1. pets
2. cats

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Missing exotic cats found
By Pat Maurer
Correspondent
Two of six exotic cats
reported stolen in Osceola
County have been located in a Hayes Township
home in Clare County and
returned to the owner this
week.
First reported as a theft
of just two exotic cats
from a breeder, Jody Bazuin, in Osceola County’s
Highland Township
December 7, the number
of the African cats found
missing climbed to six.
Bazuin said in an earlier
interview that she believes
the theft was done for the
purpose of selling the cats
for breeding purposes.
Cages were also taken
from the two locations on
the farm where she keeps
the cats.
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Now, with information from Rick Phillips of
Hayes Township, all but
one of the six may have
been recovered Tuesday.
Phillips said he spotted
“huge tracks” in his yard
Tuesday while shoveling snow. When he saw
the same tracks on his
porch railing he knew they
looked different so he took
some pictures of them.
Later he saw pictures of
Bazuin’s cats on the news.
He called the Osceola
County Sheriff’s Department, got Bazuin’s number
and called her.
“She recognized the
tracks as belonging to her
cats,” Phillips said in a
phone interview Wednesday morning. “Those cats
have only four toes.”
Phillips said the Bazuins
came to Clare County and
The guys unloading one of the trucks and from left to right are Dick Eisenga in blue
checkered shirt, Dave Swiler, Kelly Bekken and Dale Laarman.
Snowmobile Club
donates $1,200 to
Marion Food Pantry
The Marion Snowmobile Club started the
October snowmobile
swap meet to help the
local food pantry. They
donate all proceeds from
the swap meet to the food
pantry.
The club charges $5
and a non- perishable
food item to get in and
take all canned goods
received that day to the
food pantry and then take
all the entry money and
purchase cart after cart of
food.
Every year we are able
to get more. This year it
was just over $1200 worth
of canned goods. Three
trucks were loaded this
year and sent to the food
L-R: walking away is Matt Maciag, Kelly Bekken in back
with Dick Eisenga, Dave Swiler up front and Dale Laarman.
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recovered three cats about
a mile away on Grant, at
the same home where the
first two were found and
recovered by police. “I
think only the big male
is still missing,” Phillips
said.
He said he believed a
man from Cadillac had
taken the cats and brought
them to the Clare County
home.
Each of the two breeds
Bazuin raises, African
Serval and/or African
Savannah cats, is worth
thousands of dollars.
The two discovered and
returned Monday were an
African Savannah Serval
and Savannah crossbreed.
The first two reported
missing earlier this month
were a male African Serval
and a female African F-1
Savannah that Bazuin
found missing at her family farm on 21 Mile Road.
The value of the male
is about $5,000 and the
female is valued at $7,500.
The female cats are more
valuable and coveted for
breeding purposes or resale.
Later she discovered,
and reported the other
four cats missing from her
kennels.
While most of the cats
that were stolen are halfbreeds, one, the male pure
bred African Serval she
named Squeak, is the one
still missing
Bazuin and husband
Leroy raise Scottish Highlander beef cattle on their
farm. Partially paralyzed
from a surgical procedure
in 2003, she switched from
raising English bulldogs
to breeding the exotic cats
ten years ago because they
are easier to care for and
because the business raises
extra money on the farm.
She said she considers
the cats as her pets, and
was happy when two were
returned to her. She could
not be reached at press
time about finding more of
her cats Tuesday.
Shewas offering a
$1,000 reward for information leading to their
return, but Phillips said,
“I don’t want a reward. I
just wanted to give them a
good Christmas.”
Rick Phillips of Hayes Township spotted “huge tracks”
in his yard while shoveling snow, he saw the same
tracks on his porch railing.
--- Correction --The Marion Press made
a mistake in using the name
of Fosnaught-Holdship
Funeral Home in one of
the Christmas Wishes that
appeared on last week’s
front page. The writer, Ted
Knukel, was asking for a
replacement headstone. The
headstone that was being
made for his mother was
repossessed by the monument company, not Mark
Holdship. Knukle claimed
the funeral home deliberately withheld burial for
lack of payment. Unfortunately we did not check to
see if this was true before
print. After the fact we
found the funeral home and
many people in the Marion
area have tried to help this
individual financially. The
family did not have a grave
site, therefore the funeral
home was unable to proceed in the burial process
and, as confirmed by the
MFDA, the funeral home
took all the right legal steps
in handling the situation.
