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115th Year Issue No. 34
August 25, 1999
Jprincport,
Wvliet man pleads not
guilty to alleged bomb
threat charge at airport
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WATERVLIET PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
In Waterviiet, students in grades 112 will return on Monday, August
30, for half a day.
First day for
kindergarten students will be Tuesday, August 31, which is also the
first ftill day for the rest of the
students.
Mohn, while standing in line, said
their luggage contained guns and
bombs. Both men were detained
17-year-old arrested
for rape of 14-year-old
By J o e Cheshire
A 17-year-old has been rearrested
on a felony charge of Criminal
Sexual
Conduct
(CSC)
and
committing a felony while in
possession of a weapon.
According to State Police, the
alleged rape of a 14-year-old
Waterviiet area girl occurred on
August 7 at her home near Hagar
Shore Road in Waterviiet Township.
The girl did not report the
attack until August 16, out of fear.
She reported her assailant entered
her home through an unlocked door
that had been left unlocked after the
girl let the family dog outside.
The assailant is alleged to have
used a knife to force the girl to have
sex and is alleged to have threatened
By Joe Cheshire
Summer time is fast coming to an
end and students have only one
more week before the school bell
rings again.
Airlines ticket agent May 30 at 1
Southwest Michigan Regional Airport in Benton Harbor.
According to Dettmer, Laratta and
while Benton Harbor Police and
FBI agents searched through their
luggage.
N o guns or bombing devices were
found, but authorities decided to
move ahead with prosecution to
show that such threats are not taken
lightly.
" W e don't want anybody who is
going to be joking about bombs and
guns at our airport," said Karen
Conlon of the Airport Authority.
"Just because we're a small airport
doesn't mean we can't take this kind
of thing seriously."
to come back and do "great harm" if
the incident were reported.
The assailant, who was known by
the girl, was arrested following the
report of the incident on August 16.
He was released and then rearrested when it was determined
there was probable cause that he
committed the felony.
Gregory Scott Mayer, 17, of
Waterviiet, was arraigned Monday
in Berrien County Court on two
counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct
First and Fourth degree and one
count of Home Invasion.
A bond of $50,000 was set and
Mayer remains in Berrien County
Jail in lieu of bond. A preliminary
hearing is set for August 31.
THE M I L L E N N I U M C A M E EARLY TO W A T E R V L I E T . . . recently
with the arrival of the model year 2000 Neon ES to Brookfield Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-Jeep. Says dealership Manager Kirk Duncombe,
"It's the hottest new car on the market!"' Pictured with the car of the
"millennium" are salespersons Sally Sexton, Shayne Darling, Chad
Bedwell, and Ruth Strawbridge. (Karl Bayer photo)
Will patrol after dark thru Labor Day
Police patrols for Twp.
beaches approved by
Waterviiet Commission
By Cliff Stevens
During a special August 23 Waterviiet City Commission meeting,
approval was given to an agreement
with Waterviiet Township to allow
City patrolmen to patrol the beaches
in the Township through Labor
Day.
Action earlier this month was tabled by the Commission.
The Township requested City patrols at Forest Beach and Sunset
Beach after the two parks close at
11 p.m., in order to eliminate possible problems.
Under the agreement, which requires the signature of Township
Supervisor Merle Bujack and Waterviiet Mayor Daniel Schofield, the
City would be reimbursed at a rate
of $40 an hour.
Schofield said, "The Township
merely wants a police presence at
the two beaches a n d to enforce the
law if a violation is found."
The agreement, to end on Labor
Day, will be used to obtain data on
whether another pact would be considered by the City next year.
According to Schofield, once both
needed signatures are on the agreement, the City patrols of the park
will begin.
Schofield said w e might look at
this agreement for patrolling the
parks as a "small move toward a
combined City/Township police
department.
Tri-City Area youths bring in blue ribbons and trophies at
Sisters prepare 70 entries: "It's fun
to come to the fair every day."
Alyson and Pauline Wendzel,
sisters from Waterviiet, learned this
last week that hard work throughout
the year can really pay off at the
Berrien County Youth Fair. In
addition, they discovered the thrill
of watching exhibits they created
being
named
Champion
and
Reserved Grand Champion in their
PAULINE
WENDZEL...holds
her Market Rabbit minutes after
Representative LaSata placed the
winning bid of $150 on the animal
at the Berrien County Youth Fair
Auction Thursday.
class. The girls also found out just
how "exciting" it is "to come to the
fair every day."
According to Pauline, "It's fun to
see something you made win." And
win they did. The girls are members
of the Country Siders 4-H Club and
have been working throughout the
last year on the 70 exhibits they
collectively entered at the Berrien
County Youth Fair. The girls tried
their hand at many things throughout the past year and entered
exhibits in flowers, baked goods,
horticulture, rabbits, canning, crafts,
as well as other classes at the 1999
Berrien County Youth Fair.
They have different interests and
their age difference allows them to
enter exhibits in different categories
at the Berrien County Youth Fair. In
sewing, Alyson is too young to enter
machine-sewn items so the 6-yearold entered a hand-sewn class and
earned Champion honors with her
hand-sewn table runner. She also
earned Reserve Champion in Cat
Showmanship, Young Junior Division; Best Personality Judges Award
with her cat; and Reserved Champion Rose Cluster.
LaSata placed the winning bid on'
her Market Rabbit.
The Wendzel girls are the daughters of Brad and Joyce Wendzel.
In addition to the ribbons and
trophies the Wendzels brought
home, numerous other top honors
came to this part of the County. The
following awards were earned at the
1999 Berrien County Youth Fair,
which wrapped up Saturday night:
Reserved Champion Rabbit Showmanship Young Junior Division,
Jolene A. Walter, Waterviiet; Reserved Grand Champion Market
Rabbits-Pen of Two, Kristin M.
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Community Calendar...
Genealogy...
Hometown History ...
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Nine-year-old
Pauline
earned
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Reserved Grand Champion Fruit
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Exhibit for her peaches. Reserved
We Asked You ...
Champion Three Jars Salsa, and
Champion 1-piece Sleeveless Gar-,
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Most kids back in local
schools on Monday
" T h r e a t s not t a k e n lightly"
By Joe Cheshire
Theodore Mohn of Waterviiet
pleaded not guilty of making a
b o m b threat at Southwest Michigan
Regional
Airport.
Mohn
was
arraigned Monday, August 23, in
federal court in Detroit on the
charges after he and fellow passenger Anthony Laratta allegedly
joked about taking guns and bombs
on board a flight to Detroit.
" I ' m under strict orders not to say
anything," said Mohn in a phone
interview Tuesday morning. "All I
can say is I pleaded not guilty, and a
preliminary hearing is set for next
Thursday."
According to published reports,
U.S. Attorney Michael Dettmer
handed down a pair of indictments
charging Mohn and Laratta of
making a bomb threat to a Mesaba
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Students in grades one through six
should report to assigned rooms.
Kindergarteners through secondgraders will attend South Elementary School, with third- through
fifth-graders attending North Elementary.
COLOMA COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS
Coloma will also see students returning on August 30 with a half day
of school, with Tuesday being the
first full day. Kindergarteners living in the old Pier area south of
Central Avenue and west of 1-196
will attend the morning sessions,
8:35-11:40 a.m.
Kindergarteners
living in all other areas will attend
afternoon sessions, from 12-15-3:25
3:25 p.m.
Tacy, Waterviiet; Champion Young
Wild Flower Arrangement 13 & up.
Division Sewing, Dustin M. Lane,
Waterviiet; Champion I-piece Garment with Sleeves, Champion Sew,
Knit, Crochet, Personal GarmentsClass 2114, Darren G. Lane,
Waterviiet; Champion Showmanship-Llamas Intermediate Division,
Reserved Grand Champion Llama
Showmanship, Champion Florist/
Hot House Arrangement, Champion
Champion Dried Flower Arrangement, Champion Fresh Flower Corsage, Champion Silk/Dried Corsage,
Reserved Champion Mini Silk/
Dried Arrangement, Flower Excellence Award, Rebecca D. Atherton, Waterviiet;
Pre-1955 Antique Tractor Pull 05500 lbs., Chad Yetzke, Waterviiet;
Champion
Vegetable
Creation,
Kristin
M.
Tacy,
Waterviiet;
Champion
Showmanship-Llamas
Junior Division, Champion Llama
Costume, Overall Grand Champion
Llama, Shawna Gunn, Waterviiet;
Reserved Champion Miscellaneous
Yeast Bread, Katy E. Winkel,
Waterviiet;
Reserved Champion,
Senior Trail, Reserved Champion
Pony Showmanship, Shanna L.
Shearer, Coloma; Grand Champion
Registered Quarter Horse, Amy
Koenigshof,
Coloma;
Reserved
Grand Champion Saddle Seat,
Grand Champion English Pleasure
Horse, Thalia N. Bertuca; Champion Border Dahlia, Champion Dahlia, Reserved Champion Holiday
Wreath/Wall Hanging, Champion
Holiday Wreaths/Wall Hangings
Class 1799, Champion Wedding
Bouquet/Nosegay, Floral Excellence Award,
Kim L. Schmuhl,
Coloma;
Reserved
Champion
Woodworking Class 2364, Ami R.
Sherwood, Waterviiet;
Champion Home Economics Class
2114, Darren G. Lane, Waterviiet;
Champion Marigold maximum 2",
See F A I R C H A M P S
continued on page 13
A L Y S O N WENDZEL...shows off
her table runner that earned her
Champion honors at the Berrien
County Youth Fair.
(Carole Kiernan photos)
Hartford High School student
schedules and locker combinations
will be handed out to students on
the first day of school, August 30.
School will begin in the High
School at 8:00 a.m.
ST. JOSEPH C A T H O L I C
SCHOOL
St. Joseph Catholic School in
Waterviiet began classes Monday,
August 23, with a half day. Tuesday, August 24, was the first full
day of the 1999-2000 school schedule. Preschool will begin on Monday, September 13.
Washington
School
kindergarteners living in the Ingraham,
Clymer and Bundy areas and the
Lake Michigan Beach area north of
G R A C E CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL
Central Avenue will attend morning
Grace Christian School in Waterclasses from 8:30-11:35 a.m., with viiet opened its doors Monday,
kindergarteners in the Ravine View August
23,
for all
students.
Estates Mobile Home Park attend- Kindergarten students are attending
ing the afternoon sessions from
half-day Classes this first week, with
12:25-3:30 p.m. All other kinder- a full day of classes beginning
garteners
attending
Washington August 30.
School will have afternoon sessions.
FAITH L U T H E R A N S C H O O L
Faith Lutheran in Coloma began
HARTFORD PUBLIC
the 1999-2000 school year on
SCHOOLS
Monday, August 23, with full-day
Hartford Public Schools will open classes for kindergarten through
its doors on August 30 as well, with eighth grade.
a ftill day of classes. Kindergarteners at Red Arrow Elementary on
a flill-day schedule will attend from
8:10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The morning
kindergarten classes will run from
Berrien Co. Fair
&
8:10 a.m. to 11:05 a.m., with afternoon students attending classes
from 12:05 to 3:00 p.m. At Woodside, all-day kindergarten hours will
be 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.; with
morning classes beginning at 8:20
a.m. until 11:14 a.m.
Afternoon
students at Woodside will attend
from 12:15 p.m. until 3:10.
Additionally, preschool at Woodside will begin on Tuesday, September 7, with morning classes
running from 8:20 until 11:15 a.m.
The afternoon preschool will be in
session from 12:15 until 3:10 p.m.
A 10-week migrant afternoon kindergarten program will be available
starting Tuesday, August 31, and
running through November
5.
Parents need to register their students by calling (616) 621-6458.
Waterviiet
Middle School
"open house"
is August 29
By Joe Cheshire
Waterviiet School Superintendent
Robert Gabel announced that Middle School Principal Dr. Judy B u m s
will be hosting an "open house" of
the new Middle School on Sunday,
August 29, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. T h e
open house has been scheduled as
the result of community interest.
An "ice cream social" will be held
in conjunction with the open house
at South Elementary School, beginning at 4:30 p.m.
On August 24 and August 25, student tours were conducted to familiarize students with the new facility as well.
Dr. Bums says nearly everything
will be ready for opening day,
August 30. "There are some minor
details and finishing touches to be
taxen care of, but we will be ready
when the students retum from
summer break."
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Waterviiet voters approved a $4.35
million bond issue two years ago
that will see sixth-, seventh- and'
eighth-grade students housed in the
new Middle School, segregated
from the High School students.
At a date still to be determined in
the fall, a dedication ceremony recognizing the opening of Waterviiet
Middle School and the community
efforts allowing for its constmction
will be conducted.
E D I T O R ' S N O T E : In a front-page
story in last w e e k ' s Record, it was
stated this open house was to be
held on August 30. This information
was incorrect, and we apologize for
any inconveniences this error may
have caused.
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Letters and Commentary
WE WELCOME
LETTERS...
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subject to editing, especially for
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should be typed or at least written in
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Dear Editor,
On one evening during the GladPeach Festival, we decided we
would travel down to Coloma to
watch the parade, buy some things
from several of the vendors, and
then listen to both of the bands that
were playing. We ended up staying
for most of the evening; and then,
much to our amazement, when we
went back to our car, which was
parked on Washington Street, we
found a ticket.
The ticket was for parking on the
tree lawn. This was not posted "no
parking" and certainly did not look
like a place where you could not
park. From what we can gather,
many others were ticketed during
the festival this year also. I know
that it left a very bad taste in our
mouth and we certainly will think
twice before coming to Coloma
again to shop for fear we might park
in the wrong place.
The committee should be congratulated on a fine j o b but we
would suggest that in the future they
try to find a way to provide more
parking places for the visitors. The
action this year surely will discourage a lot of people who would no
doubt have planned to attend another way.
Nancy Huffman and
Diane VanLierop
WSAM sends a
big thank-you for
helping at booth
Dear Editor.
Women for the Survival of Agriculture in Michigan wishes to thank
its members and their extended
families, including Josh Sarters and
JeffGinter, for their time and effort
at the Glad-Peach Festival information booth. A very BIG THANKYOU to the following peach farmers, with a very limited crop this
>ear. that donated peaches for the
booth: K&K Farms, N o f f k e Family
Farms, Churchill Farms, Dale Mil-
f
;r Farms. Les Schmuhl, Coloma;
nd Vic Schultz, Mattawan.
WSAM
Can't afford
to shop
locally
Dear Editor,
I am a senior citizen exeriencing
some health problems. My doctor
has prescribed various medications
for me to take (some of which I
have been using for a while). Having used out-of-town pharmacies in
the past, I thought I would support
our local pharmacy so I took my
scripts locally to get them filled.
When I was advised of the price, 1
was shocked at the difference of
medications from one town (only 10
miles away) to the next. The difference happened to be $18 for one
prescription alone (which included a
10% senior citizen discount).
We are encouraged to shop locally
and keep our city alive but, at these
prices, I cannot afford to do so. I
will go the extra 10 miles and,
hopefully, others will wake up and
do the same. Maybe then prices will
become a little more competitive.
Being a senior citizen with health
problems is bad enough, but the ripoff in the cost of prescription drugs
in our town is much worse. I have
found that it really pays to shop
''around."
Sincerely,
Neva Heniser
Hartford
-I
Jerry Lewis MDA
Telethon this
Labor Day
weekend
Karl's Kolumn
By Karl Bayer, Editor and Publisher
IE E X T R A C A R E F U L O U T
HERE
THE
NEXT
FEW
jWEEKS O N T H E R O A D S . . .
jhere's a lot of young'uns going
rack and forth to school.
j As happy as they are, the last thing
they're thinking about is you runJiing them down with your car.
Sl ake care and look out for them.
•WITH A L L T H E H O R R O R S O F
*.AST S C H O O L BEHIND, l e t s
jiope and pray all our children have
safe and happy time. Also give a
Jhankftil thought to the educators,
Jiides, staffers, and administrators
mat take your children in charge
each day, not only to teach them but
also to keep them safe. That's a
might big job, not one many of us
would be willing to tackle.
day they took over the Record was
March 23, 1959. Very nearly the
'60s as Vince said, but still the '50s.
Then Bill Beverly chimed in earlier this week on the same column,
about the changes at the Record,
with the new equipment. He said he
came across a story in the Record
when Francis Case got a new Linotype machine and all the changes it
caused.
That was in 1918 and the Linotype, the manual, and Francis' own
handbook and notes on the machine's operation are still here at the
Record. The wooden stool you see
in the front office is the same one in
a picture of Francis setting type.
Still from the same column, Tim
Sadler of T-H Printing in Almont,
called to say he could use some of
TjpMPUS F U G W . . . It's hard the
to handset type I wrote of for some
imagine it's been nearly three jobs he does on a Heidelberg press.
months since the summer season
C'mon over and help yourself.
began and here the kids are going Some has been promised to the
back to school, the summer resi- North Berrien Historical Society
dents are closing up their "cot- Museum, along with a press and
tages," the stores are getting out other stuff; you're welcome to the
("yuck") Christmas merchandise, rest, I was glad to tell him.
and the birds are flocking in the
Tim's dad Tom gets the credit
trees most evenings. That means (gratitude) for getting me started in
just one thing; fall is closing fast.
the newspaper business when he
Happily, that means we've got was publisher of the Almont Times
some of the nicest of Michigan Herald and he gave me a job as a
weather still ahead of us; warm
reporter on his Capac Journal.
days, cool nights, crisp mornings.
