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VOLUME 113, NUMBER 4 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 .75 CENTS ~ 16 PAGES Anthony: regional partnership won’t affect independence
by Tom Montgomery Editor
Hills and Dales General Hospital officials say their new partnership with a number of other hospitals in the region will have no impact on the local hospital’s status as an independent healthcare organization. What it will do, according to hospital officials, is supplement the state- of-the-art medical care already offered at Hills and Dales through a co - operative agreement designed to benefit all of the participating members. “It really doesn’t change anything for us, other than strengthen our re - lationship with Covenant (HealthCare) — since we are already an af - filiate — and the other local hospitals,” said Danielle Blaine, director of marketing for Hills and Dales General Hospital. THE OLD OFFICE and ticket booth at the entrance to the Tuscola County Officials last week announced the formation of what is being called the Covenant Regional Thumb Network (CRTN). Fairgrounds in Caro is being torn down to make way for a new facility that The CRTN is a network comprised of Covenant HealthCare, located will also be used as an office and ticket booth during the fair. The facility will in Saginaw, and five independent, critical access hospitals located throughout the Thumb – Hills and Dales General Hospital in Cass City; also be available to the public for rent for activities such as parties and ban - Deckerville Community Hospital; Harbor Beach Community Hospital; quets. See story, page 6. Marlette Regional Hospital; and Scheurer Hospital, Pigeon. Please turn to page 6. Hunger no more?
Cass City summit to explore food desert solutions
by Tom Montgomery hopeful the brain-storming session will strengthen Editor the resolve to fight hunger locally. “We’re graduating in two years, and Meating the Addy Battel and Pearl Daskam aren’t old enough Need for Our Village is kind of our ‘baby’,” Battel to vote, but the 16-year-olds have already spent a said, adding the summit will hopefully not only keep quarter of their lives devoted to meeting the most that project alive, but also explore connections be - PICTURED ABOVE are the CRTN hospital member basic of human needs – hunger – by spearheading tween local residents willing to contribute their time chief executive officers: (left to right) Jean Anthony, the “Meating the Need for Our Village” project in and talents, and the need for available nutritional Hills and Dales General Hospital; Paul Clabuesch, Har - their own community back in 2015. foods on a consistent basis. Now, with college and careers beckoning in the fu - “We want to make sure our project’s sustainable in bor Beach Community Hospital; Angela McConnachie, ture, the pair are focusing on working to ensure their the community and will continue,” Daskam said. Deckerville Community Hospital; Terrance Lerash, efforts will be continued by others in the Cass City She explained the idea for a hunger summit came area. about early this year as she and Battel were working Scheurer Hospital; Ed Bruff, Covenant HealthCare, Battel and Daskam have taken lead roles in organ - on drafting by-laws for Meating the Need in order Saginaw; and Dan Babcock, Marlette Regional Hospi - izing the upcoming Cass City Hunger Summit, to apply for non-profit status for the organization. tal. slated for Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Battel said they have since been talking to a variety at the Cass City United Methodist Church. of individuals representing healthcare, economic de - The event encourages attendance by area youth and velopment, local government and youth to drum up adults who are interested in acting on hunger and interest in attending a summit focused on the hunger making the community food secure, with discussion problem. Governor puts MCCA topics to include: what does a hunger-free Cass City In the process, they’re working with resources that look like, the hunger experience, community include MSU Extension, which will be helping to fa - strengths and needs assessments, and workgroups cilitate the upcoming summit, as well as moving forward. churches/youth groups, the health department and on notice with an audit Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP on the businesses. website https://tinyurl.com/cchungersummit. “We want to look at our strengths as a community, by Tom Montgomery The meeting is the result of a partnership involving we want to look at the needs, and look at how the Editor Meating the Need for Our Village, MSU Extension strengths can meet the needs. So, everyone is wel - and the newly-formed Thumb Food Policy Council, come,” Battel said. “It’s (an effort) to move the en - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is putting the Michigan Cata - according to Battel, who along with Daskam are strophic Claims Association (MCCA) on notice after the agency voted Please turn to page 8. to add to the burden Michigan motorists already shoulder when it comes to insurance premiums. Whitmer last week directed the state Department of Insurance and Fi - nancial Services (DIFS) to conduct an audit into the MCCA after the board voted to impose an additional fee increase of $28 on drivers, Leader of which is added to a driver’s insurance premium, bringing the total fee to $220 per vehicle. The vehicle assessment fees go into a fund that covers the cost of med - the Band ical care for people injured in car accidents when the cost of medical care exceeds $580,000. The increase, assessed to every car insurance company doing business in Michigan and charged to consumers, will take effect July 1. Veteran O-G music “From Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, drivers are feeling the pinch of paying the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, and it’s time to do director gearing up something about it,” Whitmer said. “Michiganders deserve to know why they are being forced to shell out hundreds of dollars in additional for his retirement Please turn to page 7. by Mary Drier Coach faces embezzlement charge For the Chronicle Don Starks’ passion for music helped him by Tom Montgomery build a career. Editor “First of all, I love music. I wanted to teach others and share the enjoyment of A former Reese High School coach has been bound over to Tuscola music with others,” said Starks, who DON STARKS became a teacher be - County Circuit Court on a charge of embezzlement. teaches band as well as geography in the cause he loves music and wanted to pass Scott Andrew Long, Jr., 32, waived his preliminary examination during Owendale-Gagetown School District. “I a probable cause conference last week in Tuscola County District Court. want to help kids to learn to play an instru - that passion on to future generations, a A date will now be set for his formal arraignment on the charge in circuit ment, to learn music and to appreciate it.” mission he has been enjoying at Owen - court. Aside from teaching the standard band Tuscola County Prosecutor Mark E. Reene authorized the charge – format of music, Starks also teaches a dale-Gagetown Schools for the past two embezzlement of $1,000 to $20,000 from a non-profit or charitable or - music elective that embraces an upbeat decades. He’s now gearing up to close ganization – in early March following an investigation of missing format. money from the Reese Public Schools and/or the Reese Public Schools “I teach a class of rock and roll music at the books on his career as he looks for - Athletic Program. Please turn to page 6. ward to retirement. Please turn to page 16. PAGE TWO CASS CITY CHRONICLE - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN
