Fall 2012

Life in Tecumseh and Surrounding Areas

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SEPTEMBER
27
Downtown
Divas at Dusk
Special diva
pampering and
prizes at downtown
merchants. Bring your
sister, mom and BFF for
a fab-U-lous time.
OCTOBER
19th Annual
Appleumpkin Festival
& Westfest
Arts & Crafts, Antiques Street Fair,
Carnival Rides, Fair Food, Antique
Tractor Show, Chili Cook-off,
Inatables, Live Entertainment, Back
Alley Beer Tent and much more!
13 14
&
NOVEMBER
Holiday
Open House
Holiday shopping and annual
Recipe Walk. Downtown
Streetscape Lighting Ceremony
7:00 pm Friday Evening.
9 10
&
DECEMBER
7
Christmas
Parade
Floats, Bands, Holiday
Lights and Santa. The
whole family will enjoy
this holiday event.
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6 ...... REBUILDING HISTORY c|a 0cer||er ||stcr|aa/careater
10 .... PICK ME C|ccs|a a rescae cc
15 .... JULIE & JULIE |as|c teac|ers s|are a ass|ca
19 .... NOTEWORTHY !C/ accm|a e.eats
20 .... IDIDIT CAR SHOW C|ass|c aatc cecat
22 .... EVERY BARN HAS A STORY |ere's a |ew
28 .... AUTUMN MAKES ME SING ||ctc essa,
30 .... BACKSTORIES |cca| cas|aesscwaers s|are t|e|rs
34 .... TAKING THE SCENIC ROUTE eaa|e >c|ccer at 101
38 .... LIVING WATER MISSION |astcr !cm |aw||as ass|ca
42 .... BANNED BOOKS ||cerat|a ||teratare
44 .... HAPPENINGS
50 .... LORE & LEGENDS |a|| teac||a tcar
52 .... IMAGINE THAT |a.|s|c|e |r|eacs
54 .... BLACK DOOR GALLERY Cc.er ceta||s
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Cancer can seem overwhelming,
but you wont face it alone.
Allegiance Health will be with you every step of the way. Our oncology team will work with you to develop
a personalized plan to provide both physical and emotional support. From nutrition counseling to stress
management and physical therapy, our energizing support services will help make your treatment even more
eective.
If you have a cancer diagnosis, you dont have to face it alone. Choose the Gayle M. Jacob Cancer Center at
Allegiance Health. Visit us online at AllegianceHealth.org/NowWhat for a free DVD to learn more about our
integrative cancer services close to home.
A c|et ||cn |n ||u|t:. vegetcc|e:. wnc|e g|c|n:. cecn:. nut: cnc |:n
can strengthen your bodys ability to defend itself against cancer.
For more tips, visit AllegianceHealth.org and search Cancer Diet.
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br|t|s| !ea 0arcea ............................................31
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barc|c| o /sscc|ates, |ac. .................................14
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Camcr|aa /ss|stec ||.|a...................................1
Caret ca w|ee|s ..............................................32
C'est |a \|e........................................................ 51
C|e|sea C|e.rc|et .............................................48
C|e|sea 0ermatc|c, ........................................49
C|err, Cree| w|aer,..........................................43
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C|ass|c Cac|aets ................................................11
C|ear \|s|ca w|accws .........................................3
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|aac|ester C|r|stmas |cme !car .....................53
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|eatamere w|aer, .............................................13
|ersa|c|et, .......................................................33
||easaat brcc| /ar tmeats .............................50
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>aac |||| Craae 0at|er ......................................49
>c|m|ct o >cas ||armac,.................................30
>eascas >a|ca o >a ........................................28
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>a,r ||ectr|c ...................................................... 44
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HOMES
H I S T O R Y
c|a 0cer||er |s a ||tec ||stcr|aa. |e
ccesa't |a.e a ceree |a ||stcr,, acr
cces |e teac| staceats at t|e ||| sc|cc|
cr cc||ee |e.e|. |e ases ||s |acw|ece
c| ||stcr, tc reca||c, reac.ate cr create
|cmes |a a sec|||c ||stcr|c st,|e. |rcm
rcc| tc |caacat|ca, w|t| e.er, t|a, ceta||, c|a caa
create |a aa, st,|e |rcm aa, er|cc c| ||stcr,. "| |||e
ca||c|a tc a st,|e," sa|c 0cer||er. "| |||e tc |a.e a
c|rect|ca, aac t|ea |t's |aa."
|cst c| ||s wcr| c.er t|e ,ears |as ceea w|t|
\|ctcr|aa |cmes, a ca|ar arc||tectare ces|a |a
>cat|east ||c||aa. !|e |case 0cer||er aac ||s sca
Hate receat|, ||a|s|ec |a |||aa was aa e\cet|ca. |cr
t||s aew ccastract|ca, t|e c||eat waatec a |cme |a
trac|t|caa| /rts aac Cra|ts st,|e. !||s arc||tectara|
st,|e was esec|a||, ca|ar |a t|e U.>. arcaac t|e
tara c| t|e ceatar,, aac was acatec |rcm t|e
br|t|s| /rts aac Cra|ts mc.emeat
c| t|e m|c-1800s. "we cc |||e
restcrat|ca aac c|c |cmes," 0cer||er
sa|c w|t| a sm||e. "!|e c|cer t|e
cetter."
0cer||er's |acw|ece c| ||stcr|ca|
arc||tectare as we|| as ||s ca||c|a
s||||s |s se||-taa|t, |cr t|e mcst art.
|a 40 ,ears wcr||a ccastract|ca, |e
|caec ||s s||||s t|rca| researc| aac
a cec|cat|ca tc accarac,. |e |acws
act ca|, w|at mater|a|s were asec
|cr a .ar|et, c| c|||ereat ||stcr|ca|
ca||c|a st,|es, cat 0cer||er a|sc |as
a wcr||a |acw|ece c| t|e tcc|s aac
tec|a|caes asec c, cra|tsmaa |rcm aa
ear||er era. Uacerstaac|a mater|a|s
aac tec|a|cae meaas 0cer||er caa
ca||cate mcst ||stcr|ca| wcr|.
/at|eat|c|t, |s a |a||mar| c|
0cer||er's wcr|, w|et|er |e |s wcr||a
a sma|| rcect cr ca||c|a a aew
|cme |rcm t|e |caacat|ca a. ||s
|acw|ece |s .ast, aac aa,t||a t|at
ma, ce aa|am|||ar, w||| ce researc|ec
t|crca||,. "| et a ||c| cat c|
stac,|a w|at certa|a t||as s|ca|c
ce aac t|ea tr,|a tc ca||cate |t as
cest as | caa," sa|c 0cer||er.
!|e 0cer||ers |a.e ceea memcers
c| 0reea||e|c \|||ae aac |ear, |crc
|aseam s|ace t|e ear|, 1910s,
aac 0cer||er crec|ts t|e ca||c|as
at t|e maseam as we|| as ct|er
||stcr|ca| |a|crmat|ca a.a||ac|e t|ere
|cr |e||a ||m tc researc| aac
aacerstaac ccastract|ca aac ca||c|a
|rcm c|||ereat eras. "\ca caa |eara
a |ct ast c, |cc||a," |e sa|c. "| |||e
tc |a.e aa e\case tc c a t|ere
aa,wa,."
|t |s eas|er acw tc sa|,
arc||tectara||, accarate rerccact|ca
mater|a|s |cr reac.at|cas aac aew
ccastract|ca t|aa |t was w|ea
0cer||er startec |a t|e ||e|c |a 1910.
|cre ccmaa|es are rccac|a
aat|eat|c cac|aetr,, ccaatertcs aac
||tc|ea aac cat|rccm ||\tares tc ||t
maa, c|||ereat arc||tectara| eras."|
cca't |a.e tc cc mac| ces|a wcr|,"
sa|c 0cer||er. "|ec|e rett, mac|
|acw w|at t|e, waat, aac are rett,
accarate. | m||t twea| |t a ||tt|e c|t,
st,|ew|se."
||e\|c|||t, |s a c| art c| 0cer||er's
att|tace tcwarcs ccastract|ca aac
restcrat|ca. |e ce||e.es |a rc.|c|a
e\act|, w|at ||s c||eats waat aac
aeec. 0|tea t|e, ccme tc ||m w|t|
sec|||c |ceas |a m|ac |cr t|e|r
rcects, aac |e |s |a, tc wcr| tc
t|e|r sec|||cat|cas. "!|ere's act||a
cetter t|aa wcr||a c|| a |ctare,
cecaase ,ca cct| |acw w|at t|e eac
rccact |s sacsec tc |cc| |||e,"
0cer||er sa|c. 0| ccarse, |cr t|cse
aasare w|at wca|c ma|e a rcect
||stcr|ca||, accarate, 0cer||er caa
rc.|ce t|e ||stcr|ca| |acw|ece tc
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Mary Kay McCormick
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|e| w|t| cec|s|ca-ma||a.
ba||c|a a aew ccastract|ca t|at |s a ||stcr|ca||, accarate
rerccact|ca ta|es t|me. "|| ,ca're c|a tc cc castcm a|| t|rca|
t|e |case, ,ca're c|a tc seac a ,ear at |t, ma,ce mcre," |e
e\|a|aec.
0cer||er aac ||s sca cc mcst c| t|e wcr| t|emse|.es, |ac|ac|a
a|| t|e wcccwcr||a aac cac|aetr,, aac sacccatract cat w|at |s
reca|rec c, t|e >tate c| ||c||aa. 0cer||er est|mates |e |as ca||t
15-18 aew |cmes |a ||s 40 ,ears |a ccastract|ca. |e re|ers
reac.at|cas aac acc|t|cas, aac cca|c act at a aamcer ca a||
t|cse rcects. w|ea ccastract|ca sc|eca|es erm|t, 0cer||er w|||
wcr| ca ma|t||e rcects. !|e carreat wa|t t|me |cr 0cer||er's
ser.|ces r||t acw |s a ,ear.
|e aac ||s sca are accat tc ce|a a reac.at|ca rcect |a
!|tca w|t| aew ccastract|ca e|emeats. !|e, w||| ca||c aa acc|t|ca
ca a |arm|case ca||t |a t|e ear|, art c| t|e 20t| ceatar,, as
we|| as reac.at|a t|e e\|st|a ca||c|a. /ccarac, starts |rcm t|e
ccttcm a ca t||s rcect as 0cer||er aeecs tc e\act|, matc| t|e
|caacat|ca mascar, asec ca t|e cr||aa| |arm|case w|ea |e
ca||cs t|e acc|t|ca. !|e ca| |s |cr t|e aew acc|t|ca tc |cc| |||e |t |s
art c| t|e cr||aa| |arm|case.
0cer||er's ass|ca |cr ||stcr, aac arc||tectare |s act ast ||s
cc, |t's ||s |||e. bac| |a t|e 1910s, |e aac ||s w||e arc|asec
t|e cect ca Rcers |||wa, aac re|arc|s|ec |t. / stat|ca aeat
arc|asec t|e ca||c|a |rcm t|e ra||rcac |cr a cc||ar, aac mc.ec
|t |rcm |c||cwa, tc Rcers |||wa, w|ea t|e cect was c|csec
arcaac 1955. "|e was a wea|t| c| |a|crmat|ca ca w|at |t s|ca|c
|cc| |||e," sa|c 0cer||er accat t|e accarac, c| restcr|a t|e cect.
"|e |ac scme c|c |ctcra|s. !|e, were |a c|ac| aac w||te cat
,ca cca|c see w|ere t|e |||t aac t|e car| were."
w|ea t|e 0cer||ers arc|asec t|e ca||c|a, |t was |a a state
c| c|srea|r, cat st||| |ac t|e t|c|et ces|, t|c|et w|accw aac t|e
te|era| ces|, w||c| t|e, |accrcratec |atc t|e |ater|cr ces|a c|
t|e ca||c|a. "we |et t|at as cr||aa| as we cca|c aac st||| ||.e |a
|t, cecaase cc.|cas|, t|e cect c|ca't
|a.e a ||tc|ea cr a cat|rccm" 0cer||er
sa|c c| t|e reac.at|ca c| t|e \|ctcr|aa
era ca||c|a. "|t was saer we|| ca||t."
/|t|ca| 0cer||er eac,s wcr||a
w|t| arc||tectare |rcm aa, era, |e |s
esec|a||, ass|caate accat Cc|ca|a|
|cmes. /|t|ca| maa, ec|e t||a| c|
Cc|ca|a| st,|e as a |||arec, |are |cme,
0cer||er re|ers t|e s|m||c|t, c| t|e
|a||s| sa|tcc\ st,|e |caac |a |cmes ca
t|e |ast Ccast |a t|e |ate 1100s aac
ear|, 1800s.
|a 1984, t|e 0cer||ers cec|cec tc
ca||c a sa|tcc\ |cme ca |cc|||atca
Rcac ast east c| R|ce |||wa,.
w|t| care|a| t|ca|t aac researc|,
0cer||er ces|aec aa e\act re||ca.
!|e, were ac|e tc mc.e |atc t|e |cme
a|ter a cca|e ,ears, aac |t tcc| 10
,ears |cr ccm|et|ca. becaase t|ere
were ac |cmes |a t|e !ecamse| /rea
car|a t|e |ate 1100s, 0cer||er ca||t
||s sa|tcc\ |cme as|a mater|a|s
|ac|eacas tc t||s area. ||s ca| was
tc ase ca|, w|at wca|c |a.e ceea asec
|a scat|east ||c||aa car|a t|at t|me
tc ca||c a |cme. "| c|c mcre researc|
ca t|at t|aa aa,t||a e|se," 0cer||er
sa|c. "we cc|ec t|at as c|cse as we
|eas|c|, cca|c."
