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Olivia Gojcaj, 5, of Macomb County’s Washington Township wears a pair of swim goggles as she stands in the chilly waves at Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron last week. MELISSA WAWZYSKO/TIMES HERALD

Taken twins thrived with Iroquois Our opening chapter on the Schell family’s sacrifices during the Revolutionary War ended last week without revealing the fate of the 10-year-old twins, Henry and Mark. The boys were taken captive on Aug. 6, 1781, when a loyalist militiaman, Donald McDonald, led 18 Tories and 48 Iroquois in an attack on the Schells’ fortress-like home in Tryon County, N.Y. Col. William Feeter, who split with the rest of his family and fought for independence, was 83 in 1838 when he shared the story of the battle with a school teacher named George Heller. The old soldier, a GermanAmerican whose birth name was Wilhelm Vetter, said John

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Christian Schell and two teenage sons repelled the attack. He credited them with killing 20 raiders and wounding several others including McDonald, who was seized by the Schells after being shot in the leg.   THE TWINS had been captured at the start of the raid. At nightfall, when the loyalists broke

off the attack, they called out to the Schells and warned the twins’ fate would depend on their leader’s treatment. The next morning, the wounded man was taken to nearby Fort Dayton, where a surgeon amputated his leg. McDonald died a few hours later. As for the kidnapped boys, months passed without a whisper of them. In those same months, forces loyal to the British king took vengeance on the Schells. A daughter, Eve, miraculously survived after being scalped and left for dead. Then, in the summer of 1782, the elder Schell and his three oldest sons were ambushed as they labored in a wheat field.

The father and a son, Denis, would die of their wounds, while a second son, Frederick, was shot in the thigh and crippled for life. The third son, Christian, a veteran soldier who had fought beside George Washington, repulsed the attack and thus prevented the raiders from taking scalps. The much-diminished family abandoned its home, and loyalist neighbors burned it to the ground. The war ended a few months later with American independence, but the Schells’ nightmare continued with the young twins still in captivity. See CONNELL, Page 3A

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KABUL, Afghanistan n — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan.— On his 12th and final visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, Gates held out the possibility of a turning point in the war by year’s end. But Gates, who’s retiring June 30, said much depends on whether the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden creates a new opening for peace negotiations with leaders of the Taliban insurgency. This and other aspects of the war, now in its 10th year, were on the agenda for Gates’ meetings Saturday with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander here, and with U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry. A decision on U.S. troop reductions is expected in the next couple of weeks.

Gates stressed the effectiveness of U.S.-led NATO military operations against the Taliban over the past year, after President Barack Obama ordered an extra 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Gains have been notable in the south, the heartland of the Taliban movement. “I believe that if we can hold on to the territory that has been recaptured from the Taliban ... and perhaps expand that security, that we will be in position toward the end of this year to perhaps have a successful opening to reconciliation� with the Taliban — “or at least be in a position where we can say we’ve turned the corner here in Afghanistan,� Gates said. “Making any changes prior to that time would be premature,� he added. Together with remarks he made about Afghanistan earlier Saturday at a security conference in Singapore, Gates’ statements suggest that he worries that large U.S. troop cuts this year would run the risk of undermining battlefield gains and

jeopardize Robert a N A T O - Gates endorsed plan to remove all foreign combat troops from Afghanistan by 2015. The White House is pushing for bigger reductions than are favored by the military. Gates also is concerned that a U.S. troop withdrawal could lead other members of the coalition, known as the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to quit or sharply reduce their participation. In Singapore, Gates said the United States and its allies fighting in Afghanistan will have to keep up military pressure on the Taliban in order to eventually reach a peace deal. “The Taliban are probably a part of the political fabric of Afghanistan at this point,� he said, so they could have a political role in the future. But to get to the point of a possible negotiated settlement, he said, the Taliban first will have to see a more severe reversal of their battlefield fortunes.

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STATE BRIEFS Agency told to study privatization LANSING — A newspaper says Michigan lawmakers have dropped plans to privatize some work at the state’s welfare agency but want the department to at least study it. The Lansing State Journal said a plan to give Medicaid and day-care applications to a private contractor was dropped from the recently approved budget for next year. Senate Republicans had included it in an earlier version. More than 3,000 people do the work at the Department of Human Services. United Auto Workers Local 6000 feared layoffs. Union official Ray Holman said his members can do a better job than a private contractor.

Parental immunity appeal gets tie vote DETROIT — A dispute between a divorced couple over the death of their daughter has created sharp differences at the Michigan Supreme Court about legal immunity for parents. The justices tied on whether to take an appeal in a lawsuit against an

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Oakland County man who briefly left his 3½-year-old daughter on a beach while he used a bathroom during a party. Daniel Wilson believed other adults were around, but the girl drowned. Mother and exwife Nicole Mickel sued, claiming negligence. Two courts ruled in favor of the father and dismissed the case, noting some parental immunity in Michigan law. The Supreme Court won’t take an appeal because of a 3-3 tie disclosed Saturday. A seventh justice disqualified himself because he had heard the case while on the appeals court.

Man says swan’s death unintentional FRUITPORT — Authorities in western Michigan have charged a man with a misdemeanor after his Jet Ski struck and killed a male swan. Witnesses told police Timothy Graves was taunting the swan by circling it with his personal watercraft on Memorial Day at Spring Lake in Muskegon County. It was during the final hours of the Fruitport Old-Fashioned Days festival. The 23-year-old Graves said he feels “horrible� but insists he didn’t

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Nate Nivison, 9, of Richmond swims toward shore during a Memorial Day outing to Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron. Lighthouse is one of the public beaches that the St. Clair County Healthy Department checks every week for bacteria. MELISSA WAWZYSKO/TIMES HERALD

Aiden Ericson, 5, of Lapeer hauls a bucket of water out of Lake Huron. Health authorities say swimmers should wash themselves and their clothes as soon as possible after a day at the beach to avoid illness. reopened. E. coli contamination closed county beaches 19 times in 2010.

What a lag Assuming it’s warm and sunny outside, the 18 hours it takes for bacteria colonies to mature in a Petri dish is time people likely have spent soaking themselves in unsafe water. Take this year’s closures as an example. The health department posted Lakeside, Conger and Holland beaches as unsafe on Wednesday. But, the samples used to figure that out were taken nearly a day earlier. So, people who took a dip or baked in the sun Tuesday, and possibly Monday,

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were right in the thick of the creepy-crawly stuff. The lag time between collecting samples and test results is too long to be effective for safeguarding beachgoers, said Joan Rose, who researches water quality at Michigan State University. But, she said, the tests do provide a “common yardstick� to compare beach conditions and “most people are comfortable with the method now. “We’re not closing down too many beaches, and we’re keeping enough open.� There are other tests available, and the results come faster. They also are more expensive — which given tight budgets isn’t a plus — and experts still are trying to figure out of they are reliable. Part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative money St. Clair County received will be used to test one of those methods. Two beaches in the county will be tested in the traditional method as well as with a new high-tech test that uses tiny magnetic beads that stick

only to E. coli germs. The immunomagnetic test can yield results in less than two hours. The results from both tests will be evaluated to see if the faster test could be made standard. Ten other Michigan counties are participating in the research trial led by the U.S. Geological Survey. Aside from being faster, the magnetic test finds germs that are dead or alive, making it more sensitive to contamination. “Most beaches are affected by treated sewage, that has been treated by chlorine and have dead cells,� said Rose, the Michigan State University researcher.

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HAMTRAMCK — A lack of precision has killed a lawsuit about a bad sidewalk and a broken arm. The Michigan Supreme Court this week overturned the state appeals court and dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Hamtramck. Justices say 60-year-old Kimeta Jakupovic failed to give the exact location of a crack in a sidewalk. Jakupovic badly fractured her arm in 2008 after falling. Michigan law requires that someone give notice to a public agency so the claim can be investigated. She listed the address as 9477 Mitchell — not 9465 Mitchell where the crack was located. The appeals court said Jakupovic shouldn’t be penalized, but a majority on the Supreme Court disagreed. — From wire reports

the beaches were unsafe, several swimmers splished and splashed their way along the Lake Huron shoreline Wednesday at Conger and Lakeside beaches. Jordan Gillman, 20, of St. Clair wasn’t swimming Wednesday but was hanging out on the sand at Lakeside. He said he’s always considered the water there “dirty� but still swims in it. His favorite spot for a dip is in the St. Clair River, downstream of Port Huron’s wastewater treatment plant. Testing aside, there are things swimmers and sunbathers can do to keep lower the risk of getting sick. Keeping water out of your mouth is important, said Shinn, the St. Clair County beach monitoring coordinator. Other tips include avoiding water that looks cloudy and skipping the beach after a heavy rainfall when storm sewers wash everything on the ground into the water and combined sewer overflows carrying raw and partially treated sewage are more common. Contact Amy Biolchini at (810) 989-6259 or abiolchini@gannett.com.

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Dead E. coli cells won’t grow on Petri dishes, but nobody wants to swim in them regardless. Beaches also are contaminated by feces from geese. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant helps with that, too. The health department will partner with Marysville this year to begin “birddeterrent practices� at Chrysler Beach, where Canada geese have been known to cause problems.

intentionally kill the swan. He says he was trying to get to open water to avoid the swan when the collision occurred. Graves said some people had been attacked by swans. Graves is charged with killing a protected bird. The maximum penalty is 90 days in jail.

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A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally Saturday against drone attacks in Karachi, Pakistan. Ilyas Kashmiri, a top al-Qaida commander and possible replacement for Osama bin Laden who is accused of the 2008 Mumbai massacre, was killed in an American drone-ďŹ red missile strike, a fax from the militant group he heads and a Pakistani intelligence ofďŹ cial said Saturday. FAREED KHAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Al-Qaida militant killed by U.S. drone Kashmiri was possible successor to bin Laden By y CHRIS BRUMMITT The Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — An al-Qaida leader sought in the 2008 Mumbai siege and rumored to be a longshot choice to succeed Osama bin Laden was believed killed in a U.S. drone attack as he met with other militants in an apple orchard in Pakistan, an intelligence official said Saturday. If confirmed, it would be another blow against the terror organization a month after the slaying of its leader. The purported death of Ilyas Kashmiri — who also was accused of killing many Pakistanis — could help soothe U.S.-Pakistan ties that nearly unraveled after the May 2 bin Laden raid. While it was unclear how Kashmiri was tracked, his name was on a list of militants that both countries recently agreed to jointly target as part of measures to restore trust, officials have said. It also would be a major victory for U.S. intelligence, particularly the controversial CIA-run drone program, which began in 2005 but has

been increasingly criticized by the Pakistanis amid rising anti-American sentiment in the country. Senior U.S. officials in Washington, Islamabad and the Afghan capital, Kabul, said they could not confirm that Kashmiri was killed. Other Pakistani officials also said they couldn’t confirm it. Described by American officials as al-Qaida’s military operations chief in Pakistan, the 47-year-old Pakistani was one of five most-wanted militant leaders in the country, accused of a string of bloody attacks in Pakistan and India as well as aiding plots in the West. He also has been named a defendant in an American court over a planned attack on a Danish newspaper that published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in 2005. Washington had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his location. One Pakistani intelligence officer said Kashmiri was believed killed along with eight other militants in a drone strike Friday close to

Wana in South Waziristan, not far from the Afghan border. A senior Pakistani security official said there “were strong indications� of his death. All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of department policy and the sensitivity of the subject. Verifying who has been killed in the drone strikes is difficult, with DNA samples or photographic evidence typically needed. Initial reports have turned out to be wrong in the past, including one in September 2009 that said Kashmiri had been killed. Sometimes they are never formally denied or confirmed in Pakistan or the United States. A fax purportedly sent by the militant group he was heading — Harakat-ul-Jihad al-Islami’s feared “313 Brigade� — confirmed Kashmiri was “martyred� in Friday’s 11:15 p.m. strike. It was sent to journalists in Peshawar, and its authenticity could not be independently confirmed. The group, which has not previously communicated with the media, promised revenge against America in the handwritten statement on a white page bearing the name of the group.

Hormone-blocking drug cuts breast cancer risk By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Millions of women at higher-than-usual risk of breast cancer have a new option for preventing the disease. Pfizer Inc.’s Aromasin cut the risk of developing breast cancer by more than half, without the side effects that have curbed enthusiasm for other prevention drugs, a major study found. It was the first test in healthy women of newer hormone-blocking pills called aromatase inhibitors, sold as Arimidex, Femara and Aromasin, and in generic form. They’re used now to prevent recurrences in breast cancer patients who are past menopause, and doctors have long suspected they may help prevent initial cases, too. Prevention drugs aren’t advised for women at average risk of breast cancer. Those at higher risk because of gene mutations or other reasons already have two choices for prevention — tamoxifen and raloxifene. But these drugs are unpopular because they carry small risks of uterine cancer, blood clots and other problems. “Here’s a third breast cancer prevention drug that may in fact be safer,� said Dr. Allen Lichter, chief executive of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The study was discussed Saturday at the society’s annual meeting in Chicago, along with another one that could change care for thousands of women each year with breast cancer that has spread to lymph nodes. It found that giving radiation to the armpit — not just the breast — after surgery significantly lowered the chances the cancer would come back. The prevention study involved 4,560 women from the U.S., Canada, Spain and France. a ce. They ey had ad at least east

one risk factor — being 60 or older, a prior breast abnormality or pre-invasive cancer, or a high score on a scale that takes into account family history and other things. They were given daily doses of exemestane, sold as Aromasin, or dummy pills. After about three years, there were 11 cases of invasive breast cancer among those on the drug versus 32 among the others. That worked out to a 65% reduction in risk for those on the drug — enough of a benefit that independent moni-

tors decided all participants should be offered it. Serious side effects, such as broken bones, high cholesterol and heart problems, were similar in both groups. Slightly more women on the drug reported hot flashes, fatigue, sweating, insomnia and joint pain, but qualityof-life scores were similar. Earlier studies of aromatase inhibitors found they can cause bone loss, vaginal dryness, problems having sex, joint pain and muscle aches, so it will take longer study to see if these occur, Lichter said.

McDonald’s war party fled from the killing grounds of the Mohawk Valley to the safety of Upper Canada, as southern Ontario was known. The Rev. Christian Denisson, a Catholic priest in Detroit and author of an 1896 book on the Schell family, said the twins remained with the Iroquois. “The boys and (their captors) got along very well together and became quite attached to each other: the lads learned the Indian language,â€? the priest wrote. “They were and remained the friends of the Indians the rest of their lives.â€? Two years later, the boys came to the attention of Capt. George Laws, a British officer who had played a pivotal role in preventing American forces from seizing Quebec early in the war. Laws took the twins into his household. Mark was apprenticed to a tailor while Henry traveled with the captain on assignments such as surveying a town at Bay Chaleur in New Brunswick. ÂŤÂŤ  IN 1789, the twins finally made the long walk home. They were 18, and they returned to find everything changed. “The old home was not the same — the large blockhouse was not there,â€? Denisson wrote. “Their mother has grown older; and where is their father? Denis is missing; Fred is lame; Eve is deformed.â€? Even so, it was a joyous homecoming. Neighbors from miles around gathered for the festivities. A long ballad, detailing the heroism of the Schell family, was written in German and later translated into English by a Harvard professor. “After all the afflictions and calamities, the Schells rejoice in meeting,â€? Denisson observed. “The twins who had been given up for lost or dead have returned!â€? It must have been a glorious moment for the boys’ mother, Maria Petrie Schell, who had performed so heroically in defending her home during McDonald’s raid. She would die the following year. ÂŤÂŤ  THE TWINS eventually returned to Upper Canada, where they still had many friends from their teenage years. “The twins always sought each other’s company,â€? Denisson wrote. “A great affection always existed between (them).â€? They did part company in one respect, though. Joan Shell of Worth Township, who has researched the genealogy, said Henry retained Schell as the spelling of his last name while Mark preferred the more Anglicized spelling of Shell. The brothers fathered 20 children between them, and today the different spellings help distinguish between the two family trees. ÂŤÂŤ  IN 1798, Henry settled at Grimsby, a fishing village

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ONLINE LINKS Schell: Researches after the Descendants of John Christian Schell and John Schell, written in 1896 by the Rev. Peter Denissen: http://bit.ly/gRD3ks Atlas of Sanilac County, compiled in 1894 by E.R. Cookingham with surveys by J.S. Randall: http://bit. ly/hX5xKl

on Lake Ontario. Two or three years later, he moved to Markham where Mark lived with his bride, Delila Casler. Markham was a farming community near York, which changed its name to Toronto in 1834. During the War of 1812, Mark served for three years as a private with York’s home guard. He was in his 40s at the time, and as far as I can tell, he had no occasion to take up arms against his American brethren. His regiment’s captain, John Arnold, was captured while defending York against a U.S. invasion in April 1813. Delila died in 1841, and the next year Mark joined son Peter’s family in a move to Michigan. They stopped in Detroit long enough to celebrate the Fourth of July. Afterward, they boarded a steamer bound for Port Sanilac, then a village in St. Clair County. Peter and his wife, Mary, bought property on Gardner Line near Vincent Road in Worth Township. They had a dozen children, equaling the number born to Delila and Mark. Their descendants continue to farm in Worth Township, a string unbroken over seven generations. ÂŤÂŤ  THIS STORY Y began last week with an account of Mark’s death in June 1845, the summer of his 74th year. A neighbor of mine, Betsy Barrett Egypt, had asked for help in her search for Bardwell Cemetery, where Mark was laid to rest. She said township officials could find no formal record of it. Joan Shell came to the rescue. Her father-in-law, Russell Shell, who died in 1997 at age 100, had spoken of visiting the cemetery with his grandfather, George, as a young boy. This would have been circa 1905, and Russell recalled a decorative iron fence surrounding the tiny cemetery. It overlooked a small stream in the headwaters of Burtch Creek. Perhaps 30 years ago, one of the younger members of the family, Tim Evans of Marysville, was researching the twins’ story and asked about Mark’s grave. Joan said her husband, Bill, and other family members could find no trace of the cemetery. They even used a metal detector, hoping to locate vestiges of the iron fence.

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ingham published his authoritative Atlas of Sanilac County, the cemetery would have been part of a farm owned by David Dorword. It sat about a half mile east of Amadore, then a thriving village with a train depot, hotel, three stores, two blacksmith shops, a cheese factory, a Methodist church, a town hall and a school. A few miles to the east, at the foot of Galbraith Line, steamboats made regular stops at Steven’s Landing. I could find no records to show who owned the land in 1845, or why Mark Shell would have been buried there. The cemetery was a mile south of the Shell homestead on Gardner Line. Bardwell is a pioneer name in Sanilac County. Silas Bardwell was the first sheriff in 1850 when Sanilac separated from St. Clair County. Whether there is a connection with the cemetery, I cannot say. Cookingham’s atlas, by the way, identified five farms owned by Shells — George, John, John R., Lafayette and Nathan — in Worth and Fremont townships in 1896. A.R. Schell (with the “câ€?) owned land beside the Flint & Pere Marquette tracks, while an R. Schell farmed 80 acres in Lexington Township. The Lexington Schells guided Father Denisson in his research. As another aside, he was pastor of a parish founded in the 19th century on the east side of Detroit by immigrants from Belgium. His church, St. Charles Borromeo, still stands on Baldwin Avenue and is listed with the National Register of Historic Places. ÂŤÂŤ  MARK SHELL L died of an infected wound after injuring himself in a fall while crossing a creek between Lexington and his son’s farm. He was on his deathbed when the family summoned his twin brother, Henry, who then lived with son Daniel in Ingersoll, a village on the Thames River between London and Woodstock. “The long walk from Ingersoll to Sanilac County and return must have been very arduous for the old gentleman even in those days of pedestrianism,â€? Denisson said of the journey, which is 100 miles one way. Henry said his farewells, and surely he would have prayed over his brother’s now-lost grave before the long, sad trek home. Henry died in Ingersoll on April 12, 1859. “The twins had an unlimited affection for each other,â€? Denisson wrote, “and what was the wish of one became the desire of the other.â€? Mike Connell is a freelance writer. Contact him at fortgratiot@gmail.com or visit his website at www. abbeyrow.com.

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Newsline SUNDAY, A JUNE 5, 2011 Around the world

JACKSON, Mississippi — The Mississippi River flood of 2011 may seem like a thing of the past for people who fled rising waters that never came, yet the final toll is shrouded in murky water for thousands of people devastated as the flood made its way from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of acres of crops, timber and catfish farms are still flooded, mostly by tributaries that backed up because the Mississippi River was so high. Hundreds of people are

still displaced from flooded homes. Some people had nothing to go home to. In the Mississippi Delta, Tim Saxton is still praying for the levees to hold — not the levees on the Mississippi River, but the ones on his 500-acre catfish farm. Saxton is not sure how bad Five Mile Fisheries was damaged because it’s still under water. So he waits and wonders. “It’s going to be tough on a 60-year-old man to start over, but I’m sure going to try,” Saxton vowed. The levees divided the farm into dozens of small ponds for different-sized fish. If he has to rebuild all of those levees, the financial blow will be crippling. Even if the levees survive, it could take Saxton a year or more to get back into production.

Some were more fortunate. Hundreds of people living along Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River heeded mandatory evacuation orders when the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza floodway north of Baton Rouge for the first time since 1973. The corps had warned residents of Butte LaRose that diverting the Mississippi River’s flood waters into the Atchafalaya basin could inundate the town. Several weeks later, that dire forecast hasn’t come close to fruition. The slowly rising water has damaged a few f homes in Butte LaRose but spared the vast majority. “I said I wanted to give Mother Nature a run for her money,” said Maxim Doucet, 37. “We won this time, but we don’t know if we’ll win the next time.”

NATO forces strike inside Libya British and French attack helicopters struck for the first time inside Libya, giving the NATO campaign more muscle against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces. Hours later, Tripoli was hit by another round of airstrikes, and at least eight explosions sounded in the capital. The use of helicopters significantly ramped up NATO’s operations and was a major boost to Libyan rebels, just a day after the fighters forced government troops from three western towns and broke the siege of a fourth. f

Yemeni president accepts Saudi offer Wounded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has flown to Saudi Arabia, according to officials. He accepted an offer from the Saudi king to travel there for medical treatment for wounds from a rebel rocket attack and left Sanaa, the capital. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters, said Saleh spoke to Saudi King Abdullah shortly after the rocket attack Friday night that wounded Saleh and five top government officials.