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Clarke Haire Tom Montgomery Publisher Editor I know just enough to really mess things up. I have happen in the best part of the story, so I have to wan - tech support on speed dial. der around late at night for an extension cord to Because I used to work three jobs and traveled all charge it to keep reading. over the Thumb, my former partner got me a pager. I will admit some technology is wonderful once you I hated it. I felt like the cat that had been belled. figure out how to use it, and as long as the battery Share the roadway When the pager chimed, I was supposed to find a doesn’t die. payphone and call. Even though pay phones were rather plentiful back in the day, finding one that worked wasn’t. with motorcyclists The hated pager gave way to a cellular phone. It took a while to get used to carrying a phone in a bag around in the car, but it did come in handy when I Michigan has roughly 490,000 residents with a motor - broke down in the middle of the night. A bag phone gave way to portable cell phones. The cycle endorsement on their driver’s license and about little flip phone I had for several years was great. 250,000 registered motorcycles — numbers that serve as But like the bag phone, the flip phone gave way to Rabbit Tracks a reminder for motorists throughout the state to think so-called smart phones. I was told that a smart phone by Clarke Haire about motorcycle safety, especially with the arrival of can do a number of amazing techie things. So a few years ago I tried switching from a flip phone to a warmer weather. smart phone. Statistics show that 80 percent of motorcycle crashes re - It took me three days to figure out how to answer (And anyone else he can sult in injury and death. To help avoid such tragedies, an incoming call. Part of the phone had to be slid up get to help) in order to answer a call. motorists are advised to: I normally have about 100 numbers saved in my cell *Watch out at intersections - they are the number one phone, but not with that phone. The touch screen was so sensitive, every time I tried to scroll through the spot for crashes with motorcyclists. Thomas (T.C.) Gruber - Chemistry, Physics, Phys - *Scan approaching traffic carefully when making left screen trying to get to the number I wanted to call, the phone would call the number where I had touched ical Science, Advanced STEM, and 7/8 turns – a motorcycle’s smaller size makes it easy to miss. the screen. STEM Teacher at Cass City Jr./Sr. High School – In other words, remember the slogan, “Look Twice, Save After a week, I went to the company and switched reports the district’s 5th Annual STEM (Science, a Life”. back to a flip phone for several more years. Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Fair I finally found a smart phone a dumb person like held last month went really well. *Double check blind spots when changing lanes. me can use. And with the phone I have now, answer - “There were over 50 student projects this year and *Keep at least three to four seconds between your vehi - ing it is easy, making a call is easy, and with some hundreds of people came to the STEM Fair. First help, I was able to get one of my business email ac - place was a project about the fourth dimension by cle and a motorcyclist. Mariah Mellendorf and Shane Hoppe. Second *Treat motorcyclists with respect and courtesy – they counts set up where I can use it on the phone. According to my son, my phone can have Facebook place was the science of survival by Jesse Goni - have the same rights as any other driver and are legally set up, take photographs, play music, play videos, wicha and Sid Lintner. Third place was Angel Shiel entitled to a full lane. and a bunch of other things. Me, I’m just happy I can with her constellation project. The students won Motorcyclists have an equally important role in ensur - answer, make calls, and get to one email account. scholarship money provided by the AAUW,” he When it comes right down to it, the only technology said. ing they are prepared to ride. According to the Michigan I have ever truly embraced was switching from a State Police, nearly half of riders involved in a crash do typewriter to using a computer, because mistakes ********** could be quickly erased with the delete button, and not have a motorcycle endorsement. Dave Milligan, Pinney Foundation Presidents, en - Troopers say motorcyclists can avoid trouble by taking it had a spelling and grammar checking program. However, I have to keep an eye on the spell check courages any non-profit organization to submit re - a motorcycle safety class, getting a motorcycle endorse - option. There are times when the computer has a quests for grant money from the Cass City ment on your driver’s license, always wearing the appro - mind of its own. philanthropic group by Friday, April 26, to be con - priate safety gear, and by choosing a motorcycle suited I will admit I sold my soul for one technology con - sidered for the local foundation’s annual endow - venience. Several of my friends who work in the ments that are presented twice annually. for your size and skill level. print industry have e-readers. And, because we all To be considered, send your written requests to To address the problem of unendorsed riders, the Sec - work for print media companies, I chided them about Milligan at 6226 Bay City-Forestville Rd, Cass their use of electronic readers rather than books. City, MI 48726, or via email to dave@milligan - retary of State’s Office and the Office of Highway Safety farms.com. More information is available by con - Planning (OHSP) are overseeing a multi-year program Since I had several points available on my credit card that had to be used before they expired, I started tacting Milligan at (989) 872-2937. — called the Shadow Rider Campaign – that targets shopping to use the points. Most items I liked or those without a motorcycle endorsement and informs could use I didn’t have enough points to buy. About ********** them of the risks of riding without it. the only things in my price range were e-readers like Kindles. I was glad to see Duke and Kentucky both Each year, OHSP officials send a Shadow Rider post - For those who have never used a Kindle Fire reader, bounced from the NCAA basketball tournament. card to every known unendorsed operator of a registered they are the “Holy Grail” of readers. I looked at all Those freshmen dominated teams haven’t paid of the fancy things it is capable of doing. I went back their dues and in my opinion don’t deserve to be in motorcycle in Michigan, reminding them to get endorsed. the final four. The postcard program started in 2013, when it was de - and forth on the computer screen comparing the Fire to the other e-readers. Now I don’t blame those underclassmen for want - termined that 50,000 of the state’s 250,000 registered mo - Although I wanted a Kindle Fire, I decided I should ing to join forces to earn championship honors, but torcycles (20 percent) were being operated by go with the Chevy price of a Kindle reader instead I do blame NCAA officials for not coming up with unendorsed riders. In 2018, that number was down to of the Cadillac Kindle Fire reader. By the time I fin - a plan to discourage just that. ished waffling, comparison shopping, and sipping on How about this? Still give all athletes that meet 38,000 – a 24-percent reduction in the number of unen - some wine, it was late at night and I was getting tired. the requirements for a full ride a free education. dorsed riders. Because of that, I mistakenly ordered the Fire reader However, how about allowing