SPY's Newsletter 10/23/2025

 SPY’s Community Newsletter

#381

(10/23/25)

Thank You Trash Pickers

We are somewhat delinquent in getting this out and we apologize, but we would like to send out a BIG Sunfield Area SPY salute goes out to the intrepid Adopt-A-Highway trash pickers that spiffed up the two miles along both sides of M-43 from Shaytown Road to the East, to Round Lake Road to the West recently in the last MDOT program trash pick-up of the season.. Thank you:

Derek Desgranges

John & Sandy Fisher

Buddy & Jari Collins

Paul Campbell

Shana Cappon

Lance Eldridge

Karie Hilley

Libby Hilley

Community Christmas Basket Distribution

Is Coming Up

The Lakewood Community Council has once again requested help with the annual Christmas Basket Project for the Lakewood School District.  Drivers that are familiar with the Sunfield area are needed on Saturday, December 13h, at 9 AM.  It will take just a couple hours of your time, at the most.  Please mark that date and time on your calendar and make plans to help spread some holiday cheer.

The Christmas Basket project helps nearly 200 families in the Lakewood area.  Volunteers are needed to deliver the baskets to the designated families in the Sunfield area.

Anyone that would like to help out, just show up on Saturday, December 13th at the Living Gospel Church in Lake Odessa.

 For those of you that have helped with this distribution in the past, please note that the Christmas Basket pick-up location has changed.  For years the Lakewood Community Council have used the Methodist Church in

downtown Lake Odessa.  But, this year they will be using the Living Gospel Church in the northern part of town across from the Fair Grounds.  Exact details will follow in the weeks ahead.  For Further information, please

contact John Fisher at 517-648-0969.  Thank you!

Contributions

·      Ron & Marlene McDiarmid made a significant contribution in memory of Mary Sandborn.

·      John & Sandra Fisher made donations to the Scholarship Fund in memory of Mary Sandborn; Doris Bell; Belinda Gulley; and Daryl Hartzler.

·      We once again had a kind-of special donation come our way through the generosity of Andy Claflin and the Sunfield Cycle Shop.  Andy has a candy machine that dispenses M & M’s; Skittles; and M & M Peanuts.  You know, the kind where you put in a coin---turn the gizmo---and out comes your candy.  Andy gave us a call and said he was going to open up his machine and donate the contents to the SPY’s to help kids and the community.  This was the second time he had done this.  Very thoughtful gesture Andy.  Thank you!

·      The Cousin Club made a donation to the Dime Pitch Booth activity.

Parting Comments

·      Deep Thought of the Week:  If you answer the phone with “Hello, you’re on the air!” most telemarketers will quickly hang up.

·      Notable Quote: “Happiness is not made by what we own.  It is what we share.---Jonathan Sacks, rabbi and philosopher

·      That’s Puny Department:  Puns-On-Parade Day:

How did the farmer find his wife?  (He tractor down)

I love the way the earth rotates.  It really makes my day.

You’ve really got to hand it to short people.  Because they usually can’t reach it anyways.

I just burned my Hawaiian pizza.  Guess I should’ve put it on aloha temperature.

Bad puns…it’s how eye roll.

·      Did You Know Section: Gunsmoke" was TV's longest-running Western, moving from radio to TV in 1955.  John Wayne turned down the role of Marshall Matt Dillon but recommended James Arness, who got the role. The last telecast was Sept 1, 1975.

Final Notices

1.            If there is any organization or business out there that has something they would like to advertise or promote, please feel free to submit it to this Newsletter and we will help publicize it.  There is no charge.  We are glad to provide this means as a public service to help keep the community informed.

2.             If you are looking for further information about the SPY’s events---Corporate or Platinum Sponsorship information---scholarship forms---youth sports reimbursement forms---past SPY newsletters---etc.---just go to the SPY website at www.sunfieldareaspys.com.

3.            NOTE:  If you know of anyone who would like to receive these SPY’s Community Newsletters, just send me an email at john.sandrafisher@gmail.com with their email address and we will add them to the mailing list.