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Community invited to stress

management workshop
REED CITY Spectrum
Health is offering help for those
who may be feeling stress this
winter.as a way to fulfill the
health organizations mission of
improving the health of the communities it serves.
Managing Stress is a 90-minute
free class that is part of the Helping the Whole You speaker series. The series features regular
sessions taught by professionals
on a variety of topics relevant to
health and well-being.
Tina Malcolm, a Spectrum
Health registered nurse, will
teach what stress is and how it
affects a persons body physically and emotionally. She will
offer effective ways to manage
stress through healthy coping
strategies including exercising,
healthy eating habits, social support and relaxation techniques.
The class will be taught
Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Reed City
Fire Department, 227 E. Lincoln
Ave. in Reed City and again on
Thursday, Jan. 19, from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Big Rapids
Department of Public Safety,
located at 435 N. Michigan Ave. in
Big Rapids
Community members of all
ages are invited to attend these
presentations. A free meal will
be provided, and space is limited.
To register, visit www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/htwy or call
231.592.4207.
Spectrum Health is a not-forprofit health system, based in
West Michigan, offering a full
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Robbery sentence

Two people are sentenced in last

years robbery of Evart bank

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Badovinac starts new life as Osceola County prosecutor

By Rick Charmoli
Weekly Voice

REED CITY After the

events Tony Badovinac experienced in 2016, to say he was in
shock when he got the call to
become the new Osceola County
prosecutor was an understatement.
After Badovinac lost his reelection bid for Wexford County
prosecutor in August, he suffered even greater losses when
his father and wife both died
about a month apart. On top of
that, his youngest daughter was
preparing to graduate. Trying
to deal with just one of those
major life changes would be
monumental, and it happened
to Badovinac within a matter of
a few months.
As a result, no one was happier to see the calendar flip to 2017
than Badovinac. In spite of all
those changes, Badovinac said
he still cant believe he is now
the Osceola County prosecutor.
He said he truly feels blessed to
have the opportunity.
It had to be about two months
ago I got a call from a couple
people who said, We know
you and like what you were doing, and we would like you to
consider coming here (Osceola
County) to be our prosecutor,
Badovinac said. The ironic
thing is my dad died in September, which freed up the (Marion)
farm he lived at, and then my
wife died in October. I found
myself without a wife, a job and
a home.
The position became open
after former Osceola County
Prosecutor Tyler Thompson
was appointed Osceola and Mecosta Probate and Family Court
judge. He applied in late July
to fill the remainder of Judge
Marco Menezes six-year-term.
Menezes resigned from office
Sept. 30. Thompson will have
to run for the seat in November
2018. Thompson was first elected prosecuting attorney in 2012.
Badovinac said even though
Osceola is a rural county, he expects the problems and crimes
he will prosecute will be similar

Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice

New Osceola County Prosecutor Tony Badovinac introduces himself to the Osceola County Board of Commissioners
recently. No one was happier to see 2017 and his new job as Osceola Count Prosecutor than Tony Badovinac after he
lost his job at the end of 2016 as Wexford County Prosecutor and experienced personal loss when his father and wife
died.
to those in Wexford County. He
said he will be paying close attention to the crimes involving
drugs and property and will do
his best to make sure the people
of the county feel safe.
Its the same problems
there are domestic violence and
criminal sexual conduct and
protective service involvement
cases, Badovinac said. It is
the same ballgame. It might be
in a different league, but it is the
same ballplayers and the same
rules.
Since he took over the office
of prosecutor in Osceola County, Badovinac said the transition
has been a smooth one and he

couldnt have asked for a better welcome. He also said the

county staff, as well as the staff
in his office, couldnt have been
a better match up, including
his assistant prosecutor Andy
LaPres.
Now that he has started his
new job, Badovinac said he has
been putting out his feelers and
trying to find out what, if anything, needs to be adjusted or
changed regarding how his office operates. This has included
talking with all law enforcement agencies as well as judges
to see if there are concerns.
He also has been meeting with
several investigators to see if

anything can be done to heat

up several cold case murder investigations and other old cases
that seemed to have hit a road
block.
Although he just started his
work as prosecutor, Badovinac
said he has about two years left
in the term he was appointed to
fill. That means he will have to
run for election next year, but
he is not looking to the future
and content with living day to
day.
I found out in 2016 you have
to live in the now, he said. You
never know what will happen to
you or others in your life. That
is the greatest lesson I learned.

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What is it?

Occasionally
testy crowd
grills EPA
regarding
injection
wells
Residents voice
concerns during
proposed potash
facility public
hearing
By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

would have no significant

environmental effect.
Those in the crowd

near the proposed site,

said he was unhappy with
the process the EPA is usAndy Duffy | Weekly Voice

REED CITY An occasionally testy crowd

grilled Environmental
Protection Agency officials
last week at a public hearing regarding injection
wells proposed for southern Osceola County.
Michigan Potash Co. an
advanced development
company, has acquired
property just north of
Meceola Road and hopes
to build a potash mining
facility there.
The hearing was held
Jan. 4 at Reed City High
School.
Theodore A. Pagano, the
companys chief executive,
said the facility would provide between 130 and 170
and possibly as many indirect jobs. The business will
need skilled tradesmen
including electricians,
instrument technicians,
millwrights, welders and
heavy equipment mechanics. Our intent is to provide high-quality jobs,
Pagano said.
The EPAs Allan Batka
and Janette Hansen offered an explanation of the
well permitting process to
the crowd of more than 70
gathered at Reed City High
School for the Jan. 4 hearing. The Safe Drinking
Water Act gives the EPA
the authority to regulate
injection wells to protect
underground sources of
drinking water.
Injection well applications go through a lengthy
approval process. The process consists of a review of
the application, an application completeness review,
the issuance of a draft decision, a period to consider
comments, a final decision
regarding the application,
an appeal process and a
final decision based on the
outcome of any appeals.
The EPAs preliminary review of the permit applications concluded the wells

