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Appleumpkin turnoutgood despite weather

A silver lining in the dismalweather that showed up forthe Appleumpkin Festival lastweekend was the report fromseveral businesses that morein-store traffic resulted aspeople stepped inside for abreak from chilly tempera-tures. Tecumseh PoliceOfficer Tim Ryan said nomajor mishaps were reportedby the department.

TCA seeks grant for2013 Black Box series

The Tecumseh Center forthe Arts has submitted agrant to the Michigan Councilfor the Arts and CulturalAffairs (MCACA). If the TCAwere to receive the request-ed amount of $20,000, thefunds would be used to sup-port the 2013 NationalTouring Season and the 2013Summer Black Box series.The TCA has been success-ful in obtaining MCACA fund-ing in the past.

Preschool HalloweenParty Oct. 26

The Tecumseh Parks andRecreation Department willhost a Halloween PreschoolParty on Friday, Oct. 26, from10-11 a.m. Youngstersshould come dressed in theircostumes for this free eventwhere they may enjoygames, crafts and refresh-ments. For more informationcall 423.5602 or visitwww.mytecumseh.org.

THURSDAYOCTOBER 18, 2012

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Palmer appointed supervisor in Raisin Twp.

By DEB [email protected]

Raisin Charter TownshipBoard of trustees held a specialmeeting on Monday morning,Oct. 15, in order to fill the unex-pired term of TownshipSupervisor, Carl Wagner, whopassed away on October 9.Raisin Township Clerk BettyHoldridge presided over themeeting.

Board member and RaisinTownship Treasurer DelightSieler made a motion to appointJim Palmer to the position,which Trustee Larry Crittenden

seconded. The motion wasapproved through a roll callvote. Palmer abstained from thevote, as did Trustee DaleMitchell, who said that severalconstituents had asked him tosupport Crittenden for the post.

Palmer has served on theRaisin Charter Township Boardof Review for eight years, andhas been a Trustee on the RaisinTownship Board since 2008. Heformerly served as a TecumsehCity Councilman for 10 years.

Palmer will serve the remain-der of Wagner’s term until afterthe November 6 election. He hasalso launched a write-in cam-

paign for the position of RaisinTownship Supervisor. Indepen-dent Jay Cavanaugh, whosename will appear on the ballot,is also running for the post.

Palmer told the board that itwas an honor to be able to con-tinue work that Wagner started.“I want to let you know that thisis not an individual effort andwon’t ever be,” said Palmer. “Ihope we can continue as a teamand I’ll be needing help fromeverybody. Together we havethe expertise that will make thiswork and I hope we can resolvethings that need to be resolvedand do it for the betterment of

Raisin Charter Township.”During the meeting, Palmer

also resigned his position astrustee, as he cannot serve inboth positions at the same time.

The board members proceed-ed quickly on an appointmentupon the recommendation ofTownship attorney DavidLacasse.

“It’s important to have asupervisor in place, particularlyin a charter township, for effec-tive administration of theoffice,” said Lacasse. “Eventhough it is only for a few

Palmer takes oath of office.

n Jim Palmer to fill unexpired term of Carl Wagner through November 20

PHOTO BY DEB WUETHRICH


The new executive and pro-gram director for CommunityArts of Tecumseh (CAT),Mary Lou Olds, said that she’sbeen interested in the artssince she was a young child.

“I lived in a householdwhere the arts were empha-sized,” said Mary Lou, whotook the helm at CAT early inSeptember. “We weren’t welloff, but we always had draw-

ing paper and materials todraw with.” She said hermother was interested in sym-phony music and her dad wasan opera fan.

“So I was raised in the con-text that the arts are valuableand important and should bepart of your life,” Mary Lousaid. “When you think aboutthe arts in the context of life,the arts are like the frostingon the cake. You can eat thecake without the frosting, butit’s not nearly as good.”

Mary Lou, who grew up inNebraska, started college inLincoln pursuing art, but soonnoticed fellow students who’dgraduated had to supplementtheir art with other types ofjobs. When she saw an artsmagazine featuring “new”artists who were in their 50sor older, she wondered ifshe’d have to wait a long timebefore being recognized forher work. It was then she

New CAT director settles into position at Smith Park

Community Arts of Tecumseh Director Mary Lou OldsPHOTO BY DEB WUETHRICH

(Editor’s note: The followingcandidate profiles were based onanswers to a questionnaire fromthe Tecumseh Herald.)

CHRIS WITTENBACHChris Wittenbach is the

Republican incumbent forDistrict 9 Lenawee CountyCommissioner seat in the Nov. 6election. The district includesAdrian Township Precinct 1,Clinton Township, Franklin

Township,a n dM a c o nTownship.He is mar-ried toGail, andthe couplehas twog r o w nchildren, Eric and Lesli, andfour grandchildren.

Witten-b a c hmoved tothe villageof Clintonin 1975from Ioniato pursue acareer ineducation.

2012 GENERAL ELECTION • CANDIDATE PROFILES

Two Clinton residents competingfor District 9 commissioner seat

(Editor’s note: The followingcandidate profiles were based onanswers to a questionnaire fromthe Tecumseh Herald.)

DAVID STIMPSONDavid Stimpson (R) is the

current District 1 LenaweeCounty Commissioner (City ofTecumseh and TecumsehTownship), a position that hehas occupied for eight years. Hehas resided in the Tecumseh area

s i n c e2000, hastwo chil-dren inTecumsehP u b l i cS c h o o l s ,and ownsa smallb u s i n e s sin downtown Tecumseh.

Stimp-son earned his juris

doctorate( l a wd e g r e e )from theUniversityof Toledoand hisb a c h e l o rof scienced e g r e e

Keiser challenges Stimpson forDistrict 1 county commission term

Chris Wittenbach Todd Morgan

SEE PALMER PAGE 5A

Dave Stimpson Gayle Keiser

SEE TERM PAGE 6A

SEE RACE PAGE 10A

Artist Dr. Emil Sakipala, of Sterling Heights, puts the fin-ishing touches on a wood carving of Shawnee leaderTecumseh at Tecumseh Middle School on Tuesday, Oct.16. The carving was made from an old sycamore tree thatstood outside the main entrance to the school.

PHOTO BY MICKEY ALVARADO

n Mary Lou Olds brings organizational skills to non-profit arts group

SEE CAT PAGE 5A

PHOTO BY DEANE ERTS

DONALD CHRISWINKLER

Donald Chris Winkler, age84, of Raisin Twp., diedSunday, October 14, 2012 atLenawee Medical Facility.He was born on December 2,1927 to Christian Joseph andPauline Barbara (Petri)Winkler. Donald marriedClara Mae Morgan onOctober 20, 1951 in Shelbina,Missouri and she survives. In1965 Donald and Clara movedto the Tecumseh area. Donaldproudly served his country inthe U.S. Marine Corps.Donald was a plumber, pipefitter with Local 190 in AnnArbor, retiring in 1990.

In addition to his wife,Clara, he is survived by hischildren, Clarice Winkler ofLansing, D. Jeffrey (Jill)Winkler of Wellsboro, Pa.,Gregory (Lisa) Winkler ofAdrian, Paula (Dan) Shafferof Tecumseh, Marty (Chelly)Winkler of Dublin, Calif.,Scott (Crystal) Winkler ofAdrian; one sister, Bernice(John) Buckman of Indiana;nine grandchildren, and 10great grandchildren. He waspreceded in death by his par-ents and four brothers.

Funeral services were heldat 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday,Oct. 17, 2012 at the AndersonFuneral Home, Tecumsehwith Fr. Tom Helfich officiat-ing. Visitation was held beforethe service on Wednesdayfrom 10:30 a.m. until 12:15p.m. at the Anderson FuneralHome. Burial was inBrookside Cemetery with full

military rites conducted by theTecumseh American LegionUnderwood-Orr Post No. 34,and Tecumseh V.F.W. HallSlater Post No. 4187.

Condolences may be sentto the family at www.ander-sonfunera l se rv ices .com.Memorial contributions maybe made to the TecumsehAmerican Legion. Envelopesare available at the AndersonFuneral Home, Tecumseh.

HENRY L. CHILDSHenry L. Childs, age 81, of

Britton, passed away October15, 2012.

Henry was born April 29,1931 in Sprague, W. Va., theson of G. E. and Cordelia(Ingle) Childs. In 1957 hemarried Susan Aluk in Brittonand she preceded him indeath. Henry was a 1950 grad-uate of Hinton High School,Hinton, W. Va. and also agraduate of JacksonCommunity College. Heserved his country in theUnited States Marines from1952-1954 where he earnedthe National Defense ServiceMedal. After many years ofservice as a tool and die makerhe retired from Ford MotorCompany.

Henry was a member of theTecumseh Missionary BaptistChurch.

Henry is survived by hischildren, Michael W. (Carol)Childs, Patricia A. (Lon)Wagenschutz and David A.Childs; grandchildren,Brittany, Rachael and AlexChilds and Chad and RyanWagenschutz.

In addition to his wife,Susan, he was preceded indeath by his parents.

Funeral services will be 11a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 atthe Tecumseh MissionaryBaptist Church with PastorBrian Jones officiating. Burialwill follow in RidgewayCemetery with military hon-ors performed by the BrittonAmerican Legion Post No.155.

Visitation will be from 5-8p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012at the J. Gilbert Purse FuneralHome, Tecumseh and onehour prior to the service at thechurch on Friday.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to the TecumsehMissionary Baptist Church.Condolences to the familymay be made online atwww.pursefuneralhome.com.

DOLORES A. JOHNSONDolores A. Johnson, age

94, of Tecumseh, passed awayOctober 11, 2012, at Drew'sPlace of Hillsdale. Doloreswas born January 4, 1918 inHolloway, Michigan thedaughter of Arthur and Gladys(Gripton) Gray.

On May 6, 1939 she mar-ried Marvin R. Johnson at theFirst Baptist Church inTecumseh and he precededher in death. She was a 1936graduate of Tecumseh HighSchool and continued her edu-cation at Cleary College.

Dolores worked as a secre-tary in Detroit where she mether husband. In December,1945 they moved from the

Detroit area to the farm inMacon Township where theyoperated a dairy farm for 46years and where she resideduntil 2003. In 2003 shemoved to a retirement centerin Ohio and in 2007 returnedto Michigan.

In retirement, Marvin andDolores wintered in Mission,Texas where they were activevolunteers at the BorderMission.

Dolores was a faithfulmember of the TecumsehFriends (Riverbend) Churchwhere she was a SundaySchool teacher and a statisti-cian. For many years she wasa member of the communityExtension Club.

Dolores is survived by herchildren, Ronald (Jane)Johnson of Tecumseh andMarilyn (Tom) Rufner ofKimmell, Ind; grandchildren,Jeff (Alicia) Rufner ofColumbia City, Ind., SandeeBlack of Zionsville, Ind.,Mark (Jennifer) Johnson ofFayetteville, W.Va., andKristin (Chuck) Moore ofCanton, Ohio and great grand-children, Cameron Moore ofCanton, Ohio and MadisenBurton of Zionsville, Ind.

In addition to her husband,she was preceded in death byher parents; brother and sisterin law, Merril and Ellen Grayand a daughter in law,Marjorie Johnson.

Funeral services were at 3p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 atthe J. Gilbert Purse FuneralHome, Tecumseh with PastorMike Dennis officiating.Burial will follow inRidgeway Cemetery,Ridgeway.

Visitation was from 1-3p.m., prior to the service onSunday at the funeral home.Memorial contributions forDolores may be made to theRiverbend Friends Church,Tecumseh or MaloneUniversity, Canton, Ohio.

Condolences to the familymay be made online atwww.pursefuneralhome.com.

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POTPOURRI TECUMSEH & AREA OBITUARIESProudly sharing

unexpected responseBy Lee Smith

Every so often one gets asudden “lift” from something orother. And I don't mean a hot airballoon or a taxi. This time it’sthe response I received from anemail I sent to family andfriends because it was so mean-ingful. It came from the eldestof our seven grandkids, Matt,33, who lives in Chicago withhis bride of one year, Meagan.

Being a lengthy story, I’vescaled it down. It’s from a man[who’ll be Sam from here on in]on a plane who, before take-off,sees a line of 10 soldiers fillingvacant seats, one next to him aswell. Asking the soldier [Joe]where he was headed, helearned, “For special training,then deployment toAfghanistan.”

After an hour in the air, theyheard that sack lunches wereavailable for five dollars. Theplane was several hours from itsdestination so Sam decided toget one. He heard Joe asking hisbuddy across the aisle if he wasgoing to buy lunch. “No, thatseems like a lot of money for asack lunch. I’ll wait till weland.” Joe agreed.

Sam then noticed that noneof the soldiers were buyinglunch, so he went to the back ofthe plane, handing the attendant$50 saying, “Take lunch to allthe soldiers.” She grabbed hisarm, thanking him. “My sonwas a soldier in Iraq; it’s almostas if you're doing it for him.”

Picking up 10 sacks, she dis-tributed them to the group. Aftereating, Sam headed for the rest-room. A man stopped him, “Isaw what you did. I want to bea part of it. Here, take this,”handing Sam $25. After he wasseated again, the flight captaincame down the aisle and shookSam’s hand. In a booming voicehe said, “I was a military pilot.Once, someone bought me alunch. It was an act of kindnessI never forgot.” Sam wasembarrassed when the passen-gers applauded.

Later Sam walked up theaisle, stretching his legs.Another passenger reached outand shook his hand, slippinghim still another $25.

On landing, a womanstopped him and put $25 in hisshirt then wordlessly walkedaway. In the terminal Sam sawthe 10 troopers, walked overand handed them $75. “It'll takeyou awhile to get to your base.It will be about time for a sand-wich. God bless you.”

How much love and respectfrom their fellow travelers those

young men must have felt. Matt responded with “Thank

you for this, Gramma. No mat-ter anybody’s political position,we all need to support ourtroops. They don't fight becauseof political opinion or party.They protect our countrybecause it’s what they swore todo and because they believe infreedom. That is an unalienableright we can all agree upon, yetis all too easily taken for grant-ed.

