2020 Summer Homefront Magazine

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Summer 2020

Life in and around Tecumseh

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contents Lore and legends.......................................................6 lake homes...............................................................................7 something to smile about...................1 0 from my kitchen........................................................1 4 fun in the water..........................................................1 7 anne walker.......................................................................1 9 miracle of growth............................................ 2 0 glamping................................................................................2 4 dig in...............................................................................................2 6 grocery getters...................................................... 2 9 abundance in hard times........................3 2 Puzzle Peace........................................................................3 4 Virtual 5k...................................................................................3 6 happenings..........................................................................3 8 tree fort................................................................................... 4 0 walking the beat.................................................... 4 3 antique page................................................................... 4 4 get your goat............................................................. 4 6

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S omething to

Smile

By Mary Kay McPartlin

Independent dentists

and orthodontists finally have something to smile about – they are seeing their patients again after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Once again they are able to help people happily flash their pearly whites.

Homefront asked area independent dentists and orthodontists why they do what they do and how what they do is different during the pandemic. Concern for patients and love of their work were a common theme.

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What safety measures are you following as you reopen?

kent benham family dentistry What safety measures are you following as you reopen?

Dr. Kent Benham, a graduate of BrittonMacon High School, believes dentist offices are historically very safe to visit.

The work done requires a focus on safe practices to protect the patient and the clinical staff. “We are following OSHA, CDC and MIOSHA guidelines,” said Benham.

Why are you a dentist?

Dentistry is a passion for Benham and revolves around the opportunity to care for people and help them lead a healthier and happier life.

What is your background?

After earning his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University, Benham went to The University of Michigan School of Dentistry. After going into practice, Benham also began teaching in the graduate program. He has been an educator at The University of Michigan for 29 years.

What is your specialty?

Benham appreciates the opportunity to focus on general family dentistry in his

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James Hinesly, D.D.S., M.S., P.C. (517) 423-6300 126 Herrick Park Dr, Tecumseh M-F 8am-5pm 2433 Oak Valley Dr., Ste. 200, Ann Arbor (734) 769-7600 hineslyorthodontics.com 

practice. The family appeal is what is most important to him in his work.

Why is it important to see a dentist?

The work of a dentist starts in the mouth, but there’s more to the job than just teeth, according to Benham.

Regular visits provide important health information to the dentist and the patient and can provide alerts to serious health issues. The mouth is often a first alert for heart issues. Dentists can also detect early stages of oral cancer.

Benham wants to find anything out of the ordinary before it becomes a major health problem. “Seeing the dentist is important for a person’s entire wellbeing, for critical and overall health,” said Benham.

What do you love most about your job?

After decades in practice, Benham doesn’t hesitate about what is the highlight in his work. “It’s rewarding,” he says. “People are genuinely appreciative.”

Safety comes first for Dr. James Hinesly’s team and patients. “We created a video and sent it to all of our patients to say things are going to be different when you enter,” said Hinesly. Seating in the reception is limited and temperatures are taken of everyone entering the building. The changes have not created a problem for any of Hinesly’s patients.

“One hundred percent of patients show up with masks on. People have been very understanding,” he said.

Why are you an orthodontist?

Hinesly enjoys the challenge of making the crooked straight. “I’ve been practicing for about thirty years,” he said. “We are all focused on the same goal. Our goal is excellence in orthodontics. That’s what makes it rewarding.”

What is your background?

Growing up in Detroit, Hinesly graduated from Birmingham Detroit Country Day High School. He went to Michigan State University and studied biology while playing left tackle for the MSU football team. Drafted by the Seahawks in 1979, Hinesly stayed focused on education.

“Football was what I did, it wasn’t who I was,” he said. “I was good at football, but I didn’t love it.” Inspired by his

uncle’s offer of a home during graduate school, Hinesly went to Howard University College of Dental School and got his DDS degree. That was followed by a master’s degree in orthodontics from The University of Michigan. Hinesly’s patients get to experience some of his football history with the football décor in his office. They can even try on a football helmet during a visit.

What is your specialty?

As an orthodontist, Dr. Hinesly’s focus is on the mouth as a whole. When teeth, lips and the jaw are in proper alignment, the patient has a straighter smile and avoids other issues. Misaligned teeth make it harder to chew food properly and can cause jaw strain that makes it easier for a tooth to break. There is even a possibility for speech problems and headaches.

What do you love most about your job?

Helping transform crooked teeth into a new smile is the best part of the job for Dr. Hinesly. The reaction of patients – and their parents – when they see their teeth for the first time in a year and half to two years is priceless. “The greatest moment is when the patient comes and is really excited to get their braces off,” said Dr. Hinesly. “When they start laughing, that’s the moment you live for.”

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What safety measures are you following as you reopen?

“We are following social distancing protocols, screening patients, taking temperatures, limiting the number of people who accompany patients, and wearing the recommended PPE," Weeden said. "We have a special air purifier to use in the limited times that we use a high-speed handpiece. It is important to note that both the CDC and the ADA guidelines are science-based recommendations and not regulations.

To maintain the best protocols possible, we are adhering to as many recommendations as possible even if they are not mandated. This is for the safety of both our patients and our office team.”

Why are you an orthodontist?

The challenges of an orthodontic practice captivate Weeden. “I am an orthodontist because I love helping people have the best smile and bite possible,” she said. “Every day is a new adventure. I see many different types of bite issues and also esthetic issues, and I enjoy the challenge of seeing and treating different things. I am truly blessed to be able to do something that I love. It was very difficult being closed for 10 weeks and being unable to see my patients. It has been a joy to have people back in the office.”

What is your background?