Ex-Tijuana mayor arrested Former Tijuana mayor Jorge Hank Rhon, one of Mexico’s most flamboyant businessmen and politicians, has been detained on suspicion of illegal weapons possession, the federal Attorney General’s Office announced Saturday. Mexican troops raided the gambling impresario’s house and found 88 guns, officials AFP/Getty Images said. The Attorney General’s Office said Hank Rhon and 10 other people were detained. Built for speed: A train makes a trial run in Shanghai last month. Top operating speeds for new trains have been lowered from 217 mph to 186. Mexican law limits ownership of large firearms to the military and requires licensing of most other guns. Violations can be punished by as long as 15 years in prison in some cases.

China slows high-speed rail boom

Across the nation

By Charlie Riedel, AP

Rally for jailed soldier

Expansion cut back amid concerns over value, safety

Suspect in WikiLeaks case: About 250 sup- By Calum MacLeod porters of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning march USA TODAY to the gates of Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where Manning is being held on suspicion of illegalTIANJIN, China — Speeding ly passing government secrets. along at 206 mph, dairy products salesman Ji Qiyuan said he appreHuntsman may skip Iowa caucuses ciated the convenience of the high-speed train that was getting Potential Republican presidential contend- him to this booming manufacturer Jon Huntsman says it’s unlikely that he’ll ing center in a half-hour. compete in Iowa’s lead-off caucuses. “Time is important as I must The former Utah governor and ambassador meet several clients in a day,” he to China tells New Hampshire activists that he says of the trip, which before the doesn’t support subsidies for corn-based eth- high-speed rail line was installed anol. would take 90 minutes from Beijing. Even so, he deplores the naFire crews try to save Ariz. homes tionwide rush to high-speed serCrews in Arizona worked Saturday to pro- vices. tect several small communities from two “I’ve traveled to many places in large wildfires. The crews cleared brush near my job, and I believe China does homes and planned to set fires aimed at not need such advanced infrarobbing the blazes of forest fuels. structure,” Ji, 38, says. “Many The Wallow Fire near the White Mountain places, especially in western Chicommunity of Alpine grew to 218 square na, are very backward in educamiles, or more than 140,000 acres, by Sat- tion, social welfare and basic inurday morning. The fire is the third-largest in frastructure.” state history, with smoke from it visible in In his State of the Union adparts of southern Colorado. dress this year, President Obama suggested that China was outpacBy Tim Wendel with wire reports ing the United States in transportation technology. He cited D’Onofrio raises money for China’s development of highpublic safety officers in Utah speed rail as something the United States must emulate and called PROVO, Utah h — Vincent D’Onofrio is visfor $53 billion in spending to creiting Utah to drum up financial support for his real-life heroes: public safety work- ate a U.S. network of high-speed ers who have been exposed to toxins from rail lines. But China has hit the brakes on methamphetamine labs while on duty. its expansion in the past three D’Onofrio portrays a police investigator months as critics question the on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He says value and safety of bullet trains, 92 people have undergone the program in Utah so far, and the recovery rate is 100%. which have been expensive to — The Associated Press build and maintain. A corruption scandal ousted

China’s speed-loving railway minister Liu Zhijun, amid reports he kept multiple mistresses nationwide, and concerns over safety and cost persuaded his replacement to lower top operating speeds from 217 mph to 186.

Doubling track length “High-speed rail costs three times as much as ordinary rail,” says Zhao Jian, a railway economics expert at Jiaotong University in Beijing. “In no country worldwide has high-speed rail ever been profitable. China has built or renovated 295 stations for high-speed trains that can exceed 300 mph, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency. Despite the speed cut, and this month’s halting of one new line by the environment ministry, China says it is committed to roughly doubling its worldleading high-speed rail track length from its current 5,193 miles to 9,942 miles by 2015, Xinhua says. The World Bank supports China’s railway development as a means to alleviate poverty through economic growth, says John Scales, the bank’s transport sector coordinator in Beijing. Short-term cost concerns drive the planned speed reduction and may be passed on to passengers in lower ticket prices, but there is no significant deviation from China’s core expansion plans, he says. Key challenges include the need for a more market-oriented

By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY

16-hour workday: “We’ve got to finish this project by the end of June,” Zhang Tingguo says at what will be Asia’s largest rail station. pricing approach, better planning of line location and use, the system’s heavy debts and safety issues, Scales says. The same may not be true for a country like the United States. China enjoys the “cross benefit” of having state-operated passenger and freight networks, so new, dedicated passenger lines free up space for freight trains on existing lines, Scales says. In the United States, freight lines are privately owned. Also, China’s population density is such that high-speed rail can link up a chain of large urban centers, he says. China experts say the one-party system helps ensure China’s Communist government will deliver on ambitious rail plans no matter the concerns of cost and necessity. “In the USA, although Obama’s government is interested, it doesn’t mean the USA will build high-speed rail soon,” says Mao Baohua, a rail expert at Beijing’s Jiaotong University. Zhao says the government’s power to implement major projects quickly can lead to hasty decisions. “China has so much high-speed rail because in China the government decides, so from the railway ministry down to local government these are ‘face’ projects, that cause high levels of debt,” he says. “China needs more ordinary railway, not high-speed tracks.” In China, corruption remains a constant problem as there is no

separation between government and rail enterprises, and no effective supervision, Mao says. After the former high-speed rail chief Liu was forced out, China’s Caijing magazine reported that he was being accused of taking a $1.5 million bribe. Mao remains convinced highspeed rail is not just a prestige, political project.

Efficient way to travel “Compared to other modes of transport, in the long-term highspeed rail will be a cheap and efficient way to travel,” he says. The World Bank’s Scales agrees: “China is making history. It’s just breathtaking to be witnessing this unfolding.” On a Beijing-bound bullet train from Tianjin last week, clothes retailer Cheng Ling, 24, says she’s a ffan. “The ticket price ($9) is a little high, but I like high-speed rail as it’s cleaner than ordinary trains, and passengers behave better,” such as refraining from smoking and talking less loudly, she says. Her husband, Xu Chao, hopes high-speed services will fully replace regular trains within the next 20 years. Outside the massive Tianjin West Railway Station, interior decorator Zhang Tingguo is having a lunch of rice and bean sprouts. Zhang’s 16-hour workday suggests no slowdown in China’s high-speed rail projects already in progress. The race is on to complete 24 new stations.

N.J. fun park reopens day after Ferris wheel death The Associated Press

WILDWOOD, NJ — A Jer-

sey shore boardwalk amusement park that closed after an 11-year-old girl tumbled from a moving Ferris wheel to her death reopened Saturday while investigators tried to figure out what caused her fall. A spokeswoman for Morey’s Mariner’s Landing Pier in Wildwood said the park reopened at noon. It was closed Friday night, hours after the death of 11-

year-old Abiah Jones. Jones was with her classmates from Pleasant Tech Academy when she plunged about 100 feet, from near the top of the ride, and landed in the passenger loading area, police and amusement park officials said. She was pronounced dead at a hospital about 45 minutes later. The popular park was packed with children attending a special school-related promotional event called Education Extravaganza.

Police took photographs of passenger carts on the Ferris wheel, part of which was covered in white sheets, and were looking for witnesses to the girl’s fall. The Ferris wheel was to remain closed until the cause of the girl’s fall is determined. It didn’t appear to be mechanical, police and Morey’s said. The 156-foot-tall Ferris wheel is among several rides at the park. It was built in 1985 and most recently

passed an inspection March 17, said the state Department of Community Affairs, which was examining it and investigating the girl’s death. Abiah’s death was the first of a patron in the history of the Morey’s organization, which has owned amusement parks at the Jersey shore since 1969, president Will Morey said. “I’d like to say how sorry we are for the incident that occurred here,” Morey said. It appears Abiah, of Pleas-

antville, was alone in one of the ride’s passenger gondolas, which is secured with a double latch, Morey said. The door of the gondola opens inward, making it difficult to climb out of, he said. According to a 2010 report from the National Safety Council, the estimated number of amusement ride-related injuries on fixed-site rides nationwide was 1,086, or 0.6 per million patron rides. The odds of being seriously injured at one of the

United States’ 400 fixed-site amusement parks are 1 in 9 million, said a spokeswoman for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. “Events like this are extremely rare, and safety is the No. 1 priority for the amusement park industry,” association spokeswoman Colleen Mangone said. About 280 million guests visit those theme parks each year, taking 1.7 billion rides, she said.

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LANSING — It’s been

nearly three decades since a recall effort targeting a Michigan state lawmaker has been successful. That doesn’t stop political opponents from trying to beat long odds and chase some incumbents out of office before the end of their terms. Roughly a dozen statelevel Michigan Republicans, including Gov. Rick Snyder, have been targeted for possible recall this year, less than six months into their terms. The reasons vary but among those often cited by recall organizers are a new state law giving more power to state-appointed emergency managers, funding cuts to public education and tax policy changes including a business tax reduction and the end- Gov. Rick ing of some Snyder y tax exemptions on retiree income. All of the recall attempts started this year are in the early stages and are far from making the ballot. “They pushed the buttons,� said Dennis Perry, the supervisor of Gladwin County’s Hay Township and a Democrat pursuing recalls against state Sen. John Moolenaar of Midland and state Rep. Joel Johnson of Clare. “I don’t think that we can afford to wait for another election to come up.� The initial recall petition wording proposed against Moolenaar and Johnson was deemed unclear by elections officials, but Perry expects to file revised language against the lawmakers. Recall targets say they’re

staying focused on their jobs and doing what the majority of voters elected them to do. “Individuals have the constitutional right to pursue that,� Moolenaar, a firstterm Republican senator and former member of the state House, said of the recall effort. “I’m focusing on the work of the budget and helping our state become more competitive economically. There will always be differences of opinion in politics. So I accept that, but believe I have been elected to use the best judgment and make the contribution that people elected me to make.� Recall efforts can divert time and resources that targeted lawmakers would rather use on other initiatives. If recall attempts get serious and progress toward the ballot, lawmakers typically will take more significant steps to protect themselves. Sitting lawmakers have historical odds on their side. The last successful recall was in 1983, when two Democratic senators from southeast Michigan were voted out of office for their votes on an income tax proposal. It’s rare that a recall attempt even makes it to the ballot. The last lawmaker to face that challenge, former Democratic House speaker and current state Treasurer Andy Dillon, defeated the proposal at the polls in 2008 and also won re-election. The amounts required vary by district and are based on the number of voters in previous elections. Wording of a recall petition targeting Snyder has been approved in Washtenaw County but recall supporters must collect 806,522 valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Nation-

ally, only two governors have ever been recalled — California Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921. Nineteen states permit the recalls of state officials, according to the National Conference of State Legis-

latures. The most activity this year has come in Wisconsin, where six Republican state senators are likely to face recall elections in the summer and other lawmakers, including some Democrats, may be added to the lineup.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says recent economic “headwinds� at home resulted from high gasoline prices, the Japanese earthquake and Europe’s financial crisis. As inspiration for a broader recovery, he’s citing the American auto industry’s resurgence. “We’re a people who don’t give up, who do big things, who shape our own destiny,� the president said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday. The message, taped Friday during Obama’s visit to a Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, was similar to the remarks he offered to about 350 Chrysler workers. The White House has spent almost every day this past week drawing attention to the industry comeback and taking credit for Obama’s unpopular decision to bail out Chrysler and General Motors and guide them through bankruptcy in 2009. The Bush and Obama administrations pumped $80 billion in taxpayer money into Chrysler and GM, with Obama guiding the companies into bankruptcy. The companies are now reporting profits, Chrysler has paid back all but $1.3 billion of its federal infusion, and the White House says

the overall loss to taxpayers will be $14 billion, far less than first expected. In the Republican Barack address, Sen. Oba a Obama Lamar Alexander of Tennessee cast the Obama administration as too friendly to labor unions and said industries are more likely to flourish in environments where unions don’t hold as much sway. He cited the case of Boeing, which was accused last month by the National Labor Relations Board of retaliating against union workers in Washington state who went on strike in 2008 by locating a new assembly line for its 787 aircraft in South Carolina, a state with right-towork laws. The NLRB is seeking a court order that would force Boeing to return all 787 assembly work to Washington. “Our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs in this country,� Alexander said. “Giving workers the right to join or not to join a union helps to create a competitive environment in which more manufacturers like Nissan and Boeing can make here what they sell here.�

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Specific grounds for recall — such as the commission of a felony, ethics violations or incompetence — are required in only eight states. In many of the others, including Michigan, a lawmaker can be targeted for recall simply because

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NEWS IN BRIEF Secretary of State to close for move The Michigan Secretary of State office in Port Huron will be closed Monday to Wednesday so equipment can be moved into a newly renovated and expanded space at the Court of Flags Mall on Krafft Road. The office has been operating out of a temporary location since April to allow for the renovation and expansion. The move will take the office back to its original spot on the southeast side of the strip mall. People who need to visit the Secretary of State during next week’s closure can visit one of the following offices: » 51305 Gratiot Ave., Chesterfield Township » 277 E. Sanilac Road, Sandusky » 700 S. Main St., Lapeer The offices are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. They are open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For information, customers can contact the Department of State Information Center at (888) 767-6424.

Sanilac forest sites get spring spruce-up SANDUSKY — The Sani-

lac County Sheriff’s Work Crew, Waste Management and volunteers from the Slate Stone Strutters — a local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation — worked Wednesday to clean up five sites in Sanilac County. The effort was part of the Adopt a Forest program sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Clean Forests, according to a news release from the Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office. Targeted sites were along Bad Axe Road south of Bay City-Forestville Road in Greenleaf Township; Tyre Road south of Flannery Road in Austin Township; Robinson Road east of Freiberger Road in Argyle Township; Wheatland Road north of Argyle Road in Argyle Township; and Reinelt Road north of Mills Road in Wheatland Township. The areas will be monitored for trash. For more information about Adopt a Forest, visit www. cleanforests.org.

Fire victim still in critical condition A 46-year-old Port Huron man remained in critical condition Saturday at a University of Michigan Health System hospital in Ann Arbor, according to hospital spokeswoman Sam Jessie. Daniel Lawrence was injured Wednesday during a fire at a residence at 2617 Armour St. in Port Huron. Firefighters have said witnesses reported Lawrence had escaped the home, then went back to make sure his mother wasn’t inside and to get his dog. The dog escaped on its own, and Lawrence’s mother was not home. Submit your news at newsbriefs@thetimesherald.com.

STATE Shooting draws attention to PTSD HOWARD CITY — Relatives of a Howard City man shot to death after pointing a gun at police say they hope the tragedy draws attention to the effects of combat-related stress. Police were called to the Montcalm County home of 47-year-old ex-Marine Matthew Speese to check on his well-being Wednesday. They spoke with him for about two hours before he left the house and came toward them with the gun. Dave Speese told The Grand Rapids Press his brother returned home from the first Gulf War withdrawn after watching a helicopter crash claim the lives of many in his platoon. He sought treatment at the Fort Custer medical center and trained to counsel others who suffered stress disorders.

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ON TODAY’S CALENDAR ST. CLAIR: Juried craft show, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Riverview Plaza, 201 N. Riverside Ave. YALE: Lions Summerfest, 1 p.m. mud bog, Yale Lions Club grounds, M-19 and Jeddo Road. $8 adults, $4 children, free for children 5 and younger JEDDO: Steak-N-Clays Shoot, 5 p.m., Four Square Sportsman’s Association, 6779 Cline Road. Steak dinner and shooting in two-person teams. $25 per person, $10 for extra meals.

Firefighters g hold open p house By y JULIANNE MATTERA Times Herald

MARYSVILLE — Jonah Reeves was all smiles Saturday as he held tight to a spraying fire hose with the help of Marysville Fire Department Capt. Keith Wayburn. “You get to spray the fire out!” Jonah Reeves said gleefully after hitting a burning house target with the water. T h e 5 - y e a r- o l d f r o m Marysville was one of many children who stopped by the department’s open house with their families. Firefighter Aaron Thomas said the open house was the first for the department, at 1355 Delaware Ave. in Marysville. “It’s time that we get out there and let everyone know what we’re capable of doing,” Thomas said. “That

way they know what services are available to them.” During the day, kids and families got a chance to see the inside of fire trucks, talk with members of the department and participate in a fire simulation. Firefighters demonstrated a car fire and extracting a person from a car crash. They also did a side-byside demonstration of a residential fire in a home with a sprinkler system and one without. Thomas said many times people don’t realize how quickly a fire can develop in a home, which can lead to dangerous choices such as going back inside a burning house to grab an item. “It’s a real eye-opener for a lot of people,” Thomas said. He added that educating the community is the best

Marysville Fire Capt. Keith Wayburn helps Abbey Dean spray water on a model house during an open house Saturday at the Marysville Fire Station. WENDY TORELLO/TIMES HERALD way to prevent fires. J o n a h ’s g r a n d m o t h er, Louanne Reeves of Marysville, said the event was a great thing for

the community. “People don’t realize what these guys do on a day-today basis,” Reeves said. “It’s a blessing to be able to have

all these things available to us.” Contact Julianne Mattera at (810) 989-6275 or jmattera@ gannett.com

Canoeists race Black River 60 racers compete in event By y JULIANNE MATTERA Times Herald

At the sound of a horn, 15 canoeists paddled furiously as they launched themselves down the Black River. The solo canoe race was one of several Saturday at the fourth annual Black River Canoe and Kayak Races at the Riverside Boat Launch in Port Huron. Jim Wier, an organizer of the event who lives in Ruby, said the races drew about 60 canoeists from across Michigan and outside the state. “Once you get it in your blood, you go for it,” Wier said, regarding the sport. Since the race was started in 2008, Wier said participation has doubled. Wier, along with other members of the race committee, said the race also promotes awareness of the Black River. Adults competed for cash prizes in expert and amateur two-person canoe races, as well as a general solo canoe race Saturday. In the two-person race, canoeists paddled for about two hours straight as they made several laps along the Black River. The solo race course later in the afternoon was estimated to take about half that time. Ralph Scofield of Avoca, who competed in the solo and two-person race Saturday, said he’s been racing canoes for about 30 years. “It’s a lot like running a marathon,” said Scofield, who typically paddles at 70 strokes a minute. By racing, Scofield said he’s met a diverse group of people from “all walks of life.” He added the community is pretty tight-knit. But canoeists who race also are very competitive and are usually ready to race “rain or

From left l f to right, h Cameron McClain l and d Andrew d Triebold, b ld Nick k Walton l and d Tad d Hill, ll and d Rodney d and d Ryan Halstead l d lead the race as they float under the Military Street Bridge on Saturday morning during the Black River Canoe and Kayak Races. WENDY TORELLO/TIMES HERALD

RESULTS

BLACK RIVER CANOE AND KAYAK RACES » TWO-PERSON CANOE

RACE, ELITE LEVEL: Mike and Matt Savoie, Anthony and Peggy Blackburn, and John and Sarah Webb paddle long the Black River near Military y Street in Port Huron. shine,” he said. “Everyone wants to be first ...,” Scofield said. “Everyone is totally dedicated to moving up one spot. Wherever you’re at in the pack

... you’re just thinking of the canoe ahead of you and how you’re going to pass them.” Contact Julianne Mattera at (810) 989-6275 or jmattera@ gannett.com.

First place: Cameron McClain and Andrew Triebold of Grayling Second place: Rodney Halstead of Roscommon and Ryan Halstead of Grayling Third place: Matt Meersman of South Bend, Ind. and Steve Kolovich of Eaton Rapids

»TWO-PERSON CANOE RACE, AMATEUR LEVEL: First place: Mark and Eric Ferguson of Tawas Second place: Keith Wojahn and Barry Griffin of Tawas Third place: Rick Embley of Mount Clemens and Jake Embley of Harrison Township

» SOLO CANOE RACE: First place: Nick Walton of Grayling Second place: Tad Hill of Ann Arbor Third place: Ryan Halstead of Grayling

State must give up marijuana records By y ED WHITE The Associated Press

DETROIT — The state of Michigan must comply with a federal request to turn over the medical marijuana records of six people in the Lansing area, a judge said. The Department of Community Health had refused to comply with a subpoena from federal agents without a court order. Michigan’s 2008 medical marijuana law has a confidentiality provi-

sion with strict penalties for any violation. “The use of marijuana remains a federal felony,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh Brenneman Jr. said Friday in Grand Rapids. “The new Michigan statute makes no claim, of course, that the federal government cannot continue to enforce federal law, or that the Michigan statute overrides federal law.” The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says

it’s interested in large-scale drug traffickers, not legitimate users of medical marijuana. It has refused to disclose details about the investigation of Lansing-area residents who apparently have medical marijuana cards issued by the state. “Only the truly naive or the disingenuous would try to argue that the (law) will not be abused by others seeking a cover for illicitly using or distributing marijuana,” Brenneman said in

a 25-page order. Jesse Williams, a Traverse City attorney for medical marijuana users, said the decision is “terrible.” “The DEA now has free reign to subpoena records ... and they don’t even have to make a showing of probable cause to a federal magistrate,” he said. Williams sought to intervene in the case on behalf of the Michigan Association of Compassion Centers, a group of patients, providers

and others involved in medical marijuana. Brenneman turned him down. Williams said the Michigan attorney general’s office, which represented the health department in court, should have fought release of the records. “Why do you want to live in a state where you comply with a state law and then your own government isn’t going to protect you? Who cares if it’s marijuana?” Williams said Saturday.

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FOR MORE LISTINGS, GO TO WWW.THETIMESHERALD.COM 7 p.m. Free Concert: Faith Singers. Special Events Today  Yale Lions Summerfest: Mud bog, 1 p.m. Yale Lions Club grounds, M-19 and Jeddo Road. Details: www.yalelions. us. $8 adults, $4 children, free for children 5 and younger.  Amy Pray Outdoor Weekend: 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. 3-D archery; trap, skeet and sporting clays; children’s events. Huron Pointe Sportsmen’s Association, 35800 38 Mile Road, New Haven. Sponsor: Michigan Bow Hunters Association  Spring Juried Craft Show, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Riverview Plaza, 201 N. Riverside Ave., St. Clair.

