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Reed City is
decking the halls
for Evergreen
Festival
REED CITY The Reed City
Chamber of Commerce bills the
communitys annual Christmas
festivities as Christmas at the
Crossroads. And a full slate of
activities will await those who attend the festival this year.
On Friday, this year, the community will focus on shopping.
The emphasis is a nice way to
highlight businesses, Chastity
Eads, the director of the Reed City
Chamber of Commerce, said.
The whole shebang kicks off
Friday, Nov. 27, with the opening
of the Evergreen Festival Arts
and Crafts Show. The show will
begin at 9 a.m. and will run until
4 p.m. Friday. It will continue Saturday, Nov. 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The show is held at the Reed City
High School. More than 125 vendors will be on hand for the show.
Call Reed City Community Education at (231) 832-5517 for craft show
information .
Also on Saturday will be the Evergreen Festival Parade. Parade
participants will begin lining up
near the intersection of Sears and
Franklin streets at 12:30 p.m. The
parade will travel east on Upton
Avenue and end at the Reed City
Depot. Eight winning parade entries will receive a cash prize. Categories include vehicles, walkers
and marchers, a childrens animal
category, an animal category for
adults, a business category, an
organization category and a category for bands.
After the parade stop, festival attendees can drop by the Reed City
Depot to visit Santa, Mrs. Claus,
the elves and reindeer. They may
also decorate a cookie and sip on
some hot cocoa.
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28,
Pam Bowman and Jeff Gardner
will lead an old-fashioned Christmas Sing-a-Long at the Reed City
Crossroads Theatre.
The city always holds the event
the Friday and Saturday after
Thanksgiving.

Evarts Witbeck signs with Davenport track

By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

EVART Evart senior Allyssa Witbeck signed a letter of

intent with Davenport University Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Evart
High School.
She plans to participate on
the track and field team and
compete in the high jump and
pole vault while pursuing a major in sports management.
Besides participating in
track, Allyssa has played volleyball and basketball for Evart.
She was an all-conference pick
in the high jump and long jump
the last two years. She was
also a state competitor for the
100-meter relay. She was a Highland Conference team pick for
volleyball. She was the winner
of the girls high jump at last
years Cadillac News Track and
Field Meet.
Allyssa comes from an athletic family. Her father, Brock
Witbeck, played basketball and
football and ran track at Evart
High School. He once held the
Evart school pole vault record.
Her mother, Nicole (LaFountain) Witbeck, starred in cross
country at Reed City High
School.
Allyssa started getting serious about pole vaulting last
summer, but she hopes to compete in that event on the Evart
track team this spring.
Her former track coach, Ken
Willems, has fond memories of
her seasons on his team.
Allyssa was one of my jumpers and she did a great job, Willems said.
One of his memories of Allyssa relates to last years conference meet. The day of the meet
was windy, but Allyssa still
managed a long jump of about

While Davenport University track coach Jeremy Weir looks on, Allyssa signs her letter of intent to attend Davenport.
15 feet for a first-place finish.
She did well to win it, Willems said.
She took first in the high
jump with a jump of 5-feet
2-inches.
Besides her jumping prowess,
the former Evart coach valued
Allyssas ability as a runner
and her contribution to the relay team.
Allyssa participated occasionally in the pole vault last season
and quickly began jumping

nine and a half feet. Willems

said her participation in the
pole vault was a needed boost to
the team because Allyssa was
able to earn additional points
for the team.
Besides her athletic ability,
Willems appreciated Allyssas
leadership.
She was always a positive
member of team. She supported
teammates, and she knew what
her production should be. She
tried to do things for the team,

Willem said.
I coached her for two years
and saw a great amount of maturity in her.
Willems said he believes part
of the reason Davenport University recruited Allyssa is because it is trying to improve its
track and field program.
I think she will really be a
positive influence on developing the program there. She has
potential to be a very good pole
vaulter, he said.