Hersey Township supervisor Thomas Fabus speaks up at public

hearing. Fabus said proposed facility could offer benefits, or could
leave area residents paying a price
gathered for the hearing included county and
township government
officials, residents of the
area where the proposed
wells will be placed, board
members of the watchdog
group Michigan Citizens
for Water Conservation
and Michigan Potash Company officials.
The proposed solution
mining operation would
require two types of wells
class III wells to inject
a solute some 7,000 feet
into the ground to dissolve
potash, and class I wells
wells for the disposal of
water containing enough
dissolved waste materials
mainly sodium chloride
and potassium chloride
to make it unsuitable
for the extraction of additional potash.
The prospect of class I
injection wells for the disposal of nonhazardous liquid waste drew the greatest amount of scrutiny
from those in attendance.
Several who commented
on the prospect spoke in
opposition to waste coming to the injection wells
from any other locations.
Among those was Thomas
Fabus, supervisor of
Hersey Township.
Fabus said if the facility becomes a reality, area
residents will either reap
the benefits or pay the
costs, depending upon
how the company executes
business. The business
will obviously create jobs,
he said. He added that the
areas residents all share
the same drinking water,
and he said he was opposed to any waste going
to the facility from outside
locations.
Doug Miller, who lives

ing to obtain feedback on

the application process. He
has been sending in questions, but hasnt received
any answers.
Area resident and landowner Ken Ford asked why
there was no contingency
plan in place for dealing with contaminated
groundwater. He also wondered why the permitting
process doesnt call for the
creation of an environmental impact statement.
Jeff Ostahowski, vice
president of Michigan
Citizens for Water Conservation, said the site was
chosen poorly. A number
of abandoned, undocumented wells dot the area,
and he doubts the overlying confining zone is intact, something he believes
could lead to the contamination of groundwater in
the area. He also said any
road to the facility would
pass through a swamp. If
there is a place to do this
right, this is not the place,
Ostahowski said.
A property owner unperturbed by the prospect of
the potash plant coming
to her neighborhood was
Sandy Keller. She said
she did her research and
is confident the operation will have no adverse
effects. Keller owns the
property on which some
nonhazardous liquid waste
would be disposed.
In an instance of an icy
exchange at the hearing,
Ford asked why waste
from the solution mining
could end up under his
property without his permission.
The waste wouldnt be
under your property, Ken,
Keller said. It would be
under mine.

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What WAS it?

At eight inches long
the colorful green plastic tongs are actually
called by their manufacturer: Rookie Stix. Marketed in Great Brittan
by a firm committed to
introducing affordable
Asian products to the
English (and now, the
rest of us), this springy
utensil is a user-friendly
set of chopsticks.
Joined chopsticks is
nothing new. Research
confirms that when they
spread to Japan, early
models were made of one
continuous piece of bam-

boo. Initially, these were

reserved for religious
ceremonies. China gets
the credit though for the
invention of chopsticks;
they debuted some 5,000
years ago. Been to a
modern day Chinese
restaurant? Notice how
all dishes boast relatively
bite-sized morsels and
not the larger, kniferequiring sizes of meat
and vegetable that our
Western culture considers to be routine?
The Smithsonian has
an easy explanation. It
turns out that around
400B.C. when fuel be-

came scarce, those in

Chinas kitchens reasoned that pre-cut, small
pieces of food required
less cooking time (i.e.
less fuel to keep the
pot on a raging flame).
Therefore it was a scale
of economy that prompted the cultural change.
Since that time, knives,
in most Asian cultures,
are reserved for the
kitchen instead of the
dining table.
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Sunday Night

Snow likely before 1pm,

then a slight chance of
Mostly cloudy, with a low
Friday Night
snow showers after 1pm.
around 14.
Cloudy, with a high near 26.
A 20 percent chance of
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Adult coloring group

REED CITY An adult
coloring group will take
place on Jan. 12 from 5:30
to 7 p.m. at the Reed City
Area District Library.
Coloring pages and limited supplies available. Refreshments provided.

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Whats Happening in the Area

lic, donations welcome.

Free winter clothing

available

REED CITY Free hats,

coats, mittens and boots
sponsored by the Reed
City Area Ministerial
Association reopened on
11. The location is the
Family afternoon movie Oct.
Reed City United Methodist Church located on the
REED CITY A family
corner of Lincoln Street
movie afternoon will be
and Church Street. Use the
held on Jan. 14 at noon at
the Reed City Area District Lincoln Street entrance.
Hours will be each TuesLibrary.
day, 1 to 4 p.m. until spring.
A young boy survives
thanks to a magical creature in Petes Dragon, ratSouth Evart Quilt Club
ed PG. Popcorn provided.
EVART The South
Evart Quilt Club will take
Teen movie night Jan. place through May 30 from
17
11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Evart Township Hall, South
REED CITY A teen
movie night will be held on Main Street.
Looking for new memJan. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Reed
City Area District Library. bers to join on the first and
Will screen Max Steel, third Wednesday of every
month; potluck lunch
rated PG-13. Popcorn proat noon. Any quilter, or
vided.
someone who would like to
quilt, is welcome.
Evening book club
Cost is a supply donation, when needed.
REED CITY An eveAny questions, contact
ning book club will take
place on Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. at Margie, 231-734-3857 or
the Reed City Area District Ann, 231-867-3237.
Library.
Join a discussion of
Free blood pressure
Mennonite in a Little
clinics
Black Dress. by Rhoda
Janzen.
EVART Osceola County Commission on Aging
offering free blood presReed City library board is
sure clinics for adults 60
meeting
years and older. Monthly
blood pressure screenings
REED CITY A library
board meeting will be held will be conducted at the
OCCOA meal sites in Evon Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. at
the Reed City Area District art, Marion and Tustin.
Evarts clinic will be
Library.
held the second Tuesday
The public is welcome
and encouraged to attend. every month, 10 a.m. to
noon. The Evart meal site
is located at 732 West SevFamily history
enth Street (US 10).
workshop
Marion and Tustins clinics will be held the third
REED CITY A family
Tuesday each month, 10
history workshop will be
held on Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and a.m. to noon. The Marion
March 18 from 11:15 a.m. to meal site is at the Eagles
building, 220 South Mill
1:30 p.m. at the Reed City
Area District Library, com- Street. The Tustin meal
munity room, 829 S. Chest- site is at 213 South Neilson.
Walk-in clinics. If you
nut Street.
wish to eat at the meal site,
Bring your own laptop
call 231-734-5559 at least
or device to search along.
a day before to reserve a
Computers are not prospot.
vided. Get assistance in
researching your familys
history.
Food pantries
Free and open to the pub-