You can see why I'm anxious to
help Tim out... with one tiny stipuSETTING
THE
RECORD
lation; you've got to bring your old
S T R A I G H T . . . Speaking of Michi- man with you when you come to get
gan, Record reader Bob Deam set the type. I told him.
me straight on what to call us residents of the Peninsula Stale. In a I T ' L L T A K E A YEAR F O R T H E
column some weeks ago, 1 spoke of M I L L E N N I U M T O G E T H E R E ,
Michiganders.
so while many publications are
Bob reminded me the stale Legislature a few short years ago officially adopted the term Michiganian
to denote a resident of our fair slate.
And in the "setting the Record
straight" department as well, Vince
Pratt corrected a recent Karl's
Kolumn where 1 had Joan and
Gordon Banasik buying the Waterviiet Record from the Case family
in the 1950s. "It was in the '605,"
Vince said. "You'll be hearing from
Gordon about that, I'm sure," he
added.
1 guess the reason I didn't hear
from Gordon is because the exact
planning special issues to mark the
end of the century and the coming
millennium, 2001, the Record will
publish local news stories of the
past 100 years throughout the year.
Please send in your family stories
and photos from the past... we'll
publish them in the Record as space
and time permits.
Try to type the stories or at least
print them neatly. Check the name
spellings, dates, and places. Your
stories have a place in local history;
and when they get published in the
Record, they become an official part
of the printed history of the area.
Dear Editor,
As Labor Day approaches, I'd like
to remind the people of the South
Bend/Elkhart area that the holiday
weekend will be much more than a
final vacation opportunity before
the summer draws to a close and
youngsters go back to school. It
will be the weekend when, for the
34th consecutive year, some 75
million Americans will tune in to
support the Jerry Lewis MDA
Telethon.
Tens of thousands more will
participate in special Labor Day
weekend events in the South Bend/
Elkhart area and around the country
- a l l to help "my kids." I encourage
readers of the Tri-City Record to
participate in local MDA -events
orchestrated by dedicated volunteers and to watch the Telethon on
WSJV-TV, Channel 28, beginning
on September 5 or 6 (check local
listings).
This year's show will be the
biggest and best yet, with Telethon
anchor Ed McMahon and me introducing an incredible lineup of stars.
Those stars performing, making
appeals, or cameo appearances include; Jason Alexander, Brandy,
Mariah Carey, Carrot Top, Cher,
Norm Crosby, Sheryl Crow, David
James Elliott, Whitney Houston,
Judge Judy, Larry King, Cyndi
Lauper, Lucy Lawless, Bill Maher,
Maureen McGovem, Tom Petty,
LeAnn Rimes, General H. Norman
Schwarzkopf, Diane Schuur, Martin
Short, Kevin Sorbo, Martha Stewart, Pam Tillis, Alex Trebek, Tina
Turner, Shania Twain, and Christopher Walken.
With your support, MDA can
continue to provide unparalleled
help-clinics, wheelchairs and braces, support groups, and summer
camps for kids with neuromuscular
diseases. MDA will also be able to
accelerate its research seeking treatments and cures for 40 neuromuscular
disorders,
including the
world's first human gene therapy
trials for a muscle-wasting disease.
The help of the great people of the
South Bend/Elkhart area makes this
progress possible. Thanks, and God
bless you.
We Asked You...
M a t t Sells
"Recess."
David Tavolacci
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Amy H e a t e r
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This past weekend we had the
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planned with some friends and we
Individuals with multiple sclerosis jumped on board and were so glad
can receive free statewide referral that we did. We left home at around
information form the Multiple Scle- 12:00 noon on Saturday and drove
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(MSAA). According to MSAA offi- place. Then after a huge lunch at
cials, information ranging from ac- Leona's, we then left for a Peter,
cessible van rentals to vocational Paul, and Mary concert.
training centers is available by
I have seen them in concert back
calling 1-800-LEARNJVl^
in Detroit in my junior year of high
"People affected by MS pften have school, and I know we were both
questions on health care issues, somewhat younger, but they have
home modifications, legal assisretained
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sive information tailored to their they hold events there every day of
state and, if possible, their local the summer.
community. With this information,
We parked in the park & ride,
however, we always mention that
which meant we were shuttled from
MSAA does not endorse or recom- our parking area to the concert area.
mend any referral."
After we paid our way in, it was
In addition to referrals, MSAA like walking into a wonderland.
provides members with counseling,
There were people spread all over
support groups, free loan of medical the lawns, and they had c o m e with
equipment, publications, a lending every source of food equipment
library, and public awareness and known to mankind. There were
advocacy. Known as the crippler of tables laden with food and drink and
young adults, multiple sclerosis is a balloons for markers. Each and
chronic disease of the central nerv- every group had gotten there early
ous system, affecting as many as to mark their own area. There were
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also main seats available to those
who wanted to just listen to the
entertainers.
After we found our good friends,
Kevin and Andrea, who had arrived
early and had reserved blanket
space for us, our party could begin.
Gillian had been in charge of the
menu and she outdid herself with
fruit
and cheeses and
spiced
luncheon loaf and Drea blessed us
all with some of her homemade
banana bread.
We sat and we talked and laughed
and giggled and listened to some of
the best music I could have hoped
to hear for the second time in my
life. They are still the best act and
still would be a tough one to follow.
After w e actually dropped Gillian
and Serg at their home, Karl wanted
to drive home. We did not get home
until 3:00 in the morning; and by
the time I settled down, I fell asleep
at 4:00. I have not really seen that
time of the morning since I have
given birth, and then 1 was not
noticing the sky. Thank you, Gillian
and Serg and Kevin and Andrea, for
letting us in on your special night.
Wb loved beift£%iatHall of you.
Karl a n d ^ « f i $ J » * 1o also thank
Kevin for all of the efforts he took
with a favorite painting that we
were lucky enough to get while we
lived in England. Our landlady,
Mrs. Eaton, sold it to Karl and me
for the price of a bottle of rum to
make her Christmas pudding.
This is a very old lithograph and
we do realize its value and felt bad
that it w a s not in a proper frame and
being taken care of, for we know
that it cannot be replaced. Kevin
took care of it for us and spent over
a year putting it in the right frame
with the best matting, and he did an
outstanding job and we love the
painting even more.
Kevin and Andrea are leaving for a
desolated spot deep in Mexico to do
missionary work for the next four
years. We will miss them both; we
have been with them since Gillian
started at Moody.
In fact, Kevin is the one who went
to see the girls while they were
living in Kiev and he was the first
one besides the girls to meet Serg
and tell us about the budding
romance. They are special people
who have given up the next four
years ot their lives to help others.
We wish them much luck.
Rachel P i t c h e r
"Learning."
An ordinance governing rental
units and mandatory inspections is
"another step toward cleaning up the
community," said City Manager
Vemi Akinwale. "We are not fully
able to identify all the rental properties right now.
The ordinance
would be a way of regulating and
inspecting such properties."
The idea met with some opposition, especially by Commissioner
Dan Danger. "This is creating a
different lifestyle for some of the
people; in my opinion, this is
segregation."
Danger lashed out at the idea,
citing many faults in City Hall. "If
the building inspector were to check
City Hall, would it be condemned?
This government building would not
pass an inspection. How can we
enforce an ordinance that w e would
be in violation of ourselves?"
Akinwale said such an ordinance
would protect both renters and
landlords. "If we had such inspections before a unit was rented, it
would be documented proof for
landlords of the conditions.
If a
renter destroyed the property, the
landlord would then have legal
proof to take them to court."
Akinwale stressed, "This is just in
the talking stage. Nothing has been
settled, and I'm not sure it will ever
come to the council for a vote."
The debate continued for some
time, covering areas of cleanliness
of personal residences.
" A person's home is their castle," Mayor
Ted Johnson said. "If they wish to
life in a house filled with trash and
dirt, that is their privilege. However, if that trash begins to accumulate outside, then it becomes the
City's problem and we have to do
something about it."
In other matters, the Commission
saw a presentation on Emergency
and disasters by Michigan State
Police Officer Lt. Charlene Reinsch,
Emergency Management Coordinator.
The presentation covered what the
City's responsibilities would be if a
disaster struck within the City. "As
City officials, you have a duty and
obligation to the residents of your
community. If you fail to act in the
proper manner, you could be liable
if a disaster strikes."
A handbook of dos and d o n ' t s was
distributed to all Commission members, detailing the whats and hows
of handling an emergency.
The Commission also granted the
Hartford Business Association an
OK to hold a "street dance" on
Friday, September 10, from 9:30
p.m. until midnight. The dance is
to celebrate the reopening of South
Center Street that has been closed
for three months due to water and
sewer line construction and resurfacing.
The project should be completed,
according to Mickey Bittner of
Wightman & Associates.
"The
pipelines are in place now and, if
things go as planned, the project
will be completed and the street
ready for use by September 10."
Joint Planning
meeting slated
for August 30
By Cliff Stevens
A joint meeting of both of Coloma
and Waterviiet Township Planning
commissions will be held at 7:30
p.m. Monday, August 30, at Coloma Township Hall.
The combined workshop gathering
will allow members from both units
of government to discuss similar
problems and give overall views on
the future development of the area,
including Paw Paw Lake.
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Program to be studied by
Coloma School Board
&
Warner/Caucutt wed June 19
Kimberly W a m e r of Coloma and
Jonathan Caucutt of Lawrence were
wed at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June
19, at Napier Parkview Baptist
Church, Benton Harbor, with the
Rev. Philip Bubar of Chapel Evangelical Free Church in St. Joseph
officiating.
Kimberly is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ken W a m e r of Coloma.
Jonathan is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Caucutt of Adrian.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a chiffon empire
gown with beads and flower brocade on the bodice and a long, twolayer veil. She carried a bouquet of
peach Gerber daisies, white and
peach roses, with white lisianthus
and astromeria.
Matron of honor was Krista
Totzke of Baroda, a lifetime friend.
She wore a sage green gown with a
crepe skirt and satin bodice with a
trailing chiffon sash.
Bridesmaids were Lisa Haner of
Allendale, Deanna Sinnett of Holland, and Sarah Matson of Hastings.
Junior bridesmaid was Joy Caucutt
of Adrian. Their gowns were hunter
green with a crepe skirt and satin
bodice with a matching chiffon
sash, styled like the matron of
honor.
Christian School in Waterviiet in
1995 and from Baker College in
1997. She is now a physical therapist assistant at Community Hospital's rehabilitation unit in Waterviiet.
Jonathan was also a 1995 graduate
of Grace Christian School and a
1996 graduate of Southwestern
Michigan College. He is presently
attending Maranatha Baptist College in Watertown.
Their future home will be in Watertown.
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Flower girl and ring bearer were
Jacklyn and Jacob Eckles of Adrian.
Best man was Joshua Caucutt of
Watertown, Wisconsin, brother of
the groom.
Ushers were Brian Amy of Coloma, Nathan Caucutt of Apple
Valley, Minnesota, and Tim Caucutt
of Adrian. Junior groomsman was
Jeff Russert of Barrington, Illinois.
A reception w a s held at the Napier
Parkview Youth Building, immediately following the ceremony, with
370 people in attendance.
Kimberly and Jonathan took a
three-week wedding trip to Boundary Waters in Ely, Minnesota, and
across upper Michigan.
from
Grace
Dave's AMOCO
In another area, the Board voted to
borrow up to $1 million to pay district operating expenses incurred for
the 1999-2000 school year until
state aid payments are received in
October.
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OPEN EVERY DAY
7 A.M. to MIDNIGHT
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OPEN Mon-Sat 7-10
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DeFields said the borrowing of
money is a long-standing policy of
the Board to meet payroll and other
operating costs.
The district's 1999-2000 fiscal
year operating budget is $15.2 million.
Seven Up & Pepsi Products
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Joycelyn S a r n o
"I d i d n ' t have t o
have a full d a y . "
Suspension Program for students
who show behavior problems in the
classroom or school building.
In another area, DeFields distributed copies of an updated Crisis
Management Program to Board
members.
The program involving school
safety addresses unusual situations
in the district buildings, such as
bomb threats or building intruders,
and outlined procedures for building
evacuations by building administrators.
"Students expelled by the Board
for any weapons violation would
not be eligible," said DeFields.
Board members told DeFields to
obtain the costs for the program and
pinpoint a location for the program,
utilizing existing school facilities.
DeFields said the proposed Alternative School Program would be in
addition to the existing On-Campus
Kimberly graduated
//
By Cliff Stevens
At a special retreat meeting of the
Coloma Board of Education on
August 21, Board members heard
Superintendent David DeFields outline a proposed Alternative School
Program for the district.
DeFields said the program, if approved by the Board, would be designed to make students more accountable for their behavior and
academic achievements.
The Alternative School Program
would involve students expelled or
given long-term school suspensions
by the Board and those having
problems with the day school program.
B O N W A /
(first-graders at St. Joseph Catholic School on the second day of school)
Kayla Wieser
" T h e story 4 Little C r i t t e r
This Is My S c h o o l / "
By J o e Cheshire
Is there to be rental inspections in
Hartford? That was the question
that was debated at length by the
Hartford City Commission during
its regular monthly meeting Monday, August 23.
Andrea is from Oklahoma and
Kevin is from VerrtWnt. They met
at Moody and then married, all the
time being best friends with Gillian
and Serg.
"What was the best thing about the first day of school?"
Kaytlin V e v e r k a
"No one riding t h e bus."
Rental inspections eyed
by Hartford City Comm.
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mass of h u m a n f o r m s and hear their
back to the United States. M r s . Bis-
100 YEARS AGO
AT
PAW PAW LAKE
hop was to testify later that there
were t o n s of ice on the forepart of
By Rick R a s m u s s e n
COLOMA COURIER
the deck which w a s slanting forward toward the water level. She
NEWSPAPER
cries and groans."
The Bishops were picked u p by the
steamer C A R P A T H I A and brought
The Paw Paw Riv
JOURNAL
By Roy M
said, " F o r some reason, w h i c h we
will probably never know, ihe bulkhead d o o r s refused to w o r k . I
watched the men for several min-
Local Shipwrecks
,h
; Just this last July, on the 24 , survivors
and* families
of
victims
Early in the m o r n i n g after she left
utes endeavoring to turn the s c r e w s
and lower them and make the c o m -
the T w i n Cities, the ship was rolling
badly and taking on some water.
Captain H.M. Brown ordered the
iparked the disaster that devastated
their lives. On that day, 1915, in the
harbor at C h i c a g o almost 2,500
people boarded the ill-fated East-
partments watertight but they were
unsuccessful. It may be that the
crew to throw the cargo overboard,
Lake Michigan. Badly overloaded,
the ship slowly listed and then
pvertumed right there in tied up at
the southern part o f Lake Michigan.
In 1921 the sailing vessel R O S A -
the dock. Over 800 people lost their
lives.
B E L L E left the Twin Cities with a
load of wood. She never reached the
other side of L a k e Michigan, al-
Usually the Great Lakes look
rtretty placid. But just ask deep wa-
shipwreck. W h e n Hartford was just
named Melville Hathaway lived on
the c o m e r w h e r e Main and Center
Streets now intersect. It was the
T A N I C hit an iceberg in the North
until one
She received her bachelor of arts
join the Detroit Dance Collective,
degree
April
Detroit, as a c o m p a n y m e m b e r o f
its 20 l h anniversary season.
Holly, a Waterviiet native a n d
g r a d u a t e of
Waterviiet
High
hundred
and
one in 1975 has remained e n g r a v e d
upon our minds mostly b e c a u s e a
Canadian
folk-singer,
Gordon
the dance. It was an a n i m a t e d scene
o f youth and health and beauty, a
television repair s h o p run by R. Blackburn eventually occupied the
been an active participant in the
sea of snowy white polka dotted
Light-foot, wrote and r e c o r d e d a
and including H.C. Defield, H. Martin a n d B. L o n g worked at this
with pink and peach and the dark
brown tan of their b e w i l d e r e d
location for 80 years. In 1980, barber C. Van Derveer relocated the
guests. The program included four-
go to Chicago in 1868 and booked
passage on the steamship HIPPOC A M P U S . That year on a soft September night the ship departed for
Chicago from St. Joe carrying 7,000
After the T I T A N T I C received her
tras to provide the happiness to a
not too late hour.
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passengers. A m o n g them, Melville
Hathaway.
The H I P P O C A M P U S was poorly
designed for the way it was used.
ond
peared, but there w a s still n o c o n f u -
it cost real
money to load and unload them. In
addition, storage in the hold during
hoi weather hastened their ripening.