Group wants children to be ready for learning and for life

By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

REED CITY Children in a two-county

area are getting a leg up partly because of
the Mecosta-Osceola Great Start Collaborative, program officials say.
The collaborative consists of a group of
health and human service organizations,
business people, faith-based child-care providers and business people.
Those working in the collaborative coordinate services and work to ensure children
have access to quality, early-childhood programs and services.
Personnel work to ensure children have
access to physical and child development
services and social and emotional health
services and to support families and offer
child care and early education opportunities.
The Mecosta and Osceola Intermediate
School Districts have a total of 400 Great
Start Readiness Preschool (GSRP) slots. The
funding comes from the state of Michigan,
Department of Education. The Reed City
and Big Rapids GSRP programs have a
joint Great Start Collaborative Preschool
Partnership enrollment process with the
Northeast Michigan Community Service
Agency (NEMCSA) Head Start. Head Start
is a federal funded program. The GSC also
works with the Great Start to Quality Western Resource Center to offer workshops for
Early Childhood professionals and parents.
The Great Start Collaborative brings community partners and parents together to
look for gaps in services and find ways to
improve the early childhood system. We
want children to be ready for early learning
and life, LouAnn Gregory of the collaborative said.
Those involved in the Great Start Collaborative say that early-childhood programs
offer a number of benefits to children. The
programs lead to better educational performance, reductions in those placed in special
education programs, increases in high
school and college graduation rates, reductions in juvenile delinquency and criminal
activity later in life and higher earnings by
both children and parents. Another fringebenefit for parents: When their children
have access to high-quality early childcare
and education programs, parents have
lower work absenteeism rates.

Parent Coalition
Great Start includes a parents coalition.
The parents coalition strives to publicize
knowledge and participation in early child-

Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice

Harmoni Ouwinga
uses some of her
classroom time to
look at a book. She
is in a pre-school
program at the
Evart Elementary
School. The Great
Start Readiness
Preschool classroom helps ensure
3- and 4-year-old
children have
access to highquality childhood
programs and services.
hood planning and decision-making for
Mecosta and Osceola Counties.

Early On
The Early On program provides children
with medical or health conditions or with
developmental delays services to children
from birth to age 3.

Early Head Start

The federally funded Head Start program
is free for families whose income makes
them eligible. It provides home visits, group
experiences and parent meetings for families with unborn children up to age 3.

Head Start
Head Start is another federally funded
preschool program that is offered at no cost
for families who qualify. Parents with children aged 3-5 or with children with special
needs are eligible to apply. Some Head Start
programs may also have some state funded

4-year-old preschool slots available and may

provide home visits or center-based group
experiences in both full-day or part-day sessions. Some programs are able to provide
transportation.
Great Start Readiness Program
The Great Start Readiness Program is a
state-funded preschool program. It free for
qualifying, at-risk four-year-old children.
The program provides home visits, centerbased group experiences and parent meetings. Some programs are able to provide
transportation.

Great Parents-Great Start

The Great Parents-Great Start program
offers home visits to families with infants,
toddlers or preschool age children. The
personal home visit includes activities parent and children do together. It also offers
developmental screenings and community
resource information.
For more information, call (231) 592-9605
or go to the organizations website, www.
mogreatstart.org.

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What is it?

Helen Decator and Sandy Szeliga, Medicare-Medicaid Assistance Program Counselors are available to
help with enrollment issues.

Do you know what the items are in this weeks photo? If so, contact us toll-free at 1-888-3304144 or email your answer along with you name and the town where you live to community@
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Youll need these when
it is time to go bow hunting for small game. Meet
the Grabber Point
broadhead.
The grabber points
function is to help specifically when hunting
small game. If you aim,
but miss: the little arms
will keep the arrow
from burrowing into the
ground and getting lost
as easily.
If you aim, and hit
your mark: it allows the

tip to knockout your

bird (or squirrel) without passing all the way
through. Either way the
shaft is slowed down
just enough upon impact thanks to its spring
loaded arms.
If you noticed the lack
of a sharp arrow point,
youre right; the pushpin
shaped nose is not a safety cap to be removed. It
is the point itself. The
opposite end is screwed
into the arrow shaft.

The pushpin shape is designed to thump versus

pierce; at the speed of a
speeding arrow, it will
take down the target.
(Oh and going back
to the sad but all-toooften reality of missed
shots, it is worth noting
that more often than not
these broadheads are
designed to flip the arrow
shaft into an upward position making retrieval in tall grass, much,
much more likely.)

Osceola County COA offers

Medicare enrollment assistance
EVART Open enrollment for all Medicare related insurance changes,
including Medicare Part
D (prescription coverage),
Advantage plans (supplements to your Medicare
with prescription coverage) and Medigap plans
will continue through Dec.
7.
Many changes occur
every year with each plan.
Last years best plan for a
person may not be the best
choice in 2016. One area
insurance company has
only a $9.40 increase in the
premium for next year, but
it will have a new $250.00
deductible.
The Osceola County
Commission on Aging has
two certified MedicareMedicaid Assistance Program Counselors available
to help residents find their
best plan. The counselors
will help people choose a
plan based on the prescriptions they take on a regular basis.
It is important that those
choosing a new plan report all of the medications
they take, because that
information could change
plan offerings.
Those interested in
consulting with a counselor should contact Helen

Decator or Sandy Szeliga

at the Osceola County
Commission on Aging in
Evart. The consultations
are free. Call 231-734-5559
for an appointment. People should bring all their
prescription bottles or
boxes with them to their
appointment.

