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Evart High School
PUSH - PULL - DRAG Principal Jessica
Kolenda spoke to the
gathered crowd about
the newly introduced
Champions of Evart
at Tuesdays Friends
of Evart meeting. The
$1,000 program is modeled
after one in use at a
MINIMUM high school in Wayne.
Kolenda said Evarts
TRADE program is already
yielding results.
Payments As Low As
$150 mo.
Bankruptcy
Foreclosures
Evart High School developing champions
Repossession By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice
Wayne Memorial High School
in Wayne. By setting personal
in place, and already more than
80 students have set program
munity projects in addition to
maintaining a high degree of
OVER 100 CARS EVART A phone call from
academic goals, students there
are able to earn a $200. Cham-
goals.
Program leaders pair stu-
academic excellence.
Sean Galvin, the current ex-
TO CHOOSE FROM a stranger to Evarts high- pions of Wayne developed for dents with a mentor. Mentors ecutive director of the Wayne
school principal led to what seven years and now serves encourage students to reach program, was in Evart Tuesday
WE CAN HELP! promises to be a happy ending
for a untold numbers of high
about half of the schools stu-
dents.
their academic goal. A typical
goal is for a student to increase
to address the Friends of Ev-
art group about the program.
school students in the district. One day Evart High School his or her grade point average Galvin said standardized test
The phone call resulted in principal Jessica Kolenda by a given amount. scores at Wayne Memorial
CLASSIC the formation of Champions of received a phone call from Wil- The measurable goals are High School increased sig-
CHEVROLET Evart, a program in which stu- liam Gray the founder of the
dents are paired with mentor- Wayne program. An Evart area
stated in a contract. Students
who reach their goal will be
nificantly after Champions of
Wayne began.
Corner of M-55 & M-66 ing teachers. The students set a business owner with connec- able to attend an end-of-se- Kolenda was also on hand at
Just South of Lake City semester-long goal, and if they tions in the Detroit area asked mester gala and will receive a the Friends of Evart meeting
www.classicchevyonline.com reach it, they are able to attend Gray to pitch the program to check for $200. to discuss the program. She
1-800-55-4LESS a celebration and receive a Kolenda. A number of area High-performing students said the program, barely un-
cash reward. businesses were ready to fund who can hardly improve their derway, is already changing the
231-839-7231 The program is modeled after an Evart program if the school grade point average can still atmosphere at the school. She
Champions of Wayne, a non- system would back it. Cham- participate in the program, routinely hears stories about
profit organization designed to pions of Evart quickly sprang Kolenda said. Typical goals increased student enthusiasm
give incentives to students at into existence. The program is from them include doing com- and williness to study.

Plans underway for annual

Easter Egg Drop
EVART Plans are underway
in Evart for the communitys an-
nual Easter Egg Drop. This years
event will be the sixth drop. It
will take place April 15 at the Ev-
art airport.
The drop is always scheduled
for the day before Easter. Chil-
dren and their parents meet to
gather eggs dropped from heli-
copters.
Event organizers are planning
on dropping 16,000 candy-filled
eggs this year. Also to be dropped
are golden tickets for pizzas that Jon Gilbert | Weekly Voice
will be donated by area restau- Utility crew performs underground work on Church St in Reed City. The city council is considering approval of more extensive work in the coming months
rants. Organizers bill the drop
as a fun event for families. Eric