/|t|ca| t|e |cme was ces|aec as
aa accarate re||ca, 0cer||er c|c ma|e
scme acccmmccat|cas |cr |||e |a t|e
20t| ceatar,, |||e a staac-a|cae ||tc|ea
re|ac|a w|at wca|c |a.e ceea a ||rst
ecause there were no homes in the Tecumseh Area during the late
1700:, Dcerfer Lui|I hi: :c|ILcx hcme u:ing mcIeric|: incigencu: Ic
this area. His goal was to use only what would have been used in
southeast Michigan during that time to build a home.
We do like
restoration
and old
homes,
Dcerfer :cic
with a smile.
The older
the better.
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a ceatra| c||mae, ces|aec tc tcac|
eac| rccm c| t|e |case. !|e 0cer||er
|cme |as t||s |eatare w|t| t|ree
||re|aces c|| t|e c||mae,, ccm|ete
w|t| a sma|| wcr||a c.ea |a t|e c|a|a
rccm ||re|ace, cat t|e, a|sc waatec
t|e cca.ea|eace c| |araace |eat. "|t's
mccera |a t|e mec|aa|ca| eac c| |t,"
0cer||er sa|c. "|a |act ,ca |a.e tc ce,
ccces wca't a||cw |t ct|erw|se."
!|e w|accws are |aac-c|cwa,
s|a|e aae |ass aac |aaccra|tec
|a 0ermaa,. 0cer||er sa|c t|e, are
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PETS
By Mary Kay
McCormick
CHOOSING
A RESCUE
DOG
Bonnie Tancredi, Executive
Director of the Lenawee Humane
Society dispels that myth. With the
economy as bad as it is, were seeing
a lot of people who just cannot care
for a dog.
She explained many of the dogs
at the Lenawee Humane Society
have lost a home because the owners
have had to downsize into living
quarters that dont allow pets. Some
dogs do need special attention with
regard to health or behavior, but
any good organization provides this
information up front to potential
families. A reputable rescue or
adoption organization has no desire
to place a special
needs dog with a
family not equipped
or interested in
providing properly
for the dog.
Sometimes a
specic breed
is necessary for
reasons like allergy
issues or the desire
to show a dog
in competition.
Purebred dogs are often found
in shelters and most breeds have
specialty rescue organizations.
Looking for a specic breed may
require a little more research and
patience.
Successfully adopting a dog into
the family depends on nding
the right dog for the family.
Confused about nding a rescue
dog? Petnder.com and Lenawee
Humane Society, lenhumanesoc.org,
are great places to start. Petnder
allows searches for specic breeds
and locations and has information
on the rescue organizations who post
on the website. Humane Societies
are a great resource for nding the
right dog as well as for information
about breeds and dog ownership, in
general.
Bonnie believes tting the right
dog with the right family is the key
to avoiding returns to the Lenawee
Humane Society. To help improve
the techniques already in place,
Bonnie said there is a new program
being implemented called Meet
your Match.
e program is designed to allow
the Humane Society to learn more
about the family and the lifestyle,
as well as what the family is looking
for in a pet. Its going to dig a little
deeper into the family, Bonnie said.
I think it will work out better.
For example, some people hope
to adopt a watchdog, and think they
need to select a power breed. Often,
Bonnie said, a smaller breed dog is
naturally geared to do the same job,
and is a better t in a home with
small children or an elderly person.
e biggest thing with a rescue
is it has to t the
owner, said Annie
Schiller, who
works with dogs
and their families
through training
at Heavenly Days.
Annie often works
with families
interested in
adopting a dog
into the home and
is an enthusiastic
supporter of adopting rescue
animals. Area families have used
Annies expertise to decide on what
breed of dog is right for them, and
she is available for dog evaluations
before adoption occurs. Many local
people and agencies utilize her
expertise to home abandoned dogs
in the Tecumseh area.
e biggest thing is to have
some tools of evaluating these rescue
dogs to make sure they are paired
with the right families, Annie said.
Knowing the genetics of a dog is a
big thing.
A big mistake is selecting a dog
on appearance, age, or the cuteness
factor. For example, families that are
busy and dont have unlimited time
to interact with a dog should avoid
working/herding breeds and any
breed of puppy. ese dogs need lots
of activity from their owners or they
will nd their own entertainment at
the cost of house and yard.
People who live in small homes
or apartments need to avoid large
heres a moment for many
people where the pull of dog
ownership is too strong to
ignore. e only thing to do
is adopt a canine companion into
the family. Deciding on adoption
is the easy part, the hard part is
deciding what dog to adopt from
where.
ere are many dierent dog
rescue organizations, including
area Humane Societies with dogs
of all ages and breeds in need of
homes. Many people are hesitant
to adopt a rescue animal. A
concern for a new or inexperienced
owner is that a rescue dog comes
with health or behavioral issues.
Above: Shenzi,
an 8 month old
Ierricr/FiI 8u|| mix
is up for adoption
at the Lenawee
Humane Society.
Photo by
Hollie Smith
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12
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breeds who would be cramped by small
living spaces. Bonnie said puppies and
high-energy breeds are also not a good t
with many elderly people looking for a
canine companion.
Many sites online will help families
make an educated choice, and the library
has books that show attributes and
challenges of dierent dog breeds. Locally,
the Lenawee Humane Society and Annie
are great resources for good dogs that
need homes. Ive been called the Fairy
Dogmother of Tecumseh, Annie said
with a laugh because Im always trying
to home this one or that one.
eres a network of us that if a
dog comes up or is dropped o
we can try to work together to
get that dog homed.
One thing families should
keep in mind when visiting a
dog at a shelter or rescue home
is a dogs behavior in this
environment
may change.
For example, a
quiet dog may
not always be
laid back and
calm. Often
very quiet
dogs have shut
down because
of the change
in their living
conditions.
ese dogs
may begin to act dierently once they
have a new home.
It takes about six weeks for a dog to
adjust to a new home, and thats often
when new behaviors begin. Perhaps a dog
has never barked before, but after a couple
months, the same dog suddenly expresses
himself vocally much more often. I do
evals for people thinking about getting
a rescue, Annie said. eres a series
of tests that I do. We videotape it so
that I can review it, because sometimes
in the midst of everything I might miss
something.
After a family nds a dog to adopt,
Annie oers training to help with
challenges found in dierent breeds. She
recommends training for any new dog,
regardless of age, as soon as the dog moves
into its new home. Training at Heavenly
Days is a positive-reinforced clicker
training program. Classes are one hour
a week for six weeks, and private
training is also available. Dogs with
reactivity and aggression issues meet
in a special class that lasts two hours
every other week.
Training should happen right
away, Annie said because positive
reinforcement based training is only
going to help you bond with your
dog. eres no perfect dog, she
added. Every dog is going to have
those things that need to be worked
on.
Annie believes dogs can be trained
at any age, and
many diculties
with dogs are the
result of physical
health issues,
especially problems
with the thyroid.
She recommends a
physical exam for
dogs with aggression
or reactivity behavior
problems before
training begins.
Some people are surprised
at how much fun they have
with the training program.
Annie dispels the idea a
dog should acclimate to its
new home before training
can begin. Get their mind
busy. Get them moving,
she said. Its good for the
person and the dog.
Training provides the means for
a dog to learn what behaviors are
acceptable for their new family,
and helps family members learn to
communicate properly with their new
dog.
Adopting a new dog is exciting
and can be intimidating, but with
research and proper evaluation before
nding the right dog and a good
training program after adoption,
families are more likely to bond
quickly with the newest and fuzziest
member of the family.
For evaluation or consultation
Annie can be reached via email
at heavenlydays.org or by phone
at 517.403.9050. e Lenawee
Humane Society has more
information on its animals and
services at lenhumanesoc.org, or call
517.263.3463.
Ive been
called
the Fairy
Dogmother
of Tecumseh
- Annie Schiller
Pick me continued...
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MUSIC
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|cwe.er. "/ ccc |astrameat |s t|e c|||ereace cetweea a c|||c ca|tt|a cr
ccat|aa|a ca t|e at| tc mas|ca| acccm||s|meat," s|e acmca|s|es. "0ca't
seac a staceat |atc c|ass w|t| aa |astrameat t|at ,ca ca cat c| t|e c|cset a|ter
20 ,ears. >tart|a w|t| a ccc, we||-ccac|t|caec |astrameat |s |||e t|e c|||ereace
cetweea cr|.|a a Cac|||ac aac cr|.|a a ||atc." Reata|s |rcm a reatac|e mas|c
stcre are a .er, ract|ca| wa, tc c || ,ca caaact a||crc tc arc|ase catr||t,
s|e sa|c.
>eac|a's racrt w|t| |er staceats, |ac|ac|a
,caa caac staceats, |as ceccme we|| |acwa |a
t|e area. !|ere are |ew ,caa ||ate staceats |a t|e
!ecamse| sc|cc| caacs w|c |a.e act ceae||tec
|rcm |er |astract|ca. 0ae c| |er |cca| areata|
reccmmeacat|cas ccmes |rcm Ke.|a aac |ar.|c
we|c|, c| !ecamse|, w|c sa|c, "a||e |s a wcacer|a|
teac|er. >|e |ees car sca mct|.atec, aac |e |as
|mrc.ec sc mac| t|at |e's acw e.ea |a,|a |a
c|arc|."
|e ct|er a||e |s ecaa||, we|| |acwa
amca t|e |cca| mas|ca| staceats, cat
a||e Rccerts (423.1588) |s ce.ctec tc
w|at |s crcac|, |acwa as "|e,ccarc" aac
sec|||ca||, |acwa as |aac. !|e |aac, c| ccarse,
|s |ess crtac|e t|aa maa, ct|er |astrameats aac
Rccerts |as aa e\ce||eat |astrameat |a |er |cme
at 501 w. K||cac| >t., !ecamse|, |cr t|e ase c| |er
staceats.
Rccerts |c||cwec t|e c|ass|c at| c| maa, mas|c |astractcrs, ta||a aa
ear|, |aterest |a mas|c t|rca| t|e |a||aeace c| a |am||, memcer cr memcers.
|a Rccerts's case, |er ma|a |a||aeaces were |er raac|at|er, |e| Carr,, w|c
was a b| baac mas|c|aa |a t|e 1930s aac 1940s, aac |er mct|er, w|c |s
a |aac |astractcr. "|, raac|at|er was a reat |mrc.|sat|caa||st ca t|e
|aac," Rccerts reca||ec. "|e |a,ec w|t| a aamcer c| b| baacs |a t|e 0etrc|t
area, aac |e was cae c| t|cse rare mas|c|aas w|c |a,ec tcta||, 'c, ear.'
SEADIN ROBERTS
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|e cca|c ||stea tc a sca aac |a, |t cac|
|mmec|ate|,."
Rccerts sa|c t|at scme c| |er ear||est
mas|ca| memcr|es were c| w|ea |er
raac|at|er wca|c .|s|t |er |am||, |cme |a
|aac|ester aac s|t ccwa at t|e |aac w|t|
|er tc |a, C|cst|c|s, t|e ca|atesseat|a|
ce|aaer |aac |ece t|at caa ce ccae as
a cac ca a s|a|e |e,ccarc. "|e wca|c
start cat w|t| t|e asaa| reac|t|ca," Rccerts
sa|c, "aac t|ea |e wca|c sw|tc| t|e temc
tc aact|er eare |||e a |at|a ceat, aac
we wca|c tr, tc |c||cw a|ca. |t was ccc
ract|ce |cr ce|aa|a staceats, |||e me."
Rccerts's mct|er was t|e cae w|c
a.e |er t|e mcre stractarec tatcr|a as
s|e rew |atc |er mas|ca| |aterest, w||c|
e\aacec tc .|c||a w|ea s|e was se.ea
,ears c|c aac |ac|acec a|tar aac teacr
sa\c|cae a|ca t|e wa,.
Rccerts's |aterest c|csscmec |a |||
sc|cc| as s|e art|c|atec |a t|e |aac|ester
||| >c|cc| .ars|t, c|c|r w|ere s|e saa
aac acccmaa|ec |er |e||cw c|cr|sters ca
t|e |aac.
|a |er ,caa aca|t
,ears, ra|s|a |car
c|||crea ccasamec mac|
c| Rccerts's t|me aac
eaer,, cat s|e ae.er
|cst |aterest |a |er mas|c.
/|ter |er ,caaest
c|||c was c|c eaca|
tc act reca|re ccastaat
atteat|ca, s|e cace aa|a
taraec |er atteat|ca tc
|aac, aac aa|a, |t was
t|rca| t|e |a||aeace
c| |er mct|er. "|cm
|ac a |aac staceat
|a 0eer||e|c aac s|e
|aew t|at |t was ca|te
a cr|.e |rcm t|ere tc
|aac|ester |cr |esscas
sc s|e saestec t|at |
teac| |er, s|ace !ecamse| |s mac| c|cser."
Rccerts aac |er staceat ||t |t c||, aac s|e
cec|cec tc et scme acc|t|caa| tra|a|a |a
|aac |astract|ca. >|e ceaa ta||a c|asses
|a "|aac ecac,," w||c| |s t|e stac,
c| |aac |astract|ca, sc s|e cca|c ce e.ea
mcre e||ect|.e |a |er teac||a. >|e a|sc tcc|
c|asses |a mas|ca| t|ecr,, mas|ca| ||stcr,,
aac ccacact|a at t|e /cr|aa Cc||ee >c|cc|
c| |as|c tc |cae |er teac||a s||||s.