Weeden came to the practice of orthodontics after studying sociology as an undergraduate. “I attended Boston University after graduation from Hillsdale High School,” said Weeden. “I transferred to The University of Michigan and received my Bachelor of Arts in sociology.

I also earned my Doctor of Dental

Surgery and my Masters in Orthodontics from The University of Michigan.”

“I am very involved in organized orthodontics and currently serve as a delegate for the American Association of Orthodontists,” Weeden said. “I have served many roles in the Great Lakes Orthodontic Association and served as President of the organization two years ago. I am currently an adjunct clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan Graduate Orthodontics Program. I instruct dentists who are going back to school to specialize in orthodontics.”

What is your specialty?

“Orthodontists are specialists at diagnosing and treating bite and jaw problems. An orthodontist is a dentist who specializes in how the jaws and teeth are aligned,” said Weeden.

“They help people whose teeth are misaligned or require some kind of correction, those with an improper bite or malocclusion. Not everyone is aware that you must be a dentist prior to becoming an orthodontist. Similar to becoming a medical specialist, orthodontists complete an orthodontic residency program for two to three years after dental school. These extra years of schooling make the orthodontist the dental specialist in moving teeth and aligning jaws.”

What do you love most about your job?

“I love the people,” Weeden said. "I love the differences in people’s smiles. I love enriching others’ lives and having them enrich mine by coming to my office. It is a gift to love what you do. I truly feel blessed to do what I love and love what I do.”

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Why are you a dentist?

Doherty knew he wanted to work in the medical field when he was young. Becoming a dentist was a natural transition for him. “I am a dentist simply because I’ve always wanted to be,” Doherty said. “I’ve always been passionate about working in the healthcare field, and I felt that dentistry was a great opportunity to do what I love. I enjoy working with my hands and having a closeness to the community I serve.”

What is your background?

It wasn’t necessary for Doherty to travel far for his schooling in dentistry.

He went to University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry and became a practicing dentist in 2013. “I was born and raised in Southeast Michigan,” said Doherty. “My fiancée and I are currently living in Brownstown Twp. with our two cats. My father does special trades at Ford and my mother is a teacher. I also have a brother who is an engineer. I was raised in a loving household and always encouraged to give my best to whatever career I chose and to care for others.”

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Doherty Family Dentistry is concerned with the care of patients. Keeping everyone safe is a priority. “We are following all CDC, OSHA, ADA, and MDA guidelines,” said Dr. William Doherty. “We are scheduling patients in a way that reduces the chances of crossover transmission. We have all proper PPE for our staff to wear and enough in stock to ensure we limit the chances of spreading infection.”

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What is your specialty?

Doherty appreciates all that’s involved in the practice of dentistry.

“I am a general dentist,” he said.

“I wanted to stay a general dentist because I enjoy all dentistry has to offer, as opposed to limiting myself to a niche.”

Why is it important to see a dentist?

Regular visits are important, Doherty believes. “It is important to see a dentist because your oral health is a major component of overall health,” he said. “The mouth is the portal to the body and, as such, should be cared for as any other system in the body. Routine checkups and prevention are key to proper maintenance and can be the difference between needing a small filling or needing a root canal.”

What do you love most about your job?

Taking care of patients is the best part of dentistry for Doherty. “The thing I love most is having a nervous patient tell me ‘that wasn’t so bad,’” said Doherty. “I strive to make the entire experience as comfortable as possible. To be able to have a patient go from avoiding the dentist for years to actually enjoying their visit is a major win. I also love transforming smiles. Taking a patient from being afraid to smile to not being able to stop smiling is a fulfilling experience.”

What safety measures are you following as you reopen?

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has always been used at Willow Pediatric Dentistry, but now patients see office staff in masks and gowns as well as the clinical team. “In dentistry we have always focused on infection control,” Dr. Jody Atzmon said. Air quality is another concern, so the filtration system has also changed. “We have some pretty high capacity venting systems,” said Atzmon

Protocol for patients and their parents have also been adapted. Only one parent may accompany a child and masks are required for patients.

“Everybody is waiting in the car until the appointment,” Atzmon said. “It’s the new norm. We haven’t had any problems.

We have enough room that we can separate our patients.”

Why are you a dentist?

Growing up in Alaska, Atzmon wanted to become a doctor. The day she was scheduled to take the MCAT it snowed, and she didn’t make it to take the test.

After marrying and having children, Atzmon was considering going back to school and her husband encouraged her to consider dental school. She met with his dentist and was inspired. “She said, ‘You could absolutely do it,’” said Atzmon. “She was really inspirational.”

What is your background?

Armed with her chemistry degree, Atzmon went to University of Michigan School of Dentistry – attending classes while her children were in school and doing homework at night after they went to bed. “I loved dental school,” she said.

“There are some great people there.”

What is your specialty?

Atzmon specializes in pediatric dentistry and loves working with her young patients and their parents. “The whole place is designed for kids. They are the patients,” she said. “It’s just a way of being. They are the center of attention. Every kid is different, and I’m really grateful for my staff. Our hygienists have been working with kids forever and they are fabulous.” The goal is to work with kids at their comfort levels. “Some people are really surprised how patient we are,” said Atzmon.

“We are flexible. We try to mold ourselves to what any kid needs at any time."

Why is it important to see a dentist?

Atzmon believes working with young children teaches them not only how to care for their teeth properly but to learn how to be a patient. “We want to set them up for good health for life,” she said. “They learn how to talk to doctors and express themselves.”

