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BAY CITY — Batten down your hatches — the tall ships are back today, and organizers are excited and ready to go. “We’ve been planning this for two years so it’s nice to see it finally arrive,” said Kevin Dykema, chairman of the Board of Directors for Bay City’s Tall Ship Celebration. The four-day festival begins today as the vessels arrive and dock in the Saginaw River along the seawalls in Wenonah and Veterans Memorial parks. Ships will muster in the Saginaw Bay around 11:30 a.m. and the Parade of Sail will begin shortly thereafter. The tall ships will arrive on a staggered basis beginning around 1 p.m., according to Tall Ship Celebration event coordinator Shirley Roberts. “The ships all muster at a particular point in the Saginaw Bay and they’re divided into groups of four flights — three ships in each flight,” she said. “Each flight arrives approximately half an hour after the one before it to allow time for volunteers to get the ships safely tied at the dock.” If you’re looking for a place to drop anchor and watch the ships sail in, Roberts suggests the following public viewing areas: Edward M. Golson Boat Launch and Nature Area on Bay City’s East Side; the

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PINCONNING TWP. — A diminished Board of Trustees and a treasurer who appears to have gone absent without leave has left Pinconning Township’s government at a standstill, unable to conduct official business. Sharon So says Township Supervisor Sharon M. Stalsberg, who M. Stalsberg was forced to cancel a Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday because a threeperson quorum was not met. “The township cannot do payroll, the distribution of taxes or any other legal township business that would come before this board,” Stalsberg told a crowd of about 20 people who gathered for the meeting at Pinconning Township Hall, 1751 E. Cody Estey Road. “So, we are at a standstill in Pinconning Township.” Stalsberg and Township Trustee Joe Holbrook were the two board members in

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to learn and try something new. Capt. Ulrich Diekmann — a jovial figure who maintains that frequent cups of coffee are essential to the smooth running of any ship he commands — considers the mixture of crew members to be the most rewarding aspect of his duty. “I think, in our days, it’s very hard to find the right way for young people,” said the 45-year-old captain from Kiel, Germany. “They have so many problems, and on this vessel we give people the possibility to find the right way in society. “First of all, as crew members on our vessel, they learn to respect higher positions and they learn how to behave in a normal society. There are many parallels between the society on a sail training vessel and normal society.” Diekmann has been a professional sailor since he was about 22, serving in the German merchant marines, of which he is a captain in his regular life. He became involved with Amundsen 17 years ago. In 2001, he became one of the brig’s 15 captains who rotate command duties. When Diekmann learned the Amundsen would be traveling to the U.S. this summer, he jumped at the chance to helm it. “As I saw in our timetable that the Roald Amundsen will go to America, especially the Great Lakes, I thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be part of this great event,” he said. “It was something like a dream to come with a vessel to the United States. It is very sel-

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dom we have the possibility to be here.” The Roald Amundsen is a 165-foot brig based in Eckernförde, Germany. It’s one of 12 tall ships that will arrive in Bay City today to take part in the four-day Tall Ship Celebration. The Amundsen will be docked along the seawall at Wenonah Park in downtown Bay City along with six other tall ships. The remaining five ships will be docked along the seawall at Veterans Memorial Park. For Diekmann, the symbolism of the ship’s history also is a key factor in why he volunteers to command it on its worldly voyages. “This vessel was a supply vessel of the East German Navy,” he explained. After the reunion of Germany, the ship was refitted as a sail See ABOARD, A2

BAY CITY — For months, city officials kept driving home one point to leaders of the city’s eight unions: Find 10.8 percent in cuts, or face layoffs. So it was a little surprising to some when the Bay City Commission on Monday unanimously approved a firefighter contract that fell a couple percentage points short of that goal. The contract also includes language saying no firefighters will be laid off during the contract, which expires in June 2013. Patrick “If the rules are different for Lochinski every labor group, when it was directed and dictated that everyone will reach 10.8 percent — when someone doesn’t and they allow it to pass, it’s a joke,” said Cpl. Patrick Lochinski, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 103, which represents Bay City patrol officers. The police union, along with six other unions, continue to negotiate with the city. Unions have Robert until Aug. 31 to reach a contract Belleman agreement in order to bring back employees laid off July 1. The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 116 contract includes changes to health care, which will increase co-payments each year; concessions on fringe items such as food allowances, cleaning allowances and doubletime pay for Sundays and holidays. The contract also includes a section that would allow the city to implement a hybrid career and paid-on-call/volunteer fire department in two years or if all six firefighters laid off last year are called back. City Manager Robert Belleman said that was one of the main contract points city officials wanted. Another main contract issue, Belleman

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LANSING — A group has filed about 60,000 signatures with the Michigan secretary of state to get the Tea Party on the November ballot. Michigan Republican Chairman Ron Weiser says it’s a trick to confuse voters.

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He calls the filing a “Hail Marystyle last-ditch effort” by “desperate stooges” of the Democratic Party to hijack the Tea Party’s name. Michigan Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer says his party is not involved and that he doesn’t know the men listed on the filing.

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From A1 — Unions still negotiating said, is a proposed restructuring of the department that would eliminate battalion chief positions, essentially putting more personnel on fire trucks. Belleman said those were main reasons the city accepted the contract with less than 10.8 percent in reductions. “I can point to specific opportunities in the fire contract that can afford us savings,” he said. “And that played a role in our final decision.” Belleman said the target still remains at 10.8 percent for the other unions. While he said each negotiation is case by case, he said the city would consider less than the 10.8 percent goal if there was opportunity to save money in the long term. “If other unions come in and we get to the point where we feel we can’t get any further, we’ll consider the proposals on the table,” he said. Lochinski said it’s hard to continue negotiating since it seems the rules are always changing. The patrol union has been working with a mediator, but Lochinski said they are close to entering arbitration. The police and fire unions are the only two that have protection of Public Act 312, which allows for arbitration if negotiations come to a standstill. The arbitrator’s decision is final and may not be what either side wants. “We’re going to stick with what we think is right,” he said. “We feel we met the 10.8 percent and we’re not going to change our way of thinking because of how the City Commission changes theirs every day.” Commission President Christopher Shannon, 1st Ward, who has expressed his displeasure with negotiations, said it’s been frustrating that unions have not been able to meet the 10.8 percent goal. He said the future savings built into the firefighter’s contract, as well as the threat of arbitration, played a role in his decision to approve the contract. He did, however, say the approval of the firefighter’s contract with less than 10.8 percent savings could be perceived as unfair to other employees. “Now that we’ve accepted an 8.7 percent reduction from the fire department, yet did not lay anyone off, we’ve got another math problem,” he said. “Where does that money come from? How do we keep our budget balanced? It may have to come from another department. That’s the thing I agree with (other unions about), it could be very unfair.” Belleman said the fire union was about $84,000 short of its goal to cut about $448,000 from its contract. He said having some vacancies not filled because of retirements in the parks or engineering department could help fill that gap.

The signatures were filed Wednesday afternoon by Eric Tincher of Kalamazoo. Mark Steffek was listed as the Tea Party chairman and John Roby was listed as secretary. A message was left Wednesday for Steffek seeking comment. A phone number couldn’t be found for Tincher.

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Independence Boat Launch on the West Side; the end of Sunrise Road and the Saginaw River Boat Launch, both in Bangor Township; the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Boat Launch and the U.S. Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, both in Hampton Township; and the end of Main Street in Essexville. Boaters also are invited to hit the Saginaw River and Bay to get up close and personal with the ships. The Coast Guard will be enforcing a 100-yard safety and security zone around each ship when they arrive in the Saginaw Bay, Roberts said. “Recreational boaters who want to see the ships in the bay need to be aware of that,” she said. Spectators are encouraged to make the tall ships feel at home, whether it be by waving, cheering or applauding, Roberts said. “We certainly would love for people to give a warm welcome when each of the ships arrive,” she said. Motorists trying to cross the river at Independence and Liberty bridges between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. should expect delays, according to Bay City’s streets and sanitation supervisor Tony Rytlewski. “Motorists should expect those bridges to be opened up for at least 15 minutes,” he said. “It could be longer depending on how quickly (the tall ships) move through.” Rytlewski also said motorists who want to avoid the delayed bridge traffic should use Veterans Memorial and Lafayette bridges to cross the river. The National Weather Service forecasts a 60 percent chance of severe thunderstorms on Thursday. That kind of weather could further delay the tall ships’ arrival, Rytlewski said. Dykema said it’s hard to say what would happen with the tall ships’ arrival in the event of bad weather. “We would proceed according to the safest scenario,” he said. “But it all depends on where the boats are when the weather rolls in. If they’re in the river, then we’ll hurry to tie them down as fast as possible. “If they’re still out on the bay, it’s a

different situation,” he said. “It’s up to the individual captains and what they feel is safest for their vessel.” On Wednesday, crews were hard at work in Wenonah and Vets parks setting up tents and admissions booths and putting the finishing touches on festival setup. Dykema said everything is right on track, and Bay City is ready to welcome the fleet of 12 tall ships. This year’s fleet includes Bay City’s own Appledore IV and Appledore V gaff topsail schooners, as well as another gaff topsail schooner from Traverse City, the Madeline. Pathfinder and Playfair, two brigantines from Toronto, also will take part in the celebration. The Denis Sullivan, a three-masted schooner from Milwaukee will be in port, as will the Pride of Baltimore II, a 170-foot square topsail schooner from Maryland. Other American ships in the fleet are the Lynx, from Newport Beach, Calif.; HMS Bounty from Long Island, N.Y.; and Roseway, a schooner from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Foreign ships in the fleet are the Europa, a 185-foot barque from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and the Roald Amundsen, a 165-foot brig from Eckernförde, Germany. While the Tall Ship Celebration begins today with the arrival of the ships, the start of the Maritime Music Festival and many other family-oriented, nautical festivities, tours of the ships will be offered from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Tickets, which take the form of a souvenir passport, will be sold at the admission gates for $15 each. A passport allows daily admission to the festival grounds and permission to board each ship one time. Daily admission to the festival, without permission to board the ships, costs $6. All guests 3 feet tall or shorter will be admitted free. For more information, visit www.tallshipcelebration.com or www.mlive.com/bay-city and click on the “tall ships” link near the top of the page.

Schedule of events

The following is a schedule of event highlights for the 2010 Tall Ship Celebration: Bay City. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.tallshipcelebration.com. Today 11:30 a.m. — Tall Ships muster in the Saginaw Bay. 1:30 p.m. — Tall Ships begin to arrive in downtown Bay City. 7 p.m. — Free Concert: Pirates of Penzance, Wenonah Park. Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Festival open, ship tours available. 7 p.m. — Celebration of the Great Lakes, State Theatre. A multimedia concert featuring stories of our maritime past with singer/songwriter Dan Hall and documentary producer Ric Mixter. Cost: $10 for adults; $5 for students age 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at www.statetheatrebaycity.com or call (989) 892-2660. Saturday 9 to 11 a.m. — Pancakes with Pirates — Enjoy breakfast with the pirate performers from the Ring of Steel Action Theatre troupe; Festival tent in Veterans Memorial Park. Cost: $7 for adults; $4 for children age 12 and younger. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Festival open, ship tours available. 5 p.m. — Gates open for Alice Cooper concert in Veterans Memorial Park. 7 p.m. — Alice Cooper concert. Tickets: $45 for VIP seats; $30 for general admission. Purchase tickets at Prime Bros. Furniture, 1500 S. Euclid Ave.; Graff Chevrolet, 3636 E. Wilder Road; and BayCom, 4120 E. Wilder Road. Sunday 8:15 a.m. — Ecumenical Outdoor Worship Service in Wenonah Park. 9 to 11 a.m. — Pancakes with Pirates at Vets Park. Cost: $7 for adults; $4 for children age 12 and younger. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Festival open, ship tours available. 5:30 to 10 p.m. — Mariner’s Ball at Vets Park featuring dinner, music and fun. Tickets: $30.

Corrections Alice Cooper will perform a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park. The date of the concert was incorrect in a story that appeared in a guide to 2010 Tall Ship Celebration in Sunday’s edition of The Times. The telephone number for information about the Midland Community Center’s adult travel program July 22 day trip to Charlevoix is (989) 832-7937, ext. 2270. The number was incorrect in a news item in Sunday’s paper.

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Hagerstown, Md. Both are in their second year aboard a tall ship. Last year, Conner and Hoffman started on the Niagara, sailing from Erie, Penn., to Montreal. “My grandmother was at a fundraiser (for the Niagara) and she mentioned it to me and thought I’d be interested, and I was,” Cooper said of how he became involved in the tall ship world. “It’s a lot of fun. I think starting off is the hardest part. There’s a different rhythm, a different lifestyle.” “I saw some tall ships when I was 9 and I said to my mom, ‘I want to do this,’ ” Hoffman added. “I love it. It’s fun. The community, the ships themselves, the work.” Conner and Hoffman transferred from the Niagara to the Amundsen in Cleveland. The two ships differ greatly in their ways of doing things, they said. “The Niagara is very regimented and structured,” Conner said. “The Amundsen is more relaxed. I’m stilling getting used to the relaxed doctrine. I still have the compulsion to coil anything I see on the deck. With each ship, you always learn something new.” “It’s fun to see the similarities and the quirky differences,” Hoffman noted. For Conner, the most enjoyable aspect of life on a ship is the inherent escape

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are taking hold in the marketplace,” Shirk said. “The expansion is another chapter in the story of what we have going in solar activity.” FREELAND — Five years ago, The Application Center is a the Dow Corning Corp. vacated a $7.5 million investment by Dow building it used in Tittabawassee Township, near Freeland. But since Corning that started three years ago when there were just six peothen, it has found a new purpose ple on site. for the facility in solar energy Since then, it has grown to research. 26 people. Now, the corporation plans to The planned $1.2 million expanexpand its laboratory there, build a sion is expected to add about four climate-controlled warehouse and more jobs, with a total building more offices, and add a few jobs. capacity for 40 people, Shirk said. Christopher C. Shirk, manager The resolution for the exempof Site and Science & Technology tion was approved unanimously by at the Solar Solutions Application Center, 10330 Hercules, was at the board members. Dow Corning uses the Freeland township Board of Trustees meetfacility to work with solar energy ing Tuesday to request an Industrial Facility Exemption Certificate manufacturers and to improve solar energy technology. Dow to lessen the project’s tax burden. Corning is based in Bay County’s “Business is really good; we’re Williams Township. continuing to grow and products FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

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COMING UP TODAY • Tall Ship Celebration, today through Sunday, Wenonah Park, Water Street, Bay City. • “Explorers,” 4 p.m. tonight, Delta College Planetarium, 100 Center, Bay City. Cost: $6, adults, $5, seniors 60 and older, $4 children 3-18. Info: (989) 667-2260. • Thursday Night Dance, 7 p.m. tonight, Freeland Sports Zone, 5690 Midland, Freeland. Cost: $10. Info: (989) 695-2000. • The Pirates of Penzance Concert, 7 p.m. tonight, Friendship Shell, Wenonah Park, downtown Bay City. Cost: free. Info: (989) 893-0343. • Stage: “Suburbia,” 7:30 p.m. tonight and Friday, Curtiss Hall, Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Road, Kochville Township. Cost: $10 adults; $7 students and seniors 60 and older. Info: (989) 964-4261.

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Cereal, bread and cheese crackers were some of the foods given away at the Auburn United Methodist Church, 207 S. Auburn St., in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. Below, a line wraps around the Auburn United Methodist Church for the food giveaway Tuesday afternoon. The combination of the Eastern Food Bank, Salvation Army and Auburn United Methodist Church gave away more than 9,500 pounds of food to families in need.

FRIDAY • “Enchanted Reef,” 1 and 4 p.m.; “Cody Coyote’s Adventures,” 2 p.m.; “Wonders of the Universe,” 3 p.m.; “Explorers,” 5 p.m.; Delta College Planetarium, 100 Center, Bay City. Cost: $6, adults, $5, seniors 60 and older, $4 children 3-18. Info: (989) 667-2260. • Old Town Motorfest, 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Old Saginaw City, Court and Hamilton, Saginaw. Cost: free. Info: (989) 2491100. • RiverDays, 5 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Chippewassee Park, the Tridge, downtown Midland. Cost: free. Info: (989) 837-6930. • PRIDE Friday Night Live: Classic Rock Night with Square Pegz and Eagles Tribute by Grefe, Gaus, Gottlieb and Roberts, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Morley Plaza, 200 N. Washington, Saginaw. Cost: free. Info: (989) 753-9168. • Fridays at the Falls, Bob Bloenk and Friends, 6 p.m. Friday, Waterfall Park, downtown Bay City. Cost: free. Info: (989) 893-0343. • Apple Mountain Summer Dance Series, 7 p.m. Friday, Apple Mountain, 4519 N. River Road, Thomas Township. Cost: free. Info: (888) 781-6789. • Tunes by the Tridge, the Sinclairs, 7 p.m. Friday, Tridge, downtown Midland. Cost: free. Info: (989) 837-3330. • Music: “Celebration of the Great Lakes,” 7 p.m. Friday, State Theatre, 913 Washington, Bay City. Cost: $10 adults, $5 students 18 and younger. Info: (989) 892-2660. • Stage: “A Cougar Named Florence,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 23-24, 3031, Aug. 6-7, 13-14, Van Buren Street Theater, 701 N. Van Buren, Bay City. Cost: $15. Info: (989) 893-9399.

LATER • Message from the Marsh, “Great Lakes Sailors,” 7 p.m. Saturday, Bay City State Recreation Area, 3582 State Park, Bay City. Cost: free; vehicle permit required, $6. Info: (989) 667-0717.

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mini-pig, namely that widespread minipig ownership could impact neighborhood stability and could be a nuisance to neighbors. MIDLAND — Midland resident He emphasized that he does not Jason White was back before the Midforesee a mad rush for mini-pig ownland Planning Commission Tuesday night with another petition in his quest ership within the city, primarily due to bring home the “perfect” hypoaller- to the cost. A mini-pig from a breeder costs $600 or more, coupled with the genic pet: a mini-pig. costs associated with applying for perIn February, the Planning Commismission to own a mini-pig within the sion recommended denying White’s city, he said. request to add the pint-sized porcines While the commissioners did not to the city’s list of accepted domestivote on White’s request, Cindy Windcated pets. lan, consulting planner, recommended “I am once again seeking a zoning text amendment,” White said. “Howev- the petition be denied on behalf of the er, this time I am approaching the mat- city staff. During the public hearing Commister with a more specific target in mind. As opposed to seeking an amendment sioner Gayle Hanna asked White to clarify the family’s housing situation, that would open up mini-pig ownerspecifically asking if the family rents or ship to the entire city, I am seeking a owns within the city limits. After White special use permit that would grant said they rent, she asked if they conour family, and our family alone, the right to own one of these animals as a sidered moving outside the city limits. White said they had not as they family pet.” believed the move would be cost-proThe Whites’ 9-year-old son is severely allergic to pet dander and fur, hibitive and their current home was ideally located close to their son’s preventing them from owning a more school. traditional pet. The Planning Commission will preWhite addressed previous concerns pare a recommendation to the City the commissioners and staff laid out in denying his earlier request to own a Council for its July 27 meeting. hsetter@boothmidmichigan.com | (989) 513-6907

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AUBURN — More than 500 people showed up in Auburn on Tuesday to get their share of about 9,500 pounds of free food from the Auburn Community Food Pantry. Melissa Grew, chairwoman of the Auburn Community Food Pantry, said the first-ever “Auburn Community Truckload Food Giveaway” went so well, it will be repeated next month. “It went really super and so super we are going to do it again on Aug. 10,” said Grew, who expected about 350 people to show up for food on Tuesday. “I think it was pretty exciting and it was just very nice.” Next month’s food giveaway will be at 11 a.m. at Auburn United Methodist Church, 207 S. Auburn. Grew said people were in line for the food giveaway on Tuesday before 7:45 a.m. The supply of food, which ranged from bread to canned foods, lasted for about an hour and a half, according to Grew. The food giveaways are a partnership between the food pantry, The Salvation Army in Bay City and Flint-based Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, a nonprofit that helps support 400 partner agencies. For more information, or to volunteer for the food giveaway, call Grew at (989) 295-4587.

RiverDays has a few new twists

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ticipate in the lumberjack games, including log-rolling and crosscut sawing. While the whole weekMIDLAND — The Midland end is family-friendly, the Area Community Foundation activities on Friday night are has a few tricks up its sleeve geared more toward the adult crowd. For $10, people will with this year’s “new and be able to sample five craft improved” Midland RiverDays festival, which kicks off brews at the Midland Noon Friday evening at Chippewas- Rotary’s beer-tasting tent, which will feature 30 beers see Park. from 11 Michigan breweries. “It’s exciting,” said Dave The tent opens up at 5 p.m. Kell, event organizer. “New and will be followed by an this year is our beer-tasting tent, mud volleyball, lumber- 8 p.m. concert by the rock jack show and a kids’ concert band The Verve Pipe. The Midland Young on Saturday. There is someProfessionals are putting on thing for everyone.” a mud volleyball tournament Traditional favorites like Friday night, beginning the vintage baseball game, at 5:30 p.m. People can historic demonstrations and preregister to play at tours, children’s games and Saturday night fireworks dis- www.midlandfoundation. com for $10. play will be back as well. “We wanted to turn Friday For those who want to be a part of the action, Kell said into kind of a happy hour,” the All-American Lumberjack Kell said. “We felt that fit with the rock concert and would shows are perfect. Audience be a fun take on the day.” members will be able to parhsetter@boothmidmichigan.com (989) 513-6907

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PINCONNING — The Tall Ship Celebration isn’t the only festival in Bay County this weekend. The St. Michael Parish & School summer festival returns Friday with a three-day schedule of events. A summer tradition for Pinconning residents, the festival will feature live music, games and other entertainment. One of the main attractions is the third annual St. Mike’s Cruise at 6 p.m. Saturday. The cruise will spotlight classic cars making the trek from Pinny Lanes, 770 E. Pinconning Road, to the parish, 225 S. Jennings St. Norma Vallad, festival chairwoman, said more classic cars are expected to participate than last year. “It was raining last year, so we had a smaller turnout because a lot of those cars can’t work in the rain,” Vallad said. Saturday’s forecast indicates clear skies and temperatures topping out in the mid-80s. Other attractions include live musical performances each night of the festival. Variety band Sagebrush will perform at 7 p.m. Friday. The group carries a number of country and western songs in their set list. Steve Drzewicki & Friends will hit the stage at 7 p.m. on Saturday and kick off nearly five hours of

Schedule of events

The Brethren of the Great Lakes will be at Kingﬁsh Restaurant during the Tall Ship Celebration this Saturday and Sunday in Bay City.

The following is a schedule of events for this year’s St. Michael Parish & School summer festival. The festival grounds are at the parish, 225 S. Jennings St. Friday 6 p.m. — St. Michael’s Parade along Jennings Street 6 p.m. — Men’s blooperball tournament 6 p.m. — Festival grounds open. Attractions include game tent, video horse racing and entertainment tent with live music. 6 p.m. — $5 Fish fry at the parish 7 p.m. — Live music by variety band Sagebrush

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Saturday 6 p.m. — Festival grounds open 6 p.m. — Men’s blooperball tournament 7 p.m. to midnight — Live music by Steve Drzewicki & Friends. Cost is $2 to enter the entertainment tent.

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Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Church dinner. Includes four meats, homemade trimmings, salads and desserts. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and younger. Noon — Festival grounds open Noon — Men’s blooperball tournament Noon to 5 p.m. — Live music by Floyd Grocholski & The Family Tradition. Cost is $2 to enter the entertainment tent. 8:30 p.m. — Rafﬂe music. On Sunday, Floyd Grocholski & The Family Tradition will perform beginning at noon. The festival offers a variety of things to do, but Vallad said the events are planned with families in mind. Activities include hay rides, card games, a bingo tent and Cutest Baby Con-

BAY CITY — If terrorizing the high seas and flying the Jolly Roger are your kind of thing, set your sails for The Kingfish Restaurant & Tiki Lounge during this weekend’s Tall Ship Celebration. The Brethren of the Great Lakes, a pirate group specializing in historically influenced interactive entertainment and period events, will perform at The Kingfish, 1019 N. Water St. in downtown Bay City, from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The group will be presenting a wide range of activities, which are primarily educational and geared toward children, according to the Brethren’s executive director Stella Tuczak, who goes by the pirate moniker Admiral Morgan Ramirez. “We do story time, sword fights, treasure hunts, coloring,” she said. “But we also educate people on history once we draw them in. It all depends on what kind of crowd we get. “I always like to say we do this for the kids out there and the kid inside of us,” she said. “There are re-enactors and then there are Renaissance people. We’re somewhere in between. We just try and have fun with it.” The Brethren will be making their first appearance at the Tall Ship Celebration, something Kingfish co-owner Greg Kimbrue is excited about. “We’ve always thought of ourselves as the little pirate place on the river and we normally fly the Jolly Roger on our flagpole,” he said. “And I think having (the Brethren) here really adds something to the tall ships.” The Brethren will have a group of

test. That emphasis, she said, has helped make the annual festival something many Pinconning residents eagerly anticipate. “We’ve been lucky to be one of those spots people look forward to each summer and are able to think back on later in life and remember fondly,” she said.

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and pleaded with her to stay,” Badour said. “The woman then backed her vehicle up and ran over the man.” Police tracked the woman to her home BAY CITY — A Bay City woman who on the East Side and arrested her, was on probation for her second Badour said. impaired driving offense has been Earlier in the week, doctors at accused of backing her car over a Bay Regional Medical Center listed man outside a Bay City home. the victim in serious condition, Bay County District Judge TimoBadour said. No further updates thy J. Kelly on Monday arraigned on his condition were available Lisa M. Putnam, 46, on single Wednesday. counts of operating a motor vehicle Putnam is scheduled to return while intoxicated causing serious to court for a preliminary hearing injury, operating while intoxicatedbefore Kelly at 2 p.m. Wednesday. third offense and failure to stop at Lisa M. Putnam At that time, the judge will decide the scene of accident causing seriwhether the evidence is sufficient ous injury or death, court records for the case to go to Circuit Court for furshow. ther proceedings. Police allege Putnam backed over a Kelly, in May, sentenced Putnam to 41-year-old man as he stood behind her eight months of probation and ordered her vehicle in his driveway on North Sheridan to pay $1,135 in fines and fees for operatnear 11th about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. By the time officers arrived, the woman ing while impaired-second offense. She pleaded guilty to the charge in had fled, leaving the man with broken April and, in exchange for her plea, prosribs, punctured lungs and several cuts, ecutors dropped charges of operating while according to Bay City police Sgt. Will intoxicated-second offense and driving Badour. with a suspended license, court records “When the woman decided to leave, the show. man placed himself behind her vehicle lcoleman@bc-times.com | (989) 894-9652

about 20 pirates running different tents and activities outside The Kingfish on Saturday and Sunday. They come from all over Michigan, including Niles, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Lansing and Sterling Heights. “We’ll have quite a bit of the largerthan-life characters,” Tuczak said. “They have some real colorful costumes. They’re just very gregarious people.” Taking part in the piracy is free of cost, something Kimbrue said is important. “Doing something for the kids is fun and it’s something that’s free,” he said. “(The Brethren) are very good about what they do with kids and they reinforce the right things. I just thought this would be the perfect thing to go along with (the Tall Ship Celebration).” Pirates will be on hand at The Kingfish after 6 p.m. both days for some merry-making as well, Tuczak said. “We’ll be hanging out with the patrons in the pub and on the deck having a good time,” she said. For more swashbuckling activities, check out the Ring of Steel Action Theatre and Pirate School — a performing troupe from the University of Michigan that will perform daily shows at Veterans Memorial Park featuring battles with expert swordplay and special effects. The Ring of Steel will perform with young actors and volunteers from The Bay City Players’ Stages of Discovery Youtheatre. The act will include stage productions, pirate games, crafts and other entertainment. The Ring of Steel Action Theatre, which specializes in stage combat, is the largest theatrical fencing troupe in America.

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Two Dems face off in county’s 5th District Candidates focused on jobs, budget MICHAEL WAYLAND mwayland@bc-times.com | (989) 895-3523

Retaining jobs and avoiding frivolous spending in Bay County is at the forefront for both of the Democrats running for Bay County’s 5th District commissioner seat in the Aug. 3 primary election. The incumbent, Bay County Commissioner Ernie Krygier, said the board has done its best with combining vacant positions and retaining workers the county employs, so money is not wasted. “That’s kind of what our key has been in the past is not filling positions and delegating some of the stuff to other individuals,” said Krygier, 59, who serves on the commission’s Personal/Judicial Committee. His challenger, 33-year-old Essexville resident Rebecca Haller, said rather than not hiring someone back and combining a position, she would rather see elected officials take pay cuts if the county has budget issues. “Probably the biggest thing would be to look at the salaries,” said Haller, who has lived in Bay County her entire life. “They’ve made a choice to do this as a

Rebecca Haller

Party: Democrat Age: 33 Residence: 1909 James St., Essexville. Education: Graduated from Bangor Township John Rebecca Haller Glenn High School, attending Delta College to become a registered nurse. Professional background: Legal secretary for Edward M. Czuprynski’s Bay Justice Associates for about ﬁve years. Political experience: None. Community involvement: None. Family: Daughter Katelyn Pugh, 16. Quote: “I wanted to run because I’ve been in Bay County my whole life and I’ve seen a lot of things with the budget and I always kind of think, ‘What if they would have done this? What if they would have done that?’ I just ﬁgured it would be best to get involved.” community service and their wages should be cut down a little bit rather than people like the cops, the firefighters.” Haller, who is running for a

political office for the first time, said she has always questioned decisions some Bay County officials have made, especially about the budget. “I’ve seen a lot of things with the budget and I always kind of think, ‘What if they would have done this? What if they would have done that?’ “I just figured it would be best to get involved.” Krygier said there are issues with the upcoming budget. The biggest issue, Krygier said, is how much money the state will be dispersing to the county. Krygier said he pretends the money isn’t even going to come because it’s easier to have an excess of funding than have to scramble to find more money. “The last thing I want to scramble with (for funding) is somebody’s occupation,” Krygier said. Both candidates also said they would like to attract more people and business to Bay County. Haller said she would like to attract more young people and entrepreneurs to the area. “The biggest thing is to get the younger people involved and to get more people coming to Bay City,” she said. Krygier said he thinks the best way to attract more residents and tourists to Bay County is through its shoreline. “I feel that the shoreline we have in Bay County is kind of an untapped source,” he said.

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PINCONNING — A pair of Pinconning-Fraser firefighters suffered injuries in an early-morning inferno that destroyed an old commercial building along a busy Pinconning Township thoroughfare. Firefighters shut down North Huron Road (M-13) at Cody-Estey Road for six hours Wednesday while they battled the blaze that reduced the Old Red Barn, 4487 N. Huron, to four charred corners, said fire Chief David Ramsey. The cause and the origin of the 4 a.m. fire remain under investigation. Ramsey did not identify the firefighters who were injured. One suffered smoke exhaustion and the other was treated for an eye injury caused by flying soot and cinders, the chief said. Firefighters’ efforts were hampered for an undetermined amount of time after a gas line ruptured and kicked out a 3- to 6-foot flame, Ramsey said. “One reason we were there so long is a gas meter broke and we had an open burn from that,” he said. “Consumers Energy had to come out and dig at the road to shut it off.” Joseph Vandenboom of Linwood owns the building, which is more than 100 years old and once housed a bar and restaurant, Ramsey said. “We have pictures of it from 1908,” he said. The structure more recently was used as a second-hand store, the chief said. He estimated the value of the loss at $47,000 for the building and $15,000 for the contents. He did not know if Vandenboom or the store operator had insurance. Crews from Garfield Township, Standish, Kawkawlin and Mount Forest fire departments assisted. Northern Bay and Bay Regional Medical Center ambulance crews, the Bay County Road Commission, Michigan State Police from the Bay City Post and Bay County sheriff’s deputies also responded to the scene.

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Car wash Saturday BAY CITY — The Bay City Central tennis team will host a car wash fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Bay City Central High School, 1624 Columbus Ave. Donations of $5 will be accepted. Proceeds will help buy equipment for the boys and girls tennis teams.

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Thanks for school aid increase; now may we have reforms?

In a bizarre budgeting twist, state legislators rushed through an $11-per-student increase in the state foundation grant to public schools, then rushed out the doors of the Capitol Building for Fourth of July celebrations. We’re trying not to laugh at the absurdity of that itty-bitty increase in a state that leveled crippling cuts on schools last year, where months of wheeling and dealing convinced more than 17,000 public school employees to retire early, in a county where school districts had to cut millions to balance their budgets by the end of June. All of that, mind, while there is a surplus this year in the state school aid fund of more than $200 million. Far be it for us to look that $11-a-student gift horse in the mouth. Districts had been expecting a $300-a-student cut. But frankly, it’s a mere bone thrown to school districts. We don’t blame our legislators for their almost unanimous support of this little bonus — hey, our schools will gladly take whatever they can get. For Bay City Public Schools, it may mean $160,000 more for the coming academic year. But in Bangor Township Schools, it’s just a little less than $27,000. But the kick in the rump comes with what Senate Republicans have said they want to do with the remainder of the unexpected surplus in the school aid fund: Use some of it to balance the state’s general fund budget. That’s the budget that, among many things, has a huge share devoted to the Department of Corrections — it was 25 percent, but prison spending is shrinking under budget cuts that Gov. Jennifer Granholm insisted upon.

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Further cuts to schools have halted, with a slight increase in state aid to schools. Senate Republicans propose to take from a fund intended for our children’s education, and use it to prop up state spending, including prisons. What possible luck, too, for the departments of State Police, Human Services and Natural Resources and Environment that revenues from the 2-cent portion of the state sales tax for schools were a lot higher than expected. What rotten fortune for schools that more of that money won’t be used to replace at least some of the $165 in per-pupil cuts they had to endure in October so the state budget could be balanced. Of course, spread over more than 500 school districts in the state, the $232 million school aid surplus wouldn’t go very far. And additional pennies, like this $11 increase, would have little overall effect on schools. So, the need for all public schools to pursue structural reforms in how they provide an education has not disappeared. The economy in Michigan is projected to remain rotten and state revenues depressed for years more. Districts and their employees

still must make the steps toward what they have so far avoided — pay and benefits adjusted downward to reflect the reality in the private sector that pays the taxes funding public schools. Public pressure and budgeting habit has shown that schools will find a way to spend all the money that comes their way. In times of lots of bucks, for example, teacher aides appear in classrooms; in lean years, they disappear. The structural discussion in that example needs to ask whether they are needed in any year. The re-do of public schools should continue for more change, up to and including consolidation of all districts into countywide, even regional, school systems. Amid those long-term needs, and the state agencies scrabbling for money to maintain their operations for just one more year, the $11-a-student increase for schools appears almost meaningless. Yes, at least it’s a bone thrown to schools, but it’s only a bare bone. Just a little something for schools to gnaw on while legislators prepare a possible raid on the state school aid fund.

