THOMAS TOWNSHIP GIVES BACK to the COMMUNITY Thomas Township Board of Last Year, Thomas Town- Volunteers
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Volume 22 Number 4 October 2017 TRICK OR TREAT HOURS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 5:30-7:30 TODAY THOMAS TOWNSHIP GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY Thomas Township Board of Last year, Thomas Town- volunteers. They came together to install siding, Trustees ship formed a partnership windows, doors, sofit, handicap accessible bath- with the Saginaw- rooms and ramps, LOTs of paint, brush removal Bob Weise Shiawassee Habitat for and many other tasks. What a week of excite- Supervisor Humanity organization to ment, hard work, fun and sometimes tears! begin planning for the Hab- A great big thank you goes out to everyone Vern Weber itat Build/Home Preserva- who participated. Likewise, we want to thank Treasurer tion week held here this our local businesses and churches who provided past August 14-18th. The food, volunteers and donations: Mid-Valley Insur- Edward Brosofski event gave both Township ance, Tim Horton’s, Culver’s, Sporty’s Wing Shack, Clerk employees and volunteers a chance to share their Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Holy Spirit generosity, while improving both individual Catholic Church, St. Dominic’s Catholic Parish, Craig Monahan homes and our community as well. Our hope was Flannigan’s, Brown & Brown Insurance, The State Trustee to give some of our residents’ a helping hand by Bank, HSC and Eudici’s. creating an opportunity for Township employees, All in all, it was an awesome week. Over 100 Mike Thayer along with volunteers from throughout Thomas community minded people came together to help Trustee Township to give back. It turned out to be a great eight homeowners make a variety of improve- experience for everyone. ments to their property. We are considering try- Ellen Ryder-Petre As a community, Thomas Township has always ing to make this an annual event for our commu- Trustee been generous and supportive. Just look at the nity to come together to help Township residents impact of the local “Pay it Forward” program as and to enjoy the privilege of lending a helping Dave Sommers an example. The Township employs an awesome hand. We will likely designate the third week of Trustee group of community-minded and sincere people August as the Thomas Township Habitat Build who really enjoy working with and helping oth- Week. Russell Taylor ers. The Habitat Week gave all of us a chance to If you have an interest in participating next Manager support our residents and community. Deidre year as a volunteer, please call Deidre @ 989-781 Frollo, Fiscal Services Director, along with a com- -0150. If you think that either you or someone Municipal Offices mittee of fellow Township employees, deserve you know could use some help, please contact the 249 North Miller Road special recognition for taking on the responsibil- Habitat team at 989-. They will get you all of the 781-0150 ity of coordinating the effort. information you need and perhaps we will be www.thomastwp.org The Habitat team brought their experience and painting your house next year. an excellent reputation with leading large com- Thomas Township Parks munity-based building projects like this one. 249 North Miller Road They know the funding sources and how to quali- 781-0151 fy homeowners. They also have the personnel DPW Administration with experience selecting qualiied homeowners 251 Miller Court and determining what improvements are needed. 781-6438 They also bring the expertise with the construc- tion and the tools/equipment needed to complete Police Department the work. In the end, they located eight homes 8215 Shields Drive with qualiied homeowners for us to work on that 781-1300 needed a wide range of repairs and maintenance Fire Department work. 8215 Shields Drive Thomas Township employees, Saginaw- 781-4141 Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity volunteers, Library community members, churches, businesses, local 8207 Shields Drive clubs and other organizations provided over 100 781-3770 Inside Features Parks and Recreation News and Programming Pages 3-6 Evening in the Park Thank You Page 5 Meet Your Neighbor—Military Edition Page 7 Fall 2017 Page 2 2017 Business Of The Year Recipients Thomas Township Announces Runners -up in the l arg e business cat egor y were Mar- 2017 Business of the Year tin Chevrolet located at 8800 Gratiot Road, and Apple The Thomas Township Planning Commission has se- Mountain located at 4519 North River Road. lected the winners and runners-up for the Business/ Organization of the Year Awards for 2017. Each year the L to R: Doug Bird, Planning Commission Member, Tad Planning Commission reviews the list of licensed busi- Veremis, Martin Chevrolet, nesses and organizations in Thomas Township and se- Rod Iamurri, Planning