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Sears man

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accidentOn August 10 at about

9 p.m., a 36-year-old man from Sears was killed fol-lowing a car/pedestrian ac-cident at the intersection of Pickard and Adams streets.

The driver, an 86-year-old man from Six Lakes, was heading westbound on Pickard Street when he struck the pedestrian as he crossed northbound on Pickard near Adams Street. A witness on scene stated the pedestrian never looked for traffic, just walked out in front of the vehicle. The pedestrian was nearly hit by another vehicle a few seconds prior to the ac-cident.

The pedestrian was taken to McLaren Hospital for his injuries and later transported to Covenant Hospital where he passed away. His name is being withheld until family mem-bers are all notified.

The Mt. Pleasant Police Department was assisted by the Michigan State Police, which conducted the reconstruction of the traffic crash, Mt. Pleasant Fire Department, Isabella County Sheriff Depart-ment, and MMR.

Marion parents,students

invited to open house

By Rosemary HorvathCorrespondent

Parents and students are encouraged to visit their respective school buildings Aug. 27 as the Marion district prepares for opening day and a new school year.

Open house for high school and middle school students runs from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Elementary school has an open house from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Hot dogs and beverages will be served to visitors at the elemen-tary school.

“It is a time for teach-ers to meet and greet parents and students,” said Superintendent Mort Meier, adding the first day of school is Sept. 2.

Course schedules will be picked up during the open house. Plus students will have their photo-graph I.D. cards that they will show at lunch during the school year.

Meier added that clubs will have tables set up for students to consider join-ing. For example, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will be at the elementary school. The PTO will be on hand to talk to parents.

Sports Boosters Club will be at the high school.

Aug. 27 is the day teachers report to duty. A series of workshops begin at 8 a.m. For instance, teachers and staff will learn about an EpiPen, the medical device used to treat severe allergic reaction.

Meier said state law now requires ev-ery school to have two EpiPens on hand. At least one staff member must know how to apply the device but everyone ought to become famil-iar with the availability, Meier said.

Same is true about an automated external de-fibrillator, or AED. This portable electronic device checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart, if

necessary.The administration will

also discuss school im-provement and academic goals with staff.

“We will set schedules, review nuts and bolts of day-to-day operations, review bus routes,” Meier said.

Teachers will adjourn to their classrooms to greet visiting parents and students.

The event marks the first open house for high schoolers in several years. Meier reinstated the occa-sion in order for everyone to meet new junior/senior high principal John Rus-sell.

Russell has kept lim-ited office hours to meet teachers as they come to work in classrooms or just to drop by.

Russell is also the dis-trict’s athletic director.

He spent 20 years teaching mathematics at Muskegon County’s Holton middle school and high school where he coached football, basketball, wrestling and baseball during his career.

“It’s been very exciting planning the upcoming year,” Meier said.

Two new courses being offered are physics and sociology.

Working with the school counselor and the new principal, Meier reviewed what courses the current teaching staff is certified to teach.

“We are always trying to offer more programs for students,” Meier said.

English teacher Deb LaLone also will teach sociology.

Chemistry and earth science teacher Jason Keeler also will teach physics.

Meier said students will review their class schedules then decide if there is room for any elective courses.

Some 30 students have signed up for the Ca-reer Tech Center run by Wexford-Missaukee ISD in Cadillac.

Marion EMS base dedicatedBy Rosemary HorvathCorrespondent

Nearly a year after breaking ground, local officials and Emergency Medical Services staff returned to the Marion village site Tuesday and commemorated the open-ing of the third EMS base in Osceola County.

Planning for a fourth to be located in the north-west quadrant is under-way. Chances are good a building in the Tustin area will closely resemble the Marion facility.

The Marion base sits on a hill at the corner of Meadowview Lane and Lowery Street overlook-ing a panoramic view of green fields of a valley.

Lowery Street is off Main Street and deadends into land designated as the village industrial park. The Department of Public Works building is at the end of Lowery.

Approximately 3,000 square feet, the base has a modest exterior and interior and contains living quarters with two bedrooms, kitchen and living room.

One ambulance is on site and the garage is large enough to house two am-bulances and equipment.

The EMS budget paid $300,000 of the construc-tion costs with the balance borrowed from the county to be repaid.

On hand for the dedica-tion and ribbon-cutting

ceremony were county board Chair Larry Emig and Commissioners Alan Tiedt, Ron Sikkema, Jill Halladay, and Roger Elkins.

EMS Director Jeremy Beebe, Frank Bedmarek of the Muskegon architectur-al firm Hooker DeJong and Paramedic David Turner, a 30-year EMS veteran, joined county officials cut-ting the ribbon.

Emig thanked everyone for sharing the exciting day. “This day was long time in coming but being patient has its positive outcome,” he said.

The board chairman re-viewed the history of hav-ing an ambulance present in Marion since the county took over the ambulance service in 1976.

He said, during this time if someone needed an ambulance, they would

call 911 and crew mem-bers would leave their home or a county-rented home within two minutes of the ambulance, get the ambulance and make the run.

“Now that we have our own base, the crew will stay in-house and this will help to reduce our response time.”

Emig expressed the county’s “sincere appre-ciation to the village of Marion for the support and use of the Marion Fire Hall for all these years.”

Those in attendance were invited to tour the facility.

The facility officially opened in June then got to work “working out the kinks,” Beebe reported at the June Board of Com-missioners meeting, add-ing that “the EMS crew loves the facility.”

