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VOLUME 77,NUMBER 1 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN’-THURSDAY,APRIL 21,1983 Twenty-five cen JSSUPPLEMENT -w P iYwd&saw WW& wc#uAa n* n 0 7 0-- 0. Carrze Lautner junzor cztzzen ~oyhit br car Art Holmberg is ok after treatxnent Eleven-year-old Matthew citizen of the year L. Chippi of 4677 Hospital Drive was treated and re- leased from Hills and Dales Arthur Holmberg and Car- sang recently with the new “There was tremendous sat- earned her all-state honors. General Hospital after he rie Lautner were honored community choir, is a public isfaction in what I did.” This is her fourth season in was hit by a car Tuesday Saturday evening as Cass speaker and a lay minister. And as a father of two and track. In addition to that and morning.Cass City police said he City’s citizen and junior He is an advisor, teacher grandfather of five and a cross country, Carrie played citizen of the year respect- and tutor for the Cass City teacher for many years, he basketball for four years was walking east on Dale ively at the annual Chamber Community Education De- stressed that it isn’t impor- and volleyball for three. Street when, according to a of Commerce banquet at the partment. tant for children to become Her junior year in basket- witness, he darted out into Colony House. He has helped with art rich and famous. “What is ball, she was named to an the street and was hit by an Holmberg was presented shows and has been a mem- important is they become all-area second team, was eastbound car at the Huron with the award hqnoring his ber of the Village Bach happy men and women.” second team all-conference Street intersection. service to the community by Festival committee. Holm- “I’m not sure I’m entitled and was voted the team’s Driver of the car was James Ware, the 1981 top berg is a former member of to it,” he said of the citizen most valuable player. Klaus D. Roth, 16, of 6289 citizen, who outlined his ac- the village council. of the year award, “but I This past fall, she received Brenda Drive. The mishap complishments. The Seeger Street resident love you all for thinking that all-conference honorable was reported at 8:05 a.m. Holmberg graduated from takes photographs and also I am,” mention in basketball. Two persons were treated high school at Newberry in develops them and is known Miss Lautner is a member and released from Hills and the Upper Peninsula. He for his cooking, specializing JUNIOR CITIZEN of the Girls’ Varsity Club CITIZEN OF THE YEAR -- Art Holmberg (third from Dales following a 1 P,m. received his bachelor’s de- in Swedish dishes. and was its treasurer her left) received his citizen of the year award from Jim Ware. accident last Wednesday. gree from what is now His parents were Swedish, Caroline (Carrie) Lautner junior year. They were Kenneth E. Wayne State University and his father was a Lutheran has excelled as ,a student Academically, she will be Present to see him receive the honor were his children, Garvin, 25, of Drayton later received a master’s minister, and he has visited and as an athlete at Cass graduating in the top 10 Paul Holmberg, Northville, and Joan Pollock, Rochester. Please turn to page 4. degree from the University Sweden and other European City High School. percent of her class next of Michigan. countries. The daughter of Hugh and month. She is a National He came to Cass City High As if that were not enough, Jane Lautner of Hospital Honor Society member, a School in 1935 to teach Ware pointed out that at age Drive was presented with member of the Chemistry- chemistry and physics, after 72, Holmberg recently went the junior citizen of the year Physics Club and has been having taught one year near white water rafting and award by Intermediate active in her youth group at ‘Betterlate than never 7 Charlevoix. plans to go again. School Principal Robert Trinity United Methodist In 1943, he assumed the In accepting the award, Stickle. Church. duties of high school princi- Holmberg offered two bits of She is the defending state She plans to attend the pal, while continuing to advice to the audience. Class C champion in the 1600 University of California, Los teach. One was that no matter and 3200 meter runs. She Angeles (UCLA) and study He held both jobs until the what on’e’s job is, try to do it jj also won the state title in the psychology and participate state well because people get resumes meters in when payments late 195Os, when he became 1600 1981, in track. full-time principal. He re- more back from