Year six of the Ernie Zeigler era gets underway for Central Michigan University basketball this Friday, Oct. 14, when the Chippewas hold their first official practice of the season at 7 p.m. “I think the players have been chomping at the bit to get going,” Zeigler said. “Our individual workouts this fall progressed well with a lot of teaching on both sides of the ball. You’ll see a big change with us defensively this year in both schemes and language. “Now that we can get into a regular practice routine, we will be able to focus on our new defense and the different variables in a 4-on-4 or 5-on-5 setting.” CMU returns seven letterwinners, including two starters, from last year’s squad that finished 10-21 overall and 7-9 in the Mid-American Conference. “The most impressive thing about this team so far as been the chemistry,” Zeigler said. “All 16 of the players are working together, pushing each other and doing their best to get better every day. They are spending time together off the court. It has been refreshing.”
Friday, October 14, 2011
Men's Hoops Opens Practice on Friday Night
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Year six of the Ernie Zeigler era gets underway for Central Michigan University basketball this Friday, Oct. 14, when the Chippewas hold their first official practice of the season at 7 p.m. “I think the players have been chomping at the bit to get going,” Zeigler said. “Our individual workouts this fall progressed well with a lot of teaching on both sides of the ball. You’ll see a big change with us defensively this year in both schemes and language. “Now that we can get into a regular practice routine, we will be able to focus on our new defense and the different variables in a 4-on-4 or 5-on-5 setting.” CMU returns seven letterwinners, including two starters, from last year’s squad that finished 10-21 overall and 7-9 in the Mid-American Conference. “The most impressive thing about this team so far as been the chemistry,” Zeigler said. “All 16 of the players are working together, pushing each other and doing their best to get better every day. They are spending time together off the court. It has been refreshing.”
Year six of the Ernie Zeigler era gets underway for Central Michigan University basketball this Friday, Oct. 14, when the Chippewas hold their first official practice of the season at 7 p.m. “I think the players have been chomping at the bit to get going,” Zeigler said. “Our individual workouts this fall progressed well with a lot of teaching on both sides of the ball. You’ll see a big change with us defensively this year in both schemes and language. “Now that we can get into a regular practice routine, we will be able to focus on our new defense and the different variables in a 4-on-4 or 5-on-5 setting.” CMU returns seven letterwinners, including two starters, from last year’s squad that finished 10-21 overall and 7-9 in the Mid-American Conference. “The most impressive thing about this team so far as been the chemistry,” Zeigler said. “All 16 of the players are working together, pushing each other and doing their best to get better every day. They are spending time together off the court. It has been refreshing.”
The Embers Opens Inside Kelly/Shorts Stadium
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After leaving a void in the community since its doors closed in 2007, a piece of the long-time Mount Pleasant fine-dining staple The Embers has returned thanks to a partnership between Central Michigan University and former owners Clarence Tuma and his son Jeff. In recognition of the profound impact The Embers had on the community, signature items based on famous The Embers menu will be offered at the concession stands at Kelly/Shorts Stadium during home CMU football games throughout this year and the foreseeable future. "We're excited that the Tuma family was receptive to us bringing a piece of that into our stadium, and giving alumni and friends who come to our game an opportunity to think back and recall the great past and history of The Embers and their connection to it," said CMU Athletics Director Dave Heeke, who worked with the Tuma family to make the partnership happen.
After leaving a void in the community since its doors closed in 2007, a piece of the long-time Mount Pleasant fine-dining staple The Embers has returned thanks to a partnership between Central Michigan University and former owners Clarence Tuma and his son Jeff. In recognition of the profound impact The Embers had on the community, signature items based on famous The Embers menu will be offered at the concession stands at Kelly/Shorts Stadium during home CMU football games throughout this year and the foreseeable future. "We're excited that the Tuma family was receptive to us bringing a piece of that into our stadium, and giving alumni and friends who come to our game an opportunity to think back and recall the great past and history of The Embers and their connection to it," said CMU Athletics Director Dave Heeke, who worked with the Tuma family to make the partnership happen.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Car-train crash victims identified; neighbor who lost nephew at crossing wants stop sign installed
via The Morning Sun
Beverly House knows the railroad crossing at Denver Road north of Rosebush as well as anyone, and fears it more. House wants the yield sign marking the tracks replaced with a stop sign. She lives just west of the tracks, and her nephew was critically injured and later died after a train hit his pickup truck in 1994. Monday night, she and her husband saw the latest crash scene before emergency crews arrived. “We were coming home and I looked down the tracks and all we could see was orange,” she said. “There was a young man yelling ‘help, help, help.’” In Monday’s crash, a 20-year-old Rosebush woman failed to yield and was critically injured when a train hit her GMC Envoy.