each school to give instead of the cheaper one. a couple of their scholarship athletes a certain A motorcycle endorsement is required to drive on public amount of spending money – maybe one could re - roads. To obtain an endorsement, you must successfully I didn’t realize my mistake until later. I panicked. The cost was still more than I had planned to spend ceive, let’s say, $20,000 annual for their commit - pass a motorcycle safety course or pass a written and vi - my points on. Because Amazon has a good return ment and another, let’s say, $10,000. sion test at a Secretary of State office, obtain a motorcycle policy, I figured I would send it back for the cheaper That way the top athletes would have incentives temporary instruction permit (which allows you to prac - model. to attend different universities. I am sure there are When the Kindle arrived, it sat on the kitchen table details that would have to be worked out, but I’m tice riding legally on the streets), pass a motorcycle skills for several days until I had time to send it back. I de - in favor of paying college athletes for their serv - test at a third-party testing organization, and present your cided it wouldn’t do any harm to just open the box ices. and check out the reader to see if I really would like skills test certificate at a branch office. The motorcycle ********** safety course is required for teens. to get it later on. So, I decided to open it, check it out and then send it back. No harm, right? Or so I A person’s first violation for operating a motorcycle thought. As soon as I turned the reader on, it con - The Cass City Chamber of Commerce invites without an endorsement is punishable by a $500 fine nected with my Internet. It said, “Welcome, Mary.” everyone to attend this Thursday’s Taste of the and/or 90 days in jail, or both. A second offense is pun - It had adopted me so how could I abandon it, I rea - Thumb Food & Business Expo at our local high soned. school from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. ishable by a $1,000 fine and/or one year in jail, or both. When I explained to my friends what had happened In addition to discovering more about local busi - Once you’ve dotted your I’s and crossed your T’s, don’t with my foray into online shopping and the world of nesses, community programs and sampling food Kindles, they laughed at me for joking with them from local restaurants and caterers, visitors can forget that safety on the roads is no accident. Regardless take advantage of Revive Ministries’ mobile food of your vehicle of choice, everyone shares a serious re - about turning away from print books to read on-line. I must admit, whether a mistake or not, I love my pantry. sponsibility to watch out for the other guy, to be courte - Kindle Fire. I can order a book on-line cheaper than ous on the roads, and to put away anything that might buying a hardcover book, and get it in a matter of ********** distract your attention while driving. minutes. The only issue I have is when the battery dies at There has been some fantastic snowmobiling this Let’s make this a safe and enjoyable summer for all. night when I’m in bed reading. It always seems to winter in Michigan, with heavy snowfall in many places, providing superb riding conditions. However, some of the fun is winding down as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will close its state-designated trails to snowmobiling News Staff April 1. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY “This is the date our trails close, as grooming con - AT 6550 MAIN STREET, CASS Clarke Haire tracts and private land agreements expire,” said CITY, MICHIGAN, by Clarke Haire, Publisher Ron Yesney, DNR U.P. trails coordinator. “Snow - publisher. [email protected] mobilers can still ride on state land, but state-des - Tom Montgomery ignated trails will be closed beginning April 1.” 6550 Main Street Periodical postage paid at Cass City, Michigan 48726. Editor Riders may know that the snowmobile trail sys - P.O. Box 115 [email protected] tem is dependent upon easements the DNR has se - POSTMASTER: Send address changes Krysta Boyce cured from private landowners to connect trails Cass City, MI 48726 to CASS CITY CHRONICLE, P.O. between public lands. BOX 115, CASS CITY, MI 48726. Sr. Sales Executive Phone: (989) 872-2010 [email protected] “These easement uses expire on April 1,” said National Advertising Representative, [email protected] Ron Olson, DNR Parks and Recreation Division Fax: (989) 872-3810 chief. “In addition, as late-winter temperatures Michigan Weekly Newspapers, Inc., Deb Severance Email: [email protected] 257 Michigan Avenue, East Lansing, begin to rise, riding conditions can become very Michigan. Composition unpredictable, leading to unsafe situations or poor Website: www.ccchronicle.net Mary Drier to very little snow. We appreciate the cooperation For information regarding newspaper Freelance Writer, Columnist of all snowmobilers.” advertising and commercial and job Tina Pallas printing, telephone: (989) 872-2010. For those continuing to ride, remember to Ride (USPS 092-00) Columnist Right to bring everyone back home safe. For more information, visit Michigan.gov/RideRight. 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Reporter’s notebook A little humor in the garden Down Memory Lane by Tom Montgomery Editor by Tina Pallas
Okay, so I’ve already written a column this spring about gardening, but I’m going to add a second installment, because it’s a very important topic. And because I couldn’t think of anything else to fill this space 5 YEARS AGO (2014) Calif. He attended Cass City eight “Lightning Dodgers,” a di - with this week. High School. vision of Jet Cadets, at a party at Besides, now I’m really looking forward to it – the temperatures have Construction crews continue to Frank Benitez celebrated a her home Saturday. The group climbed to a sizzling 50 degrees. Twice! make steady progress on the new birthday Saturday when several won a contest in competition Anyway, if you’re into growing your own vegetables and flowers – Dairy Farmers of America family members gathered at his with three other divisions. The whether you have a tiny patch of dirt in your back yard or you till an (DFA) milk processing plant, lo - home for dinner. Guests were Jet Cadets, grades 1-6, meet acre or more — no explanation is needed when it comes to understand - cated in the Cass City Industrial Mr. and Mrs. Tino Benitez, Anna Wednesday evenings at 7:30 in ing the enjoyment that can come from watching tiny seedlings mature Park. Above, crews set a 40,000- Maria Torres, Anita Benitez and the Baptist church annex. Miss into healthy plants yielding fresh tomatoes and cucumbers (or what - gallon silo weighing in at Jane Pawlaski of Elkton, Mrs. Hanby is in charge and is as - ever). roughly 35,000 pounds. When Julie Lopez, Mrs. Regino Lopez sisted by Miss Kaye Spencer. If you’re one of those unfortunate folks who just don’t get it, no ex - the construction is completed, and Nat Benitez of Gagetown. planation is possible. there will be a dozen silos with A former Cass City resident, But even if you don’t understand gardening nuts, you might enjoy the storage capacities ranging from 35 YEARS AGO (1984) Mrs. George Southworth of Elk - following bits of humor – most of them closer to truth than fiction — 20,000 to 60,000 gallons. gleaned from various websites and blogs run by green thumb fanatics ton, has been named one of 15 Area residents who participated Sara DePoy graduated in De - Merit Mothers of Michigan for like me: in Revive Ministries’ Hunger *Grow your own dope, plant a man. cember from the nursing pro - 1969 by the Michigan State Fed - *”Annuals” mean