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$11 extra per student means nearly $160,000 in revenue for Bay County schools http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/ index.ssf/2010/07/11_extra_per_student_means_nea.html The Bay City Times Story posted July 6 on MLive.com The Michigan Legislature approved a school budget that will give an $11 cushion in per-pupil funding. A recently approved Michigan education budget will give Bay County schools an extra cushion of revenue heading into the 2010-11 school year. Last week, the Michigan Legislature approved the $12.8 billion school

Voice: Paul J. LeVasseur, Pinconning I am a training director for the electrical construction industry. I have known Thomas Ryder since 1982. During that time I have met few who are as committed to a sense of community involvement as Tom. Through his many years in service to my local union (IBEW L.U. 692) as business manager and financial secretary, Tom was a leader who never forgot where he came from. From Habitat for Humanity to the River Roar, Tom has always promoted Bay County. Tom Ryder made sure that if the Beach Wellness project needed help, IBEW L.U. 692 was there. To him it was just the right thing to do. As Tom would always say while trying to persuade the membership, “This is our community.” For the River of Lights, Tom not only rallied support from his union members but from the contractors as well. His ability to work with both labor and management will serve Bay County well. I am proud to endorse Thomas Ryder for Bay County commissioner.

aid budget before Fourth of July break.

being the only district in Bay County operating as a deﬁcit district.

The budget will grant a minimum of $7,162 per student and according to the Associated Press, funding will remain stable, which means school districts will fare much better than most state programs in a budget plan that will likely be full of cuts.

Last year, the state cut $165 per pupil, costing Bay County schools about $2.5 million in revenue, total. Anticipated revenue for 2010-11 school year: Bay City Public Schools

Last month, Bay County schools approved their 2010-11 budgets:

• Anticipated student count: 8,685

• Bay City Public Schools

Bangor Township Schools

• Bangor Township Schools

• Anticipated student count: 2,444

• Revenue with $11 increase: $95,535

• Essexville-Hampton Public Schools

• Revenue with $11 increase: $26,884

• Pinconning Area Schools

Essexville-Hampton Public Schools

Bangor Township Schools anticipated a cut of $300 per student this year — or about $7,000 per student.

• Anticipated student count: 1,875

Essexville-Hampton Public Schools will likely welcome the additional funding and possible stability the most,

• Revenue with $11 increase: $20,625 Pinconning Area Schools • Anticipated student count: 1,500 • Revenue with $11 increase: $16,500

Voice: Ward J. Hodge, Midland People who study human behavior know that history has a way of repeating itself. My Scottish ancestors would interpret what is happening in the U.S. Supreme Court today differently than the Jackson Citizen Patriot guest view in your July 6, Great Lakes Bay Edition. In Mel Gibson’s film “Braveheart,” liberator William Wallace, played by Gibson, cries one word, “Freedom!” moments before soldiers of the crown cut off his head. Here in the United States, we have to decide if we want a representative government or a plutocracy. Some could argue that corporate money has taken over in our state and national governments. According to this guest view the Jackson Citizen Patriot thinks a recent Supreme Court decision makes it OK to allow corporate millions to finance campaigns to decide who shall win future elections in Michigan. Does this Supreme Court decision really grant the same constitutional free speech rights of personhood to wealthy corporations? Is it anti-business? Or against the people?

Get involved before our freedom is lost forever Voice: Robert G. Burditt, Midland In talking about the United States of America, Ronald Reagan stated, “If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape - this is the last stand on earth.” The current Democratic administration, led by President Obama, is on a path to make sure that we the people, do, in fact, lose our freedom, as they enlarge the federal government’s role in our lives. Obama is using another tool to help conquer us and our way of life, that of dividing us. This is supposed to be the “United States” of America, but he is waging a “class warfare” strategy against the rich, which also gives him a target to keep Americans from focusing on him and the Congress (both parties) where the real problems in our country originate. Another “division” strategy he and the national Democrats employ is the emphasis of “diversity,” which is not what our country should be about. The national identity of American citizens must be “America” not African-American, MexicanAmerican, Irish-American, German-American, etc. We all see the expression “E Pluribus Unum” which emphasizes the American dream... “From Many One”... That’s our mission. Many people complain about the Tea Party groups. They are focused on America, and the biggest problem in American today is government at all levels that ignores the true role of government – to serve the citizens and to heed their desires. Two-thousand-page bills are the norm today, with our representatives admitting that no one reads them. Bills passed and freedom for each and everyone of us will be soon gone. It’s up to everyone of us to get involved before it is too late.

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If people won’t play nice, they don’t belong on Au Sable River

Few things are as relaxing as winding one’s way down a river — in an inner tube, kayak or canoe — on a hot summer day. Or enjoying the view from the bank with friends and a fishing pole. Unless the experience is marred by unsightly litter, and drunken or high partiers letting loose with the F-bomb and other choice words that most parents don’t want their kids hearing, much less repeating. Those sorts of things are happening with greater frequency on the Au Sable River, which winds through Otsego, Crawford, Roscommon, Oscoda, Alcona and Iosco counties. Recreational use is up on the river. Unfortunately, that means more loud-

mouthed louts are out, too. An increase in complaints has prompted the state Department of Natural Resources and Environment to step up patrols for the rest of the summer on the Lake Huron-bound river. Other agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, sheriff departments and the state police also have been receiving more complaints. Before someone brings up the cussing canoeist on the Rifle River and starts arguing about free speech — hey, we’re all for free speech — we have this to say: Can’t we all just get along? As overused as that old Rodney King quote may be, it fits in this case.

Michigan’s natural wonders are everyone’s to enjoy. But certain behavior is expected in public, even if not all of it can be legally enforced. As for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, littering and, of course, drug use, those behaviors are against the law. People who observe others engaging in illegal, dangerous or disruptive behaviors are being encouraged to call 911. We say, do it. If it takes paying a hefty fine or coolFILE | THE BAY CITY TIMES ing their heels in a local drunk tank to convince those who would ruin the Tubers ﬂoat down the Au Sable River. Recreational use is up on the river and so are complaints about drug and alcohol experience and scenery for everyone else to knock it off, then so be it. use, littering and obscene conduct.

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Important Safety Information ACTOS is not for everyone. Certain patients with heart failure should not start taking ACTOS. ACTOS can cause new, or worsen, heart failure. Talk to your doctor immediately if you experience unusually fast weight gain, fluid retention (swelling), shortness of breath, or unusual tiredness. ACTOS is not for patients with type 1 “juvenile” diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. ACTOS may cause low blood sugar when taken in combination with insulin or sulfonylureas. Lightheadedness, shakiness, dizziness, or hunger, may mean that your blood sugar is too low. Talk to your doctor if low blood sugar is a problem for you. Some people taking ACTOS may experience flulike symptoms, mild-to-moderate swelling of legs and ankles, anemia, and weight gain. If you are of childbearing age, talk to your doctor before taking ACTOS, as it could increase your chance of becoming pregnant. Talk to your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to breastfeed.

Do not take ACTOS if you have active liver disease. Your doctor should perform a blood test to check for liver problems before you start ACTOS and periodically thereafter. Talk to your doctor immediately if you experience nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, unusual tiredness, loss of appetite, dark urine, or yellowing of the skin or eyes. Patients with diabetes should have regular eye exams. If you experience vision problems, consult your doctor immediately. Some patients have experienced visual changes while taking ACTOS. Some people, particularly women, are at higher risk of having bone fractures while taking ACTOS. Other side effects may include cold-like symptoms, headache, sinus infection, muscle pain, tooth disorder, and sore throat. ACTOS has not been studied in children and is not recommended for children under the age of 18. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Please see the accompanying Brief Summary (Medication Guide) of the Complete Prescribing Information on adjacent page. *IMS Health, NPA™, July 24, 2009.

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(pioglitazone hydrochloride) tablets Read this Medication Guide carefully before you start taking ACTOS and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking with your doctor about your medical condition or your treatment. If you have any questions about ACTOS, ask your doctor or pharmacist. What is the most important information I should know about ACTOS? ACTOS can cause serious side effects, including new or worse heart failure. • ACTOS can cause your body to keep extra fluid (fluid retention), which leads to swelling (edema) and weight gain. Extra body fluid can make some heart problems worse or lead to heart failure. Heart failure means your heart does not pump blood well enough. • If you have severe heart failure, you cannot start ACTOS. • If you have heart failure with symptoms (such as shortness of breath or swelling), even if these symptoms are not severe, ACTOS may not be right for you. Call your doctor right away if you have any of the following: • swelling or fluid retention, especially in the ankles or legs. • shortness of breath or trouble breathing, especially when you lie down. • an unusually fast increase in weight. • unusual tiredness. ACTOS can have other serious side effects. See “What are the possible side effects of ACTOS?” What is ACTOS? ACTOS is a prescription medicine used with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glucose) control in adults with type 2 diabetes. ACTOS is a diabetes medicine called pioglitazone hydrochloride that may be taken alone or with other diabetes medicines. Your doctor will decide if you should take ACTOS. It is important to eat the right foods, lose weight if needed, and exercise regularly in order to manage your type 2 diabetes. Diet, weight loss, and exercise are the main treatments for type 2 diabetes and they also help your diabetes medicines work better for you. ACTOS has not been studied in children and is not recommended for children under the age of 18. The risks of giving ACTOS to a child are not known. See “What are some other possible side effects of ACTOS?” Who should not take ACTOS? Do not take ACTOS if you: • are allergic to any of the ingredients in ACTOS. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in ACTOS. People with severe heart failure should not start taking ACTOS. See “What is the most important information I should know about ACTOS?” What should I tell my doctor before taking ACTOS? Before starting ACTOS, ask your doctor about what the choices are for diabetes medicines and what the expected benefits and possible risks are for you in particular. Tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, especially if you: • have heart failure. • have type 1 (“juvenile”) diabetes or had diabetic ketoacidosis. These conditions should be treated with insulin. • have a type of diabetic eye disease called macular edema (swelling of the back of the eye). • have liver problems. Your doctor should do blood tests to check your liver before you start taking ACTOS and during treatment as needed. • are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Actos should not be used during pregnancy. It is not known if ACTOS can harm your unborn baby. Talk to your doctor about the best way to control your blood glucose levels while pregnant. • are a premenopausal woman (before the “change of life”), who does not have periods regularly or at all. ACTOS may increase your chance of becoming pregnant. Talk to your doctor about birth control choices while taking ACTOS. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant while taking ACTOS. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if ACTOS passes into your milk and if it can harm your baby. You should not take ACTOS if you breastfeed your baby. Talk to your doctor about the best way to control your blood glucose levels while breastfeeding. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. ACTOS and some of your other medicines can affect each other. You may need to have your dose of ACTOS or certain other medicines adjusted. Certain other medicines can affect your blood sugar (glucose) control. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your doctor and pharmacist before you start a new medicine. They will tell you if it is okay to take ACTOS with other medicines. How should I take ACTOS? • Take ACTOS exactly as prescribed. • Your doctor may need to change your dose of ACTOS to control your blood glucose. Do not change your dose unless told to do so by your doctor. • ACTOS may be prescribed alone or with other diabetes medicines. This will depend on how well your blood sugar is controlled. • Take ACTOS one time each day, with or without food. • If you miss a dose of ACTOS, take your next dose as prescribed unless your doctor tells you differently. Do not take two doses at one time the next day. • If you take too much ACTOS, call your doctor or poison control center right away. • If your body is under stress, for example: due to fever, infection, trauma (such as a car accident), or surgery, the dose of your diabetes medicines may need to be changed. Call your doctor right away. • Stay on your diet and exercise programs and test your blood sugar regularly while taking ACTOS. • Your doctor should do blood tests before starting ACTOS and from time to time to check your liver, kidneys, and blood cells. • Your doctor should also do regular blood tests (for example, hemoglobin A1C) to check how well your blood sugar is controlled with ACTOS. • Your doctor should check your eyes regularly. Some people have had vision changes due to swelling in the back of the eye, called macular edema, while taking ACTOS. • It may take 2-3 months to see the full effect on your blood sugar level.

• Liver problems. It is important for your liver to be working normally when you take ACTOS. Your doctor should do blood tests to check your liver before you start taking ACTOS and during treatment as needed. Call your doctor right away if you have unexplained symptoms such as: • nausea or vomiting. • stomach pain. • unusual or unexplained tiredness. • loss of appetite. • dark urine. • yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes. • Macular edema (diabetic eye disease with swelling in the back of the eye). Tell your doctor right away if you have any changes in your vision. Your doctor should check your eyes regularly. • Fractures (broken bones), usually in the hand, upper arm, or foot in women. Talk to your doctor for advice on how to keep your bones healthy. It is not known if ACTOS can affect the bones of children. • Low red blood cell count (anemia). • Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Lightheadedness, dizziness, shakiness, or hunger may indicate that your blood sugar is too low. This can happen if you skip meals, if you use another medicine that lowers blood sugar, or if you have certain medical problems. Call your doctor if low blood sugar levels are a problem for you. • Ovulation (release of an egg from an ovary in a woman) leading to pregnancy. Ovulation may happen when premenopausal women who do not have regular monthly periods take ACTOS. This can increase the chance of pregnancy. See “What should I tell my doctor before taking ACTOS?”. In studies of pioglitazone (the medicine in ACTOS), bladder cancer occurred in a few more people who were taking pioglitazone than in people who were taking other diabetes medicines. There were too few cases to know if the bladder cancer was related to pioglitazone. Other common side effects of ACTOS are: • cold-like symptoms (respiratory tract infection), • headache, • sinus infection, • muscle pain, • tooth disorder, • sore throat. Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all the side effects of ACTOS. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. How should I store ACTOS? • Store ACTOS at 59° to 86°F (15° to 30°C). Keep ACTOS in the original container to protect from light. • Keep the ACTOS bottle tightly closed and protect from getting wet (away from moisture and humidity). Keep ACTOS and all medicines out of the reach of children. General information about ACTOS Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use ACTOS for a condition for which it is not prescribed. Do not give ACTOS to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about ACTOS. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for information about ACTOS that is written for healthcare professionals. For more information, go to www.actos.com or call 1-877-825-3327. What are the ingredients in ACTOS? Active Ingredient: pioglitazone hydrochloride Inactive Ingredients: lactose monohydrate, hydroxypropylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose calcium, and magnesium stearate. Always check to make sure that the medicine you are taking is the correct one. ACTOS tablets look like this: • 15 mg strength tablets – white to off-white, round, convex, non-scored with “ACTOS” on one side, and “15” on the other. • 30 mg strength tablets – white to off-white, round, flat, non-scored with “ACTOS” on one side, and “30” on the other. • 45 mg strength tablets – white to off-white, round, flat, non-scored with “ACTOS” on one side, and “45” on the other. ACTOS® is a registered trademark of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and used under license by Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Distributed by: Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. Deerfield, IL 60015 © 2009 Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. ACT0909-R2/MG M001-01

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News Briefs Program canceled

Gowns on display

AUBURN — The Williams Township Senior Center, 1080 W. Midland Road, has canceled its Summer Fun program slated for July 29. For more information, call Mary at (989) 662-6521.

BAY CITY — Sempliner’s Bridal Salon and Formalwear, 902 N. Water St., will display antique wedding gowns in conjunction with the Tall Ship Celebration today through Sunday. More than 100 vintage gowns

25 years old and older will be on display in the store’s windows.

food to local rescue missions. Nonperishable food donations may be dropped off during business hours today and Friday at the following Kroger stores: 945 N. Euclid Ave., Bay City, and 4672 State St., Saginaw. Family Life Radio is a nonprofit Christian ministry with 38 stations in 8 states.

Group collecting food MIDLAND — Family Life Radio, which is based in Midland, is collecting food this week in an effort to donate 10,000 pounds of

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GLADWIN — A preliminary hearing for a Coleman man accused of causing a crash that killed a horse and injured two Amish men is to continue next week. Joshua S. Inscho, 32, is charged with one count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing injury. The charge is from a Feb. 14 crash on Bard near Lang in Beaverton Township, Bay City Times records show. Inscho was driving a 1998 GMC pickup south on Bard about 11 p.m. when the truck collided with the northbound horse and buggy, records show. State police Trooper Donald Dutcher, a crash reconstructionist from the Mount Pleasant Post, testified as an expert witness during the first part of the hearing on June 8. Dutcher said he believes Inscho was driving in the northbound lane but he said it also is possible the horse and buggy were in the wrong lane. The buggy driver, Henry Troyer, testified he had been drinking whiskey at a party at a sawmill before the wreck, according to reports. Passenger Henry Stutzman said he had no memory of the crash, reports indicate. At the conclusion of the hearing, which is to resume at 9 a.m. Tuesday, District Judge Joshua M. Farrell will rule on whether the case will proceed to Circuit Court, where Inscho must plead or go to trial. Bay City attorney Edward M. Czuprynski is representing Inscho.

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BAY CITY — A Bangor Township woman accused of stealing an ambulance was placed on probation just days before the alleged theft, court records show. Hydi M. Danks, 31, was Hydi M. Danks arraigned Monday on single counts of larceny from a person, auto theft, resisting and obstructing, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license, according to court files. Just after 2 a.m. Saturday, Danks allegedly drove an ambulance from the Bay Regional Medical Center ambulance barn at 110 S. Washington Ave., police said. She drove to the intersection of Sixth and Saginaw streets in downtown Bay City, where she abandoned the rig, stole a cell phone from a bystander and ran, police allege. Officers tracked her down a few blocks from the abandoned ambulance and apprehended her after a brief foot chase, officers said. District Judge Jennifer Cass Barnes sentenced Danks on July 8 to one year of probation for attempted unlawful use of a motor vehicle and retail fraudDanks also was ordered to pay $690 in fines and fees. She is scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing at 3:30 p.m. July 22.

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News Briefs State unemployment rate drops LANSING — Michigan’s unemployment rate has continued to drop while total employment is largely unchanged. The seasonally adjusted figure for June released Wednesday by the state is 13.2 percent, down four-tenths of a percentage point from May. Unemployment declined by 21,000 people in June, but total employment increased only 1,000. Michigan’s labor force fell by 20,000 during the month — the first monthly drop in 2010.

Underage girl stripping again DETROIT — An underage girl found dancing at a strip bar this year was caught dancing at another topless club in Detroit on the same day the first establishment was padlocked, police said. Officers went to Club Onyx on Monday night after getting a tip that an underage girl was dancing. The 15-year-old they found was the same girl who at age 14 was performing at All Stars Lounge in April, they said. Police arrested a manager at Club Onyx and said the club could be shuttered and the manager could be charged with child sexually abusive activity.

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by the new requirements. The Obama administration estimates that 41 million Americans will benefit initially, with the number projected to rise to 88 million by 2013. Many large company plans, which usually offer RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR solid preventive benefits, will THE ASSOCIATED PRESS be exempt from the requirements for the time being. Better preventive coverage WASHINGTON — From is one of the goals of Presicounseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to dent Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law. cancer screenings for their “Services like these will parents, preventive health care will soon be available at go a long way in preventing chronic illnesses that conno out-of-pocket cost under sume over 75 percent of the consumer rules the Obama health care spending in this administration unveiled. country,” first lady Michelle That means no copays, Obama said Wednesday, deductibles or coinsurance announcing the new benefits for people whose health insurance plans are covered at a Washington hospital.

For individuals who are diligent about their checkups, that can mean considerable out-of-pocket savings. For example, a 58-year-old woman at risk of heart disease could save at least $300 out of her own budget on recommended tests. The prevention requirements take effect for health plans renewing on or after Sept. 23, which means most beneficiaries will see them starting Jan. 1. Under the requirements, health insurance plans have to cover four sets of preventive services at no additional charge to their members. These include: • Screenings strongly recommended with a grade of “A” or “B” by the U.S.

Preventive Services Task Force, an independent advisory panel. Among them are breast and colon cancer tests, screening of pregnant women for vitamin deficiencies, tests for diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, as well as counseling to help smokers quit. • Routine vaccines from childhood immunizations to tetanus boosters for adults. • Well-baby visits to a pediatrician, vision and hearing tests for kids, and counseling to help youngsters maintain a healthy weight. • Women’s health screenings, also to include test called for under guidelines that are are not expected to be be announced until August 2011.

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded poverty and was granted a lawyer at public expense to defend him against charges that he milked $640,000 from a charity to spend on himself and his family. A not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf on tax and fraud charges. Kilpatrick, 40, resigned from office in September 2008 as part of a plea deal in an unrelated criminal case.

Dog honked horn until rescue MACUNGIE, Pa. — A veterinarian says a dog trapped in a car on a 90-degree day honked the horn until he was rescued. Nancy Soares says the chocolate Labrador was brought to her Macungie Animal Hospital last month after he was in the car for about an hour. She says Max’s owner had gone shopping and was unloading packages when she returned but forgot that Max was still in the car. She later heard the horn honking and looked outside several times but saw nothing amiss. Finally, she went outside and saw Max sitting in the driver’s seat, honking the horn. Soares says Max suffered heat exhaustion.

Judge blocks abortion law OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge blocked a new state law requiring mental health screenings for women seeking abortions because the measure could have made it impossible to get an abortion. Planned Parenthood, which sought the injunction, said the law could be difficult to comply with and requires doctors to give information irrelevant to abortions. State officials have said it is designed to make sure women understand the risks and complications that may accompany an abortion.

‘Barefoot Bandit’ remains jailed MIAMI — The teenager dubbed the “Barefoot Bandit” by authorities will cool his heels in a Miami jail at least two more days while he sorts out which attorney will represent him. At his first U.S. court appearance Wednesday since his arrest in the Bahamas, Colton HarrisMoore, 19, told a U.S. magistrate judge he thought his mother had hired a lawyer but didn’t know the attorney’s name. Harris-Moore is suspected in about 70 burglaries, thefts and other property crimes in eight states and British Columbia.

Pair ﬁre six shots at caged dog TOLEDO, Ohio — A German shepherd was recovering after two men took turns shooting him while he howled in his cage. The dog, Sarge, suffered shots to his head, neck and chest. Authorities said the bullets remain inside but that the dog needs only painkillers and antibiotics. Sarge’s owner is due in court on charges of cruelty to animals and discharging a firearm. He said the dog had bitten him and that he was dangerous. The other man pleaded no contest Monday.

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Revelers run on the treacherous Estafeta corner in front of ﬁghting bulls Wednesday during the eighth and last run of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Authorities said nine thrill-seeking runners were injured, three by goring. It was the bloodiest run of this year’s festival. The run took 4 minutes and 23 seconds, a relatively long time because the last bull separated from the pack and turned back and charged at least three times, forcing runners to scatter.

Two counties to test ‘informal’ divorces

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ST. JOHNS — Divorces with no lawyers will be the subject of a three-year test in a pair of mid-Michigan counties.

The state Supreme Court says the goal is to see how an informal docket works in certain domestic relations cases in Gratiot and Clinton counties. In an order, the court

Attacks kill eight U.S. soldiers KABUL, Afghanistan — American forces suffered a deadly 24 hours, with eight troops killed in attacks including a Taliban raid on a police compound in Kandahar, officials said Wednesday. The U.S. and its coalition allies have warned that violence and troop casualties are likely to mount this summer as forces fan out across southern insurgent strongholds. From The Associated Press.

The parties will be allowed to question each other, although a judge may reject certain questions. The new procedures likely will be implemented by Sept. 1.

Well-cap testing under way THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS — BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and began testing the new, tighter-fitting cap Wednesday that could finally choke off the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the Obama admininistration’s point man on the disaster, said the government gave the go-ahead after reviewing the risks. The cap — a 75-ton metal

Aziz among Iraqi handovers BAGHDAD — The U.S. handed over nearly 30 former members of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, including the longtime international face of the regime, Tariq Aziz, officials said Wednesday. The transfer marks a major step toward restoring full sovereignty to Iraq as the U.S. military prepares to withdraw its forces from the country by the end of next year. Aziz, 74, is the most high-profile Tarik Aziz of the remaining former regime members who were rounded up by U.S. forces in the weeks and months after the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam.

says parties will meet with a judge in a conference-style setting. A judge will look at what’s been recommended for child custody, parenting time and child support.

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Bristol Palin, daughter of 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, poses with Levi Johnston and their son Tripp on the cover of the July 26 issue of “Us Weekly” magazine. They hope to get married within six weeks in Alaska, an abrupt turnaround for the couple that just months ago was ﬁghting over child support and Johnston’s critical comments about the family.

stack of pipes and valves — was lowered onto the well on Monday in hopes of either bottling up the oil inside the well machinery, or capturing it and funneling it to the surface. But before BP could test the equipment, the government intervened because of second thoughts about whether the buildup of pressure from the gushing oil could rupture the walls of the well and make the leak worse. BP will monitor the results every six hours and end the test after 48 hours for evaluation.

Volt will have 8-year battery warranty THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — General Motors Co. is guaranteeing the battery in its Chevrolet Volt electric car for eight years or 100,000 miles in an effort to inspire confidence in the new technology. The guarantee is better than warranties on GM’s conventional car engines and transmissions,

which run for five years or 100,000 miles. The rechargeable Volt is due in showrooms this November. The vehicle can travel 40 miles on battery power before a small gasoline engine takes over. A longer warranty may help GM convince skeptical buyers that the Volt’s lithium-ion battery will last.

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No quorum for meetings attendance Tuesday. Troy Trudo, the township’s treasurer, did not attend the meeting, or show up to collect tax payments from township residents during her normal office hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Stalsberg. Three of the five board positions are now filled, after Louis Buchalski resigned as a trustee in May, and the township’s clerk, Charles Lichon, resigned Monday. Buchalski was replaced by Holbrook; Lichon said he resigned for personal reasons. Township officials said Trudo also walked out of last month’s Board of Trustees meeting as board members considered the appointment of Shirley Bradley, a Pinconning Township Planning Commission member, to the open trustee position. “She (Trudo) said, ‘I’m out of here,’ and she got up and left,” said Bradley, 69. “I think it’s a disaster. It’s terrible.” Stalsberg said the township’s attorney contacted Trudo, who was elected in 2008, earlier this week about resigning, but she refused. Trudo — when contacted Wednesday by The Times and asked why she did not show up Tuesday — said she had no comment. Although an official meeting did not take place Tuesday, Stalsberg allowed questions and comments from those in attendance. Frank J. Cloutier, public relations manager for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and a resident of Pinconning Township who was at the meeting, joined a discussion about how the township’s current situation might affect its ability to qualify for future grants from the tribe. Cloutier said the tribe has granted nearly $1 million to Pinconning Township since the opening of the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino in Standish in 2007. “They are very concerned that the monies they (the tribe) give won’t be distributed appropriately … because you have no mechanism now in which to distribute those funds. So, there is a very strong likelihood that you could miss a session,” Cloutier said. Stalsberg said township officials now are discussing their options and taking action to restore order. The first step was to schedule Board of Trustee meetings from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every 30 minutes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays through Aug. 11 at Township Hall. Their hope is that Trudo will show up to work during that time and official business can be conducted. Township officials also plan to send a letter to Gov. Jennifer Granholm, asking her to remove Trudo. Her term ends in 2012. “We’re going to do whatever we can possibly do to correct this problem,” Stalsberg said. Also on Tuesday, Pinconning Township resident Tom Kowalkowski submitted a petition to recall Bay County Clerk Cynthia A. Luczak. Luczak said a hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. July 27 at the Bay County Court Facility, 1230 Washington Ave. in Bay City, where a review board will look over the language of the petition. That board includes Luczak, Bay County Treasurer Richard Brzezinski and Probate Judge Karen Tighe. If the petition language is approved, Kowalkowski would then need to collect a minimum of 275 valid signatures from Pinconning Township residents in order to have the recall placed on an election ballot. Trudo is the only other board member who can attend a meeting to make quorum, Stalsberg said. She said the deputy clerk, JoAnna Morin, 33, who also serves as the township’s secretary, cannot fill the resigned clerk position because the resignation of Lichon eliminates the deputy clerk position and a quorum must be established in order for a temporary clerk to be appointed. “We can’t do anything,” Morin said.

Obituary & Funeral Notices

HARBIN, Richard Conrad “Ric”, of Auburn, Michigan. Ric passed away Sunday, July 11, 2010 in Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident, age 57. He was born April 25, 1953 in Battle Creek, the son of the late Elmer R. and Emelie L. (Conrad) Harbin. He served with the U.S. Navy, he was currently employed with the Veterans Administration, working at the Aleda E. Lutz V.A. Medical Center in Saginaw for the last 20 years and was a member of St. Bartholomew Ev. Lutheran Church (Kawkawlin). On April 8, 1989 he married Janice J. McNally, she survives him. Also surviving are 3 children: Jamie Harbin, Freeland, Brandie (Jeremy) Stanford, Midland, Sean Harbin, Auburn; 3 grandchildren: Nolan, Madison, Landon; 1 sister, Connie Greene, San Francisco and 2 half sisters, Sandy (Tony) Louis and Barbara Reed. Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 17, 2010 at St. Bartholo mew Ev. Lutheran Church (Fraser & Beaver Rds.) Kawkawlin. Rev. Larry F. Seafert will officiate with military committal services under the Auspices of Bay Area Veterans Council to follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Williams Twp. Ric’s family will receive friends at the Auburn Chapel of the Cunningham-Taylor Funeral Homes, Inc. on Friday from 2:00-4:00 and 6:00-8:00 p.m. On Saturday morning he will lie in state at the church from 10:30 a.m. until time of service. Those planning an expression of sympathy, envelopes for St. Bartholomew Ev. Lutheran Church and the charity of the donor’s choice will be available at the funeral home.

LEWIS, Cyril M. of Bay City, Michigan passed away Sunday, July 11, 2010 at the age of 91. Son of the late Homer and Tresa (Atkinson) Lewis, Cyril was born July 18, 1918 in Lucan, Ontario, Canada. He married the former Henrietta L. Mayotte July 30, 1949 in Detroit; she survives him. Besides Henrietta, his loving wife of 60 years, are many nieces and nephews. In accordance with Cyril’s wishes, cremation has taken place. Arrangements entrusted to the Stapish Cederberg Funeral Home East.

NELSON, Robert H. "Bob’’ of Bay City, Michigan. Mr. Nelson passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Huron Woods Nursing Home. Age 90 years. He was born September 21, 1919 in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. Bob was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, formerly owned and operated C & N Grocery, Bob’s Store, was employed at Farmer Pete Packing Co. and Vaughn Baking Company. He was a member of the U.C.T., AM Vets Post 22 and served with the United States Army, 137th General Hospital Division during WW II. Bob was an avid fly fisherman, enjoyed hunting and had a great love for dogs. On May 17, 1952 he married the former Dorothy M. Curriston at Madison Ave. United Methodist Church and she survives his passing along with two daughters; Brenda (James Jr.) Leland of Midland and Cheryl Valentine (Craig Oatten) of Saginaw, three grandchil dren; Kari (Will) Winnicki of Washington, DC, Abby Edgington of Midland and James Leland III of Midland, two great grandchildren; Caleb and Nora Edgington, one sister; Norma Berthiaume of Bay City, his buddy at the nursing home Harvey Fick, his beloved dog; Charlie and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Nelson was preceded in death by his parents; Charles and Sarah Nelson, five sisters and one brother. The family would like to extend a heart felt thank you to the staff at Huron Woods Nursing Home of the extra special care they provided for Bob during his stay with them. Funeral Services will take place Friday, July 16, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Gephart Funeral Home, Inc. (201 W. Midland St.). Officiating will be Rev. Carol M. BlairBouse with interment following in Oak Ridge Cemetery under the auspices of the Bay County Veterans Council. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 2:00 to 5:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and on Friday from 9:00 a.m. and until the time of services. Members of the AM Vets Post 22 will meet at the funeral home Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. for a White Clover Service. Memorial cards for Christ United Methodist Church or the Humane Society of Bay County will be available at the funeral home.

SKORNIA, Jill Rae (Petrimoulx) passed away Sunday afternoon, July 11, 2010 at Brian’s House after a brief illness, age 43. She was born December 14, 1966 in Bay City. Jill graduated from T.L. Handy High School in 1986. She was a member of St. Hedwig Catholic Church. Before her illness, Jill was a retail manager for Payless Shoes. She loved her cat and was a petparent to Shannon. On September 20, 2003 Jill married Raymond L. Skornia and he survives her along with her mother, Karen Gillion Petrimoulx of Mackinaw City; a brother, Scott Petrimoulx of Durham, NC; brother-in-law, Joseph Skornia of Bay City; sister-in-law, Ann Marie (Tim) Byers of Midland; aunts, Barbara Petrimoulx Flint and Suzanne Petrimoulx; many nieces and nephews; her extended family, Grace Hodge and Larry Gillion; and her special friends: Christine Clark, Nancy Maier and Ann Milka Kehoe. Jill was predeceased by her father, Donald J. Petrimoulx; and a brother, Gregg Petrimoulx. The Funeral Liturgy took place at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at St. Hedwig Catholic Church, 1504 S. Kiesel St. Officiating was Rev. Fr. Kevin N. Kerbawy. Private entombment was in Calvary Mausoleum. Friends called at the Gephart Funeral Home on Tuesday from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. with the Vigil for the Deceased beginning at 7:00 p.m. Jill lied in state at the church on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Memorial contributions may be made to Brian’s House. gephartfuneralhome.com

MAURER, James Lee, Bay City, Michigan, age 67 years, died July 10, 2010 at Brian’s House-Bay. He was born in Saginaw to the late Norman and Martha (Lang) Maurer. Jim was a member of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church. He was retired from General Motors Powertrain in Bay City. Survivors include his wife, the former Pamela G. McNeil, whom he married August 14, 1971; his two daughters, Brooke (Phillip) Burggraf and Blair (fiancé Brent Grew) Maurer and a brother, Norman (Marlene) Maurer. Funeral and committal service was held Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul E. Schweppe officiated. The family suggests memorials to McLaren Visiting Nurse & Hospice or Brian’s HouseBay City. Visiting hours were Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.at PenzienSteele Funeral Home. He lied in state at the Church on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until service time.

