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(December 27 2007 Hudson Post-Gazette Publication)
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• With the new year beginning, Hudson's new city manager starts work Wednesday, January 3. Frank Goodroe, formerly Downtown Development Authority Director of Durand, Michigan, was hired last month to fill the city manager position. The position has been vacant since former City Manager Bruce VanWieren resigned the post last summer. City Clerk Kimberly Murphy has been acting city manager since the first of September. • Three original polar bears were back in the cold water Monday, January 1 at Posey Lake. Doug Morningstar and Pat “Hugger” Wollet took their fourth dip, while Darwin Vandevender went in for his third. Colin Wollet went in for his third year in a row. A total of 57 people made their way into the frigid water. Although this is the first year there was no ice on the lake, the swim was still a very cold experience as the temperature hovered around 37 degrees combined with a gusty lake wind. • The Hudson Kiwanis Club presented Salvation Army Captain Gordon Knight a check for a record amount of $4800 representing the Club's Red Kettle collection for the 2006 Holiday Season. • City Manager Frank Goodroe informed the Council that he was in receipt of a letter from Woda Development of Alpena, stating that their most recent attempt to get state funding for a senior citizen housing development at 400 Railroad Street had failed, and that they had decided not to pursue the project any longer. In September, the company had asked for a special tax abatement from the city in order to make the project more appealing to state officials. Council denied that request, at least partly due to the "last-minute" nature of the request. • Pennies, nickels and dimes all add up to a giving spirit at Lincoln Elementary School during the holiday season. A community service project, "Coins of Care" was sponsored by the Lincoln Student Council. A daily collection of coins by the Student Council representatives totaled over $480 in one week. The Student Council had voted to share their donations with the Hudson Public Library and the Hudson Museum. • Julie Forrest Jones and her husband, Mike, of Delta, Ohio, are pleased to announce that they are investing in Hudson's economy by opening a brand new NAPA store located on US127, just north of M-34. • Hudson was struck by an ice storm Sunday evening January 14, and the next morning. Much of the town was without power from early Monday morning until Monday evening. Tree crews were busy with cleanup of downed and dangling branches taken down by the weight of the ice. • Fire departments from Hudson, Clayton and Addison, along with the Lenawee Sheriff Department Dive Team, were called to Lake Hudson to assist in the rescue of Robert Warnke and Christian Schassberger, of Monroe. Deputies said the two men were duck hunting when their boat capsized about 1:20. They spent more than 30 minutes in the 37 degree water before being discovered by a couple that had dropped by to look around. The couple saw the capsized boat in the water and called for help. • Hudson Police reported that one or more persons entered the school between the hours of 11:00 PM on January 9 and 5:30 AM on January 10. They broke into several offices and vending machines inside of the school. Cash and coin, along with prescription medication was stolen from the school. • Ron and Sharon Leffingwell have sold Leffingwell Estates to Brent and Susan Milligan, and Mike and Sara Archer. The new owners are looking at putting in a community room starting in the early summer. They are also considering plans for expansion toward the back of the park. • Hudson Area School Board members considered -- but made no decision -- about asking for a sinking fund millage to help with district maintenance needs. The school board has for the last several months been discussing various maintenance needs around the schools. The deteriorating roofs on the buildings are the primary concern, but there are others, including some asphalt that needs attention, and boiler and piping issues.