“When I see a soldier, Iremind myself to salute or shakehis/her hand. We are lucky tohave the choices they've foughtfor us to make.

“You are part of the genera-tion that earned this country theability to have objective opin-ions in a subjective world and Ibelieve this generation respectsand upholds the knowledgeyou’ve gathered and imparted.

“We now face a new chal-lenge and our soldiers, our soli-darity and our conviction alloweach of us to uphold thesevirtues.

“Together we are Americansand together we stand united inan effort to once again regainour position as leaders; not ofeconomics or religion or politicsbut of freedom and compassionand humanity. These values arewhat our forefathers strived andbled for.”

I was very touched by Matt’sresponse. I really did not expectone. But I have to share his per-spective... his generation’s, Ihope... on this very movingstory.

I have a soft spot in my heartfor veterans of all our wars;especially those who are stillcoming home gravely woundedfrom a senseless war. Havinggrown up on the fringe of the“greatest generation” andWWII, I am saddened but proudeach time I read a veteran’sobituary such as Joe Tittiger’s [Idid not know the man] “whoserved honorably in the U.S.Army, landing on NormandyBeach, day 6. He was awardedthe esteemed Bronze Star.”

There are many more likehim. He was one of the 850WWII veterans who die eachday.

God rest their souls.— — — —

THE BOTTOM LINE: Aveteran is someone who, at onepoint in his life, wrote a blankcheck made payable to “TheUnited State of America” for anamount of “up to and includinghis life.” Source unknown.

Services forWagner heldFuneral services forRaisin TownshipSupervisor Carl Wagner,held at the TCA onSaturday, Oct. 13, includ-ed a procession of emer-gency rescue vehicles inhis honor. The servicesalso included a detail ofuniformed firefighter andlaw enforcement officers,with firefighter and EMTprayers delivered by rep-resentatives of the RaisinTownship FireDepartment, including cur-rent Fire Chief, RichardRenard. Wagner’s brother,Rev. Merlyn Wagner, con-ducted the service.

PHOTO BY MICKEY ALVARADOCall Downtown Printing at 423.2174

ADRIAN — Siena HeightsUniversity announced its 2012Alumni Award winners. Thisyear’s recipients were honoredOct. 5 during HomecomingWeekend.

Locals receiving awardsincluded Adrian’s Sister PatriciaSchnapp, RSM.,and DouglasMiller.

S i s t e rSchnapp was theH o n o r a r yAlumni Awardwinner. She iscompleting her25th year as amember of theEnglish faculty atSiena Heights.She has an out-standing recordas a creative and inspiringteacher, accomplishedauthor/editor, dependable men-tor and fan ofSiena students,dedicated prisonvolunteer andsupporter ofShare theWarmth home-less shelter. TheH o n o r a r yAlumni Awardrecognizes non-alumni of SienaHeights whod e m o n s t r a t ee x c e p t i o n a lcommitment to and support forthe mission and spirit of theUniversity.

Siena Heights University is aCatholic university founded andsponsored by the AdrianDominican Sisters. SienaHeights is a coeducational North

Central accredited institutionfounded in the liberal arts tradi-tion, offering associate’s, bache-lor’s, master’s and specialist’sdegrees. The university is head-quartered in Adrian, Mich., withdegree completion centers inAnn Arbor, Southfield, Benton

Harbor, Monroe,Battle Creek,Lansing, Jacksonand Port Huron.

Miller (classesof 1974 and1983) of Adrianwas the recipientof theO u t s t a n d i n gAlumni Award.

Miller hasspent the last 33as a member ofthe SHU theater

faculty. Now a full professor,chair of the theater program anddirector of technical theater, he

has prepared gen-erations of alumnifor successful on-stage and back-stage theatercareers. Along theway, he hasdirected anddesigned innu-merable produc-tions on regional,national and inter-national stages.The OutstandingAlumni Award

recognizes outstanding profes-sional achievements and/or vol-unteer contributions to promoteSiena positively to the commu-nity, demonstrate strong leader-ship characteristics and serve assignificant role models for oth-ers.

Due to brotherly influence on Saturday, I watched most of gameone of the American League Championship Series. The gamereminded me of all that I love about the sport of baseball, and allthat I dislike about how baseball is played in the new millennium.Up until the past eight years or so, I was a passionate baseball fan,with a deep love for the Detroit Tigers.

I spent most of my childhood summers listening to the Tigergames on WJR and waiting with great excitement for the televisedgames. Once a year, my family would go to a Tiger game to watchthe team at Tiger Stadium.

The Tigers of the 1970s rocked, even though they did not exact-ly tear up the American League standings. Although they were notcontenders until my high school years, during my childhood I pas-sionately believed the Tiger players were the best in the game ofbaseball.

My brothers collected baseball cards and I would usually checkout the Tiger players’ cards every year. On the back of every cardalong with the player stats was information about the player’s listtheir off-season job. The only one I can remember clearly is RichieHebner, because he dug graves when he wasn’t playing baseball.

Yep, baseball was a game most of these men played in the sum-mer. Between the end of the season and spring training was worktime. The summer was meant for play, and I think it showed inhow these guys all approached baseball. They hit the field hard,played passionately and loved the game. Their love for the sport inturn fanned my adoration.

To this day, the guys who get me excited about baseball are theones who throw themselves heart and soul into the game.Sometimes they are the superstars, but more than likely they arejust great utility players. Mark Fidrych’s love of baseball and theactual ball itself made such an impression on me as a kid — everytime we went to a game, I would say a little prayer he would bethe starting pitcher. I also loved John Wockenfuss and how heembraced being a utility player. Whatever Ralph Houk would askWockenfuss to do in a game, I am certain Wockenfuss just did ithappily. Aurelio Rodriguez was sheer grace at third base, and BenOglivie tore up the outfield with his speed and fielding. As muchas I loved Trammell and Whitaker in the infield in the 1980s, itwas the passion of Kirk Gibson at the plate and in the outfield thatmade Tiger games so exciting for me. David Wells and BobbyHigginson were intense about the game in the 1990s, and watchingthem on the mound and in the outfield was always a treat. In mymind the last Tiger to put his heart and soul not just in the gamebut into the team was Brandon Inge. I’m hoping that Duane Belowwill continue the tradition of passion and play for the Tigers. He’sgot the love for the game and his team, here’s hoping the Tigers’reciprocate.

There are still players who feel passionately about playing base-ball, I’m sure, but in so many of the games I’ve watched in the lastfew years, there is more posturing than passion on the field. It mayjust be the old lady in me showing, but I swear some of these guysspend more time choreographing dances and funky handshakesthan working on the basics of the game. Their celebrations seemedforced and practiced rather than impulsive and delighted.

I want to see the players filthy dirty from sliding headfirst backinto second base, bouncing off the wall making a catch in the out-field, being knocked on the butt at home plate and hanging on tothe ball. I want to see the adrenaline flowing from the top of theirheads to the tips of their toes. Please get rid of the dreadlocks andthe bling and the weird facial hair and accessories. Give me a guywho’s sweaty with messy hair and a uniform covered in grassstains.

Instead of players standing passively in the dugout, let them beat the railing yelling and clutching their hair. I want to see pitcherswaiting in the dugout in agony because they want to be out on thefield. And when the team wins, I want to see them all spill out onthe field, moving around the stadium, engaging the fans. Playersall need to care way too much, while remembering baseball is agame and not work. Please stop thinking about the money, for thelove of baseball!

LIVINGTHE TECUMSEH HERALD — PAGE 3AOCTOBER 18, 2012

Dreaming of baseball as agame not a business modelBy MARY KAY [email protected]

Siena Heights announcesAlumni Award winners

The H.O.P.E. (HelpingOne Pupil to Excel) Programat Sutton Elementary is look-ing for adults to volunteer asreading mentors.

The program runs Mondaythrough Thursday. A readingsession is an hour long duringwhich a mentor reads with

two children for a half houreach. There are two sessionsevery morning. If interested,call Cindi Coopshaw at423.2367 ext. 4335 or email:[email protected] Elementary is locatedat 2870 Sutton Road, Adrian,(just west of Porter Center).

Sr. Patricia Schnapp

Doug Miller

Program seeks mentors

ADRIAN — LISD will host theNinth Annual Lenawee CountyHomeless EducationConference on Thursday, Nov.15, at Siena HeightsUniversity’s Dominican Hall,from 9 a.m. to noon.

A pre-conference workshopis available from 8-8:30 a.m.entitled, “McKinney-Vento101,” for new HomelessEducation Liaisons or anyonewho wants a refresher on thelaw which governs work with

homeless students. The theme for this year’s

conference is “Coming Home:Collaborating + Facilitating =SUCCESS!” which will featurestudents who have successfullytransitioned beyond homeless-ness.

Attendance at the confer-ence is free, however pre-regis-tration is required at www.solu-tionwhere.com/lisd.

For more information call265.1619.

Homeless Ed. Conference set

Carter RehabilitationCenters in Adrian andTecumseh are asking the publicto collect personal care prod-ucts during the month ofOctober to benefit the LenaweeCounty Mission.

The centers will also be col-lecting new or gently usedcoats and blankets through

November for the mission. All donations may be

dropped off at either CarterRehabilitation Center, locatedat 902 Industrial Drive inTecumseh or 1525 W. MaumeeSt., Adrian. Call 423.7722 andask for Chris Warner to donatefor the cause or for more infor-mation.

Carter Rehab donations tobenefit County Mission

ON THE STREET

PAGE 4A — THE TECUMSEH HERALD OCTOBER 18, 2012Opinion

A lot of new people. It wasfantastic despite the weather.

— Barry SeidelWhat A Find!

This was our first year. Wewere full all weekend.

— Kathi CareyThe Dog House

It went really well. We wonour second year in the chilicook-off.

— Eric WalkerSal’s Italian Restaurant

It went real well regardlessof the weather.

— Holly DeWittBlush Boutique

About the same as lastyear.

— Phil KarnerAugust Company

It was really a great year.— Erika Aylward

Boulevard Market

How did this year’s AppleumpkinFestival go for your business?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor,The Ambassador Bridge

must earn a pile of money.Otherwise, why would thefamily that owns the bridgespend millions of dollars,first, to collect names to putProposal 6 on the ballot, andsecond, to run TV ads pre-tending that the bridge wouldtake money from police, fireand education spending?

Canada is our largest trad-ing partner. Canadian trans-portation authorities are soeager to improve the move-ment of goods across the bor-der that they have agreed topay for all costs of a newbridge. This includes costs onthe Michigan side, includingfreeway connections, land,utilities and maintenance.They will design and build thebridge and operate it. Theagreement that GovernorSnyder signed for the newbridge has the backing of theU. S. highway authorities andthe approval of environmentalauthorities.

The Ambassador Bridgedumps millions of vehicles ayear into a residential area ofWindsor, and makes thempass more traffic lights thanthey pass the entire trip fromCalifornia or Texas to Michi-gan. Small wonder that thenew bridge is supported byMichigan’s manufacturers andunion workers.

Putting the language ofProposal 6 in the MichiganConstitution to protect theprofits of a competing bridgeis an underhanded attempt tomiss-manage the rights ofMichigan citizens.

It removes our elected rep-resentatives from any voice insuch construction projects,and forces us to have theexpense and delays of repeat-ed elections.

Adding insult to injury, thesame family financed and hasads supporting Proposal 5,putting into Michigan’sConstitution a requirement fora two-thirds majority vote inboth House and Senate forany increase in a state tax rateor the base on which it wascollected.

This would pretty well endany chance of a repeat of thecurrent legislature, whichaltered Michi-gan’s tax codeto close loopholes, whichincreased the tax base, but cutother taxes to more than offsetthe increase. It also is aimedat preventing a new bridge, incase Proposal 6 is defeated.

Both Proposal 5 andProposal 6 deserve a “NO”vote November 6.

Marjorie ComfortRaisin Township

To the Editor,Tecumseh Public Schools

would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank the City ofTecumseh officials for theirhelp in making the 2012Homecoming Parade a success.The Department of PublicWorks set up barricades toensure the student body, theirband, and floats had a saferoute from Brown Street toChicago Blvd., to MaumeeStreet.

We also thank the City ofTecumseh Police Departmentfor doing their usual fine jobof overseeing the event.Without the cooperation of thecity government and its agen-cies, such events as theHomecoming Parade becomeprohibitive.

Again, on behalf ofTecumseh Public Schools,thank you to the City ofTecumseh and its agencies fortheir cooperation in making theHomecoming Parade an eventthat is looked forward to eachyear.

Michael L. McAranSuperintendent, Tecumseh

Public Schools

To the Editor,With Mr. Romney and the

GOP pushing for the expansionof the Keystone oil pipeline weneed to remember the milliongallons of oil that ended up inthe Kalamazoo River in July of2010. Enbridge Inc., aCanadian Oil Co., was awareof the cracks and corrosion oftheir 30-inch pipeline fiveyears earlier and did nothing tocorrect those conditions. Ittook them 17 hours from thefirst alarm to stop the flow.With no knowledge of how orresponse plans in place toclean up the oil it took twoyears before the KalamazooRiver was open to public useagain with the oil still on thebottom, banks and adjacentwet lands for 38 miles of theriver. This was the single worstoil spill in the central U.S. Itwas made even worse by thefact that it was the more corro-sive, dense, heavy Tar Sandsoil that sinks unlike the BP oilthat floats and can be retrievedand skimmed off the surface.

There was another devastat-ing Enbridge pipeline break inWisconsin this summer.Corporate mismanagement,negligence and lack of over-sight caused these disastersalong with the lack of adequateGovernment regulations andenforcement. We do need towork toward energy independ-

ence but we have to do it safe-ly with the protection of theenvironment as part of theplan.

President Obama and theresidents of North Dakota andMontana are very concernedabout the expansion of theKeystone Pipeline through anextremely sensitive environ-mental area containing a mas-sive water source and itspotential contamination in theevent of a spill. The oil comingout of the Bakken Oil projectis Tar Sands oil that is a poten-tial environmental threat that isalmost impossible to clean upor remove.