Another anonymous reader
called in and verified this
story and also said the individual has borrowed nearly
$5,000 from him without
repayment. We sincerely
regret using Mark Holdship and the FosnaughtHoldship Funeral Home’s
name in Christmas Wish
letters that were published
December 12.
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Sports
NMC remains undefeated with lopsided win
By Ben Murphy
Sports Writer
Northern Michigan
Christian boy’s basketball
team won in a laugher at
home on Thursday, Dec.
18, topping visiting Mesick
71-18 in a non-conference
game.
The Comets led 18-7
after the first quarter and
had the game well in hand
by the half, leading 40-11.
NMC had 16 steals as
team in the game as the
defense held the Bulldogs
to under 20 points for the
entire night.
Jordan Eisenga led
NMC with 13 points, Kade
Ellens and Jonathan Dracht
both had 10, Jonathan
Perry had eight with Cody
Winkle adding nine rebounds and six steals.
NMC (3-0) hosts Evart
Jan. 6 in its Highland Conference opener.
Photos by Roger Hagerman
No.10 Kade Ellens
No. 2 Cody Farr
McBain impressive in
win over St. Francis
By Ben Murphy
Sports Writer
The McBain boys’
basketball team wrapped
up its calender year with a
convincing home win over
Traverse City St. Francis
on Friday, topping the
Gladiators 73-41 in nonconference play.
The Ramblers started
with a 19-6 lead after the
first quarter, made it 39-18
at the half and 57-30 entering the fourth.
Logan Eiling led the
Ramblers with 22 points,
hitting three shots from
three point land, seven
assists and five steals.
Jordan Vanderhoef and
Hunter Kitson both had 16
points. Craig Sterk had 13
points, five steals and five
rebounds. Kitson led the
team in rebounds with 11,
Vanderhoef grabbed five
boards and Tyler Sterk had
six steals and six rebounds.
McBain (3-0) is off until
it hosts Beal City Jan. 6 in
its first Highland Conference game.
Pine River stops McBain
By Ben Murphy
Sports Writer
minutes to play. The Bucks
closed the game on a 15-5
run however, giving them
Pine River held McBain the early leg-up for the
standout Meredith Hamlet
conference race.
to just eight points in the
Michaela Koopman led
key Highland Conference
McBain with 13 points,
girls’ basketball meeting
Charity Ingleright had 11
on Friday night, allowing
and Hamlet finished with a
the Lady Bucks to grab a
season low eight.
60-46 win.
McBain plays in the
The Lady Ramblers
Roundball Classic at
led 27-26 at the half but a
Detroit Edison High
pair of early third quarter
School today (Friday) and
threes allowed Pine River
Saturday. They open the
to take the lead, which it
tournament, which annualeventually inflated to 44-33 ly features some of the top
entering the fourth.
teams in the state by playMcBain cut into the lead ing Southfield High today
early in the fourth, closing and plays Grand Rapids
within 45-41 with about six Union on Saturday.
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Christian’s girls’ basketball
team capped off its perfect
December Friday night,
throttling visiting Marion,
63-19 in Highland Conference play.
“We played our pace
getting up the court,”
NMC head coach Casey
Sigafoose said. “I thought
Marion’s defense was
fairly effective in the first
quarter. They had good ball
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deal with it better in the
second half.”
The Lady Comets got
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with a 20-5 lead after the
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to a 35-14 lead at the half.
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Melanie Heuker led
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Kylie Lanser netted 11 and
Sarah Pluger had 12.
Marion got nine points
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Taylor Robinson netted
seven.
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Second Front Page
A family builds a memorial to a loving son, brother
By Rosemary Horvath
Correspondent
Riding into Vogel
Center on a Harley isn’t
required to appreciate one
man’s fascination with
the American-manufactured beloved motorcycle
he collected over decades
of his short life.
Oh sure, you can spend
hours, probably days,
strolling through the Taj
Mahal-like Harley-Davidson Museum at company
headquarters in Milwaukee with more than 450
motorcycles and artifacts
at its 20-acre campus.
The Museum of Moses
takes maybe an hour and
is certainly small in comparison to that big-daddy
museum except there is
one thing the two attractions have in common.
They both honor the
craftsmanship and design
specialty Harleys are
known to epitomize and
loyalists like Kevin Moses love.
Karla Moses says her
brother collected everything Harley.
That’s why Karla and
her parents Stuart and
Joan Moses of Mt. Pleasant chose to keep the
light burning in honor of
Kevin and his passion the
best way they knew how.