A food pantry is available to residents in need

who live in Osceola County. The following is a list
of the different locations,
hours and contact people.
SEARS Former Orient
Township Hall, next to the
Post Office
Every Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.
Contact Ken at 231-6202504
MARION Marion Food
Pantry, East Main Street,
by appointment, on call 24
hours
Contact Marsha at 231743-6801
TUSTIN Augustana
Lutheran Church
Every Monday, 9 a.m. to
noon
Contact Katie at 231-7684418, or Betty at 231-8293457
REED CITY St. Phillips Church
Every Tuesday, Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.
Contact Robert at 231832-2624

month at 6:30 p.m. at 207 N.

Main Street, Evart, 231-7349900.
Art, antiques, crafts.
Open Thursday, Friday,
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Lapidary Class, Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Classes in other areas of
the arts will be offered for
those interested.

Volunteers needed
for Road to Recovery

REED CITY Road to

Recovery is an American
Cancer Society volunteerbased program that provides transportation for
cancer patients to and
from their treatments.
Volunteer drivers transport patients from their
home to cancer treatment
centers, doctor visits and
other cancer-related appointments.
The American Cancer
Society is working with
Spectrum Health Reed City
Hospital, Susan P. WheatGFWC Womens Club
lake Regional Cancer
EVART Evart Womens Center to recruit volunteer
drivers and coordinators
Club meets the second
from Osceola and its surTuesday of every month
rounding counties to help
(Sept. through June).
Contact Terese at 231-734- drive cancer patients to
and from their treatment.
6940.
All volunteers need is a
few hours during the week
AARP meeting
and a desire to make a difference.
REED CITY AARP
Local community memNo. 2418 meets on the secbers who are interested
ond Wednesday of every
month at the United Meth- in volunteering for the
odist Church in Reed City. Road to Recovery program
should contact the AmeriPotluck lunch (bring
can Cancer Society at
own table service) will
start at noon followed with 1-800-227-2345.
a program starting at 1
p.m. Everyone welcome.
Spectrum offers
For more information,
contact Marylou at 231-832- diabetes support group
4938.
REED CITY Spectrum Health is offering a
diabetes support group on
Shepherds Table
the last Thursday of the
REED CITY Church of month at 3 p.m. at the diabetes education building,
the Nazarene, Shepherds
219 East Church Street.
Table, free meal every
The groups are free and
Thursday at 5:30 p.m., 5300
open to those with diabe220th Avenue. Donations
tes or those who support
welcome.
someone with the condiFacilitators will lead
OLAH holding monthly tion.
discussions on various
meetings
topics including healthy
cooking, computer apps
EVART The Osceola
for diabetes, use of overLeague for Arts and Huthe-counter medications
manities will be holding
and more.
a monthly meeting on
To register, call 231-592the first Tuesday of each

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Dinner with friends at

St. Paul Lutheran Church

EVART Dinner with

Friends Community Meal
will be held on the second
Wednesday of each month
from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St.
Paul Lutheran Church, 435
W. 5th Street. Sponsored by
St. Paul Lutheran Church
and the Evart United
Methodist Church.
Donations appreciated.
Take out available.
For more information,
contact 231-734-3585 or 231734-5491.
In the event that school
is canceled, Dinner with
Friends will not take place.

Free dinner
at Reed City church

second Friday night of the

month at 7 p.m. at Brooks
Corner Hall, US 66 and 10.
Free popcorn and hot dogs.

Day book club

at Reed City Library

REED CITY A day

book club will be held on
the first Wednesday of the
month at 1:30 p.m. at the
Reed City Public Library.

Free clothing store

in Evart

EVART A free clothing

store filled with like-new
name brand clothing is
open to all for shopping.
The store is located on
U.S. 10 in Evart across
from Dairy Whip and is
open Saturdays from 9 a.m.
to noon.

REED CITY There

will be a free dinner every
Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at
the Church of the Firstborn Revival Center, 310 S.
Higbee.
Donations accepted but
not necessary.

Free health care

services

Health specialty clinic

Hersey Congregational
Church services

CADILLAC Free limited health care services

are available in Cadillac
for residents of Wexford,
Missaukee and parts of
Osceola and Lake Counties
low income and no
Free community dinner with
health insurance. Weekly
health clinics are schedSEARS Free community dinner will be held ev- uled based on availability
of volunteer health care
ery Saturday night at 5:45
providers. New patients
p.m. in Brooks Corners
need to call for an eligibilHall with a contemporary
worship at 6:30 p.m. Invite ity appointment.
Medication assistance
a friend.
may be available through
the Stehouwer Free Clinic.
Weight loss group
Qualified applicants must
meetings on Thursdays have a Munson Healthcare
EVART T.O.P.S weight Cadillac Hospital affiliated
loss support group meets
provider and meet guideevery Thursday at 8:30 a.m. lines set by pharmaceutiat the Evart United Methcal companies. Eligibility
odist Church. Weigh in is
appointments are schedfrom 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and
uled for Tuesday and
meeting is at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday mornings.
T.O.P.S. MI 1390 weight
Office hours are Monday
loss support groups meets through Thursday, 9 a.m.
every Thursday at 6 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. (closed noon to
at Calvary Baptist Church. 1 p.m.)
Weigh in is from 6 to 6:30
Stehouwer Free Clinic is
p.m. and meeting is from
located at 201 N. Mitchell
6:45 to 8 p.m.
Street (Lower Level).

REED CITY Urologist, John Anema, M.D.

will be offering outpatient
services at the hospitals
Specialty Clinic twice a
month.
He will be consulting
with patients on the second Friday of the month
and performing outpatient
surgery and other procedures, including lithotripsy on the fourth Friday.
The clinic is located at
300 N. Patterson Road. Contact Spectrum Health Reed
City Hospital Specialty
Clinic at 231-832-7108 for
more information.

