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$1900 due at signing. ChampionChevyFowlerville 880 S. GRAND AVE. 855-629-1609 Mon Thurs Tues, Wed Fri Sat 9AM-4PM LV-0000281019 PRE-OWNED SPECIALS STARTING AT 99 99 Hartland High School and members will march into modern times this fall with a fresh, new look. Thanks to the district picking up most of the $100,000 cost, the band is getting new uniforms.

While the Hartland Eagles football team eeks to make a state- ent on the field when he 2016 season rolls a round, the band also opes to make a statement a fashion statement. The current uniforms been updated since 1989, so band director Brad Laibly spoke with his students about ordering new uniforms, which the band recently did with the help from the district, music boosters and he community. current ones are short and fat and dumpy- looking, for lack of better Laibly chuckled. ones we are looking at are more modern, timeless more athletic and flexi- le constructed, and are Aband life typically lastsbetween 1 0 years and 12 years. We are at that point here necessary for new Laibly said, noting that he gathered design feedback from he students when deciding what the new uni- orms would look like.

The high school has a sample uniform, but an estimated $100,000 is needed forthe full purchase of the uniforms needed.The cost is on tar- et for the lifespan of the uniforms. When the district found out that the band as trying to raise the oney themselves, dist rict officials offered to help. district picked up most of the Laibly aid. The Hartland Music oosters donated $20,000 and community donations paid for the rest. Afundraiser was originally in place to pay for the uniforms, but since the district stepped in, the oney raised so far from the fundraiser will go toward new band equipment for the students.

The band is growing, we need more equip- Laibly said. Band members reached out to band parents to see what, if any, ontributions they could make. FALL FASHION GILLIS DAILY Senior Zak Loman, left, models the new Hartland High School marching band uniform with sophomore Kyle Rushak wearing the current uniform. Hartland band members receive funds for new niforms ABBY WELSH LIVINGSTON DAIL Abugler played after descendants and riends gathered this onth at the historic odge Cemetery in Hartland Township to honor an American Revolution veteran. Randy Hubbard, a third great-grandson of patriot Willard Church, said it was important to attend the grave dedication for his ancestor to under- tand where his family riginated and how they ame to live in Michigan.

We want to know what the Alma resident said. too bad we go back and ask some of the questions. not like worth a pound of money, but interesting to Members of the Philip Livingston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated grave with a marker, which was un- eiled by descendant Kathleen Church Hutchins. The marker notes he was a private from Connecticut and a prisoner of war. Janet Kondziela, a third great-granddaughter of Church, placed a reath on the grave.

Throughout the ceremony, members of the Hartland High School istory Club, who were ressed in period clothing i ncluding a Revolutionary War uniform, stood guard while two members, Zak Loman and Brandon Sex- on, played Willard Church was orn Sept. 7, 1758, in Mansfield, Connecticut, a nd he died Sept. 17, 1846, while visiting his daughter in Hartland Township. He is buried next to his aughter, Susan Hodges, and her husband alt hough he is also memorialized on the stone for his son, Francis Pharcellus Church, in Sleepy Hollow emetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York. rancis Church, a former Civil War correspondent and editor at the New York Sun, is arguably most well-known for his 1 897 anonymous editorial: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa which was written in response to an 8-year-old letter asking for about existence.

illard Church moved rom New York to Hillsdale, Michigan, to live with his daughter after his wife died 1841. Willard Church served in the Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Line during the American Revolution. He enlisted at age 16 and first served from December 1775 to January 1777. He enlisted asecond time in May 1777 a nd was discharged in ay 1780, according to his pension papers. ubbard and Kondzie- a said that family stories revolved around Willard service in the torming of Stony Point on the Hudson in New ork in 1779.

Another story is his capture and nine- month imprisonment on the notorious prison ship HMS Jersey, one of many ships the British forces anchored in New York Harbor, which is today the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to hold soldiers, sailors and private citizens they cap- ured many for refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the British crown, according to the History channel. An article in the National Society Sons of the A merican Revolution magazine in 1991quoted illard son as aying his father was one the 200 volunteers to roceed in advance of the ain army to draw fire from the fort. The volun- eers were sent in with unloaded guns fixed with bayonets. Willard Church as of the few that the Stony Point rdeal the a rticle noted quoting the on. A ccording to the book of Richard hurch of Plymouth, Willard hurch and the while being held prisoner aboard the Jersey, which was known as because of the inhumane conditions and high death rate.

During that time, it as Willard task to go ashore every day to bury the dead, and he was paid a pint of porter and ood, which allowed him gain until he eighed 190 Karen McNally, Philip Livingston member and DAR state director, said illard Church a vision of a country worth people who came after him shared a devotion to a nation worth she said. because of their service and sacrifice we continue to live i a country free of tyranny and with all of the personal freedoms we ontact Livingston aily justice reporter Lis a Roose-Church at 517552-2846 or Follow her on Twitter LisaRooseChurch. Revolutionary War veteran honored From left, Marijane Page, Logan Kucharek and Clarice Martonchik, members of the Hartland High School History Club, stand guard during the dedication of American Revolution patriot Willard grave at Hodge Cemetery. LISA ROOSE-CHURCH LIVINGSTON DAILY.