Following his death
of head and neck cancer
on Aug. 8, 2010, just 11
days after he turned 55,
Karla had a storefront
museum built next door
to her general store in this
tiny settlement in Missaukee County, eight miles
east of McBain on South
Eight Mile Road.
Sheltered for safe
keeping are the nine Harleys dating from 1946 to
1988. Kevin owned 90 at
the time of his death.
“Kevin was 19 when
he bought his first Harley
in the mid-1970s and that
was it,” Karla says.
Kevin from then on
was hit with the phenomenon that strikes plenty.
“He even named his
dogs Harley and Davidson,” Karla added.
As with the Harley museum and the hundreds of
H-D dealerships like the
sprawling 35,000-squarefoot Flint Township
location complete with
a 1950s diner, bandshell
and demo-track for
dirtbikes, the Museum of
Moses attracts a following.
Hundreds upon hundreds of Harley bikers
arrive on the first Saturday in May for the annual
Moses Bib Bash when
almost everyone comes
wearing bib overalls,
Kevin’s choice of fashion.
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Sheltered for safe keeping are the nine Harleys dating from 1946 to 1988. Kevin owned 90 at the time of his death.
On the first Sunday
in August is the Kevin
Moses Memorial Ride.
Groups ride in just for a
trip.
“We have had 7,000
visitors since we opened,”
Karla remarked on one
of the slow days. “People
come who are interested
in the history to people
only interested in the
bikes. We have something
for everybody.”
It’s simple to understand where Kevin may
have developed an interest in history and desire
to hang on to family
heirlooms.
Karla often fills in as
curator of the museum
explaining the story behind the family artifacts
such as the 1922 cast iron
cook stove manufactured
by The Malleable Steel
Range Manufacturing
Company in South Bend,
Ind.
Her aunt Nettie Baker
cooked on The Malleable
from when it was new to
the year of Nettie’s death
in 1985.
“My father put in an
electric stove but she
wouldn’t use it for 10
years and then would
only use it in summer,”
Karla says.
There’s a zebra oak
bedroom dresser salvaged
when the Indian Boarding
School in Mt. Pleasant
closed in 1933. Karla’s
grandparents worked on
the grounds at the time.
Furniture was left for the
taking.
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Owner and curator Karla Moses stands inside the Museum of Moses built in Vogel Center to house her late
brother’s collection of Harley-Davidson bikes and memorabilia and many of the Moses family heirlooms.
tires.
“Everything Kevin
owned was unique and he
kept everything,” Karla
said. “We didn’t understand much about Harleys
until he died.”
The legacy continues.
Karla has since learned
to ride. She rides Kevin’s
1967 pink Electra Glide
with a vintage steel Liberty sidecar her mother
has been known to ride
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Viewpoints
Mike’s Musings
Michael Wilcox, Publisher/Editor
“Giving Spirit” alive and
well here
I know I have written
this a lot, but I am truly
amazed at the “giving
spirit” of so many people
in our area. I’m writing
this two days before
Christmas and we are
about to send out the last
batch of Christmas Wish
checks. A near truckload
of Christmas gifts were
delivered yesterday. In
total, the program has been
able to help upwards to 70
families this year.
And that’s all because
of the generosity of area
residents and businesses.
That generosity clearly
came to a crescendo
yesterday when an
anonymous donor brought
$1000.00 in cash to our
offices. That’s been on top
of many people donating
$300, $100, and lesser
amounts. We can’t thank
those individuals enough.
Just as important is
the businesses that have
contributed. Quality
Truck and Jay’s Sporting
Goods in Clare, both
deserve special mention
for contributing large
amounts. We thank them
greatly. Ditto Ebel’s
Market and McBain Auto.
Those two businesses, as
well as dozens of others,
made Christmas a happy
occasion for many families
this year.
Unbelievably, we had
a call yesterday from an
individual who said he had
access to 150 chords of
firewood. Not one chord,
not 10 chords, but 150.
Unlike last year where
dozens of families were
looking for firewood, this
year most were looking
for help with propane or
Consumers Energy (one
family claimed there heat
and electricity had been
shut off by Consumers
because they owed $6300
as a result of the utility
constantly estimating their
monthly bill).
I would be remiss, if I
didn’t thank my staff for
spending countless hours
making sure the program
ran smoothly. A lot goes in
to verifying the families,
determining who gets
what, and then figuring
the logistics of fulfilling
the wishes. Much of that
responsibility was handed
to Amber Howe, one of
our very capable graphics
artists.