HERSEY Service time

for Hersey Congregational
Church, 216 S. Main Street,
is a 10 a.m. traditional
service.

Congregate meal sites

for Osceola County COA

TUSTIN Tustin Meal

Site
213 Neilson
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Lunch served at noon
REED CITY Reed City
Meal Site
802 Mill Street
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Quilts to Comfort
Lunch served at noon
meeting
EVART Evart Meal
Site
REED CITY Patsy
732 W. 7th Street
Blues Quilts to Comfort
Monday, Tuesday, Thursmeets the second Tuesday
day
of each month, except DeLunch served at noon
cember, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. to make quilts for the
MARION Marion Meal
Susan P. Wheatlake Cancer Site
Center. Guild meetings
221 S. Mill Street
are the fourth Tuesday,
Monday, Tuesday, Thursexcept December, at 6 p.m. day
Quilters of all skill levels
Lunch served at noon
welcome.
All meetings are held at
Beginning line dancing
Reed City Church of the
classes in Evart
Nazarene, 5300 220th Avenue.
EVART Line dancing
For further details, con101 (beginner line dancing)
tact Liz at 231-734-9704.
will be held every Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at
110 U.S. 10 in Evart.
Activities at the Reed
There will be a $3 donaCity Senior Center
tion.
For more information,
REED CITY The Secontact Carol at 231-734nior Center, 219 E. Todd
Avenue, has activities hap- 5305.
pening during the week.
Bingo, for all community
Bingo at Evart VFW
members 18 and older, will
be held on Wednesdays at
EVART Bingo will take
12:30 p.m. Admission will
place every Thursday at 6
be $3 and the cost of the
p.m. at the Evart VFW 7979
cards is $.25; all proceeds
Post.
from the card sales will be
distributed as prize money.
Breakfast on second
The center also has
Sunday at Evart VFW
euchre on Mondays and
Thursdays at 1 p.m. and peEVART Breakfast will
dro on Fridays at 1 p.m.
be held the second Sunday
For further information, of each month from 7 to 11
contact Carolyn at 231-832- a.m. at the Evart VFW.
2676.
Includes eggs, sausage,
bacon, hash browns,
biscuits and gravy and
Free movie nights
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Evart Police Department

weekly report
01/04/2017
Warrant Arrest Officers made an arrest on a
felony warrant for larceny.
The subject was transported to the Osceola County
Sherif f s De par tment
where they were lodged on
the warrant.
01/05/2017
Parole Violation Officers were called to assist
Probation and Parole in
confirming a possible parole violation. No violation
was found.
Fraud Officers were
called to investigate a
Craigslist fraud.
01/07/2017
Personal Injury Officers were called to a complaint of a personal injury.
The investigation remains
open at this time.
Civil Dispute Officers
responded to a civil dispute. The parties agreed to
resolve their differences.
Alarm Officers were
called to assist in investigating an alarm at a business. The business was
found to be unsecured and
officers remained on scene
until an employee arrived
to secure the premises.

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were requested to do a wellbeing check on the 60-yearold female who made the
call. Officers found the
woman and her husband to
be fine although both were
intoxicated. The lasagna
had been thrown out the
front door after a verbal argument because warming
it up was making too much
noise. Officers left after
advising the two to sleep
in separate rooms for the
night.
1/4/17
Officers were requested
to respond to a local business regarding an upset
employee that had just
been terminated. Officers
located the employee at his
residence and served him
no trespass paperwork.
The man agreed to the
terms and requested the officers deliver his company
credit cards and keys to the
company.
Officers were dispatched to local residence
regarding a runaway foster

child.
1/5/17
Officers responded to
the Michigan State Police
post in Reed City. Upon
their arrival, they met with
a 46-year-old male who had
activated the call box. He
wanted to report several
upsetting text messages he
had been receiving from an
unknown person. Officers
explained the text messages were a scam and to ignore any further text messages from that number.
Officers arrested a
51-year-old female for driving while licensed suspended, second offense. Her vehicle was towed as she was
transported and lodged in
the Osceola County Jail
without incident.
Officers were requested
to file a report regarding
the larceny of a phone. The
43-year-old female had a delivery package stolen from
her apartment door and
needed the report to file a
claim with the shipping

company and phone company. The matter is under

investigation.
1/6/17
Officers were requested
to check on a 30-year-old
female who it was reported
had recently broken up
with an abusive boyfriend
and was not responding to
phone calls or text messages. Officers located her in
her home in which she stated she had put her phone to
text messages only and she
was fine. Case closed.
1/7/17
Officers were requested
to file a report regarding a
suspicious situation. The
29-year-old male stated he
saw a male subject run
from him as he stepped outside in the early hours of
the morning. He added that
he went over to his car and
found the radio was halfway pulled out. The matter
is under investigation.
Officers were requested
to assist the Michigan State
Police at the scene of a ve-

hicle in the ditch. Officers

found the driver to be heavily intoxicated. Officers
assisted at the scene and
waited for the tow truck to
remove the vehicle while
the MSP trooper transported the driver to jail.
Officers issued an appearance citation to a
22-year-old female for driving while license is suspended, No Proof of Insurance and her vehicle towed.
1/8/17
Officers were requested
to assist the Osceola County Sheriff s Department
with a suspicious situation.
Officers found an open door
and the lights on of a local
business after hours. Officers also observed snow in
the doorway but no tracks
in the snow or around the
building. Officers completed a search of the property,
finding nothing, they made
contact with the owner, secured the door and cleared
the scene.
Officers were dis-

patched to a local residence

regarding a suspicious
situation. The 18-year-old
female stated she found her
entry door cracked open
and she stated she had
closed it tight. She added
she thought she heard noises outside and was home
alone and thought someone was trying to break in.
Officers searched the property. Officers found no human tracks in the snow or
around her house.
Officers were requested
to perform a welfare check
on a 4-year-old daughter
who was staying with her
father. The mother stated
that when she called to
speak with her daughter,
the father refused to let her.
She added that it sounded
as if there was a party going on in the background.
Officers found the child
to be fine and no party
was taking place. Officers
cleared and called the
mother to inform her of
their findings. Case closed.

