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Osceola first responders

receive grant

WASHINGTON D.C.
Osceola County first
responders will receive
a $10,800 grant for the
purchase of new mobile
radios. The funding comes
through the USDAs Rural
Development Economic
Impact Initiative grant
program.
The grants the program
offers give funding for
infrastructure officials
believe is important for
rural communities. U.S.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced Monday, July 13,
that the county would receive the grant.
Emergency responders
have to cover many miles
to protect our families,
homes, and communities.
This support will help
Osceola County buy new
radios so first responders
can communicate more efficiently and protect their
community, Stabenow
said.

Library books two

fundraising events
REED CITY The Reed
City Public Library is holding a Love Your Library
Garage Sale in conjunction
with the All-City Garage
Sale.
The sale will be held
July 16 and 17 from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at 225 1/2 N. Park
Street. The library previously announced it was
holding a garden walk. The
Love Your Library Garden
Walk will be held July 16
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Those who go on the
walk will be able to sample
some garden party refreshments and register
at all seven garden sites
for a garden-themed prize.
Tickets cost $10 and are
available at the library
and the Chamber of Commerce. Tickets may also be
obtained by calling (231)
832-2733.

Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice

Retire printer Phil Pittenger is

in Evart for the annual Dulcimer
Funfest. He plays a variety of
music but is especially attached
to folk tunes.

Dulcimer turns life upside right

through his veins.
Whatever it source, a person
could hardly doubt Pittengers
talent. A banjo was perched
Evart It was nine in the
nearby. Pittenger grabbed it
morning and already musical
and plucked out some notes. He
notes were wafting across the
switched easily back and forth
Osceola County Fairgrounds
between the instruments. He
in Evart. Finding the source of
knew his composers, too. When
the music was a simple task.
someone mentioned Brahms, he
Phil Pittenger was sitting in a
lawn chair in front of his motor began playing one of the maestros pieces. He plays mostly
home plucking a guitar.
Celtic music, though.
The annual Dulcimer FunPittengers wife, Chris Colfest was still a week-and-a-half
lins, appeared. She had a hamaway, but the sight of a guy
mered dulcimer in her arms.
plucking a guitar was hardly a
She began playing the dulcimer
surprise. Other motor homes
in 2001, the first year she came
were already ensconced at the
fairgrounds, their owners stak- to the Funfest.
The dulcimer was instrumening out a piece of real estate
tal in the two getting together.
ahead of the hordes. Having
Pittenger happened upon Colbeaten the crowds and with
lins one day while she was
time on his hands, it was no
playing her dulcimer. Intrigued
wonder Pittenger felt like playby its sound, he decided she
ing.
Playing music is what he does. needed a guitar to accompany
her, he says. This instrument
He began playing guitar when
he was 16, give or take a year. He turned my life upside right,
Collins said.
played in folk bands while he
Getting her life turned upside
was still in high school. Later
right was probably no easy task.
he played in a trio that called
Collins struggles with dyslexia.
central New York State its
Because reading music is so
stomping grounds.
difficult for her, she works out
Music was probably in his
blood. His mother played the vi- music a couple of bars at a time
olin. No doubt her talent pulsed and memorizes it.
By Andy Duffy
Cadillac News

Most people make the

mistake of trying too much
for the brain to handle.

especially true in the case of

Pittenger and Collins. Just as
their notes were drifting around
the fairgrounds that summer
morning, they drift around the
country from one musical festival to another. Pittenger retired
Chris Collins
from the printing profession,
Dulcimer player
and Collins is a retired biology
n
teacher. Now theyre modernday traveling minstrels. They
Collins recommends her
like the life theyve carved out
system to others, even those
so well that they plan to sell
who are not individuals with
their Florida home and make
dyslexia. Most people make the their motor home their permamistake of trying too much for
nent residence.
the brain to handle, she says.
The lifestyle is about more
Now that the two have found
than the music, though. They
each other, life is a song. Or a
like the people they meet at the
series of songs, perhaps. They
various music festivals. Collins
play whatever tickles their fan- said that since she started playcy. They like jigs, reels, Finnish ing the dulcimer, she has found
and French-Canadian music. A a lot of supportive friends.
common thread in their music
The friendships they forge in
is its folksiness. They play a lot Evart is one of the things they
of pieces that date from the sev- like about the Dulcimer Funenteenth, eighteenth and ninefest. Those who gather there are
teenth centuries, things nobody friendly and supportive, Collins
knows who wrote. They play
said. People are willing to share
mostly instrumental renditions, with each other, whether it be
although they are slowly adding music or musical techniques.
some singing numbers to their
No wonder music emanates
repertoire. They will be releasfrom the couples camp so early
ing their second CD soon.
in the morning. What musician
People say that life imitates
could resist playing in such an
art. The principle may be
atmosphere?

Plans underway for hospital August 5K

REED CITY Registration
is now open for the 11th Annual
Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital 5K & Walk. The event will
take place Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015.
The course sprawls along the
parks and streets of Reed City.
Participants will start and finish
behind Reed City Hospital at 300
N. Patterson Rd. All runners will
have a microchip in their bib
that electronically records their
time. The annual event is part
of the Reed city Great American
Crossroads Festival. Last year,

more than 175 runners participated in the event.