WIESE, Kenneth R. of Bay City, Michigan. Age 51 years, he fought the good fight and lost his battle with lung cancer Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in Brian’s House. He was born January 30, 1959 in Genesee County and has resided in Bay City most of his life. Ken graduated from Bay City Central in 1977 and attended Delta College. He then went on to graduate from U of M, receiving his bachelors in teaching and also earned a bachelors in accounting from S.V.S.U. He owned and operated Wiese Accounting, Inc. and was a member of Westmin ster Presbyterian Church. He loved U of M football and enjoyed weightlifting. Ken married Kathryn Lockhart on May 28, 1994 and she survives him, along with two daughters and two sons: Kirsten Wiese (fiancé, Cody), Karilynn Migut (Josh), Kenneth Birch (Melissa), and Kristopher Birch (Leslie); two grandchildren, Jacob and Lilliana; his mother, Janet Wiese; two sisters, Kathy Pike (Rick) and Darlene Young (Tracy); as well as many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was predeceased by his father, Virgil Wiese. The Wiese family would like to express their grateful appreciation to the staff at Brian’s House for kindness and compassion shown to Ken. Funeral services will be Friday, July 16, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in Westminster Presbyterian Church. Ken will lie in state in church Friday after 10:00 a.m. Rev. Matthew Schramm will officiate and interment will follow in Floral Gardens Cemetery. Visiting hours are Thursday from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the W.A. Trahan Funeral Chapel. For online condolences: www.trahanfc.com

DUCHENE Sr., Clarence Edward, age 99, died Tuesday, July 13 in Riverside California. Mr. Duchene was born in Linwood Michigan October 20, 1910, lived in Bay City and spent 89 years total as a Michigan resident. He has lived with his daughter Christine A. Duchene in Moreno Valley California for the last 10 years. He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years Emma Florence DeShano, his son Clarence E. Duchene Jr., his parents Frank Duchene and Ida Zoe Basney, sisters Eva Clauss, Cecilia Mason, Agnes Reeves, Lucy Duchene, Delia Duchene, brothers Frank Duchene, William Duchene, Henry V. Duchene, Leo Duchene and half sister Hazel Newton. Mr. Duchene is survived by his daughter Christine A. Duchene, granddaughters Annette L. of Colorado Duchene Springs, CO, Linda K. Avella and husband Louis Avella of Lynn Haven, FL, Cheryl A. Ferdig of Fountain, FL, grandson Daniel E. Duchene of Turtle Lake, SD, great granddaughter Amber M. Alonso of Fountain, FL and great-grandson Matthew D. Duchene of Turtle Lake, SD. Mr. Duchene will be very missed by his family and friends for his kindness and sense of humor which he kept for almost 100 years. Mr. Duchene’s ashes will be returned by his daughter to Michigan the place they have always called home.

J A N A S I K , Virginia M. of Bay City, Michigan. Age 79 years, passed away Sunday morning, July 11, 2010 in Brian’s House after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born to the late Benjamin and Adeline (Mindykowski) Nadolski on May 13, 1931 in Bay City. Virginia was employed for many years at School Employees Credit Union, and a lifetime member of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church. She enjoyed casino trips with friends and family, also cooking and camping with her husband. Virginia was married to Robert Janasik and he preceded her in death on May 14, 2006. Survivors include her son, Robert, Jr.; three grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; three sisters: Lorraine Trimble, Benita (Carl) Willy, and Diane McFarland. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was also preceded in death by her son, Richard. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Kostka Church. Virginia will lie in state in church Thursday after 9:30 a.m. Private entombment will follow in St. Stanislaus Kostka Mausole um. The rosary was prayed Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. and the Vigil Prayer Service will be at 7:00 p.m., both at the Trahan Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu tions may be directed to Visiting Brian’s House. hours were Wednesday 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the W.A. Trahan Funeral Chapel. www.trahanfc.com

LEMUEL, Irene N. of Bay City, Michigan passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at the Bay Medical Care Facility at the age of 90. Daughter of the late Daniel and Mary (Parent) DeLong, Irene was born August 7, 1919 in Garfield Township. She was united in marriage to James F. Lemuel; he preceded her in death in 1980. Irene was a member of Visitation Catholic Church. She lived a good, full life and will be dearly missed. Left to cherish the memory of Aunt Renie are her several beloved great and great-great nieces and nephews, as well as many dear friends. The Funeral Liturgy will take place 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 16, 2010 at Visitation Catholic Church. Rev. Fr. Stephen J. Fillion will officiate with Rite of Committal to follow in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the Stapish Cederberg Funeral Home W e s t on Thursday from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. Irene will lie in state at church on Friday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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RYON, Dan Earl, age 56 of Midland, died early Sunday morning, July 11, 2010 at his home. He was born September 18, 1953 in Ludington, the son of the late Don Ryon and Sue (Ryon) Sabin of Ludington. On April 27, 1991 he married Darby Oppermann at Garland Resort in Lewiston, Michigan. Dan grew up in Ludington, and as a loyal General Motors employee for 34 years, had lived in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Nashville, TN, Melbourne, Australia, and most recently had served as plant manager for the Bay City GM Powertrain Plant. He was a wonderful father to his two daughters, a caring husband, a giving son, a loving brother, a thoughtful friend, and a role model to many. He enjoyed spending time on the water with family and good friends at Higgins Lake and Tawas Bay Yacht Club. Dan volunteered his time with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and was serving on the Board of Directors for the Bay City Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife Darby, his daughters: Kiera and Hannah, all at home; brothers and sisters: Mark Ryon, Ann (Dan) Marek, Tim (Kelly) Ryon, and Jenny Sue Ryon. Dan will be missed by several nieces and nephews, and in-laws. Memorial services for Dan will take place at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 22, 2010 at the Midland Evangelical Free Church, 7221 N. Jefferson Avenue, Midland. Dan’s family will receive friends at the church on Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 2 p.m. until the time of the services. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Higgins Lake Foundation or Pardee Cancer Treatment Fund of Midland. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Ware Smith Woolever Funeral Directors.

LEHMAN, Edward W. of Bay City, Michigan. Mr. Lehman passed Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at his home. Age 79 years. The son of the late William J. and Ethel W. (Richardson) Lehman was born April 17, 1931 in Bay City, MI. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church. Mr. Lehman retired from Michigan Bell Telephone Co. He and his wife traveled extensively with many friends in their motor home and he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his wife Alma W. Lehman, one daughter and son-in-law; Sharon and Rick Thibo, one son and daughter-in-law; David and Michelle Lehman, two step children and their spouses; Alva and Lisa Nichol and Alicia and Ronald Mazur, grandchildren; Eric (Kari) Thibo, Amy Thibo and her boyfriend; Jamie Paige and Jamie Lehman, step grandchildren; Alva Nichol III, Chandler Nichol, Brittany Mazur and Michelle Mazur, one sister; Marilyn Mellot, several sisters-in-law and brothersin-law and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will take place Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Carol M. Blair- Bouse and Rev. Dr. David Stout followed by Military Honors conducted by the Bay County Veterans Council. Private interment will take place in Floral Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call at the Gephart Funeral Home, Inc. on Friday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Mr. Lehman will be taken to the church to lie in state from 10:00 a.m. until the time of services. Memorial cards for Christ United Methodist Church will be available at the funeral home. gephartfuneralhome.com

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SINGER, Richard “Dick” III of Saginaw, Michigan passed away suddenly from heart failure on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at St. Mary’s of Michigan, age 79 years. Richard Bruno Singer III was born on August 20, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Richard and Arlene (Talbot) Singer Jr. Dick was raised by his father and stepmother, Louise. Dick served in the United States Army as a Russian Interpreter during the Korean War then he graduated from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering. Dick married Sally Rhodes on March 10, 1956. She predeceased him on June 28, 2002. He was employed with General Motors Central Foundry Division until 1970. Dick became vice president for Engineering and Sales at Acra Cast Incorporated in Bay City until 1997 when he became owner and president. He continued working until his death. Dick loved camping, fishing, and the outdoors. He served both as a scoutmas ter with the Boy Scouts of America and as an adult leader with the Girl Scouts of the USA. He enjoyed traveling throughout the USA. Dick had a deep appreciation for American history. Dick was also a member of the Baha’i Faith. He was a kind, fun, and loving father, grandfather, and friend. Dick was respected and loved by everyone who knew him. Surviving are four children: Richard (Elizabeth) Singer IV of Saginaw, MI, Lorna (Carl) Fischer of Waterford Township, MI, Leslie Francis of Saginaw, MI and Bennett (Lissa) Singer of Rehoboth, MA; six grandchildren, Adam, Ashley, Kathryn, and Jordan Fischer and Robert and Bennett Singer and two great grandchildren, Avery and Kayle Fischer. Dick was preceded in death by his daughter, Andrea, in 1986. Burial took place in Westside Cemetery, Freeland, Michigan. MEMORIALS - Those planning an expression of sympathy may consider memorials to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 1210 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, RI. Please share your thoughts and memories with Dick’s family at the funeral home or through deislerfuneralhome.com Deisler Funeral Home Saginaw, Michigan

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GORNEY, Floyd of St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Mr. Floyd "Sarge" Gorney, age 79, passed away on July 14, 2010. Predeceased by his loving wife Ruth and daughter Karen. He is survived by his children: Debra (Klaus) Jankowski, Floyd Gorney II, Joseph (Gloria) Gorney, Anthony (Liz) Gorney, Pamela (Walter) Sypniewski, Lori (Gerald) Zurinsky and Mark (Nicole Lange) Gorney and is the proud grandfather of twelve grandchil dren and five greatgrandchildren. Floyd was a proud Korean War Veteran, who was actively involved in the Army Reserves, and retired with honors as a Master Sergeant. Visitation Thursday 2-9 p.m. at the Arthur J VanLerberghe Funeral Home, 30600 Harper (between 12 & 13 Mile Rds.) St. Clair Shores. Instate 9:30 a.m. with a funeral mass following at 10 a.m. at St. Margaret’s of Scotland Church. Memorial Contributions to the National Cancer Society. Share memories at vanfuneral.com

VERDUYN, Charles William of Bay City, Michigan. Mr. Verduyn passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at Bay Medical Care Facility, age 78 years. He was born on March 26, 1932 in Bay City to the late Louis, Sr. and Mary (Kucera) Verduyn. On May 18, 1957 he married the former Renafay Clemons at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bay City. He was a charter member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, retired from GM Powertrain in 1993 after forty two years of service and served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Surviving besides his wife Renafay he leaves five children: Vikki (Warren) Liken, Jr., Cheryl (Timothy) Reed, Michael (Rhonda) Verduyn, Kristi Rupp and her special friend, Gary Sauer and David Verduyn; seven grandchildren: Lindsey and Alicia Liken, Christopher Reed, Stephanie (Duane III) Ahrens, Michael and Matthew Verduyn and Brandon Rupp; one brother, Jerry (Virginia) Verduyn; two sisters, Marge Verduyn and Shirley Weiler; his sister-in-law, Madeline Verduyn. He was preceded in death by one brother, Louis Verduyn, Jr.; one sister, Diane Connelly and one brother-in-law, Don Weiler. The Verduyn family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Bay Medical Care Facility 2West for the kind and compassionate care they provided for Charles during his stay with them. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Celebrant will be Rev. Fr. George J. Serour. A Private Rite of Committal will take place in Floral Gardens Cemetery. Friends called at the Gephart Funeral Home, Inc. Wednesday from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Vigil for the deceased took place Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Verduyn will be taken to the church on Thursday to lie in state from 9:00 a.m. and until the time of services. For those planning an expression of sympathy the family asks that you consider a memorial to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church or Golden Horizons.

DePREKEL, Francis F. (Pip). Born March 13, 1923. Passed away July 10, 2010. A WWII Navy veteran and crew member of the DE-34 USS Eisele. Fran retired from Consumers Power. He was a charter member of the Saginaw Bay Snowplane Club. He is survived by his wife, Rose DePrekel; children: William DePrekel, Daniel DePrekel (Gail), Kira Bodrie, Christine Gabriel (James), Edward Sheehan (Anne), Daniel Sheehan (Barbara) and Steve Sheehan (Candy); brother, Bob (Donna) and sister, Jeanette Rase (Bill). Pip had 15 grandchildren and 23 greatgrandchildren. Private funeral services will be held at his cabin.

KARCHER, Arlene Marie of Bay City, Michigan. Mrs. Karcher passed away Sunday evening, July 11, 2010 at Bay Shores Nursing Home, age 91 years. The daughter of the late John and Laura Samuel was born April 6, 1919 in Bay City. She is survived by three children: Bonnie Rose of Bay City, Diane (Gary) Snellenberger of Burt, MI and Randy (Vickie) Karcher of Mason, MI; six grandchil dren and three great grandchildren. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband Clarence B. Karcher whom she married August 22, 1939 and he passed away in 1967 and one son, Gary Karcher in 2009. At the request of Mrs. Karcher cremation has taken place. A Graveside Memorial Service will take place Friday, July 16, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Rose City Cemetery in Rose City, MI. Officiating will be Rev. Joseph Atchinson. Memorial Envelopes for Rose City Library will be available at the funeral home.

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THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010 A13

WEATHER THE BAY CITY TIMES

TODAY

Weather

FRIDAY

High: 86° Low: 67° Storms developing. Partly cloudy. South wind 10-15 mph.

Statistics

Mostly sunny. Southwest wind 10 mph.

MONDAY

Chance of storms. Partly cloudy. South wind 10 mph.

Chance of storms. Partly cloudy. Southwest wind 10 mph.

High: 85° Low: 65°

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High

Low

Moderate

YESTERDAY

Very high

Minimal

Today’s highs and lows

Wednesday's temps at MBS Airport

Noon.............. 79.0 1 p.m............. 80.1 2 p.m............. 82.0 3 p.m............. 84.0 4 p.m............. 84.9 5 p.m............. 84.0 6 p.m............. 84.0 7 p.m.............. *81 8 p.m.............. *81 9 p.m.............. *76 10 p.m............ *76 11 p.m............ *76

Gaylord 83/58

Alpena 81/63

Atlanta 85/59

Grayling 85/58

Harrisville 83/65

Mio 85/59

Houghton Lake 85/59

West Branch 86/61

Levels

Saginaw Bay

1-3 feet

Lake Huron

1-3 feet

Lake Michigan

1-3 feet

Lake Superior

2-6 feet

Lake Erie

1-2 feet

Lake Ontario

< 1 foot

Midnight.........68.0 1 a.m............. 68.0 2 a.m............. 66.0 3 a.m............. 66.0 4 a.m............. 62.6 5 a.m............. 64.4 6 a.m............. 64.4 7 a.m............. 62.1 8 a.m............. 69.1 9 a.m............. 72.0 10 a.m........... 75.0 11 a.m........... 79.0

Clare 88/63

Midland 88/65 Alma 90/65

15.55"

(inches for each month)

Temperature

15"

14.96"

Owosso 90/68

W I

21.68 " Last year to date Normal for full year 31.61"

Sebewaing 86/67

Millington 90/68 Lapeer 90/68

Season to date

Normal to date

Season normal

18.58 114.21 28.75 14.96 21.13 130.05 14.37 150.37 108.14

18.30 17.53 17.55 15.65 18.46 0.00 16.15 15.19 16.11

35.35 35.15 32.89 31.61 37.13 0.00 31.53 30.03 32.46

Saginaw Bay

Lake Huron

Today: Storms developing. Partly cloudy. High in the mid-80s. South wind 10-15 mph. Choppy waters. Tonight: 35 percent chance of scattered storms. Partly cloudy. Low in the mid-60s. Southwest wind 10 mph. Friday: Partly cloudy. High in the upper 80s. West wind increasing to 20 mph. Choppy waters.

Today: 45 percent chance of storms. Partly cloudy. High in the upper 80s. South wind 10-15 mph. Choppy waters. Tonight: 55 percent chance of scattered storms. Mostly cloudy. Low in the lower 70s. Southwest wind 10 mph. Friday: Partly cloudy. High in the mid-80s. West wind 10-15 mph. Choppy waters.

Regional cities

Pollen

Predominant: Grass, Sorrel, Nettle Thu

City

Fri

Alpena Ann Arbor Appleton Battle Creek Detroit Farmington Hills Fort Wayne Fremont Gary Grand Rapids Green Bay Houghton Lake Iron Mountain Kalamazoo Kentwood Lansing Lewiston Livonia Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Pontiac Sault Sainte Marie Sheboygan Sterling Heights Toledo Traverse City

Sat med

low

high

Air Quality

Today

Good 0-50

Moderate 51-100

Yesterday

Unhealthy 101-190

Yesterday's main offender: Ozone

Sun & moon Today Rises

Sun

Tomorrow

Set

Rises

6:08 a.m. 9:14 p.m. 10:59 a.m. 11:20 p.m.

Moon

Amount of Daylight

Set

6:08 a.m.9:14 p.m. 12:15 p.m11:46 . p.m.

15:06

Jul 18 First Quarter

15:06

Jul 25 Full

Aug 3 Last Quarter

Aug 9 New

What's in the sky? Just after sunset, to the left of brilliant Venus, which dominates the western sky, the crescent Moon and the planets Mars & Saturn form a tight triangle on the border between the constellations Leo the Lion & Virgo the Maiden. Venus sets at 10:44 p.m. Mars sets at 11:20 p.m. Jupiter rises at 11:45 p.m. Saturn sets at 11:46 p.m. Source: Morrison Planetarium

Weather history On this date in 1995, a large family of thunderstorms known as a Mesoscale Convective System moved through much of eastern New York state and the Adirondack Mountains. The system produced a series of very strong downbursts, known as a derecho, along a path of 280 miles. The thunderstorms within the system rose to 70,000 feet

Star chart

11 p.m. tonight Lupus

Norma

Libra

Corona Australis

south

Scutum

Ophiuchus Corvus

Saturn west Mars

Vulpecula Lyra

Bootes

Canes venatici

Pluto Neptune

Corona Borealis

Virgo

Capricorn

Aquila

Serpens Caput

Delphinus

east

City Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Birmingham Bismarck Boston Buffalo Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte Chattanooga Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Des Moines Duluth El Paso

Draco

Rain

T-storms

Ice

Snow

Lacerta

Leo Minor

Camelopardalis

Jul

Heating Degree Days

Days......................................... 0 Last year this date.....................4 Season..................................... 5 Last year to date..................... 24 Normal................................... 13 Normal this date....................... 1 The heating degree day figure, an index of fuel consumption, indicates how far the day's mean temperature was below 65 degrees. Almanac data is for Flint by the National Weather Service

1 2 3 5

Cepheus Cassiopeia

Today Hi Lo W

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63 69 65 68 73 70 71 63 70 68 64 62 61 68 67 66 58 72 64 69 65 70 56 63 72 71 61

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Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms until midday; then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 60 percent. Heat index readings 94 to 99. Tonight: Partly cloudy , chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Friday Night: Mostly clear.

Today’s National forecast

Tomorrow Hi Lo W

86 89 85 88 89 88 89 88 86 87 86 79 85 89 86 88 85 88 85 89 85 89 77 83 88 89 85

5. Southwest Michigan

59 67 65 67 68 67 67 65 68 66 65 60 59 67 65 64 54 67 69 72 65 66 56 67 67 66 62

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World cities

NATION'S EXTREMES (yesterday in the 48 contiguous states) High 111° Palm Springs, Calif.

Low 25°

L BBillings illings 8888 / 56 56

Seattle Seattle 7777 / 5555

Minneapolis inneapolis M 85 / 6677 85

H H

SSan an FFrancisco rancisco 67 / 54 67 54

H LLos os A Angeles ngeles

D Detroit etroit 92 / 7733 92

New N ew YYork o rk 74 74 8888 / L

KKansas ansas City City 91 / 7733 91

El PPaso El aso 1102 02 / 7755

93 / 70 93 70

H Chicago C hicago 92 / 6699 92

Denver D enver 89 / 6622 89

Washington W ashington 9944 / 7755

A Atlanta tlanta 95 / 7744 95 H Houston ouston 95 / 79 95 79

H M Miami iami 89 8 9/7 79 9

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40s

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Stationary

National cities

Tomorrow Hi Lo W City 87 64 t Fairbanks 95 71 pc Fargo 65 52 r Flagstaff 89 72 t Grand Jnctn 94 70 pc Greensboro, NC 98 76 pc Honolulu 93 73 pc Houston 94 73 t Indianapolis 90 60 pc Jacksonville 90 72 t Juneau 84 64 t Kansas City 90 75 t Knoxville 92 69 t Las Vegas 91 72 t Little Rock 93 72 t Louisville 89 56 pc Marquette, MI 90 69 pc Memphis 90 70 t Miami 87 68 t Milwaukee 92 75 t Minneapolis 88 68 t Nashville 96 78 pc New Orleans 95 62 pc New York 90 70 pc Norfolk 82 61 pc North Platte 99 73 pc Oklahoma City

Today Hi Lo W 61 52 r 83 61 pc 87 51 pc 100 67 pc 93 72 pc 86 78 pc 95 79 pc 94 73 t 91 73 t 58 49 r 91 73 t 94 73 pc 110 88 pc 96 77 pc 96 76 pc 83 63 pc 97 81 pc 89 79 t 87 69 t 85 67 pc 96 74 pc 94 78 t 88 74 pc 90 75 pc 85 64 pc 95 75 pc

Today

City

Stanley, Idaho

Tomorrow Hi Lo W 66 53 c 88 60 pc 89 54 t 102 68 pc 91 72 t 85 77 pc 96 78 pc 90 70 t 93 74 t 58 48 c 91 75 pc 92 70 pc 112 88 pc 94 76 t 90 73 t 81 61 pc 93 75 t 89 80 t 89 72 pc 89 67 pc 94 71 t 92 78 t 95 73 pc 94 74 t 91 66 pc 94 75 t

City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Portland, OR Providence Raleigh Rapid City Richmond San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Fe Seattle Shreveport Sioux Falls St. Louis Tampa Topeka Tucson Tulsa Wichita Wshngtn, DC

Today

Hi 89 92 115 91 114 89 82 86 82 95 86 95 79 67 84 96 77 97 85 97 90 91 106 97 94 94

Lo 66 76 89 74 92 69 65 57 68 72 58 74 64 54 60 59 55 76 63 75 77 73 80 75 74 75

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Hi 90 92 115 95 116 87 82 76 90 94 92 96 78 65 84 93 72 98 90 92 91 92 106 98 95 95

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Today Shown are the noon positions of expected precipitation.

Tomorrow

Hi Lo W

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86 75 91 55 114 91 84 87 95 93 64 77 93 51 96 68 60 86 78 62 59 66 89 89 89 84 89 87 93 55 96 98 84 69 95 91 57 78 86 95 73 102 66 87 82 87 78 100 95 55 82 86 89 80 59 93 87 82 69 95 91

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Nation's Precipitation

Cygnus

north Ursa Minor

Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Today: Partly sunny during the morning. Mostly cloudy during the afternoon. Showers, thunderstorms; then showers, thunderstorms; some storms may be severe. Highs 90 to 94; a heat index around 100. Chance of rain 50 percent. Tonight: Mostly cloudy during the early evening. Friday: Partly sunny. Friday Night: Partly cloudy during the evening.

Outdoor recreational forecast

Precipitation for selected cities through 5 p.m. Wednesday (Season: January 1st - December 31st)

0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01

Jan

4. Southeast Michigan

State rain/snowfall 24 hours

Nov Dec

Today: Mostly cloudy; becoming partly sunny during the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms through early afternoon. Tonight: Partly cloudy; becoming mostly clear toward daybreak. Scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly before midnight. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs 86 to 90. Friday Night: Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 65.

Data are for Flint as of 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Ann Arbor Battle Creek Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Pontiac Saginaw

Oct

1. UpperPeninsula Today: Very warm. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers, storms morning. Highs around 83 inland to around 75 at the shore. Tonight: Clear. Friday: Mostly sunny. Friday Night: Mostly clear. 2. Northern Michigan Today: Mostly cloudy early then becoming partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Tonight: Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the upper 50s. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Friday Night: Mostly clear. 3. Saginaw Bay

0.00"

Bad Axe 88/67

Fenton 90/68

D IR E C T I

1.42

Temperature over the past 24 hours

Rain: 0.00" Month total: 1.42" For year: 14.96" Month norm.: 1.47" Year norm.: 15.55" Year +- to date: -0.59" Snowfall: 0.00" Season Snowfall: 0.0"

Holly 90/70

3.12

95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 6 p.m. 9 p.m. 12 a.m. 3 a.m. 6 a.m. 9 a.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.

High: 87°, 2:36PM Low: 62°, 5:54AM Normal: 82°/59° Last year: 77° / 45° Rec. high: 105°, 1936 Rec. low: 45°, 2009

Precipitation

Flushing 90/68 Flint 90/68

4.23

1.41 0.83 1.37 0.65 0.59

1.18 Aug Sep

3.34

Yesterday’s almanac

Vassar 88/68

Saginaw 90/68

Year to date

10" Total for 24 hours

Bay City 86/67

Normal to date

20"

Saginaw Bay

Coleman 88/65

Mount Pleasant 88/63

LocalLocal rain/snowfall rain 25"

Standish 88/63

Gladwin 86/61

3.35

2 0

Normal amounts

Jun

5.47

Actual amounts

Waves 1 to 2 feet.

Noon.............. 80.1 1 p.m............. 82.9 2 p.m............. 84.9 3 p.m............. 84.9 4 p.m............. 86.0 5 p.m............. 86.0 6 p.m............. 86.0 7 p.m.............. *81 8 p.m.............. *81 9 p.m.............. *74 10 p.m............ *74 11 p.m............ *74

May

8 6

Temps.

Tawas City 86/65

Wednesday's temps at Bishop Airport

Storms developing. Partly cloudy. South wind 10-15 mph.

100 80 60 40 20 0 -20

Actual highs Actual lows Normal highs Normal lows

Bishop Airport

Wednesday's high / low............. 87° / 62° Last year.................................... 77° / 45° Normal...................................... 82° / 59° Record high............................ 105°, 1936 Record low............................... 45°, 2009 Peak wind.................................... 22 mph

Temperature

Precipitation

Water

High: 83° Low: 77°

Weathertrends 9

TODAY

TUESDAY

High: 83° Low: 63°

UltravioletIndex

Yesterday's Satellite Image

Wednesday's high / low............. 84° / 64° Last year.................................... 86° / 56° Normal...................................... 80° / 58° Record high............................ 105°, 1997 Record low............................... 42°, 2001 Peak wind...................................... 7 mph

SUNDAY

High: 85° Low: 63°

Partly cloudy. West wind increasing to 20 mph.

MBS Airport

Midnight.........68.0 1 a.m............. 68.0 2 a.m............. 66.9 3 a.m............. 66.9 4 a.m............. 64.4 5 a.m............. 66.2 6 a.m............. 64.0 7 a.m............. 64.0 8 a.m............. 66.2 9 a.m............. 68.0 10 a.m........... 73.9 11 a.m........... 77.0

SATURDAY

High: 85° Low: 63°

Forecasts provided by Weather Underground, Inc. Historical temperature and precipitation data provided by National Weather Service.

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A14 THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010

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A SECTION THE BAY CITY TIMES

Police Briefs

The Blotter Incident reports are written as received by Bay County Central Dispatch and indicate preliminary descriptions of events and not necessarily actual crimes. Locations indicate where reports were taken, not necessarily where the incidents occurred. Incidents from Saturday through Tuesday:

BAY CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

Assault Saturday, 1:15 p.m., 200 block of North Van Buren Saturday, 9:32 p.m., 1000 block of Morton Saturday, 9:49 p.m., 300 block of 35th Sunday, 7:17 p.m., 1200 block of Sixth Sunday, 9:23 p.m., 300 block of South Jackson Monday, 12:16 p.m., 500 block of Third Monday, 4:16 p.m., 1900 block of Columbus Tuesday, 4:23 p.m., 1200 block of South Euclid Auto theft Saturday, 2:03 a.m., intersection of Columbus and Washington Breaking and entering Saturday, 1:32 a.m., 1400 block of McCormick Saturday, 2:57 a.m., intersection of Madison and 19th Sunday, 3:56 p.m., 900 block of South Van Buren Sunday, 9:28 p.m., 600 block of 11th Monday, 1:58 a.m., 200 block of North Sheridan Monday, 9:03 a.m., 2100 block of Fifth Monday, 11:16 a.m., 200 block of Broadway Monday, 1:07 p.m., 200 block of West Trumbull Tuesday, 10:21 a.m., 1500 block of Second Tuesday, 8:33 p.m., 100 block of Ninth Tuesday, 9:07 p.m., 100 block of Ninth Car theft Monday, 9:57 p.m., 500 block of South Wenona Criminal sexual conduct Saturday, 9:29 p.m., 1100 block of Litchfield Domestic Saturday, 12:29 a.m., 500 block of East Midland Saturday, 12:16 p.m., 900 block of North Grant Saturday, 2:24 a.m., intersection of Columbus and Jefferson Saturday, 4:55 a.m., intersection of Farragut and Center Saturday, 3:06 p.m., 900 block of Tenth Saturday, 4:19 p.m., 500 block of East Clara Saturday, 6:56 p.m., 1100 block of North Van Buren Saturday, 8:17 p.m., 1400 block of Third Sunday, 5:56 p.m., 300 block of East Pearl Sunday, 7:13 p.m., 1100 block of North Van Buren Sunday, 9:19 p.m., 500 block of West John Monday, 7:21 a.m., 500 block of North Chilson Monday, 11:10 a.m., 1300 block of North Van Buren Monday, 1:12 p.m., 1100 block of North Van Buren Tuesday, 1:14 a.m., 200 block of North Jackson Tuesday, 3:45 p.m., 200 block of North Sherman Tuesday, 8:10 p.m., Liberty Bridge Tuesday, 10:41 p.m., 2300 block of 26th Fight Saturday, 12:30 a.m., 500 block of East Clara Saturday, 1:34 a.m., 13th and Van Buren Saturday, 2 a.m., 1100 block of South Water Saturday, 2:08 a.m., 300 block of Garfield Road Saturday, 2:12 a.m., intersection of Jackson and First Saturday, 9:15 p.m., 400 block of Tenth Saturday, 11:12 p.m., 700 block of South Madison Sunday, 4:29 a.m., 200 block of North Sheridan Sunday, 5:43 p.m., 100 block of State Monday, 12:16 a.m., 1000 block of South Van Buren Monday, 12:33 a.m., intersection of Jackson and First Tuesday, 8:41 p.m., 1000

block of Woodside Home invasion Monday, 12:48 a.m., 1200 block of East Smith Larceny from a vehicle Saturday, 1:37 p.m., 2200 block of Carroll Sunday, 11:09 a.m., 500 block of South Kiesel Monday, 8 a.m., 2100 block of Fifth Monday, 9:37 a.m., 2100 block of Fifth Monday, 12:28 p.m., 2000 block of Fifth Monday, 5:15 p.m., 700 block of Woodside Lane Tuesday, 12:21 p.m., 100 block of North Madison Tuesday, 8:33 p.m., 100 block of Ninth Vandalism Saturday, 9:13 a.m., 1200 block of South Erie Saturday, 1:24 p.m., 1000 block of Pendleton Monday, 7:20 p.m., 400 block of South Van Buren Tuesday, 7:51 p.m., 1100 block of North Birney

BAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Assault Sunday, 1:23 a.m., 200 block of West Center, Fraser Township Breaking and entering Tuesday, 1:25 p.m., 4600 block of David, Monitor Township Car theft Tuesday, 4:07 p.m., 4000 block of Cambria, Bangor Township Domestic Saturday, 11:12 a.m., 3300 block of Lauria, Bangor Township Sunday, 12:29 a.m., 3300 block of South Glendale, Monitor Township Sunday, 1:04 a.m., 4700 block of Victoria, Williams Township Sunday, 4:50 p.m., 400 block of West River, Beaver Township Sunday, 7:49 p.m., 3500 block of State Park, Bangor Township Monday, 2:40 a.m., 100 block of South Huron, Monitor Township Monday, 8:56 a.m., 2700 block of West North Union, Williams Township Tuesday, 10:41 p.m., 2300 block of 26th, Portsmouth Township Fight Sunday, 2:56 a.m., 100 block of North Euclid, Bangor Township

Ubly man charged with arson in ﬁre at former mother-in-law’s

Canton teen dies in off-road vehicle accident in Mills Township

time and were told by store personnel that it probably was a fraud. Just like that, they were out $1,400.” Two others involved vehicle purchases from Craigslist, he said. “One county resident paid $4,000 ELKTON — A 32-year-old Ubly WEST BRANCH — A Canton for a pickup that never showed, and man has been charged with arson in teen died Sunday after the off-road a 2005 blaze that destroyed his forvehicle he was riding struck a tree in another individual bought an ORV that never came,” he said. mer mother-in-law’s Elkton home. Ogemaw County’s Mills Township. Investigators believe there are Huron County District Judge Police have not released the name many more victims who were too David B. Herrington arraigned of the 13-year-old who was riding a embarrassed to report the crimes. David J. Lososki on arson of a 1997 Polaris on Timber near Twin dwelling house, arson of insured Pine about 3:15 p.m. when he lost property and conspiracy to commit control and the four-wheeler went those crimes. off the road, said state police from Lososki, who remains jailed on the West Branch Post. an unrelated larceny charge, his Timber is a seasonal dirt road. former wife and children were rentThe teen’s passenger, a 12-yearing the home Sept. 11, 2005, when old boy, suffered serious injuries, PIGEON — A Unionville man he hired Mark P. Brower to torch police said. The boys are family who did a probation stint for the place so he could collect on an members, but investigators did not embezzlement is headed to prison insurance policy, Prosecutor Timo- specify their relationship. for skimming more than $42,000 thy J. Rutkowski has alleged. Doctors at Hurley Medical Center from his employer. Brower, 31, of Detroit was senin Flint continue to treat the injured Michael H. Frambes, 50, was sentenced in May to one year in jail rider. tenced Monday to one year, and ordered to pay nearly $148,000 11 months to 10 years for one count in restitution. He pleaded guilty of embezzlement of more than in April to one count of arson of $20,000. Frambes pleaded guilty insured property. May 24. Prosecutor Timothy J. RutAt his plea hearing, Brower told kowski said Frambes swiped the the court Lososki offered to pay funds from Thumb Truck Equiphim $15,000 of the insurance payment Inc., in Pigeon, where he BAD AXE — A Huron County out. When he didn’t get his take, worked as a bookkeeper. man accused of threatening a Brower went to police and told Frambes used the company credit neighbor with a sword won’t be them about the fire. able to go home even when he gets card to pay for repairs to his perLososki earlier was jailed for sonal vehicle and his home, and to out of jail. stealing a purse that the owner purchase items such as a $1,200 Jason T. Smukala, 26, was forgot at the Huron County Courtcamera, a television and gift cards charged with one count of felonihouse on Feb. 17. He was arrested to give as gifts, Rutkowski said. ous assault in the 7:45 p.m. Satfor the theft after investigators He also gave himself unauthorurday incident at Misty Meadows reviewed the courthouse surveilized pay raises, the prosecutor said. mobile home park on South Van lance camera. He is scheduled to Frambes also was ordered to pay Dyke in Colfax Township, just outappear Wednesday for a prelimi$42,994 in restitution to Thumb side Bad Axe, said Sheriff Kelly J. nary hearing on the arson charges. Hanson. Truck. Frambes, in 2007, pleaded guilty to five counts of embezzleSmukala had confronted Jeffery ment, state Department of CorrecK. Partaka, 32, about allegations tions records show. Partaka supposedly made about Authorities said he skimmed Smukala, Hanson said. The sheriff nearly $27,000 from Akron Ambudid not give details of the rumors, lance Service in Tuscola County in and Partaka was unharmed. 2004. He served two years of probaSmukala could be released if he BAD AXE — Huron County tion and was discharged from the posts 10 percent of a $5,000 bond sheriff’s deputies arrested a man but, as a condition of his bond, he is system in February 2009. they say was in the United States prohibited from setting foot inside illegally. Misty Meadows, the sheriff said. Just before 9 p.m. Monday, a deputy was watching traffic on Stoddard and Hellems in Dwight Township when he watched a Ford Mustang convertible approach from the west, stop and make a hasty UBAD AXE — A Huron County turn, Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson claims. man will spend a little more time The vehicle sped off with the BAD AXE — The Huron County in the county lockup for stealing a deputy in pursuit as speeds hovered Sheriff’s Department is investigatcouple of checks, scribbling out the around 100 mph. It stopped at a ing a series of mail and phone fraud names of the payees and writing in nearby dairy farm where the driver complaints that poured in over the his own name before trying to remit bailed out the deputy followed the last three weeks. the documents for payment. 20-year-old into a barn and arrested “All of the cases could have been Kyle W. Beaudin, 23, was senhim, Hanson said. avoided if the victims would have tenced Monday to 365 days in jail The suspect was charged with recognized that they were scams,” for one count of uttering and pubfleeing and eluding. His passenger, said Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson. lishing and one count of forgery. a 17-year-old woman who also is a One victim was told she had won Circuit Judge M. Richard Knocitizen of Mexico and has a work a car and cash and, in order to block gave Beaudin credit for 224 visa, was released, the sheriff said. claim her prize, she had to remit a days served. The Mustang, registered to a Gos$700 fee. The charges are from incidents hen, Ind., resident, was impounded. “They actually did this twice,” that occurred in September and Hanson said. “They went back a third November in Bad Axe.

