MUSICALS DECADES THROUGH THE

sun, mAy 7, 3pm Tecumseh cenTer for The ArTs

400 n mAumee sT, Tecumseh 517-423-6617 • $12/$10  Tecumsehpops.com • TheTcA.org

Tecumseh Pops

Orchestra & Community Chorus present Musicals Through The Decades with selections from these popular musicals: Carousel, Sound of Music, Girl Crazy, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, Music Man, The Man of Mancha, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, The Chorus Line, The Lion King, Wicked, and A Beautiful Noise. There’s something for everyone at this collaborative production.

mAy 18-20 • sTArTIng AT 9Am 517-424-6003 myTecumseh.org

Area pickers will be anxious to see what special bargains they can find during the sale. No permits required for the 3-day event! Dust off those old treasures, sort thru those clothes you haven’t worn in ages and put them out to sell!

May Mingle

‘Welcome to the Jungle’ Community Learning Connections

May 13, 6-10pm

Tecumseh Golf Club 5200 Milwaukee Rd  517-423-7574 • $45 Admit communitylearningconnections.org

Classic Car & Bike Show

Thur, May 18, 6pm 205 E Chicago Blvd

Tecumseh • 517-424-6818 downtowntecumseh.com

Also June 16, Aug 18 & Sept 15. Show off your classic car or motorcycle!

Tecumseh

Farmers Market

Open Sat’s May 20-Oct 7 9am-1pm • 517-423-3740 Market on Evans 213 N Evans St, Tecumseh • Produce, crafts, music, food trucks, flowers, antiques, etc. downtowntecumseh.com

Tecumseh’s Memorial Day Parade

May 29, 10am

Starting in downtown Tecumseh then north on Union St to Brookside Cemetery for a moving tribute • 517-423-2107 mytecumseh.org

Radio personality Cheron Sanders’ breast cancer was discovered during a routine mammogram. She had no symptoms or family history of the disease.

What she did have was abnormal cells throughout her right breast. To prevent the cancer from spreading, her Henry Ford Health team moved quickly to perform a mastectomy, followed immediately by microsurgery breast reconstruction—Henry Ford is one of few who can perform this joint procedure. After treatment, Cheron created CheronsSheroes.com, a website providing women with support during their breast cancer treatment. Discover Cheron’s story, and learn more about breast cancer screening at henryford.com/mammography

“Not too big, not too small, but just right. That’s how Holly DeWitt describes her new “Goldilocks” build in Tecumseh. Initially, she planned to buy an existing home which had undergone a recent renovation. But when Holly learned Abstract Builders had done the renovation, she gave them a call. “We had a discussion,” Holly said, “and things kind of took off from there.” She credits husband-and-wife team Rob and Teena Hill, owners and operators of Abstract Builders, for their expert guidance, honesty, and integrity throughout the entire process, from financing to finishing touches. “I couldn’t ask for better builders. I’m very thankful we could work as a team,” Holly said.

“Cozy” and “warm” are words she returns to as she describes the modern farmhouse ranch, currently Abstract’s most popular build. But this is no cookiecutter house: DeWitt worked closely with Abstract to customize the home, which is now settled on a corner lot in an established subdivision at North Union and Red Maple streets.

Entering the home through the front door, the living, dining, and kitchen areas are in view all at once in the open floor plan. Cream-colored walls throughout, brightened by the natural light flooding in from several windows on the front and back sides of the house, lend to the home’s warmth and airiness. Each designated common space is moderately sized yet ample. In the living room, a pillowy couch, comfy chairs, and a coffee table nestle together on a rug. The sitting area faces a partial wall toward the east side of the house where a flat screen tv hangs above a wide linear glass fireplace and black soapstone hearth, custom-built for the space by Abstract owner Rob Hill. Behind the partial wall is a short hallway with a bedroom at each end and a full bath in between. Black-framed sliding glass doors, taking up most of the living room wall opposite the front door, provide a tranquil view into the backyard.

On the opposite side of the home, in the western wing, is the airy master bedroom suite, including a master bath with a private water closet and walk-in shower, as well as a generous walk-in closet. The arrangement of bedrooms at opposite ends of the house is one of Holly’s favorite features for the space and privacy it affords to both kids and parents.

The “piece de resistance” of the home though, as Holly calls it, is the kitchen, which beckons just west of the living room. “It’s the heart of the home; it’s where everything happens; it’s where everyone wants to be; and, with the open floor concept, it is where all the ‘wow’ comes from,” she said.

Along the kitchen’s back wall, a dramatic veined slab of black/ grey soapstone serves as a backsplash, provides built-in shelves, and is also the same stone used for the fireplace hearth on the opposite side of the room. Bookended by slivered almond-colored cabinets sitting atop each end of the dark soapstone counters as well as below them, the backsplash sets off the stunning centerpiece of the space: a large black matte Italian oven with brass knobs and trim. The kitchen island, centered in front of the stove, is topped with a soft white and gray honed Carrara marble and holds the farmhouse style kitchen sink. Three rattan pendant lights hang above the island, adding a rustic and relaxed charm to the space, as does the unlacquered brass finish on all the home’s faucets, fixtures, and knobs. “I didn’t want anything to feel too polished or too precious. I wanted it to be able to patina over time, to feel lived in,” Holly said.

Tucked in beside the kitchen is another of Holly’s favorite features: the banquette nook. The snug area, cornered in by two large black-framed windows offering a view of the back deck, and a partial wall offering some separation from the living room, feels both open and intimate at the same time. When not in use for dining, Holly said it’s a great space to play board games, do homework, or just gather with friends and hang out. At the kitchen’s other end, walled off as distinct spaces, a mudroom and walk-in pantry sit opposite each other just inside the