The fight against cavities is also important and the goal is to avoid sedation and hospitals. “We do see a lot of cavities, it’s one of the number one childhood diseases. We like to catch things early,” Atzmon said. “We focus on parental learning as well and go over healthy eating. Dentistry is important because it can impact the entire body.”

What do you love most about your job?

People are what makes Atzmon’s day special. “Everybody in the office is there for the kids. It’s so nice to have everybody in my office on the same page,” she says. “It’s a dream come true to provide this service. I feel like being able to practice that way has been such a blessing. It’s so fun.”

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In Tuscany, she said, “they don’t eat a lot of pasta, they eat a lot of boar and cheeses, so the cooking is a little different.

The olive oils are so pure there,” she said.

“The wines don’t have sulfites in them so they taste better, too.”

She found that the pace of life in Europe is much different than it is here, and when she was in Italy, she saw first-hand the difference fresh food and spontaneity can make when it comes to cooking. “Americans tend to plan too much,” she said. “The European way of shopping is to stop by the market on the way from work and see what’s available.

And that becomes the meal.”

She said Italian cooking is a very pure form of cooking—it’s much simpler and cleaner. She contrasts it to French cuisine. “I cook French food, too, and I love French food, but it is very complicated,” she said.

Seven years ago, Schnurmacher returned to Adrian to take care of her ailing father. She also worked at Howard

Hanna and at Old National Bank in Tecumseh. When her husband, Stephen, who is 21 years her senior, developed dementia, Schnurmacher quit her job and became a full-time caregiver.

“Cooking saved me,” she said. “With the stress of him getting sicker and me being a caregiver, the one thing I could do was escape to the kitchen and cook. Plus, I can make sure Stephen gets good, quality, nourishing food.”

Over the years, Schnurmacher said she has marked dozens of recipes in cookbooks. She likened it to the plot of the film, “Julie and Julia,” where Amy Adams vows to prepare all 524 recipes in Julia Childs’ landmark cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

“All recipes I’ve marked all these years, I decided to start making them,” she said.

“Cooking de-stresses me. In fact, I read an article where a psychiatrist deemed cooking a therapy for people.”

Her experiences with taking care of her father and now her husband have

Fresh Corn, Tomato and Mozzarella Salad Story by Renee Lapham Collins Photos courtesy of April Schnurmacher

From my

Kitchen Cooking with April Schnurmacher

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Garrison Schnurmacher had been away from Lenawee County for more than 40 years before she returned in 2014. Schnurmacher, who spent her childhood on a farm in west Adrian, grew up “used to having fresh food” and learning about cooking from her grandmother. “We had a four-acre vegetable garden, and I always worked in the garden,” she said. “The garden fed the family. So, when it comes to cooking, I come back to my roots.”

Schnurmacher left Michigan for New Jersey in 1973 to finish school. After graduation, she went to Manhattan and worked her way up in the advertising business, where she became a senior account executive. “At age 35, I met my husband,” she said. “At 39, I married for the first time. He wanted to travel, so I quit my job, and we traveled,” she said. “I had always experimented with food and recipes because we entertained a lot,” she said. A few years ago, her husband gifted her with cooking lessons in Italy. She headed to Greve in the Chianti region to learn more about Tuscan cuisine. “After that, I got more into cooking,” she said. “And I traveled around other parts of Italy.”

In the typical Italian household, she said, they cook all morning and eat at 1 p.m. “Then, they relax all afternoon and drink wine and eat leftovers in the evening,” Schnurmacher said. “People don’t have much; they live simpler lives.”

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Ingredients 3 cups of cherry or small heirloom type tomatoes 7 ears of fresh cut sweet corn 10 oz of fresh mozzarella cheese, cubed 1 - 11/2 cups of fresh basil roughly chopped or julienned

6 or 7 scallions sliced thin (including most of the tops)

4 tbsp of either champagne or white wine vinegar 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 tsp kosher salt 1 tsp fresh ground pepper

Directions Cut the corn off the cob and run the back of your knife down the sides of the empty cob pushing the remaining milk into the bowl.

Cut tomato’s in half horizontally and add to the bowl with the fresh corn kernels. Add the cubed mozzarella and sliced scallions to bowl.

Add the fresh basil.

Whisk the vinegar, salt and pepper together, add the olive oil slowly while whisking.

Pour dressing over the top of your corn and tomato salad and toss well.

Refrigerate at least one hour before serving.

been challenging. “With Alzheimer’s,” she said, “seeing the love slowly leaving is a lot of heartbreak, so if you can focus on something, it helps. Cooking does that.”

Schnurmacher is working on a website, “The Cooking Groove,” which is designed for the novice cook who is caring for others.

“I want to keep it to simpler dishes and include step-by-step guides for cooking,” she said. “I’ll have a blog there for people to communicate with one another about food. My hope is that it hits the community of people cooking for loved ones.”

She also will include articles about cooking as therapy and other related information. “Of course, there will be recipes for people to make and try,” she

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said. “I want it to be a fun, simple site for that community. There are others out there who have gone through what I have, and I found cooking to be good mental therapy.”

Schnurmacher has lived in New York City, Long Island, and in Delray Beach, Florida. Over the years, she and her husband spent a lot of time flying back and forth as “snowbirds.” Eventually, she said, she wanted to go home. “I never had kids so if I am going to grow old, I want to be near my family and grow old with them,” she said. “My husband is a native New Yorker and moving here to the peace and quiet has been good for him. I love taking care of him, and we love being together.

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“I was born a troublemaker,” said Anne. “I feel like I am a puzzle master. I connect people together. I come from a family that believes in building community.

It’s my job to give back because that is what my family always did.”