McBain ranked highest in state school rankingsBy Pat Maurer

Of three area schools, McBain Rural Agricultural High School ranked best in the just-released State’s Top-to-Bottom list coming in at 315 of the 791 schools

listed. They moved up a whopping 107 places in the ranks from last year.

Both Marion High School and Evart high School dropped down this year in the State list rank-ing schools. Evart dropped 67 slots to a ranking at 616 of the 971 schools and Marion lost 77 places to land in the 580th position this year.

Marion High School placed in the 29th percentile and the Elementary School was in the 61st percentile. McBain High School was at 29 percent, the Middle School at 69 percent and the Elementary at 70 percent. In Evart, the High School ranked in the 10th percentile, the Middle School in the 32nd, and the Elementary at 15 percent.

Of the three Clare County high schools in the Clare-Gladwin Regional Education District, Clare High School topped the list ranking in the top one-half of Michigan high schools at 315, and gaining 36 slots on the list of schools.

Harrison High School

also improved their rank-ing, coming in seven places higher and ranking in the 532nd slot.

Farwell High School dropped down in the State rankings by 17 places, filling this year’s 578th spot out of 797 in the State.

Clare High School ranked in the 68th percen-tile, Clare Middle School in the 80th percentile and Clare Primary in the 59th percentile. Farwell High School ranked in the 33rd percentile, Farwell Middle School 4anked in the 28th, and Farwell Elementary in the 35th percentile.

Harrison Middle School ranked in the 36th percen-tile, Hillside Elementary in 16th, and Larson ranked in the 25th percentile.

According to the State website, the Top-to-Bottom list is part of Michigan’s school accountability sys-tem which ranks schools on their student performance in mathematics, reading, writing, science and social studies and graduation rate data (for high schools). School performance com-

ponents include student achievement, improvement and achievement gaps between the highest and lowest scoring 30 percent of students in each school.

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able information on the performance of Michigan’s public schools and identi-fies areas of both strength and challenge. It is also used to determine:

*Reward Schools, based on the top 5% of schools in the ranking as well as the schools with the highest improvement values from this list. Beating the Odds schools, which are those schools either outperform-ing their expected ranking or outperforming other similarly-situated schools, are also Reward Schools.

*Focus Schools, based on the achievement gap component of this list.

*Priority (formerly Per-sistently Lowest Achiev-ing), Schools based on the bottom 5% of this list.

Schools that fall in the bottom five percent of the rankings are considered “priority” schools and are placed under the supervi-sion of Michigan’s school reform officer. There are 138 schools identified as “priority” schools. Nearly half of them are on that list for the first time.

In the 2014 U.S. News Best High Schools rank-ings, Michigan schools ranked 6th in the United States for school qual-ity by schooldigger.com. Michigan has 10 schools with gold medals, 50 with silver medals and 131 with bronze medals. Michigan’s highly ranked International Academy is about 80 miles from the state capital of Lansing, in the Bloomfield Hills School District.

The top ten schools this year include:

1. The International Academy of Macomb;

2. International Acad-emy of Bloomfield Hills;

3. Washtenaw Inter-national High School in Ypsilanti;

4. City Middle/High School in Grand Rapids;

Continued from Page 1 5. Ernest W. Seaholm High School in Birming-ham;

6. Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy in Saginaw;

7. Okemos High School in Okemos;

8. Community High School in Ann Arbor and Rochester Adams of Roch-ester Hills tied for eighth; and

10. East Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids.

The Worst ten schools included Harper Academy in Harper Woods, Quest High School in Freemont, Turning Point Youth Cen-ter of St. Johns, Oak Park Alternative, Beecher Adult Alternative of Mt. Morris, Northwester High School of Detroit, Nova Discipline Academy of Oak Park, Wilson Center of St. Johns, Churchhill Academy of Royal Oak and Comstock Compass of Kalamazoo.

The report ranks schools according to factors like attendance and how well they meet goals set by the state’s education depart-ment.

BogertgraduatesSpring Arbor University

is pleased to announce local students who were granted an associate, bach-elor’s or master’s degrees during commencement exercises on Saturday, May 17.

Andrea Bogert of Tustin completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Ad-ministration from Spring Arbor University. Daughter of Edward and Colleen Bogert

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Postcard from the Pines

By Julie Traynor

The folks in Winterfield Township are preparing to take a big step into the 21st century in the next couple of months. This isn’t to say that we’ve been standing still with our feet firmly planted in 1999. Not so. Our roads, cemetery, transfer station and township hall have all been improved since the millennial ball dropped. We’re doing quite nicely in the twenty-teens, thank you very much. We hope to be doing even better when the construction of our communications tower is completed in October.

ISP Communications of Alma broke ground last week to begin the construction of a 195’ tower for the purpose of providing all residents of the township, should they wish, with access to competitively affordable, wireless, high-speed internet access. When the tower is completed and in operation it will mark the culmination of more than four years of work by the township’s board. It hasn’t been an easy journey, with a couple of proposed sites which didn’t work out, an alternate tower leasing plan that faded into obscurity, and finally a time consuming land swap with the state which brought the perfect cen-trally located location at

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last.Some quick stats on

the Winterfield tower; it will be 195 feet in height. There will be no lights on the tower itself, or at the site. The area surround-ing the three legged tower base will be surrounded by a 6 foot high fence and electricity to the tower will be underground and very few trees were cut for the right-of-way. The tower will not emit any sound or vibration. It op-erates on four watts, about as much energy as it takes to burn a light bulb. The coverage area is seven miles in all directions. If we’re lucky it will also improve cell phone reception. This is the point where we all yell yahoo! And we don’t necessarily mean the popular news site, Yahoo.com. Get out the noisemakers. Welcome to the new millennium, Winterfield!

