blacks and Jews. The city fathers weren’t happy. They tried to stop him. Trump flipped em a stubby middle finger and in-tegrated Palm Beach anyway.

In the late 90’s, Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow PUSH Coalition twice honored Trump for his efforts promoting corporate minority hiring, yet now he’s promoting bigotry. Of course he is.

No, the distinction of promoting racial hysteria goes to Barack Obama’s eight years of race baiting identity politics.

He awakened the neo-Nazis and KKK who, before Obama, would have warrant-ed nothing more than a post script in his-tory books. Their infrequent rallies were sparsely attended and mostly ignored by the media.

Obama created this toxic mix of re-en-ergized white radicals at odds with radi-cal Antifa anarchists, emboldened by the left’s indifference to their campus vio-lence and Black Lives Matter emboldened by Obama’s indifference to their hateful rhetoric that incited the death of 11 and serious injury to nine police officers.

This orchestrated chaos is now erupting right on schedule a few months into Trump’s tenure. What an amazing coincidence.

Racist belief in cultural inferiority no longer applies. Disagreeing with Obama is racist. Enforcing immigration law is racist. School choice is racist. Cops are racist.

The eclipse was racist because its path was over mostly white America, declared Harvard law professor Alice Ristoph, proof that stupidity should be grounds for dismissal. If my daughter was studying law at Harvard I’d get a restraining order to keep Ristoph away from her.

Thinking everyone matters is racist. A border wall is racist. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist. Voter ID’s are racist.

Walmart reducing the price of slow selling black Barbie dolls was racist. The movie Planet of the Apes is racist. Holly-wood casting directors are racist. Every-

thing Trump is racist.It’s only a matter of time until some-

body wants to ban the surname White. The name Lynch has already been black-listed...oops, make that whitelisted in Portland OR.

The Lynch family donated land for three elementary schools and other public fa-cilities so their name was on the buildings to honor their generosity and patriotism. Doesn’t matter to the perpetually offend-ed butt-hurt brigade.

They want to bury our history, topple the statues of historical figures, sand-blast names off public buildings and faces off Mt. Rushmore.

The left is purposely stoking the flames of racial unrest marginalizing anybody and anything white under the guise of payback for slavery at the hands of south-ern Democrats and blacks. Yes, blacks!

Henry Koger’s book “Black Slave Own-ers” notes that 70% of slaves in 1830

Charleston SC were owned by blacks and the 1830 census in Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina and Virginia reported 10,000 slaves owned by blacks.

Race baiters don’t care. The slavery perpetrated by blacks and southern Dem-ocrats a couple centuries ago now lies solely at the doorstep of everyone deemed guilty by reason of whiteness.

Pushing this hateful narrative for eight long years by Obama & Co. created Char-lottesville. It never would have happened a decade earlier.

Don’t expect much to change. Trump will keep calling it the way he see’s it. The left will keep spinning it into what they want people to believe.

People are getting played and just don’t get it. It’s really sad.

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Elton you have some shirt tail attach-ment to Germany or at least Europe. This being my first ever letter to a newspa-per writer I am simply hoping you will forgive this working stiff for any glaring errors that make a seasoned writer like yourself cringe. I simply want to say, your conscious or unconscious love for your “pretentious” German car has you looking for any fault you can find in GM’s luxury liner. Don’t fret your guilt driven urge or your morbid curiosity to own a Caddy. Love what you got without think-ing twice or go buy that perfect Caddy from a perfect salesman in a perfect deal-ership somewhere in this magnificent US of A. Maybe a jet ride to a different State would be just the adventure you need to get you new car juices flowing. Good luck, I loved your article. Thanks for your time. Sincerely, Just another 59 year old guy with 40 years and counting,

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Dear Courant,Thank you for taking the time to re-

view the laws as they pertain to cyclists. As a road cyclist, I am aware of these laws and find a refresher is always a good idea. I wanted to highlight that it is equally important for motorists to be aware of these laws and the laws as they pertain to motorists to keep both par-ties safe. Too often we hear of tragedies where one or both parties did not follow the laws as they pertain to their role on the road. It’s better to be safe than sorry and agree to share the road.

