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3-vehicle crash leaves Dear MMR, we Local pupils share
4 injured last week have a job to do holiday in song
Page 4 Reporter’s notebook, page 5 Page 6
Complete coverage of the Cass City community and surrounding areas since 1899
VOLUME 106, NUMBER 39 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012 75 CENTS ~ 14 PAGES
Deadline for submitting items in the calendar
is the Friday noon before publication.
Wednesday, December 12
Spoonfuls of Plenty FREE Community Meal, 4-6 p.m., LeeRoy
Clark Building, 435 Green St., Caro. Open to anyone wanting a
hot, home-style meal.
Chicken Dinner, noon, Cass City United Methodist Church, 5100
N. Cemetery Rd. Cost: $7. For takeouts, call 872-4604, and pick
up between 11 a.m. and noon, or after 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 13
AA meeting, 7-8 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Cass
City. For more information, call (989) 553-5932.
Caregiver Connection, 3:30 p.m., Country Gardens, Scheurer Hos-
pital, Pigeon. For more information, call Marie at (989) 453-5222.
Friday, December 14
Al-Anon meeting for family and friends of alcoholics, 7 p.m.,
CASS CITY WASTEWATER Treatment Plant Supt. Rick Mohr stands in the laboratory United Methodist Church, Elkton. For more information, call (989)
912-0546.
Saturday, December 15
of the facility where hundreds of thousands of gallons of waste water generated by local
residents are treated and then discharged into the Cass River on a daily basis. Mohr is
moving on after nearly 32 years with the village, having accepted the position of water and Closed AA meeting, 10-11 a.m., St. Joseph Church, 4960 N. Ubly
wastewater department chief for the city of Charlevoix. Rd., Argyle. (Meeting will be held in the hall next to the little stone
church). For more information, contact Mandy at (989) 975-0544.
Open house Sunday, December 16
Brunch with Santa, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Agatha Catholic
planned at Church, Gagetown. Free brunch and free picture with Santa & Mrs.
Claus.
Purdy Home Men’s Brunch, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Agatha Catholic
Church, Gagetown. $7 donation or what you can afford.
Mass, 10:30 a.m., St. Agatha Catholic Church, Gagetown.
Monday, December 17
The Friends of the Thumb Octagon
Barn are inviting area residents to
the first Christmas open house at the
Alcoholics Anonymous, “Monday at a Time,” 8 p.m., Parkside
Purdy Home since the “friends” was
Cafe, 2031 Main St., Ubly. For more information, call Angela R.
organized back in 1994.
at (989) 658-2319.
The home is decorated as Cora
Purdy would have back in the 1920s
and 1930s. She was known for enter- AA meeting, 7-8 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Cass
City. For more information, call (989) 553-5932.
taining and made her home welcom-
Women’s AA meeting, 7 p.m., Faith Free Methodist Church, 2380
ing. The home will be open Saturday,
Deckerville Rd. For more information, call the Rev. Wayne at (810)
Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 16, from 1
to 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be
672-9242 or Bob at (810) 672-9084.
Tuesday, December 18
served. Cost is $4 per person and
children 6 and under are free. Tickets
are available at Chemical Bank in
Al-Anon meeting, 7 p.m., St. Francis Parrish, Pigeon.
Cass City and Caro (main office),
Parkinson’s Support Group meeting, 1:30 p.m., Holiday Inn Ex-
Our Treasures Antique Mall in Caro,
press, Bad Axe. For more information, call Kim at 1-800-843-6394
and Coach Light Pharmacy in Cass
City.
For more information, call Marilyn or Annette at (989) 864-3779.
Phillips at (989) 665-0210.
CASS CITY’S Garret Ferguson, right, works
towards pinning Brown City wrestler Jon Dueweke
Saturday in Marlette.
CC wrestlers open
season at Capac
Cass City traveled to Marlette Three Red Hawks turned in medal
Saturday and recorded a 4th place performances to pace Cass City over
finish at the Red Raider invitational the weekend. Sophomore Blake
team wrestling tourney. Lebioda led the way with a perfect 5-
Coach Don Markel’s grapplers suf- 0 showing in the 130-pound weight
fered lopsided defeats by North class, while freshman Sam Kolacz
Branch 54-18 and Algonac 66-18, and senior Austin Baker went 4-1 to
before rallying to beat Brown City finish as the runners-up in the 103
42-36 and Sandusky 49-18. In the and 285-pound weight classes,
Red Hawks’ final bout of the day, respectively.
host Marlette posted a 51-30 victory.
“We are a very young and inexperi- CAPAC
enced team that will experience
growing pains as we work hard Earlier last week, the Red Hawks
towards rebuilding during the course fell to a pair of non-conference foes
of the season. Our younger wrestlers to kick-off their 2012-13 campaign
will gain confidence as they get in Capac.
some mat time. Our goal is to use Host Capac recorded a 60-15 deci-
each contest as a stepping stone sion over the Red Hawks in their
towards another league champi- opening match, while Imlay City
onship,” said Markel about his 3- squeaked out a narrow 39-37 win in
time defending Greater Thumb the nightcap.
Conference champs.
North Branch grabbed team honors Garret Ferguson and Baker went
on the day with a perfect 5-0 mark. undefeated to pace the visitors.
Following the Broncos in the team Ferguson picked up wins competing
standings were Algonac, with a 4-1 in the 125 and 130-pound weight
mark, Marlette 3-2, Cass City 2-3, classes, while Baker dominated the
Brown City 1-4, and Sandusky 0-5. heavy weight matches.