Amber spent many
days on this project and I
wish there was a way to
reward her additionally to
the accolades she receives
here. A special shout out
to Sherry Landon and
Trish Beemer as well, who
helped Amber with the
program. I have some very
special people working
here, and I am proud to
say they embody the true
meaning of Christmas.
There are hiccups along
the way. Certainly some
of those that write us
are not deserving. That
was the case this year
as well. In our angst to
try to help everyone we
can, we sometimes help
cheaters that don’t deserve
are assistance. We took a
lot of grief this year for
attempting to help one
family that really didn’t
need it.
Cooking & Recipes
Carol Cope
Crockpot Cashew Chicken
Shared from the kitchen
of Karen Bota
INGREDIENTS:
2 lbs. Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thigh or
Chicken Breast Tenders
1/4 Cup All Purpose
Flour
1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
1 Tbls. Canola Oil
1/4 Cup Soy Sauce
2 Tbls. Rice Wine
Vinegar
2 Tbls. Ketchup
1 Tbls. Brown Sugar
1 Garlic Clove, Minced
1/2 tsp. Grated Fresh
Ginger
1/4 tsp. Red Pepper
Flakes
1/2 Cup Cashews
DIRECTIONS:
Combine flour and
pepper in a large z-lock
bag. Add chicken, shake to
coat with flour mixture. Heat oil in skillet over
medium-high heat.
Brown chicken about
two (2) minutes on each
side.
Place chicken in slow
cooker.
Combine Soy sauce,
rice vinegar, ketchup,
sugar, garlic, ginger and
red pepper flakes in small
bowl and pour over
chicken.
Cook on LOW heat for
three (3) to four (4) hours. Add cashews and stir.
Serve over rice..
Should you desire sauce
to pour over chicken and
rice, double the sauce
ingredients recipe.
Prepare rice as directed
on rice package.
Karen tells me that this
is a great, super tasting,
easy recipe to prepare. I
am very anxious to try it.
Now for a desert
that can be made early,
refrigerated and served after your meal.
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the Pines
Julie Traynor
Old News – Christmas
The week before
Christmas has always found
Marionites busily preparing
for Santa’s visit to our Village. The churches were all
But mostly everyone
faithfully planning Christmas
we encountered from
Programs as was the school.
the individuals who
This week we give you a
contributed money and
sampler of what we were
gifts, to the businesses who preparing for in years gone
were so willing to help,
by.
to the letter writers who
December 1951 – Thirtywere so gracious when they two young people were
found out their Christmas
guests at a going away party
was made brighter, we
in honor of Gary Gladu,
found the holiday spirit
given by his parents, Mr.
alive and well.
and Mrs. Clarence Klock on
Heck one individual
Saturday evening, Novemin Marion was going to
ber 24. Gary will leave on
more than fulfill an Evart
Tuesday for San Antonio,
letter writer’s dream by
Texas, where he will join the
providing her with a free
Air Force. [Gary made the
apartment (the person was
Air Force his career. He and
seeking an inexpensive
wife Marge retired ‘back
place to live near her
home’ and are still proud to
place of employment). It
be Marionites.]
eventually didn’t work
The Riverside Electric
out, but the individual still Mfg. Co., here in Marion
contributed cash so that the received a plaque this week
person could have money
for its impressive safety
for a security deposit.
record complied over the
Here’s hoping only the
past 40 months of operation.
best for those that read The The plaque was presented
Review and The Press.
to the local company by the
Thanks for taking time out National Surety Corporation.
during your busy week to
[The December 16, 1948
check us out on Fridays.
issue of the Marion Press had
We will continue to strive
a banner headline, photos of
to make The Review and
product and several stories
The Press the best darn
regarding the opening of
publications we possibly
Riverside Electric that year.
can.
Riverside remained an
OOPS and I almost
important part of Marion’s
forgot- this is the last week economic structure until
for the Reader’s Choice
it closed...Many Marion
Awards ballot in The Clare families have Riverside
County REVIEW. Please
roots.]
take some time and pencil
December 1961 – Four
in your favorites. The
Marion Boy Scouts were
winners will be announced awarded their Star Scout
at the end of January.
badges at an impressive
Court of Honor ceremony
held at the Marion Township
Hall last Thursday evening.