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Breakfast, to 11:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus , 3501 Rattle Run Road, St. Clair. $6 adults, $4 children, free for children 5 and younger. Bacon, Egg and Pancake Breakfast, to noon, Marysville Masonic Center, 1569 Michigan Ave. $5, free for children 4 and younger. “Lifting the Stigma� Power Lifting Meet, to 1 p.m. Viking Fitness Center, 2422 Lapeer Road, Port Huron Township. $15 entry fee for bench press or deadlift. $25 Ironman entry fee. All proceeds benefit Autism Society of Michigan. Charity Yard Sale, to 3 p.m. Port Huron Factory Shops Outlet, 1661 Range Road, Kimball Township. Benefits the Blue Water Area Humane Society. Steak-N-Clays Shoot. Steak dinner and shooting by twoman teams. Four Square Sportsman’s Association, 6779 Cline Road, Jeddo. (810) 327-6859. $25 per person, $10 for extra meals. Proceeds go toward new rifle range. g

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Below are some of the special events the centers are offering.

Potluck luncheons Âť Wednesday: Noon, China Township Âť Thursday: 12:30 p.m. St. Clair

Blood-pressure readings Âť Tuesday: 10:30 a.m., Algonac Âť Wednesday: Noon, China Township

Business meeting Âť Wednesday: 11:30 a.m., Marysville

Travel service For information about

St. John’s United Church of Christ, 710 Pine St., Port Huron.

Monday 11:30 a.m.American Red Cross Blood Drive, to 5:30 p.m. By appointment only. St. John River District Hospital, 4100 River Road, East China Township. (800) GIVE.LIFE. Noon American Red Cross Blood Drive, to 6 p.m. by appointment only, Kimball Township Hall, 2160 Wadhams Road. (800) GIVE-LIFE. 3 p.m. My First Book Club, for children in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Memphis Library, 34830 Potter St. Free. 4 p.m. Friends of the Library Meeting. G. Lynn Campbell Library, 1955 Allen Road, Kimball Township. 5 p.m. Bingo, play begins at 7 p.m. St. Edward On-the-Lake Parish Hall, 6962 Lakeshore Road, Lakeport. 6 p.m. St. Clair County GOP District Committee Meeting, for Districts 4 and 5. Marysville Library, 1175 Delaware Ave. 6:30 p.m. Bingo, American Legion Charles Hammond Post 8, 1026 Sixth St., Port Huron. 7 p.m. Extreme Talent Showcase. Entertainment by the Sandusky High School drama and music departments, Firebird Theatres, 280 E. Sanilac Road, Sandusky. Free. 7 p.m. Travelogue: “Safari Through Kenya� with library director Jim Warwick. St. Clair County Library, 210 McMorran Blvd., Port Huron.

Tuesday 8:30 a.m. Bingo, play begins at 10:30 a.m. Knights of Columbus, 4521 Ravenswood Road, Kimball Township. 6 p.m. Friends of the Library Meeting, g, Yale Library, y, 2 Jones St.

these trips, call (810) 9845063 or (810) 765-4254 Âť June 13: Motor City/ MGM casinos in Detroit. Departs from Port Huron and Marine City. Include $20 gaming voucher. $25. Âť June 14: Ray Wiegand’s Nursery workshop and shopping. $75 per person. Âť June 16: Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians. $70 per person. Âť June 21: “What About Love?â€? at the Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, Ontario. Call details. Âť June 27: Cruise on the Huron Lady II to the River Crab restaurant. Meet at Military Street dock. $50 per person. Âť June 29: Turkeyville’s Dinner Theatre presents “Don’t Hug Me.â€? 2 p.m. matinee and turkey dinner. $90 per person. Âť July 8: Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Edsel

and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe. Evening outdoor Pops concert with fireworks afterward. $70 per person. Rain date: July 10.

St. Clair County meals Meal sites are: Algonac Elementary School; Capac Senior Center; Washington Life Center in Marine City; Desmond Village, Our Lady of Guadalupe Hispanic Mission and Palmer Park Recreation Center, all in Port Huron; Pine Shores Golf Course in St. Clair; and Yale Senior Center. Âť Monday: Ham and cheese quiche, mixed fruit, broccoli, blueberry cobbler Âť Tuesday: Tuna salad, tomatoes, beets, banana Âť Wednesday: Fried chicken, corn, mashed potatoes with gravy, apple Âť Thursday: Liver and

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WE WANT YOUR NEWS Âť To pass along information for this page, call Mary Jo Olmstead at (810) 989-6253.

BLUE WATER NAMES IN THE NEWS MEMORIES Âť Autumn Sacquety y and receive $500 for tuition or FOR JUNE 5

100 years ago Âť The storm that swept the city last night tied up street car traffic for more than two hours. Serious disaster was narrowly averted at the circus grounds where the Hagenbeck-Wallace show is pitched, when a herd of elephants came loose and were brought under control with great difficulty. Lions and other animals added noise to the uproar when the tents were blown down.

70 years ago Âť A bold thief stole the front license plate and bracket from a car owned by Undersheriff Floyd S. VanConant. The car was parked behind the county jail.

50 years ago Âť Clarence G. Asman, owner of the Asman Greenhouse, 3550 Gratiot Ave., told police that three windows valued at $20 had been broken. Mr. Asman said in the last two weeks 20 windows have been broken in the green house.

25 years ago  PORT HURON TWP. — A sheriff’s deputy went into a flame- and smokefilled house to search for residents feared trapped inside. No one was in the home and the deputy escaped unharmed. Compiled by Mary Jo Olmstead from f Times Herald ffiles

onions, green beans, scalloped potatoes, peaches Âť Friday: Salisbury steak, peas, baby bakers, grapes

Sanilac County meals Meal sites are at the Marlette VFW; Bark Shanty Community Center, Port Sanilac; Eastland Manor, Sandusky; St. Joseph Hall, Argyle Township; Deckerville Community Center; and Lexington Senior Center. Âť Monday: Fish, rice pilaf, wax beans, fruity cole slaw, apricot Âť Tuesday: Cheesy mostaccioli, carrots, pear Âť Wednesday: Beef stir fry, fried rice, Oriental blend vegetables, gelatin Âť Thursday: Barbecue pork chop, red skin potatoes, vegetables, mixed fruit Âť Friday: Closed

Sarah Casnovsky y have been awarded the 2011 scholarships from the Ashley M. Janderwski Memorial Scholarship Fund. Autumn won the Autumn AcademSacquety ic (Special Education Teaching) Scholarship. A senior at Marysville High School, she plans to attend Saginaw ValSarah ley State Casnovsky y University to pursue a degree in special education. She will receive $1,500 to be used for college classes or books. She is the daughter of Doreen McComas. Âť Sarah won the Hockey Scholarship. A senior at Regina High School in Warren, she played high school girls hockey as a goalie on her junior varsity and varsity teams. She plans to major in creative writing and minor in Spanish at Siena Heights University in the fall. She will

books. She is the daughter of David and Patricia Casnovsky.

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ties and organization such as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Safe Horizons, Pathway, Mid City Nutrition and Peoples’ Clinic for Better Health. For details, call (810) 364-6127.

Blue Water Women’s League The league is accepting entries for its annual Tot Contest. To enter, send a 5by-7 photo along with the child’s name, address, city, ZIP code, birth date, sex, parents’ names (as it will appear in the paper) and phone number to the Blue Water Women’s League Tot Contest, Box 610495, Port Huron, 48061-0496. The deadline for entries is June 29. Children must be between 1 and 4 years old as of July 20. The contest is a fundraiser for local charities and is not a beauty contest. The boy and girl who raise the most money during the International Day Parade in downtown Port Huron will be the winners. They will receive a $50 savings bond, a 5-by-7 Tot Contest Winner picture frame, other prizes and have their pictures featured on a billboard in downtown Port Huron for a month. The money raised will be given to various chari-

The following students have been named the May students of the month at Port Huron Northern High School. Âť Academics: Eli Schlager, Nicholas Brown, Emily Markopoulos and Alisha David. Âť Athletics: Hunter Boshaw, Ally Prange, Paul Leveille and Mia Rankine. Âť Activities: Elizabeth Kolar, Gabrielle Brown, Jordyn Clark k and Bianca Marrogy. Âť Citizenship: Elizabeth Mahlstedt, Rae Brozovich, Kirsten Kelly y and Megan Cravens. Âť Airman Jordan J. Kaminski graduated with honors from basic military May 13 in San Antonio, Texas. He was among the top 10% of his graduating class Jordan of 700 airKaminski men. A 2009 graduate of St. Clair High School, he is the son of Richard and Nancy Kaminski of China Township.

Marwood Nursing and Rehab The winners of the 23nd annual My Best Older Friend essay contest for students were: Âť First grade: Kalei Clark of Morton Elementary School in Marysville. Âť Second grade: Madison Decker of Michigamme Elementary School in Port Huron Township. Âť Third grade: Saskia Eipperle of Roosevelt Elementary School in Port Huron. Âť Fourth grade: Delia Bennett of Keewahdin Elementary School in Fort Gratiot. Âť Fifth grade: Madeline Michele Meldrum of Fair Haven Elementary School Âť Sixth grade: Christopher LaFrance from Trinity Lutheran School in Port Huron Each winner received a $50 U.S. Savings Bond.

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Opinion by Adam Zyglis

Qataris deserve our friendship, not avarice

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bdullah bin Hamed Al-Attiyah is not a household name in St. Clair County, but perhaps he should be. He is the deputy premier of Qatar, an oil-rich nation on the Persian Gulf, and chairman of Qatar Petroleum. He served five terms as president of OPEC — the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries — and now leads the powerful Gas Exporting Countries Forum. He is one of the world’s most influential men. And, oh, by the way, he also is a proud graduate of St. Clair County Community College. Other prominent Qataris also have attended SC4 over the years. This connection explains why Qatari educators looked to Port Huron for guidance while planning a new community college in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Thomas Mooney, a professor emeritus at SC4, said Al-Attiyah and other Qataris also expressed interest in rewarding their alma mater. One proposal involves gifts and investments of as much as $40 million for scholarships, campus expansion and a commercial aquarium in Port Huron. This is exciting stuff, and it is more than just talk. On two occasions, the Qataris paid the tab — about $20,000 per person — for SC4 delegations to visit Qatar. Five people made the first trip — college president Kevin Pollock, trustees John Adair and Nicholas DeGrazia, and two retired professors, Mooney and Robert Tansky. A month ago, Mooney and Tansky returned with another professor emeritus, Paul Schmitt. Controversy arose when Mooney criticized Tansky, who won a seat on SC4’s board last year, for using the trip to market a private business venture. Mooney said Tansky acted on DeGrazia’s behalf and with Adair’s support. The college asked its lawyer, Gary Fletcher, to investigate Mooney’s accusations. In a report to trustees, Fletcher said no laws had been broken and no formal college policies had been broken. Maybe so, but conducting private affairs on a college business trip is unseemly and inappropriate. Trustees are elected to represent the college and the community not private interests. The absence of an ethics policy for college trustees is an alarming footnote to this story. It not only leaves the board vulnerable to suggestions of impropriety, it is plain stupid. Approval of an ethics policy should be the trustees’ No. 2 priority. Their No. 1 priority should be reaching out to Al-Attiyah and the other Qataris who remember Port Huron with such affection. Let’s reassure them that while their generosity is appreciated, their friendship means even more.

Sperry’s TV campaign is all wet » Chris from Port Huron: “About putting the TVs in Sperry’s. There’s only one problem. There’s only going to be three people that are going to watch them. I think that’s a public relations blunder. If the Community Foundation wants to invest their money they should invest it the water quality studies that are going around the intake plants. The governor should divert more funds to the water quality studies now that we have the cancer clusters happening downriver. It’s a shame that the federal government and the state started this program and now they want to cut it. They should cut the tourism dollars and

YOUR VIEWS East China needs to be serious about cuts

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he East China School Board and CEO Green had a special meeting on May 18 and ratified a new contract with the teachers and CEO Green. Because they did not negotiate them paying 10% of their health care costs, they lost a $100 state grant per pupil given to districts who did so. With 4,937 pupils in East China, this amounts to $493,700 lost to the district along with the 10% savings in health care. Was this hurriedly ratified to circumvent a new state law mandating 10% to 20% of their health care costs to be paid by school employees about to be made law? An explanation from CEO Green and the school board is in order. Ten years ago there was $15 million in the reserve fund. Now it is down to about $4 million, which is near the 10% required by the board rules. Depleting the reserves of about $1 million per year is the only way the budgets have been balanced. Next year’s budget will have no reserves to draw on. Districts all over the state are making massive cuts and ours should be no exception starting from the top down. Our school employees are right at the top tier in the state in wages and benefits. CEO Green should set an example by taking a 10% pay cut. The next board meeting is June 13 at 7 p.m. on Meisner Road. ROBERT CROREY China Township

New budget not fair, not good for state would like to respond to both the “Our

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View” and “Your Views” columns in the May 27 Times Herald. The editorial stated “Snyder’s call for shared sacrifice largely falls on retirees and the working poor who saw the Earned Income Tax credit reduced. The increased tax revenue they will provide will help make up for the taxes the business community won’t pay.” Where’s the shared sacrifice? The elderly and poor pay more and businessmen pay less. The letter to the editor from Blue Water

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divert that money to the water quality studies.” » Charlie from Marysville: “I bought an old Schwinn and it needs some work. There used to be an old guy in South Park that worked on bikes. I live in Marysville. Just wondered if there’s somebody around that putters around with bikes to look at it. Could you see if there’s some readers that mess around with bikes and fix them up?” Alpine Cycles downtown does professional repairs at fair prices. » Furious from Clyde Township: “To all the idiots who keep p closing g roads

to or from Port Huron: Now there is more traffic using Allen Road. Do any of you use Allen Road? I don’t think so. Right now on Lapeer and Allen Road it is bumper-to-bumper. ... There is no red light to ease the problem. Some day there’s going to be a horrible accident. Now Wadhams is closing between Griswold and Flinchbaugh roads for work on railroad tracks. These people are told to use Allen Road.” » No Name: “There seems to be an ongoing concern about crime increasing in the area: Shootings, drugs, theft. Police certainly have their hands full. I recommend more neighborhood watch groups be formed. Work with police and make your city a better place. The good do outnumber the bad but only if you participate.” » Larry from Lynn Township: “True to his standards, New Jersey y Gov. Chris

Area Chamber of Commerce President Vickie Ledsworth stated the chamber “strongly supported the comprehensive proposal to provide fair, simple and efficient tax reform.” What is fair about sacrificing the poor and elderly for the sake of businessmen? There was a story in the June 6 Time magazine titled “Help Not Wanted: Companies are flush, but they still won’t hire.” This article said U.S. annualized corporate profits rose 42% in the fourth quarter of 2010. The unemployment rate spiked at 10.1% before ending last year at 9.4%. It said that coming out of recession, companies are supposed to make more money and hire more workers, but the hiring was not happening. It also reasoned that “growth and employment are set to diverge as emerging-market demand boosts corporate bottom lines without creating jobs at home.” I hope citizens keep Gov. Rick Snyder, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, state Sen. Phil Pavlov and state Rep. Jud Gilbert in mind when the jobs do not appear. A. RAYMOND KERR St. Clair Township, May 29

Privatizing brings only short-term gains ear Port Huron Area School District

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Board Members, Gov. Rick Snyder and the legislators are trying to blackmail you into privatizing many of the services of the school district by establishing monetary penalties for not following their orders. We think this is a bad idea for the long-term health of the district. As witnessed in other places, privatizing only brings short-term gains. At first, you can profit by selling off a lot of equipment and buildings that were used in the service. You receive a low bid from a contractor to do the work. By the second or third contract the price is back to the same level that you were paying to do the same work with your own employees. At this point it would cost way too much to reverse course because you would have to buy all new equipment. Most times you are stuck with inferior service for higher costs. When you hire a private company you lose control of the operation. If you don’t like the way the service is being run, all you can do is threaten not to renew the contract with the offending company. This strategy may work fine the month before the con-

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Christy, aka the Michelin Man, tells teachers and state employees to tighten their belts and take pay cuts. While he uses a helicopter to go to his son’s Little League baseball game and still has not one but two cars also drive to the game so they can drive Christy 100 yards from where the chopper lands to the baseball game.” The rest of the story is he needed the chopper ride not because he was in a hurry to get to the game, but because he needed to get back quickly afterward. He was guest of honor at a fundraising dinner of Republicans who wanted him to run for president. They may be having second thoughts. » Ken from Port Huron: “I’d like to say Mr. Fletcher made an absurd comment in Friday’s paper about the St. Clair Community College g board. For him to say y

tract is up for renewal, but has less effect when renewal is months or years away. We taxpayers are aware of the problems with this economy, but we expect that your actions be good for the long term. Short-term thinking may look good now but in the future you will be remembered for your poor decision. JIM and MARY JO WOOD Wales Township, June 2

Teachers, unions do not deserve abuse o all public school teachers in the state

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of Michigan: Seven years ago I retired from 33 years of teaching in the public schools of Michigan. I taught in regular education as well as special education at all levels K-12. In the last 10 years of my career I became actively involved in my union’s work in the Port Huron Area School District. At the time of my retirement, I was witnessing the beginning of the Blame Game, when standardized test scores weren’t rising as Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” program dictated. I reminded everyone the teacher was only one of three people needed to successfully educate a child: The parents and the student are equally important. It has evolved, especially since the election of Gov. Snyder and his Republican legislature, that the only individual accountable for educating the children of our state is the classroom teacher. This is obvious by the constant bullying of teachers by the governor and the legislature. There is no possible way the professional, hardworking and caring teachers are the root of the educational crisis portrayed in the media and now validated by our elected state officials. Since the beginning of Snyder’s reign and this new legislature’s session, there has been an all-out attack on the teachers of this state. Weekly, we see legislation introduced to undo the rights of teachers. At this rate, by next school year, the teachers unions of this state will be nonexistent. My question now is what are you as a teacher going to do about this? All those years of contractual gains will be quickly taken away with little hope of recovery. If you allow this to happen, who will seek teaching positions in Michigan? There is no worker in this state that deserves what is going to happen to all of Michigan’s teachers in the next few months. WILLIAM H. MURRAY Fort Gratiot, May 26

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.” — Edward Abbey, American naturalist and author

it was Tom’s 15 minutes of fame, I think, is out of line. His opinion should have made whether the trip was legal, not personal comments.” » George from the Township: “Mary’s disgusted and upset about 10-year-olds learning how to hunt and handle guns safely. I started hunting at a very, very young age. What I find upset and disturbing is sending 18- and 19-year-olds out to kill other human beings.” » No Name: “I want to comment on the picture May 29 of Gov. Snyder signing a bill drastically cutting business taxes, while raising taxes on individuals. There’s six guys standing behind him all with big grins on their faces. Seems to me they really put it to the little guy again. I would sign a recall petition in a heartbeat if I could find one.” » No Name: “I just received correspondence p

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from the Recall Snyder campaign. There’s two local numbers: (810) 3851418, that’s Sue; Jackie is (810) 982-9693. We need to get on this petition and take it very seriously if we want any of our money left from our pensions.” p

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Louis Foster Vero Beach, FL Louis Foster, 92, passed away March 11, 2011 in Vero Beach, FL. He was born on November 20, 1918 to H.C. "Brownie" Foster and Thelma Foster. He married Ruth M. Welsh of Battle Creek on June 15, 1940. He was predeceased by his wife Ruth, his parents and his brother Harold C. Foster. He is survived by his son Louis Foster III and daughter Nan Foster Oliver. He has one granddaughter Abbey (Jim) Brown; three step grandchildren Andrew M. Oliver, Michele Sheffield and Katherine (James) Wheeler; and great grandchildren, Madison and Carson Brown, Gabe Oliver, & Ethan Sheffield. He is also survived by nephews H.C. (Cindy) Foster and Carson "Kit" Foster, and nieces Laura Foster, Sarah (Chris) Kiessling, Jennifer (Kim) Kaupp, JoAnn Legge & Bethany McCotter. Lou was an avid athlete and as a teenager belonged to the Port Huron Yacht Club owning and sailing Star class sailboats competitively. He was a lifetime member of Sarnia Yacht Club and crewed seven Mackinac races. He trained and showed three gaited and Tennessee walking horses in Michigan, Chicago and Toronto. He was an active member of Black River Country Club for over 40 years serving on the Board of Directors several times. He was also a member of Otsego Ski Club at Hidden Valley in Gaylord for 25 years participating in downhill skiing and racing. His hobby in later years was racing remote controlled sailboats and building model boats. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, serving on the senior vestry and attended St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Vero Beach. He resided at Indian River Estates in Vero Beach, FL in the winter. Louis attended Olivet College, class of 1940, where he met his wife of 63 years, Ruth. Lou was in business with his father and brother, owning Foster Builder’s Supply which they sold in 1971. In 1974 he started Marysville Marine Distributors with his partner Rod Smith. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 10, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in Grace Episcopal Church preceded by one hour of visitation. The Rev. Robert Trask will officiate. Donations in Lou’s honor may be made to Grace Episcopal Church or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are by Smith Family Funeral Home-North, 1525 Hancock Street. To send condolences, please visit smithfamilyfuneralhome.com