• The
Hudson City Council, at their meeting Tuesday evening, decided to put
the city code and ordinances online through the
www.Municode.com • The Department of Environmental Quality announced that a motion has been filed by the Department of Attorney General at the DEQ’s request petitioning the 30th Judicial Circuit Court to find Vreba-Hoff Dairy LLC in contempt of court for ongoing violations of a Consent Judgment entered by the court in December 2004. February 2007 • While out rabbit hunting Joe Houser and Andrew Roan shot a wild boar on Nye Road northwest of Hudson. According to the Michigan DNR, hunters with a valid hunting license of any type are encouraged to shoot feral swine (free-ranging wild pigs). Boars like this are believed to be escapees from game farms and the DNR is trying to prevent a breeding population from being established, as the swine may carry diseases that could affect domestic animals. Hillsdale County is one of 28 Michigan counties where there have been reports of feral swine. • For several years, the two historic buildings at 306 and 308 W. Main Street have set empty and condemned from use due to serious roof problems that make the buildings unsafe for occupancy. Now, the Hudson Downtown Development Authority will be taking on one of the building s, at 306 W. Main Street, in hopes of restoring it enough to make it marketable again. Dave Sheely, Vice-President of the DDA, said that the neighboring building, 308 W. Main Street, was purchased about a year and a half ago and that the owner has plans for restoration possibly this year. While if the building at 306 W. Main Street would most likely have wound up in the city's possession in another year or so if it went unsold at the annual tax sale last year, Sheely said that the DDA decided to make a minimum bid on the structure in hopes of speeding things up and keeping the building from deteriorating any more than it already has. "We were really afraid something would give," he commented. "We just didn't want to see the facade fall down." • The 2007 Winter Homecoming Senior King and Queen were William Elliott and Alyson Monahan. However, the homecoming activities were less than totally happy since not unexpectedly the Tigers got pounded by Morenci. • The Hudson City Council decided to purchase a 7-passenger 2006 Dodge Caravan from C.R. Motors for $13,900. This vehicle would replace the former police car used as a city manager vehicle. It was disposed of last summer after extensive mechanical defects were discovered. Goodroe said that the van would be useful for groups of people heading to meetings and training sessions, and other city business. • Robert J. Guss, founder of the Market House, passed away February 11, 2007 at the Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, MI. He was 91.Guss had been a resident of Houghton Lake, MI, for many years following his retirement. He lived his early life in the Medina and Morenci areas where he started a grocery business with his father and brother Don. He later operated a storefront grocery store in Hudson, and built the beginnings of the present Market House on Railroad Street. • There is a cool new place in Hudson where laser beams, pumping techno music, and fog machines fill the air. Kids, teens and adults can be found throughout the week having a wild time shooting each other with state of the art Q-Zar laser technology at DZ Laser Tag, located at the former Metalloy Technical building at 116 W. Main Street. The Entrance is around back with plenty of parking. • Break-ins at the Hudson Area Schools has given the school administration and school board increased motive to work on improving security at the schools. "If I had any concerns about installing security cameras," said School Superintendent Kathy Malnar at Monday night's board meeting, "They are gone now." Those words only set the stage for the third major school break-in of the year later that evening, when thieves broke into Lincoln Elementary School and ransacked several offices. As of Tuesday morning, the Hudson Police Department was on the scene, and Malnar did not have any idea of what had been taken. • At its meeting Tuesday evening, the Hudson Area School board approved language for a ballot proposal for a sinking fund that would fund maintenance and repair projects at the school, and still involve only a marginal tax increase. The millage is intended to fund needed asphalt, roofing and boiler repair projects at the schools. No new construction is planned. • The Hudson Fire Department, along with several other departments, were called to a structure fire shortly after 7:00 PM Tuesday evening in the office building at Auto Planet Auto Parts (Formerly Buggy's Auto Parts) on Rollin Highway near Plank Road. "It was a big fire," neighbor Betsy Shaffer said. "Flames were shooting way up into the sky." • A fund raiser was held for the Hudson Public Library. All of the 106 guests stepping into the Hudson Community Center were transformed back into medieval times to the “Castle Carnegie”. The guests were entertained by a local group