disappointment once a year. Action Month Balloon Launch gram at Delta College and is eration of Women’s Clubs. She *Whichever garden tool you want is always at the back of the shed. last fall may find this note inter - now employed at the Veterans is one of the finalists in the race *The only way to ensure rain is to give the garden a good soaking. esting: according to a recent post Administration Hospital in Sag - for Merit Mother of the year to *Weeds grow at precisely the rate you pull them out. on the ministries’ Facebook inaw. The daughter of Arthur be elected April 14. She was *Nothing ever looks like it does on the seed packet. page, a hunter in Canada has and Joann Brown of Jacob Road, nominated by the Elkton *Autumn follows summer, winter follows autumn, drought follows made contact with the local Cass City, is a 1979 graduate of Woman’s Civic Club. She is the planting. group to say three of the bal - Cass City High School. She and former Florence Striffler, born at *The only way to guarantee some color all year round is to buy a gar - loons tangled themselves to - her husband, Christopher, live in Argyle, and a graduate of Cass den gnome. gether and made the journey Saginaw. City High School. She attended *However bare the lawn, grass will appear in the cracks between the several hundred miles across Doug Depcinski, a member of State Normal College, now East - patio paving stones. from Sault St. Marie intact and the Ubly Jolly Workers 4-H ern Michigan University at Yp - *Clear indications that you have too much zucchini — Your neighbor into his tree blind. By the way, Club, finished second in the sen - silanti. finds them every morning in his mailbox; you’re eating it for breakfast, the fundraiser, held last Septem - ior division of the soils judging lunch and dinner (snacks, too); you have a flute made out of a zucchini; ber, resulted in the sale of more and land use contest at the 4-H 75 YEARS AGO (1944) the stores pay you to take some off their shelves; even the field mice than 430 balloons and generated Future Farmers of America stop eating it; you till under the zucchini plants, but still have more enough cash for Revive officials crop-o-rama March 21 at Michi - Sunday afternoon at three o’ - today than you had yesterday; your kids are using it for building blocks. to purchase some 2,600 meals gan State University. clock, in the home of Rev. and *What is the difference between boogers and spinach? You can’t get for needy families in the area. Tim Horner of S. Seeger Street, Mrs. Silas Parker, Miss Phyllis your kids to eat spinach. Cass City, was one of 3,371 Uni - Deneen, daughter of Mr. and *Organic, or Inorganic? Pete and Harry were talking one day. “My 10 YEARS AGO (2009) wife asked me to buy organic vegetables from the market garden,” said versity of Michigan students rec - Mrs. Norman Deneen, of Cass Pete. ognized Sunday at the City, became the bride of Calvin “So were you able to find some?” Harry asked. The chamber of commerce Sat - university’s annual honors con - McIntosh, son of Mr. and Mrs. “Well, when I got to the market, I asked the gardener, ‘These vegeta - urday honored 2 of Cass City’s vocation. He received class hon - Foy McIntosh, of Novesta. Rev. bles are for my wife. Have they been sprayed with any poisonous chem - top citizens at Northwood Mead - ors, given to students who Mr. Parker performed the cere - icals?’” ows, where Kate VanAuken and achieved an academic record mony with only the groom’s par - “The gardener answered: ‘No, you’ll have to do that yourself.’” Red Hawk senior Sarah Reed equal to at least half A’s and half ents as guests. Mr. and Mrs. *Any self-respecting rock will break at least one shovel before accept - walked away with arguably the B’s for two terms during 1983 or McIntosh were attended by Mr. ing its new home. village’s most prestigious annual one term for freshmen. He is a and Mrs. George Wright of Cass *The real meaning of plant catalog terminology — “A favorite of awards. Presenting VanAuken student in the College of Litera - City. Both the bride and her at - birds” means to avoid planting near cars, sidewalks, or clothes lines; with the coveted 2009 “Citizen ture, Science and the Arts. tendant wore street length “Grows more beautiful each year” means “Looks like road kill for the of the Year” plaque, signifying dresses of lilac blue, comple - foreseeable future”; “Zone 5 with protection” is a variation on the her devotion to Cass City, was 40 YEARS AGO (1979) mented by corsages of snapdrag - phrase “Russian roulette”; “May require support” means your daugh - last year’s co-recipient, David ons. The newlyweds left to ter’s engineering degree will finally pay off; “Moisture-loving” plants Osentoski. Mrs. Barbara Bush of Cass City spend a few days in Flint and are ideal for landscaping all your bogs and swamps; “Carefree” refers Cass City High School seniors and Miss Linda Hood of Vassar, will make their home for the more to the plant’s attitude than to your workload; “Vigorous” is code Chelsea Paladi and Riki Badgley a teacher of the Hearing Im - present with the groom’s par - for “has a Napoleonic compulsion to take over the world.”; “Grandma’s recently took first place for their paired at Kingston Elementary ents. Favorite” — until she discovered free-flowering, disease-resistant hy - public relations campaign in a School, recently returned from a brids. Michigan DECA competition visit to Washington, D.C. They Mrs. John Field and sons, I don’t know about you, but in spite of a cool, lingering spring, my and were invited to compete at attended classes at Gallaudet garden is looking amazingly healthy already. Well, in my mind anyway. Everett and Eldon, attended the the national level. College for the Deaf to learn a commencement exercises held Who knows what this summer could bring? Private First Class Brandy Only thyme will tell… new way of communication Friday evening in the auditorium Cooper recently graduated from called Cued Speech. While of the Flint General Motors basic training at Fort Jackson, there, they stayed with Mr. and School of Technology where S.C., and is now undergoing ad - Mrs. Robert W. Brasse of An - Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. vanced individual training (AIT) nandale, Va., the parents of Mrs. John Field, was one of the 105 as a health care specialist/medic. Bush. graduates. Howard has com - Cooper, a 2003 Cass City High Mr. and Mrs. Richard Erla at - pleted a four-year course in co- School graduate, is currently a tended the annual Jefferson- operative engineering and was CNA (certified nursing assistant) Jackson dinner Saturday, March vice president of the Phi Sigma and is on the waiting list for the 31, at the Renaissance Center Phi fraternity for the past two registered nurse program. She is ballroom and attended the recep - years. the daughter of Joe and Holly tion for First Lady Rosalyn Clarence Horak surprised his Cooper of Owendale. Carter, the speaker for the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A musician from Cass City is a evening. The event honored G. Vorhes, this week by coming member of one of 6 performing Mennen Williams, justice of the home on leave of absence, by groups that Blue Lake Fine Arts Michigan Supreme Court. way of California. Clarence was Camp will be sending to Europe Meritorious service at Williams home about a year ago for a this summer. The groups will be Air Force Base, Ariz., has week, and has since been at touring 8 countries, from the earned the - second award of the many places in the Pacific wa - Mediterranean Sea to the North U.S. Air Force Commendation ters. He will return to naval serv - Sea. Evan Bushong, a 2008 Cass