Scoutmaster Dale Wooten
made the presentation of the
Star Scout badges to Bruce
Jenema, Jack Jenema, Terry
Wooten and Pat Birtles.
December 1969 – The
Senior High School Choir
of fifty voices will tape a
TV program Wednesday,
December 10 which will
broadcast Friday, December
12 at 4:30pm over WWTV
Top with custard filling Channel 9. Karen Krchmar
(below)
will be narrator.
2/3 Cups Sugar
The Marion Village
1/4 Cup Corn Starch
Council approved a request
1/2 tsp. Salt
from the Kiwanis Club for
3 Cups Milk
permission to build an ice
skating rink at Veteran’s
Mix all above
Memorial Park. ingredients in sauce pan,
Several councilmen
cook over MEDIUM heat
and the law officers report
stirring constantly until
receiving several complaints
boils and thickens- boil and about snowmobiles being
stir for one (1) minute.
used on the streets, sidewalks
Beat four (4) eggs yokes and on the property of unStir 1/2 of the egg yokes consenting property owners.
into the custard mixture,
Santa Claus is planning
once eggs are mixed well,
his first visit to Marion on
add the other 1/2 into
Saturday.
the mixture. Boil for one
December 1971 – The
(1) minute and remove
newest addition to Marion’s
from heat.
business community opened
Add two (2) Tbls. Butter its doors with a Grand
and one (1) Tbls. vanilla, Opening celebration. The
mix well.
new Western Auto store,
Refrigerate until room
owned by Paul Wilhelm, is
temperature and pour over
located one block south of
bananas in baked pie shell, Main Street on M-66. [Now
refrigerate until time to
the Eagles.] serve. Top with Whipped
December, 1979 – This
Cream.
may not take the place of
Yummy Good!!!
the Thanksgiving turkey but
I want to wish
Dan Hopkins of Marion got
everyone a very MERRY
his big nine point buck east
CHRISTMAS from my
of Marion on Thanksgiving
house to yours. Day. The deer weighed 135
God Bless, Carol Jean
lbs.
The Marion Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor a
Christmas ball on Saturday
December 8, at the VFW
Hall.
Toys are on sale – 20% off
while supplies last. Gambles
in Marion.
A broken water line
sometime during the
weekend put about 23 inches
of water into the basement of
Marion Radio and Electric.
Owner Derwin Dennis
determined the depth with a
yardstick. The Marion Press
office also got some of the
water with about three inches
reported in the basement.
Employees of Riverside Electric Manufacturing celebrate
with a Christmas dinner in December 1949.
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By Rosemary Horvath
Correspondent
When James Kennedy
arrived in Osceola County
at a time the landscape was
populated more with dense
forests than people, he
recognized opportunity.
It was 1871. He built
a lumber mill, boarding
house and shack he opened
as a general store. The line
up was along the bank of
the Muskegon River, north
of today’s U.S. 10.
History books, including the Evart 100 Years
Centennial Book, recognize Kennedy and lumber
baron Delos Blodgett for
having settled a site that
developed into the village
of Evart, but little is known
locally of Kennedy’s early
background.
Aloha Hodges, a member of the Evart Historical
Society, dug into the files
to find a near empty folder
of Kennedy archives.
The Evart Review ran a
notice of Kennedy’s death
in the Sept. 6, 1901 issue,
reprinted from the Ionia
Sentinel.
This marked the only
connection Evart and Ionia
share.
Kennedy died Aug. 31.
An Ionia County history book describes him as
possessing great business
acumen. The author said
“no name should be given
higher honor than of the
late James Kennedy, one of
the most influential pioneer
residents of this county.”
The Irish immigrant
first settled in Canada and
eventually landed in Ionia
in 1857. He opened a mercantile business at the age
of 22 with a cousin.
He soon married and
later partnered with a proprietor of a large general
store. In 1860, he opened
a private bank, one of the
first institutions in Michigan.
According to Ionia
County history, Kennedy
issued private tokens to
replace a shortage of small
change to meet his customer needs. He redeemed
the tokens for U.S. cents
only after the small change
shortage improved.
The private bank led to
Kennedy’s role in organizing the First National Bank
of Ionia, in 1864, for which
he was named cashier.
First National, continuously headquartered
in downtown Ionia, has
had several name changes
and has absorbed existing
Michigan banks.
Independent Bank came
into existence in 1974 as
successor. This year the
corporation observed its
150th anniversary.