On Wednesday, Dec. 4,
2015, Decator and Szeliga
will be at the Marion Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
to assist any Medicare recipients who want help in
determining the best plan
for them. Call 231-734-5559
to schedule an appointment.

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As a systems engineer and medical imaging

technician, respectively, Tom and Jeri Battle
have nearly 50 years of combined experience at
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Theater group adds

new shows

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Whats Happening in the Area

the Christmas classic, Let
It Snow.
Send an e-mail to CrossroadsHarmony@Gmail.
REED CITY The fall
com and state what you
Crossroads Theatre production of Exit the Body want to sing. Also, state
is adding another weekend which voice part. Will then
email you a copy of the
of shows due to the last
music and a listening file
show being sold out.
that you can use to to learn
The added show dates
are Nov. 21 with a matinee the song.
Will open up two reat 2 p.m. and an evening final show Saturday at 7 p.m. hearsals - Dec. 1 and 8 at 6
p.m. in St. Paul Lutheran
Tickets are $10.
Church of Reed City. You
welcome to sing on the
Sweet Adelines getting are
show if you can make one
ready for holiday
or both of these rehearsals, then on Saturday night
concert
(7 p.m.) and Sunday (3
p.m.) shows.
REED CITY CrossAny questions, call 231roads Harmony Chorus of
349-3605.
Sweet Adelines is preparing the yearly Holiday Concert for Dec. 12 and 13.
4-H holding market
As part of the celebration, there will be a friend- turkey contest
ship song on the program.
REED CITY All youth
This is a chance to share
between the ages of 6-19
the love for four-part
years interested in sellwomens a cappella singing a market turkey at the
ing with friends and neigh- Marion Fair, Evart Fair, or
the Cadillac Fair have an
bors. May join in singing

opportunity to participate
in a new Market Turkey
Contest. Applications are
due by Dec. 1. The winner
will be awarded up to four
turkey chicks where one
will be shown and sold at
one of the three local fairs,
plus the recipient will receive a $25 gift card.
Contact the 4-H office for
more details.

Reed City puts welcome

mat out for Santa

REED CITY The Evergreen festival will be

held on Nov. 27-28 at Reed
City High School, 225 West
Church Avenue.
Nov. 28: parade at 1 p.m.
with Santa, Mrs. Claus,
reindeer, elves and gingerbread house at the Reed
City Depot. Kick off the
Holidays at the Evergreen
Festival Parade.

Reed City library

holding book sale

REED CITY A book

sale will take place

through Nov. 21 at the Reed
City Area District Library.
During open library
hours, 50 cents hardcover,
25 cents paperback and 50
cents puzzles, DVDs, etc.

Reed City library board

meeting Nov. 30

REED CITY A library

board meeting will be held
on Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at the
Reed City Area District
Library.
The public is welcome
and encouraged to attend.

4-H open enrollment

REED CITY Open enrollment is going on now
through Dec.1 for the 20152016 4-H year.
All enrollments will be
done online. If you were
enrolled in 4-H last year,
you already have an account created; do not create a duplicate account.
New accounts should
only be created for new

families. Accounts are set

up by family and members
and volunteers are added
under a family account. If
a duplicate account is created, it will have to be deleted and you will need to
re-do your 4-H enrollment.
If you do not know what
email was used to create
your original account last
year, call the office or email
to get the information. If
your email has changed,
call the office or email to
update the information
into your family account
so you can login.
To login to the 4-H online
system:
https://mi.4honline.
com/Login.aspx?403D4057
396649715A4238754E6B3D

Evening book club

at Reed City library

REED CITY An evening book club will be held

on Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. at the
Reed City Area District
Library.
Join a discussion of
Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius.

Free computer classes

at Reed City library

REED CITY The Reed

City Area District Library
will be offering free computer classes on Dec. 19.
Introduction to Computers at 11 a.m.; Internet Basics at noon.
Register for one or both
sessions by calling 231-8322131. Must register.

South Evart Quilt Club

meetings

EVART The South Evart Quilt Club meets on the

first and third Wednesday
of each month through
May 30, at the Evart Township Hall, Main Street,
from 11 a.m. to 2:30-3 p.m.
with a potluck lunch at
noon.
Everyone interested in
quilting, whether beginner
or pro, are welcome. For
more information, contact
Margie at 231-734-3857 or
Ann at 231-867-3237.

tes support group on the

last Tuesday of the month
at 4 p.m. at the diabetes
education building, 219
East Church Street.
The groups are free and
open to those with diabetes or those who support
someone with the condition. Facilitators will lead
discussions on various
topics including healthy
cooking, computer apps
for diabetes, use of overthe-counter medications
and more.
To register, call 231-5924483.