Pre-registration is $20 per runner or walker and runs through
July 24. Registration increases to
$25 after July 24. Those who register by July 24 are guaranteed
a T-shirt. Trophies and medals
will be awarded for first, second
and third place male and female
finishers in the following age
categories: 0-14, 15-19, 20-29, 3034, 35-39, 40-49, 50-59,60-69, and 70
plus years.
Register for the 5K or walk

online at http://spectrumhealth.
org/anual-5k-run. To receive a
registration form by mail, call
(231) 832-7149.
All proceeds from the event
will support the expansion of
eCare services at Big Rapids and
Reed City Hospitals. eCare utilizes technology to offer patients
remote access to specialists.
The event is sponsored by
Cargill, Inc., a Minnesota-based
company. Additional race sponsorship packages are available to
local businesses. To learn more

about sponsorship opportunities, contact the Spectrum Health

foundation at big Rapids and
Reed City hospitals by calling
(231) 592-4367.
Spectrum Health is a notfor-profit health system based
in West Michigan that offers a
full continuum of care through
the Spectrum Health Hospital
Group. The group is made up of
12 hospitals, 182 ambulatory and
service sites. It employs 1,300
physicians and advanced practice providers.

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What is it?

These participants in an Osceola Leadership Summit used bicycles to navigate a portion of a high
ropes course.

Osceola County program develops

leaders; is taking applications now
By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

The Osceola Leadership

Summit is taking applications now for its next series of sessions.
The leadership Summit
is a nine-month program
that consists of a two-day,
overnight retreat, eight
full-day sessions and a
closing graduation ceremony. The training events
are held at various sites
throughout the county.
The summit consists of
nine sessions. The summit
meets once a month, usually the third Thursday
of each month, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The twoday, opening retreat for the
next session will be held
at SpringHill Camps, near
Evart.
The summit is in its fifth

Teambuilding exercises make up a part of the Osceola Leadership

Summit. Those interested in more information may call (231) 6794998 or visit www.frontlinespecialists.com.
year. Twelve individuals completed last years
program. Each class does
a project. In the past, summit attendees put on The
Taste of Osceola. The
current group is putting
together a 5K race to raise
funds for Higher Ground,
a program that connects

families to others by giving

people access to relationships.
The Osceola Leadership
Summit is a Frontline
Specialists program.
Those interested in more
information may call (231)
679-4998 or visit www.frontlinespecialists.com.

Do you know what you

are missing?

Scalopus aquaticus, or
Eastern Mole, is what
was pictured last week.
Here in the Great Lake
State we have these and
the star nosed. Your yard
is suffering from starnosed if you have endless
mounds of dirt. You have
Eastern moles if instead,
you have dirt paths with
the periodic eruption of
dirt mounds.
Oh! and your mole, may
not be yours after all.
Odds are you are sharing
him/her with the neighbors.
Single moles home
ranges often overlap,
several individuals will
happily borrow tunnel
access from others, and
the home turf for males
tends to be 13,000 square
yards (a little over 3,000
square yards for the females).
On the bright side, you
may not have the herd
underground that you
have envisioned yourself
having, merely an industrious one or two.
The mole is rarely encountered above ground.
Were you to find one,
and admire him, you
would find him to be a
little over 4-inches to
almost 7-inches in length
without measuring the
tail. Their fur isnt just
cat-like. It is described
as thick and velvety;
even the DNR calls them
sleek-furred.
And they are zippy.
Clocked by those who
study such matters, our
backyard pal in a single
hour can trench his way
a full 14-feet, 9-inches.
(And there apparently
are super-heroes in more
than just our own species; they observed a
mole in Kentucky who

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created a tunnel 101-feet,
8-inches long in a single
hour.)
Michigan State Extension wants you to know
that the old adage that
moles n grubs are an
inter-connected problem,
isnt really true. While
moles do eat them, it is
not their primary food
source. You can have
moles without having
a grub problem. Earthworms are a dietary
staple.
Whats more, Eastern
moles feast on insects,
larvae, invertebrates and
a few vegetarian delights
(just ask any tulip gardener). In captivity, they
will dine upon ground
beef, mice and dog food.
Regardless of menu,
typically they will eat the
equivalent of their own
body weight each and
every day.
By the way, those
webbed front feet and
the bone and muscle

structure of their little

shoulder zones is so specialized that it could be
said that they dive and
swim through the soil
as though it were a cool
Michigan lake.
Want to eradicate your
Scalopus aquaticus?
MSU Extension thinks
the idea of poisoned peanuts isnt too effective
since peanuts arent a
natural food; vibrating
devices they assess as
being decorative but
ineffective, and that
trapping is definitely
the option for those with
revenge on their mind.
Here are the people
who contacted us with
the correct answer:
Ken Allers, Hersey
brown mole
Susan Colligan, LeRoy mole
Barbara Johnson,
Hersey ground mole
Rex Crookshank, Evart ground mole

Evarts five-day forecast

Your Local Weather
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Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

7/17

7/18

7/19

7/20

7/21

80/59

87/65

87/62

82/57

81/56

Scattered
thunderstorms. Highs
in the low
80s and lows
in the upper
50s.

