w The Grand Valley Ledger £ Serving Lowell Area Readers Since 1893 Volume 9, Issue 23 April 1985 Bizarre shooting near Alto A bizarre shooting incident The rescue personnel fled the Morse Lake Roads. Redlak sta- response. Redlak was wounded near Alto Sunday has left one scene on foot, and Redlak com- tioned himself near a parked car in the feet and was quickly sub- man in the Hospital and Kent madeered the four-wheel drive and began threatening passing dued. County Sheriffs Department of- rescue vehicle. motorists and deputies as they ar- Redlak was admitted to Biif ficials confused as to the reason While enroute. the Life ambu- rived on the scene. Several Blodgett Hospital where he re- for the suspect's actions. At lance received word from their SherifTs cars soon had the area mained in "good" condition about 3:00 p.m. , units from Alto dispatcher that a gun was in- cordoned off and surrounded Tuesday morning. Redlak has Rescue and Life Emergency volved at the destination and that Redlak been charged with 2 counts of Medical Services responded to a shots had been fired. The ambu- The deputies tried to talk Red- felonious assault, 2 counts of call claiming that a man was hav- lance crew kept their distance lak into surrendering and giving possession of a firearm in the DID YOU KNOW? ing a seizure at a home located at and watched as Redlak pro- up his weapon. Redlak did not commission of a felony, 1 count 6734 Morse Lake Road. Alto. ceeded north up Morse Lake Rd. comply with the deputies' com- of carrying a dangerous weapon The overall grade point average of a Lowell Senkr High School The Alto Rescue Unit was the in an irrational manner. The am- mands and began walking to- with unlawful intent and 1 count student athlete is 2.8? Out of 147 Winter Sport athletes at LHS, 7 first on the scene. The two un- bulance personnelreported tha t ward one of them. The deputies' of unlawful driving away an have maintained a perfect "A" average. 16 a MB + /A" average, 46 a identified rescue personnel were Redlak was doing "doughnuts, issued more verbal commands as auto. Sheriffs Detectives have "IT or higher and 41 a l4C -f " or higher? confronted by a man later iden- 180*s and figure eights " with the Redlak progressed toward the not yet had an opportunity to in- That Loweirs Senior High School Athletic Director. Bob Perry, tified as Eric Richard Redlak, stolen rescue vehicle. Redlak re- unidentified officer, but still he terogate Redlak, and can only is Dean of the West Michigan Athletic Directors, serving in this post 19, a resident of that address. portedly turned west on 60th failed to acknowledge the com- guess at the reason behind his ac- over 20 years? Redlak brandished a shotgun and Street then put the truck into a mands. When Redlak was about tions. The commandeered rescue This information has been supplied by the Lowell Citizens for eventually fired one shot in the ditch when he tried to head back 12 yards from the deputy, Red- truck was not damaged in the in- Education. air and another in the general di- east again. lak leveled his gun at him, and cident. rection of the rescue personnel. Near the comer of 60th and the deputy fired his shotgun in CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SIDEWALK SALE The Lowell Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a spring City trash pick-up is explained sidewalk sale with eleven Lowell merchants participating. The mer- This time of year, there are Large barrels or improper con- equipment is being discarded. up companies and active land- chants will be selling cle^rapce merchandise at bargain rates on the numerous complaints and in- tainers lead to injuries and in- Large objects such as washers, fills will be mailed to you. sidtwilks Uiis'Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 25,76, 27. quiries at city hall about large ob- crease the cost of the refuse col- dryers, water heaters, sofas, Keeping the community at- You can shop & save at the following stores: Hinckley Drug Store. jects, excessive trash and debris lection services. chairs, etc. will not be picked up tractive is everyone's job. please Heritage Meat Market. Anderson's Family Shoes, Dave Gark being left at the curb and not For those who are pruning and on regular trash days unless ad- keep rubbish from the curbside, Plumbing and Heating, White Lace Fashions. Carole's Critters. picked up by the refuse com- cleaning in the yard, branches & vance arrangements are made. as required by ordinance, until Cousins* Card & Gift Shoppe. Lambert Variety. Pfaller's River- pany. limbs should be cut to lengths of If you have a special item to be the day before scheduled pick front Clothing. Curtis