Council mulls changes to water and sewer systems

Schmidt, one of the organizers
of the annual drop, said families
come from all over Michigan to
attend.
Organizers are looking for vol-
unteers to help serve punch and
cookies, assist with raffle tickets
and with the setting up and tear-
ing down required.
Police, members of the fire de-
partment and members of a local
community emergency response
team will also be present at the
event.
Some 500 to 600 people attended
last years drop.
Winter olympics
Reed City Middle School have an
answer for winter doldrums
page 5
By Jon Gilbert
Weekly Voice
REED CITY The Reed City
council was informed of two
possible changes coming to its
water and sewer system at its
February board meeting.
The council heard first from
engineering firm Fleis and Van-
denBrink about a long-delayed
plan to survey sewage and
wastewater systems. The com-
prehensive study would also
include analysis of storm water
and water treatment plans.
The firm first began work on
the survey in 2013. Completion
of the survey was contingent
upon a grant from the Depart-
ment of Environmental Quality
(DEQ). The DEQ grant would
largely offset the cost of the
survey. While the firm has been
prepared to conduct the survey
the grant has not been awarded
in the ensuing years.
Fleis and VandenBrink en-
gineers Brian Rice and Dave
Johnson informed the board
that adequate funding for the
grant appears to be in the gov-
ernors budget for the coming
year. Rice told the council that
Reed City has been classified as
a disadvantaged community.
This distinction makes the com-
munity eligible to have the work
done at virtually no cost.
The $1.4 million survey would
include a complete cleaning of
main water and sewer lines. The
firm would also run cameras
through the entire line. The im-
ages will provide a diagnostic
tool in assessing the quality of
the systems.
Additional cameras would
permanently be placed within
the lines. The cameras will be
synced with computers to pro-
vide the Department of Public
Works (DPW) with real-time
images of its systems. The en-
gineers noted that this feature
would allow DPW to assess the
integrity of a pipe or connec-
tion with just the click of a but-
ton.
The council was pleased with
this development and moved to
allow Fleis and VandenBrink to
proceed with the grant approval
process.
Superintendent of Public
Works Rich Rehkopf advised
the board to consider a policy
change regarding sewage line
repair.
Presently the charter requires
the city to evenly split the costs
of repairing sewage lines from
the property line to the right of
way. This right of way gener-
ally extends from the edge of
the property line to the middle
of the street.
Rehkopf told the board that
bearing the cost of these repairs
has become quite expensive. He
also noted that the city is sub-
ject to the contractor and costs
of the homeowners choosing.
Mayor Karen Lea McKinney
sympathized with the home-
owners. McKinney drew upon
personal experience to note
that the primary concern of a
homeowner is restoring service
to their residence and not the
budget of the city.
Multiple members of the
council expressed reservations
about requiring private citizens
to pay for repairs on public
property.
City manager Ron Howell
advised that root growth often
makes it difficult to determine
where pipe damage originates.
Howell believes that a change in
policy could be constructed that
protects interests of both the
citizens and the city.
While acknowledging the con-
cern of the council, Rehkoph
warned that rising costs could
lead to citizens bearing the costs
in the form of rate increases.
The council did not take any
action on the recommendation
but did not rule out considering
changes in the coming months.
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Friends of Evart meet; What is it?

focus on business
life skills, Rayburn said,
By Andy Duffy e-mail or videos to com-
noting that absenteeism is
Weekly Voice municate with health-care
a problem with some em- providers.
EVART The need for ployees. Cataldo, in her presenta-
employees with life skills Anderson-Vincent also tion, gave a brief overview
was a recurring theme in offered a look into the past of Huntington Banks
Evart Tuesday as those with a recap of Nestle history. She also spoke of
involved with area busi- Waters presence in the the occasional difficulty
nesses gave overviews of area. The company began in finding prospective em-
their operations. operations in Mecosta ployees with the life skills
The presentations came County in 2002. It employs she neeeds in her person-
at a meeting of Friends of 250 full-time workers at its nel.
Evart, an informal group Stanwood plant and has a She said she can teach
that meets to publicize, payroll of more than $19 the needed banking knowl-
promote and assist the million annually. Ander- edge. Some job applicants,
community. The day was son-Vincent gave a recap though, lack the necessary
set aside to focus on the of the companys associa- social skills needed for re-
areas employers. tion with Evart as Nestle lating well with others.
About 40 people includ- agreed to purchase water Friends of Evart is a
ing representatives from from the city and of the group of community lead-
various businesses, Evart discovery of perchlorates ers who began meeting Do you know what the items are in the above photo? If so, contact us toll-free at 1-888-330-
educators, bankers, law- in the water as a result of about two years ago. 4144 or email us your answer, along with your name and the town where you live to news@
enforcement personnel, routine testing. Evart businessman Brad weeklyvoice.net. The quarter is there for size reference.
members of the clergy and Leiter spoke of Ventras Morgan said he began
local governmental leaders safety record, low em- inviting others to meet What WAS it? file-keeping. balancing near the capital
gathered for the meeting. ployee turnover rate and with him after he became What are the five small, The curved spine allows of Norway in front of a
Among those giving pre- the use of automation in frustrated with the lack of colorful metallic objects the flat, solid back of the business school; a paper-
sentations at the gathering the facility. The company progress being made on from last week? clip to support the pages clip design similar to, but
were David Rayburn, plant employs about 450 hourly some fronts in Evart. They are fancy-sman- while the slotted front is missing the convenient
manager of Pittsburg workers and more than 80 Rules and regulations cy paperclips. pinched into place. There final internal loop, of the
Glass Works, Josh Salis- salaried personnel. Many frustrated some efforts at In the ongoing effort to are two tiny teeth pro- paperclips we all know
bury of Salisbury Truck- jobs require only a high community improvement. provide color and texture truding from that back so well, was designed by
ing, Arlene Anderson- school diploma. Morgan said he decided to to the work environment, portion, which help to a Norwegian in the late
Vincent, natural resources Grabill works out of pull others together to get (and to drive additional keep things secure. (And 1800s.)
manager of Nestle Waters, PLMs Evart office. The the community to realize office supply sales), these if you are a traveler with Here is the person who
Chad Leiter, general man- company offers an array the potential it has. clasps offer yet another a taste for the unusual contacted us with the cor-
ager of Ventra, Dustin of services including weed We do a terrible job tell- option for holding to- photograph, you might rect answer:
Grabill of PLM, Dale Ash and algae control and ing our own story, said gether a small stack of consider posing next to Pat Miracle, Evart pa-
of Spectrum Health and biological plantings for in- Morgan. paper for presentations or the 23-foot tall paperclip per clips
Molly Cataldo, manager of vasive species. Grabill said The group has no struc-
Huntington Bank in Evart. he sees people who dont ture. Nobody is in charge.
Rayburn offered a look really want to work. The meetings serve to
at PGWs history in Evart, Dan Ash and MedNow re-establish a sense of
its operations, products, re- Specialist Katelyn Johnson community in the area,
cent upgrades to its equip- gave a presentation regard- though. Now people in
ment and the companys ing Spectrum Health ser- the area have a fresh op-
community involvement. vices including informa- timism, though, Morgan
The company uses a sag tion regarding MedNow, said.
process to create automo- the health-care agencys He added that if he were
bile windows for a number remote-care-giving pro- looking for a place for
of car models. Company gram. Those working with home or a place to invest,
officials look for job can- MedNow have learned that Evart would be at the top
didates possessing math, a majority of patients are of his list. A year ago, he
communication and other comfortable using texts, wouldnt have said that.

