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Lakeview Area News Thursday, December 8, 2016

By Kelly Wright

There were smilesand laughter all aroundduring Christmas in Lake-view on Saturday, Decem-ber 3, 2016. The weathercooperated with sunnyskies and temperatures inthe mid 30s.

The Tamarack Dis-trict Library held their An-nual Open House. Thekids, along with adults, en-joyed making GingerbreadHouses in the TamarackRoom. Empty milk cartonsand frosting were used to

help hold the grahamcrackers into a houseshape. Next, came thecandy, pretzels, and cereal,to decorate the Ginger-bread House. Stories wereread in the children’s areaat the library. Around 10:30a.m., Dr. Gary Paden wasreading a story. Childrensat around him and listenedquietly. Also, there werechoir groups scheduledthroughout the afternoonfor people to come and lis-ten to: 10:00 a.m. the Chil-dren’s Choir; 11:00 a.m.New Life Church Bell

Choir; 12:00 noon JubileeWomen’s Ensemble; 1:00p.m. Open Mic SingAlong.

In downtown Lake-view, businesses werefilled with people. A FingerPainting Craft was held atA Work of Art Studio. Kidswere lined up and patientlywaited their turn to havethree of their fingerspainted white and the im-print was put on a Christ-mas ball ornament.

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A tree lighting cer-emony is planned forFriday, December 9,5:30 p.m., at the OldCourt House in Stanton.Come and visit withSanta and his reindeer.The event will be pre-sented by the City ofStanton and the DDA.

The First AnnualTree Lighting is alsoplanned in Trufant at Pe-tersen Park on Saturday,December 10, 7:00 p.m.

The Tree of Loveceremony, sponsored bySpectrum Health KelseyHospital, will be held onTuesday, December 13,6:30 p.m., at LakeviewUnited Church ofChrist.

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There is a 50%chance for snow show-ers for today (Thu.).Partly cloudy skies forFri. and Sat. A 90%chance for snow on Sun.Cloudy skies for Mon. A60% chance for snow onTue. Mostly cloudyskies for Wed. Highs inthe 30s and lows in theteens.

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By Linda Huckins

At a Veterans’ Dayassembly on November 11at Lakeview High School,Blue Star Mothers Presi-dent Kathy Barnes offereda challenge to the students.She told them that many ofour service men andwomen are in the MiddleEast and will not be homefor Christmas. She askedthe students to bring initems to make up carepackages for these Ameri-can heroes.

The Leadership Class

at the high school, underthe direction of teacherand Student GovernmentAdviser Dan Willison,took up the challenge.Over the next week and ahalf following the assem-bly, they set up boxes foreach grade (8th through12th) in the cafeteria dur-ing lunch time. The classescompeted against eachother to see which classcould bring in the mostitems.

Barnes gave theschool a list of appropriatethings to bring in. They in-

cluded hygiene items, lipbalm, lotions, snacks,raisins, reading material(magazines and paperbackbooks), and more.

The Leadership Classorganized the MilitaryCare Package Programand did a great job. At theend of the challenge pe-riod, over 2,000 items hadbeen collected for ourtroops. The Senior Classwon with 800 itemsbrought in and the eighthgrade came in second with750 items.

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By Shirley Pool

The 35th AnnualCelebration was held atMontcalm CommunityCollege (MCC) on De-cember 4, 2016, and therewere about 400 peoplewho attended the event. Ittook place from 1–4 p.m.and included an opportu-nity to pick up a swim-ming pass for a future

visit to the MCC pool,wagon rides over to Her-itage Village for a scav-enger hunt, arts and craftsin the gymnasium, a visitand a free photo withSanta Claus in the Beat-rice E. Doser Building aswell as free popcorn,cookies and punch in thecafeteria.

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Students Made Life a LittleBrighter for Our Troops

The Leadership Class at Lakeview High School

Santa asking a little girl what she would like thisyear for Christmas

Selling jewelry at the Craft and Vendors Show atthe Community Center

Correction:In last week’s article on The Cottage, it was stated

that Tanner Boonstra milked cows for Gary Nielsen.Writer’s mistake! He milks cows for Jeff and KellyNielsen.

back row: Chris Donazzolo, Ireland Stander; frontrow: Santa Claus and Navy Stander

Holiday Celebrationat MCC

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By Shirley Pool

In October I spoke toTim Rasmussen duringcredit union days and myarticle sparked the memo-ries of Jean Nienhuis. Shetold me that her late hus-band Alfred “Al” Nienhuisalways dreamed of startinga credit union and he wasresponsible for First Fed-eral Credit Union comingto Lakeview. Al traveled toWashington D.C. and ob-tained the necessary infor-mation to start the creditunion in 1985. Jean saidthey rented the buildingdowntown where JourdanRasmussen now has hislaw office. They had aspace heater and used fur-niture from their backporch, but she did not re-member what they used fora counter. Later the officemoved across from thepickle docks and later to itscurrent location acrossfrom Leppink’s.

When they started thecredit union the board ofdirectors was formed andthey were Alfred and JeanNienhuis, Mirth Brockway,Lavern Wilson, DickBoomer, Bill Bessemer,Anne Martin, Eva Main,Charlie Custer, Abby Moli-tor, John DeVooge and PegDomine. Jean helped Al in

the office and when Al hadto go out of the office forloan work, Charlie Custeror Don DeVooge wouldcome in and help. Severalof the early board membershave since passed away.Nienhuis noted that sinceTim Rasmussen has takenover as the manager of theCommunity First FederalCredit Union; it has reallygrown. There are nowthree branches with the onein Lakeview (989) 352-6031, Howard City (231)937-9400 and Trufant(616) 984-9700.

Jean’s family goesback to the early settlers ofLakeview. Her grandfather

was Neal Youngman. Hewas the local funeral direc-tor and her father was LeoYoungman. The family hadthe Chevrolet auto sales formany years in the buildingthat is now the WellnessCenter. Most people re-member the funeral homewas located directly behindthe car dealership. NealYoungman was also one ofthe founders of the UnitedChurch of Christ locatedon Lincoln Avenue justsouth of the bank. Jeannoted that now Jim Young-man is the only other fam-ily member left inLakeview. Jean and Al hadthree children, two sons

and a daughter. They alllive in other locations inthe state.

Well, one man’sdream has made a hugedifference in the commu-nity throughout the Lake-view, Trufant and HowardCity area. The credit unionnot only provides bankingchoices for the local peo-ple, but it has aided in en-riching local jobopportunities. I guess thelesson is… you should fol-low your dreams, and youshould never think that oneperson cannot make a dif-ference.

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TDL to Host an AuthorBook Talk

M.P. Vanderloon is alocal author who also is aGreenville bus driver. Heresides in Rockford and

has published two booksof his Accounts of Furla-sia: Days of Trepidationtrilogy. These are fantasybooks that will appeal totweens, teens and adult.He will be presenting abook talk at the TamarackDistrict Library in Lake-view on Wednesday, De-cember 21, 5:00 p.m.Thisis a free event and open tothe public.

For questions or formore information, call theTamarack District Libraryat (989) 352-6274.

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Because of the gen-erosity of Lakeview HighSchool students, the BlueStar Mothers were able tomake up 181 care pack-ages and ship them to ourtroops serving in the Mid-dle East. Barnes said thatit was a record number ofcare packages.

“The students re-sponded with enthusi-asm,” Willison said. “Wesent the list of items homewith the kids and someparents and businessesalso responded by sendingin items.” Willison wantsto thank the students andparents for their contribu-tions.

The Leadershipclass at Lakeview HighSchool is an elective classthat teaches what leader-ship is all about and offersstudents opportunities forleadership. Students workon implementing leader-ship projects throughoutthe year. One group ofstudents is working on areading program at the el-ementary school. Anotheris in the process of writinga grant to the DNR to getfunds to take students in

grades K-12 to an 80-acrewooded property, ownedby the high school, in Al-tona for nature/earth sci-ence activities.

“You can Google atree, but you don’t knowhow one smells or feelsunless you can walk up toone and touch it,” Willi-son said. “We plan on re-planting some trees in thespring.”

A bit of trivia thatyou may not know. Pa-perback books were in-vited during World War Ito send to our troops.Books at that time wereall hard cover. Thesmaller books were easierfor the soldiers to carry.Sending paperback booksto our troops continuedthrough World War II, theKorean War, The VietnamWar, the Gulf and IraqiWars and to today.

Thank you, Lake-view High School stu-dents, not only forsending paperbacks to ourtroops but for all the otheritems that we take forgranted over here that ourtroops cannot get! Yourgenerosity brought a littlebit of home to our heroes.