So the shippers piled crates of fruit
high on her p r o m e n a d e deck and
lining the w a l k w a y between the
cabins and railing.
row
of
portholes had
barbershop. As of 1999, this building is the site of Bit of Swiss Pastry
( R e s e a r c h by Rick Rasmussen. Photo b y Carole Kiernan)
On Computers...
I once heard a speaker say, " D o n ' t
buy a computer to put y o u r
next week. Allow yourself time to
my information on c o m p u t e r . Then
he went
on to elaborate on
and
the
are using your computer. M a k e sure
comment. The gist o f the comment
that the keyboard and monitor are a
(21-15)
Van Buren County
Historical Society
Demonstration
Day is August 28
August 30th, at Hays Park.
3 0 Y E A R S AGO...
to
take
breaks,
for
around.
prevent
all of your data on c o m p u t e r .
stiffness, muscle
That
will
help
strain,
and
eye
That speaker surely k n e w what he
strain. It will also help k e e p you
was talking about. Just l e a m i n g h o w
happier as you will feel great and
to use a new program can take hours
have a great sense of accomplish-
of valuable
ment
time
you
could
doing research. As any
already-discovered
ancestors
on
your next research trip will be so
visiting the Van Buren C o u n t y His-
system or way of d o i n g things really
much easier o n c e you h a v e your
torical
slows down the process of getting
family's history on computer.
"Demonstration
D a y " A u g u s t 28,
your work completed.
for
the
fact
that
those
functions you do not o f t e n use are
accomplished
this goal,
keep
up
with y o u r r e c o r d s even after you
the most difficult to r e m e m b e r h o w
have placed t h e m
program.
in a computer
to work. Having recently spent
several hours trying to accomplish a
task on the computer that 1 d o n ' t
I am doing genealogical research
for m y family. Currently, I am
Paw, w h o has donated the old-time
items to the M u s e u m .
often have need of, 1 can tell you it
researching H e n r y S. W o l f e and his
is one of the most frustrating things
wife, Chestina
Horse-drawn wagon rides will be
offered by Lyle Boyer of Lawrence.
that 1 am ever up against.
they w e r e both b o m and lived in
But, on the bright side, I can say
Liberty T o w n s h i p , St. Joseph Co.,
Helen Mayhak of H a r t f o r d will pro-
that once I figured out how the
Indiana. If you h a v e any information
computer needed
on their parents names or any other
Wilder.
I
believe
100 Y E A R S A G O - 1899
Hundreds of dollars worth of dam-
60 YEARS A G O - 1 9 3 9
Mrs. N e v a Bailey will entertain
age was done throughout this region
with a garden p a r t y at her h o m e this
School
"Panther
vide dulcimer and organ m u s i c in
in the wind and rain storm Friday
afternoon, with a dinner at 1:30. Her
Power" bumper sticker to athletic
task I placed before it, the task t o o k
family information, let's c o m p a r e
guests will be the Dewey Clubs of
Benton Harbor, Coloma and Hart-
director Jerry Barchett.
the parlor. Abe Lincoln (Richard
Veit) will greet persons attending
only seconds to c o m p l e t e and print;
notes. Debra Snyder, 3 3 8 5 5 Bain-
a chore that 1 would still be trying to
type (as you are reading this) if, o f
bridge Rd., N o r t h Ridgeville, O H
44039.
course, I still o w n e d a typewriter.
If y o u have an interesting story,
evening. Acres of c o m were flattened and the stalks packed into the
earth, orchard trees were stripped of
thousands of bushels of fruit, broken limbs and foliage strewing the
ground and entire families of sparrows and other birds lost their nests.
60 Y E A R S A G O - 1 9 3 9
The Coloma Fruit Exchange star-
The P e p Club at Waterviiet High
sold
its
first
f o r ^ - T h e a f t e r n o o n will be spent in
story h o u r of the summer had a
recreation.
M"- ^
Mrs. Orlo Shafer and
family o f K e a r n e y , N.J., are here to
spend their vacation with his
mother, Mrs. F r a n k Shafer of Hilliard Street. M r . Shafer is a veteran
special
The
in the blacksmith s h o p demonstrat-
C a m p Waterviiet counselors presen-
ing horse shoeing. Vickie Satford
will be available to paint c h i l d r e n ' s
And, you can be sure, I w o n ' t forget
photo or remembrance o f Water-
for a long time how to complete the
faces. There will also be spinning
by Diane Vander-Pol, pottery m a k -
viiet, its people or businesses, con-
task. It seems that the simple things
tact m e at the address below.
children
treat
attending the
last
Thursday.
last
ted a puppet show. A total o f 6 0 0
children
attended
this
summer's
series.
Submitted
by
Carole
Kiernan
ted this week on the grading and
packing of South H a v e n peaches,
city.
Library from the Waterviiet Re-
and is also engaged in packing
Wealthy apples. While the volume
30 YEARS A G O - 1 9 6 9
Mrs. W. Milton Gelock has returned from a vacation trip to
cord n e w s p a p e r s donated by the
W y o m i n g w h e r e she visited her son,
nesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; F r i d a y , 1-
Jerry, and his family. She also visited friends and relatives in Illinois
5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m.-2
are of good size and of g o o d flavor;
but the d e m a n d has not been such
that growers are anticipating very
))ig r e t u m s f o r the earlier varieties
"of peaches and apples.
30 Y E A R S A G O - 1969
, The 19* annual Charles C. Arent
Submitted by Hartford Public
Library from microfilm copies of
the H a r t f o r d D a y Spring. Hours:
M o n d a y & W e d n e s d a y , 11 a.m.-7
p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and
:Lou Eckoff, south of Coloma. T a -
Phone: 621-3408
was set. T h e r e were 38 present.
-Prizes were given to Alice Arent f o r
from files at Waterviiet District
Tri-City Record. Hours: M o n d a y ,
1-8 p.m.; T u e s d a y , 1-5 p.m.; W e d -
p.m.
Phone: 463-6382
and Missouri.
reunion was held at the beautiful
country h o m e of Larry and Mary
bles were placed on the grassy lawn
where a plentiful cooperative dinner
S a t u r d a y , 10 a . m . - 4 p.m.
WATERVLIET RECORD
90 Y E A R S AGO...
T h e silk quilt will be given away
"the largest family; G l a d y H a m e r , Saturday evening at the Eastem Star
2 FREE
GARAGE OR
YARD SALE
SIGNS!
with a paid garage or
yard sale ad in the
Tri-City Record...
$5.95 for 25 words or less.
^oldest lady; Brad Price, oldest man; social on O. A. P e e r ' s lawn.
Diane E c k o f f , youngest child. Helen
F. M. Keasey h a s purchased a new
: Price gave a short history of the carriage a u t o m o b i l e of the Deal
J Arent
family, which
was greatly Buggy Co. and will go to Jonesville,
! appreciated.
Mich., after the machine soon.
I Submitted by Vi Viscuso, Assis-
Last
Monday
night
a
weasel
Itant Librarian at C o l o m a Public entered C.C. C l a u s e r ' s chicken c o o p
: Library, f r o m the C o l o m a C o u - and killed four f i n e pullets which he
!; rier n e w s p a p e r donated by the valued very highly. One o f them,
• Tri-City Record. Hours: M o n d a y , only four m o n t h s old, has j u s t begun
^ W e d n e s d a y a n d Friday, 10 a.m.- laying.
1.5:30 p.m.; T u e s d a y and Thurs^day,
1-5:30 p.m. and
;
The Klett Family Re-Union will
6:30-8:30 be held in the P a r k at Waterviiet on
• p.m.; & S a t u r d a y , 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
P h o n e : 468-3431
H A R T F O R D DAY S P R I N G
90 Y E A R S A G O - 1909
p e r f o r m the
Demonstration Day.
Sewell Mason of L a w r e n c e will be
The
e m p l o y e e in the post o f f i c e in that
of business at this plant is light this
week, it is reported that the peaches
to
Friday, August 2 7 t h .
6 o Y E A R S AGO...
T h e
41st
the Old T i m e
cam
P meeting ot
Methodists organi-
^ W m . Bridges has closed his skating
zmion, which opened at the Em-
J-ink for a week or two and has g o n e
So Dowagiac where he has a n e w
nianuel H o m e campgrounds on
Friday of last w e e k , will close next
rink ready to open.
Sunday, August 2 7 .
Rev. Geo. Killeen left Tuesday f o r
S t . Louis and ithaca w h e r e he will
O.D. Price, o f the Waterviiet
Packing C o m p a n y plant, reports a
•visit his daughter, Mrs. J.O. Peet,
busy week at the plant on West Elm
iand attend the Gratiot County Fair,
street, with several hundred bushels
He expects to be back for his Sun-
of peaches being dusted, graded and
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25 B e c c h w o o d St., Hartford
to
r e m e m b e r how to do, a s I don't d o
queries,
them that often.
information of genealogical interest
Lawrence. Other features are Sally
Redinger of Mattawan will model
hats in the hat shop and Rev. Harold
Filbrandt of South Haven will display his historical calendar collection.
Each of the M u s e u m ' s o v e r 30
r o o m s o f f e r s a look into m o r e than
80 years of past history, including a
one-room school, a d o c t o r ' s office,
a children's room, a jail, and a
kitchen.
Baked goods, h o m e m a d e jellies,
and fresh vegetables will be sold in
the general store. R e f r e s h m e n t s are
available for all visitors. T h e r e will
be door prizes, and special sales in
the gift shop will be featured.
Admission for Demonstration Day
$1, and children 5 and under are
free. There is also free parking.
For more information, call the V a n
Buren County Historical Society
M u s e u m at (616) 6 2 1 - 2 1 8 8 .
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Eddie's
"Summer Sock
Birth
Hop" this
announcement
Saturday
anticipated in the near future.
Kentwood, and f o r m e r Twin Cities
By Cliff S t e v e n s
residents, a n n o u n c e t h e birth o f a
T h i n g s will be h o p p i n g at E d d i e ' s
Drive-In,
Road,
5036
Paw
Coloma,
Paw
this
Lake
Saturday,
August 28, during the second annual " S u m m e r Sock H o p " starting
at 4 : 3 0 p.m.
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a h u l a - h o o p contest, b u b b l e b l o w i n g
contest,
paddleball
contest,
and
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Spearman/Platt engagement
son, Ethan Gallacher Green, on Friday, August 6, at S p e c t r u m
East
Tanya Nicole Spearman and Jason
Ethan
Matthew Piatt are planning a m i d -
weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces; and he
to late-December wedding.
Miss S p e a r m a n , daughter of John
Hospital in G r a n d
Rapids.
w a s 2 1 " long.
He has a sister, H a l e y Marie, w h o
is 2,/2.
Ethan's grandparents
and Georgia Spearman of Atlanta,
Georgia, attends M o o d y Bible In-
Robert
stitute in Chicago, Illinois, w h e r e
and Mary Green of Westland and
C h u c k and Sharon W a t t s of B e n t o n
are
she is majoring in family counsel-
Harbor. His great-grandparents are
hourly drawings for prizes.
Stella Tacy and C h u c k and A g n e s
Watts, all of C o l o m a .
and E L V I S live will be there.
ing.
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Her fiance, son of
Sharon
Piatt of
Wesley and
Waterviiet,
is a - '
graduate o f Grace Christian School '
and is also attending Moody Bible '
Institute where he is majoring i n ' '
pastoral studies.
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Coloma officials freeze own pay hikes for 2 years
By Cliff S t e v e n s
T h e C o l o m a City C o m m i s s i o n at
its August 23 meeting accepted the
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C o m m i s s i o n the p a y was in line
with municipalities like C o l o m a ,
and no c h a n g e s were m a d e .
T h e City C o m m i s s i o n and M a y o r ,
Clerk, and T r e a s u r e r received their
last pay h i k e s in 1997.
The 1997 pay h i k e s , which went
into effect in N o v e m b e r 1997, es-
tablished the M a y o r ' s annual salary
at $1,200 and $900 a year for City
Commission members.
The City C l e r k ' s annual salary w a s
set at $ 5 , 5 0 0 and the City T r e a s u r e r ' s annual salary w a s placed at
$8,180.
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The pay increases t w d ^ e a r s ' a g i
were the first pay hikes given to
elected City officials since 1993.
The Compensation Commission
will not meet again to consider pay
c h a n g e s until 2001.
In other areas, the C o m m i s s i o n
a w a r d e d a contract to Beaudoio
Electrical WonsiTu«uon C o m p a n y ,
Sodfis, to upgradC electrical wiring
at City Hall at a cost of $3,560.
Old-fashioned
Fly-In at
Kalamazoo
Air Zoo on
August 28 & 29
Saturday and Sunday, August 28
and 2 9 , will be the dates f o r the
second annual " O l d - F a s h i o n e d FlyIn" held at the K a l a m a z o o Air Zoo,
K a l a m a z o o . Gates will be
from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. both days.
open
Start your day with an all-you-caneat p a n c a k e breakfast; then stick
around to enjoy displays including
course, aircraft. Breakfast will be
served from 8-11 both Saturday and
S u n d a y and will cost $4 for adults
and $ 2 for children 6 - 1 5 .
O w n e r s of vintage or classic vehicles and aircraft are invited to display them as part of the OldFashioned
Fly-In.
Please
contact
Nate N e w c o m e r or D a v e Stimpson
at ( 6 1 6 ) 382-6555 for more information on displaying a vehicle or
aircraft.
T h e Kalamazoo Air Z o o is located
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through Saturday 9 - 6 and Sunday,
12 n o o n - 6 p.m. Admission cost is
$10 adults (16-59), $8 seniors
(60+), $5 children (6-15), and children 5 and under are free.
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m a n Gordon N o a c k told the City
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the investigation is still continuing.
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office can tell you, l e a m i n g a new-
annual
the
have all
A step back in time awaits p e r s o n s
the
at
you
computer. Remember, preparing for
for
folks
of those
when
Record
Museum
courageous
use
m u s t deal with an insurance investigation after he steals a
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you.
moving
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H i g h w a y and CR 681.
N e w this year will be a d e m o n stration of dental of dental equipment and practices from the 1940s
by Dr. Thomas Bennett o f Paw
Wednesday,
for
stretching and just plain
ally, but we c o u l d see the black
coming
correct
next however-long days leaming the
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. T h e M u s e u m
this
is
by a Berrien County N a r c o t i c s Unit
U/C o f f i c e r of over 2 2 5 g r a m s of
Gerald and Lisa ( W a t t s ) G r e e n of
Be gentle with yourself while you
that
Bureau of N a r c o t i c s O f f i c e r .
Ten kilos of cocaine a n d six p o u n d s
of marijuana have b e e n seized and
More arrests in Berrien County are
Pierce
deer f o r the purpose.
away to se the passengers individu-
band
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pass up an opportunity to have all o f
nooks
nia
ederal authorities.
Books about the history of
the
Narcotics. This led to the purchase
giant robot. (Rated " P G " )
crannies you possibly can c o m m a n -
of
investigation led officers to the Detroit area, where the Berrien C o u n t y
Narcotics Unit teamed up with M S P
has led to the arrest o f seven persons, including one b e i n g a Califor-
tures to be d e t e r m i n e d by state and
man was a little off. W h y would I
in all
have
small quantity of cocaine. Further
tire cocaine t r a f f i c k i n g organization.
As of this date, the investigation
M a n , " about the friendship between a 9-year-old boy and a
stored
now
investigation with the p-irchase of a
ultimately ubic to d i s m a n t l e an en-
rien County N a r c o t i c s Unit will
receive a percentage o f the forfei-
have it on computer." 1 thought the
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you
In the spring of 1998, the Berrien
C o u n t y Narcotics Unit started an
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Berrien Co. Narcotics Unit
rewarded for assistance in
drug trafficking case
on the c h i l d r e n ' s book, " T h e Iron
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information
Remember
summer season will be given by the
Steve
the
purchase a computer and spend the
o f this
starring
your genealogy on j u s t to say y o u
don't
child or spouse.
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the computer. It takes time to input
you
history, then by all m e a n s go and
disposed o f to truckers.
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d o n ' t run out and buy one to put
set services" at P o m o n a Point Sunday evenings.
"If
fits y o u , not y o u r child or grand-
Rolling Back the Years
BOWFINGER~(Held
Brosnan and Rene Russo. Thriller about a millionaire w h o
was
actively researching y o u r f a m i l y ' s
packed e a c h day for the markpt and
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meant
W e d . - S a t . 10-5; S u n d a y 10-2
table w a v e of humanity surged up
out of the steerage; we were too far
School, now resides in Ann A r b o r
with her h u s b a n d , Brian.
already have a c o m p u t e r and use it,
Basically, make sure your work area
raised out of the water. Then a veri-
in
really
in front of a c o m p u t e r instead o f
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from
ary of the u p c o m i n g year, she will
genealogy on." What the speaker
Friday, August 1 8 , 1 8 9 9
Rev. W.E. Parsons c o n d u c t s " s u n -
sen from St. Joseph. They all went
sion. Indeed, everything seemed
quiet on the ship until her s t e m was
COLOMA COURIER
expect to have it all on computer
height
down to the sea one last time, w h e r e
in d a n c e
teaching
courses
in
modern
d a n c e , ballet, and jazz. In J a n u -
Martin & Eddie M u r p h y . (Rated P G - 1 3 " )
Shop and F. Ronald Postelli, Attorney.
was if you want to spend your t i m e
ways from the T I T A N I C , the sec-
Chicago market, but
bakery location. A succession of barbers starting with B. C a r p e n t e r
178 P a w Paw Street, C o l o m a
S o m e o n e shouted, "Put in the brides change into something rich and
and g r o o m s first!" They w e r e in the strange. A l o n g with all the other
first boat to be lowered.
lost s e a m e n and passengers, they
Mrs. Bishop later said they rowed have a lasting memorial in our
away furiously, " W h e n we were a minds.