Rccerts reatat|ca rew w|t| eac| ,ear aac
acw, a|ter 13 ,ears c| rc|ess|caa| |astract|ca,
s|e rcat|ae|, teac|es 20 cr mcre staceats |a
|er |cme aac |as assec |er |c.e c| mas|c
ca tc |er cwa c|||crea. "|, mct|er was t|e|r
|aac teac|er," s|e sa|c, ac|acw|ec|a
t|at scmet|mes |t |s cetter tc |a.e scmecae
a ||tt|e mcre remc.ec |rcm ca||, |||e cc t|e
|astract|a c| cae's c|||crea. "we'.e ceccme
ca|te a mas|ca| |am||,," s|e sa|c. "!|e ||cs
a|| |a, |aac aac at |east cae ct|er mas|ca|
|astrameat, ces|ces s|a|a." >|e sa|c t|at s|e
ac |caer |a,s t|e .|c||a, cat |as crcaceaec
|er mas|ca| acccm||s|meat tc |ac|ace
art|c|at|ca |a |er c|arc|'s |aac-ce|| c|c|r.
"|aac ce||s are ||ac c| a aew cat|et |cr me,"
s|e sa|c. "|t |s sc c|||ereat |rcm |aac t|at |t |s
|||e mas|ca| t|era,."
|cst c| Rccerts's staceats, |||e >eac|a's,
are ,caa, aac Rccerts ta|es eac| |ac|.|caa|
staceat's mas|ca| tastes |atc acccaat as s|e
ce.e|cs teac||a strate|es. "| ce|a w|t| t|e
cas|cs, cat a|ter t|cse are masterec, | |e| t|e
staceats |a, t|e ||ac c| mas|c t|at t|e, are
|aterestec |a," s|e sa|c. ">cme
c| t|em waat tc |a, te|e.|s|ca
rcram t|eme scas aac scme
c| t|em waat tc |a, brcacwa,
|a.cr|tes. |t rea||, ccesa't matter
as |ca as t|e, ta|e aa |aterest
aac |ee |a,|a."
Rccerts cwa tastes |a mas|c
cc.er t|e eat|re sectram, sc
s|e |s ac|e tc acat tc w|ate.er
|caes |er staceat's mas|ca|
ass|ca. |cr |er erscaa| |a,|a
aac ||stea|a |easare, s|e |eaas
tcwarc t|e c|ass|c ccmcs|t|cas
aac ccatemcrar, C|r|st|aa.
/|t|ca| t|e macr|t, c|
Rccerts's staceats are ,caa,
s|e arees w|t| >eac|a t|at ac
cae |s tcc c|c tc |eara |cw tc
|a, aa |astrameat. "| |a.e aa
aca|t staceat w|c |s ma||a
reat rcress," s|e sa|c. "/ca|ts |a.e a ||tt|e
mcre cr|.e aac ceterm|aat|ca. | caa teac|
aa aca|t tc |a, rett, ca|c||, || t|e, waat tc
|eara."
>c, t|e mas|ca| ccca tc t|e taae c| t||s
stcr, as rc|essec c, cct| a||es |s. w|ate.er
t|e |astrameat, |t's ae.er tcc ear|, cr tcc |ate
tc |eara |cw tc |a,.
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LEISURE
|e |ea.es are |a|||a aac t|e ca,s are
rcw|a s|crter, cat ce|cre ,ca t|rcw t|e
cast cc.er c.er ,car |ct rcc |cr t|e w|ater
ce sare tc ma|e t|e tr| tc |c|c|t's aaaaa|
c|ass|c car e\tra.aaaza >atarca,, 0ct. ,
|rcm 9 a.m. tc 3 .m. at 10 >. |aamee >t.
|a !ecamse|.
|c|c|t, |ac., cc-cwaer aac cc-|caacer aae Ca|||sca,
sa|c t|at s|e aac |er |ascaac, Kea, |a.e ceea |cst|a
t|e e.eat |cr a|mcst 15 ,ears, ||.e ,ears |a t|e|r re.|cas
C||atca |ccat|cas aac tea ,ears |a t|e|r !ecamse| |ccat|ca.
"we |c.e |a.|t|a a|| c| car |r|eacs tc ccme tc t||s aaaaa|
e.eat," sa|c aae. "\ca'c ce sarr|sec at |cw maa,
ec|e |rcm r||t |ere |a !ecamse| cca't |acw w|at we
cc |ere. !||s |.es car c|c |r|eacs aa ccrtaa|t, tc cr|.e
t|e|r cars |ere aac |.es as t|e c|aace tc ma|e aew
|r|eacs. / |ct c| sec|a|t, maaa|actarers |||e as |ee t|e|r
cerat|cas aacer wras, cat we |a.|te e.er,cae |a tc see
w|at we cc."
|a |ts carreat |ccat|ca, |c|c|t carr|es a |a|| ||ae c| |ct
rcc aac castcm|z|a |tems, cat t|e ccmaa, |s cest
|acwa tc |ts maa, castcmers
as t|e maaa|actarer c|
steer|a cc|amas w||c| are
mace tc t|e car |ccc,|st's
e\act sec|||cat|cas. "!|e
steer|a cc|ama |s cae c|
t|e |e, ccmcaeats |a mcst
castcm|z|a ccs," aae sa|c.
"!|e c|c cars c|ca't |a.e
t||t|a cc|amas, aac e.er,ccc,
waats t|cse |a t|e|r cars
acw." |c|c|t |as mace |ts
reatat|ca ca sa|,|a w|at
car eat|as|asts aeec tc ma|e
t|e|r c|ass|c cr |ate mcce| cars
re||ect t|e|r cwaer's taste aac
erscaa||t,.
|ar|et|a maaaer |cr
|c|c|t, |eaa |aacs|crc, sa|c
t|at t|e sta|| a|wa,s |cc|s
|crwarc tc t|e aaaaa| car
s|cw aac cea |case. "we'.e
seat cat car |a.|tat|cas, cat
t|e taracat a|wa,s ceeacs ca
t|e weat|er," sa|c |aacs|crc.
"we start ett|a reac, wa,
a|eac c| t|e e.eat sc we
caa at ca a ccc s|cw aac
ididitcarshow
Saturday
October 6
9 am - 3 pm
By Deane Erts
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ma|e sare e.er,cae |as a ccc
t|me. we reare ccc, cas
|cr e.er,cae w|c cr|as t|e|r
cars, aac we a|wa,s arec|ate
art|c|at|ca |rcm |cca| cas|aesses
aac merc|aats w|c are ac|e tc
rc.|ce sma|| |tems tc |ac|ace |a
t|e cas, |||e |e, c|a|as, eas,
cr crcc|ares. |t's a ccc wa, |cr
t|em tc et scme
accec e\csare aac
t|e |ct-rcccers rea||,
arec|ate aa,t||a
we |ac|ace |a t|e
cas."
!|ere are mcre
t||as tc cc t|aa |cc|
at c|ass, aatcmcc||es
at t|e e.eat. |ec|e
w|c ccme ear|, ma,
arc|ase a aaca|e
crea||ast caterec c,
t|e >t. |||zacet|'s
Ka||ts c| Cc|amcas, w|c ase t|e
rcceecs |rcm t|at mea| aac t|e
|aac| t|e, a|sc c||er |ater tc |aac
t|e|r c|ar|tac|e wcr|s t|rca|cat
t|e ,ear. "!|e Ka||ts rea||, |acw
|cw tc |eec a crcwc," sa|c Ca|||sca. "!|e, are a
|cca| rca, aac t|e, et a|| c| t|e |arec|eats
|cca||,. !|e, a|wa,s |aa t|e|r mea|s we||, cat ||
t|e, see t|at t|e, are raaa|a |cw ca sa||es,
t|e, seac scmecae cat tc cae c| t|e rccer,
stcres aac ca, mcre tc |ee t|e mea|s ccm|a.
|ec|e se|ccm |a.e tc wa|t mcre t|aa a |ew
m|aates |cr t|e|r |ccc."
!|e ||||||t c| t|e ca, |s t|e awarc
reseatat|cas |cr t|e art|c|aats, w||c| ccas|st
c| t|e cc.etec |c|c|t steer|a cc|ama trc||es. !|e
trc||es are m|a|atare .ers|cas c| t|e ccmaa,'s
s|aatare rccact, aac t|e, are |.ea |a se.ea
catecr|es |ac|ac|a, cest car c| t|e cecace (20s,
30s, 40s, etc.), sec|a| |aterest .e||c|e, cest
castcm|z|a, |caest-c|staace awarc, aac ct|ers.
!|e trc||es are mace r||t |a t|e |c|c|t |ac|||t, aac
are awarcec c, aest aces.
Ca|||sca sa|c s|e aac |er |ascaac |a.e |cac
memcr|es c| t|e|r twc |crmer |ccat|cas |a C||atca
cat t|e, |a.e ae.er rerettec t|e|r mc.e tc
!ecamse|. "!ecamse| |as ceea .er, we|ccm|a,
aac we are |a, w|t| t|e remcce||a t|at we c|c
tc t|e |actcr,," s|e sa|c. "we werea't sare |cw
t|e art-cecc arc||tectare wca|c c c.er, cat |t's
ceea .er, we|| rece|.ec. we'.e e.ea |ac arc||tects
ccm||meat as ca |cw we ces|aec |t."
!|e weat|er, c| ccarse, rema|as a caest|ca
mar|, cat t|e |cs|ta||t, t|at |c|c|t e\teacs
|s ae.er |a caest|ca. !|ere |s ac c|are tc
|cc| at t|e cars, w||c| t,|ca||, ||ae mcst c|
>cat| |aamee >treet, aac t|ere |s asaa||,
|eat, c| ar||a |a t|e area. !|e street |s
c|tea c|csec tc t|rca| tra|||c, ceeac|a
ca t|e taracat, tc a||cw |cr t|e c|s|a, c|
t|e aatcmct|.e s|eaccr t|at ccmetes w|t|
t|e |a|| |c||ae.
"we |a.|te a|| c| car |r|eacs tc cr|.e
t|e|r cars aac et |ere ear|,," sa|c Ca|||sca.
"!|ere w||| ce |eat, tc see aac cc aac
we'.e arraaec |cr a 0 w|c w||| ce |a,|a
mas|c |rcm t|e 50s aac 0s. |t w||| ce a
reat wa, tc wra a t|e seasca. we |a.e sc
maa, |c,a| castcmers w|c .a|ae car /mer|caa-
mace rccacts aac we wca|c |||e tc t|aa| t|em
erscaa||, aac s|cw t|em w|ere t|e,'re mace aac
|cw we cc |t."
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old friends an
opportunity
to drive their
cars here
and gives us
the chance
to make new
friends.
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HISTORY
HERE ARE
JUST A FEW
In the early 1800s, settlers traveled
in droves to the Midwest. Many left
the crowded cities of the east coast
in search of new beginnings in this
incredibly fertile region. For the most
part, these brave homesteaders
became farmers - totally dependent
upon agriculture for their livelihood.
The great diversity of Michigans
rich soil, topography and climate
guaranteed them successful farming
and a piece of the Promised Land.
The Michigan Barn is Born
The pioneers quickly realized
the need for outbuildings to
store bountiful harvests, house
livestock and shelter farm
equipment. Taking a cue from
their European ancestors,
they proud|y erected the 0rst
Michigan barns. In no time at
all, majestic barns speckled
the landscape, punctuating the
skies with their huge gabled
and gambrel roofs. Not only
d|d these moss|ve structures 0||
practical storage needs, they
quickly became the Heart
of the Farm. Their sheer size
made them the perfect venue
for local folks to gather for large
barn dances, weddings and
even church services.
By Lynn
Boughton
23
a car ceaat||a| re|ca, ,ca ca|,
|a.e tc cr|.e accat a |a|| a m||e
|a aa, c|rect|ca (|rcm aa, tcwa cr
.|||ae) tc |ccate ||stcr|ca| caras aac
catca||c|as. >ac| |s t|e case w|t| t|e C|ar|-
0ccca |arm ast cats|ce c| !ecamse| |a
Ra|s|a !cwas||. !|e s|a ca t|e |c |case
reacs "|st. 1830." !|e r|c| ||stcr, c| t||s
|am||,, a|ca w|t| t|e|r cc||ect|ca c| e||t
aat|eat|c catca||c|as, |s cae wcrt| te|||a.
C|ester C. C|ar| (|c.|a|, re|errec tc
as |aa c, ||s |am||,) was cae c| t|e .er,
||rst |armers tc sett|e |a t|e !ecamse| area.
|e act ca|, ca||t a mass|.e cst-aac-ceam
ca| cara w|t| aa aaasaa| t|ree-|| rcc|||ae,
cat actaa||, createc a |arm|a ccmcaac tc
ser.e t|e aeecs c| ||s 90-|as acre arce|
c| |aac. |cst c| t|e cr||aa| ca||c|as st|||
staac as a testameat tc C|ar|'s e\ce||eat
careatr, s||||s aac wcr|maas||.
