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THE TECUMSEH Jeopardy a Family Affair for Tecumseh Couple THURSDAY THE TECUMSEH 50¢ FEBRUARY 2, 2017 Tecumseh, Michigan Join us! VOL. 164, ISSUE 17 HERALD LENAWEE COUNTY’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER • SINCE 1850 tecumsehherald.com INSIDE: Cabin Fever Film Festival Saturday at TCA • See page 5A In the news County visioning THS students to hold Empty Bowls benefit project seeks input The Empty Bowls project, presented by the Tecumseh High School art and life skills at upcoming forums department, will be held Friday, Feb. 3 at Tecumseh n Tecumseh will host the pared to amounts of tax revenue High School, 760 Brown St., fifth and final forum on and growth of population. He during Winter Homecoming. Wednesday, March 8 from said, “Don’t confuse develop- The event will run from 5-7 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Smith ment with growth. They’re not p.m. Participants will receive Recreation Center. the same thing.” a hand-made bowl of their Gilmartin spoke on what choice and will be served By JACKIE KOCH makes a community a place dessert and ice cream for a [email protected] where people want to live, and donation of $10. All proceeds said that two-thirds of college- will benefit the Tecumseh One Lenawee, an organiza- educated people between the Service Club and God’s tion of volunteers based in ages of 25 and 34 choose where Bread Basket. For more Adrian, is seeking public input they want to live first, and then information, call 423.6008. on a new initiative to improve look for work. “Place attracts Lenawee County. To kick off a people,” he said. Although he Human Trafficking is six- to eight-month effort to focused on those aspects that topic of Feb. 3 program PHOTO SUBMITTED develop a common vision and make a city attractive to young Television game host Alex Trebek (l) and Doug Baker on the set of Jeopardy. prioritized goals for the county, people, such as physical design The Lenawee County One Lenawee’s steering com- and walkability, green initia- Health Department will host a mittee hosted speakers from the tives, cultural economic devel- program on human trafficking Michigan Municipal League opment, a welcoming atmos- Friday, Feb. 3 from 1-2:30 Jeopardy a family affair (MML) and the Michigan State phere and access to higher edu- p.m. in the River Raisin University Extension (MSUE) cation, he said that the 35 and Room of the Health and during sessions on Thursday, older crowd wants the same Human Services Building, for Tecumseh couple Jan. 26 on the campus of Siena things in a place where they 1040 S. Winter St., Adrian. Heights University. may settle down to stay. Michigan State Police Dan Gilmartin, executive MSUE government and pub- Trooper Tressa Duffin of the By JACKIE KOCH said 200,000 people per year basically speed-read the ques- director and CEO of the MML, lic policy specialist Eric Wolcott Monroe Post will speak on [email protected] attempt, determines whether a tion as soon as it appears,” began the morning session by outlined the process that began how citizens can be aware, person qualifies for the compe- Baker said. “I’m not that fast of sharing information on the costs with the kick off event and will proactive and resourceful in Tecumseh residents Doug tition. Jass had her first stint on a reader, so I had my son, of infrastructure such as roads, continue with five civic forums combating these crimes and Baker and Stephanie Jass the show in 2012. who’s a computer programming bridges, water and sewer sys- coming to the aid of victims. began their relationship 10 Baker had helped his wife whiz, to write me a program tems and other utilities, com- SEE FORUMS PAGE 4A For more information, contact years ago with a game of train for the show and together that pulls up Jeopardy ques- Lisa Nelson at 264.5231 or Trivial Pursuit, starting a they dissected the game to for- tions.” The program trained [email protected]. healthy competition that con- mulate her strategy, with the him to read and react faster and tinues to this day and has pro- help of books about competing helped him learn content. Tickets on sale for gressed to game show status. on the show. Because he spent Baker said the preparation Daddy-Daughter dance Baker, an independent sustain- so much time with her prepar- right before the taping was ability consultant, was a con- ing for competition and had mostly psychological, to pre- Tecumseh’s Parks and testant on the Jeopardy televi- attended 27 tapings of the vent losing composure or Recreation department will sion game show in an episode show, he was comfortable with becoming stressed about host two Daddy-Daughter