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Berrien County seeing positive trends regarding Covid-19 numbers PAGE 4
New Buffalo Township Board, community cuts the ribbon on Pleasure Isle Marina PAGE 5
Chikaming Township Board opposes draft non-discrimination ordinance PAGE 7 Community enjoys strawberry sundaes in the garden at ‘Strawberry Social’ PAGE 8
Gov. Whitmer signs bill to put Michigan students, educators first PAGE 9
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ike many communities along the Great Lakes shoreline, Chikaming Township has been challenged with recent highwater levels and shoreline erosion. Lake water levels have always fluctuated, rising and falling in yearslong patterns. But those complex natural cycles are changing. Climate change is influencing the factors that affect water levels making the shoreline more volatile. When Township Supervisor David Bunte was approached by MECC (Michigan Engaging Communities through the Classroom) to be part of a collaborative research project to study the environmental challenges facing the township, he jumped at the chance. That project has concluded with the delivery of the “Environmental Planning Guidebook for MI Coastal Communities.” The Guidebook is intended to help Michigan’s shoreline communities better incorporate environmental strategies into their local planning and development efforts. The research conducted for the report gives Chikaming Township a data-
driven perspective on the environmental issues it faces and what can be anticipated for the future. Bunte expressed his appreciation for including Chikaming as part of this initiative. “We are a community that benefits from a vibrant lakefront but have lately been challenged by rising lake levels and erosion. The invitation to partner with MECC came at the right time. We welcome the insights from all academic disciplines to bring a scientific perspective to our planning efforts,” Bunte said. The environmental planning process helps inform decision making with an emphasis on sustainability. The end result gives communities what they need to make informed decisions that protect resources, so they are available for generations to come. Professor Richard K. Norton, project lead from U of M’s School for Environment and Sustainability, explained how communities can benefit from this research. “ When communities engage these efforts to guide local development, they
are expressing a commitment to the natural world both for its own sake and for the long-term benefit it provides for residents,” he said. MECC is a teaching initiative that connects multi-disciplinary teams at UM and other universities with stakeholder communities. It is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental planning and policy, law, geography, and spatial sciences who apply what they are learning to attack real world problems. Program Director Paul Fontaine spoke to the selection of Chikaming Township for this initiative. “We wanted to work with a community that had already taken steps to address environmental issues and expressed a willingness to work with us on this project. Because of their commitment to coastline resilience, Chikaming fit that profile. We look forward to seeing how they will use the research results,” he said. A full copy of the Guidebook can be viewed at chikamingtownship.org under Shoreline Sustainability. — STAFF REPORTS
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CITY OF NEW BUFFALO JOHN HUMPHREY, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL LOU O’DONNELL, IV. MARK ROBERTSON, JOHN HUMPHREY, ROGER LIJESKI, BRIAN FLANIGAN City Council meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30PM CITY OF NEW BUFFALO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS to be determined NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP BOARD PETE RAHM, MICHELLE HEIT, JUDY H. ZABICKI, PATTY IAZZETTO, JACK ROGERS Board meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7PM NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30PM NEW BUFFALO AREA SCHOOLS BOARD CHUCK HEIT, PRESIDENT HEATHER BLACK, VICE PRESIDENT JOHN HASKINS, TREASURER LISA WERNER, SECRETARY JOYCE LANTZ, TRUSTEE FRANK MARGRO, TRUSTEE PATRICIA NEWSTON, TRUSTEE CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP BOARD DAVID BUNTE, PAULA DUDIAK, LIZ RETTIG, RICHARD SULLIVAN, BILL MARSKE Chikaming Board meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30PM CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6:30PM THREE OAKS THREE OAKS TOWNSHIP BOARD Meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7PM VILLAGE OF THREE OAKS BOARD Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7PM GRAND BEACH VILLAGE OF GRAND BEACH COUNCIL Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7PM MICHIANA VILLAGE OF MICHIANA COUNCIL Meets on the 2nd Friday of each month at 1PM
Berrien County seeing good trends regarding Covid-19 numbers
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VACCINE CONTINUES TO BE BEST WAY TO CONTROL THE PANDEMIC
eally positive trends have been seen in Berrien County for the last several weeks regarding Covid-19 cases, pointing the way toward a path of normalcy
in society. Berrien County Health Department health officer Nicki Britten (whose last day with the Berrien County Health Department was July 9, as she was leaving for a new position as Director of Population Health at Spectrum Health Lakeland), said during a Facebook Live update with the health department Wednesday July 7, that while the pandemic isn’t over, the county – and country – is currently in a “good spot.” On July 7, Britten said the county has been seeing less than an average of three cases per day, with zero new cases being reported to the health department on some days. The percent positivity rate has been under 3 percent. While people are still in the hospital that have a Covid positive test, they’re not necessarily there for Covid illness or diagnosis but maybe there for another reason and Covid has been an “incidental finding.” There have been no Covid cases in the ICU. Britten added that it’s always hard to predict whether or not the low number of cases is due to it being summer, where respiratory viruses “don’t spread as well” and people are outdoors. The vaccines have certainly helped. On July 7, Britten said 53 percent of the population in Berrien County has had at least one dose of the vaccine, although she’d like to see the number higher.