Anne’s volunteer work began after she stopped working as an occupational therapist to be more focused on her son’s needs in school. Her skills from her mental health background were part of what she had to offer the community. “Every piece of my life is part of the quilt, is part of the puzzle,” Anne said.

In Ann Arbor she worked at a facility serving senior citizens and heard stories from the widow of Fielding Harris Yost and the original Hertler brothers. “I’ve always been drawn to seniors,” Anne said.

“She was a gracious lady. Herman and his brother were both over one hundred.”

The history and knowledge of those who came before us inspire Anne, whether it is people she meets or her ancestors.

Some of her family came from Norwalk, Ohio, and include ministers and politicians who shaped the country.

The connection with family who worked hard to improve the world and take care of people made an impact, especially after she and her sisters traveled to Ohio after 9/11 to visit places mentioned in her grandfather’s book written for the Ohio State Historical Society.

“We are called to be who we are called to be,” said Anne. “My mother used to say ‘remember who you are and what that stands for.’ There’s a serious commitment here, when you outgrow your silliness.”

Anne’s volunteer career in Tecumseh started with the library. She joined the Friends of the Library and got immersed in the organization.

“I’ve not learned yet to keep my mouth shut,” Anne said with a laugh. “We knew we had to form a district library.”

She and Mary Deming along with a dedicated group of people helped pass a millage that funded the newly-formed Tecumseh District Library, then she ran and was elected to two terms on the

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Anne receives Volunteer of the Year award from United Way

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library Board of Trustees. “That first board was quite the talent pool,” said Anne. “I do believe it was a divine thing. They were an absolute gift.”

Anne believes her greatest insights into public service and leadership was working with one of the most outspoken opponents to the millage, who became one of the library’s biggest supporters.

Her work with the library guided her to the Kiwanis Club, whose call as a national organization was to focus on work done at a local level to build a good community. “Their motto, ‘Changing the world, one child, one community at a time,’ is who I am called to be,” Anne said. “We aren’t supposed to operate independently.”

Her faith also guides Anne, and she has been active in Adrian Presbyterian Church and Tecumseh Presbyterian Church, where she has served as both a Deacon and an Elder. She participated in a mid-week LOGOS program for youth in the Adrian church and connected with community and church leaders who came together to mentor youth in this program.

“It’s taught me how to make a good pie crust and a good paper airplane, and nurtured an enduring perspective that ‘we are all children of God, some of us are just a little bit older,’” Anne said.

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hen Anne was recommended to the advisory board for United Way of Lenawee and Monroe Counties, she came armed with enthusiasm. “I just love the way they did everything,” said Anne. “You get to know people when ‘you get your feet in the dirt.’”

The work brought her face to face with people from various agencies and taught her who does what and gave her a better understanding of how to match people in need with resources that can help them.

Her most recent work was expanding the Fresh Food Initiative to Tecumseh. When Anne whipped together a

community board last July, it happened fast.

“I invited everybody I could think to invite from churches to community service groups to a meeting with Nancy Bishop and a representative from the Southern Michigan Food Bank,” she said. “You never get those people free all at the same time.

The first three months were funded by a grant and since then we have been able to to keep it going through additional grants and funding from individuals and partner groups. It’s been going so well so far and that’s great.”

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nne’s inspiration for what she does comes from the people who did it before. One of her biggest inspirations is a Tecumseh legend. “Carleton Cook was one of the most important people I met when I moved to this community,” said Anne. “He was a man who also believed in giving back to the community, both he and Lynn. He was such a delightful man. He helped us put in the community garden.

I remember when he was mentoring a lunch buddy who was a very troubled child. Carleton would take him to his farm in Macon and teach him how to work with horses. I went out to watch them work together. It was a joy. He would do whatever he could to help someone. He was so joyful and grateful that he lived in this community. You could tell that he was pleased he’d help make Tecumseh/Lenawee County a great place to live. I even today get weepy about him. He reminds me of my family. I want to keep going like that.”

The reason to volunteer is a simple one for Anne. “It’s about serving your community and you are called to do it,” she said. “As long as I have the energy and the ability, I hope I can keep going.”

People might ask where Anne gets the energy to do what she does, but her belief is joy and energy come from volunteering.

“It’s who you connect with and who you cross-pollinate with,” said Anne. “Each one of us has a different gift and talent. You learn if you listen and you pay attention.

You have to be open to people not cut from the same cloth. We are supposed to be mixed up. We are all gifted differently.

The people you come in contact with will change your life. How can you not smile and want to do more?” n

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By Sara Hilton

Greg and Sandy Lewis of Tecumseh have been gardening their entire lives. For them, this generational passing of miracles began with their own parents and grandparents. “I remember working in the garden with my grandfather,” said Greg, who worked for Tecumseh Public Schools for 27 years before retiring, serving in roles as a middle school science teacher, assistant principal, athletic director, and most recently interim superintendent.

“When my grandfather’s sweet corn was done, I got to take the corn knife and take down the stalks,” he said.

Then I would get the lawn mower.

It wasn’t even a real tractor, but I’d

On a hot

August day, three young boys work with their grandfather, Greg Lewis, to dig up onions and potatoes from the garden. There is laughter and there is competition to find the largest vegetables. There is also patience for the children’s games and curiosities, because this moment is so much more than a burdensome chore. This harvest is so much more than just the potatoes and onions that are pulled from the earth. Rather, this moment is a story of generations and the passing of knowledge and skill. This moment is, more than anything, about a grandfather helping his grandsons to discover the extraordinary miracle of growth.