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Reed City library

Whats Happening in the Area
quilt, is welcome. EVART Evart Womens Center to recruit volunteer every Thursday at 6 p.m. The store is located on
holding book sale Cost is a supply dona- Club meets the second drivers and coordinators at Calvary Baptist Church. U.S. 10 in Evart across
tion, when needed. Tuesday of every month from Osceola and its sur- Weigh in is from 6 to 6:30 from Dairy Whip and is
REED CITY A book Any questions, contact (Sept. through June). rounding counties to help p.m. and meeting is from open Saturdays from 9 a.m.
sale will be held through Margie, 231-734-3857 or Contact Terese at 231-734- drive cancer patients to 6:45 to 8 p.m. to noon.
March 4 during open li- Ann, 231-867-3237. 6940. and from their treatment.
brary hours. All volunteers need is a
$1 hardcover, 50 cents pa- few hours during the week
Health specialty clinic Free health care
perback, $1 puzzles, DVDs,
Free blood pressure AARP meeting and a desire to make a dif- REED CITY Urolo- services
etc. clinics REED CITY AARP No. ference. gist, John Anema, M.D. CADILLAC Free lim-
EVART Osceola Coun- 2418 meets on the second Local community mem- will be offering outpatient ited health care services
ty Commission on Aging Wednesday of every month bers who are interested services at the hospitals are available in Cadillac
Rock club meetings is offering free blood pres- at the United Methodist in volunteering for the Specialty Clinic twice a for residents of Wexford,
BIG RAPIDS Big Rap- sure clinics for adults 60 Church in Reed City. Road to Recovery program month. Missaukee and parts of
ids Rock, Gem and Mineral years and older. Monthly Potluck lunch (bring own should contact the Ameri- He will be consulting Osceola and Lake Counties
Club will hold meetings at blood pressure screenings table service) will start can Cancer Society at 1-800- with patients on the second with low income and no
6:30 p.m. on the first Thurs- will be conducted at the at noon followed with a 227-2345. Friday of the month and health insurance. Weekly
day of the month (March OCCOA meal sites in Ev- program starting at 1 p.m. performing outpatient sur- health clinics are sched-
through December) at the art, Marion and Tustin. Everyone welcome. gery and other procedures, uled based on availability
Geology lab, room 138, sci- Evarts clinic will be held For more information,
Dinner with friends at including lithotripsy on of volunteer health care
ence building, at Ferris the second Tuesday every contact Marylou at 231-832- St. Paul Lutheran Church the fourth Friday. providers. New patients
State University. month, 10 a.m. to noon. 4938. EVART Dinner with The clinic is located at need to call for an eligibil-
The Evart meal site is lo- Friends Community Meal 300 N. Patterson Road. Con- ity appointment.
cated at 732 West Seventh will be held on the second tact Spectrum Health Reed Medication assistance
Coyote Classic set Street (US 10).
Shepherds Table Wednesday of each month City Hospital Specialty may be available through
for March 18 Marion and Tustins clin- REED CITY Church of from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Clinic at 231-832-7108 for the Stehouwer Free Clinic.
REED CITY Reed ics will be held the third the Nazarene, Shepherds Paul Lutheran Church, 435 more information. Qualified applicants must
Citys Annual 3-on-3 Tour- Tuesday each month, 10 Table, free meal every W. 5th Street. Sponsored by have a Munson Healthcare
nament Coyote Classic a.m. to noon. The Marion Thursday at 5:30 p.m., 5300 St. Paul Lutheran Church Cadillac Hospital affiliated
will be held on March 18 at meal site is at the Eagles 220th Avenue. Donations and the Evart United Meth-
Crossroads Quilt Guild provider and meet guide-
Reed City High School. building, 220 South Mill welcome. odist Church. meeting lines set by pharmaceuti-
Teams for boys and girls Street. The Tustin meal Donations appreciated. REED CITY The Cross- cal companies. Eligibility
ages 7-18, four-player teams site is at 213 South Neilson. Take out available. roads Quilt Guild will hold appointments are sched-
at $80 ($75 if postmarked Walk-in clinics. If you
OLAH holding monthly For more information, meetings on the fourth uled for Tuesday and
before March 6). Deadline wish to eat at the meal site, meetings contact 231-734-3585 or 231- Tuesday of each month, Wednesday mornings.
for registering is March 14. call 231-734-5559 at least EVART The Osceola 734-5491. except December, from 6 Office hours are Monday
Registration form is avail- a day before to reserve a League for Arts and Hu- In the event that school to 8 p.m. at the Reed City through Thursday, 9 a.m.