Winterfield Township is no stranger to wait-ing for improvements. Almost 80 years ago O&A Electric Co-op, now Great Lakes Energy, and Con-sumers Power Co. brought electricity to Winterfield, lighting the darkness and making things easier for those on the farm and in the kitchen. Before that, in the early 1920’s, when country folks were still us-ing kerosene lamps, there was a great plan afoot to electrify Winterfield and residents couldn’t wait to

climb on board life in the new century.

Rural folks, and those in the Village for that matter, didn’t always have the electricity which we take for granted. Marion relied on electric power generated at Stone’s Dam, located west of town on the Middle Branch River. For more than 25 years power was supplied to the village for only a few hours each day. In the evening when the lights flashed three times residents knew that the power would soon be shut off and that they’d better light the lamps or go to bed.

Before 1920 the residents of Winterfield, and beyond, were hearing promises of cheap and dependable power. They came from Winterfield Light and Power Co., W.L. Kinney, Mgr., and President. Mr. Kinney was a local attorney and large land owner in Winterfield. Mrs. Kinney was the com-pany’s first secretary.

Winterfield Light and Power proposed to pro-vide power to Winterfield and the surrounding com-munities by damming the waters of the Clam River thus powering a dynamo. This, in turn would pro-vide abundant electricity to sub-stations located in Marion, McBain, Lake City, Avondale, Evart, Sears, Tustin and Leroy.

On the front page of the August 5, 1920 issue of the Northern Osceola Press, Editor C.T. Sadler ran a form to be used by interested parties to purchase a $100 bond to invest in the company. Said bond would ma-ture in 10 years and pay 7% per annum. It also boasted, “Good Lights Are a Guarantee – Ex-tra Power Brings Good Factories”. The business needed more investors and the promise of what a source of electricity could bring to the region appears to have been the best pitch.

It appeared to be an almost too good to be true investment. Next time we’ll finish the tale and tell you just what became of the good intentions of Kinney and Winterfield Light and Power to illumi-nate the darkness.

These three square cement pads are the footprint for the Winterfield Township communications tower which will be

under construction as soon as the concrete is set.

Wilson graduatesOn May 10, 2014,

Kellsey DeAnn Wilson graduated from Ferris State University with Summa Cum Laude honors. She re-ceived her Bachelor degree in Business Administration and has accepted a position at the Mecosta Osceola ISD Education Center in Big Rapids.

Kellsey is the daughter of Jeff and Dawn Wilson of Marion.

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Christie’s Potting Shed a Marion fixtureBy Sylvia Stevens Correspondent

Christie’s Potting Shed has been a fixture in Mari-on going on 17 years now, but the potting shed isn’t simple another gardening center it is an eclectic mix of antiques, garden items

and a full time florist rolled into one.

The Owner Christie Prielipp was working for the Marion School District when she found out that a local garden center was closing. That inspired her to combine her love of gardening and antiques and

open a business of her own. “There was a man in

Marion that ran a garden center out of his home and when they decided to retire, I thought why not. So, I found this location and we started here,” owner Chris-tie Prielipp said.

Christie’s Potting

Shed is a full time florist, garden center and antique shop that offers a variety of items and services to interest just about anyone. There is a large variety of antiques for sale including home décor, kitchen items, gardening items and much more. Prielipp tries to carry

a little bit of everything since people collect a lot of different things.

“We do some consign-ment because I can’t go out and get everything,” Prielipp said. “We have people bring us stuff that they want us to sell so it works very well.”

The newest addition for Christie’s Potting Shed is its very own Facebook page to show off the va-riety of plants they sell as well as the antiques they have to offer. One of the staff brought up the idea to Prielipp bought a computer and started staging antiques and posting the pictures on the Facebook page.

“We are just staging things and then putting it on Facebook and I really think it has helped,” Pri-elipp said. “So we are just having fun with it. We are trying to give people ideas like on Pinterest using what we have. We have so much stuff around here with the antique shed so it is easy to stage stuff.”

The garden center and the antiques brings in the older customers, but the florist services Prielipp offers brings in the younger crowd when the end flowers for a birthday or anniversary.

“Times have changed a course and the younger people the 20 or 30 year olds are not much into gar-den and I don’t have a lot to offer that age group, but we sell them a lot of fresh flowers for anniversaries or birthdays,” Prielipp said. “We are a full-time florist, funerals, birthdays, wed-dings and we deliver. We are trying to expand to be more than just one thing.”

The operating hours change with the season, but right now they are open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Christie’s Potting Shed is located at 321 S. Mill Street, Marion. For more information, call 231-743-6267 or visit the Christie’s Potting Shed Facebook page.

Christie Prielipp, owner of Christie’s Potting Shed

Christie’s Potting Shed has a variety of plants and flowers to choose from!

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A happy young customer hanging out at Cafe Christie, where crossiants, pastries and fruit are served

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I was astounded when I heard the news of the ap-parent suicide of comedian and actor Robin Williams this week.

I was a huge fan of his. I have to say that of all of his accomplishments, Good Morning America and Mrs. Doubtfire were two of my favorite movies with Hook a close third. He was a quick witted, talented, intel-ligent and giving man and loved by many, many fans. He certainly knew how to get a belly laugh out of his audience – and his friends.