Mix of sun
and clouds.
Highs in the
upper 80s
and lows in
the mid 60s.

Afternoon
thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper
80s and lows
in the low
60s.

Morning
showers and
thunderstorms.

Plenty of sun.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
mid 50s.

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Highs in the
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A few thunderstorms
possible.

More sun
than clouds.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
upper 50s.

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Whats Happening in the Area

Reed City Library

garage sale
REED CITY The Love
Your Library Garage Sale
(in coordination with the
All-City Garage Sale) will
be held on July 16 and 17
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 225
1/2 N. Park Street.

Soil seminar Aug. 13

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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.

Cedar Township farmers Free concerts

market open on
at Reed City Depot
Saturddays
REED CITY A free con-

REED CITY A farmers

market will be open every
Saturday from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m., Cedar Township,
corner of 170th and 9 Mile
Road.

Garden Walk is July 16

REED CITY The Love

Your Library Garden Walk
will be held on July 16
All teen summer
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is
product at Crossroads a tour of seven Reed City
gardens.
REED CITY The
Community members
Crossroads Theatre Guild
can tour them at their
will present their all-teen
leisure, following the disummer production The
rections to each garden
Greek Mythology Olymincluded on the tickets.
piaganza.
Show dates and times are Refreshments and the opas follows: July 24 at 7 p.m., portunity to win prizes are
available at each garden.
July 25 with a 2 p.m. matiTickets can be purchased
nee and a 7 p.m. evening
at the Reed City District
show, and July 26 at 2 p.m.
Library or by calling Betty
(final show).
Cost is $10 adults, $5 stu- at 231-832-2733. Pre-registration is $10 while day-ofdents.
Tickets can be purchased registration is $15.
at the door or reserved in
advance.
Bowl-a-thon Aug. 15
The Crossroads Theatre
Guild and Performing Arts
EVART A bowl-a-thon
Center is located at 249 Up- will be held on Aug. 15 at
ton Street, Reed City.
Twin Oaks, 11377 U.S. 10.
For more information
Bowling begins promptly
or to reserve tickets for a
at 1 p.m. Pre-register from
show, contact director Ni12:15 to 12:45 p.m.
cole Weiss at 231-884-5060
Cost is $10 per person; six
or visit www.facebook.
bowlers per team; includes
com/thecrossroadstheatre- two games, pizza and
guild.
drink, ball and shoes.
To sign up, call Barb at
Crossroads farmers
231-829-5743.

market open on
Saturdays

National Night Out

is Aug. 4

REED CITY Crossroads farmers market will

be open on Saturdays from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Chestnut
Street.
Fresh fruits and vegetables, home-bakes goods
and home-grown products
such as eggs, herbs, honey
and soaps, and locally
made crafts.

EVART The ninth annual national night out

will be held on Aug. 4 from
6 to 8 p.m. at Riverside
Park.
Come meet local emergency service personnel.
Fun and activities for all
ages. Prizes, food and refreshments.

Evart farmers market

open on Saturdays

Osceola Township
Association meeting

EVART Evart farmers

market will be open on Saturdays, Evart Depot/City
Hall, 200 S. Main Street.
Local produce, packaged
meats, gluten free products, baked goods, honey,
popcorn, eggs, flowers,
crafts and artisans.

LEROY The next

Osceola County Township
Association meeting will
be held on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m.
at Rose Lake Township
Hall, 15953 16 Mile Road.

Dulcimer festival
July 16 to 19 in Evart

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. Popcorn provided.

EVART The Original

Dulcimer Players Club
Funfest will be held from
July 16-19, Osceola County
Fairgrounds, 101 Recreation Avenue.

Free Flight performs

July 18 in Reed City

REED CITY Free

Flight will be performing
on July 18 at 7 p.m., Rambadt Park, US 10.
Classic rock.

The Steve Somers Band

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

REED CITY Come and
see Blue Water Ramblers
on July 25 at 7 p.m., Rambadt Park, US 10.
Folk/Michigan history.

Osceola County fair

runs July 26 to Aug. 1

EVART The Osceola

County 4H/FFA Fair will
be held July 26 through
Aug. 1, Osceola County
Fairgrounds, 101 Recreation Avenue.

Old Rugged Cross yard

sale July 17 and 18

REED CITY The second annual yard sale will

be held by The Old Rugged
Cross Historical Society
Museum, located at the
Chestnut Street Antique
Shoppe, 849 South Chestnut Street, on July 17 and
18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Reed City library

hosting hero movies

Summer reading
program runs through
July 28
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.

Evart library book sale

through July 24

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

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
cert at the Reed City Depot every Thursday at 6 p.m.
will be held on the second
at Calvary Baptist Church.
and fourth Thursdays from Weigh in is from 6 to 6:30
7 to 9 p.m. through Sept. 17. p.m. and meeting is from
Featuring music by Ce6:45 to 8 p.m.
dar Creek country, oldies and gospel.