able at www.reedcity.k12. spot. manities will be holding is canceled, Dinner with Church of the Nazarene. to 4:30 p.m. (closed noon to
mi.us/sports. a monthly meeting on Friends will not take place. 1 p.m.)
For questions, call De- the first Tuesday of each Stehouwer Free Clinic is
nise 231-388-0265 or email
Food pantries month at 6:30 p.m. at 207 N.
Quilts to Comfort located at 201 N. Mitchell
at dnelson@reedcity.k12. A food pantry is available Main Street, Evart, 231-734-
Free dinner meeting Street (Lower Level).
mi.us. to residents in need who 9900. at Reed City church REED CITY Patsy
live in Osceola County. The Art, antiques, crafts. REED CITY There Blues Quilts to Comfort
Open Thursday, Friday,
Hersey Congregational
Family history workshop following is a list of the dif-
ferent locations, hours and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5
will be a free dinner every
Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at
meets the second Tuesday
of each month, except De- Church services
REED CITY A fam- contact people. p.m. the Church of the First- cember, from 10 a.m. to 4 HERSEY Service time
ily history workshop will SEARS Former Orient Lapidary Class, Saturday, born Revival Center, 310 S. p.m. to make quilts for the for Hersey Congregational
be held on March 18 from Township Hall, next to the 1 to 5 p.m. Higbee. Susan P. Wheatlake Cancer Church, 216 S. Main Street,
11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Post Office Classes in other areas of Donations accepted but Center. Guild meetings is a 10 a.m. traditional ser-
Reed City Area District Every Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m. the arts will be offered for not necessary. are the fourth Tuesday, vice.
Library, community room, Contact Ken at 231-620- those interested. except December, at 6 p.m.
829 S. Chestnut Street. 2504 Quilters of all skill levels
Bring your own laptop MARION Marion Food
Free community dinner welcome.
Congregate meal sites
or device to search along. Pantry, East Main Street,
Volunteers needed SEARS Free commu- All meetings are held at for Osceola County COA
Computers are not pro- by appointment, on call 24 for Road to Recovery nity dinner will be held ev- Reed City Church of the TUSTIN Tustin Meal
vided. Get assistance in hours REED CITY Road to ery Saturday night at 5:45 Nazarene, 5300 220th Av- Site
researching your familys Contact Marsha at 231- Recovery is an American p.m. in Brooks Corners enue. 213 Neilson
history. 743-6801 Cancer Society volunteer- Hall with a contemporary For further details, con- Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
Free and open to the pub- TUSTIN Augustana based program that pro- worship at 6:30 p.m. Invite tact Liz at 231-734-9704. day
lic, donations welcome. Lutheran Church vides transportation for a friend. Lunch served at noon
South Evart Quilt Club Every Monday, 9 a.m. to cancer patients to and REED CITY Reed City
EVART The South noon from their treatments.
Activities at the Reed Meal Site
Evart Quilt Club will take Contact Katie at 231-768- Volunteer drivers trans-
Weight loss group City Senior Center 802 Mill Street
place through May 30 from 4418, or Betty at 231-829- port patients from their meetings on Thursdays REED CITY The Se- Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ev- 3457 home to cancer treatment EVART T.O.P.S weight nior Center, 219 E. Todd day
art Township Hall, South REED CITY St. Phil- centers, doctor visits and loss support group meets Avenue, has activities hap- Lunch served at noon
Main Street. lips Church other cancer-related ap- every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. pening during the week. EVART Evart Meal
Looking for new mem- Every Tuesday, Thurs- pointments. at the Evart United Meth- Bingo, for all community Site
bers to join on the first and day, 1 to 4 p.m. The American Cancer odist Church. Weigh in is members 18 and older, will 732 W. 7th Street
third Wednesday of every Contact Robert at 231-832- Society is working with from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and be held on Wednesdays at Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
month; potluck lunch 2624 Spectrum Health Reed City meeting is at 9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Admission will day
at noon. Any quilter, or Hospital, Susan P. Wheat- T.O.P.S. MI 1390 weight be $3 and the cost of the Lunch served at noon
someone who would like to lake Regional Cancer loss support groups meets cards is $.25; all proceeds MARION Marion Meal
GFWC Womens Club from the card sales will be Site
distributed as prize money. 221 S. Mill Street
Bingo will also take place Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
every Friday (weather day