A long-time friend of Christopher Reeve, he was there for his friend when tragedy struck in 1995 and with his irrepressible personality Robin stood by him through the terrible time after Reeve’s ac-cident. Family members said he was the first one to make Reeves laugh in the hospital, when he arrived posing as a proctologist. Reeve said that’s when he

The loss of an iconknew he would be okay. After Reeve died, as board members of the Reeve Foundation, Williams and his former wife, Marsha Garces, were tireless in their fundraising efforts aimed at researching spinal cord injuries and improv-ing quality of life for people living with paraly-sis.

An internet post said, “When Reeve died in 2004, Williams was there to console the actor’s family. And on Tuesday, the Reeve family mourned the loss of their good friend at the age of 63.”

To say Robin Williams was talented is actually a complete understatement and it is sad that his life had to end so soon, when he still had so much of life and his unique zany personality left to offer to everyone.

News reports say he had struggled all through his long career with substance

abuse and terrible bouts of depression. How sad that it all led to this horrible end.

Depression is a ter-rible thing and we all have suffered from bouts of it from time to time, myself included. Sometimes when you wake up in the middle of the night with what seems like insurmount-able problems surrounding you, it is hard to think of a reason to keep going, and sadly, some people simply can’t.

It brought back personal memories. I know about this personally because my nephew, who also suffered with depression, ended his own life about seven years ago, leaving a grieving family including parents, six siblings, many nieces and nephews, close friends and all the rest of us, all still wondering why?

His pain is gone, but the pain he left behind is still there. How could he do this? In the aftermath, we all asked ourselves that question. His closest family members didn’t realize what he was going through at the time. He didn’t leave a note, so I guess we will never know the answer, but he is gone now and still missed much by those of us left behind to face the tragedy of his death.

We all seem to go through some terrible times in our lives, and most of us manage to make it through the toughest things. The death of a family member or close friend, and person-ally, we have lost several over the years, is prob-ably the hardest to make it through and a suicide is probably the worst death for the ones left behind to deal with because that question, “Why?” is always there.

I guess we simply have to accept what happened; to try to remember them; the good times we shared with them and the things about them that we loved the best. The healing takes time.

That’s the only solace available for the family and friends of Robin Williams now.

A friend and former writ-er for the Review, Shelley Burgess said in a Facebook post, “To Mr. Williams: Thank you for sharing your humor, your wisdom, your humanity with the rest of us - for allowing us to get lost in your witty characters, while a darker battle raged inside of you. You will be dearly missed. Sleep well ...”

Well said Shelley!

While a lot of towns in mid and Northern Michi-gan are floundering under the heavy weight of a bad economy, Clare seems to be flourishing. Yes, you read it right. I wrote flourishing. As we speak virtually every retail building in downtown Clare is rented. When was the last time one could say that?

I’ve made it my mission this spring and summer to tour as many northern Michigan towns as pos-sible. Quite frankly it’s depressing. So many vacant buildings dot the downtown landscapes. Once proud and vital downtowns have been reduced to insignificance by a poor business climate and the proliferation of the big box stores.

I truly believe Walmart and the many offshoots have ruined many down-towns. For reasons beyond my comprehension people prefer the poor customer service and lack of ambi-ance of a Walmart over family-owned downtown stores.

Clare has fought that battle and won. They’ve been able to retain a healthy downtown retail environ-ment despite the big box stores being a fifteen minute ride away. Now with the economy slowly coming back, Clare’s downtown continues to get stronger.

We all know about the purchase of the Mill End that was completed a few months ago. Essentially a downtown anchor for many decades the vast vacant building is being remod-eled. When finished a cof-fee shop and a couple other businesses will occupy the space.

At the other main in-tersection, a trio of busi-nesspeople are remodeling Maxwell Flowers to add a microbrewery. That project has been going on for some time, and when completed should be a terrific addition to the downtown.

Back to the other side of town, the vacant building that housed Clare Fitness, and then Image Quest, was recently purchased and another microbrewery is planned. The new owners plan to be up and running within the next couple of months.

Just below us at McEwan and Fourth St., Don Chi-odo and Wells Fargo have opened Central Michigan Investment Services in the last 45 days. To make room, the Chamber of Commerce had to move to City Hall, until their new offices at the renovated Depot will be finished.

Further down the road two businesspeople are remodeling part of the old ford dealership, North Country. The inside of the log constructed office is absolutely gorgeous. Expect to see dozens of vehicles for sale in the lot very soon.

Like it or not, Cops and Doughnuts, and their suc-cess, have had a lot to do with downtown’s revitaliza-

Downtown Clare is flourishing

tion. Their marketing skills have made downtown Clare and “must see” stopover for thousands of people yearly who are headed up north. Busloads and van loads of travelers stop downtown weekly to check out the bakery as well as other downtown businesses.

It’s a phenomena like none other, and smart businesspeople know, it will only grow in time. The Cops and Doughnuts brand, and downtown businesses who are along for the ride, will prosper- particularly the restaurants, micro brew-erys, coffee shops and gift stores. To add further im-petus, Cops and Doughnuts expects to have their own reality show soon. Film-ing for a pilot has already taken place.

If and when that hap-pens, more tourists will flock to Clare. The cops, the doughnuts, and some people in Clare, will be-

come well-known to their TV audience. You think downtown is crowded now? A reality show will bring thousands more.

Another attraction once complete, will be the old train depot. Although many towns have remodeled train depots, I suspect this project will be special. Certainly it will preserve many things historical, but it will also house several offices. Locals, and out-of-towners alike will want to take tours. There is a certain fascination for trains and depots, and Clare’s will certainly appeal to a large segment of the population.

It’s an understatement to say the economy in Clare is looking up. It’s doing much better, and frankly, I can’t wait to experience Clare a couple of years from now.