Love Stories From the Farm
|t was a c|||ereat t|me - a |arc t|me -
|cr maa, ear|, ||c||aa sett|ers. |armers
wcr|ec |rcm cawa tc cas|, teac|a t|e|r
crcs tc |ee |am|||es |ec. 0ae ca, C|ar|
aac ||s w||e |caac a ,caa |r| aamec |ar,
sca.ea|a w|eat |a t|e|r ||e|c. >|e was |rcm
a .er, ccr |am||, w|t| tcc maa, mcat|s
tc ||||. !|e cca|e rea||zec |ar, was aear
star.at|ca, tcc| |er |a aac rc.|cec |cr |er.
|a tara, |ar, wcr|ec ca t|e |arm aac |a |ater
,ears tcc| care c| |rs. C|ar| aat|| |er ceat|.
|||e was c||||ca|t |a rara| /mer|ca
180 ,ears ac. \ca m||t ca|, see ,car
ae||ccrs cace e.er, s|\ mcat|s w|ea ,ca
.|s|tec tcwa tc arc|ase |tems t|at ,ca
cca|c ae|t|er rcw acr ma|e ,carse||. !|ere
were .er, |ew scc|a| e.eats t|at wca|c c||er
ccrtaa|t|es |cr wcmea aac mea tc meet
aac ccart. !|ere|cre, w|ea C|ar|'s w||e's
c|ec, |e |c|ca||, marr|ec |ar, aac t|e, |ac
cae c|||c - a caa|ter. Uca C|ar|'s ceat|
|a 1895 at t|e r|e c|c ae c| 15, |ar, t|ea
marr|ec t|e ||rec |aac, |raa| 0ccca aac
t|e, |ac twc c|||crea. !|e ccmc|aec |am||,
tc||ec t|e sc|| aac reaec t|e |ar.ests c| a
ccc |||e ca t||s |arm.
A Working Farm
!|e C|ar|-0ccca |cmesteac tra|, was a
wcr||a |arm. !weat, ccws were m|||ec ear|,
eac| mcra|a. !|e m||| was traas|errec |a
a|.aa|zec ||.e a||ca caas |rcm t|e cara tc
t|e m||||a |case. !|ere t|e ||ca|c was |et
|res| |a a |are, ca||t-|a tac c| ras||a cc|c
we|| water aat|| t|e ear|, mcra|a |c|a.
/ |are c||c|ea ccc |casec t|e maa,
c||c|eas w||c| rc.|cec acar|s|meat |a t|e
|crm c| ca|tr, aac es |cr t|e |am||, aac
css|c|, tc se|| tc ae||ccr|a tcwasec|e.
!|ere were a|sc |cs, s|ee aac |crses
tc a|| t|e |cw. !||s |arm was mcce|ec
a|ter t|e |arceaa |arms, meaa|a |t was
ccm|ete|, se||-ccata|aec. |.ea t|e ccttca
||car sac|s t|at came |rcm t|e m||| were re-
arcsec |atc c|ct|es |cr t|e |am||,.
The Renovation Begins
|ast |crwarc tc 2001, aac t|e 90-acre
|arm |s st||| |a t|e 0ccca |am||,. |ar, aac
|raa|'s raaccaa|ter, be.er|,, a|ca w|t|
|er c|||crea aac raac-c|||crea ce|a
reser.at|ca e||crts ca t|e cara aac ct|er
catca||c|as. !|e mass|.e rcc| was re|acec
w|t| a meta| cae w|ea be.er|, ||rec 15
/m|s| cra|tsmea |rcm t|e ||||sca|e area.
>|ace t|e, crc.e ca|, |crses aac ca|es,
|t was aecessar, tc traascrt t|em t|e |ca
c|staace.
|cr twc aac a |a|| |ct /aast ca,s t|e
/m|s| wcr|mea wcr|ec tc |asta|| a aew
meta| rcc| r||t c.er t|e c|c |aac-|ewa
s|a|es. be.er|, reatec |ca tac|es aac
c|a|rs aac a|ca w|t| |er ae||ccr, |ec t|em
|aac|es aac a|teracca saac|s. !|e /m|s|
mea re|errec tc be.er|, aac |er ae||ccr as
"t|e wcmea w|c |ec t|em" aac w|ea t|e,
||ec |atc |er caa|ter's .aa a|ter a |ca ca,
c| |accr, t|e, saa a|| t|e wa, |cme. ast |||e
a trae cara ra|s|a|
!|e c||c|ea ccc rece|.ec aew stcrm
w|accws aac t|e m||| |case was sracec a
w|t| a |res| ccat c| w||te a|at. !|e |am||,
|s carreat|, wcr||a ca a a|at cc|cr |cr t|e
||stcr|ca| cara aac ct|er ca||c|as. |a t|e
meaat|me, be.er|,'s c|||crea createc s|m|e
s|as tc |aa c.er t|e cccrs c| t|e ca||c|as
sac| as "|crse bara" aac ">|ee bara."
!|ese |.e t|e ccm|e\ a w||ms|ca| |ee||a
as we|| as re.eat cca|as|ca as tc w||c|
ca||c|a |s w||c||
!cca, t|e 90 acres are |easec tc a
|cca| |arm|a ccmaa,. C|ar| aac |ar, wca|c
ce sc rcac t|at t|e |aac t|e, sett|ec c.er
180 ,ears ac |s st||| rccac|a ccaat||a|
crcs. ||.|a ca a |arm |s a |accr c| |c.e
t|e |c.e c| t|e |aac, t|e |c.e c| |am||, aac
t|e |c.e c| ass|a ca |er|tae. !|e C|ar|-
0ccca stcr, ||.es ca |a t|e |earts c| t|e|r
aacestcrs aac |a t|ese ||stcr|c ca||c|as.
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BERRINGTON BARN
|ac| berr|atca, t|e cwaer c|
bca|e.arc C||rcract|c |a ccwatcwa
!ecamse|, |c.es ||s ear|, 1900s cara
aac |t's eas, tc see w|,. !|e cara's s|eer s|ze
|s rea||, scmet||a tc arec|ate. !c .|ew t|e
eat|re e|e.at|ca c| t||s mass|.e |ramewcr| c|
arc||tectare ,ca ||tera||, |a.e tc tara ,car |eac
|rcm s|ce-tc-s|ce. \ca see, t|e cara |s act ca|,
100 |eet w|ce, |t |s a|sc 100 ,ears c|c. !||s
|s cae |ae, ||stcr|c cara|
For the Love of a Barn
|ere |s t|e stcr, . . . 21 ,ears ac C|ac|,
aac ||s w||e, K|m, were searc||a |cr a
|cmesteac |a t|e !ecamse|/br|ttca area. 0ae
a|teracca t|e, met t|e|r rea|tcr tc ta|e a |cc|
at a 45-acre arce| w||c| |ac|acec a |arm|case,
|are cara aac raaar,. /s t|e, strc||ec a t|e
cr|.ewa, C|ac| as|ec tc tcar t|e cara ||rst. Uca
eater|a t|e c|ass|c stractare, |e |cc|ec a at
t|e |mmease e\aase c| ra|ters aac |mmec|ate|,
ac.|sec t|e rea|tcr t|at t|e, wca|c arc|ase t||s
rcert,.
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t|e |case ,et |t cca|c ce rea||, cac." C|ac|
remar|ec, "|cw cac cca|c t|e |case ce` ast
|cc| at t||s cara|"
|t tra|, was |c.e at ||rst s||t, aac, t|aa||a||,,
K|m s|arec C|ac|'s e\c|temeat w|t| t|e rcsect
c| ceccm|a "0eat|emea |armers."
!|e berr|atca |am||, mc.ec |atc t|e |arm|case aac ||.ec |a
t|e c|c cwe|||a |cr we|| c.er a cecace. /|t|ca| t|e, as|rec tc
reac.ate t|e |cme aac recatare |ts cr||aa| c|a|t,, ccatractcr a|ter
ccatractcr ac.|sec aa|ast t||s |aa cae tc stractara| |ssaes. !|e,
a|t|mate|, tcre |t ccwa aac ca||t t|e|r cream |cme ast a |ew |eet
|rcm t|e cr||aa| |caacat|ca.
Barn Restoration Begins
!|e cara, |cwe.er, was a c|||ereat stcr,. C|ac|'s |aa was tc
recatare t|e cr||aa| c|aracter w||c| t|e assae c| t|me |ac
rcccec |rcm t||s c|a|||ec cat ceter|crat|a ca||c|a. /|t|ca|
e\ce||eat wcr|maas|| was e.|ceat |rcm t|e mass|.e |aac-|ewa
ceams tc t|e mcrt|se aac teaca ccastract|ca - t|e cara was |eaa|a
cac|, aac sacrt ceams were rctt|a at t|e|r |caacat|ca.
C|ac| |ccatec t|e >t|tt crct|ers |rcm t|e Uer |ea|asa|a
w|c were sec|a||sts |a cara reser.at|ca. !|e, tra.e|ec tc t|e
berr|atca |arm |a a |are cam|a tra||er aac sta,ec r||t ca t|e
rcert, w|||e er|crm|a t|e restcrat|ca. !|e cara was scaarec
a w|t| t|e |asta||at|ca c| a cac|e at t|e ra|ters. Hew, treatec |amcer
was s||cec catc t|e aac|eat sacrt ceams tc re.eat |atare wccc
ceca,. |\ert reccastract|ca was er|crmec w|||e ma|ata|a|a t|e
c|aracter c| t|e cr||aa| stractare.
Lets Play Barn Basketball!
U |a t|e |a, mcw t|ere |s e.|ceace c| aa |aterest|a ast|me
|rcm ca,s cae c, - aa aac|eat cas|etca|| cac|ccarc aac |cc.
C|ac| e\|a|aec t|at maa, |cca| caras scrtec t|ese |ccs sc t|at
|armers cca|c |a, "cara ca||." !|e stcr, |s tc|c t|at ca >aaca,s,
ceeac|a ca t|e |a, s|taat|ca aac |cw mac| rccm t|ere was |a t|e
|a, mcw, |armers wca|c et tcet|er tc |a, t||s ame. || ca|, t||s cara's
wa||s cca|c ta|||
Then and Now
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|cme tc C|ac|'s cc||ect|ca c| aat|cae wacas aac |arm |m|emeats. 0ae
c| t|ree .|atae tractcrs |s asec tc |aat saa||cwers, ccra, scr|am
aac c|c.er. C|ac| ccmmeats t|at t||s t,e c| |arm|a "|s a |ccc, t|at
ceae||ts t|e ceer, |easaats aac ct|er w||c|||e |a t||s area." |e a|sc rcws
.eetac|es |a a sma|| atc| aear t|e |case, ||.|a c, t|e acae "|rcm t|e|r
cwa ||e|c tc t|e|r cwa |cr|s."
|e brcc|'s twc-stcr, rec ceaat, |s a !ecamse| treasare aac cae
c| maa, catca||c|as ca t|e |am||, crc |arm. |t ceaa |ts |||e r||t
|a ccwatcwa !ecamse| scmet|me |a t|e ear|, 1900s. !|e stcr,
|s tc|c t|at |a 1939 t|e cara was tcra ccwa aac a|| c| |ts ceams, s|c|a,
w|accws aac cccrs were |cacec ca a trac|. 0cwa |-50 |t tra.e|ec - west
tc |ts aew |cme ca t|e |cse| brcc|s' |arm w|ere |t st||| rcac|, staacs
tcca,. w|at a s||t t|at mast |a.e ceea wa, cac| |a t|e ear|, 1930s|
Fledgling Farmers
!|e brcc|s cr||aa||, arc|asec t|e |arm |a 1934 aac a|t|ca| t|e
ccastract|ca t|me||ae ma, act ce e\act|, ccrrect, |t |s |acwa t|ese ac.|ce
|armers rcceecec tc ca||c a crccc, ccc |a crcer tc ra|se c||c|eas. !c
|ee t|e ees (cac, c||c|s) warm, t|e, createc a "crcccer" w||c| was
attac|ec tc cae eac c| t|e ccc. / crcccer |s a |ace t|at w||| |ee t|e
ees ccata|aec, warm aac cr, as t|e, ce|a tc rcw |atc c||c|eas.
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traas|aatec twc-stcr, cara, a c||c|ea ccc
aac a .er, sc||c ccacrete s||c. |cse|'s |at|er
|ac a sma|| ca|r, |erc. !|e staac||cas, w||c|
|e|c t|e ccws' |eacs w|||e t|e, were m|||ec
eac| mcra|a, are st||| staac|a |a t|e cara
as we|| as t|e |eec c|as. |cse| reca||s t|at t|e
m||| was |acec |a |are, meta| caas, aac t|ea
stcrec |a a stcc| taa| (cr trca|) cats|ce. !|e
taa| was ||||ec w|t| cc|c water tc ccc| t|e m|||
aat|| t|e ca||, |c|a.
What a Timeless Beauty
!|e cara measares 24' \ 3' aac ccasts
a amcre| meta| rcc|. |t |s |a e\cet|caa|
ccac|t|ca |cr a ceatar,-c|c ca||c|a cecaase
c| t|e |c.|a care |t |as rece|.ec car|a |ts
|||et|me. |cst c| t|e wccc s|c|a |s cr||aa| as
we|| as maa, c| |ts w|accws. /a, re|acemeat
w|accws were castcm re||catec aac tra|,
c|.|cec |ee|a trae tc t|e caras' cr||aa|
raacear. Remaaats c| t|e cr||aa| |acc aac
tace w|r|a are st||| tac|ec tc t|e mass|.e
stractara| memcers, maa, c| w||c| are
mcrt|se aac teaca ccastract|ca. !|ere are a
tcta| c| s|\ s||c|a cccrs a|| st||| |aact|caa|.
!|e eacrmcas |a, mcw stretc|es
BROOKS BARN
The Michigan Barn an incredible reminder of the hard
work and independence of our farmers. All of these barns
have a story to tell about their lives and the lives of their
owners, both past and present. These farmers depend on
these structures for shelter, storage and their livelihood.
Together they have weathered every storm, drought
and bountiful harvest. May the Michigan Barns stand for
many centuries to come and share their history with future
generations.
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acrcss t|e eat|re seccac ||ccr aac was asec tc stcre |a, aac straw tc |eec t|e aa|ma|s.
!|e |aea|cas t||a accat t||s |a, mcw |s |cw t|e ||ccr ccarcs are remc.ac|e. w|ea |t was
|eec|a t|me, t|ese ccarcs wca|c ce |||tec aac t|e |a, crcec |a |rcat c| t|e ccws |cr t|e|r
mea|.
