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EVART — Amid a flurry of airport work, city officials in Evart are worried about future funding for the facility.

Work has begun on a $303,800 runway improvement project at the Evart Munic-ipal Airport. The project is being jointly funded by the Federal Aviation Admin-istration, the Michigan Department of Transportation and the City of Evart.

Cracks are being milled out and then filled with asphalt.The project includes sealing cracks and repainting lines. Be-cause of the work, the airport will be shut down until Sep. 7.

“The runway has been neglected for years,” Evart’s city manager, Zack Sza-kacs said Tuesday.

Szakacs said the airport is impor-tant for attracting business to the com-munity, transporta-tion, recreational aviation purposes and for training new pilots.

If the airport wasn’t operational, it could be a big drawback to attracting business, he said.

Unless the project comes in below its estimate, the FAA is contributing $273,800 for the project. The city and MDOT are both picking up $15,190 of the cost.

Szakacs said the 3,800-foot runway has about 18,000 feet of cracks in it.

Ron Coffel, of Lois Kay Contracting, the company doing the work, said the damage to the runway is about average when compared to other runways on which he’s worked.

“We’ve done a lot of these airports. All pavements eventually crack,” Coffel said.

He said runways often seem to develop worse cracks than highways do and isn’t sure why.

The work on the runway is part of a series of improvements to the airport. A new terminal building was added in 2011, and a snow removal equipment building was completed last summer.

Szakacs said he hopes the airport can add a fuel facility next year, new runway lighting in 2017 and wildlife fencing in 2018 and a box hanger in 2019. The run-way lighting hasn’t been updated in 20 years, Szakacs said.

The estimated cost of installing a fuel facility is $246,000. New runway lights and associated improvements would cost about $409,000. Wildlife fencing would to-tal about $289,000 and box hangers would cost about $362,000. Szakacs hopes to obtain assistance from the state to defray the costs.

Formerly, the city would receive a $150,000 each year for airport funding from the federal government. Last year, the FAA unclassified the airport. With-out the FAA classification, the airport is ineligible federal grants except those that will maintain airport safety. The airport can regain its classification if 10 airplane pilots or two helicopter pilots

claim the airport as their home base when they renew their aviation licenses.

Szakacs said Michigan’s department of transportation has also become very cau-tious about granting airport funding.

Evart has had an airport since at least as far back as 1947, and some residents of the community remember the city having an airport in the 1930s.

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Construction crews are in the process of milling out runway cracks at the Evart Municipal Airport, filling the gaps in with asphalt, sealing other cracks and repainting lines. The work is part of a $300,000 project.


Kevin Wood, of Lois Kay Contracting Co., has just about run out of room at the edge of the runway at the Evart Municpial Airport. Wood was using the roller to pack the asphalt into milled out runway cracks after other crew members filled them. The work is part of a $300,000 runway improvement project.

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EVART — On a recent morning, Evart’s Dave Schuler glanced outside and saw a cougar among the scattered trees and shrubbery beyond his home.

A few days later his wife, Janice, saw what they believe was the same creature. About 75 yards from their house, where a mowed pathway leaves their yard, Janice saw the big cat pounce on some-thing. When it leaped, it came down so the front half of the animal was hid-den behind a dead autumn olive bush.

Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Out-reach Technician Katie Keen said such sightings are relatively common. In fact, the reports are numerous. Keen estimates the department averages a sighting report per week.

The DNR even has a cou-gar team, a group of biolo-gists trained to investigate cougar sightings. Despite the team’s efforts, there has never been a confirmed cougar sighting in the Low-er Peninsula, Keen said.

When DNR personnel investigate cougar sight-ings, they sometimes find evidence of bobcat or coyote activity in the area,

Keen said. Because mis-identifications happen, the department requires hard evidence before confirming a cougar sighting. Depart-ment personnel look for trail cam photographs or videos, well-defined tracks, scat, hair samples, car-casses or other objective indications that a cougar is or was in the area.

Compared with the Lower Peninsula, the Up-per Peninsula is a veritable hotbed of cougar activity. There have been at least 28 confirmed cougar sight-ings above the bridge since 2008. Despite the number of confirmed sightings, DNR officials say there is no proof that a breeding population of cougars inhabits the peninsula. Bi-ologists believe the Upper Peninsula cougars are ani-mals looking for new terri-tory or for a mate. Cougars have been known to travel 900 miles or more while on such treks.

The Schulers’ home sits on a hill overlooking Day-star Christian Academy. If a cougar were in the area, would the school’s students be in any danger?

