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I remember as a teen the first really hot summer I experienced, one that surpassed the previous ones growing up near Devils Lake. That particular summer became known as the Drought of 1988. While this year has not been anything close to drought-like, it has been a decently hot summer,...

Six of Lenawee County's nine county commissioner districts have contested races in this year's primary elections. The Daily Telegram sent questionnaires to the candidates in the contested races. Below are the responses from David Aungst of Addison and Michael Leonard of Manitou Beach who are seeking the Republican Party nomination for county commissioner in District 3. Their responses are printed as provided, though they may have been edited for clarity or truncated if the answers exceeded the given word limits.

July 22, 1924: The matter of fire protection for farms within the Adrian community was brought before the city commission at its meeting yesterday afternoon by representatives of a company manufacturing fire-fighting equipment. The company proposes within a seven-mile radius of the city for the purchase of a larger chemical truck for use in combatting country fires. It would be turned over to the Adrian department, the city assuming its maintenance and operating and in turn receiving the use of it for city alarms. At all times, it would be available for calls within the district outlined. The plan follows closely that proposed to the county Granges and the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company last fall by Chief H. A. Whitney of the Adrian fire department. Ben Sell and F. E. Slusser, representing the Obenchain-Boyer Company of Logansport, Indiana, who appeared before the commission pointed out they had already raised $850 in cash, checks and notes among interested farmers. They said there are 1,418 farms of 10 acres or more within a seven-mile radius of Adrian. With contributions averaging $10 a farm, they estimated a truck of the required size could be purchased and sufficient funds set aside for maintaining it a year and pay the salary of one fireman a year, after which time the city would take over its maintenance. They told of plans of similar community fire protection in Hartford, Owosso, Paw Paw and Charlotte and said that satisfactory results were being obtained. In concluding their talks before the commission, they asked for some expression from the commissioners as to the proposition. It was agreed among the commissioners that the city would accept the maintenance and operation of truck and provide a fireman for its operation provided sufficient funds are raised among the farmers to hire another fireman in addition to buying the apparatus. No formal action was taken on the proposition, however.

Morenci, MI – The City of Morenci is currently undertaking improvements to their water treatment system. A post on the City’s website says that, as announced in their June 10th Public Notice, the City of Morenci’s Water Treatment Plant is bypassing iron removal filtration to replace the iron removal filter media in their system’s four filtration tanks.

A pig produces more than bacon and a cow shouldn’t be looked at as just a milk source. “Animals provide more than just meat,” said Jess Soffee, Lucas County 4-H educator. “They provide makeup, down comforters, glass, inks.” Participants stopping by the 4-H booth at Saturday’s Home Grown: Lucas County Farm Connections program at MacQueen Orchards in Holland could take a quiz from Ms. Soffee about their animal knowledge. “Plastic comes from cattle, poultry, and swine,” she said. “Chewing gum comes from cattle fat and sheep fat. Gummy bears have glycerin from pigs in it. Marshmallows have pork products in them. We’re just educating people where everything comes from — especially in an urban county.”