Independent Bank is the
fifth largest bank headquartered in Michigan with 70
bank locations. The closest
offices to Osceola County
are in Big Rapids, Cadillac, Muskegon and Mt.
Pleasant.
Kennedy’s roots in
Osceola County stem from
the lumber business. He
and Blodgett were partners
of an extensive lumbering
operation at Hersey.
The Evart history book
details the Muskegon
Lumber Company. By
now, the village of Evart is
flourishing and Kennedy
had moved on and formed
a partnership with Charles
Miller of Hamilton, Ohio,
successor of Blodgett &
Kennedy.
The new company has
about 70,000,000 feet
of standing pine and has
contracted for nearly half
a million feet of lumber
to cut for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad. They serve a
market mostly in Ohio and
Indiana.
Kennedy’s business
ventures extended to Texas
properties where he managed a ranch with more
than thirty thousand head
of cattle.
When that closed, he
was involved in a coal
mine in Iowa.
The Evart Museum
displays a collection of local history artifacts housed
inside the former First
National Bank building
built in 1922 at the corner
of Main and West 7th. For
The Marion Press - December 26, 2014 - Page 5
the record, Kennedy had
no connection to this First
National Bank.
Hodges oversees the
genealogy section located
on one side of the museum
space.
The city sold the bank
building to the Evart Public
Library in 2001 for a nominal price.
Only a 6-foot space
separated the two buildings until it was enclosed
and a walkway ramp built.
One end leads to the back
parking lot and the front
Aloha is holding a thin file on james kennedy that was tucked
end has a stairway leading
away in a cabinet at the evart museum. She is standing in
to the library.
front of a display of lumbering tools characteristic of the era
The ramp was wide
people like Kennedy used to mill lumber.
enough to build eight exhibit cases along one side.
Hodges said the displays
will be changed over winter. Planned are Indian artifacts, tools of early settlers,
prehistory to modernity.
Chapel Hill
Pastor Steve Boven
Aloha sitting in front of genealogy files. Evart folks never
heard of independent bank in spite of having 70 locations
in the state and there is faint mention of kennedy who
inspired the bank and co-settled evart.
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There
will
be
a
Snowmobile
Safety
Class on January 3, 2015
from 9am to 3pm at the
Summerfield Township
Hall. The class
is free and lunch is
provided. For registration
and questions, please
call Dave Proctor at (989)
339-1000.
THE MISSAUKEE
COUNTY RECYCLING
CENTER HOLIDAY HRS
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Wednesday, December
24 - CLOSED, Saturday,
December 27 - open 9
am to 1 pm, Wednesday,
December 31 - open 9 am
to 1 pm (note abbreviated
hours)
BLOOD DRIVE
The American Red
Cross will be at the Clare
VFW, 145 Wilcox Drive
in Clare on Tuesday,
December 30th from
12:00-6:00; Sponsored
by Clare VFVI/ Post
5738.
For info or appointment,
visit redcrossblood.org
(sponsor code: Clare
VPN) or call1-800-RED
CROSS
(1-800-7332767). Walk-in donors
are also welcome.
Come to give Dec
24 through Jan 4 for a
Red Cross holiday longsleeve T·shirt, while
supplies last!
What better gift to give
than the gift of life!
Rose of
Sharon Church
Pastor Paul Carsten
11435 Haskell Lake Rd.,
Marion
Ph. 231-743-6043
Services: Wed. 7 pm
Sunday 10 am
Everyone Welcome
A Full Gospel Church: Acts 1:8
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Reflections
Adopt-A-Pets
By Roger Campbell, author, broadcaster columnist and pastor for 22 years.
He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net
Why give to the undeserving?
Christmas is a season
for giving but some refuse
to give to those they see as
undeserving of their gifts;
those who, like the prodigal son, have wasted their
money. Why should we
give to those who’ve had
their chance and blown it?
Another church once
joined with the one where
I was the pastor in helping a needy family. The
husband and father had
just been released from jail
where caring men from
both churches had become
acquainted with him and
now were eager to help
him and his family. Their
concerns were shared by
both churches and together
we supplied food, clothing and lodging for these
impoverished ones who
assured us that they would
soon be able to make it on
their own.
As time passed and little
progress was made in moving these people to self-sufficiency, I became discouraged; doubting that this
man was really trying to
find employment. Finally,
seeing our efforts as poor
investments of our time,
effort and money I voiced
my concerns to the pastor
of the other church. His
response to my small faith
has been unforgettable. “It
is better that they fail us
than that we fail them,” he
replied.