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Sandy and Greg Lewis

Sam collecting apples from his grandparent’s property

use it to take the stalks over to the steers and feed them. I was about ten years old, and it just made me feel like a bona fide farmer.” Today, Greg has and uses his grandfather’s corn knife. “I actually have one from each of my grandfathers,” he said. Sandy, who after 29 years, recently retired from her role as an accounting director for Wacker Chemical, also gardened with her parents and grandparents. When she cans, she uses her grandmother’s pressure canner, a large pot that has been preserving food for generations.

As they talk, it becomes evident that the garden has been a major setting in the story of this

Teddy enjoying the harvest

family, starting in their own childhoods and continuing when they married and together cultivated their own garden. As time went on, the garden became a place for their own three daughters to grow and learn. “When our oldest daughter was under a year old, she’d grab a tomato out of the garden,” said Greg. “She had about two teeth, and she’d start eating it and she’d have tomato all over her, and she’d be all full of dirt. One time an older gentleman saw her eating her tomato and said, ‘That’s the way a little kid should look right there.’”

The garden was also a place for their daughters to find imagination and wonder. “Our girls would play hide and seek in the tall stalks of corn,” said Greg.

“They’d pick up worms and play with them.” At dinnertime, Greg would help his daughters to reach up and pick their very own ears of corn. The girls were hardly tall enough nor strong enough, yet one can imagine their little hands stretched upwards toward the corn like little seedlings reaching for the sun.

“Sometimes working in the garden made our kids feel like pioneers,” said Sandy, “especially when they were into the Laura Ingalls Wilder books.” Twice, they uncovered baby rabbits in the heavily mulched potatoes. “The garden was also about teamwork, sharing, and helping out with the family,” she said. “It is good for kids to learn those skills.” It seems that so much more than vegetables have been grown and cultivated in the soil of the Lewis garden.

“I also think it’s good for the kids to understand where food comes from, and that food isn’t just from the store,” said Sandy when she talked of taking her grandsons to the garden, teaching them to pick buckets of beans, snapping the long crisp pods from the plant. Her words underscore how the miracle of growth is one that seems somewhat less miraculous when vegetables and fruits are lined up in tidy packaging and in supermarket rows. Perhaps it’s because those neat little displays belie the truth that their grandsons are now learning Miracle of Growth continued...

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as they dig up potatoes and onions with their grandfather — the truth that growth and harvest is never neat, clean, nor tidy. The miracle of growth always rises from sweat and soil, the labor of man, and the miraculous labor of the sprout folding its way out of the earth.

There is something to be had in a garden that one cannot find in a store, and the fact that growth does not rise from clean perfection, but rather from gritty soil is perhaps one of the most comforting aspect of the miracle.

When asked about the practical aspects of gardening, they answer, their knowledge evident, yet their stories repeatedly wind back, back to the deeper and more meaningful happenings in the soil. “It’s amazing,” said Greg, “You take a handful of seeds like Johnny Appleseed and throw them in the ground and nurture them and they produce. It is kind of magical. I think it also gives you that autonomy that you can do this yourself. You don’t necessarily need grocery stores.” The stories then return to their children and grandchildren. They tell stories of their grandson Sam picking apples from their property, and stories of the littlest, Teddy, gnawing on corn, so very much like his own mother had years ago sat in the garden eating the fresh tomatoes.

“My grandson, AJ, who lives in Texas now, was here last April,” Greg continues. “He got to help plant the potatoes. They came back in August, so I left some potato hills in so he could help dig the potatoes that he planted. He just thought it was the coolest thing. It was like magic for him to think that he just put this one little chunk of a potato into the ground, and now he has a grocery bag full of them.”

And with that moment it begins again with a new generation. Within the Lewis garden, wonder folds its way out of another child as he begins to grow and learn profound truths that cannot be found in the supermarket aisle. The truth that growth is never neat, clean, nor tidy. The truth that growth requires sweat and dirt and is often a mess.

And the truth that there, within the sweat and mess, there are always miracles to be seen — a tiny seed giving forth to inexplicable bounty and harvest. There, within that moment between a grandfather and grandson, the Lewis garden continues on as a legacy of generations as the soil tells the story of the extraordinary miracle of growth. n 22

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Greg and Sandy both worked full time while raising three daughters. They maintain that the secret to a successful garden lies in teamwork, planning, and a small daily commitment. “If you take just 15 minutes a day to weed, it doesn’t get away from you,” said Greg. “That small commitment will really pay off.”

While they don’t have a root cellar, they have found that squash, potatoes, and onions keep very well in their barn. They simply cover the produce with wool blankets or nestle the crops into straw.

In addition to canning and freezing their produce, they make their own sauerkraut and salsa. “Again the key is planning,” said Sandy.

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In many ways, Macon Grocery is a place that has come to embody the very sweetest elements of life in a rural country village.

It is a place to get a fresh cup of morning coffee along with light pleasantries. Within its quaint walls there is talk of crops and frost. It is a place where customers and owners have names.

The original Macon Grocery was built by automaker Henry Ford.

Ford, who owned a home as well as a great deal of farmland in Macon, also owned the schoolhouse and the Mill. He built Macon Grocery so that residents in the area would have their own general store and wouldn’t have to leave the community for essentials.

That same sense of place and community was what attracted new owners John and Erika Aylward to purchase the store. The Aylwards, who also own Boulevard Market in downtown Tecumseh, are lifelong residents of Macon. They purchased the building on February 28, and after closing for a few weeks for minor renovations, they found themselves suddenly faced with

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Customers will also find a cappuccino machine, free wifi, and outdoor seating. “I love that this can be a place for young people to grab a fancy drink and sit outside together.

