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REED CITY The Osceola County Sheriff s Department needs lots of radios that will cost lots of money, Under-sheriff Justin Halladay told the Osceola County Commissioners at Mondays commission meet-ing.

The commissioners re-sponded by agreeing to allocate $88,787.73 for the purchase of 800 MHz radios. The purchase

will include 20 handheld radios, 20 mobile units for patrol cars, 12 radios for corrections officers and one base unit. County of-ficials hope to recoup more than $50,000 of the total cost through grants, including one from the Department of Homeland Se-curity.

The department is waiting for the grants to come through now, Halladay told the commis-sioners.

A series of recent events underscored the urgent need for the radios. The sheriff s department sent a unit to last weeks officer-involved shoot-ing west of Marion last week, and the responding deputy had to use a borrowed radio to communicate, Halladay said. Department personnel resorted

to cell phones to communicate with Meceola Central Dispatch and other law enforcement after the Saturday morning hit-and-run fatality on M-66 at the south end of the county and after two men allegedly suffered gunshot wounds in Osceola Countys Rose Lake Township early Mon-day morning.

Halladay said the old VHF ra-dios are inadequate for todays needs. Bandwidths have been getting squeezed for years, and transmissions are scratchy.

The Osceola County Sheriff s Department and the Evart and Reed City Police Departments are the only ones in the still us-ing the old radios.

We are kind of on an island all by ourselves, Halladay said.

The poor transmissions pose a danger to both law enforcement personnel and to the general public, Halladay said.

When you have deputies in a fatal hit-and-run communicat-ing with dispatch and other offi-cers with cell phones, that is not acceptable, Halladay said.

Radios unsafe for public and police: UndersheriffSheriffs department will get new radios following several communication problems

We are kind of on an island all by ourselves.Justin Halladayosceola county Undersheriff

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By Andy duffy Weekly Voice

EVART Members of Ev-arts city council and City Man-ager Zackary Szakacs fielded a barrage of sometimes angry questions and comments dur-ing a public hearing about the Oak Street Project Monday.

Chad Jasman, who owns a home on Oak Street, said he will have to pay nearly $8,000 as his share of the projects costs. He asked why his portion was so much and said he had just learned about the special as-sessment and that snowmobiles tear up the sidewalk along his property and the city does noth-ing about it. Renters are living in his home, and he said that perhaps his renters received one of the notices the city sent out about the project.

About 25 people attended the meeting.

Property owners are being as-sessed according to their share of road frontage. Improvements are being made to the one-block section of Oak Street between U.S. 10 and Eighth Street. The cost of the project will be about $207,000. Improvements will in-clude new sidewalks, curbs and gutters. Two businesses, B.C. Pizza and the Lamplighter Cafe, and seven residences share the frontage.

The city is paying 75 percent of the cost of the project. Prop-erty owners are paying the remaining 25 percent. The im-provements are part of a long-term effort to improve the citys infrastructure.

Everybod. She said that

when work was done to Pine Street, the city picked up the entire tab for the project out of its coffers. It would have been a lot easier to swallow this cost if we had known a couple of years in advance. It seems like this was just sprung on us.

Don Tatara II, who lives on Jefferson Street, told the coun-cil that he knows his street will be worked on in the future. He said that although property owners have to pay a greater

share of a project than other city residents do, improve-ments such as sidewalks dont do the owners any good.

Property owners arent asked if they want these im-provements, Tatara said. He told the council he would be better off selling his house at a loss and moving out of town than by paying the special as-sessment.

It is a proven fact that the improvements increase proper-

ty values, Szakacs said at one point in the meeting. His com-ment drew laughter from the crowd. Someone in attendance said, Yeah, and then we have to pay more in taxes.

Throughout the planning for the special assessment, Evart residents have asked council members why there was no special assessment for the Pine Street project but there will be one for the Oak Street project.

Councilman Dan Elliott said there have been a few street projects that have not been partly funded by special assess-ments, but not very many.

Jim White, Evarts city attor-ney, said that he wasnt aware of any street projects that hadnt been specially assessed except the Pine Street project. The city has always used its general fund for maintenance, not for capital improvement, he said.

It was a mistake and a fluke that we didnt assess the Pine Street Project, Szakacs said.

After the meeting, Elliott said he believes a financial crisis is coming to cities because of the Headlee Amendment and other property-tax cutting measures. The state legislature isnt ad-dressing the problem because they are so wrapped up in their dogmatic positions, Elliott said.

In other action, the coun-cil voted to replace outgoing mayor Eric Schmidt with Casey Keysor. Schmidt resigned be-cause he is moving out of the city. Ralph Carlson will fill Key-sors seat on the council.

Irked Evart residents question city council about street project

Andy dUffy | Weekly Voice

Last weekends Funfest, in Evart, was, after all, a Dulcimer Funfest. These hammered dulcimer players attended one of the dulcimer workshops during the event. The hammered dulcimer has a lineage that dates back centuries. The book of Daniel in the Bible men-tions an instrument the King James translators called a dulcimer.