In an article titled “His Eye is on the Sparrow,” Jerry Jenkins, co-author of the best-selling “Left Behind” prophetic fiction book series, introduced his readers to Dameon Sharkey, a seventh grader, whose compassion and faith should be an example to us all.

Dameon’s physical education teacher, Jeff Leeland, was going through the toughest time of his life. His son, Michael, had been diagnosed with Leukemia and without a bone marrow transplant wasn’t likely to survive. Michael’s seven-year-old sister, Amy, proved to be a perfect match but Jeff and Kristi Leeland’s insurance refused to cover the $200,000 cost of this lifesaving procedure until after a waiting period of a year and Michael wasn’t expected to live that long. In the absence of insurance coverage, the hospital re-quired a $175,000 deposit to proceed with the transplant, an amount the Leelands didn’t have and couldn’t

What’s that in your hand?borrow. Then young Dameon got involved.

Dameon told his mother he wanted to empty his savings account and give it all to Mr. Leeland to save Michael’s life. When she called Jeff to tell him of Dameon’s desire, he tried to decline the offer but Dameon had made up his mind and before long he was placing twelve crum-pled five dollar bills in his protesting teacher’s hand, an act of love and generos-ity that would catch on and save Michael’s life.

When the news of Dameon’s gift became known a fund was started at the school for Michael’s transplant and within four weeks it had grown from Dameon’s sixty dollar dona-tion to $220,000. Amy do-nated her bone marrow and the operation proceeded.

Michael survived the procedure and became cancer free.

Dameon wasn’t the first to give up what was in his hand and see it produce a

miracle.Thousands of years

earlier, Moses stood near a burning bush in the desert of Midian listening to a call to go to Egypt and lead his people out of slavery. Then this future great leader began to make excuses.

“Who am I that I should go?” he asked. “They will not believe me.”

“What is that in your hand?” asked a voice from the fire.

“A rod,” Moses replied; his answer accentuating how little he had in his hand and how ill equipped he felt for the great task being as-signed to him (Exodus 4:2).

Yet Moses’s rod would later be called the rod of God. He would raise it and the Red Sea would open for his people to escape those who wanted to enslave them again (Exodus 14). He would strike a rock with that rod and refreshing water would flow in the desert to enable these former slaves to drink and keep moving forward.

Centuries later, after the disciples of our Lord had run out of ideas about how to feed five thousand hungry people on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, an unnamed boy gave up his meager lunch of fish and bread and saw it become enough to feed this hungry multitude and have twelve full baskets left over (John 6).

We all have something in our hands to give. And there are too many needy people awaiting our help to keep what we have to our-selves; too many problems to solve for us to hold back from helping; too many who need to know what it means to trust God and walk with Him every day to remain silent.

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Community EventsSNOWMOBILE CLUB

MEETING Summer is starting to wind down and it is time to start thinking about snowmobile season.  The first snowmobile club meeting of the season will be this Monday, August 25th at 7 PM at Trails End Pub.

MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

First practice starts Monday, August 25th from 10am-12pm at the high school gym. All 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls are invited to play on this year’s teams.

JUNGLE SAFARI VACATION BIBLE

SCHOOL Community Vacation Bible School for 2014 will be “Jungle Safari” where kids explore the nature of God. It will be held at the Marion United Methodist Church on August 11-15. It will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. There is no charge for Vacation Bible School. A free will offering will be accepted and our Missionary Endeavor will be purchasing farm animals to send to Haiti. Last year we purchased water cleaning systems for 5 million gallons of clean water to send to Haiti. VBS is sponsored by Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Community of Christ and United Methodist Church.

ANNUAL CHICKEN BBQ AND RAFFLE

St. Stephen would like to announce its 40th Annual Chicken  BBQ  and  Raffle to be held on Sunday, August 31, 2014. 12:30 – 4pm. Menu includes ½ chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetable, coleslaw, roll & butter, pie, beverage. All at the reasonable price of $9 adults, and $4 children. Take outs are also available! The church is located at 506 Union Street, Lake City, MI 49651.

SOIL HEALTH SUMMER SERIES

Come take a look at how cover crops are being used to improve farm soils & productivity! August 22

– Jernstadt Dairy, 20310 Coolidge Road, Big Rapids – hands on look at the effects of 4 different types of tillage on cover crop plantings, lunch provided, 9am to 3pm. September 23 – Thornton’s, 11315 E. 64th, Reed City – ACEP-WRE (WRP), cover crop interseeding in grain crops, ice cream sundaes, 1:30 – 3:30pm. October 9- Michele & Chad Nicklas,  16134  Schofield Rd., Hersey – cover crops mixes for extending the fall grazing season of beef cattle, aerial seeding of cover crops into standing grain crops, cider & doughnuts, 6-8pm. October 21 – Norman’s Vegetable Farms, 22735 20 Mile Road, Tustin – utilizing cover crops as a living mulch in mixed vegetable production, cider & doughnuts, 4:30-6:30 pm. At each farm we will be going  into  the  field  to  see cover crops close up. Cover crops improve overall soil health by acting as a living mulch and reducing weeds, disease, and inputs. MSU extension, NRCS and MAEAP  Phase  1  qualified.   If you have any questions, please call us! At the Osceola-Lake Conservation District 231-832-2950 or MSU Extension 231-832-6139. If you need an accommodation to participate, please contact Greg White at 231-832-5341 or at greg.white@nrcs.usda.gov at least 2 weeks ahead of any meeting that you wihs to attend. NRCS is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

OLAH SUMMER CLASSES

Looks like summer is finally  arriving.  And  with the warmer temperatures people are out & about enjoying beautiful Northern Michigan. The OLAH Studio is getting busier, too. More people are using the lapidary machines, new inventory is coming in & new classes are being offered. So far, these classes are on the list: October - Vintage Father Christmas with Mary. A woodworking class

is in the works, want to build a birdhouse? Other classes will be available soon. Call 231-250-1066 for updated information. On August 30, Labor Day weekend, OLAH will be sponsoring a Downtown Evart yard sale. Art & Craft booths will set up near the OLAH building with some art demonstrations. There will also be a silent art auction inside the OLAH Studio. Instead of having a sale at your home, why not set up here? Those who want an 8 x 8 booth are responsible for their own tables, chairs, etc. & must clean up their area at the end of the day. The car show in the park & the farmers market are also that same day.