Man sentenced to up to 10 years for embezzlement

Man accused of threatening neighbor banned from mobile park

Huron County sheriff’s deputies arrest man in U.S. illegally

Huron County man sentenced for uttering and publishing, forgery

Mail, phone fraud complaints under investigation

Larceny from a vehicle Saturday, 11:13 a.m., 1000 block of South Mackinaw, Merritt Township Sunday, 10:43 a.m., 600 block of Handy, Bangor Township Monday, 2:24 p.m., 70 block of State Park, Bangor Township

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Country Club golfers dominate this year’s Bay City Times Challenge. B3

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These guys make sure golf is still a gentleman’s game LEE

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ESSEXVILLE — There was a time before balata balls, bubble shafts and Big Berthas. Before hybrids and the Hex 2. Golf was less about the equipment and more about the players. And, even back then, Tom Rezler and Roy Schultheiss were players. For the second straight year, The Bay City Times Challenge threw two of the area’s true golfers together for a competitive round of golf. It was legend vs.

legend, mano a mano. And it was a sight to behold. The Bay City Times Challenge was launched in 2008, in part to honor local golf ambassador Harry Halub. The five-time city champion and longtime golf instructor, who died in 2007, symbolized golf of an era gone by — and not only by the tam o’shanter and goofy golf shirt he was wearing in 1948 photos of the original Times Challenge. It was more the way he articulated about the game, always with a gleam in his eye. Like a distant memory of a certain shot or a certain match was dancing in his mind and delighting his soul. It was not only his passion for golf, but his reverence for it. He treated the game as a hallowed

act that he was privileged to play, always mindful that it should be played with proper respect. And one look at Tom Rezler and Roy Schultheiss — who fired rounds of 68 and 71, respectively, in the match of the tournament — springs all those qualities to life. “Those guys represent everything that is good about golf,” Bay County captain Brent Goik said. “They’re humble, yet they’re hard competitors. “The game is kind of changing with all the kids coming out and just bombing it. But it’s still a gentleman’s game, and those guys epitomize that.” While Rezler and Schultheiss have had their share of press over the years, I’d call them both greatly underappreciated in local sports

circles. Their accomplishments shouldn’t be taken for granted. When the City Championship was being revived in the 1970s as the Bay County Championship — after the municipal course closed in 1964 — it was Rezler who emerged as the area’s headlining player. His battles with the likes of Jerry Snable and Pete Pafford helped revitalize the tournament, which is again a staple of Bay County summers. Rezler won the title five times — matching his uncle Harry Halub’s haul — and finished as runner-up six times. Nobody has a more impressive amateur golf résumé in town than Schultheiss. The Port Huron native announced his arrival on the local golf scene by becoming the first Bay City resident to win

the Michigan Amateur in 1984. He went on to win the GAM Championship in 1990 and 1995 and the GAM Mid-Amateur in 1991, bringing some of the state’s most prestigious titles to Bay City. And by winning the Bay City Country Club Championship a record 12 times, he’s forever stamped his place as an all-time great. Now heading toward their senior years — Rezler is 60 and Schultheiss is 54 — they walked the course together in The Bay City Times Challenge as perfect role models to a new generation. It’s not about the Big Bertha or Hex 2. It’s about the hands that hold the club. And the gentlemen who play this gentleman’s game.

Testing the waters MARK J. TERRILL | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

National League catcher Brian McCann of the Atlanta Braves poses with the MVP trophy after the National League beat the American League 3-1 in the All-Star Game on Tuesday.

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Verlander, Valverde and Cabrera have good showings in 3-1 All-Star loss STEVE KORNACKI

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Mike Carr of Bay City, skipper of the Medicine Man, will set sails Saturday and embark on a 40-hour race from Port Huron to Mackinac. This is Carr’s 30th participation in the Port Huron to Mackinac race.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Detroit Tigers almost had the winning pitcher and the save for the American League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. Almost. Justin Verlander left as the pitcher of record and a 1-0 lead before Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann played hero with his bases-loaded double with two outs in the seventh inning. That hit off of Three Rivers native and Grand Valley State alum Matt Thornton of the Chicago White Sox gave the National League all of its runs in a 3-1 win. It also broke an American League unbeaten string of 13 years — including the tie game of 2002 — and gave See TIGERS, B4 Justin Verlander

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Local sailor will captain vessel in race to Mackinac

“It’s the biggest and by far the most exciting race to do,” Carr said. “It’s like a marathon. It’s very tough, and not a lot of people have done it. But it’s a great time and a great way to spend a long weekend with friends.” This year marks Carr’s 30th CORY BUTZIN entry in the race since joining cbutzin@bc-times.com | (989) 894-9641 Dr. Don Cady’s crew in 1977 BAY CITY — With sudden at the ripe old age of 17. Injusqualls and tenacious temries and other commitments pests, the Great Lakes are have kept Carr from the event the most imposing bodies of three times, but nothing is freshwater in the world. keeping the 50-year-old sailor Many a sailor and many from hitting the water this a craft have tested their fate year. against the lakes in the 85 Carr has been sailing years sailors have raced from throughout the Saginaw Bay, Port Huron to Mackinac. And up around Tawas, in Lake when the 2010 Pure Michigan Michigan, and even down to Bayview Mackinac Race leaves Key West, but he holds racing the docks of Port Huron on on Lake Huron as the pinSaturday, Bay City’s Mike Carr nacle. and his five-man crew aboard “This is the Super Bowl of the Medicine Man will test sailing races,” he said. “Or their best against the waters of this is the World Cup? This is Lake Huron. the big race.”

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the 204-nautical mile Shore Course. Up until last year, the Medicine Man sailed the Cove Island Course, which spans 254 nautical miles, taking the crew onto the Canadian side of the lakes, while the Shore Course follows the conformaMike Carr tion of the banks of Michigan. SKIPPER OF THE MEDICINE MAN “We’re just getting a little older I guess, so we wanted the shorter course,” Carr Health problems will keep quipped. Cady from captaining the Carr and crewmates Stan Medicine Man this year, which Dent, Jeff Jacobs and Randy means Carr is bumping up to Shelagowski have been racthe skipper’s position. ing together for more than 20 “This is a big year for me,” years, while Jim Gallagher Carr said. “I’ve been watchjoined the crew 10 years ago, ing the weather the last couple and Phil Dean joined three weeks. I’ve been watching the years ago. patterns out west, and studying And that history and chemthe weather hoping that gives istry have helped the Medicine us an edge on the competition.” Man reach a flag-finish three Carr has filled in as skipper times, including once as the on previous occasions when runner-up. Cady couldn’t participate, but this year is a first for Carr on See SAILOR, B3

This is the Super Bowl of sailing races. Or this is the World Cup? This is the big race.”

This British Open will have all the elements

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to stop him. It just made him think about how long he really wanted to be in ST. ANDREWS, Scotland the kind of elements St. — The locals are famous for Andrews hasn’t seen in 15 years for the British Open. saying that if it’s “nae rain Three holes after he teed and nae wind then it’s nae off, with raindrops on his golf.” There was rain. And there glasses and water dripping off a black rainsuit that had was wind. turned slick and shiny, he There just wasn’t much golf being played Wednesday, cut across the Old Course to play two holes back the eve of the British Open. toward the clubhouse. As he Kenny Perry wanted to stepped onto the 17th tee, play one more practice Perry noticed a man grinround, and the miserning at him from beneath an able weather wasn’t about

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umbrella. “Are you enjoying our weather?” the man said in his thick brogue. “What’s there to enjoy?” Perry replied. Worse yet was leaving the 17th tee with Nick Watney, rain pelting them sideways and the sound of laughter above them. There was Ian Poulter, dressed in shorts and a shirt, taking pictures of them from the comfort of his third-floor room in the Old Course Hotel. “Having fun down there,

boys?” Poulter called out to them. The fun didn’t begin until today, when the 139th version of golf’s oldest championship was scheduled to get under way at St. Andrews, with weather that likely will as much of a factor as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson or any of the players. And it’s about time. The last time the Open came to St. Andrews, there JON SUPER | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Spain’s Sergio Garcia in action during a practice round Wednesday See OPEN, B5 on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland.

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Great Lakes at Beloit Today: Great Lakes (Matt Magill, 4-1, 3.11) at Beloit, 8 p.m. Friday: Great Lakes (Rubby de la Rosa, 2-1, 3.86) at Dayton (Jacob Johnson, 4-5, 4.98), 7 p.m. Wednesday: After an off day Tuesday, The Loons took on Beloit in the first of a three-game series Wednesday night. Visit mlive.com/loons for results. Tale of the Tape: This is the first and only meeting of the season between the Loons and Snappers, who are only ahead of Peoria in the Midwest League Western Division’s second-half standings at 7-10 but are 44-42 overall this season. Beloit has lost its last two, while Great Lakes has won three straight after a sweep of Dayton. A minor league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, Beloit ranks among the worst in the MWL with a team batting average of .246 and and isn’t faring much better in the earned-run-average category at 4.09. The top prospect in the Minnesota Twins organization, according to Baseball America, is Snappers center fielder Aaron Hicks. Radio: WLUN-FM, 100.9

lone hit she gave up came against the first Ubly hitter ESSEXVILLE — Essexshe faced. ville-Hampton is heading “It was cool to see her to the girls softball Little pitch as well as she did,” League state championship. Newton said. And they’re taking their Erica Close led the offengloves with them. sive barrage with a single Rock-solid defense carand a triple while Allie ried the EHLL girls to Skrzypczak chipped in with the 12-and-under district a double. championship, capped On the defensive side, by a 12-0 win over Ubly Jessica Sebastian made on Tuesday at the EHLL three stellar plays to precomplex. The squad now serve the shutout. heads to the state tourney EHLL is scheduled to play at Clinton. at 3 p.m. Saturday against “I don’t think we have Jackson County in the state committed more than two or tournament opener. three errors the whole tournament,” EHLL coach Chad 11-and-Under Newton said. “Hopefully Reese and Bay City that continues.” Southwest notched victories Alexia Richard pitched all Tuesday to advance in the six innings and struck out district at Bay City Northsix in the district final. The west. THE BAY CITY TIMES

Reese defeated Bay City South End 9-5 as Ryan Maclin rapped three hits and Ryan Fisher two hits. Southwest powered to a 14-1 win over Saginaw South as winning pitcher Jason Clark helped his own cause with two doubles. Max Wood had three hits with a home run and four RBIs while Austin Appold also homered and tallied three RBIs. Joe Tanney added three hits and Fred Bauer had two. Essexville-Hampton faces North Saginaw Township at 5 p.m. tonight in the winners bracket final.

10-and-Under Bay City Northwest and Bay City Southwest clash at 4:30 p.m. today at Northeast, with the winner

advancing to the final four unbeaten. Northwest downed Essexville-Hampton 11-1 as winning pitcher Hunter Peterson collected three hits and Nick Dardas scored three runs. Southwest romped North Saginaw Township B 14-1, getting two hits and three RBIs from winning pitcher Seth Gower. Bay City Southwest No. 2 meets host North Saginaw Township A at 5 p.m. tonight, with the winner also going to the final four undefeated. Southwest No. 2 edged Saginaw South 20 as Ben VanSumeren and Branden Brown combined for a two-hitter with 14 strikeouts. Brenden Delestowicz laced an RBI double in the win.

Ripken considers return to Orioles

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BALTIMORE — Cal Ripken Jr. is exploring the possibility of joining the Baltimore Orioles as a parttime adviser, which would ease his transition into a permanent position after his son graduates high school in 2012. Ripken, who turns 50 next month, has been meeting on a regular basis with Orioles owner Peter Angelos and president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail. The conversations have centered on finding the Hall of Fame infielder a position in the front office on the team he played for throughout his

21-year career. Should they come up with a plan that would allow Ripken to remain dedicated to his family while serving the Orioles, he would be willing to get back in the game before his son, Ryan, graduates from Gilman High. “If something does take shape, then I’ll start to consider it. And I’ll be honest enough to say this is the amount of time I have, and these are the commitments that I have elsewhere,” Ripken said in an interview with The Associated Press. “The cool part is, we’re thinking about all sorts of things. Is there an opportunity to advise with your free time? How would that

work? And then what would that lead into? Where are we going with this? We’re examining the possibilities in a real way. I’m satisfied with that.” Ripken became known as the “Iron Man” for playing in a record 2,632 consecutive games. He was a fulltime player in every sense of the word before retiring in 2001, and there’s little doubt he would bring that same kind of dedication to the Orioles in the front office — when the time is right. The sooner the better for the Orioles, who haven’t had a winning season since 1997 and currently sit in last place in the AL East with the worst record in the major leagues (29-59). MacPhail is looking for a new manager, but it won’t be Ripken, who has no desire to abandon his family before both his children are in college. “It has some appeal to me, although in the short term it has no appeal to me because of the time commitment,” Ripken said. “But in the bigger picture, sure, I’d consider that.” Ripken acknowledged that it would be foolish to be offered the job without experience, even though his

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father was a longtime manager and coach. “All managers have to start at some point, maybe as a bench coach. There are many different ways to do it,” Ripken said. “You learn and get experience as you go. It starts with your baseball confidence — how you see the game and your experience in that regard. Not all players can think like a manager. Some can. I think it boils down to who you are as a baseball guy.” Ripken’s conversations with Angelos and MacPhail, however, have focused on a job in the front office. “They’re exploratory talks, they’re healthy talks, they’re honest, open exchanges with no clear timetable on when that might take place,” Ripken said. “I know what I value, and I know what I can commit to and what I can’t commit to, and we discuss those things and try to find potential solutions. But there’s no pressure here to make a deal and jump in.” Ripken relishes the idea of working with MacPhail, who immediately made an impression with his savvy and knowledge of the game. “I really like him. I think he’s a smart baseball guy. I like how he thinks. I like

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Baltimore Orioles icon Cal Ripken Jr. has had ongoing discussions with the organization about an advisory role with the team. how he listens,” Ripken said. “The whole reason I started to think about this was because of Andy. The whole idea was twofold: Things were getting close with Ryan, and I really like spending time with Andy.” Ripken’s current focus is on his family and his health. After recent visit to the doctor revealed a high cholesterol count, he decided to team with Cheerios to inspire people to take care

of their hearts with the “Do What You Love” contest. “As a baseball player, you’re exercising all the time and running around, so the last thing you worry about is how you eat. You’re burning off calories and your blood work came back perfect every time,” Ripken said. “As you get older, you have to be a little more careful. So I’ve gotten into the habit of watching my diet.”

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Lilly and Milwaukee all-star Corey Hart. And there is no shortage of contending teams looking for help. The Padres, Giants and Rays all need an impact bat, and Atlanta helped itself Wednesday by acquiring Toronto shortstop Alex Gonzalez. The Yankees and Tigers need help in the seventh and eighth innings. The Phillies, Mets and Twins are in desperate need of starting pitching. It is quite likely, in other words, that at least one playoff race is going to be decided by which teams hit big at the trade deadline.

Off the DL Plenty of teams in the coming weeks are going to get the boost of an additional impact player without having to make a trade. Nowhere is that more true than in Boston, where the third-place Red Sox are due to see the returns of second baseman Dustin Pedroia, pitchers Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz and Manny Delcarmen, catchers Victor Martinez and Jason Varitek, and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury within the next month or so. “I’ve never seen anything like this, or heard of anything like this happening to another team,” Buchholz said this week. “But the people who have filled in have done an amazing job of keeping us in (contention).” Other teams expected to get critical pieces back soon are the Rockies, Phillies, Mets, Dodgers and Reds.

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Jason Holyszko, left, studies a putt during Sunday’s Bay City Times Challenge golf tournament play. Above, Terry Horner watches his putt on the sixth hole.

Bay City Country Club wins third Halub Cup

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other on a weekly basis at BCCC has made the Country Club one tough team to beat. Every member of this ESSEXVILLE — They year’s squad is a regular at make the best of rivals. the club’s Tuesday evening And even better teamshowdown, where they not mates. Sharpened by their week- only battle for bragging rights, but try to bring out ly battles the best in each other. with each “You can go out and play other, 12 a great round and still lose members in that crowd,” BCCC player of the Bay City Coun- Matt Hechlik said. “There are so many great golfers try Club joined forc- out there. You could make es to domi- five birdies and not get a skin. We get better by playnate the Bay County ing against each other.” That high-level brand of public golf hardens the players for course tournament competition, team for the third consecuand it showed yet again in tive year in The Bay City the Bay City Times ChalTimes Challenge. With a resounding 260.5- lenge. “Some guys get uncom219.5 victory — including fortable when they go up a nine-point, second-round against someone who hits it advantage at Bay County Golf Course — the Country long or someone who makes a lot of birdies — that’s Club retained the Harry Halub Cup for another sea- every week for us,” said Hechlik, who led the secson. ond-day attack for BCCC. “We’ve lost the last three “When you play with guys years, now it’s time to get like Justin and Jason (Holyto work on next year,” Bay szko) and Mike Dore, you’re County captain Brent Goik said. “We have to find a way going to see guys making to compete with those guys.” birdies all the time. You just have to keep playing.” Competing with each lthompson@bc-times.com | (989) 895-3542

The Bay County team was led by Tom Rezler (68), Nick Spencer (69) and Chad STROKE PLAY Two-Day Totals Horner (70) with sub-par Brent Goik (County) 72-66—138 rounds while Goik matched *Mike Dore (BCCC) 69-74—143 Matt Hechlik (BCCC) 75-68—143 what is believed to be the Adam Prime (County) 71-72—143 course’s tournament record Chad Horner (County) 75-70—145 John Nowosatka (BCCC) 74-71—145 with a 66 while defeating Tom Rezler (County) 78-68—146 Nowosatka 12.5-7.5 in their Jason Holyszko (BCCC) 78-69—147 captain’s match. Bill Jurgens (BCCC) 73-74—147 Rick Webb (BCCC) 78-69—147 For the two-day tournaRoy Schultheiss (BCCC) 77-71—148 ment, Mike Dore earned Joe Vogl (BCCC) 75-73—148 Justin Holyszko (BCCC) 73-76—149 the medalist trophy in a Paul Holyszko (BCCC) 69-80—149 POINTS EARNED tiebreaker with Hechlik and Nick Spencer (County) 81-69—150 Two-Day Totals Mark Baranek (County) 73-80—153 Bay County’s Adam Prime Country Club Andrew Janke (County) 76-79—155 after all three came in at Bill Jurgens 27.5; Matt Hechlik 27.0; Joe Vogl John Janke (County) 80-75—155 25.0; Paul Holyszko 24.0; Jason Holyszko 24.0; 143. The Captain’s Award Tim Corcoran (County) 82-76—158 Rick Webb 21.5; Roy Schultheiss 20.5; Justin Terry Horner (County) 77-81—158 for high points went to Bill Holyszko 19.5; Mike Dore 19.0; John Nowosatka Richard Stevens (County) 84-79—163 16.0; Bill Sulkanen 14.5; Rob Lowell 14.5; Craig Jurgens with 27.5 points for Jeremy Knochel (County) 85-81—166 Goslin 7.5 Rob Lowell (BCCC) 87-84—171 the Country Club and John Bay County Bill Sulkanen (BCCC) 73-DNP–73 Brent Goik 24.0; John Janke 22.5; Adam Prime Janke with 22.5 points for Craig Goslin (BCCC) DNP-82–82 21.0; Chad Horner 20.5; Tom Rezler 20.0; Nick * Medalist by tiebreaker Bay County. Spencer 19.5; Mark Baranek 18.0; Andrew Janke The all-tournament team featured Dore and Hechlik from BCCC and Prime, Hechlik fired a 68 that people and be on the same was his personal best at Bay side for once,” said Country Horner and Rezler from Bay County, defeating Andrew Club captain John Nowosat- County. Janke 14-6 in one of the ka, who was the lone Halub Aces in the Hole key matches of the second Cup newcomer on his team. • Bay City’s Fred Mayes round. And Jason Holyszko, “Once these guys tee it knocked in a hole in one at Rick Webb, Bill Jurgens and up, they’re all very comJoe Vogl all joined him with petitive. Everybody wants to Beech Hollow, wielding a 5-wood to sink his 170-yard Day 2 victories for the club, win.” excelling even while playHechlik, Nowosatka (71), tee shot on No. 13. Paul Michalski and Billy Smith ing away from their home Jason Holyszko (69), Rick witnessed the feat. course. Webb (69) and Roy Schul• Dan Perrou carded a “We beat each other’s theiss (71) all broke par in hole in one at Maple Leaf brains in all the time. It’s the second round for the Golf Course, using an 8-iron nice to play against other Country Club. BAY CITY TIMES CHALLENGE

Second Round At Bay County Country Club Wins Rick Webb def. Richard Stevens, 14.5-5.5 Bill Jurgens def. Tim Corcoran, 12-8 Joe Vogl def. John Janke, 12.5-7.5 Matt Hechlik def. Andrew Janke, 14-6 Jason Holyszko def. Mark Baranek, 15-5 Bay County Wins Brent Goik def. John Nowosatka, 12.5-7.5 Chad Horner def. Mike Dore, 12.5-7.5 Jeremy Knochel def. Rob Lowell, 10.5-9.5 Nick Spencer def. Craig Goslin, 12.5-7.5 Tom Rezler def. Roy Schultheiss, 12.5-7.5 Adam Prime def. Justin Holyszko, 12.5-7.5 Terry Horner def. Paul Holyszko, 10.5-9.5

17.0; Jeremy Knochel 16.0; Terry Horner 16.0; Tim Corcoran 15.0; Richard Stevens 10.0

Rookies provide huge contribution for Tigers

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ing at a level that does not point to them being intimidated. They are re-forming a Detroit Tigers nice nucleus. They are going CLEVELAND — Center (Justin Verlander, to be good for awhile.” fielder Austin Jackson is the 11-5, 3.82) vs. When the season began, only rookie who has started Cleveland Indians Jackson and second baseman for the Detroit Tigers since (Jake Westbrook, Scott Sizemore were the only opening day. Right before the 5-5, 4.75), 7:05 p.m. rookies starting for Detroit. All-Star break, he was asked Friday. But then Sizemore struggled if he still felt like a rookie. TV: FSD and was sent to Toledo. “Sometimes I still do,” • Visit mlive.com/tigers Tigers general manager Jackson said with a smile. for more coverage Dave Dombrowski didn’t shy “And sometimes I don’t. away from giving more rookSometimes I say, ‘Dang, is ies chances, though. He was The kids have been all this still my rookie season?’ confident in the talent in the It feels like I’ve been playing right so far. Detroit is 48-38 and one half game out of first farm system and 13 differthree years already.” ent rookies have been on the place. Los Angeles Angels He was batting .341 on roster this season. Eight were June 3, but has hit .212 since. manager Mike Scioscia was making their major league asked how difficult that Still, just when Jackson debuts. showing was to accomplish appears to be in a batting Outfielder Brennan Boesch average free-fall, he gets hot. with a rookie-laden lineup. (.342, 12 homers, 49 RBIs) “With a strong veteran He batted .341 in a 10-game nucleus and foundation,” Sci- leads all major league rookies stretch from June 26 to in the Triple Crown categooscia said, “you can absorb July 6. ries and is the easy mid-seaJackson has displayed out- two to three and maybe four son favorite for American rookies and keep moving standing range in Comerica League Rookie of the Year. forward if they are talented Park’s huge outfield, taking Chicago Cubs left fielder away countless hits and mak- enough. But it is a very, very Tyler Colvin is tied with him ing many big plays look easy difficult proposition if you at 12 homers. want to contend.” with great reads on the ball Shortstop Danny Worth He credited Detroit manand outstanding jumps. He’s (.274) first came up to play also batting .300 and leading ager Jim Leyland. second, but was recalled to “This is where Jimmy’s all rookies with 52 runs and all American League rookies strength is,” Scioscia said. “At platoon with Ramon Santiago Pittsburgh, they did this (start when it was decided that with 94 hits. Adam Everett’s lack of offenWill Jackson and the other rookies) regularly when he sive production necessitated was there. He understands three or four rookies in the a change. the level of production he starting lineup — Brennan Catcher Alex Avila (.222, 2 needs to achieve as a team. Boesch, Alex Avila, Danny And they have Miguel Cabre- homers, 14 RBIs) has become Worth and pitcher Andy Olithe primary starter because ver — hold up during the dog ra, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Gerald Laird struggled days of the stretch run? That Guillen, Brandon Inge and mightily with the bat, but could tell the tale for the 2010 Johnny Damon. still shares the position with “Austin Jackson and Tigers, who resume play FriLaird. Boesch and others are playday night in Cleveland.

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Since Worth hits righthanded and Avila bats lefthanded, they generally don’t start together. So, that makes it three rookies starting most games, and it becomes four when Andy Oliver (0-3, 6.38 ERA) takes the mound. The Tigers have leaned on rookies and been rewarded. “This year’s been kind of a freak thing with all the young players,” Leyland said, “But Boesch and Jackson have both been pretty good.” Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci picked Boesch as the starting right fielder on his personal All-Star team. Jackson was on fire during the first weeks of the season, but now more media attention goes to Boesch. “Jackson’s under the radar a bit now,” Leyland said, “and that’s a good thing.” Six months under the media glare has burned out more than one hot rookie, but now Jackson has been allowed to pretty much go about his business with the other rookies. “Worth has showed some signs,” Leyland continued. “If he hits, he’ll be a regular. If he doesn’t, he’ll be a utility guy. Avila’s improved behind the plate. I think he is going to be a pretty good major league hitter some day, but being a young catcher with the stress of handling the pitching staff plays into it right now.”

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to ace the 157-yard No. 2 hole on the East Course. Kevin Ricker and Kelly Averill were among the witnesses. • The 98-yard No. 8 on the North Course at Maple Leaf fell victim to a hole in one when Eric Leigeb aced the hole with a pitching wedge. Trina Leigeb and Carson Cain witnessed the shot. • Leon Leszczynski hit a hole in one at Maple Leaf with a 9-iron on the North Course’s No. 8. Mark Seymour and Kyle Gerard were witnesses.

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“We’ve been really lucky,” Carr said. “We’ve been together for a long time, and haven’t had anyone get hurt or anything. “Safety has always been a concern of mine. With the skipper getting up there in age, I felt responsible for these guys. They are good friends of mine, and they have wives, girlfriends, and children. If I wasn’t able to bring them back safely, they wouldn’t be too happy with me. Safety is our No. 1 concern. Having fun is No. 2, and winning is No. 3.” For Carr, a computer support representative for an automotive warehouse distributor out of Grand Rapids, that concern for safety comes on behalf of his wife Cindy and their two daughters, Elisabeth, 13, and Viktoria, 9. This year there are 207 vessels registered for the 85th sailing race from Port Huron to Mackinac. The Medicine Man, a 34-foot sloop rig model S2, participates in Division III. They set sail at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Carr hopes to finish the course sometime on Monday. And while they hope to finish as quickly as possible, any extra time spent on the water won’t hurt Carr’s feelings. “There are two big races that stand out in my mind,” he said. “ In ’82, we flagged and finished second or third. The waves in the northern part of Lake Huron were 25 to 30 feet. We would be sailing right next to a boat, but they’re in the trough and you’re in a trough and you couldn’t see their boat. They were the biggest waves I’ve ever seen in my life. “And in ’85 a third of the boats dropped out of the race. The weather was really, really rough, and a lot of boats got demasted. I remember those two very distinctly. “Every time when you’re going up through the straights, at night it can be very cold. You’ll be wearing long johns and foul weather gear, but the lakes are just gorgeous. When you get to the upper Northern Huron and get to see the Northern Lights and shooting stars, it’s pretty beautiful.”

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Wings prospect Ferraro anxious to start over First-round pick looks to rebound after disappointing season

are all up. It shows he’s been working hard,” Nill said. “He looks stronger and quicker.” Where the skilled center will play hasn’t been determined. After three full seasons in Red Deer, the Rebels agreed to trade him to another Western Hockey League team prior to the season, in a ANSAR KHAN mutually beneficial move. FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES Ferraro’s falling out with his coach, former Red Wings defenseman Jesse DETROIT—After spending a good Wallin, started early last season. portion of last season on the injured list He injured his knee in the second and in his coach’s doghouse, Detroit game of the season and missed 19 Red Wings prospect Landon Ferraro games. He came back too soon and is anxious for a fresh start and some drew the wrath of Wallin, who thought redemption. he wasn’t playing hard enough. FerHe wants to return to being the playraro’s season ended on a sour note, er with second-line NHL potential the as he went scoreless in three playoff Red Wings drafted with their top pick in games and was a healthy scratch in the 2009 (32nd overall), and put behind him finale, watching his team get swept out a disappointing and turbulent season of the first round by Saskatoon. with his junior team, Red Deer. He does not want to be perceived as a “I just need to make sure I get my difficult player to coach. body in the best shape it can be going “Even at the end of the year when into training camp,” Ferraro said durme and Jesse had a bit of problems, we ing Red Wings development camp at Joe Louis Arena. “I need to have a good ended on a good note,” Ferraro said. “We sat down and talked. start, get the ball rolling early in the “It’s not something where I want Red season. Deer to do poorly or Jesse to lose his “That starts now with my training. job. I respect him. He’s treated me well I picked it up this summer. I feel a lot the last couple of years. It’s just that stronger. I made strides. On the ice I feel more powerful. I just want to make from a business standpoint, it’s time to move on.” sure I get going early.” Ferraro said the chance to play for his Ferraro is poised for a breakthrough hometown team, the WHL’s Vancouver season. Red Wings assistant general Giants, “would be awesome.” But it’s manager Jim Nill said he had a strong out of his hands. development camp. The important thing is the knee, “His numbers (in off-ice testing)

which sustained two meniscus tears and some damage to the medial collateral ligament, is “100 percent,” Ferraro said. “I tried coming back early and it wasn’t the best thing for it,” Ferraro said. “Now I rehabbed it and I’ve been strengthening it. It feels as good as ever. I feel stronger than I was. I feel like I’m making strides again.” The Red Wings were attracted by Ferraro’s skills and pedigree. He has terrific speed, good hands and a knack for finding the right spots on the ice to score goals. Much of his natural ability comes from his father, Ray, who scored 408 goals in 18 NHL seasons. “He’s got good stick skills at high speed,” Nill said. “He’s competitive for a smaller guy (6-foot, 171). He goes to the net.” Ferraro led Red Deer in scoring in 2008-09 (37 goals, 18 assists in 68 games). He set up more goals than he scored last season (16 goals, 30 assists in 53 games). He turns 19 on Aug. 8 and has plenty of time to develop, during his final season of juniors and, after that, with the Grand Rapids Griffins, with whom he played two games last season on an amateur tryout contract. “When something doesn’t go right for 2-3 months, you start to doubt yourself,” Nill said. “You get injured and never get going. Your confidence takes a hit. “Now he feels like he can start to do what he did in the past.”

Lions’ Wesley better at corner TOM KOWALSKI FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

ALLEN PARK — From the start of training camp and throughout the preseason schedule, get prepared to hear this suggestion from countless fans: “The Detroit Lions should move Dante Wesley from cornerback to safety.’’ On the surface, it’s a great idea. Wesley, going into his ninth NFL season, is 6-1 and 210 pounds and he can hit a ton. He’ll pop receivers and running backs from his cornerback position and he’ll be a demon on special teams. Moving him to safety is a natural. Except for one thing — he has absolutely no interest in it. Now, if your reaction is that a player has to do whatever the coach tells him, you’re right. But consider this: Wesley’s not going to start at either position — he’s only started two games in his career and hasn’t started a game since 2003. Wesley feels more comfortable at corner and he can be a solid backup at that spot in terms of playing zone coverage. He’s not suited for some of the man-to-man coverage required to play safety and his limitations at corner will be the same problems he faces at safety. Wesley is in Detroit for one reason and that’s to play special teams. The Lions expect him to bring toughness, attitude, leadership and a lot of straight-ahead speed to his roles. The reason the Lions are confident that Wesley will deliver is because Danny Crossman, Detroit’s new special teams coach, worked with Wesley for the last three years with the Carolina Panthers. So, while Wesley might appear to be better suited for safety, the Lions want him to fill a minor role in the secondary and a more vital role on special teams — and they want him to feel comfortable doing both.

