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PAGE 4A 22,2016 DAILY PRESS ARGUS COMMUNITY Robert L. Schwartz said, entrepreneur is essentially a visu- a lizer and an actualizer. He can isualize something, and when he visualizes it, he sees exactly how to ake it A top bridge player is good at visualizing where the missing key ards lie. West used the Unusual No- trump to show at least 5-5 in the minors. three-club cue-bid (the cheaper) promised at least game-invitational values in the lower-ranking of the other two suits; here, hearts.

(A response of three hearts would have indicated the values for a single raise. A three-diamond cue-bid would have uaranteed five-plus spades and game-going values. Aresponse of three spades would have been natural but nonforcing.) After East leapt aggressively to five diamonds, outh closed his eyes and bid a lam, hoping that if the opponents ould cash the club ace and king, West would start with a diamond. hen West led the club king, outh experienced a sinking feeling until he saw the club ace on he board. Still, though, he seemed have two club losers.

What did he do? outh possessed a key piece of information: that East had only one club. So, declarer won with club ace, drew trumps ending on the board, cashed the diamond ace, ruffed a diamond, took the top spades, ruffed a spade and ruffed the diamond jack. Then he led the spade five and discarded a club from the board. East took the trick, but on his pade or diamond return, South ruffed in his hand and sluffed remaining club to gain the slam bonus. BRIDGE Phillip Alder Aries (March 21-April 19).

What would you tell your best friend to do? Not your actual best friend your fantasy best friend who needs to make a few ecisions just like you do. You love that crazy-cool erson! Advise, then apply it. aurus (April 20-May 20). Maybe you want the same thing they want, but that in and of itself elp you get there any more easily. Their reasons will barely move you there.

Figure out your reasons. Your reasons will be big time motivation. Gemini (May 21-June 21). Some will be threatened what you believe. Some will challenge you.

This is good. Beliefs should be tested. Otherwise, how will ou know which ones stable enough to support you? Cancer (June 22-July 22). Many great works of art infuriated people at first then were gradually accept- and appreciated after the minds of the audience caught up with the ideas of the art. be an early a dopter.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). You honor your commitments to the people in your life and your social circle grows from there. You always get to choose who around. what makes the friends you do get to choose so special to you.

irgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Remember when you got some long, consecutive, non-interrupted time chunks to organize your life around? Boy, that does seem like athing of the past now, but worry, it will also be athing of the future. ibra (Sept.

23-Oct. 23). a logic behind your attraction to certain people and things. Those motives are worth investigating. What feels natural al- ays the best choice, but today it will be a pretty solid ne.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). ready to get deep, but your life is filled with a million shallow tasks. Let your heart provide the depth.

Later you can avoid any ource of shallow work, but right now pretty un- a voidable. agittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Stay relaxed as you make your requests of others.

Your charisma is urned up and people will be inclined to make you happy. They will go to extra lengths to see you smile. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

So much will be subject to interpretation. Assume that things mean what ou want them to mean. Choose the meaning that energizes you; the more energy you have, the better enjoy yourself. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.

18). what holds you in place: family, work, routine, the stuff. But not really boring, especially when you consider hat all the best bits life will spring from these sources. isces (Feb. 19-March 20).

embroiled in a fantasy about not having to compromise, doing it your way and actually being supported in it. Truly, the compromises are good for you, and yet too much of a nything makes you long for the other things. birthday (Dec. 22). learn new disc iplines, methods and ways of thinking this year.

Kindred spirits working together will bring immense pleasure to your world. Lifestyle preferences come into play in February and March, driving you to travel to find inspiration. January and October represent inancial highs. Taurus and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 30, 2, 22 and 16.

HOROSCOPES Holiday Mathis SUSAN BUELL May 13, 1948 December 19, 2016 Susan B. Dietz, age 68, of Webberville, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at her home. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2016 at the Perry Church of the Nazarene, 3100 Ellsworth Perry, with visitation at the church one hour prior to the service. The family will receive friends at the Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Perry Chapel on Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.

Susan was born on May 13, 1948 in Pontiac, MI the daughter of Arthur and Rosemarie (Palmer) Buell. She married Michael Dietz in Williamston, MI on May 17, 1969. Susan was a legal secretary, the deputy clerk of Cohoctah Twp. and a farmer. She was a member of the Perry Nazarene Church, Fellowship of Christian Farmers, Farm Bureau and the MMPA.

Susan is survived by her husband, Michael; children, Andy (Heidi) Dietz and Leigh Ann Halas (Steve); grandchildren, Anna Dietz and Michael Dietz; mother, Rosemarie; brother, Scott (Rhonda) Buell; sister, Vicki Buell. She was preceded in death by her father Art Buell and brother Roger Buell. Online condolences may be sent to the family by going to www.watkinsfuneralhomes.com DIETZ awayearlyWednesday thedaughterofDavidC.and BelovedwifeofRobertW. inAllenParkonDecember andJordanFlynnofHowell. Beckyisalsosurvivedbyher motherElaineSchwochoof Anne(Ron)FroehlichofLima, OHandseveralniecesand nephews.Shewaspreceded indeathbyherfatherDavid CarlSchwochoin2012.