Health specialty clinic

REED CITY Urologist, John Anema, M.D.

will be offering outpatient
services at the hospitals
REED CITY Road to
Specialty Clinic twice a
Recovery is an American
month.
Cancer Society volunteerHe will be consulting
based program that provides transportation for
with patients on the second
cancer patients to and
Friday of the month and
from their treatments.
performing outpatient surVolunteer drivers transgery and other procedures,
port patients from their
including lithotripsy on
home to cancer treatment
the fourth Friday.
centers, doctor visits and
The clinic is located at
other cancer-related ap300 N. Patterson Road. Conpointments.
tact Spectrum Health Reed
The American Cancer
City Hospital Specialty
Society is working with
Clinic at 231-832-7108 for
Spectrum Health Reed City more information.
Hospital, Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer
Fibromyalgia support
Center to recruit volunteer
group meeting
drivers and coordinators
from Osceola and its surBIG RAPIDS Support
rounding counties to help
group for people with
drive cancer patients to
Fibromyalgia will be meetand from their treatment.
ing the first and third SatAll volunteers need is a
urdays at 9:30 a.m. at St.
few hours during the week Johns Lutheran Church,
and a desire to make a diflocated at 1004 N. McEwan.
ference.
McEwan.
Local community memDiscussion topics are
bers who are interested
based on the needs of
in volunteering for the
members of the group.
Road to Recovery program Suggestions are always
should contact the Ameriwelcomed.
can Cancer Society at 1-800For more information,
227-2345.
contact Lori at 989-386-6113.

Volunteers needed
for Road to Recovery

Spectrum offers
Activities at the Osceola
diabetes support group Senior Center

REED CITY Spectrum

Health is offering a diabetes 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 diabetes or those who support
someone with the condition. Facilitators will lead
discussions on various
topics including healthy
cooking, computer apps for
diabetes, use of over-thecounter medications and
more.
To register, call 231-5924483.

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 231734-5491.

Breakfast at the Moose

REED 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.

REED CITY The Senior Center, 219 E. Todd

Street, has activities happening 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 231-8322676 or Bonnie at 231-8321136.

Free movie nights

SEARS 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.

Childrens story hour at

Reed City Library

REED CITY Childrens

story hour will be held
on the second and fourth
Wednesdays of every
month at 1 p.m. at the Reed
City Public Library.

Free health care

services

CADILLAC Free limited health care services

are available in Cadillac
for residents of Wexford,
REED CITY There
will be a free dinner every Missaukee and parts of
Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Osceola and Lake Counties
the Church of the Firstwith low income and no
born Revival Center, 310 S. health insurance. Weekly
health clinics are schedOLAH holding monthly Higbee.
Donations accepted but
uled based on availability
meetings
not necessary.
of volunteer health care
providers. New patients
EVART The Osceola
to call for an eligibilLeague for Arts and HuFree community dinner need
ity appointment.
manities will be holding
Medication assistance
a monthly meeting on
SEARS Free commuthe first Tuesday of each
nity dinner will be held ev- may be available through
the Stehouwer Free Clinic.
month at 6:30 p.m. at 207 N. ery Saturday night at 5:45
Qualified applicants must
Main Street, Evart, 231-734- p.m. in Brooks Corners
9900.
Hall with a contemporary
have a Munson Healthcare
Art, antiques, crafts.
worship at 6:30 p.m. Invite
Cadillac Hospital affiliated
Open Thursday, Friday,
a friend.
provider and meet guideSaturday from 11 a.m. to 5
lines set by pharmaceutip.m.
cal companies. Eligibility
Weight loss group
Lapidary Class, Saturday,
appointments are schedmeetings on Thursdays uled for Tuesday and
1 to 5 p.m.
Classes in other areas of
EVART T.O.P.S weight Wednesday mornings.
the arts will be offered for
Stehouwer Free Clinic is
loss support group meets
those interested.
every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. located at 201 N. Mitchell
Street (Lower Level).
at the Evart United Methodist Church. Weigh in is

Free dinner
at Reed City church

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Evart retiree enters wrinkled tractor

in annual parade
By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

ing and struck a boulder.