I love giving them a place to go within their own community. That’s important,” she said. While customers can grab a soda and a bag of chips, it was also important to the Aylwards to continue to offer nostalgic items like fresh popcorn, peanuts in the shell, and candy by the pound. Not only do these items give the grocery a warm, old fashioned family feel, in a sense these items are an extension of their mission to make Macon Grocery a community connection point. These small items make the store a destination, a place where parents can walk their young children for a treat, or a safe place for a child to exert those first small acts of independence as they learn to make a purchase on their own. In part, this family-friendly atmosphere of Macon Grocery comes from it being a true family business, with the Aylwards two grown daughters running the store.

While their intention was to offer a service to the community, for the Aylwards, this new business quickly became a place where they are able to daily experience the sweetest elements of rural life. “It’s wonderful here,” said Erika. “It’s neighborly, friendly, and there is a small town congeniality that we just love.”

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Brendan Bagby

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Victor Coscarelli

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Hunter Freitas

Senior Class President, NHS, Link Crew, SADD Officer, ROX, Basketball, Volleyball, Softball. Attending SHU to study Environmental Science or Business Communications. Signed letter to play Basketball as well

Varsity Football & Baseball, Volunteer Flag Football Coach. LISD Tech Center Student Leader Attending MSU to study Electrical Technology

Pre Med, Varsity Golf (State Qualifier) and Lacrosse, NHS, Key Club Secretary, Link Crew, Peer to Peer and Sources of Strength. Attending GVSU to pursue a degree in Health Sciences

Varsity Soccer Captain, Varsity Wrestling Captain & State Qualifier, NHS, Voices for Change and Student Council. Attending Western Michigan University to study Aviation Flight Science

NHS President, Key Club VP, Link Crew Commissioner, Peer to Peer, Girls Varsity Golf. Attending Grand Valley State University to study Speech & Language Pathology

Michigan State University- Varsity Soccer Captain, SADD Officer, NHS Officer & Link Crew. Attending MSU to study Environmental Engineering

NHS, Link Crew, Student Council & Debate Club. Attending Central Michigan University to study Biomedical Sciences on a Pre-Med track

Noah Kormos

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NHS, Sources of Strength, SADD, Student Council, Voices for Change, Class Officer, Chamber Orchestra, Bowling. Attending Western Michigan University College of Aviation to study Aviation Science

Board Member of Sources of Strength, National Honor Society, THS Cross Country, Track and Swim team, Orchestra. Attending University of Michigan and studying Environmental Science

University of Toledo majoring in mechanical engineering. NHS, Class President Sophomore and Junior years. Part of Peer to Peer Program

THS Class 2020 Salutatorian, NHS Officer, Link Crew Member, THS Choir Council President, Chambers Choir, dance and theatre. Attending University of Michigan to study Actuarial Mathematics

University of Michigan Varsity Tennis (State qualifier), Basketball & Baseball, NHS VP, Link Crew, Sources of Strength. Attending U of M School of Nursing

Varsity Soccer Captain, NHS & SADD. Attending Hope College to study Biology on a Pre-Med track.

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THS Class 2020 Valedictorian, Varsity Soccer Captain, NHS & SADD. Attending Kalamazoo College to study Biochemistry/Biology on a Pre-Med track. Committed to play soccer as well

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The club supports many projects in the community, including the distribution of dictionaries to all third graders in Tecumseh Pubic Schools, financial donations to the Tecumseh Service Club, Newsong Community Church Food Pantry, and Community Learning Connections. Kiwanis also provides financial support for high school swim meets and club members work at the meets as timekeepers. The Kiwanissponsored Key Club at the high school and Builders Club at the middle school provide students with leadership training.

The club awards scholarships annually to high school seniors, with a portion of the funds coming from the

Flag Project. This year, Kiwanis awarded $12,500 to 16 students, Brys said. While the flag project is just one of the many fund-raisers Kiwanis members hold to support community programs, it is the most important.

“We started the flag project six years ago and the community has enthusiastically supported it,” she said. “It continues to grow in popularity each year. Right now, club members distribute and collect a little over 1,000 flags to subscribers for six national holidays.” Flag subscriptions are $35 annually and Kiwanis members do all the work of setting up the flags, she said. Flags can be ordered online or on the club’s Facebook page. The Kiwanis Club of Tecumseh meets every Tuesday at 7am at the Tecumseh United Methodist Church.

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“Everybody was having a hard time,” said Lottie Martin, a 104-year-old Tecumseh resident on her memories of living through the Great Depression. “At some point you just accepted it and learned to live through it.”

The Great Depression began in October of 1929 when the U.S. stock market collapsed and caused the worst economic downturn the country had ever experienced. Less than four years later, unemployment had risen to nearly 25 percent, leaving more than 15 million Americans unemployed.

As livelihoods dissipated, for the first time in their lives, once secure families struggled to meet their most basic needs like food and shelter. During that same time, like salt on a wound, The Dust Bowl, a severe Midwestern drought, decimated crops and created food shortages in an already hungry nation.

In the years that followed the crash, many families, like Lottie’s, were forced to change the way they lived and, in the lifetimes that followed, many who lived during the Great Depression were never able to shake off the habits learned during that time. In later years, many made fun of Depression-era rituals of reusing bits of tinfoil and never throwing away anything that might have future use. Yet when one experiences the fragility of the system in which we live, perhaps those lifestyle measures aren’t habits, but rather wisdom.

Yet for Lottie, the lessons and wisdom drawn from that time weren’t about frugality. Rather, they were lessons of abundance. “My mom was so caring,” she said. “She gave away things that at the time, we kids wanted. But when we protested, she’d just say that someone else needs it. We lived on a farm so we had food to eat when others didn’t. My mom didn’t drive, so she’d load up the wagon with food and eggs and sometimes a chicken and hitch up the horse we’d go take food to people.” Lottie’s mother would instruct her daughter to bring the food to the door and not ask questions. “Don’t ask questions,” she laughed.

