Archive - May 28, 2008

By MICKEY ALVARADO

School was out for Tecumseh's seniors after graduation ceremonies on Friday, May 23, so it was all fun and games during the memorial day weekend for the champions of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) White division.

Tecumseh's varsity baseball team earned the SEC White division title at Chelsea on Thursday, May 22, after winning 6-0 against Lincoln in the semifinal and 4-1 against the hosting Bulldogs in the championship final. Lincoln beat Dexter to advance to the semis while Chelsea defeated Adrian.

The victories assured the Indians first place in the SEC with a final league record of 13-4-2.

It’s the first SEC championship for the Indians.

“I'm proud of how we played all year and to finish the way we did says a lot about our players, especially our seniors,” said Tecumseh coach Tom Bullinger. “They set a goal at the beginning of the year to win a SEC championship and they were able to reach that goal.”

 
A strong group of eight seniors, with seven returners, led the team this season.
“These seniors are a very close group and they push each other in practice and in games,” said Bullinger. “Our juniors and sophomores have stepped up as well.”

Cam Worker picked up the win from the mound in the first game against Lincoln. The THS graduate pitched all seven innings, giving up a hit and a walk while striking out 10.
Tecumseh senior Nate Bell had two hits including an RBI double while Worker had a pair of hits. Senior Troy Hill added a hit and two RBI for the Indians.

Clinton tied Summerfield for sixth place in the Tri-County Conference league meet on Wednesday, May 21, while Adrian-Madison won the event.

Two Clinton athletes earned championships. Senior Spencer Krauss set a new league record to win the discus with a throw of 164'3” while sophomore Rick Smith placed first in the 400-meter dash in 53.3. Krauss also placed second in the shot put (47'11”) while Smith finished fifth in he high jump (5'9”).

Redskin senior Ryan Reineck placed fourth in the 400-meter dash (55.6) while sophomore Kenny Cooper was sixth in the 3200-meter run (11:04). Cooper also placed eighth in the 1600-meter run.

Clinton's 800- and 1600-meter teams both placed. The 800-meter relay team of Reineck, Aaron Newsted, Steve Kurowicki and Forrest Griffin placed fifth in (1:40.9) while the 1600-meter relay team of Smith, Griffin, Kurowicki and Reineck placed sixth (3:46).

By DEB WUETHRICH

Angela Wyse didn’t used to talk much about her dreams of having a Foreign Service career, maybe even one day becoming an Ambassador, but she has been able to add some wings to her goals since recently being awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. The Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship seeks to recruit talented students in academic programs relevant to international affairs and other related disciplines and provides funding to prepare them academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service.

“It was kind of like saying, ‘I want to be an astronaut,’” Angela said of her earlier hesitancy to verbalize what she wanted to do, recognizing that very few ever get to really realize such an aspiration. “But now, with the Fellowship, I can see that my goals really might be possible. There is a person who recently became an Ambassador who started with a Pickering Fellowship, and I know I’m on the right track.”

The 2005 Tecumseh High School graduate and valedictorian, and daughter of Heide Kaminski of Tecumseh, and Steve Wyse of East Lansing, will return to the University of Michigan’s School of Public Policy as a junior this fall, but before that, she will travel to Russia yet this summer. She already has traveled to several countries and speaks five languages, being fluent in English and French, proficient in Russian, and also speaks German and Spanish. She spent last summer working in Belgium where she had previously spent time as a Foreign Exchange student.

ProMedica Health System has announced plans to build the Constance A. Farver Women’s Health Center at Herrick Medical Center. The $4.7 million facility will be the first medical center in Lenawee County exclusively dedicated to providing health care services to women. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held later this year to officially launch the construction project.

The Constance A. Farver Women’s Health Center will be a center of excellence for women’s health care and offer state-of-the-art technology, and innovative services and programs in a warm and modern environment. The approximately 12,000-square-foot facility will include two mammography suites, an ultrasound suite, a c-section surgery room, specialized breast biopsy and other high-tech diagnostic technology. The center will also include an obstetrics/gynecology Medicaid clinic, school outreach program, and comprehensive health education services.

“This new center is a very valuable addition to our growing Herrick Medical Center campus which is being enhanced to meet Lenawee County’s growing health care needs,” says Greg Corbett, president, Herrick Medical Center. “It will provide convenient access to many services that are offered at the nation’s premier facilities.”   

A capital campaign is underway to raise $2 million for the center. Campaign chairman, Shelley Hickman, says it’s a tremendous opportunity for everyone to help make a difference.

“By supporting this campaign, women in our community will have access to quality and affordable health care services without having to travel far away from home,” said Hickman. “We’re also extremely proud to name this facility after Connie Farver who has supported numerous community organizations and causes, and been a devoted volunteer and philanthropist in Lenawee County for over 40 years.”