“Wild animals are wild animals. They are unpre-dictable. But it would be extremely unlikely for something to occur.” Be-sides, Keen said, “Cougars are usually found in very remote, very rural areas.” Plus, they are rarely seen during daylight hours,

Keen added.For his part, Dave is

convinced it was a cougar he saw. “It was too big for anything else,” he said. His cat was carrying away a turkey, no mean feat for a bobcat or a house cat. Plus, he could tell it was a cougar “by the swing of its hips.”

Janice doesn’t have any doubt about what she saw, either. She scoffed at the suggestion that she might have seen a coyote. She could tell it was a cougar because “its tail was just a whipping. It was either a cougar or an awful big cat on steroids,” she said.

Janice said that even if it was a cougar, she wasn’t concerned about the safety of the students at the school. For one thing, she believes the animal has left the area. For several days, the deer that frequent their property had vanished. Now they are back.

There’s another reason why she thinks the stu-dents will be safe when school resumes. “They are noisy,” She said. “They’d scare anything away.”

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Free dinner following church service

SEARS— A free dinner meal following the morn-ing service will be held on Sept. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at Sears Church of God, 5955 40th Avenue.

MARSP meets Sept. 8EVART— The Osceola

Chapter of MARSP will meet on Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Evart United Method-ist Church, 519 N. Cherry. Branko Bojicic will present impending changes to the BCBS Health Insurance Plan for 2016. Snacks will be provided.

For further information, contact Marie at 231-734-2508.

Evart Car Show set for Sept. 5

EVART— Evart Car Show will be held on Sept. 5 at Riverside Park.

Blood driveREED CITY— A blood

drive will be held on Sept. 3 from 1 to 5:45 p.m. at Church of the Nazarene, 5300 S. 220th Avenue.

Sweet Adeline Dinner Show Aug. 28

EVART— Sweet Ade-line Dinner Show will be held on Aug. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 22275 Four Mile Road.

Baked potato supper and concert by Crossroads Har-mony Chorus.

Cost is $15 adults, $8 child age 10 and under.

•Sweet Adeline Dinner Show will be held on Aug. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church, 6151 95th Avenue.

Baked potato supper and concert featuring music by Crossroads Harmony Chorus.

Cost is $15 adults, $8 child age 10 and under.

Cedar Township farmers market

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.

Crossroads farmers market

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-baked goods and home-grown products such as eggs, herbs, honey and soaps, and locally made crafts.

Evart farmers marketEVART— 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.

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 trans-port patients from their home to cancer treatment centers, doctor visits and other cancer-related ap-pointments.

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.

Spectrum offers diabetes support group

REED CITY— Spectrum Health is offering a diabe-tes support group on the last Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. at the diabetes education building, 219 East Church Street.

The groups are free and open to those with diabe-tes or those who support someone with the condi-tion. Facilitators will lead discussions on various topics including healthy cooking, computer apps for diabetes, use of over-the-counter medications and more.

To register, call 231-592-4483.

Dinner with friends at St. Paul Lutheran Church

EVART— Dinner with Friends Community Meal will be held on the second Wednesday of each month from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 435 W. 5th Street.

Donations appreciated. Take out available.

For more information, contact 231-734-3585 or 231-734-5491.

Free dinner at Reed City church

REED CITY— There will be a free dinner every Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Church of the First-born Revival Center, 310 S. Higbee.

Donations accepted but not necessary.

Free community dinnerSEARS— Free commu-

nity dinner will be held ev-ery Saturday night at 5:45 p.m. in Brooks Corners Hall with a contemporary worship at 6:30 p.m. Invite a friend.

Weight loss group meetings on Thursdays

EVART— T.O.P.S weight loss support group meets every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at the Evart United Meth-odist Church. Weigh in is from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and meeting is at 9:30 a.m.

• T.O.P.S. MI 1390 weight loss support groups meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. Weigh in is from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and meeting is from 6:45 to 8 p.m.

Health specialty clinicREED CITY— Urolo-

gist, John Anema, M.D. will be offering outpatient services at the hospital’s Specialty Clinic twice a month.

He will be consulting with patients on the second Friday of the month and performing outpatient sur-gery and other procedures, including lithotripsy on the fourth Friday.

The clinic is located at 300 N. Patterson Road. Con-tact Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital Specialty Clinic at 231-832-7108 for more information.

Fibromyalgia support group meeting

BIG RAPIDS— Support group for people with Fibromyalgia will be meet-ing the first and third Sat-urday’s at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, located at 1004 N. McEwan.McEwan.

Discussion topics are based on the needs of members of the group. Suggestions are always welcomed.