of actors who were trying to solve the murder of the castle jester “Mr. Minute”. Solving the mystery proved to be a night of fun and laughter. The castle cooks created a wonderful medieval dinner consisting of Scotch Eggs, Soup in a bread bowl, chicken and ribs, and sweet cakes accompanied by “grog”. No utensils were used during the meal making the evening a bit more entertaining. March 2007 • Pavilion Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of the Bank of Lenawee announced its Employees of the Fourth Quarter, 2006. Martha L. Harris was chosen as Bank of Lenawee’s Employee of the Quarter in the category of sales. Harris currently serves as Business Development Officer at the bank’s Hudson office. For over thirty years, Harris’s friendly rapport with customers and staff have made her a vital asset to the organization—and the consistent deposit growth of the Hudson office is a reflection of her strong leadership and valuable experience. Harris and her husband Bill live in Hudson. • It's not clear if the Evergreen Golf Course will be opening this spring. Randy Rice of the Bank of Lenawee reports that the course is now under the control of the court trustee, and decisions will have to be made by them. The course is for sale. It's listed through D. Danberry Company realtors in Toledo, OH. • The Hudson City Council received the report of the Local Officer's Compensation Commission. The Commission regulates the pay awarded to the Council. For many years, the Council compensation has been limited to $480 annually. The Commission, chaired by Virginia Driskill, proposed a change to $30 per meeting with a maximum of $1000 per year. The Council received the report without comment. Under the City Charter, the pay hike will go into effect in thirty days unless Council takes action to stop it. • Lincoln and Sacred Heart Schools had special guests that came to school on Friday to celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday! Senator Cameron Brown along with "Cat in the Hat" came to read "Green Eggs And Ham" to the younger children and "I'd Like To Be President" to the older students. • At last week's meeting of the Hudson City Council, City Manager Frank Goodroe told the Council he had learned on March first that Hager Industries arrived at an agreement on a lease-option for property in Hudson, specifically, the former Central Michigan Lumber (CML) lumber yard. Located on M-34 near Munson Hwy. "Hager has a number of facilities in Michigan," Goodroe said in his report to Council. "I understand that this site will manufacture wood pallets; these are not a basic wooden pallet, but rather sophisticated wood pallets for various industries. Hager currently has a facility in Clayton, in the former Townsend lumber Company building. The Clayton site is no longer able to meet their production needs or capacity requirements. So they have been working on site relocation for several months. The company employs 15 people at the Clayton site, and I’m told they have a superior workforce, and retain these employees." • Hudson Fireman Jeremy Davis recently received an award from the Lenawee County Sheriff's Department for his action in helping to save two lives in a dangerous situation at Lake Hudson last January. • Sacred Heart School celebrated career night on Thursday, March 8th. The students, and their families were able to explore career opportunities by visiting the different professionals and their displays. A brief, but entertaining magic show, "Magic by Stewart" was enjoyed by all. • With four candidates running for two seats on the Hudson Area Schools’ Board of Education, the Hudson community will have an opportunity to hear from each candidate. A Candidates’ Forum will be held on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Media Center. The moderator will be Dave Frownfelder of the Daily Telegram. • The Hudson competitive cheerleading team was hoping for more but the high expectations didn't result in a win at the state finals. Hudson went in ranked number two behind Breckenridge the defending state champions and the Lady Tigers couldn't get it done at the Delta Plex in Grand Rapids. • The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) has selected Lady Tiger basketball standout Aubrey Laughlin to its all-state team. Laughlin was a third team selection for her exploits on the hardwood this past fall. Laughlin was named to the Associated Press (AP) honorable mention team earlier this year. She was also named the Lenawee County Player-of-the Year for the fall of 2006. • Hudson Tiger freshman sensation Derrik Marry won an individual state championship at 125 pounds with a perfect 4-0 weekend at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Marry is the first freshman to ever win a state title at Hudson and he did it in dramatic fashion. The Tigers had eight wrestlers at the Palace and four of them placed in the top eight earning medals and recognition. • The Hudson council approved a $56,000 contract for engineering services with Jones and Henry, the city's engineers. This funding is mostly