Dinner with friends at

St. Paul Lutheran Church

EVART Dinner with

Friends Community Meal
will be held on the second
Wednesday of each month
from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St.
Paul Lutheran Church, 435
W. 5th Street. Sponsored by
St. Paul Lutheran Church
and the Evart United
Methodist Church.
Donations appreciated.
Take out available.
For more information,
contact 231-734-3585 or 231734-5491.
In the event that school
is canceled, Dinner with
Friends will not take place.

Free dinner
at Reed City church

REED CITY There

will be a free dinner every
Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at
the Church of the Firstborn Revival Center, 310 S.
Higbee.
Donations accepted but
not necessary.

Free community dinner

SEARS Free community dinner will be held every Saturday night at 5:45
p.m. in Brooks Corners
Hall with a contemporary
worship at 6:30 p.m. Invite
a friend.

Weight loss group

meetings on Thursdays

EVART T.O.P.S weight

loss support group meets
every Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
the Evart United MethOLAH holding monthly at
odist Church. Weigh in is
meetings
from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and
meeting is at 9:30 a.m.
EVART The Osceola
League for Arts and Hu T.O.P.S. MI 1390 weight
manities will be holding
loss support groups meets
a monthly meeting on
every Thursday at 6 p.m.
the first Tuesday of each
at Calvary Baptist Church.
month at 6:30 p.m. at 207 N. Weigh in is from 6 to 6:30
Main Street, Evart, 231-734- p.m. and meeting is from
9900.
6:45 to 8 p.m.
Art, antiques, crafts.
Open Thursday, Friday,
Health specialty clinic
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
REED CITY UroloLapidary Class, Saturgist, John Anema, M.D.
day, 1 to 5 p.m.
will be offering outpatient
Classes in other areas of services at the hospitals
the arts will be offered for
Specialty Clinic twice a
those interested.
month.
He will be consulting
with patients on the secVolunteers needed for ond Friday of the month
Road to Recovery
and performing outpatient
surgery and other proceREED CITY Road to
dures, including lithotripRecovery is an American
sy on the fourth Friday.
Cancer Society volunteerThe clinic is located at
based program that pro300 N. Patterson Road. Convides transportation for
cancer patients to and
tact Spectrum Health Reed
from their treatments.
City Hospital Specialty
Volunteer drivers transClinic at 231-832-7108 for
port patients from their
more information.
home to cancer treatment
centers, doctor visits and
Activities at the Osceola
other cancer-related apSenior Center
pointments.
The American Cancer
REED CITY The SeSociety is working with
nior Center, 219 E. Todd
Spectrum Health Reed City Street, has activities hapHospital, Susan P. Wheatpening four afternoons
lake Regional Cancer
during the week. On
Center to recruit volunteer Mondays and Thursdays,
drivers and coordinators
euchre is played from 1 to 3
from Osceola and its surp.m.; on Tuesdays, bingo is
rounding counties to help
played from 12:30 to 3 p.m.;
drive cancer patients to
and on Fridays, pedro is
and from their treatment.
played from 1 to 3 p.m.
All volunteers need is a
The center is open for
few hours during the week young and old to come and
and a desire to make a dif- enjoy an afternoon of fun
ference.
and enjoyment.
Local community memFor further information,
bers who are interested
contact Carolyn at 231-832in volunteering for the
2676 or Bonnie at 231-832Road to Recovery program 1136.
should contact the American Cancer Society at
Free movie nights
1-800-227-2345.
SEARS Free movie
nights will be held the
Spectrum offers
second Friday night of the
diabetes support group month at 7 p.m. at Brooks
REED CITY Spectrum Corner Hall, US 66 and 10.
Health is offering a diabeFree popcorn and hot dogs.

