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Visitors, members, volunteers, groups, and staff are enjoying our expanded facility which was created through the campaign. Since the last newsletter, a few more improvements have been made to the back room, including the addition of another layer of insulation in the ceiling. Throughout the spring, native trees and shrubs will be added around the building front and parking area, helping to give the facility a finished look. Thanks once again to all of our supporters who made the project possible. We hope to have most of the pledges completed during 2010. The following new people have contributed to the capital campaign since the last newsletter.

Honor roll of campaign supporters
(Contributors prior to January 31, 2010)


Great Blue Heron Level - $50,000 and up
Tom & Gaye Butterfield
Richard Greer, Sr.
Paul & Carole Johnson
Lapeer County Community Foundation
Bee Naish
Patty Schemm
Margaret H. Watkins

Barred Owl Level - $25,000–$49,999
Aaron & Kathleen Fisher
Four County Community Foundation
Pat & Karen Schwartz

Pileated Woodpecker Level - $10,000–$24,999
Allen Ledyard
Patricia McFadden
Roger & Nancy Murray
Paul & Phyllis Schroeder
James & Ann Sillers
Shirley Spicer
The Stingers
Charles & Yolanda Turner

Wood Duck Level - $5,000.00–$9,999
Mike & Dee Blazo
Rick & Trisha Burrough
Emory & Christina Clark
Sydney & Sandra Cornell
Howard & Mary Duncan
Joanna Pease & Chris Chamberlin
James & Mary Ann Harrington in honor of Henry Wujek, Emma Wujek, Helen Wujek, Katherine Harrington, and Nathan Harrington
Ed & Shirley Korman
Bill & Lizzie McCowen in memory of Kathleen Simmonds
Don & Nancy Pais
Georgia Reid
Jocelyn Scofield
Gary, Stan, Roger, & Serie Spicer & Henry Dembosky in honor of Shirley & Jerry Spicer
Doug & Nan Toppin
Clare Wentworth

Bluebird Level - $1,000–$4,999
Doug Adams
Russ Arnold
Robert Arrol
Phyllis Barents
Laura & Ron Barnard
Molly Peterson Barnes in memory of Julie Peterson
M/M Dean Bedford, Jr.
Dennis & Kathleen Bielawski
David & Sally Bush
Bob & Pam Butterfield in memory of Thomas Butterfield
David Butterfield
Mike & Amie Butterfield
Bruce & Debbie Cady
Curt Carter
Shirley Champagne
Terri Chapdelaine
Barb Chapman & Frank Andrews
Bill & Shirley Conner
Critter Control of Rochester
Harriet Davidson
Lucy Clark Dougherty
Ted & Perdema Duncan
Frank G. & Gertrude Dunlap Fund
Ann & Vic Eicher
Karen Flanagan
Ethel & James Flinn Foundation
Mike & Judy Florian
Friends of Herbs
Friends of Seven Ponds
William & Jacquelin Gibbons
Jeanne & Ralph Graham
Joan Graham
John & Florence Hawarden
Jan Herrick
Jean Hoelzle
William & Monica Hoerauf
David & Linda Hurd
Wayne & Amelia Inman
Mark & Judy Jacobson
Peggy Johnson
Shelly, Bart, Truman & Bowie Jones
Joi & Ian Kempf
Joyce & Art Korson
Robert G. Lang
Lapeer County Bank & Trust Co.
Lapeer Optimist Club
John & Marilyn Lines
John & Dahna Loeding
Charlie Mann in memory of Preston Mann
Mary Ann Mann
David & Janet Manning in honor of Gaye Butterfield
Peter & Marilyn Manning
Dean & Terri Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McCleary
D. Wm. & Lizzie McCowen
Sally & Jack McDermott in honor of Patty Schemm
Metamora Water Service
Robert & Diana Mitchell in honor of Richard L. Greer, Sr.