For more information, contact Lori at 989-386-6113.

Activities at the Osceola Senior Center

REED CITY— The Se-nior Center, 219 E. Todd Street, has activities hap-pening four afternoons during the week. On Mondays and Thursdays, euchre is played from 1 to 3 p.m.; on Tuesdays, bingo is played from 12:30 to 3 p.m.; and on Fridays, pedro is played from 1 to 3 p.m.

The center is open for young and old to come and enjoy an afternoon of fun and enjoyment.

For further information, contact Carolyn at 231-832-2676 or Bonnie at 231-832-1136.

Free movie nightsSEARS— Free movie

nights will be held the second Friday night of the month at 7 p.m. at Brooks Corner Hall, US 66 and 10. Free popcorn and hot dogs.

Day book club at Reed City Library

REED CITY— A day book club will be held on the first Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Reed City Public Library.

Free clothing store in Evart

EVART— A free clothing store filled with like-new name brand clothing is open to all for shopping.

The store is located on U.S. 10 in Evart across from Dairy Whip and is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.

Free health care services

CADILLAC— Free lim-ited health care services are available in Cadillac for residents of Wexford, Missaukee and parts of Osceola and Lake Counties with low income and no health insurance. Weekly health clinics are sched-uled based on availability of volunteer health care providers. New patients need to call for an eligibil-ity appointment.

Medication assistance may be available through the Stehouwer Free Clinic. Qualified applicants must

have a Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital affiliated provider and meet guide-lines set by pharmaceuti-cal companies. Eligibility appointments are sched-uled for Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Office hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed noon to 1 p.m.)

Stehouwer Free Clinic is located at 201 N. Mitchell Street (Lower Level).

Hersey Congregational Church services

HERSEY— Service time for Hersey Congregational Church, 216 S. Main Street, is a 9 a.m. traditional ser-vice.

Congregate meal sites for Osceola County COA

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Meal Site802 Mill StreetMonday, Tuesday, Thurs-

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Site732 W. 7th StreetMonday, Tuesday, Thurs-

dayLunch served at noonMARION— Marion Meal

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Beginning line dancing classes in Evart

EVART— Line dancing 101 (beginner line dancing) will be held every Wednes-day from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at 110 U.S. 10 in Evart.

There will be a $3 dona-tion.

For more information, contact Carol at 231-734-5305.

Quilts to Comfort meeting

REED CITY— Quilts to Comfort meets the second Tuesday of each month, except December, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Crossroads Quilt Shop. Charity quilts will be made for the Cross-roads Radiation Therapy Center.

Crossroads Quilt Shop is located at 111-B Higbee Street.

Bingo at Evart VFWEVART— Bingo will take

place every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Evart VFW 7979 Post.

Breakfast on second Sunday at Evart VFW

EVART— Breakfast will be held the second Sunday of each month from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Evart VFW.

Includes eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns, biscuits and gravy and pancakes. All you can eat for $6.

Children’s story hour at Reed City Library

REED CITY— Children’s story hour will be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 1 p.m. at the Reed City Public Library.

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EVART— Chastity “Candi” Naranjo, of Evart, passed away Sat-urday, August 22, 2015, from injuries sustained in an ORV accident. She was 45.

Mrs. Naranjo was born January 23, 1970, in San Diego, Califor-nia, to Richard and Lin-da (Haynes) Root. She graduated from Mis-sion Bay High School in San Diego in 1988 and went on to attend col-lege at the University of San Diego. Candi married Michael A. Naranjo on March 21, 1992d in San Diego. They moved to Evart in 1998. Candi was a mem-ber of Crossroads Com-munity Church in Ev-art. She worked as a Medical Assistant for the Muskegon River Youth Home. Mrs. Naranjo enjoyed pho-tography, painting, and quilting.

Candi is survived by her husband, Michael A. Naranjo of Evart; two daughters, Lydia N. Naranjo of Evart, Eliz-

abeth C. (Kyle) Vincent of Lake; two grandchil-dren, Sophia J. Naran-jo, Landon A. Vincent; her parents, Richard and Linda Root of Ev-art; two sisters, Angela S. (Abe) Lugioyo of Huntington Beach, Cal-ifornia, and Richelle L. Root of Rainbow, Cali-fornia.

A Celebration of Life service will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sep-tember 12, 2015, at Crossroads Communi-ty Church in Evart.

Memorial contribu-tions may be directed in Chastity “Candi” Naranjo’s name to First Merit Bank in Evart.

ObituariesChastity ‘Candi’ Naranjo

REED CITY — San-dra K. “Sandy” Feasel, 69, of Reed City, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rap-ids.