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Encounters with wild

animals in the old days
By Shanna Avery
Special to the Weekly Voice

The pioneers who settled

this region when northern
Michigan was an expanse
of dense forest lived on
guard of the untamed wilderness around them.
The following account
explores numerous encounters with such animals as bears, wolves, wild
cats and other species as
narrated on the pages of
old local newspapers.
On July 24, 1873, the Lake
County Star reported,
Franky Knapp, a small
boy, was passing through
the woods when he saw a
bear cub up a tree. Franky
made up his mind he
would catch the cub and
so started up the tree, but
he had not proceeded far
before hearing a noise and
looking around he saw the
old bear approaching. He
did not stop to question the
animals title to the cub
but slipping to the ground
had just time to make his
escape before she reached
the tree.
Another story in the
Star reported a predicament at school district No.
2 in Ellsworth Township,
taught by Miss Ada J. Randall, She has 19 scholars
enrolled, but a hunter
killed a very large bear in
that district last week and
there is much excitement
about sending the children
through the woods in consequence of which, there
were but three pupils present. There is more fear of
the bear since his death
than there was during his
natural life time. July 24,
1873
The Big Rapids Current
reported, C. H. Clement
encountered a black bear
last Monday, just at evening, a few rods south of
the depot. The distance between them was a safe one
for Cliff, but for a fact, he
says his hair sorter ris a
little. Bruin struck out for
the swamp as soon as he
saw Cliff. January 15, 1882
The Star keyed in on
the size of one of these
bears, J. W. Goodar shot
and killed a monster bear
in township 19 range 12
in this county. The bear
would measure eight feet
from the extreme point
of its nose to point of
its haunches, and would
weigh after it was dressed
about 400 pounds. December 9, 1875

The December 2, 1880

issue of the Star reported,
A party of Wauseon, Ohio
hunters recently killed a
good sized lynx over in the
vicinity of Star Lake.
There were a number
of encounters involving
wolves, Benjamin Barrett, clerk of Cherry Valley
township, gave us a call
Monday. He spoke of the
wolves as having become
quite troublesome in the
neighborhood where he resides. The wolves are making havoc in Cherry Valley
township having killed two
sheep for Sylvestor Cork,
and crippled two calves
for C. A. Swain. They were
also prowling about the
premises of James Avery,
but were frightened away.
Andrew Craig lost a calf
we believe also. Lake
County Star: August 15,
1878
In Dover Township,
northeast Lake County, J.
H. Sutton had seven sheep
killed by wolves in the fall
of 1878.
The December 16, 1880
issue of the Manistee Standard disclosed one mans
close call with wolves,
James Johnson, a hunter
from the south part of
the state, had a narrow
escape from the wolves
near Springdale Township, recently. One night
last week he was chased
toward his camp by three
ferocious wolves. It was
in a blinding snow storm
and pitch dark. He had
but one charge in his rifle.
The wolves were almost
onto him when, very in
despair, he fired at random
and joined the camp. The
next morning he found
the remains of a monster
wolf with a hole between
the eyes. It was a she-wolf
and measured seven feet
from tip to tip. That lucky
shot undoubtedly saved the
hunters life.
The March 1, 1882 issue
of the Big Rapids Current
told of another frightening
adventure reprinted from
the Ogemaw Herald, A
pack of 15 wolves followed
a supply team from Beaver
Lake Station, recently, to
within 1.2 miles of the
camp on the Au Sable, a
few miles below St. Helens.
The driver kept them off
by vigorously swinging a
lantern. They are reported
plenty in that section.
The July 17, 1879 issue
of the Star told, A plucky
adventure. We learn from

Frederick Baker of Eden

township that a few days
since, as Edgar Foss and
Eddie Scott aged 8 and 9
years respectively were
returning home from
a neighbors in Glencoe
township when they encountered a wolf and procuring clubs they attacked
the animal and succeeded
in killing it. Those boys are
apparently of the right grit
for the back woods.
Wolves were so numerous that a bounty of $12
was set on every wolf
slaughtered, according to
the October 16, 1879 issue
of the Lake County Star.
The article continued,
On or about the 24th
day of September, 1879,
Henry Stowe came before
me and presented a full
grown wolf s scalp, with
ears entire thereon, for the
purpose of obtaining the
bounty prescribed by law.
Poisonous snakes were
also something that settlers were cautious of, We
are pleased to learn that
the little son of C. H. Forman who was bitten on
the hand by a rattle snake
a few days since, while
fishing at Twin Lakes, has
nearly or quite recovered
from the terrible poison.
Lake County Star: October
7, 1880
The July 30, 1874 issue
of the Star reported, Mr.
G. Hibner, while hunting
a marsh near the railroad
a mile and a half east of
town [Baldwin] last Tuesday, killed a full grown
messenger. It measured
about two feet and a half
in length and was the possessor of eight rattles.
With the countless number of wild animals prowling about, some tried their
hands at domesticating
the same. In Chase, That
pet bear of Kelloggs created no little excitement
last week by breaking his
chain and escaping. He
was speedily recaptured
however and returned to
his old quarters. Lake
County Star: October 23,
1873
The Manistee Standard
reported, A monster
bear was exhibited on our
streets Thursday by two
men, who wrestled, shook
hands with, and kissed the
bear for the amusement
of the people. The animal
would carry the club, the
hat, etc., in his arms as
well as a man. June 12,
1886.

