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'Lowell 'Ledger • §uburbaii Life 9 J "Covering Area Happenings of People You Know! NEWSSTAND PRICE 10 cents W55S5K VOL 90 NO. 13 THURSDAY, JULY 6,1973 VOL 19 NO. 14 5«« fSSSS »5««! JTascade's Fourth Offers Variefy Talent Search Forest Hills gion carrying the colors, antique cars, fire trucks, Cascade promises visitors to its 1973 Fourth of floats, and horses and bikes. Decorate 'em good, kids! July festivities another blast this year. Over 18,000 Finals July 14 May Revise There'll be prizes!!! were attracted to the community's traditional Indepen- Saturday night, July 14, will find over 35 of Michi- dence Day celebration last year; and several new events 11:45 a.m. - Annual Baked Chicken Dinner at Cas- gan's most talented non-professional show business are set to please even greater crowds this Wednesday, cade Christian Church. The Cascade Christian Reform- Year Policy acts competing for twelve coveted spots to appear on July 4th. ed Church will have that famous food booth. the Lowell Showboat during the two weekend perform- Forest Hills' Board of Eduation has taken under ad- From the opening of booths until the American 12 Noon - Town Band Concert at the Fire Station. ances July 19-21 and 26-28. vis:ment a plan to revise the compulsory four-year high flag dims closing the fireworks display, the day will be I p.m - Canoe Race down Thornapple River "from The Talent Search has been underway since early school attendance policy. " iventful. (In case of rain, and that's also traditional, Cascade bridge to Ada bridge. June with over 75 different acts being auditioned. The The plan would requite a student to attend high events are merely delayed until the sun comes out). 2:30 p.m. Water Ball Fight between the Cascade competition wa^ narrowed to over 30 acts for the final school V/i years instead of 4 years, if the student has It's a day of clean fun, family activity, community and Ada Firemen at the Ada Soft Ball Field. audition Talent Show taking place on the Showboat completed 20 credits needed to graduate. reunion, and patriotism. Stay at home and celebrate 5 p.m. - Balloon Ascension (weather permitting) at dock-side stage. The student then could take a career-oriented job the Fourth by attending one or all of the following the golf driving range. 50^ donations may win you a Showtime is 9:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale for the for the second semester of his senior year or attend an- events: "free trip" to the moon. Talent Search Night at the Lowell Showboat box office. other institution such as junior college or business 10 a.m. - All Star Baseball Games at Thornapple 6:30 p.m. - A soft ball (slow pitch) game between Seven judges from the entertainment field will select school, according to Forest Hills Supt. Robert Masten. Lions Park; Booths open at Cascade Village. We have men from the Cascade Christian and Cascade Christian the final twelve winners. all sorts of things to offer from the Firemen's Dunkin' Reformed Churches at the driving range. Masten said the student would receive his diploma Gordon Gould, "Mr. Interlocutor" will be the em- in June with the other high school students, if the plan Tank, to bake sales, pony rides, Ferris Wheel, pop and 8 p.m. - Outdoor Organ Recital, featuring Miss cee of the show. Miss Lowell Showboat, Sue Stephen- is adopted. jopcorn stands, etc. Nancy Gaskell. son and her queen's court, Pam Fralzke and Peggy Robert McKerry, associate superintendent for busi- 10:30 a.m. -Gala Parade, featuring our home town 10 p.m. - Gigantic Fireworks Display in the Cas- Moore, along with the endmen will take part in the ness and finance of the state Department of Education, band, directed by Sy Dykhouse, v/ith the American Le- cade Gravel Pit. show. said the Forest Hills district still would receive slate aid The Talent Search acts will include a wide variety for the student, even though he wasn't attending high of solo, duet and group singers, dancers, novelty acts, school second semester. plus modern, country-western and contemporary bands. He said the head count of students, used in deter- The winners will have the opportunity of appearing mining a district's state aid. is taken the fourth Friday either the first week (July 19-21) with the Mike Curb after Labor Day, when the students would still be in Congregation or with Boots Randolph the second week- school. end (July 26-28) along with the entire chorus. Show- Masten said he doubted if the Forest Hills board boat band, interlocutor, and endmen. "will