Sometimes it seemed like
you could hardly get across
Evart Driving his old
a field because there were so
tractor in his communitys
many rocks, Stein said.
Fourth-of-July parade has
Time passed and the tracbecome somewhat of an antor lost some of its luster.
nual event for Evarts Jerry
The paint faded. Some of
Stein. He first drove his
the seals began to leak a
Case in the parade in 2002.
little grease. A larger Allis
With the exception of 2003,
Chalmers arrived at the
2004 and 2011, he has made
farm. Still, Stein held on to
every parade since then.
the old Case. He liked it betSome might think his
ter than the larger tractor
tractor is a wilted dandelion
such things as working up
in a field of roses. Stein
his garden and hauling fireis well aware that it isnt
wood from the woods.
as pretty as some. While
Then came the first invitaother tractors are coifed and
tion to ride the tractor in the
painted, his shows its age.
parade.
Stein knows he could give
As Stein understood the
his Case a facelift. You can
invitation, the idea was to
get paint and decals and
give some recognition to
make it look like it just came
the tractors that helped the
off the assembly line, he
said. He just never wanted
Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice country get farmland back
to take the time to do that. A Evarts Jerry Stein enters his 1951 Case tractor in the citys Fourth- into production in the aftermath of World War II. Perperson could put a sequined of-July Parade nearly every year. It may not be as pretty as some
haps the 1951 Case wasnt
satin shirt on an aging actor, tractors, but it is one that helped the United States increase agriexactly what the parade
but he would still be wrincultural production after World War II.
organizers were looking for,
kled underneath. Besides,
but it was close.
particular about his hay.
worried about using in on
a person would never work
So now the tractor travels
He would cut a few swaths
their hilly farm. Because
while wearing such duds.
the tires were close together, around the edges of his field the parade route looking
Stein still uses his tractor.
and let it dry well before cut- slightly disheveled among
The two have a long histo- they wouldnt straddle the
ones that are covered with
ry of working together, too. windrows of raked hay that ting some more. He would
lipstick and applications
remark that some people
lay drying in the field, eiSteins father bought the
ther. The old Case made way dried their hay on the end of of eye shadow and have retractor new in 1951. It was
a pitchfork. That wasnt the ceived Botox injections. On
for the new.
the familys second tractor.
the surface, they look real
Stein way of doing things.
A person who just saw
The first was acquired in
nice. No sane person would
Although the property
the tractor in the parade
the late 1940s. Before that,
take one of the glittery
had been farmed since the
wouldnt know someof
the family used horses for
things to the woods or fields,
late 1800s, a lot of stones
its history. At the time the
their farm work.
though. Steins Case is still
remained in the fields. The
Steins got the tractor, they
The older tractor, also a
a workhorse. Some things
tractor was rigged to autowere still putting up loose
case, had a narrow front
work; others sit around and
matically unhook from a
hay. Stein said that his
end. The front tires were
look pretty.
plow if a person was plowclose together. Steins father father, Stanley Stein, was

Evart Police Department

weekly report

Reed City Police

Department, weekly
report

7/7/15
Officers received a complaint regarding a vehicle
with a damaged window.
Nothing was found to be
missing. The matter has
been handed over to the
Osceola County Sheriff s
Department.
Officers assisted the
Osceola County Sheriff s
Department with a death
investigation of a 47-yearold female.
Officers responded to
Spectrum Health Reed City
Rehab and Nursing Center
regarding missing property and an additional complaint of missing medication. The two incidents are
under investigation.
While performing a
vehicle violation stop, officers found the 17-year-old
female driver did not have
a valid drivers license. The
individual was placed under arrest and lodged in the
Osceola County Jail without incident.
7/8/15
Officers observed a female driver typing on a
device while driving. Remember, no use of cellular
phones while driving.
Officers were dispatched to Rambadt Park
to assist with locating two
teenage females.
The caller overheard an
unknown male at the park
offer the two girls a ride.
One girl said no and left on

foot while the other accepted the ride. The officers

found the male and female
walking on the trails. They
stated they were cousins
waiting for another friend
to arrive in town. Case
closed.
Officers approached a
suspicious vehicle with
the driver inside parked
in residential area. The officers found the individual
to be a private investigator
on duty.
7/9/15
Officers responded to
calls regarding neighbors
placing yard waste on each
others property. Waste was
removed by officers to nullify any further complaints
about said waste. This appears to be an ongoing civil
matter between neighbors.
7/10/15
Officers were called to
local apartment complex
regarding a loud music
complaint. The individual
was advised of the citys
residential amplified music ordinance No. 652.04.
Officers were dispatched to local residence
regarding a 12-year-old
male who claimed to have
been chased out of his
house. He also complained
about the living conditions
within the home. After an
investigation of the home,
the juvenile was returned
to his mother and left in
her care.

Reed City

City Wide Yard Sales

Friday & Saturday
July 17 & 18
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7/11/15
Officers were called to
local residence regarding
a possible trespassing or a
breaking and entering. Upon officers investigation,
the matter was unfounded.
Case closed.
Officers took a harassment complaint regarding
a neighbors ongoing inappropriate behavior.
Officers were requested
to perform a stand by at
a local residence while a
42-year-old male and his
son were moving out of the
residence.

Barton A. Collins

EVART Barton A.
Collins, of Evart,
passed away suddenly
at his home on Thursday, June 18, 2015. He
was 73.
Mr. Collins was born
October 12, 1941, Curtis
A. and Bessie (Stong)
Collins. He graduated
from Evart High School
in 1959. Bart had
worked as a machinist/
tool maker for Gardner
Denver, then for Pilot
Industries. He was an
Evart resident his entire life. Mr. Collins enjoyed hunting, fishing,
and stamp collecting.
Bart is survived by
his sister, Sheila Ellis
of Almona, California;
two stepdaughters,
Christina Syndoris of
Tampa, Florida, Rhon-

da Adams of Bradenton, Florida; two stepsons, Ronald VanHaitsma of Reed City, Marvin VanHaitsma of Evart; seven grandchildren; and 18 greatgrandchildren.
A memorial service
and visitation for Barton A. Collins was held
Saturday, June 27, 2015,
at Racks Bar in Evart.