Marc Stephen Stangel Chesterfield Twp. Marc Stephen Stangel, age 54, died June 3, 2011 in his home after and extended illness. Mr. Stangel was born June 22, 1956 in Sheboygan, WI, to Donald and Joyce (Dillingham) Stangel. He married Darlene Lender in Sheboygan on April 23, 1983. Marc graduated from Marine City High School in 1975 and attended junior college in Omaha, NE, for two years. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Richmond. He was a selfemployed residential builder contractor and enjoyed woodworking, golfing and attending the men’s bible study group. He is survived by his wife, Darlene, and son, Matthew of Chesterfield Twp.; mother, Joyce (Joseph) Miller of TN; siblings, Carol Pariseau of TN, Donald Stangel of TN, Jon Stangel of WI, Michael Stangel of TN, Garey Stangel of TN, and Tomas Stangel of TN; mother-in-law, Lorrene Brown of WI; and father-in-law, Richard Lender of Charlotte, MI. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Stangel. A funeral service will be on Wednesday, June 8th at 1:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Reverends Randy Lett and Gerhardt Doroh will officiate. Visiting will be on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday from 3 to 8 p.m. in Rewalt Funeral Home, Richmond and Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. in the church. Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. For condolences visit: RewaltFuneralHome.com. :ĂŞÄƒÂ?|ÚÚ `Ä’šÄ‰Ĺ„äêĤŠ :ĂŞÄƒÂ?|Úڊ B. Ă”Ă„ĆƒĹŒĂ” HğŽêĉ|ĉ›Ÿ ÄœĂ‘Ĺ?ĂŠÄœĹ? ZĹ&#x;ăă|ğźŠ ÂŽÄ’ĤĹ’ŸŽ B|Ĺş ÄœĹŒŠ Ĺ?ĆƒÄœÄœ ĉ Ä’ğŽêĉ|ĉ›Ÿ Ĺ’Ä’ |ÂŽÂŽ Ĺ’äŸ ğŸĹĹ&#x;êğŸÄƒÂźÄ‰Ĺ’ Ä’Ă? | TĹ&#x;Â?Úê› +Âź|ğêĉÖ Ĺ’Ä’ ›ä|ĉ֟ ›ä|ğ֟ń |ńńĒ›ê|Ĺ’ŸŽ šêĹ’ä Ĺ’äŸ Â›Ä’ÄƒÄƒÄ’ÂŽĂŞĹ’ĂŞÂźĹ„ |ĉŽ Ĺ’äŸ Ĺ&#x;Ĺ„Âź Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äŸ :ĂŞÄƒÂ?|ÚÚ `Ä’šÄ‰Ĺ„äêĤ Ĺ„Ÿš|Ă–Âź ÂŽĂŞĹ„ĤÄ’Ĺ„|Ăš Ĺ„ĹşĹ„Ĺ’ÂźÄƒÄŞ `äŸ `Ä’šÄ‰Ĺ„äêĤ Ä’|ğŽ Ĺ„ä|ÚÚ Â?Âź ğŸĹĹ&#x;êğŸŽ Ĺ’Ä’ äÄ’ڎ | ĤĹ&#x;Â?Úê› äŸ|ğêĉÖ ĤğêÄ’Äź Ĺ’Ä’ |ÂŽÄ’ĤŒêĉÖ |ĉź ›ä|ĉ֟ń Ĺ’Ä’ Ĺ’äŸ Â›Ä’ÄƒÄƒÄ’ÂŽĂŞĹ’Ĺş ›ä|ğ֟ń |ĉŽŎĒğ ›ä|ĉ֟ń Ă?Ä’Äź Ĺ’äŸ Ĺ&#x;Ĺ„Âź Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äŸ :ĂŞÄƒÂ?|ÚÚ `Ä’šÄ‰Ĺ„äêĤ Ĺ„Ÿš|Ă–Âź ÂŽĂŞĹ„ĤÄ’Ĺ„|Ăš Ĺ„ĹşĹ„Ĺ’ÂźÄƒÄŞ ĉĒŒê›Ÿ Ä’Ă? ĤĹ&#x;›Úê› äŸ|ğêĉÖ Ĺ„ä|ÚÚ Â?Âź ĤĹ&#x;Â?ÚêĹ„䟎 ÄœĂ‘ ÂŽ|źń ĤğêÄ’Äź Ĺ’Ä’ Ĺ’äŸ äŸ|ğêĉÖ êĉ | ĉŸšĹ„Ĥ|ĤŸğ šêĹ’ä ֟ĉŸğ|Ăš ›êğ›Ĺ&#x;Ăš|ŒêĒĉ êĉ Ĺ’äŸ Ĺ’Ä’šÄ‰Ĺ„äêĤ HV êĉ›ÚĹ&#x;ŽŸŽ šêĹ’ä Ä’Äź ĤğêĉŒŸŽ Ēĉ | ÄąĹ&#x;|ğŒŸğÚź Â?êÚÚêĉÖ Ĺ„Ĺ’|Ĺ’ÂźÄƒÂźÄ‰Ĺ’ ÂŽĂŞĹ„Ĺ’ğêÂ?Ĺ&#x;Ĺ’ŸŽ ĉĒ ăĒğŸ Ĺ’ä|ĉ ÄŽĆƒ ÂŽ|źń ĤğêÄ’Äź Ĺ’Ä’ Ĺ’äŸ ĤĹ&#x;Â?Úê› äŸ|ğêĉÖĪ `äŸ Ä‰Ä’Ĺ’ĂŞÂ›Âź Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äŸ ĤĹ&#x;Â?Úê› äŸ|ğêĉÖ Ĺ„ä|ÚÚ ĂŞÄ‰Â›ĂšĹ&#x;ŽŸŋ ÄŚ|ħ TĹ&#x;ğĤÄ’Ĺ„Âź Ä’Ă? äŸ|ğêĉÖŋ ÄŚÂ?ħ `ĂŞÄƒÂź |ĉŽ ĤÚ|›Ÿ Ä’Ă? äŸ|ğêĉÖŋ țħ C|ăŸŠ |ŽŽğŸĹ„Ĺ„Š |ĉŽ Ĺ’ŸÚŸĤäĒĉŸ ĉĹ&#x;ăÂ?Ÿğ Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äŸ ĤĹ&#x;Â?Úê› Â?ĒŽźŋ Ȏħ Ĺ&#x;ğğŸÄ‰Ĺ’ Â›Ä’ÄƒÄƒÄ’ÂŽĂŞĹ’Ĺş |ĉŽŎĒğ Ĺ„Ÿš|Ă–Âź ÂŽĂŞĹ„ĤÄ’Ĺ„|Ăš Ĺ„ĹşĹ„Ĺ’ÂźÄƒ ›ä|ğ֟ńŋ ȟħ TğĒĤÄ’Ĺ„ŸŽ ĉŸš Â›Ä’ÄƒÄƒÄ’ÂŽĂŞĹ’Ĺş |ĉŽŎĒğ Ĺ„Ÿš|Ă–Âź ÂŽĂŞĹ„ĤÄ’Ĺ„|Ăš Ĺ„ĹşĹ„Ĺ’ÂźÄƒ ›ä|ğ֟ńŋ ÄŚĂ?ħ TğĒĤÄ’Ĺ„ŸŽ ĤŸğ›ŸĉŒ|Ă–Âź êĉ›ğŸ|Ĺ„Âź Ä’Äź ŽŸ›ğŸ|Ĺ„ŸĪ ÚÚ Ä’Ĺ’äŸğ ĤğÄ’ŜêńêĒĉń Ä’Ă? Ĺ„|ĂŞÂŽ HğŽêĉ|ĉ›Ÿ ĉĒŒ Ĺ„ĤŸÂ›ĂŞĂ?›|ÚÚź |ÄƒÂźÄ‰ŽŸŽ äŸğŸÂ?Ĺş Ĺ„ä|ÚÚ ğŸÄƒ|êĉ êĉ Ă?Ĺ&#x;ÚÚ Ă?Ē𛟠|ĉŽ ÂźĂ?Ă?Ÿ›ŒĪ ZäÄ’Ĺ&#x;ڎ |ĉź ńŸ›ŒêĒĉŠ ›Ú|Ĺ&#x;Ĺ„Âź Ä’Äź Ĥ|Äź|Ă–Äź|Ĥä Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äêĹ„ HğŽêĉ|ĉ›Ÿ Â?Âź ŽŸ›Ú|ğŸŽ Â?Ĺş | ›ĒĹ&#x;ğŒ Ä’Ă? ›ĒăĤŸĹ’ŸĉŒ ĂľĹ&#x;ğêńŽê›ŒêĒĉ Ĺ’Ä’ Â?Âź êĉŜ|Úꎊ Ĺ’äŸ Ĺ„|ÄƒÂź šêÚÚ Ä‰Ä’Ĺ’ |Ă?Ă?Ÿ›Œ Ĺ’äŸ Ĺś|ÚêŽêĹ’Ĺş Ä’Ă? Ĺ’äŸ Ä’ğŽêĉ|ĉ›Ÿ |Ĺ„ | šäÄ’ڟ Ä’Äź Ĥ|ğŒ Ĺ’äŸğŸÄ’Ă? Ä’Ĺ’äŸğ Ĺ’ä|ĉ Ĺ’äŸ Ĥ|ğŒ ŽŸ›Ú|ğŸŽ Ĺ’Ä’ Â?Âź êĉŜ|ÚêŽĪ `äêĹ„ HğŽêĉ|ĉ›Ÿ Ĺ„ä|ÚÚ Â?ÂźÂ›Ä’ÄƒÂź ÂźĂ?Ă?Ÿ›ŒêŜŸ Ĺ’äŸ ÂŽ|Ĺş |Ă?Ĺ’Ÿğ ĤĹ&#x;Â?Úê›|ŒêĒĉ êĉ | ĉŸšĹ„Ĥ|ĤŸğ šêĹ’ä ֟ĉŸğ|Ăš ›êğ›Ĺ&#x;Ăš|ŒêĒĉ êĉ :ĂŞÄƒÂ?|ÚÚ `Ä’šÄ‰Ĺ„äêĤĪ TĹ&#x;Â?ÚêĹ„䟎¨ 8Ĺ&#x;ĉŸ Ă‘Š Ĺ?ĆƒÄœÄœ <8Ä“ǨĹ–ǨǨǨğĆ•Ć•ĂąĆ?

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Marysville Bertha G. White, 85, of Marysville, died, Friday, June 3, 2011 at home unexpectedly. She was born August 19, 1925 in Detroit to the late Anthony and Caroline Foguth. She married Ralph White on November 18, 1944 in Detroit. Mrs. White was an avid bowler and enjoyed traveling with the NOMADS and spending time with her family. She was a member of St. Christopher Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband, Ralph; two sons, Gregory J. (Penny) White and Michael White all of Marysville; three grandchildren, Dennis R. (Alysia) White II, Gregory J. (Theresa) White II and Denise (Dominic) Miguel; five great grandchildren, Amanda White, Marissa Duvall, Lily Miguel, Iris Miguel and Gregory White III; a sister, Geraldine Mexicott; and several nieces and nephews including a special nephew, Ronald (Pauline) Mexicott. She was preceded in death by a son, Dennis and two sisters, Caroline Riley and Bernadette Mylne. Visitation will be 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday in the Marysville Funeral Home. A Rosary will be recited at 8:00 p.m. Mrs. White will lie in state at St. Christopher Catholic Church on Monday, June 6, 2011 from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. The Reverend Arthur Baranowski will officiate. Burial will be in Riverlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gregory White II, Dennis White II, Denise Miguel, Ronald Mexicott, Greg White III and Marissa Duvall. Memorials may be made to the ARC, Mid-City Nutrition or the Knights of Columbus #9526. To send condolences, visit marysvillefuneralhome.com

Jane F. Nunn Reed City Jane F. Nunn, 87, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. She was born in Detroit on June 10, 1923 a daughter of the late John and Mabel (Helsel) Reilly. She married Leon N Nunn on May 1, 1943. He preceded her in death on May 8, 1998. She lived on the farm in the Croswell area until a few years ago. Jane enjoyed being a farmer’s wife. She was actively involved in her church and loved to sing hymns. She volunteered in 4-H for a number of years, was secretary of Gleaner Lexington Arbor and worked at Brown’s Apple Orchard for several seasons. She is survived by her three children, Jim (Tina) Nunn of St Paris, OH, Don (Paula) Nunn of Reed City, MI, and Debbie (Gordon) Hamm of Jericho, VT; 7 grandchildren, Garrett, Jessica, Jenna, Joy, Josh, Brian and Rache; and 8 greatgrandchildren, Charlotte, Natalie, Vanessa, Jaizek, Zion, Solaya, Anneke and Caleb. She is also survived by her brother, John P. Reilly of NC. Visitation will be Saturday, 2p.m. - 9p.m. and Sunday 12pm - 2p.m. with funeral at 2p.m. at Pomeroy Funeral Home in Lexington, MI. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Hospice of Michigan or Young Life of Northern Vermont. www.pomeroyfuneralhomes.com

Bernice A. Carrier Bernice A. Carrier died March 1, 2011 at Port Huron Hospital following a short illness. She was born June 30, 1922 in Port Huron to the late Wellington and Fannie Jex. She married Lyle C. Carrier April 17, 1942. He died June 5, 2005. She graduated from Port Huron High School in 1940. She was a charter member of West Haven Baptist Church. She is survived by three children: Lyla (Dan) Morgan, Carol Rademaker, Lyle (Carol) Carrier Jr. She has 9 grandchildren: Dan (Melissa) Morgan, Patrick (Roben) Morgan, Charles (Michelle) Morgan, Karen (Jason) Zisler, Henry (Toni) Rademaker, Peter (Amy) Rademaker, Rene’ (Daryl) VanBeek, Rodney (Rebecca) Carrier, Wendy (Brian) Carrier. She has 21 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. She has one brother, John Jex, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Henry Rademaker Sr., a great grandchild, Jonathan Rademaker, seven brothers: Fenton, Cliff, Milton, Gerald, Leslie, Donald, and Ray Jex and one sister, Lois Krampien. A memorial service will be held June 11, 2011 at the North Street UMC at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at Lakeside Cemetery. Arrangements by Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the wishes of the family. For guest book and information please visit karrersimpson.com

William D. McElreath St. Clair William D. McElreath, age 82 of St. Clair died Friday, June 3, 2011. Bill was born January 29, 1929 in Marble Hill, Missouri, to the late William and Emma McElreath. He married Irene Schreder on November 20, 1953 and served in the Army during the Korean War. Bill graduated from Michigan State and taught at Troy High School for 40 years, and was the boys baseball coach for 35 years, and was inducted in the first class of the Michigan Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, St. Clair. Bill is survived by his wife, Irene; his children, William (Sue) McElreath Jr., Keith (Michele) McElreath, Sandra (Kevin) McGee and Lisa (Scott) Storey; 10 grandchildren; a brother, Robert (Diane) McElreath; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation Thursday 2-8 p.m. in the L.C. Friederichs & Son Funeral Home. In state Friday at the First United Methodist Church, St. Clair from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Burial in Utica Cemetery. Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association. www.lcfandson.com

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Columbus James E. Ponder, 69, of Columbus, MI, died June 2, 2011. He was born March 13, 1942, in Warren. Mr. Ponder was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Richmond, and was honored as Volunteer of the Week by the Macomb Daily, April 25, 2001. He served in the U.S. Army and was a member of Amvets Post 75, American Legion, and Lions Club. He enjoyed hunting and golfing. He is survived by his wife, Judith (nee Peterson); children, Christina (Evan) Farner, and Daniel (Jenifer); grandchildren, Danielle, Garrett, Zachary, Haley and Jacob; and siblings, Donald (Marge), Gordon (Crystal), Irene (James) Harnish and Ruby (Jim) Gilliland. He was predeceased by his parents, William and Lula; step-mother, Sophie; brother, Gary; and step-brother, Marvin Hill. Visitation: Monday, June 6, 2:30-9:00 p.m. with military honors at 7:00 p.m. at Gendernalik Funeral Home, 35259 23 Mile Road, New Baltimore. Service: Instate at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 67055 Gratiot, Richmond, Tuesday, June 7 10:30 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m.

Dorothy Bernice Fasbender Melvin Dorothy Bernice Fasbender, 89, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. She was born in Columbus Township on Thursday, September 8, 1921, the daughter of the late Miles and Hazel (Jones) Silk. Her marriage to Francis Fasbender was January 22, 1949 in Angola, Indiana. Dorothy had a special talent for sewing and needlework. She was known for her house plants and her garden flowers. She leaves behind Francis “Baldy�, her husband of 62 years; two daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and James Wirth of St. Clair and Karen and Bill Luscher of Tennessee; grandson, Jeff (Nancy) Luscher and good friend, Justine Maynard. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Cremation arrangements assistance provided by Kaatz Funeral Directors, Yale. Memorials are suggested to "Wishes of the Family". For information and guestbook, visit www.KaatzFunerals.com

DEATH NOTICES Bruce D. Banning, 70

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Banning, 70 Service 11 a.m. June 11, 2011 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in St. Clair, Michigan.

James W. Freese, Sr., 88

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William Freese, Sr., 88, formerly of Flint, died Monday, May 30, 2011. He is survived by two sons, James Freese, Jr. and Jon Freese. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 6, 2011 in Great Lakes National Cemetery, 4200 Belford Road, Holly, MI. 48442. Arrangements by Smith Family Funeral HomeNorth, 1525 Hancock Street, Port Huron.

Christ Church, Snover, MI. Visitation Monday 2 - 8 p.m. at the Marsh Funeral Chapel, Sandusky, and Tuesday, 10 - 11 at the Church. Arrangements by Marsh Funeral Chapel, Sandusky.

William D. McElreath, 82

ST. CLAIR- William D. McElreath, 82, June 3, 2011. Survived by his wife Irene. Visitation Thursday 2-8 p.m. in the L.C. Friederichs & Son Funeral Home. In state Friday at First United Methodist Church, St. Clair 10 a.m. until service 11 a.m.

Rhea A. Laidlaw, 78

LEXINGTON- Rhea A. Laidlaw, 78, died Saturday, June 4, 2011. Survived by sons, Jay and Joey, and daughters, Jill RutkowsNancy L. Wilson, 74 PORT HURON- Mrs. Nancy ki, and Jody Scoeps. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, June Lee Wilson, 74, died Sunday, May 29, 2011. She is sur- 16, 2011 at St. Denis Catholic vived by her brother, James Church, Lexington. Visiting 10 - 11 a.m. at the church. Shovan. A graveside serArrangements by Pomeroy vice will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Funeral Home, Lexington. in Sunset Memorial GarMarvin Hulett, 83 dens, Fort Gratiot. ArrangeFORT GRATIOT- Marvin ments are by Smith FamHulett, 83, died June 2, 2011. ily Funeral Home-North, Survived by wife, Patri1525 Hancock Street, Port cia. Service at a later date. Huron, Michigan. Arrangements by TiffanyYoung and Hauss Funeral Joseph Martin, 93 Home, Armada. MACOMB TWP.- Joseph Martin, 93, died Thursday, David C. Germain, 36 June 2, 2011. Survived by EAST CHINA- David C. his daughter, Lorna SepiGermain, 36, died Friday ch. Service 3 p.m. SaturJune 3, 2011. Survived by his day, June 11 at the Pomeroy parents Albert and ImoFuneral Home, Lexington. gene Germain. ArrangeJames E. Robinson, 59 ments are incomplete. Visitation Tuesday June 7, 2 ALGONAC - James E. Robto 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. inson, 59, died June 3, 2011. Arrangements by Young Survived by sons, Charles Funeral Home, China Twp. Moore, and James A. Robinson. Service 11 a.m. Tues- Patricia Davidson, 74 day June 7, 2011 in the GilPECK- Patricia Davidbert Funeral Home, Algson, 74, died June 3, 2011. onac. Visitation Tuesday Survived by sons, William 9:30 a.m. until the service. Lazarus, Kevin Doyle and Ken Davidson. Service June Leon Trainor, 70 18, 2011 at the Peck AmerSNOVER - Leon Trainor, ican Legion Hall at 2 p.m. 70, died Saturday, June 4, Arrangements by Carman 2011. Survived by his wife, Funeral Home in Peck. Marilyn. Services TuesThe Times Herald publishes day, June 7, 2011 11 a.m. at the Mooretown Brethren in death notices free of charge.

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The request might seem simple enough, but if you have wooded property you need to be able to protect yourself from getting burned if a logger comes calling. The majority of landowners are not forestry experts so why run the risk of being taken by someone who is? The wisest thing a landowner can do is to hire their own forestry expert.

If you have some wooded acreage, you probably have thought at one time or another about removing or selling some of the timber off your property. You might even have had a logger approach you to buy your standing timber. When a logger approaches you and offers you a large sum of money for the standing timber on your property, remember the logger is an expert and you are not. Often what happens when an expert deals with a nonexpert is that the nonexpert ends up with the short end of the deal. The logger knows you are not an expert. I am aware of one case in which a logger offered a land owner $70,000 to harvest the logs on his property. After doing his homework and consulting his own expert, the landowner ended up getting $170,000 for the harvesting of some of the timber on his property.

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Unless you plan on clear- cutting your property and stripping it of all vegetation, the starting point of any timber harvest operation for your property should be a forest stewardship plan. To prepare the plan, your forester will walk your property with a GPS taking an inventory of all standing timber by species and noting its general condition and whether it is harvestable. The forester also will look at general land features such as uplands or wetlands and include them in a detailed map of your property he prepares. Roads, trails and even deer blinds could be included on this detailed map.

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It might be that the logger’s offer is a fair, but how are you to know? The easiest way is to hire an expert. Find a competent forester before you sign with any logger. The forester can answer your questions. But what questions do you ask? Tom Jacques of Jacques Forest LLC in Tawas City lists on his website (www.jacques forest.com.) some of the questions you should ask before you harvest any timber on your property: » What trees should I remove to improve the quality of the stand? » What trees are mature and need to come out? » How much are my trees worth? » Who should I get to cut the trees? » What time of year should a harvest take place in order to minimize the impact on the land? » How much money should I get from the timber sale? » Will my access roads be usable after the timber sale? » How long will it take to finish? » How will I get paid? » Who will make sure things get done right?

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The forester can then overlay the map on publicly available maps such as the property section map, topographical map, Department of Natural Resources maps, etc. The one nice thing about computers is that the forester can overlay each of these items in layers and remove or add things to suit your needs in as much or as little detail as you want.

Devil in the details As part of the forest stewardship plan, soil samples will be taken in different locations to determine the nature, makeup and suitability of the soils for different types of plantings. An examination of soil productivity can help determine what trees to plant to maximize the fiber production per acre. If your land is used for hunting, the plan also could include suggestions for improvements to your property to make it more favorable for the wildlife you are hunting. If you have food plots on your hunting land, the forest stewardship plan also can include a food-plot management plan. With detailed record keeping, you can minimize the cost of your food plot planting and fertilizing. You might not need to fertilize or plant every year. This can be a significant cost savings.

You have a plan, now what? Once you have a forest stewardship plan in place, then it opens the doors for lots of opportunities. First, it can be the basis for seeking bids for a timber harvesting operation. Your forester can calculate the amount of board feet of each species that is harvestable and its value. A request for proposal to prospective loggers can be sent out by your forester. Once the bids are in, the forester can assist you with awarding and negotiating the harvesting contract. The forester also can oversee the harvesting operation to make sure the logger is complying with the terms of the contract. To make sure only the trees that are marked for harvesting are harvested, the forester will keep track of all the trees that are harvested and their value. For example, I was involved in one case in which the logger was supposed to be harvesting only pine and other softwoods and it was discovered he was also harvesting oak. Unfortunately, the landowner could not determine how much oak was taken. If the landowner had a forester, the forester could have stopped the oak harvest and could have calculated the value to the timber taken. In your contract with the logger, there should be a security deposit for the restoration of your property after the loggers leave. If the logger fails to remove or break down brush or doesn’t restore the roads to the pre-logging condition, you can then use the deposit to complete the job.