She was born May 10, 1946 in Reed City to Al-bert and Dorothy (Tess-man) Stieg. She was a 1964 graduate of Reed City High School.

Sandy married Wil-liam Feasel on Novem-ber 7, 1964. He survives. Also surviving are her children, Amy (Scott) LaFrance, Nick Feasel, and Ben (Wendy) Fea-sel, all of Summerfield, Florida, and Mike Fea-sel of Reed City; three b ro t h e r s, Ro n a l d (Elaine) Stieg, and Dale (Betty) Stieg, both of LeRoy, and Randy (Bet-ty) Stieg of Reed City; and one sister, Karen (Doug) Caudill of Reed City; five grandchil-dren and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Sandy lived most of her life in Chase, mov-ing to Summerfield, Florida in the mid 80s. She moved back to Reed City after retiring to help care for her ag-ing mother. Sandy

spent most of her life caring for her children and working part time after the children were raised. She loved her flowers, her church (Evangelical Covenant Church in LeRoy), spending time with her family, and loved being back in the house she grew up in. She will be sadly missed by every-one.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 26 at the Evangelical Cov-enant Church. Burial will be in Ashton Cem-etery. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Mc-Dowell Funeral Home, and one hour before the service at the church.

Sandra K. ‘Sandy’ Feasel

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In 1862, the first school building in Osceola Coun-ty was erected.

The log cabin school located on the northwest quarter of section 25, Rich-mond Township, was built on the farm of Benjamin Gooch, one of the first set-tlers in the Hersey area. Alice Jones had the honor of being the first to teach there.

Mr. Gooch, along with Delos A. Blodgett and An-drew McFarlane, served as the first trustees.

According to “School Days Gone By,” in 1941 Delos Blodgett’s son John Blodgett, of Grand Rapids, made the offer to preserve the school building. It was moved to the Pioneer Park on the fairgrounds in Ev-art where it remained for a long time.

The building was torn down after being badly vandalized and burned.

A historical marker, dedicated by the Osceola Pioneer Historical Society and presented by James H. Thompson in 1927, remains on the original Gooch farm on 2 Mile Road.

The history of this school is incomplete with-out the history of the man who built it.

The “1884 Portrait and Biography Album of Osceola County” recorded his biography. Benjamin F. Gooch was born March 20, 1831, in Machias, Wash-ington County, Maine to Benjamin Gooch and Lucy Boyington.

Benjamin Gooch Sr. was a merchant and lumber-man in Maine.

In 1834, the Gooch family made the long journey to Michigan traveling by way of the Erie Canal.

One night on their voy-age near Rochester, New York, Lucy Gooch tragi-cally lost her life when she suddenly walked over-board and sank. She was weighed down with her husband’s gold tied on a belt around her waist.

Occupants of the boat found her lifeless body half an hour later. She was buried in a cemetery in Rochester. The widower and 3-year-old son, Benja-min, grievously continued their journey.

The family settled in Wayne County, Michigan, where Mr. Gooch eventu-ally married Phebe Sher-man and had four addi-tional children.

In 1848, the family moved to Kent County. Here the father died of smallpox.

Benjamin Gooch was considered a levelheaded boy with a well-balanced temperament. He was known for putting much effort into all he put his hands to, and it was characteristic of him to perform a duty himself instead of delegating it to others.

He walked two miles to a log schoolhouse with hori-zontal windows, a stone fireplace, a stick chimney and slab seats.

In 1849, Gooch worked in Virginia at a steam saw and gristmill. By 1853, he returned to Michigan and was a farm hand and a lumberman in the Grand Rapids area.

In the fall of 1855, he and three other men traveled northward driving an ox team to the northern ex-tremity of Mecosta Coun-ty, four miles north of Big Rapids.

On September 5, he, along with Delos Blodgett, cut a road through the wil-derness and on September 14, crossed the boundary into what became Osceola County. This was the first wagon road in Osceola County. Previous settlers traveled by canoe. The road extended a stretch of 16 miles to Cat Creek.

That winter Gooch shot many deer and lynx. In 1884, he was still in posses-sion of a robe made from the pelts of six wolves he killed that winter.

He worked as foreman for a logging party, and in the spring of 1856 he pre-empted 160 acres of gov-ernment land for a home-stead. He later acquired 40 additional acres. He built a log shanty on a small clear-ing and cultivated a farm.

The following spring Gooch planted 100 apple trees that he procured from Grand Rapids.

The farmers there did not think the apples could produce that far north due to harsher climate. One man speculated two might mature on the south part of the tree.