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“We do have good coverage, particularly amongst older adults - that is helping to keep those hospitalizations low,” she said. Britten said that everyone is on a “really good trajectory” - as long as “we’re following the script that we’re currently on in the United States, where we have a vaccine widely available to anyone who wants to be vaccinated and coverage rates are increasing with good coverage amongst older adults and those with underlying chronic conditions that are more susceptible to serious and deadly outcomes to this virus.” So far, no variant strains have been causing serious illness in children. “If those assumptions all remain the same, our trajectory looks good and could be fairly predictable that maybe we’ll be able to ride this out,” Britten said. Globally, Britten said the virus is replicating and being transmitted between people. Many places don’t have vaccine coverage and transmission is still happening, which could give rise to some variants. As of July 9, the Delta variant from India hasn’t been detected in Berrien County. Britten said that this doesn’t mean it’s not here but, if it is, it’s at low enough levels that it hasn’t been detected yet. Under 100 cases have popped up in Michigan. The Delta variant is more contagious and can therefore pose a serious risk for those who are still unvaccinated. All three of the vaccines on the market in the United States have proven to provide “pretty good coverage and protection” against the variant, Britten said.
Deputy health officer Courtney Davis, who’s serving as interim health officer, said that the vaccines continue to be the “greatest tool in our toolbox” in controlling the pandemic in the country. “Vaccines are still that best coverage against the virus – they are our ally and the quickest way to get back to that normalcy on a regular basis,” she said.
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he health department has been moving from having the mass clinics in gymnasiums to finding ways to be more present in different places in the community. To do this, the department will be working with community partners who can “help share fact-based information we have for our community and really help answer those questions” people may have about the vaccine. This in turn will help the health department know from vaccine providers and its partners where “we can have clinics and make it convenient for you.” The health department still has a hotline to answer vaccine questions. Davis said that those who are 12 and over can get a vaccine (those under the age of 18 can only receive the Pfizer vaccine with parental consent) “pretty much every day of the week” and even weekends from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout the county, as the health department has many partners ensuring that there’s plenty of opportunities to get vaccinated. For more information, visit www. bchhdmi.org.
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Members of the Deputy family and New Buffalo Township prepare to cut the ribbon at Pleasure Isle Marina
New Buffalo Township Board, community cuts the ribbon on Pleasure Isle Marina
eeing as how he would’ve been 77 years old that day, it was fitting that William “Bill” Deputy was being celebrated last weekend not only for helping to found Pleasure Isle Marina so many years ago but also for his life. Members of the New Buffalo Township Board, as well as community members, were celebrating the township’s purchase of the marina from the William J. Deputy Foundation at in the City of New Buffalo at a ribboncutting Saturday, July 10. Established in 2008, the William J. Deputy Foundation supports projects and programs in the Harbor Country area. Bill Deputy was a member of the New Buffalo Yacht Club and New Buffalo Harbor Commission as well as philanthropist. Members of the New Buffalo Township Board authorized the purchase of the 26-slip marina last December. The township purchased the marina for a purchase price of $500,000 (the marina has an estimated value of $3 million), which will be paid off over six years. Because of the township’s acceptance of the Deputy foundation’s offer, Kimberlee Wendt, executive director of the Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce, said boaters can “continue
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to experience the hospitality of Harbor Country here through Pleasure Isle Marina.” “Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce would not be named as such without this historical New Buffalo Harbor and the community that embraces its relationship with Lake Michigan,” she said. Township Supervisor Michelle Heit, who never met Bill, said that his “love for this area is evident.” “We (the township) hope to honor his memory with everything we do with this marina and the proceeds from it,” she said. “From what I learned about him I know he loved the lake, the lakefront, boating and this area in general… I want to thank the foundation and the Deputy family for coming to us with this offer,” Heit added. Heit said the township board “worked quickly to do our due diligence to somehow finalize the sale in a matter of a few weeks” of the marina. Marina manager Julie Flick credited Bill, along with former New Buffalo mayor Bob Hotovy and Arie Donkersloot, for their goal many years ago to make the marina not the “biggest marina” but the “best” one. “They built a top-notch facility for the boaters here in Harbor Country and
New Buffalo Township and I would like to continue on that mission,” she said. Upcoming projects for the marina include a first-class Wi-Fi wireless access network that’s going in, which will allow boaters to work remotely; a new remote door system and security system, which will cover the building and the entrance; and improvements to the parking lot, which will take place next year. Flick said she first learned about the marina when her son became the first maid on a charter boat there. “He says to me, ‘Mom, you’ve got to come over and see this marina, it’s the best marina in New Buffalo - even from that start, I knew I had a connection with Pleasure Isle,” she said.