Claims the KeystonePipeline would create thou-sands of new jobs are greatlyexaggerated. There will actual-ly only be a few dozen tempo-rary local construction jobs asthe pipeline moves south to theTexas refineries and then isshipped in to the world oilmarket. It will also notincrease available reserves inthe U.S. or reduce the prices atthe pump.

The Fossil Fuel Industry isthe wealthiest and most power-ful lobbying group and the sin-gle largest supporter of Mr.Romney and all theRepublicans. They are fightingfor reduced environmental andsafety regulations and the con-tinuation of the oil and gassubsidies and against researchand development of alternatefuel sources such as wind andsolar. Exxon Oil, while stillreceiving government subsi-dies, recently reported profitsof 42 billion dollars.

Your vote in November willdo more than determine thePresident, the taxes you pay,the jobs that are created or sentoverseas, it will determine thequality of the environment ofthe world we live in every day.

Pat ZuidemaAdrian

To the Editor,Today, as I drove home

from a weekend trip to my par-ents, I did a lot of thinking. Ithought about four years agowhen this country was on theverge of economic collapse.When President Obama wassworn in, I vividly rememberturning to my husband andsaying — just wait, they’llblame this on him.

He reassured me that therewas no way the previousadministration would escapeblame. I wish he were right.Though it probably shouldn’tsurprise me, it still does: weare a nation that refuses tolearn from our mistakes.

The Bush administrationnearly drove us into a depres-

sion with their lack of over-sight and trickle down theories,but still many propose we goright back to those failed poli-cies. Still many ask why ourcountry isn’t flourishing as ifthey don’t understand howclose we came to total col-lapse. And what of the com-plete unwillingness ofRepublicans to work withDemocrats to pass legislationthat could quicken the recov-ery? In an effort to sabotagethe President, they sacrificedthe well being of Americans.But does the average Americansee it? I wish. Instead, theyoften buy the easy sell —Obama was president, heshould have done more. Butstill, even with all of the obsta-cles he had to face, PresidentObama managed to do somuch. He helped save the autoindustry, and with it the econo-my. He helped college studentscontinue to pay for college andpay off their loans. He helpedpeople who couldn’t otherwiseget and keep their insurance dojust that. What an incrediblecountry we could be living inright now had PresidentObama been handed a stableeconomy. What an incrediblecountry we could be living inhad the Republicans in officeplayed fair instead of filibus-tering away our future. Whatan incredible country this canstill be if we send a messagethat we want to continue tomove in a new and positivedirection — this time with thesupport of both parties. Thereare many reasons why I willvote for President Obamaagain this November, but per-haps the biggest reason is thatI know whose philosophies gotus into this mess and whosephilosophies are getting us out.

Karin BarbeeTecumseh

To the Editor,Subject: First Presbyterian

Church of TecumsehAs a long-time former

member of this church, I thinkboth sides are being very silly.

Cheryl C. GamberTecumseh

Vote ‘no’ on StateProposals 5 and 6 onTuesday, November 6

Superintendent thankscity officials for helpwith annual parade

Kalamazoo oil spillleads to concern overKeystone Pipeline plan

Economy sufferingbecause of policiesfrom Bush presidency

Former PresbyterianChurch member saysboth sides are ‘silly’

CorrectionIn the Monday, Oct. 15,

edition of the TecumsehHerald, J. Cole submitted aletter regarding a boy whocrossed the street in front ofher car on Ottawa Street.Cole said the boy was about15-years-old, not a 10-year-old as printed.

The Herald regrets theerror.

THE TECUMSEH HERALD — PAGE 5A

shoeOCTOBER 18, 2012


The city’s open burning ordi-nances will undergo some revi-sions following a TecumsehCity Council vote Monday, Oct.15, authorizing the city managerand city clerk to preparechanges for council considera-tion.

Tecumseh Manager KevinWelch said the city could main-tain the present ordinance, butdid not recommend that. Headded that it could adopt a strictno burn ordinance but that itwould be difficult to enforce.The council opted to begin aprocess to change the ordinancewith input from Tecumseh FireChief Joe Tuckey.

Welch presented a report thatnoted the old ordinance is veryshort and did not address sever-al issues of concern, while theproposed ordinance is based ona state model with some revi-sions to meet local needs. Thenew ordinance would addresssuch issues as open burning ofrefuse, open burning of trees,logs, brush, stumps, leaves andgrass, among others.

During public comment, resi-dents Steve Kruger and RuthAiuto spoke regarding brushissues, with Kruger distributinga sheet or reasons he believedconstituted the prohibiting ofburning brush in the city. Aiutomentioned the state’s prohibit-ing of burning within 1,400 feetof a village or city and said shethought the city should complywith that.

“We don’t really think we canregulate what goes on 1,400 feetoutside the city, but we wouldprobably say ‘city limits,’” saidWelch, adding that one thingthat would change would be a

requirement to obtain a permitbefore having a campfire. Thenew one would not require thepermit, but limits the campfiresize.

Once presented, the ordinancewould go through the requiredreadings prior to adoption.

Council members alsoapproved a 180 day extension ofa temporary moratorium on theoperation of medical marijuanagrowing operations. The resolu-tion noted that the city ofTecumseh is diligently workingon an ordinance that will bestallow compliance with theMichigan Medical MarihuanaAct, P.A. 2008, to protect thepublic, health, safety and wel-fare of the citizens of Tecumseh.

“One of the goals is we’d liketo see and hear from the courtcases as they go through thecourt system that will hopefullygive us some guidance on howwe might be able to adopt a zon-ing ordinance that could allowus to regulate location of someof the sale and distributions,”said Welch. “There are pros andcons of each.”

The present moratoriumexpires on October 19. “Theproblem is if we let it expirewe’d have no control,” Welchadded. If an ordinance is adopt-ed later and something is estab-lished in the meantime, the citycould not make the ordinanceretroactive on that business.“The moratorium does not pro-hibit patients who have legiti-mate patient cards from possess-ing and growing their own med-ical marijuana, as long as it is incompliance with state law.”

The council members also:• Held a public hearing rela-

tive to a new personal propertytax exemption for LenaweeStamping/Van Rob Tecumseh.

The hearing was to receive pub-lic comment and the city wasrequested to hold on consideringthe abatement until after anincentive package with the stateis approved. Welch said a P.A.328 agreement is a 100 percentexemption, for seven years,whereas the city has typicallyapproved P.A. 198 agreementsat 50 percent for 12 years.

“This is for new investmentand is for anything investedafter the abatement isapproved,” said Welch, addingthat the measure had to be con-sidered by the end of this taxyear.

“As far as the amount, it’shard to say because anythingthat takes place in that seven-year period would be abated, butI’m hearing that it could besomewhere between a $10 and$20 million in new investment,”Welch said. “As far as jobs, Idon’t have a firm count, butbelieve we’re talking a consider-able number, probably in the100s, which would be a goodthing.”

• Held a public hearing to hearcomments on the intent to add tothe boundaries of the TecumsehLocal Development FinanceAuthority District (TLDFAD),to include LenaweeStamping/Van Rob Tecumsehproperty. Welch said what theaction would do is capture a por-tion of new tax on property anduses that tax for public improve-ment, which in this case, wouldbe the match on a turn laneimprovement on M-50 at theplant’s entrance. An additionalturn lane and improvements willalso be done at the M-50 andRogers Hwy. intersection. Totalcost of the project is estimated at$850,000, with the 25 percentmatch approximately $200,000.

Council authorizes revisionsto open burning ordinancen Council approves extension of medical marijuana moratorium

weeks, this assures that theadministration will run in asmooth and efficient manner.”

Palmer was sworn in byHoldridge at the conclusion ofthe meeting.

Holdridge said she had justlearned this weekend fromLenawee County Clerk LouAnn Bluntschly that ballotswould not have to be reprintedas a result of Wagner’s death;however, absentee voters whomay have already voted forWagner have an option of beingreissued a new ballot if they sodesire by contacting the RaisinTownship Clerk’s office at423.3162.

Palmer is pursuing a write-incampaign for the Supervisorposition, and his name alsoappears on the ballot forTrustee. He said he has beeninformed that if he were to winthe election in both categories,he could choose which to servein, but cannot serve in both.

“I love where I live and Ilove Raisin Charter Township,”he said. “We have a tremen-dous support staff here and anorganized body of governance.I want to be part of that andnow to continue as supervisorso I can assist in the growth andfuture of the township.” Hesaid it takes a lot of effort andnot just from one person, butfrom collective thoughts andconversations as the townshipofficials do their due diligenceon behalf of the community.

“We may not have all theanswers, but through those con-versations, we can come toconclusions that are beneficialto the township,” Palmer said.

“I’m a very conservative per-son and I watch what we do,and watch the budget to givethe best benefit to residents ofRaisin Charter Township forthe amount of money they aresacrificing in taxes to it.”

He said he also intends forthere to be no loss of recogni-tion of what Wagner started inthe community. “That will notdiminish as I take over hisremaining tenure,” he said.

Independent Jay Cavanaughis also on the ballot for theposition of Raisin TownshipSupervisor. Cavanaugh said hewas out of town last week andjust learned of Wagner’s death.

“I wish I had been here andhad been able to attend hisfuneral,” he said. “I think hedid a great job for the township.I think his dedication to thetownship and to the people ofthe township is incredible tosay the least. I think the town-ship will miss him.”

Cavanaugh also said that heconsidered Palmer “a goodguy,” but the race was on forthe position.

“I think it’s quite reasonableto have him take over as super-visor until the election takesplace,” he said. “I only wonderwhy he didn’t get on the ballotbefore.” Cavanaugh said agood portion of his campaignplatform focuses on infrastruc-ture. “If I thought Jim wasgoing to do the things I feelneed to be done, I would prob-ably just back out of the race. Iknow he’s a good man, butwe’re still running a campaign,and we hope to affect somechanges.”

Raisin appoints supervisorPALMER FROM PAGE 1A

shifted gears and obtaineddegrees in broadcast journal-ism and Spanish. While shepursued employment as thenews director of a radio sta-tion, being a stringer for wireservices such as theAssociated Press and UnitedPress International, she laterworked in advertising salesand marketing, picking upskills she now considers assetsin her new role with CAT.

Mary Lou and her husband,Steve, who works for theNatural ResourcesConservation Service in AnnArbor, moved to Michigan in1992, and for a time, MaryLou worked in online andcable advertising for Comcastuntil her position was elimi-nated during a restructuring.

“I did a little exploringafter that and I’ve alwaysmaintained an interest inworking with people, and alsohad an interest in marketing,”she said. Merging her skillswith her passion for art, MaryLou hooked up with LunchAnn Arbor Marketing, and hasbeen working with them invarious capacities for the pastcouple of years, and nowmanages that organization.She said the skills she wasusing there are the same onesthat she now feels will be anasset to CAT.

“I’ve worked with the

artists to develop ideas forclasses and set up schedules,”she said. “I think my organi-zational skills will be an assetto this organization. With anynonprofit, organization is oneof the things that constantlyneeds to be looked at with theactive use of marketing in thesense of having valuableimpact while getting thedesired results without havingto have a large expenditureinvolved. So we are constantlyevaluating and working withartists and trying ideas thatwill draw people to take theclasses.”

Since Mary Lou is the onlypaid staff, though the positionis part-time, her people skillsalso come into play in work-ing with volunteers.

“We work with people whohave other things on theirplate, and they are more thanwilling to help, but when wecan get things done by work-ing effectively and makingsure that their time is wellused, that makes a differ-ence,” she said. “An organiza-tion like this has a lot of mov-ing parts.

“Everyone has so manygifts and talents and thingsthat they are able to draw onto really make this organiza-tion amazing — not only theartists, but the people on ourboard and advisory council.

There are so many gifted peo-ple who are generous withtheir time, and that reallyhelps make this organizationwork.”

Mary Lou said she is cur-rently becoming more knowl-edgeable about the workingsof CAT, and some of herimmediate goals includebranching out in marketing,including using social net-working.

“I think I can contribute ina way that maybe has not beentried before,” she said,“maybe bringing in a little dif-ferent perspective.”

CAT has offered classesover several weeks, as well assome one-time workshops andthey have been designed forall ages from preschoolers toseniors, as well as all abilities.Mary Lou believes thatexploring the arts can be nur-turing to the soul.

“If you go to a concert orbecome involved with an artactivity, your mind is not onroutine things. You are using acompletely different part ofyour brain, awakening thedormant side,” she said. “Thatcan be so refreshing to peo-ple.”

To view a CAT catalog ofclasses coming up, visitwww.tecumseharts.org, or call423.0000 for more informa-tion.

Olds to bring in new ‘perspective’CAT FROM PAGE 1A

from Eastern MichiganUniversity. His Tecumseh busi-ness is Stimpson andAssociates, P.C., and he regu-larly participates on a pro bonobasis (charging no fee) withLegal Services of SouthCentral Michigan.

He is active in many organi-zations in Lenawee County,including chairman of theboard for the Lenawee,Hillsdale, and Jackson CountyCommunity Action Agency,past president of the TecumsehKiwanis Club, past chairman ofthe Michigan Association ofCounties Human ServiceCommittee, and a member ofthe State of Michigan Out-of-State Placement Taskforce. Inthe course of his communityservice, he has been asked totestify before the MichiganSenate.

Stimpson also regularlydonates time to ProMedicaHerrick Hospital, the HumaneSociety, United Way, andTecumseh Public Schools. Thissummer, he, along with theTecumseh Acres PTO and vari-ous foundations, assisted inconstruction of new play-ground equipment for the ele-mentary school after a $40,000fundraising effort. In the pasthe has assisted in the develop-ment of the free medical cliniccollaboration betweenProMedica Bixby Hospital andCommunity Action Agency,resulting in the establishmentof Federal Qualified MedicalClinic, which serves patientswho do not have medical insur-ance.

He has been a member ofthe Lenawee County LibraryBoard, Tecumseh DowntownDevelopment Authority,Lenawee EconomicDevelopment Corporation andparticipated in the creation ofthe Lenawee County LandBank, Lenawee CountyBrownfield Authority, andother national, state, and localorganizations during his career.