Helen L. Reedy
EVART Helen L.
Re e d y, o f E v a r t ,
passed away Saturday,
July 11, 2015, at Lakeview Manor in Cadillac. She was 87.
Mrs. Reedy was born
October 14, 1927, in
Evart
To w n s h i p,
Osceola County, Michigan, to Paul Revere
and Martha Blondeen
(Gre gg) Alexander.
She graduated from
Evart High School in
1945. Helen had
wo rke d fo r E va r t
Products for 30 years,
retiring in 1989. She
loved spending time
with her family, enjoyed playing cards
and crocheting.
Helen is survived by
her daughter, Linda
(Arnold) Dodde, of Evart; her son, Greg
(Nancy) Reedy, of Evart; four grandchildren: Veronica Park,
of Reed City, Tonya
(Jeff) Morgan, of Reed
City, Molly Reedy, of
Newport News, Virginia, Mark Reedy, of

Evart; six great grandchildren; her sister,

Donna (Dick) Elliot of
Brampton, Michigan;
a n d h e r b r o t h e r,
Wayne (Maxine) Alexander, of Evart. She
was preceded in death
by her parents and a
daughter, Shirley A.
Reedy.
Funeral services for
Helen Lorene Reedy
are 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at the Corey Funeral Home in Evart.
Visitation will be 10
a.m. until time of services on Tuesday. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery, Evart, Michigan.
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subjects retrieved personal
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was dispatched to a local
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officer was dispatched to
check on the well-being of
a subject. The subject was
found to be secure.
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were dispatched to a malicious destruction of property on a vehicle.
7/10/15
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Officers were dispatched to
a local business reference
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7/10/15
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domestic dispute. One of
the subjects was taken into
custody and lodged at the
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7/11/15
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The case of the missing mailman

ter of 1873-74, while Mr. O.
was engaged carrying mail
to and from Baldwin and
Reed City, he suddenly and
mysteriously disappeared
from the latter place, and
the public has never heard
from him since. Various
opinions are entertained as
to the cause and manner of
his disappearance.
This missing person case
from the past beckoned for
answers.
The date of disappearance was the first clue in
solving the puzzle, and sure
enough, scanning through
old issues of the Lake
County Star during the
winter of 1873 shed more
light on the disappearance
of A. Otto.
The Nov. 13, 1873 issue of
the Star revealed, Those
living along the line of the
mail route between Reed
City and Baldwin were
somewhat surprised last
Saturday when the accustomed eastern mail did not
make its appearance, as the
carrier had gone over to
the first mentioned place as

By Shanna Avery
Special to the Weekly Voice

Numerous mysteries have been recorded

throughout the pages of
history.
In 1873, a mailman disappeared on his route from
Baldwin to Reed City. The
following account explores
the case of the missing
mail carrier.
An article from the Feb.
13, 1879 issue of the Lake
County Star featured progress of homesteaders. The
information pertaining to
the Jesse Bradford homestead of Baldwin relayed
a history of that property
and its former owners, and
here a mystery presented
itself, This place was originally entered by a man
named Proctor; who sold it
to A. Otto; who first settled
in Fall of 1870, by homesteading on part of Section
18, Yates township. This
homestead was sold to Geo.
Forman, prior to Mr. Ottos
purchasing on Section two,
this township. In the win-

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law enforcement and residents together to make a

safer community in which
EVART The city of Ev- to live. This is your opporart will celebrate National tunity to meet and get to
know our law enforcement
Night Out Day Tuesday,
officers in an informal setAug. 4, at Riverside Park
ting. Talking to them and
from 6 to 8 p.m.
being ticketed by them
The General Federation
gets you a chance to win
of Womens Clubs, the
a backpack full of school
Evart Police Department
supplies or other great gift,
and the Evart Area Fire
Terese Witten, who coordiDepartment will work tonates the event, said. This
gether on the event.
Each year the event gets is the ninth year Evart will
participate in the event,
bigger and better, but the
and Witten has coordinatfocus is still on bringing
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Weekly Voice

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SEARS Morgan Composting, Inc., of Sears, will

be hosting its 12th Annual Soil Seminar Aug. 13.
Brendon Rockey, of Rockey
Farms, LLC, will be the
keynote speaker the event.
The seminar will run from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Rockey gained reknown
by changing farming practices on his family farm in
Colorado and and promoting the practices he used

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record lacked the Lake

County land records gave
the desired information,
revealing the mans name
as Amasa G. Otto.
With a first name established, a floodgate of archival information told who
this missing mail carrier
was. Amasa G. Otto was
born April 13, 1840, in Jackson, Michigan, to George
Otto and Ara Parish. In
1850, the family was in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
He enlisted in the Union
Army during the Civil War
and was a Corporal in 1st
Michigan Regiment of
Engineers and Mechanics
Company M. He married
Effa Perry on May 3, 1862,
in Gratiot County, Michigan.
A son, Lewis, was born to
this couple Feb. 6, 1863, in
New York. By 1870, Amasa,
Effa and Lewis were found
in the census for Ovid
Township, Clinton County.
In the fall of 1870, the
family settled on section
18 in Yates Township, Lake
County. By the winter of
1873 he vanished from the
area.
The records did not stop
there. What was hidden
from local residents in the
1870s was discovered over
a century later through ar-

ed it all nine of those years.