Necessity - The mother of invention
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at|erec |rcm t|e ||e|cs aac ||ec |ccse|, ca t|e rcaac aacer t||s cccr. !c traascrt t|e
|a, |atc t|e mcw, a a||e, s,stem was ccastractec cat c| rces. |cse| rememcers ||s mct|er
c||mc|a aca t|e|r tractcr aac |atc||a cae c| t|e rces tc t|e cac|. /s s|e crc.e t|e tractcr
awa, |rcm t|e cara, a ser|es c| a||e,s wca|c |cwer aac ra|se t|e |a, |cr|s. !|ese |cr|s wca|c
cea tc |c| a t|e |a,, ra|se |t a tc t|e seccac stcr, cccr, t|ea crc |t |a t|e mcw. w|at
reat memcr|es w|at reat |aeaa|t,|
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Autumn makes me sing
Opposite: pumpkins bask in the sun
at kapnick Orchards
Below: river raisin raceway reflects
autumn's symphony of color
photos by mickey alvarado
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Autumn makes me sing
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CAREER CHOICES
brothers, and brothers fight, but I still feel bad about it, Nick said. He uses the experience
when a family member tells him they had been mean to the deceased or werent on the best
of terms before their death.
I know today no one of us has any control over our loved ones deaths. We cant keep
them nor can we make them go away, no matter what our last encounters were, he said.
Sometimes I share that, like when a youngster tells me they were mean to Grandpa before
he passed away.
It was what happened after Mikes death that would later lead Nick into the business,
however. He said he was shocked and confused asking questions such as, How can my
brother be dead? He was here and fine yesterday. He said being 12 was different back then
compared with how 12-year-olds seem to know so much today.
At the funeral home, Nicks questions continued.
I had a million questions, like, Why is my brother cold? Why is he hard? Does he still have
his legs? Nick recalled. Bob Allore, the funeral director, took him under his wing and not
only answered Nicks questions, but opened the casket so he could see his brothers legs
were still there. Nick said he didnt comprehend the finality of death, and even tested his
theory that his brother must still get up at night. He tore a Kleenex and put it under the lid.
When he found it in the same spot in the morning, the finality started to sink in.
Nick also observed how Mr. Allore took care of his family, seeing to their every need as
friends came to pay respects. With that and the time the funeral director took with Nick, he
made his career choice then and there.
I had to wait until I was 18, but I asked Mr. Allore for a job and I washed cars and did
grounds maintenance until I could apprentice under him, and when I got my license, I worked
there several years, Nick said. He later worked in Milan for the Ochaleks and Gary Couture
in 1993. In 1997 he became partners with Gary, forming Couture-Handler Funeral Homes,
For Nick Handler, a pivotal, life-changing event
that took place when he was an adolescent shaped
his future as a funeral director.
I was 12 years old and my brother Mike was
16 when he died unexpectedly, said Nick. My
brothers death shaped so much of what I do
today, including paying attention to details. Nick
said Mike was picky, insisting on mowing in straight
lines, and had specific ideas about neatness and
cleanliness that stuck with his younger brother.
In 1972, Mike had been mowing the lawn when
he came inside to lie down because of a headache
so bad it brought him to tears.
I remember doing what brothers do picking
at him, calling him a crybaby, said Nick, who
still gets emotional in the telling 40 years later.
When Mike later had a seizure, then a cerebral
hemorrhage that sent him first to a hospital in
Monroe where they lived and then to St. Vincents
in Toledo where his organs were donated, what
Nick most remembered is he was mean to his
brother. Its one of those details surrounding his
brothers death that equipped him to help others
today.
I know I didnt make him die. I know we were
Some people know what
they want to do for a living
when they are children while
others may not happily settle
into careers until later in life.
back
stories
By Deb Wuethrich
Photo of Nick Handler by Hollie Smith
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and when Gary retired, Nick became the
owner of Handler Funeral Homes in 2006.
Ive learned that God can work through
the most horrendous, terrible things in life,
Nick said. He used the experience of my
brothers death to form what I do today.
This is not a job this is something I
honestly feel God blessed me with by giving
me the desire and the talents. He said he
never has any dread about going to work
because he loves working with families and
counts it a privilege to be invited into their
lives at such a sensitive time.
No two families are alike, so it is never
the same old-same old. I truly have a passion
for what I do.
Nick said he makes choices by offering
services hed hope were available if it was
his own family, and a few times, he has been
in the shoes of the mourners. It was also
through experiences with his brother that
also prompted another detail Nick feels is
important to families.
When they brought his casket out, I
wondered if he was still in there, Nick
recalls. One of the things I do now is to
ask if the family prefers to step out or assist
when its time to close up. Many people
like to add items of significance or choose a
special blanket or wrap, he said. Theres just
something about tucking them in that helps
people have closure, he said. I didnt have
that with Mike because we, my younger sister
and I, were sent out of the room. This way,
there are no questions when the family helps
with that last step if they want to.
He said his goal
is to guide, support
and comfort others
during their difficult
time after losing a
loved one. He said
it isnt important
to him to be the
biggest or best-
known funeral
home.
I just have to
be and do the best
I can for others,
he said. I own two
beautiful funeral
homes that feel
like home and I have the best staff or
extended family to help me do what I love
doing, and a wonderful community to be a
part of. God has truly blessed me in many
ways.
"This is not a
job this is
something I
honestly feel God
blessed me with
by giving me the
desire and the
talents.
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While Tecumseh business owner Nanci
Prezioso has worn a coat of many colors
throughout her life as she sampled a variety
of career ventures, one thing has remained
steadfast. I really enjoy people, said Nanci,
who is coming up on 10 years of ownership
of The Wild Iris in downtown Tecumseh. She
said each of the job and career avenues she
has traveled has offered her the opportunity
to help others.
When she was still in high school, Nanci
envisioned owning a styling salon. I wanted
to be a hairdresser, she said. Its the only
thing I wanted to do. After graduation, she
did just that, making a career of it for 20
years, owning local salons, Total Image and
Innovations, which she later sold.
In the 1980s, Nanci decided to go back to
school. She obtained a bachelor of science
degree in Human Services from Siena Heights
University, then went on to graduate school
at the University of Michigan to study social
work and administration. I wanted to do
family therapy, which I did for a short time,
but I was drawn into health administration. I
worked with adolescents most of the time and
I really loved that.
Nanci spent some time working for Charter
Hospital in Toledo, then an acquaintance
recruited her
to work for the
Medical College
of Ohio (MCO) as
an administrator
for psychiatric
services serving
both adults and
adolescents. But
I always most
loved working
with adolescents,
she said, adding
that her husband,
Fred, works in the area of addictions. He
always wondered how I could do it, working
with adolescents, and I wondered how he
could do what he did.
When MCO downsized several years
ago, Nanci had job offers to go into private
practice, but she found the career area a little
shaky when the tide was changing regarding
third party insurance, which had only begun
to settle in. I realized then that what I really
wanted to do was to become more a part of
my own community, she said. I live here and
I love Tecumseh, and I wanted to be more a
I realized then
that what I really
wanted to do was
to become more
a part of my own
community
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womens apparel. When the corner space of
the Masonic building came available, Nanci
decided she wanted to expand. Its just so
great being a part of the downtown, Nanci
said, adding that she has served on the
CBA (Central Business Association) and DDA
(Downtown Development Authority) boards.
I truly love what I do. I dont have a job I
have a store. And every day that I turn on
the lights, I am grateful, because weve seen
a lot of businesses come and go.
Nanci also enjoys the fact that she can
travel for buying trips, heading to places
such as New York City several times a year,
and credits the support of her husband and
daughter, Brandi Moore, who works at Wild
Iris, for enabling her to do what she loves. I
get to do my favorite thing, which is to shop,
she said. She stays with relatives in New
York, thus avoiding the high cost of hotel
bills. You also forge relationships when you
part of it, so I said, Im going to open a store. She said one administrator she knew told her,
Youre not going to make it. Thats just not you. I said I am going to do that, and opened
Creative Collections, a consignment shop, she said. She operated that business for four or five
years, then decided that she would like to be able to offer new merchandise rather than used.
In the meantime, she was offered a job with the City of Tecumseh as its marketing coordinator.
When the building on the corner [101 W. Chicago] opened up, I said, I want that! Nanci
recalls. I didnt know what I was going to do with it then, but I wanted it. She then resigned
from the city and opened The Wild Iris, selling accessories for the first few years, then went into
own a store. Ive met a lot of my really good
friends through my store.
Nanci said she enjoys helping women look
and feel their best, and the Wild Iris also does
a style show twice a year, which always sells
out. She will take things on the road and
conduct workshops as well.
Because the Wild Iris is a successful
business, Nanci says people will ask her if
shes sorry she went to school for so long to
get her degree in the health field. Absolutely
not, she says in response. I loved that part.
I would be a full time student if I could afford
it. I went back to school because I wanted
to get the degree and its something no one
can take away from me. Graduating from the
University of Michigan was more than I ever
thought I could ever achieve. I did that for
myself.
Photo of Nanci Presioso by Deb Wuethrich
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People today have a hard time
wrapping their heads around what life
was like at the beginning of the last century.
Teddy Roosevelt was president, Old Glory
boasted only 46 stars, airplanes were as
awe-inspiring as todays space station, and
electricity had not yet made it to Macon.
A little historical perspective:
Item one: in Jennies younger years,
horses and buggies were the common
conveyances, but when
automobiles became affordable
with Mr. Fords Model T, Jennie
took the wheel as soon as she
was tall enough, bucking the
trend of the time when it was
frowned upon for women to
drive.
Item two: This woman had
contemporaries who were
fighting in the trenches of the
War To End All Wars, - First World War.
According to her daughter, Nelma Korth,
who is her sidekick spokesperson to the
media, Jennie prefers to remember and be
remembered for, among other things, her
gardening abilities. She was a champion
gardener, said Nelma. She was especially
proud of her roses and irises. People all
over Tecumseh have roses and irises in
their gardens to this day that they grew
from shoots that my Mom gave them. She
used to thin out her plants in the spring and
put the rhizomes by the side of the road
and people would come from all over to pick
them up. They knew they were good stock,
and I know that they are all still growing
somewhere.
Jennies gardening skills were held
in high esteem by Jackson Perkins, one
of the most prestigious horticulture
companies in the nation. The company
valued her input and would send her
plants to test in her garden. She kept
careful records of growth, appearance,
and heartiness, and reported back to
Jackson Perkins. Friends say that she can
still tell at a glance what plant is growing
outside the window.
Nelma said that her mother has always
been a traveler and an adventurer. In
1933 she traveled to the Worlds Fair in
Chicago and had a souvenir photograph
taken. Her mode of transportation was
not recorded, but she may well have
driven herself over the rutted dirt lanes
leading out of Macon to the more well-
maintained U.S.12 that was the main
artery in Michigan leading to the Windy
City. Or, she may have caught the train
in Adrian or Jackson. The point is, she
went to the hottest venue on the North
American continent at the time. She didnt
stop there.
If plants were her homefront hobby,
cars and travel were her passions when
time and family obligations would allow.
Nelma said that she remembers her
mother telling her about her childhood
in the early 20th century.
Jennie was an eyewitness to
the rise of manufacturing
in the Tecumseh area. She
was present when Tecumseh
Products was founded in
1934, and she worked for
some of the subsidiary
companies that sprang up
in the area to provide the
parts that the compressor
company, soon to become a national
industrial titan, required to keep Americas
food cold and theaters air conditioned.
When Jennie was a spry 64-year-old,
other people her age were thinking about
retiring, but the year was 1969, and
America had just put a man on the moon.
Jennie was looking forward to making
her own journeys in her motor home to
see the U.S.A, and had by then logged as
many miles as the astronauts.
Jennie has slowed down only recently.
She still enjoys good health and socializes
with her friends and the staff at Tecumseh
n many cultures advanced age is a sign of divine
favor, and the elderly are highly revered. In such
cultures, Jennie Schober of Tecumseh would outrank
just about everyone. The century mark is a small
speck in Jennies rearview mirror. She recently
celebrated her 107th birthday in Tecumseh Place,
the assisted care facility where she now resides. Looking
back, Jennie has seen much of the United States in her
rearview mirror since she started driving her familys Ford
Model T around Macon, where she was born in 1905 on
her parents, Dill and Mabel Burlesons, farm.
PROFILE
scenic
A 107 year
journey
but she didnt
have a moments
hesitation in
taking the trip...
By Deane Erts
Jennie and her 1925 Roadster
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Place, but she doesnt get out as much as she
used to. She didnt take a sabbatical from traveling
until lately, perhaps the inconvenience of a hip
replacement a couple of years ago had something
to do with her staying in town. As recently as a few
years ago, said Nelma, she would drive herself
to McDonalds every day and sit with her friends
while she had her senior complimentary coffee and
Sausage McMuffin. She used to love doing that.
Her ride to the Tecumseh McDonalds at the
time was a cherry 1995 top-of-the-line Buick, which
she had bought for herself as a 90th birthday
present. I was so mad at the
time, recalls Nelma of her
mothers purchase. The car
dealer really didnt have any
choice in the matter, of course,
despite my wishes. Mom drove
herself there and bought the
car. What could they say? What
could I say? You didnt argue
with Mom about driving. She
had been driving for longer
than most people had been
alive.
Not content to motor
around Lenawee County in her
new Buick, at 91 she took it
upon herself to accomplish one
of her long-standing ambitions:
to visit the Panama Canal.
Once again, we call for a little
historical perspective: Most of
the world considers the famous
canal that joined the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans early in the last century one of
the Ancient Wonders of the World. Well, our local
Tecumseh traveler, however, was alive when it was
finished, and she had her heart set on seeing what
all the fuss was about back in 1914, when she was
in fifth grade at Mills-Macon Country School.