Mecosta County Quilt Block TrailBy Shirley Pool

Have you ever expe-rienced the absolute fun offollowing a quilt block trailaround a county in searchof the barns and points ofinterest which representthe historic places in whichthe quilt blocks are lo-cated? About three yearsago Nile and I rode on atour bus to Alcona Countyon the sunrise side of thestate and had a hoot whilethe poor bus driver drovethe two lane roads follow-

ing the instructions as heattempting to locate eachsite. We went in the falland not only enjoyed thisspecial art, but the fall col-ors as well. It made a won-derful all day outing tospend with friends. Eachquilt block told a specialstory of the history of thesite. This unique artist’stradition all began in Ohioin 2001 and has nowspread to several differentstates.

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Troops

Today in History - December 81886: The American Federation of Labor was foundedat a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.

1987: President Reagan and Soviet leader MikhailGorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nucleararsenals of the two superpowers.

1993: President Bill Clinton signed The North Amer-ican Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.

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Dear Readers,This Wednesday is

the 75th anniversary ofthe Japanese attack onPearl Harbor that broughtthe United States intoWorld War II. Bombersand fighters from Japan-ese aircraft carriers madea surprise attack thatkilled about 2000 peopleand sank several Ameri-can naval vessels. One ofthose sunk that day wasthe battleship Arizona,which has been made intoa memorial. The men whodied in the ship are stillthere. One sad fact aboutthat day is that the air-planes were detected onradar, but it was thoughtthey were American air-craft. Radar was fairlynew at that time, and anattack was not expected.The one good thing aboutthe attack for Americawas that the aircraft carri-ers were out on maneu-vers. If they had beendestroyed, we could nothave won the Battle ofMidway, which was thebig turning point in thewar.

Japanese PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe isplanning to visit PearlHarbor later this month.He is the first Japaneseleader to do so since theattack three-quarters of acentury ago. Some thinkhe should apologize forthe attack. Actually, mostof the veterans who werethere don’t think that isnecessary. They are gladthe war is over and thatour two countries are nowon friendly terms.

Why should he apol-ogize? The obvious an-swer is that his countrymade a major attack onthe U.S. when our twocountries were not at war.They clearly committedan act of war against us.One question that is oftennot asked is why they at-tacked. Did they just likewar so much that they de-cided to start a war theyhad little chance of win-ning? As one of their mil-itary leaders said at thetime, he feared that allthey had done was toawaken a sleeping giant.He was certainly right. Itis always good to get bothsides of any issue. We hadimposed an oil embargoon Japan. They werebeing starved for oil,which was crucial fortheir economy. From theirperspective they had nochoice but to use force toget the resources theyneeded.

What lessons arethere to learn from PearlHarbor, the resulting warand its aftermath? I canthink of several. Peacecomes from strength, notweakness. When peopleare desperate, they do des-perate things. Punishing adefeated enemy causesproblems; it doesn’t fixproblems. It is smarter toturn an enemy into afriend. Germany andJapan are among our bestallies today. Not everyenemy can be turned intoa friend, but we shouldtreat all well. Do good,but beware.

Kinsey Retort Ruffs from Rosco

Hi again! We justhad our first ‘real’ snow.At least, mom calls it areal snow. I’m not surehow it’s different than theother kind of snow - itlooks the same and it feelsthe same. And if we getmore, then I want to goskiing!

I’ve seen people ski-ing on TV and it lookslike lots of fun! But would

I need two skiis or four?And would I be a snowbunny or a snow dog? Ilike rabbits, and momdoes, too, but she doesn’tlike them in the garden.And I like to help mom inthe garden. And if I was abunny, mom wouldn’t letme help in the gardenanymore.

So, no thank you, wedon’t need any more snowthis year. Glad that prob-lem’s solved!

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15 years agoThe Michigan

Golden Gloves Associa-tion hosted a UnitedStates Amateur BoxingSanctioned event at Tri-County Middle School.The Ninth Annual Tri-County Boxing Classicfeatured special guestTroy Rowland, who wasan up and coming profes-sional middleweightfighter.

20 years agoMontcalm Area

Hospice sponsored a sem-inar, “Getting Throughthe Holiday”. This semi-nar was designed to helpall citizens who had lost aloved one during the hol-iday season. It was pre-sented by Shawn Wright,Sue Koch, CommunityClergy and Community

Hospice Volunteers.

25 years agoThe nice person of

the week nominee wasJeanette Almy, fostergrandparent at the Lake-view Middle School. Shewas nominated by theteaching staff at the Lake-view Middle School forbeing so helpful.

30 years agoThe Halloween

party sponsored by theLakeview VFW was en-joyed by many children,and the costume contestwas one of the most en-joyable things of theevening. Some of thewinners included: Davidand Diann Clark, SaraNelson, Jeffery Davis,Mike McCally, and manyothers.

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EDMOREBREAKFAST WITHJESUSThe Edmore First Churchof God, 123 E. Main St.,will host its AnnualBreakfast with Jesus onSat., Dec. 17, 8:30-11:30a.m A live nativity, pettingzoo, and bake sale in-cluded. At 7 p.m., aChristmas concert will beperformed by theVestaburg CommunityChoir.

GLEANER MEETINGThe Entrican GleanerArbor will meet at Beard-slee’s Restaurant on Tue.,Dec. 13, 12:30 p.m. AllGleaners and friends arewelcome to attend.

MOBILE FOODPANTRYFeeding America FreeMobile Food Pantry willbe coming to the En-deavor Center (parking lotbehind old high schoolgym on M-46) on Sat.,Dec. 10, 2 p.m. Sponsoredby Edmore Lions Cluband Christian Endeavor.

OFRHC HOURSThe Old Fence Rider His-torical Center, 222 Shel-don St., will be open onSaturdays from 11 a.m.-1p.m. Appts. for grouptours or alternative timescan be made by contact-ing (989) 506-9562 or(989) 506-2634.

OLD FASHIONEDCHRISTMASThe Old Fence Rider His-torical Center, 222 Shel-don St., will host itsAnnual Old FashionedChristmas on Sat., Dec.17, 9:30 a.m.–12 noon.There will be face paint-ing, craft making, cookiedecorating, electric trains,goodie bags, sledding(cardboard sleds pro-vided), and old St. Nick.

PANCAKE BREAK-FASTWith ham and sausage onSun., Dec. 11, 8 - 1 p.m. atthe Masonic Center, 524E. Forrest St. Cost:$6/adult and free for thoseage 5 and under. Thebreakfast will be spon-

sored by the MasonicLodge 360 and EdmoreChapter #111.

PFHM HOURSPine Forest HistoricalMuseum is open onThurs. from 2-4 p.m. Stopby and take a look at theDr. Myron Becker dis-play, the large quilt collec-tion and other treasures.

STORY HOURAt the Home TownshipLibrary from Sept.-May,every Wed. at 10 a.m.Ages 2 1/2-preschool.Sign up at the library.

VICTORIAN CON-CERT CANCELLEDThe Pine Forest HistoricalMuseum is sad to an-nounce it is not hostingthe Victorian Concert thisyear during the Home-town Holiday celebrationin Edmore.

GREENVILLECHRISTMAS AT MACThe Montcalm AlanoClub will be open onChristmas Day at 12 noonfor a potluck meal and fel-lowship. The Annual NewYear’s Eve Party will beheld at 8 p.m. There willbe snacks, 50/50 raffle,and karaoke. All are wel-come to attend.

MAC WOMEN’S SUP-PORT GROUPThe Montcalm AlanoClub will be hosting aWomen’s Wellness Groupon Fridays starting at 1:30p.m. Sign up at the MAC,117 E. Washington St., orcall (616) 232-2002.

MOVIE NIGHTThe MAC will be hostingStar Wars movie nightsstarting at 8 p.m. on thefollowing dates: Dec. 17,Jan. 7 and 21, and Feb. 4.

HOWARD CITYLUKE GITCHEL CON-CERT MATINEELuke Gitchel will be inconcert at Zellie’s OpryHouse, 230 E. Edgerton,on Sat., Dec. 10, 2 p.m.Cost: $10/ticket - avail. atthe door.