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The National League’s Marlon Byrd, of the Chicago Cubs, scores as American League catcher John Buck, of the Toronto Blue Jays, turns to make the tag in the seventh inning of the All-Star game.

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From B1 — Detroit players come close to historic All-Star performance home field advantage in the World Series And Detroit had a shot at its first Allto the senior circuit. Star Game-winning pitcher since 1957, Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde, when Hall of Famer and Kentucky Senawho did not pitch as an NL All-Star for tor Jim Bunning started and got credit for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007, got a 6-5 victory against the National League the call in the top of the ninth. in St. Louis. It turned out not to be a save situation, Justin Verlander was in position to but Papa Grande came up big, striking do just that after getting himself into out the side. and out of trouble in the top of the fifth Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera, inning. meanwhile, went 1-for-2, getting his New York Mets third baseman David first All-Star hit with a single off starter Wright greeted him with a sharp single Ubaldo Jimenez. He had been 0-for-5 as a up the middle for his second hit of the Florida Marlin. game. Valverde struck out a pair of former Verlander then struck out Milwaukee teammates to start the inning, getting Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun on a Michael Bourn of the Houston Astros and 2-2 curve ball, but Los Angeles Dodgers Chris Young of the Diamondbacks both to outfielder Ethier laced a single to right to go down swinging. move Wright to third with one out. “Those guys knew the splitter was Brewers outfielder Corey Hart then had coming and that is what I got them out a chance to score Wright with a sacrifice on,” Valverde said. fly or grounder to the right spot on the Then he got Chicago Cubs outfielder infield. Byrd to swing and miss on a full-count But Verlander struck out Hart on four pitch before skipping off the mound. pitches, though, and totally over-matched “I got all three on splitters,” Valverde him. said. “This means so much to me. It is Verlander got behind him 2-0, and then how I am pitching. This is my best year 3-1 before battling back to a full count. of my career.” McCann got a pitch he could drive there, That one swing of the bat by McCann and sent it to the warning track in right. ended what could have been a special But Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers story line for the Detroit Tigers. It could settled under it for the final out. have been Valverde getting the first AllTigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera Star save by a Tiger since Mickey Lolich went 1-for-2, getting his first All-Star hit in the 1971 game won by the AL at Tiger with a single off starter Ubaldo Jimenez. Stadium. He had been 0-for-5 as a Florida Marlin.

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Brad Labadie, who spent 10 years with the Michigan football program — most recently as director of football operations — has resigned. Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon confirmed the move Wednesday, insisting it was made for family reasons and was unrelated to an ongoing NCAA probe. Labadie and coach Rich Rodriguez were among the several people who received a letter of reprimand from the school for playing a role in what the NCAA said were major rule violations.

Labadie was blamed for failing to correctly and promptly file forms tracking hours players spent with the team. An NCAA hearing on the case is planned for Aug. 13-14 in Seattle. As director of football operations, Labadie’s duties included working with players on a daily basis and as a resource outside of football, according to Michigan’s athletic website. “This is a conversation Brad’s been having with the coaches, as I understand it, for quite some time,” Brandon told the Detroit Free Press Wednesday. “He’s in a job, you talk about 24/7, this is a guy who devotes an inordinate

amount of time to the program and has served us well. But he’s been thinking about a change for quite some time, and this opportunity (for an outside job) availed itself. “Once you get the maize and blue blood running through your veins. ... He’ll miss it, but I think he’s made a decision that he thinks is in the best interest of his career and his family.” Labadie was promoted to director of football operations by former Wolverines’ coach Lloyd Carr after spending the first part of his career at Michigan as the coordinator of player development.

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Perceptions of Steinbrenner not the whole story ANAHEIM, Calif. — I’ve learned that when you move to a new city or cover a new team there always are a few people you had figured wrong. And when I moved to Tampa in 2000, the one person in that town who I had figured wrong was George Steinbrenner. The perceptions of “The Boss” outside of the town he STEVE called home and his friends Kornacki are not flattering. But then you read about the press box of a local high school baseball field burning down and who paid to have it rebuilt. And the banquet for area coaches that he held each year with door prizes like TV sets. There is more than a baseball field named for him in Tampa. In Lutz, a northern suburb, there is Steinbrenner High School. When I worked for the Tampa Tribune as an assistant sports editor, he sent a long typewritten letter to the paper praising stories he’d liked and thoughts on every area of our coverage. He read the paper from front to back because he was interested in everything going on in the community. They love Steinbrenner in the town where he died of a massive heart attack Tuesday morning at the age of 80. Born on the Fourth of July, he died on the day of an All-Star Game featuring New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and second baseman Robinson Cano starting for the American League. Jeter met the press before the game to talk about the man he refers to only as “The Boss.” He was planning to look him up in the next two days upon returning to Tampa, where Jeter also lives. “I have a great relationship with ‘The Boss,’ ” Jeter said. “I’ve known him since I was 18 years old. Obviously, there’s a respect factor because he’s the owner and I work for him. But we were more friends than anything. “I’d go visit him in the offseason because we both lived in Tampa. We would have bets on Ohio State-Michigan football games. I’ve been in trouble a couple times. We’ve filmed commercials with him dancing. It’s tough because he’s more than just an owner to me. He’s a friend of mine. He will be deeply missed.” Jeter, 36, recalled meeting with Steinbrenner for the first time right after he passed on a Michigan baseball scholarship to sign with the Yankees. “I had just signed,” Jeter said, “and he was this figure that’s larger than life. He came up and talked to me by name. I was more shocked that he knew who I was. But I guess because he gave me some of his money, he had to know who I was. Right from that day, he said, ‘We expect big things from you.’ ” Nobody came up bigger for “The Boss” than Jeter. He’s been on five World Series championship teams; collected more hits than anybody whose ever worn the pinstripes; been ordained captain by Steinbrenner; and made more than $205 million for his services. He recalled their last meeting. “We got a chance to present him with the championship ring on opening day,” Jeter said. “It was a great experience; it was fun. And I got a chance to tease him because he had an Ohio State ring, and I told him to take it off now and replace it with the Yankee ring.” Most of the Yankees stars of the Steinbrenner era had a love-hate relationship with their owner. Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield and Billy Martin certainly fit that bill. He had several favorites, but probably none more favored than Jeter and the late Yankees catcher and captain, Thurman Munson. There are two ways to lead. One is with fear and the other is with love. You know which one Steinbrenner chose. But if you became a follower, he showed the love, too. He was both a bully and a benefactor. And, frankly, he didn’t care what you thought of him — just so long as you knew he was “The Boss.” How demanding was he? Well, he asked one of his public relations men to call him every day to check on things while on vacation. Thing was, Harvey Greene had to paddle from one island to another island every day to make that call because there were no phones on his isle. And you bet he did it. The first time I saw Steinbrenner was in the cramped press box elevator at Tiger Stadium. There was electricity — OK, static electricity — that he gave off. You didn’t want to stare at him, but couldn’t help doing that a bit. The Boss was bigger than life then, and every New York writer covering the team lived in fear of missing out on whatever he had to say. When, while still robust and full of life and full of himself, Steinbrenner was asked what he wanted on his tombstone and he said: “He never stopped trying.” Relentless, indeed, but the treadmill stops one day for all of us. We chatted only a few times, and the last time I saw Steinbrenner was after an exhibition game in March between the Tigers and his Yankees. He was sitting in the front passenger seat and being driven along the concourse en route to his South Tampa home. I waved and he waved. And I walked away thinking about poor Harvey, paddling to that island with the phones.

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Team RadioShack scores ﬁrst Tour stage victory

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The 30-year-old Paulinho and Kiryienka, of Caisse d’Epargne, were part of a six-man breakaway made up of riders far back in the overall standings. The pack finished GAP, France — Something finally went 14:19 behind Paulinho. right for Lance Armstrong’s squad at the Paulinho and Kiryienka were part of a Tour de France. breakaway that took off around the 23-mile Team RadioShack got its first taste of mark, and the pack didn’t give chase. Even success at this year’s Tour when Sergio the winners clocked an average of 21 mph Paulinho of Portugal captured the 10th stage Wednesday, narrowly winning a two- during the stage — a relative snail’s pace at the Tour. man sprint among breakaway riders. The overall standings didn’t change. Andy Schleck of Luxembourg retained Schleck leads Contador by 41 seconds, the yellow jersey. He finished in the main pack more than 14 minutes back, alongside while Samuel Sanchez of Spain was third, 2:45 back. Leipheimer is 3:59 behind. his biggest rivals for the title. It was the 25-year-old Schleck’s first day Paulinho edged Vasil Kiryienka of Belarin yellow, and he said he noticed greater us over the sun-baked 111-mile trek from fan support on the side of the roads of Chambery to Gap that featured one difficult climb — the Laffrey pass — as the race southeastern France during his ride in the coveted shirt. left the Alps. “My name was on some of the signs. It’s Paulinho pointed skyward then sucked nice to see that,” he said, referring to handhis thumb in honor of his 8-month-old made banners unfurled by spectators. “I’m daughter after beating Kiryienka by less getting popular even here in France.” than half a wheel. They both clocked 5 Riders are likely to breathe a bit easier hours, 10 minutes, 56 seconds. Belgium’s during Thursday’s 11th stage, a mostly flat Dries Devenyns was third: 1:29 behind. BAS CZERWINSKI | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “This is a victory we’ve been looking for 114.65-mile route from Sisteron to BourgThe pack speeds down Noyer pass Wednesday during the 10th stage of the Tour de France cycling race a while, after all the bad luck we had in the les-Valence that has one midgrade climb. first week,” Paulinho said. “I hope this vicover 111.2 miles starting in Chambery and ﬁnishing in Gap, France. Armstrong warns against ’witch hunt’ tory gives morale back to our team.” Lance Armstrong said Wednesday he will Postal team when he rode with Armstrong. “Would the American people feel like It was the Portuguese rider’s first indicooperate with a “fair investigation” but not “Like I said, as long as we have a legitithis is a good use of their tax dollars?” he vidual stage win at the Tour, though he a “witch hunt” into allegations that he and mate and credible and fair investigation, said. “That’s for them to decide.” was part of the Astana squad — including his former cycling team were involved in we’ll be happy to cooperate, but I’m not Armstrong has said that Landis, who Lance Armstrong and 2010 Tour winner doping. going to participate in any kind of witch recently admitted to doping after years of Alberto Contador — that won the team Armstrong was responding to reports hunt,” the seven-time Tour de France windenials, cannot be believed. He also said he time-trial last year. of a federal investigation of possible fraud ner and cancer survivor said. “I’ve done too didn’t believe that other riders had come Armstrong brought Paulinho and sevand doping charges against him and former many good things for too many people.” forward with similar allegations. eral other former Astana teammates to Armstrong said he had not been subpoe“I don’t think the government will build associates. the RadioShack team, which was formed The New York Times reported that author- naed or contacted by lead investigator Jeff a case on Floyd Landis,” said Armstrong, around the seven-time champion last year. who has never tested positive for use of ities have issued grand jury subpoenas to wit- Novitzky. Armstrong fell out of contention in the He said he wasn’t aware of any riders banned substances. “His credibility left a nesses as part of the probe into allegations first Alpine stage on Sunday after getting who have been subpoenaed. long time ago.” tangled up in three crashes and losing cru- made by American cyclist Floyd Landis. Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Armstrong said stories are being leaked to Armstrong repeatedly has denied any cial minutes against the top contenders. The Tour title for doping, said the use of the media as part of an “agenda” against him involvement in doping and reiterated that team is now banking on the podium hopes banned substances was common on the US and questioned the need for a federal probe. position again Wednesday. of Levi Leipheimer, who is sixth overall.

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Australia’s Mathew Goggin walks off the second green during a practice round Wednesday on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. The British Open golf tournament begins today at St. Andrews.

OPEN ‘The forecast for the championship is changeable — blustery, showery conditions. Pretty good for links golf’

was only one round of a stiff breeze and Woods won by five shots at 14-under 274. Ten years ago on a sun-baked links, Woods set a major championship record at 19under 269 for an eight-shot win in perfect weather. But there was nasty weather in 1995, when John Daly finished at 6-under 282 and won a playoff. The Royal and Ancient, which runs this tournament, doesn’t get wrapped up in scores. It lets nature decide that. “The forecast for the championship is changeable — blustery, showery conditions,” R&A chief executive Peter Dawson, barely able to contain a grin. “Pretty good for links golf.” This is what Woods will face as he tries to make more history at the home of golf. No one has ever won the Open three times at St. Andrews, and this stage could be an important test for golf’s No. 1 player. Woods has never gone this far into the calendar without winning. He has never gone more than seven tournaments

to start a season without a victory, and the Open marks his seventh event. His preparations included playing Sunday in gusts that approached 50 mph, and the next two days in wind out of different directions. He also endured a press conference in which about half of the questions were about his personal life. Among his chief critics has been Watson, who has said that Woods needs to “clean up his act.” Given a chance to elaborate Wednesday, the five-time Open champion declined. “I said what I needed to say about Tiger Woods,” Watson said. “The one thing that you should be writing about Tiger Woods right now is that he’s won the championship the last two times he’s played here, and that he’s probably the odds-on favorite to win it again.” The challenge figures to be much greater, a result of Woods’ unpredictable form, the growing number of contenders — especially a European resurgence led by U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood — and the weather.

Defending champion Stewart Cink played eight holes Wednesday on what felt like two courses. “The opening nine, you’re headed straight downwind with a little off to the right, and it’s like a dream,” he said. Every shot you hit, no matter how bad you hit it, it’s a nice draw. We played four holes and decided to turn around, and as soon as we hit 14 tee box, it was the exact opposite. You couldn’t do anything except hit a huge slice. It’s hard to describe how difficult it is.” The only disappointment Wednesday was the hard rain and cold wind leading the R&A to cancel its “Champions Challenge,” a four-hole exhibition with past Open champions like Lee Trevino, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Ben Curtis. “I was on the range this morning, and it’s just brutal out there,” Nick Faldo said. “It wouldn’t have been entertaining for anybody.” It wasn’t much fun for the marshals or the fans, wrapped in rain gear, walking back from the loop on the far end of the links toward the club-

Racing’s most revered number wins two weeks in a row

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt last drove his famed No. 3 to Victory Lane almost 10 years ago, at Talladega, in the final win of his illustrious career. He was killed less than a year later in an accident on the last lap of the Daytona 500, and there’s been a long debate since over how his storied number should be used. The answer for Richard Childress, who holds the rights to the number, was sparingly. He’s allowed Dale Earnhardt Jr. to use it three times, most recently two weeks ago at Daytona, where he drove it to a victory in the Nationwide Series race. And he’s assigned it to his grandson, Austin Dillon, a rookie in the Truck Series. What did Dillon do? Drove the black No. 3 to Victory Lane on Sunday at Iowa for his first career victory at NASCAR’s national level. It marked consecutive weeks that a driver took the No. 3 to Victory Lane, and just the third win with that number since Earnhardt’s death. It’s perhaps the most iconic number in NASCAR, and elicits more emotion

than Richard Petty’s No. 43 or the Wood Brothers’ No. 21. Since NASCAR doesn’t retire numbers, the 43 and 21 have been used long beyond their heyday. But Childress held onto the 3 and has been deliberate in holding it off the track. Racing with The Intimidator’s stamp on the side of the car is pressure-packed for the driver. And watching it on the track can provide mixed emotions for fans, who can feel both somber and elated by the sight of the 3. It’s why Earnhardt Jr. is adamant he won’t use the number again. He’s 2-for-3 borrowing his father’s number, with his other victory coming in a Nationwide race at Daytona in 2002. Dillon doesn’t have the same emotional pull. The 20-year-old sophomore at High Point University was in middle school when Earnhardt was killed, and his history with the number is based more on legend than what he remembers. But he understands the importance of the No. 3, particularly to race fans. Dillon’s use of the number doesn’t resonate with fans the same way it does as when Earnhardt Jr. is in a No. 3 car. But he’s NAS-

house as they searched for players, realizing most of them were doubling back after a couple of holes. There wasn’t much to gain on a day like this. “Obviously, we’ve had beautiful weather for two days,” Cink said. “And today, we have a wreck out there. And there’s not many golfers at all. But it’s a fair test.” The forecast? There could be rain, there might be spells of sunshine, there likely will be wind — that could last four days or four hours around these parts. Rose is the freshest face of the English revival, having won two of his last three tournaments in America. He knows these links well, even though he didn’t qualify for the Open in 2000 or 2005. Rose already had in his mind the ideal day, which featured wind. “It would be nice and sunny, 20 mph breeze across the golf course. I think that would have tested everybody but made it very, very enjoyable,” Rose said. “If we get a little bit of that, it would be nice. And if we get a little bit of the extreme stuff, then so be it.”

World Cup ref defends ﬁnal performance

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Austin Dillon crosses the ﬁnish line to win the NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Iowa Speedway. After an eight-year drought of No. 3 in Victory Lane, the famed NASCAR number has come up a winner the past two weeks. CAR’s most popular driver and the son of the seventime champion. Dillon is a young driver who hasn’t had much time to build up a following. And in his grandfather’s equipment at Richard Childress Racing, he’s on a fast-track to sardom that’s not afforded to other young drivers. He knows his family ties give him an advantage, but he’s not taking it for granted. Dillon said he’s down for another year in the Truck Series next season, and

there’s talk of some Nationwide Series starts. Childress might even let him take the No. 3 up to the next level. Beyond that is anyone’s guess. Childress has said he doesn’t expect to see the No. 3 back on track in the Cup Series, but he probably didn’t think he’d see his grandson in Victory Lane in a major NASCAR race. Now that Dillon is a winner, there’s no telling how far he’ll go. And maybe, just maybe, he’ll take that black No. 3 with him.

LONDON — English referee Howard Webb says he is satisfied with his handling of the World Cup final, despite criticism from Netherlands players after their 1-0 defeat by Spain. Netherlands players criticized Webb’s performance in Sunday’s match at Soccer City in Johannesburg, complaining about a series of decisions during an ill-tempered game that was decided by Andres Iniesta’s extra-time winner. But in a statement released by the Premier League on Tuesday, Webb said that he and his linesmen did a tough job as well as they could in what were demanding conditions. “We don’t feel that we had much choice except to manage the game in the way we did,” Webb said. “We came away feeling satisfied that we’d done a tough job in difficult circumstances to the best of our abilities. “From early on in the match we had to make decisions that were clear yellow cards. We tried to apply some common sense officiating given the magnitude of the occasion for both sides — advising players early on for some of their tackling, sending players away when they were surrounding the officials, and speaking to their senior colleagues to try and calm them down.” Webb booked 13 different players and sent off John Heitinga after showing the Netherlands defender a second yellow card in extra time. However, Netherlands players were furious at his earlier failure to send off Spain defender Carles Puyol after he appeared to impede goal-bound Arjen Robben in the 82nd minute. Though defending his display, Webb acknowledged how difficult the final had been for him and his fellow officials.

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SATURDAY Auto Racing • 4 p.m. (SPEED) Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Salt Lake City. (Taped) • 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Nationwide Series: MissouriIllinois Dodge Dealers 250, Qualifying. • 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Drag Racing NHRA Lucas Oil Sportsman Series. (Taped) • 7:30 p.m. (SPEED) Auto Racing Legends MIllion: Pre-Race Show. • 8 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250. • 8 p.m. (SPEED) Auto Racing Legends MIllion: Charlotte. • 11 p.m. (ESPN2) Drag Racing NHRA Fram Autolite Nationals, Qualifying. (Same-day Tape) • 1 a.m. (SPEED) GT3 Challenge Racing New Jersey. (Taped) MLB Baseball • 1 p.m. (FSD) DETROIT at Cleveland. Game one of a double header. • 4 p.m. (66) Tampa Bay at New York Yankees. • 7 p.m. (FSD) DETROIT at Cleveland. Game two of a double header. • 7 p.m. (WGN-A) Chicago White Sox at Minnesota.

Bicycling • 8:30 a.m. (VS) Tour de France: Stage 11. Golf • 5 a.m. (ESPN) British Open. • 2 p.m. (GOLF) PGA Tour Nationwide: Chiquita Classic. • 4 p.m. (GOLF) PGA Tour Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. • 7 p.m. (ESPN) British Open, Best of the First Round. (Sameday Tape) Soccer • 8 p.m. (ESPN2) MLS Seattle FC at D.C. FRIDAY Auto Racing • Noon (SPEED) American le Mans Series: Salt Lake City. (Taped) • 7 p.m. (SPEED) NASCAR Racing Camping World Truck Series: CampingWorld.com 200, Qualifying. (Same-day Tape) • 9 p.m. (SPEED) NASCAR Racing Camping World Truck Series: CampingWorld.com 200. MLB Baseball • 7 p.m. (FSD) DETROIT at Cleveland. Bicycling • 8:30 a.m. (VS) Tour de France: Stage 12. Boxing • 9 p.m. (ESPN2) Friday Night Fights. Zab Judah (38-6, 26 KOs) vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz (28-4, 17 KOs), welterweights, 10 rounds. • 11 p.m. (SHOW) Fernando Guerrero vs. Ishe Smith; Shawn Porter vs. Ray Robinson. Golf • 5 a.m. (ESPN) British Open. • 2 p.m. (GOLF) PGA Tour Nationwide: Chiquita Classic. • 4 p.m. (GOLF) PGA Tour Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. • 7 p.m. (ESPN) Golf British Open, Best of the Second Round. (Same-day Tape) • 11 p.m. (ESPN2) American Century Championship. (Sameday Tape) Soccer • 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Manchester United vs. Celtic.

Bicycling • 8:30 a.m. (VS) Tour de France: Stage 13. Boxing • 9:45 p.m. (HBO) Luis Carlos Abregu vs. Timothy Bradley, Welterweights. Golf • 7 a.m. (ESPN) British Open. • 2 p.m. (GOLF) PGA Tour Nationwide: Chiquita Classic. • 3 p.m. (12) British Open. (Same-day Tape) • 3 p.m. (25) American Century Championship. • 4 p.m. (GOLF) PGA Tour Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. Motorcycle Racing • 11 p.m. (SPEED) AMA Pro Racing Mid-Ohio. (Same-day Tape) Soccer • 4 p.m. (ESPN) Tottenham at San Jose.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Pct .636 .614 .580 .494 .330

GB — 2 5 1 12 /2 27

Pct .563 .558 .523 .443 .386

GB — 1 /2 31/2 1 10 /2 151/2

Pct .568 .516 .483 .398

GB — 41/2 71/2 15

Thursday’s Games Texas (Tom.Hunter 5-0) at Boston (Wakefield 3-7), 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 8-7) at Minnesota (Slowey 8-5), 8:10 p.m. Seattle (Fister 3-4) at L.A. Angels (Undecided), 10:05 p.m. Friday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L 52 36 48 40 47 40 42 46 39 50 Central Division W L Cincinnati 49 41 St. Louis 47 41 Milwaukee 40 49 Chicago 39 50 Houston 36 53 Pittsburgh 30 58 West Division W L San Diego 51 37 Colorado 49 39 Los Angeles 49 39 San Francisco 47 41 Arizona 34 55 Atlanta New York Philadelphia Florida Washington

Pct .591 .545 .540 .477 .438

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Thursday’s Games Milwaukee (Bush 4-6) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 1-3), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Moyer 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 7-7), 8:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-4) at St. Louis (Carpenter 9-3), 8:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 6-2) at San Francisco (Lincecum 9-4), 10:15 p.m. Friday’s Games Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Colorado at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

BASEBALL CALENDAR July 25 — Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y. July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. Aug. 16 — Last day to sign selections from 2010 amateur draft who have not exhausted college eligibility. Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players.

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East Division W L New York 56 32 Tampa Bay 54 34 Boston 51 37 Toronto 44 45 Baltimore 29 59 Central Division W L Chicago 49 38 Detroit 48 38 Minnesota 46 42 Kansas City 39 49 Cleveland 34 54 West Division W L Texas 50 38 Los Angeles 47 44 Oakland 43 46 Seattle 35 53

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NL ALL-STARS 3, AL ALL-STARS 1 NL AL ab r h bi ab r h bi HRmrz ss 3 0 0 0 ISuzuki rf 2 0 0 0 Furcal ss 0 0 0 0 TrHntr cf 2 0 0 0 Prado 2b 3 0 0 0 Jeter ss 2 0 1 0 BPhllps 2b 1 0 0 0 Andrus pr-ss 1 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 2 0 0 0 MiCarr 1b 2 0 1 0 AdGnzl 1b 2 0 0 0 Konerk ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Howard dh 2 0 0 0 Hamltn cf-rf 3 0 1 0 Votto ph-dh 2 0 0 0 JBautst pr-rf 1 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 2 0 2 0 Guerrr dh 2 0 0 0 Rolen 3b 2 1 1 0 D.Ortiz ph-dh 2 0 1 0 Braun lf 2 0 0 0 Longori 3b 1 1 1 0 Hollidy lf 1 1 1 0 Wggntn 3b 0 0 0 0 Bourn lf 1 0 0 0 Swisher ph 1 0 0 0 Ethier cf-rf 2 0 1 0 ABeltre 3b 1 0 0 0 CYoung ph-cf2 0 0 0 Mauer c 2 0 0 0 Hart rf 2 0 0 0 J.Buck c 2 0 1 0 Byrd cf-rf 1 1 0 0 Cano 2b 1 0 0 1 YMolin c 1 0 1 0 Kinsler 2b 1 0 0 0 McCnn ph-c 2 0 1 3 Crwfrd lf 2 0 0 0 V.Wells lf 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 31 1 6 1 NL 000 000 300 — 3 AL 000 010 000 — 1 E—Kuo. DP—NL 2, AL 1. LOB—NL 5, AL 7. 2B—McCann, Longoria, J.Buck. SB—D.Wright, Crawford. CS—Andrus. SF—Cano. IP H R ER BB SO NL Jimenez 2 2 0 0 1 1 Jo.Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 2 Kuo 2-3 0 1 0 1 0 H.Bell 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Halladay 2-3 2 0 0 0 1 Capps W 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Wainwright H 1 1 0 0 1 2 Br.Wilson H 1 0 0 0 0 0 Broxton S 1 1 0 0 0 1 AL Price 2 1 0 0 0 1 Pettitte 1 1 0 0 0 2 Cl.Lee 1 0 0 0 0 1 Verlander 1 2 0 0 0 2 Lester H 1 0 0 0 0 0 P.Hughes L H 1-3 2 2 2 0 0 Thornton BS 1-3 1 1 1 1 0 A.Bailey 1-3 0 0 0 1 1 R.Soriano 1 0 0 0 0 0 Valverde 1 0 0 0 0 3 Umpires—Home, Mike Reilly; First, Mike Winters; Second, Brian O’Nora; Third, Laz Diaz; Right, Jim Wolf; Left, Bruce Dreckman. T—2:59. A—45,408 (45,285).

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL: JULY 15 1901 — Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his first of two career nohitters, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0. 1969 — Cincinnati’s Lee May hit four home runs in a doubleheader split with the Atlanta Braves. May had two home runs and drove in five runs in both games as the Reds lost the opener 9-8 but came back to win the second game 10-4. 1969 — Rod Carew stole home off Chicago’s Gerry Nyman in the Minnesota Twins’ 6-2 victory. It was Carew’s seventh steal of home for the year and tied Pete Reiser’s 1946 major league mark. 1973 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out 17 batters and threw his second no-hitter of the year, beating Detroit 6-0. 1980 — Johnny Bench broke Yogi Berra’s record for home runs by a catcher as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Montreal Expos 12-7. Bench hit his 314th homer as a catcher off David Palmer. Bench had 33 home runs while playing other positions. 1990 — Chicago’s Bobby Thigpen became quickest to reach 30 saves in a season as the White Sox beat New York 8-5. 1997 — The San Francisco Giants scored 13 runs to set a modern NL record for runs in a seventh inning en route to a 16-2 rout of the San Diego Padres. The Giants set the NL record for the most runs in a seventh inning since 1900.

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Famous horse racing trophy stolen

Zydrunas Ilgauskas is following LeBron James to the Miami Heat. The veteran center, who started playing for Cleveland in 1997 and has never suited up for another NBA team, expects to sign a two-year contract with the Heat later this week, agent Herb Rudoy said Tuesday. The two-year deal would come with a player option for the second season, Rudoy said. Ilgauskas is the Cavs’ career leader in games played, blocked shots and rebounds. The 7-foot-3 Lithuanian was drafted by the club in 1996 and overcame serious foot injuries that nearly ended his career.

Police say the Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of the most famous trophies in English horse racing, has been stolen. Police say the trophy was taken Wednesday from a house in Wormington in Gloucestershire county in southwest England. The Gold Cup race, regarded as a highlight of the English jump racing season, is run at the Cheltenham Festival each March. Police say it was one of a number of trophies stolen, with a combined value estimated at more than $228,000. The Cheltenham Gold Cup, first run in 1924, was won this year by Imperial Commander, ridden by Paddy Brennan.

Wall has 18 points, 10 assists in win John Wall, playing his second NBA Summer League game with the Wizards, had 18 points, 10 assists and five steals in Washington’s 89-64 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night. Wall made all eight of his free throws to improve to 19 for 19 at the line in two games. Nick Young also scored 18 points for the Wizards. Al-Farouq Aminu and Wall’s former Kentucky teammate Eric Bledsoe each had 17 points for the Clippers.

Football NFL suspends Chargers WR Jackson The San Diego Chargers say Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson has been suspended by the NFL for the first three games of the 2010 season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Jackson pleaded guilty in February to his second DUI since 2006. The suspension could be moot. Jackson has refused to sign his tender as a restricted free agent and could sit out the first 10 games of the season.

TO worried teams see a troublemaker Terrell Owens says he’s concerned teams are swayed by the perception that he’s a troublemaker and that’s why none have signed the free-agent receiver. Owens told The Associated Press on Tuesday that his season in Buffalo proved he won’t be a distraction. Owens insists his statistics from 2009 are deceiving because the Bills dealt with coaching upheaval and offensive line injuries. Owens says talk that he has unrealistic salary demands is untrue. He’s comfortable waiting until after training camp starts to sign with a team. For now, he’s keeping busy promoting his reality show on VH1. The second season premiered Sunday.

MIDWEST LEAGUE Eastern Division W L Great Lakes (Dodgers) 15 3 Bowling Green (Rays) 9 9 Fort Wayne (Padres) 9 9 x-Lake County (Indians) 9 9 Lansing (Blue Jays) 9 9 South Bend (D’backs) 8 10 Dayton (Reds) 7 11 West Michigan (Tigers) 6 12 Western Division W L Quad Cities (Cardinals) 11 5 x-Cedar Rapids (Angels) 10 7 Kane County (Athletics) 10 8 Clinton (Mariners) 9 8 Wisconsin (Brewers) 9 9 Burlington (Royals) 8 9 Beloit (Twins) 7 10 Peoria (Cubs) 4 12 x-clinched first half

Pct. GB .833 — .500 6 .500 6 .500 6 .500 6 .444 7 .389 8 .333 9 Pct. GB .688 — .588 11/2 .556 2 .529 21/2 .500 3 .471 31/2 1 .412 4 /2 .250 7

Wednesday’s Games Bowling Green at Burlington, 7:30 p.m. South Bend at Kane County, 7:30 p.m. Fort Wayne at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m. Lake County at Quad Cities, 8 p.m. West Michigan at Clinton, 8 p.m. Great Lakes at Beloit, 8 p.m. Dayton at Peoria, 8 p.m. Lansing at Wisconsin, 8:05 p.m. Thursday’s Games South Bend at Kane County, 7:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Fort Wayne at Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m. West Michigan at Clinton, 8 p.m. Dayton at Peoria, 8 p.m. Lake County at Quad Cities, 8 p.m. Great Lakes at Beloit, 8 p.m. Lansing at Wisconsin, 8:05 p.m.

CYCLING TOUR DE FRANCE 10th Stage A 111.2-mile medium-mountain ride through the Alps from Chambery to Gap (one Category 1 climb and one Category 2 climb) 1. Sergio Paulinho, Portugal, Team RadioShack, 5 hours, 10 minutes, 56 seconds. 2. Vasili Kiryienka, Belarus, Caisse d’Epargne, same time. 3. Dries Devenyns, Belgium, Quick Step, 1 minute, 29 seconds behind. 4. Pierre Rolland, France, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, same time. 5. Mario Aerts, Belgium, Omega PharmaLotto, 1:33. 6. Maxime Bouet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 3:20. 7. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, AG2R La Mondiale, 12:58. 8. Remi Pauriol, France, Cofidis, 13:57. 9. Mark Cavendish, Britain, Team HTCColumbia, 14:19. 10. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy, LampreFarnese, same time. 11. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Cervelo Test Team, same time. 12. Robbie McEwen, Australia, Katusha Team, same time. 13. Lloyd Mondory, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 14. Sebastien Turgot, France, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, same time. 15. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, same time. 16. Sebastian Lang, Germany, Omega Pharma-Lotto, same time. 17. Jurgen Roelandts, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, same time. 18. Kristjan Koren, Slovenia, LiquigasDoimo, same time. 19. Damien Monier, France, Cofidis, same time. 20. Matti Breschel, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank, same time. Also 130. Lance Armstrong, United States, Team RadioShack, 15:47.

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ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan has figured out just how many fans it can seat in the new-look Big House. The school announced Wednesday the capacity of Michigan Stadium will be 109,901 this season, making it the country’s largest football stadium. The public had 14 hours Wednesday to tour some of the new suites and club seats. A $226 million renovation will be completed later this summer. The project began a day after the 2007 season. Well-heeled fans and companies are making at least a three-year pledge to pay up to $85,000 for a 16-seat suites plus prime parking. Club are as much as $4,000 per seat plus the cost of tickets and include a oneyear term. The Wolverines’ opener is Sept. 4 at home against the Connecticut Huskies.

Track and ﬁeld Bolt predicts season-best time Friday Usain Bolt expects to beat the year’s fastest time for the 100 meters when he faces Jamaican rival Asafa Powell in Paris on Friday. Bolt clocked 9.82 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday, matching Powell’s time in Rome last month. The two will race against each other for the first time this season in a highly anticipated showdown at the Diamond League meet at the Stade de France. Bolt said Tuesday “I definitely think the time will be even faster.”

Auto racing Rahal rejoins Newman/Haas Graham Rahal has a ride for the rest of the IndyCar season. The 21-year-old American driver is teaming up with Newman/Haas Racing for six of the final eight IndyCar Series races, starting this weekend in Toronto. Rahal drove for Newman/Haas from 2007-09 and became the youngest winner in IndyCar history at St. Petersburg in 2008. He’s been without a full-time ride this season due to sponsorship issues, driving a handful of races for Sarah Fisher Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold.