those they she set the state record. She tired at the end of the 1968-69 serve than what they give. set the state record it,” the PAST CITIZENS Government and school them. $55,483 in state revenue 11 percent of the February school year. His wife, Sigrid, “I received back from 3200 meters last year. officials received a welcome In normal times, the next sharing and $27,838from the payments, died a few years ago. this community much more Miss Lautner also holds Past citizens of the year piece of mail from Lansing state aid payment would be single business tax. By June 30, according to Holmberg has stayed busy than I was able to give.” five school records in track. have been: this week . mailed June 1. Instead, That equals approxi- Mrs. Larson, Tuscola during his retirement, Ware Whatever he has done was Last fall, she finished The envelopes contained checks will be mailed June mately 56 percent of the County is supposed to have pointed out, He is an ac- pleasant because he loved sixth in the state Class C Willis Campbell.. .1963 the first state aid checks 30 and Runkel is estimating $99,682 the county should the rest of the money still complished vocal soloist, doing it, he continued. crosscountry meet, which Herb Ludlow . .1964 received since Gov. James schools will then have 89 have received in February owed from Februarv. M.B. Auten . , , . .1965 Blanchard announced in percent of the money due in revenue sharing -- one of Before then, however, Lucile Bauer . .1966 January that he was delay- them from the February, four payments a year of dif- Lansing normally would E.B.Schwaderer.. .1967 ing scheduled payment of April and June payments. ferent amounts -- and $49,700 have made its May 30 sales Dr. H,T. Donahue. .I968 $509.1 million to local school The state is supposed to from single business taxes, and income tax payments. Jim Bauer.. .. .1969 districts, governmental have paid all the aid due to which was to have been the Instead, the county is sup Audley Rawson. .1970 units and colleges. the schools by Sept. 30, only payment of the year. posed to be mailed 53 per- Curt Hunt.. .1971 But while the still finan- which includes the August The timetable calls for the cent of that June 30. The W.E. Walpole. .1972 cially strapped state govern- payment, plus money with- next back payment to be state isn’t saying when the H.M. Bulen . ,1973 ment is giving with one held from the August, 1982, made May 23. It will be for remaining 47 percent will be Harry Little,, . , . .1974 hand, it is taking away with paymsnt to ease the state’s 75 percent of the remaining mailed.Mrs. Larson cautioned Cliff Croft. e . .1475 another, The same schools, cash Ilow problems then. 44 percent of the money sffll Evelyn MacRae. , . .1976 governments, etc., will also The Cass City schools are owed from February.-That that the payment schedule Helen Baker. .1977 lose state aid because of the supposed to receive $65,550 means Lansing will still owe was received from the Mich- Lambert Althaver. .1978 recently announced $225 mil- wiihheld in August, 1982, igan Association of Counties, Bill Kritzman.. .1979 lion in state budget cuts. Crouse said, It won’t receive which got it from the state, Dr. D.E.Rawson and The amount of the state $16,885 that should also have but depending on Michigan’s Esther McCullough . .i980 aid checks mailed Monday is been paid then, but was Daylight income, the governor and Jim Ware.. .1981 substantial. eliminated as part of a state legislature can always Holly Althaver . .1982 The check received Tues- aid cut imposed by then Gov, change the timetable. day by the Cass City schools William Milliken. time begins The 1983 Tuscola County Junior citizens of the year was for $135,620. “It will Of the latest cut of $25 budget lists a total of have been: certainly help us out a lot,” million in school aid (part of $350,000 in anticipated reve- Supt. Donald Crouse com- the $225 million total reduc- nue from the state. Betty Kennedy. .1965 mented. “We were in a posi- tion in state spending) im- Sunday The recent $15 million cut Robert Rabideau. .1966 tion that if we didn’t receive posed by Gov. Blanchard, in revenue sharing pay- Tim Knight. .1967 it by May 1, we would have according to Crouse, pay- The good news is that ments (part of the $225 Joan Maleck. .1968 had to consider borrowing ment of $15 million is sup- darkness will come an hour million reduction) will cost Lynn Haire. .1969 additional money.” posed to be deferred to the later, starting Sunday.

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