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The following was written by The View Staff Reporter Jerry LaVaute:
I meet the best people as I develop my stories. Interesting, engaged, committed and fun are just a few of the words that I’d use to describe them.
Bruce Patterson
I briefly met Bruce Patterson, outgoing Seventh District Michigan State Senator, as he made his farewell tour of the constituents he served for so many years.
Physically larger than life and possessed of an equally large, ebullient personality, it was fun to watch his charm and heartfelt sentiment toward those he served.
Cathy Horste
Cathy is the Van Buren Township historian and chaired the recent wildly successful fundraiser for the Belleville Area Museum, in which 990 of the 1,000 available raffle tickets were sold for the “Lucky Ducky Rubber Duck Race.”
In this economy, fundraisers are a hard sell, and she had a marketing campaign and energy and humor to overcome these obstacles. Suffice to say that I was impressed.
Cindy Hasselbring
I met Cindy about three weeks ago, in an interview at the Lighthouse Coffee Co. on Main Street in Milan.
The energy and passion she had describing her recent two-week trip to Costa Rica for the Toyota International Teacher Program was palpable.
But, despite the effusive outpouring of words as she described her trip, I never felt for a moment that it was about her. No, it was about an adventure that she wanted to share.
She’ll get a great opportunity to share her experiences as she returns to teaching advanced Math courses at Milan High School this September.
Patrick Burtch
Burtch has been the manager of the village of Dundee, a few miles south of Milan on U.S.-23, for over 20 years.
He described to me the stirring aftermath of a tornado that touched down in Dundee on June 6, causing over $15 million in property damage.
Local government officials and townspeople worked together to clean up the mess, Burtch said, proudly.
And, although Dundee’s budget is itself a bit of a disaster after paying for the cleanup, Burtch sounds as if he’ the same thing again, in a heartbeat – because it was the right thing to do.
I meet the best people as I develop my stories. Interesting, engaged, committed and fun are just a few of the words that I’d use to describe them.
Bruce Patterson
I briefly met Bruce Patterson, outgoing Seventh District Michigan State Senator, as he made his farewell tour of the constituents he served for so many years.
Physically larger than life and possessed of an equally large, ebullient personality, it was fun to watch his charm and heartfelt sentiment toward those he served.
Cathy Horste
Cathy is the Van Buren Township historian and chaired the recent wildly successful fundraiser for the Belleville Area Museum, in which 990 of the 1,000 available raffle tickets were sold for the “Lucky Ducky Rubber Duck Race.”
In this economy, fundraisers are a hard sell, and she had a marketing campaign and energy and humor to overcome these obstacles. Suffice to say that I was impressed.
Cindy Hasselbring
I met Cindy about three weeks ago, in an interview at the Lighthouse Coffee Co. on Main Street in Milan.
The energy and passion she had describing her recent two-week trip to Costa Rica for the Toyota International Teacher Program was palpable.
But, despite the effusive outpouring of words as she described her trip, I never felt for a moment that it was about her. No, it was about an adventure that she wanted to share.
She’ll get a great opportunity to share her experiences as she returns to teaching advanced Math courses at Milan High School this September.
Patrick Burtch
Burtch has been the manager of the village of Dundee, a few miles south of Milan on U.S.-23, for over 20 years.
He described to me the stirring aftermath of a tornado that touched down in Dundee on June 6, causing over $15 million in property damage.
Local government officials and townspeople worked together to clean up the mess, Burtch said, proudly.
And, although Dundee’s budget is itself a bit of a disaster after paying for the cleanup, Burtch sounds as if he’ the same thing again, in a heartbeat – because it was the right thing to do.
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12:50 PM
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