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Evart councilman Casey Keysor was selected to become the new mayor of Evart after reigning mayor Eric Schmidt resigned. Keysor said he thought the town council has done a good job during his tenure, but he believes much work remains.Its an exciting time, Keysor said. I see great things happening. Im excited about improving our roads.Keysor said he would would like to see the citys empty homes and businesses get new occupants. He also believes he will seek out the former mayor for advice. Im certain Ill be talking to Eric, Keysor said.

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REED CITY The Reed City Council agreed Monday to rein-state the length-of-service hour-ly pay rate to two firefighters who left the citys department and later returned.

Matthew and J. Decker re-signed from the Reed City Fire Department but later rejoined. Upon their return, they were no longer receiving credit for their length of service in accordance with Reed Citys Personnel Manual. The manual states, An employee shall lose his/her length of service for reasons which include, but are not limit-ed to: a. Resignation, Discharge, Retirement, or Death.

The pair knew of other fire department employees who had rejoined the department without losing credit for their length-of-service time and ap-pealed to the council.

The council members voted to reinstate their length-of-service time but also instructed Reed Citys city manager, Ron Howell, to draft a letter to department personnel stating that will be the last time seniority is pre-served for anyone who quits the department.

The 140-year-old department currently has nearly 20 mem-bers.

The Reed City Police Depart-ment has its new squad car, a 2016 Ford Explorer. The depart-ment was able to acquire a 55 percent USDA Development Grant to help defray the citys cost. The car, purchased from Babb Ford, cost $26,925. The cost of transferring equipment from the old car to the new will be about $1,200.

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REED CITY When gas began leaking from a nearby 24-inch gas line during the early morning hours on June 29, the noise was just deafening, Osceola County resident Linda Stieg recalled later. I thought it was a tornado. Then the noise didnt go away.

She looked outside and could see no evidence of a storm. She called 911, becoming one of many to contact authorities about the situation.

The portion of the line where the leak occurred is on Stiegs property about a 100 yards or so from her home near Reed City.

When she and her hus-band, Richard, built their home, they were aware that the pipeline was there. Her father once worked for a gas company, though, and she was comfortable living close to one.

Whenever Stieg looked out her window in the days after the leak, she could see a flurry of activity.

Jenna Palfrey, senior communications special-ist with pipeline owner TransCanada Corp., said the company is still in its investigation phase. She cautioned that investiga-tions such as the one the company is currently take time and that company personnel wants to do a thorough job.

No gas was flowing through the line at the time gas began to escape. The affected section of pipe is one of two lateral transmission lines that feeds the ANR Reed City facility from the Woolfolk Compressor Station.

That particular pipe has a maximum allowable operating pressure of 650 pounds per square inch. When gas began leaking, however, the pressure was below the maximum amount.

It is normal for escaping gas to create a loud noise.

Natural gas is lighter than air, and the molecules are moving incredibly fast, so there will be they very loud sound as the gas is venting from the pipeline, Palfrey said.

At this time, it is not known how much gas es-caped.

The natural gas industry is regulated by the U.S. government. Gas suppliers are required to follow the rules and regulations es-tablished by the industrys federal regulator, the Pipe-line and Hazardous Materi-als Safety Administration, and all U.S. pipelines un-dergo regularly occurring

federal inspections.Palfrey said such mal-

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that TransCanada has one of the lowest incident rates in the industry.

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What is it?

Surch. Koohii. Bunna. CaPhe. Kafs. Ga Feh. Armenian, Japanese, Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Greek, Cantonese; in each of the afore-referenced languages, you have read their word for coffee. The photograph is of an old fashioned coffee mill. Un-til the beans are ground, there can be no brewing, percolating, freeze-drying (for instant coffee), nor Keurig-ing (the popular single serve pods of fla-vored coffees).

The coffee mill was in-dispensable in the home kitchen. Without it, ones coffee beans couldnt be ground and if they werent ground, there was no adding of them to boil-ing water to make ones morning cup of java. Pre-electricity, elbow-grease was all one had.

Fortunately for the cook, it actually takes very minimal elbow-grease to convert whole beans to ground coffee us-ing a coffee mill.

The handle on top ro-tates easily clockwise and as it turns it activates the grinding action. To get the whole beans into that mechanism, one simply guides the metal dome up the handle, exposing the chamber with the metal teeth. Pour in a modest amount of beans. Slide

the metal disc back into position (as it is in our photograph), and rotate the handle. The beans are crushed and getting the product out is as simple as grasping the small knob on the face of the box portion and sliding out the wooden drawer which has collected all the freshly ground beans. Nothing fresher.

Did you realize that to get a single pound of cof-fee beans onto your pan-try shelf 2,000 cherries had to be handpicked, opened, ultimately yield-ing the 4,0000 roasted beans it takes to fill a one pound bag at the grocers?