So, she took a cruise to the canal with a friend.
We were all holding our breath the whole time she
was gone, recalls Nelma, but she didnt have a
moments hesitation in taking the trip.
Nelma eventually began accompanying her
mother on their annual migration in their motor
home, which they would often drive to the Ozarks
and from there to their winter home in Texas.
Now Jennie stays close to home, enjoying
remarkable health at which her doctor marvels. At
her last exam, the doctor said theres not a thing
wrong with her. She gets great care and enjoys
her friends and relatives who visit, Nelma said. I
eat with her every day and try to make sure that
she eats, too. She was so good to me when I was
growing up and now I want to be there for her as
much as I can.
Counter Clockwise from Upper Left:
1969: The family farm in Clinton
1924: Tecumseh
High School graduation
1995: Jennie and her
90th birthday gift
1921: Jennie (Center)
16th Birthday
1968: Prize Irises
1933: At Chicago World's Fair
2012: Nelma, Jennie holding
Toby on her 107th birthday
Scenic route continued...
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VOLUNTEERING
LIVING
WATER
MISSION
Living Water Mission
(LWM), led by Pastor Tom
Hawkins of NewSong
Community Church in
Tecumseh, has a mission
statement to provide clean,
affordable, safe drinking
water to those who need it
the most. It is a 501c(3)
non-profit organization that
conducts mission trips to
ensure the access to clean,
safe water. Pastor Hawkins
recently sat down to discuss
the work of Living Water
Mission.
HOW DID LIVING
WATER MISSION GET
ITS START?
LWM grew from the seed of
an idea planted at NewSong
in 2007 to have a Radical
Christmas, in which the
congregation chose to
forego a Christmas marked
by consumerism. Instead
we planned to donate
money toward drilling a
well somewhere. Through
contact with Keith Gafner, a
missionary from this area
who serves in Kenya, Africa,
we learned that Kenya was
in great need of clean water.
We wanted to do more than
write a check we wanted a
boots on the ground team
to go over and actually help
drill the wells. Because of
the clashes in that country,
our team could not go until
February of 2009, but that
gave us time to learn about
rudimentary well-drilling.
HOW HAS LWM
EXPANDED ITS
REACH BEYOND
NEWSONG CHURCH?
It has become a community
partnership, with people from
all over the region helping
with the work we do. We also
have partnerships within
Kenya that have helped us do
what we do.
WHO GOES ON THE
MISSION TRIPS AND
WHEN IS THE NEXT
ONE?
We have one coming up
Oct. 17 to Nov. 1. We have
taken teams of people
from Tecumseh and the
surrounding communities,
and I traveled to Kenya alone
last year. This year there is a
team going, and a couple of
the members have traveled
there before.
WHERE DOES
LIVING WATER
MISSION MOST
FOCUS ITS
EFFORTS?
In rural areas of Kenya. We
have been working in a village
called Twiga where Kalyet
School is located. There are
approximately 700 youths
who attend school and their
families pay for the privilege.
Education is paramount to
the families who want a better
life for their children.
By DEB
WUETHRICH
Tecumseh
Pastor works to
provide safe
drinking water
to Kenyans
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YOU CONSTRUCTED
A WATER TOWER
THERE LAST YEAR.
WHAT HAS THAT
DONE FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THAT
AREA?
Not only does it serve the
school and its staff, it helps
the whole Twiga community
of a couple thousand
people. All the work we do is
designed to help the Kenyan
people become more self-
sufficient. They can learn
to dig the wells themselves,
and use the water to grow
food and sell it at the market,
thus providing income for
the family. Clean water is
also foundational to good
health, and its amazing how
everything begins with clean
water. Any kind of growth in
a community, including its
economy, begins with water.
You cant do anything without
water.
WHAT ARE THE
KENYAN PEOPLE
LIKE?
They are a very quiet and
gentle, peace-loving people.
Theyre very grateful and
very thankful for the work
that the mission is bringing
into their community. They
will walk for miles to attend a
church service with us or to
take part in the well-drilling
work that we are doing. They
are very religious, and many
of the people have biblical
names. I absolutely love
being with these people.
WHAT IS LWMS
VISION FOR THE
FUTURE?
This year, LWM is taking a
leap of faith by beginning
to construct a well-drilling
facility, which will have living
quarters for staff and visitors
such as mission workers.
It will include a fabrication
shop for the well-drilling
operations and also reach
out into the agricultural
community. They will be able
to do welding, machining
and fabrication there, to
earn money and assist the
community. The idea is to
make it 100 percent Kenyan
and self-sustaining. Weve
also got our eyes on eastern
Uganda and South Sudan in
the future and the need there
is urgent. For a community
to be successful they have to
not just look at themselves,
they have to look beyond.
When our partners in Kenya
have extended themselves to
help others,
they will
be blessed.
The Kenyan
people are
more able to
go into South
Sudan than
white people,
so the sooner
we can do this,
the sooner we
can help others in extremely
desperate places.
BY WHAT MEANS
IS FUNDRAISING
ACCOMPLISHED FOR
LWM?
Donations may be made at
anytime through our nonprofit
at: Living Water Mission, 6876
Plantation Dr., Tecumseh, MI
49286. Funds are also raised
at an annual Kenya Dig It?
5K, two-mile family walk, and
a Singing for Water fundraiser.
We have also raised funds
through the collection of
scrap metal but we have
suspended that for the time
being.
DIDNT YOU
INCORPORATE
A PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE ASPECT
TO THE KENYA DIG IT
EVENT THIS YEAR?
Those participating had an
option of grabbing a bucket
and following a marked trail
to Evans Creek to fetch
water like the women in
Kenya do. In Kenya, only the
young girls and women fetch
water, which also inhibits their
ability to get an education
because they have to do it
three times a day or more
for the needs of the family.
Boys and men almost never
carry water. At our event,
they then carried the water
back along the course for
about a half-mile, the average
distance a Kenyan person
travels for water. We also did
a demonstration on how we
take surface water and purify
it to make it drinkable. We can
purify 5,000 gallons of water
with one cup of table salt in
one hour. Its a pretty cool
process.
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MISSION TRIPS
ANYWHERE
ELSE?
A LWM team
traveled to Haiti in
2011. It was more than
a year after an earthquake
devastated the country.
The goal was to work with
an existing ministry in that
country and help them install
simple water purification
systems or drill wells where
they could do the most good.
We did drill one well there.
ON YOUR SOLO
TRIP TO KENYA LAST
YEAR, SOMETHING
SPECIAL HAPPENED
TO YOU, DIDNT IT?
Yes it did. God placed a
special little girl named
Consolata, an orphan who
was always smiling, on my
heart. Consolata lived three
miles from where the church
was, and walked to church
through some rough territory
by herself every time there
was a
service.
My experience
while there was such that I
felt like I was being called to
take care of this child, even
adopt her, and after I called
my wife, Vera, we made a
commitment to do that and
were trying to bring her to
this country on a student
visa. Unfortunately, American
time and Kenyan time work
very differently, and the
wheels are turning very
slowly, but we are making
progress. We take care of
Consolatas schooling, and
arranged for her to stay with
Pastor Sammy Kibet, who
pastors our sister church
NewSong Kilamani, and his
wife, Rachel. I told her that
from now on, I was
her grandpa, and Im very
committed to seeing this
through, which involves a lot
of paperwork and a return to
Kenya to take care of some
other matters. I cant wait to
see what God has in store for
this little girl.
HOW
WOULD
YOU
RESPOND TO
SOMEONE
WHO
WONDERS
WHY LWM
FOCUSES
ON FOREIGN
COUNTRIES?
The people we are
talking about, the
people we are reaching,
are individuals who literally
have nothing, including
clean water. When someone
reaches out to help them,
their lives are enormously
improved because someone
cared enough about them,
and they are so grateful.
There is such a reward in
that. We have found that
people in our community
are generous and do have
good hearts, and we need to
help someone else besides
ourselves beyond our own
community. In no way do
I downplay the struggles
people in America go
through, but by comparison
with the struggles of
the people in some of
these other places, we
are richly blessed in
the United States. We
really need to be our
brothers keeper in the
world and share what
we have. When we do
that, were blessed in
return.
Living Water Mission continued...
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LITERATURE
Banned Books
I think the message we try to get across
to our patrons is that we support the
freedom to read and welcome people to
read whatever they like, said Tecumseh
District Library Director Gayle Hazelbaker.
Each year, well usually have a display of
books that have been challenged, along
with a list of some of those titles.
Hazelbaker said most of the challenges
are made to schools.
Most of the time people who challenge
books do so to protect children, said
Hazelbaker. We all know children need
to be protected, but its the job of parents
to protect them, not the job of the public
library. We encourage and support parents
who want to know what their children are
reading and applaud parents who do.
Most often, books are challenged because
of content that includes sex, profanity or
racism, noted Hazelbaker, or sometimes
for religious reasons. She added that
individuals or groups that nd a particular
book oensive will try to have that title
removed. You might be surprised at the
reasons some books are challenged, she
said. One of the childrens books on this
years list was banned from a Texas school
because it contained the phrase poo poo
head.
Books that have, for many years, made
the challenged list include such titles as
e Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and
Huckleberry Finn. What surprises
Hazelbaker, she said, is that shes never seen
a book challenged for violent content. e
library director said that books that oend
one person may not oend someone else.
e First Amendment of the Constitution
says neither one of us have the right to
squelch those ideas, said Hazelbaker.
Were a public library and we support the
freedom and access to everything, said
Anne Keller, who serves as the TDL Teen
Services Librarian. Keller said she works
most closely with teens themselves, but has
also met with parents who are interested in
learning more about what their children are
reading. And I applaud them for that, she
said. Staying in tune with what your child
is reading is a great opportunity to have a
discussion with them, even a chance to talk
about why a certain book might be found
oensive, Hazelbaker said. Its a great
opportunity to talk about their own family
values.
When TDL sta orders a book for
the collection, they read reviews of the
CELEBRATING THE FREEDOM TO READ /// BY DEB WUETHRICH
or 30 years, the American Library
Association (ALA) has been promoting
Banned Books Week, celebrating
freedom to read. Tecumseh District
Library also observes Banned Books
Week, which is Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, and also
plans to do so throughout the entire month of
October.
e American Library Association promotes
the freedom to choose or the freedom to
express ones opinions even if that opinion
might be considered unorthodox or unpopular,
and stresses the importance of ensuring the
availability of those viewpoints to all who wish
to read them.
e ALA also publishes a pamphlet each
year pointing out several of the books that have
been challenged or banned during the previous
year (visit ala.org/bbooks to view the list). e
pamphlet notes that Banned Books Week not
only commemorates the freedom to choose
what we read but to select from a full array of
possibilities, and is rmly rooted in the First
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which
guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of
the press.
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book and whats been written by colleagues in
professional journals. Sometimes they have read
the book themselves. We ask ourselves the
question, Is this book something that members
of our community might be interested in?
Hazelbaker said. Titles that appeal to a range of
interests and tastes are added to the collection as
funds allow.
Books such as Truman Capotes In Cold
Blood, and Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse-
Five continue to make the ALA challenged list.
Keller said books by one of the most popular
teen authors, Chris Crutcher, often make the
challenged lists as well. He will often show
up unannounced at school board meetings to
defend books that have been challenged, Keller
said. She added that the reviews the librarians
use also recommend a classication system
for titles, which helps keep the books age-
appropriate. If the subject matter in a book that
would typically go into the juvenile collection
is something that happens to be more teen
oriented, we might place it in the section for
older kids instead.
e Tecumseh District Library does have
a process if someone really objects to a book.
ere is a form that can be lled out and
presented to the library board for review on
whether the book should stay in the library or
not. In my eight-and-a-half years here, weve
not had any books taken out, said Hazelbaker.
Oftentimes, reading books that you might not
agree with oers the opportunity to see another
viewpoint for discussion. I also look at it like you
would look at television. You can turn it o. You
dont have to read these books. But we have to
protect everybodys right to read what they want
to.
Tecumseh District Library can also obtain
books through its interlibrary loan system,
accessing titles from more than 400 member
libraries.
Tecumseh
District
Library
will
celebrate
The
Freedom
to Read
Sept 30
through
Oct 31
with
contests
and prizes
Anne Keller(left) and Gayle Hazelbaker
ala.org/bbooks
tecumsehlibrary.org
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attending events for any
schedule changes
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O n g o i n g
Fall Color Tours from the Air SkyWalker Flying is
offering Sky Tours over the beautiful Michigan Fall Colors
of Hidden Lake Gardens! Leave from Adrian or Tecumseh.
SkyWalker Flying, 517.759.2590 or fly@skywalkerflying.
com
Fall Color Tour Excursions October. Thursday &
Friday Departures: 11am & 1:30pm. Saturday & Sunday
Departures: 11am - 1:30pm - 4pm. Enjoy the splendor
of fall colors along the River Raisin Valley as the train
meanders for 2 hours through the countryside with a
stop along the way for complimentary cider and donuts!
Board: 806 S. Evans Street, Tecumseh. Southern Michigan
Railroad 517.456.7677
Mystery Corn Maze & Pumpkin Fun Open Second
Weekend in September, call ahead for schedule! Hayrides
- Petting Zoo - Pumpkins & Fall Decor. Carpenter Farms,
Adrian, MI 517.265.8399
Public Paranormal Investigations Friday &
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SEPTEMBER 21-30 The Rat Pack Lounge Croswell
Opera House, Adrian. www.croswell.org 517.264.SHOW
SEPTEMBER 27 Downtown Divas at Dusk Special
diva pampering and prizes at downtown merchants. Bring
your sister, mom and BFF for a fab-U-lous time. www.
downtowntecumseh.com or 517.424.6003
SEPTEMBER 28-30 Clinton Fall Festival Lots of
vendors, food, car show, parade, arts & crafts, raffles,
silent auction, entertainment, book sale & more! Downtown
Clinton 517.456.7396
SEPTEMBER 29 Free Skate at Adrian Skate & Bike
Park
1-4pm. 125 Albert St., in Adrian Island Park.