Medal for Master Sgt. Ronald A. ice, leaving here next Sunday. City High School graduate, will Gettel, son of Mr. and Mrs. be touring with the 70-member Arthur Gettel of Owendale. Get - 100 YEARS AGO (1919) Southern Wind Ensemble, di - tel, a mechanical superintendent, rected by Dennis Zeisler, cur - was presented the medal at An - Richard Schneider, who with rently director of bands at Old dersen Air Force Base, Guam, his parents left this locality early Dominion University in Nor - where he now serves with a unit in the winter to locate in Florida, folk, Va. of the Strategic Air Command. remembered his youthful play - The sergeant, a 1959 graduate of mate, Warren Wood, by sending 25 YEARS AGO (1994) Owendale High School, holds a to him a bushel of large, hand - B.S. degree from Culver-Stock - some, Florida oranges, freshly It was a memorable and excit - ton College, Canton, Mo. His picked with leaves and stems ing three days in New York City wife, Karen, is the daughter of still clinging to them. Richard recently for Kelly Jo Erlenbeck, Erick Pierson of Corvallis, Ore. writes he is employed by a man who was one of two grand prize who raises oranges extensively, winners of the national “Caress 50 YEARS AGO (1969) thus he was enabled to make the Before You Dress” contest spon - delicious and generous gift. sored by Caress Body Bar soap. SP4 David R. Schember was Gordon Finkbeiner returned to She is the daughter of Lyle and honored at an open house at the Cass City Wednesday from Ann Erlenbeck of Saginaw and Cass City Missionary Church Lansing where he has been the the granddaughter of Mr. and Saturday evening. Slides were past three weeks taking the trac - Mrs. Orval C. Hutchinson of shown, taken during David’s tor course at the Michigan Agri - Crawford Road, Cass City. Mr. year in Vietnam. Also shown cultural college. He left town and Mrs. Robert E. Hutchinson were slides taken by the Saturday accompanied by his of Cass City are her aunt and Clarence Schembers in Hawaii wife, formerly Miss Fannie Hen - uncle. when they visited David there drick, for Bach where they ex - Greg Musial, son of Walt and during his R and R. He will re - pect to remain, Mr. Finkbeiner Lorraine Musial of Decker, will port to Ft. Sill, Okla., after his being employed on the extensive leave Sunday for Marine Corps leave. Bartholomy farm of 1,000 acres basic training at San Diego, Miss Mary Hanby entertained located there. Cass City Chronicle Subscriptions As Low As $22/year - Call 872-2010 PAGE SIX CASS CITY CHRONICLE - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN
!% " $ " ! % " New county fair office under ! ! $ ! construction, thanks to grant " ! $! ! # # ! $ ! # " & # ! $ ! "!" by Mary Drier The main entrance to the fair - “We got a grant to build a new For the Chronicle grounds off of Congress Street in building. We wanted to add on to Caro is being razed to make way the building down in the parking % " ! A major piece of Tuscola County for a new and larger building that lot area, but the city would not let Fair history is being replaced. will have multiple uses. us because they said we had to have a paved parking lot,” said former veteran fair board member Judy Campbell. “The old office was getting to be in rough shape, so we decided to put the (new) building there.”
The structure will house the of - fice, be used as a ticket booth dur - ing the fair, and can be rented out for parties, banquets and special events. “It is going to be very nice and an additional place in Caro to rent for different events,” said Camp - bell, noting rentals will bring in some extra money for fair opera - tions. The fair board received a $250,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to build a community center at the fair - ground to replace the old office building at the entrance.
Former senator Mike Green (R- Mayville), who headed up the agricultural committee before his retirement, helped fair officials se - cure the grant for the new facility. Green now serves on the Tuscola County Fair Board. The fair has a long history that is noted on a sign at the entrance: ALTHOUGH THE old Tuscola County Fair office “On March 11, 1882, the Tuscola County Fair was organized as the and ticket booth are being razed, a green historic Caro District Agricultural Associ - marker at the site will continue to serve as a re - ation. On September 19-22, 1882, the fair hosted its first agricultural, minder of the fair’s origins and long history. The industrial, educational and recre - 138th fair has been scheduled for July 21-27. ational exhibition. Always a pri - mary agricultural attraction, the county fair has displayed new farming equipment and methods, animals, produce and handicrafts O-G band director set to on this site for the past century.” The Michigan History Division erected that historical marker in close books on his career 1981. Tuscola County’s 138th fair will Continued from page one. be July 21-27. Anyone interested in becoming a the high school. It’s an elective. A teacher gets to pick an elective they member of the Tuscola County want to teach,” he said. “I enjoy rock and roll music. I enjoy teaching Fair Association or volunteering it, and the kids enjoy it, too.” to help can contact any member of He and his students enjoy classic rock. It’s one class in which they can the board of directors. More infor - have a say in what is taught and also help with the lesson. mation is available on the website “There have been times when the students write their own songs, and www.tuscolacountyfair.org. that has been fun. Doing that was a collaborative effort,” Starks said. Starks, who is from Texas, earned his teaching degree at Texas State University. He says getting a degree as a band teacher is not as easy as it may sound. “You have to learn to play all of the instruments in order to get a de - gree,” he explained. “I would say I play three instruments well.” His first teaching job was at Bay City Western, followed by a stint in Midland. He has been with the Owendale-Gagetown School District for the last 21 years. Starks plans to retire soon, but that doesn’t mean he won’t still be pass - ing his love for music on to others. “I’m going to retire at the end of the year. I’m going to enjoy my free time. I will probably continue to teach music in private lessons,” he noted. “I’ll do some traveling. My daughter lives in Florida, so I will probably go down there in the winter. “I’ll do some riding on my Gold Wing (motorcycle.)” And, of course, playing and listening to music will be included on his retirement agenda. “Some of my favorite bands are the Eagles, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Chicago. I could go on and on,” he said. Although he didn’t include Steppenwolf or the song “Born to be Wild” — the ultimate bike-riding song – Starks will probably be at least think - ing it as he heads out on the highway this summer as a new retiree. Hospitals form partnership Continued from page one. “While CRTN formed in late 2018, we have been working collabora - tively for more than a decade to ensure quality healthcare is available to patients in the Thumb,” said Jean Anthony, Hills and Dales president and CEO. “We are very excited to be part of the unique affiliation with Covenant and a select group of local hospitals,” she added. “Our collective vision will move us forward, while allowing us to remain a strong and inde - pendent hospital. This network is a great benefit for our patients and we are proud to be a part of it.” Having an independent relationship with Covenant allows for a stream - lined flow of resources and services that might not be available outside of a major metropolitan area, according to