Kitty & Bill Moeller
Marjorie H. Orr
P.E.O. Chapter DX
Bob & Kathy Pihlstrom
R. L. & W. E. Polk Foundation
Harold Prowse
Irving & Audrey Rose
George & Janet Schemm
Julie M. Scofield
Dorothy G. Shamblin in memory of Ronald B. Shamblin
Chuck & Kathryn Sharbaugh
Bob & Janet Shelton
Judy Shepard in memory of Ed Brighman III
Janet E. Skillman
Mike & Peg Supernault
Randy & Tricia Thompson
Robert & Carol Trecapelli
Virginia Tripp
Tom Turner
Ada G. Van Dyke
Craig & Kelly Watson
Don Watson of Earthrise
Arva Scrimger Wellenkotter in memory of Ann Scrimger
Derek Wernher & Carol Morris
David & Joanne Wood
John & Lisa Yarema

Indigo Bunting Level—$500–$999
Mickey Allardice
Doris Applebaum
Renée Badertscher
Richard & Alice Bahls
Douglas & Diana Barbier
Bob & Gretchen Bityk
Michael & Julia Brinkmann
Gertie Brooks
Rob & Jan Burns
Mabel Butterfield
Gerald & Sandy Calhoun
Daryl & Mary Champagne
Mike & Gayle Champagne
Mitchel & Elizabeth Cheney
Will & Laurie Danforth
Frank & Carol Derr
Wanda Dowdall
Fred & Carol Ehman
Ken & Charlotte Ewing
Jim & Loraine Jessop
Frances W. Gibson
Peter Gilles & Joseph Maday
Golding & Kautz families in memory of Rebecca Downie (Golding)
Sanford Gorney
Chris & Gerry Graye
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Guest
Jim & Betty Guy
Alec & Lynn Harding
Becky & Bill Heckman
Hunters Creek Club in honor of Preston Mann
Pat Kassabian
Elizabeth Kinsler
Kiwanis Club of Romeo
Ian & Inger Lamb
Lapeer Optimist Club
John & Kathleen Macko
Gary & Debbie Majchrzak
Elaine & David McDonald
John McCauley
Metamora Lions Club
Linda & Mike Meschen
MMC
Marianne & Horst Neumann
Tim & Juanita Oesch
Gary & Mary K. Powers
Joyce & Danny Rasnick
Carl & Beth Riseman
Gilbert Rodger
Douglas & Judith Roeser
Richard & Dorothy Sedlock
Village Garden Club in honor of Patty Schemm
Wowie the Clown (June Van Poppelen)

Chickadee Level—up to $499
Sarah E. Adams in memory of Virgil Adams
Steve & Lori Aggas
Katherine Alfs-Mosley
Margaret & Gerald Alyea
Phil & Donna Andreae
Jeffery & Karen Angell
Anonymous
Anonymous in honor of Douglass Witters
Russ & Helen Arnold in memory of William Patterson
Jerry & Helaine Atwell in memory of William Patterson
Brian & Elizabeth Bachynski
Marcia Bacholzky
Ron Bahara
Randy & Kathy Baker
Brian & Mary Beth Balaze
Charles & Lorraine Barnes
Chris Becher
Lee Becker
Theo Beens
Bill Beers
Bruce & Karen Bellenir
Hugh H. Benninger
Chuck Bennett in memory of William Patterson
R. Wayne & Leslie Bennett in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.’s 80th birthday
Linda Berker
John & Jerrie Bishop in memory of William Patterson
Jerry & Carol Blais in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Mike & Dee Blazo in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Gary & Micaela Boomer
Karen Boomer
Karen Boomer in honor of Emily Tribula
Don & Jane Booth
George & Cathy Boursaw
Markus & Carolyn Brenner
Nancy Arrol Brewer
Betsy L. Briere in memory of Bill & Evelyn Edgar
Walter & Beverly Bristol in memory of William Patterson
Kay & Waren Brocker in memory of William Patterson
David & Denise Brooks
Layne (Hillman) Brown
Don & Margaret Burlett
Paul & Ann Marie Burns
Jack & Ila Burris in memory of William Patterson
Ron & Alice Burrough in memory of Thomas Butterfield
David & Sally Bush in memory of Thomas Butterfield
David Butterfield & Cheryl Demers in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Gaye Butterfield in memory of Lila (Penny) Clothier
Gaye Butterfield in memory of Homer Lanway
Gaye Butterfield in memory of Dorothy Jerore
Gaye Butterfield in memory of William Patterson
Gaye Butterfield in memory of Jeanette & Howard Potter
Gaye Butterfield in memory of Bob Scrimger
Gaye Butterfield in meomory of Howard Spencer
Gaye Butterfield in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.