Peaches were selling big on the
1897 as the store
n a m e still visible. It is the g r a v e of
2 9 brave men, including Fred Bent-
mortal w o u n d a m o n g the icebergs, they will rest forever. N o t h i n g of
young Dick B i s h o p and his bride them shall fade. T h e y have s u f f e r e d ,
came on deck to b o a r d the lifeboats. a s William Shakespeare said, a sea
boxes of fresh peaches and a load of
This building first appears on the tax roll in
teen listed numbers and e n o u g h e x -
Paw Paw Lake M e m o r a b i l i a
Gifts and A r t w o r k
except for one f a c t - h e decided to
M i c h i g a n with a master of fine
arts degree in d a n c e May 1999.
University of M i c h i g a n , Holly has
white hull, hardly rusted, with the
forever
HOBBS...
the baker from 1919 until 1937 and was followed by W. Ziegert. A
Paw Paw Lake and S W M i c h i g a n
obscurity
(EMHOFF)
captives through the giddy m a z e s of
television. There was the ghostly
historical
HOLLY
fifty had
some area p e o p l e were aboard. A
into
instructor
at
Bowling
State University ( O h i o ) ,
g r a d u a t e d from the University of
Abram's stores were to be located.
ried, was a m o n g the p a s s e n g e r s headed for E u r o p e on their w e d d i n g
trip.
dance
Green
r e m e m b e r e d by those fortunate
enough to have been there. The ladies of the lake c a m e from every
nook and point and pier around it
Atlantic and w e n t down in 1912,
in 1854 and he might have passed
This fall Holly will serve as a
M o n d a y evening w a s one long to be
more than 500 feet to lake photographs. O f course, we all s a w it on
y o u n g D o w a g i a c couple, j u s t mar-
shops for children and classes at
the V M C A .
Friday, August 25, 1899
The scene at W o o d w a r d ' s Pavilion
about which we had heard, the latest
has heard his plaintive voice and 12
work
ographers, s h e has taught w o r k -
Following g r a d u a t i o n from the
song, " T h e Wreck of the E d m u n d
Fitzgerald." I guess the w h o l e world
influential
"Diversion of Angels." In a d d i t i o n
Hotel, Central Bakery and C e n t r a l Barber Shop. W . Ilafer served as
many
Graham's
to p e r f o r m a n c e s with local c h o r e -
spot where later H u b b a r d ' s and then
Hathaway had a little cabin there
tha
shipwrecks
the
spared. Years later he told m e the ber wind and m o u n t a i n o u s seas of
story of his n a r r o w escape.
Lake Superior.
Ocean disasters h a v e also played a
S u m m e r of 1989 scientists located
part in the lives of local people. the wreck and sent a small subWhen the unsinkable liner TI- mersible d o w n in the icy waters
a couple of cabins at the point
where two trails crossed, a man
pany o f Ann A r b o r and has h a d
the o p p o r t u n i t y to perform M a r -
property of Ira Leedy. By 1901, the building had become the Central
stringed guitar while he s i n g s o f the
Wisconsin. A Waterviiet friend of brave men w h o w e r e all lost in that
ours, Harvey Bauschke, w a s sup- N o v e m b e r storm a s their h u g e ore
posed to be on the crew, but ship h e a d e d for Whitefish P o i n t and
couldn't make it, so his life was shelter from the shrieking N o v e m -
even in our local area we have not
escaped the tragedy of d e e p water
A Genealogy News Column by Carole Kiernan
ished acreage and, to the pleasings
of the lute, led willing g e n t l e m e n
though wreckage washed ashore in
ter skippers w h o have sailed them.
Appearances can be deceiving. And
the Peter S p a r l i n g Dance C o m -
as to
Among
life, including Melville Hathaway.
The tragedy w a s evident when
peaches later floated ashore along
land for a picnic and voyage out on
Family Heirlooms
gathered there. T h e y had taken possession of the building and its pol-
impact so wrenched them
throw t h e m out of line."
but it was too late. The H I P P O C A M P U S sank with much loss of
d a n c e c o m m u n i t y of Ann A r b o r .
She is currently a p e r f o r m e r w i t h
Tri-City Record
Sister Lakes
Lions Club
breakfast is
September 4
EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT!
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
The Sister Lakes Lions C l u b will
have an "all-you-can-eat" p a n c a k e
and sausage breakfast on Saturday,
S e p t e m b e r 4, from 7:30 a.m. to
noon at its clubhouse in Lions Park
f
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RONALD JAMES
Ronald James, 46, of Hagar
Shores, died Sunday, August 15,
Corporation in St. Joseph. He was a 1999, at Lakeland Medical Center,
founding member of both the Bliz- St. Joseph.
zard Brigade in Eau Claire and the
Cremation has taken place. A spe-
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D O R O T H Y R. B E R G E Z
Dorothy R. (Morgan) Bergez, 77,
of Marathon, Florida, died Saturday, July 31, 1999, at Sun Belt
Health Care in Orlando, Florida.
Private services were held in Marathon.
It was Mrs. Bergez's wishes to live
until the millennium. In January
2000, her ashes will be scattered at
the Dolphin Research Center, Marathon. Memorial contributions may
be made to the charity of the donor s choice or to the American
Cancer Society.
Mrs. Bergez was bom April 2,
1922, in Benton Harbor, the
daughter of Ralph and
Ruth
(Caugherty) Morgan. On June 6,
1942, she married Amil H. Bergez.
They resided in the Twin Cities
Area for 29 years, but her remaining
years were spent living in Marathon. She graduated from Benton
Harbor High School in 1940 and
Westem Michigan University in
1978 with a degree in elementary
education; and was employed by
WMU Regional Center, Benton
Harbor, as a secretary. Until her
retirement, she was employed by
the Dolphin Research Center. She
was also a member of the Seventhday Adventist Church, Marathon.
Survivors include: her five daughters-Mary Jane (Arthur) Paradis of
Silver Spring, Maryland, Kathryn J.
L e o n a r d ) Krone of Baroda, Laurie
J. (William Barry) Offutt of Maysville. West Virginia, Julianne Ray
Dumdei of Coloma, and Amy L.
Bergez of Fort Myers, Florida; one
sister, Elizabeth (John) Brantley of
Benton Harbor; one nephew, Phillip
(Lynn) Brantley and great-niece
RachelLyn of Houston, Texas; one
niece, Sarah (Paul) Herrman of
Loma Linda, Califomia; and 10
grandchildren-Todd (Sally) Paradis
of Silver Spring, Holley (Joseph)
Tourangeau, Timothy W. Krone of
Stevensville, Desiree (James) Warner of Orlando, Joshua and Jeramy
Ray of Coloma, Courtney and
Brooke Offutt of Maysville, West
Virginia, and Jillane and Jamie
Dudei of Coloma. She was preceded
jn death by: her parents; a brother,
Richard Morgan; and two s o n s "Baby" Bergez and Rowland J. Bergez.
DIETER F.K. B U C H H O R N
Dieter Friedrich Karl Buchhom,
6 2 , o f Sister Lakds, died Thursday,
August. 19, 1999, in the presence of
his family.
Cremation has taken place. Funeral services were held at 11:30
a.m. on Monday, Aug. 23, at Kerley
& Starks Funeral Home, St. Joseph,
where visitation took place from 3
to 6 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may
be made to Hospice at Home of
Cass and Van Buren.
He was bom March 5, 1937, in
Hanover, Germany, to Friedel and
Liselotte (Meoller) Buchhom. He
fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming an American, arriving here
in 1961 and becoming a citizen in
1969. He was employed as a warehouse manager at United Container
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Survivors include: his wife, Doris,
whom he married June 15, 1981;
two sons-Martin (Kelly) of Eau
Claire and Frank (Kelley) of Arlington. Texas; three daughters-Conni Clark of St. Joseph, Stacy
(Mark) Thorton of St. Joseph, and
Beth Bunn of Hartford; and 10
grandchildren-Ashley, Christopher,
Jessica. Bradley, Amanda. Kyle,
Sasha, Trenton, Jacob, and Ashton.
cial memorial service was held at 5
p.m. Wednesday, August 18, at
Lakeshore Bible Church, Hagar
Shores, where he was a member.
Family and friends were invited to
share a funny story or special memory of Mr. James and to join the
family for a dinner after the service
at the church. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to the
family.
Mr. James was bom March 23,
1953, to Thomas and Francis James.
^
He enjoyed fishing in Lake MichiA R T H U R E. F O U R N I E R
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gan and spending time with his
Arthur E. Foumier, 50, of Wa- children. He had served with the
tervliet, died Monday, August 16, armed forces in Korea during the
1999. at Community Hospital. Wa- Vietnam War in the early 1970s.
tervliet.
Survivors include: his loving wife,
Funeral services were held at 1 Dawn, whom he married January
p.m. Friday at Davidson Chapel, 29, 1982; a son, Corey Michael
Florin Funeral Service, Coloma, James, 16; a daughter, Megan Marie
where his family greeted friends
James, 13; his mother, Francis of
Haven;
two
brothers—
from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Burial South
was in Fairview Cemetery, Water- Clinton Thomas ( " T o m m y " ) James
vliet. Memorials may be made to and Rick James, both of Benton
the family.
Harbor; two sisters—Brenda CicerMr. Foumier was b o m February am of Coloma and Mary ("Jamie")
16, 1949, in Iron Mountain, Michi- Sefton of Florida; and his stepgan. He graduated from Chippewa mother, Gloria James. He was preValley
High
School,
Mount ceded in death by: his father, ThoClemens, in the Class of 1967. He mas; and a sister, Jackie.
served in the U.S. Army and was an
active member of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church, St. Joseph.
He was employed by Waterviiet
Public Schools as a crossing guard.
Survivors
include:
his
wife.
Brenda; a daughter. Angel Foumier
of Waterviiet; two brothers—Norman Foumier of Roseville, Mich.,
and Jack (Sue) Fournier of Big
Rapids; two sisters—Sharon Person
of Eastpoint, Mich., and Muriel
(Miller) Montgomery of Brooklyn,
Mich. He was preceded in death by
his parents and a sister, Darlene Jo
Trepanier.
G E R A L D A. HUNT
Gerald Andrew Hunt, 66, of Waterviiet, died Saturday evening,
August 21, 1999, at home.
Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, at
Plymouth Congregational Church,
Waterviiet. Visitation was held
from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Hutchins Funeral Home, Waterviiet. Burial was in Fairview Memorial
Cemetery. Waterviiet.
Mr. Hunt was bom July 14, 1933,
in Waterviiet, to Donald and Margaret (Wood) Hunt. He was a self-
RONALD J A M E S MILLER
Ronald James Miller, son of Jamie
Bearden of Coloma and Daniel
Miller of Waterviiet, was stillborn
Friday, August 13, 1999, at C o m munity Hospital, Waterviiet.
Graveside services were held at
noon Wednesday, August 18, at
North Shore Memory Gardens, Hagar Shores. Kerley & Starks Funeral
Home, St. Joseph, was in charge of
the arrangements.
In addition to his parents, survivors include: his g r a n d p a r e n t s - M r .
and Mrs. Ronald Renfroe of Coloma and Mr. and Mrs. James
Miller of Benton Harbor; and greatgrandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Williamson of Benton Harbor. He
was preceded in death by his greatgrandmothers-Doris Elaine McCIuskey and Jean Whitehead.
employed electrical contractor. He
was an Army-Air Force veteran of
the Korean War and a member of
the American Legion Post, Hartford.
Survivors include: his wife, Clara
(Watts) Hunt; two d a u g h t e r s - D e b r a
(Ron) Ashley of Hartford and Julie
(Jeff) Coffel of Hartford; three
sons-Gerald Ed (Leona) Hunt and
Dale (Andrea) Hunt, both of Hartford, and Gerald (Peggy) Hunt of
Coloma;
seven
grandchildrenDuane (Jenny), Gerald "Jay" ( l e r ry), Michelle, Marie (Todd), April,
Lisa, and Hope; four great-grandchildren;
two
brothers-Donald
Hunt of Chinco Valley, Arizona,
and Mearl (Pauline) Hunt of Paw
LAURA A. M O D E N
Laura A. Moden, 101, of Lawrence, died Tuesday, August 17,
1999, at Lake View Continuing
Care Center. Lawton; - ^
Cremation has taken place. A
graveside service took place at 3
p.m. Saturday, August 21, at Hamilton Township Cemetery. Leonard
Funeral Home, Lawrence, was in
charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Lawrence
Quick Response, Visiting Nurses
Association of Van Buren County,
or Lawrence Alumni Association.
Mrs. Moden was b o m June 27,
1898, in Hamilton Township, the
daughter of Charles and Florence
(Cole) Barber. She was a 1917
graduate of Decatur High School,
where she participated in the girls
basketball program. She attended
Westem Normal Teachers College,
from which she received a teaching
certificate, and then taught for six
years in numerous area country
schools.
Paw; three sisters-Dorothy (Raymond) Hansen of Waterviiet, Sally
(Rex) Creviston of Mount Joliet,
Tennessee, and Georgia (Arthur)
Hurley of Fayetteville, Arkansas,
He was preceded in death by his
parents and a brother, James, in
On Febmary 4, 1927, she was married to Miles M. Moden of Lawrence. She was employed for 20
years at Lawrence Packing Company, as well as being a cook at
Lawrence Public Schools from the
mid-1940s to the early 1950s. She
1998.
enjoyed attending her granddaugh-
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sports enthusiast in her later years,
receiving a medal from the state
champion Lawrence High School
football team. She was also a member of Benevolence Chapter 256
O.E.S. and Lawrence American
Legion Hess-Eastman Post 174
Auxiliary.
Survivors include: her son, Charles
(Judy) Moden of Lawrence; granddaughters-Wendy (Dale) M u m e y
of Paw Paw and Shellie (Randy)
Lowe of Hartford; two greatgrandsons-Connor
Mumey
and
Andrew Lowe; one stepgrandson,
Steven Lowe; a sister, Helen Barber
of Lawton; several nieces and nephews; and dear friends Shirley Ryba
and Ruth Reinertson. She was preceded in death by: her husband.
Miles, in October 1959; her parents;
and two brothers-Frank and Glen
Barber.
CHASITY ANN POPE
Chasity Ann Pope, 4, of Grand
Junction, died Thursday, August 19,
1999, at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo.
Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at CalvinStarks & Frost Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Clarence Buist officiating.
Interment followed at Lakeview
Cemetery. The family received
friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at
the funeral home. In lieu of flowers,
those who wish may make a contribution to the Bronson Methodist
Hospital Pediatric Department or to
their favorite charity.
Chasity was bom June 19, 1995, in
St. Joseph, to James Pope and
Jennie Duer of Grand Junction. She
attended Sunshine Daycare in South
Haven.
Survivors include her parents,
James Pope and Jennie Dyer of
Grand Junction; grandparents, Harvel and Bonnie McLamore of Paw
Paw, Janice and William West of
Coloma, Mary and Wesley Cleary
of Hartford, and great-grandmother,
Mildren Dyer of Covert,
ALBERTA "GINNY" REIST
Alberta Virginia "Ginny" Reist,
75, of St. Joseph, died Wednesday,
August 18, 1999, at Lakeland
Medical Center, St. Joseph.
Funeral services were held at 10
a.m. Friday, August 20, at the DeyFlorin Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, St. Joseph. Interment was in
North Shore Memory Gardens, Hagar Shores. The family received
friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at
the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.
Mrs. Reist was b o m August U ,
1924, in Cardwell, Missouri. She
had lived in the St. Joseph area most
of her life and was a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, Arizona.
Survivors include: a son, John A.
Reist of Tucson, Arizona; a daughter, Mrs. Dennis (Vickie) Faris of
Coloma; five grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; and two brothers-William Ross of Delta, Georgia, and Robert Ross of Yuba, Califomia. She was preceded in death
by: her husband, John, in 1982; and
a daughter, Marilyn Tokarz, in
1994.
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Carrie E. Welch, 81, of Berrien
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1999, at Teresa's Country Home,
Berrien Springs.
Cremation has taken place. Burial
of ashes was held at 2 p.m.
Wedhesday, August 18, at North
Shore' Memory Gardens, Hagar
Shores. Arrangements were by Fairplain Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, Benton Harbor.
