Collaboration to Address End-Of- Life Issues July 12
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THURSDAY THE TECUMSEH 50¢ JUNE 30, 2016 Tecumseh, Michigan Join us! VOL. 163, ISSUE 58 HERALD LENAWEE COUNTY’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER • SINCE 1850 tecumsehherald.com INSIDE: Clinton Community Schools announce layoffs • See page 4A In the news Tipton Cemetery to host July 5 ceremony Collaboration to Registration remains open for TMS program address end-of- Middle School Mayhem, an educational program for incoming sixth grade students attending Tecumseh Public life issues July 12 Schools, is currently accept- ing registrations. Students will n Public invited to pro- out the Five W i s h e s receive hands-on experience gram on advanc e care during the program, which form, an strengthens leadership and directives, estate plan- a d v a n c e team building skills, theme- ning and preplanning care direc- oriented lessons in math, funeral arrangements tive that along with cooking and art gives the projects. Field trips to a bowl- By MEGAN LINSKI wishes and ing alley, canoeing on the [email protected] wants of River Raisin and a scavenger s o m e o n e Bill Kenyon hunt are also part of Middle First Federal Bank, Handler who can no School Mayhem, which runs Funeral Homes, Robison longer make July 18-29 from 8 to 11 a.m. Curphey & O’Connell (RCO) d e c i s i o n s Cost is $70. For more infor- Law and Hospice of Lenawee for them- mation, call Cindy Hook at will collaborate to present an selves due 423.1105, ext. 6180, or email informational program on July to a sudden [email protected]. Space 12 on the importance of advance accident or is limited. care directives and estate plan- i l l n e s s . ning. First Federal Bank will “ H a v i n g Contest seeks entries host the program at its your ad- Susan Turner Tecumseh office located at 1449 vance care for ‘Best Front Yard’ W. Chicago Blvd. The event directives The Tecumseh Parks and begins at 6 p.m. and is open to completed Rec Department’s annual the public. and choos- Best Front Yard on the Block Speakers will include: Bill ing the per- contest is accepting nomina- Kenyon and Susan Turner from son to speak tions through Thursday, July Hospice of Lenawee, who will on your 14. The contest is open to discuss advance care directives; behalf if Tecumseh residents. Entry Chris Phillips, senior trust fidu- you are no forms may be picked up and ciary officer from First Federal longer able Chris Phillips dropped off at The Daily Bank and Mike Olsaver from to is so Grind, Tecumseh City Hall, PHOTO BY KERRY HAMILTON SMITH RCO Law, who will speak on important. Smith Recreation Center, or Thirty-one Civil War soldiers from Franklin Township are memorialized on a monument in estate and trust settlement, and We will dis- can be downloaded to print at Tipton Cemetery. The monument is the oldest Civil War memorial in Michigan. estate planning; and John cuss this at www.downtowntecumseh.co- Barnhart from Handler Funeral the seminar m/www.mytecumseh.org. Homes, who will address pre- and other Nominations can also be Event to remember 31 Civil War planning funerals. topics and emailed to dkirn-@tecum- Phillips said the event is an urge our seh.mi.us or sgilmore@tec- informal education on what to community umseh.mi.us. Front yards will vets on state’s oldest monument do in advance of becoming ill to attend, as Mike Olsaver be judged during the week of and things to think about from a this is a July 18 by the Little Garden n financial standpoint before c o n v e r s a - Club of Tecum-seh and three Monument reaches 150th anniversary in Tipton being faced with imminent deci- tion you winners will be selected. sions. “First Federal is a com- will want to Winners will be notified no By KERRY HAMILTON Some have familiar surnames exhibitions of various historical munity bank and part of our be a part later than Monday, July 25 SMITH — their relatives still live in the items will be displayed at the strategy is to educate our clients of,” Phillips and receive a gift from the [email protected] area. But they all have three Franklin Township Hall on M- not just on financial matters, but said. Tecumseh Parks and Rec things in common: they all died 50 in Tipton. The commemora- matters that relate to the entire The goal Department. For more infor- Hiram J. Larrue was killed while serving in the Union tion will continue at the monu- person,” Phillips said. “We real- of the semi- mation, call 423.5602. by bushwackers near Grove Army during the Civil War, ment in the cemetery located ly want the best for our clients nar, accord- John Barnhart Church, Va. John Barnam and they all hailed from Franklin just