Reed City Police

Department, weekly
report
Please be aware the winter parking ordinances
have begun and will run
until April 1. Officers will
be enforcing the Parking
Violations Bureau policy
in which no vehicle shall
be parked on a city street
between the hours of 2:30
a.m. to 6 a.m. Any and all
vehicles in violation will be
cited a parking ticket and
or towed.
1/2/17
While performing a traffic stop, officers found the
32-year-old female driver
to have an arrest warrant.
Due to the small children
in her vehicle, she was escorted to the jail where she
was allowed to post bond.
1/3/17
Officers responded to an
alarm activation at a local
business. The building was
found to be secure and the
key holder notified. False
alarm case closed.
Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Upton Avenue and
Chestnut Street regarding
a two-vehicle traffic accident. Both vehicles sustained minor damage with
no injuries reported.
Officers issued a 53-yearold female an appearance
citation for driving with
an expired drivers license
and registration plate.
Officers were dispatched to local residence
regarding an odd or suspicious 911 call where the
woman stated her husband
had thrown her lasagna
out the front door. Officers

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DEQ: Water withdraw will not

have a negative impact on environment
By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

A tide of often negative publicity has swirled

around the Nestle Water request to up its take of water from the well it owns in
Osceola Countys Osceola
Township. Water experts,
the Michigan Environmental Protection Agency and
Nestle company officials,
though, paint the aquifer
as a source of vast reserves
that will be barely touched
by the water take Nestle is
proposing.
First, experts say, the water in the aquifer supplying
the Nestle well in Osceola
Township will leave the
county whether the water
bottling company pumps
any of it out or not.
Wendy Robertson, an
assistant professor in the
Department of Earth and
Atmospheric Sciences
Central Michigan University, has a Masters in
environmental science and
a Ph.D in geological sciences with an emphasis in
hydrology and hydrogeology and water resources.
She has worked on issues
of groundwater resource

A truck filled with water leaves the Nestle water facility in Evart.
management and sustainability for more than eight
years in places scattered
across the globe including
sub-Saharan Africa and in
Haiti.
It is useful, Robertson
said, to think of groundwater in terms of a bank

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account. Rain and melting

snow go into an aquifer
just as money goes into
a bank account. And just
as money leaves a bank
account when account
holders pay their bills, water leaves an aquifer. The
difference between a bank
account and an aquifer,
though, is a bank account
will continue to grow if
the account holder never
withdraws money from it.
An aquifer, however, isnt
able to store an infinite
amount of water. Even if
all the people in Osceola
County stopped withdrawing groundwater, it would
still discharge to rivers and
streams and springs.
On a long-time scale,
these natural outputs balance out to the natural
inputs and we get a system
at Steady State (inputs =
outputs) and the amount of
water in storage stays stable, Robertson said. The
challenge comes in trying
to balance human water
withdrawals with the deposits entering an aquifer
and the amount of natural
outputs we want the system to maintain. That,
said Robertson, is, partly,
the goal of the permitting
process: to try to ensure
that excessive withdrawals
by humans dont happen.
So although we wont
leave water for future
generations by stopping
groundwater withdrawals,
excess withdrawals now
and in the future could result in water table declines
and less availability of water for future generations.
Robertson said determining if local water demands
are exceeding resources
is a relatively straightforward process.
Possible effects of taking
too much water include
diminished spring and
stream flows, declining
sizes of wetlands, overall
declines in the water table
and localized declines in
water levels.
On a local scale, these
effects are possible to
observe; on the scale of
the Great Lakes system, it
becomes more challenging
because of the time-scales
involved and the year-toyear variability of factors
like precipitation inputs.
On a statewide level,
though, it can become a
challenge. Because the
glacial deposits that contain so much water arent
continuous, we cant treat
groundwater as if it were
one large bucket and everyone has a straw. The
deposits are like a series
of buckets with a range of
sizes, and our potential to
overtax a given bucket is
dependent on our demand
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occurs, Robertson said.

Robertson reviewed data
regarding Nestles well in
Osceola Township, PW 101
and its new proposal and
anticipated effects. Based
on the information she
reviewed, Robertson said
there is a possible decline
in water table levels. It is
difficult to say for certain,
though, because the possible effect is less than the
year-to-year variability in
the area.
Based on the data provided with their permits, I
would agree with [Nestles]
assessment that they are
not currently pumping
more than the resource can
handle, Robertson said.
And if Michigans aquifers are like a series of
buckets of varying sizes,
Nestle apparently chose a
good one without too many
straws in it when it bought
its property north of Evart
and drilled a well.
Arlene AndersonVincent, a geologist and
spokeswoman for the water-bottling giant, said the
aquifer atop which Osceola
Township sits is a widespread one. Its glacial deposits are thick, more than
1,000 feet thick in places.
In the vicinity of the
well, the water-bearing
glacial deposits range from
400 to 600 feet in thickness.
A very large volume of
water moves them. In just
the upper 100 feet of the
sand-and-gravel aquifer in
a 50-square-mile area, Anderson-Vincent estimates
there is some 250
billion gallons of groundwater. If the Nestle well
pumped 400 gallons of water every minute, it would
take more than 1,100 years
to move that much water.
And, of course, the aquifer
is constantly being replenished by the 30-plus inches
of rain that falls on the
area each year.
Little wonder, then, that
the Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality
appears on the verge of
giving Nestle permission
to up its take of water.
According to Michael
Shore, the departments
communications director,
the question is not whether a water withdrawal will
have any impact, because
everything people do, and
every withdrawal we make
has some impact on our
environment. The question
is how much impact. And
thanks to a very favorable
combination of climate
and geology, and owing to
our current water withdrawal regulations, Michigan is blessed with water
enough that withdrawals
generally do not add up to
negative impact on the environment.