You should not have to though. More often than not, if the logger is sent a letter, the logger will want to complete the job to get his deposit back. The logger and his employees should be trained and have certifications, including in the area of fire suppression, all of which can be verified by your forester. You also should make sure the logger has liability insurance coverage of at least $2 million per occurrence. With a forest stewardship plan, you might also have grant monies or tax savings available to you. You might be eligible for grant money to re-forest your parcel after the timber harvest. Since you now have a detailed description of your property, it might be of interest to nonprofit organizations such as the Nature Conservancy for tax deductible conservation or open-space easements that could possibly reduce your property taxes. You might also be eligible for the qualified forest tax program that could exempt your woodlands from the 18-mil school operating tax just like your homestead. So before you are tempted to accept a seemingly generous offer from a logger to harvest timber from your property, contact a qualified forester. Knowing what you are selling, what it is worth and how to harvest can protect your woodlands for generations to come. Matthew M. Wallace is an attorney and CPA with the law firm of Matthew M. Wallace, PC, in Port Huron. He can be reached at (810) 985-4320 or at matt@wallacepclaw.com

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Is your dad the greatest? You may win him a prize Kids, show us who has the nicest, strongest, handiest, funniest dad in the whole Blue Water Area and you could win him a nice prize for Father’s Day. All you have to do is draw us a nice picture of your dad, showing what makes him the greatest ever. We’ll post it online where will get to see it. The deadline to enter is 5 p.m. June 14. You can mail it to us at “Drawn to Dad,” Times Herald, P.O. Box 5009, Port Huron, MI 48060-5009. Or drop it off at our offices at 911 Military St. in Port Huron, fax it to (810) 989-6294 or e-mail it to newsroom@ thetimesherald.com. Please include with your drawing your name and age, your dad’s name and age, the city where you live and a phone number where we can contact you if needed. After the deadline, Times Herald readers will pick the winner with an online poll. If there are more than 10 entries, the Times Herald will pick 10 finalists for the poll, which will end at 9 a.m. June 17. The prize is a $50 gift certificate from Bluewater Chrysler and a $50 gift certificate from Moran Chevrolet.

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Complex food pyramid is out, ‘My Plate’ is in The Agriculture Department’s new symbol for healthy eating replaces a food pyramid that has guided some Americans’ food choices for 20 years — and confused the heck out of others. The new guide is a plate, divided into four slightly different sized quadrants, with fruits and vegetables taking up half the space and grains and protein making up the other half. The vegetable and grains portions are slightly larger. The new symbol is simple and gives diners an idea of what should be on their plates when they sit down at the dinner table. “Parents don’t have the time to measure out exactly 3 oz. of protein,” said first lady Michelle Obama, who attended the unveiling Thursday. “We do have time to look at our kids’ plates.” — The Associated Press

Hallmark Channel plans royal couple TV movie The ink is barely dry on the marriage certificate, and the romance of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is being rushed out for television viewers. A mixture of fact and fiction, “William & Kate: A Royal Love Story” is expected to be released in August on the Hallmark Channel. Director Linda Yellen is shooting the picture in Romania. British actress Alice St. Clair plays Middleton, while American actor Dan Amboyer plays William. Oscar-nominated Jane Alexander is Queen Elizabeth II. — The Associated Press

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Cecill Grosskopf’s k f cargo van, a 2000 Ford d E-150, has h more than h 556,000 miles l on it. That’s h his h odometer d reading d on the h left. The van’s still running strong, he said. Grosskopf racked up most of the miles while working as an expediter from 2000 to 2005, driving automobile parts to places such as Texas and California. Now the Fort Gratiot resident has a short commute to Marysville for his job. ILLUSTRATION BY MARK R. RUMMEL AND ROB DAY/TIMES HERALD

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ecil Grosskopf used to drive his cargo van about 2,000 miles a week hauling automobile parts from Port Huron to as far away as California or Texas. Grosskopf, 34, of Fort Gratiot bought his 2000 Ford E-150 brand new. Five years later, before a job change, it had racked up nearly 489,000 miles. Today, with more than 556,000 miles on the odometer, Grosskopf’s van weighed in as the highest mileage vehicle in the Blue Water Area, according to responses to a Times Herald query. The second highest was Arne Jahr’s 1995 Dodge Ram truck at more than 507,800 miles. Eugene Kwiecien, 60, of Brown City came in third with his 1992 Buick LeSabre, which has traveled more than 463,000 miles. All three said regular maintenance was key to keeping their rides in good shape during the years. “People trade in their cars to get better mileage. What they don’t realize is they could do the service

Arne Jahr’s 1995 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel has 507,867 miles on the odometer. Jahr of Goodells pays attention to the simple things and said regular maintenance is the key to longevity. MELISSA WAWZYSKO/TIMES HERALD

maintenance on it and maintain that mileage that it was supposed to get at the start of its life,” Jahr said. “And it will last twice as long.”

Keeping it running Grosskopf changed jobs about six years ago and now uses the van to commute to work 14 miles away in Marysville. He said now his van doesn’t go more than 100 miles in a regular week.

ONLINE At www.thetimesherald.com » Road Watch: The latest detours, closures and other information to aid daily travel » Gas Prices: Where to go for the lowest prices at the pump in the Port Huron area

INSIDE » Top tips to keeping your car in great running condition.

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‘COUNTRY DANCE WII’ $39.99 / GameMill Entertainment / Mass retailers » One of the first dance games to feature country music. » 25 hits from singers such as Carrie Underwood, Trace Adkins and Johnny Cash. — ContentOne

Q: I’ve noticed these cloudy, gray-colored, smudge-type discoloration marks in ceiling areas of my house. It doesn’t look like a leak, and they seem to appear near the outside walls. I never had these before. What are they? A: This can show up in houses built more than 20 years ago that have blanket fiberglass insulation in the outside walls (which has been the standard for years).

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Mitchell J. Kuffa Jr. Nature and the elements have taken advantage of a shortcoming. The insulation over a period of time has settled inside the wall cavity. It’s simple gravity.

This creates a small gap — about 1 inch or 2 inches — at the top of the wall that is not insulated. That small unprotected space becomes very cold to the touch in cold weather. Interior humidity — especially if you button up your home in winter — can condensate on these cold areas. It’s similar to steam on a glass window. I have seen this condition where it will be dripping wet.

During a period of time, the dampness discolors the painted surface of those areas. This is the cloudy gray smudges you have seen. This condition is not easy to remedy without opening holes either into the outside brick or siding, or inside plaster or drywall wall surfaces. This in itself can be a costly repair. In my opinion, the simplest approach is to prime See KUFFA, Page g 2C

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He said the secret to keeping his van running well is simple — “Just take care of it. Don’t abuse it.” He said he typically gets his car checked out once or twice a year by a licensed mechanic. He changes his oil every 6,000 miles and has the van’s transmission flushed every 100,000 miles. “I usually don’t wait if I think something’s wrong with it. I’ll take it in and have it looked at — catch any problems early,” Grosskopf said. He has had to replace some major parts — including three power steering pumps, two starters and an alternator. But he won’t give up the van. He likes being familiar with how it runs and handles in winter weather. The vehicle also is paid for. “I’ve just had it for so long ... I practically lived in it for five years,” Grosskopf said. “I just loathe to give it up.” For Jahr, 50, of Goodells, keeping his pickup truck — a 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel — in mint condition is essential

to running his business, Red’s Custom Painting. A painting contractor, he said he used to do a lot of his work in Birmingham, Bloomfield and Beverly Hills. He said drivers need to read their vehicle’s manual and learn about how their vehicle works. If drivers keep up with simple things — such as making sure their tire pressure is correct — their gas mileage will benefit, he said. Jahr constantly checks the condition of his tires, keeps an eye on his spark plugs and changes his oil and filter every 5,000 to 6,000 miles. “The cleaner the oil stays, the less wear you’ll get on your motor,” he said. Kwiecien also keeps up with his oil changes every 6,000 miles to keep his car running well. And he swears by synthetic oil. Jahr said he makes a point to be aware of how his truck is running while he’s on the road. He tries to keep up his truck’s maintenance on his own or with the help of a mechanically inclined friend. He also brings his truck to professionals when a repair

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Arne Jahr’s 1995 Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel truck shows 507,867 miles on the odometer. MELISSA WAWZYSKO/TIMES HERALD

goes beyond his understanding. “You need to have someone you can trust or a repair facility you can trust,” Jahr said.

Racking up miles When Grosskopf tells people his odometer reading, many times they have to see it to believe it, he said. But he knows he’s not the only one milking the lifespan

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lothing and framed photos and sports gear always make terrific Father's Day gifts, but try finding a present that steps a little bit outside the box.

Burberry Summer for Men Limited Edition fragrance, $60 at Bloomingdale’s.

Public Opinion trim fit V-neck

Slim fit woven Alfani RED

Croft & Barrow striped pique polo

cardigan, $45 at Nordstrom.

shirt, $24.99 at Macy’s.

for big and tall men, $22.80 at Kohl’s.

Samuel Adams Utopias beer is 27 percent alcohol and might remind Dad of a fine port wine. $150 at beer and liquor stores.

The 33-in-1 golf club adjusts to 33 different angles and can act as a number of putters, drivers, woods, irons and wedges. $199.95 at www.hammacher. com.

Tu T rn favorite photos into art on a canvas. Prices range from $115 to $215 at www.oleekids.com.

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of a vehicle. He thinks many people are keeping their vehicles longer because of the economy. “They don’t have money to buy a new car,” he said. “Or if they have a new car, they want to make it last as long as possible to get their money’s worth out of it.” Contact Julianne Mattera at (810) 989-6275 or jmattera@gannett.

com.

Readers reveal favorite funny children’s books I asked for your votes on the funniest books for kids, and you responded. Thanks! To get kids interested in books and reading, check out the suggestions below submitted by fellow readers of this column. Most are meant as “read-aloud” books, but that will depend on individual ability. Remember, too, just because a book may be suggested for an age younger than your child, it doesn’t mean that book wouldn’t be thoroughly enjoyed by older kids. » Ages 3 and 4: “Tickle the Duck” by Ethan Long, “Mr. Men and Little Miss” series by Roger Hargreaves, “Pigs Ahoy!” by David McPhail, “Old Cricket” by Lisa Wheeler, “Duck Soup” by Jackie Urbanovic, “We Share Everything” by Robert Munsch, “Go Home, Mrs. Beekman!” by Ann Redisch, “Minnie and Moo” series by Denys Cazet, “Pete’s a Pizza” by William Steig and “Alligator Baby” by Robert Munsch » Ages 5 to 7: “Pirates Don’t Change Diapers” by Melinda Long, “Parts” by Tedd Arnold, “Who’s a Pest: A Homer Story” by Crosby Bonsall, “The Enormous Crocodile” by Roald Dahl and “Bunnicula” by Deborah and James Howe » Ages 8 and older: “The BFG” by Roald Dahl, “Shredderman” series by Wendelin Van Draanen, “Barry Boyhound” by Andy Spearman, “Matilda” by Roald Dahl and “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl

Books to borrow Sperry To T p-Sider SON-R Buckle shoe provides active dads with more awareness of their footing in technical outdoor situations. $90 at www.sperrytopsider.com.

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the stained areas with a stain-kill product and then apply a finish coat with conventional paint.

In addition, try to create some type of ventilation or air movement once the outside temperature drops (with a ceiling fan, box fan or leave interior doors open).

Stainless steel and rubber bracelet for a hipster dad, $98 at www.heavenlytreasures.com.

Mitchell J. Kuffa Jr. is a licensed builder and home inspector in St. Clair. Send questions to InspectionsbyMJK@comcast.net or call (810) 329-4052.

Here are some tips to keep your vehicle in top shape, according to Rick Gaudette, a licensed mechanic and owner of Rick’s Service Center in Marysville: » Keep up with regular oil changes. Drivers should consider changing their vehicle’s oil and filter every 3,000 miles. » Air and fuel filters should be replaced every year to two years. » Keep an eye on the vehicle’s tire pressure — use the maximum and minimum pressure listed on the tire as a guide for the proper pressure. » Change the vehicle’s transmission fluid every 70,000 miles to make sure the transmission continues running smoothly. » Flushing the car’s antifreeze every two years will help keep the motor from being damaged. » Try to stay aware of your vehicle. If it starts making odd noises or running differently, or the ABS — anti-lock braking system — or check engine light comes on, get it checked out to determine what’s happening. » Having a vehicle checked at least once a year by a licensed mechanic can be a good idea. “Sometimes it catches problems before they happen,” Gaudette said.

The following book is available at many public libraries. » “Matilda” by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake, Puffin Books, 240 pages » Read aloud: Ages 8 and older » Read yourself: Ages 10 and older Matilda is a genius, only her family doesn’t recognize it. Her father is a loud, obnoxious shyster who rips

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off the townspeople by selling crummy used cars. He thinks Matilda is an idiotic troublemaker. Her mother is a bingo-addict and doesn’t give a hoot about Matilda — or much of anything else — except for her addiction. Then there is Miss Trunchbull, the headmistress of Crunchem Hall, where Matilda has just begun school. Miss Trunchbull is an Olympic hammer thrower and a living nightmare who is cruel to children. Matilda’s teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, recognizes Matilda’s incredible intelligence and innocence. When she takes Matilda under her wing, Miss Trunchbull goes into a tailspin. But it isn’t long before Trunchbull is scrambling for cover. One of his very best accomplishments, Dahl has done it again with this enormously entertaining book, page after outrageous page!

Librarian’s Choice » Library: Algonac-Clay Library, 2011 St. Clair River Drive, Algonac » Branch Manager: Kathy Lisco » Children’s Specialist: Sue Kulman » Choices this week: “Dem Bones” by Bob Barner, “Junie B. Jones” series by Barbara Park and “Geronimo Stilton” series by Geronimo Stilton

Books to buy The following books are available at favorite bookstores. » “Fortune Cookies” by Albert Bitterman, illustrated by y Chris Raschka,, Beach Lane, 2011, 26 pages, $14.99 hardcover » Read aloud: Ages 4 and 5 » Read yourself: Ages 6 and 7 A box of seven fortune cookies arrived in the mail for a little girl — one for each day of the week. Who would have guessed a simple cookie could predict so much and bring such good fortune? With seven fun pull-tabs revealing the fortune in each cookie, this selection is sure to bring smiles and requests for repeated readings. » “Press Here” written and illustrated by Herve Tullet, Chronicle, 2011, 60 pages, $14.99 hardcover » Read aloud: Ages 3 and older » Read yourself: Ages 6 and older “Press here and turn the page.” Viola! One yellow dot becomes two! Each successive page presents a new set of simple instructions (to press, rub, shake, tap and more), and the next page shows the subsequent transformation. The “interactive” nature of this book takes place in the imagination of the reader (not by way of a batteryoperated or other “mechanical” means), and that’s what makes this book so wonderful. Prepare to be amazed, engaged, and invigorated as this seemingly simple book ignites the power of the imagination for young and old alike. Nationally syndicated, Kendal Rautzhan writes and lectures on children’s literature. www. greatestbooksforkids.com.

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High-ying swings among new theme park attractions By y MITCH STACY The Associated Press

Gigantic swings at Cedar Point, Kings Island, Dollywood and a Six Flags in California, plus coasters at Six Flags themed on the Green Lantern and a new Little Mermaid attraction at Disneyland are among the new attractions awaiting visitors this season at theme parks around the country. Cedar Point and Kings Island in Ohio, and Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., are featuring a thrill ride called Windseeker, which spins riders nearly 30 stories in the air in twoperson swings that flare out and rotate around a tower. Six Flags parks in Vallejo, Calif., and St. Louis also are debuting monster swings. Their version, called SkyScreamer, towers 236 feet above the ground with two-person swings soaring in a 98-foot circle at 43 mph. And Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., has added a swing ride called Barnstormer, with two pendulum arms seating 16 passengers each. The swing takes riders to a peak of 81 feet in the air and rotates at 45 mph. A barnyardthemed play area and pig pen water play area surround the ride. “Creativity and innovation, which are really the foundation of the business, are alive and well in our industry, and I think the attractions that are open-

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★★★ 1/2 Annie's (Kristen Wiig) life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals.

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Âť Plot: This prequel explains the earlier life of Charles Xavier

★★★ The roly-poly Dragon Warrior, geektastically voiced by Jack Black, is back to save China — and kung fu itself — from a nefarious peacock played by Gary Oldman. DreamWorks’ computer-animated martial-arts spectacular may be slick corporate entertainment, but it still packs plenty of punch.

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on dominating obsolete, unsuperpowered humanity and the other determined to defend peace, justice and etcetera. Happily, Marvel has given them an immensely entertaining common enemy in the form of Kevin Bacon. He plays Sebastian Shaw, yet another mutant and leader of the Hellfire Club, whose plans for humanity involve escalating the Cuban Missile Crisis to the point of kaboom. As for the rest of the motley crew, well, fanboys will probably love the mix of familiar and new characters, which includes a young Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) and a nerdy Banshee (he uses his ultrasonic screech to fly). For the rest of the moviegoing public, however, it can be a bit tiring to keep

up one’s willing suspension of disbelief. “X-Men� maintains a pretense of science-fictional explanations, but its trappings remain adolescent fantasy. Mutants with extraordinary abilities? OK, sure, but why do they end up looking like demons, fairies and werewolves? Even more annoying is the series’ pretense of offering relevant social commentary, such as a jokey reference to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. After all, it’s not the thematic metaphors but the action that draws people to a summer blockbuster. In that regard, director Matthew Vaughn delivers, particularly with the climactic air-and-sea battle involving a levitating submarine.

★1/2 Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can’t even be imagined.

Thor (PG-13)

★★1/2 Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior, is cast down to Earth among humans where he learns what it takes to be a true hero.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (PG-13)

★1/2 Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) unexpectedly finds himself on an adventure with the fierce pirate Blackbeard and a woman from his past. — Reviews from wire services

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Rebel Soldier James Elliott of Port Huron takes cover behind a tree while participating in the 2010 Civil War Re-enactment in Lexington.

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Âť The Atrium Movie Night, 7-8 p.m. Atrium CafĂŠ, 1519 Military St., Port Huron. Presented by the Blue Water Film Festival. (810) Free. Âť Thumb Soybean Festival, through June 12. Downtown Brown City. Highlights Thursday: Midway, golf cart parade at 6 p.m., entertainment at 9 p.m. Friday:

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Rotary chicken dinner from 4 to 8 p.m., midway opens at 5 p.m., music at 6 p.m. Saturday: Midway opens at noon; parade at 2 p.m., burnout competition at 4 p.m., car cruise and music, 6 to 7 p.m., fireworks at dusk. Sunday: Midway opens at noon. Free admission; charge for rides, food and some events.

Saturday Âť Art on the River, 10 a.m.6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. June 12. Downtown Port Huron. Featuring art show, music, food and beverages along the Black River on Quay Street east of Huron Avenue. Free. Âť Can-Am BMX State Qualifiers, noon-7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 12. Goodells County Park, County Park Drive, Wales Township. More than 300 rid-

ers are expected to compete in the first of six state race qualifiers. Free. Âť Free Fishing Day, 9 a.m.3 p.m. Saturday and June 12. Vantage Point, 51 Water St., Port Huron. For all ages. No license required. Poles and bait available. Âť Lexington Civil War Re-Enactment, Saturday and June 12. Re-Enactors will camp at different sites throughout the village. Highlights include skirmishes, cannon firing and talk about the underground railroad. Schedule at www.villageoflexington.com. Free. Âť Marine Memorabilia Flea Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Riverview Plaza, 201 N. Riverside Ave., St. Clair. More than 50 vendors from the Midwest sell mainly Great Lakes shipping memorabilia. Free admission. Âť St. Clair County River Day, 9 a.m. Throughout the

county. Featuring events including free fishing at several sites, free canoe and kayak rentals in St. Clair. Complete schedule at www.riverdayfun.com. Free. Âť Welkin Vintage Base Ball Club Game, vs. London Tecumsehs, 2 p.m. Field next to St. Mary Catholic Church, 1505 Ballentine St., Port Huron. Free.

Ongoing Âť Hydrate: A Benefit for Habitat For Humanity, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. The Shop, 1300B Whipple St., Port Huron. Âť Weird Art!, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Studio 1219, 1219 Military St., Port Huron. (810) Free.

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CLUB SCENE Acoustic

● Adam O’Donnell, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday. Raven Café, 932 Military St., Port Huron. (810) 9844330. Free.

Jazz

● Piano Company, 6-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Quay Street Brewing Co., 330 Quay St., Port Huron. (810) 982-4100. Free.

Easy Listening

● Hrant Hratchian at the Piano, 6-10 p.m. Wednesdays. The Voyageur, 525 S. Riverside Ave., St. Clair. (810) 329-3331. Free. ● Piano Bar with Harry Krause, 6-10 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays,

Fridays and Saturdays; and 4-8 p.m. Sundays. The Voyageur, 525 S. Riverside Ave., St. Clair. (810) 329-3331.

Variety

● Dave Liniarski, 8:30 p.m. Saturday. LaCroix’s Riverside Pub, 314 Clinton Ave., St. Clair. (810) 329-9955. Free. ● Mike Galbraith and Livy, 7:3010:30 p.m. Saturday. Raven Café, 932 Military St., Port Huron. (810) 984-4330. Free. ● Steel Bass, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday. Raven Café, 932 Military St., Port Huron. (810) 984-4330. Free. ● Stix and Fingerz, 8 p.m. Saturday. The Voyageur, 525 S. Riverside Ave., St. Clair. (810) 329-3331. Free.

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DEAR ABBY: My sister is always late sending birthday presents to my kids — sometimes up to a month or two after their birthdays. I find it disrespectful and a bad example, so I asked she either send them on time or not at all. It did no good. She complained that I am being “unfair to hold her to a deadline.” My sister has all year to plan around these events, and I feel she needs to be more responsible. It’s affecting our relationship. Please advise. —

Friday and Saturday. Military Street Music Café, 1102 Military St., Port Huron. (810) 987-5990. Cover charge.

Karaoke

● Karaoke Night with Geaux Music, 10 p.m. Fridays. Steis’s Village Inn, 5523 Main St., Lexington. (832) 326-3131. ● Karaoke with Taya, 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Frank’s Swissel Inn, 4985 24th Ave., Fort Gratiot. (810) 385-5385. Free. ● Whiskey Pete’s, 9 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 1925 24th St., Port Huron. (810) 357-5775. Free.