Beverly House knows the railroad crossing at Denver Road north of Rosebush as well as anyone, and fears it more. House wants the yield sign marking the tracks replaced with a stop sign. She lives just west of the tracks, and her nephew was critically injured and later died after a train hit his pickup truck in 1994. Monday night, she and her husband saw the latest crash scene before emergency crews arrived. “We were coming home and I looked down the tracks and all we could see was orange,” she said. “There was a young man yelling ‘help, help, help.’” In Monday’s crash, a 20-year-old Rosebush woman failed to yield and was critically injured when a train hit her GMC Envoy.
Postal Service worker suffers head injury in crash between mail truck, pickup in Isabella County
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Police said two drivers were injured this afternoon in a collision between a U.S. Postal Service truck and a pickup truck in Isabella County. Karen L. Reeves, 39, of Remus, who drove the Postal Service truck, suffered head trauma and was transported to a Mount Pleasant hospital and later transferred by helicopter to a hospital in Grand Rapids, according to Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski. The driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck, 62-year-old Patrick E. Murphy of Vestaburg, was transported to Central Michigan Community Hospital in Mount Pleasant following the 1:38 p.m. crash, according to police. The injured drivers’ conditions weren’t immediately available.
Police said two drivers were injured this afternoon in a collision between a U.S. Postal Service truck and a pickup truck in Isabella County. Karen L. Reeves, 39, of Remus, who drove the Postal Service truck, suffered head trauma and was transported to a Mount Pleasant hospital and later transferred by helicopter to a hospital in Grand Rapids, according to Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski. The driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck, 62-year-old Patrick E. Murphy of Vestaburg, was transported to Central Michigan Community Hospital in Mount Pleasant following the 1:38 p.m. crash, according to police. The injured drivers’ conditions weren’t immediately available.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Brandon Named MAC Defensive Player of the Week
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Junior defender Bailey Brandon has been named the Mid-American Conference's Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Brandon steadied Central Michigan's defense and provided some offense at key times over the weekend en route to the Chippewas sweeping Miami and Bowling Green to keep their MAC record unblemished. Brandon helped CMU post its eighth shutout of the season in Friday's 1-0 win over Miami, assistant in allowing just one shot on goal from MU.
Junior defender Bailey Brandon has been named the Mid-American Conference's Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Brandon steadied Central Michigan's defense and provided some offense at key times over the weekend en route to the Chippewas sweeping Miami and Bowling Green to keep their MAC record unblemished. Brandon helped CMU post its eighth shutout of the season in Friday's 1-0 win over Miami, assistant in allowing just one shot on goal from MU.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Man indicted by grand jury for failure to register as sex offender
via Midland Daily News
Douglas Chuck Ritter, 43, of Mount Pleasant was indicted by a federal grand jury in Bay City for failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. The indictment charges that from April to August 2011, Ritter failed to register and update his registration as a sex offender after being convicted of a sex offense in the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Court after entering, leaving or residing on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation in Isabella County.
Douglas Chuck Ritter, 43, of Mount Pleasant was indicted by a federal grand jury in Bay City for failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. The indictment charges that from April to August 2011, Ritter failed to register and update his registration as a sex offender after being convicted of a sex offense in the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Court after entering, leaving or residing on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation in Isabella County.
Chippewas Stun Eagles 3-2
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Kaitlyn Schultz had a season high 21 kills, as she guided the Central Michigan volleyball team to a 3-2 victory, after trailing 0-2, in the team's first home game of the season. Following an Eagles' (13-4, 1-2) timeout in the fifth set, and the score 8-6 in favor of the Chippewas (8-6, 1-2), Val DeWeerd notched two kills making the lead 10-6. Lindsey Dulude added one of her 13 kills following an EMU point making the score 11-7. Schultz did the rest of work as she reeled off two more kills including the final dagger to give CMU a 15-9 set five win.
Kaitlyn Schultz had a season high 21 kills, as she guided the Central Michigan volleyball team to a 3-2 victory, after trailing 0-2, in the team's first home game of the season. Following an Eagles' (13-4, 1-2) timeout in the fifth set, and the score 8-6 in favor of the Chippewas (8-6, 1-2), Val DeWeerd notched two kills making the lead 10-6. Lindsey Dulude added one of her 13 kills following an EMU point making the score 11-7. Schultz did the rest of work as she reeled off two more kills including the final dagger to give CMU a 15-9 set five win.
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