SEWING CLASSES By Ruth Ann Pollington at the Marion Area Museum. Learn to make a special heir-loom piece or other item. Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 on Thursdays beginning May 1. Everyone welcome! Contact: 743.6434

DANCING AGAIN AT THE EAGLES PUBLIC INVITED Round and line danc-ing at the Marion Eagles, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Live music by band, “Lost in Time”. Should you have question, please contact Frances Niv-er @ 231-743-2745. See you there.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS DAY

At Harrison Lions Club Building, 417 Fairlane Road in Harrison on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Resources and housing information that may help you and your family! Free lunch and drinks, free haircuts, free mobile dentist for kids (Bring child’s Dental Insurance card, and pre-register by calling 989-539-4262. Walk-Ins also welcome.) Children’s Immunizations (Pre-register by calling 989-539-6731 ext. 8214), Free backpacks & school supplies for school age kids. (Parents MUST pre-register children for backpacks and school supplies by calling 989-539-4262). Mobile food pantry (Please bring photo ID with you and a laundry basket to tote or help carry food.) Free transportation with 24 hour notice: Call 989-539-1473. New this year: Kid Alley! Mega Bounce Obstacle Course, Cops & Doughnuts, Jewls the Clown and pals, Police Car, Fire Trucks, Ambulance.

MMCC ATHLETIC PROGRAM 5TH ANNUAL

GOLF OUTINGAfter a great season

last year, the Mid Michigan Community College Lakers are gearing up for the fall basketball season. The men’s team, under coach Kaleb House, is hoping to

build on the momentum from last year’s playoff run. The women’s team, with Matt Rodenbo as the new coach, is starting fresh with a new team and high expectations.

To help the program continue to grow and build, the Lakers are hosting their 5th annual golf outing to support MMCC Athletics on Friday, August 22nd at Snow Snake in Harrison.

The MMCC Lakers are part of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) as a Division III

community college. As a DIII college, the Lakers cannot offer athletic scholarships, but the program offers an opportunity for students to compete at a collegiate level after high school while earning a degree. A number of students have even transferred on to play at colleges and universities after playing for the Lakers.

Registration is going on now for this fun event. Contact Matt Miller at mmiller@midmich.edu for more information.

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PEBBLESTONEMANOR SENIOR APTS305 Briarwood in Clare is updating waiting list for two bedroom apart-ments. One bedroom apartments now avail-able. Rent based on in-come, minimum $370. Limited subsidy avail-able. Persons must be 62 years of age or older, or disabled of any age. Comunity room, inside mail delivery and laun-dry area for resident use. Applications at of-fi ce on site or by call-ing 386-2067 or 1-800-225-7982. Managed by Stratford Group Ltd., 442 W. Baldwin, Al-pena, MI 49707. Equal Housing Opportunity. This institution is an equal opportunity pro-vider, and employer. TDD #1-800-855-1155.

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Estate AuctionTHURS, AUGUST 21, 2014 – 10 AM

ESTATE OF ROBERT & TODDY BLAIR6971 N. 7 Mile Road – Lake City, Michigan

Located 7 miles East of Lake City on M-55; 7 miles North on 7 Mile Road

DON HOWER-AUCTIONEERSDon & Darin Hower

Lake City 231-839-2256 or 231-510-7977 Visit : www.howerauctions.com or auctionzip.com # 14342 for photos

Yamaha Rhino 660; 4x4 gas, dump box (reserve) – Polaris 250R Trail Boss 4x2 ATV – White LGT-1600 Lawn Tractor w/44” mower deck – Central Ma-chine 12” 5 sp Lathe – Honda 1 cyl. 900w Generator; needs work – White Rototiller w/8 hp B&S engine – Bridgestone 50 Step Threw Motorcycle; mid 60’s – Oliver 6 hp OB Boat Motor – MinnKota Electric Motor – Poulan Electric Chain Saw – CAI 8” 1 hp Bench Grinder – Craftsman 6” Sander – CraftsmanTool Chest – 8 pl. Gun Cabinet – Leather Handmade Gun Case – Little Chief Smoker – Snow Shoes – Coleman Powermate 2000 Pressure Washer – Lad-ders – Sears Scroll Saw – CH ½” Impact Air Wrench – Chicago 18v Cordless Drill – Fishing Rods & Reels – 3-1/2” Vise – 6 gal Shop Vac – Angle Attach-ment for Drill – C Clamps – Bolt Cutter – Fish Nets – MUCH MORE