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ohn Deputy, nephew of Bill, thanked Bobby Spirito (a longtime friend of Bill’s), who met with him and his dad in February 2020 and gave them “support to go down this road.” He said the “guidance and support and counseling” from Lou O’Donnell, a member of the New Buffalo City Council and former mayor, were “valuable to us.” Noting it’s the largest donation the foundation has made in its 13-year history, John thanked members of
the New Buffalo Township Board for “asking all the right questions” and “gave an unbelievably timely response to our unrealistic timeline and deadline.” “Your unanimous vote showed us we found the right partner that shares our vison and what we wanted to accomplish and gave us confidence.” John said Heit is a “tremendous leader who’s able to see opportunities where others see obstacles.” He called Flick a “guardian angel” who’d been placed there by Bill himself to manage the marina. “While we’ve given you fully leased facility with a waiting list to get in, having you here and your relationship with the community and developing relationship with slip renters gives us confidence you’re going to be a wonderful caretaker of the marina for many years,” he said. Even though they may not have known him, John said that he knows his uncle would’ve appreciated all of the efforts of everyone. “You are people who make things happen and get things done – you’re not rhetoric and politics…It’s the people who make things happen and get things done and I know he would’ve enjoyed working with each one of you,” he said.
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ew Buffalo Art Gallery will be hosting ‘Yoga for Charity’ from 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday, July 18. Yoga for charity is a cross-promotional event with Dancing Feet Yoga. All proceeds from the event will benefit Harbor Country Mission, which exists to aid those who are in and on the border of financial poverty through giving opportunities for local service to the poor. The non-profit organization gives away cars, clothes, pet food, and repairs homes for people in need. This will be an all-level yoga class. Coffee and snacks will be offered post yoga. Those who are interested can sign up at NewBuffaloArtGallery.com. The gallery is located at 137 N. Whittaker Street in New Buffalo and can be reached at (630) 209-5581. The New Buffalo Art Gallery can also be found on Facebook. Harbor Country Mission’s warehouse is located at 9600 Red Arrow Highway in Bridgman and Harbor Country Vintage Antiques is located at 12816 Red Arrow Highway in Sawyer. For more information, visit harborcountrymission. org or find Harbor Country Mission on Facebook. — STAFF REPORTS
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he Region of Three Oaks Museum (TROTOM) is laying plans for its biggest sale ever in the U.S. 12 Heritage Garage Sale in Carver Park Friday through Sunday, Aug. 13 to 15. The Museum’s site has become a one-stop favorite for finding antiques, collectibles, furniture, dishware, homemade jams and jellies and even hot dogs and sloppy joes. The TROTOM locations are in the highly trafficked area in Carver Park and the adjoining Three Oaks Elementary School Campus at Oak and Ash (U.S. 12) streets. Vendors are still being accepted. Permits range from $15 per day or $30 for the weekend. For further information or to donate items for sale contact Julie Sittig at 269-756-3547 or via email at juliesittigrn@ vanzine.org. Items donated for sale need to be brought to the site Thursday, Aug. 12. — STAFF REPORTS
From the Bleachers COLUMN BY KURT MARGGRAF IN CHICAGO
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Today is draft day for Major League Baseball. Baseball’s draft doesn’t have the excitement that basketball and football drafts do, but it is every bit as important. Most casual fans enjoy watching college sports, at least at playoff time. The NCAA basketball tournament has millions of viewers and many players from those elite teams go on to the pros. College football is almost the same, and almost everybody watches the big names and start to try to figure out which guy their team might be interested in. College baseball, on the other hand, isn’t readily available to the masses, and many teams choose youngsters that have just finished high school anyway. In basketball and football drafted players start their careers immediately, while baseball players must go to the minors and often take years to reach the big leagues. This years draft had the Cubs choosing left handed pitcher Jordan Wicks and the White Sox choose shortstop Colton Montgomery. Both teams got graded A for their picks, remember those names a few years down the line. The importance of drafting well in every sport is critical. Every good young player is a valuable asset. When they mature they get paid enormous amounts of money and often end up getting traded. Every team needs a mix of young and older players to provide balance on the field and with the checkbook. The Chicago teams are experiencing that right now. Because the Cubs just went through what seemed like a 100 game losing streak and fell from first to the middle of