that aired Tuesday, Jan. 31. the experience. answering incorrectly. The cou- Dances on Saturday, Feb. 25 Jass, now his wife, is a history After his wife was done ple agreed that his prior experi- at AJ Smith Recreation professor at Adrian College and with her last tournament, he ence on set while she was on Center, 810 N. Evans St., holds the honor of being the took the online test in 2014. He the show helped him be more from 1-3 p.m. or 4:30-6:30 female contest who won the didn’t get called to audition for relaxed. “There are still a lot of p.m. The cost is $50, or $40 most games in a row on the show, so he took the test people who are dealing with for city residents per couple Jeopardy, was a Tournament of again in early 2015 and got a the novelty, and so Doug didn’t with a $10 charge for each Champions semi-finalist in call for an audition that took have to deal with any of that,” PHOTO BY JIM LINCOLN additional daughter. Tickets 2013 and a Battle of the place in Boston in October Jass said. “That comfort level Tecumseh Youth Theatre will present Disney’s Aladdin Jr. must be purchased in Decades contestant in 2014. 2015, while they were moving helps.” Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and advance. For more informa- “I was the one that encour- to their current home in Regardless of how many Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. at the Tecumseh Center for the Arts. tion, call 423.5602. aged her to go on in the first Tecumseh. “They called me wins one has, everyone has the The classic story features a street urchin, Aladdin, who vies for place, because she was so dom- literally a year later,” he said. regret moment, Baker said. the attention of the princess Jasmine and uses a genie’s magic Croswell Opera House inant on my couch,” said “I had given up.” Although he was the leader power to become a prince in order to marry her. The 58-mem- selling season tickets Baker, referring to the couple’s He had four weeks to pre- Tuesday night until Final ber cast is composed of fifth through eighth grade students Jeopardy-watching sessions. “I pare to go to Los Angeles to Jeopardy, the last question that from Tecumseh, Onsted, Clinton and Britton. Pictured is Kyle Tickets for the 2017 season couldn’t beat her, so I said, tape the show on Election Day. requires contestants to wager a Haeussler of Tecumseh as Prince Formerly Known as the at the Croswell Opera House, ‘Oh, you should take the test.’” “Stephanie’s strength was that Artist and several cast members. Tickets for the shows are 129 E. Maumee St., Adrian, The online test, which Baker she is a prolific reader and can SEE BAKER PAGE 4A $12. Call the TCA at 423.6617 for more information. are now on sale, including five full-length musicals and the premiere of a new work by Michigan playwright Terry Prison teacher shares stories and lessons learned Hissong. Tickets for most shows range from $15 to By JACKIE KOCH hall with an adult education ing to better themselves. $35. For more information, [email protected] prison program that needed “The years that I was there, go to croswell.org. full-time teachers for Milan’s from 1986 to 2010, saw the Judy Wenzel never imagined Federal Correctional largest expansion in the coun- Inside the turns her life would take Institution. Wenzel applied and try’s prison population in our Classified 1B after graduating from the was hired immediately. history,” she said. “We didn’t Crossword 3B University of Michigan and “A short walk across the have the language then, or Faith 4B earning secondary certification hall changed my life,” she said. understand what was happen- Legals 2-3A, 1-3B as an English and social studies Thus began her career in ing, for what we now call mass Living 3A teacher more than 25 years Michigan’s only federal prison. incarceration.” She noted that Obituaries 2A ago. The mother of four had Wenzel spoke about her experi- the number of people of color Sports 6A not secured a high school ences on January 26 at the that are incarcerated has teaching position by Labor Tecumseh District Library to become a form of racial con- Jerry’s Market Day, so she drove to Milan, around 30 people, lacing her trol, and said that most of her Michigan to sign up for the tales about students with statis- students were Black or Insert inside substitute teacher list. The sec- tics on crime, racial injustice, Hispanic people in prison for today’s retary there mentioned that and the obstacles faced by Tecumseh PHOTO BY JACKIE KOCH there was an office across the incarcerated individuals want- Herald! SEE PROGRAM PAGE 8A Judy Wenzel speaks at Tecumseh District Library.
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