The night is part of a
national effort to improve
the relationship between
communities and police
forces. More than 16,000
communities participate
in the event.
State and local law enforcement agencies, area
service providers, local
service clubs and other
groups will participate.
The fire department will
provide a water activity everyone can participate in.
Hot dogs, cotton candy and

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to improve results. Now

he places an emphasis on
taking care of the soil. The
Rockeys grow potatoes on
a 250-acre farm in the San
Luis Valley of Colorado.
Other speakers include
Dr. George Bird who will
speak on the fundamentals
of sustainable development, Phillip Tocco who
will speak about the use
of compost, RJ Rant of
NutriLink Biosystems and

Mark Frever of Albion College who will speak about

organic lawn care.
Bird, a New England
native, spent part of his
childhood with chickens
and milk cows on a farm
in southeastern Vermont
and his teen years in an
apple-growing community.
He is the author of dozens
of peer-reviewed journal
articles and produced
reams of other writings. He

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The Children of Duane & Alice Cass

would like to invite you
to come celebrate their parents
50th Anniversary
July 18 at the
Reed City Church of Nazarene
Noon-2 PM
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Development
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Red Bordeaux
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director of the USDA/Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and is a winner of a
MSU distinguished faculty
award. He is also a Rodale
Institute board member.
Phillip Tocco, of the MSU
Extension Office, is a food
safety educator.
Seminar admission is
$25. Morgan Composting,
Inc. is located at 4553 U.S. 10
just east of Sears.
For more information,
call (231) 734-2451 or visit
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The activity is a free family
event. In Evart, about 1,000
people attended last years
National Night Out
The General Federation
of Womans Clubs is the
largest womans volunteer
organization in the world.
Its aim is to improve communities and promote
opportunities for women
and children wherever possible. The federation holds
a charter with the U.S. congress. The club in Evart
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chive trails. Amasa G. Otto

was not a victim of foul
play. He hightailed out of
the area.
Amasa G. Otto was next
found in the 1910 census in
Union, Stone County, Missouri. This census told of
a son, Paul Otto, who was
born in 1892 in California
to Amasa and a woman
named Mathilda.
In 1907, Amasa G. Otto
received a military pension
and was listed as an army
invalid.
On Sept. 8, 1915, 75-yearold Amasa G. Otto was
back in Michigan, in the
Flint area, where a record
exists of matrimony between him and Crescent
Young.
On Nov. 24, 1918, Amasa
G. Otto died and was buried
in Springfield, Colorado.
His first wife Effa and
oldest son, Lewis, left the
Lake County area by 1880.
History has proven itself
and answered its own mystery in the case of Amasa
G. Otto. In the past it was
so much easier to slip out
of radar undetected, but
in the present with all the
technology and accountability at hand, there is
nowhere to hide, even for
someone who lived more
than 100 years ago.

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his back. Good for him.
The following weeks issue of the Star reported,
According to the latest
information given as, Mr.
Otto, the missing mail carrier, has not returned. A
temporary arrangement
has been made for carrying
the mail between Baldwin
City and Reed City, until a
permanent appointment
of a carrier. November 20,
1873.
This article revealed that
A. Otto had $1,000 from sale
of house and lot and was
last seen at the train station. Some suspected foul
play because of the cash on
him and he left his family
and job behind. Six years
later, in 1879, no one locally
had any clue of his whereabouts.
Newspaper archives being exhausted, further research from other sources,
such as census records and
other U.S. documents, was
needed to find possible answers.
This would prove difficult without learning
the first name of A. Otto.
The 1870 census for Lake
County did not include him
because it was taken in the
summer, and he arrived
that fall. Where the census

Evart groups to celebrate National Night Out

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usual on Friday and should

have returned the day following.
Inquiries solicited the
fact that Mr. Otto, the carrier, had mysteriously disappeared from Reed City on
Friday evening and no one
seemed to be aware of his
whereabouts. From all we
can learn he was last seen
at the depot of the G.R&I
railway evidently awaiting
the arrival of a train. No
reason can be assigned by
his friends for a voluntary
desertion of his duties,
and as it is claimed he had
about $1000 (proceeds of
the sale of house and lot at
Baldwin) about his person,
many were surmising that
he had been foully dealt
with. We hope, however,
that such is not the case,
and before the next issue
he will have returned to his
family and business and be
able to explain satisfactorily the cause of his sudden
disappearance.
Mail for Chase failed
to arrive at the usual hour
from the east last Saturday,
as also the western mail
on Monday. Matters were
beginning to grow rather
blue, when postmaster
Munford posted off on foot
to Reed City Monday forenoon and brought in the

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Voice

People didnt
go to the
Idlewild Music
Fest just for
music. A variety
of items for on
display in the
historic community. Idlewild
is celebrating
its 103 birthday
this year.