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DEAR CALENDAR GIRL:

If you could see all of the letters I receive from readers complaining that they receive NO gifts, you would realize your children are lucky to be remembered. While I agree sending birthday presents as long as a month or two after the fact sends a message their special day is not of primary importance to your sister, please do not let this create a rift. Explain to your children that Auntie loves them, but she is extremely disorganized. (A “ditz”!) Send questions to www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, Calif. 90069.

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Richard and Renita Homan of Cincinnati, Ohio and Craig and Pamela Mirkin of Fort Gratiot are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their children Chelsea Lee Homan and Eric Bradley Mirkin. Chelsea and Eric are getting married September 3, 2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Les and Sandy Wilson of North Olmsted, Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter Stacy to Justain Fordt, son of Scott and Collene Fordt, Marine City Michigan.

The couple met while attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Steve and Karen Rickert are proud to announce that their son, Pvt. Joshua M. Frank graduated from the United States Marine Corps Boot Camp at Parris Island, South Carolina on May 20, 2011. Pvt. Joshua M. Frank will continue his training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

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Lindsie Jane Lewis and Brian Jon McDougal II were united in marriage one year ago at St. Mary Catholic Church in Port Huron by Father Zgieb Zomerfeld. Lindsie is the daughter of Ken and Joann Lewis of Kimball. Brian is the son of Brian and Barbara McDougal of Port Huron. A reception was held at Fore Lakes. The couple honeymooned in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Brian and Lindsie reside in Lansing with their Golden Retriever, Oakley. Brian is a graduate and an employee of Michigan State University. Lindsie is a Nanny and also a stylist at Brad’s Hair Studio. LJ-0000926766-01

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Chef honoring history of food By y BRETT ZONGKER The Associated Press

Edible Lace Ice Cream Bowls are a great and tasty way to show off homemade ice cream. They also are a terrific way to take your ice cream sundae bar to the next level, impressing all your friends. MATTHEW MEAD/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Edible Lace Ice Cream Bowls

Edible ice cream bowls are a terrific way to show off homemade ice cream. They also are a great way to take your ice cream sundae bar to the next level. Because these bowls are made from a sweet, crisp shell, you could use them for other desserts, as well. They’d be terrific filled with a fruit salad or pudding and berries. They will soften as they sit with a liquid in them, so they should be filled just before serving. They’ll keep for a week in an airtight container at room temperature. This recipe calls for two specialty kitchen items — a silicone baking mat and an offset spatula. Both are inexpensive and widely available at kitchen shops. The former is a nonstick liner for baking sheets. You could use parchment paper as an alternative. The latter is a long, thin spatula set at an angle from the handle. Used mostly when baking and decorating cakes, this tool makes it easy to get under and move baked goods. With care, a thin metal spatula can be used instead.

Makes 15 bowls 1¼ cups sugar ¾ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted 1/3 cup water 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat. Have ready a small offset spatula and several small overturned glasses. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer with the whisk attachment to mix the sugar and flour. Drizzle in the butter and mix to fully incorporate. Slowly add the water and the vanilla while continuing to mix. Scoop a tablespoon of batter onto the

prepared baking sheet and spread into a 4- to 5-inch circle. Leaving plenty of space between them, repeat with 2 more spoons of batter. Bake for 10 minutes, or until golden all over. Let the baking sheet sit on the counter for 1 minute, then carefully peel each round off the baking mat by sliding the offset spatula underneath. If the cookie sticks to the spatula wait another 30 seconds. Drape each round over an overturned glass, gently pressing the sides down to form a bowl shape. Let cool until firm. Repeat in batches with the remaining batter. Once cooled, the bowls can be stored in airtight container for up to a week.

WASHINGTON— Celebrity Chef Jose Andres is creating a new restaurant in Washington to accompany a new National Archives exhibit. The America Eats Tavern, opening July 4, will be a temporary restaurant for the summer. Andres will transform his Café Atlantico with a menu showcasing the nation’s food history. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the National Archives. The pop-up restaurant is part of a partnership with the archives exhibit “What’s Cooking, Uncle ONLINE Sam? The Government’s Effect www. on the American cafeatlantico.com Diet.” Andres is advising on the exhibit opening Friday. America Eats Tavern will have a casual menu downstairs and a refined menu upstairs. It will offer native ingredients and trace the origins of some dishes, such as New England clam chowder. The restaurant name was drawn from the “America Eats” writers project of the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. It’s Andres’ first new restaurant in Washington since opening new concepts in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Another of Andres’ eateries is credited with popularizing Spanish small dishes known as tapas. Recently, Andres won the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef award. Minibar, Andres’ exclusive dining spot within Caféé Atlantico, will not change but will close briefly during the creation of the new restaurant, a spokeswoman for ThinkFoodGroup said. The restaurant group plans to find a new location for the 25-year-old Café Atlantico.

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He was a great story teller and he loved a story told well. When we came to him, he listened. He did not expect too much, but he generously gave us more. He might ask, “would you like a little touch?” And our babies and children gave him “a little sugar” at the door. He loved us well. Thank you Dad for all you gave to your family and friends. We were blessed to have you.

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PLAYING TODAY HOCKEY: Fighting Falcons vs. Traverse City North Stars, 7 p.m. at McMorran Arena, Port Huron BASKETBALL: Port Huron Northern at Marine City, girls at 5 p.m., boys at 7 BASEBALL: Tigers vs. Yankees, 7 p.m., FoxSportsDetroit, WHLS

Mariners’ Salisbury wins state title Times Herald

Jaime Salisbury didn’t want to get too excited Saturday after winning the Division 2 pole vault state championship, because he still had some goals to reach. The Marine City junior had won with a height of

14-foot, 9inches based on number of attempts, but went for 15-3, which he cleared on his third a t t e m p t a t Jaime H o u s e m a n Salisbury y

Field in Grand Rapids. “It was a good height for me, a good intermediate height,” Salisbury said. “My target is 15-7 which qualifies me for nationals. “At that point, it’s just trying to reach your goals and trying to exceed your

limits. I was pretty happy (after winning the state title), that’s pretty big. My reaction was that I was just trying to keep my cool so I wouldn’t overthink my next jump.” Salisbury placed third as a sophomore with a 14-6. He was one of eight Blue

Water Area athletes to earn all-state honors Saturday at the state finals. One relay team also placed. Also in Division 2, George O’Connor of Croswell-Lexington placed sixth in the 800 meters. He finished the race with a school-record time of 1

minute, 57.67 seconds. In the Division 2 girls meet, Algonac’s Samantha Zakalowski placed third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 45.92 seconds. Yale’s Sidney Bischer was eighth in the long jump at 16-10. See SALISBURY,, Page g 5D

Cronenworth no-hits Devils By y PAUL COSTANZO Times Herald

ARMADA — Go ahead, try telling Richmond it didn’t just face an “ace.” Jacob Cronenworth showed Saturday that the labels used for members of a pitching staff are sometimes useless, as he threw a no-hitter to lead St. Clair to a 5-0 victory in a Division 2 district final against the Blue Devils. “He was attacking the zone and that’s all you can ask of a pitcher,” St. Clair senior catcher Scott Young said. “He was keeping the ball down, hitting his spots and really executing his pitches well. With Jake and Joel (Seddon, the Saints’ ace), the only difference would be Joel throws a little harder. “When Jake’s on, you can see how good he can be. That’s definitely an asset we’re going to be looking for in the regionals.” St. Clair (28-1) advances to the regional June 11, which it will host. The Saints play Detroit Country Day. Algonac and Bloomfield Hills Andover play in the other regional semifinal. The top-ranked Saints will no doubt be the favorite heading into that regional, but one could make the argument that any of the four teams that played Saturday at Armada would have been as well. “I think any of the five teams,” Richmond coach Anthony Bloink said, including Almont which lost to Marysville in Tuesday’s pre-district game. “I figured any team that came out of this district, whether it was Almont, Richmond, Marysville, St. Clair or Armada, had a very good shot (in the

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Muskrats win first baseball district title since 1989 By y JOSEPH HAYES Times Herald

St. Clair’s Scott Young (left) ( f ) bumps fists with pitcher Jacob Cronenworth after f Young scored a run against Richmond. St. Clair won 5-0.

ALGONAC — It has been a long time since Algonac High School won a baseball district. The last title was so long ago, that none of the current players were born. The year was 1989. After a pair of victories Saturday, the Muskrats can now put another date in their record books. Algonac claimed the Division 2 district championship at home by defeating Marine City 3-1 in the semifinals and Clintondale

Tigers repeat as district champs By y JIM WHYMER Times Herald

ARMADA — Armada

coach Bud Winans said the Tigers’ second softball Division 2 district title is “better” than the first because of the competition. “Two in a row is nice, especially this year because of all the good teams here,” Winans said. “We had another great game with Richmond. “We hadn’t seen St. Clair before today, but they are a very good team. Marysville scrapped the whole way and kept putting the ball in play.” Between the three con-

tests Saturday at Armada, each semifinal was decided in extra innings and the host Tigers prevailed 10 in the finals against St. Clair. “I don’t feel too bad right now, but I wish the breeze would have continued for the finals. It was hot,” said junior pitcher Erin Kownacki, who allowed nine hits in 19 innings of work. “This feels great. “We didn’t get the league title, but we got the one that counts.” The Tigers (23-6), who finished behind Richmond and Croswell-Lexington in the Blue Water Area Conference race,, move on to

the regionals Saturday at St. Clair and will play the winner of the Madison Heights Lamphere district. A year ago, Winans’ squad made a run at the state title before falling in the state semifinals to Stevensville-Lakeshore at Bailey Park in Battle Creek. Armada advanced to the finals with a 4-2 10-inning victory against Richmond, while St. Clair edged Marysville 6-5 in nine innings. Kownacki dominated the Saints in the finals as she tossed a two-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk.

9-7 in the finals. “It’s been quite a while since we’ve won a district,” Algonac coach Mike Kras said. “It was a great effort by the boys.” The Muskrats almost blew their chance to win the district. After scoring three runs in the first inning, one in the second, one in the third and two in the fourth, the Muskrats held a commanding 7-0 lead. Clintondale erased the lead in the fourth inning See MUSKRATS, Page 5D

Marine City wins district By y JOSEPH HAYES Times Herald

this year, by far. “I thought we had a chance in the bottom of the seventh after Jessie’s double, but we couldn’t come up with a big hit.” St. Clair senior Sammy Jo Snyder was equally as impressive as Kownacki as she held the Tigers to three hits over the first four innings.

ALGONAC — The Marine City softball team didn’t have a great regular season. Playing in the Macomb Area Conference Red Division caused the Mariners to lose more games than they would have liked. But it also might have prepared them for an extended postseason run. The Mariners showed off their potent offense Saturday while defeating Algonac 15-0 in six innings in a Division 2 district semifinal. Later in the day, they

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Armada pitcher Erin Kownacki throws against St. Clair during high school girls Division 2 softball district action Saturday at Armada High School. WENDY TORELLO/TIMES HERALD The lone St. Clair player to reach second base was Jessie Thueme, who connected on a one-out double down the left field line in the seventh inning. Kownacki struck out the next two batters to end the game. “Their pitcher was outstanding,” St. Clair coach Kevin Mahn said. “She’s the best pitcher p we faced

Northern tennis finishes fifth in Division 1 Times Herald

MIDLAND — The Port

Huron Northern tennis team finished fifth Saturday at the Division 1 state finals at the Midland Tennis Center. The Huskies finished with 14 points, three behind Grosse Pointe South which was fourth. Clarkston won

the state championship with 27 points, followed by Ann Arbor Pioneer (25) and Midland Dow (21). “(Assistant coach Kim) Miller and I told (the team) they should be extremely proud of their finish,” Northern coach Char Sweeney said. “It exceeded most people’s expectations. We

were supposed to come in seventh.” Northern had two players advance to Saturday, but both Lizzie and Rae Brozovich lost their semifinal matches to eventual state champions from Clarkston. Lizzie Brozovich lost 6-0, 6-1 to her cousin, Katie Brozovich at No. 3 singles.

Rae Brozovich lost 6-1, 6-3 to Kristina Lucas at No. 4 singles. Northern loses two seniors from their top 12, as Mary-Elizabeth Mariani (No. 1 doubles) and Lauren VandenBossche (No. 4 doubles) graduate. Brittany Petho, who missed the season with an injury, is

also a senior. In Division 4, Richmond’s No. 2 doubles team of Katie West and Joanna Fenwick lost in the semifinals to event the eventual state champions from Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart. The Blue Devils lost the match 6-2, 7-5. Richmond finished with

eight points, good enough for 11th place. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian won the title. St. Clair finished tied for sixth in Division 3 with 10 points. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood won with 33 points. The Saints did not have any players play on Saturday.

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IN BRIEF NCAA Buckeyes fans trash Tressel sweaters FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Fort Myers Miracle of the Florida State League are having a “Rest the Vest� Night on Monday, giving Ohio State fans a place to unload their sweater vests in the wake of Jim Tressel’s resignation. Known for wearing sweater vests, Tressel was forced to step down as football coach Monday after it was revealed his players traded autographed memorabilia and championship rings for cash and discounted tattoos. The NCAA also is looking into car deals involving Ohio State athletes. The Miracle are encouraging fans to place their sweater vests in a “retirement bin� for a chance to test drive a sports car. Those showing a tattoo before the game against the Jupiter Hammerheads will receive “a piece of Miracle memorabilia to keep or sell.�

NASCAR Qualifying order changes announced KANSAS CITY, Kan. —

The qualifying order for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series will be set only on the first practice session, starting with next week’s race in Pocono. NASCAR had previously used all of its practice sessions to determine the qualifying order, which will remain grouped from the slowest cars going first and the fastest cars last. NASCAR also says it’ll no longer separate cars that are locked into a race and ones that must qualify on speed. The Truck and Nationwide series won’t separate those cars, either, and the changes in those circuits will start will start this weekend. But the Truck and Nationwide events will stick with using all of their sessions to set qualifying orders.

NBA Oakley says assault led to back problem CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Bobcats assistant Charles Oakley isn’t sure he’ll be able to return to his job because of a painful back condition he says was caused during an assault last year in Las Vegas. Oakley has sued the Aria hotel-casino, claiming he was beaten by security guards in May 2010. Oakley said Saturday that two slipped disks from the incident led to a painful sciatic nerve condition that forced him to miss the Bobcats’ final 13 games. He’s still having trouble walking. One of the NBA’s all-time tough guys as a player, Oakley was in his first season as an assistant. He says he doesn’t know if he’ll need surgery and if he’ll be able to be on the bench in the fall. Coach Paul Silas says he’ll decide soon whether to replace Oakley on his staff.

HORSE Preakness winner set for Belmont NEW YORK — The rubber match is set: Preakness winner Shackleford is ready to take on Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom in next Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes. Shackleford passed his final test Saturday morning with a sharp five-furlong workout at Belmont Park. Trainer Dale Romans says as long as the colt comes out of the work in good shape, “he will runâ€? in the final leg of the Triple Crown. It’ll be the first time the Derby and Preakness winners hook up in the Belmont since 2005, when Preakness winner Afleet Alex beat Derby winner Giacomo. Shackleford, with exercise rider Tammy Fox aboard, covered five furlongs in 1:00.30. Entries and post positions will be drawn Wednesday. A field of 13 is shaping up for the 1½-mile race. — From wire reports

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SPORTS SCOREBOARD Baseball

American League East Division W L Pct GB New York 31 24 .564 — Boston 32 26 .552 ½ Tampa Bay 30 28 .517 2½ Toronto 29 29 .500 3½ Baltimore 26 30 .464 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 33 23 .589 — TIGERS 30 27 .526 3½ Chicago 28 32 .467 7 Kansas City 25 33 .431 9 Minnesota 20 37 .351 13½ West Division W L Pct GB Texas 33 26 .559 — Seattle 30 28 .517 2½ Los Angeles 30 29 .508 3 Oakland 27 32 .458 6 Friday Texas 11, Cleveland 2 Toronto 8, Baltimore 4 Boston 8, Oakland 6 Chicago White Sox 6, TIGERS4 Minnesota 5, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday Boston 9, Oakland 8, 14 innings Tampa Bay 3, Seattle 2 Texas 4, Cleveland 0 Baltimore 5, Toronto 3 TIGERS4, Chicago White Sox 2 Minnesota 7, Kansas City 2 N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Today Texas (C.Wilson 5-3) at Cleveland (Talbot 2-1), 1:05 p.m. Oakland (Anderson 3-5) at Boston (Lackey 2-5), 1:35 p.m. Toronto (Jo-.Reyes 1-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 27), 1:35 p.m. TIGERS(Penny 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 2-0), 2:10 p.m. Minnesota (Duensing 2-5) at Kansas City (Francis 2-5), 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Colon 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Pineiro 2-2), 3:35 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 4-5) at Seattle (Bedard 34), 4:10 p.m. National League East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 34 24 .586 — Florida 31 25 .554 2 Atlanta 32 27 .542 2½ New York 27 31 .466 7 Washington 25 32 .439 8½ Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 35 25 .583 — Milwaukee 32 26 .552 2 Cincinnati 30 29 .508 4½ Pittsburgh 28 29 .491 5½ Chicago 23 33 .411 10 Houston 23 35 .397 11 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 32 26 .552 — San Francisco 32 26 .552 — Colorado 27 30 .474 4½ Los Angeles 27 32 .458 5½ San Diego 25 33 .431 7 Friday Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1, 12 innings Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Cincinnati 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Milwaukee 6, Florida 5 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Arizona 4, Washington 0 San Diego 3, Houston 1 San Francisco 3, Colorado 1 Saturday St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 4, 12 innings Colorado 2, San Francisco 1 L.A. Dodgers 11, Cincinnati 8, 11 innings

Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 0 Milwaukee 3, Florida 2 Washington at Arizona Houston at San Diego Today L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 4-4) at Cincinnati (T.Wood 4-3), 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 2-4) at Florida (Ani.Sanchez 5-1), 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Halladay 7-3) at Pittsburgh (Ja. McDonald 3-3), 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 5-2) at St. Louis (Carpenter 1-5), 2:15 p.m. Colorado (Hammel 3-5) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-1), 4:05 p.m. Washington (Marquis 6-2) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 6-2), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Lyles 0-0) at San Diego (Latos 3-6), 6:35 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 26), 8:05 p.m.

Tigers g box score Tigers g 4,, White Sox 2 Detroit Chicago ab r h bi ab r hbi AJcksn cf 5 2 3 0 Pierre lf 3 010 Kelly 3b-rf 3 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 2 0 Boesch rf 4 1 2 2 Quentin dh 2 0 1 0 Worth 3b 0 0 0 0 Przyns c 4 000 MiCarr 1b 4 1 1 2 Rios cf 3 000 VMrtnz dh 3 0 1 0 Lillirdg rf 4 110 Dirks lf 4 0 0 0 A.Dunn 1b 4 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 2 0 0 0 Bckhm 2b 4 1 1 2 Avila c 4 0 1 0 Morel 3b 3 010 Raburn 2b 4 0 1 0 Santiag 2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 9 4 Totals 31 2 7 2 Detroit 200 000 002— 4 Chicago 000 020 000— 2 E—Verlander (3). DP—Detroit 2, Chicago 2. LOB—Detroit 10, Chicago 6. 2B—V.Martinez (14). 3B—A.Jackson (3). HR—Boesch (5), Mi.Cabrera (12), Beckham (5). SB—A.Jackson (9). S—Kelly, Pierre. IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Verlander W,6-3 8 7 2 2 1 7 Valverde S,15-15 1 0 0 0 1 1 Chicago E.Jackson 6 7 2 2 4 5 Sale 1 1/3 0 0 0 3 0 Crain L,2-2 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 Ohman 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Verlander (Quentin). Umpires—Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Tim Welke; Third, Andy Fletcher. T—3:17. A—31,037 (40,615).

NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Vancouver 1, Boston 0 June 1: Vancouver 1, Boston 0 Saturday: Boston at Vancouver Monday: Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m. Wednesday: Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m. x-Friday: Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m. x- June 13: Vancouver at Boston, 8 pJune 15: Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

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(x-if necessary) FINALS (Best-of-7) Miami 1, Dallas 1 Tuesday, May 31: Miami 92, Dallas 84 Thursday, June 2: Dallas 95, Miami 93 Today: Miami at Dallas, 8 p.m. Tuesday: Miami at Dallas, 9 p.m. Thursday: Miami at Dallas, 9 p.m. x- June 12: Dallas at Miami, 8 p.m. x- June 14: Dallas at Miami, 9 p.m.

SPORTS ON TV AUTO RACING 12:30 p.m. FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, STP 400, at Kansas City, Kan.

GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Wales Open, final round, at Newport, Wales Noon TGC — PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, final round, at Dublin, Ohio 2:30 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament, final round, at Dublin, Ohio 4:30 p.m. TGC — ShopRite LPGA Classic, final round, at Galloway, N.J. 7:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Principal Charity Classic, final round, at Des Moines, Iowa (same-day tape)

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2 p.m. TBS — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis WGN — Detroit at Chicago White Sox 8 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at N.Y. Mets

NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ABC — Playoffs, finals, game 3, Miami at Dallas

SOCCER 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s national teams, exhibition, U.S. vs. Mexico, at Harrison, N.J.

TENNIS 9 a.m. NBC — French Open, men’s championship match, at Paris (live and same-day tape) WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 1 01.000 — Indiana 1 01.000 — Atlanta 0 0 .000 ½ New York 0 0 .000 ½ Chicago 0 1 .000 1 Washington g 0 1 .000 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Los Angeles 1 01.000 San Antonio 1 01.000 Seattle 1 01.000 Minnesota 0 1 .000 Phoenix 0 1 .000 Tulsa 0 1 .000 Friday Los Angeles 82, Minnesota 74 Saturday Seattle 78, Phoenix 71 Connecticut 89, Washington 73 Indiana 65, Chicago 57 San Antonio 93, Tulsa 73 Today New York at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Los Angeles at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.

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Tennis

French Open Saturday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $24.99 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Women Championship Li Na (6), China, def. Francesca Schiavone (5), Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (0). Doubles Men Championship Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (2), Canada, def. Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colombia, and Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, 7-6 (3), 36, 6-4.