the pack, they will most likely trade their “core” players. Schwarber and Darvish are already gone and Bryant, Rizzo, Contreras, Baez, Hendricks, and Kimbrel could be on their way out of town. Hopefully, for Cub fans anyway, those players will yield a boatload of minor leaguers who are almost ready for the majors and they can again be competitive in the next year or two. The White Sox are currently at the other end of the spectrum. They traded some of their stars and reaped a fantastic bounty. They have survived injuries to their catcher, second baseman, and left and center fielders, and are still running away from the competition. As of tonight, they are eight games ahead of their nearest competitor, the Cleveland Indians. Getting to the World Series is a definite possibility. Giannis Antetokounmpo, also known as the Greek Freak, put on quite a show as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns Sunday night. The Suns still lead the series two games to one, but the series could go either way. Both teams are unbelievably talented and fun to watch. Shout out to my grandson Wes who’s team is very close to playing for the state of Minnesota’s little league championship. Sean Higgins said, “Every day the clock resets. Your wins don’t matter. Your failures don’t matter. Don’t stress on what was, fight for what could be.” Refuse hate. Talk to you next week. Peace, love, and happiness.
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Chikaming Township Board opposes draft non-discrimination ordinance BY FRANCESCA SAGALA
icking up on a matter that was tabled previously, members of the Chikaming Township Board of Trustees approved not passing a draft non-discrimination ordinance for the time being at their Thursday, July 8, meeting. Board members approved not passing it in a 4-1 vote (Supervisor David Bunte was the dissenting “nay” vote). Board members heard from the Rev. Dr. Sid Mohn, who serves as director of Interfaith Action of Southwest Michigan. The organization had worked with a group in Buchanan to develop a “One Buchanan” initiative, which led to the city passing a non-discrimination ordinance. Mohn said that nondiscrimination is provided on a federal level for LGBT individuals relative to same sex marriage and employment protections but not to housing public accommodations, which are “traditionally components of nondiscrimination commitments.” He said there have been efforts for the past two years for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation, the Equality Act, which has passed twice in the U.S. House of Representatives but has not been introduced in the U.S. Senate – “so there is a lack of federal protections,” Mohn said. On the statewide level, Mohn said “non-discrimination commitments are invested in the Michigan Commission on Civil Rights,” which is monitoring the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act. Mohn said the act only includes the
term “sex” but does not include “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.” “The commission indicates that it understands sex to include sexual orientation and gender identity, but the general assembly does not agree to that interpretation,” he said, adding that efforts have been made since the 1970s in the Michigan General Assembly to “expand the act to be more specific and more comprehensive around universal non-discrimination protections.” “At this point, there is no bona fide protection on a statewide level relative to sexual orientation or gender identity,” Mohn added. Mohn said local units of government have been passing non-discrimination ordinances “to say in these places we have a commitment to diversity, to unity and to non-discrimination.” Referring to a letter that was written by mayor pro tem Laura Goos of the City of St. Joseph, which passed a nondiscrimination ordinance, trustee Rich Sullivan said that it appears having municipalities pass the ordinance may be an “end run” to get the Legislature to “act on something.” Mohn said this isn’t “something we’re doing as a legislative strategy.” Sullivan said that the draft ordinance states there will be “no impact on the township’s budget;” however, the last page under “Violations and Penalties” states that “any violation of any provision of this article is a civil infraction punishable by fine of not more than $500 plus the cost of investigation and prosecution.” He asked if someone has an alleged charge if they are “coming to the
township, is the township sending the zoning person, is the township sending the police.” “So it isn’t no impact on the budget,” he said, adding that it “seems to put a lot on the township.” Treasurer Liz Rettig said she was concerned about the township becoming involved, such as if a tenant sues a landlord if a tenant says “no” to them. “Now, all of a sudden, the township is involved because it’s a discrimination matter - are we getting sued because there’s an ordinance in place?” she said. Mohn said that the township would serve as the “intermediary,” receiving complaints and recommending them to the appropriate state entity, such as advising someone who’s made a housing complaint how to contact the Michigan Commission on Civil Rights. In a 4-1 vote (Bunte opposed), board members did approve creating a policy on non-discrimination for the township, which will be posted in the township’s policy book and website.