Gerald & Sandra Calhoun
Carmine Calibeo
Tom Capua in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Tom Capua, Sr.
Curt Carter in memory of William Patterson
Peggy Case & Jeanne Peters
Ted Case
Alex Champagne
Mike & Gayle Champagne in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Alan & Joyce Chapel in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Eleanor Chiesa
Abigail Chou in memory of William Patterson
Harold & Judy Chown in memory of Thomas Butterfield
David & Kathy Chruchill
Robert & Phyllis Clark in memory of William Patterson
Emory & Christina Clark in memory of William Patterson
Joyce Clevenger
Jay Clothier
Jeffery Clothier
John & Bernadean Clothier
John & Bernadean Clothier in memory of Thomas Butterfield
John & Bernadean Clothier in memory of Dorothy Jerore
Tim Clothier in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Dan & Kathy Cole
Lowell & Sylvia Conner
John & Teresa Connolly in memory of Thomas Butterfield
John & Teresa Connolly in memory of William Patterson
William P. Cooke
Gary & Esta Corbin
Earl & Willow Crane
Fred & Terri Cross
KC & Sasha Cross
Anne Crotser
Becky & Kalman Csia
Theresa Custodio
Margeret Daly in memory of William Patterson
Jackie & Kelly Daniels
Jim & Patty Davis in memory of Thomas Butterfield
M.W. & Joan Davis in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.’s 80th birthday
Janet Davison
Lilian & Walter Dean
Joyce Delmarter
Detroit Audubon Society
Janet Devin
Bill & Cookie Devine
Kathy Diatchun in memory of William Patterson
Helen J. Dick
Tony & Lou Ann Diodato
Rosalind & Lowell Doherty in honor of Nancy Murray
Martin & Mary Ellen Dolan in memory of William Patterson
John & Pamela Drebus
Mary Louise Drennen
Susan Dworkin
Eastern Michigan Collectors
Lincoln Eddy
Joanna Edmonson in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Ann & Vic Eicher in honor of Lois Rheaume & Carrie Spencer
Lou & June Emmert
Richard Endress
Dick & Carol English
Dick & Carol English in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Rich English
Shelby Ennis
John & Mary Erickson in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Larry & MaryLou Erickson in memory of Thomas Butterfield
V. Kenneth & Charlotte Ewing in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Karen Failing
Jeanette Farley
Jack & Marjorie Fernee
Wilbert Fernee & Erna Coxworth
Dick & Louise Fessenden
The Frendt Families in memory of William Patterson
David Furi
Eugene & Ann Gadzos
Joe & Pat Gall
The Garden Club of Michigan
Charlie & Mary Garrard in memory of Thomas Butterfield
Warren & Margeurite Gibbard in memory of William Patterson
Tom & Kathleen Giles in memory of William Patterson
Jack & Cherryl Golding
Michele & Gary Good in honor of Marvin Bandlow
Michele & Gary Good in honor of Margaret Good
Al & Jo Grossbauer
Gregory & Karen Gossick
Earl Gravlin
Richard Greer, Jr.