Obituary
Marjorie Madge Wicks
HERSEY TOWNSHIP
Marjorie Madge
Wicks, 96, of Hersey
Township, died Monday, December 19, 2016,
at her home.
Marjorie was born on
March 30, 1920, on the
family farm in Hersey
Township to William
Oliver and Gertrude
Abigail (Martin) Morris. She was the 10th of
13 children. They all
preceded her in death.
Marjorie attended the
Moffitt School through
the eighth grade. She
attended Hersey High
School and graduated
in 1937. She, as did her
siblings, walked three
miles from the farm to
U.S. 10 to catch the
school bus to Hersey.
Marjorie married
Jerrie Wicks on September 1, 1937, in Reed
City. In 1941, they were
residing in Clarkston,
Michigan, where they
owned a restaurant.
They eventually returned to the Hersey
area, where they built a
home.
Marjorie was very involved in the Hersey
and Reed City Congregational churches. Early on, she and some of
her sisters were known
as the Morris Chorus
and sang in church.
They also sang other
times while Marjorie
played the organ. She
loved to travel, both in
the United States and
abroad. She and Jerrie
traveled the U.S. in
their fifth wheel.
Marjorie loved cats,

and most always had

one. She also liked to
collect figurines of turtles, cats, and various
other items. She also
collected teacups and
saucers. She loved to
walk along the trail she
had created on her
property and around
her ponds.
Marjorie was a very
independent woman.
Jerrie died October 22,
1979, and she took over
the mowing, gardening, taking care of the
ponds, and many other
tasks until they became
too difficult. At that
time, her nephew, Michael Teesdale, took
over these and other
tasks. He also took her
to dinner most every
Sunday, and took her
for rides after dinner,
which she loved. He
continued this for many years. He took very
good care of her. Her
niece, Carmen Atteberry, and her husband
Gary, also helped care
for her.
As per Marjories request, cremation has
taken place, and a memorial will take place
in the spring. A notice
will be published in the
paper, or call Carmen at
(231) 832-5565 and leave
your name and number
to be notified.
McDowell Funeral
Home is assisting the
family with arrangements.
Please share a memory or sign the guest
book for Marjorie at
mcdowellfh.com.

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Patronize Evart merchants; win Evart Bucks maybe

During each day of the
promotion, participating
stores will be offering speEvart Following up on cial deals. Its a fun way to
visit a business that maybe
the success of their Shop
you have never been in or
Small Saturday event,
havent been to in a long
Evart merchants are gearing up for a We Love Evart time, Weinberg said.
And, as theyre shopping,
shopping campaign. The
those patronizing Evart
promotion is slated to run
businesses can be playing
Feb. 9-14.
Al Weinberg, the director Evart Bingo.
The promotion will feaof the Downtown Developture bingo-style cards for
ment Authority, said the
shoppers to complete. By
promotion will be a cusplaying all three days of the
tomer appreciation event.
promotion, participants
It has been a great year,
and we wanted to show our can win Evart Bucks. Cards
will be available and can
appreciation to the Evart
be turned in at participatcommunity by throwing
ing businesses. The cards
this five-day customer apneed to be turned in before
preciation event.
By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

It has been a great year, and we wanted to

show our appreciation to the Evart community
by throwing this five-day customer appreciation
event.
Al Weinberg
Director of the Downtown Development Authority
n

close of business hours

Feb. 14. Players who get five
in a row or four corners
and a center square will be
eligible to win. Shoppers
receive one stamp per visit
to a business. Some squares
will be shop specific

squares while others will

be more general.
The winners will be
drawn on Feb 15th at 8:50.
The drawing will be live on
www.facebook.com/DowntownEvart.
The first-place prize will

be $300 in Evart Bucks. The

second- and third-place
prizes will be $180 and $120
in Evart Bucks.
The following businesses
are participating: Epic Attire, ABI Tech, Adventure
Cycle, Juneberry Cottage,
Holihans Drug Store,
Teasers Discount, Cuts For
Mutts, Evart Pharmacy,
Get Crafty, Tossin Tulips,
Seventh Street Coffee Co.,
Lamplighter Caf, BC Pizza, Pompeiis, Calibers Caf
and Fosters Supermarket.
The DDA is also hosting a city-wide broomball
tournament to kickoff the
event.
The broomball tournament will be held Feb. 9

from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Evart Ice Rink. The ice rink
is at the skate park at the
intersection of Railroad
and Main streets.
The team entry fee is
$100. Each player will
receive a T-shirt, and all
teams will receive a participation plaque or a first or
second place trophy.
Weinberg is looking for
coed teams consisting of
between seven and 10 players. Seven players from a
team will be on the ice with
a 3:4 sex ratio. Each game
will last 20 minutes. For
more information or to register a team, visit ddadirector@evart.org, or call (231)
734-0185.

Pair sentenced for last Mays bank heist in Evart

Tip led to rapid
apprehension
By Andy Duffy
Weekly Voice

REED CITY Both of

the accused in the robbery of the Evart branch
of the First Merit Bank
have now learned their
fates.
In a plea arrangement,
Melissa Renee Nudd
pleaded no contest to
charges of larceny from
a building and fleeing a
police officer. In exchange
for not contesting the
charges, other charges
were dropped. Nudd was
sentenced to serve from
one year and one day to
four years in prison for
her role in the bank robbery that roiled Evart last
May.
After hearing her sen-

David Raymond Dingee

tence, Nudd was turned
over to the department of
corrections. She received
credit for 218 days already
served.
Nudds sentencing date
was Dec. 29.
Her alleged accomplice,
David Raymond Dingee,
pleaded guilty to a count
of armed robbery and was
sentenced Nov. 4 to a minimun sentence of 25 years.

Melissa Renee Nudd

File photo

Personnel at the Evart branch of First Merit Bank reported a robbery there Thursday, May 26 about
Dingee and Nudd were
12:50 p.m. Two individuals were later taken into custody on 70th Avenue south of 18 Mile Road
taken into custody shortly about 12 miles north of Evart.
after the Evart branch
of First Merit Bank was
reportedly robbed last
May 26.
A tip regarding a reckless driver led to the
speedy apprehension
of the pair. Evart Police
Chief received a call
regarding a light truck
driving rapidly through

the middle school parking

lot. Armed with a description of the truck, he was
traveling to the area when
he received a call from
Meceola Central Dispatch
regarding the bank holdup. He relayed the vehicle
description to the state
police and the Osceola

County Sheriff s Department. A deputy sheriff

soon spotted a
vehicle matching the
description, and initiated a traffic stop. After a
pursuit lasting about five
miles, the driver stopped
as sheriff s department
and state police units

converged on the scene.

