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Complete coverage of the Cass City community and surrounding areas since 1899
VOLUME 106, NUMBER 10 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012 75 CENTS ~ 16 PAGES, 2 SUPPLEMENTS
Great Start
series begins Red Hawk
Wednesday
Tuscola Great Start is offering
News
an educational class series for by Alex Warju
parents and caregivers of young
children.
The class series is free and will
be offered at the Tuscola MSU
Extension Building at 362 The hardworking students of Cass City’s graduating class were
Green St., Caro. The class is honored during Senior Awards Night, a formal event held last
being provided through a Great week to celebrate the achievements of the seniors and announce
Parents Great Start grant from any scholarships that students have earned. After 4 years of dili-
the Michigan Department of gence, those receiving honors are overjoyed with their accom-
Education and the Tuscola
County ISD. plishments.
The “Alternatives to Anger- Presenting scholarships was a big part of the night. Local schol-
RELAX” class will be held on 4 arships can range from being given out by a local business such as
Wednesday evenings beginning Thumb National Bank, to being presented by an organization such
May 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. The as the Cass City Lions Club and Cass City Gavel Club.
series helps participants identify Scholarships set up in honor of someone, like Alison Emmert and
what anger is and what triggers Cory Merz, were given out as well. The local area was able to give
it; how to problem solve and an impressive estimated amount of $13,000 to help those in their
manage stress for themselves community get off to a good start. Scholarships given through col-
and the children they provide leges totaled a staggering $214,500. Most of these scholarships are
care for; ways to develop com- spread out over a student’s 4 year college career.
munication and problem solv-
ing skills; and how to forgive There were a wide variety of awards presented for athletic and
and let go of the past. academic achievements.
Participants who provide care Shannon Stec and Jared Weidman were named valedictorians and
for children, ages 0-5, who Rachael Rule is salutatorian. Honor cords, academic letters and
complete all 4 sessions will academic pins were also given out. Gold cords are given to stu-
receive a cash card to assist with dents with a GPA in the range of 4.0 to 3.5; silver or maroon are
transportation costs. for those with a 3.499 to 3.0 GPA. Academic letters are awarded
EMILY MARTIN is standing inside a “RELAX, Anger Management, for having at least a 3.25 GPA and academic pins are given to
has already helped hundreds of
telephone box in London, England. people learn better ways to han-
those with such a GPA, but have already received their letter. A
perfect attendance award was presented to Alex Pena. For those
dle their anger and to under-
Martin was recently a part of the stand the anger of others”, said
showing great excellence in specific classes, class pins were given
Gail Innis, Extension educator. out as well.
University of Michigan’s study-abroad “This program can help parents Four members of the class of 2012 have made the decision to
and other caregivers of children enter one of the branches of the military. Representatives from
program called, “Global Course find ways to identify and handle these branches were present to acknowledge the commitment the
the stresses that keep them from young people are making. Jordyn Heredia will be going on to be a
Connection: Behind the Scenes at the moving forward in their daily part of the U.S. Marine Corps, Travis Wright will be joining the
London Olympics”. lives.
Additional free parenting edu-
U.S. Army, Terrance Bennett is going into the U.S. Navy, and
Remington Rushlow will be enlisting in the U.S. Air Force.
cation classes will be offered in For all that they have accomplished in their high school career,
August and September. All par- Senior Awards Night summed it up perfectly. The recipients had
ticipants must register by call- given their all for 4 years and it was all paying off now. The schol-
ing Charlotte Harrison at (989)
672-6930. For more informa- arships, the awards, and the honorable mentions all brought to
tion, contact Innis at Sanilac light what these kids have been working so hard for. All there were
MSU Extension, (810) 648- deserving of their recognition and will continue on to do great
2515 or innis@msu.edu. things with what they earned.
Monday Night Golf League Biefer/Hoard 45
as of May 14 Burns/Caister 38
Alexander/Spencer 35
Early Division Craig/Knight 35
Open slot 33 Davis/Tate 35
Regnerus, Paul 32 Henn/Herron 31
Lyons, Tim 32 Smithson/Kelly 28
Fox, Ray 30 Wallace/Warner 28
Roth, Dieter 27 Dillon/Irrer 27
LeValley, Bruce 26 Iwankovitsch/Stickle 25
Ouvry, Don 24 Jones/Marshall 23
Lowe, Mike 22 Berwick/Greenlee 21
McLaughlin, Mike 22 Individual medalists: Hoard 41; Tate
Zdrojewski, Jon 20 41
Robinson, Larry 18 Team medalists: Biefer/Hoard 90
Kelly, Tom 17 Division 2 - Late
Peyerk, Jim 16 Bitzer/Curtis 46
Diegel, Justin 14 Hartel/Brown 45
Alfred and Mary Horne recently cele- Allen, David 13 Richards/Bitzer D. 39
Walker, Lane 6 deBeaubien/Lowe 39
brated their 66th wedding anniversary Late Division Doerr/Haire 37
Smithson, Jim 32 Dadacki/Otremba 36
with family at their home in Cass City. Maurer, Noel
MacAlpine, Harold
32
31
Hillaker/Murphy 36
Hacker/Nika 34
The couple was married May 18, 1946 Warner, Don
Caister, Dan
29
25
Ulfig/Corey & Paul
Green/Zdrojewski
33
32
in Port Huron. Nika, Tony
House, David
22
18
Lowman/Tamlyn
Prieskorn/Repshinska
32
32
They have 8 children: Marie (Larry) Phelps, Thad
Iwankovitsch, Daryl
17
16
Krol/LeValley
Osentoski/D. Wallace
32
32
Groombridge, Randy (Marie) Horne, Davis, Pat
Jones, Doug
15
14
Spencer/Sommerville
Wallace/ Brent & Scott
32
29
Don (Robin) Horne, Al (Jenny Chrzan) Mosher, Dan
Wednesday Night
13 Martin/Stern
Langenburg/Brad & Joe
27
26
2-Man Golf League
Horne, Mike (Denielle) Horne, Bob as of May 16
Ahleman/Halasz
Biddinger/Smith
23
18
(Penny) Horne, Fred (Sharon) Horne Division 1 - Early Individual medalist: Tamlyn 34
Mastie/Robinson 48
(deceased), and Curt Horne (deceased). Hendrick/Veggian 45 78
Team medalists: Lowman/Tamlyn
Inside This Week
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Page 4 The Cass City Chronicle welcomes letters to the editor
CCHS’s top band Letters must include the writer’s name, address and telephone number.
members recognized The latter is in case it is necessary to call for verification, but won’t be
Photos, page 6 used in the newspaper. Names will be withheld from pub-
lication upon request, for an adequate reason. The
Gagetown’s Karpovich Chronicle reserves the right to edit letters for length and
top chemistry teacher clarity.
Page 7
We will not publish thank you letters of a specific nature,
Tuscola County youth for instance, from a club thanking merchants who donat-
focus on homelessness
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ed prizes for a raffle.