Antonia Grinnan
Carl & Carol Grondin
Grosse Pointe Audubon Society
Daniel & Peggy Guyer
Lori & Matthew Hackett
Matthew Hackett in honor of David & Marion Hackett
Charlotte Hagenmeyer
Mike Haiss in memory of William Patterson
Ed & Sara (Murray) Harrison
Dan & Ann Hayes
James & Nancy Heacock in memory of William Patterson
Jan & William Herrick in memory of William Patterson
Jean & Roger Heimbuch
Christopher & Kelly Heyner
Micheal & Christine Higgins in memory of William Patterson
Orville & Evelyn Hoksch
Kevin Hooper & Cynthia Pankala
Sally Horton
Katherine Horton-Kistner
Tammy Hooton
Bruce, Susan & Meghan Hough
Gary & Cheryl Howell
Jane & Jim Hoyle
Jim Huber
Eric & Gina Huck
Barbara Hunter
William & Jennifer Hurteau in memory of William Patterson
Peter & Bonnie Janak
Steven & Irene Jarvis
Jeanne Jerore
Nancy & Rich Kautz
George & Elaine Kaye in memory of Phyllis Atherton
Cary Kennedy
Carl, Maurene, & Derek Kern
Diana Kiacz
Lisa Kingsley
Gary, Dee & Robin Kish
Patricia Klos
Wayne Knecht
Albert & Barbara Koegel
Anthony Koustas
Bill & Wendy Krag
Mary Krueger
Randy Kursinsky
Julia LaBeau
A.E. & Yvonne LaClair
David & Jacqueline Lancaster
Paul & Wendy Lange
Philip Langford Photography
Lapeer County Bank & Trust in memory of William Patterson
Lapeer Lions Club
Jean Kemler Larkum
Fred & Judy Latta
Ellen Lauria
Jim & Cicily Lawless in memory of Tom Butterfield
Elizabeth Ledyard
Henry & Kathryn Ledyard
Joe Lewandowski
Stephen Lindko in memory of William Patterson
Kent & Lauri Lindquist
Dorthea W. Lines
Joseph W. Liniewski
Marian Listwak
Betty Loughlin
Barbara Ludington
Kerry Lyle
Bob & Judy Lynn
Carol J. Lyons
Karen & Robert Mabery
LeRoy & Hazel Mabery
Robert MacFarland
Tony & Linda Macksoud in memory of William Patterson
Dorothy MacMillan
Cam Mannino & Reg Brown
Willson Marsh
Dorothy Martel   
Dr. & Mrs. Fred McAlpine
John & Martha McBride in memory of William Patterson
M/M Richard McIlvride
Meijer ‐ Lapeer
Mike & Donna Mercier
Jean Meske
Kurt & Susan Meyer
Clifford Miller
Lucy & Bill Miller
Stan & Audrey Minter
Mary Ellen Mitchell in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.’s 80th birthday
Margaret Moran in memory of Jean Crawford
Dorothy W. Mooney
Lynn & Gail Moshier
John Moules
David & Ruthanne Morningstar
Murray Y Associates, P.C.