“I can still hear her saying that.” As a little girl, Lottie didn’t understand why she couldn’t ask

Lottie Martin

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Leroy Brugger and Tiger questions. It was only after she had grown that she realized that not asking questions was an effort to protect the dignity of her hardworking neighbors as to not worsen the shame they felt at not being able to feed their own children. No questions was an act of love.

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ongtime Lenawee county resident Leroy Brugger, who recently turned 101 years old, also remembers the Depression as a time of sharing. “I didn’t even realize there was a Depression,” he said. “We lived on a farm. We had enough to eat.” Yet as his stories unfolded, he seemed so unfazed by how remarkably giving his family was during that time. He told stories of strangers passing by the farm, looking for work in exchange for food. “We didn’t always have work for them, so sometimes we’d invite them in to eat.

Sometimes we’d make them a sandwich and they’d eat on the porch,” he said. He told the story of one gentleman who stopped by their farm looking to work in exchange for food.

They didn’t have work for the man, but they told him he could sleep in the barn. “In the morning, we invited him in for pancakes,” he said. Strangers were hungry, so his family fed them. What might be most remarkable is just how unremarkable he seemed to think these stories were, as if feeding a passing stranger is simply what one does.

Leroy laughed as he recalled one instance in which his family did refuse to help. “These men wanted money for coffee,” he said. “We offered to make them coffee, but they wanted money. They said they wanted restaurant coffee. We said again, they could come to the house and we’d make them coffee, but they didn’t want it, they just wanted money. You see, that restaurant coffee was alcohol,” he laughed. “We didn’t give them money.”

When asked how living during the Great Depression shaped who she became and how she went on to live the rest of her life, Lottie didn’t speak of saved scraps of tinfoil. Instead she said, “I learned that in hard times there is always a beginning and there is always an ending. They were tough times,” she said. “But between the beginning and ending, those times taught us a lot.

They taught us to share and give. Those are the two most important things I learned.

I’m glad I had those memories of my mom taking that buggy of food, because I learned that if someone needs something, I’m going to share it.” She paused a moment before retelling the story of the horse and wagon and her mother. “I learned I wanted to be like my mom,” she said. “We didn’t have new things or the nicest clothes, but my mom would say, ‘Look at my children. I have the world. I have everything.’” n

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ometimes circumstances cause things to fall apart, but in this case, circumstances have inspired people to piece things back together. “I never sold puzzles online before the pandemic,” said Dan Bindus, co-owner of J-Bar

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Stay at Home order, J-Bar Hobbies What exactly is it about slowly piecing found that in order to survive, they together a cardboard scene that seems to needed to piece together a new way to do attract people during troubling times? “I business. When Dan’s wife mentioned think it’s several things,” said Bindus. “I on Facebook that the store had puzzles, think it’s because people are bored, and the orders began flooding in. “That they don’t want anymore news, because Facebook post got forwarded and went its depressing no matter what. People everywhere,” he said.

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The orders started coming in from Michigan, Ohio, California.

It’s been wild. I am shipping puzzles all over the country.”

Bindus discovered that he could put a puzzle on the J-Bar website at 9:30 a.m., and by 10:15 a.m. it was sold.

“Winter months are One of their best-selling brands! typically popular Hopscotch Kids: 154 E. Chicago Blvd., Tecumseh puzzle months,” said 517.301.4700 • Facebook Hopscotchkidstec Bindus. “We might sell 30 or 40 puzzles per week in the are tired of TV and binge-watching.” winter.” Yet this past spring, within a While he notes that his customers are two-and-a-half-week period, they easily also turning to reading and buying more sold over 200 puzzles. board games, he ventures that a puzzle As the world has grappled with offers a unique set of qualities. “Puzzles piecing together the chaos of the can be done slowly,” said Bindus. “You pandemic, it seems that more and more don’t have to finish it. A puzzle is not people are turning to puzzles to find a team activity, but it can be,” he said. some semblance of order and peace. “You don’t have to talk when you do However, the puzzle craze is not unique a puzzle, but you can. It’s not a game to our time and place in history. Puzzles, so you don’t have to deal with cheating which are said to have been created by or yelling or rules. Puzzles are just a a London mapmaker in the 1760’s, quiet kind of thing.” And for families also enjoyed a surge of popularity quarantined together for months at a during the Great Depression, offering time he notes that, “Puzzles are a way not only cheap entertainment, but also to spend time together without spending employment, often for women who time together.” were hired to operate the treadle scroll Stacey Foss, owner of Hopscotch saws used to cut the pieces.

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“Puzzles are a creative outlet and really good when it comes to keeping the brain sharp during a time when many of our normal activities aren’t possible. Puzzles are one of those things that you can do by yourself, or around the table with others. It's something to do with your family that has a non-competitive edge. It’s a way to engage differently with people,” she said. “You can talk over it, or not.

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Run, bike, paddle, walk The pandemic has made for a tricky spring and summer for Tecumseh Parks and Recreation director Sarah Gilmore. “It’s really not how we like to run things,” Gilmore said. “In this time of COVID, how do we engage our community?”

Gilmore has hit upon one idea: a virtual 5K race. “We needed to get creative on how to still engage the community, because we have not been able to offer programming essentially since mid-March,” she said. “A virtual 5K lends itself to social distancing and group gatherings guidelines.”