Carrie Ethel (Davis) Welch was
bom June 30, 1918, in Kokomo,
Indiana. She lived in Berrien
County most of her life and for a
short time in Arizona. She moved
back to this area in 1990. She was
also a member of the Dowagiac
VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Survivors include: her two daughters—Marilyn Roberts of Galien
and Beverly Swetay of Waterviiet;
four grandchildren—Roberta (Donald) Simpson of Covert, Kimberly
Swetay of Huachuca City, Arizona,
Donald (Lia) Swetay Jr. of Kalamazoo, and Tracy (Heather) Roberts of
Galien. She was preceded in death
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Coloma Superintendent of Schools
David DeFields announced 133
students have been accepted under
the state's Schools of Choice to
attend the School District for the
1999-2000 school year which starts
August 30.
Since 1981, the School District
was under court control in connection with a desegregation order.
DeFields said the 133 students are
fewer than the average of 200
Benton Harbor transfer students
which had enrolled in the district
since the order went into effect.
Based on state aid of $5,696 per
student, the School District will
receive $757,568.
"We (the School District) still
need space in our elementary buildings to house all the new students,"
said DeFields.
Transportation is the responsibility
of the parent or guardian under the
Schools of Choice program. However, the students may ride Coloma
school buses if they are transported
to the nearest Coloma bus stop
within the Coloma School District.
This school year marks the first
time the Coloma School District
could participate in the state program. Earlier this year, an agreement was reached with the U.S.
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Planning
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The Hartford Township Board has
reappointed S.A. McGowan and
Trevor Meachum to additional
three-year terms on the Planning
Commission. The terms began on
May 1, making their appointments
retroactive.
In other matters, the Board
approved hiring Plante & Moran to
handle the Township audit this year.
The Board also appointed Clerk
Helen Mayhak and trustee Barry
Nilson to be the Township's designated signers on a loan application
for the purchase of a new City/
Township-owned fire truck.
A millage was approved by voters
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crowd and selling items. Selling can
only be done from a booth.
Bill Moser, Fire Board Chairman,
suggested
department
members
attend festival meetings to leam
what can and cannot be done during
the festival; as opposed to finding
out what the policy is when it's
broken.
Fire Board Treasurer Bob Wooley,
whose wife Linda is the festival
Board Treasurer, told Morris festival officials spend all weekend
downtown and are faced with all
types of problems, from problems
with the stage to a vendor w h o ' s
lost water or power; and when a
violation of a festival rule is noted,
they might snap out a harsh comment to correct the violation but it
wasn't personal.
Chairman Moser said, "We d o n ' t
need hard feelings between the Fire
Department and the festival."
In other areas, the Board gave its
approval for the department to participate in Coloma Township's first
"Social" September 3, from 7 to 9
p.m., at Coloma Township Hall.
A drawing at random was held by
Moser to select the department
member for a medical evaluation.
Chief Morris' name was pulled.
making him the first member of the
department to undergo the testing
under a new Board policy to ensure
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By Cliff Stevens
During the August 18 meeting of
the Coloma Glad-Peach Festival
Board, the names of Coloma Fire
Chief Randy Morris and Fire Board
Chairman Bill Moser were added to
the festival's mailing list.
The names were added at the direction of Erica Hensel, Glad-Peach
Festival President, t o ensure both
men would be aware of ftiture festival Board meetings.
During this month's Coloma Joint
Fire Board meeting. Chief Morris
criticized the festival for halting at
least one firefighter from selling
cookbooks for the Ladies Auxiliary
by roaming through the crowd of
visitors at the festival.
A festival rule prohibits roaming
to sell or hand out any item or literature.
" W e had informed booth vendors
of the rule, but it appears the rule
was not passed on to members of
the Fire Department," said Hensel.
In other areas, Coloma Mayor
Charles O w e n commended the festival for another successful year.
"I didn't want you (the festival) to
be overwhelmed by the tickets issued during the festival," said
Owen. "You always hear the negatives and not the positives," he said. ^
Coloma Police Chief Kenneth
Gustafson said he hopes the word
gets out for next y e a r ' s festival that
the shuttle bus has been moved to :
the parking lot of Coloma High
School.
Gustafson said because visitors #
were not aware of the change, an {
unusually large number of cars had I
to park in the city and were issued
tickets for parking violations. Sixtyeight tickets were issued at this
year's three-day festival.
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to park on tree lawns in the City,"
added Gustafson.
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the past year, including 276 clients
counseled, 27 business starts, and
147 jobs created. In addition,
L M C ' s SBDC clients received
business loans totaling more than
$1.2 million, with businesses reporting increased sales of $581,000
as a direct result of counseling.
Richter says the best advice he can
give anyone anticipating starting a
new business is to plan ahead and,
"since the bank won't finance everything," look to friends and family
for the additional capital necessary
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At the August 17 meeting of the
Coloma Joint Fire Board, Coloma
Fire Chief Randy Morris expressed
concerns the department has on
improving Washington Street and
stopping firefighters from selling
cookbooks at this y e a r ' s Coloma
Glad-Peach Festival.
Morris asked if the City of Coloma
had any plans in place for getting
fire trucks in and out of the Fire
Station during the improvements of
Washington Street later this year.
Morris said in addition to the
trucks, some procedure would have
to be developed to allow firefighters
access to the Fire Station.
On the topic of selling cookbooks
at this year's Glad-Peach Festival,
Chief Morris said, " S o m e members
of the department are unhappy with
festival officials ordering them to
stop roaming through the crowd,
selling the Ladies Auxiliary cookbooks."
The cookbooks were a fund-raiser
f o r t h e Auxiliary.
Morris said department members
assist with the aerial fireworks
show, two parades, transporting the
Prince and Princess and contestants,
at the 5K and 10K Run/Walk and
by filling the dunk tank with water.
and should have been permitted to
sell the cookbooks.
Festival policy prohibits any group
or person from roaming through the
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RICKY A. SINK
Ricky A. Sink, 46, of Benton Harbor, died Wednesday, August 18,
1999, at his residence.
A memorial service was held at 1
p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at the Fairplain Chapel, Florin Funeral Service, Benton Harbor. Visitation took
place from noon until the time of
the service. Memorials may be
given to Riverview Park Christian
Church of St. Joseph.
Mr. Sink was bom April 13, 1953,
in St. Joseph. He was a selfemployed house painter and lived in
this area most of his life.
Survivors include: his three s o n s Samuel (Michelle) Sink of Jacksonville, Florida, and Timothy Sink and
Robert Matthew III, both of Benton
Harbor; his stepmother, Shirley
Sink of St. Joseph; four b r o t h e r s Pete Sink and companion Judy
Ziegler of Coloma, Kevin Sink of
Dalhart, Texas, Steve Sink and
companion
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Haltom City, Texas, and Clif (Judy)
Sink of Sarasota, Florida; a sister,
Kathleen (Jim) Blanchard of Coloma; two grandchildren-Jake and
Danelle Sink of Jacksonville; and
several nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by: his wife. Gay
Anne Sink, in 1998; and his parents-Beverly (Haney) Sink in 1982
and Donald Sink in 1997.
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Saturday, August 28: Soccer at
Home w/Gobles, 11.00 a.m.
Monday, August 30: School Starts,
Half Day; W o m e n ' s Tennis at
Home w'Parchment, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 31: School All
Day; Girls Basketball, Tri-County
Tourney - South Haven Varsity at
Bangor; Girls Basketball, TriCounty Tourney - South Haven JV
at Home, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 1: Cross
Country at Bangor with Buchanan,
4:30 p.m.; Golf at Home w'Bridgman, 4 p.m.; Soccer at Home w/
Bridgman, 6 p.m.; Women's Tennis
at Buchanan, 4 p.m.
Thursday, September 2: Girls Basketball Tri-County Tourney Varsity
at Bangor, TBA; JV at Home w/
Bangor, TBA; 9/JV Football at
Home with Hartford, 5:00 & 7:00
p.m.
Friday, September 3: Football at
Home w Hartford, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 4: Cross
Country at Edwardsburg Invitational, 10 a.m.
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Pita.
Tuesday, August 31: BREAKFAST-French Toast Stix. LUNCH
(Elementary) Ravioli; (Secondary)
Burrito or BBQ Chicken Sandwich.
Wednesday, Sept. I: BREAKFAST-Cereal. L l J N C H - ( E l e m e n tary) Pizza; (Secondary) Pizza or
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C O L O M A HIGH S C H O O L ' S CLASS O F 1964...held a 35-year reunion on August 14 at The Friendly Tavern, downtown Coloma. Pictured are: (seated, from the left) Dianne Hammond Little, Charlotte Martin
C onklin, Annette Gagliardo Davis, Pat Meahl Lafollette, Barry Levsay; (standing, from the left) Kurt
Weber, George Waller, Sharon Brewer Paul, Jim Galles, Toni Gagliardo Wood, Sandy Hindmon Maas,
Nancy Gagliano, Terry Scherer Ott, Gary Zilke, Gloria Bratu Beaver, Oliver Richards, Dennis Hosang,
James Larry Gorman, August Pupedis, and Don Knuth. Also attending, but not pictured, were Juanita
Smith Hosmer, Skip Schink, and Joe Martin.
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After viewing the art, visitors are
welcome to take a 45-minute guided
tour of Cook Center's three multimedia theaters. There they will
leam fascinating facts about nuclear
power and other sources that will
provide energy in the next century.
Outdoors, visitors may stroll the
Cook Center's terraced gardens and
see Lake Michigan and the spectacular scenery that inspires Bingh a m ' s paintings; or they may hike
three nature trails through the forest,
dunes, and wetland. New, educational signs highlight points of interest along the three-mile trail system. Vending machines and picnic
area are also available to visitors.
I h e Cook Energy Information
Center is located on Red Arrow
Highway. Take 1-94 to Exit 16 and
head north 3/4 miles. Tour buses,
groups, and organizations are welcome.
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Nancy Bingham will join her
mother with watercolor paintings
and pottery she has created at her
Lopez Island studio. The former
New York City and Washington
state social worker teaches art to
middle and high school students on
Lopez Island. Her artwork includes
enchanting ceramic masks, sculpted
totems, handcrafted bowls, platters,
and dinner service.
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Joe Borenstein took third place and does not retum
this season. Nancy Kutchinski came in fourth for one
of her best performaces ever. She finished ahead of
Barry Nilson who posted what has to be a disappointing finish for a former champion. Look for him to
try to restore the roar this year. If he does that it could
also inspire rival Jim Edwards who took a
championship himself a few years ago. But last year
Jim had a worse finish than Barry, at number six.
Seventh place went to Chris Gargano who started the
From the
PressBox
By Mike Leith, Sports Writer
Well, it's here. Unbelievable as it
may seem, the high school football
season will kick off this Friday
night for all of the Tri-City Area
teams. Normal season-ending rivalries will be the first game for most
changing the last game to the first
or tearing up contracts for the other
eight games and trying to rebook
everything if possible. And these
contracts are sometimes made up to
a year in advance. Therefore, the
high school teams across the state
for this year only.
The MHSAA moved uncharacteristically quickly in approving the
playoff expansion plan by which all
teams that win six games in a
season are in. Teams like Lawrence
that could not get a ninth game will
be in some kind of formula that may
allow them in with five wins. To
accommodate the increased number
of teams that will be involved in
post season play, the start of the
regular season was moved up a
week. The choice athletic directors
across the state had to make was in
aforementioned was the obvious
choice; but back to the matter at
hand.
This week fans will be seeing
Waterviiet and Coloma squaring off
for their season openers at Panther
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of sparks and debris falling upon
ihem
Hartford, on the other hand, has to
face Decatur. The best thing about
that one is the fact the Indians will
have the home-field advantage.
Decatur is supposed to have quite a
few people back, while the Indians
graduated most of their t e a m ' s
starters from last year. Somehow I
think Hartford will be ready for
them, though. Good coaching and
sound fundamentals go a long way.
So with that in mind, let's take a
look at the what and who of each
Tri-City Area team. We will start
with perennial Red Arrow power
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Second year Hartford coach Tom
Shoemaker will definitely have to
do just that this year with the
graduation of 19 seniors from last
year's conference championship
and playoff qualifying team.
In fact, there are only seven
seniors on this year's team that will
try to win their ninth consecutive
Red Arrow crown. That's right, the
Indians have either shared or won
the title outright for the last eight
years.
The seniors are led by two-time
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DeLarosa and senior
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or two bad weeks that seem to happen to her at the
most inopportune times. She usually is in contention
when this happens and then drops back because of it.
That can t happen this year.
Doug VanBruggen finished eighth last year and will
not be back. Gee, I hope that didn't help to drive him
to Kalamazoo.
Hopefully, everyone is ready to go and they give us
another year of the professional competition we have
become accustomed to. Only time will tell.
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year's defense. Rey Chavez, Grant
Link, Steve Galvan, and James
Moore also lettered as juniors last
year. Chavez is a 6 , 2 , , 215-pound
defensive tackle and defensive end,
Link will play center and some
middle linebacker, Galvan at S S"
and 205 pounds will play tackle on
both sides of the ball, while Moore
is a wide receiver and comerback.
Aaron Chavez is a senior out for the
first time.
He is 6 , 2 , , and 195
Comets will be tough as usual when
they c o m e over here to play. It
should be a good game, so come on
out and see it.
The weather is
supposed to be perfect and Waterviiet has some new lights for the
first time in 30 years.
Assisting Coach
Hessler this
season are Pat Iliff and Dave Kindt.
JV coaches are Ben Iliff and Matt
Clay while the Junior High coaches
are John Adams and Don Marks.
pounds and can play tight end and
outside linebacker.
The juniors make up the bulk of
the team with 15 players. And this
year's quarterback will come from
them as juniors Scott Nykamp and
Jason Pruiett are battling for the job.
Both have JV experience from last
Comets have to replace
key players
year and, regardless of the outcome,
Nykamp can also play outside linebacker.
Jeff Holland and Matt Bekieri are
a ' 8 0 junior linebackers with JV experience. Berieki can also play tailback while first year player Mike
Gain can play linebacker and end.
Junior Issac Contreras is a tailback
and a safety, Matt Schuld at 6 ' I "
and 185 pounds can play offensive
tackle and defensive end, Ryan
Flemming can play center and
defensive end, Jeremy Parker is a
5'10" 175-pound right guard and
defensive end, Jason Reinhart is a
5 7 " 155-pound wide receiver and
comerback, along with offensive
and defensive tackles David Rainwater and Eddie Villareal. Rainwater is 6 ' and 280 pounds while
Villareal is 5 ' 1 0 " and 300 pounds,
All of the above mentioned played
JV ball last year.
There are three other first-year
juniors in Adam Freeburh, Kevin
Romeo, and Israel Baldivia. Freebum is a defensive back and wide
receiver, Romeo is a 6 ' I " 195pound guard and defensive end,
while Baldivia can play offensive
guard and defensive tackle.
There is even a sophomore on this
year's team in Santos Castro. He is
pretty fast and can play wide
receiver and defensive back.
Coach Shoemaker says he thought
his team did pretty well in last
Friday night's scrimmage at Marcellus. Vicksburg and Kalamazoo
Christian also attended. All four
teams got a shot at each other.
Coach Shoemaker says he feels
some balance may be coming back
to the conference as he expects
Waterviiet, Lake Michigan Catholic, and New Buffalo to be strong
this year. Looking at his season
opener. Shoemaker says he expects
the Raiders to be tough as usual. "It
should be a good barometer of just
where our program is right now," he
stated.
And even though the Indians have
many starters to replace, they will
be coming from a JV team that went
7-2 last year.
Coach Shoemaker has seasoned
veteran assistants John Smith and
Terry Manning back once again
while newcomer, in a way, former
Indian quarterback Mike Parker is
on board to replace Gary Ackerman
as the defensive backs coach.
Waterviiet hoping
seniors lead the way
New Waterviiet coach Brad Hessler seems to be continuing the
recent resurgence of numbers at the
varsity and JV levels. There are
around 26 members on the varsity at
this time while the JVs have around
that number, if not more.
The name of the game is seniors
for the Panthers this season. There
are 17 of them on the team, with all
but three lettering last season. Gor-
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Hard to believe it but it is time for another go-around
for the Armchair Quarterbacks. The field has been
trimmed from eight to six through attrition as two of
our contestants have moved on.
Our champion from last year returns in Kirk
Duncombe from Brookfield's. Kirk won a race that
went down to the wire between him and Nancy
Huffman. Nancy turned in a solid performance as
usual, but has to be hungry after losing such a close
race.
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North Berrien Historical Society Museum, open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call 4683330 for more information.
Wednesdays, 7-8 PM, Hope Finders, new group formed for Q91 graders and up, First Missionary
Baptist Church, Coloma.
Thursdays, Coloma Athletic Boosters BINGO, doors open at 3:30 and play begins at 6:30PM, Red
Arrow Hwy, across from Krenek's. Call 468-8918 for more information.
Every second Friday each month, 8:30PM, PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS DANCE, ("line
dancing" lessons begin at 8PM), American Legion Hall, Front Street, Buchanan. Call Dale at (616)
428-2640 or Mary Ann at (616) 468-3868 for more information.
Thursday, August 26,6PM, WATERVLIET RECREATION COUNCIL MEETING, Waterviiet District
Library, downtown, Please use back entrance.