Nancy & Roger Murray in honor of Charlie Turner’s 60th birthday
Nora Murray
Sue Murray in memory of Jean Matson
Sue Murray in honor of Nancy Murray
Brian Musgrave
Bee Naish in honor of Patty Schemm
Robert & Darlene Nelson in memory of William Patterson
Dave & Helen Nofz
Michael & Jo Obloy in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.’s 80th birthday
Tim & Juanita Oesch in memory of Bill Baldwin
Katherine Ogilvie in memory of William Patterson
Steve & Karen Ormiston
Dave Osmer & Sandra Griffith
Mary Owen in memory of William Patterson
Oxford Garden Club
Richard & Judith Parker
Paul Parsch
Shirley Parsch
Shirley Parsch in memory of William Patterson
Robert Patterson in memory of William Patterson
Leo & Pat Paveglio
Gary Person & Phyllis Wolber
Heidi Peterson & Keith Butcher in memory of Julie Peterson
Kevin Peterson in memory of Julie Peterson
Ray Phelan
Laura Pihajlic
Jeff Pittel
Ken Playter & Kellie Krane in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.’s 80th birthday
Pat Plumb
Carole Porretta
Barb Pruitt
Bill Rapai
John & Anne Rasmussen
Eric & Debbie Rathburg
Roberta Reblin in memory of Inez Barski
Robert & Elaine Resh
Lois Rheaume
Mimi Rheaume
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Rice
Carl & Beth Riseman in memory of William Patterson
Glenn & Carolyn Roberts
Marietta Robinson
Peter Robinson
Ken & Carol Rogus
Burns & Doris Rolland
Burns & Teresa Rolland
Burns & Teresa Rolland in memory of William Patterson
Romeo Garden Club
Rich & Candy Rosowski
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ross
Christy Roy
Kenneth & Cheryl Roy
Ed Rumer
William & Karen Rykhus
William & Karen Rykhus in honor of Gaye Butterfield
Sylvia Sanders
Carolyn Sarnecki
Fred & Jane Schade
Stephen & Christine Schafer
Ron Schank
Ronald Schapman in memory of William Patterson
Chris & Matt Scheer
Patty Schemm in honor of Bee Naish
Fred & Janet Schenkel
Norman Scherer
Ann Schumacher
George & Beverly Scotford
Ann K. Scott
Dan Scrimger in memory of William Patterson
Mark & Rhoda Shannon
Karen Shea
Gary & Nancy Siegrist
Gerald Sieja
Walter & Christine Sierakowski in memory of William Patterson
Martin Simpao
Keith & Laurie Sisco
James & Cynthis Siudara
Wm. David & Sharon Sigler
Don Sisson
Penelope Slough
Vicki Scott & Laurie Smalis
Mabel Smith
Nancy & Leonard Smith in honor of Patty Schemm
John Smither
Scott Sneddon
Anne & Dean Sousanis
Jim & Pat Spangler
Carrie & Nathan Spencer
Jo Sprik
Tom & Julie St. Dennis
Ron & Deb Stallings
George Stauch
Yvonne Steffens
Bill Stockard
John & Susan Stoll
Daniel Stoltzfus
Mary Stoolmiller
Barbara Stremler
Brenda Striler in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.’s 80th birthday
Lee & Lisa Super
Dick & Caroline Swiatek
Robert & Kathleen Taylor
Rena Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Thompson
David & Sheryl Thompson in memory of William Patterson
April Tummins
Elaine Turner & David Gilbert in memory of William Patterson
Nola Tutag
Fernando Valdez
William Valley
James & Rena Van Den Berg
Joe Van Poucker
Susan Vergaeghe
Marv & Sue Vermillion
Henry & Balerie Vespa in honor of Richard Greer, Sr.’s 80th birthday
George & Judy Vogel
Dale & Dorothy Vronch
Tracy Wacker
Mark & Sherry Wagner
Paul & Beth Walker
Robert Van Walleghem
William & Dorothy Walsh in memory of William Patterson
Robert Walter
Kate Walters
Ardeth Walton
Alice Ward
Douglas & Peggy Warner
Warren Branch WNF&GA
Jan Watz
Cary & Stacy Weatherhead
Mary Sue & Gregg Weber
David & Eileen Webster
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Weidenbach
Lee & Sandy Western
Ashley White
Peter Whitman
Joan Willwerth
Joyce Wilt in memory of William Patterson
Bud & Shirley Wing
Gregory & Darlene Wise
Jack & Cathy Wnuk in memory of William Patterson
Tom Wojcicki
Dale Wolfgram
Chuck & Pat Wright
Ed & Kay Wright
William & Nancy Wurst
Ron & Maria Yates
Bruce & Polly Young
Paul Young