Soldiers' "Angel" Gets Wings Clipped by Credit Card Scam; Gets No Help
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Hall condition Hutchins Funeral Home makes water cost worse "going to the dogs" spans three generations Page 3 Page 6 Page 12 I he Newspaper tor Coloma - Hartford - Waterviiet 463- TRI-CITY RE 123rd Year Issue No. 29 July 19, 2007 Seventy-five Cents Stuck with fraudulent bills, benefactor forced to halt in ft shipments Soldiers' "Angel" gets wings clipped by credit card scam; gets no help By Lynn Attila received a letter sent 2-day airmail Bob Taylor of Bob's Hobby & from First Data/Cardserv ice Inter- Collector Shop in Waterviiet. is a national stating that "all the credit By Ani-i la Stair tme "Angel on the Home Front." cards put through over the last three For the past three years, he has been weeks were STOLEN" and they sending care packages each week to were debiting my account No tickets issued the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. $8,571.67! for two-car crash But, recently, his wings have been "My immediate thought was. if the clipped and he has had to stop send- situation was this serious, WHY in Coloma ing the packages because of the DIDN'T THEY PICK UP THE Officer Brett Langston of the Colo- Lulls celebrate onslaught of dishonesty in cyber- PHONE AND CALL?" Bob ma Township Police Department 65th wedding space. stressed. was dispatched on July 14 at 1:52 Bob received several orders last He tried to contact the company he a.m. to Johnson Road for a two-car anniversary month from overseas customers for does business with and got nowhere. accident. expensive radio-controlled cars. He He contacted the U.S. Postal Service Upon his arrival at the scene. James and Betty Lull of Bainhridge checked the credit card numbers he to stop the process of shipping the Officer Langston was told by SheiT> Township recently celebrated their was given and was given payment packages but was told that couldn't Lynn Likes of Coloma that she had 65th wedding anniversary with their approval through the company he be done. He contacted the FBI and been behind Brian James Holmes ot family. SCAMMED... Boh Taylor stands in front of his shelves of supplies for does business with. First Data/Card- was told to turn everything over to Kalamazoo and because of his slow James "Jim" and the former Betty V.S. servicemen that may not get shipped overseas because of a credit service International. his local police and state police speed she decided to pass him. As Peters eloped on July 18, 1942, in card scam. Bob is holding files documenting the fraud and his unfruit- Approximately three weeks later, he she was passing, he turned in front Benton Harbor. mmLLPMBACkPAVL ful efforts to get his money or merchandise hack. (Karl Bayer photo) of her. She said he did not have a i hey returned to Bainhridge Town- turn signal on. ship where they farmed and raised Wavy, bumpy M-140 to get some work Holmes advised that he did have two daughters, Mary Cooper of tiim signals on as he was turning (oloma and Jamie Walter of St. in! 3 a private drive. Joseph. Neither driver was ticketed. The Lulls were active in Berrien this fall; roadwav rebuild set for 2011 Copper pipe stolen County 4-H, the American Legion, Township business, and their church From Red Arrow to 1-94, Hutchins tells Twp. Board in Waterviiet By Lynn Attila tober and will be done by MDOT. wording. Zoning Department and the Build- throughout their lives. On July 11, Officer George Sche- Township Supervisor Dan Hutchins Bids will be sought on July 25 for First: Waterviiet Charter Board of ing Department. Jim was Bainbridge Township menauer of the Waterviiet Police reported at the Waterviiet Charter the project. Trustees shall appoint a Township The Board accepted the Zoning Ad- Treasurer from l%7 to 2004. He Department received a report that Township's regular meeting, July In a related issue, the Berrien Coun- Representative to serve on the North ministrator's recommendations. served in World War II aboard the some copper pipe had been taken 17, that in October MDOT will be ty Road Commission will be iCpair Berriv.. Ounty Museum and His- Tom Scheid, Dan Hutchins, and Navy's USS Saratoga CV-3 ship, trom one of the worksites within the resurfacing M-140 from the stop- ing and replacing the North Water- torical Society's Board of Directors. Vick Kinzler all asked to sit on the and he and Betty have attended City. Although the theft was discov- light on Red Arrow Highway and vliet Road bridge this fall to early Second: Monies from the millage panel. The rest of the panel will be man' annual reunions held in the ered on that date, the