The Fleet of Tiger Taxis was stranded by snow on Monday, as ten inches of the white stuff hit the area over the weekend

Winter storm brings a white Christmas

All those that have been wishing for a white Christmas around Hudson this holiday season probably received their wish a little early, when a huge winter storm dumped a foot or more of snow on the Hudson area last weekend. Although it's still a week until Christmas, the amount of snow and the forecast cold weather means that there should still be some of the white stuff on the ground for the holiday.

But in the short run, digging out was something of a mess after the Saturday night/Sunday morning blast of winter.

City crews were on the streets at 4 AM both Sunday and Monday mornings, and on Tuesday were still working at the cleanup.

Hudson Area Schools were closed on Monday, after two days of being closed due to icy roads last week. Most other schools around the area were closed or put on delays Monday as well.

The snow day means that the school's reserve of snow days is down to two remaining before days will have to be added to the school schedule in the spring, according to school superintendent Kathy Malnar.

Tree Decorated by Cub Scout Pack 602 

Hudson Cub Scout Pack 602 decorated a tree for display at the Thompson Museum.

Hudson Cheerleaders 

THE HUDSON CHEERLEADERS really got into their performance Saturday at the Onsted Invitationals, winning their first meet of the season.

Helping Hands for Hudson 

The 2nd Grade Brownies in Troop 180 (Helping Hands for Hudson) were singing Christmas carols in the lobby of Market House last week. The girls enjoyed sharing the joy of the season with those in our community.

Sergeant john H De Line home from Iraq

Army Reserve Sgt. John H. DeLine was honored at a special Welcome Home Warrior-Citizen Award ceremony in recognition of the soldier's personal sacrifice, exceptional duty performance, and honorable service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and/or Operation Enduring Freedom.

The award recognizes all Army Reserve Citizen-Soldiers whom have been mobilized and deployed to support mission objectives pertaining to the war on terrorism.  The award publicly acknowledges the reservists for their selfless and patriotic service reflective of the Army's Warrior Ethos, and their families whom have faithfully supported them during their military commitment to the nation.

The award package for the Citizen-Soldiers consists of a personalized encased American flag, a commander's coin with Reserve logos, a lapel pin set for the soldier and spouse, and a Welcome Home Warrior-Citizen banner in an engraved wooden box.

DeLine, a carpentry and masonry supervisor, is assigned to the 304th Engineer Company, Lima, Ohio.  He has served in the military for 11 years.

He is the son of Stephen P. and Lori L. DeLine of State St., Clayton, Mich.

The sergeant graduated in 1999 from Hudson High School, Mich.

Kicking High

The Hudson Cheerleaders kicked off their season with a win at the early-bird invitational at Onsted last Saturday. There were 10 teams competing and the Hudson cheerleaders were the best winning easily by over 100 points. Hudson scored 671 points and Adrian-Madison was second with 578.

Clayton Community Club Meets

The Clayton Community Club met Wednesday, December 12, for their Family Christmas Party, at the Adrian Big Boy. There were 16 members and guests present. Upon arrival each guests was asked to guess the number of candies in a container. Katie Dowling won this prize. Following a delicious buffet dinner the evening activities began with group singing. There were relay games and a challenge game of teams guessing the “10 Most Played Christmas Songs” Vivian Krouse’s team won this event. Readings entitled“Joy To The World” was presented which told of Christmas foods and customs of several countries. Bingo was played with prizes awarded to the winners.

Door prizes were won by Chrisanne McNeil, Royce Baker and Sam Hill.

The evenings activities concluded with a gift exchange and the group singing “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” The next meeting will be January 14, 2008 at the home of Chris Hill.

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