Archive - Sep 2009

To the Editor,

Tecumseh High School staff and students would like to thank the MOMS Club of Tecumseh for their generous donation of school supplies that were given to us.  These supplies are already helping, and will continue to help, many high school students who have a need.  Our Tecumseh community is fortunate to have many organizations like yours who constantly help and contribute to our schools.  Your time and effort is so very much appreciated.  

Thank you MOMS for all you do!

Tecumseh High School Staff and Students

Clinton senior running back Jesse Sexton scored another four touchdowns against visiting Whiteford on Friday, Sept. 25, to help the Redskins claim a 40-8 victory and remain perfect in the Tri-County Conference (3-0 TCC).

Sexton rushed for 244-yards on 21 carries against the Bobcats. After getting held from the end zone completely to open the season at Manchester, Sexton's recorded four touchdowns in each of the last four contests. He's rushed for 1,210-yards.

A safety gave the Redskins a two-point lead in the opening quarter with neither team hitting the end zone for a touchdown. That changed in the second quarter with Clinton pounding the ball in four more times. Sexton scored on nine- and 52-yard runs while Alex Karapas tagged on a touchdown after returning a fumble 88-yards. Kenny Cooper centered the ball through the uprights for two more points on point after touchdown (PAT) kicks while Nate Dreslinski punched the ball in for two points on a conversion run. The activity had Clinton up 24-0 before Whiteford scored two points on a safety. The Bobcats finished their scoring in the quarter on a nine-yard touchdown pass, missing on the PAT.

Clinton went on to secure the win with Sexton scoring on runs of 25- and 63-yards. Cooper added two more points on PATs and the Redskins gained two additional points on another safety.

Clinton racked up 303-yards rushing while the Bobcats were held to 61. The 'Skins tagged on another 56-yards from the air while Whiteford added 63-passing yards.

Clinton quarterback Hayden Craig went 8-10-1 passing and rushed for another 50-yards.

The Redskins (4-1) travel to Madison on Friday.

A first place finish in the Jefferson Invitational was recorded by Tecumseh's varsity boys cross-country team at the Sterling State Park in Monroe on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Tecumseh scored 60 points for first place while Trenton finished second with 68. Airport placed third (75) and was followed by Jefferson (122), Adrian (126), Grosse Ile (139), Gibraltar Carlson (140) and Riverview (182).

Tecumseh's taken a top three finishing position in every invitational attended so far this season. Coach Jim Brown knew that Trenton was the team to beat to do well in the Jefferson Invite. In a previous competition the Indians tied with Trenton but won out after going to the sixth runner's time.

“Joe Forest and Nolan Reynolds kind of pulled it out because they passed a couple of Trenton runners in the last mile, putting us in a position to win it,” said Brown.

Tecumseh junior Leon Miller paced the Indians with a fourth place time of 16:57. He was followed by junior teammate Austin See's seventh place time of 17:27. Sophomores Joe Forest clocked in at 17:48 for 10th place while Nolan Reynolds finished 15th in 18:05. All but one of Tecumseh runners medaled by placing in the top 30. Alden Eubanks came in 24th in a time of 18:47 for Tecumseh while Cody Handy placed 27th in 18:59. Ben Robertson rounded out the Indians runners with a 33rd place time of 19:18.

On Tuesday, Sept. 22, the Indians finished second at the Blissfield Early Bird Invite. Miller again led Tecumseh with a third place time of 17:22. See finished 12th (18:16) while Forest was 17th (18:31), Reynolds, 21st (19:01), Cody Handy, 22nd (19:01), Eubanks, 24th (19:14) and Ben Robertson, 41st (19:56). Tecumseh's Paul Burns turned in a personal best time of 21:56.

Tecumseh’s varsity football team won its first match ever at the new Indian Stadium last Friday night with Zac Merillat (center) recording two touchdowns during the game against Ypsilanti. Tecumseh won the contest by putting up its first field goal of the season. See Sports for complete story.   

By DEB WUETHRICH

Tecumseh City Council authorized city officials to sign a new purchase agreement with CANAM Bottling, Inc. on Monday night for the purchase of the city owned lot located at 908 Industrial Drive. The price of the lot would be $40,000.

Tecumseh City Manager Kevin Welch said council members had originally approved a purchase of Lot 15 in the city’s industrial park on the south side back in April, but that agreement had expired.

“CANAM has now come to us and is ready to move forward,” said Welch. He said the company still would have a number of steps to complete before the purchase could be closed, including site plan approval. “I will tell you that the MDEQ has already approved their permit to bottle water in Michigan,” said Welch. “I don’t want to discount that this project is important to us. There are not that many opportunities where we’re talking about 10 to 20 jobs. That’s still significant and we don’t hear that too often anymore.”
Welch also said the company is willing to make a $15 million investment in the community. “That will have an impact on our water sales. They have been flat over the past two to three years due to the economy,” he said. “This would give us a boost in water sales, as well as in tax revenue.” He also said he believes that the community is diversifying its manufacturing base with such new industry. “There currently are 68 bottling plants in the state of Michigan,” he said. “Half of them bottle from municipal water supplies, so there is nothing unusual about this. I think this is a project we should be pretty proud of, bottom line.”

City council member Pat Housekeeper voted no on proceeding with the project however.

By CRISTINA TRAPANI-SCOTT

CLINTON — Even in these tough times, the 36th Annual Clinton Fall Festival is as big as ever.  This weekend, Clinton will once again be teeming with people eager to check out the many arts and crafts booths and events as the fall festival kicks off Friday, Sept. 25. In their seventh year as cochairs, Carl and Doris Kemner are looking forward to 220 arts and craft booths, many of them new as well as high quality entertainment throughout the entire event that runs through Sunday, Sept. 26.

Among the newest attractions will be the butterfly booth, which will feature monarch and painted lady butterflies and will be located in the Lost Arts area at the Smith-Kimball Community Center. Fairgoers will have an opportunity to feed the butterflies and purchase a chrysalis. The Lost Arts area will again feature demonstrations of past art forms.

Returning to this year’s event will be the popular animal exhibit, which is on the east end of Clinton Middle School. There will be camel rides as in past years. Also returning for another year will be the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum exhibit.

Along with various musical acts, the middle school stage will feature a talent show on Saturday with acts of all ages. Two groups will perform. At 3 p.m. will be the acts featuring kids 15 and under, and adult acts will follow at 5 p.m. The Clinton Fall Festival flier and the website have details on how to enter. In addition, the middle school stage will feature returning acts the Cotton Wood Cloggers and April Gibson as well as many new performers.

“We are still going to have a great festival,” said Doris. “Carl and I are pleased about the number of sponsors that we’ve had who stayed with us this year. We are still going to be able to put on a really great show.”