Music festival brings hope of revival to Idlewild

By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

Idlewild It wasnt
noon yet that Saturday
morning, the second one
of July, and fragrant aromas from cooking food
were already filling the air
above Williams Island in
Idlewild. Vendors were still
setting up their booths, and
a few festival goers were
trickling in to Williams
Island, the locus of activity for the 12th Annual
Idlewild Music Fest.
Some music festival
events had already taken
place. Paul B. Smith, Dee
Lucas and the Urban Jazz
Coalition, and Althea Rene
and Demetrius Nabors
made Friday night appearances. Saturday morning,
early risers participated
in Praisercize sessions,
and there was a positive
self-imaging talk at the
Idlewild Historic Cultural
Center. Those who attended the Womens Empowerment Luncheon and the
Boys-to-Men sessions at
the center were still listening to their keynote speakers and hadnt filtered
down to the island yet.
Much of the festival,
however, was still to come.
Slated for the afternoon
and evening shows were
Riddle Me That! featuring
Natalie Riddle, Paul Dozier
and Margaret Bell, Paula
Atherton and NuEra, Kimmie Horne, Marqueal Jorday and Angela Winbush.
If that lineup didnt give
music lovers their fill, a
late-night jam session was
still to come at 11 p.m.
At noon, however, only
a few of the 2,000 or so
people Katena Abraham,
the chairwoman of the
2015 Idlewild Music Fest
Committee, expected for
the afternoon and evening
performances were on the
island. Jeff Davenport, of
Just Another Barbeque
Joint, was busy tending
his grill. The Idlewild resident called out greetings
and bantered easily with
others as they wandered
down the street. And why
not? He knew many of the
passers-by.
During the segregation
era, Idlewild was once
the most-famed African
American resort in the
nation. Land developers
began marketing the community in 1912, and the resort thrived until the mid
60s after the passage of the

Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice

People didnt go to the Idlewild Music Fest just for music. A variety of items for on display in the historic community. Idlewild is
celebrating its 103 birthday this year.
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Davenport qualifies as
an old timer in the community. He began coming
to Idlewild in the mid 70s
when he was 10. He remembers the easy familiarity of
the place where children
of the visiting entertainers
mingled easily with the
children of the community.
He didnt associate fame or
fortune with his playmates,
he said. He just looked at
them as other kids.
By all accounts Idlewilds
heyday was over at that
point. Still, Davenport said,
many of the entertainers still came back. They
came to relax and enjoy
themselves. Some of them
owned property there. He
still speaks with frequently
with the niece of famed
jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
John Meeks, one of the
passer-bys, has even deeper roots in the community.
He owned a string of dry
cleaning shops in Detroit
and began spending weekends in Idlewild during its
busy months back in 1954.
Meeks recalls a bustling
time. On his first trip to the
community, the Williams
Island beach was crowded
with people. At that time,
he said, Idlewild was the

most noted African-American resort in the country.

Those who visited the
resort back then could
choose from a variety of
activities, too. At that time,
Idlewild had three nightclubs. All three offered live
entertainment.
The Paradise Club,
on Paradise Lake, naturally enough, had the early
show. After the entertainment was over at the Paradise Club, people could go
catch a show at the Flamingo Club. The Flamingo
closed at 2 a.m. then Club
El-Morocco opened and
remained open until sunrise.
The clubs attracted topnotch entertainers. Arthur
Prysock, Della Reese,
Diana Washington, Brook
Benton and the Four Tops
and Louis Armstrong,
among others, made appearances in Idlewild.
Even African-Americans
who didnt perform in
Idlewild came to the resort.
Boxer Joe Louis was a frequent visitor there, Meeks
said, and Harlem Globetrotter Goose Tatum met
his wife there a dancer
who was performing at one
of the clubs at the time.
Meeks knew the good
times and the bad times in

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Jeff Davenport began going to Idlewild in the mid 70s. Today, he resides there, operates Just Another
Barbeque Joint, and was on hand at the festival to sell his wares to the concert-goers. When a child,
he played with children from celebrated families, but didnt give much thought to it. He is still in contact with a niece of Louis Armstrong.
Idlewild. The passage of
the Civil Rights Act opened
up a whole new world of
opportunities for AfricanAmericans, and the isolated resort in the corner
of Lake County lost some
of its appeal.
Meeks said he doesnt
believe anyone anticipated
what would happen to
Idlewild after the passage
of the act. He believes that
if the community had been
competitive, it wouldnt
have been abandoned.
In Idlewild, though, were
hotels with no air conditioning. One 11-room hotel
had just two bathrooms,
a mens and a womens.
By 1993 or 1994, only two
businesses remained open

there.
Meeks retired and moved
to the resort in 1994. Today
he is the president of the
Idlewild African American
Chamber of Commerce
there.
Things began picking up
again in Idlewild at about
that time Meeks moved
to Idlewild. He and likeminded people refused to
let the resort die. Now the
Idlewild Historic Cultural
Center and the annual
music festival draw people
in. Meeks would like to
see a plethora of events
in the community. He
points to Frankenmuth
and Saugatuck, cities that
plan events for the entire
summer, as models for

Idlewild. Toward that end,

he is working to promote
the Third Annual Jazz and
Blues Festival coming to
Meeks Park on Aug. 1.
It was 2 p.m. and the
trickle of folks making
their way to Williams Island for the evening shows
became a flood. Lawn
chairs began sprouting
on the grassy hillock overlooking the concert stage.
Pedestrians thronged in
the street and conversation filled the air. Bit of
music billowed along the
lakeshore as musicians
began warming up. The
Idlewild Music Fest had
transformed the old resort
community into a bustling
place once again.

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