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Bowling ReportsStanley Rasmussen League at Alley Cat Bar & Grill

Date: December 5, 2016

Pos. Team Won1 Psycho Brew 3582 Alley Cat 3013 Rader Farms 2984 Miles Road Body SHop II 2985 Miles Road Body Shop 2886 Cantwell Hardware 2867 Peddler’s Patch 2858 Superior Boat & Motor 272

Last Week’s High Scores

High Scr Game- Team: Miles Road Body SHop 1044High Scr Series- Team: Miles Road Body Shop 2839

High Hcp Game- Team: Miles Road Body Shop 1208High Hcp Series- Team: Rader Farms 3339

High Scr Game- Men: Zack Groce, Jr. 244High Scr Series- Men: Michael Krause 644

High Hcp Game- Men: Neil Williams 272High Hcp Series- Men: Kenneth Rader 727

High Scr Game- Women: Darcy Krause 234High Scr Series- Women: Darcy Krause 581

High Hcp Game- Women: Darcy Krause 280High Hcp Series- Women: Darcy Krause 719

Most Over Ave (Gm)- Men: Neil Williams 57Most Over Ave (Ser)- Men: Kenneth Rader 85

Most Over Ave (Gm)- Women: Darcy Krause 66Most Over Ave (Ser)- Women: Darcy Krause 77

Year-to-Date High Scores

High Scr Game- Team: Miles Road Body Shop 1044High Scr Series- Team: Miles Road Body Shop 2913

High Hcp Game- Team: Cantwell Hardware 1312High Hcp Series- Team: Psycho Brew 3567

High Scr Game- Men: Michael Krause 279High Scr Series- Men: David Frost 738

High Hcp Game- Men: David Frost 312High Hcp Series- Men: David Frost 873

High Scr Game- Women: Darcy Krause 234High Scr Series- Women: Darcy Krause 581

High Hcp Game- Women: Darcy Krause 280High Hcp Series- Women: Amy Gibson

Miller Sunday Night Mixed at Alley Cat Bar & GrillDate: December 4, 2016

Pos. Team Won1 Hit & Miss 31.02 Custom Design 30.03 Odd Couples 28.04 Strike Force 27.55 Lickety Splits 27.06 Strikeoholics 27.07 Miles Road Body Shop 26.58 The Shockers 25.59 D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. 21.010 Brew Balls 336

Year-to-Date High Scores

High Scr Game- Team: Strike Force 877High Hcp Game- Team: Miles Road Body Shop 1033

High Scr Series- Team: Strike Foce 2374High Hcp Series- Team: Lickety Splits 2844

High Scr Game- Men: Zack Groce 290High Hcp Game- Men: Chris Bannen 318

High Scr Series- Men: Jeremy Nobach 716High Hcp Series- Men: Shea Nielsen 807

High Scr Game- Women: Becky Hadder 252High Hcp Game- Women: Darcy Krause 296

High Scr Series- Women: Darcy Krause 610High Hcp Series- Women: Darcy Krause 756

High Ind. Ave.- Men: Jeremy Nobach 208.62High Ind. Ave.- Women: Becky Hadder 175.14

Lao Tzu - “Being deeply loved by someone gives youstrength, while loving someone deeply gives youcourage.”

Oscar Wilde - “Keep love in your heart. A life withoutit is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”

Robert and Char-lotte Kruger will be cel-ebrating their 65thWedding Anniversary onDecember 9, 2016. Thefamily would like to helpthem celebrate their an-niversary by having a cardshower. Cards can be sentto:

Robert & CharlotteKruger519 N. Lincoln Avenue,Lakeview, MI 48850

Happy Anniversary,Mom & Dad!

Love,Beau & Lynn and Family

Denise Lutterloh andFamily

Wedding Anniversary

Thank YouWe would like to

thank our children, grand-children, and great grand-children for arrangingsuch a wonderful “sur-prise family get together”.We would also like tothank our friends andfamily for all the lovely

cards, beautiful messages,and warm wishes. It madeour 60th Wedding An-niversary truly memo-rable. Thank you formaking us feel so loved.

Love and prayers,Clare and Janet Morrow

By Bethel Larsen

Sunday dawnedbright and hot, and Jamil-ton picked us up promptlyto take us to worship at theheadquarters of the IglesiaLuterana de Nicaragua—the Lutheran Church ofNicaragua. I rememberedpassing the large bluebuilding last year when ayouth gathering was justending; the structure ismore imposing than manyLutheran churches inNicaragua. We were notthe only foreigners presentin the service; there weresome other missionaries aswell as visiting professorswho would be teachingGreek in a week-long in-tensive class forNicaraguan pastors. Unfor-tunately, the pastor’s rapid-fire Spanish reduced myusual one-word-in-tencomprehension to some-thing like one in fifty. The

church complex includes aseminary with dormitoryand classroom buildings aswell as groves of bananasand plantains and otherfruits; we enjoyed explor-ing the grounds. Most stu-dents attend part-timewhile serving congrega-tions.

After a brief stop atthe hotel to change clothes,we headed for Corinto, aresort town on the Pacificcoast, and the El Espigonbeachside restaurant wherewe had dined on previoustrips. Our table on theocean side afforded a de-lightful breeze and viewsof the harbor, where wesaw a large freighter com-ing in. I ordered the housespecialty seafood stew.When it arrived, my“bowl” looked more like atureen, with a small lob-ster, numerous shrimp, awhole fish, and otherdenizens of the deep im-

mersed in a tasty broth. Ishared with anyone whowould take some. After-ward, we walked downnear the water, picked up afew shells, and watchedpeople playing in the shel-tered cove.

Our decision to haveice cream in lieu of suppermeant that we wouldforego the traditional Sun-day-evening nacatamal,but we were too full to doit justice. After a stop at thecrowded Maxi-Pali storeback in Chinandega, welined up at an Eskimo (pro-nounced Es-KEE-mo inNicaragua) ice cream shop,across the street from agolden-yellow cathedralwhere a bell ringer wasbeating out a call to ves-pers. A thin boy of abouttwelve was begging as wewaited; his eyes with theirunnatural shine still hauntme. I suspect that he hadbeen sniffing glue, but his

hunger was probably gen-uine. Ignoring beggars,though ultimately the bestpolicy, is difficult.

Monday morningtook us to Rancheria, adirt-poor village at the verybase of the San Cristobalvolcano. Welcoming bal-loons adorned the porch ofthe church, where womenand children waited. Atmost Nicaraguan churches,people arrive cleaned upand dressed in their best at-tire. It was not so inRancheria, where the chil-dren who reached to hug ushad seen neither laundrynor shampoo in a longtime. We hugged themanyway. The church has aneducational building nextdoor, where it offers after-school programs. As about28 children had accompa-nied their mothers to themorning program, we tookthem next door and impro-vised a program for them,though their official turnwould not come until afterlunch. They proved to beuntamed as well as un-washed. One boy of aboutfour persistently tooted ona duck-call whistle thatdrowned out anything weattempted to say. I nick-named him the Duck Com-mander, though I think hisname was Juan. As we at-tempted to corral ourcharges for some meaning-ful activities without rush-ing into our afternoonlesson plans, young Indi-ana launched into some ac-tion songs and skillfullyherded the young’uns intoline, giving evidence of anamazing gift for teaching.

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Nicaragua Once More, Part 2

The Women's Ministry session in Chichigalpa was well attended

Oliver Henry“Tommy” Thompson,age 90, passed awaypeacefully at SpectrumHealth Butterworth Hospi-tal on November 16, 2016,following an extended ill-ness.

Tommy was bornSeptember 11, 1926 inHoward City, Michigan, toVera (Opper) and OliverThompson. Tommy grewup on the family farm,which has since attainedCentennial Farm status. Heattended Amble CountrySchool, but was fond ofexplaining that he obtainedhis real-world educationfrom the “School of HardKnocks.”

The former MarianAnn Miller becameThompson’s bride on Sep-tember 22, 1945, and thetwo celebrated their 71stwedding anniversary ear-lier this fall. Marian sur-vives her husband, alongwith the couple’s threechildren: Shirley (Charlie)Cook, Jim (Sheri), andDeborah. The family in-cludes seven grandchil-dren: Eric (Alicia), Bret(Rebecca), Tyler, Tisa(Adam), Trevan (Stefani),Travis (Laura) and Autumn(Alex) and six great-grand-children (Olivia, Ethan,Kelsey, Emily, Paisley,Nikolas), with whomTommy enjoyed spendingtime. He is also survivedby a sister, Sonya (Jim)

Marchbank. During theirlong marriage, the Thomp-sons lived in Amble, Lake-view, Big Rapids and ReedCity—all within 50 milesof their birthplace. Theirretirement years foundthem spending summersalong Lake Michigan andwinters in Florida.

Tommy was knownfor his lifelong work ethic.He began his career path atage 13, packing butter inthe Amble Creamery, andat age 15, he purchased acanned milk route, evenbefore obtaining hisdriver’s license. After theirmarriage, Tommy andMarian delivered raw milkfrom area farms to thecreamery in Amble. In thelate ‘40s and early ‘50s, healso assembled airplanes inGrand Rapids and sold au-tomobiles locally.