Thursday & Friday, August 26 & 27, 3-5:30PM, COLOMA JR. HIGH FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT
HANDOUT (for grades 7 & 8), North Middle School/Alwood Gym locker rooms.
Friday, August 27,5-8PM, COMMUNITY STEAK FRY, Coloma Lions Community Center, 195 E. St.
Joseph Street. Cost is $9.50; call 468-5171 for advance ticket purchases.
Friday, August 27,6PM, PANTHER TAILGATE PARTY, preceding the Panther/Comet football
game, WHS parking lot. Parents, friends & alumni should bring a snack or small dish to pass.
Saturday, August 28,4:30PM, SUMMER SOCK HOP, Eddie's Drive-ln, Paw Paw Lake Road,
Coloma. Hula-hoop contest, bubble blowing contest, paddle ball contest, music, Elvis & drawings.
Saturday, August 28,10AM-4PM, DEMONSTRATION DAY, Van Buren County Historical Society
Museum, 58471 Red Arrow Hwy. & CR 681, east of Hartford. Call (616) 621-2188 for more
information.
Saturday & Sunday, August 28 & 29,8AM-6PM, "OLD-FASHIONED FLY-IN" at Kalamazoo Air
Zoo, 3101 E. Milham Road, Kalamazoo. Call (616) 382-6555 for more information.
Sunday, August 29,1:00-6:00PM, GERALD HUNT BENEFIT AUCTION & DANCE, J&R's Lounge,
Red Arrow Hwy., east of stoplight, Waterviiet. Auction, balloon bust, food & live music. Call 621-6653
after 4PM for more information.
Sunday, August 29,2-4PM, "OPEN HOUSE" FOR NEW WATERVLIET MIDDLE SCHOOL, WMS.
An "ice cream social" will begin at 4:30PM at South Elementary School, Lucinda Lane, Waterviiet.
Friday-Sunday, September 3-4-5, OLD ENGINE & TRACTOR SHOW and ARTS & CRAFTS
SHOW, Van Buren youth Fairgrounds, Red Arrow at CR 681, east of Hartford. Admission is $2. Call
Charlie at 674-3643 for more information.
Friday, September 3,7-9PM, "SOCIAL" AT COLOMA TOWNSHIP HALL.
Saturday, September 4,7:30AM-noon, PANCAKE & SAUSAGE BREAKFAST, all you can eat,
Sister Lakes Lions Clubhouse, Lions Park, 95t,, Avenue. Cost is $4/adult; $2/child 12 & under.
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ACT or SAT test score, or rank in Center offers a two-for-one exhibit.
class.
Legendary St. Joseph artist Betty
Spring Arbor is a four-year Chris- Bingham is exhibiting her paintings
tian liberal arts college located this year along with pottery and
seven miles west of Jackson. T h e paintings by her daughter, Nancy
college is affiliated with the Free Bingham, of Lopez Island, WashMethodist Church of North America ington. The gallery exhibit and art
and is accredited by the North Cen- sale runs from now through Septral Association of Colleges and tember 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Schools.
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Betty Bingham, a retired St. Jo"The Unofficial Website of seph Public High School art teacher
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children playing on the beach, a
lighthouse standing sentry in the
harbor, brilliant splashes of flowers
across a summer garden. During the
exhibit, Bingham will sell many of
her acrylic, pastel and watercolor
paintings and handcrafted jewelry.
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this week's "Kute Kid."
One-year-old Kody is the
son of Tonia Schreiber
and
Jeff
Riley.
His
grandparents are Jim
and Lurette Riley and
Wes and Cheri Schreiber. Great-grandparents
are Sue and Gene Schuh,
Pat and Alice Schreiber,
Don and Donna Schidtman, and Bob and Harritt Beckner.
Armchair Quarterbacks start new season with hometown winning picks
(Elementary) Hamburger; (Secondary) Hamburger or Breaded Pork
Patty. HIGH S C H O O L - J V Football at Home w/Coloma, 6 p.m.
C E N T R A L O F F I C E - B o a r d of Education Work-Study Session, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 3: BREAKFAST
Cereal. L U N C H - ( E l e m e n t a r y ) Burrito; (Secondary) Fish Sandwich or
Com
Dog.
HIGH
SCHOOLVarsity Football at Coloma, 7:30
p.m. MIDDLE S C H O O L — F u n d raiser Kickoff, Auditorium, 2:15
p.m.
{Your "Kute Kids"...
A
Tri-City Record
August 2 5 , 1 9 9 9
THE W A T E R V L I E T JV A N D VARSITY FOOTBALL T E A M . . . h e l d
a maroon and white scrimmage a few Saturdays ago at Panther Stadium. The Panthers have high hopes for their offense and defense this
season.
(Mike Leith photo)
die Cartwright and Shawn Prince
lead the way as both are two-year
letterwinners and starters.
Princt
has run the offense for the last two
years while Cartwright has over
2,000 career yards rushing and was
a first team all-conference pick last
season. Joe Wheeler retums as a
defensive end, while Prince may see
a:
11
some action
~ there as well.
Adam Thomas, Eric Leith, Harvey
Atherton, Paul Reese, Mario Trottier, Chad Worl, Dan Hays, Jeremy
Sutherland, and Jason Carter all
lettered as juniors last year. Thomas is the backup quarterback and
will be playing at some tailback and
comerback, Leith will play some
linebacker on defense while seeing
some duty at wide receiver and tailback on offense, Atherton will come
back to his linebacker position but
can play tight end or ftillback on
offense, Jason Carter will again play
at a safety position as well as some
wide receiver on offense, Worl is
back at offensive and defensive
tackle, Trottier will again play at
defensive tackle, Jeremy Sutherland
is back and will see some time at
fullback and linebacker, while Hays
and Reese both can play comerback
and wide receiver.
Rich Seils may be available at offensive tackle and defensive end but
was injured for most of last season.
Matt Rodriguez, Howie Black, and
Nick Spaulding all could contribute,
Black and Rodriguez can both play
in the defensive backfield and at
wide receiver while Spaulding is a
defensive end and offensive tackle.
There are six juniors on the team,
with three of them starting last
season at one time or another. Jody
Halamka is a two-year letterwinner
and will be playing at defensive
tackle and offensive guard, Doug
Wing lettered last year and plays
both offensive and defensive tackle,
and Peter Murphy lettered as well at
center and retums at that position
defensive tackle.
Jason Elliot has JV experience from
last year and can play linebacker
and guard.
First-year players as juniors inelude Danny Iliff and Josh Forrester. Iliff can play quarterback, cornerback, and wide receiver while
Forrester can play guard and
defensive end.
There are two sophomores on the
team this year in Joey Dilts and
Brian Geike. Dilts s h o u l d s e e some
time
at
while
fullback
Geike
can
and
linebacker
play
defensive
tackle a n d d e f e n s i v e e n d .
Coach Hessler seems to be thinking along the same lines as Hartford
coach Tom Shoemaker.
Coach
Hessler thinks Hartford, LMC, and
New Buffalo will all be tough and
will provide some balance to the
conference.
He is also a believer in conditioning and fundamentals, so look
for the Panthers to be competitive.
As far as opening up with Coloma,
Coach Hessler says he knows the
Coloma coach Dave Stowers has
some key positions to fill this
season because of graduation but
still boasts a decent amount of
letterwinners reluming.
There are nine seniors on the team
this year and seven of them won
letters last year. Leading the way is
three-year letterwinner Josh Groendyk. He has held down one of the
linebacker positions since his freshman year and also plays tight end
on offense. James Clay retums as
one of the only real experienced
letterwinners in the backfield from
last year and caiv play defensive
tackle as well. Chris Dahms lettered last year at linebacker and has
a good shot at the quarterback position this year. John Mefford retums
and can play haltback and comerback; Mike Churchill is a returning
offensive and defensive tackle but
was plagued by injuries last year;
Jason Ficklin lettered and is a wide
receiver, running back, and strong
safety; Aaron Howard lettered and
can play free safety; while David
Donerose is out after taking a year
See P R E S S B O X
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T r l - C l t y Rccord
August 2 5 , 1 9 9 9
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
SALE
Want Ads & Public Notices
HELP WANTED
LOT COORDINATOR/SUPERVISOR--duties
include
managing
a
crew of lot porters cleaning cars for
delivery, k e e p i n g lot clean and organized. Must be energetic, wellg r o o m e d , and h a v e reliable transportation and valid driver's license.
S400-S500/week to start; quick pay
B. or Ron V. Apply in person at
Seelye Wright, South Haven.
(34-1)
HELP WANTED
C L U B 63 R E S T A U R A N T — N o w
hiring cooks, servers, bartenders &
TRUSTEES HELD ON
T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 17, 1999.
AT 7 : 3 0 P.M.
M E M B E R S P R E S E N T : Supervisor
Treasurer
C a p o z i o & Trustees Fowler, Hudson. JetTerson-Banks & McCausland.
M E M B E R S ABSENT: None
at
The meeting was called to order at
7:03 p.m. followed by a silent invo-
6218 M-63, C o l o m a ; or call 849-
cation and the Pledge of Allegiance.
3355 for an appointment.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting held August 3, 1999, were
dishwashers.
Apply
in person
(32-4)
accepted as presented. T h e Agenda
M O B I L E H O M E FOR S A L E
M O B I L E H O M E - 2 bedrooms, expanded living room. Excellent condition. Refrigerator and stove included. Storage shed attached. Price
negotiable. Call 473-2730.
(33-3)
was a m e n d e d under N e w Business
by a d d i n g Item D. N e w m a n Terrace
Water Project.
Received
presentation
Y A R D S A L E — t w o miles south of
Hartford, on 6 8 7 Keeler/Hartford
Rd., left side of the road. Every d a y
except M o n d a v and Saturday.
(33-2)
AT
HELP WANTED
PRE S C H O O L L E A R N I N G
CENTER—in
Coloma,
2-6
p.m.,
Monday through Friday; and substitute helpers needed. Call 4 6 8 6423.
(33-2)
Jeff
Noel. C o m e r s t o n e Alliance, in connection with the Elisha G r a y II Enterprise Park and M-63 connecting
road.
Authorized
Y A R D SALE
from
$500.00
contribution
to the Benton H a r b o r / T o w n s h i p
Senior Citizens Center.
A p p r o v e d payment of bills totaling
$230,431.03.
Removed N e w m a n Terrace Water
Project from agenda due to absence
of the Assessor.
A d j o u m e d the
p.m.
meeting
at
8:10
The next regular Board meeting
will be held September 7, 1999, at
7:00 p . m .
Carolyn Phillips, Clerk
Benton Charter T o w n s h i p
Dated: August 18, 1999
(34-1)
HELP WANTED
OFFICE SECRETARY N E E D E D -
proficiency,
good
people
skills,
efficient, organized,
self-starter.
Coloma. Call 468-6261 T u e s d a y ,
Wednesday, and
ings.
Thursday
morn(33-2)
HELP WANTED
P A R T T I M E — A A R P Foundation
Senior E m p l o y m e n t P r o g r a m h a s
part-time o p e n i n g s for office/clerical positions in the C o l o m a ^ a t e r vliet area for qualifying seniors.
Part-time work. Call 925-3838; ask
for Mike.
(34-3)
ESTATE SALE
FRIDAY & SATURDAY—August
27 & 28, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 6 3 0 0 R y n o
Road, Coloma. Antiques, carnival
glass, china, household f u m i t u r e ,
etc. N u m b e r s given out at 7 a.m.
PUBLIC NOTICE
WATERVLIET
TOWNSHIP
REGULAR MEETING
SYNOPSIS
power
lution for millage m a x i m u m allowable a s follows:
R o a d s .9911 to .9911
Fire
.9911 to .9911
Roads
1.9747 to 1.8925
Approval of change in price of Infant Burial Site to: resident: $100.00
& N o n - R e s i d e n t : $200.00
A p p r o v a l for Resubmission of Lot
Lot 2 of
Block 10.
Loveland
Homeacres
A p p r o v a l of the preliminary site
plan f o r the two phases o f the Paw
Paw L a k e G o l f Course & the re-
CONSTRUCTION
Steel Buildings never put up. 4 0 x 3 0
quested variance for the 1,000 foot
w a s $6,212 will sell for $3,497,
e a s e m e n t length for Green Way, the
5 0 x 8 6 was $17,690 will sell $ 8 ,
970. Chuck 1-800-320-2340.
27 foot easement for cul-de-sacs for
both G r e e n W a y and Knoll Ct.
Next
Regular
Meeting:
works,
Township
September
Board
20,
collectibles,
Synopsis prepared by:
(34-2)
Eva M. Baumeister
Waterviiet T o w n s h i p Clerk
fumiture,
contained in the a b o v e
has b e c o m e operative.
1200 syd of 4 " concrete sidewalk,
mortgage
of the p o w e r of sale c o n t a i n e d in the
Mortgage and in p u r s u a n c e of the
Tannery Drive, including construction
statutes in such case, the M o r t g a g e
proaches, and removal o f existing
will be foreclosed by a s a l e of t h e
premises, separately, therein d e -
sidewalk and d r i v e approaches, excavation,
embankment
grading,
scribed or so m u c h t h e r e o f as m a y
restoration, and appurtenances.
PUBLIC NOTICE
HARTFORD PUBLIC
LIBRARY
If y o u have a n y questions regard-
of
Michigan,
that
being the place of h o l d i n g the Circuit Court in and for said C o u n t y ,
ing the
Conn-act
Documents,
Indiana
in-
Avenue, South
Haven, MI 4 9 0 9 0 - 1 7 3 5 ( 6 1 6 - 6 3 7 -
on September 16, 1999, 10:00 E S T ,
9205). Contact D o c u m e n t s may be
obtained only from this o f f i c e .
in the f o r e n o o n of said day. T h e
No quotation shall be w i t h d r a w n
premises will be sold t o pay the
above
after the o p e n i n g of proposals without the consent o f the O w n e r for a
interest
period o f ten ( 1 0 ) days after the
due, legal costs, c h a r g e s of sale,
scheduled time o f submitting quo-
attomey fees and any t a x e s and in-
tations. A five ( 5 ) percent bid b o n d
surance that the M o r t g a g e e pays o n
in the f o r m o f a certified check or
or prior to the date of t h e sale. T h e
lands and premises d e s c r i b e d in the
surety b o n d shall be submitted with
each bid. The successful bidder will
above M o r t g a g e are as follows.
be required to post a L a b o r and
amount
then
Mortgage,
due
together
on
the
with
Materials
Bond
and
Performance
200 feet o f the South H a l f of the
Bond f o r the a m o u n t of o n e hundred
Southwest Quarter of the N o r t h w e s t
(100) percent o f t h e contract price.
Quarter o f Section 12, T o w n s h i p 5
South, R a n g e 19 West, St, Joseph
The O w n e r reserves the right to
waive any irregularities, reject any
Township, Berrien C o u n t y , Michi-
or all
gan.
The length o f the r e d e m p t i o n p e -
quotations w h e n , in their opinion,
riod will be six (6) m o n t h s from t h e
quotations,
or accept
any
such act will s e r v e their best interests.
C I T Y OF C O L O M A
MARTHA DARLING, CLERK
date of sal?.
(34-1)
616/983-7505
(8/4, 8/11, 8/18 & 8/25, 1999)
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY O F
WATERVLIET
Commission will hold a j o i n t public
meeting with the C o l o m a T o w n s h i p
last
Countryside Nursing H o m e , 120
Baseline Rd., South Haven, MI
Tuesday, October 12, 1999.
supported
by
problem of keeping outsiders from
with
frequent
lotion?
about heatstroke remedies?
Obviously, there w o u l d
sneaking into a park without paying.
You could require everyone regis-
course, w o r k s for the papers, too.)
tered
identification
tractors will be featured. Admission
is $2 to the grounds. Food will also
c a m p i n g tag but w h e r e would you
pin it? The only solution to that
be available.
Music will be by " J e f f & Bill" on
Saturday at 7 p.m.
to
wear
an
in-
specifications,
had told t h e m he " s a w nudes hap-
have some savings, o f course. Most
parks now have laundry buildings
Associates,
pening," which is how he described
but those could be d o n e away with
entirely. Neither w o u l d there h a v e
to be any special rain shelters. In
8,
Sergeant M c C u l f o r gave a report on
street,
including
ing the Contract
Documents,
conditions in the T o w n s h i p and City
w h i c h there w a s not much to be
cluding
plans
c o n c e m e d about.
contact
Stemaman
and
&
Received, place Treasurers Report
Inc., 900
Indiana A v e n u e , S o u t h
the bunch o f college girls frolicking
on file.
M o t i o n by M a y h a k , supported by
Haven, MI 4 9 0 9 0 - 1 7 3 5 ( 6 1 6 - 6 3 7 -
in the b u f f . That, of course, is
against federal regulations but what
Martin.
To
pay
bills.
Amount
9205). Contract D o c u m e n t s m a y be
obtained o n l y from this office.
N o quotation shall b e w i t h d r a w n
2 1 , 0 0 8 . 3 9 . Motion carried.
the heck, they likely figured.