I’ve never been a fan of the NBA’s “one-and-done” policy, which basically mandates that the NBA can’t draft players right out of high school, forcing prep stars to play a mandatory Hugh one year Bernreuter of college basketball. But while watching the LeBron James implosion last Thursday, I wondered if one year of subjugating himself to college basketball — where coaches are the kings — would have given him some of the people skills he clearly lacks.

Soccer Spain No. 1 in FIFA rankings, Dutch No. 2 World Cup winner Spain tops the latest FIFA rankings, with runner-up Netherlands moving up to second. The reigning world and European champion overtook Brazil, which slipped to third. Germany climbs two places to No. 4 after its third-place showing in South Africa, ahead of Argentina and World Cup semifinalist Uruguay. England, Portugal, Egypt and Chile round out the top 10.

Overall Standings (After 10 stages) 1. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank, 49 hours, 56 seconds. 2. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, 41 seconds behind. 3. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, EuskaltelEuskadi, 2:45. 4. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 2:58. 5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 3:31. 6. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Team RadioShack, 3:59. 7. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Rabobank, 4:22. 8. Luis-Leon Sanchez, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, 4:41. 9. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 5:08. 10. Ivan Basso, Italy, Liquigas-Doimo, 5:09. 11. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liquigas-Doimo, 5:11. 12. Ryder Hesjedel, Canada, GarminTransitions, 5:42. 13. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, AG2R La Mondiale, 6:23. 14. Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan, Astana, 6:31. 15. Michael Rogers, Australia, Team HTCColumbia, 7:04. 16. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Cervelo Test Team, 7:13. 17. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Pro Cycling, 7:18. 18. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing Team, 7:47. 19. Thomas Lovkvist, Sweden, Sky Pro Cycling, 8:03. 20. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Team RadioShack, 9:05. Also 25. Christopher Horner, United States, Team RadioShack, 11:06 31. Lance Armstrong, United States, Team RadioShack, 17:22.

SOCCER 2010 WORLD CUP THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 10 At Port Elizabeth, South Africa Germany 3, Uruguay 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 11 At Johannesburg Spain 1, Netherlands 0, OT

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS—Promoted INF Dustin Ackley, LHP Edward Paredes and RHP Anthony Varvaro to Tacoma (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Acquired SS Yunel Escobar and LHP Jo-Jo Reyes from Atlanta Braves for SS Alex Gonzalez, LHP Tim Collins and INF Tyler Pastronicky. Designated RHP Ronald Uviedo for assignment. Midwest League QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS— Announced C Roberto Espinoza was assigned to Batavia (New York-Penn). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Signed G Kyle Lowry to an offer sheet. LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Agrred to terms with G Derek Fisher. NEW JERSEY NETS—Named Billy King general manager. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS—Waived DL Keith Grennan and TE Greg Estandia. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD—Signed C Joel Broda to a three-year contract.

AUTO RACING NASCAR SPRINT CUP LIFELOCK.COM 400 Saturday At Chicagoland Speedway Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) David Reutimann, Toyota, 267 laps, 133.6 rating, 190 points, $321,531. 2. (11) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267, 116.6, 175, $242,423. 3. (6) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, 122.9, 170, $218,526. 4. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 267, 108.1, 165, $154,725. 5. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 267, 125.7, 160, $182,929. 6. (12) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 267, 96.1, 150, $149,540. 7. (14) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 267, 100.4, 146, $142,915. 8. (17) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 90, 142, $122,625. 9. (3) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 267, 102.1, 138, $138,448. 10. (9) Paul Menard, Ford, 267, 91.5, 134, $109,200. 11. (8) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267, 101.5, 130, $98,700. 12. (26) David Ragan, Ford, 267, 82.9, 127, $106,800. 13. (34) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 267, 75.5, 124, $145,351. 14. (13) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 267, 83.2, 121, $131,976. 15. (21) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 267, 82.2, 118, $110,525. 16. (10) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 267, 84.6, 120, $129,281. 17. (33) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, 66.8, 112, $136,781. 18. (30) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 266, 73.3, 109, $119,135. 19. (18) Joey Logano, Toyota, 266, 67.9, 106, $127,365. 20. (41) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 266, 57.2, 103, $98,425. 21. (16) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 266, 71.6, 100, $99,475. 22. (19) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 266, 66.4, 97, $123,354. 23. (25) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 266, 63.4, 94, $97,350. 24. (5) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 266, 61.2, 91, $96,050. 25. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 266, 107.9, 98, $138,453. 26. (22) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 265, 56.1, 85, $129,198.

27. (24) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 265, 54.5, 82, $124,123. 28. (23) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 265, 53.5, 79, $113,248. 29. (20) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 265, 43.3, 76, $84,875. 30. (39) Scott Speed, Toyota, 264, 49.2, 73, $101,198. 31. (43) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 261, 37, 70, $104,185. 32. (40) David Gilliland, Ford, 261, 32.1, 67, $95,798. 33. (42) Kevin Conway, Ford, 256, 30.2, 64, $83,975. 34. (27) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 251, 56.8, 61, $118,176. 35. (4) Greg Biffle, Ford, engine, 225, 77, 58, $88,600. 36. (36) David Stremme, Ford, 184, 35.2, 55, $88,400. 37. (29) Bill Elliott, Ford, accident, 176, 43.4, 52, $80,175. 38. (38) Robby Gordon, Toyota, accident, 174, 39.6, 49, $92,023. 39. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, brakes, 73, 35.9, 46, $79,750. 40. (35) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, brakes, 49, 34, 43, $79,530. 41. (37) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 40, 33, 40, $79,280. 42. (31) Max Papis, Toyota, overheating, 40, 27.8, 37, $79,110. 43. (28) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, rear gear, 20, 28.6, 34, $79,381. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 145.138 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 34 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.727 seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 21 laps. Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers. Top 12 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 2,745; 2. J.Gordon, 2,642; 3. J.Johnson, 2,557; 4. D.Hamlin, 2,542; 5. Ku.Busch, 2,524; 6. Ky.Busch, 2,488; 7. J.Burton, 2,465; 8. M.Kenseth, 2,446; 9. T.Stewart, 2,389; 10. C.Edwards, 2,345; 11. G.Biffle, 2,292; 12. C.Bowyer, 2,286. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, LeadLap Finish.

GOLF PGA JOHN DEERE CLASSIC Sunday At TPC Deere Run Silvis, Ill. Purse: $4.4 million Yardage: 7,268; Par: 71 Final (FedEx Cup points in parentheses) Steve Stricker (500), $792,000 60-66-62-70 — Paul Goydos (300), $475,200 59-68-67-66 — Jeff Maggert (190), $299,200 66-65-63-70 — Shaun Micheel (135), $211,200 69-66-63-67 — Matt Jones (110), $176,000 64-67-66-70 — Vaughn Taylor (100), $158,400 71-66-64-67 — Charley Hoffman (85), $137,133 65-69-70-65 — Tim Clark (85), $137,133 71-66-66-66 — Brendon de Jonge (85), $137,133 67-65-68-69 — Brett Quigley (73), $114,400 68-67-68-67 — Troy Matteson (73), $114,400 69-66-67-68 — Greg Chalmers (61), $92,400 68-70-67-66 — Tom Pernice, Jr. (61), $92,400 71-67-65-68 — John Senden (61), $92,400 70-66-65-70 — Rod Pampling (54), $68,200 67-67-69-69 — Jason Day (54), $68,200 66-71-66-69 — Kenny Perry (54), $68,200 68-70-65-69 — Rocco Mediate (54), $68,200 67-71-64-70 — Garrett Willis (54), $68,200 67-70-65-70 — Charlie Wi (54), $68,200 66-69-66-71 — Jason Bohn (44), $36,418 69-67-69-68 — Zach Johnson (44), $36,418 67-69-69-68 — Jonathan Byrd (44), $36,418 66-69-71-67 — Boo Weekley (44), $36,418 70-63-71-69 — Todd Hamilton (44), $36,418 68-70-67-68 — Michael Bradley (44), $36,418 68-70-69-66 — Joe Ogilvie (44), $36,418 67-69-68-69 — Webb Simpson (44), $36,418 67-66-70-70 — Josh Teater (44), $36,418 67-69-68-69 — Andres Romero (44), $36,418 68-70-70-65 — Gary Woodland (44), $36,418 66-72-65-70 — Chad Collins (44), $36,418 67-68-67-71 — James Nitties (44), $36,418 64-69-69-71 — Chad Campbell (35), $22,704 71-67-68-68 — Spencer Levin (35), $22,704 71-67-69-67 — Kevin Sutherland (35), $22,704 68-67-68-71 — Scott Piercy (35), $22,704 69-69-70-66 — Kevin Stadler (35), $22,704 67-70-71-66 — Chris Couch (28), $15,858 68-66-71-70 — Henrik Bjornstad (28), $15,858 69-68-68-70 — John Merrick (28), $15,858 68-69-69-69 — Aaron Baddeley (28), $15,858 64-68-74-69 — Chris DiMarco (28), $15,858 70-66-68-71 — Steve Elkington (28), $15,858 67-70-70-68 —

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Sunday At Oakmont Country Club Oakmont, Pa. Purse: $3.25 million Yardage: 6,613; Par: 71 (a-amateur) Final Round Paula Creamer, $585,000 72-70-70-69-281 Na Yeon Choi, $284,468 75-72-72-66-285 Suzann Pettersen, $284,468 73-71-72-69-285 In Kyung Kim, $152,565 74-71-73-68-286 Jiyai Shin, $110,481 76-71-72-68-287 Brittany Lang, $110,481 69-74-75-69-287 Amy Yang, $110,481 70-75-71-71-287 Inbee Park, $87,202 70-78-73-68-289 Christina Kim, $87,202 72-72-72-73-289 Yani Tseng, $72,131 73-76-73-68-290 Sakura Yokomine, $72,131 71-71-76-72-290 Alexis Thompson, $72,131 73-74-70-73-290 Song-Hee Kim, $63,524 72-76-78-65-291 Stacy Lewis, $56,659 75-70-75-72-292 Natalie Gulbis, $56,659 73-73-72-74-292 Wendy Ward, $56,659 72-73-70-77-292 Karrie Webb, $49,365 74-72-73-74-293 Cristie Kerr, $49,365 72-71-75-75-293 Kristy McPherson, $39,285 72-78-74-70-294 Shi Hyun Ahn, $39,285 72-77-73-72-294 Azahara Munoz, $39,285 75-74-71-74-294 Angela Stanford, $39,285 73-72-74-75-294 Jeong Jang, $39,285 73-72-74-75-294 Sophie Gustafson, $39,285 72-72-74-76-294 Jee Young Lee, $29,625 72-76-76-71-295 So Yeon Ryu, $29,625 74-74-76-71-295 Brittany Lincicome, $29,625 73-78-71-73-295 Chie Arimura, $24,096 74-72-76-74-296 Maria Hjorth, $24,096 73-72-75-76-296 Candie Kung, $24,096 76-72-79-69-296 M.J. Hur, $21,529 70-81-74-72-297 Ai Miyazato, $21,529 73-74-80-70-297 Ashli Bunch, $21,529 78-74-75-70-297 Meaghan Francella, $18,980 75-72-77-74-298 Mhairi McKay, $18,980 71-78-76-73-298 Morgan Pressel, $18,980 74-75-75-74-298 Jeong Eun Lee, $18,980 72-78-73-75-298 Shinobu Moromizato, $18,980 72-77-77-72-298 Karen Stupples, $16,761 75-75-76-73-299 Eun-Hee Ji, $16,761 77-75-74-73-299 Maria Hernandez, $14,235 76-73-75-76-300 Heather Young, $14,235 78-71-76-75-300 Vicky Hurst, $14,235 72-77-77-74-300 a-Jennifer Johnson, $0 78-73-71-78-300

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ANNOUNCEMENTS EMPLOYMENT INDEX • Adoptions • Adult Foster Care • Bands, Dj’s, Music • Bids • Card of Thanks • Charity Games • Child Care Providers • Entertainment Serv. • Found • Happy Ads • House Sitting • Legal Notices • Lost • Med-Emotional Serv. • Personals • Professional Serv. • Public Notices • Senior Services • Tickets

INDEX • Accounting, Finance • Child Care • Computers, Tech • Direct Sales • Domestic Employment • Drivers, Transportation • Education • Emp, Counsel, Resume • Employment Services • Employment Wanted • Engineering • Food Services • General Help Wanted • Health Care • Office, Clerical • Private Instruction • Professional, Manger • Sales • Schools, Instruction • Volunteers

Adoptions

Drivers, Transport

Adopting your newborn is a gift we’ll treasure. Endless love, secure future, awaits your precious baby. Maureen and Corey 1-888-828-6823 ADOPTION: A young, happily married couple promises your baby a secure, loving home. Exp. paid. Angela & Adam, 1-800-336-5316.

Charity Games ASC Sun/Thur 6:30 Village Hall E-units/1/2 off books 892-7283 #A04530 #A21769 SUN. NIGHT 6:30 p.m., 300 Lafayette Boys & Girls Club. Proceeds: F.O.P. #A03301 .

Found FOUND - Girls Bike, 4th & Chase area. Call (989) 8941175 to describe.

FOUND LISTING for 07/08 DOGS Cage 9 Terrier white/brown male 3 yrs old Cage 16 Collie/lab black male 3 yrs old Cage 17 Lab/shepherd black/tan female 12 yrs Cage 20 Lab/shepherd tan/black female 5 yrs old Cage 21 Lab yellow female 4 yrs old Cage 25 Lab blonde/cream male 1 yr old Cage 99 pitbull white female 6 months old CATS Cage 41 black shorthair male 3 yrs old Cage 42 Calico shorthair female 1 yr old Cage 43 Black/white shorthair female 2 months old Cage 95 black shorthair 1 yr old Animal Control (989) 894-0679 Mon.-Fri., 9 am to 6 pm CLOSED SATURDAYS Animals with collars, tags or chains are held for 7 days - WITHOUT, held only 4 days! NOTE: If not claimed by owners, these animals may be adoptable!

CDL DRIVERS WANTED Now have free training and job placement help for qualified people. 989-692-0560

Education Auto Mechanics Instructor

PAPA JOHN’S in Bay City Blueberries at Russell’s now hiring all positions. In - 11895 Frost, Freeland 781siders, drivers, door hang - 2859. 8-8 daily. Plant Sale ers, sign shakers. Apply within. 202 N. Walnut. RASBERRIES , you pick, $3.50/ qt. 2282 Salzburg Rd. Public Saftety Officer for between 3 & 4 Mile. FRESH! City of Essexville. Apply at City Hall, 1107 Woodside, Essexville until 7/30/2010.

Pets, Supplies

Sunrise Family Credit Un- AKC Yellow Lab & Foxy Red ion Euclid Office Hiring part Lab Puppies -Dewclaws, 1st time teller apply within. Shots, Wormed $350 (989) 964-8222 Travel Agent full/part time Resume to Travel, 4335 Wilder, Bay City, MI 48706

Health Care Covenant HealthCare Employment Opportunities CovenantHealthCare.com

ACCOUNT SERVICE M A N A G E R - Mature, hard-working, responsible team player needed for outside and inside sales involving home improvement and construction. Knowledge of building tades or home improvement helpful. We offer a complete compensation package that includes bonuses. Apply in person at: 2864 East Wilder Road Bay City, MI 48706 ACT NOW!! Entry Level Positions In Local 80 year old company For Full time & Part Time No experience necessary, We provide training Advancement available $20/Start Must have reliable auto Call Now for interview! (989) 695-4600

Part Time Nurse RN/LPN for Oncology Office. Please send resume to: M- 11027 The Saginaw News 203 S. Washington Saginaw, MI 48607-1283 Lab puppies, 9 weeks old, 2 chocolate female, 1 black male. AKC registered, $400. (989) 891-0296.

Sales

CLINIC MANAGER - Medical Weight Loss Clinic has an opening for a motivated Sales professional at our Midland Clinic. FT position is almost entirely commission-based; bonuses, incentives available; benefits. Will meet individually with prospective patients to explain our various weight loss programs; oversee daily operations. Requirements: Must have prior Sales exp; ability to achieve set sales goals. Excellent presentation skills; professional appearance that reflects healthy lifestyle choices. Prior supervisory exp is a plus. Must be able to attend 3 week Paid Training program beginning 8/2. Specify MIDLAND when submitting resume: jobs@mwlc.com or Fax – 248.369.6415.

LOOKING for MANAGEMENT TRAINEE and SALESPEOPLE - If you have a successful back ground in sales, call (989) 799-8031. New Real Estate Agent Training. Raintree Realty Call 989-686-6677. SALES PERSON Fast Finance Auto Sales is looking for a self-motivated aggressive individual. We offer high earning potential, competitive benefits & the opportunity to advance in the organization. Some experience necessary. For interview, mail resume to: 6190 Bay Rd., Saginaw 48604, fax: 989-921-0409.

Schools, Instruction DELTA COLLEGE visit us at www.delta.edu (989) 686-9179

AFC Home has immediate openings, must be CMH trained. Call 989-697-3686.

Bay-Arenac ISD Opening Day Event, 9-01-10 with Dr. Ruby Payne. 989-686-4410. City of Bay City www.baycitymi.org (989) 894-8168

The County Board of Commissioners meets the 2nd Tues of every mo. at 4pm in the Commission Chambers Bay County Bldg. Closed sessions, if required & appropriate, may be conducted. Minutes available in the County Clerk’s Office. Persons with disabilities ADA 895-4130 TDD 895-4049

Customer sales/service

JULY OPENINGS

$14.25 base-appt., flex. sched, conditions apply, 989-667-2008

MANAGER TRAINEE Great benefits and earning potential. Career opportunities available upon completion of training program. Bachelor’s degree in a business field required. Must be open to relocation. Add’l $2.50 per hour for weekend hours. Apply in person at: 2864 East Wilder Road Bay City, MI 48706

100 mpg mopeds and cycles. Stevens, 684-9872.

German Shepherd Pups, Male and female. purebred, 8 weeks, $250 each Call 989-712-0049

GOLDEN Retriever & Old English Sheep pups, AKC, shots, wormed, tennantsgoldens.com 989-551-6742.

FOUND Nintendo DS, end of July. Call to identify & Attendant needed at the claim. (989) 895-9700. Tilt in the Bay City Mall. Call 405-204-3989 for info.

Public Notices

Beagle Pups - AKC, shots, dewormed, only $100. Call (989) 674-8467

GOLDEN RETRIEVER , Job Opportunities - Bay Re - AKC, females, $375; males, $350. (989) 737-1004 gional Medical Center 8946464 www.bayregional.org

Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center. Bachelor of Science Degree with Automotive Technology content and two years of recent, relevant work experience or Secondary teaching certificate with vocational authorization in Automotive Technology or five years of recent, relevant work experience in Automotive Technology with related license and certification. Ability to work with high school students. Refer to www.baisd.net for full job description. Send credentials to: Mr. Sevener, Bay-Arenac ISD, KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY 4228 Two Mile Road, A Career... Not A Job Bay City, MI 48706. EOE Call John at 895-8200.

General Help Wanted

Good Things To Eat

PETS, FARM

INDEX • Christmas Trees • Dirt, Gravel • Farm Equipment • Good Things To Eat • Horses, Stables • Livestock, Feed • Pets, Supplies • Plant, Shrub, Tree • Wanted or Exchange

Good Things To Eat

MALTESE Yorkie Mixes 989-684-2462; several small breeds 989-392-5220. Pembroke Welsh Corgi AKC pups. Vet checked. Pets $450-600. 989-426-1536. SHIH TZU PUPS - 1 female, $375; 1 male, $350. Not reg istered. (989) 539-1593 Yorkies, $500. Yorkie-poos & Matlipoos, toysize, non shed. $375+ 989-225-1367.

Antique, Art, Collectable

Garage Sale

163 S GREEN RD off WANTED: Old beer cans Cass Ave. Electronics, furni ture, Little Tykes, kid’s and beer can collections . CASH PAID! 586-222-5382 clothes, holiday, household & more. Sat. only! 9-3

Auctions, Auctioneers

Garage Sale GARAGE SALE - Thur-Fri. 9-5, Sat. 9-1 p.m. Golf cart, washer, gas smoker, tent, coolers, appliances, toys, lots of misc. , 3156 S. Huron Rd. Bay City.

INDEX

• Antiques, Art, Collection • Appliances • Auctions, Auctioneers • Baby Items, Toys • Bargain Corner • Building Supplies • Business Office Equip. • Cameras, Supplies • Clothing • Computers • Crafts, Bazaars • Estate Sales • Exercise Equipment • Firewood, Heating Sup. • Flowers • Garage Sale • Handicap Equipment • Home Electronics • Household Goods • Jewelry, Diamonds • Machine, Tools, Indust. • Miscellanious Items • Moonlight Bargains • Musical Merchandise • Pools, Hot Tub, Access. • Refridgeration Equip. • Restaurant Equipment • Sport Trading Card • Swaps, Wanted • Wanted Bargain • Yard Equipment

Appliances GAS STOVE , washer & gas dryer, all like new, $150 each. (989) 893-2274.

Antique, Art, Collectable CASH FOR ANTIQUES 1 piece or Whole Estate. Frank’s Antiques, Lapeer Call 810-667-1676. Kawkawlin Pawn: buying /selling silver, gold, US coins including coin collections. Call (989) 671-2277.

BERRY PATCH - Blueberries, 2070 Tittabawassee, Moss Rose Dishes - 95 Hemlock. Mon - Sat 8-8pm pieces, perfect condition, Sun., 12-8pm 989-642-8403. $200. Call (989) 654-3439.

Alice Cooper Tickets (4) $25 each. (989) 391-9131.

Shoe Stores 2010 Estate Plan - Wills & Allan’s Trusts. Avoid Probate!!! Summer Sandle Sale! 30% Off All Regular Priced 894-0100 or gowerlaw.com. Sandles! Ab e lto rr e s 4ju d g e .co m fundraiser July 22, 2010 KC American Girl Doll Party #4102 River Rd 5-8pm. July 17. Call Ruth 892-8743. BareBones BarBQ to cater. American Legion Fish Fry Volunteer to help Abel get Post 18, 700 Adams St. 895elected (989) 894-0506. Paid 5231 every Friday 11-8pm. for by candidate. Lunch specials, free delivery Any item with blue 15% off! Annuals, baskets & pots $5. Roses & Perennials 20% off! Warmbier Farms, 5300 Garfield, Auburn, 662-7002.

Absolutely Krzysiaks Fri 3-8pm lower level buffet $6.95. Coupon effective 7/15 - 7/21. Fresh lake perch, smelt, whitefish, or scallops dinners. Eat in $6.95, takeout $5.95. New footlong deluxe perch sandwich with a free chicken dinner $4.99. Take out roast turkey & dressing & several other dinners $2.99, chicken noodle soup 59¢ qt., limit 3. Call our hotline: 894-8595.

Assisted Living Bay Valley House has private room. 989-667-3808 or 714-7853

Affordable Bankruptcy 894-0100 or gowerlaw.com

Autos: Buying unwanted vehicles, to $300. 529-6610.

Don’t put it in the garage. Put it in The Times Classiﬁeds. Call 894-2871

Cars-Domestic Ford 2007 Taurus Burgundy, loaded, good con dition, $6,250. 989-233-7919

Sharpening equipment: lathe, pedestal grinder with exhaust fan, key cutter with keys, (989) 659-3380.

Pontiac 1995 Bonneville 3800 motor, 104,000 mi. $2200/best. 989-316-8433.

1916 5th St. - 4 family Wood Mizer tooth setter huge sale. Clothing, furni- Girly Garage Sale - 400 brand new paid $800 selling ture, misc. Fri.-Sun. 9-5pm. Bradley in Banks, Fri. & Sat. for $500. 989-712-0049 PONTIAC 2004 Grand Prix 9-5. Household, shoes, plus Butler Auction Services GTP. 24,500 mi. Florida car, INDEX size clothes, misc. items. 989-799-4181 one owner. Loaded! 2097 Avalon Circle off M• Auto Finance, Insurance www.rodbutler.com $10,000. (989) 686-7054. 15, computer desk & chair, • Auto Transport Share Huge Moving Sale -July 16mens leather boots & coat, 17; 9 am - 5 pm; 1010 Har• Cars Domestic childs pool table, 12" TV, "CONEX" AUCTION ding Rd; Center to Harding • Cars Import CD player+ speakers, dishes FRI., JULY 16TH 11AM @ Mandarin House Restau- 10,000 GALLONS TOP Trucks, trailers, tools, load - books, snowblower. Fri. 9-5 • Classic, Antique rant; Furniture, bikes, toys, QUALITY HOUSE PAINT ers, fork lifts, backhoes, Buick 2007 Rendezvous boys clothes, lots of misc. • Crossovers ON SALE. WHITE & repair parts, generators, 3rd seat, 19,000 COLORS. SUPER PRICE. 224 N. LINCOLN AVE • Heavy Trucks, Equipment Loaded, welders & much more miles, factory warranty. LARSON’S B.C’. Baby Girl clothes, & mens & 4376 Beecher Road HUGE SALE • SUVs $17,500. (989) 225-2492 893-2771 womens, electronics, books, 1651 S. Fraser Kawkawlin Flint, MI 48532 • Tires, Parts, Accessories DVDs, Tools, misc. house - 1.5 mi. north of Beaver Rd Steven Cole & Assoc. • Trucks For Sale hold Thurs. & Fri. 10 to 5. Loads of kids toys, clothes, www.auctionstreet.com OAK CABINETS, 810-397-3199 furniture, household, TVs, • Utillity Trailers HOT PRICE. PICS AT carseats, Fri & Sat, 9-4. • Vans For Sale 2 Day Sale! Kids clothes, LARSONSALVAGE.COM CHEVY 2005 EQUINOX newborn to 4T & teen girls, • Wanted Vehicles 895-5221 LT, AWD, Leather, heated furniture & toys. 2953 Mid Large Garage Sale • Motorcycles, Service seats, black, 119,000 mi. land Rd. Fri.-Sat. 8-4 2133 Bullock Rd. Bay City. $7,600. (989)673-6096 Caro Fri.-Sat. 9-5pm. Quality Used Dell computers, Discount Office Furnishing, 3220 E. Fisher Corner of 892-1886 , 405 Garfield A ve Kasemeyer Thurs-Fri 8-5:30 Lots of misc., some antiques. No dealers, no early p.m. Baby Items, clothes girl 0-3T, boy 0-5/6, mater - sales! Fri., & Sat. 9-5, 476 Duck Hunting / Fishing REPOS nity clothes costumes, misc W. Hampton Rd., Essexville camp on open channel, to Take over payments, Wild Fowl Bay in low rent 12V FUEL Pump 1/4hp with park, 32’ 5th Wheel. Make Financing not necessary Filter, Hose, Nozzle $250. Huge Estate Sale - Large 810-686-2776 offer. 810 621-2350. MOVING SALE. FRI. & 70 Gal L-Shape F UEL TANK 3561 BANGOR RD. amount of jewelry, and SAT. 9-4. 821 S. KNIGHT Weather Guard $350. 3 Family sale. Furniture, TV, collectibles, some antiques, RD., BAY CITY Like New. (989) 922-0352. kitchen items, ladies & dishes & glassware, tons of Kawkawlin Pawn: buying mens clothes, medical Christmas items, some furselling hand guns, rifles niture, clothing & tools. 612 scrubs, fooze ball game, Multi-family Garage Sale - shotguns & ammo. (989) Metal Tool box - For full N. Sheridan, July 16-18, 9-6. scrapbooking items, & much 6/15-6/17 (Thurs. - Sat), 9671-2277 Buick 1999 LeSabre Loaded, size truck, $170. (989) 879more, Fri. & Sat. 9-5 p.m. 5, 4688 Myra Lee, Auburn, cold air, maintained, good 1650 or (989) 928-2635 MI E. of Carter off Midland shape, $2,600. 662-4969. 3 Family Sale - 356 Agnes Rd. Baby items, infant, todFri-Sat 9-3pm. Kids clothes, dler, men’s & women’s Cadillac 1992 Deville, toys, exercise equipment. clothing, furniture, lawn equipment and more. $1000 or best offer, very EXERCISE EXPRESS clean and good running Call Chevy 1994 S-10 Blazer 4X4 Diabetic Test Strips 4.3 motor, 143,000 miles Exercize equipment after 5pm 989-495-0136 4160 Snug Harbor , MULTI-FAMILY SALE! wanted. Up to $12/100. $1,150/best. 989-316-8433. summer tune up, $49.95 Fairgrove (Quanicassee) Brand name young mens & Local pick-up. 989-687-6210 up to 3 peices. Fri.-Sun. 9-4 p.m. Dining ta - women’s, also plus size & 7402 Gratiot (M-46) Car & Credit ble, China, table saw, kids clothes, housewares, in Shields next to A.T. The King of Credit, guar- FORD 1989 DIESEL 20’ box trailer, misc. tires, bike and misc. WANTED: Old beer cans anteed credit or we will 5spd manual gear 32,000 Frank. (989) 781-6700 Fri-Sat 9-3. 2161 Salzburg and beer can collections . give you the car. 686-6555 GVW $3800 (989) 892-4460. CASH PAID! 586-222-5382 4 FAMILY Huge Sale y lute cons henit velis num t lorem zzrilissi Something for everyoneSALE! 7/16, 7/17: 9-5 ro C h evy 1989 Cutlass Sierra im in ci en Baby to Adult, Antique 3046 Coventry Dr. Gaslight dignin Met wisl ea fa tem iusto eum ve t au feum Tables, 2996 Salzburg Rd. sub., off 2 Mile Rd. Baby elen r iureet iliquisit ptat vel ullaore r ip 4 door, 2.8L, bad injectors, co ve llu Fri & Sat 9-4. items, child / adult clothing, mlorer inci endit vu olor aute magna et aut $299/best. (989) 482-0836 INTERSTATE TRAILER in m t furniture, home decor, toys, ea am nullandre od tisi tincilisl er del dolen ENCLOSED 7x14 Tandem euism volore Precious Moments, tent. Axle Dual Doors. $2900 or FIREWOOD - by the et nibh extin utatuer cidunt iam qui bla aliq CHEVY 1997 Monte Carlo rilissi o dio od tet ad luptat lute con Semi load! 20 full cords. zz 504 N. Monroe F A N st LS Coupe. Sunroof, loaded! best. (989) 891-6047. For price call eum vero vero od tionse do dignim i TASTIC Indoor Moving $2,475. (989) 684-0542. veliquisisnt in Met n Stuff! Lots of it. co (989) 426-6852 o aore feum le se di / Liquidation Sale July r iure 709 N. Sheridan-just south gna cor ipit, e velesto enim de at tpatem ve 15th thru 18th 10AM. of Center. Thurs.-Fri. 8-5 r in et autpsim ipis aut ulpudolor sent lore Knick-knacks, display del dolenialiquat lor sequisdipisisis ad ea a CHEVY, 200 1-06 Malibue a case, 400 plus size clothm qui bl te consectet iurelis nummy nibh 15 to choose! from $4,975. 1999 CHEVY Venture 3400 ing, love seat, stove, The Cat’s Meow downtown oluptat lu im in henit ve ci ent lorem zz Bay Cars 737-8690. V6 153,885 mi. Motor top is now taking consignment quisis digninMet wisl ea faautem iusto eu kiln, dryer, washer, misc. nt it 2 Indoor cats need good e end redone. Reliable! $2500 furniture. You can put mon- nim dele ver iureet iliquis lluptat vel ullaor home, declawed, & fixed. m vu na t or best (989) 316-2070 te ag di pa m en ut te ci ey in your pockets & help an au Chevy 2009 Cobalt 18,000 r in or re ol lo in m nt (989) 266-3232. er re l agency that has assisted or se ea am nulland mod tisi tincilis de mi. 1 owner, good gas milere ad is 909 E. Borton Road over 7,000 people this year. sis bh et nibh ex eu atuer cidunt volo qui b age, $13,000. 894-0428 DODGE 2005 Caravan m ut ni between Callahan and 810 Washington Ave. 391- y rem zzrilissi tin o dio od tet adialuptat lu ADORABLE FEMALE 111,000 highway miles, lo st do ro e Nolet. Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 9335. As always larger don- sto eum ve ns tio di od s si ro ORANGE KITTEN. runs greats $5950 245-9530 9-5. Electric chair, walker, ations can be scheduled at m iul ullaore feum vese dio con veliqui lent i de (989) 753-4849 ve it, im ip FORD, 2003 Mustang GT, r co o en clothes, electronics, misc. 894-0712. te magna et autpate velestulputpatem ver convertible, 5 speed trans cilisl er in lenisim ipis aut lor sent lorer i mission, red, black top con - Dodge 2006 Caravan do do l is de qu e se ea am n vertible top, 3,000 mi., like 63,000 mi., 4 cylinder, gas or r Dogs and Pups - 1 male aliquat lo b pisisis ad Walker, female Lab, 5 pups A-1 Annual Garage Sale! Westgate Sub. Sales off qui blaconsectet iure dinummy nibh et nisi t new condition, 297-1828. saver, $7650. 989-497-8474 is te lis 198 S. Lincoln Rd. Satur ril lu Midland Rd. Thurs. Sat. 9ve at 7 weeks. (989) 846-9018. henit l rem zz day ONLY! 7am-3pm. Girls 5 p.m. Lots of Everything. 3t & up, toys, household, FREE, 1980’ s CHRISTMAS appliances, & much more! CATALOGS. CALL 989-686-3063 A big yard sale. Lots of miscellaneous. 2115 5th FREE cute and colorful Street. Fri. & Sat., 9-4. 60" TV Mitsubishi HD Anyone providing $600 or more in materials and/or labor Kittens, to good home. Couch, Loveseat,Coffee & for residential remodeling, construction or labor 989-714-7412 End Tables, Lamps, recently BIG MOVING SALE - Fur- purchased $2100; sell for is required by state law to be licensed. niture, TV’s, grill, kids $1200 (989) 693-6278. FREE KITTENS - 12 weeks clothes, misc. 1532 Rose old, 1 gray & 1 black. Lin- St., Fri. & Sat., 9-4. wood area. 989-213-4915. A Beautiful King size pillow top mattress set with BIG SALE - 877 Youngsditch deluxe frame. Cost $900, Free Kittens, Rd., Thurs. - Sat. 9-5 p.m. A2Z CLEANING - 24 years Bath, Addition, Plaster, Geno’s Lawn Care , Landsacrifice for $400. to good homes. Something for Everyone. Homes & Businesses. Gift Tile,Painting. David Sajdak scaping, power washing. 989-799-3532. Call (989) 892-1567. certificates. 989-684-5581. Construction call 684-1599 Insured. 662-2306, 233-9501

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Household Goods

Free to good home: Black Lab mix puppies, 7 weeks old. 989-327-3626.