for further engineering on the South Church Street rebuilding project, and for inspection of the project. Council gave some consideration to having some of the inspection done locally, but took no action on the suggestion when the amount of cost savings were not clear. The cost of engineering and inspection is part of the city's matching funds on the project. The project will be getting under way this spring and is expected to take about six months to complete. • The Council also gave permission to bid on the water tower project for the industrial park, also slated for this summer. This project is for an elevated 500,000 water tank and 600 feet of pipe. The project is largely funded by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Local Development Finance Authority, and clears the way for the $20,000,000 expansion at Hi-Lex Controls currently under way. The expansion will bring 162 new jobs to Hi-Lex. • Hudson Area High School announce the Top Ten students for the Class of 2007. Four seniors have the honor of being named Valedictorian for the Class of 2007: Chelsea M. Baker, Ashley Hackett, Rachel Schroeder and Charity L. Troutt. The Salutatorian is Amy (Dunne) Rodifer. The remainder of the Top Ten includes the following seniors: Kari Stoyk, Samantha Tennis, Jessica Keene, Chelsea Berkshire, and Victoria Keene. April 2007 • Matt and JoAnne Shaffer, life long residents of Hudson have purchased Evergreen Golf Course. Opening day for the course is planned to be April 14.The course was forced to close last fall due to bankruptcy, and whether it would reopen this year was in doubt for some time. "We are very excited," Shaffer explained. "There is a lot of work to be done. Trees are still down from the January ice storm and the infrastructure of the course is in terrible condition." • For the last several months, Hudson firemen have been working to raise funds for a new Jaws of Life -- a portable hydraulic cutter used to free people trapped in vehicle accidents among other things. The department's current JAWs unit is around thirty years old and is in need of replacement. This high-tech piece of equipment is not cheap -- it runs close to $50,000. The firemen have part of the fund raised, but still have quite a ways to go. • Tim & Nick Williams are both U.S. Marines and stationed in Iraq. Tim is a 1999 graduate of Hudson H.S., and Nick is a 2003 graduate of Hudson H.S. Nick has been in Iraq since January and is scheduled to be there for one year. Tim has been in Iraq since March and is scheduled to be there for seven months. They are both stationed in Fallujah, Iraq. Tim's home base is at Camp Pendleton, CA. He works in an Intelligence Battalion. Nick is stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC. He is a Motor T mechanic. • Hudson's budget faces a tough year, City Manger Frank Goodroe told the Hudson City Council. There are two areas that cause particular concern for the city: declining property tax revenues and increasing benefit costs. Goodroe foresees Hudson's property tax revenues to be approximately $110,000 less than last year "This is almost entirely due to the M&S closing," Goodroe told the council. The other major area of concern is in the rise in employee benefit rates. Goodroe told the meeting that the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurance package will rise from 13 to 15 percent next year depending on the employee. This comes to a total of approximately $40,000 to the city budget. When everything is added together there's about a $140,000 shortfall. • At their meeting Monday evening, the Hudson Area School Board made an offer to share some services with Sacred Heart School, but it's not yet clear if the arrangement will be finalized. Parochial schools are allowed to contract with public schools for the provision of some "non-core" services, such as teaching phys. ed, band, art, etc. Sacred Heart currently contracts these services from the Pittsford School District, after an agreement on service provision could not be reached two years ago. Sacred Heart does contract with Hudson for several other services, such as transportation and food service. • Hudson Fifth Grader Sydney Gerig has been named the first prize winner in the fifth grade category of the Michigan Dental Association statewide coloring contest. The contest was held in honor of National Children's Dental Health Month in February. Over 1911 entries were received. • County National Bank continues to invest in the Hudson community and is pleased to collaborate with the Hudson Educational Foundation in promoting further education for the youth of the Hudson community. The Board of Directors of County National Bank unanimously supported a five-year commitment to fund two scholarships for Hudson Area Schools’ graduating seniors, beginning in the spring of 2007. These scholarships’ will be awarded to students with a Business and/or Finance focus. County National Bank’s Scholarships hold the promise of preparing the next generation of community business leaders. • April 15 - 21,2007 was observed as National Volunteer