“Economic developmenthas been a priority of minesince taking office,” Stimpson

said. “With the assistance ofthe Economic DevelopmentCorporation and the LenaweeCounty Business RevolvingLoan Fund, we have stimulatedsmall business growth andredevelopment in our commu-nity. In recent years, we haveseen large capital investmentsby Wacker Chemical andLenawee Stamping [now Van-Rob Tecumseh] increasing theworkforce in Lenawee County.

“We have also seen smallerprojects to existing and newcompanies to pay for environ-mental cleanup assessmentscosts to rehabilitate existingfacilities and provide forexpansions. These efforts haveled to new business startupsand increased hiring from newand existing companies.

“I believe I have a very goodunderstanding of the residentsof the Tecumseh area frommultiple points of view and amable to navigate these points ofview to do what is best for thecitizens of the county and theTecumseh area.”

Stimpson is active withinmany areas of the state’s juve-nile justice system through hisparticipation in the LenaweeCounty and the MichiganAssociation of Counties. “As acounty commissioner, I havegrappled with the funding andpolicy concerns associatedwith the management and costsof the juvenile justice system,”he said. “I believe I have a verygood understanding of thejuvenile justice system frommultiple points of view.”

Stimpson currently serves asvice chair of the LenaweeCounty Commission, chairmanof the Criminal JusticeCommittee, is a member of theLenawee County LibraryBoard, Lenawee CountyHospital Finance Authority,Personnel Committee, Waysand Means, Rules andAppointments, LaborNegotiations, LocalDevelopment FinanceAuthority, and other ad hocappointments.

“On a regular basis, I over-

see the county budget as itrelates to the county’s largestbudgets,” he said, “such as thesheriff department; prosecutingattorney’s office; district, cir-cuit, and probate courts; friendof the court; Maurice SpearsCampus; emergency servicesdepartment; and the medicalexaminer office.”

GAYLE KEISERGayle Keiser (D), of

Tecumseh, is challengingDavid Stimpson (R) for theDistrict 1 Lenawee CountyCommission seat that he hasoccupied for four consecutivetwo-year terms. District 1includes the City of Tecumsehand Tecumseh Township. Shewas recently elected as atrustee for the TecumsehDistrict Library.

Keiser is currentlyemployed as adjunct faculty atSiena Heights Universityteaching public policy, politics,and ethics in the graduate lead-ership program there.Formerly, she was a businessowner/manager for over 12years in retail for the AmericanArtcraft store and custom fram-ing service. She also has expe-rience in nonprofit leadership,most recently as executivedirector of the IllinoisStewardship Alliance (fiveyears) working with farmers insustainable agriculture.

Keiser holds a bachelor ofarts degree from SkidmoreCollege, Saratoga Springs,N.Y; graduate degrees in politi-cal science and public adminis-tration from the University ofMissouri-Columbia andUniversity of Oregon, Eugene.

Other political experienceincludes terms on the KnoxCounty Board ofCommissioners (12 years) inGalesburg, Ill., to which shewas first elected in 1990. Herhometown is Fremont, Ohio,but she has been a Tecumsehresident since 2009.

“I will work to restore pub-lic confidence in the LenaweeCounty Commission and giveour citizens greater influence

over its decisions,” Keiser said.“Citizens deserve ethical, cost-efficient, common-sense lead-ership, rather than the endlessdebates and flip-flopping deci-sions that have marred theimage of the current commis-sion and its leadership.

“The commission must takethe lead in job creation and pro-motion of local businesses torebuild the local tax base. As aformer business owner, Iunderstand what it takes toencourage existing businessesto grow and to bring new enter-prises into Lenawee County.

“In these tough economictimes, I have the professionalskills to meet the challenge ofproviding vital county services,with a priority on public safety,in a cost-effective and respon-sible manner, while also main-taining essential programs forour most vulnerable neigh-bors—children and seniors.

“Current commissionersbury themselves in the detailsand daily operations of countydepartments, rather than focus-ing on the big picture of settingbudgets in keeping with com-munity priorities.

“Citizens are entitled totransparency in their countygovernment. The current com-mission operates more like aprivate club than a public bodyaccountable to citizens for theprocess and purpose of itsactions. I will insist that countybusiness is conducted in accor-dance with the Open MeetingsAct—the vital link betweenelected officials and the publicthey serve.

“The commission needs toreinstate night meetings toencourage public participation.Citizens have a right to watchtheir government in action andparticipate in the process.Night meetings give opportuni-ties for more residents to par-ticipate in their government. Iwill always be open and acces-sible to residents of theTecumseh area and encouragetheir involvement in shapingdecisions on issues of interestto them.”

Tecumseh District Librarywill show the movie classic,“The Birds,” (not rated), star-ring Rod Taylor and TippiHedren, on the big screen onWednesday afternoon, Oct. 31at 1 p.m. The story is about awealthy San Franciscosocialite who pursues a poten-tial boyfriend to a smallNorthern California town thatslowly takes a turn for thebizarre when birds of all kindssuddenly begin to attack peo-

ple there in increasing num-bers and with increasingviciousness. The movie isbeing shown for Halloween.For more information callChuck Harpst,Reference/Local HistoryLibrarian, 423.2238.

~The Tecumseh District

Library will host the PawnStars Chess Club on the sec-ond Monday of every monthfrom 6-7:45 p.m. Teens are

invited to bring their friendsand family for a night of drop-in chess. Players will meet andplay each other throughout thelibrary. All playing levels arewelcome to attend, and play-ers are encouraged to bringtheir own chessboard. Thenext meeting dates will beNovember 12, December 10,and January 14. For moreinformation, contact AnneKeller, Teen ServicesLibrarian at 423.2238.

Patterson Elementary Schoolstudents will be collecting coinsthroughout the month ofOctober as part of WLENRadio’s “Thank a Vet” program.

Students will also take part ina bottle and can collection onOct. 23, 30, with collections tak-ing place in the PattersonKindergarten rooms on the east

side of the building at 401 N.Van Buren St. from 8:15-12:15each day. Coins will be collecteduntil Friday, Nov. 9.

Children may bring cans onthe bus, but not bottles. The pur-pose of the collection is for chil-dren and their families to helpmake a difference in the lives ofLenawee County veterans.

ADRIAN — The Lenawee CountyEducation Foundation received grants inSeptember that will be applied toward thecost of constructing the LenaweeIntermediate School District (LISD)Center for a Sustainable Future (CSF),Michigan’s first net-zero energy schoolbuilding on Tipton Highway. Grants wereawarded from the DTE EnergyFoundation, Robert Price Foundation, andthe Consumers Energy Foundation.

The LISD CSF is an 8,300 square foot,$3.9 million new school facility, whichwill serve as the primary location for theLISD’s Agri-Tech, OrnamentalHorticulture, and Natural Sciences career-technical education (CTE) programs. Thecampus will also host environmental edu-cation programs and career explorationcamps. Partnerships, which would resultin the delivery of postsecondary coursesand community education programs at thecampus, are currently being explored.

“We are pleased to support theLenawee Intermediate School District in

building its new state of the art facility,which will give students of all ages anopportunity for hands on experience tostudy alternative energy and agriculturalsciences,” said David G. Mengebier, pres-ident of the Consumers EnergyFoundation.

The LISD CSF will achieve net-zeroenergy status through the use of:

• geothermal heating and cooling• photovoltaic solar power• enhanced building envelope, includ-

ing a vegetated roof• solar thermal hot water• rainwater collection and redistribu-

tion systems• advanced information technology

systems• demand-control ventilation• use of day lighting strategies“The LISD CSF reflects the continued

efforts of the LISD to equip Lenawee stu-dents with the research and analyses skillsthat are expected by today’s employers,”said LISD Supt. Jim Philp. “We appreci-

ate the support of these three foundationsand look forward to working togetherwith them to teach Lenawee studentsabout energy production and conservationstrategies.”

The LISD CSF will serve as a uniqueopportunity for LISD students to learnabout alternative energy systems.Educational programs will integratebuilding systems research through theapplication of demonstrative and innova-tive systems where students will have theopportunity to monitor system perform-ance, while also being able to assist inservicing equipment. Additionally, stu-dents will be responsible for studying theperformance of the building and reportingon outcomes.

The LISD broke ground on the LISDCSF in September of this year with ananticipated completion date of spring,2013.

For additional information about theLISD Center for a Sustainable Future visitwww.lisdcsf.org.

EducationOCTOBER 18, 2012PAGE 6A — THE TECUMSEH HERALD

Incumbent faces challenger in raceTERM FROM PAGE 1A

‘The Birds’ coming to district library

Students to hold drives

Seniors from Cambrian Assisted Living and TecumsehPlace brought collections and craft items to share withTecumseh Middle School students during a TecumsehDistrict Library sponsored Senior Art Expo on Wednesday,Oct. 3. Isadore Koffron, 100, brought caps she has knittedand will donate to the Tecumseh Service Club. RhodaHilton, assisted by Selma Weak (pictured, l-r), has beencollecting dolls “forever.” Peggy Beagle assisted by NancyPack, brought a wood carving her husband, Bill, had made.

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Grants to help fund LISD Centerfor Sustainable Future campus

THE TECUMSEH HERALD — PAGE 7AOCTOBER 18, 2012

FaithOperation Christmas Childcollecting shoebox gifts

Lenawee County residentswill be packing more than2,000 shoeboxes full of giftsfor boys and girls in poornations as part of the 19thannual worldwide OperationChristmas Child (OCC) min-istry, sponsoredby Samaritan’sPurse. Thisyear, St.J o h n ’ sL u t h e r a nC h u r c h ,3448 NorthA d r i a nHighway,Adrian, isthe only OCC relay center inthe county.

Nationwide, more than fivemillion shoeboxes are packed,shipped and delivered everyyear. Since the program beganin 1993, more than 90 million

children have received a shoe-box, and for many of them,that is the first Christmas pres-ent they have ever received.

Lenawee County residentsare encouraged to participateby packing a shoebox, but the

deadline isNovember 18.

Any shoebox(cardboard or

plastic) will work.Fill the box withschool supplies,socks, hard candy,

toys, a stuffed ani-mal or anything a poor

child might like.Participants should decide ifthey are packing for a girl orboy and decide a target age.Fill the box with a variety ofgifts that will bring delight to achild.

The cost of shipping is $7,

so that contribution is appreci-ated. Those who make shoe-box donations online can findout the destination country ofthe gift. Visith t t p s : / / w w w . s a m a r i -tanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/followyourbox/.

A rubber band should beplaced around each closedshoebox before dropping off atthe Collection Center the weekof November 12-18. Hours ofoperation will be: Mon, Nov.12, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Tues.,Nov. 13, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.;Wed., Nov. 14, 4 p.m. to 8p.m.; Thurs., Nov. 15, 11 a.m.to 3 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 16, 3 p.m.to 7 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 17, 9 a.m.to 1 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 18, 11a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, con-tact Jamie Anderson,517.442.9521.

Gift ideas for childrenThe following are gift

ideas for packing anOperation Christmas Childbox.

TOYS: small cars, balls,dolls, stuffed animals,kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos,jump ropes, small Etch ASketch, toys that light up ormake noise (with extra bat-teries), Slinky, etc.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES:pens, pencils and sharpener,crayons or markers, stampsand ink pad sets, writing pads

or paper, solar calculators,coloring and picture books,etc.

HYGIENE ITEMS: tooth-brush, toothpaste, mild barsoap (in a plastic bag), comb,washcloth, etc.

OTHER: Hard candy andlollipops (please double bagall candy), mints, gum, T-shirts, socks, ball caps, sun-glasses, hair clips, toy jewel-ry, watches, flashlights (withextra batteries).

A PERSONAL NOTE: In

a separate envelope, enclosea note to the child and aphoto of the sender. If nameand address are included, thechild may write back.

DO NOT INCLUDE:Used or damaged items, war-related items such as toyguns, knives or military fig-ures, chocolate or food; out-of-date candy; liquids orlotions, medications or vita-mins, breakable items such assnowglobes or glass contain-ers, aerosol cans.

— Church Calendar —Child Evangelism

Fellowship will be holding aFall Banquet and Concert withPastor Doug Strader and theMilan Baptist Choir onFriday, Nov. 2, at the MilanBaptist Church, located at 31Ferman St., Milan, at 6:30p.m. RSVP to 517.265.5200by Oct. 29.

~Tecumseh Assembly of

God will sponsor a Halloweenoff the street event, “Knight ofthe King,” on Wednesday,Oct. 31, from 7-9 p.m. Theevent is open to anyone in thecommunity, and candy and

games will be offered as wellas the Veggie Tales video,“The Penniless Princess.” Acostume contest will also beheld. The night features amedieval theme. The church islocated at 1080 E. ChicagoBlvd., off Rogers Hwy. Formore information call423.5607, or visitwww.tecumsehag.org.

~Clinton United Methodist

Church will host a HarvestDinner on Saturday, Oct. 20,from 5-7 p.m. The meal willfeature turkey and all the trim-mings, including mashed

potatoes, vegetable, cranber-ries, dressing, squash, roll,drink and dessert. Take-outswill be available. The churchis located at 10990 Tecumseh-Clinton Rd., Clinton. Price is$10/person; $6/child 5-12years old; under 5 free.

~Tribute Quartet, of

Hendersonville, Tenn., will bein concert with host, SoulsHarbor, on Friday, Nov. 16, at7 p.m., at the RidgewayChurch of the Nazarene, 6886Ridge Highway, Britton. Formore information call517.403.7137.

New vicar installed at St. John’s in ClintonCLINTON — Parishioners atSt. John’s Episcopal Church inClinton welcomed their newvicar Sunday, Oct. 7. Rev. SusieSchafer officially began herduties at the church Oct. 1,replacing Mother Robin Smith,who was priest-in-charge at St.John’s and the former St. Peter’s

Episcopal Church in Tecumsehfor the past five years.

Rev. Schafer is an Ann Arbornative and currently residesthere with her husband anddaughter.

She was joined for theSunday service by the CanonLisa Grey, representing the dio-

cese to which St. John’s Churchbelongs.

St. John’s Bishop’sCommittee Chairman DonHoughton notified parishionersof the committee’s selectionimmediately after Rev. Shafer’sapproval for the position byBishop Rt. Rev. Wendell Gibbs.

