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VOLUME 106, NUMBER 40 75 CENTS ~ 20 PAGES, 1 SUPPLEMENTCASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012

Complete coverage of the Cass City community and surrounding areas since 1899

Inside This Week

A new twist on someold carols this Christmas

Slices of Life, page 3

Meeting to address signingof oil and gas leases in area

Page 4

“Dear Santa, I’m on thenice list this year, right?”

Santa letters,pages 11-16, 20

Jolie Dillbeck

Andy and Brooke(Bensinger) Dillbeck ofMidland announce the birth oftheir daughter, Jolie JoyDillbeck.

Jolie was born at Mid-Michigan Hospital. Sheweighed 5 pounds, 15 ouncesand was 17 inches long.

She joins her sisters, Oliviaand Kaylee, at home.

Grandparents are Mike andSherry Dillbeck of Sanford,and Betty and the late KirkBensinger of Ubly.

KINGSTON – Steele 1-0 (0-0) 2;Lemos 2-2 (0-0) 10; Hill 2-2 (1-3)11; DeLong 1-0 (3-3) 5; Zyrowski 0-0 (1-2) 1; Hartsell 2-0 (2-3) 6;Ruggles 4-2 (4-5) 18.TOTALS – 12-6 (11-18) 53.

OWEN-GAGE – Smith 1-0 (0-2) 2;Morrish 1-3 (0-0) 11; Jeffery 0-0 (2-2) 2; Fahrner 2-0 (2-3) 6; Stockton 7-3 (9-10) 32; Mandich 1-0 (0-0) 2;Good 4-0 (4-4) 12.TOTALS – 16-6 (17-21) 67.

KINGSTON’S Newt DeLong tries to establish posi-

tion against Owen-Gage’s Eric Rievert. DeLong

scored 5 points in vain, as the Bulldogs rallied for a

67-53 win.

Bulldogs

rally past

KingstonGuest Kingston had their way early

Thursday in Owendale, but couldn’tcontain high scoring Brett Stocktonduring the middle 2 quarters, result-ing in a 67-53 victory for the Owen-Gage Bulldogs in a battle betweenformer North Central Thumb Leaguefoes.

A balanced scoring attack that fea-tured field goals from 5 differentCardinals had the visitors enjoying adouble digit advantage in the earlygoing before Stockton heated up.Trailing 14-5, Stockton netted a pair

of treys before the break to help nar-row the gap to 30-25 at the halfwaypoint. Stockton scored 13 of hisgame-high 32 points in the frame.

The high scoring senior was justgetting started. He poured in another13 points in the third quarter, but itwas the Bulldog defense, which heldKingston to just 6 tallies in the peri-od, which was the main cog in estab-lishing a 44-36 spread for the even-tual winners with 8 minutes remain-ing.

Owen-Gage’s Ben Good scored all12 of hispoints inthe finalp e r i o dand theBulldogsended theg a m em a k i n g1 0s t r a i g h tf r e ethrows topreservethe victo-ry.

BrettM o r r i s hj o i n e dStocktonand Goodin doubled i g i t swith 11points forO w e n -Gage. Hem a t c h e dStockton’s production from behindthe 3-point arc with 3 treys on thenight.

Justin Ruggles registered 19 pointsand grabbed 6 rebounds to highlightKingston’s offensive attack.Cardinals Steven Hill and AlexLemos complete the list of doubledigit performers and finished with 11and 10 points, respectively.

OWEN-GAGE’S

Ben Good alters

the shot of

Kingston’s Eric

Hartsell.

Mariah Henne

Dear Santa,I have been good this year.I would like a pink Doodlebear for

Christmas and if you could bring mybaby brother a dump truck. He hasalso been good this year.

Love,Mariah Henne

I’d reallylike a pinkDoodlebear

Elena ChernyshCass City High School 12th Grade