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MONTMORENCY
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Volume 124, Number 48 • One Section
Area mineral rights
o00mors to moot
People with mineral
. rights are invited to
learn about the next
expected- gas and oil
development and join
a group that will nego-
tiate leases on Satur-
day, April 20 at
Hillman Gommunity
Center.
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COUNTY
New fishing regulations
in effect since April 1
To ensure Mich-
igan's fisheries re-
sources are managed
properly and provide
the best benefits to
anglers and the pub-
lic, the Department of
Natural Resources an-
nually adjusts fishing
regulations. For the
coming 2013-2014 an-
gling year, which
started Monday, April
1
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The Great Lakes are
steadily shrinking
Water levels in Lake
Huron and Lake
Michigan reached
record lows in Janu-
ary, according to the
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and they
are forecast to remain
belowlong-term aver-
ages. Lakes Michigan,
Huron and Superior
have been below aver-
age for 14 consecutive
years, the longest
stretch in their history.
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Hillman Sportsman
Club hosts bow shoot
Thiswasthefirstyear
the Hillman Sports-
men's Club was able
to host a bow shoot for
the North Huron Ar-
chery Association.
The bow shoot was
made possible in
Hillman because of
the purchase of new
targets.
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Area athletes earn
basketball designations
by Yvonne Swager Area athletes earning basketball des-
Staff reporter ignations indlude Abby Schlicher of
Johannesburg-Lewiston who was named second team
by the Detroit Free Press. Schlicher was designated first
team by the Ski Valley League and earned honorable
mention from the Basketball Coaches Association of
Michigan (BCAM).
Joburg's Brittany Cherwinski and Hannah Huff each
earned second team for the Ski Valley League, and Madi-
son Showerman received honorable mention. Logan
Huff was designated second team by the league, and
Jacob Newell and Cole Nagy each earned honorable
mention.
Hillman's Mason VanPamel was named fifth team by
the Detroit Free Press, seventh team by Bank Hoops, first
THIS ISTHE LAST year students wikt be able to grve themselves at school salad bursas team by the North Star League and received special
new lunch regulations effective for the coming year limit food intake, mention by BCAM.
: : Tyler Jones was named sophomore all state from Bank
Hoops, and he was designated second team by the
School lunch regulations go into full effect next year league. Hunter Fessler and Dylan Ross each eamed hon-
arable mention from the league.
Hillman's Jensen Tchorzynski was designated first
Low-calorie, low fat, healthy foods to be served team all conference and first team all area, and Morgan
Hardies was named second team all conference and
by Yv0nne $0t The Healthy, Hunger- tempted to leave school campuses for fast second team all area.
Staff reporter Free Kids Act will be in food restaurants, and some kids will just InAflanta, Garrett Badgero received allstate honorable
full force in school districts next year, and not eat lunch at all. mention by the Detroit Free Press and was also named
some kids will not find themselves hun- "It's going to hurt us all. Participation is first team by the league. Jacob Dobbyn and lacob Cham-
ger-free. The First Lady, Michelle Obama, going to go down," he said. bers each earned honorable mention from the league.
has mandatedlunch limits of 650 calories If participation decreases, he said fund-
for elementary students, 700 calories for ing for lunch programs would "also de- and bill a"u'men'-'.l , ,
middle school students and 850 calories crease. Water sewer
for high school students. "It's a great thing to be healthy, but one
Cheeses and salad dressings served will of the things the powers that be are not a""rov ''ldl UM li#lll@lel'ka" I pll'On| discussed
have to be low fat, and breads and crusts taking into account is this is a business," !
will have to be whole grain. In a press Powers sald. "We're the only department lit V||l|l*lllig O f* ltillman m¢'nfln
release, Obama said certain foods are in the school that has to generate revenue
good for the body and for the mind. to pay for our expenditures."
"Studies show that, when you eat Many students are inclined to eat salads byYvonneSwapr Council members for the Village of
healthy foods like fruits and vegetables, and vegetables, he said, but the days of Stdtrep0aer Hillman agreed to adjust a couple of
they can actually help you pay attention buffet-style self-service will soon be over. sewer and water bills because 0fbreaks in the plumbing.
in class and do a better job on your home- Vegetables will be measured onto every The matters were discussed at the regular council meet-
work and tests," Obama said. plate, regardless of whether a student ing on April 2.
The new food limits and regulations the plans to eat them, and Powers said some After one resident noticed she didn't have hot water
schools will have to follow are Obama's of the those vegetables, like flesh spinach, and could hear water running, an investigation eventu-
method of fighting childhood obesity, but romaine lettuce and squash, are very ex- ally revealed seven breaks in the plumbing that resulted
Jeff Powers, food service director in pensive, in a cost increase. The council agreed to adjust the bill
Hillrnan, said school lunches are not to "It's not cheap to eat healthy. I'm not based on averages established in the past.
blame, goingtobeintheblackagainasfarasIcan Another resident who fixed a water break in January
"In my opinion, childhood obesityis not see," Powers said. also experienced an increase in billing. That bill, too, is
coming from lunches. Sitting on the sofa The districts are being offered about six being adjusted based on past averages. That resident
and playing video games is where child- cents reimbursement per meal for follow- requested the water meter be replaced because of con-
hood obesity is coming from," Powers ing the new lunch manddtes, but Powers cerus the meter is not operating properly.
said. said, for him, that amounts to about $400 Myron McIntire, council president, said the village has
According to Powers, Obama can't con- per month, which doesn't come close to a policy that water meters can be tested at the request of
trol what takes place inside the home, so offsetting the cost of the pricier food. residents, but the testing of meters found to be operating
she's targeting what happens at school Districtsarestilltransitioningtothenew correctly is paid by the resident making the request.
simplybecause she can. However, he said regulations, and many are using up cam- Brenda South, village clerk, estimated the cost of testing
the changes in food service are going to modifies that were already in stock. All at $100.
have negative repercussions, districts, however, will have to be compli- . In another matter, a man who previously appealed o
The calorie intakes are based on weekly ant for the coming school year. Powers the village for permission to erect a trailer for use as a
amounts, Powers said, and, if pizza is - said he's been holding off on implement- drive-thru party store would now like to put a trailer in
served one day, the lunches on the other ing the new regulations as long as he can. place for use in selling barbecued sandwiches, instead.
days would have to be adjusted so the "These are the biggest changes that have McIntireadvisedhimtogetabusinessplantogetherfor
weekly calorie count is not exceeded, taken place in school food service in forty presentation to the planning commission.
As a result, Powers said some kids will be years," he said. "I told him we needed to know if people were going to
eat on the property or just take it and go," McIntire said.
In other business:
• David Post, village manager, is obtaining more infor-
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.. : ...... mation about a program that helps businesses imple-
:!:' e ........ ment forms of alternative energy. A company allows
businesses to pay a millage in order to cover the costs of
equipment used in utilizing alternative energy sources.
° The Northeast Michigan Council of Governments is
exploring the possibility of a "wood industry cluster" in
which wood producers would work together to sell wood
products outside the region.
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