Inviting Words

“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorablealike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanlylose, the last best, hope of earth,’” Abraham Lincoln, December 1, 1862


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Interceptions, fumbles andsacks highlighted this yearsclash between Tecumseh andAdrian’s varsity football teamswhere both the Maples andIndians were victorious in atleast one half of the tense rival-ry contest. Fortunately forTecumseh, the Indians made ahuge comeback in the secondhalf and won the game 29-26.

“It was the kind of game Ithought it would be,” saidTecumseh coach Al Romano.“It came right down to the wire.I knew it would be difficult andson of a gun it sure was.”

Confidence was apparent onboth sides of the field but itwavered back and forth allevening. Tecumseh was quickto hit the end zone and gainmomentum early with BenDreslinski throwing a 38-yarddart to Spencer Adams on theIndians’ third play of the gamefor the only touchdown in thefirst quarter.

A good Point AfterTouchdown (PAT) kick byCasey Hunt gave Tecumseh a7-0 lead and the Indiansdefense shut down Adrian afterthe Maples drove the ball all theway to the Indians’ five yardline with Ben Vannatter block-ing a fourth down touchdownpass in the end zone, giving theappearance that this contestwould be controlled by theIndians. However, Adrianturned the game around in thesecond quarter.

Adrian’s Joshua Perezsnagged a 27-yard touchdownpass from quarterback HunterHayes but a pressured PATallowed the Indians to retain aone-point, 7-6 advantage withless than a minute remaining inthe first half.

“I thought Adrian did a goodjob of moving the ball,” saidRomano. “Not anything big butenough to keep our offense onthe sidelines.”

But this was a big game andbig things happened quickly.When Tecumseh’s offenseturned the ball in the oppositedirection Dreslinski put up apass that was intercepted byAdrian’s Daniel Smaw and heran it back 65 yards for a touch-down that quieted the Indianswith just 20 seconds remainingin the first half. The Maplesmissed a two-point conversionpass to follow but flipped the

game around for a 12-7 lead atthe end of two full quarters.

A nine-yard touchdown passfrom Adrian’s Hayes toMichael Hamden looked to sealthe deal for Adrian early in thethird quarter. The Maplesmissed their PAT but hadmomentum and an 11 point, 18-7, lead with 9:17 remaining inthe third quarter.

Tecumseh answered backwith its second touchdown ofthe game on a 53-yard break-away run by Adams. Hunt hitthe ensuing PAT and Tecumsehneeded just four points to tie thegame (18-14).

But Adrian again scored inthe quarter with Jeffrey Marvinrushing into the end zone fromjust one yard out. The Maplesadded two more points on aconversion pass from Hayes toMarvin and the Indians were

again down by double digits(26-14).

But the Indians didn’t givein and continued pressing on,scoring two touchdowns in thefinal quarter while keeping theMaples out of the end zone.

“I thought what we’d done athalftime defensively was veryhelpful,’ said Romano. “On theother side of the ball we justdecided to go with our other

offense, we got in a pistol andran more options.”

Spencer Hite rushed twoyards for a touchdown early inthe fourth quarter (11:29) andHunt connected on the PAT toset the score at 26-21.

After forcing Adrian to punton its following possession, theIndians ran and threw the ballinto Adrian’s Red Zone. CaseyHunt pulled down a 30-yard

pass and put the Indians on afirst and goal situation.Tecumseh had six long yardsand a bunch of ticked offMaples in front of the end zonebut Dreslinski capped off thedrive with a one yard touch-down run and put the Indiansup by one point at 27-26.

Dreslinski hit Kyle Bryan inthe chest on a two point conver-sion play to follow and theIndians clutched a three point29-26 lead, knowing they stillhad to hold off Adrian with7:02 remaining. And they did.The Maples drove the ball backacross the field to the Indians’42-yard line but was held backand forced to punt the ball backto Tecumseh.

Adams’ fair catch setTecumseh on its own 16-yardline with 4:06 left on the clock.A holding call on the punt

pushed Tecumseh back to itsown six-yard line to start itsfinal drive. After pushing theball back for a key first down,Tecumseh worked the clockdown to 1:35 and a third-and-two possession. Dreslinski gotthe Maples to jump on his playcalls and a flag was tossed thatessentially sealed the victoryfor the Indians. Dreslinskidropped to his knee twice to runthe clock out and give coachRomano and the Indians’ fans abig victory against Adrian.

After the game in the Indiansteam and community huddle,Romano said, “There was noquit in this football team. Andthere was no quit up thereeither,” as he pointed to thestands. “I heard you in the sec-ond half. You guys have beenwaiting a long time for this. It’sa great, great, great feeling.Hey, put it together next week.Come with us to Airport and ifwe do what we’re supposed to,were going to be back here intwo weeks and it’s going to be alot of fun.”

Tecumseh travels to Airport(5-3 overall) on Friday, Oct. 19,for the final regular season con-test.

“I think we can definitelyscore some points on them,’said Romano. “Our defense hasplayed well all year. There’s noreason we can’t get this win andget the home field that we wantfor playoffs. I want that firstplayoff game. That’s our goal.To give this team, school andcommunity a playoff game athome.”

The last time the Indiansplayed at home in the playoffswas in 1991 when defeatingIonia 26-6 and Marine City 20-13 before advancing to the statesemifinal in Eastern Michigan.Tecumseh lost 32-7 againstFarmington Hills Harrison inthe semifinal.

If Tecumseh secures a homeplayoff game this year it wouldbe the first at the new IndianStadium.

Tecumseh rushed for 202yards, led by Dreslinski with 85yards and a touchdown.

Dreslinski passed for anoth-er 164-yards on 14-of-21 com-pletions. Adams had five recep-tions for 66-yards and a touch-down.

Leading Tecumseh’s defensewere John Terry (13 tackles),Devon Moore (12 tackles) andPreston Pelham (10 tackles, 2blocks).

PETERSBURG — At least aportion of the Tri-CountyConference championship isguaranteed to go to Clinton’svarsity football team after theRedskins defeatedSummerfield 37-14 on the roadFriday, Oct. 12. Clintonremained undefeated with thewin at 8-0 overall and 6-0 in theconference.

Summerfield quicklyopened scoring, recovering anonside kick and marching theball in for the first touchdown.The Bulldogs ran 26 plays toClinton’s three in the first quar-ter but the ‘Skins got on trackin the second quarter whenquarterback T.J. Baker hitCullen Zimmerman with a 25yard pass to the end zone. Thefollowing series Clinton heldSummerfield and forced a puntonly to have the Bulldogs snapthe ball over the punters headout of the end zone for aRedskin safety.

Colin Poore intercepted the

first of four Redskin intercep-tions and returned the ball 25yards to set-up Clinton’s nexttouchdown. Baker threw a 30-yard touchdown pass toMathew Sexton and then foundZimmerman in the end zone forthe two-point conversion for a16-7 halftime lead.

Summerfield scored againlate in the third quarter (1:13)but Clinton responded withanother big drive, going 60yards on eight plays beforeBaker capped the drive with anine-yard touchdown rush.Moritz Jarchow then convertedthe first of his three extra pointkicks of the night.

Cullen Zimmerman inter-cepted a Bulldog pass on thenext series and returned the ball35 yards for touchdown tostretch Clinton’s lead to 30-14.

The Redskin defense contin-ued shutting downSummerfield as Mike Sextonintercepted another pass on theBulldogs’ next series. Brett

Tschirhart capped off Clinton’sfive-play drive with a two-yardtouchdown run. Zimmermansnatched his second intercep-tion of the night as Clintonclosed the door on the Bulldogslate in the fourth quarter.

The Redskins rushed for185-yards and passed foranother 92. Baker led the rush-ing game with 85 yards on 14carries while Poore (19-65),Mathew Sexton (3-13), KCClegg (2-12) and Tschirhart (4-12) each added yardage.

Baker was efficient with hispassing completing 5 key pass-es on 8 attempts good for 92yards. Zimmerman (1-25),Sexton (1-30), Hunter Pizzo (2-20) and Dylan Spurlock (1-15)had the receptions.

Baker (10 tackles), BrettTschirhart (9 tackles) and GrantClark (9 tackles) led Clinton’sdefense.

Clinton plays at home onFriday, Oct. 19, against SandCreek (2-6, 2-4 TCC).

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Tecumseh’s Spencer Adams gets pushed back from the end zone as Adrian holds on to a 26-14 lead in the third quarter.

Clinton’s Cullen Zimmerman (l) and T.J. Baker

Tecumseh beats Adrian 29-26

Just one win standsbetween Britton Deerfield’s(5-3, 4-2 TCC) varsityfootball team and the play-offs after the Patriots blast-ed past Sand Creek (2-6, 2-4 TCC) on Friday, Oct. 12,for a 21-3 Tri-CountyConference victory.

Sand Creek scored firstwith a three-point field goalin the first quarter.

Nate Hoffman scored atouchdown for BD on afour-yard run in the secondquarter while LeightonMerritt added two touch-downs in the fourth quarterfor the Patriots. CodyMeinert connected on threePoint After Touchdownkicks.

BD plays next atMorenci (3-5, 1-5 TCC) onFriday.

Clinton guaranted piece of TCC title BD beatsAggies

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n Indians blow Maples away with three point win to improve to 7-1 overall, 4-1 in Southeastern Conference

“I think we can definitely score some pointson them. Our defense has played well all year.There’s no reason we can’t get this win and getthe home field that we want for playoffs. I wantthat first playoff game. That’s our goal. To givethis team, school and community a playoffgame at home” — Tecumseh coach Al Romanoof Carleton Airport, the Indians’ final regularseason oppnenent.

Tecumseh’s varsity girl's golfteam punched their ticket for theDivision 3 State ChampionshipTournament by finishing third atLinden’s Spring MeadowsCountry Club on Thursday, Oct.11, in the Division 3, Regional14 meet.

Only the top three teamsadvance to state competition.Chelsea won the regional cham-pionship with a score of 373while Jackson Northwest carded374 to finish second.

“We were on pins and nee-dles waiting for the last scores tocome in today because we wereon the bubble,” said Tecumsehcoach Kerry Smith, “But whenthe final scores finally rolled in,we were all relieved and thenelated. For the past few yearsthese girls have been so close tomaking the state tournament as ateam and they finally did it. I amso proud of and excited forthem.”

Tecumseh scored 375 toplace third. The Indians’ closestcompetitor was 12 strokes downwith Linden scoring 387.

Other teams participating

include DeWitt, Clio, Haslett,Parma Western, Corunna, SouthLyon East, Bay City JohnGlenn, Eaton Rapids andCharlotte.

Lindon’s Julie Guckian wasthe low scorer at the par-72course with 83 whileTecumseh’s Paige Watkins andJackson Northwest’s KelseyGough each medaled by carded84s for the day.

Coach Smith commented thatthe temperatures warmed up inthe afternoon but heavy windsblew in and became a factor.

“You really had to play thewind,” Smith said. “If the windwas at your back, the girls wereclubbing down by two and stillhitting it over the green. If youhad a crosswind or it was in yourface, punch shots were the wayto go and thankfully we’ve been

practicing those quite a bit.”Tecumseh’s Becca Nowak

tied for eighth overall by record-ing 92 while Carley LaPlant tiedfor 10 with 94. Tecumseh’sLeigh Kapnick shot 105 whileAnneka Hart finished with 125.

The Division 3 State Finalwill be played on Friday andSaturday, Oct. 19-20, at BedfordValley in Augusta, near BattleCreek.

It took four sets butClinton’s varsity volleyballteam shut the door on visitingSummerfield on Thursday,Oct. 11, to pick up a Tri-County Conference victory.

The Redskins came out ontop of their game and easilydefeated the Bulldogs 25-12.

Summerfield took a 25-20victory in the second matchbut a slow start in the thirdmatch had the Bulldogs fight-ing from behind before falling25-21.

Clinton finished the TCCcontest with a solid 25-17 vic-tory to improve to 6-3 in theconference. The Redskins arenow 15-7-2 overall.

Leaders for the Redskinsincluded Payton Hoelzer(scored 18 points on servewith 5 aces, 1 assist, 19 digs,22 serve receptions, 1 kill),Keely Quiring (scored 4points on serve, 5 digs, 4 servereceptions) and RachelCornish (scored 21 points onserve with 5 aces, 1 good dig,5 solo blocks, 14 kills).

Also producing for theRedskins were MelissaDowell (3 assists, 2 digs, 7serve receptions), Mary AnnaBurnham (scored 7 points onserve with 2 aces, 13 gooddigs, 2 good serve receptions),Jordan Pizzo (6 digs), LeighaSanborn (1 dig, 6 solo blocks,1 assist block, 18 kills),Elizabeth Barkel (scored 26points on serve with 2 aces, 26digs, 40 serve receptions, 12kills), Kris Forest (9 digs, 3good serve receptions, 1 soloblock, 11 kills), Shannon Hill(1 assist, 2 solo blocks, 1assist block, 4 kills) and 11Abi Schaffner (scored 21points on serve with 2 aces, 49assists, 15 digs, 1 good servereception, 1 solo block, 2kills).

Clinton came out a little

sluggish at Sand Creek onTuesday, Oct. 9, but addedeffort allowed for a comebackand another TCC victory.

“The first set tonight was alittle rough for us. We seemedto be playing in slow motion,but I was really proud of theway that we recovered in thesecond set!,” said Clintoncoach Karlee Bruck.

The Aggies won the open-ing match 25-23 but theRedskins finished the nightwinning three straight match-es, 25-16, 25-21, 25-11, for

the overall conference victory.The top number producers

for the Redskins were againHoelzer (scored 15 points onserve with 2 aces, 2 assists, 23good digs, 15 good servereceptions, 1 kill), Quiring(scored 8 points on serve with3 aces, 5 good digs, 6 goodserve receptions) and Cornish(scored 8 points on serve with4 aces, 1 assist, 6 good digs,10 good serve receptions, 8solo blocks, 2 assist blocks, 13kills).