even consider" using the district's money to pay The acts competing on Talent night will come from the college tuition for such students. all over the State of Michigan. Masten predicted that if the program is approved, only a small group of students would use it. Anthony LaPenna, director of admissions at Grand Ado Township Faces Rapids Junior College said high school students, under the Forest Hills plan, would pay regular tuition and Another Zoning Lawsuit would be required to have a recommendation by the high school principal or counselor, and have at least a i T will be back to the courtroom for Ada Township 3.0 grade point average. off ;ials, once again, as the township has been served To be eligible, the senior must have a 3.0 or better wit'i a law suit over zoning, particularly over the lack grade average and a written recommendation from his of i mltiple family zoning. high school principal or counselor. .The Township recently lost a battle to a 200-capa- city mobile home development slated for Egypt \ ^lley an* Three Mile Roads. This time the Merylahd Devel- Vent Co., an arm of Ladd Building Ct>.-which owns Oliver Sentenced, Adatowne ami A^acroft Commons, is trying to over- turn last November's referendum prohibiting (he con- struction of multiple family dwellings. Gets Life Term Ladd attempted to build condominiums near the Berrien County Circuit Judge Chester Bums last end of Rix Road in Ada's Village, but petitions were Tuesday sentenced Kenneth Eugene Oliver to life in circulated by residents in Adacroft which ultimately prison for the murder last October of State Police led to the defeat at the polls. Trooper Steven DeVries. WATER BALL FIGHT-The Ada Softball field will be the scene of a water ball fight between the fire- Ken Anderson, Township Clerk, said the suit will be Burns ordered Oliver of Detroit, to a life of hard answered within the next two weeks. men of Ada and Cascade at 2:30 p.m. labor and in solitary confinement, and he recommend- ed that Oliver never be paroled or his sentence com- Fallasburg To Ring muted. J/iere's Something For Everyone In Ads Oliver was found guilty June 14 of fatally shooting Freedom Bell July 4 DeVries, a former Lowell area resident and Lowell High School graduate, after the trooper stopped Oliver's car As far back as most Ada area residents can remem- ted bike, tricycle, costume, group and float. The Fallasburg School Museum will open again this following a bank robbery in Niles. ber, the Ada Volunteer Fire Department has always year July 4th, with bells ringing for Freedom at 1 p.m. The remainder of the day's activities are: Oliver stood quietly before the judge during sentenc- promoted the celebration of the Fourth of July, with A picnic potluck dinner for the Homecoming will ing and said he had "no comment" to make. some kind of activity. Carnival booth opening at the Ada Ball Park at I begin at 12 noon on the porch of the pavillion. Bring His attorney, Johr Dewayne, pleaded with the judge This year's celebration promises to be a real blast, p.m. your own service and beverage and a dish to pass. to give Oliver a chance for rehabilitation. He called Oli- with $1,000 worth of fireworks to be sent skyward at The emphasis on the Arts & Crafts Show for several ver an "intelligent man" who could find a useful place approximately 9:30 p.m. The fireworks display was Penny Scramble at 1:30 for children in the 1-5 and years has been changed to a two-day event in October. in society. incorporated into the activities some 16 years ago. 6-8-year-old age brackets. Joy Whittemore and her committees are doing a Burns rejected the plea, telling Oliver that he "killed A giant auction sale in June netted the firemen the Two legged races at 2 p.m. fine job arranging this "Fallasburg Fall Festival." Mark a part of society" when he shot DeVries. proceeds for the show ... and with the work of busi- Water ball fights between the Ada and Cascade Fire October 13 and 14 on your calendar. It is more extra- Oliver was remanded to the Berrien County Sheriff nessmen, organizations, individuals, young and old, an- Departments at 2:30 p.m. at the Ada Ball Field. vagant and exciting than any previously held by the pending his transfer to Southern Michigan State Prison other full day of activities will be staged, including a Pig Scramble for children 12 and under at 2:30 p.m. Historical Society. at Jackson. kiddie's parade starting from the Ada Shopper's Square A $ 10 prize for each boy and girl who catches the at 12 noon. Prizes will be awarded for the best decora- greased pig.