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Britton Deerfield’s varsity track teams participated in the Litchfield Purdy Invitational on Saturday, May 12, but didn’t do as well as coach Jay Yockey would have liked.The boys placed 13th out of 14 teams with 12 points while the girls placed 14th.“We had a bit of a rough day,” said Yockey. “Hopefully we can get the kinks fixed before our next meet which is Saturday, May 19, at Hillsdale College. It’s our regional meet so hopefully we'll perform there.”The Patriots were led by Leighton Merritt with a second place finish in the long jump with a leap of 18’.

Britton Deerfield’s varsity baseball team picked up a 4-0 win at Sand Creek on Monday, May. 14.BD improved to 4-8 in the Tri-County Conference and 6-14 overall with the win.Zac Bearinger earned the pitching win after throwing all seven innings. He allowed no runs on four hits while walking two and striking out four. He went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double to help his own cause.Adam Straits was 1-for-3 with a run scored and RBI while DJ Gotz was 1-for-3 with a run scored.

A group of Red Mill Pond property owners were present at a meeting on Monday night, May 21, at the Tecumseh Public Schools Administration Building to hear results of a study on Red Mill Dam conducted by Fishback, Thompson, Carr and Huber (FTC&H). The Grand Rapids firm was selected by the Lenawee County Drain Commission to conduct an evaluation of the dam and provide some estimated costs associated with suggested alternatives for repair and maintenance.

An ecclesiastical situation playing out between members of the First Presbyterian Church of Tecumseh and the Maumee Valley Presbytery, of which the church is a member, is soon to be heard by the Synod of the Covenant Permanent Judicial Commission. While information about the issues involved are sketchy at this time, an article in the May issue of The Layman Online summarizes actions taken by the church in an attempt to break away from the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) because of theological differences.

The format of the Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce’s annual golf tournament on Sunday, June 10, at the Raisin Valley Golf Club will be a lot different this year after the group joined forces with the National Golf Outing organization.Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce director Vicki Philo said the new format promises to make the tournament much more fun and exciting.“The outing levels the playing field, gets everyone in the game and increases competition,” Philo said.While the National Golf Outing has kept traditional scoring, where the lowest number of strokes for 18-holes determines the winners, th

On Saturday, May 19, the Tecumseh Schools Orchestra Program (TSO) will host a concert at the Tecumseh High School Cafetorium with fiddler, Patrick Clark. Patrick was the fiddler for country star Darius Rucker (Darius was also “Hootie” from the band, “Hootie and the Blowfish). In addition to touring with Darius, Patrick has performed with Josh Gracin, Big and Rich, Sarah Evans, and more. He has appeared on The Tonight Show, Oprah, David Letterman, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Dancing with the Stars, and countless other programs.

Crime Stoppers of Lenawee is asking for the public’s help with information as it relates to at least six Breaking and Entering of buildings located within a five mile radius of Adrian. Investigators believe that all six break-ins may be related. In each of the cases the buildings had been forcibly entered and power tools and lawn equipment were stolen during the break-in.

By DEB WUETHRICHTwo motions for Tecumseh City Council to revisit dog leash ordinances were defeated with 5-2 votes on Monday, May 7. One measure would have approved a first reading of Ordinance 3-12 amendment that was put forth and defeated in 2009, and the second would have authorized City Manager Kevin Welch and staff to prepare an animal control ordinance that requires dogs to be on a leash while off the owner’s property.

By MICKEY ALVARADODown but not out might be a good mantra for Tecumseh’s varsity softball team this season with the Indians’ bats getting them out of some tight situations for an 8-1 start.To open the season the Indians warmed up with a relatively easy 5-1, 12-0 non-conference sweep over visiting Onsted on Wednesday, April, 11 but had to claw its way to a pair of wins over Blissfield the very next day, Thursday, April 12.Tecumseh came from behind to force an international tiebreaker in game one against Blissfield and went on to win the game in the bottom of the eighth inning with one more r