Although M i c h i g a n ' s Department
be done away with, too.
T o off-set these savings, however,
w o u l d be the need for picnic tables
port.
scheduled t i m e of s u b m i t t i n g q u o -
Supervisor Stephen Shafer has rea p p o i n t e d S.A. M a c G o w a n and
tations. A f i v e (5) percent bid b o n d
least not legally. O v e r in neighboring Ontario, however, serious consi-
on
which
the
benches
were
smoothed d o w n to a splinter-free
stage. And a non-sticky varnish
in the form o f a certified check or
deration w a s given to special park
w o u l d have to be used to cover
Bluegill
T r e v e r M e a c h u m for another three
surety bond shall be submitted with
areas d e v o t e d to running around in
leaf, and crickets in a b o u t
year term on the Planning C o m m i s -
e a c h bid. T h e successful bidder will
be required to post a Labor and
the altogether. In so doing, though,
they visualized a lot of problems.
them.
Actually, none of these are p r o b lems Ontario could find too difficult
feet of water with fish 12 feet
down. Nice crappie h a v e been
Performance
For example, where could such a
to surmount if they put their finest
coming in with m i n n o w s being
2002.
Bond for the amount o f one h u n d r e d
park be established that is free of
m i n d s to work on it. At this time,
the hot bait. Rush Lake has been
M o t i o n by M a y h a k , supported by
( 1 0 0 ) percent of the contract p r i c e .
black flies and mosquitoes? Could
there is nothing further to report on
producing
park users be sure there was n o poison ivy a r o u n d ? How about black-
progress (if any) b e i n g made by our
Steelhead
are slow until the
water gets slightly cooler. Wall-
and
T h e O w n e r reserves the right to
Martin. To accept the Supervisor
A p p o i n t m e n t . Motion carried.
waive any irregularities, reject a n y
M o t i o n by M a y h a k , supported by
or
Martin. T o accept Plante & M o r a n
to d o the audit f o r Hartford T o w n -
quotations w h e n , in their o p i n i o n ,
ship.
The
cost
not
to
exceed
3 , 4 0 0 . 0 0 . If there is any additional
A c c o u n t i n g Service it will not ex-
all quotations, or
accept
any
such act will serve their best interests.
CITY O F C O L O M A
MARTHA DARLING, CLERK
(34-1)
ceed 85.00 per h o u r . Roll Call
S h a f e r Absent, M a y h a k , yea. Fri-
freedom, nothing ever came o f it, at
berry b u s h e s ? And sand burs?
The Canadians also figured they
would h a v e to consider providing
special shields in the cooking areas
to protect park users? C a n you
imagine t h e hazard of frying bacon
under such conditions? W o u l d a
Supported
Canadian neighbors.
Should such a project become a
reality, though, and M i c h i g a n ' s
P N R should decide to send a delegation to m a k e an inspection trip,
this reporter is definitely going to
insist
that the
media
be
along!
"God grants liberty only to
those who love it...and
defend it. -Danid wtb«ct
by
Engaged?
WESTERN TERRACE
Call 983-0011
Motion
was
passed
at
Earn Some SSSS
Martin. T o a d j o u m . Motion carried.
A d j o u m e d at 7:55 P.M.
S E P T E M B E R 9, 1999
(34-1)
There are routes available
Call Victoria
Today
1.800.356.4262
a
MEDICARE UNIT MANAGER-well-organized R.N. with 2-3
years of e x p e r i e n c e is needed for
this full-time m a n a g e m e n t position.
T h e qualified c a n d i d a t e will possess
strong leadership, interpersonal and
clinical skills.
S e n d resume in confidence to:
C o u n t r y s i d e N u r s i n g Home, Attn:
Director of N u r s i n g , 120 Baseline
Rd., South H a v e n , MI 49090; or fax
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bass.
eye in the St. Joe and K a l a m a zoo rivers have been successful.
i
Catfish have been taken also.
T H E W A T E R V L I E T W O L V E R I N E S . . . w e r e awarded first-place trophies for their perfect regular season
record in the Waterviiet Recreation C o u n c i l ' s 9-11 age division. T h e i r trophies w e r e given to them in an
Call W o o d w a r d ' s , 4 6 8 - 7 5 2 2 , for
all your fishing and hunting in-
a w a r d s c e r e m o n y held just last week. Pictured are: (front row, f r o m the left) Rebecca Criscenti, Ashley!
Fink, Robin B o w e r , Kori Steiner, S h a n n o n M c L a u g h l i n ; (back r o w , from the left) coach Jim Sheffer, Jessica
formation.
O p e n 6:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
G a r l a n d , Lauren Craig, Sarah S h e f f e r , Jessica DeLoach, Cassie G r a n k e , Sunnie Criscenti, and m a n a g e r
F o r t h e f a m i l y values o f W a t e r v i i e t
c o m e to Western Terrace.
5:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Saturday & S u n d a y
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the suppliers of such apparatus and
equipment.
This
invited
are
M o n d a y through Friday
day, yea. Nilson, yea. Martin, yea.
M o t i o n carried.
M o t i o n by Friday,
have
Ray Dlouhy. Information provided
hy mi n»r.i Paw Lake Association
fact, if a rainy season could be assured, the shower buildings could
Received, place on file Liquor Re-
Bond
may
Rasmussen.
A History of
Little .
Paw Paw Lake and Peer Forest.
Lake level and rainfall recorded by
water.
out the c o n s e n t of the O w n e r f o r a
period of thirty (30) d a y s after the
Materials
Resources
Question: Little Paw Paw Lake ,
residents have an annual FloatIn. How many pounds of hotdogs were consumed in the
1997 Float-In?
Answer next
week. Answer to last week's
(|uestion: How long is the
channel that carries water from
Little Paw Paw Lake into Paw
Paw
Lake?
Based
on '
Rasmussen's new book the
Berrien
County
Drain
Commission gives the channel
length between the two lakes as
2965 feet, just a bit over onehalf mile.
Source:
K L.
water is cooling d o w n and the
fish are m o v i n g into shallower
given such nudist c a m p s their own
sion Board. The T e r m is retroactive
as o f April 1, 1999, thru April 1,
Natural
Senior
Citizen
Wisdom:
When you arc finally holding all
of the cards, why does everyone
else decide to play chess?
Historical Trivia
pound,
14-ounce largemouth
bass out of B i c Paw Paw. T h e
of
file Planning
Though cool winds prevailed
throughout the week, the days
were quite comfortable, almost
but not quite a portent of fall.
There was only 0.2 inch of rain
this past week and the lake
level continued to drop from
621.31 feet on the I8 ,h to 621.26
feet on the 22n,,. The lake is
nearly 6.5 inches below the
minimum of 621.8 feet. Surface
water temperature fell to 78 'F,
down 3.5 " from one week ago,
and down 10 degrees from the
summer high of 88 "F on
August \s{.
Andy, Josh and J e r e m y N e methy brought in this nice 4-
a f t e r the o p e n i n g of p r o p o s a l s with-
Received, place on
C o m m i s s i o n report.
Page 11
Paw Paw Lake Almanac
Allis C h a l m e r s tractors, Associated engines, and Bolens garden
reminders: " I f you see news happening, g i v e us a call!" (That of
nearly fell over themselves to respond as they rushed to one o f the
Michigan national parks. T h e guy
of July
Reconstruction of 1100 lineal feet
3-4-5, opening at 9 a.m. daily.
the
nant items.
If you h a v e any questions r e g a r d -
Yea
G l e n n Opennc . r
be
which means practically nowhere.
Such a park designed for those
running around in the buff w o u l d
Yea
(34-1)
Friday through Sunday, September
could. T h e all-male camera crew
Martin
terested parties a r e invited to attend.
How
sewer, restoration, and all a p p u r t e -
minutes
Nilson
will be flushed.
(34-1)
The work on which proposals are
viewing
audience
provide sunburn
The
1999, were Accepted as read. Motion carried.
Paw L a k e Rd., on Monday, August
Limits (including P o k a g o n Heights)
(34-3)
aloud at the time.
to
Martin.
Helen M a y h a k
Hartford T o w n s h i p Clerk
NEXT REGULAR BOARD
MEETING
Larry Larsen, President
Coloma, Ml 4 9 0 3 8 - 0 3 2 9
Proposals will be o p e n e d and read
w h e n a n e w s p a p e r beats them to an
important story. For that reason,
m o s t of t h e m like to call on their
might be a w a t e r p r o o f stamp applied where it might be easily seen,
north, east and west t o the C i t y
Robert L o h r
Zoning Administrator
119 N. Paw Paw Street
annual ''Old E n g i n e & Tractor
S h o w " and first annual " L a b o r Day
Arts & Craft S h o w " will be held
special concession h a v e to be set up
hearing g a v e his local station a jingle, figuring on being helpful a s he
Respectfully Submitted by
following the public hearing, the
Commission will re-enter into its
regular meeting.
Television stations really hate it
Activities
scheduled at
Van Buren
Youth
Fairgrounds
Sept. 3-4-5
The V a n Buren Youth F a i r ' s third
by
from the Main Street railroad tracks
A, R l - B , & R2 districts in t h e
township. All interested parties a r e
encouraged to attend. Immediately
3 r d day of September, 1999, at t h e
Coloma City Hall
P.O. Box 3 2 9
I ' l l be a delegate if Canada sets up
special park areas for nudist camps
Motion
M o t i o n by M a y h a k , supported by
50, Article 18, Section 18.02 " D e f i -
will receive quotations for the w o r k
shown below until 4 : 0 0 P.M. on the
1225
tracks south, east and w e s t to t h e
PUBLIC NOTICE
WATERVLIET
TOWNSHIP
PLANNING
COMMISSION
GORDON CHARLES
tons of bituminous paving, 2 0 2 5
cubic yards of aggregate s t o r m
by
Coloma
The CITY O F C O L O M A , O w n e r ,
o f asphalt
supported
of
of Little Paw P a w Lake.
John Martin arrived at 7:05 P.M.
Friday,
Hauch
caught this I-pound bluegill out
Well, not too long ago one TV
viewer w h o was somewhat hard of
Robert Lohr
Supt. of P u b l i c W o r k s
(33-2)
day.
George
M a y h a k . T o appoint Barry Nilson
C h a i r m a n Pro-tem. Motion carried.
Z o n i n g Administrator
Waterviiet T o w n s h i p
City Limits will be flushed.
On Friday, August 27, all hydrants
Fishing is getting better every
to be submitted includes:
drants from the Main Street railroad
nitions." The proposed a m e n d m e n t
would limit the height a n d n u m b e r
of accessory structures f o r the R l -
at its regular meeting at 7:00 P.M.
Friday,
R e g u l a r Hartford T o w n s h i p Board
M e e t i n g on A u g u s t 12, 1999.
(616) 6 2 1 - 3 4 0 8 .
All b i d s must be retumed by Sat-
Apply in person or send r e s u m e to:
by
Absent
Yea
Yea
ordinances and long range plans
concerning P a w Paw Lake. All in-
posed a m e n d m e n t to the Waterviiet
Township Z o n i n g O r d i n a n c e N o .
on the 11-7 shift. Excellent benefits.
Motion
Shafer
Mayhak
Friday
August 2 6 , and Friday, August 2 7 ,
y e a r ' s audit at the Library, which is
located at 15 Franklin Street, Hartford, M I 49057; telephone number
a c c o m p a n i e d by a c o v e r letter,
proof o f Michigan C P A license and
is
now in order for a chairman protem.
Paw
Slje fleraUJ-jJallailiiim
and
Hartford T o w n s h i p Board
Roll Call:
Hall, 4 9 1 9
sion will enter into a p u b l i c hearing.
The purpose of the public hearing is
to hear c o m m e n t s r e g a r d i n g a p r o -
policy
The
loma
Any interested person or persons
may pick up a copy of the Library's
bid
for. Z o n i n g Administrator Ronald
Sefcik and T o w n s h i p Residents.
Planning C o m m i s s i o n at the C o Township
Sheriff
o
City Bank as the assignee o f such
Extension 365
competitive
County
Tri-City Area
FISHING
REPORT
m e n t purchase o f fire apparatus and
e q u i p m e n t required by National
30, 1999, at 7 : 3 0 p.m. T h e purpose
of the meeting is to discuss mutual
On T h u r s d a y , August 2 6 , all h y -
Roll Call: M a y h a k , Friday, Nilson
present. Absent John Martin and
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF C O L O M A
BERRIEN COUNTY,
MICHIGAN
WASHINGTON
STREET
IMPROVEMENTS
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
c o m p l e t e the closing of the install-
The City of Waterviiet will b e
flushing hydrants on T h u r s d a y ,
from 7 : 3 0 A.M.-3:30 P . M .
12, 1999, at 7:30 P.M.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Martin. A Resolution to Authorize
the Clerk Helen Mayhak and/or
T o w n s h i p Trustee Barry Nilson to
sign a n y and all documents on behalf o f the T o w n s h i p necessary to
the Waterviiet T o w n s h i p Hall, 3 9 0 1
M-140. At 7:10 p.m. t h e C o m m i s -
a brief list of current clients (with
their permission, if needed).
Bids will be opened by the Board
(34-1)
ap-
petitive bids for its fiscal calendar
year, 1999 Audit.
urday, O c t o b e r 8, 1999, and shall be
4 9 0 9 0 . Fax ( 6 1 6 ) 637-8460.
drive
Inc., 9 0 0
State
1930 chairs, $ 1 0 0 each. Call 4 6 3 5055.
HELP WANTED
WANTED:
R.N.'s or L . P . N . ' s
full- or part-time position available
concrete
Berrien,
September 14, 1999, at 7 : 0 0 p.m. at
(34-1)
new
cluding plans and specifications,
contact S t e m a m a n & Associates,
T h e B o a r d of Trustees o f the Hart-
28 & 29 at 67761 70 th Street, W a terviiet, 9 a.m.-? Small appliances,
fumiture, gas grill & lots of miscellaneous.
of
be necessary, at public auction, t o
the highest bidder, at the South e n trance o f the County C o u r t h o u s e in
the City o f St. Joseph, C o u n t y o f
ford Public Library is s e e k i n g com-
MOVING SALE
SATURDAY & SUNDAY-August
approximately
sidewalk along Church Street from
south o f Center Street t o south of
grand upright piano, $500 firm; t w o
(34-1)
of
NOW, T H E R E F O R E , N O T I C E
IS H E R E B Y G I V E N that by virtue
The Waterviiet T o w n s h i p Planning
Commission will hold a regular
Commission meeting o n Tuesday,
clothes & miscellaneous. 5461 DeField Road, Coloma. Also antique
Construction
200 syd of 6 " reinforced concrete
7:00 P . M . - Waterviiet T w p . Hall,
3901 M - 1 4 0 .
(34-1)
tiques,
above Mortgage; t h e r e f o r e by reasons o f default, the p o w e r of s a l e
1999 -
$3,000.
BIG Y A R D S A L E
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURD A Y , August 26-28, 9 a.m.-?. An-
The work on which proposals are
to be submitted includes:
The Waterviiet T o w n s h i p Planning
S e w e r line extension to Lot 2 o f
Loveland Homeacres Block 10.
miles, everything
Call 463-8027.
Proposals will be opened and read
aloud at that t i m e .
.3416 to .3274
lems. $5,250. Call 468-6442.
1985
C o l o m a , MI 4 9 0 3 8
Ambulance
from M e y e r s Septic & S e w e r for the
FOR SALE
JEEP CHEROKEE--85,000
been instituted to recover a n y of t h e
remaining debt now s e c u r e d by t h e
by C l e r k Helen M a y h a k on August
Department Sergeant Mark M c C u l -
119 N . Paw P a w Street
.6422 to .6155
back in accordance with the Headlee A m e n d m e n t .
lent condition, runs great! N o p r o b -
(34-1)
legal or equitable p r o c e e d i n g s h a v e
Regular meeting of the Hartford
T o w n s h i p Board w a s called to order
Stephen Shafer.
Also Van Buren
Operating
The following millages were not
increased and were allowed to roll
A p p r o v a l of acceptance o f proposal
BUILDING MATERIALS A N D
there is claimed to be d u e at the d a t e
of this Notice, for principal a n d
interest, the sum of $ 9 8 , 0 4 3 . 6 2 . N o
shown below until 4:00 P.M. on the
P U B L I C NOTICE
WATERVLIET
TOWNSHIP
PLANNING
COMMISSION
steering, tilt, cassette stereo. Excel-
(34-2)
on Page 983. Under this M o r t g a g e
FIRST RESOURCE FEDERAL
C R E D I T UNION, Mortgagee
Craig P. Jennings P 4 6 9 5 3
J E N N I N G S & J E N N I N G S , P.C.
