Pictures from Race Fest, 2011

 

Four-year-old Jordan Peek of Brooklyn 

enjoys the inflatable slide and insisted 

on going more than once.

Big kids

Margie Little, left, of Napoleon 
takes on her friend Jackie Hubbard 
of Onsted in some slot car racing 
at Race Fest on Thursday.

Starstruck

A very young Jeff Gordon fan looks a little shocked 
while her daddy gets his picture taken with 
the famous driver.

What do you think?  

Marijuana moratorium challenged

   Local businessmen Tyler Boss and Aaron Westbrook are challenging a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries in Woodstock Township because they started their business about the same time the law went into effect.

   Westbrook said, "We are not a clinic. We sell medical marijuana to card-carrying members. We are a medical marijuana retail store."

WHAT DO YOU THINK? 

Would you mind a medical marijuana business near where you live?

Public Service Announcement

New school traffic map for 2011-2012 school year

 

Picking up/dropping off students:

Parents enter Broad Street from Monroe Street.

Children can be picked up or dropped off in the existing parking lot directly west of the middle school.

Broad Street traffic will only be able to exit the school by returning to Monroe St. The access to School St. will be blocked.

Only school buses are allowed on School Street. Cars on School Street will be turned away by a crossing guard.

Columbia Police investigating hit-and-run in Brooklyn

    The Columbia Township Police Department is looking for the driver in a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday night that left a man unconscious in the street.

   At around midnight, Officer Jeff Anderson was dispatched to the corner of Main Street and Marshall Street for a person laying injured in the roadway. The 47-year-old man from Brooklyn was laying against the curb and was seriously injured. He was taken by ambulance to Allegiance Health, and then by helicopter to University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor.

    A southbound motorist saw the man and called police. While canvasing the neighborhood, one resident said that a "thud" was heard shortly before the man was found.

   The man regained consciousness for a short time at the scene but was unable to provide any details about the car that struck him. Even though he was laying against the southbound curb, it is unknown for certain which direction a suspects car would be traveling.

   The victim is listed in stable condition. A next-of-kin have not yet been notified; the name of the victim has not yet been released.

   Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbia Township police department at 517.592.3122. Although it is unknown the extent of the damage to the suspect vehicle, it is believed that it would show visible damage from the impact.

Public forum discusses transition

Columbia School Board member-elect Amy Miller asks a question of school officials during a public forum on Monday night. The board talked to a crowd of about 100 parents who attended the community forum. Topics such as traffic flow were discussed, as well as the current budget crisis.

It's Boat Time!

Employees of Boaters Choice in Brooklyn attempt to "float" a boat lift out to the end of a dock on Vineyard Lake.  To purchase hundreds of photos NOT seen in the Brooklyn Exponent, visit exponentphotos.com

America at War

CHARGE!

Bayonets affixed, soldiers charge across the field during the Battle of Philippi which was reenacted last month at Walker Tavern Historical Complex. Many people forget that recruits were often in their young teens when they were called into battle.

The Battle of Philippi took place almost 150 years ago, on June 3, 1861. 

     It was the first organized land action of the Civil War. The battle, also mockingly known as “The Philippi Races,” was centered around protecting bridges and lines of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Union, in an effort to protect these critical supply lines, “raced” the Confederates into the town of Philippi, Virginia (now West Virginia).
 

     The Union was lead by Brig. General Thomas A. Morris who commanded 3000 soldiers of the Indiana Volunteers. Col. George A. Porterfield of the Confederacy had 800 recruits from the area. The victory by the Union army was almost bloodless, and helped polarize the region as being against secession. 

     The Walker Tavern Historical Site in Cambridge Township hosted a reenactment last  month of the Battle of Philippi. Hundreds of volunteers camped and lived as mid-19th century Americans.

An injured confederate soldier gets some help limping away from the front line.

Carrying a regiment’s colors into battle was considered an honor and a privilege. It was very dangerous, and required an inordinate amount of courage. These young color bearers are ready for anything.

Not on my watch.

A member of the militia from around Philippi, Virginia draws a line in the sand as the union army approaches.