BIG SALE - ladies clothes A Bunk Bed, solid med. - plus sizes & Jr. plus wood, new, with new matsizes, books, dolls, home tresses, all for $300. items & more, 1102 Transit 989.923.1278 St, Thurs. - Sat. 8:30-6.

KITTENS - 2 females, 1 male. Free to good home. (989) 892-1657

CHUCKIE’S BACK! Chuckie’s Bay County Flea Market open every Fri., Sat. & KITTENS three 10 weeks Sun., through end of October. Chuckie (989) 893-0541 old, Tiger, Black & white, & Gray. Very sweet. 892-6896

Bay Area Home, Business and Professional Home Directory Cleaning, Janitorial

Home Repair, Improvement

Landscaping, Lawns,Trees

Convalescent Care

General Remodeling & repairs. No job too small! Roofs, windows, kitchens, baths. Call Jim, 225-0787.

WACKERLE’S LAWN CARE Free Estimates (989) 879-8008.

Interior Remodeling Garages, additions, etc . licensed, insured. M&R Builder 989-662-7358

Painting, Decorating, Papering

AMISH Log headboard and Nursing Home Alternative: queen pillowtop mattress respite care, adult day care set, never used, sell all for Auburn Care Ctr. 662-4499. $275. 989-631-2280.

Electric, Wiring

A Temperpedic Style Memory foam mattress set, queen, new-never Elevator Rd. Sales beBryden’s Electric used, warranty, cost REALLY CUTE KITTENS, tween Linwood/ Anderson Electrical Work - Old / New mix of colors. Free to good Rd. Infant-adult 3x clothes, $1800. $695. 989-832-2401 No job too big/too small homes. (989) 697-3121. toys, books, movies, Call 892-4746. collectibles. Thurs.-Sat. 8-? Formal dark wood dining table 18" leaf, 6 newly upholSave us for the pound, 2 CLEMENTS Electric Servmale cats! 1 orange, 1 Family Sale - Fri & Sat 371 stered cane back chairs. $199/best. (989) 859-1209. ice upgrades, complete white. (989) 414-7059. River Dr., Lagoon Beach, home re-wire, 5 yr. warranoff State Park. ty. Free estimates. 892-4780 SHY MALE KITTEN, 6 MONTHS OLD, STRICTLY FOUR Family Garage Sale INDOOR. (989) 246-4374 7/22, 23 & 24 and 7/29, 30 & 31. 10-6. 350 N. Mackinaw. Buying old gold jewelry, reusable or scrap. Columbus GARAGE Sale 1707 S. Coin Jewelry, 812 Columbus A & B Plumbing & Heating A/C start up and repair Warner St. Many different 1035 W. Nebobish, off items & clothing of all service. Furnace and boiler Kawkawlin Pawn: Top Jones Rd. Fri. & Sat. 8-4 replacements. 989-686-5514 kinds. Fri., Sat., 9am-5pm. $$$ paid: coins, new, used Childs and adult clothes, & broken Jewelry 671-2277 baby items, misc.

Jewelry, Diamonds

Garage Sale

Garage Sale - Northgate, 3098 Glenway Place. 1111 Joseph St. off Wild- Boys and girls Abercrombie, er Fri.-Sat. 8 -? Kids clothes AE; big screen tv, furniture, size 6-10, toys, household motorized scooters, misc. items, TVs, Swing set. Thurs.-Fri. 9-5 p.m.

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Rent-A-Man Siding, windows, doors, general home Exterior painting, plaster repairs & maintenance Li- repair, sprayed texture. 989-213-2235. censed & Insured 893-4672 SUPERIOR EXTERIOR Interior/Exterior Painting, Roofs, remodeling. All home textured ceiling, wallpaper, improvements! 891-0962. drywall repair 989-293-8444

Landscaping, Lawns,Trees AFFORDABLE Tree/ Schrub trimmer! Complete lawn/ landscaping. 989.860.7371.

You Buy, We Apply Painting & Wallpapering. Free es timates, insured. 686-7704

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BOBCAT SERVICESB assett Tree Service, Moving stone, gravel or dirt. tree trim & removal, stump Just call Bob 989-225-3920! grinding. Insured. 415-6934.

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Fridays at the Falls. Free casual entertainment at the Third Street Waterfall Park. This week enjoy Bob Bloenk & Friends from 6 to 7 pm. Call Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Design Your Own Sailor downtownbaycity.com to place your ad. Hat at Do-ART, 810 Washington St., Thur. - Sat., 11-3. Ice Cream Social Tonight BASA Recreation Soccer Bingo - Fri. 10 a.m. Hard Limited quantity available. 5-7 pm at Hale Masonic for the Fall 2010 season. cards and paper specials. Temple, $5 per person. Online registration is now AMVETS Post 22, 520 N. Direct Care Worker NeedIT’S THE LOW COST THAT KEEPS open for boys & girls ages Pine. #A04041. ed. Call 1-4 p.m. 894-9014. PEOPLE COMING BACK TO U5 through U14. Go to THE CLASSIFIEDS Bingo Mon. through Sat., Family Perch Fish Frywww.basasoccer.com for all your information and to beat Boys and Girls Clubs 6:30 Sportsmen for Zimostrad - M & M Gutters - Steel & gin your registration. Can’t pm. Big Jackpots! 892-0072 July 21, 6-8 p.m. Linwood shingled roofs, siding, winAdults $20, chil- dows, doors & gutter covregister online? Call Alicia, License # A02698, A04387 & Marina, dren under 12 $5. Entertain- ers. 20 years experience. 989-482-9854, Dan 989-274- A03227. 4260, Carol 517-862-9955, Bingo - Thurs, 6:30 p.m . ment Josh Ramses Band. Free estimates 989-662-2340 Win a Fishing Trip- Auction Kim 989-892-7048. Pulaski Hall. Proceeds to St. Proceeds to Camp Fish Number 1 Pirate Party Bay Optical, 106 N. Erie George Society. New ma- Tales. Tickets at Franks Kingfish, Thursday the 15th, "Bee" Good to your Eyes, chines - reduced prices. Great Outdoors, Linwood 5 p.m. - ? WHNN. Food, Fun, #A03260. get an exam now 686-6400. Marina & Campgrounds, Drinks. (989) 894-0772. BUY A PET Bay Archery, and Michigan with a little help from classiﬁed Clearance sale has startPine Ridge AFC Now has Saginaw 754-9181 ed on gift and garden acces- Sportsmen. Paid for by openings. Call (989)737-7990 Bay City 894-2871 sories. Begick Nursery, 5993 Committee to Elect Eric Zimostrad District Judge. Power washing & waxing West Side Saginaw Rd. B & C Pizza: Every Day of homes. (989) 412-2719. 14" pizza with 1 item for NEED SOME WORK DONE Free narrated boat tours $7.49. 892-1519 or 686-4600. AROUND THE HOUSE? July 19-23 courtesy Krzysiak Tomatoes, Corn and lots Check out the ads in our Bier Garten 14oz. Prime House Restaurant www.bay more. Heinz Market, Center Service Directory. Rib dinner $10.95 Thu/Sat. cityboat lines.com and Knight.

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Wanted Vehicles $CASH FOR CARS$ Any Condition, cash on the spot. 989-326-1938. FREE PICKUP ! Paying cash for cars. Same day pick up. 989.737.7835 FREE PICKUP Rifkin is buying junk cars Call 989-752-7646.

Motorcycles, Service HONDA 2008 Gold Wing 1800 - 2800 miles, show room condition, floor boards. $17,000 or best (989) 697-4425 HUSKY 2004 WR250 Excellent woods bike, in good condition. $2500 or best! (989) 686-5194

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Bangor Downs is now accepting applications for 3 & 4 bedroom townhouses. Subsidized Housing. Mon.-Fri. 8-5 p.m. Call 686-4130.

Clean, fresh, 1 bedroom, heat, water included, non smoking, no pets, $425/mo. + deposit. (989) 909-0119.

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INDEX • Aircraft Sales • ATV, ORV • Bicycles, Services • Boat Rent Charter • Boat Slips, Docks • Boats, Motors, Access. • Campers, Trailers, Rent • Campers, Trailers, Sale • Camping Sites • Motor Homes Rent • Motor Homes Sale • Personal Watercraft • Sail Boats • Snowmobile Accessories

ATV, ORV POLARIS 2008 Sportsman 500 - Red, low miles, $4,800. (989) 697-4425

Boat Slips, Docks WHEELER LANDING Just Call Kathi 284-4139 Partial Season Availble!

Campers, Trailers, Rent STARCRAFT 2008 Antigua Expandable, 195CK, sleeps 8, full bath and kitchen, air, awning, excellent shape, $17,000. (989) 529-0806.

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• Ammenities_Rental • Apartment Furnished • Apartment Unfurnished • Condos, Townhouses • Duplex For Rent • Farms Acreage Rent • Garage, Park, Storage • Homes, Furnished • Homes, Unfurnished • Mfg. Homes Rent • Mobile Home Site Rent • Moble Homes Rent • Office Space Rent • Out City, State Rent • Rental Services • Resorts, Cottages • Retail Space Rent • Room For Rent • Roommate Wanted • Senior Rent • Suburban, Country • Wanted To Rent

Apartment Furnished FARRAGUT ARMS APTS. BAY CITY Modern Studio, heat & water furnished, off street parking, door lock intercom, air, laundry. 989-662-6011

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HAMPTON HOUSE

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Clean Large 1 bedrooms, 9th & Johnson References. Bangor - Great area, large 1 $475 + $500, plus deposit. No pets. 989-892-6389 bedroom, water access, $450 + utilities. 482-2695. COUNTRY MEADOWS ~55 and over~ 2 Bedrooms starting at $595 Call Today! 989-671-0153

Bay Manor Apartments Our Large 1 & 2 bedroom apartments include a Satis faction Gaurantee! Also of fering a great move-in spe cial! Call or visit us for de tails! 3465 Kiesel Bay City Downtown Bay City 4th (989)684-7450 EHO. floor, 2 1/2 bedroom, spectacular view, roof top deck, and many perks. 501-9600. BAY VALLEY APTS

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NO RENT UNTIL AUGUST 1ST 837 N. Scheurmann Rd. 989-892-2751 Markmanagementco.com WHALEY MANOR NORTH 1 bedroom lower, $385 in cluding utilities. Secured entrance. No pets. Lease and deposit required. Woodbridge in Bay City. (989) 684-5819

401 N. CHILSON - 1 bedroom, many updates. Must See! No pets. 892-7035 412 N. Jackson , large 1 bedroom. $345, heat paid. No pets. Mark 280-0582 AUBURN- 1 bedrooms $380 Woods Apts., 662-4461 Mon.-Fri. 9-5. No pets.

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Auburn, 410 E. Midland Rd. Country Living • Essexville Schools 10 minutes from Downtown • Clean 2 bedroom, carport, A/C, Bay Metro Bus Route • Caring Staff 1200 Center - 1 bedroom, $510 includes heat & water. $495/mo. Utilities included. No pets. 989-631-4768. Open Mon-Fri 9 to 5pm • Sat by appt. 751-8314

HUGE 1 bedroom, 1000 sq. ft., new paint, clean, coinlaundry $525. 300 E Pearl St 892-0018, 2-10 pm No pets.

Homes, Unfurnished

Manufactured Homes Sale

Tawas , 2 bedroom, no pets /smoking. Lake access. $475/mo. + utilities & deposit. 248-318-1531

$125 LOT RENT SPECIAL Buy a Mobile home from us. Must qualifty for the $125 lot rent special. Many homes to choose from. Oakside Mobile Home Park 989-631-4700 BAY VILLAGE ESTATES 989-893-0491 VICTORIA WOODS 989-496-3170 FREELAND Mobile Home Park 989-695-9730

Manufactured Homes Rent FREE Insurance, Water, Sewer & Your First Month when you Lease to Own a newer home from us. From only $471/mo. 686-8925.

Homes, Furnished 1 BEDROOM, private, wooded, near I-75, $545+. Call (989) 879-6889.

Mobile Homes, Rent

Homes, Unfurnished

NORTHWOOD VILLAGE 2 bedroom $275 per month. (989) 414-0272

Apartments & Townhomes No Security deposit. Re Wonderful layouts! modeled 1-2-3 bedrooms & Great Value! studios. Large wonderful Call us at 892-3566 1-BEDROOM Spacious pool. Laundry. Carports. eastbayvillageaptsmi.com Upper $470 includes heat & Children & pets welcome. 1403 Bradfield - 2 bedroom, water. Private parking garage. Newly remodeled! Near Delta & SVSU. Start (989) 892-4460. East Side- Bay City 1-3 bed- $650 +deposit. 280-0933. ing at $425/mo. Furnished room, $475-$600 No pets. Units. (989) 684-2298 Utilities paid. 989 892-1124 2 bedroom, no pets, large, 2130 6th St. 3 bedroom, extremely nice, air, many basement. $775 + deposit. Bradley House Age 50 extra. Must See! 780-0617 Great spacious unit, 1 bed - Central air (989) 892-7510 with disability or 62 or 780-0642 room, westside location. years of age. Rent based Newly remodeled, off road 2 Bedroom, non-smoking on income. $200 Move in parking, storage. Heat & 2 bedroom , upper, West 812 Fitzhugh St. $650 + bonus. 893-2007 water included. $450/$450. Side, many new updates utilities + deposit. Call 989-295-7305. Bay City. $550. 989-891-9673 989-662-7322 or 239-5714.

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Office Space, Rent PLAZA WEST 2 Mile and Midland Rd. Large or small space for your business needs. 989-684-8142 Retail, Office, Commer cial. $2.66/SQ. FT., $599/ MO. Newly remod eled, energy efficient, 2,700 sq. ft. 989-450-2236.

Resorts, Cottages

MOVE-IN SPECIAL for Se900 Mulholland #1 near hosniors at Garfield Manor. $200 1st month. All utilities pital, 2 bedroom, basement Waterfront at White’s Bch. Large. Screened-in porch. & rent included. Call for ap - $595 + utilities, 892-6766. Wkly rates. (989) 846-4475 pointment, 892-4213. Bangor by the Bay- Updated 2 bedroom with office, full basement $695 mo + deposit & utilities. Non-smoking No pets. Call 989-879-4089.

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Room For Rent Clean eastside, kitchen, bath, parking, cable, $105 weekly, 928-2818.

HOMES AVAILABLE with (989) 892-1451 lease option / land contract Old Orchard By The Bay www.thegolfviewapartments.com terms. Call (989) 737-9454. SAVE UPTP $519* AUBURN- Heather Downs. 1500 Center 1 bedroom Tuscola Motel - Lowest ASK US HOW 1 & 2 bedroom from $438. upper. $450, utilities paid, Rate in town, daily and 440 Old Orchard Dr. 989-879-4024. Center Ave. 1,100 sq. ft. 1 KILLARNEY BEACH AREA no pets/smoking, 684-2624 weekly available. 928-5732. Essexville. 989-892-5702 bedroom. Former owner’s 1 bedroom, Year round, unit. Many extras! $750/mo *certain restrictions apply $700/mo plus utilities. Se 1993 Sleetwood Pop-up. 1 bedroom, first floor, $410 oldorchardbythebay.com includes utilities. 751-8314 utilities free, 2100 Sixth St. curity deposit of $700 & ref Great shape, call to see. It’s only a phone call erences are required. Avail $1,900/best (989) 799-4420 892-0018, 2-10 PM, no pets away. Find those unwant- Center & Johnson area 1-2 SWEET SUMMRE SAV - able now. (989) 686-3782. HAVE A GARAGE SALE ed articles around the bedroom apt. & studio INGS at Tradewinds East. Your gently used items are Heat & water $100 Cash Back on select 2 Nice 2 bedroom, shed, fresh WE HAVE WHAT YOU house. Call 894-2871 and $260-$450. paid, no pets. 892-4571. someone else’s bargains. paint, $500/month. 400 NEED for your RV TV! bedroom Townhouses with place you classiﬁed ad Saginaw 754-9181 Bay City 894-2871 19th St. (989) 225-0463 Dolneyrv.com 686-6291 NEED SOME WORK DONE a 1 year lease signed before July 31, 2010. Open Daily 9AROUND THE HOUSE? 5pm 894-0625 Corner of PETS WELCOME - 2 bedCheck out the ads in our Knight/Nebobish Essexville room, $475/mo. 817 Michi Service Directory. Equal Opportunity Housing. gan. 989-450-7566.

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Bargain Times BIKE CARRIER- Holds BIKES $99 460-3485.

4 FIESTA BOWL - 1930 5" OVAL WOOD TABLE and Diameter $99 667-4143. chairs, $60 (989) 686-0658

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A house, uprooted from the ground, balances precariously on a see-saw, itself nearly sawed in half. Crumpled sheets of aluminum sport vivid hues, the acrylic and ink-jet photo transfers breathing life into the title “Three Bang Brake Light.” A reclining figure, a steel grid sporadically sheathed in abaca and flax paper, does the same for “Emptiness.” And an upright stand of beryllium copper nearly resonates with sound, purely on the power of suggestion. All found favor with juror Charles McGee, a Detroit sculptor of renown himself, and are part of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum’s second Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition. Located at Saginaw Valley State University, the show continues through Saturday, Sept. 18. “The energy is there,” McGee said of the 32 pieces chosen from 106 entries. “What I see when I look at fine arts is what nature has created for us to see. I look for something drawn out of nature’s order; I look for a connection. “It’s a consummation of every part together, images that I aspire to create in my own works.” At the same time, he said, the piece must articulate its time, finding relevance in an era when someone can fly from New York to England in three hours.

What: Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition When: Noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Sept. 18 Where: Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University Admission: Free Info: (989) 964-7125

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“Looming Genes and Rooted Dreams” by Dustin Farnsworth captured a ﬁrst-place award at the Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition at Saginaw Valley State University. “I’m not interested in what we call professional works, creating an image that is lost in time,” he said. “It is essential to what we do to reflect our age, and offer solutions to the issues of our time. I have nothing against the old masters; they’ve presented something well-created and we can learn from them. But it’s not relevant to our time.” McGee points out Dustin Farnsworth’s “Looming Genes and Rooted Dreams,” the seesaw sculpture awarded first place in the exhibition, as a prime example. “What I like is the way it works, capturing the essence of

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art,” he said. “Houses are never well-rooted in the ear. When we talk, we too often struggle to articulate with offering very little substance. It is the same thing with art. He goes to the core of things; it starts in the basement and rises to the top. It’s one of those things that took me from the cradle to the grave.” Materials and methods coupled with ideas and reflecting a sensitivity to nature let McGee know the artist understands that we all drink water, we all use the bathroom, “and I like that,” he said. “History is always history; these are sculptors in search of new vistas.”

Andrea Ondish, the museum’s curator of education, found new dimension in the works as she helped the artists with the installations. Tim Burke’s “Embrace,” she said, is a balancing act of steel and granite, with its materials of historical significance. “The metal is from the Hudson’s store in Detroit,” she said, “and the stone came from the front of the Detroit Institute of Arts. He is always collecting materials of significance and finding new ways to use them in his work.” Albert Chmelar was the only artist to have all three of his pieces accepted into the

First place: “Looming Genes and Rooted Dreams,” Dustin Farnsworth. $2,500 Second place: “Sola,” Diane Carr. $1,500 Third place: “Emptiness,” Jjenna Hupp Andrews. $850 Fourth place: “Mpowerment Tools for Hardworking Women,” M.E. Ware. $400 Honorable mention: “Attraction,” Sharon Que, and “Polaris,” Ray Katz

show, she said, and each is of a different style. In addition to the beryllium copper “Sound Sculpture,” he offers the simple ribbon of aluminum titled “Twist” and a tiny trio of painted wood “Mondrian Balls.” “His brother, Erik, is in the show, too,” Ondish said, pointing out the pieced-wood “Sinc(x).” And Carrie Anne Parks’ See EXHIBITION, PAGE 12

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A look at some of the area’s best entertainment picks this week:

Old Town Motorfest

5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday; noon to 11 p.m. Saturday at Old Saginaw City, Court and Hamilton, Saginaw What’s up: Car and motorcycle show, Wing Thing Sauce Cook-Off and Eating Contest, entertainment, beer tent and more. Old Town Motorfest Cruise Inn, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday. Car show registration, $15. Price tag: Free Info: (989) 249-1100

Message from the Marsh: ‘Great Lakes Sailors’

7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Bay City State Recreation Area, Saginaw Bay Visitor Center, 3582 State Park, Bay City What’s up: Lee Murdock performs Price tag: Free; $6 parking permit required Info: (989) 667-0717

Community Build Bash: Loco for LEGO

Noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, 1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland What’s up: Games, activities, contest, prizes, treats centered around the LEGO “The Art of the Brick” exhibit. LEGO artist Nathan Saway Live! presentation and Q & A, 11 a.m.; booksigning, noon; Michigan Goes LEGO! Contest awards, 3:30 p.m. Price tag: Free. Presentation by LEGO artist, $12 adults; $9 children. Info: (989) 631-8250

RiverDays

5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday; 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Chippewassee Park, 6874 The Tridge, Midland What’s up: Shows, displays and children’s activities. Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Historic District Sidewalk Tours, Michigan Beer Tasting, vintage base ball, All American Lumberjack show and The Verve Pipe concert at 8 p.m. Saturday: All day, rock-climbing wall, re-enactor encampment and wood branding souvenirs and the Sinclairs concert at 8 p.m. Pancake breakfast, 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, $5 adults, $3 children 10 and younger and seniors 65 and older. Price tag: Free Info: (989) 837-6930

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10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Children’s Zoo at Celebration Square, 1730 S. Washington, Saginaw What’s up: Variety of reptiles at special shows and handling and care with guests from the Michigan Society of Herpetologists Price tag: $7; children 11 months and younger, free Info: (989) 759-1408

Art gallery + Collected Treasures: The Stories

of Saginaw County’s History, a collection of more than 100 artifacts exploring the breadth and richness of the area’s heritage — bringing together the expected and the unexpected, at Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, 500 Federal, Saginaw. Continues through Sept 30. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. $1 adults; 50 cents children. Info: (989) 752-2861. + 100 Years of Boy Scouts in Saginaw County, featuring a campsite with a 9-foot Boy Scout tepee and artifacts chronicling Boy Scouts in Saginaw County, at Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, 500 Federal, Saginaw. Continues through Aug. 31. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. $1 adults; 50 cents children; Boy Scouts, free. Info: (989) 752-2861. + Art Exhibit, work by Rebecca Houck, at Space Studios, 16 N. Winding, Midland. Continues through July 24. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Free. Info: (877) 835-8244. + Art in Dow Gardens 2010, 19 pieces of art by M. Guy Sabrie displayed throughout the grounds, at Dow Gardens, 1809 Eastman, Midland. Continues through Aug. 27. 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. $5 adults; $1 children 6-17 or students with ID; children 5 and younger, free. Art auction Friday, Aug. 27. Info: (989) 631-2677. + BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS, a selection of Christian art from the permanent collection from Great Lakes Bay Region donors, at Saginaw Art Museum, 1126 N. Michigan, Saginaw. Continues through Sept. 30. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. $5 adults; $3 students with valid ID; children 16 and younger, free. Info: (989) 754-2491. + CRAFTSMANSHIP IN WOOD, the Michigan Wood Carvers Association open exhibition and statewide juried competition, at Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, 1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland. Continues through Aug. 28. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. $8 adults; $5 children. Info: (989) 631-8250. + Doug Thornhill and Jim Fives Exhibit, photography, painting and mixed media, at Court Street Café, 100 N. Michigan, Saginaw. Continues through Sept. 10. Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Free. Info: (989) 992-5867 or www.courtstreetgallery. com. + Fire and Ashes: Tim Norris Paintings, fire paintings and carbon drawings, at Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, 1801 W. St. Andrews,

Midland. Continues through through July 31. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. $8 adults; $5 children. Info: (989) 631-8250. + Great Lakes Pastel Society 2010 National Show, work from the national competition open to all artists in the United States and Canada, at Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, 1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland. Continues through through Aug. 1. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. $8 adults; $5 children. Info: (989) 631-8250 or www.mcfta.org. + Images and Forms, work by Rebecca Zeiss and Pamela Hart, at Northwood Gallery, 102 E. Main, Midland. Continues through Aug. 21. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Free. Info: (989) 837-4423 . + IN BLOOM, 16 floral paintings from the permanent collection from internationally renowned American realist painter Lowell Nesbitt to regionally acclaimed artist and art historian Jean Beach, at Saginaw Art Museum, 1126 N. Michigan, Saginaw. Continues through Sept. 30. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. $5 adults; $3 students with valid ID; children 16 and younger, free. Info: (989) 754-2491. + Ladies of the Lights, a traveling exhibit from the Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame telling the dedication and determination of more than 50 women in Michigan who served as assistants and full-fledged keepers, at Castle Annex, 202 S. Jefferson, Saginaw. Continues through Sept. 12. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday; or by request. $1 adults; 50 cents children. Info: (989) 752-2861. + Meaning Beyond Method: Ceramics by Craig Hinshaw, featuring pieces that are developed around the spiral, at Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, 1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland. Continues through July 31. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. $8 adults; $5 children. Info: (989) 631-8250. + Military Displays, a display of military memorabilia, at Antique Warehouse, 1122 Tittabawassee, Kochville Township. Continues through July 31. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Free. Info: (989) 753-5719 or www. theantiquewarehouse.net. + Mixed Media, work by Gerry Buckel and Jonnie Vandemark, at Burns Gallery, 27 N. Center, Sebewaing. Continues through Sunday. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free. Info: (989) 883-2450.

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In this publicity image released by Disney, Nicolas Cage, left, and Alfred Molina are shown in a scene from “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”

NEW — “THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE” PG for rude humor and mild action. S12, “THE LAST AIRBENDER 3D”

★★ 1/2 Nicolas Cage plays the good magician Balthazar, who for 1,300 years has held the evil magicians Morgana (Alice Krige) and Horvath (Alfred Molina) captive. In modern New York, he discovers at last the Prime Merlinian, the master magician who can vanquish the captive villains once and for all. This is young Dave (Jay Baruchel), who would rather smooch with cute Becky (Teresa Palmer) than learn his sorcering lessons. Lots of special effects. Not bad, far from good. Rated PG. S12, BC8, MC

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(No star rating available.) The world is divided into four nations of Water, “GROWN UPS” Earth, Fire and Air and a young boy ★★ “Grown Ups” is a pleasant, genial, known as the Avatar is the only one with good-hearted, sometimes icky comedy, the ability to manipulate all four elenot very funny, that’s like spending a ments. When the Avatar appears to die, weekend with well-meaning people the Fire nation launches a global war you don’t want to see again any time in hopes of gaining global domination. real soon. Such a large cast many stars One hundred years later, the Avatar mostly just stand around. Adam Sandler, is found to be hidden alive and when Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, set free, he begins his quest to restore Rob Schneider, Maria Bello, Salma Hayek, harmony among the four nations. Rated Maya Rudolph, Joyce Van Patten, Steve PG for fantasy action violence. S12, BC8, Buscemi. See what I mean? Rated PG-13 FSC, MC for crude material including suggestive “DESPICABLE ME 3D” references, language and some male rear “PREDATORS” ★★★ A villain instead of a hero. That’s nudity. S12, BC8, MC, FSC rare in an animated comedy, but the ★★ Professional killers from Earth find villain is worth his starring role. He’s Gru themselves in free-fall without explana“KNIGHT AND DAY” (voice by Steve Carell), who hatches a tion, and parachute into a forest where dastardly scheme to steal the moon. Sup- ★★★ Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in they join up to fight ferocious and frisky ported by countless little yellow Minions a stupendously goofy action-comedyhalf-ton warthog-looking things. Much romance. I like the goofiness and the and challenged by three plucky orphan of the fill is spent in fending off attacks charm they bring to it, but the film misgirls, he does battle with his arch-nemshown in often incomprehensible special calculates on the proportion of romcom effects. With Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, esis, Vector (Jason Segel). Funny, enerto action, and has so much special effects Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne and getic, teeth-gnashingly venomous, and violence it throws the balance off. Moves Danny Trejo. Rated R. S12, BC8, MC, animated with an eye to exploiting the 3D process with such sure-fire techniques from one country to another as if it’s FSC teleporting. Rated PG-13 for sequences as a roller coaster. But 3D dims the of action violence throughout, and brief “TOY STORY 3 3D” brightness, and the film will look and feel better if you can find it in 2D. Rated strong language. S12, MC ★★★ Young Andy has grown to college 4 • LET’S GO! | Thursday, July 15, 2010 • The Bay City Times

age, and has to decide what to do with his once-beloved toys when he goes off to school. This leads to threats of abandonment for the toys, and harrowing adventures at a day care center and a garbage dump. Lacking the humanity that infused the earlier “Toy Story” sagas, and happier with action and jokes than with characters and emotions, but I expect its target audience will love it. Rated G. S12, MC, BC8

“TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE”

★★ Much better than “Twilight: New Moon,” not as good as the original “Twilight.” Bella (Kristen Stewart) continues to fascinate Edward the vampire (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob the werewolf (Taylor Lautner), as they join forces to protect her from the vengeful Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) and her Newbie army of freshly made undead who are ravenous for blood and will do her bidding. As exciting as this sounds, the movie is mostly soppy romantic conversations. Just what turns on “Twilight” fans, I guess. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality. CT, S12, BC8, FSC, MC

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‘Inception’ a new kind of thriller

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NEW — “INCEPTION” An astonishingly original and inventive thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a man who inﬁltrates the minds of others to steal secrets. Now he’s hired to IMPLANT one. Ken Watanabe is a billionaire who wants to place an idea in the mind of his rival (Cillian Murphy). DiCaprio assembles a team (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Ellen Page) to assist him, in a dazzling achievement that rises above the thriller level and enters the realm of mind control — in the plot and in the audience. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (“Memento,” “The Dark Knight”). PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout. Four stars. S12, BC8, MC, FSC home and family. Cobb assembles a team, and here the movie relies on the well-established procedures of all heist movies. We meet the people he will need to work with: Arthur (Joseph GordonLevitt), his longtime associate; Eames (Tom Hardy), a master at deception; Yusuf (Dileep Rao), a master chemist. And there is a new recruit, Ariadne (Ellen Page), a brilliant young architect who is a prodigy at creating spaces. Cobb also goes to touch base with his father-in-law, Miles (Michael Caine), who knows what he does and how he does it. These days Michael Caine need only appear on a screen

and we assume he’s wiser than any of the other characters. It’s a gift. The reason Cobb is motivated to risk the dangers of inception is because of grief and guilt involving his wife, Mal (Marion Cotillard), and their two children. More I will not (in a way, cannot) say. The movies often seem to come from the recycling bin these days: sequels, remakes, franchises. “Inception” does a difficult thing. It is wholly original, cut from new cloth and yet structured so it feels like it makes more sense than (quite possibly) it does. I thought there was a hole in “Memento”: How does a man

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Friday Night Live kicks off with classic rock bands SUE WHITE

FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

After months of pulling together this summer’s Friday Night Live, tweaking the format, finding the perfect mix of local and national performers, PRIDE coordinator Jeanne Conger has one thought in mind. Let’s get this party started! “At this point, I’m ready to go,” Conger said of the series that drew 50,000 people last year to the free concerts at Saginaw’s Morley Plaza. “We have well over 100 volunteers working around a dedicated, solid core group, just waiting to jump into action.” It all begins again at 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 16, with Classic Rock Night, featuring Grefe, Gaus, Gottlieb and Roberts in an encore performance of last spring’s Eagles tribute and Square Pegz’ musical throwback to the 1980s. “This is pretty much the highlights of our concert in March,” Tamara Grefe said of the Eagles set. “We had some interest in continuing the band, but everyone always had too much going on to make longterm commitments. “This was the perfect way to go out and have a little fun with it.” And then it’s, like, back to the ‘80s with Madonna, Def Leppard and Salt-N-Pepa. Those are just a few of the artists covered, promised Tyler Cameron Pierce, when he and bandmates Cindy Lish, Ruby Red, Ricky T. Skittles, J.Q. Funk and Cheese hit the stage. “It’s been really interesting, drawing different responses from everyone,” Pierce said of the band’s five-year run. “Kids know the songs from TV shows, younger adults remember them from their own childhood and then you have the older adults getting nostalgic. “Collectively, it shows the

Event Preview

What: PRIDE Friday Night Live When: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Fridays, July 16-Aug. 20 Where: Morley Plaza, on North Washington near East Genesee, Saginaw Admission: Free Info: www.prindeinsaginaw .org or (989) 753-9168

Schedule of Events

July 16 — Classic Rock, featuring Square Pegz and Grefe, Gaus, Gottlieb and Roberts July 23 — Country Night, featuring The Carter Twins and Mandi Layne and the Lost Highway July 30 — Latin Night, featuring Los Enmascarados, Tumbao Salsa and Mariachi Guadalajara Aug. 6 — Swing Night, featuring Mark Randisi and the John Trudell Band and Brush Street featuring Julie Mulady Aug. 13 — Family Night, featuring Beatles Tribute by Toppermost and Kramer Family Dance Aug. 20— Motown Night, featuring Horizon and Night Journey and Ladeez

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Enmascarados. Mark Randisi will bring his cycle; when that time passes, like Family Night,” she said. Las Vegas tribute to Frank it starts to resonate again, “While we’ll have the children’s Sinatra to Swing Night, which reminding people of that point games and things that night, also will feature a collection of in their lives.” Obviously a hit, we realized that people who Model T cars. it keeps them playing 12 shows didn’t have families still wanted Country Night pairs the a month, and even a few more a reason to come around. So popular Mandi Layne and the through the summer with high on-stage, we have the Beatles Lost Highway with Nashville’s school reunions and outdoor tribute band Toppermost.” Carter Twins. And once again, festivals. Latin Night will offer a Motown Night closes the show The remaining five weeks trio of styles, beginning with with series stalwart Horizon. of Friday Night Live will the mariachi band Mariachi “Wildfire Credit Union and offer even more memorable Guadalajara and continuing Covenant HealthCare have moments, Conger promised. with Tumbao Salsa and the See FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE, PAGE 12 “We’ve tweaked a few things, Tex-Mex tejano sounds of Los

Square Pegz performs this week at the kickoff concert for Friday Night Live. Concerts are at Morley Plaza. ’80s have been gone long enough to connect with everyone.” Of course, the dress of the day helps, along with big hair and references to Rubik’s cubes, Speak-and-Spell and Valley Girl talk. And there’s a classic car show in the works as well, Conger said. As for the music, “these are the big radio hits, the ones in the top five,” Pierce said. “It works on a 20- to 25-year

