The Whiteford Bobcats didn’t let rotten weather spoil their Halloween night. They handily defeated the visiting Lutheran Westland Warriors 64-6 and advance to play Morenci in week two of MHSAA high school football playoffs.
For the complete story, please see Brad Heineman’s coverage in the Nov. 5, 2014, edition of The Advance.
Local Halloween activities are planned for Friday evening throughout the area. Here are the ones the Advance knows about as of press time. Please note, the hours for Blissfield were incorrect in the Oct. 29 edition of The Advance.
Blissfield: Trick-or-treating is 5:30 -7 p.m. Line up for the costume parade is at 7 p.m. at the Schultz Holmes Memorial Library. The parade will commence down Lane Street to the park to the Rotary bonfire and costume judging. Hot dogs and cider will be served.
Deerfield: Trick-or-treating is from 6-8 p.m. village-wide. Beginning and end will be signaled by the Deerfield Township Fire Department siren.
Palmyra: 5:30-8 p.m. Palmyra Township Fire Department children’s Halloween party at the Palmyra Community Center. The fire department will also be handing out free smoke alarms and flashlight batteries to residents.
Whiteford: 6-8 p.m. Trick-or-treat hours throughout the township Riga: Trick-or-treating in the village. is from 5:30-7 p.m.
The Whiteford Bobcats made one step closer to the playoffs with a 56-7 rout of Madison Friday night.
Meanwhile, Blissfield and Britton Deerfield both suffered losses.
Blissfield hosted the Erie-Mason Eagles and fell to the visitors 40-24.
Britton Deerfield was defeated 61-8 by the Morenci Bulldogs.
For the complete stories on these games, please see the Oct. 22, 2014, edition of The Advance.
The Blissfield High School Royals varsity men’s soccer team, which has thrilled local fans all season long and won the ISL championship for the first time in the program’s history, saw its season end on a rainy Tuesday afternoon at the hands of Lenawee Christian School, 4-1, in district action.
LCS went into halftime up 2-0 in the game, played in Blissfield.
Royal Josiah Makula scored Blissfield’s only goal in the second half with 8:36 remaining, trailing 3-1 at that point. Ultimately, LCS won the postseason game with two goals from Chris Drewery and a goal each from Jessie Maguire and David Park.
Blissfield had beaten LCS twice earlier in the season, but the third time did not prove to be a charm for the Royals in 2014.
For the game details, please see the Oct. 22, 2014, edition of The Advance. But for a review of the Royals’ championship game and a salute to their outstanding season, please pick up the Oct. 15, 2014, edition.
Adrian—Edna L. Peacock, 85 of Blissfield, passed away at the Hospice of Lenawee Home on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 in the presence of her loving family and under the gentle care of Hospice.
Edna was born in Blissfield, MI on October 26, 1928 to Zearl and Carrie (Sipe) Horton. Edna attended Blissfield School and graduated with the class of 1946.
She married Even Lamley on October 29, 1946 in St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, he preceded her in death. On March 3, 1984, she married Norman ‘Bud’ Peacock at the Blissfield First United Methodist Church.
Edna lived most of her life in Blissfield. She loved and enjoyed her family, home and church. She loved life to the fullest. With a heart of gold, she accepted and impacted all she met. As a member of Blissfield First United Methodist Church, she was active in choir, a lay speaker, on the mission committee, and a member of the United Methodist Women. Edna enjoyed bowling, duplicate bridge, and having a pretty flower garden.
She will be dearly missed by her devoted husband, Bud; children, Diane Carrico, Duane (Rebecca ‘Beccy’) Lamley, Denis (Kathy) Lamley, son in law, John Zahner; step son, Jeff (Tracy) Peacock; brothers, Duane Horton and Marvin (Bonita) Horton; nine grandchildren; three step grandsons and six great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband Even, a daughter, Debra, a sister, Alice and step daughter, Jann.
Funeral services for Edna will be 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church, Blissfield, MI with Rev. Kristen Parks officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be on Friday from 4 to 8 PM at the Tagsold Chapel, Blissfield and also an hour before the service on Saturday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church or to Hospice of Lenawee. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Online condolences and memories are welcomed at www.WagleyFuneralHome.com.
A 5K trail run for the public has been scheduled immediately after the Saturday, Oct. 11, Lenawee County Cross Country Championship at Gerber Park, near Blissfield, Michigan. The “Autumn Color Tour Trail Run” is a 5K run/walk to benefit the Miss River Raisin Festival Scholarship Program. The event will take place on the Lenawee County championship cross country course at Gerber Hill Park, used just minutes earlier by local high school athletes to determine the season’s best runners. “Over the years, parents and friends of high school athletes have told our local cross country coach that they would like a chance to run on this trail,” said organizer Marcia Loader, executive director of the Miss River Raisin Festival Scholarship Program. “It’s a lovely park and challenging run course and Gerber Park is beautiful and in peak color at this time. This is also a wonderful opportunity for families to enjoy a picnic and family day at Gerber Hill Park.” Race day registration begins at 9 a.m. and the 5K begins immediately following the county championship runs – approximately 11:30 a.m. The time may be a little later, depending on the run schedule for the championships, but will begin no earlier than 11:30 a.m. The 5K is open to all ages 6 and over. Medals will be given in several categories to the top two in each division as well as to the overall male and female winners. Registrations from this point forward are first-come, first-served on limited additional T-shirts. Fees are $25 for the 5K Run/Walk with a shirt ($28 with an XXL shirt, but those must be ordered by Oct. 3.). Runners ages 6-18 pay only $15, and there is a $60 family rate for three or more from the same household. However, for shirts for four or more, add $12 per shirt over three shirts. Limit two adults in a family. “I Survived Gerber Hill” shirts are $12 race day, with limited availability to all including the school runners. A downloadable registration form is available at www.blissfield.net. Gerber Hill Park is located at 14360 Carroll Road, northeast of Blissfield. Take U.S. 223 east of Blissfield, turn north on Silberhorn Highway, which becomes Carroll Road and bears right (east). For more information, please email Loader at advance@cass.net.
The Blissfield Royals felt the homecoming magic Friday night, earning their first win of the season 33-7 over Columbia Central Eagles with plenty of completed passes and interceptions, too.
Another local homecoming football squad, the Whiteford Bobcats, hosted Whitmore Lake and treated their guests to a 38-6 defeat.
However, the Britton Deerfield Patriots, while celebrating homecoming, fell to visiting Summerfield’s Bulldogs who left town with a 42-21 win.
For the complete stories as well as the Britton Deerfield homecoming results, please see the Oct. 8, 2014, edition of The Advance, which will also include the Fall and Winter Visitor’s Guide.
The iconic Richard Furs Building which, for decades, had welcomed visitors to the village of Blissfield with bay windows featuring the latest styles in fur fashion, is being torn down today, Oct. 1.
The demolition is expected to take three days. More than a third of the historic brick building appeared to have been razed by 4 p.m.
Besides housing the fur company, which has been closed for many years, the building was also known as the home of Richland Arms, a gun business.
Except for brief periods when a fitness center and then a dance studio operated there, the building has been empty with “for sale” signs in the window for many years.
For the complete story, please see the Oct. 8, 2014, edition of The Advance.