Appreciation Week. Helping Our Pupils Excel (HOPE) students had the pleasure of giving the volunteer mentors a “pay day” candy bar to show their appreciation for the time that is given. The candy reminded the mentors that their “Cheerfulness gives sweetness to life”, Mentors arrive weekly donned with genuine compassion for children, love of reading, the desire to see children build self-esteem and confidence while sharing their own spirit of volunteerism. Over the past eleven years we have seen that one-to-mentoring works at Lincoln Elementary. Many HOPE students have made honor rolls, National Honor Society, and college dean lists. May 2007 • At their meeting Tuesday evening the Hudson City Council authorized moving ahead with a plan to revise a section of the city charter. The decision was driven by the announcement following the last election that in the future it will not be possible for the Lenawee County Board of Canvassers to complete certification of an election in time for the annual organizational meeting on the first Monday following the election. Changing the charter to rectify this situation is a lengthy and involved process that will involve a public vote, so it was decided to review the rest of the section of the charter involving elections and bring it up to date at the same time. Among the changes proposed would be a significant cut in the number of signatures needed to get nominated for Council. Currently a minimum of 50 signatures is needed, but after the charter revision it could be as low as six. Several other changes have been proposed, mostly minor wording changes to bring the charter more into compliance with state law. • The Hudson City Council is looking to fill two empty seats following the resignation Monday of Council Members Mark Knoblauch and Kathie Knoblauch. The Knoblauchs presented their resignation Monday evening. The will be moving from Hudson to a family owned farm near Medina. • The Hudson Science Olympiad Team competed at the State Tournament this Saturday and captured its 2nd State Title in 6 years. Over 500 high school, middle school and elementary teams competed in Science Olympiad Regional Competitions during February and March, with only 96 (48 High School and 48 Middle School) teams advancing to the State Finals. This is Hudson’s 8th consecutive trip to the State Tournament in the 12 years they have participated in the program. • A proposal to add a millage increase to the property tax for Hudson Area Schools was defeated in Tuesday's election. The sinking fund would have been used for several maintenance projects around the Hudson Area Schools, including roofing and asphalt repairs. The fund was defeated by a vote of 125 yes, 157 no. Marsha Evenson and Carrie Evans won seats on the school board. • The Hudson City Council approved the purchase of two Taser units, including cameras and other supporting equipment for use by the police department. The cost for the units was $3,102.73 and onboard camera units were an additional $807.90. Police Chief Wier said officers will be trained and certified before the units are deployed. • Michigan Surgeon General Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom recognized 57 schools at Lansing Community College (LCC) for making significant improvements in their environment related to healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco-free lifestyles. Hudson Area Schools took two first place awards, and one second place. Hudson Area High School and Lincoln Elementary School both won Outstanding Achievement status. Hudson Middle School was recognized as a second place "School of Excellence" • At their meeting Tuesday evening, the Hudson City Council approved the budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year. The $5,911,483 budget is balanced only in the sense that $170,000 in the city's fund balance is being used to balance it. Although expenditures in the new budget are tight, much of the problem arises from declining revenues, chief among them the fact that the M&S closing late last year made a considerable hit in the city's property tax revenues. • Memorial Day Services honoring fallen heroes at were held at Calvary Cemetery. Good weather prevailed for the annual event, and a larger than normal crowd turned out for the activities. Rachel Schroeder gave the Gettysburg Address, and Chelsea Baker gave Logan's Orders. The keynote address was given by Rev. Troy Neujahr of Our Savior Lutheran Church. • One of Hudson's long traditions took center stage at when Sacred Heart Parish and School held their 148th Anniversary Spring N•2 Summer Festival Friday and Saturday, June 1st and June 2nd, featuring fun, games, food, and bands. • A prank gone wrong led to a Hudson student being taken to the Maurice Spear Campus Thursday. Police Chief Charles Weir said "A student thought it would be cool to set off a firecracker type smoke bomb in a buddy's locker." Unfortunately, the smoke bomb set some things in the locker on fire, and the ensuing smoke led to a fire alarm being pulled, the evacuation of the school, and ultimately