Archive - 2008

Rose Savcic, 72, of the Irish Hills, passed away December 20, 2008.  Rose was born October 8, 1936  in Lorain, Ohio.   

Rose worked at the Sand Lake Inn since 1960 when the former proprietors hired her to be a waitress and nanny to their daughter.  After  they brought their son Mlado (Mike) over from Yugoslavia, the two met and married in 1965.  He survives.   
In 1980, Rose and Mike acquired the restaurant from Mike's parents and continued to operate to the present.  Rose also owned and operated the Hairitage Beauty Salon in the Irish Hills from 1970 to 2004.  

Besides her husband, Mike, Rose is survived by her son, Darko;  granddaughter, GeeGee and her mother Erica; mother in law, Millie; sister in law, Vera and her sister, Theresa.  

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, December 27, 2008, at the J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh with Fr. Russ Kohler and Fr. Zivko Kajevic officiating.  Burial will follow in Franklin Cemetery, Tipton.  Visitation will be 1 to 3  and  5 to 7 p.m. Friday, December 26, 2008, at the J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh.   Condolences to the family may be made on line at www.pursefuneralhome.com.

Louise (Bolender) Lawson, 85, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 21, 2008, in Navarre Beach, Florida.  She was born April 22, 1923, and adopted as an infant by Dr.  J. Edson and Maude Bolender in Grand Rapids, MI.  On February 8, 1946, she married Victor Lawson and he survives.  

Also surviving are daughter Patricia (Jerry) Forsyth, sons Jim (Debbie) and Bob (Abbe) Lawson.  Grandchildren surviving are Kirk (Shanna) Forsyth, Kristin (Joe) Hess, Kari and Katy Forsyth, Stone Lawson, and Courtney and Tate Lawson.  Great-grandchildren include Grant and Ty Forsyth and J.R. Hess.  Louise was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Barbara.

Louise was best known in Tecumseh for her presence in the bleachers during her husband's varsity basketball coaching career, and attending as many of her children's and grandchildren's activities as possible.  She was also known for her many years of service as an LPN at Herrick Memorial Hospital.  Many remember her kind and giving spirit as she extended caring and concern to many in the area.  Louise was one to drop what she was doing if someone needed her.  She is also remembered for her fun-loving ways and willingness to participate in hi-jinks and jokes.  As she often referred to herself, she was truly a “girl with a grandma face”.

There will be no visitation.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.  In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to consider donations to the Tecumseh Schools Foundation Lawson Family Scholarship fund, PO Box 384, Tecumseh.

Clinton's varsity wrestling team dominated at the East Jackson Team Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 20. The Redskins went undefeated at 5-0 to improve to 19-2 overall.

The 'Skins defeated Reading 59-9, Morenci 61-9, Stockbridge 67-6, Jackson Lumen Christi 44-16 and Martin 54-21.

Clinton had six wrestlers finish undefeated at the tournament. Scott Noble (125 pounds), Jesse Sexton (152), Kevin Cook (160) and Aaron Tice (215) each went 5-0 for Clinton. Lee Olivarri went 4-0 for the Redskins in the 140-pound weight class while teammate Drew Porter went 3-0 at 171-pounds.

The Redskins also had four wrestlers with only one loss at 4-1 including Eric Smither (103), Henry Kokenakes (130) and Conner Koester (135). Andrew Tice (189) went 3-1 for Clinton.

“We wrestled well today, it was nice to see our kids going out and doing what we have been working on,” said Clinton coach Kevin Beazley. “Lee Smither (2-2) and Rob Stamats (1-1) wrestled very well today. They wrestled some state qualifiers and they both had very close matches.”

Clinton wrestles next at home on Jan. 7, in a Tri-County Conference quad meet. The Redskins also host a junior varsity tournament on Friday, Jan. 9, at 5:30 p.m., and will then host their annual Dave Elliott tournament on Saturday, Jan. 10, with a start time of 9 a.m.

The Dave Elliott individual tournament is expected to last a majority of the day. Anyone interested in lending the Redskins a helping hand can contact coach Beazley or Jim Pittman at Clinton High School, 456-6511.

The winners of the City of Tecumseh residential Christmas Lighting Contest were announced this week. First Place (pictured) was Richard Meade at 706 Illinois Dr.; second place, Joe Northrup, 230 Park St.; third place, the Spigiel Family, 702 Illinois Dr.; and honorable mention, Faith Vleck, 729 Clark St., #10. Winners of the Gingerbread House contest were: first place youth, Emily Gentner; second place youth, Sydney Onisko; first place adult, Lucy Reese; first place group, LISD SCI Classroom; and second place group, the Berry Family.

Melissa Bayes was one cold mail carrier last Monday afternoon with area temperatures dropping to -3 degrees with the wind chill factored in. The rest of the week is expected to be warmer with temperatures rising to 29 degrees for Christmas Day.

DEB WUETHRICH
deb@tecumsehherald.com

Even as the Tecumseh Public School district prepared parent notification letters, families who had already discovered details on the web page got to utilize a new alert system last Friday. Bad weather prompted the closing of the schools on December 19, triggering the new Honeywell Instant Alert® system which was approved by the Tecumseh School Board on October 27. The district entered into a three-year agreement at a cost of just under $6,000 per year to be part of a Lenawee Intermediate School District consortium for the program.

Superin-tendent Mike McAran said a test call took place on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Dis-trict officials believe the system will get its most widespread use during school closings or delays.

“But the nice thing is, you can code by groups, too,” said McAran. He said, for example, if a sports team bus is running behind, families of those students may receive notification of the delay.

The system is Internet based and families will establish a protected online profile and select the type of school information they would like to receive. Each user may specify whether they want to receive the information on home or cell phones, computers, or other contact devices. Using a login name and password, families can also review and update the information on their profile at any time.

The Instant Alert for Schools is currently being used in more than 100 school districts in Michigan, and alerts may be sent for a variety of occasions such as power failures, early dismissals, bomb threats, sports team schedules and changes, and parent teacher conference reminders, to name a few.