In 1956, Thompsonpurchased Liberty Dairy inBig Rapids. Tommy grewthe business, which pro-vided dairy products tolocal groceries and alsoserved door-to-door cus-tomers at home. Thedairy’s storefront ice creamparlor is fondly remem-bered for its enormous icecream cones.

After outgrowing theBig Rapids facility, thedairy was moved to Evartin 1966. Partnering withDean Foods in 1965,Tommy continued to man-age the dairy until his re-tirement in 1986. He wasinstrumental in expandingthe operation to becomethe major supplier of dairyproducts to Meijer, servingall Meijer locationsstatewide for many years.

An entrepreneur atheart, Tommy enjoyedother business endeavorsalong the way, often part-nering with friends. In-

cluded in those partner-ships were a sauna stovebusiness, a fried chickenenterprise, and a restaurant(the Charwood Inn/BrownBungalow).

Several patented in-ventions were productsfostered by Tommy’s cre-ativity. One of these inven-tions, the “Bossy” system,revolutionized the han-dling of bottled milk andother dairy products fromthe dairy to the store.These wheeled carts elimi-nated extra handling ofproduct through trans-portation and also servedto display the milk in thegrocers’ dairy cases. TheBossy system inventionearned Thompson a posi-tion as finalist in a nationalaward for ‘Invention of theYear.” These carts are stillused nationwide today. Healso devised electronicfishing pole ‘fish on’ alerts,and a utility wench/hoistfor ATVs that garnered in-terest in the hunting indus-try and by the military.

Thompson was amember of several socialorganizations, includingthe Big Rapids Eagles. Hewas instrumental in pro-viding the capital resourcesfor the building that hasserved that organizationfor several decades andcontinues to serve the Ea-gles and the communitytoday.

Tommy was a mem-ber of the Saladin ShrineTemple in Grand Rapids.He and Marian enjoyedmany special Shrinerfriendships, spendingmany summer weekendstraveling to parades as partof the Shrine’s Harley Mo-torcycle and Honda three-wheeler precision drillteams. The couple also en-joyed many years of mo-

torhome travel throughoutthe country, often touringwith friends in their mo-torhome association. Win-ters were forsnowmobiling, and later,for enjoying the warmertemperatures of Florida.

Ever the adventurer,Thompson’s passion wasfor the outdoors and hunt-ing and fishing. Manyfriendships were formedon hunting expeditionsthroughout the U.S.,Canada, Mexico and Eng-land. He loved piloting hisCessna 182 on hunting ad-ventures, as well as forbusiness. His favorite sum-mer pastime was captain-ing his Sea Ray on LakeMichigan, an activity heenjoyed until the last yearof his life. In his lateryears, he was especiallyfond of wild pig hunting inFlorida, and enjoyed tak-ing family and friends inhis “pig buggy” on landleased there. In March ofhis 89th year, Tommy shottwo wild pigs with a singleshot, and proceeded tofield dress and butcherthem without assistance.

Tommy will bemissed by his family andfriends, with whom heshared his life’s adven-tures.

It is his request thatmemorial contributions bemade to the Shriner’s Hos-pital for Children (shriner-shospitalsforchildren.org).There will be a gatheringto celebrate Tommy’s lifeat a later date.

Heckman FuneralHome in Howard City, MIhas been entrusted witharrangements, and onlinecondolences, memoriesand memorial contribu-tions may be shared at:heckmanfuneralhomeinc.com.

ObituariesRobert Louis

Cobane, 84, of Midland,died Friday morning No-vember 25, 2016. He wasborn July 26, 1932, son ofRaymond and Edna, grewup in Detroit graduatingfrom high school. Afterhigh school, he spent fouryears in the United StatesCoast Guard.

Upon his return fromthe military, he marriedhis first wife and had sixchildren. He proudlyserved as a Detroit policeofficer for over 25 years.In 1976 he married MaryFetteroff, which he de-scribed as his beautifulbride. He then became theChief of Police for tenyears in Lakeview,worked for the U.S. Mar-shall’s office in the Fed-eral Court in Bay City forseveral years, and finishedhis career serving as a se-curity guard for the DowEstates. Robert lovedserving as a police officerand often talked of his ex-periences. He loved beingat his lakefront cabin inSix Lakes, was an avidsports fan of the DetroitTigers and Redwings, andenjoyed attending theMidland Loons gameswith his stepson Mark. Heloved his dogs Buster andSammy. Robert loved tobowl, and was on a seniorbowling league up to thelast days of his life. Heand his wife attendedchurch at St. BrigidCatholic Church.

In addition to hiswife Mary, he is survivedby his children: John ofGrand Rapids, Steve(Lisa) of Grand Rapids,Diane (Floyd) of GrandLedge, Kimm (Dave) ofGrand Ledge and Jim.Stepchildren: Karen,

Gary, Mark, MaryAnn,John and Tony. Grandchil-dren and step grandchil-dren: Crystal, Eric,Ashley, Joey, Nicholas,David, Carolyn, Katie,Andrew, Mary, Brandon,Brittany, Booke, Justin,Gabrielle, Anna Graceand Jeremy, three greatgrandchildren: Grace,Matthew and Thomas,and his brother-in-lawRichard Butler of Mid-land.

In addition to hisparents he was precededin death by his brothersRaymond, Orin andFloyd; sisters Inez andGlendora, son Mike, step-daughter Christin, andstepson Gregory.

Funeral Liturgy tookplace at 12:00 noon,Thursday, December 1,2016 at St. BrigidCatholic Church, 207Ashman St., Midland.Committal took place atNew Calvary cemeteryfollowing the service andluncheon. Robert’s familyreceived friends at thechurch on Thursday from11 a.m. until time of mass.

Those planning anexpression of sympathymay wish to consider theNational Law Enforce-ment Officers MemorialFund, 901 E Street, NW,Suite 100, Washington,DC 20004-2025.

God’s GiftGod gave His precious gift to all of us,

And, He wrapped Him in the swaddling clothes,With a halo to shine on the first Christmas,

And, forever more, in this world of sin and woes.

So, as we celebrate this Christmas of 2016,The Holy Babe will be honored, as never before,

As He gives us the gift of life, in a beamOf His Halo, as it shined through that old shed door!

- Eva M. Roy

Unique Daily Holidays in DecemberDecember 9 is Christmas Card Day; and National Pas-try Day.

December 10 is Human Rights Day.

December 11 is International Children's Day and Na-tional Noodle Ring Day.

December 12 is National Ding-a-Ling Day and Poin-settia Day.

December 13 is Ice Cream Day and Violin Day.

Scripture of the WeekTherefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:

The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, andwill call him Immanuel. - Isaiah 7:14 (NIV)

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I watched Leonard ashe walked along MainStreet. The shoppers werecharging in and out of thestores. It was a beautifulplace, really, with lightsburning brightly on anearly evening alreadyturned dark. Coming to-ward him was Mrs.Nevius, the long-term highschool secretary. With aheavy sigh, Leonard ap-proached her and said,“Good evening, Mrs.Nevius.” She smiled andsaid, “Oh for heavensakes, Leonard, call meJune. You’ve been a grownman for twenty years!”Leonard nodded andreplied, “So, are you readyfor Christmas… June?”“Almost, dear, almost. Thelights are up and the tree isin the front window. I haveall the gifts except my hus-band’s—somehow he al-ways ends up last on thelist. Two or three trips tothe supermarket, one longnight of wrapping and I’llbe as ready as I ever am!”

“Well, have a MerryChristmas,” Leonard said,hiding his disappointmentas best as he could. Hewalked on and made amark in a small notebook.Leonard sighed onceagain, straightened hisshoulders and made a de-termined beeline for a manthat I didn’t recognize.“Excuse me, sir,” Leonardbegan, “I am taking a sur-

vey. Are you ready forChristmas?” “I am,” hereplied. “The lights arestrung and the tree is up.Other than that, my onlyjob is to buy my wife agift, and I just did that. Ihope this necklace will fi-nally put to rest the vac-uum cleaner incident ofthree Christmases back!”When Leonard didn’t offereven a polite chuckle, theman finished feebly with“Well, anyway, you canput me down as Christ-mas-ready.” “MerryChristmas,” Leonardmumbled as the manmoved on. Leonard wasreaching for his notebookwhen I spoke up. “Alright,Len, what’s the deal? I’vebeen tailing you for tenminutes, watching youquiz people. What’s up?”“Well, Pastor,” Leonardreplied. “I’m not sure, ex-actly. I guess the HolySpirit got a hold of me, be-cause I couldn’t shake theurge to find out how manypeople I would have toask, ‘Are you ready forChristmas?’ before one ofthem would say somethingabout prayer, or scripture,or study, or contemplation,or worship, or even Jesus.”“I don’t want to know howit’s going, do I?” I asked.“Nope. I’ve been to the bigbox stores, the mall andnow here... 89 and count-ing.”

