Livingston County Daily Press and Argus from Howell, Michigan • 2

1 PRESS ARGUS- Thursday, August 25, 2005 THE BEAR NECESSITIES: BEAR OF THE DAY This bear statue is one of 41 that will be households, with the eventual owners put up for auction Sept. 9 to raise funds for contributing "sweat equity," or labor, toward Livingston County Habitat for Humanity. building the house. For more details about Habitat for Humanity is an international the fund-raiser, call Livingston County group that builds homes for low-income Habitat for Humanity at (810) 220-9986. Bear: No.

25 "Daisy Your Garden Variety I Location: On Main Street in front of the Buon Gusto Cafe in downtown Brighton Sponsor: Livingston Building Co. I Artist: Debbie Gibson I Quote: "I had the basic floral theme in mind and then, just like many other artists, the ideas just kind of poured out," said Gibson. Garden florals and American Indian animal art flow around the statue. Against a creamy background, a turtle, salamander, bird and dragonfly are painted in American Indian design and coloring. The bird and turtle are composed of dried leaves and leaf veins which, Gibson noted, are prevalent in American Indian art.

A large peacock feather graces the front, and a vine climbing up along the a small burst of bronze like a greenhouse or atrium statue's back is accented highlights the nose. Gibson area at a medical facility or with blooms of berries and said she feels her garden an independent living butterflies. Dried flowers for bear would be at home in a center. "You can bring the pupils and wisps of color quiet, peaceful setting outdoors inside with this create daisy-like eyes while where people like to relax, bear," she said. HENRY COMERFORD JR.

Henry Comerford 86, of Howell died Aug. 21. Borek Jennings Funeral Home, Lamb Chapel, 312 S. Michigan Howell, (517) 546- 0100. DEATHS- DAVID R.

WATTS David R. Watts, 64, of Brighton died Aug. 22. Keehn Funeral Home, 706 W. Main Brighton, (810) 229-9871.

Obituaries appear on page 4A. -CELEBRITY NEWS- NEWS- over a July 2004 claim in the News of the World that he had a fling with model Lucy Clarkson. Clarkson's lawyer said the model acknowledged that the story told to the News of the World was bogus. She had agreed to pay a sum equal girl- to what she agreed to receive from the News of the World for the story. libel From The Associated Press LOTTERY DETROIT (AP) -Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the Michigan State Lottery: Midday Daily 3: 7-7-8 Midday Daily 4: 5-7-7-6 Daily 3: 9-7-9 Daily 4: 3-6-6-5 Fantasy 5: 9-15-21-26-38 Classic Lotto 47: 2-16-19-20- 24-36 Keno: 3, 10, 15, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 31, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 57, 59, 70, 71, 76, 77 Singer Timberlake gets libel damages LONDON Justin Timberlake has accepted an apology and damages 1 from a tabloid that falsely accused him of cheating on friend Cameron Diaz with a British model.

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ACCU FORECAST FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY Today Mostly sunny and delightful. 82 Friday Intervals of clouds and sunshine. 83 64 Tonight Partly cloudy. 62 Saturday Sunny intervals with a 1-storm possible. 79 61 Sunday Monday Partly sunny.

Partly sunny. 83 61 All forecasts and maps provided by AccuWeather, Inc. AccuWeather.com Regional Cities Today Fri. City Hi Lo HI Lo Alpena 76 52 79 58 pc Ann Arbor 80 63 84 62 pc Battle Creek 80 62 82 65 pc Bay City 76 57 82 61 pc Coldwater 79 62 83 64 pc Dearborn 82 58 82 66 pc Detroit 82 62 84 66 pc Grand Rapids 78 58 82 64 pc Holland 78 60 82 62 pc National City Hi Atlanta 86 Boston 76 Chicago 80 Cleveland 82 Denver 85 Des Moines 84 El Paso 94 Fairbanks 59 Honolulu 88 Indianapolis Kansas City 86 Las Vegas 101 Los Angeles 86 Memphis Miami 89 Nashville New Orleans New York 82 Oklahoma City 96 Philadelphia 82 St. Louis Salt Lake City 86 San Francisco 70 Seattle 84 Washington, DC 86 MICHIGAN Weather Marquette Sault Ste.

Marie Alpena Shown is City today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and Muskegon Saginaw tonight's lows. Lansing Grand Rapids Flint Howell Brighton Kalamazoo Ann Arbor Detroit Almanac Howell through 3 p.m. Wednesday Sun and Moon Temperatures High Sunrise today 6:53 a.m. Low Sunset tonight 8:22 p.m.

Normal high Moonrise today 11:23 p.m. Normal low Moonset today 1:58 p.m. Precipitation Last New First Full 24 hrs. ending 3 pm Wed. 0.00* Month to date 0.39" Normal month to date 2.57 Year to date 16.92 Normal year to date 19.82" Aug 26 Sep 3 Sep 11 Sep 17, City HI Jackson 80 Kalamazoo 80 Lansing 80 Marquette 77 Midland 78 Muskegon 78 Owosso 80 Pontiac 80 Port Huron 78 Today Lo 60 62 56 55 pc 57 60 57 0.

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