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Owen, Kovach win school seats

By Gary Winkelman
Heritage Media

Vote count
Kelly Owen 6,518 Kathy Kovach 6,007 Toni Hunt 5,757 Benjamin Ross 4,914 2004, was not re-elected. I am so pleased that my dear friend Kathy Kovach was elected to school board, Hunt told The View Wednesday. She will be an outstanding advocate for our district, and the community

Kelly Owen

Kathy Kovach

Two new faces are joining the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education. Voters Tuesday picked Kathy Kovach and Kelly Owen from a four-candidate field to serve on the school board for the next four years. Incumbent school trustee Toni Hunt, who has been on the board since

could not ask for a better representative. Kelly Owen has a longstanding history of volunteerism and community spirit, she too will be a committed and thoughtful board member. While I am disappointed to lose, I am grateful that the community chose to put these two fine people into office, and I sincerely support and congratulate them.
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Winners at a glance
Nation President: Barack Obama/Joe Biden U.S. Senate: Debbie Stabenow U.S. House: John Dingell and Kerry Bentivolio State House 21st District: Dian Slavens 12th District: Douglas Geiss County Ofcers Register of Deeds/ Clerk: Cathy Garrett Treasurer: Raymond Wojtowicz Prosecuting Attorney: Kym Worthy Sheriff: Benny Napoleon County Board District 11: Keith McNamara Judicial 34th District Court: Tina Brooks Green State Proposals Proposal 1: Yes Proposal 2: No Proposal 3: No Proposal 4: No Proposal 5: No Proposal 6: No County Proposals Amendment 1: Yes Amendment 2: Yes Amendment 3: No Amendment 4: Yes Amendment 5: Yes WCCC millage: Yes Editors Note: Election results are unofcial and reect the latest gures available as of Wednesday afternoon. Above: Don Schoenberger has been a Belleville resident for 25 years. He wrote a poem to his mother many years ago in an effort to describe and to share his experience in the Vietnam War. Inset: A 19-year-old Schoenberger in South Vietnam alongside the mortar he operated.

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Veterans verse captures war experience in words

By Jerry LaVaute
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Editors note
Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. The national holiday recalls the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when World War I, which claimed the lives of more than 16 million combatants and civilians, ended in 1918. Those who have experienced the horror of any war and survive are forever changed, and think about it often. Some write about it, attempting to grasp its impact on their and their loved ones lives. This is one such story about a poem, written to a mother long after her son and our nation emerged from the Vietnam War.

es the father of three children. Hes been a police ofcer, a K-9 dog trainer, and has worked in heavy truck sales. But in a pitched, violent battle with the Viet Cong on a Christmas Eve more than 40 years ago, he was a corporal with the 25th Infantry Division. Having enlisted for two years in a special program offered by the U.S. Army, Bellevilles Don Schoenberger served one year in Vietnam, and returned home

in 1969. Like many other Vietnam vets, he was not welcomed home with open arms. Immediately after he boarded the plane to return to the United States, he changed from his military uniform into civilian clothes, to avoid advertising that he was a U.S. soldier. He didnt wear a baseball cap with a Vietnam Vet logo on it until he turned 60. Although he didnt advertise his courage and commitment to country in Vietnam, the experience and the memories lingered.
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