Oh and the cherry itself is edible! It is de-

scribed as being a mix of flavors between rosewa-ter and watermelon, with a crisp skin and a sweet flesh around the beans.

Here are the people who were wide awake and got the answer correct this week:

Nancy Bodman, Ev-art coffee grinder

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Louise Deveandors, Reed City coffee bean grinder

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EVART Pineview Homes, an Evart Child Care facility, turned 50 this year. During its existence, more than 1,500 children have passed through its doors.

The home was founded in 1965 by the Rev. Lowell Derscheid and his wife, Helen.

The Derscheids, who were pastoring a church in Evart, began taking in foster children. Julia Wil-cox, one of the Derscheids parishioners, overheard Helen say she would like to start a home for children. A few weeks later, Julia offered to donate her farm for the home.

Doug Derscheid, a grand-son of the founders, works at the home today.

At one time, Doug said, Julia and her husband, Walter, had been in danger of losing their farm. Julia prayed that God would save their farm. A few weeks later, oil was discov-ered there. The founders grandson said he believes that Julia donating the farm for a childrens home was her way of giving back to God.

Today, the home has

three residences for its clients, a directors home, a school, a pool, an office building and a recreation center on its 130 acres. It has about 40 employees.

Lowell Derscheid was 50 when he and Helen started the home. The children residing there soon be-gan calling him Gramps. Helen, because of her authoritarian demeanor, picked up the nickname Sarge. Helen, now 96, still takes an active interest in the homes activities.

The homes residents, or clients, are placed there from four sources: the Department of Human Services, from courts, and from private child care agencies and adop-tion agencies. Pineview is licensed to house up to 37 clients.

Doug Derscheid spent a lot of time at the home when he was a child. I had a great time growing up here and playing basket-ball and soccer with the guys, he said.

Helen came from a large family. Her mother died when Helen was young, Doug said. Her father, who was raising the family, became a stern taskmas-ter. Helen made herself a promise that if she ever

got married, she would be the best mom in the world. That was 1,500 kids ago and counting. Former cli-ents frequently call or stop by to say how much their time at Pineview meant to them, Doug said.

Worlds best mom celebrates 50 years in business; cared for hundreds

50th anniversaryEvarts Pineview Homes has been in business since 1965.

More than 1,000 youths have passed through its doors

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Pineview is hosting a 50th Anniversary Celebration beginning at 3 p.m. Sat-urday, July 25. The pub-lic is invited, but those who would like to attend should RSVP at http://pin-eview.rsvpify.com no later than Thursday, July 23. Pineview Homes is located at 8444 Oak road in Evart.

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School reunion in Chase July 26

CHASE A school re-union will be held on July 26 at the Chase Library grounds. Social at noon and potluck at 1 p.m. Any former students from Chase Village School, and any rural schools in Chase, Pinora and Cherry Valley Townships are invited out.

Reed City class of 1970 reunion

REED CITY The Reed City Class of 1970 Reunion will take place on Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Reed City Moose.

Dinner and music; pay at the door.

Yard sale at Hersey Congregational Church

HERSEY Hersey Con-gregational Church yard sale will be held on Aug. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rain or shine. Crafts, concessions and silent auc-tion.

Cedar Township Farmers Market open Saturdays

REED CITY Cedar Township Farmers Market will be held every Saturday through October from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., corner of 170th and 9 Mile.

On July 25, a demonstra-tion will be held on solar power.

Everyone welcome.

Dairy Doo hosts soil seminar

SEARS The 12th an-nual 2015 soil seminar will be held on Aug. 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 4353 US Highway 10.

Visit www.dairydoo.com for more information.

Cost is $25 per person.

Reed City class of 1975 reunion

REED CITY The Reed City Class of 1975 Reunion will take place on Aug. 15 during the Reed City Crossroads Celebration. Stop by the tent.

All teen play kicks off July 24

REED CITY The Crossroads Theatre Guild will present their all-teen

summer production The Greek Mythology Olym-piaganza.

Show dates and times are as follows: July 24 at 7 p.m., July 25 with a 2 p.m. mati-nee and a 7 p.m. evening show, and July 26 at 2 p.m. (final show).

Cost is $10 adults, $5 stu-dents.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved in advance.

The Crossroads Theatre Guild and Performing Arts Center is located at 249 Up-ton Street, Reed City.

For more information or to reserve tickets for a show, contact director Ni-cole Weiss at 231-884-5060 or visit www.facebook.com/thecrossroadstheatre-guild.

Crossroads farmers market open Saturdays

REED CITY Cross-roads farmers market will be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Chestnut Street.

Fresh fruits and veg-etables, home-bakes goods and home-grown products such as eggs, herbs, honey and soaps, and locally made crafts.

Evart farmers market open Saturdays

EVART Evart farmers market will be open on Sat-urdays, Evart Depot/City Hall, 200 S. Main Street.