The apple crop on the Gooch farm in 1884 flour-ished with 400 bushels of very hardy apples.

When the apples started producing well, Gooch had an apple thief on his hands.

After many tiring nights of watching for the thief, he devised a plan. He placed string wires around his orchard and connected them to a wire running into his house that was at-tached to a bell placed over the head of his bed. This scheme worked and the bell frightened away the fruit thieves.

Another time Gooch had a bag of meal that came up missing. He suspected a thief. He found it in posses-sion of his neighbor.

There were no officers at this time, so Gooch or-dered the man to take the bag on his back and return it to his store-room three miles away. Mr. Gooch fol-lowed the thief all the way there and requested the man to flee the county be-fore court was held there. The man sold his farm and left.

Gooch brought the first hens, cow and pig into the county.

In the fall of 1857, Gooch had trouble with a decayed tooth, and he walked all the way to Grand Rapids to be assisted by L.D. Rogers. Walking to Grand Rapids was a journey Gooch re-called making numberless times in those days.

Among other things, he was Highway Commis-sioner of the entire county, which was then part of Green Township in Me-costa County.

In the spring of 1861, Richmond Township was organized, and Gooch held the elected positions of town treasurer, justice of Peace and school inspec-tor.

In May of 1861, Gooch made another walk to Grand Rapids, this time to enlist in the Union Army. He was the first man to en-list from his county.

He enrolled in the 3rd Michigan Vol. Inf. Com-pany F.

He received four battle wounds. He was shot in the arm and shell struck in the right shoulder at the Battle of Fair Oaks. Shot through the right thigh at Bull Run, Gooch spent two months in the hospital. Afterward he came to Grand Rapids to reenlist.

He rejoined prior to Get-tysburg where the fourth wound entered the calf of his right leg by a minie-ball. The wound was so severe that gangrene ap-peared to be setting in. He spent eight months in the hospital.

He was discharged June 21, 1864, and returned to his Hersey Farm. He later served in the John J. Bagley G.A.R. Post.

On October 17, 1865, Gooch married Desde-mona Harrington at Ionia, Michigan. The couple adopted Sylvia E. as their daughter, who was born June 8, 1868, in New York.

In 1865, Gooch served as Supervisor of Richmond Township and in 1866, surveyor of Osceola and Mecosta counties.

He was also Superinten-dent of the Poor, Justice of Peace a number of times, director of the County Fair, Director of Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Co. of Osceola, Lake and Wexford counties, belonged to the Masons, and was in the Old Settlers Union of Me-costa County.

He was a staunch Repub-lican, and the first presi-dential candidate he voted for was John C. Fremont, in1856, who lost to Presi-dent James Buchanan.

Desdomena Gooch died April 5, 1895 and Gooch married Caroline McCall Yerks on September 28, 1898. Benjamin F. Gooch died July 7, 1904. His wid-ow died February 22, 1922. All are interred in the Hersey Village Cemetery.

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The first school in Osceola County was built in 1862 in Richmond Township on a farm owned by Benjamin Gooch.

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REED CITY — By Reed City’s standards, last year’s volleyball season was a bit of an aberra-tion. The team finished the year at 19-19-4, the only .500 season in coach Donald Patterson’s tenure there.

In fairness, last year’s team had only two seniors. Allison Schermerhorn was the only one with prior varsity experience. This year, Patterson figures the experience his current seniors gained while playing with Schermerhorn will stand the team in good stead.

Even though he has four se-niors this year, Patterson still believes his team is young. The team’s lack of size will dictate the type of game the girls play, too.

Patterson, who honed his vol-leyball skills playing on beaches and in clubs and was a member of several state-champion teams, said the Coyotes are not as tall as they have historically been. As a result, the team will need to play aggressive defense. “Fans will see a very exciting, defensive-minded team. It could be a pretty good defensive team by the end of the year,” Patterson said.

Look for the team to put a lot of pressure on it opponents with an aggressive serving game, too.

Senior Hannah Price will be the team captain and will do the

bulk of the passing. Price, Pat-terson said, is is a solid server and a spark plug on defense.

The players are working on getting comfortable on offense. Patterson will lean on another senior, Megan Donley, for much of the offense’s potency. Megan “is rounding into form. I think she is poised to have a really big year,” Patterson said.

Underclassmen, including sophomores, will have important roles on the team. Patterson is keeping his eye on some sopho-mores on the junior varsity squad that may find themselves on the varsity team later in the season, too.

Patterson likes that his girls get along well. “It seems to be a really-close-knit group,” he said.