Also helping Clinton to the

win were Melissa Dowell(scored 9 points on serve with1 ace, 1 assist, 10 good digs,13 serve receptions), MaryAnna Burnham (scored 8points on serve with 2 aces, 3digs, 2 serve receptions),Jordan Pizzo (1 dig, 2 kills),Leigha Sanborn (1 assistblock, 8 kills), ElizabethBarkel (scored 6 points onserve with 4 aces, 1 assist, 10good digs, 13 good servereceptions, 1 solo block, 6kills), Kris Forest (1 assist, 2good digs, 1 good serve recep-tion, 1 solo block, 5 kills),Shannon Hill (2 assists, 1good dig, 2 kills) and AbiSchaffner (scored 2 points onserve with 2 aces, 26 assists, 9good digs, 1 assist block, 3kills).

Clinton went 3-2 overall atthe county volleyball tourna-ment at Adrian on Saturday,Oct. 13.

The Redskins defeatedSand Creek (25-13, 25-13)and Hudson (25-9, 25-19)before losing to Adrian (25-18, 25-11).

Clinton followed with awin over Morenci (25-21, 25-11) but finished with a loss toOnsted (25-11, 25-20).

Leading the Redskins wereHoelzer (scored 29 points onserve with 7 aces, 64 digs, 36serve receptions, 2 kills),Quiring (scored 22 points onserve with 5 aces, 2 assists, 16digs, 16 serve receptions, 1kill) and Cornish (scored 14points on serve with 2 aces, 1assist, 8 digs, 2 serve recep-tions, 13 solo blocks, 14 kills).

Clinton High will host theMHSAA Class C volleyballregional on November 6 and8. The game times for Nov. 6are 5:30 and 7 p.m., and thestart time for Nov. 8 theregional final game will be at6 p.m.

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Clinton junior Rachel Cornish (3) helped the Redskinsdefeat visiting Summerfield in 3-of-4 matches.

Tecumseh’s varsity girls golf coach Kerry Smith, Leigh Kapnick, Carley Laplant, Anneka Hart,Becca Nowak and Paige Watkins qualified for the state meet by placing third at Regionals.

Tecumseh’s varsity boys cross country team

Tecumseh’s varsity girls cross country team

Tecumseh’s varsity vol-leyball team advanced to thesemifinal of the countychampionships at Adrian onSaturday, Oct. 13 and lost(16-25, 25-21, 11-15) to thehosting Maples.

However, as hosts of theirannual Team Up For A Curematch against Adrian onTuesday, Oct. 16, theIndians defeated Adrian 25-17, 25-17, 25-20.

Leaders for Tecumsehincluded Hannah Galloway(9 blocks, 12 kills): JessicaBenedict (34 assists), JordynNorkey (13 kills, 9 digs),

Laurie Wolf (12 kills, 4blocks), Morgan Skelton(served 16-16 with 10points, 3 aces) and KarmynWilford (served 16-16 with12 points, 2 aces)

Tecumseh improved to27-14-3 overall and 8-3 inthe SoutheasternConference (SEC) with thevictory.

In pool play of the countychampionships, Tecumsehdefeated Morenci (25-16,25-15) and LenaweeChristian (25-15, 25-17) butlost (25-22, 25-20) toOnsted.

Tecumseh beat Madison25-27, 25-22, 15-13 in thequarterfinal.

Leaders for the Indiansincluded Galloway (70 kills,17 blocks), Benedict (148assists, served 32-33 with 18points, 7 aces), Norkey (56digs and 32 kills), LaurieWolf (31 kills and 13blocks) and Skelton (served54-57 with 35 points, 8aces).

Tecumseh traveled toChelsea on Tuesday, Oct. 9,and earned an SEC win.

The first match was wonby the Indians with a 10

point margin (25-15) but theBulldogs turned around andattacked the Tribe for a close26-24 win in match two.

Tecumseh secured thevictory with two straightmatch wins of 25-21 to endthe evening competition.

Leaders for the Indiansincluded Norkey (23 kills,10 digs), Benedict (45assists), Galloway (11 kills,5 blocks), Wilford (15 digs),Kayla Kormos (served 19-19, 3 blocks), Skelton(served 18-18, 3 blocks),Wolf (10 kills, 3 blocks) andMackenzie Rowe (12 digs).

Clinton slams door on ‘Dogs

Tribe qualifies for state golf meet

Indians get payback win over Adrian

Clinton boys, BDgirls earn titles

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Tecumseh’s varsity cross-country teams placed first atthe County Championshipmeet at Blissfield’s GerberPark on Saturday, Oct. 13.

Tecumseh’s girls scored79 points for first placewhile Blissfield totaled 94points for second and BritonDeerfield 109 for third.

Katie Kasper placed firstfor the Indians with a time of20:24 while teammateJessica Tebbetts was eighthin 21:16. Also medalingwere Tecumseh’s HannahWeatherford (20th, 22:49),Zoe Melnyk (24th, 22:40),Kendra Randolph (26th,22:49) and Nicole Lipnichan(30, 23:03).

“I was very proud of thegirls today with their firstplace overall team finish,”said Tecumseh coach JillStockford. “Katie ran fromthe front for the entire race toearn her first ever individualtitle for any race in her highschool career and showed

why she now ranks high onthe list of all-time topTecumseh runners.

Tecumseh’s boys placedfirst with 58 points whileAdrian was second with 60points.

The Indians had six run-ners medal including MaxMiller (7th, 18:00), DrakeVandenberg (8th, 18:00),Anthony Lesko (10th,18:01), Matt Maki (12th,18:09), Gabe Lopez (21st,18:32) and Will Collings(25th, 18:45).

“This win was especiallysweet, because the girls alsowon,” said Tecumseh coachEddy Foley. “I feel like ourprogram is finally comingaround to where JillStockford and I knew theycould be at the start of theseason.

“In addition to our teamsuccess, I am also proud ofour nine personal recordsand two season bests thisweek.”

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Clinton and BrittonDeerfield’s varsity cross countryteams participated in the annualTri-County Conference champi-onship meet at Woodlawn GolfCourse on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

Clinton’s boys placed firstwhile its girls placed fifth.

The Redskins’ boys were ledby Dominic Muessig’s first placetime of 17:30 while team captainRyan Rogers placed second in18:01. Also scoring points forClinton were Justin Swisher (5th,18:51), Brady Fowler (12th,19:28) and Mark Dewald(20:46). The top five Clinton run-ners combined for a total of 43points, winning by a 25-pointmargin.

Clinton’s girls were led byGina Pike (4th, 21:40) and KadieTower (7th, 22:09).

BD’s boys didn’t score as ateam but had Dakota Heidenplace 10th with a personal bestrun of 19:19.

The Patriots girls placed firstto pick up their first ever TCCtitle. BD was led by LarissaBuckingham (9th, 22:41), MarisaKimerer (10th, 22:42), Morgan

Tilley (11th, 23:16) and CarrieWielfaert (12th, 23:32). Also run-ning for BD were JessieLangmeyer (17th, 24:40), AlyshaPirolli, (22nd, 25:17), BrittanySouthward (27:08) and MeganWielfaert (44th, 28:58).

“It's been a very enjoyablejourney so far. All the kids cameout and gave their very best effortand we're super excited to bringthe title home to BD for the firsttime,” said coach Jay Yockey.

Clinton’s boys placed fifth atthe County Championship meetat Blissfield’s Gerber park onSaturday, Oct. 13, while the girlsplaced seventh. BD’s girls fin-ished third while the boys did notscore a team.

Clinton’s Muessig placed firstin the boys race with a time of16:42 while Rogers was third in17:27. Swisher finished 13thwith a personal best 18:10.

On the girl’s side, Pike placedfifth for Clinton in 20:54 whileTower was ninth in 21:28.

BD’s girls finished thirdbehind Tecumseh and Blissfield.

Tilley led the Patriots with a12th place time of 21:33.

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He taught social studies andphysical education for over 30years at Clinton High School.While teaching, he served as acoach in four different highschool sports, most notably asthe Clinton Varsity WrestlingCoach for over 30 years. As aleader in the school he assistedother school employees as afive-time Clinton EducationAssociation president.

Following a successful careerin education Wittenbach beganhis political career as theClinton Township Supervisor, aposition he held for six years.During that time he becameChairman of the ClintonTownship planning committee.Most recently Wittenbach is fin-ishing up his first term as aLenawee County Commissio-ner.

He is currently the chair ofthe Lenawee County IT commit-tee as well as a member of sev-eral other county committees.

As commissioner he servedas chairman of the Informationand Equalization Committee,Vice-Chair of the AgricultureCommittee, and member of theHuman Resources Committee.He is also a member of theRegion 2 Planning Committeeand the Region 2 Department ofAging Committee.

Wittenbach is pleased withthe accomplishments the com-missioners achieved during histerm, including a balancedbudget in 2011. The revenueover expenses of $280,000 willoffset 2012 expenses, whichWittenbach said will benefit thesheriff’s department. Hebelieves the Honeywell Projectenergy savings will save the

county $1.3 million. Wittenbachsaid the technology upgrade willimprove effectiveness and effi-ciency and may bring in savings.Transparency of governmentwas achieved with the countynewsletter, and the Farm-to-School program brought freshfoods to schools. Wittenbachsaid his voting record shows heconsistently supported requestsmade by the sheriff’s depart-ment.

Wittenbach holds member-ship in the Salvation ArmyBoard, Human ResourceCommittee, LEDC Committee,Region II Planning ExecutiveCommittee, Region IIDepartment of Aging, and RoadCommission Liaison.

Wittenbach made the follow-ing comments: “My belief isthat county government shouldbe run as efficiently, effectively,and responsibly as possible. It isthe responsibility of county gov-ernment to use taxpayer moneyin a manner in which best servesthe county, and works to staywithin the budget. My goal ascommissioner has been to makeLenawee County governmentstronger, more effective, moreefficient, and more responsible.”

TODD M. MORGANTodd M. Morgan is the

Democratic challenger for theDistrict 9 County Commissionerseat. Morgan has been marriedto his wife, Melissa, for morethan 14 years. The couple hasfour children in their blendedfamily, Nicolas, Jamie, Scott,and Tessa, as well as a grand-daughter.

Morgan is a member of theClinton American Legion, theClinton United Methodist

Church, and has been a support-er of his children over the yearsin their activities in the ClintonCommunity Schools.

After graduation from highschool in Alpena, Morgan joinedthe navy as a nuclear machinistmate. After leaving the Navy,Morgan, a single parent, alsoserved as a Naval reservist.

After the Navy, Morganearned his associates degree incriminal justice. He then earnedhis Bachelor’s degree in 2000,his MBA in 2004, and his lawdegree in 2010. After passingthe bar, Morgan then opened hisown law firm, The Law Officeof Todd M. Morgan, PLLCbased in Adrian. Before begin-ning his law practice, Morganworked as a forensic securityaide at a mental health hospitalprison, and as a financial analystfor Michigan RehabilitationServices.

Morgan has lived in theVillage of Clinton for 13 years.He believes he has always liveda life of service. First to hiscountry while serving in theNavy, then to Michigan as aforensic security aide and finan-cial analyst, next to his commu-nity as Clinton Village Councilmember, to his clients as anattorney, and to his family as ahusband and father.

Morgan said his top prioritiesas a County Commissionerwould be to make theCommission much more trans-parent in its work and to helpmake Lenawee County a busi-ness-friendly environment.

He commented: “I do believethat Lenawee needs to set prior-ities and act based on that com-mitment.”

Wittenbach, Morgan in electionrace for county commission seat

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B — THE TECUMSEH HERALD OCTOBER 18, 2012

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR

ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASECONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUM-BER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY.

ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may berescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. Inthat event, your damages, if any, shall be lim-ited solely to the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byEdward J. Jackson and Patricia F. Jackson,Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), toAmerican Financial Mortgage Corp., Mortgagee,dated August 31, 1999, and recorded onSeptember 2, 1999 in Liber 1664 on Page 675,and assigned by mesne assignments to MidFirstBank as assignee as documented by an assign-ment, in Lenawee county records, Michigan, onwhich mortgage there is claimed to be due at thedate hereof the sum of Fifty-Two Thousand SixHundred Twenty-Four and 85/100 Dollars($52,624.85).

Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvendue, at the place of holding the circuit courtwithin Lenawee County, at 10:00 AM, onNovember 15, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Village ofCement City, Lenawee County, Michigan, andare described as: Lots 109 and 110, Cement City,as recorded in liber 3 of Plats, page 36A,Lenawee County Records; Excepting therefromthe North 22 feet of Lots 109 and 110; alsoexcepting the West 20 feet of Lots 109 and 110.

The redemption period shall be 6 monthsfrom the date of such sale, unless determinedabandoned in accordance with MCLA600.3241a, in which case the redemption periodshall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure saleunder Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Actof 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrow-er will be held responsible to the person whobuys the property at the mortgage foreclosuresale or to the mortgage holder for damaging theproperty during the redemption period.