withfuneralservicesFriday, p.m.atMacDonald’sFuneral OlivetCemetery.Memorial contributionsaresuggested toLeukemiaandLymphoma OttawaAve.NW#307,Grand guestbookat macdonaldsfuneralhome.com FLYNN MILDREDELEANORA Age ShewasbornNovember2, PaulandTheodoraElizabeth ofthelateVincentWm.Piggins ofDianne(Richard)Whisner Pinckney.Grandmotherof ofeleven.Alsosurvivedby Mildredespeciallyenjoyed herfamilyandhomeand hadastrongdesiretoplease people.Privatefamilyservices guestbookat macdonaldsfuneralhome.com. PIGGINS DAWNM. Age87ofBrighton, passedawayMonday, DearmotherofBruceSalter (Patrick)RampyofCalifornia, Thomas(Kelly)Westranof (Jarrod)EliasonofMinnesota, andTimWestranofSouth Carolina.Lovinggrandmother andValor.Great-grandmother ofNyla.Shewasprecededin Oeschger.Dawnenjoyed alsoaworldtraveleranda UofMfan.Privatefamily serviceswillbeheld.Memorial contributionsmaybemade totheWestranFoundation youhaveaspecialmemoryof familyat macdonaldsfuneralhome.com. WESTRAN take emergency action to ensure safe water is available for every person in Flint, The state has said the delivery is too expensive unnecessary, and counterproductive because it would decrease use of filtered tap water, which helps to cleanse the piping system. State officials said in a recent court filing that the order should be revoked because lead evels in the tap water in Flint now meets or exceeds federal safety guidelines.

At the same time, state officials continue to tell Flint residents not to drink the tap water without a filter. Anna Heaton, a spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Snyder, denied the state is dragging its feet. continue to work toward compliance with Judge Heaton said Wednesday. state does not currently possess the network necessary to immediately provide bottled water delivery to each Heaton said teams of state workers and Flint residents who perform filter installation, maintenance and education have visited more than 13,000 homes since the order was issued in November, and the state ontinues to ramp up those efforts.

he said requests for delivery of bottled water and ilters are met within 24 hours and nine distribution centers are open, where residents can pick up free water. Other plaintiffs in the case are the ACLU and Flint resident Melissa Mays. Michael J. Steinberg, legal director of the ACLU of Michigan, said people of Flint are desperate for lean water and cannot afford any more is Steinberg said in a news release. The defendants are Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri and members of the state-appointed Receivership Transition Advisory Board, overseeing transition from emergency management back to self-government.

drinking water became contaminated with lead in April 2014 after the city switched from treated Lake Huron water supplied from Detroit to raw water from the Flint River, which was treated at the Flint Water Treatment Plant. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials have acknowledged a mistake in failing to re- uire corrosion-control chemicals to be added to the ater. As a result, lead leached from pipes, joints and ixtures into Flint households. Contact Paul Egan: 517-372-8660 or press.com. Follow him on Twitter Flint Continued from Page 3A state does not currently possess the network ecessary to immediately provide bottled water delivery to each A NNA HEATON SPOKESWOMAN FOR GOV.

RICK SNYDER low us to open or not. a great she added. is a lot of traffic, people in and out. We are looking forward to opening our doors to the public and joining the businesses People who lose their eyebrows to cancer treatments or skin ailments, have thin eyebrows, or who ust have plucked their eyebrows too many times over the years are prime candidates for the procedure, which involves using a handheld pen with tiny needles to deposit pigment into a skin. The artist then creates natural-looking hair strokes with the pen and pigment.

The results are semi-permanent, lasting anywhere from 12 months to 3 years. The two-part procedure, which costs $500, can be performed to create a completely new eyebrow, or to maximize existing eyebrows. at the city, are pleased to have this business in the downtown, and we wish the applicant the best of luck in their business said Brandon Skopek, a community development associate for the ity. ontact Livingston Daily business reporter Noe ernandez at 517-552-2854 or stondaily.com. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter Shop Continued from Page 3A tunity to read more e-mails from our office than you ever would have thought, because we continue to produce he said.

of it is out there already, but as they keep on asking, we keep on Snyder said he can understand why people are upset about the legal bills, but he said they are roperly charged to taxpayers because the inv estigations relate to actions taken my cap acity as office is expected to spend $4.9 million the investigation. On Tuesday, Schuette brought felony charges against two former Flint emergency managers appointed by Snyder, and two former Flint public works employees. Those charges bring the total number of defendants charged by Schuette in the Flint water case to 13. Schuette, who is also investigating links bet ween the switch in drinking water supply the Flint River and deadly outbreaks of Leg disease in the Flint area, said in bringing the charges that he sensed a with balance sheets and cost controls at the expense of public health and safety. He said that fixation had The comments, though harsher, were similar to comments former Snyder aide Dennis Schornack made about Snyder in a February interview with the Free Press.

Schornack, who retired after serving more han three years as a senior adviser on transport ation issues to Snyder during his first term, said nyder was a good but decisions a bout drinking water should have been dictated by science instead of finances and the bottom line. sort of a single dimension for decision making; thinking that if it be solved on a spreadsheet, it be Schornack said of working with Snyder. Snyder Continued from Page 1A Livingston County EMS paramedics treated the Rut- kowskis for slight smoke inhalation. The couple refused transport to a local hospital, said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The smoke detectors worked and were sounding when the firefighters arrived. The fire mostly was limited to the garage and kitchen, said. ally Rutkowski, who followed Mikey to a house across the street, said the brown, two-story house and er car were insured. heir neighbors Marty and Mimi McEvoy said they ent to the scene to tell firefighters that an elderly couple and their dog lived in the house when they saw Bob Rutkowski in the ambulance and Sally Rutkowski with a neighbor. just said she know what caused Marty McEvoy said.

just saw the smoke and got the heck out of the Fire Continued from Page 1A.