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oard members approved a donation in a 4-1 vote (Rettig abstained due to being part of the attorney’s office that drafted part of the agreement) from Jerry and Beverly Kohn, who Bunte said “approached the township with their interest in donating for the purchase” of the old Sawyer fire station property and donating it back to the township, as well as donating the adjacent parcel that they own to the township. Bunte said that he’s been working with the township’s attorney and the
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Kohn’s attorney. He added that this would be a sale from the existing owner of the fire station to the township in the amount of $150,000, of which then would be donated by the Kohns, who’ve committed to tearing the building down as well as to the donation of the parcel. The two parcels will be combined into a potential community center park. Upon the Park Board’s request, board members approved matching a $50,000 grant from the Michiana Arts Foundation for the construction of a permanent open-air stage at Harbert Community Park, which would also include a viewing platform, an ADA access path leading to the stage and native plants along the pathway. Board member also approved allowing the Park Board to return to the township board for additional funds if needed. The improvements would be part of the first phase of improvements to the park and may begin in the fall, Arthur Anderson, park board chair, said. The improvements incorporate aspects of the Park Board’s Five-Year Strategic Plan. The plan for the community park was put together by local architect Bill McCollum and Altamanu, Inc., with John Mac Manus presenting the plan with Anderson that night. Board members approved contributing $2,000 to the Friends of Berrien County Trails’ Berrien County Hike, Bike and Paddle Trails Master Plan being put together by Abonmarche. A bid from McGuire to redesign the lobby at Township Center was approved. A platted lot division at 6130 Browntown Road was approved.
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Members of Down by the Dock play in the garden
Community enjoys strawberry sundaes in the garden at ‘Strawberry Social’
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ot even heavy, low-hanging gray clouds and the threat of rain that was in the air could deter members of the community from enjoying live music and homemade strawberry shortcake treats at the third annual Allan Boyd Memorial Strawberry Social, which took place in the back of the Friends of New Troy (FoNT) Community Center in its Gazebo Garden Sunday, July 11. Guests gathered underneath a large white tent (which provided shelter from the impending drizzle) and dug into a strawberry
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shortcake sundae buried in whipped cream and root beer floats, courtesy of Classic Catering and Events. While they enjoyed their sundaes, guests could sit back and listen to live music from the band Down by the Dock. The free event is organized by the family of Allan Boyd, who donated the Allan Boyd Memorial Gazebo, as a gift to the community of New Troy. A longtime resident of New Troy, Allan passed away in 2017. He grew up and attended New Troy High School, which sat on the site of the current New Troy Community Park. He also owned a garage on the center of town and
Heather Courtney scoops up sauce for the strawberry sundaes
was a township supervisor, remaining a prominent figure in local politics. Brett Boyd, the owner of Classic Catering, said his father, Allan, would’ve loved to see the community gathering in the open space year after year. “That was his dream - to have a gazebo there with music being played,” he said, adding that the gazebo was installed within the year in time for the first social in July 2018. The gazebo has been used for weddings, with Brett adding that it’s a “great place” to hold one. Having grown up in New Troy, Brett said that he’s resided in Bridgman for the past 25 years (which
is where his business is located). From 1981 to 1999, he owned the Old Mill Run Restaurant in New Troy. FoNT will be holding a market on the fourth Friday of the month from July through October. For the first market Friday, July 23, Classic Catering and Events will be bringing back its legendary taco special. Pre-sale tickets for the special are $8 and will get you three hard-shell seasoned ground beef tacos, with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, sour cream, and salsa. Tickets are available online at www. friendsofnewtroy.org
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rett said that taco night was “a big part of that business,” with people coming from all over to taste the tacos. “Everybody had a great time, made great friends…I made friends there that I’m still friends with today,” he said. Friends of New Troy Community Center is located at 13372 California Road in New Troy and can be contacted at 269-4263909.
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Gov. Whitmer signs bill to put Michigan students, educators first
n Wednesday, July 7, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined students, educators, and support staff at Ojibwa Elementary School in Macomb County to sign House Bill 4421, which appropriates $4.4 billion in federal COVID relief funding to support schools across the state and help students, teachers, and schools recover from the pandemic. The historic education funding represents the bipartisan work completed in late June to ensure that Michigan’s K-12 education system takes advantage of federal funding to make unprecedented investments in our schools. “We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make the type of investment in our schools that will put Michigan students and educators first as they head into the next school year,” said Gov. Whitmer. “Our actions today prove that Republicans and Democrats in Lansing can work together to enact budgets that are laser-focused on helping Michigan take full advantage of the unprecedented opportunity we have right now to make transformative investments in our schools that will have positive impacts for generations.” The bipartisan supplemental bill distributes over $4 billion from the
federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER, to power schools’ efforts to get our kids back on track. A total of $841 million comes from ESSER II funding from December 2020, while $3.3 billion comes from ESSER III funding from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The ESSER funds will be distributed to districts based on their Title I, Part A allocation - which means more money will get to districts that serve students with the highest need. The funds help meet a wide range of needs arising from the coronavirus pandemic, including reopening schools safely, sustaining their safe operation, and addressing students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs resulting from the pandemic. “Earlier this year, I appointed the Student Recovery Advisory Council to better understand our schools’ needs and identify evidence-based strategies to help every student thrive after the pandemic,” added Gov. Whitmer. “We know this recovery isn’t just about brushing up on fractions or remembering when to use the quadratic formula. Our students need a comprehensive recovery.” The funding represents supplemental funding for the current year budget.