He also likes that his team has done a lot of work during the summer.

Grant will be favored to win the conference championship, Patterson said. By the end of the season, though, he figures the Coyotes will be in the top third of the conference. He hopes to be in the mix in the districts, too.

Fans should watch tourna-

ment action to gauge the team’s chances in post-season competi-tion. The team will see some very tough competition in the the tournaments, and it will define success by the amount it has de-veloped by the end of the season.

“The team is a “pretty easy group of kids to work with. We’re excited. It will be a pretty fun year, I think,” Patterson said.

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Back Row: Coach Don Patterson, Alyssa Olds, Meghan Borst, Alexis Van Eck, Sidni Rushford, Jordyn Storch,Front Row: Hanna Price, Liza Emington, Allyson Yarger, Megan Donley


EVART — The Evart Wildcats are intent on having a better 2015 volleyball season than they had in 2014. If they do, give the credit to a hashtag.

A group of Evart High School students attended an MOISD function called Operation Out-reach that taught them ways to have a positive impact within their schools. The students origi-nated #thevision.

Typically, those who are super-successful have a plan, Pat Cra-ven, the school’s athletic direc-tor, said. #thevision was about having a vision and working to become great.

Volleyball coach Katie Nostrant and her squad adopted the con-cept. Coming off a winless sea-son, they are calling this a back-to-basics season. The team is going to work on passing, setting, serving, blocking and hitting, rules, offense, defense--all aspects of the game.

It is about doing the right thing the right way, Nostrant said. The entire school is putting an emphasis on hard work this year. The attitude carried over to the volleyball team.

Nostrant is delighted with the team’s work ethic. The “want-to-be-better” attitude, she said, is a

180 degree turnaround from last season. “Instead of going through the motions, they’re working.”

Although this is Nostrant’s first year as Evart’s varsity vol-leyball coach, she has a wealth of coaching experience. She spent two years coaching junior varsity volleyball in Big Rapids and seven at Morley Stanwood. She coached Evart’s junior var-sity squad before taking over the varsity program, so she started

the season already know most of her athletes. They know her style, and she knows them.

She likes the athleticism the team has. “We want to build confidence in these girls. They’re great athletes. They’re great ath-letes” she said.

Five seniors, three juniors, one sophomore and two freshmen will make up this year’s squad. The whole team, she said, has leadership qualities.

The team will run a 5-1 offense and a rotational defense. The of-fensive scheme will allow its solid hitters to be in the mix and will give the team a chance to make some big blocks. By using the ro-tational defense, team members will be able to cover more area.

The team will measure its success by more than its perfor-mance on the court. Team mem-bers should build together, work together, and rely on each other,

Nostrant said. They should be an example for fellow players and for their fellow classmates.

Still, the Wildcat coach can help but look forward to the things she expects on the floor. “I am super excited. The potential these girls have shown me since a week ago is amazing,” Nostrant said. “We have the ability to beat anybody we want to. We have a lot of po-tential. I go home with a smile on my face.”

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8/17/15• Officers were dis-

patched to a larceny of pre-scription medication call. Officers made contact with the suspect and found no medication.

• Officers were dis-patched to a larceny. The item was found in the be-longings of a 16-year-old male that has a history of taking things from others. Charges are pending.

• Officers performed a property inspection and found a parked in operable vehicle in violation of city ordinance. The appropri-ate abatement paper work was served. A follow up in-spection is to follow.

• Officers were called to serve a No Trespass no-tice to a 25-year-old male. The 25-year-old male was served while incarcerated at Mecosta County Jail.

8/18/15• Officers performed a

traffic stop on a semi truck driving on residential streets. The driver stated he was a replacement driv-er and was lost. A warning was issued along with di-rections to use the appro-priate route.

8/20/15• Officers received a

call from a local business regarding a fraudulent check. The matter is pend-ing further investigation.

• Officers received a call regarding a 60-year-old male who was intoxicated, belligerent, and refusing to leave the local motel. Officers found the indi-vidual to have an outstand-ing warrant out of Ottawa County. He was arrested and lodged without inci-dent at the Osceola County Jail awaiting pickup by Ot-tawa County without inci-dent.

• Officers gave a verbal warning to a boat owner who had been leaving the boat parked in the roadway.

• Officers were dis-patched to a residence re-garding missing automo-bile parts.

• While on patrol outside a local business, officers observed a 19-year-old male with multiple outstanding warrants. The individual was placed under arrest and turned over to a Me-costa County deputy.

• Officers were called to a local residence regarding a neighbor who believes she has the right to use the neighbor’s property. Offi-cers advised her to stay on her own property.