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Welcome to this week’s calendar. From concerts to comedy, this is where you’ll ﬁnd details on what’s hot on the entertainment scene. Submit items to Let’s Go two weeks prior to publication by e-mailing to letsgo@boothmidmichigan.com.

and refreshments provided. Info: (989) 921-0262. + COMMUNITY DISCUSSION OF ROETHKE’S TEACHING ADVICE AND CRITICISM, featuring Ron Primeau, at Theodore Roethke House, 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $10. Info: (989) 928-0430. + “SUBURBIA,” the SVSU Theatre Department production that follows an ensemble of 20-somethings as they brawl, bait and bash each other through the night in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven-type store, at SVSU Curtiss Hall, 7400 Bay, Kochville Township. 7:30 p.m. $10 adults; $7 students and seniors 60 and older. Recommended for children 16 and older. Info: (989) 964-4261. Also 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 16.

for purchase. Info: (989) 781-6789 or www.applemountain.com. + “CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT LAKES,” featuring Ric Mixter and Dan + TALL SHIPS CELEBRATION, at Hall, as part of the Tall Ship Celebration Wenonah Park, Fifth and Water, musical presentation, at State Theatre, Bay City. Passport: $15. Passports 913 Washington, Bay City. 7 p.m. $10 available at Jack’s Fruit & Meat Market adults; $5 students 18 and younger. in Saginaw, Bay City and Midland and Info: (989) 892-2660. State Theatre in Bay City. Info: http:// tallshipcelebration.com. + VASSAR CITY BAND CONCERT, at T. North Pavilion, on Cass in downtown + PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: GOOD Vassar. 7 p.m. Free. Bring your own DAY, GOOD NIGHT, featuring a story, chair. Info: (989) 823-3568. songs, art, rhymes and other ageappropriate activities, at Chippewa + “A COUGAR NAMED FLORENCE,” a Nature Center, 400 S. Badour, comedy that leaves audiences realizing Midland. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Free. that life doesn’t have to stop when we Recommended for children 3-5. Info: get older, at Van Buren Street Theatre, (989) 631-0830. 701 N. Van Buren, Bay City. 7:30 p.m. $15. Show only. Info: (989) 893+ DOWNTOWN BAY CITY FARMER’S 9399 or www.vanburenstreettheatre. MARKET, featuring Michigan-grown com. Continues 7:30 p.m. Fridays and fruits and vegetables along with meats, Saturdays through Aug. 14. eggs and baked goods, at Downtown Bay City Farmers Market, corner of + OPEN MIC, at White Crow 6th and Washington, Bay City. 10 a.m. Conservatory of Music, 3736 + SAGINAW FARMERS MARKET, to 3:30 p.m. Info: (989) 895-4026. Mackinaw, Saginaw. 8 p.m. $5. Info: featuring fresh produce, lunch wagon, Continues 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday plants and more, at Downtown Saginaw (989) 790-2118. and Thursday through Oct. 28. Farmers Market, South Washington and + MOVIE IN THE VILLAGE, at + MOTHER GOOSE STORYTIME, Thompson, Saginaw. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bridgeport Historical Village and featuring interactive stories, finger William W. Schomaker Museum, 6190 Free. Info: (989) 753-9168. Continues plays, songs, activities and nursery Dixie, Bridgeport Township. 9 p.m. through Oct. 30. Noon to 3 p.m. rhymes, at Zauel Memorial Library, Free. Info: (989) 777-2301. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 3100 N. Center, Saginaw Township. through Oct. 30. 10:30 a.m. For children ages 18-24 + “CODY COYOTE’S ADVENTURES,” at months accompanied by a parent or Delta College Planetarium and Learning other adult. Info: (989) 799-2771. Center, 100 Center, Bay City. 2 p.m. + FRANKENMUTH FARMERS + THE CASTLE CELEBRATES CULTURE, $6 adults; $5 seniors 60 and older; $4 MARKET, food, fun and festivity, at featuring Make Your Own Medicine children and students 3-18; children Frankenmuth Farmers Market, Main Pouch, at Castle Museum of Saginaw 2 and younger, free. Info: (989) 667and Cass, Frankenmuth. 8 a.m. to 2 County History, 500 Federal, Saginaw. 2260 or www.delta.edu/planet. Also at p.m. Info: (989) 295-9766 or www. Noon. Free, with museum admission noon and 5 p.m. Saturday, July 17; 2 frankenmuthfarmersmarket.org. of $1 adults; 50 cents children. p.m. Sunday, July 18. Continues 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays Preregistration required. Info: (989) through Oct. 16. + “WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE,” at 752-2861. Delta College Planetarium and Learning + SUMMERSWAP BREWERIANA + “THE EXPLORERS,” at Delta College Center, 100 Center, Bay City. 3 p.m. COLLECTORS EVENT, buying and Planetarium and Learning Center, 100 $6 adults; $5 seniors 60 and older; $4 selling of beer memorabilia and Center, Bay City. 4 p.m. $6 adults; $5 children and students 3-18; children Frankenmuth Brewery items raffle, at seniors 60 and older; $4 children and 2 and younger, free. Info: (989) 667Frankenmuth Heritage Park, 601 Weiss, students 3-18; children 2 and younger, 2260 or www.delta.edu/planet. Also at Frankenmuth. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Selling free. Info: (989) 667-2260 or www. 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, July 17; 4 p.m. or trading, $13; walk-ins, $6; children delta.edu/planet. Also at 5 p.m. Friday, Sunday, July 18. 12 and younger, free. Admission July 16; 3 p.m. Saturday, July 17; 1 + PRIDE FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: CLASSIC includes breakfast, beverages and p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, July 18. ROCK NIGHT, featuring Square Pegz and lunch. Info: (810) 394-6183. + TRY THE TRAIL, park staff will be on Eagles Tribute by Grefe, Gaus, Gottlieb + CRUISIN TO THE RIVER CAR SHOW, hand; ask questions, learn about the and Roberts, at Morley Plaza, 200 N. followed by cruise to Showboat Park trail, receive trail maps and register to Washington, Saginaw. 5:30 to 9 p.m. at 4:30 p.m., with music and food win a gift basket, at Saginaw Valley Free. Info: (989) 753-9168 or www. in the hospitality tent until 1 p.m., Rail Trail, from Stroebel Road in James prideinsaginaw.org. as part of the Chesaning Showboat Township to Water Street in St. Charles, + FRIDAY AT THE FALLS, featuring Bob Music Festival, W. Broad and N. Front, Saginaw County. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Chesaning. Noon to 4 p.m. Free. Flea Bloenk & Friends, at Waterfall Park, Free. Info: (989) 790-5280 or www. market, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Third and N. Water, Bay City. 6 p.m. saginawcounty.com/Parks/Programs. Free. Info: downtownbaycity.com. + AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE “AWAKEN aspx. YOUR SPIRIT,” featuring Men’s Fancy + TUNES BY THE TRIDGE, featuring + THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Feather and Women’s Fancy Shawl, at Sinclairs, at The Tridge, downtown CONCERT, at Wenonah Park World Ziibiwing Center, 6650 E. Broadway, Midland. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Note day Friendship Shell, downtown Bay City. 7 Mount Pleasant. Noon. Free. Info: (800) change for this concert. Bring blanket p.m. Free. Info: (989) 893-0343. 225-8172. Also 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. or lawn chair. Info: (989) 837-3330. + THURSDAY NIGHT DANCE, at Saturday, July 17. + APPLE MOUNTAIN SUMMER DANCE Freeland Sports Zone, 5690 Midland, SERIES, classic car show and dance to + CLASSIC LEGACY BAND OF Freeland. 7 to 10:30 p.m. $10. Night SAGINAW, at Andersen Enrichment the music of CEYX, at Apple Mountain Club 2 Step lesson, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Center, 120 Ezra Rust, Saginaw. 7:30 Resort, 4519 N. River, Thomas dancing, 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Snacks p.m. Free. Info: (989) 759-1362. Township. 7 p.m. Free. Food available

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Saturday, July 17

shoes and lawn chairs. Boy Scouts will sell hot dogs, chips, candy, pop and water. + “500 DAYS OF SUMMER,” at + CLASSIC MOVIES IN THE Old Saginaw City Lawn Chair Film AFTERNOON, featuring “March of the Festival, North Hamilton and Ames, Penguins” (G), as part of the Summer Saginaw. Free. Movie begins at dusk; Cinema — Water Your Mind series, at entertainment one hour earlier. Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, 1710 + SUNDAY STROLL, a leisurely walk W. St. Andrews, Midland. 2 p.m. Free. along Green Point’s trails with Park Doors open at 1:45 p.m. Info: (989) Ranger Tom Horb, at Green Point 837-3430. Environmental Learning Center, 3010 + CHILDREN’S FUN DAY, featuring Maple, Saginaw. 9:30 a.m. Free. Info: games, crafts, goodies and community (989) 759-1669. resource information for parents, at + CONCERTS IN THE PARK, featuring William H. Haithco Recreation Area, Gospel Music, at Tittabawassee 2121 Schust, Saginaw Township. 5 to Township Park, 9200 Old Midland, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info: (989) 790-5280 Freeland. 1 to 5 p.m. Free. Info: (989) or www.saginawcounty.com/Parks/ 695-9512. Programs.aspx. + HOMESTEAD SUNDAY, events at the + PICNIC IN THE PARK, featuring log cabin and one-room schoolhouse, tours of the farm and lessons from long Country Reunion Band with Butch ago, at Chippewa Nature Center, 400 S. Heath, at Roethke Park, 400 Leddy, Thomas Township. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. Badour, Midland. 1:30 to 5 p.m. Free. Rain date is the following Thursday. Info: (989) 631-0830. Continues 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 5. Info: (989) 781-6942. + ROB CHARLES, an evening with Rob + LOG CABIN LIFE, activities and Charles, contemporary Christian and demonstrations based on home living, secular music singer/songwriter, at at Chippewa Nature Center, 400 S. White Crow Conservatory of Music, Badour, Midland. 1:30 to 5 p.m. Free. 3736 Mackinaw, Saginaw. 7 p.m. $12; Info: (989) 631-0830. $6 children ages 13-18 and seniors + ROBERT LEE REVUE, at White’s Bar, 70-84; free children 12 and younger 2609 State, Saginaw. 5 to 9 p.m. and seniors 85 and older. Info: (989) + SAGINAW EDDY CONCERT BAND, a 790-2118. family concert, at Ojibway Island, Ezra + PERSUASION MOTOWN SHOW, at Rust and Fordney, Saginaw. 7 p.m. Clio Area Amphitheater, 402 N. Mill, Free. Rain location: Willie Thompson Middle School, 3021 Court in Saginaw. Clio. 7 p.m. $5. Info: (810) 686-5850. + TUESDAYS IN THE PARK, featuring + FRANKENMUTH SUMMER CONCERT Walt Garbulinski & the Original Polka SERIES, featuring ABBAGOLD Live, Boys, at Doc Letchfield Park, 200 S. at Frankenmuth Memorial Park, Mable, Pinconning. 7 p.m. Free. Info: behind Frankenmuth High School, www.pinconninglinwood.com. Frankenmuth. 7:30 p.m. Free. Bring + THE ROAD DAWGZ, at Bridgeport your chair or blanket. Info: (989) 652Historical Village and William W. 4958. Schomaker Museum, 6190 Dixie, Bridgeport Township. 7 p.m. Free. Info: (989) 777-2301. + SCHEER GENIUS, featuring wacky + FISHING FUN, learning the basics water jokes, off-the-wall games, of fishing, from rigging a pole to contest and magical surprises, at Grace tying and baiting a hook, at Imerman A. Dow Memorial Library, 1710 W. St. Memorial Park, 3495 Midland, Saginaw Andrews, Midland. 7 p.m. Free. Info: Township. 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Adults (989) 837-3430. must possess a valid Michigan fishing license. Info: (989) 790-5280 or www. saginawcounty.com/Parks/Programs. aspx. + MIDLAND FARMERS MARKET, varies + MONDAY NIGHT FARMER’S per season with selection of fresh MARKET, featuring in-season sweet produce, plants & flowers, honey & corn, strawberries, blueberries, bread maple products, baked goods and and more, Ashman and East Main, more, at Midland Farmers Market, downtown Midland. 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Ashman Street near the Tridge, Free. Info: www.macc.org. Continues Midland. 7 a.m. to noon. Free. Info: 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays (989) 839-9901. Continues 7 a.m. to through Sept. 27. noon Wednesdays through Oct. 30. + “FINDING NEMO,” the children’s film, at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, 1710 W. St. Andrews, Midland. 10 + FREE CONCERT IN THE PARK, a.m. Free. Recommended for children featuring The Sinclairs, at Auburn City preschool through early elementary. Park, 6:30 p.m. Bring your dancing Info: (989) 837-3430.

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Your guide to local dining Want to know what restaurant grills the best steak? Serves the best mojito? Look here each week JESSICA STRACHAN FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

When it comes to the question of where to go and what to do in the area, Let’s Go is the place to turn in your local newspaper. When it comes to which activities make up the greatest social and entertainment scene local communities have to offer, it’s the residents who know best. That’s why we’re launching a new dining initiative where readers can not only read about the best of dining in the area, but share their opinions, too. The new dining page will: • Share stories on local restaurants • Feature write-ups

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about dining experiences submitted by local readers • And share local perceptions and opinions through a weekly poll. And it can all be found right here, each week. Look for a link to stories on our websites, www.mlive.com/saginaw and www.mlive.com/bay-city. Recent research showed that nearly 36 percent of readers in the Great Lakes Bay Region say they’ve dined at a sit-down restaurant in the past month and 71 percent say they ate at a local fast-food restaurant. So though the economic slump might have families cutting back, it seems dining outside the home still plays a major part in the lifestyle of residents. Why? Dining out is about more than the meal — it’s a social thing, a connection between friends and family. “Dining out is usually not just a food experience, it’s

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largely a social experience,” said John Hiner, executive editor of The Bay City Times, The Saginaw News and The Flint Journal. “People love to try new restaurants and new dishes, and they enjoy talking about and hearing about fun places to eat and sampling different cuisines.” When it comes to dining, there’s a lot of ground to cover in sifting through what’s what and where’s where — from seeing which restaurants offer the most exotic and eccentric menu options, to which ones just can’t be beat when it comes to the good ol’ homestyle cooking of America’s favorites. It’s knowing which places would be good to share that special moment, and what’s the best meal value when it comes to the daily grind. It’s about bringing the community’s oldest dining gems to life — you know, those momand-pop restaurants or ones

Want to share your thoughts on a local restaurant? There are just a few guidelines to follow: • Keep your summaries short — three to ﬁve paragraphs. • Include information like menu options, price range of menu items, specialty dishes or drinks, atmosphere, etc. • Be as speciﬁc as possible. For example: My veal parmigiana was tender and cooked to perfection, but the vegetables were a bit rubbery. The service was prompt, though we did have to wait 30 minutes for a table at 6 p.m. Friday. • Send each summary within a few days of your dining experience. • Take a picture! We will incorporate photos of your dining experience that were taken with a digital camera or smartphone. • Then, drop an e-mail to Features Editor Carol Zedaker at czedaker@boothmidmichigan.com. Carol will send you instructions on how to post your write-up onto our special dining website. Visit www.mlive.com/saginaw or www.mlive.com/bay-city for a link to the dining website.

that grew from generations of kitchen talent — to telling about which restaurants are breathing new life into traditional dining, whether offering live entertainment or an atmosphere that takes a diner into another time, place or culture. And of course, it’s about keeping a finger on the pulse of dining options — from the best “undiscovered” places around town to the new restaurants across the region opening their doors to the community. Having a weekly dining section will take readers through all of this. “We think our new dining pages will feed not only our common interests in good and varied foods, but also spark lots of conversation — perhaps even debate — about the best food” in the Great Lakes Bay Region, Hiner said. Because who exactly knows the greatest place for a Fridaynight pizza? Or the best Sunday brunch deal? What about the healthiest, organic-centered meal options available? Even the most fun cocktail creation around? Local diners like you. Readers will give the scoop on area dining by sharing their experiences at different restaurants and their perceptions on different meals. This new section will be a place for all local food connoisseurs to take part, too, so chime in by reporting food

findings and restaurant impressions on a special website. It’s all about local diners weighing in on what makes a memorable restaurant experience and providing everything fellow residents need to know about the ins and outs of cuisine, what types of places to try for different experiences, the best tastes and specialty dishes to sample, and the depth of our social and entertainment scene. Call this a new guide to everything dining.

Turn to pages 10-11 for this week’s dining pages.

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DIN

GREAT LAKES BAY Dave Olvera, owner of the Texas Pit Bar B-Q, holds up a slab of ribs at his outdoor stand in the parking lot of the Shields Eagles Club, 7078 Gratiot, next to Jack’s Fruit & Meat Market in Thomas Township. JEFF SCHRIER | FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

Find this story and other dining features at: mlive.com/saginaw, mlive.com/bay-city.

Smoke draws them in, taste brings them back Dave Olvera’s Texas Pit Bar B-Q lures hungry customers to Shields location

SUE WHITE

will serve up more than 1,300 pounds of ribs, along with Long before you see Dave chicken and brisket. Olvera’s Texas Pit Bar B-Q, “Smoke sells,” Olvera said, you can smell what’s cookin’ grinning, as he watched the at the popular stand in Thom- first of the day’s customers as Township. arrive. “I’ve seen cars pull into From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jack’s Fruit & Meat Market every Thursday and Friday, next door, and after they smell cars jockey for parking in the that smoke, they come out and Shields Eagles Club lot on head here to pick up a couple Gratiot near River, and by the of slabs on their way home.” time the hardwood embers die And the taste, a combination down, Olvera and his crews of signature seasonings and FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

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a family secret sauce, brings them back, his crews say. Meals range from $5 to $9 for ribs, tips, chicken and brisket, with a full slab of ribs going for $18. Most are served with a choice of side salads — “We get them from Gordon Food Service and Jack’s,” Olvera said — and homemade beans. It was three years ago that Olvera closed his stand in Saginaw, at State and Bond,

when a friend recommended a move to the Eagles Club. Almost immediately, his business tripled, he said, and it’s still going strong. Actually, Olvera’s story starts long before then, back to when his father Paul brought his recipes to Michigan from his native Texas. Olvera remembers, as a little boy, climbing on a step stool and capping plastic cups of hot sauce at Taco Villa, “until

some got in my eyes, and that was the end of that,” he says with a laugh. Later, he helped turn a Burger Chef on Bay into a true stucco villa. The family sat at Doyle’s restaurant — “We always went there after church every Sunday,” Olvera said — and came up with the name Casa del Rey. And one only needs to order See DAVE, PAGE 11

From Readers PATTY YATES

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

RESTAURANT:

Antonio’s Restaurant The best-kept secret around is Antonio’s Restaurant at 139 W. Washington St. in Freeland. Every Wednesday and Friday the restaurant serves all-you-can-eat fish. We usually get the lightly breaded walleye with a choice of potato and salad, cottage cheese, applesauce or coleslaw — all this for $8.39. It is very, very tasty fish and the waitresses are super. Also down the road is the Riverside Restaurant at 8295 Midland Road. Our favorites: liver and onions with a choice of soup, potato, salad and vegetable. Also included is their famous homemade bread pudding. I also love the cherry-pecan salad with a chicken breast, raspberry dressing and a homemade roll. All their homemade pies are to die for. PAULA HILLIER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

RESTAURANT:

The Jade Garden The Jade Garden on Bay Road, next to Pizza Hut, is the best Chinese restaurant in town. The food is so, so good. Vegetable egg foo young is my favorite dish. John, the owner, cooks it to perfection. Jade Garden is a locally owned eatery that has been in business for more than 20 years. Go there and have a made-to-order Chinese meal.

This week’s question What’s your favorite treat to cool down on a hot summer day? • Ice cream • Slurpee • Ice-cold beer • Lemonade Vote at mlive.com/saginaw or mlive.com/bay-city. Results will appear in next Thursday’s Let’s Go section. Voting is free.

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DAVE Olvera lures in local diners with down-home barbecue smells

a beef brisket burrito from his smokin’ hot barbecue stand these days to know he inherited more than a driving work ethic from his late mom and dad. “That’s his special beef,” Olvera said, sending for a sample of the brisket covered with sautéed onions and peppers and a splash of barbecue sauce. As for that sauce — yes, it is carried in gallon jugs clearly marked as Open Pit, but what’s inside is his father’s blend. “Open Pit is the base, but we add 11 more ingredients to the mix,” he said. “The bottles are a lot easier to transport than the five-gallon buckets my dad used to lug around. We carry our special seasoning in tubs labeled ‘minced onions,’ too. A lot of people think about it, they wonder, but they like what they taste.” The award-winning chili is his own, he added, waving for still another sample. A cup costs $2; a bowl, $3. “It was really an accident,” he said, remembering how a friend told him he should come up with something to enter in the Saginaw County Fair’s chili cook-off. “I didn’t know how to make chili, other than it usually had ground meat.” Olvera pulled a beef brisket from the freezer and laced his smoked Texas chili with tomatoes, peppers and three kinds of beans. Those ordering it today will also notice a trace of sweetness in the heat — “Brown sugar,” he says with a laugh. He’ll open a booth on the fairgrounds in Chesaning this year — the fair runs from July 27-31 — returning for the first time since his father worked the crowds at the old grounds on East Genesee in Saginaw. But Olvera is already a familiar face at events around the Great Lakes Bay Region, catering everything from Jazz on Jefferson to Relay for Life as well as private functions. It’s still a family operation, he added, with sister Dyana “Little Wee” Olvera helping with the prep, chopping onions and peppers. Olvera’s own week begins on Wednesday, when he stops by the hardwood smokers on his way to his golf league and lights the fire with a match pulled from a Casa del Rey matchbook. Briskets smoke for 18 to 20 hours, he said, and the ribs and chicken are grilled fresh every day. That means, by the end of the day, that selections are limited and often sold out. “I don’t like using leftovers,” Olvera said. “We try to stay on top, looking at the weather forecasts on Monday. If it’s going to rain, or if it’s hot, we make more; it’s when the weather is cold and windy that we don’t get any business. “We check again at 3 or 4 each day to see where we’re at, and if we’re running low, we make a run to Jack’s for more. We’e trying our hardest.” Weather permitting, the grill will stay open through the end of October, and then he heads to the Rustic Inn in St. Charles for the winter, not serving up his own food but still putting his signature touch on the restaurant’s selections.

JEFF SCHRIER | FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

Employee Tiffany R. Gomez, 22, of Saginaw splits wood for the ﬁre at Dave Olvera’s Texas Pit Bar B-Q stand. Meals range from $5 to $9 for ribs, tips, chicken and brisket, with a full slab of ribs going for $18. In time, Olvera said, he’d like to open a place of his own, a modest operation, a takeout restaurant with four tables or so. “I love Shields so I’m looking in this area,” he said. “Still, I’m taking my time. I grew up in the business; I know you have to do it right. “People ask me now why I don’t do this five days a week and I tell them, ‘Why when I’m doing great on two days?’ This way builds a demand, people can’t wait for us to open again.”

About Dave Olvera’s Texas Pit Bar B-Q • HOW TO FIND IT: Follow your nose to the parking lot at the Shields Eagles Club, next to Jack’s Fruit & Meat Market on Gratiot (M-46) and River Road. • PRICES: Meals range from $5 to $9 for ribs, tips, chicken and brisket, with a full slab of ribs going for $18. Most are served with a choice of side salads and homemade beans. • HOURS: From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every Thursday and Friday. Weather permitting, the grill will stay open through the end of October.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe hosts Sunday festival Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Bay City will host its third annual Fiesta Del Verano on Sunday. The day begins with an 11:30 a.m. Mass, followed by the festival from 1:30 to 5 p.m. All events take place at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 360 River Road, Bay City. Live entertainment will be provided by Los Hermanos

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said, minutes after she left the stage. “I love my band; I love going out on stage.” And she loves the collaborations that have put her in the SUE WHITE FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES spotlight, performing with Steve CHESANING — Claire Green- Vai, Carrie Underwood, Lambert, felder’s eyes grew as big as sau- Santana and, in the tour he was cers, a toothy little smile working developing before his untimely death, Jackson. across her young face as she “Santana is the reason I play waited backstage Monday for a glimpse of her favorite “American guitar — I studied his style so Idol” at the Chesaning Showboat much, I actually wore out the videotapes,” Orianthi said. “When I Music Festival. was 18, he invited me to come to But hearing that Adam Lamhis sound check, and that night, bert was in the trailer a few feet away put the 71⁄2-year-old daugh- he brought me up to play with ter of Joe and Lisa Greenfelder him before a hometown crowd over the edge. of 15,000 people. That was the “If I see him, I’m going to highlight of my career, and we’re faint,” she said, falling into a still friends.” swoon. And she was hardly the As for Jackson, “I had finished only “Fan-Bert” in the crowd that up my own record — I signed night. on with Geffen four years ago While Brett Mitchell and the — and it was just about done giant GHOST performed in the when Michael Jackson sent hospitality tent, nearly 5,000 an invitation to audition to my worked their way into the riverMySpace page. I thought it was a side amphitheater Monday night, joke, but he had checked me out some dressed for the occasion; on YouTube and wanted to see it others just eager to see Lambert for himself.” for themselves. She’s on her own, working Monday night’s biggest suron her next album in a studio prise was Allison Iraheta, a felbuilt into the back of her tour low “American Idol” finalist who bus when she’s not performing. showed some serious pipes. And And when she sees a little girl when guitarist Orianthi joined wearing one of her T-shirts, she her on stage, it set the bar for all makes a beeline for the fence, that followed. talking with her young fan. “We talked about starting to About that time, with Lambert write together,” Iraheta said, easily mixing into the backstage heading into her bus to heat crowd in his black jeans and knit her dinner in the microwave. “It cap, racks of great coats — one would be nice to get together sporting a purple fur collar — later and see what we can do.” and costume-clad dancers started There’s a reason superstars making their way to the stage. such as Carlos Santana and Moments later, Lambert put Michael Jackson looked Orianit all to good use, moving easily thi up — the young Australian from covers — Johnny Cash’s knows her way around the elec“Ring of Fire” — to theatrical tric guitar. Even festival chair numbers to acoustic ballads to Phil Giesken pulled out an air the engaging “If I Had You.” guitar, impressing young Claire Lambert can do it all, and you with his rendition of Orianthi’s really have to experience it live “According to You.” See ADAM LAMBERT, PAGE 16 “That was a lot of fun,” she

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Puzzles

INTERNATIONAL WORD FIND

Find the listed words in the grid. They run in any direction. When you have completed the list, there will be a number of letters to spare. Arrange these letters to spell out a phrase related to the theme.

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Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Advice

Tell your girlfriend how you feel about her best friend Dear Carolyn: I hate my girlfriend’s best friend, “E.” The reasons are complicated and go back a while. “E” spends a lot of time with us, both in and out of our home. I have asked my girlfriend to scale back the amount of company we have in general (that was as close as I felt comfortable to saying, “Don’t invite E over anymore“) and she has done that, so I don’t know what else I can say. My GF and “E” have been like sisters for about 15 years; I know I have to accept that E is part of our extended family. Do I just suck it up and learn to like her? — Philly The answer depends on the reasons you hate E. And this

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isn’t just because I react to “it’s complicated” the way my dog reacts to peanut butter. Thanks. Carolyn: I can’t fit the reasons into a couple of paragraphs, so I’ll stick to the main stuff. She is very jealous of my girlfriend’s and my time together and does everything possible to discredit our relationship. She doesn’t like white guys (which I am) and feels her closeness to my girlfriend entitles her to say whatever she wants about me, including barbs about my race and gender. She is generally fake-nice to me but quickly attacks when she thinks I am disrespecting her friend.

She also dated a close friend of mine, then cheated on him and really broke his heart. Around the same time, before she got busted, she tried to convince my girlfriend that I was cheating. This girl really is a nightmare. My girlfriend is the less assertive one in the relationship, so she is always the one to capitulate. — Philly again

However, you have a right to set limits on hosting people openly hostile to you, and ask your mate to respect your needs for a safe environment. There’s also the matter of your girlfriend’s inability to see E for who she is. We all have some people in our lives for whom there’s no excuse beyond “I’ve known X forever,” and I believe in granting leeway for these friends. There’s no substitute for people who knew us when, Wow. I now completely even when we chose them at oppose the suck-it-up-anda time when our judgment learn-to-like-E idea. wasn’t fully developed, to put It’s not your place to it nicely. demand that your girlfriend But still, there’s a big differdump E; it wouldn’t work any- ence between being a clearway, except to lower you to eyed friend of someone dubiE’s status as one who pushes ous — that’s just life — and your GF around. being in the sway of someone

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dubious. That’s trouble. If not with E, then with your GF’s inability to think and act wisely on her own behalf. So do tell your girlfriend that you don’t appreciate the way E treats you. Explain that, while you won’t keep her from seeing E, you’re going to excuse yourself from E’s company where possible. Ask her to see E through your eyes, just as you’ve seen E through hers. Then, pay close attention to the way your girlfriend responds to this conversation, and don’t be afraid to extrapolate bigger messages from her response.

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“Bounty Hunter” An inconsequential formula comedy and a waste of the talents of Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. He’s a bounty hunter, she’s skipped bail on a trafﬁc charge, they were once married, and that’s the end of the movie’s original ideas. We’ve seen earlier versions of every single scene to the point of catatonia. Rated PG-13 for sexual content including suggestive comments, language and some violence.

“Greatest” Teenagers Bennett and Rose ﬁnally begin a romance after years of furtive glances. When Bennett dies in a car accident, his parents struggle

to deal with the death of their son. Their attempts at peace are interrupted by Rose’s announcement that she is pregnant. Starring Susan Sarandon, Pierce Brosnan and Carey Mulligan. Rated R for language, some sexual content and drug use.

“Our Family Wedding” A marriage between an African-American doctor (Lance Gross) and a Mexican-American law student (America Ferrera) runs into difﬁculties when they meet each other’s families, and predictable sitcom dilemma emerge. The trumped-up feud between their fathers (Forrest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia) rings false in every scene, and there’s at least one too many ﬁghts involving wedding cake. Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and brief strong language.

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Friday concert highlights Tall Ship Celebration PATI LALONDE

FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

In honor of Bay City’s Tall Ship Celebration, Bob Bloenk is planning a round of nautical fun when he performs this week as part of the Fridays at the Falls concert series. And he hopes the audience joins in. “I will be doing a lot of Bob Bloenk stuff,” said the Bay Cityan, who’s known around town for his humorous skits, singing routines and magic tricks. Whatever unfolds, Candace Bales, executive director of the Bay City Downtown Management Board and Development Authority, knows it will be fun. Bales is responsible for lining up the entertainment for the Friday night concerts, which run through Aug. 27. “When he sings ‘Mustang Sally,’ I cry,” she said. “When he gets up there you think, ‘Who is this guy?’ He starts to sing and there is something about it. It gets into your soul.” This particular concert, she predicts, will highlight to Tall Ship attendees the type of events that make Bay City unique. “It’s just really a nice part of why downtown is so cool,” she said. In preparation for Friday’s concert, Bloenk has added nautical songs — such as “Sloop John B.,” “The Tattoo Lady,” “Up a Lazy River” and “The Eddystone Light” — to his repertoire. Bloenk says Waterfall Park is one of his favorite venues. “It’s a traditional thing on Friday,” he said. And, after the concert wraps up around 7 p.m., there’s still plenty to explore in downtown Bay City. “Turn right and go to St. Laurent’s for ice cream and chocolate-covered things. Some go left to the Kingfish for some adult beverages.”

Preview

Who: Bob Bloenk and Friends What: Fridays at the Falls Where: Waterfall Park at the foot of Third Street in downtown Bay City When: 6 p.m. Friday Cost: Free Info: (989) 893-3573

COURTESY | FOR THE BAY CITY TIMES

Bob Bloenk of Bay City will perform nautical songs during his Fridays at the Falls concert this week in downtown Bay City. In the weeks that follow, other local performers will entertain at Waterfall Park. Bales says the concert series is all about highlighting local talent. The lineup includes: • July 23 — The Toyz, rock, blues and funk • July 30 — L.A.O. Band, four high school friends who play modern music • Aug 6 — Reed Brothers, pop rock • Aug. 13 — Dick Case & Friends, smooth jazz • Aug. 20 — Scott Baker and The Universal Expression, blend of rock, blues and jazz • Aug. 27 — Josh Ramses Band, classic songs from the past 40 years Bales says attendance has grown

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over the years and now it’s not unusual to see up to 200 people at a concert. “It’s really started to catch on,” she said of the concerts, which started in 2006, the same year Waterfall Park opened. “It’s a nice way to end your work week, or come down on Friday before going to eat. It’s become another tradition.” Although there is seating available in the park, Bales suggests bringing a lawn chair Admission is free, but performers generally pass a hat for donations. Bloenk will give any donations from his concert to the Bay Arts Council. For more information, call (989) 893-3573.

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ADAM LAMBERT

to realize how gifted he is. He’s the consummate entertainer, too, building a theatrical presence onstage as he wrapped his vocals around it all. Unfortunately, most of the numbers, while nicely showcasing his talents, didn’t have the hook that made them memorable a few songs later. It wasn’t a case of style over substance; he has a musical depth, in his own talents and his band, to make the phone book sound like a classic. And his innovative takes on Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” and Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” show what he can do with a strong song. Hopefully, as he grows in the business, he’ll find more of what makes “If I Had You” something to hum on your way back to the car. Of course, none of that stopped nearly 5,000 “Fan-Berts” from screaming and dancing and calling out “I love you” to the personable young performer. Even the sudden downpour that started minutes after the last note couldn’t dampen their enthusiasm. “Can you believe we’re seeing this at the showboat?” asked a fellow concertgoer, capturing the thrust of this year’s schedule. So far, Giesken said, the week is off to a strong start, with a great turnout at the kayak races, and some 7,000 people coming around for the annual parade. Act Two kicks in now, with events moving to the Showboat Park grounds. Head to the website www.chesaningshowboat.org for a schedule of events. “I’m excited about the wine and cheese tasting,” he said of today’s event. “We’ve limited the number of tickets we’ll sell to keep it a quality experience so people may want to check what’s available before coming out.” Also new this year is a Bloody Mary and-pickle tasting from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, featuring Mandingo Pickles. And Saturday, the Cruisin’ to the River Car Show takes over downtown Chesaning. There’s much more, too, with music by Fast Life in the tent tonight, and Modern Bliss on Friday and Saturday. “This is more than just bands; they actually put on a show,” Gieskin said of the bands. “They’re entertainers.”