I traveled to Mason — which remains the only place I’ve ever been kicked out of a sporting event! — to photograph individual wrestling playoffs. One particular photo from the day caught my eye; it features Milan’s Tim Sims wrestling Dexter’s Drew Barnes late in the day. As you might be able to guess from the photo, Sims pinned Barnes.
Dexter basketball vs Ypsilanti:
“I have an idea!”
At halftime the Jr. Dance Team took the floor:
Back to the action:
With eight seconds left, Dexter held a slim lead. The Braves hurriedly brought the ball down the court, passed it to Derrick Richardson in the corner, and…
…as the buzzer sounded, Richardson’s shot went through for the win. Naturally, they were a little happy about it.
The Dexter Library brought in Randy Baker of Naturalist Endeavors to talk to kids about Michigan’s wildlife. The presentation drew a big crowd! (My favorite moment was when he referred to the whitetail deer as a “stomach on legs.”)
Here, Baker was talking about the porcupine’s quills and how, if not removed, they’ll work their way through to the other side of whatever they puncture. Note the expression of the little girl at the bottom left of the photo.
Chelsea basketball vs Adrian:
Chelsea hockey vs Saline:
Hockey teams are very protective of their goalies. If you take an unnecessary whack at a goalie…well, you end up with something like this:
Dexter basketball vs Saline:
Chelsea hockey vs Churchill:
Chelsea basketball vs Saline:
The Chelsea and Dexter men’s basketball teams met at CHS for the first of their two basketball rivalry games. If you’ve never been to a Chelsea/Dexter basketball game, you’re missing out: they’re among the most enjoyable sporting events of the year.
No, I don’t know what this means.
Yes, it gets loud.
A few days after covering an iconic Chelsea business, I headed to the Chelsea Area Historical Museum — in a new location next to Thompson’s Pizzeria, another iconic Chelsea business — to photograph a display of stoves from the long-defunct Glazier Stove Company, an iconic Chelsea company of old. (The famous Chelsea Clocktower complex was originally the Glazier facility.)
It didn’t take long for me to discover a fascinating piece of information: the company’s original name included my own surname!
Yes, the company began as the Glazier-Strong Oil Stove Company. We current Chelsea Strongs arrived in town in the late 1960s, though, so we aren’t directly connected to the stove Strongs.
Anyway, on to the stoves:
As seen in the above photo, Glazier’s stoves featured the name Brightest and Best, along with the model number; the above stove is model 16.
The stoves belong to a local collector (shown above) who has generously allowed the museum to display them.
In addition to the current Glazier display, the museum has a number of other displays of Chelsea history; one of them is relevant to the above-linked iconic Chelsea business:
That’s Chelsea Milling Company president Howdy Holmes’ racing suit!