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fic stop, officers found the 18-year-old female driver to have a valid misdemeanor warrant out for her arrest out of Osceola County. The female was placed under arrest and transported to the Osceola County Jail without incident.

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placed the dog back inside its fence.

• Officers were requested to perform a well-being check on a possible sui-cidal individual. Officers found the individual was no threat to himself or oth-er. Officers advised him to seek counseling should he need to talk to someone.

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The 2002 bipartisan El-ementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as the No Child Left Behind Act, was put to-gether with much ado and centered on the principle that all students should be at grade level in reading and math by the year 2014.

Every year since 2002, the Act has been a political vol-leyball unable to adapt to new information.

Several unintended con-sequences and successes have come from the historic legislation, but “updating” the Act has been difficult, until last month.

For the first time in at least eight years, a bipar-tisan group has moved the legislation through both chambers.

In the Senate, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R) from Tennessee and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D) of Washington, success-fully hammered out a com-promise that passed unani-mously out of the HELP committee (Health Educa-tion Labor & Pensions) and through to the Senate floor, a rarity in Washington D.C.

The House side also had

a difficult journey through committee, but recently passed on the floor. The Conference committee is next, and then on to the president’s desk; wouldn’t it be neat if it was that easy?

Now that Congress is on summer recess, the return to passage after the break will be in question. It would be a shame to have come this far and lose the objec-tive by stopping the eight-year marathon five miles from the finish.

The original No Child had some unintended conse-quences and positives that have been debated for years.

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achievement gaps between white and non-white students consistently de-creased, graduation rates went up for all groups — es-pecially minorities, overall math and English scores continue to steadily rise, and the number of schools making adequate yearly progress continued rising.

On the negative side, high-stakes testing en-couraged cheating and/or “teaching to the test,” dis-couraged new teachers into the profession, encouraged non-uniform state require-ments, and promoted the re-moval of economic resourc-es from other subjects to focus on reading and math. All of these variables ran into limited Federal finan-cial support for the initia-tive because of a significant economic downturn.

The good news is that the current legislative com-promise is trying to push the pendulum back to the middle with less Federal control. The bad news is that many roadblocks for completion lie immediately ahead: the Iran nuclear deal, political battles over the Affordable Care Act, the

potential shutdown of gov-ernment over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and presidential aspirations. As you know, Congress can get easily distracted! Your voice will be needed over the next couple of months as Congress returns to work in the fall. We can’t miss the opportunity to

update No Child 1.0 to No Child 2.0. The next version will keep the good account-ability principles of the first version and bring the wayward principles of too much Federal oversight without financial support into line. If you come into contact with your Washing-ton D.C. congressional rep-

resentative over the next couple of months, thank them for getting the legisla-tion this far and encourage them to finish this eight-year marathon – we are so close.

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M & J New & Used Furniture of Evart. TWO NEW LOCATIONS!Large selection of new & used fur-niture & appliances. We buy, sell, trade & consignment.

Open Mon - Fri 9am-5pm Sat 9am-2pm & Sun 10am-2pm6181 US-10 & 215 N Main St.

Evart(231)734-2707 or (231)734-5080

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Nice 2 bedroom, 2 bath in Sears, lake front, no smoking, no pets, $550/mo., first and last plus utilit-ies. Call (513)331-9490.

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The Evart Housing Commis-sion has openings in our one bedroom building. We are also accepting applications for 2 and 3 bedroom townhouses. Quality, affordable housing located be-hind Evart elementary school. Rent is based on 30% of house-hold income. You can pick up an application at 601 W. First Street, Evart, MI or print one at www.evarthousing.comCall (231) 734-3301

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September 4th & 5thFriday & Saturday 8am-5pm

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Farm/Home: All appliances and living room furniture new, anti-ques, tools and farm equipment, much more. Everything must go!

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Farmer’s Breakfast, 2 Eggs, Toast Or Bis-cuits W/ Hash Browns & Meat, $6. Fresh Peach Pies, $13.Sunnyside Farm Bake & Coffee Shop 6700 W. County Line Rd. (3 Miles South Of McBain) Open Fri. & Sat. ONLY, 7am-5pm. Call (231)825-2342.

HIGH PAYING Lea-gues At The Pines. Leagues Are Starting Soon! Grab Your Friends And Bowl With Us This Fall And Win-ter. Visitwww.ThePinesSBBC.comFor More Details Or Call Jeremy At (231)775-7752.