Dated: October 18, 2012For more information, please call:FC C (248) 593-1301Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #411671F01(10-18)(11-08)

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SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C.,IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT,ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASECONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been madein the conditions of a mortgage made by LORIPAPINEAU, A SINGLE WOMAN, to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"),solely as nominee for lender and lender's succes-sors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 29,2007, and recorded on June 29, 2007, inDocument No. 5094038, Liber 2348, on Page261, and assigned by said mortgagee toNATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, as assigned,Lenawee County Records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of One Hundred SeventeenThousand Five Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars andForty-Six Cents ($117,549.46), including interestat 6.875% per annum. Under the power of salecontained in said mortgage and the statute in suchcase made and provided, notice is hereby giventhat said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale ofthe mortgaged premises, or some part of them, atpublic venue, at the East door to the LenaweeCounty Courthouse in Adrian, Michigan. at 10:00AM o'clock, on November 15, 2012 Said premis-es are located in Lenawee County, Michigan andare described as: LOT 99, FIRST ADDITION TOSUNSET MEADE, ACCORDING TO THERECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORD-

ED IN LIBER 12 OF PLATS, PAGE 36,LENAWEE COUNTY RECORDS. The redemp-tion period shall be 6 months from the date ofsuch sale unless determined abandoned in accor-dance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case theredemption period shall be 30 days from the dateof such sale. If the above referenced property issold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 ofthe Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL600.3278, the borrower will be held responsibleto the person who buys the property at the mort-gage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holderfor damaging the property during the redemptionperiod. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLCMortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman,P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300Farmington Hills, MI 48335 NM.001513 FNMA(10-18)(11-08)

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NOTICE OF JUDICIAL FORECLO-SURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINWILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.PLEASE CONTACT OUROFFICE IF YOUARE A BORROWER ON ACTIVE MILI-TARY DUTY ATTENTION PURCHASERS:This sale may be rescinded by the circuit court atthe request of the plaintiff. In that event, yourdamages, if any, shall be limited solely to thereturn of the bid amount tendered at sale, plusinterest, as determined by the court. LenaweeCounty Circuit Court Case No. 12-4325-CHNOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE JUDICIALSALE IN PURSUANCE and by virtue ofJudgment(s) and/or Order(s) of foreclosure in theCircuit Court for the County of Lenawee, State ofMichigan, made and entered on the 27th day ofAugust, 2012, in a certain cause therein pending,wherein Nationstar Mortgage, L.L.C., f/k/aCentex Home Equity Corporation was thePlaintiff and Keith Richard Miller and KathaleenQuin Miller a/k/a Kathleen Quin Miller were thedefendants. The aforementioned Judgment(s)and/or Order(s) established a debt owing toPlaintiff in the amount of $101,395.00, plus post-judgment interest at an annual rate of 9.250% andother amounts recoverable pursuant to saidJudgment(s) and/or Order(s). NOTICE IS HERE-BY GIVEN that in order to satisfy saidJudgment(s) and/or Order(s), in whole or in part,the property described below shall be sold at pub-lic auction, by an authorized sheriff / deputy sher-iff or county Clerk/Deputy county Clerk, to thehighest bidder, at the Circuit Court for the Countyof Lenawee, on the 29th of November, 2012 at10:00 AM, local time. On said day at said time,the following described property shall be sold:property located in the City of Adrian, County ofLenawee, State of Michigan, particularlydescribed as Commencing at the South East cor-ner of Lot Seven (7) on Block Five (5) of the LowManufacturing Company's addition to the City ofAdrian; Thence North on the East line of said LotSeven (7) a distance of one hundred ten (110)feet; Thence West parallel with Beecher Street adistance of Forty Four (44) feet; Thence Southparallel with the First course one hundred ten(110) feet to the North line of Beecher Street;Thence East along the North line of BeecherStreet forty four (44) feet to the place of begin-ning. Tax Parcel ID: XAO-615-5010-00 Morecommonly known as: 329 E Beecher St,REDEMPTION PERIOD IS SIX MONTHS. Formore information please call 248.642.2515. Trott& Trott, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 31440Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 FarmingtonHills, MI 48334-2525 T# 352386L03 (10-04)(11-15)

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IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANK-RUPTCY OR HAVE RECEIVED A DIS-CHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY AS TO THISOBLIGATION, THIS COMMUNICATIONIS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONALPURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT ANATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN VIO-LATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY ORTHE DISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCHCASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PARTOF THIS COMMUNICATION WHICH ISINCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING.

OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAWREQUIRES US TO ADVISE YOU THATCOMMUNICATION FROM OUR OFFICE

COULD BE INTERPRETED AS ANATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT ANDTHAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINEDMAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IFYOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIORNINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUROFFICE AS YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TOTHE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEM-BERS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byStephen Bundtzen, a married man, to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomineefor Homecomings Financial, LLC, formerlyknown as Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.,it's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, datedOctober 16, 2007 and recorded November 2,2007 in Liber 2355, 8, Lenawee CountyRecords, Michigan. Said mortgage is now heldby GMAC Mortgage, LLC by assignment. Thereis claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum ofOne Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Five HundredEleven and 99/100 Dollars ($146,511.99) includ-ing interest at 2% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvendue at the East door of the Lenawee CountyCircuit Courthouse in Adrian, MI in LenaweeCounty, Michigan at 10:00 a.m. on 11/08/2012Said premises are located in the Township ofRaisin, Lenawee County, Michigan, and aredescribed as:

Lot 51, The Heights Number 2, according tothe recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 16of Plats, Page 18, Lenawee County Records.

The redemption period shall be 6 monthsfrom the date of such sale, unless determinedabandoned in accordance with MCLA§600.3241a, in which case the redemption periodshall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TOALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mort-gagee can rescind the sale. In that event, yourdamages, if any, are limited solely to the return ofthe bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale,pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will beheld responsible to the person who buys the prop-erty at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to themortgage holder for damage to the property dur-ing the redemption period.

If you are a tenant in the property, pleasecontact our office as you may have certain rights.

Dated: October 11, 2012Orlans Associates, P.C.Attorneys for ServicerP.O. Box 5041Troy, MI 48007-5041File No. 280.9569(10-11)(11-01)

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SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C.,IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT,ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASECONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been madein the conditions of a mortgage made by DAVIDK. CORDER and LINDA LOPEZ CORDER,HUSBAND AND WIFE, to THE HUNTING-TON NATIONAL BANK SBM TO SKY BANK,Mortgagee, dated January 17, 2003, and recordedon January 20, 2003, in Liber 2083, on Page 899,Lenawee County Records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of Sixty-Five Thousand EightHundred Forty-Nine Dollars and Forty Cents($65,849.40), including interest at 6.000% perannum. Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvenue, at the East door to the Lenawee CountyCourthouse in Adrian, Michigan. at 10:00 AMo'clock, on October 25, 2012 Said premises arelocated in Lenawee County, Michigan and aredescribed as: LOT 3, HAZEN PARK, ACCORD-ING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF,AS RECORDED IN LIBER 9 OF PLATS, PAGE16, LENAWEE COUNTY RECORDS. Theredemption period shall be 6 months from thedate of such sale unless determined abandoned in

accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in whichcase the redemption period shall be 30 days fromthe date of such sale. If the above referencedproperty is sold at a foreclosure sale underChapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws,under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the propertyat the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mort-gage holder for damaging the property during theredemption period. THE HUNTINGTONNATIONAL BANK SBM TO SKY BANKMortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman,P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300Farmington Hills, MI 48335 HMC.001541FNMA (09-27)(10-18)

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MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byBilly C Ingle and Maureen Edith Ingle FKAMaureen Edith Gilliam, husband and wife, origi-nal mortgagor(s), to Pavilion MortgageCompany, Mortgagee, dated February 2, 2004,and recorded on February 4, 2004 in Liber 2262on Page 398, in Lenawee county records,Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed tobe due at the date hereof the sum of Two HundredNine Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Five and90/100 Dollars ($209,185.90).

Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvendue, at the place of holding the circuit courtwithin Lenawee County, at 10:00 AM, onOctober 25, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township ofCambridge, Lenawee County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: All that part of the East 1/2 of theSoutheast 1/4, Section 20, Town 5 South, Range2 East, described as: Beginning on the East linesaid Section 20, 662.39 feet North 01 degrees 21minutes 35 seconds East from the Southeast cor-ner of Section 20, aforesaid; thence North 87degrees 56 minutes 40 sceonds West 1314.87feet; thence North 01 degrees 31 minutes 19 sec-onds East 331.74 feet alomg the West line of saidEast 1/2 Southeast 1/4 Section 20; thence South87 degrees 56 minutes 40 seconds East 1313.93feet to the East line of Section 20, aforesaid;thence South 01 degrees 21 minutes 35 secondsWest 331.75 feet to the point of beginning.



Dated: September 27, 2012For more information, please call:FC J (248) 593-1311Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #413399F01(09-27)(10-18)

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FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is adebt collector attempting to collect a debt. Anyinformation obtained will be used for this pur-pose. If you are in the Military, please contactour office at the number listed below. MORT-GAGE SALE – Default has been made in theconditions of a certain mortgage made by: RobertR Rumler and Kim E Rumler, to Member First

Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated December 18,2007 and recorded March 14, 2008 in Liber 2361Page 340 Lenawee County Records, Michigan onwhich mortgage there is claimed to be due at thedate hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-OneThousand Seventy-Six Dollars and Seventy-SixCents ($151,076.76) including interest 6.875%per annum. Under the power of sale contained insaid mortgage and the statute in such case madeand provided, notice is hereby given that saidmortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvenue, Circuit Court of Lenawee County at10:00AM on November 15, 2012 Said premisesare situated in Township of Cambridge, LenaweeCounty, Michigan, and are described as: All thatpart of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 8,and the Southwest one-quarter of Section 9,Town 5 South, Range 2 East, described as com-mencing at the South one-quarter corner ofSection 9, aforesaid; thence as per deed recordedin Liber 1122, Page 08, Lenawee CountyRecords, North 02 degrees 02 minutes East957.38 feet and West 2506.60 feet and South 20degrees 04 minutes West 390.00 feet to the pointof beginning; thence South 20 degrees 04 min-utes 00 seconds West 92.02 feet along theWesterly line of Twin Lakes Drive and South 31degrees 34 minutes 01 seconds West 50.98 feet;thence North 56 degrees 25 minutes 20 secondsWest 176.96 feet; thence North 19 degrees 37minutes 00 seconds East along the center line ofa channel 100.64 feet; thence South 69 degrees56 minutes 00 seconds East 183.02 feet to thepoint of beginning. Commonly known as 218Twin Lake Dr., Onsted MI 49265 The redemptionperiod shall be 6 months from the date of suchsale, unless determined abandoned in accordancewith MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30days from the date of such sale, or upon the expi-ration of the notice required by MCL600.3241a(c), whichever is later; or unless MCL600.3240(17) applies. If the property is sold atforeclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the RevisedJudicature Act of 1961, under MCL 600.3278, theborrower will be held responsible to the personwho buys the property at the mortgage foreclo-sure sale or to the mortgage holder for damagingthe property during the redemption period.Dated: 10/18/2012 Member First Mortgage, LLCMortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates,P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills,MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-69669(10-18)(11-08)

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MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byWelton L. Moore and Christine E. Moore, hus-band and wife, original mortgagor(s), toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,as nominee for lender and lender's successorsand/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 8, 2003,and recorded on August 4, 2003 in Liber 2203 onPage 865, and modified by Affidavit or Orderrecorded on September 9, 2009 in Liber 2390 onPage 577, and assigned by said Mortgagee toBank of America, N.A., successor by merger toBAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fkaCountrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. asassignee as documented by an assignment, inLenawee county records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of Four Hundred SeventyThousand Two Hundred Thirty-Eight and 63/100Dollars ($470,238.63).

Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvendue, at the place of holding the circuit courtwithin Lenawee County, at 10:00 AM, on

October 25, 2012.Said premises are situated in Township of

Cambridge, Lenawee County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: All that part of the Southeast 1/4 ofSection 24, Town 5 South, Range 2 East, and theSouthwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 5South, Range 3 East, described as:

Beginning on the East line of Section 24aforesaid, 1003.57 feet South 01 degree 12 min-utes 44 seconds West from the East 1/4 corner ofsaid Section 24 (said point of beginning alsobeing described as 333.93 feet South 01 degree12 minutes 44 seconds West from the West 1/4corner of Section 19, aforesaid); thence South 40degrees 00 minutes 44 seconds East 604.87 feet;thence North 84 degrees 16 minutes 50 secondsWest 400.00 feet; thence South 01 degree 12 min-utes 44 seconds West 1082.67 feet along the Eastline of Section 24, aforesaid; thence South 61degrees 27 minutes 27 seconds West 185.82 feet;thence North 28 degrees 32 minutes 33 secondsWest 125.00 feet; thence following the boundaryof the Plat of Kingsford as recorded in Liber 19of Plats, Pages 17, 18 and 19, Lenawee CountyRecords, North 61 degrees 27 minutes 27 sec-onds East 60.00 feet; thence North 28 degrees 32minutes 33 seconds West 176.26 feet; thenceNorth 61 degrees 27 minutes 27 seconds East87.00 feet; thence along the intermediate traverseline of said Plat of Kingsford, North 24 degrees33 minutes 20 seconds West 330.80 feet; thenceNorth 46 degrees 49 minutes 27 seconds West272.81 feet; thence North 24 degrees 39 minutes35 seconds East 78.16 feet to the Northeast cor-ner of Lot 28, Plat of Kingsford, aforesaid; thenceNorth 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East319.23 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes00 seconds East 161.89 feet; thence North 10degrees 47 minutes 49 seconds West 10.52 feet;thence North 36 degrees 19 minutes 30 secondsWest 84.53 feet; thence North 21 degrees 54 min-utes 13 seconds West 84.36 feet; thence North 52degrees 28 minutes 06 seconds West 24.59 feet;thence North 29 degrees 59 minutes 24 secondsWest 96.81 feet; thence South 88 degrees 47 min-utes 19 seconds East 62.95 feet; thence North 43degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds East 52.54 feet;thence North 53 degrees 48 minutes 27 secondsEast 47.19 feet; thence North 73 degrees 54 min-utes 02 seconds East 42.95 feet; thence North 12degrees 44 minutes 44 seconds East 215.06 feet;thence South 88 degrees 47 minutes 20 secondsEast 119.98 feet to the point of beginning.

Also, land lying between the Westerly exten-sion of the Lot lines adjacent to Loch Erin and thewater's edge of Loch Erin, excepting therefromthat portion of the Plat of Kingsford, aforesaid,lying between the intermediate traverse line ofsaid Plat of Kingsford and the water's edge ofOsprey Lake.

Also, the right to use as an easement foringress and egress, but not the exclusive usethereof, a strip of land of the uniform width of30.00 feet; the centerline of which is describedas: Beginning 1427.07 feet South 01 degree 12minutes 40 seconds West along the East line ofsaid Section 24 and 254.70 feet North 88 degrees47 minutes 20 seconds West from the East 1/4corner of Section 24, Town 5 South, Range 2East; thence South 73 degrees 43 minutes 03 sec-onds West 235.46 feet; thence South 35 degrees17 minutes 30 seconds West 97.62 feet; thenceSouth 41 degrees 40 minutes 33 seconds West165.81 feet; thence South 17 degrees 50 minutes08 seconds West 117.91 feet to the North line ofDonegal Drive and there ending.