Local produce, packaged meats, gluten free prod-ucts, baked goods, honey, popcorn, eggs, flowers, crafts and artisans.

The Steve Somers Band plays July 24

EVART The Steve Somers Band will play on July 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Evart Depot, 200 S. Main Street.

Classic rock.

Blue Water Ramblers in Reed City

REED CITY Come and see Blue Water Ramblers on July 25 at 7 p.m., Ram-badt Park, US 10.

Folk/Michigan history.

Osceola County fair starts July 26

EVART The Osceola County 4H/FFA Fair will

be held July 26 through Aug. 1, Osceola County Fairgrounds, 101 Recre-ation Avenue.

Bowl-a-thon Aug. 15EVART A bowl-a-thon

will be held on Aug. 15 at Twin Oaks, 11377 U.S. 10. Bowling begins promptly at 1 p.m. Pre-register from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m.

Cost is $10 per person; six bowlers per team; includes two games, pizza and drink, ball and shoes.

To sign up, call Barb at 231-829-5743.

Ninth annual night out is Aug. 4

EVART The ninth an-nual national night out will be held on Aug. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Riverside Park.

Come meet local emer-gency service personnel. Fun and activities for all ages. Prizes, food and re-freshments.

Hero movies at Reed City library

REED CITY Friday hero movie afternoons will be held through July 31 at 1 p.m. at the Reed City Area District Library.

All ages welcome. Pop-corn provided.

Summer reading program at library

REED CITY Summer reading programs will be held through July 28, every Tuesday, at the Reed City Area District Library.

Preschool, kindergarten and first grade, 11 a.m. to noon; second through sixth grade, 1 to 2 p.m.

Book sale at Evart library

EVART The Evart Public Library book sale will be held through July 24. The library is located at 104 N. Main Street, Evart.

For more information, call 231-734-5542.

MSU Extension seeking volunteers for equestrian program

OLAH holding monthly meetings

EVART The Osceola League for Arts and Hu-manities will be holding

a monthly meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at 207 N. Main Street, Evart, 231-734-9900.

Art, antiques, crafts. Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Lapidary Class, Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Classes in other areas of the arts will be offered for those interested.

Free concert at Reed City Depot

REED CITY A free con-cert at the Reed City Depot will be held on the second and fourth Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. through Sept. 17.

Featuring music by Ce-dar Creek country, old-ies and gospel.

Volunteers needed for Road to Recovery

REED CITY Road to Recovery is an American Cancer Society volunteer-based program that pro-vides transportation for cancer patients to and from their treatments. Volunteer drivers transport patients from their home to cancer treatment centers, doctor visits and other cancer-related appointments.

The American Cancer Society is working with Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital, Susan P. Wheat-lake Regional Cancer Center to recruit volunteer drivers and coordinators from Osceola and its sur-rounding counties to help drive cancer patients to and from their treatment. All volunteers need is a few hours during the week and a desire to make a dif-ference.

Local community mem-bers who are interested in volunteering for the Road to Recovery program should contact the Ameri-can Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345.

Breakfast at the MooseREED CITY The

Moose Lodge 705 will be having breakfast (eggs, sausage, potatoes, biscuits and gravy, pancakes and french toast) on the second Sunday of every month from 8 to 11 a.m. There may be some surprises, too. All for just $6 per person, all you can eat.

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By Nicole WeissSpeciAl to tHe Weekly Voice

EVART While all area summer fairs have a few things in common -like midway rides, cotton can-dy and animals-some have a way of standing out.

For those that partici-pate in the Osceola County 4H-FFA Fair, the way to be different is to proudly highlight an industry that is the backbone of the county: agriculture.

At the Osceola County Fair, attendees can get their fill on fried fair food, entertaining rides and try-your-luck games.

But the real stars of the show are the children and the animals they are care-takers of.

The Osceola County Fair embraces its rural ties to the community with a fair that puts the animal shows, judging and market livestock front and center, along with the young farm-ers who show them off and sell them for profit.

The weeklong fair in Osceola County highlights events like tractor pulls, youth livestock judging, horse shows, Agriculture Olympics and more.

For many families, the fair is the summer high-light, and the culmination of months of hard work in preparation for the week-long event.

This years events begin with barn placement and set up July 26, with animal weigh-ins and still exhibit

set up.But July 27, the action

begins in earnest with the first of the animal judging and demonstrations.

Among the daily high-lights are the horse dem-onstrations, tractor pulls, midway games, Farm Bu-reau chicken barbecue and

the Friday night market livestock auctions.

For a complete schedule see sidebar, or for more information, visit www.

osceolacountyfairgrounds.com or call the Osceola County Fairgrounds at (231) 734-5481.

Free admission - Free parkingDates: July 26 to August 1, 2015All events held at the Osceola County Fairgrounds in Evart

Tentative schedule (changes possible):

July 26Animal weigh-in day, still ex-hibit buildings open for en-tries

8 p.m.-All livestock members meeting in show arena

July 278-11 a.m. Still exhibit building will be open for entries.