505 Pleasant Street, S u i t e 303
St. J o s e p h , MI 49085
Approval of Sewer line extension to
locks,
3 rd day of S e p t e m b e r , 1999, at the
C o l o m a City Hall
P.O. Box 3 2 9
Dated: 7/28/99
FOR S A L E
1993 C H E V Y L U M I N A - V - 6 , 4 power
1993, in Liber 1564 o f M o r t g a g e s ,
March 8, 1993, and r e c o r d e d in t h e
Approval of Truth-in-taxation reso-
split f o r Lot 2 of Loveland H o m e acres Block 10.
a/c,
will receive quotations for the work
which M o r t g a g e was d a t e d
A u g u s t 1 6 , 1 9 9 9 * 7:00 P.M.
(34-1)
door,
Liber 1562 o f M o r t g a g e s , on P a g e
454, and re-recorded on March 2 9 ,
ION,
The North 120 feet o f the W e s t
Administrative
assistant,
church
office, part time, mornings, approx.
15 hours per week, Microsoft word
The C I T Y O F C O L O M A , O w n e r ,
band and wife, to F I R S T R E SOURCE FEDERAL C R E D I T UN-
CHARTER BOARD OF
Phillips,
16, 1993, in
made b y P H I L L I P G . S T E F F E Y
land B A R B A R A H. S T E F F E Y , hus-
SYNOPSIS OF THE REGULAR
MEETING OF THE BENTON
Harvey, Clerk
Michigan, on March
Default having o c c u r r e d in t h e
conditions of a certain M o r t g a g e
PUBLIC NOTICE
BENTON CHARTER
TOWNSHIP
raises to right person. Contact D a v e
Office o f the Register o f Deeds f o r
the C o u n t y of Berrien, State o f
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF COLOMA
BERRIEN COUNTY,
MICHIGAN
SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENTS
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
August 25, 1999 Tri-City Record
PUBLIC NOTICE
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August 25.
Aldridge "hauls" at Hartford Speedway
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well worth the trip from Hillsdale as
he led Quincy neighbor Bob Dooley
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sprint feature at Hartford Speedway
Park. Concord's Charlie Baker received a hearty round of applause
for his third-place "flat tire finish"
after leading the last half of the 20lapper. Eddie Smith from Eau
Claire and Hartford's own Damon
Bassett rounded out the top five.
A first lap flip collected former
feature winner Jason Blonde and an
I Ith lap inside "pass in the grass"
eliminated Mark Stemen who was
unable to rejoin the pack under
yellow after leading since lap seven.
Hopefully, both will be back with
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Hartford Speedway Park
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MODIFIEDS
17s Mark Stemen 86
35m Damon Bassett 73
8J Jimmy Jackson 58
38 Dave Davis 5 7
98 Red Jones 55
2A Bobby A d a m s o n 54
21 Doug Deuel 52
58 Tony Hums 51
3s Eddie Smith 4 8
51 Oscar Smith 44
111 C u r t Spaulding 149
D 2 7 Dave Pries 146
18 T o d d Feutz 115
7 Brett Bartels 96
8 J a s o n Secley 92
12 J o h n McClure 89
44A Jackie Frye 86
51 J e f f Roodvoets 85
15 G e o r g e Molter 67
15 G r e g Hoppus 64
FACTORY STOCKS
28 Matt Corliss 173
78 Mark Wagner 153
10 H. Litaker Jr. 149
86 Jim Abbott 123
13H M. Hotovy Jr. 121
56 Ryan Disterheft 120
87 Curt Minton 89
77 Denis Bennett 99
64 Zach Hansen 90
71m Mike Wells 70
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Continued f r o m page 9
Chad Postelli, Kurt Carpenter,
Josh Stone, and Mike Perkins are
juniors that did not play last year.
Perkins played JV ball at Benton
Harbor last year and he can play
guard and linebacker while Stone
and Carpenter are both able to play
offensive and defensive tackle positions. Postelli can play wingback
and comerback.
There are four sophomores on the
varsity this year in Doug Ashley,
Brian Thomas, Lloyd Mitchell, and
Jacob Telschow. Telschow played
JV ball at St. Joe last year and can
play tight end and linebacker, while
Ashley is a center and defensive
tackle but is injured. Thomas could
start at linebacker and tight end
while Mitchell is second on the
depth chart at quarterback. He can
also play strong safety.
The Lakeland will be tough as ever
this year but Coach Stowers thought
his team played pretty well in their
scrimmage last week with Lawton,
Paw Paw, and South Haven. Keeping people healthy will be a key to
some degree of the Comets' success
this season. That also goes for the
game with the Panthers. Regardless, Coach Stowers feels it will be
a good game.
Coach Stowers is once again
assisted by Bobby Howard and
Steve Groendyk. The JV coaches
are Bruce Dings. Jack Goodrick,
and Butch Fogarty.
The game this Friday will be at
Panther Stadium and it is supposed
to be a great night for football.
Come on out.
Tom Smith
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Recent studies conducted by the
Paw Paw Lake Foundation and Paw
Paw Lake Association have culminated in an alliance of the two organizations to finance a new Lake
Management Program for Paw Paw
Lake. Phase I of the program will
be conducted by Resource Management Group, Grand Haven, Ml
and Phycotech Inc., St. Joseph, MI.
The first phase of the program is
scheduled to start in mid-August
1999.
The most frequently asked questions regarding the program are
answered in this interview with Ken
Teutsch, President of the Paw Paw
Lake Foundation.
Question: W h y does Paw Paw
Lake need a Lake M a n a g e m e n t
Program?
Factory stock " B " feature action
was paced by Jim Abbott from
Bangor, who was first after suffering a flat tire in his heat. He was
followed by Dennis Bennett, Mike
Neels, Andy Bisbee, and Bill
Schmalfeldt. Heats went to Hotovy,
Corliss, and Jim Brown.
After next week's big combined
Auto Value/S.O.D. Sprint Show,
Hartford Speedway Park switches to
Saturdays through September.
off. Lucas Bertog is a first-year
senior that can play wingback.
There are a host of juniors that will
have to play a big role in the
Comets' success this year. Jason
Bates, Ryan Kling, and John
Stowers all lettered as sophomores
and retum this year. Bates will play
at tackle on both sides of the ball,
Kling will play at guard and
defensive tackle, as will Stowers.
Several juniors come up from last
year's JV team. They are led by
220-pound running back and defensive tackle Keith Foster.
Terry
Ashley should join him in the backfield this season.
Brian Tucker,
Marshall Champion, Matt Yops,
Garth Current, Eric Franklin, Brandon Prince, and Cory James all have
JV experience from last year.
Tucker, Prince, and Yops all can
play defensive back and wingback;
Current could start at guard or
center; Champion is vying for the
quarterback position but has been
slowed by injuries; while James at
250 pounds can play offensive and
defensive tackle.
Major lake management
program announced by
Paw Paw Lake Foundation
M I C H E L L E S E X T O N W O N . . . a n o t h e r Limited Late M o d e l ttAw feat u r e at K a l a m a z o o Speedway last S a t u r d a y n i g h t , August 21. Michelle
is pictured holding the c h e c k e r e d flag a n d Hanked by h e r pit c r e w
m e m b e r s . Sexton just edged o u t B a n g o r ' s J e r r y D r a k e f o r t h e win.
( B a r n e y Hiler p h o t o )
S e a s o n d r a w s t o a close
at K a l a m a z o o Speedway
By J a c k i e Hiler
This Saturday night, August 28,
will be the final regular races at
Kalamazoo. If the races are rained
out. a tentative date of September 4
has been set. T h e only other events
scheduled after this will be the 14th
annual United States $10,000 to win
Enduro Championship on Sunday,
September 5; and the 14^ annual
Super Shoe Nationals scheduled for
October 1,2, and 3.
Ken Scheffler once again was the
fastest
qualifier
on
Saturday,
August 21, out of a field of 2 7 Super Late Model drivers. Scheffler
set a time of 12.423. He was the
only driver able to qualify in the
12.4s. Placing second in qualifying
was Chris Grr with a time of
12.599. Grr was the only Super Late
driver to qualify in the 12.5s. Tom
Martin placed third with a t i m e of
12.609. Andy Bozell qualified
fourth even though he had the same
time as Martin because Martin
qualified before Bozell. Bill Shannon had fifth fast time of 12.654.
The Super Late Model heat races
were cleanly driven by the drivers.
In the "A" heat. Brent Hook took
the checkered flag with Andy Ponstein in second, Andy Bozell in
third, and Larry Dahlke in fourth.
This race consisted of nine cars
running for 10 laps.
The "B" heat also consisted of
nine cars running 10 laps. Ron
Finkbeiner was the winner with
Dave Lober in second, Todd Currier
in third, and Doug Ter Meer in
fourth.
Greg Himes was the winner of the
" C " heat, edging out the other eight
drivers in the 10-lap race. Tim
Brownlow of Dowagiac captured
second place, with Jeff Bozell in
third and Mike Radant in fourth.
The Super Late Model 40-lap feature race consisted of 27 cars. The
yellow flag was thrown four times
during this race, mainly for cars
spinning, with no major accidents
occurring. Andy Ponstein crossed
the finish line first, taking the
checkered flag. Gary Howe captured second place, with Larry
Dahlke in third. Finishing fourth
was Ken Scheffler, with Andy
Bozell finishing in the fifth spot.
Another local driver finishing in the
top 10 was Kurt Spalding of Hartford. He finished in the ninth spot.
In the Limited Late Model division, Eddie Payne just edeed out Al
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fast time of 13.954 and Heritz
turned second fast time of 14.073.
Placing third with a time of 14.158
was Rich Hardy. C o l o m a ' s Jim
Stemaman turned fourth fast time of
14.178. Setting fifth fast time of
14.180 was M.C. Skinner. There
was a field of 44 Limited Late
Model drivers.
The Limited Late Model " A " heat
was a hard-fought clean race. Ban- ,
g o r ' s Jerry Drake j u s t edged out
Michelle
Sexton.
Phil
Bozell
crossed the finish line in third spot
and Marc Casey took fourth
In the " B " heat, M i k e Wortinger
took the checkered flag and the win
by several car lengths, with Dirk
Bischoff in second, Tim Kirkendall
in third, and Darlene Johnson in
fourth.
Ken Johncock won the " C " heat
with Doug Stoughton in second,
Keith Carter in third, and Bill
Rupczynski in fourth spot.
The Limited Late Model " A " feature was just the reverse of the " A "
heat. Jerry Drake had been leading
the race. However, with only a couple of laps to go, Michelle Sexton
took the lead and crossed the finish
line just ahead of Drake for the win.
Drake captured second with Phil
Bozell taking third spot. Other local
drivers finishing in the top 10 were
Alan Heritz in the fifth spot, Eddie
Payne in the ninth spot, and Jim
Stemaman in the l(Hjj spot.
Ken Johncock tooK the checkered
flag for the win in the Limited Late
" B " feature. Rich Mercereau was in
second but, coming t o the start/ finish line, bumped the back of Johnc o c k ' s car and lost control and spun
out, putting him in the 14th spot.
Doug Stoughton took second with
John Hyder in third.
Nate Newcomb had the fastest
Factory Stock car out of a field of
25. Newcomb turned fast time of
15.064. Not far behind in second
spot was Kenny Head with a time of
15.089. Steve Potter had third fast
time of 15.165, with John Chapman
in a close fourth spot with a time of
15.171. The young rookie Kyle
VanSparrentak turned fifth fast time
of 15.205.
Larry Overbeek w o n the Factory
Stock " A " heat, with Dave Bowen
in second. Brad Shellenbarger in
third, and John Chapman in fourth.
In the " B " heat, Ron Hitts took the
checkered flag, with Jeff Carter in
second, David Knowlton in third,
and Bill Lux taking fourth spot.
Larry Overbeek also won the
Factory Stock feature. This was a
25-lap race featuring 24 drivers.
Nate Newcomb took second and
Warren Speet crossed the finish line
in third spot.
This Saturday, August 28, will feature the Season Championship for
all classes. For the Super Late Models, this is "The Winston." Admission will be $12 for the stands.
T e u t s c h : "Because the water
quality and the overall condition of
Paw Paw Lake is continuing to deteriorate. We know the clarity of the
water is poorer, the algae blooms
are frequent, weed growth is stimulated by the high nutrient level,
some wetlands are unusable, and
recreation boating is stirring up
bottom sediments badly because the
lake level is so low during drought
and midsummer. We also suspect
that the normal sequence of fish
propagation has been adversely
affected, causing an overall smaller
fish population and a decrease in the
number of large game fish."
Question: C a n this new L a k e
M a n a g e m e n t P r o g r a m fix all of
those p r o b l e m s ?
T e u t s c h : " W e don't know for
sure. That is the reason that the program is being conducted in phases.
With the help of experts and the
various studies that have been done
over the years, we believe that there
are some things that we can do right
now that will have a significant
impact. The purpose of the first
phase of the program is to verify
that the initiatives that have been
proposed will actually accomplish
our goal of improving the overall
quality of Paw Paw Lake."
Q U E S T I O N : W h a t kinds of activities have been p r o p o s e d ?
T e u t s c h : "That question requires a
very long answer and the Foundation will be publishing a series of
information bulletins over the next
few months to detail the proposed
optitttis. Bttt, to g i i ^ ' i y o u ' a brief
summary, there are three things that
we feel will make a significant difference: 1) reactivating some of the
wetlands, 2) spot dredging the areas
of the lake with very heavy sediment accumulation, and 3) changing
the drainage level of the water retention weir so that some of the
spring water is saved in the drier
season."
Question: T h e p r o g r a m s o u n d s
expensive! W h o is going to pay
for it?
T e u t s c h : "The first phase of the
program is being paid for by the
Foundation with financial support
from the Association. At the conclusion of Phase 1, we will be submitting grant applications in the
Question: If the g r a n t s a r e approved, does t h a t mean t h a t the
Foundation will have enough
f u n d s to complete the entire program?
Teutsch: "No. The Foundation is
funded exclusively by donations.
Our resources are limited. Since our
inception, we have received donations from only about 15% of the
homeowners and only a few businesses in the lake community. Our
hope is that more of the people from
the Paw Paw Lake community will
see the importance of this effort and
will contribute to the Foundation."
Question: A r e donations to the
Paw Paw L a k e Foundation tax
deductible?
Teutsch: "Yes! The Foundation
has an approved Federal 501 (c) (3)
tax status qualification."
Question: How can people m a k e
a contribution?
Teutsch: "Please make a check
payable to the Paw Paw Lake Foundation Inc. and mail it to: Paw Paw
Foundation, P.O. Box 341, Waterviiet, Ml 49098."
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part in a team walk for the 1999
Relay for Life Cancer Walk June 26
and 27 at Lakeshore High School in
Stevensville. The team collected
nearly $3,400 in donations for the
walk, including SI,000 collected by
team member Francine Jordan.
Overall, the walk raised over
$237,000.
Participating members on the team
A.L. Stagg
Birthing
Center
arrivals
announced
The A.L. Stagg Birthing Center at
Community Hospital, Waterviiet, is
pleased to announce the following
births:
A daughter was b o m August II,
1999, to Brandi Sharpsteen and
Wayne Saily of Decatur. She
weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces.
A daughter was b o m August 23,
1999, to Bill and Barbara Lefevre of
Waterviiet. She weighed 7 pounds,
15 ounces.
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Kathy Churchill, Sandy Kraemer,
Erica Hensel, Barb and Walt Nord,
Polly Walther, Jim and Sherry Polashak, Judy Andres, Lisa Streu,
Francine Jordan, Boots Phebus, Val
Bury, Irene Stankiewicz, Valerie
Bohannon, Lynnea Martin, and
Beth Ann Brady. T h e team was cocaptained by Debbie Friday and
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cancer survivor Danielle Fish, Fred Fish, William Teunissen, cancer
survivor Matthew Teunissen, and Coloma Lioness Club member Lynnea Martin.
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September 24
in Coloma
WATERVLIET JUNIOR JODY
H A L A M K A . . . b e n c h presses and
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the P a n t h e r " l i f t - a - t h o n " t h a t
took place a few weekends ago at
P a n t h e r S t a d i u m . T h e players got
pledges for t h e a m o u n t of weights
they could lift a n d then competed
in a m a r o o n and white scrimmage. Hot dogs and b r a t s w e r e
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Tickets are available at Star Video
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COLOMA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Coloma students will begin school on Monday, August 30, with a half day of
classes. Tuesday will be the first full day of school.
HARTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Hartford Public Schools will open on Aognst 30, witk a foil day of classes.
Preschool at Woodside will begin Tuesday, September 7.
It's Cool to Go to School Safely
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Choose the route with the fewest streets
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Cross only at corners or designated areas.
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approaching and turning traffic before
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from school bus stops.
WATERVLIET PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Classes are scheduled to begin on Monday, August 30, for a half day for
grades 1-12. Kindergarten students will start on Tuesday, August 31, which
is also the first full day for the rest of the students.
FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOL
Faith Lutheran in Coloma began school on Monday, August 23, with a full
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Grace Christian School in Waterviiet opened on Monday, August 23, for all
students. Kindergarten students are attending half-day classes this first
week, with a full day of classes beginning Monday, August 30.
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL
St. Joseph Catholic School in Waterviiet began classes on Monday, August
23, with a half day. Tuesday, August 24, was the first full day of school. Preschool will begin on Monday, September 13.
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