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Trinity Lutheran prepares for 6th annual auction Obituaries

By Nicole Hamner-Weiss auction co-chair Rich Sala-
din. We have lots family
Special to the Weekly Voice
jewelry and much more.
Saladin said one of the
attendees, which is our
max, and raise at least
Rosalie Ann Cooper
vacation getaways avail- annual highlights for $40,000 again, she said, REED CITY Rosa-
REED CITY In an able including week-long many is a chance to buy a noting the organization lie Ann Cooper went
event planned all year, trips to vacation homes, in glass of champagne and is grateful to the support home to the Lord on
over the course of one fun Michigan and Florida, just win a high-quality dia- of the Trinity church and Saturday, February 25,
evening of food, entertain- to name a few. mond valued at more than school families as well as 2017.
ment and fundraising the One of the many donated $1,500, a donation from- the community. We have Rosalie was 72 and
local Trinity Schools or- package trips up for auc- Rogers Jewelers of Big been blessed, she said. died of cancer at home
ganizers host a night that tion this year include a Rapids. Over the years, funds in Reed City.
offers futures to hundreds family overnight stay at The diamond from raised have gone to sup- The child of Carl and
of youth and their families Zehnders Splash Village, a Rogers has been a huge port education and extra- Mary Hoitenga, Rosa-
in the Reed City area. full weekend Chicago get- success for our event. We curricular activities at the lie was born at home in
For the sixth year orga- away that includes passes set up a Champagne & school plus the hosting of Lake City.
nizers are offering tickets to Shedd Aquarium, Field Ice display where you can special guests, educational She graduated from
for a night that will include Museum, architectural purchase a glass of cham- seminars, visits from chil- Lake City High School.
an opportunity to bid on river cruise, and food stops pagne and have a chance to drens authors and more. Rose was married on
high-end resort stays, con- at Garretts Popcorn and win the unset diamond. Saladin said funds from July 3, 1965 to James
certs, and trips to Michi- Giordianos Pizza. With only 75 glasses last year helped purchase Cooper of Reed City,
gans Upper Peninsula and This years trips also available, Saladin said the technology and science who survives. Rosalie lots of love and grace
Florida, just to name a few. include multiple couples game sells out quickly and education upgrades in- is also survived by her for all.
Tickets are now on sale getaways including an is always a fun addition to cluding a 3- unit Chrome children Paula Cole She loved listening to
for the Sixth Annual ,We overnight stay on Macki- the evening. Cart, multiple iPads, (Neal) of Dodge City, her husband Jim sing-
Care for Kids auction, an nac Island, Sleeping Bear The catered buffet din- classroom projectors with Kansas, Cindy Gilman ing and playing his gui-
fundraiser that supports Dunes, and a sunset/sun- ner is served at 6:30 p.m. interactive capabilities, (Steve) of Grand Rap- tar and enjoyed danc-
Trinity Lutheran School rise package. and an over- with the live auction be- and faster internet speeds, ids and Carla Cooper ing whenever she got
of Reed City. night stay at Firekeepers ginning at 7:30 p.m. he said. Other recent im- of Big Rapids. the chance. Rose was
This years event will Casino including a hot air Saladin said the auction provements with the funds Rosalie has three sur- very creative and loved
take place on Saturday, balloon ride, Saladin said. is usually completed by have included playground viving siblings, Joe to paint. She left many
March 11 at the Holiday The doors open at 4:30 10 p.m. but the music and equipment, field trips, Ac- Hoitenga of Williams- family members with
Inn Conference Center in p.m. on March 11 and at- food and drinks continue celerated Reader licenses port, Indiania, Don her paintings whether
Big Rapids. tendees can begin viewing until midnight. and books and more. Hoitenga of Lake City it was on a canvas or