This older and wiser
minister had been looking
at our giving from a better
perspective than mine. He
had remembered that we
are all unworthy of God’s
love and yet are the recipients of it. The failure of
this floundering family to
measure up to our expectations wasn’t his primary
concern. He just wanted to
be sure we were doing our
part.
God gives on the ground
of mercy rather than merit.
Unlike Him, I had been
focusing on the shortcomings of those in need. In
spite our weaknesses and
tendencies to failure,
God meets us where we
are. When poor choices
have brought people down,
we need to reach out to
them, doing what we can to
lift them up; especially at
Christmas. We’re celebrating a birth in a manger; not
a mansion.
Shall we look down on
people because they don’t
measure up to our expectations?
Shall we Scrooge our
way through Christmas,
holding tightly what we
have lest it fall into the
hands of those we think
aren’t worthy of our giving?
Not if we’re to follow
the example of our Lord.
In spite of our failures, He
keeps forgiving us. And we
should be quick to do the
same.
In a brief but powerful
article titled “MY ETERNAL PREFERENCE,” an
anonymous writer sums up
the importance of loving
the undeserving as follows:
“When we are given our
rewards, I would prefer to
be found to have erred on
the side of grace rather than
judgment; to have loved too
much rather than too little;
to have forgiven the undeserving rather than refused
forgiveness to that one who
deserved it; to have fed a
T
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parasite rather than to have
neglected the one who was
truly hungry; to have been
taken advantage of rather
than to have taken undue
advantage; to have believed
too much rather than too
little; having been wrong
on the side of too much
trust than too much cynicism; to have believed the
best and been wrong than
to have believed the worst
and been right.”
Well said, unnamed one.
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please the One who loves
us all.
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FOR RENT
FOR RENT
AMISH LOG \
HEADBOARD
With queen pillow top mattress set. New in plastic.
Cost $975. Sell $275.
989/773-5582. TFN
MEMORY FOAM
Mattress set. Queen size.
New. Never used. Cost
$1,399. Must sell $475.
989/953-4400.
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FOR RENT
Small efficiency for one,
also 1 bedroom apartment
and house in city of Clare.
989-386-4370. 12/26/14L7
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Contact
989-424-8046
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King $275. Full set $150.
All new in plastic. 989/7721517. TFN
RENTALS
Farwell, Pinehurst Senior
Apartments. 1 bedroom
apartments, 62 years or
older, disabled (regardless of age), Rent based
on income(if qualified).
Contact Carolyn (989)
588-3360 or Susan 616942-6553, Equal Housing Opportunity, TDD
800-649-3777. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and
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SERVICES
HOUSE CLEANING
Honest, dependable, references. Weekly, monthly or
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FOR SALE
3 bedroom ranch house
(handicap accessible),
pole building for business, and two bedroom
mobile home. All on
M-115. Also comes with
two garden sheds and 3.8
acres. $125,000. Owner
financing. 517-404-8803.
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Like new, used very little. $1000. 989-386-6594.
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living room furniture: Sofa, loveTREES
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Full-time experienced
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12-26-14
JOB OPENING
Looking to fill office/
sales position in Clare at
American Marble and Granite works. Contact Chelsea
@ 989-269-7421 12/26/14
HELP WANTED
Local medical office
seeking individual for parttime clerical position Monday - Friday. Please send resume to PO Box 90, Clare,
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CLARE COUNTY
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
Seeking full-time employee who is familiar with
phones & customer service.
Knowledge in medical field
desired. Please send resumes only to Clare Animal
Hospital, 11339 N. Mission Rd., Clare, MI 48617.
1/2/15
FLEA MARKET
FARWELL
FLEA MARKET
AND THRIFT
STORE
770 E. Main, Farwell
Open Daily 10 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
CLARE COUNTY’S
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Now Taking Consignments
Outside Vendors
Rent space for $5.00
Tools, New & Used
Building Supplies, Household Items,
New Windows, Doors &
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Glassware, Used
Appliances &
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989-588-3090
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Purebred Shihtzu puppies.
For more information call
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ANIMAL CONTROL
OFFICER
Clare County is accepting
applications for the position
of a full time (37.5 hours/
week) Animal Control Officer. The successful candidate will be responsible
for enforcement of the State
of Michigan and County of
Clare Animal Control Laws.