Legislation for the school aid budget for next fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 is currently being reviewed. “This is a significant budget supporting those who invest in the lives of our young people,” said Rep. Brad Paquette, R-Niles. “The bipartisan work done here is just the first step towards even more future transformational positive change within our education system.” “Throughout the pandemic, teachers and support staff have stepped up and done everything in their power to teach their students and take care of their mental health amidst unprecedented obstacles,” said Rep. Regina Weiss, D-Oak Park. “My colleagues and I are proud to have partnered with the Governor on HB 4421. This bill will send billions of federal covid relief dollars directly into our schools and classrooms for PPE, support staff, academic intervention, mental health services, air quality improvements, and more. This critical support will help students across Michigan return to learn, and sets a strong foundation moving forward for what meaningful investments in education should look like.” “This federal funding is a gamechanging opportunity to invest in our students and schools, from aiding learning recovery, to addressing the
educator shortage, to fixing aging school infrastructure,” said MEA President Paula Herbart. “This infusion of cash won’t permanently solve decades of underfunding education, but in the short run it can show our communities what’s possible when we properly fund our schools.” “As school leaders work with parents and stakeholders to create plans for a return to school, they will need additional resources to ensure each child can experience success. With these vital funds, recovery plans have the resources to provide the academic, physical, mental, emotional, and community support students need to thrive,” said Kevin Polston, superintendent of Kentwood Public Schools and Chair of the Student Recovery Advisory Council. “The MI Blueprint for Comprehensive Student Recovery gave Michigan’s school leaders and policy makers the game plan, now they will also have the resources to get the job done. We are grateful to Governor Whitmer and the bipartisan legislators who came together to get these crucial federal recovery dollars into our schools. Now we can all get to work putting the needs of Michigan’s kids first.” — STAFF REPORTS
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Happy campers engaged in a world of new skills, experiences at summer camp
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or the last several weeks, a pack of happy campers has filled the halls of Frohne Hall in New
Buffalo. That’s the site for the 2021 New Buffalo Summer Day Camp, which began June 28 and runs until July 30. According to Hailey Butler, who’s running the camp, there’s 65 campers with seven groups. The camp has seven head counselors and seven assistant counselors, as well as four floater assistants. “Whenever we need help, we call on them, so whoever has the most campers for the day, they get an extra assistant for the day,” Butler, an alumnus of New Buffalo High School who also teaches kindergarten at Grand Ledge Public Schools in Michigan, said. The camp’s licensing agent, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, lifted the mask mandate for camps. Butler added that some campers and counselors still choose to wear a mask based on their “comfort level.” “We’re still doing cohorts, we have less than 10 kids for a group, and they have another group they buddy up with, so they’re not cross contaminating anyone,” she said. Butler said that she and Judy Zabicki, the clerk at New Buffalo Township, wrote a grant to The Pokagon Fund. “They’ve been so extremely generous and helpful,” Butler said.
The fund is the camp’s main sponsor. Other camp sponsors are New Buffalo Township and the City of New Buffalo. The camp’s theme is “Welcome to the Carnival.” Butler said each group in the camp has taken on a different part of the circus: acrobats, ring leaders, magicians, and elephants. Campers in each group made a different wall to represent their circus role. Once a week, the campers make the trek to a designated local fun spot: a trip to New Buffalo Public Beach, the movie theater, Sky Zone in Michigan City, the zoo. On Monday through Thursday, the campers make a trip to the splash pad at New Buffalo Township Park. The campers have fun learning new skills, too. From Monday through Thursday, Butler said the campers spend time with a different specialist for Spanish (Emily Keller), culinary (Keri Haskins), art (Megan Honda), dance (Jennifer Fiero), creative/ character development (Heather Sommers) and book club with Kristy Good, youth services librarian at New Buffalo Township Library, who stops by two days a week.
