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Drug team helps nab Cass City Scout top Area teen ready to
“most wanted” fugitive salesman in the Thumb tackle pro racing circuit
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VOLUME 105, NUMBER 4 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011 FIFTY CENTS ~ 16 PAGES
Tax amnesty period set
State Senator Mike Green is urging amnesty, including income tax,
his constituents that owe back taxes Michigan Business Tax, Single
to take advantage of an upcoming Business Tax, sales and use tax,
tax amnesty period, allowing them to withholding tax, tobacco taxes and
pay without penalty. motor fuel taxes.
The tax amnesty program will be Only taxes for return period end-
available to eligible taxpayers ing on or before Dec. 31, 2009, are
between May 15 and June 30 and eligible.
will be administered by the Green also reminded residents
Michigan Department of Treasury. about the department’s unclaimed
The department property data-
is currently base.
developing The amnesty period “If residents in
forms, instruc- is May 15 to June 30 the 31st District
tions, frequently think they might
asked questions, have unclaimed
and other information useful to tax- property, I would urge them to check
payers, and the information will be with the department as soon as possi-
made available online. ble, as legislation revised the period
“Residents that owe back taxes to claim property from 5 years to 3
should definitely take advantage of years,” he said.
this penalty-free period, and I The state Department of Treasury
encourage them to participate,” said has millions of dollars in lost or for-
Green (R-Mayville). gotten assets from dormant bank
accounts, uncashed checks, valu-
Key points of the tax amnesty pro- ables left in safe deposit boxes, and
gram include: stock certificates. Because these
All penalties will be waived, but properties were considered aban-
interest charges will not be waived. doned and unclaimed by a bank or
Payment of the total amount owed company entrusted with them, they
(no installment agreements), includ- are turned over to the state, as
ing interest, must be postmarked by required by law. The department is
midnight June 30 in order to qualify the custodian of these assets, and
for amnesty. returns them to their owners (or the
All state taxes administered under owners’ heirs) when they are right-
the Revenue Act are eligible for fully claimed.
HAS SPRING REALLY sprung? It felt that way Sunday, when temperatures
hovered near 80 degrees, prompting area residents to fill Cass City
Recreational Park by the dozens. Above, Cass City teens (from left) Chris
Hool, 18, Ron Wolschleger, 16, Justin Ketterer, 18, and Channing
Langenburg, 17, enjoy a little basketball under sunny skies in the park.
Eric and Susan Hanby
McKinney and Hanby
wed in Myrtle Beach
Susan Barbara McKinney and Eric James Hanby were married Jan. 15,
2011 during an ocean front ceremony in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The bride is the daughter of Michael and Sun Cha McKinney of Riverview.
She is a 2004 graduate of Riverview High School, and a 2009 graduate of
Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics for
secondary education. She is currently employed as a math teacher at
Scotland High School in Laurinburg, North Carolina.
The groom is the son of Jim and Rita Hanby of Cass City. He is the grand- CHECK OUT THE SPORTS SECTION
son of Wayne and Evelyn Whittaker, and Barbara and the late Donald
Hanby, all of Cass City. He is a 2004 graduate of Cass City High School, and FOR THE PUBLISHERS PICK’S
a 2009 graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Arts in JESSE GROTH is Cass City’s best jumper. He skies on this shot for two
history. He is currently employed as a security officer at Scotland Memorial
Hospital in Laurinburg, North Carolina. points over the head of Sandusky’s Henry Rutkowski. Number 40 is Scott
The couple enjoyed a short honeymoon at Myrtle Beach following their Harding. Next to him is Mike Richards, while John Tuckey stands with his
wedding. A wedding reception celebration is planned for this summer in
Cass City. They currently reside in Laurinburg, North Carolina. back to the camera. (1978)
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