On call availability for evenings/weekends and ability
to be trained in animal euthanasia a must. Qualifications include: Experience in
Animal Control or related
area, a valid drivers license
and high school graduation
or equivalent. Hourly rate:
$13.18 - $15.65
Send Clare County Job
application to: Clare County
Animal Control Director,
4038 Hazel Rd., Harrison,
MI, 48625. Ph# (989) 5393221, Fax# (989) 539-4919,
website: www.clareco.net.
Must be received no later
than January 9, 2015.
Clare County does not
discriminate based on religion, race, color, national
origin, age, sex, marital
status, height, weight, arrest
record or disability.
NEED DRIVEWAY
PLOWED
In need of someone to
plow driveway during winter
season for elderly man in
Harrison. 989-630-3439.
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Clare-Gladwin Recovery
Court Field Service Worker
- Part-time (20-25 hours per
week), grant funded position
working with defendants
coming before the Court
for substance abuse related
offenses. Includes working closely with probation
staff to monitor intensive
program of frequent drug
and alcohol testing, home
visits, and other program
requirements. Minimum
of 80 credit hours in criminal justice, social work,
counseling or closely related area. Must have valid
drivers license and reliable
transportation. Interested
persons should send resume
to recoverycourt@clareco.
net by January 9, 2015.
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Community Foundation donates $83k to non-profits
Eighteen grants, totaling
$83,194 were awarded
across Osceola County in
October 2014. Following is an accounting of the
grants awarded and brief
description of each of the
projects.
$6,000 Grant Reed
City Area Ministerial Association Food Pantry to
provide food for the community.
$5,000 Grant Marion
Community Food Pantry to
purchase food for residents
in need.
$1,650 Grant Barryton
Area Mobile Food Pantry
to provide for the cost of
two monthly food truck
deliveries.
$5,000 Grant Osceola
Children’s Council, Inc.
(Grub-2-Go to provide
weekend food for impoverished children.
$16,854 Grant Rose
Lake Youth Camp to repair
a front cabin and improve
the lodge and archery
range.
$5,000 Grant Pine River
Area Historical Society to
provide museum upgrade
and renewal to expand its
reach in the community.
$3,000 Grant Osceola
Children’s Council (Shop
With A Hero Program) to
promote positive relationships and support families
at Christmas.
$2,000 Grant Women’s
Information Service, Inc.
to provide transportation
for victims of domestic or
sexual violence.
$1,000 Grant Project
Starburst to provide $50
gas cards for work or
medical purposes.
$3,000 Grant Muskegon
River Watershed Assembly (MRWA) to provide
funding needs to increase
MRWA’s impact & organizational capacity.
$1,000 Grant United
Way of Mason County
to provide a centralized
health & human services
information and referral
program for residents of
Osceola County.
$11,200 GrantCadillac
Area Young Men’s Christian Association to provide
an after school tutoring
program that aids youth in
grades 1 through 7 at Pine
River Schools.
$5,000 Grant Crossroads Theatre Guild, Inc.
to replace a sewer line for
needed bathroom usage.
$6,000 Grant Evart
Downtown Development
Authority to provide an upgrade in the sound system
& production for usability
in community events.
$5,000 Grant Daystar
Christian Academy to
enhance student education
with laptop computers and
TV screens.
$2,000 Grant Eagle
Village, Inc. to provide
scholarship assistance to
HorseShoe Bar
at-risk Osceola County
youth and families for
Eagle Village Intervention
Services programs.
$4,490 Grant Community Christian Outreach to
Van crashes into business
A van crashed into Long’s Antiques and Collectibles in downtown Cadillac near the intersection of Mitchell and Pine streets around 2:00 Tuesday afternoon. The van also hit an
SUV parked in front of the building and took out a light pole. Both vehicles were towed from
the scene, one person suffered minor injuries. Police are still investigating the incident.
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142 E. Main Street • Marion
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231-743-9814
Merry Christmas,
Happy New Year!
Christmas Eve: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Closed Christmas Day
provide financial assistance for heating and/or
electrical services.
Have a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!
New Years Eve: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Open: Mon-Sat 9am - 6pm
734-2551
Closed New Years Day
129 N. MAIN ST. • EVART
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Funeral
HomeLLC
Santa Claus is
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Have a
Wonderful
Season
231-825-8191 • 211 N. Pine St., McBain
Happy Holidays from all of us
to you and your families!
We would like to thank
all of our customers and we
wish you all a prosperous New Year!
201 E. Main Street, Marion
231-743-2491
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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