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Current studies suggest that 57% of women participate in the labor force, which may not seem like a lot. However, combine that with the statistic that 70% of those women have children they are raising, and you begin the see just how much multi-tasking today’s women ac-tually do! Astonishingly enough, we also see that mothers are the primary bread-winners for a record 40% of households today compared with 11% of families in 1960 (let that sink in, because it’s a vast difference over a mere generation or so). While the term “breadwinner” may lead you to the conclusion that women are saving-up money at a record

high, the reality is that wage gaps still exist. In fact, for every $1 made by a fa-ther with young children, mothers earn only 74.7 cents (the gap for all women is 82.1 cents compared to all men, so non-mothers appear to make a bit more than mothers). Comprehensively, what do these statistics convey? With social change, even positive change, we often see added conflict. Such conflict, which fundamentally affects all of us, deserves the attention of sociologists, psychol-ogists, economists, and every human being who simply cares about social issues. The future solutions to these issues may come from children who are

still in grade school today. The moral of the story as children return to school this fall, is whether you are in grade school or college, pay attention to these trends and take an active role in the changes you wish to see in our world…because conflict is rarely resolved by ignoring issues. You don’t have to hold a degree in conflict resolution to be a problem solver. For more information on this data, visit the Department of La-bor’s website.

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NORTHFIELD HUMAN SERVICES

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more Lake has come and gone already! Back to school is in full swing and we would like to thank all the volunteers at Northfield Human Services and Living Water Church who helped gather and distribute backpacks for the students of our community. Getting back into the routine of school can be a lot with a family and we have new recipes at the pantry that are easy, healthy and deli-cious for a busy work or school week.

If you are interested in volunteering at Northfield Human Services please call 734-449-0110 or e-mail [email protected]. We are always in need of extra volunteers in the fall and winter seasons with the Holidays near and would love your assistance during these busy times!

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OBITUARY JIM STILLMANJim Stillman, longtime Whitmore

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By Amy Schollendeavors. But let’s be honest, that’s not what we’re talking about here. Most of us can agree that small business ownership and ma-and-pa shops in buildings that AL-READY exist are beneficial for ALL of us. We’re not talking about adding thousands of homes, we’re talking about allowing peo-ple to contribute to our tax base and bring-in commerce at a time we desperately need it. I’ve witnessed and volunteered at count-less political events when people are trying to get voted INTO office here; there’s a lot of talk about change. But somehow that passion either dissipates after the election or the vast obstacles in-place thwart even the most passionate and altruistic of individual agendas. Either way, taxpayers like myself are desperate-ly in need of a revitalization, we need to see the fruits of our labors…especially when so many of us are paying property tax that’s almost half of our home mortgage EACH month.

I am not complaining when I say this, merely pointing out a black-and-white reality: when you view our property taxes compared to those of other areas through-out our entire state (which can easily be done online), it is plainly apparent that ours are some of the absolute highest in the state. Therefore, one would assume that our township services and amenities trump others and are extremely well-fund-ed. Yet instead, we have township services and schools who routinely seem to have fewer funds than they need. Talk to a po-lice officer on the street or a teacher and see what they have to say about this, because from my experience they sure don’t seem to feel like they reap the benefits of our high property taxes. Perhaps the excessive obstacles we make small-business owners jump through may be a piece of this puzzle. Equally, it doesn’t take a forensic accoun-tant to understand that vacant buildings do not help us financially, especially if you

consider the cyclical nature of commerce and the importance of having something to draw visitors to our community with.

While I know there are systems of checks-and-balances in-place and routine auditing takes place to an extent, I must share that there is talk throughout town of an endeavor toward an objective, de-tailed third-party audit…simply because our property taxes do not line-up with the seemingly persistent lack of funds from one township entity to another. People feel there may be misappropriation of funds at-play because these things just don’t add-up. From what I’ve heard, people aren’t even as-suming it’s deliberate, they just seem to be-lieve there’s unintelligent handling of funds. These are not my words, I am simply trying to convey what I’ve heard in the hopes that the township can make some distinguished changes before it comes to something like this. There are professional consultants who specialize in this type of thing; I beg you, do whatever it takes to really get a grip on this situation. I imagine there are even professionals who would volunteer their time at no charge (thinking outside the box, perhaps a master’s or doctoral student specializing in accounting or finance who needs to work on a big project). There are probably finance professors who would be equally intrigued by such an opportunity (even pro bono), because it could be added to their curriculum vitae. Perhaps there are similar towns in other states who have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps who could mentor us. We need to look for profession-als, volunteers, or even just guides who can help facilitate progress…because to be hon-est, it’s not being done from within. We need to get creative here, because the success and the pride of our people are in one of the most vulnerable positions to date.

In closing, I know that serving on these

committees is not an easy task. I grew-up sitting at township meetings and watch-ing the behind-the-scenes efforts that take place. I also know it can be extremely thankless to be involved in township work, so PLEASE do not take my concern as crit-icism of your personal efforts. My concern is simply concern, and I am at a loss for whom to share it with. Taxpayers need to be represented, and I suppose I’m hoping that someone in a position of authority who has been voted into office can re-ally make waves here…we are counting on you! Surely some of you are think-ing “If you have this much of an opin-ion, you should just run for office and try to evoke change yourself.”, but the problem is that many of us have obsta-cles which prevent us from being able to sit on these committees, which is why we simply do our best to educate ourselves on the candidates available and vote as responsibly as we can for those whom we hope may be able to give us (and our hard-earned money) a voice. Ann Kirkpatrick once said, “When mil-lions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.” As such, those of us who have not the time nor the ability to hold office rely heavily on your ability to see and respond to our needs. We are, for lack of a better term, at your mercy and in need of some help.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2017EUCHRE Every Wednesday. Begins at 7pm. For more information call the American Legion at 734-878-9522.