New shows added

Cast members Melissa Langworthy (seated) and Lisa Beilfuss rehearse a scene from the Crossroads Theatre
Guilds upcoming fall production, Exit the Body. The duo star in this family-friendly mystery as mystery writer
Crane Hammond and her secretary, Kate Bixley.
The Crossroads Theatre production crew added two extra Exit the Body shows. Crossroads Theatre officials
added the additional shows because the last scheduled show was sold out and people were turned away.
Nicole Hamner-Weiss, who plays the part of Helen OToole in the play, said, This is exciting news for the growth
of arts in Osceola County,
The added shows will be held Saturday, Nov. 21. There will be a matinee performance at 2 p.m. and an evening
show Saturday at 7.
Tickets are $10.

Evarts five-day forecast

Local 5-Day Forecast
Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

11/19

11/20

11/21

11/22

11/23

44/29

41/27

Partly cloudy and

windy. High 44F.
Winds WSW at 20 to
30 mph. Winds could
occasionally gust over
40 mph.

A few clouds. Highs in

the low 40s and lows
in the upper 20s.

34/24

34/18

Snow. Highs in the

mid 30s and lows in
the mid 20s.

Mix of sun and

clouds. Highs in the
mid 30s and lows in
the upper teens.

39/25

Morning clouds
followed by afternoon
sun. Highs in the
upper 30s and lows in
the mid 20s.

Sunrise: 7:40 AM

Sunrise: 7:41 AM

Sunrise: 7:43 AM

Sunrise: 7:44 AM

Sunrise: 7:45 AM

Sunset: 5:11 PM

Sunset: 5:10 PM

Sunset: 5:10 PM

Sunset: 5:09 PM

Sunset: 5:08 PM

Michigan at a Glance
Moon Phases

Reed Citys five-day forecast

First
Nov 19

Local 5-Day Forecast

Fri

Sat

11/20

11/21

Sun
Sault Sainte
Marie
11/22
45/29

Full
Nov 25

Mon

Tue

11/23

11/24

Last
Dec 3

41/27

34/23

33/18

New
Dec 11

39/26
UV Index

42/24

Windy with a few

clouds. Highs in the
low 40s and lows in
the upper 20s.

Snow. Highs in the

mid 30s and lows in
the low 20s.

Mix of sun and

clouds. Highs in the
low 30s and lows in
the upper teens.

Clouds giving way to

Mostly sunny. Highs
Thuin the11/19 in the low
Low
sun . Highs
and
2 40s
upper 30s and lows in lows in the mid 20s.
Fri
11/20
Low
2
the mid 20s.

Sunrise: 7:42 AM

Sunrise: 7:43 AM

Sunrise: 7:45 AM

Sat
11/21
Low
1 7:47
Sunrise: 7:46 AM Sunrise:
AM

Sunset: 5:11 PM

Michigan at a

Sun
11/22 Sunset:
LowPM
Sunset: 5:11 PM Sunset: 5:10 PM
Sunset:
5:09 PM
1 5:09
Grand Rapids

Mon
11/23
1 Low

47/34
Lansing
Glance
Detroit
49/33
Moon
Phases
54/33
The UV Index
is measured on a 0 - 11
number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need for greater skin
protection.

Area Cities
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Hi
Alpena
58
Ann Arbor 63
Bay City 61
Benton
60
Harbor
Big
59
Rapids
Chicago 62
Coldwater 60
Detroit
64
Escanaba 56
Flint
63

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Gladwin 45/29
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Michigan
Grand
Last 61
62 45 Rain/Wind
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Rapids
Dec 3
61
Houghton 57 36 Cloudy/Wind Midland
45 Showers/Wind
Muskegon
62
Iron
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55 34 Showers
Pontiac
64
Mountain
43 Rain/Wind
Port Huron
Ironwood 56 29 Showers/WindFri
11/2062
43 Light Rain
61
Jackson
61 45 Showers/Wind Saginaw
11/21
44 Showers/Wind Kalamazoo 60 45 Showers/WindSat
Sault Ste
54
Lansing
61 46 Showers/WindSun
49 P Cloudy
Marie 11/22
39 Showers/Wind Mackinaw
Toledo
67
58 43 P Cloudy
Mon
11/23
City
49 M Cldy/Wind
Traverse
61
Grand Rapids
42 Showers/WindTue
Manistee 60
City
11/24