9 a.m. Rabbit judging.8 a.m.-1 p.m. Horses & Ponies-Barn superintendents will check them in.

11 a.m. Still exhibits must be in place.

1 p.m. Youth and open class still exhibit judging.

3 p.m. Youth horse members demonstrations.

4 p.m. Promotional posters must be in all barns.

4 p.m. Pedal Pull - Held in the old horse arean.

7 p.m. Livestock judging con-test.

7 p.m. garden tractor pull Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.

Tuesday - July 28DOLLAR DAY

9 a.m. Youth and open class goat judging.

9 a.m. Youth trail class and western riding.

10a.m.-1 p.m. Dairy cattle may be entered. Must be in place by 1 p

1 p.m. Exhibit buildings open. All vendors must be in place and open.

3-10 p.m. Family Funtyme At-tractions. All rides $1 each all day.

3 p.m. Youth and Open class Beef and Dairy Beef judging

7 p.m. Heavyweight horse pull. MI State Championship

Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.

7 p.m. Youth dairy members judging contest.

Wednesday - July 29 FARM BUREAU DAY

- KIDS DAY9 a.m. Youth and Open Class swine judging.

noon- Farm Bureau chicken barbecue

1 p.m. Exhibit buildings and vendors open.

11a.m.-10p.m. Family Funtyme Attractions Free rides for ev-eryone from 11a.m. - 1p.m. Armband regular price $15 starting at 1 p.m.

3 p.m. Youth and Open Class

sheep judging.6 p.m. antique tractor pull. Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.

Thursday - July 30CAN DAY

9 a.m.- Youth and Open class Dairy judging.

Youth English horse classes. Horse judging contest will

follow at the conclusion of the English classes.


1 - 7 p.m. Cirque Amongus1-10 p.m. Family Funtyme At-tractions Bring a canned good to the fair office and receive $5 off the regular $20 arm-band price, good all day.

3 p.m. Llama/Alpaca judging6:30 p.m. Rabbit and Goat auc-tion.

7 p.m. TRUCK PULL Admission $5 Children 12 and under free

Friday - July 31DATE NIGHT

8 a.m. Youth and Open class Horse and Pony judging.

Miniature Horse judging1 p.m. Exhibit buildings and vendors open.

1-11 p.m. Family Funtyme At-tractions

2 armbands for $25 all day. Regular price armband is $20

6 p.m. Antique tractor pull. Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.

6:30 p.m. Market Livestock Auc-tion.

Saturday - August 1COMMUNITY APPRECIATION

DAY9 a.m. Fun Horse Show1 p.m. Rabbit, Horse and Live-stock Costume Classes


1-11p.m. family funtyme attrac-tions Bring in a receipt from any store in Evart to the fair office and receive $5 off regu-lar $20 armband price all day.

2 p.m. Sweepstakes Showman-ship (approximately 2 p.m.)

4 p.m. Farm stock tractor pull (4 classes)


6 p.m. AG olympics7 p.m. FArm stock tractor pull (5 classes)


8 p.m. Decorations may be re-moved.

9 p.m. All exhibits may be re-moved except for market beef, dairy beef, swine, sheep and goats.

For more information about the fair or schedule, call the fair office at (231) 734-5481.

Osceola County fair highlights agriculture, family

OSCEOLA COUNTY 4-H/FFA FAIR

By By Shanna averySpecial to the Weekly Voice

Murray Nicol once had the goal to teach every school in Lake County. He did not reach his goal in multitude of schools taught, but the magnitude of what he taught chil-dren throughout his life made a lasting impact on young lives.

Murray Edgarton Nicol was born November 21, 1883, in Nichol Township, Wellington County, Ontar-io to Reverend John Nicol, a native of Scotland, and Rachael Parker, a native of England.

In 1885, John Nicol and his family moved to Chase, Michigan, where he was stationed as a mis-sionary to take charge of the Congregational Church of Chase. He filled the pulpit at Chase until 1888 when he took over the pastorate at the Congregational Church in Baldwin. Reverend John Nicol died about 1891, and was buried in Canada next to three of his chil-dren who died there. In Chase, he left a widow, two sons Murray and Lucian, and a daughter Margaret. His wife Rachael helped support her young family with her long held posi-tion as librarian for the village of Chase.

Murray Nicol earned his teaching certificate, and in 1903, at age 20, he taught the Cornell School in rural Chase Township. In 1905 through 1907, he taught at the Oliver School. In 1908, he attend-ed the Ferris Institute and advanced to the position of Principal, where he ad-ministered at Fern, Mason County, in 1908, and at the Chase Village School 1909 through 1911.

Nicol was very popu-lar as a teacher and as a citizen of the Chase area. His name was mentioned in the Chase and Olivers correspondence columns in the Reed City Clarion almost every week.