Tickets are $40 per per- some of the more than 200 Event co-chair Ronda No monies raised go to- and Wil Hoitenga of on a sweatshirt. One of
son and include a dinner silent auction items to bid Wallace said the fun ward salaries or overhead LeRoy. Roses favorite pas-
buffet, door prizes, cash on prior to dinner and the in the fundraising grows costs its all about sup- Rose had six grand- times was camping and
bar, and personal bidding live auction. each year. porting and enhancing the children (Scott Veeder, it was hard to beat her
number for a chance to Saladin said there is We have really stream- learning process for the Ashley Clark, Andrew chicken slow-cooked
win some of the auction something for every bud- lined our processes and kids, said Wallace. Branch, Clark Gilman, over a wood fire.
items. get to bid on, from small have a great feel for The auction committee Angie Gilman, Kahlan Rose loved playing
In addition, a family or auction items like gift what attendees like and is still taking donations Boerma, Faith Boer- board games, cards
group can purchase an en- certificates to small ap- will bid on, said Wallace. for the event for any busi- ma) and six great and enjoyed playing
tire table to be reserved at pliances, toys, hand-made The first year we had 119 nesses interested in sup- grandchildren (Kaden, scrabble online with
the event for a group of 10 items and more. attendees and raised just porting. To donate an item Olivia and Keira Clark, friends. We are going to
for $400. There are also tickets to over $12,000. Last year or to purchase tickets, you Brianna Gilman and miss her smile, friend-
The items and dona- sporting events, kitchen we had 265 attendees and can call the school office at Asher and Amelia ship and amazing gen-
tions just keep getting appliances, an iPad Mini, raised $40,000. Our goal (231)832-5186 to schedule Branch). Rose was pre- erosity and love for life.
better and better, said multiple long guns, fine this year is to welcome 300 arrangements for delivery. ceded in death by her A memorial service
parents, sister Mary will be held at 2 p.m.
Ann Williams and Friday, March 3 at Har-
brothers Ber nard vest Assembly of God
Hoitenga and Richard Church in Reed City.
Hoitenga. Arrangements were
Rosalie was a lady entrusted to McDowell
with strong faith and Funeral Home.
loved the Lord. She Please sign the guest
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Margaret E. Hoffmeyer
LAKE ANN Mar-
garet E. Hoffmeyer, of
Lake Ann, formerly of
Evart, passed away
Thursday, February 23,
2017, at Prestige Place
in Clare. She was 97.
Mrs. Hoffmeyer was
born January 18, 1920
in Highland Park,
Michigan to Andrew J.
and Eva (Robinson) An-
derson. She graduated
from Evart High School
in 1938. Margaret mar- dren, sixteen great
ried Olin A. Hoffmeyer grandchildren, and one
November 19, 1938 in great great grandchild.
Evart and he preceded She was preceded in
her in death in 1976. death by her parents,
She continued her edu- Andrew and Eva An-
cation through the derson, her husband,
years as most teachers Olin Hof fmeyer, a
do. Mrs. Hoffmeyer daughter, Darlene Nor-
taught school for over ris, two sons: John and
30 years, retiring in Ron Hoffmeyer, and
1982. She was a mem- two brothers: Andrew
ber of the Eastern Star Anderson II and Glen
and was very active in Anderson.
the Sylvan United Funeral services for
Methodist Church Margaret Ellen Hoff-
where she taught Sun- meyer are at 1 p.m.
day school for many Wednesday, March 1,
years. She then started 2017 at the Corey Fu-
attending the Lake Ann neral Home in Evart
United Methodist with Deb Dennis offici-
Church. Marg aret ating. Visitation is
taught music and Wednesday at 11 a.m.
played piano, accordi- until time of services.
on, and guitar. She en- Mrs. Hoffmeyer will be
joyed sewing, quilting, laid to rest next to her
and bowling. husband in Sylvan
Margaret is survived Township Cemetery,
by two sons: Norman Osceola County, Michi-
(Betty) Hoffmeyer of gan. Memorial contri-
Evart, Glen (Laressa) butions may be made to
Hoffmeyer of Lake the Hospice of your
Ann; eight grandchil- choice.