Osceola County Undersheriff Justin Halladay
said the driver of the
vehicle never reached a
speed greater than 60 mph
during the pursuit. Police
recovered an undisclosed
amount of cash from the
vehicle.

Great Lakes Energy customers help out by rounding up bill

REED CITY Crossroads Theatre Guild and
the Reed City Area District
Library were among the
organizations receiving
People Fund grants in
2016.
More than $204,000 were
awarded to 60 charitable
and community organizations throughout Great
Lakes Energys 26-county
service area, which
stretches from Kalamazoo
to the Mackinac Straits.
The theater guild received $8,000 to paint the
exterior of its building.
The theater company is
housed in the old Congregational Church building
that stands overlooking
Upton Street in Reed City.
The group bought the
church for $1 about five
years ago.
Reed City Area District
Library received two
grants, one for $4,000 for

shingles and the other

for $4,766.79 for window
blinds. As with Crossroads
Theatre Guild, the library
is in a new home, having
moved from the courthouse annex last summer.
The money for People
Fund grants comes from
Great Lakes Energy cooperative members rounding
up their electric bills to the
next dollar.
The president and chief
executive office of the
co-op, Bill Scott, acknowledged the role members
have in the awarding of
the grants.
Thanks to the generosity of our members weve
awarded more than $3 million in grants since 1999
to local non-profits groups
and organizations, Scott
said. The local communities in our service
area benefit greatly from

this program that is fully

funded by our members
who allow their bill to be
rounded up to the nearest
dollar each month.
Members of the electric
cooperative who wish to
participate are encouraged to enroll in the People
Fund online at gtlakes.
com or by contacting Great
Lakes Energys office.
People may not think
50 cents a month can do
much, but when added
with the contributions of
other Great Lakes Energy
members, we are able to
help so many, Scott said.
Giving back to the community is one of the cooperative principles and we
couldnt do it without our
members generosity.
The cooperative divided
its People Fund grant recipients into three groups,
the north area, central
area and south area. The

theater group and the

Reed City library were in
the central group. This is
the complete list of those
groups and organizations
awarded People Fund
grants: Caritas Food Pantry, Custer:
(two grants) $4,216 for
a heating and cooling
system and $4,582.75 for
two refrigerators and two
freezers.
Nurse Examiner
(SANE) program.
Crossroads Theatre
Guild, Reed City: $8,000 to
paint the exterior of the
theatre building.
Lake County Area
Churches Charities - Bread
of Life Food Pantry,
Baldwin: $5,000 for
building addition for the
food pantry.
Pathfinder Community
Library, Baldwin: $2,000 for
equipment for a community enrichment program.

Pine River Area Historical Society, Tustin:

$5,403.44 for lamination
supplies.
Reed City Area District Library: (two grants)
$4,000 for shingles and
$4,766.79 for window
blinds.
Ruby Creek Conservation and Recreation Club,
Branch: $2,000 for building
improvements.
Sauble Township, Irons:
$2,570 for playground
mulch.
Scottville Optimist
Club: $3,500 for stackable
chairs for their hall.
South Branch Township Community Center,
Wellston: $3,911 for building improvements including replacement of ceiling
tile and window reinstallation.
Village of Baldwin
DDA: $5,000 for brown
trout sculpture.

West Shore Pregnancy

Care Center, Ludington:
$2,484 for materials and
training for the WORTH
program.
The 2016 People Fund
Annual Report is included
in the January issue of
Michigan Country Lines
magazine recently mailed
to Great Lakes Energy
members. Others may obtain the report by contacting Great Lakes Energy at
1-888-485-2537 or by visiting
gtlakes.com and downloading the report.
The Great Lakes Energy
People Fund invites applications for 2017 grants
from local non-profit organizations. Deadline for
applications for the 2017
grant cycles are April 15
and Oct. 15. Request an application by calling 888-4852537 ext. 1313, or request it
online by visiting gtlakes.
com.

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Autos For Sale

201

Autos For Sale

201

Trucks
202

SUVS
203

Autos For Sale

201

2009 Impala LTZ this is a locally

owned trade that was well maintained. It has heated leather seats,
remote start, clean Carfax and a 3
month / 3,000 mile limited powertrain warranty.
Holiday Special
Pricing only $6,591 or only
$163/month for 54 months @
8.99% with NOTHING DOWN!!
On approved credit, taxes and title
included!! Call Rich @ Classic
Chevy today (231)920-8098 to
schedule your test drive.

2014 Chevrolet Cruze LS, 1 owner, 4 brand new tires, factory limited warranty, OnStar, bluetooth,
portable audio connection, air conditioning, remote keyless entry,
power windows/locks/cruise, tilt
and telescoping steering wheel,
power mirrors, clean Carfax, clean
vehicle history, well maintained,
$10,291 plus fees or only $157
per month for 70 months with zero
down @ 2.59% on approved credit. Call J.P. at Classic Chevrolet
(231)839-7231.

2014 Chevrolet Traverse AWD

2LT 3.6 LV6, Stock # 13119, 2nd
row captain chairs! Great family
vehicle! 7 passenger, 26,793 low
miles, loaded with heated seats,
camera, remote start, 10 speaker
box system and much more! Well
maintained and factory warranty,
$26,691 + TTL, 20% down payment, 2.89 @ 72 months, $328.00
month on approved credit. Call or
text Chad @ Classic Chevrolet
today. today at (231) 920-8108.

Trucks
202

2006 Dodge Dakota SLT, 4 door

quad cab! 4x4/4WD/AWD, V8,
well maintained, clean Carfax,
clean vehicle history, fog lamps,
power
mirrors,
power
windows/locks/cruise, local trade,
remote keyless entry, trailer hitch,
3 month/3,000 mile limited warranty, clean good looking truck.
$9,781 plus fees or only $249 per
month for 48 months with zero
down @ 5.99% on approved credit. Call J.P. at Classic Chevrolet
(231)839-7231.