While he was teaching at the Cornell School the Reed City Clarion report-ed, A number of people drove to Mr. Cornells last Friday evening. It was a surprise on Murray Ni-col. March 9, 1904

During his time at Olivers School, the paper reported, Murray Nicol entertained his school with a candy-pull, last Fri-day afternoon. February 27, 1907

Murray Nicol has a large class of eight grad-ers. Much credit is due Mr. Nicol for the attention he pays to his pupils. April

29,1908Murray Nicol closed a

very successful term of school, last Friday, ending with a fine entertainment in the evening. The school house was packed to the doors and the program was up-to-date. Much credit is due Mr. Nicol. June 17, 1908

While Principal at Chase, the following ac-count from the Clarion shows how Nicol reached out in his students time of need, The remains of Myron German were tak-en to Bitely, Saturday, for burial, and owing to the thoughtfulness of Prin. M. E. Nicol, Chase school gave a beautiful bouquet of pink and white carna-tions, as a token of their regard for Clinton as one of their pupils. March 9, 1910

His teaching experienc-es were not always pleas-ant. In 1903 he came down with the mumps, and in 1906 he had the measles. The harsh Michigan ele-ments once caused him to be stranded at his school house, The snow storm being so severe last Friday night, Murray Nicol could not get home. Reed City Clarion, February 5, 1908

By 1913, Nicol switched gears and became Post-master in Chase. Ad-ditionally, he ran a store attached to the post office that carried a large as-sortment of china, baked goods and ice cream. In 1915, he took up teach-ing at the Spears Grove School.

For several years, Mur-ray Nicol courted Miss Elsie Randall, but he re-mained a bachelor all of his life.

Around the time of WWI, he moved to Flint where he worked for Buick. From there he retired and located in Florida with his siblings. He had a summer place at Whalen Lake, near Baldwin, Michigan and was a member of the United Brethren Church in Chase, which was origi-nally the Congregational Church building where his dad preached.

At Whalen Lake, he befriended his neighbors Carl and Elsie Avery and their children who lived next door until 1957. The

Avery children remember him as Uncle Murray, who always had cookies and other treats for them. Their oldest son recalls many a bad haircut from not sitting still, and Uncle Murray used to tease that he must have slept with his head out the window, and the squirrels must have chewed on his hair.

Murrays love for people and the unique measures he expressed his care was demonstrated in a letter to a baby dating back to Jan-uary 14, 1960. Sid Woods, of the Chase area, still has this letter from Uncle Murray. The following ex-cerpts of this letter posted from Bradenton, Florida, offer insight into the older gentlemans character, Little Master Woods, Now maybe this will be your first letter as you ar-rived after I left Baldwin so maybe youll have to get daddy, mamma, or brother Jimmy to read it for you.

Well we had a big day here at my brothers. For dinner, we had friends from Grand Rapids, To-ronto Canada, and Ste. Pete. They were United Brethren, Methodists, Baptists, Congregational-ists, and Presbyterians. So you see I was with nice church people such as I hope you will be when you grow up to be like daddy and mamma. Your great grandpa and grandma were so kind to my mother when I was a little boy of eight and my papa had passed on, and we felt grateful to them. So you have a lot to live up to but with Jimmy, daddy, and mother I have no doubt that youll make it.

Then Aunt Elsie [Av-ery] has a little bundle and Ora [Avery] and wife another. My! My! Theyll

soon have to borrow part of Osceola to make room for all the Lake County people. I had my supper on at 6 clock and thought that it was about done so just got up and found I had not turned the heat on. I must be getting old. Im the best Ive been in three years and thankful for it. Well Ill set my table and maybe get a late supper some time. Give momma, daddy, and Jimmy my best. Much love, Uncle Murray.

Murray Nicol died De-cember 27, 1960, in Bra-denton, Florida. His body was interred in the Chase Village Cemetery near his mother Rachael Nicol, who died in 1917.

Murray was one of Chases cherished citi-zens who influenced the area schools. A school reunion will be held at Chase on Sunday, July 26, 2015 with a social at noon and picnic at 1 p.m., at the library grounds, formerly the Chase School where Murray Nicol was once principal. Students who attended other Chase townships schools, Pinora and Nirvana, are also in-vited.

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EVART Fernand J. (Frenchy) Deschamps, of Hicks Lake near Ev-art, passed away Mon-day, July 13, 2015, at Au-tumnwood of McBain. He was 80.

Mr. Deschamps was born November 15, 1934, in Field, Ontario, Canada, to David and Noella (St. Jean) Des-champs. As a young man, Frenchy was an avid outdoorsman who worked as a hunting and fishing guide in Canada. He was also a cook in a logging camp of 80 men where he honed his skills and be-came an excellent cook. Frenchy married Patri-cia Marie Yoakam in Livonia on March 5, 1981. He worked for Spartan Foods for 33 years and retired in June of 1991. Mr. Des-champs was Past Gov-ernor and Administra-tor of the Evart Moose Lodge.