Stacked Frigidaire Washer & Dryer – GE 17.4 cu ft Top Freezer Refrigerator Lge Oak 12 gun Case – China Cupboard – Oak Hoosier Cupboard; minus flour bin (reserve) - Oak Dropleaf Table – (4) Pine Stools – Chrome Kitchen Table – Recliners – Swivel Highback Stools – White Spindle back Rocker – 9 dr. Desk – Old Books & Records – Dbl Dresser – Oak Chest – HomeComfort Wood Cookstove – White & Kenmore Sewing Machines – Old But-tons – Pitcher & Bowl – Canning Jars – 7Up Soda Crate (Houghton, Mi) – Globe Tobacco Tin – Lipton Tea Tin – Oak Entertainment Ctr – Sanyo 37” TV (2) High-back Office Chairs – Pine Commode w/towel rack – Round Wood Pedestal Table – Carnival & Green Depression Glassware – Kerosene Lamp Collectible Kitchenware – Waterfall 4 dr. Chest – Pressure Cooker – MeatCleaver – Thermar Gas Hot Water on Demand Heater – Patio Set – Fern Stand – Dirt Devil All Surface Vac – Dolls – Lifestyle 2808 Treadmill – Pyrex Mixing Bowls – Scrub Devil – Linens – Antique Captain’s Chair – Lawn Swing Antique Stool - Style House Set of Dishes –Squirrel Feeder - MUCH MORE.

TWO AUCTION RINGS - LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS !!

See www.howerauctions.com or www.auctionzip.com #14342 for photos.

TERMS: Cash or Check w/ ID. NO CREDIT CARDS OR OUT-OF-STATE CHECKS. Not Responsible for accidents or items after purchase. ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS. Auction Personnel act as selling agents only and assume not responsibilities or guarantees. Announcements prior to auction take precedence over printed material. Lunch/Porta John Available.

Public AuctionSATURDAY, AUG 23, 2014 – 10 AM

DEBORAH THOMAS-OWNER4689 3 MILE ROAD – SEARS, MICHIGAN 49679

DON HOWER-AUCTIONEERSDon & Darin Hower

Lake City 231-839-2256 or 231-510-7977 Visit : www.howerauctions.com or auctionzip.com # 14342 for photos

1951 ALLIS CHALMER WD #WD83096; NF; pulley; 540 PTO; 13.6 x 28 rears w/wheel wts w/2-14” attachable Plow – FORD 9N; 3 pt, 540 PTO; 3 spd; 11.2 x 28 rears.

Arps 6’ Back Blade; 3 pt – 4” Portable Grain Auger – Ranch King 18 hp Riding Mower; 46” cut; 12 spd – Simplicity 12.5 hp Riding Mower w/52.5” mower deck- Blue Hawk 10 cu ft Lawn Trailer – 6x8’ 2 wheel Trailer – BT Lifter Pallet Jack; 4500# capacity – 4.5 x10’ Wooden Grain Box – Master Mechanic Tool Chest – Belsaw Saw Sharpener #1055 LL w/attachments & manual – Scaffold-ing – Good Wrench Metal Cupboard – Composter – Master Mechanic 6” Bench Grinder – Homelite Weed Whip – Ryobi 18v Rechargeable Tool Set; minus charger – B&D 12v Cordless Trimmer – Bench Vise – Beam Drill – Empire Gas Space Heater – Swivel Stools – 12 gal. Shop Vac – Walk Behind Weed Trimmer Aluminum Levels – Storage Cupboards – Craftsman 12 gal. Wet/Dry Vac Box & OE Wrenches – Stilliard Scales - Other Tools

Lazy Boy 3 cushion Floral Sofa – Corner Curio Cabinet – Maytag Automatic Washer – Speed Queen Gas Dryer – 40” Dining Table w/bd – Frigidaire Refrig-erator w/top freezer – Broyhill Brown Loveseat Recliner – Broyhill 3 cushion Sofa w/2 recliners – Antique Dining Set w/table, 1 bd, 6 chairs, china cabinet & buffet – Thermos Gas Grill – PVC Baby Bed – White Elec Sewing Machine Hoosier Cabinet; minus rolltop/flour bin/porcelain – 4 dr. Metal File Cabinet Suncast Storage Cupboard – Two Leather Couches – Oak Desk – Ginger Lamps – 4 sh. Storage Cupbd – Assorted Dolls & Clothing – (3) Maple Chairs – Free Standing Electric Fireplace – Martin Bird House – Right Hand Golf Clubs 30’ Antenna – Road Rider Cartop Cargo Carrier – Laundry Sink – Wagner Fry Pan - Sylvania Stereo/Radio/Turn Table Console – MUCH MORE

See www.howerauctions.com or www.auctionzip #14342 for photos.

TERMS: Cash or Check w/ ID. NO CREDIT CARDS OR OUT-OF-STATE CHECKS. Not Responsible for accidents or items after purchase. ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS. Auction Personnel act as selling agents only and assume not responsibilities or guarantees. Announcements prior to auction take precedence over printed material. Lunch/PortaJohn Available.

Directions: 2.9 miles South of Sears on 50th Avenue; .07 mile East on 3 Mile Road OR 3 miles South of M66/US10 intersection on M-66; 1.3 miles West on 3 Mile Rd……Watch for signs

Public Auction SATURDAY, AUG 23, 2014 – 10 AM

DEBORAH THOMAS-OWNER 4689 3 MILE ROAD – SEARS, MICHIGAN 49679

Directions: 2.9 miles South of Sears on 50th Avenue; .07 mile East on 3 Mile Road OR 3 miles South of M66/US10 intersection on M-66; 1.3 miles West on 3 Mile Rd……Watch for signs

1951 ALLIS CHALMER WD #WD83096; NF; pulley; 540 PTO; 13.6 x 28 rears w/wheel wts w/2-14” attachable Plow – FORD 9N; 3 pt, 540 PTO; 3 spd; 11.2 x 28 rears.