actual date of M-140 to the last "on" ramp at the I- winter, Hutchins reports. levy shall be distributed and paid to pulled together soon and the Master United Slates. the theft is unknown and it is 94 Interstate this fall, 2007. It had been discovered earlier this the North Berrien Historical Society Plan will be updated. Betty retired from Indiana & believed to have occurred during the This rough track of road was sen- year that the bridge was seriously in a timely manner following such Michigan Electric Power Company Pan Paw Lake past week. ( ously criticized last year when deteriorated and trucks and buses collection or receipt of levied tax in l )S6 after 32 years of service. Association to discuss The worksite is pait of the on-going MDOT resurfaced the downtown could no longer travel over it safely. monies. She is an active member of St. water project. It was approximately area of Waterviiet and told the com- Third: The North Berrien Historical Eurasian Water Paul's United Church of Christ Waterviiet Township 30 feet of copper that was taken, munity this southern stretch of road, Society shall meet annual auditing Milfoil menace They have three grandsons: Dan gets "Clean Opinion" w ith a value of approximately $100. which is in serious disrepair, is requirements, a copy of which will (Angelene) Conkin of Coloma; The Paw Paw Lake Association has As of this moment, there are no sus- scheduled to be rebuilt in 2011. from Auditor be provided to the Township. Jason (Jeanne) Conkin of Chicago, been given permission to hold a pects. The community was up in arms and Waterviiet Charter Township re- This agreement was unanimously Illinois; and David Walter of Benton public meeting on Saturday, August Anyone with information is asked many letters were written to Senator ceived a "Clean Opinion" for its approved by the Board. Harbor. 4. to discuss treating Eurasian Water to contact the Waterviiet Police Ron Jelinek and state Representative audit from Gerbel & Company PC, They also have two great-grandchil- Planning Commission Milfoil with Middfoil weevil, a Department at (269) 463-4770. John Proos. Jelinek was able to find independent auditors, at the regular dren, Elizabeth Conkin of Coloma to revisit Master Plan native found beetle in our lakes. Fell asleep and and Lucas Walter of St. Joseph. funding for the project when "none Township meeting on July 16. Bob Becker, President of the Paw Robert Lohr, Zoning Administrator was to be found." Hutchins said. Bob Gerbel said, "A 'Clean Opin- The Lulls continue to reside on the Paw Lake Association said that Mar- rolled vehicle and Planning Commission Sec- The project is scheduled to take ion' is the best you can get, and this Lull Sesquicentennial Farm on Hill tin Hilovsky from Enviro-Science Officer Andrew Ulleg of the Colo- retary, wrote a letter to the Board place in late September or early Oc- Township has received several in the Road in Bainbridge Township. will be the guest of honor at the an- ma Township Police Department that in essence read: "At their July past." nual meeting. was dispatched to a one-vehicle Gerbel said the Township was in 10, 2007, regular meeting, the Plan- He will discuss the implantation of accident on 1-94 on July 15 at 6:24 Glad-Peach Committee "excellent financial shape. I can't ning Commission conducted a pub- the Middfoil weevil in various test a.m. lic hearing for the request, by the say enough about the employees and areas in Paw Paw T ake. "It is the Upon arrival at the scene. Officer Board members working together. Township, to rezoi.o 5 parcels in hope of the Paw Paw Lake Foun-da- Ulleg found the Dodge Intrepid on a Treasurer hunt; Section 28 from RMH-Residential They've done a splendid job." tion and the PPLA that these weevils turned over on the side of eastbound Motor Homes to Rl-A-Smgle "Revenues went up and expendi- are successful in combating Eura- 1-94. The driver, Tatiana Antoinette 20-year veteran Linda Wooley resigns tures went down," Gerbel reported. Family Residential." sian Water Milfoil and supplant the Norris of Flint, told Officer Ulleg Many voiced discontent with the Action on North Berrien need for continued chemical weed that she had fallen asleep at the to concentrate on Family Art Fair current Master Plan's correctness, treatment of the lakes. wheel, lost control of the vehicle, By I ois Jordan for a $175 contribution toward the County Museum & focus and projection of future land The group was given permission to and overturned. After 20 years on the job, Glad- advertising this year. Great Lakes Historical Society uses. As such, the Commission use Township facilities on August 4.