Not a one of us

would go to a child’s birth-day party and completelyignore the birthday child.Yet, we often do just thatwith the birthday celebra-tion of Jesus the Christ, theSavior of the World. Eventhose of us active in theChristian Church have atendency to get allwrapped up in the gift-giv-ing, the hoopla and thecommercialization ofChristmas. I’ve done itmyself. This is a great timefor the Church to stand upand be the Church—God’speople loving God andeach other, and all others,in community, no onestanding alone. Each of usshould prepare for Christ-mas by praying, readingscripture, singing the greatsongs and hymns and con-templating the greatest ofall gifts, the gift of JesusChrist. After all, He wassent to redeem us—to pro-vide us with mercy andgrace and salvation. Wecan and should prepare onour own. But, better yet,go to your church. If youdon’t have a church, it is aperfect time to try one out.Things are being madeready.

Michael Riegler, pastorFaith United Methodist

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Are You Prepared for Christmas?

New Hope Church AnnouncesChristmas and New Year’s Events

Submitted by PastorGreg Buchner

New Hope UnitedMethodist Church is ex-cited to invite our areacommunities to the follow-ing events in order to cele-brate the Christmas andNew Year season.

On Christmas Eve, at7:00 p.m., there will be acandlelight service with aspecial time for children.The theme will be “Be-lieve” which has been themessage series for themonth of December.Christmas carols and amessage will be given.Candles and holders willbe provided, but realistic

battery operated candleswill be available for thosewho might not want fire orfor the use of younger chil-dren.

On Sunday, Decem-ber 25, at 9:45 a.m., therewill be a special Christmasservice for all ages. Thetheme will be “believe”which has been the mes-sage series for the monthof December. Folks arebeing invited to bring agift they wish to beblessed.

On Sunday, January1, there will be a NewYear’s service that willbegin our new message se-ries on “God Opportuni-ties.” On that day, prayers

for the New Year will beshared as we rememberthat with God all things arepossible. Open commun-ion will be shared.

New Hope Church islocated at 7296 9 Mile Rd.(between M20 and 90th),Mecosta, MI 49332. You’llalso find the church atw w w . n e w - h o p e -church.org and you cancontact us at (231) 972-2838 ornewhope.mecosta@gmail.com. We worship on Sun-days at 9:45 am. As al-ways, everyone shouldconsider themselves in-vited!

Today in Christian HistoryDecember 8

1775: Anglican clergymanand hymnwriter JohnNewton wrote in a letter:'This is faith: a renouncingof everything we are apt tocall our own and relyingwholly upon the blood,righteousness and interces-sion of Jesus.'

1854: Pope Pius IX de-fined the dogma of the Im-maculate Conception inhis apostolic letter, "Inef-fabilis Deus." It asserted

that by a singular privilegeand grace granted by God,Mary was freed from orig-inal sin "in the first instantof conception."

1907: Christmas sealswere sold for the first time,to raise funds to fight tu-berculosis. Today, Christ-mas seal income is usedprimarily in the fightagainst birth defects.

1962: The Rev. JohnMelville Burgess was con-secrated as suffragan

Bishop of Massachusetts -- the first African Ameri-can bishop of theProtestant EpiscopalChurch to serve a predom-inantly white diocese.

1981: In one of its majorrulings regarding the issueof the separation ofChurch and State, the U.S.Supreme Court upheld theconstitutionality of studentorganizations holding reli-gious services at publiccolleges and universities.

Recipe of the DayRecipe for Life

Ingredients:*1 cup good thoughts*1 cup consideration forothers*1 cup kind deeds*3 cups forgiveness*2 cups well beaten faults*Tears of joy, sorrow andsympathy*4 cup prayer and faith

Directions:1. Mix good thoughts,

consideration, kind deeds,forgiveness and wellbeaten faults. Add tears ofjoy, sorrow and sympathyfor others. Fold in prayerand faith to lighten otheringredients and raise thetexture to great heights ofChristian living.

2. Pour all into your fam-ily life. Bake well with theheat of human kindness.Serve with a smile.

Christmas andNew Year’s Church

Services

The LakeviewArea News paper wouldlike to have yourchurch’s Christmas andNew Year’s ChurchServices. When submit-ting the event, includethe following: Churchname and address, dayand time of service, anda brief description of theevent.

Please send the in-formation to us by e-mail: lannewsroom@-gmail.com.

Lakeview Free Methodist Church Christmas EveService. Worship the Savior’s birth through

Scripture, music, and praise. Instrumental prel-ude at 6:40 p.m.; candlelight service at 7:00 p.m.

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First annual treelighting will be Saturday,December 10, at 7:00p.m., at Petersen Park.This is the first try ofhaving the annual eventfor the community. Plansare: lighting the tree, car-oling, and hot chocolate.Sounds like fun and getsus all ready for theChristmas spirit.

Maple Valley Sen-ior Citizen potluck willbe Tuesday, December13, at Maple ValleyComplex at 12:00 noon.Potluck is open to all andevents are alwaysplanned besides themeal. Bring a dish topass and table service

and plan to have a goodtime.

Our community issaddened by the passingof Nata Lou Hansen.Nata Lou was an activelady always ready tohelp with anything thatwas needed. She will begreatly missed by Leeand her family and hermany friends. Our sym-pathy to all.

Albert Frandsenwill be 90 years the 13th.I’m sure he would enjoya card for his special day.Send to: 17188 MeddlerAvenue N.E., SandLake, MI 49343.

The snow made usaware that winter willsoon be here. That’swhat happens in Michi-gan but Santa couldn’tcome without somesnow! So we have toenjoy it. We’ll talk nextweek.

Virginia Christensen

Coral Celebrates the Spirit of ChristmasBy Jeanne Sturgeon

Santa came to CoralCommunity Center on No-vember 26. The eventbegan with Christmas Car-ols sung by the EmmanuelBaptist Choir at 6:00 p.m.,followed by visits to Santawith children eager to tellhim their special Christmaswishes. There were 54 kidsthat came to the commu-nity center to sit on Santa’slap this year! After Santa’selves gave them a candycane, parents and childrenenjoyed cookies and hotchocolate or coffee. Thelighted Christmas tree,Christmas music, Santaand his elves, warm laugh-ter and happy voices madethe room feel full of themagic only Christmas canbring. Outside, the VillageChristmas tree and MainStreet was lit with Christ-mas lights creating the at-mosphere of Christmasesof yesteryear.

Many thanks to theMaple Valley Fire Depart-ment Station Auxiliary andthe sponsorship of GoestchChristmas Tree Farm, whomade this wonderful eventhappen, as well as, theCoral Community Com-mittee who assisted withthe outside holiday decora-tions.

May the peace, joy,and magic of Christmas

love continue to fill theCoral community and the

rest of the world this holi-day season.

Nicaragua Once More, Part 2

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Lillian produced asoccer ball for some relayraces, and Charlottebrought out extra coloringpages. Lunchtime found ussweaty, weary, and laugh-ing as the kids wenthome—briefly. A pig wan-dered between the build-ings, and I found the waterspigot outside before thefoot-washing lesson.

Then the kids wereback for their official VBStime—sixty of them, in

fact. (We had planned foran estimated 45 each day.)Lillian showed Little Peo-ple Peter venturing onto thewaves to meet Jesus. Thechildren colored a pictureof the story. I told aboutJesus washing the disci-ples’ feet, and though Lydiastayed close to help me out,my Spanish seemed to getthrough. A young Jesusthen washed some of thegrime off one foot per dis-ciple, with a couplechanges of water. Charlottelaid a cloth over her head

and played a servant’s role,bringing a fresh basin—abrilliant and very helpfulimprovisation that she re-peated each time the storywas told. The kids drewoutlines of their feet andwe taped them to the wall.Then a classic Nicaraguancloudburst hit, and nothingcould be heard but thepounding of rain on thecorrugated roof. We did ourbest to sing over the din.Our plan to look up theslope of the volcano fromthe end of the street waswashed out, and we tookthe shortest way throughthe mud back to the mainroad. The floor of the vanwas a rather sorry sightafter ten pairs of muddyshoes stepped aboard.

