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If you have been around for a decade or 2, chances are the efforts of the late B.A. “Curly” Calka touched you one way or another. He and wife
Pauline were an integral part of the social and business fabric of Cass City and the Thumb.
That’s background for a clipping sent to me concerning the work of another
Calka, Curly’s brother Barney, 86-year-old resident of Sterling Heights.
For years he has conducted a campaign to correct the unjust World War II execution of Pvt. Eddie
Slovik. It was the only execution during the war, although 49 death sentences were issued among 21,000 desertion sentences.
In the lengthy article the political ramifications are discussed and Calka’s effort over the years to prove the soldier’s innocence told. Now he is trying to secure a posthumous “pardon of forgiveness” for Pvt.
Slovik.
He vows to continue the campaign in his remaining years. It must be a family trait. That determination is a carbon copy of Cass City’s Calka before he passed away.
The copy of the story that appeared in the April 8 Oakland Observer can be seen at the Chronicle.
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Interested in Michigan traffic crash facts in Michigan? There’s an ocean of information available, compiled by office of highway safety planning.
Statewide, county and city data from 1992 though 2007 is available on the web,
http://www.michigantrafficcrashfacts.org.
Included in the sea of information are sections on alcohol, deer, drivers, vehicles, motorcycles, trucks and older drivers.
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Maybe it’s not as bad as it seems? There is story after story on TV and in newspapers on the possible reduction in business that the present economic climate may affect firms that depend on discretionary income to survive.
There was no indication of a slump in Midland Saturday night. We were in town to watch a grandson play in a baseball tournament and decided to eat out. (We always do, given the opportunity.) Anyway, we stopped at 2 restaurants and there was a wait at both. The third try was the charm, there was no waiting but the Chinese restaurant was also very busy.
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