Frenchy is survived by his wife, Patricia M. Deschamps of Evart; two daughters, Marie (Kurt) Treusch of Tex-as, Yvonne (John) Phil-lips of Garden City, Michigan; five grand-children: Derek John-son, Joseph Daly, Jack Phillips, Ben Phillips, Allen Phillips; one great-grandchild; three

sisters: Yvette (Don) Nault of Windsor, On-tario, Pauline (Leo) La-roque of Val Therese, Ontario, Jeanne (Yves) Rivest of Field, Ontar-io; and four brothers: Eddie (Terry) Des-champs of Windsor, Ontario, Cyril (Dianne) Deschamps of Azilda, Ontario, John (Dar-lene) Deschamps of Brandon, Manitoba, and Rheo Deschamps of Sudbury, Ontario.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three infant sons.

Funeral services were Friday, July 17, 2015, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ev-art with Father Joe Fix officiating. Visitation was Thursday, July 16, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. at the Corey Funeral Home in Ev-art.

ObituaryFernand J. (Frenchy) Deschamps

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Murray Nicol as a young teacher in the early 1900s

BIG RAPIDS Stan-woods Tullymore Golf Resort will be the scene of a Charity Golf Clas-sic Monday, Aug. 24. The newly formed Spectrum Health Foundation is hosting the event.

All proceeds from the event will assist eCare expansion at Big Rapids and Reed City hospitals. The classic will be a four-person scramble.

The foundation merged the Ford Club of Cana-dian Lakes Golf Outing, the Wheatlake Charity Golf Outing and the Reed City Hospital Charity Golf Outing into one event.

Lake-Osceola State Bank is sponsoring the Charity Golf Classic. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the classic will go to sup-port the expansion of eCare services at the Big Rapids and Reed City hospitals. eCare enables medical personnel to remotely treat patients. The technology reduces commuting distances for patients and allows them to be treated in local hos-pitals and in their own communities.

Check-in for the clas-sic will begin at 8 a.m. There will be a shotgun start at 9. Event organiz-ers invite golfers of all skill levels to participate. The cost to participate is $150 per player. The fee includes the 18-hole tour-nament, use of a motor-ized golf cart, a continen-tal breakfast, lunch at the turn and a full buffet dinner at the clubhouse. Golfers will also have the opportunity to win a 2015 Silverado All Star Pack-age 4x4 from Crossroads Chevrolet.

Sponsorships are still available. Those inter-ested may visit give.spec-trumhealth.org/reed-city/charity-golf-classic to register and to view sponsorship packages.

For more information, call (231) 592-4280.

Spectrum Health is a West-Michigan, not-for-profit health system. The organization offers a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of 12 hospitals. The group includes Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital and 182 ambulatory and service sites. The group employs 1,300 physicians and advanced practice providers, including 1,100 members of the Spectrum Health Medi-cal Group. With 22,800 employees, Spectrum Health is West Michi-gans largest employer. Truven Health Analytics named Spectrum Health one of the nations 15 top health care providers. It was the fourth time the organization has re-ceived the recognition.

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EVART Although other vendors had tables on which to display their wares and chairs to sit on at Evarts 43rd Annual Dulcimer Musical Fun-fest, one dulcimer maker chose simply to stand near the handful of instru-ments he brought to sell. A casual passerby could have easily overlooked that the person hanging out by the unpretentious display had a product to sell. Meet Jim Key.

The Ludington resident first came to a Dulcimer Funfest in 1989. He started playing dulcimers and then started making them. He has now made 184 of the stringed musical de-vices.

He bought a book on making dulcimers on his first trip to the festival but didnt bother with actually building one. He loaned to book to some friends who made a dul-cimer of plywood. Their

effort piqued his interest, and he decided to build build one of his own. He began experimenting until he learned to build dulcimers to his satisfac-tion, ones that created sounds that were clear and undistorted.

Eventually, his dulcimer-making hobby became im-portant to his well-being. He worked in the world of information technology. After he was displaced from his job, he began making dulcimers to sell. In his heyday, he said, he built 25 or 30 dulcimers per year.

Although some dulcimer makers semi mass pro-duce them Key produces his instruments one at a time. Every stitch and every piece of sawdust, I made, he said. It takes him between 40 and 50 hours to make each one.

He learned some things during his early years of dulcimer making. Ham-mered dulcimers have no standard size. A person can determine the size of

his dulcimer by counting courses. A course is two or more adjacent strings on a stringed instrument that are spaced close to-gether and are typically played as a single string. A person might say, for in-stance, that he has a 16:15 dulcimer. He also learned that the tone of a dulcimer varies as the sound board varies in relation to the in-struments internal cavity.

He doesnt make his own hammers. He buys them, he said, because other people make them better.

He doesnt make as ma-ny dulcimers as he once did, and he blames the In-ternet for his business fall-ing off. You have to have a big name or nobody knows about you anymore, he said.