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The Memorial Scores Saturday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,352; Par 72 (a-amateur) Third Round Steve Stricker 68-67-69— 204 Jonathan Byrd 71-67-69— 207 Matt Kuchar 69-71-68— 208 Brandt Jobe 71-68-69— 208 Mark Wilson 70-73-66— 209 Shaun Micheel 69-73-67— 209 Rory McIlroy 66-72-71— 209 Marc Leishman 73-71-66— 210 Kevin Chappell 69-73-68— 210 Troy Matteson 73-69-68— 210 Hunter Mahan 69-72-69— 210 Gary Woodland 72-69-69— 210 Rod Pampling 72-66-72— 210 Scott Piercy 75-67-69— 211 Brett Wetterich 70-71-70— 211 Dustin Johnson68-73-70— 211 Scott Stallings 68-76-68— 212 Webb Simpson 72-70-70— 212 Charles Howell III 72-70-70 — 212 John Senden 71-70-71 — 212 Luke Donald 70-69-73 — 212 Ricky Barnes 68-70-74 — 212 Charl Schwartzel 72-71-70 — 213 Camilo Villegas 73-69-71 — 213 Ben Curtis 70-75-69 — 214 J.J. Henry 70-75-69 — 214 Brian Davis 73-71-70 — 214 Angel Cabrera 70-73-71 — 214 Phil Mickelson 72-70-72 — 214 Kevin Streelman 74-68-72 — 214 Davis Love III 69-73-72 — 214 Bo Van Pelt 72-70-72 — 214 Ryan Moore 69-70-75 — 214 Kevin Stadler 71-68-75 — 214 Aaron Baddeley 71-68-75 — 214

LPGA

LPGA-ShopRite LPGA Classic Saturday At Seaview Dolce Seaview Resort, Bay

Course Galloway, N.J. Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,155; Par: 71 Second Round Cristie Kerr 69-65 — 134 Catriona Matthew 68-67 — 135 Brittany Lincicome 72-64 — 136 Mindy Kim 72-65 — 137 Amy Yang 70-67 — 137 Jiyai Shin 66-71 — 137 Brittany Lang 72-66 — 138 Shi Hyun Ahn 71-67 — 138 Katie Futcher 71-68 — 139 Haeji Kang 71-68 — 139 Anna Nordqvist 71-68 — 139 I.K. Kim 69-70 — 139 Karen Stupples 69-70 — 139 Silvia Cavalleri 72-68 — 140 Cindy LaCrosse 72-68 — 140 Haru Nomura 72-68 — 140 Mina Harigae 71-69 — 140 Meena Lee 71-69 — 140 Lindsey Wright 69-71 — 140

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Principal Charity Classic Saturday At Glen Oaks CC West Des Moines, Iowa Purse: $1,725,000 Yardage: 6,879; Par: 71 Second Round Mark Brooks 65-67 — 132 Mark Calcavecchia 67-66 — 133 Bob Gilder 68-66 — 134 Peter Senior 67-67 — 134 Jay Don Blake 72-64 — 136 Brad Bryant 71-65 — 136 Mike Goodes 70-66 — 136 Steve Pate 70-66 — 136 Rod Spittle 68-68 — 136 Bruce Fleisher 72-65 — 137 Larry Mize 70-67 — 137 Michael Allen 69-68 — 137 Chien Soon Lu 69-68 — 137 Tom Lehman 68-69 — 137 Jeff Hart 68-69 — 137 Tom Jenkins 70-68 — 138 David Frost 70-68 — 138 Mark O’Meara 69-69 — 138 Lee Rinker 74-65 — 139 Bill Glasson 73-66 — 139 Loren Roberts 73-66 — 139 Hal Sutton 71-68 — 139 Morris Hatalsky 70-69 — 139 Robert Thompson 71-68 — 139 John Huston 70-69 — 139 Bobby Wadkins 68-71 — 139 Nick Price 68-71 — 139 Joey Sindelar 68-71 — 139 Steve Lowery 74-66 — 140 Roger Chapman 73-67 — 140 Gary Hallberg 71-69 — 140 D.A. Weibring 71-69 — 140 Bobby Clampett 71-69 — 140 Scott Simpson 69-71 — 140 Tim Simpson 68-72 — 140 Tommy Armour III 73-68 — 141 Keith Clearwater 73-68 — 141 Wayne Levi 73-68 — 141 Frankie Minoza 73-68 — 141 John Cook 72-69 — 141 Peter Jacobsen 72-69 — 141 Chip Beck 72-69 — 141 Gil Morgan 72-69 — 141 Tom Kite 72-69 — 141 Larry Nelson 71-70 — 141 Tom Purtzer 74-68 — 142 Hale Irwin 73-69 — 142 Tom Pernice, Jr. 73-69 — 142 Jeff Sluman 72-70 — 142 David Eger 70-72 — 142 Phil Blackmar 75-68 — 143 Dana Quigley 74-69 — 143 David Peoples p 75-68 — 143

Li wins French Open for China’s 1st Slam title By y HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press

PARIS — As China’s Li Na tossed the ball while serving at match point in the French Open final, a cry from a fan in the stands pierced the silence at Court Philippe Chatrier. Distracted, Li stopped and let the ball drop. The words of support were in Mandarin: “Jia you!� — which loosely translates to “Let’s go!� After so many years of “Come on� and “Allez� and “Vamos,� there’s a new language on the tennis landscape. Li became the first Chinese player, man or woman, to win a Grand Slam singles title by beating defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (0) at Roland Garros on Saturday. The sixth-seeded Li used powerful groundstrokes to compile a 31-12 edge in winners, and won the last nine points of the match, a run that began when the fifthseeded Schiavone was flustered by a line call she was sure was wrong. “China tennis — we’re getting bigger and bigger,� said Li, who is projected to rise to a career-best No. 4 in Monday’s new WTA rankings. She already was the first woman from that nation of more than 1 billion people to win a WTA singles title, the first to enter the top 10 in the rankings, and the first to make it to a Grand Slam final — she lost to Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open in January. Thinking back to that defeat, Li said: “I had no experience. I was very nervous. For my second time in a final, I had the experience. I knew how to do it. And I had more self-confidence.� She broke away from the Chinese government’s sports system in late 2008 under an experimental reform policy for tennis players dubbed “Fly Alone.� Li was given the freedom to choose her own coach and schedule and to keep much more of her earnings: Previously, she turned over 65% to the authorities; now it’s 12%. That comes to about $205,000 of the $1.7 million French Open winner’s check. “We took a lot of risks with this reform. When we let them fly, we didn’t know if they would succeed. That they have now succeeded, means our reform was correct,� said Sun Jinfang, an official with the Chinese Tennis Association. “This reform will serve as a good example for reforms in other sports.� sports.

At her news conference, Li wore a new T-shirt with Chinese characters that meant “sport changes everything,� and offered thanks to Sun. “Without her reform, then possibly we wouldn’t have achieved this success,� Li said. When a reporter mentioned the June 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square and asked whether her victory could spark a sports revolution, Li said she’s “just� a tennis player and added, “I don’t need to answer ... this question.� Her tennis game, filled with flat forehands and backhands, looks betterbuilt for hard courts, rather than the slow, red clay of Paris. Indeed, Li never had won a clay-court tournament until Saturday. She lost in the third round in three of her previous four French Opens, including against Schiavone a year ago. But Li’s movement on clay is better now, Schiavone explained, saying: “She slides a little bit more.� Li repeatedly set up points with her backhand, then closed them with her forehand, and she finished with 21 winners from the baseline, 15 more than Schiavone. Only after Li controlled the first set and the early part of the second did Schiavone begin working her way into the match. “I tried to push more, to risk more,� Schiavone said. She broke to 4-all in the second, and held to lead 6-5. The 12th game was pivotal. Serving at deuce, Li smacked a backhand that landed near a sideline but initially was called out by a line judge, which would have given Schiavone a set point. But Li began walking up to take a closer look at the mark left in the clay by the shot, and chair umpire Louise Engzell climbed down to examine it, too. She told Schiavone the ball touched the line. Schiavone leaned forward and pointed at the spot in question, discussing the ruling with Engzell; the restless crowd began whistling and jeering, as French Open spectators often do when a player vigorously questions a call. Engzell’s call stood, and eventually she returned to her perch. Schiavone wouldn’t win another point. “That ball was out,� she said later. “Sure, you get angry. ... So what do you do? You’re playing tennis, you have to go back to playing tennis and think about what you need to do. ObviousObvious

ly, I think it was a big mistake. But it’s up to the tournament and others to watch that match again and evaluate the call.� Li is 29, and Schiavone turns 31 later this month, making for the oldest combined ages of French Open women’s finalists since 1986. Perhaps that’s why neither appeared to be too shaken

by the stakes or the setting — until the latter stages. Schiavone was the fourth consecutive top-10 seeded player that Li beat, including three-time major champion Maria Sharapova in the semifinals. In 2010, Schiavone became Italy’s first female Grand Slam champion. This time, it was Li who bit her low-

er lip when accepting the tournament trophy, and who mouthed the words while China’s national anthem was played and its flag was raised at the stadium for the first time. Chinese players had won four women’s or mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in the past. But none at the French Open. And none in singles.

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Busch, Childress have altercation By y LUKE MEREDITH The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — NASCAR is looking into reports that Kyle Busch and 65-year-old car owner Richard Childress were involved in an altercation Saturday after the Trucks Series race at Kansas Speedway. Busch finished sixth, a spot behind Richard Childress Racing driver Joey Coulter after the two had a spirited late battle for position. Busch drove up beside Coulter’s truck following

the race. When asked what happened between the two, Coulter joked that, according to the spotters, Busch was just congratulating him. Busch is on probation through June 15 following a post-race, pit-road confrontation with RCR driver Kevin Harvick at Darlington. On May 24 in North Carolina, Busch was cited for careless and reckless driving, and speeding after driving 128 mph in a 45 mph zone. Busch had no comment.

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showed their composure to come from behind and defeat Lutheran North 9-5 in the district final. “All the tough competition we face in the (MAC) Red helped,” Marine City coach Marv Osterland said. “We always say, ‘you make one mistake and you lose in the Red’. “Today we were playing teams our own size.” Sarah Wood went the distance for Marine City. She allowed two earned runs on five hits and struck out five. Paige Thayer (two RBIs) and Elise Lyszczyk each had two hits for Marine City, and Jordan Mathison added a hit and two RBIs.

TIMES HERALD, PORT HURON, MICHIGAN Marine City (11-14) got off to a good start and led 3-0 entering the fifth inning. But that’s when they began to run into problems. A couple of Marine City errors helped Lutheran North storm back to score four runs and take a 4-3 lead into the sixth inning. There, Marine City got a pair of timely hits to score twice and go back up 5-4. But Lutheran North would tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. As the seventh inning rolled around, Marine City stepped up to the plate with the game and its season on the line. The Mariners responded with four consecutive hits, to score four runs and put the game away. “We had some mental breakdowns,” said Thayer, who had a clutch double in the final inning

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to scored two runs. “But we picked each other up and got through it together. We’ve played 10 times harder teams in the MAC Red. Now we’ve learned how to come back.” Marine City advances to the regional round Saturday at St. Clair. Meanwhile, Lutheran North ends the season 8-20. “Marine City is a little more seasoned than we are,” Lutheran North coach Duane Anger said. “They are a well coached team. They were well prepared.” In Marine City’s early game against Algonac, Kristen Bickley went all six innings and allowed one hit while striking out five. Contact Joseph Hayes at (810) 4887746 or jahayes@gannett.com. View his blog at www.thetimesherald.com/ sports.

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Kaberle enjoys first Cup Finals The Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tomas Kaberle never got to the Stanley Cup finals while playing the previous 11 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The new Bruins defenseman thinks the experience was worth the wait, even if he had to move to Boston at the trade deadline to get there. “I thought the atmosphere was awesome,” Kaberle said Saturday before Game 2 against the Vancouver Canucks. “You can feel it even the night before the game. It’s a great experience. You can compare it to pretty much like Olympic hockey games. Similar style. That’s really a good atmosphere.” Kaberle scored 520 points and made four All-Star teams with the frequently woeful Maple Leafs. He’s not under pressure to be a star shutdown defenseman with the Bruins, who have Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg for that job. The 33-year-old Kaberle is focused on enjoying Boston’s run, thanks to advice from his older brother, Frantisek Kaberle, who won a Stanley Cup title with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. “We always talk on the phone and stuff,” Kaberle said of his brother, who plays in their native Czech Republic. “He knows what we are going through. He said, ‘Just make

GAME 2 OF THE STANLEY CUP FINALS WAS NOT COMPLETE AT PRESS TIME.

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the most of it.’” FLUSH FRENZY: A citywide postgame street party with more than 40,000 Canucks fans wasn’t the only thing Vancouver was preparing for going into Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday night. The city was also getting ready for an influx of toilet flushes following collective bathroom breaks between periods and after Game 1 on Wednesday, according to the Vancouver Police Department. The break caused the region’s water pressure to drop from peaks over 450 PSI while the game was on, down to 385 PSI after Raffi Torres scored with 18.5 seconds left in a 1-0 win, with smaller drop-offs between periods. To prepare for the frenzy of flushes, city engineers open valves and start pumps. As for celebrations downtown, the Vancouver Police pegged the Game 1 crowd at 40,000 — and that was on a cold, overcast Wednesday. SEGUIN SLOWED: Tyler Seguin’s playoff breakout appears to have fizzled out.

Vancouver Canucks right wing Maxim Lapierre, right, checks Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg into the boards Saturday during the first period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Vancouver, British Columbia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS After being scratched for Boston’s first 11 postseason games, Seguin had three goals and three assists in his first two games in the Eastern Conference finals, including a virtuoso four-point Game 2

performance to beat Tampa Bay. Since then, the 19-year-old Seguin went without a point in six games. His ice time dropped to 6:21 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.

Heat shake off collapse, ready for Game 3 By y TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press

DALLAS — After two days of intense film study and painstaking analysis of the final 14 possessions in their end-of-game collapse in Game 2 of the NBA finals, the Miami Heat finally came up with the reason why. It wasn’t a highly technical reason. “We let one go,” Dwyane Wade said. And entering Game 3 of the NBA finals, the Heat will try to let Game 2 go again. The way Miami sees it, carrying over the stigma of that loss — one of the worst lategame collapses in finals history — would only doom them again Sunday night when the scene shifts to steamy Dallas for the first of three games on the Mavericks’ home floor. Dallas rallied from 15 points down in the final 7 minutes to beat Miami in Game 2, outscoring the Heat 22-5 to finish the game and knot the series. Thanks to that win, Mavs’ fans still may see another

NBA championship celebration, only this time, by the Western Conference champions and not a Heat team that hoisted a trophy at Dallas after the 2006 finals. “In the playoffs, it’s a win or a loss. However it comes by, it’s a win or a loss,” Heat forward LeBron James said. “We’ve moved on from Game 2, seen the mistakes we’ve made. Seen some of the great things we’ve done as well. It’s a win or loss. The series is tied 1-1. We never get too high or too low in the series. We haven’t gotten too high or low in the regular season as well.” Game 3 is crucial for so many obvious reasons, like the Heat wanting not to deal with another stumble and the Mavericks wanting to keep momentum rolling and retain home-court advantage. Statistically, there’s proof that it’s a Texas-sized swing game as well. Since the NBA went to the 2-3-2 format for the finals, teams have now split the first two games 12 times. In the previous 11, the winner of Game 3 has always gone on

to win the championship. Big whoop, both teams said in response to that one. “We just can’t let up. We’re not good enough to just relax,” said Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, who led Dallas’ late-game charge in Game 2 at Miami. “We need to play with an edge at all times in every game. So hopefully (Sunday), with the crowd behind us, we’re going to have a great game. Just looking at this one game.” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was more succinct. “I think both teams have bucked a lot of those numbers and odds up to this point already,” he said. “We’re a non-traditional team.” Maybe that’s one of the reasons why the Heat were so loose Saturday. Players arrived at the arena around noon, most with headphones on as they walked off the bus, bobbing heads in time with the music and nodding to people as they walked by. James and Wade were chatting and laughing,

a few players checked out the turf that would host an Arena Football League game later Saturday night and some stretched their arms to tap the goalposts as they walked across the floor where a basketball court will be Sunday. The mood couldn’t have been more different from when they walked off the floor in Miami on Thursday, stunned by what just happened. “We’re coming home, but we know that’s no guarantee of anything,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. “We’ve lost at home this year in the playoffs. Now Miami has as well. The venue has significance, but it never guarantees anyone anything. ... The mistake that we’re not going to make is feel like coming home is going to be something that helps get us over the hump. It’s not going to be like that. Both these teams are too good of road teams.” Including the playoffs, the Mavericks have won 34 road games this season, tops in the NBA. Miami ranks second with 32.

NFL players urge appeals court to lift lockout By y JIM SUHR The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Attorneys on both sides of the NFL’s bitter labor fight were back in the courtroom as the league’s work stoppage dragged on with no sign of a deal to save the 2011 season. Surrounded by some 200 people, including retirees on folding chairs brought in to handle the crowd, NFL players urged a federal appeals court Friday to declare the lockout illegal. Each side got roughly 30 minutes each to make its case. The appeal centers on the lockout that began hours after months of labor talks fell apart March 11, the players’ union dissolved and the fight ended up in federal court. The NFL contends the union decertification was a sham meant to gain leverage in the talks and the conflict remains subject to labor law. The players argue that antitrust laws apply and the lockout put in place under labor law needs to be put on hold, as it was in April by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson in Minnesota. “We’re asking for a preliminary injunction for a short period of time, the players’ time,” players counsel, The The-

odore Olson, said in the hushed courtroom. “We’re simply asking that the laws of the U.S. be respected.” The arguments came before a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals whose two earlier 2-1 decisions have sided with the league and upheld the lockout. The panel took the arguments under advisement with one judge, Kermit Bye, saying only that a ruling would come in “due course” and he suggested the two sides figure things out. “We wouldn’t be all that hurt if you go out and settle that case,” Bye said with a smile as he closed the 68-minute hearing. “We will keep with our business, and if that ends up with a decision, it’s probably something both sides aren’t going to like.” The league is starting to see the effects of the lockout, with furloughs and other recent moneysaving steps. Training camps traditionally start in late July and the first preseason game is little more than two months away. The hearing has been seen as pivotal in the dispute over how to share the NFL’s $9 billion in annual revenue, and the turnout included NFL Players AssoAsso

ciation leader DeMaurice Smith and two dozen players, including Green Bay’s Cullen Jenkins, the Jets’ Tony Richardson and Giants standout Osi Umenyiora. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spent Friday in Fort Bragg, N.C., a league spokesman tweeting that Goodell isn’t a lawyer and “wouldn’t have added much to the legal proceedings.” Jets owner Woody Johnson was at the hearing. Paul Clement, an attorney representing the NFL, waved off a reporter’s question about whether the league had the upper hand. “As we tried to make clear in there, we think the lockout is actually the best way to get players back on the field,” said Clement, who like Olson is a former U.S. solicitor general. “I think people understand that this will be resolved; the resolution will include a collective bargaining agreement. And the fastest way to get there is to get the antitrust laws, which were just a misfit in this context, out of the picture.” The hearing was sometimes dense as Olson and Clement laid out arguments over Nelson’s April 25 decision to lift the lockout on the grounds that it was illegal and

the players suffering irreparable harm. The 8th Circuit — seen as a more conservative, businessfriendly venue for the NFL than the federal courts in Minnesota — put her ruling on hold April 29 and reaffirmed its decision May 16. Judges Steven Colloton and Duane Benton wrote for the majority then that “the league has made a strong showing that it is likely to succeed on the merits.” Bye dissented both times, favoring the players. Colloton and Benton — appointed by Republican President George W. Bush — were outspoken Friday, peppering Olson and Clement with requests to elaborate on legal points and precedents. Bye, an appointee of President Clinton, a Democrat, offered the opening welcome to the crowded gallery, but remained mostly quiet. Clement insisted the NorrisLaGuardia Act bars court injunctions in cases arising from a labor dispute, which he maintained is in play, and said Nelson’s decision runs afoul of it. “Ultimately, collective bargaining is a much better way to resolve these disputes than antitrust litigation,” litigation, Clement said.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kurt Busch had never run all that well in Kansas, and a spinout during practice Friday certainly didn’t make it look as if he was about to turn that around. Less than 24 hours and a few tweaks later, Busch captured the pole for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway and reversed a decade of tough luck at the 1.5-mile track. Busch, who had never started higher than seventh in 10 career starts in Kansas and has never finished in the top five, topped the leaderboard at 174.752 mph in his No. 22 Dodge on Saturday. Busch snapped out of an extended funk with a fourth-place finish last week in Charlotte. He had to have front end damage repaired following Friday’s spin, and that and other changes helped produce his first pole since Michigan last June and the 13th of his career. “I have to thank my guys for standing behind me, not just through (Friday) but through some of the tough times we’ve been through as of late,” Busch said. “It’s an amazing world, the world of motorsports. One day you’re down, the next day you’re up.” Juan Pablo Montoya will start second in today’s race, followed by Kyle Busch and Brian Vickers. Joey Logano qualified fifth, giving Toyota three cars in the top five. “A lot better than we expected,” Kyle Busch said. “The guys did a good job with it and gave me a good piece to run a good lap. That’s all we can ask for. We’ve been having sort of a struggle this weekend so far and trying to make something out of nothing here.” Jamie McMurray, who grew up in nearby Joplin, Mo., and visited the tornado-ravaged town Thursday, will start sixth. Sprint Cup points leader Carl Edwards, also a Missouri native, will start seventh — the highest of any of the Fords in the field. “I’m not going to tell you exactly what I did wrong, but I know it was something,” Edwards said. “I think we are going to have a really good shot at this race and that would mean a lot to me.” Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s momentum after a gut-wrenching but promising second-place finish at Charlotte stalled with a qualifying run of 28th. Jimmie Johnson, who beat Edwards to win here in 2008, will start 31st — by far his worst position in Kansas. Sunday’s race will mark the midway point of the Sprint Cup’s regular season, and three drivers looking to move up in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship standings are hoping to become Kansas’ first three-time winner. Tony Stewart (13th), Greg Biffle (14th) and Jeff Gordon (22nd) all have a pair of wins here — but none of them will start in the top 10. Gordon, who took Kansas’s first two races in 2001-02, has seven top-five finishes at the track and four in a row. Biffle took first in 2007, won again last fall in a Chase event and has the best driver rating of any driver at Kansas, ahead of Johnson. Stewart won Kansas in 2006 and 2009. Of course, the way this season has gone almost anyone has a realistic shot at a win. Just five of the 12 winners in the Cup series so far this season have started from 20th or better. This is the first summer Sprint Cup race on the schedule for Kansas, which added an event for 2011. Drivers expect the track to be hot and slick for Sunday’s race, which will start at noon local time. The track will host its traditional fall race on October 9. “There’s a bunch of differences with being out here in June and how warm it is. But I always look at the law of averages. If you’ve struggled somewhere for a long time, then maybe it’s — you’re due, Busch said. due,”

