Class of ’42, Pumpkin thanks, and Trebesh chooses freedom
Class of l942 looking for classmates
The SJHS Class of 1942 will be hosting their 70th Anniversary in June of 2012 and needs your help in locating classmates for whom they do not have current addresses.
If you have mailing addresses, Email address or phone number for any of the following please contact Bonnie (Westmoreland) Wickerham at 989-227-5635 or E-Mail wickbon@aol.com.
Thank you for your help.
Wm Robert Catton
Gerald Crumb
Hazel (Nickelson) Collins
Eloise (Schreiner) Porter
Thanks for “Pumpkin” help
Thank you to all the volunteers, organizations and businesses that helped make the 2011 Pumpkin Festival and Pumpkin Trot a success:
Mike Ziegler of Community Electric, McDonald’s of St. Johns, Wendy’s of St. Johns, St. Johns Big Boy, Shaggies of St. Johns, Adams Advertising, St. Johns Lions and Lioness Club, St. Johns High School Goodwins Club, Sharon Shutes, Kathleen Beagle, and Pumpkin Judges, Stu Fitzpatrick and Mike Trebesh.
Thank you, too, to the Pumpkin Trot sponsors whose financial support benefited Clinton County Special Olympics:
Uncle John’s Cider Mill, Foster’s Wheel Inn, Sparrow Clinton Hospital, Soil & Water Management Systems, Smith Funeral Homes, A-1 Tanning, Union Bank, Avery Eye Care, Edward Jones Investments, Ferralls Tree Service, Clinton County Credit Union, Foster’s Pub, Ryan’s Roadhouse, Michigan Wood Fibers, Clinton County Farm Bureau, Jet Speed, Postal Connections, Custom Embroidery, Bert Hybels, Ben and Jane Swanchara, Tom French.
Our apology to anyone we may have missed.
It was a fantastic weekend!
Andy and Sunday Todosciuk
Andy T’s Farms and Garden Center
I choose freedom
One of the principles our government was founded upon is allowing individuals the freedom to make decisions and take risk. I believe there is a direct causal link between the level of freedom a society enjoys and its standard of living. The truth is the greater the level of freedom, the higher the standard of living for its citizens and the wealth of the nation as a whole.
Examine the differences between North and South Korea. They share the same culture, language and history. Yet, North Korea is one of the poorest nations on earth and has one of the most restrictive governments, while South Korea is prospering and enjoying a great many personal freedoms. Before the reunification of East and West Germany (again the same language, culture and history), oppressed East Germany was poor and underdeveloped, while West Germany was free to build itself into a thriving, vibrant economy.
Some might say that the country’s standard of living is dependent upon its natural resources. If that false belief were actually true then Japan with precious few natural resources would be eternally struggling and Russia with its vast array of natural resources would be near the top.
Freedom to innovate and to reap the rewards of taking risk is the key to both the individual’s and a country’s standard of living. The more freedom one enjoys, the more wealth they have the potential to accumulate.
As for me, I will continue to choose and fight for the same beliefs our founding fathers built our great nation upon -personal freedom and a limited constitutional government.
Michael Trebesh, CPA
St Johns