C OMMUNITY N EWS

Civil War Railroads In General Grant’s Strategy

HOWELL – A living history impression of US Grant, his early life to supreme command through the end of the war. The program will be held at the Howell Senior Center on June 30 at 11 a.m.

The successful military commander wins because he is able to adapt to changing situations, and so it was during the Civil War and the developments in rail road technology and utility. General Grant enjoys a reputation as a fi ne horseman, but it’s not just flesh and blood horses, but the Iron Horse as well that Grant appreciates.

In this meeting with the Lincoln’s General

In Chief, he will give some background on the development of rail roads in America during his own formative years, and will describe how the nation and its rail roads grew up together, in those tumultuous years of the American Civil War. Gen. Grant will relate his own experiences with trains and railroading from his youth through becoming the victor of the civil war through stories and artifacts from the period.

If you are a fan of US history, no matter a student of the civil war, or America’s rail roads, or life in the 1800s, this encounter will engage and cross over to many areas of interest.

Senior Boxing Program

HOWELL – Senior Boxing Program at the Howell Senior Center. Classes will run from June 20 to August 15 at the Howell Senior Center from 1 to 2 p.m.

Seniors will have the opportunity to maintain their fitness by learning a skill at the same time. Coach Nathan Headd will be leading this new and exciting program.

The program will start off with an introduction of their boxing stance, head movement (bobbing & weaving), learning how to use affective foot work to move around, and different punching combinations. They will be introduced to a great deal of hand and eye coordination drills and will have the opportunity to apply what they learned on the boxing catching mitts. With the boxing mitts they will focus on the numbered punches and numerous combinations that they learn throughout the session. Each session after they will use the punch combinations they learned previously to shadow box (throw punches in the air and move while doing so).

This program is essentially good to add as a daily cardio session to increase stamina and ensure a healthy heart while having fun in the process. For those that have already taken boxing with Coach Headd, you will be able to continue to practice and branch off on what you learned.

Township Summer Hours Announced

HOWELL – To all members of the public: We know your summer schedules can be hectic, so after a successful launch last year, Howell Township will be reinstituting a summer hours program. Offices in Town Hall will open at 8 a.m. (instead of 8:30 a.m.) and will remain open until 4:30 p.m. These hours will be kept Monday through Thursday. On Friday, all offices except for the Tax Collector’s office and Manager’s office will open at 8 a.m. and will close at 1 p.m.

Drop boxes will also be available at the Fire Bureau and Community Development so materials and payment can be dropped off any time the building is open. The Tax Collector’s office will maintain hours from 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Manager’s office will be open Monday through Friday until 4:30 p.m. every day, later by appointment. These hours will be in effect through September 1.