behind the township hall at and it’s important for people to ing to Phil- Memorial Run/Walk to George Mason died aboard the Township, and all are memori- 7 p.m. A bagpiper will play and understand what options are lips, is to create a dialogue steamer Sultana when it explod- alized on Michigan’s oldest Pastor Brian Grothe from the available.” between family members before honor crash victims ed near Memphis, Tenn. Civil War monument in the nearby Lifehouse Church will First Federal Bank has end-of-life decisions have to be The Third Annual Curt and William Penticost perished at Tipton Cemetery. give the blessing. Various already hosted several seminars made. “We’re all going to pass Dakota Memorial 5K Run & the infamous Andersonville The sesquicentennial of what speakers, including historians on end-of-life issues in Morenci away, and as circumstances Fun Walk for scholarships will Prison in Georgia under is thought to be the fifth oldest Bob Elliott and Gary Holmes and Hudson and wished to bring change families have to decide be held Saturday, July 23, deplorable conditions. They are Civil War monument in the along with authors David Ingle the conversation to Tecumseh to what the patient wanted,” starting from Tecumseh High among 31 men who shared a U.S. will be celebratedn o and Marty Betera, will give his- benefit local residents. Phillips said. “This seminar will School. Registration opens at similar fate. Some were Tuesday, July 5 with a host of Kenyon and Turner will dis- 8 a.m. with the event starting teenagers. Some were brothers. different activities. At 6 p.m., SEE MEMORIAL PAGE 5A cuss the importance of filling SEE DIRECTIVES PAGE 5A at 9 a.m. Cost is $25 and includes a T-shirt. Partici- pants 10 years old and younger are free. Preregis- Tecumseh graduate drafted to NHL by Boston Bruins tration can be made online at www.dakotaandcurtmemori- n Cameron Clarke said seeing his name posted in the draft announcement was ‘unreal’ al5k.org. For more informa- tion, call 423.6977. The event By MICKEY ALVARADO League (NAHL) last season for started jumping around and it University, led all NAHL is held in memory of Dakota [email protected] the Lone Star Brahmas and was just an awesome moment.” defensemen in scoring this sea- Gonzales and Curt Orlowski became only the second player He joins 2014-15 Brahmas son with 50 points in 59 games who died after their vehicle Before even touching a puck in the program’s history to be goaltender Jake Kupsky, who played. was hit by a drunk driver in as a professional player, Cam selected in the NHL Draft, was selected 193rd overall by He will play for Ferris State 2014 on U.S. 23. Clarke made sports history on picked 136th in the fifth round the San Jose Sharks in the 2015 University, a member of the Saturday, June 25, by becoming by the Boston Bruins. NHL Draft. Western Collegiate Hockey the first from Tecumseh, and “My family and I were just The NAHL selected Clarke Association (WCHA), until the Inside possibly Lenawee County, to be sitting and watching and I saw it as a member of its All-NAHL Bruins decide to call him up. Classified 1B drafted into the National Hockey come up on the screen, and it team and also named him the Clarke is the first player with Crossword 3B League (NHL). was unreal,” Clarke said in an Defenseman of the Year on ties to the WCHA to be selected Legals 9A, 2-3B Clarke, a 2014 Tecumseh online post by the Brahmas. “It April 28. Clarke, who commit- in the NHL Draft. Living 3A Obituaries 2A High School graduate, competed was like you just scored an ted to play NCAA Division I Sports 6A in the North American Hockey overtime winner. Everyone hockey at Ferris State SEE CLARKE PAGE 6A Cam Clarke PAGE 2A — THE TECUMSEH HERALD JUNE 30, 2016 Imagine TECUMSEH & AREA oBITUARIES 2016 at Tecumseh Place in Ivan of Britton, Dianne Kamila (Ronald). That Tecumseh, Mich. Szymanski of Milan, and In addition to Martin, her hus- She was born January 26, Dennise (David) Grinnell of band of 64 years, Blanche is pre- 1921 to Joseph and Antonia Cheboygan; nine grandchildren, ceded in death by her sister Elsie (Kozney) Cevora. Blanche was a Wendy Wiggens, Kelly (Michael) Trenasty and brother Joe Cevora; by Mary Kay McPartlin 1939 graduate of Chadsey High Tighe, Nicholas Ivan, Jessica grandson Tim Benedict and son- School in Detroit, Mich. In 1939, (Loyd) Pitts, Ryan (Angela) in-law Ron Szymanski. while serving as maid of honor to Grinnell, Kari (Andrew) Cislo, Visitation was held at My news confession for this market, which was completed her sister, she met Martin Ivan Jennifer (Denver) Parker, Ochalek-Stark Funeral Home, week: the Brexit news blind- in 1992, allows the free move- who she married in 1941.