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Record field at 26th Hospice p River Run By y STEVE KAMIDOI Special to the Times Herald

It was the “biggest and one of the best” according to organizers of the 26th annual Blue Water Hospice River Run held Saturday at Marysville Park. A record field of more than 700 runners competed in the 10kilometer and 5K runs and 3mile walk. First-year run director and Water Hospice Chief Development Officer, Laura Cottengim, was ecstatic following the race. “Everything went very well,” Cottengim said. “The runners and most important the volunteers is what made today a success. Carol Nichols and Trisha Foster have helped me in putting everything together for my first race and spend hours of late nights to make sure we had things covered.” “The many sponsors and those that donated items are too many to name. We took out a full page ad in the Times Herald to thank them all.” The race marked the first time computerized chips were used for timing of the race, provided by Elite Feet Sports of

Port Huron. Rich Entertainment provided music and the public address system. Nichols said Lowell and Gwen Spiess were honored this year for their roles as race timers for 25 previous races. Joe Lasher of Kimball has competed in almost all of the races through the years and enjoys the course layout. “The river view is wonderful and the volunteers that put the race together make it an enjoyable time,” said Lasher, 54. “I always like coming home to Marysville and this is one I will always schedule to run.” Lasher, who has won the 10K run several times, placed ninth overall with a time of 43 minutes. Jerome Recker won the 10K race for the eighth time in nine years at 32:13. “This is probably my fastest time in this race by about 30 seconds,” Recker said. “The tailwind coming back gave me a faster split than the first half.” Recker, 28, is a Port Huron High and Saginaw Valley State University graduate, and now lives in Lansing and runs team

RUNNING

50-54: Butch Randal, 23:18

26TH ANNUAL BLUE WATER HOSPICE RIVER RUNS

55-59: Martin Boyd, 21:49

At Marysville Park

65-69: David Montri, 26:08

5K Overall Mens

60-64: Mike Karkowski, 27:56 5K WOMENS

5. Rebecca Miller, 51:08 AGE GROUP WINNERS 10K MENS 14-Under:Michael polio, 46:16

1.Benjamin Richards, 16:10

14-Under: Rachel Bonner, 23:37

15-19: Nicholas Amormino, 44:27

2.Charlie Richards, 16:20

15-19: Shelby Peterson, 23:29

20-24: Nick Collins, 1:03:49

3.Joe Wing, 17:11

20-24: Sherice Latarte, 22:48

25-29: Bradley Stephen, 41:36

4.Steven Esders, 18:06

25-29: Danielle Fowler, 20:40

30-34: Steve Pillon, 40:19

5.Justin Noble, 18:47

30-34: Jessica Tomlin, 51:57

35-39: Scott Metzner, 44:43

35-39: Kristie Johnston, 23:16

40-44: Mark Westrick, 45:48

1.Katie Noble, 18:51

40-44: Sarah Jo Smith, 25:14

45-49: Brent Cantwell, 48:52

2.Danielle Fowler, 20:40

45-49: Andrea Hartson, 23:59

50-54: Michael Eckert, 41:12

3.Sherice Latarte, 22:48

50-54: Karen Gillespie, 24:22

55-59: Tim Heintz, 45:30

4.Kristie Johnston, 23:16

55-59: Denise Brown, 29:07

60-64: Bill Miltko, 52:52

5. Shelby Peterson, 23:29

70-Over: Nancy Ryan, 43:10

65-69: Jim Kruse, 55:16

5K Overall Womens

10K Overall Mens AGE GROUP WINNERS 5K MENS

10K WOMENS

1.Jerome Recker, 32:13

15-19: Haley Rock, 57:46

2.Steve Pillon, 40:19

20-24: Julia Thiesse, 51:46

14-Under: Bradley Mallory, 19:47

3.Michael Eckert, 41:12

25-29: Kelly Herrick, 55:36

15-19: Steven Esders, 18:06

4.Bradley Stephen, 41:36

30-34: Jessica Tomlin, 51:57

20-24: Charlie Richards, 16:20

5.Joe Lasher, 43:00

35-39: Mindy Mallwitz, 53:32

25-29: Justin Noble, 18:47

10K Overall Womens

40-44: Heather Roy, 44:20

30-34: Shane Lehndt, 19:32

1.Kristin Pillon, 42:53

45-49: Lori Cornwell, 51:31

35-39: Matt Livingston, 19:59

2.Heather Roy, 44:20

50-54: Teresa Ropposch, 57:23

40-44: Joe Wing, 17:11

3.Karen Desjardin, 46:09

55-59: Joan McDonald, 50:02

45-49: Nick Valore, 22:00

4.Barb Smith, 50:34

65-69: Rosemary Medvezky, 1:06:59

events with Playmaker Running in Okemos. Steve Pillon (40:19) of Port Huron was second, while Michael Eckert (41:12) of Fort Gratiot was

third. Kristin Pillon, 31, of Port Huron won the women’s 10K event in 42:53; Heather Roy (44:20) was second.

Full race results and more information about Blue Water Hospice and Elite Feet Sports can be found on links at www. elitefeetsports.com.

Marlette tops Memphis for Division 3 title Times Herald

MEMPHIS — Junior Philip Jock

turned in another outstanding performance on the mound Saturday for the Memphis baseball team. Jock, a left-hander, struck out 21 batters and allowed six hits in 9 1/3 innings as the Yellowjackets reached the Division 3 district finals before losing 6-5 to Marlette. In the semifinals, Memphis knocked out Sandusky 9-6. “We just didn’t have enough of Philip today,” Memphis coach Ron Lawrence said. “I save him for two-thirds of an inning to try

to close out the finals, but it never worked out.” Jock left the championship after four innings with the Yellowjackets (16-14) holding a 5-0 lead. Marlette rallied with four runs in the fifth and two in the sixth. Jock fired a three-hitter and had nine strikeouts in the finals. Trevor Schick (two RBIs) and Sam Montgomery each had two hits for Memphis, while Jock connected on a double and had two RBIs. In the semifinals, Memphis pounded out 11 hits. Schick (two RBIs) led the way with three

BASEBALL ROUNDUP hits, while Zach Durand (two RBIs), Jeff Weidner (RBI) and Shawn Perry (RBI) added two hits apiece. In 5 1/3 innings against Sandusky, Jock retired 12 batters on strikes and allowed three hits.

Division 1 IRA TWP. — Port Huron High finished the season at 9-19 with a 10-0 loss to Anchor Bay in the district semifinals. Ryan Herr pitched the first four innings and gave up four

earned runs on six hits. Zach Davis threw the fifth inning, while Evan Wagner threw the final two innings. Mike Hilliker, Wagner, Cody Woloszyk and Bryan Hanson each had a hit.

Division 2 YALE — A lack of defense haunted Yale in the district championship game as it fell 9-3 to Lapeer East. Yale (17-13) reached the title game with a 2-1 nine-inning victory against North Branch in the semifinals. Dillon Stawecki was the win-

ning pitcher in the semis as he stopped the Broncos on three hits, 13 strikeouts and five walks. Kyle Hug opened the top of the ninth as he reached second base on a throwing error. He stole third and came home on Stawecki’s infield single. Against North Branch, the Bulldogs fell behind 9-1 after three innings. Brandon Goeschel was the starting pitcher for the Bulldogs. He was relieved in the third inning by Stawecki. Jason Cowhy pitched two-hit shutout ball over the final three innings. R.J. Macker led Yale’s offense with two hits.

Cros-Lex slips past BWAC foes for district title Times Herald

YALE — The Croswell-Lex-

ington softball team had to get through two Blue Water Area Conference teams Saturday to capture a Division 2 district title. The Pioneers defeated Imlay City 4-2 in the final, after defeating Yale 3-1 in the semifinal. “We struggled with both of those teams,” Cros-Lex coach Bob Young said. “The last time we played Yale, we were 1-1 in the fifth or sixth inning. We certainly didn’t take them for granted at all. “Imlay City, we played them in two close games earlier in the year.” Ashley Barth picked up the win in both games. She struck out eight in seven innings of work against Imlay City, allowing six hits and one earned run. She was also 2-2 with a double at the plate, while Nicole Barth was 2-3. Sydney Church had a two-run double, while Emily Burgess added an RBI-single. “It was one of those games where I don’t think we were all

that sharp, but we toughed it out,” Young said. “Both games were a struggle. I was pretty proud of the girls. I don’t think they played their best, but we toughed it out and got the wins.” Ashley Barth struck out eight against Yale, allowing two hits and no runs in five innings. Sadi Overland pitched two innings of relief, allowing one hit and one unearned run while striking out one. Kylee Barrett was 2-3 with a double and an RBI, while Nikki Turcott was 2-2. Ashley Barth (double) and Kristen O’Connor each drove in a run for the Pioneers (32-6). Cros-Lex advances to the Bullock Creek regional June 11 against the winner of the Essexville Garber district.

DIVISION 1 ANCHOR BAY 2 NORTHERN 0 IRA TWP. — A pair of close

plays at the plate were the difference in the district semifinals

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP at Anchor Bay High School. The Tars scored twice in the fourth inning against Northern pitcher Sarah Carson. “There were a couple of bangbang plays at the plate that didn’t go our way,” Northern coach Derek Arena said. “They had bases-loaded and we got a ground ball to third. There was a high bounce and the throw to the plate for the force was close and the umpire called her safe. “On a flyball to medium center field, Sarah Hall made the catch and threw home. The throw was a little high and the runner slid under the tag.” Carson pitched a strong game for the Huskies (17-13) as she held the Tars to six hits with five strikeouts. Northern finished with three hits, including a 2-2 effort from Morgan Thompson, who also walked. Alex Ainsworth added a hit. Anchor Bay went on to win the district title with a 6-1 victory against Dakota.

Croswell-Lexington’s Hayley Church crosses home plate in the sixth inning Tuesday behind a dismayed Imlay City catcher Terra Volmering. Cros-Lex won, 4-2, to claim the Division 2 district championship in Yale. The Pioneers will play in the Bullock Creek regional.

Mooney shuts out Memphis for Division 4 title Times Herald

KIMBALL TWP. — The Cardinal

Mooney soccer team scored three second-half goals to defeat Memphis 4-0 Saturday in a Division 4 district final at New Life Christian Academy. Rachael Torey paced Cardinal Mooney with two goals and an assist. Samantha Pierce added a goal and an assist, Sarah Theut

also scored and Kylie Schuh had two assists. Jamie Sharpe had seven saves for Cardinal Mooney and Emily Payne had four saves for Memphis. “In the second half we made a couple of adjustments and we did a much better job,” Cardinal Mooney coach Ken Huss said. “Part of it was our kids playing

better with the lead and their kids getting a little tired.” Cardinal Mooney improves to 69-1, while Memphis ends the season at 14-2-2. “It was kind of an even game,” Memphis coach Andrew Rohde said. “Neither team had many chances, but they finished when they had chances. They did a good job of marking our scorers

and that led to us not having many chances.” Cardinal Mooney will advance to the regional round Tuesday in Flint.

ARMADA 3 (SO) LUTHERAN NORTH 2 ARMADA A — Sarah Haller scored in the shootout round to give Arma-

SOCCER ROUNDUP da a Division 3 district title Saturday. Jenna Printz, Katie Heisler and Haley Hanes each scored for Armada (16-0). The Tigers advance to Tuesday’s regional against Williamston at Notre Dame Prep.

Northern golf g qualifi q es for Division 1 regionals g Times Herald

HARRISON TWP. — The Port

Huron Northern golf team qualified for the Michigan GOLF High School Athletic Association Division 1 regionals Saturday by placing fifth at the districts.

The Huskies shot 321 as did Chippewa Valley, but they placed fifth based on the score of each teams’ fifth player. Troy won the 18-hole event at Selfridge Golf Course at 307, while Dakota and Troy Athens were second and third at 316 and

318, respectively. Ford earned sixth place and a trip to The Orchards with a 322. The regionals are set for Thursday at The Orchards. “We have such a young team so I didn’t really know what to

Schulz, Kohlmeier share lead Times Herald

SARNIA — Dieter Schulz of Fort Gratiot is one round away from a fourth consecutive McDonalds’s Amateur Golf Tournament title. But Schulz is not alone in first place after two rounds. There also are plenty of title contenders headhead

ing into today’s final round at the Port Huron Elks Club. The first threesome tees off at 10:04 this morning. Co-leaders Schulz and Jace Kohlmeier of Sarnia, along wtih Eric Pattenaude will tee off at 11. Schulz, who shot a 76 Saturday at

the Sarnia Golf & Curling Club, is tied with Kohlmeier. On his home course, Kohlmeier fired a 73 as did Pattenaude, who is one stroke back with a 148 total. Schulz opened the three-day tournament with a 71 at Port Huron Golf Club.

expect,” Northern coach Tom Wilson said. “I thought if we shot around 320 we might have a chance. “We were third last year at the districts and have gone to the regionals every year since they started the district format.”

MCDONALDS LEADERBOARD SECOND ROUND At Sarnia Golf & Curling Club Saturday 1t. Dieter Schulz, 71-76-147 1t. Jace Kohlmeier, 74-73-147* 3. Eric Pattenaude, 75-73-148 4. Mark Gourlay, 75-75-150*

Sophomore Alex McMath was the medalist with a 75. He won a two-hole playoff against a player from Troy. Freshmen Mason Motte followed up McMath’s round with a 77, while Andrew Cansfield carded an 84 and Taylor Thom-

5t. Patrick Cansfield, 79-72-151 5t. Chris Weir, 78-73-151 5t. Bobby McKillop, 77-74-151 5t. Jon Ojczyk, 73-78-151 9. Steve Wilcox, 78-74-152 10t. Corey Nathan, 78-75-153 10t. Derek Hinchfliff, 73-80-153 12t. Larry Sterling, 78-76-154 12t. Jeff Easton Jr., 77-77-154 14. Tyler Laws, 77-78-155 * — Denotes senior

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regional). “It’s going to be fun watching St. Clair play. I just wish it was us.� St. Clair defeated Marysville 10-4 in the day’s first semifinal, while Richmond defeated Armada 3-0 in the second. All four teams pitched their No. 1s in the semifinals, but one wouldn’t have known while watching the final. Richmond’s J.J. Martin was strong for the Blue Devils, pitching six-plus innings and allowing five runs, and 10 hits while striking out four. He held St. Clair to two runs through 5 2/3 innings. “I felt good, I was just keeping the ball low and throwing strikes,� Martin said. “I knew I wasn’t going to strike everybody out so I just threw to contact and did my job from there. My team behind me helped me out.� Cronenworth was the story, however, as Richmond never got to third base, and only advanced to second once. The junior struck out six and allowed four walks. His defense helped him out, including on the final out of the game as centerfielder Shane Dembinski made a diving catch. It was the first career no-hitter for the University of Michigan commit, who has had strong outings all season but had trouble finishing games. “Usually I haven’t been getting (through) the sixth inning, but I finally pulled through and got through the seventh,� Cronenworth said. “We have two very solid pitchers, and we still have two or three guys on the bench who can come in and shut guys down pretty good.� Cronenworth was able to work the seventh inning with a little extra cushion, as the Saints scored two runs in the top half of the inning. The first came on his own RBI single, the second came as Jeremy Carrell walked with the bases loaded. “All year we’ve been able to score runs late,� said Young, who had two hits in the game and six on the day. “Whether we’ve been down by three or up by four. Those runs late help relieve the pressure.� The Saints opened the scoring in the second inning, as Cam Ciaciuch had a two-run single. Shane Dembinski drove in a run in the sixth inning with a two-out single. Like it has all season, the Saints production came from all over the lineup. Carrell, Dembinski and Cronenworth (double) each joined Young with two hits in the

with seven runs of its own. “I pretty much started pitching bad and they brought a couple of other pitchers to help me out,� said Zach May, who started the game and went four innings while surrendering four earned runs. “Later we started to hit the ball again and we got the goahead run. It feels real good (to win districts). It’s a big boost for next year.� The Muskrats regained the momentum by scoring a run in the sixth and seventh innings. J.P. DeBoyer came in relief for the victory and went two innings without allowing a run. Tyler Uhl got the save after striking out two in the seventh. DeBoyer finished with four hits and three RBIs to pace the Muskrats from the plate. Uhl added two hits, including a tworun home run and May had two hits, two RBIs and scored two runs. May’s last hit scored Cody John with the game-winning run. “The kids picked themselves up after that seven-run inning,� Kras said. “We always have an inning like that.� Algonac (15-15) will face Bloomfield Hills Andover Saturday at St. Clair in the regional semifinals. In the semifinals, Uhl threw a complete game, three-hitter with five strikeouts to defeat Marine City. DeBoyer added two hits and John had the winning hit. Aaron Loconsole, Alex Kroll and Jack Badovinac each had a hit for Marine City (15-8). “We’ve had our ups and downs the whole year,� Uhl said. “We never get down on each other, which helps us get through the tough times. “It might not have been pretty, but we won a district.�

In the top of the fifth, Megan LaCavera opened with a single to left field. Tayler Ryan dropped down a bunt to move LaCavera into scoring position. Kownacki singled to center as LaCavera moved over to third base. Miranda Townsend, running for Kownacki, stole second. St. Clair shortstop Lindsay Taylor fielded a grounder and threw a strike to catcher Alex Heythaler, who tagged out LaCavera. With two outs and Taylor Vettraino at the plate, Townsend raced home with the game’s only run on a wild pitch. In the semifinals, the Tigers slipped past the Blue Devils on a two-run double in the top of the 10th inning by Megan Weidner. Richmond scored one run in the fifth inning and forced extra innings with its second run in the bottom of the seventh. Junior Kim Boyd knocked in both runs. Janiece Dominek paced the Tigers with two hits. Losing pitcher Ashley Kingman tossed an eight-hitter. St. Clair wiped out a 5-3 deficit with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Bailey Dembinski, Lindsey Lawson and Thueme each had a hit in the rally. In the bottom of the ninth, Lawson singled, stole second and came home on Taylor’s walk-off single to right field. Abbey Davis went the distance for the Vikings, while Alexis Cordero had a hit and two RBIs. Brittany Schweiger pitched the first six innings. She allowed four runs, along with five strikeouts and five hits. Snyder earned the win with three innings of relief. Thueme paced the Saints’ 11hit attack with three, including a double. Lawson (two runs), Dembinski and Chloe Lewis (two RBIs) each had two hits.

Contact Joseph Hayes at (810) 4887746 or jahayes@gannett.com. View his blog at www.thetimesherald. com/sports.

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St. Clair’s Scott Young digs in on his way to third base during high school boys Division 2 baseball district action Saturday afternoon at Armada High School. WENDY TORELLO/TIMES HERALD final. Cronenworth hits third in the lineup, Young sixth, Carrell seventh and Dembinski eighth. “It’s hard to keep us down,� St. Clair coach Bill McElreath said. “We had some lulls — this week at practice we’re going to work on some things. “One through nine, we’re pretty solid. Even my nine-hole hitter, Ciaciuch was hitting. We don’t give a pitcher a break.� Opposing pitchers can attest to that. “You really can’t pitch around anybody to get to a weaker guy because there’s no weak spot in their lineup,� said Marysville pitcher Shane Armstrong, who took the loss in the opener against the Saints. Armstrong and Seddon were supposed to square off in a pitcher’s duel, but both the St. Clair and Marysville offenses came to play. The Vikings jumped out to leads of 2-0 and 4-2 in the first and second innings, as Jake Hornbacher and Nate Bowen each had two-run hits. The Saints had an answer each time, however, scoring two on a hit by Carrell in the top of the second inning, and closing the game by scoring eight unanswered. Young led the Saints with four hits and two RBIs, while Seddon had three hits and an RBI. Carrell had two hits and three RBIs and Tyler Motte had two hits and two RBIs. “Early on our (defense) just wasn’t there at times, and that was the difference,� Marysville coach Shawn Winston said. “We hit pretty well the whole game. We were real pleased how we hit.� Bowen finished with three hits, while Hornbacher had two for the Vikings (15-8), who graduate seven seniors.

“It was bittersweet, you’d like to go farther in districts your senior year,� Armstrong said. “We made as good of a run as we possibly could. We had a young team, especially toward the end. I like the mental toughness we had. We didn’t give up until the last pitch here.� The second semifinal was more of a pitcher’s duel, as Richmond’s Austin Timmerman and Armada’s Aaron Solomon went at it. Timmerman picked up the shutout in a four-hitter, while Solomon allowed three unearned runs on three hits, striking out four. Mitchell Ward did have an RBI for the Blue Devils. Armada finished the season 223, and shared the the Blue Water Area Conference with Richmond. The Tigers lose five seniors. “I told the kids all week that it’s the team that makes the least amount of mistakes that will win,� Armada coach Jeff Jackson said. “I’m not taking anything away from Austin, he’s a great pitcher. It was their day today. “I just feel bad for the kids, the seniors, they’re very, very close. It’s always hard.� Richmond was the youngest team in the tournament, starting three freshmen and two sophomores. The Blue Devils lose three seniors, and finished the year 20-10. “I’m glad that we got the (BWAC) title, but it kind of sucks to share it,� Martin said. “All in all it was a great season. I love the kids. It was probably my best season yet because I just love the kids on the bench. Everone got along with everyone.� Contact Paul Costanzo at (810) 9896251 or pcostanzo@ gannett.com. View Costanzo’s blog at www.thetimesherald.com/sports.

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St. Clair’s 3,200-relay team placed fifth with a time of 9:45.61. The team consisted of Lauren Zens, Jessica Tippie, Kayla Balfour and Kayla Smade. In Division 4, Caronsville-Port Sanilac’s Trevor Adams and Brown City’s Matt Proctor each placed in two events. Adams was

second in the 1,600 with a time of 4:26.72 and seventh in the 3,200 at 10:04.72. Proctor was third in the 1,600 at 4:30 and eighth in the 3,200 at 10:12.46. C-PS’ Mike Nickens was seventh in the 1,600 at 4:38.65. Capac’s Jennica Polzin placed sixth in the pole vault in Division 3 with a school-record 10-1. New Haven had a state champion in the girls high jump in Division 3, as Taylor Penzien cleared 5-4.

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