Arps 6’ Back Blade; 3 pt – 4” Portable Grain Auger – Ranch King 18 hp Riding Mower; 46” cut; 12 spd – Simplicity 12.5 hp Riding Mower w/52.5” mower deck- Blue Hawk 10 cu ft Lawn Trailer – 6x8’ 2 wheel Trailer – BT Lifter Pallet Jack; 4500# capacity – 4.5 x10’ Wooden Grain Box – Master Mechanic Tool Chest – Belsaw Saw Sharpener #1055 LL w/attachments & manual – Scaffolding – Good Wrench Metal Cupboard – Composter – Master Mechanic 6” Bench Grinder – Homelite Weed Whip – Ryobi 18v Rechargeable Tool Set; minus charger – B&D 12v Cordless Trimmer – Bench Vise – Beam Drill – Empire Gas Space Heater – Swivel Stools – 12 gal. Shop Vac – Walk Behind Weed Trimmer – Aluminum Levels – Storage Cupboards – Craftsman 12 gal. Wet/Dry Vac – Box & OE Wrenches – Stilliard Scales - Other Tools Lazy Boy 3 cushion Floral Sofa – Corner Curio Cabinet – Maytag Automatic Washer – Speed Queen Gas Dryer – 40” Dining Table w/bd – Frigidaire Refrigerator w/top freezer – Broyhill Brown Loveseat Recliner – Broyhill 3 cushion Sofa w/2 recliners – Antique Dining Set w/table, 1 bd, 6 chairs, china cabinet & buffet – Thermos Gas Grill – PVC Baby Bed – White Elec Sewing Machine – Hoosier Cabinet; minus rolltop/flour bin/porcelain – 4 dr. Metal File Cabinet – Suncast Storage Cupboard – Two Leather Couches – Oak Desk – Ginger Lamps – 4 sh. Storage Cupbd – Assorted Dolls & Clothing – (3) Maple Chairs – Free Standing Electric Fireplace – Martin Bird House – Right Hand Golf Clubs – 30’ Antenna – Road Rider Cartop Cargo Carrier – Laundry Sink – Wagner Fry Pan - Sylvania Stereo/Radio/Turn Table Console – MUCH MORE See www.howerauctions.com or www.auctionzip #14342 for photos. TERMS: Cash or Check w/ ID. NO CREDIT CARDS OR OUT-OF-STATE CHECKS. Not Responsible for accidents or items after purchase. ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS. Auction Personnel act as selling agents only and assume not responsibilities or guarantees. Announcements prior to auction take precedence over printed material. Lunch/PortaJohn Available. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DON HOWER-AUCTIONEERS DON & DARIN HOWER

Lake City, Mi. 231.839.2256 or 231.510.7977 www.howerauctions.com or auctionzip.com 14342

Sports

Football Preview

McBain’s Trent Bowers runs an offensive play during the Ramblers practice on Wednesday.

McBain head coach Chad Grundy cracks a smile as his team runs drills. Photo by Ben Murphy

Photo by Ben Murphy

McBain’s 13 returnees get Ramblers off and running

By Ben Murphy

The McBain football team survived a season full of youth and went 5-5 last year, falling 38-28 to Alcona in the first round of the playoffs. Sixth year head coach Chad Grundy feels things are getting off to a good start already this go around, thanks in large part to having 14 return-ing players on his 23-man roster.

“We have 23 guys, a couple more kids than last year, we are way ahead of last year,” he said. “Last year we started nine sopho-

mores so this year is much better already. We just want to get our offense going, get our blocking schemes down and just get ready for Kingsley.”

Junior running back, corner back Ty Clark is happy with how things are going too.

“It’s exciting, it’s going well,” he said. “We’re all meshing pretty well, every-one is working pretty hard and getting at it. All of our experience has helped a lot. We took what we learned from last year and we put it into this year and have expanded some. With our

experience, we should be pretty decent.”

McBain opens the sea-son at home on Thursday, Aug. 28 against Kingsley, a team the Ramblers lost 21-14 to last year.

“I think everyone is really excited to come back and give it to them this year,” Clark said. “We had a few opportunities slip away against them last year, with a few bad penal-ties. We’re excited we get to play them at home too.”

Next week catch Marion’s camp story and in depth previews on area fall teams.

Hoopzone profiles

SalisburyAlexis Salisbury, daugh-

ter of Greg & Deanna Salisbury of Marion, has attended a few HOOP-ZONE Basketball events and most recently she was part of 48 other campers at HOOPZONE Basketball’s PUREHOOP & Ball Han-dling camps.

Her skills in ball handling and shooting have greatly improved and when she combines her skills with her athletic abilities she will make a great young player in the

days ahead. She’ll be one to watch. Way to GO Alexis, see you next time at HOOPZONE! Visit HOOPZONE Basketball at www.hoopzonebasketball.com

3 makeSVSU listThis winter semester,

2,011 students from Sagi-naw Valley State Univer-sity were named to the Deans’ List.

To be eligible for the Deans’ List, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and carry a semester GPA of 3.4 or better.

For more information, visit www.svsu.edu.

Danielle Gray of Evart was among the Deans’ List students.

Tayler Jones of Mcbain was among the Deans’ List students.

Brooke Sebastiano of Leroy was among the Deans’ List students.

Derek Vongphasouk of Mcbain was among the Deans’ List students.

Clayton Westdorp of Mc Bain was among the Deans’ List students.

Amanda Wickens of Tu-stin was among the Deans’ List students.

Rebekah Wirkutis of Ev-art was among the Deans’ List students.

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