Campers at Frohne Hall
Happy campers sport their camp T-shirts Campers work off energy with a game of kickball in the field near St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church
Megan Honda, art specialist, leads campers in a project at Frohne Hall
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ach week, campers can receive a “smile ticket,” during which they’re honored for displaying a tribute that’s celebrated by The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. The tickets are entered into a drawing, so campers can win a special prize. Food service is provided by
Jennifer Fiero teaches campers a new dance
Campers display their crafts on a recent trip to New Buffalo Township Park
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Happy campers on a field trip at New Buffalo Public Beach
Campers work on a craft at Frohne Hall
River Valley School District. Jennifer Jones, food service supervisor, provides the food (pizza and quesadillas are the campers’ favorite dishes, Butler said).
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ampers get to meet people who are making a difference in their own community. A staff member from the Michiana Humane Society was at the park last Thursday, and police officers will be doing a demo day and firefighters will be putting on a fire safety day. “They’re being safe and they’re having fun,” Butler said
of the campers. Emily Keller, a fellow New Buffalo High School alumnus, is the Spanish specialist at camp. She just graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Spanish education and a minor in TESOL (teaching English to students of other languages). In the fall, she’ll be student teaching in a Spanish secondary classroom at Holt High School. The camp has been a good way for Keller to get her feet wet with regards to teaching career. “This is kind of a good space for me to try out a little bit of teaching all age levels – low stakes, but it’s fun,” she said.
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Rookie takes all in chicken flying contest BY STAN MADDUX
rookie at chicken flying came away from this week’s LaPorte County Fair as grand champion. “It feels awesome and I’m so excited,” said Katelyn Peterson, 14, of LaPorte. Her Welsummer chicken, “Goldy,” won the bantamweight division with a 39 foot long flight in the draft horse arena next to Pioneer Land. The winner in each of four weight divisions returned to compete for grand champion and Goldy outdistanced them all with a flight of just over 22 feet. Peterson, a six-year member of 4-H, said she didn’t expect her bird to win but knew the hen had talent from flying over a fence to eat corn belonging to her neighbor’s chickens. She was driven to enter the competition for the first time from watching a chicken belonging to her sister compete in the popular contest during the fair two years ago. “I thought it was cool,” she said. The reserve grand champion was a Rainbow chicken winning the heavyweight division with a flight of just over 25 feet. The chicken, “Fire,” owned by Nichole Brown, 11, flew slightly more than 18 feet in the grand champion portion of the competition. Brown, who recently moved to South Carolina from LaPorte, made the drive with her family to take part in the contest for her first time. “It just sounded like something fun and Fire is a little stinker so I thought she would enjoy it,” she said.
Chickens weighing more than five pounds are not eligible to compete. Each chicken in the competition was gently shoved from behind out of a wooden mailbox resting on a more than A 10 foot high platform. “We fly nothing over five pounds because it could endanger the bird or breaking a leg or something and we don’t want that,” said Carolyn t b Krause, who was in w charge of the chicken t flying competition T hosted by the fair’s Poultry Committee. The competition featuring a whopping 38 chickens this year has been a staple at the fair since the late e p 1980s. o Krause said some o chickens in previous competitions have G flown greater distances including a few that made it in the air to the draft horse barn some 100 feet away.
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HOR0SCOPE JULY 15-21, 2021
AS INTERPRETED BY SANDY “STAR” BENDT ARIES MARCH 21—APRIL 19
Give yourself a break from all the public image or reputational work you’ve been doing in the professional arena. Escape the politics of the office by getting lost in a good book or binging a good sci-fi show. Stepping away will create the space for the transformations to take shape professionally.
LEO JULY 23—AUGUST 22
SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22—DECEMBER 21
This is the time to take a step back from commitments to others and take care of your own situations. If you’re feeling a little haunted or like something has not settled properly, pull back and check in with yourself. Change up your daily routines so that you are putting your health and wellbeing first.
It’s time to get some love and tenderness back into your relationships. Especially the relationship you have with your family. Let transformations take place with that which you derive value or sustenance from. Adjustments need to be made but follow your emotional intuition, not your ego.
TAURUS APRIL 20—MAY 20
Talking and hanging out with friends can really help you sort through any emotional or structural collapses you may be experiencing. If you are experiencing issues with your homelife, partner or neighbors, allow friends to come over and be of witness. That way you won’t overlook serious red flags.
VIRGO AUGUST 23—SEPTEMBER 22
CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22—JANUARY 19
There is a very hopeful vibe settling in this week, helping you remember the good times with friends. Allow this vibe to inspire you to reach out to others and mend relationships. If you are unable to mend old friendships, use the energy to transform your approach to making new connections.