Jamilton had the vanclean and shining when hepicked us up the nextmorning. Our Tuesday des-tination was Chichigalpa,where our eyeglass teamhad served last year. It wasgood to see Pastor Dou-glas, his young Honduranwife, and their son Isaac,now two years old. Dea-coness Lourdes, a short,stocky woman, beamed asshe hugged me. It was she

who had identified thequetzal bird that hadseemed to laugh at my at-tempts to take its picture.Most of the NicaraguanLutheran churches seem toemploy deaconesses, andtheir helping role is impor-tant in church bodies that,regrettably, have few menwho regularly attend. Dea-coness Lourdes is a tirelessworker; in addition to du-ties that make more obvi-ous use of her training, sheis almost compulsive aboutmopping the tile floor ofthe sanctuary.

A good-sized groupof women gathered, manyof them members of thecongregation. One whom Iwill not easily forget wasNorma, a seamstress ofabout sixty years who worea perfectly fitted dress ofbrown lace and carried her-self with quiet dignity. She,like several others, was aneager Bible student. Afterhearing and discussing thestory of the woman at thewell, the women decoratedsmall prayer journals andsplit into smaller groups forprayer. It was my privilegeto sit in on Norma’s group,and I felt a bond with this

mature sister in the Lord.When about 45 chil-

dren came in the after-noon—clean, neatlydressed, and ready to par-ticipate—our parachutewith several small beachballs illustrated Lillian’sstory superbly. “Tormenta!Tormenta!” (Storm!Storm!) Indiana would callout, and the children wouldvigorously shake the para-chute until Indiana called,“Calma!” My young ac-tors entered into the foot-washing with gusto, and a

towel-clad Jesus took abow at the end. Eachevening, Lillian wouldcheck for her missing suit-case, in which she had sup-plies for bubbles and otheractivities, and each eveningshe would give thanks thatGod had supplied ourneeds without it. Weneeded little entertainmentafter our team meeting anddevotions; after preparingour materials for the nextday, we were more thanready to sleep.

Lillian starts a relay with the soccer ball

My soup was more than a mouthful!

Page 8 Lakeview Area News Thursday, December 8, 2016

Once again it is thetime of year when webegin to hear about the Fluand getting flu shots. Thepurpose of this article is tohelp you understand theother side of the story andto realize that there are op-tions to getting flu shots ifyou are allergic or choosenot to do the flu shot ornasal mist. You should alsoknow that these naturaltreatments work well ifyou have had a flu shot,but still get influenza. Re-member early treatmentsgive the best results. Butprevention is even better.

Each year the bigboys at the CDC travel tothe oriental countries inMay and collect Flu Virusfrom people who are illthere. From those samplesthey make the seasonal fluvaccine. They just hopethe virus does not mutatebetween May when theycollect the samples andDecember when the Fluusually reaches the US.

Bird Flu (H5N1),Swine Flu (H1N1), andseasonal Flu are caused bya virus. This virus is cov-ered with spikes. One kindof spike acts like a hook,Neuraminidase (this iswhere the N comes from)and attaches the virus to acell in the nose or lungs.The other kind, Hemag-glutinin (the H) pierces thecell membrane and injectsits viral code (RNA) intothe cell. The cell’s DNA isthen used to make moreviral code, which is thenused to make thousands ofnew viruses which then arereleased to invade morecells and reproduce moreviruses. (see pictureabove)

It is our body’s ownimmune system that cre-ates all the symptoms. Themucous is used to protectcells and prevent hookingup and penetration by thevirus. The coughs andsneezes expel the virusfrom the body. (Thisspreads them, via air, toothers, so learn to coughand sneeze into yoursleeve.) The fever kills thevirus. (Most viruses can-not live over 100.5, so donot treat the fever unless itis over 102. Take hot bathswhen ill.) The body acheskeep us in bed. That iswhere you belong if youget this illness. While goodhand washing is important,

these viruses are spreadthrough the air, so the fa-natic use of hand sanitizersis not necessary and maybe detrimental since it killsthe good micro-organismson our skin. Use plain soapand water Do not becomea nut about this. Garglewith warm salt water twicea day and use saline (salt)nasal spray 2-3 times perday. This helps breakdown the viral cell mem-branes if they are in yournose or mouth.

First and very impor-tant, if you get the flu donot use Aspirin, Motrin,Alieve, etc. to combatfever. There is some evi-dence from bodies frozenin Alaska from the 1918Spanish Flu that there wasa Reyes Syndrome-like ef-fect occurring with the Fluand perhaps the Aspirincaused many more prob-lems that it solved. Tylenol(Acetaminophen) orhomeopathic Belladonna30C are much better op-tions to treat high fevers.

The two mainstayhomeopathic remedies areOscillococcinum andGelsemium. In all, thereare about 25 influenzaremedies, depending onthe symptoms that one has,but the two listed are themain general remedies.Oscillococcinum is avail-able in most health foodstores and some pharma-cies. If you cannot find itlocally, you can get it fromour website. It can be usedfor prevention and is takenwhen flu is in your area.Six vials of Oscillo, cost-ing between $12-18 canprotect a family of fourpeople for 12 weeks. Theusual dosage is one halfvial of granules once perweek for prevention. Toextend that, add one halfvial of granules to four tea-spoons of water, and thengive one teaspoon to eachof the four family mem-bers once per week.Gelsemium and the otherremedies are taken afterone gets sick with the fluand can be purchased atmost health food stores oronline.

Take lots of VitaminC, 500 mg three or fourtimes per day. O bloodtypes should take VitaminC from Rose Hips; otherblood types should takeVit. C from Acerola Cher-ries. Cheap Vitamin C,ascorbic acid, has benefit,but is usually hard on thedigestive tract and often

causes diarrhea.Preventive remedies

include Herbs and Essen-tial Oils. Echinacea/gold-enseal at onset of coldsymptoms or taken everyday, day 1-25 of eachmonth with 5 days off,seems to work quite well.Nature’s Sunshine Prod-ucts, Elderberry defense,Immune Stimulator, andVSC all help with viral in-fections in general. TheEssential Oil Thieves inlozenges or tooth paste ordirect application to amask will help kill the fluvirus.

If you do get the fluof any kind, H1N1 or sea-sonal, there is good treat-ment available usinghomeopathic medicines.(continued on page 9)

Influenza, Natural Prevention andTreatment

Here’s to Your Health

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LAKEVIEWFOOD TRUCKThe Lakeview Free FoodTruck will be held on Thu.,Dec. 15, 3 p.m., at St.Francis DeSales CatholicChurch, 829 RichardsonSt., Lakeview. It will besponsored by the Lake-view Ministerial Associa-tion, along with theLakeview Free MethodistChurch and the AmbleMotorcycle Group provid-ing the funds. Also, just areminder that the next freefood truck will be in Feb-ruary.

FOOD TRUCKThere will be a food truckat Lakeview CommunitySchools on the 2nd Thu. ofeach month, starting at 4p.m. The truck will beparked by the middleschool.

LAKEVIEW MUSEUMHOURSThe museum is closed forthe season. For more info.,call Sharon Youngman at(989) 352-7304.

TREE OF LOVE CERE-MONYThe Tree of Love Cere-mony will be held on Tue.,Dec. 13, 6:30 p.m., at theLakeview United Churchof Christ, downtown Lake-view. Entertainment andreading of names with ap-petizers to follow. The cer-

emony is sponsored bySpectrum Health KelseyHospital.

VFW MEETINGSThe Hough/Pontius VFW3701 meetings are held onthe first Tues. of everymonth at 6:30 p.m. at thepost.

WEIGHT WATCHERSWeight Watchers meetevery Thurs. night at theLakeview Free MethodistChurch. Park in the back(lower) parking lot.Weigh-ins start at 5 p.m.;meeting starts at 5:30 p.m.Everyone is welcome;wonderful supportivegroup.

SHERIDANVET ASSISTANCERobin Baily is currently onmedical leave. She hasbeen assisting veteransand/or widows of vets withfiling claims for veteransentitlements. Barry Walterwill be filling in for her.He will be at the SheridanVFW Post Thurs. 8:30a.m.-3:30 p.m. EricHalvorsen will be at thepost every weekday to as-sist vets and/or vets’ fami-lies who are in need ofemergency relief to helppay bills, etc. Call for anappt.

VFW MEETINGThe Lester J. Sitts VFWPost and Auxiliary 5065will meet on the 3rd Satur-

day of each month at 10a.m.

SIX LAKESDANCES AT THE VFWThe music of Randy &Julie at Six Lakes VFW,1st and 3rd Sat. night ofeach month from 7-10:30p.m. $6/person. For info.,call (989) 561-2226.

NEW YEARS EVEDANCE & LUNCHEONVFW Post 5602, 2195 W.Fleck Rd., will host aNews Year’s Eve dance at8 p.m. Doors will open at7 p.m. on Dec. 31. Randy& Julie’s Good Time Bandwill provide the music.Cost: $10/person with anincluded lunch to beserved at 10:30 p.m.BYOB. NO reservation isrequired. Contact Com-mander Doug Paulson forinfo. at (989) 561-2226.