The race, titled, Off the Beaten Path—Virtual 5K, will have participants finish a 5K race on their own, at home, at a time convenient for them. “This can be done anywhere and be any kind of physical activity,” Gilmore said. “Running, walking, biking, paddling. They can do all 3.1 miles at once or break it up into shorter distances.”

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No race times need to be submitted and all participants will receive a T-shirt and custom medal.

Proceeds will benefit Tecumseh’s Parks and Rec Department. “It would be a great thing to do as a family or for someone working their way towards running a 5K race,” Gilmore said. “All miles must be completed in the month of July because July is National Parks and Recreation month. We are celebrating and hope folks celebrate with us, too.”

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“I think it’s something they can feel safe doing, working at their own pace,” she said. “I would love for it to become part of the rhythm of our community, progressing toward doing it as an actual event, a timed race. Right now, we’re taking a crack at being

creative and doing what we can.”

Gilmore, who has been director of Parks and Rec for nearly a year, said she is waiting to hear from local and state health departments on any new guidelines governing social distancing and social gathering. “The hardest thing during this whole pandemic is

knowing people need an outlet for a normal routine, and we couldn’t be there to provide that,” she said. “Man, that was hard.”

Gilmore said the department’s visibility and public presence meant a shutdown resulted in big adjustments for staff. “We took to our Facebook page and tried to offer scavenger hunts, interesting nature related things happening in the parks, activities people could do at home,” she said.

“Looking ahead, we have several contingency plans for operation and programming once the rec center is allowed to open.”

One of the greatest challenges of the pandemic, she said, has been the amount of people allowed to gather.

“Even though we can utilize our parks and open spaces for programming, that is a major factor we must consider,” she said. “Another challenge will be working with the community to respect each other’s social distancing bubble in public spaces, like on trails, in pavilions, public beaches, and the like. As long as folks can be mindful of that, I think everyone can enjoy their time in the parks.”

Gilmore said seeing people out on the trails and water, and in the parks has lifted her spirits. “I do have to say that being out in the parks and seeing so many people and new faces seeking some solace on the trails and on the water during this time has been a bright spot,” she said. “We only have 90-100 days of summer and we have to make them all count.”

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They began with a three-level structure, using old roofing from the barn for siding, an old porch post from the house, and decorating with a CocaCola sign they had found in the barn 20 years earlier. “We just took what we had and decided to be creative,” said Pat. Hog fencing became first floor railings, old handles and other items found new ways to be useful. From there, the fort has become a never-ending project, a place for what-ifs and dreams. They’ve since added a climbing wall and a zip line. Last year they ran electricity to the fort. “We had an old 8mm projection screen that was Craig’s parents. That now hangs in our media room,” said Pat. In this room, the family gathers to watch movies.

“We aren’t Holiday Inn kind of people,” said Pat. “Our family loves to camp and be outdoors. This place gives the kids a place to just be kids,” she said. The fort has now become a place for sleepovers. In the winter, the grandchildren ice skate on the pond and use the fort as a warming house. They also decorate the fort for Halloween and Christmas.

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t’s been 58 years since Irene Isom put on the uniform of the Tecumseh Police Department to go to work, but she remembers her time working for the city like it was yesterday. The Tecumseh resident, 83, only worked for the department for a year, but it was a good year for her.

“It was really nice because the guys were really respectful,” said Irene, who joined the force at age 24. “I really enjoyed my job. They taught me everything I needed to do. I rode with them on patrol.”

The police department in Tecumseh at the end of 1960 realized an increase in domestic violence cases in the city that required a woman’s touch to help the female victims feel more secure.

Irene and her husband George lived near Officer Bob Arwood, and he recommended Irene for the job. Police Chief George Kilbourn came to talk to Irene about joining the department.

Her job duties were varied. In addition to riding along on domestic violence calls, Irene worked as needed as a dispatcher and to provide security. “I used to have to patrol the Woolworth’s store where Martin’s Home Center is now,” she said.

Her main beat was in downtown Tecumseh, where she spent a lot of time checking the parking meters and giving tickets to cars parked at expired meters. “A lot of people called me the meter maid,” said Irene with a laugh.

In her mind's eye, walking the 1960s streets of Tecumseh is still possible for Irene. She remembers where all the businesses were located, and the who’s who of Tecumseh business owners and city officials. “Kirby’s Diner was where Mr. Herrick used to eat breakfast every single morning,” said Irene. At that time, downtown Tecumseh had approximately 20 gas stations and three car dealerships.

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“There was not really a whole lot of nasty dangerous stuff,” she said. “I really enjoyed the job. I knew everybody in town. I was very sociable and learned a lot about their lives. We used to call Tecumseh our little Peyton Place.”

Her time as a policewoman was not long, but Irene will always hold the title of Tecumseh’s first woman on the force as well as many good memories. “It was a fun time,” Irene said. “It was a good, fun time.” n

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These are the working goats of Milan’s Twin Willow Ranch. Since 2012, this small family farm has been renting their goats for the purpose of goatscaping, the process of clearing land by using the hearty appetites of goats.

While goatscaping can be used to clear steep hills, or thick underbrush and other problem plants, the greatest benefit is their ability to clear an area without the use of chemicals or other harmful materials that pose environmental risks.

Goatscaping can be used without worry of harm to children, pets, or other livestock. “Environmentally, this is as natural as it can get,” said Mourer, noting that goats will eat most foliage, including poison ivy, raspberry vines, thorny

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Throughout the years, the goats of Twin Willow Ranch have happily cleared residential properties, commercial properties, and even community parks and natural areas. After an initial visit to determine how many goats and how much fencing is needed to complete the job, a portable electric fence is put in

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