SEPTEMBER 30 Epic Journey 3pm. Dawson
Auditorium, Adrian College. Cecile Licad, piano Smetana:
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor. Adrian Symphony
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OCTOBER 1 Introduction to Pinterest 10:30
am. Registration required. Tecumseh District Library
517.423.2238 www.tecumsehlibrary.org
OCTOBER 2 Secrets to Living a Long, Healthy Life:
A Womens Health Seminar. 7 pm. Improve physical and
mental health. Lower risks of heart disease and breast
cancer. Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org
OCTOBER 5 Adrian First Fridays 5-8pm. October
Theme: Zombies. First Friday of every month, come
downtown Adrian for 25+ venues for entertainment, art,
music, food and fun! www.downtownadrian.org
OCTOBER 5 Movie at Heritage Park Enjoy an outdoor
movie at Heritage Park. Free admission. concessions
available, movie begins at dusk. adrianmi.gov
OCTOBER 5 - 6 Ghoultide Gathering October 5 5-8pm,
October 6 10am-2pm. Chelsea. 6th Annual Halloween Artist
Spectacular www.ghoultidegathering.com
OCTOBER 6 Fall Foliage Festival 10am-3pm. Wagon
rides through the arboretum. Artisans demonstrations, craft
activities for kids, live animals, life size scarecrows. Food and
fun! Hidden Lake Gardens, M-50 Tipton. 517.431.2060 or
www.hiddenlakegardens.msu.edu
OCTOBER 6 Lore & Legends 2pm. Guided afternoon tour,
bring your camera and hidden secrets that the trails offer on
this 2 mile hike. Standish Dam/Indian Crossing Trails. City of
Tecumseh Parks & Rec. 517.423.5602 www.mytecumseh.org
OCTOBER 6 Ricochet 7:30pm. Hits Blink of an Eye,
Daddys Money, Seven Bridges Road and the list of their
chart toppers keeps going! Tecumseh Center for the Arts.
517.423.6617 or www.theTCA.org
OCTOBER 6 ididitcarshow 9am - 3pm. Annual classic car
extravaganza. 610 S. Maumee St. Tecumseh
OCTOBER 6 Sandhill Crane Gather 10am-6pm.
Michigan wine tasting, huge bake sale, Jaskon Audubon
Society, jams & jellies, honey. Chelsea Historical society
across from the fair grounds. www.facebook.com/
sandhillcranesgather
OCTOBER 7 Choral Symphony 3pm. Four chorus
symphony at Adrian College. Adrian College Choir, Adrian
College Womens Ensemble, Adrian College Chamber Choir,
Lenawee Community Chorus. Adrian College Chapel. Freewill
offering
OCTOBER 9 Korea, Land of Contrast 7:30pm. Kiwanis
Travel Adventure Cinema.Hosted by film maker and world
traveler Buddy Hatton. Tecumseh Center for the Arts.
517.423.6617 or www.theTCA.org
OCTOBER 10 Movie: Bye Bye Birdie 1 pm. Singing
idol Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson) is drafted, sending the
teenage girls of America into unashamed panic. Tecumseh
District Library 517.423.2238 www.tecumsehlibrary.org
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OCTOBER 12-14 Back Alley Beer Tent at Tecumseh's
Appleumpkin Festival. Live Entertainment 7 pm. Fri. & Sat.,
Fri: Skoobie Snaks, Sat: Bigfoot Bob & the Toe Tappers,
Sun 1 - 4 pm: Pat Dunn. Evans Street Station, Tecumseh,
517.424.5555, www.evansstreetstation.com
OCTOBER 13 & 14 19th Annual Appleumpkin Festival
& Westfest Arts & Crafts, Antique Street Fair, Carnival Rides,
Fair Food, Antique Tractor Show, Chili Cook-off, Inflatables, Live
Entertainment, Back Alley Beer Tent and much more! www.
downtowntecumseh.com or 517.424.6003

OCTOBER 13-14 Annual Apple Festival Wagon rides, a
petting zoo, childrens talent show, and over 80 craft booths.
Kapnick Orchards. 4245 Rogers Hwy, Britton 517.423.7419
OCTOBER 13 Bake Sale American Legion Auxiliary Post
34 will hold a bake sale during Appleumpkin to support our
veterans. Corner of Evans & Pottawatamie.
OCTOBER 13 Youth Group Yard Sale 8am-5pm.
Tecumseh Church of the Nazarene.1001 N. Union St. 517-
423-4960
OCTOBER 13 Chicken Broil/Flea Market 11am. American
Legion Auxiliary Post 34 will hold a Chicken Broil/Flea Market
during Appleumpkin to support our veterans. Corner of Evans
& Pottawatamie.
OCTOBER 14 Ride for the Dogs (& Cats!) Benefit Ride
for the Lenawee Humane Society. Appleumkin weekend.
Starts at Embers in Tecumseh. Paved roads, raffle. www.
lenaweehumanesoc.org
OCTOBER 14 Soup & Sandwich Luncheon 11am.
American Legion Auxiliary Post 34 will hold a soup & sandwich
luncheon during Appleumpkin to support our veterans. Corner
of Evans & Pottawatamie.
OCTOBER 17 Book Bingo 1 pm. Win books and other
prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome
to play. Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org

OCTOBER 19-20-21 The Rocky Horror Show The Rocky
Horror Show is the rock musical spoof of science fiction
movies that has become a cult classic! Croswelll Opera House,
Adrian 517.264.SHOW [7469] or www.croswell.org
OCTOBER 20 Howl-O-Ween Ball 6pm. Benefit for
the Lenawee Humane Society. Food, desserts, costume
contest, 50/50 raffle, silent auction. 517.26.3462 or www.
lenaweehumanesoc.org
OCTOBER 20 Tecumseh Schools Orchestra Benefit
Auction 6:30 pm."Carnival Night" Desserts, Appetizers, Music
& Games. 734.323.0210
OCTOBER 20 Blues & Brews Festival 3-9pm. Downtown
Adrian, great rhythm and blues music with great tasting,
award winning Michigan beers. www.blues-n-brews.com
OCTOBER 20 Haunted 5k 6pm. Oakwood Cemetery Come
race ghouls and goblins at Oakwood Cemetery in the 5th
annual Haunted 5k! adrianmi.gov
OCTOBER 20-21 Kids Weedend at Houpts Clown with
face painting 1-3pm. Costume contest ages 0 - 12 at 2pm.
Pumpkin moonwalk, pony rides, and train ride. Houpt's
Pumpkin Patch, Dundee www.houptspumpkinpatch.net
OCTOBER 21 Fall Festival & Parade 11-3 pm. Downtown
Sylvania, Ohio. Parade begins at 12:45pm. 419-410-6009
OCTOBER 22-26 Great Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Win a $25 Kapnick Orchards Gift Certificate. Sponsored by the
Friends of TDL. Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org
OCTOBER 23 The Paranormal Activity of Irish Hills
7 pm. Explore the haunted history of the Irish Hills, includes
Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee and Washtenaw Counties, with Jeff
Westover, author of Ghost Highways. Tecumseh District Library
517.423.2238 www.tecumsehlibrary.org

OCTOBER 26 Halloween Preschool Party 10-11am.
Come dressed in your costume for this free event and enjoy
Halloween inspired games, crafts and refreshments. City of
Tecumseh Parks & Rec. 517.423.5602 www.mytecumseh.org
OCTOBER 26-27 The Rocky Horror Show October 27,
Midnight Show. The Rocky Horror Show is the rock musical
spoof of science fiction movies that has become a cult classic!
Croswelll Opera House, Adrian 517.264.SHOW [7469] or
www.croswell.org
OCTOBER 27 St. Elizabeth Annual Arts and Crafts
Bazaar 9 am - 4 pm. Arts, crafts, collectibles and Amish quilt
raffle. 510 N. Union, Tecumseh
OCTOBER 27 Sketching Michigan Barns
9am 3pm. Instructor Paula Christie (beginners/
intermediates, pencil or graphite) Workshop on a
working farm. Sign up at The Wild Acorn, Manchester.
www.thewildacorn.com or 734.428.1293
OCTOBER 27 Dog Adoption Event Noon 2pm.
Dogs and cats from the Jackson County Humane
Society will be on hand and ready for adoption. The
animals are spayed, neutered and microchipped. Come
out and bring home your new best friend. Meckleys
Flavor Fruit Farm, Somerset Center. 517.688.3455 or
www.flavorfruitfarm.com
OCTOBER 27 - November 21 Qa||t |\||c|t o >a|e
Thompson Museum 101 Summit Street Hudson. 517-
448-8125
OCTOBER 27-28 Halloween Horse Camp 2pm.
Overnight opportunity, parade, weenie roast, bonfire,
Games and of course Horseback Riding. Dress up your
horse and yourself to win great prizes! Morgan Valley
Farm. 517.423.7858 www.morganvalleyfarm.com
OCTOBER 27 Free Skate at Adrian Skate & Bike
Park
1-4pm. 125 Albert St., in Adrian Island Park
OCTOBER 27-28 Bach and the Violin Sat at 8pm
and Sun 3pm. Holy Rosary Chapel, Adrian Dominican
Campus. Kurt Nikkanen, violin. Bach: Violin Concertos
Hc. 1 aac 2 bac|. |art|ta Hc. 2 |a 0 m|acr /cr|aa
Symphony Orchestra. 517.264.3121 or info@
adriansymphony.org
OCTOBER 28 Old Mills Childrens Halloween
Party NOON-2:00, costume contest, trick or treating
through the museum,& lunch. Old Mill Museum,
Dundee. www.dundeeoldmill.com
OCTOBER 30 Shenanigans 6:45 7:30pm.
Halloween Story Time for 3-year-olds through 2nd
Graders. Registration required. Tecumseh District
Library 517.423.2238 www.tecumsehlibrary.org
OCTOBER 31 Movie: The Birds 1 pm. The
residents of Bodega Bay are suddenly confronted with
a malicious, full-scale attack by birds of all shapes and
sizes. Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org
N o v e m b e r
NOVEMBER 2 Adrian First Fridays 5-8pm. First
Friday of every month, come downtown Adrian for 25+
venues for entertainment, art, music, food and fun!
www.downtownadrian.org
NOVEMBER 3 The Second City 7:30pm. Direct
from Chicago, Americas funniest comedians in Second
City for President. Tecumseh Center for the Arts.
517.423.6617 or www.theTCA.org
NOVEMBER 3 Crab Races
5-9pm. Manchester Sportsman's Club. www.48158.com
NOVEMBER 3-DECEMBER 9 Miracle On 34th
Street
Croswell Opera House, Adrian. www.croswell.org
517.264.SHOW
NOVEMBER 3 Strega Nona and the Magic Pasta
Pot
11am. Croswell Opera House, Adrian. www.croswell.org
517.264.SHOW
NOVEMBER 3-4 Halloween Horse Camp 2pm.
Overnight opportunity, parade, weenie roast, bonfire,
Games and of course Horseback Riding. Dress up your
horse and yourself to win great prizes! Morgan Valley
Farm. 517.423.7858 www.morganvalleyfarm.com
NOVEMBER 7 After School Movie for Teens
2:30 pm. Movie TBA. Tecumseh District Library
517.423.2238 www.tecumsehlibrary.org
NOVEMBER 8 Downtown Delights 5-9pm.
Downtown Main Street, Sylvania, Ohio.
NOVEMBER 9 Grease Sing-A-Long 8pm. Croswell
Opera House, Adrian. www.croswell.org 517.264.SHOW
NOVEMBER 9 Bring in the Divas 8pm. Dawson
Auditorium, Adrian College. Helen Welch, vocalist. Hits
from Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Bette Midler and
more! Adrian Symphony Orchestra. 517.264.3121 or
info@adriansymphony.org
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NOVEMBER 9 & 10Holiday Open House
Holiday shopping and annual Recipe Walk.
Downtown Streetscape Lighting Ceremony 7:00
pm Friday Evening. www.downtowntecumseh.com
517.424.6003
NOVEMBER 9-11Blissfield Yuletide 2012
Kick off the holiday season with a weekend filled
with craft shows, train rides, Santa & his reindeer
and lots of family fun! Downtown Blissfield
517.206.1333
NOVEMBER 10Saline Craft Shows
8am-3:30pm. 5 Star Craft Show! Over 250
booths and bake sale. Saline Middle School. www.
salineshows.com
NOVEMBER 10Ladies Day in Chelsea 10am
- 6pm. Wine Tasting, Gift Certificate Drawings www.
winewomenshopping.com
NOVEMBER 11Holiday Wine Fest
5-8pm. Wines from around the world with hors
d'oeuvres to match. Live music, silent proceeds
benefit restoring the Tecumseh Carnegie. Evans
Street Station, Tecumseh, 517.424.5555, www.
evansstreetstation.com
NOVEMBER 13Taking the Mystery Out of
Your Ancestors 7 pm. Genealogist, author and
family historian Karen Krugman, five steps to
help you resolve the mystery ancestor dilemma!
Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org
NOVEMBER 13Cuba: A Road Trip from
Havana to Santiago de Cuba 7:30 p.m.
Kiwanis Travel Adventure Cinema. Hosted by
film maker and world traveler Marlin Darrah.