the school being put into lockdown for a short period. No injuries were reported. Weir said that the juvenile student had been arrested and was taken to the Maurice Spear Campus as a result of the prank. "Twenty years ago this would have been no big deal," Weir commented. "But with the emphasis today on school security, times are different." June 2007 • Gleaner Life Insurance Society Scholarship Foundation has announced Ashley Hackett, daughter of Robert Hackett, of Hudson, as the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship award. Hackett was one of 120 students selected to receive a 2007 scholarship award from Gleaner Life Insurance Society Scholarship Foundation. The 2007 Hudson High School graduate will attend Central Michigan University majoring in psychology. • Members of the Hudson Fire Department showed respect on Monday to Elmer Roan, who died last Thursday. Roan, 83, had been a long time member of the department, serving as dispatcher for the last 22 years. • The Department of Environmental Quality announced that the 30th Circuit Court has issued an Interim Order requiring Vreba-Hoff Dairy LLC to undertake certain activities to protect water quality in the vicinity of two Vreba-Hoff dairies located in Hudson, according to a DEQ News Release Thursday. The Interim Order is the result of the DEQ’s court action filed in January 2007, requesting that the court find Vreba-Hoff in violation of a Consent Judgment entered by the court in December 2004 to resolve a lawsuit filed by the DEQ in September 2003. The Interim Order largely reflects the outcome of court-ordered mediation that the parties have participated in since late February of this year. • A fire last Tuesday on Childs Highway took the life of John Meyer, 72, Hudson firefighters said. Firemen said Myer was found in the living room of his home at 4412 Childs Highway. Myer's wife, Sandra, was awakened by a smoke detector in Myer's separate room about 2:30 AM. She reportedly called 911 from the house before evacuating. Fire Captain Brian Gerig said that Myer had started out then decided to go back for his oxygen bottle and didn't make it back out. There was an explosion inside the house reported shortly before the first firefighters arrived, and Gerig said that it helped to spread the fire. When firemen arrived, flames were coming through the roof and the west end of the house was fully involved with fire. The fire spread through the attic, causing the ceiling to collapse. “We started knocking the fire down first in the area where the victim might be and the roof came down on the firefighters," Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Tanner Jr. reported. No injuries were reported to the firemen. Sports in Hudson 2007 By Bill Mullaly The end of a year brings with it a look back at what transpired on the fields, courts, courses and arenas involving athletics in the local area. The year of 2007 had its highlights and lowlights but we are here to focus mostly on the fun stuff that people will want to remember over the past year. Hudson High School and Hudson area sports in general had another solid and sometimes spectacular year. Here is a month-by-month look at some of the things sports fans might recall in looking back at 2007 in the Hudson area. Part one of two will feature a look at sports from January through June. Then next week we will review the July through December moments. January 2007 *Balmy temperatures greeted the Polar Bear swimmers at Posey Lake for the fourth annual New Year’s Day high noon swim. A record turnout of 57 participants were on hand and organizer Pat “Hugger” Wollet was thrilled with the large crowd. The oldest swimmer was Jane Tucker at 65, while the youngest was three-year-old Noah Wollet. Hugger along with Doug Morningstar have never missed a swim in its four-year tradition. *The state ranked wrestling team at Hudson continues to win tournaments and league meets as they are ranked in the top five in division 4. The question still remains as to whether they can defeat state power Addison in February in the district meet? *The state’s top-ranked competitive cheerleading team is Hudson and they are winning every competition in sight but the question remains can they win it all in March against state power Breckenridge? *Former Tiger gridiron great David Smith completes a solid four-year college football career at Western Michigan as his team plays in the inaugural International Bowl in Toronto but the Broncos fall 27-24 to Cincinnati. *The adult bowling leagues are in full swing as local men and women take to the alleys at Hudson Lanes on the cold winter nights for recreation and entertainment. February 2007 *The volleyball team has been struggling but they did win the Silver division of the county meet to bring some good news to what has been a long season. Then later in the month they beat Dundee in a league match for the first league triumph in over two years. *The annual youth floor hockey tournament was held with 46 teams competing and organizer Chris Bloomer was again thrilled with the turnout of