Lo Cond.
45 M Sun/Wind
46 Cloudy
48 P Cldy/Wind

47/34

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City
Hi Lo
Atlanta
71 51
Boston
48 41
Chicago
62 43
Dallas
69 46
Denver
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Flint
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Grand
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68
47
Clear
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Cloudy
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Washington
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42 P Cloudy
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Michigan
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City
Midland
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Muskegon 62
Pontiac
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Port Huron 62
Saginaw
61
Sault Ste
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Marie
Toledo
67
Traverse
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Phoenix
San Francisco
Seattle
Saint Louis
Washington

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Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver

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Evart officials may revamp

budget process

Organization
hopes to take
Christmasshopping
burden off
needy parents

By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

EVART City officials

in Evart are considering
the adoption of a new
budget process. Instead
of preparing a budget
each year for the following year, they may begin
a three-year budget process.
Officials see some
potential bumps ahead.
Moving from a one-year
budget to a multi-year
budget will be difficult at
first and the process will
not be smooth simply because its a different way
of thinking, the citys
treasurer, Sarah Dvora-

By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

REED CITY Parents

living in Osceola, Mecosta, Lake and Newaygo
counties may sign up for
the Salvation Armys
Angel Tree program Nov.
23-25.
The Big Rapids Corps
of the army serves that
four-county area. Parents
should call the office before going to the office to
register for the program.
The number to call is 231796-5597.
Angel Tree is part of a
toy-distribution program
that helps families provide gifts for their children. Because of the program, parents dont need
to choose whether to buy
gifts or to pay the light
bill. It takes a burden off
parents, Chris Vallette of
the Salvation Army said.
Angel Tree served about
600 children last year. This
year, officials anticipate
serving about 1,000.
Two factors account for
the increased anticipated
demand, Vallette said.
First, the economy hasnt
rebounded as many hoped

cek, said.
Dvoracek believes the
benefits can outweigh the
costs, however.
Among the advantages:
A multi-year budget will
force city officials to look
into the future and decide
on long-term goals and
strategies. The budget
process would also make
city personnel work as
a team to create budget
strategies and decide
what projects are most
important.
Another advantage:
Instead of the creation
of a budget being an annual, once-a-year event, a
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A three-year budget
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Dvoracek said.
Dvoracek doesnt know
of any other area governmental bodies that are
using a multi-year budget
process.
Reed City officials said
that although they dont
have a formal three-year
budget, they always do
long-term planning.

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New committee to oversee MSHDA loans

ure for a two-person family is $26,040. The income
threshold for a three-person family is $29,290 and it
is $32,520 for a four-person
family.
Common emergencies
that qualify for the MSHDA loans include a need
for a new well, furnace or
septic system, Massy said.
When a homeowner is
faced with an emergency,
the typical contractor
bidding process can be bypassed.
Non-emergency projects,
for which a homeowner
can borrow up to $35,000,
need to be competitively
bid. The loans are often
used for roof repairs, new
siding and windows.
Interest does not accrue
on the loans, and borrowers do not have to make
payments on them. The
loans are repaid when the
homeowner sells the home
or when it is no longer the

prove or deny loan applications and will approve or

deny the bids of contractors and will serve as the
REED CITY The
review committee for adOsceola county Board of
Commissioners appointed dressing all complaints.
The committee was
Ron Sikkema, of Marion,
formed as a result of the
and Joe McNally, of LeMichigan State Housing
Roy, to serve on the newly
Authority grant Osceola
formed Osceola County
County recently received.
Housing committee.
Osceola County Commis- The grant will provide
loans for qualifying home
sioner Jack Nehmer and
owners of Evart and Reed
Osceola County Community Development Director City to make interest-free
improvements to their
Dan Massy will also have
homes. The grant will also
seats on the committee.
provide loans for emerThe committee will progency repairs to qualifying
vide oversight and guidhomeowners living anyance for Osceola Countys
where in the county.
Homeowner Assistance
The grant was for
program.
The committees respon- $189,862.
Homeowners who earn
sibilities include overseeup to 80 percent of the meing the countys Commudian income quality for a
nity Development Block
loan. A one-person family
Grand from the Michigan
make make up to $22,800
State Housing Developbefore becoming ineligible
ment Authority.
for a loan. the cut-off figThe committee will apBy Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