Cleaners, and Modem Mini-Lab and Cam- It should be noted that the approximately four (4) feet and discarded and its value is ques- ups and please do not place large era. Shoppers are reminded that the sidewalk merchandise will be city's contract with the refuse tied in manageable bundles. tionable contact an organization items by the curb unless some- displayed indoors in case of rain. collector, currently D & H Rub- Leaves and other debris should such as Goodwill Industries and one has agreed to pick them up bish, does not require them to re-be bagged. ask if they are interested. If the from that location within 24 GET READY SENIORS! move any debris which is not Garage and basement cleaning object is unquestionably beyond hours. properly bundled, bagged or in a usually leads to additional prob- repair, call City Hall 897-8457 Do you have your bags ready? Are you prepared for anything and 30 gallon or less container. lems as worn out or absolete and a list of available, local pick everything on May 24? Wnat does one do on a senior Safari? Well, you'll find out when you board the bus that day! Make sure you keepOn e more opportunity May 24 open on your calendar! TODAY IS SECRETARIES DAY! / V '• • Is anybody out there? ... Bosses, don't forget your secretary today! All week is Profes- sional Secretaries Week, but Wednesday is the day set aside to rec- ognize the nation's secretaries for their never-ending struggle to keep businesses from the smallest law office to the largest corpora- tions running smoothly. ... Does anybody care? > SANDPAPER THOSE DANCIN* SHOES! Lowell Citizen's Committee Anyone having questions with Dreidger. Hanni Dreidger, Phyl- filled out surveys and attended for Educational Excellence held regards toany aspect of the meet- lis Eckman. Bob Ely, Eleanor an open meeting. It is the hope of Everybody.. and we mean everybody.. .is invited to attend the the first of two CITIZENS ing, please contact the following Green, Wanda Stinchcomb, the Committee that citizen turn- Lowell Schools Athletic Boosters Club Spring Dance. The event NIGHT meetings, on Tuesday. committee members: Jo Ann Joyce Thuston or Mary Wal- out will be as strong. will be held at Deer Run Golf Gub on Saturday. May 4 from 8:00 April 16. Poor turnout left the Frey. Carol Briggs, Barb kowski. Citizens have ONE MORE p.m. until 1:00 a.m. Cost is $5.00 per person. All proceeds to bene- committee bewildered. Brown. Dick Bryan. Norm Eighty percent of the teachers OPPORTUNITY to show sup- fit Lowell school athletics. Those attending stated that the Byrne, Rosemary Byrne, Amo in the Lowell School District port for a quality school district. small group discussions pro- OFF THE BLOTTER vided an excellent opportunity to give personal input. Because the Kindergarten Round-up I Involved in a minor property damage accident Thursday after- groups were divided into noon. April 18, was Ricky Eickhoff, 25, of Lowell. The vehicle Elementary. Middle and High Plans are now final for Lowell there): the Information Night. Those Eickhoff was driving struck a barricade on Main Street near HudsonSchool , plenty of time was avail- Area Schools' annual Kindergar- Alto - Parent/Child Informa- who are unsure of which build- Street. able to attend discussions specif- ten Round-UP and children who tion Night is Wednesday. May I, ing their child will attend are re- A 16 year old juvenile male reportedly failed to stop at a stop ic to each level. will be five years old on or before at 7:00 p.m. Testing day is quested to call the Superinten- sign, striking and injuring a 13 year old bicyclist in the Bushnell Chairman of the Committee, December I, 1985. are eligible Wednesday, May 8. dent's Office (897-8415) for that School parking lot. The accident occurred in the afternoon, April Jo Ann Frey, gave a short presen- to attend kindergarten next Sep- Bushnell - Parent/Child Infor- information. 16. The cyclist was treated and released from Butterworth Hospital. tation on what is happening tember. mation Night is Monday, April ".1? Maia Driedger. 17, of Lowell, struck a parked car on N. Hudson across the nation concerning Ex- Each of Lowell's three 29 at 7:00 p.m. Testing Days are near Foreman Road. Sunday evening, April 21. The parked car was cellence in Education; recom- elementary schools will conduct Thursday, May 9 and Friday, owned by Judy & David Noonon. also of Lowell. There were no in-mendations by Federal and State their own Parent and Child Infor- May 10. juries reported. Committees on Excellence; and mation Night as well as testing Runciman - Parent/Child In- I A car driven by Kurtis Kropf, 17, of Lowell, was struck in the the goals of the Lowell Excel- days.