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An eager and excited student body loudly participates in the Winter Olympics at Reed City Middle School

Reed City Middle School holds winter olympics

By Jon Gilbert
Weekly Voice

REED CITY Reed City

Middle School kicked off
its 17th annual winter
olympics Monday.
The week-long event is
geared toward increasing
student engagement dur-
ing a challenging portion
of the school calendar.
The period between
Christmas and spring
breaks pose difficulties as
student interest begins to
wane. The winter olympics
were instituted by Super-
intendent Tim Webster
when he was middle school
principal.
Principal Dean Maguire
has taken up the program
and believes it does an ex-
cellent job of capturing the
interest of the students.
The students enjoy it
and it increases attendance
and involvement. Jon Gilbert | Weekly Voice
We also have a behavior- The Construction Workers hold a huddle before participating in the Winter Olympics at Reed City
al standard students must Middle School
meet to participate which
most students are eager to family like atmosphere. Mondays theme was team truly has something for
attain, he added. This atmosphere is not day and students displayed everyone.
This was readily appar- accidental as the teams an impressive amount of Maguire also stresses
ent on the first day as a are composed of family pride and detail in their the participation from his
raucous gymnasium fea- groups within all three various outfits. Maguire teachers as key in making
tured a loud and spirited grade levels. The groups informed the students at the event a success. Many
student body. The students primarily serve as home- the beginning of the fes- teachers dressed in theme
131
danced to popular music rooms for students and tivities that 91 percent of including a pirate and hard
while cheering intensely they stay together through- students participated in hat construction work-
55
as teams participated in a out their entire middle dressing for team day. He ers. Mondays festivities
37 115
basketball shooting compe- school career. The groups also implored the students concluded with a team of
tition. Teams were granted tackle social issues perti- to show an equal amount teachers taking on the gold
sportsmanship points for nent to the middle school of pride in Tuesdays medal team in a shooting
congratulating eliminated level such a bullying and theme of patriotism. contest.
66
55 teams giving the event a friendships. Maguire believes the Maguire also praises his
Family groups are cho- event is successful in cap- teachers for maintaining
sen randomly to comprise turing student interest due an academic environment
a team. The grade level to the diversity of interests in the midst of a highly en-
groups then meet to decide reached. While Mondays ergetic week.
their name, theme, and shooting competition While we trim our class
Tustin 115
Lake Marion even a team song to played was athletically inclined, length during this week,
COunTy OsCeOLa when they receive their Tuesday event is Name the teachers continue to do
medals. Names ranged that Tune. A D.J. will play an excellent job of engag-
Luther COunTy from the simple (Pandas) songs and students will ing students in our cur-
LeRoy
66 to the surreal (Mac N compete to come up with riculum, he said.
131
Cheez Monsters). the title. Combined with The winter olympics will
Each day of the week is impressive artistic display continue throughout this
assigned a theme that stu- in costumes and team week concluding on Friday
evart dents dress accordingly for. poster designs, the event March 3.
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Whose sign is it anyway?

By Jon Gilbert
Weekly Voice

REED CITY After ini-

tial confusion regarding
ownership, the Reed City
Chamber of Commerce is
moving ahead with plans
to refurbish a promotional
billboard.
The sign in question lies
just south of the US 10 exit
and 131. The confusion
stems from recent changes
in city leadership along
with land zoning permits.
Chastity Eads, Executive
Director of the Reed City
Chamber of Commerce,
started attempts to up-
date the billboard. Initial
queries raised questions
among members of city
government about who ac-
tually owned the billboard.
Matters were complicated
by the fact that the signage
originated long before the
tenures of Eads and City
Manager Ron Howell.
After Howell brought
the matter before the city Jon Gilbert | Weekly Voice
council during its Janu- Billboard just south of the Highway 10 exit on US-131. The Reed City Chamber of Commerce is in the midst of resurfacing the sign to highlight area businesses and recre-
ary meeting, it was deter- ational opportunities.
mined that the sign was
indeed the property of the classified as on-premise. realized that she might be moved. We decided the long area. Designs have been
chamber. This designation allows opening the billboard up to This left the chamber winters naturally removed submitted and the compa-
However, the sign was the property owner to some complicated zoning with a difficult decision. the vegetation making the ny is moving forward with
erected on land donated grant permission for use issues. Due to the sign orig- Should they use their ad- sign visible during months improving the sign.
by a private citizen. Over which Spectrum promptly inating on private property vertising budget to refur- that are crucial to tourism After a long winding
time the land eventually provided. it was never subjected to bish a sign that is difficult in our community, she road, Eads feels good about
came into the ownership Further complicating the MDOT zoning process. to see? If they did not, they said. where the process is head-
of Spectrum Health. Spec- matters are MDOT zoning If MDOT were to move would essentially be turn- After this decision was ing and believes the sign
trum used the land to build issues related to the prop- ahead with removal, that ing down a large amount reached the chamber will ultimately bring busi-
the Susan Wheatlake Can- erty. Due to the sign sitting could also allow them to of free advertising space at moved ahead with ac- ness into Reed City.
cer Center. so close to the exit, growth re-zone the sign. Once an important intersection. cepting bids to start the The new design will in-
As Eads researched the from trees lying on MDOT again the close proxim- Eads says the chamber improvement process. The form travelers that our city
ownership with the previ- property had obscured ity of the sign to the exit pointed to the long north- chamber settled on the apt- has multiple dining and
ous director, she discov- sight lines of the billboard. works against its improve- ern Michigan winters as ly named Crossroads Out- shopping options in our
ered this type of arrange- As Eads looked into ment. Upon re-zoning the main impetus in the doors. Crossroad Outdoors downtown along with our
ment is not uncommon having MDOT remove the MDOT could deem the sign decision to make improve- is a Michigan company excellent trail system for
with billboards. The sign is brush and vegetation she a sight hazard and order it ments to the sign. located in the Lansing recreation, she said.