Public record

Reed City Police

Department, weekly
report

blown by the wind storm

and discarded it. Case
closed.
Officers were dispatched to local business
11/10/15
Officers received a com- regarding alarm activaplaint regarding a possible tion. Officers found all
threat to do physical harm. doors secure and nothing
The matter is under inves- unusual.
11/12/15
tigation.
Officers were called
Officers received a call
regarding possible larceny regarding a larceny from a
vehicle. The matter is unof a cell phone. After further investigation the mat- der investigation.
Officers were dister was unfounded.
patched to a local business
Officers received a
regarding alarm activation
complaint regarding a
two nights in a row. The
Breaking and Entering.
Nothing was reported to be building was secure. High
winds may have been a facmissing.
tor. Case closed.
11/11/15
Officers were dis Officers served an
patched to a local business
abatement notice to local
for a car striking a light
residence for having a
pole. Minor damage was
large pile of leaves raked
reported with no injuries.
into the roadway.
11/13/15
Officers received a
Officers assisted a
call from a local resident
90-year-old who had gotten
regarding a mentally dislost while driving in the
abled individual. Officers
were able to locate the indi- fog.
Officers responded to a
vidual and provide proper
hit and run accident. Miassistance.
nor damage was reported
Officers were called to
with no injuries. The matlocal residence regarding
a trash complaint. Officers ter is under investigation.
Officers were disfound some large debris

borrowers principal residence. If the homeowner

dies, the family member
who inherits the home may
assume the loan if his income qualifies him for one.
Otherwise, the loan must
be repaid at that time.
The drawback to taking
out a loan is that the homeowner cannot refinance
the residence until the loan
is paid off and the lien is
removed, Massy said.
Loans will be awarded
on a first-come, first-served
basis. Massy hopes the
money will be loaned
out quickly. Any grant
funds not loaned within
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patched to a local residence regarding a domestic verbal dispute. One

individual made the choice
to leave for the night until
tempers calmed.
Officers responded to
an accident in a local parking lot where the driver
had left the scene. The
64-year-old male driver was
located and arrested for
operating while under the
influence of liquor along
with leaving the scene of
an accident. He was transported and lodged in the
Osceola County Jail without incident.
11/15/15
Officers observed a
semi tractor parked in
a front yard. The officer
informed the owner that
it was a violation of the
city ordinance to park a
commercial vehicle in a
residential zone. A verbal
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complex to perform a wellbeing check on a child.
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to be unharmed and the
matter unfounded. Case
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Reed City. The office phone
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46 Buttonhole, essentially
47 Bury in a pyramid, e.g.
49 Passing mention?

24 New Zealand native

53 Mr. T movie of 1983

1 ___'wester

26 "___ Johnny!"

55 Some athletic shoes

2 Big production

27 "Who's there?" response

56 Impress clearly

3 Unthought-out

28 "Over There" composer

57 "Hold your horses!"

4 Some choristers

29 Pass

58 Spawning fish

5 Charisma

31 Marinara sauce brand

60 Achilles, e.g.

6 Gun, as an engine

33 Farm young

62 Grant

7 Inventor's first step

34 Fess up to

63 Elizabeth I's mother

64 2016 Star Wars film

8 Forenoon times

35 Ill-tempered

65 Meet

68 Gen. Powell

9 Apple ___ (toady)

37 Community spirit

66 Back
67 Friend of Frodo

51 What a mess!
52 Origin
54 Sen. Bayh
56 Wool coat wearer
59 Comic Galifianakis
61 The unmarried woman
in "An Unmarried
Woman"

Down

69 Pavarotti solo

10 Threshold

39 Building block

70 Poet ___ St. Vincent

Millay

11 Signaled to enter, say

42 One of twenty-four in
the world

71 Swiftness

13 Leaves home?

72 Soul mate?
73 Look

12 Brand for Bowser

18 Clears
19 Doctor's order

43 Access to one's garage

50 Fictional plantation

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REED CITY

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Marquette trail systems in
West Michigan.

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Festival

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NOVEMBER 28, 2015

TVs
iPads
Power
Tools

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Laptops
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INC

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411 Dailey Drive
Reed City, MI

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Tools Carhartts
Trimmers Mowers
Oregon Chains & More

REED CITY
HARDWARE
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Reed City
231-832-5501

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Red Streak Band Saw

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Saw Hammering
Carbide All Round Saws
Chipper Knife Grinding
Saw Mill Supplies
Bits Shanks Grinders
Grinding Wheels
And Much More

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Paris, MI 49338
Open Weekdays 8am - 4pm

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Walkers/Marchers - $50,
Animal/Adult - $50, Animal/Youth - $50,
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Band - $50

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Duddles
Tree
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Old Fashioned Sing-A-Long at 7 pm
Crossroads Theatre
Santa & Mrs. Claus at Reed City Depot
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Santas Reindeer! Pet and take photos
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10 am-12 pm @ Reed City Depot

Buying Selling
Investment
Rentals

Gary B. Bailey Sr.

Broker/Owner

780 S. Chestnut St.,

Reed City, MI 49677
Office: 231-832-8322 Fax: 231-832-9730
Cell: 231-250-6122
gary@crossroadsrealtymi.com
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