This summary provides an overview of the sample electronic edition of the Cass City Chronicle: - The document is a sample of the weekly Cass City Chronicle newspaper and provides previews of stories in the full issue, including events about a camp anniversary, BBQ competition, and music in the park. - It also summarizes local news stories, such as a community clean-up effort and traffic safety report from Memorial Day weekend. - A sidebar story profiles veteran elementary school teacher Sandy Parks who is retiring after 35 years of teaching in the Owen-Gage school district.

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Bay Shore Camp set Thumb Smokin’ BBQ Music in Rotary Park
to celebrate anniversary competition slated series begins Friday
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VOLUME 105, NUMBER 12 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011 FIFTY CENTS ~ 16 PAGES
COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP
Sanilac County Sheriff’s Department,
Waste Management target trash in county
Sanilac County Sheriff Garry “The ‘Adopt-A-Forest Initiative’ *Robinson Road, east of Freiberger
Biniecki recently announced that 5 took place on Wednesday, June 1, Road, in Argyle Township.
target areas within Sanilac County thanks to the generous partnership *Wheatland Road, north of Argyle
that were designated as clean-up with Waste Management, the use of Road, in Argyle Township.
sites according to the Michigan the sheriff’s work crew and volun- *Reinelt Road, north of Mills Road,
Coalition for Clean Forests website teers from the Slate Stone Strutters, in Wheatland Township.
have been cleaned up. the local chapter of the National “It was great the way Mike Miller
Wildlife Turkey Federation,” and Waste Management along with
Biniecki explained. “The sites were the other volunteers stepped up to
A. Hull cleaned up utilizing
Management’s 25-yard garbage
Waste the plate and helped the sheriff’s
office make this happen. Having
truck along with the work crew van these sites in Sanilac County cleaned
and trailer, as well as other pickup up not only makes the county a bet-
state finalist trucks and trailers.”
The areas targeted for clean-up
ter place to live and enjoy recreation-
al activities, but is hopefully a chal-
were: lenge to other counties and civic
in national *Bad Axe Road, south of Bay City-
Forestville Road, in Greenleaf
groups to do the same,” Biniecki
said, adding the areas targeted will
Township. now be monitored in the future in
*Tyre Road, south of Flannery continuance of the Adopt-A-Forest
miss pageant Road, in Austin Township. Program.
Alexis Leigh Hull, 9, of Cass City,
daughter of Susan Spencer and Tony
State police: holiday
RED HAWK Alex Zaleski, left, tries to pump up
death toll down a bit teammate Alex Varney before he heads to the plate
in the district championship game. It worked, as
Varney went 2-for-3 during Cass City’s extra
Michigan State Police (MSP) officials have announced the results of pre-
liminary reports that indicate 10 people lost their lives in 8 separate traffic inning victory.
crashes during the 2011 Memorial Day holiday weekend.
In comparison, 15 people died in traffic accidents during the same period
last year.
Of the 10 fatalities, 2 of the victims were not wearing seatbelts. Alcohol The Cass City Chronicle
was a known factor in 4 of the crashes. welcomes letters to the editor
“These numbers are preliminary and only reflect those fatalities reported to
Letters must include the writer’s name, address and telephone number. The latter is in case
the MSP as of 9 a.m. (May 31), said Captain Harold J. Love, commander of it is necessary to call for verification, but won’t be used in the newspa-
the MSP Traffic Safety Division. “The preliminary numbers show a per. Names will be withheld from publication upon request, for an ade-
quate reason. The Chronicle reserves the right to edit letters for length
Alexis Hull decrease in fatalities from this same holiday period last year. The MSP con- and clarity.
tinues to urge motorists not to drink and drive, to always use proper
We will not publish thank you letters of a specific nature, for instance,
Hull, has been chosen as a state restraints, and to drive safely.” from a club thanking merchants who donated prizes for a raffle.
finalist in the National American The 2011 Memorial Day holiday weekend ran from 6 p.m. Friday, May 27,
Miss Michigan Pageant to be held through midnight Monday, May 30.
