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On Friday, Jan. 4, Clinton police arrested Daniel Pitts, 33, on a 10-count felony warrant for First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct involving a child under the age of 16. Pitts was arrested at his mother’s home in Dundee with assistance from the Dundee Police Department, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and the Tecumseh Police Department.The child was assaulted at least 10 times between Dec. 12 and Dec. 30, 2012, according to Clinton Police Chief Michael Randolph, and the incidents were reported to the Clinton Police Department on Dec. 31.

The new AJ Smith Recreation Center in Tecumseh, located at 810 N. Evans Street in John W. Smith Park, is scheduled to officially open on Thursday, Jan. 17 with an open house from 4 to 6 p.m.Opening festivities begin at 4 p.m. with tours and a Flag Dedication, ribbon cutting ceremony planned for 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served until 6 p.m.The Parks and Recreation staff moved from the old Tecumseh Community Center to the new facility over the holiday break and are currently open for business at the new location.

Rain and mud factored into Tecumseh’s final regular season non-conference game at Carleton Airport on Friday, Oct. 19, but more than that was determination as the Jets rallied in the final minute to beat the Indians 11-10 with a gutsy two point conversion call.Tecumseh was leading 10-3 with only 32.5 seconds left in the contest when the Jets put up a long desperation pass on a fourth down and eight-yard situation. The pass was off target but Tecumseh was called for pass interference and the Jets set up on the Indians 20-yard line with 26.5 seconds to work with.

There weren’t a lot of mistakes made by Tecumseh’s varsity football team in the Division 3 regional final at Battle Creek Harper Creek on Friday, Nov. 9, but the ones made cost the Indians the championship and ended their season.Harper Creek connected on a three-point field goal with 5:08 left in the game and denied the Indians another point to beat Tecumseh 26-24 for the regional title.“I don’t think we played our best football game tonight,” said Tecumseh head coach Al Romano. “We had a couple turnovers and a couple of miscues here and there and a couple of critical penalties.

The doors to the new Tecumseh AJ Smith Recreation Center are close to officially opening with crews quickly preparing the building for a Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 ribbon cutting dedication.Opening festivities begin at 4 p.m. with tours of the new facility, located at 810 Evans Street, followed by the dedication and ribbon cutting at 5 p.m.

Tecumseh’s varsity girls basketball team defeated rival Clinton 42-25 on Friday, Jan. 4.The Indians (4-3 overall) were lead offensively by Kayla Kormos with 10 points while Madison Tedora chipped in eight points. Nicole Lipnichan picked up seven steals for the Indians while Hannah Galloway added nine.Tecumseh’s junior varsity girls basketball team (4-3) defeat Clinton 39-37 in the evening’s opening game.Albany LaGore sank five out of six free throws down the stretch to help Tecumseh earn the win.Tyfanni Bryan paced the Indian attack with 13 points and eight rebounds.

Only one season will pass without a girl’s lacrosse program at Tecumseh High School as Athletic Director Casey Randolph announced on Tuesday that the Indians have found an appropriate head coach candidate in Adrian College graduate Lindsey Day.Last season the Indians’ girls lacrosse program was cancelled due to being unable to locate a qualified coach.Day was a student teacher during the fall at Patterson Elementary and Tecumseh Middle School and was recently hired as a student assistant at the middle school.“We’re very fortunate,” said Randolph of the new hire.

To the Editor,From the bottom of our hearts we would like to thank the Tecumseh Middle School students and staff and especially the principal, Mr. Rick Hilderley. Thanks to all of them, we received $200 from the Activity Fund and if it hadn’t been for Mr. Hilderley it wouldn’t have happened. Ken is currently undergoing treatment for cancer and the money will be used for all those expenses that come along.We also thank our grandson, seventh grader Zachary Breeding for thinking of this project, and of course, Mr. Hilderley for carrying it forward.

Cecily Jean (Masten) Kane, age 70, of Tipton, passed away peacefully, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at the University of Michigan Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 14, 1942, in Hudson, Mich., to Bernard and Virginia (Baldwin) Masten. On November 29, 1958, she married Melvin L. Kane in Rollin, Mich., and he survives. She and her husband, Melvin, first lived in Rollin and then moved to Tipton in 1967, and were lifetime residents. She was an AVON lady for 40 years.