Pay attention to what partners and close associates are going through because what you are seeing, may only be the tip of the iceberg as to what’s really going on. Their issue or insights may be that thing, that is the element of change you need to break free from manipulative situations.
GEMINI MAY 21—JUNE 21
This is a great time to transform your financial standing or career trajectory. Don’t just think about the things you want out of life but think about what you don’t want. Recognize behaviors that sabotage progress and make adjustments. Set things up so you will prosper, not just get by.
LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23—OCTOBER 22 You may have to alter your work schedule to accommodate for some unexpected happenings at home or with family. Even though you may not have been expecting things to change, you will be happy for the opportunity to take care of things at home and to get the job done right, this time.
AQUARIUS JANUARY 20—FEBRUARY 18
CANCER JUNE 22—JULY 22
SCORPIO OCTOBER 23—NOVEMBER 21
PISCES FEBRUARY 19—MARCH 20
The focus is on you and what you are bringing to the table, not for others but for yourself. Partners and relationships, in general, will act as an agent of change, causing you to reevaluate how stable and secure the support you are providing for your own wellbeing is.
The energy coming in this week will help you get out and see more of the world, and also get you more in touch with what’s happening for the world at large. You will feel as if you are caught up in the larger scope of things. No more small-town kind of thinking. It’s a big world view for you.
You will get a nice ray of hope in your financial sector this week. You can expect to feel some major beneficial changes in the way you approach your personal finances or handle your accounts but as far as finances with partners, things may not feel so advantageous. New beginnings don’t require monumental or gigantic changes to make a big impact on the future. Small adjustments, minute changes are what can create a huge difference and shift things to a higher octave. Those quiet times when not much seems to be happening, that’s the shift.
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This progress also included the Planning Commission and City Council determining the need for improved zoning regulations. These regulations are necessary to address the propagation of short-term rentals in the R-1 zoning district, which is intended to be the lowest intensity district in the city consisting of single-family residential uses. Many have expressed that short-term rental use conflicts with this vision for the R-1 district, especially when operated as the exclusive use of a dwelling. The city’s ultimate goal is to terminate the moratorium throughout the entire city. In the interim, the city has considered the removal of the moratorium in the remaining zoning districts. In order to achieve the ultimate termination of the moratorium, there are myriad steps that need to be taken and guidelines that need to be put in place. Of utmost importance is the Planning Commission’s continued work in developing zoning ordinance amendments germane to the R-1 district. This will create the framework by which the veracity and charm of the district can be preserved. In the near future, there will be a joint Planning Commission and City Council workshop/meeting to assist in this exercise. In conclusion, the city continues to gather the necessary data surrounding the short-term rental component, as it is a significant factor in facilitating harmony in New Buffalo among all community members, both year-round and seasonal. It would be naïve of all parties involved to believe there will not be growing pains as we navigate through this process. However, it should be our collective goal to do so agreeing to disagree, without being disagreeable. As we all move forward, it will take all of us working together, collaboratively, to make it a true success. DARWIN WATSON, CITY MANAGER
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oe Maxwell Lemon, age 85, of Three Oaks, died peacefully Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. His life began February 11, 1936 in Mt. Hermon, Kentucky to Charlie Lemon and Lois Myers. He married Myrna Payne on September 21, 1972 in Centreville, Michigan. Joe’s favorite passion was playing guitar, banjo, fiddle or anything with strings. He toured locally and went to bluegrass festivals all over the Kentucky and Mid-South. He shared the stage with many well-known bluegrass stars. Additionally, he was an avid vegetable gardener. Joe will be remembered for his barbeque chicken on the grill. Mostly, he loved taking care of Myrna and Rob.
He will be greatly missed by family and friends. He is survived by his son Robert (Brandy) Lemon of Three Oaks; grandchildren, Ryan Adams of Ohio, Shane Boswell of Three Oaks, Joshua Boswell of Stevensville, Stephanie (Robert) McGrath of Edmonton, Canada; three great grandchildren; brothers, Les Lemon of Mason City, Illinois, James Lemon of Danville, Kentucky; sister Dorothy Walker of Glasgow, Kentucky; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Myrna; sister, Joyce Carol Wood; and infant twin brothers, Tommy and Johnny Lemon. Family and friends will gather from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Pobocik Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, 106 Ash Street East, Three Oaks. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 15, 2021, in the funeral home. Mr. Lemon will be laid to rest in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family prefers contributions in memory of Joe be made to Hanson Hospice Center, 4382 Cleveland Avenue, Stevensville, Michigan 49127. Arrangements have been entrusted to Pobocik Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, Three Oaks. Please share a memory or a message online at www.wagnercares. com.
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