PINOCHLE Every Tuesday and Thursday. 2:00p.m.–4:00p.m. FREE! Northfield Twp. Community Center, 9101 Main St., Whitmore Lake. Everyone welcome! For more information, contact the Commu-nity Center at 734-449-2295.

BINGO Every Monday at the Whitmore Lake Rod & Gun Club located at 11150 Lemen Road. Playing begins at 6:30 p.m. 734/449-2788

WHITMORE LAKE KIWANIS meetings at 6:30 the first and third Thursdays at the community center. Our rummage sale is every Friday from 3:00 to 7:00 pm and every Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at 9567 Main Street, Whitmore Lake.

ALL YOU CAN EAT SPAGHETTI DINNERS Every second Friday of the month. Dinner is served from 5 to 7:30. Pinckney Ameri-can Legion Unit 419, 9807 Whitewood, Pinckney. $8.00 for adults, $7.00 for Se-niors and $3.00 for children under 9.

TRAP SHOOT Open to the Public every Tuesday beginning at 5pm (weather permitting) at the Livingston Coun-ty Wildlife and Conservation Club, 6060 E. M-36, Hamburg, MI 48139 (810.231.1811). End time depends on number of participants. Bring your own fireman and ammunition. Age 17 and under MUST have a parent of guardian present, and MUST have a hunters safety certificate with them. Eye and hearing protection required. $5.00 per round. A round consists of shooting 25 clay tar-gets - 5 from each station.

SEPTEMBER 3TEEN AND ADULT IMPROV COMEDY WORK-SHOP 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Pinckney Com-munity Public Library 125 Putnam St. Pinckney, MI 48169. FREE. Registration Required. There’s no way to find your funny self again than to take an improve class! Karen Bell-Brege is the in-house improve instructor at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle where her troupe, Totally Unrehearsed Theatre, performed. Space is limited to 40 participants ages 15 and older. Call the library at 734-878-3888 to register or for more information or visit www.pinckneylibrary.org.

SEPTEMBER 6BOOK CLUB – 1:00 pm. Join your friends and neighbors for a lively, informal book discussion at the Hamburg Township Library, located at 10411 Merrill Road, Hamburg. This month’s selection is “The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disap-peared” by Jonas Jonasson. No pre-regis-tration required.

SEPTEMBER 10ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST at the Liv-ingston County Wildlife and Conserva-tion Club, 6060 E. M-36, Hamburg, MI 48139 (810.231.1811). Serving from 8-11:30am the breakfast includes: Eggs (scrambled or made to order), bacon, sausage, county fried potatoes, home-made gravy and biscuits, french toast, pancakes, mixed fruit, toast. Coffee and juices included in the price. Adults $8.00; Seniors $7.00; Ages 6-12 $3.00; Ages 5 and under eat FREE.

COUNTRY STYLE BREAKFAST St Mary Men’s Club in Pinckney kicks off another sea-son of Country Style Breakfast events, at the Parish located south of M-36 at 10601 Dexter Pinckney Road in Putnam Township. Breakfast is served 8:30 until 11am and is a free-will donation.

SEPTEMBER 11ESTATE PLANNING – 6:30 pm. Learn the ba-sics of estate planning with Hantz Group at the Hamburg Township Library, lo-cated at 10411 Merrill Road, Hamburg. Pre-registration is required for this free program by calling 810-231-1771 or visiting www.hamburglibrary.org. Pizza and pop provided.

SEPTEMBER 12LOCAL HISTORY – 6:30 pm. From fine dining to historic hangouts, come learn about the iconic restaurants of Ann Ar-bor at the Hamburg Township Library, located at 10411 Merrill Road, Hamburg. Pre-registration is required for this free program by calling 810-231-1771 or visiting www.hamburglibrary.org.

3 DAY HUNTER SAFETY CLASS Hunter ed-ucation courses at Dundee Sportsman’s Club teach new hunters responsibility, ethics, firearm safety, wildlife conser-vation and wildlife identification, game care, survival and first aid. The class runs Sept. 11 from 4:30-9:30 p.m., Sept. 13 from 5-9:30 p.m. and Sept. 14 from 9-6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 14LIVING WATER MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS Theme introduction: “Free Indeed.” Child care is provided by MOPS Kids Program. Join us at from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 200 Baker Road, Whitmore Lake. Call 734-426-4006 or visit livingwatermi.org for more information.

