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Donald R. Kittle, age 74, of Tecumseh passed away, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at his home surrounded by his family and under the care of Hospice of Lenawee. Don was born in Junior, West Virginia on December 12, 1938 to Murl and Dorothy (Zirkle) Kittle. He graduated in 1957 from Belington High School in Belington, West Virginia. Don married Gloria Scott on April 16, 1960 in Oakland, Md., and she survives. During his life Don worked for Davis Electric in Elkins, W. Va., Roadway Express in Ohio and Massey Ferguson Test Farm in Macon. Don retired from Tecumseh Public Schools in 2000.

Crime Stoppers of Lenawee is asking for the public’s help with information about several church break-ins that have occurred since August 12, 2012 in Lenawee County, and in the surrounding counties, and investigators believe that all of these church break-ins in the surrounding areas are all related to the Lenawee County cases.Tecumseh Police Chief Troy Stern said there have been no reported break-ins within the city limits yet, however officers are on the lookout.“The nearest church break-ins so far have been on Tecumseh-Clinton Road and one on Occidental Highway,” Stern said.

Dr. Robert A. Gregg, a resident of Woodbridge, Connecticut since 1973 has died at the age of 94. Dr. Gregg was born in Dundee, Mich. on March 8, 1918. He received a BA from Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Michigan. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was awarded an honoray Doctor of Science. In 1942 he joined the research staff of the United States Rubber Co., later to become Uniroyal. Some of his early work on fundamental polymer chemistry has become standard textbook chemistry.

Margaret Ross Pepler, age 94, of Tecumseh, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Lenawee Medical Care Facility. She was born January 16, 1918, in Glasgow, Scotland to Thomas and Janet (Murdoch) Muirhead. On April 26, 1940, she married George Pepler in Glasgow, Scotland. He predeceased her in June of 2011. She is survived by a daughter, Beryl McHenry and her husband, Earl, of Blissfield; two grandchildren, Leslie (Tim) Wilkins of Ann Arbor and Matthew (Maegan) McHenry of Corbett, Oregon, and four great-grandchildren, Remy, Maxine, Caiden and Ellia.

If the leaders of cities, towns and villages across the state could say one thing to Michigan legislators this week, it would be to “Slow down!” Many are calling and e-mailing their representatives to say just that. The Michigan House is currently considering a proposal to repeal the Personal Property Tax and held hearings on Tuesday, Dec. 4, and Wednesday, Dec. 5. The measure could come to a vote by the end of the week.Tecumseh City Manager Kevin Welch makes it clear that no one is opposed to the repeal itself.“Our biggest issue is why does it have to be done now?

To the Editor,Regarding the article in Thursday’s edition of the Tecumseh Herald (Nov. 29, 2012) entitled “Board Approves Plan to Drill Under Sutton School for Gas/Oil”:What an interesting decision: drilling for oil/gas under an elementary school.

To the Editor,I had the opportunity to have two children in college this fall, and I recognize that the costs without the help of scholarships would have been a financial hardship for either our family now or on our children in the future to graduate with large student loans.Tecumseh Kiwanis is committed to assisting students in achieving scholarships! The Scholarship Express will again be held in Tecumseh on Sunday, January 13, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The workshop will assist students in several areas of scholarships.

Tecumseh’s varsity boys basketball team opened its season with a 61-46 victory over visiting Parma Western on Tuesday, Dec. 4.A very slow start had the Indians down 16-2 with just 3:19 left in the opening quarter with Casey Hunt being the only one on Tecumseh’s squad to connect with the net. Nick Coffin hit a three-pointer for the only other basket the Indians would make in the opening stanza.