Com- lects those that they feel have demonstrated aesthetic mission Chairman, Angie Schreiner, Martin Chevrolet, excellence and set a positive example for Thomas Town- and Dave Sommers, Plan- ship. ning Commission Member. Kluck Nursery Inc., located at 1020 Van Wormer Road was selected by the members as Business/Organization of the Year for the large business category. L to R: Doug Bird, Planning Commission Member, Russ Chanin, Apple Mountain, Rod Iamurri, Planning Com- mission Chairman and Dave Sommers; Planning Com- mission Member. Runners -up for th e sm all business cat egor y wer e W.L Case Funeral Home, 201North Miller Road and Rail Trail Motor Company, 8235 Gratiot Road L to R: David Sommers, Planning Commission Member, Karen and Tom Kluck, Owners, Rod Iamurri, Planning Commission Chairman, Tyler Kluck and Doug Bird, Planning Commission Member. Coco Loco Mexican Grill and Bar at 7467 Gratiot Road was chosen as Business/Organization of the Year for the small business category. L to R: Doug Bird, Ruth McDonald, Planning Commission Members, Becky Case-Myers, Dave Case, Julie Case-Swieczkowski, Case Funeral Home, Rod Iamurri, Planning Commission Chairman and Dave Sommers, Planning Com- mission Member. L to R: Dave Sommers, Ruth McDonald, Plan- ning Commission Members, Justin Luneack, Brandon Hitchcock, owners, Rod Iamurri, Planning Commission Chairman and Doug Bird, Plan- ning Commission Member. L to R: Dave Sommers, Planning Commission Member, Doug Bird, Planning Commission Member, Jose Costilla and Alicia Costilla, owners, and Ruth McDonald, Planning Commission Member. Jennifer Holtman, Community Development Staff Page 3 Parks and Recreation Fall and Winter Happenings Thomas Township Parks and Recreation Commission Members and Staff Scott Branch, Chairman, Angela Alworden, Staff: Craig Blower, Tara DeLine, John Corriveau, Director Stephanie Yancer, Carly Rusch, Stacy Hable, Assistant Director Dean Rusch Connie Smith, Secretary Parks Office is open Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (989) 781-0151 Haunted Train Christmas Train and Festival of Lights Roethke Park will once again be hosting the Haunted The ifth annual Christmas Train and Festival of Train Ride and Haunted House. Come on out and get Lights will be held at Roethke Park on December 1-2 your ill of fright on October 13-14 and 20-21. The and December 8-9. The Roethke Express will ride Train will run from dusk until everyone has ridden! the winter wonderland each night from 6:00 p.m. to Usually, we try to end by 11:30pm. 9:00 p.m. Come on out and enjoy our bonire, have some s'mores and of course visit with Santa Claus. The Haunted Train ride has been operated at Roethke Park for over 30 years and continues to be a The Christmas Train and Festival of Lights is a fan- huge event that we look forward to each year. Vol- tastic family event, sponsored by the Thomas Town- unteers are always needed to run skits during the ship Parks and Recreation. This event couldn’t be event. Your organization, family or individuals who done without the help of our area businesses and love Halloween can come on out and help. If this local families who come out and decorate a Christ- sounds like something you would like to do, please mas scene for you to enjoy! call our ofice at (989) 781-0151 and ind out how you can help. If your family, business, church or civic group would like to participate, please call us at (989) 781-0151. ONLINE REGISTRATION: When using the online registration system to register for Parks and Recreation Programing, you MUST pay for the program you are registering for at the time you fill out the registration form or you will not be considered enrolled in that program. Registration is a two step process. Once you hit REGISTER NOW, you will register, agree to the terms and hit SEND, you will then be redirected to the payment options on the next screen. If you have not received a con- firmation of payment, you are not registered. Some program sizes are limited. Fall 2017 Page 4 Parks and Recreation Fall and Winter Programs BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL CLINICS ****NEW PROGRAMING**** This six week program is held at Swan Valley High School and is for kids ages 4-8. Our recreational staff, which consists of high school athletes, will run the kids through skill drills that will help them take the next step in basketball. We like to also encourage the par- ticipants in the basketball clinics to attend the local high school games and cheer RECREATIONAL DOGEBALL on their instruc- tors as they play. Registration begins in January 2018. this six week Deadline to reg- program starts February 17, 2018. Games will take ister is Novem- place on Saturdays at Swan Valley High School: ber 17, 2017. Games will begin 2 n d / 3 r d G r a d e s 12:00 pm—12:45pm January 6, 2018. 4th/5th Grades 1:00 pm—1:45 pm Cost is $45 for residents and $50 for non-residents.