teams and fans at this event that is held in town each year to promote floor hockey. *The fledgling new bowling club at Hudson High School got off to a start winning its first bowling meet against Morenci. Mike Brown is the head coach and Mike Glanzman is the assistant coach. *Addison beats Hudson 52-18 in the team district and the wrestlers end the year at 27-6 but eight wrestlers will be headed to the Palace of Auburn Hills for the state individual finals. *The Hudson cheers again win the LCAA title as they have for many years in a row. They are preparing hard for the regional and state meets coming up. March *The boys hoop season ended with a mark of 6-15 but a narrow loss to eventual district champion Hanover-Horton by a score of 52-48 shows promise for the future with a young Hudson team. *The Tiger wrestling program has a state individual champion for the first time in ten years as freshman phenom Derrik Marry wins it all at The Palace. He beat archrival Nate Elston of Addison 5-4 in the final match at 125 pounds. *The competitive cheers win the regional but the dream of winning the state title falls short as they place third at the state meet. Breckenridge wins it all and Pewamo-Westphalia is second. *The annual youth wrestling tournament is held in town with about 350 kids competing and Hudson has 33 participants with 11 winning first place honors. *Another season of youth bowling wraps up in Hudson at Hudson Lanes and the high school club team is 12th out of 19 teams at the regional meet. It was a successful first year. April 2007 *Matt and JoAnne Shaffer become the saviors of Evergreen Golf Course as they purchase the property and reopen the course in mid-April saving local golf in this area. *Veteran and highly respected girls track coach John Enerson returns to the school coaching staff after taking the fall off from his cross country duties. Enerson’s return is a welcome addition to the school’s running programs. *Monday, April 2nd the final decision comes down from the courts saying volleyball will be played in the fall and the sport of girls basketball will be in the winter. Schools scramble to redo schedules of games and finding officials. *CR Motor Sales sponsors both a boys baseball and girls softball tournament but both are played under frigid conditions with Hudson unable to win either event. *Spring means it’s time for youth soccer and the local soccer league is underway playing its games at Memorial Park for the next two months. *Former Tiger gridiron great Anthony Carr was named the MIAA Player of the Week for Adrian College’s baseball team. The sophomore is hitting over .300 and had a great week with four extra basehits to win the honor. He would later be named to the all-MIAA second team. May 2007 *Seven was the lucky number for the Hudson baseball team as it defeated Home twice 7-3 and then 7-2 in extra innings. The Trojans were the defending state champions and had not lost two at home on the same day in years. * The Lady Tiger softball team won the annual Hudson Booster Tournament by taking all three games in the local event. *Tiger track standout Brad Monahan jumps 14-feet to win the pole vault event in a league dual meet reaching the key height as he prepares for the state meet. *Six Tiger tracksters will be going to the state meet with five boys and one girl qualifying for the big event next month. *The baseball team falls at home to traditional power Blissfield in extra innings in game one and fall game two 7-6. Close doesn’t count. *Another season of the grand ole game begins as Hudson’s Little League Baseball program kicks off games the first week of the month. June 2007 *Brad Monahan takes second in the state meet at pole vault jumping 14-6 for his personal best but he finished runner-up to a vaulter that goes 14-9. *The girl’s softball team loses in a highly controversial district final to host Sand Creek as an apparent ball four to force in the winning run is ruled a highly questionable third strike. The win is snatched away and Hudson then falls to the Aggies in extra innings. Despite the bitter setback coach Mike Sprow has a very successful first season as the head coach. *The boys baseball team falls in district play to Onsted 12-6 after leading at one time 6-1. The team ends the year at 7-28. *Alyson Monahan and John Koser are named the top female and male athletes for the class of 2007 at Hudson High School during the annual season-ending spring sports banquet. *A new sport takes hold in Hudson as American Legion Hannon-Colvin Post 180 is sponsoring a Legion baseball team for the first time ever. CR Motors Czar Tim Zacharias has put up most of the money and Hudson head baseball coach Jeremy Beal will manage the squad.
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annual summer recreation program is underway with the swim lessons at
Bohn Pool and open swimming at the pool taking place. The annual trip to
Cedar Point takes place and is combined with the Hudson Band trip for
the first time and it is a huge success. |
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