SWISS STEAK SUP-PERAt the Six Lakes VFW. 3rdFri. of each month startingat 5 p.m. $9/adult;$7/small plate. Takeout isavailable; call (989) 365-3671.

TRUFANTFOOT CARE CLINICA foot care clinic is avail-able at the Maple ValleyComplex on the 2nd Tue.of each month from 9a.m.-12 noon. Bring abasin and towel. Cost:$10/session.

Upcoming Events

Jenni Lynn Part II

By Shirley Pool

I recently wroteabout a fairly new businessin Remus called JenniLynn’s Home Services.Her staff go to people’shomes and provide care,which enables them to stayin their own homes insteadof going to a nursinghome. Jenni Lynn Spvarnsis a person with a specialheart for helping people.Part of this compassion forpeople probably grew outof an experience pertain-ing to her own family.Jenni Lynn’s family oper-ated a farm near Barrytonthat was effected by PBB.Many people not livingduring the 70’s have prob-ably never heard of PBBand its trail of devastation

going back to 1973-74.Jenni’s parents were Hughand Vera Knowles whoowned a dairy farm. Theygot their cattle feed fromBarryton, however, therewas a fire so they beganpurchasing it from theRemus Granary. As mostfarmers do, they drank themilk from their cows, atethe eggs from their chick-ens and butchered theirown beef and hogs and atethe meat.

Soon all of the ani-mals began showing signsof being sick and havingsores. I personally remem-ber the news on televisionshowing pictures of cowsnot being able to walk. Thevet was called out andafter the governmentbegan investigating found

that fire retardant had acci-dently been mixed in withtheir feed. The farm wascontaminated and nolonger usable and the fam-ily lost everything. Thefarm was their livelihoodand they had to seek otheremployment. It was a dev-astating experience for theentire family. The eggs,meat, milk, cheese all hadto be taken off from thestore shelves causingshortages. If you are con-nected with farming andanimals in any way, youcan only imagine howtraumatic it would be tosee every animal on yourfarm slaughtered anddumped in a pit. Often theanimals have names or arepets and they all had to bedestroyed.

The PBB not onlytook away their livelihood,but also caused health is-sues for the entire family.She remembers that peo-ple would come to thehouse and take samples oftheir blood. The PBB ef-fected the reproductiveand nervous systems of thechildren and family mem-bers, and several membersof her family have sufferedfrom cancer. Jenni and hersisters all had miscarriagesand lost their first child.The Health Departmentmonitored the effectedfamilies, but eventuallyran out of funding.

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Jenni Lynn, a victim of PBB

Bob & Barb Huttinga

Here it is again inoutline form. Clip thisout and save it.

For Prevention ofInfluenza:

(only do two or three ofthese at a time)

*Oscillococcinum 1/2vial once per week ifflu is in your area

*take lots of VitaminC, 500 mg three orfour times per day.

(When using Herbs—take day 1-25 of eachmonth with 5 daysoff)

*Echinacea/goldenseal*Elderberry defense*Immune Stimulator*VSC*Essential Oil Thievesin lozenges, toothpaste, or apply to amask

For Treatment:

*Oscillococcinum 200C, one dose 3-4times per day untilbetter, up to 8 doses.

*Gelsemium 200Ctwice per day for 5days or 30C every 2-3 hours until better

*Arsenicum 30C vom-iting, diarrhea,headache, restless-ness and anxiety.

*Byronia 30C slowonset, severeheadache, irritable,wants to be alone,

*Belladonna 30Crapid onset, veryhigh fever, red face,dilated pupils.

*Ipecac 30C is goodfor vomiting.

*Podophyllum 30C isgood for diarrhea

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Classifieds

Answers to Last Week’sCrossword Puzzle

Cato Township MinutesMinute Summary of

Regular Meeting Held onDecember 5, 2016

Official Reporting: LouisMorse MMC, CatoTownship Clerk

Guests: D. Kelsey, R.Loveless

1. Resolved to approveNovember’s minutes.

2. Resolved to pay bills inthe amount of $24,076.23of which Audit & Drainswas included.

3. Resolved to approveTreasurer’s report.

4. Audit was returned andall OKAY.

5. Clerk Morse has givenoath to all elected officials.

6. It was noted that the firedistrict will close deal onMaint Bldg., on the 14th.

7. New Village Manager.would like to meet withBoard at a later date

8. A GREAT THANKS TOMark Kuzma- ChemicalBank for the snack tray hebrought to the electionworkers.

Present: SupervisorGilbert, Clerk Morse,Treasurer Grieser, TrusteeLindsey; Absent: TrusteeBehrenwald

Next Regular meeting willbe on January 2, 2017 at7:00 p.m.

For other information Con-tact Louis Morse, MMC,Clerk at 989-352-7967

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Mecosta County wasthe hardest hit and thedevastation was publishedon the television and inthe newspapers. Therewas a book written aboutit called The Poisoning ofMichigan. Their liveli-hood was gone, so thefamily had to find otherwork. Her grandmotherstarted a nursing home inMillbrook and Jenni grewup living in the home. Shegrew to love the older res-idents. This was one thingthat lead her into her cur-rent line of work.

The chemical thatwas put into the feed wasmade at the Vesico Chem-ical Plant in St. Louis,Michigan. The factorywas later buried and theremains were enclosed incement, however, theseams were not properlysealed and the chemicalshave leached out into theground and the PineRiver. The river is con-taminated and the fish arenot safe to eat and manyof the birds die becausethey eat the worms. TheAlma and St. Louis area isstill having problems dueto the chemicals. Theplant has since changed itsname and moved to Mex-ico and the families havenever been reimbursed fortheir farm losses or healthissues. Emory Universityin Atlanta, Georgia hasnow began a study on theeffects of PBB.

The following infor-mation is from the Michi-gan Department ofCommunity Health 2011update: PBBs (polybromi-nated biphenyls) are man-made chemicals that were

used as fire retardants inplastics that were used ina variety of consumerproducts. PBB is a rela-tively stable substancethat is insoluble in waterbut highly soluble in fat.Manufacture of PBBs wasdiscontinued in the UnitedStates in 1976.

In early 1973, bothPBB (sold under the tradename FireMaster andmagnesium oxide, a cattlefeed supplement soldunder the trade name Nu-triMaster, were producedat the same St. Louis,Michigan plant by theMichigan Chemical Com-pany. A shortage ofpreprinted paper bag con-tainers led to 10-20 fifty-pound bags of PBBaccidentally being sent toMichigan Farm BureauServices in place of Nutri-Master. This accident wasnot recognized until longafter the bags had beenshipped to feed mills andused in the production offeed for dairy cattle. Bythe time the mix-up wasdiscovered in April 1974,PBB had entered the foodchain through milk andother dairy products, beefproducts, and contami-nated swine, sheep, chick-ens and eggs.

As a result of this in-cident, over 500 contami-nated Michigan farmswere quarantined, and ap-proximately 30,000 cattle,4,500 swine, 1,500 sheep,and 1.5 million chickenswere destroyed, alongwith over 8,000 tons ofanimal feed, 18,000pounds of cheese, 2,500pounds of butter, 5 millioneggs, and 34,000 poundsof dried milk products.

Jenni Lynn Part II

Influenza, Natural Prevention and Treatment(continued from page 8)

Pick the one that bestfits the symptoms. Oscillo-coccinum 200 C, one dose3-4 per day until better, upto 8 doses. Symptoms arebody aches, fatigue, fever,cough, runny nose, andheadache. Gelsemium200C one pellet twice perday for 5 days, or 30C one

pellet every 2-3 hours untilbetter, is good for flu withfever, chills, body aches,dull feeling, droopy eye-lids, and extreme weak-ness. Arsenicum 30C isgood for flu with vomiting,burning diarrhea,headache, restlessness andanxiety. Byronia 30C isgood for slow onset, severe

headache, irritable, wantsto be left alone, Belladonna30C is good for rapidonset, very high fever,headache, red face, dilatedpupils. Ipecac 30C is goodfor vomiting. Podophyllum30C is good for diarrhea.

So do not be afraid,you can prevent and treatinfluenza without having a

flu shot.Remember never use

aspirin or aspirin contain-ing products when youthink you have the flu. Itmay cause a serious ReyesSyndrome-like complica-tion in adults and children.

Put Your Health in YourOwn Hands.

Jorgensen’s Supermarket isChanging Their Name!

Jorgensen’s Supermarket will be changing itsname to Jorgi’s Supermarket starting December12, 2016. Outdoor and indoor signage will bechanged. The store will still be supplied by Spar-tan and the staff will remain the same.