Public record
Evart Police or towed, snow or no snow. ing no one around to claim cers located the 49-year-old regarding the consump- transported and lodged in
2/20/17 the beer, officers destroyed male and found he was in tion of alcohol. He was the Osceola County Jail
Department weekly School Liaison Officer them. violation of his probation placed under arrest, then without incident.
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mains open at this time. 911 call at a local govern- tenant. Officers explained
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Suspicious Officers arrived, an employee ex- civil matter and advised
were dispatched to a suspi- plained it was a misdial on the proper steps to follow.
cious situation. The area a fax machine and every- Officers were called
was found to be secure. thing was OK there. to local business and re-
2/25/2017 Officers were requested ceived a report of a suspi-
Domestic Officers to speak with a juvenile cious situation regarding
were called to a domestic about stealing and its con- an unknown male aggres-
disturbance. One subject sequences. sively requesting a date
was escorted to Reed City 2/22/17 with another customer.
Hospital for evaluation. Officers issued an ap- Officers kept a watch over
pearance citation to a the area hoping to speak to
27-year-old male for driv- the male but were unable
Reed City Police ing with an expired plate to locate anyone matching
Department, weekly and no vehicle insurance. the description given.
report The man walked home as Officers received infor-
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Evart edges Reed City in U.S. 10 battle

By Jon Gilbert
Weekly Voice
EVART In what Evart
coach Kris Morgan called
a battle, Evart defeated
Reed City 63-55 in a non-
conference boys basketball
contest Monday.
Top: Evart defender Nick Sylvester blocks the shot of Reed City
sophomore Jackson Price in a non-conference matchup Monday.
Right: Evarts Danny Griffin eludes Reed City sophomore Karsten
Koopman mid-air in a non-conference matchup Monday evening.
Griffin notched 32 points and 10 rebounds in the Wildcat victory
Evart led 10-8 after the
first quarter and took 23-
21 lead into the half. The
back-and-forth contest saw
Reed City take a 38-37 into
the fourth before Evart
came storming back in the
to earn the victory.
The Wildcats were led by
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Danny Griffin who provid-
ed a huge effort in his final
home game. Griffin used
five 3-pointers to accumu-
late 32 points to go along
with 10 rebounds. Morgan
also cited Griffins contri-
butions at the line hitting
seven free throws down the
stretch to put the contest
away. Carter Pritchard and
Karsten Allen also provid-
ed solid efforts with 11 and
nine points, respectively.
Morgan was pleased with
how his team adjusted at
halftime to counter the
Reed Citys inside pres-
ence.
In the first half, they
pounded the ball real well
to the (Karsten) Koopman
kid, he said. We made
some adjustments at the
half and were able to hold
him scoreless.
Morgan also pointed to
a Reed City adjustment in
heaping further praise on
Griffins effort.
They played a box-and-
one on Danny the whole
second half and he was
still able to contribute so
that was nice to see, he
added.
Reed City coach JJ Eads
thought his team played
pretty wellt. Eads was dis-
appointed with a technical
foul in the fourth quarter
which he thought turned
the game.
The technical foul led to
a big turnaround for them
and we never really recov-
ered, he said.
The Coyotes were led
by Trent Sturgell with 20
points while Cody Kailing
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Reed City sophomore Emily Libey drives the baseline against a Big Rapids defender in Class B district
action. Libey led the Coyotes with nine points in the 47-31 defeat.

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130 N. Mitchell St., got interesting in the sec-
ond half but it was not
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girls basketball team fell
47-31 to Big Rapids in a
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Monday night.
Toll Free: 1-888-330-4144 Big Rapids led the whole by Emily Libey with nine
way, taking an 11-5 lead
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32-11 lead into the half.
Reed City regrouped at
the half and used a big
crowd. He was very proud
of the grit his team
showed and very pleased
with the overall effort.
All the credit to the girls
for battling tonight. They
could have folded up shop
at the half but they went
out and represented us
well, he said.
The Coyotes were led
points. Kamryn Myers
Storch contributed seven.
Reed City concludes its
season at 10-11.
in taking a 40-11 lead into
the half.
Evart coach Paul Higgins
pointed to a sluggish start
as the key culprit in the
defeat.
We came out very slow,
and give them credit, they
were ready to go and took
it right to us, he said.
Their defense made it dif-
ficult on us all night, and
we really struggled to get
into any kind of offensive
flow.
While disappointed
with the loss, Higgins saw

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Reed City coach Brian
Koopman believed his
Your town. Your Paper. Your VOICE. team showed some nerves
early playing in front of
a large and spirited home
plenty positives moving
Pine River advances forward as a program.
We played a lot of youth
in Class C Districts and we were pretty com-
LEROY The Pine River petitive at the end of the
season, he said. We have
a familiar opponent as it a lot of good experience
defeated Evart 67-17 in its coming back, which gives
Class C girls basketball dis- us something build on go-
trict opener Monday. ing into the offseason.
The Bucks jumped out
to a 24-2 lead after the first
The Wildcats (5-16 over-
all) were led by Cyanna
quarter and did not let up Dellar with 10 points.