Anthony. “The partnership enables patients to choose a hospital close to home that best fits their needs while utilizing the capabilities and strengths of CRTN. Instead of losing local hospitals like ours to an acquisition by a large hospital conglomerate, our communities have strengthened local hospitals,” she said. Anthony noted the relationship among the Covenant Regional Thumb Network members ensures that Thumb communities retain their inde - pendent hospitals, close to home, that they can continue to depend on for quality care. It also provides the assurance that if there is a need for more advanced procedures, the appropriate care is delivered through the coordinated relationship that the Thumb hospitals have with Covenant. “The announcement and the formation of the group just solidifies fur - ther what our partnership with Covenant was already doing,” Blaine said. “And also allows us to work together with the other local hospitals — perhaps share supplies, specialty physicians, etc. It also means that Covenant is going to continue supporting our efforts of providing care close to home, by providing those specialists to come out to our clinics, or maybe it’s through our medical records system. “So, it really comes down to moving forward together, just in a stronger, formal network.” CASS CITY, MICHIGAN CASS CITY CHRONICLE - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 PAGE SEVEN News briefs Whitmer puts MCCA on notice with audit Continued from page one. comes on the heels of a volatile to advocate for the best care pos - market that reportedly caused the sible for their patient, but there are fees for car insurance, which is association’s investments to miss standards of care in place that help why I’m ordering an audit to pro- their projected returns. guide everyone to the appropriate Sheriff reports car sale scam vide drivers with the transparency The Insurance Alliance of Michi - plan of care for a patient,” she they deserve.” gan (IAM) is also pointing its fin - added. “Hills and Dales is proud CARO – Tuscola County Sheriff Glen Skrent is again reminding area DIFS officials have the legal au- ger at the medical care system of being transparent with our pa - residents to beware of deals that look too good to pass up. thority to visit the MCCA and ex- while urging state officials to do tients, and I know many of our “Our agency took a report from a citizen (last week) that he attempted amine any and all documents to away with Michigan’s current partnering hospitals strive to do to purchase a vehicle off of Facebook Marketplace. The vehicle was for conduct a thorough review of the auto insurance requirements. the same.” sale out-of-state,” Skrent explained. “A deal was reached and the person association’s operations, which “The per-vehicle fee increase un - Anthony noted the Michigan wanted Ebay cards for payment, which the victim obtained and sent. was last conducted in 2015. Under derscores the urgent need to re - Health and Hospital Association The vehicle would be shipped free to his house. Afterward the seller Gov. Whitmer’s direction, the de- form Michigan’s broken, outdated has recommended several actions demanded more money for shipping, and the victim found out the sale partment will conduct an acceler- auto no-fault system, which con - over the years to positively impact was a fraud. ated financial examination into the tinues to overburden drivers,” said the no-fault system. “Please use caution and don’t trust a picture of a vehicle you see for MCCA. Tricia Kinley, IAM executive di - “We know changes are needed,” sale. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” he added. “Today we told the MCCA that rector. “The fact that medical she said, “but it has to be the right we were concerned and strongly providers can dramatically over - changes, to ensure our patients are urged them to provide more infor- charge for medical procedures protected and premiums are actu - Fuelwood permits available mation so the public can under- when someone is injured in a car ally reduced. We want to be at the stand the basis for this fee accident has caused the cost of table to help create change that is MICHIGAN — Michigan residents who heat their homes with wood increase,” said Anita Fox, who medical care to increase exponen - effective, and hope that Gov. can obtain fuelwood permits to cut dead and downed trees on desig - serves as director of DIFS. “To tially in Michigan, while the Whitmer’s call to action can cre - nated state forest lands. provide greater transparency, we MCCA struggles to keep up.” ate real change. “This program allows people to cut up to five standard cords of fire - welcome Gov. Whitmer’s direc- Kinley says much of the recent “And you must remember, you wood for personal use,” said Donovan Asselin, timber sales specialist tion to conduct a financial exami- testimony in the Senate Insurance will find fraudulent examples in for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which man - nation into the association’s and Banking Committee, which any given business. Sometimes a ages four million acres of state forest in the northern Lower Peninsula operations.” has held hearings on auto no-fault few bad apples can ruin the or - and the Upper Peninsula. Some wood also may be available in state The MCCA is a private non- reform for the last two months, chard.” game areas where forests are managed to create habitat. profit unincorporated association has centered on Michigan’s un - “It’s time the Michigan Legisla - Contact your local DNR office to determine what areas are available that was created by the state Leg- limited, lifetime medical benefit ture sees the state’s auto no-fault this year for wood collection. Quality and quantity of wood varies by islature in 1978 to provide unlim- and a lack of cost controls to rein system for what it is: A failed pol - location, so scout where you’d like to cut to make sure wood is available ited lifetime coverage for medical in overcharging by medical icy experiment that has forced before purchasing a permit. expenses over $555,000 resulting providers. In one example, a med - drivers…to choose between pay - Fuelwood is for personal use only and cannot be resold or traded. from auto accidents. ical provider charged more than ing their auto insurance premium Wood must be dead and down within 200 feet of a road. The MCCA, which is not subject $5,000 for an MRI when that or buying groceries. For some, it’s Fuelwood permits cost $20 and are good for 90 days after they are is - to the Freedom of Information Act exact same procedure, at the same like a second mortgage,” Kinley sued. More information is available by visiting the website and Open Meetings Act, has in- location and on the same machine, said. “Drivers across the state are Michigan.gov/Fuelwood or by contacting Asselin at (517) 284-5843. creased the fee motorists pay to costs $500 under Medicare. demanding reform and we urge cover catastrophic medical claims the Legislature to listen to their annually for the last three years — Jean Anthony, president and pleas for help and to pass real re - Treasury: PREs don’t expire 6.3 percent in 2017, 13 percent in CEO of Hills and Dales General forms to lower the cost of auto in - 2018, and 14.5 percent in 2019 — Hospital in Cass City, has heard surance.” MICHIGAN — Michigan Department of Treasury officials are remind - resulting in drivers paying more time and time again the accusa - A recent study conducted by the ing Michiganders that Principal Residence Exemptions – known as a than twice as much as they did in tions of hospitals overcharging as University of Michigan found that PREs – do not expire. 