July 21-23 at the Marriott in Troy.
The National American Miss pag-
eants are for girls ages 4 to 18, and
have 5 different age divisions.
Hull will be participating in the jun-
ior pre-teen age division, along with
other outstanding young ladies from
SCHOOL’S OUT
across Michigan.
Hull’s activities include cheerlead-
ing, dance and taking piano lessons.
Veteran O-G Elementary teacher Parks retiring
She also enjoys reading and watch- by Sherri Keaton said. Prior to her move to Michigan, she even know anything about a sad-
ing movies, and helping her grandma Staff Writer Parks said even in aging and exit- taught children with autism in Ohio. dle nowadays,” she said with a
and grandpa Polega with their gar- ing gracefully into retirement, it can She spent most of her time at grin.
den. The children danced. be hard to keep up with all the new Michigan State University, a year at What got Parks into teaching was
Her sponsors are Polega’s Produce, Third graders with nothing else teaching techniques and conferences Ohio State University doing gradu- when she attended high school
R&H Garage and Body Shop, in mind but shaking and stomping that are needed to stay sharp. ate work and later she went to and joined the Future Teachers of
Portrait Expressions, Town and and twisting their little bodies like But Parks, with her wit and humor Saginaw Valley State University. America. After that moment, she
Country Bridal, Quaker Maid, Excel nobody was watching. that flows as easily as water, said this Parks, a woman of tall stature and knew she wanted to be a teacher
Dance, Little Caesars, Angel’s, Hang But there was someone watching summer will be the first time she poise was born and raised in and took that passion to MSU.
In There Ceramics, HMC, Pure with a carefully trained, mommy- isn’t taking classes or seminars on Wyandotte. And that passion, she describes
Romance by Susan Truemner, and like eye. An eye that can spot trou- teaching. “I knew this is what I wanted to as a gift from God.
many family and friends. ble and solve a problem all in one “You never stop learning,” she said do,” as far as teaching, she said. O-G Schools Principal Terri
The winner of the pageant will swoop. about her educational philosophy. When Parks was a child she wasn’t Falkenberg said, “Sandy is what I
receive a $1,000 cash award, the That person is Sandy Parks, a Parks started her professional jour- into pigtails and dressing up. She would call a master teacher.”
official crown and banner, a bouquet teacher who has been in the busi- ney in 1981 in Gagetown when the was the girl who traded lip gloss for
of roses, and air transportation to ness for 35 years. She sat in a elementary school was still a sepa- a cap gun, asking her mother for a “She has been a mentor-type
compete in the National Pageant in wooden rocking chair recently, rate school, 9 years prior to the con- purse just so she could store it and teacher to all of us here in this
California, where she will receive an watching as her students eagerly solidation of all the schools. take it to school, she said with a building. She’s forthright, she’s
exciting complimentary tour of danced to a kids’ song with a cute “I started at B. E. McDonald laugh. not afraid to learn new things and
Hollywood and 2 VIP tickets to beat. Marlette School, teaching the ele- “When I was 7 or 8, I watched Roy she takes on a new challenge
Disneyland. A song, like many others, she has mentary children,” she said. Rogers,” she said. “These kids don’t every day,” she said.
probably heard a billion times just
because her “children” wanted to
dance.
E-MAIL Parks will be officially retiring
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Subscription, please provide con- When it came to retiring, the
tact information, along with an
e-mail address. choice wasn’t easy, with a tight
economy and budget cuts, espe-
Send check or money order, cially in Michigan.
made payable to the But through all the financial ups
Cass City Chronicle, to: and downs, more so for smaller SANDY PARKS, teacher at Owen-Gage Elementary School, above, is retir-
school districts, Parks decided
Cass City Chronicle when it was her time to leave. ing after 35 years of teaching. Parks sits and smiles with her students recent-
PO Box 115
Cass City, MI 48726 “I retired when I wanted to,” she ly in her classroom.