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This past Thursday,December 1, 2016 theRemus Area Historic Soci-ety (RAHS) put the finish-ing touches on their quiltblock trail that spansMecosta County as well astwo museums in MontcalmCounty the Six Lakes Mu-seum and the Pine ForestHistorical Museum in Ed-more. They added twomore quilt blocks to theircollection and now haveapproximately 70. There isa brochure available at theRemus Museum, variousbusinesses, MecostaCounty Visitor and Con-vention Bureau as well asthe remus.org web site.The two new quilt blocks

are currently not in thebrochure, but will be addedfor future printing.

Char Lenon fromRAHS said that Tri-County HomeWorks fromBlanchard has been anawesome help in hangingthe quilt blocks on thebuildings. They are fairlyheavy and the power com-pany uses their bucket tolift the works of art up andthen attaches them to thebuildings. This past Thurs-day Rick Warchuck, CodyTeegardin and Alan Delowere the men helping withthe project. Those assistingfrom RAHS were GaryCox, Duane and KarenCoville, Roger Orvis andChar Lenon. If you wouldlike information, contact Char Lenon at (989) 967- 8153.

Mecosta County Quilt Block Trail

(courtesy photo)

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Dr. Gary Padden, D.C., Dr. Cathleen Padden, D.C., Dr. Jeanette Chomic, D.C., Dr. Tiffany R. Padden, D.C., and Dr. Andrew T. L. Padden, D.C.

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Christmas in Lakeview: A Community Tradition

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Once the child’shands were washed he/shemoved to the next table toturn their fingers intosnowmen. And at the lasttable a person was assist-ing the kids by finishingoff their ornament with abow and a hook so later onthey could hang it on thetree at home.

Carolers were heardall around downtownLakeview as they sangChristmas songs by AWork of Art Studio. Bethel

Larsen was handing outgoodie bags to all of thekids that walked by. Thebags held an activity booktitled Come to Bethlehemand See! and an ornament,once completed, would beof baby Jesus in a manger.

At Peddler’s Patchthere was a table sat up forkids to decorate a Ginger-bread man ornament. Kidswere busy at the table put-ting stickers, ribbon, craftpom poms, and pipe clean-ers on the Gingerbreadman to make him “one of akind”. There were also

cookies at the table if any-one wanted a snack.

The CommunityCenter was busy withshoppers entering thebuilding for the Craft andVendors Show. Tableswere set up with manyitems for sale. Some of thethings that were availablewere jewelry, Scentsywarmers and blocks, babyclothes, and wooden signs.

McKenna’s VillageRestaurant had a table satup for people to come inand decorate a sugarcookie, or perhaps two, by

putting on either blue orpink frosting and sprinkles.Most of the restaurant ta-bles were also filled withfamily and friends chitchatting about the day andeating lunch.

There was a Kids’Snack Giveaway at VillageKupps and a Goodie BagGiveaway at Gigi’s Bou-tique. There was also anEssential Oil Sampling atThe Healing Center.

Mr. and Mrs. SantaClaus made an appearanceat the Lakeview Elevator.Kids were anxious to tellSanta what he or she wouldlike for Christmas. Afterspeaking to Santa, Mrs.Claus had the child pickout a gift out of a basket totake home.

The LakeviewJaycees held a HolidayFundraiser with “The Cap-tain”. A lucky person thatbought a raffle ticket wasdrawn to receive a $1,000Visa gift card.

Christmas in Lake-view is a tradition. Thepeople who came out tocelebrate left with smileson their faces. Thank youto all of the businesses andthe people who helpedmake this year’s Lakeviewtradition a success.

Looking good!

A lucky winner of one of the Celebration of theSeason's silent auction gift baskets

Erin Gorby plays the hammered dulcimer duringthe library open mic session

Dr. Gary Padden reading a book to the childrenLinda (elf) greeted people as they walked into the

library

Tamarack District Library's Gingerbread House craft helpers

Getting ready to play their bells

Megan Cogswell is busy at completing her Ginger-bread house

By Kelly Wright

On Friday, December2, 2016, people were hur-rying home and taking thefamily to historic down-town Greenville for theirAnnual Hometown Christ-mas Parade. The streetlights were decorated inwhite Christmas lights,wreaths, and garland.Since it gets dark around6:00 p.m., parade partici-pants knew that they hadto “light” things up to helpwelcome Santa into town.

A Greenville PublicSafety vehicle was first inthe parade line with itslights flashing. The Boy

Scouts had a fantastic floatcomplete with a Christmastree and lights. TheGreenville High Schoolband played Christmasmusic that could be heardfrom a few blocks away.Also in parade attendancewere Greenville’s four el-ementary schools - CedarCrest, Baldwin, Walnut,and Lincoln Heights. Thestudents from the schoolsdid a great job! There wasalso a live Nativity sceneon a parade float. Therewere vehicles in the paradethat were decorated inChristmas lights. Childrenwere even riding scooterswith Christmas lights.

Candy was tossed to chil-dren who hurried andscooped the candy up intoa bag. There was even afew stockings given out toparade goers. Everyonewas smiling and waving asthey saw Santa roll intotown in his sleigh. The firedepartment, along with an-other Public Safety Vehi-cle, ended the parade withtheir lights flashing andhorns blaring.

The HometownChristmas Parade was partof Christmas on the Green.The parade was sponsoredby Isabella Bank.

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Christmas in Lakeview: A Community Tradition

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15% off All Wrangler or Carhartt Apparel 15% off Bogs , Rocky and Georgia Boots

Large Selection Christmas Trees and Wreaths!

New selection of Farm Toys 15% off

Carolers sang Christmas music in dowtown LakeviewBraiden Wright enjoying his cookie after decorat-

ing it at McKenna's Village Restaurant

Painting three fingers white for the Finger Painting Craft at A Work of Art Studio

Kids are painting their three fingers, that are painted on the ornament, to looklike snowmen

Jeremy Zuke with kids Eli, Naomi, and Caleb waiting for lunch at Main StreetPizza

Children at the Peddler's Patch decorating their Gingerbread ornaments

Hometown Christmas Parade

We can't wait to see Santa!

A very festive parade float

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Holiday Celebration at MCC

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Alvin Rush broughthis big John Deere andwagon to MCC and pro-vided a free ride for any-one who wished to go overto Heritage Village.

Catherine Hazekamprepresenting the Ionia ISDwas manning an informa-tion table about the IMKids 3rd Meal. The organ-ization packs meals inpaper bags that childrencan take home. It is an ef-fort to end childhoodhunger in Ionia and Mont-calm Counties. If anyonewould like to volunteer forthis program you can con-tact them at (616) 225-7264 or E-mail:imkids3rdmeal@gmail.com. They need people tomake snack mixes, deco-rate bags, organize a fooddrive or host a fundraiser.

Brandy Minikeyfrom Great Start Mont-calm and Victoria Augus-tine representingEightCap-Head Start wereworking at the very busycraft tables in the gymna-sium. One group was mix-ing oatmeal and sparklysugar to feed to Santa’s

Reindeer on ChristmasEve, and another projectwas making holiday win-dow decorations. Therewere several differentcrafts for the children todo. Ryder Kelley eventraveled from GrandRapids to take part in theevent.

There was a long lineof children and parentswaiting to visit with SantaClaus and have their phototaken. The MCC DigitalArts Department (DART)was providing this freeservice. DART is a studentclub that meet at the Bra-

man Building on the MCCGreenville Campus eachWednesday from 11 a.m. –1 p.m. in G 211. Seth Sut-ton is the advisor. For ad-ditional information youcan reach him at seth.sut-t o n@mon t c a lm . e d u .DART was doing an awe-some job for the guests. Ifound Chris Donazzolo,Ireland Stander and NavyStander having a familyphoto taken with Santa.

Several MCC em-ployees were helping withthe yearly event. MCCCultural Events Coordina-tor Karen Maxfield was alldressed up in her elf outfitand was assisting in thecafeteria. Debbie Alexan-der was seen helping Santaand MCC President Dr.Robert Ferrentino was alsoon hand to greet the fami-lies and make sure every-thing was well organized.The MCC Foundation andarea businesses providedthe funding for the event,while MCC and the Her-itage Village organizationhelped with the HolidayCelebration, which wasformerly known as SantaSuper Sunday.

Alvin Rush

DART Club taking photos

Craft tables

Ryder Kelly

Catherine Hazekamp

Quote of the Day“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness be-

cause we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is dis-carding the meaningless and stressing the true values.” - Thomas S. Monson

Hailey Petersen visiting the craft tables

Elf Karen Maxfield