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Complete coverage of the Cass City community and surrounding areas since 1899
VOLUME 106, NUMBER 41 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2012 75 CENTS ~ 16 PAGES
THE 2012-13 Cass City junior varsity boys’ basketball team members are:
(front, l-r) Branden Horne, Colby Peruski, Drew Loomis, Acer Hana, Sawyer
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Cuthrell, Devan Kluger (back) Jack Stern, Dalton Prieskorn, Keith
Lounsbury, Zach Clapper, Parker Haire, Kyle Ross and Coach Jeff Hartel. Donald and Dorothy Keinath (then & now)
Gifts await first Keinath celebrates 65th
2013 newborn in the newspaper
The newspaper has
wedding anniversary
something for every-
The arrival of 2012 will have spe- Cass City welcomed their daughter, Donald and Dorothy Keinath of Caro recently celebrated their 65th wed-
body: current events,
cial meaning to couples that are Maria I. Bricker, at home on Leslie ding anniversary. They met at the Tuscola County Fair where both had 4-H
also expecting their own little Rd. projects on display.
human interest stories,
arrivals, but just when the first As was true last year, the coming The former Dorothy Brinkman, daughter of William and Bertha Brinkman
baby of the new year will be born is year’s proud parents will receive a of Caro, and Donald Keinath, son of Carl and Selma Keinath of Reese, were
bold opinions and facts.
anyone’s guess. $10 discount off of a baby prescrip- married Dec. 20, 1947, on her parent’s 25th wedding anniversary at their
Will the first birth take place just tion from Coach Light Pharmacy, farm home on Dutcher Road.
There’s a lot you (and
minutes or hours after the bells as well as a $20 floral bouquet The couple has 2 children, Karen Keinath of Frankenmuth and Dr. Russell
a friend) can gain from
start ringing after midnight, Jan. 1, from Special Scents Floral Shoppe (Mary) Keinath of Ann Arbor; 4 grandchildren: Natalie and Nick Nahorski
or will several days or even weeks and a gift basket from CK of Ann Arbor, Ann and Aaron Shinn of Lapeer, Joseph (Alicia) Keinath of
a newspaper.
pass before the blessed event? Graphics. Angel’s Hair Kalamazoo, and Julia Keinath of Chicago, Ill.; 3 great-grandchildren:
Regardless, the first baby of the Studio is chipping in a Abigail and Henry Nahorski, and Elijah Shinn, and 2 more joining the fam-
new year born and reported to $15 gift certificate and ily in February.
Pick one up today and
the Chronicle by a Gilligan’s will Donald retired from farming in 2003. Dorothy helped operate a seed farm,
Cass City area family will have a $20 gift retiring in 2003. She was also a school teacher.
be amazed!
be showered with gifts certificate wait-
and well w i s h e s ing.
New Year’s Eve sing set
from local mer- In addition, 2 area banks will offer
Local News, Sports
chants, a tradition their best wishes. Chemical Bank
Classifieds and more!
that has contin- and Thumb National Bank each
ued for many have a $10 savings account for the
years in the com- new arrival. By Tom Montgomery n’t been an active “club” for years.
munity. But that’s not all; Curtis Chrysler Editor Still, the legacy started by a handful
CASS CITY
The only question mark each year has chipped in a free oil change, of faithful men back in the 1960s
is timing. In 2003, Michelle Smith while Plain and Fancy Decorating, Everyone is invited to take part in a lives on in the community.
of Cass City gave birth to the first ProGraphix and Thumb Sewing New Year’s Eve tradition in Cass And this year’s concert promises to
CHRONICLE
baby, Ian Matthew Vasquez, Jan. Center are offering a $25 gift cer- City that spans more than 4 decades, continue a number of traditions,
23, and in 2005, the first baby, tificates. as the 46th annual New Year’s Eve including the return of the
Gospel Sing gets underway Monday Calvarymen Quartet. The faces of
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Landyn Frank Schott, was born Finally, the family can read about
Jan. 9 to Ben and Tonya Schott of their new arrival and other local at 7 p.m. at Cass City Junior-Senior Calvarymen have changed several
Cass City. news all year long with a free, one- High School. times over the years, but the group’s
Last year’s first baby arrived Jan. year subscription to the Cass City The event continues to be spon- faithfulness to the Cass City gather-
1, when Irwin and Susan Bricker of Chronicle. sored by the Cass City Laymen’s ing has not. The group appeared at
Club, although the organization has- the first-ever New Year’s Eve Gospel
Concert and has returned to the vil-
lage every year since.
They will be joined this year by the
Gospelmen and Justified.
A freewill offering will be taken.
The concert will end earlier this year,
with donuts, coffee and milk follow-
ing the performance.
Inside This Week
Meet the latest recipients
of the coveted Red Hawk
Award of Excellence
Page 2
State moves to ban another
class of synthetic drugs
Page 4
Looking for hope?
It’s still out there
Reporter’s notebook, page 5