Dated: September 27, 2012For more information, please call:FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #251652F04(09-27)(10-18)

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ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANYINFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASECONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBERBELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILI-TARY DUTY.

ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may berescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. Inthat event, your damages, if any, shall be limit-ed solely to the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byCurtis Shoemaker and Sharilyn Shoemaker, hus-band and wife, original mortgagor(s), toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2006, and recorded onAugust 1, 2006 in Liber 2328 on Page 227, andassigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. BankNational Association, as trustee, on behalf of theholders of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust2006-FF14 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,Series 2006-FF14 as assignee as documented byan assignment, in Lenawee county records,Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed tobe due at the date hereof the sum of One HundredFifteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Sevenand 18/100 Dollars ($115,387.18).

Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgagedpremises, or some part of them, at public vendue,at the place of holding the circuit court withinLenawee County, at 10:00 AM, on October 25,2012.

Said premises are situated in City ofMorenci, Lenawee County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lot 23 on the plat of WakefieldEstates, as recorded in Liber 16 of Plats, Page 44,Lenawee County Records.

The redemption period shall be 6 monthsfrom the date of such sale, unless determinedabandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a,in which case the redemption period shall be 30days from the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure saleunder Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrowerwill be held responsible to the person who buysthe property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or tothe mortgage holder for damaging the propertyduring the redemption period.

Dated: September 27, 2012For more information, please call:FC J (248) 593-1311Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #369330F03(09-27)(10-18)

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SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C.,IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT,ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASECONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by MICHAELL. SMITH and MARY L. SMITH, HUSBANDAND WIFE to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee forlender and lender's successors and assigns,,Mortgagee, dated March 25, 2002 and recordedMay 2, 2002 in Liber 1951, on Page 732,Lenawee County Records, Michigan. Said mort-gage is now held by The Bank of New YorkMellon Trust Company, National Association fkaThe Bank of New York Trust Company N.A. suc-cessor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as IndentureTrustee for GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-GH2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due atthe date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiveThousand Fifty Dollars and Forty-Six Cents($105,050.46) including interest at 5.625% perannum. Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgagedpremises, or some part of them, at public venue atat the East door to the Lenawee CountyCourthouse in Adrian, Michigan. in LenaweeCounty, Michigan at 10:00 AM on November 1,2012. Said premises are located in the City ofTecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Land situated in the City ofTecumseh, County of Lenawee, State ofMichigan, is described as follows: LOT 191 OF"TOWN AND COUNTRY HOMES, INC.",REPLAT OF LOTS 161 TO 179, BOTH INCLU-SIVE, OF "TECUMSEH ACRES", ASRECORDED IN LIBER 14, PAGE 14 OF

PLATS, LENAWEE COUNTY RECORDS. Theredemption period shall be 6 months from thedate of such sale, unless determined abandoned inaccordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in whichcase the redemption period shall be 30 days fromthe date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS:The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale.In that event, your damages, if any, are limitedsolely to the return of the bid amount tendered atsale, plus interest. If the property is sold at a fore-closure sale, the borrower will be held responsi-ble to the person who buys the property at themortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period. If you are a tenant in the prop-erty, you may have certain rights. Dated: October4, 2012 The Bank of New York Mellon TrustCompany, National Association fka The Bank ofNew York Trust Company N.A. successor toJPMorgan Chase Bank, as Indenture Trustee forGMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-GH2Mortgagee/Assignee SCHNEIDERMAN &SHERMAN, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite300 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48335GMAC.009545 (10-04)(10-25)

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MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byJohn P. Roggelin and Kristyn E. Roggelin,Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants with rights ofSuviviorship, original mortgagor(s), to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee,dated May 10, 2005, and recorded on June 6,2005 in Liber 2299 on Page 532, and assigned bysaid Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.as assignee as documented by an assignment, inLenawee county records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-SixThousand Three Hundred Twenty-One and05/100 Dollars ($156,321.05).

Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgagedpremises, or some part of them, at public vendue,at the place of holding the circuit court withinLenawee County, at 10:00 AM, on November 8,2012.

Said premises are situated in Township ofDeerfield, Lenawee County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lot(s) 149 of Assessor's plat No. 1Deerfield Village, according to the plat thereofrecorded in liber 5 of Plats, Page(s) 36 ofLenawee County Records.



Dated: October 11, 2012For more information, please call:FC H (248) 593-1300Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #410066F01(10-11)(11-01)

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SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C.,IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT,ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASECONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by LYNNE R.HANKE AKA LYNNE HANKE, A SINGLEWOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee forlender and lender's successors and assigns,Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2009, and recordedon November 9, 2009, in Liber 2393, on Page0559, and re-recorded on July 31, 2012 in

Document No./Liber 2449, on Page 795, andassigned by said mortgagee to FLAGSTARBANK, FSB, as assigned, Lenawee CountyRecords, Michigan, on which mortgage there isclaimed to be due at the date hereof the sum ofOne Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand SevenHundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Fifty-NineCents ($139,796.59), including interest at 5.375%per annum. Under the power of sale contained insaid mortgage and the statute in such case madeand provided, notice is hereby given that saidmortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvenue, at the East door to the Lenawee CountyCourthouse in Adrian, Michigan. at 10:00 AMo'clock, on October 25, 2012 Said premises arelocated in Lenawee County, Michigan and aredescribed as: ALL PART OF THE SOUTHEAST1 / 4 OF SECTION 36, TOWN 6 SOUTH,RANGE 3 EAST, DESCRIBED AS BEGIN-NING ON THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 36,AFORESAID, 1425.93 FEET NORTH 00DEGREES 17 MINUTES 00 SECONDS, WESTFROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAIDSECTION 36; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES15 MINUTES 00 SECONDS, WEST 499.33FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 33MINUTES 45 SECONDS, EAST 300.58 FEETALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OFWAY LINE OF THE NORFOLK AND WEST-ERN RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 83DEGREES 33 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST277.79 FEET TO THE SAID EAST LINE OFSECTION 36; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES17 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST 249.29FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Theredemption period shall be 6 months from thedate of such sale unless determined abandoned inaccordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in whichcase the redemption period shall be 30 days fromthe date of such sale. If the above referencedproperty is sold at a foreclosure sale underChapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws,under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the propertyat the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mort-gage holder for damaging the property during theredemption period. FLAGSTAR BANK, FSBMortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman,P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 FarmingtonHills, MI 48335 FSB.004823 FHA (09-27)(10-18)

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MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byJudy Nichols, a single woman, original mort-gagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III,Mortgagee, dated September 14, 2006, andrecorded on September 18, 2006 in Liber 2331 onPage 53, in Lenawee county records, Michigan,on which mortgage there is claimed to be due atthe date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Two and12/100 Dollars ($121,382.12).


Said premises are situated in City of Hudson,Lenawee County, Michigan, and are described as:The East 51 feet of Lot 12 and the West 1/2 of Lot13, Block 6, Cobbs Addition to the Village (NowCity) of Hudson, as recorded in Liber 56 ofDeeds, Page 798, Lenawee County Records.Subject to easements and building and use restric-tions of Record.



Dated: October 18, 2012

For more information, please call:FC H (248) 593-1300Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #414545F01(10-18)(11-08)

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MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byDenise Garcinica aka Denise J. Garcinica, a mar-ried woman, original mortgagor(s), to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomineefor Polaris Home Funding Corp its successorsand assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 17, 2009,and recorded on May 1, 2009 in Liber 2383 onPage 697, and assigned by said Mortgagee toJPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association asassignee as documented by an assignment, inLenawee county records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of Fifty-Three Thousand FourHundred Twenty-Eight and 54/100 Dollars($53,428.54).


Said premises are situated in Township ofTecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: All that part of the East 1/2 of theSoutheast 1/4 of Section 25, Town 5 South,Range 4 East, described as commencing in theEast 1/2 of Section 35, aforesaid, at a point locat-ed 1406.5 feet North of the Southeast corner ofsaid Section 35; and running thence North 3degrees 10 minutes West, along the East line ofsaid Section 35, 200 feet; thence South 86degrees 50 minutes West, 181.5 feet; thenceSouth 3 degrees 10 minutes East 200 feet; thenceNorth 86 degrees 50 minutes East 181.5 feet tothe place of beginning. Excepting and reservingall that piece or parcel of land conveyed to MarySue Julina-Theurer, an unmarried woman by QuitClaim Deed dated 9/14/2004 as Liber 2281 Page725. Also described for tax purposes as Lot 5,Supervisors Plat of Eaton Manor, as recorded inLiber 15 of Plats, Page 4.



Dated: October 18, 2012For more information, please call:FC S (248) 593-1304Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #411586F01(10-18)(11-08)

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ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY

INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASECONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBERBELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILI-TARY DUTY.


MORTGAGE SALE - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byDevin L. Dusseau, a single woman and MatthewJ. Bates, a single man, original mortgagor(s), toPavilion Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, datedJuly 18, 2007, and recorded on July 19, 2007 inLiber 2349 on Page 500, and modified by agree-ment dated June 16, 2010, and recorded on June17, 2010 in Liber 2406 on Page 465, in Lenaweecounty records, Michigan, on which mortgagethere is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand SevenHundred Fifty-Two and 93/100 Dollars($118,752.93).


Said premises are situated in City of Adrian,Lenawee County, Michigan, and are described as:Commencing at a point in the North line ofCollege Avenue 17 rods East of the East line ofScott Street; thence North parallel to Scott Streetto a public alley; thence East along the South lineof said alley 81 feet; thence South parallel toScott Street to the North line of College Avenue;thence West on the North line of College Avenueto the place of beginning.

Also described as Lot 18, Block 6, Assessor'sSubdivision of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, JamesBerry's Western Addition to the City of Adrian,according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber5 of Plats, Page 23, Lenawee County Records,together with 1/2 of vacated alley at the rearthereof as disclosed by instrument recorded inLiber 784, Page 375, Lenawee County Records.



Dated: October 18, 2012For more information, please call:FC J (248) 593-1311Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #304622F07(10-18)(11-08)

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FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S.MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. MAY BE ADEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TOCOLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FORTHAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE A MILI-TARY SERVICEMEMBER ON ACTIVEDUTY NOW OR IN THE PRIOR NINEMONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUROFFICE. Mortgage Sale - Default has beenmade in the conditions of a certain mortgagemade by Aaron M. Jones and Rebecca D Jones,husband and wife, as joint tenants with right ofsurvivorship and not as tenants in common andnot as tenants by the entirety to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomineefor EverHome Mortgage Company, Mortgagee,dated October 3, 2008, and recorded on October20, 2008, in Liber 2373, Page 176, LenaweeCounty Records, said mortgage was corrected by

an Affidavit of Scrivener's Error dated October 1,2012 and recorded October 4, 2012 in Liber2453, Page 590, said mortgage was assigned toBANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVIC-ING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS SERVICING LP by an Assignment ofMortgage dated April 08, 2010 and recordedApril 12, 2010 in Liber 2401, Page 0770, saidassignment of mortgage was corrected by anAffidavit of Scrivener's Error dated October 1,2012 and recorded October 4, 2012 in Liber2453, Page 589 on which mortgage there isclaimed to be due at the date hereof the sum ofOne Hundred Nineteen Thousand Sixty-Sevenand 59/100 ($119,067.59) including interest at therate of 6.37500% per annum. Under the power ofsale contained in said mortgage and the statute insuch case made and provided, notice is herebygiven that said mortgage will be foreclosed by asale of the mortgaged premises, or some part ofthem, at public venue, at the place of holding theCircuit Court in said Lenawee County, where thepremises to be sold or some part of them are situ-ated, at 10:00 AM on November 15, 2012 Saidpremises are situated in the City of Hudson,Lenawee County, Michigan, and are described as:ALL THAT PART OF THE EAST SUBDIVI-SION OF THE SOUTHWEST FRACTIONALQUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWN 7 SOUTH,RANGE 1 EAST, BEING ALSO A PART OFLOTS 5 AND 6 OF BLOCK 25, PLAT OFWILCOX ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE,NOW CITY, OF HUDSON, AS RECORDED INLIBER 72 OF DEEDS, PAGE 796, AND A PARTOF LOT 60 OF ASSESSOR`S PLAT NO. 2 OFTHE CITY OF HUDSON AS RECORDED INLIBER 6, PAGE 19 AND MORE PARTICU-LARLY DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT THESOUTHWEST CORNER OF OUTLOT FASSESSOR`S NO. 2 AFORESAID; THENCESOUTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 40 SEC-ONDS WEST 66.00 FEET ALONG THENORTH LINE OF WILCOX STREET; THENCENORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 45 SEC-ONDS WEST 132.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 40 SECONDSEAST 1.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00DEGREES 31 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST75.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES48 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST 6.00 FEET;THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES45 SECONDS WEST 97.00 FEET; THENCENORTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 00 SEC-ONDS EAST 23.71 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00DEGREES 35 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST17.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES49 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST 47.00 FEET;THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 35 MINUTES00 SECONDS EAST 321.00 FEET TO THEPLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as:316 Wilcox St If the property is eventually sold atforeclosure sale, the redemption period will be6.00 months from the date of sale unless the prop-erty is abandoned or used for agricultural purpos-es. If the property is determined abandoned inaccordance with MCL 600.3241 and/or600.3241a, the redemption period will be 30 daysfrom the date of sale, or 15 days after statutorynotice, whichever is later. If the property is pre-sumed to be used for agricultural purposes priorto the date of the foreclosure sale pursuant toMCL 600.3240, the redemption period is 1 year.Pursuant to MCL 600.3278, if the property is soldat a foreclosure sale, the borrower(s) will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the propertyat the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mort-gage holder for damaging the property during theredemption period. TO ALL PURCHASERS:The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale.In that event, your damages are, if any, limitedsolely to the return of the bid amount tendered atsale, plus interest. If you are a tenant in the prop-erty, please contact our office as you may havecertain rights. Dated: October 18, 2012 Randall S.Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for BANKOF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERG-ER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERV-ICING LP 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite 180,Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, (248) 335-9200Case No. 10MI01046-2 (10-18)(11-08)

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