TRAVEL – 12:00 pm. Listen to a presen-tation about women traveling solo, in-cluding tips and stories, at the Hamburg Township Library, located at 10411 Merrill Road, Hamburg. Please bring your lunch – drinks will be provided. Pre-registration is required for this free program by calling 810-231-1771 or visiting www.hamburglibrary.org.

SEPTEMBER 19DOGGIE DASH Register now for this year’s Doggie Dash at Kensington’s Metro Park and help raise funds to support Humane Society of Livingston County for the an-imals in our care. The run is from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Kensington Metropark. Register at http://bit.ly/2euniM8.

SEPTEMBER 23MOVIE – 1:00 pm. Come watch “Beauty and the Beast,” rated PG, at the Hamburg Township Library, located at 10411 Mer-rill Road, Hamburg. No pre-registration required.

SEPTEMBER 23WEBSTER FALL FESTIVAL Join us for this family-friendly community event, at 5484 Webster Church Road in Dexter, Mich. Admission and parking are free. Come for hay rides, antiques, a Pig Roast and more!

SEPTEMBER 26PRESCHOOL MOVIE MADNESS Special movie showings at Pinckney Community Pub-lic Library for our youngest patrons and their caregivers. Join us for story time at 11:00 a.m. followed by a new release movie at 11:30. Bring a lunch, popcorn will be provided. Movies will be rated G or under. Call 734-878-3888 for the title.

SEPTEMBER 28LIVING WATER MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS Theme: “Relaxation and Self-Care for Moms.” Child care is provided by MOPS Kids Program. Join us at from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 200 Baker Road, Whit-more Lake. Call 734-426-4006 or visit livingwatermi.org for more information.

SLOPPY JOES, PULLED PORK & FLOATS sponsored by the American Legion Rid-ers-Chapter #419, will be held Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 5 pm to 7:30 pm at the Pinckney American Legion post home, 9807 Whitewood Rd., Pinck-ney. Sloppy joes are $2.00 each, pulled pork sandwiches are $3.50 each, floats are $1.25 each. For more information call: Post home 734-878-9522 or Karl at 734-476-6534.

SEPTEMBER 29ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY at the Living-ston County Wildlife and Conserva-tion Club, 6060 E. M-36, Hamburg, MI 48139 (810.231.1811). Serving from 5-8pm - dinner includes: Beer Batter, Lemon Pepper and Cajun Fish (baked or fried), smelt, hush puppies, Mac n’ cheese, french fries, vegetable, cole slaw, rolls and butter, desserts. Coffee, lemon-ade and iced tea included in price. Adults $11.00; Seniors $10.00; Ages 6-12 $5.00; Ages 5 and under eat FREE.

FROM THE LYON’S DENBy Tedd Wallace

The first settlement of immigrants to Michigan in Oakland County dates back to 1817. South Lyon saw its

first trees for construction cut around 1832. At that time people from Wayne county continued their westward move-ment into southeastern Lyon Township. Many of these restless people came from the state of New York by way of the Erie Canal and after seeing several hundred people coming in Wayne around them knew it was time to move on to the west.

It is not positively known who the first person to arrive in South Lyon was, but folk lore gives credit to Tom Dunlap, Bill Thompson and Obed Letts as to purchas-ing holdings in the area. I have no clue to whom they would have purchased the land from as I don’t think the Native Americans had any real estate agents. South Lyon started out as Thompson corners because he owned 3 of the four corners of Pontiac Trail and Ten mile. Not long later the wid-ow Thompson and her four sons built a log house near the corners. Her son William opened the first store in an addition to the house. The other Thompson brothers built the first steam operated saw mill. Soon later, a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, and

a shoe store were also built in the area. In 1842 a frame church was erected as well.

The saw mill and store were not a finan-cial success. The mill was passed on into different hands and proved to do better as more people arrived needing lumber to build homes.. Sadly a few years later the mill was blown to smithereens as three boilers placed side by side on a brick arch and connected by a large steam pipe failed to meet the unknown safety criteria to stay intact.

As noted in previous writings Thomp-sons Corners was named South Lyon by the state Legislature as they wanted to honor one of their worthy members Luci-ius Lyon so the Township was named Lyon and the small hamlet in southern Lyon became South Lyon. From a population of a few dozen people then, the city of South Lyon and its 3 and 1/2 square miles area holds near 12,000 folks to go with the 17,000 in Lyon Township. Menards and Lowes cuts down the need for a local saw-mill these days.

Tedd Wallace is a former mayor and retired teacher from South Lyon, email: [email protected]

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