Tecumseh Center for the Arts. 517.423.6617 or
www.theTCA.org
NOVEMBER 14Book Bingo 1 pm. Win books
and other prizes, have fun and make new friends.
All adults are welcome to play. Tecumseh District
Library 517.423.2238 www.tecumsehlibrary.org
NOVEMBER 16-18Our Town Tecumseh Youth
Theater presents Thornton Wilders Pulitzer
Prize Winning play. Tecumseh Center for the Arts.
517.423.6617 or www.theTCA.org
NOVEMBER 17Sand Creek PTO Antique &
Craft Show 8am-3pm. Top notch juried show,
handcrafted items and antiques. 225 booths.
Sand Creek High School, 517.436.3124 or
craftshow@sc-aggies.us
NOVEMBER 17Youth Turkey Trot-Trail Run
1pm, Heritage Park.1st annual kids trail run in
Heritage Park. adrianmi.gov
NOVEMBER 17Make your own
Thanksgiving Centerpiece 10 am. Fresh
greens and flowers. Thompson Museum 101
Summit Street. 517-448-8125
NOVEMBER 17Christmas in the Village
Manchester. Parade in the morning with Santa.
Craft and baked goods. www.48158.com
NOVEMBER 18Branson On The Road
5:30pm. Croswell Opera House, Adrian. www.
croswell.org 517.264.SHOW
NOVEMBER 20Harvest Of Friendship
6:45 - 7:30pm. Thanksgiving Story Time for
3-year-olds - 2nd Graders. Registration required.
Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org
NOVEMBER 23Holiday Book Bingo 1:30
- 2:30pm. Program for 3rd and 4th Graders
and their caregivers Registration required.
Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org
NOVEMBER 24Lunch with Mrs. Claus Noon
-2:00 crafts, stories and lunch with Mrs. Clause
Old Mill Museum, Dundee. www.dundeeoldmill.com
NOVEMBER 24Parade of Lights
7 pm. Downtown Blissfield. Entries charm the
crowds in the Village of Blissfield. Grand Marshall,
Miss River Raisin Festival and our special
guests of honor, Santa and Mrs. Claus www.
blissfieldmainstreet.com
D E C E M B E R
DECEMBER 1Manchester Christmas Home
Tour Noon 8pm. Five beautiful homes, each
with its own unique style, decorated for Christmas.
www.48158.com
DECEMBER 1Holiday Happenings 4:30
- 7:30pm. Downtown Sylvania, Ohio. Historical
Village Commerce 419-882-2135
DECEMBER 1Holiday Crafts Workshop
1 - 4pm. Program for 1st and 2nd Graders
and their caregivers. Registration required.
Tecumseh District Library 517.423.2238 www.
tecumsehlibrary.org
DECEMBER 2Ring In the Season 4pm.
Tecumseh Pops Orchestra & Community Chorus.
Holiday concert with seasonal favorites. Tecumseh
Center for the Arts. 517.423.6617 or www.theTCA.
org
DECEMBER 7Saline Craft Shows 5-11pm.
Moonight madness. 5 Star Craft Show! Over 150
booths and bake sale. Saline Middle School. www.
salineshows.com
DECEMBER 7Adrian First Fridays 5-8pm.
First Friday of every month, come downtown
Adrian for 25+ venues for entertainment, art,
music, food and fun! www.downtownadrian.org
DECEMBER 7Christmas Parade Downtown
Tecumseh. Floats, Bands, Holiday Lights
and Santa. The whole family will enjoy this
holiday event. www.downtowntecumseh.com
517.423.3740
DECEMBER 7-8Promenade Candlelight
Home Tour Tour historic homes decked out in
their holiday finest. www.downtowntecumseh.com
517.424.6003
DECEMBER 7-8Winterfest Downtown Adrian.
Parade Friday night, carriage rides, childrens
activities! downtownadrian.org
DECEMBER 9TCA Big Band & VocalAires
Holiday Concert Featuring holiday music of the
Swing Era. Bring non-perishable food donations to
support local food bank. Tecumseh Center for the
Arts. 517.423.6617 or www.theTCA.org
DECEMBER 11A Stockingful Of Joy 6:45
7:30pm. Holiday Story Time for 3-year-olds - 2nd
Graders. Registration required. Tecumseh District
Library 517.423.2238 www.tecumsehlibrary.org
DECEMBER 14 & 15Santa at Stubnitz
6-8pm. Heritage Park,make holiday crafts, go on
a hayride, refreshments and best of allSanta!
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RECREATION
There was once a Native American ceremonial center
in Tecumseh where a circle attached to a square embankment had two
prehistoric Native American trails crossing its center. The site, located in
Indian Crossing Trails Park under a bluff, below Burt Street, next
to River Raisin has had people guessing from the time of the
early pioneers as to why this rare earthwork enclosure, with four-
foot high embankments, was created and what meaning it could
possibly have had. It is believed by scholars that the Mound
Builders of Ohio made the ceremonial center, similar to other
sacred sites they built hundreds of miles away, a thousand years
ago, as their people traveled to and from the great copper
mines of northern Michigan.
The society that created the enclosure, also used by local
Native American tribes, had to imagine that hundreds, if not
thousands, of years later someone would ponder this very
question and try to figure out the whys and whatnots of its
creation. Or maybe they knew that ultimately it would come to
be lost. Pioneers destroyed a majority of the circle and square
enclosure when building one of the first mills in Lenawee County
in the mid 1820s, using the same pristine riverbanks as natives did for
survival and progress.
Few can point out the location, known to have hosted chieftains
and possibly the warrior Tecumseh himself. According to local legend,
the Shawnee leader spent time in Tecumseh and spoke at the Council
Grounds when trying to unite tribes. The river basin
corridor was a main route for natives and their warriors as
they traveled upon and went around River Raisin. The river
travels from the north side of US 12 south into Tecumseh
before flowing in a circular pattern eastward to the Burt
Street bluff where the Council Grounds or Dancing
Grounds were located. River Raisin continues its eastward
journey, to what is now the Hantz Golf Club where the old
Trail Road, now M-50, first crossed, and ends its half circle
bend where Evans Creek flows into it on the east side of
Tecumseh.
Documented circle and square ceremonial enclosures
are rare in Michigan but the early pioneers of Tecumseh
were impressed enough to at least write about the site,
in the Tecumseh newspaper of 1868 and the Michigan
Pioneer Collection of 1888, although the earthwork was
leveled by the time of the writings. An 1831 Farmers
Map of Michigan was the first to make reference of
the Dancing Ground location. While the state of Ohio
preserves and highlights several of these types of
enclosures and mounds, most of Michigans remain
in obscurity and have been basically lost in history
if not completely wiped out. But the one in Tecumseh
was documented and still has small discernable
features after all these years of progress. The
site was probably used as a celestial observatory
location, similar to those in Ohio, where an eternal
fire possibly burned to help guide travelers while
providing protection and hearth. Portions of the
Tecumseh enclosure are relatively easy to see now
with preparations going on that include clearing
debris from the area for a December 21 winter
solstice ceremony, to be performed by the Leh-Nah-
Weh Native American organization.
The magical, religious qualities of the ceremonial
center are rather inspiring and offer insight for viewing our
cosmos as they did a thousand years ago. Mound Builder
ceremonial sites of Ohio are known to mark both solstice
and lunar observations. The winter solstice of 2012,
by all accounts, will be one to watch and this location
Lore
Legends
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Lost Native American ceremonial
site being rediscovered
Saturday
October 6
Indian Trails
Crossing Park
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certainly would have been used for
ceremonies to mark the major celestial
occurrences. Gods presence has
surely been felt at this location as
many different people have spent time
there meditating and discussing the
complexities of life with the Creator.
It would be an honorable thing to
rebuild the Council Grounds. Efforts
are underway to mark the sacred site
with, at the very least, a sign or stone
marker.
Years ago while taking a hike with
Erich A. Von Fange, PhD, author of
The Indians of Lenawee County, he
lifted his index finger and graciously
pointed out the ceremonial center
location to me when asked to relay
the information. Now I do the same
for others who are fascinated by the
story, when I lead seasonal Lore and
Legends hikes.
The Lore and Legend tour has
been very popular among locals, so
spaces fill up quickly. Even those with
little interest in history have enjoyed
being on the parks beautiful trails for
the first time. The tour is split in two
with the first half following the north
side of the river and the second along
its southern side. A brief stop for
refreshments at Standish Dam at the
halfway point allows hikers to leave
if theyd like or continue on for the
second half. The relatively rugged hike
lasts approximately two hours.
The next Lore and Legends hike is
set for Saturday, October 6, at 2 p.m.,
beginning at the Burt Street entrance
of Indian Crossing Trails Park. To make
reservations for the hike or to donate
for restoration or a sign marker, call
the Tecumseh Parks and Recreation
Department at 423.5602.
DOWNTOWN
Downtown Sylvania Association
Fall Festival & Parade
October 21 t 11-3 pm
Downtown Sylvania
Parade 12:45pm.
419-410-6009
Downtown Delights
November 8 t 5 - 9pm
Downtown Main Street
Holiday Happenings
December 1 t 4:30 - 7:30pm
Historical Village 419-882-2135
Book a tour
at the
Village
HISTORIC
419.882.4865
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Halloween Trick
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October 31 Wed
Caramel Apples
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Crab Races
November 3 Sat
CRC Volunteer
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November 9 Fri
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Manchester
Midnight Madness
December 21 Fri
imagine that
HUMOR
or years only a select few people
knew about my proclivity of talking to
myself. After Clint Eastwoods successful
conversation with an empty chair at the
Republican Convention, I feel its time to
go public. I talk to myself regularly, and sometimes
I talk to invisible people. I would say to that guy
over there wanting to make fun of me, who looks
suspiciously like my brother, that he can make my
day. However thats probably under a copyright
restriction, so instead Ill say, You just be quiet!
You think youre so big, well, youre not!
Often I will have conversations with invisible
people while Im driving in my car. Hey, you!
Ill say. Those turn signals are on your car for a
reason, can you please use
them? Just the other day as a
tan Prius began merging right
into the side of my aging Honda
Accord, I said, while frantically
beeping my horn, Hey, Im
driving here, Mr. Prius.
I notice that many of my
conversations with invisible
people start off with Are you
kidding me? Then I follow up
with a series of questions that
can basically be summarized
into Why? However, unlike Eastwoods technique,
I never answer for the invisible people. I think I just
expect the answer would be I dont know. This
expectation is directly related to having a 13-year-
old son, who answers 75 percent of my questions
with I dont know.
During my childhood years in Macon, I spent
many a happy day hanging around with my invisible
Invisible people often make the best companions
friends. There werent any children to play
with besides my sister and brothers, and
the three of them were not interested in
wandering around the yard and talking. My
imaginary friends loved to walk and talk.
Because of their nebulous state of existence,
I did have to answer for them. Most of the
conversations were, in general, positive. My
invisible boyfriend, Tony, told me he was fond
of me, and my gang of girlfriends were also
appreciative of my sparkling wit.
The time I spent with my invisible friends
came to an end shortly after I entered junior
high and found a group of visible friends. If
Tony were here now, Id ask him if he was
hurt or angry when I moved on
to visible friends. Im sure his
response would be, I thought
wed be together forever, but if
it made you happier to spend
time with visible people, then I
knew I had to let you go. He was
quite a guy. I wonder if he ever
married?
Many people felt that
Eastwood came off as a little
goofy with his rambling speech
to invisible President Obama. I
say we should support Eastwoods honesty
that he can talk to anyone, even people who
are invisible or simply at a different location.
Is it any different than talking to people over
the phone? Or talking to children? What
about the times we have poured out our
hearts or shared a fantastic idea to someone
who responded with, Oh, Im sorry, I wasnt
paying attention.
I dont talk to invisible friends very often
any more, but I have been interviewed about a
variety of personal accomplishments by some of
the worlds most popular talk show hosts while
they are invisible. I have accepted the Academy
Award for Best Actress presented by the
invisible Best Actor recipient the year before my
win, and in front of an invisible audience Jack
Nicholson is just as much of a cut-up invisible
as he is visible in case you were wondering. So,
I think Im pretty experienced at talking with
invisible people. I noticed a few areas where
Eastwood could improve his conversational flow.
First, its very important to stick to the
topic at hand. Invisible people get confused
if a visible person wanders around too much
with their commentary. Second, it is important
to give the invisible person time to respond
fully, otherwise the invisible person might get
frustrated and walk away from the discussion,
which can be confusing for the visible audience
did that invisible person just leave or is he/
she still there? Another thing to keep in mind
with a visible audience during interviews with
invisible people, is not to confuse the response
of a visible audience member with that of the
invisible person on stage. It can be difficult to
hear invisible people when there are distractions
from visible people nearby, so concentration is
key.
I truly believe nothing can make a person
more witty, brilliant and erudite than talking to
invisible people. Eastwood says he agrees with
me. Mitt Romney isnt saying anything, but I see
him rolling his eyes.
By Mary Kay McCormick
"I wonder
if he [my
invisible
boyfriend
Tony] ever
married?
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REALTORS
EDWARD
SUROVELL
T E C U M S E H
ur cover photo was taken from this painting
by Shirley VanBenschoten. It is on display,
along with the works of over 30 local
and regional artists at the Black Door Gallery's new
expanded location in Downtown Tecumseh.
Owner/instructor Susan Amstutz, proudly boasts
works in jewelry, clay, wood, metal, acrylics, oils, glass,
photography, wood block prints and more.
The gallery is located at 138 E. Chicago and is
open 7 days a week. Look them up online at www.
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2012 ProMedica
HI CKMAN CANCE R CE NT E R
I may have had cancer, but cancer never had me.
Brad
Hudson, Michigan
Cancer survivor since 2001
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