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Join Knitter’s Nest In Supporting The Mis-saukee Humane Soci-ety Fundraiser! August 29th, 10am-3pm At Patches & Petals. Call (231)775-9276 For De-tails.Missaukee Humane Society Fundraiser! August 29th, 10am-3pm. Come Support The Vendors & Shop The Flea Market! Rummage Sale Dona-tions Welcome Thru The 28th. Call For De-tails! Patches & Pet-als ~ 775-8780Silver & Gold Coins Bought & Sold. KAPS KOINS LLC., 611 N. McEwan St., Clare. (231)357-2105 Or (989)386-6500. Open 6 Days A Week!

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Friday, September 4th6:00 PM Quilt Raffle tickets sold thru Saturday - Boomer’s Rendezvous. Proceeds go to

Osceola County Commission on Ageing Food Program7:00 PM-10:00 PM community Dance at Boomer’s Rendezvous7:00 PM-10:00 PM teen Dance at Community Center Parking Lot6:00 PM-Dark fRee tustin community mini music fest, winneR of miss tustin contest

announceD at inteRmission - at Covenant Presbyterian Church Soccer Fields

Saturday, September 5th7:00 AM-10:00 AM Pancake BReakfast - Tustin Elementary School. Proceeds go to Tustin Fire Dept.10:00 AM-3:00 PM michigan BlooD DRive - Boomer’s Rendezvous Parking Lot7:30 AM RegisteR foR 5k fun Run & walk - Registration fee: 12/under - $10; 13/Over - $15. Location: Covenant Presbyterian Church. Entry Forms at Tustin businesses or email:

[email protected]. 8:00 AM 5k fun Run & walk staRts8:00 AM-2:30 PM Raffle tickets solD - Get your ticket at Hoaglund Hardware & Boomer’s Rendezvous 9:00 AM-4:00 PM gaRage sale - First Baptist Church10:00 AM-10:45 AM PaRaDe line uP - Tustin Elementary School10:00 AM-11:00 AM kitchen BanD - Front of Spectrum Health Tustin Office10:00 AM-2:00 PM cRaft venDoRs - Tustin Elementary School10:00 AM-3:00 PM museum oPen11:00 AM PaRaDe Begins11:20 AM ice cReam eating contest - The Dairy Station (17 yrs. & under)11:30 AM-4:00 PM concessions solD - Proceeds go to Tustin Daze event. Location: Tustin Elementary

School. Serving Brats, Hot Dogs, Walking Tacos, Nachos and Cheese, Chips, Pop, and Coffee.

Noon-2:00 PM Plinko - Boomer’s Rendezvous Parking Lot - $1 to play, chance to win $100Noon-2:00 PM kiDs games - Ball Fields - 25¢ per gameNoon-3:00 PM music By BRistol flats - Boomer’s Rendezvous Parking Lot (in case of rain: Tustin Elementary Gym)12:30 PM hoRseshoe sign uP - Behind the Tustin Community Center - $5 entry fee - Sponsored

by Hoaglund Hardware1:00 PM wateR Battle RegistRation - Tustin Fire Dept.1:00 PM hoRseshoes BEGiNS - Behind the Tustin Community Center1:30 PM wateR Battle BEGiNS - Tustin Fire Dept.2:00 PM stoRy houR & hoola hooP Demo at Library2:00 PM-2:15 PM 3 Point shoot-out - Boomer’s Rendezvous Parking Lot - All Ages; $1 to play for a

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Quilt Raffle Drawing, Pine River Quilters3:45 PM FREE ice cReam social - Tustin Elementary School Gym. Sponsored by Kettunen Center

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Strains of saxophone music filled Evart’s evening air as Rare Earth per-formed at the Depot Saturday. The group was popular from 1970-1972.


A large crowd gathered in Evart at the Depot Saturday evening to hear Rare Earth perform. The hard-driving rock group enter-tained the crowd for more than two hours.

EVART — The 70s rock group Rare Earth appeared in Evart Saturday as the final act of the city’s summer music series. The group formed in 1960, but didn’t gain prominence until a decade and a name change later. Having begun as The Sunliners, the performers signed with the Motown label and changed the groups name to the title by which it is known today.

Sunny skies and moderate temperatures met the large crowd the group drew. The Rare Earth perfor-mance began at 7 p.m. and continued until after dark-ness fell. Rows of lawn chairs filled the yard at the depot, and some concert attendees sat in the blocked-off street during the concert. Others listened to the act in the church parking lot across the street from the Depot.

Rarified air fills Evart


The group Rare Earth began in 1960 as The Sunliners. It later signed with Motown, changed its name to Rare Earth and became famous. The group filled Evart with its sound Saturday.

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