2008. it relates to the no-fault insurance auto insurance is unaffordable for Inaccurate social media posts are claiming that Michigan taxpayers The MCCA oversees a fund that debate, and she’s quick to say that drivers in 97 percent of the state’s will experience a surge in property taxes due to their PRE expiring after reimburses auto insurance compa- painting the entire medical com - zip codes. 25 years. As a result, state treasury officials and local assessors are ex - nies when the cost of medical care munity with a wide brush is nei - The Lansing-based IAM was periencing a surge in inquiries from residents who are trying to verify exceeds $580,000. Michigan is ther fair nor accurate. formed in 2017 when the Michi - this misinformation or submit unneeded paperwork. the only state in the nation that re- “I want to be clear that at a hos - gan Insurance Federation and In - “Simply put, there isn’t an expiration date on a Principal Residence quires such a fund because it’s the pital like ours, and at any medical surance Institute of Michigan Exemption,” said acting Deputy State Treasurer Anne Wohlfert, who only state that requires drivers to institution, there are policies in joined together, and represents oversees treasury’s state and local finance programs. “Homeowners purchase unlimited, lifetime med- place that do not allow for over - property/casualty insurance com - who have claimed a Principal Residence Exemption do not have to re - ical benefits with their auto insur- charging,” Anthony said. panies that annually underwrite file the required form unless they move.” ance policy. “Just like patients experience more than $12 billion in insur - A PRE exempts a residence from the tax levied by a local school dis - Last month, MCCA officials tes- with their medical insurance when ance. According to the organiza - trict for school operating purposes up to 18 mills. To qualify for a PRE, tified before the Senate Insurance having a procedure done, there tion’s website, IAM member a person must be a Michigan resident who owns and occupies the prop - and Banking Committee that fee has to be preauthorization done companies provide insurance to erty as a principal residence. increases were the result of “waste when a medical provider is work - about 90 percent of the and fraud” in the medical system. ing with the auto insurance com - property/casualty insurance mar - M-46 work resumes April 8 However, the recent increase pany. A medical provider is going ket in Michigan. CARO — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is gearing up to resume construction of M-46 through Tuscola County. Work will start Monday, April 8, and is expected to be completed in Ubly Schools among security grant May. The project includes resurfacing the M-46 and M-24 intersection. Also, the project will include pavement markings and installation of recipients announced by state police center-line rumble strips, along with additional clean-up items. This project is part of an overall $3.9 million investment to resurface more than five miles of M-46, from Sheridan Road to M-24, which The Michigan State Police tions.” Association of Non-Public began in July 2018. (MSP) last week announced 135 Grant recipients will have until Schools and other school safety public school districts, 66 non- June 1, 2020, to spend their professionals. public schools, 20 public charter awards. In all, 366 applications were re - Blood drive set in Kingston schools and nine intermediate Grant applications were re - ceived, requesting more than $46 school districts/regional educa - viewed by a committee that in - million in funding for security en - KINGSTON – The Kingston United Methodist Church and Kingston tional service agencies will share cluded representatives from the hancements. In accordance with Community Schools are hosting a blood drive Friday, April 12, from 2 in $25 million in state grants. MSP, Michigan Association of the appropriation, priority was to 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Among the recipients is the Ubly Chiefs of Police, Michigan Sher - given to applicants who had not The high school is located 5790 State St. Anyone interested in donation Community Schools, which will iffs’ Association, Michigan De - received school safety grant funds blood can sign up using the following website link: https://donate.mi - receive a matching grant totaling partment of Education, Michigan in the past. blood.org/…/schedules/drive_schedule/120434. $61,291. Cleaning supplies are needed The funding is being distributed in conjunction with the 2019 THUMB — The Human Development Commission (HDC) will host a Competitive School Safety Grant household cleaning supply drive to help the homeless Monday, April Program to improve the safety and 15, through Thursday, April 18. security of students, staff and The drive will benefit the homeless who were recently able to secure school buildings through the pur - a place to call home, and they are in need of cleaning supplies. Welcome chase of technology and equip - donations include new, unopened cleaning supplies along with laundry ment. soap, shower curtains and hooks, paper towel, tampons and pads, and “Safety for our children should toilet paper. always be a top priority,” said Donations can be dropped off at the following Human Development Governor Gretchen Whitmer. offices: 150 Nugent Rd., Bad Axe; 429 Montague Ave., Caro; 1559 “Every parent should have the Imlay City Rd., Lapeer; and 215 N. 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Continued from page one. able to travel a distance to shop. “It (youth empowerment) means only grocery store closed. That While the teen is a confident, “The food pantries do a great making sure youth know that, no was more than 4 ½ years ago. big-picture thinker, her teammate, tire community forward. It will be job,” Battel said. However, she matter what their strength is or Recognizing the need for higher Daskam, thinks through the de - up to those who attend as to what noted, they are limited to pastas, their passion is, they can be a part quality foods for those in need, tails to make it happen. The pair that looks like.” canned foods and other staples of this project,” Daskam added. they secured grants and contribu - have proven to be an effective “It’s just kind of a time for every - that can be stored long-term, so At just 12 years of age, Battel, tions from the community and team. In their efforts to fight one to think about what they can there is a need for items such as the daughter of Sue and Bob Bat - began providing high-quality pro - hunger, Battel’s focus is on pro - contribute to Cass City,” Daskam meat, eggs and milk. tel, Cass City, and Daskam, tein to the Revive Ministries Food viding food from an animal agri - agreed. A key to success, according to daughter of Tamara and Michael Pantry in Cass City. The effort culture perspective, and Daskam Specific goals include exploring Battel, will be empowering youth Daskam, launched the Meating was later expanded to include the is especially interested in nutrition ways to secure quality, nutrient- to “really get boots on the ground the Need program with a team of St. Agatha Food Pantry in Gage - and preserving the dignity of food rich food for those in need, espe - and make change. How can we fellow Huron County 4-H’ers town. pantry customers. cially the elderly and others who help each other make even more after Cass City became a “food “When I found out that 17 per - And both have siblings following are struggling financially and un - change for Cass City?” desert” when the community’s cent of my community was food in their footsteps. insecure, my passion really took Battel’s