SERVICES
Furniture/Appliance
426

M & J New & Used Furniture of

Evart. TWO NEW LOCATIONS!
Large selection of new & used furniture & appliances. We buy, sell,
trade & consignment.
Open Mon - Fri 9am-5pm
Sat 9am-2pm & Sun 10am-2pm
6218 80th Ave., Evart
On the corner of US-10 & 80th
215 N Main St. Evart
(231)734-2707 or (231)734-5080
www.mandjfurniture.com

2008 Ford Edge SEL FWD this is

a locally owned trade that was
well maintained and has a clean
Carfax. It has the 3.5L V-6 sharp
looking SUV with a 3 month /
3,000 mile limited powertrain warranty. HOLIDAY SPECIAL PRICING only $7,991 or only $196/mth
for 54 months @ 8.99% with
NOTHING DOWN!! On Approved
Credit, taxes and title included!! Homes For Rent
Call Rich @ Classic Chevy
(231)920-8098 to schedule your 802
test drive.
3 bedroom lakefront home, furnished, LeRoy area, 6 month
lease available, $700/month. Call
(231)878-7008.

REAL ESTATE
FOR RENT

Apartments For Rent

808

2014 Chevrolet Equinox LS,

FWD, local lease turn in, GM retiree, 2.4 4cyl. Only 30k, priced to
sell. Zero down, $252/mo, 2.89 for
78 months. Call Dale Eising at
Classic Chevrolet at (231)4348222 or (231)839-7231.

2014 Chevrolet Equinox AWD

1LT, Stock # 13106A, well maintained, serviced here, 31,870
miles with factory warranty, 20
city/29 hwy MPG, silver topaz
metallic exterior, 2.4 L 4 cylinder,
remote start, driver convenience
PFG, a lot of value for $19,191
plus TTL, 0 down 2.89% @ 78
months on approved credit @
$289 month. Call or text Chad @
Classic Chevrolet today at
(231)920-8108.

2014 Chevrolet Silverado Z71

this is a 1-owner, locally owned
trade that was well maintained. It
has the 5.3L V8, heated seats, remote start, rear vision camera, remaining factory warranty and
MUCH MORE!! HOLIDAY SPECIAL PRICING only $28,771 or
only $364/mth for 78 months @
2.59% with 20% down O.A.C. taxes and title included!! Call Rich @
Classic Chevy (231)920-8098 to
schedule your test drive.

Do you know what you

are missing?

2007
Dodge
Ram
1500
SLT/TRX4, off road/sport, black
with matching black fiberglass bed
topper/cap,
low
mileage,
sunroof/moon roof, heated leather
seats, HEMI 5.7L V8, 4x4 20 alloy wheels, assist steps, bed liner,
power windows/locks/cruise, A/C,
power driver's seat, power mirrors,
power sliding rear window, remote
start, remote keyless entry, nonsmoker vehicle, local trade, 3
month/3,000 mile limited warranty.
$15,991 plus fees or $332 per
month for 60 months with zero
down @ 5.99% on approved credit! Call J.P. at Classic Chevrolet
(231) 839-7231.

2009 Chevrolet Equinox LS, V6,

includes a Carfax buyback guarantee!!! Safety equipment includes: ABS, Traction control, curtain airbags, passenger airbag,
stability control, power locks, power windows, auto, air conditioning,
cruise control. Zero down and only
$129 per month for 60 months @
5.99% on approved credit. Call
J.P.
at
Classic
Chevrolet
(231)839-7231.

Are you having difficulties paying your rent? The Evart Housing
Commission is accepting applications for our one bedroom building
and our 1, 2 and 3 bedroom townhouses. quality, affordable housing located behind Evart Elementary School. Rent is based on 30%
of household income. Also accepting applications for our Section 8
voucher program. You can pick an
application up at 601 W. First
Street, Evart, MI or print one at
www.evarthousing.com
Call (231)734-3301 M-Th 8am12pm and 1-5pm.

SPECIAL SALES
Legals

Run your
legals in the
Weekly Voice.
Are you looking for that great low
mileage truck for under $20,000 Here it is - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado EXT 4x4 Z-71 with only 72k
miles. Local, one owner, loyal
Classic customer. Non-smoker,
remote start, 6 chrome steps,
bedliner, tonneau cover, clean
Carfax. ONLY $17,991! Zero
down, $373/month at 5.99% for 60
months on approved credit. Call
Dale Eising at Classic Chevrolet
(231)434-8222 or (231)839-7231.

2016 Ford Escape Titanium Edition, 4WD, this is a 1-OWNER, locally owned trade that was well
maintained. It has heated leather
seats, remote start, rear vision
camera, remaining factory warranty and MUCH MORE!! HOLIDAY
SPECIAL PRICING only $24,671
or only $298/mth for 78 months @
2.59% with 20% down on approved credit, taxes and title included!! Call Rich @ Classic
Chevy TODAY (231)920-8098 to
schedule your test drive.

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www.weeklyvoice.net | Thursday, January 12, 2017

Snow day activities

Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice

Snow days changes things up a bit sometimes according to Gary, Cindy and
Chrissy Engeland. Often familiar faces are missing, especially if the faces
belong to the children of school personnel. And sometimes fresh faces appear
because Mom and Dad still need to go to work even if school is closed, and
their children need a friendly place to spend the day. Here Gary Engeland,
Maylee Swears and Blake Ladd look over a tall tower the children built.

Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice

The weather may have been nasty outside, but things were pleasant inside at Engelands Daycare in Evart Tuesday. Caroline and Jo Jo VanAssche,
Cooper Higgins and Erin Hildebrand were able to just hang out and enjoy a relaxing day.

Andy Duffy | Weekly Voice

Lets see, what can we do now? From top to bottom, Jo Jo and Caroline Van
Assche and Callie Ladd look as though theyre cooking up some plot.