He charges a moderate amount for his dulcimers. He asks $400 to $600 for most of his. I just want people to play, he said. That idea, of course, would be a key to under-standing the man behind the name.

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REED CITY Adult flag football will be back in Reed City this fall for a 13th season. The team entry fee is $350. The entry fee includes 10 shirts that double as jerseys. Any extra players cost an addi-tional $20.

All profits go to Reed City Rocket Football. The season is eight weeks and starts Sunday, Sept. 13. Teams play every Sunday at the Reed City Youth Sports Complex.

For more information, visit the leagues Facebook page, Reed City Adult Flag Football League. Message the Facebook page with any questions or call (231) 349-7971.

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SATURDAY - July 254-7 pm Small Animal Weigh-in. Rabbit and Poultry/testing.

SUNDAY - July 261-6 pm Horses & Ponies - Barn superintendents will check them in.12-6 pm Goat, Sheep Breeding Stock may be entered, must have Pac forms when entered.2 - 6 pm Still exhibit building will be open for entries.2 - 6 pm Market Sheep, Swine, Goat weigh-in.6 pm Market beef and dairy beef weigh-in.6 pm All beef, dairy beef, sheep, swine, market/dairy goats, poultry and rabbits must be in place8 pm All livestock members meeting in show arena.

MONDAY - July 278-11 am Still exhibit building will be open for entries.9 am Youth and open class poultry and rabbit judging.8 am-1 pm Horses & Ponies-Barn superintendents will check them in.11 am Still exhibits must be in place.1 pm Youth and open class still exhibit judging.3 pm Youth horse members demonstrations.4 pm Promotional posters must be in all barns.4 pm Pedal Pull - Held in the old horse arean.6 pm Market Swine pictures.7 pm Livestock judging contest.7 pm GARDEN TRACTOR PULL Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.8 pm Mandatory Beef Practice

TUESDAY - July 28DOLLAR DAY

9 am Youth and open class goat judging.9 am Youth trail class and western riding.10am-1 pm Dairy cattle may be entered. MUST BE IN PLACE BY 1 PM1 pm Exhibit buildings open. All vendors must be in place and open.3-10 pm FAMILY FUNTYME ATTRACTIONS. All rides $1 each all day.3 pm Youth and Open class Beef and Dairy Beef judging7 pm HEAVYWEIGHT HORSE PULL. MI State Championship Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.7 pm Youth dairy members judging contest.

WEDNESDAY - July 29FARM BUREAU DAY - KIDS DAY

9 am Youth and Open Class swine judging.12 noon FARM BUREAU CHICKEN BARBECUE1 pm Exhibit buildings and vendors open.11am-10pm FAMILY FUNTYME ATTRACTIONS Free rides for everyone from 11am - 1pm. Armband regular price $15 starting at 1 pm.3 pm Youth and Open Class sheep judging.6 pm ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL. Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.

THURSDAY - July 30CAN DAY

9 am Youth and Open class Dairy judging.Youth English horse classes. Horse judging contest

will follow at the conclusion of the English classes.1 pm Exhibit buildings and vendors open.1 - 7 pm CIRQUE AMONGUS1-10 pm FAMILY FUNTYME ATTRACTIONS Bring a canned good to the fair office and receive $5 off the regular $20 armband price, good all day.3 pm Llama/Alpaca judging6:30 pm Market Chicken, Rabbit and Goat auction.7 pm TRUCK PULLAdmission $5 Childlren 12 and under free

FRIDAY - July 31DATE NIGHT

8 am Youth and Open class Horse and Pony judging.Miniature Horse judging1 pm Exhibit buildings and vendors open.1-11 pm FAMILY FUNTYME ATTRACTIONS 2 armbands for $25 all day. Regular price armband is $206:30 pm Market Livestock Auction.8 pm MIDNIGHT SPECIAL band concert at the grandstand

SATURDAY - August 1COMMUNITY APPRECIATION DAY

9 am Fun Horse Show1 pm Rabbit, Horse and Livestock Costume Classes1 pm Exhibit buildings and vendors open.1-11pm FAMILY FUNTYME ATTRACTIONS Bring in a receipt from any store in Evart to the fair office and receive $5 off regular $20 armband price all day.2 pm Sweepstakes Showmanship (approximately 2 pm)4 pm FARM STOCK TRACTOR PULL (4 classes) Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.6 pm AG OLYMPICS7 pm FARM STOCK TRACTOR PULL (5 classes)Admission $5 adults, age 12 and under free.8 pm Decorations may be removed.9 pm All exhibits may be removed except for market beef,dairy beef, swine, sheep and goats.

SUNDAY - August 2FAIR CLEAN-UP DAY

6 - 9 am All market livestock may be removed.8 am-noon All exhibits may be removed - Perishables left will be thrown away.

MONDAY - August 38am to 8 pm All Exhibitors Fair clean-up.

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