sister, Dori, 13, has a off – there was a tangible need in flair for graphics arts and designed my community, and there was the Cass City Hunger Summit something I could do about it,” flyer. Daskam says her brother, Battel said. Royce, 14, is very much a people Since then, the project has had an person and is looking forward to economic impact of roughly being a part of the summit, as is $54,000, with volunteers distrib - her sister, Evelyn, 13. uting about 10,000 pounds of Battel and Daskam, both charter meat, 1,700 gallons of milk and members of the Boots and Bling 150 dozen eggs. 4-H Club, formed in 2013, are Behind those amazing figures qualified to play key roles in the have been a core group of 15 upcoming hunger summit in Cass youth involved in actively raising City. Battel was recently recog - meat and coordinating the project, nized earlier this month in Wash - according to Sue Battel, who esti - ington, D.C., as one of just four mated around 470 youths have 2019 4-H Youth in Action Pillar supported the cause, including Award winners nationwide, re - Cass City High School ag students ceiving the honor in the agricul - and others whose fair animals ture category, while Daskam was ended up being purchased by named a finalist in the healthy liv - companies that then donated them ing category. to the project. In addition, Addy Battel and While the area teens have given Daskam have shared their experi - much back to their community, ences and successes with more both say their efforts have netted than 540 youths as guest trainers a number of rewards, including during training workshops – most fine-tuning their own future plans. of them 4-H-sponsored – through - Battel has set her sights on earn - out the state, in Washington, D.C., ing an animal science degree at and in North Carolina. Both teens MSU and is considering a number are also past delegates to the of minors, including ag communi - World Food Prize Global Youth cations and international develop - Lights, camera, action! Institute. ment. Daskam hasn’t decided on a Battel credits teamwork as the college yet, but plans to pursue a THE UBLY HIGH School Drama Department recently presented the comedy backbone of their partnership. career as a registered dietician. 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When teaching, Zdrojewski stands in front of a class and tries to keep students engaged so they learn. As an actor, he’s on a stage, engaging an audience in an effort to convince them he is the character he’s por - traying. “They are both about the same principal,” Zdrojewski commented dur - ing a recent interview. Zdrojewski, who teaches seventh and eighth grade science classes in the Cass City School District, has performed in about two dozen com - munity theater plays throughout the Thumb area. Neither education nor drama were on the local native’s radar when he enrolled at Northern Michigan University after graduating from Cass City High School. “I went to college to study computer science. I learned that I really didn’t enjoy programing computers. It wasn’t fun like I thought it would be,” Zdrojewski recalled, noting he understood what was being taught, but many of the 30- and 40-year-old students in the class didn’t. “When they asked the professor to explain the information so they could understand, he just kept saying it was on the board in black and white. He didn’t really answer their questions.” CASS CITY teacher Jon Zdrojewski earns a living in the classroom, but feeds The professor’s lack of empathy bothered Zdrojewski. his passion for acting in community theatre productions throughout the Thumb “When the professor left the room, those older students asked if any - one understood the information? I said I did. I went to the front of the area. He’s pictured above, front and center next to Rita Wencel, when the pair room and started teaching. I debugged everyone’s programs and started along with other Port Austin Community Players cast members performed helping teach every day,” he said. “I realized I enjoyed that. So I ended up going into education instead.” Ken Ludwig’s “Moon Over Buffalo”. That experience changed the direction of the 18-year-old’s life and led him back home. After he graduated college, he returned to Cass City to begin his teaching career. His first job was in Harbor Beach, and then at Saints Peter and Paul School in Ruth, before spending the next 26 Reese coach charged with embezzlement years with the Cass City Public Schools. “When I came back to Cass City, there was the Cass City Players the - Continued from page one. from various fundraisers that oc - district court and released on a ater at that time. My mom was one of the organizers,” Zdrojewski said. curred between approximately personal recognizance bond. “In the 80’s, I appeared on stage with her in two plays; the ‘Leading The charge carries a maximum June and November 2018 while Reese Police Chief Michael Ladies’ and ‘Murder at the Tony Lou Awards’. And, I did ‘Arsenic and penalty of 10 years in prison. he was the varsity football coach Hadd has served as investigator Old Lace’ with the Cass City Players, and a couple of plays in Caro.” “The charge arises from funds for Reese Public Schools,” Reene on the case with assistance from In high school, he performed in plays all four years. the defendant (allegedly) misap - explained. the Michigan State Police, Reene “I really enjoyed acting, but it is difficult to make a living doing that,” propriated to his personal use Long was arraigned March 13 in noted. he said. Zdrojewski figures he came by his love of theater thanks to his mother’s influence. In college, he took one theater class — art appreciation — where he studied scripts but didn’t do plays. Then, life happened, drawing him away from theater. He married and had a family, leaving his passion for acting on a shelf from 1990 to about 2005. His first play back on stage was “Escanaba in da Moonlight”. From, there he started doing one to two plays a year. Zdrojewski had been in the process of rehearsing for another play but a “curtain” came down before he had a chance to even learn all of his lines. He had been rehearsing for Neal Simon’s play, “God’s Favorite”, with the Port Austin Players group to be performed later this month and again in May. However, he pointed out, “I’m not going to be able to do that now. My daughter is graduating. That comes first.” Zdrojewski was a member of the cast of “Beverly Hillbillies”, a play presented in the Unionville-Sebewaing area. “So far my favorite play that I’ve been in was ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ by George Hay. That was in Port Austin.” When he’s not acting or bowling, Zdrojewski can be found mentoring Cass City student athletes – he coaches three varsity sports. “I’m one of those stupid busy guys, and I enjoy that,” he said. “I love coaching the kids and teaching, but performing gives me a break from teaching and sports. I can forget about everything and become the char - acter I’m playing.” “Also, I’ve been in a few, but don’t care much for musicals. I was in the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’, but just as a narrator,” Zdrojewski added. “If I’m not acting, I do tech stuff for plays. I do the lights and sound. So even if I’m not in a play, I still don’t get away from it. I’m just one of those regular guys who loves doing theater.” It’s a schedule that keeps Zdrojewski hopping, and he credits his wife, Deidra, for her support for being behind him in everything he does. “She is a real trooper,” he said. ZDROJEWSKI’s past community theatre acting credits include Jeff Daniels’ “Escanaba in da Moon - light”. He’s pictured above (second from right).