CADILLAC The fire trucks were real, the police cars were real, so were the ambulance, the damaged cars, and broken glass. But the blood wasnât real.
The Wexford-Missaukee Career Tech Center held a mock crash Thursday morning and afternoon for its public safety students, said CTC Public Safety Instructor Brett DeAugustine. He said the mock accident was practical application for the students, applying what they learned throughout the year.
Students looking to go into law enforcement were investigating the crash and taking a suspect into custody. Those looking to go into firefighting extracted a patient from one of the two cars involved in the mock crash, while EMS students helped stabilize the patient and get her into an ambulance and readied for transport to a hospital.
Michael W. Herald passed away April 9, 2021 at the age of 55.
He is survived by his loving wife, Raquel; his mother, Barbara; his brother, Jim (Brenda); his sister, Lynn (Chad) and extended family.
He graduated from Cadillac High School, attended Michigan State University, graduated from Strayer University, and was certified as a CCIE.
He was a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys, Michigan State, and gaming.
Michael s final request was to be remembered with kindness and love by his family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, please leave condolences on the Wade Family Funeral Home website.
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Mary L. Fox, 92, passed away on March 24, 2021, at the Grand Traverse Pavilions, in Traverse City, where she had resided since January 2019. She had broken her femur due to Osteoporosis while rising that morning and Munson Medical Center performed surgery. She was transferred to the GT Pavilions. She had been coping with Alzheimer s/Dementia and this accelerated her condition. She lived at her home for 56 years until moving to the Pavilions.
Mary was born on June 22, 1928, to Justine and Agda Hodges. She was the second of five, two sisters, and two brothers. She walked over fifteen blocks in town to the old high school. Mary was a tomboy growing up and enjoyed roller skating, ice skating, skiing, and sliding on Diggins Hill in Cadillac. She enjoyed skiing at Caberfae Mountain with her friends and fishing on Lake Cadillac with her Aunt Dena. She traveled by train to Grand Rapids to visit relatives and could travel at a discount because her father was a railroad engineer.
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April 11, 2021
Two years ago, the group Veterans Serving Veterans in Cadillac offered a portion of their park land to the Cadillac High School cross country team to build a new course.
“We’ve never had a course before that we were necessarily proud of,” said Assistant cross country coach Trevor Thiebaut. “When it’s all said and done, this will be a top five course in Michigan.”
Along with the veterans, members of the cross country team have been volunteering their time on the weekends to help out with the course.
“We